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E. C. & A. M. ROWLAND.
J. 11. STEELEt Associate Political Editor.
~ ” FOR 00 V EKN OR,
JOSEPH E- BROWN,
OF CHEROKEE.
for congress,
THIRD DISTRICT of GEORGIA,
Col. A. M- Speer,
of bibb county.
Bibb Counts l,uie dominations.
FOR SENATOR,
r> TK.AOY-
FOR REFRESH'TATIVKS,
L. M. LAMAR .
O. A. LOCHRANE,
Alexander M. Speer,
The Democratic cicwlimito for Congress will
address the citizen* of be Third District —
At Van Huron, Pike county, Friday, 2d
September.
At Fort Valley, Wetlnc-dsy, 7th Septem
ber.
At Reynolds, Thursday, Sih September.
At Butler. Friday, Hth September.
At Geneva, Saturday, loth September.
At Wann Springs, Upson county, Friday, 16th
September.
At Ilootensville, Upson county, Saturday,
17th September.
Open Declaration of Hostility.-Dennison, j
the Black Republican nominee for Governor of
Ohio, whose election is almost certain, has
avowed in a late speech the policy by which
his administration will be conducted in its
relation with the South. Here arc his words: I
“ If I ma elected Governor of Ohio—and I ,
expect to be—no fugitive slave shall be sent
1 a.k to Kentucky or any other slave State: if
I cannot otherwise protect him from his pur
suers, J trill employ the bayonet, so help me, ;
God
Seward, who will be, in all human proba
bility, the Black Republican nominee for the
Presidency of the United States next year, and
whose election is almost certain, in our opinion,
said in the Federal Senate last winter, that he
considered the battle between the North and
the South fought, and won by the North; and
that when his party obtained control of the
reins of power they would reorganize the Su
preme Court, so that judicial sanction should
follow fanatical and oppressive legislation. Il
anything, Seward’s remarks were more offen
sive than those attributed to Mr. Dennison.
At all events, they are fiaught with m re dan
ger, for he belongs to the legislative depart
nient of the Federal Government, and has
sworn to support the Federal Constitution.
Not so with Mr. Dennison. Ho has taken no
oath whatever, as yet, although he proclaims
his uisloyalty as a citizen, in advance. W ith
such Presidents as Seward, and such Gover
nors as Dennison, the S >uth will be sweetly
treated by the General Government. She will
stand a splendid chance of receiving justice—
constitutional or otherwise. Well,
Sieli is life."
,V. O. Crescent.
Virginia and Protection to Slave
PROPERTY.
If the democracy of Virginia are not recre.
ant to their own safety ami to the safety of the
South, they will arouse and prepare for the
approaching canvass for delegates to Charles
ton. We must call upon our friends through
out the State to be active, vigilant and deter
mined.
Already the correspondents of the Buffalo
Republic and other free soil papers are active
ly canvassing for the sale of the Virginia de
mocracy. Not the advancement of Mr. Hun
ter is the object of the approaching canvass:
that is a mere feint. It that was the real ob
ject, it could be advanced far better by a faith
mi adherence to southern rights, than by a
shameful abandonment of the very principles
strenuously urged by a united delegation o 1
the Virginia democracy at Cincinnati. They
seek not Mr. Hunter’s nomination. Corres
ponding w ith Buffalo Republics is not of the
advancement of Mr. Hunter, it is for the sale
of the democracy of Virginia to non interven
tionism.
The democracy of Virginia should immedi
ately organize for the Charleston Convention.
An open contest, out of closets and above cul
verts, is all that fair-minded men desire. If
this is given and intervention is fairly defeated
—if Virginia, by a fair vote of her people,
cleet to abandon her sister southern States,
mid entrust her institution to the fostering care
of northern emigrants, let the South be clear
ly informed of the fact and openly notified of
the silly desertion. Tbe Virginia democracy
oweTe the South vigilance, activity and en
ergy, and they should see that her cause and
the cause of her sister Southern States be
not bartered away in the approaching can.
vasss.
That the southern States will insist on in
tervention at Charleston, let the action of the
Mississippi Democratic Convention attest the
fact. And that Virginia in all future, as in
all time past, will stand faithfully by the.South,
is sufficiently proved by the experience of his
tory. But tbe democracy of Virginia must
not idly allow the schemes of a few to entrap
the party, but by actively canvassing the opin
ions of all candidates for Charleston, see that
no man not true to intervention be permitted
to go to Charleston. And we would advise,
that no confidence be given tj the “Shockoes'
of Buffalo Republics, <? id oume genus, which
inculcate the idea that Virginia w ill not be
true to himshe so triumphantly elected in 1855.
A*. -• „i on<l Enquirer.
...
Praying for His Provender.
W e have no intention, says the Cleveland
I’laindeuler, of making fuu of serious mutters,
in telling the following story ; wo merely re
late a fact:
Tiivre is a rule at Oberlin College, that no
student shall board at any house where pray
ers are not regularly made. A certain man
fittAi up a boarding-house, and filled it with
Is ardors, but forgot until the eleventh hour
ti- prayer proviso. Not being a prayer man
liiin-elt, he lucked around for one who was.
V “ , ’ztkjio.-foun4 one—a meek young man
from I rumbull County —w ho agreed to pay for
his boarding in praying. For a while all went
on siu othly, but tbe boarding master furnish
ed his table > > poorly that the boarders began
to grumble, and t o leave, mid the other mor
ning the praying boarder actually struck. ;
b-oiuethiuk like the following dialogue oc- 1
curred nt the table!
I.imilord —Will you pray, Mr. Mild’
Mild- Xo, air. 1 will not.
Landlord Why not. Mr. Mild?
Mild—lt du t pay, »ir. I eau't prav on mu-li
victuals as thee. And unle** v.m bind your- ’
aeil in writing io set M la-ttcr tahls than v„u
hate for th* last three waaka, nun ono/Arr
pruyST shall yt»u hatr f im lltf
And that'* Ure way the matter atood at la»t
alt ice*.
The following u Inopighred Lynz” were acci
dentally picked up on the street recently. and as the
authorship is claimed by no one in these parts, (Mr 1
Jersiar Speinkins, jr., being entirely unknown here,)
we give them an insertion. If by chance they should
meet the gaze of Jersiar, we hope he will not be taken
down by another serious sick *ptlL
INSPIGHRED LYNZ—TI’ Mia .
BY JERSIAH RFMPKINS, JB.
The trea-tode leaps frum trea tu trea;
The buzzard sores frum ski tu ski,
But a portier site than thistu me,
Is the blinkin uv yur big gray I.
The sun went down an our ago—
The stars begin tu pepo—
The Bull phrogs in the mill-pond sung
The Tadpoles awl tu sleep.
The chickuns Lav now gon nt nude —
The sleeps <»u the llvrtb—
Butt o without thi luven smighl,
How loueli is this Ertb.
JL nr Dorg is Itighcn by the fens,
Watchiu iur posers buy ;
Pad and main hav gon tu bed,
Aud 8u tUeigh think hav eye.
Mi thots now sore away tu U;
Mi branj begins to phluttcr;
I lav U more that Buckwhete caix,
Ur phlittcrs fride in butter.
And while I listen to tbe phrogs,
While dad and mam do snoar.
Or the houlin uv the purps at nite,
Still i luv I inner and nicer.
“Brexiso against the Tiger” ix New ,
York.—The Minnesotian Leg isi nt lire, wanting I
money to complete their railroad. which is
getting to be like our Erie Canal, a rather ex
pensive luxury, an agent wns despatched to
this city to negotiate bonds. He was making
headway in Wall street quite swimmingly,
| when he fell in company with n well-dressed
plausible person, of the class which infest ho-
■ tels, with plenty of money to spend and leis
> ure enough in which to do it, the “ decoy” of
, a gambling den, whose duties are to inveigle
' the unsophisticated thither for the purpose of
swindling them.
The roper discovered that the westerner was
sharp, ami it required superior tactics to ren
der him available. It was necessary to pre
i pare him for the operation, and a few bottles
■of wine accomplished the purpose. The twain !
visited the gambling house, which is located
on Broadway, and the westerner commenced
playing. He was completely stripped of his
money, and Minnesota bonds, valued at one
hundred and thirty-six thousand dollars. The
next day he remembered every incident con
nected with the scene of his folly, but could
not tell where the den was located in which
he had been robbed, and it is needless to add
that the roper had disappeared.
He consulted with a firm of Wall street bro
kers, who hearing that he was in a situation
to pay for the recovery of the bonds, negotia
tions commenced and a partner of the contrac- I
tor having been hurried on through a telegraph- j
ie message, they proved successful, rumor pine
j ing the amount paid the gamblers at various
sums, from sixty to ninety thousand dollars.
The westerner, disgusted with Ids experi
! ence, returned home with the conviction that i
the New Yorker was the most voracious an
imal that he had ever encountered. —A”. I'.
AT? ics.
The Chances of Escape.
The editor of the Auburn (N. Y.,) Adver
tiser has been to Niagara Fulls, ami saw Blon
din replace his guv-ropes, after having removed
them last week. The Auburn geutU-.uan ven
tures into speculation as to Blondin'.- .am es
of escape, ia ease Ik- should fall fr ui the r .pc,
and c.ancs to a remarkable conclusion, viz:
that he would swim ashore, and come out
safely. The writer says:
“ In a few minutes’ conversation with this
courageous man, he expressed himself satisfied
that a fall from the rope would not be fatal.
He has had considerable experience in falling,
and Ims made many experiments. In che
: should find himself going from his rope, he
would roll himself into the shape of a ball;
ami when he struck, there vv..u'd be -o little
surface exposed, that it would be of little con
sequence how he went into the water, he should
. come to the surface and swim out.
"The Monsieur talks with so much confi
' denee of his success, in case of a fall, that we
j have no doubt he will vary his entertainments
by an apparent misstep, and tumble from his
j rope. It would make his feat appear more
difficult, and the danger more appalling. The
' current is slow where he crosses, and unless
I killed by the fall, he could very easily swim
I ashore.’’
A Goon Doc.—The Boston Herald tells of
the wonderful sagacity of a setter of that city.
! His owner, who was much attached to him,
i had observed his unusual absence with much
j solicitude. After waiting a day or two with-
I out hearing of his favorite, it was determined
'to seek him. The search was successful, the
I dog being found on Washington street, appa
rently rooted to the spot, with his head erect,
pointing pertinaciously opposite. Suspecting
game in tho vicinity, the owner made search,
aud directly discovered on a dead line with
the setter’s nose, the sign of A. Partridge. Good
dog that!
Fellow-Travellers.—“ Will you help me
out ot this tnud-hulei’’ asked a traveling drug
gist who had just be;n compelled to stop his
team in a mud-hole, because his horses couldn't
pull it out.
“ No, I cau’t stop,’’ said the Yankee, who
was heavily loaded, and was fearful he would
l<e too late for tbe cars.
" I would take it as a great favor, besides
paying you," said the druggist.
“What are you loaded with?” asked the
Yankee.
“ Drugs and medicine,” said he.
“ J guess I’ll try to get you out then, for 1
am loaded with tombstones.”
They were seen traveling together after that.
E\--P;tKsiEENT Pierce.—Ex-President Pierce
and wife arrived in the steamship America.—
A dispatch to the New York Journal of t
t'oiumerr;. dated Boston, August 27th. says: '
Ex-President Pierce was serenaded tl is eve
uing, at the Tremont House, by his friends,
and in response made n very eliapient ami tell
ing speech. After alluding to the death of Mr,
Choate, he stated that the object of his visit to
Europe—the restoration of tbe health of Mrs.
Pierce—was partially accomplished. He then
•Haded to his gratification at being on New
England soil ence more, and closed by enjoin
ing upon all to appreciate the great blessings j
which this alfords to be* citizens.
A Corn eof Fast Girls.—A couple of little
girls, one about fourteen, and the other twelve
years old, on last Monday, left their paternal
roofs, in thia city, letting their romantic dia
positlons lead them off with Eldred's Great
t'lreus Humbug. Where they ure going, and
what they intern! to do, “h a tale to unfold." J
Hut »« presume they were fax'inated with tbe
fla*hy attire of th" actors, uml < ulj not redat
I I aeoMa aetaf* tlMMa* i
Whether any attempt lias I< in made , their
parent* to stop the young heroines iu their
mad esrser or Bet, »e are unprepared tu any.
Jarkwn (Miss.,) Eagle, JUth vU. \
FROM OtTR DAILY OF FRIDAY, SEPT 2.
Mr. J. M. Boardman will accept our
thanks for the September number of Harper’s
Magazine. Apart from its usual variety, which
makes this magazine so popular with the gen
eral reader, it contains an article from the pen
of Stephen A. Douglas upon the subject of
‘•Popular Sovereignty in the Territories,”
which we would recommend to the notice of
politicians. Our time and space prevents our
making any comments upon this remarkable
production at present, we will, however, give
it the attention that it deserves at an early
day.
Received yesterday by Adams & Rey
nolds, from John Doke, Esq., the overseer of
Hop. 11. G. Lamar’s plantation in Baker eo.,
the first load of new Cotton this season from
that section. The order is as follows: Fine
Quality ; Strictly Gooi Middling ; Staple
Fair.
The Chronicle and Sentinel and
THE STATE ROAD.
This organ of the Opposition party in Au
gusta —the Chronicle and Sentinel—was hard
run when, in one of its recent leaders, it says:
“It is true Governor Brown pays the net
earnings [of the State Road,] into the Treas
ury — after that we know not where the money
goes!"
We would like to know what is to prevent
the editor of that paper from knowing that
important faet, if he really desires to knw it?
! Does he know whore the taxes of the people,
! l aid into the treasury, goes? The means by
, which he acquires that information, if resorted
to, mi rht enlighten him upon the other point.
A few lines to the Comptroller General, of en
quiry, might inform and relieve his mind of
all suspicion that Governor Brown misappro
priated any portion of it, or that he has even
the power to expend one dime of it, except by
authority of law, after it gets into the State
Treasury.
Pity the Chronicle and Sentinel is not better
informed'
Mr. Speer in Harris.
We referred on yesterday to the acceptable
manner in which Mr. Speer is conducting the
Congressional canvass, according to the reports
1 which reach us from the upper counties of tbe
' district which he has recently visited ; and are
! glad to see from the following, which we clip
: Tom the Cohunbus Tiinct< y that the same ac
counts are communicated to that paper. It
says :
‘•Mr. A. M. Speer, the democratic candi late for
Congress in the 3.1 Contres’ion al District, addressed
;he people of Harris a few days since, at Hamilton*—
A c irrcsnondent says, that he made a “ good speech
—an effective speech.” He speaks at two more ap
pointments in Harris, and the people should come
out and hear him. He presents the issues of tho can
vass in a clear, forcible light, and with telling effect.
Tho democracy must rally to their leader! Strong
tickets have been nominated in tbe several counties
in the district, and if the democracy only arouse
themselves from their lethargy and work— go out ami
I see their friends —they will carry the district and
’ place the standard in their own hands. A few hun
dred votes can be easily made by a democratic gain
in every county. Democrats rally ! ‘To your tents,
oh Israel!’ ”
Not a “,/hr hundred” is necessary to secure
Mr. Speer's election. Less than tico hundred
jraiu will do. if the democracy will only ata d
firm, and rally to the polls. In the last con
test. the democratic gain was over four hun
dred votes. Another trial, and the democra
cy will conquer. There is that virtue in the
people—in the honest, independent, voters of
the district —that will not stand Opposition
rule, however disposed many of them were to
•ustain Americanism. We look to tbe result
<ith Lepe and confidence.
“ Correction.”
Under the above head, we find the following in
the hist Columbus Enquirer, an Opposition
paper, conducted with much ability, and with
a regard to truth, creditable in these degenerate
days, to political journalism in Georgia.
“ We last week copied from the Macon Journal anil
Mttoumjf r, a coinmunicati' n charging that Dr. Lewis,
Superintendent of the State Road, had transported
over the rviid his own iron, at $1 35 per tun, while
for ab »ut the same distance he had charged Messrs.
Cothran A Elliott $3 25 per ton. The Democratic
papers explain this apparent unjust discrimination,
by showing that acts of the Legislature require tho
superintendent to make discriminatiors in favor of
i '.torgin iron : and they say that the iron <»f Cothran
A Elli it is manufactured iu Alabama. This being
the case, exonerates Dr. Lewis and (Governor Brown
fr :n ail blame in the premises. If they have not
made unfair discriminations between iron companies
in the State, tbe law sustains them. It is due to tbe
Journal and Mevncmjrr to state that the communica
tion making the charge, was written by a Democrat."
It was only on yesterday that we referred to
the Savannah Hrpttblican, in connection with
this same charge against Dr. Lewis. We com
mend the spirit displayed by the Enquirer to
the Oppo&itiun organ in Savannah, as worthy
, ot imitation.
Dr. Lewis, the Superintendent of the State
Road, is no candidate for Governor, but a faith
ful public officer, who discharges the duties
assigned him, with a fidelity and success that
are rare in these days, and which entitle him
to the gratitude of the tax payers of Georgia,
despite the charges brought against him by
small politicians and hunters after office. The
people, too, will see to it, that his management
of the state Road will be endorsed in the de
feat of the Opposition.
Miraboau B. Lamar.
Not long since we took occasion to refer to,
and indignantly rebuke, the slanders of certain
Northern papers, under the influence of Wall
Street brokers and speculators, which had
crept into some Southern journals, in refer
ence to the distinguished gentleman whose
name heads this notice. We now take pleas
ure iu calling the attention of our readers, and
his hosts of Georgia friends, to the following
tribute paid to his “ uprightness and justice,”
and the ability displayed by him as Minister
to Costa Rica from this government. The
Minister of the Interior of that Republic, in
his annual report to its Congress, when refer
ring to relations with the United States says:
”As I announced to you in the last report, the
Government of the United States accredited as Mint
ister to Costa Rica Senor Mirabeau B. Lamar. Rec
ognized iu that character by this Government, Se
nor Lamar, whose mission is to improve the relations
aud remove all difficulties that might exist, after
some days residence in this capital removed to Nica
ragua, where he is at present. While he was in
C>»sta Rica the Government showed ducattention, no
only to bis official rank, but to his respectable per
son and bis courteous comportment. The conse
quence of the conflict iu Nicaragua against the ad
venturers, among whom, a< is notoriously known
were American citizens, naturally produced, owing
tu the distance and perhaps to the little knowledge
possessed of these countries, and to the influence and
reports of declared enemies, some reclamations from
that Government aud diverse claims from citizens of
that Republic; but the conciliatory disposition of ■
Gen. Lamar, bis uprightness aud justice,* were also
favorable for treating these questions, which, placed
iu an impartial light, were victoriously replied to by
Costa Rica.”
Dr. Stephens, Editor of the Christian Advocate
ami Journal, says :
< <«rr«iM)/<> udents make a great mistake in writing
long article#. A communication which to a fourth of
a column lung, is read by woit reader*, hdlcm its ■
subject ia inanifcsdy repulsive; over half a column
long is usually read by half our readers, a euiuma ;
loiig by a third of them ; a two column article by nut :
one tenth; a three or four ruiumft one by nobody |
whatever, ext*ef»t tbe wearied editor and Lis preof
reeder. and the few who have a pers-ri.! or very sf*»
riel eoucera ta ib« artieto. After nearly twenty I
y«-ar» • f «4 life, tLts is our best estimate of tbe I
• of being read » aev«|*aper»* •» A vefd I
u tbe em,” au j
Upson Pilot.
” Well Mr. Speer need not be astonished
if, with the "squatter elements of the Kansas Bill,"
the “profound indifference” of the Prerident and
the several Northern free-soil Governors devoted to
making Kansas a free State, that Kansas was lost
to the South without the "six Southern dead Ameri
cans" jerking out their heels and killing it twice.
We, however, have confronted the two Democratic
witnesses, and we leave our readers to reconcile their
contradictions. If Speer has told the truth, then
Iverson has walked around a lie ; if Iverson has
told the troth, Speer lies—under a mistake."
Come, brother Miller, stretch out that affi
davit countenance of yours, and take the stand:
you have spun rope enough to hang, and much
as we like you, we fear you will have to swing.
Yes, says the illustrious Iverson, who is as true
to his native South as the needle to the dark
corners of the north:
" The loss of Kansas to the South was the legiti
mate and inevitable fruit of the ’squatter sovereignty’
elements of the Kansas Nebraska Bill, a. eon.tmcd
and enforced by its Northern authors and friend.."
Now, who, brother Miller, were those friends
but your six Southern “Americans?” Come,
none of your squirming; don’i be scared ; look
this way ; open your mouth and speak out like
a man ; you have n’t got the lockjaw 1 Yes,
just so; everybody knew it before, and why
didn’t you say so at first? Get down, you
have told the truth ! Keep yjur nose clean,
and you shan’t hang this time!
Empire State.
“ Passamaquaddy! Passama-
QUADDY!”
All the way from Frenchman’s Bay and
Passamaquaddy '. Clear the track for Passa
maquaddy! Strange news from Passatnaquad
dy ! The same I say from Frenchman’s Bay!
A regular built mare's nest in Passamaquad
dy! Ditto, ditto, 1 say in Frenchman’s Bay!
What a wonderful discovery has (’apt. Harde
man waked up at Passamaquaddy and French
man’s Bay! Hear him, as at Barnesville, dis
course about the few hundreds of revenue, and
the many thousands expended by this extrava
gant government of ours, to collect the few
pitiful hundreds I say, at Passamaquaddy and
Frenchman’s Bay! in his stereotyped speech,
which is iu at one ear and out at the other, as
"a tale that is told.” Around the district we
hear as usual from Passamaquaddy !
Well, he have just this much to say about
Passamaquaddy, which everybody knows, or
ought to know, that such points os Passama
quaddy, Frenchman’s Bay, and other suspi
cious points are, without regard to the revenue
they collect, kept strictly guarded against
i smuggling, and often at very heavy expense,
I in order to protect the government in the col
lection of revenue at more important custoni-
I houses. Were suspicious points left exposed,
without cutter service and a full complement
of men, what would become of the millions oi
revenue from imports? No; such points don’t
I pay directly, while thousands are expended bi
' a lynx-eyed government, in watching that iu
j gress is not had thereat, to defraud the cus
tom-houses in the large commercial cities.
Why, meeting such “opposition” points—
keeping out smugglers, and protecting the
revenue of the county, and bringing it into
the Treasury, that we may build ships of war
for defense, light houses I r the protection of
j life, a Capitol meeting the necessities, and
comporting with the dignity of the govern
j meat is but pack-thread amusement in playing
with a neophite—stated on a tussock.
Ent} ire State.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP
AFRI C A .
New York, Sept. I.—The steamship Africa ,
arrived off Sandy Hook at noon to-day. Her
mails will leave for the South on the evening
train. The commercial intelligence by this
arrival is anticipated.
General News
The Africa brings intelligence from Liver
I pool to the 20th August.
It was rumored in Paris that Marshals Can
robert and Neill bad fought a duel, and that
: the latter was killed.
The loss by the late tire in Liverpool, in
cotton and grain, was £BO,OOO, which was
mostly covered by insurance.
The Builders' strike in London continues.
Napoleon had ordered two steamers to Alge
j ria and Guiana, to bring home the political
exiles recently pardoned by the Emperor’s
I general amnesty.
The projected fortifications at Antwerp were
, exciting some uneasiness in Paris.
The municipality of Parma had issued a
i proclamation, expressing the unanimous desire
I for Parini as Dictator. The population evinced
great enthusiasm. The Government had pur
chased four thousand rifles, and invited into
ts service the disbanded corps of riflemen of
the Alps.
It was reported from Vienna that the Em-
■ peror of Austria was becoming impatient at
the delay in restoring the Grand Dukes; also,
1 that the Austrian carps if armee was to be con
j eentrated near Porico, on the road to Modena.
A decree had been issued at Bolcgna, decla-
I ring all the citizens of the Romagna, without
distinction of religion, equal in law, and in the
exercise of their political rights.
Burning ot the Steamer Messenger.
New Ori.eaxs, Sept. I.—The steamer Mes
. senger, bound from this port to Memphis, was
discovered to be on fire. She was ran ashore
ind scuttled, near Bayou Sara. Iler paaMß-
■ gers and cotton were saved.
Another Fire.
New Orleans, Sept. I.—There were site
stores burned this afternoon, on Tchoupitou
las street. The stores were tilled with whisky,
produce, etc. Loss small.
Meufiiis, Tenn., Sept. I.—The receipts of
Cotton at this port, for the past commercial
vear, to date, foot up 320,00<1, against 243,000
bales the year previous. Stock 13,500 bales.
Locisville, Ky., Sept. I.—The number of j
hogs assessed during the past year, to date, in
the State, is 1,310,001). The amount of Tobacco
inspected for the same time, is 17.500 hogs
heads.
A Ft’GtTivE.—A gentleman of color made
his appearance here on Wednesday last, pro- '
fessing to be a runaway servant of Gov. Aiken
of South Carolina, and" to be in hot haste for j
Canada. He received material aid and parted
with the blessings of his friends here who bade ’
him good speed, as they took an affectionate 1
I leave. It has since been ascertained that he '
came direct from Keene, where he had been '
kicked out of the hotels tor being a drunken
nuisance. If be is a fugitive he means to live
high while Lis freedom lasts. He went from
here to Harrisville, and was “tight” before he
got there.— l'etrr.lx,rough (.V. //.) Transcript ‘
■ ■ I
High Raises Desthofixc the Crops.— Lost '
week we le trued from the officer* of the steamer
South Carolina, that iu several places the Apa
lachiools riser wm <oerfl<>wing its banks and 1
destroying the crops. The Chatuhoocbe. how
•»er. is falling, and the Flint is n -w on a stand,
so that the Apalarh>ol< ttiuM Ft iy
be receding at this d*te. Several crops, we
ere U/id, Were entirely destroyed by the over-
Mow hevryuiri, Vslk. f
Rosalie Durand.—The Sun Francisco,
(CaJ.) Herald, of the stb of August, repot- •
Accident to Miss Rosalie Durand.—On Mon
day night, after the performances nt the Ope
ra House, Miss Rosalie Durand, while opening
a bottle of magnesia with a fork, accidentally
broke the bottle and cut her left hand dread
fully with the broken glass. The wound laid
open the ball of the thumb to the bone, and is
about an inch nnd a half in length. The lady
appeared with her arm in a sling last night,
and suffered much from the pain.
Resolution Against Ruffianism
IN BALTIMORE.
The Baltimore Republican publishes the fol
lowing “call,” which, for the honor of the
Monumental City, we hope will be fully res
ponded to:
Tows Meeting.—The undersigned, citizens and
business men of Baltimore, in view of rite present
deplorable condition of affairs in our city, call upon
all favorable to the restoration of law and order, the
purity of the ballot box, and the protection of legal
voters to assemble with them in mass meeting al
Monument Square, on Monday afternoon, the sth
'day of September, at I o’clock, to take into conside
ration such measures as the present crisis may war
rant.
Death of a Young Georgian in Ct ba. —
Wo take the following item from the Havana
correspondence of the N. Y. Herald :
“There diet! at the Marine Hospital Casa
Bianca, across the harbor, opposite the city,
on the 17th Inst., after only fifty-six hours ill
ness of yellow fever, an interesting youth,
named .James Fitzpatrick, a native of Wash
ington, Wilkes county, Georgia—where his
parents now reside—aged fifteen years. Hi
remains have been embalmed, and are to be
sent to his parents by the earliest opportuni
ty-’’ *
The Prince of Wales Expected in Cana- '
da.—The Quebec Chronicle of Monday tnorn- 1
ing, says that the Prince of Wales, his tutor
and Court physician, may be expected to ar
rive there by the next Canada Ocean Mail
steamer.
o
Tall Cotton Picking.
The Reveille, published in Jefferson county.
Miss., says that two boys on the plantation of
Messrs. Harrison, near Fayette, the 10th nit.,
picked 1615 pounds of cotton in one day : one
of them gathering 905 pounds, the other 740
pounds. This was done on a hill plantation.
o
Tub Cholera in Evuope.—The cholera was
making destructive progress in Hamburg. The
London Medical Times states that, from the
25th to the 31st of July, there were 424 cases
in the city, of which 332 were fatal.
The European Times of the 13th August,
says: Cholera has again appeared in this
country, and it cornea to us, as usual, from
Hamburg. We see that during the last week
24 deaths are stated to have occurred from
this cause in London.
Trade Bnuirx rHE 1 WC* State- oW
I France.—The Treasury Department is now
! preparing some interesting statistical tables
relative to the trade between the United State .
' and France, exhibiting, by comparison, the
amount of duties paid by each, ou the imported
products of the other. These tables, it is un
derstood, are designed to facilitate the negoti
ation of a treaty between the two countries,
by which our commercial interests will be ex
t tended.
A Yorxc Sportsman.—A barefooter was
1 fishing on the bank of a pond, cut in New-
York, when a m inster pickerel grabbled the
hook so suddenly as to jer k the little fellow
into the wafer. He was rescued, with some
difficulty, by nn older companion, the fish, in
thevnean time having cleared himself f- in the
' hook, and darted away. As the little fellow’s
! head came above the water, he saw at once
the situation of affairs, and gasped out —his
| eyes almost starting from bis head with ex
! eitement—“ Catch me another grasshopper
' and I’ll got him next time.”
— .
From the Atlanta Intelligencer.
Keep it before the People.
Ist, That Governor Brown’s administration
; works the Road cheaper, in propoition to the
amount wf work done, than any administration
, which lias preceded him.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
2d, That Governor Brown realizes more nett
profit monthly, in proportion to the monthly
earnings of the Road, than any Governor who
has preceded him, and keeps the Road in bet
ter order than it has ever been kept.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
3d, That Col. Akin siad, in his opening
speech ot the canvass, that Dr. Lewis, the
' Superintendent of the State Road is an honest
| man.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
4th, That Col. Akin agreed with Governor
Brown, to carry the Kinney case “ to its aid,”
and has failed to do so.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
sth, That Col. Akin has not yet, and we do
' not believe that he will, over his signature.
I publicly declare that his duties in the Kinney
; ease, ended with the appeal trial “ in Cass Su
perior Court.”
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
Gth, That Gov. Brown has done more for
the education of the masses of Georgia, than
any Governor w bo has preceded him.
KEEP IT BEFORE TH" PEOPLE.
7th, That the State Road, ander Governor
Brown, is paying into the State Tresury $40.-
! 000 per month.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
bill, That the “ Southern Recorder.” a lead
ing Opposition paper, a few days before the
l nomination of Col. Akin, said:
i "As we have said before and still say. it is
j useless to endeavor to manufacture enthusiasm
against Gov. Brown. We -peak what we
know, when we say, (lor we Lave traveled
. much in the State, and conversed w itli the
I thinking men our of party) that Gov. Brown’s
( administration meets with the approval of vo
. ry many of our party, and will not be control-
I led by any action in opposition to him 1”
Parson Brownlow in a Ball
ROOM.
Parson Brownlow, who is seeking health in
the mountains of Virginia, writes to his paper,
■ August 24 th, from Warm Springs, in that State.
I We make the following extract:
After tea I was kJ to enter the ball-room, from
i hearing a superior female voice, ad an accompani
ment to the band, playing “Home, t*wett Hume!"
A perfect it ranger, and a mere looker on, 1 quietly
seated myaelf on a lounge. Koan the ladies and gvu
tleineu came in, two and two, aad never did the
Highlands of Scotland, the green hills oi Switz* r
laud, or the rural dkirkte of Germany, exhibit aurb
dancers. Their jeweled necks, and car#, and linger*,
and daisling broesdee. •a'-h •«•<! to tit* other, “ n *n«
of year dsaaeas coat Msiaal” The com pan yin
the baU-rooiu -lunll, and rather wifif'l. a irw of
us, passenger*, intruding. They commenced walumg
—buggiag each other elosc—MWf ft* w round .n «
polkbsd floor. Ti*« woul i tlj up skirls ,
e''
sslvsa. 1 ran t tract utysHf any fertbvfMi this »ul»
ywt.
Mk Tl VHJ. a* k’* In « prjtaU
Inter a4JreM»u-<f to n fnrnd hi (Jib rltv, iff.
etMtf. that h’s tort <•*•**
bi* present fcMj /uru m i.tiglaud, Itate »Mi*<ui4*«l
i»» Ud wM«*h be Lae nab* d
The Atlantic Telegraph.
The New York Commercial says that there
seems to be a good disposition in England to
meet the cull of the Atlantic Telegraph Com
p ny for the additional capital requiaUq for
the renewed experiment of sub-Atlantic tele
graph communication between that country
and the United States. The Company have
made the price per share five pounds sterling.
The former shares were one thousand pounds;
and we believe each share will hereafter be
entitled to a vote at the annual meeting. This
reduction, while it does not prevent the lai’g
i r capitalists from investing as freely as they
choose, will permit the thousands who were
before excluded to obtain an interest in the
great work, especially as by act of the British
Parliament, the liabilities of the shareholder is
limited to the amount for which he subscribes.
A very large number, both in England and
the United States, will doubtless take one or
more shares at this price, because even if suc
cess does not wait upon endeavor, the pleas
ant feeling ot having lent a helping hand to
’ the great enterprise will be almost sufficient
I compensation for so trivial a loss, while if the
experiment is successful, the investment will
be very advantageous, the English government
having guaranteed an income of eight per cent,
on the shares if the cable is put in oberation,
and so long as it continues in good working
order.
The Constitutionalist states that Mrs.
Frances Spellman, wife of Richard Spellman,
Jr., of Augusta, committed suicide in that city
on Thursday morning, by taking strychnine.
She was in a fit of mental aberration at the
time. Her mind was affected by the loss of
her children, and she made several attempts
. befose at self-destruction.
The Aurora Beeealis.
He knew by the flame, that shot so bright,
That spirits were riding the northern light.
Northern Lights.—The sky presented a
1 magnificent spectacle last evening, about sev
: ning, about seven o’clock, in consequence of
a brilliant display of the Northern Lights. —
j The sky was illumined for a considerable
-pace, and a noticeable feature was that the r
light extended further South than is usually
the case. Faint spots of a rosy hue were visi- !
I hie in the northcast and northwest, but south
! east and southwest the appearance was that, f
' a brilliant white light, as if the moon was ris
, ing. A number of the fire companies were
misled by the appearance of the heavens, and
I a number of them turned out, under the im-
I pres-ion that a fire was n"in^.—Pliiladel phia
I /jedi/er, 29th.
Magnificent Si-ectaci.e.—Shortly rfter
.-unset last evening, the northern heavens were
illuminated by a display of the Aurora Bore
alis, which in brilliancy and magnificence has
sildom been surpassed in this latitude. At
about eight o'clock, persons up town, looking
from the street northwards oter the tops of the
buildings, thought that an extensive fire was
raging in that quarter. Between nine and
ten, when our attention was called to the specta
cle, a rose-red corona had formed at the zenith,
which seemed todistribute its arehedstreamers
of light in all directions towards the east and
west. Red tinges like great clots of blood,
overspread at times a large portion of the sky.
The flickering streams or 1 rushes of light di
verged from the Aurora towards the zenith:
their active and beautiful motions dazz.led the
eye, while the brilliancy and rapidity with
which the corruscations appeared in various
parts of the firmament filled the spectator with
feelings of admiration and wonder. We hope
11 see some account of this interesting phe
nomenon scientifically reported.
At midnight the main arch was still visible.
We never saw a more generally diffused Auro
la, certainly not at this season of the year.—
The thermometer fell rapidly during the eve
ning, and later in the night the weather was
a most cold.—-V. Y. Journal of Conimerce. 29th.
New York, August 29th.—The Superinten
dent of the Canadian Telegraphic Company's
lines, telegraphs as follows in relation to the
effect of the Aurora Borealis last night:
" I never, in an experience of fifteen years
in working telegraph lines, witnessed any
i thing like the extraordinary effect of the Auro
ra Borealis, between Quebec aud Father Point,
ast night. The line was in most perfect or
der. and well-skilled operators worked inces
santly from eight o’clock last evening until
ten o’clock this morning, to get over in an intel
ligible form about four hundred words of the
report per steamer Indian for the Associated
Press, and at the latter hour so completely
were the wires under the influence of the Au
rora Borealis that it was found utterly impos
sible to communicate between the telegraph
stations, and the line had to be dosed.”
The same difficulty prevailed as far south as
Washington.
Singular Phenomenon.—Sunday evening,
at nine o’clock, we witnessed a most singular
phenomenon in the heavens in the east. About
thirty degress above the horizon the sky pre
sented the appearance of the broad lurid glare
caused by a distant conflagration. It ex
tende i parallel with die horizon, apparently
for the distance of ninety degress, from the
east to the north. The whole heavens in that
direction had the appearanceof a black cloud
fringed with blood.
The superstitious doubtless construed it as
a p rtent of coming evil. As it came from the
east, who knows that it is not ominous of the
civil war of the sections foretold by the politi
cal Cassandras!
We suspect that it finds a solution in the pe
cular state of the atmosphere at the time, and
the refraction of the rays of the sun.— Colum
bus {Ga.) Sun.
The Aurora Borealis.—The temperature
this morning at 4 o’clock was at 49 degrees.—
The highest temperature yesterday was from
9 a. m. to G p. in. 78 to 70 deg., for nine conse
cutive hours, with the exception of a perturba
tion at 12 m.. when it fell two mid rose three
i degrees. Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights,
| kindled up shortly after sunset, mid shone
throughout the entire night, and were greatly
diffused. The temperature fell constantly du
ring the continuance of the Aurora.
At C p. m. it was 68 deg.; at 11 p. m. 50
and in five hours alter fell down to 49 degrees.
At 4 o’clock this morning the air was as clear
and bright as that during a full moon and
cloudless sky. The telegraph wires were sur
charged to a greater degree than during the
Aurora of 19th and 20th of February, 1852,
| when the Aurora also shone throughout the
| night, both here and in England.
1 have a Bible printed in London, in the
j year 1599, in which the 22d verse of the 37th
i chapter of Job reads thus : “ The brightness
' cotiu th ont of the North ; the praise to God
which is terrible.”
The Aurora Borealis is sometimes seen as
i fir South as 36 deg., north latitude.
The Aurora Borealis seen from the snmmit
of Mount Washington, on the nightof the 25th
of August. 1853, waa next morning followed
' by an atmosphere so clear that the spires of
the churches at Portland, ninety-five miles dis
tant, were distinctly seen from the summit of
, the mountain, and at the same time a most
brilliant meteoric shower was seen from the
ocean near the Equator.
persons « ho breath air filial with the au
roral light, will find It very invigorating.
E MFKIAM.
Brooklyn Heights. N. ¥.. August
—»«Ss
Crop* in Missitusippi.
The Cmluwl/u*
far a* *♦* b-axu. lit*
4 t .** th * will Imj • very
Singular Decision.
The New Orleans True Delta says :
A most singular decisi <n, to say the least ot
it, was recently rendered in one of the Sun
Francisco courts. A female of notoriously
laid character, named Kate Allen, was brought
before thejndgeon a charge of stabbing n man
named August M ilkey. The man hud entered
the saloon of the defendant, and after drinking
a few times'he laid down a ten d liar piece,
anfl called for the change, which she refused
to give, him: a difficulty ensued, and the de
fendant broke a window in the saloon, and
was stabbed in the arm by Kate. When the
case came up in the court, the testimony was
rather conflicting, nnd his Honor remarked that
“it was the testimony of an old prostitute
against that of a discharged soldier, each being
of the same vnlue.” This was certainly placing
the character of the soldier on a very low scale.
For aught that appeared on the trial, according
to the evidence in the matter, the man was
entitled to full belief. The judge saw fit to
view it otherwise, and dismissed the case. So
the abandoned woman was turned loose upon
the town to re-enact her midnight orgies with
more assurance than ever.
Mr. L. Crockett has disposed of his in
terest in the Richmond Morning News, to his
former partner, Geo. W. Gary. Hereafter Mr.
Crockett will assist A. Judson Crane, Esq.,
in the editorial department. The News advo
cates the claims of John M. Botts, the “ head
him or die” man for President.
0
A Reverend Cockswain.—Our readers are
aware that there is a Floating School in Char
leston harbor, where boys are taught learning,
good morals, and seamanship; and we heartily
wish there was such a benevolent, and at the
same time, utilitarian institution in our waters
The Rev. Mr. Yates, the Principal of the
School, was out recently practicing two boats'
crews of his boys in rowing, himself acting
cockswain of one < f the boats, when he fell in
with a crew of amateurs practicing for an ex
pected race. A trial was proposed, and the
good parson’s boat was beaten only by a length.
The boys, who were fatigued with previous
work, challenged the amateurs t i a regular
’ match —the parson, we suppose, to -c r a
before.—Mobile Mercury.
Frauds in Cotton.—The N. O. Cri-o-enl pub
.1 lishes the folio.’.ing:
Glasgow, August 4.—1 have direct' d cur
agents at Liverpool to forward you a statement
1 of difference ot: wronat marks ofeott<>:; -x cur
I ship and hope something may be recovered
, from somebody on our claim; but my prlnei
' pal object is to call attentb n to a growing evil
:in your place (New Orleans.) If shippers ot
■ cotton do not look to it—that the clerks of the
. I cotton-presses ship the cotton which belongs:
I to their different lots—they will eventually
have to guarantee, not only the quantity of
[ cotton, but the nnirk.- also. Ei< .y slop with
i' which 1 am acquainted, discharging in Liver
-1 pool trom New Orleans. Lad the same difficul
ty, nnd many of them lost considerably more
’ , than we did, the wrong cotton invariably turn
! ing out of inferior quality. There must be a
i eanso for this, aud I wish merely to cail your
[ attention to the fact, hoping that y.ft will find
Jout that cause, and suggest an appropriate
remedy. V>’e know in ourcasc tlmtthe cotton
could not have been mixed a’ our loading
• ! berth, as no other vessel loaded cotton at the I
I i same berth with us. Truly yours. ....
, i
I The Quitman Monument.—The Natchez
i Free Trader say s :
. | The Quitman Monument will be built. The
’, action had by the Executive Committee con
( templates a speedy beginning of the work. A
s | committee of five intelligent and judicious gen
-1 ’ tlemeu, who understand thoroughly the views
_ I of the Executive, and the wishes of the people,
. and who are zealous in the cause in which they
, arc engaged, has been appointed, with full
• power to adopt a plan for the monument. Ar
. ehiteets have till the first cf September to con
fer with them. On that date a plan will be
. j adopted, and the work of building the monu
t ment be then begun. Several thousand dol
lars have already been subscribed, and no ap
prehensions arc entertained of raising the full
sum desired.
i
Blondin and De Laive Eclipsed!—A Boy
Crosses.the Genesee Chasm in the Night!
’ The Rochester Union gives the following,
which seems incredible, but as it is told in all
j seriousness, we give it:
' , “ There was an exhibition upon De Laive’s
' rope on Monday night last about 11 o’clock.
I which did not appear in the bills. One of the
press boys employed in this office, Janies
Buckley, aged 16 years, proceeded quietly,
I , with a companion, at the hour mentioned, *o
( the west end of the rope, at the saw mill, and
boldly started for Falls Field, without balanc
ing pole or any other accompaniment. He
was about halt an hour in making the perilous
journey, which, it may well be imagined, was
accomplished with no little difficulty pnd dan
' ger. He was sometimes astride of the rope.
then beneath it, ’traveling’ with Ms hands and
• I feet, then in crossing the guys was obliged to
r . hang by his hands alone. 5V hen the size of
1 the rope, which he was unable to span w ith
' , his hands, is taken into consideration, the <x
?, treme peril he encountered becomes apparent.
His palms are blistered and calloused, ami it is
' | hardly probabh. that he will so- n enter upon
? such a foolish undertaking again,
t ' i .
' Lively Girls. “ Vincennes, Indiana."
( says the Sun of that place, “ ean beast of
’ the most gallant bevy of young ladies in the
' . world. Last Tuesday a part) f them got up
' , an excursion to the country for a pie-nic. They
' . issued invitations, called fur the gentlemen in
waguas, and carried them off’ captive to the
' “ grand old woods.” with a grace perfectly
_ i irresistible. Os course the affair passed <ff
j pleasantly. In the evening they rendezvoused
; ' at a farmhouse, got a band of music, and
- j wound up the exercises of die occasion with a
1 . dance.”
- i A Rival to Bi.onihn.—Yesterday, a man
I named Brown, a painter, from Montgomery
; ' county, near Tenallytown, in a moment of
. j mental derangement, rung the bell at the
- | Capitol extension, which caused a very sudden
i suspension of work by the hands, who supposed
1 | it done to call their assistance in some matter
I requiring their aid. He was lectured and ro
| leased ; but the lecture was of no effect. Last
- ' night, by some means, he got into the building.
’ and went to the top of the Senate d me, over
| which he crawled to the large derrick, aud,
climbing to the beam, walked to the extreme
! end, and there took his seat, carelessly poised at
1 : that dizzy bight, over a hundred feet from the
j i ground. lie was noticed about one o’clock
I this morning, sitting at the end of the beam.
> 1 whistling a tune unconcernedly, quite unmind-
I ful that a sudden flaw.of wind might da-h him
ito pieces on the stones below. He was taken
[ from his ’’ bail eminence," and properly oe-
L cured, to be restored to his friends.
WashinytoH Star.
A Large Family.—The Kashvili*Advocate.
| in speaking of a large camp uioctibg recently
I in that vicinity, says that among the person
present ws« a church niemls-r named L) o L.
a mau of wealth, and ”f great liUralily. He
Lore the burden of Aesjing asci lodging a large
num tier ab > was «• the camp ground. This
Mr. Lyn* h must be a remarkable man; Le Ims
now nineteen children, ai.4 Lis father Led
thirty-G> -end al one tim*- during the iae*
The Nels of uia, where be ll s n I led.
pa.-eU an a*! 0..* ung tue j..... - )» .
I arei. Uvm all inaeUvn .
FROM OUE DAILY OF TUESDAY, SEPT 8.
The “Opposition Party” met to-day
and nominated the following ticket to repre
sent this county in the Legislature:
F r the Senate.— A. R. Freeman ;
For the House.— Clifford Anderson, and
William Holmes.
Watchman, what of the Night ?
All’s well! we.exultingly respond. From
every congressional district we hear cheering
rev, . Ihe / -a . laimed for the Opposition by
reason cf pr .i us e<-<—the third and the
seventh—are being canxassod by the demo
cratic standard-bearers with zeal and promise of
victory. Sfeeb wins upon the people wherev
er lie addresses them, and we doubt not will
triumph over the majority by which Trippe
was returned to Congress in 1857. In the sev
enth, reports reach us that Harper goes into
the contest resolved to triumph over Hill, and
is-i.c inayed in hi resolve by the favor with
whi' h his nomination has been received by
many an lionei t “ American.’’ who can neith
er stand the “Opp* -ition” party, nor the man
ner in which Mr. Hill has again been brought
out as a candidate. Love, in the first; Craw
ford, in the second ; Gawkll, in the fourth;
Jackson, in the sixth : Jones, in the eighth ;
will carry their districts, by large majorities.
In the several counties of the State, the dem
ocracy have in nearly every instance, nomi
nated their ablest and most popular men, and
will secure the Legislature by a large democrat
ic majority. The election, too, of BROWN,
the “ Orer. f rr o f th' stat' Hoad”— as he has
been derisively termed by “ Opposition” ora
tors (')—and that. t. by an overwhelming
majority, is an ev< nt to lie chronicled after the
tir-t I lO and which no un-
prejudiced man imt blinded by party venom,
w ill deny. From the “ inafcZi/ower” we pro
claim these unerring “signs of the times.”—
Democrats have only to icork, and more will be
realized than what we now predict. The
“ Oppositmn,” despite the I'iay yame which
they have been, and are still engaged in play
ing, have, especially the leaden, no hope of
sin c< -s, save in two Congressional districts.
Spef.r v. ill despoil them of one, and Harper
of the other. D< nu . rats, be vigilant and firm,
i: d once more the eaeiny will be routed at the
polls "1c rse. foot, ami dragoons," to rally nev
er again, save as a mere "Corporal’s guard !”
No more “ Chalked Hats.”
Sc ■ a votei cgia but will remetu-
■ i: Hii. - .kr :..- I 3: >n of Governor
John -mi ,■ i. nt of the State Road in
Is".?—U. "i ! .'.ki l hats" so conspicuous at
1 and btyond Atlanta—and other kindred sto
. ries illustrative of corruption and extravagance.
Hi party echoed all over the State his miser-
• able charges, and Gov. Johnson, toeverlasting
infamy, was by them consigned, as a corrupt
. Chief Magistrate.
• Again, it was but a few short months after
• the defeat of Mr. Benjamin Hill, and when
1 Governor Brown began to make payments in
] to the State Treasury, that the Opposition
press claimed the success of Governor Brown’s
administration as tin result of Mr. Hill's de
' nunciatiom and ex] osures of Gov. Johnson’s
management of the State Road. They went
. even farther than this up to within three
'■ weeks past. They lauded Governor Brown’s
administration of the affairs of the State Road
? to the skies, and many of them counselled
- “no opposition” to him. More than this, Mr.
i Ben. Hill actually urged Governor Brown to
- rnn as an independent candidate for Governor,
s in which event, he was to receive the sup
. port of the Opposition Party. These facts are
.■ all fresh in the minds of the people.
1 Now, mark the contrast! Governor Jobn-
- son, since the nomination of Akin, tardy
- though it has been, is having someting like
■ justice meted out to him. The “Opposition"
- have taken back all their infamous charges
-1 made in 1857; and by their own admissions,
- they stand condemned before the people, as
1 having maligned his administration. Upon
i Governor Brown they now heap all their de
' nunciations. Akin is now the proper man.—
! Brown has lieconie all at once a mere cypiher
■ --his payments into the Treasury a mere sham.
■ lie has deceived the people : and the “Demos-
I thenes of the Mountains” and Mr. Ben. Hill,
j from now until the election, are pledged to
’ fulminate charges against him from Stump to
• stump all ovl<|- Georgia.
? Who ean, who trill be deceived, by wire
-9 workers like these I by men so reckless, and
• who so misunderstand the voters of our State?
>
] learn that M. D. McComb, Esq.,
one of Gov. Brown's Secretaries, died on Sun-
. day night at Milledgeville, of congestive fever.
We have known the deceased from his early
_ boyhood ; have always been upon the most in
ti cate terms with him: and we can truly say
a more generous, manly heart, never beat in
j the bo-om of any one. No one of his age had
, more triends, an 1 few. 1 -s enemies. Asapub
»| lie . ffi.’er he was efficient, polite, and accoui
i modating. The Executive Department has
lost, in him, a valuable Secretary.
Since writing the .*ve, we see the follow
ing notice in the " Federal Union
Death of Col '1 I) McCombs.
We have hut t om balan t<> press,
e of the death
‘ 'I i ‘ He died in this city
ter* illness of but a
f lew dais. He 1.1 been travelling several
weeks and returned I nu a few days ago with
Fever, irom which lie died. He was tkirty
fberyeuaOf age. By I - many friends here
. _. :*■* will be receiv-
;1 cd w ith unfeigned sorrow. At the time of his
death he w as a Secretary of the Executive De
partment : —kind and amiable, generous and
' brave, who that knew Mark, w ill nut drop a
T ! tear to his memory : ’
j;
J Gov. Dhow x.- ~iiy iufunued that Gov.
J ' Brown bao resolve 11: • ' take the stump in the ap
proiching godviiss. c regard tbe decision as most
becoming to himse". ami ju-t ’be dignity of the
d office be bolds. This thing of the Governor aban
v Cutting hi? eflic ial gu. >. ■ d descending t<» a wran-
• gle un the husiiu-S f r a rc-clcclion, is us uivicrn
I origin, aud we wiumcnd Gov. Brown fur setting hi*
6 face against so pernicious a practice. Should the
II | Opposition run a candidate against him, we have nu
• doubt he will s t uarc hi* own conduct accordingly.
r ' We clip the foregoing from the Saraiinah
Republican of the 18th June last. lor once
‘ I : r.. mnicnd in Guv.
’ Brown ; and it is a wonder that it did, preju
r dice aud parts venom having so strong a hold
’I on it. But the “Opposition” are running a
e candidate, ami he has taken the stump—even
’ in Savannah he has been guilty of tiiat “ per
' nicious practice,” wrangling "on the hust
' ings." Despite the Republieaa’s opinion War-
• 1 reu Akin has thought proper to “square his
’ conduct’’ in direct opposition to the views of
1 that “Opposition” journal! Is there no word
1 of r»-i r* •! for Akin ’ *». I i-a <!• -periite cau-e
required the deafs-rate effort which the “Op
■t. u” . amlidat* - imikmir! 1
Opposition Nomination in Mus
cogee.
f >iU llu ( '•riidittbuut 1 Udttdt learn that the
Oi |* - nun |>nrty Mu-i-ugee Laie icrfumated
the H »a. Ilin* ■ Holt for the Senate, and Mea»r».
'! K. L. Il..ward and K. t. UM, fur lb* It*
la tb* rrtk »>i did a* W t**
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