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«-f Win. II Jolni'ton In reference to the ucndaiuv
next adjoining Us premises
R-port, That they U^^ ,- investigated tl.e farts am)
would r. onimneuil that the City Council au horiz
• in. B. Jobiutsi) to use sai l lot tor other pur|n>ses
than a school, by his P iug into the City Treasur
the Jim
1 aralle
• berry strei
joins the tin
north tu the
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s tuning, whi
i so by Colli
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the sum of two' hundred dollan. He
turn ids«T said lot shall he as follows; Couuni
el the street line, on tlm tsoulb .-iile ol Georgia
-•venue at* point «S feet from the intersect km of
»tf K. A. Nesbit'a fence, running south hiu!
ni hi .-.iriil fence to its intersection with
lhence along Cherry street until it
of said Johnston's pioperty—thence
iterseciion of street line on Georgia
nice along said line to point of hrst
icli lo.ves ihu sfirii g iiud reset ve noiv in
ns <v Ells outride oi ihu line of lot grant
hi Win it. Johnston. And ibo Mayor
rd to execute a deed lo the same, on pay
Fleet of the above specified ninount and under tilt
Mlow ng on, ditions, pioiided the said Wm. it
Juttnat.o. n ii) build «t Ids own expense, a brick wall
rfanffl,iiiin etu-i'gth along .tied line of said Geor-
fi*« A ,’eiiun lo stistaiu the lining up mid pressure of
s .id street to us proper level as far as may ho iicees
*> ry w nil up th-- sumo, ami provided further, that iu
the event ol any removals required in flic pipes ui
1 ii. r water outfit of Metwtu Collins & Ella, That thu
. id U ill. II Johnston shall pay tor, or have it done
» inouCMuy expense to thveity. and further pmvid
e I, i hat uolhiuii herein umitiiiued shall interfere with
any rights or privileges which lotiiu* Jc EI Is non
h ive t«r water, miner the grant to Collius A A \ re
el the «t)ui February, lets
K.S. 111.POM,
lloar. Findlay, [Com.
'i lies li. r.i.rc.
Daviii Fttroi hs. I
Aid, Strobeeker offered ibe following minority
n-^Mirt s
I'bo und rsl.piod a minority of the committee ap-
r iliited tin-on der the |it-liii,m of Win U Johnston,
taq. Wnulil n nuiend that the mutter bn Ii-lt to
tl;e •teuisHin of ma I n.irts, w here a suit is now pending
buiwoen or. Julmslou itod tlio city, and that the
t -mtnittee be discharged. Wliicb was lost,
Veia—:i. Nvys—4.
'Aid. Findlay tii. n moved lo lay the rejmrt of the
n uj.irity uu toe table until the next meeting,
if men was lost.
Aid. Mmlieckur then moved the following addi-
i ion to thu report
I*, ocnlcd, also, that Wm. II. .1 Jinston pay all rosta
•hat have arm ijr h* raafter nuctue, uiththe lee of the
• I »>. N0*1.11. iu the suit uow pending leiative lo
the ab >ve ineotioned lot.
Which was carried.
’Ihu repnit was adopted by the following vote:
Yea—Findlay, Flanders, llustiek, Bloom, John-
Him, Kite—6.
N i.Vs—tstroliecker— 1.
Thu Finance Cummittce reported in favor of the
follmviug accounts, vis i MvCallie A Jones. Oso.-Ju;
•Jo. 39.63; J. H.trickles, 91118; A. AlcUtuo.i, 915; I
Treadwell A iMuCardell, 9369.37; lleury ,M Bailey,
92t3; Lanier House, 9849.9S; Brass 'Baud. 9tU;
Jlroivu's Hotel, 960 ; Grier A Mask-man s, r lOe.'O;
ilaydeuaudWoiMiard. 970.se; Flovd House, 991;
Carh irt A It off, 963.
The Oi mtnittee to whom was referred tlio petition
of sundry citxens fir a well and pumpgier.r the junc
tion of Hawthorn and Fourth street-, recommend
that the same be granted, and the committee on
Pumps be authorised to have thu same done without
delay. They would also reemnmeud tbilibi- well be
of a large site, with a trap duor to bo used for lire
purposes, if necessary.
Which waa adopted. •
D a VIO FLANDERS, Chairman.
Sexton's report for interments during t.ie mouth of
May; Adults, white II ; Colored 3—CbUdreu, white,
5: colored, 3. Tots’, 33.
The committee to whom was referred XI. 8. Thom-
aou’a petition to let his shed remain by cutting off
that portion that extends over the aide walk.
Granted, as proposed by the petitioner.
O.i motion AM. Johnston,
Resol ved, 'ITiat the Mayor issue a notice for a vote
of the citizens to be taken on ttaturdsy, Jmv —, be
tweeu the hours of 9, A. M. mid t, I'. II., and appuiut
proper .Superintendents thereof, lor the pnr|iosu of
having au expre.—ion of preference between ‘•City-
llall and Market” at a cost of 650.000 to 960,000,
or - Water Worka,” at a cost of 673,000 to 980,000.
Aid. llloom moved.
That the meetings of Council be changed from 8
o'clock to 3 o’clock, F. II., on Thursday of each
week.
Which waa passed.
Aid. Bloom m tved,
Tluit ihu salary of ibe Captain fifth# Police be in
crossed to 9300.
Which waa passed.
On motion of Aid. Bloom,
Hi-solved. That Ibe Ilog l.*w be pnt in force after
the first day ol July; and it shall ho thu duty of the
Marshals lo kill all dogs found running lit large in the
►ti*#ets and alleys of this city, without a midge, after
that date.
Which was pasted.
Coum-il then tidjourned.
•IMCHART) crun. r c.
Ann
pul.-i
>n. It,
' P'
i-r, ns Ik
rvi-iv,.d the p.
rnmi-nt. they entered
"II the A'riiei i .III-
t JI n rch, 1- 6.
llier States of Central
■ i.f the United States
> n l.-ugae fortiie ex-
an- from Niv ir.igiin. Oil the
Costa Rica declared war, not
n-t Ni,
reside
t lb-
tion with other i
revolting to civi
territory, and we
But after the <
ih.it I' a Xluii".i
. but iigain:
>, and arci
frees din:,
ution. <.-i>
i-pelled the
ni per-
rmiii die
ted this i
1 to the age and
ica invaded our
’resident—>
policy, and t
“ join tl
1 it h era ms apparent
z—who had (hr Li- own pur-
cabinet tlie Provisional
g under the defeat of hi< war
ith Don Patricio Rivas
th- r States in their opposition to the
was so psipablo that in the elec-
Soon after. I hnd the
iguan flag hauled down
d. Indignation as an
-•ring ol the flag was
f the United States at
raced by covering au
atnarti
onrpiiing w
Tliis
. President, in Juno l«»t, I became n candi-
iate before the people, and was elected by a large
i -rite. The great objection urged against my
JLtHicr off <*t*n. Walker to rite Pres
IDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
WasmIsotox, June 13, 1937.
Sir: On the t rst of May last 1 entered into a con-
volition with Commander Davis, of-the Uii.ed
Slates sloop Bt. Mury *, to evacuate the town of Ri
vas, iu thu Territory of Nicuragua. Justice to my
self, ss well at In the Itepuh.in of which 1 claim to
be the rightful aud J iwful chief executive, require*
ma to cwuiiiranioatu to y.iiir excellency the circum
stance- w deh attended tlii convention. And in or-
ijer that ill-.-evi* its whieli led t» the agreement be
Iweun U.imuimder Davis and myself may be more
fully under-tood, I beg leave to uairate some facta
connected with my prusuut-e aud authority in Niea-
ragu i, whi -h have never be -u properly presented
to i lie government of the United States
In the mouth of May, 1831. a few oxilet from Xic-
tiragu i landed in the port of Renirj.i. duel m-d against
th# thou ex sting government of the Rep iblie. and
secure I viibiu two months possessio i of nearly al)
th • iiri i- ip it p| ices in the State. 'I h>-y soon orga >-
IX d . piovi-ioiiul government, of which Dou Fran
cnido lastellon was the head, li soon b name ap
parent. however, that although the vast majority of
I lib people olNicaragua w re friendly in tins tnove-
muiit, it was iikely to fail, through .va it of protier
niuiiary lore- aud organization. Cast- lion, there-
fuiv, sent to me—I was thou residing in San Fran
cisco—a contract, authorizing me to raise three hun
dred men for - i i service of tun provisional govern
msut. Um c-mlract I rejected, hccanse il was con-
trtry to Iliaact of t cmgross of 1618; and 1 sent bach
tlm agent employed by Castellnn, with inatruetimis
tn soniire, -,f p -ssibie. a grant of i-olouixatlna,Whirb
w ijiid not make mu uuiouable to the laws of the
United Status.
Such « gram was oh:iff - -d. and a- soon ns I re
tvived it 1 .-Ii .wed it to the United Statu* district
Attorney for the northern district of l alifornia, nod
the general cumin Hiding the Pa- ilia division, who
Hum Ii ol spec! Il powers and i istruction- fiom the
I resident, under the neutrality act of 1818. Both
those otficers informed me that I could . -Pmi-li r the
co orjot, imt oiily without fe/r of interferunce on
their pirt, hut with the expnwi aMnrancu that they
would do sll iu their power to forward thu enter-
p.-ise. Not only did I sail from San Francisco with
the approbation and well-wishes of >.11 the federal
authorities, hut the American sailors, from a reve
nue cotter then iii port, actually bent the sails lor
the vessel as the w a- towed out of thu hath -r.
Alter arriving at Ih ali jo, 1 mil my ft How-colo
nist* were reguiarly n ituraii/.nd as citi. - of Nica
ragua, and it became necessary for us to use our
arms in defense of the rights we had acquired under
the provisional Government. It was soon apparent,
however, that the presenco of the Americans in
Nicaragua was uot acceptable tn all the adherents
Oft Car. 11 linn. I I th--retor* informed th -.,r..viaion-
al director that if our co-operation was injurious to
his ( .line sail prospects,'we would Willingly retire
from the country. But Castellon insist -d that tlio
Americans wi.ru the ouly hope.for Ibo Democrats,
not only of Nicaragua but of all Central America,
and ho begged with fervency aud pert c-rancethat
we would not think of ahniidoiiingnini iu his extrem
ity. Thus appealed to and besought, w-< undertook
the campaign, which ended in a p.-.ce between the
contending p wties; and I may Safely assert that the
American luflueurn was ehiifly tnsti omental in
i ig tile treaty of the L.i J October, 1833.
By tills treaty of the 33d October, tlio old legiti-
ini-t G-iverniu -u: recognized the rights of lho Aud
io uis naturalised i.i Nicaragua, uim- rthe grant from
the provisional .Government. And, in order to re
strain. ns the legitimists said. Ihu excesses of the
D rats, made arrogant by their success, they in
SMted that i should retain Command of tiio army of
the Republic.
F'-'-u -u.'cr the innuguiAtiou of the provisional
Presideut, under tho Ir.-.itv of the a id Oi tuber, one
of tho Ann ricitns in Nicaragua v. - ucc-reditod ns
Miuister to the United states. Ati American was
selected by Ihu Provistonal President, at the sugges-
i-lection waa, that I was not a native of Nicaragua,
fin- Cooatituti in <>f 183-t. however,required no aucii
lualificatlon : a>-d Don Kruto-Chamorro liim-i-lf waa
a native of Gmtcni il». As the otiicc i-f President
was nut knon-n in the Constitution of 18ns, it is dear
e to be flxed
one created
such a chief executive.
Duty to the Aim-ricans who had been invited to
Nicaragua required me to accept the place of Presi-
-lenf, no matter how anxious I might be to escape its
labors and respond Ml ides. Their interests were to
my eves above and beyond all others; for on them
l verily believe tho welfare of tho whole country,
anti its utility to all the civilized nations of the earth,
depend.
It is unnecessary for mo to recapitulate the events
of the struggle in Nicaragua for the last year You,
as well as others, are familiar with tho dangers
through which the Americans naturalized in Nica-
ragua have passed • You know whether or not they
hivesustained thu ancient fame of their race for
alor and guild faith. You know bow they have
net the open fuo and the lurking pestilence, with
nothing Imt a sense of duty and justice to sustain
tiiem iii tin-hour of trial. Alone in the world, unre
cognized by the government to uhirh they natural-
■v looked for symp itby and countenance, they have
ti'l shown that they know how to die in defense of
ights justly acquired and attempted to be wrested
from tnrra by violence nnd fraud. It merely be
hooves ms now to state lu-w the evacuation of llivas
•vas effected, and liow the Americans in Nicaragua
became exiles from the land of t icir adoption.
tin the 93d of March last the allied lorees of Costa
Rici, Guatemala, S in Salvador and 1 londurns open
'd n can mnado on the town ol Rims, where the
inuin body of the army of Nicaragua were situated,
md on the morning of tlio 33d they made a general
laaault. which was repulsed with great loss on thu
part of tin- enemy. Afterwards they attempted to
invest the town, "bnt never fully succeeded, on no
•nunt of tho vast force required for such an under
taking -On the 11 til of April they again assaulted
Rivas, bnt were driven back with even more loss
titan on the 33d of March. Iu order tn show how
the enemy were reduced after the 11th of April. I
need o.dv state that on the evening of that day. a
single officer, accompanied by a native servant, pass
ed out of Rivas and went down to San Juan delSur.
He there received tlio letters tent to me from Now
York by tlio steamer of tho 80th of March, and
brought them to lUvas nu the morning of the 13th of
April. The fact, let me say, was known to Com
mander Davis.
From the 33d of March until the 33d of April. I
knew that Coin. Davis was in correspondence with
the allies concerning the state or the force in Rivas,
i knew thsthe was receiving information from them
calculated to mislead him in relation to my position
ind prospects. But Com. Davis, in the meanwhile,
making such professions of friendship for bis conn
trymeu in Nicaragua, that I was disposed to attri
bute his conduct to an over-anxiety for the garrison
of Rivas. On the 33d of April, however, circum
stances occured which led mo to doubt the sincerity
of his protestations.
On that day. the second Lieutenant of the St.
Mary's, Idem. Houston, accompanied by a non-com
missioned officer of tho marines, came into Rivas for
the purpose of conducting the women—both Aineri
can snd native—from that place to San Juan del
Stir. While in the town, Lieut. Houston expressed
his great surpri-o at thu good condition of the garri
son, and at the great spirit of cheerful confidence
which pervaded the nflicers and men But, during
Ids presence, he and the soldier of marines with him
gave information to the garrison calculated to di
minish the courage of the command. These acts,
derogating from their neutrality, w< ro done in vio
lation of ati order hy me that the soldier of marines
was not to repeat in Rivas any of the reports circu
lated by the enemy in San Juan del Bur. The effect
of Lieut. Houston’s visit was apparent from the de
sertions which immediately followed it.
Another circumstance occurred during Lieutenant
Houston's stay in Rivas, to which I afterwards
learned to attach importance. Tnat officer inform
ed me he was ordered by Commander Davis to tell
me that any communication I desired to make to
Mr. O. J. Macdonald, agent of Messrs. Garrison, Mor
gan A Sons might he made nnder enclosure ot Capt.
Davis himself. Although I felt such an nflVr was a
departure from duty on the part of a United States
ofliotr, I did not hesitate to take advantage of the
offer. I informed Lieut. Houston that 1 did not de
sire to write to Mr. Macdonald; but that be might
say to Commander Davis from me—and witii the
understanding that it was to be communicated to
Mr. McDonald—that I considered mv positiou at
Rivas impregnable to the force at the disposal of the
enemy as long as my p.ovl-ians lasted ; that if Col.
Loi k ridge did not join me iu Rivas by tho time mv
commissary stores were exhausted, I would abandou
the place, aud join the force on tlio San Juan rivet
and that I considered myself entirely abio and com
peteut to earn out such a movement. When l
learned afterwards that this message was never de
livered to Mr. Macdonald, I was forced to consider
Commander Davis' offer au effort to draw from we a
declaration which he might afterwards turn to my
disadvantago.
After the visit of Lieut. Houston. I heard no moro
from Commander Davis until the 30th of Apt il, when
two aidS'de-eamp from the enemy came under a flag
of truce witii a letter from that officer to myself.
The letter proposed that I should abandon llivas
and go aboard of the St. Mary's to Panama, Com
in tutler Davis undertaking to f'uarauty iny personal
safety Although tills proposition was extremely of
fensive—iiitimi iting, as it did. that my personal safe
ty, instead of tho honor and dignity of the govern
moot of whit-h 1 was the executive, might prove a
iletermining circumstance in a military convention
—I replied that the prop isition was vague, nnd sug
gested his coming into llivas, and a conference be
tween us. 1 only submitted to the mortification
answering such a letter on ihu supposition that Com
in mder Uavia might have inform ition I did not pos
sess. and wlii-di might justify the substance, though
not the manner of Lis offer. He answered by saying
that lie was sorry I iosad Ins proposition vague
that lie proposed ’’ I should abandon the enterprisi
and leave tbe countryH” that I might rely on the
fact of Col. Lnckridge having left the SanJuan riv
r; and, finally, that he had maturely considered the
■ citation to enter Rivas, aud had decided, unreser
vedly, not to-take such n step.
Tin- tone of this note was, if possible, moro often
sive than t list of the first; and tho u*e of the word
enterpiiso " In connect! -n with _a government
which was, of coarse, given,
mortification to see the Nicsi
squired by tln.-m ami the American flag hoist
officer of Nicaragua at the he
stifled by shame as a nativ.-
se.-ing its glorious ensign di>;
act of perfidy and wrong.
I «-k lea vo to h» gyourspecial consideration of the
fact that Lieut, Maury applied to me h r mi order to
i' .!•: Env'M ax. I lo* >v:ii ail :u knnwledgmciit that
U'>ipt. Fa) -xoux a a* -:i:i an officer of till government
of which I was the executive.
But the dignity aud iiouor of Nicaragua had not
been sufficiently degraded by having her own flag
lowered in her own port, it was n- , rved for Com-
innti ier Dax is to complete a si ries of insults, by de
livering the Granada, with In r armament and stores,
up tn the i nemy in the port of San Juan del cur.
On the arrival of the St Mary’s at Panama, Com
modore Mervi e kept me and the sixteen officers
with me, prisoners on the sloop. He would not per
mit ns to land or hold communication with the shorn.
Even my letters from the United States were sent
back to the shore; aud when I requested to (end
aboard the California steamer, in order to enquire
for letters I expected, the Commodore replied that he
wou.d send one iif his own officers to inquire fur my
letters. I protested that I had gono ala aid the Ft.
-Mary’s as an officer—with my sword on—and not as
a prisoner, but the Commodore replied that the Neo-
Grenada Government published a decree forbidding
any ono lately engaged in the Central American war
to land at Panama unless upon conditions. An A-
merican citizen at Panama afterwards assured mo
that the Governor of the place remarked there would
have lieen no difficulty about my landing, if the ap
plication for it had been made.
Such, sir. is a faithful history of the morns which
nave been used lo exilo the Americans naturalized
in Nicaragua from tho country for a-liich they liax'e
spilt their blood and risked their lives For the"land of
tlieiradoption they left the ease and coinfort of homes
endeared to them by many n tender tie, and many a
glorious recollection. One thousand Americans
have perished in order tn secure the lands ami privi
leges promised tin-in iu Nicaragua. Their heirs nro
for tlio most part ritiZens of the United States, and 1
leave it to vour wisdom to decid9 whether it is right
or politic that such interests should be endangered,
if not sacrificed, by the acta, either authorised or un
authorised, of American odicers.
But whatever your wisdom may decide in relation
tn the policy of sm h conduct, 1 know the justice of
the government your excellency so worthily controls
will nut fail to raise up tho honor of Nicaragua,
wounded by tho seizure of her own vess, 1 in her own
port, and by its delivery to a foreign foe. 1 know
you vyill not, with impunity, permit tho sovereignly
of a sister Republic to be violated ain ply because
she is weak. With full confidence. I trust for such
acts nnd declarations on the part of the gox-ernment
of lho United State* as will entirely clear it from any
participation in the insults aud degradation which
Nicaragua has received at the hands of tho Ameri-
•au officers.
I have the honor to be your obedient s'vt.
Wjt. Walker.
To his Excellency, James Buchanan,
President of the United States.
MACOK,
Tuesday Morning, June 23, 105 7.
Erratum.
The author of the Marriage Fete in our hist says
a mistake was made and “ Ht'ntn ” was substitu-
ted for “Xfymcn.' ! The compositor i- a young
gentleman, 3aid ton, often to he in tho receipt of
boquots and other significant tokens. He there
fore naturally conceived the words to be synonl-
lllOUS.
Tile “ .71 ill - 021 licgt-iiry.”
A writer in the last Empire State is very severe
upon tiie “ Macon Regency,” as officious and dic
tatorial in matters Democratic, anil even upon the
Telegraph as an offender in the same way. Wc
will not imitate him either in temper or language.
The actual facts arc: That Bibb county 13 almost
without influence iu this district, as will be appa
rent in tlie Forsyth Convention proceedings to
day. For the Telegraph, it would not give a pic. for
the office of dictator in perpetuity. It will con
stantly shun any responsibility of the kind, what
ever. * . *
f tii
Ilf I!
ragua—
moro ae
ledge
winch be *
lor Central
bv tlie i;.,
About tti
of tin- C..,|
longs
hi* cabinet—all m:
ind that such a pi
ne United State*. I'
K* and laws of t
I'u. irtunatuiy for
. tii)- M. ,: ter win
: i-t i!i - l ..it-- i Si
if Ni ca
fe ni nrouid bo
nm hi* know-
Im country to
iiearagua and
uot received
he part
ran up-
IIji- goi
* w«s p<
P*lu
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pe iei-lul pod y pursued by toe g iv.-r uieiit.
In ill m au.iui , decrees had been issued inviting
emigration i u Nicaragua, offering grants of laml and
ptn»r priviWge* la tuc l, *, i 00 k ,,j, their rtuliWnce in
which 'Commander Davis bad studiously ackiunv
lodged by adilroasing me us “ President ’’ but a few
weeks previously, sounded rather discordant. As.
waver, the letter staled tlio evacuation of the San
Juan liver—the Hrst news I had of this event—I
stooped to answer the offensive note by proposing
to Send two officers. General Ileuningselt anil Col
Waters—to meet Commander Davis, provided they
bad ssfe conduct from tho allied general. An an
swer soon came, inclosing tho nquirod aafo conduct,
and tin-nn-wer was in effect that Gen. ilenningsen
and Col. Waters should proceed at once to tho head
u Alters of the allies, as Commander Davis’ incurve
ous required his speedy return to San Juan del Sur.
was surprised to recognise tlie body ol tho noro ■
tho handwriting of General Zavala—one of thu gen
rals of the allied lorees who spoke and wrote Eng
ah—and to find that such a note was signed by
professed neutral.
For wh it passed between Gen. Ilenningsen and
Col. Watois and Commander Davis I refer )Ou to
the report of tlie loriner officer, herewith enclosed,
and to the terms of the convention of Rivas. Allow
mo to suggest that the convention itself is tho best
evidence tbs army in Rivas was not on the eve of
destruction or dissolution. If t ie peril to my com-
mand was ns groat ns has been publicly represented,
the allies would never have permitted us to evacuate
the place, not only in safety but witii honor.
in bis interview witliGeu.Heniiingsen.Co-nmand-
er Davis has expressed bis “unalterable determina
tion " to seize Die schooner Granada; and this had
been a determining circumstance with me in signing
the convention. I was, therefore, surprised on the
morning after I went aboard the St. Mary's to hear
Commander Davis prnpnseth.it I should deliver the
vessel to him without the necessity for the use ot
farce. This I rejected Ho then proposed I Humid
deliver tlio vessel on condition he gave me thu arms
and ammunition on board of her. I replied, not a
rag nor a splinter should bo given up except to au
overwhelming fnroei for tho non»r of theiittle ve#
.-el was in her hull and rigging, and ill tile Hag -lie
bore, and. in comparison witii tin-, the value of thu
property aboard her was mere dross. Need I ex
press surprise that a United States naval officer
should make so dishonorable a proposition I
l-'indiug that Commander Davis appeared to hesi
tato in tha execution of what ho had declared his
-• unalterable determination,” I endeavored to con
vince him of tho gross wrong and injury he would
commit by the seizure of the Granada. I endeavor
ed to satisfy him be had no right to question the
flag of Hie schooner while she lay in tlie purtnfSau
Juan; that while there she was wiiliiu tho territory
--I Nicaragua, aud subject only to Ibo sovereignty of
that Republic: that u was unworthy of the Uiiitcd
States thus to I ramplu on tlio moat sacred rights of a
,-isti r State ; mid that I could uo: and would not be-
iievo his government would -auction such a viola
tion of international lair. He replied be world
wi igh what ! had said, null sco me again on tho sub
ject ; but without any farther conversation be g.ive
written orders to his first lieutenant to seize tho
Granada by force. Thu order was executed. Tho
first lieutenant bosrdsd the .Granada with a smail
lorce. Captain Fayssu.ix, ot'the Granada, beat to
quartan.
Lit u:. M mry endeavored to p< r-u tde Capt. Fays
-.-'i.x hi g,v<- tq» !,i- \-. ...1, alleging, i.i •u-i-ur.laii.-i:
with his iustru ti m-, it would b • in sc mrdoncewith
ill'* Rivas I " IV. i. ;,1 l-'.iy-- -tix mu : lli- i r
-It-"- wero uct lo deliver lho schooner unit--- to art
iivci whelmiiig fori-o. Lieut. .Maury returnedto the
tit. Mary's and inform -ii i
the Grauaiia : an 1 if I do
blood 1 feln-uld give an order to deliver her to him
II > then brought his broadside of eleven guns to
bear on the schooner, manned his small boats with
on» hundred men, ».od came to me for ths order,
•t be intended to take
al to -.ix*o the effusion ot
Arrival of the Eurnpa.
Halifax, June 12.—The steamship Europa
has arrived with dates from Liverpool to the
titli instant.
Markets.
Tho Liverpool cotton market was stead.
.Sales of the xveek 40,00(1 bales, of which spec
ulator took 4,500.
QUOTATION'S.
Fair Orleans 83d; Middling Orleans 7 13-
16d; Mobile 7 Il-IGd; Fair Uplands 8d
Tbe market closed quiet. On the day pre
vious to the sailing of the Europa the sales
were G.000 bales. Stock in Liverpool 545,000
bales.
At Manchester the market was interrupted
by holidays.
Consols were quoted at 03 J to G4.
The steamship Niagara had gone to Ports
mouth for alterations.
Additional by the Europa.
The quotations for cotton are as f. l.ows:
Fair Orleans 8Jd.
Middling Orleans 7 13-lGd.
Mobile 7 11-led.
Fair Upland 8d.
Tlie market at the end of tlie Week closed quiet.
Tbe sales on Friday were 6,000. and the stock 313.-
000 bales. (This probably means of American cot
ton).
The trade in Manchester was interrupted bv tho
Holvdays.
The Steamship Niagara has been sent to Ports
mouth for alteration.
A telegraph dispatch to the Baltimore Patriot, and
□ Ilfhed Tuesday afternoon states that the Europa
arrived at Halifax on that day. Cotton was un
changed. Sales of (he week 3C.00U baits. Tbe mar-I
ket closed with au advancing tendency for inferior
qualities after the arrival of the steamship Canada
Breadstuff* are dull, and prices have declined,
excepting corn, which is quiet aud held at about
former rates.
Money market unchanged.
secovo nispArcti.
New York. June 17.—Messrs. McIntosh & Co., of
Manchester have (ailed for 9300,000.
An attempt bad been made on tbe life of Napo
leon.
The bullion in Che Bank of hYance had increased
X1,000.000.
Advices from Madrid any that tho prospect# were
unfavorable for tbe settlement of thu Mexican diffi
culty.
A commercial treaty between France and Russia
had been agreed upon.
Riot in New York.
New Yoax, June 17.—A Serious riot occurred to
day between tlie two police forces in consequence of
an attempt to arrest Mayor Wood by Hie .Metropoli
tan police. They attempted to enti r he City Hall,
when they were beaten back bv tho .Mayor's police.
Several were badly hurt, and it ia said one perron
was killcii. Tlio May.-r surrendered himself to the
.Sheriff, and gave band* in 83,000. A regiment was
ordered out to preserve order.
V. R, Palmer it Co.
This old Advertising House notifies the public
that they have re-org.iuized with V. B. Palmer,
J. E. Coe, E. C. Tulhnadgc, Wj W. Sharpe and
II. B. Joy, as constituent members of tlie firm.
We have always found V. B. Pulruer and Co., u
perfectly reliable House.
Jfaooii and Brunswick Railroad.
We are requested to call attention to the meeting
of the Corporators advertised in another column'
called, as wo suppose, for the purpose of organi.
ration. Though it may be the work ot long time
and much difficulty, we are one of those who be
lieve in tbe Macon and Brunswick Railroad, both as
an investment and as a necessity to the full com
mercial importance of Macon. The completion of
tlie work will inevitably follow the building of the
the first twenty-five or thirty miles, and its final
effect by giving all produce at Macon the choice of
two competing outlets to the Atlantic will, iu our
judgment, make this place the great produce mart
of Georgia; why not?
Kiiownotliliigtsni iu Kentucky
Seems to be in a rapidly descending scale. At an
election on the IGth instant in the Louisville District,
fer Judge of the Court of Appeals, Bullitt, Demo
crat, was elected over Wheat, Knownothing, by a
handsome majority, and the vote showed in the
city of Louisville, a Knownothing loss from last Fall I table conclusion that the Telegraph has indors-
of 1,147 ! Their majority in November was 1,811, cd Walker!
n June it is G64. There was an attempt made to
institute club law at the polls, but it ended with a
From the Columbus Timc3 A Sentinel of the 19
instant
The Georgia Telegraph on Kansas
AFFAIRS.
Again, wo give uo weight whatever to the oppo
•ition expressed in some quarters to Kansas tak :
a direct x ote upon the adoption of her constant
after it is framed. This is the usual, propers
(air course.
“We dip tho foregoing paragraph from the Ge
■:■'<! Telegraph, IGth iu-t. The democratic press
Georgia, .--o far as it has been heard from, 1ms t
ken decided ground against tlio scheme of Gov
Walker to ahoHtionizc the Territory. W
ry sorry to find tlie Telegraph loitering behind it
cotemporaries in the great crisis. We apprehend
that its course is the result of misapprehension
to the real point in i.—iie between the Democratic
press and Governor Walker. There is no olijec
ii..:, tn tin- pnqiii.i'.ion i" -ubmit 1 ie constitution
of Kansas to a direct vote of the legally qualified
voters of K#n-as. This, we presume, the Conven
tion may do, though it i- not tlie ‘‘usual com
as the Telegraph supposes. Mb-tMnb of the
States which have been admitted into the Union,
came in on constitutions which bad never be
submitted to a direct vote of the citizens. Tbi
however, is not the issue between us nnd Gover
or Walker. He insolently insists that the consti
tntion adopted by tbe convention .-hall bo submit
ted, not to tlie legal voters, bnt to the actual rest
dent settlers in the Territory of Kansas at the time
the constitution is submitted for ratification; and
to enforce submission to liis authority, threatens
the citizens with the rejection of their application
for admission into tlio Union, unless his sugges
tions are complied with. Tin's is the issue, is the
Telegraph prepared to take issue upon it with his
Democratic co temporaries ? Wc hope not.”
Thu above is the introductory paragraph to
a long article, which leaves a clear and ana-
voidable inference that the Georgia Telegraph
instead of indignantly reprobating the whole
course of Gov. Walker in Kansas, has actual
ly indorsed it. The Times Sc Sentinel seems
to have a way of its own in construing the
articles of the Telegraph, which might be more
vexatious if it was less humorous. Two weeks
ago, the Telegraph ventured to ilonjbt tho pol
icy of a certain new basis of representation
in the State Democratic Convention suggested
hj' flic Times Sc Sentinel, and to condemn any
and all alterations of the old established modes
of procedure in that body. Whereupon the
1 imes Sc Sentinel gravely assures its readers
that it cannot sanction the amendment sug
gested by the Telegraph ! Last week we penn
ed a severe invective upon the epurse of Wal
ker in Kansas, whereupon the Times is “out
again” in an article carrying with it the inevi-
Now if our respected friend can please him
self in this way by setting up men of straw
for the purpose of pelting them, we hope he
will sometimes vary tho performance a shade
by nick-naming his effigies something else than
•Telegraph.” The Telegraph indorses no sol
itary position of Walker in Kansas—not one.
In all, he has outraged the just functions of
an agent of the Federal Government. He
prompt display of arms by the Democrats.
Tlie Administration and Kansas.
Wc have satisfactory information from Washing
ton, that the instructions to Gov. Walker were sim
ply to see the principles asserted by the Kansas bill
and enunciated by the National Democracy at Cin
cinnati, carried out in their obvious import. The
policy of the Administration, as indicated and stated I bad no business to be throwing bis official in
to Mr.'Walker, was that the Government would not fluence upon one side or the other. It was
interfere with the question of slavery—it being a nothing to him wiiethcr the Territory chose to
domestic question, to be settled by the people in organize a slave or non-slave State—to have
the formation and adoption of their Constitution, schools or »ot-to have railroads or not-to
The Administration liad seen nothing of this In- submit their Constitution for popular ratifica-
augural Address until published in tho newspapers, t ion or not. AU his business was to sec fair
anu whatever in it conflicts with a position of e,.tirc t ,.
neutrality between parties!,, KatJTpon domestic < P ' V *“ th ° prCm!SC8 and let the V**
questions, conflicts with the views of Mr. Buchanan
The New York ITIunicipal Contro-
VEItSY
Ome, ns will be seen, to blows, “bloody noses
and cracked crown-',’’ on Tuesday last. The oc
casion was nn attempt by the municipal appoint
of tlie Governor to in-tal in office of Street Corn-
mi- (oner, one Conover, appointed by tlie Govern
or, the place being made vacant by tlie sudden
death of Josephs. Taylor, duly elected incumbent.
Conover, after several attempts to take possession
of the Office, and being ns many times forciblv
ejected by the police under orders of tho Mnvor,
entered a charge against the latter of assault and
battery, whereupon a warrant issued for the arrest
of the Mayor, which was attempted to be serred bv
the Black Republican police. A posse of fifty un
dertook the service, and attempting to enter the
City Hall for the purpose, were met and repulsed
after a fight, by the City police. Subsequently the
Mayor submitted to an arrest by a Coroner, he be
ing the lawful officer to serve such a process upon
the Sheriff or Mayor of the City, and the Mayor
entered into recognizance in the sum of $10,000.
The whole aftair created an intense excitement-
the military were ordered out, and a collision be
tween the parties seemed at one time probable.’—
It passed over; however, with no xvorse result than
the personal damage of some of tho officials on both
sides, though chiefly those of the Governor.
This attempt by the State of New York to as
sume control of the City government, and the ap
pointment and government of oflicers who arc to
he-paid hy the City, isone of the most high-handed
pieces of despotism we ever read of to be attempt
ed under a republican form of government. It is
a most audacious conception, nnd the attempt to
enforce it, even if sustained by the Courts, will ul
timately result in bloodshed and x-io!cncc. A po
lice foisted upon a city in so arbitrary a manner,
will be held in no more favor than foreign troops
quartered upon the people; and occasion only will
be needed in such a place as New York fora popu
lar commotion, in which Black Republicanism will
get. the worst ofit nnd fare badly.
I have Irax-ell
hope of gaining
me to an
For the Georgia Tt-W.*-
Seeking Fame undetDii*,.
3 - R- a/ipius, x, j
lov " life's troubled,,. .
m asccndanev th at » " ;i -
nviablo position and link
that Chain ofheroes, sage*, phiiosoph^”
men, wnosc fame was “not for a dav »?" V -
tune. I embarked w ith a light hoar ' :
clesof tho literati and trod the « -
thorny paths ol literature until the W| J? ^
oil me—Fedagogue. or!ll P>t>c|, t
In a village of no importance there
lofty spire to Heaven, a rudely constructed^"
erected for the mamfold purpose of
divin
mon
Being—of gut
■•serving to execute 7*
aws-as a temple wherein theJ--
and bis Cabinet.
It Is bruited about in Washington that the Kan
sas Constitution will probably be altogether silent
upon slavery, leaving the matter to be considered
and settled by the State at its own leisure and dis
cretion.
Tlie Conventions.
While this number of the Telegraph is whirling
through the press, the Forsyth Congressional Con
vention is undoubtedly in full blast arranging for
a Democratic Congressional candidate for this Dis
trict. We have been led to anticipate the nomi
nation of Hon. David J. Bailey.
The State Convention meets at Milledgovilic
tied voters decide for themselves. If the Gon-
stitntiona! Convention, after perfecting their
work had chosen by ordinance to submit it to
a direct vote of their constituency—it was
their business. And if they did not, it was a
matter for this constituency alone. It was
plainly none of Walker’s affair. He had no
right as a Federal Agent to dictate to them or
to hold up the probable action of Congress, in
terrorem, for the purpose of directing their
conclusions upon this or upon any other sub
jeet.
Just so much as this, in substance, said the
Telegraph last week ; but wresting the para
graph at the head of this article from its con-
LiquiO'ing Quartz.
Our readers will remember an extract which
we published a short time since from an Eng
lish Journal, staling that a new and important
method of (renting gold-bearing quartz, by so
lution bad been discovered. Hy a singular
concideuce, this tneth- d has been discovered in
opposite portions of the world at the same
time. Prof. Ilardingc, of New York, has
made public his discovery, which gives results
so wonderful, that were they not well anthen-
licated. they would be received with utter in
credulity. By Prof. Ilarr'inge’s method it is
claimed that a ton of quartz may be dissolved
and the metals disseminated iu the rock all
precipitated by nn hour's treatment; (bat the
quartz solution thus obtained can be moulded
into any desirable shape for building or orna
mental purposes. The following is the certi
ficate of Prof. Moffat, Jafe United States As
sayist:
“1 have been for more than a year invest!
gating the philosophy of dissolving quartz ac
cording to the system adopted by Benjamin
Hnrdjngc, Esq. I have satisfied myself of the
practicability of reducing quartz rock to a li
quid as limpid and clear as pure spring water
by means of humid heat and some simple sol
vents, and other chemical agents, at a very
small expense. I saw hogsheads of the liquid
quartz at Mr. Ilartlinge’s premises. It was
equal parts of water and stone, which fact was
demonstrated by prcccijiitaling the quartz.
•In a liqnid stnte, if left to stand in a cistern
all metals will fall to the bottom, by which
means every particle of gold or other metal
may be obtained and melted into bars.
‘Gold quartz rocks, in many mines, arc
known to contain generally from 50 to 500
dollars in n ton, and in some instances from
ono to five thousand dollars, which may be oh
tabled for a comparatively small expense.
Machinery may be erected for from six to ten
thousand dollars that will dissolve ten tons a
day; and the liquid quartz will be a source of
more wealth to the proprietors than the gold
from ordinary veins, from the many uses to
which it inny be applied.
*1 have not only examined. Mr. Ilardingc’s
theorij but have witnessed many cxpcrimc-its
by him in the presence of other gentlemen,
which were highly gratifying nnd conclusive.
I have seen tho complete analysts on the one
showing, to our astonishment, the quantity of
fli-it in solution, and have also seen it perfect-
solidified into colored glass. I have also seen
.Mr. H. repeatedly change the liquid flint into
t #emi-8(^id or plastic state, and mould it into
my form. .
‘These and other subsequenfal proofs, in the
strongest tests, confirmed tnc in the full con-
iction that by tho working of his patents in
California and in the Southern States, every
particleof the gold can be obtained from quartz;
whereas, by tlie old process,, now in use, not
more than one-fourth of the gold is ever saved.
JOHN L. MOFFAT.’
Tho importance of s'ncii a discovery as the
tbove, it it be fully substantiated, cannot be
over estimated. Aside from the prospect of an
ncreased production of the precious metals,
none of vast importance, in view of the con-
autly increasing wants of trade and the busi
ness world, its industrial bearing, if the econ
omy of the process be stated truly, is one of
tlie greatest interest. If beautifully crystaliz-
cd blocks of quartz can be afforded as cheap
the hand of the mason as brick, where is the
man who would not prefer it as a building
material? We look with interest for the de
velopment of this process.—Railroad Record.
next 'Wednesday, nnd will doubtless be a large toxt, which limited its application solely to the
body. We shall sleep in Macon with the most abstract propriety of submitting Constitutions
hi general to a popular verdict, the Times &
Sentinel elects to use it as sanctioning the dic
tation of Walker that the Constitution of Kan
sas must be submitted to the People! And in
order to do this the Times & Sentinel was
perfect confidence that they will do every thing
right.
“Sectional Agitation must be ter-
MINaTED.’
This was a piece of information or declaration of I
principle, take it whichever wav you will, volun- forced to the extremity of lopping off a sen-
tecred by the late “National American Couven-1 tence expressly condemning that dictation!
We again repeat. That dictation is one
tion,” aud the way these “Americans” proceed to
verify it, or to carry it out in Massachusetts, is
straightway to uominate Speaker N. P. Banks for
Governor of that Stole! Tbe Black Republican
papers of Massachusetts having recently declared
that nothing short of this step, and the personal
popularity of Banks, could save the State trora fall-
tiling aud the abstract property of the Conven
linn submitting their handiwork to their Con
stituents is quite another. In the one we see
no propriety ; in the other, we should discover
a conformity to precedent, general usage aud
ing into the hands of the Democracy, Know the P ,aIuest suggestions -of a sound republican
Nothingism steps forward in hot haste to avert I ihcory. Our notion of this self-government—
such a catastrophe, and makes the head and front populars overeignty, principle is consistent on-
of Black Republicanism their own standard bearer.
“Sectional agitation must be terminated” indeed!
Gcu. Walker’s Letter.
This document, in to-day’s Telegraph, will na
turally attract the attention of our renders. Iu the
New York Daily News ot thelSth, we find the fol-
lowing, fully exonerating the late and present ad
ministrations from any responsibility for the pecu
liar course of Capt. Davis, of tlie St. Mary’s. Says
the News: • •
“In reference to the action of Capt. Davis in de
manding tho surrender of Gen. Walker, official
documents of tho Navy Department show that no
instructions whatever were given by the then Sec
retary, Dobbin, to Commodore Mcrvinc or to Capt.
Da vis, relative to Gen. Walker and his men.
He simply ordered a man-of-war to San Juan
del Sur as a matter of prudence. It is pretty evi
dent that Capt. Davis clearly overstepped his line
of duty when arresting Gen. Walker.
Convention of flic 3tl Congi'esscon-
AL DISTRICT.
Wo perceive, by the last Macon Telegraph,
that our friend Clisby, is resolved on having
the convention for the 3d Congressional Dis
trict on .be 2~nd June inst. Well, be it so
We acquiesce in the decision, although we ar
still of the opinion that it is not the best time
Some of our friends say to us, “insist on the
1st of July as the time,” but we fear that in
doing so, the matter will be made worse. This
the last issue of our paper which will go
forth, before the time proposed by the Tele
graph. That paper has already annouced that
the conx’cntion will be held on the 22nd inst,
and some of the counties will send up dele
gates at that time, It would be very unfortu
nate if a disappointment should occur, and
hence we are willing to yield all our objections
to the day proposed, and meet our Macon
brethren at their o vn time. Wc shall have
difficulties enough to encounter, we fear, with
out adding to the number a squabble about
the day the convention should meet. It is
highly important that the Democracy of this
District be a unit in the selection of their can-
tlidat.—Empire Stale.
We take occasion to say to Col. Gaulding
in all truth, respect and friendliness, that it
was from tbe first a matter of perfect and en
tire indifference to the Telegraph, tchen the
Convention was Held. Wc repeatedly refused
to comply with invitations by democrats out of
‘his county to name the 22d at once, until it
became clear to us not only that the 22d was
preferred by a majority of the District, but
that confusion would ensue unless it was named.
In the future we beg that provision shall be
made by the appointment of committees to
settle and decide all these minor points. For
ourselves we tire utterly averse to taking re
sponsibility which can reasonably be avoided,
and shall have just as little to do with the reg
ulation of mere party machinery as possible.
The Telegraph man neither is nor means to be
a politician.
iTIorc Black Republicanism.
Jy Tvith a fair, full and free exercise of the
popular will under regulation of just and
equitable law. We have uo idea of carryin
a Constitution by tactics, first because the
thing would be uut'air iu itself, and second be
cause nothing would be gained by it. If a
considerable majority of the duly qualified
voters of Kansas were in favor of a non-slave
holding State, atnl yet by management a slave-
holdiug organization were instituted, the ac
quisition would riot be worth a dime, because
it would continue only until the majority could
speak through the ballot box, and when they
spoke through Legislative amendments, it
would be in the tones, feelings and purposes
of a reactionary and revolutionary party. Is
uot this too manifest to need further elucida
tion?
Wc will thank our Columbus contemporary,
while hurrying up his cakes in such hot haste,
to find if possible, a little leisure to do us, in
The State Treasurer of Ohio has resigned, future, a modicum of justice. For ourself,
and a deficit of over half a million has been
discovered in tho Treasury. He charges it
wc are in no sort of flurry whatever—shall en
dcavor quietly to “gang our ain gait,” and to
upon his predecessor, aud the Governor has gather counsel for ourselves and readers quite
appointed a Committee to investigate the deli- „s much from tlie suggestions of facts them-
cate question. “Free soil, free labor, free £C l VC8 as from the position of contemporaries
speech, free negroes and free Grieving.” | whether to the front or the rear.
tLiwIortlCouaiy. Bsn-Iiinir Doiui i»i niussnehusctts.
” 0 rc-publish the resolutions of the late I Incredible as it tnay appear, the belief, ne
Democratic mectiug in Crawford county, some vertheless, is entertained in many quarters that
errors having occurred in the publication last I rci S n ot ' fanaticism iu Massachusetts is
having occurred in the publication last
week : —
Resolved, That we avail ouraelves of this occasion
to re inert, our ancient devotion to tho principles
and pulley of tho national Democratic party.
liosulx’ed, That «•« congratulate the country upon
the auspicious results likely to be accomplished by
the administration of Mr. Bnehaunn. and we respect-
fully urge upon all Southern men tlie duty of coruial
Y supporting the principles of the Inaugural hU-
dresa, belienug as we do, that tho preservation of
our constitutional rights depends upon thu success
ful maintenance of those principles
Resolved, That Gen. Pierce carnes with him, into
bis retirement, our aumiration for his able and sue-
cessfut aduiiuistratiiiii of the affairs of too Govern,
nient at Inmie and abroad, and our gratitude for iiis
iJev_iinn to the Constitution and tho rights of tii
South under that instrument
The New School and Slavery,—The
trustees of the Second (Nov School) Presby
terian Church in Cincinnati, have adopted the
following resolutions:
1. Resolved. That ivc do not desire the di
vision of the New St bool Presbyterian Church.
_ 2. Resolved, That we disapprove of the ac
tion of the late General Assembly on the sub
ject of slavery, and that wc disapprove of all
gitation of the slavery question in the Gener-
1 Assembly.
silly, but pretty woman, complained to
tbe celebrated and beautiful Sonina Arnold ol
e number of her admirers, and wished to
now bow to get tid of them. ‘O my dear,’
drawing to a certain and rapid close. Tbe Jour
nal of Commerce says:
From what we hear, there is an extensive
backing down in the old Bay State from what
ay ear ago was considered tlie only true posi
tion. A Boston gentleman, not' heretofore
known as a Democrat, remarked the other day
that, if that party should bring forward apop-
ular candidate for Governor at ihc next No
vember election, he believed lie xvould be
chosen. Wc were not expecting Massachusett
just yet. but, when honest men find they have
been purposely duped and humbugged for po
litical eflect, they arc very apt to remember
it. ’’
A Boston correspondence of tho New York
Tribune, says :
“The traveller and the Springfield Hepuhli-
can, the leading Republican papers of the State
both favor the nomination of .Mr. Banks for
Governor, as the only practicable measure,
and as the only one that can save us from utter
destruction."
k Great Country.—Jefferson Davis, in
his late speech at Jackson, Miss., mentioned,
ns an illustration of the vastness of our nation
al domain, tho fact, that during the four years
of the late administration, more land was ce
ded by tho general government for iutemal
improvement and other legitimate purposes,
than a third of France, aud still we tetain a
was the sarcastic reply, 'it is very easy for you public domain equal to the entire area of Eu-
to do it; you have only to speak.’ rope!
The deficit jn tbe Ohio State Treasury is now
stated at $860,000.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Before adjourning, the democratic State con
vention of New Hampshire adopted the follow
ing resolutions:
Resolved, That we regard the constitution of
the United States as the supreme law of the
land, nnd as such to be implicitly’ obeyed by’ the
citizens of every section, attd by the authorities
of every State; that wc will faithfully observe
all its provisions and compromises; that we
will rcstst promptly’, firmly and by all necessa
ry means, any attempt from any quarter to
overthrow it; that in all eases of doubt as to
its meaning ice .will appeal lo and abide by the
decisions of the courts of the United Stales.
Resolved, That the democratic party of New
Hampshire,'speaking thro’ its representatives,
in convention assembled, brands as a falsehood
the charge so often made by its adversaries that
it favors tho extension of slavery ; but stand
ing on the broad ground of non-intervention,
declares that it- is willing to leave the question
where the constitution has left it—with the
people—uninfluenced by any interference from
any out-siders whatsoever.
ncsolccd. That four years of abounding
prosperity—a strict construction of the eoti-
sitution in the exercise of federal power, and
a firm maintenance of the rights of the State
—a surplus in the treasury sufficient to extin
guish their national debt—a valuable extension
of our territorial limits—amicable and advan
tageous adjustment of long-pending foreign
qutstions—peace with all tlie nations of the
earth, without the slightest compromise of right
or honor—attest the fidelity, wisdom,and states
manship of the late, and vindicates and policy
of all preceding national democratic administra
tions.
Resolved, Tiiat we recognise in the election
of the distinguished statesmen, James Buchan
an and John C. Breckinridge, as President
and Vice President of the United States, the
triumph of truth over error, and-of patriotic
devotion to the Union over all the element*
of sectional fanaticism ; and that wc pledge to
President Buchanan the steady and earnest
support of the democracy of New Hampshire
in all his efforts to carry out the principles
proclaimed by the Cincinnati National Con
vention, and eloquently reaffirmed in his inau
gural address.
The reading of the resolutions was frequent
ly interrupted by applause, and they’ were
adopted unanimously.
wont to express an opinion as to its ^ *»!
leges, and lastly as an edifice whet*
ideas were taught to shoot.” 7#^
Sublime indeed was tho position I ]„j
nnd as day by day with ferule inonchl„a>K
the council of Franklin, aud a Lexicon
cr, advocating the cause of Webster n
monarch I ruled alone. ’Mid the dun Z^
sound of "can't I gel ,mnc,rater," and ^
sical one of “somebody's pinching **k-
guarded hour to save the child I .^7'? “*»
•nd “thereby lungs a uio
rendered to his paternal parent the dofeft *.
Ins wrongs, and with the burning n..7s >4
Militia Colonel, the angered sire vent U [!,i 5 >f
dress the supposed wrongs ofhisyouthria J*' ■
and opened upon me his vials of wrath I
bottles of indignation. Then and not fin? j **|
I abandon the lucrative profession i n ‘•I
engaged, and though sorting above ti <> , I
level of humanity—“shame where iuhv
I became a politician; and for three Ion* '
months did I, “with malice aforothought’’V*1
listening audiences, and many timea wL^" 9 '
ring to the blood-stained fields of Mare s'"* !
Lodi, did I see the tear-drop start; and^'j 4
veyed my hearers through the Revolution, ^ I
of our country, and brought them badr
succession to the halls of the Monteztm!!
would the vety air teeming with loud ha '"'I
Pennsylvania.
Among the resolutions adopted by the late
democratic State convention of Pennsylvania
are the following :
“ Resolved, That we fully approve of the
policy of the national administration, as tints
tar exhibited, and have undiminished con
fidence in its distinguished head, and in those
associated with him iu the conduct of public
affairs.
“ Resolved, That* the prompt and decisive
action of the President of the United States in
defence of the elective franchise in the city’ of
Washington at the recent charter election in
that city merits and receives tlie sanction of all
order-loving and law abiding citizens.
‘•Resolved, That the principle contained in
the recent decision of the Supreme Court of
the United States, in the case of Drod Scott
r*. John F. A. Sundford, in regard to tlie po
litic.-}! rights of the negro race, meets the hear
ty’ acquiescence of the judgment of the demo
cratic citizens of Pennsylvania, and is as much
commended to the whole people of the United
State, by the lorce ot truth aud patriotism as
it is equally binding ou all by the highest
anciious of law.”
Not to be Abashed.—A countryman took j
his scat at a hotel table opposite to a gentle
man who was indulging iu a bottle of wine,
(supposing the wine to be common property,
onr unsophisticated country friend heljied him
self to it with the gentleman’s glass. -That’s
cool!’ exclaimed tl.e owner of the wiue, indig
nantly. ‘Yes,’ repli: d the other, ‘I should
think th?re was ice iu it.’
berate over the distant hills and rctumia,'
upon tho blue vault of Heaven in indcliyeU*^
“your election is certain.” Man’s hope,
woman’s vows—written on the sea-shore. )- ^ I
sides caressing tbe “puling infants” (I ^ **|
an antipathy toward children) 0 f m y
constituents, and ingvatiatiating Dyseif J?
graces of the antiquated females whose ‘at *
I desired, I had the consoling assurance tf**'
umphant defeat. Waterloo sinks into ij£
cance when compared to it~-with uttetel
ments, an injured constitution, a puree m u ,u
worse for wear, an unpardonable amount at J?
(caused by a deviation from the truth) «,] ,T
contemptible votes, I retired to the shades ,(v
vatc life, never before realizing that “the s» A
transgressor ‘was’ hard.” ‘ *
Luxuriating in my seclusion ever the vcfaa
tiiat brightest monument of ever existing-cii®.
Shakspeare—going forth at evenings hourVd i>
dining ’mid the Magnolias of my forest fewt
dwelt in rapture over the writings of a JQ IW _
and while calmly slumbering my earlrlore r t -'-
come in dream-like silence and whisper the u,
that Byron told. Enamored of one of u4j
loveliest daughters, and possessing a capjcin J
becoming a poet, I launched my frail bark t J
the stormy sea, and with the itope of acquiriigJ
affection of my heart’s adoration, the daughter^
wealthy merchant, I penned an unscco®aj4
number of stanzas to Polly Ann, (such wu k
name,) and selected one of the most aj
and committed it to memory. In the miir-l
gloom when all was silent as the sepulchre, I
tured forth on my pleasurable errand. Bca
the mansion of the fair one I began to displavqe.1
imens of vocal talent—when “hope told i W
ing tale ’—the duliflickcr of the midnight lamp a
its dim rays through the damask curtains thaw
structed the view of careless observers—r;-
and calmly the tapering fingers of my flirts*]
moved the silken folds, and from ’ueath theikr
gatherings came falling with electric spcttC*]
gels and ministers of grace defend ns”) asmln
sel of hot ashes, with the kind request fttant
ble daughter of Afric’s shore, that if
tcayfrom. dere deg'd scald nu." With this injaxaal
a kind hearted police (all police arc kind hxi
when the almighty dojlar is about) arrests! rt
safely ensconced me in dnrancc Tile far “nan
night hideous with my unearthly yelk” Tai
romantic situation for a poet and a lover; j«
Iieving with Cowpcr, that—
“Neglected talents rust into decay,’’
I sought a pen and whiled the time awij.
My detqption was brief, and when released Inapt]
from out the busy city, in exchange for “n? #
in the vast wilderness,” an attic chamber (ik
more fit place for a poet?) opposite the residua?]
my enamorata, where I might “gaze »nd p:
again.” The occupant of the neighboring r»j
not wishing to be classed among those vbo a*
“fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils;” d«
of cultivating a taste for music, procured » S
bone. A shoemakerby profession, hehopedtefid]
sweet solace in his unholy purposes, when din b
had-ccased his daily vocation, by disturbing fit!
peace of citizens hy night. I conscientiously *1
lievc that this individual was qualifying himselife]
admittance into tbe realms of darkne»-s, where tit*
is “weeping and gnashing of teeth.”’ I fid*”
self that I possess tbe usual quantum of ptdt**]
and fortitude, and am sustained in addition 1
chri-tian resignation, but none of these weretA-i
quote to preserve me from ineffable misery rob* -
ing his nocturnal screams. Reason fled before*]
noise, aud despite every effort the gn
ctry was lost in the melee between the
and Trombone. As an evidence of the
nerves of t so poet on that occasion, I subjoin t»
following would-be-pithetic lines, made otlerritj
by the villainy of him who'blasted all my hopes.
• ’ TO POLLY ANN.
Oil! could I with my Dolly roatu
(Curse that infernal Trombone)
Where gentlo zephyrs glow,
And hear around fay forest home
Tho sweet young shoemaker blow,
We’d livo as happy as a marriage bell
(I wish that Trombone was iu h— ade*!
'Mid birds of sweetest tone;
Alas ! aias! in vain I tell.
I’m doomed to live bv that Trout bout.
“Forget mo not!” in your palace bontt
(Perpetually confound that old Tromboot)
When wreathed with garlands g*y -
That every fleeting joy may come.
And find, aias ! that shoemaker hom f -
RemembAh oe! e’en could I hope
(I wiMi that shoemaker would choke)
That honors wreath my head would cr-
When fiimc- should speak mo in bertnx'P’
And wc would play that same Trornbo-'^
Proceeding thus far with no hope of
mi-ft gravely inform the reader that I b* re ^
intentions towards that shoemaker’s person,---
ontemplatc annihilating him and his P f *]va
I am compelled to do in self-defen.'- or 1 _I
ail idea in future of becoming distiriR* 3 ®” ^jl
thor and poet. The facts in the cas* J
these—the poet djes or the shoemaker 1
poet wont, therefore the shoemaker ® uit ’
M.icon, Ga., June IStn, 185V-
A tlid'ftft-ut’O <>! OP' 1 *' 0 ’ 1 ' |
The London Times pronounced.” 1 ®*
one of the most beautiful, as S ' 1C '
largest, men of ivar in tlie world. I®. „ - -
Mechanics’ Magazine gives a long
ular description of the Niagara, *?. f ]£
ces her “without exception the ug‘ ie -*
war it lias ever seen.”
But botli of these authorities
in their decision, though they’ d>“ L ’ r ^ j ;
The Niagara may with justice be ci ■ ..;
if the old style of sailing ships be f*f p
standard of naval beauty; but, ii s “ e ,
at with an unprejudiced eye. tiiat
to find in her thu best form adapts-
efficient service in the line for whj s ,
tended, why then Bhe is undoubtedly
—.Xew York Times.
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