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MACON, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18. 1857. lor the Telegraph. * jtrscofCoV* Walker iuKan- r vn OF THE ADHINfST RATION' IX RE- •Sv THERMO t'OXSIDEREa l^tterersy now going on In t • . v, rnion between the friends of the ( cf tne - * ■ ’ .jiecutite. i various see* i relation to the present state of ‘ K»n«S has given rise to feelings of re- •j mortification on the part of those whose has been that of lookers on “in sD‘7 j h0 5 C who have felt it their duty^to as- ■ Walker, and through him Mr. Tbirhannn, several allegations against both which **' ", ,\,. m have attempted to substantiate in I*' !, -« bitter ns unjustifiable. Bntt^t are The first is that Mr. Walker has * 0 f ofiicionsness and dictation. The ** J - ;- that he has violated the great and con- * rt . i!iX , tr ine of non-intervention. And the , Y is that he has wilfully and intention- Y' nil the causa of the pro-slaTery men in Fl. k. riving it ns his opinion that the climate l^na'ftiat Territory are unsnlted to slave la- C . \‘o<r these are grave charges, and, if true, it ' ^possible for the country to punish Mr. r . ifi»tnen>urate with his crimes. It is " v lice to Mr. Walker, as well ns the Ameri- *' .i]e that these allegations should bo fairly . '^(.innately analysed, thereby giving all the I . of seeing to wbat extent the facts bearing L. tic matter stibstantiate the charges, ptthru take them ujVa^ seriatim,” and dis- of them hr fair and nr.impassioned argumen- Hu* first charge is that Mr. Walter has Y,,^r dictated to the people of Kansas, by , them with his displeasure and opposi- . ■ to their admission within the pale of the r. si. unless the Convention that is soon to as- I" . > f-me a constitution for the people, shall to Lit people the privilege to pronounce up- I . dings of their servants. Xow, while o ritling to admit that Mr. Walker manifested, ti.< threatening the people, a puerile vreak- *_a -pirit of dictation, if you please—I repeat, |, t i im 'rilling to concede this—yet so far as i i.x-trine contended for is concerned, I hold r.< righ'. Who will gainsay this, when all the a Touchi: g the imbroglio in Kansas are consider- ! Rcmetaber, if you please, there are between «r . ad thirty thousand voters in that Tcrrito- thlr ton (lo) thousand of this number regis- >1 their names preparatory to voting for dele' t» the Convention, and not a third of those *no registered, participated in choosing < to the Convention which is to give them • -r.:v law. Let it be recollected, also, that ■ tfr.i dividing parties of Kansas are wrangling [clh-pjting as to which party has the osccndcn- | r. Tin a, .-hall a body of men chosen by a small Intra of licr |>oop]e bo allowed to tic down the It. hand auil foot, by denying them the ox- |r..< i'i ilio.-o rights upon which our fabric of lib- leges y This may suit the notions of some I y- hut tloes not accord with my pre-concciv- 11. firas, and is also, I humbly submit, Tiolativo II - >it of that liberty secured to us by the I .treasure of our sires. Dut desiring, as IlsAco, to be brief, I pass on to the second l(c:i;:hc bill of indictment.' I Tist i- it ? IVhy, that Mr. Walker by his offi- Icw'atermcddling with the affairs of Kansasis guil | rtf* eolation of the doctrine of non-interven- I Tins is undeniably the most important and I.• itiin in the nggregatift of charges, and I uw .• the .-crious consideration of the sovereign I > What, I pray you, Mr. Editor, is the true I bcof this term, about whiclt there is at pre- I ru such fuss and feathers, and what is its true Ih::; I- u po-siblo the American people have I ■ ri-c uuil^ogrcss of the doctrine of non- It-ntaiioa? Whose bantling is it ? and whence I v- it come t To the best of my recollection I (A Ci«» is entitled to its paternity, and he, as ’til*.•the great, much lamented, and pure son of I' Carolina, Mr. Caliioun, relied upon it to save 'will from the injustice and dishonor sought pV u-.poicil upon her by the passage of the 7 --vt proviso. Those distinguished statesmen itet contend that an official of the President had : -Atto intervene with slavery in tho territo- ‘ ■ They never dreamed that this doctrine ’ -1 deprive any individual of the right of giving 1 - ' *ad open expression of opinion upou this, a nil is oiher subjects. The true signification the term is, that Congress has no constitutional •x: to intervene against tho introduction of iun into the territories—the common property l r.ited States. I repeat, it was against Con- “'■ ImuI intervention that these men and their warred, and not against individual inter- 5V! ' To prove this, it is only necessary to ex- their s|ieeches, ns well as the many resolu | kiretofore passed by Democratic National I L - «ate Conventions. The power was denied Exe to the law making power of the Union, and ’■** rtest boon for which they had fought with so — ability and ardor, was at last guaranteed to * Nl by the proper tribunal, by the passage * Euuaa Nebraska bill. Then we fearlessly 4 * m ^ r - Walker has not violated, by any act of • ^ doctrine of non-intervention—having neith- *** "~bt nor power to inhibit the introduction * ir.to Kansas Territory, flo ha* only done ' *‘ ln J oSciais who have preceded him have . °f. tliough not to the same extent, and - ) vet* allowed to escape unpunished. If the sd principle of the Kansas bill has not been vio- follows as a cotollary, that Mr. V’alker, ■ ’ oSciousness, and Mr. Buchanon, by Ilia re- 10 ItcJ i him, have not, as has been asserted, 'nJ under foot the great conservative princi- '■ Cincinnati Platform. But I go farther, ***rt, without the fear of successful contra- that Mr. Walker is bending every cner- - *o arty into t uccessful operation that portion t-c pajtj. platform which pertains to long ox- . 5 ratcutcs in Kansas, as well as the most prom- * lu, “ rco f the Kansas act. That bill say*: tb-2 # ” , ' T 'l |c settlers shall determine for ^ “ MM whether slavery shall or shall not con | jj * * h* rt °f their social system.” This priuci- i . ? in,l ' rlCl l *n our national platform and j., '!** f art . v proudly atood and battled with ~ r *- overruling Providence was with V: |" . tI,e ton *fvaiive men, tit every quar- ri.- ^ ' nu ®ph over sectionalism, and now, after ^ ■ lus Parched upon our standard, shall it bo **nj l0tUri1 to dust and ashes to gratify the *".' 1U °f vertaiu extremists? IIow, lu the coo " non sense, can this highly popular Mcrt 'd principle bo carried out unless the ^ toT M>0n ,0 mtct ^Eall refer their labors *' Ule People for their acquiescence or con- Aj |||. | v , t n oofovo remarked, it is asserted only * small minority of the ^ ‘ ' 0,CN exercised their right in choosing tin '°Eonrention; and it is still n moot- is the stronger party, the Black ^ Bs or I’ro-Slavcry men. The South is too j Ptool to throw herself in the wrong.— Majority of the inliabi- tiei\s—should decide till- ** d^sa te, is i that ^ “toua fide” j 11 * t i“e«tion for them-elves—which tiicj Cotsl ««Mr. Walker's policy is carried out, To say the effect will be to make free soil of Kan sas, is, in my humble opinion, highly nonsensical. If the right of voting upon the Constitution is giv- •en to the whole of the inhabitants, and the negro worshipers should prove to be the stronger party, the pro-slavery men would do well to yield with tho best possible grace to the necessity of the at tending circumstances. For If they were to make an effort to impose upon the majority, by denying to them the right to vote on a constitution recog nising the institution of slavery, it could not sur vive the test of the popular will, and the result would be highly disastrous to owners of slaves in Kansas. It docs seem to mo that Mr. Walker is acting in good faith to his party and country, and had ho denied in his inaugural the right of the in habitants to pronounce upon the acts of their pub lic servants, he would have been obnoxious to tho charges which many are now so anxious to affix upon him. Then the word traitor which garnish es a majority of the articles with which our press now teems, would not have been misplaced—and many epithets which ere now improperly used in connection with his official Conduct would have clung to his back like the shirt of Xessus. But to pass on. Let me for a moment, and on ly for a moment, advert to the third and last charge. And what is it? Why, that Mr. Walker has electioneered against the pro-slavery party in Kansas, by giving expressions to the opinion that the soil and climate of that territory are unfavora ble to slave labor. This charge is not, in my opin ion, deducible from the premises. Look through the long catalogue of votes given by this patriotic statesman, whilst in discharge df his legislative du ties—look at bis able and much famed letter upon the annexation of Texas, to which we are mainly indebted for its acquisition—aye, sirs, criticise every public act of his life, and then answer me, is he justly abnoxious to this allegation? Why it has been but a few short moons since the same opinion was expressed by Mr. A. H. Stephens, one of Georgia’s favorite sons. Indeed, many South ern gentlemen have lately expressed the like opin ion. Then if Mr. Walker is to be tabooed for this jejune charge, let others be brought under the ban of proscription. Having disposed of the allegations in their or der, it now becomes necessary to inquire whether or not Mr. Walker ought to be recalled by Mr. Buchanan. The late Gubernatorial Convention so thought, and in their 3d resolution call upon the President to show fidelity to the principles eleva ting hint to his present exalted station, by depriv ing Mr. Walker of his official trust. If there has been no violation of the great principle of non-in- tervation, of tho truth of which there can be but little doubt, and as Mr. Walker has carried out the instructions of the President and his cabinet, by advising the members to the convention to allow ' the people to give an expression of opinion upon the organic law under which they are to live, why recall him? To do so, would bo treating Mr. Walk er and his many warm friends, (for I know he has friends, and Southern ones at that,) in bad faith, and also bring abont a recurrence of those scenes nf brutal murder and intwlim war, vlileb, a fom- months ago, sorrowed the heart of the patriot and disgraced the virgin soil of that beautiful and pro lific territory. Let Mr. Buchanan stand firm—ad ministering the affairs of the Government in strict accordance with the platform of principles eleva ting him to power, and be will, after the present storm shnil have blown over, receive the plaudits of every conservative man of the Union. Can it be possible, Mr. Editor, that Mr. Buchanan, who has ever been noted for his prudence and patri otism, and his fidelity to the constitutional rights of every section of the Union throughout his long and eventful career—we repeat, can it be possible he should so far forget himself, his solemn oath of office, and the principles to which he has dedicated his public life, as to trample the organic law of the Union under bis feet, and do violence to Demo cratic principles, which have ever been emblazoned before his face ? If be has been guilty of these things, then he richly deserves the epithets which a writer over the signature of “Troup," and others, have so lavishly heaped upon his head—else not.— Troup asserts in round terms, and with much as perity, that the President is forty times a perjured man, because he has failed to have a law of Kansas faithfully executed. Now let us apply the touch stone of truth to the ipw dixit of tins writer, there by determining how the matter really stands. The organic law of Kansas requires, if I mistake not, that all persons who desire to vote for delegates to the Convention, soon to convene, to prepare a con stitution for the territory, preparatory to its admis sion into the Union, shall have their namefi regis tered by a proper officer. But does the same or ganic act deny to the Convention the right to re fer the Constitution by them prepared, back to the people for their acceptance or rejection ? I candidly confess I have never read the act in question, but I tako it for granted it contains no such clause, because tho enactment of such a statute would have been a stretch of power to which the sovereign people never would have sub mitted. The members of tbo Convention have been chosen by certain voters acting under the organic law. But the Convention clearly have the right, aye, it is their duty, to place the Constitution, their ^andl-work, and under which the inhabitants arc to live, before the voters whose qualifications are to be therein prescribed for their approval or rejection. We arc advertised by the press through out tile entire west, that the Convention will refer to the people the Constitution tiiey arc soon to prepare. The question then presents itself at once, how can the President be held responsible for a matter over which he has no control? And what justice or propriety is their in Troup’s indulging in such expletives and harsh epithets against Mr. Buchanan, who certainly deserves better treatment at his hands. If the charges preferred by Troup against the President were true in substance and spirit, his animadversions would even then be un justifiably severe. To associate the name of tho Chief Executive of the Union with Arnold and Jm das Iscariot, is a strange perversion of taste, to say the least of it, and I envy not the hand that moved the pen iiiau indited the words. Troup seems to have forglfvn, in a singlo hour, the forty years’ service which Mr. Buchanon lias devoted to ids country. And unless I am greatly deceived, he will, during his calmer moments—his reason hav ing regained its lost throne—feel himself bound, by his nobler instincts, to do pcty>ncc in sackcloth and ashes, for the language used in that article.— But for the hasty and inconsiderate inauguration of this matter by the Gubernatorial Convention, we should liavo been saved from this, as well as other scenes of like import. Instead of attending to their more legitimate duties, they suddenly sprung a question, for the direction of which, they hadno authority; and I know that many delegates who voted for the third Devolution have .-ince ex pressed their regret for having acted with so little judgment and precaution. I will go further and as the result of much reflection and investi- trutli of this proposition, ncrc all sustain him save the Know Nothings and those Democrats who were noted for their ultra fire-eating propensities in 1850-’51. The first hope to make votes by divid ing the democratic cohorts, and tho latter want— want what ?—why, sir, they know not want they want. Hence the task of gratifying their desires will be found very difficult and perplexing by whomsoever undertaken. In conclusion, Mr. Editor, the President has but to pursue the even tenor of his way, turning neither to the right nor the- left, and the noble ship of State, to which he acts as helmsman, will be safely conducted to its moorings. CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRAT. stat ition, that a large majority of the Democrats ol re now willing to tender their humble praise to Mr. Buchanan for rcfu.-iug to itii tiie requisitions made upon him bv eorgni i eed of amply witli t - ...... the Gubernatorial Convention. So far as Middle Georgia is concerned there can be no doubl pi the From the Philadelphia Press. England and Ilindostan. A few weeks ago, England was startled by the intelligence that an extensive revolt in the Indinn-army had occurred, and that the con tinuance, the very existence of British sway in Ilindostan was in imminent peril. Pithily, but forcibly enough, did a London journal thus de scribe the crisis:—“ Our house in India is on fire. We are not insured. To lose that house would be to lose power, prestige, nud character —to descend in the rank of nations, and take a position more in accordance with our size on the map of Europe than with the greatness of our past glory and present ambition. The fire must be extinguished at any cost. Ail ordinary considerations give way before the greatness and suddenness of thedanger.” Another jour nal, arguing that British troops should be sent to India without delay—by the overland route, if necessary—adds: “ It will be time to in quire into the causes of tho mutiny by-aud- bye; we do not specniate how a fire originat ed, when the question is where to run for the fire-engines; at all events we procure the fire- engines first.” . Let us state the facts, as far as they have been communicated to the British nation;—for it is the principle and practice of the British Government to keep back information, wheu its being known would inconvenience the Exe cutive. So constantly and consistently is this system of half confidence kept up, that official dispatches, political or military, are usual two fold—one story, with unpalatable and unpopu lar fact%glozed over, to throw dust in the eves of the people, and the other for the private in struction of the Cabinet, stating the case in more truthful terms. Sometimes, when sucli a sly, double-dealing person as Palmerston is at the head of affairs, there is a third and “most private” despatch for his own particular perusal. Last May, two regiments of native infantry’ (Sepoys) were disbanded for insubordination. Soon after, another regiment, quartered at Lucknow, refused to use a new description of cartridges served out to them—declaring that pig-grease, the touch of which was prohibited by their stringent rules of ctute. was used in making the cartridge paper. This corps left the parade ground in a body, carryibg their muskets with them, but Sir Henry Lawrence, the British officer commanding the district, turned a battery of artillery against the mutin eers, compelled them to lay down their arm?, and confined them to their quarters, disarmed and incapable of mischief. At Meerut, and other places, the Sepoys also refused to receive the cartridges. The first company who show ed this insubordination were dismissed on the spot, and handed their arrears of pay. This was, in truth, rather an encouragement. The authorities saw their error, and when another company turned out, arrested and placed them in durance vile. A few days after this a general revolt took place. The barracks were set fire to. The wives and children of European sol- were massacred. The European officers were shot down. Before any steps could be taken by the authorities, n dozen native regiments— artillery’, cavalry, infantry, sappers and miners —were in rapid march for Delhi. Arriving there the nest day, and encamping out of the city, they induced threo regiments of native infantry, and qpe of artillery, to turn out and murder their officers. A few of these escaped, bat the rest with their wives and daughters, were slain. Tho insurgents then entered Delhi, murdering every European within their reach, seizing the bank and its treasure, and would have occupied the arsenal and magazine, if a British officer, loyal and self-sacrificing, hi d not blown them up, perilling his own life by the explosion. The mutineers then proceeded to proclaim the son of the late Mogul Emperor, as King and lord of India—it would 6ccni against his will—for it was from a communication made by him, that the British authorities at Agra first heard of what had occurred. Immediate steps were taken to crush the revolt. British troops wero collected from all quarters within reach. Several of the nntive princes promised their aid to the British, and appear to have act ed in good faith. Martial law was proclaimed .in the Merut and Delhi districts. In order to dispel the prevalent idea that tho Government contemplated the conversion of the natives to Christianity, notice was given disavowing any such purpose. At the date of tho latest dis patches, the British troops (on June 8th,) had encountered the rebels outside the wjills of Del hi, driven them back into the city, taken twen ty-six guns from them, occupied all the beighU outside Delhi, and were prepared or preparing to besiege tho place. General Anson, comman der in-chief, had died of the cholera, and was succeeded pro tem by Sir Henry Somerset.— As many as 30,000 native soldiers, had turned against the English. The excitement was sprendiug, but was chiefly confined to the mil itary. At Lahore, onc-Imlf tlie native troops had deserted tho British flag. In Oude and tho Punjaub the Sepoys continued loyal: In tho Bengal army, eight regiments had mutinied in a month, and two had been disbanded. _ At Calcutta, the seat of Government in British India, every precaution had been taken against an anticipated attack. To put down this revolt, the troops, return ing to Bombay and Madras from the Persian war, were directed to proceed at once to Calcut ta. Cavalry from Bombay had been ordered to Agra. Every regiment that can bo spared from Great Britain and the Colonies, has been ordered to India. Bnt here arises the difficul ty. It took five weeks even with telegraphic aid, to obtain intelligence of this insurrection from Calcutta; it would take, at tiie sjiortest. a fortnight to prepare each regiment in England for embarcation in the India service; and even jkn all “the aids and appliances to boot,” of ^^POverland route (across Egypt and down the Red Sea,) occupy six weeks more to convey the troops to Calcutta. Here, then, is an interval of thirteen weeks betwejir the massacre at Del hi and the arrival of a strong British force at India. But the shortest and quickest mode of transporting 14.OUO.OOU men from England to Bengal, was not adopted. The “Circumlocu tion Office” would not send them overland, but would take them by a long sea voyage round the Cape of Good Hope, which would occupy seventy days, while by the overland route it would take only fortyJ This would make four mouths from tho outbreak to the arrival of troops to quell it. Within these four months Hintioostau may be forever lost to England. Such arc the circumstances of this insurrec tion. What the consequences may be we can only surmise, as yet. But believing that Prov idence carries out the principles of retribution with nations as with individuals, and knowing with what pertinacity of misgovernment, what ingenuity of misrule, what utter contempt for even seeming humanity and justice, England has crashed India to the dust, we come to only one strong conviction—that the period has ar rived, when British sway in Ilindoostan will be met by bands with swords in them. It is al lowed in the philosophy of politics, to judge of disgracefully, reach the summit of renown, dominion, riches and pride. England seems to have reached the culminating -point—from that, the path is down bill. Tiie New West Imlin Slave Trade. The revival of the African slave trade, as proposed bv the London Times, almost shakes one’s faith in the progress of humanity and ci vilization. We call it, plainly, a revival of the African Slave trade, because, disguise it as you may, it is substantially, this and nothing else. A rapid teview of slavery, as it existed in Ja maica before tho slave trade was, will show that we do not* exaggerate wheu we make this assertion. It has been the fashion of British philanthro pists, British statesmen, and even British his torians, to describe slavery, as it prevails in the Southern States of this Union, as the worst form in which human bondage has ever existed. In the British West India lslands.it was infinite ly worse. One point of difference alone made the bondage of Jamaica to the bondage of Vir ginia as being pat into the stocks is to being dislocated on the rack. In our Southern States, even when they were British colonies, the con dition of the African was sought to be alleviated as much as was consistent with his servile condi tion, and. among other things.hc was permitted to have a family, to surround himself with the solace of domestic life. Yet in the West’ Indies the planter acted on the principle that as it was cheaper, so it was better, to work the slave to death, and replace the waste by fresh impor tations from abroad, instead of depending on the natural increase in the island. For this purpose, the introduction of females was not encouraged, and hence the great tnajor- ty of tiie Jamaica slaves, in Jamaica’s palmy days, were able-bodied males. The average duration of life under this condition of things did not exceed ten years after the slaves had landed. The owner was often, if not general ly, and absentee, who never had that person al intercourse with his servants, which, by awakening those human sympathies which tes tify so loudly to the brotherhood of Man, does so much to mitigate the lot of serfdom. His absence made the proprietor practically regard his African chattel as merely 60 much money invested in labor, to be got back again, with the proper cent per cent, as soon as possible. Left to the care of unfeeling overseers, with no domestic tics to solaco their crnel captivity, in nearly every case themselves having tasted the sweets of freedom before they were ravish ed from Africa, the Jamaica slaves were a fierce and sullen race, continually on the brink of in surrection, and rapidly wasting away under the spur of unaccustomed labor. In a valua ble work by Henry C. Carey, on slavery and the slave trade, the mortality among Jamaica davaa in shown, by statistics, not.onlv tp have been enormous, but to have originated in the principal fact that the waste in the slave popu lation was expected to be supplied by importa tion. and not by ^natural increase. Now, in what will the condition of tho so call ed hired laborer differ, substantially, from that of the original Jamaica slave ? Under the old system, the average life of the African-born slave, after he had landed, did not exceed ten years ; and this, as if with a knowledge of so pregnant a fact, is the term to which it is pro posed to limit apprenticeship under the modern plan. Ten years, the protectors know, is all he will be likely to live ; and ten years con trol over him, therefore, iq all they ask. If the past is any guarantee for the future, not a tithe of the hired laborers, as the Times daintily calls them, will be living at the expiration of their term. The remembrance of their native land, the unaccustomed work, the difference of cli mate, and the realization of the gn#t fraud which has been practiced upon them, will send the majority of them, long before to an untime ly grave. As the manner in which they are to he introduced will forbid, precisely as it did under the old regime, much natural increase among their number, the waste will have to be supplied by new importations; and thus we shall have the African slave trade revived, in all its great essentials, and personal slavery practically restored in the British West Indies. For that, the imported African will bo sub stantially a slave follows from the fact, which even the advocates of tho scheme liavo not the hardihood to deny, that, when tho laborer dis covers his true conditiou, he will repudiate it, if not compulsorily held to it; and if so held to it, though but for a term of years, he will be a slave, in every important point, especially as the original contract, even if made voluntarily on his side, of which there will always bo great doubt, will have originated in fraudulent re presentations practiced on him. ^ It is impossible to avoid these conclusions No savage African, living, when at borne, even if a slave there, a half idle life, will ever vol untarily do tho work demanded of him on the Jamaica plantations. The hereditary inclina tion to iudolcuce will be too strong for him. Either, therefore, the employer will bo com pelled to drive tiie laborer to work, under the lasb, or he will have to let his African work when and how he pleases. Tho first will be practically, slavery; tho last will be the aban donment of the scheme. But it is the first thnt will bn resorted to. In Jamaica, at least, there are laborers enough, or nearly so, if they could be induced to work. But the native born colored man knows what laboring in a cotton field or on a sugar plantation is; ho pre fers lits yam, his chickens, and idleness; and he sturdily refuses to enter into any contract, with owners of estates, fora term of years. It is necessary, therefore, to inveigle strangers into such contracts, for the law will enforce the contract when once formed. But as deceit, on the part of the British employer, is of the very essence of tho contract—as it is only tho ig norant ho can hope to gain at nil—is not the relation thus sought to be established between white and black substantially slavery?—Phil adelphia Ledger. The Intending Bridegroom. An ignorant fellow, who was about to get married, resolved to make himself perfect in the responses of the marriage ceremony; hut by mistake he committed to memory tho office of baptism for those of ripe years; so when the asked him in church : •Wilt thou have this woman to be thy wed ded wife V Tho Bridegroom answered solemnly: •I renounce them all.’ The astonished minister said, T think you a fool.’ To which ho replied ; . ‘All this I steadfastly believe.’ The Teacher Posed—A teacher asked a bright little gin. ‘What country is opposite to us on the globe V Don’t know, sir,’ was the answer. •Well, now, pursued the teacher, ‘if I were to bore a hole through (lie earth, and you were to go in at this end, where would you come out V ‘Out of the hole, sirreplied the pupil with an air of triumph. Eufaula, Ala., August 8, 1857. To the Editors of the Charleston Mercury : Gentlemen: I received this morning, from Gen. Atchison, letters from which I make for publication the following extracts, shedding light upon the real position and hopes of South ern men in Kansas, refuting the slander now widely circuhited^hat our leaders there have abandoned the struggle for the rights of the South, and properly characterizing the base suspicions which have been whispered in some quarters, even against the Executive Commit tee whom I had the honor lately to represent before the people of the South and South Caro lina especially, in their appeal for pecuniary aid. Very truly and respectfully, ALPHEUS BAKER, Jr. Clinton Co., July 12, 1857. Col. A. Baker. Dear Sir : A week or two since I received a letter from you; also I have read letters from yon to Colonels Buford and Boone. You have nobly discharged the trust we have re posed in you. You have laboriously, elo quently and energetically done your duty to the South ; all this you have done, and every true and honest Southern man must, sooner or later, acknowledge it and thank you in his heart for it. Your mission was a difficult one, and you have been misconstrued In’ some and wantonly slandered by others. Yet, if it is any consolation to you, you must know that in this you stand not alone. Indeed, every man who has taken an open and manly part in defence of Southern rights, has encounter ed abuse of the North, and, what is still worse, the sneers and detraction of Southern men. The most ready weapon which comes to the hands of a mean man in the South, is, that the end we have in view is not the rights and in terest of the Slave States, but our own. They insinuate that the money raised in the South is not to be expended in her cause, but to be appropriated to the use of Atchison, Buford, Russell, Boone, Stringfellow, &c. Now, every intelligent man who uses such weapons is a liar, and is conscious of being so when ho cir culates or publishes such a charge; and try him in any emergency, when the South shall be in need of all her sons, and lie will prove himself a coward or a traitor or beth. I see that not even thunder and lightning will arouse the South. I doubt whether an earthquake—a moral and political earthquake, shaking the institution of slavery to the earth, and bringing ruiu upcn.tho whole South, would arouse her to action. In a word, my only hopes now tor Kansas are in the border couu- ties of Missouri; and, by the hy, any one of ten counties I could mention have expended more money than any one State of the whole South in this cause. The Executive Commit tee for Kansas Territory will have a meeting on the 8th of this month, for consultation, when you shall hear front us. If the South would but do half her duty, Kansas would be a Slave State; and I hope we will be able to effect that object, notwith standing the apathy of the Slave States and the energy of the Free States, and all the open or secret, efforts of thp. officers of the Federal Government. Yours, truly, (Signed) D. R. ATCHISON In a letter to me of the 20 July, dishearten ed by the indifference of the South to their ap peals for assistance, and more deeply wound ed by unjust charges against some of the best and truest of her friends in Kansas, who have ruined themselves in her service, he says de- spondingly: At tunes I have almost come to the conclu sion to curse Kansas and quit the cause of the South. It is hard for a uiau to devote all his time and energies and money to a cause, and receive nothing but abuse and slander in re turn, from those who should sustain and co operate with him; and to be the object of suspi cion even to good men, is worse than all.— Yet, in defiance of all this, I will not abandon our cause so long as there is the shadow of a chance for success, and this is the determina tion of most of our friends in Kansas aud Mis souri. Our cause is not a hopeless one. We always have bad, up to the 1st of March last, a majority of friends in Kansas, and I believe we still have. I will give you my reasons for still thinking so: The registered voters a- mouut to near ten thousand, and this registry was made last winter and spring, and at least nine-tenths of those voters are pro-slavery men, for tho Abolitionists refused,. as a general thing, to register their names, and the reason for their refusal was, in my opinion, that they knew they were in a small minority. It was not to preserve their consistencyAor Abolitionists are consistent in nothing except in villainy. Now, if our Delegates to the Convention shall refer the Constitution lo the registered voters for ratification or rejection, they will ratify the Constitution. If it is to be referred, as Gov. Walker says, to all tho people who shall be in the Territory on the day of voting, then wo must and will have a majority at the polls on that day. If the South would hut make one speedy and united effort, all would bo safe. If SValkcr’s plau, however, prevails, it will give us infinite trouble, but it will also g«e tho Abolitiouists more. Walker has done us and our cauiie more injury than Hale, Chase, or any other Abolitionist could have done; yet, I repeat, I do not despair. One more ef fort ! It is the last we can make, aud we will succeed. I am happy to find that Walker is fully un derstood at tlic South. A great many South ern tnen hare gone to Kansas tiiis summer, and many more will go from this region. We do not give it up. 1 regret that I cannot de vote my whole time to our Kausas affairs in this crisis. Now is the time for the South to act. Yours truly, (Signed) D. R. ATCHISON. JXO. E. HOSS. NO. Advert the regular charge will be 0*14 Dollar per »qu 10 Hues or forth© first in sertion, and Fifty Cents for each subsequent inser tion. All advertisements not specifiSf as to tin a will be published until forbid and charged accoi Sly Obituary Noticks not exceeding ten lines, w l be published gratis ; but ca*h at the rate of Ow i>< 1- lar for every ten manuscript ines exceeding ti. wt number, iitu-t accompany all longer notices, or they will be cut short. 9 l Telegraph goes to pre.ts at 3 o’clock rMonday Evenings. Advertiser* will ol iige by bar sl ing in their favors, as early as Saturday, if postil la J. 33. cJtf YY.. ItOSSS, WHOIiEMLE A BET-tl / DRY GOODS ' AND GROCERY MERGELNI3, MACON, GA„ TTAVE on hand. ""'I are rereivin:?, in their X± 1URUE SB IV S10ltt On the Caruer of Secoad A t'iv . ry Mrcct,, One of the most EXTENSIVE STOCKS of now amt seasonable goods ever offered in the State. Our Stock, besides a large and central assort- turui of CKOCERIE», embrac« - an extensivo variety of SHOES, HATS, HARD AND WOODEN Ware, CARTSTINGS. and FA1SCY & STAPLE DUT GOODS. Our extended abonaintanoc, and long experience intrude, afford us the most ample facilities for pro curing onr goods on the most reasonable tonus, and adapting our Stock to the wants of the public, and purchasing as we .do, IN LARGE QUANTITIES, and nsnally for the CASH, wo ran afford them to our customers at corresponding LOW PRICES. While we cordially invite the public generally, to avail themselves of onr AMPLE STOCK, troin which to make their purchases .for their personal wants, we would also specialty invite ■Wholesale Purchasers to inspect our goods, and hear our prices, betore purchasing, nr sending their orders elsewhere, for we lcel confident we can offer as GREATINDUCEHENT3 as any Ilncso iu CAROLINA cr GEORGIA, and we are determined to do it. TRY VS AND SEE. jnly 14 J. II. & W. A. BOSS. DEESS GOODS. LOW PRICES. yX order to closo out onr stock of Summer T>r j L Goods, embracing every variety, we propose aeU ! ling tic 111 at COST lor CASH until 23th day- Mfi Parsons In search of handsome Dress Goods will find the best assortment in the City by calling on vj, and at Sirictiy Sew York Cost. Our object is to sell entirely out in that line, soil to be prepared for nn ENTIES NEW SUPPLY, which will be ready for inspection early it* Septem ber. BOSTICK A KEEN. Juno 53rd, 183'. City papers copy. The Pacific Overland Itoad Party. On Wednesday last wo had the pleasure of a few minutes, conversation with Col. James 13. Leech, who is in charge of the above coin pany, which is engaged in surveying a route tor the purpose of carrying the overland mail from the Mississippi river to the Pacific. The party consists of 48 wagons and 100 men, and will strike an air line from here to Preston, Texas; from which point it will travel nearly in a westerly direction, passing a little north of Fort Belknap, 25 miles north of Fort Chadbourne, cross the Pecos River at Emi grant crossing, cross the Lauo west of Cardo on the route, and strike the Rio Grande 15 miles north of El Paso. Thence the survey will continue to Fort Yuma and San Francisco by the best and most practicable route. We have no idea of -the time it will take to survey this route, and make the road passable for mail stages ; but with the force of the gov ernment and contractors to press it forward, we hope to see the work consummated at the earliest practicable day.—Ark. Gaz. and Hem. The Remedy worse than the Dis- DISEASE. A man who had recently joined the Sou? of Tem perance went on business to Mobile, where he was taken sick. The physician finding him iu a danger ous situation prescribed brandy, which the sick man refused to take. The doctor told him th.it lie must, or he would have spasms. “Well,” said the tem perance man, “I " ill try a couple of spasms first.” He kopt bis pledge aud bad no spasm. COTTON PLANTERS. T HE subscriber has thoroughly tried, at Macon and Columbus, Georgia, Lis wrought iron Cot ton Screw, where two of them *re now standing and will remain until October for inspection. I beiieve it is cheapest, bv half, over offered for the purpose of pressing cotton or bay, ss tho frame, screw, pin, and levers are all of wrought iron. It should be attach ed to the gin house, and have it put up through the floor, as the ordinary press—the levers being only five feet in length—to nave the width of the house and 18 and so feet in length, tho lint conld then bo placed all around the screw. - Then a man cun take five hands and pack as many five-lmndred-pound- bales in one day, with as little labor to tho hand, as the same five and two more, with a horse, can on the wood screw in the same time. Three hands can put no one and take it down, and it can be carried at one four mules to any point.—Asthis is for the pumTe eye I will give the amount of timber ne cessary for completing one: 1 piece 17 met long 4J by 9. 6 -17 “ 2 •• 9. a •• 1? “ ♦ “ fi. 18 “ 9 “ 2* “ 12. 3 •• 1G “ 2 “ 4. 5 •• 10 “ 1 “ 10. • f This to be of 1 “14 “ 6 “ 10. ? tough timber— - (, pine or oak. 2 •• 13 •• 2 “ 12. 2 •• 14 “ li “ 6. 2 “ 10 “ 1 “ 5. \ •• 51 “ 9 “ 23. This makes a box nearnine feet deep with bed and follower, and all other fixtures. I furnish the iron and tho work done ou it at Macon, and put the a- nove lumber to it at the place where it is wanted, the purchaser furnishing tho lumber nud paying the freight from Macon, can have one of the handiest and cheapest cotton screws now kuown, its durabil ity considercd.'as it is given up by all who have seen it to bo a lifetime investment. I can pack five hun dred pounds with three hands—take five and there is uo hard work done. Price $130 this year. I expect, if life lasts, to have one at the next state Fair, and would be glad to see one of every other pattern of pressesnow in use there and let the world judge for itself. I then expect to sell the right in any size territory that may be desired on reasonable terms, with a working model, within the limits of such county or counties, and all the information ne cessary for putting them up and working them. Ad dress, Thomasvillc, Georgia. JAMES .MASSE V. juiy 28 Eow Spring Goods. T> OSS, COLEMAN & ttOS&h&vejott Opened Uie JL^ second new Stock of SPRING GOODS This season, embracing BERAGE ROBES from $3 to $23. ORGANDIE ROBES from $G to 813. MANTILLAS, LACE aud GIMPUIRE from S3 to $4,000 Worth of Embroideries, in Collars, Sleeves and Cambric Trimmings. On all the above goods we promise you a deduc. tioe ol 20 per cent on previous prices ss our Stock is largo and must be sold. Call e_rly. No charge for showing goods. njd 21 PARKER’S jSTEYY goods, FOB xm: SDPE-ITSTC3- TBAIOB. •\'V7"E are now receiving a splendid assortment of VV mo<t desirable FRENCH, ENGLISH, GER MAN, SWISS and AMERICAN GOODS, oj the very latest Importation. SILK KOKKS, BAREGE BORES, GREXADI3E ROBES, OBGJdlDT BUTSUXar KOBE ft. .IAC4S.NKT ltID«U!V SIOBES, El'GEME SII.lt B«!tE8, UOKNknre nKEs-MEs, TOlhE »>AS1E ROBE3, ENTOKlEf.f MEW* A full assortment of Bishorfs best BLACK SlEKfi^ MANTILLAS. Chantilly Lace Points and Mantillas. The Ladies will, we think, derive great pleasura from an examination of our entirely NEW STOCK 01 FRENCH EMBROIDERIES, which is unusually attractive. We have a great many NOVELTlFS, both BRILLIAN 1’ and BEAU TIFUL, unnecessary to mention. Call and we will repay you for the time spent, by showing the targets and most beautiful Stock o^ Staple &. Fancy Dry Goods which we have ever had the pleasure of exhibiting to the Ladies of Macon and surrounding country, apl 14 W. W. PARKER & CO. WESE1I3 AGENT, FOR SALE OF EJIERT BKOTIIEKS’ PATENT HOUSE POWERS & THRESHER _ julyjil SAYAMH MEDICAL COLLEGE. T HE annual Course of Lectures will commence on the first Monday in November next. The preliminary lectures on the 18th October. FACUL T Y. R. D. Arnold, M. D Practice Medicine P. M. Kollock, 51. D Obstcteries, W. G. Bullock, M. D Surgery, J. G. Howard, 51. D Anatomy, .1. Harris, M. I) Physiology, J. B. Read, 51. D Materia Medica. Joseph Jones, M. D .....Chemistry, J. J. West, M. D Demonstrator. Clinical Lectures will be regularly delivered at the city hospital. This institution will accommo date over one hundred patients. For particulars address J. O. HOWARD, july 21 Dean. 3.0,000 Siiares Southern Paeinlc R. Read. S T O CiK. T HE President and Directors of the Southern Pa cific Railroad Company, have set apart Ten Thousand shares of this Stock to bo offered, for a limited period, to the citizens of Georgia, and those who desire to subscribe, will do so promptly. Five per cent, is all that will ever be called for up on this Stock, as the grants from the State of Texas, are held to be sufficient to pay tbo other ninety-five per cent. Seventy miles of tho road have been put under contract, with Mcssrs.John T. Grant A Co., of this State, whose experience, ubility and resources ive ample assurance of tho most vigorous and spee dy construction of the road. The Rights, Franchis es and Property ot this Company, arc secured bo yond all contingencies. Tho iron for 27 pules of the road, has already been delivered In Texas, and theRoad bed is now nearly ready to receive it. As the Company havo no imme diate use for lands, lam authorized to take good paper maturing at Savannah, Charleston, Mobile, New Orleans or New York, on tho first of March, J 858, with interest and exchange added. The Stock may be secured on application to me at the office of Williams, Rhea A Co., Atlanta, Gn., where printed Charters, Reports and Statistics can be had. BOLLING BAKKR, Agent for sale of Southern Pacific R. R. Stockiu the State of Georgia. Atlanta, July 23,1837 aug 4 tf Form of Stock Certificate. Be it known that is entitled, to Shares, of 6100, each, in tho Capital Stock of tiio Southern Pacific Railroad Company, re presenting all the rights, interests, privileges, lauds, and other property of the company, transferable on ly on the books of the Company, by said — or his attorney, on the surrender of this certificate. On each of these shares, $5 have been paid, aud xo FUUTUKRCAI.L OR ASSSSSMBST, can, or shall be made on the Stock represented Ivv this certificate.—In Testimony whereof, the said Company havo caused this Certificate to he signed, Ac.nng 4 tf PAPER HANGINGS. ofur a® u ^ls wall paper, the gkkat- OUUU est variety to bo found in Macon, also PA1’Bit SIIA DBS, Pint: 7. A A’.\ >v - Ac. T. &.G. WOOD, mar 31—tf Next door to tli • L ’.nn " il-ni-c. A Small Farm For Salo. HE A LTU Ylocation, about t wo miles front the C.mrt House, For particulars apply to the un designed at this office. J. JOcEPil HODGES, Agent. A 1 LARGE SALES AT TIIE NEW YORK STORE. 15 PER CENT SAVED BY BUYING GOODS FOR CASK XTOW18 THE TIME TO BUY - . Wo havo ora 1\ of the largest aud most complete stocks ot GOODS iu Macon. Consisting in part of 1,500 yards of those beautiful Muslins, at 12J cents worth 20 cts. 100 patterns Jaconet, at 20 and 25 cents. Large lot Organdies now selling very low, 300 yards more of that Irish Linen at 25 cent\ worth 40. —also— Orarnmlic R«l»es, Baregre Roltc-Sf SPLENDID SILKS & SILK KOBES, Mantillas, Collars, Sleeves, Embroider ies, Handk’fs, Hosiery, Gloves, Mitts, Shirtings and Sheetings, Table Linen.-, Towels. Nap kins, Y'ankee Notions, and in fact every thing usually kept in a Fancy Dry Gooris Store. All of which will be sold very low foi CASH. We invito the J.AD1KS particular/y to come and see for themselves. DENMAN Jt WATERMAN. Macon, April 7,1857. NEW SPRING GOODS. T HE subscriber havingrctnrned from the North, is now prepared to exhibit to tho citizens ot Macon, and the surrounding country. Tho largest, cheapest, and best stock of DRY GOODS ever offered in tbis market. Having pur chased a great portion of my stock at tho large auc tion sales in New York, and iu many instances, less than the Goods coat to import, 1 am confident that l can offer indif^ients to purchasers, hcretofoic unprecedented. My stock, in part, consists of the following goods Organdie, Baragc and Tissue Robes, Printed Organdy Muslin, Printed Jaconets nnd Cambrics, Plain Colored Cambrics and Brilliantics, Light colored fancy Silks of the very latest importa tions and newest styles. A largo lot of French and Swiss EMBROIDE RIES. Fine setts of Collars and Sleeves, in Thread aud Valencies, Laces, with a general assortment ot other SPRING GOODS, received by latest Steamers. Call and examine my stock at tho Triangular Block, Corner Cotton Avenue & 2d Street, march 17 ELIAS EINSTEIN. WHEAT FANS, GRAIN CRADLES, REAP HOOKS, SCYTHE BLADES & SHAFTS, THRESIQNG MACHINES, STI&W CUTTERS, BOLTING CLOTHS, WIRE CLOTHS, For Sale by NATHAN "WEED. A RARE CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY ! ! ! T O persons wishing to enter into a pleasant and profitable business, tho subscriber is prepare d to offer extraordinary inducements. Owing to ill- health, ami»«. desire to wind up his outstanding busi ness ho offers for s ilo, at a great bargain, his remain, ing stock of STAPLE and FANCY DRV GOODd. which is iu lino order, well suited to this market, and as desirable as any stock of DRY GOODS iu tl.a Southern Country. The purchaser will havo the advantage of a stora room, well adapted to tno Dry Goods business, the In -t locatiovTin the city, a line run of trade, both in the city and country. The Store House, oftwo stori'-s commodious and splendidly constructed, will be lea s- ed or rented at a liberal rate for any length of time :iv.- ve il--. II - wiiial-.i 11 at a r.-asnii- abffi discount, his n*ttl and open avounts, nnd lei d ;. -n, i a—'.-t ,nc.- in tie- <! ■■ d- ai <1 collection of debts. To nn industrious and thorough going person, this is a rare opportunity to make a profitable investment, and such apers-u will do well to call s ion at bis store in Triangular Block, Second Street, generally known as the store of Bostick -t Jolms. Macon, March 18th, 1857. I. D. N. JOHNS. Jour. Mess, please copy. marl7 Q KKM5v—The subscriber is constantly r->- 1 )' ceiving line, and fashionable 11 B R L I Y COACHES some plain and others most beauti fully finished. They are buiit by the host makers at the North under the direction ot Mr. II 0. McKee, for this establishment; and adapted to our roads, rith i> roii, rig:.: tra, k, Ac.—Can b>- recommended •el w rraiit • i with confidence. Being on throe lit tie springs the motion is pleasant, and they are a light strong, comfortable and convenant tamily carri.ii, are fast superseding the old style or C lg coach. They sell at from St5u to S?00, and n fset are offered at a small advance from the man ufacturer'.- prices, for cash or good not. s. Jijno 1 . U. I LA> 1. CASH STORE. I ARtiF St- k of Fancy and Staple Drv Goods, \. Carpeting. Paper Hangings, Window Shades, c., always ou bftuu* W. jaq 6-ly A