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THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
For the Georgia Telegraph.
I'oiisUrutfonality of Hie Slave Trade
PROHIBITION.
Mb. Editor :
Iu a former number I endeavored to demon
strate the fallacy of some of the positions as
sumed by John Hampden, iu his article, pub
lished in your paper of Juno 29th. There arc
other propositions in that article from which I
dissent, and which I now propose to discuss.
Speaking of the 9th Sec. 1st Art. of the Con
stitution, “Hampden" says: “They (the fra
mers of the Constitution,) have only said, and
every Southern patriot ought to tremble as be
reads, that after 1808, the Constitution may
be so amended as to give Congress power to
abolish both the slave trade and slavery itself-"
This argument takes for granted the in
dispute, via: whether Congress under the Con
stitution os adopted, bad or lind not the power,
cither expressed or implied, to prohibit the
slave trade 1 “Hampden” argues that Con
gress had not the power to legislate upon the
subject at all, »nd that the Convention which
fraded the Constitution by the 9th Sec., 1st
Art., and the proviso to the 5th Art., "have
simply provided that after 1808, the Constitu
tion may he so amended as to give the power to
Congress to “abolish the slave trade and slave
ry itself." This reasoning implies that there
gas something in the Constitution as adopted,
prohibiting the exercise of this power on the
part of Congress—and yet not a word is to be
found in the Constitution on the subject, ex
cept what is contained in the 9:h Sec., which,
as I have already shewn by strong and una
voidable implication, confers upon Congress
the exercise of this power after 1808. It is
true, as “Hampden” proves by his extracts
from the “ Madison papers,” that Mr. Rut
ledge’s draft of the Constitution contained a
prohibition in these words, “that the emigra
tion or importation of such persons as the States
may think proper to admit, shall not be pro
hibited,” thus endeavoring by an express grant
of power to secure to the slave States the right
to carry on tho slave trade after the adoption
of the Constitution, without any restriction as
to time. But this proposition was rejected, as
“ Hampden ” shows, and in lieu thereof, the
first clause of the ninth Section was adopted
limiting the period of the traffic to the
year 1808—thus conceding, by necessary im
plication, to Congress, the power to interpose
and arrest it after that period. This point is
too clear to require further argument or illus
tration. “Hampden”parades extracts from the
“Madison papers” to sustain his proposition,
but a critical examination of the 9th See. 1st
Art., and of the 5th Art. of the Constitution,
-to which he says these extracts refer, will lead
the mind to a very different conclusion. To
ascertaiu the meaning of these several clauses,
we arc not at liberty to look beyond the Con
stitution itself. The 5th Art. prescribes the
mode in which the Constitution shall be amend
ed, and further provides “that no amendment
which may be made prior to the year 180S,
shall in auy manner affect the first and fourth
clauses in the 9th Sec. of the 1st Art., and
that no State without its consent shall be de
prived of its equal suffrage in the Senate !”■—
“Hampden” misquotes this proviso, and makes
the 5th Art. read “provided that no amend
ments which may be made prior to 1808, shall
in any manner affect the 4tli and 5th Sections
of the 7th Art.” No such language as this is
to be found in the Constitution, and I refer to
it merely to show the want of accuracy in the
statement of facts which characterizes the pro
duction under review. True, “ Hampden ”
docs not say that the above language is to be
found in the Constitution, but he quotes Mr.
Madison’s amendment, (as he calls it) which
consists of the 5th Art., and an extract
from Rutledge’s speech iu opposition to the
amendment, and tbpn says that to obviate this
objection, (Mr. Rutledge’s) these words were
added to the proposition, viz: “provided that
no amendments which may be made prior to
1808, should in any manner affect the fourth
and fifth Sections of the 7th Art.,” leaving it
to be inferred that such a proviso as this was
incorporated iu Mr. Madison’s amendment to
Rutledge’s draft, and adopted as a part of the
Constitution; for be continues, “this amend
iuent was adopted by nine States yea, and one
nay, Delaware!"
I submit, with the utmost kindness, that the
“defender” of the Constitution should scruti
nizc its pages more closely, and not publish
proposition submitted to the Convention, nuU
rejected, iu such connection as to leave the in
fcrence that it actually was adopted by the
Convention and put in the Constitution. Mr
Rutledge's draft of a Constitution, and the
Constitution as adopted, are very different
things. Having corrected “Hampden’s” nar
rative, I will now return to the discussion of
his position, viz: “that in the clauses of the
Constitution quoted, the Convention “have
said that after 1808 the Constitution may be
so amended as to abolish the slave trade and
slavery itself.” What arc the clauses which
contain this novel doctrine ? Art. 5th, after
prescribing the mode in which amendments to
the Constitution may be made, proceeds to de
clare : '‘provided that no amendment which
may be made prior to the year 1808, shall iu
eny manner affect the first and fourth clauses
i i the 9tb Section of the 1st Art. of the Const!
tution, and that no State without its consent
shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the
Senate.” The first clause of the 9th Section
reads ns follows: “The migration or importa
tion of such persons as auy of the States now
existing, may think proper to admit, shall not
be prohibited by the Congress prior to 1808,
but a tax or duty may be imposed on such im
portation, not exceeding ten dollars for each
person.”
The fourth clause reads as follows: “ No
bill of Attainder or ex post facto law shall be
passed.” These ore the two clauses in the
9tb Section embraced in the proviso to the 5th
Art., and the question arises why they were
referred to at all by this proviso ? The obvi
ous answer is, that this proviso to the 5th Art?
was intended to restrain the otherwise unlimit
ed power of amendment to the Constitution,
conferred by the previous part of the same arti-
tide, which reads a follows : “ The Congress,
whenever two-thirds of both Houses shall deem
it necessary, shall propose amendments to the
Constitution, or on the application of the leg
islatures of two-thirds of the several States,
shall call a Convention for proposing amend
ments, which, in cither case, shall be valid to
all intents and purposes, as part of this Con
stitution, when ratified by the legislatures of
three-fourths of the States, or by Conventions
in three-fourths thereof, as the one or the
other mode of ratification may be proposed by
the Congress.” Here is an unlimited power
of amendment unrestricted as to the time of its
exercise. At any time thereafter, it was iu the
power of a Convention assembled in the man
ner direct,-,! by this article, to change or alter
the C< ustitntion by amendment, if ihe article
h . i t.■]>]>< d here; but the Convention had by
the first clause in the 9th Section, previously
declared “that Congress should not until 1808
pass any law to prohibit the African slave
trade.” Now, the Convention to be consistent
with itself, and to prevent this first clause in
the 9th Sec. from being rendered nugatory, jw*
at the end of this 5th Art., a elaufe restrfl‘°mS
the general power of amendment contained in
the preceding part of the Article- By t^e * 8t
clause of tho 9th Sec., the rigbt to prosecute
the traffic in African slave?, had been guaran
teed for the term of twenty years, (until 1808)
and the States iutor^ted insisted upon the re
tention of this dgbt for the period specified in
the “bond.” and tkat this right might not be
diverted prior to 1808, it was declared that
the Constitution was open to amendment
in other particulars at any time, yet it should
not be amended prior to 1808, so as to defeat
the right guaranteed to tho States by the first
clause of the 9th Section, to carry on tho slave
trade until 1808. This proviso, then, was
restriction merely upon the general power of
amendment contained in the 5th Article, but
docs not in any wise impair or destroy the
power of Congress derived from the 5th clause
of tho 8th Section, and the first clause of the
Otli Sec., to prohibit the slave trade after 1808
By virtue of this restriction, Congress could
not, until 1803, pass any law to prohibit the
African slave trade. This, it would seem, is
the reasonable and proper construction of the
proviso to the 5th Art., and the first clause of
the 9th Section. But the vice iu “Hampden’s”
argument on this brnucli of this subject is,
that he docs not discriminate between the first
clause of tho 9th Sec. and the proviso to the
5th Art., but ascribes n common meaning and
purpose to both. Thus lie says, “they (the
clauses just quoted) were only intended to pro-
Beport of the Yislliiig Committee
OP WESLEFAN FEMALE COLLEGE FOR 1858.
The Exercises of this institution for the Scho
lastic year 1857-8, have just closed and the Vis-
ting Committee in the discharge of the doties
assigned them make the following
REPORT:
The College first commenced its exercises in
January, 1839. The Collegiate education of fe
males was then an experiment not only in our
own country, but an untried experiment even in
On Wednesday the remainder of the Senior
Class read their compositions—which were well
written and delivered. The degrees werecon-
fered and the audience listened to the appro
priate and impressive address of the President
to the class, aud, to crown the exercises of the
occasion, Washington Poe, Esq., delivered a
beautiful, chaste, and practical Address to the
audience.
. And now that the unusually interesting
commencement has closed and another class
of twenty-six is sent from the halls of the Col-
liiblt any amendment to the Constitution giv
ing to Congress power to prohibit the slave
trade prior to 1808.” This is true of tho pro
viso to the 5th Art. iu the sense in which I
have explained it, but is it true of the first
clause of the 9th Sec., in which not a word is
said in reference to any amendment of the
Constitution? Again,“Hampden”says, “they,
the Convention, oulv intended (by these clau
ses) to leave the Constitution subject to be
amended in that regard after 1808. What
is there in either of the clauses of the Con
stitution under consideration about amending
the Constitution after 1803 ? Not a word.—
The proviso to the 5th Article restricts
the right to amend in certain particulars prior
to 1808, but nothing is said of anyamendment
titer that time. This is left to the general
power contained in the body of the 5th Art.
If the position 1 have endeavored to sustain
|»0 oorreotf »o mn«u4<nQPi ttr tfTC OunStftlT
tion was necessary to enable Congress to
prohibit the slave trade after 1808. That
no amendment was necessary, wc need on
ly refer to the cotemporaneous construc
tion given to that instrument by its framers
and ablest expounders. From 1787 down
to 1820, tlio various acts of Congress for the
suppression of the African slave trade were
passed. This period covers the Republican
Administrations of Jefferson, Madison and
Monroe—all of whom were opposed to a lati-
tudinous construction of the Constitution,' and
to the exercise of any power on the part of
Congress not clearly delegated. Mr. Madi
son was the autLor of the Virginia and Ken
tucky Resolutions of ’93, which embody the
principles of the State Rights party. Mr.
Calhoun and Mr. Crawford were members of
Mr. Monroe’s cabinet in 1820, and approved
the act declaring the slave trade piracy. That
these eminent statesmen and distinguished ad
vocates of a “strict construction” of the Con
stitution, should have signed and approved
“unconstitutional acts of Congress,” quite ex
ceeds belief. But Jefferson and Madison, ac
cording to “Hampden,” were abolitionists, and
in forty years, Mr. Calhoun had advocated ev
ery political heresy started in the United
States. That “Hampden,” who professes to
be a State Rights democrat, should thus de
fame the memory of these illustrious patriots,
is utterly incomprehensible. In their day
they werevillified by the Whig, alias Federal
party—Jefferson and Madison especially.—
The former was denounced by the Federal
leaders as “Jacobin,” “Red Republican,” “In
fidel," &c. No epithet was too opprobrious to
heap upon either of them. But time vindica
ted the purity of their motives, and the wis
dom of their conduct, as displayed in the ad
ministration of public affairs, and they now
have long stood next to Washington in the nf-
ly know how to restrain our indignation then,
when we hear the term “abolitionist,” “ trai
tor,” “ infidel,” and other kindred phrases ap
plied to these apostles of American liberty.
We involuntarily associate in our minds
witli the abuse of Jefferson, Madison and Mon
roe, the idea of “ blue light Federalism,”
Hartford Convention,” &c. We think of
Pickering, Rufus King, Burgess, Adams, and
other Federal leaders, and wonder if tho spirit
of persecution with which they pursued these
distinguished patriots to their graves, is cher
ished by “John Hampden.”
That “Jefferson, Madison, anil most of the
leading politicians of Virginia were rank abo
litionists” in the opprobrious sense in which that
term is now understood, is, we believe, an un
mitigated slander! That “the first Abolition
societies (as those Societies are now organized)
were in Virginia,” is also a sheer calumny on
the land of Washington, and the “mother of
States.” Why does “Hampden” seek thus to
malign the character of Virginia and her states
men ? Why the cruel assault upon Mr. Cal
houn’s political reputation ? Why this gene
ral onslaught on all the principles and public
men that the South has so long been accustom
ed to revere ? We want plain answers to these
plain questions.
The South will not listen with patience to
the detraction of her great statesmen. Their
fame is dear to ns—and dear to every true
hearted Southerner, and when they are charged
with disloyalty to the Constitution—with
playing into the hands of the infamous and
designing despots of Europe,” and huddled
together with the detestable brood of fanatics,
hatched in the slime of northern abolitionism,
the blood courses rapidly through our South
ern Veit's! Wc entreat “Hampden” to cease
this merciless assault upon all that is great and
good in American history.
If the authority of the illustrious founders of
the Constitution is against his position, he will
not overcome it by assailing the integrity of
their motives or the correctness of their opin
ions. What Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Cal
houn, and our own Crawford decided was con
stitutional, “Hampden” need not gainsay!
A Delegate to the Montgomery Convention.
(To he Continued.)
Europe; so that for whatever else we may bo
indebted to foreigners, wc owe them nothing lege to meet tho stern responsibilities of prac-
for raising the standard ?f Female Education j tical life, the Committee cannot permit the op
to a regular collegiate course. Nearly twenty kportunity to pass witfiput congratulating the
years have gone into the past, since the above < citizens of Georgia that they have such an in
date, and the College still stands a proud mon- stitution of learning—an institution to which
ivr^ooisr, GhA-..
Tuesday Morning, July 20,1858
To Corkkspoxpkxts.—We have a few
communications on hand which we are forced
to defer to next week.
Politics in Illinois.
The campaign on which the political fate of Sen
ator Douglas is pendant was opened last week in
Chicago, by the Senator in person, upder stirring
circumstances. Ha had been met at some distance
from the city by a deputation of four hundred of
his friends, and was received in Chicago by a
Arrival ot Senator Toouibs, crowd beyond enumeration, and extraordinarily
Hon. Senator Toomb3 arrived in Macon enthusiastic in their demonstrations of attachment
this morning, (Monday) and is stopping at I to the Senator. His speech is published at length
ument to the sagacity of the minds which con
ccived it; and as an experiment in every way
successful. Its existence is now put beyond
contingency, for at no period of its history was
it in a more flourishing condition.
The Alumna of the College number 310 be
sides the present Graduating Class. And the
friends of the College have the gratification
of knowing that no one of this large number
has pursued such a course in life, as to bring
a reproach upon her Alma Mater. Many of
of them sustain important relations in society*
as teachers, &c., all of them now in life, are
pursuing the paths of virtre and of usefulness.
This gratifying result shows that there have
been other objects aimed at besides that of
cultivating the mind. It should be known, and
remembered, that the founders of the College
united with the higher grade of Female Edu
cation the training of the affections—the edu
cation of the heart. And to this is attributa
ble, in its place, the fact to which allusion has
been made.
The Wesleyan Female College is under the
control of the Georgia Conference; it is ac
knowledged therefore to be, so far as its con
trol is concerned, denominational—but it is
not sectarian. Whilst religious instruction is
given to and religious observances required of
all the undcr-graduatcs, no wish is entertained
nor will aDy effort bo made, to induce a stu
dent, whose parents, or guardian, or friends
may be of another denomination, to join the
Methodist Church. Having realized fully the
propriety of the system of education heretofore
pursued, no hesitancy is experienced in saying,
it will be continued.
Nothing connected with the College is more
worthy of admiration than its discipline.—
By some it may be regarded too stringent, but
when it is understood in connection with the
circumstances that make it necessary, every
one can but see and admit its propriety. It
ia llu, .aaourity given to ita patrons, whether
near or distant, that all is right. We recom
mend that no change be made in this respect.
Here is one circumstance to which wc es- . . .
pecially call the attention of those disposed to j *“ e ’ «P ec * aU > r tIie S^ommly corps edi-
young ladies may be committed in perfect se
curity. Rev. HOWELL COBB,
Chairman of Committee, Perry, Georgia.
J. W. Burke, Secretary, Macon.
Rev. J Boring, Macon, Dr. II. IV. TitUh, Monti-
“ S. II. Stewart, “ cello. Florida,
“ J. B. Smith, 11 Dr. J. G. Petto*, Monti
“ W. S. Turner, “ cello, Florida,
'• J. R. Dakeortii," Dr. Dixon. Louisville, Ga.
A. M. Forster, “ “ J. C. Drake, Thoraas-
“ C. It. Jewett, Griffin ton, Georgia,
R. A S.mith, E«q., Macon, “ A. O. St an lev, Harris
Col. Frank Pore, Athens, County, Ga.
Macon, Geo, July 14, 1858.
‘.‘City Paper* Plea* Copy.
Savannah, Ga., July 19th, 1858.
Dear Telegraph On leaving your city
to take up my abode in this city of monuments
and of mimic savannahs, as its beautiful and
picturesque squares aud parks may be aptly
termed, I promised you an occasional sketch
of things and events as they might pass before
me. One thing has become apparent, viz:
that Savannah is no inconsiderable place. A
person may merely paas through the city ma
ny times, and form no idea of its greatness or
its importance. It is only after roaming over
its extensive territory, viewing its splendid
private mansions, its noble churches and pub
lic buildings, its large and numerous business
houses, its charming squares and noble trees,
visiting its crowded and well stocked market,
almost equal in every respect to the best of
New York city, watching the busy throng on
the wharves as they are loading or unloading
its numerous steam and sail craft, beholding
its noble fleet of four ocean steamers, proudly
careering down its river, or compassing the
whole landscape at one view from the tower of
the Exchange; the city extending almost as
far as the eye can reach; the river, with its
floating “leviathians” of commerce, green is
lands and emerald rice plantations, stretching
away towards the sea—it is only after oppor
tunities such as these, that one can form a cor
rect estimate of Savannah, and of the great
beauty of the city audits environs.
Thus far, I am much pleased with ray resi
dence here. All the acquaintances I have
made have been exceedingly civil and obliging
the Brown House. He has some engage
ments in the Supreme Court now in session.
We arc glad to learn that the Senator is in
prime condition bodily and mentally.
Oglethorpe University.
The Commencement Exercises of this Institu
tion take place to-morrow. The Central Rail Road
Company have agreed to run an extra train from
Macon to Mitlcdgcville, leaving Macon in the morn
ing of Wednesday and returning tho same evening.
It will afford the opportunity for a pleasant and
profitable excursion, and it is hoped that the
friends and patrons of Oglethorpe will not fail to
attend the Commencement. A good Hotel is kept
at Midway, where persons going over can get din-
A handsome young bride was observed to be
in deep reflection on her wedding day. One
of her bridesmaids inquired what was the sub
ject of her meditations.
I was thinking,” she replied, “which of
my old beaux I should marry', in case I should
become a widow.”
commit their children and wards to the train
ing of this institution. It has been said, and
perhaps it may be believed, that the expenses
here are unreasonably large. This charge
does the College much injustice. The under
graduates are not permitted to contract debts
in the stores of the city, and it will be found,
in every instance, when unusual expenditures
have been made, that the student has, in this
respect, been removed from the control of the
faculty. Therefore the College is not charge
able with this irregularity.
The Faculty proper consists of six Professors;
besides, there are four Tutors, making, in all,
thenumberof ten engaged in imparting instruc
tion. The Committee may be allowed to say of
the Board of Instructors, thatthey are well qual
ified, of which they have given full evidence, for
the performance of ali duties. And, while
the Committee would carefully avoid every
thiug like invidious discrimination, they cannot
fail to say of tlic Professor of Music that he
has more than their approbation—he is entitled
to their admiration and unqualified approval.
The proficiency of his pupils, evinced in their
vocal aud instrumental performance, h the
best evidence of his skill and ability.
The Steward’s Department is yet uuder the
direction of Mr. Robt. B. Clayton and his ex
cellent lady. They have for so many years,
conducted the affairs of their department with
such perfect satisfaction, that it is quite suf
ficient to say they continue to sustain fully,
the reputation they have won, and which has
been so universally awarded them.
The Committee trust they will not be re
garded as going beyond tho boundaries assign
ed them, when they say, the want of a suitable
Collage Chapel is sensibly felt. The old Chap
el will scarcely answer the purpose of its con
struction on ordinary occasions, and on com
mencement occasions, its use is altogether out
of the question. This is matter of serious in
convenience and regret. Some’steps, however,
have been taken towards the erection of a new
and suitable Chapel. May not the Committee
be allowed to express the hope, that tlic citizens
of Georgia will supply the means ucccssary
to place this first, and therefore oldest, Female
College in the world, iu a condition to remedy
this inconvenience ?
The examination of the several classes dis
covered one of the most effective modes of
demonstrating the scholarship of each pupil.—
For instance, the subject was proposed to the
student, and no assistance, direct or incidental
was afforded her. She was invariably requir
ed to show her knowledge of the subject with
out assistance. No question was asked in
such manner as to direct tho mind of the pupil
to the required answer. If, under such pro-
ccedurc, early beginners were sometimes at
fault, it is no matter of astonishment or regret
—failure was rather to be expected than blam
ed. -Whilo the committee aro required by
candor to make these statements, as alluding
to the younger classes, (in whose ranks are
many to whom they do not apply), it is grati
fying to say tho Junior and Senior Classes ful
ly sustained themselves. The junior exhibition,
on Monday, was all that its most sanguine
friends could have desired. _ The Commence
ment exercises proper began on Sabbath last,
with a sermon delivered by the Rev. Lovic
Pierce, D. D. The sermon was every way
worthy of the ripest days of lib manhood.—
The subject selected was not only delicate, bat
environed by difficulties; yet tlic man of-God*
whose clarion voice baa, for fifty-three years,
been heard in the land, urging forward the
hosts of the Lord, threaded hb way through
with such judgment and prudence as not to
dbturb tlic equanimity of the most sensi
tive of the large, attentive and intelligent au
dience, who listened as long as it required the
preacher to discuss the several topics of hb
subject.
The exercises of the graduating class at the
church (for want of a Chapel), on Tuesday
morning, wore interesting aud gratifying.—
The Compositions were both well written aud
read.
On Tuesday evening the annual Concert at
Ralston’s Hall came oft' to the admiration
of a large audience, and fully sustaining the
well earned reputation of professor Guttenber-
gcr. ■...* ‘ HWllij in - J
Concert at Fort Valley.
We are informed that there is to be a Con
cert given at Fort Valley, on Thursday next,
22d inst, at the Female Academy, for the pur
pose of raising funds sufficient to repair and
paint said institution. As the enterprise is a
laudable one, we hope it will receive the sup
port and sympathy of those contiguous.
Fruits of tlie Earth.
A huge Beet.—We were indebted to Mrs. Al
ford, of Monroe county, last week, for an astonish
ing specimen of a Beet, weighing Twenty Four
pounds, and measuring Thirty Seven inches cir
cumference, and Twenty Three in length of root.
It is the most prodigious growth of the Beet kind
we ever saw or heard of.
Fine Peaches.—Mr. John F. Heath, of thb coun
ty, brought us, on Friday last, a basket of the most
beautiful peaches we have seen this year—nearly
as big as your fist and without spot or blemish—
blending the golden yellow with the rich crimson,
with such delicate shading, and in such lively con
trast as we sometimes see in the waxen counter
feits, and conclude that the coloring b overdone,
because we do not often find the real fruit to
match it. But when obtained in such perfection as
these, no artist can well rival their exceeding rich
ness and beauty of coloring.
A fine 1 Voter Melon.—Mr. Perry Neal, of thb
county, brought us, last week, the finest Water
Melon we have seen this season. In weight we
found it Twenty-Nine and one-half pounds to a
fraction. In color, externally, a very light mot
tled green, and its pulp of a bright crimson, sandy
consistence, and seeds of a dark brown. Thb va
riety of tho Melon we have invariably found to
be tlic largest and sweetest, and have known them
in Florida to reach a weight of Seventy pounds.—
A sweeter Melon than Mr. Neal’s never grew, and
if our Water Melon growers will procure the seed
of thb species, they will never raise any other.
in the papers of that city, and is a curious con
glomeration of good and evil. So far as the Kan
sas controversy is concerned he docs not lower
his flag at ail. After an admirable defence of tlic
great doctrine of non-intervention in the Territo
ries and alluding to his own efforts in the cstah
lishmcnt and defence of that doctrine against a
hostile majority in Illinois and the North, he says
he was forced by the same devotion to this great
principle to maintain it when assailed from the
South in the Kansas Lccompton bill, which was a
scheme to force an odious minority Constitution
on an unwilling people and subversive of the great
non-intervention doctrine of the Cincinnati Plat
form. The Englbh bill ho accepts as a practical
adjustment of the matter, although he could not
vote for it, because it conceded by indirection
what should have been expressly provided for.—
His entire course of remark on this subject is just
ly offensive, as impeaehing the fidelity of the Pre
sident and a large majority of the democratic par
ty to the doctrines they profess; but he declaves
emphatically that he stands on the Cincinnati Plat
form—stands by the democratic organization—
yields obedience to its usages and suports its nom
inees.
The rest of his speech is like the Douglas of old
—unexceptionable in doctrine, and bold and man
ly in style. The opposition had held a State Con
vention in Springfield a few days before and nom
inated a Mr. Lincoln as Mr. Douglas’ successor in
the Senate, upon an ultra free-soil platform. Mr.
Lincoln had accepted the nomination in a speech
in which he advocated a war of extermination
against slavery—the civil and social equality of
the white and black races, and denounced the Su
preme Court and the Dred Scott decision. In dis-
cussing all these topics Mr. Douglas avows such
sound and Constitutional opinions, and combats
these free soil dogmas with such point, force and
ardent good will, as to create a profoundcr regret
for his factious course in the Senate last winter,
which C03t the Administration and the country so
much embarrasment, expense and danger. He
has “a hard road to travel” thb summer and fall,
though it begins in an ovation splendid and enthu
siastic beyond what often happens to public men ;
and if he is buried beyond political resurrection in
the struggle, there will apparently be little sympa
thy for him here—in a section where a year ago
he numbered more and warmer friends than any
other statesman in the country.
The Supreme Court—A Scene.
The Supreme Court commenced the fourth
Those “ fierce Oglethorpe men ” to whom
you would commit me with so many appre
hensions, have proved the very soul of honor
and good fellowship. Dr. Holmes Steele. I
knew in Florida, a modest and refined gentle
man, aud an accomplished scholar. Dr. II.
L. Byrd, of this city, has paid me every atten
tion and courtesy one gentleman could anoth
er. In force of character, in native talent, and
in professional acquirements, I doubt not, lie
ranks amongst the first of his profession in
Savannah. Dr. W. T. Feay, “he’s a brick”
of the finest material, well mixed in due pro
portion, and thoroughly baked. In classical,
mathematical and scientific attainments, lie
has few equals anywhere. An enthusiastic
botanist, we roam the woods, the fields, and
the river banks together in pursuit of our fa
vorite study. Let your fears subside, then,
so far as my safety is concerned amongst these
Oglethorpe men. To mo they have been libe
ral, high toned and attentive.
The new system of medicine will doubtless
become popular in this city. Already my
practice exceeds my most ardent hopes.
On applying to the Clerk of the Council to
register my name for citizenship, and pay my
professional license, he informed me it would
be one hundred dollars. I told him I was to
become a citizen of Savannah, and to remain
here permanently in the practice of my pro
fession. He said that was the law of the city
and referred me to the Treasurer to pay the
amount. Thinking he must be mistaken,
stated tlic matter to my landlord, J. B. Foley
proprietor of the Screven House, who is also
member of the City Council. He assures me
that the Clerk is mistaken, and has promised
to see the matter adjusted. Possibly it may
be considered a greater privilege to practice
the Reform System of Medicine in Savannah
than any other, and therefore demands a high
er fee.
Crowds of people aro flocking to the city
every week to take the steamers for the North
From Thursday and Friday until the sailing
of the steamers on Saturday, our hotel is
thronged and crowded to overflowing. Wc
regular boarders have to wait every Saturday
at dinner, the dining room swarming with
“ birds of passage.” The Screven b now the
House. The kindness and attentions of the
proprietor and all his attaches, have won for
it a reputation enjoyed by few bouses, if any
other in tho South. Everything is new and
elegant, and kept in the neatest trim. No
vermin dbturb your slumbers, as iu the older
bouses, and even tho musquitocs are debarred
your presence, with notice to “ stick no bills
here,” nightly staring them in the face. Our
bill of fare always bas a wide range, and is
served up according to the most approved
style.
There are some very fine improvements in
progress in the city. Next to the Screven
House, a splendid Masonic Hall nearly com
pleted. They arc re-building the Rail Road
Back with an elegant and massive front, and
in different parts of the city, improvements,
such as erecting new fronts to Stores, enlar
ging windows, and retouching old buildings,
are in progress. The Screven House is soon
to be greatly enlarged.
The new fountain in the park is an object of
great beauty. he base consists of a Greek
Cross in tlic center of a large basin. On each
arm of the Cross, sits a Triton spouting wa
ter outwards from a large pipe in his mouth*
Above these is a massive and elegantly carved
basin, twelve or fifteen feet in diameter.—
From the border of this basin arc numerous
beautiful jots, flowing downwards and out
wards from tho center of as many large water
liilics. Above this basin is another similar but
The South-Western Rail Road.
The extension of thb Road was opened to Daw
son, in Terrell county, on the 7th inst., and next
Thursday the people of the county will have a Bar
becue and hold high festival in honor of the ad
vent of the iron horse. Surely no more worthy
occasion of public rejoicing could be presented,
than one which, as it were, unbars to them the
gates of the great outside world, and opens a cheap,
easy and expeditious communication and transit for
their people and products to all the great marts and
commercial centres of the country. Railroads have
now-a-days created such an impatience of slow
coach and .wagon progress, that a region of coun
try not accessible by Rail is almost tabooed to the
traveler [or man of business. Dawson will wake
up into new life and activity with the music of the
shrill whbtle and rumbling thunder of the iron
wheels. Success to her, and prosperity to tills no
ble and enterprising Company, whose spirit and
energy in pushing their work onward into the
heart of the great cotton-growing South-west, is
only equalled by the care, prudeneo, economy,
skill and judgment which directs and controb ev
ery interest of that large corporation. In our judg
ment, no Rail Road in the United States is more
carefully and wisely managed than the Georgia
South-Western, and conceding what is due to Pre
sident Cutler, who possesses that rare combina
tion of a large and comprehensive intellect, with
an unrivalled mastery of details—a born Railroad
manager—we say, conceding what is due the re
markable ability and intelligence of the President,
much is also fairly ascribablc to the Superinten
dent, Geo. W. Adams, Esq., a man whose rare
practical ability, untiring energy, sound judgment
and close observation, is observable in every in
terest of the Road, and infused throughout every
department. The history and progress of the
South-Western Rail Road from its humble begin
nings ten yearn ago, to its present noble propor
tions, wonld furnish a pattern for every enterprise
of the kind hereafter to be started in the country
Macon—Tlic Coming Season.
On all sides lively times are anticipated in Ma
con during the appproacliing fall and winter sea
son. We hear of several new and important busi
ness houses to be established here, aud the Stocks
of all our merchants will be unusually heavy—in
the confident expectation that fine crops and plen
ty of money will make them light enough in the
going off. Wo hope so. Macon is now advan
cing in every interest with a solid as well as a ra
pid progress, which renders her every successive
year a better market* for the planter and every
year widens and extends tlic sphere of her com
mercial operations.
Legal Forms for Common Use in Georgia, em
bracing over 400 approved precedents for Affida
vits, Agreements. Bills of Sale, Deeds, Notes, etc.
etc. Also, Forms in Judicial Proceedings, Arbi
trations, Attachments, Orders, Process, Pleading,
Probate of Doeds, Rules, Wilis, etc., etc., with
others to guide Attorneys, Magistrates, Justices of
tho Inferior Courts, Constables, Sheriffs, Ordina
ries, Clerks, etc., etc., in tho many duties required
of them by law. To which is added an appendix,
containing tho statutory provisions ns to County
Officers, Magistrates, and Elections, tho rules of
Court and tho Constitution of Georgia. By John
B. Hines, Second Edition, much enlarged and im
proved by Richard K. Hines, of Albany, Ga. Sa
vannah, John M. Cooper .V Co. Macon, JosEru
M. Boardjian.
In thu3 reciting at length the title page of Mr.
Hines’ new Form Book, we furnish perhaps in the
shortest way a just idea of its value. It should be
in possession of every citizen of the State. It is a
duodecimo volume of 600 pages—neatly printed—
substantially bound, and we have no doubt perfect
ly reliablo in all its subject matter.
Black Tongue—Cattle Disease.
We have heard of at least one case of this
disease in Macon—that of a fine English cow,
the property of Col. J. II. Washington. Such
was her miserable condition that the Colonel
despaired of saving her, but to his great re
lief. found, as he thinks, a complete remedy
in the application of Borax and Honey, mixed
in a strong decoction of tho common sage—
well applied with a swab to the parts affected.
smaller one, on which arc two swans amongst j Xudian meal mash in a very diluent condition,
the leaves of the Calla, carved on the central j n0 solid substance can pass the ulcerated
shaft. The whole is surmounted by a Naiad, j m outh of the cow.
or some water goddess, holding a jet, spouting
perpendicularly upwards. When in full play
He thinks the ulcers arc rapidly healing and
meanwhile sustains the cow with draughts of I felt it was the Constitutional right of the party t<?
week of its labors on yesterday morning, and up
to the present writing, have delivered forty-five
opinions.
From the Macon Circuit, sixteen cases have been
decided—nine reversed and seven affirmed. The
The South-Western, fifteen decided—nine reversed
and six affirmed. The Pataula Circuit, twelve de
cided—six reversed and six affirmed. Chattahoo
chee, two decided—both affirmed
Quite a large number of cases have been argued,
in which opinions have not been pronounced.
The case of Matilda Winn, vs. the Macon & West
ern Rail Road, is yet undecided.
On Saturday morning last, upon calling No. 17
on the Chattahoochoe Docket, being a case be
tween a Bill holder of the Planters’ and Mechan
ics’ Bank of Columbus, and Alexander J. Rober
son, a Stockholder in that Bank; and where the
effort was made to make the Stockholder liable to
pay the unpaid bills of that Institution, William
Dougherty, Esq., of Counsel for the Bill holder,
objected to Judges McDonald and Benning presi
ding in the cause, on the ground that Judge Mc
Donald had been consulted, and had given a writ
ten opinion in a case involving the liability of the
Stockholders of the Planters’and Mechanics’Bank,
and similar to tlio-sno then before the Court, and
emrbacing very much the same points. Mr. Dough
erty objected to Judge Bcnning’s presiding, on the
ground that he was Counsel for Daniel McDougald,
before he was elected to the Supreme Court Bench
in a case still pending in Muscogee Superior Court,
and which involved the saiqe questions as were
presented in the record of the cause against Rob
erson, and on the further ground that Judge Ban
ning had made pledges in Milledgeville, while his
election was pending, that he would not preside in
these Bank cases. This Judge Benning indignant
ly denied and characterized the charge os false and
untrue in every particular. After some angry con
versation between Judge Benning and Mr. Dough
erty, the latter gentleman closed his statement
and Col. Hines Holt replied, stating that be had
consulted Judge McDonald as to the question of
the Statute of Limitations and some other points
involved in this class of cases, and that Judge Mc
Donald had, as an act of courtesy, reviewed the
Brief which ho had submitted to him and gave
him a written opinion, but he contended that this
ought not to disqualify him from presiding—that
his client had a constitutional right to be heard be
fore a full Court, and therefore he demanded that
Judge McDonald should preside. As to the points
made against Judge Benning, he contended that
he was not disqualified, as he had no interest in
the case before the Court either as Counsel or as
party, and that his being employed as Counsel in a
cause in which tlic same points might arise, should
not and ought not to prevent him from presiding.
Col. Holt stated that in a practice of thirty years
he had always held that in the Superior Courts
Judges should preside, and had no right to refuse
even in cases where they were of Counsel. Col.
nolt made a very able argument, in which lie gave
many and very strong reasons why Judge Ben
ning was not disqualified. Mr. lljll, of Counsel for
Roberson, contended that this was a question
which should be settled by a solemn judgment of
tbc Court, and should not bo left as a question of
conscience for the Judges interested to determine;
he therefore asked for a judgment of the Court.
When Mr. Hill rose, Judge Lumpkin proposed
to stop the discussion, but Mr. Dougherty contend
ed for the right to reply to Col. nolt’s argument,
and Judge Benning expressed the wish that he
might proceed, as he -desired to hear all that Mr.
Dougherty had to say. During the discussion, Col.
Seaborn Jones rose and made a point of order as
to tho regularity .of tho proceedings which was
sustained by Judge Lumpkin, but at the request of
Judge Benning, Mr. Dougherty was allowed to
proceed and close his argument. He made a very
strong argument against the propriety of the Judg
es objected to sitting in the cause. Judge Ben
ning gave his reasons why lie should preside. He
stated that lie had thought of tlic matter often and
seriously—that he believed that it was a question
of legal duty—that he had stated his position with
out reserve before he went upon the Bench, and
that position was not to preside ia any case where
he had been of Counsel or was interested—that the
fear of improper insinuations should not deter n
Judge from doing his duty, and that therefore as
ho was not Counsel or interested iu the cause, lie
Wesleyan F. Colle S e*.. Coinil .
MENT EXERCISES. tp '
Thc-space consumed ia the Report of ti
amining Board, leaves us little room t * 16 ^
upon the Exercises themselves. \y *5**
append the programmes. The Juniorf'i
hibition took place on Monday monrf **
o’clock, before a crowded auditory. Tlf/ 1
lowing was the order of Exercises^ fo1 '
1. Music—Les Bords du Rhin.
Miss M. Dixon, Miss Roberts' " n'rV v/ 7 '"*-
Miss,1. Dixon, Miss Persons' M; 'i. Ici,lt .
Miss Tucker, Miss Drake ’ J,!, tth»»,
3. Composition—TIie Teacher ’
Miss Julia E. Lundic ,,
3. Music.—Storm Rondo la C°.,Gq
‘•SSSSKSTSS!-. 0 .™'”- „
5. Music—Witches Dance.
Miss Persons Pagan;,,.
C. Composition.—To morrow.
Miss ida L. Winship
7. Music—Murmuring Sea, (soil"*) dtlahta, (; 0
Miss Heidt, Miss Tucker! " .»,/
8. Composition.—The Tyranny of FasW„
Miss Mary L. Pool...:....... . “KS?
O.Music.—See. Oh! Norma "*"* uUon Cn.,<j 0
Miss Heidt, Miss Keen, Miss P«YnVW.:::-#W«
10. Composition.—The South. ’
Miss Sarah E. Taylor »r
1 w« helovei “ eThot *»«ilSiJ;
Miss Fogle.
12. Composition—The School girl!
Miss Rosa M. Anderson ,
13. Music.—Le Carneval do New York Ugu *' 4 \. (1 «-
^ Miss Mason, Miss Persons, Miss Carver
14. Composition—Language.
Miss Ann Olivia Newton ...
15. Music.—L’ Elisire D’ Atnore... Ath Z s ' 1
Miss L. Guttenberger. -r«
16 Composition.-The Sewing Machine
Miss Sarah P. Spain >,,
17. Music.—ValseSentimentale...’.. ' “t-MW
Miss Persons, Miss Paine,
dell. '"file,Miss Do*.
18. Composition,—Water.
Miss Mary C. Dixon /
£ Musia-G" the Banks of GuYdilquircY.' ^
Miss Tucker.
20. Composition.—Newspapers.
Miss EUaTucker.^. / MiU
On.
21 Music—Twilight Thought... “ ,l p. C ?;'
Crook 1 ' Beilamy ’ Misi PeHus *
20. Composition.—Oliver Goldsmith
Miss Margaret B. Beilamy
23 Music.—Wedding Chorus, (song.)—fi/thc Ch! ’
Benediction. 1 **•
On Tuesday, at 9 o’clock, the Graduating
Class had the floor, and the Exercises ffere
follows:
I. Music.—Assign to Jehovah.
Prater.
3. Sidutatory.
Miss Alice R. Culler
4. Composition.—The Home of Childhood!
Miss Susan A. E. Morel Saeannok r
5. Composition.—There is no Goal to Science '
Miss Laura E. Butts MwS*
6. Music.—With full voiced choir resoundm.. ’
7. Composition. "Riem facias; remsipoSrecte
non ’ TWctiEque mc-ilo im.
Miss Sarah J. Whitby Cmttta, a-
8. Composition.—The Ninetenth (icutury
Miss M. R. Ralston Savannah, f,
9. Composition.—Order necessary to Itmirovim™-'
Miss Laura C. Tucker m
10. Music.—How beautiful upon the mountain ’
II. Composition.—Daylight succeeds Darknc-s?
Miss Juba C. Rogers "Macf (;
13. Composition.—Independence in Thought and Jr
tion.
Miss Sarah A. Phillips Ns*#di,U
13. Composition.—Tears.
Miss Mary F. Jones Ale.
14. Composition.—The Insect World.
Miss Martha Hightower Upson C,\ Gc.
15. Music.—Sacred Peace, Celestial Treasure.
16. Composition.—“What shadows we are—
What shadows we pursue! ’
Miss Mary G. Virgin iimiI/c,GA
17. Composition.—Our Life.
Miss Mary E. Rosetter Ilamiltoncc., He.
18. Composition.—Never Satisfied.
Miss Delia Jewett Macon, Oi.
19. Music.—O bejoyfulintheLord.
20. Composition.—Woman's Mission and herposidoa
in America.
Miss Sarah J. Oasley. Ftserffiytn.
21. Composition.—The fashion doth wear out more
apparel than the man.
Miss Emma Clarke... Macon,Gt.
22. Composition.—Filial Obedience not the eh-irac
ter of the age.
Miss AnnS. Bowman Vinenllr, Os.
23. Music.—Let every heart rejoice and sing.
Benediction.
In the evening the annual Concert took
place greatly to the delight of the hearers.-
We have heard but one opinion respecting if,
as the most creditable performance both Id
teachers aud pupils which has ever yet bea
presented by the Institution.
On Wednesday, the Exercises of the Senior
Class were resumed, as follows :
. Marie—Hark! -what mean those holy voice 1
prater.
. Composition—“ Peace bath iier victories no lea
renowned than war/’
Mis:i Elvira Flewelien CWamlw, Ge.
. Composition—“And Terah died in Ham.
Miss Davia Hardeman I'aailk.Ge.
, Music—Wake Isle of the South.
. Composition—The Progress of Chrisliawy, sci
ence and Freedom.
Miss Mary E. Bass Marcs, Gt.
. Composition— “The drying up asiuglttur.
Has more of honest fame than shedding s>.u 1
S ore.”
liss Elizabeth H. Scott Ihvtcodv-fi*
Music.—Church’s Welcome.
Composition.—The Human Face.
Miss Cordelia Dessau Maan,Ge
10. Composition.—Mecca. . „
Miss Mary E. Fogle Cettalii,vi
11. Music.—Song of Friendship.
Song of Friendship.
12. Composition.—The Music of Nature.
Miss Antonia Pettus Modic•
13. Composition—The Times.
Miss Dellie B. Carver.. VI-
14. Music—I have set Watchmen upon tbj_W.ua-
15. Valedictory to Audience, Trustees aad roj’-s.
Miss Marion Preston Rose
16. Valedictory to Faculty, President! lRuuuS;
Miss Mary Houton Grasiul-c,
At the close of the Exercises, a beautiH
Address was made to the Graduating C!as>
by the President, Eev. O. L. Smith, D- 9*
and the Class, through Prof. Stanley?^
sented the President with a splendid sw
mounted Cane, as a testimonial oftheirrespee.
affection and gratitude. The Exercises *° B ’
eluded with a Literary Address by W®-
Washington Poe—an ornate, graceful as
forcible production.
The College Commencement is now a h ■
day week iu Macon—attracting crowds it' 15
itors from abroad, aud exciting great
home. The Exercises of this year
unusually meritorious aud interesting -150
say.
Mr. Biicliuium’s Administration
Au intelligent fricud, an old line
never a politician, writing us fr° m - 0 ’
savs: “It strikes me that Mr.
bat
daring
it presents a very beautiful appearance. It is
very similar to the fountains in Place de la
Concorde, Paris, except in the latter, the im
ages at the outer edge of the basin, throwing
jets up into the first basin of the fountain.
Adieu, I. N. L.
Bad for the Head.—1 hickory club, or 4
whisky punches.
Important from Utah,
The Utah correspondent of the St. Louis
Republican says, that the conditions agreed
upon in the conference between Gov. Cummiug
and the Mormons, arc, that the troops shall
enter the city without opposition, and that tho
civil officers be permitted to perforin their du
ties without interruption, and with uncondi
tional obedience to the laws of the land. On
the other hand, past offences shall be forgotten,
as promised in the President’s proclamation.
bo heard before a full Court, and as it was bis du
ty under the law to do so, ho should preside in
the cause. Judge McDonald stated that as he had
been consulted and given a written opinion as
stated by Mr. Dougherty in a class of eases pf
which this was one, he felt that ho came un
der the rule as laid down by liis predecessors on
the Bench, and lie should not preside iu tlic cause.
After this discussion Mr. Dougherty stated that he
had no objection, but was perfectly willing for
Judge McDonald to hear and determine any other
question in the cause except the Statute of Limita
tions. Col. llolt is at this time, Monday morning)
engaged in the argument.
Buchansa
makes by far tbe best President we ^ a ' e
for a long tims. Thero has been no oni.
has exalted the (one of our G° vcrnmc
asserted its dignity, at home and abma, ..
docs, and his success shows what- n 1
ciples and a resolute wiR-vM accomi ■= R
May we never have a worse 'v 0 ! 1 ® jjbt
seems to me, so far, to secure this,
willing to agree never to have a be
the latter we are not likely to bav
tbc present generation.”
The Fuss with Mcxie«' (ii
A special messenger has been ^
to Mr. Forsyth, approving
ordering him to return home* , ^
thinking it is getting about ti lliC 0 '•
farce in Mexico^
Probable failure of Hie
EGRAPU. „of
Wc find the following in the Augu-t-
yesterday: been K
New York, Jnly 17.—Iutpffigenoo
ceiyJK'thatVa^^j^*”'
steamship engagedmlaspiftaP,
tic cable, w«s nearly lost ins? • ^ CJt ble WjS
Tiurinc the storm, the cods or “L® hic b c*n* s
loose from their places onthestMUier, •
received. (WtoD* 11
New York Cotton Market.
Saturday in New York was firm,
3,500 bales
The traveler announced as a
his life beheld people cl = „;be
l his happened
once in
own business !”
$sengcra being
other’s concerns.
too sick to att
, at sea-
end to « aC “