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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 “