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A lilariiiß Krror.
llow very strange it Li, that scnaible men,
yes, those esteemed sensible in our
land, should argue as IT every question at
issue was resolvable into only two sides—a
mcro antithesis of contradictory opposites,
one side being necessarily true, and every
other side being necessarily untrue, and
therefore to be classed in the same category.
We are led to this reflection lrom the fact
that some of the Southern press, in favor of
tho Philadelphia Convention, are very
nearly, if not quite, insinuating that because
others of tho South are not in favor ol said
Convention, coinciding in that respect with
the Radicals, the latter two are therefore ou
a par, the one no better than the other.
Now, this mode of reasoning—we call it
such through merest courtesy—to say the
least, is very unfair. Let us carry it out in
a single case. A mulatto wench proposes,
we will say, to become the wife of some mas
culine specimen of the genus homo, and
modus vrr, the color not mentioned, 'i he
Caucasian, mind yo, is not willing to marry
her for tho reason that she has too much ol
the Ethiopian in her, and i little too much
of the Roquet d'Afiique about her; while
the Ethiopian rejects her for the reason
Unit she has too much of tho Caucasian in
her, and a little too little of the Roquet
d’Afriquo about her.
These modern reasoners would argue that the
whiteman and the black man, both repudia
ting the yellow wench, were in the same cat
.egory, and ono was as bad and blamablc as
the other. This is precisely analogous, in
our opinion, to the proposed Philadelphia
Convention. The Radicals oppose it because
it is about half Conservative aiyl half Radi
cal, and they would have it to bo all Radi
cal, —whilo the opponents to it* of the {South,
oppose it because to them it seems to be
about half Radical and half Conservative:
and they (the Southern opponents) would
have it to be all Conservative, —or they
would not touch it at all. Tho question,
then, before the South, /;</«/•«//’.v /y and lit
* rally, is whether the white man will marry
tho yellow wench or remain unmarried/’ or
whether the South will make the Philadel
phia marriage contract to get into the Union,
or remain as she is ? We prefer glorious
celibacy, in the one ease, and glorious—or
inglorious—isolation and standing-aloof, iti
the other.
A Splendid < linnet'.
A discovery has recently bci n made whieh,
if it proves to boa half, or even a third, as
valuable as is claimed for it, is certainly one of
the most important triumphs that genius
and science have achieved within, wo night
almost snv, a century. It is a discovery
that virtually makes the poorest pine lands
of the Southern country fully as valuable as
her richest deltas or hummocks. Wo nl
ludo to the process by which fat pine-wood
may bo distilled, and the resulting therefrom
of such a quantity and variety of products
so valuable in the arts.
It is claimed that from one cord of rich
pine- wood, distilled according to the new
process, the product will be twenty-five gal
lons spirits turpentine, fifty gallons oil, one
hundred gallons pyroligneous acid, five gal
lons alcohol, one and a 1 alf barrels pitch or
rosin, ono barrel tar, eight hundred feet illu
minating gas, superior to that made of coal,
and fifty bushels chnrcoal.
Here now is a splendid chance to bring
into requisition the long-leaf pine regions of
tho South. Some scientific gentlemen of
llandsboro, Miss., have already formed a com
pany for the purpose of distilling the rich, res
inous pine of that region, by the new pro
cess, and for the sale of the-produce real
ized therefrom. Do the Georgians intend
to wait for the Yankees to inaugurate this
new businoss for them ?—or have they spirit
and enterprise enough to discuss it, and start
it for themselves ?
Staff' Judge Edmunds, Commissioner of
the General Land Office, has been removed
from office, by the President, and lion,
j Joseph Wilson, now chief clerk in the same
department, has been nominated to fill the
vacancy. Judgo Edmunds is the noted
spiritualist, a man of talent, a sworn and
»\c*arinj Radical, and is accused, while on
the bench, of having consulted the spirits to
enable him to make his judicial decisions.
We opine some diabolical spirits have influ
enced him to ffttiko some erroneous decis
ions, touching the matters of his office, and
this, coupled with his Radical proclivities,
is the reason why he has been gently lifted
out of his boots. Indeed, the removal is
reported to have been made on account ot
erroneous decisions in certain California
land cases, which have been reversed by the
Attorney General.
Staff' Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar, a native Geor
gian, but, for many years, a resident of Mis
sissippi, and for several years a representa.
tive from that State in tho U. S. Congress,
recently delivered a literary address, in
which he is reported to have said that he
did not think there was even tho shadow of
States rights left, and he deemed it cruel to
delude the people with false hopes as to the
future. He could sec no liberty where a po
litical line was drawn with right on the one
side, and on the other power, lie was ol
the opinion that all that is left for the South
is tho moral and intellectual culture of the
people, and these were worthy of her high
cst rPbrt?
Public Meeting.
The public meeting to take into consider
ation tho propriety of sending delegates to
the Philadelphia National Convention, r« as
sembled at the Court House on .Saturday
la*t, when Col. C. Peeples introduced the
following resolutions, which were uoani
in iir.sly adopted :
llaolocd, As the sense'of this meeting,
That we rccoguiie in the results of the late
Btru/tgle between the North and South, the
settlement of the question ot secession a-. de
termined against us; and that the institu
tion of slavery has been stricken from the
list of our constitutional rights. He there
fore accept in good taitli the exigencies of
our altered condition, and pledge ourselves
to observe and maintain the Constitution of
the Pnited Stales as the best guarantee of
our privileges and the last security for the
rights of the States.
Jlnoltct/, That to maintain these ends we
derm it expedient to send delegates!to the
approaching Conservative Convention to be
holden in the City of Philadelphia, on the
I Ithday of AugustTiext.
Able and patriotic speeches were delivered
by Col. C. Peeples, Capt. F. S. l itch, Col.
A. D. Nunally, Col. L T. Doyal, Dr. Mitch
ell and Col. Crawford.
On motion, a committee, consisting of
Cols. C. 11. Johnson, A. D. Nunnally, R. A
<' raw ford, Dr. Mitchell, and W. M. Cline,
were appointed to suggest the names of dele
gates to represent this county in the District
Convention to be held at Macon on the ‘doth
inst. Tho Committee repo, ted the namas
of Cos! C. Peeples and Col. A. D. Nunnally,
which report was unanimously adopted.
On motion the delegates wore authorized
to appoint alternates in the event they
should not he able to attend. <»u motion, it
was
Hauler'!, That tho city papers he request
ed to publish the proceedings of this meet
ing.
L. T. DOYAL, Cli'n.
A. M. SruioiiTs, Scc’y.
War I War I War! —-According to Mr.
Raymond, of the New YorL 7Vm-s, a repre
sentative in Congress from the city of New
York, and a semi-Conservativo Radical, the
Congress has quietly “ passed an act lor the
immediate distribution of tho public arms
among the States, (except the Southern
States) assuming of course, that they will be
able to control a majori'y of the Northern
States in any event; and they do not hesi
tato to declare that, in case a Northern mi
nority should constitute, with tho votes of
the South', n majority of the nation, and
should undertake to administer the govern
ment, they trill summon the Xorth to arms
- —depose tltr I'n-ti'h tit, tun/ by a roup iVt Uit
maintain t/n ir yrttsp of power."
A Prkiucton.— Montgomery Blair, at a
Democratic meeting held at Reading, Pa., on
the 1Htl» instant, predicted that should the
Radicals carry the October elections, the re
sult would bo the establishment of two
Presidents and two Congresses ; for the Radi
cals would immediately impeach President
Johnson and turn him out, while, on tho
other hand, the Democratic members ol
Congress would unito with the regularly
elected members from the South. He also
warned his hearers that they were on the
eve of another civil war. The battle field
would he in tho North, while the South
would remain a unit.
B*«X„ Tho husband of Qdeeu Victoria's
eldest daughter eommmands a division of
the Prussian army, iu which are also many
near relatives of her late husband, Prince
Albert, occupying prominent positions.—
l er contra, the husband of Victoria's second
daughter has a command in the Austrian
army. Princo Took, just married to the
Princess Mary, of Cambridge, lias accepted
a command in the and sets
out for tho seat of war, with his bride, be
fore the honeymoon is half over.
The Salty Rascal.—That infamous
old whelp of sin, Brownlow, after Jirown
lotrinj the “ Constitutional Amendment of
tho Reconstruction Committee” through tho
Tennessee Legislature, thus insolently, and
insultingly, ur.d tauntingly despatches the
result of his diabolical villanies to the seat
of Government.
MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT !
Nashville, Tens'., July I'd.)
12 o’clock, M. |
lion. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of
War, Washington, D C :
My compliments to the President. \\ c
have carried the Constitutional Amendment
in the House. Note—43 to 11, two of his
tools refusing to vote.
W. G. Brownlow,
Governor ol Tennessee.
The following, of the same date, he sent
to tho “ Dead Duck.”
John W. Forney, Clerk of the Senate,
Washington, P. 0. : A battle has been
fought and won. We have carried the Con
stitutional Amendment in the House. \ otc
43 to 11, two of A. Johnson’s tools refusing
to vote. My compliments to the “ dead
dog’’ in the White House.
W. G. Brownlow.
Health of Mu. Davis.—Col. Burton V
Harrison, Mr. Davis's late private Secretary,
visited Mr- D. on the 7th, and found him
in a much lower state of health than at a
previous recent interview, llis voice is
much weaker, his step far less assured, his
conversation lo c s cheerful, and with very
little buoyancy and animation he then evinc
ed. Regarding his approacliiug t;ini Mr.
Davis has no apprehension, hut .each day
only more anxious -for the trial to begin.
No fault is found with his present treatment.
11c has everything he could wish £ir or ex
pect but his freedom.
Bgfc, The Atlantic Cable, on tho 11th in
stant, —the date of latest advices —had been
laid one hundred and thirty-five miles.—
The 'iuenb were perfect throughout.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Nlw York, July 21. —Cotton is heavy
at Sfi to 3*l cento.
Gobi one hunin and and fifty and one-halt
0
Tin: v. Ii: in Cl PIVK
The Paris Mmiteur. ot the 1 tth says that
negotiations were -till {.ending, and the best
feeling prevailed between Prussia and
France; but the lat. t advices seem to in
dicate that the war will continue.
The Prussians have occupied the Prague
and arc still advancing.
Benedek’s army is organizing, and are
150,0H0 strong, exclusive of cavalry and ar- j
tillcry. They arc oa the line ot Olrnutz and
Brunn.
'l'ho Prussian headquarters on the 13th
were only three miles from Brunn.
The Prus.ians under Gen. Mantcufful at
tacked the Bavarians near Kisscngcn. The
latter defended their position for ten hours,
and then retreated to take position on the
Main. The Bavarian commander, Kealler,
was killed, and (heir loss was heavy.
A Vienna telegram of the 1 Ith says the
prop. and mediation of Nap.oleon is at an end
.for the present, and that Austria must trust
to her own strength and resources, Fhe
Prussia) is resolved to tight to maintain her
position as a great Power.
The London Time* declares that England
cannot follow Napoleon in an intervention
calculated to aggravate the present evils.
The Moscow (lazctte asserts that Russia
does not want any change in European
boundaries, and cannot submit to the dicta
tion of France.
Russia is dispatching troops to the Sile
sian frontier.
The Italians have occupied Padua. Not
withstanding the French fleet have gone to
Venice, Italy persists in advancing towards
Venice.
Washington, July 24. —The President
has signed the joint resolution admitting
Tennessee, but says tho preumblo consists
of statements sonic of which are assumed,
while the joint resolution is merely a declar
ation of opinion.
Messrs. Maynard, Taylor, and Stokes ap
peared and took the oath. This was follow
ed by much applause, and the new members
received the Congratulation! of the Speaker
and others.
Now Nuts for fli" National I niou
Club to Crack.
From the Metropolitan Record.
Will this offshoot of Republicanism, with
its “ loyal ” tests, and its fanfaronade about
“exclude all tho delegates from the South,
except those who can take the ‘ oath V"
What proportion of the Southern people
does it think are free from the “ crime of
treason ?”
If this I’nion is to be indissoluble under
nil circumstances, what becomes ol the right
of self-government '!
If the majority of voters in any Southern
State send a man to Congress whom they
have trusted in their day of trial, are they
in favor ol refusing him a scat because at one
time he was what they called a “ traitor ?”
Is the Russian principle of absoluteism,
ortho American principle that “Govern
ments derive their just power from the con
sent of the governed,” the true one to apply
in a country whose founders were traitors,
and whose great general had a price set up
on his head 7
If only “ loyal citizens ” within the State
and districts lately overrun by rebellion, are
entitled to all the rights guaranteed to them
hy the Constitution, and only such arc to be
admitted to the right of representation,
what does the National Cnion Club think of
disfranchising about nineteen-twentieths of
the Southern people?
If treason is a crime, what do they intend
to do with about ten millions of Amcreans
who have been guilty of it '!
If the Radicals are in favor of “loyalty”
as a test, and tho National Cnion Club are
also in favor of it, what is the- difference be
tween them and the party from which they
have separated ?
If Andy .Johnson “ pardons rebels ” how
can they honestly and consistently support
Andy Johnson, particularly when they as
sert that “ treason is a crime whieh should
he punished
If the rights of the State according to the
platform of the Chicago Covention, which
the National In on Club approves, arc to be
maintained, does a State consist in one
twentieth or nineteen-twentieths of its popu
lation 1
If the National Union Club hope to suc
ceed, is it likely to realize that hope by
adopting a part of the Radical policy and
disgusting the Conservative portion of the
people from which it expects to derive its
support ?
Should George Washington have been
tried for treason in the event of liis failure,
and should his crime have been made “ odi
ous ?”
What is the difference between George
Washington and Jefferson Davis, except
that between victory and defeat ?
The Sweets or Editing.—The Char
lottesville Chronicle thus gets off its disgust
£/ the unanimity with which the people ex
pect its editor to be all things to all men :
“ i ’raise —universal praise—an American
editor is expected to praise every somerset
that is turned in a circus, and every speech
that is made in a temperance meeting. If
one of your neighbors puts anew gutter to a
public building, the editor is to tell ths peo
ple to look at that gutter—was there ever
such a gutter before '!
“Isa workman whitewashes somebody’s
stable he must compare it to the frescoing
of an Italian palace. If a farmer bores a
hole in a gate post and fastens the gate with
a pin, he musr describe it as a wonderful art
in fencing, li a village boy carves the head
of an old man on the handle of an umbrella,
his father carries the work of art to ths edi
tor’s closet, and mildly suggest that “ the
boy ought to bo encouraged.”
Noteworthy.—Henry Winter Davis is
dead; Senator Lane has just shot himself in
a fit of mental aberration; Stanton is not
woTT; Sumner has had a return of his spinal
affection, which, next to his affection for the
niirger, troubles himself and cvry ono else ;
and Stevens has water on the heart, is dys
peptic, old, nervous, and don’t expect to live.
On the other hand, we find the Constitution
al Uuion men and Democrats all healthy. If
we may judge from the few examples above
cited, “ Curses, like chickens, are going home
to roost.” Verily the ways of Providence are
past finding out. (’■’ Wo South Caroti-
NEWS, FACTS, AC
A Louisville dispatch says a srreat South- 1
ern Telegraph Company is being termed
there, with a capital of a million aoilevs -
Gen. Kirby Smith is President, and Gen.
Don Carlin Hue), \ ice I’resid* nt.
The President has given SIOOO to the j
.South Carolina 1 henlogieal Institute. j
('hing Wow, the first Chinaman cvcrcxe-j
cuted in San Francisco, was hung recently
for murder.
A son of Mr. Morse, the telegraph invent j
or, was rescued from beneath a tram of cars .
at Stamford, on the Fourth, hy the foreman
of an engine company.
Whisky.
Grin noil’s friends need:, t brag over his
situation, for he acknowledges that he bears
the marks of (lane.
Mr. Mitchell, the inventor of copper tips
for shoes, was drowned near 'turner, Maine, ,
while trying to save his sou.
The papers call Congress “ the Rump
Congress.” If this Congress is the country's
Rump, tho country should have its Rump
well kicked.— Uoniseil/e Jour no/
Ex-President Filmore is to deliver ah ad
dress on behalf of America on the occasion
of the World’s Exhibition in Paris.
On the 11th of August, the old folks of
Ft. Louis propose to celebrate the eenten- j
nial anniversary of the first grant of laud
covering the site of that city.
English journals announce the dea h of)
John McDougal S'uart, the celebrated ex
plorer of the interior of Australia.
John Minor Botts, in his Fourth of July
address at Baltimore, said : “We are all
Johnson men; the only difference is, one'
goes for what Johnson says, and the other
for what he does 1”
It is understood that Ex-Governor Holden
will be rejected as Minister to San Salvador,
on the ground of his participation in the i
rebellion.
Tho Richmond Dispatch thinks that the
effect of the bill for the organization of tho
Courts of the I 'nited States will be to secure
the trial of Mr. Davis by Judge Underwood.
The salary of Henry Ward Beecher is
812,500 per annum, with house, liquor, and
other expenses found.
Natural Gas. —At Getsville, near Buf
falo, N. Y., a supply of natural gas has been
discovered which far exceeds the illumina
ting fiower of common gas, and is now dis
charging itself at the rate of forty thousand
feet per day. It is now in contemplation to
light the city of Buffalo with it.
Garibaldi has requested his friends to
give up f'ctivj him, “ The time lor action,"
he says, “ has come, and we must postpone
festivals till the Italian flag floats in triumph
from the towers of Fan Marco.”
The common walking-stick used by Mr.
Lincoln has been given by Mrs Lincoln to
Fred Douglas.
An ungallant correspondent accuses Queen
Victoria of taking too much port alter din
ner.
Ex-Prcsideut Fillmore was a [ a-wng< r
from Europe in the steamer Persia, and
reached his home ill Buffalo on Friday.
Asa distinctive mark, . the Prussians
throughout the campaign are to wear a strip
of white liucu with a red t-ro-s worked upon
it rouud the left arm.
A blind inventor has invented a gun
which may be fired one hundred times in a
minute. The stock of cartridges is confined
in slides along the barrel.
Stirring news from Washington and Nash
ville is anticipated in the next ten days.—
Matters are said to be in a course of devel
opment that will astonish the whole land,
and put to shame and confu.-iou some ol
those pure and immaculate spirits who have
bee carrying things with a high and unholy
hand for the last twelve months. This is all
we are at liberty to say on the subject at
present. — Vhntt. Union.
A King Fish.—A large King Fish,
measuring five feet in length and weighing
over fifty pounds, was captured with a seine
by one of our fishermen on yesterday, while
fishing near l’ott Pulaski. The King Fish
is generally caught on the Florida coast, and
the fishermen state that this is the first that
has ever been caught iu our waters. — Sac.
Itera/d.
The Burlington (Iowa) llawheye “ is au
thorized by Governor Stone to say” that he
has been personally assured by Governor
Oglesby, of Illinois, and Governor F’leteher,
ot Missouri, that that they do not intend to
call extra sessions of the Legislature in their
respective States for the purpose of ratifying
the Constitutional amendment.
Cafforth, a Democrat from Pa., will be
turned out, and his seat in the House given
to Koontz, a black Republican competitor.
Boot-licking Radicals in Congress vie
with each other who shall help feeble old
Stevens to his seat. One offers an arm,
another takes his hat, a third holds up his
coat-tad and old Thad., the stage father,
says, “ ble.-s ye, my children ; bless ye.”
The Wrong Man.—The New York pa
pers contain a despatch from Columbia, of
the murder of lion. R. Barnwell Rhett. It
was another man, a relative of the distin
guished Carolinean, though, no doubt many
North would prefer that the latter had been
the victim.
The population of Baltimore is now esti
mated at 300,000, and its trade and com
merce are represented to be in a most flour
ishing condition.
Alex. 11. Stephens is announced to deliv
er a lecture in Indianapolis the coming sea
son. Among the other names on the list
for the courso arc those of Fred. Douglass,
Horatio Seymour, Wendell Phillips, John
B. Gough, and P. T. Barnutn. Tfie Indi
atiapolitans are bent upon variety.
Beautiful specimens of Jasper, in quanti
tites unlimited, have been discovered at the
Vermillion Gold Mines, Minesota.
Julia Dean Haync has got a divorce in
Fait Lake City, and married anew husband,
a man who has made “ his pile” in Montana
Win. Jessup, the celebrated cutlery man
ufacturer of Sheffield, England, reported to
be worth twenty millions, is visiting Ft. Louis.
It is said the Governor o‘ Massaohuscts
will not call an extra session of the Legisla
| turc to ratify the Constitutional amendment,
j The biggest tree yet discovered in Cali
fornia is fifty two feet five inches in diameter,
| or over one hundred and fifty feet in circum
j fcreuce. Only the 6tump is left,
j A well-known wit says: No Yankee is
! satisfied with the truth unless you can prove
to him that it is worth eight or ten per cent.
\Y\I A, HUFF’S
EMPORIUM!
1500 Sacks Mixed and Yellow
CORIV,
1200 Sacks WHITE CORN,
THE Mixed and Yellow-Corn I am selling at §1,40 by the Car Load, and in
smaller quantities $1,45. The White at $1,52 1-2 by the Car load, and $1,55,
in small lots. Stocks large—Orders promptly tilled.
W, A. HUFF,
30 CASKS ( LEAR SIDES,
2o CASKS SHOULDERS,
,5 CASKS HAMS,
■ This Bacon lam selling at the following prices :
CLEAR SIDES, by the Cask, 23 cents.
CLEAR RIB, “ “ 22 1-2 “
RIB SIDES. “ “ 22
SHOULDERS, “ “ 10
HAMS, “ “ 25 to 30 “
W. A. HUFF,
FLOUM,
75 BARRELS SUPERFINE,
SO “ EXTRA.
100 “ FAMILY,
100 “ FANCY BRANDS.
This Flour I am selling at Prices ranging from $lO 00 to $lB 00.
W. A. HUFF,
;
300 BAtFS OF FftfME HAY*
This hav I am selling at $1 00 to $2 25 per hundred, according to quantity
ordered. This is a great reduction in prices on that article.
In addition to the above leading articles in my trade, I am prepared to fill
any and all orders that may be offered for
Corn Meal, Stock Peas, Syrup,
SUGAR, COFFEE, SODA, RIALS,
Osnaburgs, Shirtings, Cotton Yarns
Tobacco, Shot Bagging Rope &c.
W. A. HUFF.
C «
£3,000 I JST Gr OL D .
2,000 IN SILVER.
HIGHEST PREMIUM PAID BY
W. A. HUFF.
