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CJASSVILLE, GEO.
OF CHEROKEE.
FOR CONGRESS,
J. W. H. Underwood,
OF FLOYD.
FOR SENATOR,
COL. MAKE JOHNSTON.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
THOS J. WOFFORD,
DR. JNO. C. SIMS.
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stitution must be realized either in the
J education of a son or relative or friend to
! be fully appreciated. Though it may be
young and of tender years, yet we will
venture that her Alumni will compare
favorably with other colleges who may
date their existence back for years. And
should she continue to give to the world
each succeeding year, and we have no
i doubt she will, a class equally as well
' prepared as the present, if in after time
she, like the mother of The Gracchi,
should be asked where were her jewels,
point to her Alumni, and exclaim “these
are my jewels.”
THE FUND FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE POOR.
.... After the exercises had closed, Col.
THURSDAY MORNING, ! Akin was called upon to explain a prop-
JULY 21 1859 ■ osition which had been submitted to the
' ’ Trustees of the College, and by them ac-
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. ! cepted. It was that a permanent fund of
—- i ten thousand dollars be raised by subscrip-
FOR G0 ™‘^1 0B ’ tion and placed in the hands of the Trus-
Hon. JOSeph £• BrOWD, ' tees, on the condition that for the interest
! on said sura, they should bind themselves
! to educate, in the College, free of tuition,
a certain number of young men who were
; unable to educate themselves—which nuni-
j her, we believe, was fixed at twenty. The
; speech of Col. A. was an excellent one, to
j the point as usual, and concluded by soine-
! thing more substantial than words, an of-
; fer to be one of twenty who would raise the
| fund. The audience was addressed by sev-
! oral others, among whom were Messrs,
i Robert, Dyer and Daniel. In the mean- i
time the sum of near six thousand dollars
was subscribed. So much for an interest
| in the education of the poor. We have
TO THOSE IH ARREARS. j not time or space to extend this notice fur-
After the 15th of August next Thcither; suffice it to say that we have learn-
Standard will not be sent to any subscri-. cd that there is no question as to securing
her out of Cass county who owes for more , the amount. On this matter Cherokee has
than or.e year’s subscription; all who J come to t'ic line, and let her now endow
wish the paper continued will please tako . her College, and the day of her prosperity
due notice thereof and govern themselves . is but daw ning.
accordingly. They will receive their ac- J hox. b. r. hakden’s address.
counts with this week’s paper, and we j The address of this gentleman before
trust they will “fork over” without delay; the Literary Societies of the College was
the money can be .sent by mail, at our | delivered in the evening, and was noted
risk. The paper will not be sent to any j f° r its classic taste and perspicuity of
new subscriber, who lives out of the coun- j style. In fact it was entirely character-
ty, unless paid for in advance. Terms— istic of the literary attainments of the
Two Dollars. July 21, 1859. learned orator. We expect that it will
( « ; s | be published, and therefore will not at-
I 1 i ! 1 tempt to give an outline, lest we should
j do hint injustice.
Cherokee Baptist College Commence-1 Col Unierwood’s Letter.
In another column will be found the
A)n Wednesday the 13lh inst. was the i c t* er 0 fCol. J. W. H. Underwood, the
/regular Commencement day of this insti- ■ D emocra ti c nominee of this District for
tution. The Programme promised some-! Congress in which he defines his position
thing entertaining, and those who attend-! ; n re i a tj on to State and Federal matters,
eil, of whom there were not a few, wi;l: -yy c are pioa SC d to see that the Col. comes
bear us witness that in this there was no B q uare i y H p to the mark, endorsing both
disappointment The large and corarao- j Administrations, and planting himself up-
dious chapel was crowded at an early ; on the creed and principles as set forth
hour, among whom could be seen the ag- ^ National Democratic Convention
ed sire, the elderly matron, and last tho’! at Cincinnati in 1856. That platform will
not least, the blooming beauty of sweet; do wbcn honestly carried out But more
sixteen. It is supposed there was at least ^ especially arc we pleased with his position
fifteen hundred persons present j in rc ] at i on to Douglas and that wing K
The exercises of the day were opened the Democracy, for with them we cannot
by an eloquent and fervent praj'er from nor we }, ave any affiliation. There
President Rambaut, after which music , can be no q UCS t; on that Stephen A. Dou-
appropriatc to the occasion were discours- j g]as j s a Black Republican, and his only
cd by the Rome Band, whose services had j b; s ostensible Southern speech-
been secured. es is a bid for Southern votes for the
The first speaker of the graduating j p res ;d en cy. We repeat we have no kin-
class was Mr. A. G. Mc.Jurrr, who had j dred feeling for such, and for none who
chosen for h:s subject, IndcprwdfinCT of : seek to court his favor. Col. Underwood
the Intellect.” The speech was well dc-! as he defines himself is with the South
livered, while the chasteness of the style 01 tllc q UCB tj 0 n of the Tariff, and in fa-
of composition, the Jaeidness, and logical VOJ . 0 f administering the Government up-
manner of the argument proved conclu- ; on cc0n0 mical principles, and a strict ac-
sively that depth of thought, and exten-1 coun tabiIity; in this wo are with him.—
sivc research had been brought to bear in f pos i t i on ; n relation to Foreign affairs,
its preparation. His allusion to the do- j ^ Jn our op j n j oni correct Col. Under-
pendent intellect, and comparison of it j WQod has tolent Md abihty sufficient to
with the truly independent thinker was j nia j n tain these propositions, and if elected
ricar and concise, and his allegation that • W<J hopc he wiU maintain them.
true greatness could exist only where the : -
mind was perfectly independent, is one! Personal,
worthy of adoption. had the P leasur ? ® f f T om , our
The next to address the audience was .neighbor Dr. Goldsmith of the Carters-
Mr. Jas. H. Anderson, whose eloquent | ville Express during the last week. We
discourse gave us to understand that “ wish he could have spent more time with
character is a completely fashioned will.” . «s-
The subject matter was well handled, the Our friend of the Marietta Patriot, Mr
speech interesting from first to last, and B. A. Grist called also at our Office, and
done much credit to the speaker. | we regret that we were absent at the time.
Mr. William A. Chunn traced back the j Should he visit our Town again we hope
“Happy Consequences of thc_Amsrkan i he will visit us at our sanctum.
Revolution,” showing that the march of, It is a pleasure to meet with our Broth,
political, civil and religious liberty owed, ren of the Quill and Scissors, and our off-
in a great degree, their rapid progress to ■ > ce > s always open to them. They wi
its beneficial influences. The subject was, always find the “latch-string hanging
an interesting one, and was eloquently and; outside the door,
chastely treated.
Mr. E. S. Candler discoursed, with abil
ity, the following subject:
“Peace hath her victories { blame? Is it tho fault of the change of
No less renowned than war.” 1 ‘ -
Foreign Hews.
The steamship City of Washington ar
rived at New York on the 18th inst., with
foreign dates to the i th.
Another battle was expected on the
Adige at an early day. It was reported
that” Prussia had called out an army of
300,009 men.
Kossuth had issued a Proclamation,
calling upon the Hungarians to rise up
for their liberty.
If Prussia becomes involved in the war,
it will likewise involve Germany, Eng
land and Russia. The war will soon end
if Prussia docs not get into it
Democratic Nominations.
Judge Peter E. Love has been nomina
ted as the Democratic candidate for Con
gress in the 1st Congressional District
—Hon. Martin J. Crawford in the 2d—
A. M. Speer in the 3d—L. J. Gartrell
in the 4th and J. W. H. Underwood in
the 5th.
Peterson’s Magazine.—This popular
monthly for August Das been on our ‘able for
davs, as usual first, and filled with excellent
reading matter. The ladies we have no doubt
would like to see the fashions.
The Hails.
, “There is something rotten in Denmark”
| in relation to our mails. Who is to
-y — . : the schedule on the State Road in not
The speectrwas weffTriStten and deliv-j connections at Atlanta with the
ered, though the style was more florid than' gouthern r0lltc3 » (foe thing we know,
either of the others, owing possibly to the: our csc hangcs below that point reach us
nature of the subject His style of orato- j 24 hourg af ^ cr thcy are due . vTill some
ry is happy and well adapted to forensic; one 5nform s0 that thc g^dlc may be
debate. His comparison between the tri- put upon tbc right horse. Twenty-four
umphs of tho warrior, and the triumphs j houn . in thls day of lig htning and steam,
is a matter of some moment.
ofthc civilian were well drawn. He was Iis-; j
tened to with much interest. j
Mr. A. G. McMurry then delivered the j Grape Culture and Wine Hnking in
Valedictory Addresses. That intended for j tile South,
the Faculty,' was a composition in Latin,; We have received through the kindness
of which we understood but little. The ■ 0 f jjf q W. Howard a copy of this pam-
addresses to the Trustees, the Students! pjj e t edited by A. De Caradeuc, of S. C.,
and his Classmates were very pathotic and w ;th an appendix by Dr. Redmond, of
afieetiug.
Presides! Raafbaut then in a short, but
eloquent address, conferred the degrees on
the class, and delivered to theta their Di-
IV entire exercises showed that much
|gfri‘i-iTi had been bestowed by the Fac-
afty in the preparation of this class, and
evidenced that their labors had been be
stowed upon young men who were not
ooHMlpng to receive instruction, but
ban profited by it We have attended
nml Oammeneements, and we have
annr wttnesaed one where the speakers
more handsomely^
Augusta, Ga., for which he will please
accept our thanks. There is much valu
able information contained in it
John Cobh, Jr., was hung in Atlanta,
on Friday, the 8th inst He was convic
ted of being engaged in the murder of Mr.
Landrum. Radford J. Crockett another
of the parties engaged in the murder, was
hung some time since; and Gabriel Jones,
also implicated, has not yet had his trial.
The Weather—Has been exceedingly
warm during the past week, so much so
as to render it uncomfortable WiU not
, some of our friends who have a Tbermom-
thanounhart expremed-eter report for as? We hnd a Ughtsbow-
The merits of tbrn tn- er of rain on Tuesday last ,
Godey’s Lady’s Book.—This popular
magazine for August is on our table, filled with
interesting reading matter. The plate of fash
ions for August would be interesting to the la?
dies.
Ladies’ American Magazine.—This
valuable periodical for August is also at hand,
and the contents of this number fully sustain
its literary character.
Ladie’s Home Magazine, For August
is also with us. It is enough to say of it that
it is edited by that accomplished writer T. S.
Arthur. •
From the Dalton Times.
Democratic Congressional Convention
of the Fifth District
Pursuant to previous notice, thc Dem
ocratic Convention of the Fifth Congres
sional District convened in the Court
House at Calhoun, on the 6th of July, at
9 o’clock, A. M., when, on motion of L.
C. Bonner of Polk, James Wofford of Cass,
was called to the chair for the purpose of
organization, and J. T. Whitman of Whit
field, and W. V. Wester of Gordon, were,
on motion of J. A. Glenn of Whitfield,
requested to act as Secretaries for thc time
being.
The following delegates, from the differ
ent counties composing the District, then
enrolled their names:
Cass—James Milner, James Wofford,
J. M. Vcach, H. B. McConnell and J.
Sproul.
Catoosa—M. J. Cawford, L. N. Tram
mell and L. C. Graddy.
Chattooga—Josph Glenn, S. S. Bailey
and F. W. Cheney.
Cherokee—(1st del.) Win. Wise, L.
Holcombe and J. R. Brown : (2d del.) W.
R. D. Morse, James Donaldson, L. M. Mc
Connell, J. M. Allied and G. W. Jeffer
son.
Dade—J. G. Jaeoway, H. P. Gardner
and J. G. Hannah.
Floyd—George W. Thomas, A. F.
King, W. Johnson, A. T. Harden, N. Yar
brough, W. Waters, Daniel S. Printup,
F. C. Shropshire, J. P. Ayres, C. Newton
and H. A. Davis.
Fannin—T. It. Trammell and J. L.
Rucker.
Haralson—Y. A. Brewster, A. Goggins
and Robert Hamilton.
Gilmer— W. P. Milton, W. Cox and L.
Rolston.
Cordon— A. L. Sheppard, H. T. Bu
chanan, D. W. Neel, G. J. Fain and John
Baugh.
Murray—A. J. Whitten, W. H. Luff-
man and S. M. Wilson.
Milton—F. M. Cowan, J. B. McConnell
and John Miller.
Paulding—J. C. Griffin, J. H. Weav
er and M. Edwards.
Pickens—Elias W. Allred, G. W. Har
mon and William Tate.
Polk—L. C. Bonner, J. M. Ware, S. M.
Walthall, E. A. Davis, Thomas Blackman,
L. W. Blance and G. W. McMakin.
Walker—L. M. Easterling, H. B. John
son and Constantine Wood.
Whitfield—J. A. Glenn. J. N. Cate
and J. T. Taylor.
A motion was then made by James Mil
ner of Cass, to appoint a committee of one
from each county on credentials, which
was passed, when a motion was made by
j Mr. Printup of Floyd, to reconsider the
aforsaid motion, which gave rise to con
siderable discussion—thc motion to re
consider was finally withdrawn by the
mover, and the chair proceeded to appoint
the aforementioned committee.
The committee having retired, on mo
tion a committee of one from each county
was appointed to report permanent officers
for the Convention, who after retiring for
a short time, returned and made the fol
lowing report:
“We, the committee appointed, recom
mend W. H. Luffman of Murray, for Pres
ident ; J. N. Cate of Whitfield and E. A.
Davis of Polk for Vice Presidents; and
that the acting Secretaries, as appointed
temporarily, be retained.”
The recommendation being adopted,
the following gentlemen were, on motion,
appointed to conduct the President to the
Chair, viz: L. C. Bonner, G. J. Fain and
F. C. Shropshire.
The President, on taking the Cluur,
made a short and appropriate address.
The committe on credentials, through
their president, Mr. Milner, reported as
delegates entitled to scats, all the names
above recorded, except those from the
county of Cherokee. The committee also
stated that they were ready to hear the
claims of the contestants for seats from
Cherokee, and for that purpose retired;
when, eu motion, the Convention adjourn
ed until 1 o'clock, P. M.
Os* 0"Cu«, P- M.—The Convention
assembled, and teing tailed to order, R
waa asetrtaood tint the committee on
cndentitivJVWMbide** Convention
when E. R. Harden was called on loudly
from all parts of the house for a speech,
who responded in an eloquent and thrilling
address of about half an hour.
The commmittec still not appearing
tude before the Convention—that be was money by taxation than will defray the The cannonading at that point lasted for
not a candidate, having expressly refused expenses of the Government, economical- an hour; but in precisely what direction
to let his name go before that body—and ly administered, and provide for the pay-, the Austrians retreated, it was not pos-
whflst Mr. Dabney was thankful to his ; meat of the public debt 1 sible, from the position I occupied, to see.
friends for the votes they had given, it j I have not differed with Gov. Brown I was afraid to change it, moreover, be-
with their report, a motion was offered \ was his earnest desire that they would upon any material question involving cause, although I might easily have gone
and adopted that a committee of five be ! cease voting for him and if possible har- principle, as my Legislative record will j more directly and closely upon the field,
appointed to wait upon said commit- monize on some gentleman; and conclu- show. Gov. Brown is the nominee of I could not have found any eminence up.
tee and ascertain when they could make ; ded by saying, that his (Mr. D.’s) name the Democratic Party for rc-election, and ■ on which I could have had so sweeping
a report The committee thus appointed | would be formally withdrawn, but that it I shall support him. j and complete a view. Part of the Aus-
retired and in a few moments returned ; was impossible, as it had never been for- j If the Constitution is strictly adhered trian force probably crossed the Mincio
madly before the Convention, or even in-. to in my judgment the rights of all sec- j river which flows southward from the
and reported that thc committee upon
which they were requested to wait, would
be heard from within an hour.
The committee on credentials, after an
absence of several hours, returned and
offered the following resolution which
was adopted :
Resolved, That the two delegations
from the county of Cherokee be admitted
into this Convention, each voting separ
ately and entitled to two and a half votes.
The following resolutions were then of
fered G. by J. Fun of Gordon and pass
ed:
Resolved, 1st, That two-thirds of the
whole vote of this Convention be required
to make a nomination.
Resolved 2nd, That the basis of repre
sentation in this Convention shall be, that
each county in the District entitled to
two Representatives in the General As
sembly of the State, shall be entitled to
five votes; and that each county entitled
to one Representative shall be entitled to
three votes.
D. S. Printup offered the following res
olution, which, after some little discus
sion, was carried by a vote of 46 to 10:
Resolved, That we have an abiding con
fidence in the patriotism, wisdom and in-
tegrity of the administration of James
Buchanan, and that we hereby unhesita
tingly endorse the same.
The following resolution, offered by
Mr. Shropshire, was also passed with but
few dissenters:
Resolved, That we approve of the nom
ination of Joseph E. Brown, and that we
will give him our cordial support
On motion, the Convention proceeded
to ballot for a candidate to represent the
Fifth Congressional District in the next
Congress.
5th ballot.
1st ballot.
Wright,
Tumlin,
Chastain,
Fielder,
Dabney,
2nd ballot.
Wright,
Tumlin,
Chastain,
Dabney,
3rd ballot.
Wright,
Tumlin,
Chastain,
Dabney,
4th ballot.
Wright, 17i
Tumlin, 25
Chastain, 6
Dabney, 10
13
18J
13J
6
6
161
23
m
6
164
2oi
10
6
14
26
84
10
Wright,
Tumlin,
Chastain,
Dabney,
6th ballot.
Wright, 154
Tumlin, 25}
Chastain, 7
Dabney, 10
7th ballot.
Wright, 14}
Tumlin, 25
Chastain, 8}
Dabney, IP
8th ballot.
Wright, 18
Tumlin, 25}
Chastain, 6
Dabney, 8
formally, by his consent.)
J7th ballot
Wright, 23
Tumlin, 24
Pickett, 6
Scattering, 4
tions can be maintained and protected.-
I shall not be one of those that will sub-
18th ballot.
Wright, 22 : mit to aggression upon our rights ; and
Tumlin, 234 j no matter how wildly the storms of folly
Terhune, 6 ; may j low j ) or how fiercely the lightnings
„ , „ , „ U ^’ , - of fanaticism flash, I shall stand firmly
Here (on motion) all the names before .. , ,
v .. ' ... , ... by the South, my native land,
the Convention were withdrawn, and those ; J ' ...
TT , TT , ’ „ . . Your Fellow-Citizen,
of Messrs. Harden, Underwood, Picket, ! , TT T .
_ . . J w n _ l . JOHN W. H. UNDERWOOD.
Terhune, Pnntup and Wofford, introduc- j m
ed, when the Convention again proceeded
to ballot as follows:
20th ballot.
19th ballot.
Underwood,
Harden,
Pickett,
Wofford,
Printup,
Fain,
Scattering,
10
Underwood,
11
6
Pickett,
16
17
Printup, t
12
3
Chisolm,
64
9
Scattering,
5
An order for the 21st ballot being
made, W. V. Wester announced that oth-
. .. „ . . . . . , . from the pen of the Hon. Henry J. Rav
er duties compelled him to resign his po- r J
1 mond:
The Great Battle of 8olferiBO.
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT FROM HON.
HENRY J. RAYMOND.
Fearfnl Scenes and Incidents.
TERRIBLE FIGHTING AND GREAT
SLAUGHTER
The New York Times gives the follow
ing description of the battle of Solferino
sition as Secretary, whereupon J. B. Rich-
ars was appointed in his stead Secretary
pro tern.
21st ballot.
Underwood,
Ryals,
Printup,
Clayton,
Pickett,
Scattering,
22nd ballot.
Underwood,
Printup,
Milner,
Scattering,
Castiglione, Italy,
Friday night, June 24,1859.
I came from Brescia early this morn
ing, and arrived just in time to witness
the last half of what I have very little
After the 8th ballot E. W. Chastain’s
name was withdrawn.
9th ballot. | 11th ballot.
Tumlin, 22 ;Tumlin, 25
Wright, 194,Wright, 15
Dabney, 12 Dabney, 10
Underwood, 1 jChastain, 6
lOrit ballot. [Terhune, • 1
Tumlin,
Wright,
Dabney,
Chastain,
Terhune,
25 I
12th ballot.
154;Tumlin,
94, Wright,
4 | Dabney,
1 Chastain,
•Scattering,
24
18
8
6
Dr. S. S. Bailey of Chattooga, here mov
ed an adjournment sine die, which motion
was voted down.
loTH BALLOT.
Tumlin, 25
Wright, 15
Dabney, _ 6
Terhune, " 6
Printup,
Harden,
14th ballot.
Tumlin,
Wright,
Dabney,
Taylrr,
3 Printup,
3 IJ. A. Glenn,
22
14
10
4
3
3
After the 14th ballot, Dr. Bailey, of
Chattooga, moved that the names of all
the candidates before the Convention be
withdrawn, to which a substitute was of
fered by Mr. Fain of Gordon, that a com
mittee of one from each county be appoin
ted by the Chair to harmonize the body.
Both the motion and the substitute were
lost, when a motion was made by H. B.
Johnston, of Walker, to adjourn sine die,
which was also lost, and the Convention
again proceeded to ballot with the follow
ing result:
15th ballot. 16th ballot.
Tumlin,
Wright,
Dabney,
Chastain,
Terhune,
23
10
114
6
2}
A motion was here made by Mr. James
Milner of Cass to nominate Mr. Under
wood by acclamation, which was unani
mously carried: whereupon, on motion,
a committee of five was appointed to wait
on Mr. Underwood and inform him of his
nomination, and request his acceptance of
the same in person. The committee re
tired and in a few moments returned with
Mr. U-, who, amid enthusiastic cheering,
ascended to the stand and delivered a
short, eloquent and feeling speech, at the
conclusion of which he accepted thc nom-
nation, expressing his profound gratitude
to the Convention for thc distinguished
honor paid him.
At the concluison of Mr. Underwood's
speech, Mr. Milner offered the following
resolution which was unanimous’;)' adopted:
Resolved, That this Convention pledge
its support to the nominee, Hon. John W.
H. Underwood of Floyd.
The Chair, on motion, appointed thc
following named gentlemeu an Executive
Committee, viz: D. S. Printup, of Floyd i
Jas. Milner of Cass; Jesse A. Glenn of
Whitfield; L. C. Bonner of Polk; and
Warren Moss of Cherokee.
Mr. Printup of Floyd, then offered the
following resolution, which was adopted :
Resolved, That the thanks of the Con
vention be returned to the President and
Vice Presidents for the able manner in
which they have discharged their duties ;
and also to the Secretaries for the faithful
performance of their arduous labors.
doubt will turn out to be the greatest bat
tle the modern world has seen. You will
get the official summary of its results by
telegraph before this letter reaches j r ou,
and be prepared, therefore for this state
ment of its magnitude. I cannot describe
it with any precision as yet—for it has
lasted all day, and extended over a cir
cuit of not less than fifteen miles; thc noise
of the cannon, and even of the musketry, is
still in my ears, and none of those enga
ged in it, except the wounded, have re
turned to give us any distinct and con
nected report. But not less than 450,000
men have been engaged in it; and of these
not less than 30,000—dead or disabled-
lie, on this bright, starry night, on the
bloody field.
COMMENCEMENT OF THE BATTLE AND POSI
TION OF THE contending armies.
Thc battle commenced a little before
5 o’clock in the morning—not far from
sunrise. Just back of Castiglione rises a
high range of hills—which projects a mile
or thereabouts into thc plain, and then
breaks off toward the left into a wide ex
panse of smaller hills, and so into the roll
ing surface which makes that portion of
thc plain. The Austrians had taken po
sition upon these hills, planting cannon
upon those nearest to Castiglione, which
they could approach, as thc French army
was in full force in and around that little
village, and had stationed their immense
! army all over the plain. As nearly as
| we can now learn, the Emperor Francis
j Joseph had collected here not less than
I 225,000 troops, and commanded them in
j person. His evident purpose was to
! make a stand here and risk thc fortunes
On motion, it was resolved that the, , , -
,. ’ . _ of the war upon thc hazards of the day.
proceedings of this Convention be publish- 1 ... , „
r 0 j _ VnnAlonn nrnnintl\r *ir*r*r»r»tf»rI thp Phfl I IfllPR
ed in the North Georgia limes and Dem
ocratic Platform, and other democratic
papers in the District and State be reques
ted to copy.
The Convention on motion, then ad
journed sine die.
VVM. H. LUFFMAN, President.
W.V^Yktm,’ \ Seeretartes -
Napoleon promptly accepted the challenge
and commenced the attack as soon as it
was light this morning, b)' placing can
non upon the hills still nearer to Castigli
one than those held by the Austrians, and
opening fire upon them on the heights be
yond. He took his own stand upon the
highest of these—a steep, sharp backed
ridge which commands a magnificent
view of thc entire circuit of the plain, and
from that point directed the entire move
From the Southerner and Advertiser Extra.
To tie Voters of the 5th Congression- j ments of his army during the early por-
al District. j tion of the day.
Rome, Ga., July 20th, 1859. j the Austrians retreat, pursued by the
The Democratic Party of the oth Con
gressional District through their Repre
sentatives assembled in Convention on
the 6th and 7th instants, having nominated
me as their candidate for Congress, it is
due to you and justice to myself, that a
brief statement of my position should be
made known to prevent misapprehension.
The Democratic creed and principles,
as set forth by the National Democratic
-Convention at Cincinnati in 1856, com
manded the approval of my judgment at
french.
Thc French very soon drove the ene
my out of the posts they held nearest to
the town, and followed them into the small
villages of the plain below.
The first of these was Solferino, where
they had a sharp and protracted engage- j struggle in the morning, but judging from
; lower end of Lake Guarda, and empties
into the Po.
A STORM DURING THE BATTLE.
But the battle continued to rage all ov
er the region northwest of a line connect
ing the towns of Castiglione, Solferino
and Volta. At one point after another a
sharp cannonading would arise and con
tinue for a half or three quarters of an
hour—and after each successive engage
ment of this kind, the result became ap
parent in the retreat of the Austrians,
and the advance of the French forces.
During all the early part ot the day the
sky was clear and the weather hot But
clouds began to gather at about noon, and
at 5 o’clock, while the cannonade was at
its height, a tremenduous thunderstorm
rolled up from the northwest; the wind
came first, sweeping from the parched
streets an enormous cloud of dust, and
was soon followed by a heavy fall of rain,
accompanied by vivid lightning and rap
id explosions of rattling thunder. It last
ed for about an hour, and the cannon-
ading, so far as we could distinguish, was
suspended. Then tho rain ceased, the
clouds blew away, the sun shone out ag
ain and the air was cooled and perfectly de
lightful. Though the cannon may have
ceased for a time to take part in it, the
fight had in the meantime gone on—and
when I again resumed my post of obser
vation, from which the storm had expell
ed me, the cannonading commenced quite
on thc extreme left* of the entire field and
on the very borders of the lake, north
east from Castiglione and west of Peschi-
era.
THE BATTLE AT SUNSET.
The Piedmontese troops under the king,
who commands them in person, had been
posted there and received thc Austrians
as they catne around. From about 7 o’
clock until after night-fall .an incessant
and almost terrible combat was here kept
up. The batteries of the two armies
were apparently about half a mile apart,
and at the outset they were both serv
ed with nearly equal and effective vigor.
But the Austrians gradually slackened
their tire, and several times took up new
positions, while the Sardinians poured in
a rapid and uninterrupted shower cf balls
upon them, suspending inly for a few
minutes at a time, and then renewing it
again with redoubled fury. Thc wind
had now gone down, the air was still, at d
the sound of musketry, as well as of thc
cannon, was distinctly heard, 'ihe fi r
mer was continuous, sharp, andinc-. san‘,
sounding like the constant and irregular
pattering of hail upon a roof, while the
latter was occasionally suspended, but
while it lasted was overwhelmingly grand
and terrible. Over the Sardinian park
rose a dense white cloud of smoke, direct
ly upwards, its sides perfectly upright
and well defined, and spreading outward
both ways at the top like an enormous
sheaf of wheat.
The sun was making a glorious setting
in the West, and as his light gradually
departed, the vivid flashes at each dis
charge of the cannon gleamed through
the smoke, like si arp lightning threugh
the breast of a cloud. .Sometimes only a
single flash would be seen, then two or
three at once, and sometimes half-a-dozcn
would break forth in instant succession.
It was beginning to be dark w hen 1 tumid
to ascend the hill, and all the way down
I still heard the roar of thc cannon and
the clattering of the guns of the infantry.
But thc Austrians were clearly falling
back, and could scarcely have failed to
sustain a total rout. It is possible they
may be in condition to make one more
ment. The Austrians disputed every
inch of ground, and fought here, as they
did throughout the day with the utmost
desperation. They were three times driv
en out of the town before they would stay
the time of their adoption and have re- j out The people of the village, moreover,
ceived my support ever since, and are ! took part against the French, upon whom
now cherished by me as the true princi- j they fired from their windows, and the
my own observation, it certainly is not
probable. They have sustained an over
whelming defeat, and it seems to me not
unlikely that the Emperor may now be in
duced, by the representations of the neu
tral Powers to accept thc peace which Na
poleon will be very likely to tender him.
was taken, but before the result was an
nounced a motion to reconsiderand re
verse the action just taken was made and
prevailed, when the Convention adjourn
ed until 74 o’clock, Thursday morning.
Thursday Morning, )
July 7, 1859. j
The Convention assembled according * rose
to adjournment, and being called to order,
a motion was made by Mr. Trammell, of
Catoosa, to appoint a committee of one
from each county to devise some means
by which a compromise could be effected.
Upon this motion a vote of the counties
was called, which stood, yeas 32—nays
26. The motion prevailing, another mo
tion was "Mihj that each county select its
own Committeeman, which occasioned an
«ninMi«i discussion of a hour or more, in
which Messrs. Milner of Class, Trammell
of Catoosa, Glenn of Whitfield, and Prin
tup of Floyd, participated. Both motions
were finally reconsidered, and the Con
vention proceeded to ballot (But before
which, however, Mr. Fain, of Gordon,
rose for the purpose of maki ng an expla
nation. He stated that the name of Wm.
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Wriiht 7 P les of Go vernmen t to which I have been French were compelled, in self-defence to | Abdnetioa 0 f a HeglO Girl from the
Dabney, 114 ardently attached for many years, sustain- burn the town. When they found it im-, Steamer North Star.
Printup, 84 | ing them in the field of strife, in the par- possible to hold their ground any longer ,. ^ . . , .
_ Scattering, 8 | ty confl^ th ro ' which we have passed, they fell back, slowly and steadily, until j A fewlcss proceeding P
At this point a motion was male to ad- ^ by my Tote at tbe they reached the village of Yosta, which j dock ® n ® arnva A ‘
journ sine die, and a vote of the counties I approve the resolutions adopted by as you will see by the map, lies directly ,f roin ® upenor o y j
the Democratic Gubernatorial Convention southeast from Castiglione, and it is only noon, resulting in the form ea uc ,
in June last, endorsing Mr. Buchanan, and about a mile from Mincio, from which, by a Iot of negroes, o a 7™ n S mu
also the resolutions of the Calhoun Con- however, it is separated by a range of gH who, in company wi <;r sis .
vention, by which I was nominated on the hills. Upon these hills in the rear of the 1 was traveling with her mistress, a soutfo
same subject and the Resolution ratify- town, and overlooking it completely on ern The fa o eir presen
ing the nomination of Gov. Brown. the south and southeast sides, the Austri-first made known by ^me negroes em.
In relation to thc controversy that a ns had planted very formidable batteries, | ployed on the a, a c
arose during the last Congress upon the and when I arrived upon the field and j arrival at the doc , an m a s
recommendation of Mr. Buchanan in fa- went at once to the height where the Em- j a gang o wen y or it y
vor of the admission of Kansas as a State peror had stood at the opening of the en- j who rushed on board the boa t,
into the Union with a Constitution estab- gagement, but which he had left an hour j possession of the cabin, w *
lishing slavery, I concur fully with Mr. before to follow his victorious troops, these • were sitting in company
Buchanan, Senator Green of Missouri, and batteries were blazing away upon the .tress. The gub, '^ in .
the Democrats from Georgia and other French who were stationed in the pbin and seventeen, refused
States who iavored it, and utterly con- below. J tru ers, an ^ tben , tbey we re
demn and stand opposed to tbe course I was too for off to observe with any j ^ P”'* ' . f chose , nd inquir .
pursued by Senator Douglas and his accuracy the successive steps of the j “ rr.'L i{ th „ had anv me ans of se-
North Western friends on that question, tion, but I could distinctly see the troops ^ 0 ^mroort of cour se no
I folly sustain President Buchanan in stationed upon the broad plain, and mov- i curing em P , tothis,
Amen- ^ ^ ^
can commerce, wherever the “Star Span- the artillery was posted as their services | ,J “ V •— e ir ” filKed #nd the eldest
Ido not fully concur with the Prtsi- reached this point they were speedily en- ran attempted to follow, but
it. _ fit -M. An <u>4tAn mV II IteHI mlAtuul Sm 4kn rannlrw mM. 4tw> OfTinGTl. Slid X DC * 1 _ nnt\
dent upon the Tariff question, my views veloped in the smoke eff tbe cannon, and
are those set forth by Mr. Cobb in his re- disappeared from observation. But the
port as Secretary of the Treasury. -I am general result.was soon made evident by
deddedlv in frvor iff administering the the slackening of the Austrian fire, and
tiawno* firm I Hlwrjnn th Ft aecoontabiKtj, \apd than corrpipdhdrng advapceon the perfoffca*!
n . the was caught and dragged doF" stairs a "^
B toly pushed off the boat, followed!*
the whole gang. The ferry bost
lay close alongside; and tbe croW -^ i> . .
oh be*rd e#