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(limfg anfc Snxlind. j COLUMBUS EO KG IA . FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 22, 1853. FOR GOVERNOR: IIERSCHEL V. JOHNSON, OF BALDWIN. FOR CONGRESS : U. DISTRICT JAMES 1,. SEWARD. lid. DISTRICT \. If. COLQUITT. Hid. DISTRICT DAVID J. BAILEY. IVth. DISTRICT W. If. W. DENT. Vth. DISTRICT E. W. CHASTAIN. Democratic Convention ill The Democracy of Muscogee are to hold a coo tui tion in Coiumbus on the first Tuesday in August. In the Halloca district, u meeting was held on the lat Saturday in August, and Messrs. Robert C. Patterson, Henry II Rebeck and Joshua McCook were appoint delegates. We have not heard of any action in any other district. No time ought to be lost in appoiutint ing delegates, the success of our candidates for Gover nor and representative in Cougrtß depends upon the selection of our county candidates. We want good, strong and popular men on our county ticket. There will bo no difficulty in carrying the State if every true Democrat will put his shoulder to the wheel. Pie rcb’s Administration is triumphant in every part of the U nion ; his popularity is a tower of strength to the party, and if prudent selections arc made for minor offices we can carry the State of Georgia triumphantly for the De mocracy. We suggest that meetings be held on Satur day next, in the upper and lower beats of the city, to select delegates to the convention. Democratic Convention. The Democrats of hoth the upper and lower town dis tricts are requested to meet at the Court House on Sat urday next, nt 11 o’clock, for the purpose of selecting delegates to attend the convention iu August, to nomi nate candidates for the Legislature. To the Teachers ot Georgia. On Wednesday, the 10th August, the Teachers■ con vention of Georgia will assemble at Griffin. We in vite the attention of Teachers to the ‘‘Call,” which will bo found in another column. The Canvass in the Second District. The convention which met at Amcricus unanimous ly nominated lion. James Johnson, of this city, as the candidate of the Conservative party for Congress in this district. Mr. Johnson, wc believe, commenced life as Nullifier ; came with Mr. Calhoun into our party • was for a long time an ardent Democrat, and once was or twice run by the party, unsuccessfully, for high office. In the late divisions upon the compromise, he attached himself to the Union party, and was triumphantly elected to Congress upon those issues. He found the pay bet ter in his new associations than with the Democra cy, and has continued to act with the Union organi zation, now composed almost entirely of old Whigs and Federalists. It is true that Mr. Johnson Ims steadi ly adhered to Democratic principles, snd advseated Democratic measures, during his short and uneventful Congressional career, except- upon the issues involved j iu the compromise ; and is, therefore, bound as a con Bistent rnan to give hie support to Pierce's Admin- ! istration, and reject a nomination tendered to him by j his and our oid enemies; hut we have no hope that he will pursue such a course. In the late Press- j dential election, he threw the whole weight of his in fluence against the Democratic candidates, and indif- : fen ntly advocated both Scott sn.l Webster, in j preference to Pierce and Kino. He prefers personal j victory and office with Whigs and Federalists, to a pri- | vale station alongside of the men who advocate, have j advocated ar.d successfully maintained the great and conservative principles of Democracy which ore now I being carried out in all the departments of the Gov- j ernment by the purest and most Republican Presi- j dent that has ever filled the executive chair eiuce the j palmy days of Jefferson. It is idle, nay, preposterous, for Mr. Johnson to profess Democratic principle—he is the tool of tbe Whig party, and allows himself to be used by the Whigs to raise up au opposition party to i the Democracy, which, when triumphant, will again I revive the odious measures which have made the very ; name of Whig a byo-word and a hissing at the South, j We know it is pretended that the Whigs of Georgia have abandoned the Whig party and repudiated Whig princi- ; pies. This pretensiou was made in 1640, but no eooner was Harrison installed in the high office of President, than the Bank of the United States and all the other fea tures of the American system of Mr. Clay, were urged with a perseverance which would have command- I ed success if they had not been met and defeated by i the iron Republicanism of John Tyler. Nor can it ; be disguised that Mr. Fillmore never abandoned n i solitary Whig principle ; and yet he and his Auminis- i tration received the enthusiastic support of these very men who nominated Mr. Johnson, and with whom he I ir co operating in an insane war upon Mr. Pikrcb’s Ad ministration and the Democracy. The fact is, the i Whig party is au opposition party at present; it seeks ! only success, while in this position ; and will use any j man or faction which will aid in overturning the j Administration. Such is Mr. Johnson's position and associations; and the man who votes for him will aid in build- ; ing up the Whig party and overthrowing the De- j mocracy. Another Candidate. John R. Stanford or Sanford, we do not know whi h, as his name is spelt both ways in the Chronicle and Sentinel , is a candidate for Congress in tbe 6th Congressional District in opposition to Hillvrr and Wofford. Who is he, do you ask ? Let him answer, j He says : In the first place, I am a Democrat of the good old John Clark school ot and supported that party until 1835, when • assisted, rs far as my humble abilities and limited influence enabled me, in forming the Uniou Democratic party, and in opposing the then Nullification party, and I I continued to act with the Union Democrats until alterthey made the unexpected acquisition of Colquitt, Cooper, Black and others of like genus, and until they jermitted three newly acquired members to so far control the partv as to nominate, in Democratic Covention, John C. Calhoun tor President, and Mark A. Cooper lor Governor. Two ot the most uncompromising of all the N uliifiers. These men I could not support, and from that time had no piaco m the then so called Democratic ranks, until the incum hus of Nullificati u was throwu from the shoulders of the tr “ Democrats by the formation of the Union party of 1850 and 1951, at which tme, under its banner, cleansed of all impurities, I again did battle with Nullification and Se cession. jy Gen. Joseph Lane has resigned the office of Governor of the Territory of Oregon, having been re nominated by the Democrats as Congressional Delegate, H has already taken the stump Death of Gen. Shorter. The Alabama Journal of yesterday gives the follow ing extract from n private letter from Kufaula : “G< n. R. C. Shorter hoe just passed to that bourne ‘from whence there is no return.* He died suddenly and alone, on Thursday last, the 14th inst., of apoplexy, lie was buried last evening, with every demonatration .of respect, by his friends and neighbors. Eufaula, and . the community generally, have lost in the General’s , death a firm and ardent friend—one who has always 1 been able and willing to lend a helping hand in every i enterprise for the public good,'’ Harnett’* Miueraf Spring. Wo have lately paid a visit to this new watering | place, and take pleasure iu calling public attention to i it. The spring is near Glennviile, Ala., which is one of the wealthiest, most intelligent, refined and hospita ble communities in the Sooth —and is unsurpassed in I the salubrity of its climate and location. Tho invalid will find an agreeable and provident host iu Mr. Bar nett, who presides over tbe hotel in Glennville, and spans no pains to make his boarders comfortable.— , The exercise of riding to the spring, the glancing black ■ eves which greet him on his arrival tlierc, and the min eral qualities of the water will certainly prove highly • exhilarating and effect a rapid cure in constitutions ! which are not too dilapidated to be restored bv ordi nary remedies. Among the resident population, the i most wonderful statements are made as to the efficacy j of the waters in the cure of Dyspepsia. Columbus Hint West Point Kailroud. I ! i The following is an extract from an editorial article i m the 7 imes, of February 20, 1852. It contains views ! which it is all important note for tho people of Col urn j bus to t ake into serious consideration. More Anon. j “On the other hand, the West Point route has been j surveyed by a very able Engineer ; and the grades, and j the amount of ‘grading, embankment, grubbing and clear ■ ing, road crossings, viaduct-• and culverts,’ accurately aa | eerrained ; and his estimate of the rest of nil these—of | ever} thing, except tbe superstructure and iron, is only | $133,175!! nod 7io grade as high ns thirty feet to the , mile. He further says, ‘the ground along the bank of j the river, from West Point to Columbus, is not uufavor | able to the construction of a Railroad—through some j short section* the banks arc rocky and precipitous, but the J roadway may be readily formed by tumbling the detach ed masses of rock, which line the shores,down the cliffs until a sufficient foundation is made, as shown by tbe transverse section ; ( referring to his map and profile of the river.) On the sideling ground the excavation of half the road section, on its upper side, and throwing it to the low er, will form the road bed ; and by keeping the line high er or lower, the proper grade will be, every where obtain | ed, and thereby incurring but a very moderate expense for excavation and embankment. ’ Again :he says, ‘the j curves will boot gentle sweep—never turned in a shorter i radius than two thousand leet.’ Again: he says, ‘its practicability is established by the accompanying plans ! and sections.’ Again :he says, ‘tho grade of the road ! would he such, (as shown by the annexed tabic,) as to j favor the descending, without causing inconvenience to the amount of ascending commerce: the declension i being easy and gradual .’ i “This survey was made by William Nichols, Civil Un ! gineer, at the instance and expense of the State. It was I examined by tbe Legislature, alter its completion, and eo ; highly approved by that body, that resolutions cornplimen { tary of Mr. Nichols w ere passed. He is dead, and his j memory is honored; but ids works on this subject at : leapt, fortunately for our city, did not follow him.’ They ! arc yet on file in Milledgeville, and the Mayor and Coun j cii ought to procure copies of them. YVe have seen j them, tbe map particularly, and know that they are beau. | t-ifulh executed. ‘‘\l p now feci at liberty to say, that after adding to tho j cost of the construction of the Opelika route, the cost of a . bridge across tbe Chattahoochee river, for which no grant, i ®o lar as we have heard, has been secured—the cost of ! da whole construction wi!! equal the cost of the whole | construction of the West Point route. “ Again : The track of tho West Point., route can be I made to correspond with those of the Georgia roads, and : the same cars of freight and passengers can run from ! Chattanooga to Columbus. “YYhen the gap between Nevvnanmul West Point shall : have been filled up, Montgomery will command tho prin • eipai grocery trade, as far as Atlanta at lest, if not to • Tennessee. .For she is equal if not superior to Savannah ias r. grocery market, and much nearer Atlanta. Can we | hope to divide this trade with Montgomery by a Railroad ito Opelika, and that too without a connection ? Will j Montgomery aliow the east end of her Railroad (22 miles) jto be used tor that purpose, and thereby cut off from the j other, and main portion, a large ar.d valuable business? j “But, we are nearer to Atlanta than Montgomery.— ; YVe areas good n grocery market aa she is. ‘With the I W est Point Railroad completed—with a great advantage ; in point of distance in ouii favor—with the unavoidable | tranship at West. Point against her, we should command j all tins grocery trade, and along with it, and as the off j spring of it, a vast amount of trade iu other branches, in ’ addition so large receipts of produce, to nothing of the i travel which so much traffic would induce, i “But the Report under discussion, sava that the YY r eat J Point route will cost over half of a million of dollars. We j think that we have shown, that it would be unreasonable to say that the cost of its construction, would be greater j ‘-han that of the Opelika route. All we ask is, that when . the city of Columbus shall become able to vest one bun* | dred thousand dollars in either, it will first offer it to the j YYTs: Point Railroad company, upon the condition, that j by substantial and bona fide subscriptions, the remainder ; of the sum necessary to complete their Railroad, shall be ; secured, within such reasonable time as it mav prescribe. ! _ “The ad vantage, the incalculable ad vantage,’of connect-- | ing our city, by means cf a Railroad, with the vast amount [ of water power, between it and YY est Point, we have not • paee iu this number of the paper to discuss. If any fu i ture occasion should seem to demand it, we will do’so.— j Nor will we discuss now, the expediency of making in vestments oat of the State, in works of doubtful utility. i YVe will add, that ii we desire to induce our Kufaula | irienos to connect with us by a Railroad, running up the . river, we should tucm the nearest possible route to ! Atlanta end Chattanooga, a route requiring not ranship : went. 1 his we can do, by the adoption of the West Point ; route; thus rendering Lute-fa the terminus of a eontinu ‘ oue road from Chattanooga.” I T7* Gen. A. K. Patton, of Rome, Ga.,hssannoune i ed bimseh us a candidate mr Congress, and pledges | hi nisei; to vote for Jenkins for Governor, and Tripfe tor Judge. YVe believe General Patton was a fire-eater m tr>e laic division of parties iu Georgia, and we are, therefore, at great less to account for this new develope niont on his part. Is he too a disappointed aspirant for a regular nomination 1 | Another Candidate for Governor.— The Tempe \ ranee Recorder flies the name of Hon Robt. A. Ba ker, ol Dallas, as the temperance candidate for Gorer- i nor ot Alabama. The Recorder says, “YY’e have tbe assurance that Mr. Baker will serve if elected’’’ | ‘ CO” Dispatches were received at the State Depart ment, in YY ashington, ou the 7th July, from Hon So lon Borland, which accounts for his silence bv a pro tracted illness whilst traveling. He has now recover ed, and reports himseif ready for instructions. Death of S. A. Godman. — YY’e deeply regret to an- Uounce that Maj. S A. God man, the accomplished edi- , tor of the Illustrated Family Friend, died at the resi dence of E. W. Henry, Eeq., Charlotte county, Vir ginia, on Tuesday last.— South Carolinian. UT Tho Hon. James Johnson has been unanimously re-nominated by the Congressional Contention in Ameri cas, the l ‘rtion candidate for the f?d District, [FOR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL.] Mr. Editor : —Y our neighbor avers that I have been j “employed” by you to “re-daub” a favorable picture drawn j by you of Maj. Colquitt. “Employment” carries with it | the idea of compensation. YY'ell, sir, to make good this ! averment, it is time you were settling with'me —for, certes, 1 j have not yet seen the color of your money, or dreamed of j payment in any shape, for repelling a sneer from the organ , of the “Legion,” against a young man who has smelt pow- j der in his country’s cause. I suspect, sir, that the Editor of i i the “Legion” hardly comprehends political writing as dis- I j connected with pay. YY’riling himself for a fixed yearly j stipend, he is as much a mercenary as the street organist 1 I who grinds you out a dime’s worth of his music. Your | | neighbor, Mr. Editor, is as unfortunate in thin allusion ns !he was to the subject of Maj. Colquitt’s army career. But | he tells us that the “ motive ” that took young Colquitt to j ; .Mexico was the salary of a Paymaster, and insinuates that j ; he ought to have “shouldered his musket” at Buena Vista ! j Indeed ! and how did the Editor dive into tho breast of j Colquitt to find out hia “motives” ? YVhere did he learn the I ; art of scanning the unseen workings of the heart, and the ; secret thoughts of tho mind? I thought it was only the ; Searcher of Hearts tiiat had the right or the power to look . into and pronounce upon the secret movements of the hu- | | man mind. But, by the same rule, Gen. Taylor should I • have “shouldered a musket” at Buena Y’ista, instead of sit- i ting on “old Whitey” and giving his orders. By the same | rule, every man should be a private, and all officers and I I distinctions known to a military organization should have i been abolished. No man deserves credit for being present . on that field, who didn’t “shoulder I:is musket.” What then becomes of tn glory of old Zaek ? YY’ool, Bragg, i O’Brien, Washington, Clay, Jeff. Davis, Marshall and a host of others who led to the victory of that field, iougnt j ! and bled and many of them died in vain—they deserve no I i credit because they were officers and didn’t carry muskets. | I But Gen. Taylor “forgot to mention .Maj. Colquitt’s ser- j : vic*,” sava your neighbor. And pray how many of the | j soldiers who “carried muskets” and who were made to bite i the dust that day, were forgotten to be mentioned by Geu. I J Taylor? First, it isceeentul to distinction to “carry amus- i > ket,” and next, to be mentioned officially by Gen. Taylor. ; j Yet, whole platoons ol* musketeers were mowu down by ! j the Mexican cannon balls that day and were r tot mentioned j ; by Gen. Taylor. Now, the truth is, that the Enquirer is determined that j ! under no conditions and circumstances shall Maj. Colquitt ! | have the meed of applause, always accorded by American j i voters to a rnan who has risked his life in battle for hie | country. And in its haste to state certain conditions atten- I ? (hint on his participation in the battle of Buena Vista, he i I has brought two conditions together which completely de- j | siroy each other, lie must be mentioned in the official \ ! reports —that is one condition. He inurt hate carried a ! musket —that is another. Yet I have shown that had he i j been in the ranks aud curried a musket, he could not have | j been mentioned in the reports. Butin his attempt to whistle this question down the v ind ; j —and waive a disagreeable topic which he has been silly j j enough to start—the editor has entirely forgotten to answer j tny enquiry: what has Mr. James Johnson done to entitle : himself to the applause of the public? Where are his trophies : | of greatness, or goodness, private benevolence or public I ; spirit ? Has he ever said or done any thing in the world to show that Mr. James Johnson was not the principal ob | ject of his thoughts, care and ambition 1 If so, point out the | instance. DEMOCRAT. [TOR TUB TIMES AND SENTINEL.) i Mr. Editor : —As the time is fast approaching when our ! convention will meet to seiect candidates for the Legisla | tnre, allow mo to suggest to the Delegates who will assem | ble, the name of Alex. C. Morton. Judge Morton has ! ever been a firm and consistent Democrat, and is a gcntlo i man of high talents, well qualified to properly represent our | interests. His name has been connected with another and more conspicuous theatre, but I cannot doubt his readiness 1 I to serve his country and party in any sphere to which fie | rnav be called. Judge Morton, although a strong Union : i Democrat, and separated from many of us upon ihat issue, j ! was an early and zealous advocate for the re-organization j j of the party, and contributed greatly to that end by his I I warm support of tho original ticket fur electors, firmly j ; taking issue with many of our Union brethren upon that i | point. Hio selection as a candidate, apart from its proprie* ! ! ty, would tend greatly to silence the calumny that Union j i Democrats are not viewed with respect and confidence i by the party. A SOUTHERN RIGHTS DEMOCRAT, j Muscogee co., Ga., July 17,1803. I. FOR THE TlilLS ANO SENTINEL.) Tbe outlines of Jtaiiroad subjects m \nt shell. It tae city oi Columbus wiii subscribe her stock in the | Muscogee Railroad to the Columbus and Y\ f est Point Rail road, and add £IOO,OOO in her bonds, and give Major How- I aro the control ot it, he can procure additional subscrip ! tions enough in a month or two to complete and equip the i road by trie first of October of next year, and thus, by that : time, double the trade of the city. What candid and fair j mind, fully informed on the subject, will deny this l The road to Union Springs may be completed by the j same time with the aid of one hundred thousand dollars ad * ditional subscription on tho part of the city. This will make her subscription to each, the same in amount. This would be just; for each is in an equal degree important to j us, and r.o discrimination should be submitted to. Let it i be borne in mind, that tho profits ofthe trade which the Columbus and YVest Point Road would be the means of! ; bringing to ns in one season, would be nearly, if not quite i ; sufficient, to balance the whole ofthe proposed subscription 1 jof the city. ARGUS. ! : ~ ‘ i j Arrival of Dr. Ackilii. —Among the passengers nr- \ : rived at NVw York a few days since, from Liverpool, j in tho packet ship Devonshire, is the Rev. Dr. Aohilli, j with his wife, child find servant. This is the same j Aohilli whose legal controversy with the Rev. Dr. New- ! man excited bo much interest in the religious community. I Royal Marriage. —Tho Princess Carola Wasa, who was said at one time to be affianced to Louis Napoleon, ) was united in marriage, on Saturday June 18, to Prince j ! Albert of Saxony, in the Cathedral of Dresden, Both the Cholera and Yellow Fever prevail cx | tensively at Vera Cruz. The former exists likewise j at Jaiaps, but thus far has confined its ravages to the j poorer classes. ID’ Two blocks of Vermont Marble, weighing one • ton each, have been ordered from Rome, for the pnr- j pose ot making a bust. The order is from an Italian | artist. Col.Culyer YV. Young, ot 1 Haleyondale, Scriven ; count}’, Ga , announces himself ae a candidate for Con- ! gress in the Bth District. IT A fancy ball will be given at Madisop Springe.; between the 15thand 20thof August. Speech of President Pierce nt New York. In reply to the address of welcome delivered at Castle Garden, on Thursday the President said: “I thank you for the kind and patriotic expres sions with which you have received me. Tortile first time I address, within their own borders, the ■ citizens of the Empire City, now beyond aileontro- j versy, the commercial metropolis of our blessed : Union. The rapidity,sir, with which New York has arisen to so commanding a position as one of i the most important cities upon the gtobe, has no; parallel in history. Already the enterprise of your | merchants, the genius of your ship-builders, the darmg spirit of your vast trading marine, are be-j ginning to make you first in the markers oi the ■ world. Here, my countrymen — here in New York —will the ledger of commerce keep the accounts of the nations of the earth. “Near the; spot on which we stand there are j striking points which mark the amazing rapidity of) vour growth as a city. On the opposite side of Bowling Green, if I am not mistaken, stands one | of the compar. lively few edifi es erected pr ; or to j 1770. It is, I believe, the only one remaining origin- ! ally built ot German brick. Lisa reverend relic ! of a past age. How surprised, possibly, even the - young men of the present day would be it they j were fully to realise that six years alter io* erection I the waters of the North river flowed almost toils, foundations ; and that, Jar north of where three ; great parallel streets now teem with activity and en terprise, waa the landing of boats upon that then fieoand nncircumscribed river. How difficult iti-.at this period, to realize that the limits or the city at j that date extended not beyond Murray street, and that there were even within that boundary many . vacant lots, and that the population hardly exceeded , twenty thousand. Shall wc pe<? kof the futur- ! I How eau we, when we revert, to the calculations j of really wise men of the past, who, if I am not mis- ; informed, built the north wall of the City Hall of j brick, because, as it was to be presented alone to the unsettled district, the exterior aspect on that, side j was of slight consequence ! “How far it is at this moment south of thecentre of population, wealth, and enterprise! In 1826 your city hardly exceeded 149,000 ; now you number : more than half a million of souls. In that year I remember to have heard my father, on his return: from New York, after his first visit here, subse quent to the close- of the Revolution, express bis; amazement at the growth and the change of the j city. Still, at that time, Brooklyn, which now- uum- j hers more titan one hundred thousand souls, was : comparatively a village, and riding on horseback I with old General M reton, he found standing a portion of the building on Brooklyn Heights on which he had run up the American ensign upon the ; evacuation of the city in l7S‘h F“rom the first date I have named, 1770, to this ! hour, the history of the city has been the history of patriotic devotion to popular rights and popular lib- i ertv. That for a lime during the revolutionary struggle another ensign than ours floated here is no j cause of mortification ; it was the fortune of war ; ! and, in our weak and embarrassed condition, una voidable. But the sun ofthe 25th November, 1783, I rose here for the last time upon the rule of a for eign power, and the anniversary of that day is re membered by your'sons of liberty* with the same patriotic feeling tiiat the great national anniversary ; nt July 4th is regarded by the people of our common country. How are you, men of New Yoik, to show your gratitude for the past ? How aie you to make the mod of the present? How are you to secure all the noble promise of your future ? j “You will keep high your standard of Intelligen ce and morals, because ail apparent advancement will prove fallacious, and weakness will bo substi tuted for strength, whenever, as a people, we cease, with reverence end humble dependence to look to the Source cf all power and wisdom. You will educate your children in the belief and conviction that you have neither power nor perseverance nor security, nor liberty, except as you cons ituto one of tho members of this vast and now universally respected confederacy. You will foster everywhere the living action, efficient sentiment, that under the Providence of God these great blessings may only bo enjoyed under the present Constitution. ‘ You remember yourselves, and remind others that wise men framed that Constitution ; men who knew that independence cost, because in their own suffer ing andLi the privations and trials of their families and friends they had paid a part of that expense. “The great problem of the formation ofthe Union called not only ‘or ail the wisdom, but lor ali the patriotic conception of the wisest body of men the world had ever yet seen in council. If there are those at the present day, who having never made for their < ountry the sacrifice you have of ease, ad >!lar of income, or one moment of personal danger, would break up the foundation on which we have so pros perously and securely stuod. tho basis of our happi ness at home and our respect abroad, the only sure pledge of ali that we expect for those who are to come afterjis, it is to be hoped,thnt they are few in : number, and their sphere of influence limited. If there are provisions in the Constitution of yout country not consistent with your views of principle or expediency, remember, that m tie* nature of things that instrument could only have had its origin in compromise; and remember, too, that you wiii he faithless to honor and common honesty if you con sent to enjoy the privileges it confers, and seek to avoid, if any, the burdens it imposes. j “Xi canriot he accepted in parts; it is a whole or ; nothing; and as a whole, with all tm* rights it se cures and the duties it requires, it is to he saeroui v i liiaintained. I accept these honors, as your servant, j with a thankful heart; but I hear with me, a? the | same tune, a proud consciousness, that by vour iVet i and unsought choice I aui also vonr representative’ i charged wit it the care of your interests and vour ■ honor. I hope to he encouraged and strengthened in all my est rls to promote the one, and preserve ; unsullied the other, by such countenance and sup -1 port oi your *art as a fearless and faithful exer- I cist* of the functions commuted to me may merit. “Mr. Mayor, this Empire City and this Empire j State are the living exemp'.dicatious of the laiis- . i manic word adapted as your motto, lias it never j occurred to you. sir, that the hand which has in ! scribed‘Excelsior’ upon y< in* con? x-f arms must : have been guided by a prophet’s vision ■ Th.s i spectacle t=. aches ail of us ■ tillable and Cgniri- I cant les.-on. M>y God, in His wisdom, make you ; sensible ol the blessings conferred noon you. and i : during my term of oliice may He strengthen me j j in ffiy siiicore and anxious purpose to aid you in all j j your honorable and patriot c entei prises. For who i can estimate the events of the {future 1 * Who shall say to your great characteristic, and to i the spirit of nur whole country, ‘thusinr shaft thou go and no farther ?’ A- you advance in your ma jestic career, new duties and new responsibilities are ; imposed, and as your conquering example manifests | i itself on all hands, new conceptions ofstiil further | triumphs will arouse and stimulate your exertions. ; i “The Old World caught the instiraiion from the New. Nations closed to civili/adon for hundreds j j of years arouse from the sleep ot ages, and stretch 1 i out their hands to the inquiring spirit which is con- j : stantly gatiiering in strength for victories overtime S j and space on these shores. Who will s* t limits to : : your just ambition when the Atlantic is bridged i with steamers to the shores of Europe, and united i to the Pacific by the great thoroughfare that will j eventually biud these States together as with hooks ♦ of steel ! j And, sir, w ith ail these advantages—with all j these privileges—with all these benedts of the pre ; sent, and these anticipations of the future—and, let me eay, with all the invocations of p how can wo fail to welcome those w * us from the grey old nations ot Europe ? ] C ° n 1 come ! There is room enough f, r 1 hearts and in the homes of ihu Atiiefi,- ‘ !Q ‘ !l I aud there is work and food enough r y I moment they enter into the brotherhood (l s l ’ 1 freemen they cease tube Citizens of other and they bear their share of the bunions V n,r ’ I their share of the blessings common io a i; I happy Union. ’ “It is this great truth that invokes us schismatic organizations not strict v Anicffi ‘* ’ I that destroys the Claim that- ours is a nap, - ‘ lll I ernedbv men of one race alone. No ‘ v ■ men can boast that to them alone is hutuai n N debted for sm h a country as this. It is the ins - 1 all nations into one that has given to ustl u . - . j we now occupy, and that has crowned ou r r . I prises with success. Your own experience ; 1 proof of this. All races have contributed i|, population that now crow’ds youi ships, bui!;. 9 cities, sits in your councils and educates y oUr ' ( j dren. The hardy sons of New England J. 9 descendants of your own pioneers mingle v ifi; mm tide that flows in from other nations until all .B acteristics disappear before the progressive courageous spirit that animates the citizens o f, I own country and protects our free institution . \ § now, my fellow-countrymen, once more I thunk I for this brilliant and extraordinary reception, ; .'i fl bute which von pay to the Government of v fl choice and affection, and to our heaven-lav I Union, in the person of your representative in i fl Presidential chnir.” Tho President was frequently interrupted \. ■ the plaudits of the audience, and at times, purl i lariy when he referred to the commerce of V.p York, the cheers were almost dealening. As soon as the speech was over the party attempted to leave ; but the crowd culled- ~ ‘•t;hemntly for Jefferson Davis, that, to quiet tuff he was compelled to present himself, ami brief addressed the assemblage. To the Teachers of Georgia. Believing that a State Teachers’ Asaociatioiji would be a means of great good, by awakeninei deeper interest in the of education: by ;• | moling a greater degree of system and effiou.rf among teachers, and a better appreciation of tit professional labors among the people generally,ar, by affording to those engaged in this important w the means of mutual counsel, instruction andc couragement ; the undersigned do cordially solid their fellow Teaches of every grade throughout In- State, to meet ir the city of Griffin, on Wednesds the 10th day of August next, at 10 o’clock, A. ii for iho purpose of discussing this whole subject,an of adopting such measures as may be deemi best for the promotion of so desirable an uljtci E. H. Myers, of Macon. J. Darby, of Culloden. Milton E. Bact n, of LaGrange. 3*. F. Montgomery, “ J. T. Montgomery, “ H. B. T. Montgomery, “ G. J. Orr,of Oxford. H. E. Morrow, Martin, mid others, of Griffin. J. H. Echols, of Madison. Barnard Mallon, of Savannah. S. G. Bragg, of Montpelier. J. Y. Alexander, of Nevvnan. J. C. Patterson, of Gwinnett Institute. R. S. Scruggs, of Burke county. A. L. O’Brien, of Cutiffiert. .T. B. Huff) of Harris county. M. M.Heith ot Pike countv. J J. Groves, of Talbott on. \V, G Johnson, of Muscogee county. Charles A. J. Marsh, “ W. (\ P. Cleghorn, of West Point. J. C. Ferrell, “ J'. B Slade, ot Columbus. C. YY. Chapman, “ W.F. Pi ne, James J. Slade, “ C. P. Benian. Mount Zion. Wesleyan Female College. The Commencement Exercises of this flourish ;:J Institution o{ learning, lave been celt brat* and during j the past week with the usual pleasant and appro fl priate ceremonies. We regret that our other en-1 gagementß denied us the jileasure and a constat I attendance, the exercises \\ hich we did witness ot I ly convinced us that we sbctild have great’v enj* ed them all. We learn from those more fortunattl than ourselves, that the condition of tbe Col*a lege, and the proficiency cf the student-a' ? | highly encouraging to the friends iff tlx- listitut 1 v <5 # ‘ . as they are also a cor vine tig illustration ot the * ergv, the talent, and the faithfulness of the Faculty The .Exercises closed on Thursday, with I>;’ 1 > ; ’ f reading o! Composithms, and an address from JtJ# Johnson. This address, which it was onr go< •; hj P tune to hear, elicited general commendation. 1 was sensible, practical and appropr ate, addressee | rather to the understanding than to the imagiuat.e • though enlivened by occasional passages of go ■ ; beauty. After a comp'ehenstve considerfitici! ! tiio interesiiig sulj ct of Female Education, die | orator concluded with an eloquent apostrophe t"jl ,e Bible, jthat great book to whose inspired , the genius ot Locke, the knowledge or Bocon, the intelligence oft Newton is as nothing in cemj erm. 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