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WKPXESPAyT SEPTEMBER 8, 1858, 1
TO A CORRESPONDENT.
J. M. W.„ must send tin bit proper uame before
hie communication can bo inserted. Wo exact thin
DENTISTRY.
Dr‘E. 0. Arnold, of this city, call* our atten
tion ton net of teeth of bin own manufacture, which,
for beauty of workmanship, strength and. durability,
appear* to ue “ hard to beat.” Thin is not in dispar
ageincnt of other* of the same profession. We arc j
pleased to tee the arts tonkins auch rapid atridea in
.Southern Georgia, and think that they -should not,
only receive a word of encouragement, but the more
substantial aid of extensive orders. It is not
to go to the expense and trouble of a journey abroad,
to hate a-aetof-teeth made or tho old onos repaired,
when Dr. Arnold, t)r. Little or I>r. Eaton can do
the work aa well, if not letter, at home. Their ad
vertisement* will bo found in our pajier.
TOT LUHTKIH PALLADIUM
One of the finest and beat conducted weeklies
which we reeeire at our office, come* from Lumpkin,
Stewart county, undhr the above name, published
and edited by Dr. J. C. C lILACKin.'RN. It it a spir
it'd sheet, and its matter besphaks much judgment
In the writing and selection. We are pleased to see
that its able editor proposes to still farther improve
It firom and after the first of January next We
trnst Ills success will be equal to Ilia merits. A
prospectus for 1859 will bo fauud lu another part of
our paper.
HOW TO WRITE TOR A RKWWPAPRR.
Ttie New York Observer ssya: “ When you writo
for a Newspaper, write all your words in full as you
wish them pHnbul. This hos been sold thousand
times, but not one n.au in ten observes the rule.—
All “bur best writers do observe It. In this paper
we printed an article lu which the writer abbreviated
the word government into govt., ami the printers
iiMtde it gout, so that the power of the government
uiodoluto the power of the gout. Dot the let
ter i, Tug CJWSS the letter t hud-try to spell correct
ly:, Jf you cannot comply with these rules, sfter
you have w ritten your article, put it in the fire."—
This is all very good instruction, as far ns it goes,
but It does not go far enough. Do not only dot your
*’* and cross ydur t’s, but w rite every word full and
distinct,particularly names of persons and pluees,
M there aro no means of deriving any information
on that subject from the context. Make your figures
as wen as words plain, when yon have occasion to
ae nny. Write only on one side of tlie paper.
-It these rules were strictly observed, it would
save the printer much trouble, and Insure tho inser
tion of many articles which aro now rejected on ac
count of the trouble they give to decypher them.
LAW.
We understand that a ease Involving points simi
lar to those decided below, came up before the last
Inferior Court of Ttfolimji’ county. The decision
here published Wat,made recently In llihh, mid we
copy the particulars from the of last
week! ‘*•
The Inferior Court, after a session of two days,
adjourned bn Friday Inst. A large amount of busi
ness was disposed of during the session, and in one
case quite a novel question wits decided. W. a
member of a linn which had tailed, was arresfad on
• ea. st, but afterward* discharged bjT consent of
the Plaintiff, with tlm understanding that ho was to
tahe im advantage of the discharge, hat be subject
to • second arrest, mid that the discharge from ar
rest should in no way operate as a discharge of the
debt. C. a member of tjie same firm, and who had
been sued jointly with W. was afterwards arrested
on e. sa. and gave bond returnable to the Inferior
t ’ourt. When the ease was called, C’s counsel mov
ed to enter satisfaction on the judgment, on the
ground that a discharge from arrest of one member
of a firm on C. sn. whs a discharge of the debt as
to him, and a* to all the partners. In Ibis ease the
Sheriff, in making the entry, bad failed to enter
that the discharge wan made without the payraeut
of the debt. The Court, Judge Gresham delivering
the opinion, decided that, when the debt m not
pnid, disebrge from afteit did not satisfy the
debt, but that a discharge of one partner from ar
rest till being sued to judgment, did relievo and dirt
charge all from arrest. The earn* gooH up, wo un
derstand, and we will giro our readers information
as to the final result.
THE DISCUSSION!
I’drnon Brbwnlow and Parsou Payne are making
considerable ado over the discussion they are haviug
fu Philadelphia, on the subject of slavery. We can
tell now how the matter will progress ami end. The
reverend gentlemen will bespatter each other very
phmtifully during the dehate with unchristian and
nngentleuiaiily abuse, and at the clow uohody will
be convinei'd, one way nr tho other, and both sides
wilt claim tho victory. Tho debate, according to
arrangement, commenced yesterday.
UNION or AMERICANS AND BLACK REPUBLI
CANS.
It will bo seen hy an extract which wo nialio from
the Savannah AVws, that the Americans of New
York have gone over, hag aud baggage, to the I Hack
Republicans, and the only question to settle between
tlieui is tho pay, as to how much Hie Americans
are to get of the spoils. It wou'dbe well, we tliirVk, tor
onr neighbor of the I'ntrrprite to discontinue bis
Cptechlstn for Southern Democrats, seeing it cmn
inamls so little attention, ami cotinneaec anew one,
devoted to his distracted and erring brethren of the
North, unless, indeed, bo sympathises with the
Richmond flhig, aud is ready to join them.
A TREATY 0? PEACE
Ha* been ratified bet wren tho power* of Great
Britain and Prance ami the emperor of China. Os
rnurge they mnko John Chinaman pay the expenses
of the w ar. Tho Chinese ports are to lie opened to
the trade of all nations. The Christian religion to bo
tolerated, and diplomatic functionaries admitted.—
The opening ,pf the ports will open an immense
trade to the commerce of Europe am) America.
YELLOW PETER IN NEW~ORLEANS.
The mortality in New Orleans by tho ravages of
Yellow Fever continues ttnabatod, the deaths being
about four hundred per week. It is now said to have
attached the Creole population, an occurrence never
before known. The denths reported on tile ‘id iirst.,
tho last day heard from, were forty-two.
r .W- : - - , - ■ --I
TOM CORWIN.
This gentleman was one of Mr. Fillmore’s Cabi
net Ministers, and was. defended aa one whoso prin
ciples were friendly to the South, while occupying
that post. Now lie is nominated by the lilnok lte
publicaa party of the Seventeenth Congressional
District of Ohio, as a candidate to represent them
in the next Congress. - ,
NEW COTTOnT
The total receipts of new Cotton at Savannah, up
to tho 2d inst. inclusive were 53d bales Uplands
and S bales Sea Island.
THE HAIRS.
Jlie rains have measurably ceased in this section.
There was but one slight shower iu Tbomasville du-1
ring thelast week, which occurred on Saturday |
THOMAS COUNTY. .
Wevvere informed, while in ThomaiviUe a few
days since, that the reason the citizens of that copn
ty had not been more liberal in their subscriptions
to the. stock of the Maiu Trunk Company is, that
they desire, to take contracts for building the road,
and receive a portion of their pny in stock, which
; will be as acceptable to the Company, aud answer
| the value purpose, a* a direct subscription. With
! the exception of a little dissatisfaction about what
they tcrui tho “ ffsggv Lbit, tlioro is great unaiiim
| ity.of sentiment in Thomas on the subject of Rail
roads.- -Uainbriilgt Au'ut.
Certainly tlierc is. Why should H be olborwlse?
We all desire to see the road here, whatever nrtiy
: be the difference of opinion about tlie proper line of
location. This knotty point is about being settled
too, aud wo anticipate rei-y little farther contention
jon tlifT subject. Since tho tipie when tho-Editor of
’ the Argus left, the City Couneil of Tbomasville has
: been in council, and granted the right of way to the
railroad'through one of the principal streets. A
dozen or more lots have also been ottered to the
■ company through Dr. Berevon, whereon to build the
Depot, setae for A valuable consideration, sumo fur a
, song, and some for nothing at all. Jio these mattery
may all he considered already settled. Although
there was uo meeting of tho Hoard of Directors,
the presence of Dr. Berevon amongst us for several
days, has been of much service in harmonizing feel
ing* understanding each ether, and promoting the
general interest of the read. The gentlemanly and
amiable jfoportmout of Dr. Screven while here,
won golden opinions from all sorts of people, and
made a very happy impression in Ids favor. We can
proudly say, our citizens would 1m pleased to see
him repeat his visit* often.. Thoiiiasville is also in
debted to Dr. Holland, the indclatigablo Mayor of
the city, and Ids able Council, for their exertions In
briugiug about this happy consummation of discor
dant materials, so devoutly to be wished. Kail
road mattersoow bear a bright aspect at Tbomasville,
and we hope they may continue to grow brighter
and brighter to the perfect day.
In connection with this matter, wc publish to-day
the proceedings of a portion of tlie citizens of
Lew tides aud Uorricn counties. This wo do n a
matter of course, at tho request of those who at
tomlcd the meeting. Nor can wo find any fault with
the proceedings of that meeting, us they aro in con
sonance w ith our ow n impressions ami what wo
havo already published. And yet we could almost
wish that that meeting hud not boon held. We cor
dially believe that Dr. Screven is sincerely desirous
of carrying out the provision* of the Main Trunk,
charter in full faith and its truo spirit,-and it he
discover* that bis Engineer has boon in error lie will
lose no time in correcting bis mistake. And tho Di
rectors are uot behind us in this belief, lly it alone
can wc account for the spnrce attendance at tho
meeting called in this place. The Directors believe
that Dr. Scrrvcn knows more than themselves
about tho mutter, hare dull confidence in his integ
rity, and are willing to leave the location of the
road to his judgment.
MR. HEHHIOTT’S SUPPLEMENTAL REPOST.
Judge Love left Thoiiiasville on Thursday last
to hold Appling and other Courts in Judge Coni
nan's Circuit. Os course he bad not seen the
F.ntr.rpritr of Saturday, before be left, or the cr/tost
therein contained, from the pen of E. LtTH.RRIoTT,
Chief Engineer of the A. A G. Railroad. Mr. H.
will please possess hit soul in patience until the
Judge’s, return, which will be in about three weeks,
before any reply can lie made to bis communication,
if made then. It appears strange to us, however,
that while Judge Love and Mr. ITeriuott were
in Thotiuunillc together, and w hen the matter in
dispute could easily have been understood by a per
sonal interview between them, not a word was suid
by Mr. 11. on the subject, hut every thing postponed
until Judge Love goes a hundred miles east and
Mr. Hkkkiott gets to the “Engineer’s Camp,”
when ho lots off his fire at long taw. This looks
very little like a desire to heal differences of opinion
and ceaso bickerings, to say tlie least of it, and seems
very illy to set with Mr. JlerhioTT’R modest preten
sions at the commencement of Ids nrtiele. It looks
more liko “ pitching in” for a long light in the new s
pnpers. In the menu time, until Judge Love’s re
turn, Mr. Hehriott can turn over the annexed par
agraph, which we copy Iroiu the last UriiHstruk
Uerethl : “ . g -
“ We can iuform the Wire-Grant llrporter that if
it does not appear in the Engineer's Report alluded
to bv it. that the location of the B. A F. It. R. in a
goou one, it duct appear iu President Screven'-R>
port to the Hoard of the S., A. & <i. Read, about
the year 1854, that ‘ Hiifurluunir.ly tho Hrunswiek
Company occupy with their road the line we would
have preferred,’ or words to that effect. We quote
from memorv, but are confident we do not err in
tho meaning if even the phraseology us the Report.
As tliis acknowledgement was made after the sur
vey by their own Engineer, w hat practical necessi
ty was there to incur the delay ami expense of a re
survey, when it was in their power to adopt the
coveted line I”
To us it appears that this whole matter may be
compressed iu a nutshell, alter all that has been said
about it. Dr. Srrerru, Mr. llerriott, ami Judge
4-ovn were all of opinion at one time, that the old
Hrunswiek line was the best and most eligible for
bringing the Main Trunk to Tiiotuasville. That for
reasons not very clear or clearly manifested, or sal
factory to a large portion of the citizens of Berrien,
Low ndes and this county, Mr llerriott has changed
his opinion, Dr. Screven is now undecided, .and
Judge Love is not convinced hy Mr. llerriott's ar
guments, ami retains the same opinion they all did
some time hack. There is the whole matter. It is.
Dr.-Scroven's province and prerogative to decide,
and we have confidence he w ill do it without fear,
favor, or affection. The issuo with Judge Love is
but a side issue at best, to draw off the public mind
from the main question.
AGRICULTURAL FAIR.
The “ Southern Central Agricultural Fair” w ill
be bold at Atlanta, commencing on Tuesday, the
Iffth October. - . „
“CAPACITY OF THE CABLE.
The-Macon Telegraph of Inst week says—“On
Friday afternoon wo had in Macon, London dates
of the morning, and St. Petersburg (Russia) dates
of Tuesday.
YELLOW FEVER IN NEW YORE. ‘
As we in our last, Yellow Fever is
now acknowledged to have occurred iu New York,
jn the city proper, two carpenters, one Irving in Di
vision Street and the other in Houston street. They
are supposed to have taken it W hile at work on a
ship just arrived from New Orleans. Tho Evening
Post says, another case Is reported in East Broad
way.
THE COTTON CROP.
The Cotton Crop is, without doubtless promising
now, than it was five or six weeks ago. Rust aud
worm have injured it to some extent, everywhere.—
Still it is not yet ruined, or. in most places very se
riously affected, aud from all we can learn the fields
in this section give promise of a fair prop yet.—
There are exception, but they are not general.
HOOPS, ***■-
Here is the cutest thing we hare seen ■yet to re
duce the circumference of ladies’ hoops. All a
“hum “gills. Don’t believe it.. Some old skinflint,
who just wants his girls to wear less cloth:
HOOFS.— The fashionables of Philadelphia no
longer wear hoop* to any exjeut. They are worn so
as to he scarcely perceptible, which gives the ladies
a neat and graceful form. Large Loops are now
cuiy w orn by the under crn.it.
GREAT GOU'XTIEUN MAIL BOttß TO MEW 01-
LEANS AND HAVANA.
The Bceond Assistant Post Master General (says
a late Macon ‘ldtgruph) has addressed a Circular to
lion, U. I’.Trijipe aud others, in, view of tho New
Mail Contracts to be let out next July, inviting, du
ring the recess of Congress, such Suggestions of
new rriutes ui.nl change* in existing routes, ns the
public iuterost and t'ouvenieiieo may require. Wo
beg leave therefore, earnestly to call the attention of
Mr. Trippe to the new route #ir the*great Southern
mail which hn* been warmly recommended in this
paper by prominent citizens of
Georgia aud Florida—through Macon, Albany and
Uainbridge, to Apalachicola, by rivbr Btoauiers, and
thence to New Orleans and to Havana in tri-weekly
or daily steamers. The estimate ol time from Ma
con by this route, 1* us follow s:
Macon to Albany ■?. .... f> hours
to Uainbridge...'.. ....’ 7 “
Uuiuhridgu to Apalachicola .12 •*
Apalachicola to New Uric-ana or Ilnr-
Totol ..... .48 “
The editor of the Telegraph adds—“ It is confi
dently asserted that no other route can be marked
out capable of such despatch as the foregoing ; and
the addition of some ninety miles of railway from
Albany to tho Gulf at White Bluff will place it out
of sight of nil rival routes as u thoroughfare for
mails and passengers to tho West Indies, the Gulf
nod Isthmus ports. Let the attention of the Gov
ernment bo directed to this subject by Mr. Trippe
—-by tho |H'ople along tlie line and by the Railway
Companies interested, with proper otters nml in
ducements as to time and cheap mail transportation.
Tho route once established w ill tlo reafter be its own
best advocate.”
The Editor of tho Tallahassee Senlinrl thinks he
of tho Tilet’rujih is faster than his mail route will
be found to be, und shows hit card, as follows :
New Southern Mail Hot te.—We beg leave
to call attention to nil interesting nrtieflvon this sub
ject copied in another place, from the Macon Tele
graph. As information on account of the iinpor
tiinci) of the public interest to be subserved by a
change of the present Southern mail route, is soliei- j
tod at Washington, we would respectfully suggest |
tlfb following route in connection with the one sug
gested by the Telegraph. The figures of the Tele-j
graph show that the mail can be carried from Ma
con tin ftitinbridge and Apalachicola, to New Or- ;
leans, iu I- hours, and to Havana by the same route j
ill the same time. Tw o objects ure to bo nccom- ;
plisbed by tlie ebaugc of existing routes, —the first
and most important is time, and secondly publ'n in- (
terest aud convenience. Wo therefore suggest ,tlie
route through Macon ri Albany,Thmunsv ille. Mon
ticello and'Bt. Marks, to New Orleans and Havana,
and call the Telegraph’s attention to the following:
Macon to Albany.. 5 hours
Albany toThotiiiisville H -
Thoiiiasville to Monticello 4 “
Moutieello to iSt. Marks J “
Bt. Marks to New Orljgms, and Havana. 28 “
T0ta1...... - ......48 “
lly this route we make the trip in the same num
ber of hours—giving the time gained on land to the
benefit of tho steamers where it will he most need
ed.
The Telegraph is aware of the fact that Monticel
lo and Bt. Marks are now Connected by Kail road,
and tho trip between the two points can be made in
two hours.
And here we may remark, w ith the editor of the
Telegraph, that w hen there are Railroads built from
Albany to Thoiiiasville and from Thomnsvillo to
Moutieello or Tallahassee, as w ill he done sooner or
later, they will (dace this route out of sight of all
routes to the West Indies, the Gulf and Isthmus
ports.
FROST IN AUGUST.
Tho Upper Sandusky Wynmliit /‘iinurr, printed
on the shores of Lake Erie, in the State ot Ohio,
delivers itself thus oft the 2‘th ult.
“ Jack Frost,” with his hoary head and
icy fingers, lias been with us a good deal j
earlier than usual this Benson; lie has made!
two or three rather formidable attacks upon
the corn during this week, but, wc believe, it!
has generally escaped his'cold grasp. Should
these cold nights continue Until tile, ground
becomes partially cooled, tho old fellow will
have an easy victory, unless lie concludes to
leave tlie field pretty soon. ‘The corn in
this community is not at all prepared for so
early a visit from tlie old gctleman.
PRETTY GOOD.
A small trader in Marietta advertises for sale,
two hundred Water Melons, “ free from yellow
fever and cow sickness.”
KNOTTY.’
A w riter in' tho Savannah AVirs proposes the fol
lowing series of questions for solution:
Where do the days commence ? or w here, or at what
meridian does it leave off being one day ami begin
to Is’ another: as, lor instance, where does it change
from Saturday night to Sunday morning ? or, in oth
er words, if it be 10 o’clock, A. M., September*!,
at Savannah,.is it -10 o’clock I*. M„ of September
Ist, or *l, or 3d,“on the opposite side of the globe,
say at Canton 1
We believe the question, At what part doen the
wheel begin to turn l has uot been solved yet.
WHO IS JOE BROWN 1
Is this the gentleman who is doing such wonders
with the State Railroad, making it pay ten, twenty
mo! thirty thousand dollars per month, besides old
debts uml current expenses I Wo are inclined to
the belief that many of tho citizens of Georgia will
find out the gentleman, and not only learn his name
but his business capacity before long.
Wc learn front the Atlanta Intelligencer
of the Ist hist., that the ticasurer of the
State Road, llenj. May Esq., has pnid into
tho Stgto Treasury &35,000 for tho month
of August. Tbi* amount added to previous
payments makes the round sum of 9150,000
paid into the State Treasury within tb.o pait
six months, commencing with jjic Ist of
March lust. A considerable fund has been
reserved to purchase new iron, for such por
tions of tho track as require re-laying on
account of the worn condition of the iron.—
Wc fcmit from authentic sources that tlux
Pond Red is in fine order and condition. For
some time past about 300 hands have been
employed ujton the repairs ami are yet en
gaged In that service. At Chattanooga a
magnificent Passenger Depot is in process
of erection'. The work is being conducted”
hy a civil Engineer and put up by hands in
flic immediate employment of tho Road.—
The expenses of this work nro paid month
ly, ns well ns the wage* of nil laborers em
ployed on the Rond, and all current expen
ses and debts of the Itoad. It is the settled
policy of tho Administration that no new
debts shall accumulate. All tho payments
into tho State Treasury have been made
from tho nett farning of tire Road, and
from no other source.
A large number of counterfeit dimes hAvC, within
n few day s, been put in circulation in Baltimore, cal
culated to deceive, if not elosely noticed. The
words “ouo dime” are considerably larger tbau in
the gouuine, and the numerals'of the date are also
larger. They are dated 1854. The Philadelphia In
quirer also warns its readers against a well-gotten
up gold dollar, of the “ bogus kind,” the result of tho
labors of an ingenious crew of rascally counterfeit
er* iu Massachusetts. Nothing but slroog acid will I
show the deceit. .* ’ |
JUDGE. DOUGLAS AMD THE BLACK REPUBLI
CS’ ‘V M CAMS. ■
As testimony that we were correct in.yiir expo
sure ot the position of Jtfclfffl Dougins, anil liisoppo
nent, Mr. Lincoln, a* touching the Muck Republi
cans, we make the following extract from a Chicago
letter, originally publisluil In the New York Erra
tic Past, copied into the Augusta Conutitutimrnlist
The Republican convention of Juno IG,
after placing a Stn'tc ticket in nomination,
named ns its choice for U. S. Senator to suc
ceed Mr. Douglas, Mr. Lincoln, of Spring
field. This expression met nt once the ap
proval of the Republicans of the State.—
Mr. Lincoln was regarded as tho man for the
place. A native ol Kentucky, where ho be
longed to the class of “moor whites,” ho came
early to Illinois. Popr, unfiiended, unedu
cated, a daily laborer, lie has distanced all
these disadvantages, and In the profession of
law lie has risen steadily to a competence,
and to the position of an intelligent, shrewd
arid well balanced matr. Familiarly known
ns “ Long Abe,” he Is a popular speaker, and
a cautions, thoughtful politician, capablo of
taking a high position ns a statesman and le
gislator. His nomination was proof that the
Republicans of Illinois wore deter mined in
their hostility to Mr. Douglas, and that no
latter day conversion of ( his, however lumin
ous it might appear to some eastern eyes,
could blind them to !|io fact that in him wero
embodied the false aml fatal principles against
which they, wero organized. They had
glßlwn mighty in their opposition to Douglas,
and in his defeat they were certain of nil
enlarged and well established party. Even
Mr. Douglas’ anti-Lccomptouism could not
excuse or palliate his past errors; nor did it
incline them in the least degree to sympa
thise with him. Save in this one respect, he
was, as ever, the firm upholder of Drod Scot
tism, and the constant apologist and defend
er of the federal administration and the mea
sures which it urged upon an unwilling coun
try. The people of Illinois felt certain that 1
| they knew best the sentiment of their State,
and they repudiated the counsels of those j
| who suggested that Douglas was a good |
enough Republican, and that he might be j
> used to break down tho~Domocratic party
! here and in the North-west. The present
(attitude of Mr. Douglas, so entirely consist-
I ent with his antecedents, is good evidence
that the Republicans in Illinois did well to
contemn the time-serving and dangerous sug
gestions that emenated from Washington
and New York, and which had voice in many
influential journals at the East. Mr. Doug
las, in all his speeches, claims to ho a Demo
crat, and demands the support of Democrats
in his nssuuß upon Republicanism. The
“ Little Giant” is changed in no respect; and
as the canvass grows warmer, the breach
widens, and his actual position becomes more,
clearly defined, lie is of other material, al
together, than that which makes Republican
ism. He is still an* out-and-out pro-slavery
man. In one of his recent speeches lie stop
ped to road the despatch announcing Blair’s
defeat in St. Louis, as the overthrow of “ nc
gro equality” and all that sort of stuff that
i forms the staple of Democratic rhetoric.
It is a foregone conclusion, therefore, that
under no circumstances, can the Republicans !
of Illinois show any favor to Mry Douglas.—
In lighting kim they fight Democracy in one I
of its worst forms.
Douglas is working like a lion. Ho is
stumping the State; every where present, and 1
everywhere appealing to his old lieges to j
stand by him. Never did feudal baron fight .
1 more desperately against the common supe
| rinr of himself and his retainers.
Lincoln, too, is actively engaged. His
S senatorial nomination has sent him to the
l field, and he is working with an energy and
zeal which counterbalance the spirit and j
! dogged resolutions of his opponent. Lincoln
!is battling for the, right, and Douglas despe- j
ratcly struggling to. save himself from utter !
political ruin. He is losing strength daily, |
while Lincoln is surely gaining upon him.— 1
You will learn as anew feature, even in wes-!
tern politics, that Mr. Lincoln has a .State
convention nomination for tho Senate, and I
that he is stumping the State for his party, 1
while the legislature to be.elected is to have j
the responsibility of electing a Senator.—
But with this endorsement, no Republican
member of flic State legislature would dare
to bolt the significant expression of the.
Springfield convention. “
Mr. Douglas, on the has no
nomination. Returning lioik he found Mr.
Lincoln prepared, and at once ha mounted
the platform and opened .upon hiui. He is
stumping for himself, and trying to vindicate
his course to the people at large on the one
hand, and to tho Administration scoffers on
the other.
With evidence like this before them, the
Republicans of Illinois are justified in their
hostility to Douglas. His defeat will open
the West and. North-west to them. His sue-,
res* might give perpetuity to the old lease
■ that the ;Democratic party once held of the
new States. Yours, Ac., By It ON.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS.
This Journal conies to us in a quarto size, con
taining eight page* of printed matter and present
ing a very neat appearance. It i* oue of the most
valuable in tho city of New York. To show its
soundness on tho slavery question, wo extract from
its columns a portion of its editorials on the subjoet
of •* ‘Hr, Negro in the South amt elsewhere.” It says:
u The tide of sympathy which was once
felt pretty generally, even nt the South, for
tho negro, as abstractly entitled to freedom,
anil that his condition ns a slave was a hard
ship, begins to be wearing away. The ne
gro of the South’ may lmvc .no greater polit
ical rights or privileges than lielias in Brazil,
(Juba, or bis native Dahomey or Asliantcc,
but ho is physically, morally, and in every
other view, in a far better condition. They
live, they thrive, they grow fat and propa
gate in spite of the frowns of Garrison, Gcr
rit Smith, Theodore Parker and Ward Beech
er. Next to cutting master’s throat, in tho
scale of negro ethics, according to the Gar
risonian Gospel, should ho a darkey cutting
his own or his children’s weasands. At least
he should, like some fiery breeds of animals,
abstain from increasing the stock. This
stern stoicism of Garrison and Abby Kelly
the Southern darkey can not appreciate—
Sambo is no philosopher, Dinah ditto: They
marry and are given in marriage, and do ns
others do, and the consequences tiro seen in
every decennial period iu figures cxtvomcly
nuzzling to the abolitionist lecturers and their
fanatical conventicles. The statistics show
that the slave population of the South is just
what it scorns to be— happiest and most
comfortable race on earth, well fed, in a ge
nial climate, and increasing beyond parallel.”
To kill bedbug*, burn your bedstead and clothing
tm 1 move into another house.
HAILHOAD MEETING.
Agreeably to previous appointment, a portion of
the citizen* of Lowndes and Berrien gountica met
at Huh#n Academy, in Lowndes county, when S. G.
William*, of Ilerricn, wa* called to tho eltair and
J. T. Webb, of Lowndes, requested to act as Secre
tary. On motion Col. E. C. Morgan explained the
object of the meeting, which waa done in .a abort
ami appropriate manner, alter which the following
gcntlcuim were ap|*iinted a committee to report
resolution* expressive of the feelings of the meet
ing: Mm tin Shaw, Ezekiel l'arrisli ami David
Mathis, Knqrs.j of Berrien County, and James
Roundtree and James Folsom, Esqrs., of Lowndes
county.
The'committra retired for a short time to consult,
after which, through tlieir chairman, Martin Slinw,
Esq., reported the follow ing preamble and resolu
tions, which were read und unanimously adopted :
Whereas, tho Board of Directors of tho Atlantic
and Gulf Railroad have located their roml skirtTng
the Florida lino for a distance of-thirty or forty
miles, aini within"twelve to fifteen milesof said line,’
leaving n scope of coimtiy on tho North of said
goad from sixty to one hundred miles ; and w hereas
the General Assembly, in passing tho liberal Art
iiicor]Miratilig said Company and appropriating one
million of dollars to be taken in the stuck of said
Company by the State, had in view-ILodevelopment
of Southern Georgia, and by the Act they were re
quired to select a point for the Western terminus
between Fort Gfttlbs iimlthe junction of the Chat
tahooeliee innLFiiiit Rivers, with a view to a speedy
connection with Pensacola or Mobile, and said road
w us to be held anil termed a Main Trunk, and branch
roads to connect at any time without discrimination;
and whereas the location has been made so as, in a
great measure, to defeat the object of its incorpora
tion, to the injustice and injury of the citizens of
this State.. Be it therefore
Resolved, That we, the citizens of Lowndes and
Berrien counties, assembled ns aforesaid, do most
solemnly protest against the action of the Board of
Directors of the Atlantic nnd Gulf Railroad in the
i location of said road skirting the Florida line, ns
| violative of the Act of incorporation, as it develops,
to a considerable extent, the resources of Florida,
| to the neglect and injustice of the citizens of this
j State, and is intended to answer the purposes of a
| branch mail instead of a Main Trunk.
liPsalretl, That we view The action of the Board
; of Directors in requiring several lines to be run
from a point in J’ieree county to Tlion.asville, as
deceptive, and only, intended to form nil excuse for
running the line so as to connect with Florida nt St.
Marks, and that we are satisfied the Engineer bus
made a false report at the Grand Bay and other pla
ces on line No. ‘J, and have no eoKudeuee iu any part
! of his report, believing it waslntended ns the fniiii
’ dntion for an excuse to iuh down to St. Marks in
Florida, instead of going West with a view to the
conditions set forth in the Act of incorporation.
Repdred, That wo recommend the individual
stockholders, who subscribed under the belief that !
tho road would comply with the Act of Incorpora- !
tion, to withhold the payment, on instalments, until ,
tho Act is complied with, and we also recouSnend (
his Excellency, the Governor, to withhold the;
State's instalment on subscription, until he shall be ‘
satisfied that the Directors have complied with the |
charter in the locution of the road.
And he it further Resolved, That we deem the |
course adopted by the Directors of the Main Trunk j
i Railroad, in locating said road on what is kuowii as j
the Mineral Spring Line, a violation of the spirit
! and-intention of the Legislature which granted the
! charter of said mad and a I mini on the people o( the ,
State of Georgia, from the fact that the State, ill;
her collective capacity, appropriated one milllou of
i dollars for the development of her South-Western
. counties, and a large luiniber dFilie individual stock
holders being North of the old -Brunswick line, (
which line was continually in the mind of the Legis- i
l.lture when granting the charter to said road, and
!in voting the Appropriation. Nmv add to the sub
seription of the State the individual stock North
I of the said Brunswick line and yuiuJiave much the,
largest portion of stock held by’ those who are op
j posed to the present location of the Main Trunk
1 Railroad, for surely the State’s subscription, iu which *
•*, t *
| eveiv-citlzen of Georgia is legitimately interested, 1
■ should he considered opposed to the present leeit
itimi; it therefore being opposed to the interest of
! the State und imposed upon the stockholders by a
j Board of Directors whose individual interest, no
1 doubt, had much to do with said location, we there- ;
, fore feel our conscience clear in using the language {
; above that it is a fraud w hich w e oppose, and will
continue to oppose, to the utmost ot our ability, ami
we call upon tiu’ ettizrns of the State to do likewise, ]
who feel an interest ill the development ot our ow n ;
Territory, w ith our own institutions.
|
After the resolutions were read,they were, on mo
tion, unanimously adopted us the feeling of the meet
ing-
It was then moved and carried that the proceed- j
ings of the meeting be signed by the Chairman and i
Secretary and published iu the Georgia Watchman,’
irfTroupville; Enterprise nnd Reporter, Thonms
villc, and tin: Argus, at Bajiibridge.
The meeting'then adjourned.
S. G. WILLIAMS, Chairman.
J, T. Wkuii, Secretary.
A itgust 18, lirilS. -A,
t *’
Ax I Li. Wind that Blows no Good.—As
the Mississippi river recedes the overflowed lands
show heavy accretions of soil of irregular thick
ness, according to position, the thickest being made
iu eddies, or where the water has been stagnant:—
To many planters this will be a rich compensation
for tho loss of crop* by the overflow. In several ea
ses there are largo additions to tho cultivable soil,
by filling lip of the swamp lands. In one ease the
retiring of the waters lias assured to one planter
a rise of three to live feet from this alluvial sedi
ment, upon his back lands, addipg fifteen hundred
acres of the, best soil to bis plantation. Two,-three
and five hundred Mros arp mentioned as common
accessions from this source.
FLORIDA RAILROAD RESERVES.
The Acting Commissioner of tlie General
Land Office. (Jog. S. Wilson, Esq.,), lias
issued instructions, under date of 10th ult., to
tlie district officers at Tallahassee, Newnans
villo and St. Augustine, Florida, directing
them to restore to preemption the U. S. re
served sections of land-tying within the six
milo limits of the different railroad routes in
their districts. These instructions arc issued
in virtue of tho provisions of tho act of
Congress of 3d March, 1*8.13, which extend
the preemption features of tho of 4th Sep
tember, 1.811, to the class of lands nliovß
described, from the date of the “ definite
location” of tho railroad routes for which
Gorernmcnt'lands have been granted, until
the “final allotment'’ of tho alternate or
railroad sections to the State. The above
lands having been absolutely withdrawn,
however, for more than a year, havo npt,
since tho withdrawal, been subject to pro- 1
ctnplion until the issuing of tbc instructions
above mentioned:
Mississippi Levco Conran tion. .
The Vicksburg Whig learns that the planter* of
tho river enmities of Mississippi - liavo agrood to
meet in convention af Grooyville, VVasliingtou comi
ty, on Mouday, the 11th day of October next, for
cimsidcration of matters connected with the Missis
sippi levtfcf. *
THE FUSION OF THE BLACK REPUBLIC**
AND AMERICANS, NEW YORK *
Conventions of both parties, (he Black
Republicans and Americans of New y ‘.
are to assemble at Syracuse 011 thc Bth inst ’
for the purpose of endeavoring to effect
union of their strength against the National
Democracy. Groat efforts are boifl,, ni .. 1
bv Horace Greeley, of the Rcpubli cnu . 0
hrastus Brooks of the Americans, and other ’
to bring about tlie fusion, without which
they admit they stand no chance of earn
ing the State against the Democrats, ’ft
slavery question seems not to bo at ail-°
the way of thp cordial co-operation of the
two parties; but there are other interests a 1
isms on which their views are not quite
harmonious. Crittenden, ns the favorite cai *
did,ate ol the Americans for President, is
tbc way of Seward, who is unwilli n ,,|’ Vi \'*
endorsing the proscriptive plat form “iff'’ t | le
Americau party, to forego his chances of ob .
taming’ a- portion -of-tbe “-foreign"vote-t
efiie Herald therefore predicts that all nejjo".
tintions at Syracuse for “fusion” between
the Republicans and Americans will fail—
that Weed will take good care of tlie gp*.
cinl interest of Scwrtrd, under the belief that
the Know Nothings may be disponsed with
in November, and that nt best an alliance
witli them will prove to be but the cat in tlie
meal tub. There are, says tho Herald, some
hungry chaps, however, among the Know
Nothing managers, who may he content
with ft treaty of alliance, in which every
thing will bo conceded Ity tho “Americans;’’
but in that event tho original democrats and
“silver grays” of the Order will not be long
in choosing their course of action. They
will nominutc a separate. American ticket, or
go over m masse to tho Democratic
Morning News. -
,NEVER SATISFIED.
Wlmt can the Democratic party do to
satisfy our American friends.#. If we wel
come Judge Dougins hack into our fold, w
arc demoralized and have ho integrity. If
wc unite witli tlie-Administration to cut him
down, we are aiding the Black. Republicans.
• •••*•
It is evident wc cannot satisfy them or get
a word of praise from them. This wc havo
known long since, nnd wc rejoice that it docs
1 not in the least, affect the policy, purity or
integrity of the Democratic party. It will
: continue to command tlie approbation of tho
1 people—it is tlie only onpjhat does not falter.
It stands as Mount Atlas, the storms of pas
sion and the tdmpesUsjf folly thunder nt its
brow, and tlio -waters of Black Republican
ism, Abolitionism and every ism break tlieir
billows at its feet. It towers above tho migh-
— . - .” o
ty corruption—it rises superior and looks
! down upon the ocean of federalism that
’ dashes ngainst it! We are wedded to it, a*
I long as it preserves its principles—wc think
At tho only party tu which patriots can rally
-—the only party that can defeat the enemies
j of the South ami defend the Constitution. —
| Then wo will cling closo to it—we will eni
! brace it, as a lover bis bride, in the bright
j ardor of young possession— Exchange.
CROSSING THEIR LEGS.
Oil) spirited cotemporary, the Yn’loy Spirit,
‘gets off the following : There is said to bu
a man out West who has moved so often,
that whenever his chickens sec a covered
waggon stop before tlie door, they march
out in the road, lie down on tlieir backs be
liind tlie waggon, and cross their legs ready
to bo tied. Our political opponents remind
(us very strongly of those chickens. Their
leaders never let them stay long in one place.
In n few brief years they have been “mov
ed” through Wliiggery, Know Nofhingism,
Black Republicanism, and the Lord knows
what else, and they are “ waiting for tho
waggon of the People’s Party.” When it
, comes along, they will march out, turn over
, on tlieir hacks, cross tlieir legs and let their
leaders tie them and throw them in, to be
driven off nnd dumped out. God knows
where.”
The Baints in Trouble,
j .\ letter fom f T ttri snys :
There is a good deal of fear among tho
j Mormons that they are to have trouble with
, Judge Eckltvs and his Court, whenever it
’ meets, upon the subject of Polygamy; and
; there is little doubt that tho Judge will put
I them to the rack on that question unleßtP'tlio
; President shall have tied hi* hands. A care
ful investigation shows that there is no
! necessity for relying on the old Mexican
i law in-> order to punish Polygamy. The
Territorial Legislature has never passed a
law legalizing Polygamy, but has very
stringent law against adultery, which is pun
ished severely. -As the law fails to define
what adultery is, the common law definition
must prevail; as that recognizes only
one wife for each man—the one to whom he
is first married'—there would scein to be no
difficulty in coming to tho conclusion that
all intercourse with others than her is clearly
adulterous. It certainly would lie well to
have the question testod by the Courts.
The Condition of the Thames.— Such
is the poisoned and filthy stato of the Thames
at London, that tho fish are sickened, and
becomo so helpless that they can he taken
out with tliQ hands. On being placod in
pure water they revive. An officer of health
writes to tho Times that the aspect and o
dor of an open sewer is not so offensive or
unhealthy as the Thames, for the reason that
there is a constant agitation and whipping
rep of its filthy contents by steamboats. lie
proposes that .the traffic between tho bridges
by the steamboats be stopped entirely, and
tlieir proprietors compensated.
The best water iu tlie world for making
London Porter.
When tho fierce winds of adversity blow
over you, and your life's summer lies buried
beneath frost and snow, do not lingoc inactivo
OrTtlrik cowardly down by the way, or turn
aside from your Course for momentary wnrtnfh
and shelter, hut with stout heart and fn'tn
slop, go forward iu Gud’s strength to vanish
trouble nnd to bid ’defiance to disaster. It
there is ever a time to lie ambitious, it is not
when ambition is easy, but when it is hard. —
Fight in darkness, fight whefh you are down,
die hard, and you wont die.at all. That
gelatinous man, whoso bones are not even
muscles, and whose muscles are pulp —that
man is a coward. “'■■ft* •-
%omU'of tho Illinois farmers agree in say
ing that the amount of sugar raised in that
State this year from the Sprgbnin cane, will
exceed in amount —including, of course, the
molasses made in the same proportion —that
of any other one product of aitiele of cxpoit
grown aud manufactured iu tlju State.