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THE WIRE-GRASS REPORTER.
WEN . 1-OVt A WIUIAM CUHt, EDITORS.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBEB S, IS#D. ‘
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Declarations in Aasmnpsit. j
We bm just printed perhaps {
■I “3” *tke ifitnl and mot beautiful form of (
Declaration iu Aasempait that baa ever made its ap
pearance la TbooawvlUe or any where else. It i a
treat for an Attorney to fill one oat. Call and tee
them A yeaeral aaaurtmeut of other Lew Dianka
•hraya ae hand.
Wa kart ab}uat added eooaiderably to ouy atock
•f Job Type, and are now prepared to do all manner
•f hand-bilb, pamphlet*, Ac., in the neateit atyle
and at Me ahorteot notice.
Both the editors <ff the Wlre-
Ka^*® l Oraaa Reporter, are at this time absent
Docs Thomatrille on profemltmnl bustnasa. Ar
thur P. W'RUJHT, Esq., baa kindly couaentwd to
occupy the editorial chair for two or three weeks
until our return.
MOU NATURAL cuxiootixs.
Mr. Thomas 1L Chastain, of this county,
abut to our office one curiosity in the shape
es two distinct branches upon one stock oi
corn, nod a full well matured ear on each
branch. The crotch commences about the
middle of the stock.
The other is called a sweet potato vine,
hut looks Ike an Indian wampum belt. We
know very little of such things ourself. It
is said they are not uncommon, but this is of
unusual width.
THE MAILS
A subscriber writes us from House Creek,
Wilsox county, to discontinue his pnper, as
he does not receive it until about three weeks
after publication. At the same time express
es bia regret that be had to discontinue.
We suppose it is useless to say any thing
about the irregularity of tlio mails, but will
wait patiently, like the immortal Micawber,
hoping that something will soon turn up for
•qr benefit.
ELECTION RETURNS.
„-s We thought wo gavo full returns in enr
Test of the members elect to the Legislature
of Georgia for new counties, and in place of
those felling into new counties by their lato
We find wo aro
We emitted the following:
Damon— For Senate. John B. Graham;
for the Honse, James L. Heard.
Rabun —For Senate, John Q. Adams.
White— For Senate, £. I*. Williams; for
House, James West, Jr.
comritmoN op com.
John Cobb, Jr., who was chsrged as ono
of the murderers of old Mr. Landrum, near
Atlanta, and for which crime Crockett suf
fered the penalty of death about four months
ago, was tried at Atlanta last week, and
found guilty. Unless bo obtains anew tri
al, which is not probable, be will also be sen
tenced to the gibbet, Jones, another of the
party, still remains to bo tried, which it is
■apposed will take place during the present
sitting of the Court.
THE MAIN TBUMX CONTROVERSY
So much has been said upon this subject
by gentlemen who stand high in the commu
nity as Editors and writers, that we approach
this subject with a great deal of delicacy.
But fearless of what others may say in
regard to our opinions, we will give them to
rested for what they are worth.
In the first place we propose a compro
mise. Tho adherents of the Brunswick line
say that the road, as now located, runs too
low down, thereby depriving them of rights
which they claim by preemption.
The advocates of the lower line say that
She Brunswick line U too high up, nnd you
drive your Georgia friends to sock on outlet
for tbeir products at Fcrnandina, Florida.
Ottr proposition to the Directory is this—
mb tbe road on the old Brunswick survey
until it reaches Mill Towu iu Berrien coun
ty, divergo s little South aud run the road
just above or boiow Troupvilhe, as will bo
most practicable.
By pursuing the above policy what do the
Directors accomplish t It is this, they will
have two fine counties with flourishing coun
ty sites ss feeders.
They will accomojodato tho whole coun
try, placing both parties about cqui-distaut
from tb Railroad.
And wehoncstly believe that all dissen
sion by the proposed route will be healed. —
Bui it will he said that it costs more than
the other linos. To. bavo the whole country
move forward and put their shoulders to- the
wheel and build, the road without delay.—
Fifty thousand dollars extra cost is no more
than five dollars in a horse swap, when tho
advantage# which will bo reaped are placed
in the scale.
THE ENTERPRISE —THE MAYOR—BRAVE YARD
saoboad depot.
One would think, from our caption, that
wo wera going to write a long cditoiinl. Far
from it. But as much as wo hate to interfere
with other pooplea “ concerns,” we cannot
helpfrosn expressing the opinion that our
friend of the Euterpriso in his last issue, on
the facts of the Depot controversy, lifts some
•ne clear ont of their boots.
We ask the Council to settle this matter
as it onght to be. Leave the question to
the people of the town. If their acts are
approved by a majority of the people, and
they think that the Depot ought to be at tbc
grave yard, they ought to feel satisfied. If
the majority are against it, it is their duty to’
bow to the will of the majority. If they
are obstinate, however, and as wo are anti
grave yard, all of our sympathies are with
Lucius, and “Wo say lay on Mac Duff.”
GEORGIA—HER FUILIC MEN—KIR PRESENT
AND HEX IUTURE,
Georgia occupies st present an important
position hi the Union. Her commerce, her ag
ricultural and industrial resources, her exten
sive system of internal communication, the
intelligence and enterprise of her people
give her • commanding position among the
sisterhood of States. Geographically she
lies nearly midway between Mason & Dix
on's line, and the great valley of the Missis
sippi, end may be said without any invidious
comparison to bo the heart of the Southern
States. Site stands as the conservative poli
tical centre of the Union, and the uucieusof
Southern independence, should Northern fa
naticism ever in the madness of s morbid ex
citability take control of the Federal Govern
ment, with their hatred to the South—tbe
■ole political aliment upon, which they feed,
being hostility to the institution of slavery.
Looking at our political relations towards
tbe Federal Government, much depends up
on our public men, and the confidence re-
posed in them, by their constituency. The
reputatiqn of our statesmeu is the property
of tho State, and should bo zealously guar
ded mod protected from all unjust assaults
from every quarter while they should be held
to a strict accountability for the maintenance
of correct principles, and an unwaivoring de
votion to our peculiar institution. Iu the
contest for and development of grent princi
ples, it necessarily requires a judicious com
bination of every element of strength, which
is needful to a practical assertion of those
principles. It is useless to talk about princi
ples in the absence of power to carry them
into effect. The South is in the minority,
and without some sustaining ally will be un
able to maintain her rights in the Govern
ment. The ceaseless war waged against us
by tho New England States, have long since
satisfied the South that sboelil they acquire
the ascendency that the Southern States
could no longer remain in the Union without
dishonor and disgrace. Our only hopothen, for
the preservation of the Union, is a political
alliance and affinity with the great North
West, should the teeming millions that dwell
in this vast empire amongst its mighty rivers,
and upon its illimitable plains and pararies,
in its fertile vallies, and its wide spread prae
ries desert ns, the knefl of the Union will bo
sounded, and tho Sooth will have to device
other means for her future security.
Doubtless, Toombs and Stephens have
been hopefulty looking to this alliance as the
means of securing to ui* our constitutional
rights in this Government, and preserving tho
Union of these States, trusting to a gallant
minority in the New England States to pre
vent tho hostilo army of abolitionists from
marching down against the Sonth, uncheck
ed and unrestrained. The South in common
with them, have boon looking to Douglas as
the great Western Statesman, who would no
bly battle against the enemies of the consti
tution and the South, and who never waver
ed until tbe last Congress, and then upon the
question of the submission of the Lecompton
Constitution to tho people oi Kansas. Upon
this issue, Mr. Buchanan's administration,
sustained by Toombs and Stephens, and the
entire democratic party at the South, with
several bold democratic spirits of the North,
took position in favor of the admission of
Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution,
upon the true ground that the convention
which frames a constitution alone can deter
mine tho mode nud manner oi its submission
to the people for ratification, or whether it
should be submitted at all. No one opposed
the right, or questioned the propriety of the
submission of a constitution to the people for
ratifkation, should a convention of the peo
ple so determine. Tbe democratic party and
the Sonth in sustaining the administration
took the ground that congress had no right
to intervene and dictate to the people as to
the manner in which their constitution should
be adopted, or as to its matter so that it was
Republican in form. Messrs. Douglas, Crit
tenden and Bell insisted that tbe Lecompton
Constitution should be submitted to the peo
ple of Kansas, and acted upon this issue with
the Black Republican party, and defeated tho
admission of Kansas into the Union. Hero
are two Southern Senators side by side with
Mr. Douglas. If Mr. Douglas has became
an ally of tho Black Republicans, so has
Crittenden and Bell.
But tboy say it was not opposition to sla
very that controlled their action. If we be
lieve one, why not believe them all t The
future must determine the sincerity of oach
and all of them. If we tolerate one, wc
must all, and put them upon probation.—
This we suppose is the position of Toombs
and Stephens, and wo doubt not, the whole
South. The South unquestionably disap
proves of the conduct of tlieso three Sena
tors, while she may reluctantly condemn
them. We believe that Mr. Buchanan iw.
right, and that Georgia should bo proud that
llowoll Cobb, her own distinguished son,
has stood nobly by the constitution and main
tained tho honor, lights and equality of the
Southern States. The administration stands
firm upon its principles. If Mr. Douglas
makes war npon them ho is their enemy and
tlip enemy (it tho South. The approaching
session of Congress will doubtless develop
Mr. Douglas’ policy. If be be against ns,
Toombs and Stephens must be against him.
They cannot, will not, court the West at the
expense of principle. That they desire to
secure the strength of the West, we have no
‘doubt. It is a commendable feeling. But
they will never betray tlie South to do it.—
Let us not denounce our public servants has
tily. Let us make no issues about past po
litical associations, whother we. hare been
Whigs or Democrats. Let us stand upon \
tbe great principles which honorably brought
us together to meet the common enemies of
tho country. Thousands of good and true!
men of the American party are joining our’
ranks, and we are glad of it. The contest
of 1800 will soon be upon ns—let us not bo
dismayed—let ns have one more trial of our {
friends at the North. Black Republicanism
has achieved but a temporary triumph, nnd ,
will probably control the House ofßepre-i
sentatives in the 30th Congress. Ilow impor-i
tant then that tho next President be elected
by the people. If the people should fail to
do this, tho House of Representatives will
make the election. What would become of
the South in this event ? She would be
sliorne.of her strength, and subjugated to
Northern freesoilisiu. Why tbeu, may we
not ask, is it that some of the public jour
nals, evon in Georgia, aro exulting over the
recent defeat of tho Democratic prty i in the
North ? Do they desire the next Presiden
tial election to he made by a Black Repub
lican Honse of Representatives? Surely
not. It would be uncharitable iu us to say
so Again, why do they oppose n Nation
al Couveution to nominate a candidate. . If
this is not done will not an election by the
people be defeated ? If these things he
true, may we not bo excused for calling upon
the opposition journals to ccaso their efforts
to engonder strife at tho South ? Let us bo
one people—let us be ready for coming emer
gencies—let us stand by the Democratic par
ty as the last hope of the country. If it
should fall, with a united South, we can vin
dicate our honor, though it bo outsido of the
Union.
IS THERE AN OPPOSITION PARTY 1
j We have been interesting ourselves for
seme weeks, in tho agreeablo pastime of
hunting for a satisfactory solution to the
above question. As there is no safer crite
rion to judge a party by than its press, we
have taken tho sentiments of what arc term
ed the leading “American” papers in Geor
gia, and after a close comparison of their res
pective opinions, we are forced to tho conclu
sion, that there is no organized opposition to
tho Democratic l’arty in this State. We do
not mean to say that there are no papers, or
politicians, in this State, who do not hate
the Democratic Party, and desire to witness
its overthrow ;by no means. Wo mean to
say. that there is no concerted or united ef
fort against tho policy or principles of the
Democratic Party. One newspaper rakes
Forney’s stories, nnd nnotber prates of Doug
las and “Squatter Sovereignty.” The Sa
vannah Republican praises Mr. Buchanan's
Administration, while other lesser lights of
-the party, abuse it. Yet thero-is no.point of
attack, at which to congregate the forces of
the opposition—nnd consequently, ah attack’
from such an enemy, is not much to he ex
pected or feared.
Tho opposition aro waiting for something
to turn tip. They arc lying about loose,
watching for some aquahblo in the Demo
cratic ranks, that will afford them a ’nucleus,
around which to collect their scattered forces.
Oho day they abuse the Administration I>e
mocracy like blazes, and the next, pat them
on the back, and say, “seize the Douglas
dogs, and throttle ‘cm, mi boys.” They
don’t-care to help either side, only just enough
to keep the parties fighting, nnd the fun pro
gressing. Well, we have no objection to all
this. We don't mind giving the K. N.’s a
little amusement at our expense—they have
little fun and less fodder, totkoep their spirits
U p—\vhy not let them laugh a little at our
expense?
Asa Party, there is no Opposition in
Georgia. Upon State, as well as National
questions, the opposition arc dumb as oysters :
for tho reason that there is no good ground of
opposition, cither to our State or Federal Ad
ministration. The people of Georgia never
saw the day, when they had a President and
a Governor better suited to their notions.—
There is scarcely a btcath of opposition to
our popular Govornor. “Who is Joe Brown?”
is never heard at this day. Everybody has
heard of him, and his Administration is every
where npproved, save by a small clique of
disappointed office hunters, and Bank officors
and their satellites. An organized effort to
defeat “Joe Brown” would ho as poworloss
nnd profitless as a “pocket pistol to storm
Gibraltar.” 110 is the representative of the
people, and the guardian of their rights and
interests;land so well has lie discharged the
trust confided to his keeping, that there is
not heard at tins day, even a ninnjmr of dis
satisfaction with his Administration.
And thus it is with our National Adminis
tration. Mrvßuchanan is this day as strongs
ly fortified in tho confidence and esteem of
tho people of Georgia, as ever Franklin
Fierce was, and that is saying a great deal.—
His bitterest political opponent is silenced,
and the people .approve and applaud his acts,
with a heartiness and good will, that cheers
tho declining days of tho sage of Wheatland.
—Federal Union.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The Marshall, (Texas) Flag announces
the completion of the additional five miles of
the Southern Pacific Railroad, and says :
This work has been done by the nowcoin
pany, who were purchasers at the sale on
Ist of June last. The track is now within
two milos of Marshall, and there is’ iron
enough on hand for a mile more. Notice of
the completion oftwcnty-fivc miles lias been
forwarded to the Executive of the State,
who will doubtless scud an engineer to ex
nmine and receive the section, when the
company will be entitled to 256,000 acres of
land. These lands have already been loca-j
ted, and upon the reception of the section of
twenty-five miles, patents will be issued from
the General Land Office.
LETTER OF HON. A. H
We publish tbo foilowing lEuer from Hon.
Afit. Wright, addressed to the editors of the
Atlanta Intelligencer, not because wo ap
prove it. or Cuinside in all its lisscntions a nd i
positions. Judge Wright is a member of
Congress,represents a portion of the Stato of
Georgia, and his opinions, therefore ought
to be subjects of interest to all citizens, wheth
er they approve or disapprove of them.
Romr, G a., Oct. 7, 1858.
Messrs. Editors —Gentlemen .-r-In your
paper of the sth i"st., under the bead of
“ Had Policy,’’you make s.me judicious and (
well-timed remarks relative to party organi
zation, and enter into an able defence of
Messrs. Toombs and Stephens. In your
strictures upon myself, I think you do me in
justice. After saying there is “no evidence
that Toombs, Stjtyltcns and Wright intend
to build up a Douglas party,” you go on to
say, “we concur with tho Standard that
Judge Wright ought to be more particular to
whom he writes political letters. But we
will not believe that he intends to build up
a Douglas party in Georgia.”
Now your compliments to my integrity in
what “you will not believe,” is of doubtful
savopr, aud whether intended or not, might
be very unfavorably understood. Your ad
vice as the character of my correspondents
would seem to indicate that the “scurvy fcl
loy” had “let the cat out of the wallet,” aud
that. L had. been “caught in a dirty trick.” I
think if jny duty to vindicate myself from
such insinuations. The assaults, too, that
have been made upon me from other quarters,
begin to demand it.
You attempt to draw a distinction between
the position occupied by Messrs. Toombs and
Stephens and the one by me. You make
the former gentlemen very good Democrats;
you leave me, to say the least of it, in a “clou
dy condition.” Whether there is design in
it, any intention in either the State orfederal
authorities to create a vacany in tho fifth, I
do not know, nor is it material to inquire. I
desire to be set right before the country.
I have written nothing of late date, on
any subject, that I should dread to see the
light.
Upon a calm review of tho letter in ques
tion, I reiterate and re-affirm all that it con
tains. “Every impulse of my soul is with
Douglas in his contest against the Black Re
publicans in Illinois,” and I will add against
the Know Nothings and “President makers”
in Georgia.
1 have no design with “Toombs, Stephens,
and others to make a Douglas party in Geor
gia.” My own opinion is, the next Demo
cratic candidate for the Presidency, ought to
be taken from the Cotton growing or Sugar
raising States. I have uniformly so express
ed myself for the last six mouths. What
ever apparent concert there may be between
us, is wholly accidental. It is, I apprehend,
the rusnlt of like judgments as to the true
interests and future welfare of the Democrat
ic party. I kuow nothing of their views fur
ther than I have seen in the press. Wheth
er they are fur Douglas or not, I do not
know. It will make no dilTurence in the
views I entertain on the subject. Whether
they aro “compelled to back down from
Douglas,” or up to-Cobb, is all the samc.-r-
They form their opinions,l doubt not, accor
ding to truth and right. All honest men
form them the same way. We. have been
in collision, and wo have beerr-“shoulder to
shoulder.” Whether in conflict or .together,
I have admired tlieii genius and bdeu proud
of them as Georgians.
The insinuationstbrownouf by some of the
papers that thcjre exists among the “old line
Whigs” a feeling of hostility towards Mr.
Buchanan aud Mr. Cobh, is not true, so far
as relates to myself. The preservation of
the national Democracy, however, demands
that the power of the government shall not
be used to crush oiit possible candidates for
the Presidency in 1860.
Let us sec how I stand with reference to
“a disposition to opposo” tho administration
of Mr. Buchanan.
In the last Georgia convention that nomi
nated a Governor, I went as a delegate of
tho county of Floyd. My preferences for
lion. John 11. Lumpkin, the bosom friend
of Mr. Coob, were well understood. There
was no surrender in that war. After two
days of as fierce political conflict as was ever
waged, in full caucus of the friends of Mr.
Lumpkin, my counsel was to nominate him
or break tip and appeal to the people. Some
of bis Athcn* friends moved the committee
of conference vYhich ruined him. When the
committee was appointed to draft resolutions
I had the honor to be one. The resolutions
offered by the chairman, Judge Thomas W.
Thomas, covered a direct assault upon the
President. Alone, I offered a minority re
port, that the convention endorse and ap
prove of that portion of the President’s in
structions to Mr. Walker which indicato bis
desire tbat tbo Constitution when formed, be
submitted to tho people. When I attempt
ed to gain the floor, the President would not
recognise me until my refusal to yield it com
pelled him. The effort to vindicate the'res
olution was resisted was the most determin
ed manifestations of displeasure. I compcll
'ed the conventions to listen to me— I have
good reason to believe not without effect.-
This I did because I bolieve the President to
be right upon a groat question of popular
sovereignty, f could not see, as Mr. Bu
chananJias well said, bow the principles of
the Kansas and Nebraska act eould be car
ried out, how “the people could determine
the question of slavery for themselves,” with
out a vote upon it.
When Mr. Lumpkin, the friend of the Ad
ministration, was throVn overboard by the
committee of conference, and Gov. Brown
suggested, with but one other gentleman, I
voted emphatically No ; not that I objected
personally to tho nominee, but because the
blow was cvidontly stricken at Mr. Cobb and
the Administration. Yet a set of “Raney
Sniffles” and whiffling demagogues somcof
whom I liarve stashed out of Know Nothing
lodges, are after me, because “old line Whigs
oxhibit a disposition to oppose Mr. Buchanan
and Mr. Cobb.” An honest man’s contempt
can never reach their level. I shall survive
their assaults. . —-
When I wont to Washington, I went there
the friend of Mr. Buchanan and of Mr. Cobh
for the next Presidency, because I thought
they were on the right line and standing on
the Cincinnati platform. The Lccompton
constitution was presented. It has not been
submitted to tho people, This the Presi
dent “ profoundly regretted.” But inasmuch
ns the slavery clause was submitted and tbat
was the chief question of contention, he fec
coinmendcd Congress to admit the Stato. I
still thought he was right and went with him.
Up to this time, Mr. Douglas has stood with
him and by him. Here they differed ; and
the question is, shall Douglas be read out of |
the party for holding on to what the Presi-.
dent thought was right and what he regret
ted bad not been done t Mr.Douglas went:
further and said, even that question had not {
been fairly ascertained ? that the will of the
people was against slavery. Shall he be
read out of the Democracy ? and by whom 1
Who is it that led on the attack “ fierce as
evening wolves ?” Wendell of the Union,
and Bennet of the Herald. Wendell was
elected public printer by Black Republican j
votes. In tho caucus of the Democratic j
party last wiuter at Washington, the Vir-,
ginia Democracy and others declared if he |
was nominated they would bolt the conven
tion. Shcrard Clemens rose in his place aud j
said money had been offered him as a bribe,
to vote for Wendell. With the supercilious
arrogance, found only in a government offi-!
ciul, he undertook during the last Congress, !
to establish a party tyrany, more galling’
than the rule of the Turk and unrelenting as
the inquisition. I resisted it then, will do it
now, and ever while I live. I had rather
die, be quartered and eat by vultures than
submit to it. Aud who is Bennet? Tho
supporter of Fremont by contract. A man,
it is true, of great versatility of genius, tho
raciest writer and best newspaper editor of
his age, but as destitute of principle asa fish
is of hairs. A Swiss that fights for pay. —
Who are some of the leading adjuncts of
these worthies ? Mr. John Van Buren and
his platform men. Mr. “ mail-bag W ent
wort” and “ anti-Nebraska Brecse,” id omne
genua.” These men arc to become the pe
culiar conservators of southern rights and
par excellence, the custodians of the nation
al Democracy. They are to read out Ste
phen A. Douglas, who has done more than
any man living, to roll back northern fanaii
cistn. The man who at the head pf the gal
lant sons of the South and the Northern De
mocracy tore from the Statute book, the
brand of tho South’s dishonor and inferiori
ty in the Union.
Who is aiding these men in their un
hallowed work in Illinois ? ‘The Black
Republicans. While Douglas, is engag
ed in mortal conflict with their giant glad
iator, the governmemt officials are plant
ing their stilettoes in this Democrat “ who j
never faltered,” and never failed to fight.— j
There is not such an act of. political infamy i
in the annals of depravity, as that which is |
now being enacted in Illinois. The‘feffsion ,
of the noble nature of Southern Democracy
cannot stand it much longer.
Who is aiding “them in Georgia ? Look, j
awLtell me. The “ Know Nothings” to a j
man, and unfortunately for Mr. Cobb, a large :
portion of these supposed to bo in bis inter- j
est fur the next Presidency. Has not the j
Charleston Conventiou of 1860, more to do
with reading him out, than any failure to
agree with the President ? Don’t lie stand
ou what Mr. Cobb and the President said
was right, and they regretted had not been !
done? Any eftVu-t to use the Government'!
tu crush out competitors, I don't approve. — j
This is not oifc w ot the principles of the party.
Why are our Know Nothing friends so busy
at this same game ? llow comes it that they
are so powerfully exercised in the same way ?;
When Democrats find themselves warring, !
“ cheek by jowl,” with this forlorn squad of-
Ttßspei'ate adventureis, they should pause and i
reflect;. What can they be after? Is there
any Irish in Douglas’ blood ? Can it bo be
cause lie married a Catholic wife/ Are Wei
to have another fusion ? I Jiopo there is no |
” cat in the meal tub.” The wretched or
ganization proposes to live by Democratic
aid. It will get none from me.
I never failed to support the Adminis
tration till it departed from our platform, in
our Central American relations. When it
Captured Walker and his men, “ mostly from
Southern States,” to please the British. 1
thought it did wrong and said so. Its effort
to shuffle off the responsibility uppn the poor
subaltern who did its work was both mourn
ful and funny. I told Mr. Cobb then the
south would never stand it. Mr. Buchanan
was honest, I have no doubt. “ The Count,
Sir Gore,” and “My Lord Napier,” had
honeyfugled” liirfl, with all bis acknowl
edged diplomatic ability, with the idea of
getting Cuba. The wishy-washy article in
the London Times about taking Cuba, was
“to throw dust.” The treaties of Sir Gore
aud Monsieur Belly', and other developments, j
almost demonstrate that the President was!
swamped. His late instruction of August, 1
through Mr. Cass to Mr. Lamar, our Minis
ter to Nicaragua, arc eminently Democratic
and progressive. If Mr. Buchanan has the
nerve to carry out what he says about tho
Monrbe doctrine, be will yet be the most
popular President the Republic has ever
had. If Mr. Cobb will quit President ma
king till the time comes, and lend bis groat
abilities to aid the executive in maintaining
his country’s honor and her rights, he will
find many a “ Cobb man” in Georgia. “ Ah
imo pectore” do I wish the Democracy could
loavo off the Presidency for the present, and
forget the dead, defunct, and wholly useless
controversy about Lecomptou, and look to
the great questions which do really concern
us. Beyond all doubt, the destiny of the
South, as well as the glory es the Union, is
wonmfup in Mexico, Cuba, and Central
America. If these vast regions are permit
ted to bo settled and colonised by European
governments, either with froe labor, to hem
in and crush out slavery, or with slave labor,
to compete with.Qur productions, the , South
is ruined beyond-all controversy and the glo
ry of the North forever diminished. iWill
tho President stand the fire ? That’s the
question. Augustus R. Wright.
THE CASE OF CAPTAIN TOWNSEND, OF THE
SLAVER “ECHO.”
A despatch from Boston informs us, says
tho New York I’ost of tho 16th inst., that
Judge Sprague, of tho United States Dis
trict Court, has decided that the court has
no jurisdiction in the case of Captain Town
send, the slaver, and that he must be reman
ded for trial to the district whore be first lan
ded, which is Key West. The opinion of
Judge Sprague is not final in this matter, but
may bo overruled by Judge Clifford, and
from the latter may go to the full bench at
Washington. The probability is* however,
tbat Townsend will be remanded to Florida
for trial, in which case his , admissions to re
porters of journals in this city are less likely
to be brought before the court, and his con
viction for the crime, of which he is, beyond
all doubt, guilty, is highly improbable.
CHANCE FOR AN ABOLITION HOWlT*^
The Lyons Republican notices the indie*,
ment of a Mrs. Dingmsn, of Arcadia f
maltreating a child. The child ig one s l?I
had taken from the Overseer* of the Poor t
bring up in her family. Some time since tl °
family removed to Huron, and in that t 0 *
her unkindness towards the child has wbl *
ped it most outrageously, and on"one or?’
sion actually hung it. On Tuesday
the child was missing, and up to this' timAT
has not been found. „ . *
If the above had occurred to a black sla
child (says the New York Daily News) wh
a howl of indignation we should have heard
from the Abolitionists, but it beta”- only
white slave, they have no tear* f 0 r its *uf
ferings.
Very true. Aud the other day J u d
Cabincss fined a man in Pike county f 0
hundred dollar* for cruel treatmeut to ||U
slave. Tbo Abolitionists will say no thin
about tbat. *
RAILROAD MEETING AT MILLTOWN.
Milltown, Oct. 16,1858.
According to previous notice, a portion of
the citizens of Lowndes, Clinch, Ware and
Berrien counties, met at Milltown to take in
to consideration the location of the Atbu.iU
and Gulf Railroad.
Upon motion, James Carroll, £gq.
called to tho Clmir, and W. J. Wabry was
requested to act as Secretary.
After consultation it was unanimously
agreed, that we send a memorial to onr next
Legislature, asking them to look to the inter
est of this portion of Southern Georgia • and
to see that the spirit and intention ofthcchar-
I ter of the Atlantic Railroad is carried out,
and require the President and Directors to
! locate the same for the benefit of Southern
j Georgia, aud not for the State of Florida.
It was resolved, tbat the proceedings he
published in the Wire-Grass Reporter, where
upon the meeting adjourned.
JAMES CARROLL, Chairman,
Woodford J. Mabry, Secretary.
DOUGLAS AND CHITTENDEN.
The American prints in Georgia and else
where are loud in their denunciations of
Douglas for his treachery in reference to
the Kansas question. If a Democratic edi
tor happens to utter a syllabic, that can bo
construed favorably to Douglas, bis Know-
Nothing cotemporaries are down upon him
like “a .thousand of brick.” We are no
apologist for Douglas; we have no syinpn
j thies for him in his late or present position ;
we havd denounced his course without stint;
I but we cannot discern the slightest particle
|of consistency iu condemning Douglas and
I sustaining Crittenden. This, many of our
American cotemporaries aro doing. Somo
of them have openly declared in favor of
Crittenden for the next President. Where
in docs tho difference consist, between Doug-
I las and Crittenden? Did Douglas oppose
i tbo admission of Kansas under tho Lecnmp
ton Constitution. 8o did Chittenden. Was
Douglas in favor of submitting the Lccomp
ton Constitution to a vote of the people of
| Kansas / So was Crittenden. Was Doug
ins opposed to tho policy of the National Ad
i ministration and'tlTe Southern Democracy,
jin the date Kansas controversy? So was
! Crittenden. Did Douglas vote with tho
Black Republicans upon this question ? So
i did CriUiUidon. Wherein, then, consists the
; difference ? Why, in this; Douglas rep*
1 resents a non-alaecho!ding consistency, while
| Crittenden represented a a/netlw/di ng consis
tency. The former betrayed his party, the
latter his section. While Douglas is deserv
edly odious to the Southern ]>oople, Critten
den should if possible be tenfold more so.—
Douglas can with some propriety appeal to
bis Northern fellow-citizens to sustain him
in bis hostile attitude to the South ; but to
wltom can Crittenden appeal to sustain him 7
Not to t/ue hearted Southerners, surely.—
Yet in this unenviablo position, certain Sou
thern Editors would fain make him President
of the United States. The only reason wo
can conceive, they can give for this course,
is that Crittenden is a Know Nothing. That
covers a multitude of political sins, past as
well as present. —Atlanta Intelligencer.
THE GRAIN CROP OP EUROPE.
The Boston Journal thus epitomixes the
! information respecting the European grain
j crop of 1858, as derived from latest English
i papers.
! “In tlm counties bordering upon the Med
iterranean the crop is variously reported, but
upOntlie whole may bo regarded as equal to,
it not Wtceeding. an average. Egypt will
full average. Spain and Portugal
will not require any supplies from other
countries. In Belgium and Holland there
is an average crop; while in the Baltic re
gions, Including Northern Germany and
Russia, the yield is below an aver
age, although high prices may induce ex
ports to some extent. Iu France there are
fair crops of wheat and rye, oats being infe
rior. The cereal of England exceeds the
average, and a portion of the extraordinary
wheat yield of last still remains in the hands
of farmers to be added to this year’s, harvest.
Other breadstuffs are somewhat under the
average. ‘ln Ireland all kinds of produce
are with recent years.
The wheat crop iu Scotland is excellent,
other crops being tnbdiura.’irfd possibly be
low. On the whole the United Kingdom
will this year require smaller imports of grain
than in ordinary seasons. The supplying
power Os Central Russia is not yet deter
mined.
BO LAB ECLIPSE IN PERU.
The Panama Herald says : We are grat
ified to inform onr readers that when the
Pacific Steam Navigation Company’s steam
er New Granada passed Payta on the 16th
ult., Lient. James M. Gillis, U. S. N., mem
ber of the Smithsonian Institute, was there,
having satisfactorily completed his observa
tions of the total eclipse of the sun on the 7th
tilt. In order to obtain an advantageous po
sition lie proceeded to a point elevated 1,000
feet from the level of the sea, and about 200
miles distant from the above named port.—
The public will be favored with a report of
the rcsnlt. It was The-intention of Lieut.
i Gillis to proceed by the first steamer south
to Lima, where he will remain a short time,
and perhaps continue bis voyage to Chili.
Although Astronomers were expected to
arrive from France and England, it seems
that no other was present on this interesting
occasion, except Mr. Maester, a German As
tronomer from Santiago, sent to join Lieut,
Gillie, by the Government of Chili.