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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS Sheriff's Levies, 30 days, 82 60 per levy ; 00 days. $6. Executor's. Administrator's and Guardian's Sales, Real Estate, (per square, 12 lines) $4 76 Do. do. Personal Estate 3 25 Citation for Letters of Administration 2 75 Do. do. Dismission 4 50 Notice to Debtors and Creditors 3 25 Four Months' Notices 4 00 Rales Nisi, (monthly) SI per sqnare. each insertion. K7“ ALL REMITTANCES PER MAIL, saa st on* RISK. Constitution of the Republican Blues Building and Loan Association.—Adopted February 6, 1851. Article t.— Title and Object. This Association shall be entitled “The Re publican Blues Building and Loan Association/’ and shall have for its object the accumulation of a fund by the savings or shares of the members thereof, to assist them in business, or enable them to purchase for themselves respectively, such real estate as they may deem desirable. Article it. — Members. Sec. 1. The Members of this Association shall be .Membe.s of The Republican Blues, who may also hold Stock in trust for their wives and children. Sec. 2. F aeh stockholder, for each and every share ol Stock by him held, shall nay the sum of one Dollar (in par funds) on subscribing, and the same amount on the first Wednesday of each and every month thereafter to the Treasurer, or such other person or persons as shall from time to time, by the Laws and Regulations of the As sociation, be authorized to receive the same until the value of the whole stock shall be sufficient to divide to each share of stock the sum of Two Hundred Dollars. Sec. 3. When each stockholder for each and every share of stock by him held, shall have re ceived the sum of Two Hundred Dollars, or pro |>erty to that amount, then this Association shall determine and close. Sec. 4. Should any stockholder fail to meet his monthly dues, as often as the same shall be payable as aforesaid, he shall forfeit and pay the additional sum if ten cents, for every such fail ure, and for each dollar thus unpaid; the same to lie charged with the monthly dues. Sec. 5. In case of inhability or neglect on the part of a member to pay up his monthly dues or fines for three months, his shares shall be offer ed to the Directors for sale at par, deducting all fines and arrearages, (with no allowance for in terest thereon) with the proportionate part of any losses ami expenses sustained. If not pur chased by them, tnen the shares to be forfeited. In case of a purchase by the Directors, the shares so purchased shall he assigned to members ap plying for them by lot or to the highest bidder, as they may deem best. Any premium obtain ed to go into the general funds of the Associa tion. Sec. 6. Any member wishing to withdraw from the Association, may do so upon the terms provided in Sec. 5, and by giving one mouth’s notice to the Directors of such intention. Tras fer of stock may at any time lie made in the presence of the Treasurer, attested by his signa ture, such transfer, however, will lie subject to the conditions above specified, and must be made at least thirty days before an election, to entitle the holder thereof to vote. Sec. 7. In the event of the death of a mem ber who has received no portion of stock in ad vance, the heirs, or legal representatives of the deceased may continue his relation to the Asso ciation; or, should they prefer it, shall be entitled to receive from the Treasurer his full interest, first deducting any charges there may be due lor fines and arrearages, and proportion of losses sustained. Should the member have received an advance, the heirs or legal representatives muy return the balance due, or continue to pay the ! interest and monthly dues until the Association close. Sec. 8. No stockholder shall hold in his own right, more than forty shares. Sec. 9. Eaclt stockholder, for each and every share of stock by him held, shall be entitled, when personally present at an annual or special meeting, to one vote, for the election of officers and other purposes. Sec. 10. Each stockholder shall sign this Constitution—thereby obligating himself to pay punctually his monthly dues, interest, and fines (including those shares transferred to the Trea surer as collateral security for loans.) and to fulfil all the reqisitions herein-contained. * * * ***** Article vin.— Advances. Sec. 1. Each stockholder, for each share of stock he may hold in the Association, shall be entitled to purchase an advance of stock of two hundred dollars, and no more; provided, howev er. that no stockholder shall receive an advance to the amount of more than one thousand dollars at any one monthly meeting, if any other stock holder present, not having received an advance, shall bid for it an equal premium. Sec. 2. Whenever the funds in the treasury shall warrant it,one or more advances shall be dis posed of at the monthly meeting of stockholders to the highest bidder; provided the same shall not be sold under par and be well secured by real es tate or such other securities as may be approved by the Board of Directors. Should it so occur, that the funds of the Association remain unpro ductive and uncalled for, for the space of one month, the Directors are authorized to loan what may be on hand to others than stockholders, if it be safely invested, and be repaid within one year. Sec. 3. Any stockholder'taking an advance shall allow to be deducted the premium offered by him for the same; and shall secure the Associ ation for such advance by bond and mortgage, and policy of insurance, renewed annually at his expense. lie shall further pay all costs and charges that ma> accrue for examining titles, drawing acknowledging, recording and releasing all papers in connection with said security. Sec 4. Tor each and every advance of two hundred dollaus made to a stockholder, at least one share of stock shall be assigned as collateral security—the Directors to be first satisfied that the security is sufficient. In rases of failure to give security for such advance within one month from the date of purchase, the month’s interest shall be charged to such purchaser, together with all costs and charges for examining titles, and liis right to such purchase cease. Sec. 5. Any stockholder taking an advance shall py to the Treasurer in addition to his monthly dues for shares, one dollar per month on each share tor which such advance is made; or, at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum on the whole amount, including the premium. Sec. 6. No stockholder shall be entitled to an advance who is m arrears to the Association, and no property taken as security for an advace out of the County ot Chatham. Cuba Meeting -A very large meeting of our citizens was held at the court-house on Thurs day evening last, which was addressed by Gen Henderson,of Louisiana, and Col. Wheat. These gentlemen came down the railroad on the morn- ing of the 14th, and made speeches on the occa sion by invitation. We heard a portion of Gen. Henderaon’s talk, in which he depicted most glowingly the wrongs ofthe Caban people, and was particularly caustic on the Fillmore admin istration for its extraordinary exertions to pre vent Americans from going to the assistance oi the patriots.— Montgomery Advertiser If Gazette, 18M inti. AUGUSTA, GA. THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21. For Governor. CHARLES J. MCDONALD. For Congress—Eighth District, ROBERT MoMILLAN, of Elbert. TEE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE STATE. OS’- SEE FIRST PAGE. A Returning Sense of Justice. Our opponents admit that the North has wronged the South. But they have professed to rely upon a returning tense of justice. Let us look at the returns since the passage of the Com promise measures. New York has eleeted Fish Ohio Wade, and .Massachusetts Sumner—ali free soilers. Some of the States have nullified the fugitive slave law, and mobs have violently defeated the rights of the owners of fugitives from labor. We need only allude to the case of Alberti and Price. Mr. Webster reiterated, in his Buffalo speech, most of the sentiments, hos tile to slavery, which he has been known to en tertain throughout the whole of the agitation of the question. A convention of Northern Chris tians, of every denomination but one, has been recently held, to array the Sabbath schools, the class meetings, the pulpits, and, in a word, the religious feeling of the North, in a new and more deadly crusade against the South. We arc scorned and contemned; every epithet of bitter hate is hurled against us, backed by acts and re solves to enforce it; no new slave State, it is sworn, shall ever be admitted into the Union; the anti-slavery power, colossal in statue now, is rising higher and higher, with vengeace grow ing in proportion, and our people are lulled to rest with the betraying declarations that all is well, the North is returning to a sense of jus tice ! 1 We would have more hope if we could dissolve the death-like trance into which some of our people have fallen, under the influence of popular leaders. Citizens, will yon let the ambitious aims of a few men, their thirst for personal aggrandize ment, be put in the scales against your rights, your honor, your liberties, and your lives ? Yes terday you were strong, to-day you are less so, to-morrow you will be weak. If the North has taunted and hated you when you were strong est; has wronged and trampled upon your rights since she has become numerically strongest, what will she not do when you are dependent upon her mercy ? You are rapidly approaching that ignominious fate, and the popular leaders in whom you confide, are lulling you to repose, taming your once proud and noble sense of in dependence, and preparing you, eventually, for abject submission. Do you ask for the proof ? Here it is: They are now striving to get you to establish in Geor j gia, in old Re/ntbliran Georgia, and the South , the doctrine that a State has no right to secede from the Union!! When you get much weaker than you are, and the North much stronger, your own : established doctrine of anti-secession, (should you sustain it,) will rise up, like a flame of tire, be fore you, when the North shall tell you to secede at the jteril of bayonet , blood and chains. Georgians, turn and look upon your family altars—contemplate their future degradation— : and arise, in the majesty of your power, to pre vent it, before fate itself shall wring from you the despairing declaration, it is too late ! it is too late !! Mutual Loan and Building Associations. He who originally devised the ingenious scheme by which industrious men of small means could, by combining, enable each other to build, for themselves and families, comfortable dwellings, was both a shrewd practical man and a benefactor to his race. We look upon these as sociations as one of the most beautiful and inter esting illustrations, on a small scale, that the age affords of the great benefits derivable from asso ciated effort. Grander results have been, and are continually achieved by associated capital, combined with science and mechanical skill; but Mutual Loan and Building Associations diffuse, . in the limited range of their influence in a com munity, in proportion to the pecuniary invest ment, an amount ot benefit superior to any other that can be named. They offer strong incentives to economy, to industry, to temperance, and the habit of sav ing—of laying up small sums, by affording a sure prospect ofa large return. They are greatly su perior, in this respect, to the simple contrivance of Savings Banks. They are twice blessed. They bless them that borrow, and them that loan, which canuot be said of most operations! where a premium of twenty-five or thirty per cent., in addition to lawful interest, is paid for the use of money. It is a continual marvel to the uninitiated how such large premiums can be paid for money, for the purpose of building or buying houses, and yet prove not only beneficial to the association, but to the borrower also. The following letter, written by a gentleman of Charleston, who is President of one of these Associations, will ex plain the modus operandi, to the satisfaction, we trust, of our readers. Charleston, Aug. 4, 1850. Dear Sir: —Nearly twelve months ago, I had an application from Augusta, and I think it was from you, for the rules and constitution of one of our Loan hnd Building Associations, and as the one over which I preside has now lived one year, I have thought it would not be unacceptable to you to know what has been the result of a twelve months’ business. The capital is 1500 shares at $1 00 each; no one to own, in his own right, more than 20 shares. The instalments are paid, $1 00 per share, monthly; consequently once a month, we have SISOO to loan: and, for the year ending 10th July, we have but one defaulter, and that for S3O. Our receipts have been, in cash, for the year, $17,970 00; all of which was regularly sold, at the monthly meetings, to the highest bidder. The premiums have averaged 29 9-16 per cent, and produced $7,829 05 Received from fines 105 00 “ for interest 709 25 Our expenses have been about $5lO. We have bonds and mortgages on real estate, unincumber ed, to the amount of $26,500. i And the grand result is, that each shareholder, having paid into the association sl2 00, being $1 per share for twelve months, is now entitled to receive for the same, sl7 66, being a fraction under 00 per cent, on the amount paid, assuming the assets to be convertible into cash. The second year’s business will greatly sur pass this, especially in the item of interest, as we commence at the outset with an asset of $26,500, which pays an interest of 6 per cent. monthly; and I think it not unreasonable to count upon a receipt of at least $2,500, the second year, in interest alone. The premium in our association. 1 think, is less than in the other two in the city, as the most of our members have tried to not let it go beyond 25 per cent., and at which rate, it is be lieved, the association will double, and be able to wind up in a little over six years, as the an nexed statement will show, according to my mode of calculation. I send you this, hoping it may aid a little in the advancement of the one I, a few days since noticed was about to be brought into existence. According to our rules, each share can pur chase *2OO, and consequently 10 shares can pur chase $2,000 00 At a premium of 25 per cent 500 00 Net proceeds $1,500 00 Ten shares must contribute $1 per share monthly; 12 months would be $120; and 6J years would be... $750 00 which would have been paid into the association on 10 shares. Interest at 6 per cent, on the bond of $2,000, is $l2O per annum, and for 61 years it would be 750 00 $1,500 00 Now, a man to rent a house at $250 per an num, for the above time, would pay out $1,500 at the end of 6] years, and have nothing to show for it. By this mode, he borrows at 25 per cent., as above, and for which he gets nett $1,500, and buys a house with the same. At the end of six years, he has paid by instalments and interest, $1,500, and his house is clear. In order to convey a more clear idea of the manner in which these associations are organiz ed, we publish extracts from the Constitution of the ‘'Republican Blues Building and Loan Asso ciation,” of Savannah. We have already pub lished the Constitution of one of the Charleston associations, with some comments on the sub ject, in the hope of interesting our readers in this city sufficiently to induce them to organize a similar association. We believe there are already a number of our citizens ready and anxious to go into the enter prize. We suggest that some of them agree upon a day, and call a meeting, through the press, of all those dis|iosed to form an Association. Lopez Landed in Cuba. The cheering intelligence of the landing of Gen. Lopez, with his gallant comrades in arms, who went over with him in the Pampero, will be found under our telegraphic head. It is with the highest gratification we give these inspiring tidings to our readers. We (irmly believe that the cause of Cuban liberty soon will lie in the as cendant—that the chains of oppression which have so long bound her to the rotton throne of Spain will be thrown off, and Cuba will take her stand among the free Republics of the earth. Soon may she sing with exultant heart— “ The last link is brokon That houud mo to thoe.” That her lone star will be floating in a few weeks over the city of Havana and Moro Castle, is not improbable, notwithstanding what the Spaniards of Matanzas may affect to believe will be the fate of the Pampero patriots. IX7” We understand that the President, Dire « tor and Company, of the Bank of Augusta have purchased of Mr. T. S. Metcalf the property on Broad-st., next above the Rail Road Bank, se venty-two feet front, and intend proceeding for thwith to remove the old buildings and erect in their place a Banking house. Dy-xhe most uumistakeable signs of progress and improvement are apparent in every quarter of our city. A large number of new buildings are in progress, yet the demand for dwelling houses is still unsupplied and many more are in contemplation. Our mechanics are all kept busy. Sail Hoad Celebration at Charleston, Tenn. We understand that the first section (of 40 miles) of the East Tennessee ar.d Georgia Rail Road, will be completed in a day or two, and that the citizens of Calhoun and Charleston, Tenn., will give a public Barbecue at Charles ton, on Wednesday, the 27th instant, to cele brate the opening of the road to the Hivvassee river. All are invited to attend, and we hope that many Southerners will make it the occasion of a trip to the “ up country,” to partake of the hos pitality of East Tennessee. Appointments of Col. McMillan. Col. McMillan will address his fellow-citizens at Col. A. H. Anderson's, Burke eo., Aug. 30th. At Augusta, Tuesday, Sept. 2nd. At Judge Neal’s Mills, Warren co„ Thursday, Sept. 4th. 05*- We regret to have delayed the publication of the following so long—it has been postponed for the want of room. We would have been pleased to have inserted the article entire, if our space had permitted. [communicated.] Political Discussion at Woodstock, Oglethorpe County. Messrs. Editors Believing that it might be interesting to you and some of your readers to receive intelligence of the political discussion held at Woodstock, on Tuesday, the sth inst., I have concluded to give you a succinct account of whatever of importance that may have occurred there in that day. On our arrival there we found quite a large and respectable concourse of the sovereign people of Greene, Oglethorpe and Wilkes counties. Messrs- Toombs, Stephens, Thomas, of Elbert, Irvin and Gartrell of Wilkes, and that same Mr. Cobb, who wrote that letter were there. From this you perceive there were five Constitutional Union speakers, and only one advocate of State Rights. Mr. Gartrell of Wilkes. If correctly informed, this was owing to a little manoeuvring on the part of Messrs. Toombs & Co., who were written to to appoint a day, and who knew a thing or two, and were fully aware that the sth of August was a day when most of the State Rights speakers could not be there, it being Commencement week in Athens. How ever, in the event of the day, it availed them but little, for Mr. Gartrell, though a young man, is a host in himself, and proved equal to the task be fore him. From the fact that Mr. Gartrell, was the only State Rights speaker present, reasonable men would have concluded that Messrs. Toombs, Stephens, and Cobb, with their little fry, would have consented to an equitable with regard tfl the order and time of tHfe address. But facts prove to the contrary. The Committee of Arrangement, composed oi three Constitution al Union men and three State Rights men, had no difficulty in agreeing upon this point. They were disposed to act the fair thing. But Messrs. Toombs k Co. could not abide their decision. — They knew full well that they were on the wrong side, and that resort must be had to a little trickery to seek some advantage, or else the day would be lost to them, and the cause of State Rights prove triumphant. Mr. Gartrell magnani mously offered to give the Submission speakers 41 hours reserving only 21 hours to the cause of State Rights. To this they could not agree. They thought by their superior numbers to walk over Mr. Gartrell rough shod. But to their disap pointment, they found that truth was not so easi ly crushed. After some time was consumed by Messrs. Toombs k Co., in trying to disagree, he proposed that some one should be called upon to speak. Whereupon, Mr. Toombs, upon being called for, ascended the stand and proceeded to address the people. He commenced by stating that the whole diffi culty grew out of the institution of slavery at the South. He then made an abortive effort to show that in the Compromise measures, the South had obtained full-handed justice, that the adjustment was equitable and honorable, and that we of the South had no cause of complaint. He signally failed to show that we received one square foot of the common soil acquired by com mon blood and common treasure; knowing full well that the North gained all the territory as freesoil, and that was the matter of dispute. * * * * * When Congress has said, that if I buy slaves in Baltimore, with the view of selling them in Georgia, and pass through Washington City, and remain over a night to see a friend, and put my slaves in depot to keep them from being stolen, as Mr. Toombs’ slave was, that then my slaves are free; is not this an act of legislative hostility to slavery ? Mr, Toombs said, on the 27th February, 1850 ( “ The first act of legislative hostility to slavery is the proper point for Southern resistance ; and that when argument is exhausted toe trill stand by our arms.'' Where did Mr. Toombs stand then ? where now ? Oh admirable consistency! oh shame where is thy blush! Don’t he know that he is wrong now ? # * # * # Probably it would be well for Mr. Toombs to come out frem behind the il masked battery,” or it may be said of him as Nathan said unto David —“ Thou art the man.” Mr. Toombs next spoke of secession, uttering a perfect tirade of abuse, against the gallant State ol South Carolina, saying that ifshe wanted to go out of the Union, let her go, intimating that she ought to be kicked out. He spoke of her in about the same terms that one would speak of a sheep-killing dog. Comment upon such senti ments and such language as he used, when speak ing of South Carolina, is unnecessary. Suffice it to say, that if it had been spoken in Vermont or Massachusetts by Mr. Hale or Giddrngs, that it would not have appeared so bad. He ad vocated the doctrine, that a State had the right to secede, but the General Government and the other States had also the right to interfere and coerce her back, and that the only common ar biter was the sword. Still, Mr. Toombs said that he was a State Rights man. If he had said that he used to be one, it would have appeared more reasonable. The people of old Wilkes know what he used to be. Mr. Toombs used to say, that this Union was one of consent, and not of force. ***** Mr. Gartrell, being loudly called for, next ad dressed the meeting. He spoke in a very able f forcible, and dignified manner for an hour and a half. He proved himself fully the equal of Mr. Toombs, and armed with the panoply of truth, he utterly demolished his errors. He took arrows barbed arrows, from Mr. Toombs’ own quiver, and each one was hurled with a truthfulness that ! made Mr. Toombs writhe in pain. He read the documents and commented upon extracts from j that able and manly Southern Rights speech which Mr. Toombs made little more than a year I ago. Mr. Toombs became so restless and uneasy | under the galling effects of the “ extracts," that he could not keep still any longer. He rose to j his feet to correct Mr. Gartrell. Whereupon Mr. ! Gartrell quietly and coolly turned to the gentle man and held the speech to him, and told him it was there, and advised him to keep cool and bear it like a man; that Mr. Toombs had placed the weapon in his hand and the licks must come, notwithstanding they were hard ones. Mr. Gavf v re!l then spoke of "that letter:’ He said that he wanted to see it. that every one i n the crowd j wotdd like to see it, that even the ladies (a great 1 many of whom were present) would like to see I that curious little document—and that as Mr. j Cobb was present, we would certainly have it ; now. But no letter came—Mr. Cobb was afraid I the light would kill the thing. Mr. Gartrell turned again upon Mr. Toombs, and nobly defended the gallant Palmetto State against abusive epithets and the manner in which she had been denounced. He truly remarked, that if our sister and neighboring State of South , Carolina felt her wrongs and insults a little more i keenly and warmly .than we did, that it was no ! reason she should be denounced, abused and villi fied by Southern men. We thought that part of Mr. Toombs' speech would go down better in Federal Massachusetts than in old State Rights Georgia. Mr. Gartrell concluded his speech by a very able defence of the old State Rights doctrines. He said that the Southern Rights party of Geor gia were contending for the old Republican prin ciples of '9B and '99, the doctrines of Jefferson and Madison—and that in October next Georgia I would be found there. After which, we all ad journed to a public barbacue, which did credit to the good people of Woodstock and its vicinity. ' | There was a plenty of that which was good, and 1 the whole crowd feasted sumptuously. After dinner, we returned to the stand, and the 1 man who wrote “ that letter" proceeded to ad- ' dress us. He first told us what the Democrats did ! a few years ago, and occupied the remainder of his time in abusing Gev. McDonald and the Southern Rights party. There were continued and unceasing calls for that letter. The fact is, I all wanted to see it. Mr. Cobb must be very , hard of hearing, for every time “ that letter ” was j called for he never heard a word of it. The thought forcibly occurred to us that in October ' next the people of Georgia will recollect that they called*for u thaßttter " and Mr. Cobb an swered not—and the hand-writing will again appear upon the wall—Mene mene tekel uphar sin. We will dismiss Mr. Cobb, hoping that he will yet permit that curious little document to see the light. Mr. Thomas, of Elbert, next took the stand. He appeared to think that he was doing wonders and his speech died away upon our ears produc ing only that impression. Mr. Irvin then rose to speak. His address was nothing but abusive epithets and the lowest villi lication. He ranted, foamed and look like he was mad. He broadly asserted that the South ern Rights party was infamous and that the whole of them were cowards. He has been try ing since ’43 to go to the Legislature from Wilkes, and having exhausted all other means, he hopes to get there by abusing every body. The people of old Wilkes sent Mr. Gartrell last year, and they know whom to send again. I believe that every body was sorry for Mr. In'in, and it is to be hoped that he will be sorry for himself and do so no more. After Mr. Irvin concluded his abuse, a loud call was made for Gartrell and Toombs. Upon the subsidence of the clamor, Mr. Toombs said that he did not wish to make another speech. Mr. Gartrell stated the same, but only wished in a very brief way to take a little notice of Mr. Irvin's abuse. He then kindly and pleasantly rebuked Mr. Ir vin, and told him that when he cooled down he would be sorry for what he had said, and that such language as he had used would not do in old Wilkes. Some gentlemen from the audience called upon Mr. Irvin to repeat Ids assertion, that all Southern Rights men were infamous and cowards, &c.,and Mr. Irvin repeated it and Mr. Toombs endorsed it. Mr. Gartrell then very coolly rebuked them l>oth, and Mr. Toombs then attempted to brow-beat and bully him down. But Mr. Toombs, as he well knew, was knock ing at the wrong door. He could not begin to come in. Mr. Gartrell, with a smile upon his countenance, told them that it was all blow, only a tempest in a tea-kettle, that it was no time or place for a difficulty, hut that they knew him and that he could always be found at home. This little bullying affair was regretted by all, and was doubtless occasioned by the ill-timed and unfounded, abusive speech of Mr. Irvin. With that exception, all things passed off very well. We are aware that public men Ose great freedom with each other, and we think that things were carried sufficiently far that day. and that the good sense of all concerned will so di rect them. STATE RIGHTS. [communicated.] Southern Right* Meeting in Walton. According to previous notice, a meeting of the Southern Rights party of Walton county was held at the Court House, in Monroe, on the sth inst., to nominate candidates for the Legislature, and appoint Delegates to the Senatorial and Con gressional district, embracing the county of Wal ton. The meeting was organized by calling on Waters Briscoe and John S. Means, to act as pre siding officers, and requesting A. W. Brown to , act as Secretary. . The object of the meeting having been ex- I plained,on motion of Jesse Mitchell, to that effect. the Chairman proceeded to appoint two Delegates I from each Militia District of the county, and four I for the county at large, to meet such committee I as might be appointed by the county of Clark, , at the place known as Shepard's Mill, the 3rd Saturday of the present month, to nominate a I candidate for the State Senate in the District composed of Walton and Clark. The Delegates appointed were as follows : Riihardson's District. —Joseph Glass and David , Michael. i MoutUain District. —Willis Cooper and Russell Shepard. , Cut off District. —Carter Hill and Sanford , Smith. i Braiuhjs District. —John 11. Kilgore and Jas. t Thomson, Jr. 5 Li nelly's District. —William Smith and James i Edwards. i Buncomb District. —Thomas W. Bachelor and r William S. Pike. 7 Broken Arrow District. — John Carter and t Thomas J. Trammell. > Brooks District. —John Dickerson and Eli Smith. Circle District. —J. A. Ciarke and Elisha Gar t rett. Blassengame's District. —J. R. Browning and 1 John Malcom. i Allen's District. —D. N. Easly and E. J. Ham ■ ilton. - Toicn District. —William Stroud and B. B. Ran l som. County at Large. —John S. Means, J. Lewal ‘ len, Joseph S. Moon and Elijah Palmer. It was then moved and carried, that the above ; Committee report two suitable persons to run as candidates of the Southern Rights party for the approaching Legislature—who, having retired, reported the names of Hendly Harris and James Richardson, Jr.,which nominations, were adopted by the meeting by acclamation. On motion, a Committee of five, consisting of Willis Kilgore, Nathan Fletcher, H. L. Wil liams, H. E. Haralson, and Jesse Arnold, were appointed by the Chair, to inform said gentlemen of their nomination, and request their acceptance of the same. On motion, also, the Chair proceeded to ap point a Committee of ten to select four Delegates for Walton county, to meet such other Delegates as might be appointed by the various counties of the 6th Congressional District, at Athens, Ga., to nominate a candidate for Congress of the South ern Rights party, in said District—which Com mittee reported the names of Jesse MitchelL Jas. Richardson, Jr., Samuel Locklin, and L. H' Briscoe, which selection was confirmed by the meeting. L. H. Briscoe, Esq., being present, was called on, and addressed the meeting in a brief but spirited address, introducing the following re solutions, which were unanimously passed by the meeting: Whereas, Our fall elections are close at hand, and a meeting of the Southern Rights party of ; the county of Walton has been called, and is now convened, and holding as we do, that every party in this Republican government should openly ! avow the fundation principles of its existence, and the tonets of its political faith, as the sense ; of this meeting, in primary assembly convened. Resolved. That as a party, we hold the same j doctrine, and entertain the same belief with ref. ' erence to the Compromise measures of the last Congress, which., we always have; though we have never been in favor of disturbing the Union, or resorting to separate State action on account of their passage, yet we still adhere to the opinion, that the measures embraced in that Compromise are unfair, unjust and illiberal to the Southern section of the confederacy, viewed in any light whatever, and that at all events, they fall immeasurably short of being a 4l tri umph” to the South. Resolved. That in our opinion, the election of men to high and honorable stations, holding views different from those contained in the going resolution, would exert an influence vastly injurious to the South, inasmuch as the North might and would conceive, that the South was either profoundly ignorant, or really indifferent to her rights and honor, and thus lie induced to give us a few more triumphs, and extend a few more acts of liberality ot the same kind. Resolved, That in our judgment, the politics of the day can and must be resolved into a differ ence of opinion as to rights and remedies of the States, and that upon this subject, our creed is this:—That the States of this Confederacy ac ceeded to the constitutional Compact, as separate and independent communities—that the General Government acts under certain powers, express ly enumerated in the Constitution, which must be strictly construed to preserve the rights and liberties of the people of the States—that each State is sovereign within the sphere of its re served powers—that we no where find in the powers delegated to the General Congress that which is now claimed by our opponents, of forcibly keeping or coercing back into the Union a State, who judging that the Constitution has been violated, and that the interest and honor of her people demand a seperation—we further hold the Republican doctrine of our fathers, that the Congress of the United States is the agent of the States to the extent of her delegated powers— that the principal has at all times a legal right to revoke the powers of its agent, unless a time is stipulated for the existence of the relation, but that this legal does not become a moral right, un less the trust reposed has been violated, and the relation no longer subserves the purposes for which it w-as intended, of which fact the State itself must of necessity be the judge, “as well as of the mode and measure of redress.’’ Whilst we wholly repudiate the idea ot wishing, or in tending to carry, either directly, or indirectly, our doctrine of State secession into practice for present grievances, we confidently believe in these days of Federal and Consolidation tendeu cies, that it is right and proper that the doctrine should he recognised and vindicated by the South, in terrorem over our Northern bretheren, and se curely guarded as the last citadel of Southern rights and Southern safety. Resolved, That we have no objection to the platform of the Georgia Convention assembled last fall, with the exception that it asserts the forcible doctrine of disruption, instead of the peaceble remedy of secession, in case of further aggressions upon our rights, and what we have principally to regret, is that any party should have been christened by name, to stand upon, and appropriate this platform to themselves, and that the self sty led Union party did not show their faith by their works in the nomination of a man for Governor, who stood firmly on, and not notoriously under their boasted platform. Resolved, That as a party, we are not disu nionists for present wrongs, and that this charge so often made to deceive the people, is false, il liberal, and unjust to a party, whose faults, if any, are too much zeal for their neighbors rights, and too much love for their native section. We sympathize with the injuries inflicted on Caro lina, in common with the South by Northern la natism and Southern faithfulness, but do not sympathize with her present disposition to re tire from the Union. So far as our candidate for Governor is concerned, he answers all question which are asked by a respectful public; his senti ments are embraced in letters, open and unsup pressed before the people; and we proudly challenge reference to a single sentiment con tained in them, showing him in a light favora ble to disunion at the present time, in any shape or form. Resolved. That the sum and substance of our politics at the present day, consists in the belief which we entertain, that the crisis has arrived when the South should give a strong expression 1 to State Rights and Southern Rights doctrines 1 by the election of such men as Charles J. Mc ; Donald to the position of trust and honor within her bestowal. On motion, the proceedings of the meeting I were ordered to be printed in the Constitutionalist s If RejttUtlic, and the Southern Herald. W. BRISCOE, ) ■ J. S. MEANS,) Chalrme " A. W. Brown, Sec’y. Southern Rights Convention in Thomas. Delegates from the several districts met at Thomasville 13th of August, for the purpose of nominating a candidate for Senate from the 12th District, composed of the counties of Decatur and Thomas, and also a candidate for representative ' from the latter—present From Duncanville District—Wm. H. Rey nolds, John C. Browning,and George W. Brown. From Thomasville District—Wm. G. Pon der, D. S. Brandon, and John G. Dekle. From Groovesville District—W. M. Archer. Wm. P. Smith and J. B. Striplen. From 17th District—John Hurst, W. M. Bry an and C. J. Young. From Bth District—Henry Gay. Darlin Creed and Moses E. Norman. From Swain's District—James McDaniel, ' Elias Roberts and James Alderman. The Convention was organized by the appoint ment of John C. Browning, Esq. to the chair, and G. W. Brown as Secretary. A statement of the objects of the meating having been made and followed by a few pertinent and patriotic re marks, by Col. Reynolds, It was, on motion of Dr. Brandon, unanimously. Resolved , That the Convention proceed to nominate a candidate for Senate, and one for the House of Representatives, and that a majority of . two-thirds of the votes be necessary for a choice. Whereupon Col. John B. F. Dixon w-as nomi nated by acclamation.—several gentlemen were named for the house of Representatives.—On he fourth ballot, John Denson, Esq., having received more than the requisite number of votes, on motion, w-as declared unanimously nominated H Reynolds, Dr. D. S. Brandon, and Wm. G. Ponder were appointed a committee to notify the nominees of their selection and to request their acceptance. The following preamble and resolutions were then presented by Col. Reynolds and unanimous ly passed. Whereas the circumstances attending the pas sage, through the two Houses of Congress, of the acts called the adjustment measures, do plainly indicate the settled purpose of the majority States, and the existence es corrupt combinations in high places, to disfranchise and defraud an en tire section of the Union; and whereas the recent avowal, on the part of prominent public servants of the South, of doctrines pointedly at war with all their previously entertained opinions, and which, if admitted to be sound and orthodox, and so endorsed at the polls, cannot fail to prostrate her people forever at the foot of power, goes far to confirm our convictions of the participation of these public servants in the collusion. Be it therefore Resolved , That the memories of the past, the certainties of the present, and the hopes of the future equally unite in the call upon