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M IFtxw”' J^r " I^s * on our ' ler ’ J' ,|u ‘ ‘-’•’’ll'.] I ■iwfrot of Ihe Nomination of Danii l Webster in the AVliig (’onvention at Baltimore. lit place of any extended remarks of pur own rMprcliiiu die transactions wliii li led lotlir? nomination of General Scott, we submit to our renders in-dnv, tlie follow, inu lurid and ei ( iiiustaiiiial narrative ol w lint look place at li illimore. It lias been furnished ns liv a gentleman whose character and standing in this community sire a guarantee for its fidelity and lair pess. We shall abstain at present from comments upon it, any further than to re mark that the truth is rapidly coming out with respect to the under-ground ma noeuvres in the Convention. The public w ill soon learn to whose corrupt motives and dishonest tricks, it lias been owing that Daniel Webster Inis not been allow ed to have a hearing before the people of flic United States : PF.FEAT OF T.IIE NOMINATION OF IVWTt't, yVER HTF.II IN Till'. WHIG CONVENTION AT FIAI,TI MOR E. Now that the heat and dost of the re. .cent W|,ig Convention at Baltimore have passed away, the large portion of the peo ple of Massachusetts, ol all parties, who were anxious dial the name of their own illustrious fellow-citizen should have been presented by that Convention to the peo ple, for their stiff ages as a candidate for the Presidency, are desirous to know l>\ w hat influences that result, so devoutly wished lor by iliem, was staved off turd de feated, Attempts have been made, in some quarters, to divert the responsibility of this result fiom the tight heads; and to throw it upon the delegations in the Con vention from the Southern States. Noth ing can he more unjust, dishonorable, and thoroughly misplaced than this at tempt. * ‘1 lie writer of these lines was present during the whole sessnn of the Conven tion, tip to the final announcement ol tln caudidate for the Presidency, He was an earnest constant participator in all the proceedings of that body—and had good opportunity of watching and weighing the various influences which gave shape to its proceedings. lie hears willing tes timony to the high-minded and honoiahle di’porlmenl ol by far the largest portion ol the Southern gentlemen who were members of that Convention—to tlieii warmly expressed appiecintion of site pub lic services, and their profound venera tion for the in'ellecttiai greatness ol Mr. Webster—and to their earnest desire, ex pressed in unmistakable nets, as well as words, to confer upon him the nomina tion for the Presidency. It is well known that nearly all the delegations from the Southern Suites came into the Convention with instruc tions to give their votes for Mr. Fillmore. ■Tit ese instructions they lelt bound too. bey, until it became perfectly apparent that Fillmore could not obtain the nomi nation, and until some other candidates, standing upon tlie same platform w ith him, should lie in a position to secure the nomination, beyond a doubt, with the aid ol the votes which they were able to w.in fer to such candidate. So long as acting under their instructions, they continued to vole for Mr. Fillmore—they could keep the voles of their delegates together for him—hut when the break eame, it was known that a portion of the delegates would vole for Gcu. Scott. A great ma jority of tin in were deeply anxious for the nomination of Mr. Webster, and were willing to ilo every thing in their power In produce that result—hut they wen foot willing to Ineak away limn .Mr. Fillmore •iiitil a force could lie in rayed to set ore the nomination o| Mr. Webster beyond the possibility ol .1 doubt, on the In t |,al. lot after tin it scpaialiog from Mr. Fill more. , To ascertain precisely how this could ] he done, the Southern gentlemen accu rately c.mvas-ed all tin- vole.s which they ‘ then commanded lor Mr. Fillmore. The number of those—at the elo-e of the bal loting on Saturday, and the commence ment ol the hall iting <>u Saturday, and the comim ncenietil of the balloting on I Monday may beset down at 011c* Inin, died and twenty-eight. Os these it was ascertained that, upon the breaking up of the Fillmore vote, twenty-two were de termined to vote for Gen. Scott. De ducting these, they had one hundred and six votes sure (or Mr. Webster, and which they temleicd to Mr. Webster’s ; friends, w henever a number of votes could j he brought forward, from oilier quarters, sufficient to secure his nomination. All that the Southern gentlemen, who ardently desired the uoniinntinn of Mr. Webster asked ol 1 lie Northern friends of j Mr. W ebster was, that, on someone hal- 1 loting, they would come lip to the line of, Maryland with lortv votes for Mr. Web- ! ster. The moment this was done, they 1 would w Iteel into line,'dud give their voles to Mr, Webster, and thus secure ; him lire nomination. The forty North- I erii voles —with one hundred am’ six ta ken from the Fillmore vote—,-tntl three from W iston-in, and one from California which had all along been given for Mr. Webster—would have secured him a tri umphant nomination. I Thu's the onus rested on the Northern ‘Webs ter men. To secure the nomina tion of their candidate, they were only n rjuiied to procure 40 vote- . To raise j these voles, tliev had the yyliole sweep of ’ the six New England States, and Ne York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.— | The Southern gentlemen offered ns 10G | votes lor our own candidate—and 1 lipv I asked of us only to get 40 votes lor 1 liim. I But we mold not do it. N*Uonnrahle means were left untried to effect this so mticli desired nhjret. ‘The New York Srnli delegates, supposed trreatlv to pre fer Mr. Webster to Mr. Fillmore were implored to lend their aid—hut they were inexorable. {Strong arguments were urg . ed upon the delegates from Maine, to come in and help us in this pressing ext. r genrv. Those arguments were received with a cold and om-miiplying negative.— r Messrs. Arlemaf Lee, of the Worcester distiict, and Henry 1,. Dawes, of the Berkshire district, in onr own Massaelm . setts delegation, were appealed to, even almost with tears —and hy every consid eration of national, state aim personal in terest— to give ns their votes for Mr. Webster, if only for a-single soljtarv bill* t lot. They refused to do it. Thus the friends (if Mr. Webster were compelled, with heavy In arts and tearful eyes, to relinquish this their great and j cherished object, for the w ant, merely, of I these forty Northern votes. This great ■good—this highest blessing, wli’u h they sought to confer upon their country— | by die elevation to iis highest office of the : grentest living and acting statesman w ithin j-. its borders, was lost forever, for want of l some dozen or fifteen votes, to make up the forty Northern votes required to se cure the nomination of Mr. Webster, Now, let us, in a few brief words, in form the friends of Mr. Webstei in Mas sachusetts borv his nomination by the Bal timore Convention rvns lost. Let us show them yvlmt influences were at work to prevent him from obtaining the few Northern votes, which would have made him the candid ate. I In the first place, there was the bitter and malign,ini personal hatred Inward Mr. Fillmore running through the New York Scott delegations inside and outside the Convention—which not only induced a virulent hostility to Mr. Fillmore bill led them to pa-s oyer Mr. Webster, be cause lie was .supposed to stand noon somewhat the same platform as Mr. Fill more and led ilm-iii to go througliTmt for Gen. Scott, few no other reason than that tie stood in the 1.0 iliest line ol antagonist position from the object of their hitter and envenomed hostility. , Then, there were our neighbors, the delegates from the Stateof Maine—stand ing there, with George Lyans at their, head—and lime after time, and ballot af ter ballot, voting fur General Scot!, with a prominence of position, and a peculiar -••verily ol enum union, which seined In ! declare, too plainly fer misapprehension, j that they eared much-less that their vole! was in favor of Winfield Scott, than tlr.l it told against Daniel Webster. What motive there was lying down deep in (lip bosom of one of that delegation, must a liide a higher search than ours. To that -( ciirily w e leave it. Again, there were certain Mnssaclm sells men in Baltimore, their influence limited indeed, and less than those influ ences we have already mentioned—hut -'ill, tending to the same point. Men of Masneliuselts—connected, some of them, with the Boston Atlas—members, some of them, of the Massachusetts .Whig Stale Committee—professing to he somewhat j j -minder ami truer Whigs than any body! el-e upon earth—they were there, eon-| sorting with the opponent- r-f Daniel! Webster—desponding at every thing j that looked favorable to hi- nomination ; ami. ll joining w ith exceeding joy, at ev. j 1 cry new indication that was averse to it ; To none of the men gathered there at j , Baltimore was the defeat of Mr. Webster j more exhilernting than to these last. We i advise them to mingle prudence ryiih their | joy—and wail the result. The end is not yet. I * With a word, we have done. Our ob ject has beet: to .-how that our Southern Whig brethren were not responsible fur i Mr. W ehster’s failure to obtain the nonii i nation, and to show who were responsible lor the failure, if the friends of Mr. ; W'cbster, all over Massachusetts, find, in I I lie true statement of the case, any incite ments to induce litem to give material aid/ ■ in the shape of money or labor, expendeif j under such auspices, to as.-ist the electing ! jof (leu. Scott, or to place the political destiuces of Massachusetts in such keep ing vve shall make no quarrel with them | lor so lining ; hut we shall take the liberty ;to he chary ol our own efforts, in such a cause, so managed. Mr. T. Waddill, a whig of Fayetteville, I N. C., having been appointed a vice , president of the Scott and Graham club I organized in that place, has published a card in which he says he will not support . Scott for I * resident. (t/** The Nashville News learns that a a an named Julie/, Owen killed his broth er, Richard Owon, in Walliuuisou county, Tenti., on the 4>h inst. THE SOUTH-WES! GEORGIAN CHABLES B. 1 fit Afißl-COB, Editor OUR country’s SHOD tS OURS. OGLETHORPE AUGUSTUS 1852. FOR {’RESIDENT, DAN'L. WEBSTER, OF MASSACHUSETTS. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, CH ARLES J. JENKINS, OF GEORGIA. FOR ELECTORS: Tlie State at Large, Cot.. 11. 11 CUM MING, of Richmond, Hon. EDWARD Y. IELL, of Troup, ! 1-t I)i.— 11. W. Sharp ol Thomas. !2d “ Cot,. VV. M. Brown, of Marion, j3d “ Hon. Washington Pof. of Bibb, j 4th “ Blount C. Ferrell of Troup. sdi “ Warren Aiken, of Cuss. Gib “ Y. L. G. Harris, <>f Choke. :7iil “ HOiN. J. J. Ft. OVD, of Newton. Sib “ Dr. P. S. Lf.mi.i:, of Jefferou. | . 11.. Agents for (lie Soulh'WfslGcorjjbui ■ Sfe.vcek Cai.dwei.i., Purl Caines, Ca Jiv£Kjt A. Hogue, near Aparicus, do. Col. Wm. T. Berzins, Cvthbcrt, ih. (I. Ca RITH Ells, Esq. <!iil/ibcrl, do. Gimif.rt IVI. Stokes, Sladt, hr.e co. do. l)r. Wm. M. Stokes, Dooly co. do. M. L. lIoi.MAN, lironksuillc, Slrw'rt do. A. A, Bi.akei.v, Griffin, Pike co. do. John W. Griffin, Griffin, do. .1. TANARUS, IMav, FrnncisviHr, do. W. J. Parker, Ckentiba. Lee C'o., do. A. ./. Williams, Agent for Sum hr co. Cut. l. i:n W unit, Traveler's Jlcsl do. French Haggard, Alliens do, ISe.liietioEi in the terms ol die Sontli-West Georgian. After I lie first day of October the C! cor gi an trill be furnished to subscribers ill the following rules : s( 1,00 fir (i months, if paid in advance, 125 “ “ if not paid in advance. 2,0 ) for 12 months if paid in advance, 2,.50 “ “ if not paid in advance, Endsgcnnieists lo CSitlis. Five Copies (i months for §4,00 in advance, Ten Copies “ “ “ 7,00 “ Five Copies 12 months “ 8,00 “ fen Copies “ “ “ 15,00 “ Fifteen Copies 12 1110. “ 20,00 “ We have been induced to oiler tlie above terms in Older lo increase the circulation of our pager, and for that purpose yve earnstfv solicit the co-operation of oof fiiends. If yve meet with sufficient enriirogeineht, we intend gettino new material in ti few months and enlarging our paper. The ‘lieorqiaii'’ for t he Cainpdiign.. Being desirous of doing nl! we can for the only candidates lor the presidency now befor# the people who are worthy id j liieir confidence and support, to wit: ■ the last great statesman now living of the 1 hree greatest that ever lived at one period, j DANIEL'WEBSTER, and Georgia's. favorite son, CHARLES J. JENKINS, we oiler the following imluemenis for Campaign subscribers: Five copies from now until Ist Nov. $2 Ten “ “ “ “ Fifteen “ “ “ “ §4 Twenty “ “ *• “ §5 Wesolieii-the co-operation of .ill Web ster men to aid us in circulating the Geor gian extensively during the present cam paign. No labor will be spared to make it a good campaign paper. (ErTlou. A. 11. Stephens w ill please ac cept onr th inks for a copy of his very able and eloquent Address, sdtfliverod before the l ew, and I’iii Gu'uiiih Societies of Emory Colledge, 00 cotnmencemeiTf (jay. Q'r’H e are under, many obligations to the Savannah Dresses for Daily and Tri-weekly exchanges. We value them highly and feel that wo could not well get along without them. A meeting has been called in New Orleans of Whigs opposed to General (S’cotl, for the purpose of appointing delegates to tho Philadelphia Convention lo be held on the Ist of September. There is yet a chance for throwing the election into the Mouse of Representatives, and once there Daniel Web star “ill be our next President. /Mr. Pii'iTfl’s Slavery Seiiliincnls. / Last week we published the proof ol the sentiments purporting to have been uttered bv Mr. Fierce iu his New Boston speech. Desiring to do justice toall par ties we publish this week, Mr. Pierce’s letter of denial. We shall however, pur sue this subject still farther next week, and frame an article in tlie Washington Siirnul, show that Gelt. Fierce lias l>v word and deed committed himself against slavery in much stronger terms than set forth in ihe Independent Democrat's report of his New Boston speech. New Cation. On I asl Monday morning there werei two bales of new Cotton received in thi/ place. They were weighed at the Flat/- ttr’s Ware-house and purchased hy P. M_ liiison, Esq. at 10 1-2 cts per pound; Raised hy James Pope 1 sq. of Dooly county. The Savannah Courier. We have received several numbers of the Daily Cornier, published in Savan nah, bv-S. T. Chapman, former editor ol the Mac oil Tour mil 8c Messenger. It is n well gotten up sheet, and will hear coin p.irison with tlie best dailys in the State We have also received the first number < f Mr. Chajym,in’s Weekly, printed aller tin style of the New Orleans Weeklies. We wish Mr. Chapman all the success iu his new enterprise that his good taste and en ergetic spirit justly deserves. Ploying two hands. How is that? — We have heard it surmised ahoyt, that our lieigjibor of the American Union playyd a double game in the Conventions of last week at .Macon; that he first attended the Webster i Convention and look part in their delibera tions, and then went over and took a hand with tho Scott men. We do not stale the matter of our oyvn knowledge. But such a tiling is bruited about, and. being one of Sun nys best friends, it is our duty to make it known to him.— Griffin Jeffersonian. Sandy nerds no information on this sub ject, fiiend Cline. Be did play a double ! game in the late Macon Conventions, by ta | king part in the proceedings and suflering his j ! name to be used as a delegate in both, from | ‘Spaulding County, and he certainly has sense { j enough to know that such inconsistency “ill l he tail ed about. lie was the first man to repudiate tlie nominatioY of Scott, apd after saving a great many hard things about the old General, declared he would not support him, and hoisted at his masthead it third can-! didate. Be gloried in the coarse of the Union Whigs at tlie Milledgeville Conven tion, and endorsed tlie call for tlie Webster Convention, at Macon, and entered that Con vention as a delegate. The next day lib cn rolles bis name in the Scott Convention, and lo and behold ! When that body passes a res olution prescribing what papers the’ Scott party shall patronize, bis is found in the list. r . Verily, he has soli himself for a mess of (Scott pottage. Webster and Jenkins. Last week we hoisted at our mast head ihe names of Daniel Webster and Ch#lesl J. Jenkins for the Presidency and Vice Presidency.. For these patriots we intend lo battle, let wlial will cotne. It was a proud day with us hhen we were -honored with an opportunity of placing them at the head o! our columns, as the tinani. tnous nominees ofour State Convention, and it will he the proudest day ofour life, when we shall he permitted to cast out Vote in the ballot box, as a tribute of grat titude to these noble, statesmen, for tlie great services they have already rendered 1 heir-country, and their pure and uncon'., laminated devotion to the Ooustitntiou and the Union. No eulogium which vve or any other man could produce, would speak m too exalted manner the praises, and gratitude that is justly doe them,, for tiie'sei vices they have rendered. D.nsiel W ebster has already won for himself a lame that will he as lasting as liberty its elf, anil his late exhibited devotion to the wh /c l mull, in his firm and fearless ad vocacy of the Compromise merits a bigji er encomium from the Irii-nds of the Unv ion titan language could lavish imon him. Gnnrles .1. Jenkins is no less reverved i'V all who know him. He hay played no minor part in quieting tlie late slavery ng i(aiioi). He is Well know n to the people of Georgia as the founder ol the Union party ami the father of the 1 Georgia Platform j the principles of which are now virtually adopted hy all parlies, Save the abolition ists anil secessionists. And, while Dan : icl Webster has achieved ilm name of the ‘ great expounder oftlie constitmion ’ and ‘ hk-rnl of tlie Union, Charles J. Jenkins is its preserver. U is not onr intention daring (lie pres ent enuvass to war against our own house hold (••tther than to present.all tilings in their inn- light, hut in the support of’siich nienas Wthsteruml Jenkins patriotism de mands that we should emphtv onr utmost energies. }(, Rt any lime, oiyr zeal should get the better of our judgement, k, will) only be because yve are not forced, hy a national caucus, to give them an uniri/l, , nig suppoit, hut it. a free-matt, possessing the right of uniratraneled frnurliise, we give it heartily and unreservedly to the man ofour choice. K, in iudeavoring to present tlie sttperioly ofour candidates o ver all others, we should unfortunately “Oiiii'l the feeliugsjofn brother whig it will he unintentional. We desire to manmin a friendly relation w ith all who differ with ns only in men not \n principle, but if tins must needs he at the sacrifice of our own opinions and preference, we are not ready to make the sacrifice. We shall Cordially and uncompromisingly support Webster ami Jenkins at all buzzards. Plliing Pierce, too, Colonel !”—Col. J/ff. Davis, recently made a politic?! /leech before the Granite Club of Mem /this. As the report goes, he first pitched into Gen. Scott, ami then allued to Mr. Graham in this wise : “lie believed Mr. Graham wasa gentleman of unimpeach able honor. He could say nothing against him, except that he was found iu very had company. Though Mr. G. had lielil several prominent stations, yet no act of his had ever attracted his observation so as to make any marked impression, and he would say of him, as Johnny Brown said of his dog, when asked why lie wrs going to hang him—that he had never done anything ?■ Yes, said John, that is the reason lam going to hang him Here die orator is said to have made one of diose emphatic pauses indicative that a proper response is desired from the au dience. Tlip response was not delayed. A tall hunter from Tippah, instantly ex claimed—“ Hang Pierce, 100, Colonel !” The pith and pertinence of this reply con vulsed the audience and confounded the speaker. None of the Piercers could say what art of their nominee, the fiititings al ways excepted, had attracted observation, ‘So as to make any marked impression.” They knew that Pierce, too, had belli “several prominent stations,” and had never accomplished any :liing but—a faint, and tire Tippah man wept unan swered.—Jackson (Miss.) Plug of the Union. The Scott Convention. —This conven tion a-sembled at Mar on on Wednesday last. The lion. W. B. FlcmruiujY, of Clnthain, was chosen President, aiiTDr. Andrew’s, of the “Citizen,’’ and Messers. Roatli, of Augusta,’ and Simms, of Cowe ta, Secretaries. There were 37 counties represented, with 153 delegates. A committee of roil- Terence wtjs appointed to meet the-uoin ! miltee from the Webster convention, to | ascertain if there he no plan on. w hich the Whig party could harmonize filter an adjournment of about one liotir, ihe committee relumed to the convention and reported that nothing could he dittie to wards the siibjsft of their appointment. W hereupon the convention proceeded to j its business, ratified the nomination of ! Scott and Graham, and adopted the principles of the National VV lug party, and appointed the following Electors'* pur the State at Large, VV'.VI. LAW, of Chatlia n. J 0 E L C R A w FO K D, of Ea rly. For the Jfistricts, I-t Dish, — G. W. Walthour, of Liberty. | 2d Dist.— Lou Warren, of Baker, 31 Dist.—.ll. V. Hardeman, of Jones, j 4tll. Dist. —R. VV. Simmes, of Coweta, j sih Dist.—T ’timer H. Trippe, of Ctiss. Gt li Dist.—l. E. D upree, of Tw iggs. 7 1 h Dist.— N. G. Foster, ol Morgan. Sth Disk—Geo. W. Evans of lib Itmomk Mnj. I. L. Harris, of Milledgeville, was then called oiit, and addressed the convention ill an . eloquent and happy style, iu which he vindicated the charac ter of Gen. Scott, and urged * his claims for the highest office within die gift of'the people. They, adopted a resolution to hold a mass meeting at Atlanta, 011 the Mill of September, the atyiixer.-arv of'Scott’s entrance into the City of Mexico, Aftjf’r die transaction of olio r business, the convention ndj mrnedj us the Presi dent staled, to meet at the polls on the first Tuesday, in November. A Question for Grammarians and Pol itiewm The most important question before the American people is that of Slavery ;’the second is that of Foreign Intern niton. — Until recently, the latter had no part iu American politics. The advent of Kos suth, however, and the extraordinary doc trines which lie announced, rendered it neces.-ary for the parties of the country to decline their positions with reference 10 them. TJie Whigs in their platform of principles say; “That while struggling freedom, eve rywhere, enlists our warmest svmpaih.v, ; vve shall adhere to tlie doctrines of the Fa ther of his country, as announced in his I Farewell Address, of keeping ourselves free from all entangling alliances with for eign countries, and of never quitting our own to stand upon foreign ground: That our nVission as a Republic is not to pro pagate our opinions, or impose on other countries our form of governttUTit, bv ar tifice or force, but to teach by example, 1 and show by our success, modeialion and justice, the blessings of self-government, I and the advantages of free ihstiiiiiiotis.” This is clear and explicit. Tlie posi tion is sound, and the grammatical con struction good. There is no violation. Iterej either of the settled policy of the country or the principles of Lindley Mur ray. There is nothing offensive lo the Catholic whose religion Kossuth outrag ed, nor to those rules of composition with which every school hoy is familiar. But what shall we say of the following reso lution of the Democratic National Con vention? Is there sense or patriotism in it ? “ Resolved, That in view of the condi tion of popular institutions in the Old IVorld, it high and sacred duty is devolv ed, with increased responsibility, upon the Democratic parly of the country, as the party of the people, to uphold and main lain the rights of every State, and there by the Union of the States, and to sustain ant advance among us constitutional lib erty by continuing to resist all tnonopolis and exclusive legislation for the benefit of the few at the expense of many, and hy a viglant and constant adherence to those priciples and compromises of the Consti tution,w hirli are t broad enough and strong rfimtgh to etnbraee i and uphold the Union ns it was, the Union as it is, and the Uni on as it shall he, in the full expansion of the energies and capacity of this great and progressive people. “The condition of popular institutions in the Old World !” “The rights of eve . ry State I” “The Union of the S tales!” “Monopolies and exclusive legislation!” “Principles and Compromises of the Con\ sliluliun!” “ The Union as it was, the Union as it is, and the Union as it shall be!” Was there ever such ajuir.bleof words before! Who can make sense of the resolution? Who can understand it? Go over it again, reader, and tell us what the “popular institutions in the Old World” have to do with State rights, with “the Union as it was, the Union as it is, and the Union as it shall he ?” Above all, tell what “popular institutions” there are “in the Old World,” and what relation sustain to “the full expansion of the energies and capacity of this great am* progressive people.” Tlie party might as well have declared, that in view of the popular institutions in the moon, or u> view of the grievous condition of Billy Bowlegs, the /mlian Chief, a high and sacred duty is devolves upon them to up hold anti maintain the “:itrhts of every State, and thereby the Union of the States;” &c. fce. The connection in the one case is about as apparent as in the other. , The truth is as the N. Y. Post, a Demo cratic paper, has declared. The resolu tion was intended lo he a mere jumble of w ord's—to mean anything not nothing, ac cording to the fancy of the reader. To the follow es of Kossuth, it was designed to (iave ihe appearance of an endorsement of his intervention vagaries. The non interventionist, in the meanwhile, was to tie impressed with the idea that the con ation of the old world rendered it neces sary for os to take care of ourselves.— And generally, foreigners’ll) this country, as wdl as “the rest of mankind,’’ were to understand it ns a simple-expression ol the interest and curiosity of the Democratic patty iji regard to the people of Europe. In all seriousness, the resolution is un worthy of a great par'y. ll is an insult to the interventionist and the iion-iuler ventionist—to the foreigner and the na tive brtrn citizen. Tlie Convention trifled with the people when it adopted it. Upon a matter oFs much importance, it should have spoken oat distinctly and manlulU, and not have sought to be “all things to till men.” Its failure to do so, is sufficient reason to umhoi ii- all who oppose the j fanatical schemes of Kossuth, to w ithhold ] their support from the nominees of the D tfiiiouraiic party. The $o!!t;i western Railroad We Itw.n from the .Macon Telegraph of the 20. h dial ihe account- showing the receipts an I expenditures of the South western Road for the fir-t year of the ope rations, have betii dost ti, w Uli the follow ing results: The road was regularly opened fur bu sine-s ot: t ie 1 si .August, ISSI. Receipts for tlie y ear ending July 31, 1852. as fit flows: For Freight , SSO.S7S 44 “ Passengers 4GDI4 5G “ U. S. Mail 2,500 00 Total earnings 8129,305 33 j Tlip current 1 xpenses during j Hint peiiod have been 07,535 17 | j Leaving balance of net t arn iugsof. $71,535 17 Out of this sum the direc tors have declared a divi dend ofeight dollars per share, amounting to 44,530 00 Leaving a surplus of $20,999 17 Tlie total nnmher of passengers Iranss pot ted during the year, is 42,049; being an average ol’ 110 1-2 per day; number of hales of cotton transported, 45,470. The result i-s unparalleled iu the histo ry of Southern railroads, /t shows plain ly that these works, when economically rmtstrnried and judiciously managed may j he made profitable to the stockholders, as. welias a convenience to the public. The Southwestern Company has been, from its organization, most admirably managed. The first hoard of directors was well se.. lee ted—the first president was a gentle man of strong practical sense—the con tractors, we believe, w ithout a single ex ception, were experienced business men. Its present officers are gentlemen not only of clear heads and sound hearts, hut of matured experience. They are all ori ginally from this city-, and l ave all been connected with the Central Railroad Company nearly ever since i's organiza tion. We congratulate the stockholders, especially those interested in the Central Company and the city of Savannah, upon, 1 the remarkable success of this noble en -1 terprise.— Savannah Courier. It seems that Gen. Scott challenged ! Dewitt Clinton in 1820 for a card which j Mr. Clinton published April Gilt, 1819, i when he was not governor of New York. 1 It was alter Clinton had been, chosen gov l vernbr and taken tin oath against duelling, | and nearly a year alter the publication of his card, that the general demanded salts’