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Opposition Platform.
PREAMBLE.
The Opposition Tarty of (Vcqff* p'sals it
lf upou the principlasof Riplita f-p-iri
prmlagsa in the • uier., sr.i aqual J atriomixn
ol its banficii*, anu the oxen e by
only of sucfi power* u nr* •peoihi'elly delay.
t'i in t)<* CoattU-.urn, aoJ those clearly in
!*rr*Uo Irani, and incident to. the granted pon j
era and ueceaaary to carry out inch granted
power*.
1. Itesolrni, That the Union, oa establish- i
•and by the Kde.-nl Constitution, if ihe latter lie i
faithfully carried out, la the sweat unaranty of
lh* right* and inlaccata of all sections of the ‘
country, and preserved
2. Itesolred. That a. the institution ofi
Blavery existed in llie State* of the confed
eracy prior to the adoption of tile Constitu
tion of the I'ntted Slates, and the right te
hold slaves aa property was conceded by tho
framer* of Lite Constitution and fully recog
nised therein, therrlore, Slavery exist* inde- ‘•
penitently of the ConMitiinon and, as slave
ry i* recognized ami s*ucliourd by the
Constitution, Congress, which deuces *ll ;
its ]>oweit from that instrument, cannot Icg
islata on the subject of slavery, *r rept/or i lt
protection wlu-ro it legally exist* ; that the
Territories are tho common property of all
the States, an l therefore, tho jieople have
the right to mtor upon and occupy any
Territory with their slaves, as well a* other
property, and are protected by the Consti
tution and Flag of tho couutry ; that Con-
gress lias no right to legislate slavery into,
nor exclude it from a Territory, and that wo
hold that the doctrine of “non intervention”
with tho institution of slavery in the States.
Territories, or the District of Columbia, does
not, nor w as it intended to conllict with the
aaaerttoo of the power of Congress to pro
tect the properly of the citizens of the sev
eral Stales who may choose to settle in the
several Territories.
We lielieve also that the further agitation
of the subject of slavery will tend to no
practical good to any portion of the conn- j
try, and should therefore cease, regarding
llie principle as settled, both by legi'lalire
enactment and judicial interpretation, (bat
the people of the Territories, when they come
to form a State Constitution, nod at nooth lej
limr, (by unfriendly legislation or otherwise
shall delude the igicstion for themselves.
We lurtliermore repudiate the doctrine ol
‘squatter sovereignty ‘ in all its forms as an
invidious and certain mode of excluding the
South from the common territory of the
I mou, and stand ready to oppose sternly
and uncompromisingly all who advocate
that doctrine
X Renlvett, That the reckless extrava
gance of the preceding and present Admin
istration of the Federal Government, and
especially the utihlushlug corruption which
has marked tha latter, by which the public
expenditures have been increased from fifty
to near one hundred millions of dollars |>er
annum ts a den wrong that should be re
bu id aits ; • corrected. We hold
< ‘on gross i ,u*v u .non si Mr with tho Ad
rnin: ratiou for ‘h . qn-ngauce.
I. Ve r-n n i recommendation ot i
the President that Congress should uouler
upon hint the war-making power, and sub
jeot the army and navy to bi control,
coupled with the demand lor enormous ap
propriations ol tho public money to carry
out his view call lor and deserve the most
unequivocal ar.d um/o*l>iied condemnation
of the whole country.
6. Hetnlvrd, The present representation in
the State Legislature wo regard as cumbrous, ,
an unnecessary tax upon tiie |x-ople and In
imical to sis- and prudent legislation. We
advooafo a decided luductiqn and at tbecath- .
est day im,i.i.i.b.
Jiic Kroxt II H rile, altollt .lee
Hroti ii.
“Modesty i .1 quality that adorns a wo- |
man,” say’ the old proverb, but whether
his Excellency Joseph E. Ilrown boasts
such an adornment, the reader must de
termine after reading the following arti
cle which we find in the Atlanta Confute- j
racy. It evlines a modest appreciation
of his own merits, quite as refreshing as
the late Demonstration of Mr. Stephens
in this city :
Jos Brown \S kicks a in.it Jos
Riowi.—ln the fall ot 1855, Joe Brown
was a candidate tor the judgeship of the
I heroicee Circuit. lie was opposed by
Judge Irwin of Marietta. There being
much political excitement at the time,
the canvass partook of a political na
ture, and as much so as Joe Brown mid
his lriends could make it. This ,vas ,
done for the purpose of securing Joe’s
election. Not having any legal mer
it, he appealed to the Pemociatie
party which was largely 111 the ascend
ant in the district, to elevate hint to the
bench. (It should have been a pillory.)
lie visited the city of Atlanta and ap
pealed to the editors of the Intelligencer,
to advocate the claims of “(U. //rmwi,
o/ Vhrrol.tr.” They did so to some ex
tent, but it was not satisfactory. The
capabilities, excellences, legal attain
ments, end superhuman qualifications of
“Cut. Itromi,” were not set forth in Inn
gunge sufficiently explicit and cogent.
W h*mi|M>u “CW. Jirutcn” proposed lo
write an editorial about “fW. Hr own.’ 1
Thin whs assented to. Olid in the Intelli
genoar of the - Ith of Sept., In.Vi, tan
lie found line rare gem id, suit'uiUalewl i
laudation. ror far “F nauseating the
| ‘ll Iliife f w will only make one extract
of the most modest “character. Itoud
it:
“If be (Judge Irwin) had taken th
open, candid mid independent course
pursued by 1 <>l. Ilrotrn , his cpgtonent,
anti avowed his sentiments witliout dis
guise or dimble dealing, he would not
now stand in the unenviable position be
now oenpies before the community. ‘
*’ Hut the
trick is exposed, the people have learned
the secret, and .in Monday next they will
stamp the seal of their condemnation
upon it, and will elevate /’<>/, Hroirn to
the Bench—a anif/entan eminently qual
ified, and one who is not ashamed ot his
principles, or afraid to avow them.”
Now, reader, reflect, ‘I he (question
may be asked, upon what authority do 1
we make this charge ? We answer, that
the authority Is incnnlestibl*. It is from
a gentleman who wax connected with
the office nl the Intelligencer at the time
the article was written. We challenge
an investigation.
This is the same, identical “Colonel
Hroirn” that was accidentally nominated
for < Jovcrnor.
Will theStateol Ueorgia again dis- j
grace her fair escutcheon by the re eled
tion of this self laudatory in fialux f
riicre is a popular movement in ■
Nebraska for a Statu Government,
proposing a convention in October,
mi’ election in November, and appli
cation for admission simultaiiuoualv
with Kansas.
From the Knoxville Whig.
DwiagUt*’ -Order of Iparfun..'’
Dougin* nnd hi a parttturs in New
Yotk, mostly ,re#3oil Democrats lutve
got up a Seat: Order—if the reader
1 please, u <(trtt ,J> ti, ,il (n tuini'tt t 1 n — ‘
mtetuligjl ho Advance his chum* to the
Presidency, The Pennsylvanian, n
lending Democratic paper in Philadel
phia, stated that this order i* to he ex
tended into all the other States, between
now nnd the time of the meeting of the
I < harlealon (’i nvention, so m to pack the
I delegation* from every State. The-r
----! gam cation i* known by the name of the
i “Order of Spartans.” having sign*, grips,
and pass words. The Petisylvanian saya
it is n well organised secret political so
ciety, and h.is its agents out in other
States, paiil by Douglas and his friends.
They avow themselves in favor of the
| Cincinnati Platform “at expounded Ay
tin pinole's ch<iwpu>n f j!Ste/‘hei< A, Jhiuy
i In* j’’ and the following i* one of their
resolutions made public in one of their
organa at Buffalo, colled the Republic,
w here there is a branch of the order :
/{eeolred, ‘Hint in order to make our- \
selves effective at the (mils, we will act
as a unit in casting our ballot for men
who tha'.l have been endorsed by this or
der.
Now, is this the party, whose leaders
every where cried out against secret pu
I litieal Organitolione, in 1 85(1, warning
the people against them, as dangerous to
civil and religious liberty? And is this
the same I hmglas, who, while Senator in
i Congress, spoke to a mass meeting in
\\ ashington, denouncing the signs, pass
word* aud oaths ot tho Know Nothings!
What an unmitigated pack of hypo
crites ! Gov cruel by no principle,
they alone act in reference to the
Semi.*.
Hut they adopt the Cincinnati Plat
form “at expounded Ay Stephen A
Jtautjlas” And here are the words in i
which I hiuglas expounds one of its most
important articles of faith:
“A Territorial Legislature may
RIGHTFULLY exoIudeSLAVEKY by
NON-ACTION and UNFRIENDLY
legislation. ’
W ith this avowal of Abolitionism,
the Free Soil States are sending dele
gates to Charleston, instructed to go for
Douglas! And the power and influence
of this secret organization and the charm
of its signs, grips, and pass-words back
ed up with a love for spoils, will even
drive the Slate Rights Democracy of
\ irginin, the Nullitier* of South Caro
lina, the Fire-Eaters of Georgia, nnd
the Slave-Trade Democracy of Alabama
and Mississippi, to the nomination of
Douglas. The corrupt and prolligate
leaders of I fomocraoy in Tennessee are
for Douglas now. T hey already endorse
the affirmation that n territory may ex
clude Slavery by non action : and the
nomination of Douglas nt Charleston,
will open their eye-, to e the potency
nnd truth of “unfriendly legislation ,
and by the time the canvass fully opens,
they will admit that “a territorial Leg.
islature iniii/rlyhlt,illu • relttih slureryr‘
? ‘ol.. A kin.— Vl I 4 lloi n XT's ()|-|s
ion The Ring--AM l-lAiroxV, a In
: moerntie journal./published nenrCol.
Akin’s home, tint!- -.peaks of him :
Cm,. Akin.— I In- 1 qipokition Cum
veiition \v l l ie l l assembled at Ntlnn
ta on the lutli nil . put in innnimi
; lion Col. Warren Akin, of Cass, for
tiovernor. Wc speak only vvliat ev
-1 erv one in 11 1 i— seel ion know s in he
true, when we say that no man of
the Opposition could have been
found, who eonhl enrry more votes
in this section ot’ the Slate, than
Col. Akin, lie is a man of undeni
able ability, andiiTcproaelnihle mor
al ehnrucler. lit-Inis no political re
cord, having neVer taken an active
; part in political allairs, lie was an
old line whig, hot never belonged to
the know tint hipg orgnniy.nl ion, or to
the American |i/irtv, hilt was gencr
-1 ally known to be among its syiiipa-
I thizers. Since* the death of the old
Whig party, ho lias always been
found following in the wake of those
opposed to 1 lit I•eniccnicy, he they
whom they might. No party mime,
therefore, woiri l better suit himthan
that ot the party of w hich lie is now
aeknowled h-aller.
We are inn- among Col. Akin's
mum personal friends andndmircra,
and we arc exceedingly sorry that
so good n 11181/11- lie is, should he sacri
ficed to keep tlie party organiy.ation
up—lbr w e apprehend no candid per
son will pretend to deny, that lie
who rims against (Jov Brown is
’ doomed to defeat
1.1 A r or Orb ii ns fruiter Coimnittril
r " r M'TR slemjliU-i. -\V. II I’ King,
toreinan in the composition room of
llie New < IrlcuiiH Crescent office, was
examined in that city on .Sutiiidav
lie-1, on a charge of murder and iii
dieted for manslaughter. During a
meeting of the New Orleans Typo
graphical tnion, on the 3d of.fitly,
\rthur Meiell, (who was assistant
loremun in lie same department, ot’ 1
ihe (’rosccnt office, ) and the accused,
lmd an altercation, during which
\lel,ill was -tnhhcd by King in the
lun k. w hit'll result, and i'u the death of
Mi-(i. on tlieMh iiisi. The dying do
clnration of Met.'ill was not allow,si
to he used in evidence, hut the tcsli- ’
inniiv of sewrai witnesses went to
fix the net II ,011 the licensed, mill lie
w as fully coninittcd to take his trial
, for iiiiiiislamliier. He was admitted
to bail in tin sum of kj.auo
Among tli’ recent contributions
to the \\ itsliington Monument is a
liloek ot cur’cd marble, in wbieli is
j inserted a (iirioiisly carved bead,
with this iiis riptioii beneath : -This
bead was curved between two and \
three tinman id years ago bv the au
x S'icut Egypt ana, tor their temple,
; erected in imtior of Augustus, on the j
banks of tl, Nile. Brought from j
; there by .1 I l.elimilll.”
, I okc being asked bv
George 111 w ictlicr he pin ved cards, |
replied—
'“"not. y our Majeatv. tell a
king flrotn a kimre !”
DAILY CITIZEN?!
L. r. W. ANI>RETT?, Editor.
MACOM, 8u Toil DAY BEPI ~ iBot- 1
FOR GOVERNOR
COL. WARREN AKIN,
Or Cass.
FOR CONOR ESS,
THOS. HARDEMAN, jr„
Os Bibb.
For Congreu.
I#/. Dintrict. — -
‘.'J. “ Marcellas Ittarlaw, of Kandnlph.
3rd. “ Tboata Hardraii, Jr., of Hihb.
till. “ Mm. I’. Wright, of Coweta.
6th. “
Bth.
ith. “ Ilea. Jasliaa 11111, of I’utnam.
hth. “ A. R. Wright, ol Jeflr*on.
Appointment! cf Mr. Hardeman.
Kart Wile;. Irldst, Srpt. i
i Batter, Taylor co., Satardat, Srpt. 3
ll.talll ia. Harris ro., Tnali), Sept, tt
Whltr-avllle. “ Wntamda,, Srpt. 1
i Hr. suers Spring, Ttiumtej, Sept. S
i tallej Plains, I'rUa,,.. Srpt. tt
TliaaderlagSprlac, rpsonro., Tarn!'}, “ 13
Hardeman’s Appointments.
PKATTSBCRG, Talbot county,
Thursday, September 15.
GENEVA, Talbot county,
Fkioay, September 16.
GRIFFIN, Spalding county,
Monday, September 19.
LIIIERTT IIII.L, Hike county,
Trssnxv, September 20
Cl LL<)T)KN, Monroe county.
Tin ksday, September 22.
KNOXVILLE, Crawford county,
Sati bdav. September 2‘l
- Due.
file very able article in our yes
terday's edition upon the subject yl
“Direct Triid,,” we omitted to credit
to the proper source. It was taken
from the editorial columns of the Mo
bile He, titter
The Sovonth District.
We learn by a private letter, that Col. A.
11. Kenan and Hon. Joshua Hill, had an in
terview a few days since: and with a mag.
nnniinity that has ever characterised his po
litical conduct, Col. Keuan has withdrawn
his name from the canvass. Wo are truly
| gratified t lint this difficulty has been ar
ranged : and while xve cheerfully tke down
our fiiends name, and substitute Bon
I Joshua Bill’s in th place we are proud of
j the generous, noble, self-sacrificing pirit
that preferred bis own retirement to the de
i feat of his party and it principles. I.et us
| not forget Col. Kenan, in the future, —and
j let every true friend rally to Mr. Hill, und
save the District to the Opposition.
Cm.. Ann, in Savaxbxu.— Wo un
derstand that Col. Akin xvnked up the
people in Savannah on Tlittrsnny night.
\ private letter snys his presence has
created great euthusiaam. There is no
doubt of the power and influence which
( 01. Akin’s character carries with him.
His success is almost certain.
Singular Night Scone.
Avery ‘ingiihir appearance of the
i heavens was noticed bv inanv of our
citizens between the hours of 1 and
J 8 o’clock this morning. We first
discovered it about ft o'clock ; lit
w hich t inn- t lie sk v was ot'a brilliant
red I rout zenith to horizon, and so
bright, as to make objects plainlx
visible in an ordinary lighted cham
ber. It xvua quite clear, auil the stars
shone out brightly. Those who no
ticed the l-l cnomcnoil at all earlier
hour, ilcscrihc it as light, as middle
way between the break of day and
sunrise, and extremely red. It was
certainly un interesting sight. We
are not over weather wise, but we
think it portends storm\, laii.-icr
ous xveutli. r
tir llook Table.
“ P.X III. OR CIIAKAIIKH .A N|l I’ltO
v Kims, intemled for the Parlor or
Saloon, ami requiring no expensive
a]i]mrat us, or scenery, or proprieties,
tiir their pcrfonuaucc ; by S. Anno;
Front : J. 11. IJppincott A Cos., pub
lishers, Philadelphia Avery pleas
ant volume of evening umusclnents.
For sale by .1. M Hoard man.
” tenertintf Wort. :it irrlt ot’ mnnij
Ti rtiifis, wrought Ilf/ Until Parting
ton. (II P. Shellahcr.) Hi •own, I,og
gnrd. A ('base : Shehloit A t'o.. New
soi k, ami J 11. iiippiueot 1, Philadel
phia, pitldishers. Those who have
a wish to look over the savings of
Mi's. Partington, and the doings of
that peculiar specimen of Young
America. “Ike,” can do so, by call
ing at Mr. .1 M. lb>unlman's Hook
Store. Price. HI 25.
Htir/irr - Anr Monthh/ Mnt/u;in<.
Mr. Konrdinuii has laid on our table
the Septcmlmr number of this peri
odical NYc shalll notice this work
niot'e tally at some future time.
“To Point a Moral.”
Issnrlnir in iih .fas that stoo/irth hrbirren
Uvo burden*,” Cannot the honeat, conserva
tive Democrats of Georgia see Ibat the lac
lions which divide the Democratic party,
have placed it in the condition of Isaac!.or ?
Mr. Douglas and Gov. Broyvn are the bur
dens on one baud, aud Senator Iverson on
tli® other. Will they not come out from
among them, and let Irotb burdens fall to the
ground? “A bouse divided against itself
cannot stand. ’ The Opposition party pre
sents s place of relief and safety. “A word
to the wise is sufficient I”
Mr. Toombs and the Deinoc
- racy.
Mr. Toombs’ speecn at Lexington ha>
thrown the Dtrrocracy into* terrible stew
They will find jlio nM \Yi o leader ome-
Until; of a tyrant beloio tlicy got done with
bint, lie tried to domineer over tlic old
Whigs but finding they were al-oul to fling
him ofT he slid over on to the hacks of the
Detnooracr. We shall watch the coming
events with soma interest. If the honora
ble Senator shakes bis list so threateningly
at Mr Gartrell, It is a matter of speculation
what he will say to our friend, Col. Speer.
For llw ♦'<rt<ig rmwn,
At l( Attain.
Mr. Editor:— Tin* Km pin Stop tell* u*
tno < ntliu-.Rin for Col. Spoor i tm u abound*
fit'’ in Houston. Well, ifthcre i* no bound*
to tin* onthiiftia*m for Cos!. Spoor, b will b*
oloctoil liLo Od. Hailey was rite fat. I reckon
tli* Empire Siatr lift* a ferUnff recollection
I of the cn\aft- for Copgro** in thU district
lin JH.V. The Empire State -aid then the
l enthusiasm for Col. Hailey wun unbounded }
and the eiitliuidmmi for Col. Spoor will !*•
boun<lcd by the* triumphant election of the
gallant and trustworthy Capt Ilardernnh.—
Tho|roopl< of the 8d District will reintmher
how the Empire Stair, the Ucorgia Telegraph,
the Columbus Time*, talked and wrote then.
Thojr told the people Haily would he elcctfil
any how, for the enthusiasm was nnhoundod
for him. Oh, there were largo gains then
for Haily, as now for (’ol. Sj**er. The Em
pire State speaks of large guins for o*l. Speer.
It is only an old song men-un and by anew
note of vain-boasting ami misrepresentation
—that is all. Tin- truth is the Empire Staff
| ha* been so long in the habit ol raising ex
pectation, and &o long auhjectcd to di*up
pointment and de/hat in this District, we can
afford to let him revel in the anticipation of
how ‘die would if he could,” only heat us
once in the District. How delightful it
must be to the Empin State to think how he
would fed—(the thought ravishes his soul,)
if he could just beat Hardeman with Col.
Speer, in this District. There is no chance,
Mr. Empire State. You and the Col. de
ceived the people too had in 1865 and 1858,
with Douglas and the Kansas bill. Don't
you recollect how Douglas and Walker and
Hucbanun defended the rights of the South
in Kansas, by insisting that tin* people should
vote upon the Constitution of Kansu with
out even consulting the Convention, or
learning Whether or no it met the wishea
of the delegate of the Convention that
framed the Constitution. Have you forgot
ten the 3rd resolution of the Democratic Con
vention that nominated Brown in 186 b, for
Governor ? You remember how you hel|H*d
to fool the jteoplu oftho 3rd District—l mean
the people of the Democratic party. Don t
you remember lion Brown dodged that res
olution ? Think! lookback, and try and
! call to mind what you promised then. What
I did you and votir lenders promise the people
while you were fastening Dougin-Territorial
Legislation, and Squatter Sovereignty upon
them Are you not tired of hearing Squat.
ter Sovereignty apoken of? You ought to
admit a defence of Squatter Sovereignty in
your columns again, a* you did in IH-V, or
is"- 1 - xv i—,..:..n a* t--vVu.v'avt ‘.iu-i
ter Sovereignty now? remit'*, I think,
was hi* cognomen, limit; him out again:
knock olf the splint nnd give him h fair trial.
Squatter Sovereignty is a fiVtfaspnvined : but
rub him tip, cover him. bv throwing tiie Um
pire State over him, us von and Cifl. B|ieer
did over hi* stall, ill the Kansas bill. You
liuvo but little to aay for llie Kmisiis bill
noxv. Oh, no, don't mention it: for our
Democratic candidate for Congress in tho fird
District, Col. Speer, did battle manfully for
the Kansa* bill, and denied that Squatter
Sovereignty was in that ( heat nnd swindle.
Think how you and Col. Speer have helped
to fix this Pole Kvil of the Kansas hill, upon
your section nnd country. You know, I
reckon, something iifomt that disease (Pole
Kvil,) among horse-. The people of the :(nl
Di.-triet remembers too well your promise
about that nee” to mu’ e Kan-as a Slave
Stale, to trust the political “wisdom of your
self or Col. Spi sir.
The Kmpire .Stale spexta and publishes
Home remarks made by (’el, Speer, nt Tsl
bottou, in defence of the extravagant waste
of the l’ublic .Money by tlif adimiii-trntion,
and the Democratic h aders at Washington,
and Col. Speer itenir .> what. Robert Toombs
asserts us a fart , that the ortlinarv expenses
) oftheGovernment have ts*on raisi-d from 4*>
millions to SO or ‘.Hi millioj&s a year. Col.
Speer says “large have been
made bv Coiigress'tO"slreng|lien our defence
in the construction of shipsfof war.” Well,
let us see what Senator Todnhs says about
Ibis same matter, on the gjli of February,
1K.V.1, in the Senate ofthe f”nitcd States. — ’
Toombs says thi—“YiH'j HAVK CAIt-
IMKD YOI'H NAVAL K,\ I'KNSES, IN
TEN YKAHS, KKoM FIVK OR SIX
MILLIONS HOLLA Its Ty THIRTEEN
MILLIONS, WITH NO AltljyE EFFI
CIENCY, AM> BI T YtW 51 Olt T
snirs.” Mr. Toombs, in that same >],<■,-cl),
insinuates that a large portion AfYlieinttrCiv
amount is spent in polities : Ju ar him, listen
to him—**/ (hint this rnonegfts Indhi spent,
er* nif spent fcrpoHtie*. ffjttiinbi appro
peialrJ men ft* that bit sin eae,tit untfht to brlnt/
more result* Now, youfßavo what Col.
Speer said, and 1 have given y-ou what Mr.
Toombs anys. I'Soe Appendix to t'ongre*-
•lolialGlobe. INdhand 1 S f, page lh.) Per
il)! p- they have a const rush i/n account at
Washington fur the NnvyJ as they lmd on
the State Rond while Johnson was tiovern
or. You know how that was managed 1
give seven dollars 11 yard for work on the
State lload to favorites, when it eould liavo
been oontrneted for at lbi|r dollars a yard.
Tell Col. Speer to rea l Tooiiilm’ speech and
expose of the extravigaiiA of the admini*.
tration at Washington, before he makes
another Talbolton.
Hardeman is right in hfs charge of Feder
al corruption and cvtfftvngaacu—Toomlia
bears him out in it. Whatever Capt. Har
deman voted, is a permanent investment for
die benefit of the State and people; not so
with tin- money voted at Washington. Not
one dallar of money voted for by Hardeman,
was ever appropriated sos political purpose®,
as Sir. Toombs insinuates the money at
Washington Im- ls-en Used.
Use or rui. old tinauji.
I’rofS. O. IJillycr has accented
the Chaplaincy and Professorship of
Theology of Mercer University.
‘ fWi\lMt”vtl‘ATKll.‘|
M AVON, Hf|*t. Ist, 1 S.V.*.
I*r. Andrews: 1
For the benefit of “A Friend,” J
mentionedlnyouvcHi t...1i.ft0-.|:iy,
nlcu-sc pubic h .1 JcW t?/ ‘ i ,j‘i tis
r rri/ HiM/iilar trrorn, committed by
said “friend,” ill looking over tln* re
port of tho censu , t!*r the city and
county., at published in the ‘‘Journal
and Motteeiiger” ol’ yester.lav. He
asserts positively, dial according to
the report, there uro i but 7‘J2 males
<>Ver Its years of age in the city.—- ■
There are more than I wire dial
miiiil.fi- and die report av* so. “A
Friend” finds nut from die report,
that the niiniber ol female* over 15
years of age, is double that of the
males over lii years in the city.—
Such is not the liiet, and the report
does not so stale. “A Friend” says,
the city votesov er Mill and that there
are, aeoork mg to t lie report. only 71*2
males over Hi, in the eity.
The report neither says or inlj
imites any sueli figuivn. “ A Friend”
discovers from the report that lliciv
are hut 1121 males over Hi years of
ttffe in the county , and says every
body knows w e vote 17<*• * votes.—
Neither Mr. Burnett. or the tables of
the report over which “A Friend”
looked, says any sueli thing. “A
Friend” says, that the census taker,
puls down 227 k femalesover 16years
of age, and only 1121 males over If!
in the county. The census taken,
puts down no sueli thing. The re
port as published in the Journal A
.Messenger,'shows first, that there are
1(124 heads of families in the city of
Macon—of that number 1X1! are fe
males—the remaining x:ix heads, are
males over Hi years of age ; add to
that nun) Iter, males over Hi. asset
down in the report in the 41 li column,
and it makes Midi) males over Hi
years of age in the city of A!aeon.
The Report hlioxvs 1680 run lon ox er
Ifi years of age, and 1206 females ox--
cr 15 years age—add to that number
I*6 females heads of families and xve
have 1482 female* ox er 15 x cars of
age.
Tiie Report shows 18.55 heads of
families in the county ; 1555 of these
are mules over 16year ofngo—add to
this number 1121 males over Hi. as
in the report, and xve have 2676
males over Hi years of age. Now I
I think I have proven from the re
port itself, that “A Friend” did not
understand anything about it, nnd
that he has made a vai.sk report of
the same. Tile census of the fitx
nin I county has been taken properly
and the figures show just what tliex
are I heliexc I liax'e every mans
name doxvn in the city, and his cen
sus taken properly, and 1 am sorry
to know that some men in Mtieon,
who pretend to he my friends un
making false statements in regard to
the nuttier. The Lord deliver me
from such friends, forever.
J (’. <’. BURNETT,
< Vnstis Taker of (’ity
‘".Y TtfciUK.xmi. Dn ti xi. Mr.
John T. Johnson, lately a Custom
house officer in Alexandria, Virginia,
publishes n card in the Gazette of
that city, explanatory of the eunso
of his removal from office. It ap
pears that he voted for Mr. Shackle
ford for Congress, instead of Gov.
Smith, And, although Mr. Shackle
ford was a Democrat, yet the Gov
ernor was considered the regular
party candidate, und therefore Mr
Johnson was ousted from his office.
Ft appears that he called (o see the
President in regard’to his removal.
Here is his own account of the inter
view :
The President informed its, that
persons who hold office under his
Administration would he expected
to support the rc-eleofion of mem
bers of Congress who were friendly
to his Administration, regardless of
tlteir antecedents. Opposition to
such a candidate,to ho regarded asjust
cause fin - removal.
Mr. Jones golog out of his nay to (stall Mr.
Jrnkins la IS.U.
Do the friends of Mr. Jenkins intend
to support the pretensions of Mr. John
J. Jones for a seat in Congress ? To all
who do, we wish to present the follow
ing extract from the correspondence of
ihe Chronicle and: Sentinel of 1853, when
this same Mr. .Jones was a candidate for
Congress, in opposition to Mr. Stephens,
and when he tra\ eled out oi his way, in
his rapid support of Johnson, to make
such a lling ut one who towers ns far
above him ns the mountain above the
ant hill. Head the extract, mid try how
it rests on your stomachs 1
“ Me [Jones] also told us that no mat
ter it Johnson was a Disunionist and
BplriV Hf>jqier,Wey nercr foil nit him pass
ing any Algerine Lair.”
Navigation ok tub Mishocki Ri
vku. —.V steamboat has just return
ed to Si. Louis, (Vom a trip up the
.Missouri river to Fort Benton, three
thousand miles from its mouth, and
only seventy miles from the source
of the Colombia river. This is the
furthest point yet reached hv stenm
boat, anti it is now demonstrated, a
steamboat may, without any difficul
ty, go from Pittsburg to Fort Hen
ton nnd hack. In truth, the intern
al navigation of the west is as yet in
its infancy.
The hippopotamus of the Jardan
des Plants at Paris had a son last
year which she killed hy pressing it
against the side of the tank. This
year another callow hippopotamus
was horn. He seemed at home in
the watery cradle provided for him,
yet when lie had reached his fifth
day site brutally nnd unfeelingly
killed him, with her tusks. The
next scion of this family will he
“raised by hand” and apart from the
cruel instincts ofits mother.
I hiring the year there have been
thirty-two tons of gold coined at
the California .Mint.
— ——— |
Newspaper*.
Consider how universal are news- J
papers in America. They penetrate 1
every nook and corner of society. No
.-tin r element es power has such nsphere i
The pulpit, the court, the lecture, oogi j
paroj with the newspaper, touch society
in but few places. The newspaper in 1
America is universal. It reaches within j
and without, Loin surface to cole; it j
travels everywhere, is bought by every
body, read by all classes, and is wholly j
or nearly tho only reading of more than
halt our population. It* service to good
morals nut) to intelligence among the ;
people is incalculable. All the libraries
of Europe are not of as much serx ice to j
the nations as tho newspaper is to this
American nation. Its power is growing.
Who would, twenty years ago, have
dreamed es such a growth ami power as
has hern developed ! But the next 20
years will witness a greater. The editor
is to be schoolmaster. The beat talent
find its highest sphere in tin editorial j
room. Already that chair is tmire in I
Ihicnliu! than the bench or the platform.
No brain can act upon so many as that j
which speaks by the printing press af
the daily paper. Ink heats like blood
in llie veins of the natiou.— fndepeiulent.
Col. Speer defending the Engliah Bill!
We have it upon reliable authority,
that Col. Speer, in his speech at Zebufon,
on the 18th tilt., “defended the English
Rill earnestly, and declared that it con
tained no objectionable feature.”
Southern Rights men—lverson men,
do you hear that { Mr. Iverson, in his
speech iu this city, denounced the popu
lar sovereignty doctrines of the Kansas
Nebraska Act, as defined by Mr. Doug
las. The English Bill sustained Dong
las construction, (by giving the people
of Kansas the right to exclude slavery
after a pro slavery constitution haJ been
adopted and submitted to Congress.) aud
Mr. Speer defends the English Bill!
Nor is this all—he refuses to say that
he is not the friend aud advocate of
Douglas, or that he will not support him,
if nominated, for the Presidency.
Is this the candidate that Southern
Kiyhts Democrats are preparing to elect
; with their votes? We do not believe
| it.— fnd South.
The Democratahavo been claim
ing the election of Gen. Houston, ns
Governor of Texas, for a Democratic
victory. Hear what the Huntsville
j hem, a Democratic paper, published nt
Houston's home, has to say:
The Know Nothings have won Texas!
It is useless to deny the fact. Around
here, they me the most jubilant set of
t fellows you ever saw; nothing now will
suitthem but to make Houston President
‘of the Union! nothing less comes up to
their lofty ideas ; they even talk of his
■retting the Charleston nomination! Why
should he not ? Two weeks ago, we
would as soon have thought of (lying to
the moon as that Sam Houston would be
Governor of Texas, yet that imp< issibilily
has c itne to pass,—Sam Houston is the
(Jovernor elect of Texas! We shall
I deebi nothing impossible flfTtb this out.
■Bkn ITii.i. at Forsyth.—Tbis*popu
lur orator addressed a rou-sittg meeting
: of the people, at Forsyth, Tuesday last.
He spoke, we learn, for host's, and
held his immense auditory spell-hound
to the close. We hear of this best re
sults.
The truth is, the people are waking up
and becoming alive to the impositions
that have so long been heaped upon
I them. There is “lire in the mountains,”
and the coullagiation is beginning its
march over Middle Georgia. May we
j not hope that some spark will light ttpii
blaze in the South, nnd thus by sweep.
’ ing over the entire State, purge it of the
chaffy demagogues that have so long he
strided and disgraced it. Let Chatham
nnd the First District awake from their
slumbers, and lend a willing hand to the
gloriouscotisummalion.— Situ.
Ihon’ Banos for Cotton Balks.—
The V V. Courier and Enqtlirer says:
(for attention has been called to an
abuse in the use of sheet iron hands on
cotton hales. Six hands which were
Inken from a bale yesterday weighed
twenty-seven pounds—the cords usually
employed weigh only about six pounds.
The difference in this case amounted on,
the value ot the cotton, to 1-2 t0.,8-4
cents per lb. We do not learn what
steps are proposed to stop this abuse, it
it may he so termed, hut we hear that
the New Orleans Cnamberof Commerce
discountenances it.
Akbkst ok a Mail Kouiikk.—The
Memphis Bulletin of Sunday, Aug.'iftlh,
says: Lewis, alias Cobb, whose arrest
on suspicion of horse stealing was mens
tinned by u* yesterday, lias been recog
nized by Deputy (Sheriff Swan,
cdy, as Lewie A. Noble, an indivißuil
at present under indictment in one of
the courts of Georgia for robbing the.
mails. lie will be retained in custody
until the facts in the case arc deliuitcly
ascertained, or until a requisition lor Ins
person is received from Gov. Brown, of
the above State.
Pkkhiiith on the Central Rail
road. — Wo learn that the two regu
lar express freight trains which left
the depot this morning, consisted of
forty curs, laden entirely for Atlan
ta und points beyond Atlanta, and
for Columbus and points l>yon Co
lumbus. The regular way train con
sisted of twenty-live curs, laden with
goods for way stations and Macon—
for Augusta and points on ihe S. \V.
Italruad. The steamships and road
are daily doing a large business.—
Stir. Krimhliriiii.
A marble sarcophagus for the remains
of Henry Clay, intended to be placed in
the base of the monument now being
erected to his memory in Lexington, Ky.,
has just been completed at a marble
yard in Pmladelphia. It is cut out ofa
solid block of marble from Montgomery
county, and is in the form of a common
coffin. The interior is of sufficient size
-o admit the leaden case containing the
remains of the departed itati small. The
outside o( the sarcophagus is beautifully
carved with appropriate emblems.
The Democracy of Bibb have
reiused a proposition from the, Opposi.
lion to run a compromise tieke'— they
taking the Senator and yielding the Rep
resentatives, or t iking tho Repreuelitu
lives and yielding dio Senator. l"his
was a reasonable proposition, that (had
i it been acceded to) would have avoided
.in acrimonious county contest, strife and
laid feeling: uud ve can hut h -ps the
‘party rejecting it in ly he beaten. None
>ut political demagogues could desire ft
heated contest, where no public good is
to be subserved by it. <*a what meat
i ,|o these party leader* feed, that the peo
| pin must he forced into unnecessary
strife, simply to appease their vitiated
j appetites lor excitement! — Inti. South.
llai.timokpc. —Two hundred oftho best
citizens of Baltimore have signed a call
with the following heading:
The undersigned, citizen* ami business
men of Baltimore, in view of the prea-
I cut deplorable condition ofulTaira in our
I city, call upon all favorable to ilia resto.
ration of law and order, the purity of
j the ballot box, uni the protection of lo
cal voters, to assemble with them In
mass meeting, at Monument Square, on
Monday afternoon, the fifth day of Sep*
; leather, til lour o’clock, to take into oon*
siduialkMi such measure* as tho present
crisis may warrant.
The largo body of land—s2,ooo
acres—lately owned by Messrs. Ander
son & Met'lung,known as the “Hollings
worth Survey,” aud lying in the coun
ties of Highland, Randolph and Pendle
ton, Vh., has been sold tor SOO,OOO, or
80 cents per acre. The land has been
sold to a Northern Emigration Com
pany, whose design is to settle upon it.
The Providence Journal snys
that Mr. Powell, whose picture of the
“Discovery of the Mississippi by ]),;
Soto” adorns the lotunda of the Capitol
at Washington, has been commissioned
by the Statu of Ohio to paint the “Rat
tle of Lake Erie” for the Capitol of that
Slate.
A letter from Raleigh, N. C.,
dated August l!*th, says that about noon
on that day a son of the Hon. Kenneth
Raynor, a fine promising youth, about
thirteen years old, was hunting with a
shot, gun, in company with his brother,
several years younger than himself. The
gun went off accidentally, the whole load
passing through the head of the older,
and producing instant death.
Enomsii Nkivscapir in Havana.—A
Prospectus is out fora weekly paper, to
he called “The Cuh<tn Messenger/’ and
to ho printed at Havana, in the English
language, by Col. J. \V. Bryant, late a
well-known lawyer of East Florida.—
The first number w ill be issued in < foto
ber next.
J-frf” The first American woman who
ever went ashore in Japan was Mrs.
Bailey, wife of Capt. Bailey, of I’hila
delplt;a,juaster of tli*ihip Mary Ellis.
She was surrounded and followed he a
large crowd of Japanese, hut all their
movements wore perfectly respectful.
Kli'timer Burnt.
Memphis, Sept, Ist. The steamer
Messenger, from Memphis for New Or
leans, having taken fire, was run n-horc,
scuttled and sunk near Bayou Sara. The
passengers and cotton on board were
saved.
Kfh-isoiiam County— The Opposition
ot Effingham have nominated Thomas
R. Hines for tin Senate, and Lewis
Grovenstein, for the House of Repre
sentatives, of the next general Assetn-’
lily
Turks 1-land advices are to Aug. 18.
A railroad was in course of construc
tion, under American auspices, connect
ing an interior salt pond of the Island
w .th the coast.
Market Reports-
Nkxv Ohlkxns, Sept. I,—The receipts
of tiie year at this port were 1,672,814
bales. Receipts ahead of bi-tyear 100.
405 bales. Exports 1,777,000 bales,—
Stock 26,822 bales.
Arrival of Ike Africa.
New Yolik, Sect. I. —The steamship
Africa arrived here to day at noon, and
her mails will go forward by theevening
train. She brings the same dates as the
Jason.
-It was rumored in Paris that Marshals
Canrobert and Neill had fought a duel,
in which the latter was killed.
Napoleon had ordered two steamer* to
Algeria to bring home political exiles.
The municipality of Parma hud w
i sued a proclamation expressing their
i ‘iiWiilntfuiw desire for Paretii as Dicta
| tor.
, it was reported from Vienna that the
j Emperor was getting impatient at the
j delay in restoring the Grand Dukes;
also, that an Austrian Corps d’Armie
was to lie concentrated near Koroso, on
the road to Modena.
A decree had been issued at Bologna,
1 declaring that nil citizens ot’ Kotiogoa,
without distinction of religion, were
equal in law and in the exercise of polit
cal rights.
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
KKGULAK MEETING.
Cornell. Chamber, i
Ah mi*! l.sM*. }
The Mayor : Aldermen Origgar*, Ander
lduigle\, mirrnH>ii, <freer, Homs, and
I lie minute* of the la>t fnoetina Were rend, and
continued.
; Tim Bridge ke*}*tr reported toll* for the
week, ?I(J7 &'*
I’lie < Jerk of Miirket reported fee** for the *
ti no
I lie rmiiiiee < ommittee reported in favor of the
following accounts ;
m V ' : r - w Kllsl*; John Mu*-
** Arnold 50; and Win. J. M< Kl
ro>, H.i 87.
I. act tliat tli.- Committee oil
I mill* Property Is- raqueste.l t..ascertain what the
protxibie east i.f eularKina the Engine4ionae will lx-,
amt report at Ihe nejl meeting sfCmiuoil. w-hi.-li was
carried.
1 u motion of Aid. Langley,
l{**o|ved. That Messrs. Mu n roe, and
Anderwon. J** allowed to rnoroach upon the street
°. r .reserve, on a parallel line with Ihe North-West
“Hie of tlitftr I oh* twenty (‘JO) feet, upon complying
Hlnctly with tie* ordinance relating to eneronch
nient?*.—Pas.fetl.
Bills raferred to the Finance < oinmitfoo, J. B.
Hupgln*, and T. C.
< mined then adjourned until next Tuesday ere*
o'clock. BtCHAKD CVRD,