Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

©fjf |ls published by authority o? the Southern Musical Convention. Tcrams—sl,9o Per Annum. paper writ bk bent unless the cash accompanies the order. Hamilton, June 6, 1859. ar MUSICAL. Io writing on the subject variously, “we have neglected to teueh on a custom that to a laige extent prevails—church singing. In all ages of the tvotfcl mice fthe introduction .of musical science, mnsic'has been definitely spaced—a certain time allotted to each strain or measure—varied oidyin obedience to circumstances the variations* Some, we havelhe misfortune to say, have lost sight of all rule-df cadence. We know no reason w hy thisds so/uAless the singers imagine their ‘sublime that they themselves like to hear them, • and quently dwell about three or’four times the proper length of a sound, before leaving it: Oh, how sweet one word is spoken, and by the time the next is ushered in, the whole force of the sentence is lost, thus : And-am -I-bowi-to-die, To-lay-this-bo-dy-down. We,preseiit this ns a fair specimen of some cougregational singing in our country. It will bo remembered that music possesses a power in and of itself, hut'the Poetry a greater power; and w hen praperly connect ed, the power is almost without a ‘parallel. There are other rules grossly neglected;; we occasionally hear a long, drawling sound, as long as one second, and sometimes two, or J uote. thug: “How tedious and taste*, less the hours, When Jes—s no longer 1 sec.” In this expression, properly, Jesus is ou two \ notes. We might refer to many instances of this kind, which is wholly the result of an erroneous custom, without sys tem. Again. some singers seom to suppose rtbat if the /Poelay ‘measures eight ‘syllables • for tho.first lines, and six for the next, and •four lilies make a vferse, that any common metre tune will sunlit, ‘without any sort of reference l to <the spirit of either music or tpoetry, so tho'measuremeut is right, this is -Bufficipnt. *lt must be remembered that •music and Poetry must be congenial to each •other and the music must express the poet-’ ry, or a large portion,of the,power lost. We sometimes hear a tune set about ns ap -1 T'™ WEB3TERIAN SOCIETY. We are requested to state that in conse quence of the inclemency of the weather, the meeting of the Society has been post poned until Saturday evenrog next at-3 o’- cloi k. The former subject'w ill be'discuss ed. -Ladies are all invited to-be present. ‘RAfL-ROAD MEETING. Aecofding to previous notice, a railroad meeting was held in the r courUhonse in Hamilton, Gn. f on the 6th 6f June, on motion. Stephen JJohders, Esq., was appointed Chairman, and Maj. Joel'C. Henry, requested to act as Secreiarv. A number df persons reported they were willing to give the right of way through'tlieir lanrls, for the roHd leadirg from Covington to Columbus, via. Griffin, • Greenville and Hamilton. On motion, a Committee consitine of Messrs. Mobley, Gibbs, Hudson,'Bryan and Farley, were appointed, and repotted the following Resolution: Resoivsd — Fhat we move no far’ther in the project*of the road'from Covington to Columbus, via. Griffin, Greenville, and Hamilton/until the citizens of Griffin and the adjacent country give us undoubted as surance that they will co-operate with us in the completion of the proposed road. A coftimittee/consisiiug of Messrs. ‘Hill, Hudson and Bryan wore appoinfed to pro-’ cure some experienced Rail Road gentle man to deliver an Address in Hamilton, on the Ist Tuesday in'July next; to which time, the meeting, after a motion, was ad journed to. That the Organ and the Co lurnbus and-Grfffiit papers be requested to piTbli&h the proceedings of the meeting. STEPHEN BORDERS, Ch’u. Joel C.'HeNrv, Sec’y. PUBLIC MEETING IN IIARRIS. lii pursuance of a short notice, a very larpe ant’ respectable portion of the citizens of Harris county assembled in the Court house, on yesterday, (s'h iust.,) irrespective ol old party distinctions, to take into con sideration the Resolutions passed in Colum bus, at I emperance Hall on the evening of the 26th ult. When *Oll ‘motion, .Judge George H. Btaw was appointed Chairman, and Ben jamin Muuuek. ‘Esq., requested ‘to act as Secretary, Col. James M. Mo®let then introduced’ the following Preamble and Resolutions : Whereas, the citizens of Muscogee coun ty of all parties, at a meeting held at Tem-i pcrance Hall on Saturday night May the 2Gih, passed the following resolutions! .[Here follows the Preamble and liesolu-; lious of the'Columbus meeting, which will <he found in another .column qfio-day’s pa-* •per. 1 ] Ediicok. * • w • fir - Whereas we believe shat the citizens-of eacTl county, should regard the retpieat-madej • hem by their friends of Muscogee, and tlu* ly consider the said Resolution*, Therefore, .Be it Resolved by the citizensl Ids Harris, irrespective of Old, Party Lines. Mjiat we hold a meeting at the Court-house, nn Hamilton, on Saturday the 16tlkof June,; ■n-consider more definitely'upon said Reso-’ fttious, and especially upon the .propriety ol filing delegates to a Convention to meet Biilledgeville on the 4th day of July next, ftminate a candidate for Governor, who Bun be the candidate of any of the old std parties, hut the people's candidate. also, That we request all the sin the State to take action upon ■Resolutions of our friends™ Mus-i ftariy as posable. supported the above Ttesolu ft able and eloquent address ap- Bken of all parties to unite on; ftlalfoim, in defence of Soutlw m anil supporting men only ■to are known to lie Nation’ ■euts on the slavery ques ■lowed by Col. James N. Ik t.'ble speech, w ho difler- 1 ft in some of Iris positions, ftlo stand by bis side in ft id the 5* on ill. II made a few remarks ftvith the Resolutions En addressed the meet ly style, in which he; ■ce in a portion of the i ■his entit’e willingness Rational party at the Brty adopt sound and we subject of slavery. Bfter wards addressed Hge Wm v L Hudson, BOrgan, and Colum- 1 ■y to publish the pro % ■ then unanimously ■L; adjourned, to ■hist. BkYAN, Ch’n, ibis message Le, giving his Iu for the re ■to the dan- Bcven if it be Br objecti- u Been alleged 800 intima- BrUfnctoiiiy Br- J udge H-ssageoii wring has BlYlu^a- Bk u kmnd K JlflFflf the fluctuations of popular feeling, we be-; come a government not of laws, butts meu. “ Supposing, as it :s alleged, that accord ing to. the ordinary balancing Os conflicting testimony, the decision of Judge Coring was erroneous/wo one asserts or believes that he wilfully adjudicated wrongly and cor ruptly. The error, 1f Ofror it be considered, was awnistake. *ls a Judge, then, to*bere*j moved from office, even will Hie execution of that Office he gives a mistaken judgment. Such an impractical and dangerous policy would leafd to a daily removal among.judi cial officers*of our inferior courts, so Often are their ‘decisions oven tiled’ by higher ‘tri bunals/” PUBLIC MEETING IN MUSCOGEE. Columbus, May 26, 1855. Agreeably to previous notice an unusual ly large number of our citizens, irrespective of old party considerations, met at Temper ance Hall. On motion Wm. H. Mitdhell, f Esq.,nvas called'to ihe Chair and Daveuport-P. Ellis requested’to act as Secretary. The object of the ’meeting being briefly Explained by the chairmau, on motion of ‘Gen. ‘James N. Rethune, the ‘Chairman appointed as a Committee, to draft and ‘report suitable subject matter for ihccousideratiou of the meeting;: Col. John VVobifofk, M;ij. S. A. Wales, R. M. Gunby.'Esq., Dr. Henry Lockhar*, Wm. F. Luckie, Esq., S. R. Andrews, esq. Wm. Dougherty Esq , Benj. Y. Martin, Esq., R. L. Mott, Samuel Rutherford, Col. Seaborn Jones, Dr. S. A. Billing,'Col. Van Leonard, TANARUS). James ‘C Cook, Hon. Hines Holt, Mtrj. John H. Howard, James A. Bradford, Charles Claghorn, Jo seph B. Hill and Thomas O. Douglass. The committee-returned after a short ab sence and reported ’to the meeting for its action thefidjowing. PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS: Whereas, the history of the past has con vinced us that we whose interest and affec tions attach us to the South, have nothing to hope, hut everything to fear, at the hands of the existing political organization of the non-slaveholdiug States, from the spirit of abolition, which, to a large and‘fearful ex*, tent, pervades and couttols ail of them. And whereas, the action of those States upon the question of slavery, conclusively show, that a large majority of the people thereof, are actuated by one common senti ment ol hostility to the institutions of the “South—and whereas, the gallant band of patriots within those States vehe arefriends to the South and ‘faithful to the Con-stitu tton, and whom we remember with grati-; tude, have been routed, disbanded, and al most annihilated, we believe the exigency l imperatively requires'us to be one People and'ONE'PARTY. Therefore be>it Resolved. Ist. Tliat we hold the American Union ad aryiin importance only to the eights afitt prin*rpU)s it wr* designed to perpetu ate. That past associations, present frui tion and future prospects will bind us to it so long an*itcontinues to.be the safeguard of those rights arnd principles. 2. That the “State of Georgia, in the judgment of this meeting, will and ought to resist, even (as a 3arft resort;) to a disruption of every 4pe that binds her to the Union, any action or'Congress upon the subject of sla very in the'District of Columbia, or in pla ces sut'ject to the jurisdiction of Congress, incompatible with the safety, the domestic tranquility, the rights and the hoi or-of the slave-bolding Scales;; or any relhsal to ad mit as a State amy Territory hereafter ap plying. became of the existence Os slavery therein-; or any act prohibiting file intro duction of slaves in Utah aud New Mexico; or any act repealing or materially modify ing the laws now in force for she recovery of fugitive slaves. 3. Tha-t, ru the -opintoii of this wee ling, the time has arrived When our fellow citi zens should cease from their dissensions, aud forget the differences which have sepa rated them; aud that a common danger and common enemy should uuite us for our com mon defence and safety. 4- That we hereby repudiate all felfow.. ship and connection with the present na tional political organisations, or any that may be hereafter formed, unless based up on the principles and policy of the forego ing resolutions-, and recommend to our fel low citizeus of each county, of all classes, whether native or naturalized, without dis tinction of plftrty to assemble together, and send delegates to Milleageville on the 4th of July the purpose of unmina ing a candidate for Governor, aud framing and publishing a basis of action upon which we may all stand and all co-operate. 5. That we hereby respectfully request the Democratic and Whig parties to post*, pone a nomination for Governor, and to cal) upon the people of the State, w ithout distinction of party, to meet together in their primary assemblies, to select delegates to make a nomination for Governor, who shall he the candidate of the People and not of a Party. And be it [further Resolve J, That the chairtnau appoint a committee of seven, to trausoait a co|)y of the proceedings of this meeting to the several counties in this Staled Messrs. Thomas Ragland, James N. Be iiiniie, A. S. Rutherford, John A. Jones, F. M. Brooks, James K. Redd and John i. Ridgvvay, wore appointed that committee. The meetiug was addressed by Hon. Jas. Johnson. John A. Jones, Esq., and Hon. Hines Holt, with their usual ability and fair-, ness in.support of the Preamble and Ueso i ItfttttHgLw - and Resolutions were than voted upon by the meeting and heartily adopted) mere being but one dissenting voice. It wasffurther Resolved, That the pro ceedings! of the meeting be signed by, the Chairman and Secretary, aud eqpies be furuistja to the Eciitois or the city .papers, and with a|request to publish the same, Bk Du tnoiion, the meeting then Adjourned. B * \Vm. H. MITCHELL. Ch’u. BU P. Ellis, Scc’y. Maj. John K. Howard, who was one of the committee to’draft the above resolutions, and who being absent from home, did not see them until their adoption, suggests to the committee that the Know Nothings be also requested to make no nomination 1 for Governor. Which is concurred'in by the undersigned : S am’l Ru the rfdrd, Van Leon a rd, Thos. O>Duglass, John Woolfofk, B/Y. Martin, S. A. Wales, W,‘F. Luckie, D. J. Bather, R. M. Gunby, R L* Mott, J.'C.’Cook,* Seaborn Jones, John H. Howard, ‘J. A. Bradford, Charles’Cleghrtrn, J. B. Hill. S, R. Andrews, Henry Lockhart, S. A. Billing, Wm. Dougherty abseui from the eity. ‘[Frdlti’the Columbus Ebquirer;] Editors En(£iJiker : The following thoughts were suggested by the unanimity of feeling exhibited at the Sou them'’Union Meeting, held in this city on Saturday evening last. They are Ihe honest expres sions of a true'Souihern heart, and are,‘l believe, Ihe echo of the feelings of every true ‘Southerner. THE SOUTHERIfUNFOW. ‘Come, let us all as brothers stand, “Upon this platform wide; And serve iViihvalor, that our land Be ever free, from every band Who would our dearest rights demand, dDid we but ouce divide! ( i. The time has’come'for ustostand, Aud adt in common cause l ; And as a fearless Southern band, Wiih patriot heart and stalwart hand, We will defend our Southern land ’Gainst all oppressive laws ! The fnture of the South was bright, When man to man was just; But strength hath now usurped the right— The North would all our interests blight— Henceforth from them we disunite W ho’d trample us itrdust’! The Soufh’ts rich in ore and grain, lu'intellrct and wealth ; Her bounds are wide—tho'fertfle plain, Great rivers, ocean, mountains’chain, Are in her favored, broad .domain, And genial dime of health! We wish to act or vote no more With sycophants and foes; We tried the North. -When'few forbore— We found them rotten to the core— They aj’e to-day the same as cff yoie, tfust where -their interest goes'! Tiien stand upon o-ur pHatform wide— j There’s room enough for dH*; Let us as brothers, side by side, Drive back'fierce Abolition's ride®*- : No r lei the parit our-streogjh divide, Bui I: v the South ive stand or (fall ! ‘Mm I General Intelligence.! [From the New Orleans True Della.] LATER FROM TEXAS. The steamship Mexico. Caps. Lawless, arrived this morning from Galveston, whence she sailed tin Thursday. We are glad to note by this arrival that the sufferings for want of rain have ceased. The Galveston Net* sos Thursday, says: ?By the mails received this morning, we •have exchanges from almost eVery (quarter’ of the State, aud we are glad to learn that the drought is at an end. Showers have; fallen in every section aud the prospects for the crops is brighter in consequence. It may'be tliat “some districts have not yet ■been visited with rain, -but il there are any snch they must be limited. All oar accounts go to show that the rains have been general.; and we believe that at this time enough has fallen for present agricultural purposes-, Heavy hail show ers have fallen in the West and done some damage to the young corn. Asa set off to the predictions about drought, we observe that some weather-wise individuals are announcing that we will have a very et summer. The Nueces Valley has the following : : There* are rumors in town to the effect, that Carvajal, who Was at Camargo, had had received munitions, supplies and money from AlVarefc, and a force Was to be raised with which he was to revive the revolution i on the west bank of the Rio Grande, and that extensive preparations were being made to that end. Wo give this as a rumor, and not as a fact. Franklin Hill, convicted at the last term 1 of the District Court of Gonftales county, of’ 1 murder in the first degree, has beeu senten ced to be hung on the 18th instant. He promises to disclose a most bloody affair on that day. He acknowledges his guilt iu the case for which he was convicted. Judge Hawes has made the experiment , of navigating the Guadalupe river as far up as Victoria, and notwithstanding the low stage of the water, succeeded in approarb iug within a very short distance of Victoria. The Advocate of that place tries to tell something about it, and has a number of words on the subject—” There’s uothing iu it.'* The Crocket Pioneer mentions the shoot ing of Dr. Indian by a young man named YVm. H. Benign. It was thought that Dr I. might recover, but his case was a critical one. Benton wa# in jail. The Ptoueer has the following : ■ A man named Wilson,‘says the Pioneer, recently wentiuto the w ell of* Mr, Gill, at. West Point, on the Ti'iuity River, to cleat it out. The T*elt was sianyt feet deep, aud when he had te ached the Bottom, the curb ing gave way abo?ebjm and /covered him in.a sort of Vault. Efforts were mado*to rescue him. srnd be could &e heard talking for some time, but of the well gave-way, coveting himtO'b depth of thirty, feet, and burying him- alive. The body.hat . not been recovered at lasi^Miticei.. • Ju the same neighborhood a nigf'o belong ing to Mr. Canning dtowned himSe^f'tto'es cape a threatened punishmetil. A white man Who'stole a nlgfVWotoAb and her two children.’in Harrison Cdurfty, was puisued into Arkansas, andlhenegrtfs recovered. A*few days since a difficulty 6cctirred :i dt a magistrate’s election in Hays County,‘fa which Mr. J[. B. J.'Oli v er was stabbed by Mr. Thomas. Mr. Mayfield was also woutHleii'in separating the parties. A-gaug ofHtdrse stealers had been carry ing oh an extensive business in -Liberty crtuiity. They we/e seen at one time \<ith seventeen horses th their possession—-all stolen. One of the g’angtyiad been arrested. A heavy hail storm occurred at Austin and vicinity, aud the crops Ware considera bly damaged. The grand .’jury of Travis comity found one’hundred true bills for gambling at its present session. ‘One grocery keeper wsrs fined $750 for •permitting -gambling on hrs premises. A letter from ’-Eagle'Pass to the San An tonio Ledger, says the J body of a man was found on the 20rh tilt;, dbout fifteen mile's from that post mutilated by carrion birds. The cap of the deceased, ‘found near the ‘body,(proved him toiiave been a’taan nam ed McCool,*who had deserted frdtn “the ar„ ‘my. Jt is'Supposed that he was ( naurdered. Another ‘murderous affray transpired ill San Antonio on the night of the sth instant, between Terry O’Neal, Wm. G. Tobin, and Joe Malloy. Malloy’fired a pistol dt O’Neal, Shattering his left aCm, when Tbbih shot Malloy, killing him almost instantly. I N'tfi ass.—Tbe r Da!lasJ3drdhl lertrds froth Lieutenant Stanley, jwbo Was direct ! froih Eort Bolkuap. that the Indians were cOiid iog liilo the reserve in large numbers, and fhatUhose from the North had brought with them that loatbsdrtie disease, the small po v x. Care had been taken, hdlve‘'ver by the Itr dian Agent, to keep those infectcd with the ■disease fVom'cnmmutricafitin'witti the others. iEvei'y thing was ‘quiet around Belknap, and no depredations had recently been •committed,'with the exception of shooting •one or two head Os cattle with arrows, jft Stem’s ranche, on the'Uleai l Foik. Thetb ‘were occasionally Indians met with, whose appearance would Indicate a stealing pro pen-ity-, but ‘they are gfenerafly ‘quiet add not disposed lo take life. Information of a reliable character has been received, stating that the band of San acho had suffered greatly by starvation anil exposure. This is the believe, which Captain haiL n p. on or near lit? <’ of ihe iutoiiJß Vo rih.i! JS t I -, ‘JM | CO’ •!!. at: A vtftSp . I: ft tl em out of sighft. The Whirlw iiulyß disnppeaiC(i, but ed again, and passeuft and west with redoubled^ It struck a heavy frame from the Illinois aud Wisconsin ‘Railroad, tearing the roof instantly off, aud almost irnmediately afterwards taHv'iug the whole house instautly up the spout with all its contents. Niue persons in the house were draWu up and ‘buried down in different places.— Four of them Were instantly killed, ai.d others mutilated beyond ,-atiy prospect ts recovery. The whirlwind then passed over a post and rail fence, leaving not the sli-ghrost ves* tige of it. ft ne*t took up a barn and threw it upon the horses aud -cattle it contained, crushiug them at once. The timber-of the fioftse attd barn ivere hurled down to the ground with sfleh vio*. lenre as to bury them almost out of sight-. The house belonged to Mr. Page-, whose wife, sou atad two grabd-childreu were kih led. Accotittts are given of persons being car ried up one hundred feet in the air, and then hurled down with great violence. The same afternoon a severe hailstorm occurred in this city, after which the sky * a singular appearance to this northward, and the weather changed from the oppressive heat to the most chilling at mosphere-. > IwtotAN Watt =—lt is reported, from the plains, that the Blackfeel, Sioux, and some other tribes, lire prepar ed to take the field agair.st the United States, with three thousand warriors-. The conflict is one which Will have to )e fougut, and now is as good a timej w 6 suppose, as nother.---[Mont. Mail, SEASONS AND CIIOPS IN FLORIDA 4 4 Greenwood, Jackson Cos., Fla. > .May 25. 1855; \ Pubs. Enquirer— We hove beeu suffering for rain for some time, not having had any to do good since the. 6th of April, until ihd 22d of this month.',,At that date We bad a good season in this neighborhood, though it did not extend Car- -- On yesterday, the 24th* . we had anptlier good season, aud from all appearances a general rain. VVe have art *m#sl*ine rain plenty for . the present, abd’ crops ard making gooff use of the time, Ht this section crops are uot as forward as usual. We have formerly had cotton blooms plenty at this period, and corn in silk and tassrfi; but I have not sfcen either this spring. It was a cold, dry spring, and the seed was not planted as eatly as usual; but if jhe seasons continue from this time out, we will make good crops yen Some