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oL.fT'* S£’ *%** Ks G- was called to the I'Hftjr, and J. \w* *vh\eu rcauputfi ♦ •dS.STw / S’ 2* th ’ - Chair rJTn n ;f- w . R. (ji Oambic, Darnel J. C. Boynton, Nijfl ? ’ and .•cofnmittJfl select delegates UT represent .his county / Mate Convention, who retired and :■■ JM , '™ e t^*' rne 'J R d<j reported the namufl M V? r * b !” m l ,er ’ u - 11. Ellison, V ‘ < and Jno. \\ . Turner, as .suitable iSffcfi- K„i <>n motion ot J. J. Jameson, imously a,-pointed them, with/pov®Kil| „, 1V oo£X*U?u 0f J - W ‘ ap. Co3Bfe °’r ,Mg Senatorial: ConreßW^n vo from each. frflffet:—Talhotton ’ tHmUI'S r E J E Barks. I Lawrcllfcf. Fl*. t’ K y i>., ♦ ir aSVarrv : , a * 1 ®-“ Z - 1 roctor, Win. 1 , Davi„ -Ti R?l { ' ,i:ls EM-* Hall’s . Rl, f J iX J „oßtchell. Prattsburg—L thS rX^ 0 - D V Cm,.,1 A Sll/ Centreviile-—S ‘J’ Vele, Jus Tern, W*" 1 lllll —’ W Turner, GII I crgiison. MKllcyW right Shorn.rd, Ghappel Bea^h’iJr'^n 00 ! 0 15 " dl “'"">> J M Snb'h. _!? rt ’ Jno Howard. Upper 17th r w ji® , Edward Giddins. Lower 17th ll ‘ ulll Bradbury. Tlmt we request the Democracy of JHWr co “nty to meet, and appoint delegates to •Tthe above named delegates in contention, Mecrerv face as tl.eir corresponding , Norrr-o .v . “ ,ace as tl.eir corresponding TurmwT t nd “T may n l , l ,oin, > and that J. W. t urner is hereby appointed on the part of the Democracy of this county. 1 fleonriaTVd ° fJ ‘? T, l r " e *“ ,ho ™en! Union, lumbiw gra| ,V 00rgia Jcßersoniun, Co s l ‘, neS TANARUS,‘ 1 , MuHC "e n Democrat, wore ,netmg d ,)ub lsh thu proceedings of this \ Esq. the meet,,,,,. ‘*^P_ rn " 1 .r. C. LEONARD, Cli'ii. J- W. TrnxKH, Secretary. Hungary. Il I* asserted tli.it the Magyar Polish j nsur . gents at Hungary have made the following prop, oiitions to the Great Powers : a Coliurg to he King o< Hungary; the Duke of Leuchtenhcrg. King of Poland ; the King of Prussia to lm ree ognized as Emperor to Germany; Rji.sia to withdraw its troops from Moldavia and M allachia, and those provinces to ho made over to Turkey. Kossuth. Ot Kossuth, the gallant, intrepid and energetic Hungarian patriot leader, the Lon don Examiner thus speaks : In December last, Hungary was at one and the same time attacked from nine different quar ,ers* Unsupported by foreign aid, and unsuc cessful in their first struggles, the Hungarians ‘'ere forced to retreat, leaving their capital and the scat of government in the hands of their en eimes. setthc genius ot Kossuth never quailed. Supported hy the unswerving patriotism of all classes, and by that alone ; without the assist, anee of strangers, either in men or money ; with out foreign levies or loans, he, step by'step, re covered every advantage which had been rung from him at first by the overwhelming force and simultaneous attacks of the Austrians. In the short time which has elapsed since the 15th of January, he has succeeded in establishing at ■ebreezm manufactories for the the production ot fulminating silver and percussion caps, a tbun dry tor muskets, and one for casting and boring Hc , has erecte d powdertmills, and ex tended tho saltpetre manufactory ; lie has thor oughly equipped and regularly ‘provisioned one hundred thousand men ; be has raised the eftec ttve cavalry to twenty thousand horses ; and he ! has established ponton trains and rocket bntte- I rtes. Hut he has done more than this. In the i subordinate ranks of the army his eagle eye has detected the lurking talents which the Austrian system could not develop, and he has committed tnc charge of his forces to men whose triumphs have justified his selection. Only one year ago Gorgey was but & lieutenant, and seyeral other of his generals were either subalterns, or had never served at all. \ct now the Austrian gen erals, grown grey in warlike service, have one by one yielded to tho superior talents of their young competitors. Veteran legions have tied before the Hungarian recruits like chatl before the wind. The armies of the empire are demo_ ralized and disorganized by a succession ot se_ vere defeats, and tho military power of Austria is a broken reed.” Hon. George. W. Crawford. Tho following just tribute to the character of ( the Hon. Secietary of War, is taken from a Washington City Paper: ‘I know not by what iuflucnce Mr. Crawford was withdrawn from the pursuits of professional life, to be placed at the head of the War Depart- j ment ; but one thing is perfectly certain, which ‘ is, that with a man of his unaffected modesty and merit, the elevation which he has deservedly reached whatever may be said by hi* adversar ies, can never he justly attributable to any irreg- ! nlar agency on his part —political or party strut. ; egy, and particularly that of a selfish tendency, j for it is no ingredient in his composition. Com- ; petent ability and untiring industry in the per formance of his duties, have ever been, and will ever be, his distinguishing characteristics.— Prom what is known of him, it may therefore be tirly and confidently predicted, that under his Xinfrica arrived at llali&xT^l jtkp?rt. in ten days from Liverpool rff-weehs later intelligence * fc J j flowing summary of *’• jr • Journal of Commerce. B tillSEK AL SUMMARY. pops ill the most thvorable Shf 2^"“” | may be said also ofilm croo h ,° SU,nu ! ! 1 Ireland, however, a,,d * ssasfsc 2 1 j£sr* a ”‘ i -| .i -“''r | or, in lion for life. ’ ‘■ommuted to transporia- ! (hat bn thel lth inst lie w‘‘tl T’- ffave ’ motion lespcctin-r (hi) u.„ ° forward ;y u. 1 -SStlt. SS* ftrarf 8 iii the meantime nothing should I * P edge jgf-j The conduct of the American ~„v eJm ZY\n SSSSLSS: 7;?!!Z'v£rf° i,n P o“T. ZZ^SJmFr'" .... tin. ifi'pnnurt. of rim, J’,‘' !C * edln g ... iUo^trSKirfSr 6 ” 111 I- roc<r. .. A’ l ‘ii P In rrafice a ne* CnbiWt had been • lo coalition of Odillon jTrrot, and Dflfaure Ihe new Ministry is Dufaure take, the Diriment of v-‘? '***?? I azyjlnlLo ui: |o a;)U.) | )b../U cultiS of tfrtfj Italian question. Afuch surprise was excited by the omission of .Marshal llug. eaiul from the list. 1 he Paris pnpers generally express disappro yal oft he compromise, and predict its failure.— The Red Republicans are especially violent in denouncing the now Ministry. Tile message of the President of the French Republic to the Legislative Assembly \vs,s puli. lished in the Paris papers of Tuesday. It j<< composed upon the American and not on the European model, and tills four columns of tho European Times. M. Lessop’s idea of conquering the Romans into affection for Franco, has not been yet rcali zed, and he has returned to Paris for further in. structions. Some accounts say that ho was re called, and that the same messenger carried pos. itive instructions to General Oudinot to reduce the Eternal City to subjection at all hazards, and that having moved his urmv close to tho city, he i would commence the attack with an army of’ 25.000 men on the3oth May. I ho Romans have announced their firm rcso. lulion to defend to the death the expected assault ofthe French, and it it stated that they have an- Hi cient force of HO,OOO men. J lie Pope still persists in demanding the tin. ■ qualified renewal ot his powers as a temporal rtt. ier, and this the 1 l iumvirato, backed by the peo ple, declare that they will never concede.— 1 hero is at the bottom of every heart, says Maz- i zini, a determination the most profound to ac- ‘ complish tho destruction ofthe temporu! power of tho Pope. All bear the same hatred to the i government of priests, under whatever form it may be presented. We shall fight to the last a gainst all projects of a restoration. The Frankfort Parliament has transferred its j sessions to Stutgardt. Its influence will be ex- j ercised to form a republic after the French model to be composed of linden, Wirtcmburgh, Rhenish j Bavaria, dec. 1 he plenipotentiaries of Prussia, Hanover and Saxony have promulgated anew Constitution tor the principle of universal suffrage is recognized. In the present, us in the previous attempt to form a union of the German States, tho King of Prussia is max’e tho perma nent head. Austria is excluded from the present arrangement; all the other States are united. Very little confidence is fell that the present at tempt to combine tho several States under one supreme head, will prove more fortunate than the last. \ Tno war in Hungary presents no new fen- j ture, and since the fall ot Buda tnio the hands ofthe Hungarians, no event has occurod ealeu luted to have a permanent influence on the re sult ofthe struggle though the Hungarians have achieved further, and in some respects, impor tant victories. There is evidence that the con testants ate eomrentrating their forces, and ac counts of a tremendous battle are every day looked tor. The Austrian General, W olden, . has been superseded by Lieut. Haynati, Prince ’ I’askeerutch will command the Austrian forces iu tho East, and Gen. Hayuau in the “ est. Tho latest intelligence from Venice left the Austrians under Marshal Kadctsky, with ac counts of the bombatding ofthat city, which was closely infested on all sides. It is reported that the King of ‘Sardinia had put himself at the dis posal ofthe Hungarians, but the report requires i confirmation. The reports so constantly repeated that the war between tho Danes and Prussians is speedi ly to end, is renewed, but we can see uo reliable Waynce>f the fact. Hostilities still cl neighborhood of Aahns, and the 1 Hckade is rapidly enforced, j i he Paris journals of Thursday ffiPgeuce to the 2d ins,., up to which date t hS Bies had not commenced, though Genl. Oudi! W denounced the armistice. India.— On the Ist, the Overland Mail IrJ India had arrived, with Calcutta dates to j 19th of April, and Bombay to May 1. The J brings later intelligence from China, which J anxiously looked for. The report of the markets continue to be satisfactory. AlLi* . **l the Punjaub. and steps have organize British local authority tlv. j Charles Napier’s arrival at CalcutX A non need. I Cotton.— Under the influence of fa^ from Julia, cun/irin^ilin^^^glm^K gS:‘ tR zr;; ir.xs -r ■ r > i|j^ii'e ri except good f ; '| r , wl.ich iL'V.J ! ,i* | jfphi rarifjilaji- .Mailed, W other hea |Se sits, sim. Whis studies, inter. • jfefc.-jj i-i. ■ MWot H? r^’,, ;’'Ttl,e U re were taken on specula-fl H*. of * “ 1 ’ 1L Pcrnain.; and tor rxp-r , IH ImericHi), 3.ouu i • ~n o,i r o I I American, 750 al^j, e (; o mnui- r Kto-day were are about 4^ ariXMitmgJP day ” ‘rjtuna last year, 6JI TfQ j MUSCOGEE DEMOCRA’ BV L. F. W. ANDREWS. At little gorrrnment a, pottiUe ■ tl.„, /.■,,, Jr ° m .4 “f ‘ ‘t* avphcaUop to all. 1 ’ ‘ Colmubiu, TJ,rs,lay, J|lM<( 2w J r ° Uortespoiidents. ‘ Tale” H r'T • CoW, ' ,!t F;tl an “OriJ; ; * a ‘ e > °n file for insertion in our next. CT UV are under renewed obligations’ to theS I Vannah GeorgHn, for copies of laic .V V. ateamer. 1 1 rich matter. Clubs of 10 s, tbe paper till Ist 0 f January next for Sl'o ‘ UV,i Contributions to the Literary and A,, ■?. ‘?,* *’ , . partnients respectfully solicited. ‘ t'H-ulturalde- foMhe verv~iib" r f V° ~erc, ’.V tendered - I non ncing a daily line of onH Tf.hpkhanck Cklkbration.—This ccle.J I,ration will take place on tho 4th of July at theT new Factory Building of Col. F. Carter and no, at the Methodist Church as previously advertised. Ij Itcspeet to Mr. Polk. T he vnriotiß State. National and Muiiiripnl authorities of tin- Union are taking measures to pay due honor to the memory of the illustrious Ex-Prcsidcut.’ ’I In- President of the United States has done the handsome thing on the occasion, ns also the (hivemors of .Stales, without respect to party prejudices nr feelings. Our own City Authorities have called a public meeting, at 1 1 o'clock to-day, to consider the subject, lmt owing to the lateness of the hour, we aro compelled to go to press without knowing what will be done, although we doubt not all proper ar rangements will he adopted to give suitable expression to public sorrow. XX ere we allowed to make a suggestion, ive would say that eur distinguished fellow-citizen. Judge Uonu'iTT, from the intimacy of his long personal and po litical relations with the Ex-President, would be the very mail to deliver a Eulogy on the life, character and public services of (lie deceased. Celebration of Hie Fourth of July. Pit or; it \ ji.m e. The procession will he formed at the Oglethorpe ! House, at 10 o clock, A. M., under the command of j Cnpt. John Fofsyiii, in the following order: 1 Military Companies. 2. Orator and Reader. 3. Chaplain and Mayor of the City. ■I. Aldermen of the City. 5. Citizens. The procession, after forming, will proceed down Oglethorpe street to Crawford, through Crawford to Broad, up Ilroad to Rryan, through Bryan to Carter's New Factory, where the Declaration of Independence will tic read by Private R. M. Guay, of the “City Light Guards,” and an Oration delivered l*y Private J.iMts Hxmii.ton, of the “Columbus Guards.” ittG Sknatouiu. Nomination.— The delegates from Harris and Muscogee met in this city, yester day, and nominated Col. V,/u ln-mutrd, of this conn tv, as the Whig candidate for the Senate of Geor- XvWflUienil i there will he no opposition to a nomination so un- * exceptionable. * Rbv. Mr. Si.auk's Seminary.—Sec Adver- I tisenu nt respecting the annual public eieroLos 1 of this flourishing Institution. The change from three days’ examination to a regular Review seems to us to he judicious. Our City Post Office—Cry o Proscription. Our cotemporary of the Savannah Georgian, in corn j meuting upon tho removal of Mr. Forsyth front the Post Office of Columbus, has introduced a late paragraph of ours on the subject, in such a way. as to convey the idea i that we were finding fault with said removal and the ap -1 pointment of Mr. Lite. No such thing was intended ly us. XVc only chronicled the prior action of the aspirants and the committee of 15, as events oflocal interest, and as I a settlement ol tho question as to the successful candidate, j without expressing any opinion as to the propriety or im ! propriety of the removal by the Administration. So lur, i indeed, from viewing tltie removal as “an act of sheer, black-hearted proscription,” ns the Georgian has it, we look upon it as the ‘3llßl recompense of reward to Mr. r. for the part he took as Editor and politician against the election of Gen. Taylor, and as a like recompense to Mr. Lee for the active part taken by him in favor of old Zack. AllYw. is just a. natural a. “falling off a log.” To what the Georgian says about the capability, honesty and fidel ity ofthe present incumbent, (for he is still in office, by courtesy,) we. have nothing to demur. But, we think it is •*a, poor rule that will not work both ways, ae a general : principle. Besides, it is not exactly legitimate to urge a man's poverty or his father’s greatness, as reasons why he should hold office forever! Entertaining these views, ’ cannot ioin, as before remarked, in the hue and crj raised about “proscription,” “sheer proscription,” “blood , thirsty spirit of party,” &-c. This is a sort of “gammon'’ which only serves to amuse without exercising any useful ■ influence upon the public miud, and might as well be * eetopped, before leattwa tubes place. _ u s Sj u ©m / ( ’ /ul <- fi- rnl ‘■ ?••!<!i <!.i not < !.•.h- to oln-y ilniied Unit h* wag practicing an\jHHPHpMI Audience. Whereupon Capt. A.. a™‘ weighing we | nnrmrtly over 200, struck at 11., but missing him, J Jounced upon his victim, as a lion upon o stag, and at i.rnpted to choke him off —ri et armie ! The people, lowover, interfered and prevented any further difficulty, Atclfifc H. beinjr called on to finish his speech, on the vacating his seat. We regret much to hear of Fi}mfc.cjC£ 9 poUi<l&l ME, especially‘when the latter is physically unable tj, cop Ju ith antagonists of the weight of the gallant Cap* tpiu, ’the Judge, it is well known, is not over half the d/e of tl e former, and besides is now suffiring from disa bility nr unioned by an assassin's knife ! His only chance, j thesefor , to cope with the Captain will he with other weapon than nature gave him, and which, of course, ! Will bet ■sorti il t >, in any future case of like emergency. ! This is/tlie deplorable result of the practice which some I big mil have of hectoring over little people, not recol -1 lectin/that their own “breadth of beam” and cavernous pro perilous furnish a very large and safe margin for the raasreof a bullet ! OFFICIAL M A I.PRACTIC KR. ’ J i Wording to the Laws of Georgia, the Clerk of; the C urt of Ordinary is empowered to grant Marriage Liceu es, directed to any Judge, Justice of the Inferior Court Justice of the Peace, or Minister of the Gospel, and uiitluiizing either of these to perform the marriage cerc -lUOII3I Hfe plain intent of this low is obvious to ult. Its object j is toprevent ill-advised and clandestine marriages, and to Ipmtjct the peace and honor of families from violation, j Thij is clear from the restrictions imposed by the law as to qualifications, as well as by the common pomp propriety of the tiling itself. Why. otherwise, did the /Legislature pass any enactment on the subject?— Why interfere with the privilege of the citizen to marry lie /utwghter when and to whom lie pleases, unless from notvesof public policy and for the public good ? Why’ ’mop llie parent’s prerogative, unless to protect that pa- ; Vent’s rights and guard his household lioin eacrilege and olltition? Or why meddle with the matter si all, and i .nposo a tax of jjjf 1 ;>lij eta. upon each case, unless some j I (uwalent benefit was to accrue, directly or indirectly, to ‘ ic party so taxed ? | Hut one answer enn ho given lo queries like these, “hi law vas framed chiefly to protect the families of the r einonwe&lth from evils growing out of the secret mn cliijations of tinpriueipled men against the peace and w,flare of those families. 11l proof, look at the language of the law. The Clerk ispermitted lo give license to the clergyman. Judge, &e. ("'‘■join parsons of laicful age and authorized by the l.feilieat degree to be joined together in matrimony.'’ jtof eourse, then, he is not permitted by law to give license Ijnin persons not of lawful age, or within the degrees of SfnßßMbity. If he does so grant license, it is clearly of liiwwnd on assunintiop qf ismrer not t.■ |in 11 fj 1 •* Bde enough to consign the persons jH'iiilentiary. For the law says that “WffiMIWIHIIP tngrry within the Levitical degrees of eonsanguinitv or aninity, such person so offending shall, on conviction, be f mushed by imprisonment and labor in the Penitentiary. ‘ ■or any time not less than one year, nor longer than three h ears, and sneh marriage shall’ he void.” The law also 1 provides a penalty for any marriage performed without’ license, of §SOO, and imprisonment on the person per forming the ceremony, thus showing that from a faithful j discharge of duty by llie Clerk issuing the license was 1 the whole benefit appertaining to the law only to he de. , l rived. Behind that license the Priest or Justice can stand, , j unharmed of the law's penalty, and therefore it cannot he i pretended that the Clerk is guiltless when he exercises his i authority ill either a careless or unlawful manner. I iJy reference to the tabic of consanguinity laid down in I J ,u ’ it will lx- seen what view law-makers mid law-compilers have taken of the subject. This, it seems to ue. -should be deemed a sufficient guide to the Clerk of Ordinary, in the absence of more definite instructions, j H< ’ should not deem himself at liberty to grant license to . even applicant, ami that, too, without rpiestion and with out cr idence of its legality and propriety. Otherwise, he ; constitutes himself the legal arbiter of the destiny of every ; unmarried female child in tho land, anil that, too, in the ! la '-e ot all parental authority, control and wishes on the j suhieet—a power which never was granted, and if it were, I if not more prudently used, it will lead to a summary ex ercise, by parents and heads of families, of another more i potent enactment—that of self-preservation—the -first law ot Nature.” Having thus stated the provisions of the loose law on this subject, and tile rights of parties under it, wc are now prepared to make an application of the same to one or two recent cases that have transpired in this city, in winch the Clerk of tho Court of Ordinary has acted a shameful and illegal part. Within one week, he is known to have granted at least three improper licenses. In one a innrrird man of Alabama, not yet divorced from a living wife, as we are informed, has evaded the laws of his Will State, by bringing a young girl into the city ani marrying her here, under authority of license granted Hk ] Joun Johnson, Esq. and that, too, without a word of ks. i quin’ bv said official! The second case was on this wise : One day a pobr ] woman from the factory was seen in full and successful chase after a truant daughter, through the public streets, j i he next, application was made for a marriage license by j an individual, stranger to the Clerk, and the application j was granted, without a moment’s hesitation, for marriage with the self same truant female ! I he third case was one that required some explanation. A Presbyterian brother of the Clerk applied for license to as to what the Church would do, in case such a marriage was consummated, lhe Clerk as pi-; ously answered that the Presbyterian Church had dealt with its Ministers so offending, and deposed them—but he did not know of a case, where a layman was con cerned, being acted on or judged by that Denomination. | lu this case, the Clerk knew all the parties—knew that the parents Wi re opposed to such a union—and knew, also, j ihai the female was hat a mere child, while the man was eH enough to be her futho.r! in the face of all this, how ever, the license was issued and the matter kept secret from the parents of the girl, for more than 3f> hours, al though the father passed the door of the Clerk four or five times daily ! We ask, then, if such things are to he permitted in a well regulated community of laws! To the Honorable ! Inferior Court of Muscogee county we appeal, for an im-1 I partial investigation of the manner in w hich this official , j performs this part of his duty. If ho has not transcended i | his powers, let him be acquitted of all blame. But if he j has acted illegally, let him be removed from a station w hich ho has dishonored, ere the vengeance of an out- ; raged coinniuuily bo roused to seek that personal redress of prievous wrongs which the nature ot the case will justify, and to which the provocation is more than sum eient We have not yet done with the subject. Attention, Sons of Temperance l Cbattahoochee Division, No. 17, will celebrate the approaching Anniversary of our National Inde pendence —Brethren of the Order are requested, and citizens generally invited to attend. Brethren will assemble at the Hall, at 2 o’clock, r. M., where the procession will be formed, and march from thence to the Carter Factory , instead of the Methnlist Chvrch . fas published in the Times and Enquirer,) at which place addresses will be delivered by Brethren ot the Order. SAMUEL P. THOM, H. S. June, 28, 1819. IT One half of tho Athens Southern Whig is for sale. Address 1\ M. Lumpkin, Athens, Qi. Uiug over liiii uiifflWlqßjKjJilFaHji sound with their glad Fur every such instance we can show you ten of squalid wretchedness, debasing ignorance and ener vating indolence. But if such a picture is common among the class referred to, of what great benefit is j such a life to these persons ? It is one useless to themselves anu to society. no tnind to look beyond their present condition of hopeless pov erty, and aspire to no improvement, morally, men tally, or physically. But introduce the children of such families into factories xvliich are well-regulated as to air, working hours, &.C., (and none other should be tolerated,) and how great the change in a few weeks ! Many of those operatives are soon able to make manifest improvement in personal appearance, looks, habits and character. They enjoy the privilege of socidl life and the church", and not only acquire a taste for industrial pursuits, but frequently lay up considerable sums of money, wherewith to set them selves out respectably in life, when the opportunity offers. In proof of this fact, we will give an instance. — | From the May Report ol the Imwell, Mass. Savings Institution, the Imoks show a credit, to 1,714 depos itors, of §718,816 48, being an average of 152 to each of the same, who are chiefly female. It is said also, that the cancelled checks show many an in- | stance of filial gratitude and fraternal affection—ma ny an endorsement of a mortgage of paternal acres. The daughters of New England are not ashamed to enter these Cotton Factories, nor do they view them as prison-houses, controlled by “ hard and rigid task- , I makers,” hut as places of profitable industry, where ; good wages can always he procured and the I condition°of all that choose to work can be bot : tered ! Why then may not the daughter of llie i Southern Farmer, mechanic or professional man I “go and do likewise!” Indeed, il would be infin itely belter for the morals of some, and the peace of families of others, that the inmates of most of our male and female academies should be placed ill a J cotton factory for a season, instead of being allowed ;to gad the streets and learn scandal. The spinning ‘of No. 14 thread would be far better Ilian spinning street yarn, and weaving osnaburgs and sheetings infinitely preferable to weaving nets to catch hus bands before the weavers have entered the teens of i their virginity! We look then, upon all efibrts to fcjevent females engaging in industrial pursuits in cotton tactories or otherwise, as miserable short sighted policy and pernicious in the extreme. Already, is it deemed degrading for white females lo engage in servile me nial employments, and hence they excuse for indwient and useless lives, but lußHktch lower would? you -* —s-atress or negress latter system, lest ye to affinities for and sympa thies with the African, than for the fßKaired and fair-complexioned feuynincs of vouroivtTAnglo-Sax on race ! * ! Calhoun’* Letter.--In the letter of this ; distinguished gentleman to the Memphis Committee, published in our last, we find the following paragraph : i “But candor compels me to state there still remains anothhr grave question tor u of the South to deter mine, before we finally decide what course we should take in reference to this great project, and that is, what position arc we to occupy in reference to our territories on the Pacific acquired from Mexico by the late treaty with her ? Are we to he excluded from them ? Are we, alter having spent so much of our blood and treasure tor iheir acquisition, to be deprived, contrary to the provisions <>l the constitution, and in I violation of every principle ot equity and justice, of our equal right ? Are they to be made the means of °. llr . humiliatinn and subjection to the rest of the Union, instead of our prosperity ? And. if so, shall w o still go on, and spend millions on millions, in ad dition to what we have already, in aggrandizing the rest of the Union at onr own expenseand for subjec tion. I trust not. I trust we shall pause until ii is ascertained how we are to stand, as tuMmsc territories and the rest of the Union, before we decide finally on our course in reference to the subject of the meet ing. In the meantime, steps may be taken to obtain information preparatory to decision ; but let us re serve that until we can sec what interest we arc to have in the work.” For tho sentiment contained in the foregoing, Mr. : Calhoun has received considerable abuse, even from Southern prints. But, to our mind, the suggestions of tho great Carolinian are worthy of profound con sideration and respect. Il indeed a Railroad is to he built by general government from the Mississippi to California, and paid for out of the public treasury, to which the people of the South hare contributed their full share, it is a pertinent enquiry, arc Southern men to be deprived of equal privileges as lo our possessions in California ? It the South is to be excluded from all advantages but those of a commercial character she njay well pause belore she lends-a helping bam! To her own enslavement, to the car of Northern fanat icism. If she is noi to have an equal share in the benefits of a Railroad, why assist to bnild it ? Why spend millions on millions on a splendid scheme to I advance the political supremacy, of the North? In our judgment, Mr. Calhoun is right in seeking an ! answer lo queries like these, before he gives his sup j port to the gigantic project, and we think it well for the people of the South to ponder on the question, i maturely, before the postponed meeting of the Mem ’ phis Convention shall take place next October.— I There can tie no harm, at least, in a full investigation j of the question, in all its bearings, before we commit ourselves unreservedly to its support. ‘’Look before I you leap,” then, wo say, to all concerned. Information Wanted. A sore-lipped man of the name of Hall, who several weeks aince had some horse doctor handbills printed at this office, will please call, with dispatch, and settle his hill. Any information as to the present whereabouts of said Hall will he thankfully re ceived by the Printer. Will not Manufacture.— We regret to hear that i Col. Cart'r has given up the idea of Occupying Ids fine ; building for manufacturing purposes. The cause is said to he the opposition eviuetd by this journal to the intro duction of negro labor ii. to factories! Injustice to our selves,however,we are compelled to slate thnt Cul. Car ter had not, up to the time of the finishing of his building and the publication of our remarks against the general policy ot slave labor in factories, ordered a single piece of machinery for his establishment! The conclusion ia irresistible that hr had abandoned the ideaof manufactur ing eoni* time previous lo any opposition Iroin us. We ore not Borrv, however, that he wnivee hie undoubted right to employ slave labor, in obedience to public opin ion. I3T Father Matthew hag arrived at New York. O’ Cassius M. Clay was not dead at la6t accounts, but Turns; was. was built so high as not to scare the chickens on their roost, as the engine passed over! Another novel idea is that “ law of trade,” which gives the owner of a gicce of .land the right to sell the Eaine—not fur what it is worth to him, but what he can extort from the necessities of the purchaser ! Such a law may be an honest law, but it don’t look so to us. Its morality is very suspicious. “ When our friend of the “ Muscogee Democrat ’* recovers from that hydrophobic fit into which he was unfortunately thrown, by the little extract from *au i rin that appeared in our first number, tve would be glad if lie would inform us what connection has “bro. Baker” with the “ Masonic Journal”; and whether a pledge to abstain from taking sides with any reli gious sect binds us to give a sanction to bis irreli gion."—Atlanta Intelligencer. ’Tis a reverend apostle and leader of the Baptist i church of Georgia that thus gnashes his Pharisaic teeth at our “ religion” ! Os the same spirit was a certain one, of olden time, whose prayer read as fol -1 lows“ God, 1 thank thee that lam not as other I men, or even as this publican! ’ —(Euke .Win, 11.) W’c cannot |H*rmit one of this class to sit in judgment upon any ina tter affecting our conscience. With hint, •• The fear of hell’s a hangman e whip To liuud ile wretch in order,** and lie is welcome to the enjoyment of the delectable and soul-saiing opinion, only let him not measure his ; neighbor's “religion” by so unchristian a standard f IT To Bro. Davis, of the “Masonic Journnl,” we owe an apology for the substitution (inadvertently,) of another’s less honored name for his, in our late no tice of liis publication. The “Qi’akino Candidate.”—Parson Hilliard ia so badly frightened at the prospect of being beatc* in the 2d Congressional District of Alabama, by his Whig competitor, Mr. Pugh, and thereby losing the Foreign Alission promised him by Secretary Clay ton, should he be re-elected, that he has received the soubriquet of the “quaking candidate.” The follow ; I ing neat r” l’f 5F * Fp ° red in * Ti^^R?i^^nrfallappreheiMhji>e^ I hat ever 1 heard of or knew, To see ondso used to a pulpit, •t Alarmed at the sight of apc\ (Pugh.) White Mechanic s.—The way that this deserving class of our fellow citizens are falling under the bun of j'ro.-crip/iun for complexion’s sake, is thus set lorlli by the Macon correspondent of the Forsyth Bee : , [, liat honorable gang, the building committee of the New Methodist Church, to he erected here this year, have let out the job to a Mack rascal of a negro, over the heads of a score of hard-working white me chanics r the city, who have large families to main tain, and who have no other means of doing this than by their trades. This scoundrel of a negro. I suppose is a non-resident of the city, besides. When will men learn to act wise and deal jnstlv ? This is only up"ot the many overt acts daily committed by the ••"•mild-he aristocracy of this place, and whose con nurt should lie censured in unmitigated terms. Whe ther these mechanics will submit to this wanton ne glect ol the blind ‘upper tens,’ reuwina to be told.— ror myself, ‘.Xys-ro meli/na.’ ) ours ever, Cosmopolite.” That’s right, Mr. Cosmopolite. “Hope on, hope ever,” is a good maxim, but it will not rare (he evil complained of. The signs of the times indicate that the interests of the white mechanics are sfrfi fnrther to be disregarded and trampled on, in the South, un til there is nothing left I'ot them to do, htrt remove to a mote hospitable clime or starve! There is now hardly a “white man’s chance” to a mechanic, if his | skin happens to be tnrtinged with African discolora tion, and things are getrrng nt> better fast t A Nuisance, —The incessant noise made by two or three negro hr*rht?r hoys and associates, oppo site our “Sanctum.” The City Marshal’s whip will doubtless be the effective remedy, if properly admin istered. Annual Fairs.—The “South Carolina Institute, for the promotion of Arls, Mechanical Ingenuity ami Industry,’- propose holding its “First Annual Fair” it* o/'tifi'hde."tun\,i£eu, ‘situ itimnl. ~ 1 The 4th Annual Meeting of the SoiithertrAiemral Agricultural Association will commence on Wed nesday, the 15th of August.at “Stone Mountain, Ga. We have received from the Secretary, D. W. Lewis, of Hancock county, a long circular, (postage unpaid,) with a request for its to publish, and request others to do the same! The said “circular” will make near ly a column of our p iper, wjiicli is too modest a dralt, entirely, upon our space, to he honored at sight f - therefore beg to be excused, Mr. Secretary, un less we can have a showing at one of those “stiver cups,” with a suitable inscription setting forth oty disinterestedness in the performance of S2O service i for one-fourth that amount! [For the Muscogee Democrat The National Monument at -Washington. Dr. Andrews :—Who does not desire to contribute hi> mite to the Washington National Monument, now in process of erection at Washington City ? Every Amer ican citizen will eagerly embrace every opportunity to do honor to the Father of his Country. That opportunity, it has been suggested, should be afi'orded at the Fourth ‘4 July celebrations all over the Union. The Committer of Managers for the celebration in this city, it seems, havo overlooked the suggestion, and I have taken the liberty through your columns to call their attention to it. The Secretary of the Monument Society at Washington City proposes that public collections should be taken t>p at all the celebrations, thus affording the entire country an op portunity for contributing something. The Monument is to he erected solely by the private contributions of the people of America, and for that purpose it is desirable that the contributions may be generally small, so that all may have a hand in its erection. No plan so admirablyr accomplishee that end, as that proposed by the Secretary. It would be well to notify the people in advance that a collection will be taken tip, so that all may come prepared to give something. Columbus never has been behind in substantial demonstrations of her patriotism, whether the demand has been for nivu or money- She will not ho ’ behind now, FRO H4XBU*