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-^^TjUNE 9, 1859.
ATLANTA, GEO., THURSDAY, JUNE
1859.
NO 34.
OF SUBSCRIPTION
per annum in advance W 00
ulllWjvVSr “ in advance, 4 00
• rfi « in advance, 2 00
v. .. 1( i wl ihin six months, 2 60
■ jf^aid within twelve months, 3 00
- nt Dachnn»n In North Carolina.
fruchanan has for some days past, been
• It to the Old North State. Everywhere
09 cordially met and welcomed by
ft*
*' ]e of t ii a t State, of all parties, and of
The demonstrations are repre-
Z being of the grandest order, and hon-
*'l ,tb civic and military, are paid him at
“ ^ an d city that he visits. Mr. B. is
*' ited as being possessed of a social and
\Tidonable disposition, and is extremely
especially to the ladies. We should
^ if ] ie would extend his visit to Geor-
Mnrlelto I.nw School.
ffc jjave before us a circular sent out by a
ittee of the Marietta Bar, setting forth
iiiraeof the Si mmer Law School, which
-, 0 operation on the 20th inst. The
?“ orej! i n this School will Ire delivered by
A x. Gould, of Augusta, the Princi-
" the Augusta Law School. Judge Gould
* j^wver of long standing, and ranks among
‘illegal minds in the State. He has long
rience in the business of Lecturing, and
-minently qualified for the position to which
% been called by the “Bar of Cobb, and
lining counties.” We are gratified to find
(itir legal brethren in Marietta, have set
Enterprise on toot. The location is high-
,Storable for a summer’s residence, and the
' c ,f year when the School will be in ses-
r K Jr., in which few, if any, of our courts
. ieing held, and little business doing in the
.ssion. 'lhe enterprise has our best wish-
,vr its success.
The American Parly of Fulton.
l portion, hut not a very large one, of the
,.„rican Party of Fulton county, met at the
... dap. on Tuesday last. The meeting pass-
nly three resolutions. The first recom-
ading the 5th Wednesday in June sis the
and Nejsnan as the place for holding a
swntion to nominate an Opjxtmlicm candidate
ir Congress.
v<onil, tiiat if the time and place above in-
meet the approval of the party in oth-
pdtsof the District, that a meeting of the
he held to appoint delegates to said
Mention Third, that the meeting adjourn
«et on the first Tuesday in July, to ap-
.ai delegates to the State Opposition Conven-
to lx> held in Milledgeville on the third
dnesday in July. The use of the word
-ptsition." in each of the resolutions, indi-
j,, that the American party is to be merged
the new Opposition Party, and poor
1 is to be left to take care of himself.—
c have no doubt our friends of the Ameri-
s [arty are happy of the riddance, for “Sam
bas been to tiiem a troublesome fellow,
lasing upon them nothing but troubles and
-tera. Some difference of opinion seemed
j»m'l as to the policy of nominating a can.
1 te f»r Congress, hut it was finally agreed
bid a convention, if the other counties
OTred, for consultation if not for nomina-
a. One gentleman remarked that some
ainent Democrat might come out as an in
tent candidate, with a platform satisfac-
■t to the Opposition, and it might be good
tiicy to support him. The only hope of the
position seems to be to divide the Demo-
Vii: party, and bring the malcontents over
their standard. This is a forlorn hope, we
•at and lias about as much foundation as
ehojH's had, on which the American par-
. lave fed ever since it has had an existence.
Hope on, hope ever.”
Dvinmmlic meeting In Cherokee.
Ikge and enthusiastic meeting of the Dem-
atic party of Cherokee county, met in the
at House according to adjournment, Ju Ige
*jih Donaldson, having been elected Chair-
aut a former meeting, took the stand and
Jed the meeting to order, F. N. Rienhardt,
Secretary of the previous meeting hav-
f resigned. Uriah Stephens, was unani-
slv elected and took the seat,
lie Chairman haring explained the object
e meeting, Mr. J. M. McConnell, made
*>PIointment of Committee, to prepare
sw* tor the action of the meeting. The
irman appointed the following gentlemen
-lie Committee : Isaac McConnell, Geo.
’eflerson, and John H. Word,
lie Committee liaving retired, returned in
■-ft linn-, and reiKirted the following Res-
sSons.
• T Tiiat the following gentlemen, be ap-
delegates to represent the Democracy
■'herokee county, in the Democratic Con
tinual Convention, to Ire held at Calhoun,
■die day of July next, for the purpose
-minutinga candidate for Congress, viz :
k D. Moss, Joseph Donaldson, Geo. W.
"tson. ;s. M. Mddormcll, and Joseph Al-
-id. Tiiat in sending delegates to the Con-
skffl, to he lieid in Calhoun Georgia, in
-■ m-Kt. to select a Democratic candidate,
present tlie 5th Congressional District,
:| t Congress of the United States, we ex-
t n" preference, for any one of the able
distinguished gentlemen spoken of as
*didatos over the others, but leave our del-
^ free and untramelled to cast their votes
' ■ their judgment will best subserve the in-
•tt ot the District, and insure the harmo-
success of the Democratic Party.
1 That we reiterate our abiding confi-
in the ability and integrity of His Ex-
"“'iKv .lusopl, E. Brown, and our grateful
fdng that the people are every where
■_ mg in favor of his renomination for the
j* «f Governor of Georgia, a position which
honored, by a unfaltering devotion to
tue best interest of the people, and the per-
-.•,nt prosjierity of the commonwealth.
, !l Dial if any of the delegates appointed,
• c attend, the delegates'present shall cast
■' v ')te of the couiitv.
Hesolutions having been voted upon
actions, were unanimously adopted by the
chairman and others, having in brief,
1 l l I | ropriate addresses, expressed their
; - etent the withdrawal of asmall portion of
' and the hope that they would up-
re fieetion, returne and act in concert
.-■Jijsuly, and abide tiie action of the Cal-
- Convention.
Hi motion of T. N. White, the meeting
•lanied, sine die.
, ' JOSEPH DONALDSoN, Ch’m.
Eu " Stephens, Sec’ty.
I'rom Washington.
.« A p II , x ! 5T< ’ N 'i June 4.—Indian Supcrinten-
-i j? * n8 i of New Mexico, announces to
time 1411 ^ ur eau, the perfect safety of the
1 0ve rtand Mailroute. Agent Stack,
■'T’l'oriosed to meet some 1,500 Indians up-
C'rin'it. : lo dirtribute the usual quota of
»th lt0a * ’'“Phuients, writes tiiat his guard
•A'casiun, will consist often Mexicans,
■n 0Ill >; with hoes and ox-whipe. «
^ receipts into the treasury last week
k|.. Ver t'vomillions of dollars; but the
l? no ®nted to above three millions, there
‘ a, "l subject tef draft only four million.
From the Richmond (Va.) Euquirer, June 3.
Chief Justice Toney on the Right and Du
ty of Congress to Protect Slave Persons
and Slave Property.
It is a matter of sincere congratulation
among the conservative men of the whole
country, at this moment, when present au
thority on the subject is so important, that
the most authorative judicial voice in the
Union has spoktn directly on the question of
Congressional protection to slave property.
In the c.»«! of the slave Amy, decided a few
days since, Chief Justice Taney has furnished
a written decision, which repeats and confirms
in all its force the views previously set forth by
Gov. Wise, in his late letter to Mr. 8am-
ford.
From a review of the decision, we discover
the assertion of the following great principles
of doctrine:
1. Tiiat slave are recognized by the Consti
tution of the United Statet in tne character of
persons.
2. That slaves are requested in Congress, as
persons.
3. That as persons, they are, in many in
stances, at least, subject to certain liabilities,
and invested with the rights corresponding to
those liabilities, in the same way that other
persons are.
4. That among these liabilities are those
which render them ameudable to trial and
punishment for crimes and misdemeaners;
and among these rights, is the right of legal
protection against personal injury.
5. That the Constitution of the United States
also recognises slaves as property.
0. “As property, the rights of owner are
entitled th the protection of the law i. e.
the laws of the Udited States, enacted by Con
gress.
The entire identity of this view of the mat
ter, with that presented by Gov. Wise, must
be at once manifest to eveiy ready.
Thus, the la6t question which has threaten
ed to divide us by a sectional issue, is at last
directly decide by the highest judicial author
ity in the Union. Even those of eur fellow-
citizens who have hitherto been disposed to
withhold Bongressional protection from slave
persons and slave property, will, doubtless
yield the same acquiescence to the decision in
the case of the slave Amy, whieh they have
already, as good citizens, accorded to the de
cision in the case of Dred Scott.
It is a matter of further congratulation that
both these decisions are due to the sagacity,
the legal lore, and high integrity of a man
who wears not less worthily than did his pred
ecessor in office, the emine robe which he re
ceived immediately from the shoulders of John
Marshall.
[COMKCSICATED.]
At a meeting of the Students and Faculty
of the Atlanta Medical College on Monday
morning the 6th of June 1859, to adopt ap
propriate means to testify their respect for the
memory of a late fellow Student, Mr. E. Q.
Heard of Alabama and to give expression to
their sorrow on the occasion, and sympathy
with the bereaved family..
On motion Mr. W. T. Ward of Mississippi
was called to the chair.and Mr. D. H. Conally
of Georgia appointed Secretary. The object
of the meeting having been stated by the
chair. On motion, Mr. B. F. Ward of Miss.,
J. H* McKay of Miss., Daniel McCall of Ala.,
J. Carpenter of Ala., J. N. Pitts of Ga. and
the Faculty of the Atlanta Medical College,
were appointed a Committee to draft resolu
tions for the action of the iheeting. After re
tiring a short time the Committee through
their Chairman Mr. B. F. Ward reported the
following preamble and resolutions, which
were unanimously adopted. Whereas by di
vine dispensation a seat in these halls lias be
come vacant, the voice of one of our former
associates has been hushed forever—the form
of one of our fellows has disappeared from our
sight—Mr. E. Q. Heard of Alabama is no
more on earth, having been called on yester
day, from time to eternity. As a testimonial
of our appreciation of our late friend and in
the spirit of humility and submission to the
divine will, it becomes us as a body to present
some public manifestation of our respect for
the memory of the deceased.
Therefore, Resolved, That the members of
this class and the Faculty of this institution
have heard with profound sorrow of the death
of their highly esteemed friend.
Regolved, Tiiat we tender our heartfelt con
dolence to his afflicted parents and friends and
assure them that our bosoms are penetrated
with no ordinary grief and that our tears are
mingled with theirs, for a mutual loss.
Resolved That as a testimoial of our high
regard for the memory of the deceased we will
m procession attend his remains to the Rail
Rail Road Depot of this city and will wear the
usual symbol of mourning for thirty days.
Resolved, That a committee of four be ap
pointed by the chairman to accompany the
remains of the* deceased to their place of rest
in Alabama.
Resolved, Tiiat a copy of the proceed
ings of this meeting be transmitted to
the parents of the deceased, and that the Edi
tors of the papers and Journals of this city,
and those of Selma and Perry, Ala., be reques
ted to publish them.
Resolved, Tiiat the exercises of tiie College
be suspended for this day.
The Chair appointed Mr. F. L. Shearer of
Arkansas and Messrs, Daniel Moman, J.
Frank Mooty and W. H. Mitchell of Geor
gia to accompany the remains.
On motion the Rev. Wm. H. Clark M. I). a
Missionary to Africa and a member of the class
was requested to deliver a funeral discourse
upon the occasion at the City Hall at 5 o’clock
P. M.
The meeting then adjourned.
W. T. WARD, Chr’m.
D. H. Conally, Sec’y.
From Uie Field & Fireside.
Useful Receipts.
To remove lice on cabbages, nothing, per
haps, is better than to pour over them cool
soap suds, from a watering pot or otherwise,
once a week or as often as washing is done for
the family. This practice will not only de
stroy lice, (the apliis) but will greatly pro
mote their growth.
Blue Hydrangeas are obtained by mixing
the pulverized iron scales that fly off from
bars of heated iron in a blacksmith’s shop,
with the earth in a pot that contains hydran
geas - The first oxide of iron colors the blos
soms blue.
Cure for Sweney.—1 ounce laudunum ; 1
do. camphor; 1 do. spirits of hartshorn ; 1 do.
spirits of turpentine ; 1 do. castilc soap ; 3
ounces alcohol; 1 gill sweet oil.
Put the above ingredients in a suitable bot
tle with a good cork, add rub the part affected
twice a (lay for a week or more, and a cure
will generally lie attained.
Banking up earth around pear and apple
trees will keep mice from gnawing them.
How to raise Cranberries from Seed.—
Many readers of the Field & Fireside may de
sire to raise their own crenberries. If so, let
them select the largest berries to be had, ma$li
them in water, pour off the latter with the
pulp, and the seed will lie found at the bot
tom of the vessel. Plant in pure sand. Wa
ter every third day, and in a few da3 - s the
plants will appear, coming up like a bean,
bringing the seeds with them - As soon as
tney attain some size, then set out in low,
moist ground, and cultivated to keep down
grass and weeds.
The Cheapest and best Phosphates.—The
late Mr. Pusey, President of the Royal Agri
cultural Society of England, published experi
ments proving that bones fermented in a de
caying manure heap, becomes sufficiently so
luble for agricultural purposes, and thus ena
ble the farmer to avoid the great expense at
tending the purchase of sulphuric acid in the
manufacture of superpliosphat of lime.
How to feed Sulphur to Cattle.—Mix one
pound of sulphur with six pounds of salt, and
place the mixture in a box where the cattle
can have access to it. This box should be
under shelter, so as not to be dissolved by
rain and dew. Mr. Asa Bailey says in the Alb
any Cultivator that he has used Iris compound
of salt and sulphur twenty years, and has not
liad a louse nor a tick on his cattle in that
length of time.
FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1859.
Mr. Slaughter on the Stomp.
We learn from the Lagrange Reporter that
our fellow townsman, J. 8. Slaughter, Esq.,
addressed an Opposition meeting at Lagrange
on Tuesday last. The Reporter savs that “ow
ing to indisposition, Mr. S. did not do justice
to himself, or show up the corruptions of the
Democratic Party to the extent he desired.”
We think friend Slaughter has undertaken a
Herculean task, and one of which he will soon
gettired. He will find it hard to show up
that which does not exist.
Internal Improvement Convention.
M e publish to-day the proceedings of a
meeting held in this city, on Wednesday last
to appoint delegates and make arrangements
for the Internal Improvement Convention to
be held m this city on the second Wednesday in
August next. This is an important move
ment, and we hope that it will be met by a
ready response from every part of the State.
eorgia has done mucli by way of this kind of
improvement; but much fet remains to be
done, before aU her vast resources are fully de
veloped. While our Railroad system was iu
ite infancy, a convention of this sort was held
n the citj of Macon—a system of Railroads on
hiTbLTtoir 18 agI ?S l Upon - and we believe
nas Deen fully carried out. So it mav lie
agaui. We hope the Press throughout^
^tate will give notice of the meeting of the
and " re<! " ,clr "■*" *»““"'i>
Sentenced to the Penitentiary.
Or. Wednesday last, Judge Bull passed sen-
fence on J. M. Dnimright, and J. Goodnight
who were convicted of Negro stealing by a Ju
ry of Fulton Superior Court. He meted out
to each of them the full penalty of the law-
10 years imprisonment in the Penitentiary —
Men who are so fond of the black population
as to resort to other means than honest pur
chase to obtain negro property, had better go
somewhere else besides Atlanta, to carry out
their plans. Judge Bull is right in visiting
such offenders with condign punishment.—
Much of the trouble that slave owners have
with their slaves, is the result of the intermed
dling of mean, corrupt white men. This is
more especially the case in our towns and cit
ies. An example should be made of all those
who aie detected in the act of tampering with
our slaves, in any way. Negroes are often too
easily decoyed oft by the wiles and stratagems
of artful white, scoundrels ; and we would have
no security tor this species of property, if there
6hmild be a relaxation in the enforcement of
the law, ora mitigation of the punishment for
the crime of negro stealing.
“ Tiie Deed is Done. ”
This is the heading of an article which ap
peared in the Lagrange Reporter ol' tiie 9tli
inst- The Editor says, “we are told that the
meeting ignored the Administration, which
leaves Mr. G. (meaning Mr. Gartrell) in rath
er an awk ward position—inasmuch as he lias
signified, in a private way, his intention to en
dorse the Administration, and to defend the
English Bill.” If being silent in reference to
the Administration, is what the “Reporter”
means by ignoring the Administration, we can
very well account for that silence. On Wed
nesday next, our State Convention meets, and
in order that the Convention of the Fourth
Congressional District might not get ‘ ‘ahead of
the music,” and embarrass the State Conven
tion by their action, prudence dictated the pro
priety of passing but few resolutions. The
Rejvorter will find out, when the canvass com
mences, our party in the 4th will be fully in
line with the great Democratic party, and bat
tling for our long cherished principles. In
reference to Col. Gartrell’s “claims for re-
election,” our cotemporary shall hear from us
fully, when Col. G. is fairly before the people.
This will lie when his letter of acceptance shall
be made public. Until then, we ask our
friend cf the Reporter to “abide his time.”
Democratic convention of the 4th Congres
sional District.
The Delegates of the 4th Congressional Dis
trict met in Convention at Newnan, on Tues
day, the 7th of June.
On motion of Mr. Wilson, of Fulton, Hon. J.
J. Diamond, of DeKalb, was called to the chair
and on motion of the same gentleman, Dan
iel N. Spear, of Troup, was requested to act as
Secretary.
On motion of J. C. Wooten, of Carroll, the
couuties were called, and the following gen
tlemen came forward .as delegates .-
Campbell County-
Dr Thos C Glover,
A B Davis.
R C Beavers,
E L Polk,
A\ r B Swann,
Wilson McLartj -
AVm J Camp.
AVm M Varner,
Dr S Z Tatom,
Geoige Bryant,
AYm J Garrett,
Dr S T Watkins.
Ephraim Pray,
Jabe Brassell,
Henry M Heard.
John Phillips,
Isaac Garrett.
Isaiah Hembree.
Carroll County—
A O Embrj - .
Jesse C Wooten.
Mathew Ried.
\ r M Hodgson.
Eli Benson,
A S Bridges,
AY T Echols,
R AY Springer,
AVm A Johnson.
AY H Autry,
Fulton County—
C Howell
VY T AVilson,
A M AVallace.
T A Kenedy,
J G AY Mills,
R B Hicks,
M A Bell,
P E McDaniel,
A Ratterree,
E M Taliaferro,
J Willis.
A R Averry,
V A
Gaskill.
DeKalb County—
E A Center, J B Wilson.
R M Brown, J S Elliott,
Col FII Gay, W W Smith,
James J Diamond.
Coblj Cmriy—
J. M. Barnwell, Daniel R. Turner.
Clayton County—
Elijah Glass, James Butler.
R K Holliday.
Fayette County—
J W Trewet,
Robert Iverson.
W It Whitaker,
F M Landrum.
Wiley J Gay.
Meriwether County-
■J W Redding,
W Morgan,
J Gaston,
Peter Martin,
J H Gaston.
T T Duncan.
I! Ector,
Lleard County—
E M Grimes,
LH Featherston,
Thos Arnold.
W L Strickland,
I B Ware,
J E Morrow,
Wm P Chandler,
D D Denham,
James M Austin,
Jackson Martin,
B M Loverett,
Janies Himes.
Moses Aim.an,
W B Favor,
James Ivy,
Wm Florence.
X Teagle.
H J Right,
Samuel Right.
P H Wood,
T J Favor,
11 P TFoofl,
J A Hendrick.
“Opposition Triumph In Virginia.'’
Such is the caption which we find in some
of the Opposition papers, over their articles in
reference to the Virginia election. Triumph
indeed! A Democratic Governor elected by
5,000 majority—tirr/ve out of thirteen memliers
of Congress, elected—Legislature Democratic
by 40 majority on joint ballot; and yet the
Opposition throw up their caps, and hollow
hurrah ! for the “Opposition triumph in Vir
ginia!” Strange triumph this, we say. It is
similar to that achieved by the American par
ty in the Presidential election in 18o(J, when
their candidate, Mr. Fillmore, carried every
State in the Union except thirty. This sort
of glorification reminds us of a friend of ours,
some years ago, who was very much opposed
to the Democracy, and when the news of an
election was coming in from the different coun
ties of tiie State, indicating a sure defeat to
his party, whenever a return was received
showing a falling off in the Democratic major
ity, he was w..nt to exclaim, “Hurrah for re
duced majorities !” Ah ! gentlemen, give
yourselves no trouble about “Old Virginia.”
The time is yet to come when she shall prove
untrue to Democratic principles. Iu 1848, her
majority was run down to about 800, if we re
member right, hut she rose like a giant after
wards, and carried the elections by overwhelm
ing majorities, and so she will do again.
Col. L. T. Doynl.
In the last issue of tiie Macon Journal and
Messeuger, we find a letter from the above
named gentleman, declining the use of his '
name, in connection with the Congressional
nomination for the 3rd District. There is so
much good sense in the reasons lie assigns for
this course, that we append them, and recom
mend them to the consideration of all aspi
rants for Congressional honors. Many of
these if they would take the same view of the
subject as Col. Doval does, would undoubtedly
come to the same conclusion, and we should
have much less trouble in our nominating
Conventions.
Griffin, Ga., May 31st, 1859.
In a late number of the ‘Journal & Messen
ger’ my name is suggested in connection with
the nomination for Congress by the American
Party of this District. I am greatly obliged
to your correspondent for his kind intentions
toward me, but must respectfully decline to
permit my name to he used in the Convention,
for the following reasons :
1st. I prefer to attend to my professional
engagements. 2d. I do not desire to wear
Congressional robes. 3rd. In these days of
political degeneracy and rampant Northern
fanaticism, it behooves the South to select her
ablest and best men to represent her in the
national councils; and as there are many wi
ser and better men than myself in the District,
I cheerfully yield to them the honor your
correspondent designed for me. 4th. I have
neither the time nor inclination to break a
lance with the gentleman who may be nom
inated by the Democratic party.
From Key Weat.
Charleston, June 7.—The Coast Survey
Steamer Walker, Capt. Huger, has arrived
from Key West, which port she left on the
4th inst. She reports that the barque J. J.
Cobh was recently towed into Havannali, by
a New York sohooner. The barque had been
abandoned off Maanzas, and had evidently
landed a cargo of Africans.
Samuel J) Echols.
Troup County—
Dr V A Spear, Dr N Spear,
Joel K Davis.
Coweta County—
Jolm Erskine, Elijah Martin,
T A Grace, J H Graham,
JL Calhoun, Moses H Smith,
R P Taylor, John II Smith,
J E Stallings, Thos C Johnson,
Sterling Elder, Dr J H Strickland,
A J Persons, Dr W C Smith,
J H Walthall, RO Moreland,
A C McWhorter, J M T Petty,
J J McLendon, Jacobus Gibson,
W G Hill, Adkin Upshaw,
Joseph Calhoun, Watkins Orr,
Dr J W Pearce, Wiley AVard.
J T McRoy, E M Story,
A B Brown, Isliam Hicks,
Anthony North, William Perkins,
Geoige Stephens.
On motion of T A Grace, of Coweta, a com
mittee of one from each county was appointed
l)} - the Chairman to report officers for the per
manent organization of the Convention.
The Committee appointed was—
Grimes, of Heard, Calhoun, of Coweta, Tur
ner, of Cobb, Glass, of Clayton, Embry, of
Carroll, Glover, of Campliell, Brown, of De-
Ralb, Denham, of Fayette, McDaniel, ot Ful
ton, Duncan of Meriwether, and Davis, of
Troup.
The committee, after retiring, returned and
reported through their chairman the following
gentlemen, as suitable officers :
Col. John Erskine, of Coweta, President,
and Daniel N. Spear, of Troup, and Wm J.
Garrett, of Campbell, as Secretaries.
On motion of Wallace, of Fulton, a commit
tee of three was appointed to conduct tiie
President elect to his seat.
The committee appointed was—
Gaskill, of Fulton, Featherston of Heard,
and Gay, of DeRalb.
The President, on taking his seat, in a few
brief remarks, thanked the Convention for
the honor conferred, and then pronounced the
Convention organized.
On motion of \\ r allace, of Fulton, a commit
tee of one from each county was appointed to
report business for the action of the Conven
tion.
The committee appointed was—
Wallace, of Fulton, Brown, of DeRalb,
Featherston. of Heard, Favor, of Meriwether,
AVooten, of Carroll, Brassell, of Campbell,
Martin, ofFayette, Grace, of Coweta, Spear,
of Troup, and Holliday, of Clayton.
Tiie committee, after retiring, returned and
thiough their chairman, reported the follow-
Preamble and Resolutions, which were, on
motion, unanimously adopted :
Tiie committee appointed to prepare and re
port business for the Convention, beg leave to
recommend the following resolutions for their
adoption, and the selection of a suitable per
son to run as a candidate for Representative
of the 4th Congressional District of Georgia
in the next Congress of the United States.
1st. Resolved, That this Convention adheres
with unchanging faith, to the principles of
the Democratic party as enunciated in the
Cincinnatti platform-
2d. Resolved, That we reaffirm our unalter
able determination to stand firmly upon the
Georgia Platform, and insisting upon a strict
construction of the Federal Constitution, will
demand at all times and at every hazard the
full measure of rights to wfiich the South is
entitled, without further coBceuion or com
promise.
3d. Resolved, That the Democratic party now
as ever, advocate retrenchment and reform,
and, in the language of the Cincinnati Plat
form, hold “tiiat it is the duty of every branch
of the Government to enforce and practice
the most riggid economy in conducting our
public affairs.”
On motion ot Dr. Spear, of Troup, the Hon
Lucius J. Gartrell was put in nomination as a
candidate to represent the 4th Congressional
District of Georgia in the next Congress of the
United States, which motion was seconded by
Gaskill, of Fulton.
Gen. Featherston, of Heard, moved that the
nomination be made by acclamation.
Pending which motion V. A. Gaskill, Esq.,
of Fulton, moved that the motion be suspend
ed in order to ascertain if any other name
would be proposed to the Convention..
The President decided the motion out of
order, but on motion of Mr. Diamond, of De
Ralb, the President asked the question “If
any Delegate had any nomination to make.”
No response being made, the motion of Dr
Spear, as amended by Gen Featherston, was
put and earned unanimously.
On motion of Mr Diamond, a committee of
three was appointed by the Chairman to noti
fy the Hon L. J. Gartrell of his nomination,
and request his acceptance of the same.
Which committee consisted of the following
gentlemen: Diamond, of DeKalb, AY. A. Spear
of Troup, and Featherston, of Heard.
On motion of Mr. Gay, of DeKalb, it was
Resolved, That the thanks of this Conven
tion be tendered to the President and‘Secre
taries for the efficient manner in which they
have discharged their duties.
It was then moved that the proceedings of
this Convention be published in the Demo
cratic papers of the Fourth Congressional Dis
trict.
After which, on motion, the Convention ad
journed sine die.
JOHN ERSKINE, President.
Dujiel N. Spear, ( Secretaries.
AA . J. Garrett, )
We extract from the Times an article over
the signature of Franklin. The writer is
the son and only child of our friend, the Hon.
John M. Clark of Atlanta, and the only rep-
resentatvie of Atlanta in the University of
Georgia. It is a literary production of no or
dinary merit, and would do honor to the best
writers of the age. AA r e commend its perusal
to our readers. It would lie an excellent piece
for Declamation, by our young men at school
who are studying oratory :
Labor.
Labor is exertion either of mind or body,
whether exhibited in the production of works
of literature, of soience, or of art. Look
where you please and you see its effects. It is
the motive power tiiat propels the machinery
of the world It constitutes the “sine qua
non,” without which, nothing ever did, ever
can, or ever will exist. This may seem strong
language, but it is not the less true. A\ T e, of
course, have no reference to the creations of
Deity. A r et even in tiie account given of
them in the Holy scriptures, though we know
they were not the result of labor, but merely
of the Fiat of Omnipotence, there is.j-et an
appearance of labor, and the inspired writer
himself, says, ‘God rested on the seventh day. ’
And this is so because of the impossibility of
the human mind to conceive of any produc
tion without labor; any effect without a cause
Whatever avocation of life we may pursue,
whether we figure in the forum or the camp,
the field, the workshop, or the council ball,
the great secret of success lies here, or if we
ever expect to succeed, we must labor. The
day of miracles is past, but if an approxima
tion is to be made, ’tis labor that will do it.
Not only do our actions result from labor
but also our very thoughts. When Newton
was asked how he hail succeeded in making
so many discoveries, he replied, ‘by think
ing and great indeed must have been the
labor of that thought whieh resulted in the
wonderful discoveries of a Newton ! More
over, there is nothing in the creations of art
mental or physical, which is not necessarily in
ionic way the effect of labor. It is the vital
principle upon which existence itself depends.
It is the agent that regulates and controls the
living universe, it is the great heart through
and by which, it breathes and lives. Put an
end to labor and the wheels of life are stopped.
The order of nature would be reversed, gov
ernments would totter and fall, all things
would bn one vast ruin, and the scene so
graphically depicted by Campliell in his 'Last
Man,’ would soon become a living reality,
when the stillnes of desolation reigned, aud
when—
“Earth’s cities had no sound or tread.
And ships were drifting with the dead,
To shores where all was dumb!”
The subject would naturally lead us to in
quire in the first place what are some of the
striking results of physical labor, as prepon
derating over mental : secondly, of mental
labor, as preponderating over physical : and
lastly, of both combined. To the first of
these, the venerable architecture of Greece
and Rome, the mightiest and grandest works
of ancient and modern art, the noblest and
most magnificent structures of all ages, fur- j
nisii us witli a ready answer. AVliat an able '
monument to physical labor was the rearing |
of Solomon’s Temple! And so with St. Paul's !
Cathedral, and innumerable others. AVliat a j
noble commentary on physical labor is pre
sented by the vast ruins of tiie great cities of j
old, grand in their desolation ! Babylon in her i
pristine glory was surrounded by walls whose
height was said to have been move than three
hundred feet, and whose great temple is calcu
lated to have been higher than the highest <>t'
Egyptian Pyramids, and the very ruin of
whieh temple rises to tiie height of a hundred
and fifty feet. Some of the greatest improve
ments and attainments of this enlightened
age, the vast number of Railroads that, bisect
our land from ocean to ocean, together with
the countries of the old world, tiie countless
boats that traverse our seas, and whiten every
water with their sails, producing intercourse
anil commerce between far distant nations,
the numerous canals that cut up our country,
the magnificent monuments that rear their
heads far in etherial space, the great necessa
ries of life as well as its superfluities and orna
ments, all, all owe tiieir existence to physical
Labor. The result of the labor of a Fulton
can be seen in the noble steamers that float
upon the bosom of the ocean. The effect of
the labors of Franklin may be seen in tiie my
riad rods that shoot upward to the sky, pro
tecting our dwellings, our property, and our
lives from the lightning’s wrath. Thus it
may lie reconed what physical labor has done.
In the next place let us consider what men
tal labor has accomplished, what are its re
sults. These can readily be deduced from the
pages of history and the teachings of obser
vation. Severe mental labor, persevering and
indomitable, made Dcmosthanese the unri
valed prince of orators. The mental labor of
Ciceio discovered lhe wiles of Cataline’ saved
his country from the traitor’s dagger, and shed
an impeeishable lustre around liis name. The
labor of Homer in the production of Head, has
aroused the admiration of successive ages and
constituted him the unrivaled prince of epic-
song. A r rigil strung his lyre, and the iEniad
will stand through all coming time, one of the
noblest triumphs of mental labor. AVe behold
its results in the works ot Shahspeare, of Mil-
ton, of Young, and a galaxy of brilliant lights
around whose names liDger and pi iv the bright
rays of unfading glory. Behold them in the
flashes of genius that would occasionally burst
through the Egyptian darkness of the middle
ages. Belioid them in the mighty conceptions
ot such minds as Hamilton, Clay, Calhoun,
AVebster, Chatham. Fox and Burk Hamilton
said, ‘men give me credit for genius. AVhen
I have a subject I study it profoundly. Then
the effort I make is what people are pleased to
call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of la
bor and thought.’ So said AVebster, and so
say the long list of generals, of statesmen,
and of philosopher, who crowd the pages of
history.
Finally, the effect of mental and phisical la
bor is every where to be seen. AA'c have but to
turn to the great battlefields of the world, the
grandest exhibition of human might and hu
man glory and in them contemplate its results.
Listen to the tale of battles lost, of battles won.
of governments reared of governments over
turned, of wars and revolutions, and behold
its mighty workings. But the noblest and
greatest achievement of human lalwr. was the
winning of Amei ican liberty. By the exis
tence and permanence of the American Union
labor has solved that greatest of all problems,
the problem of self-government, a solution
which the Etern al City - , on her seven hills, or
Greece, or all the republics that have existed
were never able to attain. '1 was labor that
produced a Washington, made Hogarth a pain
ter, Franklin a philosopher, and Bounaparte a
couqueor of Europe. ’Tis the labor of life
that enables the Christian to exclaim in the
agonies of death—’I have fought the good fight
I have finished my course. I have kept the
Internal Improvement Meeting.
On the morning of the 8th inst. a portion
of the citizens of Fulton county met in the
City Hall of Atlanta, to take into considera
tion the propriety of holding a General State
Internal Improvement Convention in this
city.
On motion. Marcus A. Bell was called to
the Chair, and S. B. Hoyt requested to act as
Secretary.
• Mr. J. Norcross introduced the following
resolutions, which were unanimously adopt
ed.
Resolved, That we notice, with pleasure,
the proposition of citizens of South AVestem
Georgia for a convention of the people gener
ally throughout the State to take into oonsid
eiation the subject of further Internal Im
provements in Georgia.
Resolved 2d. That so long as a very large
portion of our large State remains destitute
of the great benefits arising from the Railroad
and locomotive, and so long as the immense
resources of these destitute portions must re
main undeveloped, and the people poor for
the want of these improvements, it would be
wrong to abaudon a policy which has lienefit-
ed portions of the State hundreds of millions
of dollars, without injury to any. Justice
and eqnalitv*call for an extension of a policy,
until its lienetits are distributed as widely as
may be compatible with the welfare of the
whole State, and the safety of her finances and
credit.
Resolved 3d, That while our State and her
improvements are in danger of being surpass
ed and laid in the back ground by rivalries in
other States, such aid as a rich and powerful
State can afford with perfect safety to herself,
should not be withheld from her citizens in
such a struggle.
Resolved 4th, AYe accept the suggestion for
holding the said Convention in this city, and
cordially invite the citizens from all parts of
the State, and approve of the Second AVed-
nesday in August next for the Convention to
meet.
lleselved 5th, AVe recommend that each
county tn the State be entitled to representa
tion in the Convention, by two delegates for
member of the legislature, and that the op-
jHinentsof State Aid. as well as friends, be en
titled to seats on equal footing.
Unsolved 6th, Tiiat the Chairman of thi6
meeting be. and is hereby authorized to ap
point a Committee of Seven, whose duty it
shall he to make such arrangements for the
Convention as may be deemed necessary.
Resolved 7th, That the press of tiiis citv
and throughout the Ssate. be requested to give
publicity to these proceedings.
In accordance with the sixtli resolution, the
Chair appointed Lemuel Dean, Clark Howell,
J. J. Thrasher, C. C. Rawson. (’. R. Hanleiter
Jas. L. Dunning and L. E. Bleckley, Commit
tee.
On motion, the Chair appointed J. Norcross
Jared 1. AA'hitaker. James M. Calhoun and H.
B. Hoyt Delegates to represent this Comity in
said Convention, and each delegate was au
thorized to till his own vacancy.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
S. B.'HOYT. See’y.
MAuers A. Bf.ll, Chr’m.
Estate of Jnsqili Komi.
’Ilie appraisement of the estate of the late
Joseph Bond, amounted to over nine hundred
thousand dollars. Find and negroes valued
by appraisers under oath, are usually placed at
the lowest market rates—we may, therefore,
regard the estate as being worth one million
of dollars. The plantations in Dougherty coun
ty were valued at twenty-five dollars per acre
—all other plantations at twenty dollars per
acre. Out of five hundred and thirty negroes,
three hundred and s : xty-fonr were on planta
tions in this county. Not one of the negroes
lielonging to the estate, were sick at tiie time
of the appraisement. This speaks well for the
health of a section of country which upper
Georgians regard as a grave yard. AYe are not
in possession of the average value of the ne
groes.—Allium/ Put rial.
“That same old Coon.”
The Atlanta “American” brings out the
“same old coon” and parades him with great
glee, over the result of the election in Virgin
ia. The American’s “coon” looks thin and
gray. It was a hazardous experiment to air
the old fellow so suddenly, alter his long con
finement. By the by, when did our contem
porary change the emblem of his Party? AA'e
thought a “dark lantern was the emblem <*f
the “American Party,” to which organization
tiiat paper still professes to belong. How did
tiie “coon” get there. Coons are found fre
quently in hollows and dark places but they
were never known to be partial to dark lan
terns. Our contemporary, however, has air
ed tiie old fellow. Our advice to him now, is
to kill him while he is in glory, and not starve
him to deatli in the long confinement to which
lie is soon to subjeetei . Skin him and make
a plume of his tail for Ram’s cap, the rings
around which shall indicate the number of
changes which that ubiquitous individual has
undergone since his birth.
P. 8. Since tiie above was written, we have
received satisfactory information whieh proves
tiiat tiie “American’s” coon was only a
stuffed affair.—[Federal Union.
Remarkable Rare by Rail rood—Stakes
ooo.
One day last week, as the eastward bound
express train reached Laporte, Jnd., a passen
ger stepped off while the engine was being re
plenished with wood and water, and walkei
back and forth on the platform, and continued
to walk until the whistle sounded. The pas
sengers got on board and the train had gone,
a station man saw the pedestrian, and, going
up to him, asked in a supprised tone—
“What the are you doing here ?”
The man started, opened liis eyes, and look
ed around bewildered. The fact was, he had
been fatigued, and dropped asleep while walk
ing. Rousing himself, he asked :
•'Why ! where am I ?”
“AVhcre are you ? At Leporte.”
“AA’here’s the train I came in ?”
“That left ten minutes ago.”
Ten minutes ago and left me ! I must go
on tiiat train. It is a question of life and
death to me. Can you get me to it ' Have
you got an i ngine here ? AY he re is the sit-,
perintendent ?”
The section master had an officer near by,
and the two went to find that official and
procure an engine. Tiie traveler stated his
case—lie must go on -could not delay—find
offered the officer $250 if he would put him on
lioanl the train. This strange demand and
strange offer .caused the station master to
hasten and do what he could. The fire was
not out of the engine that had drawn the train
to that point—the barging was settled—a
draft given on New York for the $250, and in
faith : henceforth there is laid up for me a i ten minutes the traveler started with an en-
crown of righteonness, which the Lord the ’
righteous judge, shall give me.’ .Tis by the
struggles and sufferings of mind and body, by
unceasing toil of his pilgrimage on earth, that
the Christian will lie fitted for a glorious ent
rance into the gates of the New Jerusalem, and
by which he will lie enabled, through, the mer
its of Jesus Christ, to claim tiie promise of the
gaeat. I Am, who saith, ‘Fear none of those
things which thou slialt suffer: ye shall have
tribulation, but be thou faithful unto death,
and I will give thee a crown of life,’ ,a crown
of glory that fadeth not away,’ Oil how price
less is the Christian’s crown—
“A crown of peerless glories bright.
AVhich shall new lustre boast,
AVhen victor's wreaths and monarch’s gems
Shall blend in common dust.” •
In fine, as we have said elswhere, not a sin
gle mark or distinction of our earthly honors :
not a single farthing of our boasted, and piled
up treasures: not a single trace of our splendid
mansions or glittering homes ; not a single
beauty of our minds or^. our persons, but owe
their paternity to menial and physical labor.
All the illusions of earth’s pageantry, all its
splendors, all its exquisite enjoyment, howev
er transitory and fading, and all the dazzling
objects that facinate the eye, and evrything
intellectual, aye and the hope of a blissful im
mortality beyond the grave, all, are the legit
imate results of mental and physical labor.—
How true then the homely but trite adage,—
‘Labor #nnia vincit. ’
FRANKLIN,
Athens, *Ga.
ine to overtake the flying express.
After rushing on for 30 or 40 miles, gome
connection gave way about the engine The
engine was stopped—the engineer found the
dificulty, and in a vtyy few minutes had a woo
den pin whittled out and fitted to supply the
deficiency. AVitli this, on they flew. The
train had, of course many miles the start of
them, and despite the wooden pin the engin
eer crowded on fhe steam, and tore through
the country at a fearful rate.. Thirty miles of
the distance in 20 minutes, but the engage
ment was that they should overtake the train,
and overtake it they did, but not until 100
miles had been run, and they were approach
ing Toledo.
Having at length overtaken and stopped the
train and hurried on board, th e traveler went
eagerly to a berth in the sleeping car, and
therefrom took a carpet bag containing $275,-
000.
His treasure was safe—none had molested it,
and dismissing his faithful courier, he went
on his way rejoicing at the success of his peril
ous and exciting advcnture.-[Cleveland Plain-
dealer.
SATURDAY, JUNE II, 1858,
Drmorratlr Nomination In Coivfln
The Newnan “Blade,” of the 10th inst.,
says :
ygf 3 At the Democratic Convention held in
this place yesterday to nominate candidates to
represent Coweta county in the next Legisla
ture, Glenn O. Wynn, was nominated for the
Senate, and Elijah Martin and J. J. McLen
don for Representatives,
Kxcellent Power Press for Sale.
The best of Northrupt’g patent ever sold in
this State. It is in perfect running order, all
the parts being sound and whole, and a pur
chaser can get it upon the most reasonable
terms.
Apply to the proprietor of this office.—
[Crusader.
Governor's Guards.
A new military company has been formed
at Milledgeville, under the name of the “Gov
ernor’s Guards,” with Charles Dubignon, Cap
tain. An exchange speaks or’ them “as a fine
looking set ot fellows, and an ornament to the
capitol.” V.
Sentence of John Cobb, Jr.
We publish in another place, the address de
livered by Judge Bull, on the occasion of pro
nouncing sentence upon John Cobb, Jr. It
breathes, throughout, the spirit of a Christian
Judge. The admonitions which he gave to
the prisoner, were paternal, kind and affec
tionate—well calculated to affect the heart of
any man, who has a spark of feeling in his na
ture. \A r e also give the remarks of N. J.
Hammond, Esq. These are highly creditable
to the head and heart of this gentleman.—
They were brief, but pointed* pathetic, perti
nent. Air. H. and his associate counsel have
been faithful and diligent in the defence of
their client, and have exhibited a zeal and
ability which would have done honor to any
cause.
Law School at Athens, Ga.
From a circular which we have received,
over the signature of Jos. Henry Lumpkin,
A\ r m. H. Hull, and Thos. R. R. Cobb, we learn
that these gentlemen will open a Law School
in Athens, on the tiret of October next, in con
nection with the University of Georgia. The
year is to be divided into two sessions—the
first extending from the 1st of October to the
1st of February—the second from the 1st of
April to the 1st of August. Price of tuition
$50 per session, and $5 for Diploma.
AA'e are gratified to see an increasing inter
est in the education of our legal profession.-—
It has suffered much in point of reputation, on
account of the superficial manner in which its
members have lieen educated. This accounts
for so many failures on the part of those who
embark in the practice of law. They set out
with a very limited fund of legal knowledge,
and never make much improvement. A law
yer should he thnrouyhly instructed in the sci‘
enee of the law. The multiplication of l^iw
Schools will go far to remedy the evils of the
present day, to which we have alluded. The
high character of the gentlemen having charge
of the Athens Law School, ns legal men, will
no doubt secure for it a liberal patronage.
Independent •Tottrianliaiu.
• So long ns the newspaper press of the
country is dependent upon the public for sup
port, it cannot he entirely* independent.”—
[Independent South.
Ergo, “the newspaper press of the country ”
is not “entirely independent,” Change the
name ot your paper Bro. Burr and call it the
“Dependent South.” No man is “entirely
independent” and it is right that hh should
not lie. This is a world of mutual dependen-
cies.^Gnd himself, is bound by certain immu
table la ws which he could not break if he
would, and would not if he could. It is im
possible for him to lie or do any other wrong.
Alen often seem, to act as though it increased
their importance to say that they are “entire
ly independent.” “The king is the least in
dependent man in his dominions—the beggar
the most so.” Crusoe on his lonely isle felt
the burden of solitude and being too “entire
ly independent” sought relief by association
with the brute creation. Any one is in a laid
way who has got along far enough to feel and
say, I am “entirely independent.” I ask no
man any favors. The very next breath may
find him stretching forth his hand for help.
He who thinks himself “entirely independent”
has never fully understood the Grecian motto
which is “know thyself.” “The newspaper
press of the country” has no more right to be
“entirely independent” than any body else.
It is good for the press to he “dependent upon
the public for support.” Such being the case
it must advocate the public weal, or it will
eventually fail. Let a paper conduct itself as
it should and if it has a fair field for operatian
it will snceeed. AYe don’t like to see a news
paper too “entirely independent.” X.
From the Temperance Crusader.
K\F.E-BREE(HES.
That rose-water paper “Le Folet” announ
ces that in Paris, knee-breeches are coming
again into fashion, and bid fair to be universal
ly worn. That is something of a novelty, in
gentlemen’s dress, and we are truly glad of it.
Ladies, in tiieir style of costume, are prover
bially changeable as chameleons, but there
has not been—during our recollection, at least
—any decided changes in the apparel of our
lords and masters. Nothing, in fact, but a
periodical vibration between long and short
coat-tails, and tight and loose pantaloons. AYe
hail the knee-breeches as a refreshing variety
and hope that, with them, will come all their
former accompaniments—the picturesque sil
ver shoe buckles and nicely fitting hose. AVe
are heartily tired of the present nngraeeful
style of gentlemen’s dress. AVhat is the use
of a man’s liaving well shaped limbs, when
he carefully disguises them in stiff boot leath
er and swathes of broadcloth : or in his hav
ing a finely turned neck, if he chokes it up
in collar and cravat ? And oh ! the ambitioa->
bows attached to that last-named article—
those bows, which young exquisites so much
affect, and behind which they ensconce them
selves with so much complacency—what an
aliomination they are!
AA'e confess to a liking of knee-breeches,
and think we can trace our admiration to their
being associated with the past heroic age of
our country, when men wore swords and
cocked hats, and carried silver snuff boxes;
when they were gallant and chivalrous, not
minding any toil or danger that was rewarded
with a smile from their lady loves: when
there was some meaning in their vows, some
romance of their love; when—in short, when
they were magnificent creatures generally.—
The noble men of that time—our great-JjVash-
ington, and Patrick Henry, Hamilton and
others,
“The like of whom we ue>r shall see again,”
all have their portraits taken in the knee-
breccbes costume, and very imixising and dig
nified it looks. AVe could hardly fancy AA'ash-
ington with a half yard of broadcloth flap
ping around his ankles, and a pair of AA r cl-
lington boots on. The idea would be as pre
posterous as to imagine Pocahontas in petti
coats.
Gentlemen who have finely shaped calves
and neatly turned ankles, will not. of course,
object to this fashion, should it he generally
adopted ; but what will become of the race
of spindle-shanked, whose nether extremities
are scarcely more sizeable than the walking
cane they twirl? AYe suggest they will be com
pelled to borrow a little of our surplus pad
ding to improve on nature, or else go to eat
ing butter and mashed rose leaves, which the
ladies of the Imperial court have taken to de
vouring since Eugene has made corpulency
the fashion. ®
AA'e cordially endorse the above, from the
]>en of the amiable and accomplished Editress
of tho Ladies’ Department of the “ Crusa
der.” AYe should rejoice to see her sugges
tions carried out, hut would rejoice still more
to see the same improvement in the dress of
the female sex. AVe are for the introduction
of knee-breeches for the gentlemen, and the
Rloomer costume for the ladies. It would
vastly improve the appearance and attractions
of both sexes, neither of whom having, in
the language of our fair cotemporary, “finelv
shaped calves and neatly turned ancles” wfll
object to this fashion. Away with the long
trailing, street sweeping, hoop expanded dress
es of the present day. Don the Bloomer, and
let dear woman appear in oil her lovliness.
Jiulge O. A. Ball’s Re-S*nt*nc.e of
John Cobb, Jr.
Prisoner at the Bar:—This is the second time
that yon have been brought to the Bar of tli ’s
court, to receive the sentence of the law, for
the foul and bloody crime of which you hav e
been convicted. But- the circumstances whii-li
surround the present occasion, are mnch more
solemn and impressive than those whi«h at
tended the former. Then your legal resources
had not all been exhausted ; then there was a
hook, however frail, upon which to hang a
hope tiiat some incalculable uncertainty of the
law might yet resnlt in your favor. But the
Supreme Judicial Tribunal of the land, to
which you appealed, as was your right and the
duty of your counsel, has, by its solemn judg
ment, affirmed the decision of this Court, and
the doom which I am now to pronounce, is fi
nal and irrevocable.
I have no other, nor better counsel to offer
you on this occasion, than I gave you before ;
and I might acquit myself of this heart-sick
ening duty, by simply uttering the sentence
which consigns you to the hands of the execu
tioner of the law. But, regarding you as a
fellow-being, standing upon the last crumbling
sands of life, and ready to plunge into an aw
ful and unfathomable abyss ; I cannot, as a
Christian magistrate, forbear adding one last
word of kindly warning, to that which I gave
you six months ago.
I will merely call to your attention one
memorable and striking event, so appropriate
to this melancholy occasion, which the pen of
inspiration has left on record, doubtless for 11. e
benefit and encouragement of men iu like un
happy condition with yourself. When th* Sa
vior of the AA'orld was nailed to the cross, thei e
were two malefactors executed with him. at
the same time and in the same manner. One
of them, as I am authorized bv the sacred nar
rative to say, was doomed to eternal tortures
where lie has been lingering, without hope,
for more than eighteen hundred years. 'Hie
other has been for the same length of turn-, in
the enjoyment of a happiness, of whieh our
finite understanding can form no conception.
From what cause, think you, resulted tiiis
momentous contrast in their destinies ? 'I heir
career iu life had been the same : marked wit h
the same bloody crimes and lawless violence.
The mystery is all explained l»y the fact, that
the former died the same bold, reckless, heav
en-daring blasphemer that he had lived, v bib-
the other, by an humble confession of his guilt
and of the justice of bis sentence—bj - heart
felt repentance, and a prayer of faith for mer
cy, obtained the full remission for all his long
black catalogue of crimes, and the promise of
his Savior that he should be with hint that
day in Paradise.
Here are two examples, in the most express
ive contrast, set before you. and it is yours
now to make the choice. Let me most ear
nestly and kindly entreat you to choose that
whieh I know your judgment and your con
science approve, and thus save your immortal
spirit from the yawning jaws of destruction.
A'our eternal destiny for weal or woe, bangs
on the few fleeting golden moments of life yet
allowed you. Strive to improve every one of
them ; aud may the Spirit of that kind Being,
whose merer - is yet greater than your crimes,
awaken your conscience and direct you in the
path that leads to endless felicity.
The Sentence of the law is—That you l>e ta
ken hence to the common jail of the county,
there to be kept in safe and close custody till
Friday, the Eighth day of July next, ensuing.
That on tho day and year aforesaid, between
the hours of 10 o’clock in the forenoon and of
2o’clock in the afternoon, you be taken thence
by the Sheriff’ of this county or his lawful i lop-
uty, to the place of execution, and that you
be there hanged by the neck until you are
dead, and may God have mercy on your t- ul.
WT As the sentence was about to !>e pro
nounced, N. J. Hammond said in substance :
One word, if the Court please, before y< >ur
last duty be performed. John Cobb, Jr., as
was his right under our constitution and laws,
has been represented by counsel wh(ftaxed all
their energies, physical and mental, to save
his life. But all would not do,—“Though
hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be- un
punished”—and he stands before us, condemn
ed by a Jury of his peers as a murderer.
The ordeal through which he has passed, has
taught him that “the way of transgressors is
hard,” and he is about to exemplify the fear
ful truth that “the lamp of the wicked shall
be put out.” This were sufficiently sad ; but
in this, as in most sirnDur cases, other spirits
than the offender’s, are wonndetl—“a foolish
son is the heaviness of bis mother.” That
heaviness, to-day, weighs down John Cobb’s
mother ; and that good mother and his two
clever sisters (this community knows them)
now, together, deplore the fate which they
know may not be avoided.
At the instance of his father, ffhd in behalf
of that mother and those sisters, I rise to m.tko
a request which would commend itself to no
man more cordially than to jour Honor. It
is, that he be allowed to live ns long as may
be consistent with a pioper vindication of Un
laws. His counsol would do more for him.
were it possible ; but our means of defence arc
exhausted, and his life is in your hands. So
ciety demands that life, and you must yiel<’ it
up. And we, his counsel, humbly bow be
fore that necessity, again urging, in behalf of
those innocents who suffer with the prison r.
that justice be tempered with mercy.
Taken at her Word.
Tiie following is as true as it is absurd :
An Irishwoman in Boston had a husband
lying at tho point of death ; again and again
she declared that she would rather die tb n
‘lose darlin Mike.’ A set of graceless scamps
determined to try her conjugal affection.
Having seized a large turkey, they stript h : m
entirely of his feathers. Biddy was alone,
groaning and calling on*death to come and
take her, not Mike. Silentlj- the shanty door
opened and the hideous turkey entered, and.
led by her shrieks, stalked to her. “Oh ! ot h
hone! Holy Moses defend us—take Mike first.
that’s a good cratnr! How can I die before no-
time .' Take Mike first!”
Rise of Real Kstate in Macon.
A few j-enrs back the late Moses Barnes pur
chased the piece of land on which he lived at
the time of his death for $1,800. Yesterday
his administrator sold it on terms equivalent
to cash, viz: half down, and half at 12 months
with interest, and it was bid off by James A.
Nisbet at $5,330.
A'erily the evidences of prosperity are mul
tiplying all around us.—[State Press.
A» Unfortunate Affair.
Chas. Guchet, of North Caroliua, and J.
M. Centley, of Alabama, students at the A'ir-
gmia University, had a difficulty on Friday
last, in which the latter was shot by the for
mer, and probably fatally wounded. Guchet
was arrested.
