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A . a. GAULDING & CO “ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS, WHEN REASON IS LEFT TO COMBAT IT.”—JEFFERSON. PROPRIETORS. ^0 SERIES, YOL. 2, mJritUigwtt. -^^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.