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Job Printing of every, kind executed with neat ness and.dospakihon .reivsqnahip iorm-% FlferlUimmv From the Mobile Tribune.. .. italics of I *oang *llen to the itcpablic."* ——-rvrir ■xi<ipr.\*T:’:---i'riT'T I T criiro lif W$ Rev. J. 11. Ingraham, on this subject oh Thursday evening' was "a beautiful address, happily conceived and well •tel iye red. it contained mtieh sound advice which it wore well for all young men Unify to consider and act upon.'—- The Speaker commenced his address bv a beautiful reference to the lives of the great icyrtmtere Cl the, republic, Washington, Franklin and others. The Republic, lie said was not the concep tion oV design of one man or set of Inch —it grew up in the minds of our forefathers gradually and slowly : it was the result of much careful thought and deliberation, and, continued the speaker, considering the pious lives of the great, trien who composed the crew of the ship of State in those days, it may be said it Was the result of much prayer and that the hand of God, help ed to guide the weak ship in that stormy crisis. The Republic being then sustained, by the hand of God, it j becomes the duty of the young men of j America so to perform their part, as to retain the favor of God and maintain j ihc integrity of the nation unsullied.—-! And h‘cnv\ it is asked, shall this be j dome? Let every individual young ■ mat. leel the responsibility that is up-; on him ; —the young men of 18.31 are to be the statemen, representatives in j Congress, judicial and executive ofli- j tiers of the people of 1874 :—let no’’ ■ X 1 young man sat’, “I am but a unit, mv influence is as nothing ;” all great re sults have small beginnings, all great achievements in the world have been achieved by or through one man. Co lumbus opened a new' continent to the enterprise of the world, Napoleon changed the features of polities in the whole of Europe. Newton, YTaslii rig tan, Wesley, Luther are all Instances. The young men of 1854, wilt twenty 'ears hence be called to represent the people in Congress,, and the Congygcb ftibnal halls present a fair typo of the nation. If the nation bo‘generally immoral or unchristian, they will not expect morality or Christian virtues in their representatives. Statistics show that at present among the twenty-four mil harts of inhabitants of the United States but four millions are professing Christians. This then, strictly speak ing, is not a Christian country ; and if it is not, then tlxere is but small hope of the stability of our institutions, it will not do, said the speaker, to talk of “manifest destiny ; as with men, so it has been and always will be the . "manifest destiny” of all nations that forget God, to run to destruction. I advocate reform, not, that; of the “know nothings” and other secret organiza tions : I advocate the reform of the heart artel mind' There are now grow ing up in the United States about three hundred thousand young men, be tween the ages of twenty and twenty live years.- These are to be the men who in a few years, wiil preside in our legislative halls, who are to till all ju dicial and executive offices, who. in a word, arc to be the “rulers of the na tion.” llow momentous then sounds the inquiry ; what is the character of r these young men l for upon them mo ;* rulity, integrity■ anil ..devotion to the institutions of their country depends L the future destiny of the nation ! Flow much, then continued the speaker, is it to be desired that all, those youm.'- men should take the Bible and stake out their lives by the precepts therein ; the republic would then move down the course of time unsha ken by Commotions internal or external: she will move gloriously on guided by -killful hands, avoiding, on the one hand, the bold rocks of fanaticism and on the other the lee shore of infidelity. But disregard its teachings, and it will he like sending to sea a ship bcautiful !v proportioned in:all, its parts (as is • this republic) but without a rudder, to tie, cast about by every wind, and final ly! be thrown upon the shore a “beau tiful wreck !” The subject was considered by the gentleman in several other lights, which, were it not taking too much space., I would consider. 1 hope the gentle-, man; may be induced again to address being assured that he can attract an intelligent auditory fluid make interesting any subject which Plie may choose. f .Tours, ?. Playing on the Jfackass, On board the steamer Indiana, in oiio .of her trips down the Mississippi, were a large number of good naturod They were , seeking to fhehours, according to their several notions of pleasure, and wdiild' hay#got on very well but for one an noyance. There happened to be on '"board a Iloosier lrom the A Vabash* who was going down to “Orleans,” and lie S.ng that'he could luldhy as ie best man, and .planting here he could attfafet notice, vay, Thv follow wuldn/l He fluttered, lidgitted and swofe‘at t,he “‘saeiL”; iiddlu. she passengers tried various expedients to rid themselves of the Iloosier and his fiddle, it was ho go “he would fnusie just as long'as lied.—d please.” At hist a big Ken tifckian sprang frbnv his seat saying, “1 reckon, FIT fix him',” placed himself near t he amateur liddler and commenc ed braving with all his might. The ctVeeUol'the move was beyond descrip tion. "Old Kentuek" brayed so loud that he drowned tluV screed ting of the labile, and amid die shouts of the pas sengers, the iliseoinlitl.cd Iloosier re treated below, leaving the victory of the,unequal contest with the Kentuck ian hud hi?singular impromptu imita tion, of Balaam's friend. The delight of the FTenehmaf knew no bounds— quiet was resttbwin for the day. Dur ing tlie night, the Kentuckian left the boat'. The next 1 morning after break fast, the passcn;|'rs were startled by tlie 'discordant "sound of their old tor mentor. lloosiej had discovered that the coast was cl(Jir, and was‘bound to ..myeugo hini;4elf|ori the passengers.— r.oud and woWiligu- ever screamed !he lidtlle., T’iiy Frenchman, just seat ed to read his'paper, and on the first sound looked anxiously around, slmig ged life shoulders and then shouted, “varo is lie ! vara is he? Querick — quoeek. Mon Dku ! Vare is Monsieur Kentuek; de man rat plays on tie jack ass /” ; Employment most becoming the ; Sex. —Dionysius, the early historian ] of ancient Home, informs us that Ser- I vius Tullius, one of the most wis! and i virtuous of the Roman Kings, dedica- I ted :t distaff in tlie Temple of Her j culee in honor of the domestic virtues lof his wife Tanaquil. - The following, 1 testimony isaslo given by Livy to the ! domestic character, of the famed Lu -1 cretin. whose virtues have been the i rheme of poets and historians lor more ! than two thousand years. .1 give if, in , the words of Mr. liooke, in his excel ! lent History of the Homan Republic : “One day when- Sextus Tarquiniiis | was entertaining 1 his brothers, their kinsman, Gollatinus, being of the com pany, the conversation happened to turn upon the.merits of wives. Every one extolled the good qualities of .his own ; but Gollatinus affirmed that his Luc ret in excelled ail others.- In or der to end the dispute, they took the method which mirth and wine inspir ed, which was to mount their horses and go and surprise - their wives; and it was agreed that she who was found employed in the manner most becom ing her sox should have the prefer ence. Away, then, they galloped first to Home, where they surprised the King's daughter-in-law, in the midst of feasting and diversion, arid the la dies seemed much disconcerted T tlie unexpected return of' their huse ads. From Rome they hastened away to CuilatLa, the place v here Collatlifris resided in time of peace: (he was grandson of Egerius, that Pepihew of Tarquinius Priseurs, to whom that King gave the territory-of Collatia in property.) Thotigli tlie night was far advanced when the Princes arrived there, they found Luerctia up with her maids about her, spinning'and working ill wool. The company her husband brought her of a sudden did riot dis compose her, and they were all pleas ed with the reception she gave them.” As maybe supposed, 'the decision was unanimously in favor of the wife of Gollatinus. What a splendid figure Luerctia Mott, Lucy Stone, Abby Folsom, and the other nnsexed female Bloomers, would have made among those glori ous Homan matrons I The Boy that would’nt get mad. —I once heard an interesting sto ry about two little brothers. One of them was ten years old and the other eight. The oldest boy had, within a few months past, indulged a hope that God had given him-a new heart. He thought he was a Christian—that he loved the Lord Jesus’ Christ But his little brother did not believe that his heart had been changed. He thought Lis brother no more a Christian than he liad always been, lie said lie could not see any difference. Yet he meant to try him and see ; for as his brother now appeared more sober than usual, and was more willing to go to meeting than before, he did not feel certain that he was not a Christian. Now, how do yon think this little boy, eight years old, undertook to find out whether his brother was really a Christian? Why, every,thue he could get a chance, he would tread on his brother’s toes, kick his heals, or pinch, his arms, to see if ho wouldu’tget mad as he used to do. But his brother bore it all with meekness and good nature without an angry word or look. This, was very different from what housed to do. lie had before always bepn ready to take revenge on the spot for such an abuse. The youngest, brother was suie hr could not do so; for he knew lie would gef mad if anybody acted so unkindly. He, soon became convinced fluff his brother was a Chris tian and he Was not, lie became very anxious about the salvation of his soul andju a short time he, too, indulged the hope that God. had pardoned liis sins and given him anew heart, Tjie Horses In the U nited .States, - -The Boston Transcript Tire first horses brought into any. part of' the territory at present orn hraped in the United States, were land ed iti Florida by Oabc'oa de Veea, in 1527,' forty-two in munlier, all of which perished' or were otherwise killed. The next importation was also brought to Fioroda, by t>e Solo, in 1589. Iri 1508,the French introduced The horse into Canada; Iri 1009, the English la rail'd ah J.uac-hn. n, in Virginia, 1025, the Dutch Company imported horses in ‘New York, fu 1.7(10, the French of Illinois were j rife possession of a eorisidcrabl'e number of horses. According to the census returns fur 1850, there \Vere 4,335.858 iff the United States, exclusive of those iricities which? were not returned- The four and n halt millions of tlihse ani mals iiiythe United Stales constitute a proportion of one to five of the inhab itaius. Nclv York Has one horse to seven persons ; Pennsylvania, one to six and 'six-tenths; Ohio, one to four ; Kentucky, one -to thri>e inluilrita-nts. — In Ohio and the new States of the Northwest, the increase of horses has kept, pace with that of the popula tion . Th number of horses in the United States is more than three times as large as that iu Great Britain. A recent, re port in France shows that there are iii that country 8,200,000 horses. Scraps from the Stiiary of Thomas ftloore. A Relic Hunter.— “ Drury had some dogs,'(two, 1 believe*) sent to him, that had belonged to Lord Byron. One day he was fold that two ladies wished to see him, and ho found- that tlteir business was to ask,- as a great fa vor, some relic of Lord Byron.- Ex pecting to be asked for some of his hand-writing,- or a bit of his liair, he was airiused to find that it was a bit of the hair of one of the dogs they want ed. The dog being brought forward, tlie ladies observed a clot on his back, which hrid evidently resisted any ef fort at ablution that might haVe been exerted on the'animal* and immediate ly selected this as the most precious part to cut off, ‘the probability being,’ they said, ‘that Lord Byron might have patted that clot,.’” | Sii-t Walter Scott. —“ Plunkett, told some things of Scott when he was at his father’s. Somebody said to one of tlie guides who attended him, ‘Well, how do you like that, gentleman?— That’s Sir Walter Scott, the great poet.’ ‘A poet!’ answered the fellow, ‘no,- no, the divii a poet he is, but a real gen tleman, for he gave me half a crown.’ ” THE INDEPENDENT PH ESS. EATONTON, GA. SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1831. CLUB RATES, In order to extend the circulation of orfr journal wo make the following reduction to those who form clubs, It is intended to apply only to! new sub scribers. Post-masters are requested to act as agents. — When any person makes up a club, and the money is paid over to him, it must be at the risk of sub scribers, and not at ours. The person making up the club will hfc entitle J ( to one copy gratis. £ST CLUB R 3 Copies, - - - - . - $5 00 5 "... "s 00 1° “ 15 00 15 “ - - 20 00 -<• ” - - - 25 00 OUR SUBSCRIBERS, -Ctag" Our subscribers who do not live in town, will please call at our office and get their papers, as we are not allowed, by law, to put them iu the Post Office. TO CORRESPONDENTS. J.W" Correspondents who live hi town, or in the county, must drop their favors in our box at, the Post Office. No notice will be taken of those which come any other way. Wanted, Two boys, Rom I t to 18 years of age, are want ed at this Office, to learn the art of printing,, Death of Thomas Ritehie, Esq. The announcement, in our telegraphic column, of the death of this veteran of the press, although not unexpected, will excite general and profound regret Few of the men now in active duty on the stage of public life can recur to a period when lie was not iuliueutially connected with the politi cal press of the country. As to the merits and value of the services he rendered and the influence he exerted throughout his long and active career, opinions will differ of course, according to the bias of party. None, however, can withhold the tribute due to such a career, illustrated it was with the ex hibition of many virtues, and tho Journalism of our country will lay a mournful offering on the tomb of one who had long stood forth confessedly among its ablest champions,— Charleston Courier. Our Readers Must excuse any defect in this issue, as we have had an extraordinary press of business this week. Returning Confidence- It is well known that in 1850—’51, thousands of Democrats in Georgia, and tho South generally, though retaining confidence in the National Demo cratic party, lost confidence in the Southern portion of that organization, when it assumed the name of tho Southern Rights party. Wo . speak of those known as Union Democrats. And when wc say that they lost confidence in their former associates, wc do not mean that they mistrusted them as men, gentlemen, and patriots, but a»s politicians. If Union Democrats did not believe that the Southern Rights party as a whole was in lavorof disunion, they knew that many of its leaders were, and be lieved that the course of that party would eventu ally lend lo disunion, whether it was intended or not. The sequel is written in tho book of .Chroni cles of the Constitutional Union party. After that party and its opposing organization passed away with tho occasion which gave them birth, a portion of tho Union Democrats wont back with their Southern Rights brethren to the national Democratic party, A portion still adhered like leeches to the dead carcass of the Union party,— They had no coutidenco in the tiouthem Rights Democracy, though they had agreed to be again plain Democrats, without the sectional adjunct.— And even the portion of Democrats who formed an alliance with the Southern Rights Democrats in Georgia, and elected Johnson governor, were not by any means satisfied with the, course which things took. The ayidity with which Southern Rights Demo crats endorsed tho appointment of Freo-soilcrs by President Pierce, did not tend to do aw ay, tho sus picions, and jealousies of Union Democrats. Nor did the refusal of tho ''dominant wing in Georgia, to fulfil their part of* an implied contract by the Sec tion of Howell Cobb „to tho U.’ C Senate, bring about any better state of affairs. , And wo hope that what we are about to state, will not be taken amiss, when we say it for the good of the Democrat ic party. Union Demomids could not understand why Southern Rights Democrats were willing to‘ coalesce'with Free-sml Democrats, when they so lately pronounced the most conservative and na tional Democrats gt the North unworthy of assooia •* AW. ■• i y •’ ■ 3 u&F > V.'- .A ilh th -m A mi was ‘oU lit lor I’m and it is btittob true that many of Ihe Union Democrat - who \yei'o acting with Southern Rights inen, and who lia«l voted-, for .fcnmsdn with lenr and trembling, actually believed ih.it tin New York bectut'e they wished, to stfeiwlUen that fuctipii; which- would do injury to the (South, and ffiriiMnwaumfc.% dissolving the Union. Those fears were not expressed in pfinl , by JJirion Democrats, for several reasons. ~ They did ngt wish ♦hem-made public, because thoy desired (he harmo ny and success of the Democratic party, and hoped l hey might bo groundless. Another reason for their not expressing them was that niter the Athens Uan pp' went over to Iho Softs , they had no organ. 11l what we say of Union Democrat's,- we db not alliiae to those who acknowledge the leadership ol llowcll Uobl), and who suttbr him to head them to the North, Houtli; Kas4 or West, just as the political wcalhcreoek Indicates froth which cpmrter the of ficial breeze is blowing. But wo allude to a large classpf men in Georgia, who are and were Union Democrats, and who look only to principle in the path which they pursue. They, admired and still admire Howell Cobb, and are glad to follow so val iant a’ leadei', when he leads them right. But, they will not follow him when lie goes wrong. Even a sheep will refuse to follow tire bell-wether, when ha is going tire wrong way. Many of Mr. Cobb's Union Democratic friends were mortified at a report in the Savannah Repub lican of that gentleman’s speech in Millcclgeville atler Ms defeat for the Senate, in which he is said to have sided with the Softs against ihclldras'. And by the way we remember that just about the time this speech the Athens Banner shifted, its position in reference to the two New York factions. The Federal Union proposed to publish Cobb’s speech, but it never was published, any more than the Recorder published that Democratic speech of Mr. YoOmbs which gained him his present seat in the Senate. We, in common with the people of Georgia, desired these two speeches put upon re cord, but as records are rather troublesome tilings sometimes, it is the habit of some Statesmen to handle them' rather gingerly. Both of these speeches' by Messrs. Toombs and Cobb, under sim ilar circumstances, were said to be great efforts. And no doubt they were. But their glory will- have to be traditionary like that of the speech of Sheri dan aginst Hastings. All this about the speeches, though, by the way. Wo feel bound, as we are endeavoring to bo very honest in the confessions we have been ma king, to go back and say something we intended to say several paragraphs back, but which escaped us. In accounting for the fact that tlie Southern Rights Democracy in Georgia sided with the SoftSj we omitted to state that one reason was that the Hards, in attempting to crush the Softs, improperly rank ed with them what they were pleased to call Seces sionists, and showed a disposition to bow-string these along with the Free-sorlers. This, Southern Rights men very properly refused to agree to, and hence their own safety induced them to pursue tlie course they did. We think the Savannah Georgian said os much, but will stand corrected if mis taken. Having shown tlie causes of a want oMcQhrlJence and cordiality on tlie part of tK t,wo wings of the Georgia Democracy, wo %v:l\ now express our sat . ei v on at the return i(l gconfidence of Union Dem ocrats, in th.Oif Youthen* Rights brethren. They have laUjy, soon ill the Columbus Times , a paper 'which reflected the views of the most ultra South ern Rights Democrats, a repudiation of President Pierce’s Frce-soil officials, and an argument urging the South to stand by her hiends at the North.— The Federal Union, also, the central organ of the Georgia Democracy, announces that the purpose of Democrats in this State so to form a close alliance with those Democrats at the North who have so long fought and- are still fighting for us. It is a Source of gratification to Union Democrats to hear such talk. They begin to feel right again. Such a causa as is indicated by these two papers will soon drive out of the bosoms of Union Democrats all suspicions and all jealousies and the], will become a united band in support of the National Democ racy. So for as We are individually concerned, the pro gramme indicated by the limes and tlie Union is that upon which we have already planted ourself Wo will abide by it. The determination of the Georgia Democrey to repudiate sectional parties, and coalesce with national Democrats, has sent a thrill of .satisfaction thro’ our bosom which we have not felt since wo cast our maiden vote for Lewis Cass in 1818, when the Democratic party in Geor gia knew no bickering-sand no divisions. We were taught from boyhood up to revere the Democratic party built upon tlie Jackson basis—a party know ing no North, no South, no East, no West—a party based upon the plain letter of the Constitution— contending for equal rights and equal privileges— eschewing all sectionalisms—loving the Union and frowning upon abolition traitors, and the black hearts of perjured higher-la w-men. The Democratic party upon this basis we'love stiil, and to it owe our allegiance. Put it on this basis and our place is with it—no where else, ■; The Federal Union- The remarks • made by the “ self-constituted judge” of Democracy, iu M ill edge vi 11c, upon the expression of opinion by us that the appointment of Mr. Toombs to a seat in the Cabinet would bo an act tending to the welfare of the country, are just what you might expect— from the Federal Un ion 1 ; For (he expression of opinion by our neighbor who so often “assumes the god,” that our “pro* gramme” contains “at least ono commendable fea ture,'’ it no doubt thinks we arc under obligation to it. Thank you! Tho Federal Union thinks Mr. Toombs would have too much sense to “accept, or theProsidontJof for, the appointment merely because the Indepen dent Press would like to see it.” The Federal Un ion, then, judging from the construction of its sen tences, if not I'ronl its intention, thinks that Mr Toombs' “good sense” would bo. an . obstacle to liis appointment by President Pierce, And, for aught we know, it may bo right.- But the Federal Union says, after hoping tlie President will not appoint Toombs merely to please the. Independent iVess, “We would not, for many reasons, alter the complexion of the Cabinet.” So the Cabinet will not be changed, merely because “w&" wish it not to be! And as there is no expec tation by any one of an appointment for Mr. Toombs, every body is doubtless willing that the, Federal Union should think it is beeuuso “we" would not have it so! But if Mr. Toombs should obtain a seat in the Cabinet, tlie Federal Union thinks John Van Buron had as- well bo appointed Attorney General. Our cotemporary is informed that it has long been sus pected of a willingness to seo either of tho Van Burens hold ofiico under tho Administration. Then as to its suggestion of putting Greeley, Mrs. Stowe, &t\, into the Cabinet, wo would add another suggestion to this—that the Federal Union , be appointed tlie. organ of the Administration thus instituted, tis it,has already shown itself quite an adept in .the defence of Frce-soil appointments. , Besides all this, we ncver f said anything, about putting Mr. Toombs into Mr. -Harpy's chair. We have never tliought tho President would take Mr. Toombs into bis CabinetjfeneAf ■ because the [ndependenl Press would like to see it." Wo know, on tlie.contravy, that hcSvill not "take him into it on any acemiat. Let" the Federal Union onjoy it self by thinking it is'bbcause “we" do not wish it. * The Federal Union ( in another article of the same issue in which it comnionts upon our “now pro- - : ghuuuu', 4 ' >• u would **is!.=.* to *.•;} one: iuitsli tinfoil fusion df the two patties in GdOiyioJfor mu tual protection agairisf the ktroadsf of abolitiort,” and phpvfcs its sincerity by thp remarks it lookes., aliollt Mr, Toombs. Yes! M i-wooiiibs is very wel come to come up as a “hig.h.priyat«>” and join the Sun thorn Domoeracy/but lie must “go foot and spell hi*!” All tlie “ mutual protootipn” must eliure to tile good of Democrats. And the Federal Union; by ild /w’/.Vis making good the accusation of the Enquirer that Democrats invite Whigs to join them simply for the sake of partizau triumph. We do wish tlicij , 'cdernl Union could for “once in its life time", forget the partisan and act the patriot —cease for a while la trifle, and attempt to sneer— taken liberal view of the issues before the country, and stop trying to stir ftp party hate and party rancor. And though it might not, ntllrst, “eotno natural” to it, it is to be hoped that hy a rigid course of diet and Kclf-watehfuluus.s it might, to some extent, at least, change its nature. ♦ >»■ 77 unification in Connecticut. The above State, having 'nullified' the Fugitive Slave Law, puts lierselfat the mercy of the army and navy of the United States. Her net is revolu tionary, and if the Federal Llovepmient overlooks it on account of the imbecility of Connecticut's arm, it is done merely through clemency, and because the little Slate deals in the abstract. The moment she attempts to carry out her nullification into practice,, she should be put down at the point of the bayonet. Wo have said that nullification is revolution.— It is not treason, however; and 1 fife people of Con necticut in resisting the Fugitive Slave Law, if they did it under the sanction of their State Government, would not be liable to suffer death for treason, but only to be : shot as soldiers in battle, or, if taken alive,- to be treated as prisoners of war For Con necticut, in the event contemplated, would he one nation waging war against another, and entitled to all the immunities of the law of nations. And this is our opinion of nullification either in Con necticut or South Carolina. Dinner to Col- Sparks- Col. Wm. 11. Sparks, now of Louisiana, but for merly of this place, has been passing soino days here with his old friends and acquaintances. On the Ist inst, a meeting of our citizens was held, tendering him a public dinner, on the 4th. Ac cordingly, on Tuesday, Col. Sparks met our citi zens, and before the dinner hour, addressed thorn in a neat and chaste, though impromptu, speech of some 30 or 40 minutes, upon the destiny of the Ameri can Union, particularly with regard to.our acquisi tiou of territory. The Colonel is a progressixo Democrat, and a whole-souled Cuba man. And this pleased us. And he wants a slies occasionally out of Mexico and Central America,, especially the \ alley ol the Oronoco, as our occasion requires.— And we can’t say that this displeased us. For the fact is that if the crazy people of the North will force us out of the Union, whether or not, we arc going to expand, and we are going south and south west, enil Work our niggers to make cotton and su gar lor the Yankees, and to dig out the silver and and gold to make their mouths water at sight of the “shiners.” This is “manifest destiny.-”'' What do “Aunt Harriet and Uncle Tom” say to it? Tire remarks of Col. Sparks in reference to the course of England in her acquisition of territory, and his description of the manner in which little republics were gotten up in the South-West and then annexed, were very felicitous. Altogether, his speech was a happy effort. .May peace and prosperity attend him, wherever he goes. This is the universal feeling of onr citizens. V o append the correspondence between Col Sparks and the committee. FaTOXTOX, July Ist, 13SJ. Mv Rear Sir : —At a meeting ol' the citizens of (iris place, this morning, the undersigned were ap pointed a committee on their behalf to tender you a Public Dinner on Tuesday, 4th inst. Your presence in our midst, after so long an absence, has awakened many of onr loudest memories of the past:. That all of your old fellow-citizens and their children may meet with you and shake yon by the hand, we have thought tit to tender you the entertainment proposed, and hope that you will find it convenient to accept. Your friends, JUNIUS WINGFIELD, ) DANL. SLADE, [-Com. W. T. YOUNG.' j Eatoxtox, Cla.. July Ist, ISSI. Messrs. Wingfield, Slade ik Young: Gentlemen : —l have received yonrs of this inst., tendering to me a Public Dinner, on Tuesday the 4th July. Such a compliment from the friends of my youth, and their children, from whom I have been separated tor thirty years is peculiarly grate ful to my feelings—l cannot refuse it. My only object in this visit to my native village, was to see those of niy childhood’s playmates, who yet live, and to look Upon the graves of those who are dead; —to see once more the old familiar places, and then return to the land of my adoption, and to the children of my love. Be pleased gentlemen, to accept my warmest re gards, and believe me, very respectfully, Tour friend, W. 11. SPARKS, Sr. Monk Miller. We would Caution slave-holders against allowing an Irishman of (ho above name to associate with their negroes. His conduct on one plantation, at least, in this county, lias been demoralizing in the extreme. He passes for a ditcher and blacksmith, and should be kept off of all plantations by owners who do not wish him there at their cost. j The last we heard of him he was on his way to Greensboro’. [communicated] Warm Springs, Mermvethor Cos. Ga., ) Ist July, 1854. j' To the Editor of the Independent Press :—ln the columns of the National Intelligencer of the 24th nit., appeared two letters, one from Georgia, the other from North Carolina, approving of tho courso of that Journal on the Nebraska question, and professing to state what is the real sentiment of the unofficial masses of our State. Tho letter is without.a signature or mark of re cognition, though tho writer’s ancestors were Viiv giniaus, and of course from one, of “the first fam ilies.” He* says, “I claim to know Georgia and her public men as well as another,’’.and that “with the in telligent and reflecting portion of tho old Win os your course on the Nebraska and Kansas bill needs no vindication.” In the conclusion of his letter ho reckons three parties in the State: “the great, har monious, and well-united Democracy: the small, scattered and disconcerted true Whigs,• and the still smaller , Fusables composed mainly of ou> Whigs and dissatisfied Democrats.” It is the old Whigs who endorse the Intelligencer's • course which tho writer says needs no vindication —itis- thc£ld Whigs and dissatisfied Democrats qnumemtort in" the 3d division of Georgia parties styled the Fusililes, ndw in a transition state, “but. where labors have been singularly conducive to Democratic Supremacy,” that approve of that pa per, and it is with these last that the writer posi tively, but indirectly classes himself, bocause he makes old Whigs and Fusible*,'Anonymous in his elassillcation. ■ Tlie writer is uncompromisingly opposed to the repeal of tho Missouri Compiomiso, though lie says “it would have been hotter that tho line had never been adopted, because it was unjust.” -How he can reconcile hi s hoaty opposition to tho | .. repeal of tui unjust me a- mv, to under stand, unless we reverse the praieiplc : * IC re ' eeiver is us bad af ’tSie thief. For a Southern bum to refuse to vote for ils re peal when ttie issue is before him, is as culpable as voting for its passage originally, and cannot toyjte li nded on the ground tiiat the measure was unjust, hut only defended by assuming that it was, and is “wise,"liberal and just.,” s*&&?&»*£s If the Missouri Compromise was a fraud, a wrong inflicted upon the South, only acquiesced in by the North, because it urns a robbery, its non-re peal for thirty-four ycers, did not make wrong right, hut on tiie jeontrary itaJ'opoul was the dut\ ol every Patriot: ’ " The writer continues, “Like Senator Bell, I will hope I may be wrong- iYi 1 my anticipations of c\ il-- aml that the:GOOD true-iikauted imho/ the free State# ibify yet bo sustained in their support of the Constitution and the Laws. Still 1 have serious fears that harm wild come to my beloved country.”, The argument is I will give up part of my pro perty to (lie highway robber to induce him to let me keep the ballance. I despise the forebodings of evil (hat seem to haunt some'. Southern gentle men—the admission that we are at the mercy ol Abolition clemency. Our .Government would be frail indeed, were it not capable of surviving any shocks that) field preachers ahd strong-minded wo men may get up. Wo are commanded in Scripture to disregard old wire's fables. We think any . and all gentlemen who take such a desponding view of our weakness and tlieir strength should be privi leged to enter upon the' old granny list at once, from Sam Houston.to our present -author: The classification of parties is somewhat novel, in this Georgia letter writer’s invoice. The history of the Fusibles especially is new to us. The conclusions of this letter are that the Nebraska and Kansas bill, meets a cold and indifferent sanction of the old whigs of Georgia, that the repeal of the Mis souri Compromise is inexpedient and unnecessary, and that the National Intelligencer is and should be sustained 1 in its opposition to these measures. If so, what counties have held meetings expressive of their disapprobation, what presses of Georgia, of either party, have held ati equivocal position on this subject? Which of our members in Congress have opposed the bill, how many of our distinguish ed citizens in private life have given any expres sion either written or oral of their dissent? On the contrary, has there ever been as great a unanimity of the press, the whole press of Georgia, of all shades of parties since the formation of the Gov ernment. If this constitutes an endorsement of the Intelligences s course then let it boast a victory. Yours, JULY. WIMLY SUMMARY. FOREIGN. . By the Earopa we have the follow ing accounts: — Silistria still held' out —succor mov ed slow ly. The Russians made a second attempt on the 10th to carry Silistria by storm anti assault without .success. In this affair Prince Raskiewitch received a severe wound on the right leg, and on being compelled to leave his post, del egated the command to Prince Gort schakofT. The Emperor Nicholas was daily ex pected at Kien. The Turks had made an attack on the Islam! of \UiLo.r hut wui-o repuh ed. Col. Malljeuf had been dispatched | with a message from Prussia lo the j Czar, demanding Ids acceptance of Aus j trues recent note. It is rumored that the Czar lias already refused. The Baltic fleet was twenty miles from Helsingfors. Nothing additional from Asia, Greece, or the Black Sea. The Allies are still being transpo'rt l ed to Varna. A change has taken place in the Tur ish Ministry. Paskiewitch was severely wounded on the 30th May. Three British steamers destroyed the ships, dockyards and stores at Brain astadt—damage 350,000 rubles. On 31st May the steamers destroyed the ships, dockyards and stores at Swe borg, valued at 400,000 rubles. The Europa, a cavalry transport ship, on her passage to G ibralter with troops, was burnt, Twenty-one lives were lost. The remainder escaped in boats. FROM WASHINGTON. Gen. AY . O. Butler has announced to Senator Bright his* positive refusal to accept the appointment of Governor of Nebraska, CONGRESSIONA L. Washington, July 3.—lt is report ed that the Recipocity Treaty lately negotiated by Secretary A farcy and Lord Elgin was rejected bv the Senate on Saturday, but the fact has not been authoritatively announced. DEATH OF THOMAS RITCHIE. AVashinnton, July 3.— Thomas Ritchie, Sr., died at his residence in this city about noon this day. He was taken ill on Thursday, and little hope had been entertained of Ids recovery from the violence of his at tack. AVasiiington, July I.—AH. Sumner offered a memorial for the repeal of the Fuglti law. It is saidj’^ffesol ution is under pri vate consideration by Democratic Sen ators for the expulsion Os ’Mr. S. for his unconstitutional opposition to the fugitive Slave law.’ Four Northern Si mat 01 s are said to be pledged to the resolution. - w The Slavery Discussion in the Senate.— The intelligent AVashington eoiTCspondent of the New York Journ nal of Commerce remaks in relation to the recent slavery discussion in the Senate: -yl More temper has been exhibted in this than in any former- of the six months’ discussions of the Slavery question. It appears, now. that the Slavery question is the only one that this all-ujgrossinq topk. r l lie speeches, to-day, wefe of a very radical charadter, leading direct! decimations about the dissolution of the L nioti. It will hr? up fault of.Con gress if the. Union be not dissolved.-- 'fhey meei, andacl, and speak only "With a view'toward that, as the i-nwiw object. TPfeS was never ati me before , in. . our history, when (Congress was evidently so entirely determined to in volvc the country iira merely section al dispute. 7 ] could not help noticing; to-dav, in the Senate Chamber, while the slave .discussion was going on, in the worst, taste, as well as the worst feeling, how some discree t and experienced Senators hung their heads in morlifiorfion. it not in despair. DAYMEN'/’ T 6 MEXICO, Baltimore, July tv—A draft seven millions dollars, on the Sul; I reasury at New Fork, was paid on Saturday to Almonte, the Mexicar Minister, for Santa. 11EA T.TJ rOF WASH INGTON. The Union announces that after careful en quiry among the physicidhs of;'Wash ington, it is confident that but one case of cholera, and that sporadic, has oc curred in that city. The ease referred to was a plainly marked one of Asiatic cholera, in the opinion of Dr. Boyle,, who was not called in in time to save the life of the patient. GEORGIA ITEMS' The Augusta Bridge Case, as we learn from the Chronicle , lias been ad justed; and the toll gate cm the'Caro lina side closed. 10l nr Dead.—A man by the name' of John Simmons was found dead, sit ling in a chair, on the 28th ult., in a house on Fourth street. lie was an Englishman by birth, aged from Id to 50 .years, and had worked on the Cen tral Railroad. A Coroner's Inquest | rendered a. verdict that lie died of iu | temperance.—J [aeon , J lessenger. I Mills Burnt.—AVe regret to state 1 that the steam and grist-mills of Messrs. Snelsou & Hall, were destroyed by fire on. the 27th Vdt,- They were located in this county, on the Eehaconwa Creek-, about eleven miles below this city,— The-cause of the accident was the ex plosion of the boiler, bv which the | M’e was scattered throughout the mil! j buildings. Mr. Hall,—one of the pro- I praetors and pugmeoi-—wm JfffooefePtl down by the explosion, and verv nar rowly escaped being consumed in the building, ■ -y. The machinery destroyed was valu ed at sd,ooo, and the lumber at S7OO There was no insurance on the pro perty. —Macon Messenger. LATEST. Columbia, July G. h .he steamer America arrived at Halifax on Wednesday, with one weeks later advices from Europe. Liverpool Cotton Market.—All grades of Cotton have improved.-- Fair Orleans is quoted at G 1-2, Mid dling 5 8-8 ; Fair Uplands G 1-4, Mid dling 5 l-4d. The sales of the week are 60,000 bales, of which speculators took 7,000 and exporters S,OOO .bales. Flour had declined. Canal 275. (id; Ohio 38s. Corn 87s. Consols had advanced to 94 1-2. United States stocks had also advanced. Money was easier. Havre Cotton Market.—The sales of the week are 5,000 bales, . SILISTRI a relieved. The Turks, unassisted, had driven the Russians across' the Danube and relieved Silistria, RAT I. RQA D ms AST ER. Baltimore, J uly’s. A collision occurred''between two trains cm the Susquehahna Railroad yesterday, by which twenty-four per sons were killed and thirty-three seri ously wounded. The ears were crowd ed with exeurlidnists to the Know Nothing Festival. Robert A, Whyte, junior Editor of the Georgia Home Gazette, died in Augusta at 9 A. AI. on the 4th liist, FROM CALIFORNIA. [from late riles.] California Items.— ln less than two years California Will not receive a sing le barrel of Hour from the Atlantic side. Experienced men say that this year wo will produce more'grain than will bo necessary for our own consumption.— In San Joaquin county alone, over 600,000 bushels of wheat shall he har vested. It is to be regretted that tho flouring mills in operation are not of sufficient capacity to meet the demands upon them. Millers in the Atlantic States would do well to turn their at tention to California, and make a tew investments here. a Robberies and murders have become stonishingly frequent at San Frnniif co. They thieves have resorted to ex traordinary oilcans to escape detection. They make use of chloroform, and while the inmates arc placed in pro found sleep, they break open bureaus,