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II . J J VOLUME 11. CLAEKSVILLE, TEM., FRIDAY,-JUNE 1,; I860. KUJIBER 27, t a jzht$z toils " H H. POSTON, Agtmt fox THE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY. PENNSYLVANIA KAIL ROAD, CHARTER OAK FIRE AND MARIN JJ INSURANCE CO. ' , . t QUAKER citv insurance company. CHARTER OAK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Small packages or heavy freight will b wot by Express, at reasonable rates. Through receipts, ovr Pennsylvania Railroad, gtvea for Tobacco, Flour, and other freight des deatined fur the Eastera cities. Fire, Life and Inland Navigation risk token in , the above reliable Companies. ftfluOflice at W.M. Pollock Co Clothing (tore Ho. 12, Franklin Street. March 16, 1860-tf. II. D. P06T0N, Agent f i Firo. 'Proof Warehouse ! r .. r - j , ' , ' -J ' -f "..vsu C. H. SMITH, TOBACCO SALESMAN,, RECEIVING & FORWARDING -. MERCHANT And Steam-boat Agent, . CLARES VILLE, TENNESSEE. &SyToloco Sale days aver Thursday. -J All tobacco d rayed from the Roilroad Deaot to my warehouse free of charge. Empty hogsheads always ou bund. Oct 1, '59-tf A. HOWRLL, O. M. RLACKMAN, T. J. rRJTCBXTT. HOWELL, BLACKMAN & CO, GENERAL RECEIVINO, rnllwlRllINO And Commission Merchants, CITY FIRE-PROOF WAKtiHOl.SE, Corner Commerce and Front Street, C'litrkavlllc, Tran. Special attention given to the Inspection and Sale f Tobacco. Liberal advances made on Produce, either for Sale or Shipment N. D. Good supply of Tobacco Mid, constantly on hand. Nov 18, 'B9-ly TOBACCO NOTICE! New Tire-Proof Buildings, Hetwecn Dunlop'l Factory and Rail Road Bridge. WU. I. M'rLCHK, HKKRT W. COUBTK. McCLTJRE & COURTS, CLARRSVILLE, TENNESSEE. Tna most devoted attention given to the Sale and Phipment of Tobacco, and all other business intrus ted to our euro will receive prompt attention. Nor. 4th, 1859-tf. CIO. I. CLARK. ' JNO. M1TCHFXL CLARK, MITCHELL & Co., Oomniittiou Jlft'rchaiiti, No. 39, Wats i Street, Cincinnati. Ohio. FLOUR, GRAIN, PROVISIONS, AC, AC., AC. Agents for flanging Rock and Laka Superior Tig Iron. Jan. 0, I860 Gin. B. DUFIELlT, Commission, Receiving and For warding Merchant, NEW ORLEANS. Consignments of Flour or other western croduce will receive the prompt atU'iition of Mr. II. It. Shaw, vie rofors to the Counuissiou Merchants f Clarkvllle. Oct 28, '60 tf. 0. W. DAVIS, Receiving, and Forwarding AND STEAM BOAT AGENT, WHARt'HOAT DEL A WARE, Clarksvillr, Ten. Jan 13, 't0-1y DR. W. T, M'REYNOLDS. OFFICE ON STKAWfiKMtV ALLKY Clarksvllle Icun. June 4, '59-ly B. UMBUI. W. U. VXSir.l. . kimble & daniel; ATTORNEYS AT LAW. OjKct it Stratebrrrjf Alby, CI.ARKSVILLE, . TENNESSEE. Sept. 30, 1 859-1 y. B. A. ROGERS, Office on Strawberry Alley, ("lnrksvillo, Ti'tmrnicc. attend promptly to tha eollecllun of all tlaims entrusted to his care. Feb 11, lHuO-tf. W. & W. E. LOWE, Attoriioys' ut Luw, CLARKSVILLE, TENN. Practice their prnftiHsiiin iu the counties of Hob rUon, Cheatham, Dickson, Stewart, Humphreys and Montifoiufry. (t.OIIU' on Strawlierry Alloy. Jau 17th 180 6a. M. r. uivkh, S, WATTH, ' N. Orlcana. t. A. UlVSi, I'AMIl WATT8, I'adiicah, Ky. B. H. SUTAM, Civen, Watts & Co. TOUAtX'O FACTORS, AND Com in I 1 o it Merchant: No. BO Poydruf street, NEW ORLEANS. Wattn, fiiveo A Co., Comniitsion and forwarding menliuiit, Paducuh, Ky. 4iiver., tlnyuet A Co., t'oininiUiu ami InrwiinlinR Merchant!, Sinitblaud, Kv. tnu Carb ailvanifuienta matte nn ctmaign tI iit to Uivrn, VTatUli a., l y 'atl, tiiven A Co., Paducah, Ky. Nov 37, 'M-ly jvei?w, si - Printed Weekly, oa a double-medium sheet avery Friday doming, by NEBLETT & GRANT, rulliihtrt and Propritr$. TUX MS: $2 PER AH SUM IN ADVANCE. TBRMS OF ADVERTISING, fob oxa sgi ABi or rwsi.vi likes o ti One insertion Two insertions Three inrcrtiona On month 00 1 60 9 00 2 60 Two months ' Three months Six months Twelve months $4 10 t 00 t 00 IS 00 CLA RKSVILLE. . Friday, June 1, 1860. Hon. Edward Everett. It seems that tha most the Jeftrtonia can lay of Hon. Eeward Etbrett, In connection with his nomination for tha Vice Presidency, la that ha is " O'lf of the men who irnrt only far Banner' t Ledger." Now, whatever the editor may think of a man's en gaging to writ for Bonner's paper, we shonld hava supposed that the nobis purpose that induced Mr. Everett to do it would have saved him, even with a bitter political enemy, from any such ill-naturod flings as the above. H shows, though, how bard run Mr. Everett's enemtea will be for grounds to assail him. W regard his engagement to write for Bonner as highly honorable to him. He received ten thoutand dollar for a weekly contribution to the Ledger for one year, and paid over every dollar of it to the fund for the purchase of Mount Vernon. This, though honorable as it was to hiin, Is not all Mr. Everett has done to entitle him to distinction. For our neighbor's enlightenment, we will tell him a little of his history as we gather it from the New Encyclopedia. Mr. Everett was born at Dorchester, Massachu setts, April 11, 1794, and was, consequently 66 years old lost month. His father was for many years a minister settled in Boston, nis son, Edward, entered Harvard College at the age of 13, and gradu ated at 17, with the. highest honors, ne was dis tinguished, then, above all ethers for his ripe scholar ship and extensive learning. He studied lor the ministry, and in 1813 was settled as pastor of a church In Boston, where he stion won new distinc tion, by th eloquence and power of his discourses. Even at this early period of his life, he had written and published several books, among which was his "Defense of Christianity," a work evincing great research and extraordinary talent. , In 1814, Mr. Everett, being then only 20 years old, was elected to the chair of Greek literature in Harvard College, and learned and fit as he already wa? for that high position, yet he determined te to visit Europe, with a view to adding to his quali fications for it He thus spent four years two of them at the fumed University of Gottingen and the ether two In travels through England, France, Spain, Italy, Greece and other countries, acquiring all the timcaknowledge of their language, literature, and political systems. Upon bis return home, he entered- upon the duties of his professorship; and, at the same time, took editorial charge of the JVoriA Awertean Review, which he conducted till 1824. In this year (1824) he delivered the firat of those ora tions which have since made biai so famous. This was before the Phi Beta Kappa Society, of Harvard, at Boston. An immense assembly was present among them Gen. La Fayette on the speaker's stand. The address was received with great enthu siasm, and at once added to Mr. Everett's distiction as a scholar, an equally enviable fame as an orator. His public life commenced with his nomination and election to Congress, in 1824. He served thus, by successive elections, for ten years, and during the whole time, was on the Committee on Foreign Af fairs, and oa nearly every important irregular com mittee that was raised. In 1829 MrvEverett made a tour through the South and West, and was every where received witli tho highest honors. A public dinner was given him at our owa State Capital. In 1834 he declined are-nomination for Congress, as his friends wished to run him for Governor of Mas sachusetts. To this office he was elected for four successive terms his administrations all the while, being "dignified, popular and useful." In 1839 he was beaten by Marcus Morton, by one vote only, ana being thus relieved from public life, he again, with his family, visited Europe. He was induced to do. this mainly by thestate of his health, which had hecome impaired by his severe State labors and close devotion to study. , He sailed In 1840, and travelled extensively on the continent, but was unexpectedly called home by the course of political events here. Gen. 'Harrison being elected President, and Mr. Welater chosen Secretary of State, the latter at ence saw Mr. Everett's Illness for the, position, and offered to him the mission to the Court of St. James. This position was accepted, and Mr. Everett immediately eutcrcd upon the duties of it. Our relations with England at that lime were'such ns to require the utmost prudence and discretion on th part of our representative there. Among other questions then pending between that government and ours, were those of the North-eastern boundaries, the Fisheries, and Oregon and Texas; and, although the settlement of tlie first and last was transferred to Washington by the 'appoinrinent of Ixrd Ashburton, as special unibussador there, yet their amicable adjustment was coufessedly attributable, in a great measure, to Mr. Everett's able and pacific Influence. Ui, by hU own exertions, secured te our fishermen the right to take flsh in the Bay of Fundy, and procured the release from the British jieiial colony at Van Die man's Laid, of sixty or seventy Americans who had been engaged In the Canadian rebellion. I Hi ring Mr. Everett's mission to England, the chair of Sec retary of Slate in our own government was filled successively, after Mr. Webster's retirement, by Mr. I pither, Mr. Legare, and Mr. Calhoun; yet, such was the estimation in which his abilities were held, that neither of them wished to recall him. In 1843 Mr. Everett was appointed to the newly constituted mis sion to China, but could not accept it. On bis re turn to th United Statea, he was elected President of Harvard University, which position he filled with uttaracteristic enorgj aad enthusiasm. At th end of thru, yours, though, the inroads its lalon made upon his hetlib, compefled him to resign the presi dency. Upe the death of Mr. Webster, In 1852, Mr. Everett was ciUled by Mr. Fillmore to the vacant post of Scvretnry of State. He bcld this position dur.ng the lut four nitaths of Mr. Fillmore's ad ministration, aud in that lim performed prodigies of htlior all with his wonted political and intellec tual ability. During ttiii time the evcr-aicitioruhlc reply of this government to the proposal of England and France that they and the United States should jointly guarantee to Spain perpetual ownership of Cuba, was drawn np by Mr. Everett. ' Before leaf ing the department of State, BIr. E. bad been elected by the Legislature of Massachusetts, to the United State Senate, and took hi seat In that body id March, 1853, at the special session, no continued to bold the office of Senator till May, 1854, when, by the advice of his physician, he resigned it irl order to recuperate hi exhausted physical health. Soon after this the project orbuylng Mount Vernon, ''the home and grave of Washington," was set on foot by the women of the United States, and Mr.-Everett at once endorsed the noble design, and lent his giant energy and abilities to its accomplishment. Besides his other labors for. this cause, he has delivered his oration on the character of Washington over 120 times for it. In all these labors the entire proceeds have been given to the Mount Vernon Fnnd; Mr. Everett not even taking his personal expenses frdm them, bnt paying these oat of bis own private funds. The amount of bis earnings for the purchase of Monnt Vernon reaches the sum of ninety thousand dollar t! Such Is brief sketch of the life and character of Hon. Edward Everett, the statesman, the orator, th scholar; the candidate of the National Union party for Vice President of the United States. Place beside this imperfect record of his glorious labors and attainments the fling of the Jeffar$onian that he is "one of the men who writes only for Bonner's Ledger" and see bow contemptibly small partisan prcjndice can appear. Letter from Mr- Bom. The following is an extract from letterVfittefi by the Hon. John M. Botts on the 1 1 th Inst, to a gentleman in Baltimore : If the opinions and position of so humble an in dividual as myself, can be of any weight, or have any Influence, you are authorized and requested to say, that there was no gentleman whose name was presented to that convention, and who could be re cognized as a member of the party with which I have acted, that would not hare received such sup port as it becomes me as a patriot and friend of the Union and the country to give. Mr vote can never be given for anv man or party for so high and responsible a position, that is not fully committed to the great National Union abiding principles, for the establishment of which I have de voted a quarter or a century of an active life. Re garding both the nominees as coming within this category, I shnlLcertainly give them my vote. The platform you haveuidopted not only meets with my entire concurrence, but is just such as I have, for twenty years, insisted was the only one that any party hod a right to adopt; to-wit: the Constitution of the United States, upon which alone any Execu tive is at liberty to administer this Government. Bank or West TeWnewek. The entire capital stock of the Bank of West Tennessee has been trans ferred to the Memphis Insurance Company. In ad dition to the capital of the Insurance Company, it is understood the stock of the bank will be offered to the public, and that the capital will be largely in creased. Owing to some objections to the charter, which is subject to the "General Banking Law," passed by the last Legislature, many persons who intended taking stock in the Merchants' and Plant- era' Bank will now avail themselves of the privilege of investing In the stock of Jhe Bank of West Ten nessee. The authorized capital of the llaiik is $1,500,000. Bell and Everett Democratic Siktimext. The Osceola (Mo.) Democrat, a paper that has the Democratic State ticket at its most head, sots; .The National Union Convention, recently assem bled at Baltimore, with the greatest harmony and unanimity, nominated John Bell, of Tennessee, fbr President, and Edward Everett, of Massachusetts for Vice ProsidcuL This is a very Btrong ticket, and a very good one. A correspondent of the St. Louis Republican, writing from Washington during thj sitting of the Convention, says that the Union men have the in side track, and that if they are prudent they will keep it. One thing Is certain ; the failure of the Charles ton Convention to effect a nomination has very materially changed the aspect of the campaign. , Many, who previous to the Charleston Conven tion, regarded the Baltimore Convention an insig nificant affair, are impelled to view it now in quite a different light. It has suddenly loomed up and assumed the pro portions of a national convention, upon the action of which the destinies of the Union may yet be suspended. Harmony, unanimity and enthusiasm' prevailed throughout all its deliberations, which is far more than can be said of most national con ventions. Events yet to occur may make t the imperative duty of every one who desires the perpetuation of the Union in peace, to support John Bell and Ed ward Everett. N. York Post Office Defalcations. k WashikiItou, Mny 14. When Postmaster Holt reached here two weeks afro, he had his attention directed to the case of P. M. Fowler, and he ordered aa investigation. Ow ing to Mr. Fowler's absence at Charleston, it was found impossible to obtain the necessary slutemenu), and it was only by tho most peremptory requisitions that they were procured after his return, and, then but partially and at intervals. For some reason, yet to bo explained, no satisfactory statement of these acconnts could be procured from the office of Dr. Tate, Sixth Auditor of the Treasury, where they are adjusted until Friday last; aad finally, upon the personal and absolute demand of the Postmaster General, it was found then that Mr. Fowler was in arrears over $150,000. How far this defalcation may be traced back is not yet known possitively, because he information is still imperfect, and the Deiartuieut is disinclined to communicate what it knows. The law emphati cally require the Sixth Auditor to report to th Postmaster General whenever a paetiaaster defaults in the payment of his balances, on closing his ac count. No report of any kind was made in tins case, and Mr. Fowler has been allowed to go along! for many months as if his offiee was correctly con! ducted. This extraordinary development will cause an immediate Inquiry in Congress. When Mr. Holt detected this defalcation to his own satisfaction, on Friday, he submitted the matter to Government and required Mr. Fowler's immediate removal. Later. Fur'.her investigations to-night show Mr. Fowler's defalcation to be $1 75,000. The fart of a suriaui derangement in his accounts must bare been known to soma nesponsihl person in the Auditor's office luag ago; and the inquiry will now be di rected there. Some of Mr. rowlers friends tendered the drficitu ascertained up to Saturday, but Mr. Holt said it was too late, and it would be conioundiiig to felony; it is confidently stated that a fund was being raised to get Fowler out of the country, and he has gone. He admitted having used part of the mouey, but rharged subordinates with the main loat, while conceding his responsibility for the w bole. The Democrats at Newburyport (Mass., declare that if Douglas is overslaughed at Baltimore they will be ready to walk over to the Illuck Republi cans and fight his swindlers and political assassins to the aeatu. The Ho. W, S, Damrell, n well known printer, aud late member of Congress from the Third Dis trict nf Ma.'!., died ou the 1 7th instnnt alter a horl illnut. It is a hl vipn to see a man with hi bt off at ! midnight, explaining the theory and principles of true democracy to a lamp post. Hon, John BelL The following interesting sketch of the life anT public services of John Bell is from the New Ameri can Encyclopaedia! Joh Bm.l was bora near Nashville, Tenn Feb. 18, 1797. He was the son of a farmer in moderate circumstances, who was, however, able to (rive hint a good education at Cnmberlanri Coflcge, ow Naifi ville University. Choosfng the law as ftis profess ion, he was admitted to the bar in 1816, settled at Franklin, Williamson county, and was elected to the State Senate in 1817, when only 20 yenrs old. He soon saw his error in entering so early Into pub lic life, and declining a re-1eclioft, devoted himself for the next nine year to his profession. In 1826 be became a candidate for Congress against Felix Grundy, one of the most popular men in the State, and who had the powerful support of Andrew Jack son, then a candidate for the Presidency against John Quincy Adams. Nevertheless after a most animated and excited canvass of twelve mouths, Mr. Bell was elected in 1827 try 1,000 moioritv. By successive elections, he continued a member of the entered Congrws a warm admirer of Mr. CIhor, and strongly opposed to the protective system, against which rre made a speech, in 1832 Subsequent in vestigation and reflection inducing, him to change his opinions oil that subject, srod bos ever since re mained an earnest advocate of the poficy of protec ting American industry. Though onimoed to the appropriation of money by the General Government ror roads and canals in the States except in the case of some great road for military purposes, like the Pacific railroad, he has always favored the policy of lrnprovinn; tne great rivers ana lane harnors. With all his admrfttticm fbr Calhoun, Mr. Bell de cidedly opposed the Southern ttbetriire of nullifica tion1, and was made Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the House with special reference to the questions connected with that subject, which might fwrfe to be considered and reported on. For ten years be was Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, ne was In favor of a United States Bank, though he voted against the bill for its re charter in 1831, because he believed that the subject was brought np at that thne, four years before the expiration or the old charter, merely to defeat Gen. Jackson in the ensuing Presidential election; and because he was convinced the President would veto the bill, which proved to be the case. He protested against the removal of the apri'sy and refused to vote for a resototio-a approving that measure. This refusal was one of the causes which led to the sub sequent breach between himself and President Jackson and the democratic partt, and finally to his co-operation with the whips. This change of party relations was much accelerated by his election to the Speakership of the Home of Kepresentntivesy in 1934. In Jarre of that year, the Speaker, Mr. Stevenson, resigned the chair on being nominated Minister to Great Britain, and Mr. Bell was elected to succeed hiin in opposition to James K. Polk, after ward President of the United States, who waa the candidate of the administration and the democratic party. Mr. Bell was supported lit the Whigs and a portion of the democratic party. Who were opposed to the intended nomination of Martin Van Buren as successor to President Jackson. The principal ground of Mr. Bell's opposition to Mr. Van Buren was his strong disapproval of the system of remov als from subordinate offices for merely political rea sons a system which Mr. Van Huren bad xenlofiBly promoted in the party conflicts of the State of New York, and which it was supposed be intended to carry out to its full extent in the administration of the Federal Government The tendencies of such a U30 of executive patronage had been vividly por trayed by Mr. Bell in a speech in the House on the freedom of elections; and be had made repeated, though Ineffectual, efforts in successive Congresses to procure the enactment of laws calculated to check the policy. The final separation between Mr. Bell and Gen. Jackson took place in 1835, when Mr. Bell declared himself in favor of Judge White for the Presidency, in opposition to Mr. Van Buren. Up to that time there had been no opposition in Tennessee to Gen. Jackson's administration, and it was generally sup posed thnt his personal and political influence could not fail to subdue the opposition raised by Judge White and his friends. The whole force of the ad ministration and of Jackson's personal popularity was exerted to this end. But Judge White carried the State by a large mnjoritv; Mr. Bell was re elected to Congress from the Hermitage district it self by as large a vote as ever; and an impulse was given to the political character of Tennessee which arrayed it in opposition to the democracy during the four succeeding Presidential elections of 1840-'44- 48-'52. When the reception of petitions for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia was agitated in the House of Representatives, in 1836, Mr. Bell alone of tho Tennessee delegation favored their reception, and though assailed at borne, was sustained by the people. Add suliscquently, In 1838, when Athcrton's resolutions Were Introduced, proposing to receive and lay these petitions on the table, be maintained his consistcricy by toting in the negative, in order that they might be referred and reported upon. When President Harrison formed his cabinet in 1841, be invited Mr. Bell to accept the War Department, which be did. With the jest of the cabinet, Mr. Wclster only excepted; he resigned office on the separation of President Tyler from the wbigparty, in the autumn of that year. The whig majority In the next Tennessee Legis lature which met after his withdrawal from the Cabinet offered him the office of United States Sen ator, which, however, he declined in favor of hphnuni 11. Foster, who had rendered services to the whig party which Mr. Bell thought deserving thnt recognition. Mr. .Foster was accordingly elected, and Mr. Bell remained in voluntary retire ment until called by the people of his county, in 1817 to represent them in the State Senate; in which year, on the recurrence of a vacancy, he was elected to the United States Senate, Ui which ho was re-elected in 1852, for a second term, which expired March 4, 1839. In the Senate Mr. Bell steadfastly opposed the policy of annexing Mexico and other Sianish American Slates to the Union. He was im favor of the Compromise measures of 1850, but de sired to see the issue then made fully settled at Jhe time by the division of Texas into States, as pro vided by the act of annexation, because he appre hended, whenever the question came up, the har mony of the Union might again bo disturbed. In 1854, when the Nebraska bill was presented to the Senate, Mr. Bell protested against its passing, ns a violation of the Missouri compact, as unsettling the principles established by the compromise of 1850, and as re-openiug a sectional controversy which might imperil the peace and safety of the Union. In the controversy on the admimioa of Kansas, in March, 1H58, Mr. Bell took decided ground against the so-called LecompUin Constitution, and made an elaborate speech, charging that that measure tended directly to the overthrow of the Union. Ex-Pbrsidext Fii.lmor on thk Stati or the Country and the Pomtic or the Dat. In a letter dated April SOth, Mr. Fillmore writes as follows: " I profess to belong to no party but my country, and am taking no part in politics; hut, though a silent, 1 am by no means an Indifferent spectator of passing events. On the contrary, I look with the most Intense anxiety, not to say alarm, upon the present state of things. It appears to me that be must huve read history to little profit who docs aot see, in the growing jealousy and hatred between the North and the South, the redof discord and civil war and the destruction of this government. I am sure that no one can aver that there was more hatred between Great Britain and her colonies, ten or even five years before our Revolution, than now exists between the North and the South; and the cause, if cause there be, seems likely to endure; Demagogues, North and Honth, fan this flame for selfish and ambitious objects; and the great masHcs, which are usually inert aud passive, are likely to lie drawn into the contest aud sacrificed noUnt wlene. May Heaven save us, for 1 fear we are unable or unwilling to save ourselves" The Legislature of Connecticut hi re-eleied Hon. L. 8. Foster to th Senile of the United States, for th term of six yean, He u a Black Republican. From tha Baltimore American1, I5lh.J RATIFICATION MEETING. Large Gathering of the Mauet Grrnt Enlhvtuitm The Nomination EnlhttiattienTty Approved Speech of lion. Jemee II. Quark: The meeting of citizens called to ratify the nom ination of John Bell for the Presidency, and Ed ward Everett for the Vice Presidency, aa the can didates of the Constitutional Union party, came off last evening, in Monument Square. Before (hr hour of meeting the Sqirort was well filled, and as the delegations arrived from different sections of the city, and the crowd kept preasfrrg fn, trnythrorfg as sumed an immensity that has rarely been surpass ed by any popular asscrdlilage in Hnltif tore. The Square was densely thronged in all part. The greatest errfhusiasm prevailed, and the en livening strains of music from the Blues' Band, sta tioned tm the platform", only tended to increase the ardor of the large gathering. At brief intervals !y-ocKets and other nre-workl were discharged, adding much to the brilliancy of the occasion, a also to the pleasure of the mass of people congre gated below. , After the organization the Hon. Jas. M. Qnarles, of Clarksville, Tenn, wo introduced by the Presi dent, Hon. John P. Kennedy, and received with pud applause, neprocceded to speak a follows : My Fellow Cituenr. It gives tne great pleasure to meet with you this evening, to ratify the nomin ation of one of Tennessee's most illustrious sons, as also an equally illustrious son of Massachusetts. Applause. What means this sea of npturned faces what this enthusiasm? Is it not the love of Union, is it not because you feel that the government is in bad hands, and that yonr Interests are being trifled with? Most assuredly it is, and while I am gratifi ed to see the name of Bell so honored, 1 know that yoa hold him Fn feneration as the champion of the Union, and thHt you respect principles more than men. I mysclf'hava drank in wisdom from the teachings of John Bell, and been Iflspired by his patriotism he has been tried and not found want ing. He it was who strove with Jackson, and hurl ed him from his place of power. View his Con gressional career, and you see one of dignity and and powet. Look at him, after the death of liar-1 rison, when Tyler, itssnrrtiftg the Presidential chair, termed traitor to his principles Look at him, I say, throwing tip his commission as a cabinet officer and retiring into the shade of private life, rather than sacrmce bis honor for gam. f Applause.! As a Senator of the United States view his course on the Kahso (td Nabfftska bin. Did he field to the clamor of a section? No, be bared his breast ready to right for the good of the country or perish in the attempt. Hi course upon the Lec'ompton bill Was the same, and to-day he stand irnon the principles of equality and justie, soaring far above those Who hurl the darts of calumny and detraction at him. That, gentleman, is John Bell, whose heart is as Urge as the Allegfrarries and as warm as Vesuvius always Warm tfporl the Union of Ihe State and presettatiotj of rar libertic. Kepe&led cneenng.j And how fsft with the other end of oaf ticket? What do yon dchoid there? Why, the patriot, the orator and (he statesman : and the exalter and de veloper of the virtues of the Father of his Country that Edward Everett. Applawe. J This is tne ticket we present. Can yoa take it? Look to the Little Giant of the West; why he stands as a wort to Mount yEtna, and a stntggl between such men would be as one between an hippopotamus and a grasshopper. Laughter. No party could secure a ticket; it would be (Useless to try. Here we have constitutional Union men: Who love their country from the Atlantic to the Pacific For sometime past the diffcrcrif patties hate been regaling ns with nothing but nigger, nigger, nigger. Laughter. ' Now I will tell you an anecdote : There was a young preacher down in my part of the country who once preached a- sermon from the text "And Peter'swife's mother laid sick of a fever." Jle preached it and went away. Some years after wards be returned and was announced to preach. tne eventful Sunday came, and a crowd gathered to listen, among whom were two Old men who had heard his first sermon, one of whom, I am sorry to say, was addicted to driuk. Well, the minister commenced and be preached from the tcxtof "Peter's wires mother laid ill of a fever. Suddenly our drinking friend exclaimed, "what! ain't that con founded old womau dead yet? Laughter.! now, my friends, it is just this way with the Democratic party; they wont .let the nigger die, but we are going to insist on it. We propose to guarantee to all msn their Constitutional rights, to offer the Constitution as expounded by our highest tribunals, in fact, o offer a platform like the Yan kee's suspenders long enough for a man, short enough for n boy, and strong enought to bold a horse. (LiRuguter and cheering. Hut you may ttcollect that the Democracy never consider the opposition sound on the slavery question. Clay was not sound they said; no tb orator and statesman would not suit them. Harrison, the hero of Tippecanoe, was not sound. Laughter. General Taylor, the gal lant soldier and gentleman, who owned a laree number of slaves, was not sound either, and then the chieftain Scott, who had shed his blood an many a imttie ncia, he was not sound either: and now. last of all, my fcllow-cltiicns, I suppose they will discover that our own, glorious, national Bell is not sound on the nigger either. Laughter and cries of no, "no. j It is the same old text, "And Peter s wife s mother laid ill of a fover. " Laughter. Now, my fellow- citizens, are you going to keep such a party ia power? 1 hey hav spent your money ; they threat en to overthrow your government; they say that the Democratic party must be perpetuated; that their grasp on the Union is anaconda like; they tell us they wish to economize the national expenditures. That is very much like the man who drove two oxen six miles, and used all the switches on the mad to accomplish that end. He exclaimed, "Well, those beasts have the toughest hides and shortest recollections of anything I ever met with I" Just so with the Democracy you catch them in corrup tion, and they haul up a little you turn your back, and they are at their old tricks. Laughter. bet us, my fellow-citizens, go to work, for I see round me, in Washington now men whose faces are pale, and whce frames shake at the movement go ing on in Hie country. They know that a day of reckoning is at hand, and ther tremble- We offer you Bell and Everett, the Constitution and th Union. The ticket the Democracy offer tou does not coino up to the grade. Were I to refuse to sup port Bell and Everett I would be recreant to the memory of Jackson of Tennessee, who said in tones of thunder, "Tho federal Union, it must and shall be preserved," and I do believe, if he was allv now, he would be side by side with th lovers of th Union, and exclaim again, hang the disunionist as high as Hainan. Applause But enough on point Chicago is about to send forth a candidate, and, if an extreme one, even New England will he with us. T-h Democratic party being split the choice i between Bell and Chicago. Democratic platforms won't suit; lhy are doublo faced, and remind one of the ignorant countryman who got a minister to write him out apraer, which be stack on the bead of his bed, and every time he looked at it he said, "Them's my sentime;it." f Laiirhler.l Just ftn with the Demiierurv. Th I platform is all iu all on meaning South,' another North. TIIR SPEAKER IRTFRRCPTEn. At this period the speaker was interrupted by the arrival on the ground of a large procesaioa of thei friend of the cause, who cam armed with trans parencies, and mounted on a wagon, was borne a large " Hell," which wajrcaionally rung, much to the merriment of the rrowd. The mottoes were appropriate to th occasion, aud attracted much at tention, some of them were a follows: "We are the Sons of '76."i "I'J.OflO majority for Baltimore." 'Bell, Everett and th Union,'' "Our Hell rinii to U e sound of the Union, try it." the sitakirs aist wts. I hav never heard that Bell ring yet hat Democ racy did not tremble. ' Its ring is a true one the Union and the Cofntitntion'. ' that Bell, 1 trust, nns I rung out of Baltimore the littleDemocraty retrain ing in ti. lAppiause.j AXOTHaa fHfURRCrtlOl. At this stage another proeewioril arrlVed1 on' tl'ie ground, being the Scveateeath Tord American De catur Club The procession Was received with deafening applamie ami rmlutf in front of the speak er's platform. On of th member brought upon th stand a lire rooster aud a live racoon, which were respectively placed en the right imd left of the speaker ' tnt SPEAKER AflAtX RESCUE. ' ' Look, my friends, how that rooster hangs down his tail. Ho has been to Charleston and no mistake: Laughter. He Is med up Rod disheartened. Look on the other side and seethe glorious old coon. He reminds us of the campaign of 1840. Applause. Coleman Yellot, of this cltr, here proposed three cheers for the Seventeenth word, which was heartily responded to by the crewd. The speaker resinned: My fellow-citizens, I could stand here all night and see such a Union demon stration. Although personally a stranger, I feel myself already naturalized among you. He Is my brother who stand upon the Constitution and the Laws, and my door are always open to mm, I feel like inviting yoa all to Xashvilfe, the home of Bell. Com and e the man. We will fctd ys and show you th Statesman at home. I have got a secret to tell you, though. The great Bell is only a few miles from you. Great applause. He is at the Relay House oa the Wash ington Railroad, almost within hearing of this joy ous assemblage, and it will make bis great heart beat to hear this response of freemen to the call of the Union. Applause. ' .. ' To-morrow the great Douglas laughter will en ter a one of the lightVeigMs in tb Senate cham ber, and thus the work goes on. Let mo toy, in conclusion, that the great Adam end Jefferson lived in the bond of friendship : and on the fourth day of July, 1826, simultaneous! almost, their spirit wended their way to the God wh gave them I These two men, representing different section of the country, were united. May not our Union be the same. fApplanse.1 I thank you. irentlamen. for th nomination of John Belt, and can only aa-strre-yoff that John Bell will be the same whether defeat or victory sbull attend our banners. Ap plause. j . . Among other sneakers, Col. Jo. G. Pickett of this State, made a brief address. The meeting adjourned at a late hour with three cheer or Bell and Everett, The Constitutional Union. Air "Three Cheerifor the Red, White and Blue. Let us cling to our tried Constitution The Ark of our safety and strength ; Let us boldly denounce revolution Tnro' the land, all Its breadth and its length. Let the North and the Soirth be united, And the East and the West btrt embrace ; And the interests of all will be righted, And blessings descend on our race. Tb blessings of peace, free from Heaven, Of jrtst wnd beneflcieftl laws fof which patriot ever have striven, Are link'd with our glorious cause. Three cheers for our glorious old Union, And cursed be the hand that would sever it; To preserve all the States in communion Let tw vote then for Br 11 and fur Everett. BiooWinqTO! Ky, May 23, I860. fo the EdUort of the LoKevitto Jottrnal I . This will introduce to you my friend H, Haynes, Esq, of Meade county, Kentucky. - He will give you some wonderful, though no less true than won derful, acconnts of the "Petrolinm Sulphur Springs" of that count I visited th Springs a few days ago, and made personal observation of them for myself. I had heard of the oil Springs for by this name they are widely known all mylifc ; but bad never seen them before. The Springs, with some seyerrty acres of ground, are now owned by a com pany of gentlemen, who are improving the proper ty. Tbcy have excavated, out of the solid lime stone rock, a beautiful basin or reservoir for the reception of the white sulphur water, upon which rises the petrollum in quantities of abont six, and some days, .when the Weather Is tfnrmef, ten gallons' per diem. The petrolium sqipears In the purest form in which It has yet been discovered npon this con tinent The oil, as a medicine, is nscd ia many of the forms of chronic disease as almost a specific, and combined with the sulphur Water, which it employs as a medium of making its own exit to the nppor air, I have no doubt, possesses many curative pro perties, benificial to afflicted and Suffering human ity. Th surrounding country, and the site Itself, of this watering place furnishes many picturesque views, and the place is sncceptible of being rendered every way desirable as a place of pleasurable resort. The water rises through a slight fissure of the rock, and come up with the force of the gases, that, per baps, elevates it several hundred feet above the level of itn own reservoir, containing perhaps many I millions of gallons petrolium. There is no other In stance known, where the petrolium, mixing with the mineral, white sulphur, makes it appearance; and this doubtless gives to this water It very great efficacy as a potent agent in the removal of chronic affections. I have no doubt thnt by boring a suffi cient depth the oil will be found here in a great quantities and to pay as wall as the celebrated Crosby well in Pennsylvania which Is saitl to be now yield ing sixty barrels per day. Every indication here evinces the fart of a great supply of the oil at nej great depth. I was informed that the company in teud'boring for the oil, with the hope of tapping the main fountain, as soon as they get their improve ments sufficiently advnnrod for the reception of visitor. Mr. Huynes visits your city to dispose of stock to raise the ucedful, to develop these bidden sources of health and wealth. The farmers of this section are edited with tne prospect of fine crops. The nomination of Bell and Everett is enthusiastically received in these regions. and November next will tell the talc. Your Mc. DOUGLAS' POSITION. The correspondent of the New York Tribune says: Mr. Douglas' speech is reckoned uncommonly good. It was less insolent and more compact and fumble than usual. He stoid up to his position. and was bold aud defiant and aggravating toward the seceders. He was very emphatic In claiming for himself and bis supporters that they were tho Democratic party, and all others bolters. He claunod the posi tion and honors of a conqueror on a hotly-contested field, an'd demanded submission from the defeated. It was a speech calculated to widen the existing breach in the Democratic party, and was evidently designed to hold his followers in the coming Hnlli- morelouventloncioiw-iy up lo their work. It pro duced an unu.sual impresnion in the Senate. The "gambler in politics," u plaving a bold and defiant game, mid those Southern DcoiociaU who support him will have first to humiliate themselves in dust ami ashes. ."mA. Banner. Edward Everett. The Merui.hi Bulletin part couiplimenl, alike beautiful and just to this eminent statesman. It says: "The Crullers invaded th Holy Ijind to rescue th tomb of Christ from Ihe Infidel Turk. Disclaiming any purose of compir iug any human being with Christ we state that Ed- ard r.verell conUriuuled nmety thoumnd uotlart to rescue the tomb of Washington from the spuliatina of time, aud commit it to th guardianship of the women of America. Isot a cent of tlita immense sum of money was retained by biin. He travelled thousand, of miles at his own expense In this holy cans, lue women oi America will not forget our glorious American cru eder, nor do we think they will permit their hisbsnds and brothers to d so. Compared, as a di.inurrci.lcd patriot, with Douglas, Lane, Gmhrie, Yaurer, II inter. Davis, and other Democratic, aspiranu, Mr. Everett rii-Cj to heights of unapproachable splendor.'' - Fla'in Talking in tho Stnate'. We notice iti'tlie proceeding of the United State Jennte Oh the Olh int, eeruiw icftions ef th d"-' rmte wh'ich preceded f ni fiape of tlta irflonmtia) Bill,' iT the eeie of Which Senator Green, f Vi. sourly infulged in' what must be regarded as vert pfam talking, at least, o call it by no strongwr name. net ncr wnat ne nirt was true or not, in reoperi to those Senators agninst whom it waa directed, aftd te whoro, IndceW, it was (irfdreMetr, we are rinf prepar ed lo express derided opinion.- But, whelliei1 true or not, wo ennnpt help thlnkiiig if must hare been' a Tory bitter pity though it scomS to liaVe heeii swal lowed, and thaf, too, without nmkiitli rfy wry faces; ror, so ir as wo nnv seen tne debate, m special de- cnc r( "P'? bee made by ho .wnn wmwr itirwiHii wns innm vim no gqnue nana. Th Sl'ertiJNfiis Enqmrer has fwrfd that the early ana, hood of Senator Green, while be was educating Ilia self, and studying law, was spent lit tfienRgir-; a eme-milt, but doubts if in' that part of experience, he ever tipped open taw-log" with greater rim, or by a rougher process, than the operation fit perforn ed upon th friend ti the trill lir anerie-a, and es pecially epoa Senators Andrew Juhrisfto, ef Teoa essee; awd Knot. W. Johnson, of Aintansaa, who seem ro have beett fie- learforg adrocrrtet f fh bill, and chiefly concerned fn engineering it though thcSeor ate. Rich. .rF. -1 fere ia what Senator Green said on that occa sion : The biTI was reported to the Senate Sfr. O, wricl he woald my this; a'ndiateftded to act upon it if it was intended to pan th bilf, right or wrong, he shold vote agaiiwt it; bat K svm-ply to put it in the best shape trnwibi, he mi'gnt rote for it Not a Senator on the floor cooU task it appear that this was a homestead bilk and when ihev ar so they are lying to their ronstituteuts and defraud ing the men whom they represent A homestead cannot be created by this Government, and not single Senator dare assert aitch a thing. If stick- b the case, what in the name of Heaven is the as of talking abont a homestead? Mr. O. her stopped kjTTtr titnw.1 f fmlcA fnnir funu lur.nu 1 - - - reply. - Will the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Brown) or th gentleman from Tennessee ( Mr. John son.) or any other State, dare assert that we can make a homestead in the sense In which they wish to put this forth to th country. It la an Infnmoul attempt to deceive the public. They dare not m sert it I a homestead. If thep dare not do it tkxa they Hand convicted as infamous pandercr to vitiated, but what they consider to be public, Senti ment I undertake to say there is no inch public sentiment though they conceive it to be so. 1 say public sentflnent is honest bnt poor Corrnpt, bro ken down politician are ready to catch at every straw to save then from that irfainy to which they ar consigned by their nature, and by their -srogreM downwnrd. If th peopl want lend, they can get. it now. Bnt here yoa propose to give it without tint, and under circumstances which will make thU Government tin eneoarag-er of hizlness and want of thrift Yes, strys my frirod from Mississippi, (Mr. Brown,) land fur the landless, utd horn for th bowielesa. Is there a roau landless In Mias., that U worthy of having a home? - But when yoa under take to give land to th landless, whom do you at tempt to tak h from? It is my land and yonr land, and yon simply take my land and glv It te a worthless scoundrel who never earned a dollar in bis life, and never will. 1 say this, and I say it for my great-grand-children to see, that when a Gov ernment undertake to take property and give it awhy, it strike at the foundation of gorerment. I know I am talking to no parpose I knew I shall be voted down; bat when geutlcmen giv that voto, it will be the most lufamous vote they aver cast What is there honest and truthful iu tak in nron- erty away and giving it to some poor, infamos Moon dml? Do It If you dare. . I defy. I will lay to tho American people what yon have done: and. o helm me Uodf yon will stand condemned before heaven, before God, and the earth. Yes, vou have got th power to do it Do MI Do it! Do IU You voto my property away m bonus to th lauaronl to those Infamous seoaadrel who will not work for living because yon want their votes. Do it ' Yon may get their totes, but tltey will spit upon you after you bare got thvia I" WASHiNoirc-ft, May 24. A philanthropic seen oc curred in the ante-room to the representatives' halt to-day. A handsome trfntatto slave girl appeared in the charge of Vf. Davidson, of this city, wit) a taUment that she had been sold to a negro trader, but by raising $500 cash and securing the payment of $700 more by the 1st of August she could pur chase her freedom. Th amount was promptly raised among tto Republican members, and the girl ut row l rre. Tribune Correspondence. The friends of Seward who are best authorized to speak in bis behalf, rebuke, in the most emphatis terms, Jho suggestidn that be will giv a oold or baiting snpport to Mr. Lincoln, or encourage any luke-warmness ia others. So great has been the impression made by Ur. Benjamtn'ssjieech in the Senate, that 1 50,000 copies were subscrilxrd for immediately in that chamber. alone, without the list being sent to the IIous. Mr. Wendell again appeared before the Covod Committee and testified that while th J'reaideat or Cabinet did not specially direct bin to apply money to carry, th Lrootnpto Bill through tha House, bi intercourse with them at that time fully satisfied the inference that he was to be benefitted by th expenditure, otherwise h would not have been appropriated $30,000 or $40,000 of but money. The. expectation was that he would receive re munerating patronage, which was, subsequently realized in part. All his testimony on this and - other delicate points ha been constrained and evi dently embarrassed by Jli knowledge that every . disclosure affecting those in authority would Involve himself. In comparing bis chock-book with th accounts of th Bank of the MetroiHilia, scrtrml weeks ago, an item of A240 we found charged to Foster of Pennsylvania, among th moneys appro priated for electioneering purposes, and dated three weeks before the Congressional election. Ha wa then asked whether the Foster thus named, was the present Democratic candidal for Governor of Pennsylvania, who ran against Covode forCongreM in 1858. No satisfactory answer could be obtained at tho time, bnt when the interrogrtory wa repeat ed to-day, he admitted knowing uo other Foster for nose benefit it could hav been applied. nsaid large suuis had been entrusted to Mr. Wettle, an ex-member from Pennsylvania, for distribution during the canvass. The case of Postmaster Ronald, at Louisville, will be brought before the Commitlm. He waa appoiuU ed through the Influence of Mr. Guthrie, x Hwre tAVyof the Treasury, and It will be proven that ha deposited the receipts at a private bank, from which Mr. ('inline borrowed. Mr. tjobh pronounond this violation of the Sub-Treasury law, but through the Influence nf Paetmaster General Holt, th Presi dent keep him In office. Acnr-Tt. Oa, May 23. Hon. Win, C. Presto n died at Columbia yesterday. Andrew litirujide, an extensive cotton inercbapt died suddruly at Hamburg tliLa afternoon. . DaVtor, O, May 25. Th extenslv tannery of Hans. Mitchell, a. Stewart In this city, wwdestrev- ed by are loot night. Lo $15,000, insured tor $4,000. Of Hun. Edward Everett nothing need be said, fie "write for th Nw York Ledger." LouieviU Itemoerat. Thus speaks a Southern organ nf Doaglaa, ' W nppne th louisvllle man think It t not at all creditable to Mr. Eve.f tt that ke eonlribaled by bi personal efforts $to,ooo ia aid of th American Iodic' Mount Vcruon fund. Ten thousand dollars of this fund was made by hi contributioiiMo the New York U'd-rr. Tho editor of th Democrat writes every day for a worse paper and pocket tha prucoeds himself. Mtuijihie Bulletin. PmrrHARTm at N w York. On th 1 7ih Inst, tb President nominated to lb Canal, th Hon. John A. Dti a I'ortmaater for th rity of New York. The arpuiulHient ! immediately e 'kfirmed.