Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-07-18
Alabama Politics.


Alabama Politics.
ANSWER TO A LETTER TO HON. xDwARD EvssErr.
Tho following letter, in reply to letter address,
cd by Joseph W. Taylor, Esq, of Eutaw, Alabama,
To tho Hon. Edward Everett. was read at the Bell
and Everett Alabama State Convention, held at
Selma. last week. when Bell and Everett Eloc-
toral Ticket was chosen for the State and the
nomination unanimously ratified amidst great en-
thusiasm
Bosros. June IL, 1850.
DEAR SiR Your letter Of tho 10Th was receiv-
cd by Mr.. Everett this day. When no accepted
tho nomination of tho baltimore Union Conveu-
tion IL was IN tho understanding that the eorros-
pondence which might grow out Of 1t should de-
volye on tho Union Committee hero. Your letter
of tho 18th has accordingly boon placed In my
hands, and rs you request answer that will reach
you by return Of mail, have but few moments
'oErep"re.
Tho compromise measures OF 1850 were regard
ed, and have been supported BY conservative
,nen at the North as n fair and practical basa
OF united political action hetween the two great
sections Of thseountry. To those measures Mr..
Everett gave his iull concurrence.
Tho papers enclosed IN your letter, viz tho
resolvoa Of tho Massachusetts legislature, Mr..
nordsn's letter and Mr.. Eysretta reply date from
the year 1899. They were brought before tho
Senate of the United States in 1871, ut the time
Of his nomination NV Minister to England, and
made ground Of u motion FOR it's Rejection. Hen
ry Clay opposed that motion with great warmth
and said that it, through the influences Of tho
south, the appointment OF u man Of Mr. Eycrett's
known conservative opinions was raected, tho
Union was already dissolved" At the close Of a
feryid speech by Rufus Choate. In ,uprort Of Mr..
Eycretts appointment, the late Hon. W. q. Pres.
ton exclaimed IL am afraid have committed
myself to vote against him, but by Heaven ho
shall not be rejected" Mr.. Preston WAS after.
wards h'nrd 10 say that "he regretted that vote
more than any ever given by him.
Mr. Everetts nomination ~ the first Minister
TO chinn two Yeas later, wn.. | believe. unani-
nously confirmed in the same Senate. Of which
Mr.. Vice President King md Mr. Calhoun were
members. His nomination IA Secretary of State
IN the dcn,h Of Mr. Webster was unan mously
onirmed in 1852 In the following year he wns
lected, by the conservative members Of tho egis-
aturc Of Massachusetts, to the Senate Of the Uni
ed States.
Mr.. Eycretts views with reference 10 the sco-
tional agitation row d,srtssing tho coun-
t'y. il lcit in nuy doubt by his own course
tire sufficiently shown by the hitter hostility Of
he entirely anti slavery press. they were re.
fhrmed, to the great acceptance 0i g',od patriots
noughout thel MOT IN his speech ntt aneu,l Hail.
o" the occasion Of tho attempt at lIarper's Fer
ry and th"y are rratatrd in his LETTER signify.
ing his reluctant acceptance Of tho Baltimore
domination.
will only nh.erve. in conclusion. tina, it seems
10 ns here no good can result from u review Of oil
That has been said or written North or South, for
twenty or thirty yenrs, on tho question which now
more than ever distracts tho country. Reasona-
bio men will not. in either section, expect to find
entire concurrence in the other and if sentiments
like those entertained, and on all proper occa-
rions avowed. by Mr. Everett. fail to win tho con-
fdenos Of Union-loving men at the South, Mr.
Clay's emphatic exclamation in l844, may well 10
repeated.
remain Dear cir, in haste. very respectfully
yours,
LEvERErr SALToNsTALL,
Prest. State Central Committee of the Constitu-
tionnl Union party.
To Joseph W. Taylor. Esq. Eutaw. Ala.
HEART RgNDINo CALAMITY IN CHARLES County,
MARYLANp.-A Yacht Parry Overwhelmed in The
Fotomdc- Drophing Of 1po Ladies' and Gentle
mdn- only One Escapc.--Ws learned Yesterday
from private source, the particulars of q most
deplorable event which occurred on Friday last,
in Charles county, Nd, on the Potomac river, be.
tween Cedar Point and the light boat. Mr.. Grant
Harris. . most respectable and worthy young
gentleman. residing in the vicinity Of the shore,
sometime since purchased u sal boat and kept 10
on the Potomac shore for tho amusement of him.
self and friends. Several weeks ago the family
was visited by Mr. Morgan Harris and his two Sis
ters, Ursula and Mamie Harris of Cincinnati.
Ohio. all related by family ties and connected by
the warmest friendship.
On Friday morning. between and 10 O'Clock,
Hrant Harris proposed sail on the Potomac and
accordingly embarked with his nephew. Morgan
Harris and his two nieces. Ursula and Mamie.
Grant Harris. who 10 said to have been very skill.
I ul in the management of his yacht, ventured out
t. the distance Of nearly half mile from the
8 bore, without ballast, to where the water 10
n boye 40 feet deep, and runs rather wild and
t,'eacherous. The ladies became alarmed, aud
Grant Harris. laughingly reprovsd them. Finally,
tile yacht shipped some water, at the sight of
" hich the ladies up which unsettled the boat
and gale striking her. she was eapsized.
Now comes the most painful part OF the recital
Grant Harris clung to his niece Ursula, while
Morgan Harris grasped his sister Mamie, and all
struggled to regain the boat. After going down
once, Ursula. who was rather stout, relaxed her
hold on Grant Haf 10 and sank, followed By Grant
and Mamie, Morgan Harris alone remaining
above the voracious waters lie cIung to the boat,
and was rescued by friends from the shore, who
were witnesses Of the terrible scene.
The bodies had not been found up to the hour
OF our last information from that quarter, (Satur-
day morning,} though the river was being drag
ged at every point where there existed o possibii.
ty of finding the bodies.
The deceased were aged as follows: Grant Uar.
ris 26 years, Ursula 81, Mamie 10. Both were
highly accomplished and much beloved.
The melancholy osourreneeh has spread q gloom
over Charles county. such as has not been witnss.
ssd for many years.
O. zAllA. EvAA suA Nuatn-n U..AI..