Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-08-08

detained by sickness in his family Col. /
was substituted in lieu of Mr.. HYDE
WHIrTHoRNE in his opening speech tool, eursory
review of the history of parties and their present
positions He then took up air. BELLS record and
ventilated it pretty thoroughly and then touch
ing Mr.. DoUGrAs as he passed along. have not
time before the train leaves to give you the points
made by the various speakers. l never heard any
speech listened to more attentiveiy than THIT-
THoRNE's, the highest colpliment that his audience
could have paid HIM.
HOPKINS occupied the first ten minutes Of his
speech by few general remarks containing gen.
eral Endorsement of what WHrrTHoRSE had said about
BELL He then devoted the remainder of his time
to charges of slave code-ism Disunion, YANCEY-ism
and the like. He read the SLAUGHTER letter and
several other extracts recently published by the
Patriot to show that YANcEY & Co. were engaged in
a conspiracy to divide the Union.
HOPKINS rather stole Col BRABsoN's thunder, con-
sequently the Colonel rathes foundered through
his hour and twenty minutes He said that he could
almost forgive HOPKINS for his endorsement of War;
THoRxEs attack on Mr.. BELL because of the manner
in which he had showed up YANCEY and his friends.
He said, he and HoPKNs would whip WHIrTHJRNE
badly on that Disunion question.
= tply VI twenty llli.utcs was auSut
passable crowding his opponents from the jump, he
kept them under the lash all the while. The crowd
drew closer and closer to him until his last word
was spoken. Now and then some ecstatic friend
would cry out, Oh my little fellow; give tito EN-
HoPkNs and BRsBsOy occupied their twenty minutes
each in reply. They accompany WHTTrHoRNE until
they are relieved by Messrs. TAYLOR and Polk.
You may be assured that the substitutes will dnE-
iously await the coming of their principals. The
prospects are cheering in Marion You need have
no fears of WHTFHoRNEs ability to take care of the
banner entrusted to him. All is right. In the laE
guage of one Of the first settlers, That fellow
! WurT-HosNE is a reg'ar ssoinge eat" J.cB.
Democratic Meeting in Ashland City.
On Monday the sixth Of August, 1860. the De-
nioeracy OF Cheatham county assembled at the Court
House, in the town of Ashland City, for the purpose
! of ratifying the nomination of j. c. BREcKINRDGE
for President and JOSEPH LANE for Vice President.
| Upon motion, HARRIS DowLIY, Esq. was called to
the chair, and W. G. SHELToN, C. ". McQUARY and
F. A. HARRIS were appointed secretaries. On taking
the chair Mr.. DowLtN addressed the meeting in
| appropriate manncr.
The following gentlemen were appointed COM
mttee to draft such resolutions as might be consist
! ent with the political sentiments of said meeting:
| c. G. LOWELL W. W. FETrs H. II. HuDGEAs and J. B.
| DEMUMBRA; who through their chairman reported
the following:
| RESOLVED That in the platform of principles ad-
opted by the Convention assembled at the Maryland
| Institute in Baltimore, on the 23d of June last
recognize the true creed OF the National Democracy,
embodyng as it does the correct exposition of the
Constitution of the United States upon whose sacred
guarantees depend the perpetuty of the Union.
! ReSOlUed further, That we heartily ratify and en-
dorse the nomination Of j. c. Breckenridge for Pres
ident and Joseph Lane for Vice President
H. DowLY, Chairman.
Z: Y Y Y: H H SSSss:1 Secretaries
| THE DRoUGHT IN TExAs.-ASorHER SmooN-The
extraordinary drought in various sections Of Texas
continued at last accounts. The Nacogdoches Cro,-
| icIe of the 18th ult, says
! droughtke the present in eastern Texas is not
within the remembrance of maB For over two
months have we looked and prOphesed for rain. but
| in vain. During the past week the mercury stood
! at from 100 to Ito degrees. The consequence Is
most dsastrous the people find it difficult to pro-
cure water; cattle and horses suffer, and in some
| instances perish from want Of it; fields of corn
have withered and become blighted without pro-
ducng an ear while thousand of will not yield
the amount of seed that was required to plant them
| The cotton crops, which usually Withstand all
| droughts are alike victims to 1t.
The Victoria AdUocate says
! On Saturday, the I4th, perfect simeon swept
over Victoria The dust and sand swept by IN clouds
! that darkened the whole atmOswhere, until houses
could not be seen the street The storm blew
| from little west of south, and blew with more than
the violence Of a norther for three quarters OF an
| hour No place was free from the driving dus:-it
visited every hole and corner Of the houses dritted
in like snow through the roofs, in az the win
| dows besprnkled the beds and furniture, drifted
the faces of many of our citizens and fell IN
quantities on the EDITORS MSS Until he could hardly
write.
| SOUTH CAROLINA MAIDS OF THE OLDEN TME.-The
Selma Sentinel has exhumed the following curious
petition which it says was signed by sixteen maids
at Charleston, and presented to the Governor of
that Province on March lst, 1888
To his EcceHeacy, Coo johnson:
The humble petition CT all maids whose names
| are under written
Whereas, we, the humble petitioners are, at pres
ent ia a very melancholy disposition of mind, con-
| slderng how all the bachelors are captivated by
widows and our youthful charms are thereby neg
lected the consequence of this request is that
your Excellency will for the future order that no
widow shall for the future, presume to marry any
young man till the maids are provided for else
pay each of them fine for satisfaction fer invading
our liberties and likewise fine to be laid on all
such bachelors as shall be married 60 widows. The
great disadvantage it is old maids, Is that the
widows by their forward carriages. do snap up the
young men, and have the vanity TO think their mer-
its beyond ours, which is great imposition on US
who have the preference.
This is humbly recommended to your ExceHency's |
consideration.