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The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-07-25

The Disunionists.-The Louisville
Democrat draws the following picture
of the seceders who ran away from a
Democratic Convention. 1t is replete
with searching, burning ridicule. 1t
says
Those boilers Aatter themselves that
the Convention was not regular because
they left it. How could it be regular
when we marched out with a straight
coat-tail! "The silence of Virginia is
ominous," said the chairman of the del
they had the old Commonwealth in
their pocket. Nine delegates from
Kentucky marched out, carrying this
State in like manner. When did the
Democracy of Kentucky instruct their
delegates to break andru from Demo-
cratic Convention Whom did they
desert in this crisis-enemies of the
South They deserted the men who
annexed Texas, defeated the Wilmot
Proviso, passed the Fugitive slave Law,
repealed the Missouri Compromise, and
who have defended the South on every
stump in the free States. They ran
away from the only friends they have
in the North, who have breasted the
storm of fanaticism there for our Con
stitutional rights, and have sacrificed
their political prospects, scores and
hundred of them battling for the rights
of the South, and are as true now as
ever. These seceders are now the only
friends of the South. They stand far
from the enemy, and talk brayely, while
these men they have deserted, have led
the van and done all the fighting. They
left, forsooth, because these SCARED
veterans would insist on making the
pitched battle which they had to fight,
on the same ground they won the battle
before. These carpet-knig gifts of the
South wanted to dictate the order OF
battle, while others. would do the iii hght-
ing, and because their dictation was not
submitted to, they walked otf-they
vamosed in highfindignation. They
thought ingiorious desertion of their
friends would shock, frighten, terrify'
scare these Densoeratic veterans of the
North. They, no doubt, felt that the
| whole body would follow their coat tails
Bs they followed Yancey's What con
| sternation they expected to produce
When they looked forward at Yancey
and back at the Front street Theatre
and saw no Consideration, no part Of tbs
| building they left tumbling into ruins
| felt no earthquake and saw no eclipse
of the sun, they wondered that neither
| earth nor heaven were contounded a.
that mighty event, which took few
tons avoirdupois of empty conceit ou
ofa Depocratic Convention.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-07-25
A Less wsrlll.

Thespast quarter of a century
interrifig from the dssi OF aEes Lne nid1
den secrets of generations 80 ong
gone sby that the very names of z1aIIy
of thesnations who once 6gured ~ Skjsa-
spicuously in the world q ann
perished with them, has deNS
many strange facts witAtegart 4
cient America. II w9s q
after ALI ifsinstead "a no \
I&sne ~ hos ( Z l. 81
I 2r tor ~ tlls oo
lut9bus sh0sl EQ
| shgt4 and |E ll ~
Q95re{ n = s 4 3
0f Peep x - i
IN the 355
epoch, taS = : f. 81
their existencA : a. il - red
centnrie hn e| & Col
umbus 81 st So z}sA III ;:s 1sss
Ehe har3 10 visited the
Atlantic coasts az carl as the fourth
or fifth centuries, found them occupied
by hostile races in such numbers as to
repel every attempt to penetrate the
interior; the Northmen who made the
first authenticated discoveries in the
Western Hemisphere, in spite OF the
fact that Columbus has always re-
celyed that honor, and who must still
have been preceded by others, whose
accounts of the strange lands they had
visited and the wonders they had seen,
in the absence of 'corroboration, were
received as fables by their countrynen.
Had there been in those days such
th n 9 navpSna tho whole world
wouldpave learned of the existence OF
another continent. 1t would have been
interesting in a historical point of view,
asit would have developed the .exls-
,tence, and, perhaps, have preserved
the records of a number OF nations OF
which the last vestiges are now fading
from the earth.
- Whatever may have been the origin
of our Aborigines, 1t Is certain that
large, portions of what are now the Uni
ted States, and of countries farther
South were inhabited by numero
people, wearing comfortable clothing
and being somewhat advanced IN the
arts. Some OF them, as those OF Mex
leo and Central America, nave left pc
hind them vast ruins, proving that the
cities which they founded were not un-
worthy OF being ranked with the proud
est of oiden time. throughout the
Northern country numerous traces OF a
vanished people have been .som: time
to tipe discovered, but talntef and less
absolutely defined than those OF the
Aztecss, showing concfuslvelythe great
antiquity OF the northerners; Inc
mound builders indications OF whose
industry and eAgineerihg Skill have
been found by the 'arc hasoloEst;S quiers'
scattereskso koverthe Middle slaserthefn
States, must have been morS pumerous
in their day. tharkthe enlightened peo-
pie who have'supplanted them, yet they
have vanished 80 entlEelYs Tom the
scene OF their eartfty iaoorssNthat' nh-
less we adopt the theory p5 retrogres-
son ana accept the, NaSth america
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-07-25
A Bright Biblical hterpreter.-The

II Bright Biblical Interpreter.--The
Nashville Patriot relates the following;
A bright little girl, of five year sol
age, was recently standing by afmindow,
busily examining. hair WHICH, she had
Just pulled out of her head, " What
are you doing, my daaghg gter7' asked
her mother, whose curiosity was excited
by her eager gaze. 81 am looking for
the number, mainma,p said the child.
THE Bible says thjdt the hairs of our
heads are numbered, and I'wont to see
what number is oL6 this =.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-07-25

Who Paid the Expenses Of the Reuo-
luti0nary War? A correspondent of the
Historical Magazine calls attention to n
statement made by the Hon. Rufus
King in the Convention of Massnchu-
sets which met to consider the Consti
tuition of the United States, in January,
1880. Mr.. KIM said the rcquisitions
upon some of the States to carry on
the war were disregarded. a requisition
1vasmade at one time for eleven millions
Of dollars, and six States did not con-
tribute penny of it. At another time,
Mr.. King said, "Two states have not
paid a farthing from the moment they
signed the confederation to this day, if
my documents are to be depended upon,
and they arc open TO the inspection of
ALL" In view of these statements of
one of the prominent men of the period
Immediately succeeding the Revolution,
the queries are made:
Which were the six States which con
tribute nothing towards the required
sum of eleven millions!
Which were the two States whicl
contributed nothing towards the supper
of the confederation.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-07-25

Tine Commercial Affairs Of Europe.
In the North British Review Tor May is
an elaborate article on" The State of Eu-
rope,' from which the following para
graphs are extracted:
There is no doubt that policy of COM
merce, and an occasional pursuit of war,
are not necessarily antithetical. A nation
may maintain trade with one State, while
it dra ws its sword against another. But
the practical problem to be solved, is the
degree in which France may pursue war
by land, without involving herself in war
by sea also. We certainly think it eX-
tremely improbable that the French Gov
ernment, in any such period as we now
live in, would desire to break up their re-
lations with this country. They would
then not only sacrifice the commercial OBJ
jects for which they have just been nego-
lation towards their own subjects; they
erful producing oligaTchy, without gaining
any counterbalancing support from the
friendship Of the consuming multitude.
In fact, they would dislocate the existing
system of industry, without providing an
furthest stretch of commercial impolicy.
1t can have escaped no one that France
is possessed of geographical and political
advantages, both in peace and war, pecn-
liar to its own confguration and govern
ment. It's boundaries are nearly equally
demarked by sea and land. In this res
pect it holds mean between Germany,
with the exception of it's Prussian coast,
almost entirely inland, and Great Britain,
entirely insular. Opcn 10 three seas Tor
some twelve hundred miles, and yet touch
ing on four chief nationalites for another
twelve hundred miles, it is not wholly de-
pendent either on the ocean or the conti-
nent. 1t has therefore a great trade at
command, and the means of political ALI
ance both by sea and land. These natural
elements of superiority have been steadily
developed in the interest at once of war
and commerce. France is building up a
colossal despotism; and adespotism, though
less in area, resting on foundations more
solid than that of the first Napoleon. If
we compare the France of 1850 with the
France of 1860, we shall find great as
well as a marked change both in the
wealth of the people, and in the power
and confidence of the Government. We
say this, without desiring 10 provoke the
faintest jealousy for the national growth,
so far as it is the legitimate result of indi-
vidual energy, although we regard its
naval and military organization as prepos-
terous for the defensive State which
France has asserted herself to be. The
increasing wealth of the French people
can rouse but generous emulation, and
il will widen the scope OF our own inter
change under the commercial treaty, which
in turn will react upon France
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-07-25

EY" A gentleman coming into tho
room of the late DIR. Barton told him
that Mr.. Vowel was dead. What"
said he, Vowel dead Thank God it
was neither u nor a.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-07-25
70 FICI A l.. ]
CARROLLTON COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

TUESDAY, July IL, 1860.
The Council was specially convened
this day at o'clock, II. M, by order
of the Mayor in accordance with
Rule 81.
Present: Hon. A. S. Ferth, Mayor
and Messrs. j. Davenport, F. Fischer,
F. Schuler, G. Engleman and G.. Herr2er
Absent: Messrs. j. r. Hutchisony s
Brookes and VIM. Mayo. ss
The President stated, the objectss5
the meeting. 81
A letter was read from the Conn
trolle1 in relation to the examination az
his books, and disclaiming all intention
of disrespect to the Council in refusing
to have his Books and papers examined.
On motion the letter was received. Il
Mr.. Mayo appeared and took his seat.
Porter ten dollars for refusing the Com
mittee to take and examine his Books,
was carried.
A motion of Mr.. Fischer, seconded
by Mr.. Davenport, that Mr.. Porter
apologize in the Official Journal to the
Council for refusing an examination OF
his Books, was carried.
A motion Of Mr.. Engleman, that the
Attorney w. .. upon, De uisuAsseu
from office for neglect of duty, was
carried unanimously.
A motion of Mr.. Davenport, that the
Mayor and Finance Committee be en-
powered to employ Lawyer when ne
cessary, was carried.
On motion of Mr.. Engleman, the
Mayor was authorized to demand from
Mr.. w. S. Upton, all the papers and ac-
counts of the City in his hands.
The following Resolutions offered by,
Mr.. Davenport, We're read and adopted
after suspending the rules.
Resolved, That the Mayor be and he.
is hereby authorized to superintend the
construction of the Shell Road in Canal
Avenue and the New Leyee' below
Adams street, and the Surveyor is di-
rected to give all necessary lines, stakes
and levels for those works.
Resolued, That all action of this,
council conflicting with the foregoing
resolutions be and the same is hereby
repealed.
The following Ordinance which was
offered by Mr.. Davenport at the meet
ing of June 9th. 1860, was called up,
read and adopted after suspending. the
rules.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-07-25

Cy A private letter from Mexico,
alluding to the progress of the civil.
war, says: Depend upon it nothing
can be done by either side till She
fall"
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-07-25
AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE
for Recording Privileges and TO
Regulate Tax Suits.

Be 1t Ordained by the Mayor and
Council Of the City Of CarroILtom, That
it is the duty of the Attorney of this
city and he is hereby directed, in accor-
dance with Section II of the Act to
Incorporate the City of Corrollton, to
cause to be recorded in the Mortgage
Office of the Parish of Jefferson, all
tax bills which remain unpaid at the.end
of the delay of 20 days, for answering
as fixed by section 16 of said act; and
to that end and for that purpose, it is
hereby made his duty to prepare a list
showing the names of the debtors, the
amount due by each, the year for which
it is due and the description of the pro-
perty, as found on the bill, ON which the
tax is due; which list shall be made and
signed by him forthwith after the expi-
ration of said delay Of 20 days and filed
with the Recorder in the least possible
delay, to be entered on his Books ac-
cording to law. The Attorney shall
take Judgments by default against all
persons who have not answered and then
stay law proceedings, on all unanswered
tax suits until further orders of the
Council. In all answered suits he shall
proceed according to law.
Be 1t further Ordained, That all bills
for paving or other work done on the
streets and sidewalks and for which the
front owners are liable according to law,
and all bills for work lawfully done
on private property and for which the
owner is liable, shall be recorded in the
Mortgage Office by the Collector pre-
vious to being put in the hands of the
Attorney for suit.
On motion the Council adjourned.
A true copy,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-08-17
WHOLE NO. $500.

It's disruption extngushes my ardently cherished hope
Of preserving only rights, but the Union itself
~ IDLE to debate review the causes that led to ts dis
rupron Let IL suffice here for me TO say that in my op
nion the secession Of the Southern delegates from the
Charleston Convention was unwisc and impolitic Il
was manifest there to the most casual observer that
South, could not receive the nomination in full Con-
yenton and il equally certain that Mr.. Breckin-
ridge would have been the nominee, II the Southern de-
legations had not abandoned their posts II Mr. Breck-
nrdgo had been the nominee a Charleston bis election
would have been a certainty. He is now the nominee
OF only one wing Of the party the other wing having
mated Douglass and while ] shall give 10 breckenridge
and Lane, the nominees Of the Baltimore Convention,
gentlemen Of tried patriotism aud sound principles
hearty and cordial support, prospect Of their
election either by the pcoploor otherwise.
lincoln and Hamlin, the Black Republican nominees,
will bo elected In November next, and the South will
then decide the great question whether they will submit
to the domination Of Black Republican ruc-the funda-
mental principle of their organization being open,
undguished and declared war upon our social instu-
tons believe that the honor and safety Of the South,
~ That contingency, will require the prompt secession OF
the slayehodng States from the Union and falling then
TO obtain from the free States additional and higher
guarantees for the protection Of rights and property,
that the secedng States should proceed establish a
new government But while I think such would be the
imperative duty Of the South, should emphaucally
probate and repudiate any scheme having for is object
the separate secession Of South Carohna. II Georgia.
Alabama and Mississippi alunc-giving portion of
the Atlantic and Gulf coastswoud unite with the State
in common secession upon the election Of Black Re
publican, would give my assent to the policy.
| would indulge In no language Of elimination OF de-
nuncauon OF our brethren ia the South who impe
led by Of patriotic duty support Douglas and
Johnson. I believe they misiudging the most eff
ceni means Of preserving the rights and interests Of the
South in sustaining these gentlemen but concede to
them patriotism catholic as | claim for myself and
feel we'll assured that when the great sectional issue
between the North aud South Is 10 be decdedan issue
which words alone will not sottethat the South will
have need Of the services Of all her sons and that Breck
uridgo and Douglas men will only emulate each
other In their gallant devotion 20 her honor aud
Thanking you, gentlemen. for your kind consideration.
aud reterating my regret that cannot respond arma
lively to your call, subscribe myself most truly your
friend aud fellow Citizen
JAMES L. ORR.
To JOHS MAurrN and others.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-08-17

stream. Forty years once seemed a long
weary pilgrimage to tread It now seems but
step. And yet along the way are broken
shrines where a thousand hopes have wasted
into ashes footprints sacred under their
drifting Of dust green mounds whose grass
is fresh with the watering of tears shadows
even, which we would not forget. We will
garner the shunshine OF those years, and with
chastoned steps and hopes, push on toward
the evening whose signal lights will soon bc
seen swinging whore the waters arc still, and
tho stolms neYor hnat
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-08-17
A SENSATION STORY SPOILED.

We published last week statement
from the Cleveland Plaindeaier, purportng tC
be the confession of a notorious counterleter
by the name Of Boorn, that he killed a man
by the name of Colvin, forty years ago, in
Vermont, and escaped by producing man
from New Jersey so much resembling Colvin
as to induce the belief he was the very man
and so cleared him from the gallows, and lei
him and his brother 60 free The Cleveland
Herald, after recounting the story, and ex-
pressing its dstrust Of many Of the sensation
stories" which find their way into the news
papers, adds the following
This morning we visited Jesse Boorn in
the county Jail lie positively denied the
statement in city paper that he had confess
cd to Deputy Marshal Hackett his connection
with the murder of Colvin, and had told
Hackett that the man who came from New
Jersey was a bogus Colyin, selected for this
purpose on account ofpersonal resemblance to
the murdered man. His story to us was
rambling and incoherent, which might be &C
counted for by his age and palsied state, but
he strenuously denied that Colvin was mur-
dered, and in the main confirms the story
narrated above"
The identity of the man produced at the
trial with the supposed to be murdered Col
vim, is substautiated by correspondent Of
the Philadelphia bulletin, whose statement is
so interesting that we copy it,
more than forty years since deranged
man came to my fathers house, near Tucker
ton, New Jersey, hungry, ragged and dirty
He was cared for during the night. He said
that he had been murdered in Vermont, and
never would return there again. 1t was win
ter. and extremely cold He walked across
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-08-17
From the Lansing (Mieh) Republican.
HOW WELL THEY AGREE.

Side by side we place the respective opin-
ions of Douglas and Johnson, both candi-
dates on the same ticket, upon the questions
atissue, which really splits the Locofoco party
to-day. Reconcile them who can. it is not
''our fix but fortunately for Republicans the
task devolyes upon our opponents, who, if
they are unable to explain, can and will bra
zen the matter out much better than the sup
porters of Lincoln, who, inasmuch as those
candidates know no dividing lines Of opinion,
of course give their party no exercise or dis
cipline in riding two horses at once, going
dl lHarnnt mnYs-
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-08-17

I-V' The following letter from Mr.. Speak
err orr of South Carolina is worthy Of being
read. 1t will be seen that he comedies the
election Of Lincoln as fixed fact:
ANpgilsoN, g. H., July ~, 1860
GESrLEMES II hpyc read aud carefully considered
your appeal t1 10 become candidate for the Legis
lature In this District The seadfist and cordial sup
port You gave throughout public career o sixteen
years rendcrs t.panGil 10 nc to decline any position
which you desire occupy and yet private consider
aons of great weight 10 be disreg lrded mpel me
reluctantly 10 decline your call
am like yourself, deeply impressed with the critical
aspect OF Federal affairs, aud believe are drifting
rapidly upon revolution, My hope, you know, for
years past for the preservation of the tights OF the South
in The Uniou has been upon the Democratic patty. SO
long u united, Harmonious aud Triumphant, our
rights aud institutions safe. That great party that
has, In times gone by 80 many brilliant victories
over Federalism, Abotonisn, and consolidation, aud
established 40 many sound and conservative principles,
is now disnnited, divided, and broken up.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-08-17

~ Hon. A. T. Hamilton of Texas spoke
at Austin on July "a, lie informed his audi
ence in plain terms, so the Gazetie says, that
they need not suppose, because they saw so
much enthusiasm around them for Breckin-
ridge aud Lane, that these gentlemen stood
the best chance of being elected. On the
contrary, he thought that lir Lincoln tro,lid be
elected, that Mr.. Douglas would be second.
Mr.. Bel third, and Mr. Breckinridge would
be Last.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-08-17
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~ Mr.. Douglass plan OF stumping the
country will gain him no more votes than
laurels. The people don't like it. 1t is con-
trary to all their ideas concerning the fitness
Of things. We cannot call to mind any man
having been Presidential stumper, unless
the few silly speeches that General Harrison
made be an exception but he was very
promptly muzzled, and not allowed to 90 on
to the stump again. But for this sagacious
treatment the wings would have been beaten,
for the country never could have stood the
inaugural in advance. Mr.. Douglas is little
likely to talk as absurdly or as honestly as
General Harrison talked but he will do him
self as much harm as if he were a downright
fool. The Presidential office is not to be
sought as if it were small place suited to
the necess stios of an ambitious man with sew
en- wives and a child--we mean, with wife
and seven small children. The modes of the
bar room and the stump are not applicable to
those who would be among Washington's
successors. The other candidates set ex-
amples which Mr.. Douglas would do we'll to
initiate, Mr.. LINCOLN and Mr. Bell are
studiously silent and Mr. Breckinridge has
said very little, and that little he is determine
ed shall not be made more The regular
democratic candidate, however, behaves in the
most irregular manner, and having broken
down the democratic party, seeks TO break
up all rule and order. He'll not make many
votes by his motion--or motions. lie may
travel from the Dan of Oregon to the Beer
sheba Of Maine, and he'll find the whole eoun-
try barren of sympathy with his Cause
Irdueiicr.