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iFrom the New Orleans Picayune, 9 th inst. j
Later from the Uulf Squadron.
TAKING OF LAGVNa.
By the arrival of the prize schooner
Amalio, taken off Alvarado on the 27th
nit., by the U. S. steamer Mississippi, out
neighbors of the Mercury yesterday re
ceived later news from the squadron and
an account of the taking of Laguna by
Com. Perry.
It seems that Com. P. arrived off that
i.lace on the 20th ult., with the steamers
Mississippi, Petrel, Vixen and Bonita,
and the same day took possession of the
place without opposition Fifteen can
non were destroyed, some 900 lbs. of
powder taken, and fifty soldiers disarm,
ed, although the latter affected to be fa
vorably disposed to the cause of the
Campeachians. The latter had declar
ed themselves entirely independent of
Mexico, and had sent their Commission
e s on the schooner Sisalnio to Corn.
Conner, at Anton Lizardo, to request him
to desist from any hostile measures
against Yucatan, until Commissioners
could be sent to the Government of the
United Stales to obtain the recognition of
the independence of the State. These
c mmi'sioners left Anton Lizardo on the
20th, to return but the result of their |
conference with Com. Conner is not :
known. We happen to he among those ■
who do not altogether believe in the sin- j
cerity of these Yucatanese. A double
game has been played on that coast all !
summer and the inhabitants require the
closest kind of watching.
Our readers may recollect that we
mentioned, a few days since, that a boat
fiom the John Adams had made a
thorough night examination of the castle
of San Juan de Uloa. The officer who I
bad charge of the boat, as we learn from
the Mercury, was Passed Midshipman j
Fitzgerald. He had eight men in his
boat, with muffled oars, and in the dark- !
ness of the night rowed round and round j
the castle, went under the drawbridge,
entered the water battery, and made a
thoiough reconnoisance of every part. — i
This gallant exploit has proved that men j
may be landed fiom boats at night, and
that the water batteries may easily be 1
ta’cen.
Com. Perry, on his return to Anton :
Lizardo from Laguna, looked in at Al
varado and Tabasco, and found that the
fortifications of both places have been re
paired and much strengthened since they 1
were attacked by the squadron. At Ta- j
basco there were about three thousand .
troops, and at Alvarado about four thou- (
sand. Notwithstanding these formidable j
preparations, the general impression is j
that Com. Conner will soon attack these
places.
On the arrival of Gen. La Vega at
Vera Cruz on ihe 15lh, all the prisoners
from the squadron in the hands of the en
emy were released. If is now ascertain
ed that but eleven of the crew of the
Somers drifted to the main land when she
was wrecked, and not sixteen, as was
first stated. Midshipman Rogers was at
Vera Cruz. He had been tried by the
civil and military tribunals as a spy, and
had been acquitted by the latter, but
found guilty by the former. It was be
lieved, however, that the more favorable
verdict would prevail, and that lie would i
be liberated.
Purser Andrew I). Crosby, of the
Mississippi, was accidentally killed while I
entering Laguna. He was in the rig- |
ging of the Vixen at the lime, assisting
in piloting the vessel, says tfie Mercury,
as the fidelity of the pilot (the same Mex
ican who was pilot on board the Truxfon
when she was lost at Tuspan,) was sus- j
peeled. The vessel giving a heavy lurch j
Mr. C. lost his hold and fell on the deck, |
and was instantly killed. He was buried
with military honors in the cemetery of I
the British Consul at Laguna.
The Amalio came up in charge of
Passed Midshipman Barbot and a prize
crew. Passed Midshipman Barbour and
Chief Engineer Wood were also on board.
She sailed from Anton Lizardo on the
291 h ult., and left the following vessels
there T frigate Raritan (flag ship), store
ship Relief, steamer Princeton, schooners
Petrita, Mohonesa and La Puebla, and
the following merchant vessels: bark
John Barnes, brigs Albrasia, Garnet,
Chinchilla, sehr. Petria, and a schooner,
name unknown. The Mississippi, wiih
Com. Perry on board, sailed at the same
lime for Norfolk, via Havana. She goes
to Norfolk to repair, and will return in a
short time to the Gulf.
.The John Adams was blockading Vera
Cruz; the McLane and Bonita, Tabasco;
and at Laguna the Vixen and Petrel were
left blockadiug.
A*nexlcas Proclamation I
The following gasconading proclama
tion of the Governor of Chihuahua, the
puissant Senor Gen. Don Angel Frias, is
the same of which we made mention two
or three days since, but for which, until
now, we could not find room. This fel
low Trias, however much he pretends to
burn, and however eager his zeal to en
counter the “iniquitous invaders” of his
sacred soil, is one of the greatest brag
garts in all Mexico, a country that pro
duces rare specimens. Gregg, who wrote
that interesting work the “Commerce of
the Prairies/ 1 had an adventure with him,
in 1539, at his own hacienda, and with a
force not one tenth as large as that of his
illustrious excellency, frightened him en
tirely out of the little wit that has been
vouchsafed him. It may be looked upon
as a little singular that all these Mexican
generals start out burning and boiling
over to meet barba'rlan invaders, yet
never gel within even cannon shot of
them; we can only account for it on the
plea that they fire up so strongly that
their zeal burns entirely out before they
get in harm’s way. The very last man
in all Mexico that cares about seeing Gen,
Kearny is Senor General Don Angel
Trias, however much desire he may man
ifest, on paper, to come to buffets when
afar off. We give his proclamation en
tire —not for any inrqortance it may pos
sess, hut as an admirable illustration of
Mexican character generally, and of that
of the Governor of Chihuahua in particu
lar.
The Governor of Chihuahua to the Van
guard which is mar dung to the Fron
tier of the North of the Slate:
Soldiers—The iniquitous invaders of
Mexico are approaching the town of El
Paso, an important portion of this State,
where the enemy designs to establish
his quarters for the winter, or till such
time as mav best subserve his ulteror
designs. It is necessary that you should
go forward, defenders of the glories of
Mexico, to give a lesson to these pirates.
The Slate had relied with confidence
upon the valiant and hardy inhabitants
about El Paso; but treason has succeeded
in diffusing distrust among them, and the
patriotic peasentry. dismayed by a con
ternptible revolt, threw down their arms
when they were within thirty leagues of
iheenernv, who were in small force, and
thus, beyond all question, the opoortuni
| ty was lost of compelling Gen. Kearney
j to surrender at discretion. Suhordina
: lion and discipline were alone wanting t >
! our troops.
It is for you to advance and re-estah
lish confidence among these Mexicans,
and to chastise the enemy if lie should
have the audacity to set fool upon the
soil of this State, enohied as it is hy the
blood of the father of our independence.
1 confide in your valor, and I have only to
j impress upon yon the. neceesily ot ohe-
I dience to your officers and the most per
j feet dL'chdine.
AH the people of Chihuahua burn with
| eager desire to accompany you, because
i thev are all good Mexicans and are aui
| mated by the highest enthusiasm and the
purest patriotism. Like you, they are
j eager to march at the firs' signal. Should
the circumstances of the war demand it,
I be as«ured that you will be supported, at
( whatever cost, by great reinforcements,
j For the people of Chihuahua no sacriche
; is felt as costly w hen demanded by the
honor of the Republic.
The enthusiasm with which you march
and the sanctity of our noble cause are
| the sure presages of victory. Yes! under
the guidance of the God of battles, your
arms shall be crowned with success,
t Thus hones your friend and companion.
ANGEL TRIAS.
Chihuahua, Nov. 19, ld4fl.
[From the Charleston Mercury, 13/A intt.]
The North and Mouth,
i The recent movements of the North in
Congress to ostracise the slave-holding
States and’deprive them, hy law, of all
share in the territory acquired by the war
with Mexico, have been met on the part
of the Southern members w ith a fir mness
deserving the grateful appreciation of
their constituents, and w ith a harmony of
sentiment and determination that augurs
well for the cause. Let them be assured
they will he sustained hv Ihe people.—
The Union of the South in this emergen,
cv will save the Federal Union from a
great danger. On Friday, Mr. Toombs,
a VVhig Representative from Georgia,
touched this question, and with ability.
We quote that portion of his speech and
commend it to the attention ofour readers.
“And this brought him to speak for a
few minutes of the pro; osition introduced
bv the gentleman from New York, (Mr.
Preston King.) Mr. T. did not feel that
degree ot excitement on this subject which
appeared toinftuence hisSouthem friends.
He was prepared to meet the crisis when
if should come. His own course and
that of the people of the South were fixed
and determined. There was no differ
ence of opinion there; and he felt that,
w hen united, they had nothing to fear
from any quarter. Mr. T. Lad seen no
thing since he had the honor of a seat on
the floor of Congress so well ca’culated to
disturb the peace of the country as the
bill attempted to be introduced by the
gentleman from New York. Had he not
known that the gentleman had introduced
it, he would have supposed that it might
have been the work of some desperate
political gamester, the webb of whose pow
er was crumbling under his feet; in
whose ears the triumphant shou’s of vic
torious foes were yet ringing; whose
friends were treacherously undermining
him; and who, being determined to make
one last desperate struggle for lost pow.
er, was endeavoring to recruit his broken
columns from the ranks of a desperate
fanatical faction, whom, in the day of his
power and prosperity, he had scorned and
despised; in short, one who had deter
mined to fire the temple of liberty, if he
was not allowed to minister at its altar.
But, as the gentleman from New York
fathered the bill, he supposed he must
dismiss from his mind these suppositions.
At all events, the question had come, and
Mr. T. was not certain that it had come
inopportunely, if it must come at all,
though he believed that the Executive and
his organist, and his echoes here, might
think it a very bad time. If the question
was to breed mischief to the peace and
safety of the country, it were belter to
understand ii now, while it was capable
of control. But if this element of discord
and discontentment was to take a differ
ent direction, it only remained that those
against whom it was to be di r ected should
lo< k first to the preservation of the Union,
and next to their own rights.
“Mr. T. was actuated in this matter by
no intemperate zeal. He should indulge
in no denunciations against gentlemen
who were situated amidst circumstances
wholly different from his own. and who
clung to what they believed, however er
roneonsly, to be the interest of those ter
ritories to which the bill related. He
pretended to no such sort of philanthropy.
He did not much believe in this diffusive
patriotism. He believed that the man
whose love for his race did not begin at
his own hearth stone, and then spread into
his own neighborhood, his own State, his
own section of the Union, did not love any
of them half as well as himself. Mr. T.
stood up first for the rights of all who in
habited bis own section of this broad
Union. He went for the Union as it was.
If gentlemen were tired of it unless they
could carry a measure which was incon
sistent with the equal rights of all, let
them say so.
“The gentleman from Indiana, (Mr. C.
B. Smi'h,) who addressed the committee
some da vs since, and to whom he had
listened with unmingled pleasure and
satisfaction, had, in Mr, T’s. judgment,
taken the ground of justice and of right.
But to the gentleman who had exhibited
such a newborn zeal for the acquisition
of free territory, (he called it newborn,
for he well remembered the time when
their ‘natural allies’ in New York were
pointed to as the ark of safety for South
ern institutions) he might well say ‘Et
fu Brute.' An attack from that quarter
was, he confessed, most unexpected.—
The South had once relied on these New
York ‘natural allies:’ no Northern men
with Southern principles; but he now
perceived that, in their zeal in behalf of
Southern interests, they had been actu
ated only bv a desire for power and spoils.
'Then fhev could make what were now
found to have been but bare and hollow,
hearted concessions to those who stood
firm on the of the constitution.
“Rut Mr. T. would tell gentlemen, not
under excitement, but as his candid opin
ion, if the policy of that faction was to be
adopted bv the House—lie meant it as no
threat, for he scorned to threaten—the
spoke it as the calm and settled conviction
ol his own mind—that the men whom he
represented here would take measures to
provide ‘new safeguards for their future
seen riiy
The gentleman from New York (Mr. |
Grover) asked how the South could com
plain ofthe proposed proviso to accompany
the admission of new territory, wh enlhe
arrangement was so perfectly fair, and
put the North and the South on a footing
of perfect equality. The north would go
there without slaves, and so could the
South. Well, Mr. T. would try the prin
ciple the other w f ay. Suppose the ter.
ritory to be open to all: then the south
could go there and carry slaves with
them, and so could the North. Would
not this be just as equal? [Much laugh
ter, j Mr. T. said he would not answer j
for the strength of the argument, but it
vas as good as vvhal he got. [Renewed
laughter]
“The .south would remain in the Union
on a ground of perfect equality with the
rest of the Union, or they would not stay
in it at all. They asked for honesty and
honorable union; more thev did not ask,
nor would they put up with less. To ask
them to be content with a position of in
feriority, would degrade those who made
such a proposition as much as it would
those who cnld accept of it. The South
hsked only for even-handed justice.
“Mr. T. had listened attentively to the
gentlemen from Virginia and from Ala
hamia, and he endorsed it all. They had
faithfully represented the opinions and
feelings of all who lived at the South, with
fewer exceptions than there had been
Tories in the days of the Revolution.
Then let us put a check upon this lust of
dominion. We had territory enough,
Heaven knows* Why should we seek to
bring in more by force of arms? Let us
imorove what we had; let us cover it with
an industrious, enterprising population,
who should spread over its mountains and
its valleys, till the widerness was subdued
and covered with waving harvests. Then
might we safelv defy the world in arms,
and then should we at the same time
exert a moral force which would spread
its control over surrounding nations. But
he was against this fraternizing pobev.
It was too much like that pursued by the
French in (he days of the Directory, whose
armies came into all the weaker countries
of Europe with the proposal—
‘Let us be brethren—or we’ll cut your
throats.*
If this was the policy to be pursued
here, Mr. T. warned gentlemen that he
should resist it to the uttermost. He would
call upon all the people to resist it. Such
a policy destroyed the Republic of Rome,
and we might follow in the same path.
Let us then, provide beforehand against
such a fate.
“The Missouri question, which to the
great joy and satisfaction of the whole
country had slept for a quarter of a cen
tury, bad hpen raised again by the gentle
man from New York. A gentleman from
Ohio (Mr. Vinton) had said that the Mis.
souri compromise applied only to the ter
ritory we had obtained from France.
This might be true. But it was the uni
versal belief of the South that in that
compromise she had sacrificed her right
for the sake of the peace and harmony of
the Union; for that territory had been
open to all—as open to the men ofthe
South as of the North. The North yielded
nothing: it was the South which yielded
that equal right which her citizens pos
sessed under ihe constitution, of going
wherever the laws of the Union went—
wherever the American flag waved over
American soil: logo with their flocks and
their herds, their maid servants and their
man servants.
“The territory we got fromFance ran
up as high as 40 deg. north; but much of
the country over which their equal right
extended was nnsnited to a slave popula
tion, and they had been willing to make
the concession for the sake of peace and
of union. They yielded it to the memo,
ries and associations of the past, and to
brighter hopes of a glorious future; not
to craven fear. That compromise grew
out of no desire for Northern aid. They
had no fears on the score of their ow n in
stitutions. They claimed a right to
slavery not under the constitution; their
right was long anterior to the constitu
tion, they held it under their own sover
eign right. Lei gentlemen who sought
to destroy it tear the constitution to atoms,
and how much nearer would thev be to
their object? Destroy the constitution,
still the South held her slavery bv her
own municipal r'~'.t Their institutions
were not i:t L'S s ; itest danger—none
in the world. Tnecnlv benefit the South
had got from the constitution (the right to
have fugitives from labor delivered up)
had been lost and frittered away by men
who were not able to stand up against the
pressure from without, and who shrank
from and evaded their duty to satisfy a
faction. In some of the largest Slates,
that right had been refused and fritted
away against the express provision of the
constitution.
“But gentlemen contended that the
compromise had done its work, and was
now over— -functus officii. If so, then the
South were entitled equally with the
north to a shareof tho<e fair lands of which
the gentleman from N. Y. had spoken
with so much unction; and so gentlemen
would find it if they should attempt to car
rv out what they now proposed. Thev
would find the men who had won that
territory by their arms, a little harder
to drive out than the Mexicans, if this
Government retained it. Much of the
blood hv which these territories hail been
won, had flowed in Southern veins.—
The volunteers of the South had been
first called out. and had first marched,
not because they were braver or more
ready than their brethren of the North,
hut merely because they were nearer to
the scene of action. He knew, he chreer
fnlly admitted, that men ofthe North and
of the South were all equally ready, and,
he would add, Whigs and Democrats
too. Rut the South first marched and
first bled. That was the way they had
given aid and comfort to the enemy
These men were there, numbers of them
in California, slave-holders themselves
and the sons of slave-holders; and they
would not he very likely to assent to have
all who held salves excluded from the
soil they had won.
“If gentlemen objected (o the compro
mise, w hat ground had they to stand upon
when thev pretended that all of the
States were put upon an equal footing?—
How could that be a state of equality in
which the States of one-half the Union
undertook successfully to say to the
States of the other half, you and your
people shall be driven from territory
which is the property of all? Let that
policy succeed, and few indeed would he
found who could say that the States w ere
in the Union on an equal fooling. .No,
the people of the South claim the right to
carry their institutions with them where
ver they went; into all parts of the Re
public; that they had a right to make
their own laws while organized as terri
lories, and when they become States, to
choose for themselves whether they would
have slavery or not. It was as much as
the gentleman from New York would be
able to do to legislate for the people im
mediately around him, and for his own
times, without busying himself with he
people of California, and providing for
future ages.’ Leave these people to act
for themselves. The South claimed to
stand on an equal platform with the other
States. This they demanfdcd as their
right, and they intended lo have it. It
was only fair play, and there was no use
in blinking the question. They would
be degraded, and unworthy of the name
of American freemen, could they con
sent to remain, for a day or an hour,
in a Union where they must stand no
ground of inferiority, and he denied the
rights and privileges which were exten
ded to all others.”
[From the Chronicle fy Sentinel, IDA inst.]
\V ill the territory be valuable, and ought
it to be acquired now?
We ask this question upon the supposition
that all doubts of the justice of our cause, of
our right to seize and bold it, are dissipated
and overthrown.
Do not our readers recollect the resolution
of Mr. Wilmot, which passed the House of
Representatives as an amendment to Mr.
Polk’s two million bill? Did not the Repre
sentatives from the free States show, by pass
ing that resolution, that they were opposed
to any further annexation of new territory,
unless slavery should be prohibited within its
limits? Our readers saw,in out paper of Fri
day, the substance of resolutions which were
introduced into the House, on the 4th instant,
having the same object in view—the rejection
of any more new territory for the extension
of slavery.
Mr. King, of New York, moved that the
special order of the day be postponed to take
up his resolutions, and his motion was lost by
only a single vote, yeas 88, nays 89. Is not
this indicaTive that they will certainly pass
when called up in regular order.
There are many now living who recollect
how the stormy passions of sectional inter
ests were aroused to fury in 1819, on the
question of the admission of Missouri into
the Union. The Union then rocked to its
centre. But the earthquake violence of this
new discord, if the question of annexation is
pressed and urged, will more than rock it—
it will rend into fragments.
This Union was founded upon compromise.
The Constitution was the work of compro
mise and patriotic forbearance. God grant
that all the States of the Union, and their re
spective people, may ever be prepared to
listen to each other’s wants, arguments and
wishes. No one section can disregard ano
ther section, and treat its views with con
tent t, without the danger of internal con
vulsions, and perhaps civil war. Is there
not reason lo believe that all of the free
States, that an overwhelming majority of the
people there, are utterly and irreconcileablv
opposed to the acquisition of New Mexico
and California, for the purpose of enlarging
the area of slavery? Can l fie South ever con
sent to their annexation as free States? —
What then shall be done? If the justice qf
our cause, if the wrongs of Mexico authorize
ns to dismember her territory, ami seize and
occupy it, will good policy, and the safely of
the Union justify it? Will we act wisely to
acquire if at an expense of from fifty to one
hundred millions of dollars? Will that not
he an extravagant price to pav for a political
fire-brand to light up the flames of furious
discord, and perhaps dissolve the Union,
which all should love and cherish as the
great ark of our security and freedom?
Would a gracious and priceless offer of it
all from Mexico, make it cheap to ns at such
a sacrifice? Oh! that the people of this coun
try would learn from the lessons of history
the dangers of extended dominion? W ould to
Heaven, that thev would reason together,
harken to each others words, mutually res
pect the feelings of one another, and harmon
ize upon the great principles of the Constitu
tion, reason and justice, before they thall be
deprived of the opportunity by the vortex of
National dissolution and ruin.
W I o doubts that Ihe war could be closed
in a few weeks, if our Government would give
up the known and avowed purpose of seiz
ing and keeping possession of New Mexico
and California? With that object in view and
persisted in, the Mexicans will not lay down
their arms, till exhausted for want of means
to wield them upon the field of battle. We
will be waging a war, spending millions of
treasure, and sacrificing thousands of lives—
for what, in the name of reason? For a fiery
serpent lo sting us to death? For an apple
of discord to create sectional hale at home.
; and a violent disruption of all the sacred
I bonds of our happv Union.
Let that fatal idea be abandoned, and in a
I few week peace would be restored between
: tlie two belligerent Republics, and harmony,
S so desirable and essential, could be preserved
i between the already agitated and contend
ing sections of our own.
__ AUGUSTA. CEO..
i FRIDAY .MORNING, JANUARY 15, 1847.
Truckliug lo Ab«lilioni»in.
It is a startling position for any Southern paper,
I published in a slave-holding State, to assume that
this country should yield up to the enemy her ter
ritorial conquests, because the non-slave-holding
Slates may dissolve the Union, rather than sub
mit to a further extension of slave territory. That
! such is the position taken by the Chronicle & Sen
tinel, we have asserted, and we have styled it
Truckling to Abolitionism. Lest unr readers
should suppose that we have done injustice by
that assertion, we publish entire, the remarks of
1 the Chronicle on that subject. Our readers can
! thus better judge of the propriety of the teims by
j which we have characterized that position. Such
an entire surrender at discretion of Southern rights
| to the fell spirit of Abolitionism vve believe is un
paralleled. If ilie term, Anti-Slavery prejudices,
be more agreeable, we substitute it, and insist
I that the Southern States w ill never submit thus
| tamely to be controlled and dictated to by those
Stales, which certainly have only an equal right
with them in our government, its present proper
ty, and its future acquisitions. The Free States
bully us, and threaten to dissolve the Union, if
any more slave territory he added to the Union-
In other words, if all future acquisitions of territo
ry, whether by conquest or by purchase, be not
surrendered up to the free laborers of I lie North and
West, thus excluding the Southern Stales from al
participation in it, then the North and West will
dissolve the Union—yea, in the panic stricken
language of the Chronicle, “will rend it into frag
ments.” For one, we are free to admit that the
Union is valuable —is very valuahle,and should he
cherished by the South. She has paid enough for
it in all conscience, both in blood and treasure, to
I place a high price upon it. The battle fields of
the revolution, every spot by land and by sea hal-
I lowed by recollections of American valour, will
attest the blood it hascost the South. The heavy
.
i tariffs w hich have been imposed our people,
j to fetter the commerce of the South with foreign
1 countries, and to build up Northern Cities at the
expense of Southern labour, will furnish data to
estimate the amount of money the South has paid
toenjoy the privileges and blessings of the Union.
Slie has paid her quota in blood and treasure for
an equal share in the common property ami ac
quisitions, as well as the common fame and glory
of that Union. She will not abandon it for light
cause. But while she remains, ir will not he on
sufferance —by the gracious permission of her as
sociates —as an integial, but an inferior portion of
the Union. On this question the South will he
united, and act as one Stale. If the free States
are opposed to the institution of slavery, and re
gret its recognition by the Constitution, be it so.
They are entitled to their opinion. But if they
assume a paramount right to prescribe to it bounds
within the terri orial limits of the Union, and to
say, it shall not extend into certain territory
which is common property both of the free ami of
the slave States, the South will submit to no such
dictation. It will allow no such usurpation and ap
propriation of a joint domain, to the sole use of the
free Stales. If the free States threaten lo dissolve
the Union, because not allowed lo dictate terms,
let them do so. Let them go out of the copartner
ship, and welcome. But in going they will even
then have to submit to an equitable division of
the public domain. In either event, whether they
stay in or go out, the South will not give up her
fair share of “the spoils of the vanquished.” New
Mexico and California are now, by the fortunes of
war American domain. They are, or are to be
permanent acquisitions. No body can seriously
believe that the Anglo-Saxon race vvhii h has now
planted its foot there will abandon them. The
Southern States have contributed their proportion,
at least to obtain them- Their population will in
gist on the right of settling them, in common with
their fellow-citizens of other States,and will carry
their institutions along with them. The Mexicans
can never drive them out, even if inclined to do
go. They will not allow their own countrymen
to do it, who go there with no greater rights than
themselves. It may in time become a matter of
compromise as to a fair division of the territory
between the slave-holding and non-slave-holding
States. But the South will not be bullied into an
abandonment of the country, by the threats of the
free States.
The Soath yielded more than she should have
done in the Missouri Compromise. She then
went to the very extremity of concession. It was
a grave concession, that slavery should not, under
any circumstances extend North of a prescribed
line; instead of that being left as it should
; have been to be governed by the option of the
j citizens of the soil.
The opinion of the Chronicle in favor of aban
doning our newly acquired territories is harmless
I only, so far as any such opinion can conduce to
that result. But it is pernicious, coming as it does
from a Southern print, on account of the reason
assigned. The reason is that the Southern States
will insist upon the right of occupying portions of
those countries with their slaves, and that the
Northern States threaten a dissolution of the Union,
if not allowed to exclude Southern institutions,
and hem the South in by a cordon of new' non
slave-holding States. We ho;»e no other Southern
print will shrink from the maintainance of South
ern rights on this question, or cower beneath the
I gasconading threats of the Anti-Slavery men and
I the Abolitionists,whether they be Whigs or Demo
crats.
Judge (<umbioi
The numerous friends of this distinguish
ed and highly esteemed gentleman will re
gret to learn that his physicians have advised
him that his health is such as to render his
resignation imperative. He will therefore,
to-day, announce to the Bar his intention,
forthwith to resign It is office of Judge of the
Middle Circuit. Ably, impartially and with
entire satisfaction to the Bar and ti e coun
i try, has he discharged the duties of that high
and responsible office. Many and hearilelt
i will be the regrets that hts health will not
i permit fhs fulfilling those duties throughout
! the entire term for which he was elected.
| But his best friends cannot but feel that his
1 resignation is proper, under the circum
! stances, since it is the price nature exacts
; for the restoration of bis health. May it be
the means of prolonging for many, many
years, his valuable life, and of enabling him
again to be as useful to his fellow-citizen 8
i as in fiis palmiest days.
We have taken the liberty of announcing
j in advance, the intention ot the Judge, that
none who would wish to be present should
lose the opporiunity of hearing his parting
words on retiring from iiis present honorable
position.
1
The Augusta tlannfac uriug Company—
Tttir Police.
j We are requested to state that the sub
! scription list to the iStock of the above Com
pany, is to be found at tiie Store of Mr. John
Bmies. Those desirous of subscribing have
now an opportunity of doing so.
This notice is given because it is under
stood that this company being the first to go
info operation will have various privileges
accorded to it, and very properly, as to the
purchase of lots, the terms of lease of the
water power, and other advantages which
must make this stock more valuable than
iliat of other companies hereafter to be
formed.
| As all are now offered the opportunity of
i participalmg in these advantages, by means
I of this public notice, no exceptions can
I fairly be taken by those declining to sub
scribe, if similar privileges and facilities
are not hereafter accorded to companies of
! which they may become members, it is
i right and proper that the most enterprizing
! —the pioneers in tins haziness, should be
most favored.
S louid more Stork be subscribed for than
the amount needed to complete the company,
| which from the large amount, already taken
; is probable, the shares will be apportioned
pro rata, to the subscribers.
Theatre.
We shall be pleased to welcome to Au
gusta Mr. W. C. Forbes, lessee of the Au
gusta Theatre, whose card appears in this
day’s paper.
The patrons of the drama may rely upon
having an efficient dramatic corps while the
theatre is under Mr. F.’s auspices. He has
always conducted theatrical atfiirs here in
a proper and respectable manner. He has
gone to much expense hitherto to gratify
public taste here, by l lie presentation of good
pieces, performed by competent actors, for
which he has deserved a generous support
from our community. We hope it will not
be withheld next week, for the past is a guar
anty that it will be merited.
Under Mr. Forbes’ management the thea
tre lias always been an orderly place, and
i the performances of a character to meet the
approbation of the most refined. We hope
i to see the dress circle frequently graced by
tiie presence of the ladies during the season.
0“ The news from the Gulf Squadron
which we publish to-day from the Picayune
j of the 9th, would have been submitted to our
j readers one day earlier, as it was contained
in the N. O. Evening Mercury of the Bth.—.
But that number of the Mercury did not
j come to hand.
We shall always regret the non arrival of
j that enterprising sh£et, for it contains usual
j ly the latest news from Mexico, It is a new
paper, published by (J. W. Jones and C. R.
Sessions.
j Mr. Jones was formerly one of the con
ductors of the N. O. Bulletin.
Col. Bankhead, Commander of the 2d Regi
ment of Artillery, passed through our city on Wed
nesday evening last, on his way to Mexico, to
take command of his Regiment.
to your Store*.
An attempt was made, on Wednesday night, to
break into the store of Messrs. Turpin & Barnes,
by boring the hark window and removing the
J bolls; but the burgler failed after two attempts,
. both brought to a stand by the iron plating inside,
and being evidently alarmed, dropped his auger
and decamped. Oar citizens should be on the
look out.
The Massachusetts Regiment of Volun
teers for service in*Mexico was complete on
Saturday with the exception of one company,
and it was to be mustered into service on
that day.