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m L ATEg FROM EUEOPE. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER HERMANN. Kkw York, August 30,-^fTc steamer Her mane has arrived witlidi^Vfroni Europe. The Queen's specaMj^MlBguing Parlia ment, was delivcr^HB prtrey. She regrets the failure of U^^Hcnna Conference, and adds, the only iflMmtive now, is a vigorous prosecution ol the war. -1 • XEBRIBLK UAILKOAD ACCIDENT, Fork, Aug. SO,—A terrible accident red yesterday near Burlington, New Jer sey. Tiie Philadelphia traiu going up, heard the down train coming, reversed the-engine and in running back ran into a horse and car- raige, which threw the whole trtji off the track, killing twenty and wotlHng sixty persons. , AMjong the killed are Thw. J. Mer edith t6uU|B£flk Dallam, merchantadkf Bal- tiinore, d^Tncitdi Consul at Philadetajun auil Ciijit. MBnUlie Navy. No SoutlJWn- ers are killed but a full, list of casualties hav? not yet been received* w Sijty six persons, in alt; were^wllled wounded and by the collision. Ain VOX NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH. Momi.r:, Aug. 2i>.—The “Cau’tget away Club," will seu J to-morrow five female nurses and Physicians to Norfolk and Portsmouth. ADDITIONAL BY THE CANADA. Denmark is reported to have referred to Prance retpecting the payment of the Sound Dqcs. During the h.mibardmeut Syeaborg took fire, aud the conflagration lasted -id hours. TliO 'iuagiMeiives, stores aud projectiles blew up. About 60 of tiie Allies were wounded, but *ione killed. Swcaborg,however, bad not sur rendered. Sixty thousand Russians attacked the liues of-the Allies on the Chcrmays, on the 16th iu st^ mid fought five hours, but lost 5000 kill ed and 400 prisoners. They were in full re treat "when the French reserve came up. Omar Pasha-had been ordered to return to the Crimea. A dispatch from St. Petersburg- says that the Prince Gortsclr.ikoff had been ordered to burn the float in the event of the fall of Se vastopol. Kars had been completely invested and communication with Ercaromn stopped. ■Rrcsh reinforcements were going out to the (Crimea for.tho allies. Tiie London Morning Post says that uncx ’pocted events may be looked for. it is sup posed to refer to a secret expedition. Six ships of war escorted Queen Victoria ,-to.Boulogne. Halifax, August 20. The British steamer Canada lias arrived, -with later aud important intelligence from Europe. Liverpool Corro.v Masket.—Cofcion had ' :advanccd one-eighth to one-quarter, but with- <in the last two days was easier, and closed steady. The sales of the week reach eighty ‘thousand hales, nf which speculators .took t^veiity-four thousand, and exporters forty- five hundred bales. Fair Orleans i: quoted at '71. Middling 6 7-16; Fair Upland 6J, Hid- -filing C.J. The stock of American is 385,000 •bales. Flour dull, and declined 6d.; Wheat lower; 'Corn dull, and declined Is. cd. Trade at 'Manchester, at last advices, was unbre favorable. Accounts of the growing crops are also fa- -corable. Queen Victoria was visiting Napoleon. The Governmenthad prohibited the export •of Iren North nf Dunkirk nud South of Malta., - Money was tighter. Consols euoted at Ol' r*o fllj. SIMM THE SEAS OF WAR Swcaborg was destroyed by the Allies. On <lic llth, Lipiautli attacked Chejmaya lines, =and was repulsed with immense loss. The **Instruction of property at Swcaborg was im- intense—the loss of the Allies trifling. The^final bombardment.of Sebastopol was Mixed for the 17th. iiHttljent ‘Mchttutii. “ ■ THE COItSTITtJTIOH. THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 0. 1855. Fojypovernor, GARNETT ANDREWS, -QF WILKES. For Congress—Sixth District, Col: 1,. FRANKLIN. j For State SjUMte, cincinamH^les, Vor Representatives, JOS. B. CARLTON and THOS. F. LOWE. 65^" Liberty Council, No. 16, of the American party, meets in their Hall, over John I. Huggins* store, every Friday evening at 8 o'clock. tdT* Mr. R. M. Hitch is an authorized travelling agent for tlm paper. . ar Mr. M. A. Harrison is also an au thorized travelling agent. tw M. Landrum, Esq., is our authorized agent for Oglethorpe county. PUBLIC MEETING. The Auicrjcnn Party, all out-siders, and all-persons friendly to the cause are request ed to meet In Jefferson, Jackson Co., on Sa‘- urday, the $th inst., for the purpose of nom inating candidates to represent Jackson Co., in the next Legislature. Come one, come all. MR. COBB’S OPPONENT. Col. Leonidas Franklin, announces him self as candidate for Representative from this District in the next Congress, in oppo sition to Mr. Cobb. Col. Franklin appears before us, net as the nominee of any party, but at the solioitation of numerous friends, allows his name to be used. .He has ever been a staunch Democrat, (look oat for one of tke Whig trick* spoken of,) and is there fore an Independent Democratic Candidate. Col. Franklin, for quite a number of years a citizen of this place, is known as a gentle man of decided ability—a model neighbor, and enterprising member of community.— His friendly greetings, unlike, as we have heard it intimated, those of his opponent, are not [temporary—-for effect—confined to time or place. CoL Franklin's antecedents, and preseut position, politically, are of the most satisfac tory and -commendable character. A truer friend, the South does not possess; and when the test is made we bespeak a result quite dissimilar to that which stands on record to the account of his opponent, His name will never be found ami ng, nor his vole recorded with those who set at naught the Constitu tion of our couutry—the sacred rights it guarantees in person and property. Though decided in his support of the car dinal feature of the American Party, he is far from having run into an ultraism which has realty given the people a very erroneous idea of the gr.-.nd object of the Party. SSm DR. MILLER AND UNDERWOOD. We present our readers with the whole matter, as it at present stand-;, between these two gentlemen, by which it will be perceived that Dr. Miller is entirely acquitted of the charges pre ferred. It is to be hoped that his ene mies will have the fairness to give their readers the facts, and thus do justice to a gentlemen who commands the respect and admiration of all who are acquainted with him. First, we give the charge preferred : ** Mr. Underwood charged upon him, (Dr. Miller) that, in one day, he was seeking the Democratic Anti-Know Nothing nomination, as a candidate for Congress, for the Fifth Congressional District, and failing to receive it, of being in a Know Nothing Council on the next; of actually caucussing with Democrats, to-day, and, disappointed in his personal aspirations, of going over to the enemy to-morrow. Dr. Miller's reply: Rome,. Ga., Aug. 21st 1855. Dear Sir :—The report mentioned in your note of yesterday, “ that I had participated in a Democratic caucus, had endeavored to get the nomination as candidate for Congress,’’ or that I at anytime for several years past would have accepted such nomination from Quite confident that the Colonels success tha , or „ ther party unqualifiedly Al.~ „l * Ah *1.~ 1 ~ , r J 1 A J *M 183" See the Advertisement of B. F. O'Kei- iy. in another column. From what wo can learn, his land is well worth altentiou. We are informed that it is -pretty well-situated, and bountifully watered nud abundantly timbered; Tying on one ol the roads leading to this place, r.nd only about 12 miles from hero. It strikes us that -some of our enter prising mechanics would do well to cxnmiue this property, ns there are great advantages for propelling machinery of any kind. New’ Orleaxs. August 28. The San Avrier.io Sentinel mentions the arri val of Col. Riddell, from the headquarters op *be Revolutionists in Northern Mexico. lie isays Vidaury is willing to deliver to tiie own ers, nil fugitive slaves escaping to Mexico, saud U anxious to make a treaty therefor. Deaths in the Hospitals only about fourteen •daily, Columbia, August 29. Dates from Salt Lake City to 1st July, have been received. Tiie grasshoppers were destroying the cr-ops, and there was danger of a famine. The Kansas Herald positively asserted that a proposition was on foot to annex I’latte •county, Missouri, to Kansas. A nu in her cf negroes of Bostcn, who had -organized under the name of “ Mnssasoit Guards." with the intention of forming and appearing as a military corps, recently ap plied to the Commander-in-chief for a loan of Massachusetts State aitns, and received notice that their application was refused. A letter fiom Governor Gardner, to Robert Mor ns, Et-q, first Lieiitennut of the organization, contained the opinion of Attorney General Clifford in the matter, which was in accord ance with the refusal of His Excellency. Governor Reeders Last Message.—Gov ernor Reeder has sent this brief message to the Kansas Legislature. “To the Honorable Council and House of Representatives of Kansas Territory; Al though I have refused to acknowledge you to be a legal body, and although I nm still of the same miud, yet it is due ibat I should in form you that I have received official nofifi cation of my removal, and that until my sue cessor arrives, the duties of the office of Gov emor will devolve upon Secretary Woodson.” It u said the reading of the letter produc ed roars of laughter from the opponents of the Governor. ^Flte deaths in New York, last week, was 383, a decrease of 48 from the previous week. "Tlio city is represented as unusually healthy for this time of year. In Boston, the a umber •of deaths fur same period, was 125. Yue Sue ok Man.—A ridiculous statement has rua through the papers, of Adam’s being 123 feet high, Eve 118, Noa « 108, <tc. 'Hie Kgyptiau mummies, if they are good for noth ■ else, prove the interesting fact that for Be certain to read attentively the various selected articles to be found in our columns this week ; especially the letter of Prof. Morse. SPEAKING AT THE TOWN nALL. By a note from that gentleman, we per ceive that Cincinnntus Peeples, E*q., has consented to meet Howell II in public dis cussion, at the Town Hall in this place, on Saturday next, the 8th. From information gathered from a friend, we learn that Howell 7. at a Barbecue a few days since, met Mr. Peeples, in a combat similar to the one con templated, and was fairly cornered. The affair, we are quite sure, of next Saturday, will be similar in its results, only “ a little more so.” Speaking commence at 10 A. M. depends upon the exteat which the knowl edge of his candidacy receives, we would earnestly urge our friends to spread the nows to the remotest corners of the District, and success will crown the labor. Take a divine exhortation, as applicable to all good things—“ Redouble your diligence.” With this brief introduction, we leave the candidate and liis cause in the hands of those who arc to choose for themselves, who shall represent their views and interests in the Congress of the U. States. An announcement from his ow.n -hands would appear, bat for unavoidable absence from the city. Another week, however, and that nnnouncemen t will be presented. SOMETHING TO PONDER. Not a charge has been brought against Mr. Johnsou which has not been fully sus tained. For instance, take the Cooper trans action. Except one or two iu his pay, no press in Georgia will have the hardihood to deuy but that it is fully fastened upon the Governor, that he is a party to a transac tion with Mr. Mark A. Cooper, by which the State is a tufferer to the amount of many thousands ! For instance, we will present *i few figurers; the result of Mr. Johnson’s dis crimination iusfavcr of Mr. Cooper. and absolutely false. I am, verv respectfully, H. V. M. Miller. And next, we give the correspondence between the two gentlemen,, as we find it in the Chronicle Sf Sentinel: Savannaix, Aug. 28th, 1855. Dear Sir ;—The publication in the Chronicle, a few days since, of my note lo a friend denying a report which he -said was circulated to my prejudice; accompanied, as it was, by an extract from some newspaper and an editorial comment, connecting Col.. Underwood with the origin of that report, seems to raise a question of veracity between that gentleman and myself. The subjoined correspondence will show that, however the report may have originated, there is no issue between us, and will relieve us both from an unpleasant attitude in which a misapprehension on the part of some person has placed us. I am, very respectfully, * H V. M Miller. NEW COTTON. The first bale of the season, was brought to this market on Saturday last by Mr. J‘ F., Bigger?, and purchased by Messrs. Grady &. Nicholson,nt 11 cts.por lb. OUR CANDIDATES. To represent as in the next Legislature, are all gentlemen, it gives us great pride to know, who do not need newspaper “ puffs,” cspeci lly extravagant ones—of doubtful propriety, and in which a good degree of questionable veracity is involved. Messrs. Peeples. Lowe and Carlton, arc not men re quiring defence; their morals are such ns should adorn the characters of all who as pire to the positions for which they are nam ed. They are men, certainly, qualified, in evevy Tespcct, to fill the seats to which onr County is entitled, and we do hope that comparison with tlieir opponents will be institated and persevered in. At each view, lovers of wholesome laws can but be won over. Nor are they placed before the peo ple, merely te say we have candidates in the field; or nt best, with a faint hope of elect ing one of them; on the contrary, we have not cnly nominated them, hut we intend to elect them, by a big majority—every one of them. Boxes, ac. Poor Mar. 35 cts. Cooper, s 26 cts. Butter, Cheese, &.c. 25 ID Bacon, Ac. pr. cwt. 20 15 Potatoes, "bbl. 25 19 Chairs, doz. 1.75 1.S1 Corn, <£c.<buSh. 5 4 three or four thousand years past, man has not ch.mgeiHu stature. If, therefore, no di "dilution of it iias taken place in tlio course <»f all that time, hut the average size of the race is the same now as three or four thou sand jonr* ago, is there the least probability that it was materially different in the two thousand years proceeding ? The argument strong that it was not. 'Health or Mobile.—'1 he Advertiser of the 2i!th inst., say*: Thu list of interments for the week shows a decrease in the mortality from the last report, and argues a verv favor able condition of the public health. 'Of the deaths 9 were under ten and 3 were upwards sixty years of age. Of the remainder. Hi roe worn deaths by violence or casualty, and no' two others were by similar diseases. The whole number of interments for tiie week is 22. The mortality for the cortesponding week lost year was 18, of whom but oue was from casualty and ouo by yellow fever.' Thu weather the same week last year was warm aud wet, raining some every day.— The early part of last week was cool for the season, and damp, aud the last two days have been warm and showery. The mortality for *•--1 corruspmi ling week in 1853 was 27, ox siva of the yellow fever, which then pre vailed here. In 1352 it was 14, aud in lufil. ' * whole we ought to be tliankf Itfiful condition. ASTONISHING! If anything of which our opponents are guilty, could astonish us, we might wonder that they present the very great inconsis tency of opposing the practice of preachers taking part in politics, when it is so well known that they actually pay a located Re verend, the enormous salary- of $2,000 per annum, to become an ftineranr political ped lar, for the firm of Johnson & Co. Nor do they condemn a certain Rev. ex lawyer, 6x editor, College President, Judge Longstrert. The secret of the whole matter is about this: If you will favor cur side, speak on: if not. “it is very wrong for preachers to meddle with politics.” As to Judge Longstrect, of course, he is an excep tion, and ought to be heard. Certainly we have no obijetion—liis wit is inimitable; and if he will only furnish a few more chap ters, the world will have another fine work of fiction, and something to laugh over— nothing to cry over certainly. ty The Tenth Animal Fair of the South ern Central Agricnltural Society, will open in Atlanta ou the llth inst. All arrange ments have b en made, and receive the high est praise. It gives os great pleasure to know that tlieir accomplished nud indefati gable Secretary, Dr, Camak, of our own city, is entitled to the credit, ti a 1 irge ex tent, for t here arrangements. SAVE YOUR QUARTERS! Messrs. Biiley & Co.’s Great Combined Gymnasium and Zoological Arena, will per form in this place on Thursday, the 13tli instant. See Advertisement! Abdication and Flight or Santa Anna.— The Alvarez Party has been completely suc- ‘ —ifal, and Sauta Anna has abdicated and to Havana. The transaction with Cowart is ceased to lie denied by even that political Menshausen, the Federal Union ; aud when it bos had its pick, buzzards may fly high in search of something to eat. Do either of these trans actions warrant us in giving our votes for Herschel V. Johnson 1 If we would have a proper guardian of our State interests, we must travel past him. The case of Mr.-Cobb is decidedly nnala- gous. He gave a free-soil vote, as is fully proven iu anot her column. He also was and is, for all we know, a member of an odious Secret Political Society. Proof: evidence of “ Suinuel," in another column and espe cially his own speech. He voted to reduce the pay of the poor soldiers, though lie so bitterly denies it. True, it was not the nak ed question voted up w; but still, the vote was deposited which had the power to ac complish that end. To illustrate: A man is asked to purchase a hog and refuses. Again : he has presented him fur pure base a lamb and the liog ' He buys. Now the question is, did he buy the hog ? ne says no: “ I bought the lamb and the hog.” Gentlemen of the sixth district, doyou swal low such logic—such a man—such men as Johnson and Cobb have shown themselves to be I W-c would hope not If you do, then i* is sheerest nonsense for ns, as your ser vant, to point to tke errors of those who ask, your votes. HORRIBLE ACCIDENT. By the Temperance Banner, we learn that a young man by the name of Ware, was killed at Woodville Depot. He was standing with the bridle rein of his bone- fastened round his arm : the care coming op the horse gave a severe jerk, and killed him instantly. He was dragged some distance, and fearfully mangled. It is stated that shells 86 inches in diame ter and weighing upwards of a ton each are bciug manufactured in England for the use of the British artillery before Sevastopol. Ihc Liverpool papers describe the first gun just finished for the English steamer Horatio, and which will soon he ready to be tested. Ac cording to the estimates which have been made of its capabilities, it will throw a shot of half a ton weight the distance of four miles. Two hundred and twenty-five pounds of gunpowder will be required for a single charge 1 "he Directors of the Panama Railroad Company have just published a statement of r afhii their affairs and future prospects, which in the latter particular, is quite a remarkable document. The financial statements show that the gross receipts of the road for the six mouths ending on the thirtieth June last, amounted to $499,470, while the running expenses were only $145,562, which enable the company, after paying the interest ou all their bonds, to declare a cash dividend of six per cent on their $3,743,000 worth of stock, and still leave a surplus of $18,700 on the operations of the first really active half year. Advices from Rio de Janeiro say that the Coolie emigrants do not easily become recon ciled to their new homes and altered circum stances, and it is related that out of ten who had been taken by plantersseven went away, dressed in their best clothes, and hanged themselves. The yellow fever bad broken out destructively on board the British ship of war, Spy, in the harbor of " ’ * Rome, Ga. Aug. 24, 1855. Dear Sir :—It is reported in private circles, and also in the public journals upon your authority, (as is alleged) that I sought and agreed to accept the nomi nation of the Democratic party, for Congress in this District. Will you do me tne justice to state whether, when spoken to on that subject, by Democrat ic friends, I did not frankly avow to them my connection with the so-called Know Nothing organization:; whether l did not expressly tell you, several days before the meeting of the Calhoun Cou vei.tiotjk that 1 could not. and . would not accept its nomination, and whether with- ih your knowledge I sought or agreed to accept it? I am, very respectfully. II. V. M. Miller. Col. John H. Underwood. Rome, Ga.,*Aag. 24‘, 1855. Dear Sir :—Yours of the 24th of August is before me, and in reply there to, I say, that no one is authorized from anything I may hare said publicly or privately, to assert that you sought the nomination of the Democratic party, for Congress in this District, or that you agreed to accept it. Such an inference may have been drawn from my remarks, but 1 have avoided making that charge. You did not seek the nomination or agree to accept it within tny knowledge. When spoken to by Democratic friend- j on the subject, (myself among others) you did admit your connection with the so-called Know Nothing organization; but I distinctly understood you then to say, that you were opposed to its secresy aud to its oaths, I opposed the order for the same reasons and others, and supposed we were well nigh agreed. You did tell me in a conversation several days before the meeting of the Calhoun Convention, that you could not accept a nomination for Congress from the Democratic party, or any other par ty. It is due to tnyself to state, that l consulted with you as a Democrat, on the llth of July, 1855. and the impres sion was made on my mind that if we found it necessary to nominate you for Congress, you could be prevailed upon to accept it Though upon taxing my recollection, I cannot think of any thing you said or done to induce that belief, (except a little matter which you will recollect,) the impression was made on my mind, more from conversing with others, than yourself. I would not do you injustice, or any one else, aud will respond further to anything I may know on the subject. I despise the personal direction this canvass has taken, but the contest is a heated one, and my friends color highly what you say of me, and yours 1 presume do the same in relation to what I say of you, and so we go pulling each other dtwn instead of building up ward. I do not desire to be in the news paper^, though you think it necessary to repair any injury, that a misunder standing of my remarks may have done you, why do as you please. I would not damage your fame if I could—it could do me no good. Your, &-c.. John W. H. Underwood. Dr. H. V. M. Miller. For the Southern Watchman. GOV. COBB AND THE WILMOT PRO VISO. Gov. Cobb voted for the Wiltuot Pro viso in the Oregon Territorial bill, be cause he said it was North of the Mis- sout i Compromise line, which he con sidered binding upon the South. Gov. Gnbb appeals to the slaveholders for having voted to exclude them forever from Oregon, upon the principle of the plighted faith of the South. If the North put the slavery restriction upon the Oregon bill, upon the principle of the Missouri Compromise, and with that understanding * upon the part of the South, Gov. Cobb voted l ight—voted as I would have voted. But did the North put the restriction upon that principle, aud with that understanding? So far from it the Northern Represen*- tatives, by a unanimous vote, rejected the Missouri Compromise, In proof of which I appeal to the record, and chal lenge contradiction. The Southern Representatives proposed to vote for the Wilmot Proviso in the Oregon Bill, upon the principle of the Missouri Com promise, end Mr. Burt, of South Caro lina, for the avowed .purpose of testing the fact, whither the North insisted upon the anti-slavery clause in the Ore gon Bill upon the principle of compro mise, or as an unqualified right of Con gress, moved to amend the twelvth sec tion of the Oregon Bill, by adding, that the South will vote to exclude herself forever from Oregon, *• inasmuch as the whole of the said territory lies North ol 30 deg. 39 min. North Latitude, known as the Missouri Compromise.” What was the result ? 82 voted for Mr. Burt’s amendment; 113 against it.— (Congressional Globe, volume 17, page 187 ) And mark it, voters of the Sixth Congressional District, Gov. Cobb vot ed himself for Mr. Burt’s amendment. Gov. Cobb then did not vote for the Wil mot Proviso in the Oregon Bill, upon the principle of the Missouri Compro mise, because it was North of that line. For that was put to the test of a vote and lost by a decided majority. I might-rest my charge upon this-vate alone, and defy Gov. Cobb, and all his friends to defend Jiira from the charge of having .voted for the naked, unquali fied Wilmot Proviso. But were I to 'stop here, it would be a tale of wrong half told. 1 assert, that after this test verte, and before Gov. Cobb voted for the Wilmot Proviso in the Oregon Bill, he was told to his face by every Northern Representative -that the anti-slavery clause was not put in the Oregon Bill upon the principle of the Missouri Com promise. First—because they denied that the Missouri Compro nise embraced the territory of Oregon.; and in .the second place, they asserted plainly, and unmistakably, that they engrafted the Wilmot Proviso in the Oregon Bill, and insisted upon its adoption, not upon the principle of the Missouri Compro mise, but as a test of .the right of Con gress, independent of any compromise, to exclude slavery from Oregon, and any territory that might be acquired from Mexico by purchase or conquest. What, with this understanding, ought to have been the vote of every Southern Representative ? But is it possible that Gov. Cobb was told this before he cast his vote for the Oregon Bill with this dishonest, discriminating, Wilmot Pro viso in it? He was! In proof of which, I again appeal to the record, and challenge contradiction What said Mr. Thurmand, of Ohio, in reply to Mr. Leake, of Virginia ?— “ I would have voted against the amend ment of Mr. Burt, if for no other single reason, for this—that I do not believd^ after the fairest investigation I could make of the subject, that the line of the Missouri Compromise extended one inch beyond the summit of the rocky moan tains.” A fact admitted by Mr. Burt himself. What said Mr. Hamlin, of Maine? ( Congressional Globe, volume 17, page 196.) Mark the answer slaveholders, Georgians, voters of the Sixth Congres sional District, to wit: “Mr. Burt’s amendment was rejected by a vote of thirty-one majority, clearly settling this now free, and sending them the shackles and manaoles of slavery, I never will consent—never. No! Cause the de claration to be placed on record on your journals, that it may be seen by those who shall come after us, and who shall be better, abler, but not more willing to carry out the doctrines we lay down and promulgate. I, by all means, desire not to be misunderstood in this matter I will go for no compromise line of any character.” The question then came up on its naked merits, shall this bill pass? and it passed by yeas 133, nays 35. (Con gressional Globe* volume 17, page 198.) And in defiance of the rejection of Mr. Burt’s amendment, regardless of the declaration of Northern men, Gov. Cobb voted for it, wi*h the odious Wilmot Proviso in it. And I must say that I have little hope the Sooth will evef get her rights, when a Southern Represen- tive can cast such a vote, under such circumstances, and be sustained by a a Southern constituency. For in this very Oregon Bill, the North claimed the right—voted for it—carried it, and now exercises the right to exclude you and I and every other slaveholder from all the territories of this Union. For if Congress had the right to exclude slave 1 ry from Oregon, it has the right to ex clude it from all the territories. The conclusion is irresistible. Congress ei ther has the right by a mere majority vote, in the formation of any territorial government to exclude slavery forever, or the Constitution, in the adoption of the Wilmot Proviso iu the Oregon Bill, has been violated; and Gov. Cobb must acknowledge the one or be convicted of the other. I put the question to Gov. Cobb whether Congress possesses this Constitutional right? If it does,it is high time the Southern people should be en lightened, fo|||jiey are in total darkness of that fact to this day. But if Con gress Ifcs no such right—if the South as I have been taught, has the privilege equa’ly with the North, to occupy the common territories of both, with the constitutionally recognized property of each, then the slavery prohibition clause in the Oregon Bill is a violation of the Constitution, aqjMfcs* robbery of the South ; and I will vote for no man for Congress who will not pledge himself to its repeal. The Oregon Bill as passed, is a disgrace to the South, and I will require it—I trust every man in the Sixth Congressional District, before he casts his vote, will demind- of Col Franklin a public declarati on of his de termination, ifelected, to introduce, and urge with all his ability, a resolution to remove the slavery restriction from the Territory of Oregon, and to restore to the South her rights, her houors, and her equality. For if we have been cheated of our rights in Oregon, we will prove false to ourselves if we do not de mand a restoration. If the slaveholder is unconstitutionally excluded from Or egon, he is not a fit Representative of a free people—resolved at all hazards to assert and maintain their rights—who would not insist upon its repeal.? For as long as that clause remains upon the Statute book in full force and effect, the brand of Cain is upon us. A brand the South should ever feel disgraced to wear nntil it is Tabbed out Boston.—The value of foreign goods imported at that port for the week end ing August 17, was $930,675. The value of the imports from Cuba was $88,506; Hayti, $25,938 ; B ritish Pro vinces, $45,431 ; East Indies, $564, Q to have no new Missouri Compromise lines, or compromises of a similar char acter.” Language could not be more confirmatory of the settled determina tion of the North to exclude the South from the common territory of Oregon by right of a majority vote of Congress, Mr. Hamlin did not stop here; but that Gov. Cobb—that every Southern Representative should know why the Wilmot Proviso was put in the Oregon. Bill, and vote understanding^, Mr. Hamlin went on to say—“ But sir, I discard at once, and forever, all talk about a compromise on any parallel of latitude which can be named by. man To any proposition for taking territory put to the test of a vote upon the amend ment of Mr. Burt and decided against Mr. Cobb, as I have shown by reference to the vote. And in the second place, Gov. Cobb was plainly, distinctly, un mistakably told by Northern Represen tatives, why they put the prohibitory slavery clause in the Oregon Bill, as I have already demonstrated. Governor Cobb is either then a Wilmot Proviso man, or he must assign some other rea son for this vote, on let the charge of bidding for Northern votes for the Speakership, be confirmed. This is not the only dilemma in which Gov. Cobb has involved himself by un dertaking to justify himself for a wrong the South utav forget, but can never forgive. Gov. Cobb, as I have before remarked, voted one session of Congress for the Wilmot Proviso in the Oregon? Bill, because as he alleged it was North' of the Missouri Compromise, and the’ honor of the South demanded it. Id the mean time he came back to his con stituents, felt their pulse, found it up to' fever heat on account of this very vote,- and saw that it would not bear repeti tion ; and he went back the next session' and voted against this identical same' bill: Why? BecauseOregorthad got ten South of the parallel of 36 deg. 30 1 min. If my memory serves me right/ its geographical position remained the' same, and it was still North of that line'. And if he voted for it one session upon principle, and in deference to the honor of the South, he must have voted against it the next session tn violation of both; and he who could disregard either, is an unfit representative of the State of Georgia. And the only escape of Gov, Cobb from this dilemma, is to prove his ignorance of the claims and motives of the North, for inserting—insisting up on—voting for—and carrying the antii- slavery clause in the Oregon Billandl even this miserable excuse will not serve- him as I have demonstrated by the votes and declarations of Northern Re presentatives. In my opinion it will be belter for the Honorable Howell Cobb to own up. at once, plead guilty, and throw himself- upon the tnercy of the Sixth Congres sional Di'trict. I wish to do no man. injustice; and if I have stated as a fact* what the Congressional records will not show, l am willing to be corrected, and’ will take pleasure in making an apolo gy. . Justice and the CONSTITUTION. But we are told by the friends ofGov Cobb, that the Oregon Bill he voted for did not pass. True; but it was no fault of Gov. Cobb that it did not; for he voted for it, and had his been the cast ing vote, the right—the precedent of Congress to exclude slavery from the common territories of this Uuion would have been established. Why did it not pass? Because Northern men voled against it in the Senate. Gov. Cobb in his speeches in this campaign, has told us that there are noble national demo crats at the North, who have stood by the South! He is right! For the vote upon this very Oregon Bill proved it There were some gallant fellows at the North who stood by us, and guarded our rights in the Oregon bill, when some of our Southern sons ignominous- 1) deserted us In his attempt to extricate himself question, now and forever, that we are ^ rom one difficulty, Gov. Cobb gets into two. He voted one session of Con gress to exclude slaveholders from Ore gon, because, as he apologizes, the South was committed to the Missouri Compromise, and he was therefore bound in honor to observe it. He vot ed against this identical bill the next session, because as he assigns, he learn ed in the mean time, that the North would not recognize, or be bound by the principle of the Missouri Compromise in its vote for the Wilmot Proviso in the Oregon Bill. Gov, Cobb did not learn this fact between the interval of the two sessions ; but was informed of it before he voled for it in the first instance.— For the Southern Watchman. “ Cry aloud, spare not; show my peo ple their transgressions and the house of Jacob ( Cobb !) their sins.”—Scrip- tuf.e. { Mr. EniTOR: The Honorable How ell Cobb is a member of “ Tammany Hall Society,” New York, is he ? Made a speech there, too, as late as October r 1852! Do you recollect, Mr. Editor, why he went lo New York, in October, of that year ? His pretext was to nego tiate the bonds of the State; but the real cause of his going was to dodge vt ting either the “ Tugalo” or South ern Rights ticket for President! He said, in a certain letter, (Mr. Cobb can take the shine off of *• Samuel,” or any body else, in writing “ model” letters!) that no Union man could vote for the Southern Rights ticket for President without compromising his self-respect.” He led his friends to believe that he was with them for the “ Tugalo” squad r headed by the Woffords! Ho main tained his “ self-respect” by vamosing the State and being absent from the- polls on the day of the election!—- He voted neither for the “Tugalo ?r nor the Southern Rights ticket t—• Pressing business demanded that he should be in New York, making a so cial speech, on politics! (how beauti fully these words harmonize!) before his “ brethren,” of Tammany Hall, at the very time the election catue off in Georgia! What a pity for his reputa tion that he had not as successfully dodged the vote, in favor of the infamous Wilmot Proviso, in the Oregon bill! But, Tammany Hall Hall Society is nothing, after all, but a “ social gather ing /•’’ Let us examine this ftr a few rounds, and see how the matter stands. Do men make great, long, violent politi cal speeches at social gatherings ? Do they introduce the always exciting and unmanagable topic of politics, when they meet together to enjoy each others’ company, and indulge in the pleasures of conversation and friendly intercourse ? I never have heard of gentleman doing such things ; and I am certain the prac tice did not exist in the time of Lord Chesterfield! The idea is supremely ridiculous—offered" by Mr. Cobb to cx^ tricate himself from a still more ridicu lous position in which he has voluntarily placed himself. It is the acme of ill- t r breeding, (of which I am confident Mr. For in the 8rst place, that very thing tvas| C „ bb nevcr lvas and llever wU1 be gail _ .< m-.;" WSmt ’4: