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Augusta, ©a.:
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 28 ; ’4B.
( ,f When the Wilmot Proviso was proposed in 1846,
Gen. Cass was opposed to it, and so expressed his
opinions freely and publicly—not, indeed, on the
ground of its unconstitutionality, for that point had
i not then been made, but because he considered it in
expedient and injurious.”
, The above extract from an editorial of the
; Washington Union, which we find copied into
the Charleston Mercury, is one of the boldesj
efforts to practice a fraud upon the Southern
people, by a grossly false s'atement, that we
have seen. The Wilmot proviso was first in
troduced into the Senate just at the close of the
session of 1846. when Mr. Davis of Massachu
setts, took the floor and spoke till the hour of
the final adjournment of the session, which pre
vented any vote on the question. z\t this con
duct of Senator Davis, Gen. Cass was so much
chagrined (because he had been prevented
from voting for the Proviso ) that be left his
seat and went across the aisle among the Whigs
to complain and to assure them of ” his desire
to vote for it.' 1 This is attested by Senator
Miller, of New Jersey, to whom he addressed
himself. Nor did his complaints against Sena
tor Davis cease after he left the Senate cham
ber, for he repeated them to the Hon. Geo.
Rathbu.v, of New York, and the Hon.
Brinkerhoff, of Ohio, both of whom he as
sured *' he was in favor of the Proviso."
At the next session of Congress the bill came
up again, and finding that (as he said in his
letter to Wilsox, published by us some days
ago) it “would break down the Democratic
party,” he determined to oppose the Proviso,
and consequently made a speech against it.
When he had concluded, Mr. Miller remind
ed him of his former advocacy of the measure,
and Gen. Cass rejoined by expre sing bis
astonishment at the course of the Senator from
New Jersey, and acknowledged that “at the
previous session he should hare voted for the
Proviso." This acknowledgement was report
ed in the Union the next morning ’. And yet in
the face of ail these facts, which have been re
iterated again and again throughout the coun
try, Mr. Polk’s hired, prostituted organ, the
Washington Union, has the effrontery to de
clare that “Gen. Cass was opposed to the
Wilmot Proviso when it was first introduced
m 1846.”
Hear an OJ<I Democrat*
The following sensible communication from j
“An Old Democrat," which originally appear- '
ed in the Columbus Enquirer, is worthy the (
consideration of every intelligent and reflecting t
Southern man—we commend it especially to '
those democrats who affect to believe Fill a
more unsafe for the South, while they cordially
embrace Cass. “An Old Democrat" takes a
plain common-sense view of the position of
the candidates, and like an honest, sincere pa
triot, takes his position for Taylor and Fill- j
more: r
Belvue, Talbot county’, Sept. 20, 1848. °
Editors'. I nin a ih-iiiocrat and a me- ['
rhauic, mid always h ive been, bn’ I felt it my duty I
from the first to give my vote to Gen. Taylor, as 1
believe eveiy unprejudiced mind in the South could c
not fail to feel, but from the strong ties of par’v I did H
not so confess myself. More recently I have been h
viewing the attitude of gome of my Democratic friends
in arraying themselves against the working class ol g
the community, and it has weakened those party ties, <
and I t-liall go it strong for the people's candidate, I
Gen. Taylor. lam cmnpelled to see, as every one v
must see. that will take the pains to read Fillmore’s f
letter to G<>v. G ivfe, of Alabama, that he is not the <-
Abolitionist that the Federal Union would have him *
to be, and these arc the List words from him on re- •’
cordon the subject. Compare him with Gen. Cass •
on this subject, and there will bo an advantageous c
comparison in favor of Fillmore. One is at the head
ot the ticket, and the other at the tad. These are j
my honest conclusions alter thinking much upon the t
subject. But compare Gen. Taylor and Gen. Cass
for Soul lie i n support, which by the by is the fair teat. 1
and Cass could not gel a vole.
An Old Democrat.
Fkek Soil in Virginia.—A Frec-soil De
mocratic Convention, which assembled in
Woodstock, in this State, on the 20th of July
last, have adopted Martin Van Buren, as their
candidate, and appointed a committee to ad- <
dress the people of Virginia.
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They have adopted an electoral ticket. In ,
reference to this matter the Richmond South- l
8
enter says: r
“ Although this movement may be laughed 1
at and scouted, it will dig a big hole in the De- •
mocratic party of this State. It will take otT 1
some3or 4000 votes. Most of the voters are
in the valley and in the Western counties. '
Many will vote for it in Eastern Virginia. We (
know of several who will vole for the ticket.
Perhaps the Enquirer m ly one of these days
admit, that we did not speak too fast about
Virginia, when such a movement as this can
take place."’
The other Virginia papers do not seem to
attach much importance to the movement.
Presidential Ballot on the Steamer
Xorthtrntr. on the 26th inst.:
Taylor 57
Cass 3i
Van Buren 1
Ladies voted as follows :
Taylor 21
Cass. ••• 3
Clay 1
Van Buren 1
How to Command Success.
The Editor ofthe Raleigh Re-’isfer has strew
ed the following bouquet in the path of his
readers!
The following glowing and beautiful picture,
which we take from Willis’s Tragedy of “ Bi
anca Visconti.” illustrates eloquently the suc
cess attendant upon rectitude and energy un
der opposing circumstances. ••Sweet." truly
saith the Poet, •• are the uses of adversity”—for
it creates power out of listlessness, and bedecks
the pathway of life, hitherto strewed, perhaps,
with the idle weeds of lazy luxury alone, with
the roses of hope and active enjoyment, to
gather strength upon the pinion of a deter
mined resolution, and stretching earnestly up
ward, you will succeed, “straight and glori
ously.”
Hi incu. —An egle once from the Euganean hills
Soared bravely to the sky. In his giddy tiack,
Scarce marked by them w ho gazed upon the first,
Kollm.-ed k new fledged eaglet, last and well.
Upward they sped, and all eves on their flight
(•axed with admiring awe, when suddenly,
The parent bird, struck by a thunderbolt.
Dropped lifeless thro’ the air. The eaglet paused,
And hung upon his wing*; and as his sire
Plashed in the far-down wave, men looked to see
him
Flee to his nest affrighted !
Sforxj (tnlAgreal interest.} Did he so ’
liianca.— My noble lord, he had a monarch’s
heart !
He wheeled a moment in mid air, and shook
Proudly his royal wings, and then right on,
With crest uplifted and unwavering flight.
Sped to the sun’s eye. straight and gloriously.
The Voi.vn treks fokTayi ok.—The Miners’
(Penn.> Journal has lite following card :
TO CHE PUBLIC?
It having bin reported that all the Volunteers at
tached to co npiny B. Cept. N*gie. of the First Regi
ment of Pennsylvania, were oppo-«ed to the election of
Gen. Zachary faykw for President—we. the under
signed, members of said company, declare and re
port to be false, and we will give Gen. Taylor our
united and undivided support tor said office. He is a
man that never surrenders, n r w !l we.
Peter D-utev, l*vi F.pler,
Henry Fisher. G. W. Garret,
John Me vers, James Cochran,
Seth Price, A lex. M Donald,
- - • w. M .
Singleton Kimmel, John Kepple,
Ifen.el >chappell y Jacob W . Shoup,
Jawwe w " < N
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Ben: Shell, I *- Edward R-*hr,
John IbiA Thomas W. Gilpin,
Win Wolfinger. Franklin Seitxinger.
" e also pledge seven members of the company re
sding tn «ther counties. who expressed themselves on
their return home, strong!? in favor at General Fay -
lor.
Nag
ber. t.-r reasons which wrre satistartorv to his com
rades, declined signing the paper. both ot whom will
vote tor Gen. Taylor.
- Four members have .ac vote*, and the political
principles of one is unknown, which will sum as
i loi’t’WS ;
» WMe namier returned • 4b
1 Avowed for Geo. Tavior, ”33
Wars no votes, •* 4
lokth'wn, 2
IT uul. 39
Balance Mr Cats and the Tanff of *46. 7
The above mm lodes ths cAcsf* and members •:
ibt soußpany who returned bvsav.
From the New York Express.
Millard Fill more--Southward.
Southern Locofocoistn, (as willing to slay a
Northern man true to the Constitution, if he is
in its way, as a Garrison, or an Abby Folsom,)
has been assailing Millard Fillmore in all man
ner of form, and with all manner of falsehoods,
respecting his opinions upon the subject of
slavery. He is denounced in the whole Loco
foco Southern Press, as an Abolitionist ofthe
darkest stamp, and as holding opinions, not on
ly in contravention of all common sense, but in
utter repugnance to the Constitution of the
United States. It will not be the fault of South
ern Locofoco Editors, if Millard Fillmore is not
as much a bugaboo among the children of North
and South Carolina Locofocos as “ Tarleton ”
was,after the Revolution, whose name was used
by nurses to frighten or scare naughty babies to
their beds. Now. nothing is wickeder or sillier
on the part of Southern men than such election
eering as this. Their eternal cry, of “ wolf.”
“wolf”—against Northern men, anon, will
summon no shepherd when the real “wolf”
comes. The sheep will be devoured, and shep
herds w ill laugh as the frightened things in their
real agony, then cry “ wolf.” According to
these Southern Locofocos indeed, there is noth
ing in the North that is not “Abolition,” or
“ VVolf, ” save and except—now their Mr. Van
Buren has turned “ wolf, ” one Lewis Cass, of
Michigan, who is travelling exactly in Van Bu
ren's footsteps ’ We trust, that even Southern
Locofocoism, always silly enough in the choice
of its allies North, is notyetso silly as to believe
all that!
But, to set our Whig Editorial friends in the
South all right on the subject of Mr. Fillmore’s
position, and give them ammunition to kill the
Locofoco “Abolition” ghost, that the Rich
mond Enquirer has conjured up, we addressed
a letter to Mr. Fillmore, requesting him to de
fine his position on one given point—for we
took a point, and only a point, because this
“ ghost of a wolf” can never be killed, unless
you stand him on a point. The correspondence
explains the point, and speaks for itself, it is
only necessary to add. that we have delayed
publishing it, in the hope, that the silly Rich
mond ghost would lay itself—but as it yet
haunts the public there, here is the shot that
will kill it.
[copy.]
New York, Sept. 10, 1848.
To the Hon. Millard Fillmore :
Dear Sir: You may not be aware, as I am, whose
business it is daily to read Journals from all parts of
the Union, that, while Gen. Taylor is denounced in
the North t»y what calls itself ‘the Democratic parly ’
here, for being a slaveholder, you are not the less de
nounced by the same so-called Democratic party in
the South, for being an “ Abolitionist” and for hold
ing extreme abolition opinions. We who have known
you here, need no reply to calumny—but calumny
every where, concerning you, cannot be treated with
contempt, as among your own friends and citizens.
For an example of what is said concerning you, I
see it charged in the Richmond Enquirer, that you
hoH it to be within the power of Congress, to inter
fere with, or break off'the transportation, removal, or
dis|msal of persons held as slaves f rom one slavehold
ing State to another. I was so sure, not only from my
own knowledge of your opinions, but from your de
ference to the Laws and Constitution of the country,
there could not be one word of truth in such a charge,
that I peremptorily denied it to some Richmond friends,
who wrote to me on the subject, and 1 promised to
write and to ask you if I was not correct. In pur
suance of this promise, I have written you this letter.
Yours respectfully, JAMES BROOKS.
THE REPLY.
Albany, Sept. 13, 1848.
James II rooks t Esq— Dear Sir: I returned this
morning from the West, and have yours of the 10th,
in which you say that it has been .charged in the Rich
mond Enquirer, that I hold it to be within the power
of Congress to interfere with, or break off, the trans
portation, removal, or disposal of persons held as slaves,
from one slaveholding State to another.
1 am not aware that this question lias ever been dis
cussed in Congress, or was ever presented fir the con
sideration of the Supreme Court of the United States,
before 1841. In that year the celebrated case from
Mississippi was decided, and Mr. Justice McLean
gave an elaborate opinion on this point in which the
Chief Justice concurred. He came to the conclusion
that the Constitutional power over this matter was
vested in the several States, and not in Congress. So
far uv my knowledge extends, this opinion carried
conviction to every unprejudiced mind ; and the ques
tion was considered settled. At any rate this wasiny
own opinion then, and I have seen no cause to change
it since. Should Ido so, 1 should not hesitate to de
clare it.
You will therefore perceive, that you did me no in
justice in representing to your friend that these were
my sentiments.
1 write in haste, nmid the pressure of official duties,
but remain, truly yours,
MILLARD FILLMORE.
The following is the opinion ol Judge McLean, to
which Mr. Fillmore has reference :
JusriCE M< Lean’s < Ipinion.
Groces and others rs Slaughter. January 7,
1841. 15 Fefers. Rep. 449. Page 501.
As one view of this case involves the construction
ofthe Constitution of the United States in a most im
portant part, ami in regard to its bearing upon a mo
mentous and most delicate subject, I will state in a few
words my own views on that branch of the case. The
case lias been argued with surpassing ability on both
sides: mid although the question I am to consider is
not necessary to a decision of the case, yet it is so in
timately connected with it. and has been so elaborate
ly argued, that under existing circumstances 1 deem
it fit mid proper to express my opinion upon it.
The second section ofthe Constitution of Mississip
pi, a loptod the 26th of Oct., 1832, declares that the
introduction of slaves into that State, as merchandize,
or for sale, shall be prohibited from, and after the Ist
day ot May, 1833; provided, that the actual settlers
sli til not be prohibited from purchasing slaves in any
State in the Union, and bringing them into that Slate
lor their own individual use, until the year 1545; and
the question is, whether this provision is in conflict
with th »t part of the Constitution ofthe United Slates
which declares that Congress shall have the power
‘•to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and a
inong the several States. ”
In the case of Gibtxms vs. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 186,
this Court decided that the power to regulate com
merce is exclusively vested in Congress, ami that no
part of it can be exercised by a State.
The necessity of a uniform commercial regulation,
more than any other consideration, led to the adopt i. n
ofthe Federal Constitution. And, unless the power
be not only paramount, but exclusive, the constitution
must fail to attain one of the principal objects of its for
mation.
It has been contended that <& State may exercise
a commercial power if the same has not been exer
cised by Congress; and that this power of the Stale
eeasvd when the federal authority was exerted over
the same subject matter.
This argument is founded upon the supposition that
a State may exercise a power which it has expressly
given to the federal government, if it shall not exert
the power in all the modes and over all the subjects
to which it can be applied. If this rule of construc
tion were generally adopted and practically enforced,
it would be as fatal tn the spirit of the Constitution
as it is opposed to its letter.
If a commercial power may be exercised by a
State, because it has not been exercised by Congress,
the same rule must apply to other powers expressly
delegated to the federal government.
It is a limited that the power of taxation is common
to the State ami federal governments; but this is not
m its nature or effect a repugnant power; and its ex
ercise is vital to both governments.
A power may remain dormantt though th** expe
diency of its exerefee has been fully considered. It
is often wiser and more politic to forbear, than to ex
ercise a power.
A State regulates its own internal commerce, max
pass inspection and police laws, designed to guard the
health and protect the rights of its citizens. But
these laws must not beextended so as to come in con
flict with a power expressly given to the federal go
vernment.
It is enough to say that the commercial pwer. as
it regards foreign commerce, and commerce among
the several States, has bee a decided by this Court to
be exclusively vested in Congress.
Under the power to regulate foreign commerce,
Congress imposes duties on importations, give draw
backs, pass embargo and non-intercourse laws, and
make all other regulations necessary to navigation, to ;
the safety of passengers and the protection of pr per- ;
ty. Here is an ample range, extending to the remot
est seas where the commercial enterprize of our citi
xensshail go, fie the exercise of this power.
The power to regulate commerce among the seve
ral Slates is given in the same section, and in the
same language. But it does not follow that the power i
may be exercised to the same extent.
The transportation of slaves from a foreign coun
try. before the abolition of that traffic. was subject to
this commercial power. This would seem to be ad
mitted in the constitution. as it provides that ‘•’.he im
portation of such persons as any of the States, now
exhibiting, shall think proper to admit, shall not be
prohibited by Congress prior to the year eighteen ‘
hundred and eight; but a tax or duty may be nnpos- ;
ed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for j
each person.’’
An exception to a rule is said to prove the exist- •
ence of the rule : and this exception to the exercise
of the commercial power may well be considered a
c’rtr recognition of rhe power in the case stated. The
United States are considered as a unit, in ail regula
tions of f.>re’gn commerce. But this cannot be the
case where the regulations are to operate among the
several States. Fhs law must be equal and general
in ns pr * s ons. Congress cannot pass a non-inter-
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an embargo that shall affect only a part of them.
Navigation, whether on the high sens or in the
coasting trade, is a partnf ur commerce ; and. when
S
. | the power of And. as regards this inter
course, internal or fireigo, is immaterial whether
1 | tae cargo <>< the vessel consists of passengers or ani
| Head commerce.
• J Can the transfer and sale of slaves, fr-xn one State
$ to another, be regulated by Congress under the com
mercial power I
Ir a Stare may admit or prohib t slaves at its d’s- i
creuon, this rv w-r must be in the State, and not in
Coegress The Const it at kxi seems to recogrvxe the
pew er to be i the States. The imp-nation t»f cer
tain persons, meaning slaves, which wa> not to be
prv»b*bitcd behwe eighteen hundred and eight, was
limited waoeh S<> tea, then existing, as shall think
st proper to adroit them Socae of the S-.a-.es at
ume prohibited the adt&iaaiec of slaves, and the r
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 4. 1848.
right iodo so was as strongly implied by this provi
sion as the right of other States that admitted them.
The Constitution treats slaves as persons. In the
i second section of the first article, which apportions
< representatives, an 1 directs taxes among the States,
j it provides, “ the number shall be determined, by
adding to the whole number of free persons, includ
ing those bound to service for a term of years, and ex-
P eluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all other
persons.” And again, in the third section of the
fourth article, it is declared that “no person held to
! service or labor in one State, under the laws thereof,
escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any
i law or regulation therein, be discharged from such
: service or labor, but shall be delivered up, on claim
of the party to whom such service or labor shall be
t due.”
By the laws of certain States, slaves are treated
as property: and the constitution of Mississippi pro
hibits their being brought into that State by citizens
of other States, for sale, or as merchandize. Mer
chandize is a comprehensive term, and may include
every article of traffic, whether foreign or domestic,
which is properly embraced by a commercial regula
tion. But if slaves are considered in some of the
States as merchandize, that cannot divest them of the
leading and controling quality of persons, by which
they are designated in the Constitution. The char
acter nf property is given them by the local law.—
This law is respected, and all rights under it are
protected by the federal authorities : but the con
stitution acts upon slaves as persons, and not as pro
perty.
In all the old States, at the time of the Revolution,
slavery existed in a greater or less degree. By more
than one half of them, including those that have since
been admitted into the Union, it has been abolished
or prohibited. And in these States, a slave cannot be
bought as merchandize, or held to labor, in any of
them, except as a transient person.
The Constitution of Ohio declares that there shall
be neither slavery or involuntary servitude in the
State, except for the punishment of crimes. Is this
provision in conflict with the power in Congress t»
regulate commerce ? It goes much further than the
constitution of Mississippi. That prohibits only the
introduction of slaves into the State by the citizens of
other States, as merchandize : but the Constitution of
Ohio not only does this, but it declares that slavery
shall not exist in the State. Does not the greater
power exclude the lesser ? If Ohio may prohibit the
introduction of slavery info it altogether, may not ?he
State of Mississippi regulate their admission?
The Constitution of the United States operates
alike on all the States; and one Slate has the same
power over the subject of slavery as every other
State. If it be constitutional in one State to abolish
or prohibit slavery, it cannot be unconstitutional in
another, within its discretion to regulate it.
Could Ohio, in her Constitution, have prohibited
the introduction info the State of the cotton of the
South, or the manufactured articles of the North ? If
ii State may exercise this power, it may establish a
non-intercourse with the other States. This, no one
will pre'end, is w ithin the power of the State. Such
a measure would be repugnant to the constitution, and
it would strike at the foundation of the Union. The
power vested in Congress to regulate commerce
among the several Slates, was designed to prevent
commercial conflict among them. But, whilst Ohio 1
could not proscribe the productions of the South, nor ,
the fabrics of the North, no one doubts its power to
prohibit slavery. And what can more unanswerably 1
establish the doctrine that a State may prohibit sla- i
very, or, in its discretion, regulate it, without touch- j
ing upon the commercial power of Congress ?
The power over slavery belongs to the States res- c
peclively. It is local in its character, find in its es- i
sects: and the transfer or >ale of slaves cannot be |
separated from this |>ower. It is indeed an essential
part of it. t
E:ich State has a right to protect itself against the
avarice and intrusion ofthe slave dealer: to guard
its citizens against the inconveniences and dangers of
a slave population.
The right to exercise this power, by a State, is
higher and deeper thin the Constitution. The evil
involves the prosperity, and may endanger the exist
ence of a State. Its power to guard against, or to re
medy the evil, rests upon the law of self preserva
tion ; a law vital to every community, and especially
to a sovereign State
From the Columbus Enquirer.
Very Much Alike.
About eightyears certain men in Georgia
were perfectly mad in support of Martin I an
liuren the Presidency; they ripped and rant
ed, spoke and swore worse than women in the
fish market. The people were told by these
especial friends ofthe South that I an was the
very pink of honesty, the pearl of all fidelity to
all that appertains to the Southern people. By
the honesty and good sense of the people I 'an
was defeated, and he now begins to exhibit his
real character. He was from the beginning
an enemy to everything that appertains to the
South, but his supporters among ns, were will
ing to sacrifice all that is dear to the citizens of
Georgia and other Southern States, in order
o elect him.
Now, is it not strange that the same set of
men, nay the very same men, who were then
*<> vociferous for the prince of Kinderhook,
are now loudest for the man of Michigan ?
What is the reason of this? Are they not sat
isfied that Van Buren, with all his pretended
friendship, was a traitor then at heart, and now
by open acknowledgments, to those that pre
tended to trust him ? And do they not know
that Lewis Cass is of the same wormy kidney,
ready, if defeated, to turn upon us with all his
original hatred, and head the fanatic crew, with
Martin Van Buren, to ciushthe rights and sa
crifice the interests of this people ?
We, w ith others, warned the Southern peo
ple years ago that Van Buren was a dangerous
man. That warning has proved to be true.
We now warn them that Lewis Cassis equally
unworthy of confidence or support. Dema
gogues will dispute this. Men that love their
party more than their country will, in the face
of his past history, pretend that he is safe and
sound. But let it he remembered that these
are the same men that tried so hard to palm
upon a confiding people the present leader of
the abolition forces. No two men were ever
more alike than Van Buren and Cass, and
hence, the men that supported the one are now
most conspicuous in the ranks of the other.
Many honest men who supported Van Buren
have turned with disgust from the support of
Cass, but we do not know in all these diggins
a solitary friend of Cass that was riot, in past
>ears, the friend of Van. The two men will
naturally have the same supporters. They are
very much alike, and especially Gen. Cass.
Labor Lost. Desperation of the Cassites.
—We learn from the New Orleans Bulletin that
a pamphlet is issued from Washington, under
authority of the Democratic Committee, con
sisting of Senator Foote. Commissioner Burke,
and Postmaster Brown, to prove that Millard
Fillmore is an Abolitionist, and that General
Taylor is in favor of the Wilmot Proviso. It
takes eight pages to do this to the satisfaction
of the compilers.
Why bless their poor sifhl*. says the Bulle
tin. we can prove by a simple reference to the
journals of Congress a vast deal more than this
in a dozen lines. We can prove :
That every Northern Democrat in the Sen
ate voted for the Wilmot Proviso.
That every Northern Democrat in the House,
except four, voted for this proviso.
That Senators Benton and Houston voted
for it;
And that Jamfs K. Polk signed the bill ‘
For. what. then, are our democratic friends
making all this fuss ’ Is it criminal for a Whig
to do what they have done themselves, and
what their master. James K Polk, has done ?
Try again, gentlemen, aid we recommend
you to lake up some other subject than the
Wilmot Proviso. You. you. you have saddled
that yoke upon the necks of the South, and it
is rather too late now to charge the Whigs with
the intention of doing it.
Mississippi.—We have received direct and
detailed information of the prospect in our sis
ter State, from a shrewd and cool observer,
whose position at the capital enables him io
form a tolerably correct estimate of the result.
The substance of his communication is that in
East and North Mississippi Taylor wiil receive
an accession of 2.400 votes, making, of course,
a difference of
a sufficient gain will be made to encourage
strong and well-founded hopes of success.
Mississippi gave Mr. Polk something over 6.0(H)
majority. Such a democratic preponderance
is difficult to overcome, but the Whigs of Mis
sissippi are determined to try —they succeeded
in IS4O, and may do so again hi I*4S. The
State is thoroughly organized, and the canvass
on the part of the Whigs, most spirited and
energetic. — .V. O. Bee.
I: is now very evident that the thirty-six Elec
tor il votes of New York will be given to Taylor
and Fillmore. Many of the Free toilers begin
to think they have suited their fingers, and are
getting out of the scrape as well as they can.
Even (W vote in this St te will be larger
than Van Buren's. Many of the Barnburners
will vote for him. and others for Taylor They
don’t like their new connection.—A’ Jtur.
i Com.
The Taylor Platform.
1. The restoration of power to the people.
2. The restriction of the veto withiu legiti
. mate limits.
3. The restoration of our Government to its
I true, safe and legitimate purposes.
4. Tne rescue of the Government from the
1 grasp of demagogues and spoilers.
5. Retrenchment of extravagant and unau
thorized expenditures.
6 The assumption of the Constitution asthe
platform of our political faith
7. The curtailment of the inordinate patron
■ age of the Executive, by means of which elec
tions are controlled and the public liberty en
dangered.
r* An rad. a positive e«/Z. to all reckless ex
periments upon the business. the currency and
the enterprise of the country.
9. .4 rriara to Me old and safe paths of hones
tsf. stnesruy. patriotism and public rirtm
Augusta, (©a.:
FRIDAY MORNING, SEPT. 29, 1848.
A Severe Blow to Gen* Cass*
The Hon. Joseph Day, of Jones, the Demo
cratic candidate for Congress in the 7th Con
gressional District, in his letter accepting the
nomination, hits Gen. Cass a severe blow in
reference to Gen. C.’s position, that the terri
torial legislatures of New Mexico and Cali
fornia have the exclusive control of the slavery
question. Mr. Day says:
“ I believe that Congress has no right to legislate
on the subject of slavery, either in the States or ter
ritories. and that any action thereon by the National
Legislature, is in direct violation of the principles of
the Constitution, and a wanton usurpation of power
nor can a territorial legislature exercise such rights,
deriving as it does its powers from Congress:—l sup
pose it will not be contended that Congress can dele
gate to a territorial government, power or rights that
it does not itself possess.”
Here is a direct issue between Mr. Day and
Gen. Cass on this vital question to the South,
yet Mr. Day supports Gen. C. as a safe man
for the protection of Southern rights and in
terests.
It is rather a remarkable fact, yet nevertheless
true, that while a large portion of the Demo
crats are urging upon the South the soundness
of General Cass upon the slavery question, not
one in one hundred of them the temerity
to vindicate his principles before a Southern
community. So far from it, indeed, they
. avoid it as they would a pestilential vapor, the
inhaling of which is certain death. Is not this
fact sufficient to satisfy the reflecting and intel
ligent portion of the Democratic party of the
South that Gen. Cass is unsound on the ques
tion of their rights, and that the demagogues
and leaders who are seeking to persuade them
into his support are ready to sacrifice the rights
and property of the South at the shrine of par
ty, merely to obtain a political triumph?
What benefit, we ask, will enure to the
democracy of the South by the election of
Gen. Cass, who holds opinions on the slavery
question so averse to their rights and interests ?
Are Southern men prepared for such a sacri
fice as his election would require of them ?
We think not. We believe they know their
rights and will rise superior to the mere dic
tates of party. We are confident they can
correctly estimate the position, education, feel
ings, general character arid principles of the
two candidates, and that, thus estimating, they
cannot fail to perceive an important difference
in favor of Old Zack, the Louisiana planter.
*orthe security of Southern rights. Every in
telligent mind who will obey the suggestions
of patriotism, can distinguish the difference be
tween Taylor and Cass, and all such men
must and do know that it is much more prudent
to entrust Southern rights and interests to the
care of a Southern man, identified with them
by birth, education, feeling and interest, than
to confide them to Gen. Cass, who indulges
no sympathy with Southern institutions. Re
member the pointed language of Air. Calhoun
at the Charleston meeting:
“ Remember, that the man who is farthest
from you in Politics at the South, is nearer to
YOU THAN ANY MAN OF EITHER PARTY AT THE
North.”
Abuse ofGen. Taylor.
The Organizer of the 16th inst., one of the
Cass organs of Mississippi, uses the following
language in reference to Gen. Taylor, that
unfaltering patriot and gallant soldier, who for
forty years has braved the dangers of every cli
mate on our continent, and borne the Ameri
can flag victorious on every battle field, whe
ther its enemies were English, Indians, or Mexi
cans. Il is such a min, whose name was nev
er coupled with dishonor, whom that journal
thus seeks to traduce before the American
people :
“ The Whig candid.- te is a hireling soldier, nnd
the worst sort of a hireling soldier, too !” &<•. Again:
he »ys “ the abolitionist Taylor’s last letter digs his
grave in the South,” and windsup by calling him a
“Southern Judas I”
Read it, American.*.! read it ye gallant sons
who in the hour of your country’s conflict rush
ed to her standard and bore it aloft on every
battle field under the command of the heroic
Taylor. Aye, read it, and determine whether
it comports with your dignity and character as
freemen and American citizens, to act with a
party which, for merely political purposes, thus
attempts, through its organs, to traduce the
patriot and hero who “ never surrenders.”
The fame of Gen. Taylor belongs to the na
tion, and it is the duty of every patriot to pro
serve it free from such foul blots.
A Goon Idea —We hear through channels that ]
enable us to state with confidence that the leading
Hunkers ot’ our State meditate the withdrawal of their (
Electoral Ticket at the polls in favor of that of the re
gular Democracy, which is pledged to Van Buren '
and Adams, thus ceasing to distract the Democratic 1
party, so fur as the Presidency is concerned. This is
the most sensible scheme that has entered their heads
this season. If they will just make ;i clean thing of <
it, by pitching over their spavined State Ticket as <
well, and giving us a fair, old-faslroned fight between ,
Fish and Dix, Patterson and Gates, they will make j
the contest close enough to be interes’ing, and bring .
out the voters. As they know bv this time that the |
People won’t vote for Cass, and that their only chance ,
is in the House, they may as well stop their disor
ganizing, third-party nonsense in Massachusetts and '
Vermont also, making over their scattering votes to '
the Free Soil Democracy and thus partially conceal- j
ing their weakness. The game is a good one, but i
unless played boldly and thoroughly it will fail.—A. i
Y. 'Fribune.
Stranger things than the withdrawal of the
Cass electoral ticket in the State of New York
have happened and may aeain. We heard the
subject talked of last Saturday in the great
commercial emporium, as a probable event.
By strengthening Mr. Van Bvres and car
rying the election of President into the
House, the shrewd friends of Gen. Cass
find their last ray of hope of another four
| year's lease of the much coveted offices of the
Federal Government. We do not believe that
: if the whole Cass and Polk factions of the
I country were to do their be»t to elect Mr. Van
; IlCßES.they could defeat the straight forward
■ old Planter of Louisiana. Gen. Taylor is
I bound to be President on the 4th of March,
i
Cassand the Wilmot Proviso.
A staunch advocate of the Wilmot Proviso
and supporter of Gen. Cass in the city of Sy
racuse.keeps tiie following card in the organof
the Old Hunker faction in Onondaga county,
which we copy from the Albany Argus:
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD!
KEEP IT BEFORE the PEOPLE,
That I will pay the above reward to any person that
can show that Gen. <. ass —in any speech, letter, word
or conversation —is in favor himsmlf, or approves of
any action on the part of the General Government,
for extending Slavery into Territory now free. -As
the charge is so otten made, let us have the proof.
Syracuse, Sept. 13, 1848. J. H. COLVIN.
Where is the Southern Cassite that will
pocket a cool thousand dollars on so ea>y
terms ’ The Albany -trgus says that Mr. Col- j
vin is ‘ a responsible and highly respectable I
. democrat of Syracuse.
Smelling the Rat.
“The Free Soil Piek-Axe, at Lynn, has
pulled down the name ot A an Buren and Adams, and
i tin up the names of G-rr ’. >:ni:h and Charles C.
’ Foote, as the true free tic.\et. '
Many abolitionists in the State of New Y ork
■ are getting sick of Mr. Van Buren and are
’ stumping it for Smith.
Very Late and Important.—The editor
I of the Ohio Plaindealer is growing desper
ate in his support ot Gen. Coss as the Free
Soil candidate. In a late number the editor, af
ter laborii g to prove th« position of his candi
date upon Die subject of slavery in the Tern
tones, identical with that ot Judge McLean,
concludes his article thus :
N ?w we ask every can ’ i reader to compare the
opinioas of the two men, and point out the difference
iftheveae. We ciaim to that Gen. Cass is as
good a r ree sod man -ts Judge McLean, and a
MUCH BETTER ON'S THAN MARTIN Van BvrEN.
——
The German paper published at Chicago.lll.,
h.M hauled down the Cass and Bailer flag, and
1 run up that of Free Soil and Y an Buren
FURTHER INTELLIGENCE BY
THE STEAMER ACADIA.
From the New York Express of Monday.
Tiie steamship Acadia, Captain Stone, ar
rived at Boston at half-past five o’clock, on
'■ Sunday morning. She sailed frdm Liverpool
i- on Saturday the 9th inst.
The steamship United States, Capt. Hack
staff, left Cowes on Sunday, 3d instant, at 3
1 o’clock, with eighty passengers, and a large
- cargo of fine French goods. After proceeding
- as far as the Sciily Islands, her condenser be
s came damaged, and she was obliged to put
back to Southampton. It is stated that she will
be at least some four or five weeks before she
e will be able to repair the derangement of her
machinery, and be again fit for sea. The chief
portion of her passengers have left her.
The Hermann, from New York, arrived off
the Isle of Wight on the 4th inst., and, incon
’ sequence of thick fog, but whilst in charge of a
pilot, got on shore in Gnrnett Bay, near Cowes
t on the top of the tide, and, although the
engines were immediately reversed, it was im-
I possible to get her off. A special steamer,
waiting off Cowes for the mails, went to her
assistance. A tug steamer was sent to re
lieve the ship, and the coals were discharged
into lighters. This step was effectual, and at
3 P M. on the same, day, she floated, and
shortly after anchored in Cowes roads. Her
coals were again put on board, and she again
proceeded on her voyage, without having, it is
said, sustained any damage.
The weather continues fine in Great Britain
and the grain market has declined to almost the
entire extent ofthe recent advance.
The Queen, on the sth inst., prorogued the
two Houses in person, by a speech from the
throne, recapitulating the chief events of the
session, and immediately afterwards took her
departure for Scotland.
France*
In Paris, M. de Lamartine has published a
pamphlet, defending himself from the various
charges against him. Public opinion has so
unequivocably found its way to the Assembly
that Gen. Cavaignac has been compelled to
deny his intention of suppressing the Consti
tutionel. This journal and the Presse have
now resumed their fierce attacks upon the
government, and wage open war against the
republic, in spite of Gen. Cavaignac’s declara
tion that he will not allow the republic to be
impeached.
Local disturbances in the provinces continue
to occur, chiefly arising from the obnoxious
and extraordinary tax of 45cenlimesimposed by
the Provisional Government.
On the 3d inst., the garrison of Paris and a
portion of the National Guard were reviewed
on the Boulevards, by Gen. Cavaignac who
was loudly cheered. Between 70,000 and 80.-
000 were under arms, of whom about 20,000
belonged to the National Guard, only one bat
talion being called out from each legion. Al
though the National Guard was invited to at
tend the review in full force, it was found that
not mote than 300 men mustered from each
battalion, and in one battalion the number was
under 250. This rebuke, proceeding from
such a body, has been keenly fell, and has given
serious uneasiness to the head of the Govern
ment. It is generally understood that several
causes of uissalisfaction has led to this species
of negative demonstration.
It is said that a serious quarrel has arisen
between Gens. Changarnier and Cavaignac,
out of the defection of the National Guards, '
at the review on Sunday last. Gen. Cavaig- 1
nac has addressed a letter to Gen. Changar
nier, in which he laments the slender uius- <
ter on that occasion in terms which seem to <
reflect upon the latter rather severely. I
Germany*
Advices have been received from Hamburg ’
to the 6th inst They state that the Provision- 1
al government of the Duchies of Schleswig
and Holstein have refused to acknowledge the
armistice lately concluded by Prussia, in the
name of the Germanic Confederation. The r
greatest jealousy of Prussia prevails amongst j
the Democratic party ofthe north of Germany, 1
and it is feared that the exertions of that pow- t
er to promote peace will prove fruitless.
The blockade of the Elbe. Weser and Jahda •
has been raised, since the sth, and the Prussian r
ports ou the Baltic have also by this time be
come free.
Italy.
The accounts from Italy and Rome declare
the whole country to be in a distracted and
excited state. At Genoa, Leghorn and Rome,
tntnults li'.ivo occurred, which wore with diffi
culty suppressed.
The Monilcur states that die Ottoman govern
ment had recognized the French Republic,
and that Gen. Aupick, the French Minister
Plenipotentiary, presented his credentials to
the Sultan on the 26th ult.
The National Saroisien of the 4th inst. pub
lishes a letter from Turin of the 2d inst., which
states that the Austrians, having imposed an
extraordinary contribution of 400,000 florins,
(£32,000) on the city of Parma, to be paid
within four hours, that sum being not forth
coming within the period stated, the Croats,
according to custom, commenced pillaging the
city. The inhabitants, however, encouraged
by the patriotic defence of Bologna, rung the
tocsin, and commenced a fearful battle, in
which they were assisted by the women and
children. They threw their furniture from the
windows upon the heads of the Austrians, and
the inhabitants of the country hurried to their
assistance, armed with their implements of
husbandry. The result of the struggle had
not been ascertained.
From Wilmer <s• Smith's Times, Sept. !).
Financial and Commercial Intelligence*
The continuance of fine weather which pre
vailed during the greater part of last week,
and the temporary setdement of the dispute
between Germany and Denmark, has had a
very favorable effect upon trade in general
since the sailing of the Europa. The pro
duce market continues to be very liberally
supplied, and as merchants are desirous of
realizing, prices had given way, particularly
for teas and coffee. Cotton is very steady, and
a fair amount of business is going forward;
but prices cannot, it is said, be any higher.
There is much less buoyancy in the grain trade
and prices have receded considerably below
those current on the 2d inst There is an im
proved feeling manifest in the trade for British
manufactured iron, and prices are a point high
er than last week. The reports received from
the manufacturing districts are more encourag
ing. Orders for goods, suitable for exporta
tion, have increased, and higher prices are
being paid for both cotton and woolen fibrics
There is no accumulation of stock, although
the manufa, urers are working with increased
activity.
Cotton I -de.— Throughout the past week
the demand » cotton, both for customers and
the exporters i.as been steady, and sales each
day amounted nearly 5000 bales. At the
close of yester s market, the Committee of
Brokers declar he following prices ; —Fair
Upland, 4| ; fair 'bile. 4J: *a:r Orleans. 4s.
Sales from Ist to i September are. 26,730
bales, of which 1,1 American were taken by
speculators, and 3.- for export. The im
ports during the sam eriod are 23.600 bales,
viz.: 11.3»>4 from N Orleans: 4.174 from
Savannah; 2 203 from charleston, and 780
from New York. The mated stock of cot
ton on hand at this port tinues in excess of
last year by about 161.86■> bales. Until there
is more certainty respecting the new crops of
the United States, prices cannot be expected
to advance to any extent beyond our present
quotations.
Grain Trade.— The prospects of the Grain
trade are not so active as reported a couple of
weeks ago. The weather has been more fa
vorable in most places throughout England
and the sister kingdoms for harvest operations
since ourla-t issue, and the reports respecting
the extent of the potato disease less alarming.
Our leading Corn markets have been very se
riously affected thereby, consequently on Mon
day last at Mark Lane, holders of Corn who
! long hive, under the hallucination of a contin
uance of rain, a deficient harvest and necessa
rily a rise in price, deficiently supplied the
markets, had their aspirations very seriously
blighted. Under these circumstances wheatof
j home production declines three to four shil
. lings, and in some instances five shillings per
; quarter for old, whilst new was sold at a re
| duction of five so six shillings per quarter on
: the rates of the previous week. The highest
prices realized for American was 4~s. to uas.,
I and for Canada 46*. to 53*. per quarter. Al
though the top prices of Flour remain unal
tered. the sales were languid, and L ntled
States sweet sold at 28s. to 315.. and Canadian
28s. to 30s Indian Corn was in limited re
quest, and holders accepted a decline o( 2s. to
3s. per quarter. The subsequent markets held
this week at Mark Lane, were d ill and languid,
and prices exhibited a still further tendency to
decline. At the Liverpool market, holders
have readily accepted lower prices, and can
with difficulty effect sales in any branch ot the
trade, except Indian Corn, which is m demand i
for shipment to Ireland. Yesterday the *ery
* best Western Canal Flour changed hands at
j 325. to 345.. and Canadian brought the same
■ rate*. „ _
Livrrpoul Grain Market. Sept. ? —’ orno-fe.
a 34-.: Fiour 325. 6d. a 345.: Colton. I plands.
4|d.: Mobile do.; Orleans 4ld.
LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
By Telegraph and Express for me New 1
Express-
DMin. Sept -Ti.e general t<>-
pic of conversation here is that relauug to tn
Special Commission, which takes place in a
few days at Clonmel; the parlies against whom
the Crown Solicitor considers he has a com
plete case are Smith O Brien, McManus, and
the rebel peasantry.
He finds a difficulty in implicating Meagher
in the Ballingary affair—in fact, he cannot get
proof to show that he was there at all, and his
only s ep to have him tried is by charging him
with overtacts of treason in connection wi,h
the affair. One or two peasants have become
approvers, and their depositions are in the
hands of the Crown, but it will take stronger
proof than this to insure a conviction, in order
thatthe Crown may have the best of it.
The grand panel is to be selected from the
petty jurors in these cases connected with the
State trials.
Poor Lord John Russell, who has been mak
ing a stolen visit to the Vice Regal Lodge,
makes his exit to-morrow. He will be well
•able to talk glibly and forcibly on the affairs of
Ireland, for he has, in the short space of a week,
seen with his own eyes and heard with his own
ears the misrule of Ireland ; but it was in Lord
Clarendon’s back parlor, in the Castle of Dub
lin, not in the wilds of Tipperary, the inoun
tain districts of Kerry, or the poverty-stricken
localities in Galway.
The arraignment of Smith O'Brien and his
fellow prisoners will positively take place a
bout the 2Gth inst. Mr. Whiteside, Q. C ,
will be the leading counsel for the defence,
Mr. O’Gorman, the other leaders, are believed
positively to have escaped to America. Dr.
Reynolds, of Liverpool, has made good in
getting off to America, notwithstanding the
vigilant search made for him. The Pacifica
tory intentions imputed to the Government by
the visit of the Premier, are blown to the winds
—it now is seen that nothing savoring of an
amnesty was afall contemplated, and that not
only the captured felons have no mercy to ex
pect, but that every man of the least respecta
bility suspected of holding sympathetic senti
ments, is not for a moment free from arrest. —
The population ofseveral d stricts of the conn
try, is in a starving condition. God only
knows how the famine now threatened in its
most hideous form can be averted. Detectiv
ism is as rife as ever—the Army is concentra
ting in the South, and an immense force will at
tend the scene of the trials.
Dublin, up to the departure of the Express
was perfectly quiet. Mr. O’Brien and Mr.
Meagher, continue in good spirits, but Mr.
Duffy’s health is rapidly declining.
Perfect tranquility prevail* throughout the
country, and the weather continues favorable
for harvest operations, though perhaps a higher
degree of temperature would be desirable.
France*
Later intelligence from Paris informs us that
the project of the Assembly was proceeding
much more rapidly and with much greater
unanimity than was expected. There seems
to be with the majority a desire to have all ob
struction* toward a full and fair developement
of republicanism removed, they having decided
by a large majority that there should be a pre
amble to the Constitution.
There have been several riot*, so serious
thatthe authorities of one of the departments
had portioned the executive to place the de
partment in a state of siege. It is stated that
the government are in full possession of a
Louis Buonapartist plot, with ramifications at
Lyons, and ten other places, and that they will
put it down with a strong hand.
Louis Napoleon has announced himself as a
candidate for the Assembly in the department
of the Seine.
Il is said that conferences have been held be
tween the monarchists and moderate republi
cans in the Assembly, which it is expected will
lead to a fusion of all parties in behalf of the Re
public. it is expected that the Constitution
will be voted by the end of October, and that
the Assembly will then be prorogued till Dec.
Germa ny*
Frankfort. — Commercial affairs, which were
improving, have at once received a check by
the war-like tone of the Diet, who, by a ma
jority of 17, have refused to sanction the armis
tice which has been concluded between Prussia
and Denmark.
As this was a direct violation of the author
ized step which Prussia had taken, the minority
resigned in a body on the sth inst.
The debate took place in a crowded Assem
bly, and amid much excitement, on the motion
that the National Assembly decrees the stop
page of the military and other measures con
nected with the lulfilment of the conditions of
the armistice. The numbers were ayes, 336;
nocs, IFJ! : majority, 17. The motion subse
quently put, that the National r«
solves that the question as to the stoppage of
the fulfilment ofthe armistice shall not be put
to the vote until some resolution as to the ar
mistice itself has been formed by the Assembly,
was rejected by a vote of 244 to 230. The As
sembly broke up amid great tumult. The
Ministry met in council almost immediately
afterwards, and, as before staled, resolved to
resign in a body.
The city continued in a very disturbed state
till a late hour at night.
Naples and Sicily.
We have advices from Naples to the 28th
ult. The English fleet was still at Ca*telmare
and Naples. That of France at Palermo.
The decision of the Neapolitan Government
to send an expedition to Sicily had excited
the most intense anxiety. Messina was of
course expected to be the point of attack.
I’he British Admiral had given orders that no
interruption should be offered in any way to
the Neapolitan fleet.
The expedition to Sicily left Naples on the
30th ult. It was believed that they would meet
with a warm reception as all the adult popula
tion had armed the houses. The streets of
Messina had been prepared for a determined
defence, and the inhabitants had resolved ami
were prepared to blow up the city rather than
surrender.
Austria*
By letters from V ienna we learn that the joint
mediation of England and France in the affairs
of Italy and .Austria is accompanied by certain
reserves that may possibly preclude its effici
ency altogether.
The Austrian conditions of mediation are :
the sovereignty of Lombardy to be retained,
and no conditional territory to be ceded to
Austria. A liberal constitution is promised to
Milan and Vienna, under the Austrian Vice
roy.
Liverpool Cotton Market.
Report for the Week end>ng Sept. B.—The turn
of the market this week has been in lavor of the buy
er, b it in so slight a degree as not to call f >r any ma
terial change in the scale of quotations; fair Uplands
standing at 4j'i. and fair Orleans 4j<l. true, the im
proved state ofthe Manchester market, picitie. appear
ance on the continent, g'wd harvest weather, and oth
er favoring circumstances, wool i have reasonably jus
tified the expectation of more activity, and of some
improvement in the raw material. But latterly, and
especially within the lasi two or three weeks, we have
been brought so much under-he influence ofthecoin
ing crop iu the United States, as to have given .a new
view to the subject. The impression is now become
general that the crop will prove abnn l.int. and many
ofthe holders are acting as if that important point hud
already been ascertained and realized; and notloubt
it is mainly this impression which i< be irmg on our
market and keeping us in cheek The p ddic sale »f
Sea Islands brought forward on Fridav of I i.-t week,
was almost entirely wit (drawn for warn of buyers. —
The little that was sold was at the lowest scale ot the
previous private business, so that Sea I I inds also re
main as uefore, with only a moderate demand. Other
long stapled kinds, as Egyptian and Brazil, barely
support former quotations, and are freely offered lor
Rile. 1100 American hive been taken on Specula
tion, and 3390 American, 60 Madras, and 250 Fer
n-itn for Export. Sales for the week 26,730 bales. —
Geo. Holt u* < o.
Liverpool Cotton Market - Saturday .—The safe
of cotton to-day wiil probably extend to about 500-1
bales. If it were possible to note any change in our
market to-day, we should say that the demand is
more lively th-jn yesterday, but holders still remain
willing sellers. There is an abundant choice otfering
at yester, lay’s quotations.
Liverpool Corn Market. —Saturday.— ;r
Corn market to-day we have an improved acts m.
The market is very firm, and yesterprice- are
well supported. Indian corn is scarce, and choice
American to-day demands 375. for pounds, and
was to-day in demand.
From Baring s Circular.
LONDON, Friday, Sept. 3.—A wee* of extreme Y'
fine weather has caused a material reduci >n in the
prices of breadstuff*, but in the produce markets no
improvement can as yet be reported ; for. although
within a few days there has been ceuai.uly more ex
port demand for several articles the home trade his
continued to manifest great caution in purchasing, and
with a few exceptions, prices have been barely main
tained.
The Cotton market does not improve, the d rily de
mand at Liverpool being more than supplied by im
porters, and the tendency of prices continues m I v »r
ofthe r. Oir sales Ir t w ■ i 28. j
bales Surat, irotu a3; J.; and xOj Madras, at 3 a
3fd'.
At our Corn market, on Monday, the supplies of
formtr*’ wnca’ were large, principally o the n-.w
cron and in somewhat i-nprov. 1 con !■' >n. Owing
t > the brill ant wea her, the trade was m ch depress
ed ; and. though holders submitted to a r I'i-r: >n of
trillv ss. qr. a good deal wa* leftover. In l"r- fi.
i little done; but a similar reduction must have been
| -submitted to. in order to effect sales. Barfey and oa*-
I 1 a 2s. cheaper. Beans dropped 3--: and gray a;; i
white peas, from sto 6s. per qr. Indian cm was
wkhiit inquiry on Wednesday. In the few transac
tions which took place aoou’ Monday’s prices were
realized bat the trade ruled heavily. I d ryjan
wheat has receded toffs, per c , * ; n: : j-. > ~
a 3*. 7d. o-I&Im per bbl. for xir. I’vday. • r* '* >.s
little doing in any description of grain, and p r 'e
were n auinally as on Monday. Our
pa> 1 qoM-Woas are, United S/ate* red wh-it o'J-.
p»r i»«p. qr.; white 50 to 55". d<. *ir 30 to 32<.
per bbl , superfine best brands Indian ccm 31 roj-s.
: per 460 Ibe. Indiau sen* meal 15 16 s - bli.
VOL.LXII.—NEW SERIES VOL. XIL, NJ. 40.
Augusta, (©co.:
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT. 30, ’4B.
Things to be Remembered*
Let it be remembered, that Lewis Cass was
first nominated as a Presidential candidate by
the Wilmot provisoists of Michigan, who best
know his feelings and views in regard to South
ern rightsand interests.
Let it be remembered, that Zachary Taylor
is a Southern man by birth, education, feeling
and interest; and is at ouce honest, capable
and as true as steel.
Let it be remembered, that the anti slavery
men of Western New-York opposed Mr. Fill
more’s election to Congress in 1838; opposed
his election in 1840; defeated his election for
Governor in 1844; vehemently opposed him
for Comptroller in 1847; and are doing their
utmost to defeat his election as Vice-Presideii#
in 1848.
Let it be remembered, that whilst Mr. Fill
more has treated the abolitionists, democrats,
free-soilers, and all other associations of his
fellow-citizens, with entire respect, he has ever
maintained his independence of these factions,
and looked to the Constitution for his guide
and the whole country for support.
Let it be remembered, that such high-minded
statesmen, who look beyond mere local popu
larity and temporary interests, are becojning
scarce; and that it will be an evil hour for the
confederacy when such men can no longer
safely appeal to the patriotism and good sense
ofthe people of all sections.
Encouraging to Grain Growers.
We are pleased to learn that two extensive
Merchant Mills are about to be erected in this
city for the manufacture of Flour, by the use
of a part of its immense hydraulic power.—
Each mill will start with four pairs of French
burrs, the water for driving which and all ne
cessary machinery, has been contracted for on
the upper level of the Canal. One will be
built by J. L. Coleman, Esq., of this city ; and
the other by John Cunningham, Esq., of
Greene, and partners. They are men of capi
tal. of large experience in business operations,
and will command public confidence and we
doubt not success. Considering the low price
and acknowledged over-production of Cotton,
the facilities for exporting Flour both by waler
and Railroad from this city, and the urgent ne
cessity for diversifying the agriculture of the
State, we can not but regard the erection of
these mills as indicating the beginning of an
auspicious change in its rural industry. Nor
do we doubt that our nlanlers will promptly
meet this new demand for Wheat. Os its cul
ture we will speak at length in a few days.
In the city of Rochester, last week, we saw
farmers receiving a dollar and a quarter a bush
el for this great staple of the Genesee valley,
and happen to know that more money was col
lected for tolls on the Erie Canal during the
second week in September than in any other
week since it was completed in 1825.
They are now making in Rochester a consid
erable amount of kiln-dried corn meal for for
eign consumption. Withits Railroad to Ten
nessee and almost unlimited water power, why
can not Augusta command a large business in
the same line ?
Destructive Fire.
We regret to learn that Mr. Thomas Chee
ly’s valuable manufacturing mill, at the Shoals
ofOgeechee, was destroyed by fire on Wednes
day n'ght the 2()th inst. The fire was first dis
covered about ten o’clock, when the roof was
in a large blaze—loo late for any efforts to save
the building. All anxiety and attention was
immediately directed to the cotton factory about
ninety feet distant. We may say it was provi
dentially saved, without any injury, by the
calmness of the night and the united exertions
of those present. The loss is estitr ’' > ' 1 at $4.~
006. Owing to the carelessness ox miller
with a caudle, it is supposed that the house
caught on fire.
Things in Tennessee.
The following letter of Capt. Jo. Rogers,
to the editor of the Nashville Banner, should
not escape the attention of the reader; its
rich and quiet vein of humor cannot fail to ex
cite the risible faculties, and if it be true that a
good kuigh increases the span of life, Capt. Jo.
must in justice be set down as a philanthropist,
if it be philanthropic to extend the span oflif’e :
HILLS AND HOLLOWS.
Big Poplar Hollow, Sept. ]5, 1843— Mr. Edi
tor: I have been laying off for a smart spell back to
drop you a few lines of a perlitikal nator, but one
tliingoranotlicrturned upto bender inc. Fodder pul
lin is now over though, and I shall have more spare
time. I’ve been mightly beset lately to dissolve all
the notty questions the boys keeps perpounding to me
consuming matters of politication, and sich, and I’ve
been wanting to write to you about some pints; or es I
could see Maj. Hooper he could etraten things for me.
Jo Lurkins and BiHey Coole got to disputin rother
day about the war, ns to what it was for and the like,
and they differd, so they defers it to me. Weil, you
know it wont do for us grammar scholars, that read?
the papersand all that, to say we don’t know how a
thing is; so, sez I, boys, I’ll tell you what Mister
Polk foul Mexico for—it was for indemnity for the
pad. and security for the future. Ther now, sez Jo
and Bill both together, we was both wrong; but what
does that mean, Captain, sez they? Right here they
reeth°r got me; but I crossed my legs and put on as
knowin a look as possible, an 1 then pcrceded to ex
pound. Sez I, indemnity for the past, means Cali
iorny ; nnd security for the future, means New Mex
ico/ But this did’nt seem to satisfy the quisical fel
lers; they wanted toknow what that word indemni
ty\l*(M meant. Well, I had to draw down my walk
er to this. The best I could make of it was that it
meant pay, for something ; so I told them it meant to
pay. O yes, sez ’hey, it means that he got Calilornj
tn pay for all the boys that got killed and died in the
war. Well, sez Unde Zeke, I think that was amity
poor trade he made ; but J >sey, sez he, I think I heerd
you readin in the papers that Mister Polk give fifteen
millions of dollars for Californy and New Mexico! —
Yes st-7. I. I »q»ose he had to give that to boot in the
trade. Wus and was, sez he ; but Josey how about
that security ? Why. sez I, it means that this land
he got. stands security for peace hereafter. Peace
h-ie.l ‘T, sez Uncle Zek»-. 1 think it will be security
for war, more like. Aint that wh it all this fuss at the
North is about —that this Wiknot Pervisor is kickmn
up there ? Yes, sez I, that’s so ; Fm aferde mvseli
the security will be wus than the principal in this case;
f‘,r there’s more danger now of serious diffikilues about
the new country they’ve got from Mexico than there
ever w> • from the war io*elf. But, sez I, boys, we
mast put Old Zack at the steerin oar, and he’ll keep
things strait. That’s the idee, they all said, arid we’ll
go our kits on him
This is about the way I got through with that case ;
and cf I've miss’d it, I want you to give us light on
the subject.
As for Ol 1 Zack he’s just running through these
hills and hollows like a streak. Myoid friend Lean
Jimmy Jones come along not long go, and give us a
real old fashioned rousin. I tell you it was like the
old Tippecanoe days; the very flash of Lean Jirnmey’s
eve set* all these hills in a blaze. Aaron V. was a
l ing too, but A iron did’nt Fpeak—poor fellow, he was
rick. Some ofthe boys low'd Aaron did nt want to
speak no how, even if he’d bsen well, for when he
wt- round last year with Neil S. he was mounted on
• I I Whitey in grand style—trying to push Neil off,
and sed he was his h r-, and that Neil had no right to
be -gitting on him. Well, this time he was mounted
on a chunk of Northern poney—one ofthu.-e Canadi
ans I believe from away up about the Lakes some
where. Thev say this poney is one of the trickiest
rascals that ever was; he throws every body that ev
er tried to ride him. Jones told us he’d flirted a fellow
by the name of Rathbun—the man Aaron got him
r r /. n ky high; and that Aaron would cctch it yet.
Aaron jogs along on hi n though, and praises him up
f>r a mitv fine honest h-os; but he d »nt move in that
-allant -tyle that he did on old Whitey. My opinion
is he’s very tired of him, and that he’d like to swop
•lira off. Its true he's a tight wod of a pony but
ire’s too Jut, and his legs arc short to stand hard
survice. He had the thumps badly when he pass’d
* Aunt Hannah sow’d up Josh Mncklehany toti.er day
a Itttle ofthe nicest. You see Josh has allcrs be*n a
•r mg dimnerat; well tother day he was o/er in B ,
P .plar and we was all talking about perlitical m iners,
nd so sez Aunt Hannah, Jodi, the meanest tiring l : ve
. ; v-r known your fokes to be guiliy of is, grumbling
about Gen. * Taylor getting his rishi ns. Now. any
ou Iv tha: begrudges un old soljer, th it’s fit as bravely
as -/-I Z -ck has hrs pay for h:s services, must be wus
:/•/. garbroth. J r-b undertook to deny it, and sed
U-:’d never Herne of sich a thing before, and es that
was so he’d be blow’d efhe di Fnt quit them. Well,
they peel’d to me agin to say how it was. I told them
ih-t Aont Hannah was mighty nigh rite, but she want
mfol inherexpestnlationofthesu^eckas sheooghtto
Dc Sez 1, the isgruablm bakaza old Zack
vmt throw rptiis G nerilsii’P-sod beksze he sdra w
I « r-«rir ous. Well, sez J *h. es you’ii prove that
1.11 l quit ’em, for every tmdy knows old Zack is
;:r- greau-s: Gineral m the world, seaMGinerul Jack
* a d;e 1; aad es-ha ditnocrats wants him to throw
up that, and n*gr-dg« him a aoljtr’s rMhions, I’ll
throw up bcm one ofiuem. Well, sez 1, Joau, 1 can
quick substantialize that fact to you, so 1 happened
to have John Johnson’s Union with rne, and I pullsit
out and reads* a few verses, abusing Gineral Taylor
about boldin to his office, and for gittin pay as a Gio
eral. Nuffsed, sez Josh, I’m done with them ; I did
think I would a stuck to the dimocrats, but sense
they’ve got down to sich littleness as that, I’m o-p-h.
Jest bekaze the people’s put him up for President do
they want him to quit his business? Why, who’va
they got to put in his place ? And so Josh went on—
I know what they want, sez he, they want to get old
Zack out to put in some other little whippersnapper.
A poor soljer allers yearns his pay, and them that be
grudges it to them cant git my vote. Well, sez Aunt
Hannah, I thought Joshy would 1 nt stand that. Nor
he wont, he’s good for to vote for old Zack as I am.
But dear me, what a letter I’ve spun out here. —
When I git to writen I’m like Uncle Zeke by preach
in—my mind gifs draw’d out after my subjeck ’till I
forgit myseb. Do send Major Hooper round to see
us agin. Tell him Aunt Hannah and the gallsand
Peggv all sends him their kompliinents.
JO ROGERS,
Capt. of the Big Poplar Hollow Company.
Bring him to the Book.
The subjoined communication is, says the
Journal 8? Messenger,ns it purports to be,from a
gentleman of character and standing, who for
merly acted politically with Mr. McAllister but
who is not willing to join in the crusade against
a Southern slaveholder for the purpose of se
curing the election of such a person as Mr. C.
He has been recently at the North and has fully
acquainted himselfwith the free-soil, abolition,
anti-slavery sentiments of the supporters of Mr.
Cass. He has heard their speeches, read their
papers, listened to their songs, and watched
closely their movements until he has come to
the conclusion that the only hope of the South,
is to rely upon her own man—upon Gen. Tay
lor,Jand upon those men at the North who, like
Mr. Fillmore, are sustaining him at the present
trying crisis. Nothing could more fully prove
the utter falsehood of Mr. McAllister’s charge
against Mr. Fillmore, than the very fact that
that gentleman is now supporting a Southern
slaveholder for the Presidency, while Mr. Mc-
Allister, in common with the Wilmots, the Van
Burens, the Garrisons, the Giddings 1 and the
whole tribe of Northern abolitionists is revil
ing Gen. Taylor, as a man, a civilian and a
soldier, and using, like them, his utmost efforts
to defeat the election of the old hero.
Communicated.
Mr. McAllister and Millard Fillmore.
—Messrs. Editors :—You will recollect that
Mathew Hall McAllister some time since, offer
ed to make oath that Mr. Fillmore is an aboli-
tionist. /X pamphlet was sent North not long
since, purporting to be from Alabama or Mis
sissippi, slating that Mr. McAllister had heard
Mr. Fillmore (who was affiliated with the aboli
tionists) in 1844, make an abolition speech at
Avon Springs in Livingston county, N. York;
and that this assault upon Southern rights was
made by Mr Fillmore, while standing under a
banner, the folds of which occasionally touch
ed the head of the speaker, and on which
were represented a negro, with Gen. Jackson
or Mr. Polk ; all in a position to bring our
Southern institutions into disrepute.
When in New York recently,! was question
ed by the citizens of Livingston and other coun
ties in regard to the character and standing of
the man, who could make a statement which
they allege is so utterly devoid of truth. The
citizens of Avon Springs particularly, pro
nounced the whole story a wilful and malicious
slander. 1 saw there at least one hundred re
spectable men, all of whom were willing to
verify that Mr. Fillmore never spoke in Avon
in his life, either at a political or abolition meet
ing. Mr. Fillmore himself in his recent manly
letter to Mr. Cabell, of Florida, goes even far
ther and avers that “ he never attended an aboli
tion meeting or made an abolition speech in the
State oj New York in the whole course of his
life. ” 1 make therefore the direct issue with
Mr. McAllister, and I call him to the book. L
have hitherto acted with that gentleman in pol
itics and have held him in respect. He has said
that he would make oath to the truth of these state
ments, and 1 now call upon him to come up
to his solemn promise. 1 call upon him to
state definitely, over his own proper signature,
under oath, the place, the circumstances, the
time, the officers of the meeting and the lan
guage used by Mr. Fillmore. Ido this that we
may have something to refute. Vague assertions
from a treacherous memory will not answer.
As I hold Mr. McAllister in respect, I wish
him to stand fairly before the country. He and
others are at issue on a matter of veracity, the
most delicate point on which a man of honor
can be assailed. zX falsehood has been circu
lated to injure others, and Mr. McAllister’s
name has been appended to it, and given it au
thority. It is worth his while as a man of hon
or to notice it, for he who allows the innocent
to suffer by the use of his name and by the arti
fices of his political friends endorsing for him a
falsehood, must either tacitly or indirectly
share the imputation of bei criniinis.
I therefore call Mr. McAllister to the book and
ask him to make the oath which he pledged him
self to make.
It is well understood in New York, that Mr.
Fillmore never affiliated with the abolitionists
of the North. They have invariably opposed
him whenever he ran for any office, and no
one of Mr. Fillmore’s friends ever knew of his
ever getting an abolition vote or of his ever
trying to get one. This whole story must
have been a political fancy of Mr. McAllister
—a mere rhapsody—or symphony to some of
those Democratic songs which I heard at the
North, and which describe Gen. Taylor as feed
ing his hounds upon negroes! This I suppose
Mr. McAllister would consider Gen. Taylor’s
affiliation with abolitionists. i profess to be
second to no man in my devotion to old fash
ioned Democratic principles, but! confess my
self who.ly at a loss to understand how Mr.
McAllister or any other Southern man can. op
pose Mr. Fillmore on the Slavery question,
and yet advocate Gen. Cass, as sound on that
subject. Why, Messrs. Editors, the bosom
friends and supporters of Gen. Cass at the
North, publish and repeat as household words
: *uch language as the following, copied from a
prominent Cass organ :
•‘He who would veto or oppose the princi
ples of the Wilmot Proviso at the North (be
he Cass or a member of Congress) would re
quire a special resurrection and an extra trump
to raise him from the depths of his political
grave and his political damnation.”
'These are gond Cass sentiments in New
York. Will McAllister and »he Cass allies of
Georgia shout Amen to them? If they cannot
do so, they cannot vote for Gen. Cass. If they
cannot subscribe to such sentiments as the
above, if they are not prepared to follow their
Democratic allies of Vermont over into the
ranks of the Free Soilers and Abolitionists,
they had better imitate the example of your
correspondent, and become at once
/X 'Tailor Democrat.
The Eablv Snow. —In addition to the ap
pearance of snow on the Catskill mountains,
N. ¥., on Friday morning, the Ileldberg moun
tains also, about Albany, were visited with it—
and att Auburn die previous Thursday, asnow
stonn took place. Snow also fell on the hills
near Quebec, on last Saturday week, IGth inst.
New-York Whigs.—The Commercial Ad
vertiser of .Monday afternoon, has the fol
lowing paragraph, announcing the restoration
of harmony among the Whigs of that city :
All's Well.— On Saturday night all difficul
ties among the Whigs in regard to the Presi
dential question, were amicably adjusted, and
all is union and harmony.
It is expected that the lion. John M. Botts,
the friend of Mr. Clay, will address the Whigs
on Wednesday evening.
lyThe Missouri Barnburner, under the
control of the “ Hards, 11 in its first number
says : —“That Lewis Cass is a federalist and a
conservative in principle—that Martin Van
Buren is the only candidate the Demo
cratic parly in the field, and that as such lie is
entitled to the vote* of every genuine hone.-t
Democrat
Another Circumstance. —The passengers
on the American Eagle, on her late trip from
Louisville to St. Louis, took a vote for Presi
dent. They divided thus—For Taylor G 2, Cass
19. Thirteen States were represented, and in
all, save two, General Taylor had a majori
ty .
Ho! for California. —There are rumors
of as much difficulty between the officers and
men of the new California Regiment, which
sails in a few days for San Francisco, under
Gen. Riley, as there wns in the immortal 7th
which encamped on Governor’s Island under
Col. Stevenson—but what it is all about we
have not yet been able to ascertain. By the
wav, we see three ships have been chartered
by the Government to proceed to Calilornia—
independent of the steamer, with stores and
troops. The rates are reporteed by the ship
ping list as follows, viz; the Mary &. Adeline,
4540 ton*, at $16,000; the Rome, 750 tons, at
$18,000; and the lowa, 900 tons, at $22,000,
for the voyage out.—X Y. Express.