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Horrible Affray.
Citizens OF Baltimore County Mvrmr-
BD by Fugitive Slaves. —W 1 briefly men
tioned in yesterday’* American tha fact tha in
telligence had been received in this city, Inat
two citizens of Baltimore county had been
killed in Cheater county. Pa., whilst endeay
oring to recover some fugitive slaves Ihe
confidence which we expressed in the correct
ness of the report has been confirmed by the
intelligence sit ce received, and which invests
the affair with the character of one ofthe
bloodiest and most horrible of outrages. The
particulars which we have been able to gather
np to the time of writing this are in souse de
gree contradictory, but this may be explained
by further accounts. The following details
are the moat reliable that have come to our
knowledge:
A party of persona from Baltimore County,
consisting us Mr. Edward Gorsuch, hie eon
Dickinson Gorsncb, his nephew Joshua Gor
anch, Dr. Thomas Peirce, Nathan Nelson,
Nicholas Hut.hmi, and another person whose
name we have been unable to ascertain, went
into for lhe purpose of recover
ing two runawa, slaves, b'-longing to the el
der Gorsuch, and who were known to be har
borr j i > Chester county, at a small place call
ed Christiana, between Lancaster and rhila
6The party secured the aid of a deputy U 8
Marshal, at d of several police officers from
Philadelphia, and on Thursday morning pro
ceeded to the neighbornood m which the slaves
were supposed to be secreted When near
the house to which 'heir suspicions were di
rected they meitwo negro men, one 01 whom
was recogoi-ed by Mr. Gorsuch as bi* slave
The whites gave cnase and the negroes ran
and succeeded in getting into the house, which
was closed against the pursuing parties. A
born or bugle was then sounded by tee ne
groes in the house and a billet of wood was
thrown from the windows, striking one of the
partv of whites. In the meantime a consider
able crowd, mostly of blacks, began to collect
aiound the Louse, probably called there by
the sound of the bugle.
Mr Go-such and his pa-ty attempted to force
their way into the upper part of the house
where the blacks had fled, but finding the ne
groes armed with guns, scythes and other
weapon* and also finding that the crowd on
the outside was rapidly increasing, attracted
by the continued blowing of tl e horn, they
eone'uded that it was impes-ible to effect the
capture of the negroes, and commenced a re
treat from the house. As they left the house a
discharge of firearms took place from the ne
groes io the house, and Mr. Edward Gorsuch
was instantly shot dead, a ball entering his
breast near the heart, end another taking es
feet in the left shoulder of his eon. Ihe ne
groes afterwards rushed on the wounded men.
and it is said, beat and mutilated them in a
shocking msnner. The son of Mr. Gorsuch
it is reported, was entirely disembowelled b
a sweeping blow with a scythe. Mr. J. Got
such and Dr. Pierce, it is said, was also dan
gerously wounded, and we e lying ata bouse
'bo. neighborhood of Jhamnu of the ms
—..Tiu auTi'iiioßi nopeiess c namon. An offi
cer raid to be from Baltimore, was also wound
ed though not mortally, and was afterward*
taken to Colombia, where he was lyir g at last
accounts.
The eon of .Mr. Goreueh after his father was
killed, drew a pis’ol and shot dead the negro
who bad fired the fatal shut, fie was then set up
on and barbarously murdered io the manner
we have slated aoove. The crowd that collect
ed about the house at the blowing of the born
ia reported to have amounted to some two
hundred, showing evidently that the negroes
had been inform .d of the purpose of the Ma
ryland party, and had made arrangements to
oppose them in the murderous manner which
was carried out. It is also reported that sev
eral of the negroes were either killed or
seriously wounded during the affray, but thia
report seems to be unconfirmed by the more au
thentic accounts. Among the crowd who col
lected around the house there were a number
of whites, who not only refused, when called
upon by the Deputy Marshall, o assist in the
enforcement of the h w and the capture of the
negroes, but actually encouraged them in tbeir
murderous outrages
The receipt of the intelligence of these hor
rible outrages baa caused the most intense feel
ing both in Baltimore county and thia city.
Mr. Gorsuch resided on the York road, al ou
24 miles from the city, where he was the own
er of a fine farm and valuable mill seat. He
was well known throughout the whole coun
ty, and we may add, respected and esteemed
wherever he was known. His eon, and in
deed, all the parties who acted in the affair,
were parsons ot standing and respectability
and the outrage perpetrated upon them whilst
lawfully and peacefully attempting to re-pos
eess themselves ol their pr... erty cannot, of
course, be be deeply felt The slaves they
were in search of ran away abou* a year since
It is supposed that the information which put
the negroes on their guard, and enabled them
ti "ri elrate the murder which followed, was
st rom Philadelphia, where Mr. Gorauch
an ilia friends first went to procure the neces
vary legal aid. This opinion has confirmation
in the statement published in the Pmladelphia
Inquirer, which says—
From the best reports, wo learn that the
colored population in the vicinity, having been
informed ofihe nature of the visit of the offi
cars to Ch istiaua, held a mret ng. and naked
the opinion ofseveral folding Abolitionism as
to what course they should pursue. The an
awer was, as one of he most current reports
stales, that they should stand their ground Ac
cordingly, about 80 negroes assembled, with
guns, dkc., and secreed t:iein«elves in the
neighboring woods and cornfields. The eg
ualof attack on the officers was the blowing ol
a horn When the officers cams upon the
party, they were suriouu fed on all aides, and
a deadly fire poured up n he üby the negroes
Additional /forluufo-a—Since the above
was pul m type, we have ascertained from Mr.
Merryman, conductor on ihe Susquehanna
railroad, who came through from Columbia
"“parflcuTarsiiireiatiori to this horrible tragedy.
Young Dickinson Gorauch we are glad to
learn, is not yet dead, though his condition is
ouch as to render his recovery a matter ot
extreme d übt. He was shot in the left shoul
der. and also badly beaten and bruised by
blows with a club. The report that hi was
muti'ated by a cut with a -cyihe ia nut correc.
He is still lying at a bouse in (ho neighborhood
of where the a Uray took pace. J rabaa
Gorauch and Dr. Peirce, though beaten and
bruised by tho uegnes, we learn were nut
seriously it jured The former camo on yes
terday morning wi.b the body of old Mr.
Gorauch, which was bur.ed yesterday after
noon.
The funeral t iok place Com his late resi
deuce on the York road and was at"ended by
a large concourse of persons from all pirta of
the surrounding coun ry. by whom he was
greatly esteemed and respected. He was
not in the left breast, the ball entering a short
distance above the heart, whilst the surround
ing pans were completely riddled w th shot,
with wlucn the gun had also been heavily
loaded. The negroes who were active in lbs
affray are aaid to have all left the vieiu'.ty,
making their way towards Philadelphia. As
far as we could learn no arrests bad been made
in the vicinity where the affray took place.
it may not be amiss to say that our account,
published above, is fully corroborated by the
statements contained in tho Philadelph.a and
Baltimore County papers.
CoMriarios or ver Fcoatiko Banjos
Aoaow Lans Cuanruais —The following
nonce ot the new Hosting bridge across Lake
Champlain we find in the Lake Champlain
Beaeon of Saturday:
On Monday, for the first time in the history
of the world, Lake Champlain was crossed by
a train of cars! The Floating Bridge emerg
ed from its slips—the monster '*Beu Serpent”
crept forth from Lis den, and stretched his huge
proport ons from p.er, connecting shore with
shore, Bia'e with State, New England with the
West.
Without difficulty or accident, and with as
little delay as could have been expected on
the first Vial of thia novel and grand invention
—theyouugesib.ru of Campbell's scheming
brain—the whole Bostou train, engine and all.
passed safely over from the Vermont to tho
New York shore of Lake Champlain.
The excitement, the enthue asm, was inde
scribable. The monster depot—soo lent long
by a hundred broad—the wharf, the piers, the
hotel, were crowded to their utmost -rapacity.
Hie Manne Majesty received such a royal
greeting as probably Sea Serpent never re
ceived tielore ! Barnum, with his grand cara
van. and auake-huoters in search of the ocean
king, must henceforward seek their leviathan
io me anti ealine waters of Lake Champlain.
We can, at all events, show our Bostonian
friends who travel this way as great a curiosi
ty, aod one c-rtaiuly much morn .eel than
tbeir S.rpent Sovereign of the .Main, who baa
never yei been caught, while we have ours io
harness—we, of the Inland Sea!
Raxlboad CsLasasTion.—The Chattanooga
Advertiser furnishes the following account of
the Celebration ot the opening of the East
Tennessee and Georgia Railroad to the Hiwas
aee ttver:
We were at Charleston on the sth.—The
ride thither was in the midst of a perfeei -pises”
of hum Hilly—found there an intolerable crowd
—letuiued as tar as Cleveland in the same de
iighlul jam, where we slopped to breathe again,
and record our observations and refiecuo-e.
Feeling 100 much indisposed io join in the cere
monies of the day, were not pres.nl al the Bar
becue proper—did not witness the onslaught ip
on the oxen, sheep, swine, and huge brown
loaves prepared for she occasion. Terrific must
have been the scene—
Yet not with danger fraught, as when
On Caban vales the Patriot armies rush,
Fired with revenge and thirsting blood tor bl’d
They c.ush the cowering Spaniard.
Not thus the scene, but peaeelul quite (I)
Speeches were made by Samuel A. Smith.
Esq . of Charleston, Mr. Swan, of Knoxville,
and by Mr. Cuyler, President <f the Central
Railroad We regret not being able to give the
substance ot their remarks, since they are all
genu men deeply interested in, and well
d upon, subjects o, In'ernal Improve
, *h* "vibration answered its end. It accom-
P^ I,n<? d us »bj ct It was for the masses— t’c
i! ho ’’'b’bitants of the hills and hollows,
oae wh • *.ded .n budding ihe Road, and rhose
led by it. It showed to all
thl. fa'ii'W''‘“‘Portant than all others.
6tSl J<sc ßP«»on. ie JtaisAed
-that a »aew don? which cannot
oe undone—lha. the internal «. *i th of Bradlev,
McMinn, and Polk Conn ie, >„ eQ a •
two-told and aa impetus given to home pro
auction tbit will continue to act, tIU K. Tenneg
•ee *ft*U honorably oral ahnoat any other pan
the Union not only in abundance of agricultural
but in value and variety ot manufac
ture ariidea. The result cannot be otherwise.
Ilia the natural effect <4 Kailroad enterprise
•aery where. If ** attach usee its has double het
population, and more than doubled her wealth,
b» building 1100 inife? of Railroad in her cun
tractcd territory, why mat we nut look tor sim
ilar rraulta from similar causes in this S’etet
Nay, the advantage is altogether in our favor
We hevea better eoti, better climate, and more
valvaMe mineral resources than
The com par «on might be farther and favorably
extended, but we have not time ihi« week.
tee other petat deserve* aouce m retorwio*
to the East Tennessee and Georgia Kailroad.
It is the superior manner in which it is construc
ted. Besi'es the advantage, with few excep
tions, of easy grades and gentle curves, the track
is laid with a very heavy quality of the T iron,
upon the largest sise onK " cross-tics.” The
equipments of the road are all of the first clast.
The Engines and Passe, ger Cars, are probably
equal to any in the South, in elegance of finish,
strength and durability. Only Engineers of ex
perience and good habits are employed, so that,
so far as human fores'ght is concerned, all danger
from acccident is effectually debarred. About
three miles of track beyond Calhoun are al
ready laid, and the work will be pushed forward
with all possible speed by Col. Dent. He ex
pects to reach Athens by the Ist of November,
when another grand jubilation may be expected
in honor of the onward strides of the Genius of
Railroads. _____
Latx fbon Santa Fe. We find the follow
ing in the St- Louis Republican ol the3lst uIL:
Wc received last nig nt, several letters from Santa
Pe, mainly of a business characreFrom one of
them we gather that complaints exist of the manner
in which Gov. Calhoun ex< cutes his official duties,
uut as we cannot understand the merits of the contro
versy we do no. brio# it before the pub'ic.
The Legislature adjourned cn the llib ult., after a
session of forty days. The moat important law pass
ed was one to borrow money to pay themselves; but
as the Secretary of the Territory soon after arrived
there, it ia probable that the debt was soon dis
charged.
Mr. Allen, Secretary cf the Territory, arrived on
the 27th July, and immediately entered on the duties
ot his offi :e.
The United States troops were all leaving Santa
Pe for their new quarter-*. Trains ware departing
every day, and it seems to be the determination oi
Col. Sumner o leave nothing behind.
Col. Sumner, with 500 men, was to start for. the
Na’ajo country, on the 15th of August, “ ue ermined
co fight.”
‘‘Santa Fe,” says the letter, “ will be a mere
country town in a lew months, as all the business
will be transferred to Los Vegas.”
Col. Reynolds was still in the field for Congress,
but it was supposed »h:t he would have very little
chance against the influences brought to bear in Maj.
Weightman’s favor, she election will take place on
the first Monday in September.
Col. Monroe left on the 28th ot July for the States.
The citizens amended him on his way a few miles,
and it is said ‘‘it will Le long before we have a bet
ter man.” The Colonel has been very unjus'ly a
bused, and a few years in this country will show it.
Capt. Easton and Capt. McLaws left with Colonel
Monroe. “AH take the best wishes of the respecta
ble Americans with them.”
Pr visions are very high; flour is selling at 17 cts,
per pound. No rain has fallen since the Ist April.—
The Nevajos to-day drove off 31 mules belonging to
Mr. Nesbit, and thia in addition to 84 driven off some
lime since.
Several meetings of merchants had been held t'
ievise measures to resist the payment of an unjust
and unequal tax imposed upon them by the hst Le
gislature. It is declared to be a tax solely upon one
[tortion of the citixens of the Territory, and as such
they will resist it by ail legal means known to us.
Thb Gbeat Loudon Exhibition.— It is offi
cially announced that the exhibition will close on
the Uth October. A letter from Edward Riddle,
Esq., U. S. commimoner, vmit. <i-.- -r x—
a , ofiih i»u . makes the following mention of
the practical interest taken in the exhioition by
various governments of Europe:
Austria has supported a corps of thirty scien
tific men here; besides ten Commissioners,
whose duties have been confined to making
drawings, specifications, and reports of what
was ueelul, new, interesting, er valuable in the
Exhibition, Sardinia has sent over sixty-three
of the most intelligent young men from her
workshops, paying them for their :ime and de
fraying sll their expenses, that they might have
what of good could be gained in their various
arts from this great store-house of the world’s
industry. Turkey has a body of young engineers,
shrewd, clear-headed, practical men, whose in
vestigations, if measured by the attention they
have given to every ingenious piece of mechan
i min our department, cannot fail to be most
salutary. Egypt has two of her officers now for
nearly a month investigating what would be
likely to turn to good account there. Russia,
Norway and Belgium arc supporting each a body
of artisans among the numerous articles of
moving machinery in lhe building; while Frank
fort and others of the Hanse towns are collect
ing every kind of statistics, through men ol
eminence they have sent, for comparison and
publication.
The same letter has the following interesting
statement of the estimate of value placed upon
the American contributions by the people of ths
Old World:
Our cotton gins will be introduced into two
countries of Asia, two of Europe, and one of
Africa. Our means of cleansing the long staple
cotton of the sea is'ands will be introduced into
Egypt. Grain reaping by machinery wi I become
ins'ew years universal m every country of Eu
rope. Our labor saving machines will supersede
hand labor in many branchestn England, France
tnd Belgium. Our new method oi lapping cot
ton is within the last month introduced from the
Exhibition into the mills of Lyons. Our candle
mould machine will cause lhe old process to b
entirely superseded. The Anglesea leg, known
and used over the world for twenty-five years,
according to the acknowledgment of evety emi
nent surgeon of Englsnd and the Continent who
has examined it, must now give place to the in
finitely superior mechanism of Palmer’s patent
limb. The revolving pistol* of Colt, a contra
band artic e in England, and incapable of being
sold here, have, by order of the Lord* ot the
Treasury been furnished to every officer who
has recently gone to the Caffrc war. Ths gun
yrinv-rof Maynard, the mostefficient and prac
tical improvemen' upon the musket and caroine
yet invented rendering the same body of men
more than twice as powerful in action as before,
though here iess than a week, is already exciting
much attention from officers connected with the
ordnance. The mineral paint of Houston, of
Virginia, will supplan white lead for many pur
poses where it has hitherto been used. In fact
there are few articles which we have sent here
which have not brought with them a new or im
proved Idea. To say nothing of the endless pur
poses for which we are using caoutchouc an 1
guna peicha—subjects of constant surprise to
visitors—the wood planing, tonguing and groov
ing machine of Woodworth, 'he centrifugal
pump of Gwyune, the stone dressing machine
of Moray, lhe presses of Dick, the fire tale of
Herring the fr J -,HTlli , lTtfT.lkll"Jr > frllfl- > t‘
ering and Hewca, the rail wheels of Shattuck,
the surpassingly accurate lueaserinu instruments
of Professor Bache, and the new motive power
of Erricson, are all either destined to be brought
into immediate use on this side the ocean, or to
suggest in arts and manufactures ideas jf great
practical utility. These are but samples of what
wc have brought, and which are now beginning
to be appreciated. 1 might specify many others
equally important, and as practicably useful.
But 1 mention these to confirm what 1 say, that
l ean find in no foreign department in this great
Exhibition, either in number, importance, or de
gree. any comparison in labor-saving, ingenious
and perfect machinery, in useful invention, or in
new principle, among all that each exhibits,
with that which is exhibited by our contribu
tors.
The noted Florida Indian Chief Wild Cat is
not idle in his new quarters in the South Weal,
as the following account of his movements will
show:
Mr. W. Secrest, who has recently visited the
Mexican town, in the vicinity of Eagle Pass,
informs the editor of ihe Houston 'I elegraph
that me statement published lately, in regard to
the number of runaway negroaa that have col
looted in Ihuae towns is entirely co’root He
aays he was inf rmed that no less than two
hundred and seventy runaways crossed the fer
ries at Eagle Pass and Laredo last year. Sev
eral hundred also crossed a: the fordo above
Eaitle Pass It is estimated that there are not
less than eighteen hundred runaways at the
town that has lately been built by Wild Cat,
near the mouth of Los Moras. The greater
part of these runaways have escaped from Ar
kansas, but at leas five hundred ere, it is said,
fugitives from Texas Wild Cat has a arge
n'lmber of negroes armed,and they often accom
pany him on his expeditious against tho Co
manche e.
Ha hat made two successful forays into the
Comanche country. On oue of these forays
he had about two hundred Indians and one
hundred negro warriors. He attacked a large
Comanche lodge, killed one hundred and fifty
warriors, and raptured over one hundred hor
ses and mules. On his second expedition
against the Comauches. he was accompanied
bv one hundred Mexicans and a party of
Kickapuos. Several hundred horses and
mules were capiured. but the Mexicans claim
ed the lion’s share of the spoil, and ibis so
enraged the Kickapoos that hey stole all the
captured property aud went back to Red Riv
er. It is thought that Wild Cat advised his
Indian allies to rob the Mexicans, and that he
will share t..e spoils Hie forces appear to be
daily augmenting, an ills feared that he will
soon concentra'e several thousand Indian war
riors Irom Arkansas at his new settlement.
Small Pox in Grkbnb and Oqlbthorpb.—
Dr Herron, the attending Potaician, informs uh
that three new cases hate occurred among the
servants at Mrs Crenshaw’s. The cases are
very light, and create no uneasiness.
Mr Editor — There are but two cases of
Small Pux in Oglethorpe county, at this time,
and they are co far convalescent that the at.end
ing Physician has dismissed them One of
them io Mr. Tnos Landrum, the y «ung gentle
man referred io in mv former communication.
s he other, a new case, the only new case that
has oreureed in nearly three weeks.
Youta Truly. John A. Trbnchabd.
Monday. Seot 8;h 1851.
N. B.—There is no c :»e in Bairdstown.—
Mr. K-‘lv was the last case. He is we I.—
Penfield fanner
Nnrrow Etc ape cf a V. 8 T e U. S
sloop of wnr M irioo. on her re urn from Snaa
ghae, bound to Macao, got ashore on he North
west part of <he Island of Formosa, while she
was running at six knots. The na'ives throng,
ed the chore by t» ousands pre oaring lor j lan
der. The vessel was lightened by throwing over
board 730 thirty* wo pound shot and twelve
tons of witer. and as er great efforts, she w s
got into deep water. At this place several
vessels have been wrecked, and the crews mur
dered. The commander of the Manon could
have given the savage* a ose of grape, which
wo«ld have sent them back into the country,
bu as they made no hostile demonstrations, he
let them alone. The vessal was six hours on
shore, and was ’n very great danger.
Four days alter the Manos rau on shore,
the English man of war steamer Revnard,
Captain Cracroft, wen on shore on P rot as
Shoal (China Sea, 160 miles from Macao, and
wse lost. She went to assist the crew of the
English sh p Velocipede, whose vessel had
been wrecked there.
The Hon Peter Parke - , “ad interim’’
Ame ican Minister at Canton, has known
that he intends to call on the Al anon to chastise
the savages and recover any Europeans who
may be in ths mountains as undoubtedly there
are many.
Tie Enquire Dnniol.— The Bakimore Sun
Pne papers generally have fallen into
•® •»r ras to Judge Conkling’s decision on
be return of the writ of habeus corpus in the
css - ot the fugmve slave Daniel, at Buffalo.
\ r ’ Conkling does not decide
»*.K T ,V * L,WU in . case
* re the slave <-,<•, pe .j bt . f the law ws.
F ‘T *”* ,on wl, ' ch '“‘bonzes
pr. -f. to be taken ex pane 1Q lhe 3 , a(e from
w h be ri.ee ernpoa, .nd used u .v.d.nce
«l be la arrested. >. only to
•a tae* ot ewxpe .. oeeur uk, m. paw—,
of. set. 1 *
Arrival of the Georgia.
By th; arrival of the steamer Georgia at New £
York from Chagres we have later dates from the t
Isthmus and Central America. We cull from <
the Commercial Advertiser the following items ]
of intelligence :
Fbom thi Isthmus,—We have papers to the .
22d of August.
The Panama Star of the 19th has the follow- i
ing information relative to affairs in New Gren- <
ada.
We have advices from Bogota and Carthagena,
whjch represent that an actual revolution has
btofcen out in the first named place—the capital
of the republic—and that everything is in disor
der here. We can learn no particulars, however,
as to how the fight stands •. whether the “Rojos”
or Red Republicans—the government party —
or the “Liberal Conservatives” are in the as
cendant.
Previous to the outbreak at Bogota, however,
we are informed that a decree was issued by the
government to the effect that the “forced contri
bution,” of which we have before made mention,
shall be levied only upon the Conservatives ; and
that the friends of the government party shall be
entirely exempted. The consequence is, th*t
while this decree has had the effect of complete
ly crushing the disturbances in the provinces of
Popayan, Buenaventura, &c , by causing the
Conservatives tojo’n and abandon the “Rojo”
party, it has had a different effect in Carthagena,
in which neighborhood, ills said, the people are
much incensed, and are making extensive ar
rangements for revolt. By the next English
steamer at Chagres, we may look for important
advices from the Atlantic side of this Republic.
Gen. Herrera, the new appointod governor of
this province, is at Cartago—but we can't tell
our readers exactly where Cartago is.
By our previous advices from Panama, we were
informed of a serious disturbance among the
passengers on board the steamer Com. Stockton,
lying at Taboga, some of them having gone so
far as to destroy the rigging of the vessel, and
prevent the crew from discharging the cargo.
The sequel is thus detailed in the Panama Star of
August 8:
Capt. Ackley called upon Mr. Consul Corwin
for his official interference, and that gentleman
addressed anole in reply, which was read to the
passengers, and which had the effect of quieting
them that day.
Next morning, however, (Wednesday) upon
the crew resuming their labor of hoisting out the
coals, the passengers again interfered and made
them desist. Upon these facts being communi
cated to Mr. Corwin, he applied to Governor Di
az for a sufficient military force to repair to Ta
boga, and arrest the muntineers.
The Governor very readily called out the troops
and offered to put himself at their head, but his
generous offer was declined, because Mr.
did not think his peisonal services necessj*y.
Capt. McKinney was then deputized bv Mr. C.
to act for him, in conjunction with the troops,
which were to be taken down on the steamer
Taboga. By a fortunate mishap, the soldiers did
not embark, however, and Capt. McKinney
started down, accompanied only by the Captain
of the port, and the official interpreter going on
board the Stockton, Capt. McK. showed his au
thority for acting as Consul, and then caused to
be arrested several oi the ringleaders of the mu
tiny, at once removed from the ship
achoro, but uiapci
f weft afterwards released. In the
der being restored, and the passengers becoming
fully satisfied that they were pursuing a course
which was not only placing themselves in the
wrong, but was calculated still further to ernbar
ra?3 all the means that were being taken for their
' relief, agreed to desist from further opposition,
i and to allow the repairs of the vessel to go on
without further delay, and so all is now quiet,
t and in a day or two the vessel will be beachea,
when It will be ascertained what is the extent of
her injuries.
. The steam ship Sarah Sands arrived at Pa
i nama on the 13'h of August, and was advertised
i to leave for Liverpool on the 23d of that month,
touching al Callao, Valparaiso and Rio Janeiro
The Panama Herald says that when the rail
road is in operation to Gatune, which was ex
pected to be accomplished by the Ist of Sept,
the time of travel across the Isthmus will be
reduced to twenty hours.
The Panama Herald publishes a letter dated
at Tumbez, July 12, stating that she brig Anna
had been seized at that port under the following
circumstances:—
Capt. Erskine was bound from Panama
Valparaiso, having had a long passage, and find*
ing some of his crew sick with scurvy, he put
into Tumbez, the nearest port for fresh provis
ions. immediately on anchoring, he received a
visit from the captain ol the port who alter
hearing the object of his visit informed him
that he must pay the usual anchorage fee of ten
dollars, (for which he must give a receipt) and
must sail within a given time ; he also informed
him where he could obtain the articles required.
After the detention of a few hours in obtaining
his provisions, Capt. E. repaired to his boat to
embark,vthen he was told by the captain of the
port that he was subject to a fine of one thou
sand dollars for having anchored in that port;
whalers only being allowed to anchor there.
Capt. E. remonstrated against this arbitrary
demand, and mode of entrapping him ; and hav
ing no means of paying the fine, consented that
hisvessrl should go to Paita under the com
mand of Cpt. Cobb, a passenger on board, wh.le
Capt. E. went as a prisoner with the captain oi
the port, by land, to the same place.
On h f s arrival at Paita, Capt. Erskine suc
ceeded in giving his captors the slip, and joining
his vessel off the port, made sail in another di
rection.
We have heretofore published, we believe, a
semi-official notification that Lumbtz is not a
port of entrv, whalers only having the permis
sion to anchor there.
Revolution m Equadob —The Panama Her
ald of August 14 by the arrival ot a coasting
vessel from Guayaquil, has intelligence of a mil
i:ary outbreak and insurrection there, which has
terminated in the expulsion of Gen. Diego No
voa, the President ot the Republic, and the tem
porary instalment of Gen. Urbina. It says—
On the 17th of July President Novoa left
Quito, the capital, for the purpose of visiting his
family, residing at Guayaquil, notice of his in
tention having been previously communicated to
his family, and made known among the inhabi
tants. it was proposed to meet him and his
suite at some distance from the city and accom
pany them with a military escort. A cavalcade,
consisting chiefly of so’dersi and newly created
officers, under the direction of Uroina, undertook
the mission and went out ostensibly for this
purpose, but having rnet lhe President, they
was then lying in the Guayaquil river, near its
mouth. President Novoa was hurried down to
this vessel, placed on board, and lhe vessel was
ordered offi She sailed under “ sealed orders,”
so that no one knows her destination.
Gen. Urbina immediately assumed the admin
istration of the government, and is now at the
head of the government. Great dissatisfaction
exists among the friends of President Novoa
and his family, at the manner in which he has
been disposed of, though no fears are entertain
ed as to his entire safety President Novoa is
about 55 years ot age, and has a large family at
Guayaquil, who are distinguished for their
hospitality towards foreigners, especially Ameri
cans.
By the arrival of the British steamer from the
South, on the 18th or 19ih inst., we may expect
to receive further particulars ot this last South
American revolution.
Fbom Chiu. —By the arrival of the British
Mail steamship New Granada, advices from
Valpiraiso to the 27th of July had been received
at Panama. The Panama star says that lhe
steamer has eight million dollars in silver bul
lion on board. From the largeness of lhe sum,
we presume that this is a mistake
The votes of the electors for President were
beingeanvassad when the Valparaiso Mercantile
Reporterol the latest date went to press. There
was no doubt, however, of the election ot Senor
Don Manuel Montt. formerly chief justice of the
Supreme Court. The provinces of Conception
and Coquimbo chose electors favorable to Gene
ral Cruz. Theolher provinces had given their
suffrages in favor of Montt.
In relation to the election, the Valparaiso
Neighbor remarks
According to our estimate of event* the vic
tory, in the late election, has been one of princi
ples rather than of persons. The vote of the
nation has been east in favor of improvement
and progress, rattier than of ary man or party.
Particulars or tha Storm at Apalaehleola.
We have been kindly favored, says the Co
lumbus Enquirer, with the following extract of
a letter trona a gentleman at Apalachicola to h>s
friend in this city, giving further particulars of
the ravages of the storm at that place, on the
22d and 23d days of August last:
“ 1 have now to give you a most melancholy
a-count of our devoted city. On the night of
the 22d, a gale commenced blowing from east
south-east, and continued about 24 hours. When
1 got up in the morning the water was nearly
up to Market street, and about 12 o’clock it was
over the side-walk in front of my dwelling, and
still -ose a few inches higher. During this time
the water was breaking through the entire row
of brick buildings, tearing down iron doors and
washing the goods away, lor no one had time to
save any thing. There was not a door or floor
left in Water street, ano no goods saved, except
in a damage I state. The goods are sc tiered
from town up to Lake Wemico, Judge Hawkins
had to abandon his house, and wade through
water several feet deep with his wife and chil
dren. Judge Semtnes' house was undermined
an 1 tell to the gtoui d, destroying all hts furni
ture, Ac , Ac i Bennett’s house was very near
going in the same way ; also Mr. Day’s, and B.
D. Alien’si Mr. Grierson’s house was under
mined and tumbled over. The nromenade swept
of every thing, with nearly halt of Irish town.
The lower block of biick buildings a pile ot
ruins ; the two next buildings much damaged ;
Taylor’s store, and the one next to it, pattly
down ; the next one partly unroofed : the bank
house entirely down, with 'he large safe lying on
the top of the wreck. The Exchange, and Or
man’s store, pirtly down; Day's press and
ware-house much damaged ; Dodge’s store part
ly unroofed ; Ellison's, and Wylie A McKen
zie’s ditto.; the P. D. ware-house (omitted
above) two-thirds down, and slate nearly all ofl ;
the Union warehouse partially damaged; Austin
A Long's store partly unroofed; N. Brooks.
Day, Lockhart and Thomas’ ditto : No 1,2, 4
andß in Columbus block ditto; tne screw- press
injured soma, or rather ths buildings; the
Franklin ware-house down, also the bakery, and
wooden buildings and all the buildings on the
wharves; Youngs kiehen down, and dwelling
somewhat injured by the falling of lhe chimney
tops ; other dwellings very little injured. The
doors and windows of the Episcopal Churrh all
forced in, and plastering damaged ; the Congre
gational Church entirety down, the Methodist
Church not injured. You may imagine the situ
ation of wharves. The roof of the engine house
lodgtd in the rear of Young's siore ; the cotton
sheds nearly all down ; Roberts A Alien’s orick
foundry nearly all down ; the small brick build
ing rear of L. T. Thomas, down ; Elbs’ new
wooden building, opposite Abeil «x Griffin, lilted
from the blocks, and settled on the ground, stock
oi goods also dan-aged ; there were 7 cr 8000
sacks salt in Day’s press warehouse, all de
stroyed; Young’s whiskey and salt on the first
floor, and about 150 barrels of goods for J. C.
Davis, ot Albany, all gone.
The steamers Falcon and Magnolia were both
swept from Old Woman’s B ufl, and, completely
wrecked ; the water was nine feet on that bluff.
The ship John Bryant, loaded for Livepool,
and ready for sea, is ashore in 14 feet water,
Irawing 16 feet. All the light houses gone, and
five lives lost at Dog Island light. A Span
ish cruiser ashoe about St. Joseph. About 100
bales eot ton lost ic Ellison's br ek store, lower
part of Water street You can scarcely imagine
such a scene as Water street presents; every
store entirely open, and goods, lumber and lops
all mixed up together every body wom down,
exhausted, and almost in despair. And what
shah we do In such a case 7
1 will not attempt to make an estimate of the
loss. Some are suflerers, ;o large amount
everybody has lost something, except those who
can make it up in pilfering, for which there
is a fine chance, and no doubt used sueceseml
iy-
When I spoke of houses being unroofed, I
should have said the tin partly stripped off.
In some cases part of the timbers are gone.
Yours, D. G. B<
We have also a letter before iisirom Monticel
lo, Fla. which gives a doleful account ot the
storm in that section of the State. The writer
says “in that county (Jefferson) the storm has
done vast damage to the crops, the cotton all
blown down and where tall is badly mangled and
the limbs broken. The wind blew from the
South, from Saturday, 12 o’clock, until near
Sunday morning. The roads are blncked with
trees, and the voung corn blown to ruins. This
storm will cause lhe cotton to be of an inferior
quality, and very bad to pick. Where you ex
pected 300, you may possibly got 200 bales."
From this statement, and others made, it is esti
mated that so far as the lower portion of Florida
i* concerned, there will boa falling off at least
of one-third from the original estimate, in cotton.
The papers also mention three heavy rains since
thestonn, so that corn in lhe lowlands especial
ly is badly injur :d; most of it being flit on the
ground is soaking in the water. One-fourth of
the crop thereby destroyed.
From Gadsden county, the acccaunts are
quite as unfavorable. The Gin Houses in the
country wete blown down to a great extent, and
timber prostrated in unprecedented quantities.
There is a perfect sea of waters between Quincy
and Tallahassee. The tobacco crop is nearly all
destroyed—that in the fields being whipped to
ribbons, and that in process of curing and stored
in barns and sheds being destroyed by the de
molition of those buildings.
From Alabama we have no cheering news cf
the condition of lhe crops. In the neghborhood
of Tuscaloosa, every thing eatable is scarce and
high. In Pickens county a meeting has been
held, which called upon the county authorities
to advance money, buy corn, and to distribute it
gratis to those who are not able to buy, and sell
to those who are. A tax is to be lev.cd to refund
the money thus advanced by the county.
Augusta--An Editor'* Impressions.
The editor of the Knoxville,Tenn., " f lebeian,"
who recently spent a few days in Augusta, gives
his readers his impressions of the City, its bu
siness, &c., in the so lowing correspondence :
Citv or Acovsta—ll eb Tea de and Pbos
pzcts.—l readied Augusta on Sunday last, alter
a pleasant tup of 356 miles on railroad. The
Georgia Road is an excellent work, and is well
kept up, which reflects much credit to ti e enter
prising company. It passes through a hilly, but
not the less delightful country, lor that. The
State Road is in bad condition, for wlrch the
State deserves to be censured a little. She
ought to sell the Road, oral least two thirds of
lhe stock, so as to give individuals the control
of the work, which would remedy the evil. But
this road, though, when compared with the roads
connecting with it ie every way inferior, pays
well, and 1 find politicians are afraid to mount the
question of a sale of the stock. The committee
appointed by lhe Governor to look into the condi
tion of the work,have, 1 understand, recommend
ed an expenditure of several hundred thousand
dollars, to put the road in complete gear,and if this
is done all evils will be lor the time removed
in the end, and sooner or later, this stale will
have to dispense of a part or all of the stock of
her roaas. lor 1 am of opin on a State is not so
capable of controlling, through her agents, a
work of this kind, and making it profitable, as
would bos company of private individuals.
Augusta is a beautllultUy—well laid out,and
foHw# “-thrillwaouiteous aud soolabie .ppqrle
rh<# stream are Vcrv wide, and cross each other
at right angles The business houses are prin
cipally confined to Btoad street. This is said to
be lhe widest street in any city in the Union. It
is 17d feet wide, and is lined on either side with
a row of trees. Their thick foliage forms a de
lighltul shade in the summer months, and ren
ders shopping with the ladies,a pleasant past time,
while the loungers, (ot which there are always
aeoodly nutnuer tn a city ot any size) are pro
tected an i encouraged iu their sin cl laziness.
Bui lor real beauty and ornament, Green street
takes the palm. Ilia not quite so wtceae Br 'ad
street, butiimucii more taaietuilydecorated with
shade trees. In the centre, a-d about twenty
leet apart, two rows of trees extend the entire
length of the street. In the space between
these rows, grows a rich carpeting < 1 grass.
I'nis has a fine effect, cn either side ot the
street, and corresponding with lhe cen tal rows
runs a row ot snade trees. Tins street ia as
yet somewhat sparsely settled, but it must
soon bo the centre ol fashionable residences.
Ttie City Hall Isa largeaud vetylinc building.
The style of architecture is vsry rich, and re
flects much credit to the designer. It is in the
centre ol a beautiful patk of la-ge and beautilul
shade trees. The building lias been standing
some fifteen years, aud is a kind o: pet of the
citizens; and well it deserves io be, fur it is a
monument of their city pride and pub ic spirit,
and would be an ornament to any city.
1 was rejoiced to see the manufacturing spirit
so rite in Augusta. There arc a number of
manufactories, ol different kinds, and the fact
now Commonly known here that the proprietors
or companies, are all mating and tat iJiy, inde
pendent and princely iottune s, is having a gooel
effect and is feeding U.c manutacturine spirit of
enterp ise. 1 waste-juiced to sue it, because 1
have long looked upon this as one of the
rest and surest means of seceding from the
North, peaceably seceding ; and it would be a
mentis, 100, tnat even the extreme sticklers about
the right ot a state under extreme ircutnstances,
to secede from tile Union, could not properly stig
matise as ‘ revolutionary.” Give us commer
cial independence, say I, and we can soon starve
the North into an acquiescence in the plain
guaranties ol the coristiti-tiou.il compact to us
and ours.
The churches of Augusta are in the main fine
buildingß, and reflect much credit to the respec
tive denominations by whose beneficent dona
tions they were raised, lhe public buildings are
a'lcreditable to the spirit aud liberality of the
citizens. 1 lie Georgia Medical College is a fine
structure, ami like all the public buildings, is sur
rounded with a lawn or park, richly studded with
tine and luxuriant shade trees, widen serve a
double purpose of ornament and use. They
have beside this several academies, male and fe
male. On lhe whole Augusta is unsurpassed by
very few cities ot lhe Louth. It is seldom visi
ted by those scourges so common in some ot the
cities of the South West. Its trade and popula
tion are fast increasing, and it bids lair one day
to become to the South, wttat Philadelphia ia to
the North. Indeed, it Southem- rs would look
to their own interest—would throw their traue
into their own Atlantic cutes, instead ot carryiug
it to tne feet oi the North, Augusta, Savannah
and Charleston would ere many years be to them
what Philadelphia, Boston and New York is now
to lhe Noriti. Would that the eyes oi my
countrymen of the South were openct that
concerted effort dfier the perfection
of Commercial Independence.
Augusta, Ga., Sept. 1, 1851.
Tub Tnaoa or dusvsTA.—l have elsewhere
referred to the city ol Augusta in agcneral wxy,
As my business here has led me principally with
the business men I have thought a brief notice
ol some ol the principal business housis would
n t be inappropriate ; but might serve as a guide
to my Tennessee mercantile readers, who may
determine to lay in their goods at this point. A
largenumber ot ihe merchants of tho eastern
portion ol'l ennessec already purchase a part or
the whole of their goods hete, and 1 am fully
convinced that more of them might make it
to their interest to do so. 1 have had tile pieas
ureduriug my short slay in Augusta, to look
through manyol the wholesale establishments,
and confess that I was agreeably surprised to
see tho extent and pctiection to which most of
them arocarried. There is but very little use
tor my Tennessee friends to go North to lay in
their stocks of merchandise, for they will find
in Augusta every thing they may desire, and on
as good terms, 1 have no doubt, as they could
elsewhere.
Bcihal or A Chi mam aw. —We have to notice
the death of Mr. Athang on the 24ih, of Sacra
mento street. Tne deceased was a respectable
merchant of Canton, and died attear a few days’
Piners irom disease contracted on his passage to
this country. He was buried on Saturday at
tha Yerba Buena Cemetry, and was followed to
the grave by a large caticoutse of his country
men as well as Americans who accompanied the
porocession from curiosity. The procession
was headed by Mr. Norman Asing as chief
marshal, and two respectable merchants of Sac
ramento street as aids. Then followed the hearec
with ihe body enclose I in a plain but elegant
mahogany coffin, three carriages, about twenty
horsemen, and over three hundred on foot. On
arriving at the cemetery they proceed'd in a
body to the different graves ol their countrymen,
who had been buried there at different times,
sprinkling wine upon their tomba and performing
sundry ceremonies. Tnen followed ’ho inter
ment, with ail ibe c 'rcmony usual on these occa
sions—throwing the white riubon, which th y all
wore on their lelt arm as a bage of mourning,
info the grav< —burning a number of candles,
incense, torches, snd a quantity of slips of gilt
paper at the foot of the grave, with a salaam from
each. They then made room for the brother of
the decease.!, who approached ihe grave, ap
parently much affected, and performed nine
genuflexions, kissing the ground and salaaming.
Alter which they distributed cigars, wine and
perforated Chinese coin among all present, and
returned with the dec rum characteristic ol that
class ol citixens to their homes.—Sun t'rancioco
Herald.
Swiss Witchm —The crowning glory of
the Swiss department in lhe London Fair, is
lhe mag ificent display of Watches from Ge
neva ; simply to enumerate which, with all
their varieties of sue, style and ornament,
would require half a dozen letters. Two large
wacheeot inagn ficent finish, contain enameled
portraits of Washington and Robe pierre; oth
ers are tot With sprays of pearls, diamonds and
other precious stones; some are engraved
others covered with exquisite enamels, for
which Geneva has long been famous; some
are so exceedingly small tba: it would seem
iiupoMiole for them to go. yet they do, and
wi h the utmost precision. Look at these tiny
time-keepers set into card case*, the frames of
eye-glasses, brooches, and e-en into rings;
Ibis brooth, in lhe form of a serpent, from
whose mouth hangs a little gem ot a watch
rather thicker, bu much smaller in diameter
than a five cent piece, and said to be the
smallest in lhe world : and this elegant gold
pen holder, of or ioary size, in the top of
which, richly ornamented with rubies, is a time
piece, with three dials, each of a quarter
of an inch nt diameter, going for a week, and
shewing the minutes, hours, days, weeks and
months.
Inland.— lt appears that, nothwithstanding
the emigta ton of th* people, there has been
an increase of cultivation during the year
1800 to lhe ex'ent of 214.000 acres, and an
addition to the live stock on the various farms,
equal to s money value of £1.230 000. Thia
growth of prosperity has resulted from the
steady diminution that has been going on <n
the number of smalltngs, and the introduction
oi British caoital.
In anticipation of the arrival of Kossuth and
his patriotic associates al New York, the c- rpo
ration has passed a resolution tendering them
the huapi. all ties of the city.
The American Board oi' Foreign Mission* is
now holding its annual sesssion in Portland.
The abstract of the report shows receipts of
•274,902 21 for the year, and *-294,630 56 as ex
penditure ; the debt is *43 999 40
First Dry Dock oa Ike Pacific.—We find in
the San Francisco Herald of the Ist ult. a long
account of the construction of a Dry Dock,
(greatly needed.) at that port, by Messrs. Nee
fua A- Ticnenor. It is situated at the foot of
Second street, beyond and to the South oi
Rincon Point, on the northern promontory of
Msrion Bay. and is capable of receiving vessels
of the ordinary size. Tire Herald says:
The brig Sid< Hemet, of 280 tons, is row on
the doek. being uewly coppered. She is the
first vessel ever coppered in California.
Sva Makisx TtLieaarn.— lhe electric
wire is nearly completed fi r the bed of the
English chs- nel. Were the necessary gov
ernm--n:al authorize ion obtained, the commu
nication might be established m less than a
month. The cable formed of copper and
gutla poreba is twenty eight miles long.
and within an inexpressible fraction of two
inches in diameter. It ia sufficiently flexible
to be coiled in a ship’* hold. The vessel that
ia to undertake the duty of winding off the
metallic cord wilt B t ar t from the French coast,
paying out as she goes; the cable will sink to
the bottom by its own weight, and will gradual
ly burv itself in the sand or lhe mud ; the two
extremities will be protected out to lhe point
where the depth is a sufficient safeguard
against anchors oi shipwrecks.
THE WEEKLY
~ RGNWLE & SENTINEL
BY WILLIAM 6. JONEF.
TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM,
INVARIABLE IB ADVANCE.
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Officcin Railroad Bank Buildings.
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AUGUSTA, GA.;
WEDNESDAY MORNING,•• SEPTi IT.
SAMUEL BARNETT, Associate Editor.
Constitutional Union Nomination.
FOR GOVERNOR.
HON. HOWELL CO B B
For Representative from Bth Districts
HON. iiOBEKT TOOMBS.
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
First Dist.— CHARLES H. HOPKINS,
of Mclntosh.
Second District.— J A M E S JOHNSON,
of
Third Dht.— ABSALOM H. CHAPPELL,
of Bibb.
Fourth Diitrict CHARLES MURPHY,
of DeKalb
Fifth District.- E W. CHASTAIN,
of Gilmer.
Sixth District —J (IN (U 8 HI LLYER,
of Wa'ton.
Seventh District —A. 11. STEPHENS,
of Taliaferro.
Eighth District RO BE RT TOOMBS.
of Wilkes.
For Senator from Richmond and Co.
lumbla.
ANDREW J. MILLER.
For Re resent an v*» from Richmond 5
JOHN MILLEDGE, _____ _
a alexaMShi C. tiALKER. ~~
DINNER IN JEFFERSON COCNIY.
TV The Constitutional Union Party will
give the Hon. Robert Toombs a Free Barbecue at
Mt. Moriah Camp Ground, Jefferson county, cn
THURSDAY, the 25th of this month.
Mtssrs, Cobb, Stephens, A. J. Miller, McDonald,
and McMillan, are invited to be present.
The cit sens of JefTcraan, and the adjoining coun
ties, are respectfully invited.
s’6 By thb Committsh or Invitatiom.
Jj'T A. «J. Miller* * will addreeo his fellow
cifixens of Richmond county, at Brandon’s Court
Ground, in the Tarver District, cn SATURDAY
next.
MR. STEPHENS IN OGLETHORPE
O’ Title gentleman will address the people of
Oglelhirpe, and the adjoining counties, at Antioch
Depot, on the Athens Branch of the Georgia Rail
road, fifteen miles above Union Point, on Thursday,
after the Fourth Mobday in this month, (Sept. 25.)
Mr. Lbwis is expected to be present. s!4
Wm.P Mujbb, ]
G o. F. Platt, > Commieee,
Joe. H. Lumpkin, Jr J
IV Free Dinner to Mir. Toombs in
Burke. --Tne Cons.national Union Party of Burke
County, will give the Hon. Roihht Toombs u Freb
Bakbhcub, at B.rk Camp U’oss Roads, on SATUR
DAY, the 20ih inst. The ci'izens of JifFerson,
Emanuel and Burke counties are respectfully invited.
Ag ample arrangements will be made for the accom
modation of the Ladies the Committee hope to be
honored with their presence.
The Hom. A. H. ltbpsens,Charlss J. Jknkins,
Gso. W. Ckawvjrd, and A. J, Milleb, are expected
to be prepent.
The Grramitte invite Frbr discussion.
James A. McGruder, Wright Murphree,
Win. C. Mufgrove, Calvin McUullers,
George Price. R W. Belt,
H ‘nry W. Jones, Ww, Nasworthy,
Jeremiah Inmin, Robert F. Connelly,
Thomas Penrce, Henry P Jones,
James Griffin, Harman WiLianiP.
T. A. Parsons,
Committee.
Judge Berrien.-.Who is right!
Thb question as to the position of Senator
Berrikn, in the present criris in Georg a,
soetns very dillicu't of solution. A few days
since, the Washington Gazette contained the
following partgraph:
Judub HxBRiKN —We learn from a private
source, altogether reliable, that Judge Berrien his
taken his posuiou in tne present eonte t, and avowed
himself in favor of Mr. Cobb, and opposed to Ju<lge
McDonald and his party.
This we thought settled the matter, but to
our surprise a day or two after, a paragraph in
one of tho Disunion organs, whioh scorned ?n
antnunxy, met wut eye claiming
him as a supporter of McDonald, and appeal
ing to the people to stand by the Senator.
Unfortunately for Judge Bkrrien, during
the pas* year, he has occupied a position s i
equivocal that it was difficult to locate him po
litically. S o much so, that whi’o the Disunion
ists claimed that he was acting with them, his
immediate friends of the Unon party were
unab'e to tell with which party he was acting
or would act. As an evidence of this, we may
mention the fact, that the Savannah Republi*
tan, right at his door, published the above
e.tract from the Gazette, with great apparent
gusto, and expressed a h gh degree of satisfac
tion H.t the information it contained. Who
then i« right! lx the Senator for McDox.ld
or Cosh ?
Eleetlou ot Judges.—By the Leglsla
ture I—or by the People I
Is every respect the proposed change from
the L'lgialature io the people is desirable, do
far a* the purity of elections goes, no man
who has ever witneseedthe practical opera ion
of the present system, will hesitate in saying
that tr Osnnot be altered for the worse. Bo
far as relative opportunities for information go,
those of the Legislature are less than those of
the people of lhe circuit, (except in relation to
those political claims of candidates, which need
to bi- t tirown out ol the question.) In referring
lhe election to lhe people, we of course mean
to the people of each judicial circuit—not to a
general ticket. The latter—while in some re
specie better than the present system—loses
some of the advantages of the single ticket sys
tem. The interest and responniUity of the
legislature, or of the entire people, is com
mensu 'ate in the case of each member or citi
zen. with lhe limits of Ais own circuit only—
while he has a vote for every circuit The
chances of corrupt influence are incr-ased, as
lhe number over whom it is attempted is di
minishod. Tne patronage allowed the Legisla
ture unnecessarily complicates principles with
men. The issue! in many cases are held infe
rior to the party race for patronage.
Taking it altogether, we believe with the
Ail ens Hanner, “Almost every body is now
prepared to say ■By the People.” It w.ll be
iterally “no race at all.”
Wears glad to see that the press, without
distinction of parties, is taking decided grounds
in favor of the changu. We trust the ma'ter
will not be forgotten at the polls.
Ths Objset eg the Seeessloulsts,
A corraspondent of the Southern Patriot,
in a notice of a Secession Meeting in Dar
lington District, fum-ahes the following sketch
of a Speech made by Chioeelior Dasovir on
the occaaion:
‘ I beard but few of his remarks, and then be was
hatting upon tne ,lj theme that South Carolina
woul.l, bv aec wion, draw lhe oth r Southern
States into a S-uihem Confederacy ;or tailing tn
accomplish thia, i-tvl the General Government
sbouP. attempt coereisu, that volunteere from other
States, with money in their parses, would fly to the
aid of South Carolina, and fight ber battles, and she
would be triumphant, and eucn become a prosper -ur
and happy State, and would boa rallying point for
lhe ether ScutL-ern States when they should see fit to
cut looee from the General Government.'’
Tnis purpose of the secessionists of that
State, has been so frequently proclaimed be
fote, that it is only worthy of comment now
as evidence that those whu sympathise with
tb>ir movement io Georgia and oiber South
ern States, are only influenced by a desire to
involve the whole South in lhe mad schemes
of the agitators in South Carol ns. Let Geor
gians reflect upon this, and respond as be
comes freemen, who would preserve the in
stitutions ofth.- r fathers, to Alabama and Mia
riss ppi ;n their recent overwhelming demon
strations against the Disunionists.
Railkoac Accidzzt. —The detention of
the Accommodation ami Express trains, on
the Chrlsston Rai road yesterday, was caused
by the running together of two freight trains,
seriou*ly damaging the engines and care. No
accident occurred to either of the passenger
trains, and no person on the freight trains was
injured.
Ukioz Nomiwatioss. Geu. James W.
Armstrong, and Judge T. G. Holt have been
nominated as Candidates of the Union Party of
Bibb County.
Hon. J. A Meriwether and Philip H. Daw
son have been nominated a* lhe Union can ti
dates for the Legirieture from Putnam county.
Dr C. L Ridley has been nominated as the
Union candidate tor the House, from Jones
e tunty.
New Yozz, dept. 10—The sieamer Aw a
sailed to-day, baring on board 80 paseenge.a
and nearly a Bullion of dollars in gold.
Cwba.—Ttae Administration.
As reason and judgment are always certain
to exercise their away among the intelligent
and reflecting, after an ebullition of passion,
we may now with some hope of an impartial
hearing and considerate investigation, justify
the course of the President in all hie acts, yet
made public, in relation to the late expedition
against Cuba. We, of course, do not antici
pate ur desire to satisfy that class of "small
bur'' politicians wh •, with the hope of making
a little political capital out of this question,
have proclaimed a code of political morale, the
observance of which, would require the Presi
dent to forswear himself by an open violation
of the laws of the land, and the provisions of
our treaties with Spain—in short, to violate
every principle of moral and political honesty,
and dishonor the Na ionai escutcheon.
The effort to connect the Cuban question with
Politics in Georgia, has been apparent to every
intelligent mind, and so bold were the actors
in Columbus, that the Disunionists, in their
desperate fortunes, proclaim* d the "cause of
Cuba, the cause of the South." Hence we
deem it necessary to place before the intelli
gent and reflecting portions of the people, th
law and the provisions of the treaty with Spain
which distinctly and clearly define the duties
of the President:
The 6th section of the law of 1818, declares
that:
“If any person shall, within the territory or juris
diction of the Vote I Stales, begin or set on fol, or
provide or prepare the means forany military expedi
(ton orenteipuse to be carried on Iretn thence against
the territories or dominions of any foreign Prince or
Slate, or any colony, district, or people, with whom
ihe United States, are a.' peace, every per on so cf
fendin? shall be guilty of a high, misdemeanor and
shall be fined not cxc eding three thousand dollars,
and imprisonment not more than three years.”
Those who are familiar with the law, and
who have urge 1 persons to engage in the ex
pedition, are guilty of the double crime of de
nouncing the President for the observance of
his sworn duties under the law, and of purrua
ding persona to openly violate that law.
Again, the existing treaties of the United
S ates with Spain declare that:
'There shall be a firm and inviolable peace and
sincere friendship between his Ca hilic Majesty, his
succes ors and subjects, and the Un'ted butes and
their citizens, without exception of persons or t laces,
but that if any person of either nation shad apply for
or take a commission for arming any ship or ships
against the subjects of hi» Catholic Majesty, or Hie
property of any of them, he shall be punished as a
pirate."
This article refers to letters of marque from
parties at war wttn Spurtr.-trurirmta a aoubtu
force against parties who violate this article
XII which requires vessels of either party—
“To exhibit as we I upon the high seas as in pons
and havens, not only her passports, but likewise cer
tifica'es expressly showing that bet goods are not of
the number of those which have been prohibited as
contraband.”
Treaties are known to be the supreme law
of the land and the spirit and letter of all our
trea'ies with Spain, in 1795, 1819 and 1820,
oontmplateda permanent peace and friendship.
And bow any American patriot, who duly
apprecia'es the national honor, can advise or
commend the violation if the law or treaty
stimulations by our government, we cannot im
agine, unless he be lost to all sense of honor
or shame.
On this question, we rejoice to see that
sterling journal, the New Orleans Bulletin.
speaking out so manfully in the very midst if
the greatest theatre of excitement in the
country —such a course speaks well for the
independence of that paper, and it connot fail
to have a salutary effect on the public mind.
Wo subjoin the article referred to :
Cuba and ths Administrate <>m. —Ingenuity will
he tested, to accomc for the failure of the Cuban
Expedition. One party will ascribe it tomism n
ageinent, deception, oi ignorance, on the part of
thoee who originated and conductedit; oihers will
impute its unfortunate tersnination to 'he absence of
all sympathy and co-operation among the creole pop
ulation of Cuba. vVni.e trading politicians, who-e
scent is al ways keen, will be seen to discover that
their political opponents have been at fault, au I that
they alone have been the sole instruments of the
Cuba catastrophe.
Capital, of course, is to be made out of the event;
and those who design trading upon it are, and al
ways have been, callous and indifferent to the cause
iirelfor its issue, only looking toils incidents and
consequences in a politic >1 aspect.
Ihe idea is now hopefully entertained, that tho
result of this Cuba movement may be made subserv
ient to th« Disunion c use, an I that it can be used
succes.fdly to disparage the President by impressing
those who are apt to jump to conclusions, without
reason or reflection, with the belief that President
Fillmore is solely responsible for the failure of the
expeiition. The man who thus attempts to delude
others, for the miserable gratification of securng a
vote, is either a fool ora knave: he is either igno
rant of the constitution of his country, its spirit and
genius, or he is the wilful and unscrupulous instru
ment of deception and falsehood.
We have se°n, or rather read in our exchanges,
some most ridiculous exhibitions of infl ited ignorance
and presumption. Men, whose opinion and judg
ment upon the simplest question ol law, pby.-ics or
morals, would, in the estimation of those who knew
them best not be worth a rash, presumptuously
stand up and profess to be the illuminated interpre
ters of national law, the annotators of Vattel and
PuffemJorf, and the expounders of the Constitution.
President Fillmore, these salons tell us, has exceed
ed his const! uliunal powers, and by interfering in
Ute Cuba movement, has acted without law or wan
r ’7n tnetirM place, there has been as yet no inter
ruption to the expedition on the part of the Federal
Government. It embarked from this port without
let or hindrance for its departure was secret and
euirerti'.ious, thereby clearly admitting thu it was
an illegal act. It exper en*ed no interruption or
difficulty on the way to Cuba ; no American cruiser
overhauled it or prevented the disembarkation of the
troop ; they landed on the island with arras in their
hands, and th ir ha pies.' fate is the result of the for
tunes of war, ot rather the imbecility and treachery
of those who engaged to aid and sur port them. It
is a pitiful subterfuge to ascribe the failure of the
enterprse to the Chief Magistrals of the Nation.
Put supposing the Presiden - had interfered, and
interposed his official power to prevent the departure
of the Pampero and tl e force tha.’ left in her. Will
any one pretend to sey that he was not authorized to
do so? Nay, that it was not his b unde i duty to
have detained her and them ? Many honest, but
unreflecting men, are ver* apt to judge hastily,
from not sufficiently comprehending, and discri ui
na ing between the functions of the several depart
ments in our Government, confounding tl eirsepar
a'e and distinct offices an • duties, and imputing to one
branch trusts, or duties or responsibilities, which
rn ty actually belong to another. As for instance, in
the present case —the Executive i* held responsible
(or the acts of the I egislature, end the odium of an
offensive law : s laid upon the Presiden', who is sim
ply the minister or executioner of the laws.
Many suppose, and we see the point has been dis
cussed by orators at public meetings, that the citizens
of this free country have the right to expitiiate them
selves; t)go with a>ms in their hands, either indi
vidual y, or org ini zed in squads or companies, and
wage war. on th.ir own h >ofr against any na ion
they nny see fit. Whatever may be the natu al or
abstract right of individuals on ibis score; as citizens
of th*e Uni'ed they are inhibited the exercise of any
such privilege. The law passed bv Congress in 1818
expressly proh bits ail such exped'tions; this law has
as direct a bearing and application to the recent Cuba
expedition, as if it had been expressiy and especially
mide (or it, and if the friends of Cuba suppose it to
be an obstacle in the way of the accomplishment of
their object, they must vent their indignation upon the
law itself or the law makers, and not upon the ad
ministrator of it.
Mr. Fillmore is an honest, faithful and fearles mag
istrate ; he is determined, as a swern officer, to exe
cu*e the laws at ail bizards, and all true men will
honor him for his fidelity and stand up for him. He
stands justifie j in the eyes of the civilised world.
Warren Disunionist<--A Small Game.
We are informed that lomeof the “ email
bear” demagogues and political tr cksters of
the Disunion school in Warren county, are
attempting to prejudice the minds of those
voters in that county who are opposed to
nominations, against the Union candidates,
because of an err »r of ours, in saying that
Messrs. Lows and Latimer had been “nomi
noted.” We were informed that these gen
tlernen were the Union candidates, and pre
suming that they had been nominated, so
announced, without knowing any thing about
how they became candidates.
Tha attempt to make capital by such a small
rick as this on the part of the D sunion
leaders in Warren, evinces too ckarly their
own convictions of their sinking fortune and
the desperate chararcter of their cause. The
trick is h-waver worthy of the etuse and ths
actors who resort to its ui<e.
The Albeit! Case—The Awthentte Report
The Constitutionalist “admits that accord
ing to this report, sent to Mr. Miller it would
app ar tha Aiberti had kidnapped the child.”
Now this report purports to be copied verba
t'm from a forthcoming volume of law reports
It was sent to Mr. Miller, by the Messrs.
Johnsons, book sellers, men of character—
who sell largely at the South, and whose inte
rests would be deeply affected by sending a
false stile me nt of the case. Doubts being en
tertained as to the authenticity ofthe newspaper
report, reference was bad to the best authority
accessible, prior to the actual publication of
the book of repor t. The character and iute
rest of the book sellers aod publishers vouch
for the autaority of the intelligence they furn
ish.
The report publishel by the Cooetitutionolipt
If Repuh'ie Extra, purport* on its face to have
teen ‘published for the benefit of tbe family of
Albkbti.”
Which report'eomes to us with the greater
marks of credibility ?
The CarutitutumeliU says our article is
‘‘apclogy—apology —apology for the North.”
and proceeds to argue the case on facie gioia
ia the old report. It is our objec* to do jus
tice to all. and give e en his due. If that
paper ia willing to neg'ect doing even tardy
justice to the truth, il is not our fault, we having
afforded it every facility, and explicitly called
upon it to publish it. Can it deny that the re
port, as we published it, ia more probably au>
thenue and correct than its own f
Is it eo anxious to prop a falling cause by
any straw which chance may fur iivti, as to be
unwilling to lose even tbe support of a straw,
when it is shown to be broken?
The Lady of the Attorney General of tbe
United Suter, Mrs. Crittenden, diedat Frank
fort, Kentucky, on the Bth inoL
The Relation of Parties to the Geoi
gla Platform
The relation of the Union Party to the
Georgia Platform is very simple and intelligi
ble. It adopts that platform as its own. It
was organized upon it—and has since simply
reaffirmed it, believing it to embrace the
grou ids which should unite the people of 1
Georgia—the people of the whole Sooth, and
the sound msn of the North—it was hoped
ihat its evident wi-dom, moderation and jus
tice, would put an end to controversies
among ourselves, and to the pernicious agita
tion of the slavery question at the North.
Broad, Catholic and National, it asserted
Southern Rights as held by all the Southern
States, excluding grounds of dissension, and
famishing no just cause of offence to lovers
of the Constitution anywhere.
Never was there a fairer expression of the
voice of a people Minorities which bad had
no representatives for years, had now. by the
obliteration of former lines, heir proper rep
resentations. The platform wns concurred in
by an overwhelming majority in the Conven
tion. It gave great and general satisfaction to
the people, not only to tie msjoiity who elected
the delegates, but to a large portion of the
minority. Muruturing and discontent were
heard, it is true, but from only a few discon
tented spirits.
It even seemed possible that the Utopian
project of “uniting the South” might at length
be effected. A large majority of the people
of Georgia were united—on grounds on
which majorities in nearly, if not all, the
Southern States concurred.
But the minority which bad so anxiously
deprecated division, and implored the South
to become united, were not now in favor of
Union.
The time rolled round for preparation for
State elections. There was no common basts
of opposition to the Union party founded on
the principle of ths Georgia Platform. As
serting as that did, the Sovereignty of the
States, and the right and intention on cer
tain contingencies to resist even to a disrup
tion of the Union, the Union party was
charged by shameless opponents with federal
ism. The shamelessness of the cry did not
prevent many from echoing it. It tends, said
these men, to consolidation. Not a line—a
word—a syllable of tie plaform even leans
that way. Deserting all true republican
-ground, and assuming the right of a State to
repudiate nt will, hnr moat nnlnmn compnnra
“by virtue of her sovereignty," they said
“This is Republican Doctrine. Thia is State
Righ's.” This cry of Consolidation, howev
er, was not the sole rallying cry. The Demo
cratic party, which had aided so materially in
building 'he platform, was piteously appealed
to and begged to form again on old lines, by
the very men who had urged it to disband
Those who formed a Southern confederacy—
those who favored Secession, were called for,
not under their true title of Disunionists, but
under the seducing name of Southern R ghts
aen. The party which transcended all true
ideas of State Rights and republicanism was
called together iu soma counties as the Stale
R gilts Republican party. One would have
supposed from the variety of calls and ap
pointments, that not less than half a dozen
Conventions were to assemble in Milledge
ville on the 28. h of May, 'he day selected tn
older to anticipate the Union Convention—- a
later day having been first proposed, and the
alteration being made at soma trouble, for un
explained reasons. The delegates appomted
under these various denominations, met in
Milledgeville, and organized in one Conven
tion to which they gave no name.
What relation did the Convention so assetn.
bled, assume to the Georgia Platform T
Ou the facts set forth in the Georgia Plat
form. it took issue.
Ils relation to the present Union, it did not
define at all-
Its relation to the rights of the South (as
expressed in the 4 h resolution of the Georgia
Platform) it did not define.
Its relation to State Rights it defined bv as
serting the right of Secession “by virtue of
sovereignty” >ilhout responsibility.”
Its relation to the Union being undefined,
we are left tn doubt as to its true relation, and
mustpickup evidences where we may. The
Convention nominated as its candidate the
President of the Nashville Convention. It
asserted the unconditional. irresponsible righ’
of Secession. It a*serted that the Constitu
tion had been violated in numerous instances,
and that the prospects of the future were
worse than the history of the past. So much
for acts.
The parly press and orators say 'hey are not
‘or Disunion. Such is the profession. They
ay tha the Georgia Platform is binding.
Their Convention did not say so. We should
, ....... uuy oouinern
Rights Press—in distinct terms —au answer to
the following questions.
By saying that tho decision of Georgia is
obligatory- do they mean tha’. it is not rever
sible by balljt— or merely that itoujht not to
be resisted oy force ?
Its relation to the rights of the South is
equally undefined. Their silence on South
ern Rights is capable of solutions equally
adverse to each other as that on the Union. If
the acts of the party in nominating Ex Gov.
McDonald, and proclaiming the right of Se*
cession, are a criterion, then the only remedy
the South needed, is to be found in Secession,,
If we ean secede even without cause—and
ought to-ecede for any cause— the doiithern
Rightscreed mikes out a proper case for its
immediate exercise.
On the contrary, however, if the proses
Biots of the party on the Union question are
sincere—it was highly proper for it to assume
no position in relation to Southern Rights.
As nothing more could occur than its catalogue
cf offences alike again.-t the Constitution and
justice—and they did not propose to remedy
them, it would have been folly to propose a
remedy for ?ny future aggressions or injustice.
We have on (his subject a standing inquiry
to the Constitutionalist and Republic, which
we here again take the liberty of repeating.
Dues the Southern Kights party propose
any redress for the past wrongs of the South —
or any p;inl of resistance to future aggres
sions ? And if so—what ?
It has got the “suppressed loiter.” We
want its suppressed opinion.
••Older Heads.”
Thk Constitutionalist says of tho Washing
ton County Committee: “A’owlhey dong© ba
hind “older heads and older minds Again it
says—-‘Since the appearance of Mr. Cobb's
letter, they seem to have ‘observed, discerned,
seen and spied out,’ ‘how, wherefore and
whe’her, why, where and what, whatsoever,
whereas and whereby,’ all this Stale Rights
and Secession business, instead of being no
longer open questions, are the most uncertain
and open questions that now puzzle old heads
or youna heads, obit minds or weak minds ”
Qaare f—Could the above slur at old heads
have been cast by the same Editor, represented
to have been on the Monroe Countt Com
mittee, who “dodged behind older heads, and
abler minds.” in the following adroit manner
and vtye ?
‘ There were old vetexan leaders in that meeting
to wh Ke opinions he have bowed with respectful
deference, as he then had just grown up to manb'-od ;
or he may have obiectcd t the resolutions, but yield
ed io Lis pjli.ieal friends of greater age and expe
rience ”
“ Tbe Stabs and Stripes.”—The Montgomery
Advertiser if- Gazette, m referring to the cause
which led to tbe I te overwhelming triumph of the
Union Party in this elate, sneeringiy remarks that
“the Stare and Stripes ate an infallible argu
ment
Whereupon that wag Hooper
of the Chambers Tribune, expresses the con
viction that the British and Mexicans are de
cidedly of the same opinion. Hooper is a
very sensib'e man and says many good things.
Carrying Concealed Weapons—Got.
Hunt, of New York, has declined interfering
with the doe course of tha law, in the case of
Aaron B. Slookey, to be executed in N w
York city, on .he 19th inst., for the murder of
Zeddy .Moore. Tbe Governor, in concluding
his letter upon the subject, remarks .
“ Stnokey’s crime may be traced directly to
the habit he had adopted of carrying a dange
rous weapon concealed about hie person.
H i fate should be a warning to ail who in
dulge in this reprehensible practice. It cannot
be too strongly impressed upon their minds,
that persons who choose to carry concealed
arms will be held to a rigid responsibility for
the use they may make of them, and for all
consequences that may ensue.”
Office of tme Board of Health, ?
Augusta, sept. 6, 1851. )
Since my report, on the 9-h in«., no new
cases of Small Pox, and but ‘wo of Varioloid
have occnrred in the city. The cases of Va
rioloid are mild and rapidly recovering.
The disease is still confined to the families
and localities in which it originated.
Planters and o hers may visit our city in
perfect safety, as there is not the least danger
of contracting the d-tease.
Wm E Dearing,
Chairman Board of Health.
Hon. Rob’t C. Winthrop has been romi-
Dated by me whigs of Massachueetts as their
candidate for Governor,
The New Mexico and Utah Bills.
What has occurred since the passage of |
these bills, to change the opinion of the over- ,
whelming majority of the people of the South, ,
that there exists no impediment in the way of
carrying slaves to either of these territories 1
No new light has been thrown upon the •
subject by investigation. No judicial decis- ,
ion has set.led it. The question is not one
which has been just raised, and which had not
been considered when the opinion of the South
was in the process offormation. It was raised
early in the controversy. No light has been
thrown upon it, tending to establish the exist
ence of impediments, save that originally
thrown oy those gentlemen, whose speeches
asserting lhe existence of such impediments,
brought down upon their heads such a storm
of indignation.
A’l that has occurred since that time has been
the establishment of Territorial Governments on
the principle of non intervention. What this
principle meant, we have shown by reference
to the Democratic Resolutions of Georgia—
and by lhe arguments of a now leading South
ern Rights pres', illustrative and expansive
of those resolutions. In both Territories, the
establishmentofTerritorial Governments ends
srongly to answer the only arguments ever
advanced iu favor of the continued existence
of the Mexican laws. That provision of the
law of nations, which it was contended by gen
tlemen prevailed, to continue in force the
far sofa conquered country, until repealed
by the conqueror, had its foundation in the
necessity of preventing the conquered country
from going into a state of anarchy. This ob
ject is serve I, however, by the establishment
of Territorial Government, and such establish
ment is therefore regarded by many persons,
who bold tha necessity of some expression of
the conqueror’s will, as a sufficient expression
of that will—and as a displacement of the old
law, now no longer necessary for the reason
for which its continued existen - .a was tolera
ted.
So far as any new light, therefore, has been
thrown upon the subject by theactua' passage
of the Territorial bi Is, its tend mey has been
to increase instead of to diminish lhe number
of those who hold that tnere are no impedi
ments in the way of carrying slaves into New
Mexico and Utah.
In relation to New Mexico, indeed, there is
another ground—but as itdoes not cover both
territories, wo will only briefly allude to it
The purchase by tha United States from Texas
of that portion incorporated with New Mexico
wag the acknowledgement by the United
States of the title of Texas, a alave holdin
country. This portion of then Texas, now
New Mexico, is the only inhabited and civil
ized portion of the present territory of New
Mexico. The laws of slavery being clearly of
force there, and the laws of this portion of the
territory prevailing (by a clear rule of the
Law of Nations) over those of tha uninhabit
ed and uncivilized portions, the result is, that
in New Mexico, upon the principles of all
parties,slavery has free admission. The ex
tent of territory thus indubitably opened,
is vastly greater than that which would have
been cut off by tie Missouri Compromise
line.
Ths position of the South, was clearly, and
unequivocally taken lipin the question of
right to go into the territories with slaves. One
of tno Democratic resolutions in 1817, was a
follows:
"Ifevolved, That Congiess possesses no power, un
der r.lio Constitution, to legislate in any way or man
ner, in relation to the institution of slavery. It is
the ‘Constitutional right of every citizen, loremova
and settle with his properly in any of the territories
of the United States.”
The above resolution asserts the right to go
with slaves into any oi the territories. Not as
needing legislation for its enjoyment, but as a
Constitutional right— and going further, it
denies the right of legislation.
This denial of the right of legislation was
louttded on the following arguments. The
Constitution no where confers such a right.
That clause in relation to terrtory : “The
Congress shall have power to dispose
of and make all needful rules and regulations
respecting the territories and other p-operty be
longing to the United Siates.” has been cor
rectly and judiciously construed to confer no
such power. Wh lever power Congress has
in the premises is derived simply by implica
tion from the granted powers—and the rights
of slave holders were considered by those who
h; Id the doctrine of non-intervention to be
protected sufficiently by the recognition of
slavery in the Constitution.
Whether this doctrine was correct or not, it
was held by a large portion of the Southern
people. Au overwhelming majority held to
the inutility of intervention. A large portion
<»r the Southern people, held it both unneces
•"«> SIW»— ’ - ' ' • - - -
ft was for this reason that when amendments
were offered to the territorial bills, proposing
express’y to recognise and secure slaves as
pr- perty in them, that no unanimity could be
produced among Southern members in de
manding such recognition and protection
Thette men said that there had occurred no
thing to change their sentiments upon the ne
cersity ofanysuch acknowledgement, and that
if (here had been new light thrown upon the
expediency,that would not affect the Consti
tutionality of such legislation.
It is perhaps unnecessary to observe that the
passage of a declaratory law on the subject,
would have baen legislation as strictly as the
passage of any other law. It is as an expres
sion of legislative will that it haseffdct, if at all.
The guise in which it is clothed can make no
change in the principle. In no form, however,
could the amendu ents be brought to unite the
Southern members who held the above view
of non inter ention Of9o Southern members,
it is believed that not more than nine held the
necessity of intervention, while several times
that number held it unconstitutional. The
revthel i it simply useless.
Holding such views of Non intervention,
these Southern men considered that our rights
were secure, during the Territorial state of the
Territories, and all they desired was the ac
knowledgement of the principle actually incor
porated into the bills organising them—by
which they are allowed to come into the Union
with or without slavery, as they may prefer.
The votes upon these bills on their final pas
sage throw some light upon the position of the
two sections of the country upon them. Upon
the Mexican bill every Southern Senator voting
at all, voted for it—and in the House there was
a majority of 21 Southern members in its fa
vor.
The vote >n the Utah bill in the House was
in like manner, a vote by the majority of the
South for it, and of the Freesoilers against it
In th ) Senate, the vote of the South on the
engrossment was unanimous, with the excep
tion of two Senators. The final vote is not
given in the secund, but we believe was uoan
imous.
The expressions of the various legislative
bodies and conventions of the Southern
States, are alike charac’eristic of their senti
ments upon this subject. While we believe
no Southern State failed to express itself in
relation to oar rights in the territories—not a
solitary State or Convention, (so far as onr
information extends,) intimated any desire for
tbe repeal of Mexican laws. The argument
in all ihe struggle it has ever assumed, was be
fore them wnsn the expression of the»r view*
was given. The mass of the present South
ern Rights party was the most strenuous in
asserting the inutility and unconstitutionality of
legit ation. Not until the Territorial bit's were
passel by a majority of Sutrhsrn against a
majority of xNorthern votes, did their senti
ments (without a s litary new argument or
new ligh.) undergo a total change. The ar
gument was spread before them in full.
They knew as well then as now the possibility
of esuit. They hel 1 that the denial of our
rights was an absurdity—that the suit against it
would be a miserable failure, and that one suit
would setile the question, forever, and for all
emigrants.
And yet one ofthe grounds of complaint
of Southern men. against the Government, is
ths pas-age of laws in oooformi y with the ex
presied will ofallthe Southern S ates, contrary
to the expressed will of nearly all the Northern
States, parsed by a majority of Southern
votes against a majority of Northern votes,
tbe complaint to complete the climax, beinir
made, not by tbe small disserting minority, but
by the par y, the vast majority of whose mem
bers held any th. ng more unnecessary, and a
very larje proportion held it unconstitutional.
Imported Merchandise.—An opinion has
been expressed that the importations of foreign
merchandise this year were much less than in
those of the preceding year. The following au
thentic facts in the case are published in the Na
tional Intelligencer:
During the fiscal year ending the 30th of June
1951, the gross receipts from customs were about
*50,000,000.
From the Ist of July to the sth of September,
the receipts from this source will compare as fol
lows :
1850, about *12,200.000
1851, about 11,700,000
Decrease, *SOO 000
There is a decrease in 1851 during this period
at New Y’ork of about *9OO 000, and an increase
at each of the other ports.
At the ports of New York, Boston, Philadel
phia and Baltimore, during the first week In
September, the receipts were as follows :
1850
iSi
The Territorial and District Bills.
Ik treating of the course of the Constitution
alist on these bills we cordially admit that we
are " incapable of doing justice to'he subject.”
By one of those singular coincidences which
will happen, that paper (without knowing that
it w-s attacked by any body—much less by its
chosen adversary, the Chronicle, ) has followed
up our attacks, and put in what defence it
might. It felt awkwardly in going about a
rep'y in this timid way, too. It was not used
to it. While e .udionsly silent as to the quarter
whence the blows esme, it must needs find
some excuse fur parrying them. Accordingly,
on the ground that efforts are being made “ by
Mr. Cobb and his friends ” “to mystify the
Democrats on the doctrine of non interven
tion," it makes an elaborate defence, nearly
three columns long, against our attack on its
gross inconsistencies on that “doctrine.”
When its course on the subject of the slave
trade in the District is exposed, instead of an
swering the Chronicle by name, it lakes occa
sion, “at the request of several correspon
dents,” t‘ publish the act, and “in coßasctioa
with this subject,” defends itself exactly is the
same wiy as it would in a direct reply to our
article All these, however, are mere accidental
coincidences.
For consistency’s sake, (if it were not already
bankrupt in that commodity,) it should not
have known when it was attacked by the
Chronicle eti other subjects. On these, however,
it is evidently a reader of the Chronicle. It in
stantly takes up the gauntlet on the Albert*
Casa. The charge founded on the course of
one of its Editors’ in the Monroe County
meeting, gave rise to the brilliant and admira
ble invention of the “ may be ” method of
rearoning. On “non-intervention,” however,
it is blind and deaf. It closes its eyes—stops
its ears—cannot see— will not hear. The tongue
of 1850— its own tongue—still pleads for ‘‘non
intervention,” and defends “the Compromise.”
It can listen to any thing else- argue against
any body else— but its own sayings and itself.
It knows its own weak points—somet f them
at least. Not all, however, or it never would
have raised the subject of resistance to the Dis
trict of Columbia Bill. This was a decoy duck
to draw us off from “ non-inlerveniion.” The
Constitutionalist itself threw down (in an in
formal w>y) the gauntlet, in order that it might
drop “nonintervention” and take up some
other ground.
The District of Columbia Bill was chosen by
it fur uttoch. We cheerfully accepted the
istiie, and showed that the Constitutionalist bud
kept Mr Cobb company in any inconsistency of
which he may have been guiky. We also ex
plained the reasons which we thought justified
both Mr. Cobb and the Constitutionalist in the
abandonment of their first position
Tha was enouph for an answer. But we
went further. We showed that the Constitu
tionalist, having followed Mr. Cobb from po
sition No. 1 to position No. 2, (for good rea
sons) incon inently turned its back upon him.
We showed from his own acts and editorials,
that he first pledged himself to resit the la>
then justified its passage—-then retracted the
jus’ificution and violently opposed it. We
a-ked the still ttnansttered question--" Is the
Editor now in favor of redeeming hie first
pledge?” From hit not answering, we pre
sume that he is not.
When his own weapons are turned against
him on this subject as on the former—he ig
nores the Chronicle again. He puts in a de
fence (and such a defence!) “in connection
with” the opportune, convenient call of seve
ral correspondents.
Defending himself blindly against an un-
Known adversary—what plea would ingenuity
devise if its wits were set »o work to devise*
with precision—the poorest that could be offer
ed ? It wou d have to be very busy to come
nearer pefection in error than the Constitu
tionalist has dune.
We charged him with being for the measure
on tho 22d May, 1850, and a ainst it in May,
1851. The defence is (if we are able to under
stand it) that he changed goner than that, as he
only stuck to his position till May 23d, 1850.
Instead of occupying twelve months in ef
fecting ro total a change, it took him only
twenty-four lours—hardly that —for the change
took place “the very day we published the ar*
tide of May 221.” (’he opinions were scarcely
published before they were altered.
Verily, this defence is worthy of the reputa
bon of the Constitutionalist. It is consistent
on'y in inconsistency. Though it may “claim
no peculiar capacity to jump to correct con
clusions at the first glance,” it has a well
founded “ claim ” to a very peculiar capacity
in jumping from one side of a question to
another—in fact, in being on both aid s—if not
strictly at one time, in an incredibly short in
terval. j
Every attempt HT'exlrlcatian has heretofore
only plunged it deeper in the quagmire. Its
position, or the question at the head of this
article, was so raided that no quibbles—no after
thoughts could oy any dint of ingenuity dis
guise or conceal it. In reply to our charge of
inconsistency, it pleads the very briskness of
its charge.
Phases of the Constitutionalist on Mon-
Intervention.
We have been exceedingly anxious for a
public, candid acknowledgment by the Con
s’.itu ionalist. that the doctrines held by the
Southern Rights party on the subject of non
intervi ntion are diamdrically opposite to those
proclaimed by the Democratic party, and former
ly held by tie mass of the present members of
ths Southern Rights party ilselj.
We have proved this, by the resolutions of
the Democratic Conventions, and by the most
direc*. and explicit quotations from its own
columns.
The present state of the question between
us (for it is between us, though it feigns igno
rance of the fact) is as follows. We establish
ed the fact that it was for non-intervention,
it acknowledged explicitly that it had been,
but said that nonintervention came too late,
because it came in 1850. We then proved
that its own advocacy of nonintervention
bore date in 1850. What was it now to do 1
Its argument was upset, plainly so, even to
the meanest capaci y.
The plan it adopted was to deny the obvious
meaning of the word. We then quoted from
its own columus of May 15th, 18C0—the
acknowledgement that, “By the Compromise
(of the committee of 13) wk okt Territorial
government and non-intkrvkntion on the
slavery question for ihe Territories.”
We quoted a similar acknowledgment made
Apri' 30th, 1050. Ever since this decisive
evidence of the sense in which it used the
word, it still has the hardihood Ko write of
non intervention, as something which we did
not get.
If it is not yet “sick and tired” of quibbling
on th's subject, we believe we can promise
lhai, provided only it is capable of penitence,
it anall be sick, tired and ashamed of its con
duct upon it, before we get through with this
article. We do not expect to effect this salu
tary end by our strength, but by iu own.
lathe article of last month (August 22d)
it insist (hat bv non-intervention was meant,
among other things, the following :
“That in establahing Territorial Governments,
this equal participation in them claimed by the
Southern people, should be recognised and secured
to them, and the people thus made cq ial, left free to
determine for themselves whether slavery should
or sijjuid not form a part of their social system.”
Again, in the same article, speaking of the
duty of Congress to remove impediments, it
says :
“ This Congress failed to do. This Congress
pertinaciously relused to do. Il was, in this, dere
lict to its duty and to ihe just claims of the South,**
Not relying upon the evident folly of giving
the name of “non-intervention** to the ‘ inter
vention” demanded by the Constitutionalist,
we shall refer to its own columus, of not ova
week previous, and show the explicit acknow
ledgment that what we did get was non-inter
vention. If we bad bad the writing of it our
selves, we could have made the acknowledge
men*, no more explicit. Here it is:
“ True, three Territoiiai bills did not contain the
Wilmot proviso. They contained non-intervention.
But non-intervention came too late.”—Constitution
alit,Ajg. 16th, 1851.
The italics are its own.
We have offered its own testimony that
we got non intervention, taken from the paper
of May 19th, 1850. In a former article we
offered its own testimony, of April 30th, 1850.
We now offer the same testimony again,
bearing date only six days before its denial.
The former evidence it considered insuffi
cient. Does it want more ? We offer it now.
In a review of Mr. Toombs’ position on
the California question, it has occasion tn
refer with great point asd discrimination to
the true meaning of o<> n intervention. That
man wou d have to be a master of the nee of
language who could express more forcibly tho
opinion that “removing hostile impediments”
is inconsisient with the doctrine of non-inter
vention. He ridicules the idea of Mr.
Toombs “id 1850 gravely call ing. on Co ng res#
to paw a law repealing anti-slavery laws.’* 1
But we will let him apeak for himself, for be
speaks very plainly:
“ Mr. Toombs ia, with one important exception l ,.
wi*h the great body ofthe c’emoccacy of Georgia.
in the above positions, and hope the great bxly of
his own party, coincide wiih him. Tne excapubn
is this: he insists that Congrscs shall repeal the