Newspaper Page Text
2
earth, and me smaller end, instead of becom n< ]
the seat of dryne.*, which is always tnora or
less injurious, becomes a passage for absorb- |
tion. The bud. which under these circum* an
ees. is the only p rt exposed to the air, bears
without injury, or rather with advantage, ail the
causes of excrement.
“Although I did not commence my experi
ments before the end of June, 1 have aeon
quite enough to satisfy me that the method may
be of serious advantage.
“Two drills about three inches apart were
drawn parallel with each other in a kitchen
garden of indifferent quality, situated on a
calcareous plain near Besancon. A hundred
cuttings, of Apples, Pears, Plums, Apricots,
Tulip tiees, Rojcr, ete., almost ail of this
year’s wood, were bent and buried ia the man
ner described, with tbeirends in the two drills.
They were watered a few times, and at this '
moment every cutting, in the open air and ex
posed to the full sunshine, ia just as fresh as it I
was when planted. In most of them toe part :
er pored to the air (the bud) is ,e,t .
active vegetation, especially in the Pears and
Tulip trees, the buds of which bare already I
made some progress.” •
This idea seems to be a very good one, ana ;
i’sadoption can hardly fail to increase the
chances of successful propagation. Gar«-
ners CAronicf*. _ _
[dome bury th® erdltng.—Ed ]
From the Orleans Picayune, 334A ult.
The Revolution in Mixloo.
Camabgo T AK£! ’ ”> TH * Rivowtiomist».
By the arrival of the steamship Yacht, Capt.
y. Si Thompson, we have Brownsville papers to
the 24th Inst , which contain the startling in
telligence of a successful revolution in that por
tion of Mexico bordering on th: Rio Grande.
We find the following ia the Rio Bravo of the
21th inst.. pubPshed at Brownsville :
. Pronunciammtoc on the Rio Grande.
We copy from the Bien Publico of Al atao-oras
the following plan and pronunciamento, signed
by Don IgnaciojCanalcz and other citizens ol Gu
errero, and forwarded by them to the command
ing general of tie Mexican forces at Matamoras.
The movement seems to extend throughout the
State of Tamaulipas, end it is said will be gen
eral in all the Northern States of Mexico.
The patriot forces are commanded by Col.
Don Jost Msria Carvajal, and already number
nearly a thousand men. His plan and pronun
eiamento are extensively circulated through
out the Republic, adopting the twelve articles
of the Guerrero Patriots, as found below.
The movement looks truly formidable; and
we believe is so regarded by the authorities of
the General Government over the way.
runt.
The subscribers, ail citiz.ns of tha city of Gu
erra, in the State of Tamaulipas,convinced tbit
the national representation hag
sent to that sovereignty, through the corres; en
ding sources, f rthe aboiishmentof prohibitions
and the reduction of the tariff; the protection
due to stop the depredations of the Indians, al
ready insupportable, as well as the oppression
they suffer, owing to the restriction together
with the hostility cf the barbarians, are the com
plete destruction not only of those who speak,
but of the whole frontier, have decided and re
solved to sustain with their arms the contents of
the following articles :
I. The permanent troops shall be expelled
from the territory of the State, as being perni
cious. oppressive and useless.
2 The eit.xen is inviolable in the enjoymert
of his rights and property, and in the use cf his
opinions ; tne judicial power shall be sustained
in the free exercise of its functions, and nothing
shad bo taken by the liberating forces without
paymint for the same.
3. As a guarantee of the rights and sovareign
ty of the states, a reformation of the federal
constitution is required, reserving to the State
all the powers andenjoyrueats not granted tothe
General Government.
4. I’he nation"! representation,or at least in
the Senste, shall be equal, or by Slates, and
elected popularly, abolishing the power of the
Executive to appoint Senators.
5 The ab .lishmcnt of prohibitions and the
redactor; of inipott duties on foreign merchan
dise is required, and the d .tieslmposed snail not
be overfuty per cent. ad valorem.
6. Tr.c heavy penalties applied to smuggling,
which makes it a ctimi .al “Hence, imposing ab
surd fines shall bo abolished; the loss of the
goods, without further responsibility, is enough,
and from the product of this a fund .bail be cre
ated fur the < xcluaive an I sacred purpose ot ma
king war upon the savages.
7. Theintrcduc ion cf groceries shall be per
mitted on the frontier ol tne Rio Bravo free cf
duty frr five years.
a. For the foreign commerce a frontier cus
tom house shall tie established at the town of
Reynosa.
9. The towns- seconding this plan eub’cet
themselves to the authorities of the respective
States that may second the same.
IQ. Thio movement iscniinentiy national and
liberal; consequently the states and towns that
may adopt the same eU li be sustained by the
liberating forces.
11 A portion of sai l forces shall be pinna
neatly destined to carry qn hostilities against
the b-irbarlana, until the complete pacification of
the frontier States.
12. These towns will not laydown tbeir arms
gntil the contents of the eleven preceding arti
cles be granted and realized. If the General
Government should be ob-iinate in rclusing the
armed petition of this frontier, containing all the
wants of the whole nation, the States adopting
this plan will organize a j rovis onal government
lay ng ailde a l dra of secession or annexation,
and that in otder that this plan may have the
necessary publicity, this meeting has resolved to
address the same to the il'nsiiious syuntamiento
being the body of this city, leaving to their con
sideration ar.d deliberation lhe manner in which
they will promulgate it.
J M. CANAL’S,
J. Al. Gos-zales, Ac. Ac.
Camp at the Lobe, Sept. 3, 1851.
OBNEBAL OBOtas.
To bo rea l to the Defenders ol Mexican Liberty,
who under my orders, swear to combat against
Tyrants:
All .paa ha tlx, ano io nJ. AD dJitail’? r n
have sec-n themselves compelled by the enor
mous weight of the oppression of unjust and
cruel tyrants, to takeup arms and reconquer,
with fire and blood, their violated and sa
cred rights, ro assuming that sovercigity
which, as a gift of the God of the Uni
verse, belongs to them. The people a-e sove
reign—government was only ins iuitcd tn make
them hoppy and carryout their will, lhe people,
then, are the grantor and government a mere
agent, and the whole world knows, that when an
agent, far trim carrying out lhe willjot tliegrani
or, or procuring lhe well being ol his interest,
usurps power not granted to him, and lakes un
to himscf his master’s properly and r gilts,
thereby causing Lis lu n, no othci resource is
left but to remove that bad scivant, andinhis
place pi.t a more filthfu! one.
In this case the Republic of Mexico finds it
self, and more particularly lhe North and North
west portions of snd Republic. Tne un
fortunate end of the list war left them in misery,
and without its richest torritoreaand resources.
Their properly was neariy all lost, wiihcui re
muneration ; forty millions of dollars would not
pay our loan s, without counting our lands, the
righ’s to, and the possession of which are now
domtful, and wc shall have to pay thousands
es dollars to learn if our rights are recognized.
The savage ntu der <ur parents and brothers,
violate our wives and carries oil our ehildien
captives; hedcsoiates ourfields and robs us of
onr prof erly, snd the Government remains deaf
ro ourlamentat'ons and complaints. Its troops,
far Ircm occupying themselves in delending or
consoling ue, rob and murder our coun'rymen,
under the frivolous pretext that they are
smuggling, although these troops, when before
the enemy rty coward like Repeated complaints,
repreienlations and protests have been addressed
to the Government of Gca Arista, and fir from
hearing us, he has attempted to humble and in
tlrridaiei s. ns II wc were vllo slaves.
On the other hand the nation is on the verge
of a precipice, owing to its bad governors, who
only look out forth, tneelvee. k'lie public funds
are not administered with honesty, and the
bastard influence of monopo.ists is more pow
erful than the universal clamor of all the Mex
icans. it is on this account that the atrocious
and anti-rcpui>ihan system established by the
ancient Spanish monarchy is suttaineu, and
why the exh once of the nation itself is expos
ed, squandering its Immense resources, and
insthing the sovereign peop’e. Our children
ate not educator!, and they want to decip ine us
in the school of military despotism, as if our
fathers had not conquered our independence and
domestic liberty. And, w hut is still more aggra
vating to-day, is that while the people ol the
towns ate dying of hunger, the necessaries of
life are prohibited.
In short, the children of the Northern towns
being tired ot this oppression, resolve to swear,
and do swear to susta.n the twelve f< Low
ing articles, and such others, in accordance
with these, as may be ad pted by a majority
ot the towns Mounding this plan.
(Here follows, substantially, the twelve ar
ticles published above in the Guerreoro plat
form.]
'lluae twelve articles my subordinates swear
to sustain, generally, with all their might and
boldness, fighting gallantly and with fidelity, in
accoa ance with the p atio-m to-day proclaim
ed, and until »e expel the enemy from our ter
ritory, in order that the frontier States may se
cure their luturo felicity, and make the despots
who inhabit the palace ol the Monlezutnss un
derstand the c!a ms and tights of freemen shall
be respected.
Viva la Libertad I Death to the tyrants!
Joss Mabia J. Carvajai.
Camp near the town of Carnage, September
16>*>—Aniversaty of Mexican Independence
—1951.
*l'»s War Exoax —lntelligence, on which
wo rely, has just been received from C: mar go,
that a sharp skirmish has taken place between
the troops ot Col Caivajal and the regulars ot
the Government at that city, in which a num
ter of men were wounded and wh.ch resulted
In th- trim ph of the Patriots. We etc not
informed of the de ails. There is no doubt,
however, that Camargo h in the Ita'ds of
the victors, and that they are in march for
Reynoso and Matamoros.' The Government
has so weakened itret Iy sending reintorce
menta to Camargo that these places will
fall easily Into the hands of the revolutfon
tsts. W e lea-n that Gen. Avalos, commanding
at Matamoras, received the reports tfthre
couriers yesterday; but what news they brought
has not yet transpired. As theta were no Jem- I
onstrations of success, t o boasting. and as the
last company of cavalry at the disposal of the
g«M.< t was despatched last night towards the
seat ot war, we inlet that thePatiiote are sw.cp
ing all before them. Thus has con men.-ed a
struggle that may regenerate Mexico and secure
for her people justice and prosperity. Tre peo
pleof the United States will not stand with
folded arms, iadifletent spectators of this anima
ting scene.
Last Mouwt — We just hear that the cent
mandant of artillery on the side of the Govern
ment was kilted, and some thirty ot her persons,
miliary and civil. Camargo is taken! The
fight is up.
We have just received by express, save the
Rio Bravo, several letters which we give below,
giving the details ol the battle at Camatgo. By
a pos script in a private letter we learn that M er
and several other tow ns are in the hands of the
liberators ;
Rio Gbascb Ct tv, Sept. 21—Dear L.—The
battle haa been desperately fought and Carvajal
has been vietetioas. It comnuncedyesterday at
2 o’clock, and only ended this motulttg at 9
The Mexicans done bravely, but were at last
forced to eurrendtr. with scree sixtr odd k:“ ed
and w. urtded. Four officers kt led among
whom was Mamies. On Carvajals side none
killed, only seven wounded The tnittary sur
rendered at discretion. Carvajal is new ocett
pied in forming new laws and regulations Thera
was noarlilfety with the insurgents, white the
Government troop's bad one er mere nieces.
Bur the. auencers were picket efl by the rifles
until they cos!d no longer stand it.' Y ure la
b»« - e J. H. P.
Rio Giiasdx City, Sept. 21).—Dear Sir.— |
You have, ere this received my short com-i
muuication per steamer Corvette which in- I
formed you tha’ the Revolutionists, as lhev
are termed, were contemplating an attack <>n
lhe evening of the day on which that letter
w?s written It was, however, postponed
until yesterday. The attack commenced yes
terday at 2 o’clock I’- M.. and the military were
soon compelled to seek refuge in ibe church
and cnstom-hoj.e. The whole force under ,
Col. Carvajal were three companies, amount- ;
ing to three or four hundred men, if 1 am I
rightly informed. One company from Goer
rero uador oimmand of Den Jose Mana ,
C a „ale», was placed ill front; the second
comptny, almost all Americans, was placed tn ■
the centre, under command of Capt Tremble;
and ho thirl company, from Camargo, under '
command cf Don Tomas Cabaxos. They were ,
led to the main p'aza by Col. Carvajal, in
spi'e of lhe caunon ar.d every other mode of
de ence wh'ch lhe Mexican troops could adopt.
The houses cn the plaza which could afford
them sny protection were soon taken, and
every Mexican soldier who dated make his
appearance above the hous- tops was immedi
ately shot by the Texan rifles.
The battle has not yet closed, though I feel
every confi’enca that Col. C. and bis parly
will take the place. Yours, truly,
P. S—l2o’clock M—A massenger has just
arrived from Camargo, who informs us that
the city has just been taken, and everything
surrendered to Col. Carvajal. The custom
house has been t ken, and all the goods which
have heretofore been seized, including a con
considerable lot of mantas, imperials, &c
Rio Grande City, Sept. 20—Messrs.
Editors —I write you in has.e to ray that the
revolutionary movement on the other side of
the river has commenced in earnest. The two
parties have been figbling since lhe night of
the 17ih. The Government (sarty have one
piece of arn lery, and are fortified in the
church—the besiegers have only small arms
Acourier, who was in the fight, j>».t arrived,
reports that about sixty on the Mexican side
including four officers, have been kiiled, and
four Americans and six Mexicans of the revo
lutionists’are wounded, but no: mortally. A
small reinforcement left here last night, and
another this morning.
Amongst the knowing ones at this place it is
said President Ar.staia at lhe head of this move
ment, and that the is now enroute from Mex
ico to the Sierra Madre, bis object being to
revolutionize all lhe Northern Mexican States
Mexican Affairs.—We find the following
items of news in the Rin Bravo ;
Il,, ! ««n UaHlset.—All tre
memoers ot the Mexican Cabinet resigned
their portfolio* on the 2d inst. Don Fernando
nemcrez cf D rrango, a member of lhe Su
preme Court, has accep-ed the appointment of
Minister of Foreign Aflais He ir charged
by tho Paesident with tire formation of a new
Cabine.
In irsns.— The iridian* are committing great
ravages in be States of Coihuils, Durango
and Chihuahua. The Governor of the la ter
Hta'e has organized an expedition, which he
commands in penun, against these American
Arabs.
Media”' of lhe Governors.— The Governors
of several cf the Mexican States, by order of
the General Government, have been holding a
meeting m the city of Mexico, in relation to
the finances of the country. After twelve
days’ session, they adjourned on the 24th ult-,
without suggesting any particular plan for
raising the wind.
A Sad and Bloody Tragedy.—Since oar
cunnec'.ioti with the pre**, we have never had
occasion to chronicle a sadder or more tragical
occurrence than that cl wl ich the Court
House of our city wat the scene, on Tuesday
evemng la»t. As fuily as we have I een at>!e
to gather them from eye-witnesie*. we give the
details of this most lamentable affair.
I>. will ba recollected that, »o nstime in April
las’, a difficulty occurred between Mr Freder
ick P Hall and Mr. John Kirby, bo.h old an I
respected citizens of this County. The result
of that d flical y was that Hall wounded Kirby
(who was unarmed at the ti-ne) an! injured
him so badly that the life of the latter was for
a lon/ time despaired of. Hail was held to
bail for I is appearance at tho present term of
the court, and on Tuesday evening lhe case
was cal cd for trial. A< outinuano: was asked
fur by lhe defendant’s counsel, and cn iho efli
davit of Hall, it was granted by he Judge.
At thia moment Mr. Kuby, who was eitt.lt;
within ihe bar, rose and asked permission to
address tbe court Judge Walker remarked to
him that it was unnecessary, atit Kiiby then
sat down, hnt was teen immediately to attempt
to draw a pistol from his pocke’, rising from
his chair at the sama time. Mr. Newion L
Whitfield, who was standing near, attempted
to prevent the drawing of the pistol, and. in
the struggle wh cli enxiied, the pistol a-d the
Cuirents iired—s large bail pa»*ing t rough tha
higher pnit of Kirby’s thigh, ranging down
and coming out on the 'eg. severing the femo
ral artery and causing his death in a few min
utes. Such was the force of the ball, that as
ter parsing through the t igh of Kuby, it pen
etrated Whitfield'* leg, a li tie below lhe knee,
also cu’.tng an artery and ii.ll cting a meet
pa nful but, wo sincerely hope, and it is be
lieved, not a dangerous wound.
Kirly immediately fell from his chair, a d
one of his sons who was standing very near
him, nnd who thought, as it is supposed, lhat
hts father was shot by Hall, fired a pistol al the
latter, tbo ba’l of which pierced ’he back of a
chair, grazed tne foot of one of lhe jurymen
who were in the box, and rebounded from the
wall upon tho floor. Judge Walker, wh: wa*
still upon the bench, euopesing Kuby to have
been shot by Hall, commanded the she’iff'to
arrest nin,wlen Ha'l approached the Judge,
and ofl'ered bis pistol—tho Judge asking him
if lie shot that man; to which he replied he
•4id lUat L.ia pi*u»i wm «iiU lt>acfe<U Hail
was unhurt,and p’aced himself in lhe custody
of he fheriif
Such is a hurried, but, we beli .ve, impart is)
account of this must deplorable sifair. <>!
Course much excitement and corfiuion prevail
ed, and many com rad ctory report were in
ci.cuhtion. Coiuidcr.ng the crowded state
of ibe coo trcm at Lhe moment, it strange
that more live* were not 104. We have never
wi’ceiß'd a more harrowing scene than the
Court presented a few mauien s after
ihe occurrence. The liPless body of Kirby,
•tidvoing in!O the rigidity of death, and al-
Bio»t il is’ing in bis own blocd, lay there, stark
and stifT, in the re’y centre of the temple of
Jud ice. A son, sobbing as though tie heart
would bu st, bent over the dead body of the
father. It was, indeed, a soul harrowing
scene. Such a one we hope never to wi ness
again.
The most io tnie anxiety war felt by our
ci isens to learn the extent ol the danger cf
Mr. Whitfield's wooed. A* it was arended
with lhe mo t pru'u-e breeding, many feared
lhat it would prove mortal We are arati
fied. however, to be able to state upon the
autnority of his pl ysietans, that the wound, al
though a most severe an I niinful one, is not
considered dangerouy. Mr Whitfield was ac
tuated by tha moat preiaewurthy motives He
was ir.fliencel so.e’y by a desire to prevent
bloodshed, and bo on ’.he moil friendly terms
with Kirby, he horeJ to prevail on him ta de
als': from bis lernb e purpose, lu the a ten»j t
he camo near loving h:a own life. Tbe p u
osedingv of tho court rrere, of course,
loan abrupt close for the day. by tbe occur
rance, in i e presence, of such a terrible trage
dy.—Tas*af<*ofa Monitor, 2nd in*t.
Besjamib R Cortis. —The Boston Trans
crip! thus speaks of Benjamin Rand Curtis,
who has been appt inted Judge < f the Su
preme Court in place ul the late Leri Wood
bury :
Mr, Cuttis is a vo mg man, but little more
than forty years of ago ; and the desire to ap
point a young man, who might have the reas
onable prospect of a long j jdicial teim has in
duced ’he President to pass over the claims of
many distiuguii bed gentlemen, from among
whom lie would otherwise have hern pleased
with the opportunity of selecting the occupant
cf so em.nenl a po-ition.
The professional attainments and the high
professional quel fi-ationsol Mr. Curtis arc 100
well known to the bar, not only of New E-g
land, but of the nation, to make it necessary
more than to allude to H em. Ttte early aud
deci ltd stand taltenby Mr. Curtis, iu support
ol -he constitution and the laws, on a recent
imp-rtant eccaatou, aud the national aud cor
servativo dispos non that he has manifested
whenever and wherever be has been prevailed
upon to mingle in pubi c sti'nrr, have also con
stituted a claim for this distingu>h--d benttr
that could not ba overlooked by the Administra
tion.
The N. Y. Express, in noticing the practice,
which has now become common, of advertising
for a husband or wife, say at
More than a year ago a gentleman from the
Wes', very well off, of a very excellent charac
ter and withal a vety good looking man under
fory. advertised tn the Expies for a wtfo. We
saw h*s friends his referees, hisdaguerreotvne,
and all that. To the advertisement came about
one hundred answers, aud from mar y most
resfectabro aid intelligent ladies. Suffice it to
say that the gentleman, who is psrtiou ar as to
hts choice, aud the Irdv, who was equally so as
to her choice, were married, and we were as
sured by a very intimate friend of the parties
he otner day, t! at a bettor united cr happier
couple are not to bo fonnd in the country. '1 he
gentleman hid been a successful Western mer
chant for many years, and lb o lady was the
sister of a New York merchant in good stand
ing hero.
Visit or the U. 8. Friuatk Ibpkpxsdxscb
to I rixstx.— Tne Washington Republic pub
fished the following extract of a letter from an
officer cn board the U. S. frigate Independence
vaulting the recep'ton an ! stay of that vesse
at Trieste lately:
•-Onr visit to Trieste ««■ a very pleasant
one, as we w ere the objects of a great deal of
attention and poiitenrss. Among otr distin
guished visitors were the King and Q teen of
Saxony, the Archduke John, tne Ban of Croa
tin. J: lla'hieh, and hts wife, one of the very
pret.ies: women I have ever seen. The Ban
is a polished gon.'eman. and of pleasing man
nets. I have never eeen a vessel attract such
attention as did the Independence at Ttieate;
the daily number of visitors wss immense:
andon Sunday certainly net less '.han ten thou
sand”
Wr learn with geest regret, by telegraph,
of tbs death of the Rev. C. B. J asst mt, the
beloved I’astcraf the Baptist Church in this
City. Its dt-d at Pcersburg Ya, oa Sun
day last at 21 o’e'cck P. M . Oct. 7.
Scrrar-t-t CoTaarsa.—An eljetioufor Dal
ega’es to a Sou hern rongreaa, will she place
in Stn th Carolina, on Monday an! Tuesday
of next week Ths Congress was to have
a-settbled at Montgomery, Aa, but since the
defeat cf the Disuaioti-ts in tbit S ate, wii!
the Congress assemble at Montgomery !
Will any other Sate rleet Delegates, except
Sooth Carol-nx ? Where will the Corgrets
assemble! Who wR be there ! What will
they do !
From the A'ete York Expreu.
•* Higher Law” lu Syracuse.
Stbacvie, Globe Hotel, Oct 2.
Mob law is triumphant in Syracuse I and
the Empire State is disgraced. 1 arrived here
last evening about eight o’clock, atd found the
city in possession of a lawless mob of negroes
and abolitionist*, encouraged by those teachers
of “higher law” des’iniea, who always con
tinue to keep themselves unscathed amid the
violence they propagate. The fault in the
first place seems to be that Mr. Allen, tha
Deputy Marshaldid not organise and arm a
sufficient force to assist him in case of attempt
to rescue. And then, after the outbreak, the
Mayor of Syracuse, Horace Wheaton, took
no sort of measure to quell the mob, while
many citizens claiming to be hones: men,
were rejoicing openly at lhe success of vic
lenca.
You are no doubt aware lhat Syracuse has
long been the hot bed of abolitionism, where
our country and its institutions have bean
grossly slandered ty every foul mouthed
, foreigner or native renegade with p»rfect im
■ puirty, and now lhe city is beginning to reap
the fruits of its sympathy with wicked men.
Mr. Gibbs ol Washington county, presumed
the claimant of the fugitive was armed in
Court, and went in o a long tirade about hov
his face burnt with ehamethat such things were
allowed. The fastidious gentleman's cheek,
however, did not at all appear to burn with
shame while the city was in possession ofa dis
gracefol mob and the law and it: olficers were
being trampled under foot.
Ii is painful that su-h scenes should occur in
the great Sta e of New York. It becomes
every friend of his country, of our insli ui ons
and of the human race, to arouse himself and
forever prevent the recurren e of such scenes
as were enacted here last evening.
I am told this marn'og that the fugitive was
conveyed away in .he carriage of a physician
of the town ; whether true ur not lam at this
moment unable to say.
The Syracuse Star furnishes us with the
following account of the exhibition of Higher
Law in Syracuse . n lhe Ist iost. We have
bad the main facts by telegraph, but not the
particulars of this most disgraceful occurrence.
The Star of the 2d. remarks that the whole
city was in a s'ate of anarchy from 2 P M.ti'l
9 P. M., and Mob Law reigned triumphant.
Fugitive Slave Case — At 12 M. y esterday, a
colored man named Jerry, was arrested in this
city by Deputy Mar ha! Allen, by virtue of n
warrant issued by Joseph F. Subine, U. 8.
Com miss oner, on the claim of John iMcßey
nolds of Marion county,--M+swurrrtnar. said
wasnts rraveisr i! a fugitive from laSor.
Marshal Allen wss aided in the discharge cfo
this duty by lhe Deputy Marshal of Cnnan
d igua, Aub irn, and Rochester, by Amos
Gilletof thuci:y, special Deputy .Marshal, and
by a detachment of the police of th'S city. No
resistance was made by the fugitive, and he was
brought from the First ward, where he was
arrest id, in a carriags to the office of the Com
missioner in the Townsend Block.
At 1 P. M. the axamina’ion commenced.
Mr. Gibbs of Washington conntv volunteer
ed nis services in behalf of the fiigit ve. He
remarked that be did not believe tha Commis
sioner would do anyth ng in viola'ion of the
rights of the fugitive; he stated that he did not
bcli -ve the Marshal had any more right to place
handcuffs on the prisoner, than he had upm
the commissioner. He proceeded at seme
leaglh to comment upon the right of the Mar
shal to handcuff him, and asserted lhat the
agent of the claimant was sitting in the Court
armed with revolvers.
Mr. J. R. Lawrence, jr. of ccnnsel for the
claiman , replied lhat tha prisoner was in the
custody of the Marsha', and ihat he hadarigatlo
like every precaution to pre rent hts escape.
Mr. Gibbs inquired w ty a distinction should
be made in this case, and a-kad the commission
er to order the irons of tha prisoner so be taken
off.
Tho Co ■ mwsioner replied that ho had no
au hority in tho matter, though he cboulJ ad
vise the Marshal to take off the irons.
The Commissioner then rea I the applica
tion of Air. Me Reynolds, claiming Je-ry as a
fugitive from service.
At this stage of the proceedings, Gerrit
I Smith, who happened to be intown attending
tha Liberty Party State Convention, came into
•he office and took a seat by tho side of the
prisoner's coumcl
James Lear, of Missouri, agent for the claim
act was then sworn as a witness.
Mr Gibbs reques od of tho Comm'ssioner
that he would disarm tho witness before pro
ceeding farther.
The Commissioner replied that he had no
right to presume’hat tho witness was armed,
and shou'd 'ski no notion in the matter, eo
long as Mr. Laar made no exhibition of
weapons.
Air. G bbscalled on the counsel for the claim
ant, to prove that slavery was an horised by
the laws of Alissonri. He spoke at some
length on this point
Mr. Lawrence thought the qnes ion irrele
vent, and requested the Commissioner to allow
him to proceed with the examination of the
witness.
Air Gibbs objected utril it should be first
shown that slavery was au horized by the laws
of Missouri.
The Commissioner said that hs regarded the
objection of Mr. Gibbs untenable, and that his
duty was to proceed with the case
After a protest by iMr. Loomis of counsel
for lhe claimant, against tie long winded ob
jections of Mr. Giubs, the examina'ion of the
witness was commenced.
Mr. I,oar stated that he was a resident of
Mi-sonri. at.d had been att'tiieinted with Jahn
Mcßeynol Is since 1320. He testified to the
signature of the Clerk of Hann.bal county,
and the seal of the Court of Common Pleas
for that county.
Mr. Giobs objected to witnesses competen
cy to testify as to the seal of the Court on the
ground that such a matter required the certi
ficate of a Judge of the Court.
After a lang discussion on this point, Mr
Lawrence was allowed to read the warrant on
which the fugitive was claimed
Mr. Gibbs wished the Commissioner to take
no ice li at he excepted to the reading of the
warrant.
Mr. Liar stated tha.he was acquainted with
Jerry sti.ca he was a boy—that be was ac
quainted with his mother when she lived with
Mr. Henry, the former owner of Jerry.
At this stage ol the proceedings the noise in
the office became so great on the part of the
spectators, the* the Commissioner declared that
it was impossible to proceed wi hthe examina
tion
Mr. Gibbs requested the com nissioner to
adjourn, to allow hi n to examine his authori
ties.
Whereupon at 2j I'. M., the Commissioner
adjourned the examination (or half an hour.
After the adjournment was ordered by the
Cominitsionor, we left the office and for a
report of what follows are compelled to rely on
•ho statement of those who remained.
According to this statement a rush was mads
by several negroes and wbi e peop’e for the
pii toner, Marshal and oilier officers were
overpowered, and Jerry forcibly carried off
into the had. Ibe door of the Commirsionei’s
offtet was then ciustd by hn rescuers to prevent
he ceress t f ihe Marstal and his assistants,
and Jerry made his escape to *ho street, not,
however, without b< iig somewhat bruised by
his friends in their hasty efforts to aid him. By
them he was l.tt rally thrown dow n the s'sire
and fell prosira eat the butt m. Recovering
bit lent, I e ran through Water st., to the Sj
racnse House, and thence through Genesee st.
in to Water at. aiain in an easterly direction.
As be pa sed the livery stable of Mr. Hodge,
a horse and wagiu wore called for by to,
rescuers, but before they could be rendered
available, be wis a rested by police ttfisers
Way and Lowell, on L >ck st. b i Iga. The
officers escor ed him by the route tie had just
taken o the Police, office, where ba remained
for the balance of the rf.ernoon.
A wtii'eman whose name we could not learn
wa,arrested by officer O. msbee at the time of
the arre.tof the negro, for sirikii.gofficer Low
ell. Ho is said to be a delegate to the Abolition
Convention from Madisou cann y and being
known to Justice Houre was discharged by
him, on Lis own recogn aai.ee to answer to
the charge.
At 4 o'clock P. M , the mili ary were or
deredout by the sheriff, but the order was as
ter*'arils coui.terma'ded by Co*. Vanden
burgh I
After Jerry had been deposited in the Police
Otlice. a large crowd assembled on the steps
and in the s reet in f-ont of the office, sn-l were
addressed by an Abolition orator from Michi
gan and by Samuel id Ward, I is colored cler
gyman and politician A the cone! sion ifhis
harangue. Gerrit Siui'li offered him his arm
and they walked together to the City
Hall, whore the Abolition Convention were
in session.
At half past 5 P. M. the examination of the
Fugitive was resumed by Comitsioncr Sabine
in the Po ice Office. Messrs. Hillis and Mor
gan were enga ed as counsel for tbe fugitive.
Ti e same question was raised by the fugi
tive’s con uneel at before vix: that the record
of the court under which he was claimed should
have decl red that slavery was established in
Missouri. Without deciding the point, the
Commie toner adjourned the examination till
8 o’clock this mornirg
During the progress of the era nination 'ast
evening, the Ab >litionista outside amused
themselves with throwing stones in a the
windows of the room,
We have neither the time nor the inclina
tion at pre=ent to comment upon he lamen'a
b’e want of energy exhibited by the Mayor
during tbe whole of the riot of yesterday—or
upon >ha conduct of other prominent c. izens
in aiding and encouraging the rioters. That
unpleasant du'.v must be reserved for another
day. when a I parties may rest assured that am
ple justice will be done them.
P. S.—At half past 8 o'clock P. M. las: even
ing a mob of negroes and Aboli’ioais s broke
into the Police Office and rescued the negro.
Two shots were fired,but by whom we are un
able to state—and te negro was placed in a
carriage, in frren'of Dr. Hoyt's house, War
ren street., an driven eff by another pbys -
sicisn oft! is city.
Thns ended the first fugitive slave case in
Syracusa. The who'e city was in a sta'e of
anarchy from 2 P. SI. til! 9 P. M. and mob law
re ined triumphant.
P. P. 3. We regret to learn that Deputy
Marshal Fitch <>f R Chester, in resisting th i
rioters fad hi J arm broken in two placet by
an Abolition ruffian who is wo I known to the
officer.
Cba» Woodruff, special police officer, was
also badly injured on the face and head.
/Von tfia c'tMom Journal.
Rears* as .'As Pugilist.— A‘«tr the adparraKe:
of tbe exam-naiion, the a’l-iel fugitive was taken
a’oan epanaaat i-aek of the Pohee cifiee, with tae
iotentkm of wa : eg t il tbe dispersion of the crowd,
when he was to ba removed to a place -I safety. Put
tbe cxerement fa tbs ctowj e-mtiouta to increase,
aed at bets past S o’clock an attack was nude cn the
Police Offer, by a number of persa-s with dabs,
•xsa, and croban. The w odews aed doors v er»
broken through, and the Office lilted with men. hut
ms negro was stiff beyond their reach. A plank
was used as a battering ram and an entrance firreed
with il through tbe parthi-n sepammg the offee.
and the apartment in the rear of it in wbieh tbe ne
gro was. iiesi. eece was mads by tbe cffixre hav
ing tbe negro •"ebarge, but tbev were orsrpowsre I,
and he was bone away by his friends The negro 1
wib put into a carriage near Brlntnnll’s Hotel, and '
hurried out of tbs town to* place of security
THEWEim
CHRONICLE & SENTINEL
BY WILLIAM S. JONES’.
TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM,
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCI.
DAILY, TRLWEEILT * WEEKLY.
Ojjicein Railroad Bank Buildings.
DAILY PAPER,peiannum (sentby mail,) ® 7
TRI WEEKLY “ “ < *
WEEKLY PAPER " 200
— (
AUGUSTA, GA.:
WEDNESDAY MOItNING,;. •• • OCT. 1.
~—7~ ~ .T'i /Tt j
SAMUEL BARNETT, Associate Editor.
EXPLANATION.
Is consequence of the removal of our
Office and the dieappointment in getting our
new Power Press and Steam Engine in ope
ta’ion, as early as we hoped for, the issue of
our Weely hxs been delayed two days.
The same causes will excuse tho absence of
our usual weekly report of the market.
In future however, we hope to be relieved
f ont the necessity of such explanations,
Tho PolltlMl Contest.
Tax great contest in Georgia will have been
closed before this meets the eyes of our rea
ders. The verdict of t'us people will have
been rendered. We do not entertain a doubt
that it’.vill affirm the verdict of last year.—
Whatever it may be, it will be binding until
reversed Until the struggle of next yesr, on
a more magnificent tbeatro, though scarcely
more decisive in its resalts, lhe political strife
will have ended.
\Ve say, we doubt not the verd'et of the
people of Georgia. Alabama aid Mississippi
have already rendered theirs. So far a* the
South is concerued, Jheroforc, is
safe. ’Wftyet remxinVV ,> |be
• fJos san be
its Northern friends. In the North a final
struggle is yet to take piece. In the language
of the Georgia Platform, “ There exists the
real disallection to it, and therj must the strug
gle for its preservation be made.” The South
has ever venera’ed the Union. Fanatical ex
citement and threats on the part of Northern
men, created a juet discontent. A protracted
struggle resul.ed tn a cetilement, in which,
though not without objeciiou, the South c:n
honorably acquiesce. The attempt to subvert
the Union in consequence of this settlement
has been unsuccessful at the South. We do
not believe that the masses of the Southern
Rights party desired Disunion. The real dis
affsciion to the Union exists at the North. —
Southern demagogues have feared to avow
openly their dis,flection to it, tiiongh they
have endeavored to weaken its bonds, and
hoped to rise on i s ruins. Bat there has been
and is disaffection to the Union in many minds
at the North, against lhe Union as a league
with hell. Thia feeling has been fostered and
stimulated by politicians, until what may have
been in i s origin, honest though misguided
bigotry, has become a bloody and ruthless la
naticism. The party founded on it formed a
third estate in the country. A parasite, it drew
i s sustenance from onn or the other of the
two gr.at political parties. Enmity to an in
stitution, recogn'zsd by the Constitution, was
easily convertible into eurnity to the Constitu
tion and the Union itself.
There, then, is the final battle to be fought
As we have said, we have the most unshaken
confidence that the Union party of Georgia
will triumph. If so, the parly whose success
we honestly believe would have greatly endan
gered, if it did not set in motion, a train which
would have overthrown the Union, wi'.l have
been detected, and lhe last hope (out of South
Carolina) of Disunion for existing causes, will
have been extinguished.
We await the consnmmaiion of the struggle
closed for lhe present at the S sutb, but to
awake with terrible energy North and Son h
next year, not wi h the interest felt by the
spectator of a great drams, but with that feel
ing of anxious concern which watches the
progress of a raging fever in the system of a
venerated fa.her or friend, or rather with an
interest akin to that kiudl d when lhe contest
in his brain is betwixt madness and sani’y, and
wo know nut whether reason will prevail, or
our fiend and father become a raving maniac.
A Bites Review of ike Compromise
Measures*
The acts of the lite Congress, known as
the Compromise Measures, were six in num
ber.
> Ist. The admission of California as a State
81. The Territorial organization of Utah
3d The Territoria’ organization of New
Mexico.
4>h. The Texas Boundary settlement.
sh. Tne Fugitive slave law.
6th. Tbe law suppressing the Slave trade
in the District of Columbia. #
The admission of California was opposed
by a majority of Southern members, but is
acknowledged to have been clearly within the
constitutional discretion of Congress. The
character of the Slate Consiitu ion offered,
except to see that it was Republican, Congress
has been uniformly held by the opir ion of
Southern Statesmen, incompetent to inspect.
The second measure was in strict conformity
to the demand of the South, and of Georgia,
and against that of the Northern States. The
third was also in like strict conformity. The
fourth measure wan transaction betwem the
General Government aid Texas, to which
both were perfectly competent The fifth was
in precise conformity to the will of the Sou h.
The sixth was opposed by the Southern mem
bers, but was iu conformity to the law of
Maryland, from which the District had been
cut off, and was in compliance with the wishes
ol the inhabitants of the District.
Four of the measures— the 21, 3J, 4th and
6th. were passed by large majorities ofSouth
ern members. Too other two by majorities of
Northorn Mamfie't. The last named—that
in relation to tha slave trade iu the District—
is after all, but a small extension of the law
which has been in force for half a century.
The collecting and offering slaves in the Dis
tr e: itself, has been punishable by the forfei
ture of the slave for that length of time.
The penalty was extended to the case of col
lec ing slaves iu the District, for transports
lion mt sale elsewhere—a cisto.si which
sul jaeted the inhabitants to all the inconve
niences, and offered thorn none of the
conveniences of the collection and sab in the
Diariu".
In re’ution to the New Mexico ar.d Utah
bit's, it has been the subject of complaint that
Congress rejected Bx>dxn's and Millson's
amendments. These objections are captious
entirely. The unanimoua rots of the South
wan'd have earned either of them. It was
because the South was divi led as to the con
stitu ionality of legislation, and alm >st unani
mous as to its inutility, that these amendments
were not carried.
It has already been shown in these columns,
that the proposition to affirm the existence es
Mexicao laws, was roTao nows by a larger
majority than the proposition to dieaffirm.
The entire number of Southern membe’s
was 91. Mr. Milllson’s amendment received
49 votes. The vote was taken by tellers, and
we have not therefore, the names of those
voting for and against the amendment. If,
however, there was a solitary Southern man,
who voted against it, that single vote with the
actual Southern strength would have carried
tbe amendment. The vote cn tieensas
amendment was S 3 to 53. Tho united South
ern vote would have carried it. Yet we are
toldthat “the Southern States baiaga minor ty
in federal numbers,” have been deprived of
all their interest in the territories acquired
from Mexico.
The South meant no pleasant joke when it
planted itself on noa-intsrventioo. It meant
whit it said, in surveying the entire question
it came to the conclusion that we did not need
intervention, and that it was dangerous to ask
il, right or wrong. This was her position.
Tne idea that the repeal of Mexican laws
was consistent with the doctrine of non inter
vention, onee afforded much merriment to the
Constitutions ist. What it once thought to be
the meaning cf non intervention, may hsve
some light thrown upon i. b/ the following
extracts:
“If the right to legislate is conceded to Coagretß
—this by its very terms concedes the right to pro
hibit slavery.”
Agam—“To surrender to Ccneress. then, the
right to legislate cn this question, is no-hing more
twr leas than to invite them to pass the Witmer Pro
viso, and ta proalse iu advance to acquiesce, or la
coil it legal.”
This was iu a comment upon Mr. Toobbs*
argument in favor of the 'removal of existing
legal impedimenta.”
It ia evident then that, of the six bille -the
6th was but a small extension end at the wish
of the inhabitan's cf a law witch had pre
vailed for 50 years. The firs’, though objec
tionable. was not nnconstitotional, and was
peasad on a princ ple ever held eacred by the
South. The remaining four were parsed by
majority vetea of Southern men.
Judge Berrien--Ills ’’Last Card,” ' <
Tidings have at length been received from '
this political S.hJohs FtusK'-rit.
Now that the contest i» closing—when up
to tbe present time, hi* P sition bad been a
matter of curious speculation, and bets ran
ai high on one side as :ho other—he would
fain run h e chance* of reaping the fruit* of
tho victory, ho di 1 not assist in winning, but
which he can now foresee, and be accordingly
answers with a qualified aflirmelion Ike ques
tion, will y< u act wi h the Constitutional I
Union party f
Gallantly has he played Ais part during the I
contest. Alany laurels won by his defence of j
the Georgia Platform, and his resistance to ■
! t’je dangerous doolrir.es of lhe Southern
i Rights organization. The Richmond meeting ;
' wh ch eo wyuetty proscribed men, who, filling
or seeking ollice, failed ‘»o to write, speak
and act as to prevent or remove all doubt j
i touching their true position,” had never a I
cause for censuring Judge Berkie.v. Every i
; one knew his position. While Messrs. Cobb,
: Tcombs and STzenzsi, have indolently held
i their peace, shirked all responsibility, and
fa led to give the people lhe benefit of their in
formation and experience, he has during the
late campaign been conspicuously before them
advocating the doctrines of lhe Georgia Plat
form, and warning the people against those
gentlemrn who would seduce them from the
truth. The doubts which at one time did
evorhang their minds as to his opinions, were
all removed by the letter written to the
“Great Woodville Meeting,” in which he in
formed them that his opinions were eo tcel
known as to need no reiteration.
3he Woodville meeting was a Southern
Rights demonstration, or “festival,” to which
Gov AloDoHatn, Gov. Lumpkix, Judgz Ber
rien and other supposed sachems of lhe
Southern Rights party, were invited. It was
a sort of family reunion—and the implication
involved in the invitation to Judge 8., that he
was one of the Southern Rights family, was
sufftciently slight error (if it
then w dot CMtacte#, and
• Notable generally' considered w
acknowledging'the soft impeachment.”
Although, as we have stated, ti lings have at
length reached usfrom ths distinguished Se
nator, his political whereabouts have not
yet been distinctly ascertained. A bottle of
manuscript has been picked up, and the con
clusion is safe that he is extant somewhere.
To the question I propounded ta him "from
various quarters,” (for bis position was no
where known ) * Will you act wi'h the consti
tutional Union party!” he promise* a frank
answer, and give* an evative one. He hss
not before his eyes the commandment “Let
your comm nication* be yea yea, and nay
nay ’ We are inclined to believe the legiti
ma'e conc'usion "whatsoever is more than
these, comtth us evil."
Ir certain "opinions” and certain "feelings”
make him a Constitutional Union man, he
gives “the pledge of his fealty.” But ir, and
ir again, and ir once more, then says Judge
Bzrhien, "non /.«: in fertera — I cannot enter
into these bonds.” The question of doubt
was butone, "Wil! you xct with the Union
party I” Tho irs and and* in tha reply are
intended to suggest a runitUude of doubt/, and
make the solution raoro enigmatical, than the
problem.
The Constitutional Union party has met in
Convention, declared its principles, and nomi
nated a candidate lor Governor. Tbe sama
party has nominated candidates for Congress
and for the Legislature. Will voc act with
it I That is the question aoked from various
quarters —and which von pretend to answer,
Answer yea or nay—or answer “a half way’
or whatever other proportion of suppo t yon
intend to give i‘. Then we will understand
you. As for se! ing “in judgment on your ca
pacity.” it is what every voter does in rela ion
to every representative. It is ihe duty of eve
ry public man "io remove serious doubts”
from the minds of “patriotic and intelligent
uier,” as to bis own position, and the policy
he approves.
"The friend in Burke” who succeeded in
saying more ia a half dozen words thsn Judge
B. has been able to crowd into as many co
lumns, informs the “Telegraph,” that "As
(Judge B.) will net vote for Mr. Cobb " This
servos to throw light, if it be true, (indeed the
idea furnishes lhe clue, whether true or false)
upon the special pleading on the words of
the Georgia Platform.
It seems that while Judge Berrien has been
lost—ho has nevertheless been in a very pub
lic and conspicuous position. He occupies
the mathematical and precise centre of the
Georgia Platform.
Hu was there before it was built. It was
built under and around him, for lie never got
off his position, and hestt’i is accurately there
still. liiuiglit ihereforeieem a little singular,
that, surrounded as he has been at a’l times by
a very large party occupying lhe same platform,
btu position has been so long unknown It is
rather strange that the Southern Rights Com.
tnittee at Woodville should direct a letter of
invitation to Aim alone, standing eo centrally
amid their adversaries, end not have singled
-ut rather some outsidcre or men leaning
toward* their own rank*.
The explanation of this mat'er is easy,
however. Nobody else but Judge Bbrri
rs actually stands on the Georgia Platform. —
Mr. Bcriukx ejects Mr. Ceas fro , it alto
gether. His address to the people of Geor
gia furnishes us with certain ,ra. intimating that
Mr. Ccbb ia not on i', which he solves by the
letter to his Burke county friend and kinsman,
stating that he will not note for Mr. Cobb.
We presume ho wou'.d be equally shocked
with the idea of voting for Gov. McDonald.
We doubt, therefore, whether, after reading
the frank answer of Judge Bkhritb to the
question “ Will you act with the Constitutional
Union parly I” there is a man, woman or child
in Georgia who can tell whether he will act
with it or not We doubt whether the distin
guished gentleman will vote a mixed ticket snd
give a divided influence—or whether he will
vote at all—aud, if at all, we are perfectly at a
loss to know for which candidate cr set of can
didates. Both! Nether! Eithtr 1 andwhitlt!
arc alike questions of doubt.
Ths Enlgin ixtleal Address or Judge
Berrien.
Tnx attitude tn which the Hon. Johx M
Bkbrixs stands before the country, is unwor
thy of bis former reputation, undignified and
disingenuous. He hoe condescended to ren
der himself aud hie position a pnitle a riddle,
an enigma.
Ho expresses great surprize that any doubt
should ba entertained in relation to his posi
tion. Yet, if no doubt teas entertained, what
gave rise to the question be himself admits to
have been “propounded to him from various
quarters I” Doea not hia own st itement
show that the Richmond County meeting bad
cause for dsnbt, in common with citizens in
various quarters of the State !
The report was extensively circulated that
Mr. Ilxßr.ix.i had expressed bis determination
to roe for Mr Cobb. The report excited
surprize. Among Southern lights men it
created some'drug akia to dismay. Domestic
nfll.ction isacauea of inactivity in unimpor
tant political crisis which we respect. But
domestic aflliction furnishes ttu excuse for
want of candor. Ton lines candidly wril'ea
would have dispelled aU doubt as to Judge
Bbrrizt's true pa si lion. Six columns written
without candor hare failed.to dispel it. Dotib
dll cverhan. s it.
In the midst of the doubt and mystery oc
casioned by his reported intention to vote for
Mr. Cobb, that report is con radicted.—
Whence comes the contradiction. It is pub
lishe 1 in a Southern Kights paper, the Tele
graph, of Maeon. It is an extract from a
Southern Rights friend ia Burke. The Tele
graph, not wont to praise Union man in this
lingo, speaks of Judge Bebrxsm as “that ua
compromising friend of Southern Rights.”
Al! this seems to place him just where his
letter to the Woodville meeting, wa supposed
to bare h ot—in the post..on of one. whose
associations and sympathies were with the
Southern Rights party.
Thisßirka friend announces through the
Telegraph, that Judge B. “will not vo’e for
Mr. Cobb, and will be out ia a few days in a
full explanation of h i position.”
If his position needai no explanation, why
come out with one I The truth is, everyone
thought, with the Richmond meeting, that it
did need explanation.
Tae Constitut’o lalitt copies from the Tele,
graph, the protnieeof the address. Ti e Athens
Herald, a fire eating pria , a’, leng’h
the address.
Every one knows now i would be thought
what the character of the address will be, from
the medium through which it is promised, and
through which it is ctMamauiested. I is '
cbvious enough which party hashia confidence,
and which proxs will be h s supporters. A
Southern Rights press would not be he chosen
medium except fora Southern Rights doctx
meet.
The A'hens Herald, in introducing the
address to i-s readers, being possessed, we
may presume, of the opiaiona of the gentleman
who was making it his organ, begs 'the Iriend,
of Judge litRUH and the friends of the
Georgia Platform” to '‘remember these thing’",
and act a'cotdinglyal the polls.’’ We presume
the Herald considered the address calculated
to give aid and comf rt ’o Gov. McDonald
and hie party, or it would not have de«'r< d any
remembrance of it at nil tolls. 1“ not this
a fair aonclneicn 1 What party did ho wieh
remembered al lie polls I
The Conetnu'.ionalirt draws from the address
the conclusion: “lie is a Union mam, but not a
Cons-itutional Union mam, under the teach,
ings of Cobb, Toomba and Statuses.” The
i Constitutior.aiitt also—we believe for ths first j
. time —publicly gives in its adhesion to the '
i Georgia Platform, in the following language : ;
“But the people of Georgia will sustain him, |
and the Plai farm laid down by Ike Georgia ,
Convintim, Messrs. Cobb. Toohbs and Stb- i
rHAvato the ctntrarv notwithstanJirig.” It'
also urges acaieful perusal of it, and doubts!
i its making its appearance in any of the Union i
l papers. To whom does the Constitutionalist
consider it as giving aid and comfort ! Ob
viously to the enemies of the Union party.
We ask all candid men, then, if Judge Ban'
hum's position is not such as to enable him to
claim with equal propriety to be'ong to either
of the two parties in Georgia which mry hap
pen to be in the ascendency !
If the Union party should be triumph'.nt,
does any one who has retd his letter do. bt
that he eould (whether he will or not is another
matter) express bis utter astonishment that
any person could doubt where he stands and
has always stood! Where he stood before
the Convention met, and has stood ever since,
on the Georgia Platform, the avowed basis of
the Constitutional Union party! Coild he
not with great indignation repel the aspersion
on his character, which in'imaled a doubt of
his standing whore his express words had put
him !
But if on the contrary (which is a violent
supposition, though a prudent man might
choose to provide even for it) the Southern
Rights party should prevail, and have a ma
jority in the Legislature, could bo not, point
, ingto the Athens Herald, and the Macon Tele
graph, and the Augusta Constitution Hist If Re
public, say, “Behold my friends I ’ Could he
not point to the Woodville meeting and ask,
‘ Was any one, not a member of the Southern
Rights organization, invited there!" Could
he not say, ‘ The meaaingof my letter was ob
vioi s. 1 meant to say that Cobb and others
had abandoned the Georgia F'atform, and
McDonald and others occupied the vacant
space. McDonald says he will abide by “the
decision of the Convention. That is all I
promised in my letter.”
We do not charge that the address was studi
ously adapted to the ambiguous interpretation
itaimitsof. But we do say, that half a dozen
columns of matter addressad to the point of
vindicating his charscter and candor, have ut
terly failed to commit him to either organiza
tion—or if they have committed him to either,
we are, seriously and candid y speaking, igno
rant as to which it is.
Let any one consider at lean the lyvivocal
position he occupied before the address —he
medium through which the address was made
the accompanying comments—the eagerness
with which the address is taken up by the
Southern Rights press—and their laudations
of i.e author —the ifs and conditions attached
to his answer to the plain question, “Will y >u
act with the Constitutional Union party !” and
then answer, if ha cat:, whether the qualified
language of the address settles Judge Bxu
kixn’s position.
Judge Ecrritn’s Address— Tho Geargla
I'lalfcynis
The address of Judge Bkrriem a an insid
ious attack upon the Union party es having
abandoned the Georgia Platform. HimaeU
one of those “ half aud half” men, whom lhe
Southern R'gbls party would gladly keep in
cilice, for want of power to pul in one of the
full blood, ins objo?t ia »o weaken the Union
party, insinuate doubts, make inuendapj.
“Juathiot a faith, and hesiu te dislike ” iu
relation to leading men, and in every disingen
uous way to attack thi while
professing to ho' i lo the principles of lhe
Union party. While thia work is going on,
however, he does not fail to hive an eya to the
conciliation of ajcit Union men as may not
appreciate tbe chancier of the support he ij
giving *o the ptrly. Ha epeaks of [ran'ifi re /
We have not .inhtakon tha word, franknase.
ll t lauds the decision of the c invention. He
intimates again and again that he was in favor
cf the ground ■» took before as woll as afiet it
met.
But does his special pleading convey a cor
reel idea of tbe voice of the Convention?
Does his indirect attack upon Mr. Cobb con
vey a correct idea of hit position I
We sha’l not atttempt to prom that half of his
pleading :s aimed at Mr. Cobb, the candidate
of that party bis frank, answer is intended to
insinuate he will act with H : a B jiLc county
let er •* points tha moral ” of his Hie.
Mr. Cobb does not, as Judge Berbien
would intimate, ” wholly approve ” of the
compromise measures. The admission of
California into tbe Union, be regards as un
wise and objectionable, though not a violation
of the Constitution, nor a ground for resist
ance. The pena’ty in the District Bill was also
objectionable, though palliated by tha fact that
the law was tbe same with lhe taw of Mary
land. and was called for by the vnnnimous
voice of (he people of ;he district. The lan
guage of Mr. Cons in re!al:on to the settle
ment ia: “W! iht, in tho language of the
Georgia Convention, I do not wholly approve
of all these measures, yet I see in horn no vio
lation of our conuituiional rights, njr is
lheie, in my opinion which forbid-,
on the pari of our people, an honorable acqui
etccuce in these maa ures.”
Toe insinuation (hit Mr. Cob? regards the
compiomise as containing "no matter for ob
ject on,” and tha M hj wholly approves it,” is
therefore ungroun fed, and if aimed at him in
fzet as in appearance, ft!;e
Tne language of the Georgia Convention is
as follows. We quote verbatim:
‘ Il may wt’i I 3 doubled whether upon the broad
territory of the Republic there dwells ou intelligent
cir’sin who-c j »dg«n?nt approves every part of each,
link :n extended chain cf adj ittmonl. Geor
ge, at leait, Godwin it matter for o jejiion, and mat
ter lor approval.
“ But su *b is likewise h:r opinion of our Federal
and State Coiisi:;uiioti. So is she accustomed to
judge of the leading measures of every G -n/res’,
and cvsry general assembly, as each, in its (urn. la
bors in tbe d'fucult preb en of perfecting human
governmtnt through (he instrumentality of imper*
foct aud conflicting human-reason.”
Georgia finds even in our Federal and State
Constitutions “matter for approval, and matter
for objection,” as well as in tho Compromise
measures. She does not therefore think them
unwise and unjust, and dishonorable. Sfee
may consider that in the conflict of opinio’s •
and in'erest. the settlement of a large contro
versy is wire and equitable, without approving i
“ every part of each Irak in the eitended Chain.
There may be parts of (he adjustment which |
furnish causes of gratulation, while oibsr parts
furnish cause ufdicsausfaciion.
Does Mr. Cobb claim any other measure as
a source to the South, than that
claimed by ths Georgia Convention—lhe fugi
tive slave law 1 I: was our constitutional righ i
to hove a law upon this subject. We obtained
as fail and amp e provision as the most extreme
could desire.
He bolds with the Georgia Convention ihat
in relation to the Territorial questions, the re
salt of the c mtroverty "hav been in strict
conformity to (he line of policy thus in imated
(by the Legislature) save in one ns'ance. Ihit
one is the admission of California into the
Union.” With the uhe holds that this measure
is not ancocsf lu’.ional, nor a good ground of
resistance.
So far for t- e position of ti e Georgia Con
vention on the Terril >r;a’ question*. Ii re!a
lion lo other ma ters involved in (he Compro
promise tha. Conve ((on held as follows ;
‘•lt may not be overt x>ked that aside from the new
issue primed by the late territorial «cqii«(j<MWj the
position ot the South upon the Concreoiional record
is better :h;s day than ever before.”*
The position of Mr. Coeb has been often
and much misrepresented. What he has said
ia relation to particular par's of a scheme, ha.-
been applied to other pans, or to the whole
The words used in speaking have been p e
i tended!/ report-d With precise accuracy—anc
, a r ckless disposition shown to eiasgerate
! and misapply. Words never used at all, and
which :f used, wou’d in no way affect bisprac
t.'cal course or that of the party, have Leon
urged agJnst n : .n with lhe ignorant and in
considerate.
A specimen of unfa'.rn?M in tha address, is
’.o be found in the quotation of detached per-
Ucns of the text of ‘he Georgia Platform, ar.a
heir application not in terms it is true—but
tn spirit and tone—and by mean- of tbecon
nection in which they are p seed) to the com- •
promise measn ts. while their tree application |
is no: io tnese, bat to threats unexecuted and /a- :
natical sotiHies, instead of the Gore-nment cf ■
»he United States. Whether the connection <
in which the quotations are in’rodneed—tbe i
antixetis between the i/s and tuts of :he dis- ’
f-ngaisheJ Senator—do not lead to the mbap
plication of .he ’anguxrg? us ths Convention,
we are willing to leare to rny in e hgent rea
der.
With ore plain practical test ol the frar.k
ness, and ingenuousness ol the Honorable
Senator, we will close. The inclination, (we
use the word with consideration, for no
stronger wan'd apply)Z°f *he reader’s mind
ater reading the address, would be to class!
Judge Berkikm among Union men—yet bis
address first makes its appearance in a South
ern Rights psper, and is quoted vzi h the
greatest gusto, and its author lauded by the
Southern Rights press. One of the latter ex
presses a doubt whether the document “will
moki its appearance in any constitutional
Union-loving paper in the State. 1 ' The ad
dress seems to have made on it, the same im
pression as upon ourselves—that it is ‘ an in
sidious attack upon the Union party.” It
ceitainly came from a queer quarter, and is
praised in queer quarters, if it be the product
of a Constitutional Union man.
The Remedy.
Otr this distressing subject, the Southern
Rights press has been silent since the election
of November last —save a little harmless indul
gence in discussing the abstract right ol peace
able secession. This abstract, peaceable
amusement has had great charms fo* them
The bare idea of peaceable secession makes
their mouths water. The anticipation is so
delightful tlat they cannot help d .volilr.g some
what in detail upon the glorious character and
quali'us of the right. We should as soon
trust an epicure with the smell of rich viands,
or a toper with the fumes of wine, as most of
these “Union m:n,” with a chance at seces
cion.
The columns of our weekly contain the views
of Gov. McDonald, and some of his organs
as to what the people of Georgia ought to have
done last fall. These model “Union men”
consider that they deserve well of their country
and are now aiming to turn out of oliice the
spurious Union men who constructed the Geor
gia Platform.
We have been endeavoring for some time
past to get t’e present views of the Constitu
tionalist on the subject of our remedy, but
have been unfortunate. Our want of success
prompts us topointout the remedy,(or rather
remedies.) it once advocated—and inquire
whether it adharas to them still. We have no
idea that it does—for it is not in the habit of
adhering to its opinions, upon these subjects—
but we will give the old for lack of the new.
Not doubting tint it has, after its usual habits,
abandoned its o'd and stale opinions, we will
take great pleasure in inserting its present . etn
ody, whenever it shall think proper to speak
out. The great difficulty of solving them,
doubtless furnishes the reason why cur questions
have not been answered, and the C institution
alist is not playing ‘ mum,” but is now engaged
working away the problem, and we shall have
the solution when it is obtained. We shill be
on the look out for it.
The remedies it has aivocated, are so nume
rous—and withal so incongruous—that we
scarcely know with which to begin, We will
start with the mild remedy of “unconditional
submission” — unwilling, hut still unconditional.
nXMEDY no. 1.
To take “The be:t the South can get.”
“ It is not in itself a dodrablo adjustment for the
South. It has very objectionable features, an I to
the eye of a Southern man few, if any, that are
comely. But it is the lest the South can get, and it
will be by a close vote that aho gets it, if at all.
“ There is no suffitient potency in Southern votes
in Congre.-s to get a better compromise. There is
no sufficient moral farce in the Southern Convention
movement to extort a bettor comrromiso. There is
no feasible mo te that we see of to prevent measures
still raw. weakening to Southern influences in the
confederacy, and destructive of Southern rights it
this compromise is defeated. There is a mode, but
the South ci nnot be united upon it. That mode Is
a union of all parties—a Southern Convention, sus
tained by tie voice cf the Southern people, with
authority to say to the N rtli, ‘The South demands
! .ii.rioc, >r :\-ci.pbndbscb choose ya. Ghctho
S_i;;h cqurl rights in tub Union er she will take
ei-e. ofberself, our or rna Union.” The South
could n-.t be rallied to this point, and eannot be now,
and die North sees it. If ilia former therefore re
ject the compromise,she must expect to put up with
i ruts which are still more palpibly a mockery of
her rights.”
kkmkly so 2.
A Southern Confederacy,
“Between the Clay Compromise r_Ar.Tr and the
Nashviixb Convention rsnrr, must be the future
sinmele in Georgia. ’’ — Constitutionalist, Aug. 2d,
1850,
“The condition and pres, eels of the South and her
prep t policy ”
“6'll. That Sou li*r i phiov should be directed to
prepare (he ehveholdinz States ibr tbe contingency
which will bo breed upon her by the continual eu
creaihmcuis of the anti-tlavery majority, of hiving
to sustain the'r rights by ▲ fepabatb UosvatßßAcr
op ilavbhoisisq State?.” —
Sept, lltfiy 1850.
“The Nashville Convention.” "
• a • • ♦
“The next we shill quote contaigs a specific re
commendation. which we shall sustaia with what
feeble aid we cm bring to the cause. The proprie
ty of such a Conventiju is already, to o.;r view,
aimndantl / manifest, and we cannot doubt will be
come still more a in the next few months. ‘‘Fana
ticism lias no (•* ping place.” and it ia openly de
clared by Nortuerh Frco SoUietn, that ths late iusa
surcs ol Congress ere only on additional step gained
in the onward march of anti slavery :
Heso’vcd. That iu view of the aggressions and
cu ragcs inflicted upon the South, anJ those threat
ened and impending, we recommend that each of the
Southern Siatea, iu the mo !e she may adopt, do appoint
delegatee to a General Convention of all of the as
sai'ed States, to be held at ■ ■— on ■ day of—
clo'hed with full authtrity to deliberate and
net, withall ths sovereign power of the people, with
(he vi :w of arresting further aggression and restor
ing the Constitutional rights of the South—if poaßi
lla—AND JF NOT, THEN TO PBOVTDK FOB THE 6AFS
TV AND ISDSPEKDENCE CF THS SOUTH IN THE LAST
R&tjRT.~-Conslitutijr.Qlis! i t 1850.
IIEMKDY WO. 3.
Secession rather than unconditional submis
sion.
“In reply to the question propounded to us, we
freely state, that as betwee i cnoonditional submis-
EtuN an i foeessstoN, we would be for the litter. We
are, however, do: prepare « to say that tbe issue id
narrewod down to thia alternative, nor that wc ad
vocato secession as the only redress for the wrongs
inflicted up an va. The Convention of the puopla of
G«w-g'.i, s-.cn tu assemble, may device an effectual
‘ mode and incisure of redress,” short of secession.
We hope it will, and believe it can be done. Bit we
repeat, preakiug for ourself alone, as an humble citi
zen of Georg: t, we are tor Bccbskiom In preference
to AusMustON.”— Cansliiutionadd. October 19."/,
18ol).
RBMEDT KO. 4.
Secession, First choice.—The Georgia
CoDvemion. Secession the Remedy.”
•• If the action of Congress makes it imperative on
the Governor, under the instruction cf the Legisla
ture, to call the convention, our own fi st choice
will to for sec-wsinn and cur votes and tfi nts will be
steadily given to effect that end. We need not here
repeat our reasons. They ha>e been g ven n every
number of this piper for mon’h%”
‘‘We g> (ben for seceseicn—quietly if let alone)
forcibly, if made necessary.”
“Georgia his said to aboli ion— tl dothis thin# if
you darey if abolition does it, shall Georgia be
sustained by her sonq or abandoned to hnniifiaiing
i defeat and di grace? We stand by Georgia. Who
I speaks next ?—f olumbw! inst. —Con-
slitu'ionaliste September 1 Ito, 1851.
The la rt extract, on the 19th of October, was,
after 3 weeks, tardily repudiated by the Editor,
as adop’ed during his absence,
REHKDY NO. 5.
Non intercourss.
Under the above caption, lhe Constitutional
ist advocates Non-Inlercourse—to be rendered
■ efficient, both by piiva’e associations aui by
f State Legiblatiov.
i Such were soma of the remedies which the
< Constitutionalist at various times proposed.
We should bo gratified to have information as
to its present position io relation to our reme-
■ dy. It has advocated the Mrseoori Comoro
’ misc—the Clayton Compromise—and the
Clay Compromise. The first named it has
, aban ioned. The last named it now virulently
( attacks The intermediate one it bus ceased to
! speak of—but as it holds Utah and New Mexi
co lost to us, we presume it would now disap
prove of it If so, it has been for and against
each of the three proposed Compromises
A? remedies, it Las advocated non inter
course— Secession rather thin submission to
the Compromise— and a Sou the hn Con feder
act. The latter wu its favorite meth ad. Which
of these doesit favor now ? Or does it favor
any one of them T Or does it favor Submb
bion! Having spread before our readers the
views it entertained in times past, we are
equally ready io spread before them its retrac
tion of those views, and its present trans’ent
impressions.
The Mobile Advert ser s ye that the water in
the Alabama rivers is unnsually low, which ope
rates as an embargo to ali comtnunieaiion wi h
tho interior. Tne B ghee river has been aban
doned, the lightest draught boats not be ing ab e
to get to Demopolie. It w said not to havo
been as low since 1819. The Alabama is not
in quite to desperate a cor.di ion, the smallest
and lightest boats being ab e still to push over
tbe bars with great diflieu’ty and labor.
Gooc Dividend.— Tho Mechanics’ Back of
his city hts declared a semi annual dividend
of twentf to lar? per share, ten payable
on demand, aod (ec after tho first of Nove -
her next.
The Greer and Donaldson Cobre pom
dence —The New Y’ork Her 2 Id, of September
10;h, publishes a let er frem Mr. Nathaniel
Greer, of Io wa, sia'ing that the puli'icai letters
to him and DoQ3ld«on, whose publication has
rutda so much noise, were stolen from his
valise. He says that the letters were abstree ed
an j a package similar in s ze and appearance
was eubs.itu’ed. He talks about prosecuting
ibe /Zera.'rf.
Comparative Statement cf tha earnings of the
Georgia Rsil Road, during tbe Six M>m'.bs ending
Saptemb.r 39, of 1850 and ISSI. I !
Pdßteojjexa. Freights, mail, &e. Tuta’*. I
1331. 121.2 x3’s 1=0,449,48 1,662,63 fi ■
1850.
Inernie* 15,912,61 |19 ; 556,21 >25,493 82 11
Till Importation of Slavas.
Wr. have heard butona voioi in relafon to
he law of lastseßsion, removing the restric.
lion; upon the importation of slaves into tbit
State, for the purpose of sale. That voice
has been — Repeal—Repeal.
The re-establishment of the old law will
probably be one of the earliest acts of ihe
Legislature. Os the men who voted for the
repealing statute of l»s year a large proportion
are now convinced of the impolicy of their
aciion. Feeling indeed much more lhanpofiry.
had to do with the enactment of the present
law.
Never web a disastrous law more singular
ly ill limed. Wlvn Cotton was high and
prices inflated, and iha tendency ti buy already
excessive, the facilities ware st one stroke
immeasurably increased and the lempta'ion
brought home to every man’s door. Tho
extersio.l of credit, »s well as the piesence ol
temp'ation, enharced the number of purcha
see. The man who could not pay the whole
in cash, would not go abroad for a Negro, but
might be induced to purchase pa*t for cash
and part on credit. The ecurn and oifscouring
of the jails, the diseased, the refiactcry, from
other Sates pen red into Georgia, in vastly
more than lite r due proportion to tho sound
iu body and conduct The demand might be
sufficient to bring income of the soon! ma
terial, but we were sure to get the scum. It
was an importation of an alloy of lice and ill
conduct for our own slaves.
For these Nogroes, we paid in cash or its
equivalent. Prices were controlled not by the
prico Cotton would bear the next y ear, and
the years thereafter, but by that it had borne
the previoun year. Instead of being pur
chased at average prices, they brought rates
not known before, since the last great revolu
tion in trade. The money went out, and wc
had the sLves as the equivalent
Now mark the effect. If those slaves, bought
at the rate of from SI,OOO to $l,lOO for a
Negro fellow, should all remain in the Slate,
the average price being from S6OO to SBOO,
the loss on each fellow wav S3OO to SIOO.
The average pries io the true criterion of the
value of the labor to the State.
But this is not all the loss When Cotton is
ligh, inferior qualities of land can be cultivat
ed protiiab'y. When it sinks in price, ths
same land does net remunerate for the labor
expended on it. The Negroes themselves—
or others displaced by them —are carried off in
search of tidier lands. Georgia loses not
only the difference between high and average
prices, but the property purchased itself.
The same capital devoted to manufacturing
purposes—to the completion o r our Railroad
system—to the improvement of our lands—to
the cornruciion of better hi uses—to improve
ment in our mode of living—would have been
fastened to the soil. It would have become
part of the material wealth of the State, or,
at least, have contributed to the gratification of
tho people in an improved condition of life.
At no tima in our history could the change
havs been moro unfortunate. For many
yesrs, with slight interruptions, the prohibition
had prevailed. At one time for five years,
and at another for one year only, the prohi
bit on bad been suspended. Since 1829 it
htd been in force until 1812, when it was
repealed, end the repealing law itself repealed
at he very next session in 1843. We believe
the experience of the past two years, will
prevent its suspension at any future time
during the remembrance of the present gene
ration.
Millions of money have left the State, for
slaves whose characters are below the average,
and who will not remain pcrman’ntly in the
State to compensate for the capital they have
displaced. We triLt that the prohibitory law
an ill be leinstated, and that Hie standing and
correct policy of the State will not again be
lightly interfered with.
Courier,
We lake great pleasure in giving place to
the following Prospectus of the next vckime
of the Rome Courier, a j /urual conducted
with great propriety and decided ability :
Om New Volume. —The next nnaiber will cotn •
m<*nce a new volume of the “Rome Couaiaa.”
The liberal and growing patronage which has been
extended 10 our pap r, together with the inareasing
wants of cur young and thriving City, have induced
the undersigned to make prraugomonCs for its stiil
further improvement. Materials have boeu ; rdered
f>r thia purpose, and in a few weeks we hope to pre
sent tbe Courier ;□ a mere attractive girb.
It is unnecessary to sav, dial it will continue, as
ever, the steadfast and Eiaious advocate rml sup
po ter of tbe cau.-e ol GooelitulioDul Union, and lhe
principles set forth in the address and resolutions
adopted by the Gnorgiu State Conven iou in Deceui
ber last. As the terminal! >n of the present contest,
however, it is devoutly to be hoped, will f-»r a sea
son at least, give quietude and repose to lhe public
mind upon political subjects, it is our intention to
make the Courier more largely Commercial and
Agricultural iu its character. Wo shall Cake es
pecial pains and pleasure in making it interesting
and useful to the Farmers and Planters of Cherokee
Georg : a, bdJ North Alabama ; and have lhe promise
already cf contributions from several of our most
scientific and successful Agricultuiifits, in this an J
other connties
A3 wa art now in Te'egraphic correspondence
with the great marts of trade and commerce through
out the Union, we intend to make such arrangements
as will enable us to furnish our patrons in Cherokee
Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee with tha very
la‘e t rews of lhe S»ate of the markets and such
other intelligence as may be important, and inte
resting.
As its circulation is already large, and steadily
increasing, lhe ‘ Roms Cluries,’ 1 will be a desirable
advertising medium to ail deale*s in those cities
which now command a large share of the trade in
upper Georgia and Nrrth Alabam 1.
In conclusion, we would sav, that as we ehall
•p re no pains (o give to the public a creditable Jour
nil, wo trust that our efi *ris will be met by a cor
rosponling patronage. J. Knowles dr Co.
Oct. 1, 1351.
If our c Jtcrnporaries of th . Georg'n press wi!! give
tbe above an insertion, we shall bj happy to recipro
cate the kindness.
Gea Isaac Watts DePeyster his lef Naw
Voik for Eircpa, at the instance and by lhe
dirtc’ion of Gov. Hunt, of (hat fito o, to ex
amine the crganiznion of the French, Pras-
Swedish, and oilier municipal systems of
po'icc and defence, in order to submit the re
sult of such information to »he Executive.
The General Government has seconded this
movement, and lhe Departments of State and
War have furnished Gen. Del’eys'.or wiih let
ters to facilitate it.
Early Frost.—There was a s ight frost at
Perry, Houlton (’» oo lhe morning of the
UOih ult.
There was a white froet at 3t. Mathews 8.
C. the same morning.
Mississippi— CqL Jes. Dant.—There
» sjems lo be some doubts, says the N.
O Bulleti. , as to whether this gentle
man has or has not finally declined tbe nom
ination of the ultras for Governor of MiMHnp
pi. We incline to the opinion that he has
declined, lite letter ofacceplance is dated on
tne 17ih, and the Holmesville (Mias.) Banner
of the 25*.h says that upon reconsidering the
matter, he had withdrawn his acceptance. On
tho 26th, be had lain for several days, at his
residence, near Vicksburg, dangerously ill, end
this will probably be assigned as Che reason of
his declension. His letter of acceptance is a
funny deoumenu He naver says Southern
Rights/ “oppressive and fraudulent compro
mise,” but talks the nicest humboggery ab>ut
his being lhe Democratic Candida e. There is
a change of music; here is the letter:
Brizrfibid, Sept. 17, 1851.
A. C. W’s/4inscn, Chairman, etc. :
iris ; 1 hive the honor of acknowledging the re
ceipt of j our letter of (he Ifitb iavt., iaforming ma
that the committee, which wa? appjjuted by the Con
vention ia June last, to fill any vacancy which
occur in the State ticket then nornin lcd, had met,
and foua 1 that tbe vacancy occasioned by the wi h»
draws! of Gtn. Quitman had been already fi led by
the people and tbe Demoeratie pie?s ot the whole
State baring nominate 1 myself for the vacant post*
and that the cominiltee gave to that nomination ’.heir
concurrence. Your lei:rr also informs me that the
committee were aware that the state of my health
weald not pertnit tne to engage in the canvass.
Under such circumstances, 1 have only to reply
that my whole political life has been devoted to tho
Deuucra ie cause, and tbe maintenance of ibo?e jrin
ciplea in which originated tne party of strict construe
tion and faithful adberoocc to the Coa-titutioo. It Is
not in an hour when clouds have darkened our for
tune that I enn refuse any peer service i’. is still in
my power to render. That cause and those princi
ples seem more dear to ma now than in the day o(
their triumph,
A’ scon as my health will enable me, ’ wi’l pre
pare an address to the people in answer to th:s nom
ioatioD, my acceptance cf which bus been taken for
graned. At pieseut, lean only ret uro my thanks
to ths eoinnittee, and, through them, to the Democ
racy of the Stale, fir the confidence they have thus
mauifuMed io my willingness to meet ar.y responsi
bility, or make any tacrifice frr tbe princip'es I h tve
always advocated, an 1 which I ■til! telievs to be
essential for the presetvat:oa of that cona’itotionai
liberty we inherited from our ravolutioaary sires.
Very respectfully, voir friend,
JEFFERSON DAVI3.
The|Mis»ifs»ppian announces that Co!. Je r
farson Davis Las res gned his position as Uni
ted Stites Senator.
'lhe Remit of ike Convention Election.— All
the returns in show (hat the Union m n have
elected eighty-:hree 10 mb?rs, anl the dreer
sionis’s seventeen. Tn’w (says the N. O. Crtr
eent) is surely majority enough to set'le the
matter agaicst Quitman, Jeff. Davis, e c , now
and forever, unless they wish io win an ignob’e
triumph by tbe trie -ery of a part/ shibboleth
Some of the secession candidates are fol.owm
in Quitman's step*, lion R. H. Baford, who
for the lart eiglr years has represen ed Laff
yettecounty in the Legivlitire of the State, in
3 well written article in the Oi'ard Ccnsriic
:ion, declines being a candidate. The same
reasons that induced Gsn. Q iit.i ar to decline
the canvass appear to control Mr Bjford
Judge Clayton h 33 w thd awn from the canvass
for the High Court in ibe Noiihein Dißrict.
lion. E. S Fiber, of Coflcevihe, is now
the only c odidare for that high obi ;e. Why
does not Jefl'. Davis travt.l with the rest of bis
crowd?
The n -iiaocr us Jevsm f'=r.s is ear;mated
at 20,00 Jto 30,0 XJ. There ii ons large
and betweso lif eenand twentj-iwo I
houses of prayer,— mall synagogues, in which B
regular «irvics is held.
thee l e c t I o n
Thk delay in issuing our Wzy.xly paper has
afforded us the opportunity of laying before
our readers a much greater amount of Elec
tion news than we eould have supplied Wednes
day, which, we Irust, will afford thorn »qu d
gratification as ourselver. Georgia has dsns
nobly—her people have ra fleeted the highest
credit upon themselves for intelligence, and
earnest, • ncere patriotism.
The returns for G>vernor indicate that tha
Hon. Ho till Cobb has been elected by a
majority no*, less than 15.000, and probably
over 16.000 votes. We will give tha details in
our next.
We have very few details of the Congres
sional election. Tho Union men have elected
SrErHKKe, Toombs, Murthy, Hilltik and
Chaxtaim, certain. Tho di.unionist, Daily
in the 3 d District. The first and second Dis
tricts aio to hear from. J reason, diinaioniit
is probibly elected iu the first.
Richmond County*
Tua following is the official return of tho
elec ion in this county :
Court Bel Tar- Bridge, Foor Total.
House, Air, var’a, House,
For Governor
C0bb,647 56 62 54 39 856
McDonald.. 517 7 35 25 68 664
For Uongrees,
T00ra55....621 SI 61 S 3 35 621
McMillen ..510 5 36 27 6 1 642
Senator.
Miller 744 52 71 63 48 977
Legislature
Mi11edge...723 44 61 51 22 901
Walker-... 570 4 1 72 60 54 SOO
Schley-. .. 525 6 37 29 88 664
Fleming-. .444 4 21 17 61 640
Judges.
People47B 75 65 66 684
Legislature. 23 4 27
Taliaferro County—Complete.
Governor.
C0bb,341
McDonald, 61—260 ma).
For Congress.
A. H. Stephens.3ss
Uwis, 41—314 ma).
Legislature.— Senator.
8ird,337
Bell, •. - -47-28® mi).«
Representative, (no opposition.)
Linton Stephens 346-
On Whlek Side 1
A distinguished gentleman being asked why
he had not read Judge Btßitian'e address, ex
cused himself on the ground that he had "no
disposition to pry into any man’s secrets." Ihe
answer had not in it more wit than truth. The
Judge evidently did not mean to tell where he
was—to answer the great question of party
alliance. If bis letter contains the answer, it is
ingeniously hid, and hardly worth the search—
leaving the question of country out.
Tbe Untied Slatea Mint*
Operations of the Mint at I hiladelphla fertile
week ending Tith September, 1851.
COINACK ACCOUNT. t
Balance in coin on 28ih September belonging lo iLa
bullion f0nd3942,397
eOIWAGX DUBIXO THZ WKKK.
43,904 louble eagles3B73,oßo
20.624 half eagles. 103,120
80,944 quarter eagles 202,360
65,311 gold dollars 65,811
219,000 i twee cent pieces 6,573
430,283 piece 532,199,341
Deduct deroaiies paid 31,062,984
Assay coins reserved 693
Leaving a balance 0f.31,134,564
in coin belonging to Ibe bullion fund, and applica
ble to tbe payment ol Mint certificates.
BULLION IUSU.
Defo dies assayed and payable, but left uncalled far
by the de|x»itors36o6,4s6
Estimated value of depositee re-
maining unassayed34B9,ooo
To al for private acc0unt31,095,456
Bullion fund belonging to the U. States-- 5,681,390
$6,780,146
Value of bullion In procsss of
coining, assayed and paid
for, or payable from rhe bul
lion fund. 55,157,482
Unswayed deporite? 489,000
$5,646,482
In coin ue above 1,134,464
The payments on Saturday, the 27<h insu, covered
all depositee of bulliar made pri r to Tuesday, the
23d, and embraced part of the depositee of that day.
Tbe average daily coinage daring the week wu
$209,324.
Ducsvcrt in Surckry.—A Prussian natawif
A san is s id to hava recently made a discovers
in surgery that is exciting o-nsiderabla iXWMM
ia tbe scientific circles of Berlin. It is titer
application of chlorine to relieve pa n. Un
like chloroform, it can be used without lhe>
least danger lo the patient and ia very effectuall
in is operation. From the account, a smalll
quantitv of fluit (from ten to twenty drops) hr
droped oo the part effected, or on a lint band
age slightly mois ened with water and then
applisd. and all bound uu in oil silk, and a
linen band. Alter from two to ten minutes
the part becomes insensible, and the pain is
no longer felt, whether it be frota
nervous or other diorders. After a time it re
turns again but usually weaker, and withi
several applications it often entirely relieved:.
Ti.o discoverer has presented a memorial osv
tbe subject to the Academy at Paris.
Tha New York Herald s ates that the priaoi
pal object of the visit of tbe Hon. Robert J.
Walker to England is tbe negotiation of akent
$20,000,000 Railroad Bonds, issued by ties Illi
nois Centra Railroad Company. The hoade
aio secured by a mortgage on the road and
the three millions of acres of Hud on eaob
side of the read, dona ed by Congress to tho
State of Illinois, and subsequently given by tho
State to the Illinois Central Railroad Company,
to insure the speedy construction of the road.
Tux Aurora Borzalis.—The appsaraxco
of this phenomenon on Monday evening last,
seems to have been pret'.y general throughout
the country. At Norfolk. Va., it appeared at
about the same hour it did here, radiating from
N. N W. to E. N. E., deepening in volume:
and coloring toward the latter point, a*, which in
bore so strongly the appearance of the reflec
tion of a diatant conflagration, as to cause aa
alarm of fire, mid a turn out of one or more of
the lire companies.— Rep.
The suggestion, ia the Preside nt's Procla
mation of last April, that “the young and in
considerate wore eipenially in uanger of bciaf
seduced into tho schemes of the Cuban nou
sp-rators,” turned out to be, littorally true.
Oi the hundred and sixteen victims sent pris
oners to Spain, fifty one ara a-cortainedio be
of the age of 22 years and under down to the
nge of 16 ; and of tha whole number only 18
are above the age of 30 years.
A Grzat Salt Wkll —The Meigs County
(Ohio) Telegraph suye that Pomroy bvsthe
greatest salt well yet discovered iu the United!
States. The well dischargee in an onbrokem
stream fifty gallons of wafer per minute! Th»
water will yield a bushel to each fifty rallon or
a bushel a minute, or 240 bmhels a day.
There is water enough, making allowance for
waste, for 200 bushels a day.
Gheav Swim rr.—A letter from a corres
pondent of the London .Morning Chronicle
a Vienna says : “There is a man here who
offers to stake from 590 to XI, 000, against alt
comers, that he wi'l snim from Dover to Cala
is in the month of August or Septe nber; the
money to be deposited beforehand with a Lon
don banker. He has alreaiy swam, accord
ing to his own account, from Vienna to Pres
burg. down the Danube.” Perhaps he ie a
second Nicholas, with web hands and feet.
Railroad Junction.— * We have greet
pleasure in publisbingjthe news of the junction
of the Cen'ral and Southwestern Railroads
at Macon. Our frieuds in the Southwestern
part of the S Ate will feel that thev are in
deed onr brethren, closely linked. We learn
that the junction with the Macon &. Western
Road is fast progressing, an 1 wil be completed
on the first of the ensuing month. The friends
of internal improvement will bail this great
step in our moans of rapid transportation,
with great joy.—Sac Rep.
A few days ago we met with a beautlfol young
girl wborn we knsw lo be a poetess at first sight, and
we told her eo. She earnestly denied tbe fact, but
lhe iatervlew closed with her promising to make an
effort nt poetry and to lend ns the result. Here it
lad we llienk her for it. Il is as sweet and fresh aa
t young spring rose rpirkling wiih tho morrAag
few i
From the Louisville Journal.
A merry girl of eighteen,
I'vo snatched a poet’s pen
To prove <hat I in more rrulhfut
Than the poe'ry of men.
Though like some untaught warbler
Th t singe its first, firs' Song, *
I can but flit across 'by jatb
Unnoticed in the throng.
I’m a mirrygirlof eighteen,
Reproved because I’m gay,
As 'h J 'twere really sinful
To chise dull eare away.
But who would not be happy
In a world as bright as ours,
Where the sunny path of girlhood
Is marked w th budding flowers 1
Whore affection’s daily wreathing
A chaplet round my brow,
And a loving heart is breathing
lie first and warmest vow I,
(Tho 1 1 vo never wooed tbe arises,
I have borrowed Cupid's dart,
And bent bis little bow
To strike a gentle liaart.)
Tiita the sky is blue above ms,
And its ri.iog sun vo bright,
That the clouds that flit before it
Seeiov but mist—they are so light.
E'en the little dew dro|>s sparkle
As tbe stray beams o’er them play •
An i dame nature smiles in sladnesa
As she herself feels gay I
And, if 1 -igh for beauty,
I behold it io earh flower;
Or if 1 pine for music,
There ia maatc in each bower;
Ana then my diamonds glisten
In '.be tbsp: of dark gray eysc,
Which, though to you they’re veioelesv
Tn some would be a prise. *
Need 1 be gloomy-hearted,
W'hen ali ia fresh arotm-J me ;
Or sigh for j y» deparieJ,
When so many joys ewreumf me 3
Or, becauM a night as dartnoea
gvher rcuttd way.
Shall I din, with efoudsot radn«»
AU t'csvimbine of tg-Jay 7
MALVtffAg