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From the Jfo Vori Herald.
Arrival of the Cornelia.
Outrage upon Capt. Ward, and SMeure efthe Mat! Bags,
bythe Authorities at Parana.
We vestorday pnMirhcd an additional aoeonnt
of the unprovoked and grout outran committed
by the bpanish authorities in the 1 aland of Cuba
on the captain of the Cornelia and the eeiztir* of
letter bags; butbaring received a detailed atate
meet of thie iniquitous transaction, we offer the
fo.lowing to our readers :
On the Sid tteptembfr the Cornelia was cleared
at the Castom House, healed from the wharf, and
the letter bay having been delivered by Merer*.
Drake A Co., the onnsigneea for tranemireion to
the United Siatee, the ship got under weigh. She
arrived, without molestation, at tba guard ship
lying »t the month of the harbor, when eh# wa*
Warded by the authoritiee, accompanied by home
Spanish soldier*, who ordered the ship to bean
chored. This order wa* instantly obey ad; but
from the position of the Tease! at the time, and
uarrowtiea* of the mouth of the harbor— having
Kcarcaly ruffle ent water to torn in—she raa great
hazard ol being lost. The offlculs then enquired
of Capt. Ward If he had a man ooncaalad on board
biaabip of tha nafih* of Baarknaaa, wbieh be da
nlad. They immediately oommenoed aearohlng
the ship and found Harknee* concealed in the
after cabin. Captain Werd denied ell knowledge
oftbe transaction, end Heerkneea. when con
fronted with him, aeeurad tha Spanish officers that
he alone warn in fault, and that tbe captain of the
Cornelia, and every person in the ehip, were igno
rant of his having omoaalad himself.
It appears that tha Captain General of Cnba had
received Information from one of hie numerons
spies, that Mr. Guzman had taksn hit passage from
New York in the Cornelia, and that certain let’- re
had been given him to deliver to persons on hie
arriTd in that citv. Guzman had applied fora
passport, which had baen granted him; but at the
m ,incut of his departure, when tbe Captain Gen
eral made sure ills letters would be on board, he
took this method of apprehending him.
The authorities disregard the protestations of in
co-nce made by Capt. Ward, and conducted him,
In oompuuy with Hearkuee*, as prisoner, to the
guard ship. Hearknees they left in the guard ship,
and tba American captain, guarded by two sol
diers, with muskote and bay one:*, was conducted
on shore, to Undergo an examination by the cap
tain of tbe port, who, on his arrival, in a inoet bru
tal manner told him that he was liable to be fined
||,ooo for having concealed persons unfavorable to
the Spanish government on board his vesael, but
that if he would deliver up the letters wli'-eh Gut
man, another passenger, had delivered to him, tin
line would be remitted and the Cornelia allowed to
proceed on her voyage. In reply to this, Captain
Ward informed the captain of the port that he was
entirely ignorant of Ilearkne-a having oonceiiled
himself on board Ids vessel, and that no package nt
letters had been entrusted to bis care by Guzman
At this juncture the captiau of the port became fu
riously incensed, and told Captain Ward, that he
wits uJUlibustrronnd a liar, and unless the pack
age was immediately delivered up, a fine of $1,00"
would be imposed, lie then ordered the captain
to lie conveyed to the ship, which order was our
ried into effect, the soldiers accompanying him.—
lie was, however, not permitted to remain any
length of time on the ship, but re-conveyed oil
shore to the Captain General, to undergo a second
examination. This second examination was of the
same character as the first, and lie was again or
dered on hoard ship, the captain of the port in
forming him that he was a scoundrel, and that
iiidesa tlie package was forthcoming, he would he
s.-ni to prison as the enemy of the Queen of Spain.
Shortly ester, the captain of the port, accompa
nied by the captain of police, arrived on board,
and demanded the letters in his possession.—
There were several packages of letters in Captain
Wurd’adeak, which wosm his cabin, which, to
ge'her with a letter hag, the captain of the port
nod the esptain of police Conveyed en shore. As
ter opening the box and examining the letters,
givingat the same time, strict injunctions to the
so.diers on duty that he should not ho allowed an
instant’s couiiuiuiication with any person, under
any circiun-iuucca, Guzman was arrested.
S one time after this, the captain accompanied by
G izmuu and bis luggage, wun rowed on shore in
' much and marched, guarded aa before to the g i
vi-ruineiit house, whore, after a long examination
liitfo'e the Secretary of the Uoveror and other offi
unils, he wus culled upon to give security. Capt.
Ward obstinately refuted to entertain such a pro
position, stating that as the Spanish authorities
list thought lit to capture his vessel, and deul so
unceremoniously with his person, for no cause
w a ever, they must take tho responsibility of
t-.e.e acts upon themselves. The officials, aftci
aoino deliberations arming themselves, finally con
eluded that Capt. Ward should be allowed to pro
ceed mi his voyago, and offered to return him tlie
letter bag, considerably lightened of its contents ;
but lie replied, that us they thought fit to bourn
li sship iud take away she letters entrusted to his
charge lie would not receive them, but that they
mi 'lit. if they thought proper, convey them on
board, wliioh’wa* afterwards done. They told him
Unit toe captain ofa vassel hud no right to receive
uletier until he had first examined it; and ho in
r oily, informed them that they must hold them
selves re-ponsibh) to tho American government
for the wanton outrage which they had committed
in detaining him front proceeding on his voyage
on a groundless charge, and for the insult they hud
offered to his person by marching him three sev
eral times, In nroad daylight through the streets,
under a burning sun in custody of n military guard,
and oroventiug him from any communication with
his friends.
T. e .Spanish authorities, finding thatthey could
no, in any manner Implicate C’uptuin Ward as being
privy' to the concealment of Ile trknies on board bi
ship, a r of any papers entrusted to the cu-tody 01
MrOuzi.’ian, filially resolved to set hint free. On
liis release lie proceeded to the American Consul,
and entered hi* protest before that gentleman.
lie had oxprss-ed tils determination to the Spun
isli authorities t«r throw up his command, but wus
induced to resume it on the entreaty and advice of
hia consignees, Messes, Drake, and r isohod this
citv alter a most stormy passage, on the 7tb inst.
Capt. Ward lias the passport of Mr. Guzman
in his posseasion.
Tho result of the seiaure of the letters of Mr.
Guzman was the arrest, the same evening, ol Fran
cis Frias, Count of i’ozaa Dulocs and his brother,
Jo-opli Domingo Arroturena, and tha Marc ids nf
Campos L'anos who are among the first inhabitants
of Cuba for wealth and rospootabllity. Tha Count
of i’ozas Didoes is in his 43th year, and possesses
a high literary reputation,
Among the letterstakon from tho bag oftheship
Onrnelis wus one from the Couift to a friend in
Now York, requesting Idm to express tho thunks
gif the Count's lamily to the performance of the
ca renion - oommemorating the death of General
Lopez, who married tho Count’s sister. One
brother is imprisoned in the Moro and the other in
Cabana. , .
Another reaidt of tide movement was tho infor
mation obtained bv tho Captain General that, the
bark Child* /Jarold. which arrived from N*'w
York the same dev that the Cornelia had departed
f,,r that |iort, hail brought dozens of pistols stowed
in cider boxes, cannons bidden in cases ot mueninc
rv, and in fact, that alia brought the long expeoted
iminninition of the Creoles. The C. H. was iinme
dis el.v discharged, and the ship and wharf were
crowded with earabinerot, all ready to aeizo tho
contraband arms, which never appeared. It turn
ed out u hoax, like thul at Muriel, which resulted in
the loss of tho steam frigate Pizurro.
Tlie engineer, Samuel Hearknees, has been sent
Jo jail for conceding himself on hoard the Cornelia,
with a view to loave Havana without a passport;
end Mr. Guzman is confined in a dungeon, incom
muaW’do, lor attempting to convey letters to this
vfy.
The New fork Journal of Commerce, holds tho
following sound ajid conservative views, in relation
to the mooted que«U.on between the two Govern
ments. It is rcfieshing in these days of Fillibua
turiam, to meet with aeutlm*K<s so eminently just:
Tux Unittn States and Cciia.-'**! lß tficent af
fu r nf tne Cornelia at Havana cannot be magnified
by the pres*, or by excited minds, into /I platter
Calculated to disturb the peace betweeu tie /Jpd
Spitiu. fin- rights which our vessels are ontiilvd
to enjoy in foreign ports, must ul ways ho subject
to tlio.ofair police regulations that are made for
the protection and saiety of tho foreign country,
The tight of soli preservation is the primary and
p niniioimt consideration to govern a Stale in the
in ereoiirsc which it permits, growing out of fo
reign e uimcrou. Whilst our vessels iu foreign
• oris ure hound to submit to that scrutiny or es
pionage which is fairly intended to preserve tho
Ibieign country against revolt, our people will ever
oppose those measures which under pretence of
li ing mtstided for prolvctisn, are designed for mi
i,oimice iiiul injury. Tne Cornelia in not this
In t)i« CM of the Cornelia it ippoiiTM tlmt
i>»- of the local law, a ponton named
llcaikucss was improperly secreted on board that
vassal, file offence is admitted, and could hardly
have occurred without the knowledge of some one
nr more ot the officers or erew. He, however, in
sisted. on being discovered by the •ijianislt autlior
itie-. that he was there without the fault or know
ledge of tlio-o connected with the vessel, Jt was
oioarl) a ease to excite tl.oju-t suspicion of tbe
Cuban authorities. The persons who had the care
. f tli* vessel were fairly chargeable with uotiee
~f nil who were on board, it wus either through
cnllu-ioh or negligence that Uearknc*- was secreted,
mid tli* vnasal consequently, by it* ovyn act or do
fauli, became tairly siibjecied to tbe action of the
local law iu pumsiiuiunt of that offence. It ap
«car*. however, that the (.’iiban authorities invea
tinned the case und discharged t lie vessel on the
•mKind propably that they were willing to suppose
that it was a case not of collusion, but only of neg
ligeocn.. The admission of Hearkncsa that it was
Ins act sipne, iu no manner changed the aspect of
tho case »s between him aud tho Government, be
cause whuttuV he acted with or without the concur
rence of the vessel was in that view wholly imma
terial. It is probable that such would bo his
ground m any nvcut, K>d 1* >» therefore to bo taken
with the allowance wfcoh a supposed desire to
shield the va-ss! must cr«t«. The Govnrnn.ont
in discharging tha vessel umwtli* cireiiiustiiiicea
must be admitted to have acted Jfitli lea* of *ns
f icion than tlie circumstaucca of the presence of
iearknem ou board aceui to have warranted-
Tlie oihareircumstaucc, the examination of the
letter bug after tlie \essel had thus subjected her
self to su-picion, i* of the same character, Wecnn
better umK>rstan<i this matter by applying the facte
to ourselves. If one revolution had just been at
tempted among u*. and another were threateno.l,
and a vessel ware in oitr harbor owned in the
country from whicii the danger at thn first inwaacc
liad come, and again was threatened, on board of
winch a ;>erson had been found secreted, who was
inimical to the government, ami there was ju-t reu
•011 to suppose that letter* were on board disclosing
tba measure* intended for an expected revolt,cau
not be doubted that we aliould insist on a full ex
ami-arion. Communication* by letter bet seen the
di*afleOM<l at lioine aud those of that coarse:er
that arc abroad, are part of tlie means by which a
revolution is accomplished, a pari so important that
if it i* overlooked. It mt\ be impossible to check
action of revolt iuany of its incipient ate;*, it is
in i s iueipiency tiiai it may be most effectually
cheeked, and it would be monstrous to suppose 'hat
a nation which i* justified to put down revolt
when it assumes it* worst attitude, lias no right to
uu ei the danger in it* earlier st qps*.
The idea that the examination mad* in the case
iu qucatiuu wa* iuteudyd a* an insult, is an insult
to the understanding* of men. The circunutauwi
iu which tiia vessel ware (bund was all su-picious ■
a id so long as wo sol ou th* policy to ask lor no
thing but what is right, and to submit to nothing i
that i* wrong, wc are bouud not to complain "f '
ae sih.xt we ourselves would list* been the fir-t to j
perform, if tbe scene of the disturbance bad beam
at our o instead of a S(sanisti Port. Our Gov
ernment, we have no doubt, will ael in this master
w t .justice to fuba, more especially ua it ia the
cliief isst'e-sion pfa weak nation with whieii wc
cv. .if.-vd to be imig.nan.mou* without subjecting
omaiccsio ihc reproach of acting with that pru
• ence whichi* derived pumtear.
Wave* or the Brio Piekcv, Ae.— Tbe steam
ship Union, Captaiu B. Adams, e,T ved at her
wliarf in tiiis city between five and *Sa« clock yes
terday morning from New V ork. t,b**kpjfftfuced
v> ry Heavy weatlier, bat being a most f xcellens. w-a
boat, and l#r oourteoua and gallant coifuuandar
every ineli a sailer, she made under tlie ctrcutn
rtaneea a most excellent passage. She was, more
ove-,on Monday morning detained some time in
consequence of navinf fidlan iu with the wreck of
tjie brig I’iercy, I,'apt. Young, bound from Darien
to New York," watn e cargo of Lumber. When
Cnitt. Adams came up with her he was about 20 j
mile* distant from Cape Look Out. the bearings
(wing W. 8. W. treeing her condition, he prompt
jv resonedfroni tlieir perilous position the captain I
*O,l crew, consisting of eeven men, took them on !
i siai/i the Union, and brought them to this city.
, Young sUtea that in tlie forenoon of Sun- j
•lav th* ,10th mat., the brig was thrown inagaleon I
tu-r'lwain s-nda. Her masts were immediately cut
•me whieh /'“used her to right, but she was found
•dli ot o.xer. Nothing wa- saved from her
cantafii'o desk and quadrant, aud a few
tar longing t« M>* seamen.— (X (imriar.
.V,, vi,eO".l.*u> atates that* modrr.t* ■
■ktk&x. if iV *i 1 ! i Mill liaii' .<*7 . - * i .
From 014 X 0 Picayune, IST A ind.
Later from Texas.
Bv the steamer Jas. L. Day we have fall fil** of
Tens paper* to the slh inat. from Gulveeton.
The Ban Antonio Western Texan, of the 10th,
•syi:
On th* 17th uIL, C*pt. Bh*w, of the Texa* Ban
ger.*, having learned that a large party of Indians
(a hundred or more) had pa-aed down on the
Mexican side of the Bio Grande, and crossed over
into Texas, at Belleville, started out on a scout
from Dump Bee, fifteen miles above Laredo.—
Three miles from Cump ha struck an India,, trail,
which lie followod to tba ban Boquo, one of the
tributaries of tbe Nuece* a d stauee of seventy
odd milea. where he came suddenly upon an In
dian camp, early in tbe morning. The Indians
were taken by surprise, but instantly prepared
for bathe, and chal eiiged tbe Captain to come on.
He immediately ordered a charge, in. which nine
Indians were killed on the ground, and several
wounded, whoeacaped.
There were nineteen of tha enemy aud thirty
four of Capt. Shaw’* command, boon after the
a heavy storm came on, which the Captain
says prevented, him from oapiuriug the whole
ouid. A» it was he ouiy killed tbe number above
given, wounding several wbo escaped, eaptxred
twenty horses, three malee sad a let of teddies,
kridlaa, lariats, blanket*, hews and arrow*.
Among the Indiana failed, tkaa the young Co
manche who wae taken prisoner by a party of
Capt. Ford’s company some two year* ago, and
was turned over to Gan. Break*, and by him re
leased.
The Mobil* Tribune giv*e th* following account
of tha killing of th* young Coman*ha.
We are sorry that the captain did not temper hi*
good oondoct with mercy. A young Indian wa*
captured. T»o years ago h* wa* caught in a
similar predicament, wa* turned over to General
Brooks, but pardoned and released. This time he
was not treated no kindly. lie fell on bia knee
and begged tor mercy, but none wae given. He
wa* despatched instauter.
About the same time Lient. Frost of the Bifler,
wus sent from Fort £we!i in pursuit of a party ot
the redskins, who had committed numerons depre
dations near San Antonio. They pushed fir ward
and ro< n fell upon tlie camp, but the Indiana took
the alarm, and fled in all haste. Furanit wa*
given. Lieut. Frost, witli hia guide, wo* ahead ol
hi* men inchuseofthe four of the mounted rap
*oul ion*. Wheu begot within two hundred yard*,
tne Indian* turned upon him. The caps of the
AUierioni rifle* being wet, they would notexplode.
Lieut. Frost then attempted to rid* down one ol
the enemy, but his hors* slipped, and he got a
heavy fall. Bcgaioing hi* feet, he discharged a
revolver, which took effect in tbe back of tbe
-iuviige, who ihen escaped—leaving a remembrance
with the Lieutenant in tbe shape of a wound on
ihe left cheek. In the camp or the Indiana wa*
found a large amount of baggage and horse*.
Nineteen of tbe latter were captured. The euemv
sere *o surprised that they left tlieir liorae-ateak*
cooking before the fire. Nona of thsm were
caught.
It i* complained that the War Department doe*
uot distribute revolver* to the soldier* on the bor
der*. It is said to be a very effective weapon in
•he bushes, which the Indians mostly affect, and
which destroy the efficiency of larger arm*.
The Uailroud Convention at i’alesline lasted
three duys, and wa* characterized with tlie utmost
harmony. AV. B. Ochiltree, Esq., of Nacogdoches,
presided during tho session.
Tlie business of Houston has commenced earlier
this season limn usual. Thestreets ol the city are
dreudy crowded with wagons filled with cotton.—
The sales of goods are very heavy and all tha luer
eliauts appear to have as much to do as tliay can
possibly attend to. This heavy trade will continue
.* long us tlie fine weather lasts and while th* roads
arc good. The crop of cotton has, aa a general
rule, been injured but very little by the rains,
which were generally confined to tlie coast coun
ties. The prwspec s for the planters aud mer
chants is indeed more encouraging than it has
l Mu for many years.
The Houston i'clegraph estimates the receipts ot
new cotton for the lust six weeks at nearly fl.OOo
lie-. The present prices encourage planters to
■rward tlieir crop to market with tli* utmost des
•utcli.
Tlie Texas planter says the prospects of a fine
crop were never more fluttering than at present.
Die sugar planters ure making every preparation
for early grinding, it is thought that most of the
olauters will conimenoeon or about the 15th of
October to grind. There is a great demand for
able bodied negroes, to help to save tho sugar crop.
In this county, they can be readily hired at f2S
l>ermonlli, rash, und found.
The Nttuogdoche* Chronicle suya the cropa in
-Sun Augustine, Sabine, Jaspcraud Angelinacouti
tics, are unusually fine. Most farmers sr* raising
as much as they can gather.
Ten day* l-aier from Mexico.
By the arrival of the Sicillian out ter Dolflno, we
have received full files of El Monitor Kepublicano,
El Ordeii, El Siglo Diez y Nucve, aud La Trait d’-
Union of Vera Cruz to the lfiih ult.
Tne Siglo Diez y Nneve publishes a letter of ac
ceptance to the uppoiutinent of commissioner to
examinetheTeliuuutepec propositions by Don Luis
de la ltosa. Honor do Iu Rosas chief ideaaeems to
he a four that the opening of Tehuantepec “will
icud to tho establishment there of thousands ol for
i-igu families who would undoubtedly follow the
example ofthe Teyans,”and bring about “th* ex
cision of that important part of tho Republic aud
the annexation to the United .states.”
The only deduction we can draw from Senor de
la Kona’s arguments is that he ia opposed to the
opening of iho Isthmus iu any way.
Tlie Legislature of the State of Vera Cru* on re
ceipt ofudvice* from the political governor of Ori*
zaba, on the 7th September, that GtJu. Marin, by
order ofthe Supreme Government had suppressed
the natiotiu! guard and suspended the laws at that
place, passed, in secret session, a series of seven
resolutions, declaring that they considered this act
ou the part of the Supremo Government aa an at
tack upon the sovereignty and independanct ot
the State; they approve of the protest ofth* po
litieal governor, and rccoommend him to take com
mand of all tho troops he cun raise when Gen. Ma
rin shall liuve retired. Gen. Marion subsequently
retired from the city, and then resigued the com
mand ofthe troops.
The siege of Orizaba by tbe insnrgonta had been
raised. They peuetrated the city during an at
tucls, as far as the plaza, but were driven back by
tbe nationul guard.
A motion wus before the Legislature of the State
to remove tho legiglative and exeoutive powers
to tho city of Vera Cruz. A small sum of money
had been raised in Vera Cruz and loaned to the
State Ooverntn nt.
The Monitor Kepublicano of the 11th nit., eays
letters have been received from Sonora which ac
cuse the (Jominauduut, Don Miguel Blanco, ot
availing hitm-alf ot the proof under his command
lo destroy tho Government, und that he had pro
claimed himself as Governor.
Tho ministerial crisis in the city of Mexico still
exists—and up to Ihe lust dates Senor Aguirre, the
only son of the newly appointed minister who had
accepted office lnid taken cath and was attending
to the duties of his station. Mosers. Munoz Ledo
& Kivu l’aiacio lmd an interview with President
Ari-ta, and proposed ome novel changes in the
administration of the government such as break
ing up the pnblicspysvstem and rc-ealablißhments
of law and order in the disaffected States.obser
vuncos of economy iu the treasury Ac. The Pre
sidant gave no .loci-ive answer, and the matter fi
nally ended by tho two gentleman named Bending
tlieir rofu <s) to aeeopt their nominations.
Two members ofthe late Cabinet, Messrs. Rami
rez and Fonseca, have retired to seats on the Sn
pretno Court bench. Tho authorities at Mazutlan
having received no instructions from the Supreme
Government, arc much embarrassed now to ud
ministar the custom house duties.
There is an expectation ot political difficulties at
San Louis l’otosi. The Permanent Deputation, or
t'omini'toe, called tho State Cone res* together in
iu extraordinary session, in order to take such
measures as nmv bo considered necessary to pre
vent any political commotion in the State. The
State Governor returned this decree, declaring that
there was nothing to disturb the puilic tranquili
ty but tho committoo persisted in their resolution
and thu Congress began organizing on the fid
nit.
The news from Acapulco represents the trade of
•Inu port declining rapidly, owing to the present
system of uqettmi-lions* duties. Two American
ves els of war were expected shortly to be on that
port.
Sopor Miguel Mosso, manager of thp National
theatre in tho city ol Mexico, has been arrested and
imprisoned on o charge of conspiring to bring back
Santa Anna. M. Diffmer, a German oitizen of
high respectability has also been imprisoned on a
charge of taking part in a plot against Govern
ment.
In the single partida ofSombrerc »e, on th* fron
tier-, frorn ihe month of January to August, the
Indiana killed one hundred and fiftv fonr people
an<i wounded at least a fourth more than that num
ber.—Pie 12fA inet.
fYom the If. O. Picayune, IStA inet.
Inter from Texas.
By the steamship Mexico, Capt. Plaoe, w* have
received flies of Texas papers to the fitli inst., being
three day* later intelligence.
Indians.— An express rider from Lo Ojueloe, ar
rived at Corpus Christ! on Thursday eveuing, and
repoite ilia uppeatattce of thirty Indians about
eighty miles tram there. They passed within a
few teet ofwlierc tlie messenger was encamped,
about 9 o’clock in the evening, and were apparent
ly bound for the Kio Grande.
The Nucpu- Valley of the 2d inst., saysw* are
without a single item of news from the Rio Grande
this week. Cant. Lewie, who ia reported as being
ou s soout, could not send his customary letter.
The Gulveston Journal ofthe7th inat., says:
Chops.—A traveling correspondent of ours, wbo
nas just passed through Harris, Montgomery
Grimes, and Washington counties, writes us from
Washington as follows: “The crop* are good.—
The corn crop ia superabundant; tbe ootton crop
excellent."
Com* Picxino.— The Lone Star publishes the
result of some days cotton picking iu Washington
county. On uplauds, worth from eight to ten dol
lare per acre, the smallest quantity picked in one
daT bv one of eighteen hands, was 8 4 pounds, and
the largest 477 pounds. On Mr. Gresham's plan
tation, near Chappell Hill, with fitteeu hands, the
largest quantity of cotton picked by any waa 58#
pound*, and tlie smallest 829 pounds.
Anottior Indian tight has'alten place in Texas
with a body of rifles under Lieut. Frost. Wc
take the following account from tho ban Antonio
papers:
A gentleman by the name of Smith, who had
been to Fort Ewaij with a loud of watermelons, was
attacked on hia return by s party of Indians, near
the Presidio c’Oft-iug ou the San Antonio road.—
Several shots were fired through hia wagon bed.
He returned to the Fort. Ou receipt of this infor
mation, Lieut. Frost, of the rifles, was despatched
from Fort Ewell in pursuit, en the 16th, with one
gcam, two corporals and seventeen privates.
O irepairiug to tlio point indicated lie soon found
tho enemy'- trail, which he followed until tho 18th.
After a march of abopt fifteen miles on the morn
ing of the 18lh, the trail began to freshen, when
tne lieutenant ordered his men to recap their
p aces. W Idle they were doing so, the guide, who
wa- iu advance, discovered the Indians in camp,
who at the -am* time seeing him, stampeded thvir
horse* and Ccd thvmselve* in every direction,—
Seeing hi- movement, Lieut. Frost ordered a
charge and da-hed into tho enemy '* cernp. Four
Indians being mounted, they were pursued.—
' When the lie tenant and his guide were about two
; hundred < -d» iu advance ofthe men, the Indiana
j -iiadvnlv"wtii«ki,l niton their purauer*. His arms
: having bean rendered tjsvlcssby the cups getting
wet in riding througn the thfekete which sur
: rounded the enemy's camp, he attempted to ride
down one ot tbe Indians, when Li- horsegav* him
a ,-eT. ro fall.
Beg ining Ids feet, 113 discharged one barrel of
a revoiier into an India .’s htua, find at the same
t tne revs.vc i u wound on the cluck below the
right eye. ills troops, coming tip, he o*dr-ed
pii'.iui:, a hod yr*.- kept nj, for eight hours, bat
tr e tolckets were so dei.ee that tbe Indians escap
ed. The lieutenant is ofthe opinion that if his
m,-n had beeu »rtuvd witli tevolversfc* opula have
reported some of the Indians killed. The rifle 1
being au Huwieldly weapon in a charge, more p*r
ttculai ly in a thicket, tliov were suable to use them
to any advantage
Indians were evidently taken bv surprise,
*WJ.W««ir hors* meat eooking, the knives
Wt'.h »I 101 l Itiep were eating, tlu-ir blankets, sad- ;
died- * . ~ * to b*cee, P’raa*. jaunt*, bows, quivers
aud shjd'h*! I 1 '** 1, brei* tneir chiefs 1
cockade, toa.*"“er with a large znypber of article* 1
of M'Xioan appe.'el, Ac.
On examination of the Indians’ camp, the tn*J 1
fromCirpus Christi toVtfpdo was found, whioh !
led to tho inference thu they fcjd killed and rob- ■
bed tha rider.
After resting upon tho ground for twenty-four
hours, and thotoughly searching the oountry in |
every direction without being ant* to discover '* ]
trad*aud his men heing out of rezious, and him- ,
self badly injured, the Ueuieuant returned to Fort t
Ewell.
Cuj»t. Bhaw, P • Aon* to his own tight, reeeivad j
a Utter from 1 apt. Clay Davis, also of the Bangers, J
witie-i stated thut he had been atthCked by about ,
lb Gstnaticlte-, sou.ewhcte in tb* neighborhood j
of Biw Grand* Cite. U* l*at *l*v*u mao. Th* ,
Mtebirtf i*4iaß*MU*4 wtejnte a***ftetefi4. ,
Ue*. Scott’s Mississippi Speech.
As a part ot tbe history of tlie times, we copy
from tba Griffin Union, the following article and
oorrespondeuc* in referanoe to tbe speech made
by Gen. boon to the Mississippi delegation to the
Baltimore Convention.
Gen. SeoWe Speech to the Mieeieeippi Delegation
confirmed beyond a doubt. —ln offering the follow
ing correspondence to our readers, we deem it
proper to remark, that Dr. James N. Simmons, of
this place, when Mr. Adams’ report ofGen. Scott'*
speech wa* first copied by ns from tbe Natchez
Courier, had doubts a* to tbe genuineness of the
document, and for hia own satisfaction, he ad
dressed a note to Mr. Adams, but mistook the
place of bis residence and directed it to Natchez,
from whence it had to be forwarded by the Post
Master to Jack-on. This will account for the
length of time which elapsed betweeu the writing
by Dr. Hi ran ions and iu receipt by Mr. Adams.
We would state further, that Mr. Adams’ reply
reached Griffin in Dr. Simmons' absence, about
two week* ago, and was taken from tlie post-office
bv hia family and kept till his return home on
Friday last. Dr. S. makes no pretensions in the
way of politics and did not intend to have the cor
reapendana* published. Be bad satisflad his own
mind a* te the wmißtti ot the report as flret
published end was ooateat Bat hsriag beard
that b* received inch a latter from Mr. Adams,
and believing that justice te the people of tbe
death, who nave been misled aa to Gen. Baott’e
real position, to Gan. Seott who ha* been traduced
and misrepresented, and to th* aense of jnstic*
and trntb, required that it should be mad# public,
w* requested tbe oorreeporiderie* of Dr. Simmons
for punliwtton, which be has kindly famished us.
Gamin Ga., August 24,1832.
Ho*. D. W. Adah*,—
Dear .Sir:—Without tb* pleasure of a personal
acquaintance, permit m# to enclose yon a docu
ment, which I clipped from one of our paper-.
Aud aa your name is associated with it, I take the
liberty of addressing yo solely for the purpose ot
ascertaining whether General Scott, tlie present
Whig candidate for President, reallv made the
enclosed speech to tbe Uieeieeippi Delegation
It no, WTtent Wheret md under what riroum
elaneeet Some have misgivings as to the genu
ineness of the address, and doubts aa to whether
your name ha* been nsed with your consent.
I believe that there are some in tills section,
wbo, if convinced that it wa* a “ eimon pure" docn -
ment, from the "eimonpure" Soott, would yield
him their support; but, for want of evidence to
substantiate tne genuineness of the speech in
question, are unwilling to deposit their votes for
him.
Please have the kindness, at your earliest conve
nience, to reply to this communication, and satisfy
me on the pent which hae called it forth and oon
ter an obligation upon.
Very respectfully,
J. N. Simmons.
Jacxson, Miss., Sept. 18, 1852.
J. N. Bimmom, M. D., Griffin, G*.
Dear Sir:— Yonr favor of the 24th ult., enclos
ing a slip from a newspaper, copied from the
Natchez Courier, aud purporting to contain my
report of a speech made by General Scott to the
Mississippi Delegation, was forwurded to me from
Natchez to this my place of residence, and received
by me this morning.
In reply to yonr enquiries, I state that the re
port as given in the Natchez Courier and contained
in the enclosed slip I3T is oukhect. oa-* In com
ttfcn with some eight or ten others of the Missis
sippi Delegation, after the nomination of General
-cott snd the adjournment of the Convention,
about the 24th day of Juue last, I visited Wash
ington and culled upon Gen. Scot’ at Ilia residence
in that city; at th* request of the delegation, I
made Gen. Scott a short address, stating iu sub
stnnoe “ that he saw before him a majority ofthe
Mississippi Delegation to the Whig National Con
vention, who had called to pay their respects; thut
as he was probably uware, we had voted for Mil
liard Fillmore for fifty three successive ballots;
that in doing so, we were currying out the instruc
tions of our State Convention and repaying a debt
of gratitude to one who had stood by the South in
iier hour of danger—but that whilst we had voted
for Mr. Fillmore in convention and had not voted
for him (General Scott) until he was nominated,
when we had voted to make that nomination unuti
imoue; yet we could assure him, that we hoped
md believed that tiie rights of the South would
be sale in his hands, and that so believing, we
would cheerfully support and vote for him at the
polls iu November.
To this Gen. Scott replied, and in the enclosed
-lip you have hit wardt as near as 1 could report
them—whifih 1 did by writiug them down on my
return to my room, at Biown’s Hotel, the same
lay that they were delivered—and I have since
submitted that report to others who were present
aud who ugree with me as to its correctness. The
speech made a powerful impression on me und on
every member of the Delegation and others pre
sent! There were present of our Delegation,—
Gen. A. P. Bradford, ot Holly Spriugs, Miss.
“ Peter U. Stark, of Bolivar eounty, do.
“ Chari s Clarke, of Jefferson do. do.
Col. Tlioa. Freeland, ot Claiborne do. do.
Mr. Murdock,.of do. do. do.
Mr. L. B. Sike, of Yellabuaha do. do.
Mr. 11. Williainaou, of Holy Springs, do.
Ben’j. John-on, Esq., of Vicksburg, do.
Gen! Wm. Viok, of do. do.
J.b. Yerger, Esq., of Washington, do.
the latter one of the Scott Electors of this State.
Besides those, there were present also tlie Hon.
Daniel K. Russell, our present Auditor o.' Public
Aeqpiiiits iu this Stato, who was not » delegate,
blit accompanied us, and who waa, as you are pro
, bably aware, elected lust fall asa Union Whig, aud
who wus rather opposed to Scott until lie heard
that speech, after which lie declurcd he would
uiieertiilly and cordially support him; und lias
been, since bis return, actively engaged in the cun
vuns whenever the duties of liis office would allow.
There wore preseut also my brother, Mr. 11. C.
i Adams and the Hon J. D. Freemen, the Represen
tative iu Congress from this Diati iot, both ot whom
are Democrats—there were one or two other gen
tlemen in the room, who were stangera to me.
These, sir, ure the circumstances under which
the speech was made—tho persons present—the
time—tlie place and the occasion, as near as I can
, repeat them.
You may say to your friends that they can rely
ujion tlie aoouracy of tlie report. lam pleased to
see that the “VVaahiugton Republic” and “Th#
, Signal,” have both published the speech as made
by myself—thus affording from Gen. Scott’s own
. organs, evidence of tbe correctness of the report
( und of his endorsement of their publicity which 1
feel bound to give them.
( In conclusion, permit me to say that I cannot
doubt Gen. Scott’s entire soundness on Southern
J interests, and siucorely hojio your noble State will
I cast her electoral vote for him.
Very respectfully,
Dan. W. Adams.
1 “ Abdrem or Gen. Scott to the Mississippi
j Delegation.”—“l fool gratified, gentlemen, at
r this unexpected call, and am glud to see before me
J the accredited men ol Mississippi. The nomina
! tion wiiicb has been conferred upon me by the
s Convention of which you were members, is an
honor greater than I deserve, and whethei defeat
, ed or elocted, 1 shall always regard it as the high
est compliment which could be bestowed upon me,
! and as moro thun rejiaying mo for the little service
I have rendered my country. 1 am well pleased,
too, gentlomen, with the platform you have adopt
’ ed— U meets my hearty and cordial approval; and
let me assure you, gentlemen, that this is no neic
born faith with me. Years ago 1 entertained the
t same sentiments expressed in that platform on the
, sutgeet of Southern Rights. 1 can assure you, that I
was one of the first to give in my hearty and cordial
approval and endorsement if those measures, when
t they were before Concrete. There were but two
r others ahead of ntc, in point of time, in tlieir ad
, vooecy and approval of those measures. I mean
t Mr. Clay and Senator Foote of your State. A
early as 1850, when first brought before Congress,
' 1 openly anmveil myself the friend of lhasemeusures,
J snd thun, and since, us muuy 1 think on an aver
age as five times a day, have I openly and publicly
" declared my sentiment* to every nmn, woman ana
I child who lie- approached me on the auhject. I
have not sought nor have 1 desired any coneeul
f ment of tny views and opinions in reference to
. thousand it is matter ot profound astonishment
and regret to me tlmt my sentiments have been
, so grossly misrepresented, and thut I have been
rimde the subject of such unjust and malicious
I slander. My name has been coupled with that of
, Mr. Wm. H. Seward, and 1 have been charged
with entertaining sentiments in common with him
k in reference to- Southern institutions. Nothing
oati be more unjust and false, it is true, 1 mn
personally acquainted with Mr. Seward, and that
he is personally my friend ; —but 1 am not respon
sible for his peculiar sentiments, nor those of any
o her man who may see proper to support me, ana
| no man knows better than he what my opinions
ure find always have been. I made bis acquaint
anoe sometime in the year 'B6 or 'l7. I hatl not
met with him or corresponded with him, however,
during the interval from the year *42 to 'SO. In
the latter year, during the pending ofthe Coui-
Droutise measures before Congress, I met witli him
!n travelling through New Jersey. He approached
tne upon the subject of those tntuaiiras, and asked
tny opinion iu reterano# thereto. I replied to him
in these words: “ Sir, lam dead for the Constitu
tion—dead for the Union—dead for the Compro
mise—and dead against any mrn who is opposed to
them or either of them." The language used by
myself on that occasion was so positive and em
phatic, that in alluding to it since, for he well re
members the occasion, li* ha* even charged me
witli rudeness.”
Gan, Scott proceeded:
“I have seen some service in the eanse of onr
common country, and am now advanced ill life: I
have endeavored to gain, at lea-t, a name for up
rightness and candor; and I challenge the world to
produce asiugle witness, who would be believed in
acourt of justice, who will saythat I haveever, by
thought, word or deed, said or don# any thing to
justify tli* mi-preseutations that have been made
aa to my sentiment* and opinions, or that they have
been otherwise than ss expressed io yoa here this
day. If any such man can be found, let him be
brought forward, and I am willing that my past
life and servioes shall be forgotten, and that the
word infamous shall ba written before and after
my name.” ”
“ We challenge our cotemporary to produce any
argument made by any prominent Northern polf
tioian, in favor ot Gen. Pierce based on tlie ground
of political opposition to slavery.— Saiehec Free
Trader.
In reply to onr contemporary's challenge, we
published"on Thursday last, several most deoisive
proofs that it was wholly wrong. We to-day beg
to give another. It tells its own story.
At Fort Montgomery, Orange county. New York,
on the 25th ult., the frce-democracy had a meeting, i
at which they adopted the following, among other
resolutions:
“ Resulted, That the only hope of the Northern i
Democracy is to follow the noble example of Mar- I
tin Van Boren, John Van Bnren, B. F. Butler, H. j
B. Stanton, Gilbert Deare.aud Watson G. Haynes. }
and thousands of other Freesoilers, an-1 support ;
Franktin Pierre as the surest means of -ejecting a
repeal of the Fugitive Sides lair, by giving a Fort - j
era m<in the Control of all the important ojkes of j i
, the Government. t
Pierees election, according to these Northern j 1
politicians, is the unrest means of effecting a repeal j 1
of the fugitive slave law, because a Northern man j
will thereby have the control of all the important j 1
offices. Does this not look like slavery agitations, | 1
notwithstanding the Baltimore platform t Is not ’
this* political argument! And do cot these who j .
use it, refer to the Van Burens, Butler-. Stantons, , j
Haynes, and thousands of otner free-aoilers, who 1
are pursuing the coarse here indicated! 1
How will our neighbor escape ? He threw out J
tbe challenge, and he is overthrown almost with- !
out a contest '.—XaUhst Osur.
' t
Betcrned u« I)i'jßE-> —The steamship Pampe- *
ro, Capt. T. M. Crosson, U. S. N., which vessel left J
’l.i* port ou the morning of tbe 7th inet, for San 1
Jumi.Ue Nicaragua, about 11V o’clock on the 9th
inst., entered s very heavy gale of wiud. about 2“0
mile* out from tb’e 6. W. Pass, causing her to 1 l
spring a leak. When it wa* fonod that the ship ! '
was making water freely, tlie engines and pump- j ,
attached were immediately set to work to free her. '
Finding the watf r gaining, all hands were put to j a
work, including th,e passengers. At this time there i
wa# a heavy cross-sea running. Finding that the '
leak could not be mastered, as a last resort the r
hi lags injection was worked by the engine, and bv v
this means alone tha vessel was kept afloat. Capt.
Crosson deemed it advisabta to return to port, and 0
arrived here early yesterday morning. As the X J
damage to the vessel la inconsiderable, she will 5
soon be put in repair *nd resume her regular trios. -
-if. Q.fiulUtin, Mthmst. J
a
IsoRMOCI LtCENSB*.—To* liquor licenses are
fixed at such an enormous rate to ike Sandwich f
W*nds, that it ia difficult to eee how any establish- f
ment can afford to pay them. The Ministry desire j ti
to prohibit tbe importation of liquor altogether, they g
endeavor to pass a MailD Jiqncr law practically, by c
imposing immense tax** on it* sale, We perceive u
from * late Sandwich Island paper, that twelve es- , ,)
tablishmeorsin Honolulu pain fora license to re- U
tail liquor, from 82* tosloW. Thia would be »cor- j «
•wo* hare, but to aoevarty atriaka* uointre Uh» g
tfte latattda, mast aMB ba te*v* a#.—FT #. Me. v.
Mm.
The Baltimore American of* recent 4ate has I
compiled from various authentic sources an t-sti- !
mate of tho production and consumption of Coffee I
tor the year 185 i.
The production is set down in ronud numbers 1
at 548,000,000 pounds. The consumption for£u- |
rope, British America, and the Cmted State* is 1
estimated at 640,0**0,000 ‘pounds, or about 02,000,- j
nOO pounds over the production, and hence per- I
haps, may be found the cause of the higher price j
of Codec for the past four years. Like all other j
articles of commerce, there ha* been a steady in
crease of the production >f Coffee ever since and
before the year 1640, and yet it is only within four
years paal that the article has so much advanced
as to make it a very expensive luxury to our peo
plo.
For every effect there mnat be an adequate cause.
Having experienced the effect, it may he gratifying
to the curiou* to ascertain the cause of the appar
ent increase of consumption and the consequent
advance of the price of Coffee."
The consumption baa, doubtless, been stimula
ted by natural causes—such as the increase of popu
lation and the extension of commerce. Still,
these are not sufficient, in our opiniou, to have
overbalanced the increase of prodnetion to tor ns
te bring about to great an ad vanes of prioe, with
out the eectlu cause es ether eeueee of greater pow
er end inflsenae.
The principal cause, we think, may be found in
the fact that the British Government has lately
prevented the adulteration of Coffee with Chicko
ry ( Chihorium intibus.) Os thisertioie, Mr. Water
son says: “It has s strong and fleshy root, and is
found, both in a wild end a cultivated state, l' j
most parts of Europe; and. when young, is oel> j
brated for its use as a substitute for Coffee. ** *
Its preparation consists merely in being ent ir ,to
pieces dried and ground. The substitution of
Chickory for Coffee was greatly encouraged bv
Bonaparte, in order to harraas the trade of 1 Eng
land ; and the root is still thus used in many parts
of Germany, and Switzerland. In Eng
land, it is well knocm to he extensively cmr , loved
in the adulteration of Coffee,” &c. Os cor ,r-e', in
a country where Coffee ia worth from two shilling
to two shillings sixpence per pound, it was easv
to introduce an article to le-.-en this e,xtTavagatit
price by adulterating it. This adulteration war
even encouraged by the British Parlia nient.
An article in the CuitedState* Eco aomist, upon
this subject, says:
“ As to the cpiuntity of chickory U'jed, it is stated
in the memorial to be about 8,000,000 lbs.per an
num, Deing one-fifth of the atnou at of coffee con
sumed ; if this estimate he correct,, the loss to the
revenue is £IOO,OOO per annum; and taking it at
the low duty of 4d., the consumers are cheated out
of £500,000, when delivered at Is. Bd. per pouud
as coffee.” r ’
Notwithstanding the annual loss of £IOO,OOO rev
enue to England, still, for some cause, that Gov
ernment has prohibited the adulteration of coffee
with chickory. Hence, tho dealers in coffee have
now to sell the purs article at an advanced price,
that is to say, at 2-. 6d. for the pure article, instead
of Is. Bd., as formerly for the adulterated.
Ordinarily, this advance in price would have
curtailed consumption, but the abundance and
cheapness of food, the profits of commerce, and
the rewards of industry and labor, enable alt
•lasses to continue the consumption. What was
originally a luxury, is now become a prime article
of nccessitv, especially among the working classes.
—Savannah Republican.
An Irish Opinion or Daniel Webstfb.—Wc
clip the following from a late number of the Dub
lin Nation:
Daniel Webster is now in his seventieth year;
and is Secretary of State—in fact Premier of the
United States Cabinat. He is the Inst memorable
man surviving of the second generation of Ameri
can statesmen to which Calhoun and Clay belong
ed, who made their marks in the debates on the
second war witli England in 1812— etfusile
princeps. He has the most simple, eloquent and
and oarnest utterance of any orator speaking the
English lungnage in those days—perhaps we might
likewise sa>, the most largely developed political
capacity. Certainly his match, as the statesman of
a free deliberative community, does not sir on the
henclies of Westminster. He rctnindsone farmore
of the vast brain distending thought, and copious
volume of language of Edmund Burke, than any
politician who has used the Saxon tongue since.
The speecli he spoke—we quote part of it—among
his quiet neighbors down at Marshfield the other
day on the fishery question, is a model of simple,
manly and emphatic elocution. . Therein no wrap
page of the sense in purple canopies—or in glossy
fustian—there: His clear as crystal and koen as
steel. ■ *
It is a disgrace to America before tho world, that
her parties have to look out for a compromise can
iinto to the Presidency, in a preference so dispar
aging to genuine statesmanship. Only a few months
Inivepassed since the Whig Convention barely gave
Webster thirty of its votes at the nomination out of
two or three hundred. On the announcement
whereof, late at night, in Washington, amid
mncli oratorical thanksgiving, Daniel wus rous
ed reluctantly out of bed to the stump—very re
luotantly, it would seem, that lie, in fine,appeared
lather abruptly on tlie balcony in his shirt; and
then, and there and thus did speak with his ver
nacular eloquence for some twenty intense min
u'es. Just imagine Dizzy trying to talk out of
Downing-street to a London mob in that guise 1
There are two well known and glorious “stripes
and stars" speeches of Webster. worthy to be got
by heart—one delivered at the famous rock where
the Puritan Fathers landed, and the other on lay
ing tho foundation of the Bunker’s Hill obelisk.—
They are genuine American orations. Webster is
a big tnun, with a massive mountain of a head, full,
round, and vehement voice, faoilo delivery, fine at
titude aud much majesty of person.
Increase of R. R. freights.
Considerable feeling is exhibited among our
business men in consequence of the increase of
freights on the W. & A. It. R., and the roads be
low, as published by Mr. Wadley,and designed to
go into immediate effect. By the new tariff of
freights, tiie charges upon cotton shipped from
hero to Charleston are raised 83j£ per cent., or one
dollar a bale, and on must other articles there is
an increase of from 5 to 50 per cent. This is
viewed with surprise and indignation by those
who have been tho largest patrons of the Railroad,
and if the policy be persisted in, must strike a fa
tal blow to the prosperity of many of tho interests
of this place. Already the Messrs. Williams have
ordered their large apd splendid steamer, designed
for this trade, to he sold and not brought over the
Shoals. The Alabama planters are taking tiie
alarm, and will hold back thoir cotton, if a pro
hibitory tariff is to he placed upon its shipment,
after they have submitted to all sorts of losses and
delays by previous inability of the Roads to. do a
prompt forwarding business. We know not the
policy which dictates this great increase of Rail
road "charges. The matter is new to us, and we do
not wish to do injustice by any hasty comments.
Because wc dared, last Spring, to “think Mr.
Wadley in error" for advancing tiie freight upon a
certain article, we were chnrgcd with being hostile
to tho W. &A. R. 8., and all its managers. If to
differ on a question of this nature constitutes hos
tility, then we are hostile now and forever, unless
further lights shall demonstrate to us that the in
terests of planters, merchants, and manufacturers
are enhanced by the adoption of a system of
charges upon our Railroads, which is made to in
crease as the quantity of freight increases. If a
railroad is designed to boa public good, let it be
such; if its design is to become a private mono
poly, let it be such. Which shall it l—Chatta
nooga Adv.
Hon. J. R. Inuersoli,.—The following paragraph,
from the Liverpool Mercury, of Oct. 1, will be read
with interest:
“Hon. Joseph R. Ingersoli, of Philadelphia, the
newly appointed American Minister to this coun
try, was among the passengers that arrived hero
on Wednesday, [Sept. 28,] by the Artie. He was
accompanied by his niece, Miss Wilcox, and im
mediate!' on landing preceded to the Adelphi
Hotel. Shortly afterward the honorable gentleman
was waited upon by the following deputation from
the Liverpool American Chamber of Commerce :
Messrs. William Brown, M. P., Eyre Evans, F.
Hamilton, W. Jackson, Malcomsou, Burbcr and
others, with Mr. Duncan, the Secretary. • The
deputation congratulated the American Minister
on his arrival in this country, and invited him to
dine with the members of the Chamber on an early
day. Hon. Mr. Ingersoli at once accepted the in
vitation, and promised to visit Liverpool again as
soon after he hud entered upon the duties of his
office as he could make arrangements for leaving
London, in tiie course of conversation with the
deputation, Mr. Ingersoli stated that Mr. Secretary
Webster iiad informed him before he left the
United States, that no difficulty w-ould or could
arise with Great Brituin on tiie fishery question.
Tiie honorable gentleman remained at tile Adelphi
Hotel during Wednesday night, and left Liverpol
yesterday by the nine,’ A. M., train lor London.
We understand that the diplomatic functions of
Honorable Abbott Lawrence, the present Minister,
terminate to-day, and the new Minister was anx
ious to be in London at once, to cuter upon Ids
ministerial duties. For the present, the address
of the new Minister will be Mivart’s Hotel, Lon
don.” _ ,
Chinese in California. —A Sun Franoisoo let
ter of the 15th nit., says:
A number of Chinese mechanics and laborers are
now engaged on Parrot's splendid granite build
ing on the oorner of California and Montgomery
streets. They appear to be a very steady, sober
and industrious' set—apparently very slow, but
sure. They calculate with great exactness and
nicety, and turn out their work handsomely. They
are at present building a queer kind of scaffold for
the masons. It is made out of small poles and
bamboos, wbiok are fasteucd together by small
withes. It is strong and substantial, and less
liable to give way than those generally erected by
our mechanics. "The building on which they are
engaged will, when completed, be the most mag
nificent structure in California. This structure is
intended for Page, Bacon & Co.’s Banking Uousc.
It is curious to see the Chinese work. ' Instead
of hoisting by tackle the large blocks of granite, as
with us in Eastern cities, they simply tasten ropes
around the block, and having secured them to
bamboo poles, eight big strapping Chinaman tak»
tbe block upon their shoulders, and march np the
staging, and place it on the spot desired.
Many of these blocks weigh three hundred to
five hundred pounds each.
There is a perfect building mania existing here
at present. First class fire proof buildings
continue to go up like magic, all over the city.
Bricks are now cheaper than lumber, and the
high rents ruling induce multitudes to invest their
surplus moneys in stores, as the surest investment
to be made.
Counterfeiters Detected.— Some months ago,
says the Cheraw Gazette of the 13tn inst., a letter
was received by an engraving house in Philadel- ■
phia post marked at Chesterfield Court House, j
signed by K. W. Smith, requesting to have bills j
engraved hke a three dollar bill of the Bank of j
Wadesboro, which was enclosed in the letter. The
Bank instructed tbe eugravers to comply with the
request. A regular correspondence ensued be
tween the parlies in Chesterfield and the engra
vers. In one of the letters ofthe lormer, instruc
tions were sent to forward several packages jif hills
oue to Chesterfield Court House, one to Honisboro
and oue to some other post olfiee. In answer to
this, and by instructions of the Bank, a few bills
were forwarded to Chesterfield Court House, to the
address of tt. W. Smith. This package, it was ascer
tained, was called for and taken from the office by
Win K Griffith, ordinary of the District.
“On Tuesday of last week, Col. Hammond Cash
ier of the Bank, was at our Court House, with tbe
letters, which ail who saw unhesitatingly pro
nounced to be in Griffith's hand write. Some how
on that night, Griffith got wind oj Col. Hammond’s
businessand fled, and has not yet been arrested- —
Subsequently. R. W. Smith ami Berry Evans, who
were concerned with Griffith, fled, and have not
been arrested. It is not known that any of the
counterfeit bills are in circulation, bat the proba
bility is, that they are.
T'.ius ane of the boldest attempts at villainy
which ever discrace-v cur {district has been nipped
in the bud. Griffith was elected Ordinary of this
District about two years ago. and is supposed to
be worth several thousand dollars over and above
his debts. He has a respectable family connexion,
and involves in his disgrace an interesting family.
The Washington correspondent of tha New Tort
Courier writes—
The affiiir of the Crescent City is the most seri- '
ous of the outrages our national dignity has sue-i
tained at the hands of the Spanish authority in '
Cuba. Our Government is not unmindful o’s its j
duties in the premises. The Commander of the
Cyane has instructions which will tend to prevent i
Crlfe™ C& &S 1 in e fo^ e Tt y he W P«, 0W M D
General and the Secretary of tbs Navy il
their purpose to send back tbe steame* on her ro
gulartnp, with Mr. emitn on board in his present
Capacity to proceed into the harbor of Havana, in
the face of the Governor General’s prohibition, and
■f Aral into tosurrend- r the vessel. This will bring
lie question to a erisis,and compel the two gor
unmects to take measure* for restraining the in
toarast real of eMail sad theereseeeiea tferi
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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
WEDNEf t>AY iffOBNUTG... OCTOBER 20, 1852.
I TICKET. ’
' FOR PRESIDENT,
D’AJUEL WEBSTER,
OP MASSACHUSETTS.
FOR VItE-i , RESIDE.\T,
CHARLES J. JENKINS,
OF GEORGIA.
ELECTORS :
for the stats at ears*,
H. H. CUMMING. of Richmond.
EDWABD T. Bill, of Troup.
7-st.DJST.—HAMILTON W. SHARPE, of Thomas.
2d. “ WM. M. BROWN, of Marion.
Bd. “ WASHINGTON POE, of Bibb.
4th. “ WM. B. FANNIN, of Troup.
sth. “ NOAH STRONG, of Forsyth.
Bth. “ YOUNG L. G. HARRIS, of Clark.
7th. “ JOHN J. FLOYD, of Newton.
Bth. “ PHILIP 8. LEMLE. of Jefferson.
Postage on the Chronctele d Sentinel.
As tho new Postage Law went into effect on
the first of October, it may be desirable on the
part of onr Subscribers to know the rates of
poatage on their papert from that date forward.
Here they are:
In Richmond County FREE.
W ebeet paper to any part of the U. 8... .26 cents per an.
Tei-Weeel” in Georgia 8» do. do.
Do. to any part of the U. 8 78 do. do.
Dailt in Georgia do. do.
Do. to any part of the C.S 156 do. do.
These are the rates per year uchen paid in advance.
If the postage is not paid in advance the rate is
doubled.
Nota Bene—Every man should pay his postage
in advance.
Election Tickets.
Persons who desire to obtain Election Tickets
can be supplied at this office, at $2.50 per thou
sand, or thirtt-three cents per hundred lor any
smaller number. Send in your orders.
The Presidential Election.
Bt Act of Congress, passed in 1848, tho Presi
dential Election takes place throughout the Union
on “ Tuesday after tie fret Monday in Xovemher."
The election will, therefore, occur this year on
Tuesday, the second, day of November,
Another Case of Yellow Fever—The second
in this city this season, terminated fatally Sunday
night. The victim, wo* a young gentleman named
Daly, a resident of Augusta, formerly of Charles
ton ; who. believing ho could visit that city with
impunity, went down, against the remonstrances
of friends, spent three or four days in tne city and
returned with the yellow fever of which ho died.
We have, therefore, had two cases of yellow fever
this season, both of which originated in Charles
ton and both terminating fatally.
It is, however, asourco of sincere gratification,
that the atmosphere of Augusta is so pure and sa
lubrious, that no danger is to bo apprehended of
the spread of the disease; as it is known not to be
contagious, and only to generate in a congenial at
mosphere.
It is a remarkable fact, that at no period in the
history of Augusta has tiie population enjoyed a
higher degree of health, than since the first day of
September.
Health of Augusta.
In our article above, we liuve stated that,
“at 110 period of the history of Augusta had her
populatian enjoyed a higher degree of health than
since the Ist of September,” tiie date of tiie late
freshet. This Wet is established most conclusive
ly by the Sexton’s reports, which show that no
death, during that time, has occurred from fever or
any epidemic disease, except two cases of fever
that originated in Charleston. This, in a popula
tion of 14,000 souls, is indeed most extraordinary.
As evidence of tiie remarkable exemption from
disease which our people enjoy, we have obtained
from the Sexton the following statistics of tho mor
tality for the first eighteen days of October:
WHITBS.
Age Disease. 1 Age. Disease.
1.. 7dayß Unknowg. 1.. 6 years Scarlatina.
1.. years Accident. ! 1..21 years Childbed.
1.. 2years..lnflam. Lungs.l 1.. Tyears Dysentery.
1. .27years..-Consumption.; I..26 years Accident.
1.. 51 years.. Chr. Diarrhoea. I 1.. 42 years.. .Disease Brain.
In addition to these, there were two deaths from
yellow fever, as before noticed, both of which origi
nated in Charleston, and are the only cases that
have occurred in this city. Tho two aocidents
were Tyler, who fell from a window of the hotel,
and King, who was killed in the factory.
During the Bame period th« death! among the
blacks wero six:
Age. Diseased Age. Disease
-1.. years Old Age. I 1.. 8 days Unknown
-1.. 6 years Warms.l 1..63 years Paralysis
1.. years.. Cancer Womb, i 1.. 8 weeks Dysentery-
Another Victim of the Retallera.
The account, which we publish to-day, ol the
murder in Warrenton, will attraot the readers’ at
tention, and cannot fail from its enormity to make
a deep impression npou the public mind. We
learn that the fiend who perpetrated the deed pro
bably got twenty dollars!
The correspondent who furnishes the account,
pertinently remarks: “Whatever may have been
the motive for this horrid affair, one tiling is cer
tain, if there had been no spirits retailed in War
renton, the deceased wquld, iu all probability,
have gone home after his discharge from the Jury
to his peaceful family, and would have been alive
to-day.”
This remark of onr correspondent, which few
will probably controvert, affords much food for the
oalm and dispassionate reflection of the intelligent
and order-loving citizens of Warren, and indeed
every county in the State.
That the peoplo are indirectly responsible for the
victims of this traffic, no intelligent man will deny,
because they are the source of all power—from them
eminates the law, and the law countenances and
licenses the retailing of liquors. Hence their re
sponsibility. We ask them, in all sincerity, if they
had not better, in the discharge of their duties as
good citizens, philanthropists and patriots, assume
a still higher, but not so fearful a responsibility,
and suppress the retailing of liquors—thereby
saving thousands of good and worthy citizens from
untimely deaths—and secure to wives and children
a husband and parent, who willsupport and protect
them.
Wo address this enquiry to the orderly, reflect
ing, sober men of the country, not to the tippler
and besotod frequenter of the Alo-housc, who
boasts his love of the largest liberty, and from whom
we can expect or hope but for a single response, end
we trust they will consider it dispassionately in ail
its bearings upon the peace, order and good being
of society.
Strange Bed-fellows.— That politics makes
strange bed fellows, is a truth of which we arc
forcibly reminded by reading the announcement
of a Democratic “ mass meeting and barbecue,” to
be given at Home, at wnieh the Committee pro
claim:
It is confidently expected that the meeting will
be addressed by some or ail of the following nam
ed gentlemen Hon. 11. R. Jackson, Hon. Howell
Cobb, Hon. W. T. Colquitt, Hon. 11. V. Johnson,
Ilan. H. A. Harraison, Hon. E. W. Chastain, Hon.
C. J. McDonald.
Tuink of Come in and Jackson, McDonald
and Cobb and H. V. Johnson, making speeches in
concert.
Fatal Casualty. —ln passing about his business
on Thursday, George Kino, employed in the Au
gusta Cotton Factory, accidentally stumbled, and
in Killing bis hand and arm were caught in the
belt of a drum, by which he was drawn up and
instantly k lied.
A Jury of inquest was summoned, and found a
verdict in accordance with the facts.
Death or Mrs. Jackson.— The N'cwcan Banner
learns that Mrs. Jackson, the wife of Mr. Jackson,
near Bagiesville, who was robbed a few nights
since, an account of which we published yesterday,
has died from the rough treatment she receivod
from the rogues.
Health or Savannah. —The Board of Health re
port 24 deaths in the city of Savannah, for the week
ending the 12th inst., of which 19 were whites and
5 blacks. Os these, 2 died of bilious remittent fe
ver; Bof bilions fever; 1 of fever &c., (this is a
new disease, we think); 2 of congestive fever and'
lof yellow fever. This shows a weekly mortality
of one in every 788 persons, which is a slight im
i provement in the bills of mortality presented by
j the Board for the last few weoks. and a shade bet- 1
i ter than Charleston, which was one death in every 1
852 persons in their last weekly report. j ,
Health of Charleston.— The Board of Health <
r -ports 66 deaths for the week, ending the 9th inst., I J
53 whites and 18 blacks. Natives, 20 —including j ,
blacks; foreigners, 87, and different States of the I i
Union, 9. Os these, 38 died of yellow fever, 8 of j
remittent fever and lof typhoid. In a population j
of 43,000 this is one to every 652 persons. i ,
*
The Memphis and Charleston Railroad, will
be opened and in operation, it i* expected, to La
! Grange, Tenn., a distance of 50 m'les, by the Ist
of January next. The distance between La Grange
and Tuscumbia, near one hundred miles, will be
rapidly completed, when it will connect with the
Tuscumbia and Decatnr Railroad fifty miles long,
which will be re-laid and in operation by the same
time.
“Cesro Gordo,” is the name of a new Post
Office established in Gilmer County Georgia, of
| which Jas. Steel is Post Master.
I Florida Election.— The Savannah Bepvhliean
) of Monday saysA letter from an intelligent gen
j tiem&n res'ding in Jacksonville, received here Sa
, turdav, say* that tbi recent elect.on in Florida have
j ail been received, except from two or three of the
| smaller counties. These returns show that Broome,
i (dem.) has been elected Governor by about 150
: majority, and Maxwell (dem. ) member of Congress
I by about ISO majority. We-bave nothing further
from the election for the State Legislature, but
presume, from the returns heretofore received, that
tha Democrats have carried both Houses.
Trlesrahjc Speed.— A message addressed to the
New Orleans picayune waa sent over the O’Kielly
line, Saturday morning, from the office in N. York,
at tan minutea paat nin* ©cook, and tha acknowl
*d gam sal of ita receipt at New Orlaana waa ra
aaivW ia 5. lark at 1# a’aiaak, jast fifty minataa.
- awAA.. ■ ■. - -
“ The Weaker Brethren.”
j “A Democratic paper, published in Tazewell noun- !
1 ty, Ya., says the Richmond Whig, gives forth the ,
; following note of woe. The Whig cause is gaining
, ground in all that fine region of the State. The
1 effort of the Democracy, “to keep up the weaker
j brethren to tire sticking point,” is rendered the
more difficult, as the leader himself is rather as
. j flieted with a weakness in the knees
Fhom the Southwestern Advocate.
“Unlessthe Democrats turnout in full force on
the day of election, and unless they use every effort
to keep up the weaker brethren to the stieking
point, we shonld not yet be surprised to have to
chronicle the success of Gen. Scott and the failure
of Fierce. To the Democrats, then, we would sav :
Toe the mark, gentlemen, and stand up to the
rack, fodder or no fodder. We have not so much
fodder, perhaps, as you think.”
The voting for Pierce, for President, is the clear
est case of “ standing up to the rack” icithiut fod
der, that has ever occurred in the history of Presi
dential elections in America, and the people are
b«giiining so to regard it. No where, in this vast
Republic, is there any man, of truth or character,
. who will itand up and proclaim to an intelligent
auditory, that Franklin* Pierce has any claims
upon the country for such distinction, (unless ob
scurity constitutes claims,) or that be baa ever per
formed one single jet, in any relation in life, that
should entitle him to the office. He was nine years
in Congress, and so perfect a blank was he there,
that among the mostlntelligent partisans of hit own
1 party he was unknown—and when he was nomi
i nated, they were industriously engaged in trying
f to find out, who was General Franklin Piebce?
True, he was in the Army in Mexico, and his friends,
when he was first nominated, hoped to inflate him
and to gull the people, with the details of his mili
tary prowess. But an investigation into his feats
on the battle-field, soon admonished them, in the
language of Prentice, that, “the only chance to
establish for him a military reputation, was to let
him fall bock upon tho fact, that his sister mar
isd a man who fought gallantly at Lundy's Lane;"
hence, they have latterly wisely concluded to be as
silent as possible upon that trait in his character.
He therefore stands before the country literally a
blank, with nothing to commend him, but tbc sim
ple facts, that he is a Democrat and was nominated
> by the Baltimore Convention.
Mr. Webster’s Position.
Tiie Bostou Courier, in the following paragraphs,
again nails tho story of Mr. Webster’s “anticipa
ted withdrawal” to the counter, us spurious coin.
- We never have had any doubt as to the positiou
1 Mr. W. oocupied and will continue to occupy be
’ fore tho country. Every man knows he is no can
-1 didate, yet his friends and admirers choose to vote
for him, and tills he cannot, by any act of his, pre
vent :
' The Expected Manifesto.—The pertinacity with
• which certain individuals, for reasons best known
l to themselves, continue to repeat, without the
slightest authority or reason, tiie story that Mr.
Webster is about to interfere in the Presidential
1 canvass, and disavow publicly the proceedings of
1 his friends, has already called forth our remarks.
I It seems useless for us to add another denial of
this statement, which wo suppose will continue to
• be repeated ns long as it promises to serve its pur
r pose, by men who know they have not the Bhadow
. of authority for what they say. last them go on;—
we are tired of contradicting them.
There are others who do not repeat the story
1 simply because they wish it to be true, but who
. seem to take it for granted that such a proceed-
P ing by Mr. Webster is so strictly required by
the etiquette of party usages—and would be
! so mathematically “according to Gunter,” that it
- must follow as a matter of courso. They appear
to think a convention as infallible as an oecumenical
council, and that it can mako opinions as well as
’ candidates.
1 «
f Oglethorpe Infantry Loan Association.
The Committee, appointed by tiie above Associ
ation to examine the books and papers of the Trea
surer, have, wo are informed, mado u report upon
1 the past years business, which is very gratifying to
tiie Stockholders. We extract from the reportthe
1 following statement:
1 instalments received on 1243 shares $14,834 50
• Premiums on loans, fines,interest, &c.. 10,16150
! $24,988 00
Amount invested in bonds, secured by
mortgages of real estate, and
stocks $24,600 00
Expenses 890 98
Cash on hand 5 02
Value of a share, on which sl2 have been paid
in, $19.86. Rate of profit, 85}£ per cent. Average
rate of premium for the year, *7 86-100 per cent.
New Books.
’ The Lives of Wellington and Peel, two of the
• most distinguished men of the present age in Eng
land, formß a volume of “Appleton’s Popular
1 Library” of the best authors. The two biographi
cal sketohes originally appeared in the London
Times, and were universally admired wherever
i read. For sale by Geo. A. Oates & Co.
, Gentleman Jack, or Life on the Road, is a Ro
mance, whioh the author, iu his title page, modest
-1 ly says, is “of extraordinary interest, breathing
the very spirit of Adventure.” It purports to be
• by the “author of Paul Clifford,” and may be had
of Geo. A. Oates & Co.
■ Godey’s Lady’s Book for November, containing
more than its usual variety of illustrations with
some very entertaining articles, has been laid on
1 our table by Geo. A. Oates & Co.
1 General Scott’s Movements. —Yesterday morn
-1 ing, says the New York Commercial of Saturday,
Gen. Scott arrived at Auburn, where he was warm
ly reoeived. He spoke briefly at the Western Ex
change Hotel, and was followed by Senator Seward
and Hon. Christopher Morgan, to both of which
■ gentlemen be paid a brief visit at thoir respective
residences. A dinner was given to the General at
the hotel, Senator Seward presiding. In the after
uoou Gen. Scott departed for Syracuse where he
was reoeived with the same enthusiasm which has
welcomed him at every place through which he
has passed. Delegations from Oswego and Fulton
also waited upon him. Gen. Granger and Hon.
John A. Sponcer joined heartily in the speaking
at Syracuse.
Counterfeit Bills.— We are informed, says the
Savannah Courier, by a gentleman, thnt counterfeit
bills on the Bank of the State of Georgia, of the
denomination of S2O, aro in circulation in the coun
ties of Ware, Clinch and Appling; also bills of the
denomination of SIOO, purporting to have been is
sued at Washington, Georgia. We have not seen
any of the spurious issues, nor could our informant
accurately describe them. We trust that soiqe
friend may favor us with a description, so as to
protect alike the interests of tho Bank and of tho
public.
The New York Crystal Palace.—lt is stated
that Betts. Pusey, Jones & Seal, of Wilmington,
Del., have received a contract, for casting, turning
and planing fifteen tons per week of the columns
and base pieces for tho grand Crystal Palace to be
built in New York for tho World’s Fair. The
work is to be finished in two months.
Death of John L. Stephens, Esq.—The New
York papers announce the decease of John L. Ste
phens, Esq., the eminent traveller, which occur
red nt his father’s residenoe in that city, on Tues
day, the 12th inst. His books of travel, in tho
East and Central Amorioa, ate as popular in Eng
land as they aro at home. Mr. Stephens was forty
seven yoars of age. He was the son of Benjamin
Stephens, Esq., a wealthy merchant, now nearly
80 years of age. Mr. Stephens himself had accu
mulated a large fortune, derived partly from his |
works, but mainly from various successful enter- 1
prises in which ho had engaged. He was Presi
dent of the Panama Pail Road Company, and his
death was caused by a fever contracted on tho
Isthmus during a late visit. 1
1
Thb United States Mail Steamer Atlantic,
Capt. West, left New York Saturday for Liverpool,
with one hundred and eleven passengers and $292,-
000 in specie.
The Savannah Republican says that among the
passengers by the steam ship State of Georgia, ar
rived at that port from Philadelphia, on Saturday,
were twenty-eight carpenters, who have been en
gaged b7 the South Carolina Rail Road Compahy
to work on the new Bridge, at Augusta. The Re
publican believes that they will leave for Augusta
as soon as proper iustruotions are received.
Editorial Change.
Miller Grieve, Esq., so long connected with
the Southern Recorder, has retired from the Edito
rial Chair of that journal, haviDg sold his entire
interest to his late partner, R. M. Orme, Esq., who
will in future conduct it.
The reason for this assigned change is, that Mr-
Grieve was a member of the National Whig Con"
vention, that nominated Gen. Soott, and feels
bound to support his eleotion.
The Retailers Victim. —The Savannah Georgian
chronicles the fate of another victim of the Retail
ers in the following paragraph:
.Serious Affray. —We learn that yesterday, about
two o’clock", a Kentuckian by the name of Thomas
Isabel, wa* seriously wounded in the face and neck
on the White Bluff road. His misfortune was the
result of an affray in which be became engaged,
with Mulligan and Ross Holland. All were,
we learn, under the influence of liquor. Mulligan
and Holland bad not been arrested at the time of
going to press.
j The U. S. Steam Fhioate Powhattan.— The N.
j York Commercial Advertiser of Saturday says:
This vessel, which has sailed to-day, took on
| board the Hon. Judge lately appointed
1 Minister to Mexico, who is to visit Havana to make
, inquiries relative to the case of the United States
j Steamship Company’s vessel, the Orescent City.—
It seems to be generally understood, and we be
lieve correctly, that part of the mission of the U.
States vessels sent to Havana is to bring about the
distinct understanding, that while the U. States
Government will keep good faith with the author
ities of Cub with respect to any filibustering at
tempta on the island on the part of American citi
zens, it will no less insist peremptorily upon the
Cuban Authorities immediately and uniformly dis
continuing any sneh silly and petulant interference
| with American vessels as thin manifested in the
case of the Crescent City. And we apprehend
that our Government will not be satisfied with any
thing short of such an assnranoe from the Captain
General of Caba, and the Spanish Government.
Mississippi Cotton.— The Vicksburg Whig, of
the sth inst., has table of the receipts of cotton
by railroad at point, for the month of Sep
tember, from 1848 to the present year. In 1846
the receipts amounted to 1,602 balea; in 1847 to
-2,815 ba’es; in 164? 5,658 bales; in 1842 to 1,148
bales; in 1850 to Q,uT» bales; in 1851 to 4,711
bales; and in 1852 to 8,224 bales.
A New Motive Power. —lt is stated that Mr.
of the city of Auburn, N. Y., has
invented an arrangement by which the elasticity
of compressed air can be ueed to propel rail road
engines any distance required. The air le oom
preasad by water power, or otherwlae, and carried
ia a tuba ar pipe the wkelslsaglh of tha read.
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Harmonic* of the Democracy.
i Among the interesting episodes of the present
canvass, are the very entertaing harmonies of the
two wings of the Democracy, between whom a very
firce and bitter is warfare waging. As our read
ers doubtless like to be posted up in the progress of
•the fight, wc subjoin a few extracts from two Union
Democrat ic journals :—the Casaville Standard and
the Marietta Union :
From tne CasstiU* Standard.
Thk Southern Rights Party—A Retrospect.—
Inasmuch as the Southern Rights party are now
endeavoring to palm themselves upon the people
a* the true and only democracy of the State, we
deem it not amiss to glance retrospectively at their
history. The party took its origin in 1850, in op
position to the Compromise measures of Congress.
It* loading object was, at that time, “resistance”
to those measures. They denounced them as odi
ous and tyranical, and those who acquie ccd in
them as cowards, suhmissionists and traitors. They
met in Convention at Nashville, and devised mea
sures for the dissolution of the Union, and the
establishment of a Southern confederacy. They
determined npon the line of 86 80, as an ultima
tum, recommended the sailing of a Southern Con
gress, and declared that they would take no part
in tha approaching Presidential election. They
completely seotiooallzed themselves, and pro
nounoed the two national partite ae corrupt and
unworthy to be trotted, theleadere of tlf* party
in Georgia were exceedingly violent in their senti
ment* towards the North, and declared In the most
uncompromising terms their hatred to the Federal
Government, intheoanvaaa for the election of
delegatee to the December Convention of 1860,
they u»ed every effort to arouse a spirit of rebel
lion against the government; and the doctrine of
resistance to the law*, and a dissolution of the
Union was openly proclaimed. They then believed
they could carry tho people with them, and were
anticipating the gratification of the most insatiable
ambition, and the occupation of high posts of hon
or in a Southern confederacy. In the vain hope of
attaining these ends, thay were willing to hazard
all the horrors of civil war, and to pom the safety
of tho American Union with all her glorious insti
tutions. But, thanks to the patriotism of the peo
ple and the Providence which prompted it, they
were indignantly rebuked through tne ballot box.
For a time they were silent, but they were not yet
Bubdued ; for they appeared again in the Guborna
torial canvass of 1851, with McDonald, the Presi
dent of tho Nashville Convention, as their standard
boater, relying upon his personal popularity for
success, and trusting to be able to deceive tne peo
ple by assuming a more moderate position. They
endeavored to conceal their disunion sentiments,
and raised the issue of tho abstract right of seces
sion. But it would not do. The people had lost
confidence in McDonald on account or his associa
tions, and the part ho took in the disunion here
sies put forth at Nashvillo. They saw too that he
had tho aid and oomfort of Bhett and the South
Carolina disunionists. Moreover, in the heat of
the canvass, their stamp orators frequently let the
eat out of the wallet, exhibiting in all its.horrors
the cloven foot of disunion. The conßequenoe
was. that the people again frowned upon them*
and they were defeated by a majority of eighteen
thousand votes. Thus beaten—thus routed, the
disconsolate this faction cast about them
for some course to pursue. It was hard to give up
their darling of a Southern confederacy. What
was to be done 1 They had denounced all other
parties; they had opposed the Georgia platform;
they were pledged to take no part in the Presi
dential election; but as consistency had been,
with them, a mere pretension rather than a prin
ciple, this diffiou.ty was readily dispensed with.
A caucus was held in Milledgevi'le, in which the
famous ‘‘cofin man,” Colqui',, took an aotivopart,
and it was agreed to assume the name of democrat,
and plans were laid, doubtless by which, under
the name of domoerat, they might yet gain power
and position. It was agreed that a convention
should he held in Milledgeville about the last of
March following, for the pnrpose of Bonding dele
gaies to the Baltimore National Democratio Con
vention. This convention met, and delegates
were chosen, blindly pledged to the support of the
nominee, without regard to his principles or their
own previous professions. And although it was
yet two months before the assembling of tho Balti
more Convention, electors were chosen for the
State—the samo now known os the Southern
Rights electors. All this was premature, and con
trary to ail previous usage, anti would have been
an unauthorized proceeding even hud these men
been sent there by the entire and true democracy
of the State. But they were not the represents
tives of tho democratio party. On the oontrary
they were secessionists ; and they wore the very men
who. for nearly two years, had been fighting in
open hostility against the doctrines of the true de
mocracy.
Nor did they, whilst engaged in these irregular
and unauthorized proceedings, renounce their op
position to the compromise or any of their seces
sion doctrines. It was in this manner that the
Southern Rights party found their way into the
Democratio National Convention, and that they
now happen to be in the support of Pierce and
King. Having thus crowded themselves into the
Baltimore convention in defiance of all usage, and
with all their disunion sentiments still nnrevoked
and hanging abontthem, they now oall upon Union
men to support this electoral ticket. We say we
cannot do it, because we were not represented in
their selection ; because they were secessionists
when appointed, and have not disclaimed their
doctrines; because they have never endorsed our
principles, and because we have unequivocal evi
dence that they are still unsound, iu the fact that
they obstinately and insultingly refuse to allow
the Union party a representation on thoir ticket.
To sustain those men under auoh circumstances,
would be not only degrading, but unsafe; for,
judging from their past history and late oonduct,
we have no assurance that they would oven cast the
vote as we desire. Bcsidos, it would exhibit a to
tal disregard for our honor, a departure from the
true dignity of freemen, a passive obedienoe to
tyranny, and a base submission to insult.
From the Marietta Union.
“ Why ia this spectre of “ a Southern Rights or
ganization” inGeorgiaperseveringly conjured from
the “tomb of the Capulots.”—vodg* Jackson's
Letter.
We might have replied to this at length with
innumberable and unanswerable reasons, showing
that the Southern Rights organization bos never
openly repudiated a single principle of its plat
form—that when called upon to do so by every
political motive whioh oan animate a friend of the
principles of Pierce and King they contemptuous
ly rejected the proposition. We have, however,
maintained, to the satisfaction of our Union
friends, that none but Btupid or interested dupes
could be induced for a moment to believe that
the Southern Rights organization had ever been
buried in the “tomb of the Capulets.” For the
especial edification of Judge Jaokson and his cre
dulous friends, we have been induced to submit
some additional facts which will at once dispel all
doubts upon the subject.
Wo would premise by submitting the well known
facts that in 1850 and now, there is a largo portion
of tiie Southern Rights party in favor of “Betting
up a Southern Republic.” It is also well known
that South Carolina has taken her position in favor
of this movement whenever it may he considered
expedient. It is unquestionable that the Troup
and Quitman party are in line and acting in concert
with this movoment. Now the question is, are
the Southern Rights men of Georgia co-operating
with their old friends ? It is not satisfactory to
say that their support of Pierce aud King is evi
dence of their loyality to the Union; for, apart
from the fact that the Southern Rights party of
Georgia has never frankly endorsed the opinions or
principles of Gen. Pierce, it is inevidenco that the
disumonists of South Carolinia ace also supportin'!
Pierce, and no one pretends to say that tney are
not still in favor of a Southorn Republic. Now
for recent developments. Gen. Quitman wrote a
letter to the Troup Alabama Convention in which
lie took occasion to discuss “ tho policy of entering
into the Presidential canvass as an organised party”
—that is to say as a disunion party, so called, lie
seemed to think it unnecessary. Tho intelligent
Washington correspondent of the Charleston Mer
cury furnishes the rossons why it is not necessary
to the preservation of the Southern Eights organ
ization. He says that “iu the hour of peril Rhott,
Quitman, Davis aud Brown, and all their old as
sociates must stand side by side.” That tho “appar
ent division between tho Troup men and Southern
Rights men is nota real one—that it is a difference
of policy only, not one of principle.
him I iff “ Co-operation for a given purpose does
not really imply or compel an entire merger or abso
lute incorporation." Again hear him ! “ This
Presidential election is but a tempo)ary thing," — the
greut issue still undisposed of. looms up in the
future, huge, shapelesß and threatening—shifting
its position and outline like the stormrack scud
ding the sky before the breath of the approaching
tempest.”
We here have the truth undisguised. The
difference betweon the Southern Rights men of
Georgia and the disunionists of South Carolina
and Alabama, is a difference of policy, not of prin
ciple—tbe Southern Rights supporters of Pierce
and King do not intend to be merged er incorpora
ted into the national democratic party. The Presi
dential election is but a temporary thing, and the
great issues of the Southern Right* party of 1850
are Hill undisposed of.
Now what can Judge Jackson, or any one else
in his senses, say to tnisarray of facts. 'Were we
not right when we said that to support the Southern
Rights ticket we must aacrifioe every principle
dear to union men f Wore we not right in char
acterizing such a sacrifice as “ damning and in
famous ?”
“Wra. L. Mitchell said that ‘when his spirit is
wafted to Heaven on angel's wings, he desires to
look back as he goes on the broken fragments of
the American UDion.”
“Hon. Wilson Lumpkin did not undertake to
say whether a State ooul4yxaefajf« secede or not;
but decided that secession ought to take place
oven though if Bhould be revolution, end this ae
late as the canvass of lost year.
“Hon. Wm. Schley said that he would rather
Tote for Rhett for President, than any men north
efthe Potomao.”
“Hon. H. V. Johnson was a diaunlonist from pol
icy;, but finding it a mistaken one, is not disposed
to insist upon it at present.
‘■Jos. E. Brown, Esq., and the alternate of Che
rokee county, defended throughout the resolutions
of the Nashville Convention, and were wholly iden
tified with its scheme of I resistance
Hon. Hugh A. Haralson acted throughout with
the Southern, Eights party though objecting to
some of its heresies.
“K. W, Flournoy, Esq., acted with the Union
party, butclung to the heresy of the right of peace
able secesion. r
“The two last named gentleman have been call- 1
ed Union men, but the facts which we state show i
they were never identified with us. The remain
der of the Southern Sights ticket are all disunion
tats.” !
With such men to lead the Pierce party, it is not
wonderful that we hear of Union Democrats who i
intend to withhold their support from the Atlanta
ticket. i
From the CatsviUe Standard.
Who Broke rp Old Parties in Georgia?—
The above question stumps the fire-eaters. They
will not acknowledge their inconsistent course, yet
they know that every man in Georgia is ready to
charge them as being the cause—the sole cause of
the breaking up of old parties. Yet these men
who abused and slandered all parties, turn round,
and in two short years bawl out to recognize old
parties! They have followed tha Nashville Con
vention and its treasonable doctrines until they
have been whipped, beaten and disgraced; they
have failed and been thwarted by the patriotism of
Lnion men in carrying every plan for the accom
plishment of their treasonable purposes. The peo
ple have silenced theae pawling demagogues ; the
country is quiet and prosperous since the defeat of
these agitators, (no thanks to them however,)
and now these men who have been the cause of
all the political strife for the last two years in
Georgia, have the impudence and effrontery to
a-k honest, truthful, patriotic Union men, lovers
ofnob.e deeds and virtuous actions, to hoist them
into power, and give as a reason that they are dem
ocrats ! Pretty democrats ! Where is the fruits
of your democracy ? Is it in your opposition to
the compromise, your support of the Nashville
Convention, or your devoted admiration of the
traitor Ehett? These are your only actions that
the people can recollect. Yes, ana the mark of
Cain is upon every one of you; you have not done
what he did—slain yonr brother, but yon have at
tempted to pull down your country, the only tem
ple of liberty on earth.
The same papers furnish the following report
of the progress of the two ticket* in the Cherokee
counties:
The Spirit of ts» Mobntain».— W* attended the
session of Cherokee Superior Court last week,
and had the pleasure of conversing with not only
many of the union men of that county, but of the
adjoining countie*. In Cherokee county, which
will et the next election poll the largest vote In the
State, the people were never more animated in tha
cause of the Union, and never as thoroughly uni
ted against ita foes. Various estimates were made
ns of the majority which will be given for the Un
ion Pierce and I ting ticket, bnt none less than tha
majority given by the county for Gov. Cobb. Our i
friend*, w* think, may rely upon an iatreaaed
Union vote in Cherokee.
We elso heard from Gilmer, and war* assured
from a reliable soar** that tb* Dniea tiekat will
sweep everything before it. From Lumpkin, pri
■ vat© correspondence informs us that the Union
, cause is onward. This information in addition to
what has already been given, to our readers, fur
’ nishes an mdichtion of the spirit abroad iu the
mountains.
r . J E ; D. Chishotm and Gen. A. Lawhon ad
dressed the Union party ot Cherokee county, on
1 Tuesday of Court, with the most happy effect The
1 people of thi* region of the State are' governod by
principle, and uro sufficiently cnlightoned to pre
aerve their consistency. Hence the feelinir among
them ofwhioh wo speak.— Union. k ?
, Three Cheers roil oru Ticket I—Wo are happy
. to inform our readers lhat the Union ticket for
. Pi. rce and King will carry Upper Georgia. \V„
r have recent information from nearly every county
in the sth and 6th Congressional Districts, and
with two or three exceptions, wo will carry every
' county.. In Hall and Clierokeo comities our vote
will bo increased from hist year. Recent private
i information from several oonnties in Middle Geor
• gia assure us of aid all over the State, and our ticket
is gaining and will gain every day between this and
. the election. Let our friends be uetivo aud all will
■ be well.— standard.
Progress of Flllbntterliui.
t Tli* oitUans of New Orlaani had another grand
' Filibuster demonstration, or, as they are pleased
I to term St, “Indignation Meeting,” on Monday
night laat, ths 11th inat. It is very nnfortnuate for
the reputation of our Crescent City brethren, that
j no “outrages upon the Atnsriean flag,” in any part
f of the world, ever exoltes such a furor of indignant
i patriotism, at those eommittad by the Cuban au
f tboritiaa.
, This is, however, a very progressive, patrictio
I age, and some of our people are always great pa
; triots, especially when they iudulge the hope of
. acquiring more territory! As our readers will
f doubtless feel curious to know something of the
• proceedings of this grand patriotio demonstration,
we copy the Bullefin’s account ot it:
The Meeting Last Night.— "’lie meeting (or
,■ rather meetings), iu and übout Lafayette Square,
was one of those popnlai demonstrations, such as
t m numbers, intensity of feeling, and power, are
seen only when the blood of the whole people is
up. It is estimated that at least twenty thousand
I people were present, and wo scaroely think the
r enumeration an exaggerated one. The principal
. fathering was about tho stand in Lafayette Square,
, but multitudes were addressed from the steps ot
, Dr. Scott’s church, from the City Hall, and from
the Amorioau Theatre, meetings being regularly
I organized at each of these places.
Tho ascent of rookets and tho tiring of cannon,
at about half-past, seven, opened tho imposing de
, moustration. Cilzens of both sexes througed the
i streets leading to the Squaro, and by eight o’clock
f the whole vicinity was packed, there being soarco
, afoot of ground uncovered,
i Not having tho fuoulty of übiquity, wo were con
strained to give our sole attention to’tho main meet
mg. There Col. Wm. Christy was eallod upon to
preside, and the spacious platform was crowded
i with the Vice Presidents and Secretaries, of whom
i we should think there were nearly two hundred.
, The meeting was successively addressed by Mr.
N. K. Jeuulugs, Judgo John C. Luurio, Mr. J. P.
Benjamin, Colonel Campbell and Mr. John S.
Thrasher.
Mr. Jennings, who was a passenger on the Cres
cent City, detailed the facts and the aggravating
circumstances of the outrage which lie witnessed,
and referred to the inhospitable and discourteous
conduct of the Cuban authorities on previous occa
sions, to the steamers K1 Dorado, Philadelphia aud
Georgia. Ho took occasion to compliment the spi
rit and determination ofCupt. Porter, both when the
. Cuban officiate attempted to place a military police
on the Georgia, and when the Crescent City was
; »o ignominiously ordered out of the port ot’ Ha
vana.
Judge Laurie oontended that tho laws of nations
nad no binding force with thoso nations who
invoked them ugaiusttho expansion of this Repub
lic. Those laws were very fiuo essays with certain
able writers, and if the world wore guided by them,
mankind would be happier, but what regard did
England pay to thoso laws when taking to bersoll
province ntler province of India; what regard did
Russia pay when putting its paw upon tho Repub
lic of Cracow; what regard did the Congress ol
assembled Europe at Verona pay, when tho great
powers apportioned Europe among themselves and
extinguished tho little kingdom of Saxony }
Providonco had curved out a destiny for this
country. There was to bo but ono language, with
homogenious laws and institutions, from tlnf fro
zen regions to the Isthmus, aud, although when that
destiny was accomplished, tho vast empire might
fail, as others had done, yet tlmt destiny wua una
voidable, aud to avoid it was not desirable.
Cuba wus in such a position that it commanded
i tho immense comrnorco of this volley, it wus, in
fact, a continuation of the right bunk of the Mis
sissippi river. It naturally and rightfully belonged
to the United States, and wo should huvo it.
He had no idea that tho Spanish Government
would offer atonement for tho indignity ottered b\
tho Cuban authorities. He believed that Spain
would not retreat from the insult, and there was
therefore no other recourse for the United States
but to vindicate hor honor, and the rohult of that
conflict would be the acquisition of Cuba; tho loss
■ to Spain of every island of the Antilles, and the es
facing of every thing but the recolleotion of her
dominion in America.
Mr. Benjamin spoke with his acoustomad power
and eloquonce.
The meeting was assembled on on occasion of
great importance—-a gravo national question was
to be considered. He counseled calmness and de
termination. This was a popular government, aud
it was proper that in groat public questions suoii as
this, it was tho duty of tho people to ussembie to
sustain and support and give power to the action
i of the public servants.
The timo had arrived when this Repnolio reali
zed the idea of tho Greek sage, who laid that Go
vernment down ns tho best, which resented an in
jury to the humblest oitizen aa a national wrong.
The timo had arrived when to say on the remotest
-pot of earth, “I am an American citizen,” was
suffleient, was assurance that he should bo protect
ed from indignity or wrong. ,
Cuba shut in the whole comrnorco of the Missis
sippi valley. Tho Islaud belonged to a foreign
power. From tho very origin of our Government
ourwiseststatesmon had declared, and tliatdeolaru
tiou had ever been sustained by tho people, thut
Cubaoould only belong to Spain; that if ever it
passed from her hands, it should bean indepen
dent government or a port of this Union. Be
sides, the government on that Island was despotic,
uud it was impossible that a people, almost within
our embrace, should no’ yearn lbr the lihorty we
enjoy. They had struggled for freedom, but vain
ly. Our citizens had gone to their assistance. The
expeditions in which they embarked—our Govern
ment being bound by tho faith of treaties, wore
certainly not looked upon with a favorablo eye,
and the Administration hud used its host exertions
to restrain our citizens and preserve our treaties
with Spain. Tliis very faithfulness on our pan
gave us peculiar claims, not only upon the hospi
tality but upon th%favor of Spain; hut instead of
this, we had indignity and outrage.
What were the people to do under these circum
stances! First lot them bo sure they were right,
and then go ahead. Ho thought the Government
of Spain, which was ignorant of this insult, should
bo addressed; J cairn, a determined demand made
for the removal and digrace of Captain Gonoral
Canedo, and reparation to the owners of tho steam
er fqf the losses sufferd. He confessed, howover,
that like Judge Larue, ho did not tbinHbain
would comply witli that demand. In that event
however deplorabie it might be, ho would Invoke
the God of war, add another star to our eonstella
tion, and go on adding until this whole continent
was one brotherhood of States.
Mr. Benjamin was followed by Col. Campbell
uud Mr. Thrasher, both of whom spoke eloquent
ly, and to the acceptance of the audience.
Judge Buchanan and Mr. Roselius wore inclti
ded iu the programme as hptakers, but when call
cd upon did not appear, anil it was announced that
they were engaged presiding over branch meet
ings.
The words of the speakers were heard with the
deepest attention, and theirromurks were received
with terrific appluuse.
The following preamble and resolutions, report
ed by a committee, wero adopted by a universal aye
and tho meeting adjourned at about ten o’clock:
Whereat, Tho Spanish authorities in the Island
of Cuba have, in tho oxpulsion of the steamer
Crescent City and its passengers from the port ot
Havana, in a time of profound peace, with no ap
parent eaflso tor a disruption of the amicable rela
tions existing betweon the Government of Spain
and that of the United States, committed a most
groBS and flagrant outrage upon American citizen
und the American flag, alike repugnautto the faith
ot treaties, the laws of nations tho enlightened
sense of the world, oalling for prompt resentment
and ample satisfaction, on the part of an insulted
people: wherefore, be it
Resolved, Thut in the prompt vindication of the
outraged honor and insulted dignity of the Amer
loan people, and in the enforcement of our just
demands, even if need be, to the declaration ol
war with Spam, the citizens here asHsembled pledge
themlseves to our Government, and to each otW, to
support and sustain all measures to attain those
patriotic and national results.
Resolved, That the President of this meeting,
and the Committee on Resolutions, bo requested
to forward forthwith a copy of these resolutions to
tne President of the United States.
Cuba, "
The recent occurrences at Jlavana which re
sulted says the Baltimore American, from the ill
judged course pursued by tho Cuban authority
and which threaten to interrupt, If not to prevent,
commercial intercourse batween tho United Stater
and that island, have been eagerly laid hold of by
agitators throughout the country, for the advance
ment of their own purposes of aggression and
aggrandizement. In some quarter* the occasion
is used to denounce the Administration, as being
indifferent to the honor of our flag, and aa having
in fact sympathies with the Spanish rulers in Cuba
rather than with the oppressed people there.
With regard to the first class of persons, the
agitators pent, including the adventurous, the
reckless, the unscrupulous, it may ba remarked
that their usual plea ot pretext, that of sympathy
for the Cuban and an ardent desire to deliver then,
from the Spanish yoke, has nothing whatever to
do with a question involving the rights of our flag
and the faith of treaties and which is a question to
be settled between tho Government of tho United
States and that of Spain. A violent spirit which,
under any pretext, would impel a crowd of adven
tures into lawless expeditions against tho posses
sions of a friendly Power, should not bo allowed
to influence the course of the Government in a
matter which mnst be tho subycct of calm inquiry
as to the facts, in the first place, and of decisiv.
action in aooordance with the law of nations after
wards.
The second etas of agitetore, those who agitate
for politioal effect and seek in advance for an oc
casion to denounce the President, may know i)
they choose to know, that they are undertaking a
work of supererogation—as superfluous in fact as
it is malignant in its politioal spirit. There is no
ground for any one to distrust either the wisdom
or tho courage with which this difficulty with the
Cuban authorities will be dealt with by Mr. Fill
more and his Cabinet, in none but the most
virulent party journals of tho Opposition is there
to be found any thing in the way of complaint
against the oourse of the Administration in its
dealings with foreign Powers. Never was the
American flsg held in higher respect abroad; never
were unintentional or unauthorized trespasses on
tts rights more promptly redressed, with expres
sions of regret for their occurrence. Witness tho
spoJogies of tbs British Government in the affairs
of the Prometheus; witness the prompt interfer
ence of Mr. Marsh in tbs affair of Dr. king and ’
his imprisonment at Athens; witness the retrac
tion by the British Ministry of their unjust pro
tensions in the matter of the fishery question.
Tho Union newspaper at Washington is among
the foremoet and the londeet in the outcry of de
nunciation against the foreign policy of the Ad
ministration and one of the most unscrupulous in
its perversions of truth, and in the utterance of
falsehood. What is to be thought or said of a
journal which epeaka of the Whig party aa a party
that “ ehrinhe back m alarm thejlret appearance
of danger, and in time of war openly eympatKitei
with the public enemy." It is little worth while to
regard the denunciations of a journal which allows
itself te indulge in language of this aort. The
viralenoe of auth eelumriy, after the manner of
serpents blinded with rage, atings itself and diet,
esmmmaaßmmmmsmaeem
llelatlons with Nicaragua.
The information has already been communicated
, to the publio that the Republic of Nicaragua has
rejected the treaty negotiated by Mr. in
conjunction with the British Ambassador, Mr.
Crampton, and Sen. Molina, who holds we know
not what rank or title as a representative of that
Ropublio.
We do not undertake to go into the merits of
this question ; but we remember vory well, says
tho Baltimore American, that tho interference of
Great Britain in the affairs was a thing which
caused suprise when it was first annomicod that
a negotiation was in progress, and that we took
occasion to say so. Tho State of Nioarauga refuses
to recognize the right of England to auy sovereign
ty over tho country known as the Mnsquito King
dom—and vory properly. England never had any
right of dominion iu that quarter wliiob was not
fictitious and assumed for ulterior purposos. It
wss understood, at least wo supposed so, that by
ths stipulations of ths Clayton and Bulwor treaty
all tho pretansions of England to sotsreignty of
any kind In any part of Oontral Amnrioa, whether
by protsotoratss or otherwise, ware wholly dis
claimed and given np. Tat wo find tho British
Minister admitted as a party to our negotiations
with the Ropublio of Nicaragua. What had ho to
do in that basin eta!
Ths following doores, which bears ths form of n
legislative sot, announces ths determination to
i which the State of Nicaragua baa some in reference
to tliia matter:
f “ Vie Senate and ffoiitt Representative! of the
State tjf Nicaragua, in Assembly contoksd.
DEOHEK:
“Art. 1. The State of Nicaragua does not accept •
1 the project of convention, or recommendatory ba
sis, adjusted on the 80th of April laat, between bis
Kmolloney Daniel Webster, Secretary of State of
the United States, aud Ills Excellency J. F. Cramp
-1 ton, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo
tentiary other Britanio Majesty, in respect to the
, territorial boundariea between Costa Kion and Ni
caragua, and the separation of the Mtisuuito Coast.
, “Art. 11. Tile State of Nicaragua is disposed to
I have the questions sturtc iin oonnccllon with the
abo\o bases discussed before impartial arbitrators.
“Art, 111. Tito State of Nicaragua protests so
lemnly against all foreign interference in the afi'uirs
of its Government, and against tlio use of force to
coerce its will or violate its rights.
(Signed) “Acgostin Abilds. Representative Pr*»t.
“Miguel E. Morales, Senate Prost.
“J. L. Pineda, Supremo Director.
“Managua, July 19.1859.
We are of tho opinion that no Intervention of
European Powers is required in tho relations
which this Rpublio may have with any of the Go
voromonta in Central or Southern America. By
the treaty above alluded to we are informed that
the interests of Nicaragua, a State which is dispo
sed to cultivate the meat friendly relations with
this Union, wore to bo sacrificed to tho pretensions
of Costa Rica, an obscure province, if it can evou
be culled a province or designated as a Government,
at ail—and that this nominal State is a more British
dopendenoy and is used simply as a mask lor Bri
tish usurpations in that region.
In the abaenco of official information touching
this question, we shall only express the hope that
the Government of the United Stiitos has not al
lowed the rights of tho State of Nicaragua, a weak
and unprotected State, to be invaded and outraged
by a still weaker State, utterly insignificant in it
self, beonitso that the latter was protected by a
power Ail ally, the Government of England.
Louisiana.—' The New Orleans Bulletin enya;
Our advices from tho country uro all fa’.orabio.
Wo entortain no doubt. thatSoott and Grr.ham will
carry Louisians by a handsome major)’y, With
out tho city falls lamentably behind, ',] lore 01in bo
no question of it. Tho speakors f rom tho city,
who left their homes in aecorduuv q with pressing
invitations, to battle for the good cause, have done
much service. >
Another Savannah Steam*#.— Tho Philadelphia
Bulletin says: “Tho Buccess of this superb steam
er the u State of Georgia ,” has been so great that
Iter ownors huvo determined to build anolhor not
behind her in elegance or any other good quality,
to ho called The Keystone State. The contract has
boen this day signed, and by next spring wo may
depend upon having two first class steamships
running regularly between Savannah aud Phllgdel
phiu.
Shanghai Sheep.—Geo. W. Kendall, of the
Now Orleans Picayune, in tho proseoutlon of his
purpose to establish an extensive sheep farm in
Texas, has recently returned to Now Orleans, with
a pair of Shanghai Lambs, which the Picayune
announces in the following strain:
N hanghai Sheep. —Sheep all the way from Chinr.
good reader I Something of a novelty that. V /»
are r.ccus.omed, thanks to Yankee adventure to
the terms. Shanghai ohiekens, Shanghai
&c., but wo had no idea that the subjects 0 f tha
Brother of tho Sun and fifty-third Cousin 0 f ,
Moon had any knowledge of the value of the wool
clip or the tasto,of mutton chops. Or.o would
imagine that Chinese sheep would ba Eke every
thing else that is Chinese—queer, add, quizzi
>?»!• liut no thing. These two lamlm-for
they are youngs ’nns-are quite as simple and
woo ly, and dtrty, and respectable looking as the
most oivil.zed of their turopoen or American
MfflKwe 1 . 1 ?. “.a 110 U r? “Dhow chow,”
or Iclnki to them; they don’t understand the
green tea language. A long voyage they have had
of it, irom Shanghai, on the othersido of the globe
to New 1 ork which is already a trip long enough
to frighten any deseet shoep-nnd then from New
to this city of abominations. They appear to take
it quite quietly, however, and thoroucrnly to under-
tho dilteronce between peoplo who wear
tight indippensnblcß and thoso who sport WffT
ones. The two innooent little big lambi, propose
emigrating to tho prairies of Texas shortly, and we
expect to bear of theirlying down peaceably in the
same flock with Mexican and Vermont specimens,-,
of their tribe. Soba-ait!
The grand jury of Philadelphia has presented fhs
firo department of that city as a nuisance. It re com
mends that the voluntary eyatem he abolished, and
the firemen bo paid aud equipped at tbs publio ex
pense. It is said that under the present system
*21,000 are annually distributed by the city among
the compauics, and that they cost beaidos about
SIOO,OOO annually, to provide a polio* whoso chiof
business is to check the riots.
Tut State Road.— Ono of the editors of the
Rome Courier, who reoently passed over a portion
of this road, says :•
“ Those wno have occasionally pnssed over this
groat thoroughfare, duriug the present ycur, have
noticed, with pleasure, the constant changes it bus
undergone for the bettor. Now and substantial
depots arc now in process of erection at Calhoun,
Kingston, Marietta and Atlanta; and a spacious,
passenger depot is already plunned, and will boat
speedily constructed as possible, at the last linmed
place. I his has long been much needed, audit,
will greatly conduce to the publio convenience. I
am satisfied that tho Executive and'his suhordi
natos wil labor with enlightened and untiring
'Ssiditjty to make this great State Road an object
ot pride and a source of revenue to our noble
commonwealth.”
Sm-iAL Agent to Havana.— lt is stated that
i resident Fillmore has despatched a special agent,
to Havana, to inquire into the facts with regard to
’he treatment of the barque Corneliaand the steam
ship Crescent City, and if the unofficial accounts,,
should be corroborated, ho will promptly dotna'jJ,
ample satisfaction, and,' if necescary, will enforce
the sumo. In the mean-time, tho Crcsooii'.
has once more stiilod from New Orloans for Hu van u
with tho Cuban mails and Purser Smith on board.
If they agaiu refuse to permit her to Ihnd at Ha
vana, she will quietly proceed r JU her voyage to
New York.
The Cotton Crop.— The Grecnsborough (Ala.)
Beacon of tho Bth inut, says tlmt “the weather has
beon quite favorable for picking out cotton tho last
two or three weeks, and we presume planters gen
erally have made good use of It. The ravages of
the caterpillar, of which we spoke two or three
weeks ego, were confined mainly, though not en
tirely, to the black lands. In regard to tbo pre
sent prospect* of tho crop, in this immediate sec
tion, we can state, and that upon tho authority of
our Agricultural Socioty, whose views on the sub
ject were expressed at the last meeting, held on the
2d lust., that the yield on the sandy lands will
somewhat exceed that of last year, whilst that of
the Muck lands will fall very far below it.”
The investioation of the defalcation case of the
Cashier of Messrs. Brown, Brothers & Co,, of New
York, was resumed on Tuesday aftemqpn. The
trial cashbooks of the house, produced in evidenes
exhibited ths foot of various forced ba'anoos, made
by the Cashier to balance bis cash accounts.
Sloaii from Indian Corn.— A patent, says the
N. Y. Bun, has been granted at Washington, for a
process of making sugar out of corn, which though
familiar to all chemists, is doubtless novei to most
readers.
A quantity of corn meal is plaeoa in a boiler, to
vhich is added nearly an equal Quantity, in meas
ure, of water, together with ft small proportion of
common oil of vitro!, or sulphuric acid. Tho
mixture is then boilod at a very high temperature,
A-hen common brown sugar is produced, held in
solution, of course, with*the aoid. A quantity of
common chalk is then put in, which lias the effect
to remove the vitrol from the Sugar, tho vitrol
uniting with the chalk, and fulling with it aa a
ediotent to the bottom of the boiler. The liquid
sugar is then drained off into another vessel, boiled
down to molasses, and finally cryatalized and. clari
fied in the usnal manner.
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Posr-Omcr Enlargement.— The rostmasfer
General has ordered the enlargement of the Poat-
Offlee in Now York city. The present post-offlee
bnilding* and grounds are leased to the Govern
ment for a term of fourteen yearn from 1851, at an>
annual rent of SIO,OOO. The proposed improve
ments will cover about one thousand square yards
of ground now vacant, and will probably bo erect
ed at a cost of about $5,000.
Nebraska Tirritor*.— The St. Louis Kepubli
can understands that another territory is about
te be added to the Union, by the organiza
tion of a local government in Nebraska, and the
election of n delegato to Congress. The people of
the territory, tho Republican says, are about to do
this in timo for their Representative to take his
scat in the next House of Representatives. The
settlors have been anxioua for some time past that
uTenritorial government should bo extended over
them.
Th« editor of the Scientific American has re
ceived s piece ofpsper from W. Boyd, Esc.. 0 f
Hagerstown, Md., which ia made of tho refue*
leather eorapinge from currier’* shops. For wrap
ping paper, it is exoellent, quite equal in strength
to the strong dark brown paper so common in
England, whioh is made from old tagpd ropes, tod:
it is muoh olesner. /-*
In Auslria only 448 public execution* took pises
in 44 years up to 1848, among 80,000,000 of inhab- •
itsnte, while in England in an average popula
tion of about 16,000,000, in lata than 40 year* the
number of sentences of death whisk were a*tt«U»