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MEMOIR OF MR. WEDSTER.
At the time of hi* death, Mr. Wetatar »u in
hit seventy-first year, having been boro in the town
of Salisbury, New Hampshire, on the 18th Jenna*
ry 1782. llis earliest allocator, of whom the fomi
ly ha* anv certein knowledge, w»e Thorate Web
tter. He wa settled in Hampton m early at 1888,
and (be detoent from him can be found recorded—
at we learn from Mr. March’t work entitled “Dan
iel Webeter and hit Contemporaries,” from which
and a memoir by the Hon. Edward Everett, we
compile our present sketch—in die Church and
Town records of Hampton, Kingston—now East
Kingston— and Salisbury. The family came ori
ginally from Scotland, two centuries ago and more.
It is probable, however, from certain circumstan
ces, that they tarried in England awhile, before
emigrating to a new world.
Ebenezor Webster, the fidher of Daniel, enlist
ed early in life, as a oomraon soldier in the Provin
cial troops, and during the war of 1788, served un
der Gen. Amherst on the North-western frontier;
accompanying that commander in the invasion of
Canada, during which expedition he so attracted
the attention and secured the good will of bis su
perior officers, by his faithful and gallant conduct,
that before the close of the war he rose from the
ranks to a Captaincy. Peace, however, between
England and France soon following the capture of
Quebec, and oonquest of Canada, the Provincial
troops were disbanded, and returned to their
homes. . , . ,
Previous to the year IT6B, the settlements in
New Hamshiro had made little or no progress to
wards the interior of the State for more than half
acentory. The fitfal irruptions of the French
from Canada, and the more constant, if not more
cruel assaults of their subsidized allies—the In
dians—repressed any movement inward, into the
country. To defend what they bold, by a kind of
cordon milUaire of blockhouses was all the frontier
men hoped; but the cession of Canada to Englaud,
by the treaty o! Paris in 1788, removing the great
obstacle to farther progress Into the interior, the
Koysl Governor of New Hampshire, Benning
Wentworth, b.'gan to make grauU of townships in
the central pari of the State; and Col. Stevens with
some other persons about Kingston—mostly re
tired soldiers,—obtained a grant of the township
of .Salisbury, then called, from the principal gran
tee, Stevens’ Town. This town is situated exactly
at the head waters of the Merrimuc river, which is
formed by the confluence of the Pemigiwasaetand
Wlnnipiseogee. Under this grant, Etienezer Web
ster obtained a lot situated in the North part of the
town, and more adventurous than others of the
company who received grants, cut his way deeper
in ths wilderness, making the road he eould not
find. Here in 1784, he built a log cabin, and light
ed Ills fire, “the smoke of which,” as Mr. Web
ster ones said on some public occasion, “ascended
nearer the North star than that of any of Ids Ma
jesty's New England subjects.” His nearest civil
iz-1 neighbor in the North was at Montreal, hun
dru Is of miles off.
His wife dying soon after his settlement at Salis
bury, Ebcnezer Webstar married Abigail Eastman,
of Salisbury, a lady of Welsh extraction. She was
tmv mother of Daniel and Ezekiel; and like the
mother of George Canning was a woman of far
more than ordinary intellect. She wus proud of,
an I ambitious for her sons, and the distinction they
both afterwards achieved, may have been, in part,
nt least, the result of her promptings. Ebeuezer
Webster commemorated his second marriage, by
the erection of a frame house, contiguous to the
logcubin. Hu dug a well near it, and planted an
elm sapling. In this house, Daniel Webster was
born. Tlio house, however, has long since dis
appeared trmn roof to foundation stone, and no
thing indicates ibt sometime existence but a cellar
mo*t tilled up by stone and earth. But the well
still remains, with water as pure, as cool, and as
limpid, as when first turned to the light; utid will
reinuin, in all probability, for ages, to refresh here
after the votaries of genius, who may make their
pilgrimage thither to visit the cradle of one ot
America's gfuutest sons. The elm, too, tha’ shaded
the hoy still flourishes in vigorous leaf, and may
have an existence beyond its perishable nature.
Like "the witch elm that guards Bt. Lilian's
Spring" it may live in story, long after leaf, and
branoh, and root have disappeared for ever.
It was tlio great desire of Ebeuezer Webster to
give his children an education, but the sohoolmu*-
ter was not then abroad—nt least lia>l not visited
Haliilmrv in his travels, consequently the oppor
tunitie* for instruction that Mr. Webster cnjtycd
were vcri limited, and his earliest knowledge was
derived from his motlior, and occasional visits to
the small town school then in existence, superin
tended by schoolmaster* who hod no claim to the
position hat their incapacity for anything else,
•yiior qualification was their want of qualification.
Ke. ding uud writing were all they professed and
more O n they were able to teach. The achool,
moreover, hi Mr. Webster’s neighborhood was
migratory. Wlion it was near his father’s resi
dence. it >i.i< easy to attend, but when it was re
moved into another part of the town, or another
town, as ivas often the case, it was somewhat dittt
cult. While Mr. Webster was quite young, be
wus daily sunt two miles and a half or three miles
to school, aud oven in the midst of winter, on fool.
If the school moved yet further off, into a town
not contiguous, his father boarded him out hi a
neighboring family. He was better provided with
opportunities for obtaining whatever instruction
these schools could impart thun his elder brothers,
partly because he evinced early an irrepressible de
sire for study and information, and partly because
his father thought that hia constitution was slen
der and somewhat fruil—too much bo for any ro
bust oechnation. When he attained hilt four
teenth voaV, his father took un important and de
cisivo step with him by placing him on the 25th of
May in ITiillipp’* Academy at Exotor, then under
tlio cure of Dr. Benjamin Abbot, i’s woll known
and respected I’resldant. There ho made reapeo
tuble progress in tho rudiments of education, und
in the autumn of that year nommenced the study
of the Latin language tiudor tlw auperintaDdence
of Joseph Stepheus Bnokminstar, who was then
temporarily acting as assistant to Dr. Abbott.
Jtmay appear somewhat singular that tlio great
est o rater of modern time* should have evinced in
liis bo."hood the strongest antipathy to public de
eliiiniitioi.'. This foot, however, is established by
his own Wo' r d*i which have recently appeared in
print. Ho say's:
“1 believe f nmdo tolorable progress in most
branches, which / attended to, whilst in this
school; but there wa.. one thing 1 eould not do.
1 could not make u ileolam'tion. 1 could not speak
before tho school. Tho kirtc* «nd excellent Buck
minster sought especially to persuade mo to per
form tho exercise ot declamation, JiJfe other boys,
but 1 could not doit. Many u piece did 1 commit to
memory, and recite and rehearse it in my own room,
over and over again : yet when the day eamo, when
the sotiool collected to heur declamations, when
my inline was called, and 1 saw all eyes turned to
wards my seat, l could not raise myself from it.
Hmnctiraos the instructors frowned, sometimes
they smiled. Mr. B ckmlnstoralways pressed and
wulreutud, most wlnnlngly, that 1 would vonturo.
but 1 never eould command sufficient resolution.”
Such diffidence of its own powers, continues Mr.
March, may be natural to gonius, nervously fearful
of being nimble to rcuoh that ideal which it propo
eca as the only full consummation of its wishes. It
is fortauate, however, for the age, fortuuato for all
ugos, that Mr. Webstar, by determined will und
frequent trial, ovoroumo this moral incapacity—as
his great prototype, tho GnwiSD orator, subdued
bis physical defect.
He remained at the Exeter Academy bntafew
months; accomplishing in these few months, how
ever, the work of yours to some. In February 1727,
lii- lather placed him under the tuition of tlio Rev.
Samuel Woods, in Boscuwen; of whom his pupil
always spoke in terms of uffootion and respect. It
vs* on tuc.r wav to the house of Mi. Woods that
bl ' lather iirst opened to him hia design of send
ing him to College, and most grateful to his lather
for the prosjleot hold out through his self-auorifl
oing devotion, Mr. Webster applied himself to his
ntu in's with even increased ardor. All that Mr.
Woods could teach he learnt.
11l the smitotff of this year, August 1707, ho
entered Dartmouth Collego us a freshman. His
f' llicge life was not an idle one. Besides a rogu
i„r attention to the proscribed studios of his class,
be devoted himself to the acquisition of whutevor
was useful in English history, nr graceful and be
coming in English literature. t£a snperinteded,
a'so, the publication of a little weekly newspaper,
m iking selections for it from hooks aud pvrjndi
oals, and contributing, oeooeioiiudy, an editorial of
hi* own. These woro perhaps, the flrst of Ins pro- i
dilutions over published. Mr. Maruli kuows not if
llicy are to bo met with uow. He delivered some
undresses whilst in College beforo literary societies,
which also were published.
Ezekiel Webster—tho sole brotl-.or of Daniel of
the whole blood—was destined by his f thor to
remain at home and carry on the farm, but he had
aspiration* beyond this, and so had his brother
lor him, and acoorditiffly tho latter interceded with
his father so sitocesfully that Ezekiel was placed
in a school under Ji teacher of Lutin, aud soon af
terward* wont to Mr. Wood’s and remained with
him until March, 1S >l, fvhon his lather oarrled
him to college, where he joined the Freshman
Class. Ho had nut great qulekfipss of apprehen
sion, unr vivacity of intellect, aud wgs not there
for. early estimated at his full valuo, but ha had a
strong mind, groat power* of observation and
memory, lie acquired slowly but safely. Not
ff:t nt of speech, ha w.ts correct always in language
uud thought. Few excelled him lu. clearness or
vigor of siy le, none in argumentative ability. He
wanted but ..pportunity to liuve been a great man.
Lie sell deud, whilst arguing accuse in Coucord,
hiv Ham* -hire, in 1829. A handsome monument
was greet,, i to his memory, in Bosoawen, where he
vvss buried.
Mr. Web-tor, while in college, during tho winter
vacations, kept school, to pay the oollegiatc expenses
ot his hr’t mr as well as his own. llaviug gradua
ted ill 18nl, In? burned ately cuter,*d Mr. Thomp
son’s ulliee m Salisbury, as a student of law, aud
remained ti ■ v until tho January following, when
he took ehaige of a sebool at Frycbnig, Maine,
where he eked out hia frugal salary by acting os
assistant to tho Register of Used* for the county,
lu September, 1802, he returned to Mr. Thomp
son’s office, in which ha remained not; d February
island in July of the same year obtampd ad
mission as a student in the office of the Honorable
t'hristophcr Gore, at boston, whore ho ooutinued
until March 1804, whan he was admitted to prac
tise. in the Suffolk Court of Common Pleas, prior,
however, to his admission to tlio Bar, tlio Clerk of
the Court ot Common Pleas for tha county of
Hill-borough, New Hampshiro, resigned bis office,
and Mr. W ebster's father boiug one of the Judges
of this court, his colleagues from regard tor him
tendered Ins sou the vaoaul clerkship, which was
worth (1500 tier annum, a sum in those dsys and
in tliat neighborhood, a competency or rather ab
solute wealth. Mr. Webster considered it a great
pr.xc and was eager to accept it, but Mr. Gore
{icromptorily and vehement,')' interposed his dis
sent, appealing to the ambition of his pupil aud
stating that once a clerk, he would always be a
clerk, and that there would be no step upwards.—
Diverted from his design by Mr. Gore, his reluc
tautlv obtained his father's sanction to refuse the
appointment, aud pursue his profession.
Mr. Webster having tiius reconciled his father to
bis views returned to Boston, and in the following
March having been admitted to the Bar, as before
stated, went to Amherst, New Hampshire, whore
bis father's court was tben in session, aud from
theuce returned home with him. His design hod
been to settle ig practice at Portsmouth; but un
willing to leave me father, who had become infirm,
and hod no sons at home, he opened an office in
Hvcawen, near his father's residence. Judge
Webster lived but avears after life sou's commence
ment of practice; long enough, however, to hear
I.U first argumvut in court, und to be gratified with
confident predictions of his future euccena. Then,
like Simon of old, he gathered up his gannenta mid
diod Tlio c v «t»t occurred m April, 15*06. r.x
leisure to the Ji»rd*hipe of a frontier life, more
severe than we can now entertain any idea of, the
privations and labors b« suttered and underwent
In the Indian wars, and the war of the revolutton,
had broken in upon a constitution naturally robust,
and hastened his decease. He »*» of a manly and
generous character, and in civil aud military life
obtained deserved distinction. Judge ot Uis
Court of Common Picas for twelve or_ fourteen
vear*, he made good, by tha Integrity of his pur
pose, the clearness of his judgment aud the
strength of his character the want of early educa
tion, slid gained for hi* opinions and decisions a
con.-. Jenco and concurrence not alway s aooordad to
persons pinus'ionally more learned. He wa* dis
til guisbed also in his military career. Entering
tiie array « private, he retired a major: and won
hi* c mission bv faithful and gallant service, as
we'l in the Revolutionary, as in the French and
lu. in war*. He acted as major under Stark at
JV. nmztoo, #«J contributed no little to the for
tui .. e result of that day. «
1 1 Mu 1807. Mr. Webster wa* admitted as At
torney and Counsellor of the Supreme Court in
,W Hampshire .and in year
rehnquiai fe! hi* offioa in Botaatren to hi* brother
F V v . , w t o had then obtained ndjiii**;oti to the
jJV, '.»td iuovcd to TorUmoulJi, to h»
Sjia! intention.
m,. inanied*m June, 1808 Gran* Fletcher, Ike J
J* . the Rev. Mr. Fleteliar of Hopkmum,
L \% .ipwhire, and by bar had four ohilaren:
flrjtai*. Julia and lid ward; but one o t
. vu 'cher, aurvivea. Edward died with tfe*
ar«\ in e v '°° m Major of tile
of nirfta RfJin. '* nl Volunteers. Ho wa*, in
HUtud, one of the most senUemanly, amiable, and
fionorahta p O Jo., n outh nine year*,
wanung one month. He no o® o6 -
«r other, is the government v. f * ew
He occasionally took part in politic*] affairs, and
waa then not nnfelt in hi* action. His vote wss
always given, snd his voice and pen aometimea
exercised, in fsvor of the party whose principles
he espoused. Even in that < arly period of his
life, however, when something perhaps, oould be
pardoned to the vehemence of youth, he used no
acrimonious language to hia political opponents,
nor suggested or participated in any act indicative
of personal anmosity towards them.
At thirty years of age, he had become well
known and respected throughout the State; so
much so, that he was elected a Representative ot
the State in Congress, after an animated contest in
November, 1812, and took his seat at the extra
session in M*y, 1818 ; and in due time was re
elected. Although among the youngest members
of the House of Representatives, and entirely with
out Legislative experience, he rose at once to the
front rank both in the despatch of business and
in debate. Among his associates in the House
were Clay, Cheves, Lowndds, Calhoun, Forsyth,
and other members of great ability, and it was
soon clearly perceptible that be was worthy to be
named with the ablest ofihem,indeed Mr.Lowndes
remarked that “the South had not hia auperi
or, nor the North his equal.”
Finding the professional field at Portsmouth,
inadequate to tue support of a growing family, as
clients then aud there were not rich, and fee* con
sequently small, Mr. Webster,.removed to Boston
in 1916. Hia professional reputation had grown
aa rapidly as his feme as a Statesman, and he
placed himself at once by the sides of the leaders
of the Massachusetts Bar. He had aireadv ap
pearedbefore tlio Supreme Court ot the United
States in Washington and by his brilliant argu
ment in the Dartmouth College case, carried by
appeal to Washington in 1817, took rank among
the moat distinguished Jurists in this country.—
In 1820, Mr. Webster was chosen a member of a
Convention called for the purpose of revising the
Constitution of Massachusets, and no one exercis
ed a more [>owerful influence over its deliberations.
About the same time he was offered a nomination
as a Senator of the United States, bat declined.—
In 1812 be yielded to the most pressing solicita
tions to become a candidate as representative for
the City of Boston in the Eighteenth Congress, and
was elected by a very large majority. This stem
however, involved a great sacrifice of professional
interest.
He took hia seat in Congress in Dec., 1823, and
early in the session made bis celebrated speech on
the Greek Revolutions, an effort which at once es
tablished his reputation as one of the first states
men of theage. In the autumn ot the same year
be was re-elected by a vote of 4,990 out of 5,000
cast. In 1826 he wus again a candidate, and not a
hundred votes were cast against him. Under the
Presidency of Mr. Adams, from 1825 to 1829, he
was leader of the friends of the administration,
first in the House of Representatives, and after
wards in the Senate of the United States, to which
he was elected in June 1827. His great speech on
the Panama Mission was made in the first session
of the Nineteenth Congress. When the Tarilf
Lswot'lß24 wus brought forward Mr. Webster
spoke with great ability, against it, on the ground
of expediency. He represented one of the greatest
Commercial constitubucea in the Union ; and his
colleagues, with u single exception voted with
biro against the Bill. This law, however, forced a
large amount of the capital of Now England into
uiHiiulactures ; and in 1828 Mr. Webster sustained
the law ot that year, for a more equal udjustmen'
of the terms of protection. The change which took
place in his course in this respect was the result of
tlie circumstances alluded to, aud wus approved by
his constituents.
Mr. Websterg'eniained in the Senate under the
administrations of Gen. Jacksou, and Mr. Van Bu
reau period of twelve years. During this time
the most important qnustions, were discussed,
measures of tho highest moment to the country
brought forward, aud political events and combi
nations of the most novel and extraordinary char
acter succeeded each other. Under all changes ol
men and measures, Mr. Weoster maintained the
posiliou of uennstitutioiial and patriotic statesman
econd to none who had over devoted himself to
the service of his country. In 1880 he made whai
it generally eon idered theube-tof his parlia
mentary efforts, liis second speech in’reply to Gen.
Hayuo of this State. During the time oftho nuli
dilation question ill 1882 und 1883, though before
opposed to the administration of Gen. Jackson, be
iruve it a cordial support. When, however, the
financial system of Gen. Jackson was brought for
ward and fully developed, it was strenuously op
posed by Mr. Webster; aud the forcible manner m
which he urged the adoption of the financial sys
tem used in the infancy of the Government, viz: that
of a mixed currency of specie and convertible pa
per, kept within safe bounds by the law requiring
all payments lo be made in specie or its equivalent
anil regtiluted by a national institution acting as a
check upon the State Banks, contributed materi
ally to the downhill of Mr. Van Buren’s adminis
tration.
in 1839 Mr. Webster made a short visit to Eu
rope. His time wus principally passed in England
but he devoted a few weeks to the continent. His
feme had preceded him to the old world, and ho
wus received with the attention duo to life charac
ter and talents at the French and English Courts,
and in the highest circles of both countries. Ou
tho accession of General Harrison, to the I’residou
cy, Mr. Webster was placed lit the head ofhfe Cab
inet, as Secretary of State. His administration of
the Department during tho two years he remained
in it was signalized by tho most distinguished suc
cess. The United Statesut that time was involved
in a longstanding controversy with Great Britain
on the subject of tho North Eastern Boundary of
Maine, To this hud been added tho difficult ques
tions arising out of the detention'of American ves
sels by British cruisers on the coustof Africa, and
still more recently the affair of McLeod, in New
York, had threatened un immediate rupture be
tween tlio two Governments. The correspondence
between the United States Minister in London in
1841, Mr. Stevenson, and the British Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Palmerston, was of
an uncompromising character. Other causes of
mutilul irritation also existed, which our limits
precludouH from enumerating. Shortly after the
aeeossion of Gon. Harrisou, the Melbourne admin
istration waa overturned in England, and Sir Ro
bort Pool restored to power. This contemporary
chunge of government in the two countries was fa
vorable to the settlement ol'the long standing dif
ficulties.
Mr. Webster, after coming into the Department
of State, intimated to tho British Minister that the
Government of tlio United States wus convinced
of tlie impossibility of settling the boundary line
by adhering to tlio course hitherto pursued—that of
topogruphicul explorations, witli a view to the lit
eral execution oftho treaty of 1783—but was pre
pared to adoptu conventional line, on the basis of
mutual gain and concession, if such a line could
t bo agreod upon. Tho new ministry, taking ad
vantage of thm overture, immediately determined
to scud Lord Ashburton, us u special Envoy to the
United States, to negotiate upon this and other
subjects in controversy. Massachusetts and Maine
were invitod to take part by their Commissioners
in the negotiation; and on tho 9th of August, 1842,
tho treaty of Washington was ratified by the Sen
ate. By this treaty the boundary dispute, which
had lasted fifty years, wus happily adjusted. An
amicable uud ofilciont arrangement was also mude
for joint action in the suppression of tho slave
truae, and an agreement entered into for a mutual
extradition of fugitives from justico. Tiie other
subjoets of discussion at that period between Great
Britain und tho U united States, with the excep
tion ol the Oregon bouudary, were happily dis
posed of in the correspondence accompanying the
irouty, tho terms of which wore equully honorable
and satisfactory to both parties.
Mr, Tyler’s cabinet was broken up in 1842, but
Mr. Wooster remained in office until the spring ot
1843, being desirous of putting some other mutters
oouuccled with our foreigu relations in a prospe
rous train. Steps were taken by him in 1842 aud
1848, which led to tlio recognition of the inde
pendence of (be Sandwich Islands by the principal
umritimo powers, life last official act was the pre
paration oftho instructions of Gen. C. Cushing, as
Commissioner tor negotiating a treaty with China.
With the commencement of Mr. Polk’s ad
ministration, Mr. Webster returned to the Senate
of the United States, uud remained a member ol
that body duriugthc wholo of tho administration
of Mr. Polk, and until tho death of General Tay
lor, und although unconnected with the Executive
Government, he rendered the most material ser
vice iu tho settlement of the Oregon dispute—in
deed it has boeu publicly stated by Mr. McGregor,
tho distinguished mourner of Parliament for Glas
gow, ling »letter written to him by Mr. Webster,
and shown to the British minister, led them to
agree to tho adoption of the line of Bouudary
wliioh wna established in iBt4B. Jilr. Webster op
posed tho Mexican war ou principle, and in the
full persuasion that acquisitions of territory would
disturb tlio balgnco of tho Union, and endanger
its stability. He, however, concurred in granting
tho supplies which were required lor the efficient
conduct of tho wsr.
On tlio Tth of March, 1850, ho made hfe great
speech oil the compromise measures, and while
the debates thereon were in progress in the Sonata,
Gen. Taylor died, and the otiair of State having
been assumed by President Fillmore, Mr. Webster
was immediately called to tha Dijiartmeot of State,
and his administration of the office, which he fill
ed >t the timo of his decease, has been marked
with characteristic ability and success. In Decern
jep, 1850, the famous Hulsemann lotter was writ
teu,to *')lioh Kossulh has applied the epithet ot
“ immortal." Paring the past year, Mr. Webster,
by his firm and judiwftps manner of treating tlie
Cuban question obtained of tlig Spanish Govern
ment tho pardon of the followers of Lopez, who
had boon deported to Spaiu; and about the same
timo lie received from the English Government an
apology tor this intorrarenoe of a British cruiser
with an American steamer In the waters of Nicara
gua—tlia aaoomi time that tho British Government
baa made a similar concession at tlie instance ot
Mr. Webster, the first having been iu reference to
the destruction of tha Caroline at Scliloaser, and it
lias boon affirmed that theso are ttia only occasions
ou which tho British Government has over apo o
gised lor tlie conduct of its affairs.
To sum up all, Mr. Webster has lived alone for
his country. Attachment to the Constitution aud
the Union) to use the garuest words of Mr. March,
amounted, with him, to a passion, It was uis
earliest love, and endured totiis lase-st breath. In
whatever station lie was plaeod, it filled hi* heart
and ooutrolk d his conduct. He made every tiling
in life subsidiary to it. It grew with his growth
snd strengthened with life strength until it became
port of his moral being. >ll Jitn,” said he on one
occasion. “I am where I have ever been, and ever
mean to n*—aWndiug on the platform of the gene
ral Constitution—a platform, broad enough and
firm auougli to uphold evgrv interest ot the coun
oountty—l shall still he found. Intrusted with
some i»art in the administration of that constitu
tion, I intend to not iff its spirit and in the spirit of
tlioso who framed k. 1 would uct as if our fathers
who framed if for os, and who bequeathed it to
us, were looking on mo.
“Standing thus,as iuthe full gaze of our ances
tors and our posterity, having reoeivod this in
heritance from the former, to be transmitted to the
fetter, and feeling that, if I am formed for any good,
in my dav aud generation, it is for tho good of the
whole country, no local poliev or local feeling, no
temporary impulses, shall induce me to yield my
foothold bn t:ie Cmtatitution and the Uuion.
“1 eamo into public life in the service ofthe
United Stales. On that broad altar, my earliest,
aud ail my pnblie vows, have been made. 1 pro
pose to serve no other master. So far as depeuds
ou any agency of inino, they shallcontiuue United
States; uuited ig interest aiid affection; united in
everything iu regard to which (ho Constitiou has
dma*»d their Union; uuited in war, for tho com
mon defence, the common renown and the com
mon glory; and united, compacted, knit flnnlv
togathar iu pcaue, for tlie common prosperity aud
happiness of ourselves and our children.”
Auimutad with such sentiment* as theso it is
not extraordinary that 1m never hesitated to under
take any labors however arduous or however
thankless wlion the public weal required hfe ser
vices ; und it was sentiments such as tli*m that
must have nerved his intellectual powers, when
for a time struggling in a doubtful contest with a
foe to whom al; men must sooner or later succumb,
IP assert their supremacy over physical weakness
aud tpuious disease, so muck so as to enable his
' giguvtic mind to apply itself with its wonted calm
and comprehensive grasp to the consideration of
Urn important quaeifous stiff pending between our
gowrumeut and foreign countries. Hail he lived,
a brief period would have sufficed to have settled
llie*c question* honorably and amicably. Whe
ther the next pilot that takes the helm wilt be able
to steer the ship of Stale as safely, time alone
can develop*. To no all->"i*e Providence, how
ever, we must leave the direction of events. The
master fe pi rit fe gon*. lie fe
» rmWiif.. now, and Fuse’*;
One of the few, th 5 immortal names,
TJuu were net born to die!"
Fnoc at Pshuacula,—We learn from ona of the
passenger* by the mail-stage that Mrs. Collins's
Hotel, at Pedkaeola, caught fire early on Snndsy
morning, and waa entirely consumed. The value
of the house and furniture fe astiinated at 925,000,
and is an entire lose, then being no insurance.
Mfg, Collins, who is sev enty-two years of age, es
cent-d M the last moment through her chamber
window hy piean* of a ladder.
Dxsth or x Jew xt rne r°°* An insane
Jew died at tha House of Indastu7 '“*7*®“’ !* ,e
age of Ik) years. This i* tha flrat Jew lh! * 1
cam* a public charge ia tho city of Boston
Traveller.
Mr. H eMer.
The following article, which appeared in the
Boston Courier ot Wednesday morning, seems to
liave been designed to prepare the American mind
for the great calamity which has befell the nation
It will be read, therefore, with a profound but
melancholy interest, by every man in this vast Re
public, in whose bosom pulsates an American
heart :
Mr. Webster. — The illness under which Mr.
Webster has suffered at Marshfield, has excited
serious alarm. The loss of this eminent and illus
trious statesman at the present moment, would
not only be a heavy calamity to the great interests
of the country, but would strike the national I
heart with unspeakable sorrow. At his age, the
disease which has greatly impaired his physical
strength, could but excite sad foreboding* of the
result. At all events, the day cannot be far dis
tant when that comprehensive wisdom and con
summate genius will be taken away from us, iu
the ordinary course of the life of man. There is
now ; however, reason to think that repose, and
the invigorating breath of sea and land at Marsh
field, will restore the health of the great Secretary,
and send him in due time bock to his post in
Woshington, to close the important questions still
pending between our government and foreign
countries. A few weeks longer, passed in the
midst of the beloved scenes to which Mr. Web
ster has for so many years delighted to withdraw
from the cares of pnblie and professional life, will,
it is earnestly hoped, carry him safely through this
annual attack, and strengthen hfe heart for ano
ther winter of strenuous toil in the service of hfe
country. Wccau ill spare Mr. Webster at any
time; out at the present hour, hfe lumiuous intel
lect and commanding statesmanship, and his in
fluence, potent tor his country’s good throughout
the world, are needed in no common measure.
Let us pray God that hfe life may still be spared
to meet and overcome the preasing urgency of our
foreign affairs, and to shed upon us the light of his
calm wisdom for manv years to come. Whether
in office or out of office, the knowledge that Mr.
Webster is still among us, strengthens our confi
dence that ail will be well with the country. We
know that we can still trust in the powers of an
intellect that never fell below the requirements of
the most critical occasion, and a patriotism that
never shrunk from any labor or any sacrifice which
the supreme good of the country demanded.
We nave seen him defend the constitution with
logic and eloquence never equalled in parliamen
tary history, when the admiration and applause of
the world rewarded the great achievement. But
this is not the hardest task to perform, nor the
highest claim to a nation’s gratitude. It is a no
bler duty of patriotism to save the country from
itself; to protect it from the excess of excited feel
ings, and passions overwrought; to step in between
contending frenzies, and arrest their neady course
before they grapple in a struggle to the death; to
expose one's self to heavy blows on either side; to
fall, it may be, between the exasperated parties, and
at the risk of temporarily losing every object ot
personal desire, to rescue the common weal. And
this lofty duty of patriotism becomes severer when
the excesses of cherished sentimonts of philanthro
py are to be rebuked, aud the resentments of warm
hearted, philanthropic men and parties are to be
encountered, in checking their headlong race be
fore the safety of the eouutry fe fatally imperillod.
The leading passion of our age, aud of this part of
the country, is euthusiasticall devotion to the idea
of the universal rights and the brotherhood of
man. We are not content to bide the slow course
•J time, but rush, witli fierce philanthropy, to the
iverthrow of institutions, inconsistent with these
ideas—running every hazard, and trampling down
every obstacle, however deeply rooted, that lies iu
he way ol'the immediate accomplishment of our
generous desires. We despise the wisdom of tin
parable of the Taros and the Wheat; we insist on
plucking out tho one, even at tho risk of destroy
ing the other. We chafe impatiently at the re
•trairits which the constitution lays upon us, and
which seems to forbid our eager aspirations to righ
a theoretic wrong. We struggle against its re
quirements, and seek in flue-spun reasoning the
pretext on which we may break the guarantees our
rather* undoubtedly meant in good faith to estab
lish. This lias been the tendency ot the abolition
and the anti-slavery movement at the North. The
lunger that sentiments, in themselves just, anu
flowing from deep sources ill the human heart,
may overstep the bounds of constitutional action,
lias long been a cause of anxiety among men on
whom the burthen of sustaining the government
of the country rests. The influence of Mr. Web
ster’s genius carries with it a heavy responsibility
as to the direction in which that influence shall be
exerted. Ordinary men may ride their hobbies,
and the world look on with indifference; they may
disdain common-places of sentimental philanthro
py, with all the comfort of knowing that the
course of events will not be in the least affected
thereby; they gain with their paitizans all the
lienors of devotion to a great cause, with no feat
ot hazardous consequences resulting from the ut
terance of extreme or fanatical opinions.
But this cheap philanthropy of phrases und
rhetorical common pluco, is tin indulgence wliicl
men placed by intellect or position at the heud ot
affairs cannot safely indulge in. The strong ten
dency ot generous sentiment when not restrained
by prudence to override tlie prescriptive rights se
cured by constitutions and compacts, the greai
statesman und guide of men must sternly resist,
even if resistance expose him to slander and vitu
perutlon, to the distrust of former friends, to the
misunderstanding of his motives, to tho charge ol
being a traitor to principles which his wfiole life
bus pledged him to uphold. Such crises, requir
ing the higher order of statesmanship and a mor
al courage that Bhirnks from no personal sacrifice
for thcgenoral good;—periods when reipublicaesalut
t»t rupremu lex , —arise iu tlie history of every great
nation: and woe to that nation which has not the
men whose civic virtue equals tho peril ofthe tims.
This test of greatness and statesmanship, Mr.
Webster has nobly dared to stand; and he has
reaped the consequeneos of calumny and vehement
attack made with an unscrupulous disregard of
truth; a ruthless contempt of the decencies ol
controversy, in proportion to the greatness of the
service and the ardor of the philanthropic pas
sions whose mad career he has helped to arrest.—
The violence ofthe storm is passed, the weight ol
character and intelligence in tho country is on hfe
side, the verdict of approval has been pronounced
hy a vast majority of the calm and clear-headed
citizens of the United States. Thousands who
thought him wrong at first, now see that he was
right, and heartily acknowledge the debt of grati
tude they owe to life firmness und sagacious fore
cast. The union of tlie stateshaving been on both
sides rudely assailed, is again consolidated. Hos
tile and incongruous fanaticisms may assail the
Conservator on this side and on that. Ho has
measured their force, breasted their onset, and
foilod their purposes of mischief. Both great par
ties of the country huvo vindicated his wisdom bt
soquiescing in tlio patriotic course marked out bv
his fersoeing policy, for the settlement ofthe most
dangerous question that ever menaced the welfare
of the nation. A vindictive philanthropy, hore
aud there and from time to time, re-opens the
flood-gates of slander, in the vain hope of disturb
mg the grout statesman’s repose. Tho firm earth
does not stand with more unshaken solidity against
the raving sea, as it roars and beats upon his Marsh
field beach, than he stands unmoved in magnanimi
ty of his character, aud tlie upholding power of con
scious rectitude, looking down upon the ignomin
ous efforts of toiled enemies to unDermino the
grandeurofhis position.
“ Tlie farm” at Marshfield is worthy to be the
resting place of its dlustrious owner. It is shield
ed, by a range of beautiful hills, from the violence
of our northeasterly storms; it has a distant view
of tho ocean, beyond the lowlands which every
high tide overflows:—on one side a wooded pro
montory juts into sea, and on tlie othor rises «
-looping highland, on the brow of which, in the
deep repose of nature, his kindred rest in their
long sleep, with no sounds above or around them,
but the murmurs of the wind through the foiiagi
of the drooping trees, or the song of birds, or the
solemn voite of the sea speaking eternally from its
vast depths;—tho undulating surface sweeps ur
from the marshes and forms u table-land on which
the house stands, then gently falls into a smooth
and spreading lawn, —then, by a deeper slope, ii
ascends to the western range of hills, which, on
that side, shut in the pioture and bound a scene
of harmonious, yet richly varied and sweetly con
trasted beauty. As you look down from thesi
hills, your heart beats with the uuspeakabh
emotion that such objects inspire; but tho churn,
is heightened by the reflection that the eapabilitie
of nature have been unfolded by the skill and
taste of one whose feme fills tho world; that ai
illustrious existence has here blended its activity
with the processes of the genial earth, and breathed
its power into the breath of heaven, mid drawn
its inspiration from the air, tho sea aud the sky .
andaround ami abovo; and that hero, at this mo
ment, tiie same illustrious existence is, for a time,
struggling in a doubtful contest with a foe, t<
whom all men must sooner or later lay down their
arms. Hero, hut u few weeks since, Mr. Webster
was accustomed to drive the transient guest ovet
his estate; visiting life fiel's, hfe ocean shore, his
flocks, and hia herds ; pointing out the prospect,
and speaking with tendor emotion of the sad an'
happy memories the varied views recalled; convers
ing w ith the rustic neighbors whom he chanced t'
meet, in kind and geuial tones, and on subject?
which he and they understood alike; uttering
from time to time glorious thoughts suggested by
the scene, in language of massive beauty an'
grandeur which made the moment memorable in
the listener’s life. But this has been in some
measure interrupted. That noble form, that sur
passing strength of constitution, have drooped
under the protracted illness which has withheld
him from the turmoil raging outside of that se
cluded spot: the drives over the hills and along
the loud-resounding bos, which be loved so much,
have ceased.
Solemn thoughts exclude from his mind the in
ferior topics of the fleeting hour; and the great
aud awful themes of the future, now seemingly
opening before him—themes to which his mind
has always and instinctively tnrned its profonndesi
meditations, now fill the hours won from the wean
lassitude of illness, or from the public duties which
sickness and retirement cannot make him forget
or neglect. The eloquent speculations ®f Cicero
on the immortality of the soul, and the admirable
argument against the Epicurean philosophy, pnt
into the mouth of one of the colloquists in the
book on the Nature of the Gods, share his thought*
with the sure testimony of the Word of God. But
no day passes that tiie affairs of the country do
not occupy his attention. His great mind never
applied itself with a calmer or more comprehen
sive grssp to the duties of his department. The
intellectual power asserts its supremacy over physi
cal weakness and tedious disease, with an unfalter
ing energy of soul, that in itself is as good an argu
ment of its immortality as Cicero ever uttered in
the majestic accents of the Latin tongne.
These are the dignified pursuits that grace the
days of suffering passao by the illustrious states
man of Marshfield. Ti e respectful sympathies ot
the country surround him in his hours of illness,
and the prayers of good men go up to Heaven for
his speedy restoration. Ifit is wntteu in the in
separable decrees of God, that he is to be recalled
from the scene ofhfe earthly labors before his work
fe completed—if so heavy a bereavement is soon
to fall on the American people, may no man have
cause to reproach himself that he strove to embit
ter the la*t moments of so illustrious a life by
harsh imputations or slanderous speech. When
Mr. Webster is withdrawn from the scenes of this
world, the party asperities which have raged so
fiercely round him, will be drowned in the tears
of a nation’s grief; and he who baa so far forgotten
the claims of patriotic greatness as to join in the
ignoble work of oalumniating a long life, exhaust
ed in memorable services to the country and the
age, will bear in hfe heart the burthen of an up
braiding conscience, and a sens* of wrong done to
the common benefactor of every American citizen,
longaftcrtheday of atonement fe passed. For.
whatever heated" partisans may say while Mr. Web
ster lives, hereafter, whon the historian shall look
back upon the first century of the American Re
public, the two names which will shine with most
unfading lustre and the serenest glory, high above
all other* are Washington and Webster. There
are men who are remembered only as the revilers
ot Washington; there may be men who will b*
remembered only aa the slanderers of Wabater.
8 CDS hi ASP Sinoclak*Death.— One of the most
sudden and *iugular death* from fright we have
ever been called upon to chronicle, occurred at
North Market yesterday- morning. It appears that
Mrs. barah Jane Bolton, in passing through the
market dropped her pocket book, and a woman,
named King, immediately Iwhind her, nicked it
»!;• Mrs- Bolton missed the book, and tamed and
asked Mrs. King if she had found it, who instautly
replied that she had, and returned it to the owner
Mr*. Bolton opened the book, and dociared that ten
dollars had been taken out of it, which Mrs. King
denied. The fotnier insisted that she had, and
threatened her with a policeman if she did not re
turn it, when Mr*. King tainted and fell at her
feet. One or two policeman came np and com
menced hurrying the poor woman off towards the
calaboose, but soon finding that life was nearly, if
not quite extinct, they laid her down on t cellar
door where *he soon expired. A coroner’s inqnest
was held soon after and the above facts elicited.—
A ten dollar bill, außweringto tho one Mrs. Bol
ton alleged to have lout, was found in Mrs. King’s
basket. Mrs. King is said to be the wife of a
steamhoaunan, and the mother of several children.
—dt. Louie Intel. Oct. 14.
Suow wa» falling on Saturday morning at Dan
ville, Yt. At the last account* ;t was an inch deep.
from th« S. Y. Journal of Commerce, October 18.
Clift.
The principles of international law which are
involved in the cases of the Conelia and Crescent
City, arc of too much importance to be passed over
with bat alight notice. They need of cn to be in
voked by oarown people, to render harmless those
efforts of a foreign country, which wc have seen
have been made, to prepare a certain description
of persona who sink below the level of citizens, to
revolt against slavery,—a preparation made in time
of peace for a state of expected war. If any na
tion may force npon another, persons who, from
what they have openly done before, are justly sus
pected orunfriendly designs against its peace and
tranquility, then no nation possesses in the rules of
public Isw, a protection against overthrow and
destruction. The police regulations of a country
are made for its protection. They embrace an in
finite variety of laws which experience has dem
onstrated to be necessary in each locality, founded
npon its peculiarities of conditiou, and with which
strangers, have no right to interfere, so long as
they are really and truly of that character. Eve
ry nation not only enjoys the full right, but is in
duty bound, to judge for itself what those regula
tions shall embrace, and how far they shall go
lf the United States have the right to determine
that Purser Smith shall be received by the au
thorities at Cuba, the real and subtantial power
over the destinies of that Island would be in the
United States, and not in Cuba. They would have
possessed an equal right to insist that a meebant
ship containing their known enemv Lopez on
board, should arrive at the port of Havana, and
depart at the pleasure not of Cuba, but of our
Government. The pretence that this might have
been done with Lopez wonld instantly strike eve
ry man with its enormity. The principle of such a
case is one and the same precisely, as that on which
Cuba excludes any other person against whom its
suspicions are honestly aimed. The authorities of
Spain at Cubs do not sav that no per.-on from the
United States shall come within their limits, or
that no vessel shall there land; on the contrary,
they give full effect to our treaty, by admitting all
other persons and vessels. The exclusion of only
one is an admission of the rights of all others; that
exclusion it puts on a special groned, connected
with their view of what is necessary for the safety
of the country. It must be borne in mind, in re
spect to the case of Parser Smith, that he has used
the right extended to him in common with the
other citizens.of the United States, to land in Cuba,
to the disadvantage of the prevailing authority,
and that the commission of an offence is justly re
garded as the assertion ot a principle of condffet,
from which its repitition may be inferred when
the same circumstances arise. They have a right
to view him, therefore, as a person inimical and
dangerous to the Government. It must also be
borne in mind, that the Island contains many who
arc disaffected to the prevailing power, that a seri
ous revolution had only lately been put down, that
its renewal has been extensively threatened, and
'.hat an unlimited right on the part of strangers to
use the hospitality extended to them by the foreign
country to its advantage, would be the surest
means to make revolt effectual. Chief Justicc Ta
nev, in delivering the opinion of the Supreme
Court in the passenger case, lays down most ex
plicitly the principle for which we contend:
“1 think it therefore to be very clear, both upon
principle and the authority of adjudged cases, that
the several Sta es have a right to remove from
among their people, and to prevent from entering
the State, any person, or class or description of
persons whom it may deem dangerous or injurious
to the interests and welfare of its citizens, ud that
the State has the exclu-ive right to detormi o in
its sound discretion, whether the danger does or
does not exist, free from the control of the General
Government.”
Intiuit ly stronger is the argument in favor of
the supposed right, thus overthrown, than is the
supposed right in the ease of citizens who claim
that they may force themselves upon Cuba ?n de
fiance of her police laws. Oar treaty with Spain
is far lass precise in respect to the rights conferred
by it of transit and passage through the Spanish
territory, than is our Constitution in respect to the
right of a citizen of one State to have transit and
passage through another; but yet the judges of the
Supreme Court, in the weaker case, have laid
down that right of exclusion in an unmistakable
manner. It is the very principle for w hich the
authorities of Cuba contend. The opposite of this
principle is—what? That strangers tnu\ determine
the mode and manner of intercourse with others;
settle the nature and extent of the police regula
tions adopted by others; and so settle them that
the foreign country may easily be invaded and
overthrown. The Southern States might be over
run and destroyed if that were the settled law of
nations. Such a law might be used to break down
'.he settled action of any people which had the pe
culiarities of condition that belong to Cuba, and to
parts of our own country. Vattel thus lays down
the rights of Nations:
“The sovereign may forbid the entrance of his
territory either to foreigners in general, or in par
ticular cases, or to cortain persons or for certain
- rticular purposes, affording as he may think it ad
vantageous to the State." Kent lays down the same
rule“lf, however, any Government deems the
ntroduetion of foreigners or their merchandize in
jurious to those interests oftheirown people which
they are at liberty to protect and promote, they
are at liberty to withhold the indulgence.” But
suppose they aro admitted, what is their duty?
We ask this question in order that the answer of
Vattel may be applied to the conduct of Purser
■Smith:—“From a sense of gratitudo for the pro
tection granted, and tho other advantages lie en
joys, the foreigner ought not to content himself
with barely respecting the laws of the country; he
ought to assist it upon occasion, and contribute to
its defence as fur as is consistent with his duty as
a citizen of another State.” But the Courier, in
iffcct, insists that these rules are changed when
ever a treaty is made; that is to soy, that a treaty
which by its terms was made for mutual advantage
may be used so fur to the disadvantage of one
of the contracting parties, that its jurisdiction
over its police laws is destroyed or ufleeted by its
provisions. Now, let us suppose that our treaty
with Spain were much broader than it actually is,
in respect to the mutual right of commerce which
is granted, what would be its interpretation when
it came in conflict with the local police regulations?
Vattcl says, “If the assistance and offices that are
due by virtue of such a treaty” (a treaty to permit
commerce and passage) “should on any occasion
prove incompatible with the dutios a nation owes
to herself, or with what the sovereign owes to liis
own nation, the case is tacitly and necessarily ex
cepted in the Treaty."
We have shown that a stranger who enjoys the
protection and hospitality of a foreign nation is
bound not only to abstain from acts of hostility,
but as a recompense for what he thus enjoys, is
held by writers on international law to various du
ties which go to its protection, when those duties
are not inconsistent with his obligations to his own
country. It is very clear that Purser Smith is
honestly supposed by tho Spanish authorities to
have used his opportunities in C’Hba to aid-in this
city those who are engaged in efforts to wrest that
possession from Spain. If the Spanish authori
ties are wrong in this respect, Purser Smith is in
the unfortunate condition of all thoso who are
charged with offences of which they are innocent,
but as to whom the law takes its course—inflicting
punishment in the shape of temporary' confinement
—until tho matter is finally adjudicated. Tho Go
vernment has openly made the charge against him,
has given public notice that he shall not come with
in tbe reach of their protection and hospitality again
to abuse it, and hus stated that no vessel shall
bo permitted to land that contains him on bonrd.
It is easy to find in tho desire to impose the duty '
of caution upon others, and prevent a repetition of
serious disasters upon themselves, abundant rea
son for the step. Lieutenant Porter, the comman
der of the Crescent City, in defiance of the notice
thus given, appears at Havana, with the offensive
person on board, and demands the right to con
duct such business at Havana, as the landing of
mails and passengers may make necessary. This
is firmly refused, and a solemn protest aguinst the
act is the result. If this course is supported by
the rules of publio law, applicable to commercial
intercourse, our Government will bo right in sus
taining it; if not, the demand should be promptly
ibandoued. Lieut. Portor, in his protest say’..
that he has distinctly declared that Purser Smith
had no agency in composing or publishing tho ob
jectionable matter—a declaration that would doubt
less be final if ho wero the judge. It is as if a
party were to stand up in tho court which alone
bad jurisdiction, and should declare the innocence
>f a prisoner. By all the rules of public law, the
offended nation is the sole and exclusive judge of
the guilt or inuoocnee of a person charged with
violations of its laws. It may or may not treat
tho evidence of Liout. Porter as conclusive. It
elected not to do so. The right of election was
dear, and the case is consequently to be urged, not
>u tht assumption of innocence, but on the suppo
sition that the charge is fairly made, and that Spain
is justified in the proceedings warranted by that
issumptiou. If Mr. O'Sullivan had been on board
m the place of Purser Smith, und Lieut. Porter
bad alleged that Mr. O’Sullivan was entirely inuo
•ent of any attempt to stir up a rebellion against
spain, the al!ega> ion would have been entitled only
o the weight in Cuba, that it would receive in the
United States tribunal which holds him iu custody
o answer for that offence. The authorities of Cu
ba are doing towards Purser Smith,precisely what
>ur tribunals are doing towards Mr. O’Sullivan,
disregarding all statement and acting upon the
conviction that the eharge can be substantiated.
No offence can bo committed ugainsta government
sograveand serious, as an attempt to subvert its
authority. It aims at annihilation, and is to be
met over with the severest penalties. The offence
onarged against Purser Smith is, that he is promo
ting that object, and uses his presence in Cuba to
advance in another quarter the steps avowedly on
foot to wrest Cuba trom Spain. It is absurd to
supposo that an ordinary treaty of commerce made
for the advantage of both powers, can be tortured
into an instrument to authorize one party to force
upon the other, a person charged with aiding, it
matters not where, to break up tho Government,
and with it the treaty and the entire commerce
which it authorises. The geod faith of the au
thorities ofSpain is conspicuously shown inherno
tice, in her willingness to admit the Crescent City
without the offending person, and in the reception
of all other vessels and persons enjoying the protec
tion of our flag. The exclusion,"applied only to
oue person, ought to be readily admitted have its
foundation in an honest motive.
The ground of the Courier and Enquirer, that
the exclusion of one vessel is the assertion of a
right “to exclude the whole mercantile marine of
the Uuited States” is simply preposterous. It is
the assertion of the right to exclude only when
honest suspicions have been excited. The claim
on the other hand that such vessel shall be received
in the port of Havana, asserts the principle that on
the eve of an expected revolution, a treaty of com
merce shall be used to introduce disaffected per
sons within the Spanish limits, at any of her ports,
and subject her Government to what is deemed in
consistent with its safety and security. Such a
pretence would secure to the statesman who ad
vanced it the contempt of the civilized world. It
would, if true, subject a nation to the sport of buc
caniers, and break down ail regular government.
It can receive no sympathy from our Cabinet, and
will be condemned by the" wliole people, with the
exception of that floating and dangerous body
which employa itself against our harmless neigh
bors.
Virginia Funs.—We find in the Parkersburgh
Gazette an interesting statement of the fur trade of
Western Virginia. The following is an extract:
Last year we are told, furs and skins were ship
ped from oar wharf to the amount of 110,000 or up
wards in value. This year's collection greatly ex
ceeds that amount. Six or seven large wasrons came
this week, loaded to the bow* with peltries, and
others have gone to other points. As showing the
axtent of his operations within the last season,
in the tier of counties lying between the Ohio river
and Alleghany mountains, Mr. Tuvlor has furnish
ed the following list of shipping furs and
*kins*coilected by him, and now “ en route" to the
seaboard: Kaccoon about 27,000; Mink, d 04.500;
Red Fox, do 1,000; Grey Fox, do 5,500, Wild Cat,
do 8000; Otter and Fisher, do 400; Opossum do
6,500; Bear, 500; Deer, do. 6000.
Con-idering that ours is the oldest State of the
Union, we regard this list as giving evidence of a
pretty fair crop of “varmints” for one year!
Among the trophies of his campaign, Mr. Taylor
has the hide and scull of a panther, which, for size,
must bear the palm. This animal was shot by
Ellis Houchin, Pocahontas county, we believe.
When killed it measured 10 feet 4 inches from tip
to tip, and when staffed the skin held seven
bushels of bran 1
Mouth or the Mrastssipn.—The commission of
u. S. officers, chiefly of the topographical and mil
itary engineers, returned to the city day before
Yesterday from the passes of the Mississippi,
where thev had been for a week examining the
mouth to ascertain the best manner of applying
the Congressional appropriation ot $75,000 to im
prove the channel for sea-going vessels. The com
mission were to hsvc rewsined at the mouth a
couple of weeks longer, but the receipt of docu
ments frem Washington City, affording much im
portant information recently obtained by a coast
survey at the very localities in question, saved the
members of the commission much labor. The in
vestigation of the commission have developed
many interesting and curioua geological phenome
na.— Pieuirune, 22d hast.
Gov. Ilunt of New-York, has issued his procla
mation, recommending that Thursday, the 35th
November, be observed as a day of Prayer and
Thanksgiving.
Fffil
<%miick & JltttfineL
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 27, 1852.
INDE PENDENT TICKET.
EOR PRESIDENT,
MILLARD FILLMORE,
OF NEW TORE, OR
JOHN J. CRITTENDEN,'
OF KENTUCKY.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
CHARLES J. JENKINS,
OF GEORGIA.
ELECTORS:
FOB THE STATE AT LARGE,
H. H. CUMMING, of Richmond.
EDWARD Y. HILL, of Troup.
Ist. Dot.—HAMILTON W. SHARPE, of Thomas.
2d. “ WM. M. BROWN, of Marion.
3d. “ WASHINGTON POE of Bibb.
4th. “ WM. R FANNIN, of Tronp.
sth. « NOAH STRONG, of Forsyth,
3th. “ YOUNG L. G. HARRIS, of Clark.
7th. “ JOHN J. FLOYD, of Newton.
Stli. “ PHILIP S. LEMLE. of Jefferson.
TO THE POLLS ! TO THE POLLS ! !
Recollect that the Election, for President and
Vice President, takes place on TUESDAY
NEXT, the 2d day of November, when every
voter should discharge his duty to himself and his
country, by casting his vote for those most worthy
to fill those high offices!
Death of Mr. Webster.
Another, and the last, of the great American
trio of intellectual giants has passed off the theatre
of life. Daniel W ebster, the accomplished ora
tor, the profound and sagacious statesman, and the
illustrious patriot, is no more. He died at his resi
dence, at Marshfield, Massachusetts, at 8 o’clock,
Sunday morning, the 24th inst.
Two fleeting years ago, the nation was shrouded
in mourning for the loss of Calhoun ; but yester
day, his compeer Clay, passed amid the tears of
a nation of freemen to thetomb; and to-day, Mr.
Wlbstkr is no more, save in the hearts of his coun
trymen, and graven immortally npon the tablets of
her history. Thus, within two years nnd a few
brief months, three of the greatest intellects, the
most profound statesmen and purest patriots of
I their day and generation, have passed from life.
Such a calamity no nation on the earth ever sus
tained—they had no such men.
It is not our pnrpose on this occasion, to attempt
any extended culoginm npon the life and public
services of the illustrious dead. Such a labor
should be performed by those more competent. It
may not, however, be out of place to offer a passing
tribute, in the shape of a brief though imperfect
sketch of the history of one whose gigantic intel
lect, and broad, expansive and ardent patriotism
commanded our highest admiration.
Daniel Webster was born on the 18th of Janu
ary, 1782, of Revolutionary parentage, in the town
of Salisbury, New Hampshire. He was, therefore,
uear seventy-one years of age. He grow up amid
all the difficulties incident to a frontier life. His
early education was obtained at the free schools of
his native State, and after encountering many ob
stacles, he graduated at Dartmouth College in 1801,
where he gave nnmistakeable evidence of the pos
session of those high intellectual powers which
have shed sneh a lustre about his name, and npon
the age in which he lived. Soon after leaving
College he commenced the study of the Law in the
office of Mr. Thompson, in his native town, which
he completed in the office of Mr. Gore, of Boston,
where he was admitted to practice, in 1805. On
p> osenting him for admission, Mr. G. ventured to
predict for him a career quite as brilliant as he
has achieved.
At Boscawen, in his native State, he entered
i upon the practice and rO9O so rapidly to dis
tinction, that he telt a larger field was desirable,
j and in 1807 removed to Portsmouth, N. H., then
f the principal commercial town in the State. Here
he soon took rank among the first legal minds of
tho Stute, and in 1812, at the ago of thirty years,
f was elected to Congress—in the lower House of
> which he continued till 1817, when he removed to
j Boston, which afforded a much more ample field
i for the practice of his profession and the display
of his great powers. For six or eight years he dc
’ voted himself with untiring assiduity to the prac
tice of the law, declining office and refusing to en
i ter into politics, save being a member of the con
| vention to alter the Constitution of Massachusetts
in 1820-21, in which he distinguished himself hy
i the development of those enlarged and liberal
i views, so prominently displayed throughout his
; whole life, and which gave him such a command
t ing influence among his fellow-men.
i It was iu 1820, that he gave to the world one of
| those massive productions of forensic eloquence of
which his luminous mind was so capable and so
prolific, on the occasion of tho second centennial
i celebration of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers,
i which was pronounced on the vjyy rock on which
j they landed two hundred years previous; This,
together with his famous Bunker Hill Oration, in
i 1825, the chaste and eloquent eulogium pronounced
upon Adams and Jefferson, in 1826, and the Ora
’ tion delivered in 1832 at the centennial celebration
i of the birth of Washington, are among tho finest
specimens of eloquence of this or any age, and
' will, together with numerous others, on various
occasions and themes, go down to posterity as the
proudest legacy of a generation of patriots.
In 1823 he was again elected to Congress, where
he remained till 1827, and was almost unanimous
ly re-elected, but a vacancy having oecured in the
Senate, he was elevated to a seat in that, then au
gust and dignified body, in which he continued,
but for short intervals, daring the remainder of
his life. These intervals were occupied with seats
in the Cabinets ofPresidents Harrison, Tyler and
Fillmore, where he filled with such pre-eminent
ability the responsible and commanding position
of Secretary of State.
With his career in Congress the American peo
ple aro but too familiar to require recapitulation
here, even if the limits of this article permitted.
Ho was ever tho profound and sagacious states
man, the learned and accomplished orator, and the
undeviating patriot, whose great American heart
cleaved to the glorious Constitution and institu
tions of his beloved country as the needle to the
magnet.
Nor have we time or space to glance even at his
great achievements in the Cabinet—prominent
among which were the Ashburton treaty and the
Hultzeman fetter. There, as every where else, he
was always equal to the occasion and the crisis.
His diplomacy was of that high order, which,
while it obtained the rights of Iris country, secured
for him the highest confidence of his countrymen,
and commanded the admiration of the civilized
world. An ardent lover of peace, he was ever
ready to promote the most harmonious relations
with all the world —yet no American ever felt that
the rights and honor of his country would ever
be tarnished while Daniil Webster was Secretary
of State. Indeed all felt whether he was in or oat of
office, they could recline with safety upon his and
Clay’s and Calhoun’s giant proportions, and that
all was safe.
Such was Daniel Webster —such the great “De
fender ofthe Constitution”—such the great Ameri
can heart—for his was an American heart —which
has just ceased to pulsate, whom a nation of free
men mourns. Well and truly may we exclaim—
“ Lie there, great heart,
The earth that bears thee dead,
Bears not alive, eo great a statesman l ”
WHIT SBA WE DO?
Tits is a question with which we are mat at every
turn, from those Independent Freemen, who have
risen snperior to party dictation and irresponsible
conventions, and declared their purpose to vote
for an “Independent Ticket,” for President and
Vice President.
Tiie sudden and unlooked for calamity which the
country has sustained in the death of that illus
trious citizen, the late Daniel Webster, upon
whom they had determined to cast their suf
frage, as a worthy tribute to his great worth, his
splendid genius and his patriotic devotion to the
Constitution and Laws, has produced in their
ranks temporary confusion; and as the election is
so near at hand as to render conference and con
sultation impossible, it becomes ns to decide
promptly on our course, and march forward
in the discharge of onr duty to the country aud
ourselves. For our own part, in such an emergen
cy, we have little difficulty in determining as to
where duty points, and in that direction we shall
pursue our way without stopping to enquire who
will accompany ns.
It was not without mature deliberation, that,
alter the most thorough investigation of the merits
of the two candidates, Pierce and Scott, we came
to the conclusion that, neither of them were worthy
of the confidence and support of the American peo
ple for any such distinctioß, and we would not,
therefore, support either. In assuming this posi
tion, we were perfectly conscious we were about to,
and would, sunder ties of long standing; but onr
sense of duty to ourselves and the country beck
oned ns on, and we hesitated not in onr course.
We therefore cordially acquiesced in the propriety,
nay, absolute necessity of enlisting under the ban
ner of an “Independent Ticket”—one combining
the highest order of statesmanship, long experi
ence and undying devotion to the great interests of
tbe country ; and such a Ticket, in connection with
those who concurred in our views, we placed be
fore the country. He, however, who holds in his
hands the destinies of nations, has gathered to
himself onr great and noble standard bearer—call
ed him hence forever, while yet “he bad tbe har
ness on”—and he is no more of earth. What,
then, shall we do I As before remarked, the way
is plain. Our early impressions of the two candi
dates now before the country were not lightly or
hastily formed, and subsequent investigation has
bnt confirmed our first impressions that they an
not worthy of so high a trust. We shall, there fore,
vote for the “Independent Electoral Ticket,’
and let them, if elected, choose between MILLAED
FILLMORE and JOHN J. CRITTENDEN, and
cast the vote of Georgia accordingly.
We, therefore, place at our mast-head this morn
ing, the name* of MILLARD FILLMORE and
JOHN J. CEITTENDEX, and shall keep the ban
ner floating in the breeze till the contest is ended.
Thev are statesmen and patriots, in the trne accep- ,
ta: on of the term, men, to either of whom any |
man, and all men can safely confide the destinies
of this great and growing Republic. Onr motto is
the “’ STAND BY THE TICKET. <
Never heard of Pierce.
It is refreshing to meet a frank, honest nnd can
did man, like John Ellsbekby, a prominent Demo- |
crat of Clarke county, Kentucky, who, in a letter
to the Obeerter tk Reporter, speaks out like a true
and honest-hearted patriot, who loved his country
and her institutions. Mr. E. has long been a De
mocrat—a constant reader of Democratic journals
—has always voted for tho nominees of his party,
bat his patriotism revolts at supporting Lhe obscure
New-Hampshire Brigadier. That is asking quite
too much—to ask an intelligent, well informed
man to vote for a man for President of whom he
had Dever heard until he was nominated. It is an
insult to his understanding and his love of country.
Yet, strange as it may seem, there arc thousands
and thousands of Democrats, intelligent, well in
formed tnen, who keep well posted up in the poli
tics ofthe day, who are in the same contingency
as Mr. Ellsbekrt.
But we are detaining the reader, onr object was
to introduce an extract from Mr. Ellsbebby’s letter.
Here it ia:
“ I voted for Gen. Jackson all the time. I vo
ted twice for that arch magician, Martin Van Bu
reu, who in 1848, defeated that noble patriot and
statesman, Gen. Cass, by running aseparate ticket
of the freesoil and abolition stripe. Now, Demo
crats of the South, wiiere is little Matty with his
son John, and all, or nearly all the Abolitionist
host ? Cheek by jowl, with Franklin Pierce, a tnan,
I dedate to yon, I never heard of until after his
nomination at Baltimore, notwithstanding 1 have
been a constant reader of the public journals for a
great many years, and had he don* any great act,
lam of the impression I should have heard of it.
* * * * * *
“Mr. Editor, I voted in ’44 for Mr. Polk against
Mr. Clay, the greatest statesman that ever lived.
In’4B I voted for Gen. Cass, a statesman that is
known throughout the world. And I am now
asked to vote for F. Pierce, a man unknown to
fame, unless the fainting fits gave him fame. Now
I won’t do it, that is certain, I’ll fault first.”
Washington National .Monument.
This monument, it is stated, is now about 118
feet high, and will reach 120 feet ut the close ofthe
E resent season. The funds raised in various ways
y voluntary contribution, wo regret to learn, are
falling short, and the structure cannot be carried
up unless a more enthusiastic and public spirited
effort by the American people be made. The pro
posed contribution of half a dime by each voter at
the coming Presidential election has been general
ly approved of, and it is hoped will everywhere be
adopted. This contribution, it is estimated, would
yield some one hundred and forty thousand dol
lars, and three cents a head by every white inhabit
ant would be sufficient to complete the Monu
ment.
In this vicinity the suggestion of giving an oppor
tunity to our citizens of contributing tothe monu
ment whilst voting for the Chief Magistrate of the
country willbc cordially adopted, and arrangements
have already been mode for placing at each ofthe
polls boxes to receive the donations made. \Vc
hope the plan may be pursued throughout the
State, and that Maryland will evince her apprecia
tion ofthe patriotioobject bo the contribution of a
liberal amount. We may appositely mention in
this connection also, that a box for the purpose of
receiving contributions to tho monument has been
placed in the main saloon ot the Maryland Insti
tute Exhibition, and that tiie deposit of a small
sum by oach ofthe visitors will he effectual in ad
ding a handsome amount to the Monument fund.
A block of marble of the finest texture, and re
ceiving a most beautiful polish, taken from a quar
ry on the Rio Grande,"has been contributed by the
Legislature of Texas, to be placed in the Washing
ton National Monument, and was a few days ago
presented to the Board of Managers by Thomas 8.
Smith, Esq., in the name and at the request ofthe
Governor of that State. This block is four feet in
length,* two feet in height, and eighteen inches
in width, and is equal to the finest specimens of
marble which have been received to be placed in
t .e Monument, and it now completes the lull com
plement of blocks from all the States of the Union.
The one sent by California, howevor, a specimen
of the gold quartz, being deemed by some of its
citizens not of sufficient magnitude nnd beauty,
three others arc now preparing in that State to be
sent to the Monument.
We copy tho foregoing remarks from tlie Balti
more American, not only to express our entire con
currence in the desire that collections should be
universally taken up at tho polls ou election day,
but to express tho hope that no restriction as to the
amount of individual contributions may be im
posed anywhere. Let every man contribute what
he pleases, and while the great mass may only give
a few cents, not exceeding a dime perhaps, thou
sand* will cheerfully coutributo from oue dollar to
five dollars each, aud a great many even more than
that. Let, then, tho boxes be arranged, and lcttlie
managers ask every man to contribute something
for tlie Washington Monument. We feel assured
that if a proper and well directed effort be made,
there arc many sections of tlie country in which
every voter will give semething. Wo hope Geor
gia, on that occasion, will manifest her reverence
for tho narno and character of Washington, and
her devotion to our glorious institutions, in such a
manner as not to excite a blush on the cheek of her
citizens, when allusion is made to tlie subject.
Another Forgery Exposed.
The National Intelligencer , of Tuesday, says :
The following communication from the Hon.
Lewis D. Campbell, of Ohio, was received last
night by Telegraph:
“ Hamilton, Oet. 18, 1852.
"To the Eilitore of the National Intelligencer:
“The publication in tho “Union” of Tuesday,
tho 12th inst., over my name, declaring Geii.
Scott for a repeal of tlie 'Fugitive Slave Law, is a
base forgery. I never wrote or published such a
circular. Lewis D. Campbell.”
The reader will recollect, that this same extract
was clipped from tho Washington Union, by a
correspondent of tho Chronicle tfc Sentinel, “An
Independent Outsider," und published in Wednes
day’s paper, as a part of his communication. We
note tho fact, to correct, as far as possible, the inju
ry done to Gen. Soott aud Mr. Campbell, by the
publication in this journal.
It is scarcely necessary to say that our corres
pondent was imposed upon by the Union. For,
however, opposed to Gen. Soorr, ho is incapable
of a resort to any other than fair means to defeat
him. His fault is, that iu his opposition to Scott,
ho lias been induced to give credence to the
statements of the Washington Union.
Eulogy on Mr. Clay.
Wsare requested to announce, that the Proces
sion on Thursday, the 4th day of November, will
bo formed in front of the Uuited States Hotel, at
10 o’clock, A. M., under tho command ot Col. W.
T. Gould, as Marshall of the day, and march to the
City Hall, where the Enlogv will be pronounced hy
tlie Hon. CnARLEs J. Jenkins. Tho Programme
of the Procession will be given hereafter.
Election Tickets.
Persons who desire to obtain Election Tickets
can be supplied at this office, at $2.50 jier thou
sand, or thirty-three cents per hundred for any
smaller number. Send in your orders.
Pennsylvania and Ohio.
The recent elections in these two States, have
been looked to with considerable anxiety by all
those who feci an interest in the Presidential con
test, as an index to the November election. The
Whigsno where expected to carry either State in the
election just closed, but they now affect to feel
great confidence, that both States will go for Scorr
—an opinion, which we regard as very well found
ed.
Greeley, the Editor of the New-York Tribune,
a very sagacious, civil calculator, iu election mat
ters, ha* been travelling through botli States, and
the following is the result of his convictions and ob
servations :
“ Having spent tlie eight days preceding last
Sunday in Ohio, and since passed through Penn
sylvania, we have had opportunities to know some
thing of the spirit iu which their State election*
have been prepared lor and contested, aud of the
portents of those elections.
“Pennsylvaniais naturally one oftbe best Soott
States in tlie Union—one of tlie eusiest to carry for
the Hero of Chippewa by a large majority. It i
deepiy interested iu the production ot iron, which
has been greatly depressed under the tariff of 1846,
aud though a little better now. is certain to be de
pressed again so soon us the iron masters of Great
Britain shall be impelled to reduce their prices.—
Gen. Scott is personally and widely beloved iu
Pennsylvania, while Gen. Pierce has not a particle
of strength there, but what was given him by his
nomination at Baltimore. A full vote and a fair,
animated contest insures the State to Scott by a large
majority.
“ Resting in the consciousness of this strength,
his friends have as yet done very little in tho way
of the organization and concentration of their forces.
They have gone into the State election split up into
half a dozen local factions. Temperance aud rum,
slavery and anti-slavery, with a dozen other side
issues, have served to distract them. They went
into this week’s contest as thoroughly disorganized
as a party could be. Thus, in Pittsburgh, where
we spent Sunday and Monday, every body was
anxious as to whether ‘Joe Barker’ shoulder
should not be chosen Sheriff, while nobody se-m
ed to know or much care as to what would be the
result as to State officers. Temperance was certain
there to injure the Whig Legislative ticket, which
was pledged to the Maine law, while the fuel
that our ticket in Lancaster was against the
Maine law. caused it to be cut there badly.—
These two counties (Alleghany and Lancaster,)
will give at least three thousand more majority
for Scott than they have given for the Whig tick
et. And so it will be throughout the State.
“We passed nearly through the State on the
day of election, and everywhere heard the same
-tory —the State functionaries working for dear
life on the lines of State canals and railroads, but the
Whigs treating the contest as of no national im
portance. For instance, in oue township a canvass
of the voters has been made, and there are just
sixty-one Pierce men within its borders; and these
cast fifty nine votes on Tuesday ; while that same
township lias seventy-jive Scott voters who did not
go near the polls. It was much like this through
out. * * * There are twenty-five
thousand Whig votes in Pennsylvania which have
not been poled at this election.
“We might have carried Philadelphia county
triumphantly, and perhaps saved the Stale ticket,
by consenting to a coalition with the Native Ame
rican partv. By electing L. C. Levin to Congress,
and one or two of their coantv ticket, we might
have taken the rest ofthe county ticket, Hared one
or two members of Congress, and sent our State
candidates ont of Philadelphia several thousand*
ahead. But if the Whig* had done so, they would
have been accused of favoring Nativeism, aud Gen.
SoottVonld have been held to answer for it. It
was better to lose ground now than to risk the
alienation of the adopted citizens ofthe Presiden
tial contest. _
******
“Onrfriends in Ohio, having no hope of the
success of their two candidates for State offices of
no political importance, made no serious or con
certed effort in their behalf. * * *
“ We never supposed Gen. Scott could be elected
without effort, in view oftbe hnngryncssaud des
peration of the politicians working against him;
we have believed, as we now believe, be will be
elected by means of effort, and because his friend*
will make the needful exertions to se ure his tri
umph.”
The Cincinnati Gazette, a journal not aceastoni.
ed to bluster about elections, or bray about the
prospects of its party, seems to hav acquired great
confidence since the election, and remarks:
We think it now settled —a fixed fact—that the
twenty-three votes of Ohio will be given to Gen.
Scott." His strength is greater in the State—much
than that of cuf State ticket at the late
election*. All who voted the Whig ticket'at our
general election will vote lor Scott elector*, and
will vote with us forSeottand Graham. Ops friend*
in Ohio know, and onr friends e'*ew'>ert ttsy rest
assured that Ohio if for Scott r.f,d Gr bam, for the
Union, for internal improvements, f,r protection
to onr own labor, for peace, and the prosperity and
happiness of the people. *
Honor* to Mr. Webster.
Is Charleston on Monday the Custom House wag
closed and the ships’ flag* flying at half-mast.
Webster and Jenkins.
The reoent elections seem to have inftised a now
life into the independent freemen, who repudiate
the nominations of Piehpe and Scott, regarding
them both as unfit for tho offioo to which they as
pire, and unworthy—totally unworthy— of the suf
fragos of an intelligent and free people. We fear
they have slumbered too long over their privileges,
but they may yet do much good toward relieving
the country from the servility to partisan dictation.
New York is moving on, and we find in the New
York papers the following Webster and Jknxinb’
electoral ticket for that State:
Citizens of New York to tho number of several
thousands, have, within a few days, subscribed a
gaper in favor ofa Webster electoral ticket, fortliis
late. In pursuance of this expression of senti
ment, a committee was appointed at a meeting
called for the purpose on the 80th ult., to obtain
suitable candidates for Electors of President and
Vice Prestdent of the United States, for the State
of New York.
The committee beg to announce the following
ticket, in part. Answers are hourly expected
from gentlemen selected as candidates in the re
maining districts, and the tioket will be published
entire within a few days:
7 f Fred’kF. Backus, of Rochester.
Senatorial. K Davis Noxollj of Syracuse.
Diet. Diet.
Ist Garrett L. Martense. 11th Chas. W.Sehaffer.
2d George Wood. 12th Edward K. James.
3J. Henry R. Dunham. 14th T. Van Vetchen.
4th Horace Uoiden. 28d Hunter Crane.
sth William Chauneey. 24th John 11. Johnson.
6th Hiram Ketchum. 25th John S. King.
7th Drake Mills. 26th Thomas Beals.
■Sth Elias H. Herrick. SOth Elisha B. Strong.
9tli John Thomas. | 82d Harry Slade.
10th Daniel Farrington. | 33d. Elijah A. Rice.
By order of the Committee:
Geo. A. Hood, Secretary.
It is stated that a ticket wi.l soon be put forth in
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Wisconsin.
Meetings continue to bo held in Massachusetts.
Wednesday night last, there was an immense pro
cession ofthe young men of Boston, friends of
Webster and Jenkins. »
On Thursday the Webster men of Boston fired
one hundred guns in honor of the Webster electo
ral ticket formed in ;New York.
The New York Mirror says:
“ It is soinowhat amusing to hear littlo whipper
snapper politicians ‘ damn Webster’ for not com big
out. Wo heard an asinine youth, yesterday, pro
nounce Daniel Webster a ‘d—-d fool!” We
could not help mildly replying, that wo regarded
Mr. Webster as ‘a man of considerable intellect!’
Pot-house politicians nro just now spitting vol
umes of troth at the greatest living statesman ; but
they might as well attempt to squirt their tobacco
juice at the face of the sun, with the wind blowing
strongly against them.”
The Webster movement in North Carolina lias
bean abandoned.
Col. Fannin's Acceptance.
The Executive Committee having filled the va
cancy in tho Independent Electoral Ticket, for
Webster and Jenkins, with the name of Col. Wx.
F. Fannin of Troup county, notified him thereof
and received the following lotter in reply.
The selection ofCol. F. is a most judicious one,
and wo congratulate him upon tho commanding
position he occupies before the country:
LaGrangk, Ga., Oct, 16, 1852.
James T. Nisbet, Esq., Chairman Executive Com
mittee:
Dear Sir,— Your favor of tho 10th inst., propos
ing to plaoe my name on the Webster Electoral
Ticket, is before me. Ido not feel at liberty to
decline the appointment, and in accepting, deem
it my duty to state succinctly the causes wliich in
duce my course.
I have ever been a W’big. Gen. Scott is tho
nominee ofa portion of that party —but I object
to him that ‘‘his convictions” lead—
-Ist. To a virtual abrogation ofthe veto power.
2nd. To a morconary uriny.
3d. To “the melioration of slavery even to itß
utter extinction.”
4th. To the annexation of Freesoil, but not
Slave Territory.
51 h. To the suppression of all opposition to laws
of Congress, whether right or wrong.
6th. To tho extension of the Presidential term,
already long enough.
7th. Ton strong Government with too great an
infusion ofthe military element.
Not recognising the above as Whig princinlos,
I shall not commit myself to thoir support. When
principle, or the interest of tho South is involved,
I can tolerate no such word as “availability.” I
can vote for Mr. Webster without doing violence
either to my feelings or my principles.
In haste, respectfully yours,
Wm. F. Fannin.
Tlie State Fair.
The Savannah Republican of Thursday, contains
the following notice of the Fair at Macon. Tho
story übout tho “Southern Cultivator ” and “organ.-
ism," is entirely a fancy sketch of tlie correspon
dent’s. The Southern Cultivator aspires to no such
dignified position as that of becoming the “organ"
of any body. Preferring to rely upon its intrinsic
merits to commend it to the public favor, it neither
seeks or desires any such prop for support and
sustenance:
Macon, Oct. 20—6 P. M.—The influx of stran
gers has been immense. There are twico as many
persons in attendance as yesterday—probably ten
thousand.
The register hooks having beon given to the
committee, it is utterly impossible to give a list of
articles oil exhibition. Wo hope to do this here
after; but this is uncertain, as it is utterly impos
sible to say at wbat hour the committee will re
port. Our impression now is, that tho Fair is de
cidedly superior to that of last year.
An effort will be made to have the next exhibi
tion in Augusta, and to make the “Southern Culti
vator" the orgun of tho Society, instead of tho “Soil
of the South." Quite a discussion occurred on this
aud collateral subjects to-day. The probability is
that both will bo made the’ organs, and that "the
Fair will be made migratory—giving it to that city
which offers tho greatest inducements, Savannah
we hope included.
Pickpockets aro still very active. One was
caught to-day and caged. Another was caught
last night and given one hundred lashes, woll laid
on.
The Agricultural Convention meets to-night,
when an important discussion is anticipated. The
Committeo on premiums will report to-morrow.
The grand fancy ball tukes place to-night.
Health of Savannah and Charleston.
The Board of Hoalth of Savannah report 81
deaths—2B whites and 3 blacks—in that city for
tho week ending tho 19th inst. Os thoso, oue died
of typhoid fever; one of bilious fever; two of fe
ver; four of remittant fever; and sovon of yellow
fevor. This, in a population of 18,800, is one in
every 590 souls. This is a more unfavorable report
than for the week previous.
In Charleston, for tho week ending the 16th inst.,
there were 77 deaths—s7 whites and 20 blacks.
Os tlie whites, 5 were natives of Charleston; 8 of
different States of the Union; 25 of Ireland; 15 of
Germany; 8 of Italy; 1 of Canada, and 1 of Eng
land. There were 44 deaths from yellow fevor, 2
from reinittaut fever, and 1 from typhoid fever.
This is tho worst week of tlie season for Charles
ton, and shows a mortality of one in every 658 per
sons.
According to these reports, the difference in tho
health of tho two cities is very trifling, and the
mortality in both is truly fearful. A frost will re
lieve both from the terrible scourge from which
they are now tufforing, and we sincerely hope it is
near at hand.
City Mortallity. —The health of Baltimore con
tinues remarkably good, there having been but 86
interments during the week, ending Monday morn
ing, oftt of a population of about 200,000 persons.
This is 61 less than during a single week of tho last
summer. Os the above deaths, 14 wero of con
sumption, 7 of scarlect fever, and 18 infantile un
known.
Tho deaths in Philadelphia for tho week ending
the 16th inst., were only 158.
Tlie death* iu New York last week numbered
070, being 13 less than those ofthe previous week.
4 died from cholera; 21 from cholera infantum;
18 from cholera morbus; 42 from consumption;
8 from small pox; and the residue from other com
plaints.
The number of deaths in Boston for the week
ending Saturday, was 71, of which 38 were chil
dren under five years of age. The chief diseases
were, consumption 15, dropsy in tho bead 5, and
scarlet fever 8. Only 8 died of dysentery, and the
total of all kinds of bowel diseases was but 8.
Savannah and Albany Railroad
The city Council of Savannah, ill responce to an
application from tho Board ot Directors of the
Savannah and Albany Railroad Company, have
voted (subject to tho approval of her citizens,) an
impropriation of five hundred thousand dollars to
wards the construction of a road from Savannah in
the direction of South-western Georgia.
This is a most important move for Savannah,
and cannot fail, when the road is completed, to
exercisfi a very great influence upon the trade and
commerce. We are glad, therefore, to see that
the friends of the exterprise are entering with a
degree of spirit and energy with the work, equal
to the emergency and commensurate with its im
portance both to Savanna hand the country through
which the road passes. They have already had the
offer of abundant aid fram abroad aud six of the '
Board of Directors have taken 127,000 of the stock.
Physicians Visiting List for 1853.
This is the title of a neat little book, so arrang
ed that a physician need not forget any of his pa
tienU, no mutter how numerous they may be, pro
vided he follows the directions. It also contains a
table of proportionate doses of medicine for all
ages and the antidotes for various poisons, and a
list of the officers ofthe American Medical Associ
ation and the amendments proposed to the As
sociation, together with other useful matter.—
This is a book that every practical physician
should have in his pocket. It can be found at the
Book Store of J. A. Carrie & Co., to whose polite
ness we are indebted for a copy.
Mcbdebous Attemft. —We learn that Dr.
Wigbtmax, of Lincoln county, while riding along
a road in that county, on Monday lust, was fired at
from behind, by some fiend, and severely wound
ed in the back and shoulder. The assassin disap
peared so quickly in tho thicket, that the Doctor
did not even see him.
Pulaski Court. —Judge Hansell, on account of
the unusual amount of sickness prevailing in
Pulaski, has postponed Court to the 20th of De
cember.
Feank Tolland, charged with being an accom
p’.ice of the murder of his father, in Lowndes coun
ty, Miss., in April, 1845, was acquitted at Aber
deen on the 55th Olt., whither his trial had been
moved. He had been convicted once, but had ta
ken the ease before the Supreme Court, and a new
trial was granted. He bad been confined in prison
upwards of seven years, he not being able to give
tbe necessary bail to release him from prison.
Several fires, suspected to have been the work
of an iucendiary, have recently occurred at Pensa
cola. Suspicions are entertained that a man named
Woodbine is the gnilty party, and a reward of five
hundred dollars has been offered for his appre
hension. Considerable excitement prevails, and
the people are busy in organizing fire and patrol
companies.
The Caloric Engine—Yankee Enterprise.
It would bo difficult to pay a higher compli
ment to Yankee enterprise and progress than is
contained iu tho following communication from an
Englishman to the London Xnct. The truth is
fast gaining eredenco in England, that if she would
keep paee with America, she must enter the list
prepared to display ho highest energies and skill.
And oven then the more discreet and sagacious of
her people are endeavoring to inculcate tho lesson
that they must not calculate with certainty upon
a triumph over Jonathan:
To the Editors qf the London Daily Nows:
Sin—By tho Irfst American mail we learn that
the caloric ship Ericsson was to have been touched
on the 15th inst. Being of tho opinion that tho
calorie engine will be found particularly applicable
to marine purposes on the largest scale, and as
this point will now very soon be placed beyond
the possibility of a doubt, I would submit the fol
lowing observations for tho consideration of “thoso
whom it may concern.”
Tho caloric engine of any given power will con
sume not an eighth of the coal used by a steam
engine of like powor. This may bo an unpalata
ble fact to our great coal owner*. Tho caloric en
gine has no boilers, and is in construction mor*
compact and less complicated than the steam en
gine ; consequently it will be proportionally cheap
er. This is not exactly what our onginoers and
boiler-makers will like. But to that part of the
public who travel—to those who sond merchan
dise from one end of the world to another —to
all those who, while contributing to pay for tho
expensive trinkets provided by tho Admirality for
the public amusement, in the steam line, pay also
towards the large subsides to steam companies,
but have no interest in soiling coal, or building
steam engines—to all such it will boa very differ
ent matter—it will ho all gain and no loss. And
assure as water will find its levol, the u-e of the
caloric engine will force its way, Have any of tho
flappers of our Laputan sages at tho Admiralty
awakened them to what brother Jonathan is
about f Have thoy deputed any “ competent per
son” to watch and report the progress of the calor
ic engine, so that in due time they might be pre
pared to arrest what may soon como to he useless
expenditure in steam vessels; and that thoy may
steal a march on our good neighbors, tho French,
and render useless their present provision of what
they call a “ steam bridge” aoross tho channel for
invading us ? We have expended, and are spend
ing ut this moment, immense sums of tho public
money to lit our largest liuo-of battle ships, as well
as frigates, with the screw, propelled by steam.—
This involves not merely the expense, gr at as it
is, of tho exterior adaptation, but all those arrange
ments of interior oconomy, resulting from the ne
cessity of appropriating a cortaiu space for steam
engines and boilers, and tho requisite coal. If
the caloric engine succeeds, stoam engiues, and tho
vessels using them, become at onco as much to tho
purpose as an old stage coach with ita four thor
ough-breda on a railroad.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Bayswater, Sept. 28 Indicator.
Singular Case. —Wo lean from the Tuscaloosa
(Ala.) Observer that at the recent session of the
Circuit Court at that place, Charles Jacobs plead
guilty to tho charge ofperjury, and was sentenced
to five years imprisonment in the Penitentiary.
The observer says that tho case grow out of an ex
traordinary stato of facts, which i„ details as fol
lows :
It will he remembered that, near five months
ago, a man named Campbell, then just from
Mobile, was found one, morning, noarth'o wharf in
this city, dead—bearing on his body unquestiona
ble marks of violence and murder. Our whole
community was thrown into excitement. For
many days all eyes and ears were on the alert to
discover the perpotrator of the diabolical deed, of
which there had been no parallel among us. The
city authorities were diligent in their efforts to
ferret him out. In the midst of too excitement,
Charles Jacobs charged Hiram bnunders and Wil
liam T. Gray with the murder, lie stutod that lie
saw them kill Campbell and ritlo his poekots and
then placo his body wlioro it was found tho next
morning; giving the time and place aud a detail
of circumstances. Before tho mayor and justices
he swore to these facts; and Saunders and Gray
were committed to prison to answer tho charge
of murder at this term of tho court. Jacobs was
required to give boud for his appearance to testify
against them. Failing to do that, e also was com
mitted—but to a separate department. Being
brought before the grand jury, and sworn to give
evidence against Saunders and Gray, ho stated
that he knew nothing of the murder, and that all he
had sworn to before tho committing magistrates,
wa* false.
Wo understand that great efforts were mndo by
the grand jury to discover tho murderer of Camp
bell, but without success.
New Postal Arrangements with Prussia.—
The Kolnische Zoitung of the 28th ult. contains an
official notice of the new Postal Arrangements be
tweon Prussia and tho United States. Tho sub
stance of the notioo is as follows): All letters aud
papers —the latter must ho mailed with only a
simple baud around them; which are not specially
marked to go by other routos, will ire sent byway
of Cologne and Verviers, and during tho transit
betwoou these two places will be enclosed in seal
ed bags, on ba ord the post-offico ear, and forward
ed to Now York or Boston. The postage maybe
pre-paid or not in all tho various Gorman States
which belong to tho Postal Union. The rates to
tho place whither directed, will be for a singlo let
ter, one loth or % ounce, 18 silver grosehen, about
81 cents.; from one to two lotlis, doublo and so on
Newspaper postngo to bo 2silver großclicn, or
about 7 cents.
The Elizabeth Jane at Havana.—lmi’Ortant
Corrections. —lt has been stated in soveral of tho
New York papers that the barque “ Elizabeth
Jane,” at this port from Havnnn, was, while at the
latter port, searched from atom to stern, for illicit
correspondence, and treated with great indecorum
and impropriety. In fact, the acts of tho Cuban
officials are dcseribed as “ Another insult to tho
American flag.”
We have seen her commander, Capt. E. Brooks,
a gentleman justly esteemed and every way relia
ble, who informs us that the account is altogether
erroneous, and that he had nothing to complain of
against tho authorities. The letters and papers
were as usual demanded by the officers who board
ed, and in consequence, it is believod, of misin
formation. a light search was made for presumed
illicit correspondence in tho cabin.
The wlmlo was, however, conducted with civili
ty, and the captain having given up a few private
letters that ho had in his possession, tho chief Cu
ban officer looked at the directions and said “ oh I
Captain, we know tho parties, and thoso letters are
of no consequence.” Capt. B. thought so very
little of tho circumstance, that he did not even
mention it to his owners, Messrs. Oh! & Sons, and
lie in naturally much surprised to find that in New
York such a moun'ain should be made out of no
thing.—Philadelphia Inquirer, 19 th.
N. B.—The reports of tho Filibusters, in rela
tion to tho “outrages” committed upon Ameri
can citizens, and the “ insults” offered to the
American Flag, in and around Cuba, should be
received witti many grains of allowance, about
these days.— Ciiuon. <fc Sent.
The Cologne Cathedral.— The grand Cathedral
at Cologno, Germany, tho foundation stone of
which was laid six centuries since, is now fast has
tening to its completion. It will he one of the
grandest structures in Europe. For about four
hundred years prior to 1852, nothing was done with
the unfinished structure. Tho name even of its
architect had become lost; but his plans and de
signs hud been preserved, and these are now being
fulfilled by the Prussian government. Tho wholo
building is five hundred feet long by one hundred
and fifty feet wide, witli projecting transepts of fif
sty feet each. In front are twin towers, 606 feet
high. It is expected that the building will be
comp letcd next year.
The Blate and Georgia Railroads.
Tiie Editor of the Chattanooga Advertiser, who
recently passed over these roads, in a letter to his
journal, speaks of them thus;
“In passing over the State Bond on Friday, we
were very favorably impressed with tho substan
tial improvements which a twelvemonth has
wrought. New locomotives, new passenger ears,
aud, for most of tho distance, new lieavy bar
track, have taken the placo of the old order of
things. A ride over the State Road, in point of
comfort, now compares very favorably with any of
our neighboring roads, but the speed might be
considerably qmckened without detriment to the
passenger’s feelings. This will doubtless bo done
so soon as tho relaying of the truck is finished.—
At Calhoun a commodious brick depot is nearly
completed. At Kingston another one, of hammer
dressed stone is going up. At Marietta also a fine
depot building is in process of erection, while at
Atlanta tho foundation is already laid for a much
larger structure than any of those named. At Dal
ton and at Chattanooga preparation is making for
the same rejuvenating process. These buildings
are planned not only with a regard for permanence,
but with some referunee to architectural beauty.
• “ Besides the above, wo notice that the wort of
filling up several of the high bridges is going for
ward os rapidly as the circumstances will admit.
Tho improvements now going forward on the
whole line ot the road arc more nutnorons and im
portant than we were apprised of, and certainly
convey a favorable opinion of tho business capa
city of Mr. Wadley.
“ Tho Georgia road is still a mode! road. With
a good track, good ears, and good management, it
is doing a very successful business, and answering
all the purposes to the trading and travelling pub
lic, which every railroad should do.”
Snow at the East.— Show fell to the depth of
six inches at Nashau, New Hampshire, on Friday.
A letter from Farmington, N. H., dated the 15th
inst., states that the tops of the hills and moun
tains in that vicinity are covered with snow. At
Portland, Me., there was also a snow storm on
Friday.
The first snow of the season at Ogdensburgh, N.
Y., commenced falling at 9 A. M. and continued
until 2 P. M. the same day.
The Conoabee Rail Road Biudoe.—The Palmet
to State Banner learns from a friend who has visi
ted the Bridge, that a largo forco is pressing on
the work with rapidity—and that there is every
reason to believe, that in ten or twelve days the
Engines and Cars will be able to cross the river.
Teleobapii Dividend.—The regular quarterly
meeting of 'he Magnetic Telegraph Company, from
Washington to New York, was held in New York
city on Friday, at which a divideud of three per
cent, was declared, payable on and after the 20th
inst., at the office of the Treasurer in Philadelphia.
Bishop Doane.—lt appears from a note address
ed to the New York papers by Mr. C. Doane, that
the report of his father’s illness at New Brunswick,
was exaggerated. The Bishop “was attacked with
a nervous prostration to which he has been sub
ject since his dangerous illness in 1848,” but “the
attention of his most hospitable host, Mr. Carpen
ter, and a twelve hours’ sleep have nearly refitted
him for work.”
The London Times.—ft is stated, as character
istic of the careful provision and good management
of this journal, that its long memoir of the Duke
of Y ellinoton, on the morning after bis decease,
had been prepiared six years previously, to be in
readiness whenever that event occurred. It is
understood to be written by Mr. Dodd, tbe well
known compiler of a parliamentary annual, who
undertakes the “ obituary” department of the
Times.
Fibe at Bkidkpobt. —It is reported that Mr. P.
T. Barnum’s mansion, “Iranistun,” at Bridgeport, I
Conn., took fire on Tuesday afternoon during the
festivities attendant upon the marriage of his eldest
daughter, and that the roof and other parts of the
building were damaged to the amount of a bout one
thousand dollars. The report says that “the fire
annihilate!- and the now water works put up by
Mr. B. alorfo saved the valuable property from total
destruction,”
Democratic Harmonic*.
The harmonies of tho two wings of the Demo
cracy are daily becoming more and more interr
ing, and as the election day approximates they are
acquiring a degree of poiut and raciness whioh
the earlier part of the canvass failed to impart.
In this latter category the following correspond
ence betweon the Chairman of the Executive Com
mittee and General Wofford may be appropriate
ly assigned.
Alluding, to this correspondence tho Athens
Banner says:
The political department of our papor to-day,
contains mutter or absorbing interest to tho peo
ple of Goorgia. First in importance comes the
correspondence between Mr. Gardner and Gon.
Wofford, in relation to the two elootoral tickets
for Pierce and King.
Tho roador will perceive that Mr. Gardner Ims
“ intked up the wrong passenger," in offoring a scat
to Gen. Wofford iu tho secession train of cars for
tho Presidency, and that ho prefers a seat in the
Union train for Pierce and King. His answer is
precisely such an ono as the occasion domanded.
it is frank, bold, manly and honest, and will win
for him shouts of applause from all thoso who pre
fer justice und plain dealing to the trickery which
would qpsnare our people to their ruin, under pre
texts as shallow as thoy aro disgraceful.
It isvory appurontfrom tho whole tonorofGeu.
Wofford’s reply that ho feels ho ocoupies tho
vantage ground, in rejecting tho proffered bribe,
and ho plumes himself upon his position. It was
evidently a great mistake to suppose that so old a
politician as Gen. Wofford could bo entrapped in
cuch a snare and with suoli a bait. But to the cor
respondence :
Augusta, Ga.. Sept. 80th, 1852.
Dear Sir: —With a view to harmonize tho con
flicting elements in the democratic party of Geor
gia, u mooting of democrats took place ut Atlnqja
on tho 18th inst., of whose proceedings you uro no
doubt oro this fully apprised. Tho action of tho
Union Democratic Convention, iu resolving almost
unanimously to throw no obstacles in the way of
concentrating tho utmost strength of the support
ers of Fierce and King upon the Democratic Elec
toral ticket, was predicated upon tho coucilitory
spirit aud cordial desire for a restoration of har
mony between the two wings of tho demooruev,
exhibited aud made clearly manifest by the mem
bers of tho Democratic Executive Committee in
attendance there, ami went very fur towards ac
complishing tho work of harmony. Indeed tho
good work may be considered as requiring but two
or three steps more to nniko it complete. It was
intimated in tho lettor of the Executive Commit
tee, that should the opportunity bo afforded them
by tho creation of vacancies on the electoral tiekot
they should bo filled by porsons entirely accopta
ble'to our Uuion Democratic brethren. I rejoice
that tho opportunity is now afforded tho Commit
tee to niako good that ussurunoe, by the with
drawal of Col. Thomas M. Foreman, and of his al
ternate, for the express purpose of enabling tho
Committee to tondor tho position of Elector to a
Union Domocrat. Our democratic friends iu tho
first district desire the place shall bo tendered to
you us a token of their fraternal regard fur tho
Union Democracy of the Sixth District, and an ac
knowledgement oftheir respect for your long and
valuable servioes as a champion of Democratic
principles. It is a tribute of good will from the
sou-board democracy to the mountain democracy,
and if accepted in tho spirit in whioh it is offered,
It will fix the seal of a thorough re-union nuiong
tiiose who have boon hitherto soparuted by issues
now past and gone. lam authorized by tho Ex
ecutive Commiltoe to tender you the position, aud
to respectfully urge your acceptance. It is tho.
wish both of the U nion und Southern Bights dem
ocrats of the Fist District, now happily re-uuinted.
They will togother give the ticket, with your iiaino
on it as one of the Kleotors, a cordial support, if
you give them tho opportunity, by accepting tho
appointment.
Thia tender of the appointment has boen mado
without reference to tho Electoral Ticket, put forth
by the Minority Koportot'tho Atlanta Convention,,
and which wo presume was without your authori
ty. Previous to that ovont it was tho desire and
intention of the Committee to offer yon the first
vacancy which should occur, in pursuance of tho
purpose indicated in thoir communication to tho
Committee of the Union Domoorucy at Atlanta.
A speedy reply to this lottcr is respectfully re
quested. I await it iu tho confident, hope that it
will bo in acceptance of the appointment, thus
adding another proof of your devotion to tho truo
interests of tho democratic party.
1 remain, dour sir,
Very respectfully yours,
Jamks Gardner, Jr.
Chairman Dcm. Exeo. Committoo.
Gen. VTx. B. Wofford.
Hollingswoutu, Oot. 20t.h, 1852.
Pear Sir:— l acknowledge the receipt of your
communication of the 80th ult., in which, as Chair
man of what you are pleasod to stylo “tho Demo
cratic Exeontivo Committee," you offer mo tho
appointment of Elcotor upon your ticket, in the
place of Col. Thomas M. Forman und his alternate
withdrawn.
In respectfully declining, as I do, to accept tho
appointment tendered by yon, duty, to mysolf, t»
the democratic party, and tho country, requires
that I should briefly assign porno of the reasons
which have urged mo to this determination.
It is obvious from tho whole history of tho con
troversy between tho two divisions of tho demo
cracy of Georgia, that it owes its existence at this
day to an unfounded claim by the wing of the
parly to which you belong, to the exclusive control
of the eutiro party. Hence, your unsurpation of
the party mime and organization at a time when
tho two divisions were at issuo upon questions
vital to tho peace and safety of the country—lienee
your promature nomination, on the 81st day of
March last, of an electoral ticket of your own ex
clusive choioo, aud taken entirely tVom your wing
of the party—henoo your refusal to meet in a be
coming spirit the earnest request of tho Union
men of Georgia, favorable to tho oleotion of
Fierce and King, for a common electoral ticket that
should “fairly represent ” us all.
Whilst this proposition was an open question,
hopes were indulged that so reasonable and just
a ground of re-union and co-operation in a com
mon cause, would bo the result of tho confcrenca
which had been appointed to tako pluco at Atlai'.tu
on t lie 18th of Soptomhcr.
Tho record of tho proceedings of that mee ting
G resents to the world tho representatives vs tlio
niou division of tho party in an attitude of en
treaty for re-union upon tho principle of mutual
concession, which 1 regret to say was not. met by
u corresponding sentiment from your wing of tho
party, but was rojeclod by its accredited organs
undur pretexts ami oxeusos as galling to our feel
ings, as thoy were clearly violative of our rights.
In order to protcot themselves against this un
just und unfraternal course of action, tho Union
friends of Piereo und King have been compelled
to resort to an electoral ticket of their own, upon
which my unnio appears as one of tho oleotors, and
although it has been done, bh you correctly sup
pose, without my “authority,” it eertainly lias not
been done without my approbation. I have ac
cepted tiie nomination, and tukeu my position in a
contest forced upon me by tho refusal of yonr
wing of tiie. partly to co-operate witli mine, upon
a basis alike just, fair, and honorable to us all.
I oanuot consent to abandon that position under
tho petty allurement of having my name put upon
tiie ticket of tiie self-styled “ democratic party” of
Georgia, now seeking to deprivo its members of
their rights of representation and equality in tho
section of their ooinmon agents.
1 regard these rights us too precious to freemen
ever to bo surrendered to the tyruny of party—and
more especially at tho bidding of one wing of a
party in u stuto of separation with another. In
connection with this point, I cannot refrain from
remarking that, whilst the self-styled “deuiooratio
executive committee," of whioli you are chairman,
have refused to acknowledge tiie principle of tear
representation us a right to which Union domocyiito
are entitled, they liavo condescended, as t.hoso
having authority, to yield it ns n matter of grace
in such special instances and to suoli extent as
they, in their discretion, may see proper. Hence
it is that I am informed of the withdrawal of Col.
Forman and his alternate, “for tho express pur
pose of enabling the eommitttee to lender the
position of elector to a Union democrat.” I ro
. celve grace only from my Muker—l demand my
rights from my fellow men. But whether your
position to accord to Union demoornt* one out of
the ten electors bo considered in either light, it
falls lar short of' tiie proper stundard for either
it is too niggardly for grace—too short ot the full
measure of justice for right.
It is somewhat rouinrkablo that not a singlo
vacancy in your electoral ticket could be brought
about lor the purpose of harmonizing the party
until a large portion of the Union men had taken
a position of solf-defenco under an elootornl ticket
of their own. although Judge Johnston and Gen.
Haralson hud placed their name# completely in tho
power of your committee.
Tho world may be left; to judge whether there
was really any obstacle presented by their alter
nates, us also to decide whether the little pittance
of representation, at the lute hour, and when the
parties bavejtaken their final position for the con*
test, and which has been doled out ostensibly as
an act of mere grace to the Union democrats has.
been tendered “ without reference to the electoral
ticket put forth by the minority report of the At
lanlu Convention.”
You liuve been pleased, sir, to speak In terms of
respect for my “long and vuluuole services ns a
champion of democratic principles,” and even to
tender meun appointment upon yonr ticket on ac
count of those services; for all of which I thank
you. But whilst the occasion will not permit me
to refine the tribute thus volunteered in my be
half, it demands that, instead of appropriating my
championship of democratic principles to an or
ganization which donies the rights of equal repre
-entation to all the members ot a party which it
seeks to control, 1 should devote it to tho cause of
thoso who have right and justice on their side.
I am, very respectfully, vouis, &o.
Wx. ft. Wori'OßD,
To Jas. Gardner, Jr., Chairman, &c.
The Cassville Standard, a zealous organ of the
Union wing, comments upon the correspondence
in the following strain:
“What! do they think mo iucli milky boy
To pay my vengeance with a few soft wordsf*
We learn from an article in th» Constitutional
ist, that the Southern Rights party have tendered
to Geu’l. Wm. B. Wolford a place on their electo
ral ticket. Wondrous condescension I Unparal
leled magnanimity ! Did the self-conceited, arro
gant clique who work the wires ot the Southern
Rights, or more properly disunion party, suppose
that Gen. Wofford or any other Union man of hon
or and principle, would accept a place on their
ticket at this late dato, and under existing circum
stances J Verily they must fancy a place on their
ticket is oonivafent to the highest post of honor in
the nation] Gen. Wofford very properly declined
tho proposition. He could not huve done other
wise. Wo regard the proposition, coming at the
t ime it does, and made to one of tiie electors of the
independent Union ticket, as adding insult to inr
jury, and “heaping up wratli against tho day of
wrath.” The Union party somo weeks since pro
fered the hand of fellowship to ihcso men. It was
at a great sacrifice of feeling that this w as done, on
account of the ultra tendencies of tho Southern
Bights party, so fully developed in their past his
tory. Yet, anxious to promote the union of all tho
supporter* of Pierce and King, they made the prof
fer. The Southern Bights party selfishly and in
sultingly refused it. Now that we have a ticket of
our own, and a good one, and one that bids fair to
carry everything before it, they very graciouely
step in and offertho pitiful boon of one elector upon
their ticket. Wo forbear to express all wo feel
at this new indignity. We call the attention of
tho Union party to it. Give it a calm considera
tion in connection with tho past history of tins
party—the Atlanta meeting and the formation of
the iate independent Union ticket. Is itnot shame
ful ? Is it not disgraceful ? Is it net insulting t
freemen of Georgia! friends of tho Union, goto
the polls on Tuosduy week, the 2d of November,
and rebako those disunioniets through the ballot
box!
As necessary to illustrate more fully, the good
opinion they entertain of each other and tho cor
diality of the greetings of the “Harmonious De
mocracy,” we subjoin a few extracts, cullod from
the press of tho Union wing. They are particu
larly entertaining.
From the CaetvUU Standard.
Dows with tub Disdniowists.— The intelligence
from various sections of the State relative to tho
prospects of the Union ticket is most cheering.
The friends of tho Union are beginning to owuko
from their iothargy. We rejoico to see it, and
earnestly urge upon every good Union man to fall
into the ranks, and ouoe again beat buck tho Dis
uniouists. There is no doubt that tho prominent
members and leadora of the Southern Rights party
are nearly every one > ecessionists and enemies to
tho Government. Will Union men sutler these
dißunionists to get into power in Georgiu ? Surely
not. We have twice beaten them back, and yet
with a tenacity of life unprecedented, and witli the
most dogged determination, they again rush to
tho onset. Shall we suffer them, aa they, are at
tempting to do, to run us off our own platforms,
and trample us under foot 1 No sirs—never! Thoy
pretend to be in favor of Pierce—they call then*-