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JOHN FORSYTH, l E D IT OR/ ?OKN FOHSYTH?BL. ELLIS & CO. ra TOggs ** Thb Times is published every Tuesday the fvest side of street, nearly opposite “ Winter s E JL’foer n r - TVl ’ “'ll&Kn.taS I wSte.^ . .he opUon <?f * A conspicuously inserted at DoS Per square for the first in £rS?o, andK£ Cents for every subse quent contin** aace * <£avfcs. aiJSCIUSTS’ ASB PIASTERS’ ** JIUTCAL INSURANCE COMPANY. NEW-ORLEANS, LA. fire ami Marine Risks, R. S. GREENWOOD. Assent. V'oloin(ti, Ga. Dec 20, 1800 twly DOCTORS SCHI.KY AMD DAVIS. OFFICE OVER GEO STRUPPER’S Rtudolph t., Calnmbu* G. jn7twlm ‘ fNrr: MB—-i DH.H.H.PIERCK. OFnCE A#§ PIERCE’ DRUG STORE. Bread at ., Colnmlms Ga. ja?-tw2nn DR. BUAXHAM’S Livr and Dyspeptic Medicine. For ude by HILL & DAWSON. And GESNER fc PEABODY. Columhns. Aug. *2O, 1850. 30—20 t O. M. D., IT Df"S. *®m a few dors shove Carter’s Drug Store, rr srAnts. •Oal-imßij*. D*<-. ti, IRSO. tw—fim * H. R. TAYLOII, Commissi n and Forwarding Merchant. ]•- 22 W.tTRR STREET, APAI.ACHICOLA, ri.A. CKEESW <>]> & MOltltlS, COMMISSION MERCHA NTS, Sa. 113 TcliAßpltnnU, Street, KF.W OKLF.AKS. B. T. GREENWOOD. JOSIAH MORRIS. Oet I, ISSO wfctw—Sni CHARLES t. HARRISON. AUCTION AND-COMMISSION MERCHANT Broad *t-, Colnmbns Ga., Will attend promptly to all baseness consigned t him. jan9tf JANES N. BETHtINU, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Ctier *f Broad aud Randolph Streets. COLUMBUS, GA. Orrtcc -.m Hkokaw, Clemons Sc Co.’s Store. jan2s-lytw WM. HENRY HULL, iCOMUSION MERCHANT, ORLEANS, LA. WILI,\ tend promptly to any buainesscoufided to bis care. Refer to : E. C. Center Sc Cos. > St. John. Powers & Cos. J Mob ,0- J. & J. Geodes, ) „ n . Beard, Calhoun Jk Cos. J ”* ’’f'* l ’''"- >* Orleans, Feb. 15, 1848. 9—ti GODFREY & SOLOMONS, FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS, SAVANNAH, GA. JAMES K. GODFREY. E. W. SOLOMONS, j Rest r eaees : Rer. James R. Evans, Savannah. Iter. Samuel Anthony, Talholton, Ridgeway Sc Gunhv.Colnmhtis. N. Oiislev Sc Son, Macon. A nmirt 1. 1850. 13-6 m D. M. SEALS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, KNON, Mncon County Ala. Praetieaa in Macon, Russell nnd Barbour coun tie*. ty Refers to—Wiley, Banks Sc Cos., Charleston, L. M Wiley Sc Cos. Netv-York. 10— | v CHESLEY B. HOWARD, ATTORNEY A T L A W % ;,*> COLUMBUS, <JA. V ,a }YSSO. , .t.d $- DAVID ROSS, BOOK BIND E 11. Columbus, Ga, gj-Qlfice UP STAIR in the ,*• Southern ‘ CirjgAfch” building, kantMph stfeet, where he ! •nay h*fflku;T*t all hour* of Ihe * ft ■- * \Eli & /PEABt>DY. NUFACTURERS and Wholesale | and Retail dealers in Medicines, Chemicals. Surgical and Dental ! Patent Medicines, Faints, Oils, j v Dye-Stuffs, &c., &c. JKt the eld stand ot J. K. Winter Sc Cos., sign ofthe I ’ Nefre and M*> rtar, Columbus, Georgia. I I The subscrilie.rs have just received a fresh sup', ply es the above articles, which they will sell on the most reasonable terms. G. H. Peabody. W. Gesner May ts, ISSO. MANSION HOUSE, TALBOTTON, GA. By J. J. TOOKE. THIS House has been recently opened j fee the reception of Boarders and the c 1 ceanaedatioa f Travellers. All the apartment hsve been neatly arranged and everything done for the comfort and convenience of those who ta ,rr him with their patronage. The Proprietor hopes bv unremitting attention, ! Jo five ent-re satisfaction and merit a liberal sup- J y.ft. April 4, i>so. 15 —tt (CLAYTON aAvILKINS AUCTION, CO3IMISSION iIEGKO BieOKl]Ks. H\VING provided themselves with two fin* tore* in the central ami business Jtrt ofthe citv are prepared to do a general .VIJC ! TIOX, CUNJIISNIOA 1M) nk<;iio BRlh ! AUK business, and will attend strictly to ; #ll bonnes* entrusted to ilieir care. F. G. WILKINS, P. A.. CLAYTON Colombo*. Sept H, ISSO. sS—tl fMES. KYLE & THORNTON. A v vt:v.c on hand, n largo and well’ iltehid stojk of' 1 ’ . IIOCH'S 1 JE. S?. faaaiatiag i part of the ♦ntlowtng articles.- i India Biggini'. Keutuckv do. Bale Rope and Twine, e agar. Coffee and Tea. Balt. Molasses, Sperm and Tallow Candice Tobacco ot all qualities. (Powder, Shot and Lead. Bacon. Flou-, &c. itc. Which they offer for sale at the lowest maitet 1 price*. Sent 10. ISSiI If - repairing and tuning. I /I\i Snbscfi!r has *he nl ‘" > - i< ! X wti to ti.amioce to His friends w Vrr *5? Ts and the pninlic in general, tiat ie lias ] J V'l * | cacceedcd in obtaining from one of tfce first tal>- in New-York city, a VIA.- , JCO M.VKER, who comes prepared for rjpaHng, | renovating and tuning Piano Fortes in thejvery .beet manner. Persona having a favorite inltru- j ment that hit* got out of order, will doubtieas be | glad to avail themselves ot the services of a rigu- | Ur workman. AII orders for work, either in town or eouiltry, will he promptly attended to. * CHARLES REPS, Piano Forte Wareroom, Broad St. IVe o3— w A. BININGER 8c CO. lit Broadway, Ne\v-Aork. IMPORTERS of Otard, Dup.uy & Cos. X fienaessy, Pinet and .Caniltion, Cognac and Jamaica Rom, HollandjG*n. Scotch and Irish Wh.skev { Mumm's Sillery and Verreney; DvJJrt mt ♦ Heidaetck, Champaign, Madeira, Sherrv and Port Wines; Curacao * Absinthe, French and Gorman Wines; Scotch and London Porter, Ha vans Ctnrs, Regalia*, and the finest brands gener ally. Refer to E. BARNARD and Co.,Coiumbus April It. 185® • i 17—1. ,I*o wanted. %L\ per mouth or 180 dollars per an- Sf -| v sen Will be paid for able-bodied negro *ril<A t* work oirthe Muaeogee Rail Road. For psrtikalart,apply’ to Cot. John H. Hfeward, Colurn hns, or to the subscriber or his Agents on the wsg. ■ • • jnp D. GRAY. VOLUME XI COLiriODS, GA, FRIDAY, JA. 31, 1851. We were compelled our last Tri-Weekly issue, forthe wlnwf ink; our supply being detained a pi month be yond the time it should arrived ; and our cotemporaries, happenfr; also to be short and unable to Aeip i We make all the amends a our power by giving in this number tl matter of two numbers. The Young Men of ti South. —We acknowledge with pleas e, a pamphlet containing the constitutio if the Southern I Rights Association of the rginiaUniver | sity, with an address to th Young of the South. It is written th ability and in the highest and firmest ne of devotion to the whole rights of e south. The rising generation, thank 3aven, are be ing educated, in a spirit ‘ freedom fioin that superstitious reverec :for the Union, which induces so many en of the pres ent day to sacrifice to ] esent ease, and the spell of a name, fu! re safety, vital rights and lasting honor. We commend this e.xa pie to the young men in all the academie and colleges of I the South. The preset generation is shoving to the shoulder: if the next, the dangers aud respspisibilies ot this great question. Let tiro yout of the country prepare to meet them. THE RICHMOND (VAiEHGUIRER. The number of this ament pape of the , . > r r Cfi n 21st inst. contains two uding a^.-tes — one entitled “T/ie Lunate of the Southern Press,” and the other, rAbolition in Dis guise.” These articles jrnish a contrast, | so remarkable, in thetj sentiments and ; tone, topics of criticisnopd objects of at tack ; that the reader hjurprised to find | them, side by side, intlrsame newspaper ! organ, the emanations iJthe samelabara tory of thought and lir n. We notice them lor the exhibiting the eminently treacherous jeire of the ground on which a newspapeyj/ands, that pro fessing (and in this ca-aP, doubtless feel ing) Democratic State7'ghts principles, is yet forced to the effort of reconciling with thosfffinciples, an hon est support of the uni<V° n^e basis of the so-called compromises t f the Congressional session of ISSO. The first article is a lashing and pas sionate attack on the •Southern Press,” ! and the editor include#! the sweep of his angry pen, all who ag>c with the “Press” that the legislation o last winter was a foul wrong to the sUth, a fatal wound to the constitution, an a desecration of the principles of equity and justice, for which there can bo rs pardon, short of a restitution to the soth of her outraged rights. These, tho -ich. Enquirer, char acterizes, as “the srallest, most ultra and ridiculous band olfactionists that have ever, by their inimperate conduct, dis : traded the southiti States.” We have too much respect tr ourself and for the noble party to whrd we belong, to retort ; this violent and itemperate language*— | We content ours f with predicting that! i the Enquirer wil find that the band of 1 true southern opponents of the cheats and juggles of the preent Congress, is not so small as he imagines. And in regard to | their ultraism. \he are precisely what the -Siftors would be, j they carriciTmTo*effect the principles thd.'preach and teach. We i cite their other ancle, to which we have j referred, to provjix, This is a commen tary on a letter, I ritten for the New York Evening Post, l ; some pitiful northern scoundrel, who enjoyed the hospi tality of some oifour Rice Planters on the coast of Georgif, and cotton Planters in Liberty county repays tl£ , Du;o. J 0 j catering forthq ppetites of lition readers, ‘series of lies and slanders about what he. taw. Oil thi a theme, oil r j Richmond cf’mporary lets himsell out to the full leii-h of his southern tether.— Nay, he|com< down, not alone on the let ter-writer, onthenwfA with a degree of : ferocity thafrs startling when we remem jberhow reifint was his denunciation of southern “ Itras.” Pray, has the “En quirer” takn out a patent to monopolize all the wra* and indignation against north | ern wronf and injustice* If the “Press,” i the “Tinfs,” or some poor wight of a S. i"CarolinaArother, utter a complaint above theirbrqfth; the Enquirer is,in a pucker t of solicitude, and rushes, pen in 1 hand, t/the rescue of the emperilled Un ! ion ! b/t, he, can abuse the north, invoke j retalia/on, non-intercourse, and taxation oil ysJkee products, aud all the while be ; a mt/t catholic unionist. What most i move the Enquirer’s wiath in this case, is 1 that/art of the letter of this abolition emis sary which treats of the “poor whites” of tht/south. We extract it. But, first, we wcsild ask the Richmond Editor, if tiieeo “Yankee wiles” are neics to him 1 Did he ait know of them, when he consented to ;*• acquiesce ” in those fearful concessions to | our unscrupulous enemies, madly, basely, cowardly, yielded by the “omnibus” coiii i promises 1 But to the extract: Tn Poon Wiiitks. —It occurred to us that the I interests • f these classes were essentially dillrrent; ! and I determined to get the sentiments of some of the poor noti-slaveholder, as soon as I could, and as luck would have it, l tell in with one yesterday. ’ He was a fin-, hale, and frank looking fellow, and I exceedingly intelligent, considerinc his east lat once told him I was originally from the uoith, and i then remarked that it seemed to me, the pom white men had no chance in a s’ave stale. His reply was j manly, though sorrowful. aW ’ as I recollect, I as follows: I -No sir, we have not half a chance. The negro i f ar better offthan we. We are considered bv { the rich far below the negro, and they have always i the preference if there is anything to do—the nr. groes,” he added, “steal fromthrir masters and to sh-’lter themselves lay it to some poor wlme man.” The negro show* hi* cunning in this; he i* good witness against his own color, and not against the white, by the laws of this State; and therefore, the charge must drop, whereas, if he made it against his own color, the probability i*. they would recmr.i nate until half the negroes on the plantation would get a flogging, including the one who made the charge. I replied, then you would be better off if there were no degrees, “Better off ‘ he repeated, Lj w j s h ib-re was not a negro this side of Africa. Do vou think,” he continued,’*l do not know that I could get more for my labor, had I not the negro to compete with, knd that, (I should be more of a : nant” I then asked him if there were many df his way thinking! he replied, ‘‘Yes and they” (meaning the slave owners) “writ find it out be lore Uc” and then said: “the success of the In,on ticket here , is the result of the poor mans vote. I Conscientiously believe that the negro s condi tion in this State, is far better than be poor wh.te man’s, who depends upon his hands for a hung; and U .star less pM*. Though the white man Can lire here, with half the labor he can at the north, yet his contact with the negro, by being com- y Tfaljiy *- polled to work by hi* aid?, am’ connaquently k clininir him to herd with him, reduces his mo|l standing far below the lowest of your white*. I firmly believe that the negroes here really enjs life. As the northern man is often exposediii •aunts and jeer* in South Carolina. I would ad* j him to pass directly on to Savannah, if he is gt|. to the south or west, where he will find a far m* liberal state ofleeling and less extortion. C, The Italics are not ours. The elemet of the success of the “ Union ticket i Georgia” seems to have surprised th Editor. But it is now news to us, here i Georgia. We warned the Planters of Geor gia who voted for submission last Novetro ber, of this, among tho other dangers fron “Yankee wiles” to which they were ex posed. But large numbers of them could see nothing “glorious” but the “Union” and could not imagine any danger tha was three inches removed from theirnoses. particularly while cotton was worth l! cents a ponnd. But the Richmond Enquirer denouncei this as “anew scheme of incendiarism set on “foot, the. object and end of which, is servile “ tear, to beheaded by non slaveholding whites “in the South !” If tee were to say that much, we should be pointed at as an “alarmist.” But the Enquirer can say it, and the following too : No one can misundratand the hearing, the ob ject and intent of the whole letter. Alter reading this letter, if the people of Virginia are not prepar ed *1 once to commence a proper system of diser m inating taxation, on Northern import* and manu facture*, they should not complain, if non-slave holder* should he seduced into the argument* oft Northern fanatics ! If the lai dholder and slave*, holder shall cl>n? *° Yankee enterprises, and will not aid our shipping inti-rcgt* and import ingmer-’ chant*, by giving a preference to forego goods, which havo been directly imported into and to domestic good* manufactured in Virginia-? (and these enterprises arg always carried on by ine'i not deeply interested in lands or negroes, heeaifi.- their main capital must he vasted in their trade ,) —why, then, what right have fiiey to expect tl.jt the person* engaged in these ijilores-ts, (as we / as 1 all other non-slaveholders, so strongly tjppealcdho,) will not join in a few years with the Yat kr fs to overthrow slavery together* This is the prif } e ob ject of all abolition movement*. Arid yet t/e first measure has not been taken by our Legislature to . unite theiuterest-,indissolubly,ano thcslavhnhlerand : non-slaveholder—hut on the contrary,no sooner was I the uhject ol taxing northern productions publish- | erl through the metropolition press,than the Valley i Whig, and some other Whig presses, took side, with the abolition presses, that suchjineasurcs were unconstitutional, and, with the decision of the Su preme Co.irt. affirming its constitutionality, staring them in the face! The Whig presses, which have not taken sides against the tax, have generally been mum ! While many of them have j been, asd now are advocating an increase of the tariff by Congress, for no other purpose than to make the North stronger and the South weaker, and the committee raised in so much haste on the sulject has done nothing. Now we call upon the slaveholder and non-slaveholder, the. farmer and the mechanic, tho shoemaker and the blacksmith, the house-builder ami the ship-builder, the machin ist and the manufacturer, the importer and the re tailer to unite in a measure mutual y beneficial to all; and let the diiveller in politics,l(the common enetnv to all.) tread his fatal path alone. Let him follow his argument and take up his e.bode pro perly in the ranks of those whose interests hr. best subserves. Every reader of the Enquirer must be painfully impressed with the unhappy state of “betweenity” in which it daily la bors. It is not the juste milieu of tion and wisdom ; nor the medio tutissimus of prudence; butit is rather a state of com pulsory suspension between counteracting forces and principles at war with each oth er ; l>=r magnetizing by their rapid play the unhappy object who stands within ihe circuit of their current. The centritugal force is the-strong native southern instincts of the Editors, strengthened by a politfeal education in the school of Southern, |ate R ights YJAgintaUemot j olntri petal force, is the unhappy consaugujnity to the Washington Union, and tjre evil hour that lured the Enquirer intb A sup port of tlie compromise measures, j The Enquirer abuses us for an “ultra.” We pity it, as the poor beast between two stacks of hay; or rather, as one trying to both God and Mammon—the god of principle, and the mammon of expedi ency. Until it decides fully between the two, it will continue to struggle “ like a strong man in a morass,” and fritter away its power for good or tor evil, regardless of the amount of talent it brings to bear on the suicidal game. In short, the Rich mond Enquirer, must continue to be a pair of Kilkeny cats within itself, swallowing each other and “leaving not a (tail) be ‘hind.” No man or paper need prate about Southern Rights unless he is prepared to look boldly in the face the only remedy for their All nego tiations between men and nations, that do not look to the ultima ratio, are as idle as the wind, and not worth the paper on which they ate conducted. White Hal lers may row one way and look another, let no man pretend to be in favor of defending the south from her enemies, and yet make war those who look to a with drawal from the family of States as a last resort to find peace and escape dishonor and wrong. THE WAY TO PRESERVE THE UNION THE WASHINGTON CITY PLEDGE. The Telegraph announced to us a few days ago that some 60 members of'Con gress had signed a sort of total abstinence pledge, to hold all candidates, unclean, and not to be “touched,tasted or handled” who were not in favor ofthe omnibus com promise and the union, and against all slavery agitations. The pledge has not yet come to hand to gratify a rational cu riosity to see so curious a document. We find the names of Clay, Foote, Cobb, Toombs and Stephens iuentioned as sign ers The letter writers give very- differ ent accounts of it. The “ fast-man” of the Baltimore Clipper has th if about it; “The new Union movement, of which I spoke in cue of my recent letters, is progressing. The paper or address has already some sixty signers to it in the Sen ate and the House, among whom are Mr Clay, Mr Speaker Cobb, Gen Foote, Mr Toombs, Mr A H Stephens, &c. The signers pledge themselves to support no man for President or Vice President, who is not openly for the preservation of the Union. Aud lurther, they pledge them selves to vote for no man for any office whatever, unless he be an avowed Union man. Mr Cass and Mr Douglass are said to have refused to sign. So you see, that this movement, of which the first inkling appeared in these letters, is no child’s play. It utterly destroys all past Presi dential calculations.” The Washington correspondent of the Boston Post (Democratic) gives it the fol lowing very cavalier notice: “The proposed Union movement here in Washington is a sheer humbug. It was never contemplated by the leaders of par ties, but merely pushed by the ultra fac tions, as a means of breaking down such titer as Cass, Foote, Ac., by'making it ap- “THISAItos OF THK STATS s’ ASD THBI SOVEREIGNTY OF THK STATES.* COLU||pUS, GEORGIA, RXjYr] TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1851. Sear that there had been an improper un erstanding between the leading whtgs and democrats, for the purpose of breaking down the democratic party. Gen Cass was the first man to put his foot on it, and he has crushed the scheme so that it will never again be heard , of. If the Union men want to come to Cass, there he stands as a rock on the platform of the Union, but they rfiust come to him without a bar _gain—they must come to him from patrio tic motives to save the constitution and the Union. The northwestern democracy is as firm as a rock, and will not yield an inch. Osceola. So Gen Cass would’nt go into it. He “put his foot on it” i Some of these wire workers will put their foot in it, before they are done. From present appear ances, this is a Fillmore movement. His administration has straddled the “ com promise” as its hobby, for the lack of a better; and th e nag of union is harnessed in the; lead to help along the movement. Meanwhile where does the compromise find hearty approval and support* Is it in the North, which has the best reasons to be pleased with it ! Alas! it conta.ns the Fu gitive Bill; and the Vermont, Massachu setts and New York Legislatures will an swer how the north likes it. Hear the de fiance of Horace Greeley to the Fill morines. He is speaking of the New York Legislature: “We beg the Silver Grays (the Fillmore party) once for all, to pass their resolves approving and promising to sustain the Fugitive Slave Law if they can. Do stop Sour whining and call for the Yeas and ays. The only obstacle to the passage of •your resolves is the want of affirmative votes. You can get a majority ofthe Lo co-Focos to vote for “echoing the Presi- I Gent’s Message,” if you like that soli phrase better than blunt ‘approving the Fugitive Slave Law ;’ and if you only had a majority of the whigs in the same humor, ( you need not write any more wheedling and whining Editorials to achieve your l end. So just trot out your Silver Gray po ny through his paces. We say he has the spring-halt, Sind can’t thlfke headway. It such is the act, no amount of horse-chanting will cure tis distempers. But just understand that here is nothing “terrible” in all the you are likely to get out of the i j iresent Legislature. N >budy is likely to j >e terrified unless it is your Members at he aspect of their constituents. Is it in the south that it finds strength ! The Virginia Legislature has just voted lown resolutions giving it only a quasi j upport. Even the Georgia submission •ooventiou did little more than tolerate it; Ihile with the Southern Rights Party, it is ‘{tested, as at once, the omnibus and the 1 idge of southern degradation. The Clay <>mpromiseis not a solid platform that < m support a party before before the tiuntry ; because Injustice is at the but- 1 t m ofit. The compromise was a clum ° effort to heal an incurable, moral and ” litical distemper. It has stifled for the 1 le being, the fierce and angry passions rnsed in the struggle of antagonist prin () ties, but it has not touched the germ of te ise principles. It has settled nothing, Gcept that the constitution - can De violat es and the compact of equality disturbed • oja vain attempt to pacify an insatiable Fiiaticisin. Clay and Webster, and Cass at 1 the great men who made this compro m 3, knout that they have settled nothing pe nanently; that the effect ofthe i oil heyihav A thrown on the troubled wa- j le. is ifLits'nature, fleeting. The ditter- j eii es beWeen the north and south are j ®*l/. can be no compromise of a ‘ qt’Atjon of abolition and slavery. It is a j victory or death ; a war, in Its j na ire, of extermination. The south must g* u \ its slaves, or abolition is forever j and inappeasable. Why shut ou ! eyes to this truth ! Why not probe thc’;vil to the bottom, and determine at on r > the appropriate remedy * Truly, real dainers are not postponed by turning our hePls so thatwe cannot see them; andall exjj nence shows they are best and safest my-.face to face. And this is our grand ob- j jeajbii to the Union submission party. It j promises palliatives and quack nostrums, | white the sharp knife of pi in cipie alone i catijure. The north must be forced to ad- j herjo the last letter of the constitution, j and.jang the abolitionists, if necessary | or t,p Union must fall to pieces in a few j yea ; or else, the south must give up its j slav ias the price of Union. This is I tru'i and it were well that, the south mi- j ders od and acted unitedly on it. Then titer-would be some^hopeofsaving the un ion sit was, when our fathers made it—a ! * I salvi,lon that can never be worked out by : cowl dly submissions to assaults on the j cons\ ution ; or by the jackleg tiukerings \ of ca promisers, to heal the wounds and j breaig es thus made on it. Wq :annot forbear quoting a brief and j preg; nt paragraph or two, from an arti cle ill he January number of the Dento craiit leview—an article we have before had ca;asion to commend to our readers. It is man, speaking to tne j not tho says: “TPltrong have ever tyrannized over the ‘Uker, to the extent that aggres sion A met by sufferance. Aggres sion, Jeiefore, can only be arrested by reliance. Nor is the remedy specu lative (erely. When Missouri, in 1820, was rtlfed admission into the Union, by reasorjatthe constitution framed by her inhabt ats permitted domestic slavery, j nothin f preveiited the consummation of | the agjession but unmistakable demon- j stratit f that it would effect a dissolution j ofthe infederacy.’ So the resistance, in 1832, .JSouth Carolina, to a protective j tariff, 3s mainly effecnal in the subse quent dandonmeut of the principle; ti.l j now, U> most which is claimed by the op ponehfcof free trade, is an incidental pro tection,|fter the expenditures of the gov ernmen shall be reduced, as much as le, by economy and the land money. l Butto omit old examples, what caused abandonment, at the last ses sion of mgress, ofthe Wilmot Proviso, though atriotism during the war with Mexico, and armies there in imminent peril so reinforcements, in vain could cause it abe abandoned * And what caus ed the e.cient amendment of the fugitive slave lat’ the nullification of which for many lojr years, had been the labored effort ofVtates, and the favorite amuse ment o(,issociated societies* and what arouses i‘.nearly all our cities, union meet ings, wifPnit distinction of party, to arrest slavery aitation, on which parties so long have livil* It is the determined spirit evinced 1, some ofthe aggrieved States, that they ‘ rill no longer submit to what outrages! eirinterests and their feelings. Let not; ie truly Union men, therefore, look with isapprobation at the agitation which is v rvading the south; for it is but the tempt- which is to purify the political atmosphq’ ; and by means which God has ordaq and for the purposes of longevity. Nations at 1 1 society of every grade are kept peact ible and just by only the anta gonisms which nature arouses between the aggrieved and the aggressor. Suffer ance, on the contrary, but facilitates fur ther aggression ; nnd unrestricted submis sion in the intercourse of mankind with each other, would be attended with uni versal ravage, rapine, and outrage. # * * * * * * “For the aggrieved to resist aggression is, therefore, the most patriotic of duties ; and the fault of the south consists in not having resisted effectually in 1820, instead ofcompromisingbythe circumscription of slavery in Missouri. If an injured party is subdued by force, he must submit; but he who submits without physical necessity is an accessory to his own dishonor ; and in our confederacy hebecomesan accom plice in the overthrow ofthe Union,” THE SAID PLEDGE. To , gratify public curiosity (says the Washington Union) in regard to the char acter of a paper which it is understood is being signed by many members of Con gress we have procured a copy for pub licati n in our paper of to-day : “T! e undersigned members of the 31st Cong ess of the U States--believing that a renewal of sectional controversy upon the subject of slavery would be both danger ous ttj the Union and destructive of its ob jects, and seeing no mode by which such controversy can be avoided, except by a strict adherence to the settlement there ofefl’ected by the compromise acts passed at the last session of Congress— do hereby declare, their intention to maintain the said settlement inviolate, and to resist all at temptsto repeal or alter the acts aforesaid, unless by the general consent of the friends of the measures, and to remedy such evils (if any) as time and experience may develope. “And for the purpose of making this re solution effective, thoy further declare that they will not support for the office of Pre sident, or of Vice President, or of Senator, or of representative in Congress, or as member of a State legislature, any man, of whatever party, who is not known to be opposed to the disturbance ot the settle ment aforesaid, and to the renewal, in any form, of agitation upon the subject of slavery.” This pledging concern goes in Wash ington by the name of the “Mutual Insu rance Company.” A letter writer states j that Senators Doiens and Houston have “thought twice,” and taken their names off the roll ot the company. The correspondent of the Charleston Mercury says: “Ti e Mutual Insurance Association,” as the new league between cer tain Congress, to keep out. of officFederal, all who will not stand by the “Com promisepßmd to appropriate all the said offices to themselves, came up in the Sen ate yesterday. Mr Clay and Mr Foote were of course head members of the “As sociation.” But only nine Democrats have I taken stock in the concern, and we may i guess that the pressing motive that drew Mr Foote and JVIr Cobb into it, was the ex treme need they felt of being “insured” by somebody. They are in a predicament —groping in the most bewildering dark ness, with both hands stretched out to feel for the dangers ahead, which they fear all the more from not being able to tell when or in what precise shape they will start up. Hence they are trying to get up all sorts of new platforms. The Whigs are swal lowing them ; they feel it; they are trying, but in vain, to escape their jaws. Their position, and their struggles to mend it, are becoming equally ridiculous.” The New Missouri Senator.? —The Southern Press says: “We learn from good authority, that Mr Geyer, the newly elected Senator from Missouri, is in his own State regarded as a thorough South ern man, ready and able to maintain the interests of his section of the Confedera cy.” — GEORGIA M. E. CONFERENCE. The annual session of this- body closed at Savannah at 12 o’clock, P. M. on Mon day the 13th inst., after a harmonious ses sion of eight days. The city of Griffin was selected for the next annual Confer ence, and the Conference adjourned to meet at that place at the usual time next : year. The following are the appointments for j the Lagrange, Macon and Columbus Dis i tricts forthe year 1851. LaGrange District— G J Pierce, PE. | LaGrange Station—J P Duncan. | Greenville—J W Yarbrough, j Troup—J B Wardlaw, J Simmons, j Zebuloit—Morgan Bellah, i Griffin Station—Willis D Mathews, ; McDonough—Noah Smith, j Jackson—McCarroll Purifoy, Atlanta Station—C W Thomas, j Deeatur—J T Smith, J E Sentell, ; Newnan—J W Talley, F L Brantley, Carrollton Mission—T H Whitby, W B I McHan. i Fayetteville —Alfred Dorman. Maoon District— J W Greene, P E Macon—J E Evans, • Macon colored charge—W A Simmons, Vineville—W R Foote, | Milledgeville—J B Smith, j Eatonton—M H Hebbard, Putnam Mission—J T Flanders, Clinton —Z R Jewett, Monticello—S M Smith, Forsyth—J C Simmons, Culloden—C AFulwood, Fort Valley Mission—T C Coleman —f (Jcmulgee Mission—W T Norman, Wesleyan Female Collage—W H Elli son, President, E H Myers, O II Smith, Professors. Columbus District —S Anthony, P E. Columbus Station—W M Crumley. Cvtlored Charge—To be supplied. Talbotton Station—R W Bigham, Factory Mission— M H White,- Talbot /Circuit —J P Dickinson, TalbotColoredMission—To be supplied. Thomaston—J W Knight, Hamilton —D Williams, J W Perry, Muscogee—J T Turner, Lumpkin Station—U S Key, Stewart—Y F Tygiter, Cuthbert and Pori Gaines —E P Berch, T H Jordon, Randolph Colored Mission —To be sup plied, StarksVille—J C Simmons, Jr., Buena Vista—Edmund W Reynolds, Lanier —C L Hays, Americus—J W Twitty, Chattahoochee Mission—W Brooks. Collingsworth Institute—James B Jack son Sup’t. A plan is on foot in New Orleans to establish a line ot steam propellers be tween that city and Liverpool. trial of Gen Henderson, one of the Cuba expeditionists, has failed. The jury could not agree and it was discharg ed. Thomas Welch has been elected mayor of Montgomery, andß C Cohjman city marshal. Population of Charleston. —The pop ulation of the city of Charleston, accor 1- ing to the present census, is 42,604; in 1810 it was 31,527. The slave population has remained nearly stationary. t Catholic sishop of Georgia. —The ■ Charleston pipjers of Friday last announce | the arrival iqtmat city of Bishop Gartland, ofPhiladelpiU, who has been appointed ■ Bishop of tht new Diocese of Georgia. Bishop G. isi expected to arrive here during the pbient week, and intends mak ; ing Savanna his future home. —Sav Geor gian. Gov. Quii|xN. —The N, Orleans Delta says: LJ “We heard” jsterday, on the streets, that Gov. CPuitmt has resigned Ins position as Govenor ol he State of Mississippi, in order to atteti his trial here, undernn i absurd, and, ime think, malicious pros-! ecutu n concerned in an expedi- j tion to should prove true, | the of the State will de- | volve upoJH Hon. J,. J. Guion Presi- j dent of of Mississippi. This . gentleman^big, but fully sustains the ’ Quito.an the great the Nor.lits I i ft Colu^^^^^^^Weccmlicr To Majoh n— be > a> i . • Giranl ! , SBHHi!. tended as ‘''BHHUgftlßM'’ I, : BflEggKl ‘xeaSi^BH9 !; is, i■>’ e 11111 a , Ijiiv ill the Survey SSHBReS IraHH Jgt The ’ jjji itia^eastwlcnyQseveral KevisiotflLines were run, \nich kept the Engineersln the field until t|e (sth day of September* Be tween the jrst and last named date?, the party chairtd and levelled a distance of 314 miles—station stakes were driven and numbered, five hundred feet apart—the Route was da zed upon trees and occasion, ai Ben :lt Harks were established. In ad dition totlise labors in the field, the par ly have fiished most of the office work pertaininjo the Survey, dictsj;a calcu field Hotel Plans and Pr-Jcavation, Em laiingtheliantities gf*d Bridging for all ■? There has been the lines survine execution of the uffice much deity in‘‘d by sickness, which is work, occsiotF ,lo * presenting at an earli rny apnluF f<> °l these initial steps in er date, tb re'Ct which, though not as yet the great j-odegree proportional to its irrt sustained hoast of a band of zeal portance,ho look to its progress ous ad anxious interest, with of road, it will facili- Io of ihe Routes des tate an venience in making cribed, iitHHw l ' 1 probable cost of cnti tip the it divided, ■HI Girard to th?’ 1 ST I ti Si.'T; to ‘y : wk ,: ii ‘,y * U T 1 Line oTyH Ht 4420 le||l Balin' in f nri:-'^gK I, i ■ HhHt ’ fc \j ‘;, U ;‘oy. the hW “>’ is the pass^B attentKjh,, w;Uers o j’ I (livid!tr w hi C h flow into Uuchee creek, liom t‘j nat j on W as made to the gap at i ‘ Coche-ka-leech-ka creek, but the “ e bandoned upon finding that it 11 Squire Yery heavy grading and won d )t ac j, u jt of a good alignment. An wouldw as also made to get through the ti^' n V following Broken Arrow creek, litdge. as a | SQ abandoned on account of , icff-e excavation which would be ne lhese ;it j ls |, ea( L j-till following the t| H . Chattahoochee, a ii>ore f;iv- Cl,u ,’f i igress was found near Fort Mitch- C [l hugh which the Survey was direct -11 grade ot‘2 miles in length, rising e I ate of 42 24-1,00 feet to the mile, at j l le us upon the dividing ridge, with a place i eet j u depth. From this sutn- °(3jjr Euchee (as the creek is called I”' 1 l 'the confluence of Euchee and Lit i pfhee) the grade descends for one mile half at the same inclination by whi<h it ascended. The Big Euchee will be ciossed by a Bridge thirty feet high aud ibout 200 in length. In selecting the crosdng point reference was had to such a poution on the right bank of the creek as will affiird an rligilde route to the high grounds dividing the waters of Euchee and Hatpteecliuhbee. This desideratum is wel supplied by the valley of Cow Pen cretk, which empties into Big Euchee nea* the point at which our Survey cross ed. Pursuing the valley of Cow Pen crek for four utiles with an easy ascent of res than twenty leet to the mile, we reibh a frk of the creek; which is also the poi.it where must separate two routes, the reix'Ctive claims o/ which must be duly c'tfsidMed. Toe Northern or Ridge route continues up the valley of the North Prong of Cow Pen to its head, there with heavy cutting rises upon the Ridge and follows it through a j’erv tortuous course ilong the route of tlif* Federal road, passing through Sand Firt, Euchee Yillage, and Fort Bain bjidge. After passing the last named piint, the Ridge undergoes a great depres s'oo aud its hitherto abrupt and forbidding character becomes flat arid rolling; here, therefore, we are enabled to make a de fection to the South, in order to reach— rjirer good ground—a point in Coxvikee Flats favorable to the ascent of Chuniiy tiuggee Ridge. At this point on C6wi liee the two routes comes together, which, as above described, separated in Cm# Ben valley. 11 The Lower or Cowtkee Route to be con trasted with that just described, pursues a dtore Southern Prong of Cow Pen creek to its head, and theti, cutting through the Ridge, comes upon the waters of Silver Run, crosses that and several other branch, fes of Tlaichee-chubbee, then the main creek itsejf, and pursuing a very direct | NUMBER 7 route it crosses the North and Middle Forks of the Cowikee near their head and several branches, reaching the point in Cowikee Flats where the two routes con verge in a distance of4l 1-10 miles from Girard. The Ridges dividing these wa ter courses are low and of easy transit, ad mitting of a remarkably direct line, with out difficult grading. In arriving at a choice between t!-.e two routes, let us have recourse to the follow ing estimate of the probable cost pf con struction upon each, computed between their points of separation. Ribk Route n—l.eneth 32 miles. 840 feet. Grailing, grubbing ami clearing, $172,300 75 Masonry, 2.218 59 I Bridging, 2.100 00 I Superstructure, 142,194 90 Amounting to, $318,874 2?j Cowikkk Roots: —Length 27 mirr 410 feet. ! Grading grubbing and ch arir.g, $149,900 45 | Masonry, 1.426 i}® j Bridging, 4,950 00 ! Superstructure, 119,767 26 j t Amounting to, $276,104 40 j From these comparative estimates it will [he seen that the adoption of the Lower .Route will save the Company the sum of ; ‘V3,7t)9 88 in the first cost of construe it will afford a much straigliter line, l I the amount of ascent and descent, ► lid save five miles and 400 feet in dis tance. On the other hand, while the Ridge Route recommends itself only by its high and dry location, it will involve a heavy outlay to bring it to a practicable grade, unit will be disfigured by continued curvings. It is iioi forgotten, that the preference thus given to the Lower Route will do great violence, to the wishes of those enter prising gentlemen who, living upon the Ridge, have embarked so zealously in our great undertaking; hut -a sense ol justice to them as Stockholders, and to the mass of our subscribers elsewhere, woo have no local interest to be affected by .this selec tion, requires that a candid comparison Lshould be instituted, and its legitimate re fairly deduced.* -* Pursuing our line westwardly, the next point of interest is to discover a practica ble ascent ofChunnymiggee Ridge. By itis name is styled the remarkable eleva tion, at the Northern base ot which rise tile waters of C'alebee, Cnhahatchee and Line creeks, while Pea River flows from ti southerly and the head waters of Cone cuh river (pronounci and Co-na-kaj occupy its summit and flow upon it in a cuurs* parallel to its Northern crest. After so ineffectual effort..tit.JWasccnl was found’ which carried us from Cowikee Flats to Cnunnynuggee summit in a run of lour miles at our maximtnn inclination of 42 24—100 feet to the mile. In accomplish ing this ascent some very heavy grading will be required, which perhaps may he reduced by a careful review ot the line. Alter attainingthe summit, we immedi ately come lipon the head waters of Cone cuh river. This stream here flows west wardly with a sluggish current for a dis tance often miles, to the, village of Union Springs, at which point it bends to a di- IL little West of Son'll, Through tjder of the di allowed the course tngQo the North and then to the luil river. examinations will be required, n the expediency of cutting off it Uniin Springs, and saving y incurring the expense of twice e Conecuh. FIRST DIVISION, a jaeiwtaled cost of Road formation. Graillg, grubliioS and dealing, $28g.743 §ll Masnlry nTdrains, 4,968 13 Bridge over Euchee creek. 3,000 00 Trestle-bridging, a.Bot) 00 Engineering. Right of Way, Real } Estate, and Contingencies, $ $40,000 00 Amounting to, $314,511 63 Second Division. Up to the commencement of this Divis ion, the controlling'cbnside.atiou which in fluenced the course of?.ur Survey, was the selection of the cheapest route"for a rail Lroad from Girared to Mobile Pay. East ■tardly of this point, it is believed that Bfh of the routes exainiued will possess (Bdniages measurably equal qs to the cotn- business which is to be so essential q tributary to the <s|>e-rity ofthe. road. It a location upon the ktogl would secure to us heavy and valuable freight from the Euchecs, on the other hand it would surrender, what the lower route must ever command, the productions of the fertile country watered by the Cmv ikee and Hatcheecliubbee. Thus far, there is no material variation between the line of cheapest construction, and the line of valuable business, and it wou.d be for tunate for the Company if this favorable conjunction c6uld continue throughout Du Route. Sych, however, is not the ca.-e. If the topography, of the country only were to govern that location, it is believed that a line following the course of Conecuh river, and continuing in its valley t> some point near the Florida line, w? uld best an swer tho purposes of economical construc tion. The straight course of this stream, in a direction well ‘’alculated for our des tination, its generally sluggish current aud the broad hummocks which border on It, all conjoin to distinguish it as an eligible route in a topographical point ot view. But commercially considered it is barren ol attraction, The genera! sterility of tin river lands, and the insalubrious character of the adjacent country, must prevent its settlement and successful cultivation. No reasonable hope could'therefore be enter tained of a remunerating business from such a quarter, and i;t pursuing th s roire, the Company mqst forfeit in’ adv nice, tin prospect of a great carrying nade, w.dcii constitutes a leading item in tin* account of anticipated revenues. Governed by this consit ,e ti ,it was deemed advisable to leave the Conecuh and at some sacrifice of cost, to occupy with the rail road, a position tnre c *nv. ni ent to the fertile and highly cultivated lands which are destined to supply it with a vaiua,b |e freight and passenger business.. By taking a direction nearly West, at the line of.Macon and Bike counties, ‘.lie * road will traverse a good up-land fanning region in F.ke, Montgomery and Lmyitd.-s Counties, and, at the same tone, will be within easy reach of the vast body of rich prairie lands which, for more than a HM) miles in length, stretch out from the foot ol the great dividing and extend nor therly to the Tallapoosa and Alabama rt Vers. South of the line also there are productive lands upon Palsaliga, l igeon and Persimmon creeks and tltdtr branches, capable of sustaining a defise population, but not as yet much settled ou< account of their seciuded situatren. In emerging from the valley of Conecuh with a western-course, the line necessari ly soon finds itself either on or near the ridge, though it is occasionally necessary to depart from it on account of the uneveti- V - VI-UIUIU ‘ iEffKMB Pamphlet*. Busined* Card*. I ™ Viaicinc do I c ’ Ball Tickets, f Bi andeverythingelae inthiiiine < and with DitpaUk. HI.AXKS OK Al.l. KIM)? OItOKR. ness of its summit and the sharp windgH in its c< urse. Neat the line if and Butler c. nnti- s an ntteuipt w.kWR^ to curtail distance and relieve by eParting from the ridge, cuttingcl^? r greut Lend, ami crossing Pigeon and Per simmon creeks; but the result of the sur veys, forbids tiie hope ol uimltqmtng the line, by this expedient. * gyp ’** aicosu Division. t Extim’ led cnxl of Road formOtum Grading grubbing ami clearing, $4761X 5 37 Manonry in drams, “ i 8.435 78 Trestle-bridging, r , 8,550 00 Engineering, Real Ex'atr. Right of ) M Way ami C.Hituigcunra,'* ji 40 000 00 Amounting to, s'.3t,St t 13 Tmftn Di vision* It will lint he a'ffvisable, in this Division, to deviate lar from ill*.* dividing ridgh, oii’ opposite sid sol which, head the Waters oil he Alabama and Conecuh’rivers. A line was run crossing the Pigeon, Hall ant Persimmon creeks, and passtug throneli the village ol Greenville, county, hut the gre.il steep eleraiiunsfflTCb enter* vene bet>* - een these water c< urges cannot by overcome by our maximum gradient.— An attempt was also made to pass the survey through Belleville, Conecuh coun ty, tor lac purpose of ■ suulisliing the road within mere convenient reach of the rich settlements and valuable lands of .Murder and Bottle ciecks.’ Tins route also was found impracticable. It encounters a for* mutable elevation which extends, with no material iniei ri|| tio!i, near the right bank of Sttpu gab cieuk tr.au its cuurcc to its mouth, Tile unfavorable results of these experi ments to curtail distance, may be regarded as conclusive against the adoption of any line which eiuyates lar Irons: the d.riding ridge, in this'Division. . By contniipiig upon tiie ridge, the rail road will be immediately u|Kuj*the South ern border <d the ricli prune lauds if L iwtides, Butler. find Wilcox counties, thus me e.i-iug Rie expanse of country to the North whisk Rfflj become tributary ‘o a rad road in this positron, but would i therwiso find in the Alabama river a more convenient oudet for Ins pro* ductions. Till HI) m V I*lo*. Exlim.iled cnxl of Riei/I form'll ion. f Grading, grubbing *ll4 charing, $367,931/8 Ma.,.>iuy in ilmr, 3,376 99 Tiertie bridging. 3,750 00 Engin eritig. Real E-tlr, Right of) Way *mf S 40,000 TO Amounting to, Iff $414,958 87 This D;visun wf IV ' M *; n county ol Baida in. J* * hoH y ,he ; upon the dividing riJoe, w'J- !}?**.*] ’ ... pat rates the waters u| alap ima and iemsns rive**, (pronounce Trn’-siiw/from the Perdido* and its brancheg. Tin ‘summit of the ridge is broad, straight and level, pr> seating a face of country lor forty miles wholly un surpassed in the facilities it affords for cheap rail fond construction. Long stretches of strnjbty hlib nnd level grades, ‘can be obtained irVscnft'ely an appreciable expense ol grading, The descent of the waters of Mobile, Bay is accomplished WTtTffh Tlffc assCmed*” maximum. The facil if witji which” this descent can b>'fin.d e , will VaVe tfie Com pany a wide jnnrgin of discretion in selec ting the side m their Weslrii Terminus.— Several points huve been examined, pos sessing ihe rerpiisites for tl is object. A location can be obtain, and, !:;> high banks secure fr: m overflow, easily reached by the rail road and not difficult of approach from the sea. It is understood tlmt the proprietors of these locations, will offer lib era; miluceine..t.> to an elite prise which is not expected to confer such great benefits, without some participation in the profitdlA This Division is estimated upon a line minuting at Heard’s Hiuff, on Tensas about f.'ve miles nlmve Biikely. Tlie l uoI,- hi iiiiMwiu cniinly, to the road, are not of much agric^H importance, but they are lar fronthdfl productive. They are rove red ,jfl| a dense pine forest of aim extent and surn i.-< n v;i ‘ : i• ’- trade denved liom its pr> se- nti-d (hr 111a11v v-ars mSM cess nod pr lit. From sns i ‘.vv, mi p,nents id Ind e‘, M--V,. ... S . “I \ ’ ‘ “ ‘ ‘’ ‘ ! is co oo'o | j|aj Jam | Jk • . ■ sjj& , - ,yss ‘off ■ i .\- r. This timber cut only oil l nle sho:t distance’ ;n Ihe interior. facilities will so greatly expand the* from which timber may be profitably®* ki ll,'that it is not ililficuil to believe, t H||| our depot upon the wntors of Mob'l® will one da v he the scene of a lumber IUW.* ket without a parallel in the county.r 1 nimTH ihvisiox. 1 E'lintuicrl <•*/ nj lit a l formalim. \ (irmliiig. grubbing und clearing, #136,368 88 I Maimry in ilraiis*, ‘ 2.170 35 | TieslU-liriJginc. 1.200 00 Engineering. Krai Estate. Rijht of > V\ c.y ami Ciintingi'iicie*. “ and $ 40,000 0C Amounting to, $179,739 23 Consolidating the preceding estimate.* > f,, r lfnad formniion and adding the cc<st of superstructure anil outfit, we hnvethe Id-* low inr; UKIKNU MTHIATI. lut Div Kond furmatfoa.. 56m. 1820f1,5344,} l W •2.1 Diviiii .fi, d*#’ * 5Hn. 4440 ft. 532.4*1 13 31 Division, do 76m.44420 ff 414,|.'d it!) Division, di 45m. 480011, 1 <9,7*33 Tolnl cost It. farinalion.2 17.n.40*ipf1.1,472.200 84 Aveiage cn-t |ier s,nm of Howl form it ion, $6,043 04,. (Jo*. dc. jjr 243'uiili rs itjiluoing Turn 4c oat.. 1 * “ 00 [.on Kails. **• 880.00* 00 Chair. a. il .pike, ilil 98,000 00 E lying track and litp|utin nilrrkh.lo4,ooo CO T itul rl of .u|ii!fi-UucM>, $1,150 Gl6 -00 ■ Aver-.ge tost err mike of *opertrtictuw, $4,733 l®'-| Engine hooMts. MarniiH* #nops *iw Car 1 $30,000 00 I WaielfiUca, Office*, Tanka |IJ “ nod aheda. 30.00,1 00 I.ucinmitixc*, 150,000 00 Pas-enger ami caw, 30,000 00 Freight car*, jipfev ■ 6<,000 Total coat of ffJ’fii. >300,000 Ofjfjj Total cot or Howl complete, Average cot per mile of Road •• ‘outfit, . S**a*> ’ These estimate* are full and will cuvetlite csi of cumitxucttplßjjH,, will not be li'tiiui in err mi one 4 ®‘ ficiency. Jt is desimble that the Coftj|H| ny should know'and at once apprecs4|§ the magnitude” of the; pmjefi*, in wlwS they ah; embarked, antj not’ b*Fd4o ■ into expenditures by rations of the probable