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Cehuntus, Oa.. Wednesday Morning, Feb. 26,1851
The Great Union pow \vow that was
tc have been in Macon on the 22u inst.,
failed, as it deserved to fail. It was an
absurd attempt to drag the veneration of
the people of Georgia for the character of
the “Great Southerner who sleeps on the
banks of the Potomac” into the service of
a party, based on principles which in his
life he repudiated, by deeds that have ren
dered his name immortal; and which,
were heqjow on earth, we have the guar
antees of his whole history, that he would
now iWidiate. Gen Washington was es
sentially a resistance man—it was resistance
to oppression and a violation of the rights’
of the people under the British constitution
*!j#t made h in what he was—first, a daring
rebel, and last, a world-renowned patriot.
Submission found no place in his politi
cal vocabulary ; and there is not a line in
hie glorious history to show’ that he would |
“acquiesced” in injustice and wrong I
under the American constitution and from |
a northern quarter, any soone • than he j
did when it came from George the third j
whose military commission he liore and to j
whom he owed his duty as a liege snb- i
jeet. We are happy to know that the at- •
tempt to get up a party orgies on his ashes j
has proved a miserable abortion in Macon, i
The project was broached here by the j
Enquirer, but found no second and met
with no visible favor. The following blast
from our neighbor’s bugle horn, blown on
the 11th of February, died on the air with
out an echo.
The 22u of Feb.—We noiice that the
Friends of the Union,” in Macon, intend
to celebrate the am iversary of Washing -
ton's birth day in an appropriate and be
coming manner. Hmv is it that, we can
not do the same tiling in Columbus I The
day is just at hand, and it is due to the
memory of the first and greatest man that
tiie world has ever known, that we should
celebrate the day oif which he was born.
Let us, then, have an address c nnnemo
rative ot the life and character of the fath
er of his country, and remember the great
friend of the Union in such a way as will
impress his many vir.ues on ihe minds of
the present and rising generation. The
founder of the Union should be honored
by the friends of the Union.
Cuban Liberty.—Female Contribu- i
tions. —The New Yoik Sun notices the 1
arrival in that city of a large quantity of
women’s jewelry and trinkets, collected |
by the ladies of Cuba, and sent by them 1
to the Cuban Junta in this country, to aid •
in bringing arms and ammunition for the j
liberation of their oppressed country. — j
This is the contribution of one town of no j
more than 30,000 inhabitants. The Sun
says: “the same operation isextending all
over the island, and in many other places
the patriotic girls and matrons of Cuba are
carrying out the same noble movement,
and it will not be long before a million
of dollars will be raised in this manner,
and sent to the United States. God bless
them, and speed them !”
The 22d. of February. —The birth—da)
of the great Virginian was honored by a
battalion parade of our two volunteer com
panies.
On the same occasion, a trial of skill in
target practice, for the prize of a liaml
somedouble-barrelled shotgun, took place
between the City Light Guard, CaptCoop*
•r, and the Columbus Guards, Capt For
syth. The prize was won by J. M. Brooks
of the Columbus Guards.
Music.—We are indebted to the
publishers, Messrs Filth, Pond &• Cos., N.
York, tor copies ot the following pieces of
new music : “The soldier’s wile, a ballad,
music by Geo. Barker”; “I’m thinking
o’er the days, Mary” by the same ; “Mag
netic Waltz, by Miss Mary F. Williams,
of the Tuskegee Female Institute ; “F:,
Hi, Hi, Ethiopean song, by E. Horn ; I’m
oft'foi Charleston ; “Loved one Ibid thee
pause,” one of Jenny Lind’s songs, music
by Donizetti.
The publications for sale at the music
room of Prof. Chas Reps.
Later news from Texas stab s that
the Indians in the west have already brok
en their treaty of peace. The ink with
which it is written was hardly dry. They
have already committed new depredations
on the Rio Grande.
Rbath of Major Davezac. —Major Au
guste Pavezac, late Charge d’Aftairesat
the Netherlands, died inNew\ork, on the
15th ult., alter a short illness. Maj Dave
zac, it will be remembered, was a citizen
of Louisiana, and distinguished as ’ aving
been one of the aides-de-camp ot General
Jackson at the memorable battle ot New
Orleans.
THE ATHENS BANNER.
Iu reply to our query, whether the “Ban- ;
ner” subscribed to the doctrine ot its new ;
ally ot the Columbus Enquirer, that ‘I ree :
Trade is a ruinous humbug,’ the editor ,
says;
;“The Enquire/ will be permitted to
jthink one way and the Banner another j
upon this topic, without interfering svtth
the new organization. The wings and
democrats of the old regime have “agreed
’to disagree” uponjall the old issues w ineh
divided them, and .to rally under one oan -
ucr in defence ot lbe compromise and the
Union against the assaults of the Timts ,
Jk c.”
The editor/yrther s3ys that the doctrine
of a “ protective taritf has received its
quietus from a large portion c.l the south
ern Whigs, who declare, with the whigs of
North .Carolina, that they w ill give no fur
ther protection to northern manufactures,
until the people of that region cease their
assaults upon the institution ot slavery.”
So these two loving union organ-, the
Bauner and the Enquirer, do not fraternize
on this veiy important question. That
was all we wished to ascertain, and we
leave the two papers— Arcades Ambo to
decide whether Protection or Free Trade
is a part ot the creed ot tbe “ Constitutional
Union party.!* We hope they will per
ceive the importance of settling this little
question before they go before the peo
ple, with their political chart in hand, to
claim their confidence and suffrages.
The “Fire Eaters” have no difficulty on
this head. They are against any more
burthens on southern labor and trade, tor
the benefit of the abolition north. Our
motto is Frye Trade and Southern
Bights.'” We prav you, gentlemen, set
VOLUME XI. J
tie this matter betwixt you, for the sake of
the homogeny of your platform. Under
which king, Bezonianl Speak or die!
“A BOLD PROPOSITION.”
Athens lianner.
The Athens Banner is charmed with our
candor, for boldly avowing our purposes
and principles—so much so, as to offer to
our vanity, the libation of vety Battering
praise. We thank him for the compli
ment; while we do not see that an honest
j man deserves very special commendation,
lor openly declaring and advocating his
principles, What astonishes the “Ban
ner” in this case, is, our wonderful frank-1
ness in revealing to the world that we are
in favor of the formation of a Southern
Party, with no entangling alliances with
Northern Abolitionism! And after quoting
om projit, the Editor bursts out with the
vehemence of the ancient Philosopher
i when he made his celebrated Eureka, as •
follows:
Here it is, gentlemen of the “Southern !
rights” party ! No dodging. You are a
sectional party—,you wjljfiffd, no, political
—vote for no northern man for the Presi- ;
deucy—but you must have a southern man
for President! You must throw ihe elec-!
tion into the House of .Representatives,
where bargain, intrigue, and corruption, i
will rule the hour, and sap the very foun- j
datioiis of the government. You say that ‘
if you fail, as certainly you will, to elect
your candidate, you will “ exercise the j
power of deciding between tin opposing j
candidates, and choose the least oljechona
hi■ of the two.” Why not choose the least
objectionable candidate, who stands any
possible chance of success, in the el-cto
ral colleges, without throwing the election
into the House 1 You will have to make
the choice any how, for your Southern
Candidate is beaten already, before he j
enters the lists, and you had b tter do it m j
the colleges than in the House tor the j
simple reason that it is more consistent t
with the genius and purity of the govern- j
uieiit.”
There is not the least danger of Southern
Rights men “backing out” or “dodging”
on this issue. Let the Bannerbeconsoled,
and have no fear that th<fre will be in our
ranks, any of that ducking, and dodging
and diving, of which its party lias lately
had such soie examples in the case of
Ritchie, Cass, Foote, et. at.
Yes! we go in for a “ sectional parly,”
not to assail another section, but to defend
our own section from hostile sectional com
binations. We apprehend, that it is high
time to unite for sectional detente, when
both of the old political parties, in which
the south has heretofore put its trust, have
not only failed to vindicate Southern
Rights, but united to trample on then).—
Nor are we so green, as to choose one of
the Presidential candidates for our sup
port, in a popular contest for the electoral
colleges—for the very sufficient reason,
that there , theouth is in a helpless minori
ty, while in a tight in Congress, every
State, large and small, votes a State, and
Florida with her three votes, can give a
plumper to neutralize that of New York
with her forty votes. We do not see any
thing in this policy, in a man truly devoted
to the safety of the south, so very surpris
ing; on the contrary it looks to us like a
most reasonable, sensible and obvious
dictate of self interest and southern duty.
But the “ Banner” surely means to be
satirical, when it recommends its course,
as “most consistent with the genius and
purity of the government!” We think its
genius and its purity are past praying for
—the one is abolitionized, and the other
is buried beneath the rubbish of Congres
sional compromises. But the “Banner” is
afraid of “bargain, intrigue and corrup
tion” if the election goes to the House.—
Bless the tender sensibilities of our Athe
nian brother! the “bargain, intiigueand
corruption” is afo.egone conclusion —that
has to be met and endured any how. All
wo want is to have the south put in a po
sition where she will be strongest to defend
her rights and institutions against “bar
gain and intrigue.” Is there any thing
so surprising in that!
THE BOSTON MOB.
The upshot of the Boston affair is, that
a fugitive was arrested by a deputy U. S.
Marshal with eight assistants. He was
hurried by a back way to the U. S. Court
Room where the commissionerwas sitting.
The deputy, Riley, apprehending a mob,
repaired immediately to the Mayor of the
city (Mr Bigelow) for police aid, The
Mayor replied, “I am sorry tor it,” and
sent not a man. He applied to the City
Marshal, and got, not a man. The prisons
of Massachusetts being shut by a laic of
Massachusetts against masters for the sale
keeping of fugitives ; the deputy marshal
then applied to Corn’d. Downs in com
mand ot the Boston U. S. Navy Yard, to
keep the prisoner in custody, until the re
hearing ordered by the Commissioner. —
He was refused here again. Finally a
mob of negroes headed by whites, lawyers
and an editor among them, broke into the
Court Room, cleared it of the officers of
the law, tore down the Marshal’s sword of
office, kicked it into the street and car
ried off the fugitive in triumph. The fu
gitive has not been re-arrested, and never
w ll be.
Thus Boston tramples v m the “compro
mise.” Thus another deadly blow is dealt
to the union from the north. Meantime,
Mr Clay is indignant in the Senate. Mr
‘Fillmore issues a proclamation, powerful
i in words, and the fugitive will not be giv
en up. Not one has been arrested in Mas
sachusetts for 60 years past; not one will
be arrested in the uext 60 years. Where
j is the “Georgia Platform i” Dontall speak
at once.
Trial of Gen Henderson.—The Mont
gomery Advertiser and Gazette says :
“The General Government is hunting
down the brave Missis.-dppians with blood
hound ferocity, and this gentleman has
been put upon his trial for the third time.
The whole venire ot forty-eight jurors, first
summoned, were exhausted without get
ting a single juror.
We had the pleasure of a visit yes
terday from Mr Solon Robinson, Assistant
Editor and Traveling correspondent of the
American Agriculturalist. Mr. R. w ill be
in town a few days, lor the convenience
ot persons desiring to subscribe to this
work. He is also agent tor the New York
Agricultural Warehouse of A. B. Allen &
Cos. See his advertisement.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, [WEEMJLY.I TUESDAY. MARCH 4,1851.
fi.oe*.
FREE'IMP*
Messrs. Editors:—As our friend of the
Enquirer thinks that the country is in a
ruinous condition whenever it exports
more than it imports, I will illustrate the
doctrine of Free Trade for his benefit, and
show him that his doctrine is not sound.—
The case I will state, is an every day
transaction and easily understood. A
vessel loads at Boston with ice, costing
the labor of putting it on board, and goes
to the West Indies and exchanges it for
oranges and pine apples, and returns to
Boston and sells them forten times the cost
of the ice. Now i wouid like to know if
the country or the shipper has suffered by
the transaction 1 Free Trade.
Hock Island Paper.— We have been
using lor several months, both for our daily
and weekly issue, paper manufactured at
Rock Island mills, and so far vveare belUr ,
pleased as to price and quality than when I
wo used northern fabrics. We have rmw |
before us a specimen of better paper made |
at liie same factory, which vve think j
ed inihVsouih’. ’ Ttie Rock Island factory !
is located on the line dividing eore a and j
Alabama. We w:> h the enterprise sue- i
ct-ss —Mobile Tribune.
Abolitionists and \\ oolly Heads.—
The New York Day Book say :
The Coalition between ihe old Abolition
party and the Woolly Head party, may
now be said to be complete. In bringing
ibis coalition about, the abolitionists, to
iheir credit be it said, have taken no part.
The woolly heads have “gone over’ to them
completely, without invitation or solicita
tion. There has been a strong elfori onthe
part of some of the more conservative mein
oers of tile Sen aid lies to keep up ihe oid
whig organization, but the body of the
paitv inis bad such a strong leaning to
ward abolition, that it has finally fallen,
like a young woman passionately into the
arms o: its lover. The coalition is com
pute,and we may now draw a distinct line
between tlie Silver Grays, or the whig
party proper,and the YY.jolly Heads, or
abolition party; and shall therefore class
our city papers thus :
Whig Papers. Abolition Papers.
Tle N Y. ICxpres*. N. Y. Courier & Kiiquirer.
Com. Advertiser* Anti-Slavery Ntaudaid.
N. Y. Mriror, Evening Pout.
New York Tribune.
Independent papers with Locofoco Edi
tors and Union principles:—
N. Y. Journal of Commerce.
New York Morale,
Ne<v York Star.
Independent papers with Whig Editors
and Union principles:—
New Y’ork Day Hook.
Religious papers;—
Union. Abolition.
N. Y. Observer, N. Y Independent.
Presbyterian, N. Y. Evangelist.
‘l’he Courier and Enqurer is the only
paper in the above list of Abolition press
es which has ati mpted of late to keep up
a distinction bet m the woolly heads and
abolitionists; lut • has at last come into
their ranks, and ;s now a bold defender of
the principles of the leading abolitionists.
It occasionally throws out a false color in
the way of moderate denunciation of some
of their extreme notions, but this i=* done
only to throw dust in tin- eyes of a few
southern readers and moderate silver grays
whom it desires to hold on a little while
lorige r.
Muscogee Railroad. —lt will be re
inenibeied by those who choose to inform
themselves of the condition and prospects
oftiiis R< ad,bv reading the Reports of the
Engineer and Secretary, made in January
that the work was in a fair state of prog
ress, towards early completion. By the
reports the most, indeed the only unfavora
ble feature was a deficiency of means, to
the extent of about SIOO,OOO. s
We understand that in the last 3 days,
between 50and $60,000 of this deficiency
has been supplied by reliable subscription
for stock, winch were confined alone to
the residents of this city and it is confi
dently be'ieved that the residue will he
supplied m the same way, even earlier
than needed. We learn also that the Di
rectors of the Road hope on the sth of
Mar'h, to make such arrangements with
the Central aid South Western Roads, as
by which all parties will be pledged to
the completion of the entire Re ad from
this to F- it Valie ‘ in the next twelve
months.— Columbus Enquirer.
“Progress if the Cuban Revolu
tion.”— Under this head: and that of high \
iy important intelligt lice” patriotism of the j
Cuban ladies,” &c., &c., the New York j
Sun of yesterday, with a great flourish, j
tnmmnees trie arrival in that city oi a large j
quantity ofwoiiien’s jewelry and trinkets
collected by the ladies of, Cuba, a.id s.-mt
by them to the Cuban Junta in tuis couii
uy, to aid in bringing arms and ammuni
tion Inr the bbera'inn of their oppressed!
country.” The Sun gives an inventory of !
the whole and saVs*
The intention of the Junta we under- !
stand, in regard to these jewelsaud the rest ;
which will follow, is rather to borrow man- \
ey on u pledge of them, redeemable at a !
future day, than to dispose of them by |
sale—looking forward to the lime when ;
thev will he treasured in a worthy place
of public deposit in the capita! of Cuba,
as the tilting rego/io, or ‘.crown jewels,’
of the liberated Republic.”
Corresponds,ace pf she Courier.
Washington, Feb 16. 1851.
I’he River and Harbour Bill at length
passed the H use, alter a severe siiuggl* .
The opponents of the bili fought every
inch of the ground, but they contended a
guinstgreat odds. Upon a test melon t>>
lay the bill <>n the table, the vote was yeas
74, nt-.ys 107. Mr. McLane’s substitute
for thi or ginnl bill has i assed. k appro
priates avnuttwo millions, which jinn is
generally distributed throughout tbe coun
try. The fate of it in the Senate is not
certain, It a;pears that under recent de
cisions of the courts, a large atiinuni of re
turn duties must he paid out ot the Trea
sury. Some members estimate it at ten
millions; but it will not probably be so
much Should it be half that sum, the
deficit at the end o( the fiscal year, will be
at least ten or twelve millions. ihe ap
propriations of the present session will ex
ceed filly millions.
Yesterday, the Senate chamber was a
gain the scene ot great interest. It was
completely thronged by visitors—mostly
strangers front the northern towns. Mr.
Ciay brought up his resolution calling on
the Presi ‘enttor information in regard to
the obstructions to tiie execution of the
fugitive act, and ibe recent occurrences m
80-ton. Mr. Clay, in his speech, expos
ed the leepest indignation at the resist
ance offered to the law in Boston, and re
sisteuce from whom? he asked. From
the African race ; frorp-fhese hom he did
“THE UNION OF THE STATES AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES.”
not acknowledge as citizens. It .was ne
cessary that Congress should have the
facts in order that they might so alter the
law as to render it, if possible, more effi c
tive, The occasion called, he thought, Lr
! the vigorous exertion of every power °f
i tlie Executive and of Congress. Mr. Da
j vis, of Massachusetts, said tt.e law whs ex
i tremely offensive to the yreat mass of the
! people, but that it would be maintained 1111-
I ill it should be repealed. A large major
| ily of the people would obey the law, but
I would not cease freely to comment upon
1 it. Mr. Da vis, of Mississippi, said that if j
j the fact admitted by the Senator from 1
j Mns>aclnißHis, was true—that the law was j
i offensive to the northern people—then the
j law was dead. Let Massachusetts abro- j
j gate it at once and pronounce it tt nullity. 1
| Let her go out of the Union, unless site !
chooses to conform to the laws. T’heltws
, would only derive their authority from as- ,
| sent—the government had none but nmr
|al strength. He did not wish to see tlie
! military power ot the country exerted to i
crush a Stale, for its disobedience of the
laws,
Mr. Foote related a conversation with
the President on this subject. The Pres- I
most prompt and vigorous measures to sus
tain the law. Tlie Cabinet have hud a ;
cons illation on the subject, and orders
have been given for tlie employment ot .
military force, in aid ot the civil authority,
if necessary. It appears that when a riot
was apprehended m Philadelphia, U| on ;
the occasion of the arrest of a fugitive a
short lime ago, the President gave orders
for holding in readiness a large military i
force.
If the reply of the President to Mr.
Clay’s call, should come in to-day, there j
will probably he unutner discussion.
The Senate took up the postage bill,
and rejected the amendment providing for j
the rate of the two cents pre paid.
gttu: EicarrMENr in bjston.
,‘lrrest of another Fugitive Slave and bis 1
rescue by a mob —Riot fyc.
Boston, Feb. 15 1831.
Deputy Marshal Riley, and assistants,
arrested at Corn Hill Coffee House, to-day.
one Frederick Wilkins, a negro waiter, on j
a warrant issued by the C. S. Commission
er, G. T. Curtis, on a complaint that said
Wilkins is a fugitive slave. He was tak
en with no opposition, and carried imme
diately to the U. S. Court room.
The news of the arrest spread rapidly,
and the Court room was speedily tiffed by
a large crowd of rather excited spectators. 1
Tlie examination, however, went off quiet- ;
ly. Seth j. Thomas appeared f-r the
claimant, and Messrs. Small, Elias Grey,
Caring...and others, for the defence.
From the documents offered by theclai
mant, ii appeared that the accused was the
property of John DeI>ree. Purser in the U. ;
S. Navy, of Virginia, and that lie escaped
in M ay, 1850. The deposition was to the
effect th::t the claimant had seen the pris
oner in Boston and conversed with him, ‘
when the prisoner acknowledged that he
had escaj ed from Norfolk. The counsel
for the defence asked for a postponemei t
in order to prepare testimony. This was
granted, and Tuesday, next, at 10 A. M.,
was arranged for the examination.
The Deputy Marshal then ordered the i
room to be cleared or spectators. u-liir-n
was gradually done. The prisoner re
mained in the custody of a dozen men, as,
by a law of the Stale, the jail cannot he
used to imprison fugitive satves.
His counsel wishing to consult with him
tin y were readily admitted to the room to
the number iff half a dozen. They re
mained about an hour, and in the mean
time a large crowd of negn-os gathered
upon the outside blocking up the entrance
to the Court room ; and as the door was
opened to let the last lawyer leave the room
the mob from without suddenly rushed 1
in, seized-, and knocked down tlie officers
in keeping, and filled the court room. Tlie
prisoner himself was frightened at their 1
demoniac appearance, and fled, “iib cry
of murder, to the farther end of the room. .
He was, however, secured by the mob, i
who had speedily silenced tlie opposition :
of the few officers in the room, and taken
in triumph down tne stairs,ami into the
street. The officers did not attempt to
follow* and with shouts of triumph the
mob hurried off with the fugitive, and
were last seen in the vicinity of Belknap
street, where negroes chiefly congregate.
While tlie moii was in ihe couit room tlie ,
sword of the -Marshal hanging in tlie;
sheeth over iiis desk., was drawn by <n e
of them mid flourished over the heads <f
the officers. It was n fie i winds found in the
street. Tne mob showed no weapons
• though a number i t the negroes b- asled
of having revolvers in their posses.-ion.
Guv negro, in his flight dropped ins
k nifo.
Tiiere were several white persons in the
mobbut they did not appe r to act in tfieres
cue. The rescue, of course, caused greal ex
citeineut throughout the city, asoue of the
most dating outrages upon law and order
ever enacted. It ’s thought impossible to
re-arrest the fugitive, as liis friends have,
no doubt burned him off ere this, to tlie
Canadian frontier. The JJ S Marshal De
vent is absent at Washington.
INTELLIGENCE FROM FRANCE.
By the European Times of Febiuary
Ist, brought by the Africa, we learn that
there lias been yet ui< tlier change in the
French Ministry. The Cabinet appoint
ed on the dismissal of Gen. Chaugarmer
had Out just been installed iu office when
the Assembly, oil the 18th January, by a
vote of 417 to 278 declared its want of
confidence in them. They nad no alter
native but to place their resignations in the
hands if the President. But what was lie
to do? . A Ministry lormed e\it of the min.
ority of 278, woultUJfc likely to share the
; fate of their predeWß-ir*. T*> seek his
j counsellors from a majority would he such
i a concession as would constitute a humih
j tiling surrender. He extricates himself
from these difficulties by the unusual
Course of going uutsffie of the Parliament
and selecting a Cabinet from “Functiona
ries not Representatives.” This novel
step, he announces to ijje Assembly, in the
followi ig message:
“Public opinion, confiding in the pru
dence of the Assembly, and the Govern
ment, has not been alarmed by the late in
cidents; nevertheless, France begins to suf
fer by divisions winch she deplores. My
j duty is to do what iu me lies to prevent
the ill results of them. The uniou of the
two powers is indispensable to the repose
of the country, but as toe constitution has
rendered them independent of eath other,
the only condition of this union is recipro
cal confidence. Penetrated with this sen
timent. I ghall always respect the rights
of the Assen bly while maintaining intact
the prerogatives of that power which I bold
from tne people. In order not to prolong
a painful discussion, 1 have accepted, af
ter the recent vote of the Assembly, tbe
resignation of a Ministry whicb bad given
to the country and to tbe cause of order
| signal pledges of its devotion. Wishing,
| however, to reconstruct a Cabinet, with
j chances of duration, l could not choose its
i elements in a minority produced by excep
j tionable circumstances, and have fout.d
| myself with regret unable to form a com
| bniation from among the members of the
j minority, notwithstanding its unpor'ance.
i “In ibis conjuncture, after vain alt. mpts
; I have resolved on forming a Ministry <f
i transition of special men, belonging to no
| fraction of the Assembly, and determined
| to devote themselves to affairs, without re
j gard to party feeling; and the honorable
■ men who accept this patriotic task will |
; have titles to the gratitude of tlie country. !
: l'he Admmistrat’nn will, therefore, con- j
j tihue as before; prejudice will be dissip.it- ;
! e d before a remembrance of tlie solemn de I
1 duration of the message of Nov 12. The I
; reel majority will be reconstituted. Har- i
] mony will be re-established without the j
two ; overs having sacrificed aught to the!
I dignity which constitutes their strength. 1
t ranee, before all things, desires repose,
and expects from those whom she has in
vested with her confidence conciliali. n
without weakness—cairn and unaltered
firmness in the right. Accept, M. I* Pre
“LOUIS NAPOLimo.v oVfix’ n .titi u,.’ |
Tlie new Ministry is as follows:—Gen i
If union, War: Wuisse, Interior; G.-rmi- j
ny, Finance; Magne, Public Wonts; Bren- j
tuer. Foreign Affairs; Royer, Justice; Vail- j
limit. Marine; Gir.unl, Public Instruction, j
Schneider. Agriculture and Commerce. !
None ot these are Representatives. Ger- !
ininy was Receiver General at Rome: Gi- j
rand, the Inspector-General of Lmversi- j
ties; Schneider, the Manager of Iron- j
W’nrks at Crouzot.
1 he London i'itries says.-—The Minis- !
j ters selected by the French President, or, 1
rather, the men who have consented to!
island by tlie executive power in this cris- j
i is, are so little known to fame that vve can j
augur untiling from the list of them, ex- i
cept that a man must have greal courage j
jor greater weakness to have joined this j
forlorn hop-. They tire known, however ;
jas honorable men, conversant with public I
business, m the rank of our own chairmen ;
, and revenue boards or under secretaries, j
thouge comparatively strange to political I
warfare. Llicit r ihe ciicumstances through j
wh.ch France has passeil in the last three
years, it is with such men that the tradi
cions i t Government rest, and the reason
‘he machine is not stopped or upset is
that it still works by the unseen bunds.—
For practical purposes, therefore, these I
Ministers are very likely not much infe- i
ri..r to many that have preceded them, a!- j
though of course the existence of such tee- j
file and ephemeral administrations is a vir- j
tual surrender of nil the great objects of po- j
licy and legislation that such u nation as
Franco might pursue and accomplish. i
I he funds have risen under the impres
sion that the hostility of the majority to
the President will go no further, and that
the Monarchists are beginning to ft-ei that
.he country will not much longer tolerate
factious opposition to the Government,and
altogether there is much less excitement
and a greater desire for conciliatory mea
sures.
Columbus, Ga„ Friday .Morning, Feb. 28, 1851.
I'm- Mnsoor.up R aft, Road.— lt having
been made known that a deficiency of
SIOO,OOO cash capital, was needed to be
made good, in order to complete this work,
an appeal was made last week to the citi
zens of Columbus to supply it. Wo are
happy to know that it has been responded j
to with a spirit that does credit to the com j
munity. After only a few days of effort I
on the part ot the Directors $61,000 otl
subscription by the most reliable parties
in the city, was made ;\and the company
feel confident of increasing it to the full
amount required, without any difficulty.
The Iron for the first 30 miles, reported
as arrived at the Bay has reached our
wharves, and is being hauled to the road.
The Henderson Jury— The New Or
leans Crescent of the 12th inst. says —The
Jury in the tedious case of Gen Hender
son, alter being shut up twenty-eight hours
and a half were discharged by the Court
at 7 o’clock last evening. We understar.d
the Jury was equally divided*
Macon Tribune and-Savannah Eve
ning Delta.— Messrs William B. Harrison
and William Pope Harrison, Editors of
the Macon Tribune announce the discon
tinuance of that paper, and publish a pros
pectus ot the Sa annali Evening Delta, to
be commenced “as soon as the necessary
arrangements can be made.”
Freshet. —The Rome Southerner of the
20th inst.says: The late rains have caused
a higher rise in our rivers than lias occur
red since 1847 A portion of our young
and thriving city has been completely in
undated. Early on Sunday morning were
seen hanging out, from the tops ol some
of the dwellings, signals of distress. The
promptness of our citizens soon had boats
t” the timely assistance of the inmates,
who had their “duds” packed up ready to
take passage for land. We nave heard ol
no accident as yet, and only incon
venience we have suffered, has been but a
slight suspension of business and the tem
porary migration of some few families.
SOUTH CAROLINA—THE CONVENTION.
The Charleston Mercury, touching the
complexion of the State Convention just
elected, says:
“We have not yet get quite ail the re
turns of the election lor the convention,
but the result can be slated w ith sufficient
certainty. The convention consistsof 167
members—equal to both Houses of the
Legislature. Os these we think we aie
quite safe in saying 127 are, in the words
ot the Intelligencer, distinctly and unal
terably for “SECESSION and withdrawal
of the State of South Carolina alone from
the Union j” or, if the Intelligencer is
modest and would prefer their description
by another hand—they are men who, as
an old friend from the country said to us
yesterday, “ have made up their minds
that the Federal Government is a cursed
bad bargain, which it is high time to get
rid of.” These men go for secession by
the State alone, because there can be no
other secession than by the States as indi
vidual sovereignties, andbecause the with
drawal from the Union will thus in every
stage of the act be under the sanction of
the supreme authority, and give to seces
sion the same basis and support of the
sovereign will expressed in the same form
as the act by which South Carolina enter
ed the Union.
A minority of the cony p ntion consisting
of, we think, less than forty are opposed
to the speedy action of the State by her
self. Eut let not the intelligencer imag
ine there are forty submissienisls in the
convention. We are certain there are not
ten members who will not unhesitatingly
affirm both of the following propositions:
Ist That the State, as one of a confederacy
of sovereigns, has the clear right to secede;
and 2d. that the action and position of the
Federal Government afford ample justifi
cation lor the exercise of that right. They
think it politic to put off decisive action
till all the other States, or some of them,
get ready to, join us. We do not agree
with them, but feel no inclination to treat
their opinions with disrespect, and still less
to class them with the few who worship
power at its great and corrupt centre, and
believe that tlie Government can do no
wrong, because it has forty millions a
year to squander on its favorites. The
minority in the convention, as a body, will
not be opposed tn m-- s
little in AaGcT, fhey will, with few excep
tions, take their place with the foremost in ‘
its defence. The act of the whole State, j
and her people will unite in defending it
“ to the last extremity.””
THE BOSTON NULLIFICATION.
We cofrom the Boston Times, one of
the very few presses of the “ Modern
A'hens,” that does not subscribe to the
•* higher law” doctrine, a burlesque on the
state of affairs in that city. There is as
much truth as poetry in the description.
Boston does not intend to permit the fugi
tive branch of the ‘‘Peace Measures” to be
enforced within her jurisdiction —that is
clear. This is the second deliberate and
distinct effort that has been made to en
force the law, and each time it has be- n
backed by the moral force of the Federal
laws, aird fiy so much of “ Northern con
servatism” as could be mustered for the !
occasion. But the law of the land and ot j
the constitution has failed, and the mob j
or “higher law” completely triumphed on :
both occasions. It is true the President ;
lias promptly issued his proclamation, and |
in so far has done his duty—it is also, ‘
true, that many of the northern compro
mise presses, have uttered a very respec
table quantity of indignant thunder on the
occasion. But what good doe3 that dol
The fugitive is gone; the officers of the
law in the discharge of their duties, have
been overpowered by a mob ; the mar
shal’s sword kicked into the streets, and
“higher law” has carried its points with a
high hand. Meantime the N Y Tribune
and papers of that ilk, defend the whole
proceeding. They cannot see any very
great enormity in the transaction, nor is
Boston responsible for it—Boston did not
even know, what was going on,says the
Tribune ; but the editor forgot to state,
that the Boston authorises were apprized
of it—that both the Mayor of the city, the
citv Marshal and Com. Downs wet” “n
----t- - - :J . —i rwt'used to g‘ v<i
Indeed, the Tribune not only excuses but
applauds the act. It tells us “rebellion is
in the blood” of Boston. It likens the
case to ihe “tea” rebellion of the revolu
tion, and exhumes an ancient proclama
tion of a Royal Governor of Massachu
setts, at the epoch of the breaking out of
the Revolution, and insinuates that the
constitution and laws of the Union, de
serve no better treatment than the men o
Bunker Hill, vouchsafed to Royal procla
i rations in 1775.
It is said that the President has ordered
the military to aid the enforcement of the
law in Boston. We hope not to see this
done. We do not believe in compelling
Sovereign States to execute their constitu
tional obligations by the strong aim of the
Government. The union is of no value,
where it is kept together by compulsion.
It is besides, contrary to all our notions of
the dignity and characteristics fa Sov
ereignty. If Massachusetts will not obey
the laws of tiff confederacy, she cannot
expect to enjoy the benefits of the confed
eracy. She cannot be permitted to take
the advantages and relieve herself, at will,
or in obedience to her philanthropic
whims or the voice ot her mobs, Irom the
burthens of the copartnership. Let Mas
sachusetts get out of the concern. The
sisterhood would he happier, more peace
ful, betler contented without her. For af
ter alt the jeers at South Carolina, it is ill
Massachusetts that nine-tenths of all the
nullification demonstrations against the
Union have been made. More than this
—it Massachusetts will not obey the laws
of the confederacy,’ V *v her be tu;-ned out
ofitasan unruly, unprofitable and con
tumacious member. But let there be no
force exerted to keep her in the union,
and to compel her good behavior while
ill it.
TBlj PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
The mail of yesterday was not opened
until 2. I* M a short time before our hour
of going to press. It orings a Presiden
tial message on the Boston Biol. We have
no lime to naltnuch less, print ii. The
Charleston Mercury comments on it as
follow s:
The Prosidfcnt’s Message.
In answer to Mr. Cla\ ’s resolution, the
President sent to lite Senate on Friday the
Message which we publish .elsewhere.
It gave rise to debate which was not ter
minated at the udjouumment on Saturday.
Mr. Ciav arose immediate ly, and exprtss
ed his great satisfaction With the Message.
He was followed by Mr. Ilale, and an an
gry altercation between the two Senators
enlivened the occasion. But we hve
nothing to do with that. Mr. Clay repre
sented that the fugitive law had been suc
cessfully carried out every where but in
Boston * Mr. Mason of Ya. replied to this
position, and showed that the law had
been reali 3’ successiull nowhere; that
ns execution in all of the North was
obstructed with such an amount of difficul
ties, ihat it was, tor all useful purposes, a
dead letter. Mr. Butler ol S. C. look part
in the discussion, but we have no report
ot his .remarks.
As far as we have seen it, the debate
bad not reached those great questions,
ibatare raised in 1 practical shape by the
vlessage. The President, it will be ob
served, assumes, as an undoutbed thing,
that the Constitution, in making himCom
inander-in-Chiet of the Army and Navy,
has given tc him the right of employing
| . NUMBER 11.
th**se forces at his pleasure, in nil cases
that call for, or may be thought to call for
theadditinn of any sort of summary force
to the civil power, and that he is the sole
judge of the necessity of the case. He
claims, in fact, as absolute a discretion in
the use of the military power, as was ever
claimed by a kingd France. - Add to this
an established doctrine of the party now in
power, that a State acting against the Fed
eral authority, is no more entitled to con
sideration. and stands on no more respect
able ground, than a i: obat a Court House,
and we must see, in this assumption of the
j President, nothin? less than a claim of right
j to wage a civil war, and to lorn the whole
land and naval forces of the Government,
upon a Stale, without the intervention ol
an act of Congress, or even the formality
of a message to the Senate. At what stage
(if republicanism have we then arrived,
when the President pins forth such | re.
temi ms, and the oldest member of the Se
nate seconds and applauds them!
But Mr Fillrnwre is troubled by an act of
Congress, which confers upon the Presi
dent, with cautions and reservations, a
i,..1,Vn,', ,*■ *-r which he assumes to
ti m fn h ‘ |,v the Cuustitu-
In i;, “ J, lal'laYOtVStlu .ennnc
this liute difficulty in the way of his using
the army and navy as the familiar consta
bulary and body guards of the Executive
and his satellites!
Thus the Boston riot is to be used, as ali
Northern outrages are, as the occasion and
pretext for armii g the General Govern- ,
tneot, and especially the Executive, with |
increased means of assailing the South.— j
Foritis against the South, and it alone, j
that these weapons will ever he seriously ,
used. The Boston riot is agod-sendto the ;
party in power, and they sh iw how they j
appreciate it. Ii is said that when Fiesch’s
internal machine exploded, covering the i
ground around Louis Philippe with dead j
and wounded, before the smoke had well :
cleared away, the King clapped his hands
and exclaimed briskly, “ Well, now at
last the Chambers will vote me my appan
ages, and the dotations of the boys!’ We
imagine Messrs. Fillmore and Clay ex
claiiningjoyously, “Thanks to this Boston
riot, we shall now get the power to make
war on South Carolina.”
THE LAST AND GREATEST REVOLU
TION !
OVERTHROW OF THE WHITE POW
ER AND THE ESTABLISHMEN'JIOF
THE I}LACK EAIP|U{
OF MASSACHUSETTSt
AN KG DOMINI—IBSI.
The Messages Edicts Manifestos Rules—
Regulations—and General System of Govern
ment under the Now Order of Things !
—GREAT SEAL—
“ THE DEVIL TO PAY AND NO PITCH HOT.”
The fact is accomplished! The power
of the whites is overthrown, and we, the
people of Massachusetts, can now luxuii
ate under the Empire of the Blacks ala
mode de St. Domingo. In order to fully un
derstand the new organization that has so
magically taken place, and appreciate the
blessings which will accrue to the poor
whites who have so long been suffering
under oppressors of their own complexion,
we append a few extracts from the new of
ficial government organ. The Ebony Illu
minator, of yesterday morning:—
ru ptt ami(l a I or, r eb. 177]
An Address from his Highness, Pompey
Squash 1., Massachusetts,
Court House, >
City or Boston, Feb 15, 1851. )
My Pefle;
The palace of th- wriiite raneaU ii now in pos
session ot our nohle soldiery. The meal-, faced
cowards could not withstand the terrible unslaught
of our glorious veterans, and flew like cost >ii holla
in tornado, to a place of lenqmiary satiety. They
will, however, be instantly pursued, captured, and
hung like dogs io Ihe nearest tree.
This is a grand achievement, my brave people,
and besides the encouragement it will all• rd to our
hrothers-in-arins in other StatFs, will forever cru-h
tbe hvdra-beaded monsters called Law and Justic e
which have so long trampled upon ihe rights and
privileges of our exalted race in this otherwise
beautiful lan 1.
The plunder is great, nor pusillanimous adver
saries having abandoned all their arms and ammu
nition, military stores, money chesls, and archives
in their hot haste to escape. Among the most im
portant articles captured, I wid enumerate the fill
lowing :
Three undischarged Coil’s six-barrelled revolv
ers.
One tarnished sword, bolongjng to the pe'fidious
U.S. Marshal. (This weapon did great execution
upon the hacks ot our ’emlied tyrants.)
One red cent, th* reward of arresting the .Saint
William Cra t an Ii: is ,-erseeuied spouse.
A dozen medallions struck in honor io the Mays
or of the City for aid fie oi l not afford againsl u*.
A pair of old slippers left in tho mud hy lire
flying enemy.
The warrant for the arrest of the martyr Shad
rnch.
Also, details of the campaign, Ac. <tc. &c.
These trophies will at once be taken to the J’tr/s
ace dt Sambo (formerly called Fanieul Hall,) and
exhibited to tile admiring gaze of our chivairic to!-
owers.
And .vow, know ye, rnv faithful subjects, that,
in order to establish our empire upon a firm and
last.Hg foundation, I, PoMeei Su,c ash, the First
Emperor of the Empire of Massachusetts, do appoint
the following Ministry, and command that they lie
respected accordingly by my subjects at large :■*-
Minister of Stale—Cjeorge Thompson, for whose
noble conduct, we have this day dubbed him
Knight ol my Royai Harters, and named him a
Perfume Bearer near my Koval Person.
Minister ol the interior—Win. Lloyd Garrison,
with the title of Grand Washer of the Armpits.
Minister of War—Clizur Wright. Lord Bract
olPi*tols, surnamed the Bloody Minded.
Minister of Finance —Vacant, as the office is at
present unnecessary.
.Minister ill Waiting—Charles Sumner, Lord
of Nocau hnohahee.
Let theao- ve be instantly -J.eralded throughout
our dominions. Oliey !
Signed, Po.MfF.v SQUASH I, Emperor.
[Fmn the Ebony Illuminator—Extra.]
Organization of the Citt Government
By special permission of the Emperor, a rfspicla
ble number of our colored fellow subjects assembled
in the Palace tie Sambo so-day, and proceeded at
mice to organize the City Government by choosing
the following municipal officers, subject to the rat*
ideation of His Majesty :
Mayor—Honorable Samuel Jobnsing.
City Marshal —Gumbo Chaff.
Board of Aldermen —Bone Squash, Dandy Jim
(ot Caroline) James C'ow, rEoiian Bones, Cs.-ar
B.neskin, and Harmoneon Tamborme, Esquires.
Common Council—darkness Visible, Esquire
(President). Augustus Constantine Biackrnan. Pe
ter Polouius yetluwplush. Claudius Scipro Wool -
tv, and William Henry Antony Brutus BoHshin,
Esquire.
The above distinguished genttleman being pres
ent. signihed their acceptance of their respective
offices, aoJ the meeting proceeded to the adoption of
ruses and ordinance# for the city. We have only
time at preseat to announce the fbllowing:-
1. Ordered, That ad white men caught abroad
j after 9 o'clock at nigbtwiiboul a permit from some
colored shall be convsyed to the
JOB PIKINNTG,
•PLAIN AND
CATLY AND PROMPTLY EXECUTED AT THR OFFICI
OF
mn Columbus Stints.
Pamphlets, I Hand Bills,
Business Cards, | Wsy Bills,
Viiitine do j Circulars,
Ball Tickets, J Blank Notes
and everything else in this line pfbusiness.CHEA
and with Dispatch.
3<2D
BLANKS f)F ALL KINDS PRINTED TO
ORDER.
nearest watchdiouse and there confined until he is
claimed by’ his master.
2. Ordered, That the bell of the Old South ■
Church, shall he ealler be lung at 9o’c!oek every
evening tlur mg the \ ear in order that the whites
shall receive warning to avoid the penalty incurred
in the foregoing ordinance.
3. Ordered, That any white woman detected iri
using the Cliloiion Lustrakor ai y other cosmetic
for removing sallowness of complexion shall ba
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and be forever de
tried the privilege of serving it) respecti hie colored
families.
4. —Ordered, Thatsnv colored subject who shall
marry or cohai'it with any white womau,shall he
transported fer his natural life to South Carolina or
some other penal colony within the dominions of
the Emiiir—the uhject ol the lefointathn being 10
keep ti.e black blood pure.
5. —Ordered, That the white person* shall be eli
gible to no office of any description, t xco, tsuch as
bool- 1 lacks and night scavengers,
6—Ordered; That s whippn g post be erected
on (tie Cormnuu at which ail white persons shall ho
punished tin any infiaciloii ol these ordinuncee.
7.—Ordered That it shail lie lawful for all color
: ed subjects to he, cheat, or steal, whenever hv so
i doing they can obtain anv advantage oyer a whi e.
( B.—Ordered, That it shall lawful to kill a white
j man whenever a black de-ires the pastiiuc.
j 9—O'tlerctl, That those whites who have aided
I rlic estub'isnmeiil ol the Empire, shall lie permitted
1 to marry colored ladies, provided the latter have
one or more black husbands. —--
cep: such as isnuporteu Iron) H ,vli. il being essential
to good government (hut the ta.-tea ot the whites
shall riot he pampered by such luxuries an are no.v
sold try Redding & Uoorpunv, Washingt 01 jgreel.
P 8. H s imperial M jesty having graHbusly
runiied the above, the ci v uu ernment is now in
lull force and action. The white population will
lie gov< r.ieJ accordingly.
Bci.l HK tiir.n Hill City Clerk.
Mr Chaff offered an ordinance allowing the pri
vilege of smoking in the streets, exclusively to the
colored population out as it was suggested by Mr.
Softxbin that a la"’ punishing only white men l'or
that offence wu. already in force, M,, Chaff with
drew it-
MoVK.MF.NTH OK Tint IMPK I) IA L CoFRT J.OQAL
I tems. Ac— ls is Imperial majesty will give a grand
dejeuner u la fnchtlte. to-moirow morning at
half past 7 o’c ock, in the hail of the lute House of
Representatives which has been converted into a
dining roinui for*tiis majesty. The late Senate
Chamber makes a very commodious and elegant
bed chamber lor his august highness.
E npress Dina will receive an iliu-tiious compa
ny this evening in the palace Snowball, lately the
resilience ot the Mayor that was.
The Navy Yard at Charlestown, is to be con
verted into a park lor (he the reoieation of their
Royal Highnesses, the little Princes.
A monument has been erected to the memory of
the marlyr Shadrick, 00 the spot formerly occupied
by the Ltig Elm on die Royal pleasure grounds,
lately known as the Common.
Special Edict.— Hi- Imperial Majesty, has
commanded that ail mixed J,inks shall-hemaller bo
abolished—black strap being tt(e only authorized
beverage. Any white ingn who disobeys shall re
ceive 49 lashe-. Nunn hut blacks are allowed to
get drunk.
A Gukat Max Rkwahiikd. —Wu ate rejoiced
to stale that his Majesty, with that noble generos
ity lor which the mniia ebs ol bis lace have always
>een celebrated, has waived the right ofcniuiscation
in the ease of Elizur Wright, to whose potent
a'd the present dynasty in a great measure owes
its elevaliou; and ill atldiliou to placing him among
his ministiv. has bestowed upon him the olfice
of keeper of the Privy Seul.
ADVERTISE ME XT.
* RAN.'. WAY.— Fiotn die subscriber, on or
before Kalurdav, the loth inst. a stout and
healthy white man, called MARSHAL DEV
KN'S. the property of the undersigned. It ig
expected lhat he is in the neighborhood of the Dis
trietot Columbia. Any person who will seize and
confine him iriany jail within ttiese dominions shall
receeive a rowaru ot 1 cent, and no ebu-ges paid.
V"X Poptrii.
Boston, Feb. 17.—Year (lithe Empire the First,
The nexi number <>i the Illuminator will con
of rompey umgiess of the reign
Correspondence of tho Courier.
Washington, Feb. 18.
I futind the Senate yesterday, engaged
in a debate of a very sj>int-Ad kind, upon
le reference of it petition irom the State
of Maine, for a modification of the fugitive
j slave act.
I ‘J’he Set itftors hud received the tnforma
tinn of a negro riot in Idoston in vvhich tie.
grues liad forcibly rescued a man from tho
custody of the Marshal, in open court. This
was tile reason for the departure by tho
Senate from iis usual course, as taken at
this session, ol entire inddferetice to the
mid disposition Os the hun
dreds of petitions cti this subject.
Tile galleries and the privileged seats
were thronged; fur there are 1 or 2000 vis-
I Hors here; ol recent arrival—mostly front
the r*forth. The pt tuion had been referred
sub si!enli ‘. Mr Atchison moved a recon
sideration. The debate had been com*
i meticed before 1 entered tue chamber, and
I [ found Mr. Pearce, of Maryland, on the
| floor, and the vast audit ry enchained by
! his eloquence. He was replying to Hale
of New Hampshire, and depr eating agi
tation. Hale’s reply was it) his best stylo
■if bold and reckiesssuetiainalioti. Pearce’s
rejoinder was humorous and sarcastic,and
rich in allusion, i.istorical and poetical.
He had 111 his first speech, brought out in
slrorg relief, the liisl agitation in tne gar
j den oi Eden, and, in ins rejoinder, he man
■ aged with great art, so louse ins advetsa
| ries points, its to represent hull, (tittleJ
j as the tit vtl himself.
The Senator? tvere apprehensive that
continued discussion would lead to some
thin;? beyond a mere contest of wit, and
desirous ot checking it. They in
sisted upon the question. But, t.l the mo
ment, uprose a Senator, uHo always re
minds me oi a volenti , with Irosly head,
and fiery ey> —Jmice Butler. tie is a
man who can stir up the passions from
their very depths; but as a debater, while
he is armed at all points and ready to at
tack ; he lias em raliy chosen to act on
the defensive ard to receive the shut sos
Ins opponents upon his polished shield of
good humor. When Buiier foge on this
occasion, l caught a glance of his eye, and.
1 saw in it, not passion, but humor. He
had long ‘.go, determined, as well he outfit!
to keep cool. He said, addressing the
Chair —I must diiier from the Senator
front Marylari I, as to the attributes of the
first agitator. He was not a vocileroqs
rhetortcun, declaiming as loudly as if he
were calling to the ferry-man across the
Styx, iut he appeared in the form ol a
serpent, gliding into the gulden, approach
mg mother Eve, and softly •’ nispi-ring in
her ear, there is a -higher law.” The ef
fect was magical. Every one sprpng up
—laughterand applause rang through sh“
chamber and gallams. If you have heard
Hale and heard Seward, you will seethe
aptness of this Contrast. In lite wmole
compass of puiTunentury anecdote, l will
venture to say that there has been nothing
equal, in point of wit and humor, to jhis
sally of Mr Butler’s.
In the course of the_ discussion above
reftyred to l was very gad to hear Mr.
Rhett call in question a remark from Mr.
Cooper, of Penn. jjiijul Pennsylvania
shall repeal her laws obstructing the
execution of the fugitive act of 1883, her
Senators have no rioht to say a* Mr Coop
er did, that Pennsylvania will sanction the
law of 1850- This was Mr. Ri.et.’s point.
The House is not yet prepared to lake
up the appropriation bi.is. Doubts are
expressed whether allot them will get
through, The Chance lor of Exchequer
Mr. Bailey, has : and the House what no