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OHIO.
Hsr new U. S. Senator—B. F. Wade.
Cleveland, Ohio, March 17.
The grea* strutrgle is at last over, and
Ohio has a Whig Senator, in the person of
Beniaurn F. Wade, a citizen of the IVes
lerri Reserve and a dependent of the I ur
:u,„. falls Deo
Our new Senator, never having filled the
•'nounding trump of tame.” demands some
notice at our hands.
He was born at West Springfield, Mass.,
Oct 27, k. D. 1800. and removed to Ohm
in the” Fall of 1821, settling in tile Cunty
of Asditubula,
In 1820 he went to the State of New-
Yurk,and there taught school until the
Spring of 1825,/tvhen he returned he still
Continued to teach and at the same time
pursued his law studies ill the office of
Elisha Wli tllesev, until he was admit.ed
o tile Bar . . .
11l 1828 he formed aco-partnership with
Mr GidJings, whicu continued until
1,, t |„. yame Fall he was elected to the
Jtenate of Ohio, and there signalized him
self by Report and Speech against the
Annexation of Texas.
He was nominated hy the Whigs tor the
Senate, but was defeated by the “Siver
tlrnys” ,J I that day, on the ground that he
whs 100 niucn of an anti-slavery man.
In 1841 he triumphed over all opposi
tion, and as again returned to ihe Senate
where he made a most cogent sp-ecli a
gsinst the iniquitous “Black Law-,” so
lnga disgrace on our Statute-Book.
M the expiration of his ierm lie refus
ed to serve again,and wa elected Judge
soma twoyenrs since, which office he fills
with ability and dignity lam informed tlist
he ii for Land Uefurm, in favor of Home
„,n(| Exemption, and will, l have no doubt
l.r found fighting shoulder to shoulder
mtli those few FhilaKflkropists in the Sen
ate who nre urging forward the first-nam
ed great measure,
Upon the question of the odious t ugi
tirv Law, he is all we could desire. But
here l prefer he should speak for himself
..d give you a part of asp-ech made by
him last fall at Ravenna, and which wns
published at the time in the Ravenna
Star:
“judge Wade fairly electrified the au
dience by the earmstiK'SS and t nergy with
which he denounced the Fugitive Law
M nd all who had a part in inflicting it up
on us. He said he had always been a
Whig—was still a Whig—but there were
considerations “ Inch rose far above party
ami paity influences, and he for one was
prepared to unite with any men or any
party in opposition to this Law.
i.H condemned in the strongest terms
Whigs and Democrats who aided in the
passage of the law I y their vot-s, or by
dodging; rebuked with energy ami spi
rit both Fillmore and Crittenden, and visi
t.il Daniel Webster with the most wither
ing denunciations. Hr said the law, brist
ling like a porcupine with pains and pen
lii*ies, Will the most infamous enactment
known to the Statute Books of this coun
try, “ml such as even I lie corrupt Govern
ments if the Old World ci old not pass
without driving their people to revolution.
Far himself, regardless <*f fines and impri
sonment, il called upon, he would gr-iil to
the Fugitive Slave the writ of habeas ror
pus ”|
The cause of Freedom has no firmer
friei and in Ohio than B F. Wade, and we
>ml h*ito Uie Senate as a most woitiiy
com peer 01. votiiir own Si \\ ii ill, “ hose friends
in Ohm, let uk j say, Are neither few noi
(nr hrl'we<‘Si-
Titw- following-, winch we translate from ]
nlw —•Clottrier dts Hints l ni*’ 1 ■( the 120ih
iiirslsnt. I s a pocliom -oft an Editorial, headed
••'l'hc iltunsjers of tin* Future.” The Edi.
liT, a fpowchmaii, lias always Ueen a tho
r'vwjh gwig <Ci in|) rottiW man;
-Vta-cltwd wdinic-fa bus gathered in the
•direction of SottthCwrolinu goc# on thick
<ninp; mwl towards he* are all nw aatur
„||y imirwvcL T*kwiglints of dts-wnioria five
nnitre ni4etwt tluiu ever in the ind-e[>*-nd!r*rt,
spirits (tf&uld •Csrolwwns, and aae perse
verance'Wiiftih wlnich tifcey have to
wards lUe goal,ftWe -unanimity whiicli pre
side* over their iectsnous, testify to their
intention ot notsG>|>|WWg at t*nnf>t\y tb neats.;
Thus, while her voters are eieoumg’ *wwi
ftauis to the Convention which is* dw.ide
entire question of Secession, cwwimence
xind industry ace seeking to create within
the Mate rise,l such resources as may free
her from being trilUiry to Noitbemi >mi
tifactures; they aim at a direct .ootunutm-i
cation with Europe, and the iLeguskituie
litself eiicou the fumiiation of a marine
which niayvm case °l ,: ‘ H '<l- become that ol
the State.’ lleie is certainly • well de
fined plan,itil>e execution ol tvliicit as daily
mrogressHtg.
•Cwrelma has, therefore., passed from
wiortl'ta deed, and all mtikalions tell us
tJimt'nothing will siqpibttr (movements dm\ n>;
the lo.]H* which leads ‘heirito n final separ.
ation. TkeChurlestou Mercury, the most
influential organ of opwuvon in Carolina,af.
firms that otfthe 107 members appointed to
*he Convention. 127, ft tel. will notlx-s
----itate to vote in favor tff disunion, even
though the State he ainue in adopting the;
lirrorc course. These .ta cm libers. says the
Mercury, are convinced Hurt the federal;
Gorern.nent is a scourge, -f which we
should rid ourselves as soon as possible.
They think that the Slate ought to leave
(the Union singly, by virtue ot the mher
■ent sovereignty of the Stales, just as die
act was accomplished which let Carolina
itnto the Confederacy. How can a profes
sion of faith be more cleaily expressed.
How could there be held in reserve a more
unlimited lreedom of action? bouth Car
olina waits for no one; her trust is in her
self and herself alone.”
[Ffom the New York Krenii a Mirror.}
X BTABTLING BEX
A gentleman in our office yesterday of >
iered to make a bjt that \Villtaiu £&• *<"V- ‘]
,td would he tilt* next President of the
United States! It is proper ito premise
fthai'the offer was made by one of**nr tin st
substantial citizens, who :kii able lawyer
and observing politician,and a strong Un
ion Whig. We owfess. that, coming from
such a source, and uttered in a peculiar
ly emphatic manner,the proposition some
what startled ctf-
Our friend backed up his prediction, by
asserting that Seward could carry 1 to
day, in a Presidential contest. New York,
Massachuset’s, Connecticut, \ ermo.it, O
hio; and possibly New Hampshire: and
■these States, he thinks, are enough to
throw the election into the House and
svheuit comes to that, he beeves that the
friend* of Mr. Seward, either by fair
iheaiis or foul, would manage to carry the
day.
We fancy we can see a smtle of increl
dulity playing upon the countenances o
'our Silver Csrey friends as they contem
plate the above paragraph. But it is a
bvise. maxim in war, never to jnder esti
jnate the strength of your enemy. Sew
ard is ten times ihe fox, and twenty limes
i I ... . ! A *
VOLUME XI. |
the polilician, that ever Van Burer. was;
and has a better chance for trie Presidency
now. than the “Kinderhook Magician” had
two years before his election.
He is not only a running politician, who
knows how and when to throw out several
| sweet morsels of promise to catch the fa
vor of the people; hut he possesses a Car
dinal Richelieu in Thurloiv Weed, and a
powerful ally in Caidinal Hughes, to aid
him iriany Jesuitical plot necessary to the
accomplishment of his ambitious schemes.
The press, also, of the Slate of New York
so far, at least, as “the tural districts” are
concerned, is already suborned to his pur
pose, and closely affiliated to the “central
organ” at Albany.
In New England, the Bos'on Atlas, for
many years the leading journal of the
Whig party, has gone over to the “woolly
heads,” horse, foot and dragoons, and all
its Eastern sattelites are tumbling after it.
The Burlington Free Press'and the Ver
mont Watchman, are intensely “woolly”
and are said to be in the pay of the Sew
ard iles.
The Portland Advertiser is assuming
the same complexion; and there is scarce
ly a standard hearer left among the old
Whig editors of New England, who fights
under the hroad banner qf ‘he Union, tip
on the broad pla'forin of the Constitution.
The New Bedfoid Mercury, a paper of
some importance in the Old Colony, the
organ of the Grinnels and other nulliona
ries of Bristol County, comes “in violently
against the Fugitive Slave Law, and ;n
view of the coining contest holds the fol-
lowing language.
“The Whigs of this State will never be
brought to advocate or defend, or tolerate
the Fugitive Slave Law or will they ever
aid in procuring the re-nomination of the
President who has been the champion of
that law. Who ever else may he the man
of the North for the Whig Presedential
candidate, it will nut he Millard Fillmore,
nor his Secretary of State.”
These indications should not he unheed
ed by the sentinels on the watch towers
of the Republic. Ii is time to sound the*
alarm to the sleepers within the citadel.
Our enemies are already in the field; and
the next cry “ill be “The Philistines are
upon us ”
‘I he Van Buren wing of the Democrat
ic parly stand ready to goover to the Sew
nrdi’es for a “consideration;” say an Attor
ney Generalship for Butler, and a mission
to St. James for Prince John; while the
Bentouians of the Southwest are inarch
ing up a inotlv regiment to join the inva
ding hosts of the North. Friends of the
Union! look to your armour! The Battle
of Waterloo is yet to he fought.
The -Vction of Hamilton Fish to the
United States Senate, making the fourth
active and avowed abolitionist in that body
is calculated to give anew direction to
public opinion among the judicious mid
patriotic classes at the North as w* II as
the South, and to push on some most start
ling results. For one we candidly con
less that since this result has been brought
nbonl hy the open coalition ot the Aboli
tionist Whigs and the Abolition Democrats
against the constitutional portions of each
id these parties, the deeply settled and
earnestly entertained opinions of many of
the hot and most careful men of the South
as to the utter inutility of farther attempts
ala genuine compromise, have asutned a
new and portentous weight. it may,
within a very brief period, turn out t! at
the secessionists of South Carolina, hosing
themselves upon the far seeing instincts
f Mr Ciilhmin, have gone more truly to
the mark in their estimate of the actual j
condition of this country, than thoe who
deluded by their hopes and traditions in
favor of the Union, have closed their
eyes to ‘he imminence of the danger by
which it is threatened. The humiliating
spectacle of the slavering over and swal
lowing of the national administration by
the Abolitionist factions of the North, as
the Bon Constrictor slimes and then switl-
Jows Ins victim, and the presence of four
anti-slavery antiaiiii-co:.stitntioii members
iiiu the Senate ol the United States are well
•calculated to make public opinion at the
North pause in its career and see to
what events are inevitably tending. His
tory does not record a more incredible in
fatuation of the sacrilice of a great and
universal good to an abstract caprice of
priuoi|tle, than would be the disruption ot
this glurioas Union,carfully fashioned and
wellicossillelied in all its elements by the
[wrest patriots and the wisest sages that
1 1 awe ever .lived, to the mere vague theoiet
ical hostility Hu the name of slavery inlie
ently existing; amoug the masses of the
population of ills e North, who from the very
necessities ufithe case know nothing of the
absolute condition mid constitution of
slavery, nor of its practical operation ti[ -
on the pinnies most immediately concern
ed n it. Do tile people of the North, who
areibenig .led blindfold and dagger in hand
to strike, u'.tblie-signal of de*wgogues and
traitors, to the. wiluls if their .country—do
they heLitwe that Washington amd Adams,
and Fraiwklin, and Itaucuak, and all the
great and glorious spirits that now watch
from Heaven the lile <>f the (CotiitM ry they
j cnea'ed, were not aware of the tlrue char
j a etc r and nature of slavery, anti tithe (In
i'ty ol patriots ami Christians, in connec
tion with it? Was not the yvboile subject
thoroughly and laboriously .discussed with
an amount of talent, ol sell sacrificing de
votion to the general welfare ol the human
race, expended tt|*'ii it th*tmover was yet
equalled iu-.aiiy other assenfbly ol men on
earth! A®d does it rensam for a few mire
era bio demagogues and spoilt hunting
polikicians at this late day, and in tlie lace
of (the complete fulfillment of all the ai
tieipations and prophecies of the founders,
of the Kepubl c. to re-w|wn this suljeut
whose permanent and unconditional settle
ment was the solemn condition ot the orig
inal bond of Untoi , and to teach tis anew
; our dtilies as patriots and Americans? It
is not cradihie that such should he the
case. Ii is not credible thata great and
enlightened people should | ause midway
in thtir unparalleled career ol prosperity
and greatuess, and deliberately destroy
the foundations upon which all that pros
perity and all that greatness rests, set
the conviction, repelled day after day and
year alter year, is steadily forciug itself
inore and more powerfully audiatnusively
upon our attention, and we seem to see
in this lamentable tergiversation on the
part of the legislators of the great State ot
New York, a sign ol coming evil, more
pregnant with alarm than any that has
yet broken upon the horizon.
It would not be surprising to us if the
events of the last few months'should have
the effect to recall all the minds of the en
tire South from the costly compromise to
which, tor the sake of the Union, they
have just-submitted, to their original posi
tion. nor should we be surprised to hear in
the next Congress, from the representa
tives of other States than South Carolina
from Georgia, from North Caroiitj>,
from AUbjiipaTrbiO Texas, and the great
3 Southwest, the bold and final declaration
I of a disposition peaceably toseperate from
j their northern allies, who seem determined
! by every insulting act and manifestation to
; drive them to the alternative of secession
j or degrading submission. We have again
I and again expressed oui deliberatd opin
ion that it was the settled purpose of the
1 abolitionists of the North to bring about by
any and everv means, this exact state of
j things; and unless political omens assume
j anew and very favorable asp* ct betwien
now ami next December, let the world be
surprised to learn how soon and how com
jdetely they have succeeded.—A ew York
Dm/ Hook.
[From ihe Southern Christian Advocate.]
RE-UNION WITH THE NORTH
i A suggestion has been recently made by
the New York Express, an influential se
cular paper, that an effort should be made
j in this time of political compromises to re
unite the Northern and Southern divisions
jof the Methodist Episcopal Church. In
this it is likely the Express speaks the
wishes of not a few of the enlightened and
liberal among the membership ofthe North
ern Methodist Church. So far as all this
1 is an exhibition ot amiable feelings, we are
i glad lo see it. But a more hopelessly
chimerical idea was never set afloat, Re
union, in the present circumstances of the
Northern and Southern sections ofthe U.
States is a downright, utter, and sheer iin
poss’bility. Putting out of sight the fact
: that the General Conference ofthe North
ern Church declined the simple overture
on the part of the Southern Methodists to
; open and maintain friendly relations on the
basis of an amicable confraternity of feel
ing, and compelled the latter to resort to
legal measures to obtain a fair division of
the property contracted for in the deed of
separation, the state of opinion—general
opinion, prevailing in the Eastern, North
ern and Northwestern portions of the \1 E
Church is such, and ever will be such, as
to forbid, absolutely and peremptorily, any
future coalescence on our part, while the
domestic institutions of the slave-holding
States remain in their present integrity.
There is too much “higher-law con
science” among Northern Methodists, too
much inflamed prejudice, quasi religious,
too wide spread a fanatical virus in the
press, the pulpit, and lie prayer-room, to
allow the o-hosi of a hope income from the
grave of our buried ecclesiastical union to
tell of any future resurrection. A united
Methodist Church has bequeathed its last |
legacy to the political union in the shape
of a solemn warning to statesmen and pol
iticians, that submissive as the South may
be regarded, there is a
•* Terminating pillar high”
; beyond which it will not be forced.
And in addition t the foregoing consid
erations, there is another which is not
without weight. The expansion and growth
of the oiigina. connection find made the
ecclesiastical machinery cumbersome in
3 its working. The division of the Church
into two jurisdictions was a measure judi
j cious in itself, and desirable for other rea
sons besides the slavery agitation. Had it
bten earned out by the north in a friendly
spirit, it would have given relief to both
sections, and presented to the world one of
the noblest spectacles ever shown in the
history of Churches. As it is, the resour
ces of each section have been increased.—
The annual Conferences hrve moved on
[ tn their appropriate calling just as they did
I before the division. Each section has tes
ed its capabilities for independent action
and self-sustai.i tig giowih. When the
i hand ol time Inis softened down the asperi
-1 ties occasioned by the disi uption, it is like
i !y ih t the two connections may stand on
a friendly footing, and shake hands across
the border. Further than this, any return
to the original regime, is not possible, ev
!en if it were desirable—is not desirable,
; were it possible.
The Augusta Constitutionalist in an
article calling attention to a Democratic
meeting to nominate delegates to the Gub
ernatorial Convention, says;
“ Never was there a time calling more
imperiously for a determined rally of the
friends of State Rights and of Strict Con
struction. Never were the principles of
Jeffersonian Republicanism, as set forth
by the Virginia and Kentucky Reso
lutions ot ’9B and ’99, more in danger.
—ln the Southern States, these principles
were once recognized as orthodox by all
parties. They are now openly derided by
influential politicians of the Whig party
and their Democratic allies in Georgia,
because those principles have become un
popular at the North, and their advocacy
; would prove a barrier to political success
! at the hands of the Northern masses.
| Our advices from all quarters of the
I State are cheering.
| The coalition of Toombs, Stephens, Cobb
k Cos., which aims at a disorganization
of the Democratic party for the two-fold
I purpose of bringing the Whigs into power
in Georgia, and of elevating, and sustain
ing certain Democratic leaders in power,
will prove a failure. The Democrats will
I not consent to be transferred, bound hand
j and toot like sheep in the shambles, over
j to the Whig party.
We hope the example of Putnam, of
I Wilkinson, of Gordon, and of other c< un
ities will be rapidly followed up, and that
in June next the old Democratic and South
; ern Rights masses will be brought by
their delegates in Convention, harmoni
l ously together, to set forth those well-tried
I principles which have ever been conge
-1 nial to Republican Georgia, and to select
i a standard-bearer who will carry their flag
triumphantly through the coming cam
paign in defiance of the combined forces
of federal Whiggcry and renegade Dcino
| crats.”
The Jenny Lind Lift.—A large propor
i (tik*uofthe ladies of New York have adop
ted the Nightingale’s tashion of lilting theiif
hair above the temples, thereby giving thd
| phrenologists a peep as ’twere behind the
| curtain of some very interesting localities]
j To a certain class of faces, says the Mir 4
; ror, the style is'quite becoming, but to the
j majority of Iddies it is decidedly other-;
: wise, giving jfiem a bold, barefaced look,
reminding oue of obstinate “cowlicks”
i upon the sides of their foreheads. Hair
j was given to woman for an ornament, and
a beautifuJ ornament it is,-when properly
worn; but there are very few who know
how to it with grace ; and it requires
a very sweet face to render this frowsy
fashion eyee tolerable. There is a great
deal of expression in the arrangement of
| the hair.
Court House Burnt. — We learn froin
a gentleman who arrived yesterday from
the counties below, that the Court Houstly
in Wellborn, Coffee county, was burned
last week, with all jJieCourity and Circuit
, Court books, papers and records, of all de
i scriptions. ft is supposed to be the act of
ian incendiary. 1-his casualty must occa
! sion vast inconvenience ih litigation, and
loss to the people of that county. — Moiu.
Journal,
L#The Marriage Affinity Bill, to legal
ize a marriage with a deceased wise’s sis
ter, was recently rejected by the English
House of J_ords, It was opposed by the
j Bishops
<<THK UNION OF THE STATES AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES.”
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, [WJBEMLJL.TST.] TUESDAY. APRIL 8, 1851.
Columbus, Ga. Wednesday Morning, April 2, 1851.
COMMON SCHOOL EDUCATION.
We invite the attention of our brethren
ofthe Press and of the public generally,
to the call in our columns, for a conyert
-1 tion to take into consideration the impor
tant subject of common school education.
Georgia is bravely progressing and taking
high rank among her compeers of the Un
ion in physical development, and growing
wealth. But in the great duty of education,
her present system is totally inefficient
and worthless. Reform is loudly called
for. We invoke the aid of the Press in
giving prominence to this important sub
ject, and drawing to its considerations the
minds of all classes, who take interest in j
the true well-being of the State.
A PLAIN QUESTION.
The issue between the advocates of Re- j
sistance and the advocates of acquiescence i
at the South, is an exceedingly plain one. j
And it is at issue, respecting which,it is of j
the last importance that the people ofthe
South should have a clear comprehension.
Iftlie “peace measures’of the lasi Congress
were just and honorable to the South—or
even granting that they were not—if they
constituted a final and lasting settlement
ofthe vexed question of slavery, and were
intended, and really do operate, to put at
rest forever all agitation on the subject,
and aperiodto all the disturbances of the
peace ofthe South growing outof it; then
it would be fair to assume, that the South
ought to acquiesce in the “adjustment”
for the sake ot peace and the Union. —
Then, the submissionists would be right
and the people ought to sustain them, and
the Fire-eaters would be factious disor
ganizes, needlessly producing a distur
bance of the public mind, and cteating
false alarms.
But, if on the other hand, the “adjust
ment” was a compromise only in name—
if it was grossly unjust to the South—if it
was in reality a surrender of Congress to
the insatiate spirit of Abolitionism which
has swallowed up all the elements of po
litical power, and sways public opinion,
at the North —or if, admitting that the “ad
justment” was based on principles of right
and justice, yet it is proved by facts of
daily occurrence, and by all the signs o(
the times, that the North does not and will
not faithfully abide hy its terms—that, so
far from putting agitation to rest, the mis
chievous spirit of Fanaticism was never
more hopeful, more active, more power
ful, more ardent and animated with the
prospects of a full and final victory ; iftlie
truce is a hollow one—if the
is no settlement at nil; then it follows that
acquiesceencc here is as disgraceful and
cowardly as it is full of portentous peril ;
then it follows, that the submission prints
and politicians are deceiving the people,
as to the true .state of the case, and lead
ing them in a false security down a de
clivity of submission which must end in
their ruin. And then it follows, that the
Resistance Party is right, and is patrioti
cally urging the only policy that can save
the rights and the Institutions of the South
from the perdition to which the Higher
Law party ofthe North doomed them.
Now these are questions of sact —and
we appeal to what is transpiring at the
North to prove them. We do not propose
now to cite these facts—-all we ask is, that
the people of all parties will look for
themselves, and not depend on the repre
sentations of leaders and presses, who are
interested in the demonstration of the
peare side ofthe proposition.
We have collected in this number some
of the uncontradicted and uniform array
of testimony to prove, that the legislation
of 1850, generall known as the “adjust
ment” or “Clay Compromise has not
even momentarily checked the onward
sweep of the Abolition movement—that,
they accept that part of it, which favors
their schemes and unhesitatingly reject
that part winch does not. In tne great
States of New York, Pennsylvania and
Ohio, the question has been fairly made,
and in each, the higher law princi
ple has triumphed, the friends of the
“Compromise” have been overwhelmed.
Witness the failure in the Pennsylvania
legislature to repeal the a-ts nullifying
the Fugitive Bill—the triumph of Fisii in
New York, and of Ohio—the fu
rious struggle in Massachusetts,which will
end in the election of Sumner; witness
the opinions of the Northern conservative
Press—hear them telling us that the anti
slavery element is constantly and rapidly
growing in strength and overshadowing
all attempts at opposition. Witness the
practical nullification of the Constitution
by the mobs of Boston, and by the legisla
tures of Ohio and Vermont. Seethe ad
ministration that pretended to favor the
adjustment, bowing before the rising tem
pest, and expressing its “sincere satisfac-
tion” at the election of Fish; and then
mark the preparations making for a grand
abolition onslaught in the next Presiden
tial campaign ; and tell us, if, after the
contemplation, you can, that the Resis
tance men are traitors, disorganizes, and
liars.,, ./The SoutTT will never be saFe ; wiIP
never rise to an assertion of its dignity and
rights, until it gives up the delusion, which
it now hugs, to-wit: that it is possible ;
to put down anti-slavery in the North and
to live in peace with a people possessed
of this demon.
Time will force us all to abandon such
a hope as chimerical, and compel us look
out for “new safe-guards” tor rights and
liberties now at the mercy of a power
deadly hostile to them. God grant, that
the scales may fall from Southern eyes,
before it is “too late.” One or two more
seasons of agitation, “ compromise” and
submission, will destroy her moral power
and leave, her helpless and with shorn
locks in the hands of the Phillistines.
The Hon. Robert Toombs. —The Au
gusta Constitutionalist learns that this ex
fire-eater is going over to the London
World’s Fai r . The editor says, “it has
been suggested to us that he should take
over a model of “that masked Battery,”
to which he called the attention of the
American the last Congress, and
for which he is entitled to a patent.”
tThe box rents of the San Francisco
Post Office are worth $31,000 per year.
SEWARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION.
The following remarkable and signifi
cant paragraph has appeared in the Wash
ington Republic—the organ ofthe admin
istration :
“We have received by telegraph the
j gratifying intelligence that the Hon Ham
i ilton Fish was yesterday elected bv the
legislature of New York, senator of the
United States. Mr Fish has been for many
years prominent among the whig politi
cians of his state, and has always been a
consistent and faithful member of the
j party. While lieutenant governor he was
j associated in the administration with our
j present chief magistrate, who was then
! comptroller ofthe state, and their views
|at that time harmonized on all public
j questions ! He was an early, efficient, and
; active friend of General Taylor. He will
render a cordial support to the administia
tion, to which we have reason to know his
election gives sincere satisfaction.”
So Hamilton Fish’s election is highly
gratifying to the President’s organ; and
it “lias reason to know it gives sincere satis
faction to the administration.” And who
is the man whose election is so pleasing
to Fillmore,’ Webster, Corwin and Cos 1
He is in politics, and in all the isms of
the day, the twin brother of W. II Seward
—the pet of the Free Soilers—the candi
date of the Anti-Fugitive slave law party
—the representative of New York “High
er-Law.” On his election all these ele
ments of hostility to the South concentrat
ed their efforts—it was the test between
the power of Fanaticism and the strength
of conservatism (as a support of the “peace
measures” is called at the North) and in
the trial. Fanaticism carried the day—Se
ward and Higher law triumphed—Fish
was elected, the “organ” at Washington
is “gratified” and the administration “sin
cerely satisfied.”
Will the Georgia Subs, support Fill
more and Cobh t
[From the N. 0. Delta ]
CUBAN CORRESPONDENCE OF THE N. YORK
HERALD.
We clip the following extracts from the
Cuban correspondence of the New York
Herald, a journal w.'ll known to be favor
able to the maintenance of Spanish domin
ion in the Island, Our readers will infer
the tme state ol the island from these avow
als, reluctantly made by the rer* oppon
ents ofCuban ittdepfndet.ee:
“By such timely concessions to the Cu
ban creoles as will confer upon them some
of the blessings enjoyed by the people of
the Coiled States, through such measures
as will not loosen her own sovereignty.
Spain may, perhaps, preserve to herseil
her dominion over the island. The first
of these blessings is liberty ol commerical
a ltd social intercourse with the people of
the United States.- Other blessings will
follow ui its train; grow as limbs upon its
vigorous trunk. The majmity of the Cu
bans cannot he said to beat this day loyal,
and their daily ul starvation oftlie blessings
enjoyed by the United States is fast engen
dering the desire for a more intimate com
mercial and social intercourse. If that
commercial and free social union, which is
the craving of their judgment and hearts,
is not permitted them, a political union
will be the demand of their wants’ and sen
timents. If concessions are withheld, heir
chagrin, a sense of the unjust withholding
of what could well he granted without in
jury to tlm sovereignty ol Spain, without
lessening the value of her property in the
islands, (hut on the contrary vastly increas
ing it in the rapid growth in wealth and
importance of the staple producers, and
thence by the intimate alliance that ce
ments all interests through the universally
diffused commercial spirit, and make the
benefit of one that of ils sisters, increasing
the prosperity of uilj may derive these in
terests to seek alliance with such as would
violently sever from Spain, by prompt
means, the sovereignty of the island.—
Property isalways timid,and this timidi
ty. until the present time has assisted
Spt m. But property'seeks always to an
cumulate, and will not brook diminution.
Let Spain listen, reflect and promptly’ act,
and cease to adhere to the insane idea that
the strong arm of military power can con
trol the hearts ol Cubans. In remaining
deaf to the warnings thundered in ht rears
by the roar of the steam engine, and the
cry of the oppressively taxed, tyranny
ridden and unrepresented Cubans, whose
money goes to sustain systems (if corrupt
ed monopolies, into the pockets of vam
pires whocare solely for their speculative
profits, and gorge themselves tli reoti to
return to Spain for their digestion : in re
maining thus deaf, and refusing moderate
and reasonable requests; iureplyi ’giothem
by the brutal avalanche of additional hi -
| dies of troops, with bayonets threateningly
I presented at the hearts of her subjects, amt
j disturbing her peace. Spain is guiltv of
‘.he same wr'ng for which 1 have and i-he
j has denounced the invading adventurers.
I She would crush the progress of peac -
ful reform—yea, strangle it m its birth, lie
tore it began to creep, bv those violent
means. Instead of being ti e wronged, she
places herself in ,Ik* position of wronging
her subjects. She drives them to that
point where forbearance ceases to lie a vir
tue. She, too, cannot vi date a great law;
but must (all into the ranks o( progress,
ans harmonize with its action. Not by
violence will she be permitted permanent
ly to derange the order ol its inarch.
“And why ? Because the sinews of the
military arm are wiilitring. lit August,
1850, the Cuban treasury contained I mil
lion of dollars. It now contain 80,000. In
January, bB5l, the rec ipts were $120,000
less than in the month of January', 1850.
Spain is in debt eight millions. Her bud
’ get demuiKlsjtwenty millions, which are
not in tier treasury, alter towns have paid
their contributions for two years in ad
vance at the point of the’ bayonei: Why
| were the proclau aliens of the brave L i
pez, whom Spanish s -Idlers believe the in
vincible hearer into battle of a charmed
life, found posted up within the walls of
the Havana garisoiis? Whydiathe Gov
ernor of .Muianzas resign, after his troops
bad refused to march against Lopez? Why
does a Spanish otiicer, who could pass in
Spain in 12 hours on horseback unfaugu*
ed, now shrink from the exertion and ex
posure to the sun of one hour? Why was
it that when the order was given on leav
iug Havana, to the troops it: the cars,
“Long live the Q,ueeu,” no response met
the ear, bqta soldier’s taking off his knap
sack, with the ejaculation, ‘1 had rather be
a pirate than wear this?’ Why does \ illa
nueve, the able Intendant, whose great
wealth is invested out of the island, threa
ten to throw up his commission, with the
remark— ‘ when 1 cannot, who can ?’—
These are significant facts ; yes, signifi
cant questions, and I could answer them.
“The military arm alone will not se
cure the possession pf Cuba to Spain.
When in the course of the progress of
ideas—and no government, nor any amount
of troops and cannon can stay the aeriai
flight (if immortal thought-—when it shall
come to be tell in the hearts of the masses
and of the possessors of the wealth of the
Cubans, that tlie tune has arrived when
forbearance ceases to he a virtue, and that
the majority are qualified for self govern
ment. lo ! her dominion will have passed
a'-ay forever m this island. It behooves
Spam to profit by the present opportuni
ties. and revive expiring loyalty, if she
would rivet tin- island gem to crownher by
the bond of mutual ,flection and interest,
the only bond of that endures, because it is
the only one consistent with the spirit of
eternal progress.”
The hopes of reform with which the
correspordent of the Herald endeavors to
d.izzh- his readers are worse than chimeri
cal. Tin* fabric of Spanish tyraury of Cu
ba cannot be patched anew, or propped up;
it must be burnt to the ground. The prin
ciple of that Government is, the plunder
of the native Cuban, fer the benefit of the
European Spaniard. Can such a govern
ment be reformed ?
Columbus, Ga., Friday Morning, April 4, 1851
Orphan Asylum.—The lecture of Pr >f.
Hale, for the benefit of this institution has
been postponed until Saturday evening.
BRITISH PERIODICALS.
We invite the attention of our readers
to the advertisement of Messrs. Leonard
Scott & Cos., the American republishers
ofthe standard British Periodicals. These
works are conducted by the best talent of
Great Britain, and contain the choicest
reading in the English language of the
present day.
The Edinburgh Review is the exponent
ofthe whig or liberal party of Great Bri
tain. It is a resistance journal. It advo
cates Freedom and the rights of mail.
The London Quarterly is the organ of the
High Tory party. It was established to
combat the powerful influence of the Ed
inburgh Review. The antagonistic prin
ciples of these rival periodicals have been
maintained by the highest literary, eccle
siastic and political talents of the country.
Among the regular contributors to the
London Quarterly, have been found the
great names of Southey, Scott, Lockhart,
Wordsworth, DrMilman and Lord Mahon.
The champions ofthe Edinburgh,’among
others have been Jeffreys, Napier, Brough
am, Mackintosh and Macauley.
The Westminster Review, in the repre
senation of the ultra-liberals. It was for
some years under the editorial charge ot
Jeremy Bentham, and among its contri
butors have figured the names of Roebuck,
Mill, Bowring, Professor Long and Miss
Martineau. It has of late years been the
principal medium through which Cobdeti
has promulgated his free trade doctrines.
It wars on Kingly prerogatives, hereditary
rights, the union of Church and State and
the existing relicsof feudalism. It would
pass in America for a good Democratic
journal. It has lately been united with the
Foreign Quarterly Review.
The North British Review was establish
ed by the late distinguished Dr Chalmers.
It is a religious, political and literary jour
nal. Sir David Brewster is one ot its con
tributors.
Blackwood’ s Ed in gburgh Magazine —This
is probably the m:>st popular journal in
the world. It takes in thy widest range of
literary disquisition—biography, poetry,
historical narrative, fiction and criticism.
Its principles are Tory, of the most invet
erate dye, but so transcendant is the abili
ty with which its doctrines are enforced,
that it is highly popular even with those to
whom its doctrines are not acceptable. It
has a circulation in Great Britain of 40,-
000, and in this country, larger than any
other work of its class. Eminent writers
pour the treasures of their thoughts into its
pages. Among these, are Professor Wil
son, better known as Christopher North ;
Dr Warner, author of the “Diary of a Phys
ician” and of “Ten Thousand a year.”
Buhvcr is now writing for it, “My Mew
Novel” a continuation of the “ Caxtons.”
We consider that we are performing a
useful and acceptable service to the read
ing public of the country—especially to
our young men —in setting before them the
value of these works and tempting them
to subscribe for and read them. The same
amount of money will no where else pur
chase the same quantum of useful and elo
quent reading. For terms, see advertise
ment.
THE GIRARD AND MOBILE SAIL HOAD-
We are indebted to the President of this
great work, for a copy of his last annual
report. We propose to lay it before our
readers in our next.
We are glad to sec that there is no flag
ging in the energies of the gentlemen con
stituting tho Board of Directors; and that
with all the acknowleeged difficulties of
so vast an undertaking, they are resolved
to grapple with them as they arise ; and
keeping steadily in view the immense in
terests to be subserved and the rich fruits
to be reaped from .so magnificent an en
terprize. they are determined to conquer
them. The President and a committee of
the Board ar ■ now passing over the con
templated line of road to confer with the
stockholders in a series of meetings ap
pointed for that purpose, and to‘submit to
them the question, whether in view of the.
failure of the land bill in their favor, at the
late session of Congress, they shall sus
pend operations for the present, or go on
We have little doubt of the decision of the
stockholders. We think they will vigor
ously put their hands to the work, and
make a beginning with the very consider
able means already in hand. Every mile
constructed will aid in making another
mile. Once begun, its intrinsic merits
and the great wants it is intended to sup
ply will carry it through.
The city of Columbus has a deep inter
est in this work. It is a most important
link in the chain of connection, now near
ly supplied by the Muscogee Road with
the Atlantic, and which when united tfeth
the gulf of Mexico, will place her on the
high road of trade and travel, from the
Pacific ocean to the Eastern States on the
Atlantic. Cannot Columbus do something
for the enterprize in some degree propor
tionate 1o her interest in it - *
| NUMBER 16
We have seen what energy and perse
vering effort will do, in conquering the
most obstinate difficulties, in the success
ol the Muscogee Road. What was deem
ed almost impossible is on ‘he eve of tri
umphant completion. The means requir
ed to construct the road to Mobile Bay are
great in amount, but they are small in
1 comparison With the magnitude ol the ob
| jects to be accomplished. Columbus is
directly interested in every mile of it. Its
completion to Chunnenuggee, will turn to
this market at least 30,1KK) bales of cotton.
Why cannot Columbqs contribute at least
as much as the value tq her of the trade pt
30,000 bales of cotton would be, in one
year? It is certainly a good operation.—
There is not a merchant, a factor, or a
property holder in the city whose interest
would not be sensibly benefited by such
an addition to the cotton receipts of the
city. Is this not a legitimate subject for
city action, too ! We do Hot propose to
revive the contest which was so warmly
waged here, not long ago. on the subject
of city taxation for rail road purposes.—•
But a suggestion has been made, which
we think worthy of serious consideration,
by which it is believed, the corporation
might materially aid this work without re
sorting to taxation. It is this, that the city
of Columbus subscribe #153,000 to the Gi
rard Railroad Stock, and pay the subscrip
tion by a transfer of its Muscogee Rail
road stock to the new company. It is
lieved the Girard company would receive
it at par, and that it could be made availa
ble to nearly the whole cf its nominal
amount in the construction of the road.
The city of Columbus, would thus be
able to make .ts #150,000 of subscription,
perform lhy functions of #300,000. In oth
er words, having loaned that amount to the
iVjuscogee Road, and which has answered
all its intended purposes to that road ; they
can now loan it, in the shape of Muscogee
Railroad stock to the Girard enb-rprize.
There may be difficulties in the way, as
a fiscal operation, which do not present
themselves to us at this moment —at all
events, the idea is committed to the public
for its elaboration ; tor its adoption if prae
ticable, or rejection, if otherwise. But,
whether this idea is worth anything or
nothing—our people should be alive to the
grandeur and importance of this entfer
prize. They should watch, encourage and
aid it in all possible ways.
A STRANGE CASE.
An occurrence lias taken place in one
ol the city courts of Philadelphia, to which
wc beg leave to call the attention of the
editor of the “Pennsylvanian,” and to ask
him for the facts. Newspaper report states
it substantially as follows: Some years
ago a negro female slave, belonging to a
Mr Mitchell of Maryland, escaped into
Pennsylvania. During her residence in
the latter State, a child was born to her. —
She and the child were recently, by two
agents of Mitchell —Alberti and another,
seized and carried back to her masterin
Maryland. The two agents, for this act,
have been arrested, and tried in Phila
delphia for kidnapping the child, on the
ground that on free soil, the doctrine of
partus sequitur ventrem, does not hold.—
One of the agents, Alberti, was convicted
and sentenced to a fine of #I,OOO, and ten
years imprisonment in the Penitentiary ;
the other defendant was fined #7OO, and
sentenced to 7 years imprisonment.
In addition to this, the Governor ot Penn
sylvania has demanded the master, Mitch
ell, to be delivered up by Maryland, to be
tried in Pennsylvania for kidnapping—
which demand Governor of Maryland
has refused to comply with, and the two
Governors are now in correspondence.
We ask our friend of the Pennsylvanian,
if these are facts, and to be so good as
give us a report oftlie case, including the
Judge’s charge to the jury.
iff- A large whale has been captured in
the shoal waters near Cockspur Island,
by a party of Savannah Fishermen. His
whaleship is quite a novelty in those
parts.
THE HON, JOSEPH W. JACKSON.
We cordially unite in the following trib
ute of respect, paid by the Federal Union
to the distinguished member from the first
District. The votes of this gentleman on
ail the measures ot the compromise, were
unexceptionable. Under strong tempta
tions of a personal nature, in addition to
the baleful influences of the metropolis,
generally, in overawing and corrupting
the servants of the South, Col Jackson
manfully breasted and resisted the whole
series of surrender measures, singly and
colb ctiyely, as they came up. We take this
occasion to say, w hat we have long sougnt
an opportunity to say, that he is not one
of the men to whom applies a remark we
have several times had occasion to make,
to-wit: that the South was “fiercely as
sailed, feebly defended and basely betray
-1 ed” in that memorable session ofCon
“ Hon. Jos. W. Jackson. —We regret to
learn through the last Georgian, that this
gentleman lias signified his unwillingne-s
to accept a nomination from his party for
re-election. He has been led to pursue
this course, from a physical infirmity.—
The career of Col Jackson in Congress has
entirely justified the high expectations ot
the party that elevated him to that distin
guished post. Asa Democrat, he battled
faithfully tor the Republican cr< ed—as a
friend otthe South, he stood firmly by her
constitutional rights—and as a member of
Congress, he labored steadily for the ad
vancement ot the great interests of the
country. We part with Col Jackson with
regret: We trust that lie may reap fiom
the retirement he now voluntarily seeks,
the health and quiet he covets.”
Our friends of the Charleston Mer
cury and Savannah. Georgian are begged to
spare the feelings of our “union” neigh
bor of the Columbus Enquirer, and not to
credit to its columns any of our rebellious
sentiments. We refer to the paragraph
touching the rumored downfall ot the
j “ Southern Press,” and the submission re
joicings thereupon.
Hos, Ego, versiculos feci,
Alter tulit honores.”
Heavy Business in Cotton. —The N.
O. Crescent ot the 28lh ult. says:
“The past week has been an unusually
active pne in the Cotton market, the sales
I havin-r reac-- !*. me 37,000 bales. Pri-
•MJJB FKIMTNC,
PLAIN AND
EATLYASD AtTIII Birn
OF
S&t
Pamphlet*, I Hand Biljj,
Business Cards, I Wayßiil^,
Visiting do j Circulars,
Ball Tickets, | Blank N^ea
andcrerythingclap ifytfrlaline ofbnsipi|M,£ssA
and with Ditfftih,.
blanks ok AI,L kinds P MM I J t
oiuttzn.
ces t 0.., have steadily advanced,
are now fully I j cent above the Jotve**,
point of depression some time since, Th,i,%
is attributable, in some degree, to % h'i
rent favorable accounts from Uitrfipy, be,]
still more, we believe, to a growing pon
viction that tilt fust and more ffindepifi
estimates ofllie crop are likely to prove it]
the end the most correct.”
Philadelphia and Savannah Steam
I Line.—-Tin* Commissioners appointed un
der the Pennsylvania act of the 18th March
incorpoppng the Philadelphia and Steam
Navigation Company, will tht books
of that company to p-ceipe t,o
its stock on ( the lOpi day ol April r s
the room ol i,iie Board, el Trade, in Phila
delphia.
1 lie Cli'ifliu Jeffersonian alluding to thq_
late subscription oftlie. gi i y of Savannah,
ami of the Central Hoad (#100,Opt) eaclij
to the Muscogee Road, says:.
“The citizens ol Savannah deserve
much praise for their spirited, libetaffiy in
su l S'.ripilous to public ‘Vot;ks a,n *
trust they will reap a ricji harvest from
the seed they liqve so generously. sown.’A
New York Herald, in, an article
on the Presidential prospects of Genera
Scott says !
“At present, however, (he fortupos of
Mr Fillmore and Gen S.eott appeal; to b‘
held between the. fqpe Thumb
ol William H. Seward. This iV ((cry sin
gular and very ominous, is the country
salel”
From tile Ciiurleslou Mercury.
VIRGINIA AND SOUIH CAROLINA.
In another place will be found, copied,
from the Richmond Enquirer, a series of
resolutions, elaborately 1 sjtulied out by a
Special Committee of thirteen worthies,
and adopted almost unanimously by the
House ot Delegates, on Tuesday last. The
Senate have not yet acted upon them, but
we judge from the vote of the House that
they must pass, and that they are conse
quently to be considered as the “voice of
Virginia, ’—and what a voice it is!—what
a faint-hearted whine, to replace the trum
pet note that used to speak from the lips*
oftlie Great Commonwealth !
We have observed for some time past,
in the Richmond papers, and the Wash
ington Union, the symptoms and prepara-j
tions of this appeal qf Virginia to Soutl(
Carolina, against State action. Their ar-_
tides on this subject have been very much
commended by Northern presses, and no
doubt deserved all the praise they have*
received from that quarter. Part of the
design, as indicated by these newspapers,
is that Virginia should depute one or more
“sufficient men” to come bodily lo South
Carolina, and use their most strenuous iii-‘
dustry to prevent her from running off the
track. They fortify this suggestion by a
former instance. Wnen South Carolina, 1
they say, was on the verge of collision’
with the General Government in 18&2’,’
Virginia interposed with her friendly ad : ’
vice and good offices, and sent one of her.
distinguished citizens to South Caroling as
a peace maker. The result was that South
Carolina was delivered out of the lion’s*
jaws, and the Union was saved 1 Such is’
the account which these veracious and in
teresting chroniclers give, ot the settle'-*
ment ot the nullification struggle. Wt*
remember very well the mission of Wat
kins Leigh, and that he was kindly receiv
ed, and that the purpose of his viit was
considered as respectable as his persona*
character was estimable, Wejhavealways
understood that his representations were,
listened to with entire courtesy, but we
never before heard it hinted that his mis
sion had any more weight in the settlement!
oftlie controversy than the mission of Mr
Hugh S. Legare to Belgium, which took’
place about the same time. This action
of Virginia was taken as a proof of res-’
pectlul sympathy on the part of a sistp.r
State, and as such was responded to with
honest cordiali'y. But inasmuch as neith
er the ambassador u< r the State that com
missioned him, professed to have any
power to treat on the question involved,
and inasmuch as S> uth Carolina passed’
the Ordinance of Nullification and C-on
gress met it by the Compromise of’33’ be
cause they did not dare to meet it by ar
mies and navies,—it is really a most un
accountable pretension this, that Virginia
settled that controversy by sending Mr.
Watkins Leigh to South Carolina, with a
bundle of advice, not a scrap of which was
ever used.
But we desire not to undervalue, the at
tentions of Virginia—far from if. If'she*
shall decide to send a deputation of her
citizens to present her remonstrances apii
her opinions to the Legislature or* me.
Convention of this State, we feel assured
they will meet a kindly w elcome aud a,
respectful audience. We think, indeed,
we are justified in promising, that the. at
tention will be reciprocated, and that souiq.
trustworthy citizens ol Carolina will be
sent to Richmond, provided with copies of
former resolves and solemn pledges of
Virginia, (which this State has done no
more than copy and follow up,) and com
missioned to invite and urge lief to resume
her office of leader oftlie South, and're
tur i to that position, w hence alike'h'er
honor and her safety mourn her absence.
Certainly the Carolina representative
would have much the most inspiring office
His work woul-4 be to win over a powerful
ally to a noble Jr a sacred cause—the cause
of organized liberty against the attacks
of a reckless agrarianism. What, on the
other hand, will the Virginian say’ toTis!
Will he urge that Virginia has disowned
her principles, dishonored her pledges,
and slunk away from a contest of which
she was the first to mark the impassable
boundaries—and that, therefore, it is pro
per that as Carolina followed her lead t<>
the battle-field, she should’also fbllow the’
same leader in abandoning the batteries
and deserting the standards !
Will he take these latest Legislative re
solves, and expound them for our edifica
tion and correction ! It'will call for an in
genious man to extract much matter from
them. The most serious proposition con’
tamed in them is, in effect, that the
secession of South Carolina would be dan
gerous to the integrity of the Union! anti
the only practical measure broached, is
the instruction to the Governor to send a
copy of the resolves to every State except
Vermont. So we have here anew Vir
ginia platform, made up of the profound
deduction, that secession is untavorafile
to the integrity of the Union, and of the
comprehensive remedial measure of cut
ting the acquaintance of* Vermont, and
there is to bean embassy to South Caro
lina to set forth these immensely important
matters.
A WhiteMan Sold at Auction.—
The following incident occurs in a letter
written on the §th inst , by a lady—form
erly of this city —-from iiushville, Scliuyl
er county, IL:
“There has lived here for many years a
man named Barnaby, by trade a blacksmith ,
having a wife and a large family of chil
dren. He bus always been somewhat in
temperate, but latterly the habit has h>
completely taken possession opiint that he
has been lound at times rolling about the
streets, utterly helpless, poinpiaints were
lodged against nim by some of the citizens .
and lie was arrested as a vagrant.
At the trial he proved that his family