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THE FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS.
BY H, W. LONGFELLOW.
When the hour* of day are numbered,
And the vomea of the night
Wake the better ul that elumbered
To a holy calm delight!
lire the evening lamp* are lighted,
And like phantom*, grim and tell,
Shadow* from the fitful firelight
Dance upon the parlor wall;
Then the forms of the departed
Enter at the open door—
The beloved, the true hearted,
Come to visit ns once more.
He. the young and strong whoeherished
Noble longint* for the strife,
igg-jj— ~ )** t! lid* Ml and perished,
■ *
They,the holy onesand weakly,
Who the cross of suffering bore,
Folded their pale hands so meekly,
Speak with us on earth no more.
And with them came the being heruteous,
W'ho unto my youth was given,
More tbanall things else to love me,
a in heaven
noiseless
Divine,
vacant chair beside me,
Laying her gentle hand in mine.
And she sits and gates at me
With those deep and tender eyes.
Like the stars so still and stsid-lik*.
Looking downwards from the skies.
Uttered, yet not comprehended,
Is the spirit’s voiceless prayer;
Soft rebukes, in blessings ended.
Breathing from her lips of air.
Oh! though oft depressed and lonely,
All my fears are laid aside,
II I but remember only
Such a* these have lived and died.
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT.
A NEW PARAPHRASE.
The Constitution of the United
States.—This is the house that Jack
built.
The Public Treasury.—Thm is thej
malt that la, in the house that Jack i
built.
The Tariff.—That is the rat that eat .
the malt that lay -in the house tliet Jack
built.
J C Calhoun. —Tins is the cat that
rafight the rat that eat the malt that lay hi
the house that Jack built,
Abolitionism. —This is the dog that
woi ried the cat that caught the rat that
eat the mail that lay in the house that Jack
built.
T’hk Clay Compromise.—This is the
row with the crumpled horn that tossed the*
dog that worried the cat that caught the rat
that eat the malt thu* lay in the house that
Jack built.
South Carolina.—This is ‘he maiden
all forlorn, that milked the cow with the
crumpled horn, that tossed the dog that
worried the cat that killed the rat that eat
the malt that lay in the house that Jack
built.
State Rights.—This is’ the man, all
tattered and tom. that kissed the maiden
all forlorn that milked the cow with the
cnimpled horn that tossed the dog that
worried the cat that killed the rat that eat
the malt that lay in the house that Jack
built.
Southern Rights Association. —1 hie
is the Priest all shaven and shorn that mar
ried the man all tattered and torn unto the
maiden all forlorn that milked the cow
with the crumpled horn that tossed the dog
that worried the cat that killed the rai that
*>• the malt that lay in the house that Jack
built*
Secession. —'Phis is the cork thntrrow
ed in the morn that awoke the priest all
shaven and shorn that married the man
all tattered and torn unto the maiden all
forlorn that milked the co ** with the crum
pled horn that ‘os<ed the dog that worried
the cat that kill-dihe rat that eat thermit
that lay in the house that Jack luilt. Col.
Telegraph
Singular Deer Hunt—Captain Bat
teile, of the steamer Oswego, informs us
that hft succeeded in capturing three fine
deer at a late hour last Monday evening.
When a short distance below Muscatine,
four were discovered swimming the Mis
sissippi a’ no great wav ahead of the boat.
The yawl was in mediately manned and
sent in pursuit, at the same lime additional
headway was given to the steamer, and in
less than an hour three of the four deer
were stretched upon her forecastle. The
chase was as exciting as novel, and the
denizens of the forest made a noble strug
gle for their lives, but were finaliy run
down by the steamer and her coadjutors in
the yawl. —St Louis Intelligencer.
—The American bark, Mary Annah, on
her la-t trip to Belfast, picked up a dog
which was swimming in the middle of the
Atlantic, namely in lon. (S(J deg 59 min \\ .
and lat 37 deg 10 min N.
—A fine coat often covers an intolerable
fool, hut never conceals one.
—A Dr Brown courted a lady for many
years unsuccessfully ; during which time
he had always accustomed himself to pro
poe her health, whenever he was called
upon for a lady. But being observed one
evening to ’ mit it, a gentleman reminded
him he had forgotten to toast his favorite
lady.
‘Why, indeed,’ said t e doctor, ‘I find it
all in vain ; I have toasted her so many
years, and can not make her Brown, that
lam determined to toast her no longer.”
—One of the Chinese Emperors was so
great a favorite with his people, that they
bestowed upon him the appellation ot
4 The lather and mother of his people.”
The way to murder character. —Pro- j
less great friendship for the man—tell how ;
much you I *■*> bun; proclaim how many
excellent ti..us lie possesses, and then with
a very sanctified look, and most impressive
sigh, express your fear that all is not as it
should be. Whisper suspicion, and let
conjecture, with giant strength, mark eut
his ruin.
—The Charleston shoe factory, one of
the measures toesiahlish the independence
of the South, is doing well. Messrs Carew
and Hopkins have gone largely into the
business, emp'oying upward of 100 work
men, and are prepared l execute all de
scriptions of shoe manufacture for slaves.
Canadians coming. —An immense par
ty of Canadians will be in New York to
pass the Fourth ot July, excursions having
been got up tor that purpose from both the
Lower and Upper Provinces. It is esti
• mated that from a 1,000 to 1,500 persons
will be in the party, —Balt Sun.
Kossuth to be Released. —Advices by
the steamer Asia slate that the cabinet of
Vienna, in compliance with the reiterated
requests of England, has at length con
sented that Kossuth and the other refugees
in Turkey shall be set at liberty, on the
express condition however that they shall
immediately leave Europe, and engage
Hot to return without the formal consent of
the Austrian government.
“Bob, did you ever gee Miss Smitbsy?”
“No.”
“How do you know that she is handsome
(hen?”
“Because the women are all the while
running her down so.”
Observing young man, that.
lexa* derives its name from an Indi
an word signifying beautiful.
Haydn and the Sea Captain —Haydn
used to relate whimsical anecdotes of his
slay in London. A captain of the navy
came to him one morning, and askd him
to cotnprse a march for some troops he had
on board, offering him thirty guineas for
his trouble, but requiring it to be done im
mediately, as the vesiel was to sail n-xt
day for Calcutta. As soon as the captain
was gone, Haydn sat down to the piano
forte, and the march was ready in a short
time. Feeling some scruple at gaining his
money so very easily, Haydn wrote two i
other marches, intending first to eive the
captain his choice, and then make him a
present of all three, as a return for his lib
erality. Next morning thecaptain return-
I ed, and asked for his march. “Here it is,
said the Composer. The captain asked to
hear it on the nianoJLey- gISxU jtes*jVDerferetT
the march and walked away. Haydn
tried to stop him, but in vain—the march
was very good. “But I have written two
others,”cries Haydn, “which are better:
hearthemand take your choice.” “I like
the first very well and that is enough,”
answered the captain, pursuing his way
down stairs. Haydn followed, crying out,
“But I make you a prest nt of them*” “1
won’t have them,” roared the seaman,
; with a nautical asseverance, and bolted out
j at the street door.
Cotton Blooms.— We were presented
yesterday by Mr E W Laßoche, with
specimens of Cotton blooms from his
plantation in Christ Church. Conslder
! ing the backwardness of Ine season, the
j comparativefv early show of blooms indi
! cates rather a prematurity of the plant,
j than an abundant yield. In fact, the ex
| cessive dryness of the season, which has
i stopped the growth of the plant, is the
| cause of the early development of the
| bloom.— Charleston Mercury of the 12 th
ivt.
Di ll —An affair of honor oan.e off
| yesterday on the opposite side of the Sa
vannah rivpr, betwi en two gentlemen of
this city. The weapons were rifles—dis
tance, thirty paces. After an exchange of
two shots without injury to either party,
upon the interference of friends, the diffi
culty was. amicably adjusted arid the par
ties returned tothecity.— Sav, Georgian
; 11//i inst.
Musquiioes are very small insects,
! but one has been known to move a man
Weighing two hundred pounds, and keep
him moving all night.
Printer’s Language.— Every profes
sion has its technical terms, and of course
the printers have a “small smattering,”
which is int ihgible only to the craft.—
The following, sa st; e Delaware Repub
lican, is a specimen; it don't mean, how- j
j ever, as much, as it would seem, to the un
initiated :
“Tom, put General Washington on the
galley and then finish the murder of that
young girl you commenced yesterday.—
Set up the ruins of Herculaneum; distri
bute the small pox; and you needn’t f nish
that runaway match; have the high water
in the paper this week. Let the pi alone
till after dinner ; put the barbecue
to press, and then go the devil, and he will
tell you about the w< rk for the morn
ing. ’*
Not much wonder that Dr. Fnustus
was burned tor inventing such a diabolical
art.
A Good Trick. —“My son,” said a
father, “take that jug, and fetch me some
beer.”
‘Give mpthe money, then, father.”
“My son, to get beer with money, any
body can do that, but to get beer \\ ithout
money, that’s a trick.”
So the boy takes the jug, and out he
goes; shortly, returns, and places the jug
before bis fath r, “Drink,” said the son.
“Ho v can 1 drink,” says the father,
“when there is no beer in the jug?”
“To drink beer out of a jug.” says the
boy, “where there is b* er. anybody can do
that; but to drink beer out of a jug w here
there is no beer, ihat’s a trick!”
Intemperance in England.— The ed
itor of the New Ywk Tribune thus speaks
of toe Temperance cause in England;
“The cause of Temperance—of Total
Abstinence from all that can intoxicate—i
here about twenty years behind its pres
ent position in the Ut ited Slates. I think
there are more absolute drunkards here
than in our American citirs,but the bn! it
of drinking for drink’s sake is all but uni
versal. The Aristocracy dri.ik almost to
a un.n ; so do the Middle Class; so do
the Clergy ; so, also, do the Women !
There is less of Ardent Spirits imbibed
than with us; but wines are much cheap
er and in very enera! use among the well
, fl; while the consumption of Ale, Beer,
Porter, &c., fmainly by the Poor) is enor
mous. Only think of £5,000,000 or Twen
ty-live Millions of Dohurs, paid into the
Treasury in a single year by the IV pie
of these Islands as .Malt-tax alone, while
the other ingredients used in the manufac
ture of Malt Liquors probably swell the ;
aggregate to Thirty Millions of Dollars.— |
If we suppose this to be a little more than
ore-third of the ultimate cost of these li- I
quors to the consumers, the cost cannot be j
less than One Hundred Millions of Dollars i
pe>* annum!—a sum amply sufficient, if J
rightly expended, to banish Pauperism and I
Destitution forev r from ihe British Isles.
And yet the Poor trudge wearily on, loa
ded to the earth with exactions and bur
dens of every kind, yet stupifying their
brains, emptying their pockets and ruining
their constitutions with these poisonous,
brutalizing liquors. 1 see no hope for
them sh- rt of a system of Popular Educa
tion which shall raise them mentally above
their low condition, followed by a few
years of systematic, energetic, omnipres
ent T- mperanee Agitation, A slow work
this, but is there any quicker that R’iil he
effective? Tile Repeal of the Taxes on
Knowledge would greatly contribute to
the Education of the Poor, but that Reform
lias yet to be struggled for.
Census of California.— When the eeu- 1
! sus tables were made up. tfce <’ ~ I re
; turns iV i ....forma were wanting, ine
population was, however, estimated at
800,000, and two representatives assigned
to her in the list.
It appears, however, thatthe population
of California was much ’overstated. By
accounts received yesterday, we learn
tjiat the marshal has only reported about
i17.000 as the number of inhabitantsin the
State. This being so, California will not
be entitled to more than one Representa
tive, in the House of Representatives, with
an inconsiderable fraction. There will j
then be sixteen members to be distributed
to the States hating the highest fractional
numbers. This would give South Carolina
six members, instead of five, as the trac- 1
tion ot that State is the next in order in
the table unrepresented.—N O Pic. - |
—Persons who seek to make light of
holy things sometimes meet their match
in the friend of such things. An English
Major, an unbeliever, once forgave a sol
dier some offence, at the instance of the
regimental chaplain, but on condition that
the chaplain should in return grant him
the first favor he asked ; and this favor
was to perform Jhe ceremony of bapdsm j
on a young puppy. A number of gentle
men were Invited to be present at the
christening, and the chaplain requested
the Major to hold the animal up.
*As I am a minister ot the Scotch Kirk,
said the chaplain, I must act accordingly,’ ;
‘I ask no more,’ said the Major. ‘Well,
then, Major, resumed the parson, with a
most exemplary grave face, “I shall be- i
gin the usual question, do you acknowl
edge yourself the father of this puppy V’ ;
The officer had the sense to take the cut- j
ting rebuke thus administered, in good I
part, and to throw the puppy aside.
—The H u W Inge, declines to b
again a candidate io the lourth Cotjgres- j
ioaal district of Ala.
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£ljc (Times.
SATURDAY EVENING JUNE 14,1861.
SOUTHERN RIGHTS NOMINATION
FOR GOVERNOR,
Charles J. McDonald.
OF COBB COUNTY.
CGICCE *T
Madame Durang and Signor Novelli,
from the Italian Opera, New York, intend
giving a concert at Temperance Hall on
Wednesday evening next. We have seen
several fluttering notices of their perform
’ joy a treat in hearing them. We give be
; low, some remarks made by a gentleman
in a private letter to us, in regard to them:
“I had the pleasure of listening to one
of their concerts last evening, and must
say, I was rjjuch pleased. The Madame,
has not only a pre possessing appearance,
but has a sweet voice, with large compass.
* * * * * * *
Signor Novelli has a rich, powerful
voice.”
For particulars see advertisement in an
other column.
A MISSING PLANE IN THE FEDE3AL UNION
PLATFORM
The Milledgeville correspondent of the
Enquirer makes a brave but abortive at- !
tempt at an “artful dodge.” Friend “T.”
must try it again. The Federalists of Geor-;
gia are in this dilemma. The question of !
the right of a State to secede, is up and
has to be met and decided. The question
embarrasses the Federal Subs, because, j
1 while they have denied the right, they ,
have lately found out that it would be a
: hazardous experiment to maintain that
proposition, inasmuch as they are not
quite sure of that 20,000 majority that went
with them last November. And although
the Athens Banner is committed to the de
nial of the right, and Mr Cobb, too, by his
force doctrine, and the other organs of that
Party have strongly squinted that way ;
yet there has been a terrible clawing off,
and manifest non-s.anding up to the rack
for weeks past. That the party wishes to
deny this great Btate Right, is clear, both
from their feelings and their principles.
They ardently desire to deny it, in order
that South Carolina may be hopelessly
| placed in the wrong when she comes to
exercise ii; and in order too to signalize
their own claim to exercise unionism.—
But they are afraid to do it. They know
that it is a cherished principle to which
Georgia is pledged in every record of her
past political and partv history. Now in
this “fix” “T.” ofthe Enquirer writes from
Milledgeville, and comes forward in the
very atmosphere of the Federal conven
tion that nominated Mr Cobb, to relieve
his party from the dilemma and apply
to the Gordian knot, the sword of Alexan
der. His process is very summary. He
j blows away, as if it was a cob web, this
great corner stone of State Rights and
Remedies, with a few pishes and pshaws
—he sneers it into a nonentity, and hiyi
self inloan absurdity, and there he leaves
it. “Fudge” (he argues) “what’s the use
of talking about the right of secession;
that’s all in my eye Betty Martin, has not
the great Constitutional Union party said
that they would some of these days resist
to the “ disruption of every tie” (break j
things)—why then talk about the right to I
do a thing that, when ourthick sensibilities
feel certabi wrongs, we are going to do .
any how?
The lipshot of this is, that the great Fed
eral Union Party will go in for secession
when it gets quite ready, but it must be on j
the express condition, that it has n it a “ight
to do so. Now w e say it ought to be done, !
and it is a right —“ TANARUS” says it ought to be j
done some-day, but then it “hadn’t ought j
to” because it is not a right.
This, we take it, is one ofthe planks of j
the platform of two resolutions adopted
last week.
o^7”The negro boy Gerald, who was
convicted a few days since of rape upon
a white child, was this morning sentenced
.to be hung on the 12th of August next.
(£l7” Ex-Gov. McDonald's letter of ac- i
coptance will be found in our columns to
day.
SOUTHERN RIGHTS MEETING
IN KNON. MACON COUNTY, ALABAMA.
i At a large and enthusiastic meeting of
the Southern Rights Party held on the 31st
I May, in Enon, Macon county, Ala., the !
| following preamble and resolutions being |
brought forward byH'in A McCarty, Esq., j
Chairman of committee, and sustained by j
him in an eloquent, patriotic and soul stir- j
ring speech, were unanimously adopted. !
The committee to whom was referred
the address ofthe delegates ofthe South
ern Rights Associations ofSouth Carolina, 1
assembled in Charleston, to the Southern j
Rights associations of the other Southern j
States, beg leave to report that they have ;
had the same under consideration, an 1
that they cordially approve of the princi
ples discussed and the spirit manifested by
said address. And for the purpo eof giv
ing a general and united response to the
call of the Southern Representatives of
South Carolina, we would respectfully re
, commend the consideration of this sub
ject to tin* convention of delegates from
all .he S n*rn Rights Associations of
Alabama to be held in the city of Mont
gomery on the 2d Monday of June next,
! in the meanwhile this association cannot
forbear to discuss some of the principles
; set foith in the address, and to indicate to
South Carolina the course that we have
determined upon, should she, in the exer
i cise of her sovereignty, determine to leave j
the union. We agree fully in the fact, as
set forth in the address, that the aggres
sions of the past are sufficient to justify
i resistance, indeed if we iiHend to live as
; freemen ourselves, and leave to our chil
dren after us our cherishedinstitutions and
liberties, there is no election left us. The
sectional, freesoil and abolition majorities
arrayed against us in every branch of this
government, present to ourmindsthe worst
and most dangerous features of abolition
ever known in the history of tyranny. —
We are well assured that this sectional
majority, encouraged by the victories of
the past, and the tamespiiitof submission
in the South, and urged forward by fanati
cism, will stop at no bounds this side ofthe
utter abolition of African slavery in the
States.
But will the “spirit of the vassal rise in
proportion to the indignities heaped upon
his heat),?” We believe that it will not.—
Tltere are even now among us hundreds
and thousands tsf true hearted Southrons,
who feel the opprr ssions of the govern
i.yrnt jfs surely and as sensitively as we,
who brieve the North to be so wedded to
tdnaticisfcjn that she would not allow the
Southern States peaceably to exercise the
right of secession, and looking 4o the po
sition and circumstances ot the Southern
States, they feai that we should be unable
to cope with so formidable a power. Thus
hundreds and thousands among us, are
already bowed to the dust and dispirited,
Sc if we remain in the union underexisting
circumstances, formany years toco ne,we
are forced to the reluctant, but oierwhelm
ing and humiliating convictioi, thatthe
Southern States will tamely aid submis
s.vely yield to the North in ondatal hour,
not only her the states, but
also her State sovereignties. In looking
around upon the Southern Shtes in this
emergency we deeply regret ttat most of
♦hjrr are in sentiment a?.d engag
ed in contentions among themselves, while
the victorious en *my is gloating over the
sp ils of the last campaign, and gathering
up his energies afresh for anew onslaught
upon our institutions.
Under the crushing reality of a picture
so gloomy, and hut feebly portrayed, this
Association hails with unfeigned delight
the course indicated for South Carolina
by the convention recently assembled in
Charleston. The high and proud positon
of South Carolina is to us “like the shadow
of a great rot k in a weary land,’ under
which the institutions of the South may
epose in safety, or around which the true
hearted Southron of every State may rally
, to vindicate his lost honor, and to recover
i and maintain his rights,
j Notwithstanding S Carolina has been
j taunted and jeered by abolitionists ofthe
I North, and by demagogues ofthe South,
we are pleased to see her moving on in
the even tenor of her way, refusing to re
i turn “railing for railing, ’ demanding bill
j simple justice trom her oppressors, and in
ever) step proclaiming her utter willing
ness, by her earnest desire for an honora
| ble adjustment of the pending difficulties.
And we cherish the hope that if South
Carolina, even with what aid she may re
ceive from the Southern Rights Associa
tions ofthe other Southern States, will but
stand firmly to the position assumed, de
manding indemnity for the past and secu
rity for the future, she may recover for
heiself and for her sister States of the
South all that has been lost. Why not?
The North has no real interest to serve in
striking down our institution ; but she has
a real practicable and felt interest in the
preservation of the union, and she must
see that whenever South Carolina shall
leave the union, that every Southern State
must sooner or later rally under the free
institutions of South Carolina, rather than
remain under the crushing despotism of
the freesoil and abolition States. Verily,
if it has already come to that, that the
; Northern States, love their cherished no
tions of abolition better than their own
great interest in the preservation of the
union, it is surely time for the South to
look out new safeguards for her own in
terests. If the Northern States will delib
erately deny justice and equality to the
Southern States, with the serious tact o*’
secession &the consequent loss of proper
ty before them, it would afford to the South
new and overwhelming evi.flnce of their
determination to overwhelm us and our in
stitutions in onecommonruin, and it would
call upon the South with an appealing
voice, that would arouse every Southern
man having asouthern heart in hisbosom )
to vindicate the course ofSouth Carolina
i at every hazard. In this view ofthe sub
ject, the members of this association are
sincerely rejoiced that South Carolina is
i move forward and demand the recove
ry of our lost rights, and security against
future aggressions. South Carolina is eve
ry way the fittest champion oi Southern
honor and Southern Rights. This proud
j position is cordially awarded her because
j of her past sacrifices in the cause of her
I country, and because of the unanimity of
j her citizens in their determination to re-
I sist the encr >acliments ofthe North. We
| are glad that the South is to have a leader
so firm and reliable m this the hour of her
peril, and we are ready to enlist under the
Palmetto banner, and to link our own for
tunes with the destiny of South Carolina,
but we know that* wfe shall not offend
against the patriotic gnd determined spirit
of South Carolina, when we insure them,
that not be \yiliing io follow
i even in the * course oft South Carolina,
should'that comse leaddo submission.
Be >t ‘therefore Resolved, Ist. Thai th.* iit?ht of
secession re.-uil> Loin (he sovereignty of ihe Stales,
ami i- clear amt indisputable.
Stnl, Should Souib Carolina, as one of the sovp„
reiynties forming ihe Unionf&clMose to withdraw
from ihe general government her delegated pow
i era ; and should the general government on that
I account, or for any olher reason affecting the com.
| men interest ot the Southern Slates, aitem ( it the
J use of force against South Carolina, we as citizens
; of Alabama, will use all lawful exertions to bring
;to the aid ol South Caroluta ail the resources of
I Alabama.
| 3id. Should the St ita of Alabama, regaulless of
I her own honor and rights, refuse in ’ueh an emer
g. ncy to co operate with Ftouth Carolina, (the fear
of which we do not for a moment entertain,) then,
i a ' Hl t'l'l a’ event we .-hould feel at liberty to trans„
j let our citizenship—ami, in consequence, cur alle
| glance to the Stale ofSouth Carolina.
Committke.— Wm A M’Cartv. A D Clecklev.
Henry Ware, Thus Morton, Thos Randle, James
Hand’s, U A Hi gway, Martin Howard, T Geer,
John F T'eutlen, A B Sh*hee. H H Fields, O E
Treutlen John I, C leek ley, E Sharp. T Quin. Jno
W 1 liweatt, J A Moseley, Harvey King. Jonathan
Davis, Marsden Cleckley, Fletcher Thweatt, J T
Crawford, George Ureer, G Coleman, C Adams,
G'anvilie White, D E Anthony, D M Seals, Wm
M. Lainpkin. 8 M Thweatt,A C Stevens, Sainue
Greenwood, Chas Eubanks U W Morton, James
[ Cash, Lawrence Ok;, f< . Wiley Johnston, fin
Miller, Hardy CrawLrd. VS esley Tarver, Chas
Coleman, J D Simpson, George Turman, N Ga.
chef, L Davis, John Davis, Oshand Reynolds.
On motion of A D. Cleckley,’’Esq., the Secre„
tary wag requested to forward a copy of the above
pre; m'.le and resolution*, to the Southern Rights
Commute - at Charleston. Columbus Times, and
Spirit of the South, and request all other papets
j throughout the South, lav rrable to the cause o‘
Southern rights, to copy.
JOSEPH A. HOLLAND, Jrea’t.
Henri M. Clkcklet, Sec’y.
MORE NORTHERN CONSERVATISM.
It will he seen in our telegraphic column, tha t
the democratic party of the grest State of Penn
sylvania—the home of Buchanan, and the State
that is boasted as par excellence, the conservative
and constitutional sister cf the confederacy, has
made a nomination for Governor. The choice has
fallen on Col Wmim Bigler. And who is
Col. Wm. Bigler I Will Mr. Forney of the Penn,
sylranian, tel! us ? And, by the way, we have p u
seve-al questions in that quarter of late, that are
without response. Who is Bigler? It is ehtrged
that he ia one of those highly liberal and ciwser
vative democrats who voted in the Pennsyfynia
Legislature in 1847, to close the jails ofthe State
against the rise of Southern men in the recovery
ot their property, under the fueitive clause of the
Constitution ! It is but a few weeks since we were
invited by Mr. Forney, and by certain National
democrats at the S >ulh, to lean on this Pennsyl
vania democracy, and trust to i's justice to us an
fidelity to the Cuftstitution, for protection in the
Union from abolition aggression. And here, to
day, we are called on to announce that this trust- I
worthy party has chosen for i : s gtandard-besrsf. a
leader who has given the most flagrant proof ot hos
tility to the rights of the South, on a clear and deL
icate point, as well as of pliant suppleness in sha
ping his votes to conciliate abolitionism. If these
are the g-eat men, the chiets and leaders of North”
ern democracy, what are we to say of the rank and
file I Can the South trust anybody but itself] And
can she trust herself, while submission rules the
hour] _
[From the Charleston Mercury. ]
SOUTH CAROLINA A F AN INDEPENDENT
POWER.
We have endeavored in past numbers of
• the Mercury, to show that separate State
action is the proper mode of resisting the
aggressions of the Government according
to the theory of our political institutions ;
that the other States in their and clarations
of resistance against the then anticipated
hostilities of the North, contemplated no
other mode of redress; that we have no
reasonable grounds tor supposing that the
General Government will attempt to co
erce the State into submission should she
secede from the Union, and that, should
any such attempt be made, a Southern
Confederacy will be the inevitable conse
quence. We come then to the most pro
bable result, for a time at ‘least, of seces
sion by South Carolina, —a peaceable se
parate State existence. What will be the
position ot the people of South Carolina
under such a political condition I
We have said that free trade—absolute
tree trade, should be our policy. Let us
I trace its effects first on the States upon our
| borders. Much argument has been was'-
! ed on the supposition that South Carolina
| will be obliged to lay a tariff to sustain the
expenses of her government. It is said
that should she Igvy duties often per cent
on goods imported into the State, th e effect
will be that she can sell none ot these
goods to the States around her, because
when they pass the frontier, they will be
subjected to the duties levied by the L T nited
Stafes in addition to those which had pre
viously been exacted by South Carolina.
Hence,goods imported through South Caro
i lina Could not stand a competition with
goods imported from a State in the Union.
The consequence, if is surged, will be that
j two-thirds of the trade of Charleston will
!be lost. Ruin, grass in the streets, and so I
| forth, are the consequences.
We readily admit that the argument is
good, if the practical operation shall be as
j here stated. But in the first place, along
’ such a laud frontier as ours, it is utterly
impossible to collectdutiesas high as those
I levied by the United States. Swift remarks,
! that “in political economy, two and two
1 do not always make four,” and there is no
branch of that science which more fre
quently makes good the assertion, than
laying and paying taxes. If the duties
j levied by the United States are evaded by
smuggling, then instead of ‘en per cent,
disadvantage, the goods impoited through
S. Carolina would have 20 per et. advan
tage in cheapness. We do not propose
or suppose that a.single act ofS. Carolina
should aid in smuggling goods into the ad
jacent States If done at ail, it will be done
by the people of Georgia and North Caro
lina, acting on the respectable maxim of
Sir Robert Peel that it is the true interest
, of all people to “ buy in the cheapest
‘’market,” as well as to sell in the dearest.
We are satisfied that our neighbors un
derstand this maxim, and respect it much
more sincerely than they dotiieobligation
of paying thirty per ct duty on goods, to
be expended in straightening rivers in
Wisconsin, or building lines of steamers
to run to the coast of Africa. Hence, we
have no doubt that evesn under a ten per
cent duty levied by South Carolina, our
trade witii the other States would increase
rather than diminish. But admit that the
revenue laws oftlie United States could
and would be rightly enforced ; the whole
’ argument is knocked on the head by our
I laying no duties at all on imports. Goods
j imported free into S Carolina, can pay the
| United States duties on crossing the bor
der, and stand a fair competition with all
j others. The question will be this. Free
trade being the law ot S Carolina, goods
j will be sent from here to Savannah or Au
; gusta at the European prices, and there
they will pay the thirty per cent, duty re
quired by the laws of the United States.—
; Brought from New York or impoited di
! rectfy, they still pay the same duty. Here
! then, to say the least ot it, the commerce
J of S Carolina is subjected to no sort of dis
j advantage bv her separation from the Un
! ion. But, in fact, it will put her at great
i advantage. Augusta will become u great
I importing city for the South, through S.
Carolina. We will bring Liverpool and
Havre to the doors ot her merchants, and
through her we will supply the gn at val
ley of the West with foreign goods.- Is not
this the certain consi quenee of free t.ade
in South Carolina! Can any man ofin
telligence, not blinded by fear, question
! it ! What then becomes ot the ruin and
desolation which secession is to spread
over Chaide.-ton and South Carolina!
j ; We are amazed at the opposition, especially* jjf
the un’rchjmts ot Charleston. to secession. Oftjail
classes or the people of cioutli Carolina, they will
he most, and most ccttaiplv.ijeiiefiUeil by it. The.
w-etched thraldom which has so Jong (pit red ihe j
cmnVrleree of Charleston, and ma'tle her inhYehanls
iitthf better than ‘mere agents of Northern capital
is-*, will he thrown riff.’ They will he as prosper
runs as our commerce is fee.
But it may he said that’this policy will act dL
rec’iv against toe interest* f .Savannah. Augusta
will become the greatdpn-nr ing city of Georgia and
the Smith. This will probably be so. But the
remedy ‘is-oasyn Lei Georgia go out of the Union
with us. We desire no comme.-riiui advantages
over other cities or other Stab s. We are acting
under a great p- lilical necessity, to save our li!ier„
lies and institutions. - II the consequences affect in
juriously the prosperity- of any of our Southern ci
ties, we deeply regret il ; hut we are not responsi
he lor it.’ Their fate js iii ilnir-own hands. We
invft i them to go with us, and share a common lot
and common prosperity. If they still cling to a
Union with those who hate, and denounce and rob
them, they choose llxf cons, quences as vvep as the.
Union. For ourselves, without a doubt of our ca
pacity to maintain >onr tights, and lay firmly the
i foundation# of an honorable position among tnde„
; pendent State*, we will go out of the Union alone.
; Secession is at once,liberty and prosperity.
Free Negroes on Free Soil.—On
j Saturday evening Inst, officers Sn.ydWund
i tltitui’an, turfed by a posse, ruade a des
; cent upon the house ot Herman Nash,
who keeps a sort ot.boarding house on
toe banks of the Lehigh, for the enter
tainment of colored folks. They succeed
ed in arresting'twtftty-tvvo, of both sexes,
-Hid ali ages, including the proprietor of he
house and his lady. Some of the party had
helped themselves to a sheep belonging to
one of fpe neighbors which was slaughter
ed and made quite a feast for the hungry
darkies who bad been fed on nothing, hut
cold victuals for some time-—arid a scar
1c tv ot that. They were taken bes r••
| Enquire Buck, and sentenced to thirty six
| hours imprisonment in the old Jail, except
Mr. Nash and his family, who were
committed to answer the charge of keeping
a disorderly house. All tne others wen
discharged on Monday morning, with
directions to leave tne house in two hours:
under penaby of being recommitted for
thirty days.
We never -a\r a more pitiable sight I
than these | oor blacks presented, when
they were turned out of the prison
into the storm. Their bodies were cover
ed with filthy rags, one woniau had an
infant in her arms, some of tire children
were shoeless and stockingless, and in this
condition they stood in front of the Jail,
n-it knowing what to do or where to go to.
They presented a very fair illustration,
in wretchedness and poverty, of the abili
ty of the negro race to provide for them
selves and families when left to enjoy their
freedom! The negro population of this
region has rapidly increased within the
last few months, and urdess some measures
are taken by the Legislature to rid us of
the growing evil, our entire State will be
over run with hordes of blacks, who will be
come a perfect curse and insufferable nui
sance. It is better to acton the preven
tive now, timn on the defensive hereafter.
[Easton (Pa.) Argus.
Always be good nutured. A few
drops of oil will do more to start the most
stubborn machinery than all the vinegar in
the world.
—An English actor,on visiting Niagara
Falls, wrote home : “ Oh, what a fall is
here, my countrymen !”
From the Mobile Tribune.
ET Mr Webster’s speech, which we 1
have alreadv given an account of, is ap
proved here in Mobile. We think this fact
should provoke the inquiry, have we free
soilers among us 7
The merits of that speech, if it have
any, can consist only in the opinions
which it denounces. \Vhat are these opin
ions?
First, Mr Webster regrets that slavery
exists in the soul! ern states. 1 his is
harmless, and may be tolerated; but i\lr
Webster also regrets l hat Congress has not
power to act upon it. Mr Webster here
entertains exactly the same sentiments as
those recently avowed by Seward and
Sumner. They are in favor of the ln
ii n an;l do not desire to see slavery abol
ished except in the Union—and for the
preservat on (if the Union How do they
expect to attain this end in the Union?
Why by changing the power which con
trols the legislation oftlie country. They
regret of course, with Mr. Webster, that
Congress has not the power to act < n slave
ry, and their object is now, to g> t that
power. 11 it be attained will not Mr.
\V< bster glory in and uphold it?
But, secondly, Mr Webster says in that
speech that lie has always contended that
any measure calcnlatt and to add to the slave
territory of the United States is unconstL
tutionai. He never will consent that there
he one foot of slave ten itory btyond what
theold tliiiteett states had at the foundation
of the Union. “Never, never, never.”
These are his emphatic words, and these
expose, as we stated yesterday, the animus
of Mr W ehsb r arid the north in sitjjx rt
ing tt e compromise hills.
Such are the sentiments which receive
apjdause here in Mobile, whose very ex
istence is dc eatlant entirely on the slave
ry of the mtetier.
Mr. Webster says, still farther: “If
the s’ mil wished any concession from
him, tiny wohld not get it—not a hair
breadth. ” ~ ** -
•V hit is tile nv ailing o( this, except a de
claration that hereafter even a compromise
i ffe"ed by the south shall receive no sanc
tion from him? Utah, Te.xSis and New Mex
ico may demand admittance to the Union
for slave states, nay, thev may propose to
divide their inchoate territory into halves,
and offer to give one of them to freesoil.
Mr, Webstei steps in and declares that
slavery is unconstitutional and no territory
with a slave in it shall have admittance
to the Union. “Never ! never ! ! nev
er ! !!”
But this s eech proves even more than
this. M Webster avers that all the slave
territory created since the formation of the
Union was created unconstitutionally.
W hy may not, he, or some humble follower
m ins footsteps, in his eagerness for the
v residency, hereafter assume the ground
ffiqj slavery shall, within all the states, ex
cept theold thirteen, he revoked, that the
constitution, as he understands it, may
e restored to its original signification?
And this is the kind of sentiment which
receives applause here in Mobile. Why
chowderism, in its most abject form, is
nothing compared with this?
Even tlie abolitionists of the north, as
expressed through the New York Trib
un-, declare that this speech of Mr. Web
ster is his ‘ apology” to the riortheqp peo
ple for the part he has played m regard to
tne fugitive slave la < ‘ It is the evid nee
of his repentance for supporting Ibpt law,
it is the peace-offering he makes to their
indignation—it is the conijin mise he of
fers to them for peace and fellows hip lierr
alter—and yet this speech finds its eulo
gists in Mobi|g!
Mr. Y\ ebster scorns to pay great defer
ence throughout his.speech to ihe censti
mtion He speaks earnestly of his love
for ‘he union, and says trie laws ought to
lie rigidly respected. ‘ This is well eimugh,
but what is the constitution as understood
by him who gives this advice? The answer
is made ajiovt*. It is a constitution in total
opposition to the south—a constitution
which ueclares'tiiat nut an inch of soil
won by the"bra,very us the south shall be
shared withghe sbuth.
I here is not an abolitionist breathing
that will not sing hosannas to the con
stitution, if. j-ou let him dc him it in this
way.
Interesting- from^Texas.
Wo have advioes'frrim Galvesfomto the 30th in.
■=tant. From the compilation of the new* in the Pi
cayune, we take the following interesting summa.
rv :
We letrn that the crops throughout the most
part of Texas are remarkably flourishing. The
growth of the cotton crop, during the past few weeks,
has ‘ieCn really astonishing.
Lynch law was prevailing at El Paso to a fear--
lul extent. Within two weeks fifteen persons,
American* and Mexicans, had suffered by hanging
and shooting at Ihe hands of the se't-constituted ju
rors. lor the most trivial offence, and without time
for an explanation, the unfortunate h-lng would be
shot down or hung up to the limb of a tree, at the
heck or nod of any one of the Committee of Safe..
ty. without ever, the formalities of a trial.
V\ e are inclined to think that there must have
been some justification for these summary proceed
ings. if they really occurred.
‘Pile San Antonio papers sav that there has hren
a serious difficulty between the Kikapoos and the
Mexican troops ot the Mexican colonics on the
Rio Grande. The troops were obliged to call out
the citizens to aid them.
We learn from the Ledger that some Indians,
during tlm last winter, while engaged in a hear
hunt, set the world on fire. They ran a bear into
a cave, and nt'err.p'ed to smoke him out. They
soon observed the stroke rising from fissures in the
mountain, for tin distance . f half a mile. This was
in the mountains above Fredericksburg. , Super
-fition added terrors to the scene, and the Indians
came to the settlements to procure assistance to !
extinguish the flames. They feared tl e prince of
b e infernal regions was about to come forth, robed j
in liquid fire, to consume their hunting grounds. I
i'ncv say the smoke has an unearthly smell. It j
is supposed that the lire was communicated to a ■
bed of coal, and it may yet gi>e us a Texas volcano.
It is said that Americans have confirmed the In.,
dian account of the fire.
\* i ld Cat instead ot being dead, as reported, is
at Eagle Pa**.
[From the Jacksonville (''la.) New*.]
PROGRESS OF SUBMISSION.
When we take a retrospect, * sonly thirty years,
in our national history, ami compare the position
of the Southern States, before th” adoption of the
Missouri Compromise,” at that period, with what
i is at present, how humiliating is the contrast I
Before the South had learned lo •■compromise”
away her constitutional rights, for the sake of peace’
and •union,’- h fore she had adopted the disastrous
>!Ly ol surrendering a por-jon of her hirth_right
m the vain, but dt lusive hope of therein securing
the un isturbed possession of the remainder; tic fore
she took that downward step, arid yielded up the
prestige which attache* to the character if a gal
lant people, and winch is stronger than armies in
maintaining their rights,—how glorious appeared
her deal my, ami how impregnable her posit -on.
But in an evil hour she did yield. “Forth* sake
of the Union,” she gave up the ground on which
the enemies of the Union have since planted their
batteries fir its demolition! The Miss uri Com
promise was forced upon the South hy Northern
votes. The South submitted to a wrong which she
ought to have resisted ; hut she was told then, a
n-'W, that it was “a final settlement of all sectional
difficulties,” and that her “N rthern brethren”
would make no turther encroachments u|>on her
The line of 36 30 was adopted, and she “submitted!’
Was the settlement a final one? Is the present
“compromise” a final one ! Not at all. Tne fir-t
was shamelessly violated ; the second, on the only
point that seems to favor the 8-iutn, is a dead letter.
But it is not our present purpose to enter into a
histr ry ol Northern aggression, from Us first tri
umph tt* its last, stimulated by success, and flqsh„
ed with victory, its career’ has beei) onward. To
the lust ol power has been added the spirit of fanat
icism, and band in hand, thev ha c trampled upon
the ruins of a prostrate Constitution.
The “Compromise.” which thirty years ago was
forced upon the reluctant South, and which was to
he “a final se'tle'nent,” s has bpen violated bv the
North. At the late session of Congress, the South
and. dared her willingness to abide by the Comprom
ise and to divide the acquired terri-ory hy the Com
promise line ol 36 30. But her motion was scotn
• , her claim to any portion ol the common territo
ry repudiated and Ihe whole, —in spile of law, con
stituiion, justice, right, and “compromise,”—wa
seized by our freesoil master* !
Thiriy years ago the South for the sake et peace
and Union,” agreed to the Missouri Compromise.
In 1850 she asked, as a bon, w‘>at was inflirti and
i
on her as awn ng and an insult, in 1820 ; andhe
humble petition is rejected? Can degradation find
a lower depth ? And yet we submit, and must sub
mit, because we are disunited, end we are disuni
ted b cause we are in the hands of political dema
gogues, who birter. away the ‘ights of the South
for the gccompiishrmnt of their own ambitious and
corrupt end*. Many of the venal politicians who
betrayed the South in the last Congress, have the
temerity now to seek an expression ot confidence
Irom insulted Constituencies ! If such men should
he countenanced hy the |>eop!e they have betrayed;
if the Cobb*, the Footes, the Toombs’, the Stan
leys, the Stephenses’, and others of the same stamp,
should he endorsed by the people, let us no lunge’
trust in thir virtue or intelligence* Bat we shal
not anticipate this last disgrace. Let it come; and
after what we ha’ e seen, we shall, perhaps, be .ess
disappointed than humbled. If, instead of follow,
ing in the lead of demagogues, the people would act
for themselves, and unite for their country, the
Union might be still saved, and the Constitution re
stored ; but split into rival factions, one party is
played off against the other, and we are mado the
senseless tools of the designing knaves who “refit
by our dissensions. Entiie unanimity has never
existed, and never can exi-t among any people, for
any purpose ; hut even an approach to it would
check the advance of the enemv, and lead to an
honorable peace, if peace he at all attainable; and
if not, let us prepare for the worst. Let us, while
we may pot our house in order, and he ready for
that day which i- n"t far distant. It is the fashion
in the whole North, and. we blush to say with
many at the Briuth, to denounce our brethren of
South Carolina for the t obis stand she has taken
in defence of oui common rights. Bui we believe
that S ruth Carolina has done more, in a right di
rection to save the Union, than any “Submission
Slate among them all. If half the South had act
ed. or would still art. with half the spirit that she
has, all would he well, the Constitution wouid he
inviolate, the Union would he perpetual.
Daniel Webster and the L- rd May
or oe London.—The following is an ex
tract fr m Mr. Webster’s reoent speech at
Buffalo. The story of the Cockney Lohi
VI ,iv>r is too good to be lost :
“Gentlenten, the commercial character
so far pervades the minds of men all over
the world, that there are many men who
are very respectable am’ intelligent, who
do not seem to know there is any part of
the United States but New York. (L itigh
ter.j I was in England, and when I was
there it was asked of me, tl I did tint come
from New York. (Great laughter.) I
told them my tv'le came from N- w Y >rk |
(continued laughter,)—that is something
—(great laughter.^
“Well, gentlemen, [ had the honor one
day to be invited to a state dinner by the
Lon V ivor of London. He was a portly |
and corpulent gentleman—('laughter) —he
had a big wig on his head all powdered
and ribboned down behind. I had the
hon >r to sit between him and the Lady
Mayoress; and there were three hundred
guests, with all the luxuries and gorge
ou.mess of the Lord Mayor’s dinner. By
and by, in the Course of the proceedings,
his lordship thought proper, soon after the
cloth was removed, to take notice of his
American guest. He seemed not to know
who I was He knew I was a Senator;
but of the United States he seemed to have
but little idea o l 'any place hut New Y oik.
(Laughter.,) H>* arose:—“Gentlemen,”
said he, “I give the health of Mr. Web
ster, a member ..f the upper Senate of N.
York.” ('Great outbursts of laughter.)—
Well, gentlemen, it >vas a great h mor to
be a member of any Senate of New York,
but if there wasan upper Senate, lotbe a .
member of that would be a great honor,
indeed.” ('Tremendous raugbtar.
From theA.’nrstiiuHqijalist.
STATISTICS.
We are inndt bled to irfriend for theuSM
lowing Statistics of the Slat jot Georgia, ae
rived from the United Slates. Ceusitjs just
completed:
population.
Whites *,..526 417
Blacks, 352,294
” 90.8,711
Value of Real and Personal Estate,*334.66o 217
Amount State Tax, 328,247 18
“ Cou iy do, 8170,s(/3 35
—5 —
5499,010-■ 63
Number of deaths for ihe year pre
ceding Ist June, 1805, S 9.919
This is a very satisfactory shoving in
regard to nopufation, property arid health.
From this staiemeni we derive an argu
ment in favor of a change 111 the present
system of taxation. It is now grossly unjust,
and unequal, < t nd bears with oppressive
weight upon a small and mertorious class
of the citizens of Georgia. The merchants
of cities and towns, owning properly there
inj hear thy ,chi<*f bu rlhens of the S'ate,
am] their respective counties. The weal
thy resident of the country, residing in his
lordly riian*ion and surrounded by every
luxury; contribute?, with the exception of
the tax onl-slave®, almost nothing for the
support of the government which protec s
him and his property. His fine lands beat
hut a shade niorepif taxation than the most
worthless [lirie-baneii. On either kind the
tax :s aim >st nominal.
But let us suppose the just and republi
can system of unequal ad valorem tax be
adopted, by which each citizen pays
strictly according to the amount of proper
ty, whether real or personal, possessed bv
him and enjoying the protection of the
State, ‘ “
Tne Stute tnx amounts to 9328,247
We will suppose liijs is the amount required
earti year,
The real and personal Estite in
Georgia is, supposing the Cen
sus accurate $334,660,217 00
A tax ot one-tenth ofone percent.
on this will yield $331,660 02
This is six thousand dollars more than bv the
present system.
If this tax were imposed it would relieve
a valuable class of citizens who are griev
ously oppressed hy. unjust taxation. It
would and materially to the prosperity
wealth and population of our cities and
towns, give an impulse in them to every
species of diversified industry, skill and
enterprise which go to make a country
prospeii us and independent, while ii
would be oppressive upon none. Govern
ment, ai least State Government, might
then indeed he felt only in its blessings.
It might approximate to a realization of
the poetical idea of its influence being like
the gentle dews of Heaven, falling upon
and blessing all.”
Adjournment of tha Presbyterian General Confer
ence-
St Louis, May 29:h.
In the Presbyterian General Assembly
today a letter was read from the General
Assembly l of Ireland expressing; gratifica
tion at the success of the Presbyterians in
America, but regretting there were so ma
ny persons connected with the church in
America who were engaged in .sustaining
the institution of slavery. The communi
cation was referred to a committee, who
were requested to answer it in the prop
er spirit, and also to state that the commu
nication was received too late to enable the
assembly to vole upon the answer. The
financial and other reports were then
submitted and the Board of Educational
Directors elected. The subject of cheap
religious newspapers was referred to the
next Assembly. Overtures fr >m Phila
delphia, relative to the Rev Air. Blackmoor
were approved. Reliable information was
received that the Rev MrGreary .nd fam
ily had not been murdered, and *ae reso
uuons on the subject previous y passed
“ ere str cken out. The Conv ,mi>n then
•*j urned to meet in Charleston, North
Carolina, on, the 3d Thursday in May,
1852.
We notice says the N. O. Delta, the
marriage of our cotemporary A C Bullitt,
Esq., of the Picayune, to Miss Fanny
fe nub, of Kentucky, one of the wealthiest
and m .st accomplished ladies in the West.
I'he happy event crowned a devotion of
many, many years. We hope it may be
a source of unmingled happiness to our
coternporary arid to his fair bride.
--LL.
When I hear a Northern nmn x
the “Glorious Union,” methinks I he nr
the bugle blast of the robber band; b lJt
when! hear a Southern man cry outu ie
“Glorious Union,” methinks I si uf} t rea
son in the tainted gale. — McDoffjf.
Sad Case of Robbery.— \n elderly I
gqnt'eman, named Hines, was robbed ~
*,500 on a Mississippi steamboat, nt;af
St. Louis, on the 20th u't. He win, , V|l!i
his wife ard five daughters going to R„ cl .
Island to settle, and is new lett almost des
titute.
Ala Turk. —One of the New York
clothing store® advertises ! furnish p at _
terns fi>r the-new female dress, on receiy.
ing SI enclosed in a fitter containing t| le
height and other dimensions of the lady.
Cmn Wjtf.ii a Naval Aib, —Ape-non OP<
whom tho tomporiinoe reformation had produced no
effect, entered, in a state of exlii iratiorv, h temp e .
ranee grocery in a neighboring town.
“Mr. exclaimed he, “do you seej> ant
thing to take here ?’”
“Yea.” replied the merchar.t, “we have son-rein,
eellent cold water ; the best tiling in the wcßd t<*
take.”
“Well, I know it,” replied the Bacchante, “there*,
nothing that’s done so much for navigation as that.’’
‘ ’ “vs On r ase ! Bvr Ltvixo Gnf.ask n- Mor i”
The B illda Courier gives an amusing neroum’
of a gentleman who mounted a barrel of lard t ()
hegr and see, on the arrival of the M yfb'wer, with
the President anil suite. Just as he was listening
viih gre it unction to the speeches, the barrel hra.*
gave way. ami he slid easily and noiselessly up la
his ‘third button’ in the‘great staple of Ohio,’ ex.
claiming, “L-a-r-d have merev on us!”
OUR CANDIDATE.
The announcement ol the nomination of the
Hon. Chaki.ks J. M’D-’nalb,'has been met in
every quarter with tile most cheering manifests,
tions of confidence in t. e justice ot our cause, the
soundness of our principle- and in the stiength and
popiffiirity of our Candidate. The wise, manly and
appr™iriaie noth nos the Convention will, if the
people of Georgia Ire true to the South, to their
own right? and the rights of the Slates, ensure
certain victory and ultimate triumph over the ile _
ceptive and misnamed Constitutional Union party.
But it is a victory not to he bought without effort.
It becomes then every Democrat, ev ry friend of
Southern Rights, every enemy of consolidation in
all its forms, who feels the magnitude oftlie con
test and the importance of its results to aid in so
I curing success to his principles, in the triumph of
truth and right.— Marietta Advocate.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Oomnoro/ Near Ha * pslitre, &•.
BaltimohV. June 5-7 p. m.
Dismnre, Democrat, has been elected Governo
of the State of New Hampshire.
At Boston, the Jury in the •Shatlrach’ rescui
case could not agree. Ten were for conviction and.
wo for acquittal.
Col. Wm. Bigler has been’ nominated as the De
mocratic candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania
Mes-rs. Naber & Cos., C- tton dealers, failed at
Now York to.dav. sk
‘Pile New Constitution of Maryland has been adopt
ed hy about elo>en thousand majority.
[Reported lor the Augusta Constitutionalist. ]
Arrival of the Steamer Pacific.
Cotton Advanced.
New Yohk, June 7.
The steamer Pacific has arrived. The Cotton
market is firmer, and has advanced an std. on Mid
dling qualities. Sales 27.000 hales. Export and
Speculation 6,000. Fair Orleans Middling
4it to sJil.
Corn is unchanged. Flour better. Consol* 97J
•American securities are in steadv demand.
‘J he political intelligence is unimportant.
[Thelegraphed Ur ihe Daily Georgian.)
Keahi no. Pu.. June 5.
Tlie Democratic State Convention.
The Democratic Convention permanently orga.
nized by tlie election of Judge Gillis. of Elk cottn.
tv, President; with a number of Vice Presidents and
Secreta'ies. Col. Wm. Bigler, of Clearfield coun
tv, was th<-n nominated as the Candidate for Gov„
ernor by acclamation. After several ineffectual
hallotings for Canal Commissioner, the Convention
adjourned until 2 o’clock. Col. Bigler has arr
ed from Philadelphia and been enthusiastically re
cctvpd.
Second Despatch.
The Convention re-assembled at 2 o'clock Rtid
nominated Seth-Clover, of Clarion county, for Ca
nal Commissioner In 57 majority.
Third Despatch.
Rkaiiino, Pu.. ,!une 5—9 r. m.
The Democratic Convention after nominating
their candidate for Canal Commissioner appoint*
rd a Committee who reported lesolutions thorough
ly national in their character, which were adopted
hv acclamation. One- of ‘lie resolutions strongly
advocates the repeal oftlie Legislation refusing the
use oftlie jails of the Commonwealth for the deten
tion of fugitive slaves while awaiting their trinl
They also take strong ground in favor of the Com.
promise measures. The Convention after some in
cidental business adjourned sine die. The Con
vention to nominate Judge* of the Supreme Court
meets at Harrisburg on Wednesday next.
[Reported for the Augusta Constitutionalist.]
I*ITER FROM Et’ROPE.
Arrival of the Steamer America.
Cotton Market Firm.
A despatch from our Charleston correspondent,
dated June 11th. announces thearrival of the steam
er America. - H r advices represent the Cotton
market at Liverpool a* being firm, with sales o
51,000 hale*. I’he qu Rations are the same a* pet
Asia.
The political news is unimportant and dull.
[Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier.]
Balti more, June 10.
Second Despatch.
The America arrived ai Halifax on the 10th in.,
•taut Tuesday. Cotton was firm in Liverpool
The sales of ihe week amounted to 51,000 bale*
of which speculators took 6000. and exporters 9000
The quotations were Fair Uplands, 5J ; Mobile
and.;n and.; Orleans, 6£. Bread-tuffs were unchanged.
Sales at Havre during the week amounted to 3000
hale*, and the stock on hand to 116,000. Rice
was unchanged. Consol* were quoted at 97L
Hie political news is unimportant. The manufac
luring districts are duM.
During the past week nearly three millions of spe
cie have hr en shipped from New York to various
parts of Europe.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Latest (lutes from Liverpool May^27
Latest dates from Havre M ‘V 21
Latest dates Irom Havanas Ma - . 26
Departure of the Atlantic Steamers.
ENGLISH STEAMERS.
From. Europe. NY ok. boston. Philo.
Asia, •.. Jun-‘IS... ...
America May 31...
Niagara, June 7 July 2 ...
Rnrooa,. .. .Jone]4. .. ...July 2..'”
Africa, lu e21....1 uly 16 ... ’
Cambria,... June*B... .. .Juiy23.".* .”
AMERICA jv STEAMERS.
From Euro .. *. N. York. South'n. Havrt.
Hermann,...Maj .7 Janets...
Franklin,... My 31... ... July 2
Washington,Junel4... ...July 16...
lumboldt... June2>... ... ...July 30
iermnnn,. ..July 13... ... Aug.l3.Ve
June 7.. ..\Tay2B... ’ ...
June2l...jun 11...
July ft Inly 25...
July 19...Ju1y 9... ...
the markets.
Cockier Office. New Orleans, >
Thursday, June 5. y
Cotton.—Tho unfavorable accou ts by the
Asia, have so completely unsettled out market, the
we cannot .ascertain the extent of the decline itv
lime for our evening edition. There are few buy.
era, and factors, tree sellers at c. decline.
Sugar. -Sales confined to 100 hhds. Fair 6ft
vs|c.
Plotu.—4oo bbls. Extra St. Louis sold at
50, and 150 at $4 60.
Cork. 700 sacks mixed and ordinary, were
sold at 42J43tv
Oat-. —l5O sack* St.. Imu is sold st 3fi,as64f.
Whiskey.—llectified retailing st ISic.
Pork. Mess retailing in small lots at sl4 75.
Bacon.—2o cask, Shoulders sold at 6s, 45 a
6£c.
I.aitn—Small sales of Prime in keg* at 1 tc.