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THE WEEKLY TIMES.
JOHN FO R S V T 11-F 1)1 TO R
J. FORSYTH, R. ELLIS & CO.,
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Every dmtcr.ption f Job Work, either Plain, in
|W or * or Bronze, elegantl v and promptly execu- (
|ed. Such as
Hooks, Pamphlet.,
H„sl„ess€ar<tß, Visiting Caril*,
j ’ ijiii A’ot cs,
Receipts* BUI- of Lading,
Ain nk C heck*, Circulars,
I’ontesJ, Hand Hlils,
At nil Tickets, Dray itccelpta, it
’'Pile office havine been lately furnished with a
~n stuck of NEW TYPE, cotnprtsin-r m-me of
st elegant desitr-s, we are prepared to exe
l|tr a || kinds ot Job Work in a style nol to tic ex
\v particularly invite the attention of our nier-
InnHatid others who have lie.re.tofore ordered
~,r w-rk Iroin the north, to onr specimens.
“ (> , ir prices are fixed at the lowest i-ossil-le rates.
mlt-riVroro oitr co.tn ry fricn Is will be promptly
luuntaiio.
>rr DUuk frugal forms of overy description, kept
,1 In nil and for sale.
(ill El .N'WDOI) ok Molt It IS.
;o.\l MISSION MKUCIIANT S,
Ko. 90 Camp Strttl,
NEW ORLEANS.
CHARI.K.S 8. HARRISON.
lETION AND COMMISSION’ MERCHANT
Broad st*, Coliimlni.x tin.,
Will attend piomptlv to all business consigned
-him. jan9tf
WIIiUAM L. FI.ETC II KU ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
reenvilla Georgia, Meriwether Comity,
utar26-wat\v 1 y
UHESLEY 15. MoWaHD.
A T T 011 N E Y A T 1. ji IV,
COLUMBUS, Ga.
MERCHANTS’ AND PLANTERS’
MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
NEW-ORLEANS, LA.
Eire ami Marine. Jiisks,
K. S. GREENWOOD, Agent.
I Colnmbtts,Ga. Dec 20, 1850 twly
11. ft. TAYLOR,
foinmissi -n and Forwarding Merclinnl
No. 22 \V AT E R STRE ET ,
APALACIKCLiFL,
r — S. S STAFFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Bi]j,li.ly, Early Cos., tin.
spSwatxv
JAMES SI. ftl-ITHUNK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
!ornr of Brood anil Rnmtol|tli Street
COLUMBUS, GA.
Office over Bboxaw, Clehokr & Co.’s Store.
jan2s-l vtw
UR. J. C. ROOSEVELT,
HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
Coliimints, Geo.
Ofllce Randolph Street, —near the Post Ottkc.
nprila—tw ly
COMMERCIAL INSURANCE COMFY
OK CIIAKI.KSTON. S. C.
Cnpllnl S<so,ooo—All Paid In.
Marine Risks taken at this place at
the usual rates, by
junc24-tf R. J. MOSRs, Agent,
INSURANCE AGENCY.
PROTECTION INSURANCE COMPANY,
OK HARTFORD, CONN.:
KillE AM- M.XKIXK —CHARTKIIKtr IS 1825
(\q-ital—paid in—s3oo,ooo.
■N. CAROLINA MUTUAL LIFE IN’S-CO.
RALEIGII, N. C.
max he Insured at 1-iw rates, for , wo-third- tlieir mine
Bx ENT IICKY MUTUAL LIFE IN’S. CO.,
COVINGTON, Kv.
Gcakanteed Ei sn, r?!00,01,0.
JOHN MINN. Agent.
■ Colonit-us (!., “tli July, 1851. i-twtiinj
DR. R. H, LOCKHART,
COLUMHUE Ga..
Binn r at Mr. Nageley’s Residence: —Residence at Mr. W.
Wade's, on I’road Street.
j^fc^Sdrll—wtim
VOItWAKUIXG AVI) GKVKRAL COM
MISSION BUSINKSS.
WI'MIK undvrsiitnod will continuo tin* above ImainoM in all
jl I it* various branches, ami holies by strid attention lo the
H .snii', to receive the same liberal support heretofore In-stow-
Bul upon him. VYM. I*. YO.VGK,
■ Savannah, Sept. 10, ‘so. ly No. 01, Ilay St.
T. J. COLQUITT,
ATTO RN K Y A T I. AW ,
Biirini Vista, (*.,
■ \i-||,L practice in the Courts of Marion ami Stewart, in
H v V the ('h.'ilt.ihooclioeCircuit— mnl Macon, l.ce:uul Sump
Btrr. of the Southwestern Circuit.
■ Kskkhkm b—Hon. \V. T. Colquitt, Columbus, Ga.
■ July 15—ts
MESSRS. JOHN FRAZER & CO.,
()F Clt A RLESTON,
■ ] I \VK uslnhlislunl a branch of their House in Liverpool
H I luuder the name of Frazer, Trknhol,m & Cos.
■ The subscriber. ns their Agent, is prepared to make lihe
■nlatlvances on Colton, and other produce, comatfued to
■ •hem.
I n\?iy3l— tvs bin S*. A. BAILLY.
■ FOR SALE, THE BEST WATER POW
ER IN ALABAMA.
undersigned offer for sale the I.AND and MILLS in
■ 1 Tallapoosa county, on Big Sandy Creek, 3 miles South
t'aiteville, known as “Sewell’s Mills.” Big Samly is a ne
■Ju failin'.; stream, 30 or 40 yards wide. There is a fall ot he
ii it and .tn dot, and it is one of the best locations in the
■’ mud Stair., for Manufacturing. There are a hundred and
tiv” hundred acres of eleared i.and. in a goisi state
cultivation, with a good Dwelling and necessary Out-hou
\ j tins’ and Saw Mill. Cotton Gin. tec., on tin- premises,
f'ltvs to tin. above property will be made under a Decree
■” <li.ui.vry. mill are undoubted. Such a chance for a pmfl-
H 1 ’ investment, seldom occurs. Call and see.
THO'S. SFHFI.L. Executor,
LUCY SFAVEI.L, Fxccutri: r,
■ J'uytS—w6t Os John Sewell, deceased.
VALUABLE LANDS!
|k( T loesiiav the id day of September next, we will sell
ot our Stores in Columbus. Geo_ Dots Nos. 15,
:m< ! ‘ . in the ilst district of Decatur county, 11
' > ' a ' ,1 ' )r idge, on Spring Creek—well timbered,
’' v i ,: r'de >U cultivation. Titles indisputable. Terms,
V, Mir an C. S. HARK ISO Jf & CO.
. Tal.-wtds .1. K. AYER, Auctioneer.
I LEATHER.
H I * mnd :u "’ s,, ' e I.eather, top Leather, black
a thr i ai "'T enamelled Leather. whang I .eather, patent
skin, eo- • ’ e ''H Ski “s, Morocco and Book-bind
■ iutii jn ( k! " !Sa,ul 11,1 kllMls of Leather—for sale at
■ ~ . .. „ , WADE A CO.’S,
■ st „ Sign of Golden Mortar.
■ NEW GOODS.
flg’d bl'k- <ilks n , ** T *• l**ves, Linen Hand
■ jutytnr 5 k no*e'd. bv
B. 1 IUvOKAW, (LEMONS, &'cO.
OLD RAGS WANTED!
fgH dean Cotton and l.ineii llaiL liL, , f n?s a for
W 1”” It- or more. <"r Huanti
• ‘■'Uititie.'s at their Store in (!nlim.hn 1 1n sma, *“
July 7—-If B- (:, li 'ITS, Sec’v.
■ Gitt Bands and Machinery Belting' -
plUs^ps
■l'ui'2o , _ . . WAL)K & CO’S.,
fcast s "lo Broad st. Sign of Golden Saddle
H \ ojgs, . hosiery.
HP V H 0,,;; T.° rk an ? em,j roiderod white silk
■ ‘"red ‘ ■ miil MtLTv Ki bl ?? k ’ “ lute and mode,
ft* 1 * Kt,glish Holc Tk, ’, ‘ Wh !' 8 " d fi, "‘'. r colored*
■ and huicv mWd ,ol ‘ ,f WnO and boys’
UltJ u>iored t'Ufl's't hall Hose-just received
I ■ W * ,wtf BROKAW, CI,eMO.NS k co.
VOLUME XI. 1
I.<*ST OH MISLAID,
T v V ! T ," ,N IMfsong against trading f,. r n e.-rtnin
k&ssgs&vs'S
I also caution Win. M.-relaud, the maker, against ,m
----uigsaiit Note to anv ->i". |,iu \y <- , v i.:■ f!’
Talbot July 30, 1851.-W4l Kli -
VSTINGS.
1 Vaud Silk;: 3,1,1 “bite
sillier-- < Mst iii l‘ r ’ l i. S: ‘tliis ; emhroidered Cas
a.u! huff xl-i.-eille' 1 - h, ih^’e-T : a,,,! ‘‘tfire-i vvliite
** ,l,C > ;“i fiviirpt! and plaid Mar
or made to order in the he-t made
nlb ~ lwtf Wlld.u oitn & DANIEL’S.
SHIRTS.. ~ ~
JOHN M. DAVIES and -JONES’ - I> yrvx'T
Hw ufrl'l' 0 lM ’ Mi|M ' r , i,,r “'Osh mill “tll.’to any’*u
a. r l-Td Vr w,r ‘: ‘V; 1 I'lom. w Lite and liu.cv at
. |.ril 0 tvt t| Ull.ldtOßDt DANIEL'S.
PANTALOONS.
I > I Sth K . : “‘. d f * ,,lr . v EngijKh, I reneli and American D„e
v.m English, Kreneli, Scoteh and
m k anil faia y iimhairan.l C.hnrg ( „rd; ,nixl Twei-iK
. ‘" ; iny e-dors; while and limey Drills; pluirk-rs’ l.in. is :
anois Dui;k : striped Linens, and a good variety of
plain and CoUimiutr, at
aprilg—■wtf WlLLlEOIil) t DANIEI.X
NEWtYORK AND SAVANNAH
STEA.M-SHIP LINE.
(WEEKLY.)
i I HI, iipw himJ sjilt ndid Sliviin-sliiirs
. feA FLORIDA. < ’.ipt. Lyon, and the
-- f* LA BAM A, <’apf. liHildw, be*
‘o Ihe .Men York and Savan
'rfWfefHl *}*-*?} N Cos., oil and
ai l c*r I la* lltii January, will I*avt* Sa
vannali and Now Yrk every Satur
day nntd further notice. These Ships are of tons
register, and unsurpassed in coin furl, safety and speed
I raveilers leaving Columhus We.lneviav niglit. will
have a night’s rest at .Man,,, and Sav„imali-h„t if
tliey leave there on I hursdav night, they can take tin- ex
tra train on the Central Railroad from Mac-.ii on Kri-lay
evening, and arrival Savannah on Saturday morning,
i uhiii passage §25. payable in advance V
Auknts : Fa \& t •(Bvm„mli.
tsA.MI EL L. MITCHELL
ap'.’O —ts 194 Front Street, New-Vork.
FREEMAN, HODGES & CO.,
58 Liberty Street,
Erttreen Uroadieny unit .Vaimnu Street.*, near the t’ust-
OJfice
Yy.M-YOHK.
\\ ‘• : !T!’ .r , ' < ' , 'l v !' lL s by daily arrivals fiom r.tirotg-,
, 1 . <>,,r ‘ ;ih< * inter nsstirtment ot 1(1(11 h’ is Ji
c/ofws *’ J LV( y * U ' K -rvjj mu.j.lxkhy
We respectfully invite all Cask Parelmsers thoroughly
to oxniimuMiur Stot*k and Prices, and as intkkkst uhv
f.rns, we feel confident our <ood.- and Prices will in
duee them to select from our estaidishment. Particular
attention is devtih-d to MU.LLV/lfi Y GOObs. nml
many ot the articles are manufactured exjiressly to onr
order, and cannot he surpassed in heautv, style and
elieapness.
Peautiful Paris Ribbons, for Hat, (V.p, Nt>ck, and Pelt •
Satin and Taffeta itihhons, of all widths and colors •
Silks, Satins, Velvets, and rne.ut Velvets, for Hats; l\-aih
ors, Amerie.;ui suid Pretich Artificial Flowers; Pulliin ,r s
and ( ’apTritntilings; Dress Trimmings, lari*e assortinenf;
lMiihnideris, .jape (,'ollars, I T ndersleeves and ('lifts;
Fiiii’ Kmbroidcrcd Reviere and Hemstitch ('amhric Hand
kerchiefs: rrajies, Fissf.s, Tarletons, Illusion and Cap La
<vs; Valeneienes. Pnis.-els, Thread, Silk, ami Male
1 bread Faces; Kid. Silk, Sewing Silk, sash Thread, Meri
no (doves and Mitts; Figured and Pin in Swiss. Hook
Bishop Lawn and Jaconet Muslins; English’ French’
American and Italian Straw Goods.
July 4 J2. w3t
VALUABLE LANDS FOR SALE.
nA \ INI. piirehr—r-l nil the Lnn-U of the Comi-m-v ■
known ns the Brunswick nr Chattahoochee Lind
Company, l will sell privately until the second Tuesday
in October next, or on that day by public sale at Chatta
hoochee, the following described 1 .ots:
/-'*
Lots I mill‘2 in fractional Section 32, containing ‘-’(',B V
.acres; S. W. Ja’ and W. J* of S. K. V of Keelion 33; S.
V ol W. V of N. 11. S --I Section 33, T. 4. it. t>, N. and
W. Lot No. I. * a of a Section, in fractional Section 5
N. \\ . G, and N. E. ty of Section 4, and N. W. V ol Sec
tion 3, T. 3, It. (i.
I.Y J.ICKSO.Y ror.YTr,
N. K. V and E. VofN. W. of Section 3t>; E.
ot S. k. x, and S. \t . Vj -f S. E. V of Section 25. T. 4,
H. 7, N. &. W. Lots 2. 3, I ami 3, of fractional Sec
tion 30; and Lots, being tin- 5.% of fractional Section 31,
ol T. 4, I!. (5—N. mid W. —containing 871 acres.
i.y ny.c.rn n coc.yty, gfo.,
I.ots No. 41!) ami 420,215 t District, containing 500 acres.
.Yah. —There is a small reservation in Gadsden couuty.
Most of this Land is very fertile, and well adapted to
theV.ulture of Tobacco, Cotton and Corn. To anv person
wishing the whole of the Land in cither t’oimtv. I would
soil a bargain. It is situated on the River near Chatta
hoochee, at which place a map ofthe Lands can be seen,
and I can bo addressed until the first of August, after
which time at Columbus, Georgia. The titles are indis
p table.
Chattahoochee. July 22.—\v3tu JOHN f. RCBE.
Fresh Arr'val of Boolas, &c.
nl KRV-GRAPHS, Willis. —Kreoch Revolution, Car
lye—Artists of America—Rejected Addresses, Her
nci* ami Jamus Smith.
Lift* ami Works of (loldamitli—Pryor.
Ship and Shore—Colton.
Mel! villus--cries.
Panics , Notos.
Hyperion—Spanish Smdent—Tsongfellow.
| Divine (iovenmient—MVosli,
Do. Ahhott'scomplete series.
The Epicurean—Moore.
The (Vasers—De Uuiiicev.
I .eatlier Stoekimr—series—( ooper.
Noble Demis of* American Women.
Eivlntr Autliors of England.
The Lop/nette.
Reveries of a I’achetor— Ik Marvel.
Linda—Rena—by Mrs. Hentz.
Eir* Also. Drawing Paper am! Pencils, Letter Paper,
i Commercial ami Mourning—Transparent Mottoes, Visit
-1 Snjjf .““‘I Pryitinij Cards, &c. for sale at
1 anitiitwJf A. C. ELEWELIiEN fc ('o’S Rook St or
20,000 BUSH'S, of WHEAT WANTED
PRICES .11) FA.Yt FA).
w* f *> X f <>r Crime White, and $1 25 for Prime Red
yl’ I ••)>) Wlieat, paid in Cash, at
jiiiyiO—tvvst lII.VTFUS PALACE .VILLS.
THIRD ASMtAI, FA.III OF TIIK
SOUTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE.
r|A|lK Third Annual Fair of the South Carolina Tnsti
1 title, for the promotion of Art, Mechanical Ingenui
ty and Industry, will he held in Charleston. S. o|m'll
ingon Moxn.iv, 17th Novembkii, and continuing during
the week.
Specimens in every branch of Mechanism. Art and In
dustry ; also of Cotton. Rice, Sugar, Tobacco, and all
other Agricultural Products, are solicited, for which
suitable premiums will he awarded.
The following special Premiums are offered :
For the six best specimens of Steel made from Spar
tanburg or other Iron, the product of a Southern State, and
manufactured into edged Tools of any kind—A Cold
Medal. N'.lt. —A Specimen of the Steel in Bars to be sent
with the Tools.
For the largest quantity of Cocoons raised on one plan
tation. not less than Ten Bushels—A (told Medal or §SO.
For the largest quantity of Spun Silk, the produce of
any one plantation, not less than Ten Pounds—A Gold
Medal or Premium of £3O.
For the best Sea I stand Cotton <;jn. on some new
principle, superior to that now in general use: or lor any
real and important improvement on the present one—A
(told Medal.
For the Invention of a suitable machine for Pulver
i sing Red Pepper—A Gold Medal.
For the la st Steam Kngine—A Gold Medal.
For the best model Steam Fire F.ugino—A Gold Medal.
A large and commodious building has been selected
for the Exhibition, and every care will !■ paid totbe
reception and care of Articles sent to the hair. AH
Specimens must he in by tlte 13th November.
Contributors to the Fair are respectfully requested,
when they forward Specimens for Exhibition, to send
full descriptions ot'the Articles, and such information in
general as tnav be of use, and proper for publication. Ad
dress ’ .1. 11. TAVI.OH. Ch’u. of
jtneSßlf Coni, ea Oomupondwra.
BACON!BACON!
/ t RAY fc VAN PE'.T have just eceivcd a large Io
VT of Bacon. Call and buy. muyiO—
LIME! LIME!
I HAVE on band and for sale, a good supply ol East
Th > niaston Lime, fresh aso of the rest qeai,
ITY _k,„ sale in any quantity to suit the purchaser.
Apply to Bradford & Snow, or to the undersigned at
th^bT2-t, wtr Crry & SrUOONMAKER.
H. S. SMITH & CO.,
rp.tKK this method of notifying H>eir P;-’' r ’">; anrt
I friends that they still continue the W. Ulb.MOl bt.
A yn C’OJIMISSUkV BCSLYESS at their old stand,
and will take great pleasure in giving their entire at
n i , r) N.2/.X—which they are
prepareri” ton'll at Iho market nitos, and ” * *“
terms All onlers from our country customers will be
prolnntly attended to. Liberal advances patd on Cotton
placed iii store.
Columbus, Julv 26.—w ft
Parasols and Umbrellas.
_ ntFS’black and fanev silk P-arasols and Cmtyet-
Scotch gingham Cnihrcllas assorted sizes
—just received by BROKAIY, CLEMOXs te CO.
FANCY ARTICLES
r-vF all kinds, and to suit all tastes-such as Pocket
to a gentleman’s Wardrobe, ‘ f, ANA EL’S
nprilo— wti ‘
ISAACY CASS PANTS—A beautiful article
F for fHnmer wear, just received at SMITH’S
JulyTg—twlm —: —l-
BAND FOR SALE.
y—y xjk secpon of good Land. No. 16, township I t, range
oS*is 2r. Al - ,*'? ‘k',7 bCi.'TS
fob's—w 6m
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA,
\VKIJNsI)AY MOUSIN'!., Aid. 20. JSSI
now is rr sow? Mlt.cobb’s lrtter.
fin- nmbus l'.nijuircr flatly asserte-1 that Mr
<'.-bb maintain,.•<! tit,., right of Statu in
~;s Uoluntlnw k|-.*vd]i. Wc denicl it: and aeot
top indent ot ours, also denied it,_ and offered to
int SD.HJ with any harkrr ofthe Kn<|tiirer's ttver
tuetit, that it was not so, and that he would leave
it to Mr. Cobh himself to deride the bet. The
bet was never taken. But Mr. Cobh ha* derided
M. In h;s letter to the Ma- i-n Committee just
out, he distinctly repudiate* the doctrine of Stale
secession. And alter making this fatal answer ti
the question put to him, he occupies several col
umns ol the Athens Bonner, in a disingenuous at
tempt to mystify hat meaning ami put words in
Hie mouths of his advocates to deceive tile people.
A mure contradictory, tun! dishonest letter we
have never seen (font tin’ pen of a politician.—
He teils ns there is nothing in the Constitution,
which provides for the dissolution of the (l or em
inent >r gives a State the right to withdraw ! !
M hoever said there was ? We look into the con
stitution to iiii-1 out what are the powers of the
General Government, and not the rights of the
Stat'-s. The States have all powers and rights
not delegated to their agent the General Govcrn-
Dient. Mr. C'ohb must therefore, show in the
constitution where the States have given up their
right to dissolve a compact and seoetlc from a
Government which they, ‘as Independent and
; equal sovereigns formed mid created. This sort
of nonsense is unworthy of Mr. Cobb as a States
man. lie knows better (or ho ought to) what is
the true nature of this Government—that it is a
; confederation of sovereigns, and not a sovereignty
over Provinces. Rhe does not know better, lie is
j not fit to he the chief magistrate of Georgia, in
| times so critical as these.
After stating that the States did not reserve the
right to withdraw from the Union; instead of
saving that, they reserved everything that, they
did not gire up —he goes on to say ;
“Ami now we ttre told that there Is no obligation to ob
serve that union, beyond the pleasure of the parties to it
—ami that the Constitution can he annulled by the act of
any State in the confederacy.”
“ /ihinot so understand atirgovernment. I feci tint.
owe my ai.i.eoiance ta a triivernment pnssessrd of mure
vitality ami sTiiEsTH, than that which is drawn from
a voluntary obedience to its laws. I hold that no gov
ernment is entitled to any allegiance that does not pass
wise a id just laws, and does not possess the power to en
force and execute them.”
Again he says;
“ll tnl.it / tlinj the right of a State to servile, and thus
dissolve the Union, I would not attempt, hv the strong
arm of military power, to bring: her citizens hack to her
allegiance, unless compelled to do so in defence of lio-r
rights and interest of the remaining States ofthe Union.
It s should nut reengni-e her separate inili ptnilence, nor
could wo allow our own interests to be perilled by sanc
tioning any alliance she might be disposed to make with
: any foreign government.”
j All this is a jargon of false facts and false prin
. eiples, evidently designed to mystify; or showing
lamentable ignorance tor a statesman. And it all
shows the importance of having “that i.kttkr.”
; There, his principles were no doubt plainly set
forth, without the ”ifs and nnds” of mystification
and deception. But here we have the same con
’ snlidation doctrines tricked out in the toggery of
words capable of -lotil-le meaning and diverse eon
st ruction. Mr. Cold) talks about the doctrine that
“the constitution can be annulled by the act of any
! State in the confederacy. Mr. Cobb nev
j or beard any State Bights man maintain that doc
trine. It is a figment of his own brain. The
true doctrine is that so far as she herself is con-
I cenied, any Statu may w ithdraw from the ooufed-
I craev and throw off her obligations to the consti
tution, but she has no rigid, or power to annul
the constitution in respect to other States. Knelt
i decides for itself.
Mr. Col)t>, too, talks about “‘owing Wisallegiancc
to a uovr.g.vunxT,” ite. This is lino iloetrine for
an Amei ieau Democrat of the 1 Oih cctiiurvi \Mio
owes allegiance to any Government ? According
to the Rojmblieaii creed of the whole world, the
only Government that man owes allegiance to, is
the Government of God. That Government is
absolute, supreme and infallible. Hut political
Governments cannot claim this allegiance, except
on the principle of the Divine right of Kings. —
Kings claim tiiis sovereignty as a gift from Hea
ven. Hut Republicans bold that the sovereignty
rests in the people, and that Government is but ft
creature and agent of the people. Now tliere is
no other sovereignty in this country, nor lias there
ever been, except the different and separate sov
ereignties of the States. As sovereigns they won
their independence from Great Britain. As sov
ereigns, their iiidepeinleiicu was acknowledged in
the treaty of Peace with Great Britain in which
each State was separately named,-is a party to the
Treaty. As*sovereigns they met in Congress to
make a confederation. As sovereigns they after
wards met in convention to make the present Con
stitution—as sovereigns they ratified it, each
State separately for itself, and no State to be bound
by it, until it consented. As sovereigns they have
ever since acted ; since little Rhode Island has
an equal representation and power in the Senate
with New York haring-10 times her population.—
The very term Congress implies sovereignty in
the States represented in it—for in all civilized
countries a Congress is an assemblage of sover
eigns, either in their own jicreons, or by their rep
resentatives. If the United States Government
had been intended to he made a sovereignty the
Legislature would have been called a Parliament
or some other name, and not a Congress.
The people of the whole union have never, since
Columbus landed on this continent, met together
or j>erformed any net, as an aggregate mass—
thov have always met and acted as the different
people for if our language permitted the word)
peoples of separate and independent States. It is
admitted in the tirst of the articles of the old Con
federation. and in the first line of the present Con
stitution — :- \Ve the people of the United States'’
indicates the separate sovereignty of the States,
but united for certain purposes. If a National
Government had been intended, it would have
been called by a National name, as Columbia.
We say therefore, that Mr. Cobb does not owe
allegiance to any Government, much less to Mr.
Fillmore’s Government. lie owes it to his State
to the political soil that gave him birth —to the
sovereign people of Georgia of whom he is one.
If then Georgia is a sovereign State her will for
any political purpose is her supreme law, and she
has a right to secede from the confederacy—lf she
cannot secede, she is not a State, but a Province
&she has a master at Waslvugton City—a wver
cign Lord in that same District of Columbia,
where the penalty of selling a negro, is, that he is
“liberated and free.” If Mr. Cobb is right in this
doctrWß then indeed, is it time to think of reco
*• TH K UNION OF THE 9TA TK S AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES.”
’ut ion. But as freemen, we claim the right to se
cede. When convinced that we are Slaves , then,
wo shall strike for revolution.
THE LATE EXCITEMENT.
\\ e have received several communications relative to
the excitement which took place in our city a week ago,
which the writers will please pardon us fur not insertin*;.
As to the merits of that excitement, or who should he
held responsible tor the result, it is not our present pur
pose to Apeak. It can be of little use. What we desire
to do, is not to aid in continuing this excitement, and
thereby probably arouse another feeling, which, like the
first, will not be controlled by the civil or military power,
tsiieh feelings will sometimes .arise, and hence we have
deemed it a matter of some importance that the public
mind be not further irritated. We arc the friends of law
and order, and we are also in favor of protecting and
saving helpless females from the fiendish crimes of the
white mail or the negro. The laws of the land should be
so administered as to grant this protection, and then \> il
there be no danger that the order of society will be dis
turbed. \Y e are informed that a complete history of the
whole transaction, embracing the testimony on the trial,
and every matter which subsequently transpired, w ill be
prepared and published in a short time, and the world
can then Judge w here the blame, if any. r.*sis. — Lnqtt^.r
We congratulate the Enquirer on the
achievement of this paragraph. Il has cost
many throes an,l much cogitation to produce
it. but the “child is born” and the Editor is as
“Well as could be expected.'’
We ask any candid man, what is it but a
two-sided, or rather a no-sided non-com
mittal dodge’ Whitt is it, but saying.
Mr. -S', H r . Flournoy, the editor, is a
candidate for the Senate and cannot of I
ford to take the side of law and order, I
nor yet could lie <juits afford to offend the
friends of law and order - We have no hesi
tation in saving that the conductor of a pub
lic- Journal who has not the moral courage to
set his face resolutely against mob violations
ofthe peace and the laws of the country is
unlit to be entrusted with the functions of law”
making in the higher branch of the Legisla
ture. Did Jesuit or Maw-worm ever write a
more hypocritical paragraph than this?
“We are the friends of law ami order
and we are also in favor of saving helpless
females from the. fiendish crimes ofthe white 1
man or the negro.”
And who we demand to know, is mil in fa
vor ol protecting helpless females ? Does the
Enquirer dare to insinuate that any man in
this community is not in favor of that! Not
he—but i! is only a delicate way of throwinga
sop to mob sympathies by a false, insinuation
against pure men in the community who have
dared to stand up for the inviolability of the
j haws.
W e speak plainly on the subject, and we
have a right to do it. Wo know perfectly
well that the exasperated feelings of the mob
were insidiously directed for political ‘effect
against this paper and its editor. As innocent
of getting up that- petition as the child unborn,
the passionate, prejudices of a lawless mob
have been directed towards us, accompanied
by threats of personal violence, bv men, who
did not, scruple to tamper with the peace of
society for the contemptible object of pro
moting party ends.
Fnr llte. purpose of exhibiting the rank in
justice that has been done in coupling our
name with this excitement, wuehave procured
from Milledgevillc a copy of our letter accom
panying our signature of the petition for par
don.
Cosl unites, Ga, Aug. 7th, 1851.
His Excellency G. IF. Towns —
Dear Sir —Feme of my friends whose judgments I res
pect, mid of whose good and pure intentions J have no
doubt, are interesting themselves to get tip a petition tor
tho exorcise of the Executive clemency in the case of
the negro boy Jarretl, under sentence ol death for attempt
to commit a rape.
I’heu haveno doubt of his innocence , and their belief is
founded on conversations with him while under the firm
persuasion that he is to die.
I did not hear the testimony, and have not examined
it—but my confidence in the integrity audjgood judgment
of these friends has induced me to sign the petition and
to w rite you this note, stating these circumstances.
I am, very truly, yours, &c.
(Signed) JOHN FORSYTH.
And alter this letter, expressly guarding
against whatever influence our name might
have,being used to screen the guilty, and in
forming the Governor frankly why we signed
the paper; hostility has been excited against
us ; and even some simple-minded Southern
Rights men have been converted by it to the
cause of unionism! If wr had not hrrn the
editor of a Southern Rights Journal , our
name would never hare been connected with
this affair. And, now, who did this injustice?
Mr. Flournoy talks about not wishing to
get tip another “feeling which will not be
controlled by the civil or military power.”—
\\ e want to know if he, us a part of the moral
power of the community—as the conductor
of a public press, and as a man of known
influence with the people , did his duty
towards “controlling this feeling?” So far
from it, when the Deputy Sheriff asked him
to go to the nmrket-honse meeting on .Mon
day night, to put in use his great influence to
quiet the excited crowd, (the same meeting
that Judge Iverson addressed) he refused to
go. He would have nothing to do with it.
lie would not even open his mouth to pre
vent an occurrence that has shaken the tem
ple of law and order to its base, and swept
from its broad foundations that security to
peace, life and property, without which civili
zed society is but a name of mockery. Ifthere
is virtue and self-respect in this community,
we invoke it to assert its power, in the rebuke
of such a citizen, asking office at its hands.
“If the people, of Georgia understood this
slavery question as well as / do, they would not
remain in the Union fire minutes .”— Toombs.
The Augusta Chronicle tj- Sentinel wants
to know of the Sav. Georgian in what speech
or letter, Mr. Toombs used this expression.
The Georgian , replies that it does not know.
We can tell both of them. Mr. Toombs made
use of the remark to two gentlemen, then of
,of his own political party (whig,) in Wash
ington City. The gentlemen were from
Stewart county Georgia.
COMING HOME.
The trail of the Abolition serpent begins to
leave its slime South of the Potomac. Read
the following, you union-loving men, and say,
if it is not time to transfer your charities and
your arms of defence from the Union to your
['CxrxtEH.lL'ir.]
own assailed and (by you) undefended homes.
Every Union victory is anew nail driven into
the coffin ot Southern Institutions. But
alas! halt ot the people do not know this.—
1 hoy are taught that nothing danger
but the Union, and that there are no enemies
to the country but Southern Rights men.
who are for saving the Union, it’ possible;
but the South, at all hazards.
Abolition E.\< itkmknt in North C.\nni,m.—“We
mTti urV T M UmU, U';" I lyunwercial that „„ abolition
- nitnu “as licit in l,milord Comilv. N. c.. „„ Sa'ur
!,!-•. } ,‘ ut l, “-ee or ti-ir Imn-lroil assoinUb-d •.
liir,l,oi thorn abi.btioai.es. It having been roportc.i that
( ro,-list abohtionie, amt Baron, his associatr
‘“ j"” .l 1 ”' 11 1,,rt1 . 1 ’ ! ‘ >k‘Uwiti.-n Iron, the other side atton
e . Loth parlies were armed with -uns, pistols, an,l
•l-ibs, prepared for the worst. A certain abolition cau
-1-1111 ..ppenrtne with his company on the irronnd ti-liv
hMli-ba M- S i '“" U " li (! lt ; l - v or l, ' rL ' l *y General Simpson
me”’ T , ‘‘ , U”d V o Ch W ' ,s ‘ l ' >m ’ wit!l double quirk
cee-Viiißs - ,vs ,u .'UlarUiug upon these pro
lioift I'll ‘” addressed the company in opposi
on to th.- course the abolitionists are pm'suii,.., J,{ ,-x
----. ‘ r -r"l r-.m the Atnmal Report -I'aholitiot, Ho
il.v -1 tin North, ,n winch the names of ('rooks, Mc-
Vir’diii im,l v“h ‘/’’“T 1 ’' 1 :ls emissaries sent out to
V- o ‘ ,', e' J I the cause of
;V’ V - ’ . w<? heheve that thev had been instru
.l), ..t:,t robiuns off” near one hundred slaves in the
“h-'e ne-ited r-iates, during tho pas- year.”
sod s'e.M u°', ‘"T, demonslration on Southern
sou MiJiiii vve next lioar o Vi
Furry, Houston co. A tig. 8.
”H e wish to know hero if wo can prove that Mr John
son has over contended that the Wilmot Proviso is con
stitutional. Also if |,e believes that the Mexican Law
will precludes us win, slaves from the territories.-
tins las', he admitted to me while he was a candidate bo
lotv the last le qslattire for Ju lge ol i--.ur Circuit, and I
It-oj lie in the same conversation admitted the power of
Congress to pass the Wilmot Proviso.
“We also have a rumor that lie not long since left the
Mate to look out a free soil home, but. that. Tom Renton
saw him and sent him hack to tight for libert,, in Geor
gia.”
‘ldle foregoing enquiries) were tt,Ure*se,l to us
ail Ito two other gentlemen of this city. We tin- )
s-.ver them in print for the bmofit of .all seekers,
lh.-re is no difficulty in replying to them, for Mr.
Johnson publicly admits, tho constitutionality of
the W ilmot Proviso, and that (he Mexican abo
lit inn law is of force in the Territor cs.
lie admitted it at Amoricua in a public dtscus
•s.on with Col. Henning, and again in his speech !
at a un,on meetmg in this city last .Suttr-lav niglit.
In regard to Mr. Johnsons visit last year to ,-t
free State, we have only to say, that it was very
generally and publicly understood by his friends
at the time that the purpose of that visit was toliud |
anew home in a free State. We cannot, of course, !
speakol what Col. Benton said to him.
It is well known that Tom Benton desires to
make a free soil State of Missouri. Whether Mr.
Johnson desires to make one of Georgia, we do
not know. It is very certain that every new union
victory in G -orgia is a step in that direction, and
so universally regarded by the Free Sailers ofthe
North. The North secs wliat the South is blind
to, that the great issue that is at the bottom of all
tin- present agitation and debate in the country, is
abolition or no abolition. At. the North this is
ci.kai; and plain to every eye. Here it is cov
ered lip by the “ masked buttery of the cry of
; union. ’ M e have powerful Northern testimony
oil this point —James K. Paulding who litis nev
er lived South ofthe Potomac, says in the strong
and emphatic language of conviction :
“I have lived almost four score years; I have passed
through every erode of life, from that of a poor hov, self
educated and sell-dependent, to a.station among the tugh
, est of the land, which l attained without the sacrifice of
my principles or my independence.
“During (lie whole ol this long pilgrimage, I have been,
from habit and inclination, conversant with books, mid
have thus added to the experience of a long life, the les
of the past ; and from this experience and these le
sons / ‘JIM lffEVlTAli I.Y UIWVGIIT TOTIIF.
CO.YVICTJO.Y 7Tf. IT THE PEOPI.F. OF THE
SOUTH H.IVF. JYOW XO7'HI.YG TO DF.PFJYJ)
Off Foil THEIR FUTURE S.IFF.TY, RUT Uffl-
Th'.l) . ICTIO.Y I.Y SF.I.F-D F.FEffCE. 11 Y THIS
THEY lYll.l. PRESERVE THEJUSE I.VKS Jtffl)
THE UJSTIOjY. Jill other hoprs nrr idle; all other ex
pedients but daggers turned against their turn bosoms.
7 ‘hey must assert their uten rights , and protect themselves ,
for they have no other protectors. Tho Fraud offmiuti-
CfEiii Is applied to tho houses of their people, and must
be quenched now or never.”
Senator Daniel S. Dieklnnon, of New York.
I thus oliai'a.eter’iijs tho pm p xses l feelings of
our oppiv sraors;
“ l Have ret;ar<l(;J tlte ferocious un<l ImnowiblenttHar
tion which now cli.sltirbxour federal relations, from the
beginning, ns originating in irnnton awl unjn oeokril as
saults vjiun the constitutional rights of the Sooth, found
ed i;t pre'ouc.cs as empty and hypocritical as they were
pharasaical and brazen.”
But we have good Southern testimony to this
point. Air. Toombs, in his recent letter of accep
tance of his nomination to Congress, thus testifies
to the power and dangers of abolitionism :
“Hut, gentlemen, the greatest dan'/er to the Knion is
not in Georgia,is not in the South. The good sense, the
firmness and patriotism of the people of the South w ill
shield the Union against unwarranted assaults from our
own people. They will maintain it as long as it deserves
to be maintained. Tho real danger lies ill the North. —
The anti-slavery sentiment in the non-slaveholiling Slates
has teitirned and deepened, and strengthened, until it has
heroine dangerous to your rights and the peace and stabili
ty of the government.”
In the face of these facts there is a powerful par
ty in the South lighting this battle ns ifthere was
not an abolitionist on the crust of the Globe.—
llow tine is it that—
“ Fools cannot reason,
Bigots will not reason,
And slaves dare not.”
Col. Bf.nning’s Prospects.— From all
the information we have been able to
gather from reliable sources, we are
! more than ever convinced that Col.
Benning will be elected by an over
whelming majority, the bragging of the
Journal Messenger lo the contrary not
withstanding. We have heard of many
important changes that have taken
place in his favor within the last week—
changes that will be telt too in the
election. Mr. Johnson is most too much
of a Consolidationist lo suit the people
of this section—he is most too good a
Union man, for like an Indian’s tree,
“he leans over t’other way.” He will
get nothing like the old Whig vote in
this county; neither will he in Marion,
Muscogee, Stewart, nor Lee. Sumpter
is the only county in the District that it
is at all probable will give him ail in
creased vote over that of the old Whig
vote; while in all the other counties
Benning’s majorities will be larger than
ever received by any Democrat before.
Pulaski, Houston, Dooly, Baker, De
catur, Irwin, Early and Randolph will
surely give majorities for Benning as
the day of election rolls round. — Ogle
thorpe Democrat,
Arkansas Election.— Robt. W. Johnson,
the Southern Rights candidate, has been re
elected to Congress, as will be seen by the
subjoined paragraph from the New Orleans
Crescent, (whig,). Mr. Johnson was bitterly
denounced by the whig papers as a disunion
ist:
“In Little Rock, Johnson received 178
votes; Preston (whig) 216. Little Rock is
a w hig nest, and places of that character in
TUESDAY. AUGUST 26, 1851.
Arkansas are rare. From other parts of the
State wc have only precinct returns, which
would be- uninteresting and unintelligible in
detail. They are a sufficient index to one
fact, viz: Robert YV. Johnson elected M. C.
from Arkansas, August, 4, 1851. As Ro
wings did not expect much they wiil not have
to go through the dull ceremony of tedious
and regretful explanations. “As might have
been expected,” will cover the win le story.
[Krotn the Savannah News.]
INTERESTING FROM CUBA.
PROGRESS OF THF. REVOLUTION !
Reported Untile lieticecii the Patriots and the
Spanish Troops !
We have been pormited to make the fol
lowing extract from a letter received in this
city dated
Jacksonville, (Fla.) Aug. 12, 1851
“A vessel arrived here yesterday morning
from Cardenas,.having made the. passage in 5
days from that port.
Although neither the Captain nor passen
gers, one of them a Spaniard, were willing
toeoumiiiiiic ite the politic and news of the Is
land, from their cotm rcation it is dear that
the (lame of the revolution has caught all ov
er the island.
“It was said in Cardenas when the
vessel sailed, that the Government
troops had several encounters with
the partriots, one ol some importance
in which the latter had completely routed
the Spaniards, killing about one hundred
men, and capturing fourteen pieces of Ar
tillery, which without doubt means a
great deal.
“Thev also confirm the rising of Villa
Clara, Trinidad, Santiago de Cuba and
Final del Rio—so that there only re
! mains to the Spanish Government
| Havana and Matanzas in the Western
! department.”
LATEST FROM THE CUBA INVADERS
IMPORTANT FROM FLORIDA.
I RENDEZVOUS AMONG tHE SLOBIDA REEFS
; Sailing of Two Steamers with 1,000 to 1,200
Men for Cuba!
Change Key - , Bahama Banks, j
August 1, 1851. (
Ihvo small steamboats, from N. Orleans,
witli Inmi 1,000 to 1,200 moil on hom'd, an- j
whored in Cos Mimbros Roads last evening,
and after slopping for about two hours, pass
ed this place steering E. S. E. it is well
known here that the Cubans h ive purchased
these .steamers, and that those on hoard for
med the auxiliary force expected hv the Pat
riots irom the United Elates. It is impossi
ble to conjecture tin’ cause of so many small
craft, with such able crews assembling along
the Reef and among the innumerable islands,
unless th it which excites the public mind in
regard to the politic and movements now trails
pil ing in Cnhn.
| The destination of the steamers and the
| flotilla in this Archipelago, ’s unquestionably
j the Bay of ~as which is the entrance to
I Puerto Principe, the river emptving into the
j Bay running into the interior of the town of
! Principe. The approach to tliojiay ofNue
vitas by troops, must be made by sea from
! Havana, and not an oyster boat can now
j move in these waters unknown to the invad-
I ers. At Puerto Principe, or on the opposite
| side of the Island, and e<| ui -distant, are the
| town and river of St. Cruz* which is accessi-
I hie to small vessels of war, and, to a certain
ty, at one of those two points will the men
from the llcef and from the steamers egcct a
landing.
The White population of Cuba does not
reach (K)0,000, and the. Eree Colored and
Slave as many. The Creoic Whites are
140,000, and the Free Colored 40,000 equal
to 180,000, all ofwliom are capable of bear
ing arms and favorable, it is said, to the rev
olution. Opposed to (his force arc 20,000
Spaniards, belonging to the Island, and 23,-
j 000 Spanish troops:
The next intelligence will lie decisive, and
will declare to the world that Cuba has sev
j ered the link that connected her with Spain
j or riveted it more (irmly to endure for ages
j Yours very truly, &c. &c.
We publish with pleasure the follow
I ing note in reference to a matter upon
j which we commented in yesterday’s
; papt r. It completely exonerates the
gallant officers in charge of the fort
from any partiepation in, or responsi
bility for, the unpleasant occurrence
alluded to —Charleston Mercury, \olh
mst.
Fort Sumter Aug. I t, 1851
The circumstance ol two respectable
citizens of this State recently visiting
Fort Sumter having been prevented from
landing at the work, arose from the fact
of the sentinel on duty being a recruit
and not clearly understanding his in
structions. No orders have been, or
were intended to be, issued, prohibi
ting citizens from landing during the
day, and even at night; the only preven
tion being the introduction of liquor, or
the soldiers from leaving the garrison.
The precautions adopted were intended
olely for the preservation of discip
line in the command. Had a commis
sioned officer been present, instead of
a non-commissioned officer, this un
pleasant circumstance would certain
ly not have occurred.
S. C. RIDGLEY,
Captain 4th Artillery and Brevet Major.
SUPPOSED TIDIKC-S OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN
The Dundee (Scotland) Advertiser ot
j the 25th, contains a statement by Mr.
; G. Dougloss, mate of the whaler Flora,
’ just arrived at Stromner’s, after a voy
age of one and a half years, from which
the following interesting extracts arc
made:
“In February lastour ship’s crew par
tially abandoned the vessel, and erect
ed a large snow house on the shore, it
being in many respects more comforta
ble than on board, and better suited for
hunting operations. We had been at
that time five months frozen up in Lan
caster Sound. In one of our excursions
we fell in with a party of Esquimaux In
dians, nine in number; they had a slight
knowledge of our language; they inquir
ed whether we were English or Ameri
can. On being satisfied on that point,
they inquired it we belonged to Chief
Franklin.
The idea now flashed upon our minds
that they Knew something of Sir John
and his crew, and we answered in the
affirmative. They then pointed to the
right, to a towering heap of snowy
mountains, and by their gestures they
signified they had gone to sleep:
We brought them to our snow-house,
when I instantly reported the case to
Mr. Robb, our captain, and it was a
greed that a party of twelve men would
accompany the Indians, and probe'their
story to the foundation, The party-csn
sisted of Mr. Page, our surgeon* 1 J.
Brown, carpenter, Wilson, Blair, Hall,
Murray, Agnew, Crosley, Jones, Jen
kinsoa, Rafferty, (seamen,) and my
self. We had a plentiful supply of pro
visions, which were packed into a flat-
| NUMBER 3G
bottomed boat, which was covered with
seal-skin, and several rifles, spears, &e.
We started on our dreary journey on
March 27th. Our route was one of
ne wildest which can be conjectured.—
We proceeded in a zig-zag course up
the bill, down another; then to the right
then to the left, then to the right again.
On the fourth day symptoms of discon
tent began to be manifested bv our har
dy tars, our leet were cut and wounded
with the sharp projecting fragments ot
ice—the thaw was setting in, and we
were apprehensive of being buried by
the tailing avalanche ol snow, which
descends like lightning down the side
of the mountains.
On the 10th day, April sth, our guides
b’d us into a large natural amphitheatre
among the mountains. After a journey
of some miles we described something
waving over the snow—it was a black
silk handkerchief tied to the top of a
walking-stick. We eagerly drew out
the stats, and commenced operations
by digging about two foot deep. We
came on the body of a man, and in a
few minutes after we ..discovered three
other bodies. Tliev were frozen like
icicles; decomposition had notcommen
ced. Their b mrds were long and shag
gy, while their rigid features and wasted
limbs spoke in the language ol'nature—
they had died Irom want.
Their dress was that of a British sea
men in cold latitudes. One man had
his name written or rather engraved on
his arm, “H. Carr.” The rest were
all more or less marked, some hud cros
ses on their breasts, others stars, ships,
letters, Ac. Our hearts sickened at the
sight. We replaced them in their cold
desolate graves, and set up the same
sad momenta mori. Poor fellows I ex
claimed, you have attempted to regain
your homes by an overland journey, but
you are left in the desert.
The Indians could give us no more
intelligence, so we returned. The most
probable conjecture is, a large party
had set out from sir John Franklin’s ex
pedition, four had thus perished; in all
probability tho whole of them are now
dead.
* Apolioiiiu Jagelio, the famous Hun
garian exile, was married at limper’s Ferry
on Saturday, t o .Major Tochman of Washing
ton City.
These is nothing in all the “glorious
Union’’ speeches of Messrs. Cobh, i’oote A
Cos., to equal the following hurst of patriotic
enthusiasm, which we find in the New York
Knickerbmchrr. As the essence of .a hogs
head of rose-leaves may he found condensed
a small vial of tho “altar,” so the writer has
given, ill it very small compass at once, the
sumaml substance of all the. arguments con
tained in those appeals of self-appointed sav
iors of the. country.
We shrewdly suspect a plagi.airism, howev
er, on the part of the Connecticut pout, per
petrated on a brother Union bard of Alabama.
‘HI I at bird looks wonderfully like that remark
ably plumed biped described last session by
W. R. W. < ‘odd, of Alabama, which “planted
one claw on the Alleghany*, and the other on
tlie Rocky mountains, while dipping his beak
in the crystal waters of the Pacific.” (We
believe we quote correctly.)
‘•Thoreis that in the ensuing effusion, says the Knick
erbrocker, which cannot fail to rouse the slumbering
patriotism of every American heart. It was composed
by a Western poet, in k ,o:ie hour by a Connecticut
clock;
VVli.it burst this glorious t’nion up,
An’ i;o to draw in’trisers,
Just tor a thunderin’ parcel of
Kmancipated niters ?
The entile of Ameriky,
That Hue across the sees;
An’ throwed the bloody British lion
Ker-slumpupon his knees:
Say!—shall we rend him from lim tolirn,
\Vtin wini; one way, and wim t’other,
And every sepperit yin-feather
A living at tlie other?”
This is the kind of spirit that IsgoiiiK to preserve our
“great and gel-lorious ked-nlry ” from premature dissolu
lion.
CARRYING OUT THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW.
We find the following in the Nashville
American of the 12th inst,. The law will
hardly be repealed by the free-soilers when
they find it so easy to render it useless, and
when to attempt to do so might place their-
Southern friends in an awkward predicament
in tile appro-cliing Presidential election;
Another Abolition Outrage. —We have
been put in possession of the following facts
by one, of our citizens, which show how little
disposed tii inhabitants of the non-slavchoid
ing States are to do justice to tho South, not
withstanding their compromise bills which
were to secure to us our rights and quiet that
fell spirit of Abolitionism which has seat
ed itself in high places and now controls the
government. On the 9th of July last, a
slave, tha property of Thomas .1. Hale, of
this city, tied and betook himself to Illinois,
in the neighborhood of Sparta, a few miles
distant from the .Mississippi river. Some two
weeks ago a letter was received at the Amer
ican otlice, from a gentleman in Illinois who
had ascertained that he was a runaway from
this city. The letter gave so correct a de
scription of the hoy that we communicated
it to Mr. Hale, who recognised his slave,and
employed Mr. Lewis Field of this place to go
thither and endeavor to capture him. On
his arrival there, lie learned that the negro
was at a certain house in the country and in
company with two men, who promised to as
sist him, went to that place. The negro,
however, before they could so; him, left,
without suspicion that lie was sought for, and
went to a .neighboring house, owned by a man
named Muzzles. Field and nis party went
over, after getting their supper at the first
house, and enquired for the boy, wiio came
in promptly at the call of Muzzles. Field
shook hands with him and told Muzzles
that he was the runaway. The slave was
not acquainted with Field. Muzzles de
manded that lie should have a fair trial,
to which Field was entirely willing and said
that if he would he responsible for bis forth
coming the next morning at the town, he
would leave. Muzzles would not ageee to
this—and said that the boy was free. Field
the.n endeavored to take him, when the own
er of the house reached down a loaded gun
and swore that he would protect the fugitive.
Field was then assaulted by him and the ne
gro whom lie was to tie, and in the melee he
forced open a door of an adjoining room, in
which there was no fight and was set upon
by the grown sons of Muzzles. He was
bruised considerably, but maintained himself.
The negro took occasion at this time to re-
treat ;uid lied from the house.
We are glad to learn that Mr. Field sus
tained no serious damage, which certainly
was not the fault es the Abolition scamps.—
Failing to accomplish the object of his trip, he
returned te this city.
So much for Northern justice! Comment
is useless. We would like to see an accurate
statement of the number of slaves restored to
the South under the blessed Compromise era.
The whig papers of this city, if we remember
aright, claim that more than two hundred
have been recaptured. The New York Tri
bune, which keeps pretty well posted up up
on such matters, gives the money value of
restored fugitives at $19,500, and” we would
judge that they are very near the mark. At
any rate, it is the fact that none of our citi
zens have succeeded in recovering their fu
gitive slaves.
Latee from St. DomiNgo City. —The
brig Halcyon, Capt Eidridge, arrived at
New York on Tuesday last. She re
ports that the Emperor SouloqUo had
sent large quantities of ammunition,
and two regimentsofinen to thoJrontier.
it is said, with the intention of shortly
making another attack on the Domini
cans. His envoy, Mr. Hardi, will re
turn shortly to Hayti, having conferred
with the President at Agua, to tell the
Emperor that the Dominicans can only
make peace through the three media
ting powers. Mr. Hardi was accom
panied by the French Consul to Augua,
in die Dominican sloop ot war Buen
aventura expressly detached for that
service.— [Mirror.’
Skies Bright in Cherokee. — IVe have
the most cheering intelligence in re
gard to the prospects ol the Union Party
in the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Congres
sional Districts. One gentleman informs
us that Mr. Ccbb will carry every comi
ty, except one, in Cherokee, and that
Chastain, notwithstanding the Lump
kin meeting, will heat Stiles between
three and four thousand votes. In the
Fourth District, Murphy is sweeping
eveiy tiling before him, and will be
elected by over two thousand votes. —
in the Sixth District, Judge lllilykr
will get quite as good a vote as was giv
en to the Union candidate last tall.—
In the North and Northwest, the skies
are bright and brightening. The Un
ion men are burnishing and buckling
on their armor lor tho conflict. The
spirit of 1833 has again been aroused
in the mountains, and the memory of
Jackson is awakening the hardy sons
of toil to a sense ot their duty to the
flag under which lie fought and conquer
ed.
The above we copy from the Macon
J uitrnal & Messenger, for the purpose
of giving our readers the very best
Munchausemsm elicited during the pres
ent campaign. We fancy we can see
even the socalied Union men laughing
themselves into spasms at the idea wt
Judge Hillyer getting as largo a vote
in this District as the delegates got!
Why, the thing is absurd and pre
posterous. We have not heard from a
single militia district m a single county
composing the district (and we have
heard from nearly all of them) where
there have not been changes since the
eletcion lust lull! We know of some
militia districts where Cobh, will not
get half a dozen votes, and one in this
county where he will get but two—and
indeed hopes arc entertained that they
will both change before the election.—[
Athens Heareld.
Aid to the Spanish Government.—
From the following - paragraph, which we
take from tho New York Express ®f
Tuesday, it appears that the United
States army as well as navy is to he em
ployed by our Government for the pro
tection of the Spanish Government in
Cuba.
For the Coast of Cuba!— Companies
A and H, of the 4th artillery, now sta
tioned on Governor’s Island, have been
ordered to some point at present un
known. The officers are Capt. J. B.
McCown, Brevet Capt, G. W. Getty-
Brevet Capt. R. C. Dru no, quarter,
master; Lieut. David N, Couch, Lieut.
James C. Booth. Sealed instructions
have been received by Capt. McConwu,
which are not to be opened until the
expedition has sailed.
Have we a treaty of alliance, otfeu
siveand defensive, with the Government
of Madrid!
N. P. Willis in England. —That char
ming poetess, Miss Alice Carey, in her
New York correspondence with the
Cincinnati Commercial, quotes the fol
lowing tit-bit ot criticism from an En
glish paper. The writer puts in his
blows with all the science ol'an English,
pugilist:
“Mr. N. P. Willis is evidentyl deter
mined to be the death of all soberly-dis
posed critics. Here he is agaiu with his
sixty-mile-an-hour power go-aheadisin
and verbal intention. Tho English lan
guage is too slow for so rapid a genuis.
He cannot find a word good enough for
his title, so he coins one. The Sketches,,
he tells us, “were editorials, articles
written, that is to say, at one sitting, and
printed from ink scarce y.” Hence the
name. “The subjects have been chosen
from nearness at hand, or from their
occupancy of public attention at tho
moment, or from being apt to the inter
est orconversation oflhe passing hour.”
Suppose one of our “gentlemen of tho
press,” who “does t’ e fashionable,” and
other “oceasionals,” tor the Matutinal
Symposium, were to collect his contrib
utions into a volume oDSnobby-graphs,’
the easy-going reader may form some
notion of the character, without wading
through the terribly-fast pages ot Mr.
Willis’s “Hurrygraphs.” No game is
either too large or too small lor his cap
acious pockets. From Daniel Webster
to Jenny Lind, our pencilcr bags every
notability who comes across his path,
and dishes him or her up for Yankee
tastes, without the slightest regard to de
licacy. The volume has all the smirk
ing, self-sufficiency, rattling impudence,
devil-may-care boldness and defiance
ot'good taste, with the power ot obser
vation, which have marked other pro
ductions ofthisNew York Chesterfield.
On the strength of quondam flirtations
with live countesses, Mr. Willis lectures
the aristocracy of New York on the art
of politeness. If we are to take Mr. N.
P, Willis as an authority, the art must
be at a sad discount in that city of Dives.
We can imagine the delight with which
Mr. Trolloppe, and all other lecturers of
our transatlantic cousins, will receive
this proof in confirmation from a native
born gentleman.”
The Drunkard’s Will. —l, W. L., be
ginning to he enfeebled in body, and fearing
that i may he palsied in mind, and having en
tered on that course of intemperance from
which I have not strength of mind to flee, and
already feeling the evils resulting therefrom,
which 1 have no resolution to avert, do make
and publish this my last will and testament
Having been made in the image of my Crea
tor, capable of rational enjoyments, of impart
ing happiness to others, and promoting the
glory of God, 1 know and acknowledge my
accountability. Yet such is mv l'ondr.ess for
sensual gratification, and my utter inability to
resist temptation, that I give myself up entire
ly to intemperance and its associate vices, and
make the following bequests:
Item 1. My property I give to dissipation,
knowing that it will soon fall into the hands
of those who furnish me wi:h ardent spirit. ,
Item ‘2. My reputation, already tottering
on a sandy foundation, I give to destruction.
Item 3. I give my ability to be happy and
useful in life, to annihilation.
Item 4. To my beloved wife, who has thus
far cheered me in the path of life, I give,
shame, poverty, sorrow and a broken heart.
Item 5. To each of my children 1 bequeath
my example, and the inheritance of their fa
ther’s shame.
Item G. To my associate grocery compan :
ions, f give my broken bottles.
Item 7. Finally, I give my body to disease
misery, and early dissolution, and my soul,
that can never die, to the disposal of that God’
whose mercy I have abused, whose com
mands I have broken, and whose holy law de
clares that no drunkard shall inherit the king
dom of Heaven.
A Drunkard [Seal.]
Witnesses Scripture, Reason, Common
Sense, Universal Experience.
The following has been handed to ua
for publication. It was written in a clear,
excellent hand, on a much worn sheet of pa
per, deeply browned by time. It bears date,
“Town of Columbia, Boone county, Missr
sippi, August 2d, 1828.” The language its
terse aud forcible from the truth it contains.
[A'. O. Crescent.