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THE WEEKLY TIMES. JOHN FO R S V T 11-F 1)1 TO R J. FORSYTH, R. ELLIS & CO., P K Ol’KI E ‘J’ 0 E S . Tl<i’ ‘VEEKT.Y TIMES is nnblishml overv Tur* a \,ni Morning, a- 82,50 per annum in advance, or ; I'imrF. Dll, c at the end of the vi-ar. THE TRI-WEEKLY TIMES, Published PVrv WEDNESDAY and E" ,DAY M,-mines. an ,l SATURDW Evening. OfTire on t’,-West side of Hr-’ Street, nearlv onpos.tt Winters’ Exchanpc tkkn s t Ktvr. Dollars per nnnmn in advance, or IX p-u.i Ans after six months. ... _ rr Vo paper will be discon.tnned h.le_.n v trrearapes are Hue, unless at the opt,on of the Pr A P Dp.arriJUr.T.-pi ,' lv i " R, ' rl '“ l £ NF , AI . ,i,p first and hr •Poi.LAR ti<jr Htl iarc lor nir nr. ’ rv CrsTs for every sul-sen-en. cont,nuance. rr Obituary Ve-res rxeerdm-j one sr,n . re (or eleven lines! v.tl be eharge.l as advert,sementg. the times job printing office 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.