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J. M. RAUM,
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pril33—wfiin
COATS.
DRESS. Dress Frocks Single Breasted lYoeks. Sacks,
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Cloths, t'asliinerets. Cnssiniers Drab D'ele. Italian ami
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aprilrt—twtf WILLIFORD & DANIEL’S’.
STRAYED OR STOLEN
I ‘tROM the residence of the subscriber, in IbecityofCo
hiKjhus, a SOUIIEL IIORSE. alsml 7 ye:irs old. hliml
n’liis right eye. two while hind feel, and a white spot behind
he right shoulder. A libera! reward will he |utiil tor lie- re
am of saiil Horse, or if stolen, for the detection of Hie thief.
jiilylO—tf ANN C. PRYOR.
SEW YORK
AGRICULTURAL WAUE-HOUSE.
189 AMI 191 WATKK STBEKT.
VB. ALLEN & UO„ have the most extensive assortment
• of Plows, ami all kinds of Agricultural and llortieultu
tal Implements and Machinery. Also ali kinds of Field and
,; ulen Stasis, nml Fertilisers—such as Guano. Ilone Dust,
l'midrette. Plaster. &o. The American Agriculturist. 32 Pa
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•Yl m year. Orders from Planters and .Merchants solicited.
A- B. A. Si. ft,., refer w ith conlldenee to a vast number of
KcnHemeii to whom thev am known throitghoul Hie wlude
smith.
Solon Robinson, Travelling Agent, w ill also receive or
ders. feh-JT —w&twtf
LUMPKIN PROPERTY FOR SALE.
r rilF. “WRIGHT HOUSE.” —This well known property
t on tho Northeast comer of tho Public Square
in tin- town of Lumpkin, Stewart County, is offered for sale,
nt a reduced price. The is so well known in South
"T Sern (ieor/in, that ilia detuned by the Proprietor tmne
<vv\rY to say anything in its praise here. Those who have
incd it, can sjH*;k tor themselves.
Tlu* House tins ns *ood a run of the transient custom ns any
tiouse below Columbus, iu the State. The Kufnulii and <Krk
jnorne stages make this their eating housi*, tor supper and
J'. . * Tl ‘ere are sixtivn rooms in it, which are neatly,
Uhl not costly furnished, witli new furniture,
ro 1,.,’, l ,r :'l"T'y W ill he sold low for cash, or on time,
ro addrrs* * mrr m * ,>r ‘ **”’ I,m * ‘‘xamine lor yourselves,
, MAITIIKIV WRIGHT, Proprietor.
Lnmpkm, f., July 17,185i._ tf ’
nai.L- n hotel FOR SALE
| ( s ’ ,hs <Tiher offers Fir sale his commodious ami wcl
•miJ-i 1 * ‘ v on the east side of the public
. r |‘l*'* of Buena Vista, Ga„ and known as the
’ ‘ ‘I EL.” It is furnished witli all necesstiry con
hnu’. n v* ha ’ l Pertaining to il, a good Kitchen, Pmoke-
i-’f’l'N l-ot, Ac., all in good repair. The House ia
| K |. ,,11 “ u 8. v Ritnated, and is favoa-d with a liberal share o
j s , “ik and transient custom. Iluena Vista, though new
ramn ! ' n< * town. Its schools, and varied mer
pid cl’ m eciianic interests, insure it permanency and m
'’"'’b. No one not'd fear depreciation iu projterty for
w ishing lo purchase suen prop<-rty, would no well
Mil and examine. Reasonable time will be allowed lor
Hyyamm.
I*l9—tf n Z. WILLIAMS.
OLD RAGS WANTED!
r pHK Rock Island Factory will pay 4 cent# a pound for
* clean Cotton and l.iuen lines, w hen deliver'd in quanti
4l<o< of inn !t,s. <ir more, or cents when delivered in small
er quantities, at their Store in Columbus or at the Factory ,
VY oollens worsted, rope and bagging not wanted,
, U. 15. CURTIS, Sec’y. a
July 7—ts
DR, J. C. ROOSFiVELT,
HOMCBOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
Coluntbua, Geo.
>ffice Randolph Street,—near the Post Office,
frpnlj—twly
VOLUME XI. j
NOTICE.
ATrHF.UEASDanieI Mi Doueald. did. inhis lifetime
vv m ake and execute a deed of trust of pmpe of
Seaborn Jones and Robert It. Alexander, for the l> ,lo tit
of his creditors. For the purpose of carrying out the pro
visions of trust, w ill be sold at public outcry, on Thursday
alter the first Momhnjin ( hlloher next, in the town ofcp
ratal, Ala., all the ininterest said of -McDougald, in the
following property, to w it :
West y, section'(l. township 11. range 28; east V sec
tion 12: east y -.,-c. 20: east y sec. 25c east y sec. 29-
east y sec. 39. township 12. range 28:*norlh V sta-. 9:
north y sec. 10; north ‘4 sec. 11; east y see. 15: west
half see. 15, township 13, range 29; north y s*-c. 7,tow n
sliip 14, ranee 25: east y sec. 32, township 14, range 30;
east y sec. 15: north y sec. 18; south y sec. 18; north
X, S4-c. 29: south y sec. IF I: east y see. 8, township 17.
range 32: east y sc. 27. tow nship 15, range 24; south
y see. 3f>. township 15. range: 20: north y, see. 20:
north y sec. 14, township 15, range 27; north y sec. 8,
township 15, range 28; south y see. 18, north y sec.
20; north y sec. 27: north y ss-c. 28; sec. 29; south V
sec. 33; west y see. 3; west y sec. 17; south y sec. 23:
north y sec. 27 ; s<-c. 2. township 15. range 29: south k
sec. 8, township 15, range 29; south-west y see. 311;
see. 8. township 15. range 30; north -cc. 17; w est
y see. 15. township 10. range 25 : south y see. 8, town
ship 10. range 20: north y star. 15; west y sec. 2,
township 10, range 27 : north y st-r. 2. lownshijt If), range
28; see. 3-. north y sec. 6; east y sec. 8: south y sec. 13,
town, 17. range 22; east y sec. 22 town, 17, range 23;
north y, sec. 22, township 17. range 24: enat ‘4 see. 20;
south y sec. 7. towm-Uip 18. range 20 : north ‘<■ see. 11;
north V, sec. 21 : south y sec. 22; north y sec. 11. town
ship 19. range 20: wi st y sec. 0. township lit. nmge 27 ;
north y sec. 13: south ‘.<■ sec. 14 : south y sta-. 21 ; north
y sec. 24 : north y, sec. 25 : north y sec. 20: east y sec.
33; south V sec. 25. township 17, range 25; sec. 22,
tow nship 17. range 27: o-ast yof north-east X sec. 21 ;
oast V, of south-east V. see. 21 ; south y sec. 25 : south %
sec. 29, township 17. range 27 ; south y sec. y 28 ; south
}4 sec. 12, township 17, range 28; south V sec. 31;
north y sec. 30: north x sec.3o,township 17. range 29;
south y sec. 7. township 17, range 30: west y. i undivid
ed sec. 21 : w est X sec. 0. township 18, range 23; north
X, sec. 3. township 18, range 27: south *< sec. 29'; south
V. sec. 31 : north X sec. 33: southeast X sec. 19, township
18, range 28; west X sis'. 14. township 20, range 24;
w est y sac. 8, township 20. range 25. west yof south
west X lundivided) see.; cast yof south east Yf (undi
vided) sec. 27, township 24, range 22.
Interest in the following by Daniel MeDoug
tld: east y sec. 23. township 17, range 30; north *.( sec.
J 7 ; north X sec. 25; north X sec. 90; fraction sec. 24;
lots and inter es! in Gerard; lots and interest in f‘ossein.
1 1 . t. rtns w ill he cash. Sale to continue from day to
until all Iheproperiv is sold.—March 4tli, 1851. wtim
SEABORN JONES, Surviving Trustee.
THE EAGLE M A NI'FACTI'RING CO.
KNOW YE.that we—YV. H. Young, Samuel Cassin,
J. Mc<lough. W. J. McAllister, YV. 11. Hughes, It. M.
Gtinbv, J. Rhodes Brown, YV. G. I’ortor & C'o., YY\ S.
Beall,'J. W. Pojler, J. W. King—have associated our- .
selves together as a body corporate, for the purpose of
engaging in the business “t Manufacturing Cotton and
Wool; and that we have, adopted as our coil[mr.de
name, by which we will sue and he sited. “Tut: K.uu.v
Maxtfai TORINO CoMRANV,” and by which we w ill he
known and designated—that we have subscribed as our
capital stock, the sum of One Hundred and Ten Thou
sand Dollars, which will tie employed in tin- business
before mentioned.—May 5, 18.Y1.
Wm. ‘.I. Voi ko, ‘ I It. M. Gi nwv,
Sam. Cassin, J. ltnonK Brown,
Jno. McGoi cm, IW. G. Fortes & CO.— ,
Wm. J. McAi.i.istkh, IW. S. Bkm.i.,
VY'm. 11. IlrotiKs, J. M. Putter.
.1. YV. Kino,
Signed in the presence of
w4tn JOHN J. McKKNDREE, J. F.
SADDLES.
SPANISH, Mexican, and American Saddles, of all ,
-lylcs.ladips’ hog-skill, plush and patent leather Sadd
les. Bridles ami Martingales, sold low tiir cash or appro- j
voi rroilit, WADE A CO.’S,
juiie2o East side Broad st., Sign of Golden Saddle
Fresh Arrival of Books, &c.
HURRY-GRAPHS, Willis.—French Revolution,C'ar
lvo—Artists of America—Rejected Addresses, Hor
ace ami James Smith.
Life and Works of Goldsmith—Pryor.
Ship and Shore—Colton.
Mcllvilles--Vries.
Barnes’ Notes.
Hyperion—Spanish Student—Longfellow.
I livine Government —MH ‘osh.
Do. Abbott's complete series.
The Epicurean—-Moore.
Tlie Censers — De Quimvy.
Leather Stocking—series—(‘ooper.
Noble Deeds of American Women.
Living Authors of England.
The l orgnette.
Reveries of a Bachelor—lk Marvel.
Linda—ltenii—bv Mrs. I lent*.
Jj-gf Also, Drawing Paper and Pencils, 1 .elter Paper, !
Commercial and Mourning—Transpari-nt Mottoes, \ isil- ,
ing and Fiinting Cards. &c. &0.. for sale at
augfitwtf A. C. FLEWELLEN fc CO’S Hook Stor j
NOTICE.
STOLEN from my Stable on Wednesday night tin- !
tith inst., some eight miles from Columbus, on the :
stage road leading toTalhotton, a lirown bay Horse, some !
five vears old common size, lias a scar on one of his
thighs that is plant to lie seen, some four inches long ami
lias saddle marks on his hack, one hind foot wliile.rides
well and works well in harness, ami has the marks of the
gear Oil him. I w ill give a liberal reward for the horse
or anv information so that I get him.
August 12wtf. THOM.ts D.iris.
STRAYED OR STOIiEJT
| •'ROM tin- premises of the subscriber, mi Wednesday
F tlie 14th ills!., a sorrel tillev, white stripes in the lore
head, white let's, about halfway to the knee, and has
been foundered. Any person returning her to the under
signed will be liheraliv rewarded.
AMBROSE HIt'KY.Y.I.Y.
augustlP. Girard Ala.
Jj-Sr'Tuskegeo Tleptihlican please copy 3 times and
send'bill to this office.
FIRE PROOF COTTON WAREHOUSE
COL CM ms, 0.1.
RUSE, PATTEN & BRICE.
11 T K renew the tender of our services to our friends
and the Planters and Merchants generally, for the
Storage and sale of their Cotton during the ensiling
season, and trust that our previous efforts to give satis
faction. will ensure to its a continuance of the'r patron
age. < htr nndiv ided attention w ill he given to this business
in all its departments, pledging our best endeavors to
promote the interest of those who may entrust their
Cotton to ns.
We will with pleasure, furnish our customers with
H.IGGI.YG and HOPE, at the market price, and will
procure for them any other articles they may require,
on the I.o\vKST Tkrms at whiclitheycan he bought here.
We arv also prepared to advance liberally to Planters
on their Cotton stored will, us, or on consignments to our
correspondents at the North or in Europe.
RCSE, PATTEN & tiI!ICE.
Columbus, August 10, 1851. w&twtf
CUSTOM WHEAT
/ t ROl'Nlt promptly, and better Elour and more nfit
\ 1 returneil. than at any other Mill in the Cnited
States. Trv us and see, at
julydti —twsl II I.YTI'.WS IL.ICK MILLS.
i. i: G<> i t nisc.i.M.
More Books.
ctaHE suhscriber lias received the following hooks, to
1 wit: < ‘bona ami the English. Perfumery, its use and
manufacture, Christian Retrospect and Register, a sum
nuirv of the scientific moral and religious progress of the
first'half of the nineteenth century, Earl of Carlisle.
(I,on! Mor|iethl. Para, or advnntures on the Amazon.
Fireside l’ietv. bv Abbot. The Female Jesuit, or the
Spy in the Family. The Girlhood iff Shnkspeare’s llero
g doors north of Hail &. Moses.
PLANTATION FOR SALE.
1 OFFER for sale tin Plantation situated in Talbot
cornu V, about six tni'lea north of Wuveriy Hall, adjoin
ing Harris,’ consisting of three hundred acres, seventv-
Hv'e of which are open and in a state ot cultivation with
wellimpnoed Rot, Out-houses&c„eompiete. For terms
apply on the premisos to 1 MOOUK.
j illy 1-2—w.M-pM
BELTING! BELTING! BELTING!
riA|IE subscribers having obtained the Agency ol a
1 large manufacturing House, tire prepared to idler to
their patrons and the public generally, a. superior ar
ticle of Patent .Stretched 1 suit her itching, tmm two to
ourteen inches in width, and warranted to give entire
satisfaction —at prices lower than ever Indore offered m
his market- Also on hiuid,ui good lot ot the Rubber
Relting, of various widths. Persons w ishing tor belting
to run machinery, or Planters wish ing lor -m Bands,
will find it to their interest to give us a call. Also, a
good lot of Belt ami Harness l eather kept r.mstmitly on
hand. H. UEU.C- & CO.
may 13 —wly
k OTTON AND WOOLLEN FACTORY
rPHI E Coweta Falls Manufacturing Company at Fohim
-1 bus. Ga- is n-gularlv engage 4in the manufacture
of 7 , i Jsnahnrgs.hnlf pound to the yard: > <snaburgs:
Yarns from 2: Cotton Rapping and Ratting.
and Ma,trasses: heavy t colM.i Idnseys ot Georgia ami
VWliama W.k.l: 7 ,d0.: Wool Rolls: Double and single
Colton Mattrasses; They also manufacture Customers
AVmd into rolls and /insoys. They are preparing to man
ufacture Cotton Stripes of various patterns, and a gimd
...rich, of Woollen Jeans, suitable forge ntleuien s clothing.
The ‘giMids inade within die las, HO days, an; tar su
perior to :mv ever turned out by bis Mill and it is tht
design of the Proprietors to keepthem up to the present
than a bale (000 yards) including all at any
one nurc.hase, cannot be sold at the Factory. ~ ,
50,000 Pounds Wool Wanted, for Cn.h,
at market prices, or in exchange for Hoods, si
\|| orders will be promptly attended to.
tsr - Address, -COWETA FALLS FAC'D RV,”
may)2S wtf Columbus, Ga.
NOTICE.
rxxHR Co-partnership heretofore existing between the
sffis* r*4 w. v-isr
Columbus, Aug. 15, 1851. BEMJ. MF.LYDHIM.
A CARD.
rpHE subscriber informs the public
I will continue in the store known .is the New i or*.
Columbus, Aug. loylSol,
Astounding Invention.—The Baltimore
Sun says: “We notice an invention by Mr.
Solomons, of Cincinnati, of what he calls a
perfect substitute for steam! Kromcommon
whiting, sulphuric acid and water, he obtains
curium in the gaseous state: and with the
power exerted by this gas. lie asserts that he
now drives a 25-horse engine, and for one
fortieth the expense of steam, lifts and lets
tall 12,000 pounds five times in a minute.—
This fluid, without any heat applied at all,
exerts a pressure of 640 pounds to the square
inch, while water in the same unheated state,
If Bno pressure hut gravity. Water heated
to the. boiling point, yields a power of fifteen
pounds. This fluid, with the same heat,
would yield a power of nearly 12,000 lbs!
And wh it i-i more, a handful of charcoal, and
a boiler th • size ofa tea-kettle, will produce,
at an exp ‘ns • ofa few cents, the whole of this
I tremendous’ energy! Fifty dollars expense
in e rlion would carry one of the Collins
steamers iiaun New York to’’Liverpool.”
Exclusion of Negroes faom Indiana'.—
The citizens of Indiana have adopted, bv a
large majority, the article of the new consti
tution excluding negroes from the State,
w hich was submitted to a vote separate front
that tnr the constitution. This article de
clares that, no negro or mulatto shall come
into or settle in the State after the adoption of
the constitution. All contracts made with
any negro or mulatto corning into the State
are to he void, and all persons who shall em
ploy, or otherwise encourage such negro or
mulatto to remain in the State, to be fined
in any sum not less than ten dollars nor more
than five hundred dollars. All fines w hich
may he collected for a violation of the provi
sions of this article, or any law which may
hereafter he passed for the purpose of carry
ing the same into execution, to he set apart
and appropriated for the colonization of such
negroes and mulatfocs. and their descendants
as may he in the State at the adoption of .this
constitution,and may he willing to emigrate.
This is a tolerably stringent law, and will,
doubtless, have the effect intended. The.
Convention seems to have overlooked the
fact that Massachusetts* claims for colored
citizens the same privileges in other States
as her w hite citizens enjoy, and the people
of Indian i have, very unceremoniously, set
tled the constitutional q post ion which has
been raised upon this point. Will Massach
usetts make, as great an outcry in this instance,
as she did in reference to the law sos South
Carolina and Louisian.:, by which free negroes
trading to those States are imprisoned!
The result of this election, singular-as it
may seem, is attributed to abolitionism. The
New Castle Courier says, in that county, re
garded as the hot bed of abolitionism, 1100
majority was given for the exclusion. “Ten j
years ago,” it adds, “or even three years ago, j
such a proposition, instc*. id of receiving 1100 j
majority, would have been voted down large
ly, hut the intolerant, fanatical, reckless and
dangerous policy of the abolitionists—the.
professed friends of the negro—have preju- ;
diced the public mind against that unfortu
nate class of people, and the. result is an al
most unanimous expression in favor of ex
clusion.’ —them Press.
TERRIFIC BALLOON ASCENSION.
Thu last Parisian papers give the an
nexed account of a recent balloon as
cension there. For intrepidity and dar
ing the teat is unparalleled:
On Sunday last, M. and M me. Poite
vin made their second ascent in a car
riage and two horses, Leon Faucher
having been induced to take back his
prohibition. Immediately beneath the
balloon was a small car, in which an
assistant took his place; from this hung
tlie ropes and irons to which the car
riage was made fast. The balloon rose,
at the given signal with its ponderous
load, with all the grace of a butterfly.
M me. Poitevin showered th a spectators
with roses, and M Poitevin held the
reins as unconcei nedly as if he was
driving a slow team out to Bloomingdale.
But the the most wonderful part of the
spectacle was not down on the bill, and
was only visible to those who had forti
fied themselves with lorgnettes and tele
scopes. At the point where the naked
eye lost its power ot vision, tlie magni
fying glass revealed the foilowingseene:
The man in tlie car let. down into the
carriage, some 12 feet below, a rope
ladder; up this walked M. Poitevin,
with a glibness and unconcernedness
positively frightful: M me. P. was just
on the point of following suit, when the
strongest magnifieis gave out iu their
turn and the spectators remained in doubt
as to the successful issue. A thunder
storm coming up, the intrepid aeronauts
thoCight it best to get out of its way, by
going above it. They therefore pene
trated the muttering clouds that veiled i
the lace of the sun, and in a few mo
ments were perfectly high and dry.—
They descended an hour and a half af
terwards, and found themselves about
45 miles from Paris. The next morn
ing the hotel, where they had taken
lodgings for the night, was besieged by
a crowd so dense, that the gend’arms
had to be called upon to procure an ex
it for the party. All the way back to the
Capitol it was a triumphal march. Il
was no use trying to travel incognito,
having, as they did, a balloon to take
care of, and one that you couldn’t hide
tinder a bushel. They re-entered the
city, safe and sound, after an absence of
twenty-four hours.
McDonald vs. Cobb.—A Cobh mitiw .s
boasting on the cars, on Saturday last, that
two-thirds of the voters present- wore
for Cobh. A bet was made and the vote : -
ken. and to his utter astonishment .no doubt,
unless lie was one of the hired braggers, the
result was, 29 for Cobh and 51 for McDonald.
The crowd was inacenpto i considerable ex
tent. of farmers and others returning to their
homes from the Atlanta Fair. We attach no
more importance to this incident th n it de
serves, ond give it only as one ofthe indica
tions of public sentiment in this section ofthe
State. —[Marietta Advocate.
Kentucky and Arkansas for Secession!
Lazarus W. Powell, democrat, is el
ected Governor of Kentucky. Accord
ing to the whig papers of Kentucky,
therefore, that State has given her voice
against the “Compromise,” and in favor
of sec -ssion. The federal consolida
tionists, in that State, as in this, did all
in their power to fasten upon every can
didate who, even though he was willing
to abide by the compromise, yet would
not acknowledge it just to the South, the
term disunionist. As proofthat this was
the game of the federalalists in Kentucky
read hese paragraphs from the Louisville
Courier, whig,” published a few days
before the election:
“No sophi-try or argument can con
ceal the fact that we have, in onr midst
public men recognized as leaders, and
exercising great political influence, who
favored SECESSION, which is but a
milder name for treason, and who look to
the result ofthe election on Monday next,
for the solution of the problem, whether their
treason has taken root in Kentucky soil or
”°‘‘But yesterday we published an ex
tract from a letter written this month,
by a leading democrat of this State, to
the Southern Press at Washington, m
which the writer asserts the democratic
“THE UNION OF THE STATES AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES.”
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA,
-]
party of Kentucky will be “ compelled to
take ultra Southern, or secession ground,
from the fact that the tohigs are determined
to adhere to the platform or compromise of
the last Congress,supported by such men
as Clay, Fillmore. Webster, Cass, Dick
inson, and Douglass.”
“If cither Powell or Wicklifte, Meri>
wether or Clarke, Breckenridge or Stan
ton is elected, such election will he claim
ed as a verdict of the people of Kentucky
against the compromise, and as a voice
from this seat of patriotism and unyield
ing attachment to the Union, favoring
that treasonable principle of secession,
the goal of'Yvhose ambition is a South
ern Republic or Confederacy.”
‘,‘\Ve conscientiously believe that the
success ofthe candidates, upon the State
as congressional tickets, by a large and
| decided majority, will strike a more fa-
Ital blow at the hopes and prospects of the
| secessionists and disunionists, than will
the result of any other State election in
the Union. Avowing, as our opponents
did, by the action of their State conven
tion, hostility, uncompromising hostility
to the peace offering in the shape of:
the adjustment of the last session of Con
gress, if the whig ticket succeeds but by
a meagre majority, &c.”
Yet the gallant Powell mingled among the
people, reasoned calmly and soberly with
them, and it seems that notwithstanding the
heavy majority that he took the field against,
he his planted the ban nor of State Rights
(or of ‘treason,’ as the whig Courier called it)
on tlie very citadel of the foe. So much for
“secession” in Kentucky.
In Arkansas, a similar course was pursued
towards Jiionson, who has just been re-elec
ted to Congress. This gentleman voted
against the compromise in the last Congress,
and the South had no sterner or abler cham
pion in that body, and in the canvass just
closed his course elicited from the N. V. Tri
bune the •omplimeiit, “He goes the whole fig
ure for Southern Rights. The Little Rock
Whig, the leading whig paper in the State, a
day or two aft r the election, said:
“A few days will tell the tale, and when
fold, the public, ofieet of flic vote in Arkansas |
will cither he a committal or non-committal!
so far as Arkansas is concerned, to the dam- I
liable doctrine of SECESSION.”
Well, “a few days have told the tale” that j
Johnson is triumphantly elected. So much ‘
for secession iu Arkansas.—[ Mon!. Adrer
iser,
The Softer Sex in Smalls.—The revo- I
lution in female attire, which has commenced
iu America may extend to thiscountry. Well
no matter if the attributes ofthe husband are
arrogated. It may he well that ladies should
know wli.at it is to he eontiuu.allv having to
put. the hand in the breeches pockets.
Punch.
From tlie Dnilv Delta.
THE MEANS.
We learn that the Cuban Committee
have committed to General Felix
Huston the entire organization of the
plan of operations resolved upon. The
General has gone into the matter with
all his zeal and earnestness. His posi
tion, talents and experience will secure
for any • movement he may organize,
universal confidence. In the meantime, j
the committee is not idle,hut are making
their collections with great activity.—
They met with good success yesterday, ‘
and to-morrow the committee, the num- |
her of which has been increased, will
make a united and powerful effort to
raise tlie means to go to the aid of our
friends. Let every man come forward
and give freely. It is no time for Amer
ican citizens to draw their purse-strings
when so great an object is to be obtain
ed—so solemn a duty is to be perform
ed.
To the Citizens of New Orleans.
—Not having engaged in the cause of!
Cuba, personally, I have forborne toin
quire inio the plan of operations, furth
er than has been common to all our
citizens, who took an interest in tlie
cause. To-day. however, I have made
the proper inquiries, to enable me to
form an opinion as to what is likely to
he done; and the conclusion to which I
have come, is, that if the citizens of N.
Orleans do notsubscribe liberally, there
is no prospect of any aid being furnish
ed to the brave and gallant young men
whose lives are now periled in the
mountains of Cuba.
There is no time for delay; we have
had one tale of blood and murder, and
we may soon have another. My object
is, it possible, to save the remnant of
the gallant band who defeated the forces
of Gen. Enna, on the 13th instant, and
marched into the interior on the 15th.
This we know from the official publica
tions in Havana ; and further, all is doubt
and uncertainty. This however is cer
tain, that the same men who defeated
Gen, Enna, and compelled him to send
back to Havana for reinforcements,
when they Yvere only defended by works
hastily thrown up, around an old build
ing, will be able to hold him at bay for
some time, when they reach, mountains
so well adapted to defence as those of
Cuba are. This is more certain, if the
people of the country unite with them,
which is confidently stated to be the
case, by correspondents from Havana,
wh.. I am fully satisfied, have not made
statements which they do not believe.
But fellow citizens, atter examining
the position in a military point ot view,
I am satisfied that our lriends and breth
ern will be finally overwhelmed by su
perior Spanish force, if they do not re
ceive assistance.
However anxious we may be to re
lieve those who are in danger, we must
not hazard any more small detachments,
we have had enough of that. Whatever
is done, must be done promptly and ef
ficiently.
Whether anything at all can be done,
depends upon you, men ofNew Orleans.
There is no time to seek aid from a dis
tance. There is no lack of men, Yvho
burn to succor the surviving comrades
ofthe slaughtered Crittenden, Kerr, and
their brave companions. It is means
that are wanting. I, therefor -, plainly
appeal to you to come forth generously
and promptly, It will require a consid
erable sum to do anything that you or
I would sanction ; lor I say at once,
that I will never consent that our noble
young men shall again be hazarded
with insufficient numbers, and insuffi
cient means.
(Signed) Felix Huston.
New Orleans, August 22, 1851.
The Bloomers Out Bloomed—The
Cleveland Plaindealer learns that Miss Char
lotte Cushman, who is spending a quiet in vu
tion at the Saut. astonished the guests of the
Ste. Marie Hotel, one tine morning, by ap
pearing equipped cap-a-pic iu masculine at
tire—hat, coat, unmentionables, and all. Those,
who have seen her personation of “Hamlet”
ean easily understand the grace and ease with
which she wore her new “toggery.” Hers was
not a single moment of triumph, not n mere
desire, to astonish the dinner table, and then,
like the ghost of Banquo, to vanish away and
go back to petticoats and whalebone. No,
she rode out in it, fished, xvalked, ran, and
romped in it: and, for aught that we can learn,
says the Plaindealer, has determined to tvear
it for the remainder of her days— jut least of
maidenhood.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUG. 27, 1851
SYMPATHY FOR CUBA.
“Why is it (pertinently asks the N. O. Delta)
that the movement in Cuba for the independence
of the oppressed people of that island, is the only
revolutionary scheme ever started on this conti
nent, or even in the Old World, against despotism,
which did not receive the cordial aid and sympa
thy of our people ? Why is it that an unfriendly
feeling, a cold scepticism, a jeering ridicule, an ex
acting and calculating spirit are manifested-towards
the Cubans by many of those who were so eager
in behalf of a much less promising and favorable
movement in Ireland, —and Hungary ? Have our
people degenerated ? has the long enjoyment o
our independence and security rendered us selfish
and indifferent to those who pant for the blessings
we enjoy? Or, do we permit local and domestic
nui-stions to restrain and suppress the true impul
ses of our hearts T
We will take the ease of the Greeks; they
were a distant people having no ties or connections
with us; their revolution was incited by European
States, as it turned out, for their own benefit; they
commenced the “foul crime” of the National In
telligencer, of incurring “the worst hazards of rev
olution,” in order to overthrow government.”—
And vet, in 1824, our whole people arose cn mas
se to express their sympathy and proffer their aid
to the struggling Greeks ! Vessels were openly
fitted out and equipped, provisions, men, and mon
ey were sent tour thousand miles, to tlie assistance
of the patriots, and there was not one of our
twelve millions of people, whose sensibilities were
startled with the wrong, injustice, imprudence, dis
regard ofthe laws and neutrality of nations, which
are now continually dinned in our ears at the idea
of extending similar aid to a people who live al
most within sight of our shores. The law of 1818
then existed, but public sentiment made it a dead
letter. Nobody could be found to play tlie part o
informer, and the District Attorneys did not
out of their way to hunt up offenders against a law,
which was<i mockery and insult to the national
character and feeling. Were our people less vir
tuous —our rulers less observant of duty and the
law then than they are now ? W ere James Mon
roe, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and Dan
iel Webster, in 18*24, less patriotic, eoncientious
and honest, than the Fillmore* and Corwins of the
present times ? We leave our readers to answer
these questions.”
II F CUBAN REVOLUTION.
The intelligence announced in our last issue,
(since which, we have had nothing further,) gives
ground for the belief, that tho recent movement
on the Island, is “the beginning of the end” of
Cuban independence. If Gen. Lopez can but. ef
fect a junction with the patriots, already in the
mountains, and the disaffection of tho people to
the government exists to such an extent as is con
fidently asserted, the Spanish power there, is effect
ually ami forever broken. The strong current of
public sympathy and individual aid which would,
under such circumstances, sot in from this coun
try would soon erect a colossus of strength that
could defy the united powers of the foes of face
don i. But it caunot lie expected that the revolu
tion ean be accomplished without violent and pro
tracted opposition. Spain will not complacently
yield her claim to the enormous revenue she lias
annually wrung from the labor of the Cubans.—
The history of tlie world, indeed, proclaims that
freedom must have her birth in commotion and
blood, yet this dire necessity never appals bravo
hearts, strongly imbued with tlie love of liberty.
It formed no part of the. calculation with our patriot
sires in the war of independence. It was not an
element of consideration with Greece, when she
determined to tear from her limbs the fetters of
Moslem tyrranny and stand forth in the pride and
majesty of her ancient glory. Liberty is always
more than richly worth what it costs, and the de
vot oil of the people to its cause, and not tin
price of the achievement, will always furnish a elue
to the result of their efforts. It yet remains to lie
developed, how much the Cubans desire emanci
pation. In common with our fellow citizens in Sa
vannah and elsewhere, we enjoy a real pleasure in
the hitherto good fortune of the patriots.
God speed them, in their noble enterprise.
A Fatalist-—A Western newspaper
publishes the following: I knew an old
man that believed “what was to be
would be.” He lived in Missouri, and
was one day J going outjseveral miles*
through a region infested in early times
by very savage Indians. He ahvays took
is gun with him, but this time found
•hat some ofthe family had taken it out.
As he would not go wiihout it, his
friends tantalized him by saying there
was no danger ot the Indians; that he
would not die till his time came, any
how. “Yes,” says the old fellow, “bu
suppose I was to meet an Indian, and
his time had come, it Yvould'nt do not to
have my gun!”
MR. COBB AND THE BRITISH GOV
ERNMENT.
The independence ot'these sovereign North
American States, is only three-fourths of a
century old; and again the question arises
which occasioned tlie revolutionary war; the
right of secession. Our fathers of that day
declared that it was “their right to throw off
such government.” This was denied by Great
Britain, and the result was war: not necessa
rily, hut because she denied that right: Se
cession then Yvas a right, hut a revolutiona
ry right—because the provinces had never
been sovereign or independent. The result
of the war w ls, an acknowledgement on the
part of Great Britain ofthe right of secession.
The provinces then became sovereign and in
dependent States, and formed the Union, with
as much right,as they must have supposed to
secede from each other, as Great Britain has
to secede from Canada. Mr. Cobb in deny
ing the right of secession, and in standing by
the administration which also denies this
right, seeks to have the several States placed
in the same relation to the general govern
ment which the provinces sustained to Great
Britain. If he had lived at that day, with his
present opinions he w ould have been against
the right of secession; for then there was rea
son for it, as the provinces Yvere without a
shade of sovereignty; and he w-ould have
been called a royalist by the English, and a
torv by the patriots. And if his Y-iews be
4i irreet, the colonies accomplished nothing
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 2, 1851.
more by their hard fought battles w ith res
pect to independence, than a trausler of alle
giance from the British Union to the General
Government; with the same right of revolu
tion, Yvhich they had before the declaration
of independence, and nothing more. A
change of masters was all, according to tlie
notions of Mr. Cobb.
If Mr. Cobb is right, we have got hack to
the point from which we started; and if we
should have as much cause of complain
against the general government as tho pro
vinces had against Great Britain, and Yve
should happen to he no more willing to .sub
mit to it than were onr ancestors, a fight—a
revolutionary fight, must come, unless the
strongest shall give way.
Well, if Georgia for instance, had already
re!i?*al from the* UnL-u, with or without a
fight, and negotiations were pending for her
return—who believes that she would think
for a moment, of yielding up to the general
government, the right to retire peaceably, and
without question, from the Union, whenever
she should choose to do so? She certainly
would not. If, however, it is as Mr. Cobh
says, that a State has no right to secede—our
forefathers commited an oversight, in not pro
viding expressly, for the reservation ot
that right; and if it he true, that we are
as much subject to the will and pleas
ure of the general government, as the
Colonics were to the British crown—we
ought to know it; for we certainly are so,
without the right of secession. It may he
replied, that the colonies had no representa
tion in Parliament. If it had been otherwise
what difference could it have made? they
would have been iu a hopeless minority—and
so are the Southern States in Congress. In
deed the South would he much better oft
w ithout a representation in Congress than
with it; for under the influence ot’ a North
ern administration, and ofa Northern majori
ty, the greatest number of Southern members
represent more the will of the administra
tion and that majority, than they do the inter
ests and Yvollfaro ofthe. people who elected |
them: and become missionaries to their con
stituents to make converts to Northern inter
ests and a Northern administration.
No higher evidence ofthe corruption of South
ern representatives, by these influences is asked
by any candid mind, in the ease 1 of Mr. Cobb, then
his declaration, unbhishingly made, that the com
promise was “wise liberal and just.” Upon the
supposition, that slaves are property, and that tlie
slave States have lajiuil rights with thu non slave
holding States, no well-informed abolitionist be
lieves that the compromise was “liberal and just”
to the South. If, before, and at the time of the
declaration of independence, the colonies had been
represent) tl in Parliament by such men as Cobb,
they would have been used by the British govern
ment, and no doubt successfully too, to arrest tho
revolution. They would have been sent back to
convince the rebellious colonies, that secession was
wrong, and that the legislation for them, by Par
liament, was “wise liberal and just.” Washing
ton and his compatriots would have been trampled
down, and damned with the epithets of disunionists
and rebels. They would have stunk in the nos
trels of such men ;ts Cobb and Toombs, as Mr.
Illicit now does.
The ruin and degredation of the South, may
save these men, perhaps foi'tlieir day,from odious
fame, but if in the present struggle, she should
have courage and purity enough to civet herself
and to maintain her rights and honor, they must
retire before the breath of public disgust, and cease
o be the objects of public gaze.
IS IT N< >T SO ?
The cause of Cuba is the cause of the Southern
Rights Party—it is the cause of all who are op
posed to the doctrine of robbing, by legislation or
the machinery of government, one class or one
section for the benefit of anotln r. The friends of
a high protective tariff at the North, a system by
which the South has been robbed for their benefit
more than twenty years—where are they ? Union
men for the sake ofthe Union? no—they are
Union men for the sake of the benefits of a plun
dering tariff. Look at their papers and see how
they count up, in dollnrsand cents, the value of the
Union to them, and address this argument to their
interested neighbors to induce them not to endan
ger the Union, by indulging the luxury of insult
ing the South, but to be content with the plunder.
People at the South : do you find any sympathizers
with this el ss of Union men among your neigh
bors? If you do, are they to be found iu the rank
of the Southern Bights Party?
If in tlie contest between Cuba and Spain, there
are any who would not rejoice in the deliverance
of the Patriots, where are they ? Among tlie
Southern B'ghts people ? no no; They are to be
found among the sympathizers, with these same
Union h'gh tariff men of the North. Tiny have
a strong sympathy with the party which imposes
aad enjoys the taxoe. Spain loves the Union with
Cuba—for the love of the Cubans ? Spain makes
no such pretensions. Tt is for the sake of the
thirty millions, which site exacts at the point of the
bayonet. Would the doctrine of the right of se
cession tin.l advocates among the Spanish friends
of Spanish rule in Cuba? Advocates of the
right of Cuba to secede ? Tlie first thought of
every mind gives the instant answer, no. Where is
Fillmore ? Oil the side of Spain and her high
tariffs ; on the side of the Union for the sake of
the tariff, and against the right of secession; a
right to throw off an oppressive government—“a
right inestimable to freemen, anil formidable to ty
rants only,”—-where are his friends ? They are
with him. We have asked, is it not so ? How
many bound in the fetters of party, will answer
this question by saying, Oh! it comes roni the Col
umbus Times. But we are not without hope, that
the day is at hand, when, sober and candid re
flection will bring, even those who love their party,
whatever may be its nature and its purposes, to ask
this question of themselves. When they shall do
this, they will be with us, and ready to believe us
when we say that we will act with no party oppo
sed to these views, and would not abandon their
support, if the consequences should be, the des
truction forever, of all power among men to form
mere party organization.
The marriage of an aged couple is re
corded in the last number ol the Cincin
nati Commercial. In Louis County,
Ky., on the 31 ult. Joseph Moore, aged
seventy eight was married to Mrs.—
Mary Tolen, aged 84 —the third wife to
the groom and the fifth husband to the
bride.
j NUMBER 28.
OUR CONSUL AT HAVANNA, MR.
OWEN.
He could not be persuaded to visit fifty-one
ot his countrymen, at their dying request, to
hear their wishes, and to receive their fare
well communications to their families and
; friends: much less to attempt intercession
! for them. No, he was the representative of
the Fillmore administration, and the appeal
ing cry, “I am an American citizen,” disturb
ed-not his equanimity. We hope, for the
honor of his country, that he will yet be able
to offer some explanation to relieve the odium,
which the accounts from Havana cast upon
his conduct—although such a hope, at pres
ent, is without any information to support it.
The coalition of the Free-soil and .Silver
Grey Whigs of New York,is based on the right
of each party, to retain its views on all the aspects
of the slavery question. Hut the two parties, we
presume, are to be equals in the Whig party —are
to have equal rights to honors and spoils. Is it not
a little curious, that to preserve the union of the
party, equality is conceded as between men who
differ radically on the great question of the day
whilst to preserve the Union of the States, these
very parties refuse to Concede equality between the
two sections of the Union ? For it is an express
condition of the compact in New York, thatslave
ry is not to be extended—that in all the vast ter
ritory now or hereafter acquired, one of the sec
tions is to be proscrilted.
Such is the condition to which we huve arrived
—that to preserve the unity of parties in the ru
ling section of the Union, the equality of the sec
tions must be sacrificed.
MR. JOHNSON’S OPINIONS.
We invite the attention of our readers
to the following letter from the Editor
of the Southern Sentinel. It contains
some very gra\Te charges against the
constitutional union candidate for Con’
gross, in this District. From our own
opinion as to Mr. Johnson’s views, as
well as from the assertion of the writer,
we have no question ol'the truth of the
charges. Will the slave owners of Geor
gia pronounce such tenets orthodox]
[From the Southern Sentinel.]
[editorial CORRESPONDENCE.]
Chalybeate Strings, August 22.
I understand Mr. Janies Johnson claims
to he on the Georgia Platform! I can hard
ly believe he says so, for my opinion of Mr.
Johnson is that he is an honest man in his
principles, andji fearless man ill expressitfff
them,,and I know that he either does not
stand upon that platform, or he has changed
his views on some of the vital questions of
the day.
That he is a believer in the constitutionality
of the Wilmot Proviso, is not denied. Scores
of his friends in Columbus have heard him
say, that Congress has the power under the
Constitution, to prohibit the introduction of
slavery into any of the Territories. I have
myself, discussed this question with him, and
I have beard him contend, not only that the
Wilmot Proviso was constitutional, but that
it was folly for the South to undertake to re
sist it. In passing, it may not he out of
place to mention, as illustrative of Mr. John
son’s ideas es the powers of Congress that he
believes the General Government has the au
thority to erect a monarchy in the Territo
ries !
But it strikes me ns an unaccountable thing
that Mr. Johnson should wish to represent
a Southern constituency in Congress. It
would be still more unaccountable if'a South
ern constituency should be willing'to entrust
him with their rights and interests at Wash
ington. I warn the slaveholders of the Sec
ond District, that Mr. Johnson will not do to
trust with their rights. The simple fact that
he believes Congress lias the right to shut
you out of the Territories, is reason sufficient
why you should not vote for him. But this
is not all. Mr. Johnson is an anti-slavery
man. Ido not say he is an abolitionist on
the contrary, I believe that he is not an Ab
olitionist : because he thinks the abolition of
slavery would involve greater evils than the
institution itself entails upon the country:
hut he is upon principle, opposed to the in
stitution. He believes that slavery is a great
political and social c\il—that it has been a
curse to the South. I have heard Mr. John
son declare that the North was greater .weal
thier, and more powerful than the South, be
cause the North was free and the South was
slave territory. It is a fact very well known
among his associates in Columbus, that he
went to Illinois a few years since for the pur
pose of finding a home there, and that his
reason for so doing was, that he preferred to
live in a free country.
I understand Mr. Johnson denies that
he ever held, that Congress hasihe pow
er to abolish slavery in the District of
Columbia. I do not recollect, certainly
that he ever held to this doctrine, but I
do know tha’ he believed that Congress
could, constitutionally, prohibit slavery
in the forts, arsenals and dockyards, and
on board the government vessels; and
with these views, the conclusion seems
a very easy one, that Congress can ab
olish the institution in the District of
Columbia.
I have not’done Mr. Johnson injustice
in anyofthese charges; I, certainly have
not intended any. He will hardly deny
that these were his opinions; it he lias
changed them let him say so. What I
have stated is from my own knowledge
derived from an ordinary social inter
course with the gentleman. His views
were never made known to me ip con
fidence, or under circumstances that
would render this public use ofthem at
all improper. On the contrary, as 1
have said before, I have always regard
ed Mr. Johnson an honest and fearless
man in his opinions, and this estimate
of his character is mainly predicated on
the fact, that he publicly and on every
occasion where it was proper to do so,
gave expressions to these views, which
were known to be unpopular. I give
them to the public now, not from any
personal unkindness towards the man,
(for I am not conscious of the least un
kind feeling towards him,) bdt because
I honestly believe that Southern men
ought not to vote for him, and would
not vote for him ifthey knew his opin
ions. Am I not right in this belief!—
These are perilous times. We know
that almost every man inCongress from
the free States is an enemy to our pecu
liar institution, and will do all in his
power to cripple and destroy it- What
sort of men should we send there to op
pose them! No matter what may be his
views about the bank, the tariff, or the
right of secession, tho man whose devo
tion to our institutions can be suspec
ted, is not the man to represent a South
ern constituency, now. The great dan
ger to the South haa.been, and is, that
Southern men permit their love ofparty to
blind them to their true interests. Merely
forthe sake of aparty triumph,honest men
may stop their years to the truth of
charges which render their notmuce to-
tally unworthy ot their roles; 1 buweofe
the reflecting, sober men oftha District,
to ponder well the consequeneee of
their votes in this election. It Mr. J •ma
son's opinions be what I have repres
ented them, it is a very alear case that
Southern men ought not to vote fax hits.
The only qnestion for sueh manta uout
sider is, “are these Mr. Johnsons oitttsJ ’
See if he will repudiate them.
WILLIAM H. CHAMBERS.
CONFIDENTIAL LETTER OF HOWELL
COBB TO HIS BELOVED FRIEND T.
Dear friend, I thank you from mjr heart.
For all you’ve written from tha start,
For, what you lack in real itrength,
You make up in delicious length;
Old Mao I’m sure, must be in trouble.
\t bile you und Hulsey, ride him double.
Now don’t despair, if all the while,
He wears a gracious, winning smile;
Your sharpened stick he may aot feet.
Unless you point it well with steel ■
llis hide is just as tough os leather,
Exposed to every sort of weather.
On tender sjiots, sting like a bee,
fso that he cant attend to me,
1 ban I, none like attention more,.
But his to me, is quite a bore ;
He tells me, if I’ll show “that letter ”
He’ll bet a hat, he'll write a better.
Now when I wrote it, well I thought,
A finer tiling was never wrought,
The sentences were all well! turned'.
And every line with vengeanoe burned;
The Fillmore spirit I was under,
Gave Southern Rights electric thunder.
I swore that as Executive,
1 would as sure as I should live.
Hang every man, who dared to prat*
Os Sovereign rights of any State,
Or thought South Carolina greater
Or better, than a would-be traitor.
Secessions rights, I classed among
The rights of being shot and hung j
I promised rope to-such as Rhett,
Until their tongues were blank a*.Jot,
1 [obey exclaimed (Oh! he was smitten,!
“.V finer thing was never written.”
I sent it down to Millbdgevillo,
They said it wass too big a pill—
That peoples’ throats were yet too small.
They could not swallow it at all:
“And bitter too,” (said Aleck) “very”
“Mistake of the apothecary.”
Boh said’ the battery was right,
But quite too obvious to the sight.
They’d see it through all Cherokee,
And all below down to the sea—
Still just as good as he would ask it,
If I had only , thought to mash it.
I wrote another which they said,
Was “worthy of my heart and head”’
A compliment, which many paid,
Who say, that I the South betrayed :
I'/int is, they meant, I was no bettv,
Thau was my_doubliug skulking letter.
Still, had the worst but ended here,
I should have far lees cause of fear;
But someone, (some suspicion you)
Had read the first one, through and
Then sprung, a leak to adversaries,
And now, wliat mangling eonunoutarit* 11
Yes! now “that letter” is the ory,
From great and small, and low and high ;
I make a speech, instead of cheers,
“ That crashes in my ears 11
I have a darned great mind to show it,
Alt!lough ’twould kill me, and I know it.
But friends aro crying “hold on Cobh’*
Especially my dear friend Bob.,
Ile says the last one that 1 wrote,
lias all that can make me a vote,
i Ic dont imagine how appalling,
Are crowds for that blamed letter bawling.
Cant yon convince the wavering mind,
There is no letter of the kind ?
And that it was a make-believe,
My Northern allies to decoive?
Then for the North have this corrected
By publishing —when Tmjelectcdt
If no one knew, what it contained,
I would nof’feel.at aIT restrained
From altering till it would look,
Just like a Jeffersonian book ;
But then my Northern friends would grumble,
And treat me to an awful tumble.
I'm seeking now a stepping stono,
From which to mount up to a throne,
And how important to escape,
W ith whole bones from this ugly scrape 11
O help me now, and when I’m higher,
I'll draw you up, or I’m a liar,
The following letters from that gal
hint young Creole hero, Victor Kerr, net*
among the last which he ever wrote. They
were written in a hold and masculine stylfr of
chirograph}-, and will sufficiently refute the
unfounded rumors touching their tenor, pnt
into circulation yesterday by the enemies of
Cuban liberty;
To His Wife.
My Dear Felicia: Adieu, ray dear wllbi
this is the last letter yon will receive from
your Victor. In one hour I shall bo no more,
Embrace all of my friends for me. Never
marry again: it is my desire. My ad less to
uiy sisters and brothers. Again, a last adien.
1 dk; like a soldier.
Your husband, VICTOR KJEJUt.
August 16,1851 —6 o’clock
To His Friends.
My Dear Friends: I leave yon forever
and Igo to the other world. I am prisoner
in Havana, and in an hour I shall hve
ceased to exist. My dearest friends, think
often of me. I die worthy of a wor
thy of a Lousianan, and of a Kerr. Jiv dear
est friends, adieu for the last time.
Your devoted friend, VICTOR RNIR
To N. Larose, 11. Bouligny, Leon
dc, William G Vincent, Felix Arroyo.
August 16, 1851—6$ o’clock.
Daily Defter.
Foreign Interference in thj Bmi
Affair.— We have authentic intelligen
ce that the French vessels of war, sta
tioned near Cuba, have tendered their
servicestothe Government ofthatislaad,
to aid it against the people, and have ac
tually been engaged in the transporta
tion of troops from Havana to various
parts of the island. Our readers will
no doubt bear in mind that Louis Na
poleon, in one of his messages to the
National Assembly, boasted of the aid
which he had proffered to the Cuban
Government, on the occasion of the Car*
denas affair. Similar orders have,
doubt, been given the French ships, ia
reference to the present movement. —
There can be no doubt, that the British
officers will be equally as zealous and
active in behalf of the interests of old
Spain. — Delta.
The narrowest escape that we ave t
heard of, was that chap who crep
through a knot hole when his wife ws
chasing him with a broomstick*