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MERCER UNIVERSITY.
rrxytyi.n, grukxk coc.yty, okorgu.
studies.
The Simile f ■* U*ver*lty -re:
r/.
’ 10 rintf tor ilh! (traiiH Ministry;
• “; , ; , i r ;;, , ST7 ! four >Va, t “'a’ . oi oif, “’
‘ vi'.irs. iurludii*, will, 50....-
/i,Mini!.- CoUs-iMv except
“"• including Whatever t#ece*)a,
r. 10 [M-ojvjn- for jHlu.tssio.. into College.
ADMISSION.
hr time for the admission of 51.H1.-nts i* ’
l|1 ,":.;„ r : . J ni,r Kail Term, the las. Wednesday ... Au
f„r mlml-sion into the Collegiate Com*#*
K Jlifart"r* (.eiigriiphy ;
if'"* l *"*’ Vr„;,|Li, I git it. and 6reek Cruintimr, Osm;
‘rttl.inetir: “\, ; awl Jacob’.Creek K.-a.l ■
\ irgil. ’ “a-ro • • M f <llir !.H-n year, of age.
, r; amt mutJ I* |( |„|.^ i(| in ,o the Srientidr Cot.ro;
c undulate* I r • (( , rt ~V Mm iii:itiun on Ceograpt.y:
a"** l “'- ,n ' n Grammar: Simple Equations in At
‘nth ■ 1 1 ,:. Geometry : and iiuisl be at least
r el.r:n.llw..b<.lo”" ~c
■ixl.eu rear, of age.
EXPENSES.
Sirring Term. f all Tnm
7 .<•” Yrrs. erMI , AKV ,. .Nothing Nothing.
i i\ Th Kol.oe.ct 305 on sls 00
! I, -15 TO 13 TO
V.r.l.Hr fear* 1 "•
!’ A ’ * O,:,, TT flaw as 00 15 00
Pre|r:.lorv 0,, on ... IS 00
Se--" o ' l o “."’is no 9 00
Th,r ' l u ....loon e no
Klrnientarj 00 4 00
| H '"' yirrn ,„\S 00 100
’ Ti.r’r"tpe"*e* are required lo lie paid in advanoe.
i I „ students who lod e .> in the buildings,
r 't ilitr- will he received us full payment for the till
j riwnt and contingent export*., of tl.
„f Hoard in the Tillage i <lO per month ; ot
i *,li “*• room-rout, and fuel, S3.
rx.iniE*. KMKXT AlfD VACATIONS.
I Peiaiuence.iwnlie held on the Inst Wednesday lu
■ J 'pvre are two Vsc.vlioliu, dividing the year into two
I . st follow. :
■ f in ,( Term —from last Wednesday in August to Do
■ ,„i H .r I jib.
I tViuter Vacation—from December 15th lo l-'ehrimry
H Turin—from lira! tlay of February to Com
I lllf nrriuent. ... ,
I Hmiituar Vacation—from Commencement lo last Ued
■ iu Augual.
■ .. tm friend on aprtlicalion to l>r. I.agg, the I'resideul
I it,. I'iiiTcr.ity. will receite a Cittakucue containing nil
I v.-.arr information in relation to the Institution.”
■ 11. m. s. i.vnt n*.
ftce’y, of thu Hoard of Trustees.
I mio'JHuiw.
I ,01.1 MIU S SKY-LIGHT DAGURItEAN
’ *' V> ' Kin ’
I On the corner of llrtmtl and Itniidoplt
Streets.
lor hr .mi. .wrf7.7 7'7“s nnr noon stork
I ’ 1 1)01,1,Y respectfully announces to the citizens e f
I rl ■ cohinibu. and vicinity, that ho has taken the above
I |;rv,niv. for one year, and fitted Ihrm up in a style inferior
I tontine ill tlio State of (teorgia.
I He is jire'jrsred to take Daguerreotype l.ikeneases ir a
|- vult that lor beauty and accuracy of delineation can rot
I tnurpsesed by any establishment in the south. His ra
I mers. are of llietateet improTeine it, which will rnal lu
I, in I” take likenes.es either lull, half, quarter, ormetlii to
M,e. aliieh he will put up in Ihe Iswt quality of catsts. or
m Krame.,a. may .nil the tat of .the purchaser. No jel
.on T iling fora Miniature will Is” required to take it tin
It is S enrrert ami sali.fartory likeness at the time it is
ti.ksii. I.ikonesstwo/siek or deceased persona takui al
tla-ir rsvidenees.
trr Invtn.etions given in the Art, awl nil neecswry
iippiustu. furnished.
Vlt t.old lockets, Hreast Pin. and Finger Kings ol
stl iteseription. suitahle for Miniatures, cheap as ra i be
hottgiil in the state.
liiatrutnenta of the liwst quality, with necessary fhtnroe
togelhar with Dagnerrcan atoek of every rleacription.
eoii.t.utlv on hawl and for sale. \lso, anew style ol
l.uirt r ises, which lit. will sell eii reasonable terms.
Pictures warranted not to foil', if properly taken care
111. A premium of Ton Dollars will bo given to any
pursuit producing a tninialtire o. his which lias failed.
I Julies shi.ulil tlress in hlack, or An rich dark rtguros,
and llriillvintn with liiack scarfs and vests.
The Lajlies and gentlemen of r olumtma and vicinity
lire respeetfully invited lo cell at his rooms and examine
hi.stieciiiinns.
I if'Entrance on If road or Randolph slreels.
. hoi. “a
THE FAIR AT MACON.
\(np ditoutimtv will li* |*n**enU‘<t to llio %ffi.m -
rr.o the Smith of proruriiir MiHliriiifi
uiicil lo i!n*ir I>\ tin* liantih ol'tluMr iriemU aiivl
iifii:lilM>rrtmiiip to llu* l air.
IVmnlrr*iv.MM‘l rontimif.H Iho Iroatmoiit of chronic
aldm’hm** tit fvery name. riil lihp ,<nccot‘<lol in curing liun
• Ir.nh ..I irithnut softno thr patient* lV ri-o ivimf ill
uritint; ;• nini|l<* anl |>l:iin Htatt'incnt f llio
MnliciueH c?*n hr s*iil h\ mail lo any part of tlur cotin
ry Hi 11 Irillinij c.t|M*n*M*. niil i* ;il a monthly
luuyr of oiilv nvMlollrrt. Aihlrc^s
M. H THOMSON, M. I).
Mu con l.VtvnjSii.
t'lrcclnr *if Hie Snullirrn llofHiiieo
Mullcml Mhchu, Ga.
Tlr Tliirtcnnth Ahiiiiml I’onrtM* of LocturcH in this liinti
l ution will on Momlay in NovcmiUt next,
“ml coniiinus till the iiKvlinif of tlu* M*<licuil lloartl in
IVhru.nrr llicrcaflcr.
The farully in coni|Ms*(l of tin* followitiff trotitltMiirii,
wli.TO* uicrit- Ah lecturer* art* known lo the protV-** on
f'l no encomium.
1.. HANKSTON, M. |i.. l*rof.f Phyaiohury. ami I'.nllm-
S. THOMSON, M. !>., Prof, ot OhMotrics ami lli
•w ifco I*l \Voim*u ami i ‘liiUlron.
J .T.nt\|’, |’ # . |>. prof, of Principle-* nml Pradkie of
M**liniH*.
J N. l.noMls, M. |i.. prof, of Anatomy,* fhcumtry
>ul Molical Ihn.anv.
osun jm\ |i., prof, of Matrria, Moilica, an
TWMM,m,.v
rtrMlatiiur ami An.aloinic.'il lot-*, f*:iy:ihlo* in cnali, ir*ol
l*-.wjTO-rf.r p iper.- T!u* irradti.ilimr fee i **’•*.
Id*lt*ri of ini|uii v,ami |luh* oil iMtsinw innal
V|Msi pMitl ami mitlroKseil lo
M. S. TIIOMS V M. I>.
//ran of thr b'irn/tu.
John N Genin’b
i ylt* lljilh. :i hv.-oitiful article. .ilm*. n I.arvre lot
tienl'a ami Hoy a* Cups, lor wile al
JIHRHY H'OODRVFFS
r* pt‘Jf*H fctw If.
DISSOLUTION.
f|xi|F. Unit ,'.r■ Kt.I.IS. KKNI.IIH'K ft KI DD, i this
I day disseised l.x mutual cmiseut t.f the surviving
|*'rtiniN.
T!hn, iiiil. hicd will pk'aso lH*ar in niiml the im|>ort
mu’e ofenrlv settlement. /*. K/e/,/* v .
jo/lv .f. 1: /:/)/>.
*t O 4t.
COPARTNERSHIP.
T'lK xnhxcrihern hnv e this <la> for mot l a < ‘opartnership
■ under the name ami s’yle of
. |. P. K1.1.1S Sc cn.
4or thr tmnaartion of a
general grocery business
: f-Thov hnvo puirhamNl the of KHin Ken
driet A Until, at which stand they will remain unlit the
I"! “f t tel,,tier, an,l then vitl remttve I-’ the rnrrtrr nl'rr
(</. m njtyrrT f< 1/ /.,‘rr/t'Jt r'tnjrji. where they will In*
plessetl to see their frieinls. /.- /'. A./. /./•*.
, 7i:< n. >. 11.1 1
w-ntntwb. .loHX an>n.
fy’Siiqnrier and Seiitiiwl txtpv 4 tintus.
Parasols and Umbrellas.
1 ADtrs- black siml fancy ilk l*:i'nvsvds and t'mtwvl
* • Ja also, Siatteh gingham I'mitrellas. assorted si*
-just receil el It) Hit OK. I If. ( I.YMdXs k. VO.
s CUSTOM WHEAT
J ‘ Itot'ND promptly, ami better Flour and more of it
’ * returned, than at any other Mill in the I’nited
‘•isifv. Trv us and et>. al
jniygs-t.i, irixiKß's r.ii..n r. .vir.ix.
VESTINGS.
I>I.\CK ami fancy llgtirrtl Silks and Satins: white
I * anti fancy party Silks ami Kalins : embroidered Ctut
sttnere t'ashmere and Marseilles ; plain amt ligurwl w bite
“nd l.uir Marseille*: fancy sml figured and plaid Mar
•"willses; plain xml fancy l.itien : ami a variety that can
'"'l to ph .v'thc la* ,-* of all gentlemen ready made
v- r tnade to order in thv lesl stviv-. at
rilfi ‘wtt V\ U.I.IKOKr) A. DANIF.I.’H.
HOWARD FACTORY.
l ot.’ ultra, hit. Sept. 13. 15.51.
r I'IH ‘.. k-'c.h r* o’ the Howard Manufacturing ,- o.
arc re i. e-i] meet at their ottice on Tuesday 23d
‘’ *’ -uc n:i a. to the dis|tosition of tlioir
‘• -• neb is r. dered necessary from the contlition
cm C.r “er Pos,. r . tty order of the lloartl.
.-pi di -wltwl! ‘ ./. I. Kino MU r, S K 'rv.
NOTICE.
so,; lll’'. Rr.XF.FIT OF .11.1. COXCF.RXF.n.
j *ale of ia„d Itehmeing to Con. Daniel Mellon-
A k-t 1. lately aiifi'rlivst is post|suied indefinite!*.
Vpi 16—w2t shUROItX .IOXF.S.
INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC.
|M ‘ nndersigntsl resptvdfully infonus his former
* Ir . nd* ami pupils, ami the public genemllv. that ho
has returned lo this city, when he proposes nest” lish
himself to his profession as a Teagher of Music. “ is
not* prepared to take a limit,al number of pupils tn
‘he Piono Forte and in Vocal Music, to ulsun his reg ttar
and trmlivoted attontion will Ik* given.
t gf'Haler* left at the Music Store of C. Reps h C,
wi! receivw prompt attention.
april'Zi—wActwtf RI SSKf, E. HARRIS
DR BRANHAM'S
LIVKR JSD DYStfliP riC .MEDU 1 XE
ror salf fry
HIU. tS. DAW SON.
••'Dfl OKSNF.K A PEABODY.
Columbus, Sept 9, ’sl. 30—7 m
VOLUME XI. |
L. W. WELLS,
Forivarding V C'oinmivvlon Mrrcltanl
s.ly ji xx.i //, ot:o.
augwldwlnt
FI.ETCIIKII & Ult A II T ,
ATTORNIES AT LAW,
CSreriivftll, Ulrrlwrllirr Comity, (ifo
mar26-ws'wlv
FIRE PROOF COTTON WAREHOUSE
< OLUMIU GM.
RITSE,
\l*■ Y. r**m*w flu* ton<l*r of our m*rv.c*i oa. .ri#*ud
* and Iho Plniitprs and Mertrliunh generally, for the
StomK** mid sale of thoir Cotton during the ensuing
H*nson, and trust that our previous flforts to givo satiK
faction, will **tifliirn to us a rofitiimainv ol their patron
agr. Our ur svid*d attention will bt* given to this lii*im*.ss
in allits departments pledging our b*st endea\ors to
promote the intorrst of those who in ay mitnwt their
( Vtt#n to n.
\\'** will witli pleasure, furnish our cu#lo n re with
U.IUG/XG and /<(//*b\ at tlu* market price, and will
procure for thorn any other .articles they may rcipiirn,
on the Ijo\vk<t Terms at which tlmy can be bought here.
We ar*. also prepared to advance liberally to TManter*
on their t’otton stored with us. or mi consignments to our
correspondents at the North or in Eurofie.
ItrSK, PATTEN & BRICE,
f’oluinhus, August lt. IK"I. w&twtf
WINTER S PALACE MILLS.
r po give all a chance, we are putting up a Superior nr
I tielo of floor in *34'v tbs sucks price SI.OO including
sack, this is a great convenience to small families. Henq
cadi with your orders,
autr^-twtf
NOTICE.
from my Stahle on We<lncs4lay night the
i ’ sch inst., some eight mih*s from Qolumhus. on the
stage road leading toTalhotton, a brown hay Horse, some
five years old common size, has a war tin one of his
thighs that ispla n to be seen, some f<*ur inches long and
has saddle marks on his hack, one hind foot white,ridcß
well and w orks w ell in harness, and has the marks of the
gear on him. I will give a liberal reward for the horse
or anv information so that I get him.
Augusti‘*!wtf. tuom.is n.iris.
ROCK ISLAND FACTORY,
IS now manufacturing Writing Paper of ull the va
rious kinds. —such as l.etter, Kools-eap, Flat-cap.Kolio
ands Vunmercial Post. <ruled and imruled.t Mediums.
iVunys, ftc. Also. News-print, Book mat t olored Pa
per. Post-office and News Envelopes and Wrapping Pa*
per of all sizes; allot which will he sold on us favor
able terms as can he purchased in any market.
Orders for any of the above kinds of Paper, addressed
to H. AD \MS, { Treasurer) or thvimdersigiusl, will meol
with prompt attention. fi. - B. CTItTIS Sec'y.
Hats and Caps,
(1 new style silk IliCts, Men's and BoyNcloth
and oil ri!k caps, just received liv
n/tOK.f fV. ci.KMOXS Sr CO.
CAS* beautiful article
for Summer wear, juet'*rcic6tvMl at
July 12 -Iwlm JNO. SMITH’S
FANS A r COST !
Vtlne assortment ot all descriptions for sale a\
lo nloHia lot. C. REPS Ac 00.
PANTALOONS.
I > LACK and fancy English, French and American Hoe
I Skins; fancy pln'nlf ‘ English. French, Scotch and
American t ‘assimercs:hlack,drahd'ctcand queen'hrioth:
black and fancy moltairntul Coburg ford; mixeil Tw ecils.
of many colors; white and fancy Drills: planters* Linens:
Canvas Duck; striped Linens, and a good variety ot
plain and fancy Cottonnde, at
aprilg—wlf* ’ k HAMEL’S.
I SAI.c. N few low-priced Piano-Fortes, to close
a lot. for cash, or approved paper; by
A'ept 2l>. C. /{UPS Sc. CO.
FEMALE ACADEMY.
Exercises in the Columbus Female Academy,
1 under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. CHAPMAN,
will lie resumed Wednesday, October I si.
Tl ITION lEU V ID II or 40 VVCffK*.
Primary t ‘liras,
Senior do 40
epl !h) w4t
Watches.
TjADIKS* FAX MULLED.
enth'irtetrs Cold and vilv*r. *f all the latest styles and
1 patterns—.lust opened and for sale hv
r. f/rrs a rn
\y 4Ti Tin* and n.oi ks regulated, cleaned and
repaired.
m*pt*T,
FOR RENT.
S*or in Winter's Building under ‘ho Bank r>
I Si. Mari’*, now occiip’-iml ass •••gar store, next to
C. Reps A Co's music store, from the Hrst or rviohor
next. A*rpty to t A ‘'’o.
aug22tw ts Enquirer and Sentinel copy.
coi.mrßrs mat.e srnooi.
ri*x T IF. Aca'lcmic-d v**r of t!*is instituCon wiß com-
I mnn‘ < V*. Ist. IS.nl. ami close vbjly Ifitli, tS.*g.
$ 10.
, NT ) t J’ >IIN IST! \M.
HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.
A T? \PC M\.
1’ will s*'ll niv house and lot w ithin one mile o r the eitv,
on such terms as cannot fail to uii anv person desi
ring the proper* v. Tle ho*ise lias e’*dt rooms wilt* all
the neeessnsv on’buiMings. and has
OF |-AND :ittnehe*l.has *• good well of water, and is in
a go*d neighborhood. Possession give** ‘mmedeUelv.
n r t. 1 4t JOHN V JONES.
MTSICA L INSTRCMKNT.v of all kinds. Mrsio and
Fyvi v Coops of almost every description, arc kop
ronstantly on hand by Srp t> <R f F- s k f'O.
BELTING! BELTING ! BELTING !
rwviF. subs*rik*rs having obt:in*d the Agency of a
I large manufacturing House, are prepanat to offer to
their patrons and the public g*iierally, a superior ar
ticle of Patent Stretched Leather Belting, from tyvo to
ourteep inches in w idth. and warranted to give entire
satisfaction—-at prices tow er than ever before ottered in
lii market- Also on hand, a good lot of tin* Rubber
Belling, of various whtftis. Porsons w ishing for Belting
to run mac!inerv. or Planters wish ing for <*in Bands,
will And it o tbe : r int* rest to give ns * call. Ms**, a
tro*M| lot of Belt and Harness Lentlu -kont constnntlv on
1.. WELLS 9l CO.
mxv 13—wly
riailF CNITF.D PTATF.H r'ST OFFfrF. CI’tDF.. by
I Flic ftowen. Late ot'the Font met I'tfirr. -lust reeeiv
ed and for *?Ue ty D. F. AA 11.1.C0X,
Aept 16 2 doors North of Hall fc Moses
DR. H. R. PIERCE,
OFFERS his professional serv'n'es t** the citizens of
Cotundius and vicinity. < ‘tTice at L. PikroC s
Drug st*r*\ nppisiic I*. XL Durr *. o< % t3tw ly
Youth’s & Childre i’b Clothing:
Vlanro invoice ol* KnM’. nn>!-( ')r/f/r. * * t litihiitr.
cv*n*i*lin of roi TH's Oh'T.RVO. I Ts.l- IIO( A *.
s.ii ks. .i.h-ktts. r.ixrsnn.i i h:s is..d< ////.-
n Itnx's sTITs, just nxvixivl Viv
, ,<-t :ii)’ MURRY & HOODUl'y].
BUSINESS COATS.
\ianoioi of s.less ami in srxrss ! i:oci:s.
v,T\ li.nwlsome sti iov ii*i r,,'. i\i*i ly
■ ’ murry it li oonm ry.
POSTPOXKD SAI.K OF VALUABLE
LANDS
OS llic first Tno-iay in Oct. next, we will sell in frnnt
of our Auction Koom in Columbus. Ca- l*s >ns.
fifteen, sixteen, twenty-seven, twenty-eiclit mul eitrht all
in tlie twenty-first district of Decatur county, eleven
rnili-s west of Itainiiriilire. on Kjtrinc ( reek, well timber
nl anil susceptii'le of cultivation. Titles indisputable. —
Terms lialf cash, balance first January next with approv
ed security.
ALSO
Three marble top Kureaus two mart’ll- top Wasbstnnd*.
two fine Sofas, two mahoeany Candle-Stands, six Bed
steads. twelve Mattrasses, four pood rar|>ets,
one splendid brass fire set. one dor., mahoinmy Chairs,
three walnut dining Tables, one fine plated I’astor, rnrk
ery. glass ware,cooking stove and other kitchen furniture,
ks. fcc. ’*
—AI.SO —
hirsts, Carrir.grx , Wagons and Ihiggtei;.
At.SO r
Fire or Six Likely hi rime's,
C. S. HJRISOXSs CO.
Sipi‘2 3—walwrds .f, A'. AYRR^sp'-.
jfcejt’ _ ■ WtHi *
’ v and,
BACOY! BACOSI
ft RAY t VAN PEI.T have ju‘t’‘ceiyed a large lo
Li of Uacoti. Call atid buy.
if!!fj c Hlol umints
WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1.
THE ENQUIRER
was very wrntli yestenlay ni<>niintj. What’s to
p.’tv ? Who struck Hilly Patterson ? Aliy thinye
out? A tty boily hurt ? Not ahtrmeil, we hope, al
tlie pros|s-cts ! We npprehcit l that the Editor's
xvr.'ith has another source am) would take another
direcftoti. yf tt w.'itv deetrted ev|>e.lteiit. Rut it is
all turned <<h us. < )ur aiuiahility and forbearance
are the seape-ijoats of other’s sins. Verv well.— j
But the Etnpiin-r denies that it li rirtnally admit |
| ted that Mr Ji.ltnsoti c/ti/hold toeertain ohjeetion
hlo o|nnioiLs,
o thought so, and vre think ho yet, and so
thought all the persons we have heard s|>eak of
its editorial oflast week. Wo publish here, word
for word, what he said, capitals, italics uifd all,
jus? as it appeared in the Enquirer, and we leave
it to the reader to determine whether it is not a
virtual jtdmission, and a plea in avoidance:
” < >r without further taking into consideration
that Mr. JnlitiHou. fas gentlemen frequently do,
who like to hear others argue, iu eoimtion or pri
vate and friendly conversations, and who never
ex|'et to he hauled up before the public nlxuit it)
did take the false and untenable positions .attribut
ed to him, to bring out that argument. We re
! peat, that without taking- litis view of the matter,
i which is hut a charitable view of it—and suppose
w deny to Mr Johnson the right lo know best
what were his own opinions (and we have not
hoard tlial that has been tlone by any one, wher
ever lie lias been.) and admit that Air. Johnson
did alone time entertain every sentiment, with
language and expression, verbatim et literntrm ,
;is these gentlemen have charged upon him—yet
one thing is certain. IIE DOES NOT NOW
HOLD OR EXPRESS THESE OPINIONS,
hut he assumes tho CONTRARY GROUND.”
Notv tve admit that the e.'tso is put hypotheti
cally, and in tho Editor’s liest non-committal style:
but it is a virtual admission of the fact, and a de
fence put in that ‘‘he does not .now not.n or
F.XI’RESS these OI’IMONR.” Certainly if these al
legations of unimpeachable witnesses were not true,
not only the Enquirer, lint Mr. Johnson would 1
deny them—hut the Enquirer has not done it.—
That paper was n/ipa*ed to have done so —hut
when called on t<> say operifically whether it was
so, the editor replied in the negative. Mow Mr.
Johnson has denied it will he seen from onr Rufina
Vista correspondence.
It wont do Mr. Editor. Aon are a capital ‘‘art
ful dodger”—lmt this was one of tho tight places
that you could not wriggle out of it. A'ott had
either to confront witnesses whom you knew spoke
the truth, or you hail virtually to acknowledge
the corn. You have done it.
All that part of the article that illustrates the
old saving of ‘‘Pot calling kettle black face,” we
pass over—the game is not worth the candle.
A FUSS IN THE FAMILY.
An extremely innocent remark ofours last week,
in encouragem-tit of our friends in Muscogee, to
hare faith —to “trust in God and keep their pow
der dry” seems to have created quite a buzzing
among the little busy bees that hive about the En
quirer office. As for th’ Editor he gels right
down mad, and scolds in a way, unusual with him,
and quite unseemly in a jiolitiei.au up for an office,
with whom all things are working right and
smooth.
The candidates, too, re seared into print, as
follow#:
a C.\ Rn.
It is due to the Constitutional Union Party of
Muscogee county, and otir mutual friend*, to sav,
that so far a* any ‘‘secret influence# are at work,”
referred to in an Editorial of the Times, in rela
tion to the approaching election in this county, we
have no knowledge of it, no jwirt nor lot it.
A. MetMWGAi.n,
T. E. Wool.mu nor..
Ah' 1 Indeed! “Let the galled jade wince.”—
And so Mr. Wooldridge has “no knowledge and
v ipart or lot” in the “secret inlhn nees at work.”.
I wonder! “When ignorance is bliss, ti# folly to
be wise.”
Don’t know anything about it, elt ? Well, we
reckon we shall not enlighten the darkness that j
has eo tie over the “Const'tntioiial Union” folks of
Muscogee— at le*t until after tiie election. lint
then, we appivheti 1 the tiling will need no eluci
dation. Like the auctioneer's beans, “they will
s|>eak for themselves.”
Somethinu or a Loa ti.—A load of If> hales of
cotton came in on the South Plank Road last Satur
day’, drawn by four small mules. It was brought
from the |>!antation of A. G. MeGehee, thirteen
j miles from the city. The bales averaged .11 Si lbs. !
< >.er the ordinary road, five of these hales would
have been a load for the team. Mr. MeGehee is
of opinion that the same team can bring in 20
hales. —Mint Advertiser.
We call the attention of the Merchants an and Pro
perty Holders of < olumbus, and Planters trading
here, to the alwwe. “A word to the wise is suffi
cient” generally—hut it takes many words to
reach the wisdom of our good citizen* on subjects
nearest to their interests. Two or three plank
roads of front gl to 10 miles length, are of prime
necessity to tit's city— indispensable to secure its
legitimate trade A'.to retain some that it has—yet
; who moves in it ? who ,-ares l who takes linn’ to
i link beyond i be doors of his own counting room,
j to enquire how the general weal of the coninmni
; ty of which lie is part, is faring? No where else
; is the maxim unpractically exemplified a* in Col
umbus, that “what’s everybody's business is no
i indy’s husinets.”
Mississippi.—The democratic |vipers of this
S’ • > contradict, most jnsitivelv. the rumored
: withdrawal of Messrs. Thnin|*nn au l MeWillie
! from the Congressional canvass in their respective
: districts.
Mr. Johnson’* mode of meeting the proofs
of his anti-Southern principles, as exhibited
by our B tern Yist i correspondent, will divert
(lie good people of Columbus. Mr. Johnson
hid been unfed hv his friends to use strong
lanifunoe to characterize these charges—but
he would not—he was up to snuff—it was
only a trap to ensnare him into a duel > Fid
dle-saddle. It was much easier for Mr. John
son to trump up this get-off, than it was to
violate his own conscience by a denial. He
knew that Flewellen’s statement is every
word, carefully, critically and punctiliously
-trim —he knows that his old partner Wiley
Williams could swear to tlie truth of every
word of it: and hence, he does not use “strong
language” to deny and denounce the charges.
Why who supposes* if Mr. Johnson felt t hat
these charges were false and calumnious,
that he would or could be restrained from de
nouncing them in the most emphatic lnn
gttage?—woujd a man, guiltless of such
charges be estopped by the cautious appre
hension of getting his foot into “a difficulty,”
■fronrlxjidly and indignantly proclaiming that ‘
“THK tKIOK o F THK STATKS AXD THR SOVKKKIGfiITY OR THK STATICS.**
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA,
[WTJEEM.ILtY.]
he had been falsely and maliciously slander
ed? Innocence is never so wary as all that.
This is the conduct of guilt. “Conscience
makes cowards of us all.”.
lION. JOHN M. BERRIEN.
This gentleman has put forth an address
to the if Georgia, defining his posi
tion <m the exciting issues before the people
of the State. Judge Berrien has been claim
| ed as a Cobb man. The address before us is
the most bitter satire, in a quiet way, we
have yet readmit the “Constitutional Union”
party. Judge Berrien shows that the Cobb
party is not on the •• Georgia Platform.” and
that their principles, as set forth in tlioir
speeches, addresses and editorials, are at
points with the action of tlie Georgia Con
vention. We publish-tliat portion of the ad
dress. The AiTgusta Constitutionalist makes
the following comments on it:
“The following portion of Judge Berrien's
address will explain his position on tho mat
ters now under discussion by the people of
Georgia, and soon to be decided, lie is a
I’niun man, but not a Constitutional Union
man under tho teachings of Cobb. Toombs
and Stephens—lie is on the Georgi a Platform
as laid down by the Convention—is willing,
for the sake of h trmony. to let bv-oones be
by-gones—but cannot sing hosannah* to the
Compromise measures, and say they arc
FAIR. LIBERAL and JUST, and that the
South has gained more than she lost In these
measures. No, he is an honest man, and be
ing such, cannot he made a political tool of
by po!itical tricksters —hence he is discarded,
by them. But the people of Georgia will
sustain him and the platform laid down
by the Georgia Convention. Messrs. Cobb
Toombs and Stephens to the contrary, not
withstanding. The Compromise may be
fair, liberal and just, in the eyes of these
gentlemen, hut it will require the aid of I
Hersdiel’s grant telescope to enable the peo- j
pie of Georgia to see it in the same light.” |
But from various quarters, the question is :
propounded to me—Will you act with the !
Constitutional Union party?—and it shall he )
answered frankly.
I adhere to the decision of the Convention, i
With these representatives of the sovereign- |
ty of Georgia, I have a lively recollection of
“the aggressive spirit of Representatives of j
the lion-slavohoiding States,” with which |
“we have long combatted,” and feel, with j
them, that the sources of this turbid stream |
lie beyond the Halls of Congress —that “they
are. to be found in the midst of their several ;
constituencies”—J agree with them, that the |
meeting of the Convention afforded a fit oc
casion “for the sovereign people of Georgia ‘
to commune with the sovereign people of j
those States,” to remonstrate calmly and
frankly with them, and “to recall them to a
sense of their duty as confederates.” And
although 1 iiud in (lie compromise measures,
as they did. “matter for objection and matter
for ap|rovar*—though, like them, I do not
“wholly approve” them, yet, like them, I will i
“abide bv it,” and will unite with any party, j
or portion of my fellow-citizens: whose eon- [
duet, tis a partv. shall conform to a spirit i
thus manifested by a patriotic body. Like j
them, “impelled l>v an earnest desire to per- j
pctu.ute the American Union,” 1 am anxious j
to “restore that peace .and harmony on which j
its value” depends—and with them, am wil- !
ling to “let by-gones be by-gones,” in the |
cherished hope that “brighter hours will |
come.” If these opinions and these feelings
make me a Constitutional Union man, here |
then is the pledge of mv fealty.
But if beyond this I am required to say j
what the Convention have not said—to af
firm what they have exprcsslycontradicted— I
if. in the face, of the long-continued manifest
ations of an aggressive spirit on the part of
the non-slavcliolding States, which tlie Con- I
vention denounced in tlie language of calm,
yet in inly remonslranee, it is exacted from i
me to sty that Georgia has sustained no 1
wrong—if. while they declare that there isin
the Compromise such “matter for objection”
lltil they cannot “wholly ap|trove it,” I am
required to say, not only that there is iu it tto
matter for objection, and that J wholly np
jtrove. it, hut also that it is fair, just and
equitable—a source of triumph and gritula
tion to the people, of Georgia—-then 1 have to
say, non lure in fmlrra —I cannot enter into
Ihese bonds. I w ill not make war upon the
Convention. This is neither their language
nor spirit. It is in direct conflict with ;fll
they have said or done. I cannot “swallow
my own words”—l cannot unsay, to propi
tiate the favor of a party, what, under the ob
ligations of my oath. I have said in maintain
ing the rights of the State. I cannot stultify
myself, lest I should invade the province of
that reverend gentleman, and gallant soldier,
and accomplished statesman, who does mb
the favor to sit in judgment on my “capaci
ty.” 1 cannot entitle myself to the forgive
ness. which in such a truly gentle.and patron
izing spirit, is vouch*: fal to my “aberra
tions.’’ t cannot hope to remove the serious
doubts of the many patriotic and intelligent,
men who have unburdened themselves to tlie
nonprinting Convention of Richmond. No,
follow-citizens, when 1 accepted, with |>ro- f
found gratitude, to those w ho bestowed it, a
seat in the Senate of the U. S.. I made no
surrender of my privileges as a free citizen
of Georgia. 1 retained mv rights as a man,
and could not divest myself of my obligations
as an accountable being. Dragged before
t e public to repel an unfounded imputation
on my personal integrity, at a moment like
this, it is both my right and my duty tosjieak
the truth, “without fe w. favor, affection, or
tin’ hope of reward,’ - tinawed by the menace,
of party proscription, and unseduced by the
hope of conciliating opposition. To the de
cision of the people of Georgia, ns it has been
announced by their representatives in Con
vention assembled. I yield a cheerful obe
dience. and will cordially unite with any par
ty who will adhere to it. with fidelity, by
whatsoever name that party may he distin
guished. By that, decision, the people of
Georgia, impelled by an earnest desire to
perpetuate the Uni >n,and to restore the peace
and harmony so indispensable to the accom
plishment of that object, agreed to throw a
veil over past aggressions, the existence of
which they did not deny, but asserted—to
acquiesce in the Compromise, not wholly to
approve it —not to eulogize it—not to pro
claim it as a triumph to the South: —above
all, the Convention did nothing to authorize
the formation, under its auspices, of a pro
scriptive party. They opened wide the por
tals of the temple of freedom, and called to
thei.’ fraternal embnicc all who would cor
dially and faithfully unite with them in main
taining the principles which they proclaimed
as essential to the preservation of the Union.
I am unwilling to believe that the great ma
jority of those who are ranged under the
standard of the Constitutional Union Party,
are not actuated by the same, just and liberal
spirit—l will not permit myself to think that
the proscriptive spirit so very strikingly exhi
bited by the Richmond fraction of that great
party, is characteristic of their associates.—
Consider for a moment what it is they have
’ done, apart from the calumny of which they
intended that I should be the victim. The
most distinguished citizen of their county—
one who has served them w ith eminent abili
ty, and a fidelity which-no man will call in
•question—who has a stronger hold on the af
fections of their people, and of those of the
State at large, certainly than anv other man
in Richmond, probably than any other man
in the State—w ho would justly occupy an
elevated position in any assembly of the State
or ofthe Union—a man. the purity of whose
private life is beautifully illustrated in his pub
lic conduct—alike (in the better sense of that
celebrated phrase) “without fear and w ithout
reproach”—without fear, but to do wrong,
and without the reproach of doing it—this
man too has been politically ostracised, so far
as it was in the power of the nominating
Convention of Richmond to banish liltti from
public service.
Bitxa -Vista, Sept. J7th, 1851.
Mr. Editor: —To-day came Mr.Johnson,
and spoke to the people. I will not follow
him through his speech, as it was nothing
I more than a review from the Annexation of
| Texas, including the measures called the
! compromise, with the accustomed blow of
I Union and disunion. When he said there were
| charges made against him and positions as
, eribed to ‘him by Messrs. Chambers, Howard 1
Sommos andFlewellen, his friends anxious to
hear him deny tho statements, straightened
up, their eyes brightened, as bending slight
ly forward to catch in breathless silence the
denunciatory terms of falsehood, base politi
cians, &c.; hut to their disappointment, and our
amusement, lie proceeded to say- -lie had been
urged by his friends to use strong language!
he would not say it was false, ho understood
thr trap, to ensnare him. get him into a per
sonal difficulty, challenge him fora duel, and’
the people about Columbus all knew, lie was
not a duellist. But said they might he mis
taken as to his positions on these topics, and
after laboring some lialf hour to make it ap
pear that they might have mistaken his opin
ions, closed hi* speech of two hours.
But the conviction that the opinions of Mr.
Johnson as stated by Mr. Flewellen aro true
was left on every mind. .Mr. Johnson undo
nothing towards his election w hatever, not a
tiling—his speech wav a poor effort fur hi*
fame. 7'.
We are li.apjiv to welcome, the “Georgia
Jeffersonian” published by Maj. Ci.ink, at Grif
fin, iu an enlarged form and new type. The
Jeffersonian is one of the staunchest, truest, stnt
ablest of the Southern Rights jin's* of Georgia.
I'n r Pai.uktto Flag is the title of anew
and able paper just started by E. C. Coi'Ncei.i. in
Charleston, and devoted to seperate State action.
Wo cordially w dcomo its advent and place it on
our exchange list.
The Griffin Union publishes onr letter to the
Charleston Committee and ealls on the “ peo
ple to read and think /” Well, that is just what
we want the people to do. We are much obliged
to the ‘‘Union” for |ntblishing it, and wish every
submission jiajier in the State would follow the ex
anqfle. It is not often that that much of political
truth gets to their readers.
[From tho Montgomery Allas.]
Ftrwi.ei, friend Hooper, ofthe Cham
ber’s Tribune. shall have seen the use made
of that editorial of his about the Whig party,
by the Register of this city and kindred prints
will it not induce him to submit to the ordeal
of a rigid self-examination? We think it
ought.—[ Mobile Advertiser.
The “editorial” in question, was one in
which Hoiqier made a clean breast of it, and
acknowledged that the Whig jiarty at the
Smith was as “dead as a Mackerel”—that at
the North that party had become hopelessly
abolitionized—that consequently the South
ern Whigs could have no further alfiliation
with them—that the Northern Democracy
“.as a general tliing, was sound on the Slave
ry question”—that the Constitutional doc
trines of this latter party were, the safest for
the South, and that the old “Jackson Guard,”
was. after all, the only kind of jiarty soldie
ry that the Southern States could rely on for
a maintenance of their rights,&e,
The editor Ilf llic Mobile Advertiser, who
knows nolhing in polities, but the interests of
parti/, stiqis not to inquire into the truthful
ness. or falsity of these candid avowals, but
finding that they may he turned to some ac
count against his dearly beloved associates
and all-potent allies of the North, stands a
gltast at the blunt honesty of his “friend
Hooper.” and administers to him the above
rebuke for start ling the world with so strange
a phenomenon, as * submission Whig dealing
in a little, down-right, hottest, plain spoken,
|>olilic:ii trut It.
It was indiscreet in “friend I loojter” — xvliat
political .Jesuit will deny it!—thus to play the
Marplot to the great vexation of all the \irtu
mis Tartufes ofthe press: and it is no won
der that our neighbor of the Journal labored
• so h ird to throw over it the appearance of a
’ “/n!,r. ‘
To hear a pi ominenl politician among our
opponents, telling the plain undisguised truth,
in relation to the innumerable and h titious
transgressions of Ids jiarty, we confess does.
at first sight, wear the appearance of a “jiihef
and might perhaps it; I Id* instance have pas
sed for one. Ird not th: facts of tho confes
sion Iren quite so notorious: hut under tlie
circumstances the only “joke"connected with
the matter seems to be the [Mizzled and com
ical airs put on l>v these men in their awk
ward endeavors to explain it.
lloo|ter’s testimony most wofullv discon
certed them. Asa partisan editor, in the
submission whig cause, he for once, rose a
l)ove the influences of prejudice-and spoke
tile plain, unvarnished truth. Now. as that is
a kind of weapon that is not often found in
that partv armorv. they of course could dis
cover little or no use for it, and wc.ro as coy
of making its acquaintance as a raw recruit of
coming in contact with a twelve-pounder.
So. thus it stands: The editor of the Cham
bers Tribune, a strong Submission Whig,
having by some means or other—the ways
of Erovidenee are inscrutable —been brought
to the stool of repentance, honestly divulges
to the world certain wholesome and import
ant truths —or, in other words, makes an hon
est confession of certain facts; which throw
as much discredit upon liis own party as they
reflect honor on that of his political oppon
ents: and so astounding and unheard of is the
procedure to some of his party confreres, that
one of them can only account for it on the
supposition that it was intended for a “jokes
—while other looks upon it as an offence of
so grave a character that it can only be ex
piated by long and severe penance, after the
preliminary discipline of a most rigid “self
examination!”
There are other points connected with this
naive confession, which might be used to good
advantage, if it were our present object to
contrast the doings and tendencies ofthe two
old parties on the subject of Slavery for a
number of years past. Hooper ought to have
TUESDAY OCTOBER 7, .B*sl
known all these facts, and ought to have
blazoned them to the world long since: but
p'.rhaps that was a little to) much to expect
under all the circumstances of the case,
•St. I,oris, Scj>t Hi.
Gen Henry Whiting, U. S. A., fell dead at bis
room in the Planter's 1 louse, this afternoon. Tlie
cause of Ilia suddeu death wtusstiji|Miseil to be from
an affection of the heart.
Lorisvn.t.K, Sept *?’?.
The steamer James J.aekson, while leaving
Sliawneetmvii yesterday evening, cx|loJpil two
boiler*, killing an<l scalding !.’> |rsons. The
Cumberland Valley was close by at the time, and
lowed tlie wni’k ashore. Many of those scalded
have since died.
( TNTintNA, Ky.,?Sejit 15.
The cholera broke out here yesterday morning
in all its malignity. I helpt*! to bury three |ht
son* in one grave. There is great oo.sternation
here. Some of the bint citizens have already fal
len victims. ’
riTTSBURtI, Sejit ’22.
There are lfi inches water in the river. The
weather indicate# rain.
BITKF’AI.O, Sept 22.
A break occurred in the Erie Canal this morn
ing near Fliltonville which it will take several
days to re|iair.
As two locomotive# attached to a freight train
were coming u|) from Columbus to Cleavelaiid, the
boiler of one exploded, instantly killing S. Booth,
one ofthe Engineers, and fatally injuring the oth
er. A fireman was also severely scalded. The
rails were torn up and one locomotive destroyed.
The passenger train was detaiuud 5 hours.
Later from Santa Fk.—Account* from
Santa Fe, up to tho 92d nit., have been re
ceived at St. Louis. Col. Sumner, with one
regiment, had gone out oil an expedition
against the Navajo Indians, and will whip
them if he gets a chance.
Commodore Warrington lie* verv ill iu
Washington, with slender hopes of recovery.
Citv Mortality. —The total number of
deaths in New York for the week ending
Sept. 20th, were 4 Hi.
The number of deaths in Philadelphia last
week was 18(1. of which there were 99 chil
dren and 67 adults.
Rev. Dr. Whitehorse, it i* announced,
has accepted the post-of Assistant Bishop of
Illinois, but the consecration will not take
place until next Spring.
The “Union” mtjority in Mississippi is
about 6000, and the vote 12,000 less than at
the last State election.
An Editorial Convention was in session at
San Francisco when the mail of the 15th
nit. left. Sixtcon news-papers, were repre
sented. The members had been honored
with numerous courtesies by the citizens.—
Among others, a sjilendid dinner by the pro
prietors of tlm California Exchange, another
by Messrs. Adams & Cos., and a grand ban
quet by Mr. Jones at his hotel. Various other
entertainments were in preparation for them.
The San Francisco papers are. again agit
ating the question of the establishment of a
line of steamers between that city and China.
7’he Alta California says that the subject
will be brought before Congress at an early
day during the coining session, and that, un
til after the decision of that bodv is known,
the merchants of San Francisco have deter
mindto move no further in the matter.
FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 3, 1811.
THE ELECTION
is giiiitg on quietly and smoothly. W o have had
none of the burly burly excitement that usually
Jireeede# a struggle t the Judin. It i* tube luqied
that men will be able to vote calmly and disjias
sioilately according to the inqiulses of duty and
tho deuian Is of jM-ineijile. The great bubble of
danger to tlie Union lias exploded, and men will
not ru*h to the polls, as the Millerites did on the
great, last day to put on their ascension robes.—
W’e consider that a more nneertain eleetion than
the one at hand has never taken jilaee in Geor
gia. The Gobbite* may brag, and do brag, but
no man knoivs wb.it twelve months of relieetion
on the eoiTqiro’nise and llic attitude of tlie South
have effected. I here is everything to encourage
the friend* of the South to exertion. If the South
is to l*e protected front further .aggressions, it will
he by the shield which the Southern Rights Party
will throw between it audits Ibcs. Unionism of
fers no defence to us or our institution*.—
The North is looking with deep anxiety to see
what our jiolls will declare next Monday. IfCobh
and his jiarty carry the day, there will be rejoic
ing in the houses ofthe I'ree-Snilers every where.
There is no doubt of this fact: and it should sjieak
a warning voice to our peo|)le, in explanation of
the true nature of this contest. It would seem
that the cause of the South ought to tl’iiiiiijrh ill
! (lie homes of its friends— on the soil of the South.
UW The Enquirer's long dissertation n'smt the
“ Times—llio ( May ton Compromise—;in! the Lit**
territorial hills,” are twaddle and nothing else. It
is intended to throw dust into the eves of voters
just on the eve of an election. Why is tbisdis
cuss on postponed to iliis Into lump ? Why Jims not
the Enquirer argued these great question* for a
year |>ast ? and we ajqionl to all its readers to
prove that it has done nothin; all this time but
editorialize about tbe “stars and strijies” and tile
” glorious union” and the traitors of Smith Car di
na and Georgia.
W e brushed .evay all it* cobwebs in a single
article, last week. If we were to undertake
to brush away the f. “sit ones that it lias now spun
we should repnhbsh that at L.r'e. But our readers
are already in possession of it and we shall not
annoy them with the repetition.
Tlie great fact still stands forth, that it was the
lex loci doctrine put forth by the Whig members
of Georgia in Congress, that taken with the last
emnjiroinise. excluded the South from the territo
i ries just as effectually, a* if tiny had been sur
rounded by a wall of fire, or a riirdon of armies-
Stejihens with his Mexican law frightened our
|ioo|>lc out of all thoughts of emigration to Califor
nia until the moment when California decided
what her institutions were to be—and as tho slave
holder was not there to vote on the question, of
course the YTtnkees and the Chinese, and the In
dians and Free Niggers, the Mexicans,and hea
ven know# what sort of outlandish nations, voted
slavery out of the country. *
But- we will not publish the bills ! Well, the
Enquirer wont the facts that gave color
and character to the bills. It was Stephen's Inter
national doctrine that did the mischief, before the
bills were jwssed. It makes no difference whether
we assented to Stephens’s doctrine or not —it had
its effect—it kept our jx-ople out—it keeps them
out yet, and would, if I here were no compromise.
But it is folly to pursue the pettifogging of the
Enquirer at this stage of the game. It is too late
to argue now. We have been trying to get the
Enquirer to this argument for a long time—but
| NUMB till 40
could get nothing but its single note of “glorious
union.” The argument is exhausted, it is now
time to stand bv our votes.
THE CONSUL AT HAVANA.
W e have forchdrne to republish the many ter-1
rible things that have been said of Mr. Owen by
the American Press; because Mr. Owen is a
citizen of,a neighboring county, and although we,
never had much respect for him |olitie;illv, we
would not suppress a wish that he might be able to
explain away the serious charges against him as a
man. We recollect no instance in which such
torrents ofindignation have been poured out on
one head. Ami while political op]*.unit and
neutral unite in one volley of condemnation, the
presses friendly to the administration do not de
fend him.
We publish to-day his letter of explanation.—
W e must say with the Saw Republican, that it is
entirely “unsatisfactory.” Absence front Itis of
fice at a time so critical to the lives of some half a
hundred of his countrymen in a foreign land, to
which he was accredited ns a special guardian of
American life and property, is but a lame defence.
We think the true solution of Itis conduct is, that
he sympathized with the sentiments of Mr. Fill
more’s proclamation, denouncing the invaders as ;
plunderers and pirates, and felt no very lively in
terest in their fate. And what fastens this im
pression is the fact vouched for by the prisoners
subsequently taken, that lie was neglectful and
cureless of their condition.
We publish Mr Own’s letter and the cards of
the prisoners. The conduct of the Britisli Con
sul and his Secretary was generous and noble.—;
S>> highly is it appreciated that the citizens of-N*
Orleans propose to make these gentlemen some
public testimonial of their admiration and thanks.
Unusual Phenomenon.- —List evening tliere
\vs a display of tlio Aurora Borealis, of a brillian
cy and duration very unusual, if not unprecedent
ed, in this latitude. A rich flush of light of vari
ous shades, from a pale green at the horizon to a
glowing crimson at its upper edge, covered more
than half the Northern sky, .and was so vivid as to
produce a general impression that it was produc
ed by a conflagration in the neighborhood. This
extraordinary visit of the Aurora was continued
until a late hour of the night, and if the exhibition
was of a corresponding brilliancy in regions fur
ther North, it will afford a rich theme for scientific
discussion.— Clitis:. Mercury.
The same phenomenon was exhibited in un
usual brilliancy at this place. It lasted from dark
| until 10 o’clock. When we last looked at the
Northern sky, the violet and crimson tints had
faded away and the horizon was illuminated with
a pale bright light, precisely like the dawn of a
clear morning. It was difficult to imagine that
you were not watching the breaking of a splendid
daylight. Many persons here had never seen the
Aurora before, which shows how rare the phe
nomenon is in this latitude.
FRUITS OF THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY ON
LONG ISLAND.
The following from the Long Island Farmer is
a truthful description of the intolerable nuisance it
represents. Nearly all these negroes were slaves
or are the descendants of skives, and they are just
what and no worse than negro slaves every where
would be, if like these wretches of Long Island,
they were set free and left to themselves : — N.Y.
Day Bunk.
“We for a long time have refrained from noticing an
intolerable nuisance existing in our village, in hopes that
the proper authorities would adopt some measures where
by the evil might he abated, lint Hading no action taken
hy.tliem. wcappeal to the villagers generally to urge our
worthy trustees to enact some taw whereby our village
may tie freed from the greatest curse, in a moral point of
view, that cun tie inflicted upon us—we refer to the con
gregating in our streets of a dirty, drunken, impudent,
I infamous set of male and female negroes, who make it a
common practice nightly to gather in large groups on the
corner of almost every street, drink rum, use all kind of
filthy and profane language, quarrel and make night
hideous with their incessant squalling and drunken rev
elries. The ladies of our village hardly dare venture in
the street after night fall, fearful their progress (which is
the case frequently) may he impeded by these dirty, im
pudent blacks, nr their modesty shocked by the foul lan
guage which tails from their polluted lips.
•I.aiwiica is a pretty village, and many more would
make it their place of residenc e were they not deterred
liv the cause above named. We have been repeatedly
told that W'e need not expect persons of respectability to
settle here so long ns we allow a set of drunken negroes
to run, riot a! night mid infect Hue atmosphere with an
odor that no non-infcsUant (tan eradicate.
Will otir trustees take the nuttier itt hand V If so. all
well; it not, who w ill blame the people should they lake
the law in their own hands amt abate tiiis intolerable
nuisance?”
These are scenes our Northern Brethren , in
tin; excess of their philanthropy, are so anxious to
prepare for us. Think of.it. Isa few free blacks
.are able, by their abandoned and riotous con
duct to make a little viilugi- in New York
such a scene .as the lentg Island Banner de
scribes—what would lie the condition of the South,
with three or four millions of these people turned
loose to “make night hideous” with their revel
ries and pollutions ? The New York I hay Book
says that these people were once slaves, or .are the
descendants of slaves. Mow far has their eoinli
t:on, morally .and physically, been bettered by free
dotti ? They have become the slaves of passion and
of v’ee. Is their condition better than it would lie
amid the “rnntamiuatins influence* / xlareiy ?”
Perhaps (lie Pnion can liilate for ('"tigress in tiiis
District could answer this i|tiestioii.
Th - goo 1 citizens of tie* free village ol'.Taniaicn,
it seems, final that there are ‘‘contaminating inllii
enoes” surrounding hl.aek freedom in their midst.
Ladies are not sale ill the streets, from a class of
people fonec happy, well-fed. industrious and ns. -
fully employed slaves) who are now characterized
as a‘‘drunken, dirty, impudent, infamous set of
male and female negroes.”
We despise the cant about slavery. We des
pise the sickly sentimentality that will not endure
what is .a positive good bee.au e it has got a bad
name. We despise the man who for .a barren
idea would subvert institutions permitted by f iod,
countenanced by his book, from which vast streams
of blessings to both master and the slave, have
been continually flowing since the first African
was translated from barbarism in bis native coun
try to civilization and plenty in this. We hold
that the only evil thing als.ut African slavery as
it exists here is its name. Except in name, slave
ry, real slavery exists in more hideous forms In
every other country. Our slavery is the I test or
ganized system of labor the world ever saw—the
best tbs world can have. While the primova
curse of man lasts, that out of the sweat of his
brow he should eat his bread—while labor is ne
cessary to civilization, nay to life—so long as the
majority of mankind mast work, and only a favor
ed few can live without it—so long as this law of
human existence remains of force, we repeat
“African slavery is the best organized sy stem of
labor the world ever saw.”
Dont tell us therefore, of the “contaminating
influences of slavery” of the “might that slumbers
fn a freeman’s arm” (while that “freeman's arm”
can be bought in most of the countries of the
earth for barely enough food to sustain life) and all
those other canting diatribes which find tlicirway,
only, into beads that have a spot much softer than
the hearts from which it is pretended that they
spring. An abolitionist, we look upon as a sort
of crazy man—crazy on one |tint, lie sees what
he considers an evil, and in his blind enthusiasm
will do a thousand times more evil to remove it
Itis like burning up one’s house to get rid of the
nits in it.
Whenever a man talks that way, North or
South, rely on it he has a soft “sjwit in his head,
that may be very hard and strong in other respects
—beware of him.
fUJy“lntelligence lias reached the Navy Depart
ment that Lieut Wilson IL McKinney, of the U.
\ “,
States Navy, departed this life at Marseilles on the
I ’'th ot August, 1851. Lieut. 31. was attached
to 1 1 to razee Independence.
Stop Tin kk ! Stop Thief! ! —We ctttt scarcely
p .-k up a Constitutional Cniou paper but w find,
in glaring letters, a caution to their readers to
look out f.r spnriolts documents just before the
election. Tiiis cry is Only to lie found in Consti
tutional Union papers, ami our advice toour friends
s, whenever you find a chap ahead of the crowd,
hallooing Stop Thief ! lay your hands on him.—
lie is the man.— Count.and Rcp'uh.
Chatham County —The lion. Tims, f’ltrac has
been nominated by the Southern Rights Pufty of
Chatham county, as their candidate for tho Sletf
ate ; and (I. I*. Harrison and Dr. J. P. Kcriven
for the House.
The Constitutional Union Party have nominat
ed.!. W. Anderson for the Senate, and Judge
I lenrv and F. S. Bartow, for the House.
Consul Owen! —The New York Com ntereia
Advertiser (W.) says of Mr. Owen’s letter of de
fence ;
“We are const wilted to say that his explanation
is in the highest degree unsatisfactory, so far as it
relates to those unfortunate victims of a gross de
lusion ; and we find it difficult, in view of the
heartless tone ot this letter, to hope for more satis
factory explanations of Itis alleged neglect of the
second hatch of prisoners.”
The Savannah Republican of the same pdities
copies the article as “embracing our (its) present
views.”
pgY” James Johnston has been nominated s
the democratic candidate for Governor of Virginia.
Geo. Childs, U. S. A., lias been ordered
to Florida, to take command of the forces there.
fgF’Thu first volume of M. Calhoun’s imstlm
tnotis works, containing a disquisition on the Con
stitution and Government of the United States,
litis been issued in Charleston.
The Union of Methodist*.— The Baltimore
Clipper says that the efforts to re-unite the Meth
odists-of the North and South, since the issuo of
the Methodist ease, have been unavailing. The’
project met with disfavor at the South.
Extract front a letter dated
Pf.kky, Thursday 25th Sept., 1851*.
Mr. Editor: Dear Sir—As to our pros
poets in this eptinty, unless we are entirely
deceived by voters themselves, we will succeed
in the county with our whole ticket l>v from
25 to 50. Benning’s visit here lias done us
infinite good and left our enemies nothing to
work upon but such malicious calumnies as
they can devise, llis first speech at Pulaski was
well received—of his more recent visit I have
only heard that he is making sad havoc with
th s “Glorious Union” party. From what I
learn from different portions of the district I
feel quite confident of his success.
Yours Truly.
Congressional Election in Maryland.
The election for members of Congress, in
the State, of Maryland, took placer on Wed
nesday the first of October.
The following are the candidates in the re
spective districtsef the State:
Wlrins. Democrats.
1. *Ricliard 1. Bowie.
Th os. F. Bowie, (ImL)
2. Jacob Philip Roman. *Wm. T. Hamilton.
3. * Edward Hammond.
4. Tims. Y. Walsh. Win Pinkney Whyte.
5. * Alexander Evans. Hiram McCullough,
fi. Daniel M. Henry. James A. Stewart.
Jos SCottman, (Iml)
*Late members.
OTJR CONSUL AT HAVANA.
The Washington Republic has received the
following letter from Allen F. Owen, Esq.,
our Consul at Havana, which it submits with
out comment to the consideration of bis
countrymen.
Consulate of the United States, )
Havana, Sept, Hi, 1851. (
‘Bn the I'.ililnrs nf the Republic:
Sir: In your weekly issue of the 28th
tilt, vou do me the justice, to object to my
condemnation without a hearing, and to say
that lam probably able to expiairn, to the
satisfaction of my’ countrymen, my omission
to net relative to the execution of the prison
ers who were, slmt here on the 16th ult.
Ido not doubt that I sit,-ill satisfy every im
partial iiiint! that I am undeserving censure,
and that I had no opportunity of doing any
thing in behalf of the unfortunate men who
met so sail a fate.
I reside about four miles from this place,.
and not being well on the morning of the
Hit It. did not reach my office till some time af
ter ten o’clock, where, for the first time, 1
heard oftlie capture of about fifty oft he men
who had come with Lopez to this island!
in the steamer Pampero. lat the same time/
heard that the pris ners had been tried,found
guilty, eondemed, ordered to lie executed, She
order for their execution sent forward, and
(hey were about being removed from tho
harbor, where they w ere, to the place of exe
cution.
.Shortly afterwards, the American residing
here, who, it is said, called on me, came and
m qitioncd the subject to me, when I said to
him (It it it Was too late, and that I could do
nothing—that I should not have time to get.
permisson and see the prisoners. Os this 1
felt perfectly satisfied at the time, and I havo
since been confirmed in tiiis opinion bv the
highest authority in the island, who informed
me that the execution, which had already been
ordered before J readied the city, would not
have been postponed for me to have inter
view with the prisoners, inasmuch as .-ill I
could have asked to be permitted to do had
already been done by a gentleman known to
some of the prisoners, for whom they had
sent.
Soon after Hie American referred to left
my office, J received the information that a
gentleman known to some of the prisoners
had been sen: for by them, and to him they
delivered the articles and messages they de
sired to be conveyed to their friends. It was
but a short time afterwards that I sent to tbc
palace of the governor and captain general,
and heard that the prisoners had then been
executed.
3 ou will thus see that I had no time to act,
and that it was notin my power to do any
thing for the unfortunate men who had been
induced to invade Cuba with the expectation
that they would find the w hole island in a
state of revolution, and that they would be
received with open arms by the whole native
population at least.
The charge of indifference to the dreadful
condition of such a number of men, the great
est enemy I have on earth will not believe;
and all must believe it a base falsehood* and
an unfounded calumny.
If it were allowableon such an occasion, I
would most solemnly declare before God that,
in my judgment, at the time and under the
circumstances, it was not in my power either
‘to have an interview with the prisoners, or to
have done any thing on their behalf.
I am, very respectfully, your ob’t. serr’t.
A. F. OWEN.