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From the N. O. Picayune, h>th inst.
From Texas.
By the steamship Globe, Capt. Moncrieff, we
have papers from all parts of Texas—the latest
dates from Galveston being the lllh inst.
The Victoria Advocate says that the late dry
weather has been quite beneficial to the cotton
crops in that region, which had begun to suffer
from the rain. Colton picking is now going
on extensively. The fields of sugarcane look
well, and promise a large yield.
We regret to learn that more than the usual
amount of sickness now exists at Houston. In
some cases we learn that whole families are
down. The Star is silent upon the subject,
but the Presbyterian says :
‘‘ln our last we spoke of the weather as hav
ing been remarkably hot, which, as we after
wards learned, was the cause of quite a number
of violent attacks of fever, many of which pro
ved fatal.”
A letter to the editors of -the Victoria Advo
cate, dated at San Antonio. August 24, states
that a few days previous Lieut. Brown, of Capt.
Crump’s company of Texas Rangers, with a
bout thirty men,hadafight withaboutthe same
number ofLipan Indians, who had stolen some
horses from the Rangers’ camp. Ten Lipans
were killed, about 125 head ofhorses and mules
were taken, and the Texans returned without
the loss of a njan. . -
The Civiliati of the 11th inst, has the follow
ing remarks upon Col. Hays’s expedition to
Chihuahua :
“Some persons have supposed that the an
nouncement of the expedition of Col. Hays,
with 100 armed men, to Chihuahua, had some
thing to do with the mysterious Buffalo hunt.
Such is pot the fact. The object of the expe
dition is to mark out and open a good road for
commercial purposes, in order to draw the Chi
huahua trade into Bexar. Col. Hays left, or
was to leave, San Antonio de Bexar about the
27th ult., with some twenty of the citizens of
Bexar, and about forty rangers from Captain
Highsrnith’s compauy, to explore the route. —
The expenses of the party are borne by the
merchants of Bexar. The success of this un
dertaking. which we do not doubt, and of
others which will follow it, will result, unless
we are greatly mistaken, in a complete change
of the route ofthe overland trade to Mexico.—
The distance from San Antonio to Chihuahua
is not one-third that of the route now travelled
from Missouri.”
A public meeting has been held in Jackson
county, on the subjects of land titles and the
late apportionment law. Another meeting on
the same subjects, is to be held at Texana. dur
ing the next term of the District Court, to de
termine what steps are most proper to be pur
sued in the premises. The following are a
mong the resolutions of the late meeting:
Resolved, That the decrees of the Supreme
Court of the State in the case of Hunt vs. Ro
binson s heir’s,is made to rest on a law of 1832,
whereas the grant was made under the law of
1825. The said decree is mischievous in its
consequences, as it renders doubtful all con
tracts entered into in relation to rights acquir
ed under the laws of 1825, or subsequent en
actments of the Mexican authorities, which
have been abrogated by the constitution of 1836
—gives encouragement to locators to disturb
the claims of citizens, and exposes the country
to genera] litigation.
Resolved, That the colonists and old settlers
of Texas have settled and redeemed the coun
try by their toil and with their arms, and they
will not tamely submit to any course of legisla
tion or adjudication which robs them of their
homes, and gives them to the grasping locator
—the man of yesterday.
From the Houston Star, of the 19th inst.,
we copy the two following paragraphs :
Cotton Worm. —We regret to state that the
cotton worm has made its appearance on sev
eral plantations on the lower Brazos. An in
telligent planter has informed us that the worm
commenced its ravages about two weeks since,
Little injury has been done, but fears were en
tertained that the ravages of this destructive in
sect will increase to an alarming extent. The
crops in the vicinity of Matagorda, it is said,
have suffered more from the worm than those
on the Brazos.
Sugar Crop, —The season has been unusual
ly favorable to the sugar planters. The cane
on the whole line of the Brazos, and on most
of the plantations on the Caney and Colorado,
is remarkably promising. The late storm beat
down the cane on several plantations, but the
weather has been favorable since, and it has
recovered from the effects of the storm, and is
growing finely. The crop of sugar this sea
son will probably be at least one third-larger
than that of last year.
The total amount of cotton exported from
Texas during this year ending the 31st of Aug.,
1848, was 39.027 bales, not including that
which reached this city by the Red River.
Railways in England. —The extent of
railways open for public travel in Great Bri
tain and Ireland on the Ist of July last was 3,-
830 miles, and the total produce of travel upon
them within the first six months was £4,47 7.-
000, averaging £1,169 per mile. The length
of all the roads open on the Ist of July, 1847,
was 3,1.>0 miles, and the produce for the six
months about lour millions, or £1,270 per
mile, showing a diminution of income per
mile of about 9 per cent, but an increase in the
a 2g re £ ate °f H percent.
The reduced rate of increase is attributable
in part, to the depressed state of the trade of
the country, and in part, to what must have
been anticipated, that the newly constructed
roads consisting in great part of branches and
extended lines over parts of country of com
paratively small population and business, are
far less productive, and will continue to be so
than the routes which were first occupied.—
similar results are to be anticipated from the
yv.de extension of rail roads in this country.
It does not lollow from this view of these im
provements, that they may not be extremely
useful, although their promise of remuneration
to the proprietors is less flattering. But when
it is considered how much more popular it is
to follow the crowd, than to take the risk of go
ing alone, it is not surprising that rail road sub
scriptions are much more readily taken up
now, than they were fifteen years ago.—Bos
ton Advertiser.
A new French Discovery. —Method of
Welding Iron, Steel, and sheet Iron. —ln an
earthen vessel melt borax, and add to it l-10th
of sal ammoniac. When these ingredients are
properly fused and mixed, pour them out
upon an iron plate and let them cool. There
is thus obtained a glassy matter, to which is
added an equal quantity of quick lime. The
iron or steel which are to be soldered are first
heated to redness; then this compound, first
reduced to powder, is laid upon them—the
composition melts and runs like sealing wax;
the pieces are then replaced in the fire, taking,
care to heat them at a temperature far below
that usually employed in welding; they are
then withdrawn and hammered, and the sur
faces will be found to be thus perfectly united.
The author asserts that thisprocess, which may
be applied to welding sheet iron tubes, never
fails. — Rec. de la Polytech.
From the New Orleans Picayune, 15 th inst.
Complimentary Ball jo General T aylor _
Presentation of a Medal, &c.
Pass Christian, Sept. 13, P. M., 1848.
The ball is j ust opening, the introductory
ceremony of which was the presentation ol the
medal voted by Congress to Gen. Taylor for
the glorious victory of Monterey. As 1 have
already told you, Charles Harrod, Esq., of your
city, was appointed the medium of delivery,
and in a very neat and appropriate address —
as you will see by a copy which I here enclose,
with General Taylor’s reply —handsomely dis
charged that duly.
The lamps are blazing, the cannon is thun
dering forth a salute, and all is hustle to begin
the dance. I will to-morrow send you some
account of the ball. The steamboat is about
leaving the wharf, and I have only lime to hand
this to a friend going to the city.
Yours, See., A. L.
Mr. Harrod’s Address.
Gen. Taylor —You are already aware, sir, that I
am the bearer of a gold medal voted to you by Con
gress to commemorate your brilliant achievements at
Monterey.
It was handed to me in Washington by the Presi
dent ofthe United States, through the honorable Sec
retary of War, with a request that I would place it in
your hands; and now, General, I have the honor of
doing so, together with the official documents accom
panying it, handed me at the sane time.
Permit me, General, on this occasion, to express
my gratification at being the bearer of this medal, and
having the op|iortunity to present it tq you in the pre
sence of such a numerous and brilliant assembly of
your fair countrywomen, and at the same time to pay
my respects to you, whom the nation thus uonors for
bravery and skill in conducting her armies.
This, General, is a tribute from your country in
which our whole people, from Maine to Oregon, will
cordially unite as a proper, though feeble expression
ofthe nation’s gratitude to one of its bravest sons and
most faithful patriots.
Gen. Taylor's Reply.
I accept from your hands, sir, with emotions d grat
itude which I can never adequately express, th s high
testimonial of my country’s approbation. Th«ise re
peated evidences of the kind favor with which ray
countrymen have been pleased to look upon my hum
ble services in Mexico, have already placed me under
obligations which I feel that no services that I have
performed, nor any that I can possibly render, can
ever repay. In this medal, I have received for the
second time at the hands of our National Legislature
the highest mark of their approbation ; and in instice
to the gallant men whom it was my fortune t j com
mand in Mexico, I must take occasion here :o ac
knowledge, that through their patriotism, rather than
any personal merit or service of my own, I have be
come the recipient of these distinguished honors.
In conclusion, sir, permit mo to tender you my
thanks for your kind offices on this occasion, trad for
the very flattering language in which you huv i been
pleased to discharge them.
Correspondence between the Selectmen oj Pass
Christian and Gen. Taylor. —We have been po
litely furnished with the following correspon
dence for publication, which sufficiently ex
plains itself:
Pass Christian, Sept. 12, 1848.
We, the undersigned, President and members of
the Board of Selectmen, on behalf of the cititzens of
Pass Christian and its vicinity, irrespective of party,
respectfully invite the attendance of yourself and fam
ily at a Barbacue to be given on Saturday, the 16lh
inst., at 2 o’clock P. M., as a testimony of the high
consideration we have of the services which you have
rendered your country. Respectfully, your obedient
servants, F. B. HIERN,
S. S. CLARK,
JOHN BRILL.
P. SAUCIER,
W. VANDLE.
To Major Gen. Zachary Taylor.
Gen. Taylor's Answer.
Pass Christian, Sept. 13. 1848.
Gentlemen —I have had the pleasure of receiving
your communication of yesterday’s date, inviting me,
in very flattering terms, on behalf of the citizens of
Pass Christian and its vicinity, to meet you at a bar
bacue to be given on Saturday next.
For the compliment to me implied in this accepta
ble civility, I beg to offer you my wannest acknow
ledgements, and to inform you that it will afford me
great gratification to meet you on so pleasant an occa
sion. 1 have the honor to be, gentlemen, very respect
fully, your obedient servant, Z. TAYLOR.
Messrs. P, B. Hiern, S. S. Clark, and others,
Pass Christian.
Out for Taylor.
We find in the Shreveport Journal a letter
from James Blair Gilmer, formerly ol this coun
ty, in which he repudiates Cass and declares
enthusiastically for the brave old patriot of
Buena Vista. We will give some extracts
from it. The idea that those who object to the
Whig Vice-President on grounds that they do
not object to in a democratic President, and
which apply equally to him, are “ putting the
cart before the horse.” is worthy of considera
tion. According to democratic notions these
days, the Vice-Presidency', which used to “ go
a begging,” is the important office in the gift of
the people. It is perfectly safe, according to
their statements, to take a Northern man for
the unimportant office of President, though an
unexceptionable Southern man and slavehold
er is running against him; but it would he
highly dangerous to take a Northern man for
the important office of Vice-President. Verily,
‘•circumstances” force men to strange courses.
Mr. Gilmer, after stating that he was a de
mocrat and voted for Polk, expecting that
some of the professions of the “ platform”
would be carried out, in which he says he “was
disappointed,” declares as follows :
“ My next vote will be for Gen. Taylor, because
I believe him to be the firmest man in the world,
the most honest man in the world, and farther remov
ed above and beyond party end political influence
than any man in the world, I would point out his
position at Buena Vista for his firmness. I would
point out his public and private character, known to
the people of this country, for my views of his politi
cal worth. I would point out his Allison lelter as my
political creed.
“ My reasons for writing the above is to put some
unknown friend at rest concerning my views, as I am
advertised in the Caddo Gazette under the head of
invitations to a Democratic ball, given on the 23d, as
the head of a Whig family, I pray that the com
mittee of invitation may live to be as free from Whig
gery and Democracy as I feel satisfied 1 am ; and if
1 can make my means hold out, I hope to educate six
children to worship principles and not names.
“ In the last ten days I have had more than a doz
en copies of Mr. Fillmore’s votes on the slave
ry question, and I would say to the kind friends, who
are so much interested in protecting me from aboli
tion views, keep me free from the man who , in a
foreign land, prayed fyr the abolition of slavery
everywhere—whom a letter to Mr. Nicholson , says
that we slaveholders never can participate in the
soil that we have fought, bled, died and paid for.
Will my friends be considerate, and if they would
free me from one evil, not compel me to accept a
greater. So far as abolition is concerned in the can
didates for President and Vice-President, I regard my
democratic friends as having placed the cart before
the horse, and in this arrangement I disagree with
them. * * * * % * *
J- R. GILMER.
Petrified Corn Cob — We have had laid
on our table by Win. Powers, Esq., a Petri
fied Corn Cob, found near his Spring. The
roots of the trees in the vicinity of the Spring,
he informs us, are also in a state of petrifica
tion, owing no doubt to the chemical action of
the mineral contained in the water, upon the
vegetable substance. We are not informed as
to the ingredients of the water, not having had
the pleasure of a specimen for analvzatiou.—
Laurensville ( S. C .) Herald.
1 1 is a Significant Fact—one that speaks
volumes against the fairness and common hon
esty ofthe Cass party, that not one ofthe Lo
cofoco papers of the South has dared to publish
the letter of Gen. Cass to R. S. Wilson, of Mi
chigan. We call the attention of the honest
voters of the South to the sneaking game of
deception and fraud which their leaders are
playing. Is such a party deserving of confi
dence ?—Mobile Advertiser.
oniric anft Sentinel.
AXTaIT ST A. GAT
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 21, »48.
WHIG NOMINATIONS.
For President of the United States*
ZACHARY TAYLOR,
OF LOUISIANA.
For Vice-President:
MILLARD FILLMORE,
OF NIW YORK.'
For Representative from the Bth District:
HON. ROBERT TOOMBS.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS-
Electors for the State at Large.
Dr. Wm. Terrell. J Seaton Grantland.
Electors for the Districts.
Ist. Hamilt’n Sharpe sth Warren Akin,
2d. W.H. Crawford, 6th Asbury Hull,
3d. A. W. Redding, 7th Y. P. King,
4th Wm. Moseley, Blh G. Stapleton,
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
Ist. Thos. B. King, sth. Jas. M. Calhoun,
2d. Jas. S. Calhoun, 6th. Jas. W. Harris,
3d. Allen F. Owen, 7th. A. H. Stephens.
4th. J.N. Williamson, Bth. Robert Toombs
D. Wit mot—The Southern Ally.
The Democracy of the 12th District of
Pennsylvania have re-nominated the Hon. D.
Wilmot for re-election to Congress. This
sounds remarkably well for the “ Natural Al
lies of the South,” and indicates the fast friend
ship of the Northern Democracy for the South
and her institutions. Time was, when the or
gans of the Southern Democracy were filled
with expressions of the kindest regard for those
“Natural Allies of the South,” and “the
Northern man with Southern principles.”
Now, however, the veil is being torn from
them, and they are seen in all their hideous de
formity as the most desperate and determined
enemies of Southern institutions.
Yet, nothing daunted with the exposure ev
ery day being made, with their violated pledges
staring them in the face, with Mr. Van Buren’s
present position, and the assent of Mr. Polk to
the Oregon bill, they are again endeavoring to
persuade the South into the support of Lewis
Cass, a third dtirtion —Van Buren and Polk
being the first and second —from the same press.
The people of the South have abundan t
evidence that the pledges of the Democratic
President are not to be relied on where South
ern rights are in question. They have now an
opportunity to shield themselves against a third
fraud, by elevating to the Executive Chair the
Louisiana planter—whose feelings, education
and interests afford a higher guarantee than
any pledge from the vascillating, time-serving
Cass, that their rights will be safe. Let them
profit by the opportunity afforded.
“A Whig Lie Nailed. —The Whigs are bawl
ing out everywhere that Gen. Cassis not an advocate
of River and Harbor Bills, and not friendly to a gen
eral system of Internal Improvements. A baser lie
, was never fabricated.” Vermont Age.
The fact that the Democracy are attempting
to carry the election of Cass by a declaration
of principles for every section of the Union, is
no longer a question of doubt with any intelli
gent, candid, well-informed man.
The first indication of this purpose was ex
posed in Washington by Mr. Mangum, who
brought to light the two lives of Gen. Cass, the
one for the North and the other for the South,
both of which had been issued while Gen. Cass
was in Washington, and, it has been charged,
with his knowledge and consent —a charge
which to this day has never been denied, within
our knowledge. So gross and palpable was
this fraud, that Mr. Hannegan, a warm and
zealous supporter of Gen. Cass, felt called up
on to denounce it in the most indignant terms.
What is the course of the party on the ques
tion of river and harbor improvements ? Are
we not assured that Gen. Cass and the Demo
cracy are opposed to them at the South-—and
that, too, in the face of his votes in favor of
every appropiiation bill which has been sub
mitted to the consideration of the Senate, since
he has been a member? How, we ask, does
the Southern Cass platform compare with the
Northern and Northwestern, which is shadow
ed forth in the above extract from the Vermont
Agel
The people of the South know what are the
professions of the Southern Democracy on this
question, and they see what are the principles
of the Northern Cass men on the same subject.
The two faces are in bold relief before the
country.
The correspondent of the Constitution
alist, “H,” assures us that he was informed by a
Whig, that the vehicle in which Mr. Stephens
was carried from his room, in Atlanta, to the
stand, was a “ barouche hence his mistake.
He was, therefore, not guilty of any intention
al misrepresentation. “H” also disclaims the
indulgence of any political malignity, of which
disclaimer we are entirely willing to give him
the benefit. He is, however, a decided parti
zan, and may, like many others, be incapable
of viewing the acts of his political opponents
through any other than a distorted medium, of
which he may be wholly unconscious.
Gen. Cass at Home.—The Racine (Michi
gan) Advocate, of a recent date, contains a call
for a “meeting of the democrats of Racine and
vicinity, opposed to the election of Lewis Cass
to the Presidency,” which call, on the demo
cratic authority of the Advocate, is signed “by
more than one hundred well known democrats,
many of them the oldest and staunchest in the
party.”
The Southport Telegraph, the other demo
cratic paper in Racine county, is also opposed
to the Baltimore nominations. “Gen. Cass
had better he dropped,"* ays the Telegraph.—
Mr. Cass can effect nothing for the party.
Lven in Michigan his success is doubtful.”
Travel in Western New York.— The a
mount of travel in Western New York is al
most incredible. The Mirror says :
At Syracuse 1000 persons nightly arrive re
main to breakfast, and are off by half-past 'six
In an hour after a second breakfast is prepared
at these hotels for another thousand, and vet a
third thousand take a later breakfast. At the
Syracuse hotel over six hundred persons took
breakfast one morning last week, and proba
bly as many at the Empire, to say nothing of
four or five other hotels, all of which seem to
be doing a good business.
CjP J°l m B. Field, Jr., has been appointed
by the President, Coiner at the United States
Branch Mint, at Dahlonega, in the place of D.
H. Mason, deceased.
BP 3 The Albany Argus contains a letter
stating that at a meeting of gentlemen of the
Free Soil party, held at Schroon Lake, Judge
Tyrill commenced speaking in a highly ex
cited and energetic manner, and had proceeded
about twenty minutes, when he said—“ Ge
ntlemen, you have the prayers of all good men
and good Christians in your behalf. God is on
the side of the barnburners!” Suddenly his
voice fell, he sank back into his chair and faint
ed. He was supported by persons who were
near him, and carried down stairs, but did not
breathe afterwards. He had expired instantly.
A Hint to Corporations. —The following
report of the result of a case recently deter
mined in Brooklyn, may be read with profit by
the city authorities in other sections of the U
nion:
“ The case of Koler and wife, against the
mayor and corporation of Brooklyn, to recov
er damages in consequence of the wife falling
into a pit 15 feet deep, dug as a public cistern,
left open without a light or a guard of any
kind has been determined. The female had
her ankle badly dislocated, and received inter
nal injuries from which she never can recov
er. The most criminal neglect was exhibited
in this case, and although the affair occurred
in October last, the patient is yet an invalid.—
Under a full view of the case, the jury render
ed a verdict of $1,460.
Censure of Gen. Taylor—Cass’ Vote.
—Our readers may very well remember, says
the Richmond Whig, that in January of last
year, a joint resolution was originated in the
House of Representatives, tendering the thanks
of Congress to General Taylor. It having
been ascertained that the General was a
Whig, and a great point in Presidential policy
just about that time, being to keep him as much
as possible out of the way of receiving the ex
pression of gratitude due to his services, Mr.
Jacob Thompson, of Mississippi, offered the
following amendment :
“Provided, That nothing herein contained
shall be construed into an approbation of the
terms of the capitulation of Monterey.”
This was designed as a censure upon the
conduct of Gen. Taylor, of whose motives, or
of the circumstances in which he was placed
at the time of the capitulation, neither the mov
er or Congress new anything whatever, and it
was felt as such, not only by General Tailor
himself, but by the whole country. In spite of
this opposition, this resolution passed the lower
When it was brought up in the Sen
ate Mr. Speight moved to strike it out, and the
vote being taken, stood as follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Archer, Badger, Benton, Berrien,
Butler, Calhoun, Chalmers, Cilley, John M. Clay
ton, Thomas Clayton, Corwin, Crittenden, Davis,
Dayton, Evans, Fairfield, Green, Houston, Hunting
don, Jarnigan, Johnson of Md., Johnson of La., Man
gum, Miller, Morehead, Pearce, Rusk, Simmons,
Soule, Speight, Upham, Webster, and Woodbridge
-33.
Nays—Messrs. Allen, Ashley, Atchison, Atherton,
Bagby, Breese, Bright, CASS, Dix, Hannegan,
Niles, Sevier, Sturgeon, Turney, and Yulee —15.
Thus it appears that while all the other mili
tary men in the Senate—those who knew what
war was, and what difficulties a general always
has to encounter —Benton, Houston and Rusk
—were willing to accord to the old Hero what
was so evidently his due, Gen. Cass was will
ingto censure him for not doing more than it
was in the power of man to accomplish ? Let
the country remember this; and when he is
hepraised beyond measure for his exploits at
Detroit and the Thames, let it be asked, did he
ever do anything half so brilliant, or so impor
tant, as the feat he voted to censure.
The New York Evening Post makes merry
over the “heroism” of some of the candidates
of the rival wing of the party. There is bitter
ness enough in Locofocoism when its elements
, become disjointed.
H kroes. —The Hunkers have a most heroic
set of managers and candidates. They have
now before the country :
Cass —The Hero of the Broken Sword.
Cushing —The Hero of the Broken Leg.
Crosicdl —The Hero of the Broken Bank.
Walworth —Of the broken down Court of
Chancery.
Can’t support Cass.— Of the distinguished
Democrats in this State who will not support
Cass, are Messrs. Belser, Campbell, Judge and
Rice, who will vote for Gen. Taylor, and
Messrs. Yancy, Goldthwaite, Mays (Polk Elec
tor.) Percy Walker and Elmore, who, together
with a host of other very prominent, though
not conspicuous gentlemen, will not vote at all.
Will some ofour Cass friends inform us what
all this means ? Is it because such men have
not sufficient sense to understand the English
language and therefore are unable to discover
what is so very plain to other gentlemen, that
Cass is all the South could desire? Or is it
not rather, because he is unworthy of South
ern confidence ? Let the people seriously re
flect upon this subject before they cast their
votes for Lewis Cass.— Ala. Shield.
An Imperial Parliament in Dublin. —The
New York papers give the following important
intelligence in their latest telegraphic dispatches
by the Europa:
A society for promoting the periodical sittings
of the Imperial Parliament in Dublin, has been
formed under very influential and distinguished
auspices. The society meets at 112 Abbey
street, and the secretary is Mr. Thomas E.
Webb. They have issued a statement of their
object and principles ; to obtain, without clam
or, a session of the Imperial Parliament, to be
held periodically in Dublin—instead of being
constantly held in London. The society dis
avows any party motives, but argues that the
step is perfectly practicable, ard would certain
ly be greatly for the good of Ireland, if it can
be carried out.
A petition to the Queen, upon this subject,
has been acknowledged in the following gra
cious manner, by Sir George Grey’s Secre
tary :
[Copy.] Whitehall, Aug 24, 1848.
Sir :—I am directed by the Secretary of Sir George
Grey to inform you that he has not failed to lay be
fore the Queen the petition which yon transmitted to
him for presentation, signed by a numerous body of
Her Majesty’s Irish subjects, praying that the Im
perial Parliament may be held, from time to time, in
the city of Dublin. I have the honor to be, sir, your
obedient servant, G. C. Lewis.
To S. Blackull, Esq., M. P., L. U. S. C.
A Large Rope. .-The new rope for the in
clined plane on the Columbia Railroad, manu
factured at the extensive ropewalk of J. Whet
ham & Son, Ridge road, above Turner’s lane,
was delivered to the State agents yesterday.
This rope is eight inches thick, over a mile in
length, and required more than thirty thousand
pounds of hemp for its manufacture. It was
made in five parts, and, of course, is to be put
together at the plane.— Phil. Ledger.
Through Ticket. —We are pleased to learn
that the Wilmington & Raleigh Railroad Com
pany, in connection with the Companies as far
north as Philadelphia, have made a through
ticket from that city to Charleston, and from the
latter city to the former, at sl7 each way.—
Wilmington Review.
Letter from Mr. Toombs.
Crawfordyille, 17th Sept., 1848.
Messrs. Editors: I have not had an opportu
nity, until this evening, of reading the address
of the Democratic Committee to the voters of
the Bth Congressional District. It is, perhaps,
entitled to some notice, and as the Whig Con
vention, I believe, failed or neglected to ap
point a committee to take such labor off of mv
hands, I suppose the duty devolves upon me.
I therefore avail myself of a couple of hours’
leisure, while waiting for the arrival of the
cars,to offer some comments upon portions of
the address, and to supply some material omis
sions in the historical account of the action of
Congress upon the question of slavery in the
Territories during the last session, promising, if
I have leisure, to advert to the subject again
before the election. I have but little to say
upon the comments of the committee upon mv
“ talents” and capacity to represent the people
of the district. I have heretofore, and shall
continue give the people, including those
whom the committee term “ groundlings,” all
reasonable opportunities of judging for them
selves. The committee cannot regret more
than I do, that they are not greater and better
fitted to the public service.
It gives me real satisfaction to find my pub
lic course has met with the approbation of so
respectable and intelligent a body ofmy politi
cal opponents as the five gentlemen composing
the committee. 1 draw this conclusion from
the fact that no vote of mine is called in ques
tion, or otherwise condemned, in the seven
columns in they have submitted to the
people their reasons for desiring me turned
out. As this puts us upon good terms with
each other, I will at once proceed, with good
temper, and I trust with candor and fairness,
to examine briefly some of the considerations
and facts submitted by the committee under
the head of “The Slavery Question” —which
they appropriately term “ the great question of
the day.” The committee express the opinion
that “ the Southern democracy are satisfied to
trust their safety in the keepingof Gen. Cass,”
and I much fear that such is the fact with refe
rence to the greater number of them ; but I
must be allowed to say, and I think I can con
clusively show, that such trust is not well plac
ed. The reason given by the committee in
this connection, is, that “ the Whigs of the
North, and the Abolitionists, whoso uniformly
act with them in political matters, reject him
because he is opposed to their scheme of ex
cluding us from the territories of the United
States, and thus depriving the citizens of half
the Union of their right of entering the com
mon domain and enjoying, as a common inher
itage, all its advantages on an equality with
others.” Without troubling myself to show
that this charge of “ a uniformity of action be
tween the Whigs and Abolitionists” is wholly
unsupported by the history of parties, it is true
that one of the objections to Gen. Cass of a
large portion there who call themselves “free
soil” men at the North, whether Whigs, Demo
crats, or Abolitionists, is that he opposes “ their
scheme of excluding ns from the territories of
the United States.” His opposition to their
scheme is very good as far as it goes, but we
are opposed to all schemes for excluding us.
And our objection upon this question to Gen.
Cass, is that he has “a scheme” of his own
for that purpose equally fatal to our right of
enjoying onr slave property in the Territories.
It cannot fail to attract the attention of the peo
ple, that the committee have at least omitted to
advert to this scheme of Gen. Cass. He pro
poses to refer these rights of ours to the inhab
itants of the conquered provinces in their terri
torial legislatures, and assures us himself, and
quotes and adopts the arguments of two of his dis
tinguished friends to prove that “ his scheme”
will etfeciually and certainly exclude us from
the territories. lam curious to know the rea
sons for the preference which the committee
give to Gen. Cass’ mode of exclusion, to the
Wilmot proviso. I understand the people
whom they address, every man of them, to be
opposed, and equally opposed, to every
“scheme,” by the operation of which they are
to be excluded from the territories. Allow
me to call the attention of the committee to
Gen. Cass’ Nicholson letter. Perhaps they may
be able to point out some advantages in his
“scheme” of excluding us, which would make
it more palatable to us than the Wilmot provi
so. I say in ail candour, I would as soon the
thing was done in the one way as the other. The
committee devote a very small portion of their
elaborate address to an examination of Gen.
Cass’ opinions upon this “ great question of
the day.” The reason is too obvious for com
ment. They then dash into a general charge
against the Whig party of the North upon the
neglect of our rights. This charge is attempt
ed to be sustained by quoting several votes in
the last Congress upon the proviso. The first
vote quoted seems to show twenty-seven North
ern democrats against the Wilmot proviso. It
is wholly fallacious. The question was then
upon laying it upon the table. Before Con
gress adjourned the real practical question
came up, and there were but four of the twenty
seven found with us ! The committee did not
continue their examination far enough to get
all the facts. The second vote given was ta
ken in the Senate on the Mexican treaty, and
seems to show twelve democratic Senators
“ against the proviso.” They may have acted
upon Gen. Cass’s reason, to get the territory
first, then legislate upon it. But whatever may
have been their reason, the fact is certain, that
on the last day but one of the session, every
Northern democrat and two Southern Demo
crats, voted for receding from the Missouri
Compromise and adhering to the proviso lt
is singular that this vote too should have escap
ed the committee. The other votes quoted
were given on the compromise bill, and are not
conclusive either way as to the slavery ques
tion. Many persons believing, and 1 among
the number, that it as effectually destroyed our
rights as either the Wilmot Proviso or General
Cass’ scheme. These votes are considered as
conclusive that Northern Whigs are opposed
tons. I have no doubt of that being generally
true, but it is equally so of Northern Demo
crats.
But if a vote favorable to the Wilmot pro
viso is conclusive evidence of hostility toSout.i
ern rights, I ask the consideration of the com
mittee and the people to a few more facts of
the same kind, to wit: Mr. Polk signed the bill
containing the Mr. Lump
k.n, Mr. Harralson and Mr. Chappell, a major
Ity I>f the Georgia Democrat* in the 88th Con
gress, voted for the Oregon bill w i t |, the pro
viso in it; Mr. Cobb, Mr. Lumpkin and Mr.
Jones, a majority of the Democratic members
from Georgia in the 29th Congress, voted for
a similar bill, and with the proviso in it.
Then, if the Committee think such a vote
conclusive not only against Northern Whigs
who give them, but Southern Whigs from par
ty affinity, how does it affect Southern Demo
crats and their party associates ? I suppose I
shall hear from the Committee in their indig
nant addresses to Messrs. Cobb’s and Harral
son’s constituents. We shall see.
Yours respectfully,
R. TOOMBS.
From the Charleston Courier of yesterday By
Telegraph.
New York Market.
Yesterday morning, we received a despatch
announcing that the Cotton Market at New
\ ork was firm, and considerable sales takin*'
place for shipment.
Flour was in brisk demand at steady prices.
Another Letter from Mr. Clay.
The Hon. Henry Clay has published anoth
er letter, in which he states that he feels bound
by the decision of the Whig Convention at
Philadelphia, in reference to his nomination as
President of the United Slates, and conse
quently declines the acceptance of any nomi
nation that may be made by a portion of the
Whig party.
Arrival of the Northerner.
A telegraphic despatch received by the agent
announces the arrival of the steamship North
erner, at New \ ork at 9 o’clock A. M., yester
day.
Arrival of the Columbus.
A despatch Irom Philadelphia advises that
the steamship Columbus reached that city on
Friday afternoon last.
Hoari) of Foreign Missions.—The Amer
ican Board of M issions held the first of their
meetings at the Tremont Temple, yesterday
afternoon. The meeting was called to order
■ by the President, Hon. Theodore Freling
huysen, and opened by prayer by Rev. Dr.
Snell. Some business arrangements relating
to the Society were then made and the annual
reports read, after which the Board adjourned
to meet in the same place at o’clock in the
evening, to listen to a sermon by the Rev. Dr.
Ferris, of New York, ft was proposed, that
iu order to facilitate the transaction of busi
ness, at the future sessions of the Board, the
pews between the galleries on the lower door
should be devoted to members of the Board,
and the galleries reserved, as faras possible, for
ladies. A prayer meeting is to be held this
morning at the Central Church, Winter-street,
to begin atß o’clock, A. M.
The annual report, (the thirty-ninth) shows
the following to be the receipts and expendi
tures.
The whole amount received into the treasu
ry of the board, the last year, is $254,056 46,
exceeding that of the year before, by $42,653
70, being an advance of more than 20 per cent.
The expenditures for all purposes, daring the
same period, amounted to $282,330 38, being
$17,546 55 more than those of the last year,
and $28,273 92 more than was received into
the treasury,-and of course, increasing
debtednessof the Board by that amount, Th%
excess in the outlay was owing to some unex
pected expenditures in distant missions. The
debt, which at the last annual meeting was $31,-
616 86, was on the 3lst of July last, $59,-
890 78.
The following is a summary of the results
for the year;
1. 7 'he Missions.
Number of Missions 24
“ Stations 96
2. Laborers Employed.
Number of Ordained Missionaries
(9 being Physicians)-•• • 152
“ Licentiates. 5
“ Physicians not Ordained, 4
“ other Male Assistants-. • 29
“ Female Assistants. 204
Whole No. of laborers sent from this
country. 394
Number of Native Preachers- ..... 24
“ other Native Helpers... 139
Whole number of Native Assistants 163
“ “ laborers connected with
the Missions 557
3. The Press.
Number of Printing Establishments 11
“ Type Foundries 7
Pages printed last year 46,173,345
“ “ from the beginning 635,040.844
4. The Churches.
Number of Churches 75
“ Communicants 25,939
Added during the year 1,838
5. Educational Department.
Number of Seminaries 12
“ other Boarding Schools 18
Free Schools .-302
“ Pupils in the Seminaries 586
“ “ “ Boarding Schools, 541
“ “ “ Free Schools 10,718
“ “ in all the Schools- i 1,845
In the evening, Rev. Dr. Ferris, of New
York, delivered an able discourse in behalf of
the objects of the American Board, arid Dr.
Erskine Mason, of New York, led the assem
bly in devotional exercise. —Boston Advertiser,
13 th inst.
From the Charleston Palo Alto.
Recollections of Lewis Cass.—We re
member him a young schoolmaster strutting
through the streets of Wilmington, with a
black cockade in his hat.
We remember him the editor of a paper in
Ohio, boldly advocating the Federal doctrines,
himself an avowed Federalist.
We remember him a Territorial Governor,
with his hands in the National Treasury, draw
ing nearly SIOO,OOO extra pay, and helping
himself tu five rations per day.
We remember him the same Territorial
Governor, signing a law to punish “with stripes
upon the bare hack," or to knock down to the
highest biddi r. white men and white women, “for
walking at night, neglecting their work or behav
ing stubbornly to their superiors .”
We remember him a foreign minister, play
ing the sycophant to royalty, and writing a book
filled with fulsome adulation of Louis Pltillipve.
We remember him a Senator in Congress,
raging for war and bloodshed, demanding all o 1
Oregon, and finally submitting to a part
We remember him, the same Senator, voting
to censure Gen. Taylor for his glorious victory oj
Monterey, and voting for a civilian to supercede
both Taylor and Scott in command of the A
merican Army.
We remember him, the same Senator, ?war
rellintr for an opportunity to vote for the If ilmoi
Proviso, then dodging the question, and atter
wards coming out against it.
We remember him in Congress voting on all
occasions for Internal Improvement Bills, ye
prevented by “noise and confusion Iromprc
mulgating his true opinions
We remember him a candidate for the rr
idenev, perhaps assisting, at least encourngiti
the miserable fraud of p jjjn^
lory Hoes of himself, one for ihe North, the oil.
er for the South. i
We remember him in all charac L lace and
nations a selfish fou V on d of
power, fond of the people s moirey, n
war and conquest, ever working . d “ s
dizement, ever intriguing for se - ’ T
The Oldest Inhabit an i.
The New Vork and Philadelphia Telegraph
Company have abandoned the
mu mealing hy nieansowire Highlands,
They have extended their line to the Hi„
where the wire, can be
river at an elevation of 000 feet.