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CM ROSICLE__&_ SENi'iNEL. S. JONES. KAIL ROAPJBANKjjt^P^ 0 - »AII-Y, TRI-WEEKLV* w 1 EEKL¥i TRRMS—DaiIy Paper. t °city per Daily Paper, • » 7 S&S'JSS* d**) ■■ ■■ :. 2 ■^T^H^sifSTEM. —In no case will an order for the pa per be attended to, unless accompanied with the money, and in every instance when the time for which the subscription may be paid, expires before the receiot of funds to renew the same, the paper will be discontinued. received at value in this city. United States Mint. The Treasurer of the United States Mint, Philadelphia, has furnished the following state ment of ths amount of gold and silver depos ited, and gold and silver coinage at the Mint for the first eight months of the present year ; Gold deposited from January to July, 1850, inclu sive $13,791,210 81 Ditto ditto from let to 31st August, 1850, inclusive 3,250,000 00 Amount received in 1850-••• $17,041,210 81 Gold coinefe from Jan. to July, 1850, inclusive $12,669,467 50 Ditto ditto for August, 1850 1,832,105 00 Total gold coinage, 1350 $14,501,572 50 Silver bullion received from Jan. to 31st August, 1850 $316,342 62 Silver coinage same period 241,387 14 Copper coinage ditto dif.o 10,013 83 Gold depositee from Jan. to Aug., 1850, inclusive, as above $17,041,210 81 Previously received from Califor nia, to Jan. 1, 1850 4,558,000 00 Total $21,699,210 81 VVe learn that the coinage for the ensuing months of this year will greatly exceed tne past. The erection of additional machinery will increase the coinage to five millions a month. This increased power will no doubt be completed in time to meet the large and in c eased amount of gold dust which is expected from California during the fall qud winter. To meet the increased demand for small gold coin arising from the scarcity of silver, the Mint has been recently engaged to a great extent on the smaller denominations. The weight of the cant piece is only 25 grains, while that of the copper cent is 168 grains. The hole in the centre which makes the coin annular, besides affording a distinguishing mark by which it can be recognized in the pocket, will also render it difficult to ba counterfeited, The weight of the three cent piece is 12| grains. This coin is proposed as a convenient adaptation to the prices of many things, and to making change ; but there is also a special ob ject contemplated in relation to it. The coun try is weary of the worn out Spanish money, which for the last century nearly, has had so prominent a place in its currency, and which is ill adapted to our decimal system. At the same time, every plan for forcing them to the cruci ble, as long as people hold them at their nomi nal value, or even a slight fraction under it. is sure to fail. The only resource left is to coax them to ibe mini, by exchanging them at the nominal value fer national coin. This, how ever, could not be done with justice to the pub lic treasury, wii hout issuing, as many countries do, a minor coin, with a legal valuation some what higher than the intrinsic; as the present cent is, and as the new cent will also be. The director of the Mint issued circulars last wiuter to the dealers in various parts of the country, and from the answers it appears that there are now six millions of dollars worth of small Spanish silver in our currency. The fol lowing is the total amount of small American silve*- coined to the beginning of this year: In quarter dollars $3,713,075 la dimes 3,311,710 In half dimes 1,595,975 Total $8,620,760 The weight of the proposed three cent piece is so adjusted as to enable the govern ment to make the exchange without loss to it self. and thera will be none to the party apply ing. The bill provides that the three cent piece shall be paid out at the Mint, and its branches, in exchange for those and some other varieties of small foreign silver coins current among ua, but for no other kinds of coin or bullion. It would seem from official returns that great as is the accumulation of the precious metals, it is equally as good abroad. The following are the amounts of coin held by the banks of three cities January Jst, 1849, and June, 1850: N- York. London. France. Total. Jan. 1840, 7,213,000 71,071,950 52,500.000 136,977,326 June, ’SU, 13,878,212 81,161,494 84,472.500 184,814,921 Increase 6,665,212 10,089,344 31,972,500 47,837,595 At these great centres of commerce there has been an accumulation in eighteen months of nearly SSO 000,000 of specie, or more than the product of California in that period, while at the same time $25,000,000 of Russian con tracts in London have been paid, and also the $4,000,000 Danish loan. The great cities of the commercial world are thus prepared with large stocks of bullion and limited credits, aad also well stocked warehouses, and fair harvests while prices are not inflated. At the same time the commotion which the California dis coveries have made in those markets most re mote from the business centres of the world are now beginning to bo felt all over the world, like a stone thrown into the centre of a lake, which forms one circular wave, then another concent-ic to that, until the agitation spreads to the furthest circuinference. The countries bordering on the Pacific were apathetic till tne gold influences awakened them into life and activity, and created an extraordinary demand for the goods furnished by the Atlantic nations. It has been well observed by a commercial writer: “It would seem that from Oregon, the old American Pacific coast, embracing both continents and Australia, is delivering up its golden treasures, while the old silver mines ara redoubling their products. The stimu lus already given ia those regions to business has aroused the energies of all nations, even the exclusive Chinese; and, like a started lo comotive, a new impulse is perceptible with every arrival of Pacific steamers, which, like the pulsations of the engine, add new vigor to the movement.” from the Southern Banner. Tile Position of the Augusta Constitu tionalist. We have seen the reply of the editor of the above print to a late article of ours in relation to hi* recent changes and inconsistencies. It is very funny— very— and we trust that the ed itor. whilst writing it, laughed himself out of the had state of health, with which we regret to learn he has so long been afflicted. His last edition of himself is in his issue of the 20th iust., and may be gathered from the following extracts taken from aa article headed “non-in tercourse.” Says the editor : “A public opinion favorable to Southern industry,” and non-interceurse laws by the eovereign power of the States of the South united, would do more for her than whole volume of soft, delusive and endearing words, about our Northern brethren —more than tor rents of vapid and claptrap declamation about glorious Union.'* He does not like those words “Glorious Union,” —they gore him dreadfully. But yet he is obliged to swallow them, as appears from tha following taken from the same arti cle : ‘‘Their mode [that of the Secessionists] of resistance isi mpracticabie at this juncture, and we think even if practicable, undesirable. We are for redress within tha Union as long as there is a hope for it, and as long as we believe t ho Sooth has the power to enforce it.” A very pretty notion is this of the inventive editor of the Constitutionalist, of taking ven geance on the North by colleaguingthe South ern Statesintoa system of legislature non-inter course with the North, and yet remain within the Union! What will be take for the inven tion? Surely he ought to say with Trinculo when he was placing his estimate cn his slave Caliban (who by the by was a monster) “I wili not take too much for him.” We hope the editor will excuse us—we are but following his example of fun and frolic, when replying to ourarticle. We can assure him we are in no danger of “ dying of the inconsistencies of the Georgia Constitutionalist” —but we must acknowledge that we are al most dying of curiosity to see how the able editor will convince the country that either a single Southern state, or ail of them combined, may legislate their citizens into non-inter course with the North, and still remain in the Union . Will the editor save us from the dissolution with which we are threatened, by telling ua how ? v&hnmicie anb Sentinel. AUGUSTA, GA TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 39. RICHMOND CO. UNION TICKET. Election 25 th November. ROBT. P. POE. THOS. SKINNER. C. J. JENKINS. A. J. MILLER. Ron* T. B. King—The Administration. The public are aware how violently the Ad ministration of Gen. Taylor, has been assailed for sending the Hon. Thomas Butler King as special messenger to California, and re commending the people of that territory to forma state government, and apply for admis sion into the Union. Gen. Taylor has been denounced aa usurping authority in that act, and some of the more reckless of his traducers have gone so far as to charge, that he had ad vised the formation of a constitution exclud ing slaveiy. Such a charge, of course, those who made it, if informed of the facts, did not believe, and could not have hoped that any well informed mind would give it credence. They may, however, have imposed on the credulity of some, not familiar with the facts developed in the correspondence submitted to Congress by the President, in response lo a call from both houses, and for the purpose of disabusing their minds, we propose to submit a few facts, in connexion with the subjoined correspondence, to show that the formation of a state government was in contemplation and determined on by General Riley, near two months before the arrival of Mr. Kino in Cal ifornia. Gen. Taylor, it will be recollected, was in augurated oa the 4ih of March, 1849. On the 13th of April, 1849, Gen. Riley entered upon the duties of the office of Governor of Cali fornia, succeeding Col. Mason. It is not pos sible, therefore, that Gen. Riley could have had any instructions from Gen. Taylor when he entered upon his duties on the 13th of April. In a letter dated Monterey, California, June 30th, 1349, to Gen. Jones, Adjutant General U. S. at Washington, Gen. Riley says : “ It was (with the advice of Cel. Mason) my in tention, on assuming the direction of civil affairs in this country, to complete the organization of the ex isting government; at the same time to call a con vention for forming a State constitution, or plan of Territorial government, to be submitted to Congress for its approval. But on further consultation it was deemed best to postpone all action on the subject, un till I could ascertain what had been done in Con gress. On the first instant I received reliable in formation by (he steamer “ Edith” that that body had adjourned without organizing any Territorial govern ment for this country ; and accordingly, on the 3d instant I issued my proclamation to the people of California, defining what was understood to be the legal position of affairs here, and pointing out the course it was deemed advisable to pursue in order to procure a new political organization belter adapted to the present condition of the country.” Thus it appears, that Gen. Riley, on as suming tho duties on the 30th of April, “with the advise of Col. Mason/’ his predecessor, had determined to call a convention for form ing a Slate Constitution. But the issue of the Proclamation calling that Convention was, on further consultation, deferred until he could learn what action Congress had taken in re ference to a government. On the third of June, 1849, he received that information by the arrival of the steamer Edith from Mazat. ?an, and immediately issued the proclamation. On the 4th of June, the day gfter it was issued, the Hon. T. Butler King arrived. Aa Mr. King .vas on board s he vessel that carried the first news of the inauguration of Gen. Tay lor, of course Gen. Riley could have had no authority from Gen. Taylor to issue the proc lamation referred to. Gen. Persifor F. Smith, in a letter to the War Department, dated Jnne 20. 1849, fully corroborates the statement of Gen. Riley. Mr. King has, also, over his own signature, made a similar statement, and to make the mat ter conclusive, has recently published the fol lowing correspondence, to which wo invite the reader s attention : Washington, September 28th, 1850. Dear Sir: —You are probably aware that much has been said in Congress and elsewhere respecting the stepo to be taken by you as Governor of California, to bring about the formation of a State government in that territory, and that it has been argued that you may have received and probably did re ceive instructions from General Taylor, or some members of his cabinet, to issue your proclamation under which the people of Cali fornia acted in organizing their present gov ernment. In justice to the late administration and to myself will you be so oblig'ng as to re ply lo the following questions, viz. ? Ist. Did you at any time receive from Gen eral Taylor or any member or members of his cabinet, any instructions, orders or intimations, to issue a proclamation, or to take any other step to require or induce the people of Cali fornia to form a State Government ? 2d. Did or did forming their State constitution, act in confor mity with, or under the directions contained in your proclamation. 3d. Did you ever know, orwereyou ever informed, that the administration of General Taylor, by its orders, instructions, agent, or agents, attempted to control the people of California in the formation of their State Gov ernment 1 I have the honor to be, with very great res pect, your most obedient servant, T. Butler King. To Brevet Brigadier General Riley, Brown’s Hotel. Brigadier Gen. Riley to Hon. T. Butler King. Washington, Sept. 29;h, 1850. Dear Sir: I have had the honor to receive your nolo of yesterday, propounding to me certain questions relative to the formation of the State of California ; and it gives me great pleasure so answer them as fol lows : To the first question I answer— That 1 did not at any time receive from Gen eral Taylor, or any member or members of his Cabnet, any instructions, orders, or inti mations to issue a proclamation, or to take any other step to require or to induce the people of California, to form a State Govern ment. Secondly—The people of California, in forming their State constitution, did act in conformity with or under the directions con-i tained in my proclamation. Thirdly—l never did know or was I ever informed that the Administration of General 1 a}lor, by its orders, instructions, agent or agents, attempted to control the people of Cal ifornia in the formation of their Slate govern ment. I have the honor to be, with very great res pect, your obedient servant. B. Riley. Bt. Brig. General U. S. A. and ex-Governor of California. Hon T. Butler King, Commodore Thomas Ap Catesuy Jones to Hon. T. Butler King. “Prospect Hill/’ Va , Sept. 21, 1850. The Hon. 7. Butler King, Bfc., fyc., 8?c, My Dear Sir ; I was not a little surprised to perceive, soon after the meeting of the present Congress, how virulently you were assailed in the journals of the day, and even in your own State, (Georgia,) for your own er roneously supposed agency, in setting on foot the Slate movement in California. Having been in California myself for nearly a year previous to your arrival there, and being I be lieve, almost the first old acquaintance you met in San Francisco, and you being the bearer of official despatches from the Secretary of the Navy to me, it is not reasonable to suppose that you withheld from me what you are al leged to have communicated to others. So far then from your setting on foot any measure for the government of California, I well re member your surprise when, within the first hour of your arrival in San Francisco, I told you what were my views upon California as fairs, and of my decided preference for a State to a Territorial organization. Upon my arrival in the bay of “San Fran cisco,” November, 1848, the President’s mes sage so Congress of sth July, announcing the exchange of the ratification of the treaty of peace, was put into my hands. In that mes sage the President declares that, by the termi nation of the war, California, and all other Mexican territory ceded to the United States was left without any government, and must remain so until Congress in its wisdom should establish some substitute for Mexican law and the military government in operation during the war, which the President in the same message declared to be abrogated or annulled by the return of peace. The President’s views of California law and government caused the people of that ter ritory at once to question Governor Mason’s right to govern, and especially his right to subject American citizens in a territory which had become American, to the doubtful and un congenial Spanish laws which existed in Cali fornia previous to and during the war. It was even contended by many persons in Califor nia that the Federal officers could not exercise any control over California, not even so much as collect duties on dutiable articles imported directly from foreign countriesin foreign ships. Governor Mason himself doubted his powers after reading the message, and was anxious to resign his civil functions into the hands of the people with as little delay as possible. In the autumn of 1848 he sanctioned a call to elect delegates to a convention for the formation of a territorial government. This move, as I had predicted at my first interview with Governor Mason, failed ; and then my plan of a Slate organization was freely discussed, and the people were ripe for action on that point, and General Riley’s proclamation for elections to elect delegates to a State Convention was issued before you arrived at “San Francisco;” and of course before you could possibly have had any personal agency in instigating or even hastening such a measure. A slaveholder myself, born and always liv ing in a slave State, (Virginia,)—a “ Southern man with Southern principles ” —I saw, or thought I saw, in a State organization the only means by which California could obtain the blessings of peace and good government; and that a republican constitution, formed by a fair representation of the Territory in con vention, whether it admitted slavery or not, as it would be the work of the people themselves, would be at once received by Congress, and the vexed question of slavery in the Territories be once more, and I fondly hoped forever, put to rest. I am, my dear sir, very truly, your friend ami obedient servant, Thos. Ap C. Jones, U. S. Navy. K. H. Dimmick to Hon. T. Butler King. San Jose, California, January 25, 1850 Dear Sir : I perceive by the papers received here since your departure for the States, that you are charged with having exerted an influ ence in the formation of our State constitu tion. Knowing (hose charges to be without foundation, I will give you the following facts, which iranspired within my knowledge.— Some four weeks previous to Gen. Riley’s issuing his proclamation calling a convention to form a State constitution, General Riley in formed me that he should issue the same, pro vided that Congress failed to give us a terri torial government at its then present session. General Riley receiving information ofthe de feat of the territorial bill, promptly issued his proclamation. It was published in this city, and a large meeting held, and the proclama tion unanimously approved of by the people. All this was done before your arrival at San Francisco. These facts came within my own personal knowledge. As to the question of slavery, there was but one opinion in the and could have been but one, with persons fully understand ing the condition of California; slaveholders from Missouri, Kentucky, Mississippi, FJordia, Louisiana, and Texas, voting for the proposi tion as contained in the constitution As for your influence I am not aware that yoar opin ions were know and if they had been, noth ing could have changed the opinion of the con vention. If your enemies believe those reports and urge them against you, you can make such use of this letter as you think proper. Most respectfully your obedinl servant. K. H. Dimmick. To Hon. T. Butler King. An Ohio Whig.— The National Intelligencer says: “ Among the Whig members of the present Congress who have been elected to the next, against opposition, we have not heard of one whose success we have been more gratified to learn than that of the sterling and truly National Whig, the Hon. John L. Taylor, of Ohio. He has been re elected by a majority of 570 votes over the two regularly nominated Locofoco and Abolition candidates, which reflects as much honor on the intelli gence of his constituents as upon himself; for Mr. Taylor was one of those Whigs from the “ free ” States who voted for the fugitive slave bill, and his vote has been triumphantly sustain ed at borne. The Union “ going a becoing.”— The Charleston Mercury says“ The Union can not be saved. It is a Confederacy of sections, not of States, —their bonds of affection are all burnt away, and the passions that have swept on this consuming course, now form an impas ab'e gulf between them. No earthly power can save this Confederacy from dissolution.” Funeral Oration* The Committee appointed to select an or ator to pronounce a funeral oration of Gcn. Taylor, which in consequence of the absence of a large portion of our ci izons it was deem- , ed advisable to defer till Autumn, we are pleased (unlearn have selected Col. Jno. Mil ledge, who has accepted the appointment and will deliver the oration on Thursday the 28tb day of November next. Forsaking; the Craft* Within a short period we have chronicled the fact that several members of the Nashville Convention had forsaken it, among others, Judge Sharkey, the President, and now we have the pleasure of adding another distin guished name to the list, Jas. Abercrombie, of Alabama. Mr. A. recently attended a meeting of the friends of the Union in Alabama, at which he made a speech, which is noticed in the Tus kegee Republican thus; “Mr, Abercrombie, the old war horse, then gave a short and graphic account of the Nashvile Conven tion, of which he had been a member, and showed up some of the delegates in their true disunion colors. — Having been, also, in Washington city for several weeks, while the bills recently passed were under discussion, he referred to what he saw done there by the disunion men of both sections of the country, while working together, shoulder to shoulder, to ef fect their unhallowed purposes. His short, olf-hand speech was repeatedly interrupted by the cheers of the audience.” Dev»n Cattle. —Several superior animals of this excellent breed lately passed through this city on their way to the plantation of R. Peters, E-q ,of Atlanta. A portion of them were from the celebrated heard of Geo. Pat terson, Esq. of Maryland ; and the remainder from the herd of L. Hurlbut of Winchester, Conn. Frost. —We had a heavy frost this morning with the Thermometer at 32d. at sunrise. This puts an end to the growth of the Cotton crop, wherever it has extended with equal se verity. Union Ticket in Meriwether. —The friends of the Union in Meriwether county, have nominated the following ticket for the Convention; Dr. Stepheson, Wiley P. Banks, W. A. J. Philips, P. Ogletree. Augusta Lyceum— The following gentle men were elected officers of the Augusta Ly ceum at the last meeting of the members. John R. Dow, President, Thomas Snowden, Vice President, Henry Allen, Secretary, Alpheus M. Rodgers, Reader, W. C. Jessup, Treasurer. Thanksgiving.—The Governor of Florida has issued a proclamation appointing Thurs day, the 28th November next, as a day of public Thanksgiving. Pearce’s Bill in Texas. —The Star State Patriot, published at Marshall, in Harrison county, introduces a long editorial on the Texas Boundary Bill with the subjoined re marks : To this measure, as it passed the Senate of the United States, we were opposed, but in its present shape, as amended in the House of Representatives, we feel bound, by a sense of duty to the State, to yield it our cordial sup port and cheerfully present it to our readers as a measure worthy of their approval. The a mendment to the bill above referred to, se cures to the people of New Mexico the right of admission into the Union, with or without slavery, as the people thereof, when they ap ply for admission, may desire. The bill as amended is not therefore obnoxious to the ob jection, that, by the acceptance thereof, the people of Texas are converting slave territo ry into freesoit. The rights ofthe slaveholder are guarantied in that terri'ory by the consti tution and laws of the United States, and the territorial Legislature is vested with the pow er* as legislation on loral subjects, not inconsis tent with the Constitution and laws of the United State». Volcanic Eruptions. —An Oregon paper, dated the 21st March, gives the following ac count of Volcanic eruption in Oregon ; “ We are informed by gentlemen that both the mounts (St. Heiea and Baker) are send ing forth volumes of smoke, giving undoubted evidence that their volcanic fires are not yet extinguished. The craters from which the smoke was issuing in St. Helen were two in number, and low down the north and northeast sides ; while in Mount Baker, which is a per fect cone, the smoke was issuing in dense masses from the centre of the summit. It is probable that these are the only living volca noes in Oregon. The Potato Disease in the Eastern States. —We continue to hear from all quar ters sad and discouraging accounts of the rav ages of the Potato Disease. The editor of the Newburyport Herald, who a few days since visited several of the largest farms iu New Hampshire, gives a disheartening report of the prospect of the crop in that region. He says: ‘‘We saw hundreds es acres on our route covered with potatoes, rotten and perished in the hill. There wore but few fields in which as many could be saved as were planted. On uncovering the hills you find the potatoes black, rotten and entirely decayed, and in several places we fouad those which were ta ke* from the ground three or four weeks ago and housed, were perishing quite rapidly in der the dry rot, and seme which a week or a fortnight ago were placed in the barns and cel lars sound aid good were being carted to the manure heap.” The town collector ofßye informed the ed itor ofthe Herald that out of 100,000 bushels, the annual product of that town, there would »ol be2ooo bushels saved. Union Meeting in Madison. —A meeting of the citizens of Morgan was held in Madison on Thursday last, for the purpose of listening to some political speeches, and nominating candidates for the approaching Convention. Hon. W. C. Dawson and Hon. Howell Cobb addressed the meeting, after which some reso lutions, witn which we have not been favored were passed, and Augustus Reese and I. S. Fannin, Esquires, were nominated as candi dates. The meeting was a spirited one.—Vis itor26th inst. Departure of the Atlantic Steamers* Prom Europe. New York. Boston. Atlantic, Am-. Sept. 25 Oct. 12 Europa, 8r... - Sept. 28 Oct. 23 America, 8r...0ct. 5 Oct, 30 Franklin, Am.. Oct. 10 Asia, Br Oct. 12 Nov. 6 Pacific, Am.. ..Oct. 16- Canada, 8r«..0c1. 19 Nor 13. Africa, Br-...0ct. 26 Nov. 20 Atlantic, Am.. Oct. 30 * ...... Union Meeting In Bark*. Saturday, Oct. 26. A meeting of the Union party of Burke county was held te-day at Waynesboro, at which a large and highly respectable number of citizens of both political parties were pres ent. Tbe meeting was organized by appoint ing Dr. Thos. A. Parsons, Chairman, and John L Kirkpatrick, Esqr., Secretary. On motion of Edmund Gresham, the Clair ap. pointed Edmund Gresham, William Pa terson, Bailey Carpenter, J. B. Jones, Maj. Elijah Byne, Cyrus Hudson and John L. Kirkpatrick a Committee to report matter for the action of the meeting. After haying retired for consul tation, the Committee reported the following preamble and resolutions which were nnani mously adopted : Whereas His Excellency the Governor, in compli ance with the requisitions of an act of the last Gene ral Assembly of this State, has by his proclamation caPed a Convention soon to assemble at the Capitol ; and whereas, in the opinion of this meeting, the General Assembly by the act referred to was not in a position to speak the voice of Georgia, or to appeal in advance to the ultimate sovereignty of the State ; and whereas, since notwithstanding these considera tions some are still determined to fun the flame of public jealousy, and keep alive an excitement dan gerous to the peace and prosperity of the Republic, silence is no longer excusable, we feel constrained to declare that oui confidence in the Union is unabated and that it becomes tae part of every patriot to do wbat he knows and feels to be the duty of an Ameri can citizen, to arrest the career of fanaticism and throw upon the Northern section of our Union the consequences of a revolution which may yet be in evitable. Therefore be it Resolt&d , Ist. That whilst we claim for ourselves a proper and commendable jeal ousy of any and all interference with Southern rights, we see nothing ia the recent acts of Congress which furnishes a rational pretext for comnlaint,” or a cause for resistance on the part of tbe South. 2d. That we consider the enactment by Congress of the ‘’Fugitive Slava Bill,” so termed, an acknowl edgement of our rights and an evidence that the Federal Government is disposed to abide by Consti tutional guarantees, 3d. That Congress had the Constitutional right to admit California into the Union, and that by that act, neither the great Republican principle, the right of a people to regulate their own affairs, nor the Constitution were violated ; and that however much we may deny the expediency of the act of her ad mission or regret the prohibition of slavery in her Constitution, nevertheless we acquiesce in both as consequences of powers which both California and the Congress of the United States bad the Constitu tional right to exercise. 4thly. That the abolition of the foreign slave trade in the District of Columbia, ia not an assertion of tbe power of Congress over the slave trade between the States, but is a police regulation such as Congress had tbe right to make. sth. That the establishment of Territorial Govern ments for Utah and New Mexico without the Wil mot Proviso, and especially the declaration by Con gress that they may be admitted into the Union aj States with or without slavery as their Constitution may prescribe, is an adoption of the principle al ways contended for by the South and furnishes an additional motive for the South to abstain from extra Legislative action or from too hasty resistance. 6th. That we will not entrust the sovereign power to men who, avowing the purpose of resistance to existing acts of Congrass, ask unlimited discretion as to its mode and measure, and we will support no can didate for a seat in said convention who does not publicly and unequivocally pledge himself to oppose any measure or measures, which may lead either directly or indirectly to a dissolution of the Union. 7th. That we will forget all past party distinctions in the questions involved in this subject, and will rally for tbe Union without distinction of creed ©r patty, devoting if need be our “ lives, fortunes and sacred honor” to its preservation. The meeting then adjourned to the aland which had been erected for tho occasion, with the purpose of re-assembling on Tuesday, :he sth of November, for the purpose of nominat ing candidates for the approaching Convention. Messrs. To*mbs, Smythe and Jexkins then ad dresaed the assemblage upon the topics now en grossing public attention—Messrs- Toombs and Jenkins in behalf of Union, and Mr. 8m vthe in an attempt to show that Mr. Toombs had been inconsistent. The meeting separated at & late hour in the afternoon, apparently well pleased with the entertainments of the day. THOS. A. PARSONS, Ch’n. J. L. Kirkpatrick, Sec MARRIED. By tbe Rev. J. H. Goss, on Tuesday morning, the 15th inst., Dr, D. C. Keller, of Elbert county, and Miss Sarah Frances, the elder child es Mr. Zachc riah H. and Mrs. Elizabeth N. Clark, of Oglethorpe county, Ga. DIED In Warrentoo, on the ni*ht of the 24th up., Eve lyn Sarah, infant daughter of Edward H. ana Evelyn A, Pottle; aged three mouths and twenty ■jne days. O’Athens papers please copy. rMayanniw . ibi ■ i i AT J. P. BETZE’S CAN BE HAD, AT A MODERATE ADYANCB, SOME of the richest and most fashionable styles of DRESS SILKS, Received within a few days, 023 LOST, ON SATURDAY night, a PURSE, containing one SIOO bill and three SSO bills, and some small I change. A suitable reward will ba given if delivered at this office. 029-2* OATS. AA bushels prime White Seed OATS, just ‘J vlf received, and for sale by B. H. WARREN A CO., 029-10 205 Bread-street. FRESH TAMARINDS, for sale by 029 PHILIP A. MOISE. Druggiat. Harrison’s specific ointment, for sale by 0‘29 PHILIP A. MOISE. Druggist. CONSIGNEES of 31 kegs Nails, marked D in a diamond: 5 Bales Bagging, marked G. W. C., and 74 Demijohns, no mark, are requested to call for the same at the office of the Iron Steamboat Company. °29 W. M. ROWLAND. NEW BUCKWHEAT. “I A BARRELS; 1 U 20 Half “ 20 Quarter “ Just received, and for sale by 029 2 W. S. AT. H. ROBERTS. HOARHOUND Boneset and Iceland Moss CANDY, for Coughs and Colds, for sale by 029 PHILIP A. MOISE, Druggist. CRANBERRIES. -| /A BARRELS CRANBERRIES, just re- JL Vv ceived, und for sale by 029 2 W. S. & T. H. ROBERTS. CHECKS lii the Mechanics’, State, Brunswick and Augusta Insurance Banka, payable to order. For sale by 029 THOMAS RICHARDS & SON. DR« CHRISTIE’S Galvanic Bands, Belts, Bracelets, Necklaces, and Magnetic Fluid, for the cure of all nervous disorders. A large supply rs these article*just received, and foreale by 029 PHILIP A. MOISE, Druggist. Elbert sheriff’s sale.—Will be sold, on the first Tuesday in December next, within the legal hours of before the Court House doer in Elberton, Elbert county, the following property, to wit; all of Jesse H. Bentley’s interest in two hun dred acres of I.and, adjoini ' lands of Charles G. Moon, Robert W. Shaw and others, it being one fniid part of said tract of land ; levied on by virtue of a fi. fa. from 201st District, G. M , Elbert county, in . favor of Harrison Parham for the use of Nathauiel Duncan vs. Level Page and Je:?e H. Bentley. | Levied on and returned by M. M. Smith, Constable. DOZIER THORNTON, D. Sheriff. October 29,18&0. SILL GS APR IC I? g^g T.tt0.mrf1.,,1,. Oh-onui; * Ssnlli> LATER FROM EURopi- ARRIVAL (>F ~,j : J steamer pacific FOUR rni NEW Yoßk - Oct Oft Ihe steamer Pacific arrived at h fcr a V * terday, Sunday afternoon, with four Jeg “ news from Europe. *■ s Liverpool, Oct. 16.- Cotton.—' Th '• in of buyers, but no chan ee i! “' Srke! Sales of the 4 day. 17.000 bale. Speculators took 2,200. * Wllc ® Baltimore Oei oa S. and G. Knight alleged slave catchers** Florida, were arrested at Boston on g ul for slander, and held to bail in the thousand dollars. The brig Garland, has arrived at Saie-n r Para. The yellow fever was prevailing Puro, and was very fatal. The Captain 0 f , hp ' Ganand had died on the passage, and alii,, crew were sick. Uuca (N. Y.) Globe steam mills hnu been flooded, and much damage done. New York Market . nlMoNDxr, Get. 28, P. M.-Co.Ton.-Sdes to 5V 1,400 bale?. ‘ y Mess Pork $1.875. [An error ] Flour, Grain and other things unchanged. Charleston Market. Monday, Oct. 28.-CoHon.-The sales .<j ay reached 1700 bales at 13* to 13|c. Prices deprew. ed and in some instances * lower. From the Charleston Courier.—By Telegraph Baltimore , Oct. 27.—The shamer Falcon from Havana, arrived at New Ynrk to day. The steamer Arctic, for Liverpool sailed from New York this day. New-York Market, Oct. 26—Tho Cotton market was heavy to day, 1,800 bales onH changed hands—fair Upland 144, Orleans 15, The week’s sales amount to B.OUO bales Flour is dull. Corn 70 cents, Rice is quo te Jat a 3f. The operations for the week are only 600 tierces. Provisions are duller. Sugar and Molasses are also dull. Coffee quiet. Exchange cn England 10|. There was a tremendous storm at Baltimore last night. LATER FROM EUROPE. Arrival of the Steamer Pacific at New York. Baltimore, Oct. 27.—The steamship Pacific, from Liverpool, whence she sailed on the Jfitfi inst., arrived at New York this afternoon, afar a passage of eleven days and three hours. The Pacific bring* 94 passengers. The Liverpool Cotton market on the 16th, was dull, and prices were in favor of purcha sers, but no alteration in quotations had actual ly taken place since the sailing of the Asia. The sales during the four days were 17.000 bales, of which speculators took 2 200, and the market closing heavy. Indian Corn was in bettor request and 6d. advance had been obtained. Flour was quiet, and last week’s prices were current. The London Slock market was buoyant. Con sols closed at 96|. The Queen of Belgium died on the 12lh inst. Germany —Notice had been given U ike Pruss-iau Government not to sutler the Federal Assembly at Frankfort, and to interfere by force in Hesse Cass el. Denmark —Frederickstadt still holds out against the Holsleiners. The latter wi re re pulsed four times, notwithstanding they had planted their standards oa the breastworks. The loss on both sides was small, Berlin journals state that Austria, Wirtem berg, Bavaria and Saxony have concluded an offensive and defensive alliance against Prussia The above is ai! the news worth telegraph - ing to-night. New Orleans Market, Oct. 26. 4 P. M.—A good business was done in Cotton oa the 2’>ih. The sales reached 3400 hales. Prices remain ed unchanged. Sugar has declined in value. Some 120 hhds. were sold at prices ranging from 5* to s|c. Molasses is worth 26.* to 2Tc. Whiskey has advanced to 28c. per gallon. From the Baltimore American—By Telegraph. Boston Oct. 25.—The United States Mar shall in this city has now in his possession war rants for the arrest of a large number of fugi tive slaves. Much excitement prevails among the negro population. Tho court-house has been sur rounded by them all the morning. According to accounts they are determined to resist, even to the shedding of blood, any attempt at car rying back to slavery their colored brethren. A negro named datinel, who has resided here three or four years, has been pointed out by his master. The impression is that si" rious consequences will follow if an attempt be made to arrest him. It is said that severs! arrests have been already mad * secretly, and that one or more are in prison in Lcveritt street. The judge was interrogated this morn ing in reference to the subject by negroes and their abettors, but he would not answer either pro or con. He decided, however, that all examination*, if any took place, should be made public, and in the court-house. The excitement incr-a-e --every moment. The negroes are mustering strongly, with the intention of making a forci ble demonstration should they positively as certain whether or not any of their brethren have been arrested. This is by no means a creditable state o! affairs, and it is hoped the good people o* Boston Vi FI so regard the integrity aud sancti ty of the law as to put an immediate step lo such attempts at its violation. C. W. Upham has been nominated by the Whigs of the second Congressional district ot Massachusetts, as a candidate for said district. A letter from the Hon Horace Maun nas just been published. He goes for a protects tariff and all Whig measures. He reviews at length, and with much seel ‘ ity, the questions involved in the fugitive s.a v bill, butdoes not denounce those who P pated in its passage. He opposes the forci i resistance of the fugitive slave law. Louisville, Oct. 24.—The steamer ConeorM bound fur Memphis, was sunk on ? near Fori Adams. The boat was nwarrt New Orleans. t or The steamer A. W. Van Lear. heoW Henderson, with a valuable cargo, - last night at the mouth of Salt River. - of her freight was taken* fin an inj urt ’ ' by lighters. The boat was insured J° r thousand dollars. . i al . The Federal Arch, which was sunk ter part of last week, and which has sine , raised, has been hauled cn tho Mai -1110 way at New Albany to repair. Albany, Friday, Oct 25.— WM hlD *'J“ {S* has declined the nomination of the - era, and says, if elected, he shall rxe law in defence of the rights ol P rc 'P ■ well uof the people. r , iid6D . Baltimore, Friday, Oct. 20, 18oU » Taylor’s remains passed through this . morning, «» route for Fitsburg. TBK world’s fair ce ntr»l Washington Friday Oct. 2oth.— L**
