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XR< COBB’S RKPLY TO TUK MACON
COMJHITTKK.
Athiki, August T4tb, 1851.
Gebtlimki:—l did not receive your letter
until my return from the lower part of the
State, about the Brat of the preaent month, and
have not, therefore, replied to it at an earlier i
day.
Aa I have received commonicationa from
other parts of the State, on the same, and km
dred subjects, I have determined in this reply,
to consider the questons involved at some I
length, as 1! desire (bat it may be considered as
responsive to the various communications to !
which I have referred.
Yoor letter propounds the two following in
terrogatories :
Ist. “Do you believe that a Sta'e by virtue
of her sovereignty, has the right peaceably to
secede from the Union, or is it your opinion,
that the general government has the Constitu
tional authority to coerce her to remain in the
Union T And sb iuld a call be made upon the
militia to aid in attempting to coerce a seceding
Stele, would yon, if in the Executive office,
obey each requitition T
2d. “Do you believe that the late acts of
Congress, termed the “Compromise,” were
eonstito ional, just and equitibleT”
I shall consider these questions in the inverse I
order in which you have proposed them
In order that I may be distinctly understood,
in reference «o the late ac s of Congress, term
#d the “Compromise,” I consider it proper
to make a brief reference to each of the six
bills, which composed that compromise: and
shall, in that way, be enabled to give the mo«
satisfactory answer to your second interrogato
ry-
The bills establishing territorial governments
for Utah and New Mexico, rest upon a great
constitutional principle, which has always re
ceived thi warm and cordial support of south
ern men, and by none advocated with more
tssl, than those now politically associated wan
yourselves. That principle is, “the right of
the people to determine for themselves, wheth
er or not elavery shall constitute a part of their
social system.” In these bills on the s'avery
question, is found this provision —“And said
Territories shall be received into the Union
with, or without slavery, es their constitution
may prescribe, a' the time of iheir admission ”
If this important principle, so long contended
for by the Sou h, and so long resisted by the
North, be now repudiated by the South, then
these bills are obnoxious to the objections
nrged against them by the divanioaivu; but if
the South be content to abide the operation of
her own cherished doctrines on this subject
then these biils are n strict conformity with
the requirements of the South, and should bo
entirely satisfactory to us. It is too late to tdk
about (he repeal of the Mexican laws, after the
almost unanimous support by the Represents
lives of the South of the Clayton Compro
mise Bill, which no more repeals those laws,
than the bills we are now considering ; nor
wore our Representatives in (heir advocacy ol
the Clayton Compromise Dill m re united,
than were their constituents in their approval
Pf the votes of these Representatives. The
eight Southern Representatives who voted
■gainst that bill, on the ground, that they re-
3 aired the repeal of the Mexican laws, were
enounced as traitors to the South, for making
the demand, by those who are now most noisy
in their complaints against Southern Repre
sentatives, for not requiring the repeal of the
Mexican laws. I voted tor the Clayton Com
promise Dill, and I was universally sustained
in Georgia in that vote. Why is it, that lam
now condemned for my support of those
bills by the men who then approved ol my
neorse f
The Clayton Compromise Dill contained no
txprtst gmmrmntm for the admission of slave
States, if the people desired it—whilst theao
bills pledge the faith of the government to ad
mit these territories as States, with, or without
slavery, as the people may determine w hen
they come to organize their State constitution.
These bills received the support of a majority
of the Representatives ol the South. Your
own Representatives from Georgia, were
anaoimous upon the subject. The only vio
lent and decided opposition made to them,
proceeded from the abolitionists and f>ee soil
era, who saw in the provisions to which 1 have
referred, the repudiation of their favorite doc
trine of congresaional interdiction of slavery in
the territories, and the recognition of our own
favorite doctrine, of leaving to the people the
decision of the question—whether or not they
would have slavery among them
The bill to settle the dispute d boundary be
tween the U. 3. and Texas, rests upon equally
sound and constitutional principles; its pro
visions simply contain a proposition from the
General Government to the State of Texas, to
setJe the boundary between the territory of
the U. S. and the State of Texas, by adopting
a certain line as that boundary; and in eonrid
•ration that Texas will yield the claim which
she had made to the seceded territory, the Uni
ted States agrees to pay her the sum of ten
millions of dollars. Tnere was no threat—no
coercion 00 the part of Congress to compel
acquiescence in their proposition. L was a
matter f t the calm and patriotic judgment of
the people of Texas to determine—and the
terms ware agreed to by her, with unparalleled
unanimity. It is equally untrue, and unjust to
the brave and patriotic people o r Texas to
impute their action on this subject, to the fear
of Federal power, or the equally offensive
consideration of bribery and corruotion. A* I
would not tolerate aach an impuia ion upon
the ett mens of our own Stale, under similar
•ironmstasees, I will cot indulge in the ungen
erona and unfounded reflection upon the bon
oety and integrity of our young and prosperous
■star.
Tbit disputed boundary was thus settled be
tween the United States and Texas, iu the only
mode, in my judgment, in which s-ich an issue
ooold be determined between the Government
and ■ sovereign State of the Ucion. 1 am
•••*• that the charge is sometimes made, that
this bill seised on the slave territory of Texas
•ad appropriated it to free soil. Nothing could
befarther from the truth. The only direct
•■set resulting from this measure upon tha
question, was to re ova the prohibi
up >n slavery in that portion of (he ceded
*«rrito*T, being above 36 30, which was put
JJjma it is lha articles of annexation, when
Tessa was admitted into the Union. This bill
Mmoves that prohibition, and submits to the
*f the paapte of the territory when
••jeease to organise their Slate government
qaaatiea whether or not slavery shall
rT?* P*rt of their social system. This
neeivaa which I have considered,
—•— r? and cordial support of a
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The only remaining biU ■ # ™’
ifal terr,l °*
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MMnra was objectionable to SoauJL 1 “
thM|hfc family received the
•aa-third as the Representatives of the Sent/
UeHwo with a majority as the Booth I
•fcyeuons U» this bill; I preferred
that a territorial government should have bean
provided for California, as was dona for Utah
and New Mexico. L would have bean the
more regular and appropriate mode of dispo
sing of that portion of the territory! but the
failure to do so, I do not regard as a violation
of the Con-titntioD, or the rights of die South.
In the Admission of California, Congress ex
ercised a power expressly conferred upon it,
by the Constitution, “ to admit new States into
the Union;” and though our judgments do not
wholly approve of the exercise of that discre
tionary power in this instance, it constitutes no
such cause of complaint against the govern
ment as would justify the resistance which has
been indicated by the enemies of the Compro
j mise and the advocates of disunion.
The principle upon which Califo'nia was
admited in o the Union, with her constitution
i prohibiting slavery, has ever received the sanc
tion of Bomberu statesmen. The principle j
den es to Congress the right to look into the
constitution of a State asking for admission into
the Union, farther than to see that it is repub
lican in its form of government. Whether
slavery shall exist there is a question not for
the consideration of Congress, but to be deter
mined by the people when they frame their
Stale Constitution.
This doctrine was clearly expressed in the
following resolution introduced by Mr. Cal
: houn into the Senate of the United Slates, in
! 1817. It was -he annunciation of a sound
1 constitutional principle, and I am prepared to
maintain its correctness:
“ Resolved, That n- a fundamental principle in
our poll teal creed, a people, in forming a constitu
tion, have the unconditional right to form and adopt
the government which they nuy think beet calcula
ted to Becure liberty, prosperity and happiness; and
that in conformity thereto, no other condition is im
posed by the federal constitution on a Sta’e, in order
to her admission into this Union, except that its con
stitution be republican, and that ths imposition of any
other by Congress won Id not only be in violation of
the consriiutioD, but in direct eonffict with the princi
ple on which our political system rests.”
The bill for thn suppressio” of the slave
trade in the District of Columbia, was objected
to by Soullu ru noon, priocioally on the ground
of the.,; enalty which it provides. Tnat fea
ture is taken from the laws of Marvland, and
it will bo remembered that all that i,ow re
mains of the District, was originally R'part of
the State of Maryland. In 1816 the State of
Georgia prohibited the introduction of slaves
wi hin this State for sale, under a penalty of a
fine of five hundrod do lars, sod imprisonment
in the penitentiary for four years, for each
slave brought into the State for sale. This law
was repeaie 1 in 184li, and re-enacted in 1843,
and again repealed at the session of 1843.
The penalty for tbo violation of the District law
is the liberation el the tlave ; which is, ss 1 have
said, the same penalty provided by the Mary
land taw for a violation oi their Act upon the
same subject. There was, as far as 1 could
learn, but one voice among the people of the
District on this subject. They all desired it.
The Fugitive Slave Bill, is the only re > ain
ing measure of the compromise to be consid
ered. I wish it was practicable, without ex
tending luis communication to too great a
Ir.nglh, to incorporate into it, the leading pro
visions of the bill it must suffice, however,
to state that it was prepared by one of the most
extreme advoca es of Southern Rights in Con
gress. It contains provision that was
demanded tiy thi South, and i have yet to meet
with the first man who claims more at the hands
of Congress on this subject, than this hilt
grants. Congress, in the adoption ol (his bill,
nas in my judgment, exhibited a willingness
and determination, fully to discharge the obli
gation. which the constitution imposes lor the
delivery of our fugitive slav-s.
1 have now rapid y referred to each of the
compromise measures, and you will see, that
whilst in the language of the Georgia Conven
tion, I d » not wholly approve cf all ihese
measures, yet I see in them no violition of
our il rights—nor is 6 ere, in my
opinion, any thing which forbids on the part of
our people, an honorable acquiescence in these
measures. Such was tire decision of the peo
pie of he S ate, last fall, as recorded
by their delegates in the convention of last
November. If 1 did not regardMhe settlement
as fair and honorable, I would not be found
among the advocates of the Georgia Platform.
It is not simply because Georgia has decided
the question, that I maintain her decision—but
because she has made a wise, just and pe riotic
decision If I thought (hat Georgia had made
a decision which subjected her citizens to term*
of inequality and degradation, I would, as a
loyal citizen, submit to her will, until 1 could
induce her, if in my power, to abandon so
humttia ing a position ; and such, 1 presume, is
the position of every honorable man within
tier limits; it is therefore, right and proper,
that the people should know not only, who will
submit to the decision of the Siate. but also,
who approves and will sustain that decision.
Your first interrogatory, directs ray attention
to the question of secession, and you have
put tiie is.-ue upon the right of a Sta e to se
cede from the Union without just cause. As
this right is claimed by many as a constitution
al right, and by all of those who advocate it in
its modern acceptation, as consistent with con
stitutional obligations, 1 simli consider it at
some length in reference to its constitutional
bearings.
When asked to concede the right of a
State to recede at pleasure from the Union,
with or without just cause, we are called u.,on
to admit that the framers of the constiiu ion
did that which was never done by any other
people, possessed of their good sense and
intelligence—that is, to provide in the very
organization of the government for its own
dissolution. It seems to me, that such a
course would not only have been an anoma
lons proceeding—but wholly inconsistent with
the wisdom and sound judgment which muk
ed the deliberations of those wise and good
men, who framed onr Federal Government.
Whilst 1 freely admit iliac such an opinion is
entertained by many, for whoae judgment 1
entertain the higher:, reaped, I nave no hesita
lion in declaring that tne convictions of my
own judgment are well settled, that no
principle was contemplated in the adoption
of our constitution. If it was the purpose of
the framers of the constitution, to subject the
perpetuity of the Union to the will, and
indeed, I may add, the caprice ol each State,
it is a most remarkable fact, that a principle ol
such vast importance, involv ng the very exis
tence of the republic, should have been left an
open question, to be decided by iu erences
and metaphysical deductions of the most com
plicated character. When one rises from a
careful study of the constitution of the United
States, he feels impressed with its wjnderful
adaptation to the wants and interests of this
growing people. Not only uoes be find wise
and judicious previsions and guarantees for
the stale of the country as it then existed, but
with prophetic wisdom its framers seem to
have penetrated the future, accommodating
the go-eminent to the necessities and require
ments of its present increased population and
extended resources. I am not prepared to
admit that the m*a wno exhibited so much
care and foresight in reference to all the
various parts ol this compl.cated machine—
would bave left >o vague conjecture the exis
tence of the important and vital power now
claimed for each State, ol dissolving at pleas
ure, the Union which had cost them and tbair
compatriots so much toil, and labor, and anx
iety. If they bad intended to provide for the
destruction of that noble structure, which they
were then erecting with all the care and wis
dom of able Statesmen and devoted patriots,
by such simple and obvious means, as me with
draws! of any Slate Cram the confederacy—
they would have manifested tbair intanlioa by
some plain and palpable provision of the
constitution. Such a coarse would have
been characteristic of the boneet practical and
enlightened statesmen of the convention.
Tbair failure to do so carries the strongest
conviction to my auud, that no soefa principle
was recognized by them. In connection with
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this view of the eobject, th« inquiry fores* |
itself upon oar minds, if each Sta'e reserved .
the right to withdraw st pleasure from the
Union, why was there so much difficulty en
countered by the friends of the constitution in
obtaining its ratification by the different States t
There were few, if ary, who were opposed to
the formation of the Union, after the constitu
tion bad been submitted to the States for rati
fication, provided they could engraft certain
amendmeuts upon it. The policy of adopting
the constitution, on condition that these amend
menu should be acceded to, was urged with
great earnestness in the conventions, and
among the people of several of the S ates,
but xvos finally abandoned on the ground that
it would be a conditional ratification, and
theefore inadmissible. On this point 1 must
refer to the opinion expressed by Mr. Madi
' >oo, who has been ciKed “tha father of the
j coD'tUotion,” and to whose exposition of that
■ sacred instrument the republican party have
been accustomed to look with such mplicit
confidence. Mr. Madison aays :
“My opiniou is, that a reservation of a
right to withdraw, if amendments be not de
cided on ( nder the form of the constitution
within a certain time, is a conditional ratifica
tion ; th-it it does not make N w York a mem
ber of the new Union; and consequently, that
•he would not be received on that p ! an.
Compacts must be reciprocal; this principle
would not in such a case he preserved. TAe
constrlut’on requires an adoption ia loto and
FOREVER
If the right was reserved to each State to
wiihd.aw.it would have be-*n an act ofsupere
rogation on the part of New York, or any
other State, to declare in advance, ihst f-he
wou'd withdraw or secede, if the. amendments
she proposed to the canstiimion were not
adopted. If the r ght uxia eo, it could be ex
ercised as we I without as with t e condition
annexed to her ratification of the constitution,
and the assertion of it would have been a
useless interpolation and a nullity. It was not
so regarded however, at th « time, by those
who nad been active participants in the fram
ing of the constitution. .Mr. Madison con
sidered the reservation of a right t<> w i hdraw
from the Union as “ u condition that would
vi.iate the ratification.’' lie says farther in
writing lo Mr. Marnilt >n on ibis subject:
“ Ike idea of referring a right to withdraw
was started at R chmond, and considered as a
cor ditionrl ra ificatioT, which was itself
abandoned as worse than n rejection.”
[conclide; to morrow.]
&l)Vo;iuic emu
SAMUEL BAHNETT, Associate Editor.
AUGrU &T A , Gr A •
SATURDAY MORNING .. AUGUST 16.
Constitutional Union No ml nation .
FOR GOVERNOR.
HON. HOWELL COBB
COMPRESS
For Representative from Btb District t
HON. ROBERT TOOMBS.
Mr. Cobb in Augusta.
It will be recollected iba». the lion. Howell
Cobb, the Constiiutioual Union Candidate for
Governor, will address the ci izens to-night in
the City Hail Park, la which the public are in
vited.
The anxety to hear him on the great ques
tions of the day, we are aware is very general
in this community, and we feol confident a very
large audience w 11 greet him on the occasion.
This is as it should be. lie ia seeking the first
office in the giftof the people, and it is proper
that they should see him, face to face, and hear
from his own lips bis exposition of his princi
ples, that they may act advisedly in ca« ing their
suffrages.
Mr. Cobb's Letter.
The letter of Mr. Cobb, to the Macon Corn
mi'iec, will attract the readers’ alien ion. It is a
plain, frank and manly expose of hisprinciples,
and should be reed by every voter. VYe shall
conclude ;it to-morrow, and regret the ne
cessity of dividing K— its length, however,
rendered it indispensable.
Invitation to Gov, McDonald,
It will be seen by reference to the card of
Mr. Cobb and the lis of his appointments to
address the people, that he has extended an
invitation to Gor. McDorald to meet him and
engage in the discussion “on equal terms ”
He cannot therefore escape in future under
the excuse that be nas not been invited.
Naivete.
11 Now look at tbe platform of the Southern Rights
party, composed ol V\ higs and Democrats, and then
leak at that ol the Federal party, especially at their
Ith Resolution, commonly characterized aa l lh
bloody fourth,’ and if you do not agree with os that
this fourth Resolution contains more dre-eating, more
disunion, more ‘di ruptioo of every tie that binds
us to ihu Union’ than can be found in ail the South
ern Rights piatiorm, wo shall be gre.liy deceived.”
Ihe above queer challenge is made by a
writer in the Constitutionalist, of the iOth iost,
under the curiously se'ected si/nature of
“Southern Rights.” This model Union man
characterizes the avow-d deterJjioatiou of the
Union party to resist the legislation referred to
in the 4th Resolution of the Georgia Conven
tion of 1850, as “fire-eatiug,” “disunion,”
&c. Tbe party which gave itself no name, be
proves to be singularly unworthy of the name
he gives it. The only evideuae he furnishes
to show its title to the name of the “ Southern
Rights” party, is the triumphant assertion that
it takes leis decided ground in favor of S.mth
eru Rights than the other party. Ho w.ll hard
ly dare to sap that the grounds assumed by the
Uuiou party are incorrect or inadequate.
T..e party wh.ch *yles itself “the Coosti u
tional Union Party,” he calls the “ Federal
Party,” and adduces as his curious reason far
lh*s change of asm 3, that it inclines to “ fire
eatiug,” “disunion,” and tha “disruption of
every tie that binds it to the Union.”
That the Southern Rights party, so called,
isunentiiled to ths name—that the Union party
is not derelict in the discharge of its do'ies to
the South—are the points lo whefa he chal
lenges attention. We have ever aimed to es
tablish ths same great troths. Well may the
unnamed party piteously beg to be “saved
from its friends.”
SoOTHBR* MEDICAL ABO SoBOICAL JoOR
EAL.—The August No. es this valuable peri
odical has boan on our table for some days,
and should have bees noticed earlier bat for
tbeiaet that it was mislaid. It is freighted
with its usual variety of original and miscella
neous matter. This work ia edited by Prof.
L. A. Dimas, and published ia this city by
Mr. Jain MoCaffebtt, at $3 per snanm,
in advance.
| Ths OsastUattsaallit had “New-later- f
vaatlsa.”
fCOBTUTOBOj
This policy of “aon intervention,” so far
at least «s New Mexico and Utah were con
earned, wo* at length successfully carried out.
Success was the bingo on which the Conititn -
tionxlist turned. For years it hid advocated
'non intervention.” It got ;t. Now listen,
and marvel:
“ Tbe Southern Democrats did not get Gen.
Cass their Northern President —nor any part of
Cslifornii —but they get acquisition !
■om-intesventiom, with a -Xoirtht ra inierprei-aiicn,
applied to New Mexico and Utah.”—Constitution
alist, Sept. 17 th, 1650.
Tenatis risumt Can one believe his eyes
when he sees “noo-iote volition,” the eld
friend and favorite hobby of the Const notional
ist, thus jeered at f And what a salvo.
Naked “non-intervention,” even the Constitu
tionalist could not ridicule, so it clothes it with
“a Northern interpretation.” Had not tbe
North interpreted it a« fully before its success
atafer 7 In the opinion of that paper, “North
ern interpre ation” ssems suddenly to have
risen in value, aud become equivalent to “ju
dicial decision ”
Dot tbe discontent of the Conetrtuioualist
was a growing discontent. Hear bow he
characterizes a Compromise, founded, «o far
as New Mexico end Utah rre concerned,
strictly on “non-intervention ’ —as “a Jom
vromise.JßFl by which she (the South) is swin
dled out of every foot of it (tbe Territory)
soto and forever." ( Constitutionalist , Sept.
27, 1850 )
Was not non-intervention all yon asked—all
you desired 7 Did you not, by your own
confession get it as to New Mexico and Utah 7
Then all you asked and all yon desired was,
that the South ‘ should be swindled out of
every foot” of New Mexico and Utah “now
and forever.”
We don’t suppose you will accept the con
sequence of adhering to your own opinion.
Then confess that ihe Union wing of the
Democratic party abides by the Democratic
policy on this lha vital i-suo of the day, aud
that tue Southern Rights wing has abandoned it.
Having undertaken to give spice to his
cul uuns by a little variety, lest his readers
should be urfeiled with consis’ency—we next
find the Constitutionalist tending to what
pi int of the compass 7 Why not only ridi
culing non intervention but actually disband
iso “intervention” with jut the “non.” Such
a change would have constituted an era with
an other paper. It seems io have been re
garded by the Constitutionxiitt as a twcedlu
dum to tweedle deo distinction. After it had
wailed two years —
“ It became then tbe duty of Congress to give a
guarantee of p'otection to (ha slavehol ’er in bis
slave proferty.”— Constitutionalist, Oct. i) 1850.
“ Intervention” (instead of “non-interven
tion,”) became at this time “the duty of Con
gress.”
In our onlv succeeding number we will show
that as in the opinion of the Constitutionalist
of one dale, intervention became “the duty of
Congress,” so in the opinion of the Constitu
tionalist of ano her date, intervention tranreen
I ded the constitutionalpiwerof Congress.
In the opinion of that paper, (if it holds
it therefore became “the duly of
Congress” to transcend its own Constitution
al powers. Tbe evidence we shall adduce
■ will convict the Southern Rights wing of the
. Democratic party of the same abandonment
of principle.
The Medical Examiner and Record or
Medical Science.—Wo acknowledge t: e rc
ceipt of the August No. of this ably conduct
ed Journal, through the courtesy of the pub
lishers This No. is equal in ability and inter
est to any of its predecessors. It is edited by
F. G Smith, M. D .John B. Biddle, M. I).,
and published by Lint-bat <fe Blackiston of
Philadelphia, at $3 per annum in advance.
North Carolina Election.—The Wil
ming'on Her«ld of Wednesday concludes that
the Congr asional Delegation from that State,
will be aa follows:
Ist District, Thomas L Cl ; ngmat?.
2d do. Joseph P. Caldwell.
3d do. Alfred Dockerv.
4 tlx do. James T. More head.
sih do. A W. Venable.
6 h do. J. R J. Daniel.
7th do. Wra S. Ashe.
Sth do. Edward Stanley.
9:h do. David Outlaw.
Five Whigs and four Democrats, counting
Clinyman with the latter.
Mr. Cobb’s Appointments.
Mr. Cobb will address the people at the following
places, and at tbe times designated:
At Marietta, Oohb co., Saturday, 23d August.
At Casaville, Cass co., Mi.n :ey, 26th “
At Romo, Floyd co., Wednesday, 27th “
At Summers? ille, Chattooga, Friday, 29th August.
At Lataveite, Walker, Saturday, 30th August.
At Trenton, Dade, Tucpdav, 21 Septnuber.
At Ringgold, Walker. Thursday, 4th Sept.
At Calhoun, Gor on, Saturday, 6th “
Ai Spring Place, Murray, Monday, Bth Sept.
At Ellj ly. Gilmer, Wednesday, iOih “
At Dlair.vilto, Uuicn, Friday, 12th “
At Dahlonega, Lumpkin, Monday, 16th “
At Camming, Forsyth, Wednesday, »7ih Sept.
At Canton, Cherokee, Friday, 19th Sept.
We are authorised bv Mr. Cobb, »o say that Judge
McDonald is invited to attend these appointments
and to participate in the discussion upon equal terras.
The advices by the Arctic ’brow discr dit
on the statement of the supposed finding of
the bodies of sou. of Sir John Franklin s
men. Th* contrary was stated in our de
spatch yesterday The London Times sets
the whole story do vn as a gross faricatiou.
No such vessel as the F ora is said to belong to
Hull, and the Mr. Douglass men toned in the
statement has oeea searched for ia vain.— Balt,
Amer.
Storm at Paducah.
Eddyvdls, Aug. 12. We are informed by
the officers of steamboat Caledonia, who were
passengers on the Umpire for Nashville, that
the steamers Caledonia and Dover are a total
loss. The American lost her chimneys—her
loss is calculated at f 3 000 Steamboat Mus
tang also lost her chimneys Tbe Globe lost
all of her cabin, nothing left but her boilers,
engine and hall. Smedlsy lost toe cabin of his
wharf hi at. The Cherokee had a log run
through hur bail. The America ran over tbe
Dover, tore her lo pieces end sunk her. The
Caledonia is bottom upwards. All the steam
ers that ley moored at Paducah broke looes
and were injured more er toss. Total loss at
Pedecoh estimated at $30,000 —Nash, Banner.
lowa Election. —Dvkno ns, Aug. 9 The
Whig, have elected thosTSkei. in whole or in
part, is Dubaqae, Jackson, Clinton, Scott end
Lya# oountijs.
Delaware county is uncertain. Clinton is
P’obably Democratic; so also ore Desmoines
end Cedar. |
[cpMMOWIOATBO.J |
Athens, Ga., Aug. 13, 1051.— Dear Sir:~ My !
: attention has been culled to a communication j
i of Judge McDonald’s in which he says :
“I have just heard that some reporter of Mr.
| Gobb’a speech at Thomasvllle, has made him
say, that before he left home, he proposed to me
that he wmld meet mu or any friend I might se
lect in debate before the people, on the political
subjects In volved in the election. I do not be
lieve that Mr. Cobb ever made a statement so
utterly destitute of truth. 1 have never received
from Mr. Cobb any proposition, verbal or writ
ten, directly or indirectly, on that or anv other
subject, since my nomination or before.
The reporter of my speech at Thomasville was
at fault in saying that I said 1 had invited
Judge McDonald or any friend of bis to attend
my appointments. His error was an immaterial
one, as will be perceived, when (state what 1
di 1 say. My remark was the same in substance
with the letter addressed by me to a committee
in Baker county, and published la the Albany
Patriot. It was to this effect—that I had stated
to both my own friends and the friends of Judge
McDonald, and occasionally in my public
speeches, that I would be pleased to see my op
ponent at my appointments, and would discuss
with him, upon any fair terms; and that if he
should tor any cause decline to enter personally
on the canvass, that 1 would then meet any
agent he woul I select and authorise to speak for
him, who would attend my appointments—l re
quired an authorized agent upon the ground
that Judge McDonald was represented by
different friends as occupying different po
sitions, and 1 thought it but fair that I shoul i
meet the same issue every where. J can see no
point in Judge McDona'd’s denial of the report
er’s statement, unless ho intends to convey the
idea that the invitation would have been accept
ed, if it had been formally tendered Regard
ing this denial as an apology for hia failure, to
attend my past appointments, 1 can only ex
press my regret, that the formal invitation had
not been extended to him—and to guard against
a similar failure, for the future,! nave caused
the publication of my appointments hereafter, to
be accompanied with a special invitation to the
Judge, to be present and participate in tho
discus-ion.
Yours, Howell Cobb.
To the Kditor of the Southern Banner.
Significant—Very.—A committee represent
ing a cooperation disunion meeting in Charles
ton recently addressed a letter ofinvitation to
Gov. McDonald, requesting his presence at one
of their convocations. This letter appears in
the Augusta Const tutionalist, and is as beauti
ful a specimen ol non commiualisir. as has ever
dropped from the hopper of even Charles J. Mc-
Donald, the prince of nou-commiltalists. It is
neither pig nor pup —fish nor (owl, but a medley
of generalities,so wretchedly fitted up and poorly
dressed as to excite even the ridicule of the dis
uniortisis. If sufficiently tangible, it should be
seemed and preserved by Barnurn. But what
is very significant, and which we wish the peo
ple to bear in mind, is the fact that McDonald
and Quitman are invi ed, and toasted, and
praised, whilst Cobb and Foote are quite neglect
ed by the disunionists of our sister stale, it is
because the lattvr gen’lemen, give no counte
nance to secession in any of its multifarious
phases. We leave the people to judge. One
thing is evident, the leaders in South Carolina,
expert the co ope rati in of Quitman and Mc-
Donald in brea ing up the Union, else they
I would not Invite them to their meetings. —Home
Lour.
Treaty with Postooal.— The New York
, Journal of Commerce lias letters from Lisbon of
the 19th July, Irorn which we learn that
Mr. Haddock, our Cfargc to Portugal, has
procured the Hgnaiure of that Government
. to the new treaty, and hag transmitted it to
Washington. The rumor mentioned in tho En
glish papers that the arbiter (Louis Napoleon)
on the question of damegea for the destruction
of the privateer Gen. Armstrong, had already
- decided against the American claim, and in fa
vor of Portugal, was without foundation.— Nat.
Intel,
Late from Havana.—The brig Charles
Kershaw, Capt Richmond, arrived here yes
r terday morning from Havana, which port she
r left on the 8:h to*'. She reports that three
days before her departure, the United Sia et
steamer Vixen arrived with some intelligence
r especting Lopt z, which caused great excite
ment, and that ali the Spanish vessels of war
and steamers ware ordered out immediately
to cruise aiong the coast.
By this arrival we have received full files of
the Faro Hdustrial up to ths 7th inat. inclusive,
' but h■> throw but little 'ight on the progress
of events in the island. We perceive theietn
addresses from the officials of Cienfue/oa,
Trinidad de Cuba, Puerto Principe and Villa
Cl-tra, stating that the disaffected were surren
dering themselves, and ih it many prisoners
had been taken. The very tenor, bowel or, of
these addresses tends to demonstrate Uiat
the aspect of affairs is more ee r tous than they
would have the people of the island imagine,
and that an organized revolution is m existence
Bui, notwithstanding the political troubles,
strange to say, commercial matters seem unaf
fectad by them.
From a business letter received in this city,
we learn that there was a fair demand for Bu
tarv, Yellows, Browns and Cucuruchos.
The stock on ''and was not estimated at over
one hundred thousand boxes
There was a better demand for Exchange
on and diafts on New York were
quo ed at four per cenf. d.scount, although
small sales were expected at a quarter less. —
CA. Cour.
Hurricane at Tampico.—A friend in this
city baa informed us that he learns by a letter
from Tampico, dated July 16th, that a destruc
tive hurricane bad occurred in Tampico. It
lasted seven hours, demolished many houses
and damaged large quantities of merchandise.
The schooner Oregon, which is now in the
river co oing up. wu) bring us the full particu
lars of this disastrous event —P e.
Boat >«, August 12—The barque Downing
from Pernambuco with dates to the 14th has
arrived. She reports that preparations were
-making for war with Buenos Ayres,and troops
were b--ing sent forward. Military men be
lieved there would be no actual fightiug. Bu
siness was dull The barque W. C. Wright,
of Baltimore, was dismasted when a tew days
out fiom Pernambuco and pat into Paraibo
for repairs. A Hour dealer failed in Boston to
day fur $25,000.
A T eie York, August 12. —Tho Washington
sailed to day with HO passengers ani SB,OOO in
specie.
Burlington, Vt, Monday, Aug. 11.—The
body ol Bur ick Sprague, of Morriston, mis
sing for two years past, has been found in Lake
Metnphremsgog wi h the throat cur. The
body wasiu a remarkable state of preservation
so as to be at once recognised by bis friends.
Sprague is said to have been wealthy, and was
undoubtedly murdered. The discovery has
eaused-much excitumei.t.
CONSIGNEES.
Per Iron Steam Boat Company’s Steamer A.
Sibley, to Ik Boats, 9 end 17, with, merchandize
to Z. McCord A Co.; Hand, Williams A Co ;
Laßoc 1 e dk Roberts; G. Vannesa; Scranton,
Staik A Davis; T-N. Pott Main A Son; J
Sibley; Biker A Wilcox; W. K. Kitchen;
Hand A Fleming j Dunham A Bleakly ; W.
AJ. Nelson ; J. R. A W. M. O iw ; Thayer
A Batt; Q. T. Dortie ;W. H. Rowland,
Agent; A. Hatch; W. H Goodrich ; T. R
Rhodes ; W. H- Msharry A Co.; French A
Butler; Augusta Mabbine Works; W. 11.
Crane ; Seymour. Ansley A Co.; A. Gar
delle ai.d J. J. Byrd.
Crockery, China and Gtlauwara
TUB subscribers ksvp constantly oa
tA band a general assortment of Crockery. Ml
ST Chins sad Glassware, which will be
■old as low as sen bs had elsewhere. W» fa vita ms
attention cf thane In want to our stock, before making
their purchases.
N. B. —Orders from the country carefully packed
nod warranted to go sals.
MUSTIM A LATHROP,
I an 16 Balov Pool O&ea Corner.
TELEGRAPHIC NF,WS,
t . nximit tsd forthc Ct*rorsicl«
LATER FROM EIJRoP£,
ARRIVAL OF THE
STEAMER AFRICA
ADVANCE IN COTTON OF
From tke Baltimore American—by I* f egropk
New York, August 12<A. 10 P. M
steamship Africa hits arrived, bringing Li*.*
pool dates to (he 21 of August
Markets. —Middling qualities of Cotton for
the week have advance I The sales have
been 70.000 bales, oi wh ch speculators •out
10.000 and exporters 11,000 Fair Orleans b
quoted at 5| and M obile s|, though some
culars quote price- 1-I6J above these rai*.
The tales on Friday were 10,000 bales of
which speculator* took 2000 The marital
closed quiet
Accounts from the Manufacturing Districts
are more favorable.
Breads:off* are quiet and prices £*nerally
are a shade lower. Western Canal Flour ij
quoted at 17 a 2lht ; Philadelphia and Belli
mere 20-t 6J ; Ohio 20s. White Wheat 6« a
6'. 6d; Red ssßdao<9J. Yellow Corn 27s
mired 26* a 26} 6d ; White 29*. Corn meal
14s 6d.
Provisions. —Fine Br C f eomniards full pri
cies ; Inferior has declined 2 a 5« without sq
increased demand Btcon is s’oudy at Is ad
vance. Low priced Hams and Shoulders are
wanted. The market is bare of L ;rd and pri
ces have advanced Is.
Oratories. —There*have bteen no sales of
Carolina Rice. Sugar closed with lets
maod—sales of 33 hhds Porto Rico at 35, 6J.
The demand .or T-a was f-iir at full rates.
Sales of fine Pckou at Is 31 a 4-t.
Sales ol GOhhdv. Q, terciiron Bark from the
quay at 7s. Gd, a 9i.. bein’ « slight decline.
Tie Iron markers steady, and makers ful
!y employed.
Tim money market is firm. Consols closed
at 9fi|
The bul ion in Bank of England wts a
fraction over £ 13,000.000.
A reaction had taken place in rail wav shares,
and some had declined 2 per cent.
Freights are fully supported. Passengers
offer more freely, and rate* to New York fall.
England.—Tnn city of Giatgow arrived at
Liverpool on the 1-t of August.
Parliament was hurry ing through the neces
sary business preparatory to tho prorogation
on the Bb. Tho Eoclesiae'ical Titles b,k bad
received the royal tesenl. The House of Com
mens had on motion presen’ed an address to the
Uucen. pra) ing that th j Crystal Palace be re
served till the 1 s', of May. The Engli-h tad
American ship owners in India were adopting
measures against the whole-ale destruction of
their ships by Lascar crews. The underwriter*
refuse risks on ships manned hy Lascars.
The visitors at the Exhibition of Wednesday
and Thursday ware under 60,000, yielding
daily £3,000.
France. —The Assembly is getting through
with the nr-erssary busin-j-s prior to separating
fur the r: ce~«. The Mass celebrated in Paris
on Tuesday to commemora’o die three days of
July, has met with ridicule from the press.—
The Piesident s aits on a lour through South
ern Fra ce during the recess. Some disturb
ances had ta-ten place at To-.iouse, and an
armed (orco of 22 SjC-aiis’s were arrested.—
Tn« Siecle newspaper was seized on Tuesday
fur libtl upon the Pre-ident.
It ta thought that Oudinot vviii receive (ha
station of .Marsha I, vacated by the death of
Marshal! SeOaMian. The arrangement Iss
year, of appointing a committee ol 25 to act aa
a Corps* e Garde, with power to convoka
the assembly, if expedient, has been revived.
Paris is crowded with strangers and business
is brisk.
Havre, July 2 0 -—Cotton daring the week has
advanced 1a 2 ires, on lower qualities- Sale*
of 9,000 bales New O leans is quoted at 58 a
86 tree —Uplands 57 aB2 francs. 8:&ek, 64,-
000 ba es.
Spain.— The Cortes will shortly be proro
gued. The Q, iccn is about to commence Mr
pilgrimage to the church of St. Amoeba to
pray for her safe delivery.
There is no news from Portugal.
Italy.—Adairs indic&ie that change is not
fir distant. The garrison of Leghorn is to
receive an aUitioa of 2000 men an 1 50 000
Austrians are to be added to the army in Italy.
D isbsheved that the trench wii! short'y leave
Rome and a mixed garrison of Austrians
and Neapolitans bs subneu ed. Tm war
between the Police and Miliiary Authorities
w-s at its height.
Special Kotlas
O’ Ttoe Her. Mr, Hall, will in St.
Paul’s Church to-morrow, Sunday, at the usual
hours. aul6-2
HATS. HATa. at A TS
FALL STYLE FOR 1851.
mUIf yow wish to look at some ol the W|
fioe-t HA I’S in die United States, jmt call
m at J. TAY L r, K Jit , »V CO.’S, aodexamme ibsir
Fall Styles for 1850. Near the Post Otfice corner. *
aulfi
BOOTS AND SHOES.
LARGE AND EXTENSIVE ASiORT'.MCNT
tflfel O’The subscribers bit re on
Fll hand, ami wil 1 receive weekly f-er awl
' ML steamers frowi Philadelphia and News
York, a large and well selec ed stock of i adie*’,
Misses’. Gent’s, Youth’s, and Children’s HOOT*
and SHOE* of the latest fashions and nea’est finish.
They also hare a laige suck of Kip and Plantation
BROGANS, and Sirrant's SIDES, ol all qualities
and make. All of which they iespectfully invite
the attention of the pubi c to . ill and examine before
purchasing. ALDRICH 4 ROYAL.
Augusta, August 7, IBM. d'Jw&wiai
CHEAP MiLLINBH'f.
Wl*liila| to dispose of my present
stock of Millinery and fancy goods before
■Wen purchasing fall supplies, 1 oiler them at very
reduced prices for cash. Among them will be found
haai ome Oawn Sil* Grape, Neapolistn and Sirs*
Bonnes, Riubons, Powers, Bridal Wreaths, Va»
Plovers, Coraus, Black and White Trimarngi, La
ces, Lac* Yeils. C • pee, |tnderslce»es, Plain and Fm
broidernd Handkercheiis, Lmg Mits. Toi'et Powders,
Perfumes, Hrir Girling Fluid, Hiifdya,
De,iila ory Powder for re n wing supeifl jojs hair,
Ac. Opposite United S'-vas H-yel
«u 5 1m MR" R.O. COLLINS.
CHEAP READY iuAOd CLOTHING.
nrJ. M. Newby Ot, 00., under the United
States Hotel, will dispose of the SU VII4EK GOODS
they hare on hand, at (trices i“ss than they can bs
bought for elsewhere. Those in want, can get bar
gains, by calling early. They bare just received a
large lot of fine Colon and Linen SHIRTS, DRAWg
ERS, Ac., Ac., which wiH be sold low. j«29
MEDICAL CARD.
Jj" Dr, A C. Hart has pormanertly located
in Augusta, and tenders bin Professional Service* to
the citizens of this place and Hambrrg. Offis#
north side Broad-st., nsxt door above John J. Bytd’a
Family Grocery Store, Harper’s Range, where hn
will be found at all boars, unless absent on ptofes
sional Calls at night will find him in
bis sleeping room,
HO UO kTs sad Shim’s PA N AGE A, far sals
by PHILIP A. MOISE,
tnl6 196 Me'calf’s Rang*.
LUBIN’S EXTRACTS, far lbs Hsndksrchinf.
twsnty-faor difsrsot kinds, just reosivsdl *•*
far sale by an 18 PHILIP A BOISE.
Spirits tcrirntuib—t tvu farads
by as 15 PHILIP A. MOlf«E.
tbn expolsson of Wanes from tbs boaaan sys
tem. — iSSnanatasc rmrdvnd by
Za§ PHILIP A. MOISE.