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A Teacher. —Those in want of a Teacher are
referred to the advertisement of a Graduate of
Pennsylvania College, who brings very flattering
testimonials of character and capacity.
There was a sharp white frost in this vicinity
Friday night last, lut not eevere enough to kill the
growing cotton, though it was doubtless injured
somewhat.
The Pvst Office called ‘‘Station,” iu Thomas
county, Ga., has been discontinued.
« 'oina>«*ot» o! ilif Northern Fnn on the
Virginia Insurrection.
As a part of tLe history of the times, and a matter
of co iitte interest at the South, we subjoin some ex
extracts from the comments cf leacing N ■rtiteri!
journals cu tha late fanatical movement at Harper's
Ferry, leaving our readers to form the r own c.»l-
C’uaion?.
k The New York Tribu .e, of We netday, raj e :
There will be enough to heap execration on the
me mot yof these mistaken m-n We leave tLij
work to the lit hands and tongues of tko-e who re
gard the fauaamectal axioms ot the Declaration o!
Independence as “glittering generalities ” Be
lieving that the way to Universal Emancipation
ties not through insurrection, civil war unci D ood
shsd. but through peace, discussion, and the qu et
diffusion oi sentiments of humanity ana justice, we
deeply regret this outbreak; but remembering that,
If their fauit ws3 grevions, grievously Lave they
answered it, we will not, by one reproachful word,
disturb the bloody shrouds wherein John Brown and
his compatriots are sleeping. They dared and died
for what they felt to be the right, though in a manner
which seems to us fatally wrong. Let their epi
taphs remain unwritten until the not distant day
when no slave shall clank h:s chains in the shades
of MoDticeiloor by the graves of Mount Vernon.
The New York Courier 4* Enquirer of Wednes
day says:
Tue insurrection at Harper’s Ferry is at an end.
It never had anything like the formidable propor
tions the telegraph first assigned to it. Bet very
few negroes of the neighborhood participated in >t,
and it cannot rightly be denominated a servile
movemet at all. It was all the work of John Brorvn
of Ossawatamie memory—a man half crazed and
made utterly desperate by the murder of b e sons
by the border ruffians in Kansas, and poest:sed of
an all devouring purpose to vent h s vengeance
upon the instituiion in the interests of which those
ruffians did their work. It is premature, however,
to speculate upon the extent or precise charsetsr of
the plot, which will undoubtedly be made tLe sub
ject of a mo a t careful legal investigation. All wili
rejoice that the demonstration was so speedily and
effectually quelled. The direst curse that could
befall our country would be an unchecked slave
insurrection.
The N. Y. Herald of the same date says :
The inevitable effect of this abolition insurrection
m the midst of the unsuspecting slaveboldiug com
munity around Harpers Kerry will be, throughout
the Southern States, a highly exs-perated tee ing of
ho tiii’yto all the slavery agitators at the North,
not only including W. II Seward and his followers
to “an "irrepressible conflict” with the South, but
even Sir. Douglas aLd his disciples of “popular
sovereignty” in the Territories. Not many days,
we apprehend, will elapse before the consequences
upon the Southern mind of this desperate experi
ment of abolition treason in Virginia will be recog
nized in the North as pregnant with danger to the
Union.
te. We have thus before us some of the ripening
fruits of that rn’scLievous reopening of the s.aveiy
agitation n 1854, commenced by Dongles and
Pierce as Presidential candidates tor the decisive
vote of the South in the Cincinnati Convention.
There would have been no border war in Kansas
between Southern pro slavery adventurers and
Northern anti-slavery emigrant aid societies had
there been no invitation to them to fight out the
slavery issue, face to face, on the soil of Kansas.
And this man Brown was only a discharged guer
rilla tree State soldier from the border ruffian soenes
of that bloody Territority. Flushed with the
success of the war for freed jm there, and rendered
danng, reck ess, and an abolition monomaniac, by
the scenes of violence and blood through which.he
had passed, he believed the time at hand for carry
ing the Kansas war for freedom into the heart of
the Soutnem States lie has met with the fa'e
which he courted; but his death and the punishment
of ail his criminal associates will be as a feather
in lie balance agakst the mischievous conse
quences which will probably follow from the
rekindling ol the slavety excitement in the South.
We trust, however, that something of good will
result from this wild and fanatical abolition explo
sion at Harper’s Ferry audits bloody results
From the extracts which we publ sh in this papsr
on the subject, from several ot our Republican co
temporaries of this city, it will be teen that they
betray some signs of alarm —that they do not like
the shape which. Mr. Seward's “ irrepressible con
flict'’ is assuming. Let the people of this great
conservative (State, however, remember that thij
insurrection in question is hut a natural appendage
of an “ irrepressible conflict” with Sjuthern slave
ry, and the author of this treason may receive a
lesson in November which will afford some security
to the peace of the country at large, as well as a
sen-e ot safety to the South from abolition couspi
raiors.
China. Affairs—Minister Ward and Com
Tatnall.—ln the telegrapulc eummary of the Eu
rope’s news, published in the New York papers of
Thursday, we find the following :
The ofticiel correspondence between the British
government and its officials in China relative to the
measures taken for the ratification of the treaty at
Pekin, is published. The Hod. Colonel Bruce,
British Ambassador, states pos’lively that if Admi
ral Hope had expressed any doubt as to the result
of attempting to force the passage of the Peiho,
they would not have been shared by the squadron ;
and if it be decided that the means at command
were iusuffi iient to justify so bold a line of policy
Col. Biuoe accepts the responsibility of Admiral
Hope's act.
Lord John Russell's reply virtually approves of
the course thkeu, and says that ptej a v a:i ns e re be
iug made in conjunction witu the F.ench govern
ment to enable the forces to t upport the I le-ipo
tentiaries in their instructions.
Col. Bruce, iu one of bis letters, she ws the jo i- :
tion occupied by Mr. Ward, the Auaercsa Minis i
ter, and expressed the opinion that the Cuineee wi 1 j
not make difficulties about exchai ging reti6cafi<u s j
with him, as the conditions under which the Amer- ;
ican Minister is alone entitled to \u it Pekin con- j
fain nothing offensive to Chinese pride. C l B. uie ;
expresses much gratification at the friendly feeling I
and assistance experienced lrou< Mr. Ward und j
Flag officer Tatnali, and concludes as follows:
“ Mr. Ward’s position is one of considerable diffi
culty, nor do I see, after our uneuceeselul attempt ,
at Peiho, ibat any course was open save the one
Which he has adopted. He has acted cordially and
frankly in the spirit of hie declarations ai Hong
Kong, and it is a matter of satisfaction to me that
his concert in oar proceedings is a strong ar
gument in favor ot the conduct pursued by M.
Bourboion and myself.”
Lady Fkasklin.— lt is eaid of Lady Franklin
that she has expended nearly every shilling she
possessed, to the amount of £30,(100, in various en
deavors to ascertain her husband's fate, and that
unless something be done for her, she appears des
tined to pass her remaining years in penury. It
the British Government will not avert this, it is sug
gested that the women of England and the United
States unite in a subscription to raise a fund for
ber future support
H. J. Mimcht, indicted for murder at the late
term of Bcrlven Superior Court, plead guilty to
Involuntary manslaughter, and was sentenced to
jiree in the penitentiary
Reported for the Baltimore American.
Ineurreciioa nt Harper** Ferry—Additional
and Interesting Details.
give below an interesting mass of details in
relation to the iusuirection at liarper a terry. A
large number of printed copies of a Constitution
for the Provisional Government were found at
Browu’a farm, and wo print it nearly entire below.
It shows that servile insurrection was fully content
plated, and an insane hope entertained that the
movement would be formidable enough to with
stand opposition and to acoomplish the extinction
of slavery. A Commander in Chief, Secretary of
War, and member of Congress had been appointed
under its provisions.
THE LATEST DESPATCHES.
Uari’Er's Ferry, Oct. 19.—Gov. Wise has of
fered SI,OOO for the arrest of Capt. Cook, who is
supposed to be in the mountains with a number of
negroes. The mountains are being scoured to-day
by ai med men in search of the fugitive.
After the train left yesterday afternoon, a detach
ment of marines, with a number of volunteers,
were sent to tne farm house of Capt. Brown to
search it. They returned about »> o’clock in the
evening with a wagon loaded with several hundred
pikes or spears, two boxes of Sharp’s rifles, tents,
blankets, boots and shoes, clothing, &0., with other
equipments for the enterprise. The articles pre
viously brought in by the Independent Greys were I
from the school house, and not from the farm of j
Capt. Brown as at first supposed.
The most valuable article brought in by the
marines, however, was a carpet bag filled with
documeu's and letters connected with the expedi
tion. They were taken possession of by Governor
W ise and many of them read in pubko last night.
Among the most important are :
A letter from Gerrit Smith, the Abolition Presi
dential candidate, containing seine financial state
ments, and enclosing a dratt for SIOO, endorsed by
the Cashier of a New York bmk.
A letter from Frederick Douglas, enclosing a
$lO note contributed by a lady for the good of the
cause.
Several letters from Henry Smith and John Smith,
prominent Northern Abolition!-t*.
A cumber of letters from different parts of Con
necticut.
Printed painphle's of the Constitution of the
provisional government to be established by Capt.
Brown.
It was said these letters would implicate s num
ber of prominent abolitionists at the North and
West, as being cognizant of and favoring the pro
ject.
There were letters of introduction to Captain
Brown presented to him by Aaron S evens, one of
the insurgents, in which he was commended to him
as worth a dozen ordinary men iu a fight. The
writers of these letters stated that they had engaged
him to join the expedition, which he had agreed to
do on condition that they would give his wife, who
lives in Missouri, SIOO to support his family duiiug
the winter, pay some small debts for him, and pay
! his travelling expenses to Harper’s Ferry.
These documents are very important and inter
! esting, and will attrqpt great attention throughout
j the country.
The Independent Greys having captured the
boxes of Sharp’s K’fies, were each presented with
one by order of Col. Lee. They are beautiful arms,
‘ntirely new, just as they were forwarded irorn the
Massachusetts armory.
Capt, Cook was supposed to be concealed in a
| c ave in the mountains, about five miles from the
; Ferry.
i csrrAi.v browns statement too.', wise,
Harter's Ferry, Oct. 11*—T e wounds of
I “Old Osawa’amie” Brown are cot at all dangerous,
; anti he is to day almost well again. Dr. Dunbar
Ins attended him, professionally, as skilfully and
I kindly as if he had not deserved his late. He is
talui ani cool, and exhibits that resoluteness, iu
> iew of his certain fa’e, which is a part of his na
, u"e. His fanaticism is of that character which
. saute out all doubt from his own mind about the
j propriety of the desperately wild foray in which he
! Las engaged. He takes it for granted tha! he was
, right, cares for nobody e’se’s opinion, and views
! the murders he and his mt a committed as merely
j the necessary result of the war in which he had
; engaged egainst slavery. He professes to be pie
; pared foi trial, though having no doubt of hie con
viction, and avers bus read ness to die on the scaf
fold, t -ough he would not like to be slaughtered by
the mob.
He made a statement to Gov. Wise this morn
ing, of which the following is the substance :
“I will be s xty years old next tnoDth. 1 rented
the Kennedy farm six mouths ago. It belongs to
Dr. Kennedy, of Sharpc-burg, Aid.; had paid the
| rent up to Maich next. 1 never had over twenty
two men at any one time at that farm, who belong
ed to my regular organization, but I bad good
reason to expect reinforcements from Maryland,
j Kentucky, North and South Carolina and Casada
: (negroes and whites.) and had arms enough on the
1 farm to arm about fifteen hundred men—not quite
full. The arms consisted of 200 revolvers, 2IM)
i Sharp's rifles, and spears. I left these arms
at the farm. We had plenty of powder and fixed
ammunition. We brought ai! the arms ‘.rom time
j to time from the East to Chain b irsburg, Pa, and
| they were there paokad in double boxes, »o as to
deceive the parties who hauled them to the farm
They were oireeled to 8. S cith A: Sons, Kennedy
faun, that being the name we had assumed. ’
Gov. Wise this morning with a party ot military
weDt to the cave, eome miles above here, ia which
Cook and his men were reported to be concealed.
! They found nothing to indicate that thej had been
l there.
I.IST OE THE INSURRECTIONISTS.
The following is the list of the iusurretionists
given by Cap ain Brown, with the rank they held
in hie service, and their place ot birth. We have
l arranged the list eo as to show who are dead and
; wounded :
Captain John Brown, commander-in-chief—
wounded, wiii recover.
Capt. Oliver Brown—dead, f ~, . „
Capt. Watson Brown-de4d, $ 80ne of Ca P‘ BroWD ‘
Captain Aaron C. Stevens, Connecticut—badly
wounded ; three ball s; cannot possibly recover.
Lteut. Edwin Coppuck, lowa—wounded,
Lieut. Edward Hazlitt, Pennsylvania—dead.
William Leman, Maine—dead.
Capt. John E. Cook, Connecticut—escaped.
Stewart Taylor, Canada—dead.
Charles P. Tida, Marne—dead.
William Th msoii, New York—dead.
Dolph Thompson, New York—dead.
Capt. John Kugi, Ooio, but raised in Virginia—
-1 dead.
Lieut. Jeremiah Anderson, Indiana- dead,
negroes.
Daingerfield Newby, Ohio; raised in Virginia—
dead.
O P. Anderson, Pennsylvania—dead.
"Shields Green alias Emperor, New York, raised
iu South Carolina—prisoner at the Ferry.
Lewis Leary, Ohio, raised in Virginia—dead.
Copeland, Onio, raieediu Virginia—prieon
j er at Charlestown.
Meuioer of Congress under the “Provisional Gov
ernment” he intended establishing.
condition or the wounded
We have the following intelligence in relation to
the condition of the men wounded in the attacks
on the Armory:
Harper’s Ferry, Oct. lit—Evan ILrsey is in
very good spirits, at E. C. Murphy’s house, receiv
ing every attention from his family and from Pro
fessor Dumbar, of Baltimore, who came up with
the troops as Surgeon General, who thinks he is
improving, but is doubtful as to his ability to w i ll
stand the inflammation now setting iu. Ilis moth
er, and other friends, are also with him, and the
Railroad Company ia doing everything to benefit
his condition, with that of the other biave men in
thtir service, who were wounded in the fight.
Private liuppert, of the marines, who was woun
ded iu the assault upon the engine house, is dead.
KMartinshurg, Va , Oct. P* Richardson and
Wotiett are both doing very well; neither of them
dangerously wounded. Woilett’s wound ia ou the
arm only, but the bone is not injured ; the ball has
not yet been remored. Richardson wili lose his
eye, but the bail did not penetrate his head. They
are both comfortable as can be under the circum
stances.
Harper’s Ferry, Oct. Ill,— The insurrectionists
taken prisoners were to day conveyed to Charles
town jail, the seat of justice ofJeflVrson county, in
j the j nnt custody of the Sheriff and Marshal Capt.
Brown is coneitdered out of danger. Ilia son,
Watson Brown, died last night. Gov. Wise has
gone to Charlestown with the prisoners.
It is understood that the prisoners have been
.surrendered entirely to the Virginia
! ur >v. Wise argued the question of jurisdiction with
•dr. Ou!d, the United States District Attorney, iu
j tb,s way; ‘lf the United States has jurisdiction
j over the prisoners it must go into Court and eatab
| iak that iact in a legal way. Iu the meantime
: ihey will be committed to the jail at Charlestown,
i The Grand Jury convenes next week; they will be
I tried, couvicted and executed, if the United
; S ates establishes its claim of jurisdiction, it may
! t .ke what the State of Virginia has left of them.”
iroritional Constitution und Ordinance* for
ibe People of the United States,
PREAMBLE
Whereas, Slavery, throughout its entire existenoe
in the United states, is none other than a most
barbarous, unprovoked, and unjustifiable War of
one portion of its citizens upon" another portion;
the only conditions which are perpetual imprison
ment, and hopeless seivitude or absolute ex er
miuation ; in utter disregard and violation of those
eternal and self-evident tiuths set forth in the
Declaration of Independence: Therefore,
We, Citizens of the United States, and the Oppress
ed People, who, by a recent decision of the Su
preme Court are declared to have no right which
the White Man is bound to respect; together with
all other people degraded by the laws thereof, Do,
for the time being, ordaio -nd establish for our
selves, the following PROVISIONAL CONSTI
TUTION and ORDINANCES, the better to
protect our Persons, Property, Lives and Liber
ties ; and to govern our actions:
ARTICLE I.—QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP.
All persons of mature ege, whether Proscribed,
oppressed and enslaved Citizens, or of the Pro
scribed and oppressed races of the United States,
who shall agree to sustain and enforce the Provi-
eional Constitution and Ordinances of the organi
zation, together with ail minor children of such
persons, shall he held to be fully entitled to protec
tion under the same
ARTICLE 11, BRANCHES IF GOVERNMENT.
'1 he provisional government of this orgamzatiou
shall comiat of three branches, viz: Legislative,
Executive and Judicial.
ARTICLE III.—LEGISLATIVE.
The Legislative branch shall be a Congress or
House ol Representatives, composed of not less than
live, nor more than ten members, who shall be
elected by all citizens of mature age and sound
mind, connected with this organization, and who
shall remain in ctliee for three years, unless sooner
removed for misconduct, inability, or by death. A
majority of such members shall constitute a quorum.
ARTICLE IV.—EXECUTIVE.
The executive branch of this organization shall
consist of a President and Vice President, who
shall be chosen by the citizens or members of this
organization, and each of whom shall hold his office
for three years, unless sooner removed by death, or
for inability or miscondKct.
ARTICLE V.— JUDICIAL.
The judicial branch of this organization sbal
consist of one Chiet Justice of the Supreme Court,
and of four Associate Judges of said Court; each
constituting a Circuit Court. They shall each be
chosen in the same manner as the President, and
shall continue in office until their place? have been
filled in the same manner by election of the citi
zens. Said court shall have jurisdiction in all civil
or criminal causes, arising under this Constitution,
except breaches of the Rules of War.
ARTICLE VI. —VALID IT Y OK ENACTMENTS.
All enactments of the legislative branch shall, to
become valid, during the iirst three years, have the
approbation of the President, and of the Comman
der in Chief of the Army.
ARTICLE VII.—COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
A Commander in Chief of the Army shall be
chosen by the President, Vico President, a maiority
of the provisional congress, and of the Supreme
Court, and he shall receive his commission from the
President, signed by the Vice President, the Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court, and Ihe Secretary of
War; and he shall hold his office for three years,
un ess removed by death, or on proof of incapacity
or misbehavior. He shall, unless under arrest,
(and until his place is actually tilled as provided for
| by this Constitution,) direct all movements of the
army, and advise with any allies. lie shall, how
ever, be tried, removed or punished, on complaint
to the President, by, at least, three general officers,
or a majority of the House of Representatives, or
of the Supreme Court ; which House of Represen
tatives, (the President presiding,) the Vice Presi
dent, and the members of the Supreme Court, shall
constitute a court martial, for his trial, with power
to remove or punish, as the case may require, and
to fill his place as above provided.
ARTICLE VIU,—OFFICERS.
A Treasurer, Secretary of State, Secretary of
War, and Secretary ot the Treasury, shall each be
chosen for the first three years, in the same way
and manner as the Commander iu Chief, subject to
trial or removal ou complaint of the President,
Vice President, or Commandei -in-Ghief, to the
Chief Justioe ot the Supreme Court; or ou com
plaint of the majority of the members of said court,
or the Provisiaual CougteS3. Tue Supreme Court
shall have puwer 10 try or punish either of those
officers; and their places shall be filled as before.
ARTICLE IX —SECRETARY OF WAR.
The Secretary of War shall be under the imtne
; diate direction of the Commauder-in-Chief, who
i may temporarily till his place, in caaa of nrrest, or
j of any inability to serve.
ARTICLE X. —CONGRESS OR HOUSE OF RE PRESENT A
TIVKS.
j The House of Representatives shall make ordi-
I nances providing tor the appointment (by the
! President or otherwise) of all civil officers, exeept
! ing those already named, and shall have power to
| make all laws and ordinances for the genera! good,
1 not inconsistent with this constitution and these
| ordinances.
article xi.— appropriation of money, Ac.
The Provisional Congress staff have power to
! appropriate money or other property actually iu
I the bauds of the Treasurer, to any object calcula
ted to promote the general gcod, so far as may be
I consistent with the provisiot iof thie Constitution ,
I and may, in certain cases, appropriate, for a mode
| rate compensation of agents, or persons not nsem
| bera of this organization, for important service they
| are known to have rendered.
ARTICLE XII. —SPECIAL Dt'TITS.
It shall be the duty of Congress to provide for the
: instant removal of any civil officer or policeman
who becomes habitually intoxicated; cr whoia audio
ted to other immoral conduct, or t>> any neglect or
unfaithfulness in the discharge of his cfiioi il duties.
Congress shall also he a s'anding Committee of
Safety for the purpose of obtaining important
j information, and shallbe in constant communication
j with the Commander-in-Chief, the members of
which shall each; as also the President, Vice
President, members of the Supreme Court, Secre
tary of S f ate, have full power to issue warrants
returnable as Congress shad ordain, (naming witness
es, &.c.,) upon their own information, without the
formality of a complaint. Complaint shall be inline
diately made after arrest, and befere trinl; the
party arrested to be served with a copy at once.
(Articles XIII. to XXV. provides for the trial of
President and other officer-! and Members of <*• ti
gress ; the impeachment of Judges; duties of the
President and Vice President; Punishment of
Crimes, Army Appointments, Salaries, Ac, Ate,
and not being of special interest, weom 'Jthero |
ARTICLE XKVI. —TREATIES OF PEACE.
Before any treaty of peace Bhall take full effect,
it shall be signed by the President and N ice Presi
dent, the Commander in Chief, a majority of the
House of Representatives, a majority of the Su
preme Court, and a majority of all the general offi
cers of the army.
ARTICLE XAVU. —DUTY OF THI MILITARY.
It shall be the duty of the Commander in Chief,
and all the officers aud soldiers of the army, to
afford special protection when needed, to Congress,
or any member thereof; to the Supreme Court or
any member thereof; to the President, Vice Presi
dent, Treasurer, .Sect etary of State, Secretary of
the Treasury and Secretary of War; and to afford
general protection to ah civ 1 officers, or other per
sons having right to the same.
ARTICLE XXVIII.— PROPERTY.
Allcaptn>-6d or confiscated property and all pro
perty the product of the labor of those belonging
to this organization aLd of their families, shall be
held as the property of the whole, equally, without
distinction ; and may be used tor the common ben
elit, or disposed of for the same object. and any
person, officer or otherwise, who shall improperly
retain, secrete, use, or needlessly destroy such
property, or property, found, captured or confisca
ted, belonging to the enemy, or shall wilfully neg
leet to render a full and fair statement of such
property by him so taken or held, shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be
punished accordingly.
ARTICLE XXIX. — SAFETY OR INTELLIGENCE FUND.
All money, plate, wa'ches or jewelry, captured
by honorable warfare, found, takeu or confiscated,
belonging to the enemy, shall be held sacred, to
constitute a liberal safety or intelligence fund ; aud
any person who shall improperly retain, dispose of,
hide, use or destroy such money or other articles
above named, conttary lo the provisions aud spirit
of this article, shall be deemed guilty of theft; and
on conviction thereof shall be punished accordingly.
The Treasurer shall iurnish the Commander-in-
Chief at all times with a full statement of the con
dition of such fund, aud its nature.
ARTICLE XXX.—THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF AND THE
TREASURY.
The Commander-in Chief shall have power to
draw from the treasury the money and other prop
erty of the fund provided for in article twenty
ninth, but hia orders shall be signed also by the
Secretary of War, who shall keep strict account of
the same ; subject to examination by any member
of Congress or general officer.
ARTICLE XXXI. —SURPLUS OF THE SAFETY OR INTEL-
UtNOE FUND.
Jt shall be the duty of the Commander irt-Chief
to advise the President of any Surplus of the Safety
and Intelligence Fund ; who sbail'have power to
draw such Surplus, (his order being also signed
by the Secretary of State,) co enable him to carry
out the provisions of article seventeenth.
ARTICLE X.XXII.—PRISONERS.
No person, after having surrendered himself or
herself as such, to any officer or private connected
with this organization, shall afterward be put to
death, or be subjected to any corporeal punishment,
without first having had the benefit es a fair and
impartial trial; ner shall any prisoner be treated
with any kind of cruelty, disrespect, insult, ©r
needless severity ; but it shall be the duty of all
persons, male and female, connected herewith, at
all times aud under ail circumstances, to treat all
such prisoners with every degree of respect and
kindness the nature of the circumstances will admit
of; and to insist on a like course of conduct from
all others, as in the fear of Almighty God, to whose
care and keeping we commit our cause.
ARTICLE XXXIII. —VOLUNTARIES.
All persons who may come forward and shall
voluntarily deliver up their slaves, and have their
names registered on the books of the organization,
shall, so long as they continue at peace, be entitled
to the fullest protection of person and property,
though not connected with this organization, and
shall be treated as friends, and not merely as per
sons neutral.
ARTICLE XX XI V. — NEUTRALS,
The persons aud property of all non-slaveholders
who shall remain absolutely neutral, shall be respec
ted as far as the circumstances can allow of it but
they shall not be entitled to any active protection”
ARTICLE XXXV.— NO NEEDLESS WASTE.
No needless waste or destruction of any useful
property or artiole, by tire, throwing open of fences
fields, buildings, or needlees killing of animals or
injury of either, shall not be tolerated at any time
or place, but shall be promptly and properly pun
ished. v
ARTICLE XXXVI.—PROPERTY CONFISCATED.
The entire percouai and real property of all per- 1
son» known to be acting either directly or indirect * i
ly with or for the enemy, or found in arms with
them, or found wilfully holding slaves, shall be
confiscated and taken, whenever and wherever if
may be found, iu either Free or Slave Stales.
ARTICLE XXXVII DESERTION.
Persons convicted, on impartial trial, of desertion
to the enemy affer becoming members, acting R 3
spies, or of treacherous surrender of property, arms,
ammunition, provisions or supplies of any kind,
roads, bridges, persons, or fortifications, shall be
put to death and their entire property confiscated.
ARTICLE XXXVIII. — VIOLATING PAROLE OK HONOR
Persons proven to be guilty of taking up arms
after having been set at liberty ou parole of honor,
or after the same, to have taken any active part
with or for the enemy, cirect or indirect, shall be
put to death and their entire property confiscated.
ARTICLE XXXIX,—ALL MUST LABOR.
All persons connected in any way with this or
ganz&tiou, and who may be entitled to full protec
tion under it, shall be held as under obligation to
labor some way for the general good ; and persons
refusing or neglecting so to do, shall on conviction
receive a suitable and appropriate punishment.
ARTICLE XL. —IRREGULARITIES.
Profane swearing, filthy conversation, indecent
behavior, or indecent exposure of the person, or in
toxication, or quarieliug, shall not be allowed or
tolerated ; neither unlawful intercourse ot the
sexes.
ARTICLE XLI. —CRIMES.
Persons convicted of the forcible violation of any
female prisoner, shall be put to death.
ARTICLE XLII. —THE MARRIAGE RELATION—SCHOOLS
—THE SABBATH.
The marriage relation shall at all times be respect
td ; and families kepi together as tar as possible >
and broken families encouraged to leuuite, and in
teiiigence offices established as soon as may be, for
the purpose of religious and other instructions; and
the first day of the week regarded as a day of rest,
and appropriated to moral and religious instruction
aud improvement, relief of the suffering, instruction
of the young aud ignorant, and the encouragement
of pereoua.l cleanliness ; nor shall any persous be
required on that day to perform oidinary manual
labor, unless in extremely urgent cases.
ARTICLE XLIII. —CARRY ARMS OPENLY.
All persons known to be of good character, and
of sound mind, and suitable age, who are connected
with this organization, whether male or female,
shail be encouraged to carry arms openly.
ARTICLE XLIV. — NO PERSON TO CARRY CONCEALED
WEAPONS.
No person within the limits of the conquered ter
ritory except regularly appointed policemen, express
officers of the army, mail carriers, or other fully
accredited messengers of Congress, President,
Vice President, members oft! 3 Supreme Court, or
commissioned officers of the a my—aud those only
under peculiar circumstances—shall be allowed, at
any time, to carry concealed weapons; and any
person not authorized specially so to do, who shall
be found so doing, shall be deemed a suspicious
person, and may at once be arrest -d by any o fficer,
soldier or citizen, without the formality of a com
plaint or warrant, and may at once be subjected to
I thoro ugh search, and shali have his or her case
thoroughly investigated, and be dealt with as cir
cumstances or proof shall require.
ARTICLE XLV.— PERSONS TO BE SEIZED.
Persons within the limi.s of the territory bolden
by this organization, hwing aimi at all, concealed
or otherwise, ala ill be seized at once, or be taken in
1 chs-ge of some vigilant officer, and their cate
j thoroughly investigated; audit shall be the duty
I of alt citizens and soldiers, a« well as officers, to
j arrest such parties as are named in this and the
j preceding section or article, without the formality
of compiaint or watrant, and they shall be placed
1 in charge of some proper officer for examination, or
for safe keeping.
I ARTICLE XLV 1. —THESE ARTICLES NOT FOR THE
OVERTHROW OF GOVERNMENT.
The foregoing articles shall not be constiued so
j as iu any way to encourage the overthrow of any
j State Government, or of the General Government
; of the United States ; am! look to nq dissolution of
tne Union, but simply to amendment and repeal
i And our dag shall !>e the same that our fathers
! fought under in the Revolution,
ARTICLE XLVII. —NO PLURALITY OF OFFICERS.
No two of the offices specially provided for, by
this instrument, shall be filled by the same person,
at the same time.
ARTICLE XLVIII. —OATH.
Every officer, civil or military, connected with
j this organization, shall, before entering upon the
duties of his office, make solemn oath or affirtna
tion. to abide by and support this Provisional Con
stitution aud these Ordinances. Also, every oiti—
I sen and soldier, before being folly recognized as
such, shall do the same.
SCHEDULE.
The President of this Convention shall convene,
immediately, on the adoption of this instrument, a
; convention of alt such persons as shall have given
) their adherence, by signature, to the Constitution;
who shall procesd to fill by election all offices
specially named in said Constitution, the President
of this convention presiding, and issuing eomrair
sdons to such officers elect: all ruoh officers being
hereafter elected in the manner provided in the
body of this instrument .
THE PAPERS FOUND ON CAPT. BROWN.
| The Washington Star of last evening says : The
Government have received the papers found on the
person and in the valise of Oawuttamie Brown.
From ail that we have been able to gather with
reference to their character, t ese papers disclose
that he kept ada !y j urnal, in whi< h he set iorth
the details of his transactions , which show his pur
chase of arms in large quantities, and ammunition
and stores of all Rinds necessary to the success ot
an extensive insurrection—field spy glasses, picks
aud shovels for throwing up temporary fortifica
tions, calls or boatswain’s whistles of a new kind,
being very shrill aud capable of being heard at a
long distance, (which ate supposed to have been
i intended for assembling his bauds or warning them
of danger,) were among these stores, ihe whistles,
as per bill found in his effects, were made in Phila
delphia aud forwarded to an agent of his in Balti
more, last week, per Adams & Co.’s Express—some
of them were found in his valise. We understand
that the names of various persons in different
States are embraced in the papers found, as being
well posted in regard to his plans and movements.
From tiie tenor of his papers it is now not to be
doubted that the conspiracy of which he was the
head and front bad an extensive organization in
various States.
There is said to be nothing in the papers found
showing tbatnegroesorotbers belonging at Harper's
Ferry or its vicinity wore partiesps criminis before
the fact in Brown’s conspiracy.
Among other things embraced in this batch of
papers are said to be the names of various persons
upon whom he might rely for aid in case of neces
sity. It is a’so said to be apparent from them that
ha was promised instant extensive aid from abroad,
which, as the result proved, failed him
There can now be no doubt that his grand aim
was to create a general servile insurrection.
WHEN THE PLOT WAS CONCOCTED.
The Philadelphia Press of yesterday publishes
the following, which it says is “from tne pen of a
leading anti slavery man’ in that city. It shows
that we were correct in having supposed that
Brown’s first visit to Harper’s Ferry, which was
made more than a year ago, was for the purpose of
preparing for the insane attempt which he at last
carried out :
“You ask me what I know in regard to this out
break at Harper’s Ferry. I answer—l know noth
ing ; and yet I am not altogether ignorant concerning
it.
“More than a year ago, when the Kansas trou
bles bad oonae to an ena, a gentleman—for such he
was by birth and breeding—fresh from the scene of
strife, and ready for another contest, called to see
me at my office. He was a soldier by profession ;
had fought for freedom in Hungary and on the
plains of Kansas, and was now ready, if au oppor
tunity would offer, to draw his sword in the same
behalf in the mountains of Virginia, or in the
swamps of South Carolina. On this last point he
wanted to know my opinion, which, of course, I
was prompt to give.
“Our enterprise," I said, “is a moral one. It
rejects the sword It seeks to accomplish its end
by ideas. It appeals to the understanding, the
heart, the conscience, the purse. Its object is, by
changing public opinion, to effsci a moral revolu
lion ; that to be followed by a proper political re
construction, the same to be accomplished by the
least possihle exercise of force ” This, he said,
was all well enough in theory, but it would not work
in practice. It was too slow. In the initiatory
stages of the movement it might do weii enough,
but the time bad come when something more de
cisive was called for. He was not sn Abolitionist
in the common sense of the word, but lie was a
friend of freedom the worid over, and was ready,
at auy time, to unsheathe his sword against oppres
sion Did I know John Brown, ol Oaawattauiie 1
No, I did not know him, though I had often heard
of him. Wei!, said he, I don’t like him; he and I
don’t agree. He has treated me badly; but he is
a brave man and efficient soldier. He has come
home burning under a sense of the wrongs he and
his countrymen suffered in Kansas at the hands of
the slaveholders, and is determined to make re
prisal. Ho wants to organize a band to go Soutn,
establish himself in tbs mountains, and inaugurate
a species of guerilla warfare for the liberation of
slavery. Are there any amongst your friends that
would co-operate in such an undertaking ? To the
best of my knowledge and belief there was not one.
Weli, he would find them somewhere; for he was
bent on fighting the slaveholders with their own
weapons—the use of which they had so well taught
him in the battles of Kansas.
“Such, in substance, was the convocation be
tween Captain and myself, of whom or fiom
whom I have never heard since that lime. But
soon after this, I heard from another source, that
John Brown was still meditating a descent on the
slaveholders, aud was only waiting to find coadju
tors. Aud about six weeks ago, a highly respeota
ble gentleman, just returned irom foreign travel,
stopped in this city, ana in the course of a conver- i
eation I had with him, dropped expressions mply
ing his knowledge of B'owu’s intentions, and whai
surprised me most, of his approval of them. As
certaining my sentiments on the subject, he did not 1
make me a confidant, and not anticipating sny i
serious result, nor any immediate result of auy kind, I
I made no particular inquiries. . , I
‘•This is the extent of my knowledge m regard
to this startling affair. When I heard the ff o
rumor yesterday, I credited it, and bs.ieved i
John Brown had a hand in it , subsequent discio
sures have proved that I was right.
“This is the beginning of the end. The drag* *
teeth which have been so protuseiy sown nav
sprung up and are bearing their natural fruit.
Stringfellow and Buford initiated thß movement;
who will be the men to consummate it ?”
Among the papers found were the following :
LETTER FROM UERRIT SMITH TO CAPT. JNO. BROWS.
“Peter boro’, June 4, 's9—Capt John Brown
My dear friendl wrote you a week ago, direct
ing my letter to care of Mr. Kearney. He replied,
informing me that he had forwarded the letter to
Washington. But as Mr. Morton received last
evening a letter from Mr. Sanborn, saying yout
address w'ould be your son's home, via: West
Andover, I therefore write you without delay, and
direct my letter to your son. I have done what I
Os uld thus far for Kansas, and what I could to keep
you at your Kansas work. Losses by endorsement
and otherwise have brought me under heavy em
barrassments the last two years, but I must never
thelesa continue to do in order to keep you at your
Kansas work. I send you herewith my draft for
S2OO. Let me hear from you on the receipt of this
letter. You live in our hearts, and onr prayer to
God is that you may have strength to continue m
your Kansas work. My wife joins me in affectionate
regard to you, dear John, whom we both hold in
very high esteem. .
“I suppose you put the Whitman note into Mr.
Kearney's hands. It will be a great shame if
Whitman does not pay it. What a noble man is
Mr. Kearney! How liberal yhe has contributed
to keep you in your Kansas work !
Your friend, Gerhit Smith.
On the back of this letter is endorsed —Gerrit
Smith answered June 17th, and enclosed E. B.
Whitman's note, aud 11. Tubman’s receipt.
I.ETTER FROM CHARLEB BLAIR.
“Collinsville, Conn., June 10th, 1859 —Friend
Brown : Your favor of the 7th inst., was duly re_
oeived, with the draft on New York for S4OO. I
have made arrangements to have the goods finished
up as soon as possible. The only man I could think
of in this vicinity, who i 3 in a situation to uo it, 1
have agreed with. But he would not agree to get
them out in less time than eight weeks. Perhaps
he can finish up one-half the number soon, if you
desire it. But he has positively agreed to have them
all out in eight weeks. I find that some of the
handles have come up missing, and I shall not be
able to make out more than about 950. Considering
the delay aud the extra trouble 1 am to be at, I
think you will be satisfied with that nttmbei. I
could have furnished them when 1 had them under
way for much less than lean now. Wishing you
peace and prosperity, I remain yours, truly,
* “Charles Blair.
There was also found the following receipt:
“Received, Collinsville, June 4th, 1850, of John
Brown, on contract ot 185<, one hundred and titty
dollars. Charles Blair.’
A. WATTLES TO CAPT. JOHN BROWN.
“Moneka, K. T., March 20, ’59 —Dear Friend :
Your favor of the 10th instant was received last
evening. We were gratified to hear from you and
your Lucceas. We had followed you with anxious
heart from point to point on your perilous journey.
Be pleased to let us hear Horn you from time to
time as you have opportunity. We are ail well and
have been neither frightened or hurt, though in
constant peril of assassination or arrest. The pro
slavery party has defeated itself, more by their own
stupidity than our smartness We vote on the
county seat in June. Send all the abolitionists you
can. Please coniinue that writing you begun at
my house I am a member of the Historical
Society of Kansa“, and am appointed on the de
j partment of biography. Please make a note of
this, and act accordingly.
Yours, truly, A Wattles.
“P S—Dr. Weavei killed himself,! presume
you have heard, while bringing in guns from Mis
souri to murder his neighbors with. It was a pro
| vidential interference tor our protection, I have no
j doubt.”
LETTER FROM O. 8. TO CAPT BROWS, JR
“ Cham her sburg, Pa., September 9, 1859.—Dear
Brother, Sister and others All is weil with us. At
present our prospecting appears to be favorable,
aud some of us will find employment in a few days.
Tidd is here. God speed you. Your brother.
O. S.”
LETTER FROM FRED. DOUGLASS.
My Dear Captain Brown—l am very busy at
home Will you please come up with my son Pred,
and take a mouthful with me ? In haste, yours,
truiy. Pred Douglass.
Dee'r 7.
letter from m. r. delaney to j. h. kagi.
Among the papers was found a letter dated at
Chatham, Canada, August lfith, one or two para
■ graphs of which are of interest. Delaney says :
' * I have beeu anxiously looking a?.d expecting
1 to see some thing cf uncle's movements, but as yet
have seen nothing; the letter from you being the
' tirst Intimation of his whereabouts since he wrote
me P,ea?e send me any paper that may mention
your doings. All are in good spirits here, hoping
and waiting for the good time comtrg ”
* The letter fell into the hands of Tmd, who open
pened and appended to it—“ Friend Kagi, seeing
a letter tor you fiom Canada, and knowing that a
letter from there would relate to business, I took
s the hbe ty to peruse it. I know yon will not tkiDk
> hsri. Tidd.”
Besides the above were several letter sheets of
: maouecript so closely written es to be almost illegi
i ble, but it was a sort of scriptural writing; a poetical
t effusion by W. H Lseman, one ot the insurgents,
and several papers which were taken by Gov.
t Wise, aud which are mentioned under the tele
t graphic head.
i A manual guerilla warfare, with instructions to
use the iar.ce, so many of which were found, was
, carefully preserved.
, Among a quantity of capers in our possession
found in the house of Capt. Brown, is the following
brief, written upon a scrap of paper, in a good
professional handwriting :
“At the right hour, by all you deem sacred, re
member me." [Signed]
George B. Gill.
VVe give literatim el punctuatim, the following
scrap written by Watson Brown, who was seriously
wounded by one of the Martiusburg men, and
found on the floor of the engine house immediately
after the storming:
Fight on, fight ever yoo Hell Hown of the Lower
Regions l Your day has come. Lower your black
flag, shoot yoor Dogs yoo Devils. Hell and foiies!
go in for Death.
In an enveloped, addressed to “Captain John
. Brown, care of Dr. S. G. Howe, 20 Bromtield
street,” where a number of clippings from the New
York Tribune, Cleveland Plaindealer and Rochester
Union, referring to the Kansas exploits of “Ossa
wattamie” Brown. Scattered over the floor of the
rooms were hundreds of copies of a pamphlet work
entitled “extracts from the manuel of the Patriotic
Volunteer on active service in regular and irregular
war, being the art and science of obtaining aud
maintaining liberty and independence.” By Hugh
Forbis. Certain passages in one ot the copies in
our possession, referring to the duries of riflemen, is
pencilled down the margin, and dog eared, as if
for future reference.
STARTLING REVELATION—THE POINTS OF ATTACK.
In a trunk, supposed to have belonged to Capt!
Brown, was found seven small though elaborate
maps of as many different States, bearing peouliar
marks, which would seem to indicate that the points
of attack, and the course of the insurrectionary
movement through the South, had already been
carefully determined upon by this w'ell organized
and confident league of traitors. Certain counties
in the seven States, of which only these maps were
obtained, bear cross marks formed by a pen, and in
several instances as if to commaud greater particu
larity of attention, or to suggest perhaps more
available poiuts of attack, circular lines are drawn
around the crosses.
The designated counties In (he States of South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, form
a continuous chain of districts, or route of travel
from Georgetown, and from Beaufort, South Caro
lina, along the Savannah River, to the Chattahoo
chee River, on the western border of Georgia; from
thence passing through convenient points on the
Alabama ana Tombigby rivers to the borders of
Mississippi; from whence it continues with little
interruption to the Red river. The maps, which
are about 18 by J 2 inches, are carefully and neatly
pasted on stout cambric cloth. Upon the margin
of each map is pasted the census returns of 1850 of
its State, giving in detail the relative strength of
the white and slave population of each county and
the proportion of females to the whole number of
inhabitants. By referring to the counties marked
it will be pereeivod that in them the slave popula
tion vastly preponderates and might, therefore
have been ueen ed a safer field of operation for the
abolition invaders.
Harper’s Ferry , Oct. 20, 11 p. M.-In conver
sation with old Brown yesterday, in presence of
beuator Mason, Hon C. J. Faulkner, of V a , and
Hon. Mr. \ allandigham. of Ohio, be made several
ers wrnch Ciearly demonstrate the complicity
of numerous persona io the Northern, Western cmd
.Eastern States. lie refused to answer thequestion
whether he had a conference with Joanna R
Giddings about his Virginia expedition. Ho ad
mitted he had corresponded with parties at the
North on the subject, and had numerous sympa
thisers in all the free States. r
Dispatches to night from Hagerstown, Md de
otare that Cook s wife certainly went to Harrisburg
Pa f - T a T? a u y - She took board at the same house
with “ old Brown s' daughter-in law.
The Sheriff and deputy of Hagerstown followed
Cook as iar as Greencastle to day, and the irnmes
sion there is that Cook left for Chambereburg P At
Kigh't.” 11 is he
| Sh !w i Wa3 credibl y at Greencastle,
fmm w w° f *° XBB passed throu * h there Tuesday, 1
pi«iSX noo ' u “ 7 '“ d " k, " iß,i :
The Sheriff is going in search in the morning. The 1
stage driver of Cbambersburg, also confirms the 1
statement regarding Cook’s wife.
A bill to ens ave or banish the free negroes of
leaneßsee, has been int Ouiiced in the Legislature '
Os that State. <
I Rome Jacksonville Railroad.—A met t
ing of the citizens of Rome and vicinity was held
at Rome, on Tuesday, 18fb, to take into considers -
tion tie enterprise of building a railroad to some
point on too Alabama line. After the meeting had
been addressed by a number of prominent gei tie
men, Hon. John H. Lumpkin introduced the
following resolutions which were unanimously
adopted :
Ist. Resolved , by the citizens of Rome in town
meeting assembled, that ff is important to the iu
tereat of this city aud the surrounding country, that
a line of railroad ba constructed connecting m
with the Selina Railroad at Jacksonville, Alabama
and with the Northeastern and Southwestern Rsi'*
road at or near Gadsden in the State of Alabama
2nd. Resolved farther, that we earnestly request
the President and Directors of the Georgia and Ala
bama Rail Road Company to take immediate steni
to increase their subscription of stock to an amount
sufficient to enable them to build the Road ; anti
without further delay, to survey, locate and put tba
work of grading the Road from Rome to the State
line, on the most practicable route from this place
to Jacksonville or Gadsden, under early contract
Mb). George S. Black introduced the following
preamble and resolution which were also uaani
mousiy adopted.
In view of the fact, that a Rail Road hence to
Jacksonville or Gadsden Alabama, would be a most
important “feeder” to the Western and Atlantic
Kail Road,
Kt solved, that our Senators and Representatives
in the next General Aa-enabiy, be and they are
hereby, instructed to use their best efforts to pro
cure the passage of “an act” authorizing and in
structing the Governor of the State to subscribe for
two hundred thousand dollars of the stock in said
Rail Road.
On motion of C'ol. S. Fouche, it was unanimously
Resolved, that this meeting request the Inferior
Court of Floyd county to take immediate steps to
ascertain the sense ot the county in regard to sub
scribing not lecS than fiity nor more than one hun
dred thousand dollars to a Railroad from Roma to
the Alabama line, in accordance with the provisions
of a “special act” of th- Legislature, passed on the
22d day of December, 1857.
On motion of Col. S. Fouche it was Resolved,
that the meeting request the President and Direc
tors of the Georgia and Alabama Railroad to confer
with the President and Directors of the Dalton and
Jacksonville Ro3d, with the view of inducing them
to construct that road byway <-f this city and to
co-opeiate with the Georgia and Alabama Company
in building the Road|hence to the State of Alabama
Extent of the Harper’s Ferry Plot —The
N. Y. Post, in the course of its comments on the
late insurrection, says :
“Rumors which arc current among the free
blacks of this city represent that this outbreak was
only a premature explosion of a more general
conspiracy. It i-> alleged that a rising all over the
states of Maryland and Virginia was contemplated,
that the 24 th of October was the day appointed for
the attempt, and that the seizure of the Arsenal
was to be ’he signal to the insurgents. The taking
of the Arsenal in anticipation ot the day whereby
the conflict has been precipitated, before the slaves
were ready for it, is supposed to be a mistake of
some one entrusted by the leaders with the execu
tion of that part of the plot. Whether there is auy
foundation for these rumors, or whether they are
mere inventions got up after the event to stimulate
public curiosity, we cannot say.”
Our Allairn with China.
The Philadelphia Ledger has a letter from its
correspondent nn board the U S. steamship Pow
hatan, about thirty-six hours later than the previous
advices, detailing the result of the attack on the
forts, containing a few items of interest in relation
to the movements of the American Minister, Mr
Ward, which will have the effect of throwing some
doubts on the French story of his being boxed up
and sent to Pekin. He states that the English slg
French Ministers had both remonstrated, (the latter
on the 4th, and the former on the sth of July,) in a
friendly manner with Mr. Ward, the object being
to deter him from going to Pekin. Crider date oi
July fi, he eays :
“Finding, yesterday, that our “junk" was getting
along very slowly, and feeling confident that Ehe
had a communication from the Governor General,
we got up steam on the Toey wan, and sent to tow
her up. At one P. H., she was brought alongside
and two white ball Mandarins came on board in
company with Mr. Martin, the interpreter. The
1 latter at once handed Mr. William? a letter from
1 Governor Genera! Hung, of which the following is
the sense:
“Governor-General Hung had received the let
ter of the American Minister, and would be at the
fortified entrance, seven miles to the North of the
. Peiho for’s, to meet upon any day that he, Mr
Ward might select. Thence he would be conduct
r ed to Tein Sing, where the treaties c-ou’d bs ei
: changed, and alter that he would be escorted to
s Pekin, there to deliver the President’s letter to tee
i Emperor in person. It gave Governor General
j Hung great pleasure to be polite to the Americans
r their bearing had always been so friendly.
* The foregoiDg is what table talk tells ns it con
taintd, at-d the same authority says that Friday
; the Bth, is the day appointed for the interview.”
i The friendly feeling evinced by the Chinese to
c Mr. Ward, first by sending him a junk load of
; provisions byway of an apology for the mistake
in driving his messenger back to his boat, and
f subsequently in the proceedings narrated above,
would indicate that the indignity of carrying him
1 to the capital in a box is altogether unfounded. In
the treaty which Mr. Ward is about to ratify, says
. a correspondent of the Philadelphia American,
there are two clauses of great significance, which
have escaped a*tention. By one the Chinese are
to afford conveyances to the embassy, and the
i number ot the embassy are limited. It runs thus:,
“The Minister of the United States of Americi in
China, whenever he has business, shad have the
right to visit and sojourn at the capital of His Ma
[ jeaty the Emperor of China, and there confer with
a member of the Privy Council, or any other high
officer of equal rank deputed tor that purpose, on
matters of common interest and advantage. His
visits shall not exceed one in each year, ana he shall
complete his business without unnecessary deley.—
He snail be allowed to go by land, or come to the
mouth of the Peiho, into which he shall not bring
1 ships of war; and he shall inform the authorities at
that place, iu order that boa s may be provided for
him to go on his journey. Whenever he means to
proceed tr the capital, he shall communicate, in
writing, his intention to the Board of Rites, at th 6
capital, and thereupon the said Board ebail give the
necessary directions to facilitate his journey, aud
give him necessary protection and respect on bis
way. On his arrival at the capital, ho shall be fur
nished with a suitable resiaence prepared for hun,
i and he Bhall defray his own expenses ; and his entire
suite shail not exceed twenty persons, exclusive of
his Chinese attendants, none of whom shall be en
gaged in trade. And if, at any time, His Majesty
the Emperor of China shall, by treaty voluntarily
muae, or for any other reason, permit the repre
sentative of any friendly nation to reside at his
capitai for a long or short time, then, without any
further consultation oi express promise, the repre
sentative o? the United States shall have the same
prviiige.”
Here is ample provision for escort, protection and
respect, and the route is designated. The other
article alluded to, in view of recent events on the
Peiho, will also be a strong reason for insuring to
Mr. Ward a kindly reception and proper treatment.
It is the first article of the trea'y of Tientsin, aud,
a? was understood at the time, was inserted by the
Chinese Plenipotentiaries. It certainly has a Chi
nese style of language :
“There sha.l be, as there always has beeu, peace
and friendship between the United States of Ame
rica and the Chinese Empire, aud between their
people respectively. They shall not insult or oppress
each other for any trifling cause, so as to product
an estrangement between them. And if any other
natign should aot unjustly or oppressively, the
United Stqtea will exert their good offices, on being
iutormed of the case, to bring about an amicable
ariaugement of the question, thus showing their
friendly feeling.”
ihe Chinese have, therefore, a clear interest in
treatmg our Minister with consideration—and if
they do, the attitude of the United Stales in tbs
east must be an imposing cne, in view of the ap
proaching struggle. Ail this may be frustrated By
Chinese perversity.— Ball. 4raer.
Dawson, Oot. 20, i • •
Editor Savannah Republic an We were gi> t
ed this morning with a fine frest. Cotton coming
in freely. Good Middling 9| cents.
Yours respectfully, S. R. Weston.
The Post Office Department during the last
week discontinued one hundred and thirteen post
offices in the Southern and Southwestern Stales,
for neglecting to make returns as required by law
The following are the offices in Georgia discon
tinued, but we do not know that all of them were
abolished tor the reason above given :—Daviston,
laibotcounty; Brooks, Worth county; Cornueo
pia, Jones county , Delay, Jackson county ,
Ghentsville, Henry county ; Gordon Springs, Whit
field county; Harmony Grove, Jackson county.
Harmony, Elbert county; Location, Coweta coun
ty-
The Sugar Crop. —The sugar crop, from all the
information we can gather will fall far short of the
estimates heietofore made of it. We were assured
yesterday, by odo of thp most experienced Planters
of Lafourche, that the crop in that section of the
State will fall far below the mark of the lowest
estimate made ot it, and that the entire crop of the
State, will in all likelihood, be less than 250,900
hhds— N. O. True Delta, 1 6th %nst.
Steamer DeSoto Sunk — We have been inform*
ed that the steamer DeSoto, which has been plying
between this place and Calhoun, ran upon a log
yesterday, the 19th, and was totally wrecked. She
was heavely loaded with Goods lor parties in this
city. Nothing lost. We learn that another boat
will be plaoea upon the line in about six weeks. —
Rome Southerner, Oct. QOtk.
The wife of the Bev. Mr. Granberry, Chaplain to
the university of Virginia, died in Washington city,
on last Monday