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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 18, 1
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAI 16, 1860.
BY TELEaRAPJI.
Squatter Sovereignty Meeting in Mobile.
Monrr.n, May IB.— A largo Democratic mooting
wan 11old here last night, at which resolutions
were parsed denouncing the action of the se-
coalers from ihc Cliarloston Convention. Reso
lutions were also passed in favor of the State or
Alabama boing represented in the Baltimore
Convention. Delegates were appointed to the
Stale Convention, to meet in Selma on the 4th
of June. • . >
fit will bo rcmoinbored'that a large and en
thusiastic Democratic meeting ,was held In
Mobile on Saturday night last, at which; the bo-
ceding delegates from the Charleston Convention
were triumphantly sustained. The second meet*
lag Is a Douglas movement.—En. News.]
Later from Mexico.
New Orleans, May 15.—Tampico dates to tho
6th luftt. lmd been received. A great battle had
occurred near San Luis Potosl, in which about
4000 on each side were engngod. Tho reaction
ists were completely routed, with a loss ^tif
eighteen cannon, 1000 prisoners, and all Ihelr
baggage, utnmnnillon and trains. The liberals
entered San Luis amid the rejoicings of .the
people.
Letter from Hou.'Howell Cobb.
. Washington City* May 0th, I8ti0.
(itntkmm: Your letter of the 5th Inst, has just
reached me. The limited lime allowed fpr action
induces me to comply with your request for a
“prompt” answer, and T shall endeavor to make
it equally “candid.”
I sympathise folly In ybnr apprehensions for
the ftiture of our country. It cannot bo dis
guised that both the safety of the South and the
Integrity of the Union are seriously threateiiod.
Tt Is mv honest conviction that the Issue dopends
the action of the Southern people at tills
upon t
The Alabama at New York.
New York, May 15.—The steamship Alabama,
from Savannah, arrived at hor wharf this morn
ing at 7% o’clock. All well.
. U. 8. Court.—The caso of the U. S. vs. N. C.
Trowbridge, went to the Jury about 2 o’clock
yesterday, and up to the hour we go to press no
verdict has been rendered.
Karev Wheat.—Mr. Ch.vrlks Danihll sends
us a sample of wheat groin at “OglEthorpe,”
the rice plantation of Ills father, Dr. W.w. C. Dan-
ieij., opposite this city, ami which is now ready j on Uie subject of slavery; 2d, the nomination of
for harvesting. Kls of largo grain, thoroughly I a proper candidate for the Presidency,
matured, and is, we are assured, a fair sample of | The tiftoon Southern States, iu common with
important junctur* A Arm, wise,.and unfnltcr-
lrtg policy on the part of the South will give
security to her own rights, and peace and quiet
to the Union. Any other course will bo equally
fatal to tho preservation of the ono and the
maintenance of the other. Idko yourselves, I
have looked to tho National Democratic party
as the only political organisation In which the
Bound constitutional Moments of the whole
country could he brought Into united, cordial
co-operation. "Willi this conviction, I witnessed
the proceedings of the Into Charleston Conven
tion with Intense anxloty, and deeply regretted
the causes which led to its disruption.
In considering the proper course now to be
pursued, we'should understand distinctly the
reason of tho failure of that Convention to agree
upon a platform and eaudtdatc for the support
of the Democratic party, if the differences
which led to the results at Charleston are tin-
material and unimportant, then there is no
cause for trouble f or apprehension. The public |
mind should promptly pronounce thorn to lie I
so, and they, should he dismissed from our j
thoughts us unworthy of further consideration.
Arc the people of Georgia prepared to pronounce
this judgment? The answer to this inquiry
involves, in my opinion, the future destiny of
the South. ^Thcre were two points of difference
at Charleston which produced the disruption of
tlic Convention—1st, the platform of the party
the entire Held, which promises to yield about the two democratic States of the Pacific, agreed
twenty bushels (of about GO pounds ea^hj to the
acre. It will be iu market in a fewjlays, and
will prpbably be the earliest ever ollered in Sa
vannah.
A Washington letter says: “An effort is
to the Baltimore Convention. And who do yon
think are at tho head of this counter-march V—
Not Douglas and his friends—for they affect to
laugh at the secession movement as a ridiculous
force—but Slidell, Bright, Tootnbs, Benjamin and
others of tlie non-Douglas school. I hope, for
the honor of our common tnnuhnod,' none of
tho seceding delegations will he found slipping
back iuto the Baltimore Convention. If they
did, they would have to hang their heads In
shame. Their only chance is tt) go with the
Richmond Convention. 11 they fail to do that,
they will be well laughed at.”
upon a platform, which recognized the equality
of the Southern States and tho right of their elt-
ttchs to go with their property into tlie common
territmy of the Union'—claiming for them and
their property tlie same protection which the
being made to carry the soecdlng delegates hack .constit ution and laws of the laud extend to their
[Special Correspondence of tho Morning News.]
LETTEirFROM WASHINGTON.
Washington, May 12th.
The city is on the tiptoe of expectation ami
curiosity at the announcement' that the steamer
mhxhlphUt, with the Japauese Embassy, will
arrive at the Navy Yirrd at noon on Monday.—
Preparations for tlie reception of tho strangers
are already complete. They are to be received
with civil and military pomp and ceremony at.
the Navy Yard. Both Houses of Congress have
been invited to attend upon the occasion, but
they will go only as lookers-on, and not official-
ly. At the quart era of tlm Commandant of the
Yard, they and tlie public authorities umlavmy
and naval officers arc to be entertained with a
military parade, bands of inustc, a collation, &c.,
and then arc to be escorted along the Avenue to
their hotel—Willard’s—’where every preparation
for their comfort has.been made. On Wednes
day they are to be formally received by the
President,-and in tho presence of a throng of
* iuvlted guests. The next day they are to visit
tlie Capitol, and be admitted to privileged scats
on tlie floor of both Houses. They arc to bo iu
vlted to a round of official dinners and private
balls ami soirees. They will, not remain here,
more than ton orlllleen days.
It will be marvellous If somo of them do not
remain hero longer; for they suffered much from
sickness during’thclr passage across the Pacific,
and have not recovered since. Here they will
hardly be allowed any repose. They will wish
tlieniRolves home again very often before they
have gone through with half of the labors that
awaits them.
They are represented as men of intelligenci
and observation, and general desire for acquiring
kuowledgo. They will bn diligent in their'in
quiries here, in regard chiefly not to our re
ligious and political institutions, but to our
moral and social couditlou and material prosper
ity, and thc.sonrt‘es of our wealth.
We shall he much mistaken in any estimate,
if it he a high one, of tlie value of.our future
commerce with Japan. -They have nothing to
export, and require no imports. They produce
all and no more than they want. ’ Tim single ar
ticle of lacquered ware Is th.c only one of their
products which could lie freely exported, and for
this there is only a limited demand.
The prospect of harmony in tho democracy at
the a(\)ourncd National Democratic Convention
at Baltimore Is Improving. Sonic of tho South
ern delegates of the lata Convention ore here and
have conferred with Southern Senators relative
to a platform. Any platform 1 hat will recognize
the, right of the South to protection of slave
property the.Territories wilibc acceptable.—
The BuhJeet of tho Tennessee resolution, adopt
ed already by the New York delegation, Is dls-
cuBsed hero among Southern men. Possibly
that may he tho basis of an arrangement. The
Southern seccders say that they do not caro for
the form, nor for the words, but they want, In
substance, something that will ensure them equal
rights in the Territories.
I hcar^hat. many of the Southern men deem It
certain that the Convention at. Baltimore will
rnakc a nomination; tfiat the nominee will bo a
Southom man; and that 'the nominco will bo
elected. „ • Fiwrss.
The Conquering Dougi.a#,—Tho Washing
ton correspondent of tho Columbia South
liniqn says, during the debate In tho Senate on
Tuesday last on the territorial question, Mr.
. Douglas took the flpbr, for a fp\v. inomfmhj. 1 Co
spoke amid the most breathless attention, and
/, demeaned himself Uko an Imperious dictator.
Iiu 411.11 w "8 JJ. I minium—Id mo
suy to to the Senator. T ask no quarter at hfa
hands, “It Is for tho victor to gmut mercy, not
brethren of tlie non-slavoholdlng States and their
property—nothing more—nothing less. Tlie
seventeen States which, with perfect unanimity,
agreed upon this platform, are all of them cer
tain democratic States. Tho candidates to lie
nominated by the democratic party for President
add Vice. Prcsldeut miist receive their votes to
give them the slightest prospect of success.—
The remaining sixteen Stales, by virtue of their
superior numbers in the convention reftisefi to
recognize these, principles. They did not assert
by tlie platform they adopted, antagonistic prln*
elplos.to those agreed upon by the Southern and
democratic Slates. Their policy was to leave
the question an open fosnq, so far as any declara
tion of principles was concerned, lmt to give a
practical construction to their platform by the
nomination of u'cnmlidute. whose chief claim to
the nomination grew out of Ids known hostility
to the doctrine for which the Southern and dem
ocratic States contended. The seventeen demo
cratic. States were prepared to unite upon any
true and worthy man for the Presidency,. Them
was on their part no disposition whatever to
fore# upon tlielr brethren of tlie other Stales a
candidate unacceptable to them. The issue on
their part was for principle and success, involv
ing no consideration q1* mere personal advance
ment of a favorite candidate. . The sixteen oppo
sition Slates, on the qthcrhnnd, not only refused
to unite upon the platform offered to t(»oin by
their brethren of the democratic States, but
struggled to force upon the party the nomination
of Judge Douglas, against the stern and milted
voice of every certain democratic State in the
Union. 1 venture to assert that such a spectacle
was never before presented in the history of par
ty coii vent ions. The Suites were as nearly equal
ly divided as it whs possible for them to be; on
one side was every democratic Slate, and on tlie
other, all .tlie''opposition Slates>, and the latter,
who were not certain of giving a single vote for
the candidates that might be nominated, insisted
upon milking both a platform and a candidate
for the democratic States to elect. There cer
tainly could not lie a more unjust distribution
of responsibility and duty. Such was tho con
dition of things at Charleston. The delegation
from Georgia would not consent to the consum
mation of this threatened policy of iho numeri
cal majority of tho convention. In common
with the delegates from seven- other Southern
Slates, they withdrew from tlie body. Their ac
tion should lie sustained by the- democracy of
tlie Stale. They were true and loyal to the trust
reposed In them, and deserve tlie cordial approv
al and renewed confidence of their constituents-
ft' they had returned from Charleston, bearing to
the people of Georgia the humiliating terms of
surrender which the majority of the conventidn
sought to put iqion them in tlie platform and
candidate proposed, the people would have re
ceived tlielr report in sorrow, and spurned their
candidate witii indignation.
It is doe to tlie democracy of the sixteen
States, which. I have designated as opposition
Slates, to say that I use the term “Opposition
States” iu no spirit of disrespect, but simply in
tend to designate them as States in which, un
fortunately for tho country, the democratic par
ty Is in a minority, lit many of their delega
tions at Charleston there we#o large minorities
who condemned the course and’policy of their
colleague*?as wrong in principle and unjust to
their brethren of tlie South. This was particu
larly tlie case In Pennsylvania and other States,
to whoso votes, In connection with the certain
democratlb States, we look with the greatest
confidence for the election of our candidates.
The truth is that the sound Democracy of the
North are determined to stand by the South In
tlds hour of trial, if the South will only bo true
and faithful to herself. The unwise declaration
of a few Southern men In favor of the nomina
tion of Mr. Douglas,..u8 a matter of policy and
expediency, lias contributed in no small degree
to thoprosent unhappy stat e of things. These
exceptional cases havo unfortunately been mis
taken in somo 'quarters for public opinion, and
will account for the otherwise unaccountable
persistence with which tho friends of Mr. Doug
las press his nomination against the earnest pro
test of a united South.
Phave thus briefly alluded to tho difficulties In
the Charleston Convention and the causes which
produced them„us proper matter for considera
tion in determining upon the course of action
which the Democracy of Georgia ought.now to
pursue. As the time is so short before the re
assembling of the Convention at Baltimore, I
Convention sliould he postponed to a day sub
sequent to tho Convention at Bftltiinp.re. I
would thus afford overy opportunity for healing
tho dissensions in our party and bringing its
different portions once more into united and
cordial co-operation upon a sound platform and
Iu tho support of a sound candidate. I liellevo
it can bo accomplished, and It only Acquires
Arm ness and decision on tho part of the South
ern Democracy to bring It about. You may rest
assured that your true friends at the North—4Uc
men wlio have never deserted you to save them-
solves—wlH not force upon you terms 'of hu
miliation, and the rest will not venture to press
them uniesif you llrat Indicate by your action
that you are prepared to surrender at discretion.
The democracy of Georgia must now choose
between the two wings of the party at tlie North.
The one lias been true and falthftil Iji the past,
and offers you every*assurance of their aid and
support lu the Allure. The other abandoned
you in tho hour of danger and trial, and invite
the renewal of your confidence, with* notice in
advance that yoii may expect in tlie future no
better faith or greater security than you havo
received in the past. With the first you will
certainly maintain your honor and have a fair
prospect of preserving your rights. If an alli
ance with the latter promises any greater advan
tage, I confess my inability to seo It.
I am, very respectfully, yours,&c.,
Howell Cobh.
Messrs. Robert Collins, John S. Gresham, Jas.
W. Armstrong, aud others, Macon, Geo.
HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE.
Havana, May 10, I860.
The deep-toned tongue of Time has Just tolled
tlie hour of midnight, and whilst all around mo
[gave the solitary Surano, (watchman) who sings
out in regular old-fashioned stylo, “.4 Ion doce y
jv)wio,V] are put l» tho' arms of “nature’s, sweet
restorer,” I am at my writing table to give my
friends, the readers of the "Savannah Morniny
A>«w,” a summary of the news of tlie past fort
night In this “over faithful Isle,” interspersed
perchance with such remarks us I may be
prompted to make as I write.
Doubtless, all remember the assassination of
Don Antonio Gonzales Agueros, which, ifl mis
take not, 1 reported in my lost letter. Well, tlie
five parties concerned in his assassination, three
meu ofeolorand two white men, have since then
been.tried and convicted of the crime. Tho
three men of color are to be garrotCul on tho
spot where tlie assassination took place, ami the
two white men are to witnoss the execution of
tlie other three, and then to be imprisoned- at
Ceuta, Africa, for ten years, with a rigid prohi
bition against over returning to this Isle. Tlie
live are to pay the costs of the prosecution
equally among them, and ten thousand dollars
to the parents or nearest relatives of tho mur
dered hum, hut how isthis to bo enforced ?
In this instance, at any rate* justice,. “stem
justice,” lias, or will bo promptly administered,
and lot us hope, with a beneficial effect upon the
minds of the other assassins that Infest this fair
city. There are various stories afloat as to the
cause that prompted tlds assassination, but be
yond t he fact that tlie assassins were hired to
perform the hateful task, I do not believe auy
one really knows anything ns to the real eauso
of the committal of this llond-llko murder.
An attempt was made to. rob the yacht Wan-
dem\ In this harbor, on the night precedlng'Uio
day of the date of my last letter. The watch on
deck (John Williams) observing a man crawling
about the deck, went below and told the captain
there were robbers on board. The Captain
handed him an old horse pistol, saying lie knew
not if it were loaded, but that lie .might use the
butt end of it. On returning to the deck, Wil
liams found the hawsers of file yacht cut, and the
man with two others in their boat. He hailed
It, but receiving 110 reply, pointed tho pistol and
pulled the trigger; the pistol was loaded, and
im killed one of the men in the boat, who prov
ed to beloug to tlie Biscayan bark Fiel. '■
Surely this homicide was Justifiable, yet John
Williams, as well as the two men iu the boat,
have been arrested, and he will bo tried for
Murder ! Even iu a Spanish Court, I cannot
sec how he can lie convicted of that crime, and I
know our Consul-General will take care to pro
vide. the neensed man with tlie ablest legal
assistance that can be procured. I shall watch
this cose with deep interest. If John Williams
be convicted of murder, then 1 will say farewell
to Cuba. For no man’s life can be deemed safe
under bhcU an administration of so-called Jus
tice !
By a “Royal Disposition,” dated 7th March,
published hero 2Gth ult., It has been decided, iu
consequence of a communication from tho Cou-
1pd.1t heated stove, on which
Cardonas, approached-q heated stc
wnsivpot ofvavnlsli. with a light^, ., lpm m - tll01r llPt ^
hand*. KJ. 11 1,1 dds, it r. President, I do not mean tor one
caught fire—the ftro wtW 1 °» n Aal'i'i-?!? 0 !. A? , r moment io puss Judgment upon tho action or those
ddlolnUor
think they did an became high-minded and honorable
^ gnitetol t
dress, and the unhappy lady burned to death bo-
fore any aid could roach lior. ■.
His Exc ellency tho Captain Gencra hns nomi
nated senor Dml Mlgitcl do Crtrdtfto® * ri. rt vna
Inspector of the Agricultural Colli
be noon established, iioar this city. ., ,
1 was present, and blush to acknowledge It,
on 2lHh ult., at two tights, tho flrat between two
dogs and a email blame African tiger, and the
second botween altyenaanilii largo Cuban blood-
hound. I cannot suppose iho roMned renders of
the SaiHinmth Murniny Nett* WpUlit takc any In-
forest In a' description of so brntc-llko a charac
ter, aud nun therefore, snared tho necessity of
writing one. Tho “wild ucnstH, however, were
tho victors; and Col. Wood, their proprietor,
went, on 8th lust., to tho United States, as Is un
derstood, to proeureahlmuls not so long in con
finement. to light against' other dogs boro and
gratify the Spanish taste for the sight of blood,
and “put money iu his purse.” It Ujconfidently
asserted that helms eleared nearly f(40,000 In tlds
city since Inst Autumn.
I And In my note book two or three accounts
of assassinations and robberies, 4>nt will pass
them all by, and now I think of It au hour’s
sleep will not,do mo any harm, so I will, to bod
until 4 A. M., when my faithful servant.will be
sure to awaken me. What think VypRjhat ser
vant is? A llUlo pet Intelligent Italian Hound
that sleeps in my chamber,, mid never permits
mo to sleep after four o’clock.
Good Morning—naif-past four A. M.
As I wrote you an hour and a half Since my
little pet vionld do, I was awakened exactly at
four o’clock, have taken my shower bath Iu my
chamber, and am again at my writing table to
coueludc this letter.
I And little more iu my uoto book of iuterest,
some unimportant intelligence from Mexico, of
which 1 will send von tho only items of moment.
Juarez is going ahead, having eonquored a half
of towns with outrageous names in the interior
seoredurlng the month of April,and Mlramon was
qunrreliug with the priests, threatening to desert
tlielr cause unless they gave him a million of
dollars.
There is, too, some Intelligence from Hondu
ras of no great moment. An effort is being
jimdc, by legal enactment, to extend agriculture
in that country, compelling the agriculturalists
to each have a certain space of land planted with
the yarlous products of that productive country;
aud dates up to 2Utli ult.. from Yucatan—that is,
from Meriden, whence there was nothing of tlie
sligliKj/n moment received. All was peace and
uuTeluess. No uprisings of Imliaus arc spoken
dishing corps of police
moment id pass ,—
dolcKatlous who thought proper to pursue a dlttorent
course. 1 believe Unit those delegations wore equally
Till to their principles as tho doTtyntlnn from my
those Port or Bavttitimli,
ftitthl
to their principles a* th_
own State. I believe thorn to have boon equally
single-minded In relation To tho principles npon which
tlds contest was to Jm waged; but thoy woro morn
Impend. They lielteved, they hoped, they trusted,
“ * ’ " “e the A ton volition should adjourn, t‘ —
0 Democratic pntty from thoNorthoi
again iKiltig appealed t
clslqn,
\ wm r }h
iyiii
iiefs of tin* DomomtlejmrtyTroin tiiol MortliornH lillfS j
' ‘ ‘ ' to, ^Voitld refeortsliier thhir d
upon which tho party could stand; null, ..
curml, thoy were wilting to continue In action with
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the nntloniil organization of the Democrat jc party, Jf
they did not, they had doolntod, wlMumo doubtful
voice, their intention of standing by those that with
draw, The ouly possible reason that could Induce the
Southern delegattons to abandon tho notional organi
zation of the delegates even In national convention,
was that thotr principles could not he maintained, and
n u ifiuKSOj), iu Dliinniu, ct wii'Kiiisuii,
-Doyle, A T. Deljorao, ,1 Doyle, Kin.tlii A , -
WH lilllotf, Rev W KpiiliiK, l» Kean, Konto * Jnn-
<1011, J UFro.er At'n, .f 11 karrolT. W H Rttriell, K
l''llzjniral(l, Only k Turley, (lanl&llaiuxImil.SGnml-
ntl.OT, Ollbort, A flomm, J Gmlmm, IiJC
of, and they were
and watchmen I
Ah, bore Is my good friend “Vepe,” at .this
early hour at my side, with a cup of fragmut
cotfoc and milk, and so now hfrewell for a fort
night. Pardon nil Imperfections, and believe mo,
yours rcspectlully,
Pui.aski.
w«n min. min |ii uinjiivn i imiiu iiui ill' iiuiiiiMinraii aim
those delegates that, remained behind'hoped that ho-
tore tlie adjournment of that Convention those prin
ciples would bo avowed, would bo spread upon tho
party banner, and npon that being done, thoy hoped
to bring back their Southern brethren, and that re
unite the Democratic party upon a basis of principle,
not a basis of plunder or of spoils. I think that, be
fore any of ns are six weeks older, wo will Anil that
tho whole Democratic party Is reunited upon a basis
of principle, f think, before we are six weoks older,
wo shall And that Northern gcutlcmcn who, in that
Convention, did.not hesitate in private conversation
to owmv their conviction that the Southerners were
right 1n relation to the principles that thoy claimed,
and who refused thnt recognition of principles solely
upon the ground of expediency, will see the error of
their ways, and will add one more to the long lino of
examples tnat honesty Is the best policy, and expedi
ency worst of all tho possible policies when prlnclplo
is to bo sacrificed to that expediency. *
Tlie honorable senator from North Carolina makes,
reference to allusions made by tho South to the ftict
that all tho Democratic electoral votes in the Conven
tion voted one way, and alt those States which could
not he relied upon fur votes voted the other way; nud
then he says It is not generous tor us to taunt our
Democratic brethren with this matter; and ho makes
of the Palmetto regiment upon the plains of Mexico
an example of tho condition of tho Northorii wing of
the Democratic party, and asks us what we should
think of the Justice of General Scott if, after that gal
lant. regiment had boon beaten down In battle In sup
porting the cause of his country, ho lmd then turned
to them and said ho did not require their services any
longer, and had given preference to new levies. Mr.
President, I agree with every word that that honorable
senator said In honor of tlie faithful aud gallant de
fenders of the Constitution at tho North, who, ill the
midst or popular clamor, unawed by the outcries of a
fanatical population, looking with n single eye to thu
Constitution mid thu preservation of tho Unlop, whlsli
depend-* on tho preservat ion - and maintenance of the
Constitution—I say, I agree with every word that ho
has said In honor of that gal hint Imnd, and am willing
logo further than ho who hero goes furthest In ren
dering them the honor which is thejr due; but, sir. to
what Northern democrats does tho honorable
Senator nlliulo ns entitled to tilts honor ?—
1 look to tho mon wtm have never faltered, and
neither directly nor indirectly havo given countenance
ton violation of the Constitution or of tho equal rights
of tho States under it. b honor the- Northern demo
crats who are willing to go Just ns far as the Consti
tution lends them, and do not trip up or falter on tho
x, Hnrndun’a Express, Holcombe, Jol
Co. A Haywood, H Hblclt A Co, W Halo, RHn
& Hons,AM llodjpi, C Hastings, J E llernam
t,°L«Uocl?o &
B Lopez, J L'
il; W W Llnc<
T W Ilalpln, J D Jesse, lUolinson, Klhi
N B Ktrnpp. Lovell * Lnttimorc, LaUocho
Luthtin & Co, J M B Lovell, A E Lopez, J
■*' “» 8 Lathrop,: L LlUdal*”’
&> Breckinridge, McKee
'4M afyroll
McMahon, J J McColm ought, M D McCarty; c —
Mahon.'NovRt, Lathrop & Rogers, J H Norris, C Ox-
enlus. D O'Connor, G T oimstcad, J Oliver. Pndel-
ford, Fay & Co, Patten & Miller. D O lhiWo & Co, J
Popollti, 8 Palmer & Son, H RothBChlld, Wni Robin
son, John Rynn. C D Rogers, 8towart v & Bntler, ’
HjgHjilHIi ‘ ‘ “ " lAtotfii & Co» Jas 1 Snillofe^
, 1111 Scranton, A Hnsskim
5 niw!8 flnost B
Intcriirctcd tho Hlgnllloatinp of tho flrat con-
ilillon of the 1st rule of IhcRoyol Order of 1st.
July'hut,-(of which,-of course, the readers of
tho Namnnah Xem arc fully cogiilsnnt, as tho
Spanish Consul at Bavannah must have eaused
Its publication in Savnunnh, and I trust his good
sense Induced him to select tho Xem for tho
purpose of k1v|iik tho Order of h|s Royal mistress
the widest possible circulation,) and thnt In
reference to the documents vessels are provided
with for voyages to this island and Porto Rico
from foreign ports, that on the first of such
voyages the captain or supercargo must declare
the number of tons of tlielr vessel, even though
they be not Spanish tons; blit that in all subse
quent voyages they must procure tho certificate
of tlielr tonnage, with which they havo been
supplied op their first arrival at the Spanish port,
by ordor of. tho Customs, so that tonnage dues
may he correctly collected... Mind ye this,
Meun. lea CttpUaiun: take cure of your .cer
tificate of mcnaurcmcnt in this or any dthcr
Spanish Antillian port, imd be nlwnys ready,
when required by competent authority, to pro
duce It, or to pay the not trifling lino lu which
you will assuredly ho mulct.
Some of the Spanish Consuls in foreign coun
tries appear to have been doubtful as to tho ex
act signification of certain clauses of said “Royal
Ordor." How excusable, then, are wo foreign
ers if wo do not correctly understand the “ lilfu-
lufin ” which some of the public writers of this
city aro wont sometimes to indulge. Tho Span-
isli Consul In Liverpool It was thht lmd the above
explained doubt, whilst ho of New Orleans is
informed tlint all goods sold by weight are to be
."weighed, not measured or counted." But that
it Is night, and I linvo no time to spnro, I would
destroy this and tho preceding slip, to correct
my stupid error, lint,as it is,I will trust to your
kindness, Mr. Kdltor, and to thnt of. Iho reader,
to pardon an unlntonlfniinl mistake.
And hero, an It scorns, my : mlnd requires n
something by tho way of soother or solace; I
Vasbli
‘‘Information has been received If
United States Marshal n, Ni-w Yiir
information thuf vessel* engaged 1
trade havo cleared from that port,
lloans aro after him., J send Von, c
' -WUsoids resolution In' full, hs o ‘
the host opportunity at onr command for hseef-
tniulng' the Democratic sentiment of the State
nmire policy. .When assembled I
WGuld ^iixo upon that Convention to give the.
ate this often
SPEECH OF HON. J. P. BENJAMIN,
OF LOUISIANA,
On the relallonn of States; defimvd in the V. S.
SenatCy May 8, I860.
[EXTRACTS.]
Mr. President, let um lqok a little back, behind 1850,
lu relntion to the Cincinnati plalfrfrin, mid to the liv
ing Issue on which wc are separated as regards that,
platform. We all remomlwr, sir—no man.can forget
—that, in tho exciting contest which took place on
the Kunwis-NelmiBka hill, those who were tlie firmest
supporters of tho bill differed In principle upon that
jne point which now threatens to divide the Demo
cratic party. They differed Openly; they avowed their
cUttercnc.es; they provided for the final settlement of
those difference*. Str, when wometfu caucus, under
the lead ofthb honorable senator from Illinois, who
Introduced the Ivunsns-Notmiska bill, iuwns found
that tho Democrats from tho North and tho Democrats
from tlie South could not agree in principle. The
Democrats from the South then took 1 the position that
the Constitution of the United States was plain and
dear. Tho rights of the people of the South Were
placed upon that instrument. I agree with the sena
tor from Mississippi (Mr Davis) that we luivo nothing
to do in this controversy witii natural rights or na
tural principles. Those rights and tliosu principles,
which lie at the foundation of social organization and
civil government, were proper subjects of cxmniim
tIon and consideration, with f " “
rhoy ih
They have given us a chart by which now
hound all to direct our course; and that chart is tho
Constitution of our country. Resting the rights of
tlie South upon thnt Constitution, when tlm discus
sions arose upon the Kunsas-Nuhraska hill, the Senn
■ iiui, ur in jiriiuury it juu uuuubu bii iu miy,
all agreed, without a dissenting voice, that hy the true
construction of tho Constitut ion of the United State
tho Territories iHslongiiig to tho United States were
the common property of all; Hint each State had eqtuil
rights In those Territories; that amongst those rights
was the right of the citizens of the different States to
emigrate to those Territories with their pfoperty of
every nature and kind; and, whoirtheru, wo contend
ed that thorc was no power under heaven thnt could
drive us eiit of those Territories or deprive us there
in of the protection of tlie Constitution and the laws,
until the people of t|ie Territory should make a
st Itutton and form a State.
Tiiu Senator from Illinois did not agree with us iu
that. Ho has been consistent. The Senator from Il
linois held that there wns u power , in tlie poople of a
Territory; he believed in popular sovereignty; he be
lieved in some inherent right in the people when as
sembled, oyen in the original Inchoate shape in which
thoy come as emigrants to the Territories, to pass
laws to govern themselves; to mould their own In
stitutions, ns ho phrased ltr, and included iu that pow
er the right to act against slavo?y> We could not
agree. Morning after morning we met- for tlie pur
pose of coming to some understanding upon Mint very
E oint; and tt was finally understood by all, agreed to
y all, made the basis of a compromise by all tlie Blip-
porters of that bill, that tho Territories should be or
ganlzed with a delegation hy Congress of all tho pow-
. - a . . VT - , «r of Congress lu the Territories, and that the extent
awl Of Spain at. New-Orlcans, that he correcting • of tho powor of Congress should be determined by the
limb *1* VWII31.U..IIU.I1 JT» uau giuiriiiiiui: uin'iiuii,
knowing that it was impossible Tor a Judicial tribunal
to make other tbau ono decision, wo, said that wc
would stand by that decision when made; ami if it
should ho determined by .tho Supreme Court of thu
United States that there was a power in Mils Govern
ment to deprive the people of the. South of their fair
share of thu common Territories of life Union, if thnt
lunenrin this Government axIrIjvI tnT'.nun-nau and if
[wwerin this Government existed in Coin
Congress delegated all its power to Uie Territories,
wo should staud hy the, decision add agree that we as
serted o right that found no warrant in tho Constitu
tion ; and, on the other hand, our brother Democrats
of the North, and the Senator from Illinois ut their
head, agreed that if the Supremo Court of the Uuitod
States would determine thatthe Congress of ttio Uni
ted States had no power to interfere with Southern
rights In the TerrltoriesMf, consequently, we hud
tlie power that we could delegnto at ail, then tlie */u-
moorats of the North would Join ns in showing re
spect and obedience to that decision, aud staud with
us on the principle that wo advocated ns the true one.
None of us supposed at the time that the decision
would come so quick. Nhiie of us knew of the
existence oY a controversy thon pending in the
Federal courts that would lead almost imme
diately to the decision of that question. We provided
in the Kansas act Itself; wo introduced an oxpress
clause having for Its avowed object to bring thntques-
tiou before the courts tor decision..
Well, sir, Mie question did como before the courts,
- „ rty;i8U.
15 miles North from Bodily Island, exchanged signals
with steamship Marlon; fl P. M„ exchanged.- signals
Ith steamship,AlAbhmih all bound North,. :
Torn OulyMangUterrJwnlkeuburgi Boston, Wimicet
and hay. To Uuutor & Gammell.
HcTir J P Wcthorhill, Cobb, Boston, with mdze, To
Hunter & l( Gammell, M A ■ Cohen, Clnghont'& Cup-
ntnghnnh Padeltord, Fay & Co, Order,,O B R Agont,
U Johnson, Anram & Co, H L Christian.
Steamer .Ht Johns, King, Palntkn, Ac., with 7 boles
Faslalonato]
CLEARED.
Ido Eliza Carolrne, Hutton, Liverpool—Wilder,
Wheaton & Co. y
' MEMORANDA.
[From our Havana Correspondence.]
Cardonas. May 7th—Ari*, brig Smith, HmitJi, Savan
nah; April Slid, sttlhsd, flchr James A Brown, [or Ha-
mm
unun, umi 1 nu in iiUJ)iiuoijttSftf ]lft
Goods and uniform low prices w|$
vannah.
ADitquzaH, Aprff noth—Sid, brig Keying, for Savan
nah; May 4th; scltr Alice Ann Bnudel, Alchorn, for
Boston.
honor, and tliosenrothudeinocrate thnt I am ....
ready to put lu high places whenever thoy will deign
to accept t hem as homage and t csttmonials of grati
tude from tlje Houtli. J go as fur ns any man can go
Iu lionorlug them; but 1 am not willing that-Micho
high thsMlnoutals of gratitude and admiration shall
bo squandered upon all, because thou they becoirto
valueless. I want them 'confined to tho true moil, aud
to them alone. I am not willing to pour out these
Bttltlmoro, May llin—Arr, schr Lamartine, .Tohn-
soii, Savannah; loading, schr Ilume, Barlow, tor Sa-
tilla River, Ga. * .
Richmond, Va, May 11th—Arr, schr Ben Frunkllrt,
Greenleaf, Jacksonville.
Pensacola, Fla, May 81 h—Arr, schr Courier, Crowell.
Boston; Oth-cld,brigImogeno,Crabtree, do; Schr R
Palmer, Woumi, Havana; brig Selma, stetson, Rio
Liverpool, April 8<Uli—Entered nut tor Apalachico
la, shin Livingston, Williams. ■
Hiilehis, April 20th—Jn the OAiiig, a ship reported
Robes,L ... - ....
Black and Thame !
gandles, Lawns, ;
and now, and cannotMEtopjetoelhempM I:
Mantillas, Shawls. &c.
Black Silk MnnUlins. BIscl: SUk nnfl ta|tf
tlllas. Barege * Ano-lnls Mantlliasy Tiahn Pointa-S
Mantillas, Hilk
stork or tho ahovo goods is largo
and ladles would do well to call and examine i
from Maitlmaln dr Hnvnminti, with timber tor Nowi
imsJto break down' Southern rights by
when tumble to do it hy direct appeals to princlpiu.—
I am sorry, sir, to be obliged to say what 1 «in saying;
hut I cannot say loss In view of what has fallen from
the honorable senator from. North Carolina. It Is
-■ * • - $r
my duty that my people shall know my sentiments;
and It Is my duty, so tin* us I know, to re-echo their
sentiments on this floor, imrttcularly whon they are
accordant with my own. Those are my opiuions,
and I believe them to bo thefrs.
Now, the honorable Honntor says ho is willing to,go
with Democrats upon almost any platform ; that al
most any one that we can elect would he preferable
to the adversaries ngainst whom we uru to lie op
posed. •
Mr. Clingman—1 sahl any of those proposed, I al
luded to those proposed In the Convention.
Mr. ltonJnmln—1 suppose so. Now, Mr. President,
I am not. • I am not willing to go for nny limn, 1 do
not caro whether his name uqs been proposed or not,
who Is not willing to stand upon a platform of prin
ciple— or constitutional principle. J am willing to go
ibruny man, whothor named or not, who will pledge
1 * ‘ HtaiidffnllhtoUyand squarely Upon a
.. n -■ — • ■ •
Collins, do; 8th, W W Godfrey, Weeks, do.
Liverpool, April 2Tth—Knteivil out, ship 1
Mortimer, for Havannnli.
his honor |H| VT
plat To nn of sound principles; and when a platform
of sound constitutional principles shall 1 >o adopted
!»>• a Democratic ttonvention, satlaliictbry to me,
with ray views or constitutional right, and satis
factory to my people—principles isiflstoctory to my
people, I say.’, f care not tor men—then you may
put upon that plutforin any man who can stand
upon it honorably, and I will vole for him; I will
muliitniii ltlni: I will canvass my Statu in his behalf;
I will spend alt my tiiuoand all my breath 1 In tils
cause, wherever^ whenever, and however I mi
asked hy his friends. Tlmt tor, sir, 1 am haling
to go; hut I have no stomach for a fight iu which
I am to havo the choice between thu man who
denies me all iny rights, openly and fairly, amt
a man who admits my rights, but Intends to filch
them. I have no choice there. 1 can go tor neither
of these men; not that I admit or would suggest fora
moment ttuit anybody tins any such intention: but 1
ray t hat unless we can got such a platform of principle
as shall secure thu constitutional rights of tlie South,
J will go for no man, the noiuinuoof the Democratic
party or not. IT we can get such n platform; if wo can
gut such nn ummeiatiou of principle to go into the
light on, then I will go with any mau wiio will stand
on tlmt platform aud honestly aud honorably declare
that ho will carry it out; That tori can go; and if I
cannot, reach thavpoiut, of having a clour, optm com
bat betwcon principle and error, between right and
heresy; then X urn uot In the combat at all; hut I will
join any third parly that will join me ih putting tip n
plat form or principle, aud nutting on that platform of
sound constitutional principle any proper representa
tive honomblv hound to main tat u It. That is my po
sition, and that Is the position W tho people of my
State. If they can gut a platform adopted at Balti
more which shall recognize their rights: if they can
then they will uot ho ttio only ones out. If that plat
form t* not accorded, then one after the other, every
Democratic State tlmUfohJs fo principle and stands
on principle, will follow the men who luivo given tho
gallant example; and then we shall see in our apinm!
before the country which is the true Democracy ortho
Union. ,
I long for tlie day wlion, from tho ono end to the
other ot tills Union, every member of tho Democratic
shall havo hut ono voico and ono tongue, nud
party shall havo hut one voice and ono tongue, mid
shall say to tile people: hero ore our principles, they
are right; you do not like them; they are un|>apalar;
listen to reason, brethren, listen to reason, and wo.
will prove to ypu that wo are In the right. Go before
.. . _. r T ol < t)ie North with that tone; go Into the
to them;
the Norti
lakes, a JR|||L
ntry lu your hand, what
your consimmonni nguis are; make an appeal-to
them openly and boldly as men—do not try, to deceive
them. It is dishonorable to attempt, it] it is foolish
to suppose that you win succeed. Now, then, Ict us
fight this battle upon tho broad platform of principle
known to all, und there will be no divided Democrat
ic party, and our friends on the ot her side will have no
exultant looks; btjt the"’ 1 *- -*
opinion, or In some way, has declared that the Con-
gress of the United Htales has no power bo to legislate
ns to destroy the righto of the people of the South iu
their slave property in ttio Terri lories, ami tho Judges
havo said ns a proposition, to clear that it required no
argument, thnt the Congress possessing no suchoowor,
it was plain tlmt it could give none to the.Territorla!
Legislature. I do hot understand that the gentlemen
from the North—the members or the Domocratlc party
^-controvert that. / v.;
But at a time when wo supposed tliat we alf at
length stood upon one common platform—Uiat wc
had at last a guide and a pole star by which the Dem
ocratic party could guide the ship or State, a sudden
and alarming bere»y spritug np in the .North, and'
something was said about the right ofthe Legislature
of the Territories not to destroy slavery, not to abol-
Ish it, not to confiscate by direct leeislation tlie f '
or tho dtizomi of tho South who might find theins
in the Territories with tlielr property, but, by u side'
blow, by indirection, and by failure to perform duty,
by “unfriendly legislation,“%to do that which con
stitutionally they had no power to do by any direct
effort of legislative will. Now, sir, the Cincinnati
truth, try principle, They will not fail you.
LATEST 1
Liverpool, May a j Havre^
enre every case of (Troup* taken lii time; and also
Convulsions.
Coughs, CohlH, etc. It Is sold by nil roi
the prhprictoi.s. :uul al,-n f ib* agents for “'Dr. Hkm.n-
sokV Bloom' Fooi», m which for Coutfiimpllvu and
('lironlc disease.-* is n sure nmiedy. Do not bo j»nt
off with nny other article*. Write to Church & Du-
font, New York; If you canuot get them iq your bwii
Prtrtds do la Iain Cuba, May 2d—Arr, brfg J W
AVoodfAff, Roblnaom Snvnnnah.
. jenaa>Aprll '80th—Arr. brlg Gun Boyd, Gilpat-
rick, Hitvnnuah; May 2d, schr Argus, Tucker, do.
Bucksvlllc, 8 O/May 7—Arr, nchr Geo \v Henry,
Fields, mid hrig Five Ifoys, Hnvnnunh.
. Jacksonville, April 94th—Arr, sclir Restless, Stnlth,
Savannah; 90tli, brig German, Black, do; May 9, schr
Grand Turk, Starkweather, do; Ufti, Martha Collins,
Irish Linens, 1
Damask, Bleached und Brown <
.. ..... ... * “ '■”* ' ” Diaper,
it: iu ftny'othcrhousq ?$$$%
press Trlimuinss and Dress Buttons.
TrlmmlnVs In all '
ms, Bonoilu
of Whisky now so -well known as “DA
LY’S AROMATIC WHISKY,” lrns J-tnbll^ied a repu
tation so nnlvorsal as renders it dlfllcult for tho mann-
fncturer to keep pace with the demand. This is the
result of persevering energy in its introduction, sus
tained hy a,determination adopted at tlie' outset, mid
never for an Instant dcpnrturt from, tlint its original
purity and unrivalled oxccllence should continue to
the end.
The common tote attendant upon nil such success
ful efforts, Jias ovortttken the mauufactnrer. It is im
itated hy unscrupulous impostors, nnd an Inferior
and spurious article is palmed off on the conimnnity,
to the great d*ftrilliont of the public ns well as injury
to tho nmmuiicturur, built lu emolument and well
earned repute. Every effort has been made to guard
against t his piracy byacopy-rlgjit or the Label, nud by
peculiar shape of the bottle.
I t'AimoN thu public ngainst this imposition upon
them nud my rights, nml I earnestly 'desire such !n-
fornmtlon from thosu who poHfess fl, by having been
victimized or otherwise, as will eunhlo tpo. to pro-;
tect tho public und myself by prosecution to$io nt-
Undershirts, Bilk and,
Suspenders, Neck Ties, .
public and mysolf by prosecMtionj to tSt
most extent, of tho law. The gonnino “Dafy^s Aro
matic Valfey Whisky” is pnt. lip in cases of 19 bottles
each, with light yellow Label, and sealed wftb'."yellow:
wax ; with tho proprietor’s Btamy on thenmx; and too-
HU A, win* mu |,i<i|iiiuiui •“ ii wiiii j. mi iiid i)ii.\, uiiu ill*.:-
slmllo slKnaluro of Uio proprietor, on tlie label. All
otber articles »ro lmltutlons,
lie
Ml
Consumers ctin demoul noon gottlur# nnre
' ' ■ VsilcyWUlsky, as Rls spirt
... Iclo.whon they buy tho .
by the bottle mid case only.
1!' South Wllllnm street, New Vork, Statu,
octia—Oct. JnnAp Mny - , Hole Proprietor.
BIJRNKT'J.’’S COCOA-
INK—We Invite the Attention of overy
funiliy to tho Advertisement of this superior nrtlclo fur
the hair, which can lm found nt the head of special coli
iinm. This article, mniinfaeturcd snlclyhy that enter-
prising firm, Messrs. Jnseph Burnett. 4: Co., ofBoston,
Is the best and most eolohralud nrllcln for, tlio
balr that has ever been Introduced, und Is rermnmend
ed hy physicians thrmighnllt tho wholo country. Mr.
Burnet t Is one of. the I rest cliemlst* In tho ouuntry, mid
manufactures nothing In his lino bu(, the purest nrtl-
clos, which have a Wgli repnlatldn wherever known
and Introduced.—MuUvlile Dehieer/it.' JPor sale fly
mayld—Iw , J. B. MCMiRKi
flnomvchuaron avo ofl-
cu sejscil very suddenly with thlsdlsonso,
which. If not quickly relieved, proves fatal. It gen
erally uttacks children In the night, aRor having been
much exposed to damp, cold winds through tlm day.
Damp ho' Ui'' * 1
anything
^rpuP‘d3 I
with this dread complaint ,nt a time when ,yon least
expect It; hip It Is hot always a
■PH Buttons, Jet Buttons,Clnen lhittonB, Mar. V Ve.eV' >A
tellies Bnttons, (Bass Buttons, Ac. ; t ’ v ¥ ;
is’ FiivnlM!iin<v UoaiL.
Gentlemens’
Celebrated Female Plus. .
rnoTKcTUD Gak-WT. i.r.TTKns
LltTTKUS
PATENT.
1‘ropnrod from a Prescription or Sir J. Clarke, M. D.,
niyelclanBxtraonllnarytatiiequecn..
Wmm
tern
This hivalimblo mciIlcino.iiVunra!)ing In the cure oh
all those painful ami dllngerous (llsensas to which the
female constitution is subject. It moderates all ex-
eoss nnd removes n|l ohstructlons, and a speedy chra
may bo rolled on.
TO MARRIED LADiKS
It is peculiarly enttert. It will, hi nshorttlmc, bring
.mpor«reatBr.m,n.,op^conntcrf,‘
byfemnleedurtw the
Fir. ST THU EE MO^s Ills of Prettnuncu.
In nil cases of Neryousaml Hplliui Affeetlons, Pnlu
In tho Back and Limbs, Fatigue on slight csertlnu.
Palpitation of IhoHehrt, Hysterics and Whites, theso
Pills will effect a cpro when all other means have
lair d and dtlragh a powerful remedy. :lc not eon-
r
■T
eat Extpr