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ud Liwf, and many 9f*« bright** torn!- (who hi ao* narits of the law, he might well fed appal- | member his < ■led, while contemplating the great talents of those foibles his'predecessors. Yet alT agree who wit- inanity, ncssed his jndhial administration—that A true e*t I BLorrinHT riox England and Ab- kkst Dr New Yoka.—Dr. Andrew Plum- n»er, who arrived at Boston from in tbfrsteamer Niagara recently, was arres ted on Thursday evening, at the Irving House, New York, at the instiinee of thfc Consul, and Col. Thomas A. Howard, ef the British Army ,bn the charge of having elo ped from Brighton, England, with a young which made it so objectionable to the people Now the Union paijy have maintained froi of the North. The one in reference to jury the commencement that these measures ough trials, which we have just considered.— not to be resisted; bat if we could not whol The other sought to give to tho fugitive ly tpjwrerf thorn, we ought to abide tj; slave the right of habeas corpus. On the the setfleusmt, provided it was. executed h same day that the vdxwe vote was taken, good Aiith Igr the people of (he Northe» Mr. Wintlirqp offered'the following amend- States. And we still insist that any part] raent, for the purpose of securing the right with whom we act shall in good faith plain of habeas corpus to the fugitive: ly and distinctly ua4> without ambiguity -oi •« Provided, however, That no certificate circumlocution affirmed the duality of thi: of any commissioner, as herein provided for, settlement in the view of .pledging them t< shall be an answer tom writ of habeas ear- the faithful execution of the fugitive -slavi pus issued by any judge of any State or C- law. But a short time «nce, those elf in nited States court who may be authorized by who supported this principle, were deaoun law to issue the said writ in other cases; but eed as whigs or anything else than demo- it shall be the duty of the commissioner or crats, and m fact we were even censored other officer who may give any certificate in because we did not -under their invitation the summary manner .provided -for in this reorganize a democratic party for ‘theirben- bill, to inform-the party claimed as a fugi- efit. We intend to insist that the nathmal Uve, of his right to said writ of habeas cor- democratic party shall make our principle* ! pus ; and in case said supposed fugitive shall- a part of their ereed, and when this is done, demand said writ, the forms, proceedings, if they will put in nomination any man who • and evidences shall be according to the law can consistently with his former public of the place, as in other cases where said course, sustain them—Hie Union men of writ is issued.” - Cherokee, at least will take pleasure in On tliis amendment, as upon the former, sustaining him. .Will the Southern Rights [ the name of Gen. Cass is found recorded democrats in Georgia do the same thing? It > with the South in the negative, thus showing is now certain that the national democracy that whilst his name docs not appear upon will affirm the finality of the compromise : the final vote, yet upon every test question, measures, and it is equally certain to -my he is fully committed upon the record, in mind that Gen. Gass twill be the nominee of favor of the biH. Since that time he has that SemocraticGcinvention- Will they toe voted in the Senate against disturbing the .the mark and prove that they are democrats, provisions of the bills; and an repeated oc- or will they follow the lead of the Macon casions has declared his purpose in whatever Telegraph and Columbus Times into another position placed, licnestly and faithfully to sectional party organization ? maintain aud execute it; and yet in the face . CHEROKEE, of all these facts, this gangling, shadowlcss , » disciple of the secession school, rails in im- Slate of Georgia, MifledgaiHr, 5th District. potent rage against Gen. Cass asunsoupd * upon the Slavery question, and untrue to' Mown vt« 3d May 1852 the rights of the South. The Honorable the Supreme cdurt met V. e should expect to he ir no more of these pursuant to adjournment, present, their malignant charges from that source, but for Honors, Joseph HI Lumpkin, Hiram Warner the firm conviction upon cur mind that the and Eugenius A. Nisbct, Judges. Southern Rights press of Georgia is prepar- On motion of Col. Iverson L. Harris, a ing the way for a new detour into another Committee of five members of the bar of this Southern sectional party in opposition to the Court were appointed, consistine of Messrs, noini —Private let- an authority mats that the ipers relative Invasion of 1 foundation, the avowed phrase of the If. Hts lucid manner, critical acumen, and analytical powers were uneouuMn. If at times, he was impatient and restive, it is to be attributed to ill-health and nervous de rangement—to physical rather than to men tal causes-. That‘he ‘had his imperfections will be readily admitted, for-he was a of like passions and temptation with our selves. •He was a firm believer in the Christian re- •Hgion; mA felt hiewKigalMns to God and his fellow-men, for Aefaithtoaperformnnce of liis public duties. -And in tin, as in ev ery thfag else,;he gave proof -of the acute ness of his -understandhjg, as well as the so lidity of his judgment, ffw we my «g well undertake to blot out Vesuvius and-Niagara from the works of God, as to deny to Him the authorship of the Bible; and to write down or sneer down the tempest and the earthquake as a Book, which in the last conflagration, when all other volumes ever read or known on earth shall be consumed, will-remain-uninjured, and will be -the only authority recognized, in the trials and de cisions of that day. The law is generally accounted a stern mistress—requiring of her followers as un tiring devotion at her shrine; and it is rare that her servants find leisure for eminence in any other pursuit. Judge Meriwether was a V ^Bprk, and ar- the disas- previous expeditions to ^^fiaTand with a view of making the success I of the next invasion, a matter beyond donbt. CASS YULE, GEORGIA to j Affiliated societies are known to exKt in oth- er States, and it is believed that the amount is ef funds in their hands, raised by voluntary contribution is considerable. We have at justify the Court in granting a new the ground that the verdict of the contrary tor, and without evidence. - Moigsti dad Rockwell for Pl’ff. I. L. Harris -for Deft contribution is considerable. IpreSSnttoo further particulars but the ’let ters before us referred to above, say-: «-Be- 'fore many months pass away, you must not be at all surprised to hear that the Star Spangled banner waves victoriously over the walls of the Moro' J ” The absence of the editor at the time of going to press, will account for any defi- cienciesor imperfections in the present num- the time of this separation, an acount is con tracted by her with a merchant for necessa ries on tho credit of her husband is liable therefor. 2. Nat if the -merchant,gives -the-oredit to ‘the wife, and charges the goods to her not to the husband, the husband is not liable there for. Rockwell for Pl'ff. in Error. I. L. Harris for Deft. A Short Sermon. gNow Is a good time to pay up. Come and do as you would be done by. Do not be among the outcast delinquents. |You shall see your name among the true men of the country in our list of Receipts. Sctiua ex- sunfto to your children and neighbors. St. Paul says : «. Owe no man anything.” her own lips.” Joe took him at his word* the old man fol lowed on to see the result, sad found Joe kissing Mary very sweetly. « What on earth are you about T* .< Oh, taking that awful tough story from The following resolution was adopted *>J a Democratic Convention in Vermont: <« Resolved, That the scries of acts passed during the second session of the Thirty-first Congress, known as tlic Compromise, arc re garded as u final adjustment and permanent settlement of fihe questions therein embrac ed, and should be regarded, maintained and executed as such.” L. P Harwell aud Wife vs Jss.^W. Arm strong awl another—From Putnam. 1. In Equity causes, the entry of .. usual Rule" on the Docket is no judgment of the Court, unless the order is actually entered «n the -minutes. -2, If the party defendant fails or refuses to answer when required to do so by the Court, it is a contempt of the Court: and when the Coart below, in the exercise of its discretion, allows the party to purge himself of the contempt, the Supreme Court will not control that discretion, except in cases of flagrant abuses. J. Wingfield for Pl'ff, R. Hardeman for Rett, ripe scholar, and confessedly one of the ablest writers of the day. Like hundreds in this climate, -from -sed entary habits and severe attention to his profession, his constitution was soon shaken and underminded. What signifies *M na ture hath given to us bone and nmsete for strength and hardihood ? How soon we grow old and decrepit; and envy the life of the laborer in the field, or the workshop, whose sleep is sweet, and who, fearless of the ele ments, defies the sun-shine and the storm. How many fallen flowers of hope and promise are scattered and Test on the path way 6f the legal profession! The canker There is frequently a facetious union «f puff and despondency; We will give a specimen of a « death —.. Died, on the' 11th nit., at tiie shop in Fleet street, Mr. Edward Jones, much respected by all who knew and delt with him.. As a man he Was amiable, as a hatter upright and moderate. His' virtues were beyond all prices and his beaver hats were only 24s. He has left a widow • to de plore his loss, and a large stock to te sold cheap for the benefit of biwfamily. Hfe was, snatched to the ether werid in the prime of life, and just as he had concluded an .exten sive purchase of felt, which he got so cheap that the widow can supply hats at a more rea sonable charge than any other house in Lon don. His disconsolate family wiH parry on the business.—English paper. Thf lodera Trare-TIalcpr again. Since writing our article of last week, on the «* Modern Peace-Maker,” we have read the letter of Mr. Forsyth to tlic editor of the Southern Press. This explanation docs not materially af fect the question as wc then presented it to_ eur readers, but there is a discrepancy in the statement of Mr. Forsyth, and the re marks of Mr. German in the published de bates of Congress, which ft is proper should be noticed by us. ■ Mr. Gorman says,-that Mr. Forsyth was to conduct the Southern Press on the basis of acquiescence in the compromise, whilst the latter avers that his proposition looked to a toleration of discordant opinions on the compromise in the-democratic ranks.’ We: leave this qumtion open for the adjudication at Messrs. Gorman and Forsyth. It does not in our judgement vary the matter material ly, no matter whleh is right about it. There is one point which is very clear from the whole development that a part of the pub- l ie printing was essential to secure their s >rvicca of the peace maker, and those ser vices not being so highly estimated at Wash ington os was supposed by some would be the case, he returns to Georgia, deeply cha grined and mortified, and in a very pctulent humor. It seeaM from a late editorial, in the Times, that Mr, Forsyth is not responsible for the editorial columns of that paper since he went on his peace mission to Wasington. We are happy to know this fact, as relieves him front the odimb which the authorship of those articles on the public printing, and i It would be calculated to bring upon him on- 1 ly remains for him now, to openly repudiate i locum tenons” during his : inee of the Baltimore Convention. -They see and feel that there is no sympathy felt for their late heretical preachings, by the national democracy,and hence, theri constant exhibition of fretfnlncss and peevishness. Like a spoilt child—they don't feel very comfortable where they are, and don't know, just now, where to ge, or what to do. Our advice to them is to keep quiet and behave themselves. Revival, in Charleston.—A scries of interesting meetings has for some time Wti , earned on in the Filet Church and the WentwcArth street Church of this city. the former 88 persons—16 Whites and 20 blacks—and in the latter 9 persons—four whites and five blacks—have already been baptized. The meetings in the Wentworth street Church were instituted |t a more re cent period, and have, therefore, developed hitherto fewer results. The prospects for the future are encouraging in both church es. We have every reason to believe that the Lord is aboul to perform a great work amongst ns.—Southern Baptist. Lola Montez.—During a discussion be tween Lola Montez and some persons whom she invited to her rooms, one of the individ uals became excited, and so far forgot him self as to strike Lola a blow in the face.— None of the persons present interfering to chastise the brute who had struck a female, she sent for a friend, who went to the hotel, and meeting the offender, gave him a severe threshing. This affair occurred on Thnrs* day evening. Accident to Me. Webster.—Mr. Web ster, was violently thrown from a carriage near Kingston, Mam., the horses having be come frightened and running off. He sus tained only slight injury. JfRP A Philadelphia merchant sent goof goods to Constantinoph Murphy vs Justices, Ac.—From Wilkinson. 1. 'A runaway slave is sold by the order of the Inferior Court, {Under the Statute to pay the costs -cf his detention.) under an at tachment issued by the Clerk of the Court, subsequently the Inferior Court required the Sheriff, by an order, to account for the pro ceeds of the Sale. The Sherriff s return thereto was traversed and issue formed. -Held, that the Inferior Court had the right to require the account by * the Sheriff, and that there was no error in work of distraction begins. How many have died in our midst—in the meridian of their days ! Harris, Upson, Campbell, Meriweth er, and a host of others in our State left the world in the summer of life, before a single chill of Autumn had seared a leaf or changed a hue of their honors. The world deplores their untimely loss and Weeps at Milledgevjlle, 4th May 1852. At a meeting of the members of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Georgia, in attend ance at this term, in the Court room, the fol lowing resolutions were presented by the As a certain member of the Legislature once said about the Indians in this section of the country,«« We wilt exer cise akind of parental care over them,” and with this assurance, they qught and must remain 4)uiet, if not content. The Franklin (Tenn.) Review says that Geo. Bennett, of Williamson county, cured himself of a large cancer in the nose and with which he had for years suffered intense ly^ by the following simple process t the Superior Court presiding in the Case. 2. A new trial will not be granted for the admission of illegal testimony, where there is sufiiccnt testimony to sustain the verdict, without the evideacs illegally admitted. Cochran for Pl'ff.' Bower for Dcf t. communicated. Nelson’s Northern Lancet. The April No. of this valuable work is now out, and deserves the patronage of eve ry Lawyer and Physician in the South, it being the only Journal in the Republic de voted to Medical Jurisprudence. The Edit or, long a resident of the South, is truly a conservative man, and merits our support. The lectures of Prof. Bedford are worth the subscription price. The Journal is, too, iudependent of any clique, caucus, or col- t f g e j it speaks boldly and openly against the frauds and abuses of the fraternity, and lashes the small Colleges which are annual ly turning out incompetent men to practice medicine, ad infinitum. For this it deserves He procure! about a peck of clean red oak bark, by first cutting off the rough outside, and put it into a vessel containing about two : gallons of water which he boiled over a slow fire till the ooze became quite strong, when he strained it through a cloth to remove the particles of the bark. Then he again put it into the vessel and simmered it over a slow fire till it came to the consistency of molas- n* was then Terry and others vs Buffington and others— From Elbert. 1. Upon an issue of mental capacity to make a will, where it is proven that the con dition of the mind is the same at the time of making the will that it has five years there after, it is then competent to show by a phys ician what was his mental capacity at the latter time. 2. If there be testamentary capacity the presumption of law is that the will is the re sult of that mind and the burthen of proof is on the party denying it. 3. « Undue Influence,” and « Fraud” are two seperate and distinct grounds for cave- ating a will. 4. It is improper on the part of the Court to call oncounsel in the presence of the Jury, to dispense with a legal right, the refusal of which, would be calculated of prejudice the Jury against the party objecting. Cobb for Pl’ff in Error. Van Dozer for Defit. in Error. ses, when it was fit for spread upon a peice of silk or other soft rag, and applied to the diseased part. He used about two fresh plasters every week until the cancer was removed and the wound healed ; he says it is not painful, but believes it an infallible remedy. acar- After the super-cargo saw the hales and boxes safely landed, he inquired where they could be stored. ■> Leave them here, it won’t rain to night,” was the reply. .. But I dare not leave them thus exposedsome of the goods may be-stolen,” said the supercargo. The Mahotnedan mezuhant burst into a loud laugh as he replied : « Don’t be alarmed, there ain’t a Christian within fifty miles of here.” A petition has been presented to the General Conference of the M. E. Church, praying that the Conference will require all the editors of the Methodist papers to con form to Bible orthography, and not to that of Noah Webster. There was frost at Newbury, 8. C., on the 5th. and 6th inst. The Sentinel says that the present appearance of the corn and cotton crops, is by no means flattering.— s, Corn looks yellow and sickly. Cottob is very s feeble, and has a crimped appearance. The t, wheat crop upon which so much dependence is placed for a speedy relief from the great •- searcity of corn, will not make a full return . to the farmer. In some sections of the Dia- _ trict the fly is very destructive, reducing the e probable yield to less than half the ordinary quantity. The oats crop at present looks . well bat has. not reached the most critical , stage of its growth, and it is impossible to i predicate any certain hope of an abundant t yield upon its present appearance. * Statue to Washington in New York. r —The citizens of New York are in earnest a- ’ heart the erection of a bronze equestrian 1 statue to Washington, in that city. Alrea- ’ dy fifty-two persona have subscribed $500 each, making a total of 826,000, to defray expense. IfSP It is rumored says a Washington let ter, that Mr. Fillmore is about to come out with a letter, declining to be a candidate for the Presidency unless the Whig Conven tion about to assemble in Baltimore first en dorse the Compromise and the Fugitive slave law as a finality, Having based his admin istration on the compromise, he wants to know whether the whig party, as a unit, en dorse or condemn it. This is an ingenious move; but Seward and Scott have the inside track; and what If worse, they are deter mined to keep it. Gen. Scott and the Pk esidency.—The New-York Express, s leading Whig paper, predicts that if Gen. Scott is run for tto Presidency, without a distinct lirnilsrstjnn in favor of the compromise, Vermont will be- the only electoral vote he will obtain. The- Express adds, however, that it will support him if nominated, as It bqiieve him to be soiled on the compromise; but it fears it wilL be impossible to make tho people believe it- The other day, while a fire was rs^ ging in Drtruit, a gentleman of prepomss sing appearance ruahed from the Free ftm* tho doings of his adacnce, and to promise the public that if he should again take « a peaee mission” in hand, he will select an alternate to supply his Absence with more brains, and le s ven- ~ TOR the standard. The compromise measures of the last Con gress has produced a remarkable controver- sy in this and several of the Southern States of the Union. They were supported by a majority of the national Democratic party as content with the principles avowed by Th$ Central Bank vs Little and others—From Baldwin. , ’ 1. In the distribution of an intestate's es tate, a debt due to tho Central Bank, is a debt due to the public and hence is entitled to the priority of lien given.to debts duo to the public. Kens for Pl’ff in Error. I. L Harris for Deft in Error. Important to the Afflicted.—Mi* Susan Nipper gives a ««long and loud” cer tificate in favor of some of the patent medi cines of the day.- The dear old gal was suf- wintcr, _ _ _ a large party in this State, consist- are credibly inflamed* that in. that reply. 1 !n S mainly of such as heretofore claimed Gen. Cass takes strong ground against the j themselves to. be democrats, were the advo- Fugitive Slave bill, and plainly states.Yhat j ea tes ofopen. and determined resistance to HR will oppose any provision which j th cse uiedgurcsj whiteainajorityof-the whigs does not guarantee to a runaway j this State, with another portion of the XEgro- a jury trial in the State to ; democratic party, were for acquiescence in WHICH HE HAS FLED. j thwc compromise measures as a final isettle- Rs o|jp the above paragraph from . the j mel, t of all the questions embraced by them. u.Mdcpn Telegraph” of the 11th inst., and ‘ Tllc ? c f a«ts disclose an anonymous condition publish it—italics and all as we find it. j political parties. And it indicated that The object of the writer is to fasten upon j * ^ ar 8 c majority of the whigs of the Soutji, vacated it fearlessly. Like all men of ar dent temperament he encountered determin ed opponents, and never failed to inn over and draw around him admiring and devoted followers and friends. As a lawyer, he managed his eases bifore the jury with tact, skill and judgment.— His arguments were clear, close and strong. At times he became earnest and animated, and all the electricity iff his soul seemed to shoot along the reap of every juryman in the box. His speeches before this Gout were always carefully prepared, teamed and ingenious. His argument in the case of JYeal against Armer delivered in this place last May, will long be remembered by those who were priviledged to hear it, as not only »monument of his research and industry, but a model iff earnest and impressive foren sic oratory. Wholly engrossed with the subject, he was on that, as on many other occasions, truly eloquent, without apparent ly intending it, and without seeming to he - Singular Fraud upon a Railroad Company.—In the Supreme Court, Jefferson ng, which the Telegraph seeks to circulate ups« the uqeortaiu rumor that a letter had >00% written to that effect, by Goa. Cam to Hr. Njcbolaoa. We will not comment upon tUseqMnpek bat let it be a warning to all flu ntom at the Telegraph, not to plane mHpim ■P°B. the.charges, which it may at •ny ttino prefer against the character of. Whm».it* ■’I or its malignity may miu th* object of its assaults. -