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About The Georgia Jeffersonian. (Griffin, Ga.) 18??-18?? | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1854)
Commercial Convention. Tiiis Collvention met at Charleston oa Monday the 10ih inst. A. large Delegation from the Southern States were in attendance, including up* wards of a hundred from the State of Georgia. Hon. Win. C. Dawson was chosen President, assisted hy thirteen Vice Pres idents and eleven Secretaries. The Convention met in the Theatre. Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mis sissippi, FloiiJa, Louisiana, Kentuck), Arkansas, and Tennessee, were found to bo represented. It was determined that the hours of bu siness should be from 9 A. M. to 3 I . M. during the sittings of the Convention. Nothing material was transacted on Monday. A Committee to prepare busi ness and other committees were appoint ed, and a number of resolutions offered and referred to the proper committees. Lieut. M. F. Maary, of the District of Columbia, is the Chai r niao of the Gener al C •in mi it ee. Tuesday, April 11th, the Convention met at the appointed hour. Sundry reso lutions were offered and referred Brown low, from Tennessee, and others, made speeches, but the General Committee not reporting by 12 o’clock, the Convention adjourned for the day. Wednesday, April 12lh, Lieut. M. F. M.-itlry, from the General Committee on Busines*, presented the following reso lutions: MANUFACTURING AND MINING. Ist. Resolved , That whilst Agiiculture is and properly should he, the predominant persuil of the people of the States repre sented in this Convention, the interests of these States would be very greatly promoted by the employment of capital in other persuits, and especially to Man ufactures and Mining; that the abundance and cheapness of the means of subsist ence, of fuel and water power, the tem perance of the climate, and other natu raladvantages, will, if properly improved, secure to these Stales a virtual monopo ly of the manufacture as well as the growth of cotton; that ills believed the present cost of transporting this staple abroad, will more than cover the expense of manufacturing it at home; and that, as an investment, for security, for cettainty of result and unifoimity of income, the factory and the mine, when properly managed, has no superior. 2d. Resolved, That a committee of be appoin'ed by this Convention, for the lurpose of obtaining the most reliable •.latistical information as to the number ?.nd location of manufactories and mines ;a the States represented in this body; the amount of capital invested in the several establishments; the amount of income and disbursements; the number of hands; operatives employed, free and slave; the amount of the raw material consumed; the quantity and quality of the manufac tured articles produced; the prices a< which they are furnished; the markets in which they arc chiefly sold; and other items of information, tendiug to show the present condition and extent of our man ufacturing interess; and that said commit tee furnish to the Secretary of the Conven tion a report of their investigations, to be laid by him before the next meeting of the Convention; and that it be the duty of said committee to address the people of the States represented in this Convention, and to urge the importance of action in the Legislatures thereof in favor of edu cation,°of manufactures, of ship-building, of direct trade, and of mining, and that it be the duty of said committee to col lect and present at the next meeting of the Convention statistics and other use ful information relating to the interna tional improvement of the several States, their industrial resources, their mineral treasures, their manufacturing facilities, and their capacities for trade and com merce; together with a statement in w'hich thall beset forth the names und lengths of the several railways, their cost, and the increased value which has been im parted to lands -and other properly in consequence of-such improvements. RWI.ROADIRON, THE MERCHANT SERVICE, STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH EUROPE AND THE AMAZON. Resolved, That a committee of be appointed to memorialize Congress in the name of this Convention, and in the most earnest manner to uige the import ance of and to pray for the following measures, viz: 1. The remission of duties on railroad iron. 2. The passage of an Act for the im provement of the merchant service, by encouraging boys to go to sea, and for preventing desertion. 3. To send one or two small naval steamers up the Amazon, for the purpose of exploring the tributaries of that river, which the States owning them have de clared to be free to the commerce and navigation of the whole world. 4. To encourage the establishment of a line ot mail steameis between some south ern seaport town and the mouth of the Amazon, or so ne other port in Brazil. 5. And also to encourage the establish ment of a direct mail-route by steamers, between some Southern port and Eu rope. b. Upon the improvement of harbors and navigable rivers. Resolved , That in the judgment of this Convention the adoption of the above nanjed measures would tend mightily fc to promote the general welfare. The inte rests of the country require them, and even handed justice should meet them. Truli with Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador. Wherea >, The governments of Bolivia, I'oru and Ecuador have made the navi gation of their Amazonian waters free to all the world, aud whereas, this action on the part of those governments has re moved those streams from the condition of inland waters, the navigation of which is peculiar to the Riparian States above, and place them in the category of arms of the sea, the navigation of which is as free to all the world as is that or the great! high seas themselves, and, 1 Vhereas, The doctrine that the straits’ or natural channel which connect free | wat rs *rith the main ocean, are also free, even though both banks of such channel way belong to the same state, and be within cannon shot of each other, i3 founded on the everlasting principles of right, aud is sanctioned by the law of na tions; an’ whereas, the attention of the Federal Government has been invited to this subject by a memorial from the Memphis Convention; therefore he it Resolved , That Brazil, the nation own ing bo’h banks of the Amazon, at its mouth, has no right arbitrarily to shut out the world from the navigation of its waters, or to prevent the citizens of the United States from passing through the same, with their vessels and merchan dise, to the Riparian States, who have invited us to come and trade there. 2d. That the President of the Conven tion be requested, in the name ot this Convention, to congratulate the govern ments of Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador, upon the enlightened and liberal policy which they have adopted with regard to their Amazonian Provinces, and to assure them of the deep interest which the peo ple represented in this Convention feel with regard to the free navigation of the Amazon and its tributaries, to speedy settlement of the country drained hy it, and to the development of its resources. Direct trade wi’h Europe from the South— reciprocal treaties. Resolved , That this convention recom mend to each of the Southern States having a seaport, to encourage the es tablishment of a direct trade with Europe, ri'her by exempting from taxes, for a limited time, the goods imported, or by allowing the importers an equivalent drawback or boun'y, nr by such other mode as to the Legislatures of the respec tive States may seem best. Resolved , Tuat efforts should be made to establish a direct line ofsteameis with Europe, from some Southern port or ports, without further delay; and that, in the event of the establishment of such a line, the united support of all the Southern States should be pledged, if possible, to sustain such a line. Resolved , That this Convention recom mend to the Government of the United Stales the formation of reciprocal treaties with foreign governments h r the admis sion ot their respective products at re duced and equal rates of duty; and that the Senators and Representatives from the respective Slates be requested to bring the subject before Congress. [This report being laid over for the purpose of having it printe I, the remain der of the day was occupied with the presentation of resolutions and the dis cussion of the Pacitic Railroad by Messrs. Combs, Pike, Jones and Maury-a notice of which will be found in another column.] The fourth day of the session was consumed in debating the above resolu tions. The first resolution was passed with out material alteration. The blank in the second resolution was filled with the word “three.” The third lesolution took up the remain der of the day in debate, which was not concluded when the convention adjourn ed for the day We understand the conventionadjourn ed on Friday evening. “Thf. Know Nothings”. —The New Orleans correspondent of the Mobile Tri bune, under date of April sth, makes the following remarks in reference to this new political organization: “You have but a faint idea of the strength of the secret association called the “Know Nothings,” in New 0 leans. It is an organization powerful, concentra ted, and replete with political and moral vitality, an organization that bids fair to outwork Briareus with his hundred arms and outwatch Argus with his hundred eyes Its overwelming influence was clearly discernable at the recent munici pal election, and it is contended, that the ( Reformers, alias “Know Nothings,” would have carried their entire ticket had there been proper concert of action. One fact is clear, that their number is daily swelling. The watch-cry will bring hundreds to the rescue in any part of the city. The order, so far as I can learn, is a compound of Native Americanism and Anti-Catholicism, one of the cardinal principles being, direct opposition to for eigners holding public offices at home and abroad. There is an effort to organize a society in Mobile, indeed everywhere. — What it will result in requires the fore cast of an Isaiah.” Latest from Europe. The mail steamer America has arrived at New York from Liverpool, bringing dates to the first of April, Cotton at Liverpool was dull and de clining, the market unsettled. All quali ties were an eighth to three sixteenths lower VVar had been declared between the al lied Powers and Russia. Sanguinary hostilities had already commenced. European affairs are positively war like. War was proclaimed officially on the 31st ult. in London, in the presence of the civil authorities. Napoleon on the same day sent to the French Legisla ture the declaration of war. Neither France nor England grant letters of marque. The Duke of Parma’s assassination oc curred on the 26th. A tripartite ireaty has been entered into between France, England and Turkey.— The latter can’t make peace without the consent of the allies. A battle has taken place on the Dan ube. The Russians, while attempting to cross at Oltenitza, were repulsed with a less of 3,000 men. The Turks suffered severely. Various rumors are rife of the capture us Russian vessels by the British Admi ral Napier, but are not believed. Santa Anna—A Mexican correspon dent of the New Orltans Bee, says that Santa Anna will find the city of Mexico closed against him on his return from the expedition against Alvarez. The revolu tionary elements are active iu all parts of the Republic. Colima is even now in re volt, and it is rumored Colonel Guzman has pronounced, at the head of eight | hundred men. Guadalajara will soon fed | low suit, and the conflagration once start ed will soon involve the whole country, so that Santa Anna will find himself like the scorpion, surrounded by fire. The name of Coballois mentioned as his successor in the event of these outbursts of popular dislike bciug successful ia their object.— The dissatisfaction against Santa Anna appears to be something more than the usual opposition in Mexico to the ruling Government. His proscriptions and exac-, tious have disgusted his friends and firmed fiis enemies with inconceivable hatred. I TUB MERMAN. OIUPPIN. APRIL 20, 1854 We Arc indebtod to Hon. Robt. Toombs, Hon. Stephen A. Douoi.as, and other members of Congress for valuable docu ments during the past and present weeks. New Milliiiary. Wc call the attention of our fair rea.l eas to Mrs. Lunuuest’s advertisement of New Milliimry. The elegant taste dis played by this lady, in this department of art,should not, as we know it will not, be overlooked by the ladies of Grillia and its neighborhood. ICPNOTICE!! U£3l We wish to announce to gentlemen who visit our press room, that we do not pub lish our paper without charge, and who ever cal's for papers will be expected to pay for them. Those who are regular subscribers we are always pleased to see, and even when they want an extra paper we furnish it with cheerfulness. But we do not publish a free paper, to furnish ev ery one who is impudent enough to walk into our office, pick one up and carry it a w&y. They must become subscribers, and paying ones too, or pay for each paper as • they take it away. More Foul Weather. Ou night last, with the wind from the west and a cloudy sky, the at mosphere became exceedingly cold foi’ the season. Oa Sunday and Sunday night, it continued the same, with slight showers of rain. On Monday morning at sunrise it snowed briskly for some time, and was cloudy and cold during the whole day.— j Tuesday was clear, but still cold, with the wind at the north-west. The planting interest in this section has) suffered to a very large extent; the wheat J considerably injured by a former frost; the ; young corn cut off, so that most of the fields were of necessity replanted; and now, all the forward cotton which was up by the end of last week, has no doubt beeu destroyed also. Fortunately, among this array of evils, the backward spring and the recent dry weather have kept the cot ton back, so that it was not so fully sub ject to injury. “Tribute to Senator Houston.” This is the caption which we find in some of the papers, giving an account of a silver servic3, about to be prepared by the citizens of Boston, and presented to Gen. Houston, for his defence of the New Eng land clergy in the recent debate on their memorial. ‘This will be the General’s pay, and he may as well pocket it, for he will never obtain any other “tribute” from the Bostonians. As to voting for Sam Hous ton for the Presidency, they have about as much notion of doing that as we have. 1 hey are going to make him an address too, and no doubt will stuff him well, but Sam cannot get their votes for President. They will pay him now for his services in silver ware, and thus have done with him. Someone speaks of the number of pieces, and very appropriately suggests “thirty.” American Artists’ Union. We call attention to the advertisement of the “American Artists’ Union,” which will be found in its proper place. We know but little of this society, i'ts opera tions, or objects, and therefore can say but little about it Their scheme appears to be fair and liberal, and if the managers can be relied on to carry it out fairly, of which we know nothing to the contrary, a few chances cannot hurt any one much, and may “put money in his pocket.” The engraving of Darley’s Wyoming can be seen at our office. Steam Frigate Dill. The Washington Globe of the Bth inst announces, that the bill authorizing the construction of six first class steam frigates, has received the signature of the President and become a law. So far so well; but instead of six the public exigencies, the wauts of commerce, and the lowering as pect of affairs in Europe, call loudly for twenty or more frigates iustead of six.— Ten millions of dollars, instead of three, should be appropriated for the iucrcase of the Navy. It is a very clear case, that if the war in Europe continues for any length of time, the Uuitcd States will have to preserve her commerce and neutrality by the strength and array, if not the prowess, of her Navy, and we caunot be too soon prepared to meet such an exigency. In stead of giving away millions of acres of the public domain to railroad contractors, and speculators in the Western States, Congress would much better subserve the great interests of the nation at large by appropriating them to fortifying the har bors and inlets of the coast, and raising an Army and Navy that would cause our neutrality to be respected. Formerly it was argued that there was too much dan ger to a Republic from a standing army and a navy, and perhaps there was iu the , days of our national infancy. But those days have past, and the state of the coun try now calls loudly for an army and navy that will command the respect of the Eu ropean powers. Eternal vigilance is the price of safety; but it is a poor business to watch, when there is no preparations to meet aggression. We have not forgotten the Berlin and Milan decrees of France and the Orders in Council of Great Bri-i tain, which led to the war of 1812 with ) the latter. Millions of American proper ty were confiscated under these illegal measures. We can hope for nothing bet ter now. We should learn wisdom from experience, and be prepared to meet the emergency. A British ministerial Revelation. Every body has heard of James Wat son Webb, the editor of the New York Courier and Enquirer: It appears he has been in London lately, and during his so journ there the British Cabinet had a sort of diplomatic dinner, to which Col. Webb was honored with a ticket. Mr. Webb went of course, and was further honored with the special attention of Lord Palmer- : ston, with the polite intimation that the American editor would do him and the British government a special favor if he would return to New York, and there get up a rousing Castle Garden meeting and pass thundering resolutions in favor of the policy of England, France and Turkey and in opposition to Russia. We can see but little in all this, except that the Bri tish ministry would like to have the popu lace of this country to take a position in their favor and against Russia; and know ing how easy it is to get up a meeting in the city of New York by almost any one, i thought James Watson Webb a conve nient tool to effect the object. THe Advertising ot cue jub.... Pike county. When wc came to the city of Griffin, some fourteen years ago, we came for the purpose of establishing a Democratic press, , to disseminate Democratic principles and • furnish a Democratic organ for Pike and . the adjoining counties. We had sur veyed the map, and. saw that Griffin was one of the most important locations for a Democratic press that could be selected in the State We came bringing with us our own materials, our own press, our own paper and ink, and our own workmen, confidently relying on a liberal patronage of the officers and members of the Dcmo i cractic party for the support of our enter prise. Wc came to sustain the cardinal principles of the Democratic party, ami its regular nominees and appointees, and ex -1 pcctcd to receive from the party, in return, the usual patronage that was dispensed to a public press, sustaining their principles | and located in tfiejr midst. In this enter prise we asked no contributions from mem bers of the party iu advance, but estab lished and conducted our paper upon our own funds and with odr own labor, until a return from our business should remu nerate us for both. How well we have acquitted ourself as a | Democratic editor, or what service we hare performed for the party, it docs not be come us to say; but we appeal to the peo ple of Pike county —we appeal to our warm and numerous friends who have been the constant readers of our paper for many years, to say whether wc have dis charged 0111* ‘M'V to the Democratic party or not. We appeal to them say wheth er we have labored faithfully in Dent ; ocratic Vineyard, and whether the labor ;er is worthy of his hire. We ask if we ever refused our columns to the use of any member or meeting whose object was to promote the interest of the party? We j ask if wc ever avoided trouble or expense j !or responsibility in the cause? We ask if j our columns and our labor were not al ways at tfeeir command? Iu the local questions that might from time to time arise in the community, not affecting the principles of the party, we did not expect to agree in opinion with j every one. . This would be impossible, where there arc two sides to a question; . and in such cases Wc looked to the mag nanimity and liberality of the Democratic party to allow us the'constitutional privi lege of au American freeman, to think and act according to our best judgment, with I freedom of speech and of the press. These we have freely allowed toothers, and have thought the same privileges ought to be extended to us, both as the head of the organ of the party and as a private eiti i zen. We have never excluded a line from our columns because it was disagreeable to us personally, nor have we ever quar relled witli a friend, or thought him less worthy of our respect and regarJ, because he entertained an honest difference of o pinion from us; much less have we ever aimed to affect his private interest, or do him a personal injury, and forget all his previous friendships and services, because he did not entertain.the same opinion, on a disputed question, that we did. VVe have thought proper to make these preliminary remarks, before extracting and publishing the following r.ote, which we find in last week’s Federal Union: “NOTlCE. —Hereafter the Sheriff's Sales of Pike county will be published in the Federal Union. •• W. W. GRISHAM, Sheriff. April sth, 1854.” If this notice affected us only, or if we thought it arose from any ill feeling to wards us on the part of Mr. Grisham, Sheriff as above, or that it was agreeable to the wishes of the people of Pike county, we do not think we should have written a line on the subject. ‘"But this is a matter, not between us and the Sheriff, but be tween him and the people of the county— between the Sheriff and those who elected him to office—and by no means agreeable to the wishes and expectations of the lat ter. Mr. Grisham, we presume, has ta ken this step innocently, without due con sideration ; perhaps without a full knowl edge of all the facts—without inquiry; and we have no doubt, when he comes to sec the true state of things, he will retrace his steps forthwith, and send his printing to where it belongs, to wit, to the of- Ucc of the Georgia Jeffersonian at Griffin. Now what are the facts? We have no room to-day to set them in full array, but will touch upon a few of them, and by a little reflection any one may arrive at the truth. The first factsarc as above stated; and further, that vre liave long been in the service of the Democratic party of Pike county, and are the senior Demo cratic editor in the State. We are the political leader and father of most of those who are now Democratic editors, and have some fclairas above others on that account. If this was all we had to say, however, it \ would hardly have escaped us. Bnt we have already said, this is not a matter be tween us and the sheriff, but between the Sheriff and the people of Pike county, and the second reason we have to urge why the advertisements should be published in ! our paper is, becauso we have more readers in Pike county than any other paper . Mr. I Couch, the late Sheriff, made the same mistake two years ago; took the printing from Griffin and published it in Macon, in j a paper which had not, as we were inform ed, haif a dozen fendws in the county The consequence was, that the law giving publicity to Sheriff’s sales became a dead letter as regarded the county of Pike; if any one besides the parties interested heard of the sale at all, he heard it by accident; property was put up and sacrificed, be cause no one knew of the sale; the defend ant’s land, or negroes, or both, were spirit ed away, and the debt still unsatisfied.— This was the effect Os advertising in a pa per which was not read by the people, and Mr. Couch himself, in all probability, lost more money, in the percentage on his sales, by this injudicious move, than he would, had he paid us also for advertising them, to say nothing of the wrong done to the unfortunate party whose property was un der the hammer. We do not say, for we are far from believing, that Mr. Couch anticipated any such effect. He thought, most likely, it could make no difference where his advertisements were published; but such was not the fact; and now Mr. Grisham, unejer the same mistaken notion, is about to commit the same error, to his own injury and the detriment of unfortu nate debtors, and perhaps creditors also. But Mr. Grisham has time to retrace his steps, and this we ask him to do iu the name of the people of Pike county, and for the mutual benefit first of himself, then of the unfortunate debtor, then the credit or, and lastly our humble self. \Vc re- \ peat, we do not quarrel with Mr. Couch for what he has done, nor with Mr. Gris ham for what he has published to do; for we believe both have taken the step inno cently, without due consideration. We will be satisfied, and the people of Pike county will be satisfied, if they will do what is right now. We think we have said enough above to convince the Sheriffs they are acting in their own wrong, and this article has al ready become longer than we desired it.— But we will give one more, and a stronger reason, in our view, than any of the pro ceding, why the Sheriff sales of Pike coun ty should be published in our paper. It is this: The Federal Union is published on Tuesday, and usually put to press pretty early on Monday, and sales to be publish | ed in that paper, must be mailed at Zebu- I lon on Saturday morning, or they do not : arrive in time. On the other hand, our i paper is published on Thursday, and put |to press on Wednesday evening, and as Zebulou is only twelve miles off, the Shcr j iff may delay the levy till late on Tuesday j night, an 1 then have time, if the debtor does not pay, to send his levy to us for publication. Thus by publishing in our paper the harrassed and distressed debtor has four more days time to arrange and save his property from goiij’ to the block. Should not every Sheriff consider this a. matter of much importance, in selecting his paper for advertising? In connection with this important fact, we state, that in sending the Pike Sheriff sales to Milledgeville, they go to Grillia, twelve miles, and then pass off to Mil-’ ledgeviilo, nearly a hundred miles further by railroad, to be published in a paper ! has a much smaller circulation in 1 the county ivhcre they are needed than 1 the one at their door, ana source the 1 paper will have to travel Vho sane route, ’ and that far back again, before it arrives • in Pike county. The same mail that car- 1 rie.s the Fed Union, published onTuesday, from here to Zebulou, carries ours, pub lished on Thursday. We call these facts to tiie special attention of Mr. Grisham | We have thus set forth the facts in til's case frankly, but without any feeling to wards any one, and we trust. Mr. Grisham ! will see the injustice he will do his county by sending his publications to Milledge ville, and dispose of thorn as he thinks duty and honor may require. We have writ ten this article, not for ourself, but at the request of others, good, substantial, and influential citizens of Pike county; and there we rest the case, between the sheriff and the citizens of Pike. Webster ami Everett. Mr. Everett, a U. S. Senator of Mas sachusetts, has come out claiming the au thorship of the celebrated Hulsemaun let ter, written by Daniel Webster while he was Secretary of State—or, at least, signed with his name and never before questioned Mr. Everett speaks too late Very few of the citizens of the United States will be willing to rob a dead states man of his laurels, to deck the brow of a claimant so dubious Mr. Everett and Mr. Webster were intimate in life. Mr. Ev erett is known to be a ripe scholar, and it is quite probable, when Mr. Webster had made a draft of his letter, and was taken sick shortly after, that he requested Mr. Everett to write out a fair copy of it and revise the language. Further than that it is doubtful to us whether the honorable j Senator from Massachusetts had anything I to do with the Hulsemann letter, or has i any further claims upon it. It is with regret we feel ourself called on to say , thus much; but it is quite as much the , duty of an editor to protect the fair fame . of a departed statesman of his country, as ! to do justice to the living. The claim docs not appear reasonable or probable Mr. Webster was not the man to call on others to attend to his business, or to claim what was not his own. His charac ter is well known to have been open, frank and confiding to a fault When, in all his history, was he ever before charged, or even suspected, of taking to his own use other men’s labor? Apart from such con siderations there is another, which almost proves the letter to be from the pen of Mr. Webster. It is in his style. Every man who is accustomed to much speaking or writing, acquires a peculiarity of style —what might be called a certain way of expressing himself. It becomes a ha bit, and the person himself, after he comes to the age that Mr. Webster was, cannot depart from It, even if he wishes to do so. Men fall into particular modes of expression, use oftencr than others pecu liar language and phrazos, and their pro ductions consequently bear a family like ness. These marks all belong to the Hulse mann letter. It is Mr. Webster’s style throughout, and widely different from that of Mr. Everett. Now and then you will find an elaborate or turgid expression these are probabljfc from the pen of the \ latter. For these reasons we do not believe Mr. Everett has any claim, other than as above stated, on the letter, and \re regret )he has set up such a claim. Os course, as I a Whig politician, Mr. Everett may make | himself as ridiculous as he pleases. He j will not, eommaud much sympathy from us But looking upon him as a U. 8. Senator .and American statesman, we view the matter in quite a different light. I We sec it stated in the correspondence jof the New York Evening Post, that be cause of a part of the Executors of Mr. Webster refusiug to admit Mr. Everett’s claim, they “made him tear up the draft letter!” All we have to say to that is this, that if a ‘ little negro” were to come to us with such a tale, be would be apt to catch it for fibbing. Another pari of the same letter says— “ The whole world had been taught to be lieve that Webster wrote that letter, and what was worse, Webster himself, in one of his letters, in 1352, had boasted of har ing written it at Franklin. New Hamp shire, and referred to it in reply to Horace Mann’s attacks upon his intemperate ha bits and decrepitude, as evidence that “lie was as good as new.” Notv this brings up the direct issue: Who has told the truth, Mr. Webster or Mr. Everett? There is a contradiction between them. Mr. Web ster is in the land of spirits, and it is too late for Mr. Everett to come forward now and say Mr. Webster was humbugging the American public, and that lie (Everett) was the author of the Hulsemann letter. The same letter concludes of Mr. Webster will insist, that, even if Everett did hold the pen, ho had been first crammed by the Secretary, and the sub stantial merit and power of the document were derived from him.” So they should, if they admit so much; but we cannot ad mit that Everett was any tjjing more than i a mere copyist, with perhaps a few altera tiou.s of phraseology. We suppose the I whole matter may be unriddled and sum med up by stating that Mr. Everett’s friends would very much like to see him the next President of these United States. The following is the letter in the New York Post, relative to the authorship of this letter: Boston, April 4, 1854. Dear Sir, —A few of the solid men of our city were thrown into a tolerable state of excitement during Mr. Everett’s late visit to Boston, by an unexpected claim set up by him to the honor and glory of the Hulsemann letter. This seemed, in deed, to have been the principle purpose of his visit, for soon after he arrived he addressed a letter to Fletcher Webster, in which he stated what he said Mr Web ster was probably aware of, that he was the author of the Hulsemann letter, and that the original draft, in his hand writing, j would be found among the papers of his father, who, in consequence of his laboring under one of his periodical colds at the time, had requested him (Mr. Everett,) to prepare the answer to Mr. Hulsemann. Mr. Everett went on to say, that he had not kept all his letters to Mr. Webster, and he regretted that this draft was among the missing ones'; and as he was anxious to retain the evidence of his being the author, he requested Mr. Webster to send it to him Mr. Webster did not hesitate, I believe, to do so; at least Mr. Everett received it on the following day. In the course of a few days, and before Mr. Everett’s re turn, he sent a printed copy of his draft to Mr. Webster on one side of a large sheet, faced on the other with a draft as amended by Mr Webster, ao as to show precisely what portion of the document oCl a nectl to each respectively, ami with it a letter Bwtnm’ lie iutendo 1 to have a thousand copies struck off for circulation among his friends, in order tliai, there might be no difficulty at any future day to establish his claim to its authorship. I have not seen a copy of this, but if I can get one, I will send it to you Tins claim of Mr. Everett has created a terri ble commotion among the other executors of Mr. Webster and the very small circle among whom it has transpired The feel ing generally among them is, that Everett, after having so long consented to the li terary fraud, which, for political purposes, had been practised upon the public, he has no business to come forward now and disturb the matter. As the editor and eulogist of the great expounder, he had glorified him as the author of the letter, and no longer was in a position to reclaim any of the honor of it, even if it belonged to him. On the other had Mr. Everett’s friends think that the glory of that letter can no longer do the deceased any good, and may do Mr. Everett a great deal, and that because he lent a man his coat in cold weather, there was no reason why he should not have it back again when the weather became warm. 1 think it will lead to a row among the old Webster men, all of whom, at present, at least, ivho know ii, are very much disgusted.— As soon as I hear what answer Mr. Web ster made to Mr. Everett’s letter covering the printed sheet, I will send it to you. The Iliilscinaini Letter. We find says, the Washington Union, that the excitement produced by the pub licity of this letter is by no means conliu [ed to Boston; and although it would . seem that in some minds first impressions were somewhat prejudicial to the memory [of Mr. Webster, it is thought by his friends that when a true and entire histo -Iry of the composition is ascertained, no ’ deterioration of his fame will result. And ! what, in that case, will be the position ! of Mr. Everett in the eye of the public? J Amendments by Mr. Webster to the ori ginal draught are admitted by Mr. Everett ; and perhaps they were very material in their nature. We doubt not they were, i But assuming every word of the matured document was Mr. Everett’s,,and that Mr Webster penned no alteration, in our opin ion no credit will attach to the ambitious 1 authorship of this recent revelation, par ticularly in view of the choice of this par ticular time, when Mr. Webster has been * dead a year and a half, and when there jis probably no chance of arriving at the true history of the entire transaction as betweeu those two gentlemen. We can not shrink from eonaemuing the act as inconsistent with propriety, in view of the known circumstances. Mr. Everett was a most trusted friend of the deceased; and he himself says that when this impor tant letter was required from the State Department Mr. Webster was ill: and it was unquestionably because Mr. Everett was so trusted that he was asked by Mr. Webster to relieve him of the manual labor of writing the letter to Mr. Hulse mann; and we can have no doubt that the tone, the leading points, and the gen eral character of the letter were suggest ed from Mr. Webster’s mind—Mr. Ever ett drawing them up on the parchment, and applying the rhetorical nourishes aud embellishments, as his distinguished part in the statesmanlike effort. The docu ment, then, after undergoing modifications by Mr. Webster, went forth to the world It was warmly approved by our country men, aud by all other friends of freedom. The credit belonged and was justly bestow ed upon Webster, and no whig orator at I that time more strongly eulogized Web- I ster for that stroke of diplomacy than did | Mr, Everettl Mr. Webster’* confidence [ continued in him to the last. One year ! and more the sta tesrnau reposed in his fi j nal resting place, when, to the surprise and utter astonishment of the world, the mantle is taken from him by one whose hand the spirit of the dead could never have suspected. Such desperate ambition to be ap plauded as the lit successor of Webster to the honors of Massachusetts, and to be the iuheritor of his unsatisfied claims to national honor, cannot possibly fail being doomed to the most humiliating disap pointment. Without indulging in further comment, we turn to a speech of Mr. Webster, made in this city on the 7th of January, 1852, to find what he said about the llulsemaim letter. Here it is Extract from Daniel Webster’s speech at the Kossuth Banquet, January 7, 1852, in Washington city. May 1 be so egotistieal as to say that I have nothing now to say upon the sub ject of Hungary. Gentlemen, in the an tumn of year before last, out of health* and retired to my paternal home among the mountains of New Hampshire, I was, by reason of physical condition, confined to my house; but 1 was among the mountains, whose native air I was bound to inspire. Nothing saluted my ! senses, nothing saluted mia l or uij sentiments but freedom, full aud en re [applause;] and there, gentlemen, near the grave of my ancestors, I wrote a let ter, which most of you have seen, address sed to the Austriaan charge d’affairs. I can say nothing of the ability displayed in that letter, but as to its principles, while the sun and moon endure, I stand to them. S nee writing and copying the above, we understand Mr. Everett gives up the Hulsemann letter, and some way or other qualifies thus lie never claimed it. The Belligerents. When the Eastern difficulties first boko forth, much the larger portion of the A merieau population sympathized with the Turks, and took that side of the contro ! v'ersv. Os late no think the aspect is changing,‘and Russia has now quite as many if not more friends than Turkey.— This revolution in the public mind has been brought about by the alliance of the Turks with the English and French, and these again with Spain, and their guaran tees as regards Cuba, through which we may posdblv come in contact with the latter powers; but above all by the declar ation of Lord Clarendon in Parliament, of the intentions of the British ministry to confiscate all Russian goods found in neu tral bottoms. This will assuredly bring us in contact with Great Britain, if the war is of long duration. We do not know exactly what side We shall take in, the fay he shall try and llml out the. American side, arid get on that before all the chances are taken. Since the above was written out, we learn, through the private eorresp indent'd of the New York Herald, that the next steamer will bring the draft of a conven tion concluded between Mr. Buchanan and L rt rd Aberdeen, on behalf of their respective governments, by which England admits, in the approaching European war, the doctrine that the Hag covers both ship and cargo, and that free ships make free goods; also renouncing the right of search for the impressment of seamen so far as American vessels arc concerned, and con ceding the restriction as to the law of blockade. In return, the United States arc pled ged to strict neutrality and non interfer ence in the coining contest between the Western Powers and Russia. This is a most important convention, continues the Herald, and has been nego tiated by Mr. Buchanan without instruc tions from Washington. It is important as it affects our rights and our commerce, and places ns in the position that wc should have occupied years and years ago. It secures our neutrality without any treaty stipulations, as it removes the cause of war and at once enables us to become the great carrier on the seas of the world. Mr. Buchanan has achieved a diploma tic triumph; and his success exhibits the importance to the country of having able men to represent us abroad In 1812 the doctrine of the right of .search led to the war with Great Britain. The treaty of Ghent left the matter unsettled In I*Blß Lord Castlercagh unsuccessfully endeavor ed to obtain our consent to the doctrine by special treaty stipulations; but it ’contin ued unsettled. When Messrs. Webster and Ashburton were arranging the treaty at Washington, in 1842, all reference to the doctrine was studiously avoided for fear of a rupture in the negotiations at that time. But now, in the face of the pending war in Europe, and in the neces sity of our neutrality in this tremendous struggle, the great principles for which we have lor halt a century contended are ob tained. The recent debates in the British Parliament show the reluctance with which the concessions were made. To that part relative to the rights of our sail ors we desire to (Ail l the especial attention of the New York Chamber of Commerce. The convention, and the correspondence connected with it, will probably be sub mitted to the Senate as soon as received, for the immediate action of that body. Bilious and Stomach Compdain's cured by Holloway's Pills Perhaps half thejhuinan race suffer from disorders of the Liver, hut few are aware that they labor under bilious or liver com plaints, consequently often take medicine that is injurious, and so go on until past all cure. From great experience it is known that no remedy was ever found to act so promptly upon the liver and stom ach as Holloway’s celebrated Fills, as by their means even persons of shattered con stitutions arc soon restored to perfect health. Delicate Females, either at the turn of life or when approaching woman hood, may derive from their use the re quired benefit, the liver at such periods being always at fault. Letter’ from! Fe.'vtor Dougins Washington, April 9. —Senator Dou glas has written a letter occupying eight columns of the Sentinel in reply to the resolutions adopted by a meeting of 25 clergymen at Chicago. He takes occasion to go over the whole ground in support of the Nebraska bill, as involving a prin ciple identical with that contended for in the revolution. He denies that clergymen have a right as such to interfere in mat ters embracing moral and religious truth, and intimates that the recognition of such power would be subversive of the principles of free government and religious liberty. lie further denies that the re peal of the Missouri Compromise is a breach of faith. The letter is mild con sidering its source, but at the same time tart and sarcastic. Bloody Affray. — A gentleman wiites us from Sciiven county, that a very un f irtunate affray took place at Sylvania in that county on the 10th inst. It ap pears a dispute arose between a Mr. H. Kelley and K. Blackburn, which ended in a fight, that Dr. Oglesby and a brother of Blackburn were ultimately involved in the difficulty, that pistols and knives, were used, that all the parties were badly in jured, ane it was thought 11. Blackbnrn would die. Burton Blackburn has fled; the others engaged in the affray are in the custody of the Sheriff. All were drunk, of course. — Southern Recorder, St. Louis Pacific Railroad.—The New York Times states that the President of the St. Louis Pacific Railroad is now in that city, and has concluded an engage ment with a well known firm of New VTork contractors, for bnilding the South-west, ern branch of that road, through its whole length, from the junction with the Kausas
