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POETRY.
IMST WISHES OF A CHILD.
The following beautiful little poem was writton
by James T. Fields, for the Boston Book for 1800.
It is taken from the proof-sheets by a correspon
dent oi the New Fork Literary World :
“ All the hedges are in bloom,
And the warm west wind is blowing—
Let me leave this stifled room,
Let me go where flowers are growing!
“ Look ! my cheek is thin end pale,
And my pulse is yery low,
F.re my sight begins to f»il,
Mother, dear, you’ll let me go?
“ Was not that the robin’s song
Piping through the casement Wide ?
1 shall not be listening long.
Take me to the meadow side—
“ Bear rue to the willow brook—
Let me hear the merry mill—
On the orchard I must look,
Ere my beating heart is still..
“ Faint and fainter grows my breath —
Bear me quickly down the lane !
Mother, dear, this chill of death—
I shall never speak again ! ”
Still the hedges are in bloom,
And the warm west wind is blowing ;
Still we sit in silent gloom—
O’er her grave the grass is growing.
JOHJY ALCOHOL, MY JOE.
John Alcohol, my Joe lohn,
When we were first acquaint.
I'd money in my pockets, John,
Which now 1 know there ailit.
I spent it all in treating, John,
ISecause I loved you so;
But mark me how you’ve treated me,
John Alcohol, my Joe.
John Alcohol, my Joe John,
We’ve been too long together,
So you must take ona road, John,
And I will take the other ;
For we may tumble down, John,
If hand in hand we go,
And £ will have the bill to foot,
John Alcohol, my Joe.
HOME, —By thk Rev. John Young.
m One home is not inhere me arc, but inhere tee wish to be.”
[Diamond Dust.
’Tis Homo where the hoart is, wherever that be,
| In city, in desert, on mountain, in dell ;
Not the grandeur, the number, the objects we see ;
But that which we love is the magical spell.
’Tis this gives the cottage n charm and a grace,
Which the glare of a palace but rarely has known :
t» is this, ontii this, and not station or place,
Which gives boingto pleasure,whir,U makes it ourowu.
Like the dove on the waters, a rest plaee to find,
In vain for enjoyment o’er nations we roam ;
Home only can yield real joy to the mind,
fe And there where tile heart is, therejonly is Home.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Fannon’s Marc.
The exploits of Fannon, the famous tory
partisan of North-Carolina would make a body
of facts more interesting than any tale of fic
tion. lie was a reckless fellow bloody-minded
as the hounds ofllayti. He sometimes slew
the helpless and innocent in cold blood—the
coward! Buche had that instinctive toneand
bearing of authority, that kept his people with
in the metes and bounds of his own despotic
will. He and his party were one day resting
themselves by a spring, lounging here and
there on the green grass in the shade of the
trees. One of his subordinates, a big, strong
man, had got mad with him. His rage had
been boiling in him for several days: and some
fresh affront at the spring caused his anger to
become ungovernable—he drew his sword, and
was resting with his elbow on the ground and
his hand under his head. His devoted fol
lowers were around him, and he heard the
click of their locks as they cocked their rifles.
’ “Let him alonej". cried FanilOn in hits quick,
• sharp tone. He laid still, calm and ,4plf-poa
i~9sed, with Viis- keen, ftXiid 'DU the
raging lieutenant, as he made a tremendous
plunge at his breast. But when the stroke
came, its object swerved away like a snake,
and the baffled man plunged liis sword into
the ground. Quick as lightning, Fannon’s
sharp blade passed through his gigantic form:
“Thus and thus I punish those who disregard
my authorityand his eyes glowed and
sparkled like a serpent’s. The man sunk to
the earth forever.
But Fannon’s mare is written at the top of
this sheet; and she is the hero of the present
writing. Achilles had his Xanthus and Ba
lus and Podargae; Alexander had his Buce
phalus; McDonald had his Selim. Fannon
was a man of blood like them, and like them
he had his favorite and trusty charger; and
Fannon’s mate was worthy of her owner, or
“even a better man.” He called her the Red
Doe, from her resemblance in colour to a deer.
She was a rare animal —fleet, powerful, intel
ligent, docile, as a lamb—and her owner valued
her, I dare say, above king or country, or the
life of his own fellow-man. —She bore bin?
proudly and fearlessly in the bloody skirmish
or the quick retreat. When he stood in the
noisy council of his partisans, or in the silent
ambush, the faithful brute was by his side,
ever ready to bear him whithersoever he would.
But Fannon lost his mare.
Down on the east of Little River, the par
tisan and some four or five of his followers one
day captured a man by the name of Hunter—
a whig from the country about Salisbury, N.
C. This was sufficient cause of death, and
Fannon told the man he should hang him.
Hunter was evidently a man of the time; but
■what could he do, alone and defenceless, with
a dozen bitter enemies ? It was a case of com
plete desperation. The rope was ready and a
strong old oak threw out its convenient
branches. Fannon told him he might pray,
for his time was come. The poor man kneeled
down, and seemed absorbed in his last petition
to the throne ot mercy. Fannon and his men
sood by, and the trusty mare Btood among
them, with the reins on her neck. They began
to be impatient for their victim to close his de
votional exercises. Hut they soon discovered
that there was more of earth than heaven in
Hunter’s thoughts; for he suddenly sprang on
Fannon’s mare, bowed his head down an her
powerful neck, pressed his heels on her flanks,
and darted away like the wind.
The tory rifles were levelled in a moment —
“shoot high! shoot high!” cried Fannon—
“save my mare?” The slugs all whistled over
Hunter’s back, save one that told with uner
ring aim, which tore and battered his shoulder
dreadfully. He reeled on the saddle and felt
nick at his heart; but hope was before him,
death behind, and he nerved himself for the
race. On ho sped—through woods, and ra
vines, and brambles, did that powerful mare
carry him safely and swiftly. His enemied
ware in hot pursuit. They followed him by
the trail of blood from his wounded shoulder.
He came to Little River; there was no ford;
the bank was high, and a deep place in the
stream before him. But tho foe came: he
drew the rein, and clapped his heels to her
sides, and that gallant mare plunged reckless
ly into the streim. She snorted in the spray
as she rose, pawed the yielding wave, arched
her beautiful mane above the surface, and
skimmed along like a wild swan. Hunter
turned her down stream, in the hope of eva
ding his pursuers; and she reared and dashed
through the flashing waters of the shoal, like
lightning in tho storm-cloud.
But Fannon was on the trail, and rushed
down the bank, with all the rough energy that
the loss of bis favorite could inspire. Hunter
turned the mare to the opposite bank; it was
steep—several feet of perpendicular rock—
but she planted herself on the shore at a bound;
and then away she flew over the interminable
forest of pines, straight as an arrow' —that ad
mirable mare !
On and on did tho generous brute bear her
master’s foeman, till the pursuers were left
hopelessly behind. Late in the evening, Hun
ter rode into Salisbury, had the slug extracted
from his shoulder, and after lingering some
time with the effects of his wound and excite
ment, finally got well. And that gallant mare,
that had done him such good service, he kept
and eherished till she died of old age.
Challenge toe a Race Aceoss the Atlan
tic.—A New York letter to the Philadelphia
Inquirer, says :
“ The extraordinary passage made by the
new steamship Ohio, between this city and
Charleston, occupying only about sixty hours,
and that under the disadvantage of a new en
gine and foul bottom, lias induced one of the
proprietors of the line, Mr. George Law, to
offer a challenge to any steamer in the world
to make a trip from this city to Liverpool, for
a wager of $50,000 a side. I should not be
surprised if the challenge is accepted, and if
ao, the excitement will be unprecedented, es
pecially if accepted by one of the British
steamers,”
(From the Journal Jr Messenger.]
Minute of Points Decided by the Supreme
Court of Georgia, September Term.
1849.
Troup vs. Goodman. —In Equity from Jackson.
—Upon a bill filed to reform a written contract
as to lands, an the ground of mistake—Held,
that parol declarations of the vendor, subsequent
to the sale, are admissible to prove the mis
take. Harris for Plaintiff in Error. Overly
and T. R. R. Cobb for Defendant.
English vs. Register — Ejectment—from Haber
sham.—l. Amendments t/.pleadings after the
case is submitted to the jury, are within the
discretion of the Court.
2. A party has the right to use the name of
a third person for the purpose of prosecuting
his legal rights by idemnifying him against
oosts.
3. A presumption of a grant from twenty
years' possession, may be rebutted by parol
evidence of a disclaimer by the tenant in pos
session.
The Statute of Limitations does not run in
favor of a party in possession of land, who
disclaims all right, interest or title to the land.
His possession is not averse to the owner. H.
Cobb and C. Peeples for Plaintiff in Error. J.
W. H. Underwood and Overby for Defend
ants.
Lockwood vs. Barefield. — Attachment from-
Clarke. The action of Debt lies upon a dor
mant judgment in Georgia. Hull, Peeples and
T. R. R. Cobb for Plaintiff in Error. Cone and
Harris for Defendants.
Ruckersvilte Bank vs. Hemphill. —ln Equity
—from Floyd.—l. It is illegal, and ground for
a new trial, for the Judge presiding to hold
communication with the jury, or any of them,
after they are charged with the case.
2. A new trial will be granted, if the Court
send to the jury a paper not in evidence, and
which may materially control their decision.
3. The decisions of the court must be “re
spected and carried into full effect” by the Cir
cuit Court; and under the law, it is the duty
of this Court to see to it that they are. Akin
for Plaintiff in Error, W. 11. Underwood for
Delendant.
Chamblee vs. llolcomb. —Rule—from Forsyth
—l. The Inferior Court has jurisdiction to dis
charge all persons confined for debt, on mesne
final process, when the jail fees are not paid as
required by law.
2. Though the Court may exercise its pow
ers irregularly, or their exercise may be incor
rect; still the officer is protected from liability
for obeying it.— Akin for Plaintiff in Error, T.
R. R. Cobb for Defendant.
Johnson vs. Kinsey. —Case from Floyd—l.
In an action for deceit, in falsely representing
a note to be solvent, the record of the suit on
the note is admissible to prove the contents of
the note, without producing the original.
2. When a bond has been transferred, in
writing, and the execution of the bond is pro
ven, it is adniissiblo in evidence though the
execution of the transfer is not proven, the
consideration of the t ransfer being withholden
from the jury.
3. It is improper for the presiding Judge, in
summing up, to state to the jury that a single
and specified portion olf the evidence made a
“strong impression on his mind,” this being
calculated to mislead the jury by withdrawing
their attention from the balance of the evi
dence.
4. It is improper to allow a party to prove
contradictory statements of a witness examin
ed by commission, without first interrogating
the witness sought to be impeached as to the
fact of making the statements; and for this pur
pose, the party seeking to impeach may take
out original interrogatories for the witness im
peached, if he has been surprised by the an
swer of the witness to the first interrogatories.
W. H. Underwood and Aiken for Plaintiff in
Error, Hooper for Defendant.
Henderson vs. Kemball. Ejectment—from
Chattooga, 1. A deed recorded without pro
per probate is not constructive notice to sub
i sequent purchasers. 2. A bona fide purchaser,
without notice from a fraudulent purchaser at
sheriff’s sale, is protected from the effect of the
fraud. Hooper and Akin for Plaintiff in Error,
W. 11. Underwood for Defendant.
Christian vs. Penn. Case —from Chattooga.
The record of a former recovery is not a con
clusive bar, unless it covers all the issues made
in tho case to which it is pleaded; but evidence
is inadmissible to disprove any issue submit
ted to the jury in the former case. W. H.
Underwood for Plaintiff. Akin for Defendant, j
Spears vs Smith. Assumpsit—from Floyd, j
This Court will not interfere with a new trial j
granted by the Court below, unless in cases of ;
flagrant abuse of the discretion of the Court !
1 below. Hooping for Plaintiff in Error, W. H. j
Underwood for Defendant.
Frierson $ Wife vs. Beall, Ex'r. Caveat—
from Clark. An unfinished and unexecuted
‘ will of personality may be admitted to record,
1 where the execution and completion of the
I- testator, and the paper, so far as it goes, expres
-1 ses the full testimentary intention of the testa
tor. W. 11. Hull, Cone and Cobb for Plain
-1 tiff, C, Peeples for Defendant.
llowell vs. Black in lie. Illegality—from Lump
kin. A witness subpoenajyi by a defendant in
ft criminal case, to attend ito * ditforem county J
1 than that of his residencejlis not entitled to
1 collect on his subpoena, hs an execution,
? mileage, or his per diem fees. W. H. Under
i wood for Plaintiff in Error.
’ Crawford, Gov. sc. vs. Word and others. —
1 Debt—from Habersham. 1. A. Rule Absolute
against a Sheriff is only prima facie evidence
1 against his sureties in a suit on his bond. 2.
1 Where the breach of the bond is the failure of
• the Sheriff to make a levy, evidence of the
insolvency of the defendant is inadmissible on
f the part of the sureties, to excuse them from
liability, where there is property in the pos
session of the defendant at the time the execu
tion is placed in the Sheriff’s hands. 3. The
1 Sheriff is allowed the full time intervening be
-1 tween the terms of the Court, to make a levy
and sell before the return day of the execution
it is his duty to make the levy. Stanford for
Plaintiffin Error, Overby, Underwood and H.
■ Cobb for Defendants.
’ Berry and others vs. Mathews and others. In
1 Equity—from Habersham. 1. Where a party
1 seeks to continue a cause on the first term of
1 the appeal in order to make a substantial
1 amendment to the pleadings, he must not only
! state on oath that the amendment is material,
1 but ho must state the substance of the amend
■ ment, that the Court m»y judge of its mate/i
--' ality. 2. The 4th and 6th Common Law Rules
of the Superior Court as to amendments on the
appeal, do not apply te Equity causes. 3.
• Where several complainants, as creditors, join
in a bill against the common debtor for their
separate claims, the death of one of them does
1 not abate the suit, but his naipe may be dis
missed from the bill. 4. Exceptions to answers
must be determined before replication is filed;
1 and after the cause is set down for a hearing,
the exceptions will be consideied as waived.
1 5. The 6th Section of the Judiciary Act of
1 1799 i giving authority to the Courts to compel
• the prodmotion of hooks and papers, does not
1 apply to Equity causes; nor ijoes the Rule of
1 Court, passed to carry into effect that section.
1 5. Where a party at law seeks to obtain the
> benefit of the 6th Section of the Act of 1799
1 under the Rule, bp mtt*t not only swear that
" the paper is ma-erial, but must show therein
i it is material. 7. A circular produced under
1 notice, purporting to be issued by the party
1 producing it, will not be admitted in evidence
r to affect the party, until there is proof that
> this circular or copiea had beiiU issued and
circulated by the party, 8. When the Court
‘ charges the jury substantially as requested by
• counsel, and correctly in regard to the law, a
r new trial will not be granted. Stanford, Over
by, Hull and H.Cobb for Plaintiffin error, J.
r W. H. Underwood and T. R. R. Cobb for De
-1 fendant.
e
A New Habror.—We have been favored
e with a copy of the following official report of
d A. D. Bache, Esq., Superintendent of the U.
y S. Coast Survey, to the Secretary of tho Trea
, sury, on a reconnoissance of Hatteras Inlet,
. by Lieut. Com’g. James Alden, U. S. N. As
s sistant in the Coast Survey.— Boston Daily
e Adv.
r Coast Suevey Station, )
North Deerfield, N. H. July 25, 1849. )
Sie —ln consequence of the information re
[ ceived from Lieut. Commander Moffitt, and
j already reported to you in regard to the im
r portance of the inlet opened in 1846, South
. of Cape Hatteras, I have had a reconnoisance
1 made of it by Lieut. Com’g. James Alden, U.
, S. N., Assistant in the Coast Survey, which
confirms the previous statement of the value
I of this inlet as a harbor of refuge. The re
, port of Lieut. Alden contains the following
statements of interest to navigators;
. “ This opening bears from Hatteras lights.
70 W. distant about twelve miles. It will be
. easily recognised by the remarkable round
[ hammock covered with trees on the east side
of the entrance. The least depth at low water
on the bar is 14 feet. It should be approach
ed from the Northward and Eastward, and as
the breakers seldom extend entirely across the
entrance, it can be readily discovered by the
smoothness of water between them, at that
point steer NW by W, keeping along the
breakers on the starboard hand until well in,
then haul more to the Northward, and anchor
soon after inside the sand pits, which forms
the entrance and which, together wit 4 the bar
outside, afford sufficient protection against all
winds from that quarter; the boat anchorage,
however, for a vessel drawing 10 feet of water,
is where the schooner's first position is marked
on the chart,and where the current will be felt
much less than >U mid - channel:—the cur
rents and tides aye influenced very much by
the winds: the greatest velocity we found
were three knots between tl>e two sand spits:
the mean rise and fall was 2.2 feot.”
There ape two oponinge, the one to the
Westward is email apd has a very narrow and
intricate channel, and must bp considered of
little or no importance, while so near a much
’ finer and better one.”
“ Good pilots can be obtained for Hatteras
inlet at any time.”
The sketch of Lieutenant Commanding A1
den's reconnoißance hat been reduced for
publication, and will be at once placed in the
hands of an engraver.
[From the .V. O. Delta, of Ad i/«/.J
From Texas
The steamship Yacht, Capt. Thompson, ar
rived in. port yesterday from Port Lavaca,
touching at Galveston. We have papers by
her to the 27th ultimo.
liieut. Whiting, of the Topographical En
gineers, with a party of twelve persons, left
San Antonio on the 10th inst., for Fort Tow
son and Was It is understood the Lieu
tenant has itu.i ed orders from the War De
partment to make a survey of a direct route
from Fort Washington to the Pecos, so as to
intersect the road at mat point recently sur
veyed by him from San Antonio to El Paso.
Capt. Thompson ip forms us that the pilot
schooner which broke from her anchorage,
during the gale at Brazos Santiago, on the
night of the 16th ultimo, carrying off a lad of
ten years of age, by the name of J oseph Davis
—the only person on board—was beached fif
teen miles north of Laavaca Pass, on the morn
ing of the 19 th ultimo, after being at sea three
days and nights. The lad stated to Captain
Thompson that he steered north-west during
the whole tim" he w: s out, which course he
supposed would bring him up somewhere on
the coast; and in going in where he ran the
vessel ashore, carried away her rudder. The
vessel received no other damage. The lad
claims salvage on the ve sel.
The Crops.—Accounts received from Wash
ington county, state that the army worm is
committing sad ravages on the cotton crop.
Colonel Groce, of Rock Island, Austin county,
had lorty acres of cotton run over by the worms
in one day. At mu st, the general average will
not exceed a two-thirds crop.
The Victoria Advocate says the worm has
done considerable damage in that section, but
the planters, it thinks, will make two thirds of
a crop.
The small pox is prevalent in San Antonio,
and quite a number of deaths have occurred,
mostly among the Mexican portion of the po
pulation.
Two companies of rangers, Captain Grum
ble’s and Capt. Ford’s, recently pa-sed through
San Antonio, en route for Corpus Christi.
Another company was daily expected. So
says a letter dated the 6th inst.
The Texas State Gazette contains a tabular
statement, from which it appears that there
are in the State of Texas, twenty-seven char
tered institutions of learning, owning 106,700
acres of land.
Capt. J. B. MeCown’s company of Rangers
was mustered into the service at Austin, on
the 14th inst. Daniel Connor is first, and
Henry Smoek second Lieutenant.
The health of Galveston was never better
than it now is and has been during the spring
and summer.
From Beazos and the Rio Gkande.—By
tha arrival here, yesterday, of the steamship"
Globe, Capt. Place, from Brazos Santiago the
24th ult., we have received the Point Isabel
Bulletin of the 17th, and the Brownsville
Centinelaof the22d ult. We take the follow
ing from the Point Isabel Bullet’n :
Orders have been received for the fitting
out of an expedition to explore the waters of
the Upper Rio Grande, and Com. Ilaryy Love
has been put in command. The particular
object of this enterprise is to promote, by all
possible means, the military and commercial
interests of our southwestern frontier.
Major Giles Porter, of the 4th artillery, has
been assigned to the command of the Depart
ment of the Lower Rio Grande, with Brevet
Captain C. F. Wooster as his acting Assistant
Adjutant General.
The altitude of Fort Polk, (Point Isabel) is
twenty-six leet above low water mark, and the
soil is a strong 1 inestone formation. Matamo
ros and Point Isabel are about on a level, as
ascertained by actual survey.
Assistant Surgeon Abedie, of the U. S. Med
ical Department, has been relieved at Fort
Polk by Dr. Anderson, of the same corps.
The Centiiiela complain* bitterly of the il
; legal interference by the military, on the roads
in the interior, with traders.—A’. O. Delta, 3 <l
inst.
Steam Manufacturing Company.—We con
gratulate our citizens on the formation of the
Madison Steam Mill Company; it was duly
} organized on Saturday last, at a meeting of
j stockholders and the following getlemen were
| elected Directors for the ensuing year:
JOHN ROBERTSON, President.
J Reuben Mann, Elijah E. Jones,
Adam G. Saffold, Jxo. G. McHenry,
Johnson Garwood, Jno. W. Pouter.
Sec. & Tret..
A suitable and very eligible site of ten
acres near town, on tho line of the Geo. 11.
Road, on the land of F. W. Arnold, Esq., has
been secured, and we understand the buildings
necessary (all to be of the most durable kind,)
will be shortly advertised and let to contrac
tors to be completed as parly in the ensuing i
year as possible. The machinery will em»-
dkraoe all tho latest improvements, anil we
Expect from the known energy of the board
,of Directors, that one of the most
factories in the State will be erected, and the
hum of machinery, and the busy din of in
dustry—the mother of prosperity—will en
liven our already stirring village, and shed its
blessings over our community. Then will the
current be stayed which has been sweeping
our thousands and tens of thousands annual
ly away to lands possessing no regard tor our
interests, except it be to continue to drain
from us the products of our toil. It Is con
templated to manufacture Bagging, Rope,
Oznaburgs, Shirtings, Kerseys, etc., etc. —
Madison ( Qa .) Visitor, 6th inst.
The Weather.—The weather has been, as
we learn by the papers, very dry in the South,
generally, and for many weeks past in Virgin
ia, Maryland, North Carolina, this State, Geor
gia and Alabama, and perhaps in other States.
Latterly, we presume, there has been rains in
many places. Our section was visited by
showers on Sunday, which continued on Mon
day and Tuesday, being copious on the last
named day. The weather is quite warm for
the season.— Greenville Mountaineer.
(Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier.)
CoLUMijiA, Qct 4—4.26 P. M.
“Barnett the Arolitionist.” —John L.
Barnett, charged with being engaged in the
dissemination of abolition doouments, at Spar
tanburg, has been admitted to bail in the sum
of one thousand dollars. His cases will be
continued until next term.
New Orleans, Qct. Q.
California News,—The steam ship Alaba
ma has arrived Here from Chagres, having sail
ed on the 28th uit.
She reports the loss of the schr. John Aua
ter, Capt- of and from Warren, Rhode
Island, bound' to palifornia, in the of
Magellan, on tne 26th of June, by running
ashqre on a f-qck iqa snow stqrm gnd hpqvy
gale from the southward. The schooner bilged
and filled. The captain and crew were taken
off next morning by tl t e brig 4 rca 4*Hhi of
Boston, and carried into Callao, where shear -
; riyefl on the 19th J^ugust.
The p. S. propeller jsdith, from San Fran
, cisco for San Diego, went ashore at Point
Draphan, and it Is supposed will be a total
j loss—date not given.
4- Ptejjph b rig Parted Her cable in Mazatlan
‘ harbor early in Rqd was lost with
about 30 of her passengers.
News from Callao, gives information of a
gross outrage committed on the 28th August,
by the crew of a Peruvian war steamer, oil
three men belonging to the brig Arcadian,
which vessel preparing tq sail for £}an
Francisco. They were ashore and were about
l to return to the brig in a boat, when they were
: attacked by Ihe Peruvian crew and the party of
boatmen wero cruelly beaten, and thrown into
the water, afterwards dragged ashore, their
arms pinioned, again cruelly beaten, placed in
the stocks, and kept there tho next day, the
’ authorities refusing their liberation because it
wa9 the President’s birth-day. The Captain
of the brig protested before Mr. Clay, our
Charge, against the proceedings of the officers
of the war steamer, laying the damages of the
vessel and crew at Mr. Clqy instant
ly demanded satisfaction from the Peruvian
Government, but there is no account received
of the character cf the yeply made. While
Mr. Clay was waiting the reply, another out
rage was committed on the captain of the
American Whaler Rambler, who was attacked
and heat shockingly,
U. 8. vessels were much wanted at Callao,
to protect the lives, interests and property of
American citizens.
Nbw Orleans Market.
The inquiry for Cotton, since the reception
of the Canada's advices is very limited. The
■ales do not probably exceed 600 bales, leav
ing prices in ffivor of buyers.
Nbw Orleans, Oct. 6—7 A. M.
Arrival »f tfra Falcon from Chagrros
The steamship Falcon lias arrived here in
5 days and i.B hours from Chagres. She brings
$70,00.0 in gold dust, a large mail, 49 passen
gers lor New York, and 4 for this place.
The steamship California, was to have sail
ed from Panama for San Francisco on the 27th
ult.—the Senator Qh tho I s * inst. — the Uni
corn on the flth —and the Panama cn tho 15th.
The Isthmus was healthy and the travelling
across it comparatively easy, in consequence
of the great improvements that hafl been made
in the reads.
The latest dates from San Francisco were to
the Ist Sept. Qen. Smith had gone on an
expedition to the mountains of Sierra Nayida,
and Col. j?rem°nt was »t Monterey,
The Milner, from New had arrived at
San Francisco in 129 d*y,a P**»Xge,
Mr, Wild, late Tice Consul the Sand
wich Island*, died at franeisco oq the
26th August. i
Col. Weller was at San Franciseo on busi- :
ness connected with his commission, and wvs
to return by the steamer Panama to San Dei
go, to prosecute the running of the boundary
line.
There was a great want of Printing Paper
: at San Francisco, and it is said that one hun
dred tons would command a good price.—
Sizes 18 by 24 to*24 by 36.
Moore, the newly appointed Post Master
has entered on the duties of his office.
Lieut. Beall, bearer of despatches, has ar
rived at San Francisco, and proceeded imme
diately to Gen. Smith’s head quarters.
Thomas Butler King is dangerously ill of
bilious fever and his recovery is considered
I doubtful.
j The Ex-Governor of Ohio, and Ex-Minis
| ter to Mexico, Shannon, is working mines at
Manco. Commodore Jones is stationed at San
Francisco.
During the month ending 29th August, 3806
men, and 80 women emigrants, arrived at San
Francisco, by sea.
The convention for forming a State Consti
tution which met at Monterey on the3lst Au
gust, is said to be composed of men of intelli
gence and integrity.
The ship Ohio, Commodore Jones; Warren,
Commodore Long; frigate Savannah, Captain
Voorhes; transports Fredina, South Hampton,
and Mary Jane; schrs. Invincible and Captain
Lincoln, ol the Quarter Master’s Department,
and propeller Massachusetts, were at San Fran
cisco. The Savannah is to relieve the Ohio,
which is to sail for Boston on the 15th Sept,
via \alparasio and Rio. Commodore Jones is
to remain in command of the Pacific squadron,
and hoist his pennant on boird the Savannah.
The St. Marys on her arrival from Callao,
which is soon expected, is to proceed to Chi
na, with a successor to Com. Geissenger, as
commander of the squadron there.
Chas. appointed commissioner
to the Sandwich Islands, is to proceed thither
in the St. Marys.
Much sickness prevails at the mines. The
number of gold washers on the principal
streams of the Sierra Nevada have multiplied,
but there is enough for ah. The waters are
nearly at the lowest stage, which is favorable
to diggers. At Mormon Island the company
is mining scientifically. They employ quick
silver in extracting the tnetal from the ground
which is previously subjected to the cradle.
At the par price and with suitable machinery
they average about two hundred dollars
per day. In the auriferous sand found in the
regions ol Trinity River, the ore is found in
great abundance. In three days, the north
fork dam and mining association realised $15,-
000. The Peruvians and Chilians are pretty
thoroughly routed from the Middle and North
Forks, the disposition to expel them altogether
is extending through the mining coummuni
ty-
Advices are favorable from the north and
middle works. A party of twenty on the
north fork are averaging $45 per day each
man. Old minors on the middle fork, are
operating with submarine armor, by which
means they take out ten thousand dollars per
day.
The steam ship Emipire City left Chagres
on the 28th ult. for New York. The Panama
brought half a million dollars worth of gold
dust and one hundred and fifty passengers.
She arrived at Panama on the 22d August.
61,585 tons shipping had arrived at San
Francisco up to 13th August, exclusive of fif
ty river craft.
New Ok.deans Market.—There was but
little inquiry for Cotton yesterday, only 300
bales sold, at former rates.
The brig Kershaw, for your port, cleared
yesterday.
[Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier.]
New Orleans, Oct. 4 —8.10, P. M.
The Market.—Cotton.—The activity in
the Cotton market continues. Fifteen hun
dred bales were sold yesterday, mostly for
France and the North. Prices remain unchang
ed.
Rice.—Fifty c sks of good Carolina Rice
sold a clay or two ago at $4.
Freights.—A ship has been taken up for
Havre, at ftths of a cent lor cotton.
New Orleans, Oct. 5—&5G A. M.
There was no change in the Cotton market
| yesterday. There was a fair demand, and the
! sales reached 900 bales, taken for Fiance and
| the North. Middling to 10$; middling
j fair to 11. The Canada’s news reached
j us last evening.
The steam ship Ohio sailed for New York
I last evening. The Falcon, from Chagres, ar-
I rived this morning, and the Telegraph at noon
| yesterday. The agent went in the Ohio to
meet the Falcon, for the purpose of transfer
ring the mail and passengers for'Now York to
the Ohio. The Falcen hass9 passengers for
New York, so look out for news byj her.
The health of the city is excellent. The
citizens arc returning in great Bus
tle and business daily increasing,
From Yucatan.—By the arrival,jyesterday?
of the schooner Two Brothers, Cefct. Gutier
from Sisal, the 18th ult, we
14th ult. Thcjß
■Mil m
t. the Indians nTBI..
s .a;
on tno roadTrom Chemax, dircctr^^^H
artillery to that point, and while
was seriously wounded by a gun-*Jipt. After
a fight of two hours the Indians were driven
back and dispersed. . /i'
The Indians still lema'n in the, neighbor
hood of Bacalar. They have fotnjhd a line of
fortification, 800*or 1000 yards the line
of the whites. Some of the Indiaif? that have
been taken prisoners, report a disagreement
between the chiefs. «The whites soem to rely
on this as a chance for obtaining peace. Sev
eral skirmishes had taken place in \he neigh
borhood of Ichmul; but none worahy of no
tice even in a Yucatan despatch. The Bole
tin Official continues to say that the great want
of the country is peace ; yet it never seems to
notice that the war is continued simply
cause the whites are not
in the prosecution of it. —A". O. Ci eMcenJjjjffUi
inst. -
More Mystery.—The Mobile HeralajSfcs
terday contains the following alarming* inti
mation !
What’s in the H'ind!—The Grand ScrUsS gg
the ‘Ousel Owls’ arrived here yeiteftlayin thS
Oregon, and in loss than three hours after ho;
ohartered a sailing vessel, and was under way
for parts unknown in the Oulf of. Mexico.
Will any one enlighte t us as to the i>hj*bts of
his intention ? How is Cuba • What is going
on in the Sierra Madre 5 \Ydl no sody
lighten us ?"
Why does not Andrew Jackson Hodge tfee
Mobile Governor and Potentate, issue
lamation. There may be another inyaa.-u, or
an abduction at least, on foot. The®.-and
Scribe ought to he patched. Where li Com
mander Randolph i What is Lieut. Fatten
about r Blow the horn ! W
There Is another very remarkable mys
terious fact. A vessel sailed from this port,
avowedly for Mobile—was not hcarjl of for
several weeks—and when she got in gt lust, it
was ascertained that she had been to Cuba,
Blown off in a storm, they said—sobngea" to
scud and get into port—but who tuffiqxes it.?
The Committee of Safety are getting ' Wy.
The Grand Scribe travels to and fro a Rule
too freely—pretends to go on sailing
is strangely fond of regattas, and positiyefjL'
goes out in an incomprehensible way, asdfe
says, fishing. Something oertainly oughj to
bo done to put a stop to such dangerotf*, nro
eedings. — lit.
Sad —On Monday last,./one 4$
the Stage L)rivers, on the route fr4m this
place to Barnesville, was instantly crashed to
death by the upsetting of the stage W was
driving, he being thrown unqer
vehicle at the moment of the
name of the unfortunate man was
was recently from Ohio. Qno
passengers, Mrs). Mitchell, of
county, Ala.i was considerably the
upsetting of the Stage, not, we hope Kiiger
ousiy.—Mascogee Democrat, 4 th inti, V
Our Town is again rapidly assuming her
wanted business aspect. Qh awakjng jit
the morning, our ears are saluted by the cracff
of the muleteers’ long whip, the pride of bells,
and the Me-yaw?we?qugh" of th.eir wearers—
sounds so peculiar to the busy cotton mart ;
our avenues are already beginning to tchlock
aded and fortified with Jackson’s defence, and
our dealers are M Exampling*' is very liberally.
Recent rains have effectually “laid" the dust;
(we were never before so thoroughly con
yiqcod of the fact that \y? were " poor vorms
of the dust, H as last month.) Qur rive is in
the t‘ full tide of successful experiment-1* our
returned citizens are uncurtaiiing theii wall r
furniture and dusting oqt their pqrp? i, Oqr
merchants filling their stores with siibf intial
and very rich goods, of entirely new pa erne ;
(the advertising columns of the Demon at al
ways show which, merchants;) our mla re
turned from the Mountains and Springs liave
added ngw roses tQ their cheeks anc) 8e ' dia
monds toftheir eyes ; the buss, the whiw and
j the plikety-clack, the rush and roar cf our
spindles, looms, and mills and burr-sjhnes,
are perfectly deafening—aud altogethe , we
are a great people, a great place, and (Aw is
one of the "busy haunts of man.”— lt.
Banana Cotton.—Mr. P. D. Kleugh land
ed ps, a few days since, a stalk of this variety
of cqttoq, the seed of which is ssjd |o ppm
mand an extravagant price at present. The
peculiarities of this cotton, are the ffnen4* of
its texture and the cluster of boles which how
Upon its stems, much like the fruit from wtyoh
it takes its name. A few of these seed were
obtained in the West last year by Mr. Kleygh,
and planted here; and aefeon
has been unfavorable, he expresses
satisfied with the experiment, and believe* it
mxeh superior te ether varieties.— Abbrtiß*
Manner, 9(h met,
_ .T-fly
(Telegraphed for the Baltimore Sun.)
ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA.
,Seven Days Later Froui Europe, i
ENGLAND AND IRELAND.
Hi'S'a A RIAS A FFA IRS.
COMOHN STILL HOLDING OUT
TURKEY OPPOSING RUSSIA.
Sultan Refused to Surrender Hungarian j
Prisoners.
CHOLERA IN EUROPE.
Condition of the Markets, &c.
At a late hour last night the following dis
patch reached us from our correspondent at
St. John's, furnishing us seven days later in
telligence from Europe:
St. John’s, N. B. Oct. 3.
The Royal Mail steamer Canada arrived at j
Halifax at a quarter past nine o’clock, yester
day morning, and her news reached here to- ;
day, by overland express. The Canada made j
her passage in less than ten days.
The commercial news, upon the whole, ex
hibits no special change or movement.
The produce market has been fairly sup- •
plied, but the demand for most articles was I
inactive.
The cotton trade had become rather languid, j
at fair prices.
The money market continued abundantly I
supplied, and bills selling at 2& per ct. pre
mium.
The political news presents no new feature
of special moment.
There was considerable firmness in bread
stuffs, and higher prices had been paid. A
moderate business dhingin cured provisions at
steady prices.
ENGLAND AND IRELAND.
The weather has been very hot in England,
but not materially effecting the crops.
The late downward tendency in the corn
market has ' ;en checked, and a slight ad
vance has taken place, caused by the unfavora
ble reports relative to the potatoe rot. The
hop picking in England has been very disas
trous. A great effort has been made by the
growers to prreure relief from government.
A favorable change has taken place.in the
mortality liom cholera throughout England.
■ The new cases occurring have declined one
half. Since the commencement of the disease
13,000 persons have been swept.from London.
The potato disease is, beyond doubt, ex- ,
tending into several districts of Ireland, though |
it has not, by any means, become general.
FRANCE.
A good deal of attention is directed to the
Metropolitan Council of the Clergy, which
i has commenced its sittings at Paris. Almost
all the Bishops aud distinguished clergy of
! France arc assisting at the Grand Council,
i The Cholera appears to have permanently
j diminished in Paris.
| The conspirators of June, 1849, are to be
1 tried at Versailles.
HUNGARY.
Comoro, though besieged, still holds out
and can defy its besiegers one entire year.
1 ! The influence of Russia and Austria is be
' i ing exert, d to compel the Porte to surrender
the Hungarian chiefs, who have taken refuge
I in Turkey. Letters from Constantinople state
1 i that this has been positively refused.
ITALY.
i The Pope has quitted Gaeta, und proceed
! ed to Naples. *His reception was of the most
! striking and popular character. He will not
go to Rome for the present.
SPAIN.
i i The cholera was still committing serious ra
■ I vages at Trieste.
The newly appointed Ministers were assemb
■ I ling at Madrid, but no notice seems to be ta
! ken of events relative to Cuba.
: I GERMANY.
The papers received this morning announce
f | the unexpected resignation of the Dutch Min
l istry en masse. After deliberation the King
accepted their resignations, and gave instruc
tions for the formation of a new Cabinet. The
t circumstances which led to this result have
- r.ot transmred.
1 * TURKEY.
; All honor is proclaimed to Abdel Mesiple
1 and to the Turkish Ministry. They have
nobly done their duty and refused to become
i panderers to the vindictive and bloody mea
• sures of Joseph and Nicholas. The Russian
i Ambassador at the Port demanded asurren
-3 der of the Hungarian officers, Kossuth, Bern- i
- binski, Perezel, Mesmerosses and their com
> panions.
r The Russian General had arrived at Con
stantinople. Ilis mission being to bully the
s Sultan into a compliance wit’s, the demand of
- I Austria. A council of the Turkish govern-
Janent was immediately held, and they unani
-I'nMSusly resolved not to surrender the Ilunga
- j rian refugees to-sither the Russian or Austrian
ImGo ver nine n ts^^^^_
commui to
K- r, lii.tt
fMduty as nobly a-, the
’ Turkey wjtß such, a cause, means war with
i England, gd
We are rejoiced to find that Kossuth and
his companions are furnished with passports
[ from the English Ambassador, and trust that
5 every assistance to their support will be ren
s dered by England. The independence of
; should be secured against the attacks
■ of Russia and its vassal. Austria.
V- ’ HUNGARY.
The latest intelligence received by the Lon
don Sun, a*jrs that Peterwardan surrendered
to the' -Imperial troops on the sth ult. The
; Magyar*. defiled to still holdout, but the
jUMStyjMMWiI&d them.
Comorn is well provisioned,
HMlMgjjfi'in a state of complete discip-
PQpetsbers held a meeting, and resolv-
PHEtoiptlafgbTaai oritv. not to surrender.
. to the Vienna journals, 80,000
.besiege Coinern. The bombard
to commence on the 13th, when the
i ifilifrir 1111 occupied a great part of the island,
resistance. A part of the Hun-
IMrun, are strongly entrenched before the
r , ftStress, and it was expected would give the
battle.
It was rumored at Yiena that Gen. Bern had
. SfaHen into the hands of the Russians. <Since
tHe 15th a number of rebel Hungarian officers
* %ad been put to death at Arad and Temesvar.
MOROCCO.
Intelligence was daily expected from Mo
• roeo, whpre the Spanish and French Generals
(jgemed likely to produce something more than
a mere demonstration. The Moors were ex
, pected to make an attack on Masilla, having
already cut off supplies.
MARKETS. 9
Cotton Market.— Tae demand
' for cotton Wfls rather quiet at the close. The
salea of th* week amount only to 28,000 bales.
The committee quote the same figures given at
the sailing of the previous steamer. is
are not likely to adva.ice further ftiless
1 encouraging accounts should be received from
India. v ,
BumsDSTUFFS.—-Best Western Canal-Flour
wa*flSp.g at l%to SiaMinngs perhbl. I'hila
- dFluyjLand Baltimore 23 to 21 shillings. o>io2t
a t'n. United States rad Wheat os. 2d. a’.? 3d ;
1 "White-do. pKSdfto 7s. per "70 lbs. Indian Corn, 26
i to 275. for yellow, and 28s. per quarter for white.
Pro Visits .—The arrivals of cured provisions
Continue' small.»Th'e demand lor Americ.cn Beef '
fahr at steady miecs. P«uk »* r.ather more inquired
lOi- tumigii dull and difficult of sa e. Inferior sorts
I Baep|i sell with more activity, but in other do
* tcripUens the’trausactions have been qn.tmpurtant.
I The market generally fias q dqll aspect for provi
i Palh Raws and Shoulders selling at form
~ fsr quotations, viz : 27sto 42s per qr. for the latter.
Ij’ and'l9s a 22s for the former. Lard was in hettei
inquirj - prices stationary at 3ss il lji.A|ij*pii| n HfT; -
| to qßtal)ty, and 36s a 39s rot" irfffrioi^^lron
remain* without alteration,
( (PER CANADA.)
The Markets,
Liverpool, Sept. 22.
Yfiince the 15tb., th e detpapd for Cotton has
. bebn dqll. The sales for the week ending 21st
< amountctnly to 28,200 bales: of this quqntity
f 7730 were taken by specqlqtore, and 2450 by
exporters: leaving the remr.inder, 18,420, to
be purchased by the trade. After the arrival
of the Canada, on Monday evening, there was
a brisker demand and an advancing tendency.
On Wednesday the market again subsided,
and hojdev* willing to make sales at last
week's quotations; consequently the commit
tee’s quotation for Cotton remains unaltered,
For the present, there speqis $Q he « stop Vo
adyanpe in the price of Cotton, and there is
not much briskness in the demand for either
goods or yarns. It is not likely that a further
yise will take place qntil more encouraging j
aceount* fwm India are received. The de
mand for goods for home consetnption in
creases.’’
Havre, Sept. 2Q.
Qur Cotton market ha* been without muoh
animation—the sales not beyond 300 or 500
bales per day. Prices are, however, firm at j
the quotations, say for Georgia “has” 77 f r .;
tres ordinaire’’ 82 frq "ordinaire” Os fr. Our 1
brokers report the stock as 50,000 bales, but 1
it is probably 5 a 10,000 baler more, The in- "
terior ig rather well aupplied with Cotton.— j
Rice Is in demand; prices range from 28 to
32 fr. l
<
Despatch prom General Twiqu*.—The 1
official report of General Twiggs, published to- (
day, was forwarded by Capt. Fisher by ex
press to Gov. Mosuly, accompanied by an In
teresting letter of even date therewith from c
that gallant officer, whioh we regret that we i
have not room to publish.— Fla. Sentinel, 2 4 .
Inst. ~
Head Quarters. Western Division, > •'
Tampa Bay, Fla. Sept. 22, 1849. J
Sia —I have the honor to inform you that t 1
on the 18th inst., I had an interview with the |
Chiefs of the Florida Indians at Charlotte’s j
Harbor. They disclaim for the nation all
disposition unfriendly to the whites--say the
- recent outrages were unknown to the nation
—and were perpetrated by a few outlaws,
j who deserved punishment, and who will be -
J surrendered to our justice sometime in the
| course of the coming month.
| Under these circumstances, I entertain 'the
■ hope that security and confidence will soon
be secured to the citizens.
I am, Sir, very resp’t. your obedient serv’t.
I D. E. TWIGGS. !
THECON STITD TMaLTsI
3tigti9ta, ©torgia.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCT. 10.
The Legislature
From the best judgment we can form, thr :
Legislature will be democratic or joint ballot, i
Counting those districts and counties heard j
' from, and those not heard from about which !
there ean be no uncertainty, we plaoo the re- ,
j suit as follows :
Srnatk.—Whole number of senators fortv-
I seven—24 democrats, 22 whigs. The district
| composed of Loundes and Ware doubtful.
: This district elected a democrat in 1847.
The above gives the district, composed of
Appling and Montgomery to the whigs. Al
though the whig majority there is usually
about 150, the democrats have some hope
that their candidate has succeeded.
The Lower House.—Whole number of re
presentatives, one hundred and thirty. We
give the democrats 64. The whigs 63, Ware,
Loundes and Telfair doubtful. We believe
the democrats will elect two out of these
three, which will give them the House by
two majority.
P. S.—Since the above was in type, we have
received intelligence, which will be found un
der our telegraphic head, that all the counties
but three have been heard from, and that the
Legislature will stand as fallows :
SENATE.
'Democrats 25
Whigs 22
Majority 3
HOUSE.
Democrats.... ......67
Whigs...... 63
Majority 4
Majority on joint ballot 7.
t’lg' This will be quite sufficient for all practi
cal purposes.
The Voice of Georgia
In the recent election our noble State has
declared herself, in trumpet tones, democratic
to the core, and has ranged herself in proud
c oinpanionsliip side by side with her gallant
sister democrats of our great family of confed
ated States. All hail, democrats of the Union!
the noble State of Georgia, the Key-Stone ot
the Southern Arch, has followed the glorious
example of Tennessee, and again waves from
her highest battlements the honored old flag of
Democracy. She has responded to the spirit
stirring voice of Old Virginia, the mother of
States and of Statesmen, and joyfully extend*
the hand of fellowship on either side, to her
gallant sisters, South Caiolina and Tennessee.
She comes in her vigorous manhood, with her
swelling resources and her teeming population
of 800,000 souls, to strengthen the democratic
phalanx and to uphold those great principles
of constitutional construction, of popular rights
and of equal laws, which, though often me
naced by the whigs, are ever triumphant under
the banner of democracy.
The debauch of military enthusiasm is over
—the intoxicating hurrah for a drum and fife
candidate has died away ; and the “second
sober thought” of an awakened people has
j come with its stern rebuke of false promise*
and violated pledges. The banner of Taylor
ism trails in the dust, and all the cant and hum
bug, and liypocriey about a no-party Presi
dent, and anti-proscription President, a Pre
sident “who would as soon think of running Jrom
a Mexican as of proscribing a man on aecount
of his opinions, a President “ that would not
be the candidate of any party, or lend himself to
promote party sehemes,” are consigned to oblo
quy and contempt. Georgia is thoroughly
UNTAYLOEIZED. Less than twelve months ago
Georgia gave a majority of 2,736 votes for
"Old Zack.”
Now she responds by a vote even larger
in.condemnation of an administration which
has so far distinguished itself chiefly by its
imbecility, its blunders, and its treachery to
the pledges which placed it in power.
The* whig candidate for Governor, was
vauntingly pronounced by the whigs the
most popular man, by all odds, in their ranks,
and he was nominated by the Whig Conven
tion, by a vote nearly approaching unanimity.
The result lias proved that he had to carry
dead weight, in the person of the "no party,”
“proscription loathing" President. Old Zach
was fastened on the back of Judge Ilill, like
the old man of the mountain upon the back of
Sinbad the sgilox. There was no shaking
him off. If the whigs had de fired him shaken
off, the democrats would have opposed the
effort, and insisted on identifying; tho whig
candidate with Taylorism-=its misdeeds and
follies. But the whigs did not desire this.—
They gloried in the Mentifieation. They even
believed that their candidate was assisted in
his efforts to reach the Gubernatorial Chair,
by clinging on to the skirts of Gen. Taylor.
The whig press appealed lustily to the noble
whigs of Georgia—the Taylor democrats, to
come to the rescue of "Old Zack” —“the old Lou
isiana sugar planter,” and of Judge Hill —that
voting for one was indorsing the other. They
even plaintively tuY-aked the aid oftggfTuK
Caluoun UEMotRAfs. But it all would not
d*. Whiggory and Taylorism went down
together, and bit the dust together in Georgia
on the first Monday of October.
The verdict of the people, while it spoke the
condemnation of Taylorism, and acknowledged
that they had been grossly deceived and be
trayed, at the same time spoke the voice of ap
proval of Governor Towns’s administration.—
It declared their satisfaction with the manner
in which he discharged the high trusts re
posed, iq his hands, and their confidence in
his continuing to. do so for the next two years.
His majority will be more than double that
whi<;h elevated him two years ago to the. Ex
ecutive chair.
But above all, the people of Georgia have
emphatically expressed approbation of
Jilye bold ancTjfßtriotic sentiments of Governor
Towns on the slavery question. Qq this
subject he has shown himself reliable
and true. He entertained no opinions ho was
unwilling to proclaim. Tho poople have man
fully come up to his proposition that the en
croachments of the anti-slavery power upon \
Southern rights are to be resisted " at all haz
ards and to the last extremity.”
Tho Union of tho Now York Democracy'
The only dissatisfaction that the union ot
the Hunkers and Barnburners has oaused, is j
among the whigs and the abolitionists. We i
cannot conceive of a higher recommendation j
than this. It is in vain that the whig press ;
of the North seek to revive hostility and re
new strife between these two sections of the
democracy of the Empire State. Their jeers
and taunts are laughed at hy the democrats,
as the impotent ebullitions of rage, disap
pointment and alarm, at this formidable re
union. It is a death knell, not only to whig
gery in New York, but to its hopes of another
triumph in a National election. But for that
ill-starred quarrel, Lewis Cass, and not Zach
ary Taylor, would now be President. Here
after, the broad banner of the Old Democracy,
will rally all it* legions beneath its broad
folds, on which are inscribed the great funda
mental principles qf tho party which have so
often triumphed in our country, and been so
long and gloriously illustrated in the conduct
of our national affairs,
The slavery question is to be forever discar,
ded, as a test question. The democrats of
New York have agreed to disagree, each one
being allowed to entertain his individual opin
ions, without let or hindrance.
It is true, that the Union Convention adop- ■
ted a resolution 4e°l*riU| opinions on the 1
| slavery question, unpalatable to the South, I
and such as the South will never subscribe to. !
They are objectionable to most of the South- '
ern whigs, and all of the Southern democrats.
But it is also true, that it reoognized the fact,
1 that there are Northern democrats who hold !
opinions differing with those declared by the
j Convention, and coinciding with those enter
tained ac the South. That resolution is as
follows :
i “That Congress has the constitutional pow
-1 or over slavery in the District of Columbia,
i and has no power over the subject in the
States. That it possesses, in our opinion, full
power over the subject in the Territories of
the United States, and should exert that pow
er on all occasions of attempts to introduce it
: there; but as the constitutional power is
j questioned, we are willing to tolerate the free
exercise of individual opinion upon that ques
tion, among members of the democratic fami
ly who are willing to rally under one stand*
| ard, and support the ticket nominated by the
, recent State Conventions.”
i No Northern whig or abolitionist differs
! from the opinion here declared. They are all
j free soilers, and stand up zealously for the ex
clusion of slavery from the new territories.—
They make no objec:ion to the doctrine above
declared. It is good enough whig doctrine to
suit them. But the great feature of this
Union of the Hunkers and the Barnburners, is
that it recognizes the fact that there akb dem
ocrats in the ranks of the New York democra
cy, who are with the South on this great con
stitutional question. It also declaros that
there shall be perfect toleration and freedom
of opinion among democrats on this question.
It declares that the slavery question shall be
no test of orthodoxy in the democratic church,
and that those members who are with the
South, and have stood by her, and voted with
her in opposition to the whole combined
phalanx of Northern Whiggery, Abolitionism
and Barnburnerism, are not to be disturbed in
the full and free exercise of those opinions, or
to lose standing or fellowship thereby.
This is something tangible, and reliable.—
Something which looks like giving Southern
rights a foothold, and an advocacy on North
ern soil—something which promises to secure
the recognition, by the great democratic part)
of the Union, of the doctrine of non-interven
tion. This will be an almost necessary result
ot the spirit of toleration thus manifested. —
All the South asks, is that Congress shall hold
its hands off from these territories on this del
icate subject. She will not be left to struggle
alone for this doctrine, and time will show the
re-united democracy of New York, that pert)
unity, harmony and success, can alone bu se
cured by it.
1 But be this as it may, we can point with
: pleasure to the fact, that to be with the South
- on the slavery question, is expressly tolerated
1 in the ranks of the New York democracy. It
is to be no political offence to the party, that a
1 New York democrat is with us, and acts with
f us. However he may be denounced and
> taunted, and abused by the Northern whigs,
t as a doughface and a tool of Southern slavehold
f ing tyrants, he will still be held in the bomb
'■ of political fellowship and sympathy by his
s brother democrats. If a member of Congress
* from New York votes with the South, as lit
r may heretofore have done, he is not to be os
* tracised or lose position theieby. Mutual for
r bearance and toleration animate the spirit of
1 this Union. The slavery question is to be let
c alone, and forever excluded from their part)
9 discussions.
s The whig papers at the North may contend,
to their heart’s content, that the free soil
1 democrats have been conquered by the non
intervention democrats. The whig papers at
r the South may proclaim that the Hunkers
s have surrendered to the free soilers. The)
I
equally aim at political capital, and desire to
8 influence sectional prejudices. But it will not
8 avail them. The democratic party have al
ways desired to control this question in the
«pirit of compromise. If the whig party and
the Abolitionists of the North had not been so
bitterly hostile to slavery, as to oppose with a
* bitterness as unanimous as it is intense, the
’ extension of the Missouri Compromise line
' and insisted on the Wilmot Proviso, thereby
1 arousing the fiercest sectional prejudices of the
Northern people, the democratic party might
have united the country in favor of that ex
\tension. This result has been steadily, perse
veiingly defeated by the Northern whigs, and
abolitionists. They have obstinately kept the
r country in a constant turmoil and the bittei
i waters of sectional strife stirred up from their
s utmost depths. If this vexed question is evei
> araib.tbly settled between the North and. the
South, it will be accomplished the pru
i dence and the patriotism of the great demo
cratic party of the union.
Interfering in Elections
In one at General Taylor’s electioneering
letters, written during the canvass, he used
the following language :
“f shall consider any officer under the govern
ment interfering in elections to be a fist cause of
removal.”
Will General Taylor stand up to the pledge
here plainly given to the country. The op
portunity for him to do so is furnished by the
Columbus Times of last Tuesday, in the fol
lowing statement.
We witnessed a sample of refreshing politi
cal consistency, in the election yesterday,
which requires a passing notice.
The late democratic Post Master of this city,
was removed from office, it will be remember
ed, for “interfering in elections at least, so
the world had a right to infer, because that
was one of the deolared grounds for removals
generally, and in this instance, we never heard
of any specific charges referring to capicity or
character.
Yesterday the Post Office Department of
this City was personally, actively, industri
ously in the field, electioneering with might
and main. The Post Master, Mr. Lee, and his
two principal clerks were “going it” with a
rush, not having tho fear of Taylor principles
before their eyes, and instigated no doubt by
the idea that what was good cause of political
death in a looofoco office holder, would be
highly commendable in a whig official. Now
what U “sauce for ttre goose, is sauce for the
gander,” and we call on Mr. Collamer to stiok
to his creed and hold his officials to the same
rule that he cuts off other people’s heads by ;
or oonfesa that his rule is a one-sided one, hy
pocritical in its spirit and practice.
There are numerous other causes of the same
sort, furnished by the papers in States wh*^ e
elections are pending or have recently t a k en
place. Will the pledge of the -„ o . par t v> pro .
scription hating President 0n this po [ lU> bo
redeemed ?
Hut the elections which have taken place
show p’.ainly the estimate in which the peo
ple may hold the pledges made only to de-
Obive, and which have answered tho only pur
pose for which they wore given.
We are indebted to a friend for the follow
ing:
Tkovpvillk, Ga., Oct. 3, 1549.
j Dear I send you by tho first mail that
leaves here, the result of Monday’s election for
, Governor, &c. We have done well—Lowndes
; does not “ lag behind” this time.
For Governor—Towns received....43o votes.
Hill received 419 “
! For Senator—W. Jones, (Dem.).. ..446 «
1). J. Sorman,(W.).. .388 “
J For Representative—G. Carter, (D.)423 “
C. Brinson, W. 394 “
Libel Case.— Major George G. liyron, who
says he is a son of the poet, has sued Mr. Ful
ler. of the New York Mirror, for libel, and
laid his damages at SSOOO. Fuller had pub
lished anarticio, derived principally faom Brit
ish published authorities, throwing considers -
I ble doubt upon tho pretensions of Mr. George
Gordon Byron himself, as well as upon the
letters and reminiscences of Lord Byron, that
he is about to publish in New York. Wheth
er or not the gentleman has any just claim to
the equivocal honor of boing the illegitimate
son of Lord Byron, he is determine!, it sooms,
to make himself, conspicuous ; and the agita
tion of the matter hy libel su ts, newspaper
controversies, etc., will have tho desired effect
of making his book sell.
A letter has been received from the British f
Consul at Masatlan, which states that in six t
months ending 30th June, there had been i
oonsigued to him (the Consul) $878,788 worth s
of gold dust, at $lB the ounte and that du- d
ring the same period there had been exported, u
in eoin and merchandise for Europe, .$987,M0, p
or nearly one million dollars.
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Reorganization of tho Senatorial and
Congressional Districts.
When the whig party had the ascendency in
the Legislature of 1843, they did not scruple
so to gerrymander the State in organizing the
Senatorial Districts, as to .secure,, as they
thought, for themselves thirty out of the forty
seven Senators. As the Counties then stood,
judging by the elections just preceding, the
districts were made thirty whig, to seventeen
f.mocratic. 1 his was not a very magnanimous ’
or very lair division, in a State in which at
least one half the voters are democrats. But
the whigs had an accidental majority. We
were in their power, and they used that pow
er without stint or scruple. After theinjustioe
was consummated, the hill passed, and sign
ed by a whig Governor, the whigs chuckled
with delight, and fanoied they had tho demo
crats tied hard and fast. In fact, a distinguish
ed member of the whig party, now on the
gleefully said to a leading democrat, “We have
got you down now, and we will keep you
there, so that you can’t budge for the next ten
years.”
Stung at the inj ustice, and tired by the
taunts of the exulting whigs, the gallant dem
ocrats rallied in their might, to redeem them
selves from the thraldom to which they were
doomed, and actually rescued the Senate from
the whigs at the succeeding election in 1845 „
They carried a majority into that.body. Had
they obtained a majority in the lower House
they would have undone the gerrymandering
work of tho whigs. But owing to the stupi
dity, obsinacy, an lsjlfLhness of the leading
democrats in some of our strongest democratic
counties in running a multiplicity of candi
dates, whigs enough were elected from them,
to give the latter a majority in the House.
Thus wag seen the anomaly of some counties.
with democratic majorities of hundreds ot
votes, sending whigs to the Legislature.
This anomaly, so discreditable to the demo4ud|
crats and so indicative of superior wit
management of the whigs, is again to be wit-
nessed at the approaching session. But there *
will be, notwithstanding. In all probability, is
majority for the democrats in each
enough for all praticul purposes.
In this event, we hope that one of t?fc sfisHßr
acts of the majority will bu to pass a bill wSfißMfj
to do3e the whigs with their own physic. jjgf
hope they will re-distriut the State in such a ’■SB
way as to give to the democratic party a cer
tain ascendency in tho Senate. Wo will not
object to a majority of thirteen, the number
the whigs aimed t> provide for themselves..
We would, however, be content with less
Judging the future by the past, the indomita-.
ble democrats might well start with a
number and soon catch up to that maj jr ; t y by
hard canvassing and fair voting.
The democratic party have, the majority in
Georgia. Lite late vote for Governor shows
it. It is but right and proper that it should
have a democratic Legislature to enact its
laws. Long may it be before the whig party
shall again rule in our Legislative Councils.
It has been signally rebuked and silenced by
the people.
For similar reasons, it is desirable that the
next Legislature should reorganize the Con
gressional districts. Tho democrats ought to
have at least five out of the eight members
sent to Congress. By a convenient and equi
table re-adj ustuisnt this rosult can be secured-
We will not here undertake to show by de
tails how this can be done. But we take tho
present occasion to say that it would be cap-..
daily gratifying to the whole democratic r a ,._
ty of Georgia if the present orgamaati* , n 0 f
the 7th and Bth Congressional Distriv „ wero
broken up, and the Hanarable Mes'sr *. Robert
Toombs, and A, H. Stephen# eit'<y dr placed in
the same district, or plaoe’t in districts with
whig majorities, so niod' t ,j. a * a them
in wholesome check. As the matter stands
they can commit y outrage upon the gener
al politic', sep.ttr.mnt ot tho State, and trifle
W1, -i the dearer,t rights and interests of her
people wit", comparative impunity. With their
present tr emeiulous whig majorities,amounting
to from t hirteen to seventeen hundred votes, it
is a hopelees task for democrats to run candi
dates against them. This fact discourages a
vigoronj <-mnbattiUis nf their opinions from that
quarter, unu it requires a degree of heroism
that the whigs have not yet displayed for the
latte.- to send independent candidates into the
field. The consequence is,that these gentlemen,
possessed of talents of a high order, gifted with
the. -arts which can please,- and even cajole and
‘Ufmiidate, by turns, hold absolute sway and
i mastery over their own party. That they
hold opinions and boldly proclaim them, and
give vot"s in Congress that a re not sanctioned
by many of their own party, is notorious and
undeniable. They avow the right of Congress
to legislate on the subject of s'avery in the
territories. They contend that the laws of
Mexico against slavery, are of highe.r obliga
tion in the new Territories, than tho .rights of
the slaveholder under the Consti{utiton, and
that the latter has no right to carry hfs slaves
and hold them as such, in those territisries—
that said territories are free soil, and there
fore forever closed against the slaveholder,
until opened by a law of Congress. Yet braid
ing this position, Mr. Stephens votod to lay on
the table, the only Bill which offered a chance
to the slaveholder to enjoy his slave property)'
in the new territories. He voted against the
Clayton Compromise Bill, well knowing that
a more favorable Bill for the South, could nott
and would not be enacted —that in doiug no
he immensely inoreased the cliancos of tk a
application of the Wihnot Proviso to t'np se
territories—and thus played directly into
tho hands of the whole tribe of Wilm.ot Pro
vigoists and abolitionists who are su. bitter
ly opposed to the South. Mr. Tr.ombs ap
proves the course of Mr. Stephens, a upends it
before the people, and avows c qual hostility
to that Bill. He announced ] XQ too,
would have voted against the 'ailt, ft** ; t m
up en its merits for final passage,
These two gentlemon rated >3t tiM . ap ,
propriation of money ky ' oongre9B , o arry,
into o ect the treaty w ltb M ex i CO| i rt company
with six of the rabid abolitionists tii
dße eight being the only oppo-
nents of *„' ue Bill.
They also, in company with eight rabid
olitionists, their sole companions, voted
re'.rocede to Mexico, tho territories
from her, us indemnity,' reserving only tho B
of San Francisco, and a little
territory.
A.
In reference to the Clayton Compromise
Bill, it is remarkable that tho only Southern
men who voted to lay it on the tablo, repre
sented Congressional Districts having over
whelming whig majorities. They would not
have darod so to vote, had their majorities boon
of a reasonable and moderate number, so that
they could have felt under a wholesome re
straint. But they were audacious in theii
strength at home, and felt emboldened to de -
fy the public sentiment of their respective*
States, trusting to the force of party disciplines
to sustain them. They felt that their major
ities were so large that they could be re-elpct
ed, though hundreds of their constituents, eve
of their own party, might be outraged, and feel’ *
resontful. These gentlemen may have othci
constituents, in prospective, besides those in
two districts in Georgia. More glittering
prizes than a seat in Congress, dazzle their
vision. They may aim to have constituents
co-extcnsively with the whig party of the
Union. They may aim to figure as Cabinet
Ministers, or in Foreign Embassies, or perhaps
to preside over one or the other branch of the
National Legislature. Hence they may be as
solieitous to please the free soil constituents
ot Collamer in Vermont, and of Ewing in
Ohio—of Seward in New York, and of Tru
man Smith in Connecticut, as to please the
whigs of Georgia.
We hope that the approaching democrats
Legislature of Georgia, w ; ll give them strong
er inducement to consult popular opinion and
feeling in Georgia, by so organizing their dis
tricts as to make thorn feel that they have no
votes to spare—that they cannot experiment
with impunity, upon the strength of pa*t
disoipline, or put themselves in a ppkft
utterly beyond the reach of the
party.
At ajl timeq aud under %lt tßtana#