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Crnistitutianalist K lUphlir.
15 Y J AM]E s GARDNER, JR.
_ .. TERMS:
pa - d , ln advance )... .per annum.. $8 CO
wilti r l / (l . f .P aid J n advance) per annum.. 500
weekly (if paid in advance) per annum.. 2 00
The Weather and the Crops.
The Pointe Coupee Echo, of Saturday last,
says : “ During this week the weather has been
very variable, but on the whole favorable to the
planters. Wednesday and Thursday were very
cold for the month of July, colder w a think
than we have ever before known it at this
season of the year. The cane, except in places
where the water from the late rains had lodged,
is very promising in this parish. We have
heard of no complaints with regard to the cot
ton crop, so that we presume it is in a flourish
ing condition.
We saw yesterday at the plantation of Mr.
C. Yan wickle, of this parish, a sugar cane of
surpassing dimensions, lor the month of July.
It had twelve joints, ten of which were red and
ripe looking, and it was of great thickness. As
already stated, the cane crop here is very fine.”
The St. Francisville Chronicle, of the same
day, says:
“ There is a worm on some of the plantations
in our parish, which seems to be very destruc
tive on cotton. It is said to be the grass worm,
and if so, it not oniy cuts grass but totally de
stroys the cotton plant. On one plantation they
have eaten about seventy-five acres of cotton —
bolls, forms, stocks and all—leaving the field of
their depredation completely barren and naked
of all verdure. It matters not by what name
these insects may be known, there is one thing
certain, they provejmore injurious to (the cotton
than the genuine army worm, for they leave no
hope to the planter, but destroy every prospect.
“ The weather is hot and dusty. We have
had no rain for several days.”
The St. Landy Whig, of the same day, reports
the continuance of thunder storms and heavy
rains. (By the way, if the editor of that paper
would condescend to write his “ weather and
crops 7 ' paragraphs in plain prose, instead of in
terlarding them with poetical quotations, and
using the “ high falutin” style, we should be
the better able to understand them.)
Trtfe Woodville (Wilkinson county, Miss.)
Whig, of the same day says :
“ We have had an abundance of rain during
the last month, but the crops in our county have
not yet sustained any material injury. The corn
crop will prove a very large one. 77
The Columbus (Miss.) Argus, of the 28th ult.,
says:
“ Scarcely a day has passed for a week with
out more or less rain, and there is now as much
complaint at its superabundance, as there was a
few weeks ago at its entire absence.
“ Corn has improved most surprisingly, and
although prophecies were made of almost an en
tire failure on the east side of the river, a short
time ago, all now agree that there will be an
abundance, some think more than has been made
for many years. We have recently passed
through all the section of country lying between
this city and Vicksburg, and while passing took
some pains to examine the crops on the road,
and elicit information in reference to the crops
off of it. All the cotton we saw or heard of is
good, and in the prairie lands near this place it is
as good as we ever saw, and very large crops
must be gathered through this State if the late
wet weather does not produce worms, and cause
the plant to grow too large. Tbis, it is feared,
will be done. 77
The Selma (Ala.) Sentinel, of Saturday last,
says:
“ The rains that have fallen so abundantly du
ring the last ten days have been the means of
doing much good. Many of the corn crops that
were looked upon as irretrievably lost, have
came out very much, and will make a good
yield. The cotton is doing well, and the only
danger now is, that there may be too much rain
—so much as to cause the cotton to shed its
forms. 77
The Greenville, S. C., Mountaineer, of the
4th inst., says:
“The last week was truly a rainy one. The
gentle and continued showers which fell, will
revive the crops be} r ond all doubt. The pros
pect for a good corn crop is now brightened, and
promises an abundant yield. We presume the
recent rains were general. Hence, if the crops
elsewhere have revived as much as those in this
vicinity, we may safely say a sufficiency will
be harvested. 77
The Newberry, S. C., Sentinel, of the 3d inst.
says:
“The general inquiries we made of the farm
ers and planters of this and the adjacent Dis
tricts, duiing the agricultural fair at this place,
have led us to the conclusion that the produce
of the corn crop, in this section of the State will,
if economy be used, be sufficient for the people.
There is a considerable quantity of old corn on
hand, which will contribute materially taeke
out the supply. Since the rainy season set in,
the farmers anticipating a scanty yield from the
early crop, have planted a second crop which
promises well. So that contrary to the cal
culations of every one, our farmers and planters
will have enough of corn for their own wants,
and a few of them will have some to spare for
their less fortunate neighbors. The importa
tions from abroad will be light, unless there
should be an extensive overflow of the water
courses.
“The cotton looks remarkably well. It has
even now a very good crop of bolls upon it, with
four or five weeks in which to mature more
fruit. The yield will bean average one, unless
some disaster should befall it. It may be pro
per to add that some persons, with whom we
have conversed, do not coincide in this opinion. 77
The Marion, (Miss.) Republican, of the Q6th
ult. says:
“Since our last have had a fine rain,
which, so far as we have heard, was general
throughout the county. Crops now look tolera
* bly fc-ell, although they were more or less injur
ed by the drougth. 77
The American, (Miss.) Sovereign, of the 23d
ult. says:
“During the week we have been favored with
another copious rain. We understand that the
country generally enjoyed the same favor. This,
together with the rams which we had eight or
ten days previous, has dispelled all doubt as to
sufficient yield of the growing corn crop. The
promise of a good cotton crop is equally cheer
ing. 77
Accidental Death. —We regret to learn
that Mr. Elexis Solano, of St. Augustine, came
to his death a few days since under the following
melancholy circumstances. While out hunting
with a Mr. Allen, near St. Augustine, the par
ties separated in the woods and soon loft sight
of each other. Mr. A1 en, hearing a rustling
sound as of the approach of a deer through a scrub
near which he was passing, fired, on the first
glimpse, at wbat he supposed to be the game in
which he was in search of, but which proved to
have been his friend, Mr. Solano—the load of
buck-shot entering the side of his head and kil
ling him instantly. Mr. Allen carried his de
ceased triend on his shoulders for several miles
to get him to the first house. His body was ta
ken to St. Augustine and there interred.
Gold Discoveries in Oregon. —A letter to
the Newark Advertiser, dated Port Oxford, Ore
gon, May Ist, says:
I am now washing out gold at the rate of ten
dollars an hour. Two others, by the side of me,
with the assistance of a squaw, (for an Indian
man is not worth his food,) are making SSO per
day. We will have thousands of inhabitants
here in a few months, as gold is every where in
this vicinity. All the soldiers in the garrison
are at work, making S2O a day upwards, and
but none less than sl6.
Robbery. —We understand that there was an
attempt made to enter the Planter’s Hotel on
Sunday morning. About 2 o’clock, A. M , Mr.
Weigand, the proprietor, was aroused by the en
trance of a man iDto his room from the window
fronting on Bryan-street. As soon as the thief
found he was discovered he attempted to make
his escape by jumping from the window, but af
ter slight resistance captured by Mr. Wei
gand and delivered to the watchman.— Sav. Jlep.,
Bth inst.
A man by the name of William H. Rice, who
has been for some time in the employ of B. W.
& J. P. Force & Co., wholesale dealers in Boots
and Shoes, Hayne street, was detected last week
in purloining property from their store, and
selling it to different retailers. Finding that his
rascality had been discovered, he attempted on
Friday last to effect his escape, but through the
vigilance of officers Scharlock and Bluett, was
arrested yesterday morning on board of a vessel
lying in the stream, about to sail.for Providence,
and was committed to await his trial.— Ch.
fwrier, Bth inet.
AUGUSTA, GA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING,... AUGUST 10
FOR GOVERNOR,
HON. HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON.
Os Baldwin County.
Have not the Scott Menuause of Complaint?
A few days ago, we referred to the card of
Messrs. Stephens, Toombs, and others, which
was put forth last year, for the purpose of pre
venting the South from voting for Gen. Scott.
It will be remembered, that these gentlemen
based their objections to him, on the grounds that
he was not as sound on the slavery question as
he might be; that he had not accepted the nom
ination in a satisfactory manner; that he was
the “favorite candidate of the freesoil wing of
the whig party, 77 and that consequently, if elect
ed, he would be under the influence and control
of the “higher law 77 portion of it. Notwithstand
ing all this, however, their course, on a thorough
and calm investigation of the facts in the case,
was very offensive and displeasing to those
whigs who always stood firm to the party and
never flinched under any circumstances what
ever. To them the conduct of these gentlemen
in bolting at this particular time, was highly
censurable and admitted of no justifiable expla
nation. There was a point of honor involved
in the action they had thought proper to take,
entirely inconsistent with their former teachings
and opposed to the long established usage of par
ties. Why should they stigmatize in such
harsh and bitter terms, not only the Con
vention, but also its nominee, who on the
fifty-third ballot had fairly obtained the
honor? Was it intended on their part to be
the signal for a general bona-fide burst up
of the whig party, so far as the South was con
cerned ? If so, why did not Dawson of Georgia,
Mangum of North Carolina, Botts of Virginia,
Jones of Tennessee, and Cabell of Florida, join
in the alarm’ Would they have remained in
such a corrupt body silent spectators of its pro
ceedings, without raising their voices in loud
protests against the butchery those freesoilers
were making of “the true and tried friends of
the Constitution 77 ? Was not the platform on
the slavery question as strong as need be—con
structed by the South according to its taste in
every respect, presented and adopted by the Con
vention by a vote of nearly four-fifths of its
members, and that too, before the candidate had
been selected ? This was the condition prece
dent, on which the delegates from Georgia
should act for and bind their constituents—and
was it not literally and strictly fulfilled ? Then
again, the friends of Gen. Scott would allude to
the manner in which hejhad accepted the nom
ination, and ask if he had not done it with the
“resolutions annexed, 77 and did he not say that
“the principles and measures laid down in them
were so broad that but little was left for him to
add? 77 Did he not say, that for a strict adher
ence to the principles of the whig party, with a
sincere and honest purpose to advance the great
ness and happiness of the Republic, and to cher
ish and encourage the cause of constitutional
libeity throughout the world—to avoid every
act that might involve our country in an unjust
and unnecessary war, or impair the faith of
treaties, and discountenancing all political agita
tion injurious to society and dangerous to the
Union,he could offer no other pledge or guarantee
than the known incidents of a long public life,
which was then undergoing the severest exami
nation. Has he not displayed in a conspicuous
manner his great ability to govern—judg
ment and skill in settling difficulties with foreign
powers, and a knowledge of the laws of Nations
unsurpassed but by a/ew? Is he not humane
and kind—has he not been rigid and just—thus
blending in harmonious perfection the gentle and
strong attributes of character? Where has he
ever abused §the power and authority, eqnal
almost to that of a despot, with which he has
been constantly clothed? Has he not always
himself, under the most trying circumstances,
practised the lessons of obedience, which he had
taught and required of others? Has he not’
been badly treated by his own Government—
and the hero of three wars, and many a hard
fought and victorious battle, brought home from
the scene of his glory to be tried by a Court
Martial under the eyes of his political accusers.
Has such a man no claims on the gratitude of
his own countrymen ? Whose patriotism and
fidelity has been more severely tested—who has
made more sacrifices, endured more hardship-,
encountered more dangers or done more to exalt
in the eyes of the world the undaunted bravery
ofthe American people, and fixed it indelibly
on the history of the times, to be read hereafter
by unborn generations, than Winfield Scqtt ?
In the face of all these facts—which no one
was able to deny or disprove—well might the
friends and supporters of the old Hero demand a
good and sufficient reason why they should not
adhere to the nominee of the party. They con
tinued to seek for something that w T ould satisfy
their own sense of right and fair dealing, and
justify them in the eyes of their brethren
throughout the Union should they fail to stand
by them now. They wanted to know if Mr.
Fillmore or Mr. Webster had been nomi
nated, whether their northern whig friends
would have deserted in this grand rally to over
throw democracy. This was presenting the
question of politics in a moral aspect, viz: that
of doing unto others as you would wish they
should do unto you, and the force of the position
no unprejudiced whig could deny. Yet, notwith
standing all this, the instructions of Messrs.
Stephens and Toombs were quoted on all oc
casions by those who intended to leave the
party in an indirect way—they were constantly
saying “that it was the highest duty ofthe well
wishers of the country every where, whatever
else they might do, to withhold their support
from him 77 (Gen. Scott.)
In this there was a mystery which no one
could explain, for the idea, thrown into plainer
language, was simply this : that they might vole
for Pierce and the sin thereof (if any) would be
pardoned, but wo be unto the man who voteth
for Scott. And again, Mr. Toombs had said,
speaking of Gen. Scott, that “his election would
re-open the sectional strife which we have just
terminated, and emperil all that was gained to
the country by the adjustment. 77 “Under these
circumstances, he could never receive my sup
port. Let the compromise men everywhere—
Union whigs in the North and the South—rally
once moie in support of those principles. 77 “Let
them make an open and manly resistance to the
election of Gen. Scott, use all honorable ways
and means to defeat him; if We succeed, we
shall have‘conquered a peace, 7 a lasting, endur
ing peace, and whatever maybe the result, we
shall have done our duty to ourselves, our prin
ciples and our country. 77
In conclusion, have we not shown that after
an impartial and unprejudiced review of all the
facts and circumstances connected with the
nomination of Gen. Scott and his acceptance of
it, that his friends and advocates were the true
and consistent whigs—and that they have just
cause of complaint against those of the party
who, directly or indirectly, usedjtheir talents,
influence and high position to defeat him*
Let these gentlemenjtry to justify themselves
as they may—the truth of the w hole matter is
just this—they were ready and anxious to
avail themselves of any*hretext whatever to
leave a party, which, in the opinion of Mr.
Stephens, was living only in name, but which
in reality was defunct, and whose principles in
truth were effete and dead. This Mr. Stephens
said of both parties. But instead of defeating
Gen. Scott in the manner which was afterwards
determined on, how much more acceptable,
even to the whig themselves, would it have
been for these gentlemen to have come out
boldy to the support of Gen. Pierce, of whom
Mr. 1 oombs said “that he is a fair, just, sound and
upright man, with more ability than any of
the four candidates, and has throughout the
whole slavery agitation, acted with energy and
fearless promptitude, in favor of the just rights
ot the South. As between him and Scott, I pre
fer his election, and I think that the Union
party ought to give him its support. 77
There was a great freshet in Orange county,
N. Y., on Monday afternoon. Extensive dam
age was done to buildings and farms on the mar
gins of streams. Canterbury and Cornwall
were the principal sufferers. In many places on
the hill-sides the roads were washed away, gul
lies to the depth of some twelve feet being made’
The country in various places presents the ap
pearance of having been torn with an earth
quake.
Yellow Fever ln New Orleans.
The Board of Health report the interment of
166 in that city during the 24 hours end
ing at ?A. M., on the 4th inst, of these 151
were by Yellow Fever.
The cholera, yellow fever and small-pox are
making fearful ravages on the estates in the in
terior of Cuba. The thousands of recently in
troduced Africans have brought with them a
terrible kind ot diarrhcea, which is carrying off
vast numbers of victims, and rapidly extending
its frightful progress through the island. In
Havana the troops are said to be dying like rot
ten sheep. In some regiments of a thousand
men there are scarcely four hundred available*
and all the hospitals are as full as they can hold.
Death of 001. Bliss.,
The Mobile Register of the 6th inst. says :
“By a letter received from Gen. Twiggs, dated
at Pascagoula, yesterday mornjng at 1 o’clock,
we have received the melancholy intelligence of
the death of Col. W. W. Bliss, of the U. States
Army, which had just occurred at that place.
This gallant officer was one of the most distin
guished in our service, as well for his intellec
tual as his military qualities. During the Mex
ican war, he was the Adjutant General to Gen.
Taylor, serving in all the battles on the northern
line of operations, and by his indomitable ener
gy, his deliberate courage, and most of all, by
the memorable despatches, identifying himself
with the lame of his illustrious commander. Since
the peace he has been recognized, both in and
out oi the army, as one of the most valuable and
able officers in the service. Soon alter the close
of the war, he married Miss Betty Taylor, the
daughter ot the illustrious General ; thus crown
ing his military career with the most signal evi
dence of the confidence and affection of his com
mander, who also constituted him his private
secretary when elected to the Presidency, which
he filled for so brief a period.
Col. Bliss, at the time of his death, was at
tached to the staff of Major General Twiggs,
and was with his head-quarters at East Pasca
goula, when attacked with the billions fever, of
which he died. We noticed his illness yesterday,
and the departure of Dr. Nott to render him
medical aid, which proved unavailing. The let
ter of Gen. Twiggs, announcing the avent, was
sent by a despatch to Capt. Grant of the mail
boat, to procure a coffin for the deceased, which,
we presume, was sent down yesterday.
The news of the death of this distinguished,
officer, who was, we believe, about 40 years of
age, will be received with profound regret in al
parts of our country. The nation will preserve
and honor his memory.
“ How sleep the brave, who sink to rest,
* By all their country's wishes blest!
When Spring, with dewy fingers cold.
Returns to deck their hallowed mould,
She there shall dress a sweeter sod
Than fancy’s feet have ever tred
Franklin College. —We learn that Profes
sor Emanuel Vitalis Scherb, of the University
of Alabama, has been elected to the Chair of
Modern Languages and Literature, in Franklin
College, University of Georgia.
The Savannah Georgian of Saturday last says :
“ This branch of education, the importance of
which in our day, is eo universally acknowledged,
has heretofore been much neglected in our State
Institution, aud a separate professorship has now,
for the first time, been assigned to it.
We may congratulate the University in amp
ly redeeming her tardiness by so worthy a choice.
Mr. Scherb is one ol" the most accomplished
scholars and linguists in our country. He is a
native of Switzerland, but has been a resident
of the United States for the last eight years.
Previous to accepting the call to the University
of Alabama, he had for four years been lecturing
on the literature of Modern Europe before cul
tivated audiences of the eastern and northern
cities.
The duties imposed by the present appoint
ment, consist in teaching French, German and
Spanish, and lecturing upon the characteristics
of their literature.
The Senior Class, just graduated at Franklin
College, Georgia, consisted of thirty-five young
men. The Athens Banner says : “ Our Univer
sity was never so flourishing as at the present
time. The class just graduated was the largest
which it has ever sent from its halls. No Insti
tution offers opportunities for education, superior
to those which are enjoyed at the University of
Georgia.”
The Chamber of Commerce of Charleston, to
whom had been referred the question of how
much the fire companies were entitled to as a
compensation for services rendered by them to
the ship Galena of New York, that had been
struck by lightning and put into that port on
fire, have unanimously awarded the compa
nies, the sum of $5,000.
We see it stated in the Charleston Courier
that a line of packets has been established to run
regularly between that city and Newport, Fla.,
via St. Marks, Tampa Bay, and Cedar Keys.
The line will consist of four first class schooners,
commanded by experienced navigators, and will
leave Charleston on or about the first and fif
teenth of each month, commencing on the Ist
of October. Transportation will also be provi
vided with certainty and regularity on the Su- j
wannee liver for all produce destined for, and
coming from Charleston. The rate ot freight
will be reasonable.
Nearly twenty-one years ago, seven young j
men of Cincinnati, then in the early flush of j
manhood, entered into an association for an an- j
nual meeting and supper so long as any of their i
number should survive. No death occurred j
among them until i 839, and now, only two, Dr. !
\attie and Henry Tatem, survive to partake of .
tha next annual supper.
The Fever in New Orleans
We notice in the New York Herald of the sth
a letter from a committee appointed by the
Howard Association, a charitable society in
New Orleans, appointed for the purpose of so
liciting subscriptions in behalf of their institu
tion. The letter says, the fever has become
epidemic, and is more malignant in type than
ever before known, the deaths being fully seven
ty per cent, of all that are attacked. The mem
bers of this association are most active in their
personal exertions to relieve the suffering and
the dying, but their means are becoming ex
hausted. The sum appropriated by the City
Council is already gone, and they now rely upon
the charitable to aid them in their noble work*
Accompanying the above, is a letter received
by the Rev. Dr. Hawks, which gives a vivid
picture of the sickness, distress and suffering in
that community, which we subjoin.
Extract of a letter to Dr. Hawks, from one
of the Episcopal clergy in New Orleans, dated
July 27, 1853:
“ Ere this, no doubt, you have received notice
of a resolution passed by the Howard Associa
tion, requesting your help. I feel confident
that you will do all you can, and therefore shall
not urge you, but will give you the true state
and condition of affairs. Others may endeavor
to make people abroad believe there is no dan
ger, while there is really at this moment raging
one of the most fearful epidemics that was ever
known. The fever is of a frightful type, nearly
every case black vomit in eight or ten hours af
ter the attack, and the mortality is unprecedent
ed. Dr. L , who, you know’, is one of the most
eminent of our physicians, told me, this day,
that there were more deaths that he ever knew
at any other period, and the suffering exceeds
any thing I have ever wifnessed. I have this
day visited forty-four persons sick w’ith the
fever, and by to-morrow do not expect to find
ten of them alive. I am going from house to
house, from one scene of the most appalling
wretchedness only,to see another,worse,if that be
possible, than the last. Death is all around me,
in his most frightul form—yet my duty is a
plain one, not only to preach the gospel, but to
help bodily the poor sufferer who has no friend.
My dear friend, for God’s sake help us. Get
what you can, and remit it to me for the How
ard Association, (you know all about it, for you
are a member,) and the poor will bless you.—
This morning I went to a lonely little hut, and
there found the father dead, the mother hugging
her babe, only four days old, to her breast, striv
ing to nurse it, while the black vomit was ac
tually streaming from her mouth. Such are
the objects for which I plead. The mother is
since dead, the babe is alive. I took it and got
a black woman to be its mother; not one cent
had these people. My friend, I could give you
a great many similar cases of suffering, but I
forbear; you will, I know, help us to help these
poor dying creatures.”
As a very large number of the parishioners of
the Calvary Church are now absent from the
city, their rector, (Dr. Hawks.) earnestly re
quests, should this meet their eye, that they
would remit to him such sums as their benevo
lence may prompt them to bestow’, to be sent
without delay to the Howard Association of N.
Orleans. *
The New Orleans Picayune says it is fre
quently asked, in what consists the duty of a
member of the Howard Association, and in what
manner the relief is applied to applicants. It
is briefly this:—the members are detailed for
duty in their respective districts. It is the duty
of a member to patrol his district and search out
the sick, by entering every hovel where disease
is likely to be found, and by giving timely re
lief to stay its progress. If the patient can be
removed with safety, he is put into a cab and
sent to the hospital; if not, the physician is call
ed, a nurse, il required, is furnished,*fhd the pre
scriptions procured and applied by the member,
who visits the patient a 4 ' least twice a day.—
Should the patient have a family, and his home
have nothing from its locality to prejudice a re
covery, he is permitted to remain ; and when
as is most frequently the case, his daily labor is
their only support and maintenance, his family
are supplied with provisions until he is restored
to usefulness.
Ball at Madison Springs.
We have been requested to announce that
the great Ball of the season, at the Madison
Springs, will come off on the 18th instant.
The rivalry between the New York Illustra
ted New’s, published by Barnum and Beach,
and Gleason’s Pictorial, will be of some benefit
to the public, as the enterprising proprietors of
the News announce that their paper will here
after be doubled in size, the subscription price
continued at its present rate.
[communicated.]
Appointments.
Gen. Pierce's appointments have so far afford
ed the Tertium Quids, as they have been called,
their main ground of attack upon his Adminis
tration ; and in several instances, they have
swelled the list of Freesoil appointments, as
they are pleased to term them, with such a
reckless disregard of truth, as to merit a refusal
on the part of the public to believe what little
truth they do tel). William J. Brown, of In
diana, they look upon as the most objectionable
of all others,on account of his Freesoil sentiments,
and as every case cannot be taken up in detail)
we propose to notice this one, which every Ter
tium Quid will admit is the most outrageous of
all.
First: Let us see what a Freesoiler is: A
Freesoiler is one who is opposed to the further
extension of slavery, and in favor of .legislation
in Congress to prevent its extension. Most of
this class opposed the annexation of Texas upon
the main ground, that it would extend the area
of slave territory, (Daniel Webster amongst the
rest,) and some of them favor agitation of the
subject, but the grand basis of the Freesoil agi
tation, is,—opposition to the further extension
of slavery by legislative enactment. Taking
the definition I have given, William J. Brown
never was a Freesoiler , and until of late, never was
charged with being o)ie. Now for the proof.
Up to the meeting of the 3lst Congress, Mr.
Brown had, by votes and speeches , most thorough
ly satisfied every Southern man, who put him
self to the trouble to inquire, that he was not a
Freesoiler. He had voted for the annexation of
lexas, whereas Mr. Webster, the Tertium
Quid candidate for President, refused to do so,
and for the reason, that slavery would thereby
be extended. He had voted against Mr. Win
throp’s amendment engrafting the Wilmot Pro
viso upon the Oregon Territorial bill, whereas
those high in Tertium Quid ranks, (Mr. Win
throp and others,) were in favor of it. And l
defy authority to show, that he voted in opposi
tion to the Southern Democracy, upon any issue
touching the subject of slavery, up to the time I
have mentioned. Further, I defy authority to
show, that, by speech or vote, he gave his sanction
to the doctrine of legislation upon the slavery
question—the doctrine of Southern Whigs and
Northern Freesoilers, after the meeting of the 31sf
Congress. It cannot be done. He voted for
Howell Cobb for Speaker as long as any South
ern Democrat did; he voted with the Union
Democrats and Whigs at the South upon the
exciting issues of this Congress, and said he
would spill his blood, before he would agree to
rob the South of her rights under the Constitu
tion, relative to slavery, or words to that effect;
and, more than all, he was elected to this very
Congress upon this very issue. He took the I
field and proclaimed to the voters of his Dis
trict, that if elected, he w T ould not vote for the
Wilmot Proviso; and when it is recollected, that
this was in a canvass which was to decide the
question of slavery in all the vast territory ac
quired from Mexico, his election was as flatter
ing to him, as it was creditable to his constitu
ency. Now, if he ever voted with the Freesoil
6rs, if he ever eontended for their doetrine in
his speeches, but on the contrary, always voted
against them and defended slavery, under the
Constitution, in all his speeches upon the subject
he is not a Freasoiler, having shown this, I have
establishe d my first proposition— that he never,
was a Freesoiler.
When the House of the 31st Congress was
proceeding to vote for Speaker, and the furious
rush was made upon Mr. Brown, which the
lertium Quids have paraded before the public,
his colleague, Mr. Dunham, I believe, arose to
defend him against the charge of Freesoilism,
and Mr. Kaufman, of -Texas,interrupted him and
said no one charged him with being a Freesoiler ,
but with duplicity; whereupon Mr. Dunham
proceeded with his defence of Mr. Brown against
the charge of Duplicity alone. No other mem
ber arose to make the charge whenJMr. Kauf
man disowned it—and if the charge was not
made then and there , it never was made until
the Tertium Quids made it of late, and I defy
them to show that it ever was. So my last
proposition is |ilso established. Now, gentle
men of the opposition, will you not join me in
saying, that William J. Irown never was a
Freesoiler, and that he never was charged with
Freesoilism, until of late.
Upon the charge of duplicity. I have to say,
that Mr. Brown’s conduct was such, as to vex
Southern men, but I am satisfied that he did not
intend to play a double game, and that he would
have given the South satisfaction, in the appoint
ment of the Committees, without a violation of
his pledge, it you please,to the Freesoilers, bad he
been elected Speaker. In a conversation with
Mr. Wilmot, before a line had been written, Mr.
Wilmot asked him if be would stifle the voice of
the Freesoilers, should he be elected Speaker,
stating that all they wanted was a fair represen
tation on the Committees—requiring no promise
as to the appointment of any particular one of
them. Mr. Brown replied that all portions of
the country should be represented—and this is
about the substance of all that passed between
them previous to the correspondence. It is
Mr. Wilmot said he understood that Mr. Brown
would put a majority of fair Northern men upon
the Committees having charge of the subject of
slavery, but he said, at the same time, that this
was an inference only , and f for one. do not think
the conversation as related by Mr. Wilmot him
self, authorized any such inference. Mr. Brown
refused to promise any man a place on either of
these Committees, but said he would put the
ablest men rom the North and South upon theory
and that all sides should be fairly represented.
Now, what did this promise amount to ? Why,
simply to this : I will give the North and the
South—the Interventionists and Non-Interven
tionists—a representation’upon these Committees
in proportion to their numbers here. It can
mean nothing else, for no other arrangement
would have been fair , and a fair arrangement,
alone, was asked and promised. This whole
groundswell against Mr. Brown, originated in
Mr. Wilmot’s construction of what he said, and
if Southern men had looked to what he said in
stead of taking Mr. Wilmot’s construction or in
ference, there would have been no trouble. Now
we have the context by which to construe Mr.
Brown’s letter. Mr. Wilmot told his friends
what had passed between himself and Mr.
Brown ; they wanted the same assurance given
to them : Mr. Wilmot directed a note to Mr.
Brown stating these facts, and he replied that he
would arrange these Committees to their satis
faction ; by which he meant, as he could have
meant nothing else,that all should be fairly rep
resented—each party in proportion to its num
ber—and less than this, would have been in
more direct opposition to the spiiit of our Gov
ernment, than anybody ever contended for.
I will add one word more : Mr. Brown was
charged with depying any correspondence at all
—he denied any such correspondence as teas
charged , and although he did use the exact words
in his letter to Mr. Wilmot, with which he was
charged, yet, the explanation which was in his
own mind, and which I have given, justified him
in denying such an unconstitutional pledge, or
rather, such a construction upon the words used
When he was asked if such a correspondence had
taken place, he shook his head, by which he
should have been understood to deny—not the
correspondence itself, but such a correspondence
as was charged,or the construction placed upon it.
Again, he said, he was opposed to slavery—did
not desire to see it extended, and would be glad
to see it abolished where Congress had the pow
er to do it—if Gen. Pierce had refused to ap
point any men who held these wishes dear to
them, Mr. Brown’s office would now be vacant
and remain so, for it is the universal sentiment
of the North, and we all know it. All we ask,
and all we have a right to ask, is—stand by the
Constitution, be your private wishes what they
may—and Brown said he would do this, and in
every instance, so far as I know, he kept his
promise. Mr. Pierce himself, I have no doubt,
entertains the same sentiments—and this day,
he would say, that he does not desire to see
slavery extended—would be glad to see it ex
tirpated, could it be done cons ; stent with the
Constitution of the country and the rights of all
concerned ; but he knows that it cannot be done,
in this manner, and such is his patriotism and
reverence for the sacred charter of our rights,
that he will always be found on the side of jus
tice and peace—taking the constitution as it is,
and battling to the last against any perversion
of its provisions. God grant that we may ever
have as clear a head and as pure a heart at the
head of affairs, and that the disturbers of the
public tranquillity may always be as impotent
for evil, as are the agitators of this day.
Ellenborough.
A Contemptible Hoax. —We copied from
the Sandersville Georgian, a few days since, an
account of a recontre said to have taken place at
Sylvania, Scriven county, between a Dr. Ogleve
and Reuben and Bartley Blackburn,and on Fri
day we published an extract from a letter ad
dressed to us reporting the death of Reuben
Blackburn and the flight of Oglove. We have
since received a letter from Mr. Bartley Black
burn denying that any such occurrence had ta
ken place, and another letter from the Post-
Master at Halcyondale to the same effect.
We cannot imagine what object any one
could have in perpetrating a deception as silly
as it is mean and contemptible.
We might give the name subscribed to the
letter addressed to us, but it is probably a for
gery.— Sav. Aries, Bth inst.
MARRIED.
On Wednesday night, third inst., by Bem. F
Whitfield, Esq, Daniel Knight, Esq., to Miss*
Elizabeth Head, all of Morgan county, Qa.
W*i are authorized to announce the
name of Col. A. Delaperrierea of Jack
son County, as * candidate i'or-Major General, to
command the Fourth Division. G. M. We cheer
fully recommend the Col. to the voters of this divi
sion as a tried and experienced soldier, and alto
gether qualified to tke.offico of Major General,
juno 30
Premium Daguerrean Gallery.—The
firm of Tucker & Perkins having
been dissolved by limitation last February, the un
dersigned will continue to practice theartofDag
uerreotyping in all its various branches, and from
his long practical experience he feels confident of
his ability to please the most fastidious.
The pictures now being taken at this Gallery are
pronounced by those who'are judges, superior in
tone and life-like expression, to any ever before ■
produced in Auguste. Isaac Tucker
N. B Artists purchasing Stock, wiU please bear ,
in mind that materials are sold at lower rates than
at any other Jiouie this side of New York, may H ’
BY _. TELEGRAPH.
Reported for the Constitutionalist ic Republic.
• LATER PROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL
OF THE STEAMER
BALTIC.
GOOD DEMAND FOR COTTON.
Trade in Manufacturing Districts Active.
TURKISH DIFFICULTIES CONSIDERED SETTLED
The steamer Baltic arrived at New York on
Sunday, with three days later advices.
She brings 167 passengers, among them Bish
op Mcllvaine, and Hon. T. Butler King.
The Africa arrived out on the -24th.
Liverpool Market.—The sales of the three
days reach 25,000 bales. Fair Orleans is quoted
at 7, Middling barely 61; Fair Uplands 63, Mid
dling 6 1-16. The demand has been good from
the trade, and freely met by holders. Specula
tors have taken 1000, and exporters 6000 bales.
McHenry’s circular states that cotton has
been freely supplied and prices fully sustained
Trade in the manufacturing districts was ac
tive, but prices unchanged.
Havre— Sunday. —Cotton has advanced one
tranc. Sales of the week 14,000 bales, tres ordi
nare Orleans 95 ; Upland 90.
Miscellaneous.
The Turkish difficulty is considered settled,
and the Czars assent is confidently expected.
It was rumored that the American Govern
ment was negotiating for the purchase of Porto
Maurizco, for a naval depot.
The Kosta affair was unchanged. The fri
gate had left. Two Austrian frigates
had arrived at Smyrna.
North Carolina Election.
Ash and Ruffin, Democrats, have been electS
ed to Congress from North Carolina. The vote
in Outlaw’s district is very close.
Kentucky.
The Congressional delegation from this state,
consists ot six Whigs and four Democrats.
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
Arrival of the Prometheus.
New Orlaens, Aug. 7.
The steamer Premetheus has arrived from
San Juan, which place she left on the Ist i*st.
She brings advices from San Francisco to the
16th ult.
Destructive Fires had broken out in the vil
lages of Corral and Ophir.
Ihe weather was hot and interferred with
mining operations to some extent.
The Mechanics were on a strike. Carpenters
were demanding eight dollars per day and la
borers five.
The new city charter of San Francisco wa s
completed.
Lola Montes was married to Patrick Hall, the
Proprietor of the San Francisco Whig.
The brother of the celebrated robber Joaquin,
had been captured and promised to betray the
whole party.
The Isthmus was healthy, and th eSan Juan
navigable.
Bishop Soule, of the Methodist Church, came
passenger in the Prometheus.
The Star ot the West left San Juan on the
Ist ult. for New York.
Yellow Fever at New Orleans.
New Orleans, Aug. 7.
The total deatlis at New Orleans, during the
past week, reach one thousand one hundred and
thirty, including nine hundred and fifty by Yel
low Fever. •
The Niagara's advices came to hand on Satur
day.
The steamer Falcon, for Aspituvall, sailed on
Sunday.
New Orleans, Aug. 8.
Yellow Fever, &c.
The deaths yesterday reported were two hun
dred and twenty eight, including two hundred
and four by Yellow Fever.
The police have araested a man by the name
of Judson Baiiey alias Wing, who is,supposed to
have been concerned in the murder of Maria
McElroy.
New York, Aug. 9.
The steamer Philadelphia is coming up from
Aspinwall.
The Isthmus is healthy and the roads in good
condition.
The steamer Illinois had left Aspinwall for
New York with 1,800,000 in gold.
The U. S. sloop of war Albany arrived at
Pensacola on Saturday.
The ship Win. R. Hallet, from Mobile, was
spoken on Friday. She hail sprung aleack, and
was putting back.
Charleston, Aug. 9, p. m.
Cotton.—Sales to-day 150 bales at 11 cents.
I Telegraphed for the Washington Union]
North Carolina Election.
Raleigh, (N. C.,) Aug. 6.— Shaw (dem.) is
said to be elected from the first congressional dis
trict. Rogers (whig) is thought to be elected
from the fourth district. Scattering returns from
other parts ol the State are rather favorable to
the democrats, showing gains for them.
Fourth Congressional District. The
counties.of Johnson. Franklin, Granville, War
ren, and Wake, stand thus :
Rogers (whig) 3,157
Venable (dem) 2 793
Lewis (dem) I^BBB
Orange and Nash counties are to be heard
from definitely. Orange has given Rogers a
very large majority—sufficient to secure his elec
tion.
The democratic majority in the last governor’s
election was twenty-eight hundred.
Wilmington District.—The returns indi
cate the re-election of the Hon. William S. Ash
by a very large majority.
Raleigh, Aug. 6. —A1l the counties in the
fourth congressional district hsive been heard
from. Rogers, [whig,] 4,201 ; Venable, 4,134 ,
Lewis, [dem. 1 2,453. Rogers is elected by a 69
votes. Craig [dem,] is no doubt elected lor the
Salisbury district. Shaw is gaining on Outlaw,
[whig].
Nashville, Aug. G. —Tenncessce Election.— For
governor—about one-third of the State has been
heard from. Johnson gains over the presidential
election one thousand votes.
The legislature is doubtful.
(Cmiratfriifll.
Augusta Market, August 10.
COTTON. Our market is at a complete stand,
the sales of the week not reaching over 60 bales.
Ihe recent foreign intelligence, however, seems to
have imparted more firmness to holders.
RECEIPTS OF COTTON,
From lrt September , 1552, to the latest dates received
1453. 1852.
New-Orleans, July 29.... 1.601,340 1,384,706
Mobile, July 22 _ ,618,338 525,038
Florida, July 18 ...175.907 183,086
Texas,July 23 81,907 61,676
Savannah, Aug. 4 326.810 3377114
Do. Sea Islands..... ...13,957 10,508
Charleston, July 29... 423,778 439,113
Do. Sea Islands.. 19.650 19,087
North Carolina. July 16
Virginia, July 1 *8.172 *5,452
To tal 3,197.545 2,901,150
2,991,150 ]
Increase 206,395
GROCERIES. —There is a fair amount of busi
ness doing in. the Grocery line, and the supplies of ]
our merchants are on the increase.
CORN.—Supply light, but fully equal to demand,
which is confined to small lots. Prices tend down- ‘
wards, and we have heard of sale* this week by the
twenty bags and upwards at 70 cents,
dcd. Retailing from store at 75 cents. 3
BAGGING— Stock on the increase
holders are asking from store, by the nil, a tto8 ‘
12 Ja 13 cents. Balo Rope is worth S ~'o I#r 1 #r H
BTOCKS. The only transaction that ha
to our knowledge this week was 72 s y, 3
Brunswick at $l3O per sharo. No sales'of r Ban ‘
Railroad reported—sllo asked. ,eor gia 1
WHEAT.—There is a good demand for m
and good Red meets with ready sale at 80
cents—there is a lot in town held at •? 1 90
prime White at sl.lO a $1.25 per bushel * " ai(i I
FLOUR.—Prices have advanced, and
quote City Mills Superfine at ss‘ wholes T Bot
s6l by retail. Country is selling by the *** 1
at 5L and retailing at $6 a6j per bbl. C|Uailtit J 1
SUGAR,—Stock on hand fully equal i
COFFEE.—We have no change to 'notie
price of this article. Stock on hand 1
Coffee worth 9£ a 10$ cents. °° ' I
MOLASSES.—Stock of Cuba good, jr
are selling from stores by tho 10 hhds and 1
JLS" 1 b? tk6Si ” gl “ hhd - 24 a 25 . |
[ SALT.—We have heard of no large tram ,
this week. Selling from stores at $1.35 a J 15,13
■ack. There is some Liverpool Blown 8 1
market, which is offered at $1.75 per sack ' J
WOOL.—There is some demand for this •
Plantors will find it to their interest to”*I*' 1 *'
their wool and send it to this market for .
carefully bandied, and washed.it will readmit
25 to 30 cents. J S
BACON.— Maket well supplied, hut g oo di 3
ting scarce, and holders are asking high rates R
round, good Tennessee, is worth 8j cents n '
Shoulders, which are scarce, are celling at 8 h°
sides at 82, and clear at 9 cents—some holders
asking 91 cents for the latter article, n.'
very little sound joint moat in market. 15
EXCHANGE.—Our Banks are drawing on Xe I
j York and other Northern cities at 1 per *
j prem. for Sight Drafts.
FREIGHTS.—The river h»3 risen and is BOW
in good boatable order. Wo continue to quote •* )
Savannah 25c. per bale, and to Charleston 2
Railroad, 50 cents. Not much offering to e itT
point.
gripping JntfUiflrnß.
arrivals from charleston. §1
Barque Sarah Jane, Stevens, at Liverpool.
Barque Louis, Heller, Antwerp.
Barque Carolina, Sherwood, Now York.
Brig Tybee, Ferguson, New York.
cleared for charleston.
Barque Como, Srnita, at Boston.
Schr. D. B. Warner, Dazey, at New York,
UP FOR CHARLESTON.
Schr Three Sons, DeGroot, at Philadelphia.
Charleston, August 9.—Arrived, brig Cladarier
[ Mercior, New York; brig Somers, Watson, Havin'
j Cleared, brig Gulnare, Phillips, Havana. <
' Went to sea, brig Harriett Newell, Shaw «
Nortuern Port.
Hqfafg.
Th* Citizens ol Neivton county, im. |
spectivo of old party lines, who an
opposed to invoking legislative interference opei
the subject of Temperance, arc respecfully invited
meet at the Court House in the town of OovingtM,
on the Ist Tuesday in September next, for the pur
pose of nominating candidates for the Legislature
The issue has been forced upon us—come on;
come all, who are opposed to further legislate
on the subject.. Many Yom§.
aug 9 d&ctd
The Citizens of Warren and folu*
bia, and public generally, are respr j
fully invited to a public dinner to be given ji /|i
Thompson, Columbia county, on the 17th inst.
Distinguished speakers of both political paitis 9
are invited to address the citizens on the occasion. 1
_ aug 9 ctd fj
Franklin Building and Loan As*
elation.—The Regular monthly meet- j
ing ot the Franklin Building and Loan Association J|
will be held at the City Hall, on Wednesday Even- i
ing, 10th inst. at 8 o'clock, P. M.
The Directors will meet on Friday Evening,!%■
inst. at the office of John K. Jackson, Esq. ” ,
aug 9 B. B. RUSSELL, See > ffj
“I 1 Georgia, Richmond court', 1
—Clerk's office Inferrior Court.—{• f 1
turn day for tho Inferior Court of Richmond com U
j ty, September Term, 1853, will be on Friday, th 1
j 19th August, 1853. } M
I aug 9 std Os well E. Cashin, Clerk. j
llf'" s Dr. Hoofland's Get mac Bitters,pa I
I pared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, are ustl; 1
j reckoned amongst our most valuable medicine* 1
In cases ot dyspepsia, it acts like magic, strength
| ening the tone of the stomach, stimulating thedi-|B
j gestive powers, and giving rudely health to the m
; cheek and brightness to the eye. There are thou- |J
; sands in this community who can testily to the: fll
I virtues, and thousands will hereafter add their ® |
timony. aug o
j s Air. Editor ; —You will please » | j
j nounce Major A. R. Weight, i ■ j
i Jefferson, as a candidate for Brigadier General | I
I for 2d Brigade, Ist Division g. m., at the elec® J j
lin October next, and obligo Many Votees. I j
aug 4 td 11
3 i^ier^ 5 ® ul ’ke County—public Meeting- I
I Each district of Burk- county is -9
quested to send their delegates, to meot at 4 |
Court House in Waynesboro, on the first Tit' |
DAI in September, to nominate candidates fe JH
tho legislature, favorable to the present admits
• , tration. td July3i_ 1
’D v The Bel Air Train will comm© 1 I
running on Monday, the 27th inst- 111
Leaves Augusta at 6 p. m.
June 25 ts |
■ Augusta, July 18th, 1
i TuN A BIGNON are from this datt J
I offering their remaining stock of Summer Cu>H; if
j JNG at very low prices. Persons in want will L J
> it to their interest to give them a call.
_ | July 19 _ Irn j
’ To any inquiring wliat they si** ll * >J|
! for a cough and cold, we would # JK
read the following certificate, which has beensif ®
ed by one hundred of the first Houses ofPra?!? 5 I
in this country, to lay boforc the public their ek sf
male of a good medicine They arc all m<® °fj
l fir t class and of the highest character, whose & I
i P nonce and business loads them to know, and C 1
, is their opinion :
“We tho undersigned, Wholesale Druggy j
having been dong acquainted with Ayer’s C* e . |
Pectoral, hereoy certify our belief that it * 3 ‘ |
: best and most effectual remedy for Pulffi- i 3 |
Complaints ever offered to tho American Wj J
And we would from our knowledge of its comp
tion, and extensive usefulness, cordially c°®®" a
it to the affiicted as worthy their best connd®, •
and with the firm conviction that it will do for u '"
relief all that medicine can do. ! ’
July 26 J 1
sip. Ca. Railroal, Augusta, ji
, May, 1853. —On and after Mos . I
23d inst., a Passenger Train will leave A* _
■ daily, (Tuesday and Sunday excepted) at S:3i J -
and Hamburg at sp. m., until further notice- 1
may 22 G. GenlW J
Office South Carolina Railroad ts
pany, Augusta, July 9th, |
The Passenger and Mail Trains for Charleston
1 leave this Company’s Local Depot, Centre •
at 41 A. M., on and after Sunday, 10th inst.
july 10 W. J. MAGRATH^Ag 9 >
Spring Styles.—Mr-. E. 0. I
now in store a large fash ,jj
assortment of Millinery and Fancy Goodh y ■
she offers on very reasonable terms for j
Among them will be found rich Pans r jg M
Lace Shawls, Embroidered Collars, j-
Chemisettes, Capes. Handkerchiefs and' eu
a handsome assortment of Straw, Chip- . m l*H|
Crape and Silk Bonnets; Head-Dress? 3 '. paH
Flowers; Bonnot, Cap, Sash, and Neck j* r '3
Hair Braids, Curls, Toilet Powder, j I
Soaps, Hair Oils, Ac., Ac. 3m I
fig* We are authorized to :,; J
R. R. Lawson, Esq., as aeaml* ; |
Brigadier General, 2nd Brigade, Ist M j
the election to take place on the Ist ' j
October next. I
july 22 td
Education.-A single lady, of <e I j
desires a situation as Teacn' ‘ j
minary or select School. She can teac. jj»| 9
higher branches of English and Music- ff ;n id 1 li j
performer on the Piano, and sings f e . ’ I j
give iessons in French and on the Gju K*J |* j
The best of reference given by ad u
Box 117. Angusta Post Office. f Actt —1
WANTED. ,
A GOOB COOK, for which a liberal sai I a
A be paid. One that can Wash and
would bo preferred. Apply at this office- 1
tug 2 ts I