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» Rich and Racy. |
On a former occasion, we made some allusion
to the adroit manner in which the inquisitorial
» resolutions offered in the New School General
Assembly, sitting at Buffalo, by Rev. Dr.
r „ Thompson of that city, from the Committee on
Slavery, were Rev. Dr. Ross ot len
nessee. Imperfect vdßions of his speech on the
occasion have been published in some ot the re
ligious papers, though none of them do him tun
justice, and all are more or less arred wuh in
accuracies and misapprehensions. We are hap
py in being able to lay before our readers, this
eminently good-natured, witty, and talented
speech, as written ou' by Dr. Ross himself, it
carries the war into Africa so effectually, th't
although the Committee's resolutions passed m
a modified shape, whereas Dr. Ross’s substitute
did not pass, and probably was not even put to
the vote, every body sees that the victory is on
his side. The Committee's resolutions, although
a.lop'ed, will be essentially inoperative while
Dr. Ross's, which were not adopted, will go all
over the country, carrying conviction with them
that there is quite as mush need of investigation
North as South. We hope our brethren ol the
nr.ss will for once give the South a hearing
Many of them rarely dojudi a thing, they
exhibit one side of rhe picture,.but not the other.
Here is something rich and racy, good natured
and sparkling—-direct from the South—which
even our “ Abolition brethrefi - ’ cannot read
with ut laughing. Give it ‘wings then,—and
both the North and the South, and the interests
oftrutb, will be benefited thereby. y
. SPEECH OF REV. DR. ROSS. yU?
Buffalo, Friday. Mav 27, 1853?
The order of the day was reached at a quarter
before eleven, and the report read again, vz. :
“I. That this body shall re-atfirm the doctrine
of the second resolution adopted by the General
Assembly, convened in Detroit, m 1850—and
" “2 That with an express disavowal ot any
’ h-imnertmentlv uiouisitorial. and
intention to be imperrineioiv uiqu>sov..»-.
iLTTW wiki ■MiiiMifcfi. of the truth, so
one Ifom *ach of the svnods ot Kermifkv, fen
iressee, Missouri, and Virginia, who shall be re
quested o report to the next General Assembly
on the following points—l The number of slave
holders in connection with the churches, and the |
number ot slaves held by them. 2. Ihe extent i
to which slaves are held trom an unavoidable
necessity imposed by the laws of the States, the
obligations of guardianship and the demands o'
humanity. 3 Whet hottie Southern chur ties
regard the sacrediies?!« the marriage relation as
as it exists among the slaves; whether baptism is
duly administered ro the children of the slsves
professing Christianity.and in general, to what
extent and in what manner provision is made
for the religious well being of the slave,’’ &c. &c
Dr Ross moved to amend the report by sub
stituting the following,—with an express disa
vowal of being impertinently inquisitorial—that
a committee of one bom each ot the Northern
synods of be appointed, who shall be re- ,
quested to report to toe next General Assembly, .
1 The number of Northern church members
concerned, directly or indirectly, in building and
fitting out ships for the African slave trade, and
the slave ’rade between the states.
•g The number ol Northern church members
who traffic with slave-holders, and are seeking
to make money by selling them negro clothing,
hand-cuffs and cow hides.
3. The number of Northern church members
who have sent orders to New Orleans, and other
Southern cities, to have slaves sold, to pay debts
owing them from the South. [See Uncle Tom’s
Cabin ]
4. The number of Northern church members
who buy the cotton, sugar, rice, tobacco, oranges,
pine apples, figs, ginger, cocoa, melons, and a
thousand other things, raised by slave labor.
5. The numoer of Northern church members
whghav intermarried with slave-holders, and
have thus become slave-owners themselves, or
enjoy the wealth made oy the blood of the slave :
—especially if there be any Northern ministers
of the Gospel in such a predicament.
6. The number of Northern church members
who are the descendants of the men who kidnap- :
ped negroes in Africa, and brought them to Vir
ginia and New England in lormer years.
7. The aggregate and individual wealth of
member! thus descended, and what action is best
to compel them •» disgorge this blood-stained
gold, or to compel them to give dollar for dollar,
v in equalizing the loss qf the South by emancipa
tion.
8. The number of Northern church members,
ministers especially, who have advocated murder
in resistance to the laws of the land.
9. Tbe number of Northern church members
who own stock in under-ground railroads, run- I
ning off fugitive slaves, and in Sabbath breaking
railroads and canals.
10 That a special commission be sent up Red- i
River, to ascertain whether Degree, who whip- j
ped Uncle Tom to death, (and who wasa North
ern gentleman) be not still in connection with .
some Northern church in good and regular stand
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11. The number of Northern church members
who attend meetings of Spiritual Rappers—or i
Bloomers.—-or Womens Right’s Conventionists.
12. The number of Northern church members
who are cruel hasbandi’
IX- Northern church fcriembers
who are hen-peeved hu.«ban<f«>. t
|A«r jt is aJiravs difficult to know the! temper |
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of speaker anffanwien'ce from a tfH'~?n<eport, it
is due xfjl— t-O—Mr. «u IBiF'Wruole
—iSDu me galleries, to say, that he. in reading these
• resolutions, and throughout his speech* evinced
great good humor and kindness of feeling, which
was equally manifested by the assembly and
spectators, repeatedly, while he was on the
floor.)
Dr. R. then proceeded : Mr. Moderator. I move
this amendment in the best spirit. I desire to
imi’a’e the committee in their refinement and
delicacy of distinction. I disavow all intention
to be impertinently inquisitorial. I intend to be
inqii'si’onal, as the com.uittee say they are—but
no’ impertinently so. No. sir; not at all; not at
all. (Laughter.) Well, sr. ue of the South,
who desire rhe removal of the evil of slavery,
and believe it will pass away in the develop
ments of Providence, are grieved when we read
your graphic, shuddering pictures of the " middle
p.ssage'’—'he slave ship, piling up her canvass,
as ’he s’ot pours af’er her from English or Amer
ican guns.—see her again and again hurling
hogshead after hogshead, filled with living slaves,
into the deep. and. thus lightened, escape. Sir.
what horror to believe that clipper ship was
built hv the hands of Northern, noisy. Abolition
church members! [■ Yes, I know some in N.
Y and B••’on,” said one in the crowd ] Again
sir, when we walk along your Broadway's. and
see. as we do. the sott hands of your church
members sending off to the South not on y cloth
ing for the slave, bu* manac'es. and whips, manu
factured expressly for him—whatmus’ we think
ot vour consi-tency of character? [True, true.]
And what must we think ot your self-righteous
ness. when we known your church members or
der the sale of slaves—yes—slaves such as St
Clair’s—and under circumstances involving all
the separations and all the loathsome things you
so-■ ournfully deplore. Your Mrs. Stowe says
so. and it is so, without her testimony. I have
read tt at splendid, bad book. Splendid in its
genius, over which I have wept, and laughed,
and got mad. (here some one said, "all at the
same time?”) yes—all at the same time. Bad
in its theology, had in its morality, bad in its
temporary evil influence here in the North,
England, and on the continent of Europe; bad,
because ter isolated cruelties will be taken (weth
er so meant by her or not) as the general condi
tion of Southern life—while har Shelbys, and St.
Clairs, and Evas, will be looked upon as angel
visiters, lingering for a moment in that earthly
hell. The impression made by the book is a false
hood.
Sir. why do your Northern church members,
and philanthropists, buy Southern products at
all ? You know you are purchasing cotton, rice,
sugar, sprinkled with blood, literally, you say.
from the lash of the driver I Why do you buy ?
What's the difference between my filching this
blood-stained cotton from the outraged negro '
and your standing by. taking it from me? '
What’s the difference ? You, yourselves, say,
in your abstractions, there is no difference; and
yet you daily stain your hands in this horrid
traffic. You hate the traitor, but you love the
treason. Your ladies too, O how they shun the
slave-owner at a distance, in the abstract But
alas, when they see him in the concrete— when
they see the slave owner himself.stumling ludare
them.—-not the brutal driver, but the splendid
gentleman, with bis unmistakable grace of car
nage. and ease of manners,—why io, behold the
lady says. “ O fie on your slavery—what a
wretch you are I But, indeed sir, I love your
augar—and truly, truly, sir, wretch as you are,
1 love you too.” Your gentlemen talk just the
same way when they behold our matchless
women And well for us all it is. that your
good taste, and hearts, can thus appreciate our
genius and accomplishments, and fascinations,
and loveliness,and sugar, and cotton. Why,
sir, I heard this morning from one pastor only,
of two or three of bis members thus intermar
ried in the South. May I thus give the mildest
rebuke to your inconsistency of conduct? (Much
good natured excitement )
Sir. may we know who are the descendants of
the New England kidnappers. What is their
wealth ? Why here you are, all around me
You, gentlemen, made the best of that bargain.
And you have kept every dollar of your money
from the charity of emancipating the slave. You
have left us, unaided, to give millions. Will
you now come toour help? Will you give dol
lar for dollar to equalize our loss. I Here many
voices cried out, "yes, yes, we will.”|
Yes, yes ? Then pour out veur millions.
Good I may thank you personally. My own
emancipated slaves would to day be worth
greatly mo ethan $20,000 Will you give me
back SIO,OOO ? Good. I need it now.
J recommend to you, Sirs, to find out your ad
vocate’of murder— your owners of stock in un
derground railroads—your Sabbath breakers for
money. I particularly urge you to find Legree,
who whipped Uncle Tom to death. He is a
Northern gentleman although having a somewhat
southern name. Now, Sir, you know the As
sembly was embarrassed all yesterday by the
inquiry how the Northern churches may find
their absent members, and what to do with them
Here then. Sir, is a chance for you Send a com
mittee up Red River. You may find Legree to
be a Garrison. Phillips. Smith, or run away hus
band from some Abby Kelly. (Here Rev. Mr.
Smith protested against Legree being proved to
be a Smith—great laughter ) I move that you
bring him back *o lecture on the cuteness there
is in leaving a Nor'hern church, going South, i
• cornging hi« name, buying slaves, and calculi)- I
ting ;*i'->-out guers ng. what the profit is of kil- 1
ling a negr" with inhuman labor, abuve the i
gain of treating’'*im with kindness? »
I have little to sa, of Spirit Rappers, women’s r
right’s, conveutionists, BiuC“ ner *> erue * husbands, 6
I
or hen-pecked. But il we may believe your
own serious as well as
know veryVittle'indeed. Sir. we have no young
Bl,omers with up'to mi.i
and cane tapping w jtb long curls, attenuated
eing young to say.
waist, and soft velvet ta<c „ n .i the ladvbov
.. may ! -e you
to reply.., I t!ie South don't under
stand your women's right’s conventions-
Elizabeth-many, many laws
? UherwrongS t _But y<mr frenum, laihos
Wen, wo-
in any X to give the honor ofehirha'ry
to Southern young gentlemen towards; hdie
I Maa. MY nndtedelieacv an ! heaven!} integriT}
Jnd ove to Southern maid and matron,, it has
then a glorious blessing with its curse.
* S r your inquisitorial committee, and the
North so y far as represented by them, (a small
I tot—the South will not submit to these questions
1 Kt for an instant. We will not permit you
I to approach us at all. If we are morbidly sensi
' Khave made us so. But, yon are direet
lv an<! ”iassy. violating »he C onstitution ot th
Presbv ; erian church. The book forbids yon tc
nut such questions. The book forbtds you f'
The book forbids your sendins
r fcX to Wp common fame bear test..
Z" gainst us Theb ok guards the honor o
e our humblest member, minister, chur. h I resDy
I terv. against all this impertinently
action Have you o prosecutor, with his d, hmtl
, Charges and witnesses ‘ Have von Commvi
.1 Fame. with her specified charges and witnesses
Have you a request from the South’!hat
• committee to inquire into slanders! No
mi L oR Asgewtlemen yqu pray ask
ecclesiastically you cannot speak in this matter.
You have no power tn move as you propose.
[“beg leave to say. just here, that Tennessee
: will be more calm under this movement than
j any other region. Tennessee has been, ever,
high above the storm, north and south—especial
ly we of the mountains rennessee,jThere she
is—look at her’’—bindingthis Union together,
like a great long, broad, deeep, stone—more
splendid than all-in the temple of Baalbec or
Solomon. Tennessee!, there she is. in her calm
valor I will not lower her by calling her un
conquerable, for she has never been assailed—
bu’ 1 cal' her ever-victorious. Kings mountain
her pioneer battles—Talledega—Emucfau—
Horse-shoe —New Orleans—San Jacinto—Mon
terey—the valley of Mexico. Jackson represent
ed her well, in his chifialry from South Carolina
his fiery courage from Virginia and Kentucky
—all tempered by Scotch—lrish Presbyterian
■ prudence from Tennessee. We, in his spirit,
have looked on this storm, for years, untroubled.
Yes. Jackson's old bones rattled in their grave,
when that infamous disunion convention met in
Nashville, and its members turned pale and tied.,
aghast. Yes. Tennessee, in her mighty million,
feels secure,— and in her peifgct preparation to
discuss this question, politically, ecclesiastically,
moiallv. metaphysically, or physically, with the
extreme North or South, —she is willing and
able to persuade others to be ealm. In this connec
tion, I wish to say, for the South to the North,
and to the world, that we have no fears from
our slave population. There might be a mo
mentary insurrection and bloodshed, —but de
struction to the black man would be inevitable.
The Greeks and Romans controlled immense
masses of white slaves—many of them as in
telligent as their lords. School-masters, fabulists
and poets, were slaves. Athens with her 30 000
freemen, governed half a million of bond-men.
Single Roman Patricians owned thirty thousand.
If, then, the phalanx and the legion mastered
such slaves, for ages, when battle was physical
i force of man to man—how certain it is, that
: infantry, cavalry.and artillery, could hold in
bondage millions of Africans for a thousand
years.
But. dear brethren, our Southern philanthro
pists do not seek to have this unending bondage.
(J no. no. And I earnestly entreat you to
stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord.”
Assume a masterly inactivity, and you will be
hold all you desire, and pray for. You will see
America liberated from the curse ofstwerp.
The great question of the world is—What is
TO BE THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN SLAVE.' —
WHAT IS TO BE THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN
■ master? The following extract from the Clutrles
; ton Mercury gives my’ view of the subject, with
, great and condensed particularity:—
“ Married, Thursday, 26th inst., the Hon.
I Cushing Kewang, Secretary of State, of the
United States, to Laura, daughter of Paul Colig
ny. Vice President of the United States and one
ofour noblest Hugenot families. We learn that
this distinguished gent eman, with his bride, |
will visit his father, the Emperor of China, at ;
bis summer palace, in Tartary, North of Pekin,
and return to.the Vice President’s Tea Pavil-.
ion.on Coopej river, ere the meeting of Con-j,
I gress ” Thjp'eilitor of the Mercury goes te s
; say—“ ThuYmarriage, in high life, is <’ | i‘y
lof n»n>j| fieh have signalised that V ' r
| •"migration' lirnim,
t last seven’' Nwps'" :—• iiii . -
a popuia’f'C of 1.250.000, and tne State ol South
■ Carolina ov?f 5 000.000, —an emigration which
I has wonderfc"y harmonized with the great ex
i i mlosnf the npgro race to Africa.” [Some gen
I ■ tieman here requested to know of Dr Ross thi
■ date of the Charleston Mercury, recording thi
: marriage. The Dr. replied—The date is 27 I
, I May, 1953. exactly one hundred years from thi
, ' dav Great laughter.]
Sir. this is a dream, but it is not all a dream
No, I verily believe you have there the Gordiai
, j knot of slavery # untied. You have there the so
i lutionoi the problem. You have there the cur
. . tain up. and the last scene in the last act of thi
i great drama of Ham.
I am satisfied with the tendencies of things
I stand on the mountain peak, above the clouds
i I see. far beyond the storm, the calm sea. am
, the blue sky. I see the Canaan of the African
I like to grand there on the Nebo of his exodus
and look across, not the Jordan, but the Atlan
tic I see the African crossing. as certainly as i
I gazed upon the ocean divided by a great wind
and piled up in walls of green glittering glass
on either hand—the dry ground—the- niurchiii’
host—and the pillar of cloud and of fire I look
over upon the Niger, black with death to the
white man—instinct with life to thechildren bl
Ham. There is the black man’s home. Oh I
how strange, that you of the North see not how
vou degrade him when you keep him here.
Yon will not let him vote You will not let
him hold a pew in your churcbe . Send him
awav then. Tell him begone. Be urgent like
the Egyptians ; send him out of this land.—
There, in his fatherland, he will exhibit his own
type of Christianity. He is of all races the most
gentle and kind. The man. the most submis
sive: the woman, the most affectionate. What
other slaves would love their masters better
than themselves; rock them and lan them in
their cradles: caress them, how tenderly, boys
and girls; honor them, grown up; as superior be
ings: and in thousands of illustrious ins ances,
be willing to give life, and in fact, die to serve
or save them ! Verily, verily, this emancipated
race may reveal the most amiable form of spiri
tual lite, and the jewel may glitter on the Eitbi
op’s brow, meaning more sublime than all in the
poet’s imagery Brethren, let them go; and
when they are gone.—aye, before the/ go away,
—rear a monument; let it grow in the greatness;
if not on your highest mountain, in your hearts,
in lasting memory of the South ; in memory of
your wrong to the South ; in memory of the self
denial of the South, and her philanthropy in
training the slave to be free, enlightened and
Christian.
Can all this be? Can this double emigra
tion civilize Africa, and more than re-people the
South ‘ Yes: and I regard the difficulties pre
sented here, in Congress, or the county, as little
worth. God intends both emigrations. And
withont miracle, he will accomplish both. Dif
ficulties! There are no difficulties. Half a mil*
lion emigrate to our shores from Ireland, and all
Europe, every year. And you gravely talk of
difficulties in the negro’s way to Africa ! Veri
ly, God will unfold their destiny as fast, and as
fully, as he sees best for the highest good of the
slave—the highest good of the master and the
• glory of Christ in Africa.
And. Sir, there are forty thousand Chinese in
California And’in Cuba, this day, American
gentlemen are cultivating sugar with Chinese
hired labor, more profitably than the Spaniards
and their slaves. O ! there is China—half the
population ofthe globe—just fronting us across
that peaceful sea. Her poor, living on rats, and
a pittance of red rice. Her rich, hoarding mil
lions, in senseless idolatry, or, indulging in the
luxuries of bird’s nests, and roasted ice. Mass
ed together, they must emigrate. Where can
they go? They must come to our shores
They must come, even did God forbid them.
But be will hasten their coming. They can live
in the extrernest South. It is their latitude—
their side of the ocean. They can cultivate
cotton, rice, sugar, tea, and the silk-worm.
Their skill, their manipulation, is unrivaled.
Their commonest gang you can neither make
nor explain. They are a law abiding people—
without castes—accustomed to rise by merit to
highest distinctions—and capable of the noblest
training, when their idolatry, which is waxing
old as a garment, shall be folded upas vesture,
and changed for that whose years shall not lad.
The English ambassador assures us that the
Chinese negotiator of the late treaty was a
splendid gentleman, and a diplomatist to move
in any court of Europe. Shem, then, can min
gle with Japheth in America.
The Chinese must come. God will bring
them. He will fulfill Benton’s noble thought.
The railroad must complete the voyage of Co
lumbus. The statue of Genoese, on some peak
ofthe Rocky Mountain, high above the flying
cars, must point to the West, saying—There is
the East—There is India, and Cathay.
Let us then. North and South, bring our minds
to comprehend turn ideas— and submit to their
irresistible power. Let the Northern philan
thropist learn from the Bible, that the relation
of master and slave is not sin per se. Let him
learn that sin is the transgression of the law;
and where there is no law, there is no sin ; and
that the golden rule may exist in the relations of
slavery. Let him learn that slavery is simply
an evi\. in certain circumstances. Let him learn
that equality is only the highest form of social
life—that subjection to authority, even shivery,
may, in given conditions, be, for a time, better
than freedom, to the slave, of any complexion
Let him learn that slavery, like all evils, has its
corresponding and greater good;— that the South
ern slave, though degraded, compared with his
master, is elevated, and ennobled, compared with his
brethren in .Africa. Let the Northern rnan learn
these things, and be wise to cultivate the spirit |
that will harmonise with his brethren,ol the
South, who are lovers of liberty as truly as him- ,
self. And. let the Southern Christian —nay, the
Southern man of every grade, comprehend, that
God nerer intended the relation of master htdl slave I
tn be perpetual. Let him give up the theory ol j
1 Voltaire, that the negro is of a different species,
i Lot him yield the semi-infidelity of Agassiz,
that God created different races, of the same spe- 1
cies—in swarms, like bees—for Asia, Europe, |
America, Africa, and the islands of the sea. Let
I him believe, that slavery, although not a sin, is
a degraded condition; —the evil, the curse on
the South, —yet. having blessings, in its time, to
the South and to the Union. Let him know
that slavery is to pass away, in the fulness of
providence. Let the South believe this, and
. prepare to obey the hand that moves their des
-'tiiiy.
' Ham will be ever lower than Shorn, IShem will
be ever lower than Japheth. All will rise in the
Christian grandeur to be revealed. Ham will
’ be lower than Shcm, because he was sent to
Central Africa. Man south of the eqiuiDbr—tn
r Asia. Alistralia, Oceanica, America —espoffelly
1 Africa—is inferior to his northern brother. The
' fifessing was upon Shem, in his magnificent Asia.
The greater blessing was upon Japheth in his
I man developing Europe. Both Mi’S.n'ngs will be
1 combined, in America, North of the zone, in com
' minglep light; and life. I see it all in the first
II symbolical altar of Noah, on that mound at the
Ararat. Tbe father of till living men
bows before the incense of sacrifice, streaming
p up, and mingling with the rays of the rising sun.
° His noble family,and all ilesh saved,are grouped
” round about him. There is Ham at the foot of
2 the green hi lock, standing in his antediluvian,
rakish recklessness, neni the lo“g-necked giraffe.
type of his Africa. His magnificent wife seated
’■ on the grass, her little feet nestling in the tame
ti lion’s mane—ho’long black hair flowing over
* criAison draperv. and coveted with gems from
«» mines before the flood Higher up is Shem,
‘ c leaning his arm over the mouse-colored horse—
<• . I Ll' hi fa linMtl
his Jlrab His wife, in linen,
feeds the elephant, and plays with" his lithe
Tipscis—th* mother of Terah, Abraham, IsafcT
Wrw -i-eMUXiyid and Chris'-, tod yet, she
: tool's nr,, and trows in
i Japheth. seated "i’-'u '“> robes like
; the skv. Her noble lord, mean while, high auove
; all stands, with folded arms, following that eagle,
which wheels up towards Ararat, disvlaying his
i breast, glittering with stars and stripes of scarlet
and silver—radiant heraldry,traced by the hand
1 ofGod. Now he purifies his eye in the sun
and now he spreads his broad w’ings, in symbolic
flight to the H rs/, until lost to the prophetic eye
of Japheth. under the bow of splendors set that
Jay in the cloud. God's covenant with man—
Oh. mav the bow of covenant between us be
here to day, that the waters ot this flood shall
' never again threaten our beloved land.
The Memphis Convention.
‘ We copy from the Memphis Appeal the reso
lutions as reported by the general committee and
Really adopted by the convention :
• pacific railroad. f '
Resolved, That a railroad from the Mississippi
■ valley to the Pacific ocean is demanded not only
by commercial and individual interests, but by
our national necessities
Resolved, That as soon as thp-surveys recently
' I ordered by Congress are coqipleted, the general
■ government should adopt such stefis as will en
' sure the completion of the main trunk of said
' , road at the earliest possible period.
i Resolved. That as the general government
' ; could be expected to construct only one rn?in
trunk, it should be located on which
scientific explorations shall combines in
the greatest degr e the advantages of genial and
temperate climate, fertility of s >il, cheapness of
const ruction, and accessibility at all seasons from
■ all portions of the Union AH
Resolved. That, in the opinion of the
tion. it is right, expedient,and proper that the s
general government should make large donations
of public lands to the different States bordering
on either side of the Mississippi, to enable all
sections of the Union, however, to connect
‘ themselves with the main trunk.
■■ - r . .TEHt'AXTErECf. ’
Whereas the proiect of opening a communica
tion between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by
railroad across the isthmus of Tehuantepec re-
! commends itself to the warm support of the whole
jrWon; find particularly to that of the western
I and southwestern States, by its great practica
bility. the facility and cheapness of its construc-
i tion, as well as the short time required for its
I completion, thus affording to the commerce and j
travel of not only the United States, but the ,
world, a cheap and easy access to the Pacific
i coast:
Resolved, therefore, That our representatives
in Congress be requested to press upon the gov
ernment the necessity of bringing to a favorable
termination, as soon as possible, the negotia
tions pending in regard to the right of way across
said isthmus, and tha* they also be instructed to
I maintain bv all legitimate, constitutional means,
i the rights of American citizens in the grants
I made by the Mexican government.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
Whereas the investigation of the laws which I
, regulate the rises ami falls of the Mississippi
< river and its tributaries, and the adoption of some ,
| system bv which the grfi.it valley of the Missis- I
sippi mav be protected from inundation, and the ,
navigation of the west n watera b- best per-
and-.eo,™!—.,X ' oTttll >ll I n u K i*. .
f v 1 '* , I H the whole western and"!
aw soii’hern cd:iff?v ; therefore.
hl Resolved. That, this respectfully
c-F recommon'l’ to Congress that among the mea
n-1 sores calculated to advance the above objects and
re facilitate the schemes already undertaken, it
iis deems it highly important that the general gov
h ernment shoo'd appoint a special corps of scien
ds tifio en<ri npprs to investigate the laws which
govern the Mississippi rivprand its tributaries,
n. to Hpviee the best system of improving the navi
in gation of these rivers, and protecting their la* ds
a- from overflow; if necessary, to send abroad sim- i
r- ilar corp® of scientific engineers to examine the ■
systems of improvements a lopted in other conn- i
. tries, and tn report upon all matters connected I
S. i with *hece subjects
s. TJrsoZtW, That, in furtherance of these objects I
id sought, wp deem it h’ghlv important that a svs- :
ii. tem of hvdrnmetic gauges should he established J
s, bv the general government at several points ;
»- atony the Mississippi and its tributaries, at the |
if principal towns and cities, by which the actual
1, stages nf their waters may he accurately ascer- ■
?s tained from flay to d-y. the depths of‘heir chan- •
g nel« regularly sounded, and the changes going
k j on upon their banks be marked and recorded, all
e ' which shall be reported to *be proper department
>f of the general government from time to time.
! raw cotton.
v ’ Whereas the southern States of this Union
?. * now have, and fora long period must have, a
■t virtual monopoly in the production of raw cot
n ton for commerce : and wheras it is of vast im
e : portance to these States that their great staple
- should be sent abroad in its most valuable form ;
n and whereas it is believed that, this staple can
.t be wrought up with extraordinary cheapness on I
and near the fields of its growth : therefore.
t it Resolved. That the President of this Con
r venthn appoint a committee of five members, •
n who shall he requester! to prepare for publication j
s j and distribution, particularly in the manufactur
ing districts of Europe, a full report of the pecn
liar faculties offe r ed bv the southern and west
p ern States for the manufacture of cotton, and that
I this report be published as a part of the proceed-
- ings of this Convention.
THE AMAZON
h Resolved. That this convention highly approves
1 the steps which have been taken by the United I
. States government to obtain the fullest informa
; tion in respect to the countries bounding the
. Orinoco, Amazon, and La Pla*a rivers, with
f a view to opening up the trade ofthat vast re-
- gion to American enterprise, and the senators
i and representatives in Congress from the States
1 represented in this convention are respectfully
! requested to use all proper means, by the estab-
- . lishment of mail steamers from the port ot New
“ Orleans to suitable points on the Southern
- j American continent, (or in such other mode as
• ; may be deemed most expedient.) to secure to
1 the people ofthe United States the rd vantages
-of trade and intercourse with the regions referred
- to.
I Resolved, That in the opinion of this conven
f tion, Lieut. Maury deserves the thanks of the
American people for the able manner in which
i he has advocated the proposed project of uniting,
• i by the ties of commerce and common interest,
1 • the great valley Urn Misbissinni with the tro-
i pica! or our ’iscer continent, w.-..
I trust Ins ”• r x iii-w.il i llllllTllir
i nreat en<l in view is fully
; KDUCATIOK.
< Resolved. That this Convention earnestly re-
■ commends to the citizens of the States here rep
s resenfed the education of thieir youths at home,
1 as far as practicable; the employment of native
teachers in their schools and colleges; the encoiir
j agemerit of a home press; the publication of
bo ks adapted to the educational wants and the
i social condition of these States; and the encour-
- agement and snpnoit o( inventionsand discove
ries in the arts and sciences by their own citi-
• zens.
nr i i-omacy tN COTTON,
■ Resnlcrd. That the attention of our senators '
and representatives in Congress be called to the
propriety of bringing before the administratfSfi (
i the importance of making the cotton interest a ]
subject of'r s’rnction to our foreign commercial
> and diplomatic agents. ,
: STEAM NAVIGATION. (
;l Resolved, That this convention regards the es- j
, tablishment of a direct communication by steam .
between our southern ports and Eurone, and the (
encouragement and protection of this system by |
i the national government, connecting therewith ;
ample mail facilities, as a necessary feature in (
the commercial independence of the South and
West. j
; ADDRESS.
Resolved, That a committee of five be appoint
ed by the president of this convention to prepare (
an address to the Congress and people of the
United Slates on the topics embrace l : in the ac- (
tion of this convention—invoking their attention (
to its proceedings and action, and enforcing them
upon their consideration : and that this address
be published as an appendix to the proceedings <
of this convention. I
I
We publish, in cx/rnso, this morning the ex- *
aminations taken yesterday in the case of Dy
son, charged with attempting to incite an insur- •'
reetjon ot the slaves. The insurrection itself 1
has disappeared out of view altogether No a
signs have been discovered in any direction that
five, or even two ofthe slaves themselves under- j
took or understood any plot.
The examinations have ended in the commit- ,
tai for trial of one white man, on the charge of ~
attempting to get up such a plot. The tesfimo- ,
ny shows some very mischievous talk, and some 1
very suspicious actions on the pint of the ac
cused, enough to put him on trial, and insisting ai
upon his defence.— N. O. I‘ici si
(from the Southern Recorder, Extra—June 22d.(
GUBERNATORIAL CONVENTION.
Milledgeville, Ga., Juno 22d, 1853.
At a meeting of the Conservative men ol Geor
gia, standing upon the principles and declara
tions of the Address and Resolutii. fi> adopted by
the State Convention of 1850—
For the purpose of organizing the Convention,
on motion of C. Peeples, Esq., Col. j” -
Guhby was called to the Chair, and W. W.F
Paine, of Telfair, and Thomas F. Wells, of
Washington, requested to act as Secretaries.
Ou motion Linton Stephens, Gen John W.
A Sanford was by acclamation called to preside ,
over the deliberations of the Convention, and |i
M essrs. Wooldridge, of Muscogee. Word of Cass, l
and Peeples of Clark, were appointed a coin-]
mittee to conduct him to the Chair. 2
The President having taken the Chair ad*|
dressed the Convention.
» # * * * * *
On motion of Mr Toombs, a committee of,
two from each Congressional District Was ajl ,
pointed to report business for the action ol thv
Convention. , . . . > u
The following Committee was appointed w
the Chair, viz:
Ist District, M. J. Moody and E. M-. Blount.
0,l “ E. R. Brown and D. J Bothwell
3d “ J. J. Hampton and J. T. Nisbet,
4th “ R- I Morgan and M. M. Tidwell
sth “ J. J. Word and D. S. AndersonJ
6th “ C. Peeples and US. Durham.;
7th “ L Stephens and G O Dawson.
Bth “ R- Toombs and Geo. Stapletoll!
On motion the Convention adjoined UMI
, three o’clock, P. M. A
3 o block, r
The Convention met pursuant to, adjoii|_
1 ""The committee of sixteen, through theiy
‘ man Mr Toombs, submitted the followu .y.
port, which having been read.jvas, on mO „ o r
1 Mr Peeples, unanimously adopted :
’ Resolved, That this Conven»*imw P -a
to the election, by ballot a' •
ernor, and that each county shall be entitt.
’ outvote twr> vo
each Repres.. ol all remind .Wni
Resolved,
Citizens of Gemgia, invite'*wfc <
those, whether Whigs or Democrats, whoirae’
with them in the principles herein set iorthnd
declared.
Resolved. That we adhere to the Reportind
Resolutions of the Georgia Convention ot ijjjo,
because we consider the priacipies therein io
claimed are not less important *o the msjte
nance of the rights of <be States than ofjthe
Union of tbe Sta'es ; and that we*consideithe
rights of the Southern States as in great aii<|m
minent danger, and the principles ol the Grfrgia
Convention great jeoparded by any po)itii-j|par
ty whatever may be its name, which r-co«2es
Abolitionists and Freesoilers as worthy of|>ub
lic honors anil nublic emoluments.
Resolved, Thar in the opinion of this Cuiven
tion.both the Whig and Democratic
United States have be n faithless to their ft re
peated pledges of economy in the expeiiiture
ofthe public money, and that we viewjvrith
g-eat alarm and disapprobation the partial une
qual and unjust appropriation of the publiilands
to internal improvements in particular jtates,
and of a local character; and ofthe wjdgmon
ev to wild, reckless and gigantic scheme®fhjii
ternal impiovement, intended for the prefeption
of particular interests rather than the pneral
benefit of those who bear the burthen ojTaxa
tio"'
Resolved, That the public lands are f
moa property of all the Stares of the I ifin, and
in their appropriation equality is the oijy true
rule of equity, and that any alienation ff them,
except to bi ing money into the public qkasury.
should be for the equal benefit of all theSrates of
the Union,"old as well as new.
Resolv d. That while struggling freeikm eve
rywhere enlists our warmest sympathy we still
adhere to the doctrine of the Father ol lis coun
try, as announced in his farewell address, of
keeping ourselves free from all entangling al
liances with foreign countries, and ol nefier quit
' ting our own to stand upon foreign grifijl. That
i our mission as a republic is not to prolate our
opinions, or impose on other countris our form of
i government by artifice or force, but to teach by
example, and show by our success, moderation
and justice, the blessings of self-goveihnierit, and
the advantages of free institutions.
Resolved, That this Convention aver*that the
maintenance of the honor and dignity ofthe
position assumed by Georgia in IS3O, and the
promotion ofthe moral, social, intellectual, and
national interests of her people to be objects of
far greater importance, than the success of any
national party.
In pursuance of the first resolution, the Con
vention proceeded to ballot for a Candidate for
Governor, and on counting out tbe ballots, it
appeared that the Hon. Charles J. Jenkins of
the County ol Richmond, receives 170 votes;
the Hon. A. J. Miller 11 votes:’the Hon. As
bury Hill received 17 votes, and the Hon. J. M.
. Berrien received I votes.
| On motion of Mr. Dawson of Greene, the
I nomination of Charles J. JexkiH was then
made unanimous. - .-Sr..
On motion of Mr. Davis ? •», the fol-
| lowing Committee was apr ictify Mr.
Jenkins of his nominatir st bis ac
ceptance. viz :—Robert T. Davis.
■ WWoyfi-_ •ae- J Tosh„. i
I On mo*ion To' Mr. *’f ncock, a
Committee of five was apj -7 Wto renare an
. address tw the people of
The Chair appointed the following gentlemen
as that Committee: Messrs. A. if. Stephens,
George Stapleton, M. M. Tidwell, W/ W. Clarke
and H K. McCay. «
On motion, the President appointed the fol
lowing gentlemen the Executive Corjpmittee :
Messrs. J. Know les,of Baldwin. J. T. Nis
bet. of Bibb, Eli Warren, of Houston, Warren
■ Akin of Cass, and P. W. Alexander, of Chat
; ham. I
*■** # * * *
The Convention was eloquently addressed by
Hon. Robert Toombs, and Thomas W. Thomas,
j E-q., and the greatest harmony and enthusiasm
i characterized the proceedings.
***** O' *
Our Candidate for Govemm,
I We place at the bead of our columns to-dav,
the name of Judge Johnson, the t lemocratie
nominee for Governor. In a recent issue, ve
: expressed the opinion that either Jii'tge John
son. Judge Warner, or Gen Haralson Would be
nominated. Public sentiment had pijinted so
directly to these gentlemen as the fas’orites of
the democracv for this race, that ifeyvpidd have
been a disappointment to have aflfiw.lcfed any
other name, as the successful aspirant/ At that
time we declared our willingness to! give to
either of the persons named our cordial support.
We are fully prepared to redeem that pledge,
: by birnging to the support of J ud-c Johnson
our undivided efforts to secure his triumphant
i election. x
In th« latecontests which divided and dis
: tracted both the Whig and parties
| of this State, we were arrayed in opixting ranks
'to Judge Johnson. He was a Southen Rights
! man, whilst we were equally decided and en
thusiastic in our Advocacy ofthe Cqjsti organi
zation Those issues have now k-en settle !
ami disposed of. The divisions wbi h separated
and distracted the ranks ofthe degafcracy have
been healed, and. with us, afl the ?[;->•' o f hos
tility and opposition engendered by that angrv
contest, is buried in forgetfulness. In good faith
we have shaken hands with our Soiihern Rights
friends, and with them smoked he pipe of
peace.
In looking back upqp the scenes which have
so recently transpired, including first the aliena
tion, and then the reconciliation of, the Demo
cratic party, it is gratifying to remern>er, in con
nection with the name of Judge Jihnson, the
fact that he was among the first to nge the re
union ofthe party in the support of (bn. Pierce.
As a member ofthe electoral ticket p:t forward
by the Southern Rights wing of theparty, he
urged, in an eloquent and patriotic ’••tter, the
policy and propriety of remodelling tat ticket
to secure the co-operation of all theniends of
Pierce and King in the support and the
same electoral ticket. He gave the hfibestevi
dence of his sincerity in the movem4 t, by of
fering to withdraw his own name, to-, feet the
obiect. .
oojecc.
As a Union Democrat, we apprecif 1 <1 at the
time the patriotic and generous spW which
dictated this conduct, and are f
their estimate of the man who first slUrped for
ward with the olive branch of peacdimd har
mony. Though the movement lailetj there is
none the less of credit due to Judge ij»hnsoii on
that account. It was not his fault t! It it failed,
and now that the excitement of the fiiasion has
passed awav. we can all see and ajf irciate not
only the patriotism of his motives, Juj the cor
rectness of his judgment.
To Union Democrats the strongest appeals
will be made to withdraw them iromthe demo
cratic organization and the suppoit of its can
didates. We may expect to encoknter strong
and untiring efforts from our opponents, to se
duce us into the support of “tub national
whig creed of 1852,” under the flimsey de
ception of a Union name. They will seek to
revive the issues of 1850-’sl—not or. account of
any apprehensions to the well settled principles
of that contest, but with the vain he,*” of divi
ding the Democratic ranks, and thereby deleat
ing Democratic principles. We am prepared for
all such tactics, and notify our Worthy oppo
nents that they may export to ijs<»s>>..- serried
host of Democracy firmly and cotdially united
in the support of their principles Ind their can
didate.
Os the platform adopted by the Convention, it
is only necessary to say, that it is is we antici
pated it would be—a simple affirijanee ol the
principles ofthe Baltimore platlorti,and Presi
dent Pierce’s Inaugural Address. Upon this
platform, and with Judge Johnson as our can
didate we go into the contest withevyry confi- ■
deuce of certain success.— Souther# Binner.
Major Lewis Cass, Jr., United B'afes Charge
d’Affaires at Rome, who recently tetiirned from
Europe, has arrived at Detroit, on a vjait to his
lather’s family. He will undoubtedly be receiv
ed warmly bv his old friends. We iejret to be
informed that Senator Cass is quite
on the decease of bis estimable wilh,!>ut wo hope
that his health will long no sprfed to his family
ami country.—A? V. Tribune.
S*-
The Artesian Well in Charleston Jins been
bored to t he depth of 1,111 feel—nearly a quarter
of a mile—-without obtaining a supply of water
Hopes are entertained that, as soon ns they pass
through the stratum ol sand rock they are now
boring, wafer will be found.
Dr. David A. Reese, ol Jasper, was nominated
as Candidate (or Congress from the 7th Congros
lional District.— -Southern Recorder.
Forrespondcnce of the Charleston Courier ]
from Havana and Key West—Arrival of the
U. S. Mail Steamship Isabel.
i Havana, June 22, 1853.
paring the lew days that have elapsed since
nl fc last lew lines, we have been deluged with
r nn, which circumstance will cause my report
Hbe more barren than usual, for wet weather
Blays the deuce with the news gleaner.
1 The arrival of the Isabel, with some U. S.
groups, has caused some talk, and the alacrity
■which the President has shown in this affair
•,wjth Mexico has created considerable surprise,
and it is e- pected that he will be a regular veni,
\fidi, ei'ci, sort of character.
<1 1 saw some two hundred men disembarked
Ijam a vessel from Spain for our garrison, and
Certainly I never have seen a more pitiful set of
f recruits. It may have been in consequence of
ithe hardship of the voyage, but a ten years’
residence within the tropics could not give |h K m
a more enfeebled appearance. In heigM. they
were all about 5 feet 5 inches or less, and very
, -arrow across the chest, with little iron in their
Countenances.
Two Prussian frigates appeared off our port a
few days since, on board of one of which there
was a Prince. They did not enter, as the Prus
sian Consul sentoff a note giving inforrnation
that the yellow fever and cholera prevailing in
the city would make it imprudent to come in
It is reported that the pay of the army is to be
reduced, if this be true, as on all such occasions,
i it will not be relished. The pay of both men
and officers i° little enough as it is. and I cannot
conceive how they will he able to manage upon
are uction of pay. The news biought from
England in relation to the slave trade, has crea
ted a great sHr. and some slave t rader or traders
have been arrested, hut the knowing ones wink
and smile. What can they mean ? We should
be happy to see the slave trade put down, as on
ly a few speculators are the real vainers by it.
• Several steamers and sailing vessels.gf war go
out to morrow, on a cruize, with the Admiral on
board the steamer Isabel. I I.
The place is becoming sickly. Crowds are
still going to the United States, among the pas
sengers bv the Isabel, is Brigadier General Apo
' deca, a verv good man, late CSlonel of th" Reg’-
'.•eiit of Naples His lather was Viceroy of
* ! ■■ I ».»onora1 wa«-linrr in til at coil n
jexico. ano toe ' ■
•'fry. He is a gentler«~n. anil
body’s countryman, and should be receiyfc ~
courtesy. I"
Havana. June 18. 1861. - ■
Sugars at this moment are dull and the prices
of whites and low browns and muscovado have
declined. The weather during the last ~§even
davs has been exceedingly wet. rain haying fal
len for several hours every dav. thus impeding
shipments and business in general. The ex
portation list shows an exportation this week
of 23,000 boxes, hut much of this was embarke I
before the had weather set in. There is no ap
pearance of a change at present, therefore " e
rra ’ expect that next week will be worse than
this, and th a t sugars will reach their lowest rate.
This weather must put a stop to operations for
this season, and henceforward the s’oek will de
erpaso Wp have now in this market 1 about
2?0.000 boxes, and the receipts during the last
two weeks have declined. The principal ship- 1
ments during this period have h"en for Cowes
and a market and the Baltic. Some 6000 box- ,
es have gone to Spain, and 7000 to the United j
States, nrincipally to New York.
Prices to-day are as follpws. viz : Assorted
Sugars s|. 85 a6} and 9}; Whites 72 a 91:
Yellow 6a 7} Brown 5} as} ; Cuciirnchos 11
>s} : Muscovado 4} a 5J ; rials per arroba.
Molasses is not much enquired for, but the
price is 2$ rials still for 5J gallons
On the wharf, business has been dull, the
Weather having prevented purchasers from com
in" forward.
The following are the principal wharf sales
iin ade since mV last report: Lard 20 kegs at
Slsf per qul.; 22J> at 1 5J :25 at 15J ; 113 bbls,
nt Is|. and 472 bbls, at SI-5, 400 boxes Codfish
from Europe at S7 : 221 tierces Rice ’at 12J
■ rials per arroba ; 185 bags Spanish at 9; 12
bbls. Hams at si.3 per quintal : 12 at 118: 20
boxes Pork at sl4 ; 100 bbls Potatoes S 3 ; 1690
reams Paper at 4.1 rials:.-165 empty hhds. at
; 349 at 2J. and 310 at2f ; 800 /Box Shooks
' at sll and 4000 al 71 rials ; 228 m. feet Boards
at S2B ; 27 do. at 30 ; lijOO ols. JerkerJ Beef from
Buenos Ayres at S2j,per ql. .The .’market for
most of American Products is in a healthy
state. . ■ ■.
; Freights.—There is stid a wantof shipping
as there is an immense quantity of .Sugai in’
store. To Lr.ndonl'for small vessels, the figure
is at present 755. A brig was taken irp the
' other day at 70s. the Volante, a good sized ves
sel. To Cowes. 655. is paid, and to the Balti
-608, a 70s. Tothe U. 8,135. Bd. a l -'s. 81.:
for box Sugar 7J a 8 for hhds., and 2? a "Jc. for
Molasses. I'-
Exchanges.—On London, little lias been
done, arid to-day it has fallen to 10J per cent
premium, afthis ratc'our principal houses have
sold. Paris is at 1J a 21 discount, arid New
York and Boston IJ a 1J discount. —New-Or-
leans par to 1 per cent premium. M. M.
Arrival of the Crescent City—One Week Later
from California.
New York, June 22.
The steamer Crescent City, from Aspinwall,
has arrived, bringing one week’s later intelli
gence from San Francisco, her dates being to
Lt_Mav 23d. She brings about $500,000 in gold
, Ihe CreM-,,,,1 City brings ’-120.000 in g. 1i
n I (host on freight, and 9200,000 in the hands o
i passengers. The principal con igness ar"—
n I Messrs. Adams & Co.. $270,000 : Brown Broth
h i ers, $15,000 ; arid Wells Fargo. $13,000
0 Among the passengers by this steamer are sev
; eral returned Australian miners, whose reports
- j of the prospects of that country, and the richness
of the mines, are very favorable.
- I The dates from Panama are to the 11th inst
1 j The English steamer Lima arrived there on the
- ! 2d inst, with dates from Valparaiso to the 14th
of May. and from Callao to the 26fh.
Political affairs in O*hili were quiet.
The produce of copper and silver in the North
, ern provinces continues large.
1 The markets at Valparaiso were dull. There
was no coal on hand ; the last js.yle was made at
14 a sls per ton.
Provisions were scarce; Beef selling at SIG,
and Pork at 26 a S2B. Flour was in limited de
’ mand at 8 a $9. Freights were high, and ships
: scarce.
The steamer John L. Stevens arrived at Pan
ama on the 31st with $1,400,000 in gold. She
sailed again on the G’b. with 500 passengers?
Tht friga’e S’ Lawrence had sailed from Cal
lao for the Sandwich Islands, and the frigate
Portsmouth from the Isthmus, had sailed for the
same destination.
A project has been introduced into the Legis
lature of Bogota to lay a tax on specie in the
transit across th- Isthmus.
The steamer Gulden Gate, bound up,was pass
ed off Acapulco, on the 21th. All well.
Mr James, U. S. Consul at Acapulco,died on
the 16th May.
j The min ; ng accounts rvere of the most favor
■ able character, the yield this summer promising
to exceed that of anv former season. Agricul
tural prospects were fine, and the crops of grain
would fie abundant.
The Legislature adjourned sine die on the 19th.
Gov. Bigler had been authorized by the Legisla
ture to organize a company of armed men to go
in pursuit of the robber Joaquin.
i’he steamers Columbus, Northerner and
Brother Jonathan arrived at San Francisco on
the 21 st.
The election riot reported to have taken place
at San FranrSro just as the Sierra Nevada left
her wharf, turns out to have been only a fight
between two steamboat runners, in whiah knives
and pistols were used.
Dates from Oregon are twe weeks later. The
miners in Southern Oregon were doing well.
Provisions plenty and low.
The difficulties between Peru and Bolivia
were increasing. Tbe former had sent troops to
the southern frontier to cut . off the supplies ol
the latter. The enemies of Bolivia were also
collecting a large force on t]ie Buenos Ayres side.
The Chilian Minister had been expelled from
Bolivia, and the U. S. Charge was the only dip
lomatic official near the government. Affairs
had roacbed a crisis.
News from Salt Lake City.
The Deseret News to the 19th of April, has
been received. During 1852 there were 99
deaths in Salt Lake City. The I r i
—r ■><•*• 11 ue hili
April with imposing ceremonies, there being a
military and civic procession on the occasion,
and speeches from Gov. Brigham Young and
others. The Mormon propaganda fund now
amounts to 834,000, a considerable portion of
which is in oxen, wagons and other property.
The fare from Salt Lake City to San Francis
co is advertised for $l2O, including provisions,
and to San Bernardino SBO, each passenger al
lowed to carry twenty-five pounds of baggage.
Carpenters at Salt Lake City receive $2 to $3
per day ; masons $2 to $3; cabinet makers $2 to
$3 ; team work $3 to $4.
Ephraim K. Hanks, mail carrier; Brother
Grouard,and Franklin Pierce, (nephew to the
President of the United States,) leltonthe 19th
of April with the mails for Fillmore, Parowan,
San Bernardino, San Francisco, Sacramento and
San Diego, Cal.
There had been no mails received at Salt
Lake since November, in consequence ot the
deep snow on the mountains.— N. O. Picayune,
21 st inst.
A Bloody Assault.—On Wednesday, says
the Independence (Mo.) •Messenger, A. S. Pack
ard, one of the proprietors of the u Noland
House,” was about to correct a refractory ser
vant, Adam, when the servant informed him he
was not to be whipped, and seized an ax that,
lay near by. Mr. P. having nothing with whicli '
to defend himself, turned to go and get some as-i ,
sistance, when the negro aimed a blow at his’ ’,
neck with the ax, doubtless intending to sever
. his head from his body, but the sides of the ax 1
struck his neck, bruising it- and cutting off a 1
small piece of his ear, and felling Mr. P. to the .
ground. The negro repealed the blow ; striking j
him on the head and cutting him in a most
frightful manner. The force of the blow was ’
broken by tbe interposition of the negro’s wife,
which saved Mr P’s life Mr. P lay in a state |
of insensibility from a half to three fourths of
an hour, and we are glad to learn that his skull
was not Iracbired as was first supposed He is I
recovering rapdly. The negro made his escape »
and has not been heard of since
The plate present'd by the citizens of Mobile
to Mr Smith. Britisl) sub consul at Havana, for 1
his kindness to the tJuha prisoners, it’ has been 1
ascertained is Iving in the custom house at. Liv- (
erpool. The Captalh be the ship which carried
it out, not knowing where to find Mr. Smith or
send his present, deposited it in the custom 1
house. 1
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Whig Nomination for Governor.
-L -^ e arc iiulqjjtf’l to tlx- kipdness of on*? of the
to the White Convention, for an extra
_ from the Southern Recorder oflice, giving the
1- proceedings of the Whig Convention.
We publish as much as we consider will be of
f * interest to our readers.
!S The number of counties represented in the
Convention, directly and by proxies, amounted
h in all to -2. Number of delegates present 131.
i This does not compare very favorably with the
I Democratic Convention of the week before—
i the largest and most enthusiastic Party Conven-
- I tion, ever held in Georgia. But considering the
i dis’rac'ed and crippled condition of the Whig
ei 1 °
,|. I party last summer, the}’ have on this occasion,
made quite as goqd a rally as could be expected,
both in the number and materiel of their Con
vention.
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The nomination, also, is, under the embarra.--
- sing circumstances under which they met, as
e judicious as any that was practicable to them.
They had either to choose between a Scott Whig
e standing on the national Whig platform of 1852
b —a Webster Whig, or/ertiuni j«rd, who while
not disavowing the Whig platform, repudiated
? the Whig nominee for President—or a quasi
; Democratic. Pierce & King Whig. Os the three
■ I wings o f their party they have given the prefe-
I rence to a Webster Whig, and in so doing, have
selected one of the ablest and purest men of their
entire party.
' Mr. Jenkins has our unqualified respect for
his fine abilities—his straight-forward integrity
as a politician and his many virtues as a citi
zen. These qualities must commend him
strongly to his own party, and enable him to
1 come as near to an election as any exponent of
whig principles is capable of in Democratic Geor
gia I But representing as he does, a party whose
triumph must enure to the benefit of whig prin
ciples. and must strengthen the opposition to an
administration sustained by the voices of twen
ty seven States of this great Confederacy, Geor
gia among them, he must abide the fate of his
unpopular political tenets.
Theusesof the. terms “ Union,” “ Conserva
tives'’ anil “ Republican citizens,” is a peurile and
transparent attempt at deception, which excites
only a smile of derision. It will beguile from
the Democratic Standard not one true Democrat.
It will be but a poor cloak to cover the retreat
of quondam Democrats who find their new asso
ciations with whigs more agreeable and con
venient than the maintenance of their former
principles. Nojjjan the use of such terms tin*
whig th- nigs, or render their claim to political
no—x- table to the people.
introoi-v . the platform of the Georgia
Whigs-—that relative to the Public Lands. The
only comment it now provokes, is, that it is in
troduced under circumstances which render
it powerless as a demonstration of public opin
ion
The impotent Hing in the third resolution at
the President, comes withan ill grace from men
who sustained the claims of the author of the
Erie letter for a Presidential nomination, and in
face of the fact that the National Democratic
Party is utterly and radically opposed to the
slavery agitation, and is solemnly pledged to
maintain to the utmost, the rights of the south.
The President bestows offices only on (hose who
stand on the Baltimore Democratic Platform—a
platform which Free Soilers and Abolitionists
“ execratemnd spit u’pon.” Southern men should
give the latter no aid and comfort by endeavor
ing to keep up the agitation-.
A Speech Worth Reading. .
We are sure our readers will not find fault
with the space occupied lly the speech of Dr.
Ross of Tennessee, delivered at Buffalo, on the
slavery question. It is a fast reading speech,
and the mind glides along smoothly and pleas
antly with it to the end. The Doctor talks
sense all the way through, and in such a moder
ate kind tempered strain, that lie propitiates
good feeling even while he raps hard the
Northern intermeddlers who provoke his effec
tive satire.
The speech has made a good impression on
the sensible people of the North, who heard, and
on those who read it, as may be infered from the
prefatory remarks of the N. Y. Journal of Com
merce, from which paper we copy.
Another Yacht.—The New York Mirror
says that Geo. Steers is now building n yacht of
108 tons for Wm Butler Duncan, Esq., of a
model very much like that of the Ameriean.and
calculated to rival in speed even that Wonder
ful craft. The new vessel will be larger than
any vessel of the New York Yacht Club, ex*
cept the Maria,
| “ [Correspondence Constitutionalist \ Republie.]
Milledgeville, June 23.
On yesterday came off the Convention, of our
opponents. Having inscribed no name upon
*’ their banner I am at great loss to assign them
their,.cognomen. The hoitors of a name were
divided Wfummer at two conventions held in
Macon, denominated, Scott find Webster Whigs-
On yesterday nqallusion.svfis made to those an
tagonistical bodies, and the Convention was bab
tised as “ a portion of the Republican citizens of
Georgia,” as Well as my memory serves me
from the reading. fSteft
Mr. Gnnby was placed to the Chair, for the
organization of the meeting, w »rcl was soon ef
fected, by nominating ore femes Genl. John Sand
ford, to preside jwer the Convention. No fur
thel u<lic ' a .L cejamonies being performed, Mr.
I'.unr, of Telfair and Mr. Fish, of BaWwn ' -e,
appointed secretaries, and the
Toombs, moved a committee of two froiriSaach
Congressional District to report matter for the
consideration of the Convention, which being 1
done by the Chair, the Convention then ad
jourried till 3 o’clock P. M.
1 l ad liked so have omitfr4thafjfe President
upon hSelection to the rostrum, rehrflE his
considerations of Kindness to she body, forttnS
partiality shown him, and made some tasteless
allusions to the saving of the Union, and the con
tinued necessity of their organization. He
used the significant terms of u-e and us, with
as much facility and blandness as any of the
old whig stageis. The General is a very im
pulsive man and never stops at the halfway
house, even in in emergency. His party will
have all the enthusiasm ot a zealot, while it
mnv rnntrthiiG* knf
may contribute but little to its success.
There were but very lew democrats in the
Convention. After Gen. Sandford,you may.enter
the nameof E. H. Brown’, from Jasper, wjbicHSl)
neither weakens us, nor strengthens the ojipo
nents. I am informed was a Demfcra
tic Delegate from the county of Fayette : my in
formation presents no other.
" constituted, 131 members, re
presenting jvhicb was
sufficient for all purposes. The Scott wing j
contained, I should infer, three-fourths of the
Con vention,but not a man dill I obsofve of pow- *
er and repirfatlon as a speaker: at least there was ’
pone of the old Scott bugle guard that
the friends of the old hero, to his forsaken ban
ner. The leaders of the Websterit s, were there
Mr. Stephens was in Milledgeville, but, did
not visit the Capitol, still feeble from his rail
road disaster. Mr. Toombs, was conspicuous
and though in a minority upon their intestine
divisions, he ruled, w ith a potent voice, the
action of the Convention and while his own
friends, have criminated him for dissolving the
Whig Party, and making rejected love to the
Democracy, he still leads or drives in whatever
position he may be cast. No man seemed to dif
fer,or oppose any position,suggested,Or advocated
by him—indeed sir as I have intimated, none of
these forensie spirits of the Scott regiment, who
bore the colors of “ Cerro Gorda’s captainJtev. ere
in these deliberations. The honorable Senator
was the Alpha and Ozncgu ot the Convention.
At 3 o’clock, in of the anjourgment,
the Convention reassemblri'. anl ! , ( , Commft
•tk b y its Chairman, reported first,
to nominate a candidate for the Executive,
which was dbne. Mr. Wingfield, moved the I
nomination of Mr. Jen kins, by acclamation. I
This was opposed by Mr. Toombs, he prefered'to
ballot; which of course was carried, and the
balloting on the first count, resulted in the elec
tion of Mr. Jenkins. Messrs. Hull, Miller,
and Berrien, receiving a few votes.
I After which the Chairman, Mr. Toombs, then
read the report, and addressed the meeting at an
I hour’s length. It is impossible to give you a
| faint description of this heterogeneous compound
of words, and quaint.., new platform
Anti-National \\'hig. and Anti-National Demo
cratic policy, sectional organization, until one of
the two national parties a vow and practice cor
rect State Right-principles—and then, and not
till then, can any national parly secure his aid
•nd CMWence. It is to b:i observed, and there t
®®rsa point in it; and the future will develope it, ’.
that he never took any ground against any prin
ciple setforth in the initiation of Gen. Pierce’s
administration, he never assailed his administra
tion in a single embodiment of its pri ciples— f
save the charge, that he had appointed Free- |
soilers to public trusts, naming Messrs. Dix & !
Vroom, as offensive to the South.
3 [ Hence we have his implied admission, which
1 "consorts with ins public speeches, *'— r>
e trine avowed and proclaimed by the Adminis
tration, is in adaptation with Southern honor
f and Southern security; and he most em
phatically proclaimed that the professions of
- Gen. Pierce were good, and his object was now
J by this Convention to hold him to them.
■ Hence he declared his divorce of the National
: Whig party, and for a separate organization in
' Georgia. How his cheek should have blushed,
' if memory had held up before him his re-
- peated and malignant charges against the
5 Southern Rights party for attempting to form a
’ sectional organization, and tearing loose from
> such men as Buchanan and Dallas—who had
' fought the battles of Southern slavery. In no
portion of his speech did he make the slightest
‘ allusion to Gen. Scott, or Daniel Webster, or
’ \ eny estrangement of the paity upon the Presi
• dential election. He seemed chiefly to poise
himself, and his position upon the. subject of
' internal improvement ; that the Democratic
! party had been faithless to its text creed, and
’ with a majority in Congress, had voted his
’ money, our money, and your money, lor the
' most profligate and reckless purposes—and he
would on all occasions, denounce this species
of plunder. This is most admirableadoctrine of
the Jackson and Polk school : these are the
thunder which we have been pouring
upon she Whig ear, immemorial!}-, and we will
permit Mr. Toombs, to aid us, in not only lash
ing Whigs, but in rebuking our Democratic
bretberen. when they shall falter in this rule of
our faith—and ride over this bulwark ol the
minority.
It is my honest conviction that the Hon. Sen
ator has but little hostility to the Democratic
faith, and but little admiration for the whig de
ception, and I have some misgivings as to
whether a msconceived policy upon the part of
some of our Editorial Brethren has not contribu
ted to make the hiatus that now separates us,
and not; our platform. It is my private opin
ion, that in Twelve Moons, a certain dis
tinguished Senator, will not be unaccustamed to
seat himself in juxta position with our great
chiefs at Washington, and amidst the social
fumesofa cigar discourse most flippantly and
glowingly upon the harmony and success of
“our friends.” All harmless prophecy is venial,
whether falsified or otherwise—and henceforth
I cannot resist the idea that this internal itp r
provemeut plank, so zealously; 'MT hrd-.iJtisiy
urged upon the Convention, will be a most apt
inclined plane, to let all those upon the anxious
oc,u«. ±>einocraric rt>Mf’ --if my ears have
not deceived ine, so far as any intimations of
national principles are involved in their resolu
tions, they are parts and parcels of our policy
dressed up in a different costume. Be it remem-
bered they have not dared to make war or as
sail a single paragraph of the entire Democratic
creed as promulged at Baltimore.
But such has been the restless spirit, the crip
pled ambition and the repeated rebuffs of our
antagonists, they adopt novel and strange creeds
at every re-assembling of their people. They
assembled at this place last year to take action
upon the Presidential nominations, and because
the Union Democrats would not consent to dis
avow their allegiance to the Democratic nomi.
n ation, they seceded, and called two separate
and distinct Conventions in Macon, and again
rallied their countrymen to their respective
standards.
They have now adjourned, alter establishing
another remarkable bagjj of co-operation 'and
guerilla warfare.
The hero to whom they have committed this
marvelous system of tactics, was the candidate
upon the Webster nofnonty wing of the Whig
party His acceptance is thought to be in
nubibus. knowing the innate horror all men fee’
to lace sure and unmistakable defeat. But hav
ing made the breach in his veteran Whig pha
lanx, it is fit he should now make himself a sac
rifice for its restoration.
We had no choice, as to whom they might
select for their champion, we have but to strike,
and the victory is ours. I had much rather we
should grapple with a lion than a mouse, that
the con test may be made worthy of our cause
and our pride. They have sought to match us
with the old patr.arch of Whig memory, of
Whig errors, and Wh g triumphs, and Whig
principles, which have been doomed and con
demned by the American people—without the
slightest, hope ofa reversal of their judgment.
And to secure a triumph they propose to mar
shal the Whig party, by affirming that a name is
not essential to principles; and they propose to
rally the Union Democrats, by refusing to attach
a name to their organization, and gratuitously
offering their condolence lor what they term,
the proscription of our union friends. When at
the same time they rejoiceoygr •vg^r-|
tion, as they call it, with a hope that it may
force thernlnto their lines, and make a perpetual
breach among our friends.
It is a reflection of profound pride, to every
Democrat, to feel and know, when they have
asembled to cfesigm™ their standard bearers,
they are.not compiled to shape their principles,
to and exigencies of the passing
houlj®
We have out of our many able champions,
chosen one upon to cast our suffrages,
worthy of ouif*catise and woi.l y of eur noblest
efforts. Those whose claims have been deferred
are hot the less worthy; they would have com
manded the entire confidence of the united De
mocracy, and led them to an honorable and bril-
Oconee.
fiiMOOBATic Convention in Vermont. —
The Vermont have, in State con
vention, nominated John S. R- jinson for Gov
ernor, and’endorsed Gen. T.»rr-’s inaugural,
They*nave also adopted a resol if 4 <"i .ui-ns’ the
"’’natrow policy which would .have limited the
United States to Massachusetts anu Connecticut, .
and the Providence Plantations, and declares
for any territory on this Continent or adjacent 9
Islands, when it can be done regarding th' 4
of other nations and the honor of our own.” j
From Texas.
The steamer Fashion arrived at New Orleans
on the 20th from Texas, bringing a' wiuil, but
we have only received a copy of the American .1
Flag of the l<>th inst., (says the Picayune,) in
which we find the following items:
6 The welcome showers which have recently
fallen in our town are comparatively of little
consequence with the rains experienced in some
parts of its vicinity, whilst in others no rain ha,
fallen. toßrazos Santiago is rendered
iilnult impassable on account of the heavy rains
which have visited that, distiict, whilst the
i-eighborhood of Santa Rita is .still dry. The
Jtage has been twnporai- } detaine 1 ny the state
lof the ibttfs between this city and Brazos.
The Nuece# Valley says : i
From a private letter jeceiv e l from a gentle- ’ ""
man in New Bi kunfels, we leaui that a party of
mineralogists «K1 practical minors had left that
place in searcbjQl.Lrecinus metals, and gone up
as far as the LlanoryOn Sandy Creek, one of
its tributaries, they Sfcmlj-jjany-Mormons u pros
pecting for gold.” but not successfully. On their
topr they found gold in but one locality, but
hA-e Returned with numerous specimens of ga-
Iqrfe or lead ore, richly furnished wffh Srver.
The region of country in Which this silver ore
was sound’s kept secret by thg/jiarfy for the
present. 4
The Flag has the followrftg:
We wouldle very hapny to encourage the
coming in of persons to dig for gold, if we
thought we could do so without incurring the
charge of publishing rumor for fact.
The latest accounts received in this city by
yesterday’s mail, are to the effect that the mi
ners at the ne ( w El Dorado were averaging from
fifteen to fifty cents per dag only.
The San Antonio Ledger ul the 26th ult.,
says:
We have made efforts to ascertain if. as yet.
sufficient inducements offer to gold
hunter to that regirnffi Wrrare sorry to proclaim
there is not. We caution Jltb earneslfficss all
those who are engaged in employments that
furnish them an honest livelihood, to cliqjraHfefe.
them. There is no chance, from present indiea*
tions, of procuring the means of sustenance in
the mountains of Texas.
From Mexico.
The Brownsville Flag has dates frqin TMi'pi
co to the Bth inst., but there is littlefof interasX j
in the news. The Commm io
The field of extermination and iiesolatlOn now , '
occupied by the Indians is so grea| that the ' . »
State of San Luis Potosi is the actual frontier.
Coahuila is filled with them, and thd people of
the country are leaving their farms after having
fought nearly all their lives against the savages,
because they have so increased in number that
the natives are unable to resist them.
Don Valentin Cruz has issued a
announcing his appointment to the government
of the frontier, and calling upon all good citizens
to lend him their aid and countenance. He
says, “ all the public wants shall be attended
to; nifeuseful thought shall be forgotten, and if
any measure should result ennt'ary to the inter
ests of the people it shall te immediately re
scinded.”
! Madeira.—A letter from an officer in the U.
| S. Navy, dated Funchal, Madeira, May 1, is
published in the Portland Advertiser:
■ THp hill «si'!p<snf Nfn Ipira nonpar nlrt'irPW of
tne bill sidesol .via feira, appear pictures oi
1 - fi-'-'fiiity. and it is to be hoped that a year of fruit*
jr™ *- ’*d our thia mantta*(v the Ji
r i fishermen in the boats, as ~we nasser! nie'myMWsn
I saluted us by dolling their hats and crying. - A
‘ I good nation,” “ A good nation,” showing
f the charity of Boston and New Y.k has been
r f- ■lt and appreciated, and fulfill’ ... n |,| saying
that the way to the people's bear',,s down their '
j throat.
Weather and Crops.
1 The Selma (Ala.) Reporter, of the 16th inst.r w
’ says:
Rains have fallen, and have removed the
5 wrinkles from the frontispiece of some of our
1 planters. Here and there, as a cot sequence of
i the fine warm weather w- have now, and the
I rain which has fallen, the crops of both corn and
cotton are good and promising. But we are
’ sorry to say that the rains have not been general,
t and we learn from parts ol the country* that the
r corn especially is in a bad way. We hear many
say that if they have not a rain within a few
days they will not be able to make seed. The
! prospect at this time for corn generally, in the
f country, is worse than it was at the correspond.
ing period year before last, a year which we all
I recollect as one of great scarcity.
• The Ouachita Herald, says :
The weather has been warm and sultry dur'mg
the last week, with occasional light sho-wers.
The crops are flourishing finely, and give p’.omise
of an abundant harvest.
By the Fort Smith (Ark.) Herald, of the 11th,
we learn that the river commonced rising and
raised about twelve feet, and continued to rise
until the 9th, when it commenced falling slow
ly. Weather cool and clear.
The Mississippi Democrat, of the 15th, has the
following:
The weather continues very dry, the shower
expected when our last issue went to press,
didn’t come, although fine rains have gone all
around us. It is much need-d in this po U, n of
the country. We hear no complaints about the
crops, excepting their want of rain. Fruit is
very abundant.
The Livingston (Ala.) Democrat,ofthe Uth,
says:
We received a full grown cotton bloom last
week from Dr. Jones, of this city. It came from
his plantation in Butler county, and was plucked
the last day of May. This is early, but it must
not be regarded as a sign that the cropi'are for
ward in South Alabama. The reverse is the
case. Crops, we believe, have seldom, if ever,
been so backward in this section of country.
Large crops, we believe, cannot now be made
the present season under the most favorable cir- •
cumstances, and, unless we have it late fall and
very favorable seasons from this out, even mode
rate crops will not be made.
[fob THE CONSTITUTION * IST t. Ji ]
■ If-rr.,..,- r.:..' Jay ts ml.-rrs.iif.e/tpZaMKth
is small.— l’rov. xxiv. 10.
BT WILLIAM LAMBBRT.
I'll not faint beneath my hurtbxn—the’
Too heavy; for my strength is small:
Though the fierce raging of the noontide beam
On my defenceless head untempored fall.
Tho’ sad and heartsick with the weight of woo
That to tho earth would crush mejourney on •
What I though it be with faltering steps, and slow
I’ll forget tho toil when r«st is won.
Nay, 1 11 murmur not because no kindrod heart
May share my burthen with me—but alone
Still struggle bravely on—though all depart;
Is it not sad that each must bear his own?
All have not equally tlie power to bless,
And of the many, few could cheer my lot;
For the heart knoweth its own bitterness
And with its joys a stranger incddlcth not.
I'll not bo faithless though my s<ul bo dark;
Is not my Master’s seal upon my brow ?
Oft has his presence saved my sinking bark
And makes mo think he'll save mo now.
Hath ho not bid mo cast on Him my care?
Saying Ho caroth for mo? I’ll arise
And on my path, if trod in faith and prayer,
Tho thoi ns shall turn to flowers of Paradiso'l
The Coquette’s Lament.
When I was yoang, I danced and sung,
And frolic d with tho boys:
But now I’m old, my heart is cold,
To earth and all its joys.
I listened then to words from mon
Warm, and from tho heart.
But then I thought love could be bought
By using little art.
When much too late to got a mate
I soon began to fool,
That ’twas not host to make a jest
Os wounds wo could not hoal.
I tried in vain some heart togain,
But found tho task full hard ;
For I had lost to my sad cost,
By playing tho wrong card.
And now my girls with flowing curls
And beauty’s ruddy cheek ' '
In ago, in youth,/let nought but truth
Prevail in all you speak.
caustic.