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JOURNAL AND MESSENGER.
8. T.CHAPMAN A 8. HOSE.Editor*.
The Presidents Message In New Yoifc.
The first annual message of President Fill
more was published in the city journals yes
terday. and, with but a single exception all
pronounced themselves satisfied with it. The
sentiments which it contained in rcterence to
the agitation of slavery, to the determination
which the President expressed, by having the
laws executed, and if need be of employing
the whole of the power placed sit lus com
mand to enforce their observance, as well as
the language which he used i:i relation to the
Compromise measures passed at the last ses
sion of Congress, were favorably commented
upon, and seemed to give general satisfaction
to all classes of our citizens without respect
to party.
It is hardly necessary for us to say that the
exception to which we refer is the New-York
7Yibune, “theorgan of destructiveness,”and.
the exponent and advocate of theories of
foreign and domestic origin, which, ii practi
cally carried out, would destroy not only our
£Votem of government, but all other systems
—s ip the foundations of social order, and
precipitate the country into a sea ol uttarchy.
infidelity, revolution and bloodshed. True
to its instinct, and to the plan of operations
which the clique by which it and the Albany
Event/us Journal are con: rolled, and ol which
the higher law W’ o. H. Seward is the osten
sible and public head, that journal finds fault
with Mr. Fillmore’s remarks on the necessity
of obedience to the law. whether popular or
obnoxious, and the fact that in accordance
with his inaugural oath, he must see that it
be executed at all hazards. This is precisely
what might be expected from that paper, and
from the clique of which it is a component
part.
But the President need care but little for
the opinion which the Seward clique entertain
of his message, or the support which he might
get in that quarter. If he had taken an op
posite direction, and, instead of pursuing a
conciliatory course, had endeavored to widen
tiie breach between the North and the South,
their opinion and support, according to the
best opinions here, where they are so well
known, would be a decided advantage to him.
He can rest assured that, to the great bulk of
tne people ot the North, and we doubt not
that to those of the South as well, his rnes
sage, will be highly acceptable. They can
not but perceive that it aims a severe blow at
Northern fanaticism on the one hand and
Southern ultraism on the other. They can
not but see that he has taken his stand on the
constitution and the laws, both of which lie
says he will uphold, at every hazard with all
the power at his command be the co.wqnen
ces what they may. Such a position, o
course, it could not be exacted would be ac
ceptable to demagogues. who would overturn
both provided they could accomplish the ends
t their private and unhallowed ambition.
As long as Mr. Fillmore’s administration is
conducted on the principles shadowed forth i:i
the message, we shall support it with all else
ability in our power. We have never cared,
and never will care, lor party measures or
party abstractions when the Union itself is in
danger; when it is daily and hourly assaulted
by a band of fanatics and ultraists, who h ive
kept the country for years in a state of fermen
tat ion. and who do not reflect the opinions o
more than a fraction of the people whom they
impudently assume to represent. We shall
stand by the President in preserving the com
mon heritage bequeathed by us by the fathers
of the revolution, and sanctified by their
hearts’ blood. But we shall expect something
more substantial than declarations. We
shati look to the President and his cabinet to
fulfil, to the letter, all that he has said in itu
message in reference to his duty to enforce
the execution of the laws, and especially the
fugitive slave law, on every occasion when it
may be necessary to take a prompt and deci
ded stand against the moral epidemic, on this
subject, which prevails in certain portions o
the North and New England. Let the fanat
ics indulge,and revel asm uchas they please,
in their mistaken notions of philanthropy anil
humanity, as long as they confine themselves
to talking and gasconading; but when they
attempt to subvert laws passed by the repre
sentatives of the people in a constutional
manner, and whi-di w - ren iered necessary
in fulfilling :■ fiu.i.s towards our sister
states, it becomes quite a different matter,
and they must be put down. Let the Presi
dent carry into effect his declarations in this
respect whenever those fanatics obstruct the
law, and, if necessary, shoot them down, and
our word for it. the lesson wi 1 not be lost up
on their colleagues. The message is well
calculated to prevent the necessity of resori
ing to any such harsh measure as this, but 1
it should become necessary to enforce th
execution of the laws, we expect the Pres,
dent will meet the crisis, and that lie will
‘*to the utmost of his ability, and totheexten
of the power vested in him. at ail times an
in ail places, take care that the laws be hulk
fully executed.” This is expected ol him
The President has commenced well, and b
maintaining the stand which he lias assume*
he may save the republic and render hiiuse
one of the most popular Presidents ibut w
ever had.— iV. Y. Herald. Nov. 4/A.
Destructive Tornado.
Louisville, Nov. 30, 1850.
One of the most appalling and destructive
tornadoes which has been experienced in th
Mississippi Valley for several years, occurre
about 2 o’clock in the afternoon.
it swept over the town of Cape Girardeau
Mo., situated on the Mississippi river, just b<
low St. Louis, and demolished some seven!
or eighty buildings, many of them the fine*
and principal houses in the place.
The Baptist and Catholic Churches, an<
Catholic convent were destroyed.
Two of the large and splendid telegrap!
masts belonging to the St. Louis and New
Orleans Telegraph Company were cracked
shivered and brought to the ground with as
much ease as though they had been pipe
stems.
The steamboat Saranac. No. 2 which had
just rounded her wharf had her upper works
completely blown oil, and several persons on
her were severely injured, and some, it is prob
able, were drowned.
The wharf boat was likewise blown from
her moorings, and almost irreparably injured.
In order that you may judge oi the tremen
dous violence of the storm. I will stale that a
cow was unceremoniously lifted oil her feet on
terra firraa, ami deposited in the top ot a tree,
sixty feet from the ground.
The lass of life by this awful visitation can
not as yet be ascertained, but it is certainly
very great, as numbers are doubtless buried
beneath the ruins of the fallen buildings. —
There are also a great many persons who are
seriously injured and some ol them are so
crippled and maimed, that they will never re
cover from the effects.
The town is literally torn in pieces, and
looks truly wo-begone. Many citizens who
were this morning to be seen with light hearts
arid smiling faces, are to-night wrapped either
in the arms of death, or else are weeping for
their friends who have been thus utterly swept
away.
From Florida. —’*Ve have information
from the south of Florida of a lute date, which
states that the prospect of the removal of the
Indians is becoming better. Sam Jones has
been seen and conversed with, and as usual
shows no disposition to remove. Interviews
have likewise been had with Billy Bowlegs,
who appears more disposed than ususal. and
says but for the indisposition of some of his
people lie would be willing to go west. Sam
Jones, speaking of the removal of his family,
says, there are plenty of women left, and ap
pears to care very little for their desertion of
him in his oid age. — Sav. Gcor.
From movements now making at Washing
ton, it is probable that the United States Ship
“f!, . ? r Pennsylvania (probably the largest
rdup in tlie \yorld.) will be fitted out for trans
porting contributions from this country to the
ri ofld a Exhibition in London.
1 MACON, Gfc.OR.GIA.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1L
The President’* Mewize.
We have already laid this admirable State Paper be
fore oar readers by an Extra, on Thursday last. Al
tera careful perusal, we have no hesitation in pro
nouncing it a model production. Its views of the pew
ers and constitutional obligations of the Government
breathe the spirit of the earlier Presidents. Indeed,
weielt while reading it, that we were devouring ihe
good, old-fashioned doctrines of Jefferson, Madison
and Monroe.
The business style and practical good s-nse of the
Message, are pre eminently good. There is about it a
short, direct marching up to the practical questions of
the day, tint wc like much. And whether be is dis
cussing the vast interests connected with the Nicara
gua Canal or urging the importation of 1 eru.ian Gua
no, President Fillmore stands displayed before the
world, in this Message, in the light of a practical, com
mon sense Ilian. And alter all, that is the crowning
glory of a Statesman.
Upon the subject of the Compromise measures, the
President is bold and emphatic. He says they must
stand as the policy of ihe Government,and be observed
He speaks out in strong and decided language oil the
Fugitive Jifave Dill, and announces his determination
to enforce it with all the powers that the Constitution
and Laws have confined upon the Executive. Let but
the people of the non-fiavehokling States co-operate
with the President, in hispatriotic views,and the Union
is sate.
Hon. Thomas Spalding.
We are pleased to lean through a friend in Savan
nah, tha: the venerable ThomasJSpalding, the last sur
viving signer ©four Slate Consiituiion, was in that city
last week,on his way to Milledgeville, to repteseut the
Union men ol Mclntosh in the State Convention. —
Mr. Spalding is nearly four scute years of age, and
will be the only link in the Convention between the
past and present. When nominated by his fellow
citizens of Mclntosh for the Convention, he reminded
them of his age,and his feeble health— but remarked,
ihat if it was their wish, he would attempt to goto
Milledgeville, even if “ he should, die upon the road.”
We feel confident that his self-denying and patriotic
spirit will be duly appreciated by the convention, and
(hat he will receive the highest evidence of the respect
and esteem of every Union man in that body. The
example of such a venerable patriot should be regard
ed by our younger politicians ns not only w orthy of ail
praise, but ofspecial imitation.
Union Meeting at Washington.
The Washington correspondent of the Journal of
Commerce learns that it is in contemplation lo cal! a
general convention of Union men, of all parties, from
every Slate in the Union, to assemble i:i Washington
on the 22J of February next.
This is the proper course. If the Union is to be
saved at all, it must be done hy the co-operation of the J
wise and good and patriotic men of both the oid pciiti- !
cal parties. Every man who loves his country and her ’■
Constitution, should at once and lorever forswear ail ;
party allegiance. j
To ihe old political parties at the Nonh, the Aboli- |
ironists owe entirely their present power and influence. !
These parties have courted anti-slavery interests and j
bid against each other for anti-slavery votes, until the i
Abolition party has actually grown into a power ul ;
faction, dangerous alike to the country and especially
to the South.
So long as these nntional political parties exist, so
long will fanaticism thrive and prosper. On ihe con
trary, let those parties be broken up, and a great and
powerful Union par y rise upon their ruins, and what
will be the result ? Abolitionism and fanaticism nnd
uitraism will then have to stand upon their own merits.
There will be but two parties at the North—lhe
Union party and the Abolition party ; nnd there will l>e
b it two parties at the South—the Union party and the
Disunionists, Secessioni6ts, or Fire Eaters.
No sane man can doubt the result, or the effect upon
ihe country. Abolitionism having no powerful parly to
buoy it up, would sink forever. The fanatics who now
seem to have some pewer at th* North, would soon be
regarded as the worst enemies of the white ■aboring
classes there. Hence they would fall into obscurity,
and agitation would cease Thus would disappear the
fuel which now serves to feed the fires of disunion at
the South. The result would be, that in five years the
Union would be placed beyond all possibility of danger,
and we would be once more a congenial and happy peo
ple.
We hope then that the proposed Union meeting will
be held ial'-Vasnington City,aud that the Union dele
gates while at Milledgeville may lake measures to
have Georgia fully and ably represented on the occa
sion. They ought to appoint one delegate from every
county in the State. Let the National Capital be the
place,and Wash ngton’sbirth day the time, (ora a great
and glorious reunion of the patriots of all sections
Let the men of the North and the men of the Souih
assemble in grand Council, and catch holy inspiration
from the tomb of the Father of his Country.
The ConvenUou,
While we write, this body is about entering upon
its grave and momentous functions. The eyes of
Georgia, aye, of the confederacy, are drawn to its de
liberations, and thousands of patriots every where,
are watching the course of destiny, in its pregnant
action.
In looking over its list of members, we can draw
happy auguries, from the infinite w isdom, that is con
centrated in the body We dwell on many a fair name
that Georgians have in years past delighted to honor,
and who iiave been su ntnoned by the crisis, from the
grateful shades of retirement, to mingle their voices in
the councils ol the State. From these venerated Nes
• ore, we hope much and expect much We also no
tice quite a number of more youthful, but scarcely les
distinguished names, which are familiar to our people
as Itous -hold words, and around which cluster the noted
insignia of popular confidence. If, as is currently held,
safe leaders are necessary to the wise action of delib
erative bodies, then will the Convention be conducted
inauspicious conclusions.
Bat we tiny congratulate the country, too, on the
very excellent material, which composes the mass of
the Convention. There is very much of strong sense,
and safely balanced mind,in the rank and filed that
assemblage. And if it were a possible thing for the
leaders to go wrong, there is an array of stern, seif-re
lying men there, who will keep things straight,and see
to it, that Georgia’s honor is maintained Th'xaconsti
tuted, we r<-!y vitu implicit confidence,on the prudent,
appropriate action of the Convention:
The Convention has the honor of Georgia, and may
be, the existence of the Union, in its hands. It has
the awful, double responsibility of so shaping its course,
as to hold i.i check, violent men at home, and at the
same time disarm fanaticism. If its policy should be too
tame, the miserable crow and of abolitionists in the non
slavrholding States will be emboldened in theirreckless
crusade against our peace, and property. If on the
other hand, it should unfortunately assume any appear
ance of bluster, or venture to present false issues, exac
erbation of feeling, and divisions among < ur people,
.rili be increased by its action. Fully sensible of this
weighty responsibility, we doubt not the members of the
Convention, will avoid all extreme positions. Indeed,
wc think, that men of extreme opinions, if such there
be in the body, will find but little favor,and that mod
erate counsels, looking to the honor and peace of the
South,with an earnest desire to save the Union, will
triumphantly prevail. So may it l>c.
Above all tilings it is to be hoped that the action of
the Convention, will be harmonious. The divisions
that exist at the South, upon the delicate question of
slavery, are fraught with danger and evil. The very
discussions which our presses and public speakers have
indulged in of late years; upon the many exciting ques
tions connected with our peculiar institutions, cut like a
two edged sworJ.against our pence and security. These
divisions should be healed—these discussions should
sink into whispers. Criminations and recriminations
should cease, and the people be taught, that differ
as we may on other matters, on this vita! subject, we
must be one and indivisible. To this end, we implore
the members of the Convention, to banish sttife from
their midst,and to waik with meekness and brotherly
.affection.amid “ the burning plough-shares”by which
iheir path is beset. And may a kind Providence guide
them, to wise, consistent,and harmonious result?, in
their deliberations.
Griffin Female Institute.
The attention of our numerous patrons in that sec
tion, ia directed to the advertisement of II G. Mor
aow, Esq , Principal of the Griffin Female Institute,
and the Report of the Examining Committee, which
will be found in our calumns to-day. Mr. M. is a
ripe scholar, an experienced teacher, and in every re
spect worthy of the most liberal patronage of the
friends of thorough and refined education.
I he tine Arts.
VVetake pleasure in calling attention to the advertise
ment of Mr. Frey, who proposes to remain tit our city
a short time. He comes highly recommended as an
artist of taste and genius,and as a gentleman <t many
amiable qualities. Having had the best opportunities
of peifccung himself in his profession, he cannot fail
to give entire satisfaction to all who can appreciate a
correct likeness and a beautiful painting. His speci
mens will be ready for exhibition to-day, and we hope
to be able to give them a more extended notice in cut
next.
C hanging their Name*.
Our cotenrporaries seem to be in quite a changtag
mood. The Marietta Helicon is hereafter to be l iiowit
as the Constitutional Union,and the American ii in?;
has taken the name ot American Union. Th< se *-
all capital names, and we are pleased to add, that tlwv
rly at the head of two of the most efficient Uniot ‘pa
pers in Georgia.
Lor.jj Pollards, nnd no Mistake.
We are indebted t<> a friend for a specimen * the
Cabbage family, which surpasses any thing of the tmd
we have ever seen or heard of. It was raised by ] .Dw
ell Woolen, E?q ,of Decatur county, about two t ailes
from the Florida line. The stalk measures aver
eleven feet in length. It is three years old, has h< ided
twice, and furnished sundry wagon loads of gree is
.Mr. Wooten, our informant says, 44 kept a laddei aud
whenever he wanted a mess of greens went up and
pulled them.” There is “ more truth than pot tr ” in
the story, as every man will testify who geiaa ‘lijapse
of the “ elephant.” We do not know Mr. Wootens
politics ; his eoilurd, however, seems to have s parted to
g/ow out of the Union ; bui like certain politicians, we
could name in Georgia,arid particularly in Decatur,
promised well for a time, though finally, <compelled
to stop a little short.
A Step Back wards.
In the House of Representatives of the Car
olina Legislature, on the sth instant, resoiu ons were
ofiered by Mr. Johnston, providing for secessi >n by that
State, and declaring that South Carolina it mains in
the Union for the present only to secure tin aid and
co-operation of other Southern States, and tnat it is
necessary for her safety, honor, and well beis to dis
solve her connection with the Federal Union.
Mr. Richardson, also, introduced resolutior ji (firm
ing the right of each State in this Union, tose rede,and
that South Carolina forbears for ‘he present, to exercise
this right, with a view ol securing the co-ope ation of
other southern states; and that the Govern* r be in
structed to convene the Legislature, so soun. as any
other southern state shall announce herselt tei dy lot
action, or it shall appear that the south is not pre.oareu
to co-operate w ith us.
These resolutions came up for discussion on th** fol
lowing morning, when an animated and protri cted
discussion ensued.
North Carolina and the UnioiH.
Extract from the Message of Gov. Manly of North
Carolina, to the Legislature now in session :
“Thespirit of disunion, heretofore confine* to Borne
particuiarsections of the county, is now, hov ever,ac
quiring an expansion and strength that del land the
combined counter;.ction of the sons of free* out nnd
friends of the Uu on throughout the land. In Jnspar
aidical suite, let us take neither lot nor part. Lvt us
hold last the Union and the States. The last x> come
into the holy alliance of the old thirteen, let os le the
last to leave it. The footprints of Washingtoi * and his
matchless comneers, may be followed wilhnu doubt
fulness or v. avering. It is union which gives u< all we
are or hope to be. It is the key-arch of our lit :rty and
national greatness; land claim the privilege o my offi
cial station, solemnly to invoke the people of North
Carolina, and their Representatives, to bee ware how
they hold communion with any cabal ur Cuuv n'ion to
sap and overthrow it
“But let us not be misunderstood. Let it trot be sup
posed that our deep and abiding devotion to t ie Union,
is such as to render us insensible to the just apprecia
tion of our rights,or callous to the stain ot dis honor.—
Asa southern portion of the Union, we h v e rights
which are ours by the Constitution ; ours by compro
mise, and by the supreme laws which govern us.—
These will never be surrendered. IPe take our stand
in the ranks of Southern destiny.”
Virginia.
The tone of the message of Gov. Floyd, of Virgi
nia, is moderate, but decided, on the measure s necessa
ry to perpetuate the Union in peace and hat mony. it
advocates “mild conciliatory measures cal mlated to
show the non-slaveholdirg States that wc ate resolved
to coerce a respect at their hands for our rigb’s and our
property,” nnd proposes “a tax upon all the products
of the non-slaveholding States, ofiered for sale within
our territory.” It arraigns Congress lor unwarranta
ble interference with the subject of slavery,anc advises
that “all the sluveholding States should calmly end ex
piic t!y declare that the repeal of the fugitive slave
law, or any essential mollification of it, is a vii tual re
peal ot the Union,” and recommends that, in such event,
a convention of the people be called at once to take
into consideration the mode and measure of redress, as
weli as the means of providing for our future security
and peace. It concludes thus—“that Union, which
Washington invoked his countrymen to preserve,
there is no true patriot who would r.ot die tod -fend.—
The Union, which fanaticism would establish in its
stead, there is no ttue man that should not die to over
throw.”
Important Laws.
As many enquiries have been made in regard to the
several acts passed by the last Legislature, t*niching
quasi free negroes and slaves hiring their own time,
we give the following extracts from the pamphlet copy
ol’ the Laws, pages 376 and 377.
Section 3- And be it further enacted, 1 hat each
and every tree negro or tree petson of ca lor in tins
State, between the ages ol eighteen aud fifty, shall be
taxed annually the sum ol five dollars.
Section 4. And be it further enacted. That from
and after the first day of March, iaot). each negro or
person of color, nominally a slave, w ho, by any con
tract, or bargain,and sale,or pretended bargain ai’dsale,
after the date aforesaid, may be held or owned by any
white person, said negro or person of color, not being
over sixty years ol age or valueless from dverept tilde or
disease, shall be taxed one hundrrd and fifty dollars ;
and every person when making his or her return shall
state on oath what negro or negroes he or she holds in
the right of and for the benefit of such negro, and for
each and every negro so held, shall pay the tax oi one
hundred and fifty dollars as above.
Section 5. And be ii further enacted, That from
and alter the first day of March,all ownersor hirei- of
slaves who shall permit said slave or slaves to hire Ins
or her or their time from said owners or hirers, a’ any
p nod during the year, shall pay a lax of one hu idred
dollar* on each and every 6lavc so hiring his or her or
their own time: Piovided, That the giving in said
slave or slaves as taxable property to tax asses*-rs by
stud owner or hirer,shall in no instance be used ns ev
idence agaii st s?td owneror hirer in an indictment un
der the existing laws ofthis State to permit said hiring:
Provided, That nothing in this section shall <>) erate
in the city of Savannah to prevent porters, labor rs or
others, from working out under the ordinances of said
city.
This law has evidently been, to some extent, a dead
letter. It is intended to correct a great and growing
evil; and one which we candidly believe is doing much
towards weakening the institution of slavery in Geor
gia. The Grand Juries of the several counties ought
to give sp-cial attention lo the matter, and at least, pre
sent the violations ol the law; if they do not actual y
find true bills against parties for false swearing—no
little of which has been done—either accidentally or
intentionally.
Union Jfeetiug in Nashville.
The Union Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, on
the 25th ult., was one of the largest and most en
thusiastic ever held in that btate. The committee was
very large, and composed of the first men in the btate.
They reported the following preamble and resolutions,
winch were adopted by acclamation :
Whereas, Erronious principles and opinions have
been maintained and expressed both by the North and
the South, hostile to the validity, and to the due
execution of the recent laws of Congress, denomina
ted ihe Compromise acts, and calculated,if persisted
in, to bring the General Government in conflict with a
certain portion of its citizens, and particulat sections
of the Union, deemed by such as are wholly inconsis
tent ami at war with our Union and Constitution
hostile and destructive to that peace, prosperity and
happiness with which we have so long enjoyed and been
blessed, under our hallowed and glorious institutions.
And Whereas, The State of Tennessee has been
at ail times not less ready and prompt to defend our
common country front external foes, than to protect
and preserve the sacred guarantees of the Constitution
handed down to us by our ancestors. We, the people
of Davidson county and city of Nashville, a part of
her citizens ,but speaking we believe,the general voice
of the State, having met this day without distinction
of parlies, do now declare these as our fixed opinions
nnd principles, and those upon which we will act,
should such a necessity ever arise.
Rtsoloed, That we are a Union loving, law-abiding
people, and we recognize attachment to the Union,
and unhesitating submission to constitutional laws, os
j the pr niary duty of all good citizens,
j Resolved, That as members ol a political commu
nity, we recognize no “higher law’ than the con
’ stitution of the United Suues, and that we regard with
mingled indignation and abhorrence the attempt of
certain fanatics and designing politicians to establish
in our system of government, any law of conscience
the principle that thete is superior to the obligations
arising under our constitution.
Resolved, That no State has the constitutional right
to secede front the Union, or dissolve the federal com
pact ; the constitution having been adopted by the peo
ple of each State in convention, acting in its highest
sovereign capacity, any attempt to withdraw trom or
abrogate its authority, must be regarded as contradic
tory to the expressed objects of its formation, the sol
emn act of its adoption and ratification, hostile to the
union and harmony secured and intended by it, revo
lutionary in its character, and tending directly to an
archy, confusion and endless civil strife and bloodshed.
Resolved, That the constitution of the United
States, as the fundamental law of the land, and the acts
of Congress under it, and the decisions of the Su
preme Court, thereon, are paramount to the acts, laws
and decisions of State authorities, and impose prior
and superior obligations upon the people.
Resolved, That the anti-slavery mobs and riots in
certain Northern and Eastern cities, tor the purpose of
preventing the arrc3t and recovery of fugitive slaves,
their abolition conventions and continued agitation of
the slavery issues, are destructive of the best interests
of our country, and if long continued will paralize ail
our energies, and lead to a total alienation ot one sec
tion of the Union lrom the other.
Resolved, That we maintain the right of the people
of the Stales, whenever they shall be palpably, intolera
bly and unconstitutionally oppressed, to throw off the
chains that oppress them, and resist the action of the
Government, but this right is revolutionary in its char
acter, and there is no present cause for the exercise o|
such a right, ju-tifiabie only in the last extremity. We
do not, therefore, perceive the necessity or expediency
of a Congress or Covention of Southern States.
Resolved, That we will rally around the constituted
authorities of the country in the maintenance of the
supremacy of the laws every where, and that in the
spirit of hope and kindness, we respectfully warn our
Northern brethren, that their repeal or failure toenforce
the provisions of the fugitive slave law, will unite all
the south and most probably end in a total separation
of the Union and the states.
Resolved That the laws passed by Congress at its
late session fur the compromise and adjustment of the
slavery issues, meet with our approbation as being the
best which under all the circumstances could be adop
ted, and that we hereby pledge our hearty support and
concurrence in their maintainance.
The meeting was addressed in animated speech! s by
Col. Donelson, the foster son of Gen. Jackson and
other prominent orators—all of whom denounced the
Nashville Convention. Tennesse is ail right. Disun
ion can get no foothold there so long as her people
continue to venerate the memory of Oi l Hickory.
A National Union Party. —Henry Clay,says the
Express of the 22d,exclaimed beh re the Legislature
of Kentucky:
I have great hope and confidence in the principles of
the Whig party, as being most likely to conduce to the
honor, the prosperty and the glory ol my country But if
it is to be merged into a contemptible Abolition pc.rty>
and if Abolition is to be engrafted on the Whig creed,
lrom that moment I renounce the Whig party and
cease to be a Whig.
Igo yet a step farther. If lam alive, I will give my
humble support for the Presidency to tliot RMtn who,
whatever party he may belong to, is not contaminated
by fanaticism, rather than to one who, crying out all the
time, and aloud, that he is a Whig, maintains doctrines
utterly subversive of the constitution and the Union.
Henry Clay further says:
If the agitation in regard to the fugitive slave law
should continue and increase and become alarming,
it will lead to the formation of two new parties, one
for the Union, the other against the Union.
Present parties have been created by a division of
opinion as to systems of national policy, as to finance;
free trade or protection ; the improvement of rivers and
harbors ; the distribution of the proceeds of the public
lands,etc.
But these systems ot policy,springing out of the ad
ministration of the? government of the Union, lose all
their interest and importance if that Union is to be dis
solved. They sink into utter insignificance before th e
all-important, pervasive and paramount interest of the
Union itself
The platform of the Union party will be the Union,
the constitution and the enforcement of the laws; and il
it should be necessary to form such a party, and it
should be accordingly formed, 1 announce myself in
this place a member of that Union party whatever,may
be its component elements.
Union Meeting at New Orleans.
The following are the resolutions adopted by the
Union Meeting in New Orleans, on the 27th ult.
I*/. Resolved, That the present position of public
affairs, and the excitement which ambitious men are
endeavoring to foment and increase,render it eminent
ly the duty of every citizen, who loves his country and
her institutions, to give a public pledged that love, by
opposing the weight of his name and example to those
who seek to subvert those institutions.
2<Z. Resolved, That the citizens of Louisann yield
to none in ardent and unconquerable devoiion toour
common country, in love of the Union, and in reve
rence for th- counsels of the great patriot, who warned
Ins countrymen to look with distrust and abhorrence
on all who should endeavor to array one section of the
Confederacy against anothei.
3d. Resolved, That the union of these States was
only accomplished by cherishing a feeling of mutual
attachment and regard amongst all members of the
Confederacy, by encouraging a system of mutual con
cession and compromise, tending to conciliate the in
terests of all; and that, when its continuance is me
naced, its preservation must depend upon the like feel
ings and the like spirit amongst the descendants of
those who presided at its formation.
4th. Resolved, That the measures passed by the
Congress of the United States at its recent session,
were, in our judgment, dictated by a sincere desire to
allay the agitation excited by the violence of the fanat
ics, who for selfish purposes, seek the dissolution of this
Union, and at the same time, to do justice to all sec
tions of ihe Confederacy ; that we cheerfully admit the
purity of motive and sincerity of patriotism of the
statesman who considered these measures ill-adapted
to the end proposed ; but, whilst making this allow
ance for diversity ot judgment upon the subject of ex
pediency, we can tolerate none as to the duty of every
citizen to obey the laws as they have been passed, nor
can we hesitate to apply to those, who may counsel re
sistance to those laws, the name of enemies of our
country.
5/A. Resolved, That the people of Louisana will
lend their aid in execution of the compromise laws
above alluded to, and will put down with a strong
hand, all who may attempt to set them at naught.
6/A. Resolved, That we entertain for our brethren
of the North, true fraternal regard ; that we cannot,
and will not entertain the slightest doubt of the good
faith which will mark their observance of all the terms
of the Compromise; and that whilst we regard with
indignation the lawless violence of unprincipled fanat
ics who have made themselves conspicuous in their ef
forts to evade or resist the law, we preserve unshaken
our reliance on the good sense and law abiding spirit of
the masses of the people, who will subdue those fanat
ics with the firm heart and resolute spirit which they
have inherited from the men of the Revolution.
7/A. Resolved, That the thanks of the nation are
eminently due to the statesman who at the last session
ot Congress unceasingly struggled in the cause of
peace and Union ; that in the gallant array of the Sen
ate Chamber, oar honored guests, the true-hearted
Senators of Mississippi and Louisiana, General Downs
and Foote, were highly distinguished, and deserve the
approbation, the affection, and the gratitude of their
countrymen.
communicated.
The smallest Spite Yet.
The Telegraph of yesterday announces that it de
clines publishing the President's Message. It gives
some small reasons for so doing, that can be readily
interpreted thus—that it did not dare to lay it before
its readers, for fear that it would meet with their
general approval, lam only sorry for one thing—and
that is, that when President Fillmore hears of it, he
nay be thrown into snch a pickle as it is said ncertnin
Editor was, in this city, the night of our recent elec
tion.’ PUNCH.
LETTER FROM HON. J. R- POINSETT.
Fellow-Citizens My object in addressing you in
ihis crises of our affairs, will scarcely be misunderstood.
1 am a Carolinian bv birth and principle, and all I own
in the world is vested in lands an J negroes. I have a
common interest then in the question before the coun
try, and a right to express my views and opinions. I
should not, how ever, have departed from my determi
nation to abstain from taking part in politics, if I had
not lately enjoyed unusual opportunities of observing
the conduct and character of the opposition made at
the North to our institutions; and if I had not perceived
from the tenor of the speeches and writings published in
the State, that the subject is not fully understood in
South Carolina. These speeches and writings have
tended to irritate the feeling* o! some, and to a arm ‘ -
fears of others, among our fellow-citizens ot - No, tu
Many, however,among them, have regarded these out
bursts oi passion without resentment, and have assem
bled together in recent meetings to testify their devotion
to the Union, and their firm determination to maintain
the law* of the country. On one of these occasions on
my passages th ough Philadelphia, I was solicited to
he present, that I might witness their proceedings, and
bear testimony to you that our fellow-citizens of Penn
sylvania were animated with the kindliest feelings to
wards us,and determined to see the laws affecting our
property enforced w ithin their State.
I resisted the importunities of my numerous friend?
there, becaase I did not desire to take part in the pro
ceedings of another State. Asa Carolinian, I desired
to speak to my fellow citizens of Carolinia from my
own home among them. I did not wish to appear to
rebuke the win Is an 1 wav?3 of oar agitated sei from a
distant shore, but reserved my efforts to calm them u 1 -
til my return among you. But injtstice to the great
and good men who assembled at New York, Philadel
phia and B >3ton, to vindicate the laws and declare
their firm Jetermmirion to maintain them, I feel bound
to say, that they were animated by the purest and no
blest motives, an I it tve throughout, evinced the most
praise worthy zeal and patriotism. lam personallv and
intimately acquainted with many of them, and believe
that they will maintain to the utmost the sentiments
they expressed on those occasions. The great error,
it appears to me, that we have committed, is that we
have giten too much consequence to the wicked and
designing men who strive to produce discord among u*
and to destroy the peace and prosperity of the country
that they may revel in the spoils, or elevate themselves
to power, by pandering to the passions and prejudice of
the vilest tactions. Depend upon it these men are moral’
lepers, despised by the m isses as well as by the enlight
ened portions of the community everywhere. They
ate powerful for evil I know, becau e tin y are giti
iscd and unscrupulous ;and from t; pen Jof -
French revolution, when a small organised faction
deluged France in blood to the present day, we all
know the power exercised by a well organised and un
scrupulous faction of the people, however insignificant
tn numbers and character
The admission of California into the Union as a
State, is honestly believed and represented to be the
most prominent of our wrongs, and the adoption of
that clause of her Constitution excluding slavery, the
greatest outrage committed upon our rights. I say
nothing of the irregularity of the admission ot Colifor
nia,because 1 firmly believe that if the clause above a'-
luded to had been omitted, the complaint of the Con
stitution being violated in the fact of her admission
would have proceeded from the North rather than
from the South. But I think there is an error in the
causes assigned for the adoption of that clause. The
exclusion of slavery in California i? generally attributed,
in the South, to the improper interference of Govern
inent, whereas it arose from the spoiltoneous feelings o
the people there. The mission of Mr. Butler King,
whatever were the instructions he bore, was of no use
whatever. There, as everywhere in this country, the
people would have revolted at the uncalled for interfrr
nice of the Ocuciul OuVcmuicni,
I have seen and conversed with returned emigrants
from that State—some successful beyond their most
sanguine expectations, while others were disappointed
and poor. They all,both rich and poor, concurred in
the opinion, that the exclusion of slavery from Califor
nia was owing to the unwillingness of the white man
to work side by side with the negro—a feeling so uni
versal at the North, that I have never seen negroes em
ployed in their great work shops, and upon asking the
reason was informed by the proprietors that if they at
tempted to introduce negro laborers into their works
the whites would leave them. This feeling governed
the vote on this question in California. It is a great
mistake to suppose that at the period of the adoption of
the Constitution that territory consisted only of squat
ters and of the simple and ignorant conquered neon I **.
California was peopled with anexatu; 1 iaptdi J
the emigrants were from among our most indasuiouo
and enterprising citizens. They were neither few in
number nor disqualified in character to frame a Consti
tution tor themselves ; indeed, their orderly conduct,
while abandoned by their legitimate government, was
dwelt upon with pride by us, and excited the admira
tion of the civilized world. We may compiain with
somejustice of the admission ot California with the ► x
clusion of slavery, but if we had depopulated South Car
olina of our negroes and taken them to California; 1
firmly believe that they would have been expelled from
the State at the first meeting of its Legislature, for I
know full well that the people there were determined
not to admit them.
The next great outrage complained of.istheajust
nienlof the bound iry of Texas. 1 will not prolong this
paper and occupy your time by arguing the question
of the validity of the boundary claimed by Texas, but
content myself with stating my belief that if Mr. Mad
ison had been captured by the British at Bladensburg ,
and, under terror of Iris life, had signed a treaty ceding
,he then Territory of Maine, Congress, and we, the peo
ple, would have denied that Great Britain had thereby
acquired a title to that portion ofour country. The ob
ject of offering ten millions to Texas was not what i l
has been represented; but to prevent a civil war, other
wise inevitable. A course, in the cause of which New
Mexico would have been crushed by the superior forces
of Texas, or Government have interfered to protect
that Territory ; alternatives to be deprecated by every
American who respects the Constitution and lovesjus
lice. There was no dictation in the offer made to
Texas, it was not made by the President, but by a
law ol Congress, and it Texas voluntarily chooses to
compound a doubtful title and to accept the offer made
her, surely there is no cause for calling her hard names
and applying to such a people abusive epithets.
The next subject complained of, is the abolition o(
the slave trade in the Distric of Columbia, and this
measure is characterized as advancing abolition.t-
For my own part, 1 think the scenes we have so often
witnessed in Washington, and so often heard severely
blamed by both Northern and Southern men, tended
much to advance abolition than the passage ot this
law.
It is certainly to be lamented that the balance of
power between the slave and free States could not have
been maintained in the Senate. We have struggled
for it in tain. It is with States as with individuals—
equality of strength or of fortune cannot be maintained
by cither; hut this is no legitimate cause of strife or
revolution. And yet we are told that the remedy of
these evils is to be sought tor in revolution ; for what is
secession but revolution ? Is the right of secession to
be be found in the Constitution ? It existed, I grant,
under the old Confederacy, lor that was a League ; but
the Constitution was framed and adopted, after solemn
deliberation, to forma more perfect union of the States.
The fiisltime we ever heard of the right of secession
was during the proceedings of tlie Hartford Conven
tion, and at that period no people received the doctrine
with more indignation and contempt than ourselves.—
In fact if any State possessed the power to secede from
the Union whenever it thought proper to do so, our Con
stitution would be a mockery, and our boasted strength
as a great and powerful nation, would be despised by
foreign powers. It is true if Virginia, North Carolina,
Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louis
iana, Florida, Mississippi and Texas, were to form a
Confederacy and agree to secede, there might be no op
position for a time. But many of those States form
but the entrance and portico to the great edifice rested
in the West. How long would the inhabitants of that
mighty stiuctute endure the privations they must suf
fer, if their ingress and egress were in the hands of for
eigners ’ Would they permit Louisiana to be the ally
ot some ntaratime power, that might occupy New Or
leans, and harrass the internal commerce of the Mis
sissippi valley ? I think not. No line can be drawn
that will not involve questions of boundary and right,
only to be settled by the last appeal; and this country
would soon exhibit the miserable aspect of the Span
ish American States. Besides, such a Confederacy
would present no barrier against the attacks of the Abo
litionists of all the world. The sympathies of civilized
Europe are against our institutions, and if they be not
protected by the Constitution and the much despised
Union, our slaves would not be worth ten years pur
c'ia?e. * In such a Confederacy, how many causes of
dicontent would occur ? flow could we, with our hab
itsof eternal agitation, be satisfied with our station in
it? Our relative importance in the Southern Conled
•racy would diminish every year unless we would
change habits altogether, and instead of devoting all
our energies to political agitation as we have done for
the last twenty years, turn our minds to the promo
ion of commerce, manufactures and easy communica
tions by land and water from ilie interior to the coast.
But, under the lead of South Carolina such a confeder
acy will never he formed. We ate unfortunately not
renowned for our wisdom or prudence, and our invita
tions and car taunts will be alike in vain to drive our
dster Slates into measures ot violence for ti. , ust- —
What the future may bring forth, time will show. But
i warn the Northern men, who love their country and
iesire to preserve the Union, that they must restrain
iheir own agitators; men, whom my own self-respect
prevents me front characterising as they deserve ; men,
.vho are not fanatics but political demagogues of the
worst description, using iheir money and abusing their
talents to deceive and seduce the people, and who
would nol hesitate to elevate themselves to power over
die reeking ruins of their country. The opposition
commenced under my own eyes, to the infamous nia
donations of these men must be continued by the uni
ted efforts oi the good and true of all parties ; and the
Constitution will be sate and the Union preserved.
If there are any among us so wild as to think of se
parate State action, to them I would say, that they
mistake violence tor strength. Let them examine the
imp and consult the census, and they will see our rela
tive weakness, and understand with what ease South
Carolina might be prevented from inflicting any injury
except upon herself. But I will not puisue this humi
liating theme—it is improbable that such a measure
will be resorted to. It would be as absurd as for one
to throw himsylffromja precipice in the expectation of
injuring his enemy by the fall.
Fellow -citizens, my task is done. I felt impelled to
address you e.s a fi iend and brother, by the interests 1
have at stake in this question ; by my zeal for the honor
and welfare of my native State; by the long expenence
1 have had oi the fearful consequences of revolution,
and by my devotion to the Union, to which, under
Heaven, I believe we owe our unexampled prosperity
as a nation. J. R.POINSETT.
Charleston, Dec. 4,1850.
The Union and its Foes.
The Baltimore American has the following striding
and sensible remarks:
“ When the civil strife broke out in England, during
the reign of Charles the F.rst.both parties claimed to
ael in the name of the King. The army of the Parlia
ment was raised in the King’s name, and fought against
him notwithstanding. Threaders on both sides pro
fessed allegiance; they were all devoted to the consti
tution—at least they said so. It was thought to be a
bold and desperate saying, when Oliver Cromwell de
clared that if he should meet the King in battle, he
would fire his pistol into the royal bosom sooner than
into that of any other man.
“ The most dangerous enemies so the Union of these
states are not those who openly advocate secession.—
The severest blows we fear, will be struck in the name
of the Union, and by men who falsely profess to be its
friends. Huudreds of men in Geo., during the present
canvass profpssed to be good Union men, who in their
hearts were like Oliver Cromw ell—-burning with indig
nation and rage against the government. It is against
such men that the people should guard with especia 1
care. The parallel between the proceedings in the days
of Cromwell, and those during the past campaign in
Georgia, should cause honest patriots every where to
pa use and reflect before they countenance or encourage
any man who has consorted w itli the fire-eaters ; while
professions of devotion to the Union were yet lingering
upon his lips.
senator Clemens of Alabama.
This gentlemen, it will be recollected, was very deci
ded in his opposition to the compromise biil as introdu
ced by Mr. Clay. He resisted it in every fair and honor
able way. To some of the separate measures, as they
passed, he was likewise opposed. Now, however, that
they have become laws, and that disunion has been
proposed, in consequence, he has taken n bold and
manly position in favor of the Union. In a recent
speech, before a mass meeting in Alabama, lie reviewed
each of the peace measures, and concluded as follows:
“ And now, fellow-citizens, if these laws are permit
ted to stand undisturbed—if no serious attempt is made
to repeui them —if they are executed, as I believe they
will be, in goo . faith, I feel bound to say that you ought
to be satisfied with the settlement which has been
made. ******
‘ Between secession and acquiesettce in the meas
ures passed by congress, there is no medium ground.
If you are dissatisfied, there is no remedy but secession
—no redress but civil war. I know that there are
those who speak of resistance within the constitution—
of non-intercourse—ot trading in your own cities—of
encouraging your own mechanics. But that is not
resistance. It is ncquiesence. It is what you ought to
do, even if there was no ground of complaint. The
misfortune is, tHat those who say the most about it are
the last to practice what they preach. If that is all the
resistance they mean, I am with them.
“ I wish 1 was at liberty to infer that nothing more is
intended. In the letter requesting the Governor to
convene the legislature, other purposes are disclosed.—
Secession is declared to be the remedy. It therefore
becomes a most pertinent question,what good any pru
dent man can promise himself from disunion. llow
are we to regain the losses, we believe we have sustain
ed on the Pacific coast? In what respect is it possible
for our condition to be bettered 1 We cannot remand
California—we cannot force slavery upon her.
“ At the end of the contest, slavery, as.it now exists,
will not be extended over a single additional acre on
the Continent, but it is not itmrobable that another
kind of slavery will throw its fetters over us all. A
military despotism will grow up upon the ruins of the
Republic, anJ coronets and titles of nobility disgrace
tHe land of Washington and Jackson. If then any
man asks me if I am in favor of disunion, I answer
NO. Nothing has been done that disunion can reme
dy, and 1 am not mad enough to rush into civil war
from an idle lear that something may be done he.eaf
ter. There are grievances I would not bear. There
are oppressions which ought to be resisted by every
means that God and Nature have put into our hands,
but they have no’ yet coma upon us, and it is only the
part of foliy to anticipate them.”
The Texan Question Settled.
A telegraphic despatch of Sunday last, so the Charles
ton Courier, from New Orleans, announces the ar
rival in that city of important intelligence from Texas.
The proposition by Congress in regard to the settle
ment of the boundary qui stion, has been accepted by
the Legislature ,xcUh only one dissenting tote in the
Senate. This settles the question so far as Texas is
concerned. There being no longer any hope of origi
nating a difficulty in that quarter, we presume the dis
ttnionists will find some new cause of < ft’ence.
Fugitive Slave Law in Indiana.— A charge to the
grand jury by judge Huntington, district judge of Indi
ana,on the fugitive slave law, is an eloquent and im
pressive exposition of the law. The members of the
bar apply for a copy of the charge. The Judge declares
that we are now “passing through the severest ordeal
to which the constitution lias ever been subjected—
when evil passions seem to have been let loose, and
madness, in some sections of the country, seems to rule
the hour.” The Judge expresses his firm determination
to execute the law. The Hon. J. W. Davis, late min
ister to China, is foreman of the grand jury and will
make a strong presentment. Indiana is right.— Halt.
Sun.
The N ashville Convention. —The Louisville Jour
nal speaks of the resolutions passed by the Nashville
Convention as of the most incendiary d.sunion
character, and says that they broke up amid great noise
a-.d confusion, the disunionists being anxious to escape
front the wrathful and righteous denunciations of Gen
eral Jackson’s old (riend, Mr Donaldson. When Major
D denounced the object of the convention as unhallow
ed he was loudly cheered by the galleries. A corres
pondent of the Charleston Mercury says that the galle
ries were filled with Yankee merchants, clerks and
tradesmen, who are abolitionists at heart. A meeting
of the frends of the Union took place at Nash
ville on the last Saturday evening, tor the purpose ol
denouncing the action of the convention.
Fugitive Caseat Carlisle.Pa. — 1 he Carlisle Her
ald says that Moses Jones, a colored man resitting in
that borough, was arrested on Monday, as a tugitive
slave, at the suit of Edward L Fant, of Fauquier coun
ty, Va. Upon examination, it was found that Moses
did not answer, in any one particular, to the description
of the ailedged fugitive, and was accordingly uis
charged. This excited a though with
out any excitement on the part of the puolic.
Retort of the Secretayy or the Interior
The Washington Republic contains a synopsis of the
contents of this Document, which has not yet been
published. From this syribpsts, we extract the follow
ing items:
“ The report commences with a summary of the va
rious and important duties devolved on the Depart
ment ; alludes to the vagueness of the act of Congress
which created it, and recommends further legislation
to define wilh precision its duties and powers, and also
to remedy the incongruity in the law in reference to
its designation.
“ It recommends the creation of the office ofSolicitor
of the Department to decide questions of law upon ap
peal; his action to be ?nhjrr • hov ,j vr - in"'! to
the rev -ion of the Srcretaty.
“ The estimate for ‘■ n f ) ;<■ ,
for the present $ 1,7 a.. 07 The ca u • s i this ex
cess the Secretary fully explains, examining the esti
mates item by item.
“ The whole number of persons now on the pension
rolls of the United States, is 19,753. But of these,
many are probably dead. Til? whole number who
have drawn pensions during she first and second quar
ters of he calender year is 13,079. The number of
deaths reported within the last year is 846.
“ The beneficiaries under the law designed to pro
vide for the soldiers of the Revolution and their wid
ows, are papidly passing away. But the number of
pensioners under otheracts has been considerably aug
mented in consequence of the war with Mexico. The
whole amount expended for pensions during the past
year is estimated at $1,400,000.
“ Tue whole number of land warrants issued for ser
vices in the revolutionary war is 12,588; in the war of
1812, 23 978 ; number of claims for land warrants and
scrip in lieu thereof, for services in the Mexican war,
$34,705. The number of claims already presented un
der the Bounty Land Law of September last,up to the
sth of November, was 9,418, and the number is increas
ing rapidly. It is estimated that the whole number of
claimants will be about 250,000.
“The aggregate amount of lands sold, located by
grants, and otherwise disposed of in the Ist, 2d, and
part of the 31 quarters of 1850, is 2,815,42 acres.
“ The establishment of an Agricultural Bureau is re
commended hy the report. The purchase of a farm in
the vicinity of the National Metropolis, to be managed
under the direction of the bureau, has been suggested
as an auxiliary in illustrating the best modes ol culture.
The Secretary adds that, if this be favorably received,
Mount Vernon might with great propriety become a
model farm, to illustrate the progress of that pursuit to
which the Futher of his Country was so much de
voted ”
The Fugitive Riot at Harrisburg —We received
on Wednesday evening, a telegraphic dispatch an
nouncing that William Taylor, George 11. Islee, and
others from Virginia, indicted for riot in arres'ing seve
ral fugitive slaves in Harrisburg in August last, had
been tried and acquitted. The Harrisburg Intelligen
cer says. “A large number of witnsssea were examin
ed, and the case was submitted to the jury on Tuesday
evening. On Wednesday morning the jury cante into
court wiih a verdict of “of not guiltyand the county
to pay the costs. This verdict is in entire consonance
with the expectations and wishes of almost our whole
community, if we expect the item with regard to the
costs, which many would have been glad to see
visited upon the real instigators of the difficulty, if they
could have been reached.”
Plank Road Tolls. We learn officially that the
lolls receieved on 18 miles of our Plank Road up to the
23J inst. amount to SISOO. At the gate here during
the last three weeks sl3l have been received. If the
road had been opened to Carthage the tolls for that time
at this gate would have reached S3OO. It is expected
that they will be so opened by the Ist January; and that
by the Ist of Aprilthe Tolls will amount to S3OOO, to
report to the Annual meeting. This will be on a cost oj
$58,000. And only part of the road costing that sum
opened for a large part of the time. This will enable
the Company to make a dividend of 4 or 5 per. cent, on
the whole amount paid in,(equal probably to 6 percent,
on the payments, calculating from the time they were
made,) and to lay aside sor 10 per cent, of the tolls
for repairs and renewal of the road.
But for the failure of the grain crops this showing
wouldhave been much better.— Ra. Register.
Famine in Nexico.
Upper Mexico, according to the last advice?, is suf
fering greatly from the attacks of the hostile Indians
and lives are continually lost.
The crop had entirely (ailed tn the States ofChihau
hau, Durango, Zacatecas, C. :kui!a,N • • • T ,>• .
I'lnnaulip.-s. Corn isse.:.; gat trnr.ev! -us ; .’-nd
th- poor people ar. on he pom: .s: . v . it
not rained in tliose Slates since 1816. Ail -rna i and sev
eral large creeks are dry, and several large and small
towns have been abandoned on account of it. Several
hundred thousand animals have died. One large ha
cienda in the State of Tamauiipas has lost 25,000 head
of mules, horses and oxen. The praries are covered
with the bones of animals. It is very difficult to trav
el through Mexico—nothing to be obtained for ani
mals.
The Pittsburgh Pa. Gazette says: “The letter
oi the President to Dr. Collins, in relation to the
Fugitive Slave Law, has met with a unanimous and
hearty acquiescence by the whole people than any
other Stale Paper which has emanated from the
Executive chair for many years. Scarcely any doc
ument could have been conceived better calculated to
allay excitement rally the people on the only safe and
true platform of law, order, and obedience to the con
stitution The prudence and ability which dictated it
th w that Mr. Fillmore is most admirably fitted to
if. tide the helm of State in troublesome times, and to
. adorn the high post he fill with so much republican
simylicity.
North Carolina. —The Legislature of North Caro
lina converted on Monday last and its organization
was thoroughly Democratic. Weldon N. Edwards,
Esq.of Warren, was elected Speaker ol the Senate (
receiving 26 votes against 17 for Col. Joynerjand Ju tries
C. Dobbin, Esq ol Cumberland w’as chosen Speaker of
tlte House, receiving C 5 votes against 49 cast for Ken
neth Rayner, Esq In the Senate John 11.11 was ap
pointed Principal Clerk,against Henry W. Aiiller;
Gen. Geo. E. B. Singeltary, against 11. W. 7/usteJ ;
James Pa?e, Principal Doorkeeper, and Patrick Mc-
Gowan, Assistant Doorkeeper. In the 7/ouse, Per
rin Busbee and Tiros. B. Baily were chosen Principal
and AssistantCletks. David S. Reid, Esq thet.ov
ernor elect, will be inurgurated the Ist of January next.
Rather Curious.
Mr. Christie, the Deputy Marshal for taking the
census in Clarke county, publishes the following singu
lar fact:
“ There is on the Apalachee a gentleman owning
two negio brothers (twins) one a ciear, shiny black,
end the other a light mulatto !”
PoruLATto.v of Cincinnati. — The census of the city
of Cincinnati has been completed. The entire popula
tion is now 116,078. In 1840 it was 46,382, showing
an increase of 64,697 in the last ten yearp. This is
certainly a very extraordinary increase, and one which
has but few parallels in the Union. The Chronicle
says, that the population of Cincinnati exceeds that of
St. Louts by 36,000, and falls but 25,0C0 below that of
New Orleans.
Clipped Coin — There is a great quantity of mutila
ted coin in circulation at present. About one-eighth
of the fractional Spanish pieces have been either clip
ped, bored or sweated. Many of the American quar
ters, dimes and half dimes have also been curtailed of
their fair proportions. The b?st way to put a stop to
this easy method of swindling the community, is to re
fuse to take it at the nominal value, every coin that has
been thus dealt with- ’I his wou.d scon drtve the light
pn ces out ot circulation.
Sandwich Islands —An act prohibiting natives ftom
leaving the islands has passed the King’s council- It
sets forth that the native population had decreased eight
per cent, in 1843, and more than five per cent, in 1849.
Free Negroes in Virginia.—A meeting of the peo
ple of Cumberland county, Va., is called for the pur
pose of requesting the delegates of that district to sus
aitt the ptoposttien ol Mr. Whittle in the convention,
in regard to the removal of iree negroes from the state
of Virginia.
The Mormons and the Utah — l* is stated th - ' 1
Mormons have formed a treaty “ offensive am. c >-
sive” with the Utah Indians, and further, ilia >
these Indians have beeu baptised in the Mormon .ami-
The legislature ot North Carolina is consider
ing the removal of the free negroe3 from the ab
state.