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JOOBNAL AND- MESSENGER.
S. T.CIIAPM AN At S . KOSE.Editors.
The Georgia Convention Abroad.
We make the following additional extracts from pa
per* published in oiher S:at-s,iti relaiion to the aciion
of the Georgia Convention:
Front tke New Orleans Bulletin.
We feel proud of Georgia, and we must be excused
in indulging in our exultation for the noble stand she
has assumed. By the enterprise, steady habits, indom
itable energy and exclusive application to industrial
pursuits of her citizens, railier than engaging as her
neighbors have done in the unprofitable business of pol
itics, she lias made betseil the most wealthy and pros
perous State of the South. Sixty-thtee years ago. the
first Convention of the people of Georgia was held for
the purpose of adopting the Federal Constitution ; at
that lime, she was a poor, Iceble State, with only six
ty-five thousand inhabitants, with no resources at home,
and no character or influence abroad. What a con
trast is now presented in her social and jiolitical con
dition! Her system ol Railroads intersecting and in
ter-communicating with every portion of the Mate—
her numerous manufactories; the rapid development
of her resources; the improved cultivation of die.
soil; and better than all, the devotion which she has ex
hibited to the moral, religious and intellectual culture
of the rising generation, have placed her upon the im
posing and enviable position which site now proudly
occupies. In all the true elements of wealth—in moral,
social and intellectual ptogress.slte lias not been sur
passed by any State in the Union ; in population, she
has gone ahead of all of them ; for in ihe last decade she
has increased 45 percent-, which is 15 per cent, over
the average of all the Siatee. She beats Massachusetts
25 per cent, Pennsylvania I*2 per cent.. Ohio 5 per cent.,
and her next door neighbor, South Carolina, 39 per
cent. She is therefore fully entitled to the position she
occupies, and to that which South Carolina was dispos
ed to assign to her, when she thought she could use fier
—to lead off. She has done so, and most nobly ; her
example is worthy of all praise and imitation. Sire
has illustrated by her acts, and the results of lie
deliberations in the formal and solemn assemblage i.
her people in council, that she is governed by the
precepts inculcated in the motto which is emblazoned
on her arms— Wisdom, Justice and Moderation.
From the Pennsylvanian.
If there is an American who can read the noble ad
dress and resolutions adopted by the Georgia Conven
tion without feeling the force and eloquence of its sen
timents and its style, his heart must be cold indeed.—
A close argument, a cogent appeal, a patriotic prayer
for the Union, it speaks directly to the judgment and to
the sympathies of the whole country. We have pe
rused and re-perused it with no common emotions. It
meets our deliberate and unequivocal sanction. Asa
Northern man, we declare that we believe its high tone
and resistless reasoning will he re-echoed by ninety
nine men out of every hundred in this State, and by
nn overwhelming majority of the North. In that ad
dress and resolutions the North may see the united
sentiments of the South. There are many in that re
gion who will go further—there are many who will
differ with the address upon certain points, but the ar
gument and the alternative will be approved by oM.—
The argument is to overwhelming that it presents the
alternative in a shape that cannot be avoided; and the
alternative is, that unless the fugitive slave law ts cur
ried into effect by the North, the Union is dissolved by
the necessity of tbf6s£c.
Upon this single proposition-the whole fabric of the
Union depends. Who would hare supposed ihis pos
sible a few years ago ? Who would have dreamed or
the contingency of the existence of the Union depend
ing upon the execution of a law based upon a hereto
fore indisputable and unanimously adopted provision
of the federal constitution 1 But if this be so, to whom
are we indebted for it ? To tltose bold, but bad men in
the free States, whose extreme course against the con
stitution, and whose insidious and unpausing efforts to
create dissent ions between the North and the South,
have excited the slave States into a perfect phrenzy of
excitement and of alarm. To call these agitators fa
natics is to honor them. They are the worst foes of
mankind—the worst enemies of liberty’—the proscrip
tive adversaries of the only successful experiment of a
free government since the world began! They are
entitled to the name of traitor, because treachery is a
combination of all the baser passions, and, though often
the end of an ambitious career, is much nftener the
resort of the incendiary and the coward. Even Arnold
was a better sort of villain compared to the domestic
vermin of abolitionism. He sought to betray his coun
try, blit professed to he true to his friends. Our present
traitors would not only sell the country, but they wou : d
pat the knife to the throats of all, whether their friends
or their foes. They seem to labor to extinguish this
light of liberty, and w ith it all who might preserve the
record of their infamy.
Georgia has a right to speak in such a contingency.
She was one of the original thirteen colonies, and it is
meet that sue should speak bold and decisive language
in this crisis. Her sons fought through the war of inde
pendence. They participated in the debates upon the
federal constitution. They know the trials and tribu
lations through which the country passed before it
escaped from the weakness of tiie confederation and
emerges into the beauty and power of the Union. She
can appreciate, therefore, the value of the Union, even
while she remembers and cherishes the rights she has
confided to it. Her voice in the present juncture o*
affairs—especially when manifested in such tones of
eloquence and patriotism as mark her address and reso
lutions published 10-dav —is entitled to the attention of
the country. It has only to obtain that to win general
commendation and applause.
Remarkable Coincidence —The assembling of the
Legislatures of South-Carolinn and Mississippi, and the
meeting of the Georgia Ct nvention, were made to hap
pen so nearly the same time, that the coincidence is
very remarkable. It is very apparent that die Goxer
nors and head fire-eaters of those different states had
fixed upon some day in the present month, for a general
stampede out ol the union. If the plot had not been
tnarred by the gallant and patiiutic Georgians, the
Ideas of December would doubtless have witnessed the
attempt to establish a Southern Confederacy’, under the
direction of that famous triumvirate,Gen. Quatilebuin,
as President andJCoinmandei-in-Chief, and Generals
Towns and Quitman, as heads of*the army and navy*
and heir* presumptive to the Presidency. The attempt
to draw Alabama into the scheme seems to have been
frustrated by the discretion of Gov. Collier, or pethaps
by his want of ambition.
From present appearances, the authority of Presi
dent Quattlcbum is likely to be confined to the Fal
metto state, for Georgia ha3 buried Governor Towns,
and Mississippi will hardly consent to lx- revolutionised
by Gov. Qtitman. —Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Monitor.
Negroes in tke Free Siaies.—An Ohioexchange
remarks tiiat the negroes of Ohio have learned to esti
mate properly the zeal proses-ed for them by their aboli
tion friends. The Sciota Gazette of November 6ih,
says: “ The census of the county of Geauga shows
that there are but eight black men and two tnuiattoes
in the whole county. Verily, tire free white men of that
county can afford to be political abolitionists. Why
don’t the colored people go and live among their
friends V’
Free negroes swarm in the Southern part of Ohio,
which has been chiefly settled by emigrants from the
slave States. There are 1,3 K) in the little town of
Chiliicolhe alone. But tliey shun the abolition district
of the North as if it was infected by cholera Alabama
Journal.
The Recruiting Service of tee Army.—From a
statement just published by the Adjutant General of
the Army, we learn that the whole number ol recruits
enlisted in the army daring the year ending on the 30th
September, was 3695, of which number 2884 were for
the general service, 79 for dragoons, 314 artillery, 405
infantry, and 13 for the company of sappers and miners.
According to the existing laws, the number of enlisted
men of the line is 11,528. The records show that of
the 19,599 persons who have offered themselves the cur
rent year at the recruiting stations, only 2884 were ac
cepted by the recruiting officers as able bodied, and
ctherwise fit for the service.
I as*tice-iana —A Mississippi paper, in attempting
y l °* n arli ole of ours, says that Louisiana lias a
perfect right to secede from the Union if she pleases,
and establish an independent government of her own ;
but that if she were to secede she would have no right
*° +* ,he moath of Mississippi. Now, if
Louisiana were an independent po wer , the mouth of
the Mississippi would belong to her; it Would be fief
momh—and wouldn’t she have a right to shut her own
mouth ?—Louisville Journal.
MACON, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8.
To Our Patrons.
The season for settlements is at hand. The past
year, to us, lias been one of excitement and of excess
ive toil. We have struggled incessantly (or theinain
tainance ofthe Constitution, the Union and our lights
without thinking much or caring much for pecuniaiy
rew'ird. In looking over our books we find that we
have a large amount due, which ought to be, and must
be ce l iectedat an early period. In a few days we will
enclose bills to all ol our patrons who are in arrears,
and hope that they will respond at once. The indi
vidual amounts may appear small, but the aggregate,
to us, is considerable, We should be glad if each pa
tron to the Journal and Messenger would send us one
new subscriber. If they wuu.J Uo so, it would enable
us to enlarge and improve our paper io an extent which
would more thin pay them for tl.e.r trouble.
Our Contract Subscribers'.
We have now nearly com pi- ted, mid propose to pub
lish in our next issue, a list of our contract advertisers
for the present year. This list r will publish gratui
tously lor all w ho advertise by ihe year and reside ill
the city. Lawyers, Physicians and other professional
gentlemen can have their names included upon the
payment ol five dollars in advance. The list will te
kept standing, and will appear occasionally during the
year. Persons who desire their names to appear nexi
week will please hand them in as early as possible.
Particular Notice.
The gentleman w ho very coolly, on Friday last, car
ried off from the Journal and Messenger office a very
large umbrella in place of a very old, small one, is in
formed that we have purchased a new one ofthe “ same
sort ” which he can no doubt exchange for upon the
next rainy day. It is one of Bel Jen’s best, and he can
therefore rely upon getting a bargain.
Scientific Lecture.
We take pleasure in calling special attention to the
advertisement in another column announcing the de
livery of a Scientific Lecture by Prof. Loomis for char
itable purposes. Professor L. is a gentleman of fine
I attainments, and has few if any superiors in experi
mental ami practical science. The object is so praise
worthy as to commend itself to the patronage of the
| humane and refined of every class. We trust he may
! have a foil house on the occasion.
Fatal Affray.
We regret to state that, in an unfortunate difficulty
which occurred on Sunday evening lust, between Wil*
Lis II- Hughes and Thomas Knight, Jr., the former
was wounded ill the body with a pistol ball, of which
he died in about half an hour. Knight was at once
arrested and committed to jail. As the whole affair
will undergo a legal investigation, and as there are
conflicting reports in circulation, we will defer, for the
present, both details and comments. The frequent oc
currence of such catastrophes of late should prompt all
men to greater moderation and forbearance, both in the
formation and expression of opinions.
The Weal Iter—the Snow.
Tiie weather tn this region for the last three weeks,
has been universally inclement. Much rain has fallen,
ami on Thursday night iast.vve had quite an old fash
ioned snow storm. Notwithstanding the ground was
completely saturated by the previous rains, and much
of the snow melted as it fell, the ground was covered to
a depth of several inches, and wore its white robes du
ring a considerso'e portion ol Friday. The river has
risen several feet, and it is expected that the new
steamer Isaac Scott will be able to reach our wharf
in a few days.
To Postmasters.
Postmasters who have kindly responded to the cir
cular recenly sent out from this office, in regard to the
irregularities of the mails, will please accept our
thanks. If others will respond in like manner, we
have no doubt that the causes of the failures will be
boih discovered and the evils corrected.
Hand him Round.
Our brethren of the press, and the public generally,
are cautioned against a rather notorious swindler, by
the name of \V. T. Johns, who procured work and
money of us under false pretences, and then took
French leave. He is a tall, slender,rather good look
ing man, with brown hair, daik eyes and rather deli
c ite sickly face. He profe-ses to have learned bis trade
in the National Intelligencer office. He has played
off similar tricks in Alabama, and been published in the
papers at Tuskegee, Montgomery and elsewhere.
Important Arrest.
The special Agent of the Post Office Department,
and Joseph A. L’-e, E-q., Post Master at Columbus,
on Friday evening last, arrested in this city,
man, named Kimbrough, of Columbus, upon a charge
of abstracting from the Post Office in that place a
pickage c attaining $6,000 ol the bills of the Bank of
Cheraw. The bills had been marked and numbered;
and proofs were obtnined to show that Kimbrough had
paid them out in this city, MilleJgeville, Savannah
and Charleston. He confessed the crime, end refunded
45,320 of the money. He is of a highly respectable
fniiily.and previously bore on unsullied character.
Death of Dr. Neufville.
We arc pained to notice, in the S ivannah papers, the
death of the Rev. Edward Neufville, D. D., Rector
~f Christ’s Ctiurch. He expired on the Ist inst., after
a residence in Savannah of nearly a quarter of a cen
tury. He was a courteous and affable gentleman, u
pure patriot, a sincere Christian, and a devoted friend.
No man liVed more beloved or respected, an J none will
Jre more honored and lamented. He lias leit to all a
a bright example, and to his children the legacy of a
pure and spotless name.
i
The Marietta Union.
We ffotice that Messrs. R. M. Goodman &. Cos. have
purchased the above excellent paper, and w ill continue
to a Jvocnte the principles espoused by their predeces
sorwn the late campaign. Our Union friends in Cher
(k*M ought to bestow a liberal patronage upon this
paper, as k lias been an efficient co-laborer in the good
cause.
Direct Importation.
Our readers are referred to the advertisements of Mr.
Geo. Jones in another column. We have glanced
through his establishment and particularly at the goods
alluded to, as well as at the bills accompanying them.
Mr. Jones assures us that he is enabled to lay these
goods down in Macon about 20 per cent cheaper than
a similar art tele can be procured by way of New Yotk
His present shipments are procured direct from Co
bridg-*, in Staffordshire, and they have given such en
tire satisfaction that he has determined to order his
entire supplies for the next year from the same house.
His stock is now very select, and his store is altogeth
er one of the finest in the Southern States.
The Proposed Union Meeting.
We have advices from Washington that the proposed
Union Meeting in that city on the 22nd of February!
will probably be postponed in const quence cf tiie
scarcity of accommodations there during the session
o! Congress, and the general inclemency ofthe seasons
at Washington about that period of the year. The
meeting will proabably be held later in the season,
either at Baltimore or Wheeling, Vh. The latter
place is more central,and will probably be selected.
Tn’lnlnli mid other Poems.
Mr. Boardman lias placed upon our table a neat
; volume, of about 250 pages, under the above title. It
is a collection of fugitive poems from the pen of Judge
Henry R. Jackson, of Savannah. The well known
reputation of the author as a gentleman of genius and
taste, will, of course, insure for this little volume a very
general demand. The poems which h contains fully
. sistain the reputation of the author; and indeed, ma
ny of them would be creditable to Longfellow himself.
County Election.
On Monday last, the electioiTfor Tax Collector and
Receiver for this county, resulted in the re-election ol
Richard A. Cain and Benjamin Russell. We cannot
give the exact vole, as the returns ftom the precinct 9
had not been consolidated when our paper went to
uress. As candidates, one of them professed to be a
Union man,and the oilier as nearly so, as would be
prudent for one who desired to retain his friendly rela
tions to his old party.
llon. Ali.en F. Owen.—The National Intelligen
er says: “It gives us pleasure to state that Mr. Owen
>if Georgia, who has been confined to his room by sick
ness since the commencement of the session, has so
;ar recovered, as to be able to attend tne sittings of the
House.
The National Union Party.
The New York Courier and Enquirer opposes the
organization of a National Union Party. It approves
of such an organization at the South ; but thinks that
its extension to the country at large, is unnecessary it
not impracticable.
In this the Editor is greatly mistaken. It is true, a
Union organization at the South, would of itself ac
complish some good ; but ii can never save the Union,
or materially check the present agitation of the slavery
question.
The ancient patty litres have already l een oblitera
ted at die Souih, and the Whigs of this section will
never again coalese with any party ai the North
which does not openly repudiate Ab fliiioiiism and
Abolitionists.
There is emphatically a great gnlf fixed between us.
I he political organizations of the North have courted
ami-slavery votes until the Garrisons und Greelyshave
ceased to be regarded as fanatics and madmen. Even
the Courier and Enquirer , itself gives occasional in
dications of quailing before the abolition sentiment ol
the political leaders.
Under such circumstances, the Whigs of the South
must and will stand aloof from all old party associa
tions. For the Whigs of Georgia, we are prepared to
say, that they will never go into another Convention
where they are in danger of being subjected to the
power of even quasi Seward men. The die has been
e ist, and the destiny of the National Whig Party is
scaled. Henceforth, we co-operate only with that
party at the North which stands upon the guarantees
of the constitution, and the basis of the late compro
mise.
This alone can save the Union, because this alone
can destroy abolitionism at the North and disunion at
the South. The one naturally liven upon the other,
and both are the slippery spawns of the midnight
caucusses of the old political parties.
The Whigs of the South go now for drawing the
line North, os well as South, and ascertaining at once
who is willing to stand by the Compromise and the
Constitution. If our Northern friends are weak and
irresolute, the sooner we know it, the better. On the
contrary, if like Buchanan and Dickinson and Cass
and Webster, they are ready to heard abolitionism in
its den, all will be well—the Union will be saved, and
treason rebuked
It is time that influential presses like the Courier {<
Enquirer, should be undeceived in regard to the posi
tion of the South. The National Intelligencer too,
vve perceive, has entirely misapprehended public senti
ment in this quarter. Tiie time lias come for the peo
ple to settle all these questions for themselves, and they
have resolved to destroy the old party lines,and to build
up a great Constitutional Union party. Such a party
w’ill be formed, and it will sweep the country, despite
the efforts of both disunionists and abolitionists.
The New Council.
The people of Macon, vve think, have much reason
to congratulate themselves upon the character and
composition’ of the new Council. It consists, without
a single exception, of men of good reputation and bus
iness habits—men who will discharge their duty
lesslv and faithfully, and with a single eye to the public
good It is particularly fortunate, that such a Board
should have been chosen at the present crisis. Macon,
it is true, i3 enjoying unusual prosperity ; but that pros
perity is likely to be checked by the operation of both
natural and artificial causes. The opening of new av
enues oftrade, and the development of new resources,
must inevitably take away from us, a portion of cotton
ami produce which we now receive. The completion
of the South-Western Road wil stop several thousand
bags of cotton at Oglethorpe, while the connection of
Savannah with Augusta by the Burke route, will open
anew avenue to the seaboard for the Cherokee and
Tennessee produce. Something then must be done—
judiciously done—efficiently done—to counteract these
influences, and to protect the interests of our city. We
mils,’ turn our attention to other pursuits. We must
rely less upon the mere sale and purchase of cotton,and
more upon productive industry. We must cherish our
manufacturing and mechanic interests. We must di
versify labor, and imitate our neighbors of Augusta.
For these purposes no men could,have been selected
more competent or more willing than the present coun
cil. They are all deeply interested in the property and
prosperity of the city. We have no doubt that tlie’r
administration will be efficacious for srood, and that it
will redound alike to their own honor, and to that ol
their constituents.
The City Flection.
The election for Mayor, Aldermen and city Officers
on Saturday last, resulted in the triumphant success o 1
the entire Union Ticket. The triumph was the more
signal, from the fact, that our opponents ran a split
Ticket, composed of Union men and Fire Eaters, and
thus divided to some extent the Union strength. Their
candidate tor Mayor, moreover, was, as well as his
competitor, a gentlemen ol most excellent reputation,
amiable deportment, and popular manners. Havinga
large circle of devoted personal friends, lie was ena
bled to carry much more than his party strength. Be
sides, printed Union Tickets were circulated,contni -
ing the name of Dr. Strohecker in plifoe of that of
his opponent. The vote on the Alderman’s Ticket
does not even indicate the full strength of the Uionn
pa ty in the city. Printed Union ’Pickets were
put in circulation by the opposition, with the name of
o lly one resistance man,Col. Atkinson, vpon them,and
that of Mr. Gove excluded. In this way^■Union men
who did not carefully inspect their tickets, voted uncon
sciously for otre of thir opponents. Even trick,
however, did not succeed, and the entire Unton Board
was chosen. - \
Our city has thus achieved ihe first victory imder the
Constitutional Union Flag. As she was the fcirst to
put the Union army in motion—as she was place
where the disunion spirit raged fiercest for a tiifie —it
should be matter of congratulation iliat her rwogj'h
should be the first to raise the shout of victory.—
To our friends upon lire seaboard, and among the
mountains, we have thus given evidence of our devotion
to the Union, and set an example worthy of universal
imitation. Here, old party lines have been completely
obliterated —the spirit of faction has been rebuked, and
the stars and stripes wave in triumph. To our Union
friends then, we say,“ go and do likewise” —cease no
effort to save your country, and keep its offices out of
tire hands of those who breathe a spirit of hostility
towards its institutions.
OFF IC I V L R V. TUR NS.
MAYORALTY.
UNION TICKET. I OrrOSITJON.
J. IT. R. Washington..29B |E. L. Sirohecker 229
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Z. T. Conner 363 R. A. L Atkinson .‘250
G. P. Levy 363 W. G. Wilson 191
J. L. Jones 361 M S Thompson 190
C. B. Cole 339 A. B. Adams 183
G. A Ells 327 T. 11. Plant ..171
L. N. Whittle 320
T. G. Holt 1-.06
S. F. Gove *268
PRINCIPAL MARSHAL.
John B. Camming... .2-87 I Willis 11. Hughes... .202
Lawrence Cherry 33 |
DEPUTY MARSHALS.
W. D.Wood 283 I Geo. Lunsford 205
H. W. Shaw 216 | J. W. Adderhold 61
11. E. Richardson 89 Jesse Morris.. 45
J. B. Nelson 47 | 11. J. Cooper II
CLERK AND TREASURER.
A. R. Freeman. | No opposition.
Strange Sympathy.
No one can fail to he impressed with the remarkable
sympathy which has recently been displayed between
the disunion pi infs of the South and the abolition
presses ol the North. The Soutluin Press is little
more than a reprint of the Boston Chronntype ; and
the Fire Eating organs of Carolina and Georgia quote
most extensively from the same source. llow is this?
Why this coincidence of feeling ? Why this manifes
tation of a common sympathy ? Is it not because they
both hate the Union and are striving together for its
destruction? Is it not apparent that they understand
each oilier, and that they are co operating to produce
the same dread results. It is true they are using dif
ferent means for the accomplishment of their purposes ;
but the end will be the same—disunion, civil war and
intestine strife and the final overthrow of Republican
ism in the New World.
Some Twins.
We are indebted to the Ifoputy Marshaf-of Carroll
county for a list of the twins reported to him while en
gaged in taking the census of the county. There are
no less than fifty-four sets ! One lady has blessed her
faithful spouse with no less than three sets, while sun
dry others have two sets each. We have felt rather
disposed to publish the list complete, and mny yet do
so upon some fitting occasion. We saw a man the
other day who said he would settle any where else but
in Carroll county, and we know of but few friends who
would be materially benefitted by a residence in that
particular latitude. Carroll is decidedly a fast county.
Movements in Congress.
Nothing has been done of much importance in either
House ol Congress since our last issue. The President
hai sent to the Senate a long correspondence between
Mr. Webster antiilie Austrian Charge des Affaires, in
regal J to the humane policy pursued by Gpn. Taylor
towards the Hungarians. The letters ot the Charge
were not only impudent but absurd. The reply of Mr.
Webster was a perfect model oi argument, of dignity,
and of rebuke. Its reading in the Senate pioduced the
most profound sensation. The Washington correspon.
dent of the Charleston Courier says:
“ Mr. Cass first rose, and, in great delight, at the
complete vindication ot his views, as expressed at the
a.e session,on this subject. Mr. Underwood expressed
hi- admiration of Mr. Webster’s letter, and deemed it
a complete argument in favor ot his resolution, to wit:
That the American people sympathise with all nations
in their struggles for liberty. Enthusiasm was at a
high pitch in the Senate and galleries, when Gen. Rusk
moved io pnnt 5000 extra copies. Mr. Maugham in
stantly doubled the number But Mr. walker iuter
ierred,saying that all the newspapers (particularly those
1 suppose that ‘ propagated tiie mendacious rumors’)
would publish tiie documents. .Mr. Jellereon Duvi.-,
while he justified the steps of the late Administration,
and approved of the reply ol the. Secretary just read,
said taut it was an operation ot old and settled princi
ples, which hud governed the country from the time of
Washington ; and to print extra eopies, in large num
bers, would seem to imply that those were to us new
principles. Mr. Clay put an extinguisher on the uil
uon to print extra copies, by retnatking that it would
be making too inoc.i ot a past transaction, and would
needlessly irritate Austria und other foreign powers.—
This, he said, without derogation ol the abitiiy and
propriety ofthe Secretary’s report.”
“The House has at length passed an important act,
rendering ihe land warrants, under the general land
bounty act ofthe late session assignable. They pass
ed by a vote ot two to one. I have no doubt that the
Senate will concur'in it. ’I he old soldiers will get
more tor their warrants than they could tor their pat
ents.”
Very Significant.
The Dallas, Ala., Gaxettc, contains the proceedings
below. They may serve to open the eyes of the people
ol Georgia to certain movements which are in progress
injthis State. Why are the meetings of tire|3outheru
Rights Association, kept up here since the adjournment
of the Convention, and the general concurrence mani
fested in its action ? Are we to have a second edition
of the revolutionary movements in France? Our
friends may be the more able to answer these questions
after reading the following :
Southern Rights Club at Pleasant Mill.—At
a meeting ol this club held on Friday, the 13th
list., the following change of the constitution was
proposed by Dr. Gunn and adopted, with only two dis
senting voices.
Resolved, That the second clause of our constitu
tion be so altered as to read thus: The object of this
Association shall be“ Secession,” as early as it can be
effected. J- R. SOMERVILLE, Pres’t.
W. Franklin Crumpton, Secretary.
Vermont.
The Washington Correspondent of tiie New Orleans
Picayune says: “The whole delegation from Ver
mont, in both Houses ot Congress, is opposed to the
late legislative net of the State in regard to the Fugi
tive Slave bill. There will be, without doubt, a stren
uous effort at the present session of the legislature, to
repeal the act. It has been received with such a burst
of odium, as a piece of incalculable and mischievous
legislation—so wantonly irritating to the South, and so
alien to the growing sentiment of peace and concilia
tion in the North ; and so repugnent to the feelings of
men in whom Vermont has most confidence, that its
repeal is considered as inevitable from considerations
ot enlightened policy alone.”
Messrs. Toombs anti Stephens.
The Washington lit public concludes a notice of the
speech ofthe lion. Robert Toombs at the Union meet
ing in Milledgeville, (which will be found on our
first page,) with the following just and eloquent
tribute to ihe earnest and devoted patriotism of those
two distinguished sons of Georgia—a tribute in which
three-fourths of the reflecting and intelligenf peoptCT>jr
the State will most cordially unite:
When our present difficulties shall have passed
away—as pass away they inevitably must, from the
oresent patriotic indications throughout the land—the
names of Toombs and Stephens will be radiant among
those of the eminent men who have stood up for their
whole country in the present crisis of her affairs.”
Free Negroes in Alabama.
The Alabama Journal speaking of the late action
of the Virginia Legislature providing for the removal
ol all free negroes from that State, says:
“ The opinion in Alabama is quite prevalent, that the
free negro population is the most dangerous incendiary
element to our existing institutions of society. Their
example is prejudicial on the slaves, and the opinion is
very general that the steps .adopted by Virginia, to re
move them, would be the best policy which could he
pursued here.”
A Voice from New Yoik.
The friends of the Union in Cataraugus county, New
York, recently advertised lor a meeting. Avery large
concourse of people accordingly assembled at the time
appointed. Alter the appointment of officers, and the
reading of letters from Senator Dickinson, and other
distinguished statesmen, a committee reported the fol
lowing appropriate and patriotic resolutions:
Hesolved, That the constitution of the United
States, from the moment of its adoption, has realized
the great designs of its patriotic founders—“in form
ing a more perfect Union ; establishing justice ; ensur
ing domestic tranquility; providing for the common
defence and securing the blessings of liberty ” to all
who have enjoyed its protection ; and as a law—su
preme and higher than .all others in the state, is entitled
to the veneration aid support of alf good citizens.
Hesolved, That we regard the constitution ns a
sacred compact bt tween sovereign states—inviolable,
both frorti the faith that was plighted to its
ami the inestimable blessings! to countless generations,
lv i|ch it is calculated to afford ; that eacli provision ot
T. 1 ..* compact is equally binding with every other; and
thhjt a w v son violation of any part of it, is tantamount
in fioint of principle and enormity, to a subversion of
the whole.
Hesolved, That obedience to the laws of the land is
among the first duties of every citizen, that such obedi
ence should consist, not only in submitting ourselves to
their mandates, but by so acting and speaking as to
encourage others to yield them a cheerful support.
Hesolved, That in tiie Union of ihe States we recog
nize all that lias won for us peace and prosperity at
home—honor and influence abroad. That is the only
guarantee ot the permanence of our free institutions,
and that its dissolution, for causes of less importance
than the blessings it secures, would justly subject us to
the scorn and contempt of all mankind. •
Resolved, That we look upon the measures of com
promise passed at the last session of Congress as a set
tlement of the exciting questions, relating tg the institu-
I lion of slavery embraced within their provisions:—
t That die interests and safety nf the nation require
that nil good citizens should combine in discountenanc
,ng all agitation upon questions thus put to rest, which
hull have a tendency to awaken or prolong the bitter
eelings ol hostility between different sections so
lazardous to the peace and permanence of die Union-
The Abolitionists next attempted to interrupt the
netting, by offering a series of resolutions condemning
the compromise measures, and lauding Mr. Seward.—
Much confusion ensued. The friends of the first reso
lutions adjourned over until evening, when the crowd
was again immense. Several eloquent and patriotic
speeches were made in support of the report of the
committee. The resolutions, after being again read,
were adopted by acclamation,and the meeting adjourn
ed with cheers for the Union and the Constitution.—
This is the way to put down the Abolitionists. The
organization of the Constitutional Union Party will do
more in one year to destroy Abolitionism than all the
Nashville Conventions which could be convened from
now to the end of time. Mr. Smith, of Buffalo, an
intimate friend of the President, in his letter to tl.e
meeting above, uses the following sensible language;
“ The meetings which have been held in differen
sections of the country, to express the strong attach’
inent of the people to the Union of the States, and
their determination to support the compromise measures
by which that Union is to he continued, have produced
the most beneficial results. The large attendance of
citizeus, without distinction of party, and the resolute
tone which has so properly been U3ed at such assembla
ges, have admonished the agitators, that the public
mind is aroused o the necessity and importance of re’
specting the obligations of the Constitution, and
thwarting the ambitious views of designing denia 1
gogues. Agitation of the slavery question at the North
will cease, as soon as it is demonstrated by the result
of the elections, that denunciations of the South, and
a pretended zeal for negro emancipation, are not pass
ports to popular lavor; and the sooner that fact is
demonstrated, and that by the action cf men of al
political opinions, the sooner wi l the country obtain
quiet and repose.”
The Chattanooga Meeting.
The citizens of Chattanooga have held a public
meeting, and taken a bold and manly position in re
gard to the miserable condition and management Os
the Slate Road.
They have addressed a memorial to the Governor in
which they make specific charges against the Chief
Engineer and his subordinates. They alledge
1. That there have been unnecessary delays, and
positive refusals to compensate slippers for damage,
and loss of cottons.
2. That the Agent receipts for all freights received
ns in lad order; thus defrauding the public, and ac
! know [edging the incapacity of the Boad to do a legiti
mate business.
3. That the Agent receives freight, even on these ar
bitrary terms, only when it suits his whims or capri
ces to do so.
-t. That the Agent is absent Irom his post, a week
at a tint • —leaving instructions with liisCletks to de
liver no goods until lis etvm !
These charges and spec'Heat ions were ordered to be
sent to the G ivernor lor aciion. \\ hat ttiat action
will be, we know no?. VVe Inve lmard that the Engi
neer instead of attending to his duties, has been spend
ing some time in A liens, upon a Ctiristmas jollifica
tion, and had to be sent for? Whit a commentary
upon the S ate Administration! Go ernor Towns is ul
| most the only mail in Georgia, who does not seem to
feel and understand that the Chief Engineer is botli in
competent and negligent. His friends and his toes
have proclaimed it from the Tennessee River to the
seaboard, yet Mr. Mitchell is allowed to hold his place
on the road, to the great detriment of the public inte
rest and the public property. Has the Governor lost
a 1 sense of official obligation ? Has he no regard lor
his own reputation, or the public welfare ? He cannot
plead ignorance of the state of affairs upon the S.ate
road. He was informed last summer, that as soon as
the winter set in, and the ground became soft and sat
urated with water, that the road would be unsafe and
almost impassable. lie was told that the Engineer
iv.,s neglecting itis business,and traversing the country,
making political speeches, and distnbuling disunion
documents. Instead of correcting the evil, and dis
misssing his unfaithlul agents, lie actually seems to
have given them lull license to to How their own whims
and caprices! Such a state of things is insufferable —
it is disreputable to the Slate, and calls for special ac
tion on the part of the next Legislature.
The State Koail—Fraud on Shippers.
The Chronicle and Sentinel says: “ The following
communication, from a reliable source, exposes a gross
fraud, practised on shippers of cotton at Chattanooga
by the Agent of the Siate Road, who, it is presumed,
is acting under the advice of the Chief Engineer. Cat:
it he possible that the great State ol Georgia is thus to
be made the party to a most disgraceful, petty fraud, by
a set of incompetent agents ? The facts slated by our
correspondent are fully sustained from another and
highly respectable source, all of which go to show the
utter incompetency of those who have the management
ot the road, to discharge their duties, and that they
seem to think that the great business of the road is to
be conducted by a system of petty trickery, that would
disgrace the humblest common carrier in the Union. —
We are assured that (or cotton in as “ good order ” as
it ever went to any market in the world, the Agent at
Chattanooga lias refused to give receipts for it as in
“ good order.” Hoping, we presume, if the cotton
sustained any damage in transitu, that by this con
temptible fraud and trick, the road would escape
liability.
Editor of the Chronicle and Sentinel:
Sir: —l understand that Mr. Mitchell, Chief Engi
neer, and Mr. Bishop, Agent of the State Road, have
refused to give receipts for cotton shipped on the State
Road, specifying the cotton in “ good order,” whatever
may be the condition of the packages.
Now, sir, in consequence of the damage to ( cotton,
Sustained last year, the North Alabama houses have
hftd coneidcruble diificuliics to contend with in induc
ing the planters in that region to ship this way ; and if
there is any one thing better calculated than all others
to drive cotton down to New Orleans, it is the policy
pursued by the State Road as above mentioned.
Will the people of Georgia longer suflersuch a
suicidal policy to be carried out, and drive the whole
trade of the Tennessee Valley (rich with her products)
from her borders ?
And what does it amount to, although the State
Road receives cotton, which is in good order, as in
“ bad"? It removes no liability lor damage, because
the proof would D* that the Road refused to give a re
ceipt as in good order, when the cotton shipped was,
clearly in that condition. It only places the burden of
proof upon the shippers, instead of the road, which is
unjust, and unworthy of the characterof businessmen.
It is, in fact, a gross outrage on the rights of shippers of
cotton.
Will you lake this matter in hand, Mr. Editor, that
public attention may be called to it ? M.
Mismanagement on the Slate Iload.
The Augusta Chronicle If Sentinel very properly
remarks:
“ Now that the Governor and the Chief Engineer
have been relieved from their cares and anxiety about
the late election ,and the latter from the labor of dis
tributing disunion phamphlets, we should suppose they
might bestow sufficient attention to the business of the
State road to protect it against such complaints as are
contained in the following article from the Knoxville
(Tent).) Register.”
“ We have been informed by a gentleman lately
front Chattanooga, that a steamboat touched at that
place a few days since for freight. There was a large
quantity of goods for the upper part of East Tennessee
in the Railroad warehouse, upon which the receiving
and fonr.urding Jiiifohants were ready to pan
ges, but th"p"Captain ot th<* boat was infornub tl\t he
could get no goods because Mr. Bishop, the superinten--
dent, was away from home, and had left orders that ito
goods should be delivered until Itis return. These aits
of Mr. Bishop, to gain him a little factitious iinpoit\
auce, are too expensive to the patrons of the roau to b*.
longer endured without being made known. The
clerks of Mr. Bishop, could have delivered the goods
just as well as if his own pomposity had been present
But because he wished people to find out that he was’
absent, he left an order that no goods should be deliv
ered until Itis return.
“ We again repeat the hope that the Governor of
Georgia-will see to it that the agent at the terminus of
the road at Chattanooga does his duty, and that there
shall he no grounds in luture for complaint of mis
management at that point. The case of delay to
which vve l.ave just referred was the more vexatious,
as the goods had already been at the d< pot foi several
days, and no other boat was expected for a week to
come. This is not the first time by fifty that merchants
have been subjected to the same annoying delays,and
we trust that if a sense of justice and public opinion do
not induce the proper authorities of Georgia to correct
this grievance, that the owners of goods thus unneces
sarily withheld will set k cgal redress.”
The Way it Woiks.
The last Chattanooga Gazette contains the follow
ing r-marks which we commend especially to the
Tax payers of Georgia. The people should mark the
men who are thus mismanaging their interests. The
Gazette says:
“It wasanxiously expected thatC il. Mitchell would
have come up before this time, and endeavored to ad
justthe unfortunate difficulty between the patrons o
the Road and its management at this Depot. He lias
certainly a knowledge ol it, and it would be some grati.
fication to the Commission Merchants here to know
that he notices their grievances, even if he does not re
lieve them. The consequences are disastrous to the
best interests of the Road, and the prosperity of the
country. Mr. Clay, the Editor of the Huntsville Dem
ocrat passed through this place yesterday, and inform
ed us that North Alabama Merchants and Planters
•were generally changing the direction oi their Cotton
to New Orleans, believing that they could not getjus-.
tice done them by the Georgia State Road. Mr. Pat
terson, one ol the owners of the steamer Jackson,
says, that on her last trip up, she had an order for 400
bales of cotton for this place, but before they could
reach the warehouse,an express had been sent by the
consignors for it not to be taken, as they would unde l
the circumstances ship to New Orleans. The Jack
son had to go back and run E.k River to get a load.—
The boats are coming up with half loads, and the
amount for shipmetrt this way is growing “ beautifully
less.” How long this state of affairs is yet to exist, is a
question that can only be answered by the authorities in
Georgia.”
An Abolition Editor. -*Elwood Fisher, the Editor
of the Southern Dress, when a member of the Indiana
Legislature, voted against a law to prohibit the mar
riage of negroes and mulattoes with whites, and he
now, in his Dress, defends that vote, and maintains
that the Legislature has no power to prohibit such mar
riages ! —A. O. Crescent.
Census ot Georgia.
We are indebted to the Marshal of the State and his
Deputies, Messrs. Edwards and Clayton, for the fol
lowing table, containing the census returns of 1850, as
compared with those of 1840. We regret that the ta
; ble is not entirely complete ; but hope to make it so
next week. It will be seen that Georgia has increas
ed with astonishing rapidity, and that her population
! will not fall far below one million. This will be an
; increase of over forty per cent.
i A recapitulation will be given when the population
is complete.
i r3!>. ii i*p>.
COl’STlE.'t. White Black.’ total, j White. iUuck. j Total.
Appling, 2515 405 2950 I <53. £97; 2052
Baker, 2147; Hj-F
Baldwin, 3554 4698 8252 3075 41t., 725)
Bibb, 7065] 5637 12702 5355; 444 < 9302
Brian, 118o| 2246 3426 ! 8971 2285, 3182
Bu loch, 2841 j 14G0 430! 2147; ?suj 3102
Burke, 5268 10832 !6UX>|| 4609, Sm><: 131-6
Butts, 4683 2805 7433! : 3235; 2023 5308
Camden, 2069 4217 6316 I 2004’ 4071, 6075
Campbell, 5725 1507 7232 4526 84j 53,0
Carroll, 8256 1101 9357 4725 52/ 02.j2
Cass, 10292 300-2 13234 7381 2009. 9390
Chatham, j 68011 12000 18801
Chattooga, I 5135 1630 6815 2024 8H 343a
Cherokee, ‘11737 1157112891;! 510! 491 5895
Clarke, i 5112 5371| 10983; 5603; 4919; 10522
Cobb, 11533 2283 133161! 663; W*. <539
Columbia, 1 3689 8272 ll96ii| 3920 7lo> 1306
Coweta. ! 8220 5105 13625 : 7263; 310; 10364
Crawford, i 4355 4628 89831; 4412 | 3569: <J3I
Clinch* i 508 129 637;! .... ••-•! ••••
Dade, 2535 148 26835 1285 79 Jobl
Decatur, ! 4623 3639 8262] 3178 : 2394 , 58,2
DeKalb, 11407 2917 14321 8456, 2011 10467
Dooly, 1 5536 2770 8362!; 3234 1193 442,
Early, ! 3711 3579 7290;j 3120; 2324 - 5*44
Effingham, 2016 1818 3864 1 1633; 1442 30m
Elbert, 6692 6269:129611 6077; 5049: 1112a
Emanuel, 3715 960, 4675 2500; 629 3129
Fayette, 6722 2055 8777; 4827 1364 61J1
Floyd, ! i | 31(5; 1276; 4441
Forsyth, 7SCS 1017 8331 5060 559 5619
Franklin, I j 7754; 2132; 9886
Gilmer, 8264 200 8161; 2441; 95 2d36
Glynn 701 4200 4901 891 4011 5302
Green, 4802 8266 13068 ; 4641’ 7049 11690
Gwinnett, 9030 2295 11325, 8552 2252 10801
Gordon* 5127 867 5994’ • •• - •
Habersham, 7674 1223 8897 : 7007 954 <961
Hall, 7377 1252 8629 6773 1102 <B,a
Hancock, 4272 7508, 11780'j 3697; 5962 9ffi>9
Harris, | <482; 64ul 131.j3
Heard, 4523 24001 6923 3749 1:>S0 d329
Henry 9759 4968 14727: 8424, 3332 117ao
Houston, 6436 9901 16340 4861 4550 9/11
Irwin, 23881 504 3392 ; 1?72 ! 266 2033
Jackson, 6827! 2941; 9763 5994; 2528; 8022
Jasper 4352 7134 11486 ! 4921 6190,11111
Jones, 3950 6279 10229 ! 4417 5648 1006 j
Jefferson. 380 G 526? 9073 2.57/ 43/7 ‘ 251
Laurens, 3115 2974 6189 ‘ 3078 2507 5535
Lee, 3033 3627 6660 ; 24491 205 i U'2o
Liberty, 2019 5380 ; 7899 j 1615, 559 G 7241
Lincoln, 2218 3780’ 5998 ! 2527 3368 , 589a
Lowndes, 5359 2355 7714 1 4394 1)80 5t>74
Lumpkin, 7789 885 8674 i 5143 528 5671
Macon, 4102 2961 7063 j 3553; 1492 5045
Madison, 3770 1933 5703! 3125; 1335 4510
Marion,t 6676 3604 I 028< 3, 41 1071 4812
Mclntosh, 1395 4629 6024 1318! 4012 5360
Meriwether, 8492 8004 16496; 8725; 540, 14132
Monroe, G 320 10170 16996; 780 1 8471 162,a
Montgomery 1542 CO3 2145) 1279, 337 1616
Morgan, 3650 7093 10/1. 3461 566-) 9121
Murray, 12504 1929 1413: 3826 799 4695
Muscogee I 6939 4760 11699
Newton, ’ 8109 5187 1329<; 7890; 3733 11628
Oglethorpe, 4392 7853 12245! 4506 6362 10863
Paulding, 1 5563 1432 7045 2102 454 2556
pffie j j 6595 2581 91/6
Pulaski, 1 4360 23U)’ 7704 2972 2417 5389
Putnam, . 3328 74Gs 10796 3711 Gsl9| 10260
Rabun, I 1828 841 1912
Randolph, ; 7909 4999:12906 5586 2690] 82/6
Richmond, 5650 6282 j 11932
Scriven, 3174 3678’ 6S5i 2162 26311 4,94
Stewart, 8715 7331 16096 8174 4759; 12933
Sumter, 6489 3335 10324 4115 1614 ; 5,59
Talbot, l 7817 8320 16631 8861 6766! 1a62,
Taliaferro, 2102 3041 514 f-j 2295 2890 5190
Tama]!, ! 2144 831 ‘2975 1878 846 2,24
Telfair, 2139 951 3093 2001 762; 2763
Thomas, 4343 5760 10003 3810 2956; 6766
Troup, |!i 8632 7051) 15733
Twioras, 3590 4640 8234-i 4214 4208 8422
Union, 6953! 278 1 7236; 3065 87: 3152
Upson, 4721 4704 9425; 5536 3372; 9408
Walker, 11445! 1664 13109’ 5552 989 ; 6572
Walton, 6941: 4089,1 103 th 6583 3626 10209
Ware, 3600 28); 3885 2189 134 2323
Warren, i 5176 4613; 9789
Washington 5893 5823 11716 596*.’ 4603 j 10565
Wayne, j 1090 406 149 C 877 331’ 1253
Wilkinson, 5553 2746 82% 4957 1-885 6342
Wilkes, ; 3331’ 8284.121150 363 t 6518.; 10148
is anew county loaned out of Cass and
Floyd.
* Clinch, is also anew county, formed out of Lowndes
and Ware.
tThis apparent increase of population in Marion is
owtng to a change in the county lines which threw a
considerable population fiotn Stewart within the pres
en limits of Marion.
South. Carolina.
The Legislature of’ South Carolina has, at last aftrr
much discussion and no little gasconade, passed a bill,
providing for a convention of the people of that State
in December next, and the election of delegates to a
Southern Congress. The character and purposes of
these measures are statgd in a correspondence of the
Charleston Courier, from which we make the follow
ing extract:
“ This bill, upon which there has been so much dis
cussion, provides for both the measures which have
been proposed, namely : the election of delegates to a
Southern Congress, and for calling a Convention of the
people of this State. It is but justice to say, now tha t
this matter has been finally disposed of, that the only
diversity of opinion which has existed, has been upon
the means to the end so much desired, viz: A DIS
SOLUTION OF THE UNION, AND THE FOR
MATION OF A SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY.
Many members thought thataconvention of the people
at this time would be premature, and they desired that
such a measure should only be resorted to in the last
instance, when it shall be positively ascertained that
die Southern States would not co-operate with us; and
then that a Convention should be called for the purpose
of seceding front the Union.”
‘‘A dissolution of the Union and the formation of a
Southern Confederacy ” are the objects which the Leg
islature of South Carolina has in view by the adoption
of these measures* Who are ready to follow the blind
lead of South Carolina in this unholy work ? For one,
‘lwe unhesitatingly and distinctly announce that we are
Jiot —on the contrary, under the present aspect of
things, shall oppose any and all measures which may
be pat on foot to commit Alabama to any such destruc
tive policy. We doubt not the effort will be made.—
There are many hot heads in this State who have been
anxiously looking to the action of South Carolina,
rea Jy to sanction any measures jlie may recommend.
Let all then_\yho approve of, or sympathize with, the
\a tion and recommendations of the Palmetto State,
;b; si once discountenanced, no matter what their pto
f’essions. We shall trust no man, politically, who at all
fivors or advocates the recommendations of South
C irolina, we care tto(_how loud his professions of re
gtrd for the Union may l)c. ’1 heir object is a dissoiu
t.on of the Union and the establishment of a Southern
Confederacy. With such we have no sympathy, nor
will we act with them.— Southern Shield.
A Veto Intimated.
S.-nator Dickinson, of New York, writing from
Washington to the Cataraugus Committee, uses the
subjoined language. Coming as it does, from head
quarters, it may be regarded as perfectly reliable :
“ Let the Union movement rollon. It inspires the
heart of the true patriot. It confirms the waveringand
strengthens the hands of the timid. Let the friends ot
Union congratulate each other that the questions which
so recently threatened the existence of the confederacy
so seriously, are so far beyond the reach of agitators,
who have employed tin in to disturb I tie puplic peace.
Congress will never again disturb them in legal con
templation,and no other power can. But, should Con
gress in an evil moment consent to open again the
sluices of bitterness,in disregard ot public opinion, and
the patriotic admonition of the President, of which
there is no rational fear, we me cheered by the intima
tion that any such contingency will etAounter a
constitutional veto.”
Reply oi the President.
President Fillmore and the Hon. Daniel Webete,
have addressed letters to lire Maryland Reform Conven
tion, acknowledging the receipt by them of the resolu
tions oi that body in regard to the adjnstin* nt measures
passed at the late session of Congress. I\\\ give below
the communication of Mr. Fillmore: ‘
Washington, December ;4, 1859.
My Dear Sir: —l have the honor lo acknowledge
the receipt of the report and resolutions” 4a the late
acts of Congress forming the compromise,” scc., adop
ted by the Maryland Reform Contention, which you
or warded to me, and beg leave to express the High
gratification which I derived from the persuil. I trust
that my future conduct will justify the confidence ex
pressed by tire Convention, that 1 will faitlrfuby per
form tny duty in tire present crisis ; att J I am gia tified
with the assurance of the co-operation cf the ®°pl e of
Maryland,in any emergency which uiav reqjfie i* in
support of the Laws and Constitution of our .country•
Truly yours, /lILLARD FlLLM^tt^
TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE/ S
From the Telegraph of yesterday
ANOTHER ADNANCE IN COTTON.
Office of the Mercery ) fl
Charleston, January 6. ‘j j
We are just in receipt of Liverpool dates by,;,
steamer Niagara, to the 21st of December. Cotton I- ;
again further advanced one eighth to a q na / I
with sates during the week of sixtv-five thousand sj 1
hundred and sixty bales, of which speculators i A I
fourteen thousand bales, and exporters twelve thou-/
The remainder was taken by the trade.
South Carolina Disunion.
The position ol the S.i th Carolina politicians t J If
one merit at least. It is open,manly ant! undiignisll 1 : ’
During the discussion of the Bill, providing for the es? H
of a Convention by her recent Legislature, many 0 f ’ H
speakers promptly avowed that their object in sup/ I
ing the measure, was to hasten a dissolution cf ,y if
Union. Some, on the contrary, opposed the bill I
the ground that it would not accomplish that object -A®
One of them, Mr. Preston, used the following lanj B a* I
which we extract from the Carolinian :
“ I aver solemnly on my conscience ns a patriot and I
a man, that I believe this bill will hinder, impede u-o j
delay the dissolution of this Union, and the confedera/f®
lion of the slaveholding States. These are the very I
purpose of my soul, the longing of my heart; and in I
the solemn belief that these will be greviously, fatally I
disappointed by the passage of this measure, I cannot I
in duty to my country and my own honor, vote for it ” I
The President and the South.— The Washington ■
correspondent of the Baltimore Clippei says: “The ■
appointment of James S. Calhoun, a Georgia slave- I
holder to be Governor of New Mexico, has been illy I
received by the advocates of anti-slavery in the Terri
tories, while it has given proof to the Southern people
ol the determination of the President, tho’ he is from
the North,not to taboo them and exclude them from a
due participation in public service, as has been alleged
by some.”
“ The introduction of slavery into California, bvan
alteration ot her Constitution, is now regarded here by
shrewd observers, as certain to take place sooner or
later. Every aspect of things in the new State, looks
to this consummation. It may be remembered, that
Gen. Foote prophecied such a result last winter.”
Singular Mistake. —The Philadelphia papers men
tion the return to that city of the negro man who had
been arrested a few days since, as a runaway slave
and remanded to his owner near Elkton, Md. The
North American has the following account of the I
affair: f
Not the Right Man. —Adam Gibson, the colored I
man who was arrested in this city, on Saturday, as a I
fugitive slave, and sent to the State of .Maryland, an- I
tier the decision of tiie United States Commissioner®
Mr. Ingraham, turns out to have been the wron£r man. I
He was taken by the officers in charge of him to Elk ■
ton, on Sunday, and Mr. William Knight, of < Vci®
county, his reputed owner, sent for. I
As soon as Mr. Knight saw the prisoner, he said I
“ that is not my slave—l know this man, Adam—jj<l
was formerly a slave in this neighborhood—how hi
obtained his liberty I do not know—he is not. mine. B
Mr. Knight afforded the officers every opportunity ;B
restore the colored man to his family and friends. SI
Another Fugitive Recovered.— What a terriill
blow to the fond hopes of Southern di3unionists ad 1
secessionists, will be given by the following account* I
the recovery ol a fugitive slave in Massachusetts—aw, M
in Springfield, a very hot-bed of Abolitionists, ifc B
deeply the ‘‘fire eaters” will regret to see Masack ■
setts coming to her senses, and all their golden vises I
of disunion flitting into airy nothings, preserving cs ■
a sufficient vitality to expose them to the indipia I
scorn of a patriotic people?— Chrnn. and Sent.
Fugitive Slave Case in Massachusetts.—A ta, B
from Schenectady (N. Y.) came into Springfield, aaf ■
claimed a black woman who resided here,married® I
with a family, as a slave. She was taken before (* I
Bliss, Esq., where the claim was established accoreig B
to the law in such cases. The woman was given tpts fl
the claimant’s property; when several of our beuenatt fl
citizen's, including Daniel Lombard, Fsq., one cfsrß
most estimable men, obtained terms,clubbed togeiir, H
and purchased her of hermaster. Mr. Lombard kisM
the bill of sale in his possession. This is the operaanH
ot the fugitive stave law in Springfield. There ua?to
excitement or disturbance. The law was allowed 9
take its course.— Springfield ’( Mass.) Repullim. 1/
Fugitive Slaves. —Yesterday the U. S.
Indiana delivered in this city, to Air. Trantel,of
Smith, Arkansas, three persons claimed by kknifß
slaves, consisting of an elderly woman, her
and her daughter's son. These persons have been
fined in the jail at New Albany for a number of
We may say to the credit oi the citizens of New
ny, that although there was considerable feeling is
city on account of the delivery of these person:-, not
slightest symptom of opposition to the the execution B|
the law was manifested. We have no doubt the
can be executed peaceably every where
diana.— Louisville Journal.
Facts to be Noted. —Withni the last few veefe-ijj
least live fugitive slaves have been brought
this city from free States, with as little trouble
be had in recovering stray cows. SB
We occasionally receive letters notifying
slave, said to be the property of someone in
cinity, has been lodged in jail in Illinois or
for his owner, who will please call, pay
take him away.—Memphis Eagle B
Return of Fugitives. —The Charlestown
Free Pres s mentions :he return of Air.
place, with two fugitives captured under the new
The Free Dress says: “ It was a somewhat
though gratifying spectacle, to see two fugitiveslsvtße
homeward bound, under the charge of officers
free State.” The disunion presses will not
this item, but will continue to inform their reader
the Northern people refuse to permit the
the fugitive law. ||J
Execution of the Fugitive Law.— The
Whig of Saturday morning says: “We
that a telegraphic dispatch was received last
from Dr. Win. W. Parker, stating that he MB
with no further difficulty in securing the lug.meflMß
ry, and that he would start for home the next
■I
The citizens of New York seem resolved
out the law in good faith. Bk
. The Georgia Platform.— The Richmond
rer, of the 24th ult., says: “We publish
matter of special interest, the preamble and
of the Georgia Convention, as adopted by
whelming vote of 237 to 19. The report is
with masterly skill and ability—and the rcHfMfe
speak out, cnlmiy but firmly, the true position
the South should maintain. They lay down
form, which we have so pertinaciously
—in a word, the Platform of Virginia.
The Vermont Nullification Law.—' The
boro’ (Vi.) Eagle repeats the intimation that the: B
law of the Legislature of that State, in effect n
ing the fugitive slave law, was passed with el:! Hp
scrutiny or even the full knowledge of the leg# Bl ®®?
The bill is said to have been “ brought out on aw -V k
d.ry of the session, when a large number of
senratives had left for their homes.” 3
Union Meeting in Northern Indiana —A H ’
meeting was held in Laporte, la., on the 23-J
C. Reed, E-q.,in the chair. Several of the
are like those adopted at Castle Garden triee
There was a strong effoit made by the Abo.;-' 1 M
Free Sailers, &c. to disapprove of the Texas j
Bii! and the fugitive slave bill, but it did m - !rf^B
N. Y. |
Union Meeting at Ban h, Me. —A l nkn
Hath, Maine, oil Monday night, was nunie- 1
tended, and was addressed by Gov. FlubbauV
Clifford and others. Letters were received
L Cass and .T. W. Bradbury, &c. Resoio B -
adopted declaring that the present crisis e
utmost wisdom and moderation, that the
law is constitutional, and that as oue ‘"„ f
inensmes it should be tested, and that re.-*
enforcement, or any cry of repeal, should ca-“’ ■!
dignation from every true friend of the cou-*-.- • 1
Census of Kentucky.—We learn from u '.. jBB
vilie (Ky.) Courier, that returns from YAofVli
that State have been heard from, the t>---“ 1 r t, P
which amounts to 917,106 persons; Grav^’ i . ‘ oheS
•Muhlenberg, Madison, and Pendleton coni ß
from, partial returns from which g*' 1 - 6ic
total population at 55,500; which
population of the Siate, 972,606; being a- J
773 since 1840.