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i ;Y WILLIAM S. JONES
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THURSDAY MORNING,.... SBPTi 18.
SAMUEL BARNETT, Associate Editor.
Tile Texas Boundary Bill.
Os this bill H may bo truly said, as of most
of iis Compromise measures, tiiat if the South
any complaint to make, it is against herse’f.
Passed by a majority of her own members,
again! a majority of Northern members, it
arrays Southern men against Southern, not
£ ilhern men against Northern. Against the
unanimous vote of the free toilers : t was car
rions hy the unnuimou vote of several Southern
States, hud a majority vote of the majority of
Southern States. Both of she Senators, and
a majority of the Repreaantatives of Georgia,
voted for it The entire delegation /romTcxai!*
vot'd for it. Now York, New Jersey, Michi
gan sod Ohio gave majorities against it. The
Southern majority for it Was 21; the Northern
majority against it 11.
The origin of the question was a disputed
boundary, at firet between the State of Texas
and New Mexico, thin between Texas and the
United States. The tide of Texas was techni
cal and the course bo b of Texas and of the
United States, in relation to it, inconsistent.
Texas had ; tiered, from 1833 to 1841, to treat
with New Mexico as a foreign power. The
United States has alternately treated New
Mexico as foreign territory, and as a portion of
Texas. When trie United States was subro
gated by the event of the war to the claims of
Mexico iu this territory, the controversy was
shifted into one between Texas and the United
States. We bslievo the latter to have been
estopped from a denial :,f the right of Texas,
by til i act. of declaring war on the assumed
title of Tet-ts. Whatever the merits of the
question of title,'‘meritorious or technical, the
United States had a tight to propose thß pur
chase of the doubtful or he undoubted ti le. She
did propose it, the members from Texas tinan
jinou -ly voting for tho proposi ion.
The character of the slave laws of lha coun
try is rot affected by the transfer. Slaves can,
beyond a' question, ha hold tn the ceded ter r i
lory. The effect cf the cession upon the
remaining portion of th#now organized terri
tory of New Mexico, is to extend the law tole
rating slavery (if it needed extension) over the
uninhabited end uncivilized portion, in which,
iu ihu opinion of etna.., uiiti-slaveiy laws
might otherwise have prevailed. If slavery
tails to go there, it is the fault, not of the
law, but of ihos. il. If that be the cause of
failure, as it alone can be, then the failure
would equally have occurred had it remained
a part of Texas; and the only effect of it
would have been to build up in Texas a divided
tit rest. The division was advantageous both
to Ttxa and the ceded country. Tha ir.habi
tants ■:{ il'o latter were mostly of a different
race, vvi'h different wishes and interests. To
iiav compelled an unwilling connection with
Text-s vvoulu have been unrecessary to the
latter and p{ j udicial to both. The remu
val of internal dissensions is a blessing, not a
curse. If die country would have been free,
the biii leaves it free; if slave, ti e bill leaves it
slave so:!. It has separated two incongruous
races to their mutual gratification and interest.
Tnip measure, passed by the votes of South
ern Representatives in die proportion of sto
3, is the act of Congress, by which the South
ern light* Convention declares that “ the
Southern States being a minority in federal
numbers, I ;>vo been forced to surrender terri
tory unquestionably an \ legitimately their own
to the use and eojoyaientof the hireling Sta.es.”
We a? appy to ho able to state that a ve>-y
leading Southern Rights paper once entertain
ed a d tT rent opinion on tho subject, and thus
express.s. J -reasons sufficient in its judgment to
i justify the measure:
“As to the Texas boundary question, it is suffi
cient to say, that it is a matter of free choice for
Texas to deckle to accept the terms or not, as she
pleases, which tiro offered by the scheme of Com
promise. • -
She is not required, s he is not to be forced to part
with any portion of her terri., ry,’’
The Weather.— Saturday was the hottest
of r,!l tha hot days of the past week. The
highest point reached by the thermometer in
our counting room on the afternoon of that
day was full 92 degrees.
On Sunday morning abo t two o’clock a
sudden change in the temperature took place
—the wind being from the North East, accom
panied with rain. -At BA. M., the thermome
er stood at 60— a difference of 30 degrees
within twelve hours. — Halt Amer.
With us, Sunday was the warmest day of
the previous week, the thermometer ranging
about 90°., Sunday night about 8 p. m., the
rain commenced with tho wind from the
norlheast, and on Monday morning the liter
mome’.er had fallen about 27°., since which
it has been unusually cool for :he season.
llkaly’s Picture of Webster.— -A corres
pondent of the New York Express, writing
from Boston, says:
“While conversing with Mr. Healy to day, I
was informed by him that he had been engaged
upon this painting for a period of four yenrs
Its value is SIO,OOO. Many reports have gone
abroad concerning its final destination, but the
iru'tlt of the matter is this: lie tells me that it
is his property —that he inteuds to exhibit it In
most, all of tho main cities in the United Sla'es,
and after that it is to be purchased and present
ed to the city of Boston, and placed within the
walls of Faneuil Hail. This is the long and
short of it. May the artist reap a golden re
ward for his efforts.”
Another New State.— By the late treaty
with the See-see-tran and Wah pay toan bands
•of Sioux Indians, tho United States obtain over
twenty one million of acres, lying east of a line
drawn from the head waters of the Rod River
of the North, to intersect the northwestern
corner of the State of lowa. The purchase
includes pert of the magnificent Blue Earth
River country, and that around the head
waters of the Des Moines and St Peters river.
The Indians are allowed to remain on the
land two years For this cess*on they are to
receive $1,665,600 Galena papers propose
that the name Dacota, be given to lh9 new ter
ritory, and such may yet be the name of one
of the States of the Union.
TO MAJOR JOHN 11. HOWARD.
No. 4.
You wrote a letter not long ago, directed to
Judge Nicoil, dated 20th July, 1851, which
you no doubt intended, and expected to pro
duce a sensation. With the exception of a
few lines of adulation, penned by the editor of
the Sou'herc Sentinel, in which your article
appeared, and dictated, I have no question, by
a spirit of kindness to the expectant author,
I have neither seen it written about, comment
ed upon, or even copied. Haw cruel—or
rather ungrateful—most be the disunion press
which fails to c .nnnend your piece, designed,
I have no doubt, to do their cause much good,
. hut destined to accomplish for it, as much
harm as a ti ing so harmless in its nature can
do. How far wrong was Judge Nicoil not to
reply to you through some public print ? And
how h j i«d, (as you think.) to the interest of its
cause, is the Uaion press not to devote the
whole of its time and energies to attempting
to refute the positions which you have so
bodly laid down, and so clearly established.
IBm a man of tender heart; and ra her than
you should be disappointed in seeing your
letter fall si ill-born front the womb of the
press, I will galvanize into it a temporary life
by bestowing upon it a pas.-ing notice.
1 have no douht yuu consider it of much
moment,that public opinion should be mould
ed by a letter from your pen, and therefore
you wrote one, and put “John H. Howard”
at the button of it.
- nt sure, to see one’s name in print.”
The editor of the Sentinel—with a due de
ference to your own opinion, I suppose—calls
on his subscribers to read “that letter” —not
Mr. Cobb’s, but yours, (for anx'ions as the
Disunion press was t> have “that letter” of
Mr. Cobb, they now display some backward
ness in ( üblishing it)—saying of State sove
reignty, that “Major Howard has studied this
question long and thoroughly, and is as well
acquainetd with it in aii its bearings as any man
in the S ate.” He who will impose upon
himself the task of reading your milk and
ciderish affair, will— provided he tsnot far gone
wi h the rabies carolinensis, (the Carolina
madness, in pi .in English,) come to the con
clusion that you are as little acqun-nted with
•he subject of which you affect to treat, as any
other man in the State.
But I will proceed to examine very briefly,
some of your dicta. You say “we must have
ndemnity for the past and security for the fu
tu:e.” You mean by this, I suppose, that the
Federal Government must dismember Califor
nia, a sovereign State. This was your policy
in the McDonald Convention. The resolu
tion which you favored was very happily voted
down. Why, my dear sir, don’t you know
that Congress has as much right to dismember
Georgia as to partition California? What a
beauti ul pink of consistency on the subject of
State sovereignty are you’
“We must unite in defence of sound prin
ciples.” I have very little hope that you will
ever perceiye, much les3 advocate “sound
principles.”
“It is unnecessary to talk of rights, unless
we have the power to defend and protect
'hem, A right is a blank without a remedy.
if we have no prwer, we have no right that
we can enjoy or defend ” It is very true that
“it i: unnecessary to talk of rights unless we
have the power to defend and prol.ct them."
And l may hero speak a word in season, in
reference to the right of Secession, over
which you and your party make so much
aoise. What is the use of “talking” of this
‘ right” unless we have the “power to protect
and defend” it ? And if wo have the power
to protect and defend it, when wo have cause
to exercise it, what matters it wiih us whether
i be a peaceable right or not ? If it is not re
cognized as a peaceable right, I suppose wo
must go to war and force its recognition as
such, and thus quarrel and fight for Secession
in order to show that it is peaceable !
“A rirht is a blank without a remedy ”
This is th?. first time I ever knew that a right
required a remedy. I thought that wrongs re
quired remedits.
Speaking of the Federal Government, you
say “it has neither body nor soul.” Did you,
or did you not get this sentence from Gov.
Troup ? If yea, state why you did not stick
on yo ir quotation marks. Also elate whether
or not, you have plagiarized from divers and
sundry other powers/
“Much thou hast said which 1 know when
And where thou stol’st from other men,
Whereba ’tin plain thy light and gifts
Are all but plagiary saifta.”
You devote a good deal of labor to proving
that there could be no United States Govern
ment without the Constitution. You wou d
have been more profitably employed in prov
ing that two and two make four.
You must go on and favor us with extracts
from the Constitution. For this we thank
you. Those of us who have labored through
your letter, can now glbry that we have seen
a part, if not'he whole of the Constitution.
After enumerating several clauses of that
instrument, you favor us with the knowledge
that “there arß other clauses of the Constiiu
tion, equally obligatory as the foregoing.”
in your next, please give us the clauses
which are no* “equally obligatory as the fore
goiag.”
You consider tho Federal Government the
creature of one State, and not of all the States
jointly. The man who thinks so, must be so
deeply in the fogs as to be past the hope of re
demption. Why the very term “Secession,”
which you an so fond of using, implies that
the Federal Government is the creature of all
tho States acting jointly. Admitting your
vagary to be true, what would a State Secede
from—herself? Admitting it to be true, “Se
cession” is not the term for you to employ
You should use tho word “uiinihilation.” And
when a Stale determined no longer to be un
der the control of the General Government,
you should say she destroyed that Government,
and not that she Seceded from it.
•‘The power of a state, in its relation with
the other states, has been compared to the
feeb'eand humble relation winch a county
bears to a Stato.” Only those on one side
of the same mental calibre as some whom I
might mention—can you guess who?—on
the other, assert any such doctrine.
“The S ate makes compacts with other States,
and has the political power to enforce them.”
The Union, you have stated, in a former part
ofyour article, is a compact between the States.
If one state should disregard this compact by
AUGUSTA, GA. FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1851.
secession, have the balance ihe “political pow
er to enforce” it? And if they have, may they
do it through their cotnmou agent, the Federal
Government—or how would you have it done ?
Or do yon mean that compacts ate to be en
forced between states only when the violating
party is willing to be forced t Or do you make
seme kinds ot compacts capable of being en
forced, and others incapable of being enforced ?
If so, is the Union a compact of the former or
latter class ? My deal sir, you should be more
definite, and, if possible, you should have
e'earer conceptions than you display of those
things of which you treat. Had you written
an essay upon popg-uts snd small-beer, pos
sibiy you might have treated your subject
more lucidly. Tho direction of the Roman
critic et? spiritedly rendered by Francis might
be cl service to yce in ycur next attempt at
composition:—
“Sumite maleriam vestris, qui scribitis ce
quam viribus.”
“Examine well, we writers weigh with care,
What snits your genius—what your strength can
bear.”
“Having established, beyond doubt, tho lim
ited character of the government, and the sov
ereignty of each state, with its right of peacea
ble secession,” Had I been within hearing and
seeing distance of you, when you penned this
sonteuce, 1 should probably have witnessed
you clapping your hands and exclaimit g,
“Eureka, Eureka I—l huve found tt—l have
found it.” Th- right of peaceable seees ion
is a quceitio vexata —a vexed question—in
American poliuca! science. It is one of the
opprobriu of politics. Perhaps 1 should hate
said that it wis, not ts—one of the opprobria
for you, Major Jack Howard ! have solved
the question. What a pity it is Jefferson,
Madison and Calhoun—he whom you worst) p
—while in life, and he to whom you, with the
rest of “the saints” expect to go after death,
are not in life to rejoico with you and add
their hosannahs to yours upon your ‘having
established, beyond doubt," the “right of
peacea!.!e secession,”
’Tis true they were inclined to ‘ doubt’ - any
such piuceable right. But then they bad not the
benefit of your “establishment." Could they
have only lived up to the 21st July, 1851, (tho
date of-your ieitor,) each might have said
“ Lord, now letiest inou thy se vaut depart in
peace, for mine have sfeen thy salvation!”
Mr. Madison, when Alexander Hamilton, ’he
argb-federalist, proposed that Neflr York
should come into the Confederacy vv'th the
right to secede, said “The Constitution re
quires an adoption iu toto, and forever.” Ho
also informed Hamilton in a letter upon the
subject, -that “the idea of reserving tho right to
withdraw, was started at R chnioud, and con
sidered as a conditional ra'ification, which was
it self abandoned as worse than a rejection.”
The idea of secession theu.diduot escape the"
vigilau.6 of the statesmen iu Virginia, tho land
where states rights first came into vogue,at the
very time of adopting the constitution. George
Mason was tho father of states rights, and his
opinions found an able champion in the el
oquent Henry. Jefferson cast their opinions
into a new mould, reduced their doc rines to a
system, and formed the creed of ihe Repub
lican party. And yet we are told by Madison,
the “ father of the Constitution,” and a leaner
in that party, that the “tdra of reserving the
ri ht to withdraw,” which i: yourdojtrine of
secess on, wa«, -n his ow i State and that of
Jefferson, Mason and Henry, “abandoned
as worse than a rejection ” Now, is it not a
little strange that you Disuuionists, who pro
fess to bo the only simon pure republicans,
overlook the fact that your secession notions
were first insisted upon by tha arch federalist
Hamilton, and that they assumed a more tangible
form in ihe traitorous counsels of tho Hartford
Convention, during the dark hour of my—not
ymr —coun ry ’a peril!
In Mr. Jefferson’s inaugural of 4th March,
1801, he gives what he considers the “e-sen
tial principles” of our government. Among
these he speaks of “erection,” “a mild and
safe corrective of abuses,’-' and of “ revolu
tion where peaceable remedies are unprovi
ded.” He mentions also, “absolute acquies
cence in the decisions of the majority,”
“ from which there is no appeal but to force.”
Mr Jefferson had to fight the hydra of seces
sion in his day, both as a stale man aid an
offic al. fn various places throughout his
writings, if you would'only read them, you
could find a plenty of other authority, besides
that adduced, against your disorganizing atnl
dest;active doctrine. But perhaps you have
been guided by the corrugation of that bright
luminary* D. C Campbell, to look upon these
views of Mr. Jefferson as “loose and disjoint
ed;’ and that his opinions are given more
compactly and maturely iu the Kentucky and
Virginia resolutions although the extracts to
.which I allude were penned subsequently to
the said resolutions; and although no one,
but you Disucionis s, can find any thing in
those resolutions about secession.
“ Keen optics it requires I ween
Tosee what is not to be seen.”
In 1814, when the question of secession was
rife in New England, John Randolph, the pur
est and only consistent Republican and States
Rights mauol his time, wrote to the people
of that Beciion of our country, the very hot-bed
of Federalism, dissuading them against th s
rash act, and urging them —using his own
words—“to resort to Constitutional means ot
redress only,” olearly showing, as the whole
tenor of his letter shows, that he thought se
cession unconstitutional, and any thing but
peaceable in its consequences.
William H. Crawford, the Republ can can
didate for the Presidency, in 1821, says t tat
he knows of “but one kind” of “cot Stitu
tional resistance ” which can be made to a
“ law of Congress,” “ and that is by elections.’’
He knows of but one ntber kind ot reais aucq,
‘ but it is unknown to the Constitution’’ “It
is,” savs he, ‘ an appeal to the swird, and by
the sword must that appeal be decided ”
In bis letter written from Washington 26 h
December, 1832, Gov. Troup says “The
only constitutional remedy for unconstitution
aljaws is the ballot-box.” “There is no power
given in tho Constituti >n to resist unconstitu
tional laws.”
By referring to Congressional debates, 1832
and ’3, part Ist, p. 522, you will find that Mr.
Calhoun, your political god, says, in speaking
of power os divided between each Slate and
the Federal Government as ihe common agent,
to “ give to either party the exclusive right of
judging, not only the share allotted to it, but
of that allotted to the other, was to annul the
division, ami would confer the whole power
on the party vested with such right.” On
page 505 be says, speaking of a resumption of
delegated rights by a State, that it would be a
“ breach,of the compact for which the Sta e,
as a coidtnunity, would be responsible.” And
yet in Lie teeth of all this authority, you have
“estahh hed beyond doubt,” the “right of
peaceable secession.” What a pity it is that
Madison, and Jefferson, and Mason, and Hen
ry, gud Randolph, and Ur&wford. and Troup,
a'uJ Calhoun, did nut have you for their politi
cs/ Gamaliel!
You may be surprised that I have not attemp
ted to answer the arguments by which you have
“established beyond a doubt,” divers and sundry
things. Had you presented a single argument.
I would have treated it with the respect that
had been due it. Finding none, I have taken the
negative and supported it by the opinionsof those
i who have weight with the Republican party —
i but never with the Federal party or the Disunion
; party. You leap to conclusions and ‘cstablish
mente’ with as much agility as that displayed
j by a dandy jack in a circus. I commend your
activity, but t'espiso your logic.
You ask, “ought not every good man, every
lover of law and order to pause, arid with his
hand on his heart, reflect and examine for him
self 1” Whether it is necessary for him to place
his hand upon his heart or not, I shall not pre
tend to say. Verily, every man should “pause,”
and “reflect and examine for himself.” In these
days of Jacobinism, disorganization and destruc
tion, every man should reflect for himself, and
stamp tho mark of Cain upon every enemy of
his country and his country’s Union and Consti
tution.
You very kindly set out to p'ove to us that
“we have a right to our slaves.” Hdd you not
better favor us with proaf that “we have a right
toqtll(ihorsea? You say your proof will be
“satisfsftnory to all but abolitionists.” Do any
but abolitionists d >ubt our right ? Why prove
the right to those who admit it 1 Had you net
better bring forward such logic as will have .-orne
effect upon these who deny our right 1 Or have
you hna the wisdom to see that you can prove
onlv admitted facts 1
“If we were all upon one aide, the ballot-box
would be ineffectual, ai we Are in the minority
in Congress.” How then can you justify the
folly of forming sectional parties, if you know
the Northern sectional party will be stronger
than the ’southern 1
You have a good deal to say about the Com
promisebeing “wise, liberal and just.” Now,
don’t you imagine Mr. Cobb is dreadfully “used
up” by your “carrying on so,” in regard to his
expression? He, no doubt, considers himself
“demolished,” and asks—
“Can minds celestial, so much wrath contain.”
But I must draw my article to a close. I
have bestowed upon your letter more attention
than its intrinsic merits contain. There is but
very little logic in your piece, and very little
really des rvtng notice. Its only characteristics
are bold nrd striking egotism, and assumption
of “establishments,” together with verbosity put
forth J
‘ With ail your flippant fluency of tonguo,
it lost confident* when palpably most wrong.”
Still charity demanded that your production
should not pass altogether unheeded. For bring
ing it ag i n before tho public* your most sincere
thanks are due J acobin-
The Christiana Outrage —VVe leaTii,
by a telegraph 2 di-pa ch to Win B Reed,
Esq , District Attorney of hiladeiphiu Coun
ty, t: m J L Thoupton, Esq., Dist. Attorney
of Lancaster count , yesterday proceeded to
the scene of ihe murder, and returned to Lan
cas er ci y this m ruing at 2 o’clock, having in
custody eleven prisoners, charged witn parti
cipating in the on rage.
Toe prisoners are composed of nine blacks
and two whites. Tne names of the latter are
Elijah Casner and Lewis Hanna way
They are committed to Lancaster jail.
Th s morning the U. S. Marshal, Mr.
■Roberts, the U 8. District Attorney, Mr. Asn
rnead, and a special U. 8- Commissioner from
Washington City, left in tha c% s for Christi
ana, for the purpose of making a thorough
investigation of he high hended affair, and
arresting ail suspected parlies.
These officerwith the view of properly
enforcing the.r authority, were accompanied
by a company of U. S. Marines from the Phila
delphia Navy Yard, and a detail of fifty of
Marshal K iysa’’s police.
It' was the intention of Marslißll Roberts to
scour the neighborhood and bring to justice all
the guilty ones.
We arei ;fo rued by several gentleman who
catno passengers in the one o’clock train from
the wo t tilis afternoon, that great excitement
prevs led throughout Lancaster county. The
negroes aro fleeing in every direction.
The Btate and local authorities who have
taken the lead in the ma ter, have acted "n the
promptest manner.
The U. Slates authorities have aiso exhibited
the most praiseworthy promptness in main
taining the l#w. :.nd ferreting out those who
have so boldly reacted its execution.
The offiedrt of the Ma shai’s police, who
want up were under an opinion of Mr. Reed,
depu iz vd to act as U. S. Deputy Marshal).
We understand that Judges Grier and Kano
have decided '.ha offence of the rioters to be
treason ag dust tha United States
Susp.ciou r-sis upon some fiueen dr twenty
individuals. — Phila. Bulletin, 13 th inst.
The llarceriak Book Establishment. — We
learnfioiu the Journal of Commerce, mat tho
book concern of tho Messrs. Harper, already one
of the largest in the world, is being further en
larged by the addition of another buiiding on i
Pear street, New York, forty five feet by one
hundred, and five stories high, connecting in the
rear, with tne principal establishment in Cliff
street. Among other improvements to be in
troduced, wiL be an apparatus for drying paper
by steam- a process hitherto u=ed, we believo,
in butono establishment, in Edinburg, Scotland.
There are already employed in the establishment
p.bout four hundred hands, whose wages exceed
SIC,OOO per month.
In the composing room are forty hands, who
are frequently engaged upjn eighteen or twenty
works at one time. In the stereotype foundery
twelve hands are employed, turning out more
than seven hundred plates per week. Between
fifty and sixLy mousand pounds of metal are con
sumed yearly in this establishment. In the cop
per and steel plate printing room are nine hands
and eight presses-each of tho latter averaging
seven hundred impressions per day. The press
room contains twenty Adams’ power presses,
and two hand presses which are kept constantly
running. Each power press averages five thou
sand impressions per day, and forty five hands
are employed in working them. Eight new pow
or presses are to be put in the new building.
Fifty girl a are employed in the sewing rooms,
and one hundred girts in folding, pressing and
drying the sheets.
Conthaband Goods —Those of our merchant
captains who have visit'd Rio, are yvcll aware of
the pryint haiits of the Custom Houso officers
at that port. Among those who had been fre
quently subjected to an annoyance from thi9
was Captain Scott, of Baltimore ; as well known
to the mercantile community as was his namo
sake Martin K , of coon shooting notoriety, to
the sporting world. Capt. Scott had been so
often overhauled by the characters above referred
to, that he determined upon >evenge, which he
accomplished in this wise s Having donned a
sack coat of ample dimensions, he deposited in
each capacious pocket a snapping turtle of his
own importation, and which was not entered
upon the manifest. Upon landing at the quay, ho
was soon surrounded by a group of old associates,
and while receiving their greetings, did not es
cape the observation of two of the lynx-eyed
officials, who, pressing close upon either side,
soon discovered the “packages,” haid to the
touch, and which of course were contraband.
There was a simultaneous plunge into 'he pock
et, followed by a scream not of delight. Tho
hands Yvere quickly withdrawn, and hanging to
a finecr each held his prize. Tho surprise of
one party and tho mirth of the other were about
equal VVe have these facts from a naval officer,
who has passed much of his time at Rio, and
they may be relied on.— N. Y. Jour. Lorn.
A new line of steam propellers, three in num
ber, is about to be established between New
York and Boston, Their capacity will be
between five and eis hundred ton*.
j Mr. Hobbs, the Yankee lock inventor, has at
last fiiutnphautiy opened that of the Eoglish
lock maker, Bramah, who had offered £2OO
to any one who would open it within thirty
days. A committee was agreed upon to pre
pare tho lock, plaeing it between two planks
firmly fixed together, with nothing but the
keyhole visible. Mr. Hobbs commenced ope
rations upon the lock in the presence of the
committee, and on the second trial the Bramah
lock was opened, and the £2OO lost The
Bank of England, the Government Offices,
and ail safes, were locked with either Chubb's
or Bramah’s. M[. Hobbs has been called upon
by the officers of the Bank of England, and
. very prebaoiy will receive orders for the entire
establishment A,ter Hobbs had opened Bra
mah’s took, the committee sent for Bramah
and his f. iends. and when they entered the
room and saw that this specially guarded lock
had been opened, they were* it is said, truly
complete pictures of despair.
Bridgeport, Conn., 14th.—A destructive
fire occurred last night, which consumed a
church aud several factories.
Several of the Cuban “expeditionists” ar
rived here in the Welaka yesterday. Among
the passengers we uotice the names of severai
oi the officers. VVe understand that the ex
pedition has been entirely disbanded, and most
of the men have returned to their homes.—
Such. Rep.
Cooper the Novelist.— Advices received
in New York, under date of the 11th inst.,
from Ccoperstown, state that Mr. Fennimore
Cooper was suppo ed at that time to be very
near his end, inasmuch as for four days he hai
taken no nourishment.
rtsL g&EAPKie »HWS.
ra::;ib!lttdfortl)eChronlitit <k »eH£iT»eJ.
Additional by the Earopa.
Charleston, Sept. 17.
Lxdru Rollin, and 120 others have been
arrested on a charge of conspiracy
Prince do Joinviile has been officially an
nounced as a candidate for the Presidency.
Affairs in I a!y wear a threatening aspect,
and the French squadron in the Mediterranean
has been ordered to the Italian coast
The decree of the Emperor of Austria pro
claiming absoluteism, has produced a great ex
citemeut in Austria, and throughout Europe.
New York Market.
Nbw York, September, 16.—The Cotton market
is unsettled, and the sales are small.
New York, Sep. 17.— Cotton.— The market to
day is dull, with sales of only 300 bales.
Magsnchiuetts.
The Faeesoilers of Massachusetts, have nominated
Palfrey as their candidate far Governor.
Another Fugitive Slavo Case.
Hall, a Fugitive Slave, had a hearing to-day in
Philadelphia before Commissioner Ingraham, and
-was remanded to his owner.
From the Charleston Courier—By Telegraph.
New Orleans, Sept. 16.—The Europa’s
advices have been received, 2 200 ba’es of
Cotton were sold at a decline of a quarter of
a cen . Middling wss worth B.Jc. Flour was
fir ner, and St Louis was quoted at $3 75.
Mess P rk commands sl6.^.
Further by the Pacific.
New York, Sc/.t. 14.—The s'eamship Pacific
with Liverpool dates of tha 3d, ha* arrived.
Bhe brings a large freight of fine goods and
192 passengers, among whom are Miss Catha
rine Hayes, and Hackett, the Comedian. Au
themic information has been received of ffie
discovery of gold in great profusion at Bath
urst, South Wales. The colony wa3 in a state
of great excitement, and thb people were
flocking to the loca'ity in great numbers.
The yacb? America had been sold to Capt.
Do Blaquiere, of the Indian army, for £7,000.
Hobb’s success :n picking the Bramah lock has
created great exci.ement among the Bankers
and Bramah refuses to pay the £2OO reward
offered. The builder of tho America returns
Yvith orders for 3 yachts fur Englishmen. Many
Engll h yach a are being lengthened and oth
erwi e Americanized. The Duke and Duch
ess of Norfolk itave become converts to Pro*
testan'mn.
Markets. —Tho Cotton market has been less
animated since the Niagara sailed, prices clo
sing rather in favor of buyers, without any
quotable change. Some circulars quote a
de fine ofjd. Sales oft! e 4 days were 22,600
bales of which speculators took 1200 and ex
porters 3000 bales, The stock at Liverpool is
047,000 bales, being 11,000 less than estima
ted. Trade iu Marches.er quiot and prices
lower.
The London Stock Market has improved.
Consols have advanced Railway stocks itave
improved. Foreign stockscontiuue dull.
France. —Voles in favor of a revision of the
Constitution pour iu from ail sides. Che Ly
ons Court Martial has found 36 of the prison
ers guilty, and they have b en variously sen
tenced to transportation, fines an^Jtnprison
The Prince de Joinviile has either
to offer himself as a candidate for
cy or to withdraw from the field.
Austria —The Emperor has issued a pro
clamation s ating that Ausiria will be govern
ed absolutely.
Naples —The king has repudiated the new
Cons’itution.
Turkey —lt i< stated that Ali Pasha has ad
dressed the Austrian Ambassador a writt u
assurance that tbe Suo'itne Po te will not re
le.se tho Hungarian refdgees before the Ist of
January next. It is also reported iri contra
die ion, that tbe Government has officially no
tified ths refugees, that an American a earn
vessel is at their disposal, to carry them to the
United Sta'e*. on the Ist of September.
Philadelphia, Sept. 14, —Tbe officers of
the Un ted Slates, composed of the U. S.
Marshal, District Attorney Ashmead, and
Commissioner Ingraham, who went up yes
terday to iovestiga e the Christaina outrage,
have thus far made 24 arrests, besides the 13
previously apprehended. T• e officers were
accompanied by about 40 other gentlemen.
Those arrested are mostly negroes Several
guns, dirks, &c., were found, the former
being heavily loaded- Much excitement pre
vails. Young Gorsuch is still alive—but taint
hopes are entertained of hi- recovery. It ap
pears from the testimony that about 100 ne*
groes were engaged or implicated in the liot.
The firing commenced from the house, as
ter blowing a horn, which brought a large
number oi persons, who came mostly armed.
The evidence is very strong against some
of the prisoners. „ r
Joseph Scarlet, a white mao, and Wm
Brown, a negro, have been committed on the
charge of high treason. Several oI the pris
oners were subsequently released and others
detained for further investigation.
VOLUME XV.—NO. 113.
Philadelphia, Sept 14 —The officers have
just arrived iToarLancaster uouiity, haring iu
custody ten persons, seven of whom have been
committed to prison on the charge of treason
and three detained as witnesses. They are all
negroes except Joseph Scarlet. A great
crowd of negroes was at the depot when they
arrived, but no disturbance took place. The
prisoners were marched off by the U. S.
marines to jail.
Norfolk. Sept. 13.—The schooner H, W.
Gambril from Baltimore to Savannah, put in
here in distress aud leaky. Sfie had been
ashore and thro wed out part of her cargo.
fenmernal.
AUGUSTA MARKET
Wednesdat, P. M. .
OOTTO N. -The market to-day is without
change, and yesterday’s quotations are fully sus
-1 tained.
NEW YORK, Sept. 13.—The steamer Atlantic
sailed to day with 70 passengers and 488,000 in
specie.
Stocks have advanced. Sales ot U. S. 6’s, 1868.
at 1224. ’
Sales of 4 000 bbls Flour at 63.81fa3.874 for
State ..rands, and &4.124a1,18{ for Gennessee.
Wheat is unchanged. Sales ot 10,000 bushels
mixed Corn at 59c.
Prov sioitb are firm. Sales of new mess Pork at
sls 874-
Groceries are steady. Sales of New Orleans
Sugar at 4| a 5f cts.
C Jton firm, at previous rates.
Whiskey 23 cts.
NFW ORLEANS, Sept. 11, P. M— Cotton.—
, Stock on hand Sept. 1, 1851 bales. 16,108
Arrived since*tj 729
Arrived to-day 1,749
„ 27,696 1
Exported to date ..4,914
Exported to day 4,914
Stock on hand and on shipboard not cleared* 22,628
Sugar. —Some 160 hhds. were sold and taken
out of the market Price:: are irregular. Fully
fair in small lots at fife.
Flour. —Sales 1500 bbls,, including 100 Ohio at
$3 62; 200 fancy Indiana at *3 70; 150 St. Louis
at $3 90; 200 St. Louis, favorite brand, at $4 ; 450
unbranded at $3 25 ; 23d St. Louis at— s 59 extra
Illinois at $4 65 and 200 extra St. Louis at —.
Corn. —Sales 4500 sacks, of which 2000 at —;
inferior at 35c ; 240 at 374 a 38c { 480 Yellow,
White and mixed at 45c. and 425 Yellow at 47c.
Whiskey. —so bbls. Rectified sold st 194 c.
Bacon —15 casks prime Indiana Sides and
Shoulders sold at life, and 84c., and 6 tierces sugar
cured Hams at IC4c.
Rope. —l 44 coils Missou r i were sold at 54*5. and
100 at —.
Freights. —Ship Middlesex taken for Havre
at 7fc.
Exchanges. —Fair demand. London, 10 a 11
per cent, premium ; Paris, 15.15 a 5f.15; New York
60 days, 14 a24 per cent, discount; Do. Sight, 1 a
14 per cent, premium.
*3 !)'4 ; ji mg J ntelii^encf.
CHARLESTON, Sept. 17. Arr. ships Camden,
Sherwood, N. Y.; Snlivan, Edwards, N. Y.j schrs.
Fawn, Miller, Baltimore ; Henry Lee, Erri’.kson,
Philadelphia; Mary Emeline, Hicks, Norfolk, Ys.
Cleared, brig Somers, Watson, Havana.
SAVANNAH, Sept 17.—U. S. M. steamship Flor
ida, Lyon, N. Y.; ship Southport* McCormick, N.
Y.; Mario-:, Johhson, N. Y.; barque Rhodes, Mc-
Nair, N. Y.; brig Palo Alto (of Charleston,) Wood,
1 Muriel, Cuba,; schr. Woodbridge, Bradford, Balti
more. ji
NOTICE, —All persons indebted to William H.
Candler, late ot Wrigbtsboro, Columbia coun
ty, deceased, either by note or account, are request
ed to come forward and make immediate payment,
as the liabilities of said deceased are considerable,
and must be paid.
ALBERT T. CANDLER, Adm’r.
September 18, 1851.
Eligible Dwelling on Ghreene-st.
(Baptist Church Square •)
FOR SALE,
a THE new and commodious DWELLING,
secon J houso above the Baptist Church, is of
fered for sale. The house contains 15 plastered
rooms (of which 14 have fire-places) besides 2 plas
tered and shelved store-rooms, and one iarga uoplaa*
tered room over the wing, and is abundantly fiirnhffe
ed with roomy aud convenient closets throughout.
The House j» built and finished in the vary besl
maimer, tho work in the various depart meats having
been done by as food mechanics as have ever been ■
in Augusta. Tbe frame is unusually strong, tbe
joists, studs and rafters being only 12 to 15 iDobasi
apart. The whole frame, including th« roof, bew
enclosed with inch boards fitted close, before tbl
weather-boarding or shingles were put on. Tbs
basement is perfectly dry, and free from dampness,
the floor being first paved with brick, that covered
with dry sand, and then a thick coating of pitch and
tar, on which are laid 4 inch scantling and over all
narrow 14 inch flooring, secret nailed.
The partition walls in the basement are all of
brick. The floor iu the main story is “ deadened,”
(to prevent the passage of soun t tram below,) in all
the rooms >nd the passage. Every sash in the House
is hung with best patent cord, aud round iron weights,
There ure roller Venetian blinds to every window.
The rooms arc large and airy. Tha dimensions and
other particulars will be furnished to persons desirous
of purchasing, to whom the premises will be open for
inspection on and after let September, from 11 to 1
and from 4 o 6 o’c ock.
$5,090 of tha purchase money may remain on bead
and mortguge for several years For further partic
ulars, inquire of JAS. GARDNER, Ju.,
Mclntosh street, or
JAS. RHIND,
au22- Tu&Sa on tne premises
Heynold Street Academy.
jVfll. C. I). OLIVER will open a SCHOOL
ivl. for Boys on the FIRST of OCTOBER, in the
School Room on Reynold street, formorly occupied
by Mr. Pope. Every effort, on the part of Mr. Oli
ver. will be made to advance boys placed under his
charge. In addition to the usual bran:hee teughc in
schools, he will take any pupil or class ot pupils
through the higher branches of Mathematics, to
gether with Civil Engineering. For terms, apply to
*(. Oliver, at Mr. D. Chaffee’s Furniture Store, sr
>y letter addressed to the same through the Post
Office. , T m
References- Gen. James Jone*, Uov. i. 11.
Meuns, and Ex-Gov W. Seabrook, South Carolina.
Geo. Scble f, Esq., G. B. Lamar, Esq., Tnomaa
Richards, Esq, and S. H. Oliver, Esq. Augusta,
Georgia- J
MISS CATON NET’S SCHOOL.
THE Exercises of MissCatonnet’s School will
be resumed on the first Monday in OCTOBER,
over Mr. Hoadley’a Carriage Repository, No. 228
Broad street.
Mies Joskphinb Brux will continue to give Les
sons in tbe Freuch Language, and Mr. Bxaurr in
Drawing. »5-1 m
YOUNG LADLES’ SCHOOL.
MRS. CUNNINGHAM'S SCHOOL for
young Ladies and Misses, will be resumed dn
the first day of OCTOBER next. A convenient
room is selected on Washing loll Btreotj between
Broad and Ellis streets.
For the liberal patronage bestowed the last season,
Mrs. C. takes this opportunity of tbanking her
friends, snd assures them that there shall be no ex
ertions spared to render the Institution worthy tbe
same. anW-tOl *
27,696
4,914