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THE MURDER OF COL. CRAIG.
The Court Martial for the trial of the
murderers of Col, Craig assembled at San
Diego on the 29th of July, 1st Lieut. A>
R. Eddy acting as Judge Advocate. The
Alta Californian says:
“The prisoner is an Iiishman, about
twenty-seven years of aoe, and at the time
of the committal of the deed was a deser
ter. Dr. Summers, of the U. S. Army*
Was appointed to act as his counsel. The
evidence went to show that Hayes, in com
pany with private John Conden, deserted
from Camp Yuma, on the Colerodo river,
nnlheSOthof May, am! in making their
way towards the coast, they were met on
the desert betvvaen Sackett’s wells and Alma
Mochri by Col. Craig and his escort. Eve
ry inducement was used by the Colonel to
induce the deserters to return, and promis
es were made to them that they should not
be punished if they complied with his des
mand.
Hays and Conden obstinately refused,and
swore they would die before they would be
taken back. The Colonel bad taken offhis
sabie and dismounted, and was approaching
towards the deserters, making an elnqunnt
appeal to their noble feclii gs, when the
wretches fired. Col. Craig falling instantly,
and Sergeant Bales, who was near at the
time, receiving two buck shot in the leg, and
having his horse killed Col. Craig received
the shot in his abdomen, and expired almost
instantly. After this bloody deed had been
committed, Hayes returned to where the
body of the deceased lay, and asked ‘wheth
er the old fellow had any brandy about him?’
The prisoners were subsequently arrests
ed on t'ne 13th of June by Louis A. Rouen,
who resides near Temncala. They repre-
senfed themselves as travelling from Sonora
and were delivered in charge of Col. Ma«
gruder.
Hayes did not wish to cross examine any
of the witnesses, but being called upon to
staie anything in his defence, he made quite
an eloquent speech. He acknowledged
that tire witnesses testified to the tiuth, and
that he did kill Col. Craig, it was not for
any animosity ho bore to him, but lie was
determined to escape at all hazards. All
he tequested was spiritual consolation and
the death of a soldier. He wished to be
shot and not hung.
The proceedings of the Court are now in
ebaree of the commanding General, who
will soon give publicity to the verdict. Of
course the prisoner can expect nothing but
death.”
From the Vicksburg Sentinel.
MUCH TO DO ABOUT NOTHING.
We had supposed that the signal dis
comfiture of the whigs, in the matter of the
New Boston speech, wou'd have taught
them to act a little more cautiously and ad
visedly, for the future. In this we have
been mistaken.—Scaicely have we disposed
of the New Boston calumny when another
horrible disclosure is made to fix upon Gen
Pierce the guilt of abolitionism: The
charge now is, that when he was a member
of tiie House of Representatives, ho voted
against a bill allowing one Edmund Brooke
of Georgetown in the District of Columbia
to bring into the District two slaves from
the State of Virginia. Whether he gave
such a vote or not, we are not prepated to
say. not having the Journals of Congress
before us; but on the supposition that the
charge is true, what does it amount lot
What is there in it to warrant all the pious
horror which the whig party effect on the
occasion? Let us look at the matter, not
through the distorting medium of partisan
passion, but in the sober light of truth.
We presume that every man knows that
Georgetown, the place of Mr. Brooke’s res
idence, is in that part of the District of
Columbia, which was ceded by the State of
Maryland. In 1790, the Slate of Maty land
| passed a statute in the following words:
I (See Dorsey’s Laws of Maryland, volume
| 1st., chapter 67. page 334,) :
"That it shall not be lawful, from and af
ter the passage of this act, to import or ]
I bring into this State, by land or water, any
i negro, mullatto, or other slave, for sale. OR.'
TO RESIDE WITHIN THIS STATE;
and any person brought to this Stale as a
relation to his vote on the bill for the relief
of Brooke, would not be affected; and thoe •
facts are, that he upheld the Legislative act
of a slaveholding State, and refused to vio ■
late the great principle of American lib
erty, that all men ehould be equal unde
the law, and exclusive priviliges be gran
ted to none. And so long as these mus
be admitted to be facts, we can safely leav
it to an intelligent people to decide, wheth
er General Pierce’s vote on the Brooke lav
justly exposes him to the suspeion of beinf
prejudiced against Southern men, or hostil •
to Southern •nstrtntions.
SPEECH IfR. TOOMBS—HIS POSITIOI
IN THE PRESENT CONVASS.
We have heretofore slated that Mr.
Toombs was expected to address the peo
pie of Wilkes county, whore he resides
Tuesday last. The Washington Gazett
furnishes the following synopsis of hi
speech on the occasion :—Rep.
"Notwithstanding the inclemency of tin
weather on Tuesday last, a large number o
the citizens of Wilkes assembled in thi
place to hear the views of our distinguished
Senator on the present state of political af
fairs. Never have we witnessed such ai
attentive audience as the one on thi
occasion; it seemed as if all were willing
to watch every word which fell from tin
Hon. gentleman’s lips. This was no party
meeting, for we saw Democrats and Whigs,
Southern Rights men, and Union men, and
nobody's men, all congregated to hear what,
our renowned statesman and fellow-citizen
might say.
For nearly two hours this attentive audi-
ence listened to the remarks of Mr. Toombs.
A FIRE IN FRONT.
The Whigs have latterly claimed the
glorious achievements of the Mexican war,
and are endeavoring to make the public
believe that they won the glory, while the
facts are stating them in the face that their
leadets refused to vote supplies and offer
ed up prayers that the Mexicans might
meet them with “bloody hands.” Their
first desire was to staive the American
soldiers; their next was that the Mexicans
might butcher them, as Corwin prayed for.
1 his heartless prayer was met with univer
sal indignation by the whole democratic
paity. 1 he advocates for slat ving I he A-
meriran soldiers and the whig senators who
desired that a ruthless foe should be per
mitted to wash their bands in the blood of
American citizens, are now endeavoiing
to make capital for their party out of the
fact that their candidate went to Mexico,
but, at the same time, under the fearfui ap
prehension that he would receive a 9eveie
“fire in the rear.” He very fortunately,
escaped, and had the piudence to keep
both ids front arid rear out of harms way
and came home safe, while thousands of his
fellow countrymen braved the fire of the.
enemy and won the victories that the Star
vation party are attempting to turn to the
account of a man who was never in a battle
in Mexico.
Iictter from the Don. John H. Lnmpkin.
CHATTANOOGA. Term. Sept. 6.
Col. Jas. Gardner—Sir: I have just received the
information from a frie.-.d, that the last Federal Union
contains this statement, “That I had written a letter
to some person in Middle Georgia, expressing my de
termination to support the present electoral ticket
without any change or alteration ” As this statement
is calculated to put uie in a false position before the
country, I desire the use of your columns to say that
I have been misapprehended.
I am, and have been, the warm advocate for concil
iation and harmony, among the friends and support
ers of Pierce and King. Irom the time of their nom
ination by the Baltimore Convention. And my ef
forts have hpen mainly directed to this object since
that time, and. as a Union Democrat. I rejoice at the
prospect that now offers itself lor the cordial re onion
of all the Democratic party upon the platform of
principles which was adopted at Baltimore, and the
candidates nominated by that convention to sustain
those principles. The withdrawal of the Union
Electoral Ticket, and the Address of a portion of the
Union Executive Committee in favor of a compro
mise, and their recommendation that a meeting of all
the friends of Pierce and King, without regard to for
mer political divisions, be held at Atlanta on the 18th
inst. furnished the most favorable opportunity for the
re-union of the Democratic parly upon the terms fair
and honorable to all. I indulge the hope that we shall
have an immense gathering of the Democracy of the
State at that time, and the desire should be to pursue
such a course iri regard to the re-organization of the
present electoral tickpt. as will unite the greatest num
ber ol persons in its cotdial and enthusiastic support.
As an humble individual. 1 can say, with the utmost
truth and candor, that! have no personal objection to
any individual who is on the present electoral ticket,
and would cheerfully and cordially support it, with
slave, contrary to this act, if a slave before, ! He ty reviewing the position occu
pied by himself for the past two years; that
Ire had not changed a single iota, but was
ready now. as he has always been, to give
hi9 support to the men who would plant
themselves upon the broad principles of the
Constitution and the country.
After reviewing the position of parties
for the past two years, Mr. T. then spoke
of the three candidates for the Presidency,
shall thereupon immediate^ cease to be
the pioperty of the person or persons so
importing or bringing such slave within
this State, and shall be free.”
Such was the law of Maryland, then and
still a slaveholding State. Her right to
pass such a law, no man will presume to
question. The object of it was to prevent
the increase of slaves by immigration, and
jERIAL VOYAGE.
Mr. Petin, the aeronaut, published in the
Bridgeport Standard the following narrative
of his recent balloon ascension at that place,
and his landing on Long Island. The
narrative closes somewhat abruptly, and
omits many circumstances of the voyage
which one is curious to know:
A boat, twenty feet long, was attached
to the balloon, in which, with my two assis
tants, Monsieur Gustave Regnard, of Franc-
onville. France, and Mr. W ood, of Bridge
port, Conn 1 took my seat. Sixty-four
persons, arranged around the balloon, took
charge of the ropes; and at a given signal
from myself, loosed us from the earth, and
we ascended in magr ifient style amid the
cheer« of the vast and brilliant assembly.
With the rapidity of an arrow, we were,
in a few minutes, to the height of 10,000
feet. We yet heard the huzzas which
were sent to us from our friends below, and
felt the vibrations in the ropes of our bal
loon. We now saw the cities, villages,
woods and rivers, as an unsurpassed land
scape. In a beautiful frame of green we
saw the public building and churches of
the city of Bridgeport, whose domes, and
toweis, and spires, gilded by the sun, shone
like gold and pearls beneath us. W 7 esaw
the city of New Haven, with its pleasant
greens, and on the other side the villages of
Fairfield, Westport, Southport, Norwalk,
Stamford, New Rochelle, and a thousand
other scenes of domestic tranquillity and
happiness so highly favored by the Creator
of tfie world. Far beneath us, shining like
njolden silver, lay Long Island Sound, dot
ted with vessels which apgearedlike specks
upon its bosom, while Long Island appear
ed in the distance; and far beyond, the broad
expanse of the ocean.
We observed the direction of our current
it was the fifth time we changed them—and
we found e constant cut rant 15,000 feet
from the earth, from east to west, which
would take us over the American Conti
nent; a current already known to extend
over 13,000 miles. Below and about 4,000
feet (torn the earth, is a currant in the op
posite direction, which would lake us to
Europe in less than four days, if it wore the
will of the Supreme Being. At the height
we now were (13,000 feel,) the balloon ap
peared to us like a vast ruby, framed by the
azure. It thiew its large shadow on the
clouds, and gave us tha image of an aerial
Venice. I threw out more baliast, and we
ascended neatly as far as it is possible for
human beings to exist; we had reached the
height of 22,000 feet. The earth appeared
a chaos — thermometer at 9° below zero.—
The cold wso intense; a heavy hail storm,
held in the air by a power unknown to us,
but ptooably an electric power, enveloped
ue, in a thrilling and awful manner. Respira
tion was almost impossible, and we could
net hear eacli other speak. One of my com
panions, being benumbed, fell into a pro
found sleep. We felt so weak that my oth
er companion and myself wete hardly able
to open the value. At last we succeeded in
opening it, and we descended rapidly to an
altitude of 13,000 feet. The imagination
of one exalted to such extreme height,
grows vivid and warm, as the body becomes
dull and chilled. For us no reality, no lim
its, were esisting. The dreams of Bernar-
dine and St. Pierre were realized, univer
sal peace seemed to be on earth, and the
whole globe were united States. But a strong
condensation of the gas brought u9 back to
the reality of terestial objects, and we de
scended to the ground.
We lauded at Riner Head, L. I., 50 miles
from Bridgeport, and ninety from Brook
lyn, where we found the kindest assistance
from the inhabitants.
thus obviate, in some degree, the dangers to j n(nv befrtr ® 'he American people. He
be apprehended from an excess of slave
population. The Constitution of our own
State expressly confers upon the Legisla
ture thp power to enact ju9t such a law as
that of Maryland, whenever they see pro
per. (See Amendment of February 2, 1S47,
Hutchinson’s Code, page 52 )
On the 27th day of February; 1801. Con
gress passed an act, the first section of,
which is in the following words : (See |
United States Statutes at Large, volume 2, |
chapter 15, pp. 103, and 104.):
“That the laws of the State of Virginia,
as they now exist, shall be and continue in
force in that part of the District of Colum
bia, which was ceded by the said State to !
commenced wita Gen. Scott, showing most
ConclusPvely that he had no claims whatever
| upon his fellow-citizens for that responsi
ble station. He spoke of him as a great
General; admiied his achievements io aims
against the British, the Indians and the Mex
icans; tha: he was the last one that would
pluck a single laurel from his military
fame. Qn this point Mr. Toombs was
very eloquent, and paid a just tribute to him
as a military chieftain, and that was all
1 could be said of him. Gen. Scott was the
, free-soiljeandidate—he was for the annexa-
| tion of Canada—but not for any more slave
! territory—this Mr. T. was bitterly opposed
! to, and recommended all who thought it a
the names of any of those gentlemen on the ticket,
The soldiers who fought in that war un- ! provided that portion of the Democratic party, who
refund fl,o m-1.„, „„J ,U* r li„. • . I have been identified with me, are fairly represented
io mo "" " " * on it. For one. 1 do not ask th it the present ticket
should lie set aside, nor do I think it is the wish of
the great body of the Union Democracy. We desire
that it should be so altered and changed, by common
consent and agreement as to make it more accepta
ble to all It is the de-ire of every true and honest
Democrat in the State, that wo should he successful
in the approadnrg Presidential election; and to do
this we oiust unite and act harmoniously together.—
This cannot be accomplished, in my opinion, unless
those who put in nomination the present electoral
ticKet, will agree that the Union Democracy shall be
fairly represented.
I have seen, with pleasure, that the leading friends
and supporters of the present ticket have met the ad
vances made bv the Union Democrats for a re union
in the true spirit of patriotism, which foreshadows
that every'hing will he done that is necessary to se
cure a cordial union of triends of Pierce and King,
and the triumphant success of that party tu November
next.
With great respect. I atn, dear 8ir. yours. &o.
the United States, and by them accepted ! ^ 5r>ra ^ duty to ftee their slaves to vote for
for the permanent seat of the government; j C **
and that the laws of the State of Maryland :
as they now exist, shall be and continue in
force in that part of the said District, which
was ceded by that State to the United States,
and by them accepted as aforesaid.”
i Here there wa9 re-enactment by Con- j
gtess of the act of Maryland of 1796. At
the time Mr. Brooke presented his petition
to Congress, the law of the District preven-
Scott.
The Hot;. Senator next reviewed the
political course of Gen. Pierce. He said
nothing disparaging towards that gentleman,
but on the contrary, spoke of him as a very
consistent man in all his Congressional ca
reer, but be had always acted with the
Soutli, arid was the safest man (on the slave
ry question) North of Mason and Dixon’s
line. We thought that Mr. T. lauded the
Democratic candidate too highly ; for sve
ted him and all others from bringing slaves ! , ,■ .. XT -, - .
there. EITHER FOR SALE OR FOR > bel,eve ,nere are many men Wh of ,hat
RESIDENCE, under penalty of forfeit-;
ing such slaves. Whether the law was a
good one or a bad one, is not material. It
had received the sanction of a slaveholding
State; and the inference, therefore, is, that
it was not in conflict with Southern interests.!
Under this state of the law, what did Mr. 1
Brooke ask at the hands of Congress ? Did ;
he request them to repeal the act of Mary- j
land of 1796, and to allow every slaveholder
in the Union to carry his slaves into the
District of Columbia, at pleasure. No.—
The act for his relief shows what he asked
— It is in these words : (Set United States
Statute at large, volume 6, chapter 25S, page
600):
“That Edmund Brooke, of Georgetown, 1
in the District of Columbia, be authorized,
line as sound as Gen. Pierce. He prefer
red Pierce to Scott, but would not vote for
either.
We were a little amused while the Hon.
Senator was speaking in glowing teims of
Mr. Pierce, to behold the countenance of a
number of our Southern Rights friends
brighten up, as if they had secured a pow-
eiful ally in that gentleman. But when he
stated that the contest between the two par
ties seemed to be w liether our next Presi
dent should be a big General or a little
Genera), a fainting General, or a sure
enough Genet»l, they were non-plus, and
we presume they burnt their mouths a little
in trying to eat their porrige too hot! as
did a certain General over a “hasty dish of
soup.”
Mr. Webster’s claims was next consider-
derstand the matter, and the following list
of heroes—for so we must caM them—will
prove that no worthy soldier in the Mexi
can war is a Scott man:
Gun. VVm O Butler, of Kentucky,
Gen. Robl Pafl^rson. uf Pennsylvania,
Gen. John A Quitman, of Mississippi,
Gen. G. i. Pillow of Tennessee,
Gen. James Shields, of Illinois,
Gen. Joseph Lane, of Indiana.
Gen Thomas Marshall, of Kentucky,
Gen. Caleb Cushing, of Massachusetts,
Gen. Sterling Price, of Missouri,
Col. F. M. Wvkonp, of Pennsylvania,
Col. \V IJ Risstfll, of Illinois,
Col. Feris Foreman, of Illinois,
Col. J P Weatherford, of Illinois,
Col J H. Lane, af Indiana,
Col. J P Drake, ef Indiana,
Col. G. W. Morgan, of Ohio,
Col*Jefferson Daris, of Mississippi;
Col. H R Jackson. of Georgia,
Col. J R Coffee, uf Alabama,
Col. Maxcy Gregy. of South Carolina,
Col. George Wood, of Texas,
Col. John C Hav- ol Texas, (now of Cal.)
Co!. John IV' Tibbatts. of Kentucky,
Col. Reuben Davis, of Mississippi,
Col. John 8 Roane, of Arkansas.
Cols T. H. Seymour, of Connecticut,
Col. Win Trousdale of Tennessee,
Col. R E Temple, of New York,
Col. Wade Burrett, of New York,
Col. R J Forquharsnn. of Tennessee,
Col. E G Butler, of Louisiana.
Lt. t’ol S W Black, of Pennsylvania.
Lt, Col. J W Gearv. of Penn, (now Col)
Lt Col J B Weller, af Ohio, (now of Cal )
Lt. Col S P Anderson, of Tennessee,
Lt Col M L Bonham, ot Georgia,
Lt Col W A Randoljiti, of Virginia,
l Lt. Col. Jeremiah Clemens, of Alabama,
Lt. Col, VV A Rn-hardson, of Illinois,
> Lt Col G W Hughes, of Maryland,
I Lt Col W A Gorman, of Indiana,
! Lt Col G A Caldwell, of Kentucky,
Lt. Col A R Hadden, of Indiana,
t Lt ColJ H Savage, of Tennessee.
JMaj Wm Brindle, of Pennsylvania,
t Maj F L Bowman, of Pennsylvania,
!Maj Solon Borland, of Arkansas,
Maj Joint Forsyth, of Georgia,
Maj A H Gladden, uf South Carolina,
Maj. Wm McDoniel, of Missouri,
Maj. T L Harris, of Illinois,
I Maj J 8 Gittings, of Ohio,
j Maj W H Polk, of Tennessee,
Maj R B Alexander, of Tennessee,
Maj C H Trail, of Illinois.
I Maj J C Breckinridge. of Kentucky,
j Maj M Hoagland, of Ohio.
| There is a list of heroes, to which the
democracy may refer with pride. We
would be astonished to see whigery present
such a galaxy of men who wete born to
be great. Each and every one of them i9
more competent to discharge the duties of
| President than Scott, and, while in Mexico,
i they fought with as muclt fetvor for the
honor of their country as any of the starva
tion 2>arty could ever feel, and never dread
ed a “fire in the rear.”—Pitts. Post.
JNO. H. LUMPKIN.
From the Advertiser If Gazette.
A BRIEF OUTLINE
OF THE LIFE OF
PA TR TO T A ND S TA TESMAN.
and permission is hereby granted him, to . j „ m . u , -
v r, J 6 , T ’. ed by Mr. loombs. He gave hts reasons
niiivn from tiie Xtite nr ViiioiVTA intn i re- i 1 i , ,
for pretemng that gentleman above theoth
BRING FROM THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, into
the District of Columbia, two negro slaves;
namely John and Alfred, the propeity of
the said Brooke; and to have and to exer
cise the same rights of property, end of:
ownership, over the said slaves, as if they
had been brought by the said Brooke into
said District at the time of his removal to
the said District of Columbia; any law,
usage or custom to the contrary notwith
standing.” Against this law it is said that j
Gen. Pierce cast his vote; and that vote is
now referred to as evidence of his hostility
to the institution of slavery. Can any such
inference be justly drawn from it ? We
say, no. In casting that vote, be did two
things, and two only :
1st. He refused to confer upon one
ers for the Chief Magistracy. He admired
him as a statesman, as a friend to the Con
stitution; and contended that it was ’Web
ster who stayed the flood of abolitionism—
who killed the Wilmot proviso—who dared
in the face of the North, and in defiance of
his constituency, while speaking of the
rights of the South, boldly to exclaim, “Oh!
God, I will be just.”
Mr. Toombs paid a high,glowing and just
eulogy upon the character and services of
the renowned statesman ; and he should
vote for him, and proceeded to show it was
the duty of every true friend of the Union
to elevate him to the highest office in their
gift. On one occasion, said Mr. T., when
From the Savannah Georgian 13th inst.
DISTINGUISHED ARRIVALS.
Our city was enlivened on Saturday, by
the arrival on the IF. Gaston, from Florida,
of an embassy of Seminoles en route for
Washington, to hold converse with Presi
dent Fillmore. At their head was the ver
itable Billy Bowlegs himself, accompanied
by two sub-chiefs, Seporke Yonolo, the rep
resentative of Sam Jones and tribe, and
John Jumper, a chief of the Arkansas dele
gation. In the suite of these envoys came
three attachees, Firehatchie Emarthler, Va-
cose Emarthler anti Choco Tustenuggee.—
The town was all agog to see these Com
missioners of the Red Men—and dtessed in
their fantastic garbs of calico tunics, flannel
breeches, mocassins and turbaned headdres
ses, striped all over with bands of beads
ami showy tapes, these delegated authori
ties excited universal interest. The whole
body is untler charge of Gen. Blake, U. S,
man a privilege which every other citizen tre to circumference—when the Wilmot
ofthe Union was prohibited by law from proviso, was before the Senate—and John
enjoying. . j p. Hale, that deadly enemy to the South,
2d. He refused to repeal a law which desired to know if any Northern man dared
the slaveholding State of Maryland had vote against the proviso, Mr. Webster arose
passed, for the purpose of preventing an f rom his seat and said, “Sir, I am a North-
tbis country was being shaken from its cen- Indian Agent, who,after three negotiations,
finally peisuaded them to accompany him to
excess of slave population; by immigration
from other States; and which Congtes in
1S01 had extended over that portion of the
District of Columbia, ceded by the Stale of
Maryland.
If there is any evidence of hostility to
slavery in all this, we would be pleased to
ern man, I was born amid the granite hills
of New-Hampshire—but thank God, I jam
an AMERICAN—I vote NO.” It was
then, continued Mr. T., thnt Webster stood
nobly forth, and battled for the South and
the counify. He concluded by expressing
a wish that history might record him the
have it pointed out. ^ So far from it, we . greatest man on earth, and the greatest
look upon Gen. Pierce s vote, on the Brooke Preshlent of the greatest Republic on the
A Solitary Whig Stale.—The Tribune
glories over Vermont as a Whig State,
‘fwhose pure breezes never fanned the cheek
of a slave,”(jand says the Democrats “have
not the assurance to claim it as likely to
support their candidate, or in any manner
contribute to their triumph.”
Well, we can spare you that much com
fort, and congratulate Gen. Scott and the
Southern Whigs on their possession of a
State, and an editor, so inimical to all the
feelings and interests of the South. The
fling ofGreely at the Slave States is in per
fect keeping with the Scott wing of Whig-
gery, especially at the North, and must be
delightful to our opponents in this quarter.
Down with the Union, the South, Pierce
and King, is the sentiment of these Scot-
titles; and up with Vermont because it is a
sure Scott State, “whose pure breezes have
never fanned the cheek of a slave.”—New-
Jersey Eagle.
hill as one which any Southerner might
have properly given. We know that under
the constitution of our State, every citizen
of the State can be prohibited from bringing
slaves heiefrom other States; and we know
too that the framers of our constitution con
templated that such a law should be passed,
after 1845. Supposing then that such a
law were now in force in this State; and a
petition weie presented by a single citizen,
not to tepeal it altogether, hut to set aside
face of the globe.
We have heard our distinguished Senator
on many occasions, but never have we lis
tened to such an overflow of eloquence as
was exhibited by the Hon. speaker through
out his entire address. The candidates
were fairly treated. Indeed we never re
collect to have heard political opponents
treated with more ingenuousness, than
were the present candidates. Mr. Toombs
carried out the motto which his career shows
its provisions for his particular benefit; j that he has adopted in public as in private
would any man have the hardihood to say I ||f e> ‘ honor to whom honor is due.’ r
that a member of our Legislature, who j
should vote against granting a special priv
ilege of that kind, would be an enemy to
the slave institutions of Mississippi ? And
should he refuse to repeal it for the sup
posed benefit of one man, would it be just
to say that he approved of the law itself,
and was determined io uphold it, under all
circumstances? Nothing is more common
than to hear members of our Legislature
say, and very properly, too, that while they
are opposed to exempting a single county,
or a particular person, from the operation
of a general law, they are still willing to
abolish it entirely.— When, therefore, Gen.
Pierce refused to set aside the law of Ma
ryland, for the exclusive benefit of Edmund
Brooke, the conclusion certainly does not
follow, that he regarded that law as just in
principle, or salutary in its effects.—It
would he fully as reasonable to charge, that
if, while the tariff act of 1842 was in force,
Mr. Calhoun had voted against allowing an
importing merchant in New York the right
to introduce his goods free of duty, that
therefore he was in favor of a protective
tariff, and opposed to free trade. But what
ever General Pierce may have thought of
the Maryland statute of 1796, the facts in
Land Warrants.—A rumor has obtained
circulation in Wall street. New York, that
a large amount of 160 acres warrants have
been issued, when the parties were really
entitled to only 80 aeres; and it is stated that
the Departmental Washington is now send
ing SO acre Warrants to the same persons,
and calling for the return of the 160 acre
Warrants improperly issued. Previous to
the tumor Warrants were heavy and de-
dining, and this has had the effect to de
press them still more. They are selling now
from S146 to 8150 for 160 acres, parts i:i
propotion.
Mary Duff.—A story is going the rounds of the
Northern papers that Miss Makv Durr, the actress
lately deceased, was the sister-in-law of Tom Moore,
the poet. The Cincinati Nonpareil thus disposes
of it:
“Forty years ago there were three daugeters named
Dyke. The eldest married Tom Moore, the poet—
the next, John Duff, a fine actor, and Irish gentle
man—while the youngest married Wm. Murray,
brother of Mrs. Henry Siddons, long proprietor of
the Edmbnrg theatre, and lately deceased. John
Duff brought his wife to America- Her talent, long
concealed; came forth 25 years ago, at Boston
when she became a great tragic actress. She is liv
ing and married to Mr. Sever, and resides in New-
Orleans. Mary Duff was her daughter.’’
Washington. He treated with them last at
j Fort Myers, and slatted thence on the 31st
ult. Their route is direct for the capital, to
make definite arrangements with the Pres-
' ident for the removal to the West of all
! their tribes in Florida.
In the suite, we must not forget to men-
! tion the interpreter, an intelligent old ne
gro by the name of Abraham. Ho is quite
a venerable, dignified looking personage, a
sort of Indianized major domo, with his
face set off’with a wooly mustache. In the
i history of the Seminoles, he holds quite a
conspicuous position, as the friend and coun
sellor of Mikanopi, and 19 known by the sou-
! briquet of the latter’s Sense Keeper. General
Blake obtained him in Arkansas, where he
stayed with Mtcanopi until his death. For
the position he holds, he is invaluable.—
Bowlegs i9 about 5 feet 9 inches high, and of
j ordinary strength of build. His counte-
; nance exhibits good nature, interest in con-
i versation and passing events, with sufficient
intelligence. In dress, he wa9 slightly dis
tinguished from the less noted of his follow
ers by the richness of color in apparel, and a
head dress set off with raven plumes. He
is said to have quite a fondness for the so
cial vices of tobacco and liquor, and lets
pass no oppori unity of indulging too freely
in the latter. He presents nothing grand or
elevated in his face or bearing, and is more
a contrast than otherwise to that wild ma
jesty we ?te wont to ascribe to these lords
of the forest. Among their visits to the cu
rious things ofthe city, was that to the com
positors’ and press rooms of the Georgian.
At the boxes and management of the type,
and the skill with which the compositor
placed the letters toge'her, they looked with
an unintelligible interest, hut when, for their
benefit, the press was set in motion, arid
sheet after sheet thrown off, ready for petu-
sal, they gazed with admiration and aston
ishment.
The Appropriations of Congress.—The
appropriations ofthe last session of Congress
amonnt to forty seven milliousof dollars.—
The civil and diplomatic appropriations are
88.03S.000; foreign mail steamers, $1,740,-
000, army. $S,738,000; navy, $6,952,000;
post office transportation, $7,527,000; Indi
an appropriations, $2,026, 374; deficiencies,
$5;500,000; indefinite appropriations, $4,-
500,000—total, $47,171,000.
FRANKLIN PIERCE,
THE SUN OF A REVOLUTIONARY SIRE,
Who fought at
IS U N UEK HILL,
And throughout the War that tried men's souls ;
w as horn at Hillsborough, N. II.,
NOVEMBER 2 3, 1 8 0 4.
Graduated with distinction, at Bondnin College, 1824
admitted to the Bar in 1827, taking a
high position in his profession,
and securing an exten
sive practice ;
IN 1S29,
ELECTED TO THE LEGISLATURE.
Serving with distinction, and such satisfaction to his
constituents, that he was
re-elected for
THE THREE SUCCESSIVE TERMS;
IN 1S32,
ELECTED SPEAKER,
By the Unanimous Vote of the Democrats
Of the House of Representatives of
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
IN IS32,
ELECTED TO CONGRESS;
IN 1S3-5,
RE-ELECTED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRE,
SENTATIVES,
So distinguishing himself by his Eloquence
and Services, that lie was,
IN 1837,
ELECTED TO THE U. S. SENATE.
He served in that body, with honor to himself and
credit to his State, for five years, and,
IN 1842,
RESIGNED THAT HIGH OFFICE.
And retired to Private Lite, and the Practice of hi 9
Profession. His services in the Senate,
however, were so highly apprecia
ted that on the resignation
of Levi Woodbury,
IN 1843,
He was offered the nomination of
GOVERNOR OF NEW HAMPSHIRE,
Which he declined, and was,
in the same year,
Appointed
UNITED STATES DISTRICT ATTORNEY
For New Hampshire,
IN 1S45,
He was appointed again
UNITED STATES SENATOR,
By th-e Governor of Newt Hampshire, but declined
the honor.
IN 1846,
He was tendered the appointment of
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY-GENERAL,
BV
PRESIDENT POLK.
The honors and emoluments of which high office he
however refused ; reiterating his determina
tion not to leave the pursuits of pri
vate life, except
At the call rf his Country, in time of War !
IN 1S47,
On the breaking out of the war with Mexico, he
immediately
VOLUNTEERED AS A COMMON SOLDIER,
And drilled in the ranks as such.
In the same year lie was
APPOINTED BRIGADIER. GENERAL,
BY PRESIDENT POLK.
In the same year
He fought gallenlly at the battles of
CONTRERAS,
CHURUBUSCO.
MOLINO DEL REY, and
G A RITA DE BELIN.
Receiving the plaudits ol Generals SCOTT,
WORTH and PILLOW, as well as of all his
brother officers and soldiers, for his conduct
and bravery; and on the capture
of the city of Mexico,
and the virtual
CLOSE OF THE WAR,
RESIGNED HIS COMMISSION.
And returned to his home and the practice of his
profession, in which he has continued,
loved, honored and respected
by all who know him,
until
1S52,
When he was unanimously nominated, by the Na
tional Democratic Convention at
Baltimore, for
President of the United States.
He has richly deserved all these high honors con
ferred on him by his fellow-citizens, by dis
tinguished service to his State and
the Country at large.
The exalted purity ofhis private and pnbiic charac
ter; His clear and discriminating judgment; His
manly and unfaltering consistency in the ad
vocacy and defence ofhis political princi
ples; His warm hearted generosity
and amenity of disposition; His
ardent and effective efforts
in behalf of the
Great Principle's of the Democratic Party t
Aided by an eloquence at once attraclive, convincing
and effectual, have all conspired to make
him unanimously recognized
at home, as
NEW HAMPSHIRE’S FAVORITE SON!!
While they have also so strongly appealed to the con
fidence and regard ofhis fellow country
men throughout the Union, that
IN 1853,
He will, on the FORTH OF MARCH, be inaugu
rated at Washington as the *
CHIEF MAGISTRATE OF THE REPUBLIC.
TTE METROPOLITAN HOTEL N. Y.
The N. Y. papers contain extended descriptions
of the new and magnificent hotel about to he open
ed in N. Y. called the “Metropo'itan.” It is located
on the corner of Broadway and Prince street. The
three fronts extend about 526 feept. It is six sto -
ries high; and is faced entirely with beautiful sione in
a richly ornamented style of architecture —Thereare
about 100 complete suits of rooms, including parlors,
bed rooms, dressing rooms, bath-rooms, closets &c.
&c., and about two hundred rooms for gentlemen,
with hot and cold water baths, closets, bells, speaking
tubes, gas lights and nearly all the luxuries of the
complete suits o! apartments; and other rooms suffi
cient to accomodate in all some 800 guests. There
are dummies on every landing, by which luggage,
refreshments. &c.&c. can he conveyed to any pari
of the house, in the most expeditious and noiseless
manner. The house is to he heated hy steam and
much of the labor of the house is to be done by
steam.
The house throughout is sa> l to be furnished
in the most elegant and sumptuous style.—
Commercial Advertiser and the Journal of
Commerce furni.-hes the following description of
the hotel :
••The main entrance is lofty spacious and highly
decorated, and the grand -taircase is probably unsur
passed. On the ground floor are re-eption rooms
for Indies and gentlemen, public and private offices,
the billiard room, I,air-dresser’s saloon, porter’s
room, and other apartments. The bar room is ill
the basement Attlie head of the staircase, the ceil-
in" is supported hy rows of Corinthian columns,
with highly ornamented capitals. On the first floor
are four extensive public parlorsand a spacious read
ingroom besides a great number of private parlors.
The ceilings of the halls and public parlors have been
exquisitely painted in fresco, by Harvest and Young.
| while the private parlors are chiefly decorated with
| plaster in basso or alto relievo The mantles are all
! of marble, even Io ihe servant’s chambers in the attic.
' These in the public apartments, and in the best of
j the private rooms, are of statuary. Senna, lirocatelle.
I pink and other costlv matbles. elegantly chiseled af-
| ter classic designs, and exquisitely polished.
| The numeious mantle and pier mirrors cost about
1 $18,000, and the largest of them measures it 1-4 hy
j8 1-2 feet, being larger, we are informed, than any
| hitherto imported. One of these is placed iri tiie
l bridal parlor, which is the most gorgeously fur-
j nished of any in the building. The headstead alone
cost $I.t 00; and thejbed spread ' which is of canary
I colored satin, embroideied with uedle work, cost
I $300. The drapery in this parlor, with its suits of
1 rooms, cost $2,500. The cabinet furniture is cover-
led with gold and orange lirocatelle. In decorating
I the parlors and dining halls, from $10 000 to $12,-
j 000 has been expended. The cabinet furniture has
mostly been made of new patterns, and the finest ma
terials. at the aggregate expense ofabuut 50.000. In
the principal mums the chairs and sofas are of rose
wood. The silver ware of the establishment cost
$14 000. the carpets, drapery, linen, dec., $10,000.
and the wi ole value of the ground, building, and fur
niture. is stated at $050,000 Over two hundred do
mestics have been engaged.”
Tiie house is to he opened to guests on ilia first of
September and the daily rhnrge is to be two dollars,
THE TURPENTINE BUSINESS IN GEORGIA.
Richard t’ogdell, Esq., formerly of North Caroli
na. where, il is said, the pines are greatly exhausted,
and do not yteid their usual quantity of turpentine,
has entered into the business on the Altamaha river,
ten miles above Darien, Georgia Some five or six
other persons from North Carolina have also pur
chased land in the same vicinity, ami will commence
operations during the coming autumn. There will
be force enough employed there to produce from ten
thousand to twelve thousand barrels the next year.
At the present rates this would sell at about sixty
thousand dollars. The Savannah Morning News,
referring to the enterprise of Mr. Cogdell, says:
The result of this experiment, he says has convin
ced him that the pines of Georgia are equal to those
of North Carolina in every particular. They will
yield as modi turpentine pei dip. and as the season is
longer, will give an extra dip per year. In North
Carolina the turpentine gatherers calculate upon
four or five dips in the season, yielding each from
forty to forty-five barrels Io the hand. In Georgia
Mr. Cogdell has had from five to six dips, ranging
rom forty to fifty barrelsto the hand. The turpen-
tine is also quite equal in quality. It produced from
six to seven gallons of spirits to the barrel, when
carefully distilled, and the Rosin brings as high a
price in New York as any other article offered in the
market.
Mr, Cogdell spoke of die influence of the tar and
turpentine business in building up cities. Only a few
year- ago, Wilmington, in North Carolina, was hut
little mure prosperous than Daiien now is The
turpentine business gave her the first impulse on
ward. Distilleries were established. Capitalists in
vested their means in them. Wilmington soon be
came a depot for naval s'ores—her shipping was in
creased. ami now she has a population of nearly
twelve thoii-and! The town of Washington. North
Carolina, had a population of about five thousand,
supported formerly hy the same trade A “ingle
mercantile house there lias been known to purchase
eleven hundred barrels of crude turpentine per day.
from carts, which carried from one to four barrels
each !
jSfatfs Rights and United States’ Sts'
S.3
' ris the Star Spangled Banner, oil, long may u wav
) erthe Land ofthe Free and theHome ofthe Brave.*
MILLEDGEYILLE, September 21, 1852.
DEJIOCRATIC TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT.
P1HRCE,
OF NEIf HAMPSHIRE.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
wn. n.
OF ALABAMA.
PRESIDENT! A L ELECTORS
For the State, at large.
Hon H. V. JOHNSON cf Baldwin.
Hon. WILSON LUMPKIN of Clark.
1st dist,
•2d “
3d “
4th “
5th “
fith “
7th “
8th “
FOR THE DISTRICTS.
TIIOS. M. FOREMAN of McIntosh.
RICH’D H. CLARK of Baker.
HENRY G. LAMAR of Bibb.
IIU. A I! XRALSON ol Troup.
JOS. E. BROWN of Cherokee
WM L MITCHELL of Clarke.
R XV FLOURNOY ot Washington.
WM. SCHLEY of Rirnmond.
OUR PLATFORM.
“A sacred regard for the reserved
riuhis ol the Stales—a strict con.
struclion of the Constitution— a de
nial to Congress of all powers not
clearly vranted by that iiistriimcut
and a rigid economy in lire public
expenditures.”—Hon. Jas. Buchanan's letter
lathe Demorralie Committee, of Baltimore.
Wilis Testimony.
THE NORTH.
For all his (General
Pierce’s) votes in Congress
and all his public acts erer-
ichere proclaim him the
champion of slavery.
Hon.Thaddeus Stevens.
THE SOUTH.
I hate no objection to
Mr. Pierre's roti s in Con
gress on the. slavery ques
tion. ] believe him to be
eminently conservative on
the Southern question—/
place no confidence in the
rieicspnper reports of his
speech at New Boston.
Hon. A. FI. Stephens.
Mr. Baring and the Lobos Gaann Question.— 11 r.
Thus. Baring, of the great commercial house of Bar
ing Brothers <X- Co., who is expected in the next
■ steamer from Europe, comes principally, the New-
York Tribune learns from authentic private sources,
in reference to the guano question, and not on any
mission relative to the fisheries. The house of Bar
ing Brothers hold large sums ol the Peruvian bonds
I for their clients and customers “the value of which
; has been very sensibly affected hy (he original action
of our Government on the guano question. The
bonds have fallen at least twelve per cent . and at Ihe
last quotations were almost unsaleable. The Tribune
j further states that Capt Jewett, who was to superin
tend the expedition, or at least that portion of it fitted
out in Nevv-York. has been appointed bearer of dis
patches to our Charge at Lima, and sails on the 20th
| inst.
j The Lobos Islands.—We find the subjoined com-
I mnnication from our Minister in London in the
Washington National Intelligencer of the 9th inst.:
Legation of the United States, )
London. August 24. 1852. (
Dear Sirs; 1 notice in the “Nevv-York Herald”
of the 11th instant, an article copied into the “Times”
of this morning, intimating that I had "consented on
the part of the United States, to the mutual monopoly
of the Lobos Islands belweeu Peru and Great
Britain.”
I have not spoken or written of the-e Islands to
any person connected with the British Government.
I have received no communication from the Govern
ment of the United States relative to them. Nor in
deed. have i made an examination to form an o-
pirnou.
I am therefore at a loss to know the reason for such
a statement.
I am, dear sirs, very faithfully, yourjobedient ser
vant,
ABBOTT LAWRENCE.
A Nnlional Union Convention.—The edi
tor of the N Y Mirror has been shown a
call for a National Union Convention, to he
held in that city on the 27th instant, for the
purpose of nominating Daniel Webster for j
the Presidency. This cali is signed by j
111. Toombs.
The uncertainty heretofore existing re
lative to the position of Hon. Robt. Toombs,
has been at last dispelled, and friends as
well as foe9 will breathe a little easier now
that the Ajax of Whiggery lias published to
the world his position in regard to the Pre
sidential election. He is represented by
the Gazette, the editor of which paper heard
his speech in Washington, Ga., to have said,
that Scott, though a great General was un
deserving the confidence of the people—
that he was controlled by /Jewatd and his
Abolition c ihorts. Gen. Pierce he said was
the soundest man, on the slavery question.
North of Mason’s and Dixon’s line, but that
he was not as great a man as Danl. Webster,
therefore he could not vote for him. He
declared for Webster, out and out. This
w ill be surprising to both the friends and
enemies of Mr. Toombs. It has been round
ly asserted by a portion of the late Consti
tutional Union party, that Mr. Toombs
would support (Ten. Pierce for President.
He was p’edged to this course by his prom
ises to Union Democrats in the Legislature,
when before that body as a candidate for U.
S. Senator. It appears that .Mr. Toombs
both represented himself, and was repre
sented by his friends, as a good Democrat.
He declared that the principles of the Whig
pat ty were effete. This position was re
garded as a bold and honest declaration of
principle. We have always been accustom
ed to consider Mr. Toombs a bold and in
dependent politician. His late course, how
ever. has convinced us that he has more of
the trickster in his political character than
he ever had the credit for, and that he has
played a treacherous part, unworthy the
respect both of his friends and opponents.
We have never supposed that Mr. Toombs
would spare any effort to further his aspir
ations, that could be excused undei the
most liberal construction of political honor,
but we confess that we have been taken
somewhat by surprise at his position, from
the confidential manner in which some of
our Union Democratic friends had spoken
of his determination to support Pietce and
King. Mr. Toombs does not assign as a
reason for not supporting Pierce, that the
Electoral Ticket uid not suit him. No. no,
he is opposed to Pierce and in favor of Web
ster from choice. Now what is the mmal of
Mr. Toombs’ position? It is this—and we
w ish every man who calls himself a Demo
crat and expects to adopt democratic prin
ciples as his creed for the future, to wear it
near his heart. When there are honors to
be awarded, and offices bestowed, confer
litem upon those whose past history and
whose known principles guanantee that
where your confidence has been reposed it
will never be disabused. Mr. Toombs sits
now upon a throne high above the hands
that placed him there. A Whig in thought,
feeling and action, a Whig he w ill continue
to be. Let those who have been deceived
by the treachery of Mr. Toombs and the
duplicity of their political leaders, beware
throw the Presidential ! wilh lhem ’ a,,a wh,,se vvh,,le f ,ast life Us
ually at war with evety principle they cher
ish and venerate.
George T. Curtis, of Massachusetts, Meti .
detlt P. Gentry, of Tennessee; and other dis- !l ’ w 1 cor ’ er °™ce9 of trust and honor
linguished gentlemen. The objects of the ; "P” n " ave _ n " ..common
movement ate t‘
election, if possible, in'o the House, to re
fute the assertion that Mr. Webster is uns
unpopular wilh the people, and to lay
the foundation of of a National Uni n Par
ty-
Rivalry between the Queens of Song— It
is said a war is springing up in New York
between Alboni and Soutag. Alhoni, it
seems, didn’t send Sontag tickets to her con
cert on Tuesday evening, but this is denied
by those who have charge of that part of the
business. Sontag W’as inf wined that a hox
was at her disposal, provided she came un-
herald so as not to interfere with the con
cert— in other words; (as the Sontag party
interpret.) that none ofthe applause should
be abstracted from Alboni and given to Son-
*'g- i_
T3osto.v; September 10. — Mr. Websters
Health.—The Courier of this mornb.g says:
Mr. Websters health has been somewhat
impaired, but he expects to bepeifectly re
stored iu a few days. 4 he Courier also de
nies the report that Mr. Webster was about
publishing an address or letter from Marsh
field to his ftietids, urging them to refrain
from using his name as an indepehdent can
didate for the Presidency.
Rebuke.—Col. Haskell, one ofthe Fedrral can
didates for 1 lector in Tennessee, who commanded a
Jlillanl Fillsnorc—Wlio is he?
Millard Fillmore, from a personal diffi
culty witli W. H. Seward in his own State,
became very suddenly the idol ofSouthetn
Whigs. Being opposed to Seward, that
wa9 enough for Southern Whigs in 1S50
and 51. They forgot his past course and
| his principles as publicly expressed in his
Etie le ter of 1S3S, and boasted of his Con
servatism, his soundness on the Southern
question, and the like. Mr. Fillmore in our
estimation, lias never done anv great act
which should hind him to the Southern heart
with hooks of steel—not even during the
period ofhis greatest popularity with South
ern men. We have always believed him
an Abolitionist at heart, anti wanted only the
ability and occasion, to carry out his pecu
liar notions. He looked to the South for a
re-nomination, because Scott, backed by
Seward, a personal enemy, had headed him
at the North. When however it appeared
that the South was not strong enough to se
cure him the nomination, his jattus-face of
peace was tinned from the South. His
true character is being developed, and un
less Southern men are determined to shut
out from their eyes the beams of truth, a-
mong his frien !s in Georgia, none will be
found so poor as to do him reverence. We
wish to calf attention to the act of President
Fillmore pardoning Drayton and Sayres,
regiment in Mexico, lliusrebukes thexile slanderers
nf Gen Pierce.
“I would consider myself personally disgraced
did I stoop to the humiliating baseness ol insinuating ( . „
cowardice against Gen Pierce, whom l know to be a When the particulars of this odious transac-
brave u.an. chivalric in bis conduct ou Ihe field of ' ~ ‘
battle. Others may pursue that course which their
feelings dictate; but as for inyself, I would spurn
thought did il obtrude itself upon my utiod.
tion are known t<> the Southern people, if
the j (here is patriotism and honor in their bo-
i soma, they w ill repel with indignation the