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SATURDAY, OCT. £3.
It, port from the Board of Health.
It will be seen from the following report from
,br Chairman of the Board of Health, that a case
of yellow fever,(contracted in Charleston, termi
nated fatally in thia city late on Monday night last.
No case has originated in this city this season,
and no person believes that any case will occur
k'tVe know that every citizen thankfully and cor
dially endorses the statement made by Mr. lire,
that Angusta has never been m a healthier condi
tion than at the present time:
Office of thc Board of Health, I
Augusta, October 19,1858. )
Tv the Editort of tko OonititiUionalut :
The Hoard of Health of this city having pledg
ed themselves to the public to report the first and
all cases of yellow fever brought here, or that
originated here, take the earliest opportunity to
suite that a young man by the name of Jacob Del
kerarrived in this city on Tuesday last from I enn
avlvania, and died here by yellow feyer on tlic fol
lowing Monday night. He came through Charles
ton. and remained there a short lime where lie
contracted the disease of which he died. His re
mains were immediately removed to the cemetery.
Our city nerer was in a healthier condition than
at the present time. James M. Dye,
Chairman Board of Health.
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South Carolina Congressmen. ,
The Columbia Carolinian, of Tuesday says: ,
"Returns from the several Congressional Districts
show that Messrs. Bonham, Bovce, Keitt, j
McQueen, and Miles, huve been returned by very |
complimentary votes. In Col. Oim’s district, the ,
following, from a well advised source, is the re- ,
suit:
Ashmore. Vernon.
Pickens 1,492 532
Anderson 2,155 244
Orecnville 1,902 070
Spartanburg 752 2,090
Union 904 788
7,205 4,924
Majority for Col. Ashmore 2,281
Judge Ilardenuut.
We find the following paragraph in the Macon
Journal <9 Mrnetiger, of the 20th iust.:
"We deeply regret to learn that this able jurist
and most estimable gentleman still lies dangerous
ly ill, with little expectation of recovery.”
Extensive Hale of Cottcc.
On Friday 15th, at Richmond, Va., there was a 1
heavy sale of coffee, consisting of eight thousand 1
bales of Rio and six lmudrcd of Santos. The sale
wan largely attended by grocery merchants, from
the principal cities in Virginia, and from some few
of the northern cities. The IHs/ialch says:
•' A gentleman from Philadelphia purchased
some eight or nine hundred bags. Tho coffee was
sold by the hundred weight, und seven thousand
tire hundred hags were purchased. The remainder
ot tho cargoes will be disposed of at private sale.
led M O, 1 ,500 hags, averaged 11.15
l.ot 1), 5,000 bags, averaged 11.00
l<ot A, 1,200 bags (part withdraw n) 10.H0
I, Santos, 600 bags 11.40
Georgia Knttroiul.
Wo arc indebted to the politeness of Mr. Ham’l
11. Rowland, one of the clerks at tho Georgia
railroad, for the annexed statement of the quan
tity of ootton, flour and grain transported over
the line and received at the depots in this city, from
tho Ist to the 16th of October:
CoUou. Tloor. Orsln.
Oct. 1,1,205 bales. 175 barrels. 6,340 bushels.
Oct. 2, 1,895 “ 881 “ 3,0011 “
Oct. 4,1,808 •• 538 “ 6,185 “
Oct. 6, 1,982 “ 3tli) “ 8,873 •'
Oct. 8, 2,614 “ 1,143 “ 4,447 “
Oct. 7, 1,741 “ 898 “ 5,454 “
Oct. 8,2,492 “ 910 “ 2,977 “
Oct. 9, 2,901 “ 877 “ 5,129 “
Oct. 10, 1,588 “ 4SS “ 5,819 “
Oot. 12, 2,888 “ 802 “ 6,652 “
Oct. 13, 2,603 “ 792 “ 2,508 “
Oct. 14, 1,622 “ 375 “ 5,143 «
Ocl. 15,1,208 “ 1,200 " 8.074 “
Total, 25,000 9,054 63.556
The Hon. Archie Dixon, of Kentucky, a
Senator form that State, at the time of the passaga
of the Kunsas-Ncbraska Act—the man, all state*
incuts to the contrary notwithstanding, to whom
the South ie principally indebted for the repeal of ,
the Missouri restriction, and a warm supporter of ,
Mr. lIronANAN, after his nomination for the l’resi- |
denev—has recently addressed a letter to a friend (
upon political subjects, in which the following ,
passage occurs. We give it to our leaders, as it (
presents the opinion of one whose opinions are en- |
titled to respect, although we do not approve .
much that it contaius ;
“1 disapprove in the fullest manner the conduct
of the Administration in bringing the patronage
of the UoTernmeut in coutlict with the freedom of
elections, and regard its course in this matter as
anlt-Democruttc, arbitrary and unconstitutional.
The whole course of opposition to Judge Douglas
and his political frieuds in Illinois, so far as Mr.
ltuchanau aud bis Cabinet are concerned, t regard
as illiberal, uqjust, aud impolitic, deeply disgrace
ful to those coucerned in it, and daugerous to the
Republic itself. The motives that have led to a
course so wrong and mischievous, are not at all
ditlicult of detection. He is recognised as an as
pirant to the Presidential station, and it is honed
that if he can be put down in Illinois, there will be
an end of hUJclaims to the Presidential dignity."
It is reported that the United States Attorney
(leneral has prepared an opinion on the action of
the Navai Retiring Hoard, iu which bo declares
their entire actions illegal, and consequently void.
It is also said that on the strength of this opinion
the President will restore the whole list of retired
and dropped officers, though several of them will
be brought before courts-martiaUo answer charges
to be preferred.
Th« Acstbia.—An arrival at New York, brings
forty-two passengers readied from the Austria, and
reports the couditiou of thirteen others. The list
of those known to be saved is now extended to
eighty-eight—of passengers and crew—distributed
as follows:
Landed at Halifax by tbe Lotus 12
Lauded at Quebec by the Catarina 82
Landed at New York by the Valorous 42
in Hospital at Fay&l *
Goue from Fayal to Hamburg 9
Total 88
This arrival also adds twenty-one names to the
list of passengers last, among whom we find re
ported Boeenthal and M. Gottschalk, of Mobile.
The New York Commercial AJverUttr mentions
the following mournful instance:
Os the passengers arrived here there was not
one who had not lost relatives or friends on the
ill-fated steamer. Mrs. Hetty Erdwurm, who was
on her way with her tour children to her husband
lo ® l *" her little ones. One,
hoy, was swallowed up in Ihe flames;
■*! *‘‘£ ’“hed to a rope and sus
pended over the side, but the rope was burned
through and they fell into the sea All of the w.e
men were very much burned aud
atlest tbe severity of their ailßS *£**££%
™ , , ud * “* ■*»'.! unhealer o
detffi*’ “* Ttr - {KK,rI - T cl‘d
race
Goddard landed near Monroeville, at half rmi
ten. and Steiner landed a mile fr.m |aad«kv“
eleven o clock. - *
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The Constitutionalist— lts origin, and
Progress.
As this printing establishment, and all ittopera
tivc departments have recently been removed
from its time honored locality on Mclntosh street,
the present may be regarded as a favorable time
to take a lingering look into the past. The present
writer was employed in the Conetllutionali/it office
as early as 1833, and is familiar with its history
since that day, and from an acquaintance with
Messrs. Bikce A Hobbv, and an occasional ex
amination of the files of the paper, frorrf i V799 to
1833, feels confident as to the truth of the state
ments which follow.
There were few newspapers in Georgia prior to
1800; and the most of them were printed with
large type, on sheets about one quarter the size of
our weekly paper; and the (fuulity of the paper
was soft, thick and fragile.
The Georgia Gazelle, we believe, was published
in Savannah as early as 1774; and some years
later a paper was edited in Augusta by Acocstos
C. Geo. Ei.holm. He was a chivalrous Dane, for
a long time the Adjutant General of the State,
uud engaged in many of the severe battles with
the tones, Indians and British forces, in the strug
gles to establish the independence of the country.
The Augusta Chronicle was established about
1785, by J. E. Smith ; the Savannah Republican in
1798, by Eton A Morse ; the Washington News,
in Wilkes county, by Alexander McMillan, in
1800 —(it was changed to the name of the Wash
ington Gazette in 1801, and was edited by Capt. D.
I’. lUlluoise, and twenty years later by 1\ C.
Goied).
A paper was published in Louisville, Jefferson
county, prior to 1800, by Ambrose Day. It was
called the Louisville Gazette and llepu'Aican
Trumpet , and Geokoe M. Troop, at that time a
lawyer in Savannah, contributed to its editorial
columns, although not generally known as the
editor.
There may have been, and doubtless were, oth
er newspapers published in Georgia before 1800,
but we cannot now resurrect them from our mem
ory, if ever deposited there. We come now 1 to our
object in this article, and that is, to give a succinct
history of the origin and progress of the Augusta
OumtitutionaLut.
The lirst number of the Augusta lUrall was is
sued on the 17th of July, 1799, by Gkohok F. Ran
dolph aud Williah J. Buses. At that time it
was u (mail weekly issue. Ou theSthof January.
1800, the Jltrald was draped in mourning, on the
occasion of the death of Gen. Gkorqk Washington,
which took place on tho 14th of December pre
vious—and the paper was published for two months
in its mourning dress. It gives evidence, at this
remote day, of the feeliugs of the publishers to
wards one who was “lirst in war, lirst in peuce,
and first in the hearts of his countrymen.”
We are not prepared lo state the exact time that
Mr. Giohub F. Randolph withdrew from his con
nection with the Unratd ; but it was sometime be
tween July, IBuo, and July, 1801.
On the 15th of July, 1801, we find the name of
Mr. W«. J. Blncb, as editor and proprietor.
The first number of the Herald, as it states,
was issued on Elliott* street, but the location of
that street is now forgotten. The office was, the
next year, removed to Washington street.
On the 11th of July, 1804, Mr. Dcncb formed a
copartnership with Mr. W». J. Hobby, and during
the latter part of the rear, the office was removed
to Uroad street, in the rear of Hobby A Bonce's j
book store. t
On the 4tli of July, 1817, tbe firm of Hobby A <
Blnce was dissolred, aud the paper was continued (
by \V«. J. Bcnci. Tbe printing office, at that time, ‘
was “in Mclntosh street, nearly opposite to Erwin ]
A Oakman’s crockery store, and Dr. Watkins’ new 1
brick building.” To the more modern citizen, f
we may#dd, Erwin A Gasman's store was on the J
first floor of the building recently occupied by tbe r
UonHUutionaliet office, and I)r. Watkins’ new t
brick building is the present elegant residence of 1
Mr. Roukxt Camibki.l.
On Tuesday, December 81, ISIS, tbe Herald ap
peared as a semi-weekly paper at five dollars per
annum.
On the 15th of April, 1833, tbe Herald office j
was removed from Mclntosh street (where it had
been printed since the year 1804) to the South
aide of llroad atreet, four doors below the Globe
Hotel, and at that time opposite to the Augusta
and State bauks.
The last number of the Augusta Htrali was
published on the 87th of June, 1828; and on the
lit of July of the same year the same publisher
i says; “The Augusta Herald will no longer be is
sued from this office. It is substituted by the
j COiistilutionalM, which will be sent to the subscri
f bers of the Herald.”
, The first issue of the Onutitutionalist appeared
on tbe Ist of July, 1823. It was published by W m.
j J. Bonce, and was edited for several years by Judge
j Robert Raymond Reid, although bis name did
I not appear in the columns of tbe paper as editor.
It is believed that John E. Kean, John K. M.
Charlton, and other uewspaper writers, contribu
ted very frequently to the editorial columns of the
S Herald, and to tbe Conttitutivnalitt during the ear
i ly years of its issue.
t The office of the OonHitiitionaiid was again re
» moved on the 19th of October, 1524, to Mclntosh
1 street, and to‘‘its old stand.”
On the 2’.Uh of May, 1682, the then editoi isup
-1 posed at this time to have been Judge R. R. Reid)
2 gave notice of a proposed change iu the editorial
| coutrol of tbe paper, which took place on the
4 19th of June, 18S2, when the firm of Gnic A Brsci
- was formed, undrthe editorial charge of the paper
5 passed into the hands of Mr. I’. C. Guko.
8 On the Ist of January, ISS3, Mr. Wm. J. Bcnck,
- “owing to an impaired constitution,” retired from
• his connection with the paper, and the Otnttitu
s tionalist was continued by Mr. P. C. Grice. It was
about this time the writer of this became connect
-1 ed with the office.
On the Ist of October, 1885, the CoHstittiltonaliet
| appeared as a daily paper, Mr. Samvel M. Thomf
, son purchased an interest in the paper at this
; time, and it was published under the firm of
J Gcibc A Thompson until October Ist, IS4O, when
. the copartnership expired by its limitation. The
i paper was continued by Mr. GrtEP.
f From sometime in 1642-8 to December 1644,
Mr. Gciec was ably assisted in the editorial de
partment by Mr. Robert M. Goodman, formerly a
resident of this city, but we believe now of Cobb
e county.
, On the 10th of June, 1645, Mr. P. C. Gcikc re
,t! tired from the paper. His closing address to his
I patrons says; “ From the 10th of June, 1632, to
this day, the columns of this paper have been under
v ray control. This is the last number that will
t be issued under ray name. * * * In conclusion,
5 I can affirm, and I appeal to God to be my witness, ]
-for the truth of my declaration, that, though I 1
' bare labored with zeal for my party and its prin- J
■ ciples, I had constantly in view the best interests ,
l of Georgia, and especially the prosperity of the I
i city of Augusta, and the happiness of its citizens.” j
On the 12th of June, 1845, Ur. James Gardner (
became the proprietor and editor of the OmetUu- t
lionalist. I
On the first of August, 1851, Mr. James Gaednee 1
purchased the Republic, then published in this t
city by Mr. James M. Smyths. The two papers ;
were consolidated and published as the Constitu - 1
lionaUet dr Republic. Mr. Smtthe was retained as j
the associate editor with Mr. Gaednee, and he j
held that position until the 28th of March, 1852, ,
when he voluntarily retired in consequence of i
somewhat impaired health, and became one of the 1
editors and proprietors of the Home Gazette, a lite
rary paper published in this city at that time by
- Robert Whyte. 1
On the Ist of October, 1855, Mr. Samuel M. >
Thomi-son, whose first relation with the office in <
1832 or ’33, was that of foreman—subsequently one
of the proprietors—and for many years the news
and commercial editor, voluntarily gave up his sit- ’
uation in the office. He was succeeded in the news <
and commercial department by W*. H. Pbitchabd> 1
the writer of this, and who still retains the po. 1
sition. 1
On the 27th of December, 1855, the name of the 1
paper was changed from the Constitutionalist d- 1
Republic to that of the Constitaticnalist.
On the 3d of February, 1857, Mr. Jame- Gardner !
retired from the editorial conduct of the paper,
and was succeeded by Mr. James T. Nisbet.
The regular editorial, clerical, aDd mechanical 1
■staff of the office is as follows:
James T. Nisbet, editor; and Wm. U. Peitchabd, 1
news and commercial editor and telegraph re- 1
porter.
George E. W. Nelson, Book-keeper and finan- 1
cier of the establishment.
Gkoboe Adam, Assistant Book-keeper; and Jons 1
Neely, Jr., Clerk in the mailing department. '
C. Pemble, Traveling Agent and Collector. I
J. 0. Waltees, Foreman of the printing de- •
partment. 1
Georoe Roberts, Job Printer and Pressman.
Michael J. Divine, Journeyman in Job Room. -
Charles Roberts, Apprentice in Job Room. 1
B. S. Marshall, L. T. Blome, Simeon B'Tord, 1
and James F. Thompson, Journeymen on the news- 1
paper.
J. C. Pritchard, J. W. Marshall, T. J. Murphy
and D. F.Sueron, are apprentices; and the former
has nearly completed his term.
In addition to the hands, regularly employed on
the paper, there are several young gentlemen who
| make fair wages, by working frequently iu the
, composition room.
There are also several colored laborers employed
about the office.
The proprietor of the establishment is Mr. Jas.
Gardner.
Before closing this article, it may be a matter of
interest to many to know, that the engraved and
solid brass “head” i professionals will readily un
derstand us) employed in the first number of
the Herald in 1792, is still an heir-loom of this es
tablishment.
The words “ Augusta ” and “ Herald ’’ are in
German text letters, and ornamented in the style
of that day. Iu the centre of the cut is an eagle,
with extended wings, bearing in its beak two
lines, attached to a trumpet, one portion of which
is held in one of the talons of the birJ. This cut
was doubtless regarded as a finished piece of work
manship in its day, but the only value we attach
to it is its associations with the first number of the
Augusta Herald, and its old familiar face. It has
not been employed for any printing purpose in the
office since the 28th rs November, 1804, and yet it
has never been lost or stolen, but lias always been
about the office, and appears to-day as little abused
or worn as it did twenty-five years ago, when we
first noticed it.
*lt hu bctr, ■ that Elliott street may Lave been i
the present EUis street, hut we kcow no rea>"U why this ,
Bliotlld been. Ellis street was named after II.INKY tnr.is,
one of the early Governors of Georgia, and who served In ,
that capacity fro::. February 1 1757, to October SI, 1760. ,
And we tnay add further, that Ellis street was well known by 1
that name long before 1700.
“11l Advlset^Editorials.” *'t
“ The editor of the (AmstdutionuHst has for the 1
second time referred to ‘certain recent ill advised i
editorials’ of the Federal Union. What are the i
articles that have so much disturbed the equanimity s
of the editor of the Constitutionalist f If the j
editor means to sav that our articles touching the «
course of Senator Douglas, were ‘ ill advised.’ we c
are perfectly willing to abide the sentiment of the
Democracy of Georgia on that point. What we
have said about we are not ashamed to c
father; and more, we feel proud of our position on t
that subject. But if the Constitutionalist, as we c
understand the editor, intends to charge us with £
making war on Messrs. Stephens and Toombs, or
any others in the- Democratic party, who were once ‘
members of the Whig party, he must back his I
assertions with the proof, or his readers will give r
little credence, and less respect, to his opinions.” j
We find this paragraph in the Federal Union of (
the 19th inst. Unfortunately we have not pre* j
served the article of our cotemporary, which we L
have on two occasions characterised as “ ill ad- ,
vised.” U was an article, which appeared in its ,
issue of the sth inst., in which, whilst disapprov- (
ing the course of Senator Douglas, it mentioned (
the fact, as a significant one, that the majority of (
his supporters in this State, were Democrats who |
had once belonged to the Whig party, and pro- |
ceeded to account for it, by stating in substance j
that they were not accustomed whilst Whigs to a ,
strict adherence to principles. We thought at the ,
time, and we still think, that the whole tone and
temper of that article was objectionable—ealeu
lated to create jealousies and distrust among, the
different elements of which the Democratic party
of this State is composed, and to gratify the oppo
( sition with the prospect of Democratic strifes and
iivisious. We regret that we have not at hand a
copy of this article, that we might publish it, to
justify the opinion of it which we have express
ed. We have, however, in the same issue of the
Federal Union, from which we have taken the para
graph on which we are commenting, our contem
porary’s explanation and defense of this article,
’ in a reply which it makes to the strictures ofa cor
respondent of the Macon Telegraph, who, like us, it
seems, considered it “ill-advisedand as we have
’ no copy of the original article, we subjoin such
I extracts front this defense of it, as are necessary
J to show its temper and its tone. In this way, we
' do our contemporary the amplest justice, by en
! abling it to speak for itself, aud at the same time to
r justify us in characterising its article as “ill-advis
ed.” The extracts are as follows;
' “A XKW AND BAD I’LAXK IN TUB PLATFORM.”
1 “ We were astouished to see an article in the last
• Georgia Ttltgraph, under the above caption, cliarg
i ing us with hostility to Messrs. Toombs and Ste
phens, and with puting a new plank in the Dem
ocratic platform. There is not a word or a senti
ment in our article to which he refers, that will
! warrant any such conclusion. We are not respon
. sible for any inferences which evil minded persons
. may drawbut we are, aud are witling, to be held
responsible for all we say. We there asserted the
1 vital necessitv of keeping up a strict adherence to
1 great principles: that without them political par
? ties soon lost all their vitality, all their power to do
good, and would sooner or later fall to pieces. In
proof of this position, we referred to the Whig
’ and American parties, both of which had crumbled
• in pieces by not holding their northern members
i to a strict adherence to their national platforms on
, the slavery question. We feared that soma* !' our
ownlpartv were disposed to commit the sarwe error,
bv indulging Senator Douglas, in the name of the
• Democratic party, in promulgating fatal political
5 heresies. It has been reported, and so far as we
, have seen, has never been denied, that Senator
Douglas has publicly announced the doctrine that
a Territorial legislature had the right and the
power to exclude slavery from a Territory. Tins
is in airect opposition to the decision of the Su
preme Court; to the position of the President;
and to the vital interests of the South ; and the
question arises, shall Democrats recognise as one
of their leaders, a man who publicly avows such a
dangerous heresy f In warning our party against
falling into this error, wi mentioned a well known
fact, that those who had once belonged to ihe
Whig party, were more disposed to be indulgent
to Senator Douglas than others on account, as we
supposed, of the want of a strict adherence to
principles in that party, to which they were for
merly attached; but at the same time we express
ly declared that we did not, on that account, in
the least suspect their fidelity to the Democracy.
No press in Georgia has been more ready and wil
ling than ours, to award all due praise to those
who, as we believe, from pure and honest motives,
have forsaken other organizations, and joined the
Democracy. We tailed their accession to our
ranks with joy, and we wish to retain them in our
ranks, and it is for that reason that we warn them
against the fatal errors of their old associates.”
We submit that this defense of its article, by the
Federal Union, in the absence of the article itself,
is as good a justification of our conduct in refer
ring to that article as “ ill advised ” as any we.
can present.
In publishing these extracts from the Federal
Union, to show the character of the article which
we pronounced “ ill advised,” and to show that
others so considered it, we would protest against
the statement which they contain, to the effect
that Judge Douglas has been reported, without a
denial from any quarter, as asserting the doctrine
that a territorial legislature has the power and the
right to exclude slavery from a Territory. Judge
Douglas has asserted no such doctrine—and
his own organ the Chicago Times, together
with innumerable other Democratic journals
throughout the Union, has repeatedly and
pointedly denied the charge. What he has as
serted is, that the people of a Territory, despite
the abstract constitutional right of the slaveholder
to carry his slaves into it, may make it free, not
by legislating to exclude slave property, but simply
by failing to give it that protection, by legislation,
which it peculiarly needs. This is not the assertion
of a doctrine, but the statement of a fact which
has been often admitted by southern men in Con
gress, and was recently presented bv a southern
Senator— Jefferson Davis, of Miss., in the speech
delivered by him at Bangor, in Maine. If the
FeJercl Union denounces and opposes Judge
Douglas for its statement, for the same reason it
ought to denounce J effebson Davis. We com
mend to its attention the following extract from
the Bangor speech of the Mississippi Senator:
“If the inhabitants of any Territory should re
fuse to enact such laws aud police regulations as
would give security to their property or to his, it
would be rendered more or less valueless, in pro
portion to the difficulties of holding it without
such protection. In the case of property in the
labor of man, or what is usually called slave pro
perty, the insecurity would be so great that the
owner could not ordinarily retain it. Therefore,
though the right would remain, the remedy being
withheld, it would follow that the owner would be
practically debarred by tile circumstances of the
case, from taking slave property into a Territory
where the sense of the inhabitants was opposed
to its introduction.”
The Republican on Mr. Gardner’s Boston
Speech Again.
The Savannah Republic™, of the ‘2oth iustant,
contains quite a lengthy reply to onr comments
upon its article, in which it charged upon Mr.
Gardner the assertion of the doctrine of squatter
sovereignty in his Boston speech. We have no
rejoinder to make, with reference to the original
subject of our controversy—the speech of Mr.
Gardner —first, because our contemporary in his
last article has presented no point upon that sub
ject which requires a reply from us; and, Secoud,
because we hare concluded not to make a moun
tain of a mole hill, and stultify ourselves by any
fartber defense of that bold, outspoken, and unex
ceptionable speech, from the purely captious ob
jections which the Republican has urged against
it. There is, however, a single passage in its last
article, of the 20th instant, which requires some
notice from us—that passage is the introductory
paragraph of its article, and is as follows:
“We do not intend to enter into a controversy on
Mr. Gardner’s opinions as regards slavery in' the
Territories, for sundry reasons which it is unnec
essary for us to specify. We are perfectly willing
to yield that point, aud to concede that Mr. G. did
not mean what he said at Boston, but entertains
just such views as he is represented to entertain
by our cotctuporary, viz; That a territorial legis
lature has no power, directly by legislation, or
indirectly by a refusal to legislate, to exclude the
institution of slavery. Such, then, we are to con
sider his views on this important question, and we
presume that he holds them in common with the
editor of the Oonstitntionaliet. Are we right in
our statement and presumption?”
In reply to this question, we have to say that j
our contemporary is wrong in its statement, as it a
usually is when it attempts to give our opinions a
or our position upon any subject. Wehaverepu- c
diated the squatter sovereignty construction which t
the Republican has sought to give to a passage in
Mr. Gardner's Boston speech and, have thus rep
resented that gentlemau as entertaining the opin- '
ion that a Territorial legislature has uo power to 1
excludeslaverv, directly,by affirmative prohibitory '
legislation. But, (and here is the error in the
statement of our contemporary,) we have not rep- I
resented him as entertaining the opinion that a
Territorial legislature has no power to exclude
slavery indirectly by failing or ref using to legislate ]
to protect it. It is a fact, admitted on all sides, i
that Territorial legislatures have, and that they i
hereafter will, if there is no farther legislation ]
by Congress upon the subject, exclude the 1
institution of slavery, by failing to muke the en- j
actments essential to its existence—their right,
thus to refuse protection to slave property and so
exclude it, is probably the next great question, in
our territorial policy, which will be agitated in
Congress and in the country. We have not sought
to give the opinions which Mr. Gardner enter
tains upon this question, nor have we said any
thing to indicate what they may be. That was
not necessary in defending him from the charge
which the Republican urged against him. When
the occasion presents itself, we hare no doubt that
he will define hi 3 position, as clearly and as boldly
upon this as he is in the habit of doing upon other
political questions. We have not done this for
him. So much wc have thought proper to say
upon this paragraph in the article of the Republi
can, that it might not by our silence be taken
pro confesso.
The river at Columbus is too low for steam
boat navigation.
sr At Vicksburg, Mississippi, during the I
. week ending October the 10th, there were twenty
one deaths by yellow fever.
There were forty deaths by yellow fever
| in New Orleans on the loth mst. Hundreds of
. emigrants were arriving in that city.
23?“ The Reading (Pa.) Gazette announces the
I appointment of Hon. J. Glancev Jones as Minister
■ to Austria.
> »
l .3?* Apalachicola river is reported to be very
i low, and only about eight inches of water on the
’ the shallowest bars.
’ The Howard association of that city give
. it as their opinion that it is yet “unsafe for per
-1 sons unacclimated to return to the city of Charles
s ton."
r IST One of the culprits by the name of Cobb,
> convicted of being engaged in the murder of old
5 Mr. Land am, near Atlanta, was sentenced yester
? day in Fulton county to be hung on the 10th of
r December next.
The Laws ol Georgia.
We copy the following from the Rome Southerner
d Adz-rtiser of the 14th insf:
A P.actice that Should Jie.—To Oar RteGiren
of the Pre-.— We would call the attention of our
brethren of the press to a subject which interests
them and the people to a considerable degree—we
allude to the advertising of the laws in all the news
papers of the State, as they are passed and signed.
There is a very great lack of information among
the masses as to what laws hare beeu passed, as
each session of'the legislature closes its labors.
Even then pamphlet editions of the more important
acts have to be gotten up by private enterprise, so
that the legal profession may be able to perform
thair duties to their clients, and know in time what
is the law of the land. As it is, the regularly au
thorised edition of the laws for distribution seldom
appears until months after the laws themselves
have been in operation. The only way to remedy
the difficulty, that we can see, is to advertise each
law as it is passed and signed, once in each news
paper published in the Slate. By this means the
whole body of the laws will be brought annually
into the possession of the people at large. The cost
of such a plan will be something; but we feel confi
dent that every man will feel perfectly willing to
be taxed for the support of a measure from which
he wiii be constantly deriving so much benefit.
As it is a matter which concerns the press, as
well as the people, will editors throughout the
State please to make mention of the matter in their
columns, and press the subject on the the attention
of the Senators and Representatives of their
counties 5
As a means of obviating some of the troubles
resulting from the unreasonable delay in the pub
lication and distribution of the laws of this State,
the plan proposed by our cotemporary of the
Southerner d Advertiser is entitled to very respect
ful consideration. As a veteran of the press—one
who has devoted many years of his life to employ
ments in a printing office, and so many that few in
the profession in Georgia can outnumber them,
we record it as our opinion that the delays which
have occurred in the publication and distribution
of the laws and journals of this State, are re
proaches to the present .advanced aud improved
condition of the art of printing. But while we
make this statement, it is But simple justice to
add, that if the copy of the laws and journals is
not promptly placed in the hands of the printers,
by the Governor, Secretary of State, or Clerks of
the House of Representatives and of the Senate,
or by whatever officer or officers such duty de
volves on, the fault of delay in the publication
cannot properly be chargeable to the printer un
less further delay is caused by him.
The laws and journals of this State could be
printed, bound and ready for distribution, in thirty
days after the adjournment of the legislature. If
there were due foresight and enterprise employed
and displayed, the journals could be printed and
be ready for distribution in a week after the close
of the session. But while no experienced printer
or publisher will attempt to dispute our statement,
year after year the publication and distribution of
the laws and journals are delayed for months and
months, and delayed to such an extent, that if
tires were to destroy half a dozen editions of the
publications, there could not even then be a plaus
ible excuse urged for the unreasonable and tire
some delays which have occurred.
We are satisfied the people of Georgia desire a
change—nay, demand a change—from the former
sluggish manner in which the laws and journals
have been published and circulated, to something
like promptness and punctuality. The people pay
for the publication of those documents, and they
pay a sound price ; and the matter should engage
the attention of the legislature, and
adopted to prevent future delays.
If there is no hope that the sluggishness of the
past can be corrected, and the printing and distri
bution of the laws are again delayed for several
months, then it will be necessary for the legisla
ture to consider the propriety of the policy recom
mended by the Rome Southerner d Adcertiier, of
authorising the publication of the laws in the
newspapers of the State.
The laws of the United States, of a public char
acter, are published throughout the Union imme
diately after their passage; and we see no good
reason why such a "policy should not prevail in
this State, with the public laws passed by our leg
islature ; but the necessity for such a course is
rendered imperative by the delays which have oc
cured in the publication and distribution of the
laws.
J3f Among the items of telegraph news, we .
notice in the papers, we see it stated that the i
Kansas Free Slate Delegate Convention is to be j
he'd at Lawrence on the 10th of November, to '
organise a party to effect a speedy admission into
the Union. i
Wc are now in the middle of the fifth |
week since there has been rain enough in this ]
locality to lay the dust in the streets. The ap- 1
pearance of the clouds indicates rain, but there is
an old saw'that “all signs fail in dry iveathes,”
and hence we are induced to entertain reasonable
doubts as to the “ downward tendency ” of the
clouds.
There were fifty-seven interments in Gal
veston, Texas, during the weekending the 11th,
inst., and fifty-five of which were yellow fever
cases.
At Houston, and in other portions of Texas, the
yellow fever was prevailing with considerable
fatalilty. __
jgfThe Philadelphia Pennsylvanian says that
Hon. John Hickman, of Pa., should not be classed
as an Anti-Lecompton Democrat, because at the
recent election in that State he voted the full
Black Republican ticket. We think it not unlike
ly that a large majority of the Anti-Lecomptonites
in the free States did the same thing.
Sf Charles P. Pelham, Esq., has purchased
the Southern Guardian, at Columbia, S. C. He
will be assisted in the editorial department of the
paper by Mr. Wm. B. Johnson. While we take
respectful leave ol Messrs. Britton, Broughton,
Davis and Marks, the former publishers, we cor
dially welcome Professor Pelham to the honors,
labors, perplexities, and “ bitters and sweets ’’ of
editorial life. _
•qf A. P. Shult, Esq., the Democratic candi
date for Mayor at the recent election in Baltimore,
withdrew his name from the contest at 12 o’clock
noon on the day of the election, in order to pre
vent loss of life and a general riot, as the Know
Nothing organization, under the lead of Mayor
Swann, had possession of nearly all the polls,
were armed with deadly weapons, and the bullies
were the masters of the city. Such proceedings
afford a sad commentary on the principles of the
Know Nothing party. Swann was elected, and
the good order of the city preserved—by the
bullies.
jgf We stated, a few days ago, that a Demo
cratic coavention of the counties composing
' the Cherokee judicial circuit, had nominated
Colonel John A. W. Johnson, of Murray county,
as a candidate for Solicitor General of
that circuit. We now notice a card from J.
.A. R. Hanks, Esq., in the Cassville Standard,
in which he states that he intends to be a can
didate. Mr. Hanks was appointed to the office
of Solicitor General by Governor Brown, to sup
ply the vacancy caused by the death of Colonel
Longnteket, and it is to be regretted that he
1 should now allow his name to be used as a candi
• date when a Democratic convention has decided
. their preference for a different gentleman.
A piece of petrified wood, with a screw perfect
lv formed in it, was recently found one hundred
i and fiftv feet beneath the surface of the earth,
. near Panola, Mississippi. It was embedded m
{ what appeared to have been a block of hickory
l wood twelve or fifteen inches square.
Terribie Affray on the Fair Grounds at
Nashville, Ten n.
The exhibition grounds of the Tennessee State
Fair, which opened at Nashville on Monday last,
were, on Wednesday, the scene of a terribie
atfrav, which resulted in the death of one man,
and the serious, and perhaps mortal, wounding of
two or Ihree others. The Nashville Union says:
It occurred on the promenade, back of the upper
tier of seats, and created the greatest excitement
imaginable. So unexpected was it to those in at
tendance upon the Fair, that it was impossible to
ascertain the facts attending the sanguinary affair
and we can only give the most intelligible narra
tive we could deduce from the mass of contradic
tory reports which were flying with almost light
ning rapidity over the grounds.
It appears that a feud of a very bitter nature has
for some time existed between John, James, and
Sandy Owen, sons of Everett Owen, of William
son county, and Sam, and Geo. W. Cowan, sons '
of Mr. Owen’s wife by a former husband.’ Sam.
Cowan met Jas. Owen, who had his wife leaning
upon his arm, at the Fair yesterday morning, and
spit in Ms. face. Shortly afterwards James and
Sandy Owens met Sam. Cowan on the promenade,
back of the upper seats, when Sandy Owen com
menced an attack upon Cowan with a stick.
Cowan then drew a pistol and shot Owen through
the heart, killing him instantly, and simultaneously
the friends of the parties interfered making a vig
orous and fearful use of sticks.
During the melee that ensued, four or five, or
perhaps six, additional shots were fired. When
the combatants were separated, it was ascertained
that James Owen was shot in the hand, through
the thigh, aud in the back above the hips, ranging
into the lungs. It was thought his wounds were
mortal, and that he could not survive until morn
ing. Upon bringing Sam Cowan to the city, it
was ascertained that he was mortally wounded bv
a pistol shot, the ball having entered the upper
part, of the Ibrehead and ranged backward, where
it lodged.
Gen. Joel A. Battle was horribly mangled about
the head from blows inflicted with a heavy stick,
and it is reported that his skull is fractured, and
fiom which he was stifl'ering the most excruciating
Eain last evening. Fears were entertained that
is wounds would prove fatal.
Mr. Thomas Battle, who was standing near when
the affray commenced, received a slight, though
painful, flesh wound in the wrist from a pistol shot.
A pistol ball passed through the coat of the gate
keeper at the ring near where the fight occurred.
We hear of several others who were slightly in
jured from blows inflicted by sticks: among others,
Mr. W. A. Davis.
It is a miracle that several others were not killed
or wounded, where so many were in the vicinity.
Mr. Samuel D. Clack (formerly of Augusta)
was found dead in his bed in Columbus Ga., on
the morning of the 17th inot. The Enquirer of
that city says:
We are deeply pained to learn that Mr. Samuel
D. Clark, of the firm of Clark & Iverson, of this
city, was found dead this morning at seven
o’clock, in his room, over 93 Broad street. It is
reported that he wasjsuhject to fits of despondency.
The deceased was a native of Augusta, Ga., and
about thirty-five years of age. The Coroner held
an inquest over the deceased, and the verdict of
the Jury was, that “lie came to his death from
some unknown cause.”
By his many virtues, and the manly kindness
of his heart, he endeared himself to all who gained
his acquaintance.
Until the Savannah Jietcs.
The Late Tragedy in Lower California.
We find in the Sun Francisco Alta California,
Sept. 14th, the following additional particulars of
a late tragic occurreuce in Lower California :
Hillard'l'. Dorsey, a resideut of Loss Angelos
county, for several years past, and late Register
of the United States Land Office at that place,
was killed on the afternoon of Monday, Sept. Gth,
1858, tinder the following circumstances:
Some time in June, 1857, U. P. Dorsey was
married to the youngest daughter of W. \\ v . P.u
bottom, of El Monte. To all appearances they
lived in perfect harmony together up to the sth of
Sept. last.
Some diflerences appear to have arisen between
them of so serious a. nature that Mrs. Dorsey,
through fear of her life, was obliged to leave her
home on Sunday night, Sept. 5, at 11 o’clock, and-,
seek the shelter of her father’s house, a distance
of about five miles, leaving only child, a boy pi
four months of age, with her husband, who would
not permit her to take him with her. She ar
rived at the house of her father about midnight of
Sunday. On the following morning, before day
light, Mr. Rubottom started for Los Angelos, in
order to take the initiative steps to procure a
habeas corpus for the child. He engaged Col. E.
J. Kewen for that purpose, who, accompanied by
Meyer J. Newmark, a notary public, left for El
Monte to obtain the signature of Mrs. Dorsey to
the petition, arriving there about tl o'clock the
same day.
After discussing the matter thoroughly, Col. K.,
who had been a personal friend to deceased, re
solved to go first to see Dorsey, and endeavor to
conciliate matters without the intervention of the
law. Accordingly, he rode over to Dorsey’s, ac
companied by Mrs. Rubottom, the mother of Mrs.
Dorsey, and upon their arrival at the residence of
the deceased, found him pacing to and fro the
room with the child in his arms; while on the
bed and around the room lay a number of guns,
pistols aud knives. Colonel Kewen remained in
conversation with him a considerable length of
time, begging and exhorting him bx every argu
ment in his power, to restore the child to its moth
er for a few days, when some amicable arrange
ment might be adjusted, but to no avail.
Dorsey was inflexible in his purpose. He told
Colonel Kewen that ho was a friend of his, and
that he could wield as much influence over him as
any person in the country, but that in this matter
he was unchangeable, aud that if all the angers
from heaven were to implore him at his feet, his
determination would remain unaltered. He said
his time had come; he intended going to Mr. Ru
bottom’s, and that if his wife would not return
home with him, he would kill her and all oppos
ing him. Col. Kewen seeing that it was useless to
remain any longer, resolved to return to the house
of Mr. Rubottom.
He had traveled but a short distance when Dor
sey being on horseback and taking a much Clear
er road, overtook him, and although Col. Ko,wen
used everv exertion to keep up with him, he foCrud
it impossible. When Dorsey rode up to the house,
Mr. Rubottom, who was seated on the piazza, in
conversation with Mr. Newmark, arose from his
seat, and remarked, “ Captain Dorsey, I have one
request to make, and that is, that you do not enter
my gate.” Deceased disregarding the wish en
tirely, alighted from his horse with a Colt’s revol
ver in his hand, and opening the gate, said, “ I’ll
come in or die, and will end it right here.” Mr.
Rubottom again admonished him, “For God’s
sake, Dorsey, don’t come in.” But Dorsey would
come in. ..... j
When Mr. Rubottom saw him walk up towards
the house with pistol in hand, he went into an ad
' joining room for his shot gun. When be returned.
Dorsev was on the piazza; they met, aud fired sim
ultaneously, Mr. Rubottom’s load entering the
side of Dorsev, just below the collar bone. The
shot from Dorsey’s pistol missed the mark. The
deceased ran fifteen or twenty steps after he was
shot, and expired. His wife was present all the
• time, but it was useless to intercede in the matter,
as Dorsev was fully armed, having a six shooter, a
. pair of derringers, and a knife on his person at the
time of his death. A coroner’s inquest was held
' soon after, and the jury returned a verdict of justt
t fiable homicide in self-defense. Mr. Rubottom im
t mediately went to Lo 3 Angelos, and placed himsett
, in the custody of the sheriff', and the next. Tum
| day) morning was examined before Hon. Wm. G.
Dryden, countv Judge, and upon the evidence of
s Col. Kewen and Mr. Newmark, he was discharged.
H P Dorsev was about thirty-five years of age.
and a native bf Georgia, where his parents and
■ family now reside. He has a brother in Los An
, ee los Deceased was a man possessing many good
J qualities, but a very severe temperament, having
an iron, indomitable will, and would resort to any
> measure to accomplish a purpose. The greater
f portion of the neighborhood in which he hTed was
. in constant dread of him, and would yield to al
most anv terms to prevent a difficulty with him. _
’ H. D. Dorsev was a native of Habersham ooon-.-,
' where his parents and a portion of his family new
s reside. Capt. Wm.H. Dorsey, of Athens, for years
- past marshal of that place, and at this time clerk Oi
1 own council, is an older brother.
e Dinner to Senator Hammond.— The citizens of
- Barnwell District have tendered Senator Ham
i mond a dinner, to be given at % this place, on Fri
day, the 29th inst., to which the people of the 3d
Congressional District are invited. #
t BamtrtU itnUnt*.
i
Cincinnati, Oct. IS.—The famous balloon race
* came off at 4 o’clock this afteanoon, between
Q Messrs. Goddard aDd Steiner. They intend re-
Y mainmg up three days. Mr. Bellman, of the
Gazette, preceeds them in a small balloon.