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opened Then a parky commences, or
rather a boisterous description; each man
in turn urges his suit with all the elo
quence and art of which he is possessed
The fair one hesitates, doubts, asks ques
tions, but comes to no decision. She then
invites the party to partake of a repast of
cakes and kirschwasser, which is prepar
ed for them on the balcony. Indeed, this
entertainment, with the strong of the cher
ry, forms a prominent feature in the pro
ceedings of the night
Alter having regaled themselves for some- i
time, daring which, and through the win- J
dow, riji has made use of all the witchery i
of woman’s art, she feigns a desire to get j
rid of them, and will call her parents to |
accomplish this object The youths, how-
C|f ^tantortr.
ing weekly newspaper, and hope that they
will, each and every one of them, exert
their influence in our behalf.
Letters and communications should be
addressed “Standard" Cassville, Ga.
SAMUEL H. SMITH.
CASSVILLE, GEO.
THURSDAY MORNIHG.
OCTOBER 6, 1859.
ever, are not to be put off, for, according j
to the custom of the country, they have
come here for the express purpose of com
peUing her, on that night there and then,
to make up her mind, and to declare the
object of tier choice.
At length, after a farther parley, her
heart is touched; or at least she pretends
it is, by the favored swain. After certain
preliminaries between the girl and her pa
rents, her lover is admitted through the
window, where the affiance is signed and
scaled, but not delivered, in presence of
both Cither and mother. By consent of
all parlies, the ceremony is not to extend
beyond a couple of hours, when, after a
second jollification with kirschwasser, they
all retire—the happy man to bless his
•tars, but the rejected to console them
selves with the hope that at the next tour
nament of love-making they may suaxed
better. In general, the girl's decision is
taken in good part by all, and is regarded
as decisive.
Agricultural Fain.
The following Fairs are to be held in
the Southern States during this fall:
South Carolina Institute Fair, Charles
ton, November loth.
Georgia State Fair, Atlanta, Oct 24th
to 28th.
Alabama State Fair, Montgomery, Nov.'
15th to 18th.
Maryland State Fair, Frederick City,
October 25th to 28lh
South Carolina State Fair. Columbia,
November 8th to 10th.
North Alabama Fair, Decatur, October
19th to 22d.
Southern Cotton Planter’s Association
Fair, Macon, Georgia, first week in Decem
ber.
Hancock County Fair, Sparta, Georgia,
October 19th to 22d.
West Alabama Fair, Demopolis, Novem
ber 1st to 5th.
Mccklenbcrg County Fair, Charlotte, N.
Carolina, October 26th to 28th.
There will also be a Fair for the benefit
of the Young Men’s Christian Association,
in Charleston, on the 23d of November.
In regard to the South Carolina Insti-,
tute Fair, the Charleston Courier has the
following :
The Press at tue Fair.—Editors, pub
lishers, and correspondents of the press,
: visiting our city during the Institute Fair,
arc requested to report themselves, and
receive tickets of admission.
A visiting list for registry will be found
in the Courier office, to whieh, as to all
the advantages and facilities of the office,
our friends of the press are cordially invi-
ygf- \y e are authorized to announce the
name of JOHN F. MILHOLUN aa a candi
date for re-election for Clerit of the Inferior
Court, at the election in January next.
Oct. 6—tde.
jsy W* are authorized to announce the
name of Mr. J. A. HOWARD as a candidate
for Ordinary, at the election in January next.
Sept. 8, 1859—tde.
ajp- We are authorized to announce Mr.
RILEY MILAM as a candidate for the odice
ot Tax Collector at the ensuing election.
Aug. 25, 1859—tde.
*g* We are authorized to announce the
name of Mr. A. M. FRANKLIN as n candidate
for Sheriff, at the election in January next.
Sept. 8,1859—tde.
We are authorized to announce Mr.
THOS. A. WORD aa a candidate for Clerk of
the Superior Court, at the election in January
next. Sept. 15,1359.
►y We are authorized to announce Mr.
NATHAN LAND as a candidate for Ordinary,
at the election in January next.
Sept. 15, 1859.
jy We are authorixed to announce Mr.
JAS. R. LOVELESS as a candidate for Tax
Collector, at the electiou in January next.
Sept 15, 1859.
jgy We are authorixed to announce the
name of W. C. GAINES as a candidate for
Clerk of the luferior Court, at the election in
January next Oct. 6—tde.
£5^“ We are authorixed to announce the
name of DEMPSEY F. BISHOP as a candi
date for Tax Collector, at the election in Jan
uary next Oct. 6—tde.
py We are authorized to announce the
name of JOHN LODDERMILK as a candidate
for Tax Collector at the election in January
u^xt. t Oct. 6 tde.
The Fair.
The third annual Fair for this County,
with all its amusements and attractions
came off last week, and we venture the
assertion that for quantity, quality and va
riety of articles it cannot be excelled. The
grounds had been repaired, and were in
good condition, but the Society will find
it necessary to enlarge them for the ac
commodation of those who will desire the
next year to enter' the lists. Wc were
pleased to see so much interest manifested
by our citizens in the contest for premi
ums in the various branches. The manu
facturer was there with his plow, wagon,
buggy and an hundred other articles all
of which were useful and did credit to the
exhibitors. The stock of horses and cat
tle was very large and fine, and we do not
hesitate to say that one colt under a year
old cannot be beat in the State. There
was a large variety of other stock, poultry
Ac., which we can not now mention. The
Ladies’ department was well and fully rep
resented both in articles and smiling fa
ces. The fancy work was superior to any
wc ever saw, and the substantial was its
equal. Wc noticed some most beautiful
quilts, counterpanes, coverlets and domes
tic carpettings. The variety of wines,
jellies, lard, butter, bread and other things
of more substantial diet was not neglect
ed. Some grapes, (imitation,) were so
beautifully made that we, like the birds,
when the young artist of olden time plac
ed his painting on exhibition, were tempt
ed to pluck and cat There was also
some beautiful paintings, all executed by
the fair hands of the Ladies of Cass. To
notice all would extend this article too
long, look to the list of premiums award
ed which will be published, and then judge
for yourselves.
The trotting matches were exciting and
excellent time made. In this contest oth
er counties entered with life and spirit.
The attendance was large and many per
sons from a distance graced the grounds
with their presence. The executive com
mittee deserve all credit for the prompt
discharge of all their duties, and have the
thanks of this office for their courtesy ex
tended.
n
\
Hancock County (Ga.) Fair.
The Annual Fair of the Planter's Club
Hancock Count} - , Geo., will be held at
arta, from the 19th to the 22<1 of Octo-
r, 1859.
The opening Address will be delivered
11 o’clock on Wednesday morning, the
st day of the Fair.
The Annual Address on Friday, lion,
ibert Toombs, at 11 o’clock.
The Concluding Address on Saturday.
The usual rules and regulations as to
pointment of Judges, and for the man-
cment of the Fair, as heretofore pracli.
I by the State Society, will be adopted
far as practicable.
Any article of merit entered for exhibi-
n, for which premiums are not offered,
II ho considered by the Executive Com-
ttce, and suitable premiums awarded.
All- products presented for exhibition
ist be accompanied by a certificate that
jy were raised, made or prepared by
hibitor. No articles will be admitted
■ exhibition after Wednesday night.
The premiums will be delivered in Sil-
r Plate, and other articles of the value
the premiums offered for "each article.
Editors and their families are invited to
tend the Fair.
The Secretary’s Office will be opened on
eFair Ground early on Wednesday mor-
ng, and Premium Lists may be obtained
r addressing the Secretary, D. W. Lew-
Esq., Sparta, Ga.
Dr. L. F. W. Andrews ox Mr. Botts.
Dr. Andrews, of the Georgia Citizen, ai
ding to the late complimentary visit of
me of the Black Republican leaders to
iha Minor Botts, says :
But we do not think John Minor Botts
just the man to lead the Opposition par-
in the next Presidential race. The sim-
t feet, that the Black Republicans of the
Mrth have approached him with an offer
Notice.
All persons interested will please take Cass,
notice that we, the stockholders of the Cherokee,
Standard Of&ce, have thiS^tlay sold the Chatham,
samo to Samiel H. Smith, to whom all Floyd,
amounts due said Standard Office from Cobb,
1st ofrebruary, 1858, must be paid; who Newton,
will also pay all legitimate demands a. Whitfield,
giinst said office from said 1st of Febru- Fulton,
ary, 1858. DeKalb,
We return our thanks for the patron- Gordon,
age the Standard has received during our Murray,
possession, and hope the same may be Catoosa,
continued under the charge of the present Clayton,
purchaser.
JOSEPH CHAPMAN,
THOS. M. COMPTON,
WM. LATIMER,
W. HEADDEN,
M. McMURUY.
1 October 1, 1859.
Having purchased the Standard Office*
with the Books and appurtenances, con
ditioned as above stated, and finding many
of the subscribers in arrears for one and
two years, in order that our future trans
actions may be harmonious, and we be the
better prepared to do justice to all parties,
wc would earnestly request all who are
indebted for either subscription, advertis
ing, or job work, to come forward and set
tle up without delay. To subscribers we
would say that, if they will pay up arrea
rages, we will only charge them advance
rates, ($2), otherwise the fall price ($3)
will be charged. A word to the wise is all
that is necessary. SAM’L II. SMITH.
October 1, 1859.
Salutatory.
In coming before the people in the con
duct of a public journal, it is the custom
for incoming Editors to place before their
readers a formal salutatory, setting forth
the future political course of their paper
—the relation they sustain to parties—
the principles they intend to inculcate—
and the doctrines they expect to advo
cate. We will do this by simply stating
that the Standard will pursue the same
political course in the future that it has
heretofore. Wc expect to sustain the
present administrations so fer as we may
! in our judgment see that they conform
with the teachings of rho National and
State Constitutions, and their transactions
are in keeping with these sacred instru
ments ; further than this wc can make no
promises.
South. Stephen A, Douglas,
b is, is infinitely to be preferred.
! we don’t care to take any such
ce as the Botts, either by the
, or by innoculation.
W~ John G.
lover Dor of Yju
The Republicans not Wing able to
ecsate his poetic churns, have made
t metre of him
tMnl * eS " er European powers might be held liable
We have secured the services of Mr. the same censure of profiting by the re-
E. M. Keith and B. F. Bennett, who will gu | te a 0 f they have borne
continue to east in their mite to make the no p, rt 0 f the burden.
Standard a paper worthy the support of T he Timu siys .
“ indigent mul refined people Mr. • American ambassador, without
Keith is an able mid expenenccd writer, force ^ to hlve Wn admit-
having been engaged in the business for 0 f course he had a peculi-1
C ! ght ^“d douemuchtowards wcUimtoU|Is exceptioMl privilege, on
giving the Standard the high portion ,t q{ ^ t o the Chi-
S nave • W waeneu n , m.w , l n M oner ^ occup.es as a public jounaL depriT e us of the just
adership, ought to be sufficient to £n«reto.good » "*tand ^ts of the fete unsuccessful vrer. Wbe-
that he is not Z sound politician ** j/tasty pnnter, having been connected sonie Dew ^ rendered
with the Standard office almost ho*.its Him ldmissible than those who had
commencement, and to him is due, to a ^ ^ ^ ^ yet ap .
Election Returns.
184 majority for Brown.
640
98 “ “
14
451 “
46
280 “ *’
76 “ “
339 “ “
425 “ “
410 “ “
70 “ “
90 “
Coweta, 377 “
Campbell, 300
Fayette, 261
Walton, 72
Bulloch, Brown gains.
Richmond, 212 majority for Akin.
Troup, 600 “
Effingham, Akin gains.
These are all the Counties heard from.
It is believed, from present indications,
that Brown’s majority will be between 12
and 15,000.
Nothing reliable has been heard from
the Congressional elections; reports arc
that Jones, Dem., is elected in the Eighth
District, over Wright, Opp.; and Harper,
Dem., in the Seventh District, over Hill,
Opp.; also that Hardeman, Opp., is elect
ed in the Third District, over Speer, Dem.
We do not know how true these reports
are, and give them for what they are
worth. Next week we hope to be able to
give the full vote for Governor, members
to Congress and Legislature.
The Chinese War.
The London Times is out in a lengthy
and wrathy article, because the American
Minister was able to reach Pekin, without
the aid of sword, cannon and an army. It
is a great cause of complaint with John
because our government would not
participate in hostilities against the Chi
nese at the commencement of the war.—
There is no reasonable cause for this dis
pute and tirade of abuse, because we would
not meddle ourselves in a difficulty in
which we had no share nor interest It
is no reason that we should join in the
war because our trade and commerce would
be extended, because the same reason
would apply to every other country which
may have in consequence ready commer
cial access to Chinese ports. All the oth-
The O&edHoB u to Italy.
It is evident that the Zurich Conference
has adjourned without settling this Italian
question, and the final solution of the prob
lem must be made by a general Congress.
The great point of difficulty^ that of the
Temporal powers of the Pope. The Em
peror of Austria would be willing that his
temporal jurisdiction should remain una
bridged; while Louis Napoleon would
! curtail his prerogative in this respect, if
1 he knew that in so doing he would not
| run the risk cf losing his popularity,
[ and possibly his power. He is therefore
. differently situateij^o the Austrian Empe-
] ror, who is consistent in his plan of con-
' duct Of the abtolute tendencies he wish-
| cs them all restored to their condition—to
! have the Royal Dukes recalled, and the
; pretensions of the Pope formally and fully
recognized. The former admitting the
right of Tuscany, Modena, and Parma, to
choose their own rulers, it would appear
a puzzling question why the people of the
Romagna should nothave the same privi
lege ? If popular sovereignty, to adopt a
trans-atlantic phrase, is good in the one
case, it is at least perplexing to know why
it is not in the other. Such a problem
can only be solved by diplomacy or the
sword. We trust that the other leading
powers of Europe will compel a resort to
a general Congress to avoid the dreadful
results of another war.
A Hat! My Kingdom for » Hat!!
Mr. H. W. Cobb of the Brick store will
accept our thanks for the genteel hat pre
sented us. There is nothing that adds so
much to personal appearance as a neat
hat. Now gentlemen, those of you who
are in need of such an article can not do
better than to call on our friend next to
the Printing Office, who will show you
any style and fashions of recent date. He
has also a quantity of other goods which
you can examine at the same time, and
will sell all low. Remember that theman
who is friendly toward the Editor is cer
tain to give you good bargains.
Flour.
Mr. John R. Towers of Rome will ac
cept our thanks for the present of most
excellent family flour. Wc have tested it,
and pronounce it to be of the best quality.
It is put up in quarter, half and whole
sacks, expressly for family use. Those in
want of something extra of this kind can
not do better (han to try Towers & Graves’
Nonpareil flour, put up at Rome, Ga.—
With Mr. Towers wc have been personally
acquainted for years, and know him well;
give them a trial and wc vouch for their
fair dealing.
Drugs and Medicines.,
Our young and enterprising friends,
Messrs. Kramer A Bro., of Cartersville,
have on hand a fine stock of Drugs and
Medicines. They keep a neat establish
ment, and themselves are neat and clever
fellows—like their Drugs and Medicines
nothing spurious in them—all have the
ring of the genuine coin, and the reason
we say so is that we have tested both.—
If you are in need of anything in the
Drug line, and want the pure article, go
or send to Kramer’s Drug Store and you
will get it Our word for it.
Hew Advertisements.
Attention is directed to the new adver
tisements iii to-days paper.
Messrs. Farrow and Larcy, Attorneys,
are gentlemen worthy the confidence of
the public;
Messrs. Merck and Maddox,silversmiths,
are good workmen, and will give satisfac
tion to their customers;
Mr. Kinssberry’s com shuckcr and
sheller received a premium at the late
Cass County Fair, which is proof positive
that it is what the inventor represents it
to be.
IMPORT AIT FROM CHINA.
The Forcing of the Passage of Felho
kjr the British ui French
Sgaadroas.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.
Government House, Victoria, \
Vancouver Island, 18th Aug., 1859. j
DESPERATE resistance or the CHINESE. [ To Brigadier Gen. Wm. S. Harney, Com-
The Occupation of Son Joan. Violent Speech of Senator Douglas.
We gave yesterday (received by the Mr. Douglas has lately carried the war
Overland Mail) the letter of Gen. Harney into Africa by attacking an individual
to Gov. Douglas. The following is there- member of Mr. Buchanan’s cabinet
ply of Gov. Douglas: Correspondence of the Cineinnati Com
mercial.
SENATOR DOUGLAS AT WOOSTER, OHIO.
. Wooster, Sept 16.—Senator Dou e l«
The steamship City of Baltimore arriv- j sanding the Troops in the Department bad a reception here to-day. He spoke
ed off Cape Race on Friday, and the A-( of Oregon ; for about two hours. His speech was bv
merica off Further Point yesterday. The! Aw.-—On the evening of the lOthmst, no means enthusiastically received It
following is the summary of intelligence * the honor of receiving your to-, w in the main but a rehearsal ofhis
brought by the America: P* tch *** Fort VanCOUVCr ’ Au * 17th Harper article. He claimed that the re-
An explosion occurred on hoard the ij publicans held doctrines in regard to the
steamer Great Eastern on the 9th inst, | In "rf* thereto > 1 must thank - vou for territories identical with those of King
off Hastings. The funnel was blown into the frank and straightforward manner m George the Fourth and the tories of the
the air tearing in pieces the grand saloon which -™ 1 communicate to me your rea- Revolution regarding the colonies. H e
and doing great damage to the internal 5008 for oecapjmg the island of San Juan also attacked Attorney-General Black’s re
finings. The guests had just quitted the in thc Har0 Archipelago with a portion of view of his Harper article with great bit-
saloon and escaped injury. The force of the militar Y forces ° f the Un,ted Statcs , temess—charged him with falsifying and
under your command. j seeking to destroy the Democratic party
I am glad to find that you have done so —doing it annonymously, and with the
under your general instructions from the j purpose of striking down not only him
President of the United States as Military (Douglas) but all the leaders of the Dem-
Commander of the Department of Oregon j ocratic party in the free States. He de-
and not by direct authority emanating n5ed that he (Douglas) held to doctrines
from the cabinet at Washington. ; ; n opposition to the Dred Scott decision,
A ou state that the reasons w hich in- j but claimed that decision sustained his
duced you to take that course are thc 1 irt 1 doctrines of popular sovereignty. Senator
suits and indignities which the British au- Douglas has by no means increased his
thorities of Vancouver Island, and the es- j reputation by his speech or manner of dc-
tablishment of the Hudson Bay Company” livery,
have recently offered to “ American citi
zens residing on the Island of San Juan,”
by sending a British ship of war “ from
Vancouver Island to convey the chief fac
tor of the Hudson Bay Company to San
Juan, for the purpose of seizing an Ameri
can citizen and forcibly transporting him
to Vancouver Island, to be tried by Brit
ish laws.”
Shooting Affair.
A shooting affair occurred near Cass
Depot on the 28th ult between Dr. Cra
ven, of Atlanta, and Mr. Jesse Powers, of j
this county. Dr. Craven was shot three
or four times, but we are glad to learn, is
recovering ; Mr. Powers escaped unhurt.
Both gentlemen are steady, quiet, peace
able citizens.
the explosion was terrific, but the ship re
sisted the shock, her frame sustaining no
injury.
The accident made so little difference
in the movements of the ship, that the en
gine never stopped till she reached Port
land. There an inquest was held which
showed that the supply of the boilers
through the water jacket was stopped be
cause of thc failure of an auxiliary pump
ing power. Secondly, a tap in a stand
pipe which acts as a safety valve, was
turned apparently intentionally, so that
the pipe was useless. The ship was al
most without motion during the trip,
when large ships were tossing in the stor
my sea.
The injury would be repaired in five
days.
CHINA.
Admiral Hope arrived off the Pclho riv
er on the 17th June, but found the en
trance barred. An attempt was made on
the 25 th to force a passage, when sudden
ly batteries, supported by a force of twen
ty thousand men, were unmasked and o-
pened a dustructivc fire.
After a severe action the squadron was
compelled to withdraw, with the loss of
gun-boats Comorant, Lee, and Plover, and
four hundred and sixty-four men killed
and wounded. The French had fourteen
men killed out of sixty.
Seven British officers were killed ana
seventeen wounded—the latter including
the Admiral.
Thc plenipotentiaries had returned to
Shanghai.
The details say thc mouth of thc river
was raked by the fire of thc newly-con
structed forts, mounting nine hundred
guns.
At J .30 p. m., the signal for action was
run up. The gun-boats Opossum and
Plover pushed in close to the first barrier,
when thc guns of the forts opened lire,
and the action became general. The fire
of the Chinese, in weight and precision,
was such as was never before experienced.
Every shot told, while those of the British
did comparatively little damage. Thc
troops were ordered to land, but as thc
first boat touched thc shore the forts pour
ed a perfect hurricane of shells, balls, and
rockets, which mowed down the men as
they landed. Thc ship supported them as
well as possible,
The mud on the shore was deep, and of
thc thousand landing, barely one hundred
reached thc first of the wide ditches five
hundred yards from the river. Only fifty
reached the third ditch, and these would
have made an attempt to scale the walls^
but the ladders were broken by the shot
or stuck fast in the mud. With the one
remaining, ten meB sprang forward, three
of whom were killed, and five severely in
jured.
Orders were at last given to retire, but
in the retreat thc men were shot down
like birds. Many boats were swamped
by thc balls, and there were not enough
to take oft' the survivors. Several boats
full of wounded were struck and swamped
Russian feathers were distinctly visible at
the batteries.
Thc Americans towed up several boats
to the scene of action, and afterwards
took a number of men to their respective
ships.
commencement, iouwoih is uue, ^ ^ ^ h -
great extent, the reputation the»a»<W Jf ^ M open CW
ten "V** of being on* of tho nestest J met hods let them do it; bat
country papers published in the State. ^ ^ aMe tohdp
fith such acsitotoce as the above, and diemselves than do anything for the world
promised by rtle aod cOrient con- |
Eton, we entoltain no fears but that «w
the pre neat high rspatati^pf the Stand- Fite.
surd will be fitily suotained in the future. Am alarm of fire was made Tuesday
Contributions, on Important miareHa- nigbt laet at Cartennrille—the beOs rang
tnpira i lapsnffiHj nnlii itn il —the crowd rushed towards the aefr
We inland to atoke every honest excr- and to! when thy readied the place what
lion to give our readers a truly intsreet-a apectacii a brush-heap an fire!?!
A New Movement Against the Web
ster Statne.
The Abolitionists have adopted a new
rallying cry. “Down with the Union,”—
Fatal Aflray. | hag given place to “ Down with the Web-
We learn from reliable authority that | gter statue » The Disunionists of Mas-
Mr. Ton Chisolm, (brother of Col. E. D. j gachusetts arc convulsed with indignation
Chisolm,) was kihed in Cedar Town, on > ^ (|, e bronze image of the Great Ex-
Monday-last, by Mr. Morrison of the same j pander should remain in front of the State
place. The particulars we have not learn- jj ouset Gov. Banksis roundly deDOun-
ed. The case is now under investigation. , ^ f or recommending the State to accept
(jlKfial Vote * CMS County. ; the statue as a gift We quote the follow-
, jut.u ■ ing words from Garrison’s manifesto on
It will be remembered that the Oppo- &
„ , . , „ , u the 8ahiect, published in the Liberator:
sition” claimed Cass by a majority be- ^„ „„„„ T ,
, , , . T, j -i “The Statue Must be Removed.—Let
tween 4 and 700; let them read the fol-
. • ~ - , , e j thus be the popular decree to-morrow—let
lowing official vote of this county and
6 the declaration go forth from the lips of
xeee P • every upright man—let it be the voice of
Massachusetts. A vote of the Legislature
can undo what a vote has done. Thatvote
can be secured by a prompt circulation of
a respectful petition to be signed by all
| ‘nmoja "3 q<ta*of who in thcir hearts respond to the cry—
5 »* ® ^ the statue must be removed.”
5§S2S3t_i ^ aw*— . nTh* statue must be removed! tand let
poo*jspnxiHlf all the people say, amen!’ ”
piijppiqSH h f ! Here is the petition, which receives sig
natures in the towns of Massachusetts :
35S
a>C OOD-JODCO 1
S! Mtsihyc
- coos® :—
» C3 63 S3 3D r* H |
9 60 9* 03 O CO QD 20 1
- - — I II41UI CO 111 IUC tUH U& Ul JUNHLUUSCUB .
11 ‘goimqof y*H “X 0 the Senate end House of Represents-
IT^ - - • ‘pjqgi-AV - f "«oqi tives of the Commonwealth ofMassa-
1 chusetts:
i nqor
We, the undersigned citizens of the
5 i **SaIoSo“» ! Y FI Commonwealth of Massachusetts, respect-
2 1 j‘asmjaqg - x "■■qa fully ask you to remove from the State
I j j ^ Hoa,e Poandar-^m no honor to the State
“ and repugnant to the moral sense of the
pr In youth hearts are trumps; in people—0»e statue ot Daniel Webster,—
manhood, diamonds and dubs, according whose last years were spent in defending
to dreumstanoes; bat, after all, spades the Fugitive Slave bill, and whose last
are sure to win when the game of life do- eoansd to the Common^plth was to *con-
I will explain for your information that
the agents of the Hudson’s Bay Company
hold no official position in Vancouver Is
land, nor exercises any official power or
authority, and are as entirely distinct from
the officers of the Executive government
as are any of the other inhabitants of Van
couver Island.
To the reported outrage on an Ameri
can citizen, I beg to give most unhesita
ting and unqualified denial. None of her
Majesy ships haveever been sent to convey
The following detailed report of Mr.
Douglas’ invective is taken from his organ,
the Cincinnatf Enquirer:
Wooster, Sept 16.—After discussing
at considerable length thc question of pop
ular sovereignty and the rights of the peo
ple of a territory, Judge Douglas took up
the reply to his recent article in Harper’s
Magazine, which has been attributed to
Judge Black, and asserted that if he was
thc author of that reply it came Horn a
man who wrote to" the Democrats of Illi
nois to support Abolitionists for Congress
in preference to the regular Democratic
candidate.
Whether Judge Black was the author
or not, the copy which he (Judge Doug
las) held in his hand came to thc gentle
man who handed it to him in thc cars un
der the frank of that gentleman.
It is asserted that the article in Harper
the caief factor or any officer of the Hud- COIlta i ne d an assault on the federal courts,
-^7—~
Mr. Sttto'ajs a correspondent of a
Charleston paper, is unalterably determm-
qaer hv prejudices’ against slarefaunting,
and to bondage ‘with alacrity.’”
New Pboverel—A thorn in the boritia
ad to taka lito seat in the next Gongrcmk t worth two in the band.
son Bay Company to San Juan for the
purpose of seizing an American citizen,
nor has any attempt ever been made to
"seize any American citizen anil to trans
port him forcibly to Vancouver Island for
trial as represented by you.
Up to a very recent period but one A-
mcrican citizen has been resident on San
Juan. About the commencement of the
present year, a few American citizens be
gan to “squat” upon the Island, and up
on one occasion a complaint was made to
me by a British subject, of some wrong
committed against his property by an A-
merican citizen ; no attention was paid to
that complaint, cut of consideration and
respect to the friendly Government to
which the alleged offender belonged, and
whose citizens, I think, it cannot be deni
ed, have always been treated with marked
attention by all the British authorities in
these parts. With reference to San Juan
in particular, I have always acted with the
utmost caution to prevent so far as might
lie in my power, any i 11 feelings arising
from collisions between British subjects
and American citizens, and have in that
respect cordially endeavored to carry out
the views of the United States Govern
ment, as expressed in a dispatch from Mr.
Marcy, dated 17th of July, 1855, to Her
Majesty’s Minister at Washington, a copy
of which I herewith enclose for your in
formation, as I presume thc document can
not be in your possession.
Following the dignified policy recom
mended by that dispatch, I should in any
well grounded case of complaint against
an American citizen, have referred the
matter to the Federal authorities in Wash
ington Territory, well assured that if wrong
had been committed, reparation would
have followed.
I deeply regret that you did not com
municate with me for information upon
the subject of the alleged grievance; you
would then have learned how unfounded
was thc complaint, and the grave action
you have adopted might have been-avoi-
ded. I also deeply regret that you did
not mention the matter verbally to me
when I had the pleasure of seeing you at
Victoria last month, for a few words from
me would, I am sure, have removed from
your mind any erroneous impressions, and
yon would have ascertained personally
from Hie how anxious I have ever been to
co-operate to the utmost of my power
with the officers of the United States Gov
ernment in any measure which might be
mutually beneficial to the citizens of the
two countries.
Having given you a distinct and em-
latic denial of the circumstances which
you allege induced you to occupy the is
land ofSan Juan with United States troops
—having shown you that the reasons you
assign do not exist, and having endeavor
ed to assure you of my readiness on all
occasions to act for the protection of A-
merican citizens, and for the promotion of
their welfare, I must call upon you sir, if
of San Juan ; for those troops are not re- Thus the ocean-going steamer of 1859
quired for the protection of American cit- jg near i r s i x times the length of that of
izens against British authorities, and their jg 35 Whilst the difference between the
continuance upon the island the sovereign- tonnage is still more in fevor of the latter,
ty of which is in dispute, Dot only is a The entire weight of the Great Eastern,
marked discourtesy to a friendly power, and cargo, is thirty thousand
but complicates to an undue degree of which is greater by eighteen thou-
settlement in an amicable manner of the ^ tons than that of any vessel now a-
question of sovereignty, and is also ealeu- doat _
toted to provoke a collision between* the
military forces of two friendly nations in
but thc author of this reply, no matter
who he was, knew that he uttered a false
hood
During the last year’s canvass in Illi
nois he (Judge Douglas) made one hund
red and thirty speeches, and in every one
of them he defended that court. What,
then could be thought of a man who would
prostitute a high office to deceive thc A-
merican people ?
Whoever the author of that reply, was,
he was a base calumniator. He knew it
was a tissue of falsehoods from beginning
to end. It was a falsehood, and the wri
ter knew it to be such; that he (Judge
Douglas) had ever advocated the doctrine
that private property could not be confiscat
ed by any power on earth, except by due
process of law. The author of the pam
phlet asserts a double falsehood. Il was
a deliberate attempt to misrepresent his
position, unworthy of any man who claim
ed any respect for himself. It was a mis
representation made for thc purpose of at
tacking him and thc force of the Demo
cratic party.
lie would not have noticed this attack,
but that it wasaimedat the friends of pop
ular sovereignty. It was intended to
reach Judge Ranney, the noble standard
bearer of the Democratic party of Ohio;
it was intended for the gallant Baker, thc
candidate for Governor in Minnesota ; it
was intended to strike at the eloquent
Dodge, who was leading the Democratic
hosts of Iowa ; it was a strike at the can
didates of the Democracy throughout the
country, who stand on the same platform
of popular sovereignty. When the auth
or of that pamphlet attempted to strike at
that doctrine, he made a blow - at the en
tire Democratic party of thc north-west.
Judge Douglas quoted some further
statements in the article of Judge Black,
and pronounced them insidious falsehoods
put forth wilfully and with bad intent.
Judge Douglas retired amidst the cheer
ing of the crowd, the firing of cannon and
the music of some half-dozen bands.
Steamship Progress.
The progressive advance made in the
size of steam vessels for the last thirty
years:
Length. Breadth.
Date. Name and descr’n. Feet.
1825—Enterprise, built ex
pressly to go to In
dia, coaling at inter-
Feet.
mediate stations.
1835—Tagus, for the Medi
122
27
terranean,
1838—Great Western, first
ship built expressly
182
28
for Atlantic passage.
1844—Great Britain, first
large screw ship, and
the largest iron ship
236
35i
then projected.
1852—Himalaya, iron ship
for the Mediterrane
322
51
an.
37 0
43j
1856—Persia, iron ship.
390
45
1856—Adriatic. ,
354
50
1858—Great Eastern, iron.
680
83
a distant part of the wosM.
I have the honor to bey sir,
Your most obedient
JAMES
fgT Read near Advertisements.
fSgr Two young Cincinnatians ran
way with a couple of vessels from that city
last week. The vessels were of that km
that St Paul calk the weaker vessels.
A good He*!” 1 is never thrown away-
That to the reason we find so few of them