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B'omnurtial intelligent.
VCtSTA MAjaKi/V?
'ice'of the Augusta Republic, )
November 12, 1860. (
ON_ln briefly reviewing the market
ist week, we can only sav that in the
t there was a decline ot an eighth and
Bt was kept at that p< int until the ar
he steamers news, which was tele-
V f;.^‘f don l ,rday ' Tbe ,narket then ini
■fofonr d | an t PIB "^’ a "' J werenew 'he quotation.-,
K™ * eek| y«’.POH: midd ing fair 13 1;
V dav .), * ; good ' a,r 13 * ee,,,s - On fester
■ SK Z£" '“" y “ d “»
■ O fSfe hea,dof . n ° chan £ e in the prices
f of any leadtog ancles of merchandize, or in
exchange or freights. The river continues
low, but the light draft steamers still arrive
ana depart as usual.
proclamation.
Mayor’s Office, Nov. Uth, 1850.
Jj By a Resolution of the City
Council of Augusta, THURSDAY, the 28th
instant, has been set apart as a day of Thanks- i
giving aud Prayer.
The citizens of Augusta are therefore ear
nestly requested to suspend their usual business
upon that day, and to assembleat their respective
places of public worship to offer to the Author and
Ruler of the Universe their thanks for the mer
cies of the past, and to implore a continuance of 1
them for the future, to our City, State and com
men country. T . W MILLER,
Mayor City of Augusta.
JOHN O. GARTBET.T.,
i ii aud
■ Campbeil___ —nl-2-if
■pVKECt ITOR’S SALE —Will V 77~T*
. KK' plantation of Thomas sold at the
where Thomas Pierce, >■ d™d at
itnrkn rountV. o» Inursuay, resides,
jfcmEer nex " to the highest bidder*, 26th of De-
property belonging to saiddeiS all the pen.h-
■ tog of horses, neat cattle, sheep, leased, cons.s -
■ hogs, oxen, wagon, carts, cotton Mat hogs stock
■ tools corn and fodder, househoMeed. plantation
■ furniture, with many articles tor* and kHchen
■ ion, the sale to continue from f tedious to meu-
W .11is sold -the stock in EmanMlay to day until
■ as he same time. Tennjfl county will be
■ „. • all sold for a division bet* on the day of
■ A 'parties will please be legafveen the legatees
■ duly prepared to take their pel y represented and
■ The land and negroes will belr ton of said estate. ,
I ance with the will of said tesldivided in accoid-
■ a» cewll ““ JAMESBator.
November 12, 1850. J GRUBBS, Ex’r.
■■ia-r (iTIC'E. All person4__
I JM tale of Madison Rebel indebted to the es-
I Burke county, will please 4ts, deceased, late of
I having demands will /take payment; and
I W attested, according to ls/?" s « ut them > P™per-
I November 12, 1850. > GRUBBS, Adm’r.
■ NOT I
fiIHE Officers and ©£•
I Hussars who serveJPnvates of the Burke
, a .in® the Creed under Captain Elijah
Byn in 1836, arere-
next jesboro on the Ist Tues-
U Se.M’MAKE.O S. P. M
will each give the abW and Consbtut.onalist
"d their accounts 11* two mseruons and for-
December f C
Uk. , ii William Barron,dc-
peifA ie 19th day of December
-rtf able property usually wold at
admima aa coni, fodder, horses,
mnies, a » d _ m T, t her article.
to continue
Jlnown on the day. Sale
Burke county vay until all is sold.
friEWMAKE, Adm’r.
IMPORTED | 1850 , nl2
■ subscriber nii— - ~—
English Tooth fl’ll BRUSHES.—The
for him a*d waleceivod a large supply of
to _g 11, manufactured expressly
- w«w/to be of the best quality.
In this city,on Sunday morning, 10th inst ,
Laura Gertrude,daughter us John and Laura
Bridges. ..... cm , ;•
Bv telegraph to the Charleston Mercury.
y Arrival of the Africa.
New York, Nov. 8.
I’hc steamship Africa arrived at thia port
this morning at 9 o’clock.
Liverpool, Oct. 26-Thero has been a
steady trudu demand for Colton dunng the
week ai d prices have been well sustained .
Fair Mobile, 8d; Fair Orleans, Bj. The
prices at the close of lhe week were id above
lhe last week’s quotations, and the
in favor of holders. I’he sales on the 261 h
v, ere 6,000 bales, during the week, d8.000,0f
which speculators took 8,000. The stock on
hand is 446,000 bales. The London Cotton
'"''Hie general state o* trade throughout Eu
rope W not materially altered since previous ac-
C °Ttie political liews is unimportant.
New York, Nov. 8, 6 p. m.
A heavy storm has prevailed to day, which
operates against business. Cotton lias ileclm
e<i’rhe election returns now shew that Wash
ington Hunt, the Whig candidate, has been
elected Governor by about 1000 majority.
i The Wisconsin L-gislat re is ,argely De
unocratic.
New Orleans, Nov. 8. _
The Cotton market
fl e sales amount to 5000 bales. Ihe P nce
f, r the lower quotations are easier, and sales c
" ' *™s£onger‘ from California have brought
over fifty thousand dollars in spunoas
2* f SWXSSS s’c-'sS s%«
bifis” The innocent holders took them in San
Franc sco in exchange for gold au»t«
Merchants Contention in L harleston.
We notice in the proceedings <4 a meeting of
k \hfiCitizens,of Marshall county.
MMflinß Mollv, w. Donoho, and Wm. r.
of Holly Spring*, Mi>j ’> ho'nas
CSESjIM ...< \\ .Treadwell, of Lsnir.r, mid < > -
■■■ r ;.t Mount I’leaaant. v.ere
Mfag’-’' Htanto » Merchants Convemi-n
with the most eor
the adoption ot measures which will release us
from our present mercantile dependence on
the North—the main element of their at. eng th,
mid our comparative weaknes. On behalf of
coWo- of Charleston we can promise
|^f^3ete7ntesa warm welcome auff a hearty
Ko operation in their patriotic purposes
■Charleeton Mercury.
I Peace Measures for the next sesspjn .
Congress.—From ail lhe indications, W’e i
expect lhe following to be the programme of j
s2 itation and aggres-ioi) attire next sessum.
I The repeat or mollification of the r ugmve
S! *3?The admission of New Mexico as a State, i
jj. The application of the Wilmot Proviso •
io the Territory of Utah. ■
4. The abolition of slavery in the District ot ;
Columbia. ,■.».?• r u., ,i
5. Th- recognition of the Empire of Hayti.
6. The grant ot public lands to actual set-
construction of great internal improve
ments in the North.
Seven more bleeding wounds.— rolituern
Press.
Mississippi. —At tie Hinds County (.Miss.)
Mass Meeting, the following resolutions in
troduced by Col. Tarpley were unanimously
adopted:
3. Resolred, That we will not transact any
business (either bv the shipment of cotton to,
or the purchase of goods from) with any mer
chant in the citv of New Orleans, who is
known to be a tree sailer in bis sentiments, or
unless his long res deuce in the booth and
known opinions hav ? identified him with the
South. ... , , ,
♦. Resolved, That w e wdl employ no school
leathers er patronize any school under the
management ot any person or persons, who .
are no: known to be wholly Southern tn all
their feelings and opinions, as we are unwil
ling to subject cur children to the taint ot
corruption, by plrciag them under the influ
ence of those who claim it religious
merit to aid in the destruction of Southern in
sttynjoua.
3uipistii, (Seorqift.
Tuesday Morning, Nov. 12, 1850.
Southern Rights Ticket.
GL’O. IF. LAMAR,
DAVID F. DICKINSON.
JOHN C. SNEAD,
JAMES M. SMYTHE
I To Subscribers in arrears '
We appeal to our subscribers, in arrears, lo
aid us with the small sums severally due. If
they have noticed critically, they have seen'
that we are favored with no official advertise
mentis but in two counties in the state. Our I
advertisements in the city of Augusta are ex
ceedmgly limited. Hence we are greatly de
pendent upon the subscription list and tho
country.
Our losses were heavy the first year-noth
‘hff was realized the second; and this, th. third
wi I leave us in perplexity and embarrassment’
I unless our friend, will remember us kindly.
- We have fought our best fight for southern ,
I rights, but it takes ammunition to fight with.
We must have the « loading." We would
fight with the stock and barrel if we could do
no better. But we want powder and ball in
this fight. Give tts the help then, and we will
keep the bat.ery blazing and thundering to the I
end of the contest.
'<"<► Correspondents.
Ve are greatly indebted to many friends for
heir letters and coinmunications. >&wi f) „ t 0
|equent absences from tha city, and the long !
bfen neglected which would otherwise have
been attended to. We ihave discovered that
we were requested to publish the proceedings
of several meetings which not insert
in this paper at so late a periom sa Ptiej s is,
also a great accumulation of communica
tions, most of which we have not had time to
read, tor, when io the city, letters of necej.sary
business, and the piles of papers on hand, to
gether with preparation of editorials, have
completely occupied our time. Some of the
articles sent us would take up from two to
four and five columns of the paper, and in
some cases are arguments upon the same
questions which have so often been discussed
,and elucidated in our columns. In a canvass,
and just previous to an election, it is essen
tial that the most important points of contro
versy should 1 e presented in the clearest
light and the shortest possible space. Hence
we could not spare the room for the large
number of articles sent us, however meritori
ous. They would exclude every thing else.
We must do the best we can with them, and
trust to the liberality of friends to excuse any
apparent but or intentional neglect.
KT Comparative Statement of the earn
ings of the Georgia Railroad in the month of
October, 1849, and 1850; also during the
seven months ending 31st October, 1849 and
1850:
Passengers. Freight, Mail, Ac. Am’ts.
Oct. 1850.21,327 40 55,359 45 76,686 85
*■ 1b’49.16,998 74 55,472 84 72,471 58
Increase. $4,328 66 De. 113 39 1n.4,215 27
APRIL 1 TO NOVEMBER 1.
Passengers- Freight,
352,870 67
... . ‘ 99,882 89 187,795 67 287,678 56
Increa.ei36,73s 05 28,457 06. 65,192 11
Augusta by Gas Ligbt.
Streets, well lighted by night, ere certainly
pleasant. More light has long been a deside
and inaile contracts with energetic and busi
ness men, whereby our street, hereafter will
ba well li> hied with Phosgene gas. Already
have lamps been erected along the centre o
Broad street, almost the whole length, at least,
of the business portion.
The pedestrian, after night fall, is not now
in much danger of making false steps, or o*
running against posts. The lamps accom
plish tho purpose intended, os well as could be
anticipated from the material used, and in
time,improvements can be made uprntnepre
sent mode. Rome was not built in a day,
neither can we expect perfection at once. Our
citizens, and all visiting our city, express
themselves delighted with the pleasant change
of aspect in the appearance of the streets by
night, and the greater security and comfort en
joyed by those whose business pursuits lead
them forth in the night watches.
Southern Medical Journal.
We omitted to ackn .wledge at the proper ;
time, the reception of the November number (
ol the Southern Medical and Surgical Jour- (
nal, edited by Prof. I. P. Garvin, and publish- (
ed by Mr. James McCafferty, in this city, at
$3 per annum. The original communica
tions of the present number are :
Thoughts on the present state ot medicine :
by Charles T. Qnintard, M. D., of Roswell,
Georgia. . ,
Ma'arial Fever, the result of physical cau
ses: by J.C. Harris, M. D.. of Wetumpka,
Alabama.
The “ Mange” communicated to three per
sons by a pig. Reported in a letter from H.
R. Casey, M. D. ot Columbia county, Ga.
Case of Hysteria : by Robeit C. Word, M.
D., of Cassville, Ga.
The reviews and extracts, monthly peris
cope, and medical miscellany, are valuable to
the profession. We trust that the southern
‘ medical public will liberally sustain this jour
■ nal. It is ably edited, its pages exhibit much
' : intellectual ability, sound judgment and pro-
I | fessional experience on <b^ pa “. aj^^ 0^8 -.
» | po ijaJW&lLu
d by
ScHiVES County NOMINATIONS.—Augustus
Seaborn Jones, Whiff, and Winborn Jos. bnv
ion, Democrat, have been nominated as candi
dates to the istate Convention.
The Fugitive Slave Law.
We ask the attealion of our readers to the
article—The Fugitive Slave Law—copied from
the Southern Press. We omit, for want of
tootn.aparlpf the forcible comments of that
able Southern Rights paper.
Great Union Meeting in New j
York.
We hope that no Georgian will suffer him- j
self to be misled by the cry over the great Uni- t
on meeting in New York. It consisted prin- ■
cipa'ly <f merchants. They have got fright
ened about our talk ol taxing northern goods.
Pennies bad more to do with that meeting than i
patriotism. Some one remarked, rather un
wittingly, at the meeting. “We must sell
these southerners goods.” The meeting,
1 however, was bet a drop in the bucket in sew
York. The state has gmte for the Seward
partv. and is dead against us. Waahrngtoa
i Hunt, who has been elected Governor, declar
ed that the fugitive slave bill must be repealed
or modified. Hia modifications would leave it
worth about as much to the south as the paper
|on which it is printed. Let the people be not
deceived.
The Rail road communication befween
Charleston and New Orleans has been exten
ded about 14 miles from Montgomery, west
ward. and reduces thus far, the previous tedi
ous staging, which obstructs the transport a ion
of mailt and passengers from this place to
New Orleans.
D'Gov. Brown, of Florida, ha* Mt apart
JCtompday72Bthinst.. a« a day of Thanksgiv
| iMfSnd Prayer
Tho Adjustment Bills.
We will present to our readers a few lasts
in reference to the Bills recently passed by
Congress, to settle the slavery question,
j They will show how far that settlement is en
itled to their respect and confidence for its
fairness and justice ■ If the North opened its
bosom at all towards the South, it was only to
expose its deception.
But to the bills. First as to those of Utah
and New Mexico. Submission presses and I
orators tell us that the bouth contended for
non intervention and that we have got it in
those bills.
J They quote the following provision of the
I New Mexico bill, which is the same in that of
I the Utah bill:
“ And provided further, That when admit
ted as a .state, toe said territory, or any por
on of the same, shall be received into the
Union with or without slavery as their consti
sfon 0 " may p;escribeat the time of their admis-
Now this looks very fan and, as if we had
i obtained a fair non-inten ention. In the 9th
section of the bill, however, it is said, “except
thaltn all cases involving rifles to slaves the
said writs of error or appeals shall be allowed
and decidedb y the said Supreme Court,” &c.,
with appeal “ to the Supreme Cour of the
| United States from the decision of the said
i Supreme Court created by this act,” &c.,
I “ and, except also, that a writ of error or ap
peal shall be allowed to the Supreme Court o/\
the United States, from the decision of the |
said Supreme
ar ,.c tt t'
corpus, involving'Tid question of personal free
dom,” <f-c.
While at this point of exposition of the bill
we will show what Mr. Stephens said about
this matter of subjecting the slaveholder to this
JA-T-before the Courts. We quote as follows
speech, on the Clayton Compromise
Bill, of August the 7tb, 1848.
“ It (the bill,) merely prohibits the Terri
torial Government from passing any law upon
the subject and leaves the southern man who
may be inclined to go there with his slaves,
to contest his rights to the best of his abilities
with the courts ot the territory in the first in
stance, and then if he chooses wiiu the Su
prente Court of the Union. All that the bill
dees is to guard against the passage of any
law for the protection of the ma-ter but opens
wide the door of expensive and almost endless
litigation between him and his slave, without
affording him even the shadow of a semblance
of a hope that his right at the end of the law,
will ever be recognized or enforced.”
What a fair non-inter venlion that ! These
bills take the slaveholder before the Courts as
the Clayton bill would have done. The slave
holder can go out to his own land, the land
I urchased by the blood and treasure of the
South as well as the North, but
it out with the Courts whether his slsvs will
continue to be his slave there, or become a
freeman. Delightful, happy adjustment for
the South! What an awful set of agitators
and disunionisls those people of Georgia are,
.who will not REJOICE and shout over it.
But w e are not done yet. We will now show
that the protection which Mr. Stephens de
manded was denied us—that a fair and honest
non-intervention was tfenied us.
Here is the puoof ofjts
of the debs'e in the
House offl^^W^Wves:
“Mr. Seddon, of Va., moved the following
amendment, to come in immediately after the
provision that the Territories when formed
into Slates, should be admitted with or without
slavery, as the people shoul-t in their constitu
tions declare:
‘“And that prior to the
territory, or by the action of the territorial
legislature, of the emigration of all citizens of
the United Slates with any kind of properly,
recognized as such in any of the States of the
Union.’ ”
A proposition of a similar kind was offered
in the Senate by General Davis, of Mississip
pi, and rejected. The object was to have a
fair understanding with the people of the
North—to have a fair and well acknowledged
non-intervention. What did Mr. Stephens say
about this in the same speech to which we
have before referred 7 He said :
“ Now sir, 1 do not believe in compromises
or settlements that are r.ot fully end clearly
ai d distinctly understood on BOTH SIDEt' at
THE TIME.”
Again, he said:
“Now sir, all that u>e ask, or all that I ask,
is for Congress to open the entire eountry and
give an equal right to all the citizens qt all
the States to ENTER, SETTLE and colorize
it with their properly nf every kind or to ma ke
an equitable division of it. Is this wrong -
N >w, we ask, was this settlement one clear
ly understood on both sides at the time ? Did
it open the territories to the South as well as
the North? It was to have this distin"'un
derstanding—a real fair non-intervention that
Mr. Seddon offered his amendment, as aliove
stated ? It was denied us.
The Nor hern members contended that we
were excluded by the laws of nature, the
will of God, and the Mexican laws, and that
they could, therefore, afford to give us a nom.
inal non-intervention. They said, and the
whole North says, however, that if it becomes
necessary to keep slavery out of the territo
ries, they will yet pul the Wilmot Proviso
over them. No, we do not get non-interven
tion by those bills. The slaveholder is de
terred from going to the territories by the cer
tainly of expensive lawsuits and the equal cer
tainly of the passage of the Wslmot Proviso,
should it become necessary for our exclusion.
We will add, that we can have no hope
that the legislatures of Utah and New Mexico
will do any thing to
* Wl! d b- of no
avail, for the bill establishing their territorial
government provides that “ ell laws passed
by the Legislative Assembly and Governor
shall be submitted to lhe Congress of the Uni
ted States, and if disapproved, shall be null
and of no effect."
We all know how much justice we have a
right to expect from Congress ! W e will
i present one more fact in reference to these
! bills and have them for the present. Both of
j them contain a similar provision. We copy
i from the New Mexico bill,2nd section.
I “Provided, that nothing in this act con
< tained shall be construed to inhibit the govern-
I mentof the United state from dividing said
territory into two or more te-.-rilanes, in such
, manner and at such times as Congress »hal.
' deem convenient and proper, or from attach
| ing any portion thereof to any other territory
, or state."
How many subdivision wiit be made of
these territories, how many states will be ad
mitted into the Union from them, time on.y
can disclose, but that lhe north will make all
the political power out them, that site can, »s
clear to all comprehension but those of your
most inveterate and muddy submi ssionists.
J 3” We find our columns so crowded that
we cannot continue * reriet- ' the other bills, |
at length in this number of <ur paper. We
have often shown, how the Constitution was
violated by the admission of Caitfornia as a
Stabs. We will merely refer to the opinion
of Senator Berrien, Ou ta» aspect. He holds
that the Constitution was violated by her aa
,sies!on under the circumstances of the case. ,
If there ia a more leaned jurist, or a more
profound constitutional Lawyer in the Union,
than he is, wp should like to know the man.
The division of Texas is to be left to the
decision of the people there, hence, we pass
i that branch of the subject for the present.
; The bill for th* abolition of the slave trade in
| tho District of Columbia, contains this pro
• I vision.
i n . ’V 8 ? ,ave slia ' l be brought info the said
J . .k- ICt ,y lts °' vner > contrary to the previsions
of this act, such slave .shall thereupon become
liberated and free.”
The effort was vainly made to strike out I
this, and impose a fine. No, Congress was
determined to assume and exercise the power
to make the slave af,e-.man. This is equity- ’
lent to the abolition r 1 slavery in the case in
question. Congtess has made that great
stretch of power. We have seen it stated
that what it has done over the District, is only 1
_ similar to acts of the Slates of Maryland, Vir
. ginia, Georgia and other Stales. This is to
tally untrue. Congress, instead of imposing a
fine, as those States did, has enacted in a contin
gency tohappen,the liberation and freedom of the
slave. A great difference that. This use of
power by Congress was done to prepitiate the I
< free sellers and abolitionists. Submission or-
I ators, and papers, take good care to con-eal
this frightful aspect of die case, in the slave
trade bill. The people of Georgia, will, ho • -
ever, not fail to view it as freemen should.
We ask attention to several articles on the I
subject of the fugitive slave bill, particular;’, f
the one from the Southern Press. The law
cannot be enforced in law abiding Massacbu ’
setts! Citizens of Georgia, instead of getting !
their fugitive sl".v- s , had to become fugitives
from mobs of Bostopian fanatics. This is |
what we expected. The whole north is in I
indignation at the '!
totlcrand will Du s
of Congress.
It w’as reported here, fur awhile, lhat Mr.
Fillmore hud ordered out the troops to enforce
the law. That has been contradicted by the
official paper at Washington.
Mr. Fillmore will never do /hat. He is at
heart too great an enen y lo our institution. In
our next paper we will dwell at length upon
this subject. The south must rely upon her
self. She must act and resist these bigoted
encroachments or submit to have her sacred
rights torn from her. She can be saved from
an adverse destiny—a destiny of degradation
and ruin only by her own determination and
prowess. Now is the time to act. Let her
unfold her giant power, act now, and that
sternly, and she will pass unscathed through
the fiery political ordeal.
The Nashville Convention.
The re-assembling of the delegates from the
several southern states, in convention was to
have taken place yesterday at Nashville. '1 he
convention adjourned to meet on the 6ih Mon
day after the adjournment of Congress—con
sequently, yesterday the Uth inst., was the
day regularly appointed for the convening of
the delegates.
We have no positive means of knowing pre
cisely the number in attendance, but would
presume that it will not fall short of the previ
ous meeting of this body. Nothing has trans
pired, since its last meeting, to authorize or
fully justify any of its members in absenting
themseives. The action of Congress, lo as
certain which was one of the chief objects of
its adjournment before acting authoritatively,
» MWW iJiprtsfwr7!’'!y | trfor>lai io the interests of
the south. That series of measures, which, ■
under the name of the Clay num promise bill,
received the almost unanimous condemnation
of the Nashville Convention, in its address to
the people of the southern states, has passed
both houses of Congress, aud bn:ome the law
of
of Congress, to
render the re-assembling of the Nashville
convention unnecessary. It should be held,
and its action will be looked forward to, with
the deepest interest. From it, we have much
to hope and nothing to fear.
We have said that we have no positive data,
upon which to predicate the number which will
be in attendance upon its present session. I his
I is true iu regard to some of’the southwestern
states, from which we have, as yet, received
m accounts. From South Carolina, the entire
delegation will be in attendance, with, we be
lieve, one exception, Gov. Hammond, who we
ret. ret to learn, is detained at home by indispo
sition among the members of his family. Ihe
Georgia delegation, in all probability, will be
as full as before. We hear of many of tho
delegates having set forth for the place of
meeting, several days since. Dr. McWhorter
and John C. Snead, Esq., from our own city,
have, ’ere this, arrived at Nashville, and taken
their seats in the convention—the former as a
delegate from this district,and the latter, from
the state at large. We feel gratified that our
section will be represented by such worthy and
faithful men. From Alabama, Mississippi and
other states, west of us, we hear that the dele
gates have set forth and have doubtless en
rolled their names upon the list of members of
the convention.
The only telegraphic news we have yet
seen, in regard to the convention, is contained
in the following dispatch from Nashville. It
says :
“The Souihem Convention will certainly
convene text Monday in this city. Arrange
ments are making at the Hotels to accom
m idat-? Delegates, many of wf om have already
engaged rooms. The Convention will be open
ed by the previous presiding officers.”
No doubt the assembly will be a full one.
and its consultations and action, while only
advisory and delibera ive, will be looked upon
as of profound and vital importance to the in
terests of the sou h, and lhe well-being ol her
citizens. It is possible that the result of their
meet the crisis. But it is also possible, and •
we trust more than probable, that the conven
tion may, in its assembled wisdom, erect a j
platform, which will secure the popular appro-,
bation, and rally to its support the people of |
the undivided south. Should such be its happy ;
result, and judging from the eminently saga- 1
cious end practical minds which compose it,
we are led fervently to hope it may be, the ark
of southern rights and southern equality in the
Union will be placed upon high and holy
ground, while the patriots and statesmen, who,
1 io despite of loud charges of disunion and agi-
tation, had the ptoral courage to dare all for the |
safety and prosperity of their beioved section,.
will yet live to be respected and honored as
men of far-sighted and profound views of pub
lic policy—men, wnoae enlightened and ener- 1
getic labors saved the Union, and saved the
south from almost unavoidable destraction.
The time may come, when the members of
the Southern convemioo will ccpupy a proud
niche in the temple of touthern history. Let |
them but famish for the southern people, a
point, to which all can rally—a punclum sa- j
liens from which all may shape their future i
course in reference to southern rights, and the i
southern cause is proudly triumphant. We
. trust ti.at such may be the result of their de
; liberations. The southern people, at least,
I wiii be willing to give u a fair trial-
Let us cheer it by our hopes and faith. It
may prove the salvation of our rights—at all
events, it cannot further endanger them. If
ike cause of the South, like that of Othello 1
was only “hearted"—if her people were but
interested deeply in the protection of her I
rights and the redress of her wrongs, all would
be well. The Nssbyiile Convention may ead
.to this giorious result. Every true patriot,
1 must devoutly wish it. The preservation of
I our rights and institutions is mainly depen
'■ dant upon it The lasting weal or woof ths
i God
’ Sont >>ern people is ponding~^oT~| r
grant that it m a y terminate happily P ut in
i imperiled cause. We have no hopf’ Let
ourselves. Let us not prove under!iff JUIIED
us transmit to our posterity rights uni)
AND OUR HONOR UNTARNISHED.
OiscHssioH iu Offlelhor tc " ssion
The following account of the dPPJ' from
as Lexington, on the 23rd Oct., we d 18 > Esc l >
the Constitutionalist: Joel A. Billu? tbc ‘
•» a bold and talented young champi< ounl b y
rights of the South. But to the accj
“Kauphy ” * day of
Wednesday, Oct. 23d, was anotlielJ' 00
excitement, as the Hon. Hamilc» r Alr ’- b ' e ;
was to aid aud abet the afor. said ,I , ua£!o " of
Phens by a flaming addenda in conti/' I ’’-^.. 1 re ’
the latter gentleman’s effort of Tue/ V - Gllmer
viousto h.s taking the stand, Gif" if ’ bat
,-r<ve a short address. I did not h# °‘ wal "
| learn fiom others that a good deaf./;?" 1 ’ ,n
flowed from several eyes—and
particular, getting ashamed of bis c< rn ? b ’ Sott ?
to call it by no harsher name exclaf e h,n ?' elf >
j muiuc t'AUIUg >
voice to another, that he must hi/ T“ cb B , s
and accordingly got out of sight
he could IHe should have rema/ ed , tbe T Ho ";
W, especially when Billups gal ar ? s : I „ wl11
] Uatmlcar as he did awhile afterwl of t/le Hon '
“‘W f ° Rive you a synopsisi lrßt one ~ for
: Hamilcar s speech, that is nis ® tbat 11 was
Ihe made two. Suffice it to sav K e old ,un<? ’
Hie same same old song to the sai^B e bis retu rn
fiat he has sung every where siWF' 8 be SUng
pome, and the antipodes of the^ ,ruar y Jaßt!
llast winter, or on the 27th F* bim ’ and *
'Joel A. Billups, Esq., toltowe<f®, wilb runnin g
masterly and eloquent speech of the
comments upon the acts and ’ .'■■■■■■•SLa
as sb.„v„ t.it-c. He soon gave i
I WRRWMMMMveII as his Hon. oppo
nent, that, as with a keen knife he
could lay open to the view the hideous sores
of the body politic, and that fie knew exactly
where the cancerous tumors were engrafted.
He was repeatedly and enthusiastically ap
plauded throughout his whole addresS, and
every “sub” who heard him, who is not nur- j
blind, can but candidly acknowledge that he
acquitted himself with honor. I had conver- !
sation with men who were opposed to Billups, !
after the meeting, who admitted that, so far i
from his making a failure, he had, by far, the j
best of the fight! This is glo r y enough for
one day! That the great Toombs, who has few j
equals upon tho stump should have so signal I
ly failed in his secon address, or exh.bited, as ,
he evidently did, so much of the bravado aud I
so little of tbe calmniss and dignity of an I
orator, and this state of things being accom
plished so easily by our young friend Billups! '
Truly, this was glory enough for one day ! i
After Mr. Billups concluded, the Hon. Ham- j
Hear arose to explain, we suppose ; for some- '
time notaword he said could be heard, the'
crowd having, by some means mistaken some- .
thing that was said or done within the bar,
“stamping,* “huzzaing,” &.c., they deter
mined to welcome Billups among tham, as he
should have been welcomed ! Those who
put a d fferent construction upon this, are en
tirely mistaken ; but. perhaps, it may be well '
to remind them, of a far worse scene that oc- ,
curredin the same court house in 1844! in |
which some that condemned this, were the j
principal actors in that.' There are a good
many “ influential citizens” that “ live in
Bowling Green,” as well as a good many !
more of the same sort, that will show on the '
25th instant, whether this discussion “ was the
crow-ling triumph of lhe Union Party in Old
Oglethorpe,” There are also “many aged,
men’’fliw*vill eive a good account.' ot them- ,
i sclvjung tned.-
I A ■feinribert bi Drs. Toombs and Stephens,
cinegielieve it best io “ throw such physic to'
but flogs, I’ll none ot it,” and they, 100, will
tue L their southern blood ! Upon the whole, i
shiuld Gardner, there is none of us here, very
frieiij- frightened at the results ol the work of ,
badlft two days, I can assure you ; and I here I
Ibeslksuccess to the south lira cup of strong ,
driniy Kauphy. |
(Gn.) Nov 4, 1850.
: >i i<"'. j
aWi ’-4c meeting in Scriven co.
to previous notice, a respectable
portiouS'i the citizens of Scriven county met
at the o*»yrt house in Sylvania, on Tuesday the
sth inst. for the pu-pose of nominating two
candidates to be supported by the Southern
Rights party of Scriven county, for the Con- I
vention recently called by tbe Governor in ac
cordance with an act of the last legislature.
Col. Moses N. McCall, the chairman of the last
meeting, took the chair, and on motion of Col.
Lawton Singleton, Benj. L. Prescott was ap
pointed Secretary.
On motion of Col. Singleton, it was
Resolved, That no person should have a
voice in this meetii g but those known as tbe
southern rights party.
On motion of M. Blackburn, Esq. it was
Resolved, That the selection of delegates
take place by balloting.
After a variety of motions and propositions,
which created some discussion, which was
participated in by Messrs. Singleton, Jones,
Kemp, Buford. Hayne, Mims and others, it was
finally resolved that the two individuals, \V hig
and Democrat, having the highest number of
votes, which should be a majority of nil the
votes cast, should be nominated.
On motion of John B. Overstreet, it was
Resolved, That the Chair and Secretary
should receive and count out the votes and
declare the result.
On motion of A. K?mp, Seaborn Jonea,
Esq., was appointed a Secretary of this meet-
On motion of Dr. Wm. L. Mathews, it was
Resolved,That all gentlemen contemplating
running-before this meeting for nomination,
should first declare their sentiments on the
great question of the day. .
Whereupon Col. Aug. Si aborn Junes, Maj.
W. J. Lawton and Wilson C. Cooper, Esq.
arose in -accession, and in short speeches de
clared fb<S- Hews, which met the approbation
of the mer-tmg.
The h ooting then took place, and on count (
ing out tfe votes it appeared that Col. Aug. i
Seaborn Jimes had received 101 votes, Maj
W. J. La« 'an 71 votes, and Wjlson C. Coop- |
er, Esq votes,and 6 votes scattering. x
The Ckpir then proceeded to declare that
Aug- Seatemn Junes, on the part of the Whigs,
and W. Jt Lawton on the part of the Demo
crats werfe elected as candidate* lor the
i support o'h'm Southern Rights party of I
' ■"2a'
c.u tli-ii made u.iaoi-
mous.
On mofcn of J. B. Hayne, it was
Resolved, That the thanks and support of ;
the Southern Rights parly of the county of i
Scriven,i' r e due to the presses of the State of i
■ Georgia, who have so faithfully maintained i
lheir ights. „ , r, I
Resolved, also, That the Southern f « » s , ,
i pnbiisheo ra the City of Washington, is euti
j tied to the warm support of all true Souihern '
Rights men. 1
On mutton of E. B. Gross, several gentle
men were solicited to address the meeting
I Col. Singleton andp. B. Hayne, Esq., re-,
i spondee in patriotic and eloquent speeches, j
' w hich received the hearty applause of the I
meeting.
Ou motiou of Col. J. lawton Singleton, tne
proceeßtng«MM this raeetjng were requested to j
be sent to the Republic, tne Constitutionalist, •
' and Chronic!? Sentinel, of Augusta, for I
i publication, and that all papers friendly to the
. cause, he requested to copy.
On motion', the meeting adjourned, sine die. j
MOSES N. McUALL, Cbm’n.
Be«j.L. Prescott,
Seaborn Jones, y
Public Meeting in Uraweoro Colsty.—
We find in the Georgia Telegraph, the pro
ceedings of a large meeting of citizens of
1 Crawford county, irreapective of party, at
' which resolutions were adopted without a dta- ’
senting voice, equally opp; sing disunion and
abject submission. They approve of the call ;
of the Convention, express confidence in the
ability of the people; are “oonosed to Georgia
sdopttngany raah or precipttah measures in the
Convention,” but are tn favor of Coaatitutionaf
‘•pro ection of our property, rights, aud equali-
> ty in the Union."— Albany Patriot.
(communicated )
Messrs. Editors: With a view to benefit
»ll our fellow a.iseuu mtaresied in the enjoy- !
ment of good living allow me to call the at
tention ot your readc.s to the fact that an ar
ticle of Four, periiaps superior to any to be
had in tbp state- is sow manufacted «t the
Penfield steam Tua ajt’rfo can always
' be bad here byJßkmg application to their
agents in tills FrencivWJu:>er.
1 have tried - « v
Ahl By y
Address lo the People of Coweta!
Fellow Citizens: —Your delegates assem
bled at Newnan, on tho 31 Saturday in this
month, did the undersigned the high., but un
solicited honor of nominating th< tn as candi
dates to represent the county of Coweta in
the State Convention to be held at Milledge
ville in December next. Ina crisis of such
momentous importance as that which is now
■pon us—at a time so full of peril to the in
stitutions of this free iand and especially to
the rightsand honor,the homes and happiness
i of the people of the Southern States, we are
! unwilling to decline the call of our country
j men. Sacrificing private interests and person
al feelings upon lhe altar of duty, we accept the
nomination and issue ibis brief address that
I you may be made acquainted with our prin
■ ciples and opinions, as well as our contem
pla'ed course of action in the Convention,
should you so highly favor us with yourcon
fidence as lo honor us with seats in that res
ponsible body. Our fathers,Fellow-citizens,
purified by the fires of the Revolution, and
favoied with wisuom from on High, met to
gether and framed for themselves and their
posterity the best and freest system of Gov
ernment, the world has eve. seen. Like all
human institutions, however, it was liable to
corruption and abuse. Os this they were ful
ly aware; but they relied, for its preserva
tion, upon the vigilance of an intelligent and
patriotic people. To them they looked for
the reformation of abuses and the redress of
wrongs. The American Constitution—the
bond of the Union—and the palladium of our
political safety was given in trust to be hawd
sd down, intact and pure, to c< ming genera
tions. Nobly has that trust been discharged!
The warning voices of Washington and Mad
ison, Monroe and Jackson, have not been dis
regarded ! Whenever lhe constitution has
suffered infraction in its letter or spirit—when
a majority of our Halis gj-Congress, led
sectional animosity, faro ruthlessly trampled
on the rights of a minority and any portion of
the Confederacy have been aggrieved by un
just and unequal legislation, the people have
invariably raised tbeir voice in behalf of
the oppressed and in- defence of the
Constitution and its sacred guaranties,
I and that voice has ever been as the voice of
| God—the evil has been corrected—the wrong
■ redressed and all parts of the vast Republic
! continued to repose in peace and prosperity
i beneath tbe protecting folds of our common
banner. But time has kept its steady onward
march, and sad to relate, another era of par
tial and unjust legislation has dawned upon
the American people. The most solemn con
stitutional obligations have been wilfully vio
lated and the powers of a government, formed
for “the common defence and general welfare”
perverted to purposes the the most selfish and
unholy. These are no idle assertions. Would
to Heaven they were! But alas! ihey are
too true. Let us not then shut our eyes
against the dangers, that menace us ; but
imitating lhe example of our fathers, let us
meet them like men—boldly, fearlessly meet
them assured that our father’s God wll be with
us, so long as in the language of the immor
tal Jackson “we demand only what is right
and submit to nothing wrong,”—“The Plat
form,” adopted by the county convention as
serts that “ the legislation and action of the
general government have been unjust, un
equal and injurious to the .Southern States.”
To prove this, many fa ts might be enumera
ted. Let a few suffice.
The legislation and action of the general
government were unjust unequal and injuri
ous to the Southern States, when Congress
admitted California as a State into the Amer
ican Union.
In accordance with the unlawful directions
o/ a 74-ree soil” r nt \V M 51..ner,., 1 and
mere RHndlul ot adventurers —uauiUlHll, tui _
tune hunters and renegades from different na
tions—not of “inhabitants-not of people
but of “ intruders” upon lhe soil, met togetlu.
er and asssumed the illegal and nauthorized
power to form a State Constitution. This
constitution they stretched over the vast ter
ritory ol California extending nearly ,a thou
sand miles aloug the Pacific coast. From this
immense territory purchased by Southern
blood and treasure, this IWtidfcl Jr.t.-udaxe
excTudeff soiithein slaveholders forever, and
Congress ratified the act against the earnest
remonsfances of the people of the South.
This territory belonged to all the States tn
common, each State have an equal claim,
Congress was their common agent and the
Constitution expressly says with reference to
the dis|osalof territory, art, 4, sec 3—lhat,
“nothing in this Constitution shall be con
i struedas to prejudice any claims of, the United
1 Slates or of anv particular State.”
The claims of the Southern States were
prejudiced—the claim of Georgia was preju
diced in the admission of California, and this
plain provision of the constitution violated.
For before Southern slaveholders were allow •
i ed an opportunity of moving to this territory
and enjoying it with their property, Congress
i made such a disposal of the territory as to for-
I ever exclude them from its possession ! Ihe
i legislation and action of the g neral govern
ment were unjust, unequal and injurious to
the Southern States, a hen Congress refused
I to grant tiie protection of ti e general govern-
ment to Southern slaveholders in the territo
ries of Utah and New Mexico while the peo
ple ot the Northern States are permitted to en
joy this protection. And yet art. 4th, sec. 2d
of the constitution expressly provides that,
“ the citizens of each State shall be entitled to
ail privileges and immunities of citizens in the
several States.” Propositions extending these
“privilegesand immunities” equally to lhe
Southern with ths Northern States were in
troduced into both branches ofCongnss in
lhe Senate by Mr. Divis,of Miss.,and in the
House of Representatives by Mr. Seddon, of
Va., and were voted down by heavy majori
ties ! And this because of “ the damning sin
of slavery,” as may be seen by the vote,
which was purely sectional, the North voting
against the South.
Again the legislation and action of the Gen
eral Government were unjust, unequal and
injurious when Congress by its late enact
ment, so discriminated against the propcity of
the people of the Souihern Slums, as to set
i free forever, all slave? carried into the District
l of Columbia for the purpose of sale. The
i New Englander, the Pennsylvanian, the liidt
an qn, the men of any clime or race may car
i ry their proper')’ ol whatever kind into lhe
istrict, and dispose of it, without forfeiture,
; save the men of the South! These jwa
; ol the many as
Seri- J “fti:‘C,syoanTmoii.s a people «< the sun
bfor stone upon. But the cup of t eir d-gra
dalton is not yet full, In tne words of ‘ the
Platform,’ lhe “ aggression of this Government
is threatened to oe eonliuued on the s-me sec
tion.” Notice ha? already been given that at
the very next session ot Congress, bills will
, be introduced for the repeal of the fugitive
I slave law, the tela! abolition of slavery in the
| District of Columbia, and all the territories of
• the United States, and the imposition of a
! heavy tariff upon the South for lhe support
and ’protection of Nor:hern labor! They
have the will and th? power to carry these I
i designs into execution, and will unvnestipnq
-1 biy do so, unless the Southern people refuse
submission to their late tyranical acts and as-
i sert and maintain their equal rights under the
constitution. What then is the course which !
the Georgia Conven ion should pursue ? We
again refer to “our Plailoim.’’ It “should
adopt some efficient, peaceable, legal and con
stitutional measure of redress, calculated to
stay further aggression at ler.st ( and a re’urn,
if practicable, to a just and equal administra
tion of tfee Government.” Be not deceived,
i fellow citizen?, by the submission cry that i o
I such measure can be devised. Believe not
1 those seif inflated Solomons, who tell you that
: they are *is»c than yonr father* of old—wi-
■ ser tnao ineir follow citizens —wiser man me |
' Legislature was, or the Convention will be. ,
Listen not to their slavish appeals to yper <
fears —the language they use is not applicable ■
jto freemen | Remember the declaration of
Senator Berrien—if the South had only ceas
ed iron) distraction, become united as a people,
and made a firm, temperate demand of her
rights, she could have obtained them'ln five
auuuie*. Shall it not yet be done? We
hope, we pray, we believe it will! The aa-
I cred injunction of the fathers of the Republic
to guard agaiiisi the first encroachments upon
our rights and the constitution, cannot tie sp >
spou forgptten. We cannot sjuwk from this
high anj solemn duty which we owe to our I
country, to our children, to the world, amj W j
God. In the words of the great and good
Bishop Andrew, “ let us Southern
men, to proceed csimiy, deliberately, justly,
patiently in our resi-.lance to what we dpeui
the unjust a .gression of opr ?(urtiusni breth
ren. Let us exhaust every other argument
and try every other means of redress before
we indulge for a moment the idea of dissolving
. the Union of these Statae ; and when this ca-
tastroplie comes, if come it must, let it find
us at lhe last ditch, having tried every peace
able remedy, ready wjth arm and heart to de
fend ourselves.”
Thus, fellow citizens, have we brt fly ma le
known our views and principles. V’> e pledge
ourselves, should we be hor.ored with your
confidence, to go against “ secession or disu
uion for existing causes” —but to “ exhaust
every argument,” and “ try every means of
redress,” before we think, fora moment, of
failing to obtain the object ol our hopes and
wishes—a return to a just and equal adminis
tration of the government. If we fail, it can
be no worse for us. But we shall not fail.
Fortune favors the brave, and God approves
the right. Rise then, freemen, in lhe majesty
of your might, and rally in tbe glory of your
power for .he constitution and Southern
Rights—success will crown your efforts and
you shall hand down to your children the le
gacy of your fathers, pure and untarnished,
and ages hence the land of Washington will
be the land of freemen —“the beauty of, per
fection ani lhe joy of the whole earth.”
R.espectfu Uy,
GILBERT D GREER,
ROBERT BURCH,
LUTHER M. SMI I’H,
GEORGE PAGE.
A Card.
To the Citizens of Washington County:
We the uL'dersigned, candidates for me ap
proaching Convention at Milledg-’viile, fuel
constrained to appear in this manner before
the people oi" Washington county, in order to
deny the misiseyesentations of our sentiments
which have obtained currency 'ootir prejudice
among our fellow-citizens. We have been
denounced as Disuuionists and Secessionists,
and our opinions represented as in accordance
with these epi,‘.thets. Knowing our own ten
timents best, nnd not recognising in any one
Ahy rinht in m^iufacturethem
by unequivocatlly deny
and reject then? as foul aspersions.
We are for the Union—we are for the con
stitution, on which this glorious Union is
founded ; and so long as the South is permit
ted to enjoy equal constitutional rights with the
North, so long will dais Union be perpetuated.
To preserve this state of things in a peaceful,
legitimate and constitazional manner, is our
object.
We believe that unconstitutional acts of ag
gression upon the rights of tbe South have been
perpetuated by a majority inimical to our in-
s am our property, that this spirit of
Co ession is progressive in its operation and
th£_a tame submission to future acts nf ac
cumulating unconstitutional aggressions and
encroachments u pon the rights of the South
must inevitably end in a dissolution of the Un
ion. It is with fear and trembling we reflect
upon this catastrophe ; and to ave. T t it we are
prepared to devote ourselves in suflh man
ner as will best attain the object desired
and secure that which is dearest to the
heart of every tru.- lover of his country- —■«
perpetuity of our Union.
Our object then is to resist a threatened
Dissolution by placingou views
before the country in such a manner and ft dopt
ting such constitutional measures as will be
appreciated by the N. rth, and by which they
will be prevailed upon to acquiesce in a partici
pation by the South of that just equality of
rights which is guarantied by the Constitution
Let us accomplish this and the Union is saved.
We will not, for we cannot, here suggest a
proper remedy for our evils. but leave that to
the Convention to which body this subject
properly belongs ; and if we »tp splac«.l h "
■hajpqi j tin Uiiliin without
thTsacnticing the right of the South.
hi M. C. WILLIAMSON,
G. BRANTJjEY,
p. S. General Wart hen not bcrng"present,
nol consulted will), in relation to tbe
fowwoimr car?, but we presume he will concur
JX’ 8 M.C.W.&c.
“fttrom the Southern Press ]
The Fugitive Slave Law.—We said
when this passed, that it would r.ot be ex
.ituouJ. -.ere—were—frequently censured by
southern submission capers, for the opinion.
We said few days since, that it had actually
failed—otdy one fugitive having been arrested
and recovered under its provisions—the slave
Hamlet, at Now York. One arrest was made
at Detroit, but the excitement was so gn at,
that the claimant compromised by taking a sum
of money, and relinquished the claim. Am
other slave was arrested in Philadelphia, and
there also, great demonstrations of resistance
v. ere made, but Judge Grier liberated the
slave on technical grounds—and as the Inde
pendent, an abolition paper says, “from a
leaning to freedom.” The fugitives recover
ed at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, were arrested
under the previous law.
We r-'ferred to these facts a few days since,
and asserted that no slaveholder would be safe
in an attempt now to reclaim a runaway. The
Louisville Journal denies this, and asserted
the contrary. And now what have we seen 7
Two or three claimants appeared in Boston,to
recover Craft and his wife, whose escape from !
Georgia is somewhat notorious. They ob
tained warrants to arrest, and the officer never
dared to serve them. Craft continued in open
day to pass from his residence to his place of bu
siness. And instead of the fugitives, the claim
ants were three times arrested, first on an ac
tion for slander, and then for attempting to
kidnap—and held to bail in a sum so large
that few strangers would be able to give the
requisite bail of $30,000 each. And when
the bail was given, they had to hurry into a
vehicle at the very portals of the temple of
justice, and fly for their lives from the fury of
a mob, excited against them by handbills, de
nouncing them as villains, and describing
their persons as felons—thus:
“Slave Hunters in Boston! !!
“Authentic information has bpep received
of the arrival in this pity of a slave catcher
from Maeon, Georgia, named William H. He
wee,or Hughes, but who entered his name at
the United States Hotel, aa Wm. Hamilton,
of New York; a short, rowdyish looking fellow,
five feet two, thirty of forty years ot age,
sandy hair, red whiskers, black shqrt teeth,
chewsand smokes
“He said yesterday, ‘1 am the jailor at Ma
con, I catch negroes sometime?; I am here for
i William and Ellen Crafts, anti no onj,
j and rfnfon’em 1 "fl' j ji " Till
it’thpro’arc not men enough in .
Massachusetts to take them, I will bring them ,
from the South. It i» not ike niggers 1 care
for—it is l“.a pi.ocipie of the thing.’
‘Also a companion of the above, named
John K“ight, a tall, lank, lean looking fellow
five feet ten or elevon inches high daik hair,
about twenty eight years old.
’‘Also a third professional slave catcher, Al
fred Beal, from Norfolk, a very stout, thick-set
coarse looking man. about five feet nine inchc
liigh, sandy hair, red whiskers, upper front
teeth broken off, about forty-five years of age
known to be on a general hunt.
“All citizens, and especially all keepi rs of
hotels, and boarding houses, are requested to
i keep close watch upon them, and others known
I to be in town.”
SLFMEN OF BOSTON !!xtl
I SHALL THESE ViLLIANS REMAIN
HERE?
(tj”“lt is the principles of the thing, .rj
This is understood to be the work ot what
is called the committee of vigilance, consist
ing pf one hundred men. Now these things
were not done in a corner or an hour. I hey
aro the work of several days of an “October
sun,” in Boston, the great commercial capi
tal of the New England States, and the seat
of government of Mas«aP h »> selts i at> d within
'twenty mites of Marshfield, the country seat
: of Mr. Webster, and whilst he was there, and
after he had repeatedly written and spoken in
j behalf of the Cc»p«W»e> °f which this Fu
gitive iaw Is part.
' It is true that a majority of the people of
i Boston did not take part in this outrage. It
I was not r.fevossary. But if a majority had
been in favor of this law, or of law ijself when
latva'iance with their sentiments,' this law
would have beer, enforced.
i The Boston Post gives the following ac
count of the treatment of the claimants:
Criminal Matter*, e?c. —Additional
Retaliatory Suits in relation io the Fu- i
GirivEs. —Yesterday forenoon John Knight, !
witness, and. Willis H. Hewes, agent, in search
of Crafts and wife, were again arrested by |
deocty sheriff Coburn, on civil suits for coa
' spiring to kidnap said Crafts. Ibe damages
i were, as in the cases stated in our last, laid at 1
SIQ,QOO, and the defendants famished bail in j
;{(at amount. The writs were mde out by
Charles List, awl returnable al the next
term of foe common pleas, but no one suppo
aes that they will ever be entered and pr&fo
cuted to judgment. The arrest caused Ijy
collection of a large crowd in €’■>««
consisting chi< fly of white
with whom were some colored
on hand to “spot” tbe
went up into Tudor’s
Coburn has bis office, for this ■
was intended that both '•
the building by the entrance on
and a carriage was brought there for that pur
pose, but Hewes only had time to get into it
before the rush to see who was inside became
so u reat that the driver found it necessary to
clear the track by whipping up his teem and
startin..’off at a smart puce. One man who
was a little too near the off horse, was spread
out in front of Parker's establishment, but nos;
seriously hurt by the fall. Some of the more
excited rescuers ran after the carriage, utter
ing various exclamations and outcries. About
twenty minutes after Hewes was driven off,
Knight got .nto a cab at the Court street door
of the building, and was driven off without
molestation. It was authoritative y stated yes
terday, that the badly spelt letter, purported to
have been written by him to Crafts, and so
printed in some of the papers, was neither
written nor seni by him.
From 6 to 8 lasi evening. Court square was .
again fllle with an exciting multitude, ch'efly
colored, some of whom displayed pistols. An
other pair of writs for conapirae.y had been
placed in the handsel the deputy sheriff, and
it was supposed that he would again bring the
defendants te his office in Pudor’s ui.uing,
but he arrang'd the mntter otherwise. It is
allegedin these writs that there was also a
consp racy to kidnan Craft’s wife. As soon
as il was understood that the third arrest and
bailing process had been effected elsewhere,
the crowd dispersed. One colo.ea man, wno
was on horseback, talked very brave about
being she first to attack Hewes and Kn ght, |f
they should show themselves, but he did not
wait long.
Finally, we take the following from the
Boston Times of Monday last:
Ajany of the houses tn Belknap and Cam-
streets, are
•on- . among which is a very sociable bull, weiwl
l bride? streets, a reprtm<WrWMSWWilllW|l
■among which is a very sociable bull, weigh
s ing about four ounces. Swords, dirks, &c.,
are plenty, and bayonets “right up.” The co
lored population are really roused in ibis mat
ter, and are making their houses like bar
racks. In relation to entering private houst s,
it is understood that, on enquiry of the Mar
shal, Judge Sprague has intimated that the
process tor th''arrest of a fugitive slave is in
tbe nature of a civil process—that in serving
it, an officer will not be justified in breaking
the outer door o f any dwelling house—
that every dwelling house is the casileof its
occupants —but if the front door be opened,
any inner one may be forced open. The latch
strings have all been effectually pulled in in
these localities, and a “ few more” extra bolts
inserted in these same outer doors.
Thus it appears that in the boasted union
lovin£r, religion and morality professing, and
law-and-order-supporting city of Boston, jus
tice is administered by giving to a man’s pro
perty the sanctity of the castle, which no pto
cess of law can open, and hunting the owner
with sheriffs and constables to the Court House,
nd then moobing bim from its doors—and
this too whilst he is merely asserting one of
the plainest rights ir the Constitution, accord
ing to a law embraced in a compromise by
which the South was bereft of an immense
territory as the price of this work of concilia
tion and harmony.
This is the greeting which Massachusetts
sends to Georgia, whom she is gathering in
Convention. How will Georgia answer 7
Will she submit to have her citizens hunted
.out'' il Un i' ...uisiTiTridg 1 fnnvTfnon
that neither the present, nor any other Fugi
tive slave law ever will be executed in
the North. This is no longer a Federative
but a consolidated Government, and as such
the majority is responsible for what they call
Apd with the universa 1
sentiment of our ‘^orthen^bretbrenj'^n^ - *
slavery they never will submit to the execu
tion of a Fugitive slave law, nor to the con
tinuance of of slavery itself in the Union much
longer. .
Public Meeting in t ' -ia^NT 1 . ~~
ceedingsof the tsmiiiiern RigHTF meeting in
Sumter county, Georgia, were received too
bite for publication this week. They disclaim
any intention or desire to dissolve the Union,
except when insults and injuries shall drive
them to that “as the last andonlyresort.”
They are opposed to an adjournment of the
Convention summarily without any action, be
lieving that it would operate as an invitation
to farther aggressions, and be one of the stops
woicli would lead to a dissolution of the
Union.
The Convention nominated unanimously N.
M’Bain and C. D. Crittenden, as candidates of
the Southern Rights party of Sumter.—Alba
ny Patriot.
The Crops. The Vicksburg Sentinel
thinks that the effects of the frost week before
laat have been most disastrous. It says it has
heard several gentleman e-ttmate that the re
ceipts will be 200,000 less, at New Orleans,
than would have been sent had a killing frost
been two weeks later. Ail except the fully
matured bolls are now ent off,
By telegraph to the Constitutionalist.
’Charleston, Nov. 11—P M.
Cotton.—The demand to day has been ac»
live, and the sales amount to 2,400 bales at 13
to 13J cents. No change to notice in prices.
NewY’ork, Nov. 11—P. M.
Cotton.—The market has advanced one
quarter of a cent. r l hirteen hundred bales
sold to day; Middling Upland 14j cents, other
qualities unchanged.
At Boston, Briggs runs ahead for Governor.
Southern Rights Meeting at Appling.
-~.A meeting of the southern righis party of
Columbia county will be held at Appling on
Saturday the 16. h Inst., to nominate candi
dates to represent said county i„ the approach
ing state convention.
MANY VOTERS.
Nov. 11th 1850.
f ' ‘ _ ;
Morgan Rights Mee'P
■ ING .e
JiklttrtyY will hold a meeting at Madison, on
Saturday, lhe 16th instant, to nominate candi-
dates to represent Morgan county in the ap- ,
proa-hing State Convention. The Hon. John . _
McPheroon Berried, the Hon. Charles D ,ugli
erty, and James M. Smythe, Erq., of Augusta,
have been invited to ba present.
Come 'Sne, come all! ®
many voters.
TREDEGAR IRON WORKS,
ROLLING MILL, FOUNDRY ANDMA
OHINB SHOPS.
RICHMOND VIRGINIA.
THE undersigned continues
to manufacture at his Works in this city
Bar Iron of every description, embracing Rounds,
Squares, Fiats, Bands, Boiler Plate, Plough and
Axe lion, Rail Road and Locomotive Axles and
Tires, I.x>c.>motive Frames, Spikes and Wrought
i Iron Chairs for confining the ends of Rails, and
indeed every description of Iron usually manu
factured, all of which he warrants equal to any
made in the country.
He also manufactures at his Foundry’ and Ma
chine Shops, every description of Rail Road work:
say, Looomotives, Rail Road Wheels and Axles,
j complete and ready for the Road, Rail Road Cart
C-hains, &c. &c, Also, Manne aud Stationary
Engines, all sizes, Sugar Mills and Engines. Horse
Mills, and every kind of machinery required for
lhe ojierations of tho country.
He has paid particular attention to getting up
Machinery, &vc., for Gold Mine Operations, and
’■ those in want of such work, might hud it to their
advantage to give him a
JOSEPIL4C ANDERSON.
i Richmond,
Wm. C Daniell, Savan
nab, (.; MeConichie & Donnell, New
I Orleai»; Judge Joshua Baker, Franklin, La..
Bishop Leonidas Polk, Thiboeeux, La.; H. D-
I Bird Esqr. Pres’t.Petersburg Rail Road Co., Pe
! tersburg, Va.: Col. James Gadsden, Charleston,
i sepl"* 3m
KT Female Institute. — The subscri
ber would respectfully give notice that further
applications for admittance into his Seminary
cannot be entertained for lhe present, unless
made by young ladies, who may desire to board
in his family. n 9 WM.J. HARD-
PHILIP a. MOISE, Druggist and Apothe
cary, No 19$, Metcalfs Range. Brearl
treet, is prepared t t >f U rni S hPt>y:foiu.. ja nU fam
lies With all the best mediemt-s m use at fair pr
ess. PrescriplioL. carefully P*lP» r <’« }
e.r« taken ti oeil.JXSlluling
tinjj U P order