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(From the O. Picayune, 2d inst.)
Letter from Cuba.
A Cuban gentleman of this city lias received
a letter from Puerto Principe, dated August 19,
which he has kindly banded to us for publication.
It says:
“A* last, after having made the greatest resis
tance, the companies (Spanish) have dispersed
through the woods, some on one side, some in
another, all in the direction of Santiago de Cuba,
where we believe they have reassembled, And
are waiting reinforcements by sea from Havana.
If these should reach them, and we do not get
more forces from the United States, all the pro
gress we have made will be in danger of being
lost. This is an exact account of the result of
what has happened, and the encounters we have
had since the 4th of July up to this date. Puerto
Principe, Ballamo,Higtiani, Holguin and Las Tu
nas remain without a soldier of the Government.
The Cuban llag is raised at all these points,and
that of Spain is stricken down and defiled at the
foot of the staffs from which the Cuban banner
floats. Perhaps you will laugh at this ceremony,
but it (in* it* significance, which I cannot ex
plain to you now.
“It is utterly impossible for us to communicate
or unite with Lopez, as the Government has i
taken the greatest precautions to prevent it, in i
such away that we cannot even obtain new’s 1
from Havana, because all the letters, even inclu- i
ding those on commercial subjects, which arrived
yesterday, came opened. If the reinforcements I
promisee us from the North arrive, and succeed
in landing anywhere on the coast east of Ma
tauzaa, the affair will lie finished in less than
fifteen days, as with Lopez in the West, aud us
in the East, Uncle Concha will remain without
resources, and will be compelled to surrender.”
Letter from Havana.
Havana, Aug. 24, 1851.
.Supposing you are like all other persons
anxiously waiting more new's, I again intrude
upon your patience. I don’t know that what I
shall say will be news or not, as it seems that all
the news comes to you first. It is a very hard
thing to get hold of news here, as every thing is
kept very much suppressed.
Since 1 last wrote, I have learned a little more
of the state of the pirates, which are not very en
couraging to them. They have had several bat
tles with the Spanish troops, and have killed a
gTeat many of them, probably four to one of the
pirates; atill Lopez can’t hold out many days
more. He is now reduced to about fifty men of
his own from the States, and about the same num
ber of country people. They are without food or
ammunition, aud are barefoot. Lopez has be
come nearly crippled, having no shoes, and is
obliged to tie up his feet in old shirts and rags;
they live upon beef aud corn, without salt, and
the fruits ol the island, such as they can get.
1 should supjxrse that they have suffered almost
deuth, at any rate, since the last lour days.
On the 20th and 21st, the island was visited
with a violent hurricane, that lasted forty-eight
hours, the most frightful 1 ever saw. Tne rain
pouring down in torrents during the whole time,
and we understand that Lopez and his little gang
were roving in the mountains, surrounded at the
time by eight thousand troop. t I
The Spanish forces have lost a great genet al
in the engagement of the 16th, which took place
at the same time that the fifty were being shot
in Havana. This general was the main depen-!
deuce of their protection; lie was brought out
lrom Spin by the Captain General, Concha. His
name is Gen. Knna. His corpse was brought to
the city on the next day ufter the sailing of the I
steamer to New Orleans, aud was buried with
the honors of war on Thursday, the 21st. The
funeral was attended by about three thousand
troops.
Having only as yet heard of the three first bat
tles, ot the 13th, 14th and 16th, 1 can say but lit
tle. How the pirates have fared, I know not
fully, in ;hese three engagements. I have kept
a list of the killed and wounded troop that, have
been brought to this city, which shows that tlie
troop suffered a great deal: and it is, of course,
supposed that tlie pirates suffered nearly iu the
same proportion.
List oj Kilted unit Woinntrrt vs Spanish Troops.
Aug 13— 87 wounded.. XII killed. 13 officers killed.
ll—ll 4 wounded. .100 killed. I I officers killed
16— 18 wounded, unknown. 2 officers killed
Total. ...219 180 29
Os the two officers killed on the l6tli, one was
Gen. Enna; tlie other I can't remember his name.
There have been other battles fought, but 1
cannot hear the truth of the matter.
The fact is, the Lopez gang will all lie exter
minated in less than one week more. The troops
are stationed in line across the Island, and cut
off all communication that was said to exist be
tween Lopz and the Creoles of the Eastern por
tion; aud troop are daily sent out to different
parts of the islaud to guard the coast at all availa
ble points.
There is a very sad report in circulation, if it
be true, and it may be so. About three,days
ago, three Spanish w ar steamers came in sight of
the Moro Castle and laid off for nearly an hour,
and signalized to the Captain General of the prt
something that caused a great commotion in the
crowd. Signals were exchanged from the city
to the Castle, and from thence to sea, with great
rapidity, and the steamers steered off in different
directions. Shortly alter they left the news was
afloat that the Pampero had" been sunk at sea,
with five hundred pirates on board. The story
is currently believed here. You may know if
she had left the States previous to the 20th, in
time to be near enough this islaud to meet with
such a fate. It is not improbable that such a
tiring may happen, for there is seven orsteight
Spanish steamers and frigates cruising all the
while. The Pizarro, that was ashore at Plyitas,
has been got off all safe, and is out cruizing also.
In rei&tion to the capturing of those fifty poor
fellows, we can hear nothing that can be relied
upon. Ihe following was related to a friend of
mine by the clerk of the steamer Habanero, this
being the boat that took the poor fellows.
he .^’ erk *3™i that when they came upon
them they were in four launches, some two miles
from land. The Habanero came up and fired into
them, from which the fixing was returned. The
launches turned to the shore, and as the steamer
couW not get in, lowered her launches and gave
chase four launches of the pirates landed,
all scattered ami ran for their lives. After they
had fired their guns, not having time to reload
threw them into the sea, aud had only their pis
tols, which were soon discharged, and being press. |
ed by the troop on board the steamer, surren
dered, seeing no chance to escap, crying “Don’t
kill us;” the reply was from one of the officers,
“We will not kill you, surrender,” which they
did. The clerk said also that he took Col. Crit
tenden that Crittenden delivered his sword to him,
saying he was the officer. Fifty men were taken,
tied and put on board the Habanero; two others
escaped, but were afterwards taken and shot after
! the Habanero had come up to Havana with the
i fifty.
i The clerk also says that this compny was
sent by Lopz to the coast to meet another re
inforcement which was hourly expeted, in or
der to pilot them in to the main body.
This may all be correct logic, but if they were
at the coast to meet more force, why did they
all steel those four launches from the fishermen
and put out to sea in this condition? There is a
mystery in the whole affair, and I think we will
never know the whole truth of the matter. The
story of the clerk may be true, but 1 doubt it. For
my prt, I think they saw bow hopless their
chance was, and put to sea in hops of getting
out far enough to he taken in by some American
vessel for safety: that they tiad left their guns,
for if they had arms, is it reasonable to suppose
that they would surrender, knowing it was fight
or die, or surrender and die worse than dogs. The
clerk’s story don’t suit me at all; and what our
boys were doing in launches is more than f can
conceive. I leave yon to draw your own con
clusions.
On the morning of the 16th, a list of all the
officers of Gen. Lopz's army was published in
the city pprs. Said list was found in a trunk
that was taken from one of Lopz's camp: the
number was about fifty. Among which names
I see some of the same name who were of the
fifty shot on the 16th. On the 19th, Lopz’s
gang, numbered 100. Instead of getting assis
tance from the country pople, they are against
them. The troop provide the pisanos with
arms, and they use them against the liberating
party.
The fify poor follows shot on the 16th were
all thrown into a large trench dug for the pur
pse. and covered with lime, in tne place where
dead horses and mules and all the filth of the
city is deposited, called the place of heretics.
This is true, as the reprt of the sexton has been
sent in to the Government, that the fifty were
thus buried. The burial was left to the chain
gang of the city.
Since writing the above, an express has arriv
ed,bringing the news of a battle fought on the
21st, at a town called Candalabras, in which en
gagement forty of the pirates were killed, and
forty taken prisoners and shot. This news is
published as an extra in the Alcanca del Faro,
copied from the official gazette.
This afternoon the Spanish steamer called the
Isabel Catolica, came near the Moro Castle and
exchanged signals for a half an hour, and then put
out to sea again. What this means I know not.
There will probably be something new to-mor
row, and as this goes by the steamer Cicninnati,
I will close this Sunday evening and resume on
the morrow.
Monday Morning, August 25(/t.—News in this
morning by tlie express steamer Aftnandares,
bringing in some fifteen of the troop wounded;
and bringing news of the capture amt killing of
Sixty more of the pirates.
There has been.no other landing since Lopez
of the 13th.
As the steamer Cincinnati leaves in a few
hours, I must close. Respectfully, sa k.
The Crops.
We learn from gentlemen who have been ob
serving the condition of the present crop in
Adams county, that the cotton, generally, in that
county is now open up to the highest bolls on the
stalks, and that, tn places where this is not the
case, there will be no upper picking although
the lower picking,will be very fine. Informa
tion to the same effect has been given us by a
gentleman, who has been recently in the Parish
of Carroll, in this State, ami who had received
reliable information as to the state of the crops
in the Parinhes of Madison and Carroll, and in
the counties of Hinds and Warren, in Mississip
pi. The reprt he represents as being the .same
in both sections. Indeed, all that we can learn
from the growing crop, leads us to infer that the
greater portion of the cotton now in the fields
has already matured. If this be so, the anticipa
tions with regard to the immense probable size
of the crop of 1851, will prove groundless. Ear
ly maturity is the invariable effect of long dry
seasons like the present, and it is the universal
teaching of experience, that, where the cotton
matures early, the crops turn out to be short
ones. We are not desirous of expressing a pre
mature opinion, but we must say, that, from all
we are able to learn, we are convinced the crop
jof this year has been over estimated. We see
i also that the Vicksburg True Issue, and the
I Vicksburg Whig, iu articles upon this subject,
have arrived at the same conclusion. The Whig
is of the.opinion thatjthe crop of this year will
1 fall short of the crop of last year, amt it bases
tliat opinion upon reports, which have reached it
from tlie upland cotton regions, and the interior
|of Mississippi.— Concordia (Lb.) Intelligencer ,
30 th ult.
The Storm and the Crocs.— We are inclin-
I ed to think that the damage done to the corn and
, cotton crop by the late storm is greater than we
at first supposed. A good deal of corn will be
Jo t, particularly that upon low lands. We have
; had three heavy rains since the storm,but of late
, the weather has been highly favorable. The
. : corn, however, was blown llut, when very near
! ly in condition to be gathered, and a good deal
!} of it. is soaking in water to this time.
As for Cotton, the weather has, in the main,
not been unfavorable to the plant since the storm,
but It shows nnmistakeable signs of having suf
l sored great injury. The leaves are dying—the
| blooms were destroyed, and it will not probably
1 put out more, and a great deal of the fruit was
destroyed. The yield, we are (breed to believe,
must be diminsished by a very heavy per cent
S the planters all say at least fifty.— Tallahassee
Sentinel.
Cotton Crot in Mississippi.— A friend of
ours has shown us a letter from one of his busi
ness constituents travelling in Mi.ssissppi, which
gives a rather discouraging account of the crop
in that region. In Holmes ami Yazoo counties,
he represents the prospots asking worse than
they were in IS 46, and he was assured by a
gentleman who had canvassed the State, ami
had visited every county in all
pi,that the apparance of the crop was equally
discouraging.
The writer of this letter is represented to us
as a very trustworthy ami voracious gentleman,
whose statements are entitled to respetful con
sideration. He is a planter of this State. —N
O. True Delta , 3 d inst.
The Baton Rouge Gazette, of the 30th nit.
says:
It is with surprise and sorrow that we hear of
circulars coming from merchants in New Or
leans to the cotton planters in the county, trying
to create the impression that the crop this year
will be very large—some have gone up as far as
three millions of bales. This estimate must go
far beyond the mark. The information upon
which this calculation is founded, comes from
observations made months ago. Everything
then looked very promising; but a great change
has occurred. The long drought in tne first of
the season, and the continuation of heavy rains
for some time past has altogether diminished the
prospets with which planters were flattered
sixtyldays since. In this parish, there is a uni
versal complaint, ami so far as we have been able
to learn, from reliable sources, the complaint is
general throughout this State, as well as Missis
sippi and Alabama. If the crop comes up to last
year’s, we will be agreeably diappointed.
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Can the Spell of Delnsion be Broken ?—Constitu
tional Union Panorama.
The Honorable Howell Cobb comes into view
this morning. It would be difficult for any
Academy of Design to concentrate into one pic
ture, the various shades and hues that enter into
the political character of this gentleman. With
much activity of life, subtlety of purpose, appar
ent fairness, but in reality the reverse—lofty am
bition, with disproportionate capacity—eager
ness to gain an end, without being scrupulous as
to the means—commingled with many amiable
personal traits of character—Mr. Cobb’s portrait
would be difficult of delineation. We shall
select the artists for him principally from among
his political tup/x>rters, and we shall coniine the
exhibition mainly to his connection with the
slavery Question. We have already noticed, in
a full and ample manner, his views upon the
Compromise. That, we may as well say, he
considers fair, liberal and just , while the South
has gained nothing, but lost evert/ thing by it.
Mr. Cobb, ambitious of power or fame, aspir
ed to the chair of Speaker of the National House
of Representatives. Congress assembled on the
3rd day of December, 1849, on which day the
balloting for Speaker commenced. On the 22d
day of the same month, after a long and fiery
contest, Mr. Cobb was elected Speaker by a plu
rality vote, upon the 63rd ballot. The House
remained in a state of disorganization during
the whole of that time. Messrs. Toombs and
Stephens made the dangers to the South, which
were threatened by the action of the North, the
foundation for their agency in keeping up that
disorganization for so long a time. They had
sixty-three chances to vote for Mr. Coob for Speak
er, but refused to cast a single vote for him!
They must have felt great opposition to Mr.
Cobb, for they cast their votes for Mr. Gentry,
of Tennessee, who, if we remember correctly,
expressed the belief that the Wilmot Proviso
was constitutional, 'or said that he would not
dissolve the Union if it was adopted by Con
gress. Be that as it may, they refused through *
out to vote for Mr. Cobb.
We must now digress a little to bring into
view an important feature in this matter of the
election of a Speaker. After thirty-six ineffec
tual ballotings, the name of Wm. J. Brown, of
Indiana, was substituted for Mr. Cobb’s. The
race then was between Mr. Brown and Mr.
Winthrop. ‘After several ballotings, in one of
which Mr. Brown lacked but a few votes of be
ing elected, Southern men, who voted for him,
ascertained by some means that he had been se
cretly bargaining wirfi the Free Sobers for their
votes. This was fully proved by the following
letters, which were read before the House. See
Congressional Globe,for 1819-’3U, page 22.
December 10, 1849.
Dear Sir : —ln the conversation which 1 had
with you this evening, you were free to say, that
if elected Speaker of the House of Representa
tives, you. would constitute the Committees on
Territories, the Judiciary, and the District of
Columbia, in a manner that should be satisfacto
ry to myself and the friends with whom I have
had tire honor to art. 1 have communicated this
to my friends; and if, in reply to this note, you
can give them the same assurance, they will give
you a cheerful and cerdial support.
Respectfully yours, D. Wilmot.
Hon. Wm. J. Brown.
Washington City, lOtbDec., 1849.
Dear Sir: —ln answer to yours of this date, I
will state that, should I be elected Speaker of the
House of Representatives, I will constitute the
Committees on the District of Columbia, on Ter
ritories, and on the Judiciary, in such manner as
shall be satisfactory to yourself and your friends.
1 am a Representative from a free State, and
have always been opposed to the extrusion ol
slavery, and believe that the Federal Govern
ment should be relieved from the responsibility
of slavery, where they have the constitutional
(rower to abolish it.
I am yours truly, W. J. Brows.
Hon. David Wilmot.
To show the feelings excited by this disclo
sure, we extract a single sentence from some re
marks made by Mr. Burt:
l- He |Mr. Burt| ventured to say. if they had
known of this correspondence, and the gentle
man's [Mr. Brown's] answer to the gentleman
from Pennsylvania, iMr. Wilmot,] there was
not a Southern man in this House but would
have regarded it an insult to l*t* asked to vole for
him.”
Mr. Brown was disposed of in short order.
Mr. Cobb was brought forward again and elect
ed. We do not say that there was any collusion
between him and the Free Soilers, but what did
he do after his election i Did he not do the very
thing that Mr. Brown was required by the Free
Soilers to do ? He put on the Judiciary Com
mittee Preston King and Thadeus Stevens, two
of the most bitter and even malignant Abolition
isls in Congress, and also George Ashuiuu, a
Free Soil Whig, and James Thompson, a Free
Soil Democrat ? These constituted a majority
of the committee, of which James Thompson
was made chairman by Mr. Cobb.
He api>ointed as members of the Committee on
Territories, Julius Rockwell a bitter anti-slave
ry fanatic, and the notorious Abolitionists, Dan
iel Gott and Joshua R. Giddings.
On the District of Columbia Committee, he put
Charles Allen, of Massachusetts, who takes his
position among the rabid Abolitionists proper.
These are the thrft committees upon which Mr.
Wilmot demanded of Mr. Brown to put Abolition
ists and Free Soilers. The Judiciary is the fa wr
ite committee of the Free Soilc-rs, because the con
stitutions of the new States, made of the territo
ries, are referred to it. Upon that Ml * Cobb
gave them a majority. But it was of but little
consequence, for even a single one could make a
counter report. The reports of minorities are al
ways published with those of majorities, and
they are sent abroad together.
This is the way that these Abolitionists and
Free Soilers accomplish their objects. The two
ieports are sent together, throughout the land.
Southern men are forced to send both together to
their constituents, or send none at all. If they
lumish them with these public documents, they I
are forced to send the poison with the necessary
means of public enlightenment.
There is not a stronger and more unfaltering
Abolition organ in the New England States than
the Hartford Republican. see what it said about
these appointments of Mr. Cobb:
“On each of the three committees, in which
the friends of Freedom felt the most interest, Mr.
Cobb has placed a strong and reliable Free Soil
er This is something, especially when it is con
sidered that he is himself a slaveholder and a
thorough slavery extensionist. It is perhaps,
more than any man in his senses would exper t from
a Northern doughface. It looks decent beside
! such committees as are manufactured for the
| Senate, and certainly is an improvement on the
i fashions that prevailed in the House in those days
i when Giddings was sent home under censure, for
offering a petition, and when Marshall was ap
pointed to admonish John Quincy Adams. But
the times hare changed, and are still changing,
MUCH TO THE DISQUIET OF THE BLACK
REIGN OF SLAVERY.”
Among those papers now foremost in sustain
ing Mr. Cobb, and urging his claims upon the
people of Georgia as the very man for the times
to rule over them, are the Chronicle S/ Sentineh
the Savannah Republican, and the Macon Mes
senger. We now bring them into view in the
order mentioned. v
Shortly after Mr. Cobb’s election as Speaker
and appointment of the committees referred to,
the Chronicle copied the following from a. North
Carolina Democratic paper:
u We say that Mr. Cobb is not at all justifia
ble for appointing those men, who have made
their fanaticism a curse to the country, upon the
committees he has put them upon, and where
they desired to be. We know they had the pre
sumption to demand a recognition of their
claims: but they have never heretofore been re
cognized ; and have no more right to be recog
nized than would the claims of a dog to sit at his
master’s table. And yet we have a Southern
Speaker, for the first time lifting them from in
significance into Importance, admitting their
claims—the claims of Free Soilers! A misera
ble band of fanatics, not stronger than 1 a corpo
ral's guard,’ comparatively. A man of nerve—a
Jackson or a Polk, would never have made such
appointment.” _
This Democratic paper thus attacked
Cobb for putting some of the Free Soilers upon
important committees.
The Chronicle not only copied the above ap
provingly, but assailed Mr. Cobb in an editorial
of some length. We copy two sentences only,
as follows: -V '
“ Such is the manly tone of the North. Caroli
nian, one of the organs of the Domocracy in the
old North State, in reference to the Congressional
committees as appointed by Mr. Cobb. - ’
“ Such arc the leaders of Democracy—the men
who are eternally prating about Southern rights,
and their readiness to sacrifice the Union for
them.”
The Chronule js now the eulogist ol Mr. Cobb
Was it bis calumniator when it published the
above ? What will be said of its flattery now,
when its accusation remains unretrarted ? What
confidence can be placed in a )>aper that charged
Mr. Cobb with betraying the South, and yet
sustains him for Governor, because he-favors a
Compromise by which the South has lost every
thing , and of course gained nothing ! Is it not
manifest that the aim now is to gain theioaves
and fishes of power and office ?
We copy the following from the Savannah
Georgian, to show what the Savannah Republican
said of Mr. Cobb:
Mr. Cobb's Coarse and Character.
1. — Mr. Cobb odious to the Whigs ami Democrats
of the South.
“ We thought we had of late shown sufficient
ly from the records, that Cobb had by his votes
rendered himself odrotes not ojily to the Whigs,
but to the Democrats of the South, and we are
surprised tlwt the organ here, after what has
passed, should have entertained a hope, much
less expressed a wish that the Whigs should have
supported Cobb—Susannah Republican, Dec., 18,
1848.
2. Whigs can never vote for Cobb.
“ Poor abused, despised Whigs of Georgia—in
their extremity, our assailants cast a wishful
eye towards us to holp them to elect the man
who teas uniting, and did VOTE AWAY OUR
RIGHTS FOR A MESS OF POTTAGE—No!
Whigs, at/.east can never vote for Cobb.”
—Same paper, same date.
3 —Cobb has betrayed our Rights. A Southern
men with Northern prineiplcs.
“ We have the records of the country, and the
testimony of Wilmot himself, to prove that
Wintlirop's position towards the South is not
more inimical than Cobb’s. No. matter what
may have been Winthrop's course towards the
South, it is enough for the Whigs of Georgia to
know, that Cobb has betrayed ovr rights.
ami they were right in casting their votes for
Gentry if they could not vote for Winthrop.—
The Whigs have had enough of ‘ Northern men
with Southern principles.’ —we want NO
SOUTHERN MEN WITH NORTHERN
PR I NCI PLES.”— Republican.
■l. —Cobb voting for the Wilmot Proviso.
“ // Cobb is the specitd guardian of Southern
Rights, why do we find him voting with Wilmot.
j Chase mid others, for the Wilmot Proviso,
! and establishing by his own act a precedent lor
Congress to legislate the South out of her equal
rights in our Territorial doinaiu. Winthrop has
done no more than this, ami this is proof No. L
that his “positron towards the South is not
more inimical than Cobb’s.’ ” —Savannah Repub
lican, Dec. 23th, 1849.
3. —CM voting with Abolitionists for an Aboli
tion Candidate.
“We here find then, Cobh’s votes recorded
nine several times witli ABOLITIONISTS for an
ABOLITION CANDIDATE, and Winthrop’s
vote recorded with Southerners for a Southern
man. Edward Stanley. Proof No. 2, that Win
throp's position towards the South is «of more
inimical than Cobb's'’—Savantuih Republican.
2. — Cobb appointing rabid Free Soilers on three of the
most important Committees—His reward from the
People in October next.
“ But how fared the rights of slaveholders and
the South? We think we are not mistaken in
sdyir.g, that Mr. Winthrop allowed the Free
Soilits no weight at alt on the Committees, and
properly too; but how has Mr. Cobb acted in
this particular? Why, when there wmhio ne
cessity to have allowed it at ally-and when ha.
had it in his power to have done othersvvise he
rLACED ON THREE OF THE MO.ST IMPORTANT
Committer three rabid-Pree Soilers. On
this subjective append«fe following extract
from tlie Washington cofrespondent of the
Charleston Courier:
“ The Free Soilers are allowed a weight at least
equal to their proportionate power. In the Com
mittee of the District of Columbia, is Mr. Allen,
of Massachusetts; though the majority is of
course, Southern. Mr. Giddings is a member of
the Committee of Territories: and Mr. Preston
King is a member of the Judiciary Committee.”
We never attached as great importance to the
power of Committees as many others. If they
have any greater power, however, we think the
South has less to hope for, under the present, than
under Winthrop’s organization of the Commit
tees. Why Mr. Cobb should have put these
Free Soilers on these three Committees, we will not
pretend now to explain. “The people of Geor
gia are an honest people,” and although “ they
may for a time be misled,” they will doubtless
see the HONESTY of Mr. Cobb's MOTIVES
in all this matter, and REWARD HIM AC
CORDINGLY.—Nous verrons. — Sav. Republi
can, January, 1850.
We copy the following strictures on Mr. Cobb’s
course from the Macon Messenger ; £|
“ What Democrat from Georgia has taken
so bold and decided a stand for the South and her
rights as Mr. Toombs and his particular friend ?
Has Mr. Speaker Cobb, or any or his coadjutors
done it 7 Did Mr. Cobb manifest a desire to do
us justice in the formation of the committee* ? We
understand that it was the impression of Gid
dings, Root, Drukee & Co., that they would do
better for themselves by placing Howell Cobb in
the chair, than by giving their support to Robt.
C. Winthrop. In this expectation they have not
been disappointed; lor oue of them lias at last
been placed upon one of the most important
committees of the House; he has been put in a
position to enable him at the .public expense to
disseminate his abolition poison and rancorous ve
nom again! the South throughout the length and
breadth of the land, and lor the prominence and
importance thus given him, his associate incendia
ries und traitors are duly thankful.
“That “nest of vipers," the anti-slavery so
ciety, which recently met in Boston, in their ad
dress, speaking of Giddirigs’ appointment to rs
place on the territorial committee, remarked,
that it was “ a singular and instructive fart that,
in the composition of committees. Mr. Cobb has given
more weight to the anti-slavery element of the House,
than was done by his Northern predecessor." Let
the reader bear in mind that many an honest
but deluded Democrat denounced Toombs, Ste
phens and Owen for refusing to aid in elevating
Mr. Cobb to the Speaker's ehair; and calmnly re
flecting upon Mr. Cobb’s course in regard to
this vital question, and the results to flow from it,
lit him say, whether these gentlemen pursued
a good or bad policy. It may be urged that to keep
up appearances and avoid open partiality, Mr.
Cobb was compelled to give these notorious per
sons a place upon some one of the committees of
the House. Grant it; but does it follow that
for the sake ol these appearances he should have
placed them iu positions to disturb thejteare and
harmony of the country, thereby arming them with
jtenrer to contribute to a speedy dissolution of that
Union to which he professed to be, and is doubtless so
much attached. The truth is, (and in this we think
every candid Southern man will agree with us) the
terrUorial]fonimiUee is the very last one on which Gid
dings should have been placedP
The space allotted to Mr. Cobb, is already ta
ken up. We cannot therefore exhibit him as
we desired, in one or two other prominent char
acters. We wished to show him briefly in his
true colors, as a Consolidationist. He pretends
to say that for a just cause a State has the right
to secede from’the Union, and yet he adds, the
other States, if they see proper to do so, have a
right to coerce her back into the Union. That”
is, they have a right ravage her with fire and
sword, and butcher her citizen—soldiers, for no
reason in the world but, because, they have the
power to do so,notwithstanding the seceding State
might be contending for their just rights: their
sacred liberties, against the threatened pollution
of their homes.
Georgians, what beauty—what merit—what
fidelity is there in Mr. Cobb's career that you
should be called upon to be harnessed to his car
to draw him into power 1 His course has been
one of selfiish ambition,
“ I’nmingled with a dream of thee.”
Will you look with submissive eye upon his
course and-crotrn him with your highest honors !
He seems to have been guided and influenced by
the glittering vanities of personal advancement
and high official station? Whose interest does
lie seem to have had at heart, yours or his own ?
Are not the facts, which we have adduced, suf
■ficent to break the spell of delusion which has
entranced some of our people? We shall think
so, till the jicople of Georgia dispel.our illusion at
the polls. ,
Has confusion and madness locked up the
senses of the people of Georgia ? Can you sleep
in peace upon your pillows, can you repose as
innocents, in a hopeful security, with these facts
before you? Will it not shake your drowsy
confidence to be told, that Northern abolition
prints have declared that the election of Mr.
Cobb will be to them “a grateful triumph ! 1!”
Southern Rights men! we call upon you to
redouble your exertions. Constitutional Union
men I we implore you to sleep no longer. If
you encircle the brows of Mr. Cobb with vic
torious wreaths, you will do it to your own
shame, aud worse still, at the peril of your rights,
and even your safety. Georgians, the spell will
he broken, and you will avenge your wrongs, and
assert your rights.
“This World was made for Caesar.”
The following resolutions were adopted by the
Convention of the Constitutional Union Party
of Richmond county, held in,this city on the 2nd
instant.
Resolved, That this Convention holds that, in
the-present crisis ot public affairs, the preserva
tion of the Union and peace of the country, is an
interest paramount to all others; and that since
the passage of the acts of Congress, usually styled
“ the Compromise Acts,” it has been the duty of
all men filling or seeking political offices, so to
write, speak and act as to prevent or remove all
doubt touching their true position in relation to
those measures.
Resolved, That it is not expedient that the
friends of peace and the Union should directly or
indirectly, aid in sustaining any aspirant to po
litical office. State or Federal, concerning whose
opinions on thlse important measures any seri
ous doubts are entertained.
Resolved, That in the opinion of the Conven
tion, the course pursued by one of our United
States Senators (understood to be now a candi
date for re-election) has excited in the minds of
many intelligent and patriotic men doubts so se
rious as to render his re-election, at this juncture,
impolitic and unsafe; and that we shall, there
fore, expect those whom we nominate to oppose,
by all honorable means in their power, the elec
tion of that Senator, and of all other candidates
similarly situated.
The first and third of these resolutions were
passed unanimously, and the second with but one
dissenting voice. It will be seen, that they con
tain the “ cry of Union,” and proscribe every
body, politically, who does not fall down and
worship the golden calf—the Compromise 1
The resolution it is understood, had refe
ence to the Hon. Charles J. Jenkins.
We learn that a letter, from that gentlemar,
(in reply to a call made upon him) was read be
fore the Convention, in which he stated, that he
would serve if elected, but that he should vote
for Judge Beriien for the Senate should he be a
candidate for re-election.
The result is known. Mr. Jenkins was thrown
overboard. Only two votes were cast for him in
the Convention. -
What has Judge Berrien done, that Mr. Jen
kins should be proscribed for desiring his elec
tion ? What has he ever said, or done, upon this
question of the rights of the South such
deadly hostility on the part of the Constitution
al Union Party ! His defence of our rights was
certainly, masterly and brilliant. Perhaps he
never, at any former period of his life, excelled
his parliamentary efforts upon this question. No
one can doubt his conservatism and devotion to
the Union.
Judge Berrien has never exhibited any ultra
ism upon this subject. His position has been one
of devotion to the Constitution, the UnionTand
Equal Rights. HU proscription, then, and that
of thejHon. C. J. Jenkins, are among the strange
events of the times. We opine that some at
j least, ; who have stood by Mr. Jenkins through
' many years that are past, will not forsake him
j now, for a cause so totally destitute of justifies,
tion. The case may, in a few words be summed
up thus. Mr. Jenkins is proscribed for sustain
ing a discreet and conservative Senator, who has
defended the rights of his own section with pro
found ability and true devotion.
Thequestion is, should he have been proscribed
for such a reason.
The impression is sought to be made, that Mr.
Jenkins is to be-put in Mr. Berrien's place. That
is all a ruse. We presume it is a part of the
programme ol the Macon Regency, that Judge
Berrien’s Senatorial robes shall be placed upon
the Hon. A. H. Stephens. We adopt, in refer
ence to this matter, the language of a correspon
dent of the Columbus Times, as follows: “ How
will they fit him ! About like Jack Downings’
description of Mr. Van Buren in General Jaek
son’s uniform—that the epauletts Were half way
between his shoulders and his elbows—and that
the coat was reether too long waisted.”
“ This world was made fer Caesar.”
That seems to be the sentiment of some in
these perilous times.
Ihe following was the vote for candidates o
the Legislature.
* John Milledge
Alex. C. Walker as
Charles J. Jenkins 2
Thos. Skinner 1
H. H. Cumm ing 2
The following was written for our paper of the
/th inst., but was net received in time.
AUGUSTA, Sept. 6th, 1851.
Mr. J AS. M. S.WVTHE :
Dear Sir: —Without wishing to be drawn into
a newspaper controversy, or pretending to judge
the merits of the difficulty between yourself and
Dr. Jones, I nevertheless deem it necessary to
notice a part of the latter gentleman’s editorial
in the Chronicle of to-day's date. Dr. Jones says
that when he declined to receive the note I in
iormed him I had for-him, I made some remark
about a “gentleman,” which he did not catch.
It will be recollected, according to Dr. Jones’
own statement, that he had previously refused to
receive a communication, similar to the one I
bore, trom Mr. Gardner, saying to that gentle
man, when he handed it to him, “ you can take
it back to the author, and inform him, he must
seek some other channel to convey it.” My remark
in which the word he quotes was used, had re
terence to w hat he said to Mr. Gardner, and was,
in substance, this—this is rather strange treat
ment to that gentleman (Mr.‘ Smythe) after
what has occurred. Dr. Jones says he inquired
my name, and I hesitated to give it. If I hesij
tated, it was merely because I did not understand
his question—the power p/ess, as the gentleman
remarks, was going at the time, and I was not
sure that I understood him aright; particularly
as Dr. J. professes to be well known in Augusta,
and I myself was born, and have been mostly
bred in the same place—though I never was in
troduced to him, I certainly knew him, when I
met him in the street. Dr. J. seems to lay great
stress upon bis not seeing the note; I certainly
placed my hand in my pocket and drew the note
therelrom; but when Dr. J. refused to receive it,
I did not deem it necessary to make a />>«»<./ /«e_
dcr. Dr. J. says I misapprehended him if I un
derstood him to say that he was not responsible
for the articles of “ Doctor.” In reply to my
query, why he refused to receive any communi
cation from Mr. Smythe, he used these precise
words, “ I had nothing to do with it,” and gave
me no other reason—l, of course, took it for
granted the word “ it,” in the above sentence,
referred to tLe attack tqion yourself by “ Doctor.”
In conclusion, I would state to Dr. Jones, that
my interference in the matter at all, was only to
render the communications, that must have ta
ken place between the parties, less disagreeable
to himself, than they could be, so long as Mr.
Gardner acted as the medium.
Yours respectfully,
W. W. MONTGOMERY.
Methodist Bisnot-s.—Two of the senior
Bishops of the Methodist Church at the North,
are lying very sick, with but feeble prospects of
recovery. Bishop Hedding is represented, by a
correspondent of the Christian Advocate, as
very week, but cheerful, humble, and simple in
manners, according to the primitive pattern of
Methodist Bishops. Bishop Hamline is also
very feeble, aud expects to survive but a little
time. His state of mind is what would be ex
pected of him—pertect peace.
We are authorised to state (says the Charles
ton Evening News of Saturday,) that the elec
tion for the Mayoralty is now under Protest
We state this upon the authority of a gentle
man whose name has been left at this office.
Office Board of Health, )
Augusta, Sept. 8, 1851. )
Since my report on the Ist inst., no new cases
of Small Pox or Varioloid have occurred in the
city. The two cases of V-arioloid referred to in
my last report, are rapidly convalescing.
The families in which the disease occurred
are isolated, and no intercourse allowed with
them by any other than the attending physician.
Strangers may visit our city without any dan
ger whatever of contracting the disease.
' WM. E. DEARING,
Chairman Board Health.
Mexico.—The Tehuantepec Affair.
By the Robert Spe Ulen we have late dates
from Mexico—from Vera Cruz to the 22d, and
from the city of Mexico to the 19th ult. The
most important items of news we find in our
files, is the general terror which pervades the
country, on account of the apprehended blockade
by the English fleet, for the nonpayment of the
bonds held by English subjects.
In reference to the Tehuantepec affair, we
learn that the Mexicans are coming to their sen
ses, and begin to View in a proper light, the con
sequence ol their violence and breach of faith in
the seizure of the property of the Company. The
barges which were sent down to Minatitian hav
ing been seized by the Mexican commandant,
Captains Thompson and Whitney proceeded to
Vera Cruz, where they were met by the Gov
ernor of thht department, with the request to re
turn, as orders would be given for the release of
these vessels. Our consular agent replied that
such order could be sent to the agent of the Com
pany, Mr. Sidle, who would receive back the
barges — N. O. Delta, 2d inst.
HE ELEMENTS OF ALGEBRA—Designed
for beginners—by Elias Loomis, M. A.
aug 14 THOS. RICHARDS & SON.J