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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS * Sheriff's bevies, 30 days, %2 50 per levy; 60 days. $5. Executor s. Administrator's and Guardian's Sales, Real Krtite, (per square, 12 lines) 14 75 Do. do. Personal Estate 3 25 Citation for Letters of Administration 2 75 Do. do. Dismission 4 50 Notiee to Debtors and Creditors 3 25 Four Months’ Notices ".. 400 Rnles Nisi, (monthly) (1 per square, each insertion. to* ALL REMITTANCES PER MATL, ana AT 00* BISK. (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. PEACH BRANDY 23 YEARS OLD. ONE bbl. of old Peach Brandy, distilled in 1828, by Joel Hurt, of Qglctborp Co., Ga. Just i 1 received and for sale by aug 29 A. STEVENS. AUGUSTA, GA. TUESDAY MORNING, BEPT. 9. For Ooremor. Charles j. McDonald. For Oongreu—Eighth District, ROBERT McMILLAN, of Elbert. the”largest circulatiWl the statkT 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