Newspaper Page Text
fiflMt'rtiitiflUflfef & l&pijilk*
JAMES GARDNER, JR. J
AND } Editors. [
JAMES M. BMTTHE, )
tixhs/; '
Diilt, per >nnnm. in advance...: ..$8 00
Tk-Wekxlt, per annum K... 6 00
Wihlt. per annum, if paid in advance 3 00
These ferine are offered to new subscriber*, and to eld
a übscribers who pay up all srresraxe*.
In no case will the Weekly paper be lent at $2. un
lea. the monev arcompanut lit order.
In n- ease will it be sent at $2 to an old nubacrlbar in
When the year paid for at $2 expiree, the paper,
ilnet discontinued, or paid for in advance, will be aent
on the chi terms 12 50 if paid at the office within the
year, or $3 if paid at the expiration of the year.
£-7- Postage must be paid on all communieationrand
letters of business
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.
One square (12 lines) 50 tent* the first insertion, and
37 j oent. for the next 6 insertion*, and 25 cents for
each nbeeqoent insertion. - „
Contract* made by th« year, or for a Is* period, on
reasonable terms
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sheriff's Levies. 30 daya $2 5« per lory j «0 days, $5.
Executors, Administrator’s and Guardian's Sales, Beal
Estate, (per square, 12 lines) 1 >4 75
Do. t do..- personal Estate 3 25
Citation for Letters of Administration 2 75
Do. do. Dismission.., 4 50
Koties to Debtors and Creditors. 3 25
Four Mouths’ Notices. 4 W
Rules Nisi, (montblv) SI per square, each insertion.
ET ALL REMITTANCES PER MAU, ass AT OVB
aisx.
A Mother's Prayer in Illness sr mes. irmi
Yes, take them first, my Father! Lot my dovas
Fold their white wings in heaven, safe on thy breast,
Ere I am call’d away : I dare not leave
Their young heart* here, their innocent, theughless
hearts”
Ah! how the shadowy train of future ill*
Comes sweeping down life’s vista a* I gate!
My May) my careless ardent-temper 'd May—
My frapk and frolie child, in whoso blue eyos
Wild joy and passionate wo alternate rise ;
Whose cheek tbe morning in her soul illumes;
Wh?sc little, loving heart a word, a glance.
Can sway to grief orgloe; who leaves her play,
And put* up frcr sweet mouth and dimpled arms
Each moment for a kiss, aad *ofty asks,
With her clear, fluito-like voico, “ Do you love mer
Ah. let me stay ! ah, let mo still be hy,
To answer her and meet her warm caress !
Fpr 1 away, how pft in this rough world
That earnest question will be ask’d in vain !
How oft that eager, passionate, petted heart
Will shrink abash d and chill'd, to learn at length
The hateful, whithering lesson of distrust!
Ah-! let her nestle still upoh this breast,
In which each shade that dims her darling face
Is tell aad answer'd, as the lake reflects
Tho clouds that cross yon smilling hoaven I—And
thou, ’ . .
My modost EUcn—tender, thoughtful, trd«; »
Thy soul nttuned to all sweet hilrmonios:
Mv pure, proud, noble Ellen', with thy gifts
Os genius, grace and loveliness, linrf hidden
Neath the soft VoII of innate modesty,
Hew will the world’s wild discord reach thy heart
Tp startle and uppnl' .Thy generous scorn
Os all things hlwe and mean —thy quick, keen tasto,
Dainty auu delicate—thy instinctive fear
Os those unworthy of a simf so pun.-,
Thy rarp, unehildlike dignity of inicn.
All —they will all bring pain to thco, my ehildl
And oh, if Oven their grace nnd goodness meet
Cold looks and careless greetings, how will all
The latant evil yet undisciplined ,
In their young, timid souls, forgiveness find'
Forgiveness nnd forbearance, and so it eludings,
Which I, their’mother, learn’d of love to give!
let me stay!—albeit my heart is weary,
Weary and worn, lirod of its own sad beat,
That finds no echo in this busy world
Which cannot pause to answer—tired alike
Ofjoy and sorrow, of the day nud night:
Ah. take theta first, my Father, uud then me!
And/or their sokes, their sweet nukes, my Father,
Lot me find rest beside them, ut thy feet!
i-E ■iii.2^" , s^L 1111 -lU' j.. -l—.■ ue
(From the jV. O. Delta, sth irut.)
Authentic Intelligence of the Manner of Gen. Lo
pes’s Oapture and Execution.
We have received from Mr. Duguumay, a citi-'
xen of this city, ol' the most unimpeachable vera
connecteil with t
Won of General Lopez. As the Spanish papers
are filled With the most false and calumnious
statements, in regard to tins mattes, which we
have no doubt will be published in this city, we
hasten to anticipate them, hy presenting the facts,
from a gentleman who has resided here lor a
number of years, who has the confidence of all
who know him: and who |x>ssessed peculiar ad
vantages for learning the truth.
Mr. Dugournay was in Havana during all the
events Os tlie expedition, down to the axecution
of General Lopez. He says that the failure of
the expedition was dup to the unfortunate delay
caused by the separation of Crittenden's com- 1
mand, which kept General Lopez for two days
at Pozas. and led his friends in the country to
believe that he had been defeated,—-that subse
quently, Lopez had several actions,’ in which he
was victorious, placing at least two* thousand j
Spaniards hort dtv combat , and suffering some loss
himself. The rapid coiiceiiltffikm of the troops
in the neighborhood, cutoff his communications
and prevented the people from joining him. j
At last, by repeated attacks and marches, their
ammunition being exhausted, and reduced to the
lowest stage of sqffering and starvation, the men j
were divided, hid thirty remaining with Lopez. ,
These wandered about for sometime, until at last
they were begged by the General to abandon |
him, as they might have some chance of making
terms with the Governmental’ they surrendered
—but there was no chancy if caught with him.
He also added that'his fate was certain—he would
be garroted, it would no doubt help the cause—
but he desired that they should escape. Finally,
he left them, accompanied by one faithful friend.
Wounded in the shoulder, —faint and exhausted
from fatigue and loss of blood, he wandered about,
until at last he Was pursued with blood hounds,
and captured by some sixteen Catalans. He sur- 1
rendered, exclaiming—" Kill me, but pardon my
men!’’ When captured,, he had scarcely the
strength to stand erect. He was taken to ijahia
Honda, find kept there until the garrison could be
reinforced, by drawing men from that place. On
the 31st fie was taken iq the Pizarro to Havana,
and the order for his execution issued. When
he arrived there, he was so weak that he could
scarcely sit lip. On the day of his execution, a
large military force was drawn up, and all the
cannons, of the forts were'fully manned and di
rected towards the place of execution. When
the General was taken from the steamer and
placed on shore, to the surprise of his guards, he
stood up erect, and marched to the place of exe
cution, with a bold and manly port. His demean
or evinced the utmost coolness, manliness, and
dignity.
uigiiuv.
Just before his death, he made a short address,
in which he stated that his intentions looked to
the advancement and happiness of the people of
Cuba; that the imputatioh of plunder and piracy
was a calumhy; that he had meditated no greater
crime -than that of seeking so secure Free Insti
tutions for that people, and he was willing to
meet his fate. Before, howevr, he had conclud
ed, he was forced into the garrotte, and his last
words, which were uttered in a loud tone, were—
“Adios Cuba (duER-i da”—‘Adieu, Dear Cuba.”
Such is the relation to us of Mr. Dugournay,
whose honor and truth will not he doubted in
this city,—which he learned partly from actual
knowledge and ob-ervatiou, partly from some of
the prisoners, and party from the guards at the
execution of the General.
(From the Columbia Enquirer.)
Particulars of the Storm at Apalachicola.
We have been kindly favored with the follow
ing extract ol a letter from a gentleman at Apa
lachicola to his friend in this city, giving further
particulars of the ravages of the storm at that
place, on the 22d and 23d days of August last:
“I have now to give you a most melancholy i
account of our devqted city. On the night of the -
23d, a gale commenced blowiug lrom east-south- I
past, and continued about 24 hours. When I got
up in the momiflg the water was nearly op to
Market-street, and a boat 12 o'clock it was over
the side walk in front of my dwelling, and still
race a few inches higher. During this time the
water was breaking through the entire row of
brick buildings, teariiTg aowti iron doors and
washing the goods away, for no one bad time to
save any thing. There was not a ’door or floor
left in Water Street, and no goods saved, expect
in a damaged state. The goods are scattered irom .
town up to Lake Wemn o. Judge Hawkins had
to abandon bis house, and wade through water j
several feet deep with -iris wife and children.
Judge Semmes’ housb was undermined and feH
to tne ground, destroying all his furniture, &c.
tec.: Bennett : s house was very near going in the
same way; also Mr. Day’s, and B. D. Allen's;
Mr. Grierson's house was undermined and turn- ,
bled oveT. The promenade § wept .of every thing,
with nhariy half of Irish town. The lower block .
pf brick buildings a pile of ruins;. the two next
haitdrngs much damaged: Taylor's store, and the
one next to ib partly down; the next one partly
unroofed; the bankhouse entirely down, with the
large safe lying on the top of the wreck. The
Exchange, and Orman’sstore, partly down; Day s
press and ware-house much damaged; Dodge's
store partly unroofed; Ellison’s, and Wylie ic
McKenzie » ditto.; the P. D. ware-house (omit
ted above) two-thirds down, and slate nearly all
off; the Union warehouse partially damaged:
Austin ft Long’s store partly unroofed; A'. Brooks,
Baldwin, Day, Lockhart and Thomas' ditto; No.
J, 2, 4 and 6 in Columbus block ditto; the screw
press injured some, or rather the buildings; the
Franklin ware-house down, also the bakery, and
wooden buildings, and all the buildings on the
wharves,- Young's kitcheu down, and dwelling
somewhat in jured by the falling of the chimney
tope; other dwellings very little injured. The
doors and windows of the Episcopal Church all
forced in, and plastering damaged; the Congre
gatipnal Church entirely down; the Methodist
Church not injured. You may imagine the situa
tion of the wharves. The roofs of the engine
house lodged in the rear of Young’s Store; the cot
ton sheds nearly all down; Robert Allen’s brick
foundry nearly ali down; the small brick building
rear of L- T. Thomas, down; Ellis' new wooden
building, opposite Abell ft Griffin, lifted from
the blocks, ami settled on the ground, stock of
gpods also damaged; there were 7 or 8000 sacks
salt in Day's press warehouse, all destroyed;
Young's whisky and salt on the first floor, and
about 150 bales of goods for J. C. Davis, i f
Albany, all gone.
The steamers Falcon and Magnolia were both
swept from Old Womans Bluff, and completely,
wrecked; the wafer war nine feet on that bluff. 1
The ship John Bryant, loaded for Liverpool, and j
ready for sea, is ashore ip 14 feet water, drawing
IC feet. AH the-light houses gone, and fivff lives
lost at Dog Island light. A Spanish cruiser ashore 1
about St. Joseph. About 100- bales cotton lost,
inKltison'B brick store, lower part of Water street.
You can scarcely imagine such a scene as Water
street presents; every store entirely open, and
goods, lumber and Ipgs all miked up together:
every body worn down, exhausted, and almost
indespair. And what shall we do in such a
cae!
I will not attempt to make an estimate of the
lots. Some are sufferers to a large amount every
body has lost something, except those who can
make it up in pilfering, for which there is a litre
chance, and no doubt used successfully.
When I Spoke of houses being unroofed v I
should have said the tin partly stripped off. In
some cases part of the timbers aTe gone.
Yours, D. G. R.
Wc have also a letter before us from Monti
delto, Fla„ which gives a doleful account of tbe
storm in that section of the State. The writer
says “in that county (Jefferson) the storm has
done vast domage to the crops, the cqlton all
blown down and where tall it is liiully mangled
anil the limbs broken. The wind blow frorrl
the South, from Saturday, 12 o’clock until near
Sunday morning. The roads are blocked with
trees, and the young corn bloryir to ruins. This
storm will cause the cotton to be of an inferior
quality, and very bail to.pick. Where you ex
pected 300, you may possibly get 2UO. Fiom
this statement, and others maile, it is estimated
** rcnlcd. TKerTwriTtiTa Tall lug off' at least of one
third from the original estimate, in cotton. The
papeis also mention three heavy rains since the
storm, so that corn in the low lauds especially is
badly injured : most of it being flat on the ground
is soaking in the water. One-fourth of the crop
thereby destroyed.
From Gadsden county, the accounts are quite
1 as unfavorable.. The Giu Houses in the county
j were blown down to a great extent, and timber
prostrated in unprecedented quantities. There
js a perfect sea of waters between , (Quincy and
Tallahassee. The tobacco crop is nearly pH.
destroyed—that in Ihe fields being whipped to
|-ribbons, and that in process of curing and stored
in barns «nil sheds being destroyed by the de
molition of those buildings.
From Alabama we have ho cheering news of
the condition qf the crops. In the neighborhood
of Tuscaloosa,jevery thing eatable is scarce and
high. Mn l’ickens county a meeting has been
held, which called upon tire county authorities to
advance money, bay corn, and to distribute it
gratis to those who are not able to buy, and sell
to those. Who are. A tax Is to be levied to re-
I l'uiul the money thus advanced by the county.
IFVmii the Montreal Herald , jiugust 29(4.]
; View of tho Canadian Press on the Havana Mas
sacre.
We are no friends to unjust invasions; but
there should be limits to the wrath or the ven
geance of man. The recent wholesale butchery,
at Havana,of all the fifty foreigners taken prison
ers, without arms, and inhumanly shot like
beasts, without trial, appears to be an atrocity
which, not merely the means and nation of the
dead, but the safety .and honor of all living, re
quire to be justified orexpiated.
■ These undistinguishing massacres in cold
blood, in the nineteenth century, on the part of
governments which pretend to legitimate au
thority—whose acts should consequently be, not
the impulse ot blind or sangunary passion, but
the result of humane and calm deliberation—are
far more revolting to the feelings, and stamped
with more inexpiable guilt, than any crimes
which simple individuals, liable to the continua}
influence of corruption, enthusiasm, or illusion,
can commit.
. The ferocity of the Austrian butcher. Haynau,
appears to have been brought to America by the
Spanish .Generals and Governors. The patri- !
arch's malediction may possibly yet reach them i
all:— ‘ Cursed be their anger, for it, was fierce; j
and their wrath; for it was cruel, I will divide!
them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.” ■
But the end is yet to come, both for Austria and
Cuba. North America, at all events, is not a
country in which absolute governments can ven
ture with safety on sucii a system of hostility
against the people as was only practised before
civilization was known. If governments and
m ters seek to exterminate, it will happen, in
America, at least, shat such governments and '
rulers are more likely to suffer than iuliiet ex- '
termination. . -• I
. Man destroys.of right his enemies who are
arrayed against him in the .battle-field. -It is
the right ol self defence. But when these en
s‘ llles ate prisoners, disarmed and defenceless,
the right to destroy them ceases,—this right be
mg founded solty on the right of self defence.
But-let it be asserted- that these captives . are
criminals: it so, let them he tried and convicted.
But, in the case before us, no crime could have
been committed,-even if any had been intended.
The prisoners were taken out of their ow n .boats. .
without resistance; and for the Governor of Cuba
do inflict death pn foreigners, for imputed inten- ;
tions to do evil, is what no independent govern- '
ment can permit or submit to, without the sac
rifice of its honor and duty.
It is singular that Santa Anna began his career
against the Texans by shooting, in cold blood, a
large .number of prisoners, promising young men,
few of whom had attained their tweiity-fourth
year. Was there any one endued with the |
feelings of a human beipg, who coaid retrain
indignation at such brutal extermination of un
tried and defenceless captives’ Was there any
one who did not desire to see some adequate in
fliction upon each a ruler and such a govern ment?-
The day of netjibutton came—Santa Anna was
himself taken prisoner, but not shot. Yet it
would net have been more against the law of
nature and 'nations, for his captors to have shot
Santa'Anna in cold blood, than for Santa Anna
to have shot his prisoners (amounting to several
hundred yotng men) in cold blood. The erimes
and cruelties of governments and rulers are of
deeper guilt, and call for deeper atonement than
those of individuals. However, the retribution
approximated, at least, to expiation. Santa
Anna's power, by the Divine will, was Wrested
from him, and his couutry was vanquished and
parcelled out by the fellow-citizens of the youth
ful prisoners whom he shot in cold blood.
AUGUSTA, GA.
FRIDAY MORNING, BEPT. 12.
StlStiunl THE STATS.
For Governor.
Charles j. McDonald.
District For Congress.
1 JOS. W. JACKSON, of Chatham.
2. HENRY L. BENNING, of Muscogee.
3. DAVID J. BAILEY, of Butts.
4—JOHN D. STELL, of Fayette.
5. WILLIAM H. STILES, of Cass.
6. THOMAS F. JONES, of Newton.
7. —DAVIITtV. LEWIS, of Hancock.
8. ROBERT MoMILLAN, of Elbert.
Can the Spell of Delusion be Broken ?—Pano
rama of the Constitational Union Party.
We know of no man who is now a greater fa
vorite, with the Constitutional Union presses of
this and other Southern States, than- Mr. Fill
more, the present artiidental President of the Uni
ted States; The foundation of Mr. Fillmore’s
present popularity with these papers, is his sup
port of the late miscalled compromise Os -the
slavery question, particularly his expressed de
termination to.enforce the fugitive slave law.
Mr. Fillmore well knows that the South has
lost everything by the compromise cheats and, as
to the fugitive slave law, he is well aware that
not more than one fugitive slave in a hundred
will ever be recovered under it, in view of the
hazard and cost attending its enforcement. Mr.
Fillmore, no doubt, laughs in his sleeve at the
cheap confidence of the South, in depending upon
hint to defend her great institution !
The truth is, his support of. the compromise is
not inconsistent with his uniform opposition, dur
ing his public life, to the institution of slavery.
He is not for us, but against us. He is not our 1
friend, but our enemy. Let him How. come in
view. When a candidate for Governor, in 183a,
he replied as follows to questions propounded to
Him. His letter speaks for itself. .
BuFfaEo, Oct. 17,1838.
Sir: Your communication of the. ir>th inst.
as chairman of iwpoinmlftee appointed by “The
Antv-Slavery Soviet'/ of the county of Erie,”
has-just come to hand. You solicit toy answer
to the following interrqgatoties:
Ist. Do you lielieve that petitions to Con
gress ot> the subject of slavery and the sfavetrade
ought to l>e received, toad, and respectfully con
sidered by the representatives of the peo)ne.
2d. Are you opprfecd to the annexation of
Texas to this Union, under any circumstances,
as long as slaves are held therein.
3d. Are you in favor of Congress exercising
all the constitutional power it possesses toabol
- foSa
tion lor the abolition of slavery in the District
of Columbia'
1 am much engaged, and have no time to enter
into argument, or ex|dain at length my reasons
tor my opinion. I shall therefore content myself
Jbr the present, by answering ALL your inter
rogatories in the AFFIRMATIVE, and leave
fur some future occasion a more extended discus
sion ou the subject.
Millard Fillmore.
The presses of the Constitutional Union party
may swear till doomsday that Mr. Fillmore is a
tower of strength to the South—they may war
rant him", like a horse-jockey warrants a bad
horse to a greenhorn, whose, meuey he pockets,
but there stands Mr. Fillmore, the enemy qf tub
South. We wilf do him the justice to say, that
in reference to the power of Congress “to abol
ish the internal slave trade between the States,’’
•he has publicly declared 4 change of opinion.
Many of our readers will remember the cele
brated resolutions presented to the National
House of Representatives, on the 11th of De
cember, 1838, by Mr. Atherton, »f New Hamp
shire. The following is the 2d resolution :
“Jlisolved, Thit petitions for the abolition of
slavery in the District of Columbia and the
Territories of the United States, and againstthe.
removal of slaves from one State to another are
a parNrf a plan of operations set,on foot to affect
til* institution of slavery in the several States,
and fhus indirectly to destroy that institution
within their limits.’’
This was adopted by yeas 136, nays 65. Mr.
Fillmore's name stands recorded among'the hays.
The question recurred, that the House do agree
to the 3d of said resolutions. The question ou>
the said 3d resolution, was, on. motion of Mr.-
Bond, divided; and on the question that the
House do agree to the Ist member of the said 3d
resolution', being so much thereof as is contained
in the words following: a Resolved, that Con
gress has no right to do that indirectly, which it
cannot do directly,” the vote was yeas 170, nays
30. Upon the above question. Mr. Fillmore
voted NAY.
Mr. Fillmore has been perfectly consistent on
this point. He well knows that the institution
of slavery in the Southern Southern States would
be dangerously affected by preventing its exten
sion, and that he has (tided in doing that, by the
adoption ol the compromise, alias Southern sure
mute-, of the last session. - ' *
The following was the 2d member of the 3d
resolution; . _
, "And that the agitation of the subject of sla
very in the District of Columbia or the Ter
ritories. as a means and with th(> view of dis
turbing or overthrowing that institution- in the
several States, is against the true spirit and
meaning of the constitution, an infringement of
the rights of atfbeted and a breach of
the public-faith on Which they entered into this
confederacy.? • • .
This was passed by a vote of yeas 164, nays
39. Mr. Fillmore, voted NAY. The following
was the 4th resolution:
4. a ßesolved , That the constitution rests on
the broad principles ol equality among the mem
bers ot this coniederacy; and.that Congress, in
the exercise of its acknowledged powers, has
no right to discriminate between the institu
tions of one .portion of the States and another
with a vieW of abolishing the one and promo
ting the other.’’
The question recurred, that the House do agree
to the 4th resolution. Mr. Lincoln called for a
division of the question on said resolution; and
on the question that the House do agree to the
Ist member thereof being so much as is con
tained in the words following: “ Resolved, that
the Constitution rests on the broad principle of
equality atoong the members of this confedera
cy,” the vote stood, yeas 182, nays 26. Upon
the above question, Mr. Fillmore voted yea.
The question was then put that the House do
agree to the 2d member of the 4th resolution, be
ing so much thereof as is contained in the words
following: • .
“And that Congress, in the exercise of its ac
knowledged powers, has no right to driscriminate
betweenj the institutions of one portion of the
States and another, with a view of abolishing
the one and promoting the other.”
This passed in the
26. Upon this question. Mr. FiJhuore voted
NAY. He, then, evidently sustained the doc
trine that Congress has the right to discriminate
in favor of one institution and against another;
that is, against the institution ofslavery in the
Southern States. It wag well known to him
and everybody else, at the time; that the dis
crimination referred to was -in allusion to
SLAVERY. . - * -
The question then recurred on the sth resolu
tion. That resolution will be had in foil by uni
ting the two division* «f it, which will be seen
in the follow ing. Mr. Randolph celled for a di
vision of this question, tiiat the House do agree
to the Ist member of said resolution, being so
much thereof as is contained in the words fol
lowing:
“ Resolved, therefore, That all attempts on the
part of Congress to abolish slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia or the territories, or to pro
hibit the removal of slaves from State to State,
or to discriminate between the institutions of
one portion of the confederacy and another,
with the view aforesaid, are in violation of the
constitution, destructive of the fundamental
principle on which the Union of these States
rests, and beyond-the jurisdiction of Congress. 1 ”
It passed in the affirmative—yeas 149, nays 52.
Mr. Fillmore voted NAY! -• , •
The question then recurred, that the House do
agree to the 2d member of said sth resolution,
being so much thereof as is contained in the
words following:
“And that every petition, memorial, resolu
tion, proposition of paper, touching or relating
in any way. or to any extent whatever, to sla
very as aforesaid, of the abolition thereof, shall,
on the presentation thereof, without any further
action thereon, be laid upon the table, without
being debated, printed or referred.”
When a motion was made by Mr. Potts, that,
the said 2d member of the said sth resolution do
| lie on the table; and on the question that the
House do agree to, this motion, it passed in the
negative—yeas 77, nays 235. Upon this ques
tion, Mr. Fillmore voted ray 1
The question then recurred again on foe 2d
member of the sth-resolution, and the question
was put that the House do agree -to the 2d mem
ber of the sth resolution, and it passed in the aL
lirmative—yeas 128, nays 7S. Upon this queer
tion, Ms. Fillmore voted NAY 1
Thus it will -be seen that if Mr. Fillmore is
qot an abolitidnist, he is a very decided anti
slavery man, and that he was utterly indisposed to
do justice to the South.
But again, we -make the following extract from
a speech of Mr. Fillmore. The motion before
the House was to print ,a petition from Roches
ter, to abolish slavery in the Districr of Colum
bia. It was ram on jne Tame-*-iwj row. bit.
Fillmore said: - .
“It was not unreasonable that the memorial
should be printed and preserved among the'docu
ments of the House. He disavowed most une
quivocally, now and forever, any desire on his
part to interfere with the l ights, or what was
termed the property of the citizens of other
States. W hile he aid this, he conceived that as
a citizen of the State of New York and a mem- j
ber of this House, he was interested ini Ine !
claim to property in man within the District of !
Columbia. He referred to the effect which was
produced in the North by the advertisements' in
the papers of this,cfty connected with the pur
chase and transportation of slaves. The people
ol that sectice of the country believe slavery
to be improper, and that it should not be tolerated.
This was a great national question. There was
nothing in the memorial which should prevent
its being printed and placed on tho files of the
House for future reference.
We leave this without comment. It speaks
plainly enough for itself.
Many of our readers will remember the case
ol the Creole, which sailed from the Virginia
coast, bound to New Orleans, in 1840 or’4l.
The negroes ou board, mutinied, xmudered the
crew, and escaped to the Island of Nassau.- We
shally only allude to the matter so for as may be
pertinent to the object we have in view. Joshua
R. GkMinfs introduced in the House, on the 21st
of March, 1543, nine resolutions, in whnfo he
justified the mutiny of the negroe?—the murder of
the crew—and the refusal of the authorities of
Nassau to give up the murderers. ' Horace Ever
ett, Caleb Cushing and other Northern members?
expressed their abhorrence and detestation of
Giddings's resolutions. Mr. Weller, of Ohio, !
(Giddings's State as well as his own,) offered the
following resolution: * ,
following resolution: *
“ Resolved, That this House holds the conduct
of said member as altogether unwarrantable, and
deserving the severe condemnation of the people
of this country, and of this body in particular/’
It was adopted by a vote of yeas 125, nays 69.
Fillmore, Adams, Winthrop, and Gates voting
NO!!!.
The preamble to tills resolution, which, as
our exhibition is already too protracted, we omit,
except the following extract, Was then put and
adopted, yhis is the extract:. ,
, “ And whereas mutiny and murder are there
in justified and- approves in terms shocking
to all sense of law, order, and humanity, there
fore," We. I
1 tor the preamble 119, against if 76. Fillmore
voted NO Ml
This man is an enemy to the institution of
the South. He has certainly got into the good
graces of many of our Constitutional Union
friends by a hack-way, who wit! soon put him
• | out at the'front door. We will not dwell upon
the cold-blooded iniquity of GiddingS. But how
much better was Fillmore, who stood at his back,
and held up the bloody robes that covered him ? ‘
Remember, when the Fugitive Slave bill was
passed, Mr. Fillmore even hesitated to sign it. He j
referred the matter Jo Mr. Crittenden, his law I
adviser, and asked him if it was constitutional? !
Mr. Crittenden told him it was, and he signed
it. Thus he dodged behind the Attorney General,
from fear of Seward and his “ higher law ” fol
lowers 1
When it was evident that it was his duty to
remove the Marshal who acted in the Billy and
Ellen .Craft case, be turned'and said* “Dear
Mr. Crittenden “give me your opinion —ought I
to remove him?” Mr. C. thought the Marshal
had been careless, but the cause for his removal
was hardiy sufficient, and Mr. Fißtaore was
happily satisfied of course, and retained him hi his
office.
Constitutional Union men! is this the great
leader whom you have selected to protect the
EIGHTS AND HONOR, AND SECURE THE SAFETY OF
jhe South ? , ..
Some of the presses of the Constitutional
Union party have even suggested him for the
nest Presidency!
People of Georgia and the South! has it iome
to this? Is this the man to be.your leader?
This hater of your institution, and backer of the
bloody-minded abolitionist, Giddings? This man
is an idol of the Constitutional Union presses
and leaders. Will the people be so far blinded
and misled as to unite in the insane shouts of
some Southern men over this umjbrm aitd hitter
enemy of their peculiar institution.
Ought not the tacts which we have, adduced
to be sufficiently startling to break the spell of
their delusion ? If they cannot do it, we. are get
ting low down in the scale of patriotism and
public virtue 1
Mr. Cobb’s Suppressed Letter.
It is due to fairness—to common honesty, that-
Mr. Cobb should designate the portion of his
letter to the Macon Convention, Which composes
his suppressed letter. If he will do that, every
Southern Rights paper in Georgia, we will guar
antee will publish It. The suppressed letter
forms but a portion of the Ma'-oh letter. TV *
suppressed letter was on the subject of secession I
only. The.Maconletter treats of other subjects,
and is in response to interrogatories embracing
more tnan the question of secession. - *'
The Macon letter contains even oti secession
more than was Contained in the suppressed letter.
No one can read the Maqon letter without notic
ing the inconsistent aid contradictory positions
assumed in it on. the right of secession. The
writer attempts the old trick of running with
the hare and balding with the hounds. The un
qualified anti-secession and State coercion grounds
assumed in the suppressed. letter wj-rs found to be
so unpopular, that, w{pen Mr. Cobb sat down alter
many weeks delay to reply to the Macon Conl
mittee, he incorporates the suppressed letter in
his answer, and adds a qualifying supplement.—
He interlards his first declared opinions, which
are his true ones, with such' State Rights gene
ralities in favor of the right of secession asmight
tend to conciliate, or mollify the State Rights'
men of the Union Iferty, who uncompromisingly
insist on the right of secession, and deny the right
of coercion to the Federal-Government.
The attempt to palm off the Moron letter on
the people of Georgia as word-for word the sup
pressed letters*—as nothing more, and nothing less
—i* a petty and contemptible trick- It is Un
worthy of any candidate for a respectable office.
It is as shallow as it is disgraceful, and if coun
tenanced by Mr. Cobb, will lose as many votes
to him as any one preyious transaction of his life.
The Tetter of the Cassville correspondent bf
The Southern Recorder thus reported the remarks
of Mr. Cobb on this point at Cassville.
" dose by the w riter, there was a knot ol fire
eaters or Southern Rights men, and his attention
was directed to them by hearing ''that Utter'-’
“ that suppressed letter'— uttered by one or two
voices, and shortly after one of the party stepped
op and said he wanted to ** wc that suppressed lmi -
Ur !' 3
Mr. Cobb then turned to him and asked him if
he had “ read his letter to the Macon commit
tee ?” The fire-eater replied “ Yet.” ■“ Then,”
replied Mr. Cobh, " you have read that suppressed
letter, and did ' nt knou- it!” I then, at the mo
ment, glanced at the fire-eater, aud from the
manner in which he held his head, he reminded
j me of a man who had just had his hat pulled
| over his face. Mr. Cobb then said that with the
; exception of the introduction of the letter to his
friend Mr. Hull, which is in substance as fol
lows : ‘"Dear Sir: I propose to give you my
views upon the subject of secession, without en
tering into a lengthy argument'to sustain my po
sition. The whole of the suppressed letter, without an
alteration, and without the crossing of the t's and
the dotting ot the i's as m the original, is contain
ed in his letter t» the Macon Committee .”
Now here, it is stated, tlmt the whole of the
suppressed letter,except the introductory sentence
was contained in the letter to the MaCon Com
mittee. But it is not stated what portion of the
Macon letter is the suppressed letter. It is plain
that the Macon letter contains much that the
suppressed letter didnot contain.
The Macon Committee was formed and their
letter addressed to Mr. Cobb weeks after iis sup
pressed letter was written. In his reply he not
only gives what he wrote to Mr. Wm. Hope
Hull, but a good deal more.
Again we ask, let us have jhe «nad'ulterated
suppressed letter, evert to the dottjng-of the is
and the crossiiigpf the fs, pnd “ nothing else.” —
That is whakthe people wish to see.
Perhaps Mr. Hull might get the consent of Mr.
Cobb to the publication of it with a certificate of
the former that it is-the genuine article.
* % White Seed Wheat. I v
t We have been presented by Messrs. Wright,
l Simpson & Gardiner, with a sample of White
' Wheat, raised on the plantation of Jfr. P. H.
i Greene, Troup county, which took the first pre
mium at the recent fair held at'Atlanta. R is
’ i the best specimen of Wheat we have seen this
, season, and we understand averages in weight
sixty six pounds to the bushel. We have also a
sample of Flour, made from the above wheat,
| which is eqnal to Hiram Smith's,-mr any other
fancy brands.. The samples of,,Wheat and Flour
can be seen at our office, or at the counting room
of Messrs Wright, Simpson & Gardiner.
Th£ Release of Kossi'th.—From Constan
tinople, we learn that it,is still believed that
Kossuth will be released at the time specified,
and he' will' arrived at New York ip the
steam frigate Jlie&issippi, in the month ot Ocfo- '
her. The Russian ami Austrian Envoys have'
ineffectually interposed obstacles to . prevent his
liberation, and the influence of Sir Stratftjrd Can
ning is at present in the ascendent. Should Kos
suth be released, it is believed that the diplo
matic intercourse.between Austria andihe Porte
j will be interrupted for a time.' ' .
Over one Hundred Indians Slain.— The
Marysville .(California) Herald, of the 15th of
July, gives an account of an extensive slaughter
of Indian's of Pitt River. The battle was fought
■ by Captain B. F. Harvey, and his command of
150 men. There were upwards of seven hundred
Indians, more than a hundred of whom were
| killed, and a large number taken prisoners.
The splendid new clipper ship Nightingale
was sold at Boston on Saturday by Mr. Ferdi.
nandß. White, auetioaeei, for 540,500. The
terms were one quarter bash, and the remainder
in 4 to 6 mouths, with interest added.
Brßxrsa, THE British Flag .—The Montreal
Gazette mentions, that the flag of England was
publicly burnt on the pffWie square in that city
when the news was received that the Queen
had signed the ecclesiastical titles bill. Wonder
if the Fiilmotebuster press of New York would
have any objection to piratical expeditions in that
quarter, provided the ball of revolution was set
in motion by the Canadians themselves ?
The Governor of Pennsylvania has issued a
proclamation, annoudeing that, on the Ist of
September 5659,122 98 of the public debt of
Pennsylvania was extinguished—the amount of
State stocks having been purchased and the cer
tificates cancelled. This makes the present debt
of the 5tate.540,116,362 44.
(communicated.)
' • SEPTEMBER, 9th, 1851.
Messrs. Editors:--! see in your Tri-
Weekly of the 3rd inst., that Mr. Irvin has brief
ly replied to the account given in your paper by
“ State Rights” of the meeting at Woodstock.—
We see that he strongly Intimates that the au
thor of “ State Rights' 5 is Mr. GartxeH. Such is
not the feet. Mr. Gartrell. is too modest a gen
tleman in my estimation to speak of himself in
such .tetmsas were used by “ State Rights.”
u State Rights” attended the meeting at Wood
stock, but is not now, and never was a citizen ol
Wilkes eoynty. -Previous to the meeting at
Woodstck, no one was esteemed more highly by
me as & gentleman, thru Mr. Irvin. 1 have
e'ver considered.him to be a pleasant, affable and
even-tempered man, apd not the leas* irascible.
But I am compqllhd tp say, that his memorable
speech at Woodstock was characterized by a de
gree of ill-tfemper.and irritated feeling that I
was not prepared to expect. I confess that I
was surprised, and 'could hardly recognize Mr.
I. T. Irvin, Jr., in that speech. He says that he
was misrepresented in saying that R all South
ern Rights ipen were iqfem.ius cowards.”
Nqw as to my misrepresenting Mr.Jrvia, it is
all .a mistake, I was of the.opinion that Mr.
Irvin rather misrepresented himsilt—that he
suffered himself to be wrought to such q pitch of
excitement, that he was not really aware what
he did say,"and that when lie cooled down and
was clothed in bit right’mind, he would be sor
ry for what he had said, and regret it. But it
.Seems that he has grown to be very irritable, and
qne would think that he was really a little net
tled as the communication of “ States Rights.”
1 yet have hopes, however, that he may recover
from his paroxysm of excitement. If not very
soon, I think that the ides of October will im
part to him a question that will he a " soothing
sensatiou to his sensative mind.”
I feel very certain that "my impression, that
Mr. Irvin did say, that "all the Southern Rights
men were infamous cowards,” was correct—
from the fact that at the request of some one ili
the audience, Mr. Irvin repeated it, and Mr.
Toombs endorsed it. And it Ml. Irvin' will
press the matter, I am of the opinion that certi
ficates to that effect, from honorable men, can
be procured. If 1 have been correctly informed
it Mtai remarked by a particular friend of Mr
Irvin, that two more such speeches will effectu
ally slay him.
As to Mr. Irvin’s remarks concerning the his
ses and groans which his speech produced, l
have ofily this to say : that his marked and con
tinued notice of them did not exhibit any
peculiar grace or dignity in him as a publii.speak
er, apd that he would have made a much more
eloquent appearance, if he had not noticed them.
Mr. Irvin intimates, that the sorrow which I
expressed for him “ had better be reserved, for
the time may come when it will be needed for
himself and his friends.” Doubtless this allu
sion was to Mr. Gaurcll. Here he had the
“ wrong pig by the ear.” However, it is a matter
ol regret that Mr. Irvin should consider that the
“rebukesof a friend are not better then the kis
ses of an etieinyand I am very certain that if
he could net sorrow for b'mself, that he needed
some one to sorrow for him.
“0 wad scuuc power the giftie gie us,
To see ourself »s others see us;
» *lt vend frae monie a blunder free us .
, _. Ami foolish notions’
II Mr. Gartrell should Hot be elected. I know
that neither heor his friends will object to Mr. Ir
vin's sympathy. But Mr. Irvin need not fret.
The good people of Wilkes know who has re
presented them, and know who will represent
them again. We will conclude this communi
cation by giving a little advice anu hope that
Mr. Irvin will receive it kindly and profit by it.
We think tb'at your desire to go to the Legisla
ture is rather too excessive, and that your pros
pects might brighten if you would only hold
your temper and let your hair grow.
State Rights.
Tribute of Respect.
j Emory College, Sept. 7th, 1851.
? The Students of Emory College, having been
. : informed of the decease of their fellow-student,
■. Randall H. Geiger, a member of the Few So
i ciety, at a called meeting of the College, adopted,
the following Preamble and Resolutions:
' „ PREAMBLE.
i Whereas, we have heard that our common
friend, Randall H. GEiger, has been suddenly
snatched from among US' while yet in the bloom
' of youth, we can but offer, as the last sad token
of our regard for his virtues exhibited during his
sojourn among,us, our sympathies to his bereaved
friends and sorrowing relations But Death is
no respecter of persons, and we. can only learn
from its ravages the important lesson that we are
but mortals tending to the cold and cheerless
■ tomb. Yet there is a consolation even in the
hour of dissolution that illumines our pathway
through the valley and shadow of Death. We
can but indulge the brightest hope, that our de
ceased friend has gone where sorrow never comes,
and where streams of joy perennial Sow. We
no longer meet with him in friendship s earthly
: temples. .Earth’s bondage is thrown off, and
! Heaven’s freedom is assumed. His eternal gain
is our temjioral loss. Therefore do his friends
grieve.
Be it therefore
Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with the
parents and relations, who have lost, in the death
of our beloved associate, an affectionate son, and
a .constant, obliging and true-hearted friend.
■ With them we mourn his departure from our
midst; but it is the will of Heaven, and whilg