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Cfiiistitutianalist & JLtyublit*! GARDNER, JR.Tj *tn [ Editors. JAMES M. SMTTHE, ) [From the Baltimore Clipjwr, 13 th m»/.J Corrlbl* Affray Between Fugitive Slave* and their Owner*— Two Person* Killed and Several Wounded!! One of the roost terrible affairs which we have 1 lately hail to record, occurred on Thursday, in \ Chester county, Pennsylvania, in which one, if not two, highly esteemed citizens of Baltimore county, were foully slain whilst attempting to j retrain jKissession of two fugitive slaves, fhe J accountsot the terrible affair, which reached the ; city yesterday, were so conflicting and varied that we had great difficulty to ascertain the true ; particulars; but after making diligent inquiry, we learned the following, which we believe will l>e found nearly correct, /t appears that some time since, Mr. Kdward Gorsudi, a wealthy, well known, and highly esteemed citizen of the upper part of Baltimore countv, residing at Coal-Bottom, atiout 3d miles from the city, on the York road, missed two valuable slaves, and \ late ascertaining that they had taken refuge at a small town in Chester comity, named Chris- j tiana, some 30 miles from Lancaster, on or near j to the railroad, determined to proceed thither and ; re-possess himself of them. In company with his son, Mr. Dickenson Corsuch, and several of his neighbors, Dr. Pearce, Mr. .Nathan Nelson. Mr. Nicholas Hutchins, (son of Joshua Hutch ins, Ksq.) and his nephew. Mr. Joshua Gorsuch, he proceeded to Philadelphia, ami there obtain ing the services of a Deputy U. S. Marshal, start ed on Thursday morning for the village above named. On approaching the village, at an early hour in the morning, the party encountered a negro man and boy, the latter of whom Mr. Gor such immediately recognized as one of his slaves. Both of his negroes, on observing the party, im mediately ran, pursued by the U. S. Marshal, Mr. G. and his friends. After pursuing the fugi tives a short distance into the village, they final ly took refuge in a house which appeared to he strongly secured from within. Whilst standing before the house, and the Marshal demanding ad mittance, an upper window was raised by some one, and a heavy billet of wood was thrown down, which took effect on one of the party, felling him to the earth. The Marshal and those with him here attempted to lores an en trance, hut whilst vainly endeavoring to do so, a luigle was sounded by someone in the house, anil very soon a party of some sixty negroes and whites appeared, armed with scythes, clubs, guns and pistols, and completely surrounded the house, as well as the Marshal anti the others. The Marshal remonstrated with the whites, and called upon them to aid him in carrying out the law, hut they derided him, and with impreca tions called upon those in the house, who were principally negroes, to shoot the sons of b s. About this time those within fired several guns, which took with fatal effect upon Mr. Gorsuch and his friends. The old gentleman was shot dead upon the spot, and his son, Mr. Dickenson Gorsuch, received a severe wound in his arm. Here followed a general melee. The negroes and their white aiders and abettors, rushed out of the house, and armed as they were with clubs, scythes and guns, soon compelled all opposed to ♦hem to fly for their lives. Mr. Hutchins and Mr. Nelson became sep arated from the rest, and had to fly from the neighborhood. From the former, we learn that there could not have been less than two hundred persons composing the rnoli of negoes and aboli tionists, who were all armed and making terri ble threats against any who should attempt to enforce the fugitive slave law. From another source, we learn that the body of the elder Mr. Gorsuch was shockingly mutilated, having been beaten with clubs by the infuriated wretches, even after life was extinct. The same informant also gives us the revolting and pain'ul intelli gence that Mr. Dickinson Gorsuch, after endeav oring bravely to revenge the foul slaughter of his revered |paerent, woundsd as he was, met his death by having his bowels ripped open with a scythe in the hands of one of the blacks. This we would trust and hope to he but wo regret to say, that the information comes so direct, and apparently so well corroborated, as to leave little room for doubt. The nephew of Mr. Gorsuch was quite seriously injured. So far as we can ascertain, no arrests wera made. The Marshal was entirely powerless to do any thing, and could obtain no co-o|>eration or assis tance from the local authorities. It is certain that a most foul and damning outrage has been perpetrated upon highly respected citizens ofthis Commonwealth, whilst honestly and lawfully ! endeavoring to re-possess themselves of their property, and the circumstances calls loadly lor Some prompt retributive justice upon the heads of the wretches who have instigated and com mitted the bloody deed. (t is also stated that a number of the negroes were wounded in the affray, which took place between them and the Messrs. Gorsuch and friends. One account is to the effect that some three or four were killed. Mow far this limy be relied on we are unable to say. We think there can lie no doubt, however, that some of them were made to sutler severely. Since the above was put in type, we have received a slip Imm the office of the “Jackso nian." which, in addition to corroborating the foregoing, goes the following additional particu lar.-. by which it will lie seen that two others an- likely to die from the effect of wounds re ceived. lid ward Gorsuch was shot in the breast and fell dead. His son was shot ill the arm and shoulder, and is reported this morning to have since died from his wounds. Bi th of them were beaten w ith elul* after they were shot. Joshua Gorsuch, a nephew ol Kdward Goisucli, was shot, and though still living, is considered to be in great danger. Dr. Thus Pierce was shot and badly beaten, and it is feared he cannot survive. Messrs. Hutchins and Nelson escaped, and got off to Philadelphia. Two or three of the negroes were shot, it is said,by some ot'the officers in the company. Dr. Pierce and Dickinson GorsUch were still in the care of some white people near Christiana, and up to the hour ol our going to press none of them had been brought oil. Such was the violence of the attack that none of the survivors could re main with the wounded, but had to each escape as best they could. The crowd of blacks and whites, it is said, numbered over two hundred in a few minutes after the blowing of the horn, none of whom interfered to save the lives of our citi zens. The most intense exitement now prevails throughout the country, and yesterday morning a large body of people from the neighborhood of Monkton and the vicinity, proceeded to the scene of the outrage. The Philadelphia pajicrs received yesterday afternoon, confirm the main facts given above. We select the following from the North Ameri can: When the owner appeared in the presence of the slave, the latter shot him dead. The next moment the son levelled a pistol and killed the slave, and immediately another colored man shot the son, and the mob collected and killed the second colored man. During the sanguinary conflict, an officer from Philadelphia was wounded in the shoulder by a pistol or musket ball. It is also stated that two other persons are missing, and are supposed to have been killed by the friends of the alleged slave. From the best reports, %ve learn, that the col ored population in the vicinity, having been in formed of the nature of the visit of the officers to Christiana, held a meeting, and asked the opinion of severa' leading abolitionists to what course they should pursue. The answer was. as one of the most current reports states, that they should stand their ground. Accordingly, about eighty negroes assembled, with guns. &c., and 1 secreted themselves in the neighboring woods and cornfields. The signal of attack on the offi- 6 cers was the blowing of a horn. 4 When the officers came upon the party, they were surrounded on all sides, and a deadly fire r poured upon them by the negroes. At the firet a fire, Mr. Gorsuch, an elderly gentleman, and the 1 owner of the fugitive slaves, was instantly killed < and one of his sons mortally wounded. Another i of the party, said to be a U. States deputy offi- i 1 cer from Baltimore, was also much hurt. A Philadelphia officer was fired at five times 1 and missed. He was in the midst of the fight at i the time. At the time the five o’clock train i ‘ passed through Christiana, they werejholding an inquest on the body of Mr. Gorsuch. The wounded Baltimore was in Columbia when the line came through, w aiting for the cars to York. The information to the fugitive slaves that j their master and the officers were after them, is lielieved to have been given by two negroes from Philadelphia, who dogged the pursuing par ty to Christiana. A telegraphic despatch was received at the of fice of the Marshal of Police, dated at Lancaster, asking that officers might be sent to West Phila delphia, to intercept the murderers, who had fled in the slow line. The line arrived at five, and the despatch did not reach the police until quar ter past five, and then gave no description of the susjiected parties. The Marshal telegraphed back for a description, and was answered that Mr. Chas. Brady, agent, would furnish him with one. Mr. Brady did not come down in the line. A number of the Marshal’s officers proceeded to West Philadelphia, and all the other western depots, but were too late. Two suspicious negroes came down in the five o’clock train. Several white men also came down, who were heard by the agent conver- j sing of the affair. One of them said when he heard the firing, he rode over to the scene. Every effort will be made to arrest the murderers, if they come this way. I’. S. By a passenger who came down in the train from York last evening, we learn that Dickenson Gorsuch, though very severely in jured, was .not dead at the last accounts, and alight hories were entertained of his recovery. The nephew, Mr. Joshua Gorsuch, we are in formed is not so badly hurt as was at first report ed—he was beaten with clubs about the head and face, but was yesterday able to return to his home in Baltimore county. Of the condition of Dr. Pearce, nothing further has been heard. Mr. Kdward Gorsuch’s death is confirmed beyond doubt, and we believe his body has been brought down to his late residence in the county. We also learn that three of the negroes who participated in the outrage were shot by the Deputy Marshal, and two have since died. The third is also said to lie mortally wounded. This fact, if it be a fact, speaks well for the Marshal, and shows conclusively that he was determined to do his duty at all hazards. (From the Savannah Republican.) FLORIDA REPUBLICAN OFFICE, 1 Jacksonville, Sept. 11, 1851. J To the Editors of the Savannah Republu an: Gentlemen :—The revenue cutter Jackson arrived off the St. John’s Bar on Monday last, under command of Lieut. Morrison, in pursuit of the steamer Pampero, which vessel entered the river in advanee of the cutter, andfproceeded up to the neighborhood of Palnika. The cutter, when near the liar, fired a shot toward the Pam pero, which fell across her bows. The cutter re mained at the mouth of the river. Lieut. Daven port being despatched to (his place in a small boat to confer with the Collector, Col. I. D. Hart. The Collector on Tuesday, des|>atchcd the In spector, Dr. H. D. Holland, up the river in search ot'the Pampero, with instructions to seize. On yesterday Lieut. Merchant arrived from St. Au gustine barracks with twenty regulars and took up quarters at this place, several pieces of artil lery have also been since brought over. A por tion of this detachment were sent down to rein force the cutter, which I learn is anchored in the channel near the bar, with her guns double-shot ted, and a portion of her armament planted on the shore, to secure the capture of the Pampero should she attempt to run out. These were the pre parations made foreffectually checking the move ments ofrthe steamer. Nothing was heard from the Inspector, or of the object of his search, until late this evening, when the Pampero arrived at her wharf in charge of that functionary; her dark masts, and rigging and noble model, being only revealed upon the sombre back-ground of night, when in fixed po- I sition at the pier. She was found in Dunn’s I Lake, above Palatka, and was surrendered by I Captain Lewis, Who had her in charge, upon the demand of the Ins|iector. She left her berth in the Lake this morning, and lent a helping hand to our old friend the steamer St. Mathews, (other wise called the Saint, for her qualities of endur ance, we suppose,) on her way down. The ob ject, therefore being accomplished in this civil manner, the gallant cutter can "pack up her duds” and Lt. Merchant can countermarch his men, and return his burnished hull dogs to their quiet resting-places. Things looked so decidedly squal ly that our lolks were expecting to see either a fight or a boat nee; hut things have turned out for the better, and the Cuba men in our own wa ters have shown more wisdom than their far more unfortunate brethren did in the landing in i Cuba. It is reported that the ammunition of the ; Pampero was taken out when she reached the vicinity of Palatka, and stored away somewhere —but that where is unknown to everybody, even if such storing took place. At any rate, tier ar mament is not on board here. Some disagreements having occurred between the parties on the Pampero alter she left this port for Cuba, and before she left the coast, a number of the men and officers forsook her, and her num bers were still more thinned by the receipt of the late intelligence of the death of Lopez. These difficulties induced Mr. Segur, of New Orleans, the reputed owner of the boat, to follow her here, for the purpose of getting possession of her, now that she is no demanded for the expedition. Mr. i S. came on the St. Mathews yesterday from Sa j vannah, in company with his friend Mr. Liv ! ingston, and a party of men, who seemed to manifest a somewhat excited determination to : place her in the hands of the real owner. We learn, however, that Mr. S. expressed his utmost • readiness to surrender her into the hands of the j proper authorities. He accompanied the Inspec j tor when the boat was surrendered, which 1 have I mentioned was without difficulty. | His honor Judge Bronson, of the U. S. Court, | arrived to-night from St. Augustine—for what I purpose, of course he does not inform newspaper letter writers. There appears to he a general acquiescence in the action of the government here, and the im pression is that it the Cubans cannot make a bet ter showing for their own freedom than they have, they are not worth having it. Yours, D. The Right Kini> op a Consul.—A Canadi an paper commenting upon the late summary massacre of Americans in Havana says that the impression is prevalent that had a British or French man-of-war been lying in the harbor, as was the' United States sloop of war Albany, and had a British or French consul been in the city, such a wholesale massacre of British or French subjects would not have taken place. It then relates the following anecdote: “In 1820jtwo English sailors, who had com mitted a crime in Havana, were about to be shot. They were clearly guilty, hut the British Con sul insisted that they should be tried. This the Government refused. The Consul remonstrated, and the Captain General became insolent. The hour of execution came, and the Consul was on the spot; he brought with him the consular flag, the British “Union Jack,” and again earnestly remonstrated, but in vain. The officer on the plaza was about to proceed in the execution of his duty. The consul finding all further re monstrance useless, placed himself in front of the Imen, unfolded the Union Jack, which he threw over the kneeling prisoners, and said, “Note shoot xt that flag if you, dart /” They were remanded to prison, and that night escaped.” It is very natural that the most intense indig nation should be felt by the American people igainst the present American Consul at Havana, but it it should turn out that he only acted ac cording to the instructions of bis Government, much ot the opprobrium will be removed from him. No doubt when Congress assembles an in- , rjuiry will be made as to whether Consul Owens had special instructions from the Government to act as he is reported to have done. AUGUSTA, GA. TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 16. TIE LARGEST CIRCULATION if THE STATE. ~ For Governor. CHARLES J. MCDONALD. District For Congress. I—JOS. W. JACKSON, of Chatham. 2. HENRY L. BENNING, of Muscogee. 3. DAVID J. BAILEY, of Butts. 4. JOHN D. STELL, of Fayette. 6. WILLIAM H. STILES, of Cass. 6—THOMAS F. JONES, of Newton. 7. DAVID W. LEWIS, of Hancock. 8. ROBERT McMILLAN, of Elbert. Can the Spell of Delusion be Broken ?—Constitu tional Union Panorama. Mr. Webster, if not one of the gunners of the “ masked battery,” is one of the high priests to minister at its altars. He is even seriously spoken of for the chief robes. He is the shining light in the grand monde of Constitutional Union ism. Some years since, he was claimed to be the great expounder of the Constitution, by the people of the North. The leaders of the Consti tutional Union party said then that he was the great expounder of FEDERALISM 1 They, too now admit his political polity. They have got Webster-bitten, and are afflicted with federalistic hydrophobia. They have been biting the people, and afflicting them with the same thing. We desire to break this spell if we can—to prevent others from being bitten, and to cure those who are already afflicted. Let Mr. Webster, then, move on before us. We quote from a speech delivered by him in the city of Now York, in 1837, a* follows: “ Gentlemen, we all see that by whomsoever passed, Texas is likely to be a slaveholdjng coun try ; and 1 frankly avow my entire unwilling ness to do anything which shall extend the slave ry of the African race on this continent, or cold other slaveholding Stales to the Union. “When 1 say that I regard slavery in itself as a great moral , swial unit pnlilual evil , I only use language which has been adopted by distinguish ed men, themselves citizens of slaveholding States. I would do nothing, therefore, to favor or entourage its further extension.” We copy the following from his speech at Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1547 : “ We are to use the first, and l a it, and every occasion whirl, offers to OPPOSE the EXTEN SION of SLAVE POWER.” We quote as follows from his Abington speechi in 1848: “By this time the efforts of the Whior ALONE had raised a strong excitement in the North against the annexation of slave territory. 1 tay the WHIGS ALONE, for nobody belonging to the other party, North or South, East or West, stirred a finger in that cause; or if there were any, they Were so few as not to he discernible in the mass, until the WHIGS of New England, Ohio,and other Middle Stiles, HAD ACCOM PLISHED A GREAT EXCITE MEN l',a new feeling in the public mind. And then this por tion of the Democracy of New York, now de nominated the Barn Rurning party, seized upon this slate of excitement, thus brought about by W HIG EFFORT,and attached this principle to their creed, to give them a pre-eminence over their rivals.” Again, at a Whig meeting in Marshfield, Mas sachusetts, Mr. Webster, alluding to the candi dates for the Presidency, said: “And third, Mr. Van Buren, standing upon the nomination of the late Convention at Buffalo, whose object, or main object, as it apjiears to me, is centered in one only of these considerations I have mentioned— the prevention, namely, of any further increase of slave ry or the mrcase of slave power. An object, gen tlemen, in which I need hardly say, you and I ENTIRELY CONCUR.” ! Again he said: “If, my friends, the term j ‘ Free Soil ’ party, or ‘ Free Soil ’ men, is meant I to designate one who has been fixed, unalterably, ' to-day, yesterday , and for tome time past, in opposi ; Hon to slavery extension, then 1 may claim to be, and may hold myself as good a Free Sou, wax as axv member of that Buffalo Coxvxntion.” Again, Mr. Webster said: “I pray to know with what feelings they can inspire my breast, more resolute and fixed, in resistance to slavery extension or encroachment, than have inhabited my bosom since the first timf. 1 openrd Mr Mourn j IX PUBLIC LIFE !” I Again he said: “ And if he (Mr. Van Buren] end I should now find ourselves together uxder th* FREE SOIL' FLAG, I am sure that, i With his accustomed good nature, he would laugh. j If nobody were with us, we would both laugh at j the strange jumbles of political life, which had j brought him and me to sit doicn snugly, rosily and i comfortably ON THE SAME PLATFORM.” We wonder if the South would laugh, and be as big a fool as to praise Webster and vote for j him for the highest, or any office within their j Mr. Webster went on and satirised the North ; for its former servility to the South. We have ! not room to lumishthe proofs, but no one will dare to dispute it. We will give a single ex tract. Alluding to Northern men who voted for j the annexation of the slave State of Texas, he said: “For iny part, T think that ‘dough-faces’ is not a sufficiently rcjiroaehful epithet. They are all dough. Dungh-heads — dough-hearts — dough-souls. They are earth that the coarsest potter may mould to vessels and shapes of honor or dishonor i —most readily to those of DISHONOR.” | He defended the Whigs, and advocated their re-election upon the ground of their oppoeition to slavery. He said: I know not ten men of any party- who are more zealous and firm and inflexible, in their opposition against slavery in any form.” This is what he said ot the Whig repre sentatives of Massachusetts. He opposed Gen eral Cass because he said he would favor the Missouri compromise line, and oppose the Wilmot Proviso. The following are his words: ' “And now I say, gentlemen, two things- the 1 first well known to you, that General Cass is in favor of what is called the line : and that the lid mot Proviso, or the ordi nance of 1787. which excludes slavery from terri ixmos, ought not to be applied to territories lying South ol 3b degrees 30 minutes.” 3 j And Mr. Webster went on to state that Gen. I Cass would “ accomplish his purpose w ould (From the New York Shippiug $• Commercial Lilt, 10th inst.) COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES. STATEMENT AND TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THE YEAR ESDISO THE 31ST OF ACGCSI, ISSI. NBW ORLEANS. Balbs. Total. 1850. Export— ro Foreign Porto..*, 844.641 3oa«twi.-e 152,817 stock, Ist September, 1851 15,390 Deduet— ;tock, Ist September, 1850 16.612 Received from Mobile and Montgomery, A1a.... 42.524 Received from Florida .... 11,091 Received from Tezae 9.252 ALABAMA. Export— i To Foreign Porte 321.777 Coastwise 114.451 Consumed in Mobile 685 Stock, lrit September, 1851. 27,797 Deduct — Stock, Ist September, ISSO 451,746 350,057 FLORIDA. Export — To Foreign Ports 70,547 Coastwise 111.532 Stock, Ist September, 1851 273 DedM't-S tool, lit B-ptembor, 1860 I ’ U< inpn j 5, 344 TEXAS. Export — To Foreign Porto 2,261 Coastwise 13.014 fctock, Ist September, 1851 596 .. - —— 45,871 Deduct —Stock, Ist September, 1850 5* Jr __ r ' 45,620 31,2*3 GEORGIA. Exportfrom 6at»..ah— To Foreign Port.—Upland. 145.150 Sea Island. 8,497 Coastwise—Upi and « 160,042 Sea Island. 3.145 Stook in Sarannah. lit. September, 165 L 4,500 Stock in Angusta. let September, 1651 29,511 __l 351,445 Dtffurt — Stock in Sarannah and Angnsta. Ist September, 1850... 29,060 ' 322,376 343,635 SOUTH CAROLINA. Export from Obarlhsto!*— To Foreign Port.—Upland. 254,442 . Sea Islands 13,576 Ooa«twi»e—Upland. 136,429 Boa Island. 2,210 408,857 Export from Gbokobtowu— To New York 1,*12 Stock in Charleston, Ist Soptembor. 1851.10,953 Dedt/rf— Stock in Charleston. Ist September, 1650 30,696 Roeoirod from Sarannah 3,649 NORTIT CAROLINA : 387,075 384,265 Export— Coastwise 13.92* 11,861 VIRGINIA Export — Coastwiee, and 1 Manufactured, (taken from the Porto,) J Ftock let September, 1891 620 Deduct —Stock, let September. 1850 1,000 BoceirM hero by Now York and Brie Canal 797 Total Cmor ot tna Unit an Btjtbci 2.355,257 2,096,706 Increase from last year ba1e5.258,651 Decrease from year be fort* 373,339 “establish the compromise line,” —if elected; I and added—“ We cry safely before we are out of the woods, if we feel there ia no danger about these territories.' 1 Any one can see from this that Mr. Webster was then a Wilmot Prov iso man. He yielded it, in 1850, because he saw then, that the South could, by indirection, be excluded from them, without the application of the Wilmot Proviso. Let us come now to 1950. We need scarcely sty that Mr. Webster held that Southern slave holders were excluded from the new territories by Mexican anti-davery laws; and he saw that, by adding that pretension to what he was pleas ed to call the laws of nature, they would be aa effectually excluded as by the adoption of the Wilmot Proviso. Now we intend to prove that, in Mr. Web ster's opinion, the South gained nothing , but lost every thing for which she had a right to contend. Mr. Webster, in his speech of July 17th, 1860, said: “As to the territorial acquisitions , lam bound in candor to say, that taking Maryland for ex ample, as one of the South, Maryland will gain exactly what Massachusetts loses —that is, NOTHING AT ALL.” Now what could we gain but a part of tha ter ritory ? If we lost that, we lost all. The only other thing that any one could pretend to say we gained, was the Fugitive Slave bill. We gained nothing by that, and we will prove it by Mr. Webster. In his speech at Albany, New York, in IS/30. lie said: “The fugitive slave law was no concession — tielbino NOTHING Givis rr NOTHING.” Mr. Webster gave as a reason for this asser tion, that it was a part of the Constitution, the compact hi : iveen the States, that fugitive slaves should be. given up. We quote his own language, as follows: “When called upon to fulfill a com pact, the question is, will you fulfill it?” We furnish the following additional proof from Mr. Webster, that the South gained noth ing by the Fugitive Slave bill. The South had at the time of the passage of this bill, the law of 1793 to protect her rights. Mr. Webster said, “Therefore the Fugitive Slave law was a more FAVORABLE LAW, IN ALL RESPECTS tO tht FUGI TIVE than the law passed under Gen. Washing ton’s administration in 1793.” It is clear then, that, in Mr. Webster's opin ion, the South gained nothing by what is so false ly called the late compromise. Now we will see what Mr. Webster said af ter its adoption, and the whole settlement had been accomplished, and Congress had adjourned. In may, 1851. nine months after the passage of the compromise, Mr. Webster said in a speech at Buffalo, New York: “ My opinion remain* unchanged, that it was not in the original scope or design of the Con stitution to admit new States out of the foreign terr.torr, and thnt for one, I never would con sent, and no matter what may be said at the Syracuse convention or any other assemblage of insane persons. I never would consent that there should be one foot of *iave territory beyond what the old thirteen States had at the time of the forma tion of the Union. Never, never. The man can't show his fact to tne and say he can prove that I ever departed from that doctrine.’ 1 ■* Again he said: “lam a Northern man. I was born at the North—educated at the North. I know five hundred Northern men to one Southern man. My sympathies—all my sympathies—my love of LIBERTY lOR ALL MANKIND, of every O OLOR, are the same as yours. My affections and hopes in that respect are exactly like yours. I have no associations out of the Northern States. My people are your people. And yet lam told sometimes that I am not a liberty man, because lam not a Free Soil man. (Laughter.) What am I ? what was l ever ? what shall I be hereaf ter, if I would sacrifice, for any consideration. I that love of American liberty which has glowed’ i in my breast since my infancy, and which I hope ; will never leave me till 1 expire.” ) But again. Here is what Mr. Webster says COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF GROWTH. ,c^ 0r °v"T „„„ ~ mi-2....ba1e«. 1.6*3,574 I*4l-1.. . btleo 9*7.47: 1850—1 J8»-5« H2H22 1539 - W 3,1*7.835 1*29-30 #7*;^ I*l^—3 ....2.,2*.596 1*38—9..., 1,360.532 I*2*—9 H 67 *ii IM'-S 2,347,634 IS37—S 1,801.49; 1*27-8 W. TaUM 1846—7_ 1.7|8,651 1836—7 1.422.930 1826—7 #57,281 1*45-6 2.100,537 1*35-6 1.360.725 1625-6 Tao’^T 1*44—5 2.394.503 1*34—5 1,254,328 1*24—5 1*43—4 2,030.409 1*33—4 1,205.394 1*23—4 50* 15* 1*42—3 . .2,37*,*75 1*32-3 1,070,43* " ’ CONSUMPTION. Total Crop of tho United States, as before stated Biles. 2,355 *257 Add — Stocks on band at the commencement of the year, 1850: In the Southern Ports 01754 In the Northern Ports 76*lTti — 167,930 Makes a rapply of. 2,523,1*7 Diduct thrrffrnm — The Export to Foreign Porte 1,988,710 Less. Foreign included 1,077 Stocks on hand, Ist September, 1S51: In the Southern Ports. 89,044 In the Northern Ports 39.260 Burnt at New York, Boston And Baltimore 3,142 Taken for Home us*? halos 404,10! Quantity consumed hy and in the hands of Manufacturers , North of Virginia. 1H50..1 bales 404,10*... ..1941. .2... .balej 267,850.....1833. .4.bis. 196.413 1849.50 4*7,769 1840.. 1 297,288 183*2.. 3 104,412 1848. .9 518,039.... 1839.40 295,193... . 1831..2 .. . 173,800 1847.. 8 531,772 1838..9 276.018 1830.. 1 182.142 1846.. 7 .427,907 1837..8 .246,063 1*29.30....-126,512 1845. .6 422.597 1830. .7 222,540 1828. .9 118,853 1844. .5 .389,000 1835. .0 236,733 18*27..8 120,593 1843.. 4 .340,744 1834. .5 216,888 1826. .7 149,510 1842.. 3. ..,325,129 Q 77» It will be seen that we have materially reduced our Estimate of the amoun of Cotton consumed the past year in the States South and West of Virginia—tho ca pacity of the Mills ha« been very nearly the same as before, but the high prices o the raw material for the greater part of the season, and tho low rates obtained to the manufactured article, hare rendered the businoss unprofitable. The followinj Estimate is from a judicious and careful observer at tho South, of the quautity 6 consumed, and not included in tho Receipts. Thus in— Mills. Spindles. Quantity consumed. North Carolina 30 13,18)0 bales, of 400 lb South Carolina 16 30,500 10,000 u 44 Georgia 36 51.400 13,000 “ “ Alabama 10 12.580 4.000 “ of 500 lb, Tennessee 30 36,000 8.000 44 “ On tho Ohio, Ac 30 100,000 Total to Sept. 1, 1851 . 60,000 hales. “ 44 1850 107,500 “ “ 41 1849 110,000 “ 44 44 1848 75,000 44 To which should be added the Stocks in the interior Towns, Ac. the qnantit burnt in the interior, and that lost on its way to market; these added to the Cm as given above, received at the Shipping Ports, will show very nearly the amoui raised in the T7nited States the past season—say. in round numbers, 2.459,000 bale During the year just closed, there have been received here, chiefly, it is lx lieved. from Tennessee, 797 bales byway of the New York A Erie Canal, which w have added in another place to the Crop of the Country. This ronte, however, not a favorite one. and no further supplies of moment are expected. It may be remarked in this connexion, that some of the Cotton received ovo land at Philadelphia and Baltimore is doubtless unaccounted for elsewhere, not h ing counted in the Receipts at New Orleans, but as we have of late years omittc this item from the Crop in deference to the views of judicious friends, it is not no added, though it may be advisable to introduce it hereafter. (T7* The quantity of new Cotton received at the Shipping Ports up to tho Ist ins amounted to about 3200 bales, agaiust about 255 bales last year. C 77“ The shipments given in this Statement from Texas, are those by Sea only: considerable portion of the Crop of thatPtate finds its way to market via Red Rive and is included in tho Receipts at New Orleans. in his speech about concession, and what he has j always thought in reference to any measure cal culated to add to the slave territory of the Union. Hear him: “If the South wished any CONCESSION FROM HIM, they would not get it, not a hair’s breadth. * # # # * * * “He had always contended that any measure calculated to add to the slave territory of the United States was unconstitutional. He never would consent that there should be one foot of slave territory beyond what the old thirteen States had at the foundation of tha Union.— Never 1 Never!! Never!!!” Thus have we traced Mr. Webster down, year after year, and we find by his own declarations that from the first speech he ever made in public life, down to May 1951, (just four months since) he has been a consistent, unfaltering enemy of the great institution of the South. We might, if we had the room and time present the Fugitive Slave bill, which he introduced into the Senate, just before he left that body to take a seat in Mr. Fillmore’s Cabinet, to show, that he demanded, that the fugitive slave should have a trial by jury. No one will dare to dispute it, for we have the documents before us now while making the de claration. We could prove also, on another subject, that Mr. Webster held that a State hadjno right to se cede from the Union—that such a step could not be taken without war, and that the other States would have the right by force, to retain her in the Union. Such is Daniel Webster the great KXrouDER of the Constitution, the consistent ene my of slavery and the unfaltering federalist and CONSOLIDATION IST. We do not doubt his honesty, nor call in ques tion his intellectual greatness. But, sacred shades of our republican forefathes, we appeal to you: is Mr. Webster a projicr leader for Georgia and the South. Can the people of Georgia look up on him in any other light than as a Union bub ble to betray them. The question then is, do the Constitutional Union party ot Georgia, sustain Mr. Webster! His praise is upon the lips of the orators of that party, and some of its leading presses have expressd their preferences for him for the Presidency of the United States. People of Georgia will your stultify your judg ments aid polute you long cherished opinions, by sustaining Mr. Webster, or those amongst you who do sustain him. If you will reflect, if you have the least hope to cheer you, you will not. What can we say more effective than the foregoing facts we have adduced, to lure you off from the support of the betrayers, or the ene mies of your rights. The hours are fleeting.— Your decision must soon be made. Will you sink down into a supposed security of slumber, or arouse to a sense of your real danger. This is no time for dreams. It is a time for action.— You must act now, act decisively, act for the South, or yield at once to a fate more horrible than imagination could depict. Here is Mr. Webster presented to you in his true colors. A consis tent, and long cherished hatred to your institu tion has been pent up, and fostered in his bo som, only to be dealt out, as occasion offered, to spread among his people its deadly infection.— And this is the man that the Consolidation Union leaders and presses hold up as a Nation al American, whose bosom glows with pa triotism. and whose friendship for the South should endear him to our people!! Oh! mockery of Mockeries ! Such friendship is a lurking snare to ruin you. And what think you of those who tell you to confide in it? You have now the opportunity of rebu/ciug their reflection upon your intelligence and their sacrifice of your honor and rights. Senator Douglass. —This gentleman during his recent visit to his native town in Vermont, paid a visit to the old cabinet shop of Mr. ’.ahum Parker,where 23 years ago, he had been i an apprentice. Fug it ire Slave Law—lts Execution. We would call the attention of our readers whether Union or Southern Rights men,to our tel egraphic intelligence concerning the recent af fray in Pennsylvania; also to a more detailed ac count taken from the Baltimore Clipper. We will not comment on this bloody and diabolical tran saction this morning, but leave every intelligent man to form his own opinion, of the advantagee ! dervied by the South, from the so-called com promise measures passed by Congress, and parti cularly that portion of it refering to Fugitive Slaves. Charleston Advertisements. We would call the attention of Merchants visi ting Charleston, to the advertisement of Messrs. W. G. Bancroft & Co., in this day’s paper. These gentlemen keep on hand a heavy and well se lected stock of Dry Goods. We would also call attention to the sale of Wines, by Messrs. A. Tobias & Sons, to take place on Tuesday next. ( Telegraphed for the Baltimore Sun.) Further per Steamer Niagara. New-York, Sept. 11, 6 P. M. The Royal Mail steamship Niagara arrived at her wharl this morning, with Liverpool dates to the 30th ulk, four days later than those brought by the steamer Franklin. The Niagara brings about 125 passengers. The Pacific was retarded twenty hours by run ning afoul of the schooner before mentioned. Her running time to Liverpool .was 9 days, 7 hours and 45 minutes. An invoice of gold was delivered by the Pacific in 37 days from California. Miscellaneous.— Hobbs, the American, has succeeded.in opening Braham’s lock, and receiv ed the X2OO reward. Barnum has artists engaged in sketching the Crystal Palace for a Panorama three miles long. The English journals are filled with detailed accounts of the Queen’s journey to Scotland. Several correspondents state that the potato disease has appeared in Ireland. Rear Admiral Lord John Hay died on the 26th. He commanded the Warspite, which brought Lord Ashburton to America in 1842. Miss Helen Faucit, the celebrated tragediane, has married Mr. Martin, of Edinburg. The match between the yachts America and Titania, came offon the 27th, and America was again victorious, beating the Titania many miles. Duke Ferdinand, of Saxe Coburg, brother of the Duchess of Kent, is dead. The Queen of Holland has been safely deliver ed of a Prince. The U. S. ship Marion got ashore at Formosa, during a severe gale. No particulars are given. The crew of the American baripie Coquette were murdered in China, near Fannosa. France. —The French Councils General con tinued to record votes in favor of a revision of the constitution and the re-election of the Presi dent. Spain. —Nothing is said of Cuban affairs. Italy. —A dispatch from Naples states that the town of Barilla has been swallowed up by an earthquake, and 700 bodies recovered from the ruins. India. —The news from India by the overland mail is without political or commercial interest. Markets. —The Cotton market has been ac tive and prices have advanced sd. since the sail ing of the America. The quotations are: Fair Orleans, 6d.; Mobile s|d.; Uplands, 5Jd. The sales of the week are 57,280 bales, of which speculators took 14,290 and exporters 8.330. Trade in Manchester is active, though higher prices are demanded for goods and yarns. The money market shows no new feature be yond the pressure inseparable from the recent heavy failures. Consols closed on the 29th at 95 J a 96 for money; railway shares are still de clining; foriegn securities are heavy, and tran sactions limited; American stocks are very dull, and the only change to notice is a slight decline in Maryland sterling, which is quoted at SB£ a 89£. Great anxiety exists in commercial circles owing to reports of heavy failures at London Liverpool. The sales of cotton on Friday werej6,ooo bales. The market clised dull, and extreme rates were barely sustained. The quotations are middling Orleans sfd., Uplands sd. The imports of dour into Liverpool for the ten days ending on the 29th,were 100,000 bids. Sales of Ohio at 18s, 6d.; Philadelphia and Baltimore 19s. White corn 275. 6d.; yellow 26d. Cd.