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Constitutionalist & j&qrablir. JAMES GARDNER, JR.,) and / Editors. JAMES M. SMYTHE, ) TERMS. Daii-T, pur annum, in advance $8 00 Tci-WakalT. per annum 6 00 W xkci.y. per annum, if paid in advance 2 00 These terms are offered to new subscribers, and to old subscribers who pa; up all arrearages. In no case will the Weekly paper be sent at $2, un less the money accompanies Ike order. In u- case will it be sent at $2 to an old subscriber in arrears. 0“ When the year paid for at $2 expires, the paper, if not discontinued, or paid for in advance, will be sent on the rld terms, $2 50 if paid at the oSce within the year, or (3 if paid at the expiration of the year. Postage must be paid on all communications and letters e I business. TERMS OP ADVERTISING. One square (12 lines,) 50 cents the first insertion, and 3,4 cents for the next & insertions, and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion. Contracts made by the year, or for a less period, on reasonable terms. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sheriff's Levies. 30 days, |2 50 per levy; 60 days. $5. Executor's Administrator’s and Guardian's Sales. Real Estate, (per square, 12 lines) |4 75 Do- do. Personal Estate 3 25 Citation for Letters of Administration 2 75 Do. do. Dismission 4 50 Notice to Debtors and Creditors 3 25 Pour Months' Notices 4 00 Rules Nisi, (monthly) |1 per square, each insertion. O'* ALL REMITTANCES PER MAIL, ass AT OCR *lßl. (COMMUNICATED.) THE MEMORY OF AMORY SIBLEY! Blest Mom’ry !—sacred talisman of grief! Thou only source where sorrow soeks reliof, And finds a momentary transport near, To coy tho presont from its dark despair. As whon some wounded heart is loft to mourn And pine o'er hopes, which wore a fatal prizo, Bright images of yoro will oft be strown Athwart tho scone, where naught but anguish lios— Tho sun may sot behind the mountain eloud, Yet through somo crevice will escapo a gleam, And hope may die, obscur'd by sorrow's shroud, But mcm'ry still reflects a gildod dream. Thus springs a ray, from out oblivion’s waste, Os joys embalm'd in rocolloction’s shrino, Illuming one fond image in tho past; 1 hail it—tbo prerogative is mine— Thou friendly vision of a friend most dear ! Familiar, fond and cherished as of yoro 1 Thou hallow'd Mrm’ry of a sacrod care, Whom tirno, nor death, nor burial could obscure! Thou com'st anon, to glad a woeping oye, To sooth a steadfast spirit's mournful fato ; These brought roliof, whon ah ! I saw thoo die— When clos'd upon thee, doath’s rolentloss gate ! How black tho hour—how fraught with cruol woe— Whon round thy spirit’s parting scono we drew, Our unavailing efforts to bestow, And husband thy last moments as thoy flow 1 We fain hail breath’d into thy failing ear, Tho lavo, tho anguish of tho aching breast — But Death, in awful majesty was near, To choke tho tender, utt'ranco ore express’d! Tho (alter'd murm’rings of oxpiring lovo, With gratoful cadence rapt grief's throbbing oar, As from thy dark oxtromity, thou strovo To calm tho raging tumult of despair! Whon thus o’ortask'd, thy spirit near’d roposo— With horror then, each stroaming eyo eould mark The lifo-tido softly obbing to its closo— At length, the flick'ring flame wont out—and all was dark! Thus, clos’d thy day—and thus, thino orb declin'd— Tho' lost to view—yet glimmers on tho oye, Tbo wonted impress of thy tranquil mind— X.IAO rntuUmMMfm „„ „„ „kv i U bon through tho vl.t. or- Joparted time. A flections gaze pursues thy mild oarocr— ’ Thy soul, thy mind of toinp ramont sublime, With ovory kind endearment, re appear ! j A soul of rnro integrity, was thino Truth found in thoo, a votary sincere— Charity, a ministor. Thus combino Such pleasing charms, thy mom’ry to ondoar ! Those won thoo tribute praisosfrom thojust, And slander's roady tongue forbore to mnr Thy spotless name—o’on render'd to tho dust Or cloud tho sploudor of thy life’s bright star! And thus, thy journoy tendod to its close— A placid stream, o'er lifo's etorn, rugged plain j Wafting a fVagrauco from its flow'ry shores, I I low d soft into tho stern, boundless main ! Poaco, tranquil soul!—Life’s toilsome task is o’er! 1 No threat’ning fato impends thy haven won— 1 Nor death, nor parting can disturb thee more— Earth s destinies, in Ucuvon are undono ! i There, rest thoo in thy now, olysian homo— Debark'd from off Timo s dark, disastrous wave, W hero storms may toss—where clouds benight with 1 gloom, Ami Fate's storn compass points but to tho Grave! Tis true, that tyrant custom bade us lay Tliino honor'd relies in onrth’s chaos bod To mingle thy lov'd dust with ooarsor clay To couch thoo roughly, with tho common dead: But tho' thy mnrblo cot bo cold and hard— Tho’ winter blight tho verduro on thy mound— Our heart's warm pulsos, it can no'or retard. Nor dim tho halo o’or this sacred ground! Nor timo, nor chango, thine imago shall effaco ; But with each scono of life, thy form shall blend— And fondest rocollootien's deopost truco Shall be, the niem'ry of my Father and my Friend’ Augusta, Ua., Sept. 22d, 1851. R. c. Jr. (From the N. O. Delta.) Violation of Treaty, and Consular Misf.asanc. Jhe conduct of the American Consul at Havana, in refusing to hold intercourse with any of the fifty-one Americans shot in that city, on the 16th August, has been considered heretofore with re lerenee entirely to the duties of humanity. It has been extensively conceded, that those were lawfully executed, —that the Consul having bee,! instructed by the President to regard them as pirates was not bound to interfere with their trial and execution, and that it was only an im perfect obligation of common pity, humanity and commisseration, which required him to see them in their last hours, and extend to them such coro tort and consolation as was proper and usual. 1 his, we think, is a very erroneous and im perial view ot the matter. We would scorn to sanction such an appeal to one so little callable as this Consu seems to be, to appreciate the duty and dignity ol a republican citizen. Nor would we feel al together justified in holding the servant responsible lor the acts of the master President Fillmore, in the lace of all law, truth, precedent and justice, had denounced these men as pirates and his dainty and complaisant Consul could not be expected to shock his nerves by any inter course with these terrible enemies of the human race. We discard, therefore, entirely the simple question of humanity, and direct our inquiry into that of the law applicable to the case. We assert that the fifty one Americans shot at Havana, were illegally executed,—contrary to the express provisions of the treaty existing be n fa.Un^ t^ CoUntrieS - and that the Consul, in lading to be present at their trial, was guilty IHs ldmitt V ‘? l ?c ion ° f the laW and of h > s§ W" u„m’■‘SS.Tbf continued citizens of the IT ° ;Tli 1 come expatriated by law or fact Vf 1 11? 1 the y President proclaimed that they would ffSKrfiffSisSSri? i unmake citizens. Their citizenship is entirely 1 independent of his power or will. Even assum- | ing they were pirates, which is the worse view 1 to take of their offence, they could not, by a mere charge, or indictment for piracy, lose their citizenship and its rights. These men were then citizens, and like all other citizens, (until ex patriated or disfranchised in some legal manner,) they were entitled to the protection ot the Trea ty Stipulations existing between the two na tions. In the Treaty now existing between Spain and the U. States, there is the following provis ion : Art. 7.—And it is agreed that the subjects or citizens of each of the contract'ng parties, their vessels or effects, shall not be liable to any em bargo or detention on the part of the other, for any military expedition or other public or pri vate purpose whatever. And in all cases of sei zure, detention, or arrest for debts contracted, or offences committed by any citizen or subject of the one part, within the jurisdiction of the other, the same stall be made and prosecuted by order and authority of law only, and according to the regular course of proceeding usual in such cases. The citizens and subjects of both parties shall be allowed to employ such advocates, solicitors, no taries, agents and factors as they may judge pro per, in all their affairs and in all their trials at law, in which they may be concerned, before the tribunals of the other party; and such agents shall have free access to be present at the pro ceedings ir. such causes and at the taking of all examinations and evidence which may be ex hibited on the said trials.”—[See Elliott’s Trea ties, 452, vol. 1. Here it is provided that no citizen of the one country shall be tried for any offence in the other, without due course of law. and counsel to defend and represent him. In the case of the fifty-one Americans, it does not appear that there was any regular trial, or that the unfortunate young men were permitted to hold any intercourse with any American citizens. They were tried on board a ship-of-war, by a drumhead court-martial, and executed by a military force, without any one to see that they were properly convicted, and without any communication whatever with the American Consul. Who knows that they were tried “by authority ol law, only, and according to the regular course of proceedings in suen cases ?” Some of the Northern papers state that the American Consul has already communicated to our Government that the proceedings were all regular. How does he know this when he was absent? and of what value is his assurance to that effect, when he confesses his absence?—a fact which vitiates the whole proceedings, and ren ders them a flagrant violation of the treaty, it is the duty of all Consuls to see that the citizens of their country, prosecuted in foreign countries, shall be fairly tried, to attend such suits in person or employ | roper counsel. Fynn's Elementary I reatise on British Consuls, a book of high au thority in Great Britain, from which country we have taken the office of Foreign Consul, says, page 41—“ In the event of any attempts being made to injure British subjects, either ill their persons or property, he (the Consul) will uphold their righttul interests, and the privileges secured them by the treaty , by due representation in the proper official quarters.” From these authorities, it is quite evident that Concha violated the treaty between Spain and the 11. States, in the mode of trial and execution of these prisoners, and that Mr. Owen grossly and flagrantly shrunk Iron! his duty, as well us from every obligation of manhood and humanity, in tailing to be present at the time, and not tak ing proper measures to secure the accused a fair trial. From the Interior. East Feliciana, Sept. l/>, 1851. Kdt. Picayune —Since my return home, my time has been much occupied. The weather here is cooler, and fall seems stealing on apace. The health of this parish is worse than it has been for many years—many deaths have occurred. 2*** dry season is tailing on cotton and manv p.rs.n.an, rruirr, Mmn hafrdolwiiciinlr. •r/.Vs I i a l?f! ear ®t™»se at this season of I tic year , but X will explain myself. The loug dry season | stunted and advanced the plant in the iirstofthe season, and it ceasing to grow, commenced ma king. . I lantern rushed forward and commenced picking and forwarding it to New Orleans. The plants had very few bolls on them, and what were early matured. Hence the great rush of cotton this season over the last one. This has led into the erroneous estimate of‘'large crons ’’ when in reality there is now a prospect of a short The raihs coming on so late in J uly, started the plant to grow, when it should have been growing in May and June. Well, this second growth has filled the plant with forms and small bolls, which atthiß late season of the year cannot mature, for we always have a frost in October, and then it is done. So you may put it down as a small crop. Never mind what the English let ter writers may say to the contrary. The ac counts from the whole cotton region is the same. it iVXnt S i ma 7’I this parish ’ exce P t "’here it is planted in a few damp bottoms. No news ot importance. Respectfully, Wildwood. Mr. Oobb’s Opinion Now. t u T tr e i- me “ sl ! res , (‘he adjustment including the abolition of the slave trade in the District o°f Columbia,) are FAIR, LIBERAL AND JUST.’’ His Opinions in 1849. Resolved , 1 hat we regard the passage of a law by the Congress of the United State abo isjfng Slavery or the Slave Trade in the District of Columbia, as a direct attack upon the institutions hazard S ° uthern States > to be resisted at every "Resolved, That in the event of the passage bv Congress, of the “Wilmot Proviso,” or any law abolishing the slave trade in the District of Colum bia, the Governor of this Commonwealth is re quested immediately to convene the Legislature rider ®jf tate ’,<** shall have adjourned) § to con suler the mode and measure of redress. ?; Opinion of the Georgia Convention We do not ‘-wholly approve” these measures (the compromise.) Corn and Hogs—The Terre Haute (Ta.) Ex press, of the 29th ult., says : Our corn crops are fine, and we will likelv make about the best pork the Wabash Valiev has ever produced. The stock of hogs is Hiual or perhaps more than last year, and this wifi be the preimnent and favorable point topSJ? bw we hear, can now be engaged at toh ° P er 100 pounds, net; but those intending prevail £ S , are e ?f ecti '|g higher figures to ' M « W-h bel,eVe thp y do not en|age at ' ble to H, ° Pe Pnces ,T a >' be and profita- 1 thi„t T ari !i er ’ as we,i as t 0 the shipper We I think Terre Haute will pay as good prices lb! pork as any place on the Wabash P i ? RN C;? OOS - The g row *ng corn crop prom jears, and we hnd on inquiry that there is an Ejg*"'of hog* to feed it to Three fv nrt” ?r **& cents per hundred gross are free ly offered ior hogs fit for feeding, but farmed who Pre '- er fee ?* n S ‘hemtheir eorTto sel -8 P r,ce r U,,less ‘here should spring p toreign demand, we do not see what is wi^blTefr Wlt *K he large SUpplies of corn that lelt *n the country after fattening tlie S (?uT&L hogsthatare on ha^ p Tennessee and Georgia Rail SJZ7K and we have no doubt the W»S bridge out to contractors at thereat mttin. n f the Directors, and in all probabilit v a Dart nf'tk f ~d to grading, Knuii'iUt bff,' K t,“’ AUGUSTA, GA. WEDNESDAY MORNING-, SEPT. 24. : THE LABGMCIRCULATION IN 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 Payette. S.—WILLIAM H. STILES, of Cass. 6—THOMAS P. JONES, of Newton. DAVID W. LEWIS, of Hancock. B—ROBERT McMILLAN, of Elbert. Eepresantatives for Richmond County. WILLIAM R. FLEMING, WM. SCHLEY. False Report Corrected. We have been shown a letter from Gov. Me- Donald to a gentleman in Burke, denying most emphatically a report said to be in circulation there, that he had, upon some occasion, asserted that Judge Berrien had been bribed to give his vote for the Texas Boundary Bill. Gov. McDonald states that so far from its be ing true, that he ever gave utterance to such a sentiment, he has expressed to Judge Berrien himself, personally, his high appreciation of his patriotic course and bearing at Washington on the Southern question. Our County Candidates. [ We take great pleasure in announcing to the j : cit 'zens of Richmond county, Wm. Schley and Wm. R. Fleming, Esqs., as the Southern Rights i candidates for seats in the Representative branch of the Legislature. They are gentlemen of in telligence, of business qualities, of much personal worth and deserved popularity, i This ticket has many claims to public confi | dence and esteem, and should it succeed in the ' i approaching election, the interests of the city ! and county will be entrusted to safe and efficient hands. The Murder of Southern Men. ’ " The National Anti-Slavery Standard, publish ed in New Yoik City, alluding to the Pennsyl vania tragedy, says: ■ “As the battle is not always to the strong, ami as the love of liberty is no less powerful in ! wh ose skins are black, than in those of J. complexions, it need surprise nobody that I in the game of slave-hunting with which the ( American annals are now weekly illustrated it . should some times happen that the hunting par ty and not the hunted become the mark for bul t J. ets ’ and the law oi self-preservation, and not the j fugitive slave law, be obeyed and triumph, i ~ 0,1 Thursday last, one Edward Gorsuch, of , Maryland, his son named Dickinson, the Sherifr ot Lancaster county, Pa., with other officials some from Philadelphia, undertook the arrest of two persons, said to be the slaves of this Gor r sucn- The men were residing in Lancasterco. and were, we conclude from the result, what they were alleged to be—fugitive slav es. Slaves however, they were determined never to be again, and they stood upon their defence Their f fnends rallied to their aid. and the end was, whatever may have been the preliminary steps, ! that the fugitives were not taken, but that the 1 sla ' e holder, Gorsuch, was shot dead, and his son and nephew wounded, the son, it is supposed mortally.” >. th. OTO .t roasonalde of all the paper. we Jmve seen, which have hcen tablished for the express purpose of promoting the cause of abolition. Ifet, it justifies the out rage, the particulars of which our readers have already seen. A writer for a Philadelphia paper says : “The white people of the neighborhood of the scene refused to assist the officers, and could af ford no facilities.for the pursuit of the murderers, who escaped. They refused even to furnish a wagon and horses. There is no great excitement in the vicinity of the scene of the murder. No one has taken any int€rest in the horrid occurrence.” When Mr. Toombs said, in his recent letter, accepting his nomination for Congress, that the anti-slavery sentiment of the North had widened, deepened and strengthened, he said what is lamen bly true. Respectable citizens of the South are shot down like wild beasts, and a wagon and horses could not he procured to pursue the murderers. Hon. Walter Forward, American Charge d'Affaires to Denmark, tendered his resignation ol that office some weeks ago, and we learn from the National Intelligencer that the President , week accepted the resignation, and directed letters oi recall to be transmitted to him. His return is looked for at an early day. Mackhkl.— These excellent fish are being caught in Chester river. A small quantity of them was sold in Centreville the other day— and were the first green mackerel, the editor ol the Sentinel says, he has ever seen in the Cen treville market. The Barnwell Murder.— We perceive from the Savannah Morning News of Monday, that W illiam G. Tobin, accused with others, of the murder of John McDaniel in Bamwall District, was arrested on Sunday afternoon in that city. A reward of two hundred and silty dollars has been offered by the Governor of South Carolina lor his delivery to the jailor of Barnwell District. Probable Loss of Dan Rice’s Circus.—A letter from Buffalo to the New York Herald states that the steamer Empire City, bound to that city, with a canal boat in tow, having Dan Rice’s circus paraphernalia and five men on board, was compelled to abandon the canal boat in a storm, and it is supposed to have been lost, with all hands on board. Frost and Ice— During the early portion of the present week,frost and ice have been formed near Harrisburg. On Monday morning last, 1 about thirteen miles above that city, one could I write his name quite palpably, upon exposed 1 boards,—so heavy was the frost. 1 Indian Depredations in Santa Fe—The ! following is an extract of a letter to the Wash- * ington Union, dated Santa Fe, August 7th. On the 2d ult. a band of Indians attacked the camp ofNesbit and Parker, and Hay contractors e Ve,lt >'' nille ™les and splendid hor- I t 11 wounded. There * were only eight Americans at the camo who were compeiled to take to a house fining j while t°h" e F art F °* Indians besieged them. n,n Iff li i roke dow « their wall and 1 ielrat he m r leS - if Brook’s company was < Aimther h f. i me ’ but J re,ldered no assistance. 1 ee ifr? ttaC f Was made on the camp of Ardin- , kdied th?I mSby ’ ne f Ceb ? letta - The Indians j all the « " a 2 d Wo3nded n 'ne, and burned < alt the wagons. Several other outrages have ’ been committed throughout the country” and no ! i AUGUSTA WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT, SEPTEMBER 24, IRS. ■*! AKTICLSS. PEE WHOLESALE. DCTT. i] ABTICLEB. PER WHOLESALE. DCTT BAGGING—Gunny IS <g 16 120 pcent OUS-Sperm, W. Strained ... .06''* 1 ~ . _ Bank Note Tal*,. Kentucky 00 m 00 Full Strained 130 @ 1 40 Augusta Insurance it Banking Company BALE ROPE—Jute ft 8@ 9 25 p cent. Summerdo 1003 112 Bank of August* bacok-h m u > :::::::::: Sides 12'3 13 [2O Pet.I Lard 100@ 112 Bank of Brunswick Shoulders U ) POTATOES bbl. 0 00 3 0 00 Georgia Rail-Road BUTTER—Goshen, prime . ft. 23 32520 p cent. PIPES to 62 31 00 Mechanics’ Bank BEESWAX 18@ 00 PORTER doz 225 3 350 BankofStu. CANDLES—Spennacetti4s 3 50 PEPPER fc. Olog 12J Bank of St. Marys Georgian made ... 15 @ 16 20 p cent. PIMENTO ....to 16 30 00 Bank of Milledgeville. Northern j.... 14*@ 16 JjO p ct. RAISINS-Malaga, bunch - box 00033 25 I Bank of the State of Georgia, at Savannah CHEESE—Northern 0@ 0 ( v Muscate 0003000 J W ** ct ' Branches of ' Savannah OOFFEE—Cuba 10 3 11 30 p cent. RlCE—Oordinary lUO3 75 34 00 ,„ . . tto Rio 9J3 10i Fair ....4 00 a, 450 Marme * Fire Insurance Bank. SaTannah Java 14 3 15 l s Good and Prime.. 0003 000 Branch of ditto,at Macon " Laguayra 00 3 D f French Brandies gall 150 3 2 00100 P ct. Planters'Bank. Savannah “ ■ fSniRTINGS.bro., 3-4 yd. 4*3 5'J Beger Freres 2753 300 p»„tral Rank „r n “ •S “ 7-8.... 5*3 6; !!-j Holland Gin 1253 150 100 P ct. i ““ Bank of Qeor B ,a § brown, vd. wide 1 .... 6J3 8} H American Gin 0383 040 Central R. R. A Banking Company Sava,,-.!. ® SHEETINGS,bro.,S-4|.... 10 3 13 « Jamaica Rum 1503 200 100 p ct. Charleston Banks.... ’ “ “ •2- bleached, 5-4.... 11 3 15 £ N.E. Rum. hhds A bbls .... 0343 037 1, n. j j CHECKS 8 3 12 : ! m Whiskey.Phila.kßalt ....0 30 30 32 n!k J n de ? u = BED TICK Bi 3 16 Do. New-Orleans.. .... 0303 032 Bank of Georgetown. „ S OSNABURGS. 801 3 8| Peach Brandy |.... 1003 125 100 Pct Commercial, at Columbia u Q YARN, (assorted) ft. 14 3 IS! SUGAR-Cuba Muscovado .ft. 06*3 800 V ' Merchants. at Cheraw FlSH—Mackerel. No. 1... bbl. 12jg13! P. R. A St. Croix .... 0 7 3 8* Bank of Hamburg Do. N 0.2 113 ll*i) Havana, white.. ....to 00 3 00 Alabama Notes 2® j di« Do. N 0.3 7@ 7J >2O Pet. New-Orleans ....jo 73 f3opct. Tenneßsee a 5 dij FLOUR—Canal 6*3 8 ) ’ Clarified Brown |0 S} 3 0 9 j NOT BANKABLE. Augusta Canal 6J3 8j) || White., bus. 0 930 9f J j Merchants’Bank, at Macon.* Georgia, good 63 7J J 20P ct-h Lump .ft. jo 10 30 11 „ „ . 11 EXPHAVrv FEATHERS—Live Geese, .ft. 33 335 ) SALT—Liverpool '0 00 31 25 20 p ct. 0 n New-York GRAIN—Corn, loose bus. 00 3 95 ( w t Loose 0003 045 Philadelnhi.' ii™m Do. sack J 0 00 @ 1 00 j" V Ct ,1 SOAP-American. yellow. sack 0 5 (5) 0 630 p cent Boston P Wheat— Good White.! 31 25 SHOT—AII sizes 162 3 1 7520 p cent m-l-i— 111"-'-'*-'" Do. Red 31 00 1 M „ . 1 SEGARS-Spanish .M. 20 00330 0040 p Hnt “ h J* GUNPOWDER keg 535 25 } 2O V ct ' TALLOW-American 093010 10 p cent- HIDES-Dry 83 9 jonw -♦ TOBACCO-Georgia ft. 000 006 . Haanvme, Tennessee Dry, salted 0310 J2O P ct. Cavendish ®. 0221050 30 V ct. STOCKS. IRON—Pig 1.100 ow, 00 30 p cent TWlNE—Bagging *0 18 5) 025 L > Georgia, 6 per cents Swedes, assorted.. .ton 4| a} 4} 30 Pcent Seine ....k) 30 (a) 050 J3O ct. Hoop 100 5 @ 6 ionia.A TEAS—Pouchong 050a)0 75 | taken by our Banks, but redeemable at the PUr,- Sheet ib . ,10$ eg 11 ) ** Gunpowder A Imp 075 fa) 100 ers Savannah, at par. Nail Rods | 5 (tg 6 Hyson Jo 70 - i - LEAD-Bar 100 t @ J : 1 20 p ct. ■ Yo “ n *< MJ'" 011 07030 75 J i Savannah Chamber of Commerce. White L .. _.J3 9 j v WlNES—Madeira gall 200 3 2 2530 B cent. 1 ===== MOI J’,' Claret. Marseilles cask 0253060 40 p cent. ROBERT HABERSH AM. President. ~ MOL A SSES Cuba....... gall. 2a 3 26 Do. Bordeaux do. 3003350 *0 p cent. C. GREEN. Ist Vice-President M-rra “ •,« ®. lao pct.j Champagne ....9 00 als 0040 p eont. EDW D. PADELFORD. 2d Vice-President NAILS Cut, 4d. to2od. 1.... 350@4 00 | v 1 Malaga ... 050 3 0 6240 p ceut.| OCTAVCS COHEN. Secretary and Treasurer later than last night an express was received d bringing the information that the Indians hat s run off about forty mules from the camp of Mr h R. Nisbit. This is the second attack made on this gentleman's property, at a loss to him ol ' SII,OOO. il Colonel Robert McMillan. We received, yesterday, the following letter , from this gentleman, which we hasten to lay be y fore our readers. We infer from it that Colonel t McMillan will be unable to be in Augusta this week. As he is invited by the Constitutional Union party of this county to attend their Bar becue to Mr. Toombs, on the 26th inst., we espe cially regret the casualty on this account, as we know' that Col. M. was desirous of meeting Mr. Toombs in discussion at this point. So trium ’ phantly has he sustained the cause of the South s ern Rights party, in all of the discussions which t he has had with Mr. Toombs, Mr. Cobb, Mr. ' Stephens, Judge Andrews, and especially with his competitor, Mr. Toombs, that his friends here . will leel the disappointment keenly. We have not heard whether any Southern j. Rights speakers are expected by the committee f of arrangements. f ELBERTON, Sept. 19th, lSfil. . Dear Sir: The effects of the casualty, which , occurred to me on Saturday night last, have so 1 increased as to render it certain that it will be ! som<> time before I shall be able to leave home, r It is in much bodily pain that I now write. I i regret this the more as it occurs at a time when | even the feeblest advocate of the rights of the South is required at his post. The crisis is im . PoHant. The harvest truly is great, and we have Southern laborers, who, from their position migVit have reaped rich sheaves Cur t.V„, South ,’ but th«»ir sickles are now Deaton from their use ful curve, and have become spears in the shafts of our enemies’ halberds. I wish to God the election was two, or even one, month off. The honest thinking yeomanry of the country are daily becoming awake to the deceptive cry of “Union,” “Compromise,” &c., heralded abroad and kept up for the purpose of perfecting the late “ union” of ambitious politi cal adventurers. Error is a hardy plant; it will flourish, for a time, in any soil. It is often so mixed with par ticles of truth, as to deceive the credulous and unwary. We are told that we should “acqui esce in the general scheme of pacification,” and that although we have got nothing, and are de prived of all participation in 6ur rich acquisi tions, which cost the South so much blood and treasure, that it is all fair and just. We have made concession alter concession, trom the day of the Missouri compromise, in which we gave up our rights for the sake of peace, until the present time, and what has been the result ? Have our Northern brethren met L . # —«v*uigu met us m a spirit of kindness, or ceased their unholy crusade against our institutions and ourselves? No! at home and abroad, in their primary as semblies and legislative halls, they make bitter ; hostility to our institutions a part of all that they r do. Their pulpit lends itself to the base purpose. . And the temple of the living God is desecrated as a means to accomplish the same end. Under the hypocritical cry of morality, they assay to reform our morals by liberating our slaves. The next step may be to further re form our morals, by dictating to us a form of re ligion, and unite Church and State, as in Eng land. Every time we yield up our rights to their unjustifiable attacks upon our private con cenis, it but invites them to further aggressions. Ihey have now but to make one more step and attack slavery and the slave trade between the States, and ive to make one more “ compro misc, and tell them once more, in the language of the Georgia platform, that “it is not the part ol wisdom or patriotism, to subject legislative acts under review to the rigid test of yieldin either the full measure of right or the full fruition of anticipated benefit but that “the practical question is, may Georgia, consistently with her onor, abide by the general scheme of pacification ?” and our doom is fixed. We hear men laud themselves with taking nat.cuU views of these things. They tell us to guard against sectional parties. If, when we are thus deprived °f our rights, and our representa- f VCS take sldes Wl th the North, and tell „ s we have no cause of complaint, «* sustain them, they are sure of a national popularity. For, as they are now the advocates of measures which have deprived the South of her rights, and secured rae-soilism, ,t is not to be wondered at that, „ the language of the New York Tribune North will hail their election as “a grateful tri- sil T C3nVaSS is an important one-the gns of the times are alarming. We see among “"f 0 " k hom we have been accustomed to look as the champions of the rights of the States, now proclaiming and advocating the doctrine of conso ation, in its most odious form, which would make us mere vassals at the feet of the ree-soil majority, without remedy, save by revo- , lution. Yet these men call themselves the peace party. Did the fathers of the revolution I and frameis of the constitution, accomplish the F one a »d perfect the other, to secure to us merely the right to revolutionize again ? Did they throw off the yoke of Old England by the sword, and then turn round and fix upon themselves and us a New England yoke, which can only be thrown off in the same way ? No! no! In the conven tion that framed the constitution, an attempt was made to abolish the rights of the States, and form one consolidated government, but the patri ots of that day repudiated it. They saw that, in the future, designing men, ambitious of power and fame, and unscrupulous as to the means of their attainment, would use the pow'er of such a form of government to the total overthrow of the liberties of the people. They therefore guarded, with a scrupulous jealousy, the rights of the several States; and, not even satisfied with a tacit acknowleugment thereof, had it added to the bond of Union, that '‘the enumera tion. in the constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others re tained by the peopleand further, that “ the powers not delegated to the United States by the constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people/’ viz: the people of the respective States. We are now told that a State has no right to extricate herself from accumulated evils, how ever oppressive, by withdrawing peaceably from the Union, —that she has only the right to revo lutionize. Is it not offering an insult to the in telligence of any people to tell them that one State has only a right to redress its wrongs by ov e r,»w«i„ K . »„d def.ndina iUeli attaint thirta J For these men fail not to avow ngnWlm Sia. • . . duty of the Federal Executive to coerce a seced ing State with federal bayonets. We are told that a State cannot peaceably withdraw, because the U nion is not a league, but was formed to be jjerpetual. ’ True, it was intended to be per petual, upon an observance, in good faith, of all Us provisions and guarantees. But if this u per- , petual ” construction is to be put upon it, what becomes of the right to revolutionize ? Does not i that end its perpetuity as fully as secession ? The ( one is a peaceable remedy—the other a mode by 1 which tyrants would drench the land with fra- I ternal blood. A redress of grievances by revolution, is no right— it is a resort to might. Under our federa tive system, if we have no right to insure our safety and happiness but by revolution , then our patriot fathers were guilty of the folly of placing themselves and us in this position, that revolution is the only redress for intolerable evils; and in such case, if the citizen takes up arms against the Federal Government, on behalf of his State, ' he 1S hun S r ° r treason, and as a traitor to the , General Government; and if he takes the side of the General Government, he becomes a traitor, and is guilty of treason against the State. So that the halter must be his fate, in any event. Such is not our situation. We entered into the alliance voluntarily and peaceably; and when those with whom we contracted, fail to i keep their plighted faith, and thereby render a ■ separation necessary to our safety and happiness, ’ we have a right peaceably to withdraw and < govern ourselves. < Let this consolidation doctrine be unmasked 1 0 * na once lair ‘y understood by the freemen of Georgia, and a spirit of just indignation will rise “f 1 against a principle so subversive of liberty ’■ * hat Wi)l swee P a* a eighty tide fiom the moun ' to the seaboard. It will gather force from every wave, and strength from every breaker until it shall waft back in safety the good old : shl P Constitution into the harbor of reserved and t sovereign rights. ‘ * re en § a S e( i >n a contest in which millions , yet unborn are interested. The name of “ Ame rican liberty," has become the watchword of every people, in every land and clime where they have the intelligence and spirit to strike lor independence. This is the model republic of the world, and if we will be but true to ourselves and the rights secured to us by our fathers, future generations will look to it as a guaranty for the right of self-government. Our attention is sought to be drawn off from the rights of the States, from our own govern ment at home, which concerns our every day happiness to the general government. Let us not lose sight of the creator , by our admiration of the creature. If this coercive federal doctrine of consolidation prevails, the Union is gone-or the ■ South is in a state of abject vassalage. It may be asked, why contend for the right of peacea- < ble secession, unless you intend to exercise it - f The answer is obvious. The Gear gut platform 1 lays down certain lines, which if overstepped, its I framers pledge themselves to resist even to a dis- l of the Union. Now suppose any of those 1 lines should be violated, (and who doubts that they t W .J I en tllis c °nsolidation doctrine is to pre- o vail, we are to be involved in a bloody civil war tl unless indeed, those same mm should again meet t< ; |in convention, and not deem it, “on this. i | than on any other occasion, the part of wisdom - 5 of patriotism, to subject legislative acts unit ' review to the right test of yielding either tij full measure of right, or the full fruition of antic;- I pated benefitbut make the “ practical qu». i tion for consideration,” “ May Georgia consist ently, with her honor, abide by the general tekm of participation.” Should such an emergency arise, the only kop and the only salvation of the South would bei; the right of peaceably resorting to the soverei«r. I ty of the States Let us then cling to the rijati of the States, with an eastern devotion defend tie j Constitution in its pristine purity and therein jierpetuate it,—bow at its altars, worship d»:r I at its shrine, that we may hand it down top* I terity as a temple “ beneath whose foundatw I time may moulder, around whose summit eter- ■ nity shall play.” Respectfully and truly yours, Robert McMillan fl James Gardner, Jr., Esq. [cOMMINICATED.j That Southern Address. Gentlemen: It might not be uninteresting' I some of your readers to be informed of them! cause of the Hon. Howell Cobb’s refusing to sir 9 the Southern Address, either Mr. Calhowfi.'S Mr. Berrien’s. Judge Lumpkin while ame I ber in Congress in January, 1819, writing St M friend in this county, in reference to the meet. I of the Southern members in regard to the moe 1 ments of the Northern fanatics and abolitions says that Mr. Calhoun's Address is somewhat jectionable as in his opinion its object was to • sectional party; but says he, Mr. Berne:;: n VtSiSiL - 1 - address to the whole people oitJf united otnies m *••«, 1 1 South, as maintained by the Constitution--,tjsj was a calm, mild, but firm and masterly ai posure—that we had suffered at the hands of? I litical fanatics and abolitionists, and appeal $ the sound sense of all parties, in all section) 1 the Union, to come up to this question in sea 1 of truth, and with the spirit of maintaining 9 rights. Messrs. Berrien, Iverson, Harralsor i ■ myself, were for this report in preference to ofl other, (Mr. Calhoun's.) Stephens, To® A King and Jones were against all agitatio: |,l the subject ; but says he, Cobb, goes for a pr« address using up the Southern Whigs for porting Millard Fillmore, and will notsigr.rjß other, and I concur with him in prefer::;.' - | course, but I had made up my mind to sign Jj ® Berrien’s report. Now you will perceive;® the Hon. Howell’s greatest ambition was: M up the Southern Whigs—that was of mors ■ portance to him at that time, than all tie ■ position and dangers in which the .So;:; n j placed, they had met to do something Si)l tisfy public attention,as public attention hac ■ ■ excited on this subject, and although tin. 9 knowledgment of the Hon. Mr. Lumpkin Judge Berrien’s was a masterly expose, fee held his signature because the Hon. H- Cobb did, and it seems the only motive f-- ■ actuated the Hon. Howell was his vorav- • 1 sire to use up the Southern Whigs— the ence is that he would have breakup" A. Toombs, Stephens, Dawson, King anJ >: ‘ dined on some of the larger fry in other So#® States, and supped on the smaller fry. I heard the Honorable gentlemen speak s’ s ! times recently, he says he is the same o;;ij niverous Howell that he was in ’4B and it be true, what is to become of his tender- j Whigs. Should he be elected to the Guberr..:- j chair, it is presumed his digestive organs *-1 increased in proportion, and there will be e | capes, there will not be one left to err;- 1 their fate. Some however, have the timid' l assert in the face, and front of Mr. Cobb# ! tion, that he has changed — that he is not p J Howell Cobb now he was then, and from ® I ture reflection, and a few days observation *■' j inclined to side with them—he dont talkie j old tried Democrat, dont smell like on* l,l l dont act like one, and in fact is not one,!* ’'l not stop with one, even with one rs : Constitution alias Submissioual Democrats - J stop here was with an old wool-dyed, Whig he is now touring in the mountain in bu SSy> bow obliging, how affectionatej twelve months ago his entrance into to l * 0 ] mansion would have been as fearful as oid T ; j fer himself, and he was ensconced in Sprit! j Place by one equally rabid—these are alike tsj fact every where, and its for the people to l ' e l cide, whether there has been a change, and whom. If our Whig friends declare that Ml Cobb has changed, they should scrutinize ffe " the motives which brought it about; if 11 has, how can the old unterrified Democracy sU F port him; if he has not, and as that old ree<M T hating Whig devourer, how, I appeal to th Whigs, how can you support him; if b® ** l l the fence, or clay in the potters hands, I ask nr of all parties, how can you support him, it be t the nominee of the Fillmore party at Was*® ton city last winter, the party he so despised