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arrival
OF THE STEAMER
A S I A.
COTTON EXCHANGED.
BREM>SnjFFB DECLINED
\TArgraphtri fur the Baltimore Sun.]
New York, Aug. 28th, 9 P. M
Tha Asia has arrived from Liverpool, with
one week's later intelligence, and 103 passengers.
She left Li veiqiool at 121 o’clock on the 16th.
The Markets.—Cotton for the most part is
unchanged. The demand has been without ani
mation, and freely met by holders. Good Orleans
and the lower qualities of American have advan
ced a shade. The brokers’ quotations ure: Fair
Orleans .13d., Mobile 51d., Uplands ')}■ Mid
dling Orlsnns 4J, Mobile 41d., Upland 4 7-16 d.
The sales of the week are 47,000 bales, of which
speculators took 7,800, and exporters 10,500.
lue imports since the sailing of the Canada have
been 19.70 J bales. On the uay the Asia sailed
the market opened quiet, but steady. All par
ties are awaiting the arrival of the Atlantic and
Ameiica.
Breadstuff's.—Flour has been ill limited de
mand, and pi ices have receded 6d to Is. Balti
more, Phihielphia and Western Canal are quot
ed at lOs to 20s: Ohio and New Orleans at 19s
(hi to 20a (hi.—Corn is in slow request, and pri
ces are Is lo'- er—the chief enquiry is for floating
cargoes at 25s (id n 2(is lor yellow and 26s 6d to
27s 6d for whit, —Wheat is inactive, with lim
ited sales at pi 'g in favor of buyers—U. S. mix
ed and red sa7d to 5s lOd, and white 5s Sd a 6s.
Provisions.—Beef is in slow request at former
rates. American l ork is scarce and unchanged.
Bacou is in good request at full rates. Hams and
Shoulders are more inquired for. Lard is Arm at
full prices. Tallow is Od. deargr. The navy
contractors had advertised for. 5,500 tierces and
3.300 bbl*. of Beef, and 10,7100 tierces and 5,658
bids of Pork. Tenders to Us delivered on 15th
September.
The demand for Goods and Yarns in Manches
ter is not so active.
English funds are slightly depresaed. Consols
on the 13th, closed lit 9(i| a 981, on the 14th they
advanced id.and on the lOthcloaed at 061 a9(>|,
lor mouey. The aspect of continental affairs
having depressed foreign stocks, but little "has
been done in them.
Barings’ Circular quotes Penn'a s’a at SI J;
Md. Sterling 89. There is hut little doing in
American stocks.
Havre. Aug. 13.—The cotton market has been
aunimated, and prices Arm. The week's sales
ure 8,303 haler. N. Orleans 59f* 90f; Moliile 61
a SOf.
Enum\o.—There is nothing of importance \
beyond the usual number of crimes and aeri- \
dents.
The hot weather had diminished the receipts
of the Exhibition.
The House of Commons has been torn down
since the lire, and the Commons will occupy the
new house at their next sitting.
Advice* fr • u th“ Cape of Good Hope state that
the Gorvornor was remaining quiet, awaiting re
inforcements.
<Cishop Gar Hand, of Savannah, was in Dublin,
iu order to secure Priests for his Diocese.
France.—'A destructive Are had occurred at
Havre, destroying a large amount of property,
and three vessels on the stocks.
The great fire occurred on the 12th in the ship
yard of M. Nounaud, in the suburb of Perry, ad
joining Havre. Three vessels in course of build
ing were destroyed, and the loss is estimated at
.£400,000.
The permanent -ommittee of the Assembly at
Paris was to roc once a fortnight during the
recess.
The President is about making a tour through
the southwest and centre of France.
The Councils of the Arrondissements which
had assembled for the tiausaction of business, had
all, with the exception of Limoges, advocated a
revision of the constitution.
A. N. Levault had • lieen condemned to six
months’ imprisonri&nt lor calling out ‘’Down
with Napoleon,’’ at a review of the National
Guards at Chatillerault.
Italy.—A conspiracy had been discovered at
Venice and Vienna to murder the Emperor and
all the Austrian officers. Several of the parties
implicated were arrested.
Stain.—A ministerial crisis is expected in con
sequence of the King insisting upon the appoint
ment of minister to Paris.
India.—A telegraphic despatch received in
London ataiea that the Indian mail had arrived
at Sue* with Bombay dates to July sth. It was
reported that orders had been given for the sur
render of the northern provinces of the Nizam,
in satisfaction of a debt due the East India Com
pany. The English ship Commerce had been
wrecked near Oden, and a portion of the crew
murdered. Trace end commerce were dull.
Marins Intelligence.—Arrived from Balti
more, Cornelia, July 27th, at Barcelona. Union,
Aug. 4th, off the Wight.—Orion, Aug. 10th, off
Dartmouth. Maryland, at Stirling.
{Correspondent of the Mobile Register.)
Pleasaxt Hill, Dallas county,)
August 14.1851., J
<ientlemcn : The prospects for a large crop of
cotton in this vicinity, are by no reason flatter
ing. Since the month of May, the cotton plant
has heen suffering for the want of seasonable
reins—-the long continued drought has almost
suspended tne growth of the plant, which is re
markably small for ihe season of the year. The
unprecedented heat of the weather and the ope
ration of a scorching sun on a small sized plant,
unprotected by the usual shade of green leaves
have forced the bolls to open prematurely and
at this time, fields of cotton can be seen around
here, white with matured fruit, and but a meagre
aay of young fruit to promise much more
mg. after tue present flow has been gather
ed. The extraordinary partiality of the rains
since May, has caused more irregularity m the
crops, than I have ever before known. Some
planters have had good seasons and abundance
of rain, while others in the same neighborhood j
are almost burnt up. The crops of com and cot
ton are good only where seasonable rains have
prevailed. The high lands, and sandy soils, have (
practicularly suffered from the drought, while j
the low lands, have not been altogether without
rain, and generally promise a fair yield. In this
section, you will find many |>oor crops and some
Eood. Judge Hunter, who plants on Cedar Creek
as a good crop, while Col. Sam. Hill in the
same neighborhood,will not make over half crop. ;
This kina of irregularity characterizes the whole }
crop wherever I have travelled. To talk now of
a large crop under present ajrpenranret would be
the height of folly.
Yours. &c. W.A. H.
King's Landing, t
August 22, 1851. |
Since I wrote you last, this section of country
lias been blessed with several good rains, but the
cotton plant has been so Ion" exposed to the
scorching sun, and the soil so hard and dry, that
rains, have had an injurons effect, inducing 1
a rapid shedding of the blooms and squares. 1
see no prospect in this vicinity for a yield over !
last year. The drought has been so severe, j
as to kill the sturdy oak of the forest, and other
trees in spots throughout the woods. Is it rea
sonable to expect t large crop of cotton, when
the spontaneous growth of the forest sickens and
dies for the. want of moisture and nourishment?
—Very many of our planters will not make
corn enough and most of the gardens are parched
up. A spell of hot weather now, would destroy
the prospects of even a moderate yield: a second
growth would follow,which could not bloom and
mature before frost. The prospect around here,
with rare exceptions, promises only two thirds
of last year. Cotton opens very fast, and pick
ing has generally commenced. The 801 l worm
has made its appearance about ‘’Boagchuta,* 5 but
so far is not very destructive. Yours, &c.
W. A. 11.
AUGUSTA, GA.
TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2.
For Governor.
CHARLES J. MCDONALD.
For Congress-—Eighth District,
ROBERT McMILLAN, of Elbert.
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE STAT
Public Barbacue.
A Public Barbacue will lie given to Col. Ro
bert McMillan, the Southern Rights candidate
for Congress, in this district, on Tuesday next,
2nd day of September, ut the Lafayette Race
Course.
Hon. Charles J. McDonald, Hon. J. M. Ber
rien, Hon. Charles Dougherty, Hon. J. H.
Hammond, Hon. llershell V'. Johnson, Judge
Colquitt, L. J. Gartiell, Esq., Col. Billups, J. IV.
Harris. Esq., and others have been invited to be
present oil the occasion. Speaking will com
mence at ( past 10 o'clock. The Barbacue will
be free to all. Every one is invited to attend.
Come one I Come all I
A. H. McLAWS,
ROBERT A. WHYTE,
WM. E. DEARING,
ALEX DEAS.
TURNER CLANTON.
T.W. FLEMING,
H. D. GREENWOOD,
Committee of Arrangements.
N. B. Col. McMillan is expected to addreas
the citizens Ot Augusta, at 8 o'clock, on the eve
ning of the same day, at the City Hall.
dje* There wiH be a Barbacue ami Free Dis
cussion ut Dealing, on the Georgia Railroad, on
Friday, Sept. sth, on which occasion Col. Mc-
Millan will address the people.
Backing Out.
Our readers will remember that, some two
weeks since, we called their attention to a large
meeting of the Constitutional Union party, held
in Saudersville, on the Ist ultimo, at which
meeting the following resolution was passed,
and a committee was appointed to ask Mr.
Cobb’s views upon it as well as other resolutions
which they adopted:
“ Resolved i therefore, That we deny to the
General Government the right of making war
upon, or by force preventing any State from
withdrawing from the Union, who, by a consti
tutional majority of her people, determines to do
so. and if in the minds of any such right exists,
i wisdom and policy alike demands its non-ex
! ercise.”
Mr. Cobb replied to the committee, and refer
' red them to his letter to the Macon committee.
I as contaiuing an exposition of his views upon
| the questions about which they were solicitous.
Mr. Cobb's letter has been spread in full be
fore our readers. They have seen that, and now
We submit to tljem the decision of the Washing
ton county committee, as follows:
To the Union Party of Washington Co.
The undersigned were appointed by the Con
vention of the party held on the Ist Tuesday of
this month, a committee to transmit to the Hon.
Howell Cobb, of Athens, certain resolutions
passed by the convention'and ask his opinion
upon the questions involved, aad to report to
you.
Your committee have preformed the duty as
signed them, and by due course of mail received
an answer from Mr. C., in which he refers us to
his letter to the Macon committee, in which his
views, at length, are given.
Having carefully read the letter referred to,
we cannot, upon the whole, but regard it, as an
able and correct exposition of the vjews and sen
timents of the Union party of Georgia, and we
advise every man in Georgia togead it carefully.
The doctrine of secession is one which may
puzzle older heads and abler minds than ours.
Though one thing seems perfectly clear to us:
if a State has a sovereign right to secede from
the Union at pleasure, the other sovereignties
have a right to guard themselves from injury
which may be caused by that secession, and .
how this is to be done, they alone can determine.
Hence, although secession may be peaceable, we
believe that war is its legitimate consequence.
Mr. Cobb informs hs that were a State to se
cede and a requisition made upon him as the Gov
ernor of Georgia for troops to coerce her, he should
not hesitate to convene the Legislature of the
State with a view of having a convention of the
State, before whom he should lav the whole
question and be governed by their decision. This
is as we would have him do. Should the time
ever come when this glorious confederacy is to
lie dissolved, when madly bent on min the stars
that make up this bright constellation shall rush
wildly from their orbits, when that hour arrives,
we want no Executive to say what Georgia
shall do, and by inconsiderate, injudicious haste,
endeavor to commit her to a course which she
would not pursue. No, when that hour comes—
and we pray God it may never—then will be
the time, for deliberate State action. Let a con
vention be assembled and let the voice of the
people be there expressed, and what they de
termine let the Governor execute.
R.W. Flournoy,
E. S. Langmade,
J. R. Smith.
G. E. Boatright,
Silas Floyd,
Committee.
While the views of Mr. Cobb upon the right
of secession,do not go as far as the undersigned,yet
in view of the fact that he would submit the
whole question to the people of Georgia for their I
decision, lam satisfied, and shall support him ,
with a great deal of pleasure.
R. W. Flournoy.
We look upon this to be an important matter-
There are thousands in the ranks of the Consti
tutional Union party, who feel as do the majori
ty of that party in Washington county. We
believe the action of the meeting to which we
have referred, was founded upon a just fear that
Mr. Cobb's views were not orthodox upon the :
subject of State rights and secession. They can
not be satisfied with the decision of the commit
tee. The individuals composing it may be satis- i
fied. but that cannot control the judgments of the
great majority of the party iu Washington county.
Our object is to show, first, that the Constitu
tional Union party of that county were discon
teiUrd with the position occupied by Mr. Cobb.
Secondly, that their views, as expressed in
their resolutions, were in accordance with the
true State Rights doctrines.
Thirdly, that they will back out from and re
pudiate them, if they adopt the doctrines of Mr.
Cobb, as set forth in his letter to the Macon
committee.
There was, certainly, some reason for the lan
guage of discontent manifested by the Sanders
ville meeting. What did they say ? We quote j
as follows:
!; But we assert that no man can be a good |
Union man who is not also a State Rights man. j
We regret, therefore, to observe a disposition, on the i
part of some Union men, to surrender those cardi- I
not principles which we consider so necessary to |
the preservation of the Union, by protecting the '•
rights of the States. - ’
We recognize, to the fullest extent, the saver- !
eignty nf the States , and look upon that recogni
tion as an established principle in the creed of OHr
party, and as remaining no longer an open ques
tion.’-
“We cannot consent to take tlm back track
ujtou the convictions of a life time; we cannot
consent to sacrifice principles we believe essen
tial to the preservation of the Union—principles
without which, it never could have been formed,
and without the preservation of which, it cannot
continue.”
“ We earnestly invoke that this poisonous chal
ice be not forced to our lips ; wi: wii.i. not drink
ITS WATERS OF UEATII ”
“ Resolved, That as the political friends of the
Hon. Howell Cobb, we are anxious to support
him, and will sup|>ort him. and by all honorable
means aid in his election, if ice can do so without
saiwtioning principles which toe believe are alike de
structive of the Union of the States anil the liberties
of the people. ’
“ Resolved, That a committee of five i» ap
pointed to address the Hon. Howell Cobb a letter,
embracing the principles of the first resolution,
requesting to know from him, Whether he agrees
or dissents Irom the principles therein laid
down. - ’ ..
There is plainly the language of discontent.
Now we assert, without the fear of contradic
tion, that the Washington county meeting held:
That the States are sovereign. That will be dis
tinctly seen in the second of the foregoing ex
tracts.
That meeting held that a State has the right
of peaceable secession from the Union. That is
plainly shown in the first extract, found near the
commencement of this article, and in the decla
ration in the preamble, that “we never will
agree that this Government has the right to deny
to such State the liberty of doing so," that is. ol
seceding.
That meeting also held, that the right to secede
is a peaceable right, and that the General Govern
ment has no right to coerce her by force to remain
in the Union. This is shown by- the first extract i
contained in this article. Again it is most em
phatically shown in the following, which we
take from the preamble .
“ But no government is republican, and no Stale
can be republican, whose jteofle are forced to submit
to a government against their choice. It would,
therefore, be a palpable violation of the Constitution
to attempt to subdue, by arms, the people of a sover
eign Stale of this Union, thereby forcing such
State to remain in the Union against the clearly
ascertained will of a constitutional majority of
her people.”
“We most solemnly deolrfre that we see no
cause why any State should withdraw from the
Union, but that is a question alone for the jieople
of each State to decide for themselves. But so
far as the force of public opinion can reach, we
would have it to discountenance any such move
ment by the people of any State in the Union.
Should any State, however, in the madness of the
hour, by a constitutional ma jority of her people,
withdraw from the Union, our doctrine is non
intervention ; We never will agree that this gov
ernment has the right to deny to such State the
liberty of doing so. and of making war upon her
to prevent it. It was not in that spirit this
Union was formed, and it is not in that spirit it
can be kept together, and we woidd have this dis
tinctly understood as being the opinion of the Union
party of this county. We earnestly invoke that
this poisonous chalice be not forced to our lips;
i iv will not drink its waters of death; we depre
cate bciiig driven into a false position: we yield
to none in our love for the Union; we yield to
none in our devotion to the rights of the States:
loathe the feelings of the people of South Caroli
na. which we believe is hatred to the Union, but
ice never will stand by and see that State or any
other subdued by the Federal arms of this govern
ment, and fofted to remain a jnrtton of this Union
against the express wishes of her jteople. We wish
in. Union that contains within its limits a con
quered people, whose jmition would be similar to
that of Poland to Russia
It is, then, clearly established that The Wash
ington county meeting held that the States are
sovereign —that they have the right of peaceable
secession —and that the General Government has
no right of States ercion.
That, we say, tens thk platform of the meet
ing. Now we will show that the aforesaid com
mittee have adopted a tafferent jdatform —one as
wide from that of the meeting as the poles are
asunder.
The committee say that Mr. Cobb's Macon
letter is “an able and correct exposition of the
views and sentiments of the Union party." &e.
The committee has evidently got into a quan
dary. They say “the doctrine of secession is one
which may puzzle older heads and abler m : nds
than ours." How suddenly this doctrine of se
cession became mystified in the minds of this
committee! It was as clear as sunshine on the
first of August. There was no doubt with them
then! A State, then, had the perlect right
peaceably to withdraw from the Union. Now
they dodge behind “ older heads and abler
minds "!! Whatever advantages this committee
may claim, on account of their heads being young
er and their minds weaker than some other peo
ple’s, we doubt whether the people generally
will be satisfied with so lame an excuse. Now
for an exhibition of lofty tumbling.
An “ abler head," that is, Mr. Cobb’s head,
said that if a State withdrew, the other States
had a right to decide upon the right of the State to
do so, and force her back, into the Union. Strait
way the committee say. 11 the other sovereign
ties have a right to guard themselves from injury
which may be caused by that secession, and how j
this is to be done, they alone can determine. Hence j
although secession may be peaceable, we believe j
that war is its legitimate consequence.”
This committee, with the rest of the meeting,
declared, on the Ist of August, that it would be
A PALPABLE VIOLATION OF THE CON
: STITUTION for the Government to attempt to ;
1 subdue such State, and force her to remain in the
j Union. They denied to the Government the
right to make war upon a State to prevent seces
sion. But we will presently see their inconsis-
I tency in a stronger light.
They express their gratification at Mr. Cobb s
saying, that if he were Governor, and the Govern
ment should call upon him for troops to put down
a seefeding State, he would call the Legislature
together, and advise the call of a convention, and
would execute whatever their decision might be.
This committee then add, that the Governor
shoidd execute whatever the convention determin
ed upon.
Mr. Flournoy appends a separate statement,
in which lie frankly admits that Mr. Cobb don t
go far enough for him in favor of the right ot se
cession, and specially fluids himself upon this
ronvention scheme. Well, suppose the convention
j should decide to send troops to put down South
j Carolina, or any other State, these gentlemen
j say. let the Governor EXECUTE IT. We would
I say. let him resign his seat first. But that is not
| what Mr. Cobb would do. He would send the
I troops, with the instruments of death in their
! hands, to butcher a gallant people struggling
against oppression.
Now for the glaring inconsistency of the com
mittee. They say, let the Governor execute the
decision of the convention. On the first of Au
gust, they said it would be a palpable violation of
the Constitution to use force against the seceding
State, and they even went so far as to say, while
they “loathed the course of South Carolina, they
would never statu! by atul see that State or any oth
er subdued by the Federal arms of this Government ,
and forced to remain a portion of this Union,
against the express wishes of her people. What a
remarkable change in these gentlemen !
Since the appearance of Mr. Cobh's letter,
they seem to have “ observed*, discerned, seen
and spied out “ how, wherefore, and whether.
1 why, when, and \ypat, whatsoever, whereas and
whereby ” all this State rights and secession
business, instead oi being no longer often questions.
are the most uncertain and open questions that now
puzzle old heads or young heads, able minds or weak
mituls!! While the committee seem disposed
to begin to establish their principles, de nova, we
; trust that the people of Washington county will
1 have more regard for consistency, and prove truer
friends to the sovereignty and rights of the
States.
Who can have confidence in men whose life
time convictions and devotion to State rights, are
so pliantly offered up at the shrine of party, and
that, too, even to the extent of taking to their
lips a poisonous chalice and drinking from it THF.
WATERS OF DEATH!
1
Prospects of the Election—Our Correspondence.
Our opponents beat us in bragging. As Dr.
O. Toole Would say, its a fmrt of their system.—
They do it to inspire the flagging confidence of
their friends, and give energy to their canvassers
in the field, who often get dispirited atul down
in the mouth.
We care uot to to How their example. A cause
that is worth working for is in no need of such
' false stimulants. The friends of the Southern
Rights cause,work in the noble and unselfish spirit
of devotion to their principles expressed so forci
bly by Col. David W. Lewis, before the Con
vention which nominated him in opposition to
Mr. A. H. Stephens. Whether in prospect of
defeat or victory, their exertions wHt be the
same.
1 is not for mortals to conimantl success,
liut they’ll do more: they'll deserve it."
We might however publish, columns weekly,
of letters receive ! by us from all sections of the
State, showing that our friends aie working both
zealously and in good spirits. They are not dis
heartened by the brags of the Consoli’dationists, nor
are they gulled by them. The Southern Rights
party know that the pretended calculations of
the Federal press of ten and twelve, and even
fifteen thousand majority for Cobb, if really
made, are based on the votes last fall for the
Convention, and therefore are absurd. That
election is no criterion for the vote to be
given next month. The election between
Governor Towns and- Judge Hill in 1549 is
much nearer a tfue test. In' most of the coun
ties in the State in which Governor Towns got
majorities, Gov. McDonald will do the saine.-*-
Where he tails to do this, he will probably make
up the loss by gaining in other counties in
which Towns was beaten. There are few. if
any Whig counties in fact, in which Cobh will !
wget a vote which will be comparatively as good I
as that given to Judge Hill, and ip mauy ol'them
McDonald will beat him.
We have written the above introductory to
extracts from two letters received last Sunday,
and which we have concluded to publish. They
are selected from very many of the same sort
which we have on hand, and which our friends
are welcome to see. We get them almost daily.
The remarks of our Houston correspondent
recalls to mind four lines illustrative offlie empty
and nonsensical noise about disunion made by
the Federal press In Georgia in connection with i
Governor McDonald.
“ Sound the hewgag, strike the topjon.
Beat the fuzguzzy, wako the gonquong:
Let the loud hozanna ring,
Bum tarn fuzztegum dingo bim."
This supplies alike the place of fact and ar
gument. The opinions of Governor McDonald
are on record in black and white. They are
contained in letters and addresses put forth on :
many recent occasions. But these the Federal
press will not publish, because they would refute !
their clamorous denunciations.
Houston County, Aug. 27th.
Mr. Editor : — Mr. Johnson, the submission
candidate for this District, addressed the people
of this county on yesterday. He is a plain sen
sible man, but not an orator, and cannot clear up
and pile away the brush out of his way, with
the dexterity of his friend Howell, and yet it
appears that he struggles in the same path, and
makes a very awkward imitation of him indeed.
The courtesy was extended to us (vile disunion
iste and disciples of Rhett as we are called.) of
making a reply. We had our speaker (rather a
masked battery to be sure) in waiting. And I
can assure you our friend Howard, from Craw
ford poured the grape into them pretty hotly
and when they thought it over, there was “a lit,
tie more of the grape, Capt. Bragg."- lam proud
that we can sustain ourselves so fully in the ar
gument. The main effort of the submissioniste,
and it occupies their time is in apologising* for
the North in itspillage of the South. Take
away Rhett, South Carolina, and the cry
of disunion from them, and all their thunder
would be stolen. I am amused when they touch
upon Rhett. "Then they show all their indig
nant fire, stick up their feathers, and redden at
their throats, and fly at him with the enraged
animosity of an old Turkey cock at a red flannel
pitticoat. Poor Rhett, I wonder if he sleeps any ?
In conclusion, Mr. Editor, I am sanguine that
our county will be straight on the day of the
election.
Jonesboro. August 29th, 1851.
Messrs. Gardner and Smythe —
Gentlemen :—I have but little confidence in
communications of this kind, the writers so often
exaggerate and dont give the true history of facts.
but what I shall say is true, every word of it.—
Hon. Howell Cobb's letter to the Macon Com
mittee, dont take well in these diggings; his
Constitutional Union friends ray it holds out
two faces, (that is a great many of them)
and they will uot have it—neither will they
have him (Cobb,) and that they prefer old
Charley, and intend to vote for him. Last
week I took a two days tour through this
county (Fayette.) and I could find men on
all sides that were coming over to the side of
equality, truth and justice. I was at one house
where there were the old man and five sons, who
told me out of their own mouths that they had
just been converted and were heart, soul and body
for old Charles J. I can hear it every day. I dont
like that letter, it wont do—l wont have it, &c.,
ike. Hon. H. A. Harralson addressed a portion of
the sovereigns of this county at Fayetteville last
Tuesday, and considering the notice they
had, there was a pretty respectble crowd;
i without entering into a detail of his arguments,
! suffice it to say, that he showed himself a host to
evil doers, and that the cry of Union. Union, was
j all a humbug, and that it all was gotten up cock
ed and primed in Washington city to be fired in
( the South from behind Bob Toombs's masked
j battery. The Honorable gentleman's effort
| was a noble one, and no mistake, and has
! done a great deal of good for the cause of
Southern Rights and McDouald. I had almost
forgot to say that some of the prominent speak
ers of the self-styled Union party of this county
have recently ccime over, and are going it for
old Charley.
[£7“We received no papers by last evening's
mail from offices north of Charleston.
~ Discussion To-Day.
Col. McMillan, the Southern Rights candidate
[ for the eighth Congressional District, reached
the city yesterday—other speakers from abroad
are expected to be present at the Barbecue and
Discussion to take place to-day, at the Lafayette
Race Course. All are invited to attend to hear
I the true doctrines upon the great questions of the
day—doctrines which have been cherished, by
the people of Georgia, as the foundation stones
' upon which are built our Republican lorms of Go
i vernment, and the great structure of the rights
and liberties of the people. Let all candidly hear
and honestly decide.
1 We understand that Mr. Matthews will run
two Omnibusses to the Course foi the accommo
dation of those who wish to attend the Cue.
Freedom to Cuba.
We cordially invite attention to the following
caH for a public meeting of tiiose friendly to the
! cause of Cuba. In the dark hour of the Ameri
can struggle for liberty, our revolutionary fathers
did not call for succor in vain. By the sacred
memories of La Fayette, of Kosciusko, of Mont
gomery, of DeKalb, of Pulaski, let not the cry
of help for the cause of Cuban liberty pass un
heeded. The blood of our inhumanly butchered
countrymen appeals for vengeance. Brave spir
its are among us ready to fly to the rescue of
Cuba, and to the lamented dead. Let
not the friends of liberty refuse a helping hand,
or withhold their cheering presence from the
meeting to-morrow evening. Let them assem
ble to mingle their rejoicings over the late grat
ifying intelligence announcing the continued
success of the Patriot Army under Lopez.
To the Citizens of Augusta.
There are (tom 75 to 100 young men in Au
gusta, ready to leave for Cuba. Those who in
tend to aid them with funds or join the compa-
I ny, or are willing to favor the cause of liberty
in Cuba, are requested to meet, on Wednesday
Evening, at the City Hall Park, at S o'clock.
It will probably be the last meeting that can be
called before the liberators leave.
Many Citisens.
I . j i) ;
Health of Augusta.
It will be seen by the report es the Chairman
of the Board of Health, that our city is now free
from Small Pox. Our country friends need feel
no apprehensions in visiting our city.
Office of the Board or Health, /
Augusta, Sept. Ist, 1851. j
It is with pleasure I announce to the public
that there is not a case of Small Pox in the city,
and but two cases of Varioloid, and they very
light. The disease is still confined to the lower
part oLthe city.
Persons need be under no apprehensions of
contractiug the disease by visiting Augusta.
WM. E. DEARING,
Chairman Board Health.
Morf. Volunteers for Cuba. —A letter in
the Savannah Morning News of Friday, dated
Jacksonville, Florida, Aug. 25, states that five
hundred men composing the Florida Regiment,
were to have embarked for Cuba in a couple of
days from that date. The writer understands
that they are to be commanded by Col, Henry
Titus,who boreajdistinguished part in the Carde
nas expedition. The Lient. Col. will, most pro
bably, be Col.. O'Hara, who commanded the
Kentucky regiment in the same expedition, and
who was badly wounded in the battle of Carde
nas. Who the other officers are is not mention
ed.
[Telegraphedfor the Charleston Courier.]
Baltimore, Aug. 29, 9.10 P. M.
On Friday, in the New-Yok market, Cotton
was firm, and fourteen hundred bales were sold
at 8} for middling Orleans, and 8| cents for Up
lands.
The Hermann has arrived atNew-York from
Havre.
sij ffiagttrtii'
Reported for the Constitutionalist.
LATER FROM Cl BA
GLORIOUS NEWS.^n
LOPEZ VICTORIOUS IN EVERY BATTLE.
RECEIVING DAILY RE-INFORCEMENTv
HIS ARMY 1500 TO 2000 STRONG.
GENERAL ENNA KILLED.
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN HAVANA.
We are indebted to our correspondent, the s*.
vannah Morning News, for the following gnfj.
fying news from Cuba, sent us by telegraph.
Savannah, Sept. 1, 3.45, P. M.
By the schr. Merchant, arrived yesterday from
Havana, which place she left on the 23d of Au
gust, we learn that Gen. Lopez had been Sue
cessful in every engagement with the Spanish
troops.
In the battle of the 17th August, General
Enna, the commander in chief of the Spanish
amy, was killed, with several officers and a large
number of men.
Lopez's army now consists of 1500 to 2000
men, is receiving daily re-niforcements, and at
last advices was marching towards Havana.
Gen. Enna was buried with great pomp at Ha
vana on the 20th of August.
There was great excitement, and much appre
hension felt in Havana. There were only about
700 troops in the city.
ANOTHER DESPATCH.
_ Charleston, Sept. 1, 10.10, P. M.
The schr. Merchant has arrived from Havana.
The Police and Military were very active to
prevent news from the country being communi
cated.
Four leaders of the revolt near Principe have
been short in the back as, traitors.
A full list ol Lopez's officers is published in
the Fario Industrial.
Lopez s whole force, when he landed was four
hundred, including officers.
All American vessels are strictly searched,
and all Americans closely watched.
Five Spanish officers, besides Gen. Enna, were
killed.
The reports of the cruelties practised by the
Spaniards, when Crittenden and the other
Americans were shot, is fully confirmed.
Crops. —The Sumter democrat of the 23d,
says that the crop in that county ‘ ; are a subject
of gloomy reflection." The cotton crop, it is
feared, wijl be shortened at least a third. For
adequate supplies of corn, it says the people will
have to look to the west.
The Demcrpolis Argus of the 19th says, that
the prospect for a crop of cotton grows more
gloomy every day. The late rains, i : stead of
being beneficial, have produced the rust.—The
crop of its region, it says, will not be so large as
it was last year—which was a short crop. Scarce
ly any corn will he made, in comparison with
previous crops.
The same paper says that water is so scarce
in the county, that some planters, who live foui
and eight miles from rivers are hauling it thence
to their plantations.
A large meeting was held at Carrollton on the
ICth instant to provide com for the deficiency of
that staple in Pickens county. It adopted reso
lutions to the effect that the commissioners court
of the county raise funds by pledging the faith of
the county. This loan to he repaid by the sale
of the corn purehused by those who are able to
pay for it, and the balance to he raised by taxa
tion.
It was also resolved that the legislature he pe
titioned to legalise the action of the commission
ers; and that the vote of the people of the county
be taken on the second Monday in September—
polls to he opened at every precinct.
We think that no one can doubt that the corn
crop of Pickens has fallen short. —Mobile Tribune.
28th ult.
Resolution relative to the election of the Judges
of the Superior Courts.
Be it resolved by the Senate and Rouse of Repn -
tentative* of the State of Georgia in General As
sembly i-omened. That at the next general election
for Governor and Members of the Legistature,
the people of tlys* State be requested to express
their wishes as to the manner in which the
J udges of the Superior Courts shall thereafter be
elected, by endorsing on their tickets, ‘‘By the
Legislature,” or "By the People.”
Assented to. December 12th, 1849.
The Storm.— On Saturday night last we were
visited with quite a severe storm ot wind and
rain, which did considerable damage to the crops,
especially the new-ground com and the cotton,
in this and the adjoining counties. No damage
was done in this place, but the rain so washe
the South-Western Railroad in several places, as
to prevent the cars from reaching here lor two
or three days.—We are gratified, however, to be
able to state, that these breaches have been re
paird and the road is in excellent running order
again.— Oglethorpe Democrat , 30th till.
Vessel Destroyed by Fike.— Under oni
ship news head will be found an account of the
rescue of the officers and crew- of the brig Mata
moras. while on fire, by the scchooner Col. Sat
terly, Capt. Booth, and the subsequent discovery
of the brig by the steamer Chalreston, Capt.
Relyea, who brought her to the city. A portion
of her cargo, with her sails and rigging, were
hastjly removed, and she was then towed to the
flats opposite the city and scuttled, but she con
tinued burning until she was consumed to the
water's edge.
The Matamoras was a fine vessel, about four
teen months old. Her cargo, cansisting of 1500
barrels of Lime and 100,Q00 Laths, was consign
ed to Mr. James M. Stocker. The vessel and
cargo, we understand, were insured in Northern
offices.— Charleston Mercury. Ist inst.
The Storm.—On Saturday and Sunday night
last, we were visited with a very severe storm
ol wind and rain. Thousands of trees were blown
down and in many places the woods were com
pletely blocked up. Late corn is very much in
jured. We have conversed with many planters,
and have seen some cotton plantations, since the
storm, and all concur in opinion that at least one
third of the cotton crop is destroyed. We have
hgd heavy rains since the storm, which must do
still further injury to cotton. If these evils have
been general, we have no doubt the diminished
yield will be compensated by the increased price
consequent on a short crop.— Albany Ga. Patriot,
29 th ultt.
The Crops. —We are informed that in nearly
all this county as well as Randolph and Tallapoo
sa, Cotton is very poor. Indeed as far as we can
learn, the crop of this section will be short, de
cidedly; the cry being, generally, that planters
will not make cotton enough—at present prices
—to pay for the corn which, in consequence of
the drouth, they will he forced to buy. As to
corn, the middle and upper parts of Chambers
and all of Tallapoosa and Randolph that we
know any thing about, will fail to make bread.
In the lower part of Chambers and upper part of
Russell, the crops are better. Still there must be
considerable importations of com from the West.
Unless our farmers are more provident this
fall than usual, and sow what, oats, rye, and the
like, extensively, we may expect tight times
next year. We trust, however, that they will
for once obey the dictates of common sense. —
La. Fayette (Ala) Tribune. 29th ult.