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THE CON ST IT DTION ALI ST. JAMES GARDNER. JR TEEMS. Daily, per annum 5 s Tri-Weekly, per annum.... If paid in advance Weekly, per annum, if paid in advance...»^ J’hese terms are offered to new subscribers and all »1J subscribers who pay up all arrearages. In no case will the weekly paper be sent at unless the mone v accompanies the order. In no case will it be sent at $2,00 to an old sub scriber in arrears. O’When the year paid for at S~,OO expires, the paper, if not discontinued, or paid for in advance. will be sent on the old terms, #2.50 if paid at the office within the year, or #3,00 if paid after the expiration of the j ear. (PJ* Postage must be paid on all communications and letters of business. IN ADVANCE OF THE MAIL. [From the Baltimore Sun, \othinst.\ A RRIVAL OF THE STEAMER ACADIA. SEVEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. THE COMMOTION IN IRELAND INSURRECTION NOT YET ATTEMPTED. THREATENED OUTBREAK AND PREPARATIONS TO CRUSH IT. ENFORCEMENT OF THE LATE ACT OP PARLIAMENT MORE ARRESTS CONTEMPLATED. TROOPS POURING INTO IRELAND. The steamship Acadia arrived at Boston on Sunday afternoon, after a passage of fifteen days from Liverpool, having sailed on the 29th ult., bringing seven days later intelligence from Europe. On account of the storm of Saturday hav ing suspended telegraphic operations, we did not receive our account of the news until yes day afternoon, when we immediately issued an extra Sun containing the following details: ?■< The news from Ireland will be read with peculiar interest. France is represented as being in a tranquil state, and Paris was assuming something like its wonted appearance of life, gaiety and bus tle. A reward of £SOO has been offered for the arrest of Smith O’Brien, and £3OO for Mea gher. No outbreak had occurred in Ireland up to Friday, July 27th. Affairs in Ireland f From the London Chronicle, July 28. J It seems tolerably certain that we are on the eve of an insurrection,whether it has exploded or not. Reluctant as we are to say anything inculpatory of the government at such a time, we cannot but express our surprise that Lord Clarendon should have allowed the leaders of the League to have left Dublin, knowing as lie must have known, that the announcement of Lord John Russell’s measures would.be the rested them legally, he should have exceeded his legal power to do so, and asked for an in demnity. However that is past now, and they are at liberty to fight. We have always given them credit for be ing bold, uncrupulous rebels, and think so still. Indeed, it they chose it, they could not retreat now. Their madmen followers will keep them by force at their heads, and we un derstand that they have fully compromised themselves with government by their proceed ings of the last few days. So we cannot avoid the conclusion, that the conflict is im pending, and certainly never will the govern ment of this country engage in one with a clearer conscince of right, or a more unanim ous consent of all loyal and thinking men. It is remarkable that notwithstanding the vast amount of passive disloyalty which exists in Ireland, the actual excitement of the more dangerous character is more widely diffused than might expected. The West and North are comparatively free from the contagion, though from very differ ent reasons. The accounts which we receive from Kerry, Clare, and nearly the whole of Connaught, are favorable as regards present tranquility and the apparent absence of ex citement among the people. In these coun ties the people are more primitive, more sub ject to the influence of their clergy, (which is at present exerted to prevent rebellion,) and more affected by physical depression of ex treme distress. The organization of the clubs has in very lew instances been extended to the west of the Shannon, nor have we heard, except in Galway, of any preparation being made for in surrection. Certainly no alarm is felt among the gentry. Ulster is safe—the demonstrations of loyal ty and physical force made by the Orangemen on the 12th of July, have precluded the pro bability of any outbreak in that province. We do not even expect partial risings there. In the northern and midland counties of Lei ster, the case is different; the people are an energetic, determined race, the descendants of the English—and the great majority Roman Catholics; their character and organization render them less prone to the wild excitement of the Celtic South, but they are thoroughly anti-English in feeling, and would be sure to rise if they saw a chance of success. Accordingly, though not immediately men aced, we should not be at all surprised on hearing of movements in South Meath, West Meath, and even Dublin and Wicklow. On the whole, however, there seems reason to suppose that at first the insurrection will be confined to six or seven counties, viz : Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Tipperary and Kings. Nothing that we have heard gives us reasomto apprehend that it ought to be either a difficult or tedious matter to deal with the two mena ced provinces, where there are nearly 30,000 troops and 5,000 constabulatory forces, and notwithstanding all rumors to the contrary, we are convinced that the latter will fight as well as the former. On the other hand, the rebels cannot mus ter even an equal number of armed men, and among them there must be the honelcss-defi ciency, not only in military leaders and in mu tual confidence, but in ammunition, provi sions and effective weapons. r There will be pikes in abundance, but in the open field the pike in the hands of undisci plined men, is a very ineffective arm. It i s probable that barricades may be tried, in Cork, Wexford and Limerick, but we believe that the Naval Military forces, which command tnese towns, are such as to put a lengthened OUt °* t* l6 question, insurrection will then resolve itself into * vartare » and in this case we fear \ a great injury may be done to life and —a— property, but even this cannot last long. The season of the year is against them. Every one who is fannhar w ith the aspect of the rural districts in Ireland, knows that there is hardly any com left in the country. There are no potatoes this year, and we have no doubt that a long notice which we have had of what is now coming, has allowed a large proportion of the farmers to take mea sures for placing the stock in places of safety. A very short time, accordingly, will suffice to starve the rebels out of the mountain fast nesses in which they will take refuge, and with which, indeed,if it be necessar yto pursue them, the constabulary are as well acquainted as themselves. If the improbable contingency of an exten sive and prolonged rebllion arrives, all other considerations must be sacrificed to the loss of life and property in Ireland, and of the in tegrity of the empire; but as we firmly believe that the regulars and constabulary will put down the rising at once, we cannot agree with those who advocate making the affair a civil war of religion by arming the Orangemen of the north. The European Times says, during the past week Liverpool! has been "in a state of great excitement consequent upon the present re port of political affairs in Ireland, and the numerous body of repealers and confederates who reside there. Their designs have caused the local authorities to set about preparing for any outbreak, should such be attempted. Such a course would lay the foundation of future evils, analagous to those which the present crisis is the natural result. The Lord Lieutenant has issued a procla mation for suppressing the clubs. During the week the mayor and magistrates have been actively engaged in raising consta bulary forces, and this body now numbers 20,000. On Friday evening, a company of the Roy al Horse Guards, with their guns, arrived at Monk’s ferry by railway, and early oh Sunday morning were conveyed to Liverpool. Besides them, the 9th foot, two companies of the 7th and 81st, and entire battalions of the 9th rifles. The authorties are increasing the police force, which is to number 3,300. The men, in addition to their usual duties, have been drill ed to the use of the cutlass and firelock, on the principles of the Irish constablary. The military force has been greatly augmented. A squadron of the 4th dragood guards and the 89th also arrived, but has since embarked for Dublin. The troops are located in various parts of the town, and can be ordered to any 1 point at the shortest notice. The proceedings 1 of the disaffected have been such that a petition L has been sent to Parliament, signed by the ! EarlofSixton, the Mayor and a groat num ber of the respectable merchants and inhabi tants of the town. In consequence of Smith O’Brien’s proceed ‘ ings at Mullinagaher, a large meeting was held 1 lately by Doheney. The Government have issued orders for the formation of a camp there 1 as well as at Tilton. Camps are already form ed near the scat of the Earl of Delborough. I At the Irish Mining Company works, near ! Ballingarry, county of Tipperary, the work ing men all returned to their work yesterday, and arms that were taken from several parties the day before, were returned to their owners. Our latest account from Ireland state that arrests for training and drilling had taken place at Drogheda, that it was rumored that Smith O’Brien had been captured, and that the police had made a search for arms in 43 houses at the same instant of time. Stamps were, on Thursday, refused for the ‘ Felon and the Nation, which therefore could 1 not appear yesterday, inasmuch as they were ’ not to be transmitted through the mails, and L i if despatched otherwise to the provinces the 1 1 police were to seize them at every point.— 5 Warrants were positively sent to the south on Thursday for the arrest of the insurgent lead , Messrs'.' Meahger, J. Dillon, O. Gorman, Jr., 1 | Doheney, McDarcy, Mayo, &c. j i Mr. Devin O’Reilly has returned to the I North ; Mr. Labor has gone to the Leinstci J border ; Mr. Mayo is also breathing the coun try air, and the whole literary phalanx, as Mr. 1 | O’Brien once termed their confederation, seems broken and routed. [from the European Times of July 27.] [ The state of Ireland has been the absorbing . theme of interest during the week. The con t federates, in all the fury of despair, have now entirely thrown off the mask, and declared . ' their unequivocal purpose—first to kill and x capture the 40,000 troops stationed in Ireland, . and then establish a Republic, t < The events of the last few days have open l 1 ed the eyes of every genuine lover of ordei L and real liberty, and all disguise being cast a side, the only question is, in what mode to [ i crush the foul rebellion which has almost broken out. After the announcement giver j in our last number of the intention of Lord . John Russell to propose a suspension of the j habeas corpus act as respects Ireland, our read s ers will be prepared for the most rigorous mca t sures. Accordingly, on Saturday, the 22d inst., . his lordship, in a clear, unanswerable speech, . which was only interrupted by the approving ; shouts of almost every member in the House I of Commons, moved for leave to bring in a bil] . which is known as a suspension of the habeas corpus act, by which the Lord Lieutenant ol » Ireland for the time being, is empowered to ap f prebend and to detain until the Ist of March, t 1849, such persons as he shall suspect. One of our London correspondents describes r the scene in the House of Commons as one ol 5 the most interesting he ever witnessed. The quiet, resolute tone of Lord John Rus x sell, who spoke in his best style, was not . more admirable than the timely and judicious . observation of Sir Robert Feel, who support- L ed the Minister, nor could any better proof be . given of the practical character of our English L institutions, than the universal approbation ■ which cheered every sentence of the Master of the Crown, whilst when Mr. Fergus O’Con nor spoke almost every member rose and ex- I pressed their dissent. The provisions of the new Irish habeas cor pus suspension bill may be applied to Liver pool, but this is a matter upon which the government has not yet decided. | From the 3d edition of WUlmer's European Times. | Correspondence of the London Chronicle. Dublin, July 26. The Admiralty steamer “Aucker” entered Kingston this morning with a Queen's mes sage, who came,express from London with a copy of the act for suspending the habeas corpus. A special train was at once provided and the messenger proceeded by the railroad j to deliver the act to the Lord Lieutenant. — The government have determined on a con siderable number of arrests, and it is stated that a number of persons not heretofore open ly connected with the revolutionary move ments, are to be taken up. At this hour, half-past 4 o’clock, the At torney General and Solicitor General are at j ie cast le, and it has been arranged that the I aval rants are to be issued this afternoon. Mr. Smith O Brien and several other leading mem bers, now organizing the clubs throughout the country, are to be taken into custody to-nio-ht, and if the attempt to arrest them should°not : lead to an outbreak, they will be brought up to S Dublin to-morrow. The accounts from the South this morning arc really most alarming. The confederate leaders appear to be so insane as to contem plate an insurrection, and indeed already they have little doubt of an actual outbreak. The deepest anxiety and apprehension prevails a mongst the gentry and well-disposed of al classes. Gentlemen have come up to make representations to the government of the state of their districts, and requiring arms for their tenantry to defend their families and property against any insurgent movement. Lord Farnham, from Craven, and magis- | trates from Wicklow and other counties, have j been in attendance at the Castle to-day. The danger is eminent, but the Lord Lieuten- ! ant is well prepared and determined promptly to crush if he cannot prevent an insurrection, forced on by the wicked men who are now en deavoring to produce a convulsion. Troops are constantly arriving from England and departing for the South, where the dan ger is most pressing. A troop of the Bth llus- | sars, en route from Cork to Newbridge, has i been ordered to halt at Kilkenny, where it is I to be stationed for the present. Four compa- j nies of the 89th, which landed this morning from England, marched direct for Kilkenny. The remainder of the regiment, on the instant of their arrival, will proceed to the same des tination, and at an early hour this morning the troops of the 17th Lancers, with two pieces of ordnance, left town for Dunschauchlin, ; county of Meath, where disturbances are ap ; prehended. The police in the out stations of the dis ; turbed counties, who would be comparatively ; defenceless in case of an outbreak, have been I ordered to concentrate at the chief station. The government securities have declined i fully U per cent, at our Stock Exchange to ; day. Consols fell from 85 to 831. i Notwithstanding all this alarm, for which unfortunately there is ample grounds, I shall cling to the hope that there will be no insur rection. Indeed, my belief is as strong as bc ; fore, that there will be no serious outbreak, . and that the government will be able to crush i at once any insurrectionary attempt. The squadron of Sir Charles Napier has ar . rived at Cove. ; Her Excellency the Countess of Clarendon, r with some of the children of the Lord Lieuten s ant, left Kingston this morning for England, i ! I have seen letters from Galway, Ro com . mon, and even from Tipperary, which state ; the conviction of the writers that there will be l no outbreak. Liverpool, July 29. i Our express, which left Dublin at 9 o’clock j last evening, has just arrived, and our advices convey the gratifying intelligence that Dublin [ continues perfectly tranquil, but no further I news has been received. Our Waterford cor j respondent’s letter has just arrived. It is da t ted yesterday, and states that all is quiet there. 5 [By special Express to the European Times.] i Latest from Ireland. i Liverpool, July 29. The accounts from the South of Ireland by • the train from Cork, Limerick, Castlebar, Tip perary and Kilkenny, which arrived there at ■ 3 o’clock, state the utmost quiet prevailed 1 throughout the country. A Privy Council was held this afternoon at ; Dublin Castle, when proclamations were is - sued offering rewards, as follows: Smith • O’Brien, £500; Meagher, Dillon, Doheney, t £3OO each. The following is the proclama tion : . j Whereas, we have received information 5 that William Smith O’Brien has been guilty • of treasonable practices, and has openly ap t | peareds in arms against her Majesty, now we, 1 the Lord Lieutenant, being determined to t bring the said Win. S. O’Brien to justice, do t hercly offer a reward of £SOO to any person or 1 person who shall secure and deliver up to safe custody the person of the said Wm. Smith - O’Brien, and we do hereby strictly command 1 all Justices of the Peace, Mayors, Sheriffs, Bailiffs, Constables, and all others, herMajes -1 tv’s loyal subjects, to use their utmost vigi e lance to apprehending the said William S. - O’Brien. i Given at Her Majesty’s Castle of Dublin : , tb&J&Ah. dav T-1 T. ’ R.'MedDINGTOnT’' » Shortly after 4 o’clock this afternoon the i printing office of the Nation, at Sackville e Place, was visited by the police, who arrested r all the printers therein, eleven in number, and - brought them before the magistrates of the • ■ Henry street police office, when they were re s manded to appear to-morrow, Saturday, at 12 o’clock. The publishing office in Dublin , street was about the same time taken posses- T sion of by the police, who seized everything 3 remaining on the premises. Contemplated Arrests in Liverpool | The magistrates of this town, it is said, have determined to arrest the leaders of the Liver » pool demagogues. Dr. Reynolds, anticipa | ting this course, has lied to Birmingham, to which town an officer has been despatched r 1 with a warrant for his arrest. 0 (From WUluier and Smith’s Times, July 29.) t The Danes and the Germans. n The reluctance of General Uranzel to sign 1 the armistice between the Danes and the Ger e man Confederation has not been easily over . come. A temporary truce was, however, con . eluded for three days. Lord Palmerston, who appears to have as ,, forded the latest authentic information, stated i, on Tuesday evening that he had just received g communications from Berlin, from which he c ! hoped that the difficulties interposed by Gen. 1 Uranzel, which are more of form than sub s stance, may be overcome, and he (Lord P.) f j still felt confident hopes that the armistice . agreed upon at Mahno will be signed and con } ; eluded. The news from Vienna is to the 21st inst. s 1 The opening of the Diet by the Archduke f | John, was to take place on the following day. After the ceremony the Vicar of the Empire . will return to Frankfort, and it is said that t the Emperor will afterwards return to Inspuck, s to his capital. The siege of Prague was to be raised on the 2 21st. i From the Danube principalities no further i j authentic intelligence has been received of the r ; progress of the Russian armies. After the - j expulsion of Prince Bibesco, the provisional • ! government passed decrees for the abolition of punishment by death, the establishment of the • liberty of the press, the organization of a na ■ tional guard, a loan of the muskets of the peo i pic to the State, and the abolition of all ranks and titles. The Russians, however, we believe, have demanded the restoration of the Prince, and will probably insist upon it by force of arms. Lord Palmerston asserted, some days since, ■ that up to the latest dates, the Russians had 1 not entered Wallachia, neither had any Turk s ish force. The occupation of Moldavia by the Rus • sians is still not regarded as an act of aggres sion. Although the events which are occurring in such rapid succession inltuly and in the out lying Austrian provinces may soon alter the : Russian policy, a reference to St. Petersburg j for instructions how to act has been made by , the Russian representatives at Bucharest, in consequence of the revolution in Wallachia, and no answer has been received. If we may credit the Viennese journals, the peasantry of Wallachia regard the Russians as their deliverers, and they allege that the coun try people put to death the emissary who had been sent among them to stir up an insurrec tion. These papers positively assert that the Russians have entered Wallachia, and would enter Bucharest on the 15 th or 16th. In Italy the war was carried on with varia ble success. The Austrians have entered Ferrara, levied contributions and supplies, and then again withdrew from the city. By the most recent accounts from the royal camp, all communication between Mantua, Verona and Lenagno are completely interrupted. The Duke f j of Genoa, with 25,00 men, invests Verona on both sides Jof the Adige, in the positions near c Rivoli. The Duke of Savoy is on the other < side of Ducastello, to prevent the egress of the ] | Austrians on that side. Continual skirmishes ( take place, but none of a character to decide j ] the fate of Italy. The Chambers of Turin have ( I voted for the annexation of Venice to Piedmont immediately. The King of Naples was made cognizant of the election of the Duke of Genoa to the throne of Sicily, and he commenced prepara- | tious on an extensive scale for the invasion of that island. It was calculated that the forces | available for the invasion would be about 20,- | 000 troops in Calabria, about 5,000 in the for | tress of Messina, and 600 or 800 in Naples. ; It was expected that the embarkation would take place about the 20th, and they would land at Syracuse. Commercial The progress of trade and commerce during the past week has been greatly retarded by the ex treme uneasiness which is felt respecting the state ol affairs in Ireland. The markets for Colonial produce have hitherto been less active, with the exception of sugar, which lias been in fair de- ! mand. The sales of cotton are to a moderate ex tent. The corn trade has been active and prices rath er higher. Manufactured goods are less inquired for home use. The money market is easy, and the rates of interest remain at the figure last quoted Since the sailing of the America, the sales of cot ton amount to 31,180 bales, of which speculators took 2,703 American, and exporters 4,53 U Ameri i can, 1,549 Pernaras and 39 Surats, leaving 25,380 bales for the consumers use. The general tone of I the market has been quiet and without animation. ; Prices of nearly all descriptions remain the same as on this day week. If any change it is in favor of the buyer. The market yesterday closed with a little cheerfulness, and sales to the extent of nearly GOOO bales were effected at full prices. The estimated stock of Cotton at Liverpool now amounts to 585,- 830 bales, against 113,120 at the same period iu 1847. The imports of this year, as compared with those . of last season to a similar date, show an increase of . : 398,053. There lias been much uneasiness felt at ’ | the moist character of the weather during the past fortnight, lest the growing crops should suffer thereby and retard the progress of the harvest. Liverpool Cotton Market, July 28.—The - report for the week ending July 28. The accounts i received yesterday from Ireland, as to a recent L outbreak, caused for a time a great sensation, ! and though the report has since been proved to be . quite unfounded, yet it is at once perceived what would be the effect produced by such an event. I Having now recovered from this apprehension, * for the present at least, our Cotton market has become more settled yielding in favor of the buyers, but in so slight a degree that our quota tions still remain as last week, middling Orleans . excepted, which arc reduced to 3j!d. oilier de ’ j scriptions have been much inquired for, but re main unchanged, 2 700 American have been taken t on speculation, and 4,930 American, 40 I 1,530 Pernaras for export. The sales for the week amount to 34,180. Geo. Holt A Co. t [ Telegraphed for the Baltimore Sun.] i Washington, Aug. 14, 5 P. M. > A Duel in Prospect—Messrs- Butler and Benton Mr. Butler challenged Mr. Benton to-day to 1 mortal combat, on account of the harsh lan l j guage used by the latter to him in the course ‘ j of debate in the Senate on Sunday morning. '» : Colonel Benton accepted the challenge, and 3 the time was fixed for the deadly encounter, 0 when the police got wind of the matter, and 1 both parties were arrested and bound over to 2 keep the peace. Mutual friends arc endeav -2 oring to settle the difficulty. I ° J North Carolina Election Yesterday morning we received the follow . ing despatch, which would seem to settle the matter in the election of Mr. Manely, (W.) and l to leave the Legislature a tie : " '— * O’ * 4 1 A A \f We have the returns from all the counties c but one, and Manley (W.) has 350 majority *? over Reid. This makes Manley’s election sure. There is some doubt about the Legislature, cl | but the probabilities arc that there will be a e tie on joint ballot. t i ~ 1 =“ =3 ! Extract from a speech of Hon H S Foot of Mississippi, on the Question of Ad g journment, in the Senate of the United States. June 22. 1848- _ But if Gen. Taylor’s position as a presiden tial candidate is so objectionable, for the rea e | sons now stated,how much more objectionable, - , does he become when regarded as associated - j with Millard Fillmore, of New York, upon 0 ! the Whig ticket: Mr. Fillmore has been known 1 | all his life—and no man here or elsewhere 1 will dare deny it —to have been a thorough j going whig of the true Boston stamp. He is ; the reputed author of the tariff of 1842, and t has never wavered in the support of ultra whig _ principles. lam not authorized to charge him . with being an abolitionist but no one can . safely contradict; the assertion, that whilst a member of the House of Representatives in . ; Congress, he gave more than one vote which j strongly smacked of abolition. His general 1 course as a politician is well known to the a country; but as all are not familiar with the " : incidents which have marked his public life for ‘ ; several years past, I deem it prudent to read ) on this occasion an extract from a letter which . I have just received from an accomplished and ' honorable friend of mine in the .State of New York, whose means of obtaining correct in formation on tins subject are such as few per | sons living possess, and whose reputation for veracity and fairness authorize me to avouch, ’ i as I solemnly do, the perfect accuracy of bis whole statement: , j Albany, June 19, 1848. ! My dear sir:—l am happy to reply to your i favor of the 12th instant, in the terms which I have applied to other similar applications, to give you any information respecting Mr. Fill , more within my reach. You are not mistaken in the fact that Fill more is a Wilmot-provisoist. He is so, out and out, as all know who have any knowledge of his opinions and associations. Nobody here doubts his position in this respect. He lettCongress before thequestion came up in that | body; and in our own State, he has not been | called upon for his views in this respect, be cause his political friends, (the whigs,) who were rampant proviso men,never imagined that 1 his provisoism was a matter to be ques tioned by any body. It certainly never has ! been here. He was nominated for comptroller —the most important and responsible State of : fice in the State—by the Whig State Conven tion last October, with the knowledge that | his views were in perlect comncidence with j those of the convention, and with the whi" : party of the State. You must recollect that the democratic State | convention, held at the close of last Sep- I tember, laid on the table and refused to adopt j i the II il/not Proviso o tfered by a prominent I “barnburner;” and that, upon that issue, the faction known by that name, led off by Pres ton King, George Rathburn, J. Van Buren, &c., &c., denounced, opposed, and. with the whigs, voted against the democratic tickets. The whig State convention, held the next week, adopted the identical resolution refused by the democratic convention, as follows: Resolved , That while the whig freemen of New York, represented in the convention, will faithfully adhere to all the compromises of the constitution, and zealously maintain all the reserved rights of the States, they declare, since the crisis has arrived when the question must be met, their uncompromising hostility to the extension of slavery into territory now free or which may be hereafter acquired by any action of the government of our Union.” The whig convention nominated Fillmore for comptroller. The address adopted by the convention avowed the doctrines of the reso lution, and presented them as the great and essential issue of the campaign. It had these passages: “The Union as it is,” “but no more territory is our watchword, unless it be free. “The voice of New York is powerful in the Union, and we have striven faithfully (in Fill more i Co.) to present good sound sense men to personate our principles.” The address of the New York Whig Cen tral State Committee, to the Whigs of the j State, was as follows, (October 25,) in behalf ’ of Fillmore & Co.: “ The Whigs of the State have long seen * and known that the slave power was the govern ing power of this Union. They have seen and felt that power was exerted in hostility to the free men andjfree labor of the North ; they have seen that power make and now see | it making most extrordinary efforts to extend i its dominion and increase its strength ; they | have seen northern politicians and northern statesmen truckling, bending, yielding to that power for the sake of participating in its patronage, feeding upon the loaves and fishes which it had to bestow, and enjoying the spoils with which usurpers and tyrants in all ages reward the instruments they use to ac | complish their ends. This you have seen,and deplored its consequences, and you have la bored, but hitherto in vain, to avert them.— But now a more glorious prospect opens to your view. \«u have before you a renewed and striking instance of that great and cheer ing truth, that the Almighty, in his infinite wisdom, has provided and ordained that the indulgence of an evil and vicious course, whether in moral or political action, carries with it not only its own punishment, but also its own corrective. Elated with its unexam pled success, the slave power has become so exactive, imperious, and tyranical, that the ‘ endurance ’ of its northern ‘ ally ’ has ceased to be a virtue, and now, for the first time in the history of our government, our eyes be hold, and our ears are greeted with the glad tidings,that a large and overwhelming majori ty of the free spirits of the north are deter mined, at once and forever, to put limits to i the bounds of slavery within our glorious Union, and to say to it, * thou has gone thus far, but thou shalt not further go. Our oppo nents (the democrats) at Syracuse, with a sacriligious contempt of God’s holy Sabbath ■ well befitting the occasion and the deed, laid a resolution against the extention of slavery on the table, upon the strange and anamulous ground that the question of setting bounds to slavery was a firebrand thrown into a conven tion of freemen. On the following week, another convention of freemen rescued this resolution from the contempt with which its ‘ j predecessor had treated it, by unanimously adopting it. And now we appeal to the free 1 spirits of the north —the freemen of New York ■ —to go to the polls with that power and ener j gy which the spirit of true freedom never fails to inspire, and at the going down of the sum j on the night of the 24th of November, let the Empire State, through her ballot-boxes, pro i claim in tones of thunder, in the language o: the immortal Jefferson, ‘ all men are by nature free and equal; ’ and let the lightning o: ' Haven, before the sun sets on the following : day, scatter the glad tidings throughout the length and breadth of our country, that here after and forever New York will not consent to tin I extension of the bounds of slavery. (Signed by all the whig State committees then and now the patriotic, active, and inti mate political associates and supporters of Mr. ■ Fillmore.) The Evening Journal is the organ of tin I whig party and of Mr. Fillmore at Albany. I is the leading whig paper in the State. Fron t the moment of Mr. Fillmore’s nomination,las 5 i r to the close of the canvass, it was fill 5 ed with proviso articles ana appeals. Th * contest seemed in that quarter, as in th * State address, to have no other point or issue * and every day the support of the proviso wa 1 urged as the great rallying point of the whis cause and their candidates, and the democrat = and their candidates were assailed in th t ficrest manner as its enemies. I could send yen . I innumerable extracts, showing that the burdei i of the Avhig labors of Fillmore & Co., was th , proviso. A few will suffice. In our own State now, the same men ar : engaged iu the support of Tayior and Fill , i more ; and upon the same grounds the sanu I papers support him. The Evening Journal o this afternnon says : i “We will adhere unflinchingly to even ’ sentiment we have uttered against the extern sion of slavery, and in favor of preserving tin freedom of the soil obtained from Mexico? Ir 1 supporting General Taylor, we are rendering ; to the cause the best service in our power.— General Cuss, a thorough doughface, has sa ! crificed freedom for a presidental nomination He stands pledged to veto a frec-soil bill should Congress send such a bill to him.— ! General Taylor, on the other hand, though a slavery man as it exists, is opposed to extending the evil, and ivill siyn any bill that Congress shah pass on the subjtet.” The battle in New York will be a fierce one. We shall encounter the whigs and the leading ‘ barnburners,’ led by King, J. Yan Buren and others, and no doubt with the ap proval of the senior Mr. Van Buren. And the more rabid of the proviso school and pre tended democrats will nominate their candi j dates for President and Yice President either j at their convention on the 22d, or at an ad journed convention! in August, intended to embrace a wider range of delegates from othei | States. It may be counted, we think, that the great body of the democracy of the States will sup port the national democratic nominations ; that many whigs will refuse to support Gen. Taylor ; and that out of the State, if not in it, we shall gain in one from all we lose in the other. At all events, you may rely upon our best efforts to sustain the democratic cause and its candidates. One thing is certain, that if the south shall j lul to support Cass and Butler, with open and manly avowals of principles, on which the south can stand, and shall prefer Taylor and Fillmore from the party which has proclaimed the proviso, and denounced the southern or “ slave power ” in every form of epithet and hostility, they can never hope afterwards to recover a fair and just position in the Union. With great respect, your obedient servant. Extracts referred to in the preceding letter. [From the Evening Journal, Oct. 11, 1847.] “ Our opponents will be active; they have every thing at stake ; their hope of success in j the presidential contest rests upon the result | now. They have pressed into this election the issue (the Proviso) upon which that con test will hang. If, by the election of Hunger lord & Co., (the candidate opuosed to Fill more,) the Wilmot Proviso is condemned, the enemies of that principle will be emboldened, and they will have a right to be. If the ex tension of human bondage is sanctioned by the freemen of the Empire State, the advo cates of slavery will have a right to deem the institution in accordance with the views of the North. Such a result must be avoided.— New York must not endorse the inhuman principle so boldly broached by the adminis tration. It would be in the highest degree disgraceful; but this disgrace can only be avoided by the repudiation of the men who are laboring to bring it abput, anti the election of those (Fillmore & Co.) who are pledged to the Wibnot Proviso .” [From the same, October 13.] “ The pensioned emissaries of slavery in this State have made a distinct issue. By voting down an endorsement of the Wilmot Proviso, they superadded to every other issue that is sue, more important than all others, slavery or freedom. It is to be seen in whose tavor the verdict of the ballot-box will be rendered." [From the same, October 20, 1348.] “ Slavery on Freedom. —The approaching 1 election will decide the question whether the I electors of New York are in favor of freedom or slavery. The order has gone out from ! Washington, and been proclaimed here by the emissaries of the general government, that the Empire State must succumb to the slave pow j er. For the first time in our political history, the State Convention of a great party (the democratic party) has ignobly spurned a reso lution protesting against cursing free soil with human slavery. The issue is distinctly raised ' —the appeal is boldly made to the ballot-box. Every vote deposited will be a declaration for or against the principles embodied in the l( ilmot Proviso. The election of the nominees of a convention born of bribery and fraud, would be hailed as a triumph of slavery; their de feat would inspire a well-founded lk>pc of the ultimate triumph of the great principle for which every true man is contending.” [From the same, October 27.] Ox! to Victory!—The busy note pre paration conies upon us from all quarters.— The ever true and faithful workingmen of the whig party are ready and eager for this con test. They know that questions of infinitely greater importance than the success of any party are at stake. The result of the contest will decide whether slavery or freedom has the popular verdict. This tvas made an issue by order of the general government. The free men’s resolution (the proviso) was spurned by a fraudulently constituted majority at Syra cuse. They even refused it the poor formali ty of a direct vote. They ignominiously laid it upon the table. But the people, while they must despise its author, thank him for the is sue ; the resolution, contemptuously, will be i rescued from dishonor. It was trampled by a i subservient majority; but it will be magnified i through the ballot-boxes. That which was condemned by the ‘ dough-faces’ will be ex i alted by the people.” i (F rom the same, October 28.) l “ Strike for freedom ! The emissaries oi the l general government smothered the white man s > resolution, (the proviso.) Let the traitors be > remembered at the ballot-boxes. Let the po * tent voice of New York be heard in denuncia , tion of the recreants who would tarnish her 3 fair fame by a compulsory endorsement of sla s very. Strike for freedom !” ■’ (From the same, November 1.) e Slavery overshadowing freedom. —The t territory demanded of Mexico by Mr. Trist as -a condition of peace, is large enough to form s five States as large as New York. With the a boundaries of slavery thus enlarged, what has e the North to expect but a perpetuation of the dominion of slavery?” (From the same—same date.) e _ “ Slaves are claimed and held as property ; they are not recognised as men, or allowed to S enjoy any of the attributes or rights of man e kind. But, while at the North property quali fications for voting have been repudiated, the ie South votes for its slaves. In all the Southern States five slaves gives two votes. This mon -8 strous inequality has been tolerated as one of the compromises of the constitution ; but let us not extend this odious principle—let us not add new slave territory, that slavery may in crease its political power.” J? [Of course Fillmore and company were re cognized every where as entertaining these sentiments, and as the champions and stand * ard-baarers of the party avowing and enter talning them. Such was the character of all ie the proceedings of all their county conven tions and meetings.] [Resolutions unanimously adopted at the whig 0 . general meeting in the city of New Y'ork ap g proving the nomination of Fillmore and ie company.] “ Resolved , That we earnestly deprecate, and will resist to the utmost, the extension of hu ie man slavery under our laws and our flag, into any territory previously free from that scourge. We deny the constitutional right to extend and establish it, and we call on all who love liberty, whatever their name or party, to unite „ with us in averting the evil and reproach of propagating bondage from this boasted land of freedom. Y “ Resolved, That in Millard Fillmore and * * l * one of the whig State ticket, we have can e didates of integrity, undoubted capacity, n unsullied character, and unwavering whig g principles, whom we are proud to eulogize and - point to as champions of our cause, and we will - give them that support which they eminently * deserve, and which our country’s good era b phatically requires at our hands.” Such, then, are the political characteristics a of the gentleman selected by the whig con -17 vention in Philadelphia, to be voted for m con -1 nexion with Gen. Taylor; such are the prin- f that personage who, in the event of e Gen. Taylor’s death before the expiration of 2 his official term, would have charge of the ex i ecutive department of the government at this - critical period in our history. I now solemn -1 ly call upon the friends of this ill-omened tick - et to deny one single fact which I have stated - in regard to Mr, Fillmore, or to confess that r they are striving for the election of a man to - the Vice Presidency of the Union, and open -0 ing the way, in the event named, to the Presi r deucy itself, of a person who, in many re spects, is more objectionable as a politician t than any individual who has ever heretofore . been able to obtain a nomination at the hands ; even of a whig convention, since the system . of nomination was first adopted. , The Magnetic Telegraph -2 The Fayetteville Carolinian says:—'‘The r Magnetic Telegraph is now in active operation, 1 between New Orleans andßoston.” We do not know where the Carolinian gets its information; 1 we can vouch for its very “masterly inactivity” i for the Past five or six weeks, north of this a place. It is a shame, that the wires have been I neglected so long, between this and Fayette -1 ville ; not only is it a serious inconvenience, r a wanton neglect of the interests of the 1 stockholders. We understand that the loss to i j them is about SSOO per day, as very few mes . j sages have been transmitted over the line since . the interruption north of us. There is some j miserable mismanagement about the concern, y and wo are surprised that the Charleston pa -3 pers are so silent on the subject. In connection with these remarks, we ob serve, .that previous to the interruption, all J the messages iSorth and South were relayed at i : the office in this place, which confined the ; j operator from morning until a very late hour i I at night, and even then, it was only by volun j teer assistance he was able to get through. If this is to be a relay office, the company should ! certainly have another instrument and an as ! sistant operator. It is time for our stockholders to appoint 1 some one to represent them at the organization | of the Company at Washington next month. —Camden Journal. WiviTo. “price “ AND .MILITARY TAIL -| _9 R ?’ have a fuU 31 *PP i ) rof Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings, and trimmings, at New York prices. Particular attention paid to orders for Military Uni. forms, iMilitary Trimmings, &c. WMi O. PRICE, WM. T. INGRAHAM, Aug. i 208 Broad-street, Augusta G»,
