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fH’d » HhN ST !T UTI ON ALI ST. 'f JAMES GARDNER, JR TEEMS. Daily, per annum ••••••••• S° Tri-Weekly, per annum 6 00 If paid in advance ® VVeekly. per annum, if paid in advance.... ~ 0< These terras are offered to new subscribers and all aid subscribers who pay up all arrearages. In no case will the weekly paper be sent at i*i unless the money accompanies the order. In no case will it be sent at scriber in arrears. O’When the year paid for at $2,00 expires, the paper, if not discontinued, or paid for in advance, will be sent on the old terms, $2,50 if paid at the ollice within the year, or $3,00 if paid after the expiration of the year. {O’Postage must be paid on all communications and letters of business. [ Washington Correspondence of ike Della.] Intercepted tetters Between Van Burcn and B. F Butler ■ Washington, August 31, 1818. My Dear Delta. — Do you know that this is the most extraordinary city in the world. Not only is the Court of Washington here, but Madam Rumor holds her court also—and more extraordinary stories emanate from this said place, than from all the capitals of Europe put together. It requires a man to reside here for some time before he can separate the wheat from the chaff. Your correspondent “ Harold” was most cgregiously hoaxed in the statement in relation to the delegate from Oregon, the Down-Easter, and Knox Walker; but I don’t wonder at it—brighter men have been hoaxed in their day—even the venerable and great Madison was hoaxed by a fellow named Hen ry, who diddled him out of $-30,000 of the se cret service money. To-day we had rumors of certain correspondence having been inter cepted, between the “ Arch Apostate” and the pious B. F. Butler. Knowing the city as well as I do, I cannot vouch for the authenticity of the letters, but from ray intimate knowledge of the writers, I must premise that they smack wonderfully of their style. I give them to you as I have them : R. Kinpeiuiook, August, . “ To Benjamin F. Butler. —My pious and sainted friend, let me charge upon you to have stated preaching at Sandy Hill and all the in termediate posts. I find there is nothing like mixing a little religion with politics. My graceless young dog, John, has consented to take the stump in my favor, after having, with great tact, pretended to have overcome the in delicacy of his position. Let John alone — the dear boy is a chip of the old block, and if we could only get him on the anxious bench, he would be invaluable. By-the-bye, I wish you would exercise all your persuasive pow ers to bring Horace Greeley, and Bennett, of the Herald, on the bench. Bennett, you know, sqints damnably ; and, although he seems to be glancing at Taylor, I have an idea that he is in reality looking towards me. Secure these two by all means. The Cass and Taylor men are at a dead stand, while my friends are all up and doing. Promise and use three things in my name—lst, to free all negroes in the District of Columbia; 2d, to give every man as much land as he can cultivate; and 3d, to allow him as many wives as he can maintain. Enforce the third blow with all your elo quence, as I am inclined to believe that is more popular among the Barnburners than even Free Soil. Your own knowledge of man kind, however, must be your guide. I give you a carte-blanche to say and do whatever your judgement dictates. Mount the stump on all appropriate occasions, pray without ceasing, and once fixed in the White House, we’ll rejoice ever more. “ Your sincere and devoted friend, “M. V . B .” “ New York, . « My Beloved Matty— Your letter of the instant came duly to hand. The Lord will witness I have not been idle. Th ere has been stated preaching at Sandy Hill, at Buffalo, at Rochester, and other convenient points. I of ficiated at Sandy Hill in person, giving out the hymn with much solemnity of manner ‘ Chil-dren of the heaven-ly king. As we journey, let us sing.’ It would have done you good to have seen with what fervor our pious friends joined in the devotion. When the meeting closed, I approached the old hypocrite , and said— ‘ I know your religious devotion, broth er , but, may I ask you how your po litical feelings incline.’ He seized both my hands, and, with his eyes up-turned to hea ven, exclaimed : ‘ I and my house will serve the Lord, and will do our best to exalt his man servant, little Matty.’ I shook him cordially by the hand, and, taking him aside, told him I could promise him, in your name, three wives, and one hundred and sixty acres. He replied that he was well stricken in years, and would rather take a tchole section , and dispense with the women. I acquiesced and promised that he should locate on the Miami purchase, and requesting him to keep one eye on hea ven, and the other on you —left him. “There is no enthusiasm in either the Cass or Taylor party : they dont care a damn which whips'—pardon that slip of the tongue, it will never do for the people at Sandy Hill to know that I swear. Beg John to be active and en ergetic, and look to God and the Barnburners for the result. “ Should we not meet in the White House, that we may meet in heaven, is the prayer of your religious and political friend, BENJ. F. B .” [From the Mobile Register.] And yet Another The cry is still they come. Mr. Clay was thought to wield the pen of a ready letter writer. But he is nothing to “Old Zack.” No subject, from horses to the presidency, es capes the touch of his pen. The Little Rock Banner gives an epistle from him, addressed to Major Butler, of Arkansas, some two years since, in which he treats of the mysteries of “horse flesh” and war in a glowing style. The compliments to “Rocky Mountain” will cer tainly make “Old Whitey” jealous. This is the most finished and characteristic letter vet written by Gen. Taylor. It bears the flesh marks of originality. Major Bliss could have had no hand in it. It is “Old Zack” all over, in all its whiches. We commend it to Mr. Griswold for his next American edition of the “Curiosities of Literature.” Here it is ; Gen. Tayloh in 1846. —The Little Rock Banner publishes the following letter from Gen. Taylor, written at a time when there was some ground for apprehending a difficulty between this country and Great Britain. The letter is an acknowledgement of the proffer of a war horse by Major Butler, of Arkansas;— X. O. Delta. hfiADQrAHTEES ARMY OP OCCUPATION, ) Corpus Christi, Texas, Jan. 15, 1846. * I My Dear Major —Your highly esteemed let ter of the 28th of November last, accompan ied by one from Colonel Wynn, of Lafavette county, Arkansas, to you of the 24th of the same month, has just reached me.— While I fbel much flattered |as well as proud for tl|e Col’s. (I fear) too favorable opinion of my public services, and especially for the fcancUome manner he has been pleased to no-, tice the same, accompanied tfy the proffef of | a fine high bred charger, which I regret to say, j that such is the difficulty of getting an ammal of that description to this place, or farther west, without injury, and the uncertainty of his find ing mein this* section of country, even were I to'make the attempt, and should succeed in cretting him brought here ; and were I to or der him to my plantation, he might be neglect ed, which would be to me a source of such mortification, as well as in the event of injury in getting him here, as to compel me to de- j dine the Col’s kind and disinterested offer, for ■ which I am duly greteful, and ichich cannot be ! forgotten by me. At the same time, should ; our threatened difficulties with Great Britain j result in the appeal to arms, which 1 sincerely ; hope will not be the case, or our relations 1 with that country assume such a character as i to induce the President to have the whole or a large portion of the troops now here, with drawn to more important points along our southern and eastern seacoast, and it should be my lot to accompany them, and be assigned to duty in Louisiana, t chich in all probability, will be the case, I will with great pleasure and many thanks accept Rocky Mountain,and take the proper steps to have him delivered to me, and will use him as a parade horse in time of peace, and a charger in the event of war; and no matter what position may be assigned me, either in peace or in war, I will endeavor to conduct myself in such away as not to impair much less forfeit the good opinion of Colonel Wvnn as well as that of many other valued friends ; all of which I will thank you to communicate to the Col., as well as all I have stated in relation to his valued and highly valuable donation. [The residue of the letter relating to other matters, is omitted.] With respect and esteem, vour friend truly, *Z. TAYLOR. [From the Milledgeville Federal Union.] Judgre Day's Acceptance Below will be found the letter of Judge Day, accepting his nomination. Its tenor and spirit are such as were anticipated. It proves him, true to the South and to the Compro mises of the Constitution. By him there will be no capitulation of the constitutional rights of the South. lie will plant himself upon • the charter and yield not an inch to our opponents. Most of all, he will not be found leading them on in their assault against us. — Who will not trust Judge Day? He has no ambition to gratify. No Speaker’s chair, no cabinet appointment, hold out their allure ments to tempt him from his duty and his de votion to the South. Let the independent voters of the District, rally to his support. — The position of Mr. Stephens, his anti-slavery principles as expressed in his Texas speech in 1845, and his conduct in consistency there with, on the Compromise bill, demand that at this important crisis his seat should be tilled by another: Tuanquilla, 11th Sept., 1848. Gentlemen — I have the honor to acknowl edge the receipt of your communication of ■ the 7th inst., informing me that I have been, by acclamation, nominated as the Democratic candidate to represent the 7th Congressional District, in the Congress of the United States. This nomination was to me as unexpected as it was unsolicited, but recognising the right of the people to make their own selections for candidates to represent them, at all times, and under all circumstances, I do not feel at liber ty to withhold from my friends the use of my name. It is at all times proper in a free country,and more especially now, when we are approach ing a crisis, the end of which none can foretell, —but which may well cause the patriot to fear and tremble for the result, that aspirants to office should be distinctly understood on those vital and absorbing questions that are so fearfully agitating the public mind. I should have voted for the bill as report ed by the Committee of Eight and passed by the Senate, had I have been a member of the last session of Congress and the bill had been put on its passage, believing that by its pro visions the rights of the South would have been sustained, and its passage have quieted, and settled, perhaps forever, that perplexing and much vexed question. I believe that Congress has no right to legis late on the subject of slavery, cith States or territory anJ tum any action there on by the National Legislature, is it direct vio lation of the principles of the Constitution, and a wanton usurpation of power —nor can a territorial legislature exercise such rights, deriving as it does its powers from Congress ; —I suppose it will not be contended that Congress can delegate to a territorial govern ment, power or rights that it docs not itself possess. In conclusion, permit me, Gentlemen, to tender, and through you, to the Democracy of the 7th Congressional District, represented by the Convention whose organ you arc, my grateful thanks for the honor that has been done me in the nomination. Respectfully yours, JOSEPH DAY. To R. W. Bonner; D. C. Campbell and Washington Rose, Esqrs. (From the N. O. Picayune loth inst.) From Texas- By the steamship Globe, Capt. Moncrieff, we have papers from all parts of Texas—the latest dates from Galveston being the 11th inst. The Victoria Advocate says that the late dry weather has been quite beneficial to the cotton crops in that region, whch had begun to suffer from the rain. Cotton picking is now going on extensively. The fields of sugar cane look well, and promise a large yield. We regret to learn that more than the usual amount of sickness now exists at Houston. In some cases we learn that whole families are down. The Star is silent upon the subject, but the Presbyterian says: In our last we spoke of the weather as hav ing been remarkably hot, which, as we after wards learned, was the cause of quite a num ber of violent attacks of fever, many of which proved fatal. A letter to the editors of the Victoria Ad vocate, dated at San Antonio, August 24, states that a few days previous, Lieut. Brown,of Capt. Crump’s company of Texas Rangers, with about thirty, men, had a fight with about the same number of Lipan Indians, who had stolen some horses from the Rangers’ camp. Ten Lipans were killed, about 125 head of horses and mules were taken, and the Texans returned without the loss of a man. The Civilian of the 11th inst. has the fol lowing remarks upon Col. Hays’ expedition to Chihuahua: Some persons have supposed that the an nouncement of the expedition of Col. Hays, with 100 armed men, to Chihuahua, had some thing to do with the misterious Buffalo hunt. Such !S not the tact. The object of the ex pedition is to mark out and open a good road tor commercial purposes, in order to draw the 1 Chihuahua trade into Bexar. Col. Hays left 1 or was to leave, San Antonio de Bexar about the 27th ult., with some twenty of the citizens of Bexar, and about forty Ran'gers from Capt. Highsmith’s company, to explore the route. The expenses of the party are borne by the merchants of Bexar. The success of" this undertaking, which we do not doubt, and of others which will follow it, wall result, unless we are greatly mistaken, in a complete change of the route of the overland trade to Mexico. The distance from San Antonio to Chihuahua is not one-third that of t|ie route now travelled from Missouri. Prom the Houston Star, of the 9th inst. we ! ! copy the two following paragraphs: Cotton Worm —We regret to state that the ! cotton worm has made its appearance on several ■ ) plantations on the lower Brazos. An intel- i ligent planter has informed us that the worm j i commenced its ravages about two weeks since. Little injury has yet been done, but fears were entertained that the ravages of this destructive insect will increase to an alarming extent. The crops in the vicinity of Matagorda, it is said, have suffered more from the worm than I those on the Brazos. Sugar Crop.—The season has been unusually I favorable to the sugar planters. The cane on I the whole line of the Brazos, and on most of ; the plantations on the Cancy and Colorado, is 1 remarkably promising. The late storm beat I down the cane on several plantations, but the weather has been favorable since, and it has recovered from the effects of the storm, and is growing finely. The crop of sugar thU season will probably be at least one third larger than that of last year. The total amount of cotton exported from Texas during the year ending the 31st of Au gust, 1848, was 39,027 bales, not including that which reached this city by the lied Kivcr. THE CON ST ITPTIONALIST Augusta, (Georgia. THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 21. FOR PRESIDENT LE WI S CAS S, OF MICHIGAN. FOR VICE PRESIDENT WM. O. BUTLER, OP KENTUCKY. ELECTORAL TICKET. W. T. COLQUITT, of Troup. M. H. McALLISTER, Chatham. J. W. ANDERSON, Chatham. L. B. MERCER. Lee. ALLEN COCHRAN, Monroe. JOHN D. STEEL, Fayette. LEWIS TUMLIN, Casa. ROBERT McMILLAN, Elbert. WILLIAM McKINLEY, Oglethorpe. JAS. GARDNER. JR.. Richmond. CONGRESSIONAL TICKET. IstDist. —J. W. JACKSON, Chatham. 2d “ —M. J. WELLBORN, Muscogee. 3d “ —JOHN. J. CAREY, Upaon. 4th “ —H. A. HARALSON, Troup. sth “ —THOS. C. HACKETT, Floyd. 6th “ —HOWELL COBB. Clarke. 7th “ —JOSEPH DAY, Jones. Bth “ —A. J. LAWSON, Burke. New Books. Mu. Richards has laid on our table the fol : lowing new books. The names of the distin ! guished writers will commend them to the ; lovers of religious and ethical reading. “ Vol. 4 Chalmers’ Posthumous Works,” | comprising “ Sabbath Scripture Headings.” I This volume is devoted to scripture readings ; of the New Testament, and contains the com - raents of the celebrated divine upon each chapter. ! “ Man and His Motives,” by George Moore, | M. D., London, author of several valuable works. “Thankfulness,” a narrative, comprising passages from the Diary of the llev. Allan Temple; by the Rev. C. B. Tayler. “ Home Influence,” a tale for mothers and daughters ; by Grace Aguilar. This is a pop ular authoress, and the present work is highly spoken of. All these works are from the prolific press ! of Harper & Brothers. ___ Tho Democratic Review. We have received from the publishers the September No. of tKi® very valuable work, we find it not inferior in point of interest and attraction to the past numbers which we have j read with so much pleasure. Besides numer ous literary articles of high merit, this num ber contains two very sensible political arti cles —“Territorial Government,” and “The Wilmot Proviso.” Also, financial and com mercial statistics, reviews of new books, &c. We repeat our recommendation of this monthly to public patronage. Price $3,00 per annum, New York. Dinner to the Hon. H. V. Johnson. The Democrats of Baldwin county gave a splendid dinner, on the 7th inst., to our able Senator, 11. V. Johnson. Gen. J. W. Sand ford acted as President of the meeting. Be sides the powerful and eloquent speech of the honored guest of the day, able addresses were delivered by Cols. A. H. Chappell and 11. 11. Jackson. The following letters were also read on the occasion : Fort llibl, (S. C.) 2d Sept., 1848. Gentlemen —I hasten to acknowledge your note of the 25th of last month, (received late last evening,) inviting me to attend a dinner to be given to your Senator H. V. Johnson by his political friends of Milledgcville and its vicinity on the 7th inst., in approbation of his conduct during the last Session of Con gress, on the most vital of all questions to the South and the Union. I regret to state, that the great distance and my engagements compell me to decline the invitation. The conduct of you Senator well deserve the honor you have tendered him. I was a close observer of his course during the whole of the eventful struggle, maintained by the South, near the close of the Session, in defence of her rights and equality in the Union, as relates to the territories belonging to her in common with the North. It was thoughout, able, patriotic, and faithful to his trust. Ai- j ways at his post, he stood in the front rank of her defenders, fearless, eloquent and argumen- , tative. But in bestowing due praise on your Junior Senator, it would be unjust to withhold what is due to his colleague, your Senior Senator. ( His course too, is deserving all praise, on that j eventful occasion. They both deserve the , approbation not only of their own State but j the entire South. Indeed, Georgia may well i be proud of the conduct of her Senators i throughout that memorable and momentous j contest. No State was more ably and faith- | fully represented, and had every Southern State been equally so, victory, instead of de feat, would have been inscribed on the banner of the South. With great respect, I am yours, &c., &c. J. C. CALHOUN. John W. Gordon, Richard Rowell. John W. A. Sanford, Samuel Buffingham, Jr.. Isaac Newell, Green 11. Jordan, M. D. Huson and Alexander Jarret, Esqrs., Committee. Stoxe Lands, Sept. Ist, 1848. Gentlemen. —Your kind and flattering com munication of the 25th ult., imviting me to a dinner tq be given to the Hon. H. V. John son, by his democratic friends in Milledge- ■ I ville and its vicinity was received yesterday. ' < It would be a source of real gratification to me, were it in my power to accept your invita tion, and to join with my friends of Georgia * in paying a tribute of respect so justly due to i your honored representative. His efforts in . the Senate arrested attention ; and especially ; his speech on what is known as the Com- j “ promise Bill, commanded universalTespect. — The subjects presented’aud discussed by him 1 with so much ability, were striking in con- ; templation, and arc likely to be eventful in , their consequences. That bill contained pro visions reorganizing an equality among all the 1 people of the different States with an assump tion that their rights would be protected un der the guarantees of the Federal Consti tution, and an honest and enlarged interpre tation of it by the Federal judiciary. Its fate in known. The subsequent acts of Congress, is some measure, affords a clue to the motives and purposes of those who defeated it. Some Southern representatives opposed it, because it made, as they thought, fatal concessions, whilst the non-slaveholding States voted a gainst it because it recognised rights on the part of the Southern States, under no circum stances would they acknowledge. In effect, those States have asserted in doctrine, what they intend to maintain in fact—that the slaveholding population is to be hereafter, al together excluded from settling on the public domain. The Missouri Compromise and all other compromises have been disregarded— and will be repudiated, as imposing no suffi cient obligations. Tet there are those who rely on the magnanimity of Northern politi cians to do us j ustice, and calculate upon their passing, orco-opcrating to pass laws, for the protection of slave property, in the late ac quired territories. This implies a large confi dence—a confidence of those who having “no designs themselves, suspect none in others.” I do not know that California and New Mex ico, are adapted to slave labor. But if they are, under the Compromise bill, slaveholders would have settled on them in such numbers as to have made themselves respected beyond the reach of legal proceeding. Indeed I doubt whether any would have been instituted—and practically the whole of the territories would ever have been open to the free settlement of all sections. But if it had been otherwise, we never should have seen a judicial judgment of forfeiture of such interests. One thing may be said, that those who op posed the bill have proposed, and I fear can propose nothing better. In these hurried re marks, I have gone beyond the limits indicated by the occasion. They were elecited from the fact that your festival is intended as a compli ment to your representative for his efforts on the Compromise bill. I regret that my private engagements, and the distance to Milledgeville, wilt deprive me of the pleasure of being with you. Allow me to give you as a sentiment: The Senators of Georgia. —The)'’ may be sig nally designated as eloquent anil able cham pions of the constitutional rights of the South. Y’our obedient servant. A. P. BUTLER. An esteemed correspondent writes us, says the Savannah Georgian, from Atlanta, Sept. 17 :—“The Superior Court commences';,its sit ting for th>s county at Decatur, to-morrow. Judge Cone arrived in the cars this morning prepared for his trial, it is said, and Stephens left here yesterday in the train for Macon. It is admitted by Stephens that he first struck Cone in the face with his cane. So the most serious offence (if any) of which Cone can be convicted is that of “stabbing,” and his pun ishment, it convicted, under the circumstan • ces, must be light.” Official returns of the election in Missouri make the Democratic majority for Governor 15,000. On the Congress ticket nearly 19,000. New York Nominations for Governor.— They arc now complete, as follows:—Demo ■ cratic. Reuben 11. Walworth; Whig, Hamilton j Fish; Barnburner, John A. Dix. J Assignment of Land Warrants.—To pre vent undue exactions from soldiers in necessi j sous circumstances, the Commissioner of the , General Land Office, suggests for tho future, , j that the assignments of land warrants be made | on the backs of the warrants in all cases when 1 practicable. Justices of the peace and nota , i ries public arc strictly enjoined, in certifying i | to the acknowledgments of soldiers, either to powers of attorney, or assiguments of war | rants, to fill up the “ dates" on the days on | which such instruments are executed. The Cotton Crop. —The New Orleans Cres cent of the 15th inst. says :—Last evening we I conversed with a gentleman just from the Red River country, and wo regret to learn the ; catterpillar is making sad work with the late cotton fields in the north western prairies.— Two plantations which our informant saw on the Bayou Rapides were completely swept. [communicated.] Mr. Editor While the political world is going mad in “fending and proving” the pe culiar opinions of Cass on the one side, and Taylor on the other, it seems to me that a re sort to plain, common sense is all that is ne cessary to settle the point in dispute. I say : ‘'the point,” because with us of the South there is but one, which, like Aaron’s rod, I swallows up all the rest. With respect to But ; ler and Fillmore, it would be an idle waste of time to speak. Opinion seems to have settled down. The Whigs themselves say nothing against Butler, and here and there a few, more thorough-going than their fellows, say a little in favor of Fillmore. Indeed, with Mr. Fillmore’s reply to the “Anti-Slavery So ciety of Erie County,” in which he admits | the right of Congress to abolish the internal i slave trade between the States —to abolish ! slavery in the District of Columbia—to receive all petitions, from black or white, slaves or freemen, on the subject of slavery and the | slave trade—and trumpets forth his opposition to the admission of Texas into the Union so ; long as a slave breathes on her soil—with* this before them, it requires a “ sublime of impu -1 dence” rarely to be found, to do more than i “ damn it with faint praise,” or take it in their mouths as children do physic, with a wry face, and then gulp it down as soon as possible. Ihis being the situation of the adjuncts, it leaves the field clear for the principals and their principles. I am a plain man, as you know, and to plain men it requires but plain truths to change or to confirm an opinion. The genius of Humbug can only triumph when men become drunken with man ifrorship, as they were in 1840. The public ear can no longer tolerate the slang of those days; and the magic catch words of “Coons,'' “Pepper Pods,” “Hard Cider/' “Tippepanoo >= *ndTyler too,"Jiave lost all power except to call up a blush. This being the case, let me ask a plain question of my fellow citizens, and let j every man answer it in a common sense man ner, solemnly and conscientiously as he would ti a question of fact. It is this : If you were seeking an honest man, would you expect to find him the companion of rogues, in the dens 1 of vice—or, for a virtuous woman, would you n seek her in a brothel ? “You shall know man by the company he keeps” is an old adage j g1 and a true one. Now mark the plain deduc- v tion —the inevitable conclusion it leads to. s' The South and the North are divided on the . Ci Presidential question by one paramount prin ciple. The Northern Whig States are opposed to and will not support any man whom they c have reason to believe will not adhere to their free soil principles—to any man who will not exert the power of office to limit the area of £ slavery —to any man who is unwilling to f; pledge himself to carry out, to their full ex- v tent, the doctrine of Giddings, Tappan and j Garrison, (worthy trio!) even if a murder be p done on every hearth stone, or the torch of c the incendiary be carried to every roof of the South. Yet these (the Whig States) support Gen Taylor. This is not mere assertion —take the proof—Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, the most rabid Abolition States of the Union, and the same party, yet in [ the minority in New Hampshire and Maine, j being the six North Eastern States—the free t soil party of New’ York, New Jersey, Dela- * ware and Pennsylvania, all throw' their weights in the scale of Taylor and Fillmore, or to Van Buren and Adams, either as their first choice or as second. The very name of Cass is an abomination, a hissing and a curse. And why: Because they know be holds to the Constitu tion and places it as a shield between them and their unholy hatred ; because they know he stands committed to interpose tho aegis of the veto against any attempt on the part of Congress to legislate on a question which they have no constitutional right to agitate.— On the contrary, they have the most solemn assurances on the part of those who hold the wires of Taylor's mind, that whatever is done by the Representatives of tho people in Con gress assembled, he, if elected, will legalize by the Constitutional sanction. Os the Southern States, name the one which is certain for Taylor. Maryland and North Carolina are barely doubtful—but Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, all, all, with a solid, unbroken front, support the man who supports the Constitution, and who is sound on the only question in which they have an abiding interest. The Western States, removed from the influ ence of the guilty fanaticism of tho North, wdth, it may be one, or perhaps two excep ■ tions’ unsw ayed and undisturbed by aspiring ’ office seekers and loud mouthed demagogues, ' look only to the Constitution to which they : are indebted for their new : ly exercised rights, and seek, by their support of Cass, to prevent 1 that holy instrument from being violated. How then stands the adage. “ The man is known by his supporters.” Who are the sup porters of Gen. Taylor at the North ? 1 PLAIN TRUTH. J Clay Movement. Thisjnovement is going on in NewTork and in New Jersey. The last New’ Y ork Tri . bune has a letter from Albany, of T hursday evening, which describes the large C ay meet -1 ing which was then being held in the capitol, notwithstanding the storm that was prevail . in S : Albany, Thursday, Sept. 14. Levi Chapman is officiating as chairman, as ? slsted by a large number of vice-presidents , and secretaries, embracing some of the most 2 prominent whigs. Mr. Chapman, on taking the chair, made a speech in favor of Clay, now' and forever. Resolutions were reported respecting General I Taylor, and complimentary to Mr. Webster > for his late speech at Marshfield, and conclud ing by recommending a county convention to be held on the 21st instant, for the purpose of 1 nominating Henry Clay for the presidency, and an elector for this district. The resolutions arc full as strong as those t adopted at New York. An address was adopted from the whigs of ' Albany to tho people of the State at large, * giving reasons for the step which they had j taken. Dudley Selden, of New* Yor.i, is now . speaking. The movement was spreading into New 1 Jersey. The Trenton News ot Friday morning says—“ The indomitable friends of the great Kentucky statesman in East Jersey are de termined, with their friends in New York, to j stand by their principles and leaders to the . death. The following call has been put forth, over the signatures of eighty-three of the lead ing wdiigs of Hudson county : Democratic Clay whigs, rally once more FOR WHIG PRINCIPLES AND YOUII OWN HaRRY r Clay.—The undersigned invite their demo i cratic whig fcllow’-citizens, and all others in j favor cf Henry Clay for President, and Millard Fillmore for Vice President, to unite "with them in a public meeting, to be held at \V ash f ingtoa Hail on Friday evening, the 15th inst., I at 7i o’clock, for the purpose of sustaining j true whig principles, and nominating candi dates of the people, and opposed to the clicta , tion of military availability and office-seekers. David Graham, Willis Hall, Dudley Selden. 1 E. Delafield Smith, and Col, Carroll, have promised to be present and address the meet ; ing. Several good Clay songs will bo sung. [ Jersey City, Sept. 13. One hundred and four of the leading whigs s of Vew Brunswick have caught the enthusi asm, and have in like manner called a pub lic meeting of the friends of Mr. Clay at the ! City Hall on the 14th. Such is the “ har i monious party.” — Union , 19 th'inst. . Judge Saunders. —We are informed that the lady of Judge Saunders, residing at Clin ton, in this State, has received a letter from lied Sulpher Springs, announcing Ihe death of her husband. Judge Saunders, it wdll be ■ remembered,was a delegate to the Philadelphia Convention, and rendered himself conspicuous in that body by representing the views and position of General Taylor, and proposing his nomination. Since then he has been roaming about the country, in the hope of regaining his health, W’hich had been for some time in a delicate state. He has acted in the Conven tion which framed our new Constitution, and for many years performed the duties of Par ish Judge with ability and unsullied integrity. Judge Saunders has been respected by all who knew him for the exalted qualities of the mind and heart', and his death will be deeply regretted by all who have learned to appreci ate his worth,— o, Mercury, Sept, H, - ■ >» ■ - *■- » ■' An Imperial Parliament in Dublin. —The ffew York papers give the following import int intelligence in th< ir I itest telegraphic des- Kitches by the Europa. A society, for promoting the periodical sit ings of the Imperial Parliament in Dublin las been formed under very influential and iistinguished auspices. The society meets at Ll 2 Abbey street, and the secretary is Mr. L'homas E. Webb. They have issued a state nent of their object and principles ; to obtain, without clamor, a session of the Imperial Parliament in Dublin—instead of being con stantly held in London. The society disa vows any party motives, but argues that the step is perfectly practicable, and would cer ;ainly be greatly for the good of Ireland, if it jan be carried out. A petition to the Queen, upon this subject, aas been acknowledged in the following gra cious manner, by Sir Geerge Grey s Secretary. [Copy.] Whitehall, Aug. 21, 1843- Sir—l am directed by the secretary of Sir George Grey, to inform you that he has not failed to lay before the Queen the petition which you transmitted to him for presentation, signed by a numerous body of Her Majesty s Irish subjects, praying that the Imperial I ar liament may be held, from time to time, in the city of Dublin. I have the honor to be, Sir, your obedient servant, G. C. LEWIS. To S. Blackall, Esq. M. P„ U. S. C. It is a significant fact that all the distin guished gentlemen, now in public y*ho have been Attorneys General ot the I nited States, concur in the opinion that the consti tution guaranties to the citizens of the South, the right to hold and own their slaves as pro perty in the territories belonging to the gov ernment. They do not believe that an}* legis lation is necessary to give them this right. This is the view of Judge Berrien, Attorney General under Jackson ; and he has declared and enforced it in his eloquent and unanswera ble speech in the Senate. Mr. B. F. Butler, Attorney General, under Van Buren, holds the same opinion, as evinced by the resolution , offered by him in the Buffalo Convention, de nouncing the Compromise bill. Judge Ma son, Attorney General under the Tyler ad ministration, is known to entertain the same conviction. —Mobile Register. Hon. George McDuffie, arrived in this city last week in feeble health. The object of his visit is, to try the virtues of the “ Cold water Institute.” Ilis numerous friends will be gratified to learn that his health is consid erably improved. —Federal Union. The Buffalo Hunters. —The crowd in creases and will increase. We learn from Philadelphia that fifty gay and gallant young fellows in that city are ready to embark and participate in the coming sports on the banks of the Kio Grande. From the vicinity of the hunting grounds we also hear note of prepar ation. At the young town of Brownsville, opposite Matamoros, as we are informed, a former mayor of Mobile, who lately raised A company of volunteers in that city, at the head of which he went to Mexico, is now forming a company of Buffalo Hunters, and at last accounts had already some forty in his crowd. When the sports commence there will be a fine array of dashing fellows on the hunting grounds to aw&ken the echoes as they sing in gleesome chorus, •‘Arouse ye then—ye merry, merry men, This is our opening day.”— Delta. The citizens of Lodi, in Ohio, have changed the name of their village to Gowqnda. There is great propriety in thus preserving the In dian names for towns, counties and rivers, in place of hackneyed appellations from Europe and Asia. The aboriginees who inhabited Alabama, had many beautiful and appropriate ' names, which, we ‘hope, will be preserved by our people. The dialect of these “lost tribes” has already furnished some of our best names as is shown in the following lines by a native writer : — Mobile Register. ’Tis heard where Chatahoochee pours His yellow tide along— It sounds on Tallapoosa's shores, And Coosa swells the eong; Where lordly Alabama sweeps. The dialect remains, And voung Cahawba's echo keeps The music of its strains ; Where Tuscaloosa's waters glide, From stream and town his heard. And dark Tcmbeckbee's winding tidej Repeats the olden word; Afar where nature brightly wreathed Sweet Eden's for the free ; The ancient symphony is breathed By stately Tennessee ; And*southward here, Escambia's rolled — And Tensviv's waters steal, But proudest of them all, behold The city of Mobile.” [London Correspondent National Intelligencer.\ A Bankrupt Duke The recent banki uptcy of the Duke of Buck ingham has excited no little attention in Eng land. His splendid and princely palace at Stowe was recently sold under the hammer of the auctioneer. Its contents were varied and magnificent. A mere catalogue of the lots oc cupied 271 pages. The Duke of Buckingham is the representative, not of one, but of many families. It is a mighty wreck of ages that has been accumulated in this place, full of histo rical, national, and poetical associations. The galleries of family portraits and collections of family memorials seem to connect all the great men, and all the great achievements of modern Europe, with the names of Chandos, Temple, Cobham, Nugent, and Grenville. Here is the victor’s portion in the spoils of celebrated sie ges, the memento of historical friendships, and the esteemed gifts of royalty or beauty. In the manuscript room is the most extensive and valuable collection of Irish documents any where to be found. For the pictures, marbles, bronzes, antique articles of vertu, curiosities, china glass, &c. we can only say that they ex tend to 5000 items. “It is not our purpose,” says the Times, “to speak of that which money has collected, and may collect again. Such things are only scat tered for a fresh accession elsewhere, under new and more favorable auspices. But the heirlooms of many great families, the records of many great events, and the memorials of many great persons, all spontaneously collect ed into one great whole, is a singular and most significant fact; the obliteration of which we can only compare to the overthrow of a nation or a throne.” The Times goes on: “This is a most deplorable, and, we must now add, a most disgraceful event. These columns have spared neither people nor prince.—Should wo deal fairly if we spared the destroyer of his house, the man whose reckless course has thrown to the ground a pillar of the State, and struck a heavy blow at the whole order to which he belongs? The public opinion of this country respects the House of Lords, but not a degenerate aristocracy. It is apt to cen sure noble names, because it measures their ill deeds with their great responsibility. The Duke of Buckingham has filled all minds with the painful presage of a icider ruin. Such events speak in these days. When dynasties are fall ing around, and aristocracies have crumbled into dust, disgrace acquires the force of injury, and personal ruin, is a public treiroa. For an event of peace, we have known nothing more serious and lamentable. In the midst ot fer tile lands and an industrious people; in the heart of a country where it is thought virtuous to work, to save and to thrive, a man of the
