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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST,
JAMES GARDNER, JR.
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Thirty-First Congress-Second Session-
Washington, Feb. 17, 1851.
SENATE.
Mr. Felch presented the credentials of the
Hon Lewis Cass, re-elected Senator for six
yeras, from March 4th, 1851.
Mr. Hamlin presented the petition from the
State of Maine, praying a modification of the
fugitive slave law. He moved it be referred
to the committee on the judiciary. After the
presentation of other petitions,
Mr. Atchison moved to reconsider the vote
by which the petition had been referred.
Mr. Chase opposed the motion.
Mr. Hamlin said that the subject of the mo
dification of the law was n >w before the com
mittee; several memorials had been referred to
it, and the bill introduced by the Senator from
Indiana also. The petition was respectfully
signed, and he thought it should be referred.
Mr. Berrien pointed out the difference be
tween the bill of the Senator from Indiana,
and these petitions.
Mr. Seward opposed the reconsideration.
To deny a reference of a petition was to deny
the right of petition. He was no agitator, had
done nothing to agitate on this subject, but
when the people spoke through their petitions,
their prayers ought to be considered.
Mr. Badger replied.
Mr. Bradbury said it made but little differ
ence whether the petition was referred or not
the committee had already determined to re
port that legislation on the subject was unne
cessary.
Mr. Butler had nothing to do with the con
sideration of this subject. He would never
resist the presentation of a petition or bill
again, for he thought it as idle to attempt to
stop the progress of fanaticism, as it was to
calm a maniac by singing lullabys.
Mr. Hale alluded to the operation of the
bill. In New York the fugitive is sent back
to slavery; in Philadelphia the free man is
kidnapped and sent to slavery. In Boston a
mcb rescues the fugitive from the court house.
He was an agitator; he gloried in being an agi
tator. All great measures resulting in the
rescue of man frotn bondage and oppression
followed agitation. O’Oo'nnell was an agita
tor. If no agitation, corruption and stagna
tion would ensue. The scripture told them
of the pool near the temple whieh required
agitation to make it pure.
Mr. Berrien read the petition and said that
respectable men would never have signed it.
Mr. Foote replied to Mr. Hale, and stated
upon authority after consultation upon the
mob in Boston, that the government intended
to execute the law rigorously and to the let
ter.
Messrs. Cooper and Rhett entered the de
bate.
Mr. Pearce said he knew all the parties con
cerned in the Philadelphia case. He repelled
the insinuation that there had been kidnap
ping. He knew the commissioner to be a
man of honor and wholly above such an inti
mation. The party to whom the slave had
been rendered was a neighbor and a gentle
man and he had immediately returned him.
The Senator gloried in being an agitator.
He (Mr. P.) abhorred it. He considered the
first agitator was the Devil, who had corrupt
ed the heart of the first woman. While they
did not know who would be the last agitator,
they could guess the character of some of his
successors.
Messrs. Pearce, Butler, Hale and others
continued the debate.
The motion to reconsider prevailed, and the
petition was laid on the table.
Mr. Clay offered a resolution calling upon
the President to lay before Congress any in
formation he may possess in relation to the
recent outrage in Boston—to communicate
what measures he has adopted to meet the oc
currence, and what additional legislation is
necessary te execute existing laws. The re
solution lies over.
Mr. Seward offered a resolution requesting
the President to communicate any informa
tion he may possess concerning the forcible
abduction of any citizen in New Mexico, and
the reduction of such person to Peon servi
tude.
The cheap postage bill was then taken up,
and pending a proposition to make an uniform
rate of two cents, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
It being the order of the day to reconsider
the resolution for paying the widow of the
late Mr. Kaufman, his salary as a member of
Congress till the end of the session, another
was submitted and carried, limiting such pay
ment to the time of his death.
On motion of Mr. McLane, the House re
solved itself into committee of the whole on
the state of the Union, when he closed the
debate on the River and Harbor Bill.
Mr. McLane supported his motion. A de
bate sprung up in which Messrs. Morse, Mc-
Donald, Casey, and others, participated. Sev
eral amendments were offered, after which a
motion was made to adjourn, which was nega
tived by tellers. Other details of the bill
were taken up and disposed of, and at the
time of doing up this report, the committee
was still sitting.
fßy Telegraph ]
Evening Session.— A large number of a
mendments were offered to the bill, nearly
all of which were rejected. An accidental
debate sprung up, involving the constitution
ality of the bill, the consistency of certain
gentlemen, and the great importance of the
several items in the measure.
About 9 o’clock, Mr. McLane offered a sub
stitute for the bill. Much confusion here
prevailed, and there was occasional scenes of
seriousness and hilarity. It is now 10, P.
M., and the House still in session.
Marine Disasters. —The vessel reported as
having been seen in Stono River, on Sunday
last, by Capt. Peck, of the steamer Metamora,
proves to be the Br. brig Minerva, Mark, 16
days from Montego Bay, (Ja.,) for Glasgow,
with . a cargo of Rum, Sugar, Bc c. Having
experienced very heavy weather about the
10th inst., which caused the brig to leak bad
ly, when she bore away for this port, to be
repaired. On Saturday last, in a thick fog,
got ashore on Stono reef, which they succeed
ed in thumping the vessel over into the river.
Capt. Mark arrived in this city yesterday, to
procure assistance, and we learn that the
steamer Massasoit, has been chartered to pro
ceed to her relief, and tow her to the city.
The schr. S. M. Wain, previously reported
in the offing, is ashore on Folly Island Beach.
"We have received no particulars from her.—
Charleston Courier, 19 th inst.
United States Circuit Court.— This Court
met yesterday at ten o'clock. After calling
the grand jury and sending them to their
rooms, Gen. Henderson arose and remarked,
that he stood before the court charged with a
violation of the neutrality laws —there had
been two trials in his case and no verdict, and
he desired to know what further disposition
was to be made of his case.
Gov. Quitman, who was aided by Mr. Glenn,
Attorney-General of Mississippi, arose and
intimated to the court that he was very de
sirous of a speedy trial, but as Gen. Hender
son s case had been commenced, he thought it
his duty to yield to him.
District Attorney Logan Hunton replied
that it was not usual to have three trials of
one case during one term. He desired that
the case should be continued till the May
term. In the meantime, having experienced
great difficulty in getting jurors, owing to the
state of the law, which limited them to the
parish in which the court sat, he desired to
have the law changed, and had written to a
member of Congress for that purpose, so that
he could draw jurors from other parishes.
Already a pannel of more than 600 jurors had
been exhausted in supplying juries in Hen
derson’s case, end he saw no hope of getting
a jury.
Mr. Hunton thought that the court, in the
exercise of a sound discretion, could not al
low Mr. Henderson to monopolise the whole
term of the court.
The Judge here remarked that it had been
his wish to have the case put off till the assis
tance of the Circuit Judge could be obtained,
but he had yielded to the earnest solicitation
of Mr. Henderson for a speedy trial. If pos
sible, he would give a trial at once to Gen.
Quitman, he being a non resident, but he
could not allow civil cases to take precedence
to that class of trials which had been occupy
ing the attention of the court.
Mr. Henderson said that he could not con
sider himself as standing before the court in
the light of a monopolist. By consent of par
ties, he stood first in trial, and he claimed
that precedence now, with the entire concur
rence of Gen Quitman, who also stood before
the court under an indictment.
Gen. Quitman arose to make an explana
tion. He was willing to be tried by any im
partial court and jury, and as a right he de
manded a speedy trial, but he thought that
Mr. Henderson had a first light, which could
not be set aside.
In reply to Gen. Quitman, Mr. Hunton
stated that as soon as his case was fixed for
trial, he would use his best endeavors to pro
cure witnesses, and have the trial speedily
proceeded with. He regretted that the Mar
shal was, by an act of Congress, passed twen
ty-five years ago, confined to the parish of
Orleans in selecting jurors. He almost des
paired of obtaining a jury under the present
law, and had addressed a letter to one of the
members of Congress, urging its repeal.
The Judge then ordered the Marshal to
make out another voir dire, and the Cou.t
would meet on Saturday next, for the itnpan
neling of another jury for the trial of Gen.
Henderson. — N. O. Delta , 14zA inst.
Arrest or another Fugitive slave—Riot
and Rescue of the Fugitive.— Boston , Feb.
15, 1851.—The Deputy Marshal Riley, and
assistants, arrested at Corn Hill Coffee House,
to-day, one Frederick Wilkins, a negro waiter,
on a warrant issued by the U. S. Commission
er, G. T; Curtis, on a complaint that said
Wilkins is a fugitive slave. He was taken
without opposition, and carried immediately
to the U. S. Court-room.
The news of the arrest spread rapidly, and
the Court-room was speedi,y filed by a large
crowd of rather excited spectators. The ex
amination, however, went off quietly. Seth
J. Thompson appeared for the claimant, and
Messrs. Small, Ellis Gray Loring, and others,
tor the defence.
From the documents offered by the claim
ant, it appeared that the accused was the
property of John Debree, Purser in the U. S.
Navy, of Virginia, and that he escaped in
May, 1850. The deposition was to the effect
that the claimant had seen the prisoner at
Boston, and conversed with him, when the
prisouer acknowledged that he had escaped
from Norfolk. The counsel for the defence
asked for a in order to prepare
testimony. This was granted, and Tuesday
next, at 10, A.M., was assigned for the exami
nation.
The Deputy Marshal then ordered the room
to be cleared of spectators, which was gradu
ally done. The prisoner remained in the cus
tody of a dozen men, as by a law of the State
the jail cannot be used to imprison fugitive
slaves.
His counsel wishing to consult with him,
they were readily admitted into the room to
the number of half a dozen. They remained
about an hour, and in the mean time a large
crowd of negroes gathered upon the outside,
blocking up the entrance to the Court-room ;
and as the door was opened to let the last
lawyer leave the room, the mob from without
suddenly rushed in, seized, and knocked down
the officers in keeping, and filled the Court
room. The prisoner himself was frightened
at the demoniac appearance, and fled, with a
cry of murder, to the farther end of the room.
He was, however, secured by the mob, who
had speedily silenced the opposition ol the
few officers in the room, and taken in triumph
down the stairs, and into the street. The
officers did not attempt to follow, and with
shouts of triumph the mob hurried off with
the fugitive, and were last seen in the vicinity
of Beiknapp street, where negroes chiefly
congregate.
While the mob was in the Court-room, the
sword of the Marsha’, hanging in the sheath
over the desk, was u awn by one of them, and
flourished over the heads of the officers. It
was afterwards found in the street. The mob
showed no weapons, though a number of the
negroes boasted of having revolvers in their
possession. One negro, in his flight, dropped
his knife.
There was several white persons in the mob
but they did not appear to act in the rescue.
The rescue, of course, caused great excite
ment throughout the city, as one of the most
daring outrages upon law and order ever en
acted. It is thought impossible to arrest the
fugitive, as his friends have no doubt hurried
him off ere this, to the Canadian frontier. U.
S. Marshal Devent is absent at Washington.
The prisoner is of dark copper complexion,
about 5 feet 8 inches high, of rather stout
build. He has been employed as a waiter
for about three months at what is known as
the Cornhill Coffee House, kept by Mr. Taft.
At the time of the excitement relative to Craft
and his wife, the prisoner left the city and
went eastward, and afterward returned.* He
appeared in court with his waiter’s apron on,
and seemed calm and composed.
Launch of the Floating Dry Doox. A
company has been recently organized in this
city, for the construction of a Dry Dock, on
an extensive scale, for the repairing and ex
amination of ships, and vessels at our own
yards.
The Company have purchased Williams’
South Union wharves, and expended a consid
erable sum in improvements and repairs. The
name is to be changed, to North and South
Dry Dock wharves. Mr. Wm. Bird, Senr.,
and Wm. Kirkwood, two of our oldest and
most experienced shipwrights, are the build
ers of the Dry Dock.
The Launch of this noble structure, so cre
ditable to the enterprize of the Company, and
the skill of all concerned in its constructs
and management, took place from the Com
pany’s wharves, yesterday morning, at 10 o’-
clock, in the presence of a concourse of ad
miring spectators, men, women and children
—among them numerous large parties of la
dies and gentlemen, eager to witness an exhi
bition so novel and interesting in our city.—
The arrangements were admirably conducted,
and no accident occurred to mar the gratifi
cation of the crowd. This enterprize, is
regarded by our merchants, as one of the
greatest which has been undertaken in our
city.
The Floa ing Dry Dock is of box form, 250
feet in length, 65 breadth and 20 in depth,
constructed of the best materials and of very
substantial wormanship. It is protected with
Muntz’s patent metal sheathing, which,in Eng
land, is rapidly superceding the use of copper
on ships, and greatly preferred on account of
its superior durability. The composition nails,
by the same maker, were used in putting it
on. Twenty-four truss beams, or braces,'are
inserted at intervals of 10 feet apart, to prevent
the floor of the Dock from warping or swag
ging under a heavy ship or steamer docked.
For emptying the dock of water, two of Von
Schmidt’s Patent Pumps are provided, each
discharging 5.000 gallons of water per min
ute, and not liable to get out of order. By
means of these pumps a vessel can be docked
in two hours. Messrs. Cameron, McDermid
& Mustard are erecting two steam engines, of
fifteen horse power e; ch, to drive the pumps.
The well knewn energy and skill of these
gentlemen, afford a sufficient guarantee of the
superiority of whatever comes from their es
tablihsment.
The whole work is expected to be comple
ted by the Ist of May nex#> and will, when
fully in operation, afford increased facilities to
our commercial community, for the despatch
of an important and increasing branch of busi
ness.— Ch. Courier , inst.
The Cheap Postage Bill.— Senator Hush’s
Amendments:—We received at a late hour last
evening, a copy of the cheap postage bill, with
the amendments proposed by Mr. Rusk, which
will come up for action in the Senate to-dav
We have only had time to give the bill a hasty
examination, but think that there are some
portions of it which will need close delibera
tion, and perhaps pruning and amendment
We have not room for the full details of the
bill to-day, but annex a brief synopsis of that
portion relating to newspaper postage, in
which the people generally, as well as pub
lishers, are deeply interested : r
Sec. 2d. All newspapers not exceeding two
ounces in weight sent from the office of pub
lication to actual and bona fide subscribers
shall be charged for weekly papers not exceed
ing fifty miles, five cents per quarter ; not ex
ceeding three hundred miles, ten cents per
quarter; under one thousand miles, twenty
cents per quarter ; under four thousand miles’
twenty-five cents per quarter, and all over
that distance, thirty cents per quarter. News
papers published semi-weekly, double those
rates; and oftener, five times those rates. And
on every other newspaper and each circular
not sealed, handbill, engraving, pamphlet, pe
riodical, magazine or book, it may be lawful
to send through the mails of no greater weight
than me ounce for not exceeding 300 mites
one cent, and each additional oz. or under*
one cent; under 1000 miles double those rates’
uoder 2000 miles, treble those rates ; under
3000 miles, four times tho.e rates ; ‘not over
4000 miles, five times those rates ; and all dis
tances beyond 4000 miles, six times those rates.
Bound books not weighing over thirty-two*
ounces, to be deemed mailable matter.
The Post-master Generel shall require re
gular subscribers to periodicals who receive the
same by mail, and on which the postage is
not pre-paid, to pay one quarter’s postage in
advance ; and the postage on all printed mat
ter other than newspapers and periodicals
published at intervals not exceeding three
months, sent from the office of publication, to
actual bona fide subscribers, to be pre-paid. *To
determine the postage chargeable they shall
be weighed when dry.
And whenever any printed matter, on which
the postage is required by this section to be
pre-paid, shall, through the inattsntion of post
masters or otherwise, be sent without pre
payment, the same shall be charged with
double the amount of postage which would
have been chargeable thereon if the postage
had been pre-paid.
{Baltimore Sun.
{Translated from the German by Charles Grobe .)
The Fandango. —This favorite dance, so
much in vogue amongst the Spanish and their
descendants, but which is in fact of Moorish
origin, is designed to represent, as is well
known, the different stages or shades in the
progress of the tender passions—love, desire,
hope, pround disdain, and relenting tender
ness. Cold refusal and warm confession of
the “ soft impeachment,” are vivedly repre
sented by mesns of the modolations of the
music and the voluptuous movements of the
dancers. Temperament and custom have ren
dered the Fandango and Bolero (the last ot
which is but a co’ntinnation of or a sequal to
the former) expressive of the intoxicating joy
of successful love, the especial favorites of the
Spanish, and usually form the finale of all so
cial pleasure. The reserve and] characteristic
hauteur of the Spaniard instantly quit the
field when the light tinkling of the guitar calls
him to the wanton Fandango.
It is recorded that the Roman clergy, shock
ed at the immoral nature of the Fandango, re
solved in solemn assembly upon its suppres
sion. A consistory was commissioned to make
it the subject of enquiry ; and after due de
liberation, when they were about to pronounce
sentence upon and banish the dance, one of
the cardinals, actuated by sentiments of right
afid justice, and acting upon the principle that
no should be condemned unheard,
urged th it the Fandango, the accused, be
brought before the bar of the court in propria
personae. The justness of the benevolent car
dinal’s views were at once acknowledged ; and
accordingly two of the most noted Spanish
dancers were summoned to appear before the
court, byway of counsel for the defendant,
or in other words to introduce the Fandango
before the august tribunal.
The dance commenced ; the holy fathers,
with contracted brows, looked for a while un
moved ; at length the seductive charms and
irresistable loveliness of the dance exhibited
their effects in chasing away the wrinkles from
the forehead of its austere j udges. Hostile in
dications and bellicose intentions with refer
ence to the dance, by imperceptible degrees,
merged into lively interest and fixed atten
tion ; now as its charms more fully developed
themselves, one of the reverend gentlemen so
far forgot himself and his position, as to be
guilty of the manifest impropriety of beating
time to the movements ot the music.
The dance went on, becoming still more se
ductive, when one of the worthy clergy sud
denly bolttd from his seat, and commenced
executing the movements of the dance. An
other and another followed ; the furor became
general; the judge’s bench became empty—
and all were whirling in the dance ; and what
was late a clerical court was suddenly meta
morphosed into a dancing saloon, it is need
less to record the verdict; the Fandango was
reinstalled with all its former rights and priv
ileges, and its glorious triumph has proved its
security against all similar attempts on the
part of the clergy.
Great is the Fandango !
An Extraordinary Case. — One of the
most extraordinary cases we have ever heard
| of occurred at the corner of Orleans and Bour
bon streets. A Madam David , who three
weeks since was delivered of three boys, was
yesterday morning delivered of the fourth. All
of them are alive and doing well, but the
mother is lying very low.— N. O. Crescent , lUA
inst .
Teresa Parodi—The Italian Opera-
This distinguished vocalist, Parodi, is pro
ducing a sensation in the musical circles of
New York, second only to that caused by the
Queen of Songs herself, Jenny Lind. The
New York Express, speaking of her triumph
on Friday night last, when she appeared as
Semeramis in the opera of Semiramide, on the
occasion of her benefit, remarks:
Parodi went out from before us, in a perfect
blaze of glory,last evening. Her “Semiramide’’
is her greatest part, but her last is always her
greatest. The opera went of much more smooth
ly than on the first evening of it. As the close
of the first act, a shower of many-colored pa
pilottes descended from the Amphitheatre, and
in the midst of the fluttering, the Queen of
the evening came out amidst the warmest ap -
plause; she was crowned with a wreath of
laurel, thrown to her by a gentleman in one
of the boxes, and literally left the stage on a
carpet of bouquets.
On reaching the Green Room, she met a
deputation, who, in the name of a large num
ber of gentlemen, asked her acceptance of a
splendid bracelet, which cost, we learn, five
hundred dollars. The presenter made a very
appropriate speech, to which she as aptly re
plied. It was a very pleasant incident.
The Boston season commences on Monday,
with Parodi, in the “Lucrezia.” She is ap -
preciatively characterized by the Boston cri
tics, in advance of her advent to that city.
Some have heard her here, and others have
heard of her. Great anticipations of enjoy
ment have been formed there, and they will
all be realized. She performs six nights, open
ing in “Lucrezia,” and will extend her stay
in the New of course, two
weeks. During that time, she will appear, at
least once, in concert. Lorini and Beneventano,
“Little Patti,” (a prodigious pet in Boston,)
and Max himself, are to be of the company.
Parodi is to give a concert at Providence,
next Saturday evening. An extra train of
oars is to be provided, to enable her to return
to Boston after the concert is over.
Maretzek, with Parodi and his Italian opera
corps, are shortly to visit Charleston, where a
series of grand operas are to be produced. It,
has been generally understood that we were
to have a visit from the opera corps in the
course of the winter. We are sorry however
to learn, that our citizens are to be deprived of!
the anxiously anticipated musical treat. We
understand that, by the terms of the engage
ment made by Maretzek with the Charleston
manager, he is not to visit us except with the
consent and under the management of the lat
ter.—We further understand that the manager
alluded to is unwilling that the opera com
pany shall visit us. This state of things is
much to be regretted, and we can see no rea
son why Maretzek should so restrict himself,,
by wtiich he as well as our citizens are made
losers without any possible benefit to anybo
dy. If the Charleston manager has reasons
for not coming to Savannah with the opera,
there is no reason why the company should
not visit us; nor c n we see how the interests
of the Charleston manager could be affected
by Maretzek’s coming to Savannah, after hav
ing fulfilled his Charleston engagement.—
Savannah News, 19 th inst.
Paper Folding Machine.— This ingenious,
I invention, which is capable of folding news
j papers in as many folds as may be desired, is
! now in operation in New York, and is thus
i described by the Evening Post,
j It is about six feet long and three feet wide,
I and can be attached to the press or fed by
j hand. The papers are carried on tapes, mov
ing horizontally, until they reach a certain
point, when a brass rule strikes the sheet from
below, at the point in which it is desired to
make the fold, forcing it between two diver
ging rollers, which seize it and carry it to the
next set; of rollers, where the same process is
again gone through with, and repeated until
the paper is delivered, neatly folded, and ready
for mailing. The machine can be driven with
any speed desired, and will fold more rapidly
than any press can print. It can be fed by
hand and made to fold from 2,500 to 3,000 pa
pers per hour, according to the skill of the
feeder. Each paper is accurately folded, and
the machine, is so simple that there is no dan
ger of its getting out of order. It has been in
use in the Transcript office, in Boston, for
some months, and has done during that time
all the folding.
The machine is the invention of Mr. E. N.
Smith, of Springfield, who is preparing anoth
er to fold book work, which will cause a com
plete revolution in this branch of trade, espe
cially in offices where public documents are
printed, as at Washington.
The patent belongs to the American Paper
Folding Company, of which Mr. George Bliss,
of Springfield, Massachusetts, is the President.
The Pork Trade.— The Western papers
are dwelling with much earnestness on the
deficiency of the pork crop. It is one of the
most important items of the domestic and for
eign commerce of the country, and the defi
ciency here shown will be seriously felt in the
Western States. Last year, as published in
the Western Journal :
Ohio cut 495,194 hogs.
Indiana 393,271 “
Illinois * 308,000 “
Missouri and lowa 227.053 “
Kentucky ..184,601 “
1,608,129 hogs.
The statement this year, just published in
the Cincinnati Prices Current :
Ohio,(exclusive of Cincinnati) 64,027
Indiana.. .329,549
Kentucky 205,415
Cincinnati 310,000
908,991
Illinois cut last
201,000—one-third at least less.
Missouri and lowa cut last year, 227,053.
From these two points we have information on
which reliance may be placed, that only half
will be cut this year: say, however, two
thirds—ls4,6l7. Total this year, 1,264 608.
We thus have 1,264,608 against 1,608,129
hogs, at 10 per cent difference in the weight.
Let us see the deficiency in pounds :
1,608,129 hogs at 209 lbs., is.. .321,625,800
1,264,608 “ “ 180 lbs., i5...227,629.440
Difference in pounds 93,995,360
Equal, when reduced to barrels pork, to 468,
000 barrels, and much less Mess to the 1,000
hogs than last year.
I’ve seen her out a walking, in her habit de
la rue , and it ain’t no use a talking, she’s
pumpkins, and “a few;” she glides along in
beauty, like a duck upon a lake, oh! I,d be all
love and duty, if I only was her drake.
First Cotton by the South Western
Road.—Messrs. Conner & Taylor, received on
the 14th inst., a small lot of Cotton by the
South Western Railroad from the plantation
of Mr. Thomas Lewis, of Houston County.
This was the first Cotton transported on this
road. Mr. Lewis resides on Echeonnee, 12
miles from Macon, to which point the iron is
now laid, and the road completed.
[Macon Telegraph, 19th inst.
THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
©eorgia.
FRIDAY MORNING. FEB. 21.
More Nullification in Boston-
Mr. Josiah Quincy understood the people
of his own State well when he made the as
sertion that in the past sixty years no fugitive
slave had been delivered up in Massachusetts,
and he confidently predicted that none would
be delivered up for sixty years to come. The
utter worthlessness of the new fugitive slave
law is again being practically demonstrated in
Boston. We publish to-day some details of
the last case of Northern nullification. If a
Southern meeting whispers a doubt of the ef
ficiency of the Union and of the laws passed
under it to protect Southern rights, there are
people even in the South who wrathfully re
buke it as factious and disorganizing ; while
the Northern Whig and Free Soil press are
clamorous in denouncing the incipient “trea
son.” But when the law is openly violated —
the guarantees of the Constitution ruthlessly
trampled on by a mob in the light of day and in
the face of the officers of the government, the
very temple of justice being the scene of the
outrage, a party will be found even among us
at the South ready to palliate the enormity as
only the ebullition of a few misguided fanatics.
We will be told to be patient— to trust to the
conservative spirit of our intelligent Northern
brethren —that the law will be duly vindicated
—that we should rely entirely upon President
Fillmore to punish the aggressors, and submit
quietly for the sake of peace and union.
It is getting time that the Southern people
should refuse to be soft-sawdered any longer.
Boston should be made to feel by stringent non
intercourse laws enacted by Southern States
that she must comply with the constitutional
obligations of union with the South, or lose
some of its benefits. The South can enforce
her rights in the Union as we have always be
lieved and contended, by proper State legisla
tion. If she does not resort to this mode, but
continues to rely either upon the spirit ot
Northern forbearance to accord justice, and of
the disposition and power of the Federal ad
ministration to enforce it, she will continue to
be an interior and a victim in a confederacy
intended to be one of equals.
Had the laws of Massachusetts not forbid
den the use of the jails of that State for the
safe keeping of fugitive slaves until the right
of the claimant could be tested, the late rescue
of the slave Frederick Wilkins might not have
happened. When Massachusetts thus legis
lates against the rights of Southern property
holders, it is but proper that Southern States
should retaliate by legislating against Massa
chusetts whenever the property of her citizens
can be reached in the South.
The Columbia Races. —The race on Tues
day resulted in Millwood winning in two strait
heats. Time, 3,59; 3,59.
New Jersey Senator.— Commodore Stock
ton has been nominatad for the U. S. Senator,
by the democrats of the New Jersey Legisla
ture, but the Legislature on Friday failed to
elect. There were five votes forU. S. Senator,
without a choice being effected. Mr. Stock
ton’s highest vote was 38; Mr. Dayton’s 38.
Necessary to a choice 40. Ford received 3, and
Wm. Wright 2. In the democratic caucus the
name of John R. Thompson, brother-in-law
of Mr. Stockton, was withdrawn on monopoly
grounds. Mr. S. received the nomination by
only 1 majority, 4 democrats not attending.
We learn, says the Savannah Republican,
that a fire occurred in Griffin on Monday af
ternoon, in which Mrs. E. Morris’ Dry Goods
store w f as burnt with the contents —insured
to the extent of $5,000 in the Savannah Mu
tual company. The store of Reed & Co. -was
also consumed—the goods being removed. In
sured in the Savannah Mutual. The loss in
this last case is, we learn, not serious. This
is the only news we have so far.
Kossuth, according to the Tribune, has com
municated to our government an entreaty for
its interference with the Turkish government
in favor of his release. He also expresses his
desire to come to the U. States. Mr. Web
ster will reply favorably. The dispatches from
Kossuth were received by Dr, Taylor, of Penn
sylvania.
The Paris correspondent of the National
Intelligencer has the following relative to
Kossuth and his companions in exile: “The
remnant of the emigration of Shumla has ar
rived at Constantinople. The Porte treats
them with liberality. They will be embark
ed a for England at the expense of the Turkish
Government, and supported during the pas
sage, and have £3 each given them on their
landing in England. The emigrants of Ku
tajeh will be speedily set at"liberty, thenego
tiations with the Cabinet of Vienna for their
liberation having at length been successful.”
High Water.— The Atlanta Republican of
the 20th inst, says: “The train on the State
Road failed to come in on Monday, and much
anxiety was felt for its safety. The cause, we
learn, was the extreme high water in the
Oostanaula, coming over the road at that
place. A portion of the trestle work was
washed away, and it will require several days
to repair the damage after the abatement of
the waters.
Major Auguste Davezac died in New York
city, about ten o’clock on Friday morning,
after a short illness of thirty-six hours. He
has filled various public stations with great
credit, and was much beloved Jh private life.
For the World’s Fair.— The schooner
Emma, with goods from Boston,for the world’s
lair, arrived at New York on Friday night,
and will discharge her cargo into the St.
Lawrence, and the latter will then sail im
mediately for Southampton.
Extraordinary Longevity. —There is now
living in the town of Brookfield, Mass., Israel
Smith, now 96 years and 4 months old. He
was married to his present wife in May, 1773,
They have therefore lived together in the con
j a gal relation 77 years and 8 months—an in
stance which we think will hardly find a par
allel in this country, F
iJji JHagnttit <£clegrapf).
Reported for the Conatitutionaliat.
One Week Later from Europe.
ARRIVAL,
BALTIC.
Cotton Market Declined l-Bd, .
CORN HAD DECLINED.
MONEY MARKET EASY.
Charleston, Feb. 20.
The Baltic has arrived from Liverpool, with
one week’s later intelligence.
Cotton had declined one-eighth pence,
with sales of 25,000 bales. Fair Orleans
quoted at seven live-eighths ; Mobile seven
one-half; Uplands seven three-eighths. The
market closed firmer than it had been during
the week.
Rough Turpentine 75.; Rosin 3s. 6d.—both
in demand.
Pork was in demand at London at 45 to 465.
Lard brisk.
Flour dull. White Corn had declined.
The Money market was easy. Consols
quoted at 964 to 96|.
A better demand exists for American Stocks.
The Baltic sailed from Liverpool at 2 o’clock
on the Bth, and the Cambria sailed from Cork
on the 4th. She is not yet m sight.
The news from England and France is un
important.
France. —Gen. Rulhieres met with a seri
ous accident in descending a circular stair
case, on Saturday evening. He made a false
step, fell on his head, and was taken up in
sensible.
( Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier .)
Baltimore, Feb. 18.
Congressional. —ln the Senate, Mr. Clay in
troduced a Resolution which was adopted,
calling on the President for information re
garding the recent mob and rescue of fugitive
slaves in Boston. To which President Fill
more sent the following answer:
“Whereas, information having been receiv
ed, that sundry lawless persons, principally
persons of color, having combined and con
federated together for the purpose of oppos
ing, by force, the execution of the laws of the
U. States, did, at Boston, Mass, on the 15th
day of this month, make violent assault on
the Marshal and Deputy Marshal of the U. S.
for the District of Massachusetts, in the Court
House; and did overcome said officers, and did,
by force, rescue frem their custody, a person
arrested as a fugitive slave, and then and
there a prisoner, lawfully holdenby said Mar
shal or Deputy Marshal of the U. S. and other
scandalous outrages did commit, in violation
of the law. Now, therefore, to the end that
the authority of the laws may be maintained,
and those concerned in violating them, brought
to immediate and consign punishment, I have
issued this, my proclamation,calling on all well
disposed citizens, to rally to tfie supp rt of the
laws of their country, and requiring and com
manding all officers, Civil and Military, and
all other persons, Civil or Military, who shall
be found within tue vicinity of this outrage,
to be aiding or assisting, by all means in their
power, in quelling this and other such com
binations, and to assist the Marshal and Dep
utes, in re capturing the above mentioned
prisoner; and I do especially direct, that pro
secutions be commenced against all persons
who have made themselves aiders and abet
tors in or to this flagrant offence; and I further
command, that the District Attorney of the
United States,and all other persons concerned
in the administration or ex cution of the laws
of the United States, to cause the foregoing
offenders, and all such as aided, abetted or as
sisted them, or shall be found to have harbor
ed or concealed such fugitive, contrary to
law, to be immediately arrested and proceed
ed with according to law. Signed.
MILLARD FILLMORE.
“Daniel Webster, Secretary of State.”
New-York, Feb. 17.
Abolition Excitement . —Thompson, the Eng
lish Abolitionist, attempted to lecture at
Springfield, (Mass.) on Saturday, the 15th
inst.; but the crowd was in such an excited
state as to prevent him from so doing, and he
was burnt in effigy.
A number of arrests were made in Boston the
same day', those most concerned in rescuing
the fugitive slave. Among whom were Mr.
Wright, the editor of a paper, and Mr. Davis,
a lawyer.
Baltimore, Feb. 19.
New York Market, Feb. 19.—Twenty-five
hundred bales Cotton were sold to-day. The
market is in a drooping condition. The Rice
market is unchanged in prices. Four hun
dred hhds. New Orleans Sugar sold at 54 a
6£, and 500 hhds. New Orleans Molasses at
uo*
Boston Abolition Excitement.— Accounts from
Boston give us the information that another
mobite demonstration has been made in that
city, and other arrests taken place. The trial
of those previously arrested was progressing.
Ihe Proclamation of the President of the Uni
ted States was read in open court, and the
counsel of the prisoner made it a subject of
ridicule. There were evident demonstrations
of mrther proceeding on the part of the mob.
to carry out their designs of interfering with
the behests of the law. 5
GONGRESSIONAL.-The House of Represen
atives have concurred in the amendments of
the Senate m respect to the Deficiency Bill,
lhe Senate discussed the cheap Postage Bill,
and afterwards went into Executive session.
Washington, Feb. 19—9.45 P. M.
Congressional. — ihe River and Harbor Bill
has passed the House of Representatives, and
been referred in the Senate. The President
of the United States has issued his proclama
tion directing the civil and military autnor-
I ties to aid in sustaining the law in reference
to fugitive slaves, and arresting those who
obstruct it, and will, to-morrow, send a mes
sage to the Senate expressing his view* and
purposes as to the execution of the law.
~ 7 , New Orleans, Feb. 17.
C ~ Corton i 8 uiet » Elders
waiting steamers accounts—3ooo bales a Did
to-day at irregular prices. Whisky 25.
lhe steam ship Philadelphia arrived from
New York y ' Prometheus for
Latest Arrival. —We understand that the
s ceamer Florida yesterday brought into port
one|tnore passenger than she started with from
New-York—a lady passenger having given
birth to a daughter on the voyage. The lit
tie stranger was with propriety named after
the tine steamship in which she firs- saw the
light. The officers of the Florida intend pre
senting the ship's namesake with a handsome
silver cup,— Savannah Republican , 19 th inst ,