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■ THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
JAMES GARDNER, JR.
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The Whi? Union Party and the Whiff
party of the Union-
The Washington Republic, the Organ of Mr.
Fillmore’s administration, after speaking of
the 44 general content and tranquility—the
feeling of security and safety which now pre
vail throughout the country” and which is
attributed to the course of the administration,
says: t
“ This work of conciliation and compromise
has been effected, moreover, without disorgan
izing or disintergrating the Whig party. It
has merely drawnjthe negro question from the
arena of State discussion, and left the Whigs as
well as the Democrats at liberty to resume
their national connections. Here and there
we find individualjpoliticians and public jour
nals disposed to resume or revive the suspend
ed agitation, hoping to evolve from jit some
element of party strength; but they are mere
ly following out cervain peculiarities of temper
or judgement in which they find little sympa
thy beyond the immediate circle of the Abo
litionists. On this question, as on all others,
the masses of the Whig party are united in
support of the Administration of their choice.
They look for Whig direction, not to tue local
lights and beacons, but to the great national
statesmen who have acquired wisdom by the
longest experience, and confidence by the
most faithful and patriotic services. They
beiieveYhat when they find the President on
the same platform with their oldest and most
illustrious leaders—with Daniel Webster and
Henry Clay—they can yield a generous and
hearty support, whm as Whigs they are call
ed upon to rally about and sustain his Admin
istration.
In this aspect of political affairs, in our
humble judgment, there is nothing for the
’ keep together and harmonize their energies,
with a view to a National Convention of the
Whig party.”
Here we have the object of the Whig party
openly and boldly avowed by one of its organs
Wat Washington. We honor an open, fearless
and candid opponent —we know whereto rind
him and what to expect from him. It is only
* when the enemies of Democratic principles
attempt to disguise themselves by specious
means, as the “ Constitutional Union Party”
&c., and profess to have eschewed their former
opposition, that they become dangerous—they
entrap the unwary, and mount on their shoul
% ders to political power.
The above extract from the Republic shows
the course which the Whig party of the Union
will pursue, and now we ask all chose who
are Democrats in principle, if they will be
caught by the party of Georgia who
have assumed the name of Constitutional
Union Party, “ hor ing to evolve from it
some element of strength.” Is it not a trap
baited with professions of love for the Union?
This trap is prepared for the election of a Go
vernor and members of the Legislature next
fall. Ask them what are their principles, and
they are as silent as the grave. What is their
policy as demonstrated by their actions?
They encourage the Northern States in their
aggressions, upon our rights, by striving to
defeat every peaceable effort to resist their
encroachments and ensure our future safety.
If we would preserve theUn on, it must be
done by an unflinching maintainance of our
rights. A truckling submission to acknowl
edged wrongs is a sure road not only to dis
union but to degradation and contempt
Democrats in principle will strive to establish
justice—and they will maintain the rights of
the State with the same fidelity which they
would their individual rights or the rights of
the Union. —Albany {Geo.) Patriot.
{From the Savannah Georgian.
Slave States and Hireling- States-
The Af>ril number of Hum's Magazine con -
tains an article, written with eminent ability,
by M. R. H. Garnett, Esq , of Virginia, in re
ply to a review of his pamphlet entitled the
“Union Past and Future." Mr. Garnett, who
is not yet thirty years old, is unquestionably
one of the first men of his age, or indeed of any
age in America. His reply, in which, the N.
York Mirror being witness, he demolishes his
reviewer, well merits republication and exten
sive circulation thoughout the South. It con
tains a suggestion in regard to the use of the
words “Slave States” and “Free States,” wor
thy the attention of Southern writers, and in
deed of all favorable to precision in the use of
language. Says he “in every country in the
world, there is a large class of persons who 1 ve
by daily labor, that is upon wages. In the
North they are hirelings, and receive their
wages in money; in the South they are slaves,
and receive their wages in maintenance and
lucrative privileges. I can imagine no reason
why the former class should be supposed to
consume more than the latter. No laborers
in the world receive larger wages than the
slaves in the greater part of the Southern
country, or have a larger supply of wholesome
though plain food. The slave is well, though
plain y clad; he may not wear costly linen and
silks, but does the hireling of t Y * Norih t He
lives on his wages and upon the same fund
must be charged his doctor’s bills, house rent,
* u d fuel, and the provision for his old age
and infant children, (all of which are provided
by the master for the slave,) and I presume
th. 9 surplus cannot supply very costly clothes
or luxurious fare. The peculium of the slave,
what he makes for himself in his holidays is
often considerable, and he consumes it all.
This whole notion belongs to the same contu
sion of words and ideas, which speaks of the
slave labor and free labor states, instead of
more accurately saying, slave labor and hire
ling labor States; the correct designation is not
slave States and free States , but slave States and
hirtling States, and so I shall hereafter call
them.”
g* In adopting this nomenclature, which we
intend doing, we shall not be charged, we hope
with any want of courtesy towards the North
ern people. Certainly the term hire.ing can
»considered more offensive than the term
slave—the former of which it is proposed to
employ to designate the Northern, and the lat
ter the Southern States.—The truth is the
South has grievously suffered from what the
lion in the fable, so bitterly complained of—
the paintings have been made by our oppo
nents. Our Northern brethren have not only
furnished us with their wares and multifarions
“notions”—they have even passed off upon
us words and phrases of their own coinage,—
many by no means complimentary to us, which
nevertheless we are aiding in circulating. We
hope hereafter this base metal will be nailed
to the counter when offered South of the Po- .
tomac. Word 3, it has been well said, are fre
quently things. Our thoughts and feelings
are insensibly yet strongly affected by the lan
guage we use. Much of the odium in which
slavery is held, might be traced, not indeed to
the nature of the institution, but to the terms
by which it has been characterized. Northern
writers have stereotyptd a set of phrase?, all
tinged by their predjudices against us and
complacency towards themselves, the use of
which not only assures them of -heir immense
superiority, but what is worse, persuades even
our own people into dissatisfaction with the
happiest state of society now in existence.
For such we believe to be the order of things
now prevailing in the slave States, and such
it will continue to be, unless foreign interter
ence shall bring about, as it now threatens, its
dissolution and overthrow.
The Literature ov Distinguished Men op
South Carolina.—South Carolina has been
distinguished, throughout the whole period
of its history, by some of the most striking
and brilliant characteristics that ever belong
ed to a nation. Founded in part, by the best
blood of France, the Huguenots, who escaped
from th* persecution that followed the revo
cation of the ediet of Nantes she has afforded
many brilliant examples of successful achieve
ments in arts, in letters, in statesmanship, and
in arms, bringing with them from France,
as the early settlers uid, the spirit of heroism
which seems to be inherent in the French
character ; a love of personal independence,
for which no nation was ever more distinguish
ed than the Huguenots ; a spirit of liberty
and of aristocracy, (that aristocracy which is
natural to heroic and splendid nations) —these
qualities were infused into the body of the
people ; and long before the American revolu
tion, many noble examples of lofty character
were exhibited in the history of the State.
It was, however, at the period of the Amer
ican revolution, that the attention of the
world was fastened particularly upon the part
she played. South Carolina was the field of
one of the fiercest and best fought struggles
of that bloody era. We need scarcely alldue
to what took place there, for the events are
engraved so deeply on the pillars of the re
public, that they can never be blotted out. —
They are fresh in the recollections of the pre
sent generation, for they have served to em
bellish the brightest pages of our history.—
Sumter, Marion, Moultrie, and a host of oth
ers, are names which will never die.
It is singular to see what a list of names
that have become illustrious in the various
departments of life, can be arrayed in the his
tory of South Carolina. But to come to our
own immediate times ; we recall with great
vividness, the moment our eye turns in that
direction, Hayne, McDuffie, Calhoun, Ham
mond, and others, illustrious in eloquenoe, in
legislation and statesmanship. We remember
Thomas Grimke, Hugh S. Legare, and others
of the like stamp. And particularly, in lite
rary aspects, have we much cause for admira
tion ; for the contributions that have been
made by the South Carolinians to the litera
ture of this country have exceeded that of
any other, and, we had almost said, all the
Southern States. The speeches of Mr. Cal
houn will live as long as the English language
exists. They are models of pure, fervid, clas
sical eloquence, which remind us of the best
displays of the forensic ages of Greece.— N.
Y. Herald.
{From the Savannah News.')
New Buildinffs in Savannah,
If ocular evidence of the prosperity of our
city were wanted, it might be found in the
gre.-t number of substantial and beautiful buil
dings which are now being erected by our
citizens. In almost every street the sound of
the trowel and hammer is heard. Splendid
stores and tasteful dwellings rise with a ra
pidity hereto'ore unknown amongst us, and
display an elegance of architecture which
shows that the good taste of eur people keeps
pace with their wealth.
One of the most interesting, though perhaps
one of the least noticed, of our unfinished pub
lic buildings is the Church on Oglethorpe
square. This will be a little gem. It is about
fifty feet in length and forty-two in width; its
rower with the buttresses is about twenty-one
feet in width. It is built of brick, to be stuc
coed; and is a very prettv specimen of Gothic
architecture. Its roof forms a cross; and its
butteresses and pediments have a very pleas
ing effect. Inside, it will have four rows of
pews, and an organ gallery. The pulpit and
pews will be grained to represent black wal
nut, and it will be lighted with gas. It will
accommodate, without reference to its gallery,
about two hundred and sixty persons. The
plan of the building is understood to have
originated with its founder, and was carried
out by Mr. Hogg, and afterwards by Mr. J. S.
Norris, the architects. The Church has been
built under the superintendence of the latter.
There is another part of the history which
invests this church with a peculiar interest.
It is entirely the result ofpiivate beneficence.
The building was commenced by Moses East
man, who died several months since, and who
had been long and favorably known among us
as a worthy citizen. His intention was to
present it, when finished, to toe congregation
of Unitarians in this city. At the death of
Mr. Eastman, his widow determined to com
plete the church at her own expense, and is
now understood to be her intention to make
the same disposition of it as her husband had
proposed. It will be finished in the month
of May next, and will be an enduring monu
ment of the generosity of its donors, as well
as a tasteful ornament to our city.
Os the unfinished private houses which have
fallen under our notice, we can at. present only
mention one which has been commenced on
Madison Square. It will be a splendid man
sion, also in the Gothic style, every rich in
its details, but simple and chaste, yet impos
ing, in its general effect. It is to be construct
ed of brick, stucco, and stone. Its scluptured
tracery, its bay and oriel windows, and its
elegant outline will give it a novel and grace
ful appearance. It is to be the residence of
Charles Green, Esq.
Madison Square promises to present shortly,
one of the most imposing views in our city.
The mansion just mentioned, the fine private
dwellings already built, St. John’s Episcopal
Church to be built on the West side of the
square, the Female Orphan Asylum, on the
South side, and the Catholic Cathedral which
it is said is to go up just beyond, will present
an array of fine edifices, and form with the
noble forest trees surrounding them, a pros
pect to be equalled in few cities of the Union.
Theodore Parker down on the Yankees
—ln an address delivered in Boston during
the late slave excitement, this Rev. Divine
paid his brethren the following compliment:
“And you, my brethren, if hereafter I tell
you that there is any limit of meanness or
wickedness which a Yankee will not jump
over, distrust me; and remind me of this day,
and I will take it back !
From Texas.— The steamship Globe, Capt. *
Thompson, from Matagorda Bay and Galves
to,n arrived on Sunday night. Our papers
came to hand at too late an hour for our use
in yesterday morning’s issue. By this arrival
we have papers from Galveston of the 17th,
Matagorda of the 12th, Lavaca of the 12th,
and Victoria of the 10th.
The Galveston and Trinity trade is still in
creasing. Another new boat, the Elite, just
arrived at Galveston from Brazos, has been
placed in that trade.
; There was a probability that operations for
the removal of the Colorado raft would be
commenced in a few days. Both the Bteamers,
“Kate Ward” and “Colorado,” were nearly
in readiness for the work, and with them, says
the Matagorda Tribune, we may reckon upon
the most speedy and favorable result to the
great undertaking of rendering this magnifi
cent river thoroughly navigable.
The San Antonio Western Texan says that
the carts and wagons in the El Paso, Chihu
ahua and New Mexico trade continue to pass
and repass there in numbers. Semetimes the
public square is completely covered with
them, as they make a brief halt at San Anto
nio, to trade there.
The Victoria Advocate of the 7th inst., says
that Capt McCulloch and his rangers lately
encountered a gang of runaway negroes in
the neighborhood of the Nueces, while mak
ing their way towards Mexico. They were
immediately challenged to surrender, but, in
stead of complying with the demand, they
opened a fire on McCulloch’s men, killing
two and wounding one of them. A general
engagement then ensued, in which all the ne
groes were killed. These negroes are sup
posed to have run away from plantations on
the Brazos, and have given much tronble to
the counties of DeWitt and Victoria.- N. O.
Crescent, 22 d inst.
Connecticut Clocks. —The clock factory of
Cnauncey Jerome, in New Haven, is by far
the largest establishment of its kind in the U.
States. China, Hindostan, California, Peru,
Turkey, and all parts of Continental Europe,
are supplied more or less largely from the de
pots oi Mr. J. in New York, Liverpool and
London. The New Haven Courier says the
number of operatives employed by Mr. Jerome,
is something more than 260, to whom about
$6,000 is paid monthly. There is annually
consumed in his establishment, 1,500,000 feet
of pine lumber, more than a third of a million
feet mahogany and rosewood veneers, 260,000
lbs of rolled and cast brass, 200 bbls of glue,
and 100 more of varnish, 2,000 boxes of glass,
300 casks of nails, and other necessary mate
rials in proportion. The several part * that en
ter into the construction of every clock, pass
through about two hundred different processes
before they are completed.
The Fobrest Case.— At New York, on Sat
urday, Judge Edmonds, in this case, has dis
solved the injunction against Mr. Forrest, so
far as it relates to the molestation of his wife,
or the disposal of his property, but retains it
in respect to his prosecuting for divorce in
another State. She, however, is to amend
within tan day, and sue by her next friend.—
Savannah News.
Well, if half that has been said of her be
true, there is abundant room for amendment.
POETRY OF COMMERCE.
The following epitaph on a linen-draper is
copied from Hunt’s Merchants’ Magazine.—
There may be poetry in the yard-stick after
all:
11 Cottons and Cambrics, all adieu,
And Muslins, too, farewell!
Plain, striped and figured, old and new;
Three-quarters, yard or ell.
By yard and nail Pva measured ye,
As customers, inclined j
The church-yard now has measured me,
And nails my coffin bind.
So now my kind and wortny fr.ends,
Who dealt with me below,
I’m gone to mea-ure Time’s long ends—
You’ll follow me, I know.”
New Project in Steam —We
hardly know what will come next. A Mr.
Darius Davison, of New York city, proposes
to build a steamship or a steamboat on a new
plan, on certain conditions, which will be the
fastest in the world. If he fails, he says that
he and his associates will forfeit the large sum
of $250,000. He says he will build a steam
ship, which for strength, available capaci y
for burthen and passengers, safety, durability,
economy of construction, propulsion, &c., will
be unequaled by any vessel afloat or building,
and he will guarantee it to run a distance of
100 miles a day further than any other vessel.
He also offers to build a steamboat which
will run to Albany in five hours, under the
same forfeiture. He will do this for the sum
of $260,000, and give the parties who pay it
the privilege of ..using his discoveries and ta
king the vessels he may build at their cost
price. If Mr. Davison can accomplish what
lie says he can, he will certainly create a revo
lution in ocean and river steam navigation
that will be attended with most beneficial re
sults to the world at large. It is stated that
some of the enterprising steam men of New
York propose to confer with him on the sub
ject. If he really has made a discovery of
this kind, $250,000 is nothing in the way of
bringing it into use.
A Gem. —The following beautiful specimen
of eloquence is by an Indian woman, over the
contiguous graves of her husband and infant:
“The Father of life and of light has taken
from me the apple of my eye and the core of
my heart, and laid them in these two graves.
I will water the one with my tears, and the
other with the milk of my br ast, till I meet
them again in that counry where the sun nev
er sets.”
Shad in the Mississippi. —The Concordia
Intelligencer gives currency to a report that
swarms of shad are leaping up the New River
crevasse into the Mississippi—passengers from
Lake Pontchartrain, seeking clear gelid moun
tain streams for their spawning retreats. We
think they will find the waters of the Missis
sippi too muddy and turbid for their cleanly
and fastidious tastes, and the distance too
great before they can reach the bright waters
of the tributary streams which feed the “Fath
er of Rivers.”— N. O. Picayune.
The Going Snake Temperance Society,
Cherokee Nation, has for officers, Hon. Six
Killer president, Young Squirrel vice presi
dent, Sam Grasshopper secretary.
Completion op a Great Work.— The New
York Erie Railroad—the greatest public work
undertaken in that State since thv Lakes were
united with the Atlantic in 1824—is com
pleted, and will be opened from Piermont to
Dunkirk on the 14th of May. It is 447 miles
in length, and was constructed by private en
terprise, instead of being, like the canal, a
state work. The total cost of the road, in
cluding a branch, nineteen miles long, to
Newburg, is about $21,000,000.
Albert Smith, the novelist, was boasting of
his intimacy with Lamartine the great French
statesman. Among other things Smith said
that “ he and Lamartine were like brothers ; in
short, that they rowed in the same boat 1”
Jerrold significantly scratched his head,saying:
“ You may row in the same boat, but with a
different sort of scuds
A letter is advertised in Buffalo, directed to
Dr. “ Yanderkerbugerdundeitromp.”
THE CONSTITUTIONALISr.
TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 29.
Southern Rights Meeting.
The members of the Southern Rights
Party of Richmond County , are request
ed to meet at the CITY HALL, in the
city of Augusta, on TUESDAY, 6th of
MAY, at 4 o'clock, P. M., to appoint
Delegates to the Convention to nominate a
Candidate for Governor at the ensuing
election.
Augusta Post Office.
We cheerfully give our correspondent all
the aid to be derived from publishing his note
which will be found below. Our Postmaster
is obliging in his disposition, and willing to
conform to the convenience of the community
to the extent of the means at his command.—
It is to be hoped that he will give prompt at
tention to this subject, and give the people the
showing outside which is here called for.
Mr, Editor. —Will you give us your influ"
ence with the Postmaster,and call his attention
to the wants qf the “ dear people” for a gene
ral delivery window outside of the small space
now allowed for five dollar box delivery. The
people want a small showing at the office, and
we want the Postmaster to oblige us without
further notice.
One of the Twelve Thousand.
Cuban Expedition. —The following are a
mong the rumors afloat in the Northern pa
pers :
“The Cuba Expedition now on foot, is said
to be headed by Gen. Mirabeau B. Lamar, of
Georgia, and a Senor Gonzales, of Havana. It
is said, also, that Gov. Towns, of Georgia, is
identified with the enterprize.”
The above remarks are idle and absurd, at
least so far as Gov. Towns is concerned. We
do not contradict “by authority ,” but know
his Excellency too well to suppose for a mo
ment that he would participate in an affair
which would necessarily interfere with his of
ficial du.ies. We doubt not, however, his
sympathies are fully with the Cubans—the
most oppressively taxed people in the world
1 —taxed too, by one of the most rotten and de
generate of governments—taxed to sustain the
splendors of a profligate Court, and to minis
ter to the luxury of a degraded and imbecile
1 race of sovereigns.
Pro-di-gi-ous! —The Albany Argus thus
chronicles the latest and most important proof
oi Boston “loyalty:”
A Good Symptom, and in the Right Quar
ter. —It will be seen by our telegraph report
that the Massachusetts Legislature, by a de
cisvie vote, refused the use of the Stace House
yard to certain petitioners who wished to hold
therein a meeting of those opposed to the
Fugitiue Slave law.
This is certainly an encouraging index oi
the growing feeling in the oid Bay State in
favor of sustaining the law of the land, in op
position to that portion of her citizens (hith
erto deemed large) who would trample the
law and the Constitution under foot. We
hail it as an additional good omen from that
quarter.
The vote by which the yard was refused,
stood 147 to 113.
After this, who can doubt the “soundness”
of the body who did elect Rautoul, and came
within twelve of electing Sumner?
The above comment was made by the
Charleston Mercury , some time since, upon
the symptoms of the Bay State disease, no
ticed by the Albany Argus. It would seem
that the patient gets no better fast. The body
politic is radically, incurably afflicted with
the abolition mania, both at Boston, the heart
of the Commonwealth, and throughout the
rural districts. The doors of Fanieul Hall
have been shut against Daniel Webster, a
model Union man, because even he was not a
sufficiently stong abolitionist, though he has
solemnly pledged himself that whenever and
wherever a voice is to be raised, and a blow to
be struck against the territorial extension
of slavery, he is ready, heart and hand for
the service.
Now, we behold the twelve needed votes
are procured, and Sumner the very incarna
tion of abolitionism elected to the Senate.
Gov. Quitman.—A public dinner is to be
given to Ge». Quitman in the capital at Jack
son, Miss., on the 14th proximo.
BoydelTs Illustrations of Shakspeare.
We understand that the Boydell Illustra
tions will remain for a few days longer on
exhibition at the Metcalf Iron front store. A
large number of our citizens have visited them,
and we presume many more will do so this
week. The subscription list for this work is
in the hands of J. A. Carrie & Co., Booksel
lers, and those who leave their names with
them within a few days, will secure fine co
pies.
Dividend.—The Board of Directors of the
Bank of the State of Georgia, at Savannah,
have declared a semi-annual dividend of four
dollars per share.
A Flag for the World's Fair. —On the
7th inst., Lucius C. Duncan of New Orleans,
unfurled in the Hall of Independence, Phila
delphia, a magnificent American flag, which he
is about to take to the World’s Fair for exhi
bition, and thence to Palestine. The staff of
the flag was cut by President Fillmore, at
Mount Yernon, and presented to Mr. Duncan
by Gen. Winfield Scott.
The latest news from the Cherokee Nation
states that the two men, Toney Watts and
Jim Way-you-skee, who were convicted of
the murder of Fish, were to be hung on the
9th inst. 00-wa-skee-100-gee, for the mur
der of Thomas Burgess, was to be hung on
the 10th inst.
|§ Massachusetts Senator. —Some doubt is
thrown on the statement sent by our tele
graphic correspondent, that Charles Sum
ner had been e ected United States Sena
tor. The telegaaphic reports in the Bal
timore and Philadelphia papers are contradic
tory. All agree, however, in one thing, that
the Commi.tee appointed to count the votes,
reported Sumner as elected, and that the dif
ficulty was about a scratched vote, or a vote
with two names. W e think our correspon- I
dent would have notified us, if his statement
had failed to be confirmed.— Charleston Mer
cury.
Time op Holding the Convention. —The
Jeffersonian says:—“We concur with the Fed
eral Union, Constitutionalist, and other of
the Democratic papers, in uniting on Wed
nesday, the last day of May, as a suitable
time for holdiug the Democratic Republian
State Rights Convention to nominate a Gov
ernor.”
Wednesday is the day of the weak suggest
ed, (very properly to avoid Sunday trav ell
ingj by the meeting in Chatham.
As our friends elsewhere seem to approve
the last week in May , we doubt not that the
Delegates from this County will be content
with the day and week and month thus agreed
upon. To prevent confusion then we hope
131* The last Wednesday in May will be consid
ered the day j and that those counties which
have not yet appointed Delegates will see the
importance of doing so promptly.— Savannah
Georgian.
By the President of United States.
A Proclamation .
Whereas there is a reason to believe that
a Military Expedition is about to be fitted out
in the United States with intention to invade
the Island of Cuba, a colony of Spain, with
which this country is at peace; and whereas
it is believed that this expedition is instigated
and set on foot chiefly by foreigners, who dare
to make our shoes the scene of their guilty
and hostile preparations against a Friendly
Power, and seek, by falsehood and misrepre
sentation, to seduce our own citizens, espe
cially the young and inconsisiderate, into
their wicked schemes—an ungrateful return
for the benefits conferred upon them by this
people in permitting them to make our coun -
try an asylum from oppression, and in fla
grant abuse of the hospitality thus extended
to them.
And whereas such expeditions can only be
regarded as adventures for plunder and rob
bery, and must meet the condemnation of the
civilized world, whilst they are derogatory to
the character of our country, in violation of
the laws of nations, and expressly prohibited
by our own statutes, which declare •* that if
any person shall, within the territory or ju
risdiction of the United States, begin or set
on foot, or provide or prepare the means for,
any military expedition or enterprise, to be
carried on from thence against the territory
or dominions of any Foreign Prince or State,
or of any colony district, or people, with
whom the United States are at peace, every
person so offending shall be deemed guilty of
a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not
exceeding three thousand dollars, and im
prisoned not more than three years :”
Now Therefore, I have issued this my
Proclamation, warning all persons who shall
connect themselves with any such enterprise
or expedition, in violation of our laws and na
tional obligations, that they will thereby sub
ject themselves to the heavy penalties de
nounced against such offences, and will forfeit
their claim to the piotection of this Govern
ment, • r any inter:erence on their behalf, no
matter to what extremities they may be re
duced in consequence of their illegal c>nduct.
And, iherefore, I exhort all good citizens, as
they regard our national reputation, as they
respect their own laws and the laws of nations,
as they value the blessings of peace and the
welfare of their country, to discountenance,
and by all lawful means prevent, any such
enterprise; and I call upon every officer of this
Government, civil or military, to u?e all ef
forts in his power to arrest for trial and pun
isnment every such offender against the laws
of the country.
Given under my hand the twenty-fifth day of
April, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-one, and the seven
ty fifth of the independence of the United
MILLARD FILLMORE.
By the President:
W. S. Derrick, Acting Secretary of State.
Jehovah on Slavery.— The New York Mir
ror has the following;
“And the Lord spake unto Moses in Mount
Sinai, saying:—Speak unto the Children of
Israel, and say unto them, both thy bondmen
and bondmands, which thou shalt have, shail
be of the heathen that are arouid you; of
them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
Moreover, of the children of the strangers
■ that do sojourn arrong you, of them shall ye
buy, and of their families that are with you,
which they begat in your land; and they
shall be your possesssion; and ye shall take
them as an inheritance for your children
after you to inherit them for a possession;
they shall be yonr bondmen forever. But
over your brethern, the Children of Israel,
ye shall not rule one over another with rig
our.”
What say the Beechers, the Parkers, and
: other Divine fanatics to the above “Word of
tht Lord!” These men who follow Seward,
appeal to “a law higher th* n the Constitu
tion.” Will they also appeal to a higher law
than that enacted by the Almighty on Mount
Sinai? The presumption is that they will.
From the Parishes.— The river at Bayou
Sara, on the 19th inst., had fallen eighteen
inches. At Plaquemiue, on the same day, it
had fallen twenty-two inches. At Poin e
Coupee, same day, it had fallen twenty inches
and continued falling.
At Bayou Sara, on the 17th inst, a little
girl named Mary Jane Sewell was drowned at
the door-steps of her father’s residence, near
the railroad depot. The water in Bayou Sara
is from three to five feet deep in the shallowest
parts.
The Bayou crevase at Plaqumine is not yet
closed, though the work was progressing. The
crevase at Balthazar Dupuy’s a few miles
above Plaquemine, has been abondonded.
Three of the wealthiest planters of the parish
of Ibeville have emigrated to Texas.
A crevasse has taken place at the planta
tion of Mr. Amaron Leboux, of this city, just
above Raccourci. The planters in the parish
of Pointe Coupee have at length found some
respite from their unceasing eare of the levees.
Good crops are yet expected in the parish.—
N. O. Picayune, 23 d inst.
m
On the 13th inst., at Independence, oppo
site Cincinnati, a man named Lafferty, and
his son, a lad of fourteen years, whilst taking
their dinner, were assailled by three men, for
what cause is not known. The lad was eating
with a big knife, and as one of the men made
a move at him, he stabbed him, killing him
instantly. In attempting to rescue his father,
who was engaged with one oi the others, he
accidentally stabbed him, inflicting a severe,
and, it is theught, mortal wound. The two
remining assailants then ran.— lb.
“Madam,” said cld Roger to his boarding
house keeper, “in primitive countries, beef
his often the legal tender; but, madam,” said
he, emphatically, thrusting his fork into the
steak, “all the law in Christendom couid’t
make this beef tender.”
A rural poet, in describing his lady-love,
says: “bhe is as graceful as a water-lily,
while her breath smells like an armfuljof clo
ver.” His case is certainly approaching a
crisis.
Bp fUagnrttc €ekgrap{).
Reported for the Constitutionalist.
Charleston, April 28, P. M.
Cotton.— The market is depressed and
prices easier. Sales 900 bales at 74 to 11 cts
( Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier .)
Baltimore, April 26.
President’B Proclamation—Cuban Invasion. —
The Washington papers of Saturday morning,
contain President Fillmore’s Proclamation,
warning persons against participating in the
Cuban Invasion. Tfte President says he has
reason to believe that a Military Expedition
is fitting out in the United States against Cuba,
composed principally oi foreigners. He fore
warns all persons connected with said expe
dition, that they become amenable to heavy 1,
penalties, and will forfeit the protection of the
American Government, and exhorts all good
citizens to discountenance such an enterprize;
and calls u; on all civil and military officers,
to arrest such offenders for punishment.
New York. Cotton Market, April, 26.
Cotton has declined £ to fe. since the receipt
of the Asia’s advices.
The New York Market, April 26.—The
transactions in Cotton to-day reached 2000
bales. Middling Uplands is quoted at 104 c.,
and Orleans 11|. The week’s sales foot up
10,000 bales. Rice has declined. Sales 700
tierces for the week, from 3| to 3 7-16ths.—
Flour has declined 6e. and Corn 3c. Sugars
have advanced
Miscellaneous. —There was a fire last
night in Honesdale, fPenn.} which burnt two
squares in the heart of the town. Loss esti
mated at half a million.
Archbishop Eccleston’s funeral was nu
merously attended.
New Orleans, April 26.
The Markets. —Cotton has not been materi
ally a Tected by the Asia’s advices. ihe sales
yesterday and to-day amounted to 6000 bales.
Low to strict middling is quoted from 9f to
10|c. Choice Molasses 324 to 33c. Fair Sugar
s|c, Whisky 19c.
The brig Alston, Capt. Pierce, has cleared
for Charleston, and the brig Almira for Sa
vannah.
Boston, April 26.
Free Soilers' Rejoicings. —The free-soi
lers held a meeting last night, in State street,
and noisily rejoiced over the election of Mr.
Sumner. Cheers for Mr. Webster were mov
ed and given.
Henry Wilsoaand others spoke, denouncing
the compromise and urging the free-soilers to
vote for Mr. Rantoul for Congress. Rockets
were fired from the office of the Commonwealth.
Bonfires were kindled in the streets, cannons
fired, and every demonstration of rejoicing
made by the successful party. Many adjoin
ing towns were illuminated, and a salute of
100 guns fired to day by the freesoilers on
Boston Common.
Jacksonville News.— Felix Livingston,
Esq., an able and vigorous writer, has assumed
the editorial contiol of the Jacksonville (Fla.)
News. His creed is brief, comprehensive and
orthodox :
“The New's, as heretofore, will be devoted
to the support of the great principles of the
Democratic party, and the Constitutional
rights of the South, which will be held para
mount to all party considerations.
Our creed, on the great question of the day
is simple, and we can give it in a very few
words:
We believe in the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, strictly construed, and in a union
of the States strictly based upon that Consti
tution —but no other.
We believe that the Federal Union is a bless
ing or a curse, according as it maintains the
equality and Constitutional rights of all its
members, or impairs them.
We believe in the abstract right of sovereign
and independent States peaceably to sece e
from any league they may choose to enter in
to with other sovereigns, whenever, in their
judgment, the league has been violated by the
other parties to it, and whenever they deem it
expedient to exercise the right.
We believe that we owe our first and high
e t allegiance o the State of Florida, and tfiat
when she gives an unequivocal expression of
her sovereign w ill, all her citizens are bound
to acquiesce.
New Application of the Daguerreotype.
—The Waterburv, Conn. American »ays: Mr.
Hiram Hayden, an ingenious artist of this vil
lage, has shown us three landscape views ta
ken by the usual Dauguerrean aparatus upon
a white paper surface, all at one operation.
This is the first successful attempt to pro
duce a positive picture by this extraordinary
medium. Tne effect of light and shade, simi
lar to a fine engraving, bringing out the most
delicate minut se, with the ordinary fidelity of
the ordinary Daguerreotype.
This is certainly a great discovery. But,
says the Seientific Americar, the puzzling
part is to account for the production of pic
tures on a piece of white paper. What made
the shade? That’s tho query.
{Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.) 1
Washington, April 21.
The free-soilers are rallying their forces in
ail the Northern States for another conflict.
Ibis is ioo apparent to esepe the notice of
any one. They seek to accomplish their objects
through the means of the whig party —a par
ty which Mr. Seward joined, as he stated in
the Senate, as the party most suitable for the
accomplishment of his own peculiar views.
It is too early for the tree-soilers to put Sew
ard forward as their candidate, but any one
who may owe his own elevation to the Sew
ard men will answer their present purposes.
Every thing would seem to show that, not
withstanding the present political calm, the
next Presidential canvass is to be the most ex
cited, as «ell as the most important, that we
ever had since the origin of the government.
Nashville, Chattanooga and Charleston
Rail Road. —From the Annual Report of V.
K. Stevenson, Esq., we learn that the present
amount of capital in this enterprise is $2,560,-
765, of which one million two hundred tnou
sand has been paid in. Nashville and Charles
ton have subscribed $500,000 each, and the
Georgia Rail Road Company $250,000. It is
expected that seventy miles of road will be
finished during the present year. The success
of this great work will give to the Southern
States the carrying trade of the great valley of
the West, heretofore monopolized by Northern
lines. The report estimates the cost of com
pleting the entire line from Charleston to Cai
ro, at the confluence of the Mississippi and
Ohio, at less than fifteen mil ions dollars a
gainst forty-five millions —the least cost at
which any "of the Northern cities can approach
it—with the additional advantage in favor of
our city, of 300 miles less distance from tha
desired point. — Charleston Courier.
Great Tunnel.— A very long tunnel has
been recently excavated in France, on the
line of Railroad leading from Marseilles ta
Avignor . It is three miles in length, six
hundred feet under ground and cut through
solid rock. The height is 10 metres [3O feet.}
and the width 8 metres [24 feet]—The work
is finished —the ears running through daily
—and cost 10,200,000 francs, or $2,040,000.