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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST, ■ .*krz.=.=-r— -- - ■ GARDNER, JR ■ South- Oxroliaa Osavantioa of Southern Wjk Rights Associations. The following Address, reported from the 'Bommittee of Twenty-One, was adopted by the Southern Kighta Convention, in Charles ton, previous to its adjournment, on Thurs day evening. Address, From t h e Delegates of th* Southern Rights As tocicuions of South Carolina, assembled in Cnarlesto i, to the southern lights Associations of the other Southern States. Having met to take counsel together, and agreed upon that course which we thin* it right and necessary to pursue, we i wisn to lay b dore you the considerations by wnich we h*ve been governed, w.ththe frank ness whicn our respect for you and out desire ta«aierit your _ood opinions require. TWe regard the position of the Southern States iu this Coutedrrasy as degraded and rui'ioua. The manifest tendency or those sys tematic aggressious which tney have suffered for many years p st, is to subvert the insti # tution of slavery. If those acs of hostile domination, which have been rendered more insulting by mockery of language, under the term of a compromise, were final in their na ture aud -vert not to be followed by any far ther aggression*, we should still regard them i as outrages, to which Sovereign mates pos | of freedom ought never to But these measures only form part ggfMT system gradually commenced, steadily lorwaru, gathen g strength torn de- ana proceeding witn latai tnomen- BBußui to i b end. Tnat end is the abolition of Bbm islavery, m tne Southern States, and the of the tree white population of the K : -»e same level with that agrarian rab- asready strong and dangerous, HHHqpPHEstined before veiy long to be the cou |p trmiir^gpo wer of the Northern States. We see no remedy and no safety for the South in the present (Juion. But we know that in this we differ from very many citizens oi the other Southern States, spirited and n'elligent, hav ing the same interests, and suffering under the same wrongs with ourselves, and who cherish the hope that the rights of the Sou oh may be vindicated and secured, without dis solving the existing Confederacy. In tnis dis- it does no 1 become us to assume to Bfetc, ahd we hope to stand free from that iji ** Up to this time, the citizma of So. ■ aware that peculiarity oi political arising from past events, rendered a B certain reserve on their part, prudent and pio- B per, have studiously avoided every thing ft which might ook like assuming the lead, in ■ the defence of Southern rights. They de ll sired t» act, because they beueved that safety If and honor requir* d action ; but they hoped ■ they “’S* 10 ieaders in other States ■ / v»whoa they might follow in defence of the B common cause. When the ancient common* | wealth of Virginia, the proper ieaders of the B South, declare her determination to resist at I all hazards, and to the last extremity, hostile V measure then threatened, South Carolina, I with ali alacrity, stood rea ly to support Vir ginia, in c irrying out her high resolution.— When Georgia, whose former resistance to Fe- Bwieral usurpation, under her heroic statesman, gave promise of unflinching firmness ■BHB any contest in which she might engage, Reclaimed her dete>mmation to make a *unp the rights of the South, South. Carolina Bieed at tne prospect of rallying under the Bier of Georgia. Bd when ner young and gallant sister. B^ijKpi,proposed the wise measure of a Bthern Convention, for the purpose of n- to unite tne Southern States in main fflTaining their (Jon titutional rights, and at the BiHßame tune preserving if possible, the existing HHBUnion, South Carolina heartiy entered into ■■this measure, and she has carried out the re Bgormnendation oi the convention so a-sembled the ins ante of Mississippi, oy providing for the election or Delegates to a Southern Con gress. to w.oose meeting she still looks with interest In all these proceedings, we think that the citizens of South Carolina have evinced all proper anxie y to avoid the appearance of ar ragance or dictation, to act in concert with the citizens of the other Southorn States, and do nothin r separately or precipitately. And, now, strongly as we have expressed our be lief that there is no hope for the South in the .existing Union, we are prepared to give a trial, fairly ai.d iu good faith, to any effectual plan * which may be prepared by any sister State of the South, tor obtaining redress for the past and security for the future, without a disso lution of the existing Union, if there be a pos sibility of suen a consummation. But we find ourse'ves forced to consider the Tilt rior question, what we are to do, if we w find tat tnt-re ia no reasonable hope of the ao-operat on of any other Southern States in any effectual plan of relief, and the alternative is presented to us of submitting or acting by ourselves. And reluctant as we are to sepa - rate mrselves, we have made up our minds. — > We cannot submit. We know that South entered this confederacy as a sov. &#^P ereiga and independent State, and that hav.ng .K|* een wronged, she has the perfect right to Hfefc thdraw irom it. Her sons must . xercisu rignt and meet the consequences. If no other S ate will join us in relieving ourselves from the wrongs indicted, we see no hope in y waiting for new outrages to arouse a higher I sprit ot resistance. The new outrages, we r are well convinced, will come in due time; but we feel no assurance tha the spirit of the vassal will rise in pr .portion to the indigni ties heaped upon his ? ead. On the contrary, Kwe see that tne South has already borne what t would not lor a moment have submitted to en years ago, and wnat the North would not hen have ventured to perpetrate. We are ot willing to try the experiment how long ; will be before our spirit is complete ly broken by gradually and continually yield ing to slow and gradual, but unceasing en oroachments. And if the exercise of the right ot secession is to be followod by the attempt on the part of the G- v rnment of the Confede racy to subjugate South Carolina, it is better that we should meet that attempt while we still have Svime spirit and some power of re sistance left. If we are to submit to the condition of a conquered people, we think it less dishonorable not to do so until we have first been conquered. And if a iy thing could adi to the necessity which w-* believe exists for a withdrawal from the existing Union it 136 ttie denial of the r|ght of secession. For the denial of that right indicates, ol it self, extreme danger. The right of secession has heretolore and in better days, been regard ed as unquestionable, by alt Si uthern politi cians with the exception of an inconsiderable number of consolidationiats. And if ever that ?ight can be denied, without arousing the * bouth to sustain it, the South will be npe for the most miserable fate which has n!rmo etallen any P e °P le * Is * ill then, as a L 860 ‘° nai mino,it >' no defence I xi in & an* 16 ! tyrann y ot a Government combi k crafjfj Voieea of the amplest demo | tisuu msst oppressive foreign despo tha consequnees which will fol our effort to inainta n our lib - Ui “ ; * triumphant exet tion of the power of the Federal Government, in subjugating a State, will vastly infcffc&se than power, and greatly accelerate the change already tar advanced, of our Federative sy<- tem into a consolidatd central despotism. We see, also, that South Carolina will not suffer the consequences ot'thii change alone, hut that the rest of the Southern S*ates must suf fer an equal degree. They will have no safe guard against the Central Government, stengthened by crushing opposition, and rendered by triumphant force what our Nor them enemies have long been endeavoring to make it by fraudulent usurpation, the supreme Government of a consolidated nation. Tne sovereignty of one Southern State cannot be des royed, without the loss of their sovereign ty by all the others. We are aware of the re spon Ability of doing an act which may hasten these consequences. We feel the respect wnich we owe to States having a common in terest, threatened by a common danger. ' m not equa ly perusaded with ourseives of i..e necessity of acsion. And nothing could induce us to take, without their concurrence,a co .rse which is to involve them in its consequence, but a tl orougk c nviction of the necessity wnich urges u-, and our r'ght to do so. Addressi g citizens of Southern States as sociated to maintain the rights of the South, we cannot imagine it t > be necessary to argue about tne right of secession. We hold it to be the great Sta'e rigtxt, without which ail others are nugatcry and incapable of being en forced; and your position assures us that your faith cannot e different from ours. Nor can we regard it as necesary, any further, to dis cuss the wrongs which have been inflicted on the Sou hern State,. They may be deni d by those who shut their eyes 10 them; but you do not belong to that class. Southern and State Rights men, may d ffer as to the necessity of exeicising the right of secession at a particular time, on account of those wrongs; but as cer inly as the right exists, each State must pos sess the r'ght oi judging for herself, as to the occasion and time for its exercise. If oouth Carolina decides tna, honor and safety require her to secede, she has tne right to leave the Confede acy, peaceably and without molesta tion. If the act of secession is not permitted to be peaceable, it will be from usurpation of pewer by the Federal Government, not from the nature of the act performed by South Carolina. Accustomed, as we have been, to violations of the Constitution, and of the rights of the Southern States by the Federal Government, we have to look forwad to the probability of another outrage by that Gov ernment, in the attempt to force the State to remain in the Union. We suppose the at tempt will be made, if the other States permit it. Those States must deciue for themselves whether they will permit it. South Carolina must decide for herself whether it is necessary to secede. Her sister States of the South will have ne right to compaln that she forces them ntoa position, where they must either inter pose to prevent her subjugation, or by con senting to it, abandon their own sovereignty, and lay themselves at the mercy of a despotic power. In seceding, South Carolina will Simply do an act which all Southern men who believe in the existence of State Rights at ail, must admit that she has a perfect right to do; and i fetch she regards absolutely necessary. She will be acting on her sacred right. She will be acting as she woul i have to act if non 6 of the other Sou.hern States were in existence, and she were the only object of aggre siou by the Northern States and tne Federal Govern ment. She is not answerable for the usurpa lions and injustice which may be committed against her. And for the sister States of tne Sou h to ask f< r her t > refrain irom an exer cise of the right which she regards as indes pengibie for self preservation, would be an interference wflh her free action of a far differ ent character from any with wnich sue can be ch «rged towards tnem. Sovereigns a e equals. In seceding alone, South Carolina would be plating Her sister Sta es of the South under no restamt. If they should And themseives in a p isition of restraint, it would come from the action of the Federal Government, not ot Soutn Carolina. But if they should insist on ner refraining f»om the exercise of her rignt, and submitting to a condition wnich she re grad, as in.oleranle, tuey would make them •elves parties with the ■ Federal Government in placing aq unjustifiable restraint upon a sovereign and an equal. We wish that the necessity for seperate ac tinn by South Carolina which we have con templated, may be averted. We confide in the gailant spirits whom we address. There may be some hope of the assembling ot a Southern Congress, to device measures of re dress and reflet, upon whicn sump of the injur ed States may un.te. We have heretoiore been willing t® sacrifice much for Southern Union. We still are. We do not desire to lead, but to follow. Propose any effectual measure for vindicating our common rights and providing for our common saiety, a d we will heartily unite with you in carrying them out. We should regret most deeply, to in cur the censure of friends, with whom we have the strongest desire to act in concert. But, we feel a deep conviction, that we nave not acted heretofore with any precipitation, and that we are in the right in the determina tion wrieh we have formed. The self-abase ment of su imission appears to us unworthy of man—still pretenuing to be free. Tne gloomy prospects of inevitable ruin, to follow submission, appears to us more formidable than a y dangers to be encountered in con tending alone aga nst whatever odds for our rights. We have come to tne deliberate con clusion,that if it be our fate to be left alone in the struggle, alone we must vindicate our lib erty by secession. Music- The late profound musical theorist, Baum gsrten, remarking on tne incessant fluctuation of musical taste, justly obstrved, that the strongest possible test of genius in some ot the old Compositions, is their surviving the age in which they were produced, and becoming the admiration of future masters. Handers music has received this honor in a more eminent de gree than that of Purcell. By Boyce and Battishiil the memory of the g<eat German was adored; Mozart was enthusiastic in his praise; Haydn comd noc listen to “Mes siah” without weeping; and Beethoven has been heard to declare that, were he ever to •on&e to England, he should uncoaver his head, aid kneel down at his tomb. Phis seems to prove that Handel, like Shakespeare, was born for ali ages, aud in despite of the versatility of taste, will never be modern. It is commonly asserted, and we incline to think correctly, says the North American Re view, that ther*e is less of good music in Bos ton than in the Southern cities. In its church es and drawing rooms we hear less remarka ble performances than in New York and Phila delphia. The young ladies do not play and sing so well as their sisters further South. Few hereabouts can sing Italian airs in such a manner as to be recognized, even could the composer himself hear him; and drawing room music consists pretty much of the defunct re mains of operas, which have been murdeied to make contre-dantes of, or the hum-drum En glisn songs brought out by the last popular concert-giver. But when we turn horn such forlorn music as this to tne grand concerts ot the Academy of Music or the Handel and Haydn Society, end witness the crowds from ail classes who flocked to hear them, we feel assured that mubie is established on a Arm ba •is in Boston. The m tsical performances of amateurs in general society is frequently nothing mors or less than what Carlyle would call "an enor mous snam,” a "monstrous piece of flunkey* dom " But supposing, after a morecau de con cert, with a few wrong notes added, has been performed, a young lady begins a simple song; let h'r have only a tolerable voice, under per fect control, and the power of accompanying herself with false harmonies, and I will en gage she has plenty of silent, gratified listen ers, immediately. If her vuee is very sweet, her expression fine, and her song well-chosen, she wili have even an enthusiastic audience. N >w, what is the less in amateur pianoforte players should learn from this? Wny, that neither noise nor rapidity are music, and that nothing short of the perfect execut on and powerful expression of a great puniste, aided by the rich tone of a first-ra e instrument, will make any impression on the hearers of a modern piano forte piece in gene-a 1 society. Mus c requires the careful cultivation of a young lady’s mind, fancy, taste, feeling, and memory, as well as of her manual strength and agility. If proper time be not allowed for getting over the fundamental part of the art in childhood, it will be found out too late that the old proverb, "Most hasce, worst speed" has been verified. Parents are often so im patient to near their children play "pretty pieces," and grown up youn_' la ! ies so anxiou to sing in company, that masters have no chance of getting time and labor bestowed on wflat they well kno * to be indispensable to attaining good execution and taste; and then people Complain that a teacher does not bring on their children, wnen they themselves put most effectual obstacles in the way of the pu pil's improvement. A Faithful Old Hoksb.—A lady-friend, not a tnousand times from tiotham, relates the following, wnich has struck us, rightly con sidered, as possessing an element of the pa thetic in no ordinary degree: An old horse, that had served his master faithfully for some twenty-five years, was sold to a drover from one of the little Long Island Sound villages near New Haven, and taken o that plea'ant town lor shipment to the West Indies. As the old fellow went away, in new hands, he seemed to have a kind of instinctive presen ment that he was to return no mote. He cast “many a longing, lingering look be hind,” and wainnied his apprehensions so ai fectingly that his old owner almost relented, and, but for seeming cnildish, he would have followed and revoked the bargain—a course which his chi dren, who were watching the old horse depart, strenuously urged hun to adopt. He disappeared, however, witn his new master, and soon after, in company with a large drove of other horses, he was placed on board a vessel, which, oue afternoon in March, set sail from New Haven for the West Indies. The vessel had hardly reached the open Sound, at night-fall, before a storm be gan to “brew,” which by nmeoVlobk became so violent that the safety of the ship, captain, and crew was placed in imminent jeopar .y. The craft labored so heavily that it was found necessary to throw over much of the live freight, which greatly incumbered the deck. The oldest and least valuable horses were se lected, and among them was our four-legged “hero.” The stormy waters of the Sound re ceived the poor old fellow; but his “destiny” was not yet to be fulfilled. The shore, which the vessel had “hugged” in the tempest, w»3 only three miles distant, and this, with more than “superhuman effort,” he was enabled to re eh. That very night his old master was awakened by the familiar “whinnying” of his faithlul beast, over the long accus ouied door yard gate, saying, like the old “gaberlunze mau” in the Scottish song, “Get up, good mau, and let me in !” The familiar sound came like the voice of “Nat Lee’s spirit-horse,” as described by Dana in th ■ “Buceaniers,” to that remorseful mas ter. He did “get up,” and led the old a eed into his wonted stall, which he thereafter oc cupied undisturbed until his death. With an unerring instinct, that amimal had travell ed twen.y-two miles, after reaching the shore, before he arrived at the. door of his old mas ter. “I shall never sell another old horse,” sai l the original narrator of this story to our friend, “the longest day I live!” — Knicker bocker. A Serpent Charmer. Dr. J. V. Smith, of Boston, writes Irom I’nebes (Egypt) under re cent date, to the B iston Medical and Surgical Journal, says: “A regular Egyptian serpent charmer waited upon us, on mr return from the tombs of Bruce and Belzom, and inquired fur the hakeem, or doctor, whom he under stood was in the company. On pres nting myself, he said he was himself a “hakeem,” shook hands, and muttered to himself awhile, squatted down to a kind ot eelpot shaped bas ket, an i, opening tne cove, thrust his hand and drew out a snake resembling anadier, about a yard in length, the head of which he immedta ely thrust into his mouth, and kep crowding in, fold after fold, till no more could be received, when he drew it out. He had live snakes, of d.ffereat sizes, which were ban d ed with a freedom which made one’s hair cruwi. the minut se of the exhibition it is unnecessary to dtscuoe. Few, it Is said, pos sess the secret of this influence over these rep tiles, He assured me he could make any ser pent in a field leave his hole and run d.reetly to him, and would haulle them with perfect impunity, no matter how poisinous they might be. His son, a little boy who he said cou.d do the same. (From Mrs. E/Let’s VVo/ne t of the Revolution.) Georgia Women- Mrs. spaloino. “ A tribute is due to the fortitude of those who suffered when the war swept with vio lence over Georgia. After Colonel Campbell took possession of Savannah, in 1778, the whole country was oveirun with regular ma rauders, wilder and more ruthless than the Cossacks of the Don. As many o: the inhab itants as oouid retire from the storm did so, awaiting a happier time to renew the struggle. One of those who had sought refuge in Flori da, was Mr. Spalding, whose establishment ..was on the River St. Johns. He had the whole Indian trade, from the Altamaha to the Apalachicola. His property, with his pur suit?, wis destroyed by the war; yet his heart was ever wtth his countrymen, and the home he had prepared for his wife was the refuge of every American prisoner in Florida, lhe first Assembly that met in Savannah re-called him and restord his lands, but could not give him oack his busines , nor secure the debts due: while his British creditors, with their demands for their accumulated interest, pressed upon the remnant of ms fortune. Undei these ad verse circumstances, and distressed on account ol the losses of her father and brothers, who had taken arms in thi American cause, Mrs. Spalding performed her arduous duties with a true woman’s fideli.y and tenderness. She followed her husbiud with her child wlun High- became necessary, and twice during the war traversed the two hundred miles between Savannah and St. John’s River in an open boat, with only black servants on board, when the whole country was a desert, without a house tc* shelter her and her infant son. The first of these occasions was wnen she visited her father and brothers while prisoners in Sa vannah ;; the second, when, in 1782, she went to congratulate her brothers and uncle on their victory. This la ly was the daughter of Col. William Mclntosh, and the neiee of General Dachiaa Mclntosh. Major Spalding, of Geor- i gia, is her son. < “ Mr*. Spalding’s health was seriously im * 1 paired by the anxieties endured during the struggle, and many years afterwards it wss deemed necessary for her to try the climate of Europe. In January, 1800, sh* 1 , with her son and his wife, left Savannah in a British ship of twenty guos, with fifty men, built in all to resemble a sloop of war, without the appear ance of a cargo. When they had been out ti bout fifteen days the captain sent one mom ing, at day ight, to request the presence of two of his gentlemen p ssengers on deck. A large ship, painted black and showing twelve guns on a aid., v as seen to winward, running across their course. She was obviously a French privateer. The captain announced that there was no hope of outsailing her should their course be altered ; nor wou»d there be hope in a <*onttict, as those ships usually car ried one hu idred and fifty men. Yet he judged that if no effort was made to shun the privatee-the appearance of his ship might de ter from an attaek. The gentlemen were of the same opinion. Mr. Spa ding, heart sick at the thought of the peri.oua situation of his wife and mother, and unwilling to trust him self with an interview till the crisis was over, requested the captain to go below and make what preparation he could for their secudty. After a few minutes’ absence, the captain returned to describe a most touching scene. — Mrs. Spalding had placed her daughter in-law and the other inmates of the cabin, for safety in two state rooms, filling the berths with cots and bedding from the outer cabin. She had then taken her s ation beside the scuttle which led from the outer cabin to the magazine with two buckets of water. Having noticed that the two cabin boys were heedless, she had de termined herself to keep watch over the ma gazine. She did so till the danger was past. The captain took in his light sails, hoisted his bo-rding nettings, opened his ports and stood upon his course. The privateer waited until the ship was within a mile, then fired a gun to winward, and stood on her way. This ruse preserved the ship. The incident may serve to show the spirit of this matron, who also bore her high part in the perils of the revolu tion.” (From the Valley Farmer ) Experiments ia Cultivation I. FORTY ACHES COHN This was old corn land, which had, the pre vious year, under the anti book system of farm ing, produced 25 to 30 bushels of corn and an indefinite quantity of weeds to the acre. Soil, a tight loam, deep, with clay sub-soil. The ground was ploughed 14 inches deep, and furrows nine inches wide; harrowed and rolled; then drilled exactly north and south. Drills four feet apart, and planted 5 kernels in a place, two feet Bix inches apart. On th« first hoeing all but three plants were removed from each hill. On the Bth of May 10 acres were planted with seed which had been soaked for 12 hours in a solution of three pounds of saltpetre and rwo of copperas. These ten acres yielded 85 bushels to the acre. On the 10th of May, five acres were planted with seed which had been soaked 18 hours in the same solution. This yielded 92 bushels to the acre. On the 15th and 16th of May 10 acre? more were planted with soaked 24 hours in the same or a similar solution. The yield of this was 105 bushels to the acre. The remaining 15 acres was not planted un til the lith of June, when it was planted with seed which had been steeped for 32 hours in a solution s milar to that before men ioned. Many knowing ones predicted that this would be a failure— it would come to nothing. The result was that from these 15 acres was har vested 1,680 bushels of corn—or one hundred and twelve bushels to the acre / Now about the after-culture. As soon as the plants were convently above ground the ploughs were set to woik, followed by the hoes. This time a light plough was run as close to the plants as practicable (and being properly drilled, the rows were perfectly straight) and the earth turned from the plant. Then the men with hoes removed every re maining weed, and loosened and leveled the earth about the plants. This done a cultiva tor was run in the centre between the rows to level the ground, and give a finish to the weeds, which were showing themselves in le gions. As soon as the field was thus gone through, a second course was commenced. This ploughing was the reverse of the first: a slight furrow was thrown to the plants, and again the men with hoes followed the ploughs, de molishing the weeds and drawing a small quantity of fresh earth to the plants. Again the eu tivator was run between the rows as before. By this time the weeds were pretty Well mus tered, and now a big plough was brought in to use, to which were attached two powerful horses, placed one before the other. With this a deep furrow was thrown from the cen tre to the rows. In going through first, the land side of the plough was held a few inches past the middle between the rows, and on coming back the plough was run about two inc 'es deeper, the land side against the mid dle the other way. t’his time a man followed the plough to relieve any plants which might be borne down by the earth, and the work was done till harvest. 2 — THREE ACRES POTATOES. This was upiand, broken, and much the same as the preceding. Had been in pasture for eigtit or ten years. The ground Wu 3 bo ken up in the early par of March, as deep as the plough could be run; afterwards hanow ed, rolled and ridged ; the ridgi-s were then split with a deep running plough, and the po tatoes dropped in the bottom of the furrow, eight'inehea apart. The potatoes were cut, so as to leave two good eyes to each set. Refuse straw, wet or dry, was now thrown over the potatoes, to the depth of several inches, and the whole deeply covered with the plough. The rows were 32 inches apart. As soon as the sprouts beg->n to appear aT the surface the field was cross harrowed, and during the season cultivated much as the corn, mentioned in the first experiment—ploughed three times and hoed twice. In November the potatoes were gathered,the ridges being opened by the plough running twice through each row, a boy toilowing the first time to pick up such potatoes as might fall back into the lurrow, and be trodden upon by the horse as he returned. The potatoes were very large, and there was no disease among them. A large portion of them were brought to this market this spring, and sold for $1 10 per bushel. The yield was 510 bushels to the acre. ('HICKEN3 and Eoo Mr. sypniggins in « Dilemma . -“My son,” sai i Mr. Sprigging to his iittly boy, who was devouring an egg—it was Mr. Spriggins’s desire to instruct his boy “my son, do you know that chickens come out of eggs?” “Ah, do they, father?” said the young hope ful, “I thought that eggs came out of chick ens.” ihe elder Sprigging drew back from the table sadly, and gaaid on hia son, then put on his hat and went to work. Emancipation in, Kent wok r.— i’he Frank fort (Ky.) Commonwealth says that the same restless agitatiors who issued a call for an Emancipation Convention at that place on the 27th of March, have now changed the time to tne 22d of M .y, and are sending secret cir culars over the State, endeavoiing to collect an assembly at Frankfort upon the last named day. The Commonwealth says the movement will be a failure. ~m& rfrf * SUsjHsta, ®t‘orgia. SATU3DAY Wp£tNi * cL MAY 10- Attempt to Ain an Editor* Below is an account of a bioody and very cu rious affair furnished by the Athens Banner of Thursday last. We regret very much to hear of this piece of ill-luck to Mr. Reynolds, a very worthy man, who is an innocent sufferer from the murderous vagaiies of a crazy wo man. We are convinced from the statement of the editor ofc the Banner himself, that this woman must be crazy. Her whole conduct is a contradiction to the idea of her sanity.— Our friend, Coi. Hoisey, has evidently writ ten under a panic, though the woman was in custody, and therefore, the danger w r aa over before he was aware how narrowly he had es caped. The absurd idea he gives expression to, that it was a scheme of his political ene mies, and this woman the instrument to take his life on account of his political opinions, shows that his cool judgment had deserted him in the flurry oi excitement, under which he penned that postcript. What enemy, it the gallant Colonel has any, knowing his courteous bearing and pleasing address among the fair, would have been so gteen, had he wished him killed, as to have selected a sane woman to do the job—even “forty-five years old” and one with “gray eyes.” If in her sound mind she certainly would have been dis armed by his suavity, and would not have found it in her heart to do the deed. Had the editor been in his sanctum, instead of poor Reynolds, we doubt if blood would have been shed. This hapless Jane Young is, perhaps, some phrenzied fire-eater, from across the Savan nah, who has read the story of Charlotte Corday, and imagined the stern Editor of the Southern Banner in the troublous times ahead, which the State-coercing journals are so fond of depicting, would be a second Marat over the conquered seceders, and patriotically de termined to take time by the forelock and in continently despatch the embryo tyrant. But who will suppose that the chivalrous Carolinians would thus ignobly conspire to lay low his stalwart arm, to avoid meeting in battle array, one of the future leaders of the coercing forces of Fillmore, Clay and Seward, on the independent soil of the Palmetto State! What caitiff antagonist in the civic arena in Georg 1 a, would basely use a woman’s hand to palsy the puissant pen of the organ of the new Fillmore dynasty of force and aonsolida tion—and what sane woman would allow her self to be so used ? We hope when the gallant Colonel gets over his panic, and reflects coolly on the facts and probabilities, that he will admit his ima gination has been possessed of “ chimeras dire ” in inflating him with the idea that he is a vic tim of a political conspiracy. (From the Athens Banner , &th inst .) Darino Attempt at Assassination. —The Editor of this paper has just escaped a most daring attempt to assassinate him by a woman, who is called Jane Young, by some who pro fess to know, and who is supposed to reside on Tugalo river, in South-Carolina. Tre vengeance of the misguided woman, we how ever regret to say, fell with great severity upon the publisher of this paper, Mr. Thomas 8. Reynolds. The circumstances, so far as we have been enabled to gather them in the heat and hurry of the moment, are as follows: On Wednesday as eruoon, (yesterday,) a bout 3 o’clock, P. M , theEiitor of this paper b'ing absent Irom his office, a woman of slight frame, with grey eyes, and black hair, about 45 years of age, entered th; office and en quired for the proprietor, of a gentleman sit ting at a table in the reading department. Being told that he was absenr, she went into the press room and repeated the same enqui ry, when she was told tha he was absent, and would be in the office in the course of an hour and a half. Being still impauen r tor the blood of the E iitor, she approached the de.-k of the publisher, and taking up a type ana asking him “are these type?” drew a pistol and shot him. The ball took effect between the elbow and shoulder of the right arm passed through the arm and entered the body and ranged nearly through it. It has been found by the physicians, and extracted. Mr. Reyr olds now lies dangerously wounded at his lodgings. Tne woman was armed with two large, rifle-bored pistols, and a large glit ter rig bowie knife—all of which are now ly ing before us. Now, as to the pretext for the commission of this outrage. Returning to our office, we met the woman in the custody of the Town Marshal, and surrounded by * number of our citizens. In the presence of them the Editor inquired her re-sons for the attempt. Her answer was, “ that she had be-n published in the Southern Banner as a man dressed in wo man’s clothing, going about doing mischief.” Upon being asked if she had ever read it in the Banner, she said she had not—that she had searcned them all, new and old, but comd not find it. Sue said sh© was told by several friends that the charge was published, and she supposed it was done ia an extra, but Had never seen even that. Nov? we assure the country that we have no recollection of ever making such a publica tion or any thing like it, either in our paper or in an extra irom the office. The whole story is a sheer fabrication. Now as to the motive which prompted this attempted assassination. The woman is un doubtedly of sane mind, and our opinion is that she has been made an instrument, either knowingly or unknowingly, we cannot yet pretend to say which, for tne purpose of taking the life of the Editor. If his political enemies desire his life as an atonement for the principles whicn he avows, he is willing to lay it on the altar of his coun try. The woman has been committed to the connty jail under a charge oi an assault wi h intent to murder. The sho? business, (says the Lowell Cou rier,) so important a one to Massachusetts, continues quite flourishing-but it is said the Lynn dealers are somewhat alarmed at the attempt now in progress to eemmence the business in the Southern cities. Master workman from this section, have, in several instances, been hired lately, to go there to engage in the business —receiving good wages aud good encouragement from Southern gen tlemen who have been here to engage them. The Lynn Abolitionists continued at the last advices, to wear cotton shirts and sleep be tween cotton sheets—considering them none the worse from the fact that the material is the product of slave labor. The gross receipts of the lire concerts given at Cincinnati by Jenny Lind exceeded SBO,- 000. She and Barnum presented the Mayor with $3,000 to be distributed among the cha ritable institutions of the city, besides the sum of $453 80, receipts for admission at the sale of tickets. Jenny Lind's private chari ties were also very large. Southern Rights Mooting in Morgan^ According to previous notice, a portion of the Southern Rights Party of Morgan county met at the Court House, on Tuesday, 6th inat., for the purpose of appointing Delegates to the Convention to be held at Milltdgeville, to nominate a candidate for Governor. The meeting was organized by calling Jesses C. Paulette, Esq to the Chair, and G. W. Gil* li and to act >s Secretary. On motion of Col. J B. Walker, a Com mittee of Seven was appo nted by the Chair, consisting of Col. J. B. Walker, Col. William Stallings, J. \V. Stark, Wm. Brooks, Benj. Whitefield, L. B. Bostwick, and H. D. Snei lings, to select three suitable persons to repre sent Morgan county in said Convention, and to prepare a Report, Preamble and Resolu tions, Sc c. The following Delegates were selected by the Committee : Col. Thus. S. Bonner, Jessea C. Paulette, and Gen. Geo, R. Jessop. The Committee also reported the following Preamble and Resolutions, which, after an able and eloquent address from Col. J. B; Walker, were unanimously adopted. We, the citizens of Morgan county, wh# compose this meeting, feel that it is our privi lege and “duty to express our opinions upon the political questions that now agitate the Resolved , Ist. We express our attachment and devotion to this American Union, and so long as the rights and principles it was design ed to perpetuate, are sustained and vouch safed to us, we will cherish a love for it, and defend it. Resolved . 2d. We believe the several States that formed this Federal Union, were origin ally sove eign and independent States, but in order to form a bond of Union for protection and happiness, they delegated certain and specific piwers to a General Government, and whatever powers were not delegated, now be long to them as they originally existed, and any infraction, innovation, or violation of these reserved powers, they have a right to resist, in any way they may think lit and proper. The States do not belong to the Fed eral Government, but the Federal Govern ment belongs to the States. Resolved, 3d. We believe that a State, by her Convention, has tho power to judge of any violation made upon her reserved rights, and if the State thinks fit to secede from tho Union of the States, rather than obey tho Federal law, the Federal Government has no right to coerce her mtoobedienee. Resolved, 4th. We are willing to acquiesce in and observe the late Compromise act, for the sake ot Union, but we consider those Compromise measures as unequal and unjust to the Southern States, and nothing but its faithful execution, in letter and spirit, oan continue our acquiescence in it. Resolied. oth. We love South-Carolina for her defence of Southern Rights, but we ask her to stay any action in her Oonven tion un til we witness what faithfulness shill be ex hibited in the execution of those Compromise measures. . Resolved, 6th. Believing, as we ao, that the Southern Rights Democratic Party will most effectually cirry nut our views, we do hereby app me three delegates to meet in .vlilledge viiie, on the 28th inst., to nominate a candi date for Governor oi Georgia—these dele gates to have power to fill any vacancy ii* their own body. On motion— Resolved, That a copy of proceedings be forwarded to the Augusta Georgia Consti tutionalist and Republic, and FeMral Union, and request a pub ica ion of hem . J. C. PAULETTE, Chairman. G. W. Gilliland. Secretary. Arrival ol the Steamship v. eorgia. Nbw-Yoiik, May 0. The IT- S. mail steamship Georgia, Lieut„ D. D. Porter, commander. has arrived from Oivigres. via Havvna, with tne Pucido mails and $1,500,000 in go d dust. The (i. sailed from Chagre9 at noon, on the 25th of Afrit, with 500 passengers; transferred 200 at Ha-* vana, and brings 300 to New York. bhe lefc a 1 Chagrts, the steamers Crescent City, North America, and Bioiher Jonathaa, with only a few passengers, and the Pa ifio* the lennesse, and Coiumbus had arrived, tho former with 200. and the latter with 220*pas sengers. The steamer MeKim, with a lag® number, was daily expected. The greatest excitement existed in Havana in relation to the news of unexpected inva '"ion* cnany had been put in prison on suspi cion, and among them three priests, for preach ing mutinous sermons. The day the Georgia arrived, was celebra-ed by the (xecution of a poor wretch who was sent over by Lapex to • b ain pilots for the expedition. He was tried in open couit, and the evidence was so strong that he was immediately executed; previous to which, he was subjected to great torture, tor t ie purpose of extori ing a confession. 1 his is the first execution that haa taken l>lace f “ T offences, and it has created some llUfeeling against the new Governor- Oeneral, and his conduct in executing a per son who did not seem to know that he, w a i committing a crime, has been severeiv criti cised. - Matters were becoming so serious and alarm ing in Havana, that many were preparing to leave, ihe Captain-General is taking every precaution to guard against an invasion, look outs are stationed all along the coast, within wo miles of each other, and the vessels of war are kept cruising between San Antonio and * Havana. One of the steamers, the Cuba, w' ashore on the Colorado when the Her " passed, and the Pizzaro had gone to he*" lance. * assis- A row had occurred in Havap . some American seamon and the \ between The seamen were drunk and lnhabl^ ant8 * ceived a beating. Thev w noißy * and their heads put in the /we' *l® arre ? ted and of which treatment two h s^A° m '*• e^ ct is now in the hands of t ht a'- lh % affa,r The rainy season b ad A “ erican Consul, gres, and the RaiUft oad set . m a 5 Cha linished to h! / , 1 ’ l i l 8 Ba s d * b ® weather continued good Oh 38t uJ y tbe The inhabitants ’T® healthy ‘ Herald. M AGAZiN d FuK AIA If* h*s been received uitiEO A (>A i km£ Uoo “ *“ J D«f« A B.bfc* iters Will pl.a,e call for their c0p,,,. “fyj MBRCHANTS rJ aOTii By H. 1,, wiluams, • Ip S J ,, “ CIR «W, Co,„,*T, Grt. - ;; ; WSWip