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Poetry and Love , Mixed.—A. late number of the Lond m Ooserver devotes two columns to the particulars of a breach of promise case whichjwas tried at Bodmin England 1 he action was brought by a Miss Eliza Bodil ly, a fair spinster of about thirty, against one Joseph Thomas, a grocer—one of those unfor tunates “Whom in bis ire Hath blasted with poetic fire ” In plain English, one of those indefatigable and invetera e scribblers of doggerel wno could not weigh sugar nor measure molasses without doing it according to poetic rule. It meras that Mr. Thomas first became ac acquainted with Miss Bodilly at a pic-nic, where he handed her over fences, assisted her to jump ditches, car ried her parasol, tied her shoe strings, spread handkerchiefs for her on ttf.e/'igrass, and made himself generally useful andarticularly agiee-bie. A mutual attach ment at once sprang up—this was in 1840 ami tor the space of stTen years, although Miss Bodilly’s father was at first hostile to the suit, the parties continued to meet and corres pond. In the year 1846, after Mr. Thomas had written his intended no lees than three hundred letters in prose and verse, his affeo lion began to cool, and in 1847 he broke off the match altogether and married a Miss Gill, wh > had money. For this outrage Miss Bodil fy brought her suit, and during the trial, out ol several reams of letters she introduced to prove Mr. Thomas's promises, some thirty epistles were read to a court convulsed with laughter. We give a tew specimens, which beat any thing Mr. Willis or any other gather of love missives, has brought to light. Her is a specimen of Mr. Thoraaa’s style, showing the state of his feelings in 1842. It would seem that Miss Bodilly had been re primanding him for sticking too olosely to his business, tearful that his health would suffer. %he lett r is dated. ly 25, 1842.—Don’s be afraid, my dear, I take any situation where I find the work will be too h<:rd for me. I’ve more re r gard for you, my love, than to do that. Again, my darling, 1 beseech you, don’t make your seif uneasy,but put aside melancholy thoughts. I tike as much exercise as possible. Believe me to be, my darling E Jza, yours most faith fully and affectionately, J. Th mas. A few diys after this, Mr. Thomas received a letter from Eliza which seems to have excit ed him smartly. He had been seeking a situa tion, not having at this time entered into the grocery business on his own account, and in the olosing sentence makes known his good for tune. But to the letter: July 31, 1842. —My darling of my heart — "Wnea your dear letter was put into my hand this morning I fairly jump’d for joy. It was like giving a lady who had fainted a strong bottle of smelling salts; and when I saw that dear seal, “We part to meet again,” I kissed it over and over again. Ah, thinks I, she has at last given over the idea that we are not to meet again, especially so when I tell you, my darling love, that I have at length, after very great exertion, obtained a Situation, Icc. lam, my darling love, yours most faithfully and af fectionately, J. Thomas. Miss E Bodilly. Miss Euza, it appears, had a habit of “stop ping up late nights,” of which Mr. Thomas is anxious she should break nerseif. Here is his "Tef er upon the subject, which is dated. September 4, 1842. —My own darling Eliza —-Huw oiten do i wish I could but see her, ana impress upon her lips the sweet boon ol beauty (a kiss.) lam sorry to find my love that you still cont nue your old habit of stop ping up isle. I'm positive that it greatly in jures your health; but I believe that you will never do otherwise until you, my love, and 1 are one, which God grant may be as soon as poasiole, and then I’ve no doubt but what she will go to bed earlier. Ever your most affec tionaie J. Thomas. v : It was not until the month following that Mr. Thomas began to essav uaburtoening himself in met.e—his affeotion now seems to have taken a poetic turn, and he gives vent a. follows : October 2, 1842.—My dearest dove Eliza: “U mid I flv like an owl. by the light of the moon, ||| would reac i rnv dear Eliza lo night; Her dear droopiug head on iny bosom should soon JJe at rest; but i can’t—l must write.” & In * postcript, Mr. Thomas asserts that “these line* are just the sentiments of his feel ings,” and we|presume they must have been the idea, however, of calling Eliza a dove and then wishing himself an owl, is not alto gether so poetical as it might be. Tennyson or Tom Moore would probably have expressed themselves differently. the month of February following, finding that his dearest E iza still continued her habit of “stopping up late of nights,” Mr. Thhoias administered another gentle reproof, mingled with an allusion to the difficulties he had with his father: Febru rg 15, 1843.—1 hardly know what to make fatner, he has never asked me what toy fucure views are, cr what I intend doing. I Yet, he seems to be tolerably friendly. It etr kes me t iat there is something or other brewing. Tnere is one thing, my love, I want to ask you as a favor, and that is this—no: to ait up so late at night. This will oblige me, who 4e heart and soul is bound up with the desire of making you his while life shall last, an latter wards. Ever your faithful and af fectionate, J. Thomas. Muss E. Bodilly. In the August following, amusing himself meanwhile by keeping up a constant fire of poetry and prose, Mr. Thomas heard that k had an attack of English cholera, and it almost drove him raving distraoted. It did drive him CM? into an upper loft, as will be seen by the following extract,• - August 23. 1843.-“ily Dear Elic*-e-I duly Ifoeivwd yours of the 21st. gnj (fjf rmj m»vit j % » i • urrr ‘ eoneerntd ttth* news that it brought. When ’ I had read to that part which says that you had beeil ill of the English cholera, such sud den fear came over me that I could not read any more, and for some time was obliged to close the letter. At length, resuming courage, I went into the upper part of our warehouse, and with trembling hands I opened it again, dreading to finish reading it; but to my great joy, my love, it informed me that you were nearly well. Yours Thomas. The suit of Mr. Thomas seemed to prosper, and the pair to love one another, through | 1844-’45. Here is a specimen of what Mr. T. wrote in the latter year, and to his credit we must say that we have read worse; May 30, 1845.—My own dear girl “Thy moto is constancy, how dear unto me Comes the remembrance, my lov’d one, suggested by thee; I think of vows plighted, ol sweet pleasures we’ve seen, When together we sported o’er life’s suuny green. Those pleasures are past, yes,lor awhi.e they a.e gone. But a day will arrive within a far brighter morn, The air shadows of joy and of sunshine will come Toil-urn ne our oath and gladden our home, Then dream of mu dearest, be constant torever, I ne’er will forget thee—forsake t ee—no, never, But still hope for the day whoa thou shaft by my side Wonder forth along with me, ‘my own bonnie bride;’ Mr co iipanion in joy ?-nd the story of my lie, My angel on earth, and my own pretty wile. “I should like to be near you, my love, while you are reading the above lines, as I fa. ey that I should have one of your loving slaps on the head. Affectionately your own dear Thomas.” In answering this, Miss Eliza seems to have thrown out some in'imation that the above lines were nit original—were borrowed— which nettled Mr. Thomas so sorely that he comes down upon her in the wise followings JuneS, 1845—“ My Dear Miss Lizzy—What a very pretty opinion you must have of my poe ic powers to ask me where I nr t with those lines I sent you in my last. Is it pos sible that you should have known me for so long a time and never yet discovered that I had the bump of poetry very large developed? Next time, Miss, I favor you with my poetic effusion, I beg you will not look upon them as secondhand. However, my dear girl, lam glad you liked them, and nope that soon “A day will arise with far brighter morn To illumiue our path aud gladden our home. “Always your dear Thomas.” This is the most of the published correspon dence, for shortly after Mr. Thomas married Miss Gill. During the trial, a sister of Miss Bodilly testified that when Bhe received the news that her lover had discarded her, she had fits. The particular description of fits is not mentioned. Mr. Thomas, in hi» defence, said that the reason why the action was brought was to “show him up.” The love letters were put in to raise a laugh in court at his expense. But the jury, alter retiring for a short time, en tailed upon him another expense, for they mulcted him to the tune ol £l3O damages. And thus ended this breach of promise, Facta on Foote- Head the following reminiscence of Gen. ! Foote, from a correspondent of the St. Louis Times, and ask yourself the question whethei politically,he is entitled to the least confidence of any honest man. His course reminds us of an old quotation : r He wires in and wires out, And leaves a body s ill in doubt, Whether the snake that made the track, W«sgoin gfortn or coming back.” For the cause of truth and justice permit me to present to your numerous readers afw reminiscences of Mr. Foote, in order that they, ot all parties, may form some opinion as to the value of testimony from such a “ witness.” About the year 1829, he established, or was engaged in a public press at Yicksourg, whose course and policy was to advocate the politi cal opoinions of tion. John C. Calhoun. The extravagance of the advocacy of Mr. C. and his opinions as the only safe me ns of pre serving the constitution and the Union, is well attested by the history of that time. In 1830 or '3l, discovering that Gen. Jackson was Borious in his breach with Mr. C., and snuffling in the breeze the approaching storm of his popularity. Mr. Foote suddenly turned a somerset, glorified Gen. Jackson and de nounced Mr. Calhoun in a train more bitter and vulgar than you would denounce a high way robber or a pickpocket. Ia 1835 he beoa ne a tirious advocate of Judge White for the presidency, and abused Marlin Van Buren and the Albany Regency in no measured terms. In 1838 he was nominated and elected by the Whig party as a member to the Legisla ture from Hinds county. He was elected with the view chiefly of abusing and vilUiy ing the Locofoco party. This pledge he re deemed to the hearty satisfaction of the Wnigs. Soon alter this he was found in the Demo cratic ranks. In 1839 he made a pilgrimage to Washing ington to obtain, as it was said and not doubt ed by the public, some office trom Mr. Van Buren. Seeing that Van and his adminis tration turned a cold shoulder to ail of his sweet smiles and caresses, nere turned to Mis stssippi, pouring out his patriotic indignation against the President nd his prominent friends. Mr. Benton especially, was the ob ject of his maledictions, couched in language that would be offensive to ordinary decency. The streets, hotels, and coffee-houses ot those regions, o<*n wed attest his extravagance and abuse of Van Buren and his administration. During the same year, 1839, at a Whig barbecue at Jackson, he made a speech, (the esscotnis loquendi of the man is astonish ing) denouncing •• the powers ” at Washington —poured out jl most iuisome eulogy o i Mr. Ciay—advocated a National Bank, both as constitutional and highly expedient. In 1840, by the queer evolutions of his rest less ambition and untiring manouvres, he wa* selected and run a* one of the Vau Buren e.ectiora of that State. As to his advocaoy of repudiation in 1841 '42. I will aay nothing. In the view of the foregoing and innumera ble other instances of suen consistency, it is often asked how did it happen that Mr. Foote was elected Senator i Io answer this interesting question I refer the public to the Senator himself, and to his former friend, Roger Bar on, Esq., of Nonh Mississippi. It u notorious tnac Barton and his trienas, the Demoorats of North Mississip pi made him Senator. And the sequel of the jokke was that Barton was about the first man in the State who met him in 1849, on hi-. I return from Wash ngton, aud gave him one i of the most scathing reoukes that was ever .n dieted on mortal man. As to fiis present position with the Demo cratic party of that State, I pretend not to know, but! will venture an opinion that £5 per cent, of that party w.l be i'ouud to bu firmly opposed to his re-election to the jUni ted States Senate. And why may it may be asked this sudden and vast change of the Democracy in Reference to the Senator ? Waiving the fact that he never possessed any genuine popularity in that Scats, it may be remembered that about the time a b li for the admission of &tl;ismia was introduced, ! with the wfieU d&legatfon, r>cr3sfc»&- *■- - wrote to Governor Quitman, representing j that i was quite probable, if not certain, that j with the obnoxious constitution, she would be admitted as a State. It denounced such j admission as a great outrage upon the Soutn, j and such an act as should not be quietly sub- i mitted to. Nevertheless, he, with the others, ! earnestly requested the Gavernor for his ad - j vice in the emergency—invoking him to as- i certain the wishes ot the people and of the j Legislature as to their duty. The Governor ! prompt.y replied, urging him, with the rest, j to oppose the admission of California, with j her present and then constitution, under any i and all circumstances. Tae people, especial y the Derm crate, and the Legislature, sustained i the Governor and his views. The Legislature gave instructions to the same purpose. Now, mark the sequel. As soon as this advice which he had invoked, wa3 given and pressed upon the representation of that State. Mr. Foote made another of thoae astounding sommersets for which he is so famous. Ail oi tne delegation of this State have remained true to the wishes, especially of the Democrat ic party of the people ol the State. It is notorious that in this late struggle, Mr. Foote was the most rampant, Hotspur that the South c ontained. H s attack npon the Northern influence in general, and upon Mr. Hale in particular, gave him the de lectable soubriquet of the Southern hang man. Now he is as soothing and gentle as a turtle dove. And with the Northern mfluenee, endorsed by Mr. Clay __he is a great and patci tic's statesman! Begin Right. — ihe following if not new, is at least true —and .s wor.hy of attention, at this particular time, when so many “ of’em," are rushing incontinently into the holy bonds oi matrimony, to be lost “ to us," forever. '* This little fable," said my uncle, “ may perhaps be ot service to some poor devil, ‘ more loving than wise.’ " A certain man once married a lady, whose reputation for amiability of disposition was se riously questioned, if it was not in reality se riously questionable. At the wedding, every thing went on merrily, of course ; the party gay, the supper magimtieent—the whole affair had been eminently successfu , and all parties extremely delighted. On retiring to his apartment, the gentle man found him-eif annoyed by the mewing and purring of a cat. “ What in the devils name is that ?’’ he ex claimed. “ Ohi nothing my dear,” replied the bride, but my favorite cat, Pussita." “Ohd —n Pussita!—/ hate cats'.” and with this he most unceremoniously threw Pussita out of a second story window. “ Well! if you h ven’t got a temper /” “ Yes! my dear — you d better believe ttl” “Everything," continued my uncle, “ wen: on well in that establishment —even to a warm dinner on Sunday." Nuw it so happened that a friend of the above mentioned gentlemen, who hid some months before “ committed the error" of mar rying ‘an angel," took occasion to inquire of him — “ How it was, that with him, everything * went merry as a marriage bell,” while, on the contrary, he (his friend) had almost given up the i lea of wearing pantaloons at ail. Whereupon he relates his atory of Pussita and the second story window, “without,” said uncle, “fully impressing upon his mind the impoitant moral —that it was necessary to begin right.” Nevertheless, there was that in his eye, when he started for home, that to'.o of treason " “Well!” said the wife, “you’ve come at last, have you—after keeping me sitting up ter you—and what’s t *e matter —you havn’t been drinking, have you ? You look very strange." “Not in the least, my dear—but I hate oatsl lovely." “You do—do you—-well I like ’em —that’s all tne difference.” Hereupon the husband made a dash at tho poor Tabby—who was quietly snoozing on the sola—and rushed imepetuously to the win dow. “You have been drinking. What are you going to do, monster ?" “Throw her ou' ot the window!" “You’d better try it—l’d like to see you do it—l’d break every bone in your body—why don’t you throw her out?—l dare you to do : it." He put the cat softly down on the sofa, hung his hat on the peg in the entry,his man- j liness and hia pantaloons on an easy chair; and exclamed— “Go m duckey, darling, and win—l didn't begin rightV ’ “1 rather think you didn’t you’d better take a fresh start—but don’t try that game j again, or you’ll catch it—come to bed," and he went. “ Wrong from the beginningV ’ Frightful Death of a Physician. —The j following snacking details of the death of Dr. j E. Morey, of Wes'vilie, N. Y., we copy from i the Malone Palladium; The Doctor started Wednesday afternoon, ; April 16, to visit a patient at the junction of i the Constable and M lone roads, in Burke, j He was overtaken by night at Constable, and j remained there until 3 o’clock, A. M,, of Thursday. With a spirited horse and frail gig he then left, and when within a short dis- | tance of the Burke line, the right wheel of j tho gig ran into a deep hole, causing him to j break the seat of his gig.and fall on the wheel, j which carried him forward of it, and then ran j over his shoulder, thus b inging him immedi- j ately under the gig, with his face turned up- | wards. The injury might have ended here, but in falling his loot slipped inside of the | shaft under the floor of the carriage,, and was j ht Id there by an iron bolt which heid the seat ; to the floor, an 1 which stricking in his instep, tore through his boot, rendering it impossible for him to extricate his foot. After dragging about a rod the horse apparently running at full speed, he reached up and caught the hind j part of the shafts, and held himself from the I ground lor thirty or forty rods, when he again ' dragged, his hold being loosed, probably for ! want of strength to hold himself up. The horse ran nearly three miles, and the i Doctor, as appears by the trail of his body, i held himselit up at tnree different times, for | the distance of l? 5 rods; being still alive and ho-ding himself up wheu passed Goodspeed’s, in Burke, some 3 or 4 miles from the place of his fall. When found, his horse had travelled 7£ miles in less than an hour, over the roughest of roads, and was walking slowly homewards, while the lifeless corpse dragged in the mud, divested of nearly ail the upper clothing, with his gold watch also trailing by the string, with his arms and torn garments behind. His flesh wai horribly mangled, but no bones broken. Thus ends the story of his death, than w ieh v/8 have never heard or read Q $ one more revolting and painful. A Piebald Individual —Sometime ago Mr. Bsrnum nad m his Museum a black man who was said to be gradually turning white, but somehow or other the process of change was so slow that pobody could see it and filially theparti-coiored gent, who was in facta leper, was abandoned as a bad apeekleation. Hut there is nothig i n fiction, it is said, for whit truth cannot find a parallel, and we now lest , from tne Boston Transcript that therV is a young man in that city who verifies the axiom in qlaolt and tahitt. He is a y ung, well fram ed man, who was bora *rUh * face of deep mulatto w?k>r,while hi. fcbody it very white. I with ocssional black spots. HiiTarms are of the ; most delicate whitness, but on the back of one of his hands black predominates. His hair is much iike a negro's,yet his countenance is far more intelligent in its expression, and j his head is well shaped. This remarkable specimen of a connecting j link between the races, states that he is a j twin, born at sea, off Cape that his ‘ mate is a sister, who is perfectly white, with 1 quite handsome features, and long, straight, :jet black hair. Their mother was an Indian j woman, and their father a white man, both | apparently of pure distinctive characteristics. It is insisted that the individual could not | properly be classed as one of the albino spe cies, and still less as one of those marked with “leprosy,” so frequently found on the Isthmus of Darien. — N. Y. Star. Later from Texas.—We received last night papers from Texas to the Schinst. The Brazos river, lately so high, ha 9 now fallen entirely within its banks. Many plan tations were overflowed, some to the depth oi three or four feet. All these will have to be replanted. They may make good crops oi cotton yet. The Victoria Advocate of the 24th ult, states that rome three weeks since, two per sons were killed by the Indiana, about three miles below San Patricio. There were foui persons in the party surprised and attacked by the savages—two Americans and two Mex icans, on their way to the Rio Grande to pur j chase stock. One American and one Mexi | can fell at the first fire of the Indians, pierced i with arrows, and the other two of the party ! were wounded at the same time, but not sc j badly but that they were able to make sucii j resistance as so put the savages to flight. Only four Indians were seen, but it is sup | posed that there were about fifteen in the | party. One of them ventured boldly into the ! town, and succeeded incapiuring a valuable . horse belonging to Mr. Carrican. Mr. C. at j tempted to repel the intruder by discharging a “five shooter" at him, but unfortunately the cap exploded, and he was compelled to retreat, the Indian followed him up with a shower of arrows. The party surprised, and two of whom were killed, are supposed to be from the Colorado, The American that was fatady shot, exclaim ; ed as he fell: “O.my poor wile and childerenl, : He had a belt around him containing SI,BOO !in gold. The other American also had SI,OOO j in gold secreted in the same way. j The Western Texan obtains the following | items of news from Mr. J. H. Brown, who ar j rived lately from Eagle Pass. A young man, j named James Ba tlett. who was on his way | to San Antonio, having in charge a runaway j negro belonging to his brother, who lives on ; Coney, which slave he had pursued, and sue j ceedea in capturing at Presidio Rio Grsnde, j was pursued by a Mcxitan end assassina i ted about ten miles this side of the river. Bart j lett WBB shot through the heart with a rifle j ball. The negro returned to Mexico, and the j horse and pistol of Mr. B. were takrn by the j Mexican. Mr. Brown brought in two runa i way negroes, who had been some time in Mex j ieo. | How it Works.—“ Convene in time-hon ored Faneuil, and in the name of Washing- I ton, exorcise the evil Spirit from the gradlk ! of American Liberty." ! Such was the language of the Georgia Con | vention in their “ exposition,” when they were appealing to the North “ to give heed to the | warning voice of one of the Old Thirteen.” The ; ans ver has come back from time-honored I Faneuil, and the Georgia Convention has I been insulted through their ally, Mr. Web ! ster.j But the Couveution further said in this ! same exposi ion ; ; “Goup to Tammy and the Tabernacle, and I expel from the National Emporium, the ge nius of discord.” j Tammy also has sent back its answer, for ! Tammy “ has at last fallen in the hands of the | Free-soilers," and the black Flag waves over i the capitol at Albany and over old Tammany Hall.” Truly the appeal of « One of the O d j Thirteen has been marvellously potent. Try | again, Constitutional Union men. Surely fanaticism and sectional ambition will hear {th warning voice of one of the Old Thir i teen, that “ roars so gently."- Marietta Adv. (From the Liverpool Conner, April, 30.) Trade, Commerce, and Finance. J Business matters are in a position similar to that noted in our remarks of this day se'u night. .The produce markets are steady, al though the business going forward is of a lim ited character. i There is still a drain on the bullion of the ! Bank of England. The decrease set forth in | last return is £247.138. At present the stock |in the Bank is £13,342,398. The reserved I notes amount to £6.887,180; whilst the note | circulation is represented as exceeding the I bullion by £6.504,082. Alluding to the Bank 1 returns published in Friday's Gazette, the I Economist of Saturday last says that the run ! continued during the week, but the amount ; taken is not ye* known. Large arrivals have j taken place this week; and they should go in- Jto the next account. Several receipts of some magnitude were received in time for the pre sent account, but they have not brought the decrease much under a quarter of a million, ; Bullion does not necessarily pass into the | Bank of England immediately upon arrival, j and there may be some of the recent receipts :in private hand. It is confidently anticipated | tnat the large influx of visiters, attracted by | the National Exhibition, to London, will put ! a stop to the export of bullion, at all events, j not any further reduce the stock in the vaults iof the Bank. Tne amount of specie brought | to Southampton by the West India steamer i Thames, and the Baltic from New York, will assist the next week’s bank return. We last w ek noticed the rapidity with which correspondence from Jamaica, via New York, is received in this country by the Arne | rican and Cunard steamers. The Bal ie, which ! arrived Monday, brought us Jamaica letters of j April 6. The Bame steamer also brought Ict i ters and papers from Havana tq the Bth inst. j Surely these reiterated proofs of the advan i tages which Liverpool possesses over South ! ampton as a p-cket station, will induce the authorities to consider whether this is not the place to 4e?pateh the West India mails.— Whilst on this sutyect we may observe that the announcement of a new line of screw steamers from Liverpool to Brazil has been hailed with feelings of lively satisfaction.— Qur mercantile •ommunity will give it every encouragement, and not a few are of the opin ion that steps should bo talten to orgmiae a line to trade between the Mersey and the Cape of Good Hope. The accounts from the manufacturing dis tricts are dull, most parties asssucaing a cheer ful disposition in the hope of a gqqd summer trade, ' The stocks in the hands of manufac turers are on the increase, which certainly is an ugly feature in such affairs. The Rev. R. H. Taliaferro, of North Ala bama, writes to the Tennessee Baptist that, during a service p? twenty five years in the Gospel, he has kept a journal of his labors, and gives the following as the result. He aaya: “from the journal of my lire I find that 1 have traveled fifty-one thousand four hundred and thirty sight 'miles, preached four thousand six hundred apd eighty sermons, and baptised about fifteen hundred persons Efad I rot kept a journal, | should have thought that l had haptufed four or five thous | and, fijit figures will not lie," ;i THE CONS'fifl/'ffONMilSf. j : - 1 j Augusta, ©forjia. SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 17- 5 ? —— s j Senators Foote and Cobb, and the Soath i ern Address. » | The following interesting piece of hitherto t ' Federal Union : t Senator Foote of Mississippi.—We invite - attention to the article “ Facts on Foote," in i another column. We can give another “fact” a in keeping with those there detailed. We formed his acquaintance in Washington City, in February, 1849, at the time when the Sou h -1 ern Address was on the tapis. He was then, if not its parent, one of its most zealous ad v vocates. He denounced most bitterly, Mr ■ Cobb, of Georgia, for with holding his name 1 Irom that Address—imputed as his motives, p his aspirations for the Speaker’s Chair, and 1 with his characteristic ardor, argued the point and urged it upon us, that we should, in thu* ■> journal, charge him with an abandonment ol his party, and to use his own words, “read e him out of the Democratic ranks." Gen 'j Foote, since, like Mr. Cobb, has abandonee a the party that honored him—and is now a competitor with him for nomination on any ticket that will make him Vice-President ' Alas, alas, for the poor, unfortunate South ! ! Her own sons abandon her, for the honors- J that the North, with its overpowering raa ° jority, can confer, and when honest patriots n among us murmur, they are denounced by these aspiring demagogues and their deluded followers as Traitors and Disunionists ! e e This incident occurred when Mr. Foot* e was one of the most glowing of Southern fire eaters at Washington. It was ut a time when ® the hope, so long and so fondly cherished by 0 Southern patriots, seemed about to be real a ized of uniting the entire South, which had too long been divided by squabbles of na e tional parties for the power and plunder ol . office. It was at a time when the high-toneo !. Southern Whigs and Democrats in Congress D were banding together fraternally, to demand ® for their much harassed, calumniated and de* v frauded section, peace and justice, and equal - ity of rights in the Union. It was at a time , when the voice of faction, of selfishness, ano y demagogueism, was about to be drowned in * the sublime burst of enthusiasm for the South her rights, a id her honor, which sprang from the heart and lips ot Southern freemen, repre * senting a confiding Southern constituency. Ii e was not only hailed with responsive enthusi e asm by the Southern people,but caused North e ern cupidity to pause in its career, and trem ■ ble, least an aroused indignation would shiver to atoms, a Government used too long as sd engine of exaction upon the South to fill Northern coffers, and which was about to be K made the instrument of inflicting upon her the badge of inferiority, and upon her insti * tutions the brand of infamy. s Fanaticism and cupidity paused, and would 3 have retraced its steps, in very fear and trem * bling, for the Union is dear even to Free -3 _ soilers —Northern prosperity depends on it. It is the life’s blood—the very breath of ex i istence to Northern cities and manufacturing j towns. Had that auspicious Union of the South been then accomplished, the South would r have stood in the councils ot the Confederacy * in the of a unit —a unit in sentiment, 1 in policy, and in determination, and she l would have commanded justice. The Union j would have been saved, and the rights of the r South would have been saved. As it is, those ‘ rights have been compromised—sacrificed and surrendered—while the Union is in more dan ger now than it was before. Tbe Democratic party of the South was al , most a unit, and but for a >ew recusants, would have been, with the aid of many patriotic Whigs, the means of thoroughly raltying the Southern people. A small voice of discord , "was raised in the Southern Democratic ranks, i Mr. Cobb and Mr. Lumpkin, of Georgia, Mr. ; Boyd and Mr. Clarke, of Kentucky, put forth , t heir pro est against the Southern Address . The North saw us divided, and knew how to ; take advantage ®f it. The coveted prize of the Speaker’s Chair ; was already glittering before the eyes of Mr. i Cobb and Mr. Boyd. At that time, Mr. Foote was not of sufficient consequence to be tempt ed by offers of national honors. But since > the game cf dividing, and thus crippling the ■ party in the South, which hitherto presented the most efficient organization for arresting the progress of Free-soil movements at the North, has been resorted to, Mr. Foote has been operated on for that purpose by adroii appliances to his selfish ambition and over weening vanity. The Vice-Presidency has been made to dance like an ignis fatuus before his dazzled vision, by Washington wire workers, and in its deceitful brightness, the fires of his true Southern zeal, if he ever had any, have faded and died out. The allurements of office will continue to be freely plied as a means of distracting the the South, and keeping down resistance to Federal encroachment, whenever Southern men are found accessible. It is the one means destined to keep the South perpetually in subjection to the North, and to convert this Government into a consolidated despotism, it successful. The Southern mau who aspires to Federal offices in the gift only of Free-soi Presidents and Free-soil votes, should be narrowly watched and his motives, in every movement, thoroughly sifted. The Right Sentiment, The sentiment expressed In the ffilowing paragraph, will be responded to by the South ern people. We are confident that it echoes the feelings and views of a large rpajority of the people of Georgia, It speaks in reference to the probable seces- Sion of South-Carolina : “For our own part we had hoped that ifce State w mld act less prec.p.tateiy th-m now seems to be her fixed determinate We are vet tobe Z viuced that ah* will act wisely in cfesi * kT r £“ to the counsels of Cheeves and Butler lud IW wsil But whate /er may be her action w« « Dfta t for ourselves and our readers, when we sayK mher contest against the abolitionists and t. he «cdeafer* to defeat thefr ft I,mrpo.es, our sym pathies are in no wi.e and i„ uo pa >t with h« e! with hostfie step to tread her soil a .u ... h.«, will 4,..k Corwto for hT^“«d pray that she may welcome her fees with blood* hands aad hospitable grave*.” We have uniformly and earnestly depreca ted the secession South-Carolina. We yet cherish the hope that this catastrophe will be averted—averted, not by any pusillan imous abandonment of her rights, or servile lowering of tone by that gallant State. We have neither the expectation, nor the wish, to see a single nerve quiver or a muscle shrink, on her part, at the contemplation of her isola ted position. But w q hope to see a return of justice, or at least, of prudence, in the Fed eral councils. We expect to see South-Caro lina,not receding from her advanced position, but pausing in her career, give time for pub lic opinion, North and South, to determine on what terms, and in what manner, the Union is to be preserved. Senator Sumner. The fact that this embodiment of Massa chusetts abolitionism, has written a letter de nouncing resistance to the Fugitive-slave law, is telegraphed as a matter, we suppose, of great importance. We see nothing surprizing in this, for we have not understood him as advocating mob resistance to the law. He its the eloquent and determined champion of the repeal of the law ! That is his mode of putting down the law. If there is any special significance in his late letter, it is in this, that he is so confident of the power and intention >f the hireling States to repeal the law, tha* he urges the Northern masses to bide their time and accomplish their wishes in that way. They ought to be willing to be p tient, for the law is already practically a dead letter. Few owners are rich enough, or patriotic enough to spend five thousand dollars to get back & slave worth only one-tifeh of the amount. Mr* Reynold* Recovering* We take pleasure in copying the following from the last Southern Banner . Mr. Reynolds is the gentleman who was shot by Jane Young, the crazy woman. We are gratified to be enabled to say that Mr. Reynolds, although severely wounded, is considered by the physicians out of danger, and is rapidly recovering. (communicated.) Thoatro—Concert Hall- «. We dropped in at this place of amusement on Wednesday evening, which waa the first evening of the re—pening of ths Theatre, for a short season. We found the beautiful Tra gedy of “ The Wife," by Sheridan Knowles, m course of representation, and muat state we wer* very much pleased with the perform ances. Mr. Neafib, a rising Amerioan Tra gedian, impressed us very iavorably. A fine person, voice, and jesture, he, by his excellent reading, and correct appreciation of his char acter, rendered the part of “ St. Pierre" most effectually. We have seldom seen better act ing than his in the last act, especially in the death scene. Miss Richardson evinced muc h ability and elicited many plaudits by her very artistic and spirited personation of the “ Wife." The rest of the company exhibited marked tokens of improvement since their former visit to our city. The performances closed with the. fares of “ The American Farmer," though, not entitled to any merit for its p) ot or inoi l dents, served to show to advantage the comie powers of Mr. W haver, aa “Jonathan Plough boy, the ' raal do wn-east Yankee country man, in which he appeared very much at home. We were sorry to see so thin a house on the occasion, but suppose that the recent festivi ties, together with “ most attractive metal" in Masonic Hall the same evening, prevented many from attending. « . (From the Baltimore Sun, lith - iiiat \ The Government Secret E r edition The New York Mirror says tha.‘ the price piid for the steamer Crescent C ylt y, chartered so suddenly in that city, to * 0 SSouth on secret orders, is $1,200 per day. The Journal of Commerce, ot Monday evening, says: “The steamship Orescent Gay has not yet Iv h~ 8 ha,ing been reived from Washington to delay her departure. The general belief is that she is designed to watch t l r,T ement> - ° f ~‘ he Cub “ adventurers ”e a l°u^0 e 0: rOOPS>OfWhOm,1 ‘- “-d“o “Brevet Colonel J. 1,. Gardiner. (Mexico 1 ! commanding; Brevet Major William!, S ico) Brevet Capains Getty, do; De Rowey. do; r H ' du 'Lieutenants J. A. Brown, do, K Winder** ’ HudSOn * Culb ™ u "* W. tnquher^says^hat^lt^prohablttiMw^that^rtie necetit <! v r so I r n fh t 0 ° U there is no “S M Jon 2? employment of any forces in parties feriuul?! W 18 not SU PP 0S «1 that any ding Cute™ * eßW,tßm Bn * ide « of inva a,L di from Washington to the came the llnor, ?l ly . 885,8 that there i 8 no "Uih in Xew Yorh h 8 Bteam « has been charted in , 1 .U * r Government, to cruise along d aoaa ‘* The Crescent City h« been chartered tor some purpose however„ The dispatch adds * P ° Be& ‘‘ All the information received here i a to the belief that the Cuban invasion V if postponed, and the South Carolin-, „'‘“ 6 bße “ movement delayed so, the p«W evidence that nothing is apwe)’ ■ b “* fact of the President g i«v. i »7 t ; ‘ h e e nd h “* “ <hß “ Measures will he tak** . 8 8 * . venue, should its coPtvtf 1 t 0 , co ec * th ® r ?' South Carolina, whi>n if be - reßlßted m em f h,,iek..r«: t > r »^:i n “ S>Bßre Weinesdfyweek I.** 1 .** *° be blck °“ Dound*,h ® U ® STI ? S ** —We beg leave to pro rinnfeV*? toli . QWin S questions to the Submis f 8; Acquiesoents, and Non ami#n men— to aU believers in the divine right of the Union, and to ail who think that toe best to preserve Southern rights, is to Bur* rencj<>r them to the keeping of the North. \Ve hope thej will answer plainly and direc ,i v P It secession w mid prove rui’" 0A1..uo Al ..u Carolina, why is it tb« ali and if tect to despise South-O liate an j* secession } -rolma, are opposed to ■ >D prove injurious to slave .vT . a * s ** tha.t open Abolitionists at thg w L th lba Clay and Dnion Aooh m deno uueing secs aion . Columbia Toltgraph, '