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Dover, May 1, 1851. • Eds. Union:—The candidates for governor met here this day, and thinking that a brief notice of the debate might be interesting to your readers, I you the following which has been rather Tnuriedly prepared. Governor Trousdale commenced the discussion by stating that this was the first occasion upon which he had had the pleasure of addressing the citizens of Stewart county, and that it afforded him much pleasure to appear before them. The free and liberal government under which w r e live w r as not, he said, the work of our hands, but is a rich legacy handed down from our no- big ancestors, who achieved our independence from British tyranny, and accomplished the es tablishment of civil and religious liberty.— Through their efforts w r e are now 7 in the enjoy rrpffr of the only government on earth based upon dyyptr principles, and under which liberty of ' "mought. speech and action, are guaranteed. He then proceeded to give a succinct account of the • federal and state governments, w 7 ith his views as to the powers of each. Our government has now been in operation seveuty-five years, and we have in that brief period reached a point of pros perity, pow 7 er, and true greatness, which no other country has ever equalled in so short a space of time. Our sails whiten every sea and our com merce extends to every part of the globe. These facts prove, not only that the form of govern ment itself is good, but that it has been w 7 ell ad ministered. Every man who know r s anything of the history of our country, knows that during the greater portion of that period it has been un der democratic rule, and, surely, if the democratic policy and democratic measures have been in strumental in producing these grand and magui ficent results, they are entitled to much praise. We have gone on harmoniously, steadily ad vancing in ail the elements of greatness, and are now 7 making more rapid strides than at any for mer period of our national hietory, Foreign na tions have no desire to meddle with our affairs, for we have frequently taught the boldest and most powerful nations io dread our chivalry and to prefer our good will. But serious difficulties have sprung up among ourselves. A seciional difficulty, growing out of a desire on the part of the free states to reg ulate and control the institution of slavery. The Govenor then rapidly traced the history and progress of abolitionism from its inception up to the nomination of Taylor and Fillmore; the one. a southern slave-holder, w 7 ho was pledged as to his exercise of the veto power, so that he could not have prevented the passage of the Wil rnot Proviso into a law', and w 7 bo allow'ed him self to he run at the north as favorable to that infamous measure and in the south as its enemy, and the other a rabid and consistent fee-soiler. This was what the whig party had done to keep alive the slavery agitation out of which grew 7 the necessity of a compromise. He then discussed the compromise—so called— taking up each bill separately and examining its merits and demerits until every man in the house must have been satisfied that the North have oained everything by that compromise except the fugitive slave law 7 . He then gave the histo ry of one or two attempts to recover slaves un der that law 7 , and proved conclusively that there was little disposition on the part of some of the Northern people to permit it to be executed.— He w 7 as willing, how r ever, to take the compro mise as it stands as a final adjustment of the question, provided the South is permitted to reap tire advantages proposed by the fugitive act. He said the democracy of the South, for the sake of the Union, w'ere willing to endure much: they desire to see it go hand in hand with time itself, to see it go on to the accomplishment of its high destiny until it shall become the greatest, the wealthiest, the most prosperous, as it is already the freest upon the lace of the earth. There were many other points touched in his first speech which I must pass over, W’ithout at tempting to state his arguments. Among them were the veto pow 7 er, internal improvements, dis tribution, &c. Os Gen. Campbell's speech I can say but lit tle. for although he talked two hours and a half he said little of importance. I think he can con sume more time saying less than any man I have ever heard upon the stump. His main efforts w'ere directed to the Southern Convention, and the conduct of South Carolina. He tried very hard to prove that the original ob ject of that convention was to dissolve the Union, but I do not think he succeeded in producing any other impression than that he w 7 as endeavoiing to establish a point that-he did not believe him self. He also made a very lame attempt to con nect the democracy of Tennessee w 7 ith the hot spurs of South Carolina in their seditious move ments. The whole argument w T as a broad bur lesque upon eloquence, reason and common sense, and when Gov. Trousdale came to reply he de monstrated the absurdity of the whole concern most triumphantly. He show r ed that the object and design of the Southern Convention was not to dissolve the Union, but to save it; that it was expected that all parties in all the Southern States w 7 ould he fully and fairly represented, and that their united voice w 7 ould go forth to the North and to the w'orld, carrying the conviction that the Soulh w r as in earnest —that she knew her rights and would maintain them. The effect, he be lieved. W'ould have been to arrest the attention of the North, and to satisfy them that further ag gression would be attended with serious danger, tr, I that, thev w 7 ould have readily acceded to all our iusi demands. This result he believed would have been attained but for the conduct of the “hit, party of the South, and particularly of Ten rmssee” They imagined that a little political could be made by convex tion, and *££ 0 f Ten •*» “ - Wh clfr<?ampbe!l m reply to this charge .tated that if the whigs did refuse to go into the South ern Convention, a large majority of the democra cy of Tennessee would have nothing to do w r ith it: and as proof of the assertion he stated that wnen a meeting w'as called at Nashville to ap point delegates the friends of the convention were voted down, and were compelled to call another meeting, and in the county of Smith the matter w 7 as still worse. There, he said, six men met in a law 7 yer’s office and appointed the delegates to rep resent that county in the convention. It oc curred to me that the statement that a majority of the democrats of Tennessee had nothing to do with the Southern Convention, came with great consistency from the lips of the man w T ho is do ing all he can to induce the people to believe that the democrats are disunionists, and who attempts to prove it by charging their connection w'ith, and responsibility for that convention. But my letter has already spun out to greater length than I had intended, and I must close. Governor Trousdale has made a very fine im pression here, w 7 hile his competitor has fallen im measurably below' the expectations of his w r hig friends, and some of them have the frankness openly to avow 7 their disappointment. If both candidates produce the same effect at all their other appointments that they did here to-day, Trousdale W'ill certainly be re-elected by a largely increased majority. STEWART. (From the Sacannah Georgian.) “It is really amusing to witness the agonizing efforts of the organ of the Disunionist in this city to bolster up the fallen fortunes of its party, Find ing itself in a hopeless minority, and forgetful of the great quesions w 7 hich divide political parties in this State, the Georgian seeks to make an issue with us, upon a point of consistency , and appealing to the past, thinks if w 7 e w 7 ill look to our own columns w r e w r ill discover satisfactory reasons for opposing Mr. Cobb at present, We frankly con fess that w r e did at one time oppose Mr. Cobb, upon strictly party gruunds and we are willing that upon these grounds, the Georgian should quote, ad libitum from our columns.— Republican of yesterday. Amusing as may have been the efforts of the Georgian, w r e venture to say the amusement has not been enjoyed by the Republican. His laugh ing, w r e dare affirm—to use a phrase familiar to us in our younger days—has been “on the other side of his mouth.” It is mirth, which, by no manner of means, seems to improve his temper. Be this as it may, we promise him plenty of the same kind of fun before the present campaign is over. If by laughing he “grow 7 s fat” there is a prospect of his swelling to quite portly dimen sions, notwithstanding the hot weather. Yes sir “satisfactrry reasons for opposing Mr. Cobb at present .” The guilt of Mr. Cobb, if your paper spoke truly, is guilt independent of time, place and circumstance. If Mr. Cobb has “be trayed our rights' ’ once, shall they be intrusted to him again 7 If in 1848, or ’49, or 50, he “voted them away for a mess of pottage” shall w 7 e com mit other rights to him—give into his charge the sovereignty, character, and honor of the State as her Governor, in 1851 7 If he betrayed us then will he not betray us :;ow 7 If he then voted away our rights for a mess of pottage, have we any evidence that he will not now sell them to the highest bidder 7 Answer us this. If he w r ere a traitor, (or a betrayor) eighteen months ago, is he not to be deemed a traitor, for all time and at all places—semper übique ?—Suppose Georgey, who infamously “betrayed the rights” of Hungary to the Northernpporers,w r ers, (God save the mark !) —sold them “ford mess of pottage,” to Austria and Russia, w 7 ere here, and an aspirant for the command of our armies against an invading foe: —who, who would deem his past treachery no reason for opposing him at “present 7 We thought the traitor’s doom w 7 as infamy—not for one year, or eighteen months, or two years, or ten years, but eternal infamy! Mind you, readers! the charge of the betrayed —of the voting aw r ay, of our rights for a mess of pottage, is no charge of ours. We in no wise endorse it. We find it in the Re publican. If we should believe it on their au thority, and even repeat it, the editors should be the last to condemn us. We have their word for it. Now we suppose our neighbors will well nigh split their sides as they read the foregoing. Be it so. We propose to quicken their lively cachi nations, by some quotations from sayings of theirs not quite eighteen months old. Our extracts were all written in the space of about ten days; we doubt not that there is an abundance “more of the same sort left,” had we time to look for them. From the Savannah Republican December 28, 1849. “We cannot approve of Mr. Cobb’s political course towards the South and have no confidence in him but as a political trickster.” From the Savannah Republican December 18 1849. “We thought we had of late shown, sufficient ly from the records, that Cobb, had by his votes ren dered himself odious not only to the Whigs, but to the Democrats of the South, and we are sur prised that the organ here, after what has passed, should have entertained a hope, much less express ed a wish that the Whigs should have supported Cobb. Poor abused, despised Whigs of Georgia— in their extremity our assailants cast a wishful eye towards us to help them to elect the man who was willing to, and did, vote away our rights for a mess of pottage.—No! Whigs, at least, can never vote for Cobb. We have the records of the country, and the testimony of Wilmot him seif, to prove that Winthrops's position towards the South is not more inimical than Cobb’s. No matter what may have been Winthrop’s course South, it is enough for the Whigs of Georgia to know, that Cobb has betrayfd our rights, and they were right in casting their votes for Gentry if they could not vote for Win tbrop. The Whigs have had enough of “Nor thern men with Southern Principles”—we want no Southern men with Northern principles. From the Savanmh Republican December 25,1849. Mr. Winthrop is abused by Southern Demo crats, because he voted lor the Wilmot Proviso, &c. &c., and how stands Cobb upon this question. Let the records speak. In the House of Repres entatives the Bill for establishing a Territorial Government for Oregon came up lor considera tion. This Bill contained the Wilmot Proviso. Mr. Burt, of S. C., offered an amendment, as a condition for its passage, that it was North of the Missouri Compromise line !! ! This amendment failed. Subsequently this Bill came up for its passage with the Proviso attached—uncondition ally attached —We find Cobb and other leading Democrats of Georgia recording their votes with Winthrop and Wilmot for its Passage , Messrs. Burt, Toombs and Stevens voted against it. If Cobb is the special guardian of Southern Rights , why do we find him voting with Wilmot , Chase and others , for the Wilmot Proviso, and establish ing by his own act a precedent for Congress to legislate the South out of her equal rights in our Territorial domain: Winthrop has done no more than this, and this is proof No. 1 that his “position towards the South is not more inimical than Cobb’s.” We here find then, Cobb’s votes recorded nine several times with Abolitionists for an Abolitiim can didate. and Winthrop’s vote recorded with South erners for a southern man.—Edward Stanley. Proof No. 2 that Winthrop’s position towards the South is not more inimical than Cobb’s. There! laugh to your heart’s content! And as a good laugh aids digestion, ’tis said, we are in clined to furnish you the same matter for mirth by breakfast time, every morning till the election day. But says the Republican “we opposed Mr. Cobb on strictly party grounds.” And did you oppose him on no other ? Upon what action of his as a Democrats, or as a party man, were these char ges predicated ? Answer us tnat. Was it his views upon the tariff ? Was it his vote on the Sub-Treasury 7 Was it his speech upon the Mex ican War 7 Was it his sentiments on the Bank ? his hostility to Internal Improvements ? No. No! None of these. What was it then ?—lt was a queston in no wise standing “on strictly party grounds.” It was the Oregon Bill with the Wilmot Proviso attached—in other words, as the Republican had it, over and over again, it was his (Cobb’s ‘‘vote for the Wilmot Proviso.” For this vote the Republican charged him with be traying—voting away for a mess of pottage our rights , We are utterly astonished that the gen tlemen who edit that paper, should persist in as serting that this, their past opposition to Mr. Cobb, opposition characterized by charges, such as we have quoted, was based upon strictly party grouds. The Wilmot Proviso never was “strict ly” a party queston, nor the Oregon Bill with the Proviso attached. In dealing with the Proviso, and the question of slavery generally, there is no doubt that the Republican proposed, like its co temporaries, to rise “above party.” How then it can pretend that its denunciation of Cobb for his Proviso or Oregon vote, was opposition to him “upon strictly party grounds,” passes our compre hension. Besides, these charges, if true, (grant ing that the transactions out of which they grew were of a party character, which we deny.) are such as to make infamous the subject of them for all time. But what is the position of oor neighbors, even admitting their preposterous defence ? Why this. That in battling for the holiest of causes, (accor ding to them) the Union, they have selected as a leader in this “holy war” against secession, one who was utterly unworthy of support when the contest was between political parties—who has rendered himself odious not only to the Whigs but to the Democrats of the South, and of whom they have asserted, in view of his having voted “away our rights for a mess of pot age”—“Whigs at least can never vote for Cobb!” Well may we exclain. Oh Union, what in consistencies are perpetrated ino thy name ! Religious Revival: —A revival has been in uninterrupted progress for three or four weeks at the Methodist church in this city. The zealous pastor, with such ministerial assistance as he has been enabled to obtain, together with the mem bers of the church generally, have labored night and day in the great work which has been go ing on. Nothing like it has been witnessed for years in our midst. The large and commodious house is filled to overflowing whenever there is public worship, and scores of all ages and sexes nave gathered around the alter at each and every invitation. Upwards of one hundred have pro fessed conviction, and up to this time there ap pears no diminntion in the zeal of ministers or members, and no falling otf in the numbers that day and night seek the prayers of the pious.— Columbus Enqurier 1 Oth inst . Escaped from Jail. —On yesterday evening Denby, who has been confined in Jail at Deca tur, made his escape by getting behind the door, and when the Jailor entered with a pitcher of water, jumping out and locking the door upon him.—. Atlanta Republican , 11th inst. Noiseless Wheels — A new Invention. —ln this instance the invention consists in the application of a solid band of vulcanized Indian rubber over the iron tire of the wheel. The Indian rubber is held in its place by the tire having a raised rim on both sides, and by its own elasticity.— The band of an ordinary carriage wheel is about an inch to an inch and a half in thick ness, and, unless on close inspection, no difference from the common iron-shod wheel, is percepti ble. We have driven some distance in a car riage with the wheels so shod and were struck, not only with their noiselessness, but at the per fect smoothness of the motion—the wheels be ing, in fact, springs, and, by their elasticity, giv ing a lighter dr .ught than with the iron tire.— We have seen one set of the wheels which have ben driven 4,000 miles; they have here and there a trifling cut, but show no appearance of being worn out, and seem quite capable of another three or four thousand. An iron tire is generally worn out in 3,000 miles, so that the Indian rubber tire has so far proved itself the more lasting. It is certainly a great addition to the luxury of a car riage to have it run without jar or noise ; and it would be a universal comfort to have the streets of cities without the present incessant rattle of carriages, omnibuses, &c. —Scientific American. Postage on Newspapers. —Our attention has been called to a clause in the new Postage Bill, worded as follows: “ Subscribers to all periodicals shall be required to pay one quarter 1 s postage in advance ; in such rases I the postage shall be one half the foregoing rates P The “ foregoing rates” are five, ten, fifteen or j twenty cents per quarter for weekly papers, | within 50 miles, 300 miles, 1,000 miles, See. The question for solution, important alike to | publishers and subscribers, is this : Are newspa j pers “ periodicals ?” and are they included in this I provision ? Such is the apparent import of the | law; and there is nothing to militate against ! this construction, in the other sections. The 1 reason for a discount of one-half to pre-pay sub scribers, may have been, to secure certainty of payment and consequent increase of revenue. The provision cannot refer to magazines in I distinction from newspapers, for “ newspapers, pamphlets, periodicals and magazines,” are spo ken of in connection, in a preceding paragraph. If a newspaper is not a “periodical,” a magazine is not. Our great Lexicographer defines a peri odical to be “ a magazine or other publication tliat is published at stated or regular periods. Is not a newspaper, daily, weekly or monthly, thus published l Must not its subscribers, then, after July Ist, pay quarterly in advance, one-half the rates generally understood to be charged by the new law 1 Such appears to be the fact.—iV. Y. Journal of Commerce , June 5. Key West, June 9. Melancholy Accident with Loss of Life. —On Tuesday last, 3d inst., at about 4, P. M., as the crew of the British brig Sprightly,.were engaged in her hold, prying out heavy pieces of cast iron, belonging to the Light House now building at Sand Key, Capt. Anson, her Commander, wish ing to give some instructions, went into the hold; at the time they were endeavoring to handle one of the pieces of casting, when it started, striking him on the back part of his head, and jamming him against the side of the vessel. All efforts were made to extricate him. He was conveyed to Mr. Tift’s warehouse,where medical attendance was promptly brought thro' Doctors O’Hara hnd Jones. The poor man never spoke, although much bruised and suffering se verely. He died on the same evening about 7 P. M. He was buried on Wednesday afternoon, 4th inst., at SP. M. As a mark of respect, the flags of our shipping were at half-mast; also, those of the Custom House and Foreign Consuls, during the day. The Slave Rescue Trials. —At Boston, on Friday, the jury in the case of Scott, for the res cue of Shadrach, came in at half-past 9 o’clock, and stated that they still could not agree, when the court ordered them to be discharged, and an other jury empaneled at once to try the case of the negro Hayden, who is also an alleged res cuer. f Only nine jurors were obtained before the list was exhausted, a large number having been set aside for fears and scruples as to the constitution ality of the fugitive slave law. When the name of one of the jurors, John Stone, was called, it was announced to the court that he fell dead at his work-bench the previous afternoon. The court adjourned till Monday, to allow time to summon more jurymen . Cotton Blooms. —We were presented yester day by Mr. E. W. La Roche, with specimens of Cotton blooms from his plantation in Christ Church. Considering the backwardness of the season, the comparatively early show of blooms indicates rather a prematurity of the plant than an abundant yield. In fact,’the excessive dry ness of the season, which has stopped the growth of the plant, is the cause of the early development of the bloom,— Ch. Mercury. 12th inst. Duel. —An affair of honor came off yesterday on the opposite side of the Savannah river, be tween two gentlemen of this city. The wea pons were rifles—distance thirty paces. After an exchsnge of two shots, without injury to eith er party, upon the interference of friends, the dif ficulty was amicably adjusted, and the parties re turned to the city.— Sav. Georgian , 1 1th inst. AUGUSTA, GA. FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 13. For Governor. CHARLES J. MCDONALD. “Whigs, at Least, Can Never Vote for Cobb! ” So spake the Savannah Republican , not very many moons ago. The remark will be found in our columns to-day, embalmed in an extract from that paper of December 18th, 1849, which con tains more of grave accusation against him than can probably be found in any paragraph of the same length in a Southern paper against any Southern man now living. He is therein charged with being “ a Southern man with Northern prin ciples/”—with having, by his votes, rendered himself odious, “ not only to the Whigs , but to the Democrats, of the South' ’ /—with having betrayed our rights —with having “ voted away our rights for a mess of pottage ” / These, and other like terms of denunciation, were lavishly poured forth about that time by that paper, and other Whig papers in Georgia, upon the man whom they now sup port for the office of Governor. Mr. Cobb has never recanted a vote, an act, or a sentiment, since these denunciations were uttered. What he had done, still stands on the record a gainst him. What he was then, he is now. He is not less “a Southern man with Northern prin ciples 1 ’ now, than he was then. If he was capable of betraying our rights then—of voting them away for a mess of pottage—where is the evi dence that he is less capable of doing so now ? Yet, with these sins, unatoned for—unrecanted, and unrepented of—the same papers hold him up as worthy to be the Chief Magistrate of the State of Georgia. We commend the article of the Savannah Georgian , on this subject, which we publish to day, to the consideration both of Democrats and Whigs. We do not endorse these bitter denun ciations of the Hon. Howell Cobb as a traitor to the South, though we have no reason to admire his free soil leanings, or his consolidation and federal doctrines, or commend his conduct in helping to fasten that disgraceful juggle and cheat, the Compromise, upon us. But it is salu tary to show up these pliant tools of party— these facile sheets, that will one year denounce a man as “ a political trickster,” and a traitor to the South, and the next, praise him as the very in carnation of patriotism, and of fidelity to South ern interests. The praise and the censure of such papers will hereafter be set down at their true value. Their flippant abuse of that honorable gentleman and faithful son of the South, Charles J. McDon ald, will be regarded with mingled feelings of disgust and contempt. His old friends who have always known and honored him for his repub lican principles, and loved him for his private virtues, will rally around him, and honor and love him still. His new friends, who have been attracted to him by beholding him faithful among the faithless, in the hour of deep peril to the rights of the South, and to the principles of State Rights Republicanism, as proclaimed by Jeffer son, will be true to him as the exponent of their principles. Those principles, fiercely assailed as they were in ’9B and ’99, by federalists and con solidationists, are again as fiercely assailed in Georgia, by federalists and consolidationists, under a new name and organization. The triumph of the latter would be hailed as “glorious news” by the anti-slavery federalists of the entire North. They will hail it as the bowing down to an anti-slavery Government of the once proud State of Georgia, which, in the days of “Troup and the treaty,” claimed to be sovereign, with the right to interpose its sov ereignty against federal aggression. It will be hailed as an admission, on her part, that no such right exists. Georgia will belie her past .history as well as the fundamental princples of Ameri can liberty, if she elevates to the Executive Chair, a man who holds that the President can rightfully invade a sovereign State with the military and naval forces of the United States, to coerce her after she has formally interposed her sovereignty for the protection of her people. Hamilcar, Junior. We find the following proposition gravely submitted by a correspondent of the Charleston Mercury , signing himself “ South-Carolina' I'’: 1 '’: “ That the coming Anniversary of the De claration of Independence should be made use of by our young friends (boys from the age of nine years and upwards) to form Southern Rights As sociations, and to swear upon the altar of their country (I mean the South only) their devotion, eternal and never-dying hatred to our infamous ly aggressive, oppressive, and fanatical Govern ment, which, in its effects, has made free, sov ereign and independent States of a Confederacy but Colonies, from which they have long extract ed, for their own purposes, wealth, which, if fairly distributed, would have proved some pal liative to the exercise of powers never intended to be granted. I repeat, Messrs. Editors, let our boys, who will soon be men, do as the youthful Hannibal did, in regard to the Roman Republic: take a solemn oath to resist all enemies to the institutions of the South, to the end of their lives, with all their energies, all their strength, and all their means.” This looks like a deliberate attempt to take the wind out of the sails of the Hon. Robert Toombs. He it was who first suggested the idea of bring ing our Southern children to the altar, like Ham ilcar of old, “ and swearing them to eternal hos tility against the foul domination ” of our North ern — brethren ! We admire honest zeal so much that we can look leniently upon a little extravagance and in discretion. But notwithstanding the high au thority of Mr. Toombs, we would suggest, that there are few children at the South so precocious as was the young Hannibal, and that they might not, at the early age of nine, be able to appre ciate the full bearings of the oath recommended. Southern Rights Associations, which should em body the reason and matured judgment as well as the chivalry of the South, would suffer some abatement of respect and influence when com posed of such precocious materials. Arthur’s Library for the Household. This is the appropriate title of a series of neat little volumes, written by T. S. Arthur, a favor ite author. His productions do not aspire to the position of first class novels, but they are general ly entertaining, and inculcate a salutary moral. The tales in the series before us are : “ Women’s Trials;” “ The Two Wives;” “Married Life;” ‘ The Ways of Providence ;” and “ Home Influ ence.” Also, “ The Regicide's Daughter.” By IF. H. Car penter. The above are for sale by Richards & Son. Fugitive Slave Excitement in Chicago. The Chicago Journal of June 3d, contains the following in regard to a scene of considerable ex cite.ment, occasioned by the arrest of a colored man .claimed as a slave, by the agent for the al leged master, from the State of Missouri. Yesterday afternoon Deputy Marshall Barker arrested *t man named Moses Johnson, and con veyed hin tto the United States Court room, but in consequence of the prisoner not being pro vided with counsel, Mr. Barker postponed the ex amination unYil this morning. Meanwhile, the rumor of the arrest took wings, and a large nlumber of individuals, including many colored persons, gathered about the entrance, and much excitement prevailed, it being known that the Marshall had decided to retain the alleged fu gitive in the Saloon Building during the night, and that a suitable gum*d had been set over him. About half-past eigh.t o’clock the lower doors leading to the Saloon wore closed, and some at tempt was made to force them open, but the of ficers in charge prevented it, and no violence en sued. The Mayor and City Marshall, together with a number of the police,, as well as volun teers, were present to preserve order, and the pre vailing feeling seemed to be to- await the result of the legal examination. The trial commenced at 10 o’clock this morning in the IT. S. Court room, before the Commissioner, Georye W. Meeker, Esq. The court room was crowded to excess; hundreds were unable to obtain admittance. Mr. Manierre, on behalf of the defendant, raised the question of the jurisdiction of the court, and Mr. Peck was speaking when we left the court room. The finale of the matter we are unable to give, as the examination was not concluded when we went to press. Travellers’ Guide. We have received from Thomas Richards & Son, “ Williams 1 Travellers ’ and Tourists 1 Guide through the United States and Canada.” It is a very neat and complete work, pocket size. Ev ery tourist should have one. It is from the press of Lippincott, Grambo & Co., Philadelphia. Reviews and Magazines. We have received through Mr. Thos. Courtney* the agent for this city of Leonard, Scott & Co.’s republications, the April No. of the London Quar terly, and of the Edinburgh Reviews. And the | May No. of <Blackwood. Also by mail, the Southern Literary Messenger and Democratic Review for June. Mr. Webster’s Buffalo Speech. The New York Express makes the following corrections of a sentence in Mr. Webster’s great Buffalo speech. The telegraph, in the late report of Mr. Web ster’s speech, represented him to have said: “Gentlemen, I regret exceedingly that slavery exists in the Southhrn States, and that Congress has no power over it.” It is corrected thus: “Gentlemen, I regret extremely that slavery exists in Southen States, but Congress has no power to act upon it. It may be, however that in the dispensation of Providence, some remedy for this evil may occur, or may be hoped for here after. The sentence thus corrected for Southern cir culation is a decided improvement on all reports of it which we have seen in the Northern pa pers. The Collector of Customs at Havana has no tified the commercial community, that the laws and regulations of that department, which have been heretofore notoriousiy disregarded and eva ded, will henceforth be rigorously enforced. Shelton, one of the murderers of the Cosden family, was tried before Kent County (Md.) Court, last week, and convicted of murder in the first degree. [communicated] At a meeting held according to previous no tice on the 4th Monday at May at No 6. .Cen tral Railroad, Scriven county, it was resolved that C. W. Young take the Chair and J. B. Hayne act as Secretary. The Chair explained the purposes of the meet iug and continued in a masterly argument on the position of the various parties in Georgia. Col. J. L. Singelton also engaged the attention of the meeting in an able speech after which the following Resolutions were offered and unan imously adopted: Ist. Reoslved , That [Major Willis Young, of Scriven, be by acclamation nominated as aUan didate to represent the counties of Bulloch and Scriven in the Senate of Georgia. 2d. Resolved , That we regret that we are not met by Delegates from Bulloch county, but as they were invited and have failed to meet us, we presume that they agree with us in believing that Scriven is justly entitled to the Candidate this year, and their generous courtesy has declin ed to control the choice of Scriven in selecting that Candidate; but will accept the nomination of any worthy Southern Rights Candidate which we may tender. 3d. Resolved , That we earnestly and affection ately request our brethren of Bulloch, to sustain the nomination this day made, with that zealous fidelity which the truth and justice of our cause demands. 4th. Resolved , That so i\r from intending any unkindnass or disrespect to our friends in Bulloch, that we hereby declare that should we be noti fied by a meeting of the Southern Rights party alone of Bulloch county, that they are dissatis- i fied with the nomination here now made, that we will meet them in Convention at such time and place as they may designate, to make a final selection of a Candidate for the State Senate. sth. Resolved , That as the Delegates here as sembled, are alone from Scriven. the name of Mr. Ransom Rogers is respectfully recommend <*d as a suitable Candidate for the House of Rep resentatives, and that at Sylvania, on the fourth of July, is the time this nomination should be made. The following Resolutian was offered by Mr. R. Rogers and adopted: Resolved , That we recommend that at the meeting at Sylvania, whoever may be nominat ted, should be required to submit his views in writing to said meeting, touching the issues now before the people of Gergia, before said nomina tion be finally ratified. The Resolution following, was then offered by J. B, Hayne, which was adopted with unani mous applause: Resolved , That in the event South Carolina secedes from the Union of the North, and that the government of the majority should try .to in timidate her from her just right to do so. we the members composing this meeting do pledge our selves in the face of the world to support her cause if necessary with our rifles to the death. On motion. ’ Resolved , That the proceedings be published in the Augusta Republic, Savannah Georgian, Au gusta Constiutionalist and Central Georgian. On motion of W. Carr. Resolved , That the thanks of the meeting be returned to the Chairman and Secretcry. On motion, the meeting adjourned: ' C. W, YOUNG, Chairman. J. B. Hayne, Secretary. Boston, June 9. Daniel Webster recommended for the Presidency. —An addsess recommending Dan iel Webster for the Presidency was signed by many of our most influential men at the Ex change to-day. |ii J-tugnctif fflcgrajil). Reported for the Constitutionalist. Charleston, June 12—p. m. Cotton. —Sales to-day 700 bales. Sales of the week 3,500 bales at 6 1-4 to 10 cents. Qual ities under fair and fully fair have been neglect ed. Prices close one eighth to a quarter lower than last week. Fair and fully fair 9 3-4 to 10 cents. (Telegraphed for the Baltimore Sun.) Jenny Lind and Barnum—Firemen’s Procession. New York, June 9. By mutual arrangement to-day between Bar num and Jenny Lind, their engagement termi nates with to-night's concert. Miss Lind will carry out Bam urn’s arrangements here and give the two concerts advertised. It is her intention to give concerts in several parts of the country on her own account. Barnum contemplates go ing to the World’s Fair in the steamer North America, which leaves New York for Galway on the 17 th, and will be accompanied by Legrand Smith. Jenny Lind’s concert to-night is crowded to overflowing: Three hundred thousand dollars in specie were taken out to-day to Bermuda, London and Havre. The Merlin, for St. Thomas, took out $120,000. The fireman’s procession was attended to-day by seventy companies, and everything passed off satisfactorily. The Washington Telegraph of yesterday after noon has the following paragraph: Important Arrest. —Benjamin F. Brown, a few years since a respectable and reputable offi cer in one of tbe public departments of the U. S. Government, and afterwards a candidate before the House of Representatives for the office of Doorkeeper, has been arrested aval brought to this city, where he is now in jail, in default, we believe, of $20,000 bail, charged with a fraud committed upon the General Land Office by means of forgery. Cincinnati, June 6 —lo-12 P. M. A great flood has occurred in the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers, destroying property to an incalculable amount. A large portion of Fort Winnebago is inundated and several flouring mills at Peru have been carried away. The Burling ton, lowa, Gazette states that the tributaries of the Mississippi are greatly swollen, and much damage done in the vicinity. The river is with in eighteen inches of the great flood of 1844. At Hannibal, Mo. the river is rising rapidly, and the country for fifty miles in length, and six in breadth is inundated. The U. S. mail steamers of the Collins’ Line have achieved a series of triumphs of which the whole Union may justly be proud. Four passages of the Pacific across the Atlantic have been per formed in a shorter time than has ever yet been achieved by any other steamer. They were as follows: TIME FROM WHARF TO WHARF. October, 1850, 10 days, 4 hours. 45 min. April, 1851, 9 u ‘ '2O “ 15 “ May, 1851, 10 “ u 12 “ June, 1851, 10 “ 2 “ “ On the 61h instant, w hen the Pacific "was ap proaching New-York, her passengers assembled in the saloon and passed resolutions expressive of their high satisfaction with the ship, her com mander, accommodations, &c.— Balt. Am. For California. —A party of twenty whites, and five servants, on their way to California, ar rived in this city yesterday, and put up at the Merchant’s Hotel. They are to be joined by an other company, to-day, of three whites and four servants, making in all thirty-two. Those emigrants to the golden regions are, we understand, from North Carolina. They carry besides eight negroes with them, and seem quite willing to test their fidelity in this land of free soil principles. We wish them success in their undertaking, and hope that they may not be dis appointed in their anticipations. They take their departure from our city, in the Isabel, on Sunday next, going by the w T ay of the Isthmus. — Ch. Sun. The Crops in Maryland. —The Catoctin Whig says: ‘‘Throughout all Middletown valley w r e have the most cheering accounts of the crops—the wheat, rye, corn, &c., never before looked so pro mising for and abundaut yield as at the present season.” The Frederick Citizen says: “Not 'within our recollection has the wheat crop, at this season, promised so fine a yield in this county.” The perfection which our Ocean steamers have attained is evinced in the remarkable regularity' with which Collin’s line perform their voyages I across the Atlantic. These vessels leave New' I York and Liverpool every alternate Saturday ; from one port and Wednesday from the other— | intervals of ten days. The voyage is now made in those ten days with such ferry-boat punctuality that w r e find, during several recent trips, one steamer arriving from Liverpool on the very day that her consort is departing from New York.— Thus, on Saturday, the 24th ult., the Baltic com ing into port met the Arctic going out, and on Saturday last, the Pacific arrived as the Baltic was departing. About half-past 12 o’clock on Saturday, a gentleman in this city, impatient for his foreign correspondence, telegraphed Mr. Col lins, “it is time the Pacific had arrived.”— Half an hour afterw'ards he received a reply', “she is now coming up the Bay.”— Nat. Intelligencer. Livingston, (Ala.) June 7. The crops in this part of the country are great ly W'anting rain. The Cotton plant is unusually small for this season of the year, but looks heal i thy, and promises pretty w'ell, should the season | be entirely favorable, to yield something near a fair crop. Corn is suffering, and the probability is we shall have a light crop.— Standard. (Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier.) Baltimore, June 11. The intelligence brought by the America has not been fully digested in the New-York market to-day, and consequently only small sales of Cot ton w r ere effected at previous rates. Terry and Saunders w'ho were engaged in the street fight at Lynchburg the other day, are both dead. O. C. Tiffany, an eminent merchant in Balti more, died last night. Columbia, June 11—11 P. M. A better feeling pervaded the Cotton market to-day, but there was no supply, and only one lot w r as sold, at 8 5-8 for middling. The following extract from a letter of an intel ligent planter in Florida, gives indeed a very' gloomy' account of the prospects of the crops in that region. We have frequent accounts of the unpromising condition and prospects of the grow ing crops, many of which may have been put forth through the press from interested motives. In this instance, however, the writer had no de sire or expectation that his opinions w'ould find their w'ay to the public; but, being as we are sure, entirely authentic and reliable, we selected the extract for the information of all concerned: “Belair, Fla., 4th June, 1851. # # # # “ I have never known such an .unfavorable season for Cotton as the present— from a cold spring—next washing rains—then grass-hoppers and cut w'orms, and now' Irom a very severe drought. This complaint is not con fined to us alone; but on the contrary, 1 firmly believe is universal in this State. Indeed I have very' dreadful accounts from most of South-West ern Georgia, and shall not be surprised if the crop of 1851 shall prove as great a failure as has been know'n for several years past.*’ [Sav. Republican , l lth inst.