The weekly Georgia constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1851, July 09, 1851, Image 1
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Georgia Cotton Goods Abroad.
■L ' We noticed the other day, the increasing qunn
''tity of Georgia Manufactured Colton Goods fiud-
I their way, through Savannah, to the Northern
markets, for sale, but we had no idea tW:ii' repu
tation had reached the Biitish Colonies, and that
Georgia manufactured Sheetings Shirtings
were of such high repute in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
A friend has loaned us a file of the Halifax Sun.
which wc copy t lie following ad \ erli.si'mon!.
speaks for itself.
■■ Cottons, hiukct n:mi Gkoruia.—Landing
Httnis day. from brig A returns— bales Brown Shift
■jtgs and Shirtings, extra heavy, and warranted
to any other manufactured Cottons at
Hresarne price. Merchants are invited to ex-
the same at tin* store of If A. HUNT,
■b: Norloeru m.mulart me s plain Ion.!I \
losing business they am .'i.gaged in. and
wf, .■*•»— ... b. . . i u r
less* • this season in do fits and cents.
IB|V 'lit cot L.IU
.' ,u to sonic otflßoraneh more pro
! icv have had much experience. and
.o In loitering care of the Govern
, mum rof years, hut still they arc cry-
r moi" protection, to enable them to
with the cheap labor of Europe. The
the poor degraded South, just in her
• } m the niaiiufacluriiig line, finds a ready
• i,.r ali site can produce, not only at home and
t: • Northern nunkels, hut even in the markets
■4i in greatest compel it or the North has. Why
Vhis ? The reason is plain enough. The goods
[ manufactured at the Soutli are made of cotton
which a* the North and in Europe is used lor more
expensive goods, and as a matter of Bourse me |
j'-aB- much better and heavier than the-same kind of
goods maiiiuaciHied abroad; and meet with ready
sale even in tlieir own markets. The South asPs
Bjor no protection,for she needs none. Her resources
|B-c not confined to manufacturing cotton, and
HR-hen she finds it a losing business, she will turn
attention to something else that will pay.—
he South asks r,o favors of the North nor ol
Britain. All she desires is, Free Trade.
markets to buy and sell in.
opinion is, that the day i> not far distant.
Scut h cvmtinu - to .-how t lie same submi-
JjiposiJjUJn she lias lately exhibited, lor the
lorious Union, and continues to in-
her manufactories.) when the North, the
Hnagnanimons North, wiii ask protection of the
Government against the South, because
piiHlucts result from that great omination,
labor, which it is not only degrading, but
inconvenient for the North to con
tend against. *
Webster’s Buffalo Speech.
H Why do not the Southern allies of Mr. Web
ster publish this sjieech ? It has been now’ more
than one month since it was delivered, and it
has been published in pamphlet form, revised and
and sent to the Southern cities. We
of its having reached Savannaht
jr %°k\ press of Georgia will,
publish it, VS’^ if l ce promised to do
so.
What is the matter. Gentlemen t Is not Mr.
B Webster the acknowledged leader of North-
K lish his anti-slavery
. V *J <
¥ Complimentary.
ni- caption. tin* Columbus Times thus
up- m the South-rn Banner, which accepts
•..eiitary to Mr. Cobb, the remark that
may. in a considerable degree, be
■ ’!••• impression upon us of the Com-
' legislation which insulted the
- up tin■ bonds of fraternity between
ilk **i *iu•. and fore ver destroyed the
|K tin*, slave States in the cont'edcra
■ESXßust the positive protest and firm
■pfiaorgia Representatives, with Cobb
■ it is now historically true, that the
K 1 not nave dared to force that ilifa
■ a
proceeds:
■B' calls our remarks of Gth inst.
in
more of the same sort
m {jaaEgai&Jl 1 1 • ami hiseditotial friend.
I We sjioke of 'dr. Cobb's
and di’iioiinced bis
' liii' "Ban:;. swallow s
influx along with
it. —11"
./.j|®jsTlii'. I. m a
i .«fu •
® jsßk
in it. You could at least, have protested against
it, but you encouraged it. And now, you are
before the people, arraigned and on trial for a
treason to your constituents which you can only
palliate and defend by treason to your principles.
Yon have in Congress trampled on the rights of
equality of the Slave States and you now in your
pleas before the people, trample under foot the
great principles of State flights in which you
have been reared, and for maintaining which
you owe all your honors from the people of Geor
gia. If the people sustain that man in this trial,
they offer a premium in advance, to their public
servants to betray them in all time to come.
They may he willing to accept the "treason" hut
will thej* honor the traitor?"—The may agree to
put up with the compromise, rather than try the
uncertain and unexplored paths of separation—
hut will they applaud the Southern man who
took that compromise—not as a necessity—not
as pis allcr. but as a choice, and as settlement, just
and honorable to the South? God forbid that
G#>rgia should so debase herself before mankind.
His fate should be certain, and the popular ver
dict on hit. infidelity as inexorable, as his pun
ishment and example should he terrible.—And
now we false issue with the Banner and deny
toto coin, thatk the Compromise measures have
been sustained by the people of Georgia. The
people took ifliem under duress —they took them,
because they felt;'for the moment —and it was a
moment of panic—-that it was better to acquiesce
in them jfian to incur the hazards of resistance
No aWir party dared
defend Thern they; totajjiy m the canvass for the
Conv> h«|nri'«i|ptadriiitted. (while doing
jIWHMJir '_’.f was a hard bar
“ain. IwSaTlplff%jy|»(p r’Tfif Uu -
ion, it should In raliliw!; And the crowning
proof is. Jiat lb j December Convention itself, ad
mitted that theJCompromise was not fair and
just to the Sotil/i, and that in consenting to stand
by it,they had reached the last point of endurance;
a nit that • the next aggression would be'the
‘•feather to break the camel’s hack.’’ 111 the face
of this, the organ of the Clay Compromise candi
date, tells u ■ that Georgia has sustained, the Com
promise, and of course ought to sustain the Com
promiser! Let him ‘stand or fall by the Com
promise;' we accept the Banner's banter: If it
has given peace to a distracted country, if it has
quelled the heavings of abolition fury, if it has
healed the sores ol'sectional antipaty hand antag
onism; if it has stopped one breach in a riddled
constitution, if it has done aught but to magnify
all the evils, and, aggravate all the distempers of
the times, then, we say too, honor Mr. Cobb.
But if it has done none of these things and has
only weakened the South, morally and territo
rially, and rendered it more exposed to future ag
gressions, then we say away with him!
What u position does ho occupy before the
people of a Southern State! First actively
engaged jn patching up a dishonorable adjust
ment in Congress; and then coming home to ad
vocate the use of powder and ball to force it down
the throats of an outraged manhood. We appeal
to the ballot box for a verdict of stern justice on
the offender.
Docs Might Make Eight,
The Southern Banner complains of us that we
represent it as maintaining that a State has not
the rigid to secede from the Union even “in case
of deliberate, palpable, and dangerous infrac
tions of the Constitution by the Federal Gov
ernment.” As we published its entire editorial
from which we deduced this position, it cannot
suffer any injustice at our hands. The Banner
admits this right, in the case stated: but at the
same time asserts that the Federal Govern
ment has also the right to prevent a State from
seceding by a resort to the sword. How then,
can il he. that a State has this right, if the Fed
eral Government has also the right to deny and
to take away the right ? Is not the admission of
the right to the latter, virtually, practically and
absolutely the denial of it to the former? The
admission, that the Federal Government can
rightfully draw the sword upon a sending State,
and coerce her back into the Union—a Union
that may have become hateful to her from its
oppressions—is the assertion, that a State, by
seceding, is in the wrong, and is justly liable to
subjugation, by fire and sword. It would make
the 1. Vr’3 iovenunent—the mere creature
and agent 01 ,V jjtitcs—Uwt which Mr, Jeffer
son, and all tho\y<e Rights Republicans of his
'day so* much deprecated, an absolute Govern
ment—iisowii discretion, and not the Constitu
tion, the measure of its powers.
If the Southern States indorse this monstrous <
doctrine, that the Federal Government has the s
right, under any circumstances, to turn its arms i
against a sovereign State, and crush it, and tram
ple it down, as remorselessly as it would a rebel
lious mob, then it is an absurdity and a farce to
talk of this Union being a confederacy of free
and sovereign States—the pettiest of German
principalities have, in comparison, more of real
independence and respectability, and the people
thereof hold their liberties by stronger muni
msid for what could our State do in opposi
ng. to the jiower of thirty, wielded by an Exec
utive and a Congress to whom the Banner con
cedes the right to use it for the subjugation of the
seceding State.
We have done the Editor of the Banner no in
justice in presenting his position as we have
done. ]t is he, and Mr. Cobh, whom he sup
ports, who have done gross injustice to State
Rights and State sovereignty, by admitting that
the Federal Government could thus make war
upon a Stale without committing an outrage. a f
The State Rights doctrine is. that it
an outrage that should arouse everv State inJH9
Union to interpose its solemn protest, and. fIN
cessary. its forcible interference to protect
ceding State, "
Now Books.
Tin Sivii Pat avi xr llistoriaru.u Liuri, i., n.,
XXI., XXII. Zumpt.
School Dictionary or tiie Latin Language.
By Dr. Kaltschmidt. In two parts—l. Latin-
English. 11. Eng/is/t-Latin. Belonging to
the Classical Series. Edited by Drs. Schmidt
it Zumpt, and published by Lea A Blanchard,
Philadelphia.
The above works have been laid upon our ta
ble by Messrs. Thos. Richards & Son, and we
take pleasure in recommending them as a valua
cle contribution to our School Libraries. They
are well got up, and are of a very convenient
size for the student’s use. We are glad to per
ceive. irom time to time, amongst the numbers of
educational works pouring from the press, such
works as these, of sterling merit, and practical
ability. This edition of u Livy” is supplied with
good and notes, and maps of the coun
try where h'jtoTjis recorded. The Dictionaries
esj ie (ially acceptable to the Tyro
i "iuieimm-: vJ au gi igi'. giving not only copious
definitions of worm* hut also their etymology,
and their use in phrases and idioms. They have
been adopted in some of the most prominent
schools in the Union. We hope to see them
brought into general use in our academies and
schools. Also.
llkna ; or, Tiie Snow Bird. By Caroline Lea
Ilentz. *
The Filibusters. —Although the intended
descent on the Island of Cuba was recently pre
vented by the watchfulness of the U. S. authori
ties, there are indications that the project is not
given up—merely delayed until a more conve-j
nient opportunity. We learn that the steamboat
Monmouth left Pensacola on the evening of the
22d, on her way to St. Marks and Apalachicola,
A corespondent writing from Pensacola, ori the
23d. says:
l 'F.Hire nous, I have not the least doubt but
that the Monmouth is laden with provisions and
armament* for the Filibusters,'and the same to
be landed somewhere on our coast. E. Z. C.
Judsori, alias Ned.Buntline, was on board, and
seemed to have a good deal to say, and a suffi
ciency to make me remain in my belief. We
shall see.”— N. O. Trm Delta.
The Central Georgian says: ‘‘We have a ru
mor that Capt. Conner, the absconding Postmas
■ ter of Macon, has been captured somewhere in
Ohio, and is in the hands of officers to Ire return
ed to this State.”
, Corn and Oats. —The Cecil (Md.) Whig of
Saturday, says: “Our season, until within a
■cold, and there was
h ult. The conse- !
ire unpromising.—
f either in Cecil. —
l although J uly and
much for the corn,
nd too badly to pro
id.”
Cuba. —The Savan
hat a dispatch was
y from |Count Vel-
j leneuvo, Intendente General of Cuba, now in
j New York, directing that the letters which be
j had placed on board of the steamer Alabama,
j should be taken oft'and placed on board the Isa
j bel for Havana. The Alabama,however, did not
arrive in time to have the letters placed on the
I Isabel, which steamer did not arrive at the bar
I until <3 o’clock in the afternoon.
Granite Mill Flour.
We have been presented with a bag of supe
rior Flour from this Mill, ground from new Geor
gia Wheat, which, for color and sweetness, will
compare with any Hour ever brought to this
market. We are gratified to learn that this Mill
is now in full operation, anil that the proprietors
find no difficulty in disposing of its products.
Their best brands readily bring in this market
$7 1-2 to §8 per bbl. Success to them.
The city councils or St. Louis have passed an
ordinance making a subscription of $200,000 to
the Jeffersonville and Columbus Railroad, and
$1,000,000 to the Louisville and Nashville Rail
road, as toon as the company is organized. They
also appropriated sLoj}.o for the survey of the
Nashville route. The ordinance was to be submit
ted to the citizens within sixty days, and, it is said,
will lie approved by a large majority.
JcpciE Leiui'KiN.—At -he recent commence
rpo“4 o*’ ston -C.lfiegc, the
trf L. L. D., was conferred upon Hon. Joseph
Henry Lumpkin, of the Supreme Court of Geor
gia.
Rhode Island.— The Legislature of Rhode
Island at its recent session at Newport, passed a
law requiring voters from and after Ist January
18-32, to enclose their ballots at all elections in
self-sealing envelopes, (which are to be furnish
ed beforehand, for their use, by the Secretary of
State, through the clerk of every town and city
in Rhode Island.) The ballot boxes are to be
opencly exhibited before the voting commences,
and each voter, upon offering his ballot duly en
closed in an envelope, is required to announce
his name so that it may be checked upon the
voting lists. The “open ballot" system has
* heretofore been in use, each voter endorsing his
own name upon the ballot.
The Washington Union denounces the Penn
sylvania Whig State Convention, and calls upon
the Administration papers to let the people know
whether they favor the election of Gov. Johnston
as by his speech he appears to be both an aboli
tionist and disunionist.
“The Philadelphia Pennsylvanian makes the
most of the incidents at Lancaster. We quote:
The line of detnarkation is now drawn be
tween the two great parties in this State, and
we enter into the contest assured of an honora
ble and a commanding victory. The issue is,
Bigler, the Constitution, the Compromise, and
the rights of the States, vs. Johnston, Sectional
ism, Free Soilism, and hostility to the solemn
behests of the Constitution. What white’ man
will hesitate between the two alternatives!"
Mr. Buchanan seems to be carrying a decided
majority of his Party in Pennsylvania. The
Westmoreland Convention (strong Deni. Co.)
unanimously nominating him.
The Lycoming Gazette says, that in the recent
Judicial Convention, out of 134 delegates, not
over 33 were unfavorable to Buchanan's nomina
tion for the Presidency.
The Prospect.
From every portion of the State (says the
Federal Union) the intelligence reaches us. that
the friends of republican principles, of the Rights
of the States and of the South, are rallying to
the standard of Chas. J. McDonald. The peo
ple cannot appreciate a coaliation, the design of
which is, after Mr. Cobb had rendered himseli
odious to a portion of bis party on account of las
r*f !v: j V,C
made Governor by the friends of Toombs and
Siypbens, on the consideration that-U- with his
friends, should make Stephens Senator. The
people are beginning to understand the game>
and are refusing to ratify the contract—to play
second fiddle to these tricksters—to be transfer
red like sheep in the shambles, at their bidding.
At their piping, they have danced once to the
“Union" tune, but now understand the “masked
battery.’’
Mr. Cobb and Alexander Hamilton.
11 would seem that Mr. Cobb has been an apt
scholar since he attached himself to the federal
school. He denies the right of secession. Alexan
der Hamilton, the early teacher of that school,
it now turns out, actually wrote the form for the
ratification-, by New York, of the constitution
in which ratification she expressly reserved the
right of secession, whenever she may deem it neces
sary for her welfare.
We clip the following from the Southern
Press of the 24tli ult.
W e commend to the disciples of abject submis
sion a developement in the volume recently pub
lished of Alexander Hamilton’s writings. It is
there distinctly declared that he himself drew
the limn of
Jar < 1
11: A 1.1
' ah' .'it t i»i* 1 of tv.
- ,-lai isli >1 vie
she will endure until her
suft'enmP^eimendurable —she substantially re
serves the right of seceding at pleasure.
Failure in New York. —We learn from the
Boston Times, that the old-established house of
E. D. Hurlbut & Co., New York, engaged in the
Southern trade, has suspended. This is owing
to heavy advances on cotton, shipped to Europe
Mrs. Mowatt. —Niblo, it is said, has engaged
Mrs. Mowatt to jrlay eighteen nights at hi*
Theatre in New York for SIOO per night. The
lady is expected to arrived from Europe in the
course of another fortnight.
The Michigan Railroad Conspiracy. —The
trial of Dr. Abel Fitch, the chief of the Michigan
conspirators, is progressing slowly. The testimo
ny is of the most positive character, but it is the
testimony of those who were concerned in the
conspiracy. Fitch is a man of considerable in
fluence, and has heretofore sustained a fair char
acter, which will probably have its influence
with the jury, against the class of witnesses who
are brought forward to testify against him. The
trial has now been going on lor more than twen
ty days, and exposes one of the most villainous
conspiracies ever known. It is doubtful, how
ever, if any of. the parties implicated will be con
victed.
Mrs. Bloomer edifies the readers of the New
York Tribune with a long communication in fa
vor of the new dress. If she wants folks to read
her arguments she should be more careful that
her communications resemble her skirts, in point
of length. Who wants to read a column or two
about petitieoats, this warm weather ?
The Bank of Hamburg has declared a dividend
of Four Dollars per share (of SSO) out of the pro
fits of the last six months.
Queen V ictoria and the Olive Tree.—A
correspondent of the English Family Herald
says, that alter her Majesty Queen Victoria came
to the throne, a present was sent to her, from Je
rusalem, of an olive tree. It was shipped at
Beyrout, kept on deck, and appeared to die on
the passage. In that state it was intrusted to
the gardener. On the day of the coronation,
this young olive tree put forth twelve blossoms.
The correspondent concludes from this, that the
twelve tribes of Israel will be gathered in Vic
toria’s reign! The ingenious editor adds, that
some less theological and more genealogical seer
might infer, that her Majesty would have twelve
children!
To Lovers. —The Hornets Nest says: “We
promise to tell any one who will unriddle the
following, where he may obtain a sweet-lieart.”
Jl Problem. —A witty young gentleman living
with a rich farmer, fell in love with his daughter.
On hearing of this he said to the young man that
there were three gates between his house and his
orchard, and that if he would go to the orchard
and get a number of apples and leave half he had
and half an apple over, at the first gate; and half
he had left and half an apple over at the second
gate; and half he had and naif an apple over, at
the third gate, and bring one to him without cut-'
ting an apple, he might have his daughter. I
wish to know how many apples he had left at
each gate and the numlier of apples.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 9, 1851
II —* n .*«■<?^rvT*jer^ir,-sxr
of the Constitutionalist .]
Elbert County, June 24, 1851.
Mr. Gardner It was a happy nomination,
that of McDonald—and that of Cobb equally
happy, for us. I have conversed with 10 or 1 2
influential Whigs, and notone will support Cobb
and they are of the Constitutional Union par
ty. by name, or rather have been —but are South
ern Rights at heart, and want to corne to us, as
is the case with thousands who were taken in
at the last election—and we rather let the elec
tion for members to Convention go by default.
In the then attitude by the adroit use of the
“ masked Battery we were beaten. But, now,
the circumstances are changed. e tall back
on State Rights and the old Republican doctrines
of ’9B and ’99, so ably expounded in the Ken
tucky and Virginia Resolutions.
I am delighted to see that youjhave the enemy
on your hip. Give them gall. You touch them
under the fifth rib when you truly accuse them
of Federalism!
I am pleased that the great unshot, Cobb’s
mouth-piece, shows his hand so plainly. He
speaks by authority. By-the-bye, in all the va
rious accounts of Jane Young and the unshoe,
who was so willing to lay down his life as
rifice on the altar of submission, I have never
seen it alluded te, that His (the Great unassassi-
s) house was urjjgrded by men L.
many nights after the arrest of Jane. There are
three things on the subject of which he is a
monomaniac. They are—lst, Jane Young, the
Agent of South-Carolina, employed to kill him
off, and then the victory would be '•asy over his
party. 2J, The sublime destiny that awaits Howell
Cobb as certain ! ‘‘ as the progress of events .”
And lid, The great wealth and distinction that
awaits the Southern Banner, when invited to Wash
ington to be the mouth-piece of Cobb's Admin
istration, &c. &c.
You open the campaign in beautiful style, and
with great ability. Federalists are the only ones
who can, and do, deny the right of secession If
the States were sovereignties, the right follows
as a matter of course. Yours, truly.
Southern Rights Meeting in Scriven.
According to previous notice, on the 28th of
June, the Southern Rights Party in the vicinity
of Mobley's Pond, assembled at the store of
Roberts & Oliver—and, on motion of Maj. Mims.
J. R. Paris, Esq., was called to the Chair, and
Dr. R. W. Oliver, requested to act as Secretary.
Mr. Paris, on taking the Chair, explained the
object of the meeting in a few, but very impres
sive remarks.
Dr. J. H. Oliver then moved that a Committee
of Three be appointed by the Chair, to appoint
four suitable delegates to meet in Convention, on
the 4th of July, at Sylvania, to nominate a suit
able candidate to represent the county of Scriven
in the next Legislature of Georgia.
The Chair then appointed A. 11. Baxley, W.
D. Campbell,and M. D. Oliver, that Committee.
The Committee then retired, and after a short
absence, reported the following names as dele
gates : T. W. Oliver, M. D. Oliver, B. R. Mims,
and J. R. Harris.
On motion of B. R. Mims, Esq.—
Resolved, That we recommend W. W. Oliver
as a suitable candidate to represent us in the
next Legislature.
Dr. Mims then introduced the following re
solutions, which were adopted:
Resolved, That our delegates be instructed to
vote lor no candidate in the nomination on the
4th of July, who is opposed to immediate State
action.
Resolved, That we approve of the proceedings
of the meeting at No. 6, Central Rail-Road, on
the Ith of May, in the nomination of Maj. Wil
lis Young, to represent the counties of Scriven
and Bullock in the Senate of Georgia.
Resolved, That we consider the Clay Comp: i- ,
mine in.-tt-Mich unfair. iPiiwrot, nrrd
that we Van see no reason why we should waif
for further federal encroachments,
t Resolved, That the States are sovereign, and
that the General Government is one of limited
powers; and that should South-Carolina secede,
and the General Government attempt to coerce,
by the force of arms, we pledge our aid to the
brave Palmetto State.
Resolved, That Col. Joseph W. Jackson’s let
ter of acceptance breathes a spirit of submission
to the Clay adjustment measures, and we cannot
support his election.
On motion of T. W. Oliver, Esq.—
Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting be
tendered to the Chairman and Secretary.
Which was also adopted.
On motion— Resolved, That the proceedings of
this meeting be published in the Constitutionalist
and Republic, Augusta, and the Georgian, Sa
vannah.
J. R. PARIS, Chairman.
R. W. Oliver, Secretary.
Southern Rights Senatorial Convention.
A large and enthusiastic meeting of the South
ern Rights Party of Lincoln and Wilkes, assem
bled at Rehoboth, on Saturday, the 28th ultimo,
to nominate a candidate to represent the people
of this district in the next General Assembly.
On motion of L. J. Gartrell, Esq., the Conven
tion was organized by the appointment of Col.
Charles L. Bolton and Francis F. Flemming,
Esq., Chairmen—and, on motion of Dr. John
Wilkes, of Lincoln, George S. Chenault, was re
quested to act as Secretary.
Mr. Gibson Collins offered a resolution that a
Committee of Ten (live from each county) be
appointed to report suitable business for the ac
tion of the Convention, which resolution being
adopted, the Chairman appointed the following
gentlemen—to wit: Dr. John Wilkes, Col. Ben
jamin W. Heard, Gibson Collins, L. J. Gartiell,
Adam Harnesberger, Henry F. Mercier, Wil
liam D. Holliday, Thos. P. Burdett, Peyton W.
Norman, and John Tatom, Esqs.
On motion of Thomas P. Burdett, Esq., the
Chairmen of the Convention were added to the
Committee.
After a short consultation the Committee re
ported the following resolutions, which were
enthusiastically received and unanimously a
dopted:
Resolved, That this Convention, reflecting the
unanimous sentiment of the Southern Rights
Party of Lincoln and Wilkes, do now nominate,
by acclamation, our esteemed fellow-citizen, N.
G. Barksdale, Esq., as a candidate to represent
the people of this Senatorial District in the next
General Assembly.
Resolved, That the Southern Rights Party of
Lincoln and Wilkes, hail with entire satislac
tion, the nomination of that sterling Republican,
Charles J. McDonald, as the Southern Rights
candidate for Governor, and that we will use
our best efforts to secure his election.
The Chairman, upon motion, appointed the
following gentlemen as a committee to wait
upon Judge Barksdale, and notify him of and
request his acceptance of the same—to wit:
Dr. Wm. Jordan, Mosely Hawes, John C.
Fanning, F.theldred B. Ross, Milton G. Robert,
William D. Walton, Wyche S. Jackson, J. L.
Zellars, Richard T. Walton, and Alex. Gullat,
Esqs.
On motion of Dr. Wilkes, the proceedings of
this Convention were ordered to be published in
the Auguste Constitutionalist and Republic.
The Convention then adjourned, and partook
of a sumptuous dinner, furnished by the citizens
in the neighborhood of Rehoboth.
CHAS L. BOLTON, 1 chairmen
FRAN. F. FLEMMINp,) Chairmen.
Gf.orge S. Chenault, SecjSj^ary.
Meeting of the Burke CojuitY Southern Rihghts
Waynesboro. July 1, 1851.
The Burke County Southern Rights Republi
can Association convened to-day. according to
adjournment, Maj. Jno. C. Poythress in the
Chair. A letter was read from the Jefferson
County vigilance committee, suggesting Davis’
Spring, and the 16th inst., as a suitable time and
place for meeting delegates from Burke, to ap
point a candidate for the 9th Senatorial district.
It was resolved that the place suggested be adop
ted, but that, whith the consertt ot the party in
Jefferson, the time be changed to the first Satur
day in August.
On motion of M. D. Jones, Esq., resolved,
That the district meetings for the appointment
of delegates to the above Convention be reques
ted to inform the President of this Association
of the gentlemen so selected, and that in the
event of any district failing to select such dele
gates, the President oall a meeting on the 22d
inst. to supply the omission.
On motion of Col. A. J. Lawson,
Resolved, That the Southern Rights Party of
Burke are hereby particularly requested to at-
te id, thralled meeting on the22d inst. to nom
inate candidates for the State Legislature.
A package of papers received from W. B. Davis
of Wilmifigton. N. C., were referred for exami
nation ton special committee, consisting of Jno.
J. Jon< MM. D. Jones and Dr. E. .1. Carter. Dr.
E. J. Causer proposed Mr. Davis as an honorary
member rs the society, and he was unanimously (
accepted.!
*mnt and Quintilian Skrino were (
mmittee to confer with the Jefibr
lilance committee, with regard to
tie givev to the delegates to the
District Convention. ,
lyf proceedings of this days' (
Wished in the Augusta Southern (
ng adjourned until the Q2d.
j * JNO. C. POYTHRESS, Pres.
J.xt. R. Sturges, Sec.
4-i ~ s '“ the Savannah Georgian. J
Abuse of Mr. Cobb.
We \iji.l make one other remark. The pa- 1
pers oppoj J' to Mr JJobb seem to vie with each
other in h tuping upon L'rn the coarsest kind of
abuse. ,r —ri>'puliliam. *
What/K' have to say in reply A the se- 1
verest charges against Mr. Cobb which wo have ’
ever seen-v-charges wjiieh, if true, show him ut
terly uav c thy of tie meaues* ■ot to say 1
j“gt office i|, S, 1 ? '* people, were nuur* y l .
the Say ax:- u RsfUUX.’ • f
It wan <4 'i view of lub so bitierly de-
Qy ricecuk li*L. 48121 vlw to <• \ -
claim. “ iVWars at least can never vote for Cobh !
We add, if these charges are well founded, no pa
triot of either party ever ought to support him.—
We give a few of them:
From the So. jnvnh RejoiMican, December 28, 1849.
“We cannot approve of Mr. Cobb’s political
course towards .he South, and have no confidence
in him but as a political trickster.'’
From the Sin.annuh Republican. December 18, 1819. ,
“ We thought we had of late shown, sufficient
ly from the records, that Coins, had by his votes
rendered himself odious not only to the Whigs,
but to the Democrats oi the South, and we are i
surprised that the organ here, after what has pass- i
ed should have entertained a hope much less ex
pressed a wish that the Whigs should have sup
ported Conn. Poor abused, despised Whigs of
Georgia—in their extremity our assailants cast a i
wishful eye towards us to help them to elect the
man who wsc willing to, and did. vote away ]
their rights for a mess of pottage.—No ! Whigs, i
AT LEAST, CAN NEVER VOTE FOR CoBB. We have i
the records of the country, and the testimony of i
Wilmot himself, to prove that Wintiirop’s po- 1
sition towards the South is not more inimical 1
than Conn's. No matter what may have been ’
Winthkof's course towards the South, it is i
enough lor the Whigs of Georgia to know, that t
Cobb Has betrayed our Rights, and they were i
right in casting their votes for Gentry if they '
could not vote for Winthrop. The Whigs have (
had enough of “ Northern men with Southern s
Principles ' —we want no Southern men with i
Northern principles. 1
From the Savannah Republican. December 25, 1849. *
Mr. WiNTiipop is abused by Southern Demo
crats, because lie voted lor the Wilmot Proviso, ,
&c.. &c., and how stands Cobb upon this ques- j
tion. Let the records speak. In the House of
Representatives the Bill for establishing a Ter
ritorial Government for Oregon came up for con- ,
sideration. This Bill container! the Wilmot Pro- j
viso. Mr. Burt, of S. C., offered an amendment, ,
as a condition fir its passage, that it was North of
the Missouri Compromise line!!.' This amend- j
ment failed. Subsequently this Bill came up for (
its passage with the Proviso attached— unrondi- (
tionully attached —We find Conn and other lead- , j
ing Democrats of Georgia recording their votes j
with Winthrop and Wilmot for its Passage. Messrs. <
Burt. Toombs, Stephens voted against it. If Cobb ,
is the special guardian of Southern Rights, why do ■
ive find him vothg with Wilmot, Chase and ethers.
for the Wir.nor Proviso, and establishing by |
his own act a precedent for Congress to legislate
the South out of her equal rights in our Territo- (
rial domain. VfiNTiraop has done no more than ,
this, and this is proof No. I that his “posiuon j
towards the South is not more inimical than
Cobb's.” 1
“ We here find then. Cobb's votes recorded nine
Several times with lUionists for on .dbo/ition . J
s.”
(From the Ssvannah Georgian, July Ist .) (
Mr. Cobb’s Letter. (
It is to be feared that the Republic was right i
in designating Mr. Cobb a “political trickster."
At any rate his letter of acceptance may be quo
ted as strongly confirming its charge. We wil'
refer to a single portion of it, in which he asserts
that there is a political organization in the State, 1
(meaning doubtless the Democratic and South- 1
ern Rights Party.) bared upon a repudiation of 1
the Georgia Plat lorm. Now, in making this as- t
sertion. Mr. Cubb certainly appears very much 1
as a political “fickster” or deceiver, lie asserts,
either ignorantly, or for the purpose of misleading
the public, whai we deny to he the tact. There
is no political organization in Georgia, based upon
the repudiation of the Georgia Platform. The
Convention wlich nominated McDonald, passed
no resolution, and took no action repudiating that
platform. McDonald in his letter said nothing
repudiating it. Col. Jackson, a prominent leader
of the Democratic and Southern Rights party,
says distinctly that he accepts the Georgia Plat
form, and will endeavor to hold this State and the
Northern States to it. Does that look like re
pudiating it ! Even in Columbus, the very head
quarters of dissatisfaction with the Compromise,
if we recollectrightly, the Southern Rights As- 1
sociation has resolved that it will acquiesce in the
decision of Georgia—or in other words it does not <
repudiate the Georgia platform. Yet our neigh- 1
bor's "political trickster,” fixing himself behind ;
Toombs’ “masked battery," does not hesitate to
assail his opponents, with the charge that there 1
is an organization in this State, based upon re- 1
pudiation of the Georgia platform. ;
Had Mr. Cobb asserted that some of his own
supporters in repudiating the right ot secession !
—the very basis ot that platform—are repudiat- ;
ing the platform itself—he would not have been
far wrong. But this unfortunately he failed to
do.
But in regard to this great question now be
fore the people—the right ol a State to secede—
What says Mr. Cobb upon that ? —Has he dodged
it ? If so, loath as the people may be to believe
it, they must conclude that lie is appearing very
much in the character which the Republican as
signed him—of a "political trickster.' It on the
other hand lie has not entirely dodged the sub
ject, but has so spoken as to leave his readers in
doflbt as to his meaning—uncertain whether he
admits or denies the right—still the popular ver
dict must be in favor ot the Republican, to wit:
that we, the jury, “have no confidence in him
but as a polit.cal trickster.
We are sorry that Mr. Cobb has not availed
himself of the opportunity, which writing this
letter gave him, of stamping the accusation that
he is a “political trickster” as unfounded, by an
open, truthful and straight-forward document.—
Such a course would have done much to vindi
cate him from some of the imputations which
his present supporters have heaped upon him.
Anothf.b Deskerate Gang of Villains.—
A late numbtr of the Shawneetown Advocate,
gives an account of the discovery and arrest of a
gang of villains, who have carried on, for years
past, a regular system of kidnapping slaves, for
gery, thieving, and perhaps murder. The des
perate character of these villains appears to have
been only equalled by the gang which was re
cently broken up in Michigan:
“ Their head-quarters were on Wolfe’s Island,
Ky., near the corner of the States of Kentucky,
Tennessee, Illinois and Missouri. The band was
discovered not long since, through the failure of
an attempt by one of the ring-leaders to murder
a Dr. Swayne. who had recovered a judgment
for some SiU.OOO against Newton E. Wright, an
otherjjrominent member of the gang. In May,
185)?, Wright gave Abe Thomas, a man of des
perate character, $l5O to kill Dr. S. According
ly, Thomas, pretending to wish the Doctor to
visit his sick father, enticed him from home, and
attempted to murder him; but the Dr., after be
ing shot in the arm, gave the alarm, and the des
perado escaped. Notwithstanding every exer
tion was made to ferret out the villain, so deeply
was the plot laid, that he was only accidentally
discovered a short time ago; and his discovery
led to the disclosure of the whole affairs of the
company.
“They seem to have made a regular business
of stealing slaves in one State, running them off
to another, and there selling them. Another of
their modes of speculating in negroes seems to
have been as follows: Some of their emissaries
would make a tour through same of the neigh
boring slave States, enticing slaves to run away
and providing their victims with means to get
into southern Illinois. Arrived there, the fugi
tives were arrested by others of the gang on the
lookout ibrthe runaways; fictitious claims to them
were then set up, and maintained by false tes
timony and perjury. The slaves were then taken
into one of the slave States and sold.
“They carried on another species of swindling
upon an extensive scale, by means ol fictitious
claims against estates of deceased persons. Hav
ing forged notes for large amounts against such
estates; the v would prove the validity of the
claim by some oi their gang, in some cases,
they hail grjme so far as to take depositions; and
were provided with county seals, and every
’ thing requisite to give their prools the semblance
of legality, j
(From the Macon Telegraph , Is/ inst.)
The Messenger on Cobb.
The public will remember that our Union co
temporaries of this city, Savannah, and Augusta,
said a good many hard things touching the Hon.
Howell Cobb, and his actings and doings in con
nexion with his refusal to sign the Southern Ad
dress, and of his election to the Speakership. As
we are very desirous of finding out who has
changed, Cobb or the editors who dealt UiuH+iese
pretty compliments, we propose from time to
time to refresh our readers by quotations from
these scattered sweets not quite eighteen months
old. If we should believe some of these charges
on their authority, and even repeat them, the
editors whomeuie them should be the last to con
demn us. commence with our neigh
frirs ot the Journal and Messenger, and prove to
theirrSfiJers if not to themselves, that to be con
sistent, “Whigs at least can never vote for Mr.
Cobb."
On the 14th of February, 1849, the present
editors of the Messenger wrote and published the
following:
The Wilmot Men of Georgia.
Our readers have doubtless been at a loss to un
derstand how it happened that only one member
of the Georgia Delegation, originally, signed the
address ofMr. Calhoun, which appeared in our
paper of last week. The secret has at last ieak-
It appears that the address, as originally
contained a severe censure upon those
voted for the Oregon Bill of last year. This,
afeoiSU.bore hardly*pot only upon Mr. Polk,
mho approved the BiilTbut also. Messrs. COBB,
Lumpki i, Haralson, and Iverson, allot wWaat
various times, have either sanctioned vr voted for
it, despite the Wilmot Proviso which it contain
ed. The passage, as originally reported read as
follows:
“At the last session, they (the anti-slavery men)
passed a bill to establish a Territorial government
for Oregon, containing a provision to exclude sla
very, unaccompanied by compromise, or by ma
king any concession or equivalent whatever to
the South. It was so passed, professedly to assert
the ultimate control of Congress over the subject. —
It teas the first bill of the kind ever passed, and
marks an important stage in the progress of aggres
sion aAd encroachments in reference to slavery in Ihe
territorial aspect of the subject. It has given a new
and powerful impulse to the abolitionists. Instead
of resting satisfied with so great .a step in tiler
progress, they are now urging with greater zeal
than ever, towards the accomplishment of the
object they have in view.”
.Mr. Calhoun spoke the truth in its naked sim
plicity. The bill in question has done more to
embolden the anti-slavery men of the North, than
any tiling else which has been done. The Demo
cratic President had given his official sanction to
the bill, and his political friends and-associates in
Georgia, had sustained this dangerous measure,
which Mr. Calhoun, no doubt, honestly affirms,
has given a new and powerful impulse to the aboli
tionists ! ! How then, could they in conscience
approve of the report.' Mr. Calhoun, it seems
was too honest, too frank, too candid for these lea
ders of the Wilmot Party in Georgia! The pas
sage was accordingly striken out, in order to de
ceive the honest Democrats of the State in regard
to the conduct of their faithless representatives.—
COBB and Lumpkin persisted in their refusal to
sign the address, even after the passage was stick
en out, while Messrs. Haralson and Iverson, like
a couple of whipped school boys, sneaked in at
the eleventh hour and stealthily afflixed their sig
natures to the pamphlet copy.
These are the men, who, according to the out
givings ot some ot the Democratic prints, are ar
ranging to come home from Washington, and to
traverse the State of Georgia to enlighten the
people on the subject of Southern rights. Having
by their own acts, aud for party purposes, “ given
a new and powerful impulse to the abditionists,' 7
they are about to imitate the example of the rob
-1 her, and raise the cry of "stop thieff to divert at
tention from their own shameless desertion of
Southern rights in voting for the Wilmot Pro
viso, as contained in the Oregon Territorial Bill.
They have become dlarmed at their own party
recklessness; they are afraid that the lash ol pub
lic indignation will fall fast and heavy upon their
own backs, as well as upon that of their Demo
cratic President, and hence they desired to conceal
the truths developed in the first copy of Mr. Cal
houn's address, and then set themselves up as the
pioneers in Southern agitation !
We mention these facts in order that the peo
ple of Georgia may fully understand the tn,*: pos
d:-'! of the men who are now endeavor!/’jto agi
tate too country, and some of wliouJ/Ms said,
leave wirtiLci Uk.U names worn aL M Wi nun s
address for the avowed reason that is suffi
ciently partisan in its character.
One more example to-day. Aagain on the Kith
of January, 18.30, soon after the election of Mr,
Cobb to the Speakership, the Messenger renewed
its compliments as follows:
Mr. Oobb and the Frcesoilers.
It would seem as if Mr. COBB were resolved
to carry out his l'reesoil propensities in the ap
pointment of the several committees. The com
plete list will he found in another column. The
ibllowing summary will show that he has given
the fanatics a prominence altogether dispropor
tioned to their numbers :
Democrats. Whigs. Frcesoilers.
On Claims 4 3 2 Boot & Wilmot.
Post Ofiice, &c. 5 3 1 Durkee.
District of Col
umbia 4 4 1 Allen.
Judiciary 5 3 IP. King.
Public Expends 4 3 1 Booth.
Military Adairs 0 .3 ■ IP. King.
Territories.... 5 3 1 Giddings.
Revolutiona r y
i Pensions.... 4 4 IT uck.
Hoads & Canals 0 2 1 Howe.
Revisal, &c... 2 2 1 Julian.
Enrolled Bills.. 11
The Richmond Times in giving the above, re
marks as follows:
“It will be observed that wherever the Whigs
and Democrats are of equal number on these
committees, the remaining Freesoilerisone who
was elected by Democratic votes; and where the
Freesoiler was elected by Whig votes, the clear
majority in the committee is given to the Demo
crats. Mr. COBB has therefore maintained his
adherence to a party rule, even in dealing w r ith
the Freesoilers: and we must remark that he
seems to us to have done towards them, without
a pledge, all that Wm. J. Brown promised to do.
Alien of Massachusetts, is placed on -the District
Committee to Hood the House with minority re
ports in favor of abolition in the District of Co
lumbia. The Wilmot Proviso is sure of having
a full hearing through the oliices of Joshua R.
Giddings on the Committee of Territories. Mr.
Durkee will have the privilege of reporting to
South Carolina about her interference with the
mails. And, finally, we suppose, the combined
exertions of Mr. Root and Mr. Wilmot may be
employed to vindicate the claims of fugitive
slaves to their freedom.”
Cheraw, July 1.
The Weather and the Crops. —We have had ra
ther too much rain in this neighborhood the past
week, the land in many places, being too wet for
the How. This, owing to the good condition of
the crops, will do little if any injury, if it does
not continue.— Gazette.
Daring Assassination. —On Wednesday night
last, about eleven o’clock, Mr. Leads Melton, of
this district, was most brutally assassinated near
his residence, which is in the neighborhood of
the Court House. The particulars as far as we
have been able to learn, are these :
Early in the morning of that day he left home
and went into another neighborhood, where he
spent the day with a company, driving. Late
in the evening he killed a deer, soon after which
he parted from the company, with his gun emp
ty and started for home, and was found within
about one hundred yards of his house, shot dead.
He was shot through his heart, the load entering
at his back and coming out at his breast, leaving
a large tow wad in his breast, which was pulled
out by the Coroner. So close was the gun to his
back, that the shot all entered at one hole, and
all but two came out at his breast together. One
of his negro women heard the gun, and soon af
ter the tramping of a horses feet, which caused
her to go out, when she found her master’s horse
without a rider. She then awaked her young
master, who upon search found his father shot, as
above described. From the tracks of the horse,
and other circumstances, it is evident that who
ever committed the deed, first stopped him and
had a conversation with him. Suspicion has not,
as yet, fastened upon any one.
Naval. —The Annapolis Republican ofSatur
day says—
The U. Stales steamer John Hancock, arrived
here on Saturday from Boston and anchored in
the Severn river near the Naval School. She is
intended to assist the Mipshipmen at the institu
tion, in obtaining a knowledge of the practical
part of their profession, and has already made a
short excursion for that purpose.
Lieut. Jas. Rowan has been ordered to com
mand the U. S. store ship Lexington, now taking
in stores at the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, and des
tined for the Pacific squadron.
Commodore Joseph Smith, Chief of the Bureau
of Navy Yards and Hocks, arrived at Norfolk on
Thursday from Washington, on a visit to the
Navy Yard.
The New-York Journal of Commerce of Sat
urday says —
The U. S. store ship Lexington, for the Pacific
is fitting out at this port. Lieut. James Rowan
has been ordered to take command of her.
The frigate Macedonia is to be razed into a
corvette. She was captured from the English in
1812.
The U. S. steamer Fulton is fast approaching
completion, and it is expected she will be launch
ed in about six weeks.
The order for the dismantling of the United
States frigate Cumberland at Boston, has been
suspended,
VOL. XXX NEW SERIES - VOL. VI. NO. 22
(From the Southern Press.)
The returns of the census are vindicating the
institutions of the South in the most triumphant
manner. The following are a few items con
cerning Georgia.
population.
Whites 526,417
Blacks 382,294
908,711
Value of real and personal estate $331,660,217
Amount of State tax 328.217 18
county 11 ....' 170,803 53
$499,050 53
Number of deaths for the year pre
ceding Ist June, 1850 9,099
The mortality of the whole pop
ulation in 1849-50, was one in 91 1-2
[Richmond Times.
The white population of Georgia is about one
sixth of that of the State of New York. Yet
Georgia has nearly half the property. Hence a
white person in Georgia is on au average nearly
three times as rich as one in New York. Even
if slaves are excluded from the property of Geor
gia, she is wealthier in proportion to white po
pulation than New York. And then the health
of Georgia is vastly superior. Out of a total po
pulation of 908,711. the deaths in a single year
were9,o99. Tn the single city of New York,
with about half that population, they were about
18,000, or r iy double. Hence the average mor
tality of lh"city of New York is four times as
grenfc-ttfv that of the State*>f Georgia, c "* '
The taxation of Georgia, State and county, is
about half a million—that of New York exceeds
seven millions. Hence the taxation of Georgia,
compared to that of New York on the basis of
population, is less than one-fourth, on the white
basis is less than one-hall—on the property basis
is less than one-sixth ! Yet with this overwhelm
ing evidence of the superior, social, political and
financial condition of Georgia, she is excluded by
New York from a common territory, as immoral
and unthrifty and—submits!
Advices from Santa Fe—Rise of the Missouri
River.
St. Louis, June 28, 1851.
An engineer attached to the Boundary Com
mission, and Mr. Duncan and lady, of New York,
have arrived at Independence.
Large bodies of friendly Indians are encamp
ed on the Arkansas, waiting to go over to the
general convention of Indians at Fort Laramie,
next August.
The elections in Npw Mexico are over. The
Legislature was to meet next June. H. N.
Smith was elected to the Senate. Much indig
nation was excited on account of his rejection as
Secretary of New Mexico.
A large body of Indians of the l'icos, it was
feared would attack trains of traders. They
were watehed by two or three companies ol
dragoons. Many traders were met all along the
route, by Col. Sumner's command.
At Pium Bute much sickness prevailed, five or
six dying daily.
The cnolera has abated at Independence, but
is prevailing at Westport.
The Missouri river is again rising, and over
flowing its banks. Our whole levee is covered
with water still.
Democratic Ratification Meeting in Pennsylvania
—Speech by Mr. Buchanan.
A despatch from Lancaster, June 28, says that
the Democratic. Ratification Meeting has con
firmed the nominations ol the Reading and Har
risburg Conventions, for Governor, Canal Com
missioner, and Judges of the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania. A series of resolutions was pass
ed, one ol which recommends and insists on a
faithful adherence to the compromise measure,
as the duty of the North and South, and con
tends that the iiigitive slave law is in accordance
with the constitution, and asserts that the duty
of the North is to enforce its provisions. They
also denounce Governor Johnston as a truckling
abolitionist, and declare in favor of the revenue
tariff based on the ad valorem system, which
equalizes common interests.
Hon. James Buchanan made his appearance in
the meeting, and was received with great enthu
siasm, and delivered a very eloquent and effec
tive address, which lasted about fifty minutes,
during which he was repeatedly cheered. He
began by saying the conventions of both political
parti's were now over,and eachhaiW^jsentheir
standard-bearers. The issue fairly
joined, ail* the democrats hudslaiMfllflßk'ohlpd
ro vatity the acts of the Reading ami Harrisburg
Conventions. »
He spoke in the highest Jtossible terms of the
character and quulificat ions/of the nominees. He
denounced, in round terms, the infamous attempt
made by certain politicians to injure .1 udge Camp
bell as a candidate, because he happened to be a
Roman Catholic i and argued, it such principles
were tolerated and carried out, the destruction of
the democratic party must be the consequence.
He next adverted to the danger of the Union if
the North persisted in resisting the fugitive slave
law, and quoted the history ol tiie compact be
tween the North and South, and expressed his
fears tor the safety of the Union, though he hoped
the best.
He next referred to the position of South Caro
lina, and the fixed determination of other South
ern States on the subject. After which, he paid
his respects to Gov. Johnston, and entirely dis*
approved his course. He insisted that the com
promise measures must be carried out, or most
direful consequences must inevitably ensue. He
concluded his very able and powerful effort, by
conjuring a benign and merciful Providence to
guard the United States from impending dangers
now, and in all time to come.
Value given to Cotton in its Transforma
tions. —The enormous value given to cotton in
its various transformations, is shown in the ar
ticle of lace, of which there is at the London ex
hibition, doubtless, a richer display than the
world ever saw together before. India, France,
Belgium and England are vieing lor supremacy
in this manufacture. A manufacturer of Man
chester furnished samples ol one pound of cot
ton spun into 900 hanks, of 840 yards each, ma
king a distance in all of 430 miles, should the
single thread he extended to its utmost. Anoth
er firm exhibited 1200 hanks, of the same num
ber of yards each, from a single pound of cotton.
The first then exhibited one pound of cotton
spun into a thread of 2000 miles long, which
shows the perfection to which cotton machinery
has arrived. Brussels lace, all made from cotton,
is exhibited, worth .£2OO sterling ($1000) per
yard. A lace shawl, made in France for the
duchess of Sutherland, is exhibted, the cost of
which is £ 1000 sterling. A bridal dress is shown,
for which the owner wants £SOOO. The girl
who wrought at it the first three years became
blind from the heavy task it put upon her eyes.
Just think of simple handiwork enhancing the
value of a shilling's worth of cotton to $25,000 !
[Philadelphia Ledger.
Macon, June 28, 1851.
To the Editors of the Savannah Republican :
Gentlemen :—I see you have fallen into error,
by quoting from the New-York Christian Advo
cate, concerning the proposition to arbitrate the
Church case between the Church North a».iL
South. That paper says that the Commission
ers. l>oth at New-York and Cincinnati, in behalf
of the Church North, hav; decided to propuseqWj
the South, without delay, to arbitrate the dispute
as recommended by the Court, not knowing now
the Church South would meet the proposition.
Now this is strange, when Dr. W. A. Smith, the
representative of the Church South, states in the
last Southern Christian Advocate, that he had at
once, without delay, made a proposition to the
North to arbitrate the case, as recommended by
the Court; and that as the J udge had settled the
points of law which had induced the North to
refuse to arbitrate the case before, he hoped they
would now do so. Now, the Editor of the New
York Christian Advocate, is one of the Commis
sioners for the Church North, and was in New-
York during the trial before the Court; and it is
strange that he knew nothing of the proposition
of Dr. Smith, and should seek to make the im
pression that the North was ready for equity, but
it was doubtful about the South. The South never
wanted more than equity. J. E. Evans.
Quite an Excitement. —A late London pa
per says that a few days ago, the inhabitants of
one of the principal cities in the West of Eng
land were tilled with conjecture at the follow
ing notice, painted in large capitals, on the front
of a house recently fitted up and repaired : “Mrs.
M , from London, ‘ deals in all sorts of In
dies.'” All was consternation. Inquiry was
instantly set on loot as to who this Mrs. M ,
might be. No one could tell; she was a stranger,
from London. Great anxiety prevailed as to
this proclamation of the new establishment. For
two whole days all was surmise and consulta
tion. On the third morning, behold, the mys
tery' was unraveled. The house painter, who
had, it seems, been suddenly attacked by a severe
tit of the gout, returned to finish his work, and
concluded by adding: “ ami gentlemen's wearing
apparel.''
A few days ago vve noticed the elopement of
the wife of Dr. Sell, from Beaver (Penn.,) with
Ira Ransom, a railroad contractor. The Cincin
nati Enquirer says the parties were followed and
the wile was reclaimed at Wooster (Ohio.) The
woman was dressed as a boy and w'as greatly
admired as a boy by the citizens.
Punch gives the following as a lady’s reason
for liking the Great Exhibition: “My dear, it is
so very agreeable. You cannot tell how amus
ing it is! It is much better far than going a
shopping. The whole place is full of some of the
prettiest things in the world—laces, silks, bro
cades —and such lovely jewels—and the beauty
is, you may look at them ever so long, without
being expected to buy a single thing 1”
Bi) JHaprtir f deflrajjlj.
Reported for the Constitutionalist.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL
ica.
Lower qualities Cotton Advanced t-S!.
llßeadstuffs improving.
Political News Unimportant.
Charleston, July 3,11. LI M.
The steamers Hermann and Jlfrira arrived at
New-York on the 2d inst.
Liverpool, June 21.—The lowei qualities of
Cotton have advanced one-eighth penny. The
better qualities are unchanged. Fair Orleans is
quoted at 6 l-2d. The sales of the \v ek reach
53,000 bales. » ,
Breadstuffs are improving.
The Political intelligence brought by those;
steamers is unimportant. <
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New York, July 3,
Cotton.—Prices are firmer and a shade better.
Sales 800 hales.
»- tr / r Albany, June 28,
Jvcw lerl- Legislature. —The whigs of the Sen
ate and Assembly held a caucus last evening
All the members were present hut three. It \v-,
decided to go into the districting of the State
The bill for the relief of the New York volun
teers who served in the Mexican war, was or
in’.r to 11 third reading in the Senate,this morn
r,- ~„„ . Salem, (Mass.) June 2s.
t talent 1 hinder Storm at the East. —A violent
thunder storm passed over Waver!y and Sarem
last evening—the wind blowing almost a tor
nado. Ihe lightning passed along the telegraph
poles some hundred feet each way. splitting the
posts and destroying the insulator! S
[Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier.)
... ~ . „ New Orleans, June 30.
lwo thousand five hundred bales of Cotton
were sold to-day. Middling is quoted at fro n
7 3.4 to 8 1-1 cents. Com is held at 60c. for
prime Yellovv. Bacon is steady,and sides com
rnand Bto 8 1-4. Prime RlO Coffee is worth 0
Whisky ranges from 18 1-4 to IS 1-2.
An arrival from Texas reports that the steam
ship Globe was lost on the J7th June at Brazos
Santiago. Iho crew and a jtortion of the cargo
was saved, hut the boat was a -total loss.
, Columbia, July I,7’p ji
Phere was a fair demand for Cotton in this
market to-day, and the sales amounted to one
hundred and fourteen bale-, at from r, , ,
cents.
We were informed, lass evening, by the opera
tors, that the Telegraph wires were out of order
somewhere beyond Raleigh. N. which pro
eluded our receiving our Northern dispatches
(Telegraphed J'or the Charleston Courier.)
Baltimore, July 1.
in the New-York market on Tuesday,a thou
sand bales of Cotton were sold. Middling to
Good Middling Uplands were quoted at from 8
3-1 a n 1 -2. Orleans 9 1-2 a 10 1-2.
Mr. Thomas D. Johnston, an eminent Bank
er, late of the Firm of Johnston & Lee, died at
Baltimore on Monda,»
S. Jaudon & Co., Nt .v-York i ankers, failed
in that city on Monday. The ; were unable to
meet their acceptances. Conrey. of New-Or
leans, will pay over the debt.
Advices received from Bogota, New Granada
up to the 20th May, state that the Governo, had
recommended that war should be declared with
Equador, and that ten thousand troops should be
levied. The auxiliary force under General Flo
res, was expected at l’eru.
The sluum vis -wCrWi rnTTcVu
at her wharf in New York, at 7 o'clock, on Tues
day morning. The Florida, also arrived in New
York on Tuesday from Savannah.
New Orleans, July 1.
Cotton was active to-day and six thousand
bales were disposed of. Prices, however, had ox -
perienced to change. Bacon is firmer, and rib
bed sides command from S to 8 1-1 cents.and clear
8 1-2 cents. Rice is dull here at $3 3-1. Prime
white Corn is worth Ors, yellow .77, and the Grain
market dosed steady.
The Union sailed for New York with 108 pas
sengers to-day. 1
Columbia, July 2—5.23 p. m.
No change occurred in our Cotton market to
day. The sales amounted to one hundred and
twenty-four bales at from (> 1-8 a 8 5-8.
Later from Mexico.—By the arrival of th«
U. S. revenue cutter Duane, we have received
papers fiom Ihe city of Mexico to the 7th in»t.,
being two days later Ilian our previous dates.
The Correo, of Chihuahua, announces that sev
eral persons have formed a company to work
the mine of Guadalupe y Calvo, which lor some
time has been almost abandoned. The com
pany will have a capital of 8200,000, divided
into 100 shares of $2,000 each. The mine is
said to be very rich.
The famous criminal, Josquin Polocio, was
lately executed in Victoria.
The Monitor says that a short time since, a
priest of Oajaca committed a rape on a beautiful
girl, belonging to one of the first families of the
place.
The most open robberies are committed with
impunity in the neighborhood of Aguas Cali
eutes. Many of the surrounding ranchos have
been plundered, and sometimes the inhabitants
murdered.
The papers from the Mexican capital are en
tirely destitute of political or other intelligence.
[N. O. Picayune , o,lth nil.
The Southern Standard, a neatly printed sheet
into which the Daily Sun of this City has been
merged, according to previous annuncement.made
its first appearance yesterday morning. In po
litics it is "opposed to the present or early seces
sion of South Carolina,” and is published and ed
ited by B. C. Pressley, Esq., assisted in the lit
erary department by W. C. Richards, Esq., Edi
tor of the Southern Literary Gazette, and in that
of local and foreign news by T. C. Skrine, Esq.,
late Editor of the Sun. We tender to all con
cerned in this enterprise the right hand of fellow
ship, and feel.assured that the entire Press of the
State, however some may differ from its opinions
will treat it with that courtesy, for which the
Journalists of South Carolina are so preeminently
distinguished. —Charleston Courier. 2 d inst.
A Tumble. —A Dutchman thus describes an
-accident:—“Vonce, a long vile ago, I vent intos f~
mine abble orchard, to climb a bear tree to get
some beaches to mine vrow a blnm bud
roit; and ve i T gits on the tobencost branch
1 vail awn the lowermost limb, rnit von leg on
both sides oi the fence, and tik m stove mine
outsides in!"
Death ok Mrs. Flynn.—A quarrel occurred
between Mrs. Matterson and Mrs. Flynn, at St.
Louis, on the 14th ultimo, which resulted in the
death of the latter. They both lived under the
same roof, and jealousy is said to have been the
can e of the difficulty.
Mrs. Flynn was a MissTvvibillof New York,
and married many years since the well known
Tom Flynn, the actor, who came to this country
in Finn's Company, with which he opened the
Federal street, Boston, 1825. Flynn was a very
handsome man at that time, and a great favorite.
His wife was for many years one of the most
beautiful women on the American stage.
Lola Montes. —A recent letter from Paris,
says the celebrated Countess of Mansfield, the*
noted Lola Montes has concluded to resume her
former professional career of a dancer. This world
known lady is practising, and will make her first
appearance at New York in about three months.
Os course the New Yorkers will give her a pub
lic reception.
Homocide.—We regret to learn that a difficul
ty occurred at Iligden'.s store, in Laurens county,
on Friday evening last, between Mr. Crosbey
Horn and Mr. William Hampton, two worthy
citizens of that county, and which residted in
the death of the latter. The parties, we learn,
were brothers-in-law, and had previously been
very friendly. It seems that they had been out
hunting, and, .returning, stopped at Higdon's
store, where they became somewhat intoxicated,
commenced quarreling, an alfray ensued, in which
Horn struck Hampton with a stick over the
head, of which he died on Saturday night.—San
dcrsvillc Georgian , Ist inst.
“Mr. Jenkins," said mine host of the Swan,
“as you always come in late, have you any ob
jection to this gentleman occupying your bed
until the stage goes out!”
“Not the least. I will be infinitely obliged to
you if ypu put him there, so that the bed-bugs can
nave their supper before I come.”
Going a Little too Far. —The Rev. Mr.
Store, of Southampton, Mass., has informed a
young lady,who appeared in the Camilla costume,
that, unless she abandoned it, he would turn her
out of the church. We don’t exactly understand
in what the impiety of wearing short skirts
trousers consists,