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SEPT. ’ 97'1858T
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WE MUST BE HEARD TOO!
The eyes of the political world
are now turned to Illinois, and are
gazing on the scene there being en
acted, with the utmu3t anxiety.—
There is the centre of political at
traction of the whole na*ion; that
which in the beginning, was only a
local contest, has assumed a nation
al aspect. The sceptre has depart
ed from Judah. New York, the
land of ephemeral parties, where
political organizations are consum
mated with the fuM of the moon,
and are decomposed into their orig
inal elements with its wane, is no
longer the sole theatre of political
attention. To the No. th-west are
the eyes of curiosity and speculation
firmly set. No wonder, then, that
almost every paper in the nation,
from the mammoth sheets of our
populous cities, of every shade of
opinion, and who boast their circu
lation of hundreds of thousands,
down to the most obscure country
weekly, fifteen by ten, whoso <mouw ( !
lation extends not beyond the roar j
of a Fourth of July cannon, should !
have their SAY in this matter. — ;
We too, must be heard. This pa*!
per heretofore has had but little to
! say about the unsettled state of j
litieal affairs there, nor do we res
member of a single thing having j
been published, except as items of
news, in it since our control of it.—
Nor would we now enter into a dis
, cussion, but from the fact, that the
I matter has become of national im
■ portance, and is therefore of impor
| tanee to Georgia as well as to Uli
| nois. And furthermore, we could
not refrain from it, under the pre
sent circumstances, even if would,
i # _ ...
; for the discussion is indirectly fore
ed upon us by our brethren of the
Press, with many of whom, we, with
much regret, especially those of the
same political faitl) generally, can
not agree.
We think, ar.d we believe that we
can give good reasons, to sustain us
in the opinion, that much of the
long tirade of abuse heaped upon
! Stephens and Douglas is uncalled
for. From the opposition Press we j
could reasonably expect nothing
less, but that Democratic editors
should become so completely infu-
little g is
, to us, of
Stephens,-while on a visit to the
North west ('and not to Douglas par
ticularly,) stopped at one of the ho
tels in Cincinnati, and whi e there,
at the table, during conversation,
said, that he preferred the election
of Douglas to that of Lincoln, and ;
that if he was in the Legislature of
Illinois, lie would vote far him. In
the name of good sense ! who would
not do the same thing? knowing
that Breese was entirely out of the
race the contest being entirely
between Democracy and Black Re- |
publicanisra, Douglas representing j
the former, and Lincoln the latter* j
The issue in Illinois u not in regard ;
to the English Bill, nor is it admin**,
istration. or no administration, in
regard to that Bill. If any con
struction of language can bring the
administration into that contest,
Douglas shoulders the administra
tion, and carries it around with him
and exhibits the burden (if it may
be so termed,) as well in Chicago
and Galena, os in Cairo and Jones
boro. The Dred Scott decision is
the issue there. Douglas sustains
the Dred Scott decision, so does
the Administration. What is the
difference then between them ?
None in fact; all is in iminagation.’
We wish lo be clearly understood..
We do not sustain Douglas in his
course entirely since the commence
ment of the present Administration.
He sinned egregiously, and we
know it, and we feel no disposition
to pardon that sin, nor to forgive it,
until he has been sufficiently pun
ished, and he has sincerely repent
ed. We will do him tne credit,
however, to say, that we believe his
error was one of judgment and not
of principle ; or at any rate, not
more than policy, and not of the
fundamental principles of the Dem
ocratic party; it was his notion of
States Rights, to such an extent as
to amount to a species of radicalism,
which we believe to be an error in
policy and judgement. We did not,
and we never can. endorse Douglas’
course on the Kansas Bi 1, nor the
wliole of it on the English Cornpro
in ise Bill, and we cannot sivallow
everything he does in the Illinois
content, but the greater part of it,
is by no means in conflict with dem
ocratic principles, if any of it is.—
Douglas tak< j s th# position, that the
negro has no political l ights, (in
accordance with the Dred Scott de
cision, which the Administration
j sustains,) that he does not, and nev
’ er can, enjoy the privilege's of citi
zenship of the United Spates under
the Constitution, and he plants hirn
'] upon that instrument, that lie (the
| negro) is an inferior being, is not
; capable of self-government, there
fore, by nature he has no right t'
any share in the formation or dis
rec'ion of the government under
which he lives, lie has the light
of protection and sustenance, (anil
this he has. whether in that state of
subordination, fa selv called slave- j
: ry, or in that oJuw -f p.s**ndri-free-1
dom.) and that amalgamation with
! him politically <r socially, is wrong
| under the Constitution and contra
!rv to nature. AU this is right, and
every ‘rue Southern man will en
dorse it. Abraham Lincoln, takes
the opposite ground in every partic
ular. . In tln-se positions we sustaini
! Douglas, but whenever he <T Jiinncee
I the Democratic party, or Adminis- :
I trillion or b• rh for their course on
i the Kansas Bill, then we denounce
j
! him or any other man, or set of
: men, who does the same thin tr, be- ;
lieving as we do that the course in
the main of the party and the Ad
ministration was right in principle,
judgement and policy on that ques
tion.
We have written of Douglas a.-
though he was already the nominee
of the party for Senator, wiii h is
not the case; but we have thus
written, because the discussion in
the pipers assumed tlrs form.—
Douglas is only supporting the
State ticket, which endorsed the
Dred Scott decision, and is stump
ping the State for the success of
that ticket. He may not be the j
nominee of the party; and when j
Stephens said, that if “he was in the
Legislature of Illinois he would vote
for him in preference to Lincoln, it
is reasonable to suppose that he ;
meant, if he [Douglas] was the ncm- ;
inec of the party. And it is under ;
this same supposition that we say
we would do the same thing, previ
ded that party did not denounce the
Administrati ;-n for its couise on the
Kansas question.
-■aL’ifSapS CIIANGE.^kr
S. 11. Smith retires from the edito
rial department of the “CartersvilTe
Express.” and is succeeded by Dr.
W. T. Goldsmith, who gives in his
Salutatory, evidences of a vigorous,
bold and independent writer. Will
advocate the fundamental princi
ples of Democracy, but is indepen
dent of party organization, when
that departed from first principles.
Takes high Southern ground, in
relation to the State rxdministras
tion, is non committal for the pre
sent.
Mr. Ja . 11. Graham, Sheriff
of Coweta county, is out in a letter
defending hsms 11 from the very se
rious charges against him for not
arresting Messrs Martin and Bird,
of Charleston, f r the murder of
Jesse B. Long, of Carroll, m New
nan, a short time ago. Mr. Gra
ham shows that he was not subject
to the charges of neglect of duty,
under all the circumstances, at leas
l
he justifies himself.
f?gy~We learn from the Stone
Mountain “Independent Press” of
the 2d inst., that a very serious ac
cident occurred on the Georgia
Rail Road. A Miss Brown of that
town, Mrs. Ilambrick and Mr. Jos.
ilambrick were riding on a hand
car and while passing th ough a
deep cut, came in contact with an
engine. •The ladies jumped off, Miss
Brown fell across the track, the
hand car ran over her ankle, mang
ling it very badly. Dr. R. A. John
son, a graduate of Atlanta Medical
C liege, was present, and rendered
the necessary medical aid, which
was very skillfully performed
PUT ON YOUR SPECTACLES
BROTHER EDWARDS.
We do not want more than our dues.
Brother Edwards in the last issue of
the “East Tennesseean” gives us a
cordial welcome to the corps edito
rial, and says that Mr. Fain is suc
ceeded in this paper by W. V. Web
ster. We are not acquainted with
that individual. Our father’s name
it is true, is Daniel, but he never in
herited any B in his name, conse
quently, he could not bequeath it to
us. Wo are very fond of b’s, (bees)
though wo do not want them unless
entitled to them.
On jj# 1 wr had ibe
pleasure of \^Mp' , ' n g within the
edifice of ntfjjj^uro ut l on 13.* 0 S. A.
Atkinson, tlu> Aitgnsta
Dlspa tcH, ‘ v * te happy to
find was in health and fine
sprits. BrOiWpKrsS-ON is a host of
himself, just wa-oaujaJiave charge
of a &*Hy as is
the We we’e happy to
i learn Waa.ilourisli
i ing like ; tree. And here
i- we would satW all who wish a rtdia
ble ind‘-penlß:aim good rfews daily
for $4 00. the equiva
lent and forwßgit to tin* DESPATCH,
Augusta,
! Jggg 3 ’ I'LAnsMrtttte fof"A ugiift’-'is on
our table. ‘£■ is * most interest
ing number, fully sustains the
reputation of ■'jjpVodecescors. Ta
os s Home ;
Circulation Blood, Its Course
and History Eighteen Cen
turies; and
Literal Andromeda;
What will heßywith it?—By Pis
istratus CaxtMF--Part XV. In
literary is sur
passed by noiiM’-
—
jggg-Ou thJf** Fnin 2 of tl,e 23(1
of August, MY nU Li "' bu ’ Min
ister of the K#*rUnd to this gov
ernment, !edly he mMr,i “ e altar ’
in St ningro 0I,n ” Mias IsaM,a
0 and i..-h'jK’ Hon Lt ‘ wis Cass,
.u- .*i erioaiT : Sl:lte ’ L.e hap
. | , u ; jLiMb* a short tin.e at
. j y. . | cottage residence
at. New p 1 1.
A c r ‘> C.o
advertisemetJ 3 ’ 0 *- Sa ‘ NFOl ’> be
seen in a not lie! c ' oiUm, i.
Coajratai-* o:r Y „
f r Jt£coadon.
New Yorkl^ u &- 24.—The May
or of this C ity eceived a congratu
latory inc:~ Jpif rQiri the Lord May- |
or on yesterday,
the 23d of Aif ust ’
O
From the Mi 4” llepuhlicaT1 ’ Au S- 17 ‘
Son. Missouri.
During c:invas / in rT this !
/Jtßen, one of our u. S. !
Stmit’ors/rouJ- tn ? s P c ‘ <,cll ° B s *
Louis, ere*ijL’r. the unnoyance of
t | le ii....i. i>. Jiilifuiis. Alx.ut tJ,ot .
■i.-w. i ! i^dT ,! '"'if ±
part#cu', Dem<<cr jt, wi - e t-
for the reputa^
ti-oi „f J%Nz i) ‘Ugl i-*. .Many -k od
things wd'.'c > i l ofhirn, and a sort
paternal care as assomed over gen
t lemon whaniert.* supposed to i>e i
“Douglas li, ‘ and attempts were
made to in fit e them to li stility a- j.
gainst Mr.'Bar ret and the Demo- ;
cratic tickijr. oh the ground t= at
ihev were ffestile to Mr. D uglas. - |
d’hc humhuju'-vas so apparent that, j
no one wasdreieved by it, and when ;
failing in tiffs tlrv contrived a plan 1
to draw out I’\ Green’s sentiments
in this vela in, he di 1 not fail to rte :
ppond t > rlilcali, but in a manner
which did not suit the Black R: pub
I'cans. IK* took no ground ag .ins’
Judge Do tit! as, bti‘ spoke confidence
in him arid, Ms Dmiocracy. That i
position iWurtbcr < xnEincd in a*
letter, wrf .t-n last month, in. amsw er |
to one wliie he had lately led ived
stating thiU a rtun >r had been in cir
culation to he effect that Mr. Green :
intended to stump the S ate in favor
of Judge yiuglis. Mr. Green did;
not blink tlje question, but wrote as i
follows :
CANTON, MO,\
July, 14, 1358. j
Dear Sir :
Your favor of die 17th inst, call
ing tny attention to certain rumors j
to the effect that I intended to sus 1
tain S. A Douglas, has been recived I
I had heard tlie report before, but
I did not attach sufficient, impor- ;
tance to it to nmkd any reply. The
sac’s arfipj-tdlows :
what I believed M.
Douglaltltended to do in his polit
ical reledWTs for the future, I gave
it as my o* n opinion, founded on
bis own \£jds, that he would heart
ilv sustau, the Democrat) r party, &
•oppose to the bitter end the Black
Ropnhlioan ; and that, if mv belief
should pt-.ve coirect, then 1 woul i
rather see him reel cted than any
j one of tlie Black Republican par
ty-
Many persons differ with me in
regard tv, what the future course of
Douglas will be, and I have heard
many express their opinion that in
1860 he will be identified with the
Republicans. If he should war on
the D cktLc af.ic party, we must war
on him j4but, if he should fight in
ourranlji against the common ene
tny7 I should certainly prefer him to
§ y one belonging to the enemy.—
No douft he did us great and seri
ous harjp during the last session,
but I trjist Democrats will never be
so eagrjß for revenge as to countens
anee thr election of a Black Repub
lican. fAs between Democrats in
Illinois, 1 can express any prefer-
n if the Judge should turn
out as*l hope he may. But I should
not heauate (oven if he should veri-
fy rr*v expectations) between him
*nd i Bl’ick Republican. The idea
<f my taking the stump for him,
•without certain evidence of his fidel
ity, is pre osterous : but, fur the
pnncij ies of our party, and in oppo
sition to Republicanism, I felt it my
duty to speak on several certain ocs j
casions.
I am,
gentlemen.
Yours trnlv,
JAMES 8. GREEN? ‘
j For the- Chronic,!e and Sentinel.
Letter from the Copper
i. .dries.
. DI’CKTOWN t OPPi-.H MlNfcS. 1
AogusT 20 ii, 1858. j
Mr. I.DIT iU: i an ivuii in tiiis ve
ry. interesting mining region yester
day, and found its doz *u mines i.i
full blast—giving employment to
several thousand persons, and direct
and i cidental support to more wo**’
mem and children than probably
any other country of like extent on
earth. Each mine is a distinct com
tnunity, with its school, church, and
all the collateral attachments of a
mining establishment.
recveraHl.-.n.- -r— Vu. ,rc.-o,
which reduce the ore t > a motto or
regulus .of from 50 to 70 per cent.
This is crushed and packed in byxs
es, and wagoned to the railroad,
: thence to Baltimore, New Yoi k, or
Swansea, in Wales, where it is sold.
A good furnace will reduce 5000
pounds per day. The most of the
ore now worked, is obtained near
the surface, at from 50 to 100 feet,
is termed by rhe minei.- *-b! ..4: \
ide,” but is rather a vitr.-o;., !. -i: !
phuret, containing Yon. 10 • >
per cent —sorne*n - F • ■ ‘•
en 40 per e • ; i < !
<;ar bon.*: t •’ i: ii.•
qua tit V V , 7v,0 I, l •
sup <■! i; kg f
I'V'l ;i ' .)
and -* ; t
150 47
S{e CUI t - t . -.r. .
w iiicli will u■ ’itu >’ l ;i .. ail lie
woi kable ores. M •si. el t h-e mines
are conducted on the strictest prin
ciples of modern science the officers
and miners are men of enlarged
practical knowledge, obtained in the
best regulated mines in Europe.—
All the operations have assumed a
fixed character and steadily progress
till in a few more years it will equal
any section on the globe for its imn
rnense mineral productions and en
lightened scientific system of devel
opments and onward march.
It is now far in advance of out- I
ward public opinion with regard to
its progress in the arts and its moral
condition. In a.population of some
6050 divide 1 into over half a dozen
*T;o n*m > 1 J.
>hi}y, which speaks
highly “fits inhabitmits, and clear.
1 v surpasses many, if not all of our
older towns and vill tges.
At the Hnviis9f4*- mine, they have
a Masonic ilnli and a Print ng Os
fine ! The Utter root tidy establish
ed, ur der the ov ne >hip and super
vision <4 \Y. P. O’ lii s. wii .se in
iliisfi v and rntctpri.se can’t fail of
S( curing .i liberal ; aTonage from a
people who <’ i <• so much in eiist
iti the deveopmeht. < fail tin resour
ces of their C“ u n ! ry.
Arrangements - te* von now being
m do to ci loin ate tli ; riiccessfui fly
ing of I tie A’l; to 10 l eiegra pn tj is
hie. How many of our i ueii >r
towns of far greater p etendons
show so high an appro iation of that
gigantic iffutuftiie human tniid ;
You would be astoni.-hed at the
mu.-cuiar power and endurance “f
many of these mountaineers. As
an instance, whilst sitting in Mr.
Patterson’s store, a you g man
came in from the Troy Mountains
and purchased a sack of Flour of 100
lbs., shouldered it, and left. Upon
being asked how far he was going
to carry ir, he naively replied, h one,
six miles over a rough mountain
path! Soon after, a second small**
kered a sack of Salt and moved off
as lithely as a ‘‘deer in a walk.”
; Such is the effect of habit. They
| will carry heavy loads for miles over
rocks and mountains, and wade
streams with impunity. They are*
a hardy, heaLhy and happy race,
primitive in their manners ari l and ess,
1 with but tVw wants iTi*i tb.o.-e ea-iiy
supplied, No hoops dr-o nt o n
natural proportions. id r-e 1 *.
sense of the ridiculous •• ; - r...
Fanny Fern oi a i no-: ‘ • >*: iu
New England, wl* or. . u ; v> •
nation day, tbe g : ■> •> .ud
starchy, aml a i :
“httie carrels
tide tile oi y he
| never eutei s . ‘ *. .nu. ei
untrnmuiclleu, non e “ \ where
see tlie Guviau tieau n'iv. l of beau
ty as handed down to us in the in
imitable statue of the “Venus de
Medici,” where the form of the body
is shown in its natural proportions
without that wasp'like distortion of
the-waist, so eagerly sought after by
our modern fashionable belles.—
Hoops destroy all the poetry bes
longing to woman, and reduce her
to an artificial doll. The pertinac
ity with wnich they cling to this
fashionable relic of the feudal ages
is the only argument against the
mental equality of the sexes, which,
it is to be hoped, they will speedily
abolish, atrd adopt something more
rcasoneble and graceful.
The view from the hill-top, east
of the Iliwassee Mine, is one of the
most m.ignifinent in the world* You
are placed in the midst of a vast
basin, surrounded on all sides by
immense ranges of mountains—with
isolated groups, scattered about over
what was o. ce, in by gone ages, a
great interrnontane lake, forming
i little islands--whose waters have
long since burst their barriers and
found thHr way to tiie ocean, leav
ing this lacustine basin, with its
I thousand chryst.il streams, its hills
■ and valleys for agricultural, manu
facturing and mining purposes.
Far to ttie Eastward, Inf v nioun
tiiin u sweep armt and tin- For z >n fruit
f-arnliiri arid Tcnnesse • 8-uihwanl
for hundreds of mile;- ; ng !(I<*
elm-ms occasional!v. tm-ougll which
you have faint glimpse* ■ 1 the far-*
off Blue iinlge, whose undulating
outline can scarcely Im distinguish
ed from the floating clouds. On the
North the Iron, or smokey Moun
tains lo >ni up sublimely and tend
N rth eastward until they are lost
in distance.
Ti'd setting sun threw a rich flood
of g hi? n light over the landscape,
hi - k- a now and then by dark shad
ows imm ilie lofty peaks of the
ij|r‘' 1 u*s-~ the got geous tiff ay of
Vy ” — *hef piCihn i,
Milling vill ages with their furnaces
Reiving up huge columns of sulphu
rous sin ke like miniature volcanoes
all cm,.-pij e ,l to render tlie scene
one of iusredible grandeur and mag
rnfiecnce. Filled with the most
glow mg emotions of grati ude to Al
mightv God, I descended to the Ho
tel and was soon in the land of
dr e.jms.
>'• 1 next morning the whole scene
.“ and. Tiie valleys and hills
■ r w ere ail enveloped in a
if smoke fiimi the fur*
n me; <tu ing the night
*n- e ;i and c tit t.nued till ten
-Vi-eo the sun’s heat lifted
-; no and the grand panorama
o n: i. tiie vision again witli
‘•■ me :4i el. Yours,
M. S.
From the Galveston Hews, Avy. 14.
We have had the pamphlet, the
contents ot which we give to-day,
for some time on our desk, and have
been prevented from an earlier pub
lication of it by the press of other
matter. We give the entire argu->
mint because it is a practical asser
tion of the right of the South, and
is therefore a test of our own sin
cerity in claiming equality in tlie
Union, and of northern hostility to
j us, in the denial of that equality.
Mr. Lamar, of Savannah Georgia,
having an idle ship in port at Charles
ton, during the commercial distress
that followed the late panic, sought
new empb>;*fi>ent for her by asking
ftf n- to ii.Uiyv
ca, “lor
boiCrd Aft itfi nem igr;; n a et*oi and ;
a nee with t-ie-United tStates passen- i
get laws, and returning with the I
same to a pert m the United States.” :
Secretary Cobb replicoAiiat the clear
:r ce t-bail be refused, because ne
suspected that Mr. Lamar meant
s inethirg more thun v as expressed
in tlie i.-pj lica’i.m. Mr. Larn.ir ob
ieets to ii;is asst;mption <-t motive,
and to t he cm f moditig of legisl-dive
witn executive power-, by ih • Tkms- I
ury D- par me:ir. r s e oampiih't is I
an unitnsw'i'Val.de afgutc. i t against j
tin- secritM'x s decision
Mr. Cobb is- biuihv if .; (’e ugian, .
and Mr. Lunar s ■ -r-is t ft el tlie i
more deejdy atnl direciß n j li ed by
this hostility to the 8 utii from a
southern man. It is undoubtedly
tru<* that the numerical weakness of
the Bouth is a seductive b-dt to the
loyalry of her politicians on the s!a
verv i} lestion —wh'le her fidelity to
the Constitution, as a section, makes
her essential not only to the superi
ority, Tint to the very existence of
tii • o.dv national or anti sectional
party. She is thus a. trading capi
tal. in the hands of her aspiring
public men, and her r ghts are ah
ternately proclaimed as a threat to
the fears of the North, and then
surrendered or sacrificed, as the
price of success to southern ambi
tion.
We h ave an interest in this ques- !
1 t*>n in Texas, beyond that of any |
other slave State. We have more
teniiory fi red for she labor, with
a i• i variety of staple products;
• ■ i e l’.iiih fiotn the sources |
f m •: o: o <-migration. At the
• of increase in our slave
epoi. P ‘i n, we shall not get a full
-up; i ■ in a cennuy,
!i the meuiwhile our lands, the
no - j. riile on the continent, are a
and eg for *he want of labor to culti
vate ihem, and will starve any hols
dor who will retain them long c
lie.ugh.
The homo supply failing, the Gulf
States have naturally turned to the
foreign source. Mississippi has o
pened the apprentice system on a
small scale to test it, and the legiss
lature of Louisiana faild last winter
by only one vote, in the same expe
riment.
Texas differs in some important
features fram the States East of her.
She is the terminus of the cotton
zone; it ends with the Gaudalupe
or Saji Antonio valley, where the
dry belt sets in, and the products
change from the agricultural to the
pastural. While stock raising is
renderod both easy and profitable
by climate in Texas, West of the
Colorado or San Antonio, it renders
the negro in a degree valueless, —
The negro works willingly in crowds,
at steady labor; and the peon of
Indian blood is equally happy ass *
solitary shepherd, or in following
an unruly mustang with the lasso.—
The two sections of our State seem
adapted by Providence to these two
races, as the respective laborers.-***
Pecuniarily the difference is quite a§
great. Capital must be invested
and sunk in advance, in the negro J
hut small wages earned, as they fall
due. compensates the peon.
The cart war of last winter in
Karnes and Goliad counties, judged
fotn an outside point, would seetd
to have been the natural conflict of
unequal races brought into contact
and competition. The white team
ster, (American and German) requi
red twenty to, thirty per month, to
compensate hftp for his labor and
enable him to live; while the Mexi
can (or peon) cartman, was content
ed with a fourth to a third of the
amount. War was evitable, and
the weaker went to the wall. But
place the peon where he will never
have a rival; in .the saddle with his
lariat, a hag of parched corn, and
few pounds gs dried beef,jand he will
manage countless flocks and herds,
than in apv*^^
’ cognise peonage, but must of neces
’ sity do so soon. The Mxxican haci
i en ias on the other side of the Rio
Grande, are losing their peons, who
i are hat bored on our side. Our a
doption of their system, which could
not be locomotive, but would remain
where alone it is applicable, would
! lead to a mutual rendition of runa -
ways—peon or negro— and the thief
and vagabonds of Mexico- would!
thus be kept at home. Texas from
-Ban Antonio to El Paso, (and espe
ei.lly when Capt. Pope and Capt-
Foibes Britton shall have shown us
how to obtain a cheap supply oY
stock .vater,) being one entire pas*
tore, will be covered, one day, by
countless flocks, and the peon will*
be the happy and useful shepherd of
both Mexican and American propri
etors.
\v e did not intend tq wander from*
the point in we-
Our right to pass a State law to re
ceive Mr. Lamar’s apprentices, or
passengers, and to fix their social
status, we hold to be as clear as
that to adopt the peon laws of
ico. Nor have we a doubt that both’
races, negro arid Indian, will be el**
evated to the highest condition they
are capable of, and at the same
time, contribute their greatest Ser
vice to humanity at large. Eng
land is colonies, in
various parts of the world, with
ny thousand African emigrants an-*
nually, while our government, usur
ping a power not given in the Conv
P***^^* 1 * to say the
States shall supply m
way that labor, for the want of which
millions of acres of the richest land
in the world must remain uncultivaw
ted tor ages to come.
Correspondence ofthe Savannah Republican
Isctier from Havana.
Havana, Aug. 9, 18587
The “Caja Commercial de la Islet
de Cuba,’ one of the joint stock:
banks tine twelve months since sa
oiivldiuiiy w as ushered into existence,
bin been dissolved, by edict of the
Captain General. Sixty-five per
cent of its entire capital has been
sunk or lost.
Tiie reports, founded on a tele*
graphic despatch from Washington,
that have been goir.g the rounds of
the American papers, that tho Uni
ted States government had received
despatches which gave good reason
to hope the United States would soon
acquire this Island, and that our
Captain General had been re called
and General Ros de Olano appoint**
ed to succeed him, cannot be found**
cd on fact. Spain will never accede
to the sale of Cuba.
The Bay of Havana and Matan**
zis railway was opened, with great
ceremony, to Guanabacoa on Sun**
day evening a w r eek last. His Ex**
celleney the Captain General and
suite were present, and also the
Right Reverend the Bishop of the
Diocese. As on all public occasions
in Cuba, there was a great display
of the.military. The stetim ferry
boats, connected with the line, which
ply from this city to Regia, were
gaily decorated with flagß and strea
mers, as was also the railroad depot
at Regia —nor could I avoid observ
ing the stars and stripes floating no
bly among the rest from the pretty
sh ; p Riga of Marblehead, which was
at her berth alongside the company’a
wharf. In the railpay deoot an al* (
tar bad been erecteu, at whioh the
Right Reverend the Bishop perform
med his sacred duties, which termi**
nated by a sprinkling with holy wa
ter, of the locomotive, (which, deco
rated with flags and flowers, stood
panting with anxiety, as it seemed,
to depart), the railway passenger
cars, engine : driver, and indeed ev
ery one iu any way connected ?fith
the event, Vi
The following day (Monday) more
than ten thousand persops passed
over the road, to a majority of whom
a railway ride was a novelty, and
the trains, which run every half
hour daily, continue to be graded.
Two cargoes of <4 Asiatipos free
Colonists,” under the Holland and
! Spanish flags, have arrived during
] the last two weeks, four hundred and
nipetysfive and two hundred and sft
