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BY W. B. RUGGLES.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1854.
VOL. VI. NO. 23.
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING.
—Two DolUra par annum, invariably in advance.
MONDAY. OCTOBER 30.
The Savannah Republican of the 25th
inat. says: On and after Sunday next, as
will be seen by a notice in another column,
the night and passenger trains on the Cen
tral Railroad will leave Savannah at 7J
o’clock, P. M., and Macon at 6 o’clock, P.
M.; arriving at Savannah at 3 o’clock, A.
M., and at Macon at 4 o’clock 50 minutes,
A. M.
Railroad Meeting. »
At a meeting of a portion of the stock
holders of the Georgia and Alabama Rail
road at Rome, Ga., on the 29th inst., W. S.
Cothran, Alfred Shorter, John II. Lumpkin,
A. M. Sloan, A. T. Hardin, Armistead
Richardson and M. H. Haynie ware elected
directors. Col. Cothran was subsequently-
chosen President of the Board.
It is generally believed that this road will
now be constructed.
We are in receipt of a neatly print
ed copy of a catalogue of the Trustees,
Faculty, Ac., of Pierce Female College,
Flat Shoals, Merriwether county. Georgia,
for the scholastic year, 1855. The exercis
es of the institution will commence on the
first Wednesday in January.
In notioing the card of Mr. Moses,
which will ba found in our columns, the
Savannah News remarks: We would direci
the attention of our city and up-country mer
chants to the card in another column, oi
Mr. Esra I. Moses. Mr. Moses commences
the Commission and Forwarding business,
under auspices the most favorable to its suc
cessful prosecution. The respectable name
to which he refers, an intimate acquaintance
with the trade in its general details, and a
character for thorough business habits in
duces us to welcome Mr. M. to Savannah,
and to regard him as a valuable addition to
cur business community.
Death or Mrs. R. W. Habersham.—We
notice among the deaths, in Beaufort, So,
Ca., on the 21st inst., that of Mrs. Sarah
E., widow of the late Hon. It. W. Haber
sham of Georgia.
Up to the 23d inst., eleven deaths had oc
ourred in Beaufort from fevers, nine oi
which were yellow fever.
Turtle Soup.—After all the talk about
the treadmill sort of life editors are usually
supposed to lead, even they sometimes find
little iteme of the good things of the earth
turning up in their paths. So we reflected
yesterday as on entering our sanctum we
discovered on our round table a server ol
ample demensions over laid with a snowy
napkin, under which was a goodly quantity
of turtle soup, oysters and other fixings of n
kind to rejoice the heart of the dantics;
epicure. After pondering a few minute
over the important quero: Where did it
come from ? we concluded there was bu:
one place for it to hail from and that is the
Magnolia Restaurant, on Alabama street,
for we have understood that they are in the
habit of keeping just such articles at ail
hours, done up in the brownest kind ol
style. The proprietors will accept oui
“regards” for the "treat.”
The Weather.—The clerk of the weath
er lias made sundry generous endeavors,
within the last few days, to furnish us
with rain, but with very little avail so far.
The indications are good for some copious
showers before many days.
I®* We publish in another part of to
day’s paper, an editorial article from the
Augusta Constitutionalist of a late date, on
the state of parties at the North, which
contains so much of plain, practical truth,
and well considered suggestions, that wc
hope it may receive an attentive and earnest
perusal from all readers who feel any interest
in the political complications of the day.
Business Notices.
H. W. Coxart A Son have just received a
large and elegant assortment of all kinds
of plain and fancy goods, which they say
they are determined to 6ell at the lowest
imaginable prices. We have always found
them ready to come up square to their prom
ises, and purchasers will find them so when
they call.
•A.Those who stand in need of having
their buildings and property insured, (and
we should judge there are many such in
Atlanta) can be accommodated by calling
on Wm. Markham, on Alabama street.—
See his advertisement in another column.
SSUThe ladies will see, by reference to
her card in onr advertising columns that
Mrs. M. W. Harris is offering to the public
a new and beautiful stock of Millinery, and
is prepared to make ladies, dresses in the
latest styles.
A Bridge over the Mississippi.—The sub
ject of abridge over this river at St. Louis is
discussed in the newspapers. It is suggested
that the bridge ought to have au elevation
• of ninety feet. It would cost a million and
half of dollars, an amount deemed 'insignifi
cant compared with its advantages.
•®* The report that England and France
had made a formal demand on onr Govern
ment for explanations relative to the acqui
sition of Russian possesions in America,
turns oat to be a mere on dit.
Frederick Douglass is delivering political
speeches in Illinois. He spoke at Aurora
on Thursday, 19th, in reply to Stephen A.
Douglass, who was advertised to speak at
that place on that day.
We are pleased to perceive that W. T.
Thompson, Esq., has entirely recovered from
his late attack of yellow fever, and is again
at his pu6t as editor of the Savannah News.
Charleston.—There was but one death
by yellow fever in Charleston on Thursday
last 26th lost.
9®* One of the Know-Nothing Councils,
in New York has adopted the following res
olution :
Resolved, That no person should be al- 1
lowed to vote in any town, county,^state, or
national election until he has lived i n the
United States for twenty one years, ana
con read and write.
Mr A new post office has lately been es
tablished in Stewart county, Georgia, call
ed Union, W. A. Helms, P. M.
Z. The workmen on the Washington Monu
ment, in Washington City, commenced an
other round on the 23d inst., which will ele
vate it 168 feet from the ground. It is ex
pected to complete 172 feet before the winter
■vpaasloa oommenoes.
Tk* Capital.
Almost every day we see some new evi
dence of the increasing inclination on the
part of the people, so far as the press is any
indication, to have the Seat of Government
removed from Milledgeville and located at
Atlanta. The sentiment in favor of removal
will continue to increase and the cause gain
friends, from this time forward, to the peri
od when the people will be called on to de
cide the question at the polls; for the rea
sons in favor of the movement are such as
to bear the test of scrutiny, and cannot fail
to carry conviction to the mind of every
candid, unprejudiced man, who takes the
trouble to investigate the question in its va
rious bearings. We have heretofore ex
pressed the opinion that the people above
Atlanta are almost unanimously in favor of
the removal of the capital to this city, and
we have counted, not without reason, upon
the support of many below this point, espe
cially along the lines of railroad leading
from Atlanta, and we are glad to learn that
South-west of us, in the direction of Troup,
the friends of removal are largely in the
majority.
The Lagrange Reporter, of Friday last,
commenting on this matter, gives the follow
ing flattering account of the feeling ia that
part of the State:
“We think we speak the sentiments of
nineteen-twentieths of the inhabitants of this
section of the State, when we declare ourself
in favor of its removal to Atlanta. As for
putting the Capitol in the centre of the
State because it is the centre, there’s more
gas than reason in it. We say, place it at
the point most accessible from all parts of
the country; and we are sure that no one
will dispute that Atlanta is that point.
Again, some of our politicians are en
deavoring to frighten the “dear people” with
cries of “too much expense.” We reply
to this, that the old rookery known as the
State House by courtesy, certainly cannot
last much longer, and therefore the expense
must come, sooner or later. Besides, a mag
nificent edifice might almost litterahy be
iewn out of the Stone Mountain and trans
ported only sixteen miles, at a good deal
less expense than the cost of the present
Capitol”
A Massachusetts Giant.—A young far
mer of Littleton, Mass., who visits Boston
very often to sell produce, has attracted
great notice in ths ’ - ’ey by his giant size,
lie weighs 280 p< « ,s, is six feet eleven
itches high, is only twenty-one years old,
vud is growing yet.
The Dry Goods Trade.—The N. Y. Her-
dd says, there has been active business do
ing the past week at the principal dry
goods auction rooms. Though not on a
very heavy scale compared to those made
earlier in the season, they have been well
ittended by animated companies. Prices
nave been well sustained, and in many
'ases goods have been at a decided improve-
nent in prices, especially in woolens and
>ther seasonable and desirable goods.
Payment or Postage.—Nine months ago,
ifty-two per centum of the letters sent in
the U. S. mails were at that time pre-pald.
A recent investigation shows that at this
ime quite sixty per centum of the letters
so sent are pre-paid.
Cotton in West Point.—The West Point
Beacon of Thursday says that sales of cotton
n that place for the last four or five days
have been quite brisk some five hundred
hales having changed hands at from 7 to 8J
•ents, per pound.
I®-We sec by the Macon Citizen of Sat
urday that the editor of that paper, Dr. L.
F. W. Andrews, has been arrested on a suit
for libel, damages laid at $5,000. The mat
ter charged as libbelous was contained
the Citizen's report of the arrest of one Jer
ry Faley on the charge of being concerned
in the late depredations committed in Ma
con. The Citizen promised to do justice to
the subject in its next issue.
Escaped from Jail.—Daniel Whright,
confined in Muscogee jail for killing Deputy
Marshal Robinson some months ago, escaped
from jail on Tuesday night last and let out
a negro man at the same time. It is suppos
ed that some person permitted access to the
jail furnished him implements with which
to make his escape.
Montgomery.—The Montgomery Journal
of Friday the 27 th inst, say: After close
and strict inquiry we can hear of bu two or
three deaths from all causes since or last is
sue, 25th.
We are happy to report a great change
for the better in the health of our city. Not
more than three or four new cases have
been reported within the last 48 hours, and
but one death within the last 24 hours.
The Chambers, Ala., Tribune of Fri
day eomc3 to us dressed in mourning for the
death of Col. Matthew Phillips, who died in
Lafayette, Chambers county, Ala., on Sat
urday the 21st inst. Col. Phillips was born
in Amherst county, Va., in 1796, and came
•vith his parents to Wilkes, in this State,
.vbere he entered into the practice of the
aw. From thence to Jasper, which county
ae frequently represented in the Legislature.
In 1832 he moved to Lafayette, Ala., where
ie continued to reside until his death.
Medical College Augusta.
We are requested by the Faculty of the
Medical College of Ge >rgia, says the Chron.
ft Sentinel, to announce that as a measure
f prudence, and to allow the community to
become again settled and boarding-houses
fully ready for the Students, the Lectures
will not be commenced until the 2nd Mon
day, the 13th of November.
Will the papers in the South and West
please notice this postponement.
The New York Herald understands from
very excellent authority that the government
ol the United States at Washington, and the
cabinet of Ilis Imperial Highness, Santa
Anna, have already laid the basis of a new
treaty, which is at the present moment ip
process of negotiation. This treaty will, it
is said, be entirely of a commercial nature.
t&’A. writer in the New York Post says,
che idea that a ship, sinking at sea, create-
a whirlpool, is “nautical nonsense,” and
had not this delusion prevailed at the time
the Arctic sunk, tiie boats would have re
mained near the raft, and many more per
sons would have been saved.
I® 1 The last number of the Revue des
Jlcux Mondes contains an article on Thack-
er y»byM. Forgues. In the course of it,
he mentions the novelist’s synical exclama
tion, when he found “Esmond” eclipsed
by the simultaneous publication of “ Uncle
Tom’s Cabin,” “ I forgot to put a nigger in
my novel.”
[Correspondence of the Dzil.v Intelligencer.}
Hatters taA Thlsgi la New Yark.
New York, Oct. 20th, 1854.
The excitement caused by the unlooked-for re
appearance of Capt. Lcce has already subsided,
and our restless city is on the qni rice for the Liv
erpool steamer of the 4th, and the stirring tales
from the Crimea which she is expected to bring.
The near approach of election day, (Tuesday,
the 7th of November,) keeps the politicians in a
ferment, and the multiplicity of candidates, fac
tions, and political axe-grinders engaged in the
struggle, renders the municipal canvass a most
amusing game at cross purposes to a disinterested
spectator of the melee.
John S. Oenin has declined the nomination of
the Independents, in a neat, sensible letter, so
that there are now only fire aspirants to the May
oralty in the field. For most of the other local
offices there ore from three to five candidates.—
Never before in this city was there such a rush oi
laborers to the public vineyard. Wilson G.
Hunt, one of our most honored merchants, is the
standard-bearer of the Reform Party, but I fear
ha cannot be elected Mayor. Party organizations
and discipline backed up by bad run and big
promises, are more than - a match for the loosely
combined elements of Reform. The vital strug
gle for the .Viayorality will be between Fernando
Wood, nominated by both the Hards and Softs of
the Democracy, (but since repudiated by the
Hards,) and J. J. Herrick, Whig. Barker, the
Know-Nothing candidate, is said to have many
enemies in the ranks of bis own party, and al
though nominated by the Temperance men, can
scarcely be successful.
The criminal record of the enrrent week bids
fair to rival that of the preceding. On Wednesday
last, John Slaven, shoemaker, stabbed his wife
with a shoe-knife in five places—a man named
Archibald Irvine died from effects of wounds, in
flicted on the previous night by a youth named
Darron—William Eberle was committed for trial
on a charge of murdering John Silfroy with a
pistol, in Ninth Avenue, on Friday night—John
Corcoran was convicted of manslaughter in the fourth
degree—and a policeman was araigned on charge of
manslaughter in causing the death of a prisoner by
violence. Rather a formidable catalogue for one
day, but there is more to add. On Tuesday, John
Smith, a boy of seventeen, was placed at th9 bar
on a charge of murder, and convicted of man
slaughter in the second degree; and yesterday,
Patrick McMahon, a laborer, was put on trial for
the murder of his wife; and John B. King, a mere
lad in appearunce, arraigned for homicide. The
weapon used in all the cases I have mentioned,
save three, was the dastard's—a knife. The im
mediate cause in each was rum.
Auother of those little episodes in the history of
banking, mildly termed “defalcations,’’ was
brought to light in this city, a few days ago, and
yesterday furnished a new topic for the gossips in
Wall Street. The first toller of the Ocean Bank,
one Mc-Guckin, is the unfortunate “ victim of cir
cumstances.’’ The thing occurred in the simplest
way in the world. Mr. McGuckin merely certified
checks in an irregular way, on his own book, and
finally the Bank was minus $100,000 by the op
eration. Its capital, however, is a million of dol
lars, so “what’s the odds?” After Schuyler's
gigantic fraud, a swindle of a cool hundred thou
sand seems almost like an act of exemplary for
bearance, and we only say, after drawing a long
breath, “a mere trifle; it might have been worse.”
It is understood that the tellers' securities are good
for $50,000. There is also a screw loose in the
Knickerbocker Bank. One of the directors is
said to owe the institution $150,000! The Bank
is in a bad condition and a heavy loss will fall
somewhere—on the depositors probably. The
Empire Bank has been tried by a pretty persever
ing run, but stood the test and is in as good order
as ever. There have been some failure among the
Kentucky and Indiana Banks, and everybody
looks shy at Western money.
The Walker divorce case, which afforded such
delightful food for prurient imaginations during
its progre.-s, has been settled by a decree of the
referee. Mrs. Walker obtains a divorce, with
leave to marry again, and has the custody of the
children, he being permitted to visit them once a
week. The public verdict on the decree ia “serv
ed him right.”
Three able legnl opinions, in favor of the as
sumption of the Schuyler scrip by the N. Y. and
X. H. Railroad, were published here yesterday, and
another appears in the Tribune of to-day. They
emanate from C. P. Kirkland, Charles O'Conner,
Oreene C. Bronson and Mr. Lord, of whom the
three former have been retained by the members
of the Stock Exchange. The proposed evasion of
New Haven Directors does not find favor in finan
cial circles here.
That beautiful bumbug, the Crystal Palace, is
about to collapse. It is advertised to close on the
1st proximo. What disposition will be made of
the building I do not know. Some of the articles
on exhibition will probably be sold at auction and
the remainder shipped to places whence they
came, the association paying the expenses of trans-
(From the Augusta t .oustitutionalist.]
The bate Nerlhtra Eltctleas.
The shouts of triumph that have lately
rent the air over the victories obtained in
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, by the
combined forces of Whigs, Ft ee-Soilers, Ab
olitionists and Anti-Nebraska Democrats,
must Lave janed most discordantly upon
the ears of e\ ery true Southern man. They
must arouse among them sentiments of
alarm and indignation peculiar to this sec
tion, and apqrt irinp those feelings held in
common wit&thntjMpAJe bond of Northern
Democrats who have bieasted this booming
tide of fanaticism, and been borne down by
it. The latter have gallantly struggled for
their political principles, derived from the
Fathers of the Republic, which signally
triumphed in the election of Mr. Jefferson
to office, fifty-four years ago, and which
have, alinon uninterruptedly, since shaped
the destinies and controlled the'legislation
of the Government.
In those principles of State Rights and
strict construction, the South has found her
true safe-guards in the Union. She has
always been at heart Democratic, in oppo
sition to Federalism and Centralization.—
She has found her true friends and allies in
the ranks of the Democratic Party of the
North ; for that party held with her a com
munity of sentiment upon the cardinal
principles of our government, the rules ol
constitutional construction and the legisla
tive measures called for by those principles
and rules. Outside of the ranks of that
party, the South has had no organized
friends at the North. Every other North
ern party has been uniformly hostile to her.
and from the very nature of things must
continue to be. When under the influence
of selfish intei ests and sectional excitement
a portion of the Northern Democrats have
been decoyed from their own time-honored
standaid to the ranks of the enemy, or have
yielded to the temptation, while still pos
sessing Democratic principles, of voting on
special questions with Federalists and I
Soileis, by which means the Federal arm
was made s rung enough to injure and op
press tl.e South; she has felt hersell
driven to the wall and forced to rely
on herself alone for protection. Nevei
did she dream that there was hope
safety, of succor and of justice in any otbe
Northern political organization when the
Northern Democracy tailed her,
So must she feel now. Every sentimen
of patriotism—every motive of self-interest
must prompt Northern men to deplore the
defeat of the Administration party—the
true Democratic party of the North—sand to
desire the speedy return of that re-action iL
public sentiment which will teplacethemii
power. That i e-action, sooner or later,
must and will come. It is not the firs
time that that great constitutional party
has been clov en down while gallantly strug
gling for their principles, and politically
defending measures having the almost unan
imous approbation of the South. It is no<
the first time t hat the Xationaldemocr&cy have
been defea - ed in various State elections, when
they stood shoulder to shoulder with the
South in resisting and rejecting abolitim
petitions and designs, Wilinot Provisos, Na
tional Banks, Protective Tariffs, River and
Harbor Bills, and other wasteful and un
constitutional appropriations of public mon
ey. It is not the first time that great parry
has been assailed in every Congressiuna
District throughout the North, and in to.
many instances successfully, with furiou
vindictiveness and rage, for its advocacy oi
the admission of Slave States into the Un
ion. Too often have patriotic Democrats,
who had voted faithfully with their North
eat brothers in Congress for Southeri,
measures, distasteful to Northern sentiment,
but which constitutional right and strict
justice demanded at their hands, been de
feated for te-eieciion. and men, reeking with
pestiferous abolitionism, sent to oecupy
their piaces. The history of the Texas an
nexatiun question and of the Fugitive Slave
Law are still as fresh in the recollection a
the occurrences of yesteiday. The fact b
not forgotten that to the aid of the Northern
Democrats, exclusively, is the South indebt
ed for her success in the passage of those
great measures. For the passage of the Ne
braska and Kansas Bills, at the last session
of Cong ess, is the South again indebted tc
Northern Democrats alone—bills which re
ceived the almost unanimous support of the
entire Southern delegations in both Houses.
They were bills which were emphatic repn
diations of the Wilmot Proviso, whicl
sought to affix the stamp of degration on
the South, and asserted a principle on the
other hand by which the stigma of inferior
ity of rights fastened on her bv the Mis
souri Compromise, was removed.
For their participation in the passage oi
those bills, Northern Democrats have, in the
recent elections, been made to feel the fuh
weight of the storm of sectional excitemen.
which the Slavery question has aroused tc
overwhelm the fiends of the South. Again
portation. I believe that the Palace, under the the opprobious terms, “dough face,” subset
energetic management of Mr. John II. White, | viency tc slave holde “truckling to the
who succeeded Barnum as President of the asso- I slave-power,” have been potent words in
ciation, has paid its way. It still contains a great : the mouths of demagogues, and honest men
number of mechanical inventions, manufacture, i who did their sworn constitutional duty it.
and specimens of the fine arts, which are well 1 voting with their Northern members oe
worth seeing these bills, and who were without exception
Letters have been received here by the friends j J**
. „ . .. , „ J , fellow democrats at home, in all cases where
of Captain Gibson, (the adventurous gentleman a re _ nomination waa desi red. have been de-
that was to have been banged in Netherlands, In- feated> Th „„ m ^ in favoJ . of men
dia,) of the most encouraging character. Mr. ■ who have uo op i n i on8i no interests or feel-
Belmont is urging the Captain's claim for repara- j ing8 in common with the South—men who
tion, (to the tune of $su,00Q to $100,000,) upon j on the question most vital to her, have eve;
the government of Holland with zeal, and the i opposed her, and will continue to oppose
legislative chambers are in high debate concerning I her to the bitter end.
the same. They may “come down’’ without It is true the Northern hordes of demag
giving Uncle Sam the trouble to shoot, and they ogues factionists and fanatics, have beet
mny not—probably not. Query—will Uncle Sam banded to get her under different names am.
shoot under any circumstances? I am well ac- influences. Whig?, Free-Soilers, Abolition-
quoin ted with Gibson, who has been ill-used, needs tsts and Anti-Nebt askaists of every colout
the money, and would spend it like a prince. I ? nd condlti ? n ’ , haVe b « eome fused
... , „ ’ . , in an unholy league to array the Nortl.
^ ® against the South, and to undo legislation
The temperature in this latitude is several de- w hich was acc eeded to inquestiouable con-
grees below the “ bracing ” point, and fire and gtitutional claims of the South. From the
furs are in great request. I have seen several la- seething cauldron of incongruous politics,
dies in Broadway this afternoon in full winter rig. ! elements, in which hostility to the slave
By-tbe-by the winter silks are magnificent this power was the one harmonizing ingredient
year. They are manufactured with rich velvet has ari.-en a potent and mephitic exhalation.
Lemmings woven in, and some of them cost as which threa'ens to poison the whole politi-
bigh as $100 and $150 the dress. ; cal atmosphere of the North. Mingling
Our merchants complain of “hard times," but t , his are the murk Y vapours springing
from the subrerreanean pools of Know Noth
ingism; a dark and mysterious organiza
tion whose sinister influences have latelv
their wives and daughters continue to wear the
costliest fabrics that the loom of Europe can pro
duce.
thrown the political sky into still deepe
Thayiag Thlekthpenth i shadow. It is an organization which can
“Did you go to Dr. to have him cure hav ® >n sympathy with the Demo-
you of lisping?" said a gentlemen in Louis- ® ra # tlc an< * theiefore must be hostile
ville to a littlle boy who had been “tongue- 1 to lt ‘ “ contemplates, among its leading
tied,” or something of the sort. j P ,l! T <,se8 » warfare upon the political rights,
“Yeth, thir,” answered the lad. guarantied by the Constitution, to all For-
“What did he do to you’” e gners and all Reman Catholies who are.
“He cut a little thring there wath under or “* a . v , ’* CuD ‘® citizens among us. It is ai.
my thongue.” organization that cannot long flourish, un-
“Did he cure you?” i les8 k b® on the ruins of the Democratic
“Ye.h, thir.” i k>ar, y. and tbe prostration of Democratii-
“Why, you are lispinir now." > principles.
taping n
Well I
don’t pertbeive ^ lke Know Nothings, uniting at the
< * ...... XT. .»• L a 1. _ _ F. _ . * _. i «
Am I, thir? D
that I lithp, ecthept when I go to thay thickth- North with other factions and fag-ends ol
jtenth! I always notithe it.” parties, succeed in making other tests foi
Happy lad! “Where ignorance is bliss, °®^' e than those recognized by the Oonsti-
’tis folly to be wise.” tution, and in subverting the principle oi
j religious tolerance therein incorporated,
French Gcn-boats for the Baltic.—The T bo ? re , ! be t* 6 * 1 victims in the natural or-
French government is making great exertions n«a°»nd a ™’ a j[|® r ^ ie ^> m ? n Catho-
to construct a number of gunSs for ser- enunZ\ ‘ gn h 01 ?. P.°P ulat ‘ 0 “ « f our
vice in the Baltic next S^in^ They are “oreshming markfor the
tacarry heavy metal, yet todraw onlyibout gogueism, of facUom of biV^ of wt
one fathom of water; and their bows and ci.4. than the Soutb-the isollted.rovifed
bulwarks are to be cased with,ronphues of permuted and unfriended Wh?-the
considerable thickness. Some experiments South, ..gainst whom foreign government
were lately tried at Vincennes, upon the de- and poienVates plot and a^deiSeTS
*? uId forei «" pulpits and presses fulminate thrir
offer to shot. The result was, that it re- slanderous denunciations ? Let thedemo-
quired seventeen cannon balls to strike the C ratic party of the No th he strickeJ K,
“<• .h«. i»ii
against her, and she is assailed by measures
of unjust legislation? Where else has
such help, sympathy, and justice come from,
hitherto, but fr >m Northern Democrats ?
In a numerical inferiority in the Federal
Councils, the Slave Stales must look to par
ty alliances oat of their limits, if they hope
to carry measures essential to their interest,
or defend themselves successfully against
measures destructive of their rights as mem
bers of the confederacy. Such alliances
they can honorably continue and preserve
with the Northern democrats who belong
to the same school of federal politics, and
have continued true to their principles. It
would be dishonorable to break with those
who have been true to us. Southern demo
crats will never turn their backs on their
Northern fellow democrats who have,
“faithful among the feithless,” been so true
to us. When that alliance is dissolved, then
there will be an end of all National parties.
In their place comes sectional parties a
warfare of sections,—then, disunion.
It is vain for Southern men, opposed to
the Democratic party, to talk of a great
National Republican party, to be formed out
of existing parties. They are the minority
in the South, and cannot break down the
Democratic party at the South. They have
no principles to offer for adoption, in oppo
sition to democratic principles, which can
carry the popnlnf^Yaice. They have no
measures to propose in opposition to demo
cratic measures. Beyond the limits of the
South, there is no material out of which to
form a party fit for Southern men to unite
with, outside the ranks of the Democratic
party—no, not enough to carry a single
Congressional District at the North. Great
divisions and quarrels among democrats,
bare arrayed one branch of the party in
New York, in opposition to Gen. Fierce’s
Administiation. But that opposition fur
nishes no nucleus upon which to form a new
party which can claim any strength at the
South. The grounds of opposition to Gen.
Pierce have nothing in them national in
character, or worthy of Southern sympathy.
Nor are they of such a character as will
Dermit the reunion of the democracy of
New York, at the very next national contest.
The Presidential election of 1856 will find
the Democracy of New York again a unit,
and rallied upon its old principles. Of those
principles, Gen. Pierce was a true exponent
in 1852, and he has been true to them in his
entire official course as President. The
South certainly has no cause to complain of
him. No measure of his Administration
has met with a dissent at the South, worthy
to be dignified with the name of an organ-
TUESDAY. OCT. 31.
The Weather.—On Saturday evening
we commenced having a slight sprinkling
of rain which continued during Sunday and
on Sunday night increased to a very re
spectable shower. The dust of a few days
ago has consequently been supplanted by a
pretty thick coating of mud.
Tits Stats Bud.
In another column will be seen an extract
from the recent report of the Superintendent
of the State Road, showing the earnings
and expenditures of the Road during the
year ending on the 30th of September, 1854.
It will be observed that the gross eearnings
have amounted to $591,154 78, while the
expenses for working and maintaining the
Road are stated at $253,031 78, showing a
profit of $338,123.
This result, so far as it is an indication of
the increasing business of the Road, and its
capacity, under proper management, to re
alize a considerable profit to the State, when
the work of construction shall be completed
and its debts paid off, must be a source of
gratification to every citizen of Georgia.—
But so far as regards the nett profits of the
past year, arising partly from decreased ex
penditures, and the payment of a trifling
6um from its earning into the State treasu
ry, we regard it as altogether illusory in its
character.
Our readers need not be reminded that
we have, since the question of a disposal of
the Road was first mooted, uniformly and
zealously advocated the policy of retaining
the Road in the possession of the State, on ! which results in their agreeing, jointly, to
the ground that, with the heavy increase of \ f° rm a stock company, with Mr. I. as pres-
business in prospect on the completion of | i deat *. ^ ie y purchase the land by paying
[Correspondence of the Daily Intelligencer.]
New York, Oct. 26, 1854.
The “tight times” have brought to
light many operations of the stockjobbers.
There is more gambling in Wall Street than
in ali other parts of the city together. It
is not with cards or dice.; nevertheless, it is
gambling of the worst kind with stocks for
money. There is a large class who devote
themselves to buying and selling worthless
stocks at fictitious prices by false represen
tations. By a combined effort they make
stocks rise to-day, and sell out—easting sus
picion against them to-morrow, depreciate
their nominal value, buy in again—making
their money out of uninitiated and green
ones. There are various kinds of stocks
that may be denominated Fancy, and for
each I hare a rod in pickle, but I will at
this time only expose that class of Mining
Stocks known as Coal Stocks.
Mr. Jacob Barback is not worth a dollar, ;
and has for a long time been living on the . any friend of the UnioE to point - to » sin g le
interest of what he owes ; feeling he must i instance by which the South originated a
raise the wind, lie luckily hears of some measure that threatened the integrity of the
coal lands for sale in Pennsylvania, bor- ' £, nion - or , did injustice to any of its citizeiis.
a Vi... a nA a i, c c ■ i i-i The South has not only done all that it
rows a hundred dollars of a friend, which j could do to add t0 oup * ational honor and
he promises to return next week, goes to the ; greatness, but has studiously abstained from
owner, and gets a refusal for thirty days of j every thing calculated to disturb the domes-
6,000 acres at five dollars per acre. He j tic harmony. Nay more, when the South
"r, “ f “»? rvr. “; 53 AS
the Hon. Caleb Ironhull to join w ith him, j the most wanton acts of injustice from the
stating in glowing colors the prospect. He ; North, it has displayed a forbearance and a
pictures the immense fortune both can ! patience, which the people of the South
make, and finally induces Mr. Ironhull to i on V can display^ These are some of the
go with him and “view the promised land,”
Howell Cobb on tbe Slave Trade. ^
The following letter from the ex-Governor
of Georgia, was originally published in
Mitchell’s Citizen.
Retreat, Ga., Sept. 21,1854.
To the Editor of the New York Evangelist:
Sir,—In your issue of the 13th ultimo,
which I did not see until a few days ago,
there occur some editorial remarks, founded
on an extract from the Daily Times, relat
ing to the brig Grey Eagle, Capt. Donald,
to which I propose a brief reply. I feel in
vited to this course from your Baying, “We
should be glad to ask our Southern friend*
what they think of the possibility of such
an event ?”—the rivival of the African slave
trade.
Every true friend of the Union moat
deeply deplore the circumstances which
have resulted in the dilaceration of that
fraternal regard which should have contin
ued to characterize the American people as
one brotherhood, growing out of domestic
slavery. But whilst the absence of that
feeling is matter of regret, it is no small
gratification to us of the South to know
that we are blameless. It is impossible for
connecting Roads, it must inevitably be
come the source of a large revenue to the
State. Such we still believe to be the fact,
But this revenue cannot properly or reason
ably be expected to be realized to the State
so as to be turned to the advancement of
other interests, foreign to the affairs
of the Road, until the repairs, equip
ment and geueral construction necessa
ry to place the Road on an equal footing
with other roads, shall have been completed,
and itsdebts liquidated. These necessary pre-
zed opposition. The recent defeats of A.d- 1 limmaries have not yet been accomplished,
ministration candidates, hare been effected, ! and the Road is no more able to pay a sin-
in a great measure, upon the ground that ! gle cent into the treasury now than it was
ihe Administration measures have been too under Wadley’s or Yonge’s administrations,
Southern m their bearings—too favorable 1 ,• ° ... , , ,
to the claims of the South* How then, can « ce P t b ? ne S lect,D g expenditures absolute-
to the claims of the South. How then, can
patriotic Southern men, whigs or democrats,
reel otherwise than indignant at the rejoic-
ly necessary to maintain the Roadinaproper
condition to do the business which is thrown
ngs of the factions, which have borne down ; upon it—to prevent it from going into di-
he Administration candidates in the North? i lapidation> and to hav0 it at the e * d of the
Over each candidate thus prostrated and
triumphed over, the South has lost a friend
and the Constitution a defender.
But the reaction will come, and justice
will be done our Northern friends. The
discordant factions now in the ascendant in
present Superintendent’s term of office in
as good condition as when it came under
his control. Why, then, has this sum of
$50,000 been paid into the State treasury
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, will quar- Unles , 8 “ ** People knowing the
. el with themselves over the spoils. The tka t the money has been paid
people will recover from the delusions of
heir possions, and awake to their sense of
American citizens. “The second sober
hnught” will be on the side of the Consti
ution, and of obedience to its behests.—
1 he Democratic Parry, with its glorious old
banner, unfurled, with the Constitution,
in, and with little or no scrutiny on their
part into the financial affairs of the Road,
shall be made to think that while previous
administrations, admitted to be eminently
efficient, were unable to make the Road pay
anything to the State over and above its
he rights of the States, and the equality of j own expenses, the present Superintendent,
he States, emblazoned on all its folds, will *». ■’ • ,•
igain tead to victor” T “that toaairTt. i hr ‘ “"" “If"" ,k ^ “ “ s
South will rally, as it did in 1852, and ! has been ab,e to make the Road at 11118 ear ‘
.vhenever the time comes to deliver her j da y commence paying a revenue into the
iward on the Administration of Gen. Pierce State treasury ? Asa public journalist we
‘Well done, good and faithful
.t will be,
servant,
Tb« Cattra Crop.
A “Merchant” has furnished the Mobile
Register the following remarks of i “oDe of
i.ie closest observers of the crops of the coun-
ry”:
“The opinions which I have several times
expressed to you in respect to the forthcom
ing cotton crop of Alabama, are still unchan
ged. I understand there are a few very
good crops on the Black Warrior, ten or
fifteen miles from this place, but it is gener
ally conceded that the crop on the low
lands will not exceed two-thirds that of 18-
52 or ’53. On the sandy uplands I am sure
twill not turn off above one half.
“The crops on the black, or lime lands,
as they are famil&rly called, are said to be
more unequal than usual. Some, very
good, others very indifferent—the average
falling quite below the crops of 1852 and
1853.
“ A friend of mine, of reliable judgement
now planting in Marengo, has just returned
from North Alabama, where he is well ac-
(uainted, reports the cotton crop in the Ten
nessee valey to be about two-thirds of last
year, and says th ecorn crop is in proportion
short.
In middle Alabama, the forward corn
has yielded a fair average, while that plant
ed late has produced but little.
“I do not remember ever tc have seen as
many hogs in Alabama as at this time.
The most ofthem will be slaughtered, though
perhaps, the scarcity of corn will prevent
them from being fattened as we!l as they
should be.
Is it impossible that the incoming cro p
of the United States can exceed twenty-five
Hundred thousand bales ? The loss from the
torms and heavy rains has been very great,
yet it is impossible to estimate this with any
iegree of exactness.
“The cotton would be leas affected by a
frost at this time than any previous year I
remember to have observed. In 1851, tbe
drought was partial, while contiguous dis
tricts and even plantations were visited by
plentiful showers. In 1839, the spring and
summer were unusually favorable—neither
too wet nor too dry, and all tbe crops were
unsuolly advanced and promising when the
showers ceased about the middle of August.
The remainder of the summer not being
unusually warm and the nights and days
approximating equally in duration, the
evaporation of the day did not so greatly
exceed what was returned in the night.—
But the drought of this year was so serious
in the spring as to cause the crops to be
about three weeks more backward than us
ual. It again commenced about the 10th
f July, and the summer has been about
the warmest I have ever felt throughout
the U. States, and the drought extending
almost over the entire area of our country.
If an average crop is made this year you
•nay set it down that cotton is proof against
beat and dry weather, rather courting both.”
I Batel
During Thursday night last the rain com
menced and continued, falling, moderately,
until ten o’clock yesterday morning. We
nave, therefore, had a most delightfril and
refreshing rain, with a prospect, as we write
f a renewal of it, as the clouds have not
dispersed. Should this be followed by a
.good frost, we may calculate with certainly
upon the immediate extermination of the
fever.—Chronicle eft Sentinel QSithinst.
Rachel Coming to America.—A paris
correspondent says, that he ia authorised by
Madame Rachel herself, to state that her
-agent will shortly sail for New York, to
make arrangements for her appearance there
this winter m the great characters which
have placed her at the head of living
tragic actresses. A* she plays entirely in
French she intends to take a complete com
pany from Peris with her.
The wit inspected at Syracuse, N.
Y. this year exceed*, by 250,000 bushels,
that of 1853.
feel bound to protest against any such sys
tem of indirection in the management of
the people’s property—the State Road.—
This thing of cutting down the necessary
outlays of the Road and paying a little
sum of money into the treasury and making
a great noise about it, has too much the ap
pearance of a shrewdly concocted feat of
legerdemain to stand the test of an open,
earnest, intelligent investigation by the
people.
After tbe heavy appropriation, amounting
to nearly three-quarters of a million of dol
lars, appropriated by the Legislature for the
benefit of the State Road, and after the dis
bursements from this sum, directed by the
hands of Mr. Wadley and his successor, Mr,
Yonge, it is easy to conceive that the Road
might be continued in tolerable running
order with slight outlays for permanent re
pairs, for at least the term of one succeeding
Superintendent, but it is quite as easy to
conceive that, in such case, a vastly increased
expenditure mightbeimperatively demanded
to keep the road in operation upon the in
coming of the next administration.
Mr. Cooper’s report would have been
much more satisfactory had it been more
explicit in some important respects. It
would have thrown more light on the con
dition of the affairs of the Road if he had
made an exhibit of the general indebtedness
of the Road, detailing the more important
items—stating whether or not any consider
able amount of new debts have been lately
created—what has been done with the old
debt of $95,000 due the Georgia Railroad,
what amount of it has been paid and in
what manner—whether in cash or in bonds,
and what amount of new bonds have been
issued since the commencement of his ad
ministration.
We have already extended this article
farther than we intended and must Jdefer
any additional reflections on the subject to
a future day. We shall, however, recur to
it shortly, as there are a number of other
interesting items which we wish to bring
before the people.
1^.John Van Buten returned to the
United States in the steamer Baltic. It is
the general opinion that he came back for
the purpose of having a finger in the No
vember election.
An a;r line railroad from Memphis
to Louisville continues to be discussed. The
enterprise is of vast importance to those
cities, and to New Orleans.
Another Editor Arrested.—We learn
from the New York Min or, that A. S. Wil-
lengton Esq., the venerable proprietor of the
Charleston Courier, was arrested in New
York a few days since for libel, at the in
stance of Rufus W. Griswold. The alleged
libel was contained in a letter from New
York touching Mr. G’s domestic affairs.
Squadron tor Greytown.—The steamer
Princeton will convey Mr. Charge Wheeler
and Mr. ex-Consui Fabens to Pensacola,
where, it is said, they will transfer them
selves to the frigate Columbia, which will be
there for the purpose. Tbeforcefor the harbor
of San Juan will consist of the Columbia,
the razee Independence, which is to pnt in
there on her way to ,the Pacific, and the
Princeton.
Fanny Fern is writing a domestic «i»,
which she calls Ruth Hall. It will be issued
by Mason A Co., New York.
■
The froth wad songster* are tht cottager's music
sad Imw tti pear man’s poesy.
sacrifices which the South has heretofore
$5,000 down, which is paid in stocks, if
possible, and give their notes for the Bal
ance, payable in one, two and three years. | commanded by a northern captain and nav
igated by a northern crew. Ti
made, and is still making, for the sake of
peace and the Union. I trust that this for
bearance is not to be put to stronger tests,
for they might produce practical secession.
The brig Grey Eagle, so far as my infor
mation goes (I get it from yours, and other
newspapers,) was owned at the North, was
They then form a company and issue stock
to the amount of one million and fve hun
dred thousand dollars! which purports to
be “ the capital!” Mr. Barback receives
from the President, Mr. Ironhull, five hun
dred thousand dollars in stock for finding
the land, and the President takes an equal
amount for making the purchase, and ap
points Mr. B.’s son Secretary and Transfer
Agent. The remaining five hundred thou
sand is set apart for the expenses—paying
for the land and building a railroad to the
mine. Now they devote themselves to tell
ing of the wonderful mine to all they come
across. They “ would not sell their stock
for less than par ”—not they. “ It will b8
worth more.” If they consent to do it,
“ they do it as a friend," and they caution
“ not to say anything about it.” “ Cannot
fail to make $1,000 per day nett profit when
they get a going, and more, too.” It will
not cost 50 cents per ton—freight and all
only $2. Coal at $7—§5 profit on each ton
—immense profits—the royal road to a for
tune.
Mr. Barback induces Mr. Bitewell to sell
his house for the stock and make him a di
rector, and by exchanges of stocks equally
valuable get a Board of Directors, who
publish a pamphlet, describing the land
and the coal, together with a report from
the celebrated Prof. Hum, who says there
is an inexhaustible supply of the best qual
ity, and that it will cost next to nothing to
mine it, and that there is not such another
mine in the whole country—a fortune to the
owners—hisfeeS500. Upon these represen ta-
tions they borrow, giving their notes for a year
or more to run, offering a bonus as an in
ducement. They get all the money they
can—exchange it for all the property possi
ble—refuse to sell their stock, except at a
high price, unless in an underhanded way
—get some fat geese plucked. They try
other games as long as possible, then they
issue six hundred thousand dollars in bonds,
which take the precedence to the stock, sell
all possible the same way. They try to ef
fect a loan in Europe in which they fail—
the railroad is never built—the mine not
opened—their notes not met—their stock
forfeited and worthless, and those who lent
their money taken in and done for. The
originators pocket the cash, and the affair
ends by the whole concern failing. If lend
ers object to being fleeced they sue them for
usury in accepting of their generous offer
of a few shares of their valuable stock,
which they do in hopes of making them
forfeit the principal, and whether they suc
ceed or not they keep no property in their
possession and all is lost.
That’s “ a regular Sevastopol ” is now
the phrase used instead of hoax, humbug
and the like. The news of taking Sevasto
pol was the greatest hoax of the age, even
greater than Richard Adams Locke’s moon
hoax, which set all the world and his wife
agog in 1830. But it may turn out to be
the truth by the time of the arrival of the
next 6teamer.
Further details are published respecting
the finding of the remains of Sir John
Franklin and his party. It is supposed
that they died of starvation near Great
Fish River, and that they were at last driv
en to the last resort of starving men—can
nibalism.
During the last two days nine thousand
three hundred and forty-four emigrants have
arrived at this port.
Money Matters.—Money still continues
tight.” The Banks do but little paper,
and what they do must be first-class names.
There have been less deposits made during
the last weok than in previous weeks. The
is occasioned by drafts of western
bankers upon their balances held in this
city. There is also a continued decline
specie.
Politicians are busy “ in laying pipe’”
for the election, which is but two weeks off.
The liquor dealers held a meeting last even
ing and agreed to support Seymour in con
sideration to his decided stand taken in op
position to the Maine Law, and his veto of
it. It needs no prophet to determine who
will be the next Governor, but we will wait
for the returns. ***
W. C. Bemax, Indicted for Mail Robbe
ry.—Among the deaths reported some time
since as having occurred of yellow fever in
this city, was that of W. C. Behan. The
deceased was under indictment for mail
robbery, alleged to have been perpetrated
in Augusta. We refer to the matter now
for the purpose of saving the witnesses
summoned to testify in the case from the
trouble of attending the next term of the
United States Court, at which the trial was
to have taken place, and for the additional
purpose of saving the government the ex-
mse of their coming. The Augusta and
Montgomery papers are requested to call
their attention to the fact that their pres
ence will not bo required. Our cotempora
ries, however, are advised to make no charge
for the notice, as Uncle Sam is too poor to
pay for an advertisement. We have rende
red him this service gratuitously, and they
most expect to be compensated at the same
tale.—Savannah Georgian.
his brig went
to Africa, and, from some barracoon on the
coast, procured a cargo of six hundred
slaves, it is said, and landed them on the
island of Cuba. What do you see in all
this, sir, calculated to excite your fears, or
to justify your surmises, that the South is
about to revive the African slave trade?—
Southern men had no interest in this brig,
or her cargo, that I know of. Pardon fee
when I say, it seems to me, that we of the
South might ask with muoh more propriety,
whether Northern men ever intend to relii*-
quish this traffic f
The history of the African slave trade
shows, that before it was prohibited by law,
the South participated in it, so far as the
importation was concerned, to a very limi
ted extent, and since its prohibition, not at
all, that I know of. The vessels engaged in
the trade, were principally, if not altogeth
er, owned by northern men (softly—-New
England men.) Northern men brought the
slaves to the South, and sold thorn. How
these slaves were procured—how they suffe
red in the middle and all other passages,
&o. &e., we of the South only know what
history relates. Whatever these sufferings
may have been, they form the amount of
northern responsibility in the case. How
the slaves have been treated since they have
become ours, forms the amount of our re
sponsibility—a responsibility which we are,
by no means, inclined to exchange for yours,
were such a thing possible, and which we
are not disposed to deny or avoid.
Your inquiry is directed principally 5 to
the African slave trade, although you dis
cuss at some length, and in the usual way,
another subject—domestic slavery. Youfte-
si o to know what Southern sentiment niay
be, as to the revival of this trade—I wiil
give that sentiment as I understand it, and
1 think I understand it well—the South is
now as it has ever been sincethe trade became
unlawful, UTTERLY OPPOSED TO ITS REVIVAL.
No doubt, Sir, it would afford you much
pleasure if the facts would permit you to say
as much for the North. Excuse me, Sir, it
seems surprising that you should entertain
a doubt, with regard to Southern sentiment
on this subject. With a coast extending
from Maryland to Texas, every facility
abundant and at hand, what is there now,
or has there been heretofore, to prevent the
South carrying on this trade, had it been so
disposed? And if disinclined to the direct
trade with Africa, what is there now, or has
there been heretofore, to prevent an indirect
trade by the way of Cuba?
On this subject, with regard to my native
State (Georgia,) I can be very explicit—
positive. You will perceive that the power
of prohibiting the African slave trade, is in
the Federal Constitution but an implied
power—powers of this kind remain dormant
until they are put into exerci e by legisla
tion. Congress passed an act in 1807, pro
hibiting this trade after the first day, of
January, 1808. Ten years before this pe
riod, that is in 1798, Georgia included* in
her Constitution this article: “There shall
bo no importation of slaves into this State,
from Africa, or any foreign place, after the
first day of October next.” For the purpose
of carrying fully into effect the provisions
of her Constitution and tiie act of Congress
of 1807, Georgia passed several acts. In
one of these acts, passed in 1817, thirty-
seven years ago, only one year after the
organization of the Colonization Society,
provision was made for turning over to said
Society any African slaves which might be
introduced into the State. There occurs in
the last mentioned act this remarkable clause:
“his Excellency, the Governor, is authorized
and requested to aid in promoting the be
nevolent views of said society, in such man
ner as he may deem expedient.” So stands,
this day, the Constitution and law of Georgia.
I regret that I am not prepared to make an
investigation of this subject, as respects -the
other Southern States; but apprehend that
an examination will show as efficient legis
lation, on the part of each of them, as that
of Georgia; for a common purpose would
necessarily suggest common action.
There are but two places, on our side of
the Atlantic, where tins trade is carried on,
to wit: Brizil and Cuba. Brazil being \ re
mote, at present, from the United StatiS, I
shall here say no more that relates to uat
government. The trade goes on with Cuba,
and is likely to go on, aslong as things con-
— in their present position. Now, Sir, I
’ and I trust you will believe me to be
smcfflWglsee no remedy for this objection
able traBe (nor for the Africanization of
Cuba) but the bringing of that Island into
the American Union. This, I trust will be
at no distant day. This event wiU not only
put an end to those ceaseless annoyances,
experienced by commercial men, but tbe
people of the island will be blessed with
liberty of conscience and all the benefits of
freemen. May we of the South count on
your co-operation in this greatandgood work?
I have confined my self, you perceive, to
the discussion of the revival of ine African
slave trade, although your editorial whuld
justify me in alluding to the subject of do
mestic slavery. You will not understand
me, because 1 have not discussed the latter
subject, to be averse to its discussion; but
really sir, it appears to me to be not fenly
..nnoi pssarv but a work of —
unnecessary, out a work ef supererogation
to discuss tiie propriety of an institution,
which the laws, the Constitutions, both State
and Federal, and the Bible, authorise 'and
regulate. I am, very respectfully, Ac.,
Howell Coap.
Trial of the Gunters.—This
trial came off at Newbuty C. H. last annk
Against Edward Gunter no bill was found.
Dr. Gunter was acquitted. The trial, -how
ever, had reference only to the killiatf of
Capt. Jesse Scurry. Dr. Gunter’s. nssnnd
trial,-for the killing of Capt. f
vant, is to take place at Newbarry v. u. ia
about three’ —
