? Correspondence of the Mercury.
Wasuixgto . ?mt. C, 1850.
The holders of Texan bo ve .at length
tiiuntphed iu the House of iteprescntativea.?
Notwithstanding the rejxytted defeats of the
Tea Million Monster in that body, its friends
j>ersisted iu asserting confidently that it would
be ultimately successful, and the verification of
their predictions demonstrates most conclusively
that they were possessed of the ways and
means of ascertaining, and, pe-iaps, of determining,
the views and wishes of those whose
action would control the result, and make the i
prediction of to-day, the history of to-morrow.
Shortly after the adjournment yesterday, it
was rumored that the Speaker would this morning
reverse his decision; that the bill could not
be reconsidered a second time, and telegraphic
despatches .to that effect were sent off* to the
Northern cities. 'Ihis morning, however, it
was understood that the bill had been "made
^Jife" during the night?a change having been
effected in the opiniomrof some who had voted
against it, and it would therefore not be necessary
for the Speaker to reverse his decision, as
it could be ovprruied by a. majority. When the
IJouse nie^fit was apparent from the cool and
confident bearihg of the leading advocates ot
the itieosure, that they felt assured of having
the game in their bands, and the countenances
and conduct of some of those who yesterday
voted against the bill afforded unerring indications
of the men and measures by which it was
secured.
At 12 o'clock the consideration of the Texas
0?"f--" "'?o raotimorl the nendiuff QU0S
UUUUuaij uiu niw ivguiuv., ?- , ? M
tion being an appeal by Mr. Howard ol Texas,
from the decision made yesterday by the Speaker,
that the motion to reconsider was not in order,
the bill having been already reconsidered.
The Speaker stated, at some length, the grounds
of his decision, to which he still adhered. Mr.
Howard appealed from the decision, and stated
^that the object of his motion to reconsider was,
that he might offer an amendment to the bill
striking out that portion directing that five millions
of the proposed indemnity toTexasshould
be funded for the benefit of a portion of her
creditors. He wished to place all the creditors
of Texas on the same basis, and to give to her
the power of dividing the money equitably
among them, whereas by the arrangement in
the bill, a-portion of the creditors were secureo
to the full amount of their claims to the exclusion
of others, while the State would be compelled
to repudiate at least three millions of her
public debt He concluded by moving the previous
question. A motion was made to lay the
appeal on the table, which was rejected, yeas
77, noes 123. The question was then taken
on sustaining the decision of the Chair, and the
result was, yeas 83, noes 123. So the decision
of the Speaker was overruled, and the question
being next taken on the motic h to reconsider
the vote by which the bill was rejected, it
\ was. carried in the affirmative, yeas 122, noes
84. The bill was again before the House, and
a hundred members started to their feet, and
" showed "Mr. Speaker 1" but as the floor could
.^.-wmly be given to one. ii-jj'**'-. iwtgnerf to Mr.
Howaad?*? irtTdse management the bill seemed
to be entrusted by its friends. And the result
v proved that their confidence was weii bestowed.
He said he would have preferred ij have offered
the amendment of which he gave notice, but as
the friends of the bill desired him not to do so,
he would accede to their wishes, and would
move that the bill be put upon iU third reading,
and called for the previous question. He was
appealed to, from many quarters, to withdraw
the call for the previous question, nt refused,
and the House seconded the derr.i-d, yeas 103,
noes 91. The decisive question was now put
on ordering the bill to a third reading, and the
answers in calling the roll were looked for and
noted with the closest scrutiny. A number of
members declined answering to their names,
and when the roll was called through it was
known that they had the fate of the bill in their
hands. Their intended course was not long a
matter nf doubt fit was anticioated by many)
and one after another, Mr. Stanton and Mr.
Thomas of Terifnessee, and Mr. Stanton (brother
of the former} and Mr. Mason of Kentucky,
and Mr. Howard of Texas, all of whom had voted
against the bill yesterday, rose and had their
viuuues recorded in favor of it. The Speaker
then announced the result of the vote, yeas JOS,
noes 98, which was responded to by stamping
of feet and clamping of hands in the galleries.
This produced much excitement and tumult on
the floor, and there were many calls on the
Speaker to have the galleries cleared, but after
some time order was restored, aud the bill was
put upon its passage, and was passed, yeas 107,
uoes 97. There was then much shaking of
; hands and congratulations among its friends,
and-Messrs. Foot? and Cass of the Senate seemed
especially delighted at 4l.u ?a... ??
(flfcnit ?ti snmejiine,
to proceed to the consideration of other business',
but excitement and agitation were too
generally prevalent permit the members to
give proper attention to matters of minor inter
est, and a motion to adjourn wus carried by a
large majority.
The bus nes3 in the Senate was unimportant,
a gr^at portion of the day being devoted to the
discussion of the Bounty Laud Bill, and the
body adjourned over until Monday.
From the Auguxta Republic.
The following interesting correspondence between
some citizens of Burke uud the Hon.
J. McPhersou Berrien, it ado ds us pleasure to
lay before our readers and the public.
Alrxandeu, Ga. Aug. 10, 1850.
Sir: Fully impressed with the belief that your
deliberately expressed opinions, upon the principles
involved in this crisis of our public affairs,
would exercise a most momentous influ
ence upon t!ie distracted counsels of the State,
wo have taken the liberty of intruding upon
your leisure moments. In propounding the
following questions for your consideration, we
propose to make such a disposition of your reply,
(should you deem them worthy of one,) as
you, in your mature judgment, may consider
moat conductive to the public interests. We
feel no hesitation in expressing our decided conviction,
that a public expression of opinion, on
\oirpart, would be directly instrumental in
harmonising the conflicting views prevailing to so
g.e :t an extent in the State of Georgia. This
conviction thus forced upon'our minds, must be
our apology for the liberty we have taken.?
Allow us to express our highest approbation of
the stand you have taken in our behalf.
? 1. If the bill reported to the Senate by the
committee of thiiteen, known as the compromise
bill, had become a law of the land, could
slavery have been extended to the Territories
acquireil from Mexico 1
2. Will not the claim "that Congress has the
right, and it is its duty to legislate to protect
slavery in the Territories," yield by implication
**? fA lofn'clnfa *wrntr?cf if?
uic |?r.v<-. ..J .v6.=.?.v^ ? ...
3. If tlu? constitution confers "the right of
slavery to enter ami occupy the territories of
the United States," will the"demand upon Congress
to recognize that light in any and every
territorial hill, be inconsistent with the doctrine
of non-intervention t
In submitting these questions to your coiw,
si deration, to be decided upon, in the premises,
| according to your discretion, we have the honor
to be, very respectfully,
Jambs H. Royal,
Jos. A. Sheuhake,
Rich'd S. Scruggs.
Hon, Jno. McPberson Berrien, U. S. S.
Washington, Aug. 31, 1850.
Grntlbmrn : Laboring under disposition,
and pressed by engagements, 1 have not until
now been able to answer your letter. Presuming
you have kept a copy of it, I do not restate
your questions?accept the following answers:
1. If the Compromise bill >huuld pass, slavery
will be excluded from California, by the
provision of her Constitution, to which Congress
will have given validity; as to Mexico and
Utah, it will depend upon the question whether
the Mexican laws arc in force. 1 hold that
they are not They are superseded by our
owo as soon as a Territorial Government is organized;
but others entertain, or profess to entertain,
a different opinion, and the doubt thus
evinced will prevent slaveholders from carrying
tlieir property there to eucounter law suits.?
Congress ought, therefore, to insert in any act
which they pass on this subject, a clause, stating
that the laws of Mexico are not iu' force in
those territories. We have hitherto sought to
obtain this iu vain?a declaratory clause.
2. I could answer this question generally in
the negative. Congress has authority, in vari
ous cases, to pass laws in attirinance and tor me
protection of existing right, while it no has powerto
annul them. Freedom of the press, trial by
jury, the right to be exempt from unreasonable
seizures and searches, with others, are constitutional
rights. Congress may p?ss laws to facilitata
the enjoyment of these rights, while they
have no authority to annul or abridge them.?
So, if the right to hold slaves is a constituiional
right, the power to remove any obstructions to
its enjoyment in the common territories of the
Union would not draw after it the power to
prevent its enjtiiymenfc-^here. In a word, Congress
may legislate for the protection of a right
guaranteed by the Constitution, but they cannot
legislate io destroy it
3. The doctrine of non-intervention is not
applicable to the present state of things. Clayton's
compromise bill proposed to establish
Territorial Government for all the Territory
acquired from Mexico. The effect of it would
have been to have opened the whole to the
decision of the Supreme Court It was to such
a case only that non intervention could apply.
But if Mr. Clay's compromise bill sluuld pass
Congress would intervene by that very act, to
prohibit slavery, in the most important and valuable
part of the commou Territory?for all
agree that the people who chanced to bo in
California, had no right to declare this prohibition
and that their act is entirely null and void
until Congress shall give it life and validity.?
It is the same thing as if Congress had imposed
the proviso themselves. If California is admitted
with her present constitution, Congress will
have intervened against the South, and cannot
therefore with any show of justice plead nonintervention
as an excuse for withholding from
the South, any act which may be necessary to
protect her in the enjoyment of her Constitutional
rights.
I hope these answers will be sufficiently explicit
to put you in possession of my opinionsaud
while 1 believe that you attach too much
imoortance to them 1 have not felt myself at
liberty to with-hold them. In tlie present posture
ot'our affairs, 1 am very anxious that my
fellow citizens of Georgia should thoroughly
understand their position, and mingling an ardent
love of the Union, with an unalterable determination
to assert their equal rights under the
Constitution, should calmly and steadily contemplate
the consequences which may result
from the decision which they may adopt
1 shall be glad to learn that this letter has
rwrctwl^Hi. yourg^ _
J 1>1 a ceil cbs' ndkhri kn.
Messrs- James H. Koyal, Joseph A. tiheumake,
and Richard Scruggs.
Counting the Cost.?The Washington correspondent
of a northern paper advises the Congress,
men of that section who are driving the
south to des|>eration to examine the cost of
their adventure. Quoth he:
"Texas will attempt treason. A sort of civil
war will begin. The whole South in sympathy,
if not in arms, will he with Texas. The
United States troops must be summoned, and
tluy must be summoned from the North. Is
Massachusetts ready to go ? Is Rhode Island,
or Connecticut, or Vermont, or New York ??
The credit of the Federal Government will be
shaken. United States stocks will tumble like
bricks. Let extra sessions of State Legislatures
then he called, and then be asked from
New York, 820,000,000
Massachusetts 12,000,000
Connecticut, 8,000,000
Bhode Island, 4,000,000
Vermont, 4,000,000
Maine, 6,000,000
New Hampshire, 4,000,000
868,000,000
These credits will all be necessary, and it is
quite time, if madness i3 the rule, that the madmen
call the Legislatures together, and begin
to raise the cash.
He also states that Col. Monroe has 1,700
men in and about Santa Fe, commanded in part
by Southern officers; but that if the Sobthern
States take sides with Texas, the Northern _
branch of the coalition should provide for the
mischief they are brewing, by an increase of
the army to 100,000 men, and a loan of 8100,- p
000,000.
This mode of argumentation is intended for
the men who onposed the recent omnibus?the C(
writer supposing that it was a measure desidererated
by the South. The argument will hold
good, however, when applied with a better
knowledge of Southern opinion.
NORTH CAROLINA. . J!
The Raleigh Standard, in some strictures on p
Senator Badger's recent speech in the Senate, a!
has the following patriotic remarks. We have ci
no fears but when the day of trial comes North n
Carolina will be found battling for the consti- "
tutlo'nnl rights pf tKe South:
"The people of North Carolina are devotedly
attached to the Union. They have accustomed
themselves to look upon the Constitution g
with pride and reverence, as a rich legacy from
their fathers, and as the noblest monument of
their wisd m. They would regard the dissrr-- lutiun
of the Union as among the greatest of *
evils; hut not the greatest?there is one great- |
er?submission to r. government of unlimited 11
authority; and such a government ours would h
undoubtedly bo if the opinions declared by Mr C
Badger should obtain generally among the poo t]
pie of the States, and become the setded puliey (
of the Government. North Carolina is wedded ,,
to the Union, but when the terms of the inarri- j.
age contract are violated?when her friendly
remonstrances are treated with contempt? '
when she perceives a settled policy on the part
of Government to degrade her in common with
the other Southern States?when her rights
are trampled in the dust and there is no hope
that a returning sense of justice will see her {
righted, though like Hagar she should go forth ^
destitute and forlorn, with tearful eyes and saddened
heart, still she neither can nor -will ramain,
at the sacrifice of her rights and honor. ^
She has honestly hoped for the best; but now f
she begins to fear that her forbearance has been t
mistaken for timidity; and her peaceable and t
law-abiding people are daily settling down into i
th'. belief that she must take a bolder and a <
more decided stand, and their minds are becom- j
j iug prepareil for exigencies which too probably ,
I will arise. He gentle spirit, roused to desper- '
| atiou, begins to know something of
"The rem joy which warriors leel
When gazing on the glittering steel!"
She will never consent to buying peace, as re- '
commended by Mr. Badger, in agreeing to an 1
increase of the Tariff to protect Northern man- 1
ufacturers, on condition that they shall no more 1
molest us about slavery. She will never con- <
sent to pay "black mail" No I her cry, as if s
old, is?millions for. defence, but not one cent j
f?r tribute."
"ltSbOTTCls Blraagelyin the <Jiw?o? North Car- j
olinians, whose fathers. after long hesitation, .
fearing lest they were bargaining away the lib- '
t fries of themselves and their children, at last ,
yielded a reluctant assent to the Constitution '
of the United States, believing that it recognised
fully the rights of the States?to hear that 1
tliy States count for no more in the Union than
counties in a State; that the constitution provides
'not a confederacy, but a Union !'"
Senator Footk.?In relation to the letters j
or Col. Gregg and uncsnut to aenaior rooi_%
the Montgomery Advertiser says: '
' It will be recollected that Senator F ote, i
upon a recent occasion in the Senate, went out i
of his way to attack two private gentlemen of
South Carolina, viz: Col. Maxcy Gregg an 1 ,
Col. James Chcsnut Jr., for sentiments uttered ,
by them in speeches before their fellow-citizens
of South Carolina. Both these gentlemen have
repli d to the 'little pacificator' in letters addressed
to him. Wc insert Col. Gregg's to-day
remarking that it is a fair sample of the staple 1
of the other. We will undertake to guaranty
that if Mr. Footo sends a note to cither of these
gentlemen, it will not be sent to the grand jury.
The h'hoys in the Palme tto State do talk a 1
good deal, Gut they very apt to stand up to it."
i
Stkps Backwabds.?The Hon. A. H. Stephens'
speech at Warronton, is ??r complete "j
backout and stultification of^his inanly and ,
Southern oration dwb^6red hi the House ol Kcp- ,
resentatives, on the 6th Aug. We are unable
to divine a reason for so wonderful a "Jim
Crow" feat He must be laughed at when lie
goes back to Congress, by the Free Soil mem j
bers, at whom only three weeks ago he launch- ]
ed his thunderbolts. The "bone fever," with ,
which he was attacked in Charleston, must
surely have touched his head. If Georgia cannot
h?v?4tte aid in ro&istiug the encroachments '
of Congress 6n Southern rights, Georgians 1
must take care of their rights without him. Mr. 1
Stephens, we admit, will be a powerful chain- J
pio i on the submission side, but thank God! he c
? ' a x J a I?1a a .1
is not omnipotent, anu not nun so strong as me i
cause of justice and right, appealing to the ?
hearts of a brave people. r
I Columbus (Geo.) Times. j
Casualty.?An accident occurred on Sat- '
urday morning, in the Northeastern portion of J
our District near the Kershaw line: which has
beer, related to us as follows: A Camp hunt
had been held there for several days previously,
and on Saturday morning as usual while a x
drive was going on, Mr. Daniel Motley, of Ker- *
shaw, being engaged in it, was riding full speed, r
having his gun heavily charged?his horse
either falling or stumbling with him, the muzzle
of the gun was driven into the ground, and both
barrels going off by the concussion, an explo- 1
sion towk place, which drove pieces of tho gun
metal into Mr. Motley's right side and arm,
injuring him seriously and severely. Tho bra- 3
chial artery was torn asunder, and the arm other- ^
wise very much injured, and his case will be ?
i . _* I . te . i r
pain nil ana protracteu, ai icust, u not one re- J
quiring amputation.
The hemorrhage resulting from the wound
was so profuse and violent, that it must have
terminated fatally but for the prompt assistance {
rendered by persons at hand, among whom '
was Dr. B. F. Watkins, of Kershaw, whose t
medical services were immediately applied. g
Columbia Telegraph. p
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BIB
CAMDEN. 8. C. I
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RID AY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1850. t
fcW! The Commcnicatiou of "36.30* was re*
iived too late for to-day's paper. It shall appear <3
a Wednesday. fi
Camp Masting.
A Presbyterian Camp Meeting was commenced
esterday, at Pino Tree Church, twelve miles east
f this place. The ground is beautifully and
leasantly situated tor tile purpose, and has an
bundant supply of as pure and good water as
an be found any where. We hope our friends
lay be favored with pleasant weather for their
lootmcr ^
a
The Weather, I
For several days, has been quite pleasant. We S
ave had, fortunately for the health of our town, ?
ince the late freshet in the river, occasional show- t
rs of rain, which have tended very materially to- i
,-ards the preservation of the health.of.our citiens.
Camden continues remarkably healthy? s
ndeed, we are not apprised of a single case of <
lness'about town. There have been a few second
and editions of the " broken-bone," brought ftom (
Charleston, but in no case has it extended beyond 1
he persons who contracted the disease in the ^
City. We have abundant reason for thankful- *
less to the Giver of all good, for the blessing of j
lealth, which our people have enjoyed for many (
'ears past, and this year above all. (
" Strike! for your altars and fires,
Strike ! for the preen pr.ves of yonr sires,
Cod and yonr native land."
The act is consummated?the challenge is ,
J I
hrown?our fetters are forged?shall ice *ay they ,
ire on us? God and the People forbid. Califorria
is admitted?the Texas bill lias passed?100
pins have been fired as a "feu de joie," and congratulations,
in which Fnute, Clay and Cass parook
largely, passed round to celebrate the aboliion
victoiy. Tliere is no "we will, if so and so,"
n the case now. The question comes direct.?
Hower as whipped hounds that have been yelpng
when the wolf was in the distance, or stand as
nen worthy our sires, in proud defiance of our
mernies, and assert our rights. Men of the South,
n which class do you stand? Answer, not by
resolutions, but by acts. By one fell swoop ofabllition
legislation, ton millions of our money is
:akento buy up Southern territory to turn it into
ibolitir . soil. California is admitted, unjust and
jncuiistitutional as it is, and thereby the South
excluded from any benefit arising from it, although
he bore the brunt ot the war which gained it. The
South cannot carry a negrj where a negro man
would bringhini i;; 81,000 per annum. The South
is shut out from the Pacific, and necessarily from
a commorw, which will bo an oceap stream of
wealth to the North for centuries?and we ask the
South if this be the loss in interest, to add to it the
loss in principle, and then decide, either for the
assertion of her rights or Cr submistion.
Southern Rights Association,
Let us form the Association for Kershaw at the
earliest possible day. The time for action is not
in the future. Would that we could say it is not
in the past. Wo need a test, and let it be presented
at once. We hare traitors, free-soilersand
abolitionists in our very midst Let us know
them. We should shun no division of sentiment,
when that division will mark our enemies. Let
the pledge be passed round?let the tongue that
falters, or the haul that quails, when the strongest
pledge that the genius of a Southerner can dicta
3 is presented to him?on his head let Uie
l.lirvLfSitff A 11 roue ,\C o frou o?v^ /^utormiiio^ nnnnlo
uljt^lllulg uuiccn uj n ntc mijvi u( i&iiiiiiiV/U |>wu|;iv
rest. Let the Association ho formed immediately.
Farmer and Planter.
Will Messrs. Seaborn & Oilman oblige us by
stnr'ing the August number of their excellent' papurl
Our number has been lost, which renders
th. file incomplete.
We take occasion again to recommend this useful
Agricultural monthly to the patronage of our
[>ur friends. It is published at Pendleton, at one
dollar per annum.
Judge Lumpkin. , /
Wn coo it otulinl thuf Tn rJnro I i>f Honr.
WW u ovu II liiuiou IIIUI v JJUUl|/nill) HI v?w??ia,
is to deliver the Address before the Annual
fyir, which is held soon in Charleston. Now, we
iiihesitatingly veto the selection. It is, or at least
purports to be, a Southern Fair, and for that Teaion,
should have no half-tinged abolition lecturer
jeforc it A man who would not sign the Soutli:rn
address two years ago?who takes ground
igainst the Nashville Convention, against the Maton
Convention, and all similar Conventions,
vhich have for their object the defence of Southtrn
Rights. We refer to his letter to a Union
neeting in reference to the Macon Convention.?
fCharleston is to become the scene of Abolition
ectures, and the Fair to be subservient to that
jurpose, why, we go in for a secession from both
he Fair and Charleston.
py A correspondent of the Evening News,
vrites from Washington, that owing to the apprelension
of the removal of the Seat of Govern
iicuif 111 uiu ^au D^aiccij uc ouiu.
Death of Bishop Bascomb.
Bishop Bascomb, of the M. E. Churcli Soutli,
lied at Louisville, Ky.. on Saturday last
?j^"The President has signed the California
ind Utah, and the Texas and New Mexico bills. 1
rhe Senators and Representatives of the mon;rels
of California were admitted to their seats on
ruesday.
Abolitionism in Texas.
A correspondent of the Picayune, writing from '
Austin, Texas, says? " The Mexican population
n the Valley of the Rio Grande are strong aboli- ,
iotiists, and the same facilities arc afforded to furtive
slaves to make their escape as exists on any <
lortion of the Ohio river. The valley of the Nue- i
1 r' i r' ii
es is fast fitJing^jp \yitb a population oppfcfB to
lavery^and the day is not distant*wlwti they will
ecome .^inerically strong enough to Carry a kjn;itudinafdivision
of the State, making the wesem
division ft Free Soil State."
. ?5f*Who
can calf.Byron, or juiy. jftan an Infi'
lei, who could pen such lines, containing- such
e;:hinentB as the following!
"Fain.would I fly the haunts of men..
I seek to shun, not hate mankind;
JWy breast retire* the.siillen glen,Whose
glootn mRy sliit a. dflrkeoed.mind?Oh!
that to me the WmgH Were given,
Wliich bear the turtle .to her nest. ,
Then would I cleave the vault of heaven*
To flee away and be at rest
1 '
r,f If.. .1 r .? .1
~-C7~ >ve cup idb following oamticiitumtt iruci
crittetv to the edkor of the Washington Union by
m old and influential cftiseh'Of Eufala, Alabama,
t tells, in plain language, the determinant!, bfthn
South, and wiU teach lovers of the Unio^a^ th^" <
sacrifice of our rights, that the feeling of rejjpJu-r
ion and resistance is not confined to So^Ithf '?ro?"
inn, or the young bloods only, of other
" Were the South in the majoiity, nod were'
die to pass a law that no -machinery should he~
carried to California to he used iHthe-ofcfctlh''
ng of pure gold, the whblb North WouMcry"
cat, Perjury:lhe vhnle Smith hatpprjurtrftfar*'.
r 'Ires! The whole North would declare off
from such a government or such a Upton to
then;: And are more-degraded or less independent
tha \ we fh;\v ? I hnp? not. My. old'
friend, I have glorjed in being an American
citizen as much as yon or any other man; but I
declare to you that l am now ashnrnW of it?
If the south submits and remain in the Union, I
shall want to h'ave it. Theomnibus b$rwoold
no- iiave answered the purpose,; ^'h^^pteth
would not have been satisfied.- X wasagainst
South Carolina nullification; hut the present
Mate we are in is a very, different one. Jf am
an old tnan and deprecate war as much as any
man not a slave. Yet rather thart Wed outrageously
imposed upon, and oar childrejj/orever
in bondage, I say let it come?let iTcome.
I In licve this is the general sentiment of. tins
Southern country?if the North is deipr^ifJ? d
to h vo war, she can have it to Her hearts con*
tint, and tt the injury if not ruin, of the.wholo
XT?.u ?i 'Pu? ?,;fi
cuuuu v, nuiui nviu kjuiiw, ruv bus ifim iiu?
be ours. " -Wh n the wicked rnle^ the-peop/e
in ." As t >, slavery, if I beliovechita sin, I
wnu'd try to get clear of it as soon as possible;
n r do I Udieve they would be better off it free,
under all the circumstances. They believe it,
and many of themdo not desire a change,
"I have written;this much as a friend-rand
one who has stuck to you because Ujeljeved
in you?uot for publication, hut for .your private
use.
' 'Tis useless for Mr. Clay, or1 the whole
North, to cry out treason, treason: the Sonth
heeds it not. Washington and ourhrevblutioiia
y fathers <vere called traitors, yoq but
that did not stop them?and they.fqr a,??uch
less ofFence.'*
L vuukxsvillf. H kkald.?Maj. God man bns
sold out the above establishment to M?ssrs.
Wright and Stokes, of whom the late Editor,
in his valedictory, MtytsC
" Major Wright, who will assume the editorial
chair, is so well hiio\yn as a g^J)tl,eman of
fine talents, extimsive acquaintances* truly
Southern principles,'.that li Is altogether unnecessary
for us to speak of hl^a.dtmrahle 'qualifications
for the dories^ which Ur'willhave to
perforin; and Mr. StokoiB isfadmiltedlor He one
of the most accom(di^je'dxnerti^je??f the typographical
fraternity; so that tWcour-e of the
Herald must continrreoowardiahiabtpward.''
' 4't
MraDKn.?Weafapgam-?nll!sd'<>o to record
an iinfortunato^vent/ s^3/thc;' Eiigefield Advertiser.
Mr. Steven St^necksr, of this District
was killed on Thursday' evening last, at
Fivelan i's St "re, hy a hinw fcwh Thinnas F'arker.
It appears that' Parker and Stalnecker
wiiro tm<Tj??r>d: in ft fioht wlio.ii abrdtlier - >f Stal
nockor sf il f c F Parker in the -Jwk. Parker
and deceiiJAf wore thetu par&flI barker perceiving
tiint hp ha I been stabbed},seized a piece
of plank lying W, and gave tfio> deceased ablow
on the teutplp, whichsjCjiusedlIiuTdeath.
Slavbs Ru.wixe LIomk A 04 Dataware
Gazette suites that 11 lie;seven'staves who.
some time since ran lUwy frbm Mr. Calveit^ off
Prince George's cnunty)-'app1ied at the wafcel'bhouse
for lodgings, intfihYeity a few night?,
since, stating that they bad been.to.Pennsylvania,
were tired of freedom, and were trying to.
get back to" their master.' The stated that thev
had been decoyed off by a white man, whose
name they did not know,i>y specious promises,
and delusive hopes, hod that they much preferred
living, with Mr. Calvert as his slaves than
to lead "the life theydidaflertb^^ched their
destination, and desired to;beapnt'horne. The
mayor h?d thorn lodged iti the jailat New Castle.
and sent a despatch by telegraph to. their,
owner, who bad them removed to His home.
. " ' Bail. Sun.
H vDR'UMiom.v.?Late evidences prove that
a DUG H'om a rui is.puisoaouB. .A-utuercmopiiiion
prevailed heretofore, and it, wis generally
supposed- thaf, no more injury- resulted from it
than from the bite any other animal, when
not aflecteifwith-hydrppho^ja.. Last week we
recorded an instance of deatb,-prbduccd bv the
bite of a rat; a m^jn holding a rat by the
tail, had his thumb bitt en and poifconed - the*
poison spread rapidly, ahd?a)lefforts to stay itsprogress
to tho vital,parts proving unavailing,,
lie died. From injury drom the bite of a rati
we always imagined dogl to be wholly exempt. It
appears wo erfdd, as tlie^Ciucionati Enquirer *
of the 23dul t publishes'ali 'tfctount of a dog,,
which became rabid by t^e bite of-a rat.' Ttie
owner thought he discovered symptoms of hydrophobia
in his dog and chained him tip, and
on the following day fie wis decidedly mad and
obliged to he killed. Might not the Symptoms
of hydrophobia boproduced^by other causes
than the bite of the ratk Perhaps the dog was
inkammm i.hJaii 4kn -? - - - - . f iL ^
Luuuritig unuui uic Kiviipuriirbwigets ui uic uw
ease at the time of being, bitten. If otherwise,
then rat dogs,-when engaged in the slangier
of their natural-enemy, will be subjected to
much ritk.-* Daily Orleanian.