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Art tmmure baring: bain Area# agon as ouor.wv aoqtueeeedin tt than, fat the aaka of peace and harmony?we tender it aov forth* sum reasons. 7. That w* antarcain as abiding attachment for the Foderal Union, no long aa the great objfcte of ite formation are subserved, rir: " Equality in all things, equality to all sections." 8. That the time has arrived when all former divisions of parties in the South, should sink into insignificance, when compared to the momentous issues that now divide the North and South; and that ea Southern man,we should lay aside all party j distinctions and pruudices, and unite to a man in , the maintenance of these principles " at all hazard* and to the laat extremity." P. L. J. May, John C. Rodger*, Wiley Barron, John Sturdevant, John C- Helveston, John T. Brown. , On motion, That the chairman and secretary j sign the proceedings of this meeting, and forward the same u> the Georgia Telegraph and Federal Union for publication. JOHN C. RODGERS, Chairman. John A. Hunter, Secretory. THE SOUTHERN PRESS. WASHINGTON CITY. MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1850. Another Movement. We publish the following account of the proceedings of an Abolition Convention in Cazcuovia, New York, from the Tribune. If such a meeting as Litis had been held in a foreign State, it would be the right and duty of the Federul Government to demand the interference of the foreign government for the restraint and punishment of the incendiaries. But as it was held in a sister State?a member of Vr-m , in irrin Wnifii plotted. Wherefore, we do extort amr MBMtora and ffiwiutim is Congress, by the confidence reposed in then, by their love of the Sooth and her vital internet, to oppoee it at ell haaurde end to the laat extremity, even if e dissolution of the Union ie the ooneequence of that opposition. Rttolvei. That aa a convention or Southern delegates, have assembled et Nashville, in the State ! of Tenneenee, and have adopted resolutions, and < published an address to thepeopleof the Southern Suttee, that we approve, confirm, and ratify the I proceeding* of said convention. Remtlrtd, That we do adopt the Missouri Compromise Line extended to the Pacific ocean, u it nas been acquiesced in Ibr a number of years, though we do not consider it an equitable adjustment, as we are entitled to an equal participation in the Territory of California, yet we are willing to accept the Missouri Compromise Line, fbr the sake of the Union, and to slop the agitation of the question of slavery. Retoivti, That we are opposed to the dismemberment of the State of Texas, or the curtailment of boundaries she at present claims, and do enter our solemn protest against all such measures of the General Government, and would consider it fraudulent and oppressive upon our sister State of Texas, that Congress should wrest from her any portion of those rights she obtained by a long and bloody war with Mexico, and that were re cognized in the resolutions ol annexation, tnat led to an invasion of Mexico with the United Slates for encroaching upon said recognized boundaries of Texas, and we do recommend to our representatives to defend those rights, and we will aid Texas in maintaining them. Resoirtl, That we give our hearty approval of a bill passed by the last legislature, directing the (governor to call a convention of the people, to take into consideration the measure of redress should California be admitted under her present constitution. Rewlvtd, That we consider it the imperative duty of the Governor to call this convention, should Clay's Compromise bill be passed. Mr. Samuel P. Jones offered as amendments to the foregoing, the following resolutions. Rttolvei, That we do recommend to our representatives of this State, in the two Houses of the Congress of the United States, unanimity in opposing Northern aggression and in defending our constitutional rights. Retnlved, That we make no distinction of party in the great ouestion now agitating the country, and that it effects equally the interest of every Southern man and that we do call upon all to rally around the standard of the Nashville Convention, in defence of the South and her institutions. As a Airther amendment, Mr. Mounger offered the following: Resolved, That we believe it to be the duty or Congress, to provide Tor California a Territorial Government for a series of years, or at least until a sufficient number of inhabitants shall be permanently domiciled within her territorial limits, this fact to be ascertained by a census of the United States legally and regularly taken, to grant to her the exalted position of one of the States of the American Union. Yet if it should be found impossible for Congress to provide said government, in consideration of the circumstances under which the Nashville Convention was required to convene, that we view it as a Southern measure, proclaiming at one voice the will of the South, we ap? prove its action and adopt its views as set forth in its resolutions and address of that body, as the best calculated to insure an eouitable adjustment of the slavery and territorial controversy, and by its action heretofore or hereafter, we are willing to 6tand or fall. The above resolutions were supported by able and argumentative speeches from Messrs. Thomas H. Dawson, John C Brown and J. C. Mounger, and opposed in some degree by Mr. Samuel Dawson. On motion of John C. Brown, the preamble and resolutions offered, wers adopted without a dissenting voice. On motion of T. H. Dawson, Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the papers of the State friendly to the Missouri Compromise and Southern rights, and a copy sent to each of our Senators and Representatives in Con grem. The meeting then adjourned sine die. J*, 8. LEWIS \ PrtsiJtnt3. L. B. McCoun, \ Secretaries. Public Meeting in Macon County.?A large and respectable meeting of the citizens of this county, was held in Lanier, August 8, upon a call being made to the people to meet and confer, (without party distinction) upon the agitated con* uition of the country. The meeting was organized, by calling Jud^e Gideon Smith to the Chair, and Jonn A. Hunter to act as Secretary. On motion it was moved and seconded^ that a committee of nine be appointed to draft a preamble and resolutions, to report to the meeting; accordingly W. A. Robinson, Wiley Berron, Ja'a. Hollyhead. John T. Brown, Burwell Green, P. L. J. May, John C. Helveaton, John C. Rodgers, John Studivant were appointed that committee. After retiring there was two sets of resolutions 1 Presented to the consideration of the committee. , 'he majority report will be found below, there be- . ing six for tnem and three in favor of a non-com- J mittal set of resolutions; the result was two reports, the majority and the minority. At this i point the meeting became entirely diverted from its main object, ana party strne predominated, after a long and heated debate, conauc'ed by four 1 jackleg lawyers, as one of them termed himself in , debate, on the Northern Clay non-committal side, and by Judge Helvenston, a plain old farmer, but one whom good sense and love of country, although a whig, compels in his own words to strike for his native South?the South and the Missouri line had one other supporter, which I cannot forbear to mention, and one whom his opConents will not soon forget. Rev. P. L. J. May eing culled to the floor, not only answered his ( opponents, but delivered nn eloquent and stirring address upon Southern rights and duties of South- . em men. The Clayites by management and ' trickery, a talent predominant with lawyers when they have bad cases, succeeded in getting the mi- | nority report first before the house for a vote, which so incensed the friends of the Missouri Con.promise or 36? 30' men, that several of them left tne house in disgust, however, enough remained to defeat their measure, amounting to a , tie vote which created quite an excitement. The chair called for order and the vote to be retaken. , At this point of time, several Missouri line men | stepped into the house, which completely ousted | the friends of the then pending vote, and to skulk , from final defeat, followed the same old path that , their illustrious leader had before trodden from the halls of our Legislature. The secretary still hold- | ing his seat, a call was made to to the friends of the South to remain, and a respectable portion of th Soutn to remain, and a respectable portion of , the audience done so. The chair being left vacant, , John C. Rogers was called to fill it, and the meeting proceeded to take up the majority report, which was passed by an unanimous vote, and with a higher number than had voted upon the minority report. So you will perceive," that it is instinct in some men, always to leave just at a particular time. i * HiJOIITT REPORT. Whereas, public meetings of the citizens of the several counties in the State and South have been invoked to give an expression of their views, upon ] the subject that now agitates the public mind, and j which threatens the peace and integrity of the , Union, and endanger the moat important rights ' and interests of the Southern States?we, the citi , zens of the county of Macon, without respect to old party lines and distinctions, in general meet- , ing assembled, do hereby declare the following principles and propositions. . 1. That the territories acquired from Mexico, , are, and of right ought to be, tne common property j and the soil of the severaLStates of the Union, and open to the occupancy and settlement of all the , people of all the States, with their property, of ( every description. j 2. That it is the duty of Congress to provide | , territorial governments for California, Utah, and ( New Mexico, in such manner and form as will secure to the South an equal participation in the i same with their Northern brethren. (; 3. That the bill now under discussion in the j , Senate of the United States, known as the " Clay j Compromise," is a bill of "concessions" in the , passage of which the 8outh has nothing to gain j and every thin? to lose. 4. That we heartily approve of the object* that ' convened the "Nashville Convention, and we 1 hereby tender to that honorable body, our warm- 1 est thanks, for the ability, integrity,"and firmness with which they discharged the duties that devolved upon them, , r 5. That we concur In the sentiments of the Southern Address, and commend the elevated pa-, triotism that prmnpted that body, in the spirit of j concession, and fiof the sake of the peace and per- j pstuity of thr* Union, to agree to abide by a " compromise" forced upon us by the North it) ISA), and which anrhavs aoquiescsd in for thirty years. ' 6. That in agreeing to abide tits " Missouri Compromise" we ars induced only to do so, as an extreme measure, to perpetuate the Union? the Union?constantly canting about conciliation and fraternity, there is no redress for the South but in herself. We have heard a good deal of censure and exclamation against the proceedings of this meeting by those who were in favor of the late Compromise, and of the California bill as it passed the Senate. But although they may think it expedient to take on, we don't think much of that The proceedings of the meetin of*Cazenovia are in a great measure logical deductions from the recent vote of the Senate to admit California If the land, the property of the Soqth, can be taken from her, why not slaves ? The reasons are quite as plausible, and if not identical, more plausible, for biking slaves than land. As for the process, that is not so material; whether it bo done by the formality of a majority vote, flagrantly before the world, or by the more covert, but not the mora certain process, of recommending flight at midnight, with the incidental expedients of taking horses, arms and money to facilitate the operation. There are very few men, South or North, so stupid as not to know that the real cause of the outrage now going on of wresting from the South her territorial rights, is Northern hostility to slavery, and Northern lust of power. Any man can see this at a glance through all the pretences of non-intervention, hardships of California, &c., when he sees a territory allotted to her beyond the occupancy of her inhabitants, beyond their capacity to govern, and beyond all precedent aB to boundary; and this by violations * < * ^ x'i i _ J J* / ._ or me l^onrtlliuuon ana 01 usage lor which no defence is offered, except that several of them have at different intervals been separately perpetrated before, and that at present these outrages have been combined with new ones to effect a purpose more atrocious than ever was attempted before. The Cazenovians resolve that u slavery is the curse of all curses, the robbery of all robberies, and the crime of all crimes." The majority in the Senate who voted for the admission of Cal ifrfrnia docs not go so far as this?although this would have been tho only adequate excuse for passing the California bill if they believed it. But they availed themselves of the compound sentiment of the North hostile to slavery, and pager for Northern aggrandizement, as the real justification, or rather motivo for that vote. We are progressing. If any people had said to General Cass ten years ago, or to Mr. Clav, that in 1850 he would vote for bills to deprive the South of all right to a vast territory, he would have exclaimed: M Is thy servant a dog, lhat he should do this thing T" [By Telegraph to the Arte Y'ork Tri&wnc.] Abolition Convention. Cazekovia, Wednesday, August 21. The Convention met at the Free Church in this village, at 10 A. M., and was called to order by J. C. Jackson. Rev. Samuel J. May waB appointed Chairman, pro Ifm. A committee was appointed to nominate permanent officers for the Convention, consisting of Samuel Wells, Charles Bray, and J. W. Logan. Business Committee?Gerritt Smith, James Baker, G. F. Rice, Mary Springstead, and Caroline Brown. Song by the Elmore Sisters, who are fugitive slaves. A committee of five was appointed to report resolutions on the imprisonment ofW. L. Chaplin, for his recent attempt to abduct slaves from the District of Columbia, as follows : J. C. Hathaway, W. R. Smith, Elmore Seymour, E. Smith, and J. C. Jackson. A committee was appointed to raise a subscription in 10 cent donations, to purchase a silver pitcher and two silver goblets, to be presented to W. L. Chaplin, for his eminent services in the cause of humanity. The following ladies were bucIi committee: lieebe Hathaway, Miss Burwell, Mrs. F. Rice. The committee to nominate permanent officers reported the following : President?FREDERICK DOUGLASS, (col'd.) Vice Presidents?J. C. Hathawat, Samuel R. Ward, (colored,) Miss or Mrs Frances Hawlet, Charles \V. Wheaton. Secretaries?Charles D. Miller, Miss Anna P. Adams. Frederick Douglnss on taking the chair, made a few appropriate remarks. He then presented a letter from Samuel R. Ward, in which the latter declined having anything to do with the meeting. The name of Charles B. Ray was substituted for that of Mr. Ward as Vice President. A communication was read from Mr. Goodell, enclosing some resolutions. A committee on address and resolutions was appointed, consisting of two black and three white men. The only names we'are able to give are E. S. Piatt, J. W. Logan and James Baker. On morion of S. J. May, brother Hathaway was requested to give in the afternoon, a description i t>fhis interview with Chaplin in the jail at Wash-, ington. Also, that the fugitive slaves present, of whom there are some thirty, be requested to sit I together, where they may be seen by the delegates, i Adjourned till afternoon. The Convention is large, consisting of some 2,000 persons, among whom there is a smart sprinkling of blacks. AFTERKOON SESSION. The convention was called to order by C. B. Ray. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Snow. The convention then called on Mr. Hathaway for an account of his interview with W. J. Chaplin. He stated that he had some considerable trouble to get into the prison, because he was from the North. Mr. C. says he never saw the slaves till the night they got into his carriage. He did not know that thev were armed, nor was he armed himself. He admits, however, that he had made arrangements with friends for the abduction. He nays he has done nothing but what he ia willing to answer for to hie God. The Address Committee then came into constation, and reported two add raises*?on? to the slaves of tits South from the ftigitiree of the North; the other to tha Abolition party. Mrs. Hewitt made a speech against the anti \ 'f- t - 1 AMilioniM erf Xesr York city, in which ah* handled bar ifne and Cap? Ryndars pretty ?Tidy. Mr. Stkfcney nowd that a medal inrtead of a pitcher be presented to ChanKn. The Committee oa Resolutions then reported the addreee and resolutions, which are by Menri. Soiitb, Kay, Davie, Douglass, Clark and others. A committee of 23 from New York, all Ohio, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Michigan, New Hampshire end Vermont, were appointed to raise money to defray the eX|Miise of lite defence of Chaplin. Mr. Smith, Treasurer, who headed the list with |50U. The church being refosed for the setting of the Convention, Mr. Smith moved to go to Peterboro', which was loat. A grove was procured. iuhinv veiuok. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. 8now, after which the convention was engaged till 10 o'clock discussing the address and resolutions which were passed? and the convention adjourned. The following is the Address of the Fugitive Slaves to their brethren in the South; and was first adopted at a meeting of the ftigitive elavee present, and subsequently by lh* coiiveosion. Arrucrsn and beloved Bsethmen: The meeting which sends yoti this letter is a meeting of runaway elavee. We thought it well that they who have Buffered as you now suffer, and drank of that cup of bitterness from which you now drink, should come together to make a communication to you. The chief object of the latter is to tell you how we find ourselves, and in ao doing you can judge whether the prise we have attained is worth the price of the attempt to gnin it. The heartless pirates who compel us to call them masters, who persuade you that those who undertake to obtain their freedom, are worse off* than you are at the South, are liars. Before we left theui | they told us ihal the Abolitionisi* would lake and ell us: hut on Lhe other hand, thev are the fori live*' brethren, and the only complaint la that there are ao fear of them?moat of insm are members of the American Anli-8luvery Society and of the liberty party. (At thia point there waa a strong effort made to have the name of the Colonisation Society inserted. Mr. Smith strongly opposed it, because members of that society totea for Mr. Van Buren, and it was voied down.) Here we get wneea for our labor?we have schools for our children, and can hear and learn the Bible; some of ua take a great part in civil elections, but most of the priests and churches at the North are in league with the South and are afraid to advocate the abolition of slavery; including our children, we number here and in Canada 20,000 souls, and the population in the free Slates are, with few exceptions, the fugitive slaves' friends. [Fred. Douglass objected to thia, saying no one was a friend or he fugitive slave who would not take hiin into his carriage and help hun on hin course, as Chap in did.) We are poor. We can do little more for our deliverance than to pray to God for it. We will furnish you with pocket com|>asaes, and in the dark nights you can run away. We cannot furnish you with weapons ?some of us are not inclined to carry arms?but if you can get them take them, and, before you go back into bondage, use them, if you are obliged to take life. The slaveholder would not hesitate to kill you rather than not take you back into bondage. Numerous as the escapes from slavery are, they would be still more so were it not for the master's protection of the rights of property. You even hesitate to take the slowest of your masters horses, but we say take the fastest. Pack up provision and clothes, and either get the key or force the lock and get his money and start. We regret to say to you that it is not every one of the Free States in which the fugitives can find an asylum. iJast year several were taken back from Pennsyl- u vania. We would not advise you to stop in the nialn'al t\f Tnkn MrT ann Um>hiiua iu n irrpnl nnw vr* wum VW..MWV .? ?? h * v"* man Hiid your enemy ; and as he is looking to the e Presidency of the United States he is the Southerner's friend ; but the safest place to steer for is New York State. There are three points in your con- ? duct when you come to the North to which we t, would call your attention ; 1st, Keep clear of all Sectarian Churches that will not preach the aboli- 1 tion of Slavery from the pulpit. 2d, Join no po- t litical party, neither Whig, Democratic, Free-soil, nor any other. 3d, Send not your children to * white schools, for there are schools for colored 1 children. The men of the North turn their backs t to Pro-Slavery Churches and political parties. In closing wc cannot forget you, Brethren, for we c know your sufferings, and our last words to you are, to be of good cheer and do not despair. An address to the Liberty party was then adop- ' ted by the Convention. ' The following is an abstract of the address to < the Abolitionists of the North. Bretiieren :?You are to hold a Convention at Oswego to nominate a candidate for the Presiden- 1 cy, for which office there have been several per- 1 sons named. Gerret Smith, Wm. Goodell of New York and T. Julian Lemoine. Mr. Smith declines in toto, and the others will not say they t will except. We therefore recommend the nomt- j tini: r m ?i nauon ox yy iiucuii u. V/iinfuiii iiicciiaiuimm u> uic . Abolition party, who now lies bound in Washington. Can a man be found more competert? He [ is a father to the poor, and a friend to the fugitive j slave. It will be said that he is a candidate for Lieut. Governor; but if he should be elected for a both the terpt of office of one expires before the ' commencement of the official term of the other.? We recommend meetings to be called in every free f State and every County, and let the name of Chap- 1 lin be heard in the morning, at noon and in the evening, and in the by-ways and in the pulpit, as one of freedom's martyrs. Let every voter in I the Northern States, at the coming election, vote | for no person for Congress who is opposed to the election ofW. L. Chaplin. With these remarks wc leave you to Divine ^ grace. il The following arc some of the resolutions g adopted by the convention. 1st. Resolved, That slavery is the curse of all ' curses, the robbery of all robberies, and the crime I of all crimen. j 2d. Resolved, That inasmuch as it is the right of every man to serve his God with all his power, we believe an active effort to prevent slave traffic is the best service we can render. 3d Resolved, That our hearts are in the cell of t Wm. L. Chaplin, and that while his enemies de- ( ride his condition and his false friends are ashamed of his chains, he will ever, whether he dies in his 1 cell or on the scaffold, be cherished by us as a c statesman and a scholar, a Philanthropist and a p Christian. There were seventeen resolutions presented, of * which the above are specimens. The seventeenth proclaimed as the motto of the party?"Chaplin, , Freedom and Civil War"!!! r f jggT" The Washington Union is troubled at r the announcement of the speedy establishment f of a Northern Democratic organ in this city.? 3 We don't wonder. The fate of Cass, Ritiiie ' & Co., will be that of all trimmers. We have li long since seen that the North would be satisfied with nothing short of Southern uncondi- f tional and ignominious submission. The North c might have indulged the Washington Union a v little longer. That p?i>er has been willing, and I even nnxious to give up to the North all claims ii of the South to any part of the territory in dis- c pute, provided the Wilniot Proviso were waived, q The Union offered the robber the purse provi- t ded he would compromise by not giving his victim a kick, lest that might awaken the dormant! |i sensibilities of the Mil'iuissiouists. f Ah for the support of Benton for the Presi- J dency by the new paper, thai, is not very probable. No Soutlu-ru deserter is available as a \ Northern candidate, unless he can put in the sup- Y port of a Southern State or two, as capital. But ? Bestos has now lost all hope of Missouri, and c has no chance in any other Southern State.? ( E\en Mr. Clat i? no longer available. lie t could not, in such a case, get the support of Kcntuckv. t Army Movements.?The St. Louis Repulr r lican of tlio 11 tli inst., says : ? u We learn that the 7th regiment of United ? States Infantry, Col. Plympton commanding, t which has just returned from Florida, and has scarcely encamped at Jefferson barracks after r severe service, has received orders from the Sec- c retary of War to prepare for distant service, and J move Immediately for Fort Leavenworth. Orders ( or instructions, we understand, have also been t received to posh forward, with all poaaible do* ( apatcb, the equipment and mounting of the re- r emits for the dragoon regiments, of whom about t 300 are now at Jefferson barracks." i BTThe Richmond Whig of Friday last coo-1 tains an editorial of a Hard of a column, oa the "Prospect before us." the tatter half of which is U follows: . * The correspondent of the Republican is i severe upon the Southern Prcssy which he de-: scribes as the disunion organ at Washington, l ind we confess, if some of its articles, and eapoL'islly its more recent ones, are to he taken as proofs of disloyalty, the indications arc strong and revolting. In a late number under the head af " Position of tlie Sooth," the editors have lashed themselves into a perfect rage. They rail at a majority of Congress, they denounce with violence the President and Secretary of State for the late message and letter of Gov. Bell, und their design is unmistakably clear to iefeat, if possible, the passage of tne Texas boundary bill, and enbroil the nation in a civil war. Every artful and insidious appeal ia adiresaed to Texas, and to those in the interest of 1 that State, to stir up the strongest prejudice tgainst the bill. "It seems," ihey say, "thai the people of . Fexaa don't admire this method of negotiating, ior do they like the {policy of selling sovereign rights to the Federal Government for money, ( nerely to enable the latter to manufacture a Freetoil State in its inundiute neighborhood, of such irery raw material as a Mexican population just :onuoered. ( "The majority ia Congress is eager for the rade. It would be a grand exploit?in fact it arould be a capital joke?for a Northern demagogue returning from Congress to tell to his conitituenta, that a Free-soil Stale had actually been Mtught of the South, and she compelled to pay tialf the purchase money." laxtk at the insidious argument. Now on the event of a contest the benefit and advantage ~ll 4- ?L.. O...AL m<hjiu mi riiurr u? wifj ntniui. " Bui then the refusal or Texas to sell will spoil his line speculation. In that event the Federal Executive threatens war against Texas. This, towever, would be very inconvenient?the place a not such as would be chosen by the aggressor or such a conflict. Texas is in the neighborhood >f Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Kentucky, < renneaaee and Louisiana, who would all send tosis of volunteers to the aid of Texas, and South Enrollna, Georgia, Alabama and Florida would ie quite ready to engnge also. The portions of i he North-western States in that vicinity, of Illitnia, Iowa and Indiana, have a large population if Soulhrn origin, and would therefore have no dis- i msition to aid the North. In such a contest the idvaniagesof position would be with the South." How coolly those gentlemen speculate upon i Jie misery and crime, which would be the unstable consequence of civil war." We have not seen nor do wc care about seeng the article of the correspondent of the Rentblican. The Whiff also attempts to bo severe, but inluekily makes such contradictory charges as 0 confute one by another. The Whiff says we lave 44 lashed" our?elvea u into a perfect rage"? hat we 44 rail at Uie majority In Congress and lenounce with violence tho President and Secretary of State?that our 44 design is uiimiaakeably clear," 44 to embroil the mlhtn in a civil var"-?that wc address 14 every artful and insidiius npjval to Texas"?and finally that we 1 speculate coolly on the misery and crime" of 'civil war"?and all this in reference to one ihort article of ours. Now that wo should be enraged, should rail, thould Is* artful and insidious .ami yet speculate oolly, all in a single short article, is rather too ibsurd to be credible. The charge evinces a Imposition to assail, without evidence and against ividenee. It ia quite obvious from our paper, bat we neither get into n rage, nor do we rail. I or are we insidious, but are frank, decided and vol. rati ra t - i ian * % i a _ _ _l - nio Ktcninr.na ?v aig ooiong* 10 n ci.ik* ui tapers located in tho South, which, in all controversies of u sectional character, either openly >r insiduously supports the North. This class if papers can see nothing right in the South, jociul or political. Northern principles and Northern institutions are always fluttered or advocated. Without tho capacity to understand ho South, without the industry to examine and Lscertain her rssourccs und success, these prints ake their ideas at second hand from Northern iapcrs, and have done uioro than anything else o inspire the North with that spirit of arrogance ind oppression that now threatens tho Union, rhc North takes its notions of the South from luch papers as tho Whig, and presume* on unirnited sycophancy and submission. The time is at length at hand when the vocaion of such papers as the Whig will fail. The >rogres? of Northern aggression is so rapid and ' tartling, that Southern trimmers can no longer ind excuse and palliation. They will be kicked nto resentment?they will be scourged into hame by their Northern allies?or they will lave to retire from the position tlicy have so ong perverted and degraded ns organs of the South. Toe American bteamers. The triumph of the American mail steam serricc is signal and complete. The two steamers >f the New York and Liverpool line, the Atlanic and Pacific, have demonstrated their superi>rity in speed and capacity, over thcCunnrd line ind hence, we see, are getting most of the pasongers, and of course the letters. The two new steamers of the New York, 1 \cw Orleans, and Chagres lines, are also perorming their service with unrivalled speed and egularity. The fastest ship of the New York ind Liver]>ool line, has accomplished a speed of 126 miles in 24 hours. The fastest ship of the iew York and New Orleans line, the Georgia, ins run about 400 miles in the same time. Before these two lines were established, our wiasengers, correspondence and freights, by , ?cean steamers, were monopolized by the Naal-m; il-steam marine of Great Britain, from England to Panama. Now we have succeeded | n surpassing both her trans-atlantie lines, and ' any jtassengers, gold, letters and merchandize, , luicker and cheaper from Panama to Europe han she can. This is a great triumph of American enter- , rizeand skill, and achieved with far less aid rom Government than England gave to her favy mail steamers. Virginia Corvektiok.?We have copious, tut not complete returns in the Richmond and Norfolk papers, of the state of the polls at the reent election for members of the Constitutional ] Convention of that State. The indications are 1 lint tlm T?olnmiora will nroi'nil "... I'.v?... A Narrow Escape.?The seaman Csrley, ins indicted in the Criminal Court, as we have lefore reported, for the murder of n brother mariier while on a homeward passage from a voyage t sea. During the progress of the trial Judge Crawford decided that he had ' no jurisdiction," Ithough no plea to the jurisdiction was filed by he counsel, and most if not all the evidence was ubmitted to the Jury before this decision was nade. The case was brought before Judge Cranch if the District Court, who holds that this class of ases does properly come before the Criminal 2oort, and th. t his court has no jurisdiction. But Parley having been once arraigned and put on rial, could not again be brought before Judge Crawford, end was coneaquently discharged. He nay congraiulata himself on the "glorious linearainties of the law." It might have guns hard vith him. \ CONG RESSION AL. HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES! SirrtPAT, Acctrtr 94, 1IS0 Mr. JONES, of Tennessee, uktd consent to moTt a resolution, directing Mali to be provided ! for the "official" reporter* of the proceeding* in | front of the Clerk's desk. Objected to. The House resolved itself into Committee of I the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Burt, of 8outh Carolina, was called to the Chair, and the committee took up the Civil and 1 Diplomatic bill for consideration. Mr. SCHENCK, of Ohio, moved an appropriation of $250 to compensate Dr. Thomas 0, Edwards for services and expenses in carrying into practical operation the late act requiring an inspection of foreign drugs and medicines. Agreed to. Ayes 83, nays 40. Mr. JONES, of Tennessee, moved an amendment to restrict the compensation of examiners of drugs to the amount of duties paid on drug importations at the port where they are employed. Mr. MILLIARD, of Alabama, opposed the motion. The compensation should not oe guaged according to the lauor performed in all cases. This was one where the service rendered to the public was in preventing the importation of impure drugs. Tne motion was lost. Mr. BAYLY, of Virginia, moved an appro- 1 priation of $1 80 for paying a balance found due by the accounting officers to Jose Yznardy, former consul at Cadiz?deducting, however, from I (lie same, such sum as he may Imve been entitled to as one of the heirs of Jose M. Yznardy, who, ns formes consul at Hatana, was a debtor to the United States. Agrped to. Mr. HARALSON, of Georgia, moved un appropriation of 95,000 for puying for u perpetuul lease of rooms in a county court building about to be erected in Marietta, Georgia, to be used lor tne united amies courts una a post-omce. Mr. H. remarked that the hill provided $12,000 for a similar lease of a portion of a building about being erected at Utica, New York, and there certainly was as much necessity for it at Marietta, as there could beat Utica. Unless there was a disposition to make fish of one and flesh of another, he thought the adoption of the one should be followed by the adoption of the other. The motion was lost. Mr. BOOTH, of Connecticut, moved to strike out from the bill the section providing for the lease of the Utica building. Mr. MILLIARD, of Alabama, moved an amendment appropriating $12,000 to provide for a lease for similar purposes, of a portion of the new State House about being erected at Montgomery, Alabama, and supported it in some re- 1 marks, showing the expediency of thus accommodating the United Slates functionaries there, and the importance of doing it before the building wus constructed. Mr. HARALSON also supported it, stating that the Government were now, for the want of such accommodations, necessarily paying a large amount for rent for our courts and other offices in the States. Mr. HAYMOND, of Virginia, moved an amendment to the amendment authorizing, the Secretary of the Treasury to make similar leases wherever the United States District and Circuit courts are now, or may hereafrer be held. Agreed to. Mr. HAMPTON, of Pennsylvania, moved to the amendment as nmended, a provision for apnpplymg $50,000 to the erection of a building at Pittsburg, Pa., for the accommodation ot the courts, custom-house and post-office. Mr. 1IIBBARD, of New Hampshire, opposed the provision. He said that the proposition had been before the Committee of Ways and Means, and had been rejected by them. The entire netl annual revenue paid at Pittsburg, did not reach over ?353 last year, while the intereat on the amount proposed to be appropriated for building the custom-house, would be $3,000 annually. The motion was loet. The question then recurring on the motion of Mr Booth, to strike out of tne bill the entire section authorizing the leases, as amended on motion of Mr. Hatmond. It was agreed to. Mr. JONES, of Tennessee, moved a new section providing that the laborers on the public grounds should be paid at the rate of $40 per month, without deduction for sickness. Agreed to. Mr. PEASLEE.of New Hampshire, moved un appropriation fur paying the State of New Hampshire interest on money advanced by aaid State for paying the militia ordered out in repelling the insurrection in her Indian stream territory, instigated by Britiah subjects. Ruled out of order. Mr. PHELPS, of Missouri, moved a provision to the bill making it penal for any master of a vessel in a foreign port, to discharge a sailorin said port, without paying into the bunds of the consul at the port, three months wages over and above the amount due and paid to the sailor. Ruled out of order. Mr. HAMPTON, of Pennsylvania, moved a provision requiring that the duties collected under the tariff act of 1846, shall be levied on the average value of the goods at the port where they are entered. Ruled out of order. Mr. 8TEVENS, of Pennsylvania, appealed from the decision of the Chair. The Chair was sustained, by ayes 81, nays 77. Mr. BAYLY moved that the committee rise. Agreed to._ The si'fcAtVfcK. resumed tne unuir, ana Mr. POTTER, of Ohio, moved to go into Committee of the Whole oil the post-route kill. Objected to. On motion, the House adjourned. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. Chaplin, the Slave Abductor.?Many of the Northern papers are endeavoring to create a public sympathy in fkvor of Chaplain, by publishing highly wrought eulogies upon his character, and by commending particularly upon "the high social position of his family." They say he is a man of "great mental acquirements, and has been the Abolitionist candidnte for Lieutenant Governor of the Empire State." They make his case so much the worse, for Although it is the old law innxim that "igoorantia leppsnon rxcutat," yet it is rather a palliation in the minds of the jury. Chaplin cannot avail himself of even this miiigatiou. We understand a new novel is about to be published from the pen of a young lady of this city. It is said to be a good thing, and to be an evidence of talent and future success to the young lady a? an authoress. Tub niavnii/.* Paud* liml nn n f ?m - [tortunce this term ,with the exreption of the Carey cane. There in hot often much to be done in thin Court, as the mnrntime business of the District is not eery extensive and consequently gives rise to but few Admiralty coses. City Improvement*.?Pennsylvania avenue has improved at a rapid rate, within the last few years, particularly in the appearance of the ihopa and ware-houses. Old uuildings have been torn down and more spacious and commodious ones erected ; the rusty low brick walls with the little dark dingy windows, have given place to the rich carved fronts, with the clear plate glass and large "bow windows," in which are displayed the richtst and inost showy goods, arranged with a good taste and skill not surpassed hi Broadway. During years past our shop keepers have not understood the philosophy of "lighting up," but they are beginning to see that customers, like butter-flies, are attracted by the light, and it is amusing to watch the tide of passers-by front Brown's Hotel on a pleasant evening, when the whole city seems to be on a promenade, to observe how one aAer another of the throng is caught and bedazzled by the brilliant lights from the windows of that showy block. The "fancy articles" at Bastienelli's look so much more fanciful and attractive, and the "silver I .1'.. n,r.r?.ilv..-U II,v ur"'cl "**-"c """ - ? - ? / ? "J plain day light (no rr/ltelion intended except vhat fhe light give*) that the temptation to purchase ia loo strong to be resisted. Improvement* are still going on at different points on the avenue, striking evidence of which most of us daily see in the falling bricks and mor- : tar. I We observe the new building just erected by | Lane and Tucker, exhibits much architectural taste , ?the upper stories are to be occupied by the legal | ind nr.edical fraternity. We shall at no distant day be rid of that intol- ' L-rable nuisance to the avenue, the depot. As it is J now situated, the entire aide walk in front of the iepot is obstructed fbr an hour or more every ; I morning and afternoon with a motly crowd of < idle negroes, drunken loafers and noisy hackmen; , but we understand that tbe work upon the new j building is going on rapidly, and that this annoy* ' ince will soon be transferred to the suburbs of the ( aity. The new depot is to be a spacious and substantially built structure of brielc, with granite pillars. We are glad to see that the public spirit of our business men ie getting roused a little. I !! I ftr ?? fc^lim To tss Eatress : Uodartbe caption of "Voices of ibo People." inibo National Intalligancer of iho J2d August, the " Norfolk County Journal" a papor printed in MimchuMUt, discuss** tho Tsxan boundary bill thus: " That if this bill passes tho Houm, m we truot and Leheva it will, the danger ufdisunion fadeaawavut the same lime, and Texaa, instead of being a rallying point for every Southern ' traitor,' become* a conservative State," die.. Let me aak if the National Intelligencer endorses su?-h a voice f If so, let us hear it. Let us see, if manfully maintaining our constitutional rights be denounced treason by the organ of federalism, a paper which susktinea the 14 Hertford ConvtiUion," a meeting of delegates front all the Northern Stales to aid in defeating and paralyzing our Government in a just wur against Great Britain. Let it be remembered that Governors Strong, of Massachusetts, and Chittenden, of Vermont, refilled to supply the requisitions of the President of the United Slates for militia to repel the enemy, under General Prnvoat, ou the Champlain frontier. Let it be kuowu to the people that the now natriotiu neoule of the North suffered the town of Castiiio, in the Stale of Maine, to lie held by the British all the war, without an eflort to drive them from it. In Connecticut, along the coast, the enemy's fleet lying at anchor inside of Montauk Point, almut Fisher's Island and New London, was Airnished with supplies of all kinds by means of blue-lights and rockets, sent up in dark nights, to indicate the position of the traitors who were furnishing "aid and comfort" to the British in the way of fresh meats, vegetables and groceries, with the doily Boston newspapers. Let me, then, hurl back the charge of treason on the " traitors of the North" who are known to liuve "adhered to the enemy, giving them aid and comfort" in our war with Great Britain; und at this very time, these traitors and their descendants are " adhering to and aiding our ancient enemy, England, in its crusade against the Southern institution of slave labor. Queen Victoria (like the lion who, in a (it of desperation, bit off his tail, decreed that all the beasts of the field should have their tuils cropt off,) set all the negroes free in the West Indies, and seeing she hnd destroyed the value of the sugar estates and lost the revenues thereof?in other words, cut off her tail?she set in motion the ball off abolition among her old blue-light friends, and the coalition is now waging a fierce war ngninst their old enemies, the South. The fact is, Great Britain, after the war of 1812, despairing of bringing this country under her control again by force, decided to destroy it by collusion with the non-slavehnlding States, sending river (he Abolitionist, Thompson, to promulge his iloctrines, and by facilitating immigration in the oppression of the luboring classes of Europe, who, en tnasae, are transported to our shores to aid the coalition of England and Yankeedom in the destruction of the slaveholding Slates, we are outvoted, and laws are passed in violation of the Constitution, in order to drive the South to civil war and probable destruction. In presenting these views, the writer is actuated more from a spirit of retaliating the foul charge of " traitors," as applied to the South in the National Intelligencer, to that section of country Htid press where it emanated, than to produce disaffection to the Government, the true faith and allegiance to which he holds sacred and inviolable as long as he sees no more cause for disunion than at present, and whii h he believes now only exists among that reckless clan, to be found in all countries ready for revolution, by way of uggrandizing themselves in wealth here, and fame for posterity hereafter. A SOUTHERN WHIG. Imprisonment of W. L. Chaplin.?Wc publish in another column an account of the arrest and imprisonment of Mr. Chnplin, formerly editor of the Albany Patriot, for assisting the escape of the slaves of Messrs. Toombs and Stephens from Washington city. The National Era is out in condemnation of his conduct, We have no heart to join in this censure. The slaveholder is simply a pirate, holding, by a thief ? title, his fellowman in bondage, who has precisely the same right to be free as himself. This being the cose, it is not only the right, but the duty of the slave to get free whenever lie cir I... l.i.l.A.I ? Tlw. I,...fill Ilia power is to run nway. It is therefore his righi and duty, whenever a chance of escape is pre scnted, to embrace it. If it be right for him to make liis escape, it is of necessity right lo atris< him. Therefore the act of Mr. Cluiplin, for which he has been arrested and committed to prison, was, we honestly believe, pleasing in the sight of God. \ The Era quotes, in condemnation of thiR net. from un article written by the editor, in Cincinnati, commencing thus: " The human mind b so constituted, that it will attach something dis honorable to that which has to be done in the dark or by stratagem." On this principle the editor would condemn the primitive Christians, who assembled "in the dark," in the "caves and dens of the earth," to worship their Saviour. He would condemn the Waldcnses and the Albigenscs of France, the Covenanters of Scotland, and the Puritans of England, whose only "freedom to worship God1 was obtained bv meeting " in the dark and by stratagem." Wvould it be "dishonorable" for a man taken captive by Algerine pirates to escape "in the dark or by stratagem ?" Then why is it wrong for the captives of Toombs and Stephens, and other Congressional pirates, to do the same thing ? Was it " dishonorable" for tho persons taken prisoners by the Indians, during the first settlement of this country, to avail themselves of ' stratagem and darkness" to escape? Yet slavery is more intolerable than Indian captivity: for who does not know that one object of tne Seminole and Florida wars, wp.b to recover the slaves who had escaped from the " tender mercies" of Christian civilized slavery to the "horrors of life in the wigwam T We fancy that if Dr. Bailey's wife and children were reduced to slavery, and lie had n chance to recover them "in the dark or by stratagem," his scruples would vanish mnrvelously soon. If Mr. Chaplin shall be doomed to follow the lamented Torrey, it will be for an act on which we have no doubt Jesus nnd Angels smile with approbation.?Free Presbyterian. The Crisis.?The Savanah Georgian of the 13th inst., has an admirable article on the subject of the President's Message. We make the following extract: " This is a fearful crisis now before the country, nnd the greatest care and caution is necessary to prevent one of the greatest difficulties which has ever before occurred. A most unwise policy has been attempted by the administration. The people of the United States cannot be coerced into any abandonment of their just rights. The message of the President itself, admits that Texas hns rights to the territory in dispute with New Mexico. The very recommendation of purchasing her title by a large sum of money admits this fact. And in the face of this, the threat of calling on the army and navy to prevent an organization of what Texas believes to be her rigntful territory, is made, should the people of nP __i i.j j : ca_a_ j i cxns, an acKnowiea^eu sovereign uuc, uitru to press the peaceful organization of her territory. Truly we fear those at the head of the Government do not realize the dunger of the present crisis, or they would not thus attempt to force their peculiar notions. Sheriff Arrested i?y a Mayor.?The Pittsburg Chronicle of Friday says :?Much excitement was occasioned yesterday, by the arrest of Sheriff Curtis, by Mayor Barker's order, on a charge of misdemeanor in office. The Sheriff, it appears, complied with a suggestion of the Court of Quarter Sessions to commit tiocomtnon vagrants to the county jail. The prison being already crowded, and much sickness prevailing there in. were the causes advanced by the Sheriff for refusing admittance to the degraded character hont up from the Mayor's office. The Mayor however* determined to test the law, and forthwith arrested the Sheriff, and demanded bail for liim in the moderate amount of $50,000 for his appearance at three o'clock, being three hours From the time of the arrest. Wm. A. Hill and Wm. Douglass, esqs., promptly gave their names lor the Sheriff s appearance. At the time appointed, the prisoner made his appearance, w-ith Judge Shuler as counsel. The Mayor retained Messrs. Irwin and Nay tor. The people were not permitted to witn ss the proceedings, as they were conducted in the lack room of the Mayor's building; but the result was, that tha Mayor took the Sheriff's own reoognizaoce for his appearance at the next term of court. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP OHIO. rOt'R DAT! LATER FROM HAT ANA. I The United States hiai' steamship Ohio, Lieu'. I Jan. Findlay Schencfr, U. S. Navy commander, I arrived nt her wharf, this morning, shortly before I three o'clock, from Havana and New Orleans. I The Ohio left Havana on the evening of the 15Hh. The Georgia, from New York, arrived on the morning of the same day. The Falcon, front Chagrcs, arrived on the 16th, and was to auil on the 30th for New Orleune,wilh a large number of passengers. Havana is perfectly quiet. The excrement of the invasion nns entirely died away, and the subject is seldom mentioned. I TL .dC _ a? _ n _ - ? * no uiucrrn ui inr ueorgllina And Mmn LiOUd are yet in clone confinement; but it in the opinion there that they will noon be released, notwithstanding the report in circulation that they wera condemned to l>e shot, which is without foundation, being merely verbal. Foreigners are now ailed to land without obtaining permits. The United States sloop-of-war Albany, Capt. Randolph, from Pensucola, arrived on Moro Castle on the 18th instant. She did not enter the harbor, but communicated with the shore by small boats. She sailed the same day for Boston. Among the |>asaengpafl by the Ohio from Havana, is the Lady Kmily Stuart Wortley and daughter. The Ohio brings the California mails, 200 passengers, and a large amount of specie and gold dust on freight. 8he brings 100,000 Mexican dollars, consigned to Messrs. Corning & Co.; #10,000 in gold dust, to J. C. Thompson, and $3,000 to S. H. Hallowed. We are indebted to Mr. Fairchild, the gentlemanly Purser of the Ohio, for the early delivery of the latest Havana papers. Died at sea, on board the Ohio, Joseph Taylor, esq., a resident of New Orleans. The deceased came on board as a passenger, in a very feeble state of health. He received the strictest medical attendance during the passage, and lingered until yesterday, when he departed this life, at ten minutes past 10 o'clock, a. m. Important from Texas. Extraordinary Meeting <\f the Legislature?the Governor's Message?the reception qf the President's Message, etc. New Orleans, August i22,1850. Galveston dates of the 19th inst. have been received. The Legislature met on the 12th instant. The Governor's message wan received. It proceeds to speak of the unwarrantable assumption of power of the federal Executive, by direct interference with the municipal affairs of a sovereign State, and pronounces discussion useless. No reliance must be placed on the delusive hope of justice to Texas ; but we must asseri and maintain our rights at all hazards, and to the Inst extremity. The only course left is the immediate adoption of necessary measures fbr the occupation of Santa Fe with ample force to repel the arrogant and rebellious spirit existing. Should such measures produce a conflict with the present authorities unlawfully established, and shake the confederacy to its very centre, Texas will stand exonerated before the world. A it* knei t if id nul/o/l ?cv vn i mounted regimentH for the occupancy of Santa Fe; also, for a military force sufficient to enable the civil authority to execute the laws. It also says, however willing Texas may be to dispose of a portion of her Northwestern territory, no respectable party could uccept of the propositions embraced in this Compromise bill; but if a proposition had been offered to purchase that part North of 34 degrees latitude, with a proper guarantee and observance of the rules of annexation, it would have been satisfhctory. The news of the engrossment of Pearce's Senate hills with the President's message respecting Governor Bell's letter, was receivetfat Galveston on the 17th, and produced great dissatisfaction. The papers say the measure will arouse feelings of indignation throughout the Slate not easily ullayed. Later from the Isthmus. Afore of the great robbery?Desperatefight between a parly of soldiers and th& robbers. The latter victorious. The schooner Charren, Captain Ducoy, which left Chngres on the 31st til . arrived yesterday. By this arrival we have some further information respecting the robbers who stole $32,000 in gold dust, from one of the trains crossing the Isthmus from Panama to Chngres, as irumtaiued in yesterday's nnncr. Cant. Ducnv states that it. wnu Ackerroan & Co'a train that was robbed, and tlmt the robbery wascommltted oji tlie26tli July, at only ten miles distance from Panama. When the robbery became known, the authorities at P n ana despatched twenty-two soldiers in pursuit without delay. The soldiers fell in with the robbers a few miles from the city, and a desperate tight took place in which sixteen of the soldiers and six of the robbers were killed. The robbers, however, succeeded in carrying off their plunder. Captain Ducey states the Government authorities, at hist accounts (on the 30th.) wore sending out a much stronger force with a determination to clour the Isthmus of the band of brigands who had committed this bold robbery, and defeated the troops sent to capture them. New Orleans True Delta. A Southern Confederacy.?A great deal ot patriotic indignation is expended by our Southern cotemporaries, friends of the late Omnibus bill, that "a gentleman reported to be of considerable character and influence in the South, visited Mexico incognito in the month of April last, and after various conferences with persons in authorli... ...1 !AA~ J - C 1 J 11 J itv, miuiiy Huuuuibt'u a luruim uiiu wen |)ru(Kirea proposition for the establishment of a Southern confederacy into which that republic was to bo merged." Tliis report originated with the penny-a-liner in the employ of the New York Courier, and Philadelphia North American, at Washington, who is one and the same person. It is his vocation to dish up a daily hnsh for those papers, which he does with no variation of ideas, or statement of facts, rumors or fancies, and with very little of language. And this preposterous rumor, thus put lorth, is made the text for the most excruciating denunciation of Southern hotspurs and disunionists in general. The New Orleans Bee graciously says it has 44 not the remotest idea that so absurd and contemptible a plot could, under any circumstances whatever, succeed." Certainly not. That respectable paper would be a very ' absurd and contemptible sheet it it aia. ouiuic oee, we margins, inightgo further, and any that it baa " not the. remotest idea" that any such proposition ever was made to the Mexican government. We have no idea of it?none in the world. But suppose some mad cap did, with all the solemnity of manner he could put on, make Such an overture to Mexico, why so much ado about nothing? As quixotism is tne order of the day, should the next arrival from England, disclose the fact that some u considerable character from the South" had sought an Interview with the queen, and had proposed to dissolve the Union, and tie the Southern States to her apron strings, these friends of the Omnibus and of the Union par excellence, would lie bound to go into hysterica! Away with such follies, to call them by no worse name. There is quite enough to awaken our fears and to quicken the patriotism of all union-loving men in the realilies staring twin the face, without beini,'beguiled into Mexico for food for our fear*, by the dreamy hallucinations of a Washington scribe. J. Knox Walker, Attorney at Law and General Agent, OFFER 8 hi* services In his ptofesdon and as Agent lor the Prosecution and Collection of Claim- before Congress and the Departments, also for obtaining Patents. All business confided to him will be promptly at ended in t*7 tI BARRY'S TRICOPHERdUS. T)ARKER, Agent for the above very sup*ior X HAIR WASH, received, thia day, 12grots. Wholesale and retail, at T PARKERS' V.i fancy Cemk and Perfumery Store. * Pennsylvania AV. near rfauonal Hotel, tug. 9?3t,