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The southern press., 1850-10-09
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The papers are making a prodgious pother
about the Fugitive slave law. One set Of gen
tlemcn at the South declaring its successful
operation an equivalent for all. the vast domain
compromised" away with other +" adjustments
of the rights of the Southern citizens " too tedi-
Gus to cnnumerate"-and another set North
crying aloud against its atrocity, iniquity &c.
and demanding its repeal.
To listen to the triumphant airs assumed on
the one side, and the dolefu dittes sung on the
other, one not Informed on the subject would
suppose that the law worked like charm--and
,hat of the thousands Of fugitive slaves harborcd
ut the North, hundreds had already been re-an-
nexed to their masters-and their old cities oi
refuge sheltered runaways 10 more.
Now the noisy blustcrers on both sides are
performing a ridiculous flrcc--and they know it:
and both with the same design, viz to make
POLITICAL capita,l The Southern compromisers,
like drowning men, catch at this straw to save
themselves for having surrendered everything
the fanatical Abolitonists because their political
brethren have stolen and monopolizcd ala ost all
their thunder.
All this fuss and fury, these crowings and
chucklngs of the Southern compromisers, these
gnashings Of teeth Of Abolitionists, have been
based chiefly on the capture of a runaway named
Hamlet, in New York city--who was bought
bck Immediately, and had a triumphant recep-
ton on his return--and Of some two or thie ee
Others Gas far as we can hear.)
But this tests the efficacy of the law "
Does it? On the same principle the constitu-
tional provision was efective--for not year
elapsed, but some owner reclaimed his fugitives
by bribng high for obtaining Information as
will be the case under this law.
As VIC have repeatedly sac, the provisions of
the bill may be very good, yet where the moral
sentiment of community is in direct opposition
to a law, its practical enforcement is impossible
10 any extent--though in individual instances
successful The extracts which we have made
from the Northern papers in the last few days,
relative to their reception of this law, furnish
the strongest proofs Of the correctness of our
Judgment on this point--and coming events will
show it yet more conclusively But the clamor
made about this matter just at present by the two
classes we have designated, North and South,
is trick like that of the cuttle-isl, which alway
backcns the water when it is chased, that it
may hide its real position from its pursuer. This
measure is claimed by the compromisers MS a
from the North in consideration of
the Southern surrender Of all the territory in
dispute! a hard bargain at that--but was it }
In the Senate on engrossment it received but
Two Northern votes--those of Messrs. Done
and JoSEs of Iowa. Mr. DIcKrsSoS declared
h, would have voted for it, had he been
present.
The Senate, it will be remembered, was the
birth place of the compromse--itw was there that
the Thirteen arranged the details Of THE Ap-
JusTMESr How thankful for the smallest favors
some people are
The southern press., 1850-10-09
WtsskA vsssfai. As9aatat|
: TIN cOllfR oa1JsR 9AkIH HERAFp.

Z We learn that Mas Meeting has bean
called under the signatures Of more than Atty
Of the most respectable citizens of HANrsHIRE
COUNTY, in Virginia, to be held at Romnev, the
county town, on the 18th inst, to take into con-
sideration the several laws passed at the late
session OF Congress, affecting the institution of
slavery, and to consider the expediency Of APP
pointing delegates to tho adjourned meeting Of
the Nashville Convention. The gentlemen unit
ing in this call are Of both political parties,
and the meeting is to be of the same complex
ion. We learn further from the printed call,
that Mr. Mason, one OF the Senators of Vir-
ginia, has accepted an invitat on to attend, and
to address the assembly.
The great movement thus, which must, from
the magnitude of the interests at stake. and the
imminent peril in which all the slaveholding
States are placed, follow the vital flows aimed
at the safety and integrity of these States, we
find beginning in Western Virginia. The coun-
ty of Hampshire lies west of the great valley
of Virginia, on the eastern slope of the Allegha-
ny mountains, and is a large, rich and ntluen-
tial county.
The people Of that great and enlightened
State are awake to the true condition in which
they are placed by these pseudo Compromise
laws. The ball must roll on.
The southern press., 1850-10-09

OUR RAILRoAD.-Col. Garrett, with his corps
of Assistant Engineers, engaged ir the pren-
n,ry surveys for the location OF the Memphis
md Charleston RaiIroad reached our town ON
yesterday evening. Col Garnett (very wisely
and JUSTIFY scrupul,usly refrans from giving
.lny opinion as 10 whore he thinks the road will
be located. He speaks very freely, however, OF
the practcability Of the route from this place to
Huntsville From Huntsville to the mouth Of
Elk river, it is said the route s entirely devoid
Of difficulties and distractions. At Elk river
the road will strike the Canal, which is already
prepared and graded for a Railroad for the dis
lance Of about l3 miles. We understand that
Col. Garnett expects to complete the survey
and to reach Memphis by the last of November
next-Florence (Ala.) Gazette, 2Sh uA. 5eG q
The southern press., 1850-10-09

THE IssUE.-We invite the attention of our
readers, to call in to-days paper, for meeting
Of the citizens of Henry, for the purpose of So
licitinr the Governor, TO call Convention Of the
people. to take into consideration, whether we
viii longer submit to Northern aggression" or
at once demand our rights-and take nothing
less We believe our patriotic Governor, in
Obedience to the wishes of the sorereign people,
will issue his proclamation for the election of
delegates to such convention, to meet at as early
a day rs practicabe
With majority Of those whose names are
signed to the call for meeting, we have the plea
sure of being personally acquainted-and we
can safely say that they friends to the. Omon,
governed by the Constitution of Washington,
Madison and their compeers-but at the same
time, they are unwilling to place their rights IN
the hands Of n reckless majonty-and tnat ma
jorlty the sworn enemies of their institutions
Enem .es who are determined to ride over rights,
;nsticc and tho Constitution They are menn ho
when the 4tesoIvc is made" the foot IS planted.
---Abbcrue (Ah) Banner e -
The southern press., 1850-10-09

The FIRST OF THE HAvRE LINE.--The Frank
lin, the first of the new line of steamers between
New York and H4vre, left on Saturday, on her
initial voyage, with thrty-fve passengers AID a
valuable cargo.
The southern press., 1850-10-09

A RARE CAsE.-Mr. Jeremiah Moore declines
the nomination for county judge, rendered him
by the Wings Of Wayne county, Michigan, on
the ground that he considers himself "wholly
incompetent to perform the duties of the Office,
II elected"
The southern press., 1850-10-09

r4y Col. NJ. THOMPSON has been appointed
Commissioner of Deeds, &c, for North Carroll
ma, for the District of Columbia
The southern press., 1850-10-09

kw-The senior editor of the Louisville Jour
nal saws. he was here three or four weeks ago,
when settlement was very uncertain, and a
deep gloom pervaded all the friends of the
TJnicn. But that the senior editor of this pa
per was the very happiest man he saw about
the capitol-and was constantly and exultingly
uttering confident anticipations Of dissolution
Of the Union He says that he was not in
Washington when the Compromise measures
passed the House Of Representatives, but was
informed, that VILE the friends of the Union
were ringing bells, firing cannon, kindling lon-
fires, and filling the whole city with the noise
and tnmult Of their rcjoicings, We were rs dole
ful as man under sentence of death.
We recollect seeing the editor Of the jour-
nal here. and his confident prediction of the
very day the Texas bill would pass. On that
div it was defeated in the House, we think by
some forty odd votes,-and the editor of the
Journal disappeared.
AS for his observations here, and his informa-
ton from others, some idea of their accuracy
may be formed from the following statement
made BY him in the same paper which contains
the preceding:
aOn Wednesday last, we went from Albany
TO Syracuse in company with two or three hun
dred Wing delegates who were to attend the
Wing State convention at that place on the fol-
lowing day. They were entirely confident that
there would he harmony of action in the con-
vention and that the Wing party would carry
the State"
Now travelling editor who sees two or three
hundred Wing delegates on single route, and
on but a part Of that route, to Convention
where the number from every part of the State
on all routes, was only one hundred and twenty,
must be gifted with faculty for sightseeing that
rendcrs his observations on the countenances Of
people more amusing than instructive. And as
the Wing delegates he saw were entirely conf
dent of harmony at that Convention where the
secession of one-third of the members took place
80 we suppose his information of our appearance
upon the measures passed, is equally reliable
II we desired dissolution of the Union, few
things could have delighted us more than the
passage of the Compromise measures
The southern press., 1850-10-09

II is said that Holiness severe lines upon the
critics Of New York, (in his Yale poem, were oc-
casioned by spobbish and very unjust notice of
his poems published in Frazer's Magazine, but
written aabove Bleeker." Don't he give it to
,em. however l--thsse Emoua Ariarchi
Extends for mites along the Harlem road !"
The southern press., 1850-10-09

The PRorosEp MEETIre.--We are authoii-
zed to say that the proposed meeting in this city
or the friends Of the PEACE MEAsuREsrecentv
passed BY Congress, will take place on Tues
DAY, the bth day of October, and that Crow
DIR and BARBECUE will be given on the occa-
sion.--Mo5ik Advertiser.
We guess that the viands will he seasoned
with soooden nuln,egs.
The southern press., 1850-10-09

by official returns it appears that there are
now upwards OF six thousand miles Of railroad
in actual operation in the three kingdoma. On
these there was a conveyance for the year end
lug June, lS49, of &C, ,39S,l ,l59 passengers
The southern press., 1850-10-09

MEETING In MACoN-The submissionlsts have
had meeting il Macon, at which they laid
down platform as long as the "moral law"
and which they diguify with the title OF the
q Union Southern Rights Platform" The sub
missionists do not intend to be beaten for lack OF
ground to stnd on. We thought tli.t the question
was The Union pcrsus Southern Rights" The
Macon Submis,onists take both sides of the
proposition. "This cock wont fight" and
between the two stools, the Clay Compromise
SUI mission party must fill to the ground
Columbus (Ga.) Times.
The southern press., 1850-10-09

The FUGITIVE SLAVE LAw-Thc Pittshnrg
Gazette says that the public meeting held in that
city, to oppose the fugitive slave law, was ohc
Of the largest ever held in Pittsburg, and was
.ddrcssed by some of the leading men OF the
place among theii the Whg Democratic, and
Native candidates for Congress. 81 IN
A despntch from Springfield, Mass, dated on
Friday, says: tfa VA
The Sixth District Wing Convention, to nom
inute successor to Mr.. Ashmun, met at Nor
hampton to-day, and was nnmerously attended
George T.. Davis, OF Greenfield WAS nominated
with great uanimity. series Of resolutions
were passcd-two OF which were as follows:E
Resoired, That white as good citizens, we
cannot counsel open resistance to the execution
of the fugitive slave act, we will give every pos
sible legal assistance to those who may c ar
rested under it, in he assertion and maintenance
Of their rights.
Resolred, That the better to insure the safety
and rights of the fugitive, il is expedient ard de-
sirabIc in the opinion Of this Convention, that
the Legislature of this commonw ealth, at its
next sess on, should pass IN act authorizing tie
Executive TO appoint one or more Commissioners
in every county, whose duty it shall be to appear
for every person arrested as fugitive under tho
| W, to protect his rights and aid him in csiab-
fishing facts necessary to procure his disch:r re,
and directing the payment of all expenses 80 in
cured by any person thus arrested in establish
ing his rights, to be made from the treasury Of
the commonwealth.
The southern press., 1850-10-09

~ Letters have been received ~ tho Coast
Survey Omce, BY the last steamer from 'Calsf6E
mia, stating that Lieutenant commanding Near.
thur had completed preliminary survey of the
entrance Of Columbia River, a general recon
naissance of the coast from the entrance of Co.
lumba River to Saa Francisco, and had also
examined the site for light house at New
Dungeness, Oregon.
4 The otiicars of the Ewing We're all we'll
Another call for the Legislature OF Ala
bama to Convene.
Another call has been made on Gov. COLLIER
by very large number of citizens Of Dallas and
Lowndes county, Alabama, to assemble the
Legislature. We shall publish it tomorrow
1t concludes with these words:
"We feel that the time for argument and re
monstrance has passed that action il the word
and we are ready to stand by our arms"
EXTRAORDINARILY VERDURE OF THE SEASON.
A writer in the New York Observer, who has
recently travelled over the New England States
and New. York. makes the following observa-
tions:
The verdnre Of the whole country is surprs-
ing have been told by farmer who cult
ntes about two hundred acres, that the leaves
of the trees this year are almost double their
ordinary thickness, and Of u much deeper green
than usual 9a ets
The southern press., 1850-10-09

them than ever. They started out III what they
deemed the great cause of reform, and preached
it Justify to other people, and had not virtue
enough themselves to pay the printer!
RESISTANCE OR SUBMISSION Montgom.
cry (Ala) Advertiser concludes long article
upon the subject of the late acts of Congress, as
follows:
"The only question, then, for the people OF
Alabama now 10 decide, is, whether they will
submit or not; whether, in the language of the
Free -soilers, we have merely been emitting
gasn-empty bravado, wthuut the least intention
of carrying our resolves into execution or whets-
er, like frcenNn-like those from whom we in
herit the glorions price of liberty--we have been
resolving upon our right with the firm determi-
nation OF defending them.
In order to determine that question, let the
people in e;cli county of the State assemble
forthwith and express their views upon the pro-
priety Of holding State Convention, for the
purpose of determining whetherwe ought quietly
to submit to these aggressiors This is due to
our position in the Union-it is due t. our past
professious--it is due to our future prosperity
it is due to those gallant spirits III other States
who are struggling in the same great cause--it
is due to the memory of the iustriOus dend--
We may be defeated (Which we will not believe
and will not harbor the coward thonght) upon
the final issue, but let us at least endeavor 'to
grace our fall, an! make our ruin glorious"
r-EJ1T The State Of Georgia it seems intends
to assert her rights, not only by the most prac-
teal and decisive measures of redress and seen
ritv. but to record her adherence of usurpation
in the most imperishab!e Of monumental memor-
ials We have seen nothing in all the senti-
ments adopted by the several States for inscrip-
ton on the stones they contribute to the Wash
ington Monument, SO happy in style, in thought
and in principle as hers:
WASHINGTON MoSUMENT--THE GEORGIA
SLAB--In our recent visit to the interior, we had
the pleasure of viewing the stone ordered by
Governor Towns, for the Washington Monu-
ment 1t is beautiful piece Of workmanship,
and will compare favoraby with any from our
sister States.
II is beautiful piece of white marble, about
three by FIVE feet, with the Coat of Aims OF the
State cut in bold relief, resting on stone base
The motto inscribed on it is
The Union as it was-thc Constitution as it
is"
Mr. G. Moorehouse, Of Madison, Ga, to whom
tie execution Of this slab was entrusted, has
done Justice to the State, and himself credit for
the skill and taste displayed by him in its exc
cution,
The southern press., 1850-10-09

.B~ 1t has been remarked by Macauey, that
the bitterness of the Sandman soil was so great
that it was perceptbe even its honey, SO it
is with TIE prejudices of our Northern brethren
here with those whose culture and intelligence
should teach federation aud broader views
They cannot even pay tribute to departed
greatness, without dropping on the same page
the gall of fanaticism. Seldom has this been
more strongly impressed upon us than by the
perusal of the following lines which we extract
from the Cleaveland, Ohio, Democrat
There is much Of poetic power in the con-
ceptiou; but what can be thought of one who
'unplumbs the dead for bullets with which to
assassinate the livingW
Writien on hearing of the Loss Of Po,cers' Statue If
John c. Calhoun, BY Shipicreck.
There let it rest and an the cold clear waves
Break o 'er it's features fixed and stern repose,
Yet cannot wash one nervous wrinkle out,
OF those which seem not chiseed by the hand
OF man, but by. the keen control of thoughts
Harder than glitlerng steel ~ will reflect
How, then and there, that sea-sunk marble is
More like the strange, great man, than in
Some warmly lighted hall, where music's waves
w outu SoIuy IIPptC y St tHat OtoWS
And fragrant odors kiss the boodless lip,
And stately steps go slowly to and fro,
And eye uplftedIy admire and praise
The genius which has wrought the marble stone
To bear the impress of Two mighty minds,
And that which wrought the greatest and the best.
Thus did the fixed, hard purpose Of his mind,
PuIseless and heartless meet the rushing tide
OF other men s resolves, and own trace
OF change upon It's Ainty front; and when
The flood of opposition came, and dashed
A Against his own--though flashing with the white
And pearly light of glorious truth, and moved
BY Freedoms chainIess influences like the sea,
When its deep bosom feels the north winds
breath
e en thus his cold. relentless soul still pressed
The moveess contour of its first resolve
Against the onward flow OF mider thought,
Nor lost one feature Of it's iron will.
And thus, if overwhelmed at last, and wrecked
By waves that would not be controlled, when o 'er
His rocky effort broke the full strong tide
OF truth and right, borne onward round the arc
OF time, after the central cause divine,
Like ocean depths that asprate the moon,-
Up through the conquering surges still, his cold
| Unsoftenet self would stare defiance.
There,
Beneath the blue Atlantic, let it rest,
While Freedom Is mounting tide shall bury deep
The dark uEhalIowed spirit that he loved,
And Slavery shall be sunk, to frown 10 more
Upon the lovely land where liberty
Has nurtured heroes
ORWELL, September 1850
The southern press., 1850-10-09

THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION will meet on
Monday next. A most eventful season il before
us, and we fear one Of the most embittcrcd strug-
giles for power and predominance which ever
divided this distracted State. At present there
is general calm over all things the calm that
p.ccedes the tempest. The long Congress IS
over; the members of our rump Parliament have
sought their homes to muse upon the mischief
that they have done General news are OF no
Importance, newspapers contain nothing df in
terest Soon, however, we shall have before us
subjects of sufficient Importance to engage the
pttention of the most calIous. The discussions
of themes which will come home, if not to the
bosom. most certainly to the bread and busine -
of all the people Of this State, will soon be for
ced upon the press and the publics-Richmond
Examiner. 49,
The southern press., 1850-10-09
Progress OF Emanci patton in Kentucky.

In spite of the counsels Of HENRY CLAY, and
his more cxcitable ard hcadloug co.laborer, Cas-
sIUs NJ, the emancipationists Of Kentucky seem
growing small by degrees and beautifully less.'
The Louisville Democrat thus records the put
The Louisville Examiner, the light of the
emancipation party Of Kentucky, has gone out
for want of support! lthad subscribers enough,
but they did not pay up. We have less faith in
them than ever. They started out in what they
deemed the great cause of reform. and preached
it Justify to other people, and had not virtue
enough themselves to pay the printer!
The southern press., 1850-10-09

THE LEGISLATURE OF MISSISSIPPI CALLED!--t
We publish the proclamation Of Gov. Quitman
calling together the Legislature of his State, to
take into consideration the recent action OF Con-
oress. We have no room for cOmment--the
proceedings of meetings Of the peope-thc cill
on our Governor, signed by 263 gentlemen
have filled out our columns. We will add
only, that this movein Mississippi is but another
evidence of determined resistance to the nncol-
stitutional measures of Congress and to Aboli-
tonsm, which is daily gaining in strength and
volume throughout the South, and no where,
(ynzefie.
The southern press., 1850-10-09
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Photographed for the Southern Press. !

BALrrMORE. October SIS D. m
A despath just received from New York states
that the steamship Hermann, from Southampton
AMI Bremen passed Halifax on Sunday, and the
american mxsl steamship Atlantic, on Monday
morning. " s r14-
The Atlantic will be due at New York early to-
morrow morning, with four days later adyices
from all parts of Europe. fiyoa 4is1
PHrLADELrnI,. October 8--l0 n. m. ~,
Polls just closed. Election passed off quietly.
appearances Indicate the defeat Of Levas zlfs
NEw OaLEAss, Oct. 7.
The United States Mail steamer OHIo arrived
here this morning from Havana, bringing the Cali
forna malls. ~ 1870 ~
Cotton continues IN active demand, and the nd
vance under the Cambria 3 news fully maintained
Upland.
Sugars and molasses firm coffee held higher.
Provisions IN steady demand and prices to-day
upward. H 8f
Whskey 24s cts. per gallon.
The telegraph despatch of the CamhrIa's ne9s
was received here the evening of the Sd inst
over the Southern Morse line, four hours ahead Of
its reception by the Western O'Reilley line, ms
it is called. The teegraphic operator closed his
office for the night after receiving the news a III
o'clock p. NJ The fact that the steamer had ar
rived, was announced ut Z o'clock in the evening,
by the Morse line, and not known previously
through any other channel ael aaIt -t8
The news WINS actually received here about 10
o'clock, and being flied, as am told, in Baltimore
n little after 8, p. M, made it's reception in New
Orleans few minutes over one hour behind time,
as registered in both cities. aHt 4
The southern press., 1850-10-09

If they don't mean this" the Northern
Nationals" Of both parties practice more nnne-
cessary hypocrisy than any previous set of men
on record
The southern press., 1850-10-09

PH.LADELrnI,. October 8--l0 n. m. ".
Polls just closed. Election passed off quietly.
Appearances Indicate the defeat Of Levips & ~
The southern press., 1850-10-09

Beneath the blue Atlantic, let it rest,
While Freedom IS mounting tide shall bury deep
The dark urhalIowed spirit that he loved,
And Slavery shall be sunk, to frown 10 more
Upon the lovely land where liberty
Has nurtured heroes.
ORWELL. September. 1880. N