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The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-22
From the Charleston Mercttru.

With deep regret we announce the death of
one of our most aged aud respectable citizens,
Daniel G. Webb, while in attendance upon Di-
vine worship, yesterday afternoon, in the Uni
tartan church. lie was, apparently, in his usual
health when he entered the church. participated
in the singing and other services, and seemed
deeply absorbed in the sermon; but just as the
preacher, in illustrating the power Of religion to
disarm death of its terrors, had quoted the dying
words of President Taylor, Il have endeavored
to do my duty and am ready to die" Mr.. Webb
was OBJ erved to droop, apparently in n swoon
and, although immediate assistance was rendered
by Drs. Moultrie and Whittredge, who were
present, all efforts to resusctate him were inef-
fectual, and his lifeless body was conveyed from
the church to his residence.
Mr.. Webb was for many years connected
with the business Of Charleston as q factor, and
as Director of the Bank of the State and through
out his heightened career maintained character
of answering integrity and unblemished honor.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-22

i / taz- We lay before our readers this morning
another of the earnest eloquent, and truthful
letters of 9 A Northern man and q friend Of the
Unionn aHs @ U7 - Esa7 r+g'
With clearness not 10 be mistaken, and an
array of facts which neither sophistry nor folly
can gainsay, he lays bare the morbid anatomy OF
. Northern sentiment, and shows the onward pro
, gress Of Abolition Blind and besotted indeed
!, must the South be not to heed such warnings,
and listen to such sRunsels, 50 plainly showing
The path of honor, duty, and safety ,,. ..,..E
II The true friends of the Union, and OF the
South, are men such MS he, who have the moral
n firmness fearlessly to utter the truth, and the
Z whole truth, to North and South. Were there
: only a few more such to be found in that sec
4! ton. to frown down Northern fraud and fanatl'
csm and shame Southern submission into
sense of its recreancy to the great interests CON-
mitted to the charge of this generation, we
. would have no cause to despair Of the Republic
g and Southern rights might yet be respected and
preserved within the pale of the Union, formed
nv our fathers, ato ensure domestic tranquility
and preserve the blessings OF liberty to them
selves and their postcrity
If the solemn warnings of this sage ana pa
triotic statesman fall upon disregardful ears
then neither would they listen though one
rose from the dead"
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Nou-InteIcourse.

with curious Inconsistency some of the
papers which feeoiI from resistance to Northern
aggressions, and preach up the necessity Of fra
terpal feeling between the sections, at the same
time seek to snap one of the strongest cords
that binds those sections together.
The Memphis (Tenn.) Appeal thus eneour-
ages non-intercourse of the most stringent kind,
the consequences of which, if adopted, none
can doubt: "t- z e"4 ..,
The COOP Work BEGUS--We learn by a
gentleman who spent the summer in North Ala
bama, and who has just returned, that number
of the merchants of that region have already
returned from Charleston, where they purchased
their entire stock of fall and winter goods
This is good beginning, and we trust it will
60 on until We have emancipated ourselves en-
tirely from that state of vassalage in which we
have voluntarily placed ourselves. We trust
the merchants of New Orleans will be ready to
keep pace with this movement. Its march is
onward 90 fI ....s.H ans sttra...
Aye, that it will be onward we cannot permit
ourselves to doubt Every consideration of po-
litical equality, of domestic Independence and
pecuniary interest, demand it Of the South, and
the South is beginning 10 see IL.
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Texas and the Ten Millions.

The vote of the people of Texas on the boun-
Diary proposition, SO far as we have accounts, in
dicates the acceptance of the proposition by q
very large majority. The Legislature met in
extra session on Monday for the purpose of act
ing upon the PEARcE bill, which the Galveston
Ne1os says, will doubtless be accepted without
opposition or delay. Yet it seems as though
this bonus were to prove an apple Of discord
for the INe,os adds:
"Whether the Legislature will attempt any
action in regard to the five millions at this ses.
sion, we are unable to say. One thing we may
venture to say, and that Is, that whenever such
action is attempted, we shall witness greater
excitement and more violent contest in regard
to the manner in which this money shall be dis
posed of, than has ever before agitated that
BODY" "'
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-22
Treatment OF the Whites in Hayti.

I +. The Colonial Magazine gives the following
picture of the social condition of Hayti:
In the island of Hispaniola, now denominated
Hayti, SO jealous are the sWarthy Inhabitants of
those rights which they have acquired, that every
white man is viewed with suspicion; and to pre-
vent his gaining any degree of superiority, he is
placed under variety Of disabilities by the laws
which have been established in this ex-Queen Of
the Antillas. White men may reside on the
island, but they are expressly forbidden to pur-
chase land, or even inherit any such permanent
property, in what manner soever it might have
been acquired. A white merchant may import
cargoes and ship them off to other islands, but
the produce of the country is placed under an
Introduction, and secured from his unhallowed
touch He MAJ procure n livelihood by his
labor, but the merchandise which he is permitted
to import, he dares not sell rs retailer. He is
viewed as being who is degraded from his for
feited rank in sociecy; and the descendants OF
his fathers slaves exact from him that homage,
which his prOgenitors once eXtortfd from their
ancestors. To negro, whether male or female
who has acquired wealth and responsibility, he
is expected to pull off his hat, when he meets
either in the streets; and to avoid disagreeablc
consequences, he reluctantly submits to this
ordeal of humiliation. The black ladies are par
ticulurly alive to these punctilios, and consider
themselves insulted when the etiquette ofhomage
is not paid. They rarely omit to remind the
sons Of their former masters of their new duties,
and express themselves in the language Of i'll
dignity, which, however unpleasant to hear,
must not be resented. The princicipalS object
which they seem to have in view, in suffering
white men to reside among them, is on account
of their superior attanments in the arts, which
they find it necessary to cultivate. But, on all
occasions, they are thought to know their station;
and little doubt can be entertained that when
their services ere no longer required, their pre-
sence will be dispensed with altogether. The
Haytians are dreadfully lax in their morals.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-22

ER" Two of the true men Of the South, who
would have attended the Nashville Convention,
were prevented by sickness. We append the
notices of the fact, that they may have the bene.
fit of their good intentions.
The Kentucky Peoples Press, Of which JOHN
NOBLE is editor, says:
We have intended all along to visit Nashville
and represent the true men of Kentucky In that
patriotic body, but the sickness of one Of our
remain at home. Our heart is, however, with
our Southern brothers at Nashville. ..
From the Huntsville (Ala) Democrat, we also
clip the following statement:
Hon. NICHOLAS DAvIs.--We regret to learn
that this gentleman was knocked down by the
sweep of his cotton press a few days ago, and
that this, added to his previous feeble health,
has prevented his going as delegate to the
Nashville Convention. We are happy to learn
that the blow, though it stunned him severely at
the time, is not dangerous. A gentleman who
visited him with the view of learning his senti-
ments and getting him, if possible, to attend the
Convention, confirms what we had heard from
other sources of the most reliable character that
Captain Davis is fully alive to the duty of the
South in the present crisis, and thinks that re-
sista,,ce to Northern aggression is the only sal
vation of the South, and submission the high
road to her ruin. 1t is gratifying to know, that
the SHOWS of seventy winters have failed to ex-
tinguish the fires of patriotism, the love of lber-
ty, equality and independence, in his veteran
heart and that they burn with the brightness
and intensity of his more vigorous youth May
he live many years to set so worthy an example
to the younger men of our country, and to stand
in the breaches Northern fanaticism has made in
the ramparts of the Constitution, and aid in re-
polling the blows aimed at the dearest and most
vital rights Of the South! .~.,
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Northern Schools and Southern Students

The policy and propriety of educating South
ern youth at Southern institutions are daily
| becoming more obvious to those who have sent
their sons to Yale or Cambridge, as we'll as to
the youths themselves. We find in the Alabama
Advertiser d Gazette the following proof OF
this, which we subjoin for the benefit of all in
terestcd
A SOUTHERN STUDENT AT THE NoRTH-A
| friend has showed US, and allowed us to make
the following extract from letter written by
an intelligent young gentleman, and student
from this vicinity, now at Cambridge, Massa-
chusetts.
| Speaking Of the sentiments of the people
there, in reference to the recent adjustment, he
says;
"They come out now and say that the pas
sage Of these several bills is sure indication Of
their seeing consummated their fondest hopes
their sweetest dreams, viz the total abolition OF
slavery in the United States. l regret that
ever came North, not that the opportunities for
mental culture are not as good as elsewhere,
but because of the uncongenialty of the two
races North and South. l regret that ever
gave them dime to assist in their doubly ac-
cursed cause Of abolition" -..,....,.. Il,
If this galaxy of independent soveregnties is
to be bound together alone by the great and
broad ply lactery Of brotherly love and affection,
by public opinion; Their, indeed, is there truth
in what has been pronounced, viz: that the
Union Is already dissolved" Strike from our
memories the glorious recollections OF the past;
the heroic deeds and achievements OF common
ancestry, &C. what of affection remains for the
North? With sorrow we say it, our fathers
were friends, but we, their children are national
enemies. When we of the South 60 North, we
feel like this student, that we are in strange
land, among our slanderers, traducers, vilifcrs-
in fine, implacable enemies. We regret ever
having gone, and sigh to return Can Union
be kept up under such circumstances! Time
will solve the problem.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-22
BY TELEGRAPH.
Photographed for the Southern Press.

NEW York, Nov. q, 1850.
The steamer Crescent City arrived here this af-
ternoon. She brings $50 passengers and seven
hundred thousand dollars in gold. -,..,ry "a
~ San Francisco, 18th October. Flour 90 to 25
Pork %. Groceries generally advancing Sugar
cents higher. Coffee in demand at "a to % cts
Tobacco advancing. t,,rsi3 VI -.l.
The Cholera is raging terribly at Port Royal,
and is also very violent at the mines--many fatal
cases. Some cases at San Francisco.
The distress among overland emigrants is des-
cribed as beyond precedent. There are supposed
to be twenty thousand en- route to California
Sickness and starvation among them inconcev-
able A requistion for one hundred thousand dol
lars is about being made on the collector at San
Francisco for their relief. .....,..%
The reception of the news Of her admission into
the Union caused great rejoicing.
Brig Onward, from Baltimore, arrived.
Mining operations continue prosperous. Valu-
able quartz has been discovered. ,,,,,..ir-
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sick littls--and into the person Of the gentle

silica iltteT-and INTO the person OF the gentle
man whose defence it volunteers! =
Well may Dr. CoLIISs complain Of the posi-
ton which his champion has assigned him-a
position which we (knowing him to be gentle
man of character and Intelligence, though Bit
ter partizan) never dreamed of assigning him.
1t was reserved for his champion to compare
him to Canning's Needy Knife Grinder," who
was +" the spiritless routcas" described while
we but burlesqued the grave farce in which the
President and himself were the chief performers.
Both the parties may cry aloud wi Ia good cause,
SAVE US FROM OUR FRIENDS" .-t.'a ..,. I'd.
To show how this proceeding is viewed at the
South, we subjoin the comment of the Charles
ton Courier, print not hostile to Mr. FILLMORE,
and disposed to place the most favorable con-
struction on his acts. 1t was in very bad taste"
Ito say the least of it, and such must be the
opinion of all unbiased judgments. The pre-
eedent is adangerous one besides. The Courier
says: ,ta ~ ~. s .af.g'z st. n.as .
~ I'VE are by no means assured that any ex-
pressions of opinion, similar to those above Inen-
toned, addressed to private individuals, ar to
result in any benefit. The President of the
United States should only speak officially on a
subject involving such momentous consequences
as that Of carrying out law of Congress- by
force of arms. Besides, there is going on at this
time, in Georgia, 4 fierce struggle between two
political parties, and the letter referred to, is adj
dressed TO prominent leader Of one of them.
This seems to us to be in bad taste on the part
of the Chief Magistrate of the nation" .-,
The Savannah Ners, copying and endorsing
these comments, adds: s a ....-., a. .... .. 5
We have heard 1t stated that Mr.. Collins, who
is candidate for the Convention on the Union
side, despatched his agents TO Boston with view
to recover his slaves, in the hope of making cleo
pioneering capital out of their surrender under the
new law. Whether this be true or not, the thing
proved failure, and has only served to illustrate
to our people the fact that people who do not
respect the Constitution itself, will not respect
the law. Whatever capital has grown out OF
"the Boston slave chase" has accrued to the
Southern Rights party, and we doubt very much
if the letter from the President, for whatever
purpose it may have been intended, will not
share the same fate. The communication, under
the circumstances, is undigniied, indicate, dis
ingenious and wholly unsatisfactory.
We should have thought that the unsuccess-
full result of the Presidents interference in the
New York election, through his next friend,
would have warned him against repetition OF
the experiment
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-22

IIoE. GEO. NJ DALLAs.-The Hon. Geo. NJ
Dallas, in letter to the committee of arrange
ments for the Union meeting in Philadelphia
recommends the introduction into their resolu.
tons of an expression of sentiment in favor of q
repeal of all the acts Of the Legislature of Penn.
sylvania, which inhict penalties on such of the
magistrates as shall aid in sustaining the Federal
faith, and which deny the use of prisons to citi'
Gems engaged in executing the Federal laws
Mr.. Dallas believes that State and Federal legis,
lation should harmonic in order to enforce the
true spirit of the Federal compact, and he be-
lieves that this is the time to show, by some
decided evidence, their fidelity to tile fixed guar
antees Of the Union, '.N
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-22
A Specimen of Submission Facts"
We find the following "FAcTs"' manufat

We find the following "FAcTs"' manufac-
tured to order in the New Orleans Crescent:
"What do the agitators want?
We have already reviewed their POSITION
When we take into consideration the facts that
before the last session of Congress convened, a
constitution for Southern contederacy 'cas pre-
pared by those who have the will to shatter the
Union any day, in the vain hope that upon its
ruins they may establish themselves in power
that a distinguished Senator, whose mantle Mr..
Soule fain would wear, proposed to Southern
members to amend the Constitution Of the
United States, by providing for the election OF
taco Presidems-one North and one Souh-,cut
the double reto poocer; and that other and more
startling means, not yet disclosed to the public,
were discussed, in midnight caucus, for the evil
dent object of disunion-when we consider
these facts, we cannot well misconceive the mo-
tves and actions of the agtators."
ANGELS and ministers Of grace defend us"
what soaring flights of fancy the submission
school can take!!!
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-22
Georgia,

80 fhe Resistance party seem 20. bs-in1 tho fsl
flush of confident sueeess---the pastoral letters
of the President to the contrary notwithstanding
The Savannah Georgian thus states the inten-
ton of Judge BERRIEN to have addressed his
friends in that city. '''eg ~ s'"ea' ~
The Northern influence in Savannah is wan
ing-baeked as it is by the influence aud the
wealth of many of the leading merchants there
JUDGE BERRIEN.-On Saturday evening, u
large number of our citizens of the Union
State Rights party, formed in procession, pre-
coded by band Of music, to pay compliment
tary visit to Judge Berrien, on his return to this
city. The Judge met them very cordially, and
in short address, indicated his views on the all
engrossing subject of State Rights and the posi-
ton OF the South. He remarked that he had, in
the Senate, advocated the rights of the South
against the many aggressions of the Northern
people-that he was q Southern Rights man,
and should continue to advocate those princi-
Piles. He was truly gratifed at this unexpected
visit of his fellow citizens, and the warm recep-
ton he met with on his return to Savannah.
He was loudly cheered for the sentiments he
expressed after which the procession quietly
retired ,t-a
Our citizens will have an opportunity of hear
ing Judge Berrien's views fully, on Tuesday
evening next, at the theatre, In this city, which
has been secured for the purpose.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-22
A New Paper in Washington.

We observe in the Republic and Union the
prospectus of new daily paper, to be pub
ished in this city by ROBERT FARsHAM e. Co.
The prospectus states that it is intended "as
the organ of the great Union party of the
United States" The terms are the same as
those of the other papers published here; and
the first number will be issued as soon as the re-
quisite material has been procured.
So it seems the funeral welcome OF the In
telligencer to our enterprise and those graves
it saw yawning for the Southern Press, have not
proved Memento- Morris to others, more than
to US.
Every new paper edited with independence
and ability, we deem Il valuable acquisition.
The more the merier, say we
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-22
The two Posts =.

The Boston Post thus splinters lance with
its New York name sake. ,r.. -......
Most of the good sense and good temper OF
Boston seems slowed away under Colonel
GREENE's hat.
UNExPEcrED.-The New York Epening Post
is getting sprightly and jocose. The New York
Mirror having published as an item Of news,
that "an eel nearly eight feet long was taken
from a hydrant in the neighborhood of the
south ferry" the Post remarks Well, why
not ?-is not the Croton-water establishment an
eelemosynary institution!' Very good for the
Post-but bad for the eel
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-22
Tennessee.

Although the political wire-pullers Of Ten
nessee may stultify themselves, aud perform
wonderful feats of ground and lofty tumbling,
the true Southern spirit may be found among
the masses of her people, as the following incl
dent, which we find in the Nashville American,
will prove:
JUST So.-A mighty clever Wing farmer paid
us visit yesterday, and we do not know when
we were better pleased than at the sensible and
striking remarks he made in relation to the pres
ent position of the South, after its hard fight
with the North, and coming out the loser as
usual. "Unless the South" said he, stakes her
stand Tow, and holds it, she's gone forever. The
North has gained an inch and an inch, a step and
step, and if we don't stop them they will gain
everything the most rabid Abolitionist ever
hoped for. If we had made them halt long ago,
when we had the power, we would not be in
the fearful condition we are now. | don't be-
leve in submitting to an outrage for fear of
worse happening. They have put cord around
our right arms, that don't keep us from resist
ing. BY and by, they will turn us around, and
want to bring the rope across our shoulder, and
hitch in OH our left arms Some will kick up
and make fuss, but there are plenty who will
say, oh, don't go to fighting and spilling blood
this glorious Union is worth too much.
the rope is tied and fastened, and there is peace
for while. But before long, we will be hauled
up and ordered to prepare for having our feet
tied. Then our people won't stand it, and are
ready for 6sht-but how will we fight 10Th
both arms ropcd We can kick, but that not
long We had just as well give up at once
Just so. a few more passes, aud we will be
encircled so effectually that resistance, by what
ever mcaus, might prove hopeless. Now is the
time to sever the tolls. ...