The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-16
~ We find the following additional chap
ter Of the ~Pilgrims Progress" in the lLississip-

EY We find the following additional chap
ter of the ~Pilgrims Progress" in the lfississip-
pian: ~, @.A1 isr,'
FOOTE'S RECEPTION IN OKTIBBEHA--INvITRD
TO RESIGN HIS SEAT IN THE SESATE.-A rurnor
has reached us in regard to Mr.. Foote's reception
in Oktibbeha. Iftrue, Mr.. Foote's prospects ara
ilattering indeed. itseems, that when Mr. Foote
reached the stand near the Choetaw Agency, he
heard OF a meeting of Southern men near there,
and Immediately started on foot to the place.
When he reached, Mr. Barry, the Young and
talented representative of Oktibbeha was address
sing the crowd Mr. Foote announced that he in
tended to speak after The meeting had finished
It's business. Mr.. Barry concluded his speech
amidst loud applause; and resolutions were
then put to the meeting-one Of which con-
demned the conduct of Senator Foote, and called
upon him to resign his seat in the United States
Senate. The Senator, we understand, was pre-
sent in the meeting mt the time the vote was
taken, and il was found TO be unanimous After
this, Mr. Footc arose to address the crowd, when
the people took their hats and left the Senator
speaking to empty benches. gN".r' " "N+, U,
We received the above from a source entitled
to credit, and give il substantially as we heard
it. Fimorism cannot 90 down in Mississippi.
SENATOR FooTE AT CoLUMBUs-We learn
that Senator Foote was met ut Columbus by
Hon. w. s. Featherston and Col w. Il. s.
Barry. Featherston's speech was noble effort.
He examined the course of Mr. Foote in Con-
gress, and administered to him scathing rebuke
for his support of Fillmore's free.soil policy.
The eloquent Barry, too, spoke with great ami
nation, and followed Foote through all his
windings, and at every point dispatched his keen
Damascus blade, swift cutting, to the ht. As
we predicted, Mr.. Foote will be met wherever lie
goes by an incensed people, whose will he hai
so contemptuously set Mississippian.
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| RECOVERY OF THE CALHOUN SrATuE.-W,
are indebted to CHARLES EpMoNsToN, esq.,, fo
the following graphic and eloquent letter re
specting the recovery Of the statue of CALHOUN
sgt9alaly rrsq. New York, Nov. j, 1850.
DEAR SHIT gives me great pleasure to in
form You that the statue Of JOHN C.. CALHOUN,
which has been buried in the ocean since the 10Th
of July last, has been raised, and stands with
out material injury in all its beauty, on the
deck of the yacht Twilight. In the absence of
my brother, John d. Johnson of Islip,' l.. l.,
who will remain with the statue till it arrives
in this city, beg leave to congratulate you and
the citizens Of South Carolina, on the, recovery
of this work of art. TO Hugh Maxwell, esq,
Collector of this Port, and Captain Waldron,
and officers and crew of the cutter Morris, us
also Mr. Whipple, the celebrated diver, who have
all been unremitting in their exertions, and with
out the joint efforts of whom, success would
have been doubtful, all praise is due. 1t was
not till the morning Of the 30th ultimo that
favorable opportunity presented itself, as there
had been constant succession Of high winds
and unfayOrable weather; but on that morning
the crews Of both vessels, as well rs Mr. Whip
pie with his sub marine armor, were on the
ground by daylight, and by o'clock the chains
were with difficulty adjusted, and all hands d.
rected to wear the purchases, when the orders
were given to haul, and at about eleven of the
same morning, it began to emerge from the
ocean. The first thing which struck our eyes
was the Constitution, held aioft by that arm
which sustained it while living, and now, calm
in death, as it were, from the assaults of the
very elements themselves. Long may our com.
mon country view it as he did-the great palIa-
dunn of national liberties. But it was only
when the great statesman stood before us in his
majesty, that our feelings gave way and three
hearty cheers went up for our glorious Union,
after which the guns of both vessels were
manned, and salute, corresponding with the
number of States, fired Trusting that this
great work will soon rest in the midst Of his be.
loved constituents,
| remain yours most truly,
BRADlSH JOHNSON.
CHARLES EDMoNsToN, esq, Charleston, s. c.
| p. 81 have just seen the Collector, who
says a government vessel will take the statue to
your city. r'-''''"s''"'-sraa,sa7o-o-0.s-v-ra