The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-01-07

] ONT 90 G. lheTVt.
ia. QulTMAN.
II J. HAnRIs, Esq.
U. S, Disfyict Att0rnesh &c.
Executive DEPARTMENT.
jackson. Nov. 9. 1850.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Jackson, Nov. 9. 1850
| SIR, a long protracted indisposiior has
prevented me from giving the additional rel
lply 10 your letter Of the 2Slh Sept. prom
ised in mine Of Tie Cd October, e winch
again refer
had some hopes that the Government.
| in view of al the circumstances. would be
disposed 70 suspend the prosecution against
Ime, until the termination Of my official du
ties as Governor OF this State. might leave
me &C liberty TO repair TO New Orleans and
meet the charges against me-
I aIn now informed by your note that this \
proposition is not satisfactory, and | am
called on uuder threat Of arrest and forcible
removal from the State, to say whether
win voluntarily make my Appearance in
New Orleans, and give bail according to
law. III any reasonable time. &c.
again assure you that II felt at liberty
| 10 pursue my personal incIinations, would
hasten to meetthe charges exhibited against
me and confront my accnsers but. upon futla
detection, have concluded that the highest
obligation which can bind my conscience,
and the highest duties Of allegiance to my
tale, forbid me from voluntarily placing
myself in q position in which cannot com
| ply with the one nor perform the other
therefore respectfully decline making
any voluntary pledges tor the surrender Of
my person, except that heretofore proposed.
81 meeting the indictment promptly on the
termination Of my present Office, if the same
| shall be acceptable. As an individual
charged with the violation Of an act Of Con.
gress and asserting my innocence, I have
no lavors to ask from the government; but
as citizen and a public officer may be
permitted to sugges. the entire absence OF
Iany necessity for pressing, to serious conse-
Iqnences. a prosecution which, so far as the
Ipublic interest and | am fepuied to be con-
Injected with it. certainly deserves to be re-
lgarded as frivolous, wien short delay will
lquietIy effect all proper objects Of the prose-
tcntion
The Government can scarcely hope to in-
ivolve me seriously in the charges preferred.
But should it be that the indulgence Of
some sympathy for the oppressed people of
lCuba. calls for the infliction of some punish
lment, it seems to me that the offended laws
Iof the country would be amply vindica.ed
|by the eventual punishment Of the offender,
Iwithont decming it necessary toinvade the
government Of a State. forcibly seize upon
her Chief Magistrate, remove him from the
/ performance Of his duties and actually sus-
lpend for a time the Executive powers Of a
Is0vereign State
am, very respectfully your ob't serv't.
J. A. QUITMAN.
]. Governor Of Mississippi.
Hon. H. ]. Harris, us. District Attor-
Iney, &C., yicksburg, Miss
/ THnEATENED Revolution IN CHINA.--
The Chinese rebellion. Of which some ac-
counts have been given in the foreign news,
lappears to have grown to a Formidable
head. An insnrgent army, 10000 strong
was within 100 miles Of Canton One
4 district town had been sacked; another,
Iof greater importance, was in state oi
Iseige: the Imperial troops had been repus-
lea with loss and the Governor OF the dis.
trict had fed in dismay % Pekin The ef
fects Of these reverses upon trade were
4 most SERIOUS. An embargo had been placed
upon the traffic Of the West River, and reg.
IuIar back mail was levied upon all teas
passing through the tracts occupied by the
Iipsnrgent force. Plnnder seems TO be more
Ithe object Of the rebellion than any poIlti.
lcs purpose, government grievances not be
ling able to rouse the Chinese from the arti
fetal torpor. which has benumbed the pop
lulaton for centuries.--The English press
begin to see that British aid will soon b.
necessary TO qneI these disorders on land
as it was recently required TO crush the pi
,, rates who infested the Chinese seas.
Noble Register.
II To rue FRIENDS OF THE SouTH.-It i
!; ;lproposed by the friends of the South, fhoss
! .tT = ~, <,y,,ns al ~ Narfhnrn sU0reSsinn q