Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-09-15

bad made common cause with Gov. @ uit-
man. That it may be known to what the
commits itselfin endorsing the
views and approving the election Of this
gentleman, we give letter recently writ
ten by him:
SuxxERvrLLE, Aug. %. 1851,
Dr.. ". O. Poisdezser, Present: In my hurried
canvass have had only leisure to read hastily the
.'Unou Beacon. Extra." containing letter PurPor-
ting to be written by Mr.. James A. Lewis, OF D.
Carolina, to Dr. Robt d. Brown, in which i is sta
ted that am urging the secession leaders OF O. Gar
oina by I'll means to keep that State up to the rack
To make her seceac and that although Mississippi
not ready for secession herself and il will not do for
him (mc) 10 take this stand, yet if South Carolina
will only bring ON the ISSUE he will maintain her
This statement Is mot true Ssnremy nomination for
Gcvcrror have NO recoeciioa Of hasiag rri,fes
d letter 10 Carolina. Before my nomination. IN an
srer to some inquiries made BY ssrern gentlemen q
hat Sfnsc Tende1roredto present ne issues 'cc srerc
iscoiged Ia oar canvass, and fmayh oppressed ne
risl that SosA Carolaa conld mot rccede from at<
pos;on rkich ale has assumed, and my hope and err
pecation that Missisappf could matntdin lie position
Of resitancc die had taken
havc ever said, and say now, that | maintain The
right Of a sovereign State to secede' and should
South Carolina or any other State secede, am OPP
posed to the use Of coercive measures on the part
Of the Federal Government force her into the
Union; and believe that Mississippi will maintain
this a. her doctrine but have never undertaken to
speak for her nor pledge her to any course ofacton
J. A. QrITMAS.
The opposition" which South Carolina
has assumed is that of a withdrawal from
the Union unless certain portions Of the
Compromise be repealed. 1t is very GER
tain this will not he done, in which event
Gov. Quitman hopes South Carolina will
secede. Is this the position Of the Repub-
lican and il SO, is it the position ofthe Re-
publican's candidate for Congressl
The gallant and patriotic people ofMis-
sissippi have repudiated Gov. G uitman ami
his heresies by the election ola large ma
jority of Union Candidates for the conven-
ton. While he is being frowned downin
a State as impetuous and fiery as Mississip-
pi. are those who espouse his cause in
Virginia to be upheldl
II A letter from Rome, states, SAYS
the Richmond Enquirer, that Mr.. Craw-
ford Is model Of the statue of Patrick Hen
ry, forthe Virginia Washington Monument,
is finished and has received high praise
from His Majesty, the Ex-King
Of Bavaria. One of the Bas-Reliefs, re-
presenting Virginia trampling upon tyrani-
cal oppression, is nearly finished. The
architectural portion of the monument, I'M
der the superintendent of Mr.. Mills, is
gradually rising in its graceful and elegant
proportions-being nearly ready for the re-
ception of the pedestals for the six statues.
-~ee
- Senator Chase Of Ohio, avows his
purpose, to stand ON the platform, con-
struced by the late Democratic Conven-
hon of that State; for the reason that he
regards it, as in effect endorsing the Free
Soil doctrine. at is true (he says) that
he Convention adopted no distinct reso-
luton concerning the Fugitive Slave Act;
but the position of the Democracy ofOhio,
n relation to that odious enactment, is suf-
iciently apparent, not only by the censure
passed upon it by the Convention. in the
unanimous denomination Of Governor
Wood, and the approval OF the counsels
If his Inaugural, but from the comments of
he Democratic press of Ohio upon it.
~ The Petersburg Intelligencer, makes
conjectural explanation, Of the dccep-
ion practised upon Lopez, that had not
occurred to US. We are not prepared to
ay that it is satisfactory, but it is at least
plausible. We hope that the reasons and
on which Lopez acted, will
We made public.
Says the Intelligenccr.
Everybody must have been struck with the sim
ular contrast between the invitations and
romises which Lopez boosted that he had received
rom respectable and leading men in Cuba. and the
onduct of the people after he landed. There is
think, everything in this contrast to authorize the
elicf that Lopez was the victim of stratagem
which Concha himself devised, by which to ensure
ot only his easy defeat, but, what was deemed an
ll-mportant NATTER to get him. personally in their
'owcr. His capture was an object of infinite con-
equencc to the Government, and it is astonishing
hat he himself should not have weighed with more
are the letters which he received. These letters
rc arc now almost certain, were written, at least
many Of them, with the Captain-Generaf know
aud ,r1a, tn Md.
.opcz with their specious representations, so
hat he might be tempted to land at such APPOINT
md in such way to ensure his being taken
prisoner. They were bait thrown out to catch
i'm, and he swallowed it. In other way than
his can we account for the total disappointment
which he experienced in Cuban assistance which
lad been zealously and lbcr'lly promised him
whilst in the United States, through the medium of
ctters said by him to have been dispatched by prom
nent individuals residing on the Island. We may
e mistaken in this view, but it cannot be pronoun-
ed with the circumstances Of the affair
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70 There was received for duties at
he Baltimore Custom House during the
month of August, the sum of Sl6O,623 "a,
howing an increase over the correspon-
ling month of 1850 of$2l ,907- 81, and be-
ng the largest amount ever collected in
ingle month, at the port Of Baltimore.
The aggregate value of goods shipped
rom Baltimore to foreign ports during the
week ending on Thursday evening was
S170.471 81. Tobacco and Flour were,
IS usual, the principal articles exported
',096 hhds of the former and abount 1000
ibis. Of the latter having been sent for
ward.
~ A letter from an American gentle
men in Havana states anincident as occur.
ing at the execution Of the fifty expcdi-
ionists, which is interesting, if true. 1t
s, that when Col. Crittenden, was told to
urn his back and kneel. he impatie ntly ex-
claimed: "No! Iknecl only to God, and
never turn my back to the enemy" The
guard stepped back, and he was left to face