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We thought that the acquiesence of the Geoi-
gia Convention in the compromise, although re-
luetant, qualified, condemnatory, and accompa-
MED with threat of disruption the next time,
was humliating enough. But the Wings OF
Virginia have taken step backwards-a step
lower. The convention of that party, which
met on Friday last, adopted, among others, the
following resolution unanimously:
8. Resolved, That the acts of Congress, knowr
az the compromise measures, are regarded anc
approved by the Wings of Virginia as fina
settlement of the slavery question: and the,
will look upon any attempt to disturb thos,
measures of peace, as a blow aimed at the integ
rity of the Union.
After that which is the lowest submission
resolution any part ofthe South has yet adopted
the following may be regarded as the highest
ia the scale of the ridiculous:
6. Resolped, That whilst the Wings of Virginia
condemn as unwse and unjustifiable the hostility
manifested by portion of the Southern people,
not only to the compromise, but to the Union it.
self, we declare our firm determination to uphold
the honor and interests of the South We value
the Union and the federal Constitution as the
surest and strongest safeguards Of the liberty
and the happiness of the American people, but
we warn our brethren of the North-Whps
and Democrats--that these can only be preserv-
ed by faithful observance of the obligations
they impose; and by cherishing anew those
sentiments of fraternal regard which have here
tofore held us together as n united and happy
people.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-30

Hos. JACOB THoMPsoS.--It is with pleasure
we state that notwithstanding our announce
ment of last week, this gentlemen is still can
ddate for Congress. Although It was his in
tention to have withdrawn, yet he found il
impracticable. His friends we're unwilling that
he should do so, and, besides, the committee ap-
pointed to inform him of his nomination were
not authorized to select n successor SO he
concluded to serre US another term in Congress.
For, Notwithstanding the late vote for conven-
ton in this district, Mr. Thompson is bound to
be elected over anybody The people know
and appreciate his services; this being the case,
they will triumphantly sustain him Jake is not
the man TO desert his friends when they require
his services, nor will the Democrats who have
been supporting him for the last twelve years,
forsake him now Come then. Democrats of
l,nwamba, let us rally around our tried servant;
i is already being extensively whispered that
Jake "can't come it = let us show his old federal
enemies how mrch they are Mistaken Fulton,
Miss, Monitor
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arrested and delivered 10 their otoners, DC
HARRsBURe, (PA.) Sept 2s.-One of tn,
most important fugitive slave cases that has ye
turned up in Pennsylvania, has been disposed OF
here, in the most summary manner.
-Four alleged fugitive slaves, named John
Stoucher, John Bell, Edward Michael and Fen
ton Mercer, charged, on oath Of Michael Lentz,
on suspicion of having been participants in the
fugitive slave riot at Christiana were arrested IN
Friday at Fishersvle in Dsuphin county, and
brought TO Harrisburg, and committed to prison.
Mr.. McAlister, the U. s. Commissioner, and
James Fox, the district attorney, admitted the
illegality of the commitment, and Immediately
after the discharge of the prisoners Commission
er McAllister pointed to them and declared
them in charge of his officers. as fugitive slaves
The u. 8. officers then hand-cuffed them in
open court, and conveyed them TO the Commits
sioner's Office, where an examination was held
with closed doors
Several reputable citizens who were present
during the proceedings, declared in open court
that the manacling of prisoners under such cir
eumstances was an outrage, and Judge Pearson
expressed his willingness to arrest the u. s.
officers for contempt Of court if the charge was
brought against them.
They were yesterday brought before Judge
Pearson, on writ of habeas corpus, when il
was found that there was not the sliphtest tes.
timony to connect them with the Cnri,tiana
outrage, or that they were in that vicinity at
the time. The Judge decided the magistrate.
who committed the defendants, guilty of the
most gross deriliction Of duty in issuing a
commitment without evidence of supposed
guilt, and thereuPon ordered them all to be dis
charged.
1t appears that the charge connecting the pris-
oners with the Chrstana outrage was n mere
pretext to get them committed to the county
jail, in order to ob,aiu time to telegraph their
alleged owner.
The examination resulted in their being
handed over to their owners. Very deep feel
ing was engendered in the community, but nc
violation Of the law occurred. aN
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Cotton.

We are surprised that 30 able n journal as the
Louisiana Courier should entertain the project
of creating vast association to enhance or
maintain the price of cotton The plan is, TO
form company, with twenty millions capital,
to receive all the cotton produced in the United
States, and sell t-and to guarantee the owner
eleven cents pound and, in order to do that,
to withhold supplies from market when the price
falls below that minimum. The project is ut
terly visionary and impractcable. The attempt
would break any such company, if it could be
formed, and would ultimately injure the price of
cotton, instead of advancing it.
The production of cotton is like that of every
thing else. 1t is or will be, limited by the com
pensation it pays for the capital and skill invested
And no device has ever yet been found to Sc
cure definite profit to any business. 1t would
be as wise to attempt to regulate the seasons,
and to insure against the army worm, rainy
weather, and early frosts.
There is prevalent but mistaken notion,
that the price of cotton is regulated in England,
by the bank, or by manufactures, or specula-
tors. The thing is impossible. The price is
regulated by the demand for the manufactured
fabric, all over the world. And such is the ex-
tent of that demand, and of the fluctuations
which result from the vicssitudes of nations.
that the price Of cotton is the very thing that no
power can regulate.
Such is the extent, utility and necessity of cot
ton clothing, that the increased demand for cot
ton is almost the measure of the natural increase
and progressive civilization Of the world. And
neither is quite so rapid as the natural increase
of slaves. As for cotton lands, they are YET
sufficiently abundant to warrant supply of cot
ton, equal to the probable continuance of mod
ern civilization.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-30

Mr.. HoBBs AND HIS GoLD.--The London Ex-
press objects, as does Mr.. Hobbs, to the ungra-
cions manner in which Mr. Bramah paid over his
200 guineas for having his lock picked. 1t also
gives the following account of the display made
Of the 200 guineas by Mr.. Hobbs at the Crystal
Palace
The American department was again the great
feature of attraction, Mr.. Hobbs having, with a
fine Barnum touch, got his reward changed into
sovereigns, and spread them out under glass
case, with policeman keeping guard and an in
scrip ion informing the spectators that there were
thetwo hundred guineas which had been awarded
for picking Bramah's lock. This was an argu-
ment that appealed to the meanest capacity, and
excited 40 much curiosity that the place was n
scene Of busting all day, every one wishing to
assure himself by ocular proof that the Ameri-
can had really won the day. The hero of a
hundred locks WINS himself the observed of all
observers, and complained that even in the
streets he suffers one of the dsagreeable con-
comitants of glory, in being followed by crowds
on his way to the palace.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-30

NEw AND TRUE.-It is indeed fact worthy
of remark, and one that seems never to have
been noticed, throughout the whole animal crea-
ton, in every country and cline of the earth,
the most useful animals cost nature the least
waste to sustain them with food, For instance,
all animals that work, live on vegetable food
and no animals that eats flesh works. The all
powerful elephant and the patient untlring
camel. in the torid zone the horse, the OK, or
the donkey, in the temperate and the reindeer
in the frigid zone, obtain all their muscular
power for enduring labor from natures simplest
productions, the vegetable kingdom. But all
the flesh-enting animals kept the rest of the an
mated creation In constant dread of them !
They seldom eat vegetable food until some
other animal has eaten it first, and made 1t into
flesh Their only use seems to be TO destroy
life--their own flesh is unfit for other animals to
eat, having been itself made ont of hesh and is
NEST foul and offensive. Great strength, fleet
ness Of foot, usefulness, cleanliness and doci-
ity. are then always characteristic Of vegetable
eating animals while all The world breads
flesh -eaters--Healh and Wealth, By Joseph
Bentley.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-30

STATUE or PATRICK H1sRy.---On Friday
evening, the Goth inst, handsome statue Of
Virglnia's favorite son, Patrick Henry. was
erected over the dome Of the court house in this
piece, and now stands on the pinnacle, at onoe
monument Of art and enterprise. f
The statue is about nine feet in height. 40 ns
to represent, (although thus elevate,i,) TIE full
size of the man. 1t is admirably proportional
and well executed throughout The len hand
holds scroll. and n mantle il graceftly hung
over the right shoulder. This work eives TO
the cupola stateness of appearance, and TO
the entire edi6ce finish, that challenges adn;rn-
ton tf. '.r4V
The statue was executed by Mr.. f. Msthere
a gentleman of this place, well known "A
painter Of taste and experiences in his profession.
The undertaking originated, If we are correctly
Informed, with l.. y Hough, eco, of the bar of
this county, and was seconded by the contribu.
lions Of our citizens. ttati
We have not been much abroad through Vir-
ginis, but we imagine That few counties within
it's borders can boast Of a better court. house
and certainly none better or more appropriate
browning ornament, than Old Nono,rralio. the
home OF the renowned orator of by-pone ace
1.-The champion Of the prosecuted soldier. of
the cross--FATRIcK HESRv- Montgomery IVA
Mirror 'SN'~|
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STOPPED rAyNESr.-M Montgomery e. Co. ex-
tenslve manufacturers of boots and shoes, at
Bradford, Mass, and Wholesale dealers In boots
shoes and leather, in this city. stopped payment
on Tuesday. This house ia one Of the largest
OF the dea'ers and manufacturers Of these arli-
cle' in New EseIand. Their trade b lnrQeIy
with the South and Vest Bcs,ox Trans.
Thursday t
The journal says their liabilities are .t.sted at
100000,
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-30

EV- Mr.. ROBERT X. SEyLE, Charleston,
South Casolina, assisted by Mr. 8. Il. BuRGEs,
are our duly authorized agents for the States Of
South Carolina and Georgia, TO collect monies
due this Office, and receive subscriptions
WMr. MAzYcK is our agent for Charleston,
Fly CHARLss Nj. MARTT of Haynesville
Alabama, is our authorized agent to collect dues
and receive subscriptions for the Southern Press,
in Alabama and Mississippi.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-30

The DESTRUCTION OF FoREsTs BY FIRE
The Portland Advertiser, of "Wednesday morn.
ing, has a letter from Cherryfeld, Me-, giving
distressing accounts Of the spread Of fires in
the woods in that vicinity
No less than fifteen different fires were
counted Mt one time. The Inhabitants are occu.
pied good part of the time in projecting the
houses from destruction The Cutler company
extensive owners Of forests, WILL u is estimated
lose 100000, and the losses to individuals will
be very large. The rain IF Sunday was moi
sufficient to put out the fires, which are still
burning.
A letter in the Portland Advertiser says that
the whole of Hancock county is burned over
The fire has swept over Mount Desert and de
st-oyed several houses Two dv ellings in Jones'
port bad been burned. The dams on the west
branch of the Narrapuagus were burnt to the
bed Of the river. and most of the meadow hay
on the river was lost
The ST. Johns IN. b. Chronicle. of Septem.
Der 10, marks: t
For the last three days the city has been SO
completely enveloped in smoke, as almost to ex-
clude the sight of the sun. The fires are raging
along shore between this place and st An.
drews; several dwellings have been destroyed
as well as damage done to crops and fences.
| FREEsoLrsm IN KESr.--A letter to The editor
OF the Cecil Democrat dated Cbesterto wn, Md.
Sept 22d, says
The Freesoilers meet here to- morrow, for
the purpose Of nominating ticket, as they say
do not know their strength, but It is said they
can muster from fifty to seventy votes in the
county,
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-30

BY the arrival of the stesmship Africs at New
York, we received by the way of England, the
following very interesting intelligence from tho
Argentine confederation. 1t ID not Of later
date than what we previously published, but il
Is much fuller in detail -
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-30

JUsTo J. DE URQUrzA,
VIVA LA cOHFEDERAcIoN ARJEHTINA--DEATH TO
THE ENEmy,s OF THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.
HEADQUARTERS IN PAIsASDU, July 81, 1851.
The governor and captain general Of the prov
ince of Entire Rios, and gepera-in-chief Of its
army. to the most Excellent the President of the
Oriental Republic of the Uruguay, Don Joaquin
Suarez.
In continuation of the despatch which yes.
terday addressed to your EScellency, and in
which Informed you that the first division of
the army Ind taken possession Of this town, and
that the distinguished General ID. Servando Go
mez, and all his force, bad, by his important CO.
operation, facilitated to us the command Of the
coast of Uruguay, have now to announce to
our Exceetcy another, and no less important
event, since Colonel Don Constance Quinteros
with his whole division, and what cavalry had
joined him, has enrolled himself with the first
division of the army, as well as many chiefs and
officers who have abandoned the cause of the
two tyrants over the two commonwealth Of In
Plata. God preserve your Excellency for many
years. JUsro ]. De URourzA
t3On the 10th Of July there were drawn up at
the ford Of Paisandu, General Urquiza with his
staff the division Of the Elite under Colonel u
Venancio Flores, 900 strong the Palavecino
division, under Colonel panvecino, 100 strong;
the Victoria division, under d Manuel Pacheco,
900 strong the San Jose division. under Baron
Dn Crafty, 400 strong; the squndrons. under
Commander Pasos, 30v strong; detachment
Of the Entrerian battalion. under Lieut. Colonel
Basabbaz, 200 strong; 100 of the Corrientes
battalion, under Captain ID. Theophilus Urquiza
In the night Of the 10Th. the detachment al
rendy named passed the ford On the goth,
General Urquiza crossed with the Elite and Com
msndant Pasos. The Oribist commandanis.
Argento and Yilsr, were the first who presented
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NHoiinh ione, ana LOT separate cap1cltV az
an independent sovereignty we should hold it
unnecessary for the State to do more than
10 prepare herself for the conflict in which
she should seek the redress TO which she was
entitled
But the true grievance does not relate TO our
State in her separate capacity The course
Of federal legislation has developed it's hos.
tity to an institution which exists not only in
South Carolina, butin many other States of this
Union.
In these States 80 connected with us hv ties
Of the closest cornmunion--in many parts PEG.
pied with the children Of our own State cher
shing toward us in many cases, feelings Of
kinship-and in all, OF close social communion
gifted with high intelligence, lofty purpose
and unsurpassed daring. we cannot be brought
10 believe that their virtue has been destroyed
their sentiment corrupted, their chivalry dis
graced. ~
In these States, If The accession or SoutI
I Carolina has any supporters, they will bs foun,
few; and however generous in their nature, an,
honest in their purpose, they are not yet in IN,
enjoyment Of that matured experience which
should ever be present when a people chang,
their system Of government
With no appeal then made to our State be
cause of direct or exclusive encroachmen
upon the rights che has reserved to herself, bu
with an unwsrrantsble aggression on an instltu
ton. not peculiar to her, but to the whole slave
holding section, with no encouragement from
her sister States, but in opposition to theiI
wishes and convietions--Sou Carolina IL Ia
be placed in position, which in the future, a,
in the present and past, will find no parallel.
To organize a government Is an experiment
which Is seldom successfully attempted In all
cases in which it has bean tried, much depend
ence has bean placed on those whose sympa-
thies would lend 10 such attempts encourage
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-08-16

On, WHAT A FALL THE following anee.
dote of the lete Gov. James Barbour, of Viz.
ginia, is too good to be lost. Gov. Barbour,
was a candidate to represent his county in the
State Legislature, and was opposed by an ilIit-
crate man named Davis. The Governor, in his
speech on the hustings, said:
Fe|low.citizens, l had the honor to represent
my county for several years in the Assembly of
Virginia; | was for some years Governor of this
ancient and venerable Commonwealth; l was
for a considerable time representative of this
district in the Congress of the United States;
l had, fellow citizens, at a subsequent period,
the honor to hold a seat in the most august leg
islative body in the world-the Senate of the
United States at another period l had the place
of the Secretary ofthe War Department, in the
administration of John Quincy Adams, and was
afterwards Minister Plenipotentiary and Ambas-
sador Extraordinary near the Court of st.
James; and now, fellow-citizens, you may pic
ture to yourselves the humiliation that ! feel at
finding myself here to day, engaged in a pitiful
little county contest with Tom Davis!
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-08-16

THE SCENE OF THE OuTBREAK.-The town Of
Puerto Principe, says the Piayxne, which is the
capital Of the Central Department Of Cuba, is sit
uated in the interior, a little to the east of the CEN
tire Of the island, and four hundred and fifty miles
from Havana. 1t is thirty-six miles from Neuvi-
tas, which is its seaport, and through which all its
foreign trade passes. The town is situated be-
tween two ~rivulets, which unite and form the San
Pedro river. The country in the neighborhood
formerly produced immense quantities of cattle,
and supplied the markets Of Havana. The soil is
exceedingly rich and productive, but much Of il
lies waste and uncultivated. The mountain range
of Cuba tanks the city on either hand. The east
ern chain, running to the point Of the island a
Cape Masi, is savage and broken, some ofthe peak
rising to the height Of eight thousand feet. These
mountain valleys and defles will afford ample
shelter to the revolutionists, who may also draw
their supplies from the rich agricultural region ad
joining.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-08-16
Mr., watterston Declined.

1t will be seen by the following letter that Mr..
WArERsroN declines being a candidate for Con-
gress in the Third Congressional District:
AUGUST, 4th, 1851.
Gentlemen.-T have to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of your note. informing me that l have
been nominated a candidate for Congress, by a
Convention held at Baton Rouge, on the 2lst
ultimo.
You will permit me to assure you that |
have formed a proper estimate of the honor
attending such a position, and that feel truly
grateful for the confidence which my political
associates have placed in me.
But | cannot accept the nomination. A Sc
rious illness, from which / am only beginning
to recover, has made it impossible on my part,
to cnnyass a district extending from Arkansas
to the Lakes.
i'll were well, it would afford me pleasure to
throw myself into such a contest; as it is, l
must beg you to accept my excuse, with the
assurance of respect and regard, with which
lam, gentlemen, truly yours,
G. w. WATTERSTON.
Messrs. Upton, Skipwith, and Thorpe.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-08-16

THE BENCH HoNoRED.-1t is somewhat singu-
lar-but quite in keeping with the nature Of our
institutions, and proof that talent and merit will
find their reward in this country-that the pre-
sent Judge Of the Criminal Court in New Orleans,
Mr.. LARuE, and the acting Recorder Of the Second
Municipality, MI. ErrER, are both printers the
first was engaged as ~compositor, tf we mistake
mott in the BsaHsin Office within the last fourteen
years; and the latter has worked at his trade with
in the last eight years. They are both gentlemen
Of superior minds-Mr. LARUE a scholar of the
first class-and neither of them can point with
more credit to any thing in their past history, than
the fact that they commenced their careers in life
as humble printers.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-08-16

FEELING OF THE CUBANs.-A New York cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer says that
he has been in the habit Of mixing with the exiled
Creoles in New York, and knows well their feel
sings. 1t would be impossible for him to exagge-
rate the intensity of the outburst of patriotism
which the late news from Cuba has produced
among them, or the burning desire which exists
in their bosoms to see their island separated from
Spain, and annexed to the United States. He has
it from the best authority that annexation is their
ultimate wish.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-08-16

FoND OF CoFFEE.-The Picaynne, in allud;no
to the unftness of the Court building in New Or
leans for which it is used, in consequence Of tbe
nuisance of vermin: &c, tells the following story
ga young lawyer whose budding penius ia
like the down upon his chin, which has not vet
experienced all the mysteries of the shar;nc
process was Sitting in the clerks office Of tho
first District Court, about two weeks aoo He
was completely absorbed in his own refectione
and probably enjoyed, in imagination, the bo'
nors of a successful career; or perhaps the
applause of senate charmed by his eloouenco
A bag of coffee, which was being held until
the close of a criminal prosecution sbonld do
termine its owner, stood near him, and he oc.
casionally took a few grains from it and chew.
ed them, abstractedly. Suddenly his month
stood agap, an expression of distaste pucksred
up his face, and a sense of neausea madeh;a
cheek pale. At this moment a hoary patriarch
of the rat tribe peered at him from behind the
corner Of a desk, and seemed to say that it was
but the bitter part of the cud of fancy which
he had been chewing. 1t was too much for
the patience of our disciple of Trebonian, and
sent a carefully-worded petition, which he
held, at the head of the sagacious tormentor."
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-08-16

News FROM CUBA.-There has been no later
news received in New Orleans, respecting the
progress ofthe revolution in Cuba, than that given
in our last. This singular silence about a matter
so momentous, has given rise in the breasts of ma
ny, doubts as to the reality of any revolution what
ever. All we can say, that if such is the fact,
considering the many sources of information, that
it is the greatest humbug on record. There are
many exaggerations doubtless, but more than this
we cannot believe.