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The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-12-03

MURDER.--An lrishn,an, named Owen Bro
derich, was murdered at Richmond, Va, BY one
OF his own countrymen, named Patrick Carroll
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-12-03

ClTr HeTEL.-We call atteation to the adj
vcrti.ement in this days paper Of The City Ho-
tel. kept BY Messers. Hewitt s. Hance. t
These gentlemen are well qualified for the
duties incumbent upon them, md from what we
hear are crowded with business and dong il to
the satisfaction Of all concerned. ai
They have an Intensive reading room attach
cd 70 their establishment, which will afford their
guests the ls4est news Of the day.
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ASraosc AasusssT.-Tbs following is the
reply Of tho Herald 10 our article upon Flour
spd Weed InspectorA T -e4
Orpossrsos ,~-Ths Express 10 oat ia eppo.
sitioa TO The sfpoiaaAent Of Flour Inspector.
-snn why-tle Herald 10 in favor Of it.
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The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-08-19
Meeting In serIyen County, Georgia.

According to previous notice the friends of
free discussion met at the store of Roberts and
Oliver, in the vicinity of Mobey's Pond, on
W Wednesday the 9th of August, and on motion
of Jacob G. Gibson, esq. Maj. JAS. A. Minis
was called to the chair, and ]. M. Pollock,
and B. r. Minis, were requested to act as
secretaries.
Maj. Minis, on taking the chair, briefly ex-
planned the object of the meeting.
W. w. Oliver, esq. moved that the folio wing
preamble and resolutions be adopted:
Whereas, diversity of opinion exists as to
the constitutionaity and justice to the South
of the measures adopted by the last Congress
which now agitate and convuse the country to
such an alarming extent; and whereas, the APP
preaching elections involves the same principles
to as great, if not greater extent. Therefore
be it.
Resolred, For the purpose of having free dis
cussion, that the chairman appoint a committee
of five to select a suitable place and time for
said discussion, and report the same to this
meeting.
Resoiped, That the chairman also appoint a
committee of FIVE as a committee of invitation to
extend an invitation to the following speakers
to wit:
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Mated TO THE CoUNTER.-We heard it bruited
about that Chancellor Dargan in late speech
had repudiated Mr.. Rhett. The Chancellor
= romptly contradicts this misrepresentai' 4.
10 concluding the letter he says of Mr.. R1.t !:
"If Mr. khett is chargeable with mad fanati-
cism,' am equally So He is not mad, but speaks
the words of truth and soberness.' ! wish we
had more nadmen of the same stamp. | did
not on that occasion charge political fanati
cism upon any party or body of men in South
Carolina | do not know that such opprobrium
can Justly attach to any party in this State, un.
less, indeed, it be TO those who for love and in
awe of the great idol at Washington, are NOV
ing heaven and ea,h to drag South Carolina
down from her loi9 position, aud plunge her
into state of wef' ness and disgrace, which
will make her the laughing stock of her sister
States, North and South and render her forever
impotent to do Any act for the vindicaton of her
rights, and the recovery of her Independence.
al re, eat, that the supposed imputation upon
: ir. Rhett has alone induced me to write this
otter could not be quiet, and suffer the i'm
preston to exist that had med blow feeble
though il might be- at this able fearless, patriotic
champion of South Carolina. y Southern Caro-.
Imam d Telegraph.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-08-19

STATE SOVEREIGNTY. --Nothing is more sur
prising than the change which has taken place
in the sentiments of many Of the old State rights
and State sovereignty men of other and purer
days. Some of them, and some presses in the
South, argue now as if the States bore the same
relation to the general government that the
counties do to State. Formerly the opinion
was almost universal in Georgia, and throughout
the whole South, that the relation of the State
to the general government, was that of creatCr's
to the creature No,o, the creature is greater
than the creators. What becomes of State SOW
ereignty under this view of the case
Was ever Inconsistency exhibited in more
glaring colors than by some of the members of
the constitutional Union party, who, while pro-
Tossing to believe in the doctrines of the Virgil
MIA and Kentucky resolutions of 1898 and '99,
deny the right of State secessionl What will
they do with that part Of the at resolution of
the Kentucky legislature in 1913, "That, TO this
compact each State AccEDED AS A STATE and
is an INTEGRAL PARTY; its Co STATES forming
as to ITSELF The other party-that the government
created by this compact, was not made the ex-
elusive or final Judge of the extent of the power.
delegated TO itself, since that would have mad,
IFS discretion, and not the Constitution, the meo
sure Of us po,oers-but that, as in all other cases
of compact among parties having no common
judge, each party has an equal right to Judge TO
itself, as well of infractions as of the mode an
measure Of redressW OF couse, then, if STATE
has the right thus 10 Judge, it might decide tina
secession would be proper mode and measur
Of redress. We are unable TO see how any on'
can admit the sovereignty of the States, or be
lieve in the doctrines of the Virginia and Ken
lucky resolutions, and deny the right of Stat
sccession.-Georgio Conshtuiionalist.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-08-19

HISTORICAL RErERrNcEs.-We have of late
frequently adverted to the historical facts that the
American colonies were united in opinion as well
as in action long before the Declaration Indepen-
dence. In Morse's "Annals of tn e Revolution, -
it in stated, pnge I22, that South Carolina was the
first colony to the South Of .Ns,o York. which en-
braced the advance made by the New England
colonies, New Hampshire excepted, to n CONT
mental Union in 1885,
In letter from John Adams to Mr.. Niles,
dated July 1918, the following passages occur
"Whet do we mean by the American revolution
Do we mean the American WARP The revolution
was effected before the war commenced. The rev
olution was in the minds and hearts OF the people
This radical change in the principles, opinions,
sentiments and affections of the people, was the
real American revolution"
In another letter to Dr. Morse, from Johr
Adams, dated Quincy, January /, 1916, the fol-
lowing passage occurs;
"From 1850 to 1866, was the purest period o
patriotism. From l766 to l776 was the period o
corruption. From 1855 to 1888 WINS the period o
war. not a revolutionary war, for the Rspoiuiio,
,cns completed in he minds Of the people and IN
union The colonies before The commenced in thu
skrmishes Of Concord and Lexington, on tn
10Th Of April IT'S"
The Albany plan Of Union, in l754, was inte1
ded for oil the colonies but commissioners frof
some OF them not attending, their consent to
was not, in this respect, universally expressed
This plan OF the Union embraced all the Southern
States, except Georgia. The commissioners, il
stating their reasons and motives for this Union
observe. "Thst an union of the colonies il sbso
lutely necessary for their preservation" II will
be thus seen that the idea Of united consultation
and combined movement was entertained early
ss 1854 Charleston Errning .Nsps.
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FUGITIVE SLAvEs.--FRUTTs OF ABOLITION
lsM.-We find the following in the New York
Evening Post, one Of the most rabid Abolition
sheets in the Union. Is it not astonishing that
such facts do not cure the Free-soil MANN in the
Northern States
"Wm Wells Brown formerly n slave in the
United States, addresses very sensible letter
to the London Times, on the condition of the
fugitive slaves in England. He says very many
of those who have been compelled TO fly into
Canada from prosecutions resulting from the late
Fugitive law, are without employment. lie es
Inmates the number of fugitives in Canada Al
thirty thousand and as these people, he says
are mostly without education, and have but little
knowledge Of the mechanical branches, they fine
many difficulties in the way of getting employ
ment. and thereby earning for themselves nj
honest living.
Many Of these people have, within the las
six or eight months, gone TO England to seek
employment, and encounter the same difficulties
there az in Canada, and consequently soon be.
come q burden TO the benevolent, or inmates Of
the unions He, therefore, recommends that
provision he made for sending such Of them as
are willing TO 90 10 the West Indies, to labor IN
ibose islands where slavery has been abolished
and where deficiency Of labor IL now expert
encsd ISL. Louis Times
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ANOTHER MAnMorH cAvr--A Milwaukee cor

ANOTHER MAMMOTH CAvE.-A Milwaukee cor
respondent of the Hartford Courant says =
at has long been known that near Madison,
the capital of our State and 80 miles west of this
place there was a cavern of considerable extent
but il has never been extensively explored until
couple Of weeks ago. Then, party of five men
arranged for full exploration or the cave taxi
ing with them rations for weeks absence, a
canoe and other needfu provisions. Mr. l. has
inst published, in the Madison Argus, letter of
three columns, detailing generally the adventures
and discoveries OF the party. Some facts when
he states are sufficiently startling, wonderful, ana
even sublime. The party were IN the cave near
FIVE days, during which they were constantly
progressing, except 80 much time as was neces-
sarv to recruit their exhausted energies and when
after exploring in all directions, they finally
emerged from the cave, IL was by another opening
which thew discovered, some miles distant from
that by which they entered.
"Mr L. speaks of the extraordinary vastness
of the cavern at different point It's great width
and in place he supposed the height to be full
seventy feet. His impression is that II extends
under much of the two counties of Dane and Iowa I;
and he is enthusiastic when he refers to the
novelties curiostes, and great mineral wealth
which abound within this mammoth OF a cavern.
cat no point on their route they traversed over
and among large masses and blocks, which they
supposed TO be rock, but which proved, on ex-
animation to be galena-ead ore of fine quality.
This spread over a surface oftbree miles.
The party concluded there could not be less than
900 600 tons oft. Fine specimens Of copper ore
were discovered, and al one point eleven pounds
Of native silver were found Cry stalls were album
dant, and calcareous Incrustatons, stnact'tes and
stalagmites, of large size, abundant of the two
latter, one or two immense labyrnths were DIS
covered. During this subterrsnean journey, the
party came to very considerable waterfall, the
roar Of which long before they reached IT, had at
tracted their notice. At the foot Of this they ans
covered lake Of considerable dimensions. ana
which, in their canoe, they partially explored.
The greatest depth they discovered on sounding
this lake, was tbirty-seven feet and four inches'
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-08-19

I3UFFALo, Aug. 10, lS5l.
The second G ok of the steamboat Buckeye
State, named Daniels, WAS arrested this morning,
as fugitive slave from | ouisvle, Kentucky
He is claimed by man named Moore IL was
kept as still as possible, but the report soon
spread through the city, and large crowd col
lected around the building in which he vas con-
fined An attempt made to take him To Jail
in private carriage, but very large and excited
crowd blocked up the passage, Selling the horses
by the bits, and making threatsof violence if he
was not released. The fire bells were rung,
which served in measure, to dispense the
crowd, and he was then taken to the watch house,
still followed by large number of PERSONS
That is all that has TRANSFERRED up to this time.
Additional Particulars Of The Buffalo Frgihpe
Slare Case.
BUFFALO, Aug. ID, 1851.
We learn, in addition to the account given
this afternoon of the Negroes arrest, that when
he was taken the son of the claimant stepped up
behind him while he was passing along on the
boat at his ordinary avocati0ns and feIled him to
the deck with one blow of billet of wood. The
blow was severe one laying open the back
part of his head and rendering him senseless.--
The excuse given for this act was understood,
by some who were present at the examination,
to be, that he had carving knife in his hand,
with which he intended to attack his assalant.
This afternoon he was taken up to the court
house under charge of the mayor, large body
of police, and two or three companies of fire.
men, who were called out for the occasion. Con-
siderable difficulty was experienced in the under
taking, and several persons, acting as guardians,
were dragged down and trampled under foot by
the enraged multitude. The courthouse was
finally reached, and large number Of persons
collected inside to witness the first trial, in this
city, under the Fugitive slave law. A dense
throng collected outside, blocking up the pas
sages, and rendering them impossible, thereby
all ingress or egress into or out of
The courthouse. The examination was held be-
fore United States Commissioner H. X. Smith.
Only one witness was sworn--the same person
that knocked the negro down. The negro did
not deny being slave. The examination was,
brief, and resulted in an order for
MS return to Kentucky. He was then remanded
10 jail, whence he was taken without much
srout'e.
A warrant was sworn out by one of the cit- |
sens, charging the negroes assailant with assault
md battery; and he has been arrested, and is |
low in jail. 1t is reported he will be tried to-
morrow morning.
Before giving the order for the removal of the |
fugitive, MIR. Commissioner Smith offered to sub
'cribe twenty-five dollars towards purchasing
lis freedom. ]. l.. Talcott and Seth C. Hawley |
Is >, acted as counsel for the accused.
The excitement has somewhat abated. Knots
If persons can be seen gathering at the corners,
discussing the merits of the case. Now that its
operations ere seen, and more wildly appreci- |
tied, there see MS no disposition to attempt any /
hing like violent rescue.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-08-19

END OF THE HEssIAS UsURrATrov.--The pub
lie will remember the struggle which took place
last year in the German State of electoral Hesse,
between the legislature, acting under the consti-
tuition, and the elector, who sought to levy taxes
without the legal authorization. Since the resto
ration Of the elector, by the Austrians, he has
been engaged in furnishing those whose only
crime was faiihfulness to tn ir onths and tie
constitution The following extract gives an
account of one of the last in this despotic
drama:
"An extraordinary spectacle was witnessed at
Cassel. in electoral Hesse, on the Gath of july.
The president and six judges of the criminal Il
bunal of Rothsnburg appeared at the bar in their
of Bavarian officers, to be tried for having, in
October last, condemned public functionary
named Faber TO three months' imprisonment for
having, violated the constitution Of l848, though
at that time. the indictment alleged, the con-
stitution had been virtually abolished When
the condemnation of Faber had been proved, the
president Of the tribunal Of RothenburQ rose.
and in the name Of himself and colleagues, said
that they thought il beneath their dignity 70 DE-
fend themselves against such nm Accusation:
that the constitution had full force Of law whsn
Faber was condemned that he had been tried
on the demand Of the public prosec0tcS, and had
been condemned according to law; 6naiIy. that
he had himself acquiesced In the Judgment BY
constituting himself pfisoner. Thc court-fnar-
tia condemned the seven judges TO eight months
imprisonment. The condemnationc created krsat
sensation in the town."
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-08-19

THE PLOT THIcKENs.-The planters of james
Island have been in the habit of carrying their
children over to Fort Sumter for refreshment
and recreation-its situation in the midst of the
harbor, making it an exceedingly airy and plea
SAINT resort. Ga Tuesday the following incident
took place: A gentleman of the highest respect
ability, with his friend and two or three children
wort over to the Fort, and when the boat was
within a short distance of the landing, the SEN
tinel on duty low cred his musket and demanded
whether it was government boat" 1t was
swered in the negative. Then, said the sentinel,
you cannot land. The gentleman asked for the
corporal of the guard, who came forward, and,
to his request to be allowed to land, the same
brief rude answer was returned-"you cannot
land" He asked the reason of the refusal, and
the officer turned his back upon him and made
no reply. We make this statement on the au-
thority of the gentleman himself.
II il manifest from this that the troops are
under orders, to treat the people of South Caro-
lima as enemies Our correspondent, "Barnwell,'
we'll advises that we accept the challenge thus
thrown in the face of this community. They
could only consider US as enemies, because they
have hostile designs against US. Yet these men
are daily seen in our Streets and move among
us undisturbed. Are we any longer safe with
such company! Is it not equally the duty and
the policy of the city eAectually to exclude from
her limits men whose purpose of hostility is no
longer doubtful, and who do not even affect the
conce alment of it There has been great excite
ment in the community in consequence of these
Developments, and the general feeling demands
that something efectual and speedy be DONE
Are we to sit down tamely, and allow ourselves
to be scorned and trampled on by the minions
Of power, as if the State was already subu-
gated province Charleston Mercury.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-08-19

PATENT REVOLVING SAIL SHTP-The Liver
pool papers record the invention, by Mr. F. Wat
son, gentleman of fortune, residing in Manches :
ter, England, of new method of rigging ships,
by which the usual method is entirely dispensed
with. The princiI al feature in his invention il
the introduction of set of revolving sails, six
teen in number, something similar to the fans Of
a windmill, which are elevated on a wheel, and
are attached to a sort of spindle As soon as
the wind touches these sails they instantly set IN
motion the spindle, which, acting upon very
simple piece of machinery, propels couple of
paddles. The objects attained are greater speed
by means of the paddles, and the advantage Of
sailing against head wind. This is great i'm
provement, as the sails can be pointed with ease
to any point OF the compass. Head or contrary
winds are not recognised: a stiff breeze is all
that is requisite to propel the vessel. The pad
dle-boxes give the hull the appearance Of a
double-bowed steamboat He has rugged n
model ship % feet long by six feet breadth of
beam, according TO this plan, for the purpose of
testing its capabilities The inventor has Sc
cnred patent for his invention and is snnguine
of its success. Should il succeed, it is said
that it will cause complete revolution in the
prereut system of propeling vessels
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-08-19

TEXAS BEFORE ITS ANNEXATIoN-Th he Union
ISIS of the South present strong arguments to
the peope. AS specimen take the comments
of the Charleston News on what Texas was in
dependent, and what she voluntarily elected to
become when she joined the Union:
Zone of the Northern journals recalls to the
recollection of the secessonsts the position of
Texas before she was admitted into the Union.
She enjoyed all the blessings and benefits of an
independent government. She possessed all
the attributes of sovereign State, unabridged
and undisputed. She had large territory She
had all the elements Of great State. She Ind
signalized her value in war, and could defend
herself, whilst she exhibited boundless capaci-
ties for Improvement in peace. Yet she sought
political association. She did not like the soil
tary condition She had no taste for single
blessedness, but preferred political wedock-
The genius Of her statesmen did not discover,
even in her large virgin tracts, inviting emigra-
tion-her fine rivers, rendering every part Of
her territory accessbe-her hardy population,
capable of military service her remoteness
from ambitious neighbors-in none of these, or
all of them combined, did Texas find iDdnce-
ments for preferring solitary grandeur to afilia-
ton with those who had similar property to de-
fend and similar institutions to sustain. She
could have obtained the most advantageous for
eign alliances. She was courted by one of the
great powers of Europe She was wise. She
summed the fatal embrace, which allowing her
nominal independence, would have enslaved her.
She preferred an association by which she alb
ridged her sovereignty to retaining nationality
IN name only"
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-'~-' - = 0''~A-~'~~" ~'s~ ~oeH iCou Oh dlr.
Prof. Leiburg, in the following, demonstrates
this poetical assertion to be scientific truth
Science has demonstrated that man. the bs.
ing who performs all these wonders, is formed
of condensed air, Cor soidfed ard liqui6ed
gasses J that he lives condensed us well a
uncondenscd air, and clothes himself in con-
densed air. that he prepares his food BY means
of condensed air and, by means of the Same
agent, moves the heaviest weights with the We
locity of the wind. But the strangest part Of
the matter is, that thousands of these tabernacles
formed of condensed air, and going on two legs,
occasionally, and on account of the production
and supply of those forms of condensed air
which they require for food and clothing, or on
account of their honor and power, destroy each
other in pitched battles by means of condensed
air; and further, that many believe the peculiar
powers of the bodess, conscious, thinking, and
sensitive being, housed in this tabernacle, to be
the result simply of its internal structure, aud
the arrangement of its particles or atoms while
chemistry supplies the clearest proof that az far
as concerns this the ultimate and most minute
composition and structure, which is beyond the
reach of our senses, man is, to appearance, iden-
ticle with the OK, or with the animal lowest in
the scale of creation"
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GEORGIA.

SOUTH CAROLINA
Hon. r.. Barnwell Rhett f. Bellinger,
Hon, A. p. Butler, Hon. X. w. Branwell
Hon. w. f. Colcock,
Which was unanimously adopted.
The chairman then appointed w. w. Oliver
jr., ]. G. Gibson, T. w Oliver, A. II. Bailey and
A. ]. Bowie, committee to select suitable
place and time for said discussion.
The committee retired, and after few minutes,
reported to the meeting Stoney Bluff, on the
Savannah river, as a suitable place, and the 10th
of Septamber be suitable time for said discus
sion, which was adopted.
The chairman, also, appointed III. L. Wilkins,
]. R. Paris, A. II. Bailey and j. G.. Gibson, c
committee of invitation, and on motion of ]. q
Gibson, esq, the chairman was added to the
committee.
On motion of II. w. Oliver, esq.
RESOLVED, That the proceedings of this meet
ing be published in the Constitutionalist, Re
public, Chronicle and Sentinel in Augusta;
Georgian and Republican in Savannah; Mer-
curry and Courier in Charleston, $. g., and all
papers friendly to free discussion are requested
TO copy.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
JAMES A. MINIS, Chairman.
= = N y p MIns Secretaries.