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Letter Of Langdon Cheves.
respectfully, your ob't servant,
JOHN S. MILLSON
SAVANNAH. July DC. |.

SAVANNAH, July 26, 1851.
GENTLEMEN-l have had the honor TO receive
your note OF the 22d instant am both flattered
and obliged by the invitation which il contains,
as well as by the manner of IL; and regret very
much that it is altogether out of my power to
attend the meeting | concur entirely in the
object of the meeting. ] have several times
within the last twenty years entered publicly
my protest against separate State action OF
the right Of State to secede from the Union |
have never had q shadow of doubt. That right
is the right of sovereign State right Of
which a sovereign State cannot be Invested !;
and the only real question is Are the States
of this Union sovereign Statesl Ofwhich, | sup
pose, no Southern man will venture to express
a doubt. But think separate secession though
an undoubted, legal and public right is scarcely
moral and social one on the part of one South
ern State in reference to her sister States Of the
South. Their relations of unity are so many, so
homogeneous, and so strong, to amount to
destiny. God and nature have combined them
by such social adhesion, such homogeneousness
ofinterests, by such great aud benign sympathies
of blood, of character, and historical action, as
to make their separation deplorable, dangerous
and unwise. And what reason is there to des-
pair of their unonl The precise question under
deliberation is not year old. | think, indeed
this is more than time enough to make us GER
tain OF our injuries, they great and obvious
and to satisfy us that we cannot exist under the
present government of the United States, with
out being n degraded and oppressed people
but should think it, nevertheless, a short time
within which for people to be required to de.
eide on question so momentous as a great re.
revolutionary change of government; for such
undoubtedly secession must be considered
For myself think we ought to secede--but
not not alone and have an ardent hope, and
a sanguine belief that the Southern States will
resist, by united effort, though not on the in
slant. We have few, perhaps no examples of
such speed in the movement of nations, and, II
we have any, believe the results will not be
found TO have been always happy. pray God
to inspire your deliberations with his wisdom,
his truth, and his power.
am, gentlemen, with great respect, your obe-
dent servant, LANGDON CHEVES.
Messrs. A. G. Magrath, and others, Commit.
tee, Charleston, South Carolina.
sW We have just received note from a
correspondent, informing us that CLrNemAN's
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We have had the pleasure of conversing, To-
Gay, with creole, one of the patriots Of Trrini-
dAd, VINO left the city on the Gath ult The gen.
tleuian Is conyersant with all the movements of
the patriots. lie represents that six hundred
young men, all well armed with rifles. reyol,ers.
and short swords, had left that city to ioin the
patriots OF Puerto Principe, in the Coscarro
mountains.
The planters in the neigbhorhood had CON
tributed all the arms wi ich the government n.
lowed them to keep, in order to protect them.
selves against Instructions, to the cause OF the
patriots, besides supplying them with provisions.
clothing, &c.
Our informant represents that there are but
900 Spanish soldiers at Trinidad. which has a
population OF 100000, who are disatfected, and
sympafhlse with the patriots. lie does not think
tllat The government can spare any troops from
HAVANA where they are in hourly expectation Of
rising For many reasons, our informant think.
that landing of troops from this country could
be easily effected in the vicinity Of Trinidad. and
could take that town without much effort. and
hold it against large attacking force, whether
by sea or land He represents that the patriots
though ardent and devoted, are Unparalleled ~
military matters, and expect prompt and mmedi-
ate aid from the United States Such aid IL
alone necessary TO constitute powerful Ducleus
around which nearly the whole creole population
VIII gather. The latter do not fear the Spanish
troops so much as they do the old Spaniards
resident IN the country, who full of hostility
ana prejudice against the creoles and the cause
OF repubiicansm. The patriots have been IN.
cited to the struggle by the liberal promises of
aid from the United States, and we arc hound
10 Keep good our pledge, or share in the ionomv
Oh failure.-N. o. Della of the 8M.
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WASHINGTON UMoN.-We learn from the Nash.
vile Union, of the 9th instant, that Charles
Eames, esq, has terminated his connection with
that journal, and will hereafter be associated
with Major Doneson, in the editorial charge of
the Union, of this city.
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devoid of knowledge to apply to the improve.
ment of nature, ever ready 10 yield in sbund
ance, they (become mem are driven to inferior
methods of living, which are criminal and do
moralizing.
Secondly, to render the acquisition of indie
pendence 80 much the easier, we can hardly too
greatly encourage the establishment Of societies
companies, assurances, and numerous schemes
for mutual aid or relief, which have been spring
ing up of late years in every civilized country.
We do not mean, by such recommendation,
to advise our felow-ctizens TO follow the
theories of OWEN or FOURIER, or other en-
thusiasts. We have no opinion of such ex-
travagances But the more men unite together
in common sense way to aid each other the
better And when, by the introduction among
all classes of education Of the right sort, man
shall be little less intensely occupied in the
fallacy of fortune-making, and Il little more in
terested in natures marvels still greater progress
may be made in the general comfort and indie
pendence.
The South presents over the North striking
instance of the advantage of better organiza-
ton. The working class is well cared for,
happy, and contented. The whole country is in
high state of prosperity; and there are fewer
persons, in proportion to population, exposed to
the consequences which result from the absurd
pretensions of a whole population struggling
and scrambling like madmen after an impossi-
bility.
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From The JuiitsdgsstHs Federal Union.
Answer " Gsv. Mcdonald to the Questions
Prop0undod BY the D&bI0Dcga Meeting.
CRossvlLLE, I.umpkin Co., Ga,
III M tstt

CRossvILLE, Lumpkin CO., Ca, !
July IL, 1851.
Col ID. c. CAmrBELL--Dear Nu: Having
this moment received the answer OF the Hon.
Charles j. Mcdonald, to certain questions pro-
pounded to him and others by meeting of n
respectable portion of the Democratic party of
Lumpkin, held at Dahlonega, on the 10th uIt.,
you have the answers enclosed, for publication.
Please request other presses to do the same, so
that his views may be generally known and un-
derstood by the good citizens of Georgia.
am sir, yours, with respect,
JAMES CAHrRELL.
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WHiT's IN THE WIND The Brownsv La
Sentinel says that if another revolution breats .
out in Mexico, it is reported that the Nortbern
states OF the confederacy will form themselves
into mn independent republic, establish tho
principles OF free trade, adopt the fashionable
politics of the day and leave the other States Of
The Union to decide that important question OF
the middle ages-how many angels, withou
being disconnected, can dance on the point of
needle p Doily Picavine.
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The SPANISH FLYING MAcHINE.-The inyen-
tor of this contrivance. Don Diego de Salamanca
and his daughter are about to arrive at Paris. TO
show the effects of this marvellous invention.
The machine is very simple it consists of a case
two feet long and one foot wide, adapted to a
band of leather round the waist, buckled behind
Two iron rods, fastened to the case support
small piece of wood on which the feet repose.
The case contains simple and Ingenious me-
chansm, similar to that employed to set an
automat IN in motion. TIE mechanism is worked
by means of handle. 1t sets in work two large
wings ten feet long, made of very thin caouthonc
covered with feathers, and the wings may be So
worked as to produce vertical, perpendicular, or
horizontal flying. The number of turns given
to the handle determines the height to which il
is desired to go. The handle has also to be-
turned every quarter of league, to regulate
the distance. The operation of turning lasts q
minute. Horizontal flying is the most difficult,
the wings beat the air like the oars of boat, or
rather as The feet of the swan when it swims.
BY means of this curious machine a man can 90
almost IA rapidly as carrier pigeon from the
Hotel de Vile to the Arc de Triomphe de IEtoie
in eight minutes, and in half an hour to Yer
saies.
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most perfect understanding exists between the
Oriental and the b. azIisn authorities and Gsu.
Urquiza, and that the day is not far distant
when they viii make Rosas feel the effects of
| their alliance =
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We publish to-day, and would respectfully
refer the attention OF the reader To the note of
this gentleman in reply to the structures of the
Herald, in reference to his course upon the seve.
raj measures Of absorbing interest that passed
at the first session of the thrty-first Congress-
The stand taken by our late representative
seems to be but little understood by those who
are opposed to lis reelection; and DISPOSE
ton IS manifested to pervert his position. He
has " yindicated the truth of history" in his
brief but pointed reply to the Herald, and we
trust it will have the effect Of silencing the
senseess clamor Of those who. protesting to
enghten the public mind, are umcquainted
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New LOCOMOTIVE AND PRoPELL1NG Powre
The Cincinnati papers speak of recent in.
ventiOn of MIR. Soloman, a native of Prnss;s
and formerly professor in one of the colleges
in that country, by which he obtains motva
power from the generation and expansion bv
heat of carbonic acid gas Common WHITING.
sulphuric acid, and water, are used in generating
this gas, and the "boiler" in which these conpo.
nent parts are held, is similar in shape and size
to common bombshell. A furnace, about the
size of n mans hat. with handful of ignited
charcoal, furnishes the requisite heat for propel-
ing an engine of 30 horsepower The relative
power of steam and carbonic acid is thus stated.
from which those best acquainted with such mat.
tiers may be able to judge of the merits of the
invention for practical purposes
Water at the boiling point gives pressure of
] 8 pounds to the square inch. With the addi-
ton of 80 degrees heat, the power double. Div
ing 80 pounds-and so on doubling with eyerv
addition Of 80 degrees of heat, until we have
1910 pounds under heat of 1852 deprees-a
heat which no engine can endure But with the
carbon, 20 degrees of heat above the boiling
point, give 1880 pounds: 40 degrees give 2l6O
pounds; 80 degrees 1920 pounds; that is 48O
pounds greater power with this gls than 45I de-
grees of heat gave by converting water into
steam
"Not only does this invention multiply
power indefinitely, bnt it reduces the expenses
to mere nominal amount. The item of fuel
for first-class steamer, between Cincinnati and
New Orleans, going and returning. is between
$1,000 and $1,000; whereas IS will furnish the
material for propelliDg the boat the same dis
lance by carbon. Attached to the new engine
is also an apparatus for condensing the gas after
it has passed through the cylinders, and return
ing it again to the starting place, thus using it
over and over, and allowing none to escape.
"While the engine was in operation on Mon
day, it lifted weight Of $4,000 pounds up the
distance of five feet perpendicular, five times
every minute. This weight was put or by way
Of experiment, and does by no means indicate
the full power of the engine.
"Mr. Soloman will Immediately commence
the construction of another engine on the same
principle, of $50 horse power"
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A Marrow EscArE or AN ATLANTIC STEAMER.
The steamer Humboldt on her last passage
from Havre to New York, made very narrow
escape from total destruction on Cape Race, about
twenty miles s. T.. Of the light. On Saturday
mornings the 9th inst, at halfpnst one, the Bos-
ton Transcript says, her passengers were al,
aroused by shock precisely like striking some
rock, and rushing on deck they found the sten-
mer broadside to bold rock, apparently within
half ships length. The terrible CONSERVATION
caused by the position of the ship-the bold rock
the dense fog, and the alarm OF the passengers
both male and female, presented scene which no
witness to It would desire to experience again.
The worthy commander and first officer of the
steamer were both on deck, and saw the rock.
some Time before they realised ,chaf ,oas, supposng
IL TO be a fog-bank-and when the thrilling COM
mand to sia,board the helm was heard below, the
engines suddenly stopped--a feeling ofimpendng
destruction to all on board was felt by many
bold heart. The very strong force of the Arctic
current $50 caed) at this place, together with an
uncommon variation of the compass, are the only
aacribed for the false position Of the shin
During services on the Sunday following, special
thanks were offered for the providenial ecape.
A LAucuABLK Noucs.--We are indebted tn
the Warrenton IN. W News for the following
advertisement, which WINS posted up in tavern
in Newborn. while the legislature was in session
at thai place. Mine host, it seems, was m hon
est, well-meaning fellow who had conceived an
idea TINT the members were the very salt Of sh~
earth, and listened TO the complaints Of certain st-
them, relative to the doing few wilder chnr.et.r
who did not belong to their fraternity Here ia
the notice which he posted in the most consoiru-
Gus places in the markets
Look here the following rules of order wiz
hereafter be observed in this hotel. Nne.ah.rs 81
the Assembly win go the table first, and the gentle
nen afterwards. Z"
amer reading u over, he did not exactly like IL.
IL didn say any thing about rowdies and back
ded ~ ~
"Noia Bene, rowd,ss and blackguaeds wiIs
please not mix with the members, ~ + h.r's
to tell one from the other
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s-sS- We have just received n note from a
correspondent, informing us that CLNemAN's
majority in North Carolina Is 1903
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TO EDITORS OF NEWSPAPERS.

WE beg leave TO call your attention TO an nd
w vert,sement and to the memorial annexed
and tender our services in the prosecution of any
claims for Bounty Lands or Pensions, which you
NAV send to us. We will allow you one half ou'
usual fee, which Is fire dollars for obtaining war
rant for l6O acres, and three dollars for warrant
OF eighty acres or less, for publishing our sdver'
tisemsnt, and preparing and forwarding the papers
TO US. nln
n YOU accep. this proposal, please insert this
circular and our advertisement In your paper,
with the following editorial notice:
awe call the attention OF our readers to the ad'
ver,;semert of Messrs. Duff Green, Ben.
Green. and Richard II. Clarke, Attorneys ann
Agents at Washington, ID. c., and would say
persons having claims for Bounty Lands or Pen
s;;ons. tina, we have made arrangements for the
requisite forms, and that claimants calling at our
office can have their papers properly prepared and
forwarded to these gentlemen at Washington,
who will properly attend to them in their proper
Offices" 49,,
Please get each claimant to sign the memorial,
and forward il to your member Of Congress.
Please send us a copy ofyoor paper containing
our card. which VIII notify us that you nccept our
,,rooos,,,on DUFF GREEN, M
BEN. f. GREEN,
RtCHD III. CLARKE
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NEW PROSPECTUS
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h ri or THE
G e N TIFIC All ERICAN
TO Me,.iay.ics lnrenfOrs and Manufacturer .

| SCIEN TIFIC Ali ERICAN.
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TNHE Publishers Of the Seiema6c .amsyieon re-
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OF this valuable journal, commenced on the 2lst
OF September, offering valuable opportunity for
all to subscribe who take an interest in the pro-
gress and deveIopement Of the Mechanics Arts
and Manufactures of our country. The charac-
ter of the Scientific american is too well known
throughout the country to require detailed ac-
count OF the various aubjects discussed through its
columns.
IL enjoys more extensive and influential cir
culation than any other journal of its class in
America. -.,n - ~. fr
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Qunrfo Form, on fine paper, affording, at the end
Of the year, an ILLUSTRATED E.NCYCL
PEDL7, Of over POUR HUNDRED PAGES
with an Index, and from Five To Six Hundred
ORIGINAL E.NiR.aYLNtGS, described by letter,
Of reference; besides vast amount Of practica
information concerning the progress Of SCIE.N'
TIFIC and NE c H.4NJCAL Improve
.ME.NTS, CHEMISTRY, CIYIL EN'GLN,EER
branches, ,.4RCHITECTURE, MASONRY BOT.
.a.NY,-in short, it embraces The entire rai.ss OF
the Arts and Sciences.
II also possesses original feature not found in
any other weekly journal in the country, viz. an
Official List Of PfTENT Claims, prepared ex.
pressiy for its columns at the Patent Ofice,-thus
constituting il the +" RIC.a.vREPERTORF
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MEMORIAL.

To m, senat, aud House Of Representatives affh'
Jr,;i,d STATES IN Congress assembled The memo
via, of the undersigned, respectfully represents that
thew are entitled 10 Bounty Land, under The act
Of 18th Of September, 1850, that they are INFORMED
"a believe ,bat the INDICATED warrants are worth
more 10 them than the patented lands would be
,ha, thev do not expect or desire 20 reside on the
land thus granted, , that # patented to them. tn,
expsnse of agencies and taxes will be an onn"al
charge. reducing the value Of the grant, which
thew could avoid il permitted to ssl' the warran,
Your memorialists further represent that the law
bv preventing the sale of the warrants, assun e
thai the officers and volunteers entitled to bounty
lands, are not competent TO set ~, 'nemse'ves
,,h eysas MANY Of them are among the most intel
I;vent and respectable citizens Of the States They
therefore respectfully ask that The act aforesaid
NAV be 40 modified as to make the warrants fo'
bounty lands assignnble, and they VIII evs'
pray, &c. lna fIlrr n.H
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ID A 4 L v

Sugar Plantations.
Manufacturers Of Railway. Bar, Round Ribbon,
and Rod Iron.
Wheel, Axle, and Spring Makers.
Engine Drivers, and Persons connected with the
Locomotive generally.
Engineers, and Captains Of 6tcam Vessels.
Managers of Stationary Engines.
Lumber Dealers and owners Of Saw Mills.
Veneer Cutters. 1a
Owners Of Planning Machinsry.
Corn Mlers, aud Persons connected with Bolting
aud Bran-Separsting MAchinery.
Farmers and Persons using Grain-Sheling and
Jhrcshing Machinery. M
Bull Workers, Carvers Engravers, and Ornamen,
Makers In general.
Persons employed in the Manufacture Of Gas.
Mskers Of Copper and Load Tubing.
Linen and Straw Paper Makers.
Ship Owners, Hsrbor Masters, and others inter
ested in Dredging Mschinsry.
Well Snkcrs. sf luIll
Astronomers, Philosophers, and others using Phil
osopbcal Apparatus and Instruments.
Miners Engineers, and other interested in Pump
Persons interested in Canals and Aqueducts.
Warehousemen, and olners, using Hydraulic
Presses. Dynsnometric Cranes, Jack Screws
Common and Feed Cranes. Ia.
Workers in Metals and Alloys.
lin Plato Workers. aHM
Spring Maeufacturers.
Wheelwrighis, Clock Makers Horologists, &c.
| The publishers have expended large SUN Of
money 10 get original drawings Of machinery IN
practical use in this country, and have procured
almost every work on the subject, whether pno-
lshed in England France, or Germany, the most
essential parts of which being comprised IN tins
| Dictionary, render il as perfect and comprehen-
sivc as possible. The publishers have endeavored
to use great economy in type, SO that each page o
the work contains at least four times the number
of words found in ordinary pages Of the same size
This has also secured to each plate working draw
ngs of ample size and clearuess, so that Mechanic
may construct accurately any machine described
| The publishers are, in short determined, regard
less Of cost, TO make the work complete as pos
sible and it is hoped every one desrous 70 ootait
the work will procure it as issued III numbers aht
thus encourage the enterprise.
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bcrs, commencing ia January, 1851, and VIII pro
grcss with great regularity.
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in the current year, 1850. liberal discount vii
be made to agents. nh
Any one renting the publishers : 10 in advance
shall receive the work through the post office ire'
of expense.
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~ United States and Canada.
If the foregoing advertisement is inserted fv'
times dur.: the year, and the paper containing !
sept TO us, a copy Of tie work will DC sent graft
in payment. a0a n
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VTTILLIAM TUCKER, MERcHAsr TAILOR
w (ofthe late firm Of Lane e. Tucker,) would
call the attention Of his friends and the pubic gen
eral,y to his stock Of Goods now opening, when
has been ssIected by himself from the largest I'M
porting houses in New York, and by far the great.
eat variety and richest styles ever offered IN thIs
city. Strangers respectfully and earnestly So
licited to give me call and examine my stock De
fore purchasing, as am confident il will be to
their advantage.
And / would especially call the attention OF OF
kcers, both OF the army and the navy, to the iac'
thai am prepared execute all kinds OF uniforms,
according tc the late regulations al the snol'es'
the cutting and making departments, equal TO any
establishment in this country.
W. r. tenders his sincere thanks to his numer-
Gus friends for theirlong and continued patronage,
and hopes, by the same diligence ana a''enl'on W
All orders promptly executed.
sep 90-3tw3w--d&trw
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r Aw AND AGENCY OFFICE. Th. aad

r AW AND AGENCY Off CE. The under
signed, Attorneys and Agents, practice Law
in the Supreme Court of the United States, and
the Courts OF the District of Columbia. and attend
promptly to claims against the United States, IN
cludng the settlement Of all accounts OF officers
and agents Of the Government, Bounty Lands,
Pensions, Return Of Duties, Patents for new IN
ventions, &C., &c.
They tender their services to members Of the
profession al distance, and, when the case IN
prepared by local agent, will abate ons-ha)f their
usual fee. All information relative to the forns-
and usages Of business in any Of the Departments
will be Furnished so our regular correspondent
without charge. They have made arrangements
for the payment OF :axes, and for the sale Or loca
ton Of bounty land warrants on the best Western
lands. u
I-Otfice on Ps nsylvania avenue, Lane 4
fuckers Building sn
DUFF GREEN,
BEN. Il. GREEN,
KICH'D. II. CLARKE
/ Oct. IA---1tn W. Am