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r ' From the N. O. Delta, Aug. ?5. JTTfiR FROM 0N. QUITMAN. Reply to the r Opinion of Judge Campbell. lba gen Uetrian, (Judge Jnn Campbell.) JffelrpMded in ,h United States Cir- sail iourt a ,wrraui "fk " - oemMo South ftlrof teat to ferret out some infrwtiboof the neutrality law, j Cpon taking the bench he announced tbat he wouldfeold bia Court open for six j months, if necessary, to prevent our people from aiding their: neighbors A Cuba to shake off the grind iag despotism of Spain. He seemed desirous oftorreoting the common en or into which the fest men of oar country had fidlen-itbat there 8 fceithar rime nor dishonor in individuals adropatiag and aiding the eztensl n of Ameri can' Institutions on this continent by the same meaffi bj which tbey were established in our oounirj-y reVolution. He held that those -who contributed money to suoh a purpose were eriSMnal, and that t&ose who, by peeehes, "in cited! incautious young men "to take part in tnohlenterpris, were " most criminal." Repeated tbarges were made to the Grand Jurr. and when, after diligent inquiry, they reported to the Court briefly, that they oouid fed1 no . tuft-action of the laws. Judge Carap bellsent tbem back again, with instructions to make t fuller and more detailed report with a yievf, as it aft rwards appeared, of giving color io his subsequent arbitrary pre eedmg. t - Upon the coming in of the desired report, the judge, who,' throughout, seemed to be familiar witp.th eeorets of tie Jury-room, etated that he' a.boold direct a copy to be transmitted to the Secretary of State at Washington, and, without any; affidavit, obarge or aocusation of offences against 3a, ordered Mr. Thrasher, Dr. Saunders andWbyself, severally to enter into recognisan CfeswJtb sureties, to observe the laws of the United States' in general, and the; neutrality laws in nartkolar. for the space of nine months, I TJpon my refusal to comply with this illegal , demand, I was committed to tho custody ot the Marshal, and afterwards directed to be inapris : oock in the parish jail of New Orleans for nine 1 saoitha. . jfterthe1 final adjournment of the Court, 1 ntf red into the required recognisance, under th following protest made before the Clerk oi a s, , . r ; ; jt regard the order of Judge Campbell, one of tW Justices of the Supreme Court of the United 8tates,"rquiring me' to give bond and security that I will, for the space of nine months, ob serve tba laws ;f the United States in general, , and especially the so-called Neutrality act ot 1818, as an ' unconstitutional, illegal and Arbi tral exercise of power. I refused a voluntary obadienoa to it, because I deemed it my doty lmt to , yield, upon a mere, demand, my sacred Huts as an' American cititen. I am now, by : crder of the same J udge, a close prisoner in the haqda bf the Marshal. I yield to this illegal ,' demand only because I have no appeal from a power which, practically, is absolute and irre sponsible. ; Tender duress of imprisonment, and with a solemn protest against the assumption of power elamed by the aforesaid Judge in this ease, 1 aaV compelled lo sien this bond or recoenitance. r J. A. QUITMAN, jew Orleans, July 3, 1854. . Judge Gunpbell, finding that public opinion otindemsed bis arbitrary and oppressive aot9, ha recently caused to be published in the Delta a Written opinion, differing essentially from that orally delivered by him in t ourt at the tin of bis demanding recognisances from Mr. Thrajber, Dr. Saunders and myself. A ; rf It- r ."I.:. l - you ,iuo apvnriuivs ui iuio pyiuumuur opinion I had no intention of appearing befon taf' public, content to leave the imputations at temDted to be cast upon me and many eood and patriotic citisens, to the test of time and the Daneet sense ot toe great mass ot our country . men, who, however they may be divided in . opinion on questions of temporary policy, wil not, on gret".;, and interesting questions, fail t distinguish between right and wrong, thuugl timid, 'time serving politicians, and pbarisaica VCtfMSsot s of national moralitv. with Beta! . puf poses, may conspire to mystify the question . and delude the public mind. JIad Judge Campbell in his poethumoui- opinion -the afterbirth of an uneasy inind- Coaflned himself to the facts as tbey were, how erf r odious his opinions may have been to ever-, soona idea or constitutional rights and liberty of the oitiien, I would have left them to tin criticism of an enlightened republican bar, and to tb serious reflection ot the statesmen of h frfa people j but I regret to say that bis state najijLof the facts is so entirely destitute ot formation in troth, as to be libellous, and to tmpeVme reluctant!; to den; them through the same otannel n which the; were propagated. I have said that this posthumous ' opinion ' , i'xEenintcio from the oral opinion delivered byvtho Judges in Court, in my presence, anu thjttof a number of gentlemen in attendance, j Ifcla due to myself to say, tbat, had any of the statements upon which I shall comment been made in my presence, tbey would have been contradicted on the spot, in as strong terms a m respect for the Court would have permit- ted. -, sjktt foasmooh as this opinion has first recent hy jbeen brought to light through the press, 1 hVte no choice but to expose this judicial man . afacture of faots by the same means. I again repeat thit I donot now intend to present to the Eoblietbt side bar efforts of Judge Campbell to ifloeno j the Grand Jury to find bills against the frjiadft of Cuban iadependenoe, nor will I coav xnani upon, the legal arguments of his opinion! except to t say that it is obscure, evasive, and sometimes disingenuous. Its leading feature i studied effort to show the existence of arbitrary power in a federal judge to imprison citisenn at;bi pleasure a power which he claims t derive, not from the Constitution of the United Sate, nor th laws thereof, but from the com mon law of England, and from monarchial pre cedents, for this I refer to his published opin--k6. ' My piirpoee is to show briefly his perver sio and misrepresentation of the facts, and to 4ejnd myself against charges and insinuation obtained in the pub ished opinion, which were " 'wbl'j unsupported by the evidence, and are not true. i).- To give dignity and consequence to hi? assumption of power. Judge Campbell heads his publication with the title" United States oi America t. John A. Quitman." 1iVhy the heading, unless to insinuate that thjre was a prosecution pending aainst me? Now, there was no such a oase in Court. No cbrge--no accusation no amdavit of any ol fehce. . Nothinir of the kind i v"" oyuuage v;anjpbeH. It gre ou of bis opinion. My name is not even con ifc.- i.1,? the Grand JurJ'8 "port. JudK Cajapbell alone is my accuser. He made the case and gave it a name. fTiere was neither charge, accusation, nor complaint against me by the Government. There being no such entitled case, why, unlet to feonvey a false impression, was such title as sumed to the published opinion ? Asia ma a 1 T. J .... i a fim li,i of the published opinion of viuapueu is not true, it recites: "The , casj originated in a requisition by the Court upon the defendant to show cause why be should not S5!6. Donu" Ao- Now 1 Men that no such requisition or rule was ever served upon me. There is none on record no such rule was ever i mde. The first order of record in regard to myself was a positive order to give n-coii-sancewith sureties, that I wouid observe the .Usof the United States, and upon mv prompt refusal to do so, it was followed by ai ; older of commitment to the custody of the Marshal, and afterwards by an order of close confinement in the parish jail fur nirift months. 3. The third statement in Judge Cam pbeir published opinion which J ehall notice uiav be - true, but if so, it exhibits a proceeding not! creditable to the dignity and impartiality of a i Court of Justice. lie says, that " at the time j the report was made," my name " was returned with others who had declined to answer the inJ terrogatories of the Jury' I doubt this fact I tfce Gran4 Jury. aud. J kugw ot qo other CKCTr lu wie poDiished re return seeretly.iiiade- In wfiting orterbally ? Was ifat thle instahcrottne Court? pqa of these questions are met in ' Judge Campbell s "published opinion, and no allusion to my tiame in made in the published report of the. Grand Jury. I had not then declined to answer any question. I so stated i n open Court. There is some mystery attending these transaction, and unless explained, interference will be drawn not favorable to the impartiality of the Court. 4. The opinion again states " that a printed statement of the facta which bad occurred while be (1) was before the Grand Jury has oeen filed." Filed where ? by hom ? by whose authority ? How did a printed statement ' get on fiie ? This important link in the chain of facts deemed Eufiicient by Judge Campbell to authorize the imprisonment of a citizen for nir.e'months deserves some notioo. " Will the public credit it, that this " printed statement," referred to by him in hU labored opinion, was the following jeu d' esprit o( the accomplished Editor of tho "Delta, published in bis; morning paper of the 30ih of June ? "t hit fleaon ntir,n Ot tta interview peiweeu Gen. Quitman, the nuwpected head ar.d front of the filibuster offenders, did not do full jneuoa to the ecene. We thjrefore re produce it, in a fuller and more accurate form. The General appeared before tho grand jury ou Wednesday afternoon one of the bottom afternoons ever ex perienced in New Orleans as cool and calm as an Autumnal eve. lie was received with great courtesy and consideration. There could not have been a more studied respect and politeness ( in a coterie of .European aiplomatists wiuen as serobled for purposes the reverse of amicable. J As soon as the parties were seated, ana tne ar dor of their mutual admiration and respect had subsided into the requisite gravity and self pos sesion of bih officials charged with very impor tant duties, tho District Attorney handod to the General a priuted circular, which purported to contain a report or a meeting aela at some un named place, relative to the Island of Cuba, and of certain eloquent speeches, delivered on that occasion, by certain alphabetical gentleman. 1 he Uenerai very cool ly inspected tnisaocumeni ; after which be was asked if he knew anything about said meeting, which contemplated any expedition or enterprise of a revolutionary ohar acter, against the island of Cuba. Thereupon, the General addressed the grand jury substan tially as follows : Gentlemen : I have no knowledge of any act or speeches of the character referred to, or of any other contemplating a revolutionary move- ment in the Island oi vuoa, in wo icq i nave ooi participated to as great an extent as any other person. I have done nothing, however, which n my judgment is lawless or disonorabln. . flly conscience is clear on these points. But, after the interpretations tnat have been recently giv en to the law, I submit it to your sense of honor, justice and propriety, if I can be expected to an swer an; qestiuns relating to such movements or purposes 1 "Certainly not," remarked seve ral of the Jurors. If it is your pleasure, then, gentlemen, I will retire, said the General. "You can go," said the foreman, as if be regretted to part with the General ; and thereupon the gal lint gentleman bowed himself out. Whether the Grand Inquest will base an indictment on ibis response of Gen Quitman, will be known when they come into court to-morrow." Thi humorous newspaper mtrceau, it appears. Was tiled by Judge Campbell. Referring toil is a "printed statement," be says, tbat "it there in appears that after being asked to give an ac count of the meeting alluded to in the circular, the witness (!) declined to give information, because bia answering would criminate himself." Now, the reader will perceive that the Delia's article does not bear out this assertion iSt Judge Campbell ; nor is it true in point of fact. I have never said I could not say that my answer (o any inquiry would criminate me. Uncon icious of any iolation of law, or plots to do so, 1 could not buppose that I would criminate my self before any enlightened and unprincipal tri bunal. My position, according to this newspaper -internet:;, which the Judge had caused to be tiled, tn give it judicial sanctity, was this: Tnat 1 was a participator in some acts and de-.-.igns having reference to a revolutionary move ii ien-t in Cuba that these acts and designs were Wither illegal n'or dishonorable that if so, they were entirely irrelevant to the present inquiry into a breach of the laws. But it deemed ille gal,; wl'.ich 1 denied, as a participator in them, i might not to be questioned about them. The Grand Jury, concurring in this sentiment, asked me no questions, in this particular, therefore, Judge Campbell, in his opinion or indictment against me, states' what is neither true by the "printed statements," nor in tact. 5. The Judge lurther adduces, as testimony against me, the loose and vague charge, tbat the report ol the urand Jury is, that his (my) name has figured prominently with the rumor ed expedition." The report 6tates no such thing. My mime is not therein mentioned. Judge Cam pell, not under oath, has supplied it. 6. In the next sentence of his opinion he de scends from the dignity of a Jud&e to become the retailer of petty scandal, by supposing that a speech might be attributed to the defendant (myself,) without great injustice, when the fact is ascertained tbat he would commit himself with an enterprise like that set forth." This language might better become a Solomon Swap in a horse trade, than tho Judge of the Supreme Court, presenting the facts upon which he con cluded to deprive an American citizen of his lib erty for nine months. His honor's train of ar gument is this: Supposing it to be ascertained that I woaldconnect myself with some unknown enterprise, then, "perhaps," a certain speeoh found in a printed statement, might with some, but not great injustice, be attributed to ma. On such inferences and suspicions, presented with an obliquity, leaving a doubt whether they are not said in jest and irony, depends the liber ty a freeman I 7. In connection with this subject Judge Campbell further says : "The defendant confes sed the fact of a connection of a kind which ren dered it a matter of impropriety for the Grand J nry to press any question upon him relative to the details of the movement."- There is a pul pable untruth in this insinuation ; but it is wor thy a place in this opinion, which throughout, as I have aiready shown, garbles the facts and mystifies them, when, it does not wholly misre present tbem. An honorable mind can find a bundant reason why a Grand Jury should not inquire into irrelevant matters which involved private confidence. But the reader will remark that the Judge here admits the Tact that ho in quiry was pressed upon me, when, in other por tions ot hid opinion, he repeatedly asserts that 1 refused to answer on the ground "that he (I) would criminate himself." 8. After proceeding with cautious art to cull scraps from the report of the Grand Jury, this posthumous opinion proceeds to ay: "They (the Grand Jurors) mid from other evidence that an expedition is on toot for the purpose of agisting a luban revolution, or ot making a de monstration ou tne Island." The Judge has evidently critically inspected the report, and it would be uncharitable to suo pose that, as a lawyer, he does not know well that the word "hud" is a technical word. It means a Kolenin presentation of a fact. Now the Grand Jurors nave touhd no such thing. They merely use the cautious phrase "strongly incline to the opinion' they lean that way. They have not found the fact ; and even this in clination of opinion is still fuvtUer qualified by ineir poMiuvo ueciaiiiiiun, mai noming like a military organization or preparation had been brought to their notice. How thoroughly the meaning of tho report perverted by Judge Campbeil, in this particular, tbe public will judge by the following extract from the report of the Grand Jury: "Although the (irand Jury: strongly inclines to the opinion' tbat thee meetings and collections of funds have for their end tbe organisation" of an expedi tion, either lor the purpose of assisting in a Cuban revolution, -or making a demonstra tion upon thatjstftiid, yet the plan; whatever it may be, seems5 altogether in the perspective, and ' awre'T wf are 5hat b& beea . r.orv m itJi overrated ani maiEmified-thiog like a military orgaoietiooor preparntton-hav-ing been brought to our notice.'-' f ; j : 9. Tfae opinion goeaflo loimplj that i made an argument, I neither bad counsel, quoted authorities, nor made an argument, on the le woi ..ostf..n fit.-frit to refer for my, rights as - ' I a. r., aV mtrnnaa tlf a citiEQuand witness to the Constitution of the ..ly .resolved, by 2,000 merchant fihop-ketera, United States.'. Idosired to know whether any. j tradesmen, professional nven, artisan, and or chargo or accusation had been, made against i dinary laborer, that th war with Rnsssia m ZAif on a hat was the nature and bv whom 'Van be neith'or trifled with, neglected, nor de- made and I denied the authority of a Federal j Court to exercise, any powers but such as wsro fairly dedacitle tram tne uonsmanon. wuei i ai Waul, of the New Orleans Bar, it ia true, at some Btagea of the - proceedings, appeared fof JVlr. Thracher and Dr. Saunders. r 10. Whon Ae Judge, in a subsequent portion of bis opinion, says, "The assertion is direct and positive that his answer will implicate him in a prosecution or forfeiture," if he refers to mo, ho states, what is wholly gratuitous, aud without the least foundation in fact. If inten ded aa a quotation he has fctrangely omitted the usual qucitatioa marks, which he has studious ly preserved, oven when disconnected be ntoiveoa trom tuo report of the Grand Jury arc insert ed. . " . 11. The fact stated iu the opttion that 1 bad declined my inability, from borne undisclosed connection with those engaged, "of affording information of practices involving a breach ut j the neutrality laws," is also a misrepresenta. j tion. I mad no such declaration, but more than onoe declared that I knew of no practico j involving a broach of the law. 12. Iu fine, Judge Campbell, iu his manifesto I rofcrs to his bearing witness, public rumor, j that brazen mouthed monster with her hundred j tongues" j "Pub'lio rumor," says ho, "has attached sos- ! pieion to the name of the defendant, according j to the certificate." This concluding eenteuoe mrh vmiderd tba suramin uo or recapitu lation of the evidence on which my character is j tr. Ha assailed hv a iudifrial libel, and mv liber-1 t tr tn ho restrained for ninft months. jfublic rumor." anted by her nt associate, Jehn A Campbell, is engaged in trumpetinir to the world that suspicion attaches to my name, j Susnicion of what f Ofbeina- the open advo-j cate of taxation, the remodeling of the Federal judicial system, the limitation of the tenure of .... , ,,i i .i ? i otnee ot tne xeaerai juages, ana tneir election by the people ? Suspicion of having aided and abetted the independence and annexation of Texas, and the conquest of Mexico ? Suspicion of never having faltered in the defence of South ern rights and of the equality of the States T Of admiringAmerican institutions and desiring their extension over this Continent 7 suspic ion of cordially hating the stupid and barbarous despotism of Spain over the people of Cuba Ut planning, in conjunction wito omer patriotic citizens, some lawful measures to aid an op pressed people to overthrow a tyrannical and u surping Government, and thus averting from ourselves and our children the dire calamity which would befall us, if the cherished Euro pean policy of establishing a hostile negro or mongrel empire on our borders, at the very mouth of the great outlet of the Southwestern States, should be carried into execution? Of doubting the ability or disposition of our com mon Government, distracted already by the Slavery question, to remedy the impending e vil? If such suspicions attached to my name, be fore the world I confess myself liable to the hon or or reproach which belongato tbem. If, bow ever, Judge Campbell mean to insinuate that suspicious dishonorable to me attach to my name, he but adds a falsehood to the misrepre sen rations of facts contained in his published opinion. Suspicion to my name! The name is Saxon. It means freeman. It has never been disgraced by falsehood, cowardice or base : truckling to power. May those who inherit it be ever worthy to boar it, by opposition to all t-.ia political despotism, and by stern, unyielding resistance to tyranny, whether boldly attempt ed to be enforced by the bayonet, or slily and stealthily by the perversion of judicial powers. J. A. QUITMAN. Monmouth, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 1654. . . . THE WAR IN EUROPE. By this time, no doubt, (if not before) the Emperor Nicholas has arrived at the conclusion that be is a very clever fellow. An immense military army has been opposed to him a confederation which brought into the field the combined forces of France, England and Turkey yet be isn.it much worse of? than he was six months ago. True it is that the petty fortress of Bomarsund has been captured, that his at lack on Silistria was defeated, tbat he has been cenipelled to retire from the disputed Princi palities; but, per contra, his opponents have iuft as many men by illness as were expended by him in warfare, and as yet, not only has St. Petersburg escaped an attack, but Cronstadt, Revel and Riga are una'ssailed ; Odessa remains almost unharmed,; the Crimea is not yet inva ded ; Sebastopol has not been visited by a hos tile shot. The prestige which this exemption from serious reverses gives him among his sub jects is immense. The Fabian policy, pursued alike in the Bal tic and the Black Sea by .the Anglo French commanders, has done much injury. One con sequence, (and that almost inevitable.) is. that hv:.ir : xrz, ,":; -m V7- V,c w w.v nui IV Kiun UIBllCKrLHUfU. IE is m- disputabla that sncb sentiments have bgan to operate among the sailors in the Baltic as well as among the soldiers in Turkey and the Black Sea. The pnly combatants who really have thorough confidence, at this crisis, in themselves and their leaders, are the Turks and t be Rus sians : ahe first, because they have been sue cessful, and expect to go in, without much de lay, for other battles ; and the latter, because they know that their strength will be inoreas ed by delay. It is only when acting on the de fensive that the Fabian policy is prudent. When attacking the Hahratta myriads in India, Wellington made no panse, but dashed boldly at the foe. ' When secure behind the lines of Terras Nedras, where his jplan was to tire out the invaders of Spain, Wellington avoided fight ing, and was wise in the avoidance. Why some great attack was not made, long before this, upon the Russian port of Odessa, or upon the Crimea, or against Sebastopol, is inexplicable at present. 1 It is only now, when the European Autumn has nearly expired, that the British and French commanders in the East are thinking of attempting what ought to have been done in the Spring. Instead of as sailing the Crimea, said to be the weakest part of Southern Russia, the Anglo-French ar my lingered in Bulgaria, where they were visi- tea oy a destructive mortality partly caused ; by hot weather in an unwholesome locality and climate, and partly increased by inaction and the excesses which it encourages. There ! was no occasion, it was declared, for tbe men I to risk their lives in inarching through aid ! ngntiug in ailacfaia, Moldavia, or Betharabia so they were allowed to remain, immersed in dissipation and fiuh, at Varna, wnere disease has decimated them. No'fewer than 8,000 men have thus been destoyed. In tbe Baltic, the destruction of Bomarsund, a fortress with 120 guns of rather small calibre ana power, is all that has yet been effected. That exploit was accomplished with compara tive ease the assailants losing only 120 men the "irresistible granite walls," (as Lord John Russell fearfully called them,) falling into pieces before a brisk cannonade. They were only mud walls, thinly faced with granite. So much easier will it be, if such is Russiaa forti fication, to reduce and destroy Rvel, liaising -fors, and even Cronstadt "the'im pregnable." Next year-(for we expect nothing more at pre ent.) perhaps these porta and fonresses may be carried, lo be fohowed by an attack on St. Pe tersburg. As it is, it would appear as if the allied armies ere unwilling to do serious in jury to the t Ear. What would be said of a pu gilist who should decline planting a blow on his antagonist's face, in dread of spoiling his beau ty by givmg him a. black eye ? Yet this is the scruple,, strikes wherever he can put a.dsms,- gine blow. Haw this born&in England ? Yory bily. Already,-while the additional war taxation is grumbfed ati as oppressive, public meetings have been baW for the expression of poptilar discLrtitont. At one of tbse. (at Neweastlp-op- Ty'ne; th capital- of thf great cm! district in the North of JiWland.i it has been nnanimouv laved, by any Government, without betrayal of I p'e without a most grave and perilous derelic j'tion of its duty." In an address to the.Qieen, j also uenniraone,' tt.9 mePtinj? erprenr.pd its I want rf confidence in the Aberdeen Ministry, and ar-feed Victoria "whether it has not become I necessary to call to your Majesty's Councils, ! trilhoui regard to parif, men who will act hon estly, vigorously, and unanimously, tn tho pre sent emergency", to carry on the war with Kue sia in H'-cordHDce with the wishes of the Na tion." To the Aberdeen Ministry such words must have a torrible sictnificance. Their strength oaneitit in the fuct that, things being in the I worst possible condition, neither Derby nor and So Disraeli are likely to undertake the rftun periloue labor of trying tt put them r'irht. ruucJi the better for Ruseia. N. Y. Tunes. j . sivnuifH 1ST.WDS 1IIL, bANDW IcU l&LAAUS. Though the W ashington correspondents, who furnish cabinet gosip for the Whern precs. ar.d devote their spare time to the proaecunon oi claims and the bolstering up of patents, dif for as to whether tho treaty for the annexation r.f the Sandviiii'h Islands ha actually been. re- euved at the State D-narmient. thes e seems to bo no reason to question the main tact that such a troaty is in, embryo and that it will be eubmit- ted to the united states oenate at ui next ses sion. - The treaty originate we are told, in a proposition from the Hawaiian government to cede the islarlds to the United States, all the members of the pnvv council, wan tne excep tion of two, and the King himselt, boing in ia vor of annexation. Iho heir apparent, frince Alexander Liholio, who has been adopted by King Kamehameha as his son and heir, how ever, oppose, it, and to meet his opposition, the question, ve are told by one account, is to be submitted to a vote of the people of the Is lands, before the act of cestdon shall be consum mated. . The condition of the native population of the Sandwich Islands is not an anomalous one, though it presents many strange features. The natives of a soft and luxurious clime, they are passing away before the resistless energy of the Northern stranger, who has usurped their places, directs their commercial pursuits, con trols their State policy, and though still numeri cally inferior is in fact tho master of their des tiny. They have embraced Christianity and learned the arts of civilization, and yet have failed to obtain the chiefest blessings of either. Christianity has not made theni moral, nor civilization given them power and self reliance. They have been apt scholars in learning th vices of civilization without gaining the moral strength or physical stamina that would enable them to resist their effect. In three-fourths ol a century three hundred and twenty-fivd thou sand of the native population have died, and ai the same rate of decimation many years cannot elapse before the last Sandwich Islander will belong to the past, and tbe race become extinct. Possessing a climate unsurpassed for its cqa hleness and favorable to a sustained longevity, licentiousness, wide-spread and deep rooted, has done its work. Fevers, opthalmia, cutaneous diseases and scrofula abound, but the great scourge is a loathsome affection, more foul than the leorosy ofthe ancients, and the direct eff-ct of the most violent disregard ot the social Ihws. It exists among old and young, pervades nil classes, and as a perpetual plague is ever reap ing in its harvest of deaths, it has been per petuated and extended, says a recent visitor to the islands, " until language is tuo feeble to express the wretchedness and woe which have been tbe result. Foul ulcers of many years' standing everywhere abound, and visages hor ribly deformed eyes rendered blind noses en tirely destroyed mouths monstrous! y drawn ) aside, from tbir natural position ulcerating j j, pniates, and almost useless legs and arms, m.irR i most clearly tbe state and progress of the dis ease among an injured and helpless people." In 1853 the Ctiiel Justice of the kingdom re- poriea to toe King mat iiceiuiousiiess is so. deeply planted in the heart of ihis nation th cancer has spread its roots so entirely through out tbe body politic, that no skill ot the leei lator can cure it, and it must eventually de stroy the nation." Outraged nature is thus terribly avenging itseif, and before the scourge the native Hawaiian is fast disappearing. This rapid disappearance and threatened total xtinotion of the native race has been one ol the most influential elements in encouraging the. project ot annexing the islands to the Uni ted! States. Ai the native population dies out their places are occupied by a constant influx of white population, auioffg , which Americans ate greatly predominant in numbers and inllu- l ence. This has especially been tbe case since j the discovery of California promoted emigra ' tion to the Pacific, and made the islands tbe re of th08e who fau failed to reao in the newly discovered El dorado the harvest of wealth which an exaggerated fancy pictured as a re ward of their labors. American influence has thus goue on strengthening itself, until it is now predominant in the islands, and seeks to make its newly acquired possessions an integral njr- t ion of the Union. The Hawaiian .Minister of Finance, Mr. Elisha ! II. Alien we are told, was formerly a Rpre ! sentativeln the Congress of the United States ' from Maine, of which State he is proba'ily a j native, and was subsequently United, States ?onsul at Honolulu. He is known to be a seal jus annexationist, and it is doubtless in a great ; measure owing; to his influence that the Ha : waiian Privy Council have been induced to make xhe proposition of cession. King Knmehaoieha, j though not quite fifty years of age. is enfeebled j and prematurely old, and it is admitted by a recent writer, who favors annexation, that ' iiis i proneness to confide in foreigners, with his un- j bouuded liberality, have made him a mere to .1 in the hands of .designing men." Under these circumstances wfc may presume ihe annexation ofthe Islands to be a mere question of lime an event that may be postponed but can scarce or ub uiiimaiejy preveiueu. - iuogiand anu j Franco have bound themselves by treaty mt to j take possession ofthe islands either bv nrot-c ' torate or otherwise, and our own Government, j 1 in 1842, through He. Webster, then Secretary j ! of Slate, declared its opinion "that the govern- j ifiein oi iuu cauuwicu tianns ount to lj res I pected ; tbat no f.ower ought either to take pos j session of the islands as a conquest, or for the ! purpose of colonizaiion ; and that nu power ought to seek foj any unduu control over tii; existing government, or any exclusive privilege j or preferences with it in matters of cniiimerce." ' Neither Great Britain nor Fran e im'JI look with ; favor upon our acquisition of tho il;iriu.-', but in i the present condition b! Europe will limit their opposition to a harmless diplomatic warfare. A knowledge of this probably induces the Ad j ministration to press the matter forward, and ' the result of its labors will no doubt soon sec light in the pioje&vx a treaty that is to give to 1 the United State! its first insular possessions ! and admit to tbe ditrnitv of American nrin ship the Kanakas of the Souih ' Paeitic. The hU. v ' w l 11 ll. I 11J. -I 1 1 C I I' . . , . , . Sandwich Islands acquired, Cuba will be nio-e f ?ou-ng 7'er amb,tI,,u 10 excel in his pro than ever necessary as & eounterpoi, and tbe 'T'" ihey leacil Lth f005 loVlng Tolar policy of extension and annexaf.'.u will receive ! , profession, what fearful wastes, what a new impetu. Bull. American. A Faithful Husband The wife of the cap-1 tain of a canal bojit lell into the New York Ca- ' rial on Sunday Evening last. Her husband ! jumped in alter her with his oven-oat on. As he neared the shofe, finding himself exhausted, he thrust ner lorward so that she was &ared, but he sank and was drowned. His najue was ; WESTERN OR'rUOJJQXDJgAIOCRACV.! The Tree Press7' of Detroit 'wo'oeVT. tne o-' i.knowledged orthodox organs of the Democratic i party in the West. It xhtbits- its joy on- all ! ouca.di'jna at what it considers "a practical vic i t;:rv Ktho North" in the working of th Neb ! raka act. And this is the koy to the readiness ! .with which many approve; of that measure. Thfy very cheerfully endorse "the principle of popular sovereignty"," which works out results j so adverse to the "spread of slavery." The ; Press says it always contended that "the inevi ! table consequeDoe would be to uiaka every Ter j ritory hereafterorgiuiized FaEE." Let it speak for itaelf, as follows : "Some of the m-ist prominent Whig papers I of the Union which have fanned the abolition Same that has been sweeping over the North have suddenly changed position, anu are m w raining "a voice for peace." Their original objection to the Nebraska Kansas act was that it "opened a vast territory to the spread of slave ry." ' This the Dntaocratic press stoutly denied, as ovr readers well know, and contended thai the inevitable cm-teqttencc of adopting the princi ple ('popular sueceiynty in the Territories would be to make every Territory hereafter- organized free, whether it should lie north or south of the Missouri compromise line. We believe there are at tiiis moment few so blinded by prejudice that either Nebraska or Kan sas w ill be sinvft territory. The victory, tlien, if t'if, Ddinotiiacu i alrcuh cmuttle. r 1 1 I !!moi 1 .ml 'l,ianidaler ' is another of the regular Democratic organs tbat ply upon two different k ys. It keeps up a fire upon the Abolitionists in one column, and in the other it sounds a soft t o .e for f e dom." Here is one of its latest, a. id to appreciate its force we must state tnat elections are soon to come on in cacb of tin? States n imed : ' Keep it before the People, that tho repeal of the Mt9ouri restrictions has opened to free dom territory lying south of the line 36 30' Urge enough to make States equal in size to New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois." In the Columbus district of Ohio, Dr. Olds Mr. Gallowav. have bad a discussion, as we learn from the State Journal, on the merits of the Nebraska bill, the Missou ri compromise, &c. The latter is a decided an ti slavery man. but he fouad it hard work to keen aliead of his ooDonent. Dr. Olds declared " thera was no danger of slavery goiDg into Kansas or Nebraska. Th slaveholders don't emigrate, but tbe Yankees are sharp and more quick, and will always beat the South at this Y une. Foreigners come here with prejudices i gainst slavery, and they go into the Tsrrito rP'K opposed to it. In a speech at Uircleville, Jo A;ril, the gentleman took the ground that " bv the laws of population and emigration Kansas must be a free Stare." " We gain much .(said he) by rubbing out the line 36 3(K, be cause, by so dung, free States may be estab lish?d south of that line. The repealed compro-, mise was that ail south of that line was to be regarded as slave soil, and he did not believe that Whigs would agree to restore the compro mise with thi-i understanding attached to it." This is the way the South is mocked by its " natural allies," when tbey get out among their anti-slavery constituents. Nat. Int. BANKING CAPITAL. The Rileigh Standard alluding to tho Banks of this Srat' the present amount of banking capital, and the fact that application for char ters of new institutions of this character will be brought before- th i Legislature, acknowledges thni-our b wn has need of banking capita). Our escort, it says, are large and constantly increasing ; and tiii facilities enjoyed in this reMiect bv our business men are not equal to their want. There never was a truer remark! It' it had said that the facilities were not half f-qual to our wants, it would have come nearer the mark. The a'imisxK'n of the Standard, relative to the necessity of increasing the banking capital here, is of value, because in the article from which we quote, we discover the old Locofoco opposition to Bmk in general. The admoui tion is given, that charters should be "prudent lv" renewed or granted, and that "these charters should le such as to secure the people against h.11 danirer of loss from over issues." Hard times also are predicted the fear of a crash, much insolvency, and general pecuniary dis tress, is held ou:. The present prosperous con d'u'u.n of things "cannot last." and this renders it "still more important that caution should be observed in Banking opera'ions, and 'n exten ding old. or creating new Bank." The Stan dura also thinks that Banks are necessary or unavoidable tvils, but that now they cannot be dispensed with. (Quite a discovery.) The effect of the whole article is, to throw dis couragement over the numerous Banking sche mes which are likely to coaie before the Legis lature. "Great caution," itsys, in advance to the LagisliiMrs, "mas: be used either in extend ing -ld, or in creating ett Banks!" On the subject of extending the old Banks, it remarks as follows : "It is said, on one hand, that good policy re quires that the State Bank and the Bank of Cape Fear should be tcuund up ; while on . the other hand it is urged that it would be advisa ble to re-chnrter both, and at the same time charter another institution here, (Raleigh) to i compete with the State Bank, or one at Wilming ton, tocompete with the mother Cape r ear Bank. v ithout expressing an opinion, the Standard leaves the subject to the discretion and judg ment ofthe General Assembly, under the pre monitions and warnings as above shadowed forth. There 5s danger to be apprehended, that in tho general scramble for Bank charters, the different propositions may bo left, as they were before, with not one naif the required capita!, j'ely from our eagerness to gra3p too much. T ere are already threft propositions for new Pir.ks in this town ; the Commercial will doubt i - apply for an increase of capital ; and the Cra Fear and Bank of the State for renewals t.f their charters and increase of stock, likewise. If all these, and possibly other propositions of lik character, are urged before the Legis lature with zeal, by their respective advocates, a titiii i set -f Legislators might get rid of the subject summarily, by ignoring the claims of each, or give us partial and insufficient aid only. Some time ago, we had a Custom House to build, but the people could not agree upon a location; so we quarrelled among ourselves, and the re sult was. the Secretary of the Treasury had it built upon neither of the sites desired by the citizens of the tmvn. L-H us endeavor hereafter to avoid the disagreeable business of cutting our own throats, financially or otherwise. WO. Herald. AGRICULTURAL FAIRS. j State Fairs seem to be growing into the Great Annual' Festival, in many of the States, eclip sing all other gatherings by therr comprehen ; sive character, bringing into contact and coin ' miliiioii men of all occupations and tastes, from i tiie uio-j remote portions f the State ; and by i the great aggregation f stock, vegetables, fruits and jinplemeuts fur exhibition, illustra j ting the perfection to which, by .skill, care and j observance of physiological and mechanical ; laws, animals, vegetables and fruits and the j rude implements ot tho farmer can be brought, i Tin y cleave scales from the eyes of ignorance. They sweep away the films of prejudice like ! cobwebs. They infuse into the uiiud of th exhaustion ol his soli, what deterioration of his crops a;id stock have been the consequence of per.sistiiig in dogged, and selfish, and unnatu ral courses, because his lather did so before him. They impress iu ten thousands ways the eu permnty uf intelligent,, over mere brute labor; and tell with ten thousand illustrations, that a sbm p intellect is as necessary at one end of the plow, ts a sharp coulter at the other ; in, a vMMx. 9urjrena,v of 'Bk$A. o'er matter. . j i j j 1 1 I j f . - ; ! 'r jtm i laW.op RAtiot. x. c Fricndi hip is' Vue W(oe t Lu. Ua. Ttr:: . 'Vest "trieriMiip is th W'VK oi' liiV-V Thit . lro.fi thi oul -w pr.i.-seaV.- -Aad those iL." whom U Hcvly Uja's, A:jl only" iiiov- ble.s"d. I -.k-oiiid .uyt . glv.i i'ue chueriiJK -draughts Froi-i rnnuy hearts Tvc won, For jill the rich's ol" tho earth, Or jpv-el 'neath l- son. As different grapes yield did'erent wine, So does my lieart distil A .bfierpnt lo-a from every friend, lU many wants to fill. Whin oVrmy soul no shadow hangs, vVhfJi all within is well, I iont ili sparkling, bright Champagn-, H pur. bur cnlai Most-U. V4"hiu doubts liko thorns bt-sot my path, Vv'L'.';i uriai- );c-bi mo neixr, 1 mr;d the iirengih Madeira gives, My trouhl'-d soul to elfi'.r : Ar.d when 1 droop 'ne.ath .-.ic.kn.-si' wing. When mind and body sink, Vi'h'-n sorrow's curtaihs round nie fall. Of g-n'jrou3 Port I'll drink. Sivm? hoaris there arc who j-ild in alL la whom 1 may confido Fir evory wine that tViwuilrUi has, Whatever liito btaidt; Vha give mo atrougth whon trials pro, And hopj in hours of pain, Or tor my pleasure freely pour Mosul!'; and bright Clmmpagu ; Whde oth.-rs whom 1 truly love, Uiiyiolding as tho rock, W 11 disappoint my thir.-ty ioul, Or give me only Hock. Then as 1 tread life's winding path, 1 11 pluck from every vine Tho gripes that scein most like to giv My soul its spirit wint. Tho' some may fail, Or yield but Hock, Iri otherB still I trust, For I must love, although life's wina Is only poured on dust. So shall my heart, untouched by age. 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These celebrated Pills are wonderfully efficacious in the following complaints: Ague Asthma Billions Complaints Blotches on the Skin Bowel Complaints Constipation ofthe Bowels Head-ache Indigestion Jaundice Liver Com plaints Piles Retention of Urine Debility Dropsy Erysipelas . Female Irregu larities Fevers of all kinds Gout Scrofula or King's Evil Stone and Gravel Secondary Symp toms Worms of all kinds Weakness, from whatever cause So d at the establishments of Prefessor Hol loway, 80 Maiden Lane, New York, and 244 Strand, London.and by all respectable Druggists and Deal ers in Medicines throughout the United States, in Boxes, at 37$ cents, 87 cents, and ..$1,60, each. To be had Wholesale ofthe principal Drug Hou ses in the Union. ' fi3P There is a considerable saving by taking the larger sizes. N B. Directions for the guidance of patients in every disorder are affixed to each box. TOCKFOR TIIE STATE FAIR! I Persons k3 who intend to exhibit Stock of any kind at the Murth Carolina State Fair in October next will please to address Jere. Nixon, Esq, Chairman Committee of Arrangements, and state what kind of stock and how many they intend offering for ex hibition. This will be but very little trouble to those who intend showing stock at the Fair, and it m very necessary tbat the Committee of Arrange ment houldknow as nearly as possible what will be tbe number wf stock of various kinds to be en tered. J. F. TOMPKINS, Rec. Sec. Raleigh, Sept. 5, 1864. 75 STEAM BOILERS. HOLDEN & GALLAGHER, (Late Leonard, Holden & Co.) MANUFACTURERS Of Locomotive, Stationary and Steamboat Boiler, Of all descriptions ; also, WATER TANKS FOR SHU'S, OAS HOLDERS, LEWIS hraiiiST, (!iU doori from tbe Ferry) EAST BOSTON, MASS. May SO, 1864. w6m-44 SI. tOVEJOVS ACADEMY. THE Next Session will commence the 'Oof Jul v 1854. Tuition $26. J. M. LOVEJOY. PRIML CHEWING TOBACCO Jones' Premi um, pride of Virginia, Rock Candy Extra Dan iMtvr 4oUir nopohur bnuMh in store, and for . - i From the " N. P. Picayune J ,B OU R8..0N,Aa Ai N. Tflfi citWa of the"; Obi N-.ttu Sun-,' have 06 vsrlon--' oocaion4 3ttenddf 'to their aid aivi custom, Lo-tka pufriin rj!c' Stock, hae ray hearty thank f.ir iheir wny of kindness ; una ia juuee to the ciiiien ,,t 'State generally, so far a. 1 have had tin p enci,r.. of forming an acquaintance with them, I n, ; that I have traded North. South, iinst ana S?"J through a great many States of the Union, an t 1 have'yet to find a more generous, hospitable iX. kind hearted people, and one more ready to best. acts of kindness upon the stranger, than is to be found in the. "Old North State." I trust I Shaji ever feel gr.-.teful to you for the past fsvors aa) be enabled so act in all my dealings aa to deH.rve its continuance in the future. Having engaged to deliver a number of MULES to my old friends and customers, at various poir method of uuortmng tbem unit i nave maje k purchase for them, and also a large number htui, with which I hope to be enabled to accommodate all who may Waut to buy a Bourbon Mule. It ;s known that Old Bourbon is the great Mule t'om,. ty ot Kentucky and of the world, and that the sub- scribcr handles none but the best Uourbon Stick will be in Raleigh ou the 17th of October. n,i will stop at the various towns between there ami Plymouth, at which last place I expect to he 0u the 30th, ready at ah places ana all suitable times to show my stock to those who may give mc ;, cau, and especially tnose wno ocBire to purdia-e I intend to sell aa good stock on as good terms n any man who bails from any County or State iu tbe Union. Call and see for yourselves. Till then, adieu- J. P. HOUSTON. Nar North Middletown, Bourbon County, Ky September 8, 1854. wtf-7d Agricultural Fair ! rTIHE Executive Committee of the Union Agri 1 cultural Society Of Virginia and North Caro lina have the pleasure of announcing to the pub lic that the first Fair of the Society will be held in the city of Petersburg on the 24th, 25th, 26th, 27 th of October next. The premiums amount, in the aggregate, to five thousand dollars. Ample accommodations will be prepared for stock and other articles for exhibition, and exhibitors are respectfully solicited to attend. Nearly ail th Raiiroad Companies will transport the various ar ticles, and th members of the Society, without charger and in those cases where any charge h made, it will only be upon members whose fare will be reduced to half price. September 8, 1854. 74 wti STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Graviuf Cocktt. Court of Please and Quarter Ses sions, August Term, 1854. Tobltha Kittrell vs Edwin W. Kittrell & others. Petition for Dower. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that John F. Bryant and Martha his wife, two of the defendants in this cause, reside beyond the limits of this State ; it is therefore, on motion, ordered by the Court, that advertisement be made for six weeks, successively, at the tfourt House in Oxford, and at three public places in Granville County, and also in the Raleigh Register, notifying the said defendants ofthe filing of this petition, and that unless they appear at the next Term of this Court and answer the petition, the same will be taken pro confbsso and head xx pakte as to them. Witness, Augustine Landis, Clerk of our said Court, the first Monday in August, A. D. 1S"4. A. LANDIS C. C. C. August 22, 1854. T6w 68 MEDICAL COLLEGE OF THE STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA. T HE annual course of Lectures in this Institu tion will commence on the first Monday in November, in Charleston, on the following branch es Anatomy by JE. Horlbrook, M. D. Surgery, by E.'Geddings, M. 1. Institutes and Practice, by S. H. Dickson, M. D. Physiology, by James Moultrie, M. D. Materia Medica. by Henry R. Frost, M. P. Obstetrics, by Thos. G. Prioleau, M. D. Chemistry, by C. U. Shepard, M. D. Demonstrator of Anatomy, by F. T. Miles, M. D. Prosecutor of the Professor of Surgery, by J. F. M. Geddings, M. D. CLINICAL LECTURES. D. T. Cain, M. D., Physician to the Marine Hos pital and Clinical Instructor, lectures twice a wet k on the diseases of that Institution. H. W. DeSBaseure, M. D., Physician to the Hos pital ot the Almshouse, at which Lectures are de livered twice a week on diseases, the diagnosis discrimina'ed, aud the student indoctrinated in their treatment. Demonstrative Instruction in Medicine and Sur gery at the College Hospital, by the Professor of the Medical College The fees for the course and the expenses of board ing are much the same as in the other cities of tbe Atlantic coast. The Faculty of the College take pleasure in cull ing the attention of the friends ofthe Institution to its present prosperous condition the lastclaa exceeding any of former years. They have been enabled, oy the liberality ofthe Legislature at its last session, to make such alterations in exten ding and improving the College building as will promote materially the comfort of those ia atten dance on the lectures. The Anatomical Theatre has been enlarged, and completely renovated, and such changes made hs will secure free ventilation, with a pleasant ar rangement of the seats. They confidently believe that it will not suffer in comparison with any like structure in the United States the edifice, with its appurtenances, being as commodious and at tractive as any such establishment in the coun try They have also been enabled to make considera ble additions to the Museum of the College. HENRY" R. FROST, M. D., Dean. August 22nd, 1854. w4w-S lTM annual count of Lectures of this Institution wm commence on Monday, 9th October, at the College Building, corner of Marshall and College streets, and continue till the 16th of March ensu ing. it. L. Bohannan, M. D., Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children. Chas. Bell Gibson, M D., Professor of Surgery and Surgical Anatomy. Charter P. Johnson, M. D Professor of Anato my. - David H. Tucker, M. D., Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine. "Martin P. Scott, M. D., Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacy. Bev. R. Wellford, M. D., Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics. E. Brown Sequard, M. D., Professor of The In stitutes of Medicine and Medical Jurisprudence. Arthur . Peticolas, M. D., Demonstrator of Ana tomy. The studies of Practical Anatomy may be pros ecuted with most ampie facilities and at a very trifling expense. Chemical Lectures are regular ly given at the College Infirmary and Richmond Almshouse by some of the Professors. EXPENSES. Matriculation Fees... Professors' Fees. Demonstrator's Fees. Graduation Fees The price of Board, including fuel, lights servants' attendance, is usually $3 or l ..v ..'2 an J ptT woe it. The Catalogue, &c, containing full information concerning the Institution, will be forwarded to those applying for it, or specific enquiries answer ed by letter. Address DAVID H. TUCKER, M. D. Dean of the Faculty, Richmond, Va. Richmond, Aug. 8, 1864. wtOctl fr QTATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Bbcnsi jCousTT, Superior Court of Law, Spring Term, loo4. Wilmington and Manchester Rail Road Compauy vs Richard Bradlcy- t Petition for Partition. It appearing that the said Richard Bradly is not a citizen of this State, it is ordered by tbe Court that advertisement be made for the said Richard Bradley to appear at the next Term of said Court, to be held at the Court House in Smithville, ou the third Monday after the fourth Monday i" September next, and answer the said Petition, cr it will be taken peo confksso and heard xx parte. Witness, Asa Ross, Clerk of saW Court, at Office, the third Monday after the fourth Monday vi&i -Ho ft , 9.