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'I 1 Hi f. r G e n !e r a H a t e 1 1 i g e b c e . t r . MNCpUNTEB OF OFnCIALS. Correspondence of the Baltimore American. Win- - WAthnrcrcMf, Jan. 15, 1850V NeWt hat just reached this city of ft per- idiow-citiren. Col, Zabdiel W. Potter, tn Aftwly appoiated Consul of the United Stalet ai vaiparaao, aau iuc nuu. iicjuj wt..-1 Sullivan, nephew of Lord Palmerston. and I . r i " A .1 TT U..r OanhMi u. iu:tta.n..n MViatatw'a flharm d anairea I BjM Hlimw -AUMwa.w " O I JI7 v n,.ot r rhW,. th narticu-l lieu uic uutuiiuvui " r I 1r, of which ai well as I can learn are a fel- -v VtT o4k rv,..,,,, loct ; mi I IowaOn the 9th December last.it c" Uauioi. i-ouer wun ms mij """5 rottfe lor V ajparaiso, sioppcu u . 7- 5nnrTTOrv that the steamer should lie by I aeterai Jays at Callao in order to take in a r -, rvi PnHpr tnnV livlinnn I 5"Tl?J ir A Afti. lllZL u in rt,., hotel into which rs . V: j, 7 . j as he. supposed comfortably lodged his fam- lit? VT fUV w M aj tuw iwuwiwH 1 ma m cni-twri nw Tnv laniuuiiw 1 iirf will, aiiu ily during the stay of the steamer at Callao, he walked out in company with a " compa no 1 du voyage" to take a view of lima ajid its novelties and curiosities. Col. Potter had not long left his lodgings, before the Honorable Henry Stephen Sulli Tan. with hi. family, stopped at the Hotel . deliberately walked up to the rooms Jked up to the rooms gned to Col. Potter and ible possession of them, which had been assi faaaHv. and took forcible and turned Mrs. Potter and her infant child ouofdoors. Mrs. Potter besought him with tear, in her eyes to await the return of her husband, who would only be absent for a few rfrrnltes, but it was all in vain. His British nobility told her that she was only a common American cook, and ordered her out with her child in her arms, directing a servant to find other apartments for her. Gen. Herre r, who occupied rooms near those taken by tJoCPotler, was appealed to by Mrs. P., and hend his daughter, Mrs. Mickle, went with herto the Charge and besought him to await the return of Col. Potter but this appeal ajso was without effect Mrs. P. was again crdcred out of the room, and as she left in tears, this accomplished functionary and chi 1 :.c 1 r I mmc genuemen xauatea ruu tniisort . . aJ wDlP me 1 u gpoxt next, ume 1 win .-Some time alter this brutal occurrence, Col. Potter returned to the Hotel, when he was informed of what had transpired, and as toon as ne could near tne story, ne cauea upon Mr Sullivan;: who had gone out- Af ter a short time be Called again, but was a- gaintold that the gentleman was not in. IMC a true American genucman, ai. r. declined to disturb the family of this Royal offender or in the least to take advantage of hTs'abseBce, but went immediately to a hotel in, ihe Plaza and procured other lodgings, it heinff then nearly nisht Early the next morning he again repaired to the room of the Charge .and found him tis time " at home." Hi requested him very politely to accompa ny oinvto the apartments of ben. rlerrera, in erder to have an explanation of tbe dis graceful conduct towards Mrs. Potter on the previous evening. Mr. Sullivan Coolly de clined the request, and told CoL P. tnat it Wafhe (CoL P.) who must make the apolo- gy to his I Lordship". Upon this Col. Potter I administered to him a well merited and well ipplied cnastxsement, caning mm until tney .1 . . . . . . ' 1 were both ' completely exhausted with the ebrt 4he- one in the ' passive, the other in I the active tense. ''Thia just retribution was witnessed by a urge number of gentlemen, among wnorn were several Englishmen, and every body agreed that Potter was entirely in the right It is needless to add that as soon as the news Bread verthe city of lima there was a uni-1 venal burst of admiration of Potter's conduct I nn the one hand, and of condemnation of Sal- livan'i on the other.' It is hoped that this affiur will teach Lord Palmerston's nephew I thing funny to say about "the rest of man that an American citizen, at home or abroad, kind." Eery "other breaker !" This wor ia not disposed to brook any insult even from I one wno is 01 oxoou 110 10 mt lorusnip ana 1 1 " 1 1- W M . - , 1 " J, m " m - f 1 T", 1 - . I a nign runcuonary 01 ner unusn majesty, 1 and he may also profit by this lesson and learn how to resent an injury himself here- after.- i "The general sentiment here it that Col. ftltef ought not to be allowed to enter upon the duties; of his consulate, but that be ought I "a-"'' . ' a slat a a t 1 at once to be prompted to be at least Charge J'Affaif 4tamm cm o the South Amert- Republics. 'SOttTHETS INTENTION OF COMING ... Xu .-. .,- TO AMERICA. In the first number of " The life and Cor respondence of Robert Southey," published by the Harpers, occurs the following passage, disclosing the fact that the poet, early in life, . contemplated taking up his residence in the Jimted States. Writing to a Mr. Bedford, under date of July 30, 1794, he says : WffM ww intaiiltAii n ttin X.C w a Vales, (ben proceed to Edmund Seward, serious ly W arange with him. tbe best mode of settling in Ajperica. My brother Thomas will gladly go wttn oa, and pernaps two or tnree more ot my most intimate friends. In this country I must ei 4ber sacrifice happiness or intesrity. I hall inscribe. Joan of Are to you ; it will be my . .legacy to this country, and ma y , perhaps, preserve .any memory in it- Many of my friends may blame me for so bold a step, but as many encour esja-os ; and I want to raise money enough to settle me across tbe AUantic. If I have leisure to write there, my stock of imagery will be much WBSeased." To the literary man the speculation is a curious one, what Southey might have pro duced if he had carried out hi. intention of I making this the country of his residence. Uur immense nvera and lakes, our moun- tains and cataracts, so infinitely beyond those oittorope 1 in numoer ana granaeur, would doubtless have made a profound impression ynpon hnn, and posjibly have given to the ,wpci a poem commcnsuraie wim ineir Dau - n -j ...i.7::. jr.r r . t' $9" H was seen from the advertisement in our paper of tbe 28th ultimo, that Messrs. jtBelt & Co., of Beaufort, in this State, were lumoer n article wmcn, at tne last ac counts, was selling in California for 400 per thousand feet. The ahip, we learn from a gentleman' who ha. seen her, is of the first class, and completely prepared for paaseng -test -We . presume t a goodly nnmber of gold seeke? will go outLr. Access ,K ..:.- , M ltd the enterprise . . .When the P-nfwl' D.n HrA ..n k- . ... nnuinc.. - a, pjpilLand , continued, to Beaufort a thing wve long enough to see don what, with its splendid harbor, the best in sumrrt to send the stim lmta Kim tn San I on uniu an is maue no. We be thna . 1 nrnnA r.r,fr; tv- , tlmn who r tn hi. hMd.t.A k- .k:- -J Kosuth to .ubmit hi. r A--.. m t j I .r.,i .t.k...u .- -u : j "hip. 1 he tlungan VrV, U.U UIC Bicaiu HW lUUlll OCUUTt,UU I "mw "VI T U UWK 1 1 lira , lO no BO BI I 4i ... .t ii. . , . . .i ni 1, . . . i straied. savinsf tnat sena. ost in me amp aoout duu.uuu leet once, i ney win leei muen better by doing -" Biucnaia narDor. im - Den in i vr the wtjrtd, mil things Considered, and with its ii" Zr wJtTM p Ten Cl I i 1 f ?, UP cau,e n think proper : ulmixable portion lor a great c,-what felTE S d 5' T roenwhila 7 be in prUon I Atlast &&Uooi ttJ&JEL th.ntl. ttecahinetofViepn. hoa.uth brought . f :: .. - ""--f? wore we covrt oj Septemvirs, wholly com- WHIG MEETING. Alarm and nsneetable meetinrof ike Whigs of Rutherford, assembled ia the Court House in Rutherford ton, on Monday tat l4tn un., w - i Wheo oa motion of W.M. Shipp, Esq., Gen. William F. Jooea, waa called to the chair, ana George W. Baxter, apDobtediecr rr. S2rSE ,nnmttphr ' Mmm .i-coons. it is of essential Trl ' " . .... . . . : importance nat a caoawaie lor iae uuernaiun al chair should be selected, upon whom Ue Whig RutT thmmrhmit th Htata ran eoraiaHV unite ft Rtaobaed. That while we do not desire to be . ' . understood, aa passina; any censure upon the pres- mcumbent of the JSxecuurecaairoi innootw, dedare ft to clear ebnriction, that be cannot secure the support of the Whig party in Western North Carolina. , dmu That JOHN KERR. Esq.. of Cas well county, a gentleman eminently distinguished for hia niirur of character, bis commandinir elo auenccand hia'uotirintr exertions in the Whiff cause, has Histly secured the rratitudeofthewh party, and will receive its cordial and unairuwu Bjuoleed. TlraTkbe recommended to the other counties m thii State to salect delegates to assem Die in cooreotion, to nominate a canawaie iur uoremor, ana mat w recuoiiDenu iu.v w-- rention be held in Greensboro', on the lh i Marcn nexi, ana inai me cuairtuaa a a--.a.t. a Jf 1 lUvlced, That the following aentimeht coi- tained ia the Messaee of PaxsioKST TiTLoa to cong.res9 meets our most hearty concurrence and a wonhy of the hero who penned it. "Whatever dangers may threaten it, (the U- nion,) I shall stand by it, and maintain it, in its integrity, to the full extent of the obligations im posed, and the power conferred upon me by the constitution. Raoktd. That we have full and abiding con fidence in the Wisdom, Patriotism and Integrity of Gkhilkal Tatloe. and that be will sanction no unconstitutional aressions. nor unjust en croachments UDon Southern riehu. dunnz his continuance in office. The above resolutions were manimouuji adopt ed. The chairman appointed the following dele gates. (Jen. J. U. tsynuin. Ur. J. AictBUre, k. Twittv. Geonre W. Baxter. W. hi. Shipp, Dr. J. W. Callowav. General E. Brran. Col. W. E. Mills, General George Logan, CoL A. G. Logaa, VVm. Wilkuis. Mai. B. S. tManton, uol. Jesse weoo. i. a. navoec Webb, T. A. Hayden, Col. W. A. Tanner. CoL E. Walker. John Gilkr.Esa.. Col. William Ruck er, Walter B. Rutherford, Esq CoL Simeon Mc- Curry, M. W Davis. Oa motion, the chairman was added to the list of delegates, and the proceedings ordered to be published. y " W. F. J0NE3, Ch'm. G. W.BAXTaa,Sec PALINURUS. The Union tty 9 that President Tatlor is ito Pliiiurus. Who eversni.l he was ? Doe tbe representative of the title of the Rich mond democracy know the history of his friend Pilinurus? But that we may not dp injustice to this venerable critic, who is so saucy on the 't yle" of the Pbesidi.xt's message, and sets up for "Kakolovr, we will quote his very words. lu the Union of Saturday, Janusry 12, in the fourth column of tbe third page, in an editorial article with all the earmarks of the senior editor-tbout it, we find tbe follow. ing sentences : 'Let the ship but weather the tempest, and it l iuc ami roa def- ererr other breaker. But this breaker is there. The 1 pilot'has not vet been able to steer the ship. As for General Taylor, he never was calculated to ptar the Pahnuras in the storm. He wants experience he wants confidence in him selfhe baa not the eovrage ( meet tbe crisis be fore turn." , Now, mark the nonsense of the first line 1 "weather thu tempest, and defy even other breaker. This is from tha pen of the man who makes himself so merry over an alleged slip in the ParsiDErr's message : and who cannot let a day go by without having some. thy old gentleman supposes that a breaker is . ... . . . . aonie aortui icmpc. a icihim-si is numi, I " I 1 I I a Dresner is a wib oroaen oj rocaa or una banks. The second line ia rank nonsese. "This breaker is there. Where T Inthensmeof common sense, where f But now for Palmurus. We thank lies ven that General Taylob. is no Paliuurns. h. - - , aara a 1 bis leilow was ina pilot 01 neap, wnom, with hia friend Palinurus, tbe senior editor best knows as among Ibe old correspondents ot tne Richmond Junqwer. tits story was any thing but a creditable one. He weqt to sleep one day at the helm, fell into the ses, and was drowned. This was the last thn ineaa beard of him, till be met him some time after in the lower regions, where Pali nurns told a cock-nnd-bull story about the god Somnus appearing to bim in disguise and throwing him into the sea. lie told him, moreover, that he had been toerf ahnut some four days by the "tempests atsd other breakers, and bad been thrown on tbe rand and murdered. The plain Enetish of the whole matter waa (probably) that ha hsd been nuking too free with some antique o be-jovful, went to sleep on bis post, and tumbled overboard. The senior editor has no very clear notion boot these old fellows ; and if he ever hits right, it is by accident But when be calls Pre sident Tatlo "Aero, and complains that he is not calculated to be a "Paliiiutua people wonder bow he emild ritntrecl such ao excess of irorauce. JtamWic. THE RAIL ROAD. We ondtratand that about aeventy-six of the bundled men have Ven mde up. Of these, 51 were obtained at tbe Greensboro' I Convntion.tbe remaining 23 hsve been found, 1 4 in nine, 1 n itanaoipn, and tne Da lance i in Davidaen. Rowan. Cabarrus, at Mount I Moorne, and in Davie. To Go. More head, 1 urares, unmer, and lbomat, be I oops the I , - ... honor of running up the list in this part of been Gen. Saunders aocceaa in tk. Eaat,rn c ... ir . l! ... . pinvi hid Diaie. ciritai nia report Will De a good one: and that the work iaiM.i.ll what their judgment admonishes them is tbetrduty on this subject. Salisbury Watchman. We are indebted to an esteemed ccrres-1 mirable artifice of tyranny i A citizen exer ... .. - .. . ....... I l:. r. . s . .. . , MweBW Pnt for the following agreeable intelli- irnr.. I r,- f-.v i , . ww. ,, California has made Ur tkoutmnds, but old Rmdotpk Ur Un. oj thousand,." , "TBur1 r0 lweiTe Correspondence of the JVL Y. Observer LOUIS KOSSUTH. France, November, 1849. vanquisnea, exited, i wanaenng in w eign Uad U the noble hero of Hungary ; he the bitter bread of poverty but his nlme rected by all generous hearts, and Even hi. advVrsarie. respect hi. maaly and powerful eenius. Loui. Kossuth formed the IN. r i J J .fl,!. aesignoi recovering uie muepcuucuic ui u rount; he aspired to be for the Hungari- an. what Waihington was for Americani. -The combined armies of Austria and Russia, the indifference of western Europe, the trea son of General Georgey and other circum stances frustrated his gforioua plans. As for himself he fought to the last, and did not quit his native soil till there was no hu man help left to defend it Honor to tne up fortunate hero ! I will not examine the question of right which has been often discussed in English and French journals. It is undeniable that Hungary was only annexed, and i.ot lubjec ted to Austria ; that it had freely given iU crown to the house of liapsburg ; tnat it nad gtipujated distinctly for independence ; mat the eovernme-.t of Vienna had a thousand : .1.:. j a . w consequenUy the Magyars had just cause to take up arms. But what avails right against the preponderance of brute force ? We ay only that Kpssuth's conduct i. so much more honorablefas he wished to maintain, against the usurpation! of oppressors, the laws of his country. Loui. Kossuth was born in 1803, in the country of ZempUn. His father was a gen tleman-, but poor ; he belonged to the Luthe ran communion. Let this fact be noted. The most illustrious man of Hungary, in our age, received a good protestant education ; he studied in a protestant college ; his doc trines of the Reformation served to unfold his character, to bring out bis talents, and prepared him to occupy the foremost place among his fellow citizens. May not this be one reason that induces the cabinet of Vien na to prosecute so cruelly the Lutherans of Hungary ? The newspapers frequently state that pastors and church-members of this communion are victims of the hardest treat ment. Does the Austrian government hope to find more docile slaves in the Russian Catholics ? and does it persecute in protes tantism the religion which formed Kossuth to be its most formidable adversary ? However this mav be, youne Louis Kos suth was distinguished among his fellow stu dents for the eloquence and strong imagina tion which have ever characterised him. The other scholars recognised hi. superiori ty, called him leader or master, and took him constantly for their guide in difficult cases. Kossuth. early years were toilsome and painful. Having for patrimony only a few acre, of ground, he had, from boyhood, to provide the means of subsistence. By giv ing private instructions to some of his fellow- students, be was able to study law ; and, when admitted to the bar, he managed the affairs of a rich family of Magnates. These humble beginnings did not presage the high position that he should afterwards obtain. In 1830, he first figured in the political as semblies. Being a lawyer as Pesth. he was elected as substitute by a Magnate who could not hinnelf attend to legislative duties ; and in this capacity, he occupied a teat in the lower chamber, or as the Hungarians express it, the low table of the Diet; for there are two assemblies : the high table, composed of chief nobles of the country, and the low tabu the members of which are elective ; some what like the house of peers and -'the house of commons in England. Mr. Kossuth was not happy in his maiden speech. He was somewhat abashed before an audience so new to him, and his words, uttered with hesitancy, produced no impres sion. He sought then another means of em ploying his talents, and conceived the idea rf publishing reports of the debates of the Diet, accompanied with his own remarks. Up to this period, the doings of tbe political assemblies had not been made public. Kos suth's plan was received with much favor His journal, written in a lively, clear and earnest manner, soon found readers every where in Hungary. The spirit of opposition T gained ground ; liberal principle. - became popular, and the advocate, of oppression re ceived terrible blows from. Kossuth's journal It is remakable that several distinguished political men v France. Germany. England. Switzerland, and probably also in the United states, began their public career by editing newspapers. It is a characteristic of our age. r ormerly, to make hi. way, a man must ob tain the favor of the great men and kings ; now the quickest way to arrive at power is to please the people. This is an evident sign of a great change in public opinions and manners. Need I say that prince de Metternich, then all-powerful in Vienna, ordered the publication of the iournal to be discontinued ? The prohibition was illegal ; for, by the laws of Hungary, full liberty of the press :s estab lished. But prince de Metternich cared lit tle for legality ; and as he bad the bayonets, the courts of law, the whole authority of the government at his command, the journal was suppressed What did Louis Kossuth then do ? He devised an ingenious substitute for printing his journal; that was to send to subscribers manuscript copies in the form of letters. which contained a sketch of the meetings of the Diet as before. Tbu method was labori ou. and expensive : but several vounr men dnnteered to copy with their own hands AOHr ei,an tnese manuscript., cajgeuj rcau, even oj conservatives, served 10 increase tne influence of tbe opposition. Citizens met in all the counties to subscribe to the manuscript, and thus encourage the bold enterprise of the editor. M. de Met ternich was greatly irritated ; and as he waa 1,01 mn,w JltM 10 a popular voice, ne prealc Kossuth spen. I Orders were riven to the magistrate, of 1 y . .C t. present at all hazards the propaga- " a mis a LiiR JiiatniiM.riiiL itiuruiLi. ur aaa iiii in article, to the censor- an magistrates reraon- the censorshin waa not consistent with the freedom of the country Bat prince de Metternich made no account of these objections, and caused, in 1837, the arrest of Kossuth for the crime of high trea son I A very convenient pretext trulv : ad. .u."n ? yrrM.uJ Awuzen .uig hi. right, u imprisoned as a traitor? Kos.uth was hut UD in the citadel I TI .u y . . - xciuj, aaa remained mere two years and a half without bein., triA ryJ .v Uroceedir rrf S. ""wTl lawbut. good pleasure I The Judge. ernich, and this tribunal condemned the Hungarian asitator to fouf vears im lrhent! ThJ. occurred in 1830. -' . 4 I will state, in passing, k at his lrapnson- orient gave to Xoasuth a stinguished and amiable wife. --i 'A prison is .ordinarily uie way to matrimony ; but eve in the life of our hero. Miss ! ling is singular Yhertsa Wesstlen- gi, daughter of a Magyar aoble,; penetrated with admiration of the courage ana uie misfortune, of Kossuth, sent bim, book, ia the dungeon' where he was confined. A correspondence-, between them ensu- ea. i ne leiiers soon oecarae mure mu- mate, end when he left the prison Kossuth ed to tbe altar her who had been his gener ous friend. This marriage was, a precious co solation for him in all bis reverses. , The ressa Wesselenjn displayed a manly firmness durinz the heroic r .truggle of the Hungari ans. Worthy companion of Kossuth, she contributed, as much as woman could do, to the sacred caune of national independence ; and now she is separated from her husband! Now, hid in some wild retreat of Hungary, her life even i. threatened ; and if she should fall into the baads of the ferocious general Haynau, who knows whether she will not suffer from hira the meanest, cruelest, perse cution ? Poor mother ! poor woman ! While writing these lines, the tears came to my eyes. " . a m vr . at. tfut l return to tne Diograpny oi kossuui. In 1840, the Austrian government was alarm ed for the tranquility of Europe. "F ranee had been irritated by the arrangement con cluded at London on the affairs i of Egypt, and a general war waa momently expected to break out It was of much importance that prince de Metternich should appease the resentment of the' Hungarians, and from policy far more than from humanity, he gran ted a full amnesty. Kossuth then lei t prison, and bit release wa. a sort of popular ovation. A vast multitude of citizens nailed him as their defender. A public subscription was opened in his behalf, and he was thus fur nisneo wim uie means oi couuaums in , ; u: work free from pecuniary embarrassments, Kossuth published in 1841 a new iournal Knowing by hard experience the danger of discussing Uie acts of the Austrian govern ment, he composed economical rather than political articles. He pleaded the cause of the peasant and the poor man, asked that feudal privileges should be abolished ; he . . ... ..... attacked the prejudices of noble, and the abuse, of local governments, labored in short to awaken in the middle classes the feenng of their dignity and of their rights. M. de Metternich was not pleased with this new kind of polemical but as Kossuth did not war upon tbe central government of Vienna, he suffered him to go on. The conservative of Hungary, who saw their ancient preroga tives opposed with to much good sense and tale t. set up a journal to counteract Kos suth's. But their efforts met with little sue cess. The modern spirit penetrated more and more, even into the dwelling, of the Magyars. The youth adopted eagerly the opinions, pla s and hopes ot the generous agitator, and the nobles saw more and more clearly that, if they would remain at the head of Hungary, they must make proper conces sions to the laboring people, and to tbe mer chants and farmers. Things were so, when the revolution of February, traversing all Europe to the fron tiers of Russia, with the rapidity of light ning, roused the inhabitants of Vienna, over turned prince de Metternich, shook the throne of Hapsburg, and awakened in the Hunganans an irrepressible enthusiam. Tbe attitude of Magyars waa at Onf e changed in view of the Austrian government. They demanded the abolition of feudal faxes, the re-establishment of the liberty of the press tbe extension ot the right ot suffrage, a sep arate administration, separate treasury, ministry chosen exclusively from Hungari- anx, and an army to be put under their con trol. The emperor of Austria approved all, t , .1. . M , . allowed an, in mis moment oi universal irou ble ; and Kossuth, who had directed the ne gotiation, returned to Presburg, under trium phal arches, amidst the acclamations of tbe people. Unhappily, this was but an illusion. The court of Vienna, after appearing to consent to the remonstrances of the Hunganans labored secretly to stir up enemies against them. It awakened the jealousies of Croa tians. the hatred of Servians, and the ambi tion of the ban Jellachich : strange spectacle of a government provoking insurrection and civil war among it. own States! Hungary was traitorously invaded. The emperor of Austria, by tbe basest hypocrisy, duavowed the enterprise of tbe ban Jellachich, and re a . .i mar m . newed to me Magyars nis protestation, oi friendship; but, underhandedlv, he encoura ged the aggressors and plotted the ruin of the Hungarians. Louis Kossuth! was not long the dupe of this double game. " Having discovered the perndy ot the. court of Vienna, he addressed proclamations to the people, made a general levy of troops, and promptly took measures to re ist his oppressors. Be ing appointed Dictator and president of the committee of rational defence, he displayed wondertul activity, serving hi. country in turn by hi. pen, his tongue and bit sword. He created a paper money to supply the lack of gold and silver, and found abundant resource, where other, would have been at a sta- d. He traversed Hungary, preaching the holy war, and the population rose at bis call. Kossuth had soon 150,000 men under arms. His language breathed at once poetry and patriotism. He spake to the heart, to the conscience, to the best feelings of the man and the citizen. What he effected in the short space of a year i. incredible. He held diplomatic relation, with foreign pow en, presided at meetings of the Diet, corresponded with the generals, sketched plans of campaign, reorganized tbe admin istration, and supplied all the wants of a re volutionary government If Hungary could have been freed, certainly Louis Kossuth would have been its liberator. I will not describe the struggle of the Mag. yars against the court of Vienna- The event. are in tbe memory of all the world. The fall of the dynasty of Hapsburg was pronoun ced by the Hungarian diet Austria suffer ed humiliating defeats, and despairing to conquer with her own soldiers, .he was com pelled to call the Muscovite Czar to her aid Russian. f. Austrian, leagued together to crush the warlike nation of Magyars. Be fore these colossal armies, - Kossuth did not lose courage. Hereckoned on the value of his soldiers, on the devotedness of the citi zens and the blessings of God. ,His hopes were deceived. A Hungarian general betray ed the common cause, and Kossuth sought an asylum in the territory of the Ottoman em pire. The two emperors of Russia and Austria demanded the surrender of the illus trious fugitive.: they wished to steep their hands in his blood. Happily, the Mahome tan ruler shows more humanity than these self .tyled Christian princes, sad the Mag yar hero still lives.- " ? posed ' of creatures, of M His career, it is ti be hoped, is not yet ended. He is but forty-six years old; and how many events may occur in Europe be fore he has attained to old age? Nor is Hungary yet dead,, though constrained to submit her head to the executioners., axe ; she awaits a better destiny; and in his late proclamation, Kossuth predicts in magnificent terms that she will one day break the cnains with which her tyrants have bound her. : Loblt rK6ssuth is of a tall form ; of a pale countenance ; he has a high and, open fore head, blue eyes, thick eye-brows. , His mem is grave and dignified. His whole physiog nomy is marked with enthusiasm. His look is often turned to heaven, fie speaica aimosi all the living languages of Europe. His mind is well cultivated. Tie was made lor gover nor of a large empire, and - in adversity, as well as in prosperity, he will preserve the respect of all civilized nations.-:- - X. KIDNAPPER ARRESTED. We learn that a white man named Wade, who claimed to be a citizen of North Caroli na, was arrested in Petersburg on Tuesday night last, in the act of kidnapping two negro men oeioi.gi -g wor nirea oy air. josepu Anderson, of this city. It appears that Wade had been tampering with the negroes enga- I - A .- VOi;n M 'ill Bvral ava nrior to the one on which be left the city: Throughhi8 representations and per j r" . : .. suasion, these negro men had agreed to fol- . . .a a ! a a I low him to the South. Accorai z to we statement made by the negroes, Wade pledj ed himself to give each of them $300 in mo ney, on reaching New Orleans, 1 be amount was to be raised in this manner: Wade was to pass himself a& the owner of the slaves- was to sell them in New Orleans and give each of them $300 out of the proceeds ari sing from the sale. With this money the negroes were assured they could easily es cape to a free State. One of the negroes di- vulged the whole affair to Mr. Anderson, who - . . . thereupon tooks?autious, though effective steps for the arrest of the kidnapper. ! On Tuesday morning. Mr. R. S. Archer was sent to Petersburg by Mr. A , with neces sary instructions. Wade also repaired to Pe' tersburg on Tuesday morning, there to await the arrival of his two dupes. He and Ar cher travelled thence in the same car. On reaching Petersburg. Mr. Archer laid the whole plan before the Police of that town, who readily tendered their services to aid . - . mm a.'aaaa bim in arresting the kidnapper. At halt- past six o'clock Tuesday evening, the two negroes who had promised to follow Wade, were placed in the cars, under control of Mr. F. Wyatt, who accompanied them to Jreters- burg, and after reaching that town, proceed ed with them to the Southern Depot, agreea bly to the arrangement made by Wade with the negroes. About five minutes before the cars were to leave for the South, the signal was given by Wade and promptly responded to by the negroes ; upon which Wade made his appearance, when both the slaves im mediately approached hira. They straight way proceeded to the cars, followed by Ar cher and Wyatt, and several Police officers of Petersburg. The whole company got in to the cars, and as the train was about to move off, Wade turned to the negroes and remarked they were now under his protec tion and were safe , whereupon one of the police officers of Petersburg took Wade by the arm, and remarked, "so are you !" The kid napper was taken from the cars and lodged in jail, and the negroes brought back to this city yesterday by Messrs. Archer and Wyatt. The whole thing was beautifully arranged and admirably executed. Richmond Times. From the JVbrU Carolina Herald. Whereas, it is understood that an emissary of the Abolitionists under the guise of the "True Wesleyan Church," has been covertly and insidi ously instilling the mischievous doctrines of aboli tionism and amalgamation in our community, and has received countenance, encouragement and sup port in the village of Franklinsville, whereby re proach and discredit are brought upon the chanc ier of the village and the business and property of the Manufacturing Company which have built it up, and threatened the Company with injury and loss ; and whereas, it is deemed proper and expedient that we should, by a firm and decisive expression of opinion, put ourselves right before the public ; therefore, 1. Resolved, unattimowly. that the Randolph Manufacturing Company do hereby disavow all countenance or approbation of the cause or pur pose of such emissaries of the Abolitionists or their employers. 2. That the Company condemns and denoun ces all attempts by such secret and underhanded agents to influence the weak, the credulous and fanatical!) disposed portions of the community, to assume positions and proclaim opinions which must necessarily result in unmitigated evil to the public and to themselves, the deluded tools of a cunning and mercenary agent. 3. That this Company will use all proper means to ward off the baleful influences which are sought to be diffused amongst us by northern and western Abolitionists, whose inconsiderate zeal and misdi rected charity can avail only to the creation of horrors and calamities upon which the soul of a wild fanaticism may glut and feasf, without a cor responding particle of good to cheer the heart of the Chrisijanor Philanthropist 4. Rtsoked, That tbe Secretary of this Compa ny be instructed to have a copy of the . foregoing preamble and resolutions sent to tbe Editors of the Herald at Ashboro' and the Patriot at Greensbo ro', wkh the request that they publish the same. HUGH McCAIN, President. A. S. HoajftT, Secretory. January 7ih, 1850. Resolved, vnanimoudy, by the Stockholders of the Island Ford Manufacturing Company, in an nual meeting, that they do heartily approve of the foregoing preamble and resolutions of the Ran dolph Manufacturing .Company upon the Subject of abolitionism, - -j, & . ?."'. Resolved. That the above resolution be publish ed in the Herald and Patriot A. S. HORNEY, President. Thomas Rick, Secretary. Franklinaville, Jan. 6ih, 185a It will be seen from the following Invita tion from the citizens of Newbern to Wayne county, that the people of that section of the State are waking up t the great benefits that must accrue to them, by a connection with the West Let there be a full and able del egation from Wayne in the proposed ; Con vention, and let them act as well as. talk, and the wprk will bt accomplished. Goldsboro' Telegraph. RAIL ROAD CONVENTION IN NEW . BERN. The Citizens of the County of Wayne are respectfully invited to attend a Convention to be held in Newbern, on Wednesday, the 22d rnst, to consider the subject of the great North Carolina Rail Road,' and its proposed extension to the Town of Newbern. K The Steamboat will leave WaynesDoro on Monday the 21st, free of charge. Tn Paovuo. We think, from all we can see, that the Wilmol Proviso will1 never become a law. Every thing seems to be working arinst it. If the House should pass it, lhe Senate would not r and even if tbe Senate shonld, we have no potion' that the President wptijd ever let it become a law. From the Augusta, ( Go.) We hare received, and gladly publish, the following letter. It is written by a gentle man who was long a citizen of Mobile, by whose citizens he was freauentl v honored with distinguished marks of confidence and respect.' We commend the letter to the at tention of the Southern planter and merchant?-" ' ' LivEarooxNov. 23, 1849. Dear Sir : Having been - as kker-on here ia Vienna" since August last, and -entertaining a deep solicitude for, and sympathy with, the pro ducers of our great staple in the United States, I am induced to offer to you, and through you to the parties immediately : interested, a few sugges tions, wtic'i, if prop ?rly acted upon, must have an important, and I think an enectual, influence m producing uniformity and certainty in prices.- The chief cause of depression in our markets is, that fatal and suicidal practice of throwing the whole crop into the markets in three or four months. This is nothing less thanjjeing bound hand and foot, and delivering yourselves into the power of your executioners. The deliveries of cotton into the several ports from N. Orleans to Charleston for every week, and a comparative statement of the corresponding week of the pre vious year, is regularly posted up in the Exchange News Room every week, and these people con sider every bale so delivered as their legitimate prey, particularly wbenj you regularly, from year to year, glut tne manteis in sjecemoer, January and February, crowding your factors' tables, and pressing sales, when, by chance, the article is a little up, when common sense and reason should teach you that this is the very thing that buyers like to see. Recollect, that there is not only in cotton, but in all other transactions, a wide differ ence between "Will voubuv?"and "Willvou sell?" From the days of Solomon down to the present, tbe cry of the buyer has been, "it is naught it is nadght ?' how much more, then, will it be tbe case if (bey have a market blled to repletion 7 Keep your cotton at home, withhold it from the market, especially in those months, and only send it forward as it is wanted. Do not be afraid of its falling ; nothing can make it do so but this glut in the market. For a series of years past, even those of greatest depression, cotton has al ways been worth ten cents, and it would have been insured to the planter if it had been held and I venture the assertion, that there is no invest ment that would pay ao well as cottpn withheld from the market at periods of depression. Again ; cotton has within the past year, been placed upon much higher and more certain basis than ever be fore ; and my firm conviction is, from all I have seen and learned here, that with a reasonable de gree of prudence on the part of producers, in withholding their crops, prices mav and will be maintained at an average of 10 to 12 ceats for years to come, l here is not one good reason a gainst it, while there are many in its favor. The successful introduction of steam navigation by sea has opened up vast markets for cotton goods, unknown to the world, as consumers of our fab rics a few years ago. When you and I were boys, no young lady considered herself becomingly dress- a f T ti a i .i w . . . . en ior a cam weaaing, wnnout an India muslin robe. Now 'India and the Brazils are considered the most important markets for all kinds of cotton goods from England. France and the Continent now take fully half as much of the material as England does, and they are urging forward and increasing their manufactories with great ardor, and I see that the Southern States are being a wakened to the importance of this subject God grant that it may continue and extend, instead of increasing your culture, invest your surplus in manufactories, thus rendering your cotton crops secure of a good price, and, at the same time, large probts lrom the manufactured article. Another reason why I think prices will be main tained in luture is, that consumption has overtak en tbe prod ucUon The surplus stock of Amen can cotton in Liverpool was 808,100 bales on the 31st December, 1845. The stock reported last week was only 245,510 j allowing the average weekly consumption for the remainder of the time, it must be reduced to, or even below. 100. 000 by tbe 31st December next, with the eertain tv of the incoBiin? ctod beinar rerv deficient In. deed, from what F saw and know of the state of the crops before I left the United States, with what I heard since, I should not be surprised should it turn out even less than that of 1840, which was 1,778,651 bales. Should this prove to be the case, or the crop not to reach much a bove 2,000,000, all who hold their cotton will get well paid for it before May or June next The wants of the world require three millions of bales i . . r i. t. . , . ai scasi, lur wuicu u is maimy oepenuent upon us. For all this boast of Indias. Ervntians. Su- rats, Palestines, etc., and "other countries," that tney parade so ostentatiously before the public, a- mounts, in fact, to nothing. Many of these bales are not longer than a good plantation meal-bag, and hold about as much. Having glanced at the importance of pressing forward our domestic man ufactories, allow us now to give you an extract from a work of Mr. Burn, on the statistics of the cotton trade. He says : "The value of the whole export of British and Irish produce for the last three years has- been as ioiiows : 1844 1845 1846 .$50,048,306 .53,298,026 .51,279,735 oi wnicn cotton manufactories and cotton yarn formed .25,805,338 -26,119,331 25,600,693 so that one-half the value of all our exports con sists ot cotton manufactories, and not more than one-third or one fourth of this large amount arises from the cost of the raw material which we pay to foreigners, so that the remainder is actually en riching our own country, through the skill and labor of our manufacturers and factory opera tives. Comment on the above is unnecessary. Go ye, and do likewise, remembering at the same time that the first next best thing to cash in hand, is cotton ; pext to this mules and jacks to spin k into yarn ; and that when cotton is low in price, nothing will pay as good or so certain ao interest by being kept Don't' think that old cotton is un saleable quite the contrary. There was a lot sold here a week or so ago; that had been m warehouse here 6ince 1825y and a party privy to the purchase, told me that "it opeaed up beauti fully. n Oh no, don't be afraid, bale up your cot ton, and lav away as carefully as bank notes, until called lor by the demands of trade at a re numeratiug price. Above all things keep it out of tbe markets as much as possible during the months of December, January and February. Your Friend. An IsrrosTM. At the reqnest of tbe gg'ieved Grandmother, we publish the fol lowing : A mn of genteel appearance calling him self William Hampton, professing to be from Madison Parish, Louisiana, came into the vk nity of MiHedgeyille, in April Isst. Affecting to have business in the neighbor, hood, he mads many acquaintances, among them a very worthy young lady, Miss Mary K ng, whom he addrssrd end ' married. After remaining with her about three month?, pretending to prepare to return lo Louisiana, he sold her property amounting to near ihree thousand dollars, pocketed the mon- y, and thereupon deserted herwithout having given any intimation of aueh intention As there are good reasons to believe that this ia not the first aet of the kind he has been guilty of, the Grandmother conceives it to be her duty thus to hold the man up to public scorn, and to put it on its gnard a gainst a recurrence of the like. S-id Hamp. ton (if that be bis true name) is rather band- some in his person," about six feet faigh, of fair complexion, sandy hair, bine eyes, about twentyrsix or seven years of , age. In manners very sociable, and profuse with his .money. i- - i.' s .-. : OCT Editors of nrwspaper in South and Norlb Carolina, Alsbama, Mississippi, Lou. isisns, and all others who feel disposed to aid tbe csuse of public morals, wil please police the" above. ScwMr Recorder, um are we puma uui ueusntrai paa. vnwarp'd by party rag to live liltf brcthn, RALEIGH. N.jcT" Wednesday, January 2$ 1850, THE SOUTHERN CON ViiN'flOg, j WA have been no inattentive observer of the in dications around us in favor of a Southern fV vention. We have felt no slight difficulty in for. ming an opinion as to the measure seeing that on the one hand, if rashly ordered, it niight work inflnit. n n 4 iMMA..kl. tn hi .ot . .1 iuuuik auu uicuicTdiiicuijuij , ,uu ui uie Otbcr that, wisely and discreetly directed, it might b productive of mnch good. We entertain cere desire that North Carolina may Co-open with her sister States in the South, in?; any jmjj. cious movement that they, may deem eceanrr at the present crisis, for the public gool. With! out an opportunity, however, of eliciting the sea. I timents of tbe people , on the subject, and with ao certainty before us as to what may be the tutors I of the action that a Convention, when ssembWd may take, we, for one, are opposed to committiaj the State to any blind and inconsiderate policy. What is this Convention to do, when atstm. t bled 1 That is tbe question Is it called for tha - purpose of preparing the public mind, apd makioj conditional provisions, in behalf of each! Southern Slate, for uuUifying the WHmot Proviso, ifra should be enacted by Congress? If so, we art against it, because we believe nullification to-bt wrong in principle. If tbe purpose bd to make provisions for an immediate withdrawal from the Union, we are still more opposed to it ; jfor we rt vere this Union too much it is hallowed by too many sacred associations it confers foo much respectability upon the American narrje it hat secured too much of happiness to as already, and promises too many anticipations of a glorious.Fa-i ture, to be thrown rashly aside, as aworthlen thing. When the time comes that the Union cas no longer be preserved, consistently with the rev pect we owe to ourselves, as men and Southern ers when our grievances become so f)eavy and immediate, that they are no longer to be borne when public opinion is unanimous t$at actum must be had, and when that action is gisconn ted with all party schemes and selfish vif ws, then, and not till then, are we willing to go uito coun cil, as to the explicit toten and how this action it to be appbed. Is tbe object of the Convention to unite public opinion, and secure a concentrated opposition to the efforts of the Nortbernfanatics7 If so, it is time, and trouble, and expense, and ex citement, all for nothing ; for the South w already united, thoroughly united. We are charitable e nough to concede this fact, although such hot headed champions of Southern rights as; Venable, Meade, &c, are guilty of occasional vagaries, ia voting for such men as W. J. Brown, apd in eu logising a Southern President, who sanctioned the Wilmot Proviso. Is the object o "read tbe law" to the Northern people to indulge ia menacing and violent language to declaim of fra ternal war and of bloodshed, and to pass high, sounding resolutions? If so, we are opposed to assuming any such vaporing attitude. As to our feelings on this subject, tbe North already knows them. As to threatening it with wha we wl do that is not the way in which determined men, who know their rights, are in the habit f assert ing them, and neither is it the way to operate oa the judgment and sense of justice of a bold adrer sary. Our threats of violence may be treated with disregard. Our strength, a yet, is onekf moral power, resting on justice, right,, generosity, and the requirements of fraternal connexion! What then is the Convention to be called forj? Why do not the individuals who are pressing the more men t tell us what is .the object ? Us)til satis fied on this point, the State should besiutt l kmg time before committing itself, by ' tjhe hands of a few men, to abide .whatever course they mat think proper to adopt. A single false step may ruin' us. Napoleon designated some- sjction si worse than a crime we think it was a blunder. We, have thus concisely stated our principal objections to the project of an immediate South ern Convention, or rather to the plenary and un defined powers with which it is proposed to in vest one. What above all we desire, iaf connec tion with this matter, is, that the peopts shonld take it out of the hands of the party hucksters snd politicians who are triflngwithrt It i mingled too familiarly in the party issues of the day, snd handled too incautiously by men, who, perchance, have not calibre sufficient to appreciate its mo mentousness, or patriotism enough to calculats the perils that surround us. When the peopk move, we shall be with them, and we beeve that when the people, calmly and unitedly, shall de liberately present to the people of tbe North tha issue of dissolution, a the consequence of as ac complishment of the purposes upon which soot1 of them item benC thef wH prefer to tivjf togwto-- er with os in amity. If they do not, wel shall t least have the consolation of knqwin jrhat ws have not hastened the evil. i We have the utmost confidence in the Admbh istration of Geh. Tavxoiu. He has pledged hinv self to use his influence tQ "preserve theUnk in its toegnf-r-and supported by tbe plttrwusm and forbearance of the whole Country, we bsvs but little fears as to the result The maiatenanc of the constitutional rights of , the South j wbV pensable to that M integrity and all U&on-lav-ing men, of whatever section, must ass tksw best influence' to preserve them from invasion. Ron T. Butler Kins. - The Whigs ot Wayne county", Georgia, ia the district recently represented by the Hon. Mr. Kinf at a meeting on the 7th instant; adopted (the fol lowing resolution : . - , Resolved, That iu parting with our late Repre sentative, the Hon. Thomas Butler Kiugjwe fit" bound, in view of the very high esteem we enter tain for bim ss an able and .consistent legislator, to express the deep regret we feel at parting with him as a eitiaen of oor State and Represeotativs m Cfezujress, where hia course has been koaw with a broad nationality, strongly contrasting with the narrow and injurious one pursued by toornany fpupd there, who are unworthy of the p(acessign ed them;apd incapable of either duly aproreciaUflg the. high eminence lent them, or acting prrjoeny and with enlarged views in that exalted sphere, where t nation of freeman are tg he bjesssd or 8 Jursji bjr. tn;.epduct : : ' .,-: i r: I i"r- r t.- I i
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