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BUJtLlNCTON FREE PRESS, FRIDAY MORNING, March 35, 1850. J) t C C J V C 0 iiiiiii.ixctox, vr. FIIIDAY MOIININC, MAU. IT) .Ml. Webster. 5 18UI In our telegraphic icpoit (brief inn! imporfee us it iiii'lcmlilc lly is,) of Mr. Wr.tis rr.ti's speed cm Thursday last, the following passage occurs " Mr wished it ilitinctly understood that he tumid- ntdthe nam ninciit milrmnlij liuiinu I't rtriite ni-ti-Mmr Stairs nrl nf Writ, ir!ni siiffteicnllil ptp'i Imu lie I'mil'. nul rinlittc thnt ClllHlilct I I Hit ill'' laws ol nature Imtl settled the ii'ictinn,lnr California mi, I Mi-vii'ii. Hi' wnt Wlllilllf therefore I" nil tin' ti-riitiirii's irithnnl mm Shu-em tcstl icliuii It was unneecssaty ami inexpedient." 'I'lic same parage is given ill the II titan Pit hi .dcctthcr of Frill iy, ami oilier B uton piper.-. We have since seen a fiilli-r telegraph ic report nl this s jioei'li, in I ho X . ('nt-ier and i'.mpiiic-, ami it does not v.iry itriteria It y Irom Ihit liufiire r reived. Jlf, Wili-l'l'i: i rcpri seutod -also, as allnd i-.g ' tn the dill'li'i I'J arising Irolii tin' lailnie of tin' Xortii, to give piopi'r aid in the rapture aiul deliveiing "I' of fiuilivu slaves, In this. In r.iiiinrlit l lie N irth in the wroiiL', ami the Smith I t'li'T I' wa a j i rt c..ine of coinpliinl iiion the put ol the Stini li, ami one which tin' North i tight to remove. Cmigre.-s ought to p.i-s some law, removing 'in' , ul ') f"r 'in lf tli mpporliiig the hill of .Mr. Mash", now pending in I lie Senate, having that uhjecl in view." Tho lio-lnn M!as ol Saturil ly 5 lys it f Imll 1 avoiil crniii'-nts nnlil a more reli ible report i-. received." 'I'he ,Wi niicr says : ' We avoid comment for the present.-' We choice to do no such thing. We prefer ti ' r.ntniiicnl" vine. We h ive no donht thai the general putport and tenor uf Mr. Wr.B'TEti's fp-rch is euricc.lly given, and our first comment 1- that, in onr deliberate judgment M . Wi.n .if.rt has shown hini-e!f unfaithful In himt.u- nnil in .' sr.M't.MKxr or tii:: N'oitnt. He ha done prcci-ely what wo expressed o ir apprc heminn he won. do in our paper of March 'i. lie h i weighed I'iiim ii'I.f. and Jisrn 1: igainst t 'oM.Mt.m: and I'nl.n v, and :nt his own pon derous weight into the latter .scale ! In Anglic', ISIS, Mr. Wkiisti:!'. made the follow ins nohlc declaration, in hi? dace on the Hour of the Senate : " Mv iii'ii'iitinii In ill- iui-r'-.Tf of Slavery in lie- cii'iiniv. on 10 T il. im r.cvsr. m Si.avi. itcr-UFSi-siA-i io-; in t .vines--, H i-i'ie-ral an. I univrr-il. It has no rrlt-ien.-i' In tin- Inn's oflatnn le or points of tie ( inpas. 1 f-li-tl i iiiim-c all siit'h extension vxu a 1 . t . Mill t '-rtt:A.i-, in all plan-, at all Mini's, under all irt'iiin-laiiriT.rveii annm-t all in luei'iivH, ujjainil all conilnaaliiin, n iin-l all cimipionii'1'.'." Tni was .-aid AlTHIt the a!misinn of 'I'ex 1 into lhi.1 Uiiion. We need ad I nothing more to -.how tint Mr. Wi;is-si 1:1: li.is heen nn f liilifnl to niM-Lt.r. 'J'he docluralion we hav ipioled t..';n.v rriicents the principles, the wishes ami the determination of the WliiL'-'. ""'I of rraily all pirlie-, of the N nth. We need add nothing iiiorj 10 j..o v tint Mr. U'nni'.r. his been nn (jitiifnl to ill- s .Nii.Mi.Ms drill.: Xoittii. And now one word nb nil " fugitive 'dtvci'." J. Wf.BsI ft may vote for a hundred billi,nnil Congress may pass llicin, having for their end the c.i,- ipcnilhiu if the .Xurth fur the rcfori'i n vf theft ub ft I liH'Mtn bvin, and we can tell him that .no Northern nor Free Slate l'gi.-la Inn.' will concur willi him and Congress, hy pas-ing hi ws, to rnfiirce tnch co-operation! Wi! can , fnrlher, that, in onr opinion, in iNaliiin il nur Slate I. tw would prove rf'.c'rnl for that purpose. Il is nsele-s to dUgtii.-o the mat ter ; no hum in law can h" p i-s-ed which idial! control human power large enough, to enjagc the Freemen of the North in the dirty wurli of le-conveying to .-livery and oppression any nnn who may ho lucky cnoin'h to escaiie from liein! In re-pe.-.l, a Uw of (Congress, ha 11;,' i holly iilihnrrent to a jn-t an 1 true runt. I'.' o -i.m-is. ( vhieh is higher and more potent than all law) would he as impotent as " hiirnl lli.v.' The sentiment of the North, and of the civili.e 1 world, i-: ForC id's fa'ie let Ihe-c sl.ivi-n of a Ciiiii-riAN 11i:i'Ui;i.iij escape, if they can ! Il is notour hiisiue.-s lo go among llieni, and entice or i leal Iheiu away, hut m c-mciy, we hid Ihein " Clod i-pced '." U is not nur hu.-ine-s to re-lore Jlr. Wulislnr's Speech. I The ppeech ol M'. Wcii-thk is the great topic of the day. and must nhoitly become the great topic, of the North. We received, ht evening, in the llo-toit Alius of ve-terday, nn arcniute irpoit of il, as conreliil hy hiunelf s we prrdiclcd, it nfHitnrs the liroiitul.s, in regaid lo the great and overshadowing lopic. of Slavery, that were brii lly given in Hit- tele graphic de-palches of il. . We think Mr. WmtsTKit Iras neglected one ol I lie noblest " opportunities" ihit ever Provi dence ollcrcd to u man, and Ihat he lias Ins' it forever ! We mean Ihe opporluiii'y tn skttix Tiir. S'l.Avr.itv Quksiion in tliis C mntry. In stead uf doing thin, he has left it worse, far worse, than it was before a more fruitful and dangerous and exciting ipicslion than ever, and further from iidju?lmeiil ! There is not the -liirhtest no-sible iirobabilitv thai his views wil' 01 1 ... . r.l till II .... r.l. conuminu ine assent 01 ine nig r.iriy 01 me North. That it may receive favor from the Cisr, an I-Hit t i di'in icrut-(a ho brought 'J'exns into our Union, "and all our icia.' ) we think not imnrobible. Hut the Whiu lli:ur of the X art It will utterly and promp:ly nod cuiphali c ally lepudiato and reject the propositions ho his laid down, so f ,r as respects fclavcry. We should be sorry to doubt il, and we do not doubt it. We reject and repudiate tliem, ill any rale. We say tint Mr. WK.".sri:r. has lost a golden opportunity. He might hive inidj his name as joir as il has hitherto been respect ((. I le Liimrt the sentiment ol the Ninth on Ihe .subject of Slavery he know.s it is ju-l senti ment, not aggressive upon the " rights of the South," not leading lo Ihe slightest intei ference wilh the true " compromises of the Constitu tion," but ulterly and uncoinpruinisingly hostile to any further "concession!." to Slavery. He hninrs tint the North will xr.vr.r. consent that a Territorial Government shall 1: ndopled for New Mexico without a section affirming the doctrine of the ordinance of '&"; that they will .NKVr.i: consent to the admis.-iun of another Slave Stale into ibis Union, thereby "increasing Slave to lalk about cutting her up Into five Slave I try, the man who has just published lo the I world that this Union cannot stand on any oth er condition than that Slavery ho permitted in nil its Territories. Immediately on tho conclu sion of Mr. Wkiitkr's speech, Mr. Calhoun arose, ami, aa the hathwi'ton Union rsayH. " H'lfA uncxpeckd strength of voice" compliment ed Mr. Wf.iisti'.b, "on the liberal pioposittons ho had made !" Why, let 113 ask, did not Mr. Camiou.n compliment Mr. Ci.ay and Judge I'nr.M-s unless it be (its il is) that Mr. Wtn STKR has far exceeded both those distinguished gentlemen in the " liberality" of his " propost tion" lo the foul spirit of Slavery ! Hut listen to Mr. Camio.nm, and mark his significant lan guage. It is this: I henrd the ircntli'iimi also sav he would not vote lor the Unknot Proviso that he believed that Na ture had already excluded slavery Iroin the new I it ritories. Now, as far nu new acquisition is concern ed, 1 am di-puseil to leave the question to Nature bcr- sclt J hut 1 wlmt I tttwayi tiim-ilca uioii. i.et ihat portion ol our country winch has more naturally a iioii-skiveholilniL' iiouulalion be occupied and Gov erned by them, mid the other portions by us, destroy. nig the arlilicial line, although mat is perhaps uclter than none. .Mr. Jellerson spoke like a prophet upon the Missouri compromise. Indeed, I am willim; to leave il lo Nature to Nellie nnd oreauizc these Terii- lories. Organize them upon the principle nf the ifeittlemnn ftoiu MiivHichiisctta, and oivk us rr.Ei: SCOI'E AND A snFICIKNT TIMT. TO Or.T IN WC ASK Niii inxd nor that, ami wf. nlver will. When the rci lleinan snys he is willing to leave it to Nature, iimlrrsliiml ihat he is willinn also to rtn.Move AM. im pi.iiiMcvT.s vow i'lt inouk way. deterriiiB ournconle from unini; there I mean the consiniuiiale lolly of eiiuiy me .111 xican liiw uuuiuiiiii switi; in nwn .Mexico anil Laliturma." Stales. Hut wc arc extending Ihcso remarks fuither tlmn wc intended. Wc lake 110 plea sure in dift'eiing fioin Mr. Wr.r.9li:li. We l honor his splendid Intellect, Ins extraordinary itiHinments, his unrivalled eloquence hereto fore difplaved in behalf of Freedom. Hut we 'o no faithcr. Wo opposed the admission of Fexa, as a, whole, and wo shall oppose her rc' iditiissinii by instalment of States I To-morrow wc shall have a word lo say in regard to Mr. Wkihteh's hostility to the appli cation of the Ordinance of '87 to New Mexico Mr. Wclistcr on (lie Ordinance of '87. We h ive again read, w ith thorough attention. the speech of Mr. WKnsTr.n,iilid arc constrain cd to say that our impression that it will not and ought not lo, command tho as-nnt of the Whii' l'arty of the North, is completely con firmed. It is marked with the usual, thong not with the great, ability of its distinguished author. It has none of the sententious fervor and earnestness tint mark the celebrated Reply to llayne, while the "crisii" it is intended to meet is eminently more serious and important than Ihat which called forth that splendid effort of tictiius and intri tism. The troubles that threatened from South Carolina " nullification' were not half so great, intrinsically or cxtrinsi cully, as those which now embarrass the set tlement of the Shivery question. The Slavery division unites ncar'y all the South nullifica tion was prineipilly formidable in " rptattlchum." The occasion and the motive, therefore, for the display of tho magnificent powers of Mr. Wtn stku's mind, arc now greater, while the result is decidedly inferior. We can attribute it to but one cause: Mr. Wmistt.r, on Thursday last, must have been entirely conscious that ho was no' (as he mvm in answering Mr. Ilaync) on solid ground, and carrying with him the ap- Of Town Superintendents of Public Schools J or the year ending March, ltiDU. house is of brick, has been in ue a number of I District No, II Is the first south ofthevil ycarsand needs repairs and improvements. The lage,on Shclburn street. Tills school Ims inado This is what Mr. C.u.iiou " understands" bv Mr. Wkiisteii's deference to " the will of God !" Need wc add a word ! Mr. Weiistkr is a man of prodigious talent anil learning, the ablest man in the country, by all odds, in sheer intellectual strength. Wc have never thought nor spoken of him but in tonus of unbounded admiration, as one of tho " dii mnjorum gentium," " a combination and a form indeed, Where all the gods did seem to set their stamp, To !ic the world assurance of A MAN !" The result of this effort of his will show how liepicseiuauoii in ooogies, mu ...... , . 1. . ,,,,(.. rather thin iiist; a will Ncvr.:?, NKVKU, pass laws to facilitate the i-1 1 1 . 1 (tr,ir tn nnnir awav the convictions of r capture of fugitive slaves who m ly cscap" wvmww,, ad t10 heart. It lias bright Irom a delestab'e bondage. Lnil htnWr points; hut upon ex unination tliey Tbi, Mr. Wi.r.sTi.n knows, and this -cut:- ,.,,, ?., ...,. Historical tlnn true ; iiniti-ilinn nod noolaosn of his constillienls. The speech is able, butcoW, in the hi Jiest ' far the "disturbing power" of even his great ilnirie,- '7i. but imhirt rc. It cwvovs in ! 'ic can vary the steadiness of the nnguelic impression tint it carried the hen of the speak- i Ui-'edlo of W1110 land! I'uincii'i.us in Now Fug I'.om California. The Steamship Ccorgiu, arrived at New York on Friday, biinging San Francisco mails to hu was bounJ to represent, and has ()ilr r(vii,(ir( ,m,i(,Ml;,ni wh-it we mean by Feb. I. She brings over Inlf a million of gold ni'-nt ,,'prrsenled ! lie m,hh- nave sain uui, wiiu lhs ,-,,.; ,;Nlr.u.l- Speaking of the " Wil- liis comm inding intellect, 1 i - great reputaliou, J p,, ,, Mr ,tVliiirmvai- hi-, aeknowledged aiithorilv, to all of which is 1 . . . n . ' , I ilrs-ire to ;i'.ir nut nil my heart ill as plain a added the imposing sanction ol encrali.e age, ln.,.r pn-ible ; and I say.auani, ihat il a prop- calmed ihe ' o-uimi were now heie tor a iiovernineiii mr im-w .i'Meo,inil 11 was nioveii in uin-ri a pruTi-uin mr uie proiiibiiion ol sl.icry, 1 would not vole fur it." Now our notion is that when a man really -noli a dee.liraliou would hive limped, and stilled Ihe lagirg', of dUunioi ) - he mvjil have said, what it is aiii to deny, lb il the .-r JiAJ'Mirrv of the I'eople of this Union have resolved and determined lint Slave- duat. The news Irom the mines is ofth- most gratifying natuie, not one-hall of ihe distress winch was predic ted havinu oeeurred. In die upper portion of the pincers the snow bus been so deep as to compel the miners to come down lurllu-r, l.ut those who have wintered above have no reason to complain. In ninny ol the " diaains" Hew discoveries hive lin-ii innile. and the remit of labor has exceeded the most sanguine exprct.i lions. Provisions have hot :u rensouauit: "pours out all Ins hear.," ho does it tcithoitl i ZmZ mi'lin? nii'llhing itboul his 1 heart" iincolHcious- Ui)un the banks of the various streams, and are As another year closes, the Superintendents of Public Schools beg leave lo submit to their fellow citizens tho following a3 their Annual Hcporl : In their last Hcport your Superintendents took the liberty to name some radical defects in tho existing arrangements wilh reference to our Schools, and also lo suggest certain desirable changes. The last Ins been, in some respects year of progress. It nffbrds us pleasure to ay, that Ihe suggestions ol our last licpori were well received, and hy Ihe earnest co-ope-rution of a fovv competent persons, some of tho leading suggestions of that Report are already undergoing tho ordeal of a practical experi ment. Il will he rccollecled, tint wo urged tho im portanco of organising our village schools on tho principlo ol gradation. During the pist winter live of our village districts, viz., 10, 12 13,11 and 15 have united to support a High School, for tho common advantage of all tho in habitants of tho several districts constituting tho Union. Tho Trustees of the late Itiirlington High School generously proffired to the Union District the u?e of their building on Collego st for the niirnnso of their High School. On the 1 1 tli of February tho Hurhnglon Union High School (A) commenced under favorable auspi ces, and has now connected with it 18 males and 31 females, in all 70 whho study in se parate room', but are classed together. Three competent Teachers are earnestly engaged in imparting instruction. 1 he range of studies comprehends the requisites for a thorough Eng lish education, and in the language?, besides Ficnch,an ample preparation for college. The instruction is designed to be thorough, in the true seiiic of tho term, and such as shall best secure the grand designs of an education. Four of the districts constituting this Union, already support, each within its own borders, two grades of schools 1 primary and middle A short experiment convinces all minds of the good economy ard practical utility of such di visions; and ol itsell, in a very sncri ume, ine vitahly creates the necessity for the third grade, or high school. We hive in town liftoen primary school dis tricts. In these districts are 'Ju schools, -J0G3 scholars returned, (an incroa-e returns of IS 18 ) ibiut CO) at school. These schools have cost the town, during IS 19, 3, 121 87 more thin ISIS. Collectively, the public schools of liiirlinglou are in an improv ing condition. Still there e.re seriou-: evils ex-i-ting. which, wc oonlidently hope will, ere long, be removed. The interest already awakened ,..,l.l. -,,,,, ...!.!..!. .. ..:.! 1... .1... nuiiuuriui'iii I'l-'pur, WHICH IS UUUIIJIK u ujr im; larger scholars, was oriL'inallv a pretty good room: but it is sully dofaccl, filthy and unin viting. It needs clernsing, better seating, and ventilating. For some reason, there has not been evinced of late, in this district, that endeavor to secure very rapid progross, especially during tho w i 1 1 tor term. Mr. Castle, tiieir excellent teacher, has been indefatigable In his labors to improve tho school ; and it albnU us pleasure to say, tint this school is In a very good condition. There has been manifested a good degree of in terest in the studies pursued, and we have rarely the most competent teachers, which i3 desirable Ueen belter order in any school. The health, habits an 1 qualifications of the male I This district have been for several yc-TBtalk ry suai', uereaner, ur.c cue.-, o.v,w,. ' y, spontaneously especially when, being a own Coiislitutioual limits, that they will cm- ,", .,.lriI.I.Ms man. bo is nonr'ni-ril out in on- jiosiliiin In proposed restrictions upon the ci ten sion nf human Sluvtni ! Wc distrust all such sent to no further cxtcn-ion of it, wherever and whenever they have Constitutional power to prevent it, thai they will vole for the admission nf tin lllmo Sluvo Stales, ind that they W'lt.l. Not assist, no matter i7n;i may be the penalty, j in capturing and re ciiflttiini; human beings 1 ' created in the image ol (iin!" lleK-o.Vs lint this is the M-ntimeiit of the North, irrespec tive of legal quibbles, or C"li-'tilutioual Special pi. ading ; and if he bad saiu so, he would have been irne to himself, to his constituents, lo huuianitv ! lie tells us, him-elf, in the very ' Speech before us (mil wc wonder his cheek I did not burn when ho told us ) j " The Constitution dors not require that " fugitive sl.ivt s slnll lie ilelivereil up. 11 leipures mat per ttdveilisemcnls of profound emotion. It isn't natural. It isn't the true language nf i-kkm.nu. Wc instinctively distrust it. Wc don't believe luiilt nn wilh ntieriin!i!eil ranidltv. 611 the American River and its branches, as well as in the ravines and galehi-s in the mountains be tween thru), those who work obtain Irom $5 to per dav when the weather will allow operations to be carried 011 which is lully equal to the average sum mer yield. Cold is found in the bih banks os the rivers nuil ntnona Ihe rocks, where noone deigned to look for il in the ,lry season. There cam ot be les3 than 'JO .000 nersnns w iuieiniL' in the mineral regions ot 1 lie acraineiilo and San Joaquin, mid as laras it. When the heart speaks, it is its own herald. 1 we bear geiieial coo I health prevail'.. I he only d.a. ... , ,.r . eases are scurvy and It vers ; the In.-t occasioned by Hut again, 111 the sune paragraph, Mr. Kit- walll o) j,,.,;,!,),. t( am t,e last by epoiiie to 5TF.it, speaking of the prohibition of Slavery in 1 wet and cold. Tho npinU ns of some letter riteis ' ' , " I to I he eontiary, we know Irom etenive person 1 1 New Mc.ICO,says: observation, that a decree of order and good tct-lmg ti.. nrPl, .1 nrnl.il.iiinn would be i.lK n il I'reva.ls m he mn es ini'urpaen ,y any equal ,m . n- . ' .11 1... . ...'.' illation 111 the wor d teachers have been such, that the Siipcriulcn dents have felt, that it would bo doing injustice to their fellow citizens, to give him a liccnso. This department of the school needs a thoroughly competent teacher. Not only should he be able lo instruct his pupils in the several branches studied, but his habits, manners and character, should furnish to litem a good and safe model. After these, children will copy, Miss Adams school, at tho time of ex tin! na tion, appeared well. Hut tho basement room she occupies is low, rough, damp, unhealty, in convenient and stable-like. Within three years, some two or three teachers of this Primary school, have died ; and it is a melancholy fact, that disease appears to have been aggravated, if not induced by the unhcaltliVtoss of this misera ble school-room. The number of scholars returned 158 " at school, 1'. -10 middle CO max. 109 Exponsea. $28,'.250. District No. 2, In tho Fast part of the town: near Bishop's Tavern, have manifested botli in terest and enterprise worthy of commendation. Sinco our last report, they have completed a now school house of brick, which is well loca ted, attractive in its external appearance, cour modious and healthy in its internal arrangement They have acted wisely, too, in first seeking good teachers, and then aiming to employ tho same, during successive terms. Their number of scholars returned, 03 " " at school, 40 " Maximum, 5J Fxpenscs, $227,00 District No. 3, Qn tho Hinesbiirgli road, have but a small school, with a now house, which well answers their purpose. This school itself is not what tho farms and dwellings along the way would fl itter us to expect. Teachers more competent and better paid, would speedily ele vate the character of this school. A certain remedy to those evils in their sthool, which must , , ., , be obvious to themselves, Is this, hot the riii of 72 above the , , '. , , zens 1101 care less ior uieir uaine, uui leu-iuiu j more for their ic'inols, let them make provisions I for it, commensurate with its acknowledged 1 importance. No. of scholars rettirnod, 24 'I at school. 15 " Maximum, 20 Expenses, 1 -13,00 District No. 1, On Dnresct St., have also a small school, but in point of good order, studi ousness, good manors and attainments, ranks among the very tirst in town. They have also a new house, well adapted lo their wants. Mere is found a good, and yet growing interest, on the ireCtlOIIS .1 ..vn.lnlinn nf irnnil ihinrrc I r ' brill" " S" . Li"-"- .i ! 1. come. We need an improved order of school-houses. This, it is a common saying, is 011 age of pro gress. Hut amid all improvemrn's, is it not passing strange, that our school-house edifices .should so generally bear the marks of a former subject of Public school education, age? Save in respect to these, tho citizens of I Numbor of scholars returned' Iltirlington cannot bo charged with any very I " at school, in-.-.!,! .i-mt nf nllber :iiel.itep.lnr:il sbill tir la, In. 1 maximum, I Our private dwellings and public edifices arc rather the pride thin the sh iiiio of their projec-; lors, builders, owners and occupants. Hut what ' wouil nave mum me leiiuu- i , ... ,t . . , , take pains to reaHirn. an ordi- . ' (ovcrntneiit than that formed by I to re-enact the will of Liod." i hltle communities ot miners tor theniselvv uui llu-s ill the absence ol any ihe Jillereut ves. sons bound to service iiioiiet5tite.il el eseapms into ! r,lc lllost 0l,vi0s sophistry, ,i ,..r -I... I... .I,. ii-..r.,l iu " Mr .viM.Iisiin iimi.i. 1 J s.'d tin- introduction ol the term slave or -lav-eiy ml.) glad to know what f lovcriimcnt.s arc in-titutcil ilie Constitution ; lor lie said, thai be did not w'i-li to I j,- it u m, m.cc;seiy "tr rc-cnact the vv ill of It is the m:vF.Ai.i:i will of Cod that rcpccts any cfi'ecl it would have iipniwh ry ; aim i wouui not mince of Natuto, nor This, also, is incontostibly, and by manifest W " indebted, as wc have before boon, internal ov idence, a mere flourish of iltctoric tn our friend ami former townsman, II. I.. It is nothing moro than a well-rounded period, ! j'""'"-- f'h ll)r c.Wa Lalijorman ami other Wc should be I'ltcrcsting document:., among which is ine ' o IlmrTimlitur.j .it 1 tin 'I'nu'n fi.ilm-il'' i.l Man Francisco. Mr. Donor., we are gratified to no- States ol America ihat there could be properly in nun." A id yet he says, in the same Speech : '' No man fulfi's bis duly in any Legislature who -el-liiiu-ell to find eiu'11-. s, evasions, escapes Irom ibi-eon-titittional obh.Hlon. I have always tlinuglit isia- them toS laverv". No leveience for human in- ili-n the ('..iisiiiiiiiiiii u.l.lies.-1'd ils.'ll to the l.ei:i Hires ol ihe states lhenisi'lv'cs,or to the htates them &evi'. It says that those pei-oiis escaping to other Stales slull be le'livered up, and I confess i have al ways been nf the opini.ni that il was an injunction upon the Slatef themselves," " That is tuy judgincnt. 1 have alwajsenleitain e.l I ha I nniniiin. nnd I euleriain il uuvr. I'm when lellcct , no attachment lo pari v lies, no re-pect i the subj.it, some ye.ns osn, was lu lorc the Supreme , , i i , ,, , I . ! Cimii n the United States the majority ol the judcs lor . a MRS, (-veil of men who have in ide their ( f,;.,,,1,1,,.,, ,,,, poW(,r , can.e inves Imiui serv ice lo lives -.uhliiiu'') ran weiiken the rrni ic M.vn- be ili-h vu-il up was a power to be e.ercis d under ,, v . ,.- the nulliority of ibis Covernnienl. I do not know, Mini' of the N rth in this respect.' No more in- , (f tlii. xsil0fc, lint it may not have been a fortunate i-:cac of S averj," an I no more " in he v-k i r decision. Suave Hen r.s :.n i aiios in Congress" (in the J S' range language for a Northern Statesman ! eloquent words nf Mr. Wcnsm;,) is the iiurnii- I Strange bingiiage for a Fkeeman ! to doubt rpiemble Determiualion of Ihe vast .viajoi;;tv the correctness of u decision of the Supreme rf ihe Free People of this eounliy. Tjiis, Court which als dus the Trie Stairs from it CmUitui n nldig ition to lue inie Slate-catch- ;).iiu.i--ij anl stiV'm n rht argue politics, (as the H. V. U mvii r-r il Xlieiii'r sav crs, and vit 1.1 to it only liiu coni comment luat thing as tin arc") irilhmtt rcfeic tec to their j ,L, (1 ttt know, "on the whole, that it may not n-ilh morals . ,'i and hiinia tily, " ll.Mi r inunction BiiriEi: uy.i.irvr. 'lie Vorlh detU! to make no agg-c--inn upon the lights of ihe South. They never have. They are willing to leave Slaiflry where it is. They acquits cd in the mnn In.iis wrong by which ihe' institution" w in ide lo blight 1 1 ferllle fields and sunny skies of Texas, without iinv sillv threats of 1 dissolving the Union." They acquiesce in the legilnnite legislation of Congress. Thi-y lovo tho Union, auJ decire Ihat it should be preserved am. perpeluated. Put tiif.v vn l iosrT 10 mi ruituiK'! 'i on jRiMlsis" whii si. wei! v. They will .ieve i ai'reo wilh Mr. Wr.l'.s cek, that Tex is shall have been a fin lunate ihcision '." Oh, ' Da.meu Weu-tik! Aye " a fortunate decision ;'' for he knew, in his hear', that Oi.o M asacuusktts would 1'blilerale all trace of 't, M iUI u ItooK be fore she would lift her lillle finger to send back lo Lomlage " jcrsons hound to streict" in South Cirohnaor anywhere else ! that she would forget her irfjUgntiom to Dasiei. Wcr.ncii.evcn, sooner than forget he- obligations to Freedom I I 1... ., ...!... I V ....... ...ll ,nl,l .. I, ill. or llll. I I II 11.11 II II J . 1.1. I.I'.J 111,11 UIIHU. .11,1111. I dho Ship of Stale is drifting, when such senti ment; fall from the lips of Daniki, Weiisieii! Mr. Wi:nsrEii bays further: 'I I liny have un vote to (jive oa the occasion, bill 1 wish to be disliiiellv understood ibis dav. Ihat no- -orilni!! lo my view ofibe iniller.lbis Roveriunent is i Males out ol pulaliou shall justify such a proccedm". and so lar as lliose new Slavery has gone us Ur n il way go. The p'1'.'' "'lorim-ii ut i l exun lermory lying south ' " , U" degrees M minutes, lo Itt llieiK in as hlave North wi'.l see ro it that her It -presenlatives Kiatei." admit no iuoke Si.AVF.lirt'uIM xi: States. This j We havo before said that tho North are irre (J.iverimient was instituted am. riiEi: Oov . voeably counnittcd (as is Mr. Weii.-teii him I R.NVi:ia-s arc instituted V) encourage what is s -If) against adiuilling any more Slave Stales tico, is Secretary of tho Council, and wo trust ho is making " a heap" of gold. At any rate, wo hope ho got a " fat fee" for his share of the following " business transaction," which wc cut from the Ma Cutifarnutn. M A K K 1 1: D . In this city on the 1 1th instant, by Henry I.. Dodge I'm, Mr Joshua Axokksom, lo Miss Delia Ann HuocK.al! of this city. Tho California complains of the irregularity of tho mails, and (ires a littlo " hot-shot" into Judge Coi.i.AMEiu Tho distance of the mark, however, from the gun, will give it a smart chance to cool. Wc give the following extract from the Ca lifomia's Wholesale Prices Current, for Jany II: Hoots anil Shoes. Men's liht pegjed Hoots, per dozen, flo. henvy do Do, hiogmis, fine, Do. do heavy, Domestics. ltrown Shecling'.pcr yard, Bleached Ho do Mackinaw Itlankets, cofd, per pair, Drugs nnd .Medicines. Ass'd inv. ad. on inv., Patent .Mediants. luitniilaclurc Slave Slates, fur their roul'r iter- wdeiniily pledged by law to create new S . IVxas, with her consent, when her popul nity, out of her vnsX rernlory M'j V i'.ll '. ! j t i t V such a proceeding, and so lar as morally right, and prohibit what li morally wrong. Il must never h erected iulu a great :ivll organizition lo promote llio ' increase of isj.ivcr)" and " the increase of Stave Jteprcseu lation in Congress." 'J'he Conslilulinn oes lo this Union, thereby " increasing the Slave ' Representation in Congress. Congress is Ihe Cuii.-tilutioii.il Tiibuuul to delerinino on what ! terms Slates shall bo admitted ; and Congress will i: ir, we ti u st, aduiil " four Slave Slutcs,' Mil require it and God and lliimaiisly forbid frm (he Empire of Texas, with eight S.-nators jt; aril as many, or twice as many, Koprescnta Wefr-jicut that the Norlh have never mani festcd any desire to interfere with the " domes tic .institutions" "f tho South. They amid interference They regard Slavery, nevctlhe less, as incompatible wilh tho true spirit of the Republic, as impist, indefensible, nib man. il, n. In . Inrr..n ill.. Sl-.t'n r.i nrn 1 1 1 n I i mi ' lllin, IW IIH.I.HEU t.lJ Ul,. lljirwil,Hu,l, On 'tis ijtiestinn wc plant ourcclvo) on Mr WEBVjEJi's platform, hot Ti-jcas remain as she is. New Voik has three millions of inhabi tiinls , and a territorial area of 1(1,000 Square miles. Texas has an area, as the claims, ol They have cleared their sk rls of it and mean 3S0OK), Square miles, more than eight time to , -p them c'f.r! heaving il whre il is out larger than New York, and a population various ( f their (' iiislilulionil read 'hey sipmlv say ly estimated at fmn 80,000 lo 300,000. l,e that it Hi'it, i o on I't.'MJK J he lints u-mt I H hen she is us populous, cum Cod ."' men shall not steal nor murder; and yet Mr. Weiistkr would hardly he willing to place himself before the world as opposed to a law prohibiting theft and murder, o l tho ground tint he "would not take pains to re-enact the will of Cod!" Wc havo always understood tint the highest sanction that human law, for the regulation and happiness of human society, can have, is its conformity to, or " re-cnact-nicnt" of, the precepts of the Decalogue. Laws arc made for th government of society (under all Free constitutions at last) bicausc they nr.s TtiAiN men from violating "tho will of Cod." If all men, like .Mr. Wkhstcb, would main tain this respect ami obedience f r "the will of Cod," there could clearly be no need of human law. Hut all ineu won't! Put how is it that it is "the will of Cod," or the "ordinance of natitrc'that Slavery shall not exist in New Mexico, and yet exist in Texas ? And ,r;;:-rj i:; that iiiulejincd ami indefinable line, btlu-een the lico, which human ingenuity has not yet found? Will Mr. Weiirtek be under stood as meaning that there is any portion of this earth where it is " the will of Cod" that man can rightly hold his fellow man in Slavery, Sands Snrssparilla, per dozen, or whore Slavery is indigenous! Wc should Mollatt's riil, per cro-, think not! Hut, nevertheless, while Mr. Wr.n STi:a will vote to "re-enact" tho uevevleii " will," in respect of theft, nnd murder, ho c in not think nf doing so "idle" and unnecessary a thing tn! lo interfere with that "will," where it is not only unrtvcnled, hut, by a conterminous State, is contemned and despised I Wo have no faith in this subtile geographical and geolo gical argumentation. Tho limit lo the exten sion of Slavery is not to bo thus measured. It is tn lie measured by the selfishness and cupidity of man. It has been openly asserted, on the floor of Congress, that Southern men would long since have had their slaves working in the mines of California, if they could havo taken them there in safety ! lint why has the "ordinance of nature," as Mr. Weii teii asserts, rendered Slavery iin possible in Now Mexico? Wo ask any orour readers to cast their eye upon any modem map of North America, and they will perceive timt New Mexico is precisely vilhin Ihe very paral lels nf latitude u-hich cm'rttfc every Slave Stale in the Pnion I Santa Fo, its capital, h farther south than Kentucky, Maryland and Virginia. What, then, has " nature" or Cod, done to rcn der Slave labor less profitable thcro than it is in tho States named ? Is the climate of Now Mexico less genial, her soil less fortilo, or her population more (lod-foaring ? And do Slave holders u ml Slavery-propagandists believe with Mr. WrusTER on this important point ? No, Sir, NO ! We are not left, without an aulho- cui be said of our school-hoti-e.-,' buildings appropriated lo school purpose ir. town and village are coinmouiuii, convenient, atirac'ive and healthy. Put the very be.-t hive palpable defects. Why, when the infinite Cre ator has poured aruund our globe an ocean of pure air, more than forty miles deep, shoul I wo incarcerate our children within low and narrow walls, without any easy and safe means of von 20 'JO 23 Expenses, $l.)l,(J0 School district No. 5, Spear street, is very small, and is taught by a female, both summer ntwl ii.inli.r Time nccllnl' eltv.1l l.rl.'b linllsn. Somcofihoi""" , ' ,,v , . . ' crccieu -omc inrec or lour t.ira ago, uiiiuu is amply sufficient for their present wants. Number of scholars returned, 13 'i " at school, -1 Maximum, 5 F.pcusc--, P.3.1.00 District No. 0 is that located on the Shclburn toad, nearest the line between said town and Iluiliiigton. This school lias mide somo pro- ing about erecting a new house, and there is reason to hope, we may soon see upon the beau tiful slto now occupied by their small, illy con structed and dilapidated house, ono fitted up for two schools, and every way adapted to their wants. I he children of this district, and their teacher certainly deserve a batter house. No. of scholars returned 118 nt sohool 07 Maximus 100 Kxpenses, 8107,00 District No. I'J, Have a new and convcuicnt house, on Maiden hanc. This district is a member of the Union, has two experienced and succcasful teachers, Mr. llcaly in tho middle and Miss Wiilncy, in tho primary. No. scholars returned, 391 " u at school, pri. CO, mid. GO Maximum, I23 " at High school, 20 Fxpeuscs, $390,00 District No. 13, Has a pretty good house, in Catlili's Line. In this house, is adapted a modo of ventilation, simple ,yet much better than none The school itself is in an unattractivo condition. Wc indulge the hope, that another year will witness some favorable changes, In this school, and such as will lead many of tho citizens to feel it to be for their interest, and their duty, to patronise the Public, instead of the Privato school. This district is also a member of tho Union. No. scholars returned, 233 " at school in dis. 40 " at High school, 10 Expenses, 103,00 District No. 1 1, Supports two schools. Tho middlo school, taught by Mr. Hibburd, in their school house on Pearl St., has made very rapid improvement. The earnest and untiring labors of tho teacher -, his skill in so imparting in struction, aslo awaken a lively interest on tho part of the pupils, we deem well worthy our commendation. Seeing what has been done by such teachers, encourages us to hope for timo to come, hot every teacher covet the bet l gifts, and every district seek the best teachers, Miss llaily, who has taught the Primary school of this district, for several successive sea sons, has, during the la-t winter, occupied a small and inconvenient room, nearly opposito the school house. Recently a union has bcenj consummated between Districts No. 13 and 1 J, with tho view of supporting a middle school together, No. 11, returns 235 " at school -13, Primary 50, .Middle 95 Maximum, 100 " at High school, 1 1 Expenses, $ 13 1,00 District No. 15, Occupying for the present,, the old Class Factorv Store. This is not jii't ' what the district need--, but is better than their former house. This tli.-trict is also a member of the Union; has a primary and middle school, which are doing well, under the instructions of Mr. Alwatcr and Mi.-s Colbtirn. No. schobii-3 returned, 225 ' at school 20, Primary 0, Middle "0 Maximum, 100 ' at High schoo', 15 Expenses, $290,00 We have been seeking to introduce into all schools, a uniformity of bonk-, and those of tltesl most approved character. These labors hayo been attended wilh a measure of success. In closing this somewhat extended report,, Illation, and so compel them to breathe, over gre-s during the year. Their house is lit for and over again, air, whoso vital parts are ex- utile but a heap ol ruins, l.ooit teachers cnu a y(mr Superintendents beg leave to urge upon hausted. Cm they successfully prosecute guod house would cost something ; but the j a tic;r ft.ow citizens, the importance of gen study under such eireutn.-dances ? Are wc not J money thus expended would be like the vapors erml,i,j sustaining the Public schools. We arc called, in this increasinr cninniunitv, t apt for We may, with far greater safely, deprive our in reire-lung, fruit-producing showers, children ol their accustomed food thin compel Number of scholars returned, 79 ,s:ifia 10 72 a !Ki 27 a III) 30 a 12 7 a 10c 12 a II 12 a 20 20 a 25 Do. l'luenK ltilters, per dozen, Ilraudrelh's Pills, per uros. Liimlicr. Hewn Timber, quarc, per M-, Ss'eaiillin'?. ner M.. American pine boards, Shinnies, per M., Framed Houses, per .M. leet lumlicr, Y7onr. liiebiiinnd, tierbrl.. Chile, in sacU, 200 lhs., Corn Meal, per brl, liarley, Hit) lbs., Wheat, per fanega of Kill l , Provisions, Beef, per brl., Polk, mess, do do No. I , Hams, per pound, Duller, do hard, do Clierss do Potatoes, per arobe, 1! $21 an t a 15 :tt Drown, per lb , Yellow, per lb., hoof, . lbs , Sugar. 81 .-.0 a 172 2.-.0 n 275 2711 n 301) 23 n 31) 300 a 325 IT a IR 17 a 19 13 a 15 11 n 12 12 a 13 13 a 15 20 n 23 '21 a 20 til n 15 75 a 90 15 a 51) 5(1 n 55 $3 u 3.50 22 a 20 35 a 37 Clothing. Light, no sale. Ilcnvy, an advance of 75 h & per cent, I'ttrnilurc. An ndvanrc of 60 lo 100 per cent. ..per 100 lbs., $1.5 n 18 Cntd iluit, per o.. ill coin, $15 87 n 1 0 Labor, .Mechanics wages, per iliem, j i l a Iti a 7 them, as wc often do, to hri'ilb" impure air. We have, even in nur village school-house.-', whose external appoar.mco is forbidding and whoso internal arrangements are but illy adapt ed to the purposes they are designed lo answer. Irregularity of attend nice u a serious evil in onr schools. Tnero is no one element of dis turb nice which at present produces more mis chief than this. It greatly retards the progress of scholar-, deranges the order of the schools, and perplexes the teachers. M ly not pircnts do much to remedy this evil ? Wo aro sure tint did they appreciate the evils they are inflict, ing upon their own sous and d uighter.', as well as upon the entire school, by encouraging this evil, wc should receive their hearty co-operation in seeking its correction. Tho child that is habitually irregular in his attendance at school, is sure to ho a loiterer in everything. He must immediately fill, in every well regulated school and society, as a principle of gravitation, among the class of drones mid dunces, There have been a few instances, where the ordinance of tho Slate, requiring that every teacher in our public Schools, be ex tunned and licensed each year, before entering his school hy either the Town or County Superintendents has been disrcgaulcd. The prudential commit tee, having perhaps some special favorite whom he wishes to instate in Ihe office of scool teach er, in his own district, and at the same time be ing perfectly conscious, thai, by reason of in competency, he cannot secure the requisite li cense, allows his friend tu enter tha school without an examination, assuring him that his salary shall he duly paid. Now, against ill such evasion of a wl;o)ccmne Uw, wo earnestly remonstrate. our superin tendents have, on their own part, to confess, that they have been loo lenient in their examinations of teachers ', nnd became tho number of really competent teachers lurnishcd us, has been so small, we have given certificates, in many in stances where wo could not do so again. Our aim has been, during the wliolc term of our ser vice, to do ali in our power, to elevate the char acter of our schools. With iinrompolcnt teach- l.ahorcrs, f ln . . f ' ors our oflorls aro paralizcd. Out of rospect to Sloiagr, per month, per ton of 10 cubic feet, ?U) 1 .1.1,1 the common good, may wo not hope that both THH IAKK. Prudential committees and Teachers will abide , , , . I by the law ? Wc now invite your attention lo Tho Uko 1ms not " closed her eyes this . m,,,,,.,!,,,, sr., schools in winter, nnil is waiting lo ho plowed ! Wc tuw) ..1...I ir. 1 1 tlmt llm Slnrnnar. fJnnt. c.. i x- . . , 1 .-.1 .1.. rv.11.. ,, . . . r st- svr.... n L' sii"11 lu --. " 1 " ocunot 11 sinci isu, j, lociiieu ai 1111; i-nns ritat.ve.ind eloquent mterprrter of Mr. ml. . ., ,1P. . . Wrcall upon the stand John '" " 1 " 1 " ...Tu... . ....u.r v- iltra uncompromising, UVCrn mirilllgtoil mm 1 luusouin, u.j, imu ruui Ui.ijU1iii...)..i cum; .... ster's position. Maximum, 31 Expenses, .$ IS 1,25 District No. 7, toward the mouth of the river, have manifested a laudable zeal in seeking com petent teachers. Their house is but an apology for a school house, Number of scholars returned, -)9 " at school, 94 Maximum, 30 Expenses, .$83,00 District No. 8, near the High Bridge, since, dividing from its iHghborhooi), on tho Colechos ter side of the river, lias only a small school taught some seven months in the year, by a fe male Number of scholar returned, 21 " " at school, 12 Maximum, 15 Expenses, $IS,00 District No. 9 occupies a miserably dilapida ted building, on Cherry street. The house stands immcdiitely under the shadow of a far better structure, eiccted for school purposes, by privato munificence. We areg'q.1 to report, nevertheless, that tho school is full, and under tho efficient 111 inagciiient of Mr. Hawley, has made laudable progress, during ihe last five months. Jt is expected that during the ap preaching summer, this district will erect a new, spacious and elegant house, fitted up for two schools. The early accomplishment of such an arrangement will reflect honor on the whole district, and do much to advance, permanently, the interacts cf the school. Number of scholsrs returned, 200 ' ' at school, 70 Maximum, 100 Expenses, 321,00 District No. 10 has a good house, with two commodious rooms, on Chaijipbiu street. Rut this school has made very small advances dur ing tho year. The class of scholars is such, that none but the very best teachers ran succeed in making the school what it ought lo be. This is the very last school for inexperienced, low priced and incompetent teachers. It requires a practiced and skilful hand to take the stone rough from the quarry, and carry it through all the antecedent stages, until it stands before you tho finished work of the sculptor. Such is the work of teschini' in this school. This district is one of the live which constitute tho Union District. NuiuVr of scholars returned, 291 " " at school, primary, 40 middle, -10 Ma-iiinunij in both, 100 " in tho high bchuul, 10 Evpcnses, 18.00 generations to pome. Society in llurlingtun, isi yet in a forming state. We can do noir, what J if neglected a few years, can nier be done. J If the emigrant population among u, is ignn rant we must enlighten it ; our destiny, vvi that of our children and dearest institutions,! involved in theirs, As is the school so are t J people, I. J. PARKER, S, W. IR'Sll. J. K. CONVERSE. VOTE OX THE F.ICEXSE QUESTIOJ Wc have taken pains to collect all returns thus far received, of tiic late votj on the License (iiestion, and they prescj jhc following result : The, whole ni'ii'bcr of towns from which' wo have scon returns, is oi o in Chitten den County, 3 in Heiiiiington, 3 in Itutlniu 13 in Windsor, H in Washington, 5 in tl nngc, -1 in Addison, Jl ,iti Franklin, l Caledonia, .'! in Grnud Isle, in Essex ajj I in Orleans. This comprises ncarli quarter of tiic State, nnd is decisive of , general result. The yoto stands : No License, 0519 Licens;, U7-12 Majority against Liccnso in .r)3 Towns, ,1?07 It will bo seen that the aggregate Vote- these towns, is over 0000, and yet, in h Towns wo lmvc onlv given majorities. vote, therefore, will prove a tojerably' T? ono probably not less than 10,000,--a the majority against Licensing tweivt fifteen thousand. Tim Vn.l,inTtni! 1'iiion holds the lollowillcf plimenlary language as l" ill real author ot ll'ili.in, i'r,-. ; " It was the concoction of the agents of Mat Van Huieu, who traitorously staooed ine ueino in revenge lor ins own ueicai, noiwiuistanciing 1 eeiierous itemocraey nun once rievnieu iiu;i iik hijiliesl honors of the Republic, nod sought aga ueslow upon uim ine siiuie uisuuKuisnru uouorq uns ihrouob the machinations of that man. ilru to be known through all coining time, ns a politij traitor, that the W'ilmoi Proviso was mvi'ujgB harrass and breau noun temporarily tuc aeifl narlv. and to endaniter the Union bv the ael of which it is the cause. Wilnjot va tbe ' while the arch-traitor ol hiudenwald was ihe tor of the implement of tpischicf which besril Wilmot's name, ami which will inevitably da nun as a politician. i And thissamo Washington Pnion is tkJ identical paper, "and nothing else,'1 1) flaming, tearing organ of Free Doniocracj Moiitpelier Patriot, quoted at great leugl summer, as appr-ning tie union of oj mem- j, noir Euioui- "id P'c. Sti c ' to deleit tho lugs '