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TUB FBEJi PUJdSa, BURLINWTON.FIUIJAV MORNING-, FEBRUARY 25. J 858. nWlTi(n!!li,tra,,01,,Mr(' TmnMiment In Lutba. I this was true nt tho date of the message it I, not truo now : Tor .incolh.nl timo wo have, li.nl conclusive cvlleties that thon-,otrnilo. nlnnt which tho IV hl"nt "Presses m,,ci, !,t ni,mrrf,ncPi tn)m. ted in the senso in which Hip President inn-t havo ued that, term, in tliix country. I nl Iw. . .1 hln ''"rotation of nrarsn of nnlV . ? ' 0 S'!lt0 "r ncorRin A"11 IwL ',l,ys p!no 1 Mw n " In """"f tho nowspapcrs that two mnro vessels, laden U str".'.wew lylnR off tho coast of Gcor Jilorida, waiting n favorable opportu nity to land their cirgnostipon nnr snil. And fir. when our squadron shall ho withdrawn from tho African coast, and all British interference with tho slave trad- hall mv, and tho fact is published to tho world that southern liirios refnso to convict p.rtic, cn caiid in it, tho trade will ha carried on to t'us country just us long ns it is found to he proutnblo nnd in view of this fict, and tliat some friends oftho Administration upon this n i ir have so Ktrciinnlv npnoso.1 the Mnnll npi.ropnation recommended by tho President to Incite ami maintain, for a brief period of time, the crew of the sliver Echo, lately triijsportnd to Tdherin, tho President might w U despair of tlic christianization and civ I'lntnm ofb-niglitcd Africa. One argument nsM hv thnso friendly to to 'acquisition nf Cuba is, that the nsgive-ato pi Kindlons of tho Hand are to he l iraelv'in i r aed as n consequence of its inquisition. I lis must necessarily involve n demand for i i increase of labor'rs, ami this demand is pectod to ho supplied by slain labor. Si It, intiid irilie:iii..i'nti.insoi t!i" Pre- lent bung rouli d, ticiv i- e.t 1 , .,,,n to r ir that tl co.ii! ition nfCu'n would sti- nhte t lis tt.!o. and strengthen Hi "ppo- ;ion to our j,v iliihitiiry 1 ihs upon the. Mill et; and if it did nut eventually procure icir repeal, would hecomo so powerful that lev could not ho inlorced. It follow., almost us a tiecos-arv cms,', '.iienco, that enlarging the area of shv-rv oust increase the demand for t aes ; ami the President will find groat difiieultv in miniu ms tin Vtinricm pviple that the addition I more d ive territory is c.ilcul itcd to lead to he abolitio ol the slave trade, or that anv new legislative sanction of the m-.-i hi oil his continent will tend to tho civilization of benighted Africa. 1 cannot, Mr. Chairman, accord to the President any sincerity in his presentation of '.his subject. It seems to mo rather, that 'mowing as he must, the dccp-seateil, strong, ind incren-itig opp sitlon oftho people of this country to tho whole slaver, .system, MiaUhis argument is put forth by him to furnish a iiausihlo justification to' those of his political fi lends in Hie free Status, who ro expected to aid him in the nccnuplish Jcnt oftho object recommended. But I have already spent too much tlmo upon this portion of the message. This ar gument, in connection ith tho description if Hie pr 'sent condition nf the Island, ii'eds inly tn bo stated, to In nndenuie.l hy an in Mliient p"npK Tliiargiiment upon which ho President evidently most relies, is that if the i;eojranhicil position of Cuhi, and 'Is conun inding inliuenee upon the coin nerce of this c mntry. It is sil l, Mr. Chairman, that Cuba ni 'urnlly h longs to u, on account of its po sition. This claim of natural right is of modern invention, and T apprehend will he found dt of ipplieition. I suppose, lir, .i we get full i, this same claim is to he used for tho ii"quiitinn of Ji-tnaica; for Jamaica is only ahout ninety miles from Cuhi, while Cuba is one hundred and thirty mile? I'rom our cnat; ami so on until we add .ill of the Wot fndh islands to our pos sessions; and when there are no more Maud" to piirehas! or to conquer, thediseovery will h-s m ido tint .fexieo n iturally Inlongs to us ; and when we h.ua acquired Jfexico, it will ho ascertained that wo have a n itur.il right to all tho Central American Statin. And, last of all, tho P.ritish and Uixsian posies-ions nn this continnut are to ho brought within this operation ; and this claim of natural right is never to ho satisfied, until there are n ) inoro land iipjn the conti nent, or i i theocan, cmtiguous, left for it to operate upon. I understand, .Mr. Cha'rman, that there are ni natural rijhts to thing' corporeil in any civilized country, except thoso which are c inferred and su.irintii d by law and thi definition applies to nations' as well as individuals. Tlie rights of property are de fined, ncrrtaiii'd, and prot vied fiy law; and nations are ns inueli hauml to'i-i-spect, fphserve, ami enforce tles- laws as indiWdu-ill-, and tho man who should p.'i.-itemlv flaima uitiir.il light to the property of hi neighbor, licciu.se it happened to b'j conti guous to his own. or bvau.s) he thought it might bo more valuable to him than to his neighbor, vould soon lose Hi respect ui nil with whom he m iglit associate. I urn not dhpis 'd, Mr. Chairman, to d-. bate tin question of tin) coniinercial import nne. of Cu'n, whieh other gentlemen li.no so magnified in the debates upon this Hour, and wlii"h is si lengthily discussed in tho majority report" of the Committers on put. 'i;n Airiirs of the linns' nnd Sn ate. I am willing t) halt th'it our commerce with fulu is v rr important, ml is rapidly in cre.isjnr;. The s.vmo is true of our commerce with other foreign countries, which the Pres ident has not vet recommended Congress to puieh is! , and, with the (Jovernment wisely nnd properly adiuiuist uvd, I expct to see a c Misi i in 1 v iiHTCising c immerco with all tho niimsw'ier our c imanree now extends, and that n w fields will h disc ivcred nnd new avenues of trade ill be op nd for it; an lit will If. 'p jii, sP'idily and healtliily ineroisinj, ntil it livali the commerce of thewirll. fflwis dispis'il to in-tituie ( impiris ins, f think I could demonstrate that, in a ciinmerciil point of view, there are other countries which it would In quite as important to acquire as Cuba. Another argument iiwsl, and whieh is di rectly cinnccted with tho question I have just In n ooiisidi rim, is the pecuniary value of tho island to us. l'lm claim is, that the value would b humeri--, butgHntlem -n hero f id" 1 1 1 point out in what that value would eonsi t. Th land cointitatinz the island, except thi res rvatioti.i for military and oth er goe omental pin pn 's, has h"eu o'Vliel by individuals, nnd mostly hy .Spinish s ib j ts, far e. uturies. The personal property isalsi own'sl h; individuals, Tlui l'r, ideni ha not set i' aumitted himself to the policy of ( iiiliseating private pr.qierty upon the i1 lanil, arid heean hard'y exp-et to acquire t a" I ii .nolo irg .tiati ni witlnait -ntering int i ir a-y ihligatinis to r---p ci and pr jt.-ot t m i i- of piojKrtv of the s .bj . 's vvh i dro traiiilerr' .1 wild Hie island. Tie n, sir, wn.it rights of property do w i acquire l.y it- aeqiiisitiou V get," lo Iki sure, tlie torti fioations, wliii i have. Ii enerecti'il inaiuty to protect it agiinst lillilmstering I'Xp-ditioi's irini tills cjiinfry, and all the other fixtures, whieh have h-'en provided for the accommo dation of the largo standing army wliich i maint lined there. lint of what value will tliisc ha to us, unless, wo expect to maintain a Iirgo Blaii'ling army there ',' If our pe.ipk wish to 1'iiiigratu to Cuhi, to cultivate its s iil, they will Iki coiu"lled to purchase tho land, not ol thn fiovernment. hut of its own era, nnd at prices to bu fixed hy thoseuvvners P is slid that when Cuhi is ,uiiie.id. this country will furnish it with those articles of consumption and trade which are now sup plied by ot'ier countries. II this In true, we sh ill derivo no rvenuo Irom Import Hint, 1 1 Cuba : and tin Constitution lir iliihit tho ex icfi'in of expirt duties. Where, then, is t' r' venue ci ning Irom to enrich tho col for f tlie .'Hale., or mvii to ilelr.iy tin) ex pens s of its own oviinimnt '.' I ho cost of its aeoiii.sition cm only lie ostimiited by huiv drods of inillioin, And the jieoplo ought to tin d 'rstin I now, that il Cuba is p.irchassl, it ii it bo paid for out of the Treasury, and n it r ti too avails oi anyining vvo iiiq nro p r "'lis'. .Sir, vvm sliall ipquir i leitO' -t tho pilpi -il siveiviguly of iho hv . nl I sh .11 try and demonstrate, be. incl'ido my r'nnarku, how inueli thai vv rlV I i I : I 1" I w 1 ' It II win . Mr -anv I inst.Pi d r u i c I a I 1" 7, res,e.l that t' PreKeUut, llllh hi rain'sl by soinn rule ,, Mate policy, iinuiiie ite to Coitercs tho tuioautl r as HIS Wilieil exist, ill HI) port of am ndalioii he inuy luak". in this itweino that th l'lisident was on. irli r xtruint : for in ivs'sinse to a up m him by the S-Mint-, sincii Inn .v.is a ut t i C mar ", le' lia inlorm , ! t. t t t I ad l ' 'ii no e ur's- olili -' i up III llii- iubt i t, ex ha I long 'O'li'e been made publh , ii I nod i 1 A.i uinatio I f all Hu fat i alii, "i i i I'l-csid lit has imil d nur i n . in i mm xiou Willi tliisnulicit, has ntt fail, d 'J t invir.co me that It ttio uuty ol i-oip (rc.ss In legislato at all upon tho mailer. If tho President is sincerely desirous of preserv ing friendly relations with Spain, I would rcspectfulh' r.litgcst to him, that ho will ho liltelv to cfivct that object by refraining from all further attempts to purchase from her that which she has atall times refused to sell; nnd which ho must knnw wo havo no money to pay for, and tho wholo world knows wo do not need In 1S5H, Mr. Iluchanan, as Secretary of State, informed tho Spanish Government that as lone as Cuba remained as a dependency or colony of Spain, this Government would he content ; hut that wo would not consent that Cuba should he transferred to any other European Power. Tho President docs not pretend that thero is now any danger of Its transfer; nnr does ho assign any reason for this apparent inconsistency in his conduct, lie can hardly expect to retain confidence nnd repect, unless upon great national questions he can be moro consistent in his action than ho seems to havo been on this question. I como now, Mr. Chairman, to a consider ation of tho means wliich tho President re commends Congress to adopt, in aid of the proposed acquisition of Cuba. And hstT might bo accused of doing him injustice. I will refer to that portion of tho message. Ho says . "Tho iHililicity which lias been given to our feriner nefr.tlntlens upon this nthjret, nn.l the Inri-e impropriation which may ho rcqtilicl to ef fect tho purpose, render It expedient, bcf.irc mik Iti unethrr nttenrt to renew tho nogoU itlen, Mint t rhetihl .iy tho wholo fuhjoct hofbre Cen rp". This Is rpoolatlv iieeoary. n It may lic cniiie lii.poo:ihlc to Fueces that T rhouhl be In trutp.l with the tacins of imUinc on n.lv.inee to Ih'i Spanish Hei eminent Inuiieilhtcty nfPr tho stuoilU of tho troity, without nw.llllni the l.illf eitietii.f It hy tho Sonite. I am eti". iir-dt t.i ni.iko this siijestlon hy tho examplo of .Mr. .1(1' forpon, provh.us tn thopmchao of t.oul-lnoa from Trance, nn.l that of .Mr. l'olk, In view of the nf qulltlon of territory from .Mexico. I leffrthc whejn suhjeet to Ci.nercM, ftti.l commend It to their circful consideration." majority of tho Committee on Foreign VlViirs of this House rep irt.'d a bill, which is now lying on tho table, appropriat ing i-s.Hl.llOO.Iino t'o enable tho President to conclude, with the Government of Spain, a treaty of amity, and for tho .settlement of the old differences, including the cession nf the island of Cuba, to bo used hy him, if ho should think fit, in advance of the ratifica tion of the treaty by the Senate; provided said treaty, when signed by tho authorized agents of tho two Governments, and duly ratified hy the Government of Spain, shall call for the expenditure of tho (nine, or any part thereof, full and accurate accounts of which expenditure shall be by him trans mitted to Congress at us early a day as prac ticable. The second section of the hill makes n very necessary provision in the present condition of the national limine s, in giving the President authority to borrow the money. The remarkable propositions of tho Presi dent and committee have filled tho country with just nlarni for tho permanency and s'ability of our Government. I regard them as a direct attack upon nn important consti tutional prov is'ion. which was intended for the protection of the citizens, by giving him, through his Itepresentative, a free and un trammeled voice and vote, upon all treaties which the President may make with other nations. Tho second section in the second art! de of tho Constitution prov ides that the President shall have power, liy and with the advice and coipent of the Sen ite, tn mako treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur. Tho language of the Con stitution preclude) the supposition tliat the Picsidcnt, in tho execution of the power con ferred upon him by this pruvisi in, can do anything more than to submit a pro) oscd treaty to the Senate, f r its approval or re jection. And so jealoua were the framcrs of tho Constitution of Kxeetitivo power, that they required a vote of two thirds ol tho S'liate to ratify a ticaty and make it bind ing upon the nation; and if there is any occasion when the Senate should bo left per fectly free and unbiased, it is when they are called upon to act upon treaties. Treaties are always supposed to he matters of na tional e nccrn. Tho intercourse of the world is controlled and governed hy treaties; and the peace of tho world is dependent upon treaties. Our fathers)wero so deeply improved with their importance that thy wisely excepted them from the general rule which binds tho G ivcrnment, hy n majoiity vote of the Senate anil House, and required that two thirds at least of the people's re presentatives in that branch of the national lj gislatureshould assent to a treaty before it should hecuno the law of the land. Xow, sir, what is proposed by this hill ? It i to vast in the President the legal iiithoiity lo pay $.n,0,ni)0,OOU out of the national Treasury, under a treaty, when it s.i.ill have been ratified by one party; and Poloi'o it shall have been submitted even to the other party, whoso assent is required be fore it becomes obligatory upon the nation. Int us suppose, Mr. Chairman, that the President succeeds in making a trmty for the piuclias? of Cuba, and pavs over tithe Spanish Government the JUU,(IUU,IHMI up. projirialid by this bill, in part payment, and th.Jtrotty is then sub.nittcd to the Senate lor its action ; what alternative is presented to the Senate. It is cither to ratify the trca ly, however objectionable it may he, or to tike, the responsibility of the loss of the amount paid by tho Government. Sir, the Senate may be fully competent for any such emergency, but it would be dangerous and minis', in my judgement, to tnwt any such lesp msihility upon it; and a precedent of this character is dangerous to the constitu tional liberties ol the country. It is vir tually divisting the S 'liate of its constitution al lights, and conferring them upon tho Kxe eutivc. and political majorities in both branches of Congress, If we have the constitutional right to ap propriate the sum named in this hill Cor this jnirpose, wo have the same right in the same manner, lo appropriate inc vvuoie uinouni required locumplete the payment. And if the PiisiiUut is ablu to conclude a tre.ty, and to pay tho full amount required, and tho soicreignty of the island is transferred, and the President, lis Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Xavy of tho United State, takes military possession of it, what mom is re quire I to con-titute Cuba a part oftho Union? If anything more is needed, you havo only to recognize it by some ordinary act of legis lature, such as extending the United States I i.i h applicable to Territories over it, and the work is accomplished, without tho exercise of ihu treaty-making power of the Senate; and in spite of tho constitutional majority re quired to ratify n treaty. And when an ap plication I Hindu to organize n territorial government for Cuba, this question, too, will bo determined by a majority vote ; mid when shocoiiusto Congress with an nppli cation for admission into the Union as a Stale, thu question must bo determined by a majority vote; and if a majority of the House and Senate vote for her admission, and the Kxecutivu approves their action, wo shall havo a sovereign State admitted into tho Confederacy, formed out of territory ucquir 1 from a foreign Government under a con. tract made by the President, without tho Senate having ratified that contract hy a constitutional majority, II this power whieh is proposed to i con ferred upon tho President is thus liable to abuse, is it not dangerous mid inexpedient to confer it? Neither of the ex implcs instanc ed by the President, ami which, Iiomjs, en courage him tn ni.iko this suggestion, can bo fairly treated as precedents, to gtiid his or our action ill this instance. The act passed itith February, 103, entitled "An act mak ing further provision for the e.xpensi s attend ing the intercourse between tint United States and foreign nations," and which, the lejmrt nf tho comiuitteo says, wu to enable .Mr. Jcfi'erson lo iicgotiutsui treaty fur Louisiana, provided : fliat a (11111 i.r :,l.iiO,OC.i, in ahillh.n in tl, prov i .leu hcriUofure liu'lr, i hereby appri.priulu.l fur Iho purpu0 of ilvfrajing soy extraordinary fjipeincs wliUh may bu ineurie.1 in Iho Inter. c..uifo bt-lnctn tho L'uitidFtate-nDfl feriin nn tiens, to ho piihl out nt nny money in the Trots ury pot uthirwlso npproprhiteil, nnd to be paid u.i'ner tho liiroelhui ot the President of tlio I'ldted riuiiit, whiijlull cauno nn uceuunt ofthonxpendi. turn thcreloro to he laid before Conine an soon ns lusy be." V. H. MiiluKiat l.injt, ndulm j, pae0 sua. Although history may provo that Iho icul object of this appropriation was to ena ble Mr. Jeflerson to negotiate a treaty for the ptirclmsenf liiiisi.in.i, yet tho act fur nih a) no such evidence, and seeiim to have lneli purposely framed to conco.il it, and is, cli.uly, not open lo the objection I luado tu this. Then1 is nothing said ill it about a treaty ; and it eonlcis nn authority upon Hi" l'ro 'uleiit tn apply the money upon ft treaty bclor ' iU ratification by tho Senate , mid is applicable lo all nations with whom wo liad Intercourse. And tho fact that no portion of any of tho money was used in payment ol tho amount nureed to ho paid hv the treaty nT ,"Oth April, Ju(l3, for the purchase ol'lnuisl. ana, g.ns far 1 1 provo that Mr, Jefferson did not understand that ho had any right to up. ply tho money to that purpose. Hut if this act will bear tho construction which tlio committee seem to havo put upon it, some justification may bo inado for it from tho history oftho I lines. Louisiana had beenmo an nbsoluto necessity tn tho en joyment nf our possessions in tho valloy oftho Mississi p and its trihutirlcs. Kuropa was in a slate ol war. X.itions were leagued tn. gether against Napoleon lloneparte: and ho held the consulato of France hy and uncer tain and doubtful tenure. Mr. Jefferson saw t i.it that was tho time, and perhaps tho naly timo to negotiate a treaty. And if thero has ever been a time In our history when Congress could bo justified In toocxcicpo of n doubtful coii'tilutlop il power, that was the time. Hut theio can be no pretense that the existing state of things in Kurnpo and in this country calls lor the exercsao ol any Moll doubtlill powcis in legislation. The vv olid is ut peace; and Spain, once tliejiroud sovereign of a large poition ofthiscotitnient, is, to-day, better able to defend what littlo she has left from foreign invasion and from domestic dissensions tliiiu she has been before for a century. N'o threats nre made hy any other nation hut this agiinst her iudepcu daiico and integrity : and n i danger is appie hc.ided that sh is to transfer Cuba lo anv other nation ; and if .eft freo from the meit dl"s,im" interference of other nati'iin, there issnaereasontocxpecttli.it sliu may sun ex uhit that permanency and stability in her GovcrniiKiit whieh the President thinks is to imp ii tan, to tip' pr it"etion of Americ n in terests. Tho act pa.-ed March II, 1S47, and entitl ed "An act making further appropriations to In i g the existing war with .Mexico lo a sp edy and hoiurable conclusion," recites that war tlien existed between the liepuhlie of Mexico and the United Suite, and cx pn ssed a deiru t sin that war spei dilv 1. 1 niinate.l, ami the laet that the President might he aide to conelude n treaty of peace hehnv the u-'xt s-?sion of Congress; and made an appropriation of si3,iii)(I,(KIII to en a'.le i.ie Pie'idi nt t i include n treaty ol p mc limits nnd b innilaries with Mexico, and e.n,. the I'redileutthe same right to use t ut m i.i"v as is prop..se(l to be conltried by i ins a.'t, ( Unit-d Stat-s Statutes ut Large, voluuio 'J, pa-c 171.) The act contains the ml lie rh.it v.e were in a state oi war with t ie . rty with whom the treaty relcrrctl to in tli" act was to b made; and the object ol liis appropriation se. ins to have been in en able thu Presidim to conclude that war; and tin only justification that can ho mado tor it is based upon the necessities which war crcat 's. The act was passed ju-t at the close of a session ol Congress, nnd thero were strong nnd urgent reasons fir its passage. llat there w . io very many who thought it luhl be b f t that public and private in t re-ts should s ilf'r lor.i time, and even that the war which they were so noxious to biing lo a s) 'ily teruuii ition should be prolonged, rntil 1 ,o Pn sident conhl convene Congress to act upon any treaty which he might make, than that tho Incentive should ho clothed with the dangerous power proposed lo In c ulerred utou him by that act, anil which is i. .w u-cd by the President as a precedent, io a tune of profound peace Si far, Mr. ( li.iirm in, from tho President being sustain ed hy preocil 'iit.s in this rec immend ition, I ti. Ii 've that tho whole course of our legist i tion is in duvet opposition to tho course he now rocom mentis us tn pui'su- . There is another subject connected with tnis hill, which, in my judgment, is desorv. iiiir of carclul cjiiidcr.itioii ; and that is the unlimited powir which it confers upon the Prisirii nt in th" disposition of the money it appropriate-. I'htie is no provision limit- in; tn, am.. uni which the autliurizetl agent .a . .is it.ivt ruiir-n uiav inn-en to pay lor ( . ; and nil tl.at is icqtiir-d to enable the rre i nt to draw tlie fituuiiii.titiu irom the Tre - in n to show that a treaty, including thee --ion of t'ubi, has been signed by the uirem. ,t the two (toverninents, anil been ra tided o. :vpiin. No matter what tlie terms of the treaty may In. thu lnomeiitH is rati fietl by Spain the money Is at the nbsoluto disKis, nf t'.e President. If ho applies it upon tlio treaty, he will, no doubt, curry out tlie int Mill. oi ol Hie liicnus oi me mil. jiut if Ihu President thinks printer to apply tho money to any other pin pis', vviiat legil re straint do s'tne lull interpose lo prevent it? Sir, l.c ui iv employ this enormous sum for political pulp is. s; in corrupting tho elective ii ..i. use ; in subserving hi- own ambitious p. .ip.s s;nntl ut tne law is werlt.ss to 1 rove lit it. I h " proviso to the lir.st s ction will In found, on cx.uuinati m, to furnish no pro t ctiop, because the full anil accurate account orthoexpenditiire of the money which it re quiies him to lurui-h to Congress, is only lo h" furnished at as early a day as pMcticahlc, leaving the tini" wh. illy to tlie discretion oi the Preside.it ; and, il the in ni"V is misap p'i t, there n-ver vv ill bo a piacticable day, in the opinion m thu President, to fuiiii'-h thi-account. And. howevei much gentle, in ii may reiy up in the iin.griiy ol the President, h-i thtni nil. ft that the legisla tion ol to-tliyis t.i lullaeiiiotho future. Sir. I 'haii'man. it is only a few tlajs since I h. aid it claimed by Kcntlciiien upon the other sida of tie) Hons", tliat the preserva tion of the rihtsot the section of too Union which ihey represented depend. si up in a strict oh-ervs iiico of the laws. Int me mlnioni-h theo t genlli men that, not only tho rights of their . cti.iu, hut ol tho whole Union, must, nnd will he, en.l.io.'i rul by this attack upon Hi ; constitutional rights ni' the S natu ; and, if they waul I pres'rve their rights, let them rally ui'o ind the Constitution and pres"rve it lioui tiles - w ho would prostitute one of its most importinl prov isirms al too hiildin-t of the Ex 'culiit:. 1!.U, .Ml. I... alii. ..oi, I have ulnwly occu pied too lunch time in tho examination of the President's iius.iu and the hill lcpnrtul by the committee. A caieful examination nt the vv ho) subject will naturally sugge,t the inquiry, why is this subjn t here? Why is it that the vaTu I'de timo ol Congress must be occupied willt this matter, lo tlie exclu sion l u loioideraiion ol the important ho. 1. 1 iniensis which are impt ruliiely de manding its attention? Doc- any o'lo'sap jsiso we c in obtain Cuba by negotiation ? I havo not y. t heaid any such expic.-sion of opinion, h v or t Isewherv. lint, u tlie culinary, g, ut. 'men who ar' lri"iitlly to its acquisition have expressed the h dicl, in tl. -hating Hie subpci le i'c, that Tuba too LI pot bu .pquir.d by in ,' '" ilio.i; and wliatciir opinions may iiav. hen niterttimd upon the .lubjcet. the ice n expressions from Cu ba apt) .-spam .n.ght i. !n rej;id'd as con clusive upon tne qtiesliuii. And litre ling leiivi t i r. h r agnu to me uicssae-e of tho Miiii-ttr of .state for Spain, Ih savs in spe.il. i i ig of the IVcsidelit s lut'.ss.igt, thai "The seen id point, geiitl' Ui.'ii, is more grave; il ia thai which nccupiis tho .itt.n tion ol all, and which necessarily ovcitcs all hearts. Winn, altir long liihiil.ili.nis and immtusti niistoriiincs ; when, after gnat losses, a country is b un again into u new and fresh mil vigorous existence ; the slightest ineuan wait h tcnos tu compromise Its tilgnitv II c ss.iily excilis tne st nllllltllt of li.lt iui luli ty . Siui is in mis ...elll,.n to day. It . as been belicud that iho Spanish lion was dead, hut it is pot so; the Spanish lion itas li.-ou rlciping; but even sleeping, ho has held in his paws the moot piccioiis trcasiucs; and I say, when mi attempt is nuiila to snatch thciu Irom him, his lour will bot riilile If such a inoiueiit isuin, (tint Government has never htsit.ited about it), if u icirible crisis, a supremo day should come, thu Spiuisii people would arise, like i.ou man, to ileiend tin ir honor, and the int rests wh'ch their :inct-tors conquered by their pei. vcraiice, their valor, mi l their genius, inspired, as if by lliviuity itself. Siiicti this Ministry has been in existence, theiu has not been tlie slightest indication which referred to thu acquisition of tho Is land of Cuba ; nunc, 1 am absolutely con fident that no such indication will be made; and if it is made, gentlemen if it istlirectid to inc, as Minister ol Spam, hv any repin scntative of any foreign J'owir, I should has. ten to iuterupt him as soon as Hie winds which he should have sjiokcn should give mo to under-tan. I what his intention was, and I would tell him what his insinuations vvcro causing in the minds ol all SpiniaitU "Tho priseriation of th" Idaiid ol Cuba I for us no question of niter st or cxp di ncy, In vain would nnnttcmp ' made to perms a. le us of Iho adi.iut.ig, ol parting with it; anil vet, if wo vvcro to cmisider it under this usjicct it is not probable that wo should lie ten to tho advances of thoso who desire td i iasslcs-thls) 1 think, Is being naturalized "Tn L i rs .... - enough. In .all grfod conscience, I therefore "Iho Spanish Government will always hold myselfnn American1 Id nlUntcHt and V now how td appreciate al thnlr truo v.illld panoses. This day t enter my S7th year, the deep interests which nro committed to n.. r .... cp interests their charge. The question of tin) preserva tion of tho Island ot Cuba Is for Spain no question of dignity, no question of honor. All tho Interest which It may have, all tho gold wliich It might heap together, would not ho enough to procuro from Spanish dig nity the racrifico of this glorious remnant of tho precious discoveries, the surprising nnd magnificent conquests which our ancestors mado throughout tho world. "Tho President nf tlio United States makes a singular declaration : "This course wo shall ever pursue, unless circumstances should occur, whio wo do not now anticipate, rendering a departure from it clearly justifiable, under tho imperative nnd overruling law of self preservation." "No, gentlemen, tho inexorablo and cm nipoteut law of self-preservation uf an indi vidual as of a p'ople has never demanded tho violation of tho sterner principles of mo rals and of justice. The violation of theso principles would hu a sunroof alarm and perturbation to all the civilized nations. I itiiiut fear that theio is any Government who will inlringe them. Hut von know, gentlemen, that when per ils of this kind conic, when questions of this nature arise, it is always important to an individual ami a nati m to havo right and justice on their side. Tho Spanish nation will provoke no struggle, but it will fight it through If it is drawn into one. It will al ways endeav ir to have right on its side, be. '..ins the inexorable tribunal of tho nations judges by that, and God gins tho victory to Ii mm who fights bravely in defence of justice.' If the President wi'?d to renevv neeoti.i- tlun wi'h Spain, he had the in. l iiibtcd right to do so without the intervention of Congress. I cannot believe, sir, that tlie President seeks this appropriation to further any honorable negotiation, or that he thinks the money will bo needitl for any such purpose. There seems to to have lieen a design uimn the part of the President to Hit list the quest inn upon Ciingn ss and the country in tho most objec tionable form in which it could bo put. I think he hoped, hv the in ignituih nut no velty ol thi pi it isiti.ni, to div a t public .ib teutn in Irom tlie imbecility a let prolligacy ol his sinking and doomed Administration". If thu Pnsideiit (1 ittered lnms.'lf with any such hope, he will s inn laid tliat the people will only regard it us a new evidence ot ii incompetency, and that he looks m ire. tia centraliA'iti.ui of power in the Kxccutivi! than to the preservation of the rights of the Itepre sentatives ol the people Tho objection with me to the acquisition of Cuba, which is pir.imount to nil others, is the character ol its people. 1 lie pofrtila. tion of Cub i, ns shnnn by the census of was 1, OU'J, OiiO. and wascioip se,l of-whitts 501, OSS; freecdjr'd I7d,0t7 ;slav sSM.-li) Among th ise cl issetl as v. lilies, were IMI.OIIII Spaniai'. s, 20,000 I unary Islanders, 3,1100 French, 1,000 Kmlisi, mid li.OOO North A ineiic ms anil other p'ople. It will boseiu by the ah ive clus.dlie.iti. in, that neaily all of the white pip- Hon are I iruigners, vvho havo be"n C'lu 1 to hate republican insti tutions, re .can hvvs. and lepiibVican luauneis. piwer and strength i.' a State is ireti more hy the intelligence of its po.r ind th"ir attachment to its insti tution .n hy its numb to. flic people of Cuba .4;-e w boll" unfit o share in the bene fits,,!' our Government, or to participate in its administration ; and thu introduction of such a popul ition must vvciken instead of adding trngth to tin Ib'public, I ul.j.ct, Mr. Chairman, to th.' acquisition ul Cuhi, becaii-t) it will make this Govern in uit rcspins'ible for tho disposition of tho sluury question there. Gentlemen upon tho olhir si'l" of the House seem tu take it for granted that when Cuba is admitted, she will corneas a slave State, and with a si ivo Ueprcs.sntative. If these gentlemen will re tl.'ct lor a miuntnt upon tho political history of tho ooiintrv for the lust lew years, thev will set tliat no such result can follow". Then: is to-day a largo majority of the pn plo of this country who urn olemnly pledged tj resist, by all constitutional means, the furtht.. extension of Livery, and they will never cons 'lit that ii'HV slave States snail he formed out of foreign territory to he purch ased with the common treasure of tin) conn try. Ami tnosewho think that the acquisi tion nf Cuba will add to tint political strength ol the Jrnutli, are laborio"; under a sreat de lusion. It has been nrgfd, .Mr. Chairman, that a liheial ollr for Cub i will furnish u sort of justification for ils lorcible S'i7ureiu a cer tain contingency. ir, in my judgement, tiny off'r wo may mob will not jutily the cominiion of a great national crime. I am uppovd, sir. to contracting anv more obli gations for the purchase if territory, north or south, in the present condition of tho Trc.n-uty We have territoiy enough now, il we will but improve it. L"t us developc its rosouices replenish our exhausted Treasury and Bttle sum., of tho distracting questions which divide our p uplo, rather than intro-ilii-t new elements of tlisc tul ami confusi m. Hut if this insane p.ission for territorial uequi mon must be gratified, 1 j.reler that we .'t mid Lu 1 1 en ; I tho ncquisiti ni of thu Uritish pjss ssions on this coutiic ut. We havens good reus ,:is 1 1 b lieve that such nu attempt would he sueci ssful as vvn have for believing that vve i.m sjeceed with Slin ; ami, as far as d ingcr to our prosperity and peace is concerned, it is inueli greater from ll.e llritish than the Spanish posscssiuns on this oiiitiiunt. ocean intervenes between our p.'ssessiuiis and those of Great Hritain, 'I hey aru divided only by an imaginary lino extending across tho continent. liy the ac quisiti ni oftho llritish possessions, wo should ueqiiiiu a rich and productive country ; and, what is more important, wo should bring into the Union an jut 'lligcntiind free people, ami c country where t tu laiv's of climate and tuovvili of thu people have settled the ques. tion nf human slavery forever. Mr. Chair man, 1 line no expectation that tho views of the President aru to receive an indorsement by it is House, Hot his purii ise is answered in bringing this subject forward as an Administration measure, lust. '.id of pouring oil upm tho troubled waters, hu has thought proper to make a new issue lo di-tract and divide tho peoph. I believe, sir, the freo anil intelli. gent North is ready to moot this issue. Hut they will not ho diverted by it Irom the slrict accountability to which they will hold the President lor liis broken pledges, Ins neglect of tht ir inteicsts, ami the ruin and distress which his ...iiniiiislv. ition ol tlie Government has brought uis.ii lb t i.try. A.Mtnoii: I) ariim siMv ttl.sntiil. WasiiiMiTov. irs i-eMil"ncn 111 .sow vork, it vvas my custom whin the birthday of Was, ingtou c.iuio round, to get the lellowing antt.'doto ii.s'rtetl in uu or two of the daily pajiers. g mil story is not the worse fn'r ticing ivvitv told, nor a good senium the nnrs (lir being tw ice read In 17'Jd, I heard the farmer referred to, narrate the foil iwing incident. Slid ! . : When tlie llritish urmy hell pissisiion of New iirk, and Washington with llu American urmy lay pear West Point, on mi.niin; I went out at sunrise to bring h mie Iho cows. In pissing a clump of brush-wood, I hoard a moaning s nintl like a j'iiu in distress. On Hearing tint Hint I heard tho words ol a man at pray er, I listened Inliiiul a tree. The m in enino fnith it was (ie.jrgo Wusliington, (ho cap tain of tho bird's host in North America," This I. inner was a member ot the Society of Friends, who, b'iii opposed to war under any pit't in, was lukwarm, and in koine crises nppostil to the cms ol the country. This inriucr was ,i lory. However, having seen tho General enter the camp, hu went to his m. n house, mill siitl I t his wife, "M irtha, we in it-1 not "I pose thi-, war any longer, T'liis morning I hoard tho man George Wash ingtuii scud up a prayer to heav n for his country, mid 1 know it will bu beanl." I'his Friend duilt belwcui thu lines of the two armies, ami siibstqiieutly gave Washington many items c r corning thn movements nj thu tho enemy, wliich imdered good service to the iiK'i'ii an cans i. From tili.s iuiul'iit we may inhr that Washington in-" with tu" sun lo pray for his country. In fought f.r her at iiuiidiaii, and watt-hud f r her at midnight. Now, Mr. Print' r, 1 advib, every oditor of il iii'ivs)-aptr b tivou Mimt.iuk ltilil anil li.ti )!o iy Mountains, if tiuct1 dr.q nl' iiiericun bl.itsl is i ut, inn lb II 'ir on, lout tie y linonii' Hi II i if t ,i,s, mat ui' y i i,.,s ,., I , i their .lain or weekly joui.il v-rv tw. at. 1 n.d of February, ( HMlnl, ton bilo av,) in long iui Ircoa hi w anil viat rruus. I v itt 1 tinea )ur V.I11I. .i.-hititoli wak 1 ricelileni 1 lllliricu nil 'U uounu iiiuacu Grast tiinnsnpRS. Atm 7arcn AVwj, Fohruary 18th, 1859, KO. W ti. a. a. I1ENKDICT. EDitons i.sd PnormtToiu. ty For termt ten Uit rtaar..JPl mmt.iNttTOM FKIDAY MORNINO, FEB. IS, 1859. For County Commiialoner, JAMBS MITCH EI, I,, of Burlington. CONBREIS. But seven more working days remain of tho Session, and if Mr. Buchanan holds to tho declaration nf his annual message that he would sign no important hill without five days to c.insider it, then in effect but two more remain in which todisposo of the great measures beforo Congress. Thus far, but one important nnd really beneficent act to tho country at large has been passed Mr. Morrill's Agricultural College bill and that it seems to bo generally understood, is await ing the deathblow of a presidential veto. The hulk oftho session has been wasted, and it shows the pitch at which we have arrived, that a feeling nf relief will bo the prominent one throughout tho country, if Congress should adjourn without having done any thing. The people would gladly accept in notion in place of the positive mischief which may, anil probably will, bo crowded through in the Last hours of such a body as the pre sent Congress, In the Sunato, on Monday, Mr. Collamer, of Vermont, mado a strong and able speech ugiiipl tin g.m.llOO.OOO bill, showing that tip a.-quisition of Cuba wnuld stimulato itistss.n of extinguish tho slavo trado, and replying vigorously to the various argu ments nf tho supporters of the bill. The votes in tho House, on Monday, aro Ktippoaed t'i indicate that that body is in favor nl a tan IT. MR. unvrivs ta'ri-.cu. On the evening of the 15th, tho Houso be- log in Committee of tho whole, Hon. Homer E. lliejcc, of Vermont, addressed tho Com- mitteo on tho subject of the Acquisition of t,ibu, as proposed by the President in his Mcmi,ic of December, 1858, and on tho pro position of the majority of tho Committee on Foieigii relations to havo 30,000,000 placed at thcrshsposal of the President for that pur poe. Mr. Royco's clear, methodical and s u'.nil speech will bo read with interest Thc-vr as nothing ad captattdum in it j but in tligr.ity. forco 6terhng good senso and clear- piss-i.l expression, it seems to us to rank with the hi ft specimens of Congressional oratory Tin i icoplc of our district have reason to be prravl of their representative. Foiirtt.N Scbmart, The Princess Fredrick Willi.vui, of Prussia, gavo birth to a son J.uiui jy 27th. ihe event was announced to Qivnn Victoria, who now becomes grandmother nt less then 40 at Windsor Castl),just six rninutos after its occurrence According to tho last steamer warlike prepai ations wero going on in France so ac tively that tho breaking out of hostilities would seem to bo a question of woeki and nays. It is stated, however, thai tho Em poror tif Austria has expressed to the direc torsol'tho Austria national bank his com' plcto confidence that an amicable arrang3 meat of trc difficulty will hj speedily effect ed between tho two countries. Princess Clothihle, tho oldest daughter of tho King of ."Sardinia, who is to marry Prince Napolc on, (t: tusiii nf tho Kmperor,and his minister to Algeria and the Colonies) is said to he till and remarkably handsome, resembling Hie flittered portraits of Maria Theresa whose decendant she is. Her mother was c msidercd tho most beautiful princess Ilurop". A monster concert at Paris,' on a scale never Inforo heard of, is projected for April next ; 20S choral societies, numbering among them 7,000 performers, are to be con grega-ted within tho walls of the Crystal I'.iueo in thu (JiuimpiElysecs. N'ot a lit tle trepidation is manifested in England lest the Prince of Wales, now on a visit to tho Imperial City, shall become a convert to Catholicism. Foreign papers say that Itanium's lecture on the Art of Money-making has proved an extraordinary hit in JOngland. All tho wits and writers go to hear him, and tho vast St. James Hall, in Inndon, is crammed every time he repeats the lecturo. EDUCATIONAL, AFFAIRS IN CHARLOTTE. Charlotte, Feb. 17, 18S9. .VffJr. Fdittrs; The second meeting of our citizens rin the School question spoken of in ra commu nication In the Fth Prrtt of the 4th IntUnt, in a dceiled success so far as the numbers in attend ance were oonoerned, and though there was not ex actly the unanimity desirable and necessary for liny efficient action, still It is an omen for good, -when tho good men and true of such a Town as nurs, (and this description includes the mass of our citizens almost without exception,) are very largely represented in any popular movement on !o vltnl a subject as tho School question musterer ha. H cannot but he the means of bringing the. thoughts more definitely to weigh and measure tbo merits uf the case, and must inevitably lead to the tnial Adoption of meuures conducive to the best otl of the matter in hand. The discussion was, as at the first session, rather at random, though some points of order were In ristrdnn hylho chairman, which resulted In bring ing tho meeting to a rotn on the original ques. lien, lit! Whether wo will attempt to build an .tcah-oiy on the Oram! List? which was negs. tire-l; as also upon tbc Hcsolution laid orer from first meeting, proposing two grAtle schools, -also hut; when a resolution proposing to discuss the propriety of establishing a Union School, aeeording to tlio prov islons of the Statute, was presented by II. II .N'ewrll, Esq., and laid over for discussion at the next meeting, two weeks thereafter. f-ome serious and soma amusing suggestions and circumstances eonipired to raise considerable ex. citeetit in the course of debate preceding the miul rete on the h at resolutions. It was suggested that uur crtisM-m schools should be made the inr. tliuni fr firing instruction in the higher branches i.f iiiadeinic Instruction that Astronomy, Ueome. try, llotan., and Xalural Philosophy should b thoroughly taught and illustrated in Ihe.D, orer loosing the fact that the attempt to Introduce these and kindred branches has done much to prevent the tlioreugli iin.truethn needed In the int. re cuiiunim and useful branches, a. g. Mental Arithmetic, fspelling and Knglish tlramraar to ray nothing of " the three Its, Heading, Riling nnd Hitliinctlu." An experiment is fresh In the inlivU el some of us, made this past winter, in one of the Ingest and most furwnrd schools In Town, where n young invn was engaged troui the Uidver ,lly Ii. li.u'li, with the direct understanding that I. stiii, (leoinetry, Algebra, etc , should be introdu ced; hi- was a most thorough scholar, and an ex. ei'lh-til Ir-sidicr, and gate goM satisfaction; but vet tu,. smaller scholars were left, ofttu untt.l-.l , . . ,. '" r"-r. "..011.1 ' locltatlm or performnnco i.f riadlug and spslliltg, mid this Iroin the very inuessllies of Iho case, .sow, tur t'oinioou sv-lieils must take tbrlr cUracter trout the unit la grade, aud so on, and I virs vrna, our academic institutions must ever suffer where there It want of faithful Instruction I In the elementary branches, If the children In the common acKooli are lamed Into tbc band of the teachers In (he higher siTio'oll, tfhlle they ire un fitted to d ranee In the higher braVhM, raneh time mast be lost la brlaging them up to the no' ceisary stand-point of tWeicAscss In the founda tion, the teacher It faithful, while en the other hand, if the annual crop of teachers are sent down the primary schools unfitted for the tho rough training of the yeanger classes, the result Il an InflnlU and ever repeatlcg Hrtea of 111 qualified teaehers and nntaaght candidates. One gentlemea assured nl that the adrantagsl for ac quiring Instruction la the higher branches we'e jully eqaal to the want of tbc community; that young person had an appetite for literary at tainment, and energy enough tn make a liberal education of sny practical value, lueh a one will gain hli purpose, do what yon will to hinder, and gainst and In spite of all the present surrounding obstacles',--while on the other hand, If we were ever to loUeltoui to aid those of Indifferent talents and low ambition, he knew of no way to make them proficients In education, or, (to use his own Ian gnage), to get an education Into them, unless to cut a hole in the top of the head and peur it In wlthatannel; most sadly misapprehending the meaning of the word educate to educe or draw out the latent energies and developc existing faculties most emphatically voting himself and the rest of us poor purblind mortals, vainly striving to get some distant glimpses of the higher peaks of the Hill of Science, as veritable mtit or asses, tnenpa ble of being elevated to any good degree of moral or intellectual refinement. Alas for us 1 ! An Incidental remark, Intended to illustrate the statement that we, al a community, are In some degree aware of oar wide departure from the high est grade of soelal order and advantage, and oxpos- ed to still wider divergence by reason of the want of vitality In our social Institutions, growing, as was suggostcd in a former communication, more or less ont of our want of a eommon centre, that some of our most Intelligent, wealthy and Influential young mon, impelled by this felt want and danger had been Induced to Identify themselves with the Institution of Freemasonry, eo long quietly slum bcrtng what seemed the sleep of death, hoping thus to do some good battle for the right and true,eaused some little flutter amongsome members of thatfra ternity present, and received a pretty severe retort by way of reply, which, while charging nnebarita- bleness on the speaker, overlooked the allowed fact, that he who attempts tc strengthen a community, especially under a republican form of Government, by building up a class and providing for the wants of a portion of Its members and thus creating an Invidious distinction, while implying, like my friend of the tunntl, some kind of inability to pro vide for their own wants equally well with others, is really neglecting the only true foundation and sourco of security in not providing for the wants of the masses. Now, while yonr correspondent refrains from offering an opinion on the merits of the question, still, in this land of free speech it is certainly not too much to ask an old and public institution to submit with a good grace to the criticisms of that same publio whose Interests it would save; and I cannot but hope that all will realise that "Open rebuke is better than secret love," and that while the "wounds of a friend are faithful, the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. In conversation recently with one of our most influential citizens, and one most emphatically Identified with what some are pleased to term "lo cal prejudices," on the School question, allusion was made to tbc project of a Union Prayer Meet ing among as, as the only means likely to be po. tential to arouse to the vital importance and pres sing wantsof oir Religious Intereits and I can but see the accuracy of the inference In its appli cation to to oar system of schools, and the whole machinery of oar aoelal arrangamenta. Yours, R. D. E The Indiana Senator Case. The debate in the Senate on Monday on the Indiana atvoatora waa protracted to a lata nour. t he Republican Senators who participated in the debate were Messrs. Collamer, Seward Trumbull, Hale, Fesaenden and Harlan Messrs. Bright and Fitch were supported by .Messrs. uroen. rugn, iiayara ana itcnjamin who ignored the merits or the case, and con tended that the case was already decided Mr. Seward is said to have made a masterly speech. The speeches of Mr. Hale Trumbull and Harlan were scathing and un answerable: Tho sharpest set to was between Mr. Fes aenden and Benjamin. The Tribune's cor respondent says : "The interest of the discussion, howovor, rise to its greatest height over the bold, clear demonstration of W m. Pitt Feesendcn, who exhibited a fresh specimen of his re markablo qualities as a debater. For keen, cogent, incisive, cut and thru-t gentlemanly debate he has no superior in the Senato nor anywhere else. Mr. Benjamin retorted in a vigorous onslaughtupon tho Republicans. Mr. Fessenden came back upon him in an admi. rable reply, which waa listened to with great delight, especially by the galleries. Mr. Benjamin sat on coals while it was being de livered. This debate cannot bo printed im mediately, owing to the pressure upon the columns of the Globe. It was much deman ded, and its renewal to-day waa owing to the energetic determination of Mr. Collamer, who opened it with a speech of characteris tic pith and power.'" Religious Intelligence. Mr. E. II. Byington has accepted a call from tho Congregational Church and Society in Windsor, and a Council has been called for his ordination on the 23d inst. The Baptist churches at Newport and Albany, under the pastoral care of Rev. II. N. Hovcy, hava been greatly refreshed and strengthened during the past Fall and pres ent Winter. Thirty-six hava boon baptized, and it is hoped the work may still continue, Rev. M. B. Bradford was dismissed from tho pastoral care of tho Congregational Church in Grafton, Vt., on the 7th inst. The Council recommended him to the churches, as an able and devoted minister of Christ. Rev. C. L. Goodcll was ordained, Feb. 2d, pastor ol tho South Congregational church in New Britain, Ct. Sermon by Rev. I. E. Dwinell of Salem, Mass. Ralph Waldo Emerson is now occupying Rct. Theodore Parker's aeak at Musie Hall, Boston. A private letter from Paris pays that it has been resolved to hold in Paris a weekly Union Prayer-Meeting, aa well weekly Pray-cr-Meetings in every Protestant church and chapel of every denomination. New Shoe Store. The announcement by Mr. A. Proctt Jr., of the removal of his shoe store to now more spieious quarters at 154 Church street, has doubtless already caught the attention of our readers. We dropped in nt the new store this afternoon and hastened to indicate our entire though unimportant approval of the change. Mr. Prouty's new place of hneinee is one of the most spacious and pleaaanteat stores in town. It has been refitted and adopted for his husi. neas in a style uf rich and substantial adorn ment, and is Ihe picture of neatness and good tasta throughout. It will afford ample accnnitnodations for Mr. Prouty's Urge and growing husinem, and cannot full to be a favorite shopping place with the community. It will be noticed that Mr. Prouty is "sell ing off, to make room for a new stock. Distii or Mrs. Clare. The painful tld lng of the death nf Mrs. Mary B. Clark, wife of Prof. N. G. Clark nf the University of Vermont, has Iwen received here. .She died un the 11th lust., at Orange Springs, Flori da. She had been in Florida on account of (cable health, fur a year or more. COUXTT CONVENTION, The Freemen of Chlttcrden County, in fa Tor oftho execution of the Prohibitory law, met, pursuant to tho published call, a' Hur- llngton, Feb. 22, 1850. Tho Convention nr. ganifed hy tho choice of Hon. Francis Wii.i. (on of Hincsburgh, us President, and G. 0. BENmicf, "Secretary. On motion, James Mucnrtx of Burlington, was unanimously nominated for re-election as County Commissi, ner. Tho following resolution was introduced i)T C. J. Alger F,f., nnd on motion was unanimously adopted hy the Convention 1 Itnatvid. That this Conren ion antirores the past efforts of the Cominisiloner tn secure the pro earemcnt, by the Town Agents, of puro liquors, for sate at their several Agencies, and request hi r, 4n case of his reelection, to continue to taVo nil prf per earo and precaution that me town ajrents rur. chase none but genuine and puro liqu"rs, hdlcr Ing that the sale of adulterated liquors by the agents has thus far proved of great damatc to the eause of Temperance. On motion the Convention .ndioiirnd inc die. Attest, F. Wn.t.sov. Pr's't. Q. 0. Benedict, 1r'v. Burlington, Feb. 22d. 1R50. Ma'CoRHtck's Heater. The Commission er of the Patent Offico in refusing nn applica tion for an extension of M'Cormick's pa, tent for improvement in reaping machines says that, considering Hint the essential ele ments of his machine were public property or pcrty of otners beforo his patent was tho pro taken out thatonc part, the reaper's seat, stilt belongs to him, and can bo enjoyed only on his terms and further, that tho profits on his patent amount tn $1,207,01-0, ho, the commissioner, thinks M'Cormick sufficient ly remunerated already. Others will think so too. Handsome Compliment. We aro informed that tho citizens of Winooski have presented Mr. John 0. McKeen, Principal of the Winooski School, with a beautiful silver box, inlay cd with gold, as a token of their appreciation of his faithfulness and assiduity as a teacher. An Awakeward Fix. The Brookrillo (Pa.) J'ffirsonian of the Kith inst., says that a licrinan nemed (Jnrb, while out hunt- ins in Clearfield Co., come across a hear trap, he entered for tho purpose of exam in inc it, but unfortunately touched tho trigger and was shut up. In this predicament ho rumainco. two aays, nearly aeail irom imager and cold, when tho man who set the trait came to examine it, nnd found that, instead of a bear, he had caught a German. EyParents, look out for tho cat. The Galesburgh, (111.,) Democrat mentions the followine narrow escape ot a child : A small girl, seven or eight years old, on the night oftho 27th uit., camo pretty near losing her life by a cat. Her mother heard n stranco noise which awakened her, she has tened to the bed where the child was lyi and found tho cat with her mouth close to the child's mouth. At first they took the child to bo dead, nut they soon ricrceivtsi 11 seemed to catch breath occasionally. After two or three hours she was restored to con sciousness, but has been very stupid nnd un well since. Parents should beware how they trust their cat to sleep with their children Hall's Journal of health states a some what significant fact, if it bo, indeed a fact, lit: that of 6000 persons tried last year, be fore the New York Court ol Sessions, only 04 were sober when arrested. A Conscientious Borrower. A lady in Port land, Mo., has just returned a few beets she borrowed fifty years ago of a ncighlior, prom ising to return them in a few days. Such an instaneo of punctuality is most remarkable, and cannot be beat We were shown, the other day, mv,s the Rutland Courier, five Spanish Merino" ewes, which Mr. Nathan Button, of Shaflsbury, had purchased of Nr. Edwin Hammond, "of Midalcbury, for $500. Their wool was very fine, and will probably shear 10 lbs. each in June next. Tns Richest Man i.v Providence. How he lived. The Hartford Post, in speaking of a Providence millionaire, recently deceased says he was worth when ho died, come $5,000, 000, yet ho lived poorer than most men not worth one thousand dollars. Salt codfish was a standard dish with him, and even in his last sickness, it is said that ho upbraided those who had the care of him, for their ex travagance in providing delicacies for him, assuring them that he could not afford it. He was a bachelor and a snufT-takcr. His snuff ho kept in a largo box and bought it by the centa worth. There was but ono store in Providence, and that on India Point, where he could get his box filled for a cent, and the old man used to patronize that , store, more than a mile distant, whenever his box re quired filling. The town treasurer nf Erin, Washington county, Wis., lost his lifo on tho night of the 1st, in thu a. tempi to steal the funds from his own house, ho had just collected the town taioi, and told his wifu ho was go ing away until tho next day. In the night throe men, disguised, entered the house, and two of them seized the woman and threaten ed to shoot her if she made any noise. A peddler locging in the house was aroused and fired his revolver, killing ono oftho men when the others fled. The dead robber prov ed to be the town-treasurer in disguise. Thomas Hodgson, of New York, professes to have disc ivercd an urliclo that will take the kinks out of a negro's wool, and mako it permanently straight and glossy. Such things must not he tolerated. Ily and by somebody will invent a bleaching process, and then there will lie no means of distin guishing the men who have no natural rights from ordinary white folks. Springfield Re publican. Litchfield, Conn., seems to be a remark able place for longevity. There are now living in the town, Pheho Ford, aged 90, Thankful Seymour, 0'J, Mary Peck, 93, (all of them widows,) Salmon Ituel, 92, and Ja cob Kilborn, 92. A list isnlso prepared con taining tho names of fifty persons now living in Litchfield, between the age of 80 and 90 ' With ono exception, Litchfield is the highest town in Connecticut, and tho soil is dry and gravelly. .Mrs. Catherine Judah. who died in New York a few days ago, in lar Slth year, wna tho last member ota once wealthy and influ ential Jewish family, which was once con nected with the great men oftho Revelation. The lady was also the last nf those elegant irl who on the afternoon of that memorable ay when Washington took leave of tho army, received from that illustrious man a parting farewell. Firs in Walisile. The More of David MutTum & Son, Wnlpole N, H., was burned, with tho most of it contents, on Sunday night, 1.1th. Airs. Gri6wold occupied a part nf the building as a millinery, ami II. G. Wightman nnother part In the tailoring bus iness, and it was from tho room oftho latter 'the fire took, Our fair readers will ob-erve the new fea ture introduced to-day at the ii-e Hive, A chance not only for " pulling ami hauling " to their hearts content, hut for getting goods at their own prices, is not ottered to tho la dies every day. It certainly shows a remark able degree of confidence in the " ileah quotsrhahe " on the part of the young Ht Hive men, and a " rush " is the unavoidable consequence). UNION Of'TlllS PURSE AND TUB SWORD. The weaker Mr. Buchanan gets in the es timation of the poople, tho moro extravagant he becomes In his demands. Finding his (chemo for getting Cuba, by means of the $.10,000,000 asked for by his body guardsman, Slidell, (but not got, nor llko to bo), likely t) fail, became out a few days ago with 11 propoiitijn in a special mcssase, that Congress should make over to him It constitutional war-miking power, si far aa the Governments) swtn of n are concerned. He savs the Monarchical and Despots chiefs of tho Jiaruptwn givernments havo this pern or, that for want of It the U. S. Executive" can't do naif as well iu protecting tho rights, of our people abroad as he touM If he. ha I asmueli piwer as European monarch"! have. Monstrous as the proposition is, thers arei many of the Democratic magnates who think it ought to bo acceded to. The Senate may go for it. though even that is doubtful. The House will do nothing of tho sort. "Ftzzi.v & Wirim." The lest AVcst- minster Review gives the following anecdote ; "A clcrcyman not lone aei was earnestly pressing on tho attention of a dying Lincoln shire boor, certain doctrines which have tore- sented difEcu tics to clearer heads under more favorabla circumstances, "n ut wr faath, was the fain. response, givin in the sick mans native Doric, "wut wi taath,and wutwi' tho earth a turning rjund the sun, and wut wi,' the railroads a fuzzin and wizzio', I'm clean muddled, stonied and bet" iandsosaying he turned to the wall and expired. Match .Sites. Were Ian insurance agent' I would 111 ike it an imperial rule that every house insured by mo should bo provided with metal or earthen boxes, in which matches. should bo kept. They aro often seen lying loosely upon the shelf or in tho closef, where' a careless servant, an unthinking child, or a mischievous mouse, may produce disastrous results with them. A littlo incident has. mademc very careful in this matter. Onsday,. when about closing my room, I hastily threw a key into a drawer where were several pa pers and miscellaneous articles, and closed it; out just ns it was closed, there was a glim mer of light within tho drawer which atract cd my nttention frem its novelty. Opening it, I found that tho key had struck the- end' or a match, fired it and and if not discov ered tho building worth many thousand dol lars, would probably have been consumed, and n 1 one could havo guessed how it took fire. It is unquestionably truo that many fires havo originated from mice nibbling tho ends of matencs, and wc know that many children have been poisoned by biting match ts carelessly left within theirreach. Buy or make a mctalic or earthen match safe, and keep it in a safe place . American Agricul turist. Painful Accident. Martin Flanagan, aged 14 years, in the employ of Mr. Law renco Barnes, at the Pioneer Mechanic's Shop, got his hand caught in tho revolving knives of a planing machine, yesteriay. Tho belt had been thrown off and tho rea ch ino was in motion only by its own momen tum . but before it stopped, tho arm had been drawn in abovo tho elbow. The injured member was amputated by Dr. Carpenter, and wo understand that the lad is quite com fortable to-day. News of the Week. Br Teloarraph tat the Dssllr Free Prea Washington, Feb. 16. The additional article to the Extradition treaty between the United States and France is officially promulgated. It extends to per eons charged with the following crimes, whe ther as principal accessories, or accomplices merely : Forging or knowingly passing or putting in circulation counterfeit coin or bank notes or other paper current as money, with intent to defraud any person or persons, and imbezzlcment by any person or persons hired or salaried, to the detriment of their employer, when their crimes are subject to infkmous punishment. Tho President, in recognition of the satis factory manner in which John Nugent, Esq., discharged the duties of his special mission to British Columbia and Vancouver's Island, recently tendered him tho appointment of Minister to Bogota, which ho declined, in tending to take an active part in politics du ring the summer, bis friends having induced him to become a candidate for Governor of that State. The Senate in Executive session to-day, ratified the Dacotah Indian Treaty, by which an extensive tract of country is ceded to the United States. St. Locis, Feb. 16. The Over-land Mail has arrived here, with San Francisco dates of the 24th uit. No through passengers camo with the Mail. The news is destitute of general interest. A newspaper of republican politics was about to bo established at San Francisco, by Mr. C. A. Washburne. Oregon dates are to the 15th uit. The Legislature had passed a bill changing the capital of the Stato to Portland. Washington, Feb. 17. The impression is very genoral that the President will veto the Agricultural College Land Bill. The Philadelphia Democratic members met in Caucus yesterday and decided to cast their vote as a unit on the Tariff question. If they fail to get tho Bill before the House on its own merits they will eadeavor to tack it on some appropriation Bill. rnOJI KITROPK, SEtVS. WAR-LIKE St. Johns, N. F, Feb. 17. Tho Galway Steamship Prince Albert from Galway 5th inst w ith Liverpool advices per mail of the 4th and by telegraph of the 5th inst has arrived at this Port. Warlike preparations were going forward actively throughout France but the Minis terial Journals were recommended to keep silent on the subject. The political disquietude throughout Eurjpe is increasing. Tho llritish Parlhment opned on the 3rd inst. The Queen's speech was very non committal and was silent on the war ques tion, causing a decline in the funds both in L m l. ni and in Paris. The speech threatens the sending ol a foree against Mexico. Let ters speak of war symptoms being decidedly 011 the increase. Great anxiety is in .nifeat etl for the Emperor's speech at the open ing of tho Legist itnre un the 7th, It is rumorotl that he is preparing a sur prise for the world, and that war is certain. The minister of the colonies h is decided that the immigration of Africans ahull ho snperueeded hy that of Chinese. Huiuoro are currant in England of exten sive warlike prtarati m including an in crease of 30,000 men for the navy The nurriig.t nf Prince Napoleon with the Kiii of SirdinU' daughter vvas celebrat ed at Turin uu the 30th, The llrazilia 1 Miilut LUhju brings news that t n llr.uiliiu g ivcruiu Jilt had offered to J act as mediator between Paraguay and the