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,T HE BANNER. BidAfcr. MWUI, Editor. LDUISI1NA. MISSOURI. XONDAY, - APRIL 2d. To-day the citizens of Marios and Pike asmbU at their respective Court Houses, for tha purpose of making an expression egeiait the doctrine of the Wilmot Proviso, and manifesting their approbation of the resolution passed by ourLeeisture inrele Hon thereto. It u hoped that there will be general tarn oat and that the true ground My be calmly, but resolutely and firmly tare. , " A meeting of the BaraJmrnera of St. Louis kes bees held at the Court House of that oooaty, at which preamble and resolu tawari warn adopted which contain eenti- TBtiaogtberdifferKffoiB tboeii enter. Wned by the great body of the people of, Hiesoarf. Some or the tine democracy were present, but the sentiments of the Banbnrnerc prevailed we do not, how wver. feafiee the names of man of the nor pnmhunt men of the city as participating! in the , proceedings. But if Mr. Risk, the frisky aet&ber from that city in the last Legmlatare, be a sample of St. Louis dem eeracy, we are sore, it will never do to bet .'The State would be better off with- out it than with' it The Democrats of St. Leuia do not take . the. stand which is ex pected from them by the people of the State While the Barnburners of that city are active end energetic in the promulgation W their principles, the pale-faced Demo crats scarcely speak abore their breath The press of St. Louis is either mum npon the Subject, or issues only milk end water articles ef no strength, no force, no energy at all. Hie will not do for the people of wwurt. 5t Louis is the great centre of or eemmeree and the point to which we1 ought to look for political information ; but! the StXoou Union once so eagerly sought iter by the Democrat of this tection is ewa consequence of its tenseness on this object, scarcely read atalL At Bowling BARNBURMERIS&f. We have just read an Address put forth by Blair & Co., the Bernburneis of 8t Lews, for concent, the erire decisions of juvenile debating the purpoMormuladio9llMlnoere7orMiclub contrary, as to menV predominant souri on Ihe question of the WUuwt Proviso. It it a very flimsy thing, a tit tee of special pleading, misrepresentation and prejudice, with scarcely any substance whatever. The object of the writer, as we rather it from this cob web afiair, is to create an unjust prejudice gainst some of our statesmen, and to make po litical capital Tor others. But surely a more fee-1 ble offort to elevate one man upon the ruin of others, was never made with greater presump tion. An attempt is made to engender prejudice in the minds of Missourians against the South, southern statesmen and southern institutions, paMU The love of friends and of lucre are held to be the most weighty- end antagonistic; the one appealing to the sympathetic ties of so cial relationship, and springs from the noblest impulses of the heart the other appeals to those ooarstr traits, avarice and ambition, so strongly Mashed through all the political and commercial tiaBsactions of the world, and springs from those dark and mysterious recesses of the heart where selfish ingratitude dwells. . . These features of human nature are frequent ly viewed with heated imaginations from wrong positions, which serve as glasses to magnify the . : . . i THE RULING PASSION OF MAN." resolutions the rote stood yeas, tong ano The evaatinn is an adioumed one bv common noes, long and loud. A different set of resolutions were also introduced, aecora ing to it's report, with many supporters. The truth is - a fragmenpf. Jhe ;py Barnburner -notoriety, in conjunction wiUi a portion of the Whigs, have' been trying to bring themselves into notice at St. Louis, and have received their eulogies entirely through the Whig press. ; Will the Republican approve or condemn the resolutio'ns.itself ? Speak, iittie 'Colo- nel, or doff your epaulets ai unworthy the badge and the .title. and bring this prejudice to bear upon the ques- objecU viewed. Oue is cut aloof from early as tion of the Wilmit Prori.o, the darling scheme sociations and kind friends, who once basked in of the wii abolitionists of the north. Know- th genial beams of the sun of his prosperity, and ing that Mr. Calhoun has never been a speeialileft to bujBetthe cold world in adversity with in- favorite with the majority of the people of Mis- hospitable strangers; which but grows the cold. souri, he is craftily thrust forward by these po- The lines bv Valeria on "The Flitht of the Wild Geese in Spring," evince a chute and po etic imagination, and will be perused with inter est By the by, we owe our fair correspondent an apology, though late, for suffering the type to ob- icvrt the sense of the verses dedicated "To my Country" in a former number. The errors oc cur in the 4th verse at the commencement of er upotrhi returning to those friends who find b'tioal tricksters, aa Ihe onlv a-raal onnonenf of no pleaiare in the shades of his adveraitvi If the odious Proviso, with the hope that Missouri- men.were.Uee prone to dwell in their imagine- tbe.2d line the word 'wAibNhonld beAiclj'and ana mav be so blinded bv iealousv of the man. tame upon the errors of humanity, there would near the close of the Wftd line, same verse, the aa f a Kii ImI Ia u.rifiM.tli.ir rriinl.. ami ilipir be less unhaanlness in the world. TW world word stuf should be 'midst.' We will eomet interest, for the elevation of someone of north- i kind if we do not deceive the world. Man the type in future when , perpetrating such Green, where' recently large club was made op at the reduced price of $1,45 per JMiUM members of the club are now offer ing to sell at fl,25 for money, or in ex change for other more decided papers. We tell yon, friend Pickering, in earnest, this will not do. . la ell kindness we tell yon, that the fear ef nay man or set of men should not deter you from the publication of ell in formation on this exciting subject no, not ere ike Southern address. Unless von boldly and fearlessly reflect the sentiments of the Democratic party of Missouri, oa this question, yon most expect to see e press in St Louis that will do it, and that before any months shall have rolled round. As a mend of the Union we have made these re. aorks in a spirit of kindness, end we are ure that no one will be more rejoiced to new the- Union prosper than ourselves, if it shall resume its former tone and energy. Bat if the Editor doubts our seriousness and win only take the trouble to ascertain. he will fiad that we bat echo the voice of the Democracy of all North-eastern Mis souri. era affinities and northern principles. Although almost every great and good man of the south, has promptly taken a decided and bold stand a gainst this fanatical crusade of the old abolition ist of the north, under Ihe new name of Pre- visoxsts, still Mr. Calhoun and his adherents are, alone represented by the writer ef this address as presenting a determined opposition to it The convention of the southern representatives in Congress, is denounced by these friends of the Northern Provisoists and Abolitionists, as a midnight conspiracy of the old nullifers of the South against the Union and a bold declaration of the rights of the States and the rights of the South, u proclaimed to be treason by these advo cates of the ultra federal doctrine of the Ban, burner, or aumsi Abolition Proviso. But the writer underrates the intelligence of Missouri-! una, when be supposes that they can be so blind. ed by jealousy of Mr. Calhoun, or any other soutnera statesman, aa to yield up their rights and the rights of the States and of the people, without a struggle. We cannot believe that their dread of the name of Calhoun, nor their , reverence for the "great name" of Benton, which ha bun Itwml inr a rhi. uUmi m,Ul .;tl... J.:.. -mO " r. ... Winn Ulltc A, JtAfiv MltUUIti.fi. fmmm m JMI.H!.. C it rights, the rights of the States and the people. would be happy if he would not poison his peace wrongs. with the reflections of wrongs done to him. Men love money it is true, but is there no no bler impulses to action to gain it than mere love of lucre ? The idea is a slander unon the true The Palmyra Whig in speaking. of Governor King's importunors for office, says : "Never was a man since the world began so sore beset Day in and day out be waa torment-' ed won the plagues u Egypt." j At the time the Whig wrote the above it had vrJ ItMWil sif J risk senaM-enta fliwft flewa Tmvlntf sat 1a ik. .... ; ii : i. - -e- " " " v. thl. Wh;( HouI. Th- aA hero i lhcr lor impulses of the heart. I speak of men pos sessed ef human hearts, not miser's gizzards! Men traverse the earth from zone to tone, audi wealth, and shall we insult his love for those for merited with the plagues of Whigdom the same JJ" As many of our citizens are about taking their jdeparture for California, we would ask . .them if austhiegeould be more gratifying, in saw new western bosses, than the privilege of J penf paper from OU Pike? Every advertisement and name will have a new interest by the lime tkey reach you there. We will ferciih eoptes of the Banner to a einbaa teeaenable rates, andasall them regularly, wall enveloped, to &m Francbco, or any other U a . pouxinunwy oe neaigaated. A regular semi. anwftiTv'fcitl 1 J. e .i . new irrieans tor tnatcoun- Iry eis Chagres aa regularly as any in the coun- y- We would, also, in this connexion, idicatdy Ateto thoM lmviag accounts with us, that the! HaJmg at kit o$cu eaeeaw va s ZJ- supers went to the osnntn that hr. fde ease ef the Cholera had antwarwl in T 13" It is said that men will actually on hVinA Urom Tn&mm amwunrlif nana the eoanpotitor'i desa or on file in a printing office. We shall doubt H -until some persons go blind ' in Lou-isiana. We are under obligations to the Hon. David R. Atchison for a copy of Col. Fremont's valua ble map of Oregon and California, accompanied by an illustrating geographical memoir. fde ease ef the Cholera had appeared in seam, ue am or last week. If it be true, it m lam ts be dreaded than has been supposed. . ConmATtoK. By the arrival of par. evaa la St Louis, onFeiday last from San- S1- dU from New Mexico to the S4ta ef rebraerr. the rumored ntnnnt nk. ; Ctbed fa oar last issue of the destruction oH poruosi jw uoi. jfremont's party, is con irmed. Eleven ia number, and all the pack aBiimlaaaiaaf si faifL J a.J.II il . 1 CAT. bad resumed bis joaraey west- aawJ - alu4. il wc srwns DWia Cf am IU 10UI of Feb-nwry. DEPARTURE OF THE CALIFOHNI ANS. Thh week has been fixed upon ly the "Ijouuiana Enterprise Company" to take up their line of march for the land of inexhaustible gold. Tbeday,webeUeve,bnotyetdcterminedj upon. Tms company, from all we can learn. when under headway, will number about fifty. Another company starts soon from Prairieville in all, about one hundred from the county. At this rate Pike is escaping well, when we Uke' into consideration the solid columns that are moving from the counties around us. From every quarter of the compass, the news pours in "and still they move." Many law companies have already reached Independence and St Joseph, and nearly every boat bound wmwaru, on we wawr oetween those points and Pittsburgh, from accounts is crowded aye, Utterly jammed with emigrants. The unfavora ble accounts from the Chagres route, have turn- ea we uae ot emigration from all the Atlantic States across the Plains. Many are pushing a head eager to lead off and get, for their stock, the first ninpinarcf the tender Snrinrmaa. Mu. we fear, will have difficult r j , . . . :o w w ausuun ueir aiocic unon so low and ar duous a journey. For the thousands that ate cow moving onward and preparing to start,! wnen lormea in a train, must iwurn ih from the roads, and present a curious and grand spectacle, as, like a hure sernent it slowlv winds its tedious course. As far as the eye can reach, the plains will be bleached with the tents of the movers, and, we fear, will continue whitened with the bones of their stock that will perish. t a "t t t f it. 7" , "" - o nooiw dreadful plagues that killed General Harrison; . ' , , . . circumstance that Ihe Whig has forgotten. me jfisavu, uuae? nywvuuv Vi UlJtUCUL UlUw a. a? iL. a a m taM mve o. ui. ru.uig passion, or man. e see .orf.-The merchants, shippers, ZZ- , , ' ,nd hoteI k"Per of Keokuk have issued motives, foregoing the pleasures of home and . . . iu fndred friends, for the hope of building or re- . " ' P'8' i ouiiding their fortunes: but how illiberal would r-""- j --j it be to ludn those father's and husband'. I known lhe 3t- ou, Keokuk Pack of money, to absorb all clher feelinn of the eU on,e, lheJ hange the hours of their heart An incident that occurred at our wharf departure from that city. The boats now a few days ago, brought this subject forcibly to leare during the night our mind. There, hissed and puffed the resUess boat, while the busy throng jammed HEALTH OF THE CITY. tneir thoughllesa course along, thinking lit- During the week ending Monday last tie of the cares of those around them. there were 79 deaths in the city of Saint A small groupe, consisting of mother, daughter l0111 twenty-four of which were children and son, might have beeu seen linttrin to ihe of the ege of fire years and under. Of this last moment around the father and husband- who number twen y-four are reported as having start. hif d.a fnr th. Pi n j s .kjo'ea wnn cnoiera, mree oi which were L. J I .1 I . . rTest-UB the last tap of the bell summoned them""1 u" P".- arriving lrom i. . l r . . wsiuwi Asia; uvi;ievci mttiic ,n fj mm ,v "-g ewa mmm uHtU UtsiaV.BB We are indebted to Hon. Thos. H. Benton for a copy of his speech, made :n the Senate, on the adjudication of land titles, and .ale of gold mine, in new Mexico and California. JVne JXtmpsAtre Election. On the 20th ult the State election came off in New Hampshire. The Democrats succeeded in electing their Gov. ernor, State officer., a. well as a majority of the members of the Legislature. The delegation to Congress ia nnchanged. The names of the members elected to the new Congress are James Wilson, (whig,) Amos Tuck, (free soil whig,) Cbaa. H. Peasler and Henry Hibbard, democrats. Edtiorud Change We see by the hut num. bar of the Platte Argus, that that well known sheet has passed from the editorial charge of Mr. WSkenon to that of Jas. W. Denver, Esq. vre welcome Mr. Denver to the editorial chore. and extend hhn our P". Then came the hurried but expressive farewell the warm and convulsive grasp of the hand the quivering bp and silent tear, and the little groupe was separaied, perhaps fcreverl Ye., the si lent tear coursed the manly cheek of that fath er, whose head is now silvered o'er with age, as be turned from the boat that bore upon the waves the partner of his bosom and the comfort of his Thb Wilmot Paoviso. The Louisiana (Pike cb.) Banner contains a call for a mass meeting, to be held at Bowling Green on me an oi April, 10 "respond to tne action of the Legislature upon the subject of the 1171 ay 1 aa Ina . "unw -rroviso." lue call is ssid to be "irrespective of party," and made to Mis sourians, who believe in the doctrine nf th sovereignty of the States and territories to govern their own domestic institutions end municipal laws, untrammelled bv Fed. era legislation." If this doctrine is main tained by the people of Pike county, and we suppose it will be.it will come in direct conflict with the position assumed bv th great Democratic meeting at our Court fj a a a . a a. ... . . nou.e, on me mo, anC in which both Hards and Srfls united. The Si. Louis resolutions, emanating, as they avowedly do, from the Democratic nartv. and ree.ir. ing the endorsement of both factions of the party, will unquestionably receive the at. tentionof the proposed meeting in Pike. And they will unquestionably receive the unqualified disapprobation of the proposed meeting in Pike. The people of Pike look not to the resolutions of the Barnburners or St. Louis as the text-book of their politl cal faith. Though further removed from the Metropolis of the nation, they read the same Constitution and judge for themselves ot its provisions. The Republican's avow. al that the St. Louis resolutions eminated from the Democratic party, and received the endorsement of both factions of the party, as it is pleased to speak, is all gam mon. If there is any question upon which the party, at St Louis, is divided, it is that jonty of those whose deaths are reported from cholera arrived in this city but recent ly from New Orleans, and evidently were affected when they reached this point. txepuoiuan zom. CHOLERA IN NEW ORLEANS. We are under obligations to Mr. J. Can. oon,of this city, who arrived from New Or eons on the steamer Jostali Lawrence last evening, for late New Orleans naners. a V. . a a ..... Mr. j. minks that the cholera is prevail ing io a greater extent in new urieans at present, than at any period during the win ter. The Lawrence brought no a large num ber of passengers, fourteen of whom, were on deck, Mr. C. reports to have died of cholera on th passage. St. Louii Even ing Union of Friday last. Cholera at Memphis. A gentlemen who arrived here Tuesday on the Mora Castl says he understood from a reliable source that on last Saturday there were nineteen deaths at Memphis, and on Sunday thirty. t il I.. I ' xi aa ' . J . uvmt mo buuicia. no saiu mcmpuis looked evecuated and dreary. Cairo Delia, 29th. Hurricane in Illinois. -Th (III.) Globe of the 24th atates that a terri ble hurricane recently passed over that re. gion of country, doing great damage to uu amiing manycaiue. A man by the name of S. II. We-d. had placed in his possession, in Nashville. Tenn.. aff.fl1 AAA B . . I a a .. . . . . 40u,wu oy me cashier or the Union Bank, to be delivered at the branch at Knoxville. tie has absconded and gone to California. BaLOWIN TBS MoaoiaEX Yestrda the jury in the case of Baldwin, charged with the murder of his brother-in-law, Mathews, rendered a verdict of guilty of murder io the first degree. It was the opinion of the iurv that .1. though insane at present, Baldwin was sane at the time of the committal of the murder. Q. ajoma union 2310 Ult. rccOLiAkiTiia op Ri,.. m tl- Waah f f - M lie of slavery. But th. Republican tells they are united in their resolutions upon people complain in raaard tiOt3 7..v:. this subject If they are united, why sir " involuntary relaxaUoa of the muscles oflfornia il . j ' a . fla am m hie FakMan aaa J ... I tH.rvuuwuuuii iuera u no ainrfnri" ""miuit uuwn oi dli unae . sm m muusr of sentiment upon any other cardinal mea. i?L:1 0IWn- wai4o!5eia mentioned sure to justify the language of the Republi can. . The effort to lalsefy is shallow, very shallow, very shallow indeed. So much ao that it is condemned from its own columns. That paper in its report of the meeting of the 17th said, upon the yote to adopt the to him A . I .and T.4. V.. t. ' '. -Mvv uen tormed tn Museum ut of a portion of the territory heretofore embraced in the Fayette Land District Abner Gilstran and j.a.:.i. IlfFOaTAMT EMtOaAWTO-fO-CAM- roanu, Naw. Mexico AHf OwttMu- At the late sAsion of Congrers, thd (blbWing resolutfon; wai paised i (-1 fax solbtiok roBtrc mo. 6.J A RESOLUTION authir&htg the Secre tary 01 war IQ inrnisn.Bfma ana ammuni tion to persons emigrating to the Terji lories of Oregon, California .'iiiff'ifew Mexico, "v' '; - "-s ..;.: Retoh'td by the Seriate 'dttd ' Hottiir'f Sevresentative of the United Slale$- if j9meriiQ .in Congress :aitembUdi1Dit the secretary oi war ne, ana.ae u nerepy au thorized, at his discretion", and her ing due regard to ue necesnues ot ine puouo. service, to furnish to such persons as may apply for the same, and who design to emi grate to the Territories either of Oregon, California or New Mexied, such arms, and ammunition, from the army stores, aa they may require to. arm themselves for such ex pedition: Provided, That the arms , and ammunition so furnished shall not exceed a supply sufficient to ermf.and equip .each person of such expeditions ni provided further. That before the same arc deli tared the actual cost to the government of such arms and ammunition shall first be pah) to the United States; and that the Secretary of Wer shall be satisfied that the persons so applying really and bona fide design them for the use aforessid. , Approved Msrcb S, 1849. ' ' The Secretery of War, in order, to carry out this resolution, csused tha. following instructions to be published; ; ,; a. - War Department, March 14, 1849. The following regulations will govern in issuing arms and amntunitien, under the resolution of Congress, spprored March 2, 1849. 1. Each applicant must send to the War Department an affidavit that it is his bona fide intention to emigrate to Oregon, or California, or New Mexico, as -the case may be, and must state distinctly what arms and ammunition he requires. 2. On receipt of an application and af fidavit, as above stated, a sufficient supply of the arms and ammunition designated by him, to arm and equip each applicant, may be delivered to him or his order,, on. pay. ment of the cost thereof; provided the gov ernment has such arms, and the same csn be sold without detriment to the public service; and if not, then the applicant msy receive such other arms and ammunition as he shall seleet, on the same conditions. 2. Arms and ammunition, furnished as above, will be delivered to each applicant. or to his authorized agent, at the nearest and most convenient, arsenal where "he arms may be. The place of delivery dr. sued by the applicant, should be designated. But as this order did not suit the urgen cy of the case, and many emigrants might be deprived of the opportunity of obtaining arms, &c, under its slow operation, Judge Kruin sent a Telegraphic dispatch to the proper officer at Washington, and yester day, in answer, the following order was re. ceived: Washington. D. C, March, 28. Major Wm. Bell : Issue to each emigrant paying cash cost therefor, arms and atnmuuilion. Affidavit to be taken in each case. By order of the Secre ary of War. G. TALCOTT, Br. Brig. Gen. Col. Ord. This puts it in the power of everv emi grant to California, Oregon, or New Mexi co, to obtain arms and ammunition from the Government, on very favorable term. Mo. Republican. Important Decision nf the Sunrrmc Court of the Untied States. On the 13th inst, in the case ot the State of Missouri ' vs. the State of Iowa. Mr. Juati. nimii delivered tha opinion of the Court, estab lishing the old Indian boundary line, known for many years as Sullivan's line, as the Northern boundary of Missouri; which ia, in effect, a decision ia favor nf Iowa. Thia decision is final it being the result of an sgreed case between the parties ane) set tles the boundary. The county cf Schuyler, and pereasa other territory, over which Mtssourihaaab. ways claimed and exereiad itifcadieiiau ia. by this decision, determined to belbag l Iowa, and will heraafta far a af .f that State. This result ia unexpected, and may be productive ef some inconvenience. The population of the couaty.last fell, was about thirty-fir. hundred, aut of wbomK we imagine, wilt dislike Wing thrown, into, a free State, though it happen, fortunately that they ewa only a few slaves. The total number, at the last ceas, was aaly twenty four. Mo. fiepublicanu Gold Fever C2fra A letter from China of the 29th of December eaytrhat a Hamburg baioue waaahnnt Lvisi China. ? A"f"0M eont, with a large eerga of provisions fo the gold icgioaa of CsJU Qpcstiov.pab . r?-... lie . waves London on Mocday at noon, and travels west with the avnaatsneed of the on, so ea to make the eireuit of the earth iwewy-tours hears, whea and where WOUld the inhahitanta ttrmt .ti i.: : a-u ruesdaynoon? - J- The L'huleta is on the increase ia: the Soetlu