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THIRT TiRsT CONGRESS.
v.i'.vr SKBHION,
Mqn September I, 18A*t.
b EN ATE.
Petition* were presented by Me*?r*. Dickinson,
Davton, Hill, and Yulbi.
THt . rXAS DOl'NDARV.
Mr. CLEMLN'S presented ttie proceeding* and
resolution* of a puLla meeting in the Slate of Alabama,
in whit h the proceeding* of the Nashville
convention was sustained, and the action of the
Senate, upon th. (mention of the Texan boundary,
wus denounced, lie said that he did not think,
upon this last subject, tint the resolutions adopted
at the meeting reflected the sentiments of onetenth
of the people of the Slate of Aluliaina. Although
tut entertained the highest respect for those
who took part iu the meeting, lie still thought that
upon the reasons inducing to that measure the Senate
was better qualified to judge itia.ii the meeting
whose nroreeiliiwa lie nr, .-ciilnl.
PCU LIC Bt'lLDlWOS AT SAINT LOCIS.
Mr. BENTON submitted the following- resolution,
which was considered by unanimous consent and
agreed lo:
lletiilvtd, That the Committee on Finance be instructed
to inquii into the expediency of making'
nu appropriation tor tin puri base ol a site, and
i orimiriH'cmeiit o! a building for the purposes of a
custom -house, independent ticasury, post olfice,
and other offices, for the use ot the t inted States,
. Ill the i ily ol St. Jaiuis.
UfRltY's BEPORT ON LIBERIA.
Mr. DAVTON submitted the following resoluti
in, whit ll was agreed to:
Rexulncd, That the Secretary of State be requested
io communicate to the Senate the report ot the
Rev. It I!. (Jurley, who was recently sent out by
(Joct rninent 10 obtain information in respect to Liberia.
THE BARK JAMES PATTON, JR.
Mr. llA.Ml.lN moved, and the Senate proceeded
to the consideration ol the bill granting a register
to the bark James Pallon, jr., and it was read a
third time and passed.
THE OVERFLOWS ON Till. MISSISSIPPI.
Mr. DOWNS, pursuant to notice,'introduced a
bill to aid the Stale of laiuisiana in reclaiming tin:
overflowed lauds in that Slate, and for other purposes.
Mr. I), then explained the nature of tin: various
nod constaut uverllows of the Mississippi, and the
injurious consequences to the Stale <>i Louisiana,
ami particularly to the city of New Orleans; and
also the necessity for some remedy. The bill was
then read a second time, and referred to the Committee
on Public Lands.
SHIP CANAL IN MICHIGAN.
Tin: bill granting the right of way and a donation
of public lands to tin: Slate of Michigan, to aid
in die construction of a ship canal around the falls
i die St. Mary's river, was read a third time and
pasted.
INDIAN APPROPRIATION I1ILL.
The bill malting appropriation lor the support of
the Indian Department, lor the year ending June
JO, l">6l,was received Iroin the iiouse,and referred
to the Committee on Finance.
INTEREST ON WAU BOl'NTY SCRIP.
."Mr. I MlhKWOOI), pursuant to notice, introduced
it ;>>iut resolution, amendatory of the joint
rt " i:ut 'Oi regulating'the payment ol dividends of
interest wur bounty scrip.
rOl'MV kASDS TO On ieKHh ANI> S0L01KRS OK THE
CNITXD STATICS MILITARY HKH VICE.
Mr. liMKLDfj moved, and the Senate proceeded
to the i 'itineration of the bill granting liounty
land to ? tain officers and soldiers who have been
cngug a the military service of the United
Stales.
The cp stion pending was on the following
aiiiendui to be added to the bill, being the one
reported by the couimitise:
I'rociilti furtlur. That every person who may
be entitled, under the provisions of this act, to receive
a cert 1'. ate or warrant for bounty land, shall
be allowed : option to receive such certificate or
warrant, c ;i< usury bcnp for one hundred dollars
where .V quantity ol land is one hundred an<i
izly acres, Mty lobars where (he quantily is
eighty acres, and twenty-live dollars where the
quantity ir tbrty u tes; said scrip to bear an inter- l
est of six p . . i. . per annum, payable semi-annually,
and rt ieeiii..ble at the pleasure of the Gov- 1
eminent.
Whiih .Mr. MASON' had muted to amend by
striking out t ie 1 n:' Words:
"For one hundred uoiiar.i where the quantity of
land is one I.on'i. < sixty acres, liny dollars
where the quan . -lity acres,and l?iuty-ti\e
dollars w heie tn ty is forty acres; said scrip
to bear aii iuUr c.x per cent, per aunuin, payable
saiui-aniiu*. ; redeemable at the pleasure
of the live: .1 ut." 0
And insert tu . thereof the (olluwing:
To be iss e-i 1 'lie Secretary of the DepartI
in rut of the Intui. , i the rate of one dollar and
I twenty-five cv.. , i acre for each acre which the >
I persona may U- c ' tied to receive, ami said scrip
I shall be receit 'a ir land oth in payment ol
I any lata! sutj> - t p. vale i ntry "
I Mr. MASOf * w his am ndiiunt
I Air. MilKl.D.- moved to amend the proviso reI
p-^t. d hy the lUiiiiii'.Ui , by strihiug'it out and ioI
serting in lieu ticreof tbt tallowing:
I 1'risinltd, Tli-l it slial be the ilutv of tin: Com- I
lubwioocr of the Genera J-tud Office, under auch j
regulation* m ii ly be prott ribed tiy the Secretary
?#t 'the lutcrior, tcrauac t<> be located free of espenac 1
any warrant wL -li the holder tnay transmit to the '
(. n- .i| l.t; I i 1 tl. it | or;- . in
State and land d.ntricl u Iht ?inl liuldrr or warrantee
may dea.gnale, and up hi pool farming
land, ao lar m lii -auic ran be aa< ertaitied frotn the
in *; | it', -u. . to i 1 ii.it.i ol is.. Moveyor,
from any other in' urination in the poaaeaaioti of the j
local othcea; and ipon the location being tna.le aa
aforeeaid, the So -clary (hall rauac a patent to be
tra-i"ill:lt?- . w irraiitee.
And the qucat on bring taken, the nunc ?aa
agreed t-??aye* IT, noca 14. j
Mr. SHIKLDS jbniittrd an amendment to that
| .-I .1 II. I.ol r- giiiiiling tin- niin.i.rit ol l.?i :
which the variotn cl*?#c? a Stall br entitled; and at
ter varicuj luoddi ationa it wn agreed to, aa followr
I . - > In, ?n.' <--d to rrrx < twelve tn nil. a, or
during tin- war, anil actually aerved nine inontha, |
lull r?ct ivc one bundred and amy arree; and tlmar
a bo engaged to errvt eix month*. and actually
.1 III -- - ; . I . ighly ? n . at .
tin who . ugaged to I. rvefor any or an indefinite
i <> ', and actually netted one month, ahall re.fiii
forty acrea."
>1 Dili Id. l-t iii'.i. l t uinii. 't.'ii -< !. !"<
not. by adding thereto:
1'iuruitii, I hat whenever any officer or aoldiei
?a? lionorably diarbarged in rotiaerpiencc of diaa- I
y ii, i i --i i. , i
in*l of aervice, he ihall receive tiie amount to
hi. h he would have been entitled if he had m r*ed
' the full period for which he had hr-cn engaged to
And the fame wa* agree 1 to.
Mr. DAWDOX moved to amend the bill by *triknig
out tin word "aurvivinir," to a* to riti nd the
In nt fit* of the act to the widow* an<l heir* ot those
who are de< ea*id.
II1'? ainrd the object of the amendment, ami
maintained that it was butjual mid proper.
Mr. I>A VIS, of Mt*ai*?ippi, rr|ilie?i.
Mr. CLAY moved, ami the hill war postponed
till to-morrow.
.Mr. IIAMIJ.N, moved and the Senate prm eeded
to the <onaideiation of Kierulive bnaim ??, and,
k'ltr aome tunc /pent therein, the door* were again
opened.
And the Senate adjourned.
Hols p. OF RKPRESKNTATIVES.
pi.a^osaL iirrufLT* Ati/raTtn.
Mr. M LANK, of Maryland, de*ire?l permi*?ion
to *wjr ? lew word* with regard to a peraonal mailt
r.
The > "F. AKKR remarket! that if there waa no
?tbjt . tioo, ilo gentleman would le allowed to prot
end.
Mr. ft I.AXK then afaled that the difficulty
w In, li rt, rat I v ot t urrcd in Una lloiiae la-twee n
J ti \ vol t'iiiia, nod Mr S* ri i ? <d
(Mini, h. Iieen ratien, torily adjuatcd through the
mediator. r<l Mr. Ihraiv, on the part ot Mr.
Swede*- and liimwlf (Mr. ftftLAWS) on tliat
ol Judt avi v. All--flcnaivr language had trrrn
witlidra od atoned for, ami the former fri. odly
rrlati nr . ' wea-u there gentlemen ?aiiata< torily eo*
ulilidmJ
, |The p. " *?nl <1 ift)' ulty alluded to originated on
Friday am iturday, when ftlr.?li*nr moved to
take tip the udiao appropriation hill, with a view
to it* Imm'diale pa**age, ami Mr. SwaKTraaobje<
lt d. It ? IDOTO of a private than a public urorrrr.
, ; . wc dl-l not hrar the langun o
made ore of, ' c v ill not rrpt at it from ruinor, and
trp ially a* n'.e p . i-mal dillieully i* ndjuatod.J
M. Ik IttAMtM.
Mr. GRKilJi a resolution rcrjueatinfl the
Preilc 'iiiui i,, t 11; 'Sutnlv<onmuilrtte 10IhW
, llouD'thffull wl n irlc<''t?fthe mtili(nm?rid?w
in the ??f?i. . ... ' j .vi < merit, and the amount*
paid l?>r It.. i, r?, . , ... ?r?' Mltrirn. it- . and
tl?i ?liat iiK.r jr ii... 1? rn j aid into the treasury.
\nd tliat he t 'ict^r-r .hi mail atr.-.mr ra have
htn liypotlie .?t. * lontraetors, in ?-l?ole or
in part, to anj'i: la, or Jorrijjn cities, State*, '
>r g>>\ ernmei* u iiwy prevent thetn from
l? m;r used in tn ufa ar.
The rules h i ..led, and Hie resolution w aa .
agreed to
Tt jlz areoBTtav
Tl.c r< - ui vi. . V fore ollered l/jr Mr. itVH, 0
reriui t'ing tht . irer of the llouae to ranae auit- t
ati.c i.taio to U; p'actd a ithin the bar, near the r
Cierlt'a ilcak, A . t c (letter a<eomuio?lation of tlie I a
Ifportei? "! tin. <. . t, (alo. h paprr u under the J tl
uatronagc of the House,) t ai passed?yeasrtii, nays
bj. Hut, ( a subsequent stage u| the proceedings,
the vote was reconsidered, and the resolution laid
upou the tabic.
MISSION TO LISKBIA.
Mr. 8ILVESTEK asked the consent of the House
to enable him to offer a reaolution requesting the
President of the United States, if not incompatible
with the public interests, to communicate the reault
of the mission of the Kev. K. K. tiurley to the re
public of Liberia, and especially the report ol that
gentleman of his viait to that country, now un the
files of the State Department.
Objection being made, he moved a suspension of
the rules; but the motion did not prevail
DIGEST Or CLAIMS.
Mr. DANIEL, under a suspension of the rules,
offered a resolution authorizing additional clerical
force, in order the more elfectually to complete,
within twelve months, an alphabetical list of all
claims presented and acted upon from the first to
the present Congress. [The work has been progressing
tor the lust two years under (lie superintendance
ol Mr. James young, of this city ]
The resolution w as passed.
TEXAS BOl'NOARY KILL.
Mr. BOYD exprissed the hope that, by unanimous
consent, the House would make tile hill from
the Senate in relation to the Texas boundary the
special order of the day until it shall be disposed
ol, commencing with tomorrow at twelveo clock.
[Cries of "Agreed," "agreed."]
Objection being made, he moved a suspension of
the rules ; and the motion prevuiled.
Mr. VINTON inquired whether the bill would
not come up froin the Speaker's table us u matter
of course.
The SPEAKER replied that he had already decided
it would, whenever the House shall proceed
to the business on the Speaker's table.
Under the operation of llle prcyious question, the
motion of Mr. Bovn was adreetyto.
Al>JOCUN.Me*ta fay NUttLSS.
Mr. HARRIS, of TcirpJMpc, asked leave to olfer
a resolution?that the PreSdent of the Senate and
the Speaker of the House of Representatives adjourn
their respective Houses on the fourth Monday
of September instant, at twelve o'clock, noon.
Objection being made, he moved a suspension of
the rules; and the motion was disagreed to?yeas
10-r>, nays *M> not two- thirds.
MODIFICATION OF THE BEVCNl'L LAWS.
Mr. VAN DYKE asked leave to oiler a resolution?that
the Committee of Ways and Means he
instructed to report, as speedily as possible, a hill
to modify our present revenue laws, and so to increase
the duties on foreign articles which come into
competition with our own products as will give
a fair and reasonable protection* to the labor and
industry of the country; and that such duties be
made specific wherever it is practicable to do so.
Objection being made, he moved that the rules be
suspended. ?
'1 he qucslinu being taken, it was decided in the
negative?yeas 49, nays tH, as follows;
YEAS.? Messrs. Alexander, Allen, Anderson,
Baker, Bennett, Bokec, Breck, Brooks, Burrows,
Chester Butler, Thomas B. Butler, Calvin, Campla
11, Casey, Chandler, Clurk, Cole, Conger, Corwin.Crowell,
Dickey, Dixon, Ducr, Duncan, Elliot,
Nathan Evans. Fowler. Frecdlev. (ientrv. (Jid
dings, Gilmore, Golt, Gould, Grinnell, Hailoway,
Ilaymond, Henry, Houston, Howe, William T.
Jackson, James L. Johnson, Kerr, George G. King,
James G. King, John A. King, Horace Mann,
Marshall, Mason, Malteson, MtGaughey, McKissock,
iM car ha in, Moore, Nelson, Newell, Ogle, !
Otis, Peck, Phu-nix, Pitman, Putnam, K< ed, Key- ]
nobis, Bobbins, jr., Rockwell, Root, Rose, Rurnsey,
jr., Sackett, Schenck, Scherinerhorn, Selrooleralt, !
Slieppcrd, Silvester, Spalding, Spraguc, Stanly, i
Thuudcus Stevens, 'laylor, James Thompson,]
Thurinan, Tuck, Fndcinill, Van Dyke, Vinton,
Waldo, Wat kins, White, and Wilson- sd.
NAYS. ? Messrs. Albrrtsoii, Ashe, Averett, Bcalc,
Hlughain, liootli, Rowdon, Bowie, Buwlin, Royd,
Albert G. Brown, W illiam J. Brown, Buel, Hurt,
Joseph Cable, Joseph J'. Caldwell, Carter, Cling ;
man, Williamson 11. \Y. Cobb, Daniel, Debcrry, I
Dimmick, Disney, Doty, Dunham, Durkee, Ed- !
monson, Ewing, Featherston, Fitch, Fuller,Gerry,
Gorman, Green, Hall, ilaralson, liarhtu, (strain
G. Harris, Sampson W. Harris, llibbard, Milliard, j
iioagland, llulladay, II oward, Inge, Joseph W.
Jackson, Andrew Johnson, Robert W. Johnson, I
Jones, Julian, Preston King. I-a Sere, Lelller, Little- 1
held, Job Mann, McCleruand, M< Dowetl, Robt. M
M Lane, Finis E. McLean, M Mullen. Mi t^ucen,
M Willie, Meade, Millsoii. .Morris. Morse, Morton. I
Olds, Orr, Outlaw, Owen, Parker, I'caMlce, Phelps, |
Puller, Powell. Richardson, Kubinson, Kims, Sav- I
age, Sawielle, Scddun, Frederick P Stanton, Richard
II. Stanton, Stetson, Sweetser, Tbutnaa, Jacob
Tlioinpaon, John II. Thompson, Toombs, Vcnable,
Wullace, Wellborn, Wcntworth, Wltittleacy,Wildrick,
Woodward, and Young?9-S.
Mr. PKbSl'ON KINO asked leave to oflcr a reso- j
lotion?inslrui ting the Committee ot Ways and :
Means to report a bill so modifying the tantl of j
lstti as to make the duties on iron apecitic, at the 1
rales they would now be if the ad valorem duty of 1
134S bad been made spocilic duty, equal to the ad j
\ aK r< 10 duty let icd by the hi i at the time it bceaiue |
a law.
Objection Is mg made, Mr. KING moved a sua
pension uf the rules; but the motion was disagreed
to?yeas 35, nays ldi.aa follows:
YEAS.?Messrs. Alexander, Andrews, Hiker,
lt< iiii< it, ltr< < k, Bnggs, Brock*, Burrows, Chester
11 u tier, Thomas U. Butler, Calvin, Campbell, Casey,
Chandler, Clark, Cole, Conger, Corwm, Crowed,
l)i key, I> von, Duer, Duncan, Elliot, Nathan
Evans, Fowler, Freedley, Gentry, Giluiore, Gott,
(.ouid, Grinnell, Hallow ay, Hammond, llaymond, i
lleury, Houston, Howe, Hunter, Jaa. L. Johnson,
K< ir, Geo. G. king, James G. king, John A king, 1
Preston king, llursce Mann, Job Mann, Mason,
Mstlesoti, Mi Gsughey, Roliert M. M. lame, Mca
ham, Moore, Morchead, Nelson. Newell, Ogle, '
Otis, Phirnix, Pitman, Putnsm, Heed, IteynoTds,
llobtitns, RocItweU,Sackett.Bcbermerfaorn,School- |
rratt, Shepperd, Silvester, Spalding, Sprague,
Sianly, Strong, Taylor, James Thompson, 7 burman.
Underbill, Ysu Dyke, Vinton, Waldcn, Waldo,
Watkins, White, \\ illiams, and Wilson? "4.
NAYS ?.Messrs. Alhcrtsou, Allen, Ashe, Averctt,
Bayly, H- ale. ibiighsin, liokee, iiouth, lkiw mi.
welt, Iflln, Boyd, AlU'rt G. Brown, Wil- i
limn J Brown, Hucl, Burl, Cshle, George Alfred
Cildwcll, Jueepli P. Caldwell, Carter, Clinguian,
Williamson K. \\ . Cohb, Daniel, Dcbcrry, Duu- |
lllli k, D .-[ley, I) Ay, Dunham, Dutkee, Edumnd- I
on, Ewii g, Fcaiiier-ton, Fitch, Fuller, Gerry, 1
(iuriuan, Grcen, llall, Haralson, ilarlnn, IsliamG. |
Harris, Sampaon W. Hauls, ilihbard, Itillisid,
liosglsnd, H dtaday, Howard, Hubbard, luge, Jo- I
' pli W. Jin kson. \\ ill..mi T. Jackson, Andrew ;
Jotinson. II ibert W J.ilin. .n Jon.- JII1 IS n 1 -a
r e, Li ttler, Littieficld, Mi demand, M linn
lit, Mi Uuwrll, Mi Mullen, Mcl^uctu, McWillie,
Meade, Millst.u, Morris, Morae, Morton, Olda, Orr,
Outlaw, Owen, Parker, Praah e, Pc< It, Phelps. Pottor,
Puw. ||, Ri< Lardaon, Kolunaoti, Knot, K'jae,
Hum, It unary, h.iagr, Haw telle, M< hemic, N'ddon,
Frederick P. 2? ten ton, It., hard H. Stanton,
Stetson, S?i:itlif, I ii .man, Jacob Thompson,
Tnouiha, Tu< k, Wallace, W'llborn, Wrntwoiib,
Whiitlracy, \% on.lward, and Young?I'H.
Mr.STItONli, at2o'i lock, moved thattbc Hottac i
adjourn; and tbc motion was agreed to. I
nrrry of tl e M l??l??l|>jd Illver,
Tin New Orleans 1'iraynt* baa been favored
wiiii tbe following letter from one of the party
which arnmpanied the Senate committee and the
Stale engineer, in the party which left iaat Tuesday
on the Creole, to cxplotc the Mieaisaippi and
Atchafrilaya ri?era, with a view of deciding the
<|ueation of relieving the htate from the dangrra of
inundation:
Don all on vill*, August 21, l*5?).
KhITMh Pit arts*: We have prrx ceded thua far
ii the eajrf-iliti.in, under the < hargi of Mr. Kicker, ?
f.?r the exploration of the Mi>ai?aippi, iu erevaaaea,
outlet*, Uc. The arirritiric forpx have been ac- .
tivily engaged in making all kinda oi otxrrvalion*
an I inenaiiremrnta.
The firat nlMrrvationa after leaving the rity wrere
at the aite of the famous Fortier rravaaac 'J IMt. [
The river waa i artfully pounded alaiir and lie low ,
the creraaae, with the view of a?errt?ining the
fleet produced on the depth of the river by that
t rrvaaar. The width of the river waa aim accurately
determined The same observation* were
made above and IkiIow the Saui< crevaaae. Many
intereatiug and important fact* were ascertained.
The cite of the ft in net Carr? crcva.iae was the
neat object of attention.
We ara i.ow making an esainination of tha Li
fotirrhc, at D-iiialdamivillr. Tlie width, depth, and
I; Ity f lliat I .III,. I I . ve '.I en deter mi fi. I ,
flic banks of the river have beenrloarly otiserrfil,
and it ia ascertained that their deatruetion thia :
Ti ar haa been much greater than in former years. |
ITie nrpa ofenpineei* are hard-w-orkin? and thor.-llirli
liil/eal'ieali.e- I V' ? ? ? ' - -- ? '
" f. II HI' *(? lllllin in i Iinunuri]
iii U?c nmf apirlt with whirh it ha* been Ix.jfun, '
muijr important facta in relation to the < tiarwter
ol tin: river will t* cotter ted, w hie ti will prove ol the 1
^rrateat utilil y in projectinf future improvement*. 1
The expedition in rnoat ndmirahly comp<iacd,
roneialuifr of the repreaentativea of every fi.tereat
and of every tiieory upon the aubjertof the Miaaiaaipp!
dyoami a. I'hey, bower* r, all arlmirahly cooperate
in tin zealou* deaircof lUaiiiiop true data
ujxin whii h future view* may U- liaaed.
It i?in contemplation to czplore tie whole murae
>f the At< hafalaya lie fore the expedition relurna.
Reaprc.itully, your a, kr.
( tcvtxl vi tn THr Cirv or Mexi< n In a leter
to the editor* of thia paper, dated Mexico, the
2il> nil , the writer aajr. _
" I he river tlmt run? in the reor rif theritf hrokr
>ver it? baiiki yrmtr.rihty, nbuut three kapux on
he S?u Lui* I'utcMi road, ?nd drowned eifhtMf)
iiulxgr the hi^h rimrl This rirnim -??n< < put*
Ujp|?lAn mjr prorrcdin**, * I .r.irn'l 'i t<. l-ivc
hi^ iifltoirff."? JV 0 hello.
THE REPUBLIC,
WASHINGTON.
TUESDAY MORNING, SHPTEMBER 3, 1860.
OFFICIAL..
APPOINTMENT BY THE PRESIDENT,
Hy and with the advice and content qf the Senate.
A. J. Jones, to be Deputy Postmaster at Harrisburg',
Pennsylvania.
.Millard Fillmore, President of tlie United
States of America.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Satisfactory evidence having been exhibited to
me that John Seablk has been appointed Consul of
Portugal for California, to reside at San Francisco,
do hereby recognise him as such, and declare him
free to exercise and enjoy such functions, powers,
and privileges as are allowed to the Consuls of
the most favored nations in the United Slates.
In testimony whereof, 1 have caused these letters
to he made patent, and the seal ol the United Slates
to he hereunto allixed.
Given under my hand, at the city of Washington,
the 2d day of September, A. 1). 1S50, and
[l. s.) ol the Independence of the United States
of America the seventy-fifth.
MILLARD FILLMORE.
Hy the President:
Daniel Wkiisteh. Secretary of State.
Congress.
In the Senate, yesterday, the hill granting
bounty land, to officers and soldiers engaged in
the inilitary service of the United States was
under consideration. No final action was had
thereon.
The House, of Representatives made the
Texas Boundary bill the special order for each
day, at twelve o'clock, until it shall he disposed
of. Various resolutions were offered,
the purport of which will be seen by a reference
to the Congressional proceedings.
Georgia?The Macon Meeting.
A correspondent of the Charleston Mcrcurif,
who was present at the Macon meeting, after
noticing in glowing terms of commendation the
disunion speeches of Messrs. Rhett, Yancey,
Cochhan and Colquitt, says:
"Mr. Styles was next introduced to the meeting,
and, after depicting our wrongs in an easy and
fluent Btyle some time, startled the audience by
saying he could not altogether go with the sentiments
of Mr. Khctt?sentiments that he uttered that
morning to the meeting. At thisjuncture, for it was
an exciting one, a young man roso to his feet in the
crowd (hat were seated on the side benches, and
loudly cried Disunion. A gentleman from Chatham,
a veteran in the cause of liberty, immediately
caught the words. The crowds rose to their feet,
and the waving of hats and handkerchiefs and cries
of Disunion, 1 thought, would never cease. After
the pause, .Mr. Styles, like a true man, who loves his
country first, then said, (and it won him golden applause,)
'If that is your sentiment, 1 am a southerner?
1 am your countryman?and your cause is
mine?1 am with you?1 ain with Georgia.' He
received now deafening applause, and apparently
was about to retire, when voices called out 'Go on,'
'goon;' when be satisfactorily explained his expressions
to the crowd."
The truth of this statement is corroborated
by the Journal and .Messenger, a paper published
at Macon, which says :
"Not a few of those who came as delegates were
open aud undisguised in their condemnation of the
disunion sentiments avowed by the speakers. A vast
majority of the meeting, however, seemed to adopt
the doctrines advanced in their totality. One of
the speakers dared to allude, in terms of veneration,
to the stars and stripes, but his voice was
hushed by the cry of dimnioH ; he quailed before
the multitude, and partially pledged himself to go
with them."
Mr. Rhktt, it appears, proclaimed himself
in favor of ''tcmjairary secession."
Mr. \ incey was holder. Of him, the Journal
and .Messenger says :
"In the avowal of his disunion sentiments, .Mr.
Yancey was more candid and mauly than Mr.
Khrtt. He did not atop at any half-way house, hut
inarched boldly forward to the end of hi* journey.
11c faced the mufic like a man, and openly prot
laiiued that there wa? no remedy in the Constitution
for existing evil*?that there wgi actually no
Union now in existence, and that the South ought,
and mu?t, art up for themselves."
The same paper teniarks:
"Of the numerous other speeches made in the
convention, or at the evening meetings, it is unnec<
ssary for us here to speak. Some of them were
violent in the extreme, while all of them, with perhaps
a single exception, were openly tor disunion."
The Journal and .Mrttcnicer has no apprehension
as to the reault, in Georgia, of this disunion
movement. It says:
"Upon the whole, ws do not regret that the meeting
was held. The paucity of numbers which it
showed revealed the important fart that the peoplr
of Georgia do not sympathize with the sentiment
of disunion. In the next place, the speeches delivered
here opened the eyes of many to the real purposes
of the leaders of the present movement. Hitherto
they had not (relieved that disunion w as the object.
Now, the fact can no longer be concealed.
Men know whither this movement is leading, and
where it will land them. If they embrace it, they
will do so with their eyes open. The test will soon
be made, and we have no apprehension# for the re-'
suit, ivtn in Georgia. The friends of Union and
of moderation cannot fail to triumph, and that moat
signally.
"We cannot conclude these remarks without
throwing out a few words by way of caution to the.
North. It is true that the people of Georgia have
twice refused to respond to the calls of certain leadera.
It is true that they derlincd to sanction the
Nashville convention, by rrfosmg to go to the polls
It is true that they have now refused to eonvene in
any considerable numbers to ratify the proceeding-!
of that liody It must not be inferred from
this, however, that they arc not true to their interests
and the Constitution, or that they are not ready
to peril life and fortune for their honor or their
rights.
"If tin people of the North would perpetuate the
Union anil its blessings, they have now the opportunity
to do so. I,et them abandon the proviso;
i rase their present system of encroachment and intermeddling
with slavery in the District and the
Stales; repeal thrir laws in regard to fugitive
slaves; in a word, let Ihrin fall back upon the Constitution
and its compromises anil guaranties, and
all will be well.
"If they refuse to do justice lo the South?If they
persist in a system of wrong, they alone will tie responsible
for the consequent es. With Mr. Berrien,
; J, . I rgi i will say. luiwevi r 'anient
mil mfaltering their rlrrotnm lo the In ion,' tlieir
'il'termination if re/nally immnrahle to maintain un
a/so/ potilton In it.' "
The Cohimhu* Hmjriirer, after stating that
this mighty maaa meeting, that was to he,
proved little lean than a atupendiMis failure,"
proreeda to remark :
"It may not be amiss to moralise a little on the
1 a i. - ?-! ymi I. i . H I 1 in 1 I 1 1.1111 I If ? I I is tl.il. rvaaa > .1 11'?
fathering It trot t<> have Iwen a greof mas* rneeting;
it had Iwen trumpeted forth in great anticipated
triumph hy every press favorable to ita obje<
U; all Georgia and the reel of the new confederacy
were to have l>een there* Where were the
masse*, ami whot kept them from the ine* ting?
Th< learlera were iherc, hut where were the people?
Why did they not attend, and hear the reasons that |
shoutd im|?el them to a separation Irom our sister
State-- Ah, there's the rut>* The people of Georgia
ara intelligent, think and read for themselves;
know their rights, and when to resist the wrongs '
they sutler, a? wr|| na their would be guardians i
THE REPUBLIC.
They love and.reverence the Government and Constitution
of their common country, and have no
idea of being1 dragged into anarchy, bloodshed and
lawless violence, until the last hope for the Union
is extinguished by that kind of oppression which
every man can feel. This is what kept thsiu away.
Let the hour come for such desperate energy, and
you will hud them not only assembling in Macon,
but you will see them marshaling on every modern
Marathon, and perishing on every bloody Thermopylae
Yet of ihat hour, thiy will sa thk
We may be supposed by some to be attaching
too much importance, and devoting too
much of our space to this Macon meeting. We
do not think so. We think that its proceedings,
und the sayings and doings of the chief actors
in it, should be spread before the people of the
South as extensively as possible, that they may
clearly understand that it is a dissolution of the
Union, and nothing short of it, which the
master spirits of agitation among them have in
view.
The real object of these agitators has been,
until very recently, carefully disguised. At
the Macon meeting the mask was thrown aside.
Uisguise is at an end. The people of (Jeorgia
nmc know for what purpose they will be called
upon to elect delegates to the proposed conven
lion in that .State, and will act accordingly.
The people of the whole South now know tor
what purpose they are to be represented at the
Southern Convention which is to re-assemble
at Nashville six weeks after the adjournment
of Congress, and will act accordingly. It is
well that they have been thus timely notified
of the disunion poroses of some of their most
trusted leaders. Whatever they, or any (>ortion
of them, hereafter do towards promoting
those pur|xises, they will do with their eyes
open.
In our paper of the tifith ult. we gave a view
of the prospects of the cotton-planters, front a
sanguine believer in the establishment of an ad
vanco ot prices, and we now desire to call to the
statements it contains the attention of our read
ers, with a view to the further inquiry into the
measures necessary to the permanent accnm
plishmcnt of that end. We say permanent,
because we regard it as in the highest degree
injurious to the real interests of the planter that
he should allow himself to be misled by statements
based upon the idea that he can derive
permanent advantage from short crops, conse
(fuent upon unfavorable seasons or the exhaus
tion of the land, and to this latter cause is due
the difficulty attendant upon any increase ol
the supply of his great staple. The surface
occupied by the cotton-growing population is
now probably one-balf greater than it was
twelve years since, and yet the product has not
increased. The average product of the years
1S3S and 1840 was about 2,Ut.K),(KK); that of tinpast
and present year is now estimated at only
1 and yet the cotton growing popula
tion has increased at least one-third in that pe
riod! The reason for this extraordinarv deli
cieney of production is stated in one of tin
latest Alabama papers to be a decline in (In
average product per acre, necessarily conse
(juent upon the fact that of what is taken from
the land nothing' is returned to it, which cer
Lainly would not be the case if the consumer ol
food could be allowed to take his place by the
side of the producer of food and cotton.
In the article to which we have referred, tin
total consumption of (i real Britain is estimated
at 1,450,000 hales, of which 450,000 being sup
plied from other sources, that of American cot
ton would be left at a million. The averngi
consumption of the latter for the past five years,
with large crops and very low prices, and with
all the mills working full time, having lieen
only 1,118,000 bales, we are much at a loss t<
see how that of the present year, with small
crops, high prices, many mills stopped, and
others working short time, can reach a million,
or even 950,000. Admitting, however, that it
should prove to be a million, we may advanta
geously compare it with the consumption ol
former years, with a view to sec how far tlx
"free-trade" countries of the world are now
tending to make a market for any increased re- |
turn to the labor of the planter.
The average product of the two years to
which we have referred was about 2,000,1)00?
the average price was about (I'd.: and tin ave
rage British consumption was 905,000, l?eing
more than will prubahlt be used in the pre
sent year.
Taking it, howeve r, at a million, we must
Dow deduet the mldUinnal yarn sent to the pro
fret fl '/.nU I rrrin, and the additional cloth
sent to these half-protected United States.
The former had reached a hundred thousand
tales, but as they are every year spinning mori
and more for themselves, we will put it at
ijO.OOO. The latter we put down at
and, deducting these quantities, there will re
main l>d.">,(NN) for the unprotected countries,
being 40,000 less than the consumption twelve
year* inn re, and ninety than tan d ten* should
the actual consumption prove not to exceed
950,0(10 bales.
It apjiears to us clearly obvious that the power
of (ireat llritain, and of the countries depen
dent on her for suppliers to pay for cotton, is
steadily diminishing, and yet it is to secure her
market that we sacrifice our own, the growth
of which, under protection, has always proved
so immense. Of the crop of lhll-'ii we con
sunied only hales; six years after it
had reached (')(?(,(X N), and at that point it now
remains, w hereas, had the tariff of 184'2 boon
maintained, it would now reach at least Ht?),IX?i.
It is time for the planters to reflect carefully
on this subject. In the unprotected countries of
the world, the power to jwy for this staple is
undoubtedly diminishing. In the hnlf-protectid
country of the United States it is nearly sta
tionary. It increases in Germany, which is
i i.I k...
-11*11 , aim II wwhiu am i? anr mi* wmi
twierthe rapidity of (irrinnny, would they only
adopt the mruurw required to aecure to thorn
*> Ivr* and to the farmers of the I rnon a market
for their product*, by railing around thr in pme
peroiia worker* in iron, anil prosperous oprra
lives engaged in converting their work into
cloth, thus making a market on the land for all
the product* of the land, and enriching the anil
instead of impoverishing it. They might then
have large crop* without the fear of being ruined
by them.
I.rgltlntnro of Mulro,
Major R. H. Wf.iohtmaw, a member of the
I?egislaturr i?f New Mexico, and elected hy
that body to the Senate of the I nited Stains,
haa addressed a letter to the editors of the St.
I.ouia Uejmhlifan, in reply to an article in ihal
|>apnr in which it wax repreaenled that a mini
her of t!m members of the legislature having
protested against certain acts thereof,and with
Ira\< therefrom, thereby leaving it without a
{uomm, the Legislature proceeded to e|?rt
inemU ra to fill the vacancies, #te, From this
letter, which u dated St. Louts, Augual 24th,
18.r>0, we make the follow ing extract:
"A factious attempt wai made to destroy the quorum,
and six member* withdrew, endinga protest
or letter, of uu insulting character, to the House
of Representatives, bailed upon the pretended
grouud that Mr. Monloya, ol Santa Anna county,
could uot get hit seat; but, as was pithily said by
Mr. Juan Farea, a Senator from the Southern L>Utrict,
'the real reason was uot that he could not get
hia seat to-day, but because he could not hold it tomorrow'?the
most satisfactory evidence liaviug
, reached Santa F6 that the contettjng candidate was
legally elected.
"For the insult contained in their letter, the six
signers were promptly expelled, the two contesting
members from Santa F6 admitted, and Gov.
Alvarcx notified of the existing vacancies; the election
to till which was to have been on the 20th of
this month.
"The number of representatives being twentyone,
of whom one was absent, the withdrawal of six
olin-i d could not deleat the quorum, without b?-in
reinforced by the project previously tried of Chief
Justice Houghton, the supposed author of the protest,
and the recently defeated candidate fur the
Senate.
"Oneqfthc members of the House of Representatives
was thrown in prison by warrant of Judge
Houghton, charged with being an accomplice in a
murder committed nearly four years ago, and
horses were prepared to carry him olf to another
couuty, when, having been brought before two
justices of the peace by writ of habeas corpus, thu
prosecuting attorney, a gentleman of the same political
party as tho Judge, positively refused to
prosecute, and has since stated that ho considered
the whole proceeding partisan."
The Storm at tlie South.
The Southern papers teem with accounts of
the destructive ravages of the late storm.
Much damage has been done to tho Tobacco,
Cotton, Corn ami other crops. It appears to
have extended as far South as New Orleans.
In Georgia, it has been particularly destructive.
"A Oootl sign."
The House of Representatives yesterday
agreed to a motion to make the Texas Boundary
Bill the special order of the day until it
shall be disposed of, commencing with this day
at 12 o'clock. Speedy, and, in our opinion.
favorable action on this iiii|>ortant measure may
now be confidently expected.
From the Richmond Republican.
The Duty of the South.
The South will generally rejoice at the almost certain
prospect of a pacification by Congress of the
existing difficulties of the country. It will rejoice
that, notwithstanding all the grievances it has suffered
arc not redressed, and all its just demands arc
not conceded, the Union is preserved, and the firebrands
of agitation ami excitement arc quenched,
at least lor a time.
There lire those who believe that that settlement
will be but for a time, and that political aspirant*,
fanatics, and demagogues, will rcucw the almost
extinguished flaine to subserve their own unhallowed
purposes. There arc those who coutend
that the legislation of Congress, especially in regard
to fugitive slaves, will prove nugatory, and
(hat the ahduction of slav es is an evil whose, roots,
deeply imbedded in northern anti-slavery sentiment,
cannot he eradicated by any legislation.
Suppose we admit all this. Suppose that the anti
cipated settlement of our sectional dilliculties will
give the South security and repose but for a few
years. Vet, in those few years, she may obtain a
breathing time which will enable her to pass successfully
through any future conflict. A general,
at the head of inferior forces, is fortunate it he can
obtain an armistice long enough to enable him to
bring up reinforcements which will put him on nu
equality with his enemy. The South, by even a
temporary settlement of ditlicultiis, will have
achieved a great point if she but avail herself of her
advantage.
Hitherto, by purchasing entirely of the North,
she has fattened that Bection upon her own lifchlood,
and made the North strong at the expense
of her own weakness, while she has looked to Congress
for relief which it was in her own power to employ.
She is now beginning to sec her error. Let
her corfcct that error, and she is safe, now and forever.
What, then, is the duty of the South? It ia to
ding out at once the banner of Union and Inkcpknuencx!
It is to Brizc these ft i? year* of respite,
and employ every moment of these in building up
southern commerce, southern railroads, southern
collegia and schools, southern industry in every
department of human enterprise. This should be
considered a duty aeeond only in importance to the
most sac red duties of religion. We should like to
see boinc associations formed with these objects,
and the whole force of southern sentiment-concentrated,
organized, and brought to bear in a solid
column in their Inthalf. We trust that the whole
southern p< ople w ill not only transact their business,
but seek their amusements within their own
borders. Let this course be pursued, and the South,
in a short time, will be able to meet any adversaries,
and inscribe upon her banner might as well as
SIGHT.
From Die I'orUmouth (fa.) IVh:g.
The Crisis.
How calm arc the people of Norfolk and Portsmouth?
How calm the citizens from all parts of Virginia
and other States who visit us' How calm the lone
of the various newspapers which reach us; yet, at
Washington, this week, the great questions whn U
have threatened us with civil war came up for
final derision. Can it be possible that our agents
there w ill so far misrepresent tl?n feelings of the;r
constituency as to resort to extreme treasures in
increasing the difficulties in the way of a peaceful
setth aunt of the dangerous questions nt issuer1 No
arrangement can please all sides?no one, then,
hss a right to expect what, he destrrs. The times
call upon each lover of his country lo sacrifice
something to that country's good, and he who is
obstinate will incur the odium of treason, let his
intentions be what they may.
The rules which govern the House arc wisely
framed, so as to prolri t, as iritn h as possible, the
rights of a minority; but it was never intended a
minority should rule, and the country expects of
the minority-there only to proceed far enough to
satisfy their own conscientious regards for duty.
They should not and muit not delay legislation at
uch a time as this. Far hotter woulil it Lie if < i\ il
war should grow out of the passsgr of the present
bills, than that the failure of them prixfuce the
sine rrault. Far belter that war proceed from the
legislation of a majority, than from the anti-republiran
conduct of a minority.
God grant that Ibis week inay henr the glad tidinga
go forth that the varioui parte of the uiitnibui
have each been acted upon and acttled.
Gongreaa ahould adjourn and the member* go
hoine.
California tlolil.
The New York Journal of Corntntrce learn* from
a reliable aouree that the amount of California gold
depoaited at the United States Mint at Fliila<ielphia
to June 29, 1850, was $ lo,768,737 13
In July and Auguct 5,500,000 00
Total *91,MB,737 43
There ha* been received during July and August,
1*150, a* much a* during the first thirteen
months of the California gold importation.
Whole tmmlwr of packager of gold. .. 7.WMI
Of which In July and August, IS.'iO 1,900
About one million by the laat steamer.
A correspondent of the Mrrrhanl't .V/igonne
gives the estimated product and consumption of
sugar in the world. We have no loom only for the
Inta la
Total priMlurtion, II* 2,421,740,Sao
Population who consume ougai 707,279,800
A vera gr. pound* to rarh
The population of Spain ronauiiir* 12 Ilia, to tlic
person. Great Britain 21, Holland 16, United State*
IK, Russia 1}, China 3 16, France K, Hratil 16.
We have been Airuiahed with the following
account of the proceeding* of the American res
identa at St. Petersburg, on the occasion of the
death of President Tavloh:
"The newsof the death of General Taylor having
reached St. Petersburg, the Americans resident in
the city assembled on the 9th Instant, in the rooms
of the United Slates Legation, to adopt appropriate
marks of respect to hi* memory. Whereupon, on
motion, it was resolved that Neili S. Brown be appointed
chairman, and Thoutua Winatis secretary,
of the meeting. After a few brief remarks by the
chairman touching the melancholy event which
had brought them together, the following preamble
and resolutions were offered, through a committee
composed of Maj. Brown, Mr. Prince, and Mr.
Eaatwick, and unanimously adopted, to wit:
"This meeting, composed of American citizens,
have heard with the deepest regret the news of tin
death of General Taylor, late President of the United
States. They regarded him while living as a
singular exemplification of public and privute
worth, unstained by a single imputation. And, superadded
to his high qualities l>oth of head ami
heart, he had exhibited through a lung life a career
of brilliant services devoted to his country, and
which justly commanded universul admiration.
"He has left bchiud him a fame that will endure
while the institutions over which he presided shall
have an abiding-place upon the earth. That fume
is American property, ntul belongs alike to all th<
citizens of the republic, wherever their destiny
may be cast. The members of this meeting, though
separated by seas and continents from the land
of their birth, feel a lively emotion at all that
concerns either its prosperity or its adversity.
With the highest regard for General Taylor, and
for the relation he sustained to his country, they
can but feel that his death is a great public calamity.
As such they mourn over it, and can only add
their heartfelt tribute to those already rendered by
millions of others throughout the. Union : Therefore?
" Resolunl, That the member* of this meeting, iri
token of the deep regret they feel at the death of
General Taylor, will wear the usual badge of
mourning for thirty days. t
" Resolved, That they tender their sincere condolences
to the family of the illustrious deceased at
the irreparable loss they have sustained.
" Resolved, That a copy of the proceedings of this
meeting be forwarded to Washington city for publication
in the Republic, the l/nion, and the Intelligencer,
and in such other papers in the United
Stales as may be pleased tocopy."
YV e are indebted to an occasional correspondent
for the following letter:
New York, August 31, 1830.
My dear Sir: Here 1 am, in this great city of
Gotham, surrounded by the din of its innumerable
vehicles, ever rolling1, day and night, year in and
year out. There are many objects of deep interest
to engage one's attention here. My hours have
been occupied in glancingat the fine collections of
pictures which are to be fount) 011 every hand, and
wandering along the quays among the Hunting
palaces which adorn them. Such ships and steamers
! No country can equal them in speed, size,
and comfort. The command of a packet-ship is
an object of the first ambition among sea-going
j Americans. It Is to the sailor what the Presidency
1 is to the politician; his ambition is satisfied the mo!
mcnt his signal waves at the mast-head of a London,
Liverpool, or Canton packet-ship. It is in no
boastful vein that I say, that no ships in the wide
world can compare with ours in the qualifications
| of their communders. These ships are in thcrnj
selves curious: they arc lloaling taverns of the best
order. The civility and polite manners which distinguish
well-brtd hotel-keepers become necessary
j to their success; no sycophancy or humbug, hut
| au open, liberal, dignified manner, based upon a
thoroughly digested system. The packet masters
j of this country are a class without parallel?a
; noble, generous-hearted band of men, who do
honor to the American name, God bless them!
IVe live, for the nrcsciit. at the Astor House.
This splendid hotel is crowded to inconvenience;
it has nearly five hundred guests. Their system
accomplishes wonders, and the throng are
waked up, fed, and put to bed in perfect order;
hut there are too many crowded into these Astors
and Irvings. I ain glad to observe that
this justly celebrated hotel charges two dollars
and a half per day. This is right. The great
rents, the expensive marketing, and the servants,
in a hotel regulated upon the liberal, nay
extravagant, basis of this one, make it necessary, to
leave a reasonable profit upon the immense capital
invested. The hotel itself, as well as its management,
gives it the first rank, but no system can
. stand the oppression of a crowd long. The proprietors
wisely advance their charges a trifle?fifty
cents per day; one dollar for those who stay more
than a week. The reduction of numbers will
render the hotel more comfortable, and the old
Actor will still be the home of every well-bred man
who realty desires to be comfortable.
One tinng let rnc recommend toour Washington
, holt 1-keepers; that is, abolish the gong. Punctuality
is the thing of tilings in this life, and no more
interesting illustration need be sought than the
Astor. They do not ring or give warning other
than at the instant the clock tells you it is 3) p. in.
Open fiy ihc do? rs of the dining-rooms, and the
guests enter w ith the order of a private dinner?
each one knows (hat he w ill be sure of his chair.
The confidence in the exact system of this hotel is
greater than that of any other hotel I have lieen in,
in this country. The prerent keepers, Coleman &
Stetson, have a long lease yet?till ls60; which, in
I itself, is a guarantee that its reputation is in no
I danger. It is hut justice to Me ssrs. C. U S. to say
' that the present condition of hotel comforts may lie
inainly attributed to their rrrrtions and liberality
j in every department of the business.
I Popular Vote of Krtv Mexico.
The. follow ing is published in the St. I/>uit pipers
as the oftii rial repoi"' of the votc? cast for Slut oflicrrs
under the constitution adopted by the people of
New Mexico:
For Governor?Henry Connelly .'i.'lti
do Thomas ChIkz Dc Ham... .'2.724
For Lieut. Gov.? Manuel Alvarez L.V'O
do Coran St. Vrain 3.170
For Congress- W'm.S. Messervy 4,M.'I4
do Hugh N. Smith 4,374
In the election of United State* Senators, the
votes in the legislature wrre as follows :
For Richard II. Wrighlman 19
For F. A. Cunningham 17
For A. IV. Reynolds 3
For Jacob Houghton I
The aggregate vote cart lor Governor was 3,492;
for Lieutenant Governor, S,4'<6; lor member ol Congress,
9,301.
Sister Lovoi.a, the superior of St Vincent's
Hospital, at Detroit, died on Tuesday last, from
over-exertion in administering to the wants of the
sick. What devotion is entitled to a more induring
monument than this?
Population or BrrrALO.? The Commrrcutl Ad
rrrhirr corrects a report in circulation that the population
of Buffalo has brtn ascertained to be 5 1,000
The marshal has not yet finished the eiiumera
lion, and the Commrrrml Advirtiirr says "it is not
probable that the population of the city will exceed
15,000, if it goes above 42.000."
Relic or thr Oi.nc* Time.? A maaaive gold
ring, iritcrihcd " Maj. W. S., died if9th Oct.,
Ili.'io," ?'w rorenlly dug up at Yorktown, Vi. Ii
ii auppoacd to have belonged to the Onorh family.
Cleveland, Ohio, Auguat 30.
Arhe*t aid EacAra or a Mail Hot he* (ieneral
llmton, th< agent for the Ohio Stage Company,
wu arrratcd on Wedneaday, charged with having
rohhed the United State* mail on the 15th inataui,
lietween Zaneaville and Wheeling, of large Miinsof
money. Although lie waa watched during the niglit
by three t fl'n era, he elT ctcd hi* eacape ycaterilay (
morning ahout one o'clock. Every effort ia being
made for hi* apprchenaion. anil a reward of iive
hundred dollnra In* lieen ofTered for hi* arre*t mid
confinement in any jail in the United Stale*.
The Venezuelan government, with a view to the
protection of it* ratenaive coaat, haa, through Forlunato
Corvaia, raq , it* apeeial agent, contracted
for tiie building of a war *teainer at Philadelphia, ol
*uitable aiw and proportion* for the icrviee. '1 tie
dengn of the veaeel i? ?aid to lie a very judieiou*
ono.- Hallimort American
TBXAM.
NhM|* ?f UovcrDur Ball.
Kx?cl)tlv? DsraaTBBNV, )
Al'stin, August 13, I960. I
Ib tht Konurabh Stnati and Huuit uj Rrpruentutivu
Qbmtlbmbh: 1 tic ttmuu o| the year i? unlavuiable
tor assembling the representatives of the peu
pie; and Hb great heut unpi opilious tor mature and
-- aUsfactory deliberation. '1 he draft which 1 have
lull myself compelled to make upon your time and
personal convenience, and the tucreoaod expend)
turea to the Statu necessarily tuvolved by the extraordinary
aeifioit now convened, were subjects ma
turely considered, and gave me for a lime painlul
solicitude.
Hut as the iulritisic weight of the great question
which 1 ahull have the honor to preeeni for your con
siderulion continued from lime to liuie to augment
and to present itself in bolder relief according us 1
ocslowed reflection upon it, the objections to the
cull which at first seemed to possess vulidity and
force were soon lost in the superior consideration
dial a serious wound was about lobe inflicted upon
tbc honor of our Slate, and great detriment aL<oul
to accrue to her must important interests.
As the head of the Lxecutive department of tlio
Slate government, possessing must clearly no remedial
agency strong and efficacious enough tor
tlte emergency, 1 could only acquiesce in the tie
ccsaity which obliged me to play the sutxndiuaie
hut interesting pat l of a sentinel, charged with the
duty ul guarding with sleepless vigilance uganiol
all unfriendly approaches, and to sound the ulai tu
whenever the sanctity ul our righto should be as
-lulled, no mutter from what quarter and iu what
lorlii.
L'pun receiving- the report of the commissioner
appointed under the authority of the act of the laal
Legislature, to provide ior the civil organization oi
the count leu ot Presidio, 1.1 i'dso, Worth, and Sau1.1
I'e, and oilier information which uuum i|ueutly
caino to my kuowledge connected with the auhjeel
of that report, it occurred to me tiiat if the "ot adion"
contemplated by the Constitution fur the t x
ercisc of the power by the Executive of convening
the Legislature in extraordinaiy seusiou could ever
exiat, it was presented by the various facta and circumstances,
in reference to a portion ol the tcriilory
of our State, requiring, in iny judgment, the
most prompt and decisive action on the part ol tills
Government; and, though fully sensible ol the inconvenience
ami prolruhlo hardships to which 1
must expose you, in asking your presence at the
neat ol government at u seu>ou so unfavorable, still
the oath 1 liud taken, faithfully to administer the
duties of the station which I occupy, did dot permit
mc to disregard the necessity ol invoking the aid
and assistance ol the legislative wisdom of the
country at a crisis in which the interest, honor, and
character ot the State were so deeply involved.
In accordance with the provision and require- j
merit of the act of .lunuuiy 4, ISall, Robot S.
Neighbors, esq., was, with the advice and consent
of tlie Senate, appointed the commissioner of the
State, to carry into operation the objects contemplated
by it, ami after receiving such instruction
and aid us it was in the power ot the Executive to
a (lord, he left the city oi Austin on the Hill of January
lor the region of country in which the duties
of Ins mission required his presence and action.
I'pon his arrival in the county ot El i'aso, he
took the necessary measures for its iinlnedialc organization,
and by his prudence, Zi al, and activity,
he succeeded to the fullest extent ol our expectations.
Within the space ofa lew weeks, he effected
with a people heretofore unaccustomed to our Government
ami laws, anil strongly imbued with prejudices
uguinst us as a lace, a full recognition of
the rights and of their relations to It, and inspired
in them a desire to cultivate those relations in the.
performance ol all the obligations ol good citizens,
l'lie complete and perfect returns of the organization
of that county, made by him to the Slate Department,
ullord the best evidence of the ability
with which (lie organization was conducted, Itud it
is adverted to now lor the propose ol showing the
capacity of the Commissioner for the performance
of the duties assigned him, and that the want of
entire success in executing the ait referred to
iLxjvc is in no wise to be asciibcd to any deficiency
on Ins part.
The success of Major Neighbors in the county of
?1 Paso gave rise to strong hopes of accomplishing
thu purposes ot his mission in the county of Mania
F'e, and these hopes were strengthened by insurances
that he would meet with no opposition or obstacles
on the part of the officers commanding the
United States lorees at that place. Previous to his
departure from El Paso he was furnished with a 1
copy ot an ollicial order issued at ManUi F6 on the
1 ^ill day of Murch, IMoO, by Colonel John Monroe,
commanding the'Hh military department, recognising
him us "a commissioner of the State of
Texas for the purpoee of establishing the civil jxiritdiction
of the State over thin Unitary," and requiring
from ihe military authorities under Ills command
a rigid non-interference with him in the exercise of
hi* functions. This order, and the course which it
indicated as the one to be pursued by the authorities
of the United Males, was all that tie demanded,
ft is true, it was not all that lie had u right to expect
from the justice and liberality of the General
Government, but it would have been sufficient to
have enabled him to accomplish the object he had
undertaken, had it been observed in good faith. 1
regret to be compelled to slate, however, that it
was not observed in good laith very far from it.
Your honorable Ixidy will perceive, from the report
of the commissioner and aecoinpanying documents,
(copies of which are herewith submitted
marked A,) that on lus arrival at Santa Ke, he not
only met with every discouragement on the pait ot
the individual exercising th< authority of civil and
military governor, but it was distinctly intimated
to him that, if he succeeded in holding his clceii
in, and in qualifying the ollic ei s elected, the j u
risdiction ot'1 exat would uot be recognised. Superadded
to this, he w as threatened Icy a judge,
holding a comini->sion from the President of the
I'nit. i i -.1 .t . j
to enforce the law# of the State over thai territory. I
Appeals were made by the saint- judge to the pop- I
ulacc to ritual the authority ot trie .Suite. Public
meetings were called and held with the same object,
which were presided over and comprised principally
of the officers and other persona in the pay
and employment of the United States government;
and all thu under the immediate eye utul obsrrva
li.;U "I ttie commanding officer, who, it not thr
projector of these proceedings, unquestionably
yielded his assent to tliem, and subsequently
adopted them, by issuing bis proclamation calling
a convention to lurni a government adverse to, and
independent of, our own.
This course of conduct on the part of Colonel
Monroe would an ul strange after his oriln of
March 12IA, were we not able to account for it by
a belief which a arcely admits a I>t, that sulwi
quent to the date of thu order he r< ceivod instructions
to repudiate the rights and authority of Texas
in that territory. That he received what lie regarded
as equivalent to ajch instructions there can
< xist no douut. If the tone and import of the in< s
rage sent by the President of the United Slates to
thc8enatCon thel7tb June were not suffii lent to
satisfy the mind on this subject, the letter of the
lion. Volney K. II iwnrd.ol July 4,addressed to the
editors ol the Southern I'rtu, with coirtiruiat try
evidence from other quarters, pUi cs It beyond
question. Copies of the?c documents are submitted
herewith marked H, with the request that they may
receive the consideration which they merit.
As soon as it was practicable to prepare the documents
after receiving the rejairt of the comirns-noner.
1 transmitted tliem to our Senator* and Representatives
in Congress, in order that they might
Is- fully sdvised in an official shape of the actual
at <tr ni tbingi at .Santa F4I
also"addressed a letter to thr President of the
United Stales, accompanied with a copy of Colonel
Monroe's proclamation calling a convention to
form a State government in New Mexico, and moat
rcspectlully a-ked him to say whether or not ha rerognised
and sanctioned thu acts of Colonel Moni
> , mi far as tliev affoi t< 'I the riirhts ol Texas. At
ilie Mine time I .tddrnMed a letter to Hon. Volocy
R Howard, covering a nrotcat ngauiHt the unlaw
lul usurpation hy the federal authorities of our
nghta at Santa f> ; an<l requr *l< d him to lav it l>eforr
the President in the event of hie eacollency'a
declining to dimvow the aetaof hi* military ?ubordinate*
in that territory.
Copie* of iny letter* to the President, to Mr.
Howard, to the delegation in Omgrra*. and of the
protect. are herein Hi eohiuitled, inarke I t'
Although the piiM eedlnga referred to no lote:n
permitted me to indulge the hope intimated in the
oininuniratioii which I had the honor to lay brfore
you, almriiy after enter in v up..n my ?11 ti 111
I II I tint I he > i til '"in (unit' rei| ill till el
forta to eatenrl the jurisdiction of the State over that,
portion of lo r territory may have remitted from
tardinn** of action on the part of the Inderal authorise*,
rather than a deliberate d< ?ign to do ua
wnmf," yet, I wa? anxious that the Prevalent
*lioulrl have one more opportunity of dia.laiiiiing
?ueh design, and hetioe it vn that I requested our
delegation in Congress to have an interview with
him on the a object previous to the delivery of the
protect. No *u< h rliarlaimer, however, har l>een
received, and lad* which have ainrc come to my
knowledge indicate moat clearly that n?uo tin n
w*? made or intended to lie made
win-, ||r|M|>'ini'll, piPl (1> l? nin juii. ill
* very plain anil brief manner, the moat prominent
lacts and i irrumiltni m counartad with our tela
irona with Santa.Ke, m they hnvr recently ia-rn developed,
and having called your attention to the
unwarrantable assumption of power by the Eaerti
live brain li ol tlie Federal tiovernmeui in ita dim t
ntrrfereui a with the municipal and internal afaira
of a Mrrrrign Slate, lite question at once prelenta
itself- what rourne does duty, honor, patriotam,
and a juat apprcriatioh of our aoleinn ohligaiona
to the reentry require in in adoptr
I am folly sensible, that this la a queation involving
Ilia inoat serious considerations, and in ita coneuipiation
there in commingled much of hope and
ipprehenaion. Hut who will falter in the pathway
>f duty, though the wrong-doer he both powerful
til<i mighty' On (he one hand our drvotion to the
Union a dcrotion manifested in the confiding