PF"" ' *" mm iv EBffwd FUher 4k Edwin IX Leon. TERMS. DAILY, - flO 00 TRI WEEKLY, - 5 00 WEEKLY, * 00 Subscription* payable in advance. Any person procuring five subscribers shall receive one copy gratis. All letters to the Editors to be post-paid. PRINTED BT G. A. SACK. Office, Pennsylvania*Avenue south side, betweea 3d and 4j streets. C O i\ (J H E S S 1 O N A L . IN SENATE. Fbidat, August 33, 1830. indian indemnity bill. The Senate resumed the cons:deration of the bill to mnend the act of 1834, by providing for indemnity to such citizens in the States of Alabama, Florida and Texas, as may iiave suffered from the depredations of the Indians. The hill was discussed by Messrs. Underwood, Yulef., Chase, Bradbury, Bell, and others, and ordered to a third reading, 37 to 14. . fugitive slaves. The bill making further provisions by law for the rc-capture and restoration to their owners of fugitives from service, escaping from the slaveholding States into the Northern States, was resumed as the special order of the day. The question was on the motion of Mr. Jefferson Davis to strike out the clause from the bill which provides for the puymcnt out of the Fed(trul rP?v?iiMlirv_ ftf th.A vmIiim nf ? ul?ivn whn mnv ' 4 ' * " 1 ' - -- i -r THE SOUTHERN PRESS. daily . ~~ Vol. 1. Washington, Saturday, August 24, 1850. Mo. 59. ::;r' 't ; j.. ILJifc J ' ? ? ^?.. .....J have C8caj>ed the agents of the law io certain cases. After debate, by Messrs. Mason and Davis, the motion to strike out was carried. On motion of Mr. Jefferson Davis, the clause of the bill which provides the payment of charges of recovering a fugitive upon the owner or agent, in ease no netual price is offered to him, was stricken out. Mr. UNDERWOOD then moved his substitute for the bill before the Senate. [This substitute provides for the appointment of commissioners to aid in the re-caplure of fugitive slaves, prescribes their duties and the duties of the marshals, &c., provides that, the claimant of a slave shall give bond to secure him a trial by jury in the State where his service is claimed to be due, if the said fugitive shall require it, &c., &e.] Mr. CHASE moved to strike out the second section of the substitute bill, so as to confine its operation to the States, and to exclude the Territories from the operation of the law. Mr. CHASE spoke in support of his motion. Mr. BUTLER opposed it as an extravagant and perverse proposition, wholly incompatible with ihe fundamental law of the Constitution. ana a proposition wmcii can only be accounted for ns an emanation from that peculiar hostility of the North to the Southern institution of slavery ; a hostility which admits of no right of protection, and of no laws except such us look to the prostration of the South. Mr. BALDWIN took issue with Mr. Chase on the constitutional question. Mr. CHASE vindicated his position upon the principle of the common law, and upon judicial i decisions touching the. subject, rendered by the Courts of Louisiana and Mississippi. Mr. DAYTON contended that good faith required the extension of the law over the Territories, and that the power and the duty were so clear that they did not admit of debate. He asked, too, if the senator from Ohio desired to i make the Territories a grand rcceptaclo or ren- l dezvous for the runaway slaves of the South. 1 He hoped the amendment would be voted down. Mr. CHASE contended that there was no ob ligation in the Constitution to surrender up a ( fugitive slave from the territories. We are not bound to go beyond the terms of the Constitu- i tion, and as a mere matter of accommodation a . proposition of this sort is not an obligation. Mr. BALDWIN maintained the ground that 1 the spirit of the Constitution, and its evident 1 intent, ao^rthe intent of the compact of 1787, requiredrthe extension of this act to the territo- ( ries as'veil as to the States. Mr. YULEE took very little interest in this , bill, and in its discussion, as he did not feel that i it could result much to the relief of the South. | He.read from a report of a convention of whites < and blacks, lately in session in the village of ' Cazenovi , in the State of New York. Some ' thirty of the fugitive slaves present were placed in a conspicuous position, to be seen bv the delegates. Mr. Yulee read from the address , of the fugitives at the meeting, to the slaves in i the South, recommending them to commit mur- i der, robbery, and arson, if necessary to effect their escape. While such monstrous outrages I were permitted in the Northern States, there ' was but little hope of benefit from this bill, and ^ but little for the preservation of the Union. Mr. DODGE, of Iowa, (per contra) read from the laws of that Territory and that State, against runaway sluves, and the harboring and secreting theni in said State, to show her soundness on this question. He believed that the people of the North were generally sound, and that the State of New York was no more responsible for that fanatical Convention, than is Florida for the late expedition of Lopez. The amendment of Mr. Ciiase was rejected? Yea, one, Mr. Chase, nays 41. Some verbal amendments were next agreed Mr. MASON moved next an amendment pro- ( viding, \ 1st. A fine of $1,000 upon the Marshal or his deputies, for default of duty in the recapture of a fugitive slave. 2d. A fine, to the value of the slave, for the ^ escape of a fugitive from the custody of the f Marshal or his deputies. j The amendments were agreed to?the second i by a vote of 22 to 13. t The same amendment was applied to the bill t proposed by Mr. Und#rwood, and the question 8 recurring upon adopting Mr. Under worm's bill s in lieu of Mr. Mason's, it was rejected, 14 to 23. ; On motion of Mr. MASON, the first three ? sections of Mr. Underwood's amendment were s substituted for the first sections of Mr. Mason's j bill. They relate to the appointment of the \ commissioners, &c. e The question was at length brought to the engrossment of the bill, when Mr. JOHN DAVIS moved an amendment pro- J viding that when any mariner or other free t colored person from any State, shall be seized and imprisoned within the limits of another p State, it shall be the duty of the District Attor o ney by writ of habeas corpus to cause such per- C son to be brought before tho Circuit or District 8 Court, to try the legality of his imprisonment, ? ah/4 If* nrnt'on f A lui nnloiv'fnl f Karticularly recommended it for this purpose. He vas totally opposed to any connection of the Gov-1 rnment with the party press. The motion was agreed to,?ayes 93, nays 33. Mr. BJIOWIS' of Mississippi, moved an approiriation of $10,9(10 for the binding of the Congrcsional Globe, to be furnished the House. Agreed o?ayes 84, nays 44. Mr. McLAN'E, of Maryland moved an appropriation of $100,000 to defray the actual expenses >f printing for the House, and providing that thp i Committee on printing might allow to the printer uch a ner rentage on sriid nnt.nf ?li?> nme, as to them might seem just and proper.? tuled out of order. Mr. STANLY of North Carolina, moved an ppropriation of $18,400 for providing the House brary with two hundred and forty seta of the '-ongressional globe from its first number. Mr. DUER of New York, moved to reduce the umber of sets to sixty. Disagreed to. Mr. Me.MULLEN of Virginia, moved to reuce the number to one hundred. Agreed to. Mr. STANLY'S amendment as amended was len agreed to. Ayes 68, nays 57. Mr. JONES of Tennessee, moved an amend- j lent providing for the delivery of one of the saw) ne hundred copiea to each State and territory.? igreed to. Mr. RUMSEY of New York, moved to strike utanitem of $6,125 providing for the purchase by le Clerk of the House, of one thousand two hunred and twenty-five copies of Mayo's " work on is Treasury Department." Several amendmenta were proposed. Mr. FEATHERSTON, was opposed to paying or compiling books fbr teaching official funciionaies their duties, or to facilitate claim agents in tinting up obsolete claims. Mr: VINTON, of Ohio, was in favor of making Its appropriation for the distribution of these oolrs among our custom houses, and the various ublic offices in thia city and throughout the eounrr Mr. SCHENCK, of Ohio, took a similar view of it. " Mr. THOMPSON, of Mississippi, was opposed to the making and distribution of bonks by Congress. As to this book, every office in this city wan ulready supplied witli it, but lie doubted if they were ever looked into. And if it was of any utility when compiled the operations of the Treasury Department lind been so changed by the creation of the Department of the Interior, that its processee i were now disjointed and changed from their formei I method. The motion to strike out was agreed to. Mr. BROWN, of Mississippi, moved a provi; sion to the appropriation of $110,000 for the com ! pletion of the east wing of the Patent Office, that the President institute an examination into the work, and, if it has not so far been well constructed and in accordance with the contract, he be reuuireJ to withhold the appropriation or uny part thereof ai his discretion. Mr. B. remarked that it might be that, so far the work had been done according to contract. But rumor, whether accurate or not he was noi I certain, had reached him indicating a state ol things far different. Having no object in view but to subserve the public interest, he thought thi special investigation proposed by him should b< adopted. After some conversational debate betweer Messrs. Schenck, Thompson, of Mississippi, aiuJ Stanton, of Kentucky. Mr. KING, of New York, moved to increase the item for collecting agricultural statistics by the : !. - /* *"> A / Jin r/?/i . m * eAi\ is(>iiiui:h:. Mr. BAYLY moved an appropriation of $15, 400 for replacing the mups, And these men are cafled disunionistx. Terms arc said to be arbitrary?not so, however, are their significations?these will be governed by facts n* they appear in the history of events. Facts are I now fixing the modern meaning of disunionist, and men will not be looked upon as entitled to an opprobrious epithet, who nre in favor of upholding the Constitution of their country' and insisting upon it being the bond of the Union. Whether the word Unionist, will undergo a corresponding change, remains to be seen, but it is in the South fast becoming synonymous with snbmissionists. The man who is willing to leave the ' interpretation of the Constitution of our governJ ment, to an irresponsible majority, and will subI mit to a violation of it without resistance?may | prate about Union, Union, as much as he pleases, and hold on to the name, unionist, hut its meanin?: will he fixed beyond his control, ns certainly and inevitably as was the meaning of the word Tory, during the revolution. We have been led to the foregoing reflections, by observing the^frequency with which newspapers, politicians, and members of Congress, indulge in the use of these terms; evidently for the purpose of bringing upon their adversaries, ridicule and contempt?and noticing what effect this low and degrading practice has hud upon the country, the people themselves. Fortunately, the virtue and intelligence of the people, enable them to place the proper estimate upon such practice*, and their authors are very soon visited with the reproach and contempt, which they vainly imagine, they have cast upon others. Now for ourselves we do not think there is a single ilunnioviKt, in the v hole South?no, not even in South Carolina, aoonrtiing to the original and proper signification of that word. We hope and pray that there is not a single union man nruong its, according to the modern signification that character is assuming?not fine who is willing to submit to violations of the Constitution of t rie country which will bring disgrace and degradation unon the South. It has l?en truly said that the Union of the Slates " lias grown into a M-niimetit " with the Southern people?with the enjoyment of the rights and privileges intended to he secured by the Constitution, there is not a people upon earth, more attached totuiv one thing, than they would be to the Union. But when they honestly believe, that this Constitution has been violated and attempts are again and again made to deprive them of equal righto with the other States of the confederacy, and tlio Constitution proves to be no longer a barrier to these aggrisstons, they will give up thnt sentiment, and begin to calculate its value. Let the Northern people bewure how fur they press the slavery question, by forbearance they may save the Union. But sot?ure ns they deprive the South of an eaual participation in the territories, just so sore they will give up their love for the Union, and it becomes a rope of sand.?Eutaw (*1la.) Democrat. "I stand upon the soil of freedom,cried a stump orator. "No," exclaimed his shoemaker, "you stand in a pair of boots that have never hocn paid for." 8r8f~Barnum has ?cen one of the legs of the multiplicatvoti table. THE SOUTHERN PRESS. For the Sonlhern Prtss. 1 The late ' Union Mais Meeting in New Market, Virginia." | New Market, Virginia, is situated In the midst . of a hardy, industrious, patriotic and penco( loving community. That community have never failed to roll up their thousands of votes in support of the Constitution, the Union, State rights, and popular rights, when involved in issues j ' thoroughly canvassed before them. It would seem that this Union Mass Meeting was gotten up in hot haste, to commit the Deino' cracy of the "Tenth Legion," in favor of the , so-called " Adjustment" scheme of the Senate's t Committee of Thirteen, as a measure indispensable to the salvation of the Union ! Is it, in, deed, true that the Union of these States is staked upon the success of that measureT The idea is superlatively ridiculous; uifll those who r inculcate it, are the veriest huinbuggers?or are , swayed by tlie influence of humbuggers and ; political schemers?or are panic-stricken sul>misaionists to tbosc who are really warring i against the Union. I Who are thus warring? Senator Mason answers the question in a single sentence. In I ins juiiur in uic inecung, 110 says, ~ mat our ; glorious and once happy Union, is brought into serious danger, by the perverse ?nd wicked counsels of those telio seek to destroy the equality j, of the States, and to break up the social organiza: tion of our Southern institutions," and he reminds j the meeting that, of this fact, " wo have been again solemnly and impressively warned by our I own General Assembly dn-ing the last winter, reviewing and re-affirming the deliberate posture of resistance it was forced to assume in 1847." Thus writes Senator Mason to the New Market meeting. Thus solemnly spoke the General Assembly of Virginia to all the world. Thus have spoken the representatives of the "Tenth Legion" again and again. And thus have spoken the people of the whole State, over and over again at the polls. Everybody knows that the Abolitionist^and Free-soilers in Congress and out of Congress were thus referred to?and justly branded as the fomentcrs of disunion. And yet Governor McDowell,nnd perhaps others who tigured at the meeting, endeavor to hold every opponent in Congress, of the far-famed " Adjustment," as responsible for the dangers which now innr the pence of our people and the Union of these States. Neither the ex-Governor, nor anybody else, who agrees or co-operates with him, can show that in a single particular, his colleagues in Congress, who oppose this nick-named " Adjustment," have derogated from the line of du'y, indicated by the voice of their State, lie will not say that they ask for anything wrong. Can ho say, that in supporting the " Adjustment," he is not submitting to wrongs, against which his State has solemnly protested, and for submitting to which he has not a tittle of authority ? If lie has any such authority, he cannot find it in the Constitution. Can he find it in the voice of the Democracy of his district? If so, then they have assuredly backed out from the position taken more than once by their representatives in the Geneaal Assembly of V lrgima, and more than once sanctioned by their own votes at the polls. They may be in a back-sliding and backing-out condition, but I, for one, shall be slow in believing it. Some of them, may, as many others have, and as I believe the Governor himself has, expressed approbation of the "Adjustment" without thoroughly considering its provisions, in their practical operations and tendencies. Thousands have gone off half-cocked for the scheme as its projectors and leading friends have represented i>. In he?to wit: as a fair and final adjustment of all difficulties about the slavery question. Upon closer scrutiny, however, many who nt first approved it, since finding that it is not likely to be any adjustment at all, much less a fair and final adjustment, are now firm and decided in their , opposition to it. So, I verily believe, it will be with the Democracy of the " Tenth Legion." So I hope it will be with ox-Governor Mc Dowell. So it ought to be with every unflinching friend of tlio equal rights of the States and the people, under the Constitution as it was . handed down to us by our fathers. I would be the last man to wrong Governor McDowell. I love the man; I have never warred against him as a politician. When others have assailed him, as " unsound upon the slavery question," I have always refused to join in the line and cry against him. But with the dangers now menacing the rights of the South, the perpetuity of the Union, and the peace of the country, the real sources of mischief ought to , ho fearlessly pointed out, and the real friends of equal rights ought to be fearlessly defended from all attacks and insinuations, come from what quarter they may Dangerous and unauthorized concessions, such as I humbly think, the Governor ha -- made, ought not to be silently acquiesed in. I cannot but think that upon reconsideration, the Governor himself will admit, that in so far as he has insinua'el that the Southern opponents of the "adjustment" are warring against the Union ; in so far as his let'er to the meeting at New Market, tended to inculcate upon the hearers and readers of that letter, the impression that the Southern opponents of that "adjustment" were responsible for the dangers which now menace us, he has itrron^ccjl them. And in so far as he has conceded, or rather contended, that the admission of California as a State, involves no violation of the Constitution, he assuredly has written without duly weighing his words, or else without thinking f the means used in the last Congress, to deprive the people of the South of their equal rights in that country. He must have lost sight of the Executive measures, and of all the influences and measures and circumstances, which have presented California to Congress claiming admission as an abolition State. If he thinks there has been no violation of the Constitution in the history of the California question; if he thinks there is no I uun^iiiivii iuouii^ vuii-i\.oo W UIII Uil! i licr boundaries?and in otlwT respects to provide, as in not provided by the " adjustment,"' for; ! the right* of the United States in California, he ! rendu not the Constitution as it has ever boon read bv the people of Virginia. Icannot believe that he thinks that in ratifying the measures which have raised the issue of admitting or rejecting California, by this Congress, there would be no violation of the obligation "to support and defend the Constitution.' If those measures were unconstitutional, it cannot bo constitutional to ratify them, in nil their length and breadth. But usurpations now o'days, arc slurred over i as mere " irregularities," too common and there-; fore too insignificant to stickle about. And 90 too, some of our public men are beginning to look upon back-sliding fi om solemn resolves of State Governments?and solemn sanctions of the people at the polls. Consider for instance the inching off in certain quarters from the Vir-1 ginia Resolutions in regard to California nnd New Mexico: Certain would-be manufacturers 1 of nublic sentiment, would now have the world 1 to Dclicve, that thoso resolutions were adopted 1 with certain mental reservations, not to be 1 found on the record?not dreamed of by the 1 great body of the sonators and representatives who adopted those resolutions, and which the people or Virginia will utterly repudiate, unless they too hare become bockabdera. Was there , any mental reservation surren following a lead into the bank, the earth above 1 caved in upon mem, and nil were crushed to I death instantly. Our informant did not know 5 their names, but they were from the State of Maine. i The hills nnd ravines around Nevada have all s the appearance of being very rich with gold. It I has lntely been found scattered pro \ iscuously 1 over the hills, mixed in with the very top soil, p where the earth is dry and dusty, like ashes. 'J Quite a large number are engages! in gathering li up this soil from the hills, and packing it on p mules, or carting it to Deer Creek, where it is 1 washed. Nevada is becoming. a lively little town. Some four or five thousand people are said to be in its vicinity.?.Sir. IVanxcript, July 11. Democratic Meeting akd Barbecue.?Wo'" ire authorized and requested to invite a meeting r>f the Democrats of Leon county, on Saturday F the 17th August at the Capitol, for free conference P and union upon an Assemhly ticket. n A Barbecue will be served up on the occasion, P of which the people generally are invited to par- ' take. 8 It is earnestly hoped that every Democrat in the o County will be present nt the meeting.?Flerida I Journal. I 8 Extract from a letter written by a prominent member of the Whig party, in the interior of the State to his brother (also u strong Whig) in this ii[y* The political excitement that you allude to, a truly ominous, and is u subject of deep rellecion, especially for those who expect to bear the -esponsibility of taking care of and protecting >ur peculiar institutions. I have seen and cud so many dillerent opinions by men, both n and out of Congress, (and I fear most of hem are tinctured with the demagogue) that hardly know how to arrive at any deiiidtf conclusion ; but it is a fact that cannot be disguised, that the free States have infringed upon >ur rights, and are at this time, endeavoring to ise our vast Mexican territory, by every means n their power (regardless of the truo iu'ention >f the Constitution,) to bring about, at some "uture, and r.ot very distant day, an entire ex:inction of slavery. You and 1 may net live to ?oe the difficulty that it is their nim to produce, f persisted in, but some ef our children will :ertainly luivo to combat it You know that I have a ways been a great admire- of Mr. Clay, but his letter to the free soil convention at Cleveland, and his letter of emancipation to the convention in Kentucky, with other views, and astertions in regard to the extension of slavery, :auses me to fear that lie would not be a sale iaptuin to steer onr ark clear of the abolition breakers that are already in sight. lie has fiercely denounced those Southern men who a-ould not follow his lead into the quick sands )f free-soil as dinunionists and traitors. In n word, can it be doubted, that Cluy stands at the icad of the emancipationists and free soilers, ind is entirely opposed to the extension of ilavery.?Columbus (Ceo.) Times. jj-t?" An experiment which promises well for the destruction of the boll-worm is being extensively tried in this section of country by planters. The process is simple and not expensive. Earthen plates are procured and placed upon the top of a small post cut oil'a few inches above the top of the cotton. A small quantity of molasses is poured upon the plate, and many contend that vinegar should be mixed with it 111 suflicent quantity to produce fermentation ; we think this advisable. The insect that purely lepositcs the future gerin of the worm, is taken n large numbers?15 to 190 have been removed from one plate in the morning. The insect, of he miller species, now seen rising in large numbers over cotton fields just at twilightis known, Yom repeated experiments, to be tlisj generator if the boll worm. The molasses it is said atraets them, and this is likely, for it is seen that in large fields where there are but few plates spread, large numbers are taken in one night. The plntes are put out in the ratio one to two vnd on6 to eight acres. We should sav the inore plates the better. We have heard that Col. Chfts. Gates, an old and experienced planter, has fifty d07.cn plates spread through his jotton field?Col. Kirk Prewett, another old ind experienced planter, has twenty-five dozen >ut. Many others are following suit.->l/a. paper. Qcick Intelligence.?On Saturday the telegraph communicated a message from Washing,,ii ? v..,., /v-l........ ..e mi. ? .... ... .. .. uucuiio uiicou 111 nine, xnc mes- i ingc loft Washington at thirty minntes print elciron o'ciock, Washington time, and reached here ' five minute* past eleven, New Orleans time, thus traveling1 about twice ns last iih tic apparent motion of the nun round the earth ; or correctly speaking, double the velocity of the earth's moLion on its own axis, as the difference of time between the two places is about one hour. When we see these instances of what the telegraph can do, it only increases our regret that its performances arc not generally more satisfactory, for about the same time that the above message came "faster than the huh," we reeoivad one which had been four days coming the same distance.?New Orkans Bulletin. Hurricane Year.?The oldest Creoles arc all prophesying the early appearance of a hurricane, for this is the ninteeuth year since the last one, in 1831, and they say ever since the country was settled, there has always been a hurricane every nineteen years, besides occasional visitations in the intermediate years.?There were hurricanes in 1812 and 1793, both much more violent than the one of 1831. If, as asserted, a long spell of very hot weather is the usual precursor- of a hurricane, we certainly Imve had that sign in the most decided form xny time these last four or five weeks; and an jxpericnced " old salt," without any previous cfcrenee to the subject, observed to us yester1 ... ii.i :?!- ? lay, ma il loosen very nnicfi " like hurricane .veather." Wo sincerely hope, however, that ill the signs will fail as those of rnin do, " in Iry weather." It may, however, be as well for ;hose " who go down to the sea in ships," to be jn the look out.?.V. (). Bulletin. From Hayti.?We learn from Cnpt. Tlansocks, of the brig Moselle, which left the Island on the 3d inst., that the Emperor S> louque has not yet left on his intended expedition to the Spanish part of the Island, but was still making preparations to do so. The time when he would commence his march was uncertain. The fact is, we pereume, that he will not go at all.?A'. Y. Tribune. The translation which wc gave yesterday from a Havana paper, leading to the inference that the difficulties between St. Domingo and Hayti lad been finally settled, it would seem, is not fully borne out. A Kingston paper, of the 14 th inst, says: The .British Government have ratified the reaty with the Dominican Republic, and will dso mediate between that Republic and Ilayti. The representatives ofFrnnee and the United States are said to have Interested themselves in ho settlement."?Bait. Sim. Thk Virginia Senators.?By the firm and iteadfnst devotion of Messrs. Mason and Hunter, our senators in the Congress of the United States, to the true interest, honor, and independnee of Virginia, no less than the whole South, hey have become especially and particularly 41--4 -1 - - " ? ' * luiuun iu 11 mi fin km in correspondents irom iVnshington, who publish their balderdash in the Vbolition journals of the North and West, no ess than in the Baltimore Sun and Clipper.? Jotne of these attacks are so vulgar nnd indecent ?so utterly ridiculous and contemptible, that t would be an act of wrong nnd injustice to our enators, to give to them even a passing notice. < 'or spotless integrity, honesty of purpose, no ess than high nnd commanding intellect, in Virlinin, these gentlemen need 110 vindication.? Their whole life stamps with infamy and falsclood these miser ih e maligners of public and i irivntc worth.?Spirit nf Jefferson, Charlestoxcn, Virgin in. The determination of President Fillmore tosjistin the course marked out by Gen. Taylor in reard to the arrogant presumption of Texas, will every satisfactory to the friends of law, order nd the Union, throughout the nation. So aava the Boston Atlas?the lending whig 'ree-soil paper of Masaachusetta. Mark ye; thin oragraph was written before Mr. Fillmore's Arty, Navy and Militia message had made its ap earance. Ere this time, it has doubtless thrown he old enemies of Texan annexation in the free States, into delightful convulsions ! How it will nerate on "the friends of law, order and the jnion, throughout the nation," remains to be een.?.Vashrillt Union. ' !L ?? L j " The Southern PreM,"?Til-weakly published on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays ol' each week. "The Southern Preee,"?Weekly, Is published every Saturday. ADVERTISING RATES. For one squark of 10 lines, three insertions, $1 Ob u every subsequent insertion, - 23 Liberal deductions made on yearly advertising. Individuals may forward the amount of their subscriptions at our risk. Address, (post-paid) ELL WOOD FISHER, Washington Citv. Letter of Gov. Bell. Our reudern will find in another column a condensed summary of the letter from the Governor of Texas to the senators and representative* of that State in Conrress. We regret that our columns are so inucn occupied that the publication of the whole letter, is impossible. We have however, supplied the defect to some extent, by stating briefly the substance of such passages an we were compelled to omit. The subject matter of this letter is important, and should be carefully perused by all our readers. It furnishes u full and complete statement of all the important ficts in the case, proclnims the vulidity of the title of Texas to the disputed territory, and expresses in forcible terms the de termination of Texas to stand by her right, evidently just and equitable. It has been presented to President Fillmore by the Texas delegation, and an answer is promised so soon as the Cabinet shall be fully organized. Upon his answer depend momentous consequences?consequences affecting the sovereignty of the States, and perhaps the the continuance of the Union. We cannot believe that the conclusion at which Mr. Fillmore may arrive, nfter a careful consideration of the question, will be prejudicial to the claim of Texas. The title of Texas to the territory, tunc first brought into dispute, was vested in her previous to her annexation to the United States, and was fully and expressly recognized by that instrument. During the debates in Congress pending the admission of Texas, General Tuylor, by command of the War Department, took position upon the Rio Grande as tne western boundary of Texas. When the question of annexation was debated in the Senate, there were, it is true, a few senators, among whom Col. Benton was the most strenuous, who contended that Texas had no claim to any territory west of the Neuces ?that her limits on the west only extended to that river. But this view of the case wus not allowed by Congress, and when war was declared against Mexico, it was for the reason that the territory of the United States, viz: a part of Texas, was invaded by a Mexican army. The territory invaded lay between the Nueces and the Rio Grande, and this declaration of war clearly shows that was considered a part of Texas, or why was a long, bloody, and expensive war waged on this account? On the bank of the Rio Grande, Genenil Taylor met the invading hordes of Mexicans, drove them back, carried the war into Africa, and after a succession of brilliant victories, succeeded, in union with the gallant army under ueneral Scott, in conquering a peace and obtaining an acknowlI edgment on the part of Mexico of the independence of TexaH. If the Itio Grande was not the western boundary of Texas, why was war declared when it wan passed by the Mexican army ? If it wus and is not the western boundary of Texas, why was it recognized by Andrew J. Donelson, our minister to Mexico, when forming the treaty between thut country and ours ? Why was it recognized by General Kearney, when he took Sonsession of Snnta Fe, as territory of the United tales, and having been for some time in possession ? Why was it fully and expressly recognized by the late President Polk in various Messages to Congress in which the right of Texas to the territory lying between the Neuces and Rio Grande was repeatedly allowed and distinctly asserted ? The cluim of Texas is as clear ns that of any other State to the possession of any of their territory, and her right to it is as equally manifest.? She will, doubtless, defend that right, if attacked, and will find thousands of gallant spirits to aid her in her just and righteous cause. Let justice be done to Texas. This, we feel assured, is the sentiment of the whole South, and should be of every State in the Union. All are interested in this matter. If one sovereign State can be deprived of her rightful territory, what guarantee have the remaining States, that they, in turn, may not Ruder dismemberment ? What guarantee have the Southern States bordering upon the free, that they may not in like manner be'robbed of a portion of their territory to increase the area of free soil, and add to the rapidly growing power of anti-slavery ? What protection Imve they, if their sinter Texan in dishonored, that a similar disgrace may not in time be inflicted upon them ? There in but one light in which this question can be considered by the Southern States. All are cquully interested and nil will be found ready to repel the gross and shameful outrage. The whole matter can be summed up in three words : Is Texas n free and sovereign State? Is her title to the territory in dispute valid, and her claim just? Has it heretofore been recognized as such by Congress? But one answer can be made tothe.se questions, and they settle the whole point in dispute.?Jlugustu Republic. Insanity from the use op Camphine.?Two females have recently died in an adjoining county from the effects of camphine used in washing. It produced insanity, which resulted in death. Mrs. Harriet Spencer, of Rome, and subsequently her mother, Mrs. Chapman, at CJarkville, Mndison county. The Rome Sentinel describes the melancholy bereavement as follows. Mrs. Spencer, who had been married but a short time, was spending some time at the residence of her father in March last, had occasion to do some washing, and, as we believe lion been customary with many, used camphine in llie process; whether the quantity used was too large, or from what cause we are not informed, but immediately after its use Bhe was attacked with severe pain and suffering, similar to inflammatory rheumatism, anil which finally caused temporary insanity. After remaining in this condition several weeks, and suffering most intrn :ely, she found an opportunity, notwithstanding the greatest watchfulness on the part of her friends, to commit suicide. Mrs. Chapman, the mother of Mrs. Spencer, was in the room with Mrs. Spencer at the time camphine was used, and was attacked in nearly the snm6 manner. She continued in ill health with occasional spells of insanity, untill two or three days ago; when she also committed suicide, [ by twisting ner handkerchief so tightly around her neck, while in bed with her husband, as to deprive her of life.? O/trgo Journal Mr. Fillmore's Message.?The message fo Mr. Fillmore on the subject of the Texnn boundary would occupy near three columns of our paper; and, as the telegraphic sketch of it which we published a few days since, embraces the main points made by the President, we omit the official copy. It is Dreciselv such a document as the telegrnph represented tt to be, and advances sentiments to which Texas cannot and ought not to assent, and utters threats which we are sure will not frighten her from the position taken by Gov. Dell. If the United States has any right to interfere at all in this matter, it should be to defend the boundary claimed by Texas, which she hat twice solemnly recognized. But Texas is a slave State and New Mexico will lie a free State. Hence the Free-soilers of the North take the side of New Mexico. But trhy do any Ten neneeana take it, when it is not only the tide of Pree-soilism,bvU of oppression, wrong and outrage !?Nashville American. Mr. Seward irt trying hard to get into the good graces of the Whiga of thit State. All thetpee -hes he makes are tent in packages of 100 to 1000 each, franked, but not directed, to the office-holders and book agents in this city, for free distribution. They are mailed hereto all parts of the State, by those who act as his agents. Hundreds, we un.1 1 1 1 J: I I , fV.,m urrniuiiu, nave oeen uircciru nnu vcw? vu 7Vibutif, Custom-house, Markham's, Ac., Ac. Seward in an untiring man, and has secured the aid of nearly all the Government officials to make him the next Whig candidate for President.??.\t Y. Globe. _ A New Cuticle.?The Scientific American says that " Plasters of dissolved guttn percha havebeen in use among the 'regular faculty' for two years. Chloroform is employed to dissolve the gutta per| cha?the solution is first rate for cuts. If a printer gets the points of his fingers cut, or the cuticle worn with new type, let him go to a druggist and get them pointed with this gutta percha liquid; no sooner it is applied to the fingers than they are covered with a thin, white, hard, yet flexible,and firmly adhering skin?the chloroform evaporates in an instant, and leave* the gutta percha behind. Gun cotton dissolved in chloroform makes a good plaster also, but not like gutta percha for the hands of a working man."