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MISSISSIPPI
BY SMITH &, CHAPMAN.
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THE FIRST OFFENCE.
In llie cheerful dining-room of my bachelor
mend Stevenson, a select parly were assem
bled to celebrate his birth-day- A very ani
mated discussion had been carried on for
name time, as to whether the first deviation
from integrity should be treated with severity
or leniency- Various were the opinions, and
numerous the arguments brought forward to
support them. 1 he majority appeared to
lean to the side of "crush all olTencos in the
bud." when a warm-hearted old gentleman
is at this moment in your possession; and I
thialc the evidence against you would be suffi
cient to justify me in immediately dismissing
you from my service. But you are a very
young man; your conduct has, I believe, betn
hitherto perfectly correct, and I am willing
to afford you an opportunity of redeeming the
past. All knowledge of this matter rests be
tween ourselves. Candidly confess therefore
the error of which you have been guilty; re
store what you have so dishonestly taken;
endeavor, by your future good conduct, to de
serve my condfience and respect, and tb a
circumstance shall never transpire to injure
you.' The poor fellow was deeply affected
In a voice almost inarticulate with emotion,
he acknowledged his guilt, and said tha',
having frequently seen me receive the mo
ney without counting it, on being entrusted
with it himself, the idea had flashed across
his mind that he he might easily abstract
some without incurring suspicion, or at all
events witnout there being sullicient evi
dence to justify it; that, being in distress, the
temptation had proven stronger than his pow
er of resistance, and he had yielded. 'I can
not now,' he continued, prove how deeply
your forbearance has touched me; time alone
can show that it has not been misplaced.'
He left me to resume his duties-
"Days, weeks and months passed away,
during which I scrutinized his onduet with
the greatest anxiety, whilst at the same time
I carefully guarded against any appearance
of suspicious Tatchfulness, and with delight
I observed that so far my experiment had suc
ceeded. The greatest regularity and atten
tion the utmost devotion tj my interests
marked his bnsiness habits; and this without
any display; for his quiet aid humble deport
ment was from that time remarkable. At
irr "Tgnni M 1 1 w I i ii i Mm mm JUIIXJJ ' HIM nil mm -- . . - tmm Mlmm
believe not one in that company but returned
iiome more disposed to judge leniently of the
'ailings of his fellow-creatures, and as far as
Iiy in his power, to extend to all who might
fill into temptation that mercy which, under
similar circimslanees, he would wish shown
to himself, feeling that it is more blessed to
save than to destroy."
lo7t & .oeI.7y from a first S hta conduc taWr
being treated with injudicious severity, than I "ost openness and piain-ueaitng.
from the contrary extreme. Not that I would
pass over even the slightest deviation from
integrity, either in word or deed; that would
be certainly mistaken kindness: but on the
other hand neither would I punish with sever
ity an offence commuted, perhaps, under the
influence of temptation temptation, too, that
we ourselves may have thoughtlessly placed
in the way, in such a manner as to render it
irresistible. For instance a lady hires a ser
vant; the girl has hitherto borne a good char
acter, but it is her first place; her honesty has
never yet been put to the test. Her mtstreis,
without thinking of the continual temptation
to which she is exposing a fellow creature, is
in the habit of leaving small sums of money,
generally copper, lying about in her usual
silting room. After a lime, si e begins In
think that these sums are not always found
exactly as she left them. Suspicion falls up
on the girl, whose duty is to clean the room
every morning Heruiistress, however, ihinlts
she will be quite convinced before she brings
forward her accusation, She counts the nul
lify carefully at night, and the next morning
some is missing. No one has been in the
loom but the girl: her guilt is evident. Well
uhat does her inistiess dot Why she turns
the girl out of the house at an hour's notice;
cannot, in conscience, give her a character;
tells all her friends how dreadfully distressed
she i ; declares that there is nothing but in
gratitude to be met with among servants;
laments over the depravity of human nature;
and neer dreams of blaming herself lot her
wicked jes. it is wicked thoughtlessness
in thus constantly e-posing to temptation a
young ignorant girlj one, most likely, whose
mind, if not enveloped in total darkness, Ins
iiily an imperfect twilight knowledge where
by to distinguish right from wrong. At whose
door, I ,'isk," he continued, growing warmer,
"Will the sin lie, if that girl sink into the low
est depths of vice and misery? Why, at the
the door of her who, after placing temptation
in her very pair, turned her Into the pitiless
world, deprived nf thai winch constituted her
only means of obtaining an honest livelihood
lier oharacter; and that without one effort to
reclaim her without affording a single op
portunity of retrieving the past, and regaining
by future good conduct the confidence of her
employer.
"There is, I fear, loo much truth in what
you say," rematked our benevolent host, who
had hitherto taken no part in the conversa
tion; "and it leminds me of a circumstance
that occurred in the earlier part ol my life,
which, as it may serve to illustrate the sub
ject you have been discussing, I will relate."
There was a general movement of attention;
for it was a well known fact that no manu
facturer in the town of was sur-
my confidence in him was so far restored,
that, on a vacancy occurring in a situation of
greater trust and increased emoulment than
the one he had hitherto filled,, I place him in
a; and never had I the slightest reason to re
pent ol the part I had acted towards him.
Not only had I the pleasure of reflecting that
I had, in all probability saved a fellow crea
ture from a continued course of vice, and
consequent misery, and afforded him the op
portunity ol becoming a respectable and use
ful member of society, but I had gained for
myself an indefatigable servanta faithful
and constant triend. For years he served
me with the greatest fidelity and devotion.
His character for rigid, nayoen scrupulous
honesty, was so well known, that 'as honest
as Smith,' became a proverb among his ac
quaintances. One morning I missed him
from his accustomed place, and upon inquiry
learned that he was detained at home by in
disposition. Several days elapsed and still
he was absent; and upon calling at his house
to inquire after him. I found the family in
great distress on his account. His complaint
had proved typhus fever of a malignant kind.
From almost the commencement of his at
tack, he had, as his wife, (for he had been
some time married) informed me, lain in a
state of total unconsciousness, from which he
had roused only to the ravings of delirium,
and that the physician gave little hope of his
recovery. For some days he continued in
the same state; at lengih a message was
brought me, saying that Mr. Smith wished to
see me; the messenger adding, that Mrs.
Smith hoped I would come as soon as possi
ble, for she feared her husband was dying.
I immediately obeyed the summons.
"On entering his chamber, I found the whole
of his family assembled to take farewell of
hi n they so tenderly loved. As soon as he
perceived me, he motioned for me to ap
proach near to him, and taking my hand in
VOTE REANNEXINO TEXAS AS A STATE.
The vote iti the l-fouso f Unpipsentfltives to
Jny, providing for iho rendmision ol Texas into
the Union, in a preliminary tep of v:n: importance to
the Union. It an extine-uinber of mziiaiiun, and
establish, s pence, and good will between tho differ
ent sections of o'lr Union, teo firmly to be tdmkr-ii
uy religious mnRtici.m or poimonl pnrensy. it is
tho potent voice of the people calling in a new pen
pie to give additional strength to the will of the ex
isting contedoncy to sustain. And it is thus that
llie ?KpaiiMon of the Ui,ijn will ever contribute to
iis power nnd perpetuity- The greuler llie number
of Stated embraced in It, the greater will be the in
terests staked on the inviolability nf its pcucc und
securiiy, and tlie greater the muss of Influence em
bodied to look down petty scctionul attempts to des
troy the fraternal ties that hold it together as a na
tion. 1 ha spasmodic atfections wbioh may somen
limes seize uoon n nnrliculsr Stnle. will no more
disturb the "real liodv politic thun the ttirlmleni-i,
of a litllo rill, swollen by n sudden gust, the grout
ocean into whose Bosom it tails.
I he act authorizes Texas to come In as a Slatt
and this roalizes tu oncethe stipulations of the trea
ty of 1803, wli oh bound the United States to France
to perforin this very act. The resolution of this
day is, in fact, nothing mora the execution of Mr,
Jefferson's treaty, by which the territory of Texas
was aoqulted, Mr Adams's treaty of I819wasan
abortion, It ceded the country and the people we
were bound by solemn covenants to bril g into the
Union to the desputism ol" Spain. But the people
of Texas instantly put in a protest against ibis
breach of faith, proclaimed their freedom, and hav
ing maintained thoir independence against both
Spain and Mexico, now come back to the United
S., asking th eredemption of the plt'diro in the Ireatv
lander which the country wastirst settlor! hy our
citizens when all the world must admit tho abro
gation of the treaty through which intriguing di
plomacy sought to exonerate the nation from its hon
est obligations, revives them in full force.
there is nothing, in otir opinion, to oh ect to, in
the proposal voteil hy the House, lo day, oxoept
that it is loatloo with conditions which niny lorm
nn obstacle to the KCCeptsnco of the overture by
Texas. JJut this can, ami we trust will, be obviated
by future legislation. If TeXBS comes prepared to
outer the Union, the next Congress will be just, and
more than just to her. Wronged ut ti.st by a heart
less repudiation, she will find that the injustice
w ill be redeemed by goncrositw an I the kindness,
hitherto wltheld, be paid with usury.
The vote on the resolution carried to day docs
not show tho strength of the question of reannexs
tion. Tliern is, we have in, doubt, a majority of
nfiy ill the Honse in favor of restoring Texns to the
Union. Many members thought that the territory
oneht to bo equally divided to provide tor tho in
troduction of two slave and two tionshiveholdin.e
States. This, we have littlo doubt, will bo the ef
fect of the act as it passed. More than half the
country is mountainous, oval least elevated, cohl,
and nf a pastoral character. II tins country is ev
On this question Mr. Brodhead asked the yeas
and nays, which were oidered; end being taken,
resulted yens 120, nujs 98, as follows :
YEAS Messrs, Aarrington, Ash. Atkinson,
Bayly, lielser, Bidlsck, Edward J. Black, .lames
Black, .lames A. black, Blaokwsll Bower, Bow.
lin. Boyd, Brodlioad, Anion V. Brown. Milton
Brown, W in. J, Brown, Burke, Burt, Caldwell,
CampbflH, Chnpherd, Cary, Keuben Chapman,
Augustus A. Chapman, Chappel), Clinch, Cobb.
Coles, Cross, Cullom, Daniel, John VV. Davis,
Dowson, Deen, Dellett Douglass, Diomgoole,
Duncan, Ellis, Farlee, Ficklin, Foster, French
Fuller. II ummett, Haralson, Huys, II nley, f iulme ,
lloge, Hopkins, Houston, Hubard." Hubbell,
Uughes Chariot J. Iiieersul, Jameson, dive John-
s'in, Andrew Jackson, Qeorge W. Jones, Andrew
Kennedy, Kirkpatrick, Labrtnahe, Leonard, Lump
kin. Lyon. McCnuslen, Ma clay, McClemai.d, Me
Connie... McDowell. Mr Key, Matthew. Josenh
Morrill bib r- w .. Mnrahy, Newton. Noriis,
o.ven, rurmanter, Payne, rettit. Peyton, K. 0.
Totter, Pratt, David S. Raid, Relfe, Rhelt, Rub
ortt, Russell, Saunders, Senter, Xliomai H. Sev
mour, Simpson, Simons, Slidell, John T. Smith,
Thomas Smith, Robert Smith, Steenrud, Stephens,
John Stewart. .Ina. VV Stone, Stiles, Alfred 1'.
Suite, Strong, Sykes, Taylor, Thnmpsun, Tlbbatts,
Tucker, VVentwui.ii, Welter, Woodward, Joseph
A.. Wright, Yancund Yosl 120.
NAYS Messri. Abbot, Adams, Anderson, Ba
ker, Barringer, Brnard, Benton, Brengle, Uiink
eihoff, Jt?remiiih Brown, Buffing ton, Carpenter,
Jeremiah K. Gary Carroll, Cailin, Causin, Cling
mnn, Chlllon, Colamer, Crim-ton, Dunn, DarrBh.
Darrett Davis, RicUrd D. DavU, Dnberry, Dickey,
Lfuimgnam, uuniai, timer, risii, iot, r .irem-f.
Giddingi, Qrogginj Willli Green, Byram Green,
Grinnell; Grider, Hl, Hannibal Hamlin, Edward
S. Hamlin, Hnrcin, Harper, Herrick, Hudnn,
Washington Hunt, Jimus 11. Hunt, Joseph K. In-
ijersol, Jrvm, Jonls-s, icru'V' II. J.ihiuuii, .luhn J
Kenedy. Preston Klng Daniel I'. King, McClelnnd,
Molivaine, Marsh, EdVard J. Morris, Freemnn II.
Marseley, Nes, Pattersto, Phaimx, Pollock, El in. in
it. Potter. I'loion, I'm Jy, Ramsey, Ratbbun,
Rayner, Redinr, Robitson, Rockwell, Rodeny,
Rogpra, St. Jwliu, Sunifl-, Sohenok, Stiveraritjr.',
David L. Seymour, Albert Smith, Caleb H. Smith,
Stoi-ion, Anthow htewiiti, SiiumiiTs, Thomu.-ton,
niden, Tyler, Vance, Vameter, Vinton, Wothered,
Wht'utoii, John W'lute, Benjamin White, Williams,
Wimerop, and Wright-f98.
So the joint rfsnlutioB wa passed.
MrJAMgflON moved the reconsideration of tho
voteju-t. taken on thepaawge of tlie resolution,
and rilU'd lor the prmi(otta joeation( under tha ope
ration ol' which the resolution wns negaiive.
Mr. Hoi'Kivs movif tbnt the butue adjourn.
Mr. (JinniNcs I'ked !f it WM too lata to move
nn amendment ofth i title .
Th" j ii a in slid it was too late, the title having
been announeehy the obair, and the House tmwng
assumed it.
Mr. llorKtNs withdrew tlie motion, to u-ljour
and moved a recinideration "t" tho rote on agr
ins to the title I and under the operation of the
previous fpit'attons, iho recon.-idei litioti was irjuc
ted.
The House then adjourned,
Peel, alilwugh h-' still adheres to bis no' -im rven -lion
a a Miniu'er. decluies his readinra to forwat A
n private suh?eripiMon for its amelioration s nn In
dlvldut 1 tn the Potteiie, (limine n'a!k bbroed;
thousands ore striving j and those who would cruel
ly attempt tn delude the mitTirri into tbo belief
that maehinerv is the caie of their distress, tntty
reTd in the cneral tleatltntton tie re, I he refutation
of ihcir fbolleh filsehooti. In the Potteries there
is no other machine Wfjiked but the potter's wbee
:ne:itio'.cd in Srinture. In th'- metropolis we
hnve a specimen of toe general description in tii
fact that even printers, u.via.Iy tlie most pr'ispei o';.-
of the cia-SLs who live hy htbor, arc appealing l
priVato bonnvolence, with tin? fippailing fact th.-t
twelve hundred rompositors and pressmen are un
employed) and many of them with large families,
are nrtually in ataiving state."
The fallowing is rin extract fr"m n letter giving
aeeoani of ih3 distress amnng tho Wtwklng clan
os, prevailing at Stockport.
11 in nr.r '"IMS lirt- Cqil'iliV " -
redncun, tint ii wives are to w see:,
from dnor to dor, or rnthcKng th
ofn.tr- nhief nutomers. Who must by tbe law
commerce, dictate in their mukets, tho price ol
our cotton," Ho contends that the tnritf laws of
nnd '28 threw down the price if cotton to noth
ingthat the compromise art of 1833 su Idenly
raised it, nnd that tiip oppressive) act of 1842 has
thrown down prices still lower than in '30 and '35.
'Mi reator1 repudiates the manufacturers, cry from
Lowell, that our dUirP-i Is to be ascribed to our
ovor-produciion of cotton, and counsels iPsUtinrt;,
us of yore, to the unjust m d utteonstitutlonat legis
lation, which, arhlle it ruins the roiton planter, in
coininp money for the BriUh nriuufaeturer, who is
in the highest state of prosperity nnd aciiv'ty. the
spinner- clearing, as letter writers stute, two
pencil on avery pound ufootton thai they spin."
(From the N. V. Focnhit Post.)
PROSPECT OF THE COTTON PLAN 1 ERS-
ln ill" snutbwp'tei n region of our country, we I
am cnnto..tty ks-ineinr now lands andef riltivatjon.
and c.ovenri" (fi 'in with iilniit'iUoria or conon
eartli DBS no wneri; a sun or n ciiinain -u..r - .
nial to the gi.iwth of the cotton plant, ami no where jn)
dous it yield more abundant harvesw. 1M Pnflkts thatari tobe met with in the str
duct of cur cotton plantations proneds, from year B,l(j wntr ,iro lnMiry wmi n ;'. w ,
to yean a Weftdy mid u regular nicn-nse, each Lnj a9 f ,r fjr,,t wholo li..USes nr.- witbi
bringmc intomnrkt'L about aliuntifd thoUiaiiil jj(Mt woe, npT,, 0f ,w hundred
I turned out for wn, and there eve
; fear that, ata lonu, that immhrr will ho frightfully
.increased. 'I hj rontatil erv of the menit, 'Aiv'wt
i he?-
ta les moie than its predecessor.
Is it iu-t in tho legislators 'if our rertuS'i
starve a cotton planter for the snku of pampering
lha owner olacotton mii' Yet this Is what we
are doing. Tho law which shut out from our,
ports tbo cheap cotton fabrics of other nations,
tend to discourage tlie Consumption of cotton fieu- ;
rally, nai row the market of the planters, tied hrini'
them Into a fatal competition with each other.
The present, tariff gives tbe owners of our OOttOfl
mills a prinealv revenue a profit nf ten. twenty
and thirty percent, npon their capttal All tlii i-1
paid, in come form or other, by tbo cotton crop of
tho country; it is a tat on the Use and growth ol
the short and long staples. lie' consumer pas it
in the firt instance ; but the nigh priCi s lessen his
means of purchasing, and he must purchase ien;
he must spare, he must economise, he rnut ara hi I
armenn longer before they go to the paper mill,
be must devise Hubstitutes. The ennSeipjence. is,
that the sonsumptfon of cotton rabric i- proportion-
mt a spin.;
fresh men
rv reason to
to die nf fl'MVution, or se" our cbil
ourmees from hanger, while p'ent
lamir The situt,ti.n of the fern
description tiak-d, shivering w'n
from hunger, they are pan ling the
ptoring with tears and lUppHeationt
themselves arid tli-ir (amishmg eht
fren fall
abound
bcfui
i in 1
lth. Youth is
nld age a regret ,
blunder; ma'.iiood a sin:g
T)ii not suppose, tint 1 hold
I unit 1 say i-. tint geriu.' ,
Why, tie' greatest captains
In
Uepanto
'rn lime
p, the tr
Ph
of Mauriia
two wl
at. twenty nve u r nr,,;
had it not been for Ui
xt year lie would have !
. (iaton de Foil, w:.;
he stood h victor on tit- plain of Ke"
expr
! of
only thlrty-si wh
i ill bit mirncle-s
ittlo more than r-.,
lied
knowtedged the loss of
mofoundest 'ates'nnti
Nell
, C'liv
i be g teste
of ll5 tgl
tin thee are wan
er to be settled it must be by a whim population
exclusively. It will be tbo interest uf tlie earlier
admitted StBte to make it so; and it in left to the
election of tho Stites which Bra to grow up in this
high grnin-grovving and grazing reg:ou to .-'eciduon
presenting ihemsulves for admission, whether thej
will prohibit slavery or not. As this will be in the
choice of tho majority, who can doubt IS to the re
sult? North of latitude 3o' degreec 30 minutes
slavery is absolutely prohibited.
Upon the whole, wo congratulate tha democracy
on tbe vote of the popular branch of Congress, it
is auspicious to tho peace, prosperity, and happiness
of the whole continent.
iik tlu
Important krom Washington. The debate
on the subject of Texas annexation was brought to
a cioso in tbo House ol Honreseatativas, on ti
rounded with so many old and faithful ser
vants as our friend Stevenson,
"In the outset of my business career," said
he. "I took into my employment a young man
tn fill tlie situation of under clerk; and accor
ding to a rule I had laid down, whenever a
stranerer enlfred mv service, his duties were
of a nature to involve as little responsibility
as Dossible, uniil sufficient lime had been
given to form a correct estimate of his char
acter. This young man, whom I shall call
Smith, was of a resnectable family. He had
Inst his father; nnd had a mother and sisters
m snmp measure denetident upon him. After
he had been a short tune in my employment,
it happened that my confidential clerk, whose
dntv it was to receive the money from the
hnnk for the navment of watres, being pre
vented by an unforsecn circumstance from
attending at the proper time, sent the sum re
quired, by Smith. My confidence was so
great in my head clerk, who had been long
known to me, that I was not in the habit of
regularly counting the money when brought
lo me: but as, on this occasion, it had passed
ihrough olher hands, I thought it right to do
no. Therefore, calling Smith back as he was
leaving my counting-house, I desired htm to
wait a few minutes, and proceeded to ascer
tain whether it was quite correct. Great was
my surprise and concern on finding that there
avas a considerable deficiency.
"From whom,' said I, 'did you receive this
tnoney?'
"He replied 'From Mr. ,' naming my
confidential clerk.
'It is stranee,' said I. looking steadily at
him. 'Hut this money is incorrect, and it is
the firr,t time that 1 have found it so.' He
changed countenance, and his eye fell before
mine; hut he answered with tolerable compo
sure 'that it was as he had received it.
"It is in Tain 1 replied, 'to attempt to im
pose on roe, or to endeavor to cast ;uspicion
on one whaae character for the strictest hon
esty and tiodeviating integrity if. so well es
tablished, ftfow, I am perfectly convinced
that you have taken uiis money, and that it
both of his, he turned towards me his dying 25th ult., and the following joint resolutions having
countenance, full of gratitude and anectton,
and said, 'My dear master, my best earthly
friend, I have sent fur you that I may give
you the thanks and blessing of a dying man
tor all your goodness to me. To your gen
erosity and mercy I owe it, that I have lived
uselul and respected, that I die lamented and
happy. To you I owe it, that I leave to my
children a name unsullied by crime, that in
after years the blush of shame shall never
tinge their cheeks at the memory ot their la
ther, O God ' he continued, 'Thou who hast
said, "blessed are the merciful, ' bless him.
According to the measure he has mated to
others, do thou mete unto him. Then turn
ing to his family, he said, 'My beloved wife
and children, I intrust you, without fear, to
the care of that heavenly parent who has said
"Leave thy fatherless children to me, and I
will preserve them alive, and let thy widows
irust in me." And you, my dear master, will
I know, be to them as you have been to me
guide, protector, and friend. 1 hat contin
ued the kind old man, looking round upon us
with glistening eyes, "though mixed with sor
row, was one of the happiest moments of my
life. As I stood by the bedside of tbe dying
man, and looked around upon his children
growing up virtuous, intelligent, and upright,
respecting and honoring, as much as they
loved their lather; when 1 saw his wile, too
overcome with grief for the loss of a tender
and beloved husband, yet sorrowing not as
one without hope, but even in that moment
of agony deriving comfort from the belief
that she should meet lunrj again m mat world
where ;
Adieus and farewells are a sound unlrhowni"
when I listened to his fervent expressions of
gratitude, and saw him calmlv awaiting the
inevitable stroke, trusting tn the mercy ol
God, and at peace with his tellow-men; ana
when 1 thought of what the reverse of all
this might have been crime, misery, a dis
graceful and dishonored life, perhaps a
shamelul and violent death had I yielded to
the first impulse of indignation, I felt a hap
piness which no words can express. We
are told that there is more joy amongst the
angels of God over one sinner that repenteth,
lhan oyer ninety and nine just persons hiai
need no repentance. With such a joy as we
may imagine theirs, did I rejoice over poor
Smith, as I closed his eves, and heard the at
tendant minister in fervent tones exclaim,
Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord:
yea, saith the spirit, for they rest from their
labors, and their works do follow them.' My
friends, I am an old man. During a long
and eventful career in business, 1 have had
intercourse with almost every variety ot tem
per and disposition; and with many degrees
of talent, but I have never found reason to
swerve from the principle with which I set
out in life, to temper justice with mercy "
Such was the story of our friend." And I
pssed in committee of tbo whole, were reported to
theno.iss, and tbe previous question having been
called tor and nustuined, they were- adopted by a
vote of J 20 to 113.
We have room only for tbe resolutions and Vans
and nuys on their final parage.
We are plensodto notice tho name oiour imme
liaie UepreS'-mtativti, Mr. Dellett, among tho aflir-
mntiTe votes.
JOINT RESOLUTIONS dcclaiing the terms on
which Congress will admit lexat into the Union
as a State.
Resolved by the Senate, and House, of Repre
sentatives of the. United States of America in
Co)igrens assemble i. That Co.igre.s doth consent
lhat the territory properly included within, and
rightfully belonging to the republic of Texas, may
be erected into a new Slate, to be called the tute
of Texas, with a repuhlieun form of government, to
be adopted by the people ol said Jtepuolic, by aep-
uttes in convention asembteni, with the consent ot
tho existing government, in order that the same
may be admitted ah one of tho States of this Union.
Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That tlie
foregoing consent of Confess is given upon tlie
following guaranties, to wit
1st. Said State to be formed, subj-ctto the adjum
ment by tbisgovernment of nil questions of bounda
ry that may niisa with other governmental and the
constitution thereof, with the proper evidence of its
adoption by the people of said republic ofTexa,
shall be transmitted to tbe President of the United
Suites, to bo laid before Conpreps for its final uc
tion, on or before the first day of January ana thou
sand eight, hundred and forty-nil.
2d. Said State, when admitted into the Union,
after ceding to the United States all mines, miner
als, salt lake, and springs, and also all public edifice-',
fortification, barracks, ports and burbots-navy
und naw-vardi, docks, magazines, arms arma
ments, and all other property und means pertaining
to the public defence belonging to said republic Ol
Texa, shall letain all tbe public funds debts, tax
en, and dues of every kind which nuiv belong to
or be due. and owing said republic; anil shall aluo
retain all the vncant and unnnnroiu i.ited lands Ivine
within iis limits, tobe applied to the payments of
tht debts and liabilities ot said renubna of iex.is
turn lilC resume oi said iano uuor oisciUUYinsj iu
debts and liabilities, tobe disposed of as said Stutc (.land produce hut pin
may direct , out in no evnnt mrm sum ucum mm nu
bilities to become a charge upon tbo government of
the United Stales:
3d. New States of convenient size, and having
sufficient population, mny hereafter, by the consent
of suid State, be formed out df tht territory thereof,
which shall bo entitled to admission under the pro
visions of the federal constitution. And surh
States as may be formed out of that portion Ofsald
territory lying south of thirty six degrees thirty
minutes latltUdOi commontv Known as mo cmssoun
compromise line, snail te aumiiteu into me union,
with or without slavery, as Hie people ol eacn
State nukine admission may desire.
And in such State or States an shall he formed
out of tbe aid territory north of said Missouri com
promise line, slavery or involuntary servitude, ox
cent for crime, sbnll be prohibited.
The question being on its paestige, Mr. Jameson
callad for the pevious question, which was sec
I onded and tbe main mixtion was ordered.
A FACT AND A QUKSTION.
Tin- following condensed view of ti e quantity and
value pf the staples uf the Southtrn States, as given
by a writer in the Charleston Mercurv, m well wor
thy tbo serious consiJerajion of every patriotic
statesman. The question thrusts itself upon the
.mention of the most slufctsh intellect, as to the
rauV's of cei tain commercial, an 1 pecuniary phe
nomena which be sees taking place in the social and
political community of which bo a member. Tint
question is, why il the South, which produces oih
ly millions worth of Cotton, twenty millions worth
of Tobacco, two wlllions worth of Elioe, live times as
much grain as New England neaily twice ai much
as tho mi Idle slates, ono eighth more than the
grain States of the Wesf, and, of Indian corn nlows,
three hundred millions of bush-ll constantly fall
ing off, in a fearfully increasing ratio, in wealth nnd
power, whilsi the Northern Sta'.;, with all the die
advantages of a riforoui climate, sterile soil, and
sennty production of tha very necessaries of life,
uro advancing in wealth and novir, wi:h a rapidity
and ateadinesu unexampled in tbo history of any
oouotfff Whv it It, aaai the ntttfcal economisti
the statcsmnn, and the ciuzen? The full answt i to
that question would diclo-e u system of leglsla
tlvej oppifssion a b"tnry of legislative wrong und
injustice--and Ill-concealed scheme of pleader,
color of 1 iw, inch as ii i U no parallel in modern
times. Under its effects, ihe btiraVned arid op
pressed South, conscious of her situation) sndoftha
evils which are crushing her, stiu-rgles fur relief,
but strus'.'b" in vain. Like the miserable sailerer
oppr -ed with tin! iueubuH of night, sh 1 ciics f r
help, and essays t i lly from thetppolling dancer,
bat her paralysed limbs cannot move, her liildess
tongue Can articulate no sound, and her prostrate en
ergies atliucr LO sympathy, Sin.' bus confided too
far; she) has been doped ton often; she bas trusted
to n perfidious legislative Delilah and her ambro
sial locks, the evidence and tbo secret ot hei'
strength, have been horu from her, and Inn- ene
mies BOW deride and laugh at her credulity nnd loss
of power. This is nugrative language we know,
and proves nothing, yet ii hut feebly III us rates 'I"
true condition at this mimic nt, of that portion of tbe
countiy " hicli produces out u"ei not euj' if, this
vast amount of wealth. The people at large have
v, iint'fl-'eil i his unjust on unequal sute nf iaim:y. and
have said it mutt scenes, They have demanded a
change. They have deoratd tbattberesballbe h)'
torn of equulity and equality justice. That plun
dered South that derided South lli.it Opposed
d loOg suffering S'-uih, still asks for simple and
even banded justice ; she is still willing to enter in
to treaty with those who have so long despoiled her
of the neb fruits ol her labor, but there i point of
lime, beyond which, endurance teuscs to bo lauda
ble, nnd supplication ends.
We commond the following nrtiele to a few no
ments' calm und serious raflactlon I
"A writer in the Charleston Mercury, over the
sinuiure of "Mercatia," whose oniue articlo we
would publish bad n room, tdiows, front a Con
gressional document ofjast session, that the South
ern Stnins, taking the IVomac, I lie Ohio rivet, und
tbe Missouri, as the northwestern hound iry, pro
duce of grain the enormous quantity of fifty three
and three quarters (53) bushels to every soul
Within their limits, while tho Middle State, mc-lu-
liii'' Maryland, produce L-m twentv-uino and n
uiar.ei to each inhabitant, and lb-; States of New
ii a nan ousneis in
rry innaomn ioii wooi uia quuuii ihhum. m
dent of our eighty millions worth of Cotton, out
twenty millions worth ofTobaCOO, our two million-
worth uf Rice, produce m..io than hva limes ih
you ii
I do not ; I worship tli
th'- most illustrious ad
Innocent ,111 the greatest ct
despot of Christendom at th
Medici was a cardinal at fiftc
tells us bafH-d with his star ,
ragon himself lie wns a pnj
seven. Luther robbed even h
Vlftre
Wesl
1
ablv less, and the planter findl h
bring their accustomed prices in tli" market,
Tbo following, t iken from a late Savannah
will show the annual Increase in the cultlva
cotton in tbo United States.
The ciop now coming into market it is
ted will rhoW even more than the same rati
crease. If the trade In COttOn fabrics were I
ed only hy a moderate duty, we might expert thai upon thf golden cupolas of Mexico
tha 601 ton crop of the year would be freely prehas I rice of Saxony Hied nt thirty wo,
ed in the European marker, to be manufactured
and oxported lint as matters now stand, there
can he nn such expectation, A Liverpool paper of
the latest dot , after remarking that the cotton
market is in a very depressed state, and nfter giving
a hint'Tm'iit of the quantity imported Into Great
Britain, com pared with the quantity taken for con
sumption, hivs:
'It it thin shown, that the stock is at previa
130,300 hugs more than last year, nnd thoneWcrop
in arriving freely, so that no great diminution in
the Stock can take place, nnd consequently an im
provement In prices may be considered out of tha
question
linking ut the N. O. Prises Current rat Dec"v
her 7th, we see that the whole Stock of Cotton on
hand, nt the different ports of the United States, Is
but eighteen thousand bales leas than it was last
year at the same date, not withstanding that th"
exportation ot cotton bas been much morn active
this year.
Et Is melanoholly to sot this conflict between tbe
legislature of a country and tbe enterprise of its
r.iti.ons. I i.e noi.n.e go on lo pn iuee, a r, a 1 nn
ress go on to obstruct, ihe sa
produced.: If the present state of things oontinuea,
now long will It be before tho cultivation of cotton
will cease in tbo Carolines and all along th Allan
tic coast7 How hug before t'.o sandy and aom
paratlVely unfruitful region which at Am supplied ; 'ore he was til
the Con ton crop, will no longer repay tho expanses cret sway of F.i
of its cultorei when it must pass I- the richer nnd But it is nee lie
deeper soill ofthnsosjAwesttfcad tbo planters of tory ol h roes
the Atlantis coast mustoonsider, not without snm
caue for embarrassment, what they must substi
tute in Its place.
I Italy
-t battle ot
jealousy ot
n Emporoi
only twenty-
died. Ban er
u forty dive
, hen he fOXe i
When Mao
'1 Rurope Se
apiain und ihe
Then there is
n'.s or civil prudence
; the popes, wns the
Irty-sevea. John d
sen, and Gulct'-iurdini
raft Ferdinand of Ar
ne a- Ceo X. at thirty-
tf bis richest pro-
yola and
Ignatius
uge and
ihirly-five. Tn
they worked will
was onlv thirty when he
wrote tlie "Spiritual Ehtercfses.'' laCal wrote n
Iteat work at sixteen, the gn ateit of freucheaeni
antl died at thirtysaVeal
Ah I that fatal tbirtysoeveD, whicli reminds m M
Bvron. greater even as a man than n witter, W s-
tt experience that guinea the
when he painted the palaces of
too at thirty-seven. Richelieu
tare ot 'huty one. Well then
of tho commodity broke and Pitt, both ministers
leave otVencket. Grotius was i-i
seventeen, nn.i attornoygeneral
And Aeqnavlva was
avery eabinot In Eui
Ro
thei
befo
R;
B
iihr
inc-
er man
at pra uee u t
twont; -four.
leral of :1k- Jesntts ruled
, and eel mlsfd Am rico be
i. What a career! the se
I'hat was indeed o i-ition !
AoBicutTusut AKMDott.-ru i is Cresioui
as meniiooed by Pliny, th Roman historian, waio
1 . i'ly a slave. Having been made a freeman,
j be purchased d m ill spot nf ground, from which he
iis obtained, throttghhls unwearied iuduslr; , m letfa finer
mi ! crops than many of the neighbors who h id larger
ig-j fumn. This iXclted general envy, which his enr
a mtes cariiad to so h a length, at to accuse him oi
as employing magic cbarma to render hn gronnds Rr
set I tile, and toimpoverih theirs The Edile caused
him lo he summoned to appear und answer the
charge before ihe pi ople df Rome Cresinns obeyed
the mandate, accompanied by his daughter, a fresh
and healthy I toktng girl, charms which nppoarcd to
greater advantage from the simplicity ol her dress
The accused also brought with him tha tools ami lm
nlementi of bis ptolession. His mattocks were
remarkably heavy, his plough wis of an enormous
nnl his cattle wore all sound and fat '3e
hold!" said this truly dignified and indignant far-
"Ik bold mv whole mag
qui par
! heboid
BUFFERING IN ENGL AMD.
It is tiPxt to Impossible for the people l
country to form any opinion of the suffering eondf i mi
of the immense manses of the Impel -ss poor in Kng
land. We learn from nn English paper that a
public meeting of the inhabitant' nf Leds, was
held a few weeks before the s.. log of tbo lust
steamer, to investigate tho condition nftbeunem
ploy 1 poor and a report carefully drawn u: from
detailed account, wns read to the meeting. The
extent of detitut ion. ai represented In this report
is indeed frightful It appears that there are twei -ty
thousand Individuals in Leeds who aio livingon
1 pence a week each nbout twenty cents! Ihe
report paid :
"Th" most harrowing description were given by
snme aftbO viiitors of thesccn-s they had witness'
od. ' I be cases ot listres.i, savs I Jr. Smiles t c-lit- mer.
f of tbo Leeds Times.) 'of extreme distress that the charms which 1 have resource lo! There
had come under hi notion that morning;, bad bar- j others, indeed 1 which I em not capable tH prod
rowed up bis ver y -oul. I Hear, h-ar I here before youl I mean the sweat id m orOWS
was one case whicli be would particularly mention. ( eessant toils both nf A iy and tog
Ha bad noted down the name, and he was sure, if j eloquence decided the mallei f,
any doubt axtstod, IndfvldtiaJs might satisfy them- acquitted by the unanimous voic
selves as to the correctness of the Statements, At apblatldJn os embly.
the and ol BrooM street, then was n B'liatl cellar t
I dwelling, nine fet't by twelve, into which ib"y were
introduced by the enumerator
I he dwelling was so I onaideraMc l.rnenth tttc ,
street that only half of tha window was above it. 1
It was a damp, disagreeable il blighted, tlUaired
den. Hoar, bear, j In that apart nu nt they
found three families. o nsiting o' sixdvo IndlVldU-
a's. uinu who slept in it every night. SdvMUion 1
There was four adults, nnd twelve children, b.x (
individuals consisting of one family, slept open Ss 1st- j
tor 01 straw, nttodiea togetnor, not iiae auona ow
wigs, not even like animuls. for their situation WM
nothing t- he compared to the comfort ol our dogs
and horses in our stables. Hear, bear.1 Other
four or five slant on a bod of shaving's, and ihe re-
mainiig five slept on another miserable bd in the ; tiers, . .
Spattinent, When they entered ihe poor mother T.ATL1 ITEMS KROM CONGUE
was weeping, her infant was on her knoo In the last Duncans Hill to establish PrOsid
tannf tk faial disease, dvlns? without any medical 1 on the same do? throughont the Onion h
stsisiance. Sensation. The family wore sntiiely , the Senate The Tuesday next aftei tbe first
destitute, no means uf subsistence, no weekly earn- .day ii Novtmber is the day fixed,
tng', no parish relief, Hear, henr.J That was A 13 ill has been reported by a committee to
ona instance.' We fear Leeds mav semi for a SoaetO to erect Oregon into a territorial govt in n
On 1.
j the n
1 or ss
Tins aali'
1 Ii is said that the United Stales ship 0 -irs
ihe only warlike name of any State in
un Tbo following is stated to be the 0 - 1
lord Ohio:
noble rivoi from which the State nf Oh o de
s lutine, was formerly settled on ill barks by
wmiike tribes of Indians, ho were very
ius and almost always at variance with each
conaequently nearly ail thoir battles were
in canoes on the iver, and owing to the m -'laughter
so repeatedly m ido, 'hey gave to it
ne of Ohio, which signifies the war river,
ome of the chiefs explained it. the bloo.fv
far I and others, the Stream of wur. This ibo
tditioa Itandod down bv the chiefs to iis fust set
elections
s passed
much grain as New Kngland, nearly twice as much
as the Middle Stale, and one eighth more thin the
great grain States of ihe Wrist We produce of
Indian cum alone, nearly three hundred millions of
bushels.'
"'Mercator' contends thai as tha cotton crops
have been for the last three years lliey llSVO neai lv
all been consumed that tbe demand has carried
oil' tho supply, and ut the close of the last session
there was not excess of cotton on ban I as legiti
mately to produce the important and ruinous BQOOt
on the prices ol the ensuing crop that has occurred.
'Mprcafor' th n hAs ; 'Why, men, has nut the
price of cation been maintained?' ihe answer
seems to ho very plain nyour tautt laws, says ho,
our cotton cannot bo exchanged for iheprvductions
sample ol nearly every town in tne inanumciunnc
I districts. Winter is rapidly advancing on a popo
latum without employment, and without pronartVi
prescribing u
bounties of land
Tbe Chinese
ba been ratified
In the House,
tVc and max
what thev hud having been parted W order.to supply na been ratlneil ,- a lar re row -
tbeir mnat ihmiIbi svaht It wns mated too. bv ' In the Hofsc. a resolution te make inquiry a
Dr. Smiles, that the small grocer was falling and bout Yancy's and CliUgnWs d md lo expel
becoming bankrepis In large numbers. Many were j them if guilty, was lot by I v ita 106 to Bt2.
not able to pay their debts. This, again, acted on . 11 TT Z "I e .1 ti
-uju-jJi u.M.k.-MnM4iiUA ..i-iiiVT and Mr. Wtt, H. VMk. the brother ol the PTtai
he could state, what mosi of them perhaps knew, I dent elect, recently was appointed by Mr.
large nttmbor of the first elass tradesmen (Tyler. Charge to .apics nut sir, rotn nu
kaM MMMMti kaMB hunk r ums. - ne inert aficerjtlDS me appoinimouu .inu sai
Another paper, the Liverpool Mercury of the
:.'. idt-i says :
"Tho winter is noi yet commenced, yet the
general distress throughout ba country has nnived
at su'-ha po;nt.iht nothing but a wholesale famine
canc.rrv f.mlier. Krom I'Hisiev mo acromu
fi Igntfbi, so frightful that evonSir
Ruben
his name was sabtmlted to ir 1 yler by some
of his friendl (too good nntttred) without h.s.
knowledge or consent. This gentleman h.?,
been the special object of the spying (if the
Washington letter writers; fetid this ht mon
will give rise to more speculation from lhen
than evt r.