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THE NEW YORK HERALD.
WHOLE NO. 6516. MORNING EDITION?TUESDAY", JUNE 27, 1854 PRICE TWO CENTS.
)l?WS BY TRLKUKAPU.
HIGHLY iNTERESTING FROM WASHINGTON.
THE TERRITORIAL APPOINTMENTS
Disenswoii on the Slnvery Question in the
Senate.
Pefcatc on the $10,000,000 Bill In the House.
THE SPEECH OF ME ? BEBT01,
LATEK INTELLIGENCE FROM MEXICO.
of Madam? Son!ay, (he Vocalist,
Ac, &c.. &c.
tfirRTY-THIKW oonaitus.
t'JUST SESSION.
WAFinniiTON, June>2A, 1854.
yjifi.A.1 Ot i?OT* ON RAILROAD 1RO*?MR BUDGET
Mr. Belt. (whig) of Tenu., preseutel a aerie, of reso
utions of the Legislature of Tenn^sdee, in favor ?>f a re
peal of the duty on railroad iron; in favor of the IV
jihe Railroad: in favor of constructing a levee on tho
.?a.t.t 1'imk of the Mississippi; in favor of g anting pen
uoiib to the surv iviug soldiers of the wkx of 1812; lu fn
yor of grunting In ad to tho Teane-seo m<rn.ie,| volun
te<rsof the war of 1812, and in t'avor of m iking tlia
mine allowances for the lost in the liexican war ai in
ether war*. Also in favor of cheap ocean pontage.
?rim st ave tiu.dk and slavery in toi initio. utatm.
Jlr Ciayton, (whig), of Pel , from t-he Committee on
"foreign Helm k;.?, reported a bill for the more eife-tual
rtiperi u of the slave trade in Amencau ouili vessels.
1 ho bill provides that whenever any Am ric-?n regis
>red snip or vessel i-hall, in whole or part, he sold to a
cittien of tho United States at any foreign port or pUce
tD Nort'i or South America, in West In-lies in Cape de
Verde Islands, or on or near the t'-nas'. of Africa, the bill
,of sale shall be utterly void, unless It shall lie execute !
in the presence ot the UiniBter or Consul of the United
States, nnd shall on tain an express condition th?t -uoh
sule shall not be valid lu case such vessel shall mane a
yovag< to Africa before acturning >o the Uuiied Sta'es
nnd obtaining a new register Any citizen of the United
-States who shall sell any such vessel, knowing
,'Jjat she is to be employed In the African slave trade,
it t!i4t she is to visit the coast of Africa before return
Dg to the United States, or shall char'er such a vessel
for such a vo. age, shall, on conviction thereof in any
United Hntes court, be fined ten thousand dollars and
K' imprisoned for three years. Every charter of an
imcrlcan vessel at any such foreign port with the in
ent that Kuch vassel shall be employed in the si no
?rade. and every silo of an American vessel
ri <n the coast of Africa, unless she be duly
.endemued as unseaworthv shall be lllegil
tnd void. Section two provides that upon any
, nfonnatiou being given as to tho violation of this act,
he District Attoruej to prosecute the offenders; the in
a'firmer40 re<eivc one-half of such fine as msy be recov
eed. All vossels engaged in viola1 ion of ihlsact to be
f.rfeited and sold, and the proceeds to be given to who
mever may havo lodged the II formation leading to the
?ndemration.
Section three provides that every owner or agent of an
.American vessel belling the same, and every purchaser
1 tlt-reof, sl.all, at the time of < he execution of such an in
j trument of sale, moke oath b.tore the United Sutes
Jf bister or Consul that said vessel is not to be engaged in
? tie African slave trade, which oath shall be transmitted
t. the State Department; and if any such jerson shall
as ear falsely, he shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and
It' liable to all its pains and penalties.
Mr Cliyton explained the bill, and said It had received
th# unanimous approval of the committee.
Mr. t At ask (free s ?il) of Ohio, gave notice that to-mor
t?w he would ask leave to introduce a bill to prohibit
jlavery in the Territories of the United States.
The motion to refer the pe itiou presented by Mr.
Rockwell, from citizens of Boston, for a repeal of th-*
k Fugitive Slave law, was taken up.
Mr. Jo.MCfe, (whig) of Tenn , said that he hud no de-dgi
; to call in question the motives of the Senator who had
pieaentfd the petition. He had no fault to find with the
?xerci?e of the right of petition. It was the right of
everv citizen, and to which he would give every latitude.
H? would no fO tar as to my that he bolieved It was the
. right ol his Satanic Majesty even to send up a petition
to that Court which he had inimlKd, and from which he
had been hurled. Ilut it was by motives anu oDjec.*
that petitions were to be judgeu. So if, In senolng up
that petition, he was actuated by a purpose of mischief
or was hypocritical in his prayer, he deserved a deeuer
infamv than that to which he had already been con
signed. If this petition now before the Sunate be sent
thither fiom proper motives and for proper purpose), it
is eutlfleil to all respect. If it be sent hither for the pur
pose of mil-chief and to produce strife, then it deserves
the contempt of every good man. This was not the first
petition of this character fent here: and had this come
unattended with striking circumstances, giving it the
color of treason, he would not have noticed It. But it
oame here with nil the circumstances tending to sho.v
that it is part of the plan of operations of those with
whom agitation and repeal are watchwords. He had
seen aire ad v one attempt made to give practical effect to
the prayti of this petition, and it had only found four
Senators who would give the sanction of their nttnfs to
Itr unholy purpose. It was said that these petition*
were the result of the passage of the Nebraska bill and the
Tepeal of the Missouri compromise. He did not believe It.
It wus the lesult of a combination of tho->e willl >g to
take \ a't in any scheme to break down the eon.titution
el the United Slates, and place the 8outh under rtegra
dxtion and humiliation. It came from a city where the
laws were openly set at defiance?where the temple of
justice was surrounded by an amed mob to prevent the
execution ofronstltut-ional duty?where treason stalked
hroadlv throtijh tne street* at noonday, and where the
oflicerr of the law were butchered. The petition came
frun such a people and from sueh n pl.ee, followinr ira
aiediule'v upon these events. Wa^ he not right lu sup
posing this petition, got uput sueh a time, had in vieiv
no consideration of public interest. It came from Bos
ton, where the dust of the ami the last martyrs in
? the country 's cause, Warren and fatchclder, were now
mingled together. He then c?lled attention to an ad
dress. published in the InUUiyenter of the '."2d instant,
sain to have been adopted at .?> meeting of the rnemb?ra
of Congress ODposed to the Nebriska bill. The simulta
neous appearance of this document with this petition
ihight induce the belief that lil.e birds of omen an i
pertui bed spirits. they desired companion hip in
publicity an well as in sentimont. The meeting
which adopted this extraordinary address was mo it
Irregular. It was secret, and' no man save the
three whose names were attached to the ad Ireas
had W< n bold enough to avow their connection with it
~He would rejoice if thev had the manliness to comi for
ward and let the country know who they were who liad
given sunc'io'i to this paper. It was to tie expected they
/ -w..?ld do wo, and thai no man would tv dastsrd enough
to screen niuiself from responsibility by avoiding any
publicity of his connection with the meeting. It was a
most carefully prepared papr-r. It did not say the mem
bers of Congress opposed to the Nebraska bill, nor did It
' nay a p?rt of them, but it said a meeting composed of
the members of Congreue. Whi' were they Y How muuy
"were thev Tlie address w** signed by three nersons.
?It mry be said that these wore all who were th*?re. He
had known uier tings lieraldo i to ti.e country aa Urge i.nd
' ivspfetsbh'. composed only of a chairman and secretaries,
land whose only claim to larrenesa consisted in the physi
cal proj iirlivua of the chairman. So far as the chairman
Of th<s trv < t'ng was considered, it might be con idereJ a
large meet'ug He eould not believe that any ot.p mera
h?i Irom i tie iLOuth woulo give the auctim of his name
to tl" st.-i'enntnts containod ia that address, lie rTid
?the sdi're** and It* arguments upon the oncron^hments
by the power, by its acquisitions, and the designed
exttns'on of itn area up'n the adoption of the Missouri
comprom're, nnd ibe compioml-c ol' I860, and the repeal
i of the tinner. Ac., ftc , Aic. He commented upon
the aanre with great se\erlty of language. II# said
he was happy in the bflle# that not one Southern
man attended that meeting After reading the address
he suggested (o its unknown author to abnodon the bar
Ten field of political literature, mM turn his thoughts to
the richer Held of the works ofBction. The anthor of
this address bids fair to rival the writer of the Arabian
Ulghts entertainment!, Eugene Hne, Paul do Kock ivud
munyothirs who were so proliSc in works of fiction.
He had never Keen a production which contalded In so
*frwwcrds so much fiction and pure imagination aa this
addrees. The address charged the South with panning
the Nebraska bill, with a covered design of making the
Territories slave Status, with annexing half a dozen
? slates of Mexico, and making them slave, with planting
slavery on the Amazon, with augmenting its powers by
the acquisition of Cuba and Hnmlnica. and in time re
ducing the North to abject submission. He called for
the author of this accusation. It was a serious one, and
' which no gentlemen should make behind the mas'tcrt
battery of a secret meeting. The author of it
knew very well that had *vey Southern
Southern Kc'nator been In his grave the Nebraska bill
' could have passed. It would have passed if no Soathern
.Senator had voted for It. The wholo charge ?a> a false
hood. It was wlokedly, maliciously false. He ooul.l see
% no <!lili*rcnce between the petition for the repeal of the
* Kvgltlve Slavs law and tho disaolition of the Union
There wis no man that believed the 1'nion coull be pre
served one day after the repeal of the Fugitive rtlavo
law. Ihe South asked to do no wrong to the North All
? It a?kkd was to preserve the confutation and give us
our equality of right. He hid boon a whig nil lils life.
He. was told now by the Northern wing of that party,
that hereafter the test to be Applied to ?il whlgs was the
repeal of the Nebraska act, repeal of guarantees and
\ equality to all States given by the coniiiliition. If
this w?a to be ibe text given of orthodoxy in
the whig party, then he avowed himself a her*tic.
and su^geMed that against hi to now at once might be
prepared the edict of excommunication. If to tratr.pl '
cm the rights of any section or Statt w** new ary t" he
? will?, he bad to say to his farmer friends an?* a<soci
??*? gi?.d bye H?*Vouid riiAU die Mian follow iheui
In i>nj such rule of action.
Mr Iiuck w si i. itaid lie i?gret?-?l that tho duty hid
fallen upon hi on to defend 1J8 SJt?3( ni wSst'h h* wan 1
re|.i(-t>rijlative He regretted thai hi* pr*?iecCKa?r w:i?
b?t beie to discharge 'hat duty raihcr lliwi himself,
llil n omotUl ?aa signed by over twenty <iw hundred
ot tic ni<u of B sion It* signers \\ i"W tho bono *nd
shew of the active business tnen of that city. He s;;w
nothing in 'heir petition either extrnorii"nary or wrung.
II117 simply asked for the repeal of au art of Congress
oid> four years old uhicliact wi?* in addltilm to throne
vh'ch had lieen in f >rco over filly years. Wan there
| tii x?on in this Y Was it treai-ou tc ask Cot ?re*s to re
pial an act of it J own making? It was said Aat there
v.ne ctci.instances attending It which gave to it
printer itrjor ance. It was sun dby men wiio bad ao
quiesctd in the compromise inea-ures <f 1850, of which
thip act whr one, but who were move '? t<> ask fbr the
i r: i < al ijI thin obnoxious law because Congress hid re
i p<sled a previous and long landing coiupromiHC. Tlie
! repeal of tlie Missouri cimproroi-e, he begge i to assure
I the gentleman, had createu a depth of lccling in the
1 frte etates entii el\ un| ricedcnted. and which would
c ntinue for years "to cotne. It was true that in Boston,
i rder this law, recently an arrest ns made, that an
Bflrny or riot took place and a honvcid committed, but
it should be remembered thatthe cmslitiiilonal author
ities of MaHsachusetts and Huston took that matter in
band and disposed of it. Sudden tumults and (iff ray a
ai.ct v dlei c? bad occurred in other places than in Bisttin
This petition was got up for no purpose of printing
bi< i.dsbed, riots or ln-i<on. It was not got up recently.
lh>t its signers such objects in view they would not hav.>
li ft tliHr petition open to the public giir.o at the .Mer
chants' Exchange expo ed to examination by the friends
an" the op| tneut ? of its pruyor Tne feeling now exist
in at It?
... uruyor i'ne feeling no w exist
in at the North was such as sever had I ecu witnessed
betore It was wule spread > nd universal. Tt pervaded
all | tofessions and occupations of life. The action o
Congiess st this M-K'-ion had produced ttie tiding Whole
ciu.-fsof men had been openly denounced iu Congreis
fir icti'iouin^ against the repeal of the Missouri cotnyro
roi>-e He would 6ay to Senators, with all respect, that
in ("enonocirg the clergy for petitioning against that
aet 'liei bad pone too far lor the clergy of Hew England
s| 1 ke the sentiments oi the whole people they live I
ntnni g. Polihc sentiment wm against this law. and tlie
r.ty was for its repeal. He supposed there would always
>e lov.rd a party in Massachusetts ready and willing to
execute it, bil its execution was against the sentiments
ol the people. He would say to the Senator that the
time fcai' trone by when any threat of a involution of the
Union, consequtnt upon the action of the people
of tho liee States upon uny measure, would d.'tev
11 em frr m doing what they conceived to be right.
Threat- < f disunion has cea6ed to be au argument with
tl.em either for or agaiust any meisure. The North
wss oevotcd to the Union. They would adhere to it.
Tbey wou'd go with it to whatsoever extent it was ex
tented; but they did tot believe that this Union could be
dusc lve t. Disuiiien wis an impossible thing. Why was
it that Congress, while extending the Uniou in all direc.
tio'.s, had neglected the griat birding ligament of a
railroad to the Pacific ? He nrged the construction of
that great work, and fluid that he bad no connection
with the meeti'g which had adopted the aditr^ss,
though he fully agreed with the sentiments it ntte>-ed.
Mr. Jo.Nfcf asl-ed tbe Senator to say bow ma^ of these
rtgncis, who were said to bo the bone and sinew of Bos
t< 11, tad aiued in executit.g the U? lately in Boston.
Mas 1 ot n large number ot* them, with treason in their
hearts and halve* In hano, engaged in the recent mob
1o leiist the constitution aid?tbe laws V
Mr. RtM'Kwti.i?I do not know that one was so en
geged.
Mr .Tontx apked if Wendell Phillips and Theodore Par
ker. who had ineited an Ignorant and infatnated people
to resist the law and the constitution, which they hod
not cot:rage or manliness enough to do in person, had
they nothing to do with these riots and these crys for
repial? Au to ti e clergymen of New Kngland he hid
nothing to Bay. He never quarrelled with women or
clergy uien. He transferred the fight with them to the
Senator of Illinois. P.ut he a.nked the Seuator if he
believed the Union could last one day after the repeal of
the fugitive slave law?
Mk Rocrwhij?1 have sn id already that disunion was
an impossible thing.
Mr. Jones?If the Senator supposes that the South will
stand like cravins and submit to have their property ta
ken frr m them, in violation of the constitution, ho is
much mistaken, and knows verv little of tneir character,
'lhe Union, without the constitution, would be worse
than slavery. Soorer than subuoit to such degradation
anfl hun.iliation he would himself apply the terch to the
ti n.) le of our union, and perish lu the'ruins. If the Sen.
atcr exj ccted to -ee the fugitive sUr o law repealed or the
.Mis! ouri compromise restored, he might expect to enjoy
n long lifetime rfeither one or the other act would the
Senator evtrsee.
Mr. Prc.phf.ap. (dem ) of Ga., said ho did not: know
? better this quarrel between old Irionds ought to go on
or to stop. For twenty years Tennessee and .M.ismch i
seits had been politically associated in all Presidential
elections. Tennessee had refuse'! to vote for (Jen. Cuss,
who opposed the Wilmot proviso, and voted for (Jen. Tay
lor, who refused to pledge himself agiln.i it. that he
might secure Massachusetts. If this quarrel w as to end
in their parting company, It had better go on; if not, the
Senate ?< ght to take op other hustnes:<.
Mr SriiKKK, (free soil) of Mass.. Bald that h? would be
Pin by answering the question whether the Uniou can
Mn r,% i?_ jf ,ilu
I ni? n could not exist without an act?law ho coi;i l hot
hi 11 it?which outrages all principles of humanity and
right, as did the Fugitive Sin ve law, then tho Union ought
not to exist. He would not follow the Senator from
Tennessee, for, lil e a hero of autiquity, it could bo said of
that Fenater, ,;thrici had he siain his foes and thrice he
slew tbe Blain." He sine-rely hoped the peoplo_of tlie
Kerth w?re not to be intimidated or cajoled into au
abimrionment of those great ptlnciplesof frec-i om which
they hat so long been ceroted to He hoped there would
be "a backbone preserved to the Nort.ii. He entirely
sgritd with his colleague as to the character of the me
inor slihts. An ong them weie those wh- lied acqaie?ced
in >he compromise measures of lb5.t; there were there
si.-o those engaged in great mercantile interests. It was
tbeir great interest, which, in tho history of England,
tu Ice checked tbe humane efforts of Wilberforce to break
up tho African slave traie. It was the seme great in
terest which, from sordid motives, had, in the constitu
tion of tho United States, kept, for twenty years, tbe
mmc hea\en-offending traffic from the judgement of
the American people. He hael epo) en ngaiost the Fugi
tive Slave law here and elsewhere- He was free to avow
it For so doing he woulj not throw himself upon
tho judgment of a Senate fresh ficm the passage of the
Nebraska act but would throw himself upon th* judg
ment of hlscc entry and his Roil He then read numerous
ixtrac's frem his" former speeches on thig law. and
avowefi again ti e sentiments therein expressed. He re
ferred to the sentiments expresW iu Faneuil Hall by
t.tis, Artumfl and others preceding the revolution, in
?hich tbey held that resistance to slavery was obedience
t Cod. A short distance from that sacred edifice, said
ho, and letweeu it und tbo cou: t house where the dls
gustlng r'ets of sacrificing a human being to slavery was
lately performed wns the spot which tvas Bret moistened
by .American blood in relisting slavery, and among the
Cist victims was a colored pi r?on. Near Boston are
loncordand Lexington where that rci tnnce was ro
p?ated, and it received its crowning glory a* Bunker Hill,
lie it en ran a parallel between thu resistance to the
stamp ac' in 17GC ucd the fugitive slave act of 1850. He
further :ontenced that tl e toi mer w?j a harmless mc??
ute when compared with the latter.
Jlr Butier, Micm } of S. (' . said that his Hoa on tkla
c>t)et-tlon was, that there onrht not to he nny necessity
fop a fugit-ive slave lsw. I'nder the constitution, each i
Slate oi itself ought to provide for the rendition of all fu
gitivei from Isbor to their raa.-ters. This was certainly
ti e design of the constitution. He had listened to the
senator who had pi Menti a the memorial, und was pleas
c i with his manner. Tl.err was a calmness and sincerity j
ehoar his rerntrks which required for thom the highest j
reject. He regretted to hear him say that thero was I
au intense feeling at the N? rtli on this subject. While 1
he bad no objection to a reference of the memorial, he,
in all frankness. Desired to ask the & Ha tor tl the area,
which lie i-mvs ate burnlur? at the North, are not to be
extinguished, what grod Is to he accemtiUslied by a re
pi rt of a committee i If they leport that the law ouglit
not to be iepealed, that will not aatlsfj an* person whi
demands its repeal. He surprised to hear the other
Aerator. Mr. Sumner, indulge in such rhetoricil displays
and bad taste, doii-g no credit to his ttru, or that ot tiie
fenate nts speerli was unworthy of the Senate and of ?
scholar. If he bad kept it n whilMonger, and dressed it
up a little, it might liu< o itunttered for a Fourth of July
oiatlon In ?eme localities. He would remind the Senator
when Otis spoke in fateuil Hal', when Hancock acted,
and when Auams wrote, thtj did ?o ?a the representa
tives of o sls^eholdio." ^tate. The appeals m-d* In those
( ays of Boston and Mariraohnsatts, were address* i to
HiaVvhcldizig Stales 'lhu lutl of Massachusetts of
thst day were slav<htWer* ami pitlfitm. lie reset
ted much the character of the Senator's speech.
There was a great difference between it and that of his
colleague One wes a calm, honest, slncre expression of
belief and opinion?the other was false rhetorio declama
tion. and an incentive to ronse the werst passions of the
infatuated people of certain localities. If the issue \rns
to come, as was indicated, and the contest was to be be
tween the North and the South, ict it come and be divid
ed st once. I.et it be considered, argued, and disposed
of, calmly and withoht exciting appeals, dressed and
rhetorical display, such as was pxvle by the Senator to
My He would like to ask the Senator If Congress re
pt sled the fugitive slave Uw r?wen Id Massachusetts exe
cute the Constitutional requirements, and send back to
the South the absconding slaves?
11 r Ci mmbx?Po you n?k me If I would eend back a
?lave ?
Mr. Btmm?Why, yes.
Mr Si'MMSK?'? Is thy servant a dog, that he should do
this thing}1"
Mr. Bitch?'There he Is again, with a quotation already
prepared. He gets op h?e and spouts it out with, as
n? doubtless supposes, more than l>emosthenean elo
? quence and beauty; bnt he is mistaken. (Laughter.)
I Vi hat have dogs got to do with the constitution ?
| (Langhter ) The Pi-nator declares tbat be would not
1 execute the constitution, which he hi* sworn to support.
I Hie Senator openly declares that It is a dog's duty to
! cbey and execute the constitution. The senator h?s
I r worn to snpport It, and declares to do *o Is a dog's
I duty
Mr. Sr?K*??I recognise no such obligations upon me.
Mr. bin t IB?Well. I suppose it makes bat little differ
' (no* what yon consider obligatory upon yon.
I(r M/scx, (dem.f of Va., followed, defending the Fu
| giti ve Have law. lie denied that It suspended the Habeas
(orpua act, as asserted, either ignorsntlyor corruptly,
i by th.- Senator frotn Massachusetts. He aai.l that It was
l Hafgr:hnsett? and the other New Kngland States which
had forced Into the constitution the prohibition upon
Congress repealing the slate trade for enty years.
I This ?asdnne that in tliat time Oe?e states might do
do tb<? csn j irg ttec>e In ili?t traffic
IIr I wiit, (i|i in ) of Iiid . suit* be bad lived to
hear upi n the floor of the Show ?n avowal wh eh he
never expected In have beard auywiei*', thut a Senator
sworn lo cdi port the cou-titutiou ow?i a ? obi gallon to
that hwtruauent. lie iwlievet in the r'fl't of pcitioo.
I!e w?T?ld vo'e <?> receive any that was irtj'Mtful in its
rl arxcftr, and lo ri 'er it. Should a petition come bore
fum U^asnchusetts or ebewhtrc asking thw Senate to
exj el ai.y lreitK?or ?-ho should disavow any vM^^t'ion to
li e c ntlitution, he would voft to nA'" and
ffier i?. thonpU be would not at present ia/ bow
h? would vote upon it finally. The Senator had
s?.-m openly to sivppmt the eorstlt tion in all its
I air* Jie medo oo re.-ervation. He eould not t*lu* bis
seat if lie bud, tmd be ought not to boH his sen*, after
nialuiajr it. lie* agn.n refe. rod to tiuat port of tho litcta
i a tit n vf Indei o.deBCe,.?hioh says ' *11 ruen ftru created
equal " i*)<1 held that if thoBo w?ru? wc?re Ufod in the
*< rise | l.-?i tvl upon Ibein hy the aWttlonuw, they were a
self-evident lie Ho discussed this matter for half an
boor Hedvnted that men were created equal, either
phjslenliy naorsljy, politically, or mentally. He denied
that the Se?aai>r wlio bad nworn tji support the constitu
tion, and v. r-o to day pyit upon tliut oath, was equal to
bin Fen-IuUr narv ancestors
llr M ?h;?hiver ?ir, ue\*or.
Jlr Ihtot?You dented limit the constitution hud
p'seed ai.y obligation upoa you t hich you worr- bouud
ov. Was b?cK a ctunbr equal to Webnte:? The one
hid ecttK"- the tl>l?- ol the rvj ouii "b-r of the coustlutiou
? Ihf oil or ceserved t'.at ot the c? ?utemuer aud deepbier
oi thai ins'jurnnt If the rtlmfgi'itv intended lo bine
c m ui tin- sei NiiT equal to Wi ld tir t?ien thit ere >t
poi'-cr bad < ie.>lc? a gieat bluuder and failure, lie >i d
nut think lie feaither after an eqm litv ia moralj could
lino any ot e m re d< gravi d ban th * B'-ni-tor wbo, after
l avit g c?lb it GtKl tn witness i.ls dtN titration to support
tt.f i on* Hint ion, hurt, with that fact fresh in tho minds
hi bii- fi 1 o?-K-ii'itors, openly avt>w?4 that be rtcoguiied
on i.bli(.a'ii'ti imposed by tbu' sacred < 'wth.
Mi'. I1 >on got the floor, aiel at ha.* past four oV. >ck
tl.e Senate ao.iourt.ed.
Ilotur of liiprrsfntnt tves.
W'akiusctoit, June 18&4.
TC*; MAHTHA Vf WItlNOTOV CONSlt IATOIIH.
Tlie ITouso refused to suspend the rulA ' to enable Mr.
(dem ) of Ohio, to introduce a bill t utborizing the
Secretary of the Tr?-aaury to appoint an t\ ent to investi
gate and bring to Justice certain offendes s agalu.at the
United Sta'es law*, and appropriating $1!\ 000 for that
pur; Ohe. Hs alluded to the Martha Wm liington con
FpiratorH, and those who recently robbed Ithe Pittsburg
Custom Hou1!?.
THS (lAIi.ir-n? TREATY.
Mr Hovstos, (dem ), of Ala , moved that tVte House go
into Committee of tbe Whole on the bill ?j? propriating
5i0,0( 0 OtK) for earn ing tb* recent treaty -A tth Mexico
into eflect,
Mr. Fxtkbax, (dem.) of K. V., wished to ofller a reso
lotion, which wat merely iead for information , caliiug
on tbe President, it not inconsistent with the public iu
terefts, to ci mmunicate copies of all correc7anden?e
touching or concero;ng llie treaty concluded heiiwecn
this government and Mexico on the 30th of December
last, and all subject matters thereon.
Mr. Eenion, (uem.) of Mo.?1 have a question ta make,
which 1 thoik will take precedence of both motion*. I
propose now to make the motion of which I gave sotic??
some days ago, of ihe privileges of this House. It is oje
which, 1 iipprel.end, takes pteccdence of all other mo
tions, and especially di es it take precodonce of that now
made lo go in'oCommitiee of tbe Whole for the purpose
of taking up this bill If I am right in my apprehension
of tho aifnity and of the obligptions which attach ti>tbe
privilege 1 shall plead. 1 will go on and state my motion.
Tbe M CAkEK?'ihe I hair will bear the geutleinan's mo
tion before l.e decides as to the question of privilege.
Mr. Iextok?I have reduced to writing the point* of
privilege which I moke to the House, In order to avoid any
misconception or mlssppiehension
RfMdvvd. '> !>at tl o Itnuse will not coneidsr the qnestioa
of appropriatieg ?10 tmo 0 ni to eatry iuto ell'ect tbe Mexiian
tn?t} rl l'"cinu>er UJ. lNr>3, for tbe tcquWiiiun of foreign
t-rritory. uiiti it lir t shall bavo ooi sidercd wbother there
wss a bleach of the J rivilogsi of this lltato in nsgutlatlng
and coi eluding f*Ih treaty uor uttll after tl o Uotn-e (bail
have ohuiutd lull int. rmatlon on the nceotiatloo and oou
clnsion of hiid titntj.
Itesolvcd Tbnt the ?aid treaty depeidlng foritsexecn
tioa on a law of Counters t ? be vaspia ?? H ,al j?ct sulia it
ted b> bocoiititatiou to tie pover of Cougno-i, it is tho
ciiLrtitnt!}iial itjiht and duty of the Honse of Ucoroienta
tiver to (U'litirii'e in tbe expediency or tuoxpvdiency of
oarrying such treat' into tCVci, uiid to deieruiiuc and aut
t'. eieon at in their judgu.eut ma; be most conducive to tbe
pu' lte good.
That is copied from the rf solutions adopted by the
House of Koj resentattves in the year 17W>, aftert resi
ilcut Washington bad rotund to communioute pupers to
the Ifcuso on that sulijcct.
Mr. Hole TON?If the gentleman ia through with l?ig
question of privilege
Crlth of '? Wtilt until be is beaid ou it."
Mr Hcnrror?As far as tbe gentleman ims gone, I do
tiie ibo elision of tbe Chair. (Cries of "order.") I
oni in older, and I know what I am doing. I liave aright
to s'a<.' iny point to the chair.
Mr. I-KNVjK?Certainly.
Mi'. Hot bios?Well, sir, I want the decision of tbe
Sjoakcr wbetbor the question of the gentleman
f.iisffiuri is such r qnestion of privilege as wilt 'i-11',. .hP
House, 1 submitted for the adoption?
Tl-o St-BAKKR?The Chair prt fera first to hear the a 1
ditlonul resolution; there wt-ie three of them, as the
gentleman from Missouri announced. Tho Cbair will
then be able to dtclue at onco. Under the circumstances,
the gentleman from Misai uri will cxcusc tho chair for
indicating that remarks should be disi^nsod with until
the question of ort'er or privilege la presunted.
Mr. Kkkton?Ye-, sir; tho third resolution is as
follows :?
Ite*olvod, That the admission of sew States into tbe
tnlun beitigla iioesticn exMoaivtiy Rranted to Congress by
tho e^rstitut'on, ?ny trosty atlpuia i"n for the acqui ition
of foreign territory, with aright, to be admitted as a Btste,
without anttiori*itloa from Congreas, is a breach of the
privibiies of tliit?ody, a violation of the consiitation, and
l.lo> al and void ... . .. . ..
Resolved, That a purrbasc of foreign territory by tlie
federal government not having been provided for in the
<? nstita ion, a ccncnrtoncH ot tbe legislative and execu
tive dcper'ir.cnts ol the government?the former by an a rt
of Congress, tbe latter hy a treaty stipulation?is necos
itry tu tbe onsi?minEti n of the a?t, asd has been so held
iu the purchs- o of toaBiaua, Florida, and California.
Keiolved Thr.t the tlou?e of Herresentatives has a right
to tbe Informnion wbloh would enable it to Judgo the
mnits cf tbe Me.-;ican treaty in its legislative consideration
thereof, snd that the President be respectfully teqneated
tj fnrniah to'he Houfe of KepresentsMvea a copy of the
inatroctiona nnder whioh the rame was negotiated, and of
I aapers oonnccted with tbe rulUct; the said copiis to be
ctmu nnii ated ooni.dontially. If iu the opinion ol the Preai
?iert tho pnMle good may not admit of their publication.
Th? so aie tho points'Mr.?
The Spbakk*.?Too Cbair thinki the matter introduced
by tbo gentleman from Mi-touri, U rather for the conti
dciation of the body, in connection with the bill referred
to, lliau for the decision of tbo Chair us a question of
privilege. If, for any teuson, the gentleman from Mia
eouri should propose to impeach the President of the
1'nited States, or any other officer, it would not bo for
the Chair to enquiro into the validity of the reasons 1
given, but the proposition itself would involve a ques
tion of high privilege, and would take precedence. The I
t hair, therotore, overruled the question of privilege
made by tlie gentleman, being unable to Bee, in the i
; a| ers presented nny question of prlvlle^o as the gen I
tleman Irom Missouri bss done, The question now re
cur* upon the motion made by the gentleman from Ala
bun a, that the House resolve itself into a Committee of
the Whole on tbo Mate of the Union.
Mr. CaMiBIUX, (free Boil) of Ohio.?Would it be in or
der to move a Misjcntion of the rules, in order to cnabio !
th" honorable gentleman from Mi.??ou.*i to submit his !
quoxtion of pilvilegef
Ihe EiZjkhU?'there i- aiieady pending a motion to
S'lspenl the rules, which will take precedence of any '
motion to suspend lor another purpose.
Alii. Oltn.KiL?l Mugc.,t, then, that aficr thit motion
is disposed of. a imtlon be made to sa?; end the rules. to
enable the iientlemnn from Missouri to submit hi* queg
lion ot prlviUge.
Mr. W/sjili j.n, (vrliiy) ofSTe._l would Inquire whether
it would not be in order to move to suspend the rules, to
enable the House to consider a resolution which may be
offered.
The SiKM<Ff!?It wMttld not be in,order. Th"Chslr. un
tn a lorinrr oc<?*ion. stated that n motion to suspend
tin; i uh6 to go li.to Committee of the Whole, aud u im
fkn to susfnd ilie ru'e^ for th" introduction o' a hi I
or tor any other purpose, were Of equal dignity, iinu
would ho ko co&aiduied by Ihe Qtair, aud tiut iu U>u orna'
of tiir.o in which they -irr" made.
Mn. W ?s?ii?i'lUf? 1 would ask the ? ha'r if b? did notde.
cide that, inasmuch as the rule* of lue ihoiso eouii not
besusperOed, except upon Monday, a motion forth it
purpose weuld take precedence r
ihe i'K-\ntK?'Ihe Chair only Indicated at the moment
such a view of the subject, but corrected it very soon af
ter h?i made the decision.
Mr. PsrxiMM?I itonldosk the Chair whether, after we
have got into Committee of the Whole on the State of
the Colon, either of these resolutions offered by the gen
tleman from Missouri and myself can be introduced or
adopttdf
The SnsAKKH?Neither oftbem can be adopted af'er the
House has gone into the committee.
Ibe question wna then taken on the motion of Mr.
IloceTos, and It was agreed to.
The House thereupon icsolved Itaelf into Committee of
the Whole?Mr. Msney, (dcm.) of Ohio. In the chair.
Mr. Houston?1 move to anvnd the bill, by striking out
all after the word treaty, in the oleventh line, a* follow*:
"Apd the remaining fa,000,000 as soon as the boundary
line shall be euivejed, markod and established." I offer
this (intendment for the purpose of opening up the bill
in the proper form of dlscuaalon. Tho bill which has
just been read, aa well aa the mep-sgo of tho President
accompanying the treaty, were laid upon the tnbU i of the
members of the Rouse on Friday or Saturday last, and
thetefore it would be useless for mo to romlnd
the eemmittee that accordin^to the stipulations of the
treaty itself, the ratifications have to bo exchanged by
the St th of this month, thus leaving but a very few days
for the action of this House in maLing the appropriation
proposed in this bill, If the Ilou.-te Intend to make It at
all. 1 offer these romarks for the purpose of claitulnL
he Indulgence of the House for a speedy artion on the
Y in. It tbet propone to make the appropriation it u>',tst
be made before the ctOth of June. 1 have tfie right, under
the rules, to open the debate on thia bill, at well aa to
close it, but, considering the circumstances, and as 1 de
?Ire to make an appeal to the House, to termivat* gene
ral discussion -<n the measure a* early aa to-morrow
morning, 1 shall forbear anv remark now, ?n the com
mencement of any Investigation which may grow out of
this appropriation, intending to reply at the eloaeofthe
debate *> sueh objections ?i may be ^**sent?4 by gentle
men opposed to the bill I have moved the amendment;
it U now in order to debate the bill, and I rie d the fl jor
to other gentlemen.
Mr. JoMte, (dem ) of Ttnn ?I want to makr ->ne mo
tlcn. I do not expect to make a speech on the bill. but I
new submit tho motion to strike out the enacting cU i??
of it, not with ahf view of defeating the meaaure, for I
expect to vote for i', but in order that do other motion
may be inude until we get through with it. I saUthat I
expected to vrto or thin bill, not. however, bee tune 1 be
lieve tbut 1 rra bound to vote the money fcscsuw the
President stid ?*eate of the Utited SiaWhare made a
treaty with Mexico, in which it ia promised to be paid
lhat nation. 1 entertain no aueh doctrines. I hold tliat
I ant aa free, that every number of thin body, and that
the House itself ia as free in voting on this bill, to reject
It if tin- t'i&ty di.es not meet their approbation, a* to re
ject the most tTifline and ordinary appropriation which
n ay to brought into Congress. 1 shall rote for it, not ir
consideration of the email amount of land that we are to
but because thp treaty abrogate* the eleventh articlo
of the treaty of Guadalupe Htd?]go, of V> bruary. lHt8.
and release i us frouia'l the obligations, real and sup
wweil, ?(>('. till tt e ap|lim> ot s and liurrsssoient*
for depredations committed by the Indisus from our
i-ido of the line. It is to got clcar of our obligation*
uij'U-r the eleventh article cf that treaty of 1848, that I
shall vote for this bill, ano not because I feel myself
at nil bcund to do it because tho treaty h is been made.
Mr B?tcm observed?When the federal government
van finned Patrick Henry objected to tlie constitution
on the ground that the power.-< of tlie purse aud sdord
were give" to H.e execuvtvo lie meant the unlimited
power of ruising money, and navies and armies, r ud fell
ilaimtd for the po-silde consequences. If these two
gH at powsra are to slip away from tlie imuv to the feu
and to go ii to t' e tau'l ? ' the I'n-'idetit, t!i n there l?
ducger of l!eurj V aptireben-iou-. being realized. He nad
0e? n accustomed to hc^r it iai'1 by aged men that it vr is
an illusory tower (tran'ed to (Vinere-ii . that the real
power was grunted 10 thr executive, who conducts our
fortlpn negotiations?who quarrel*, or n it?and. wlo-n
be does quarrel, i ur people will licbt?<o that we con
ti? er tlie powrr of ?; e sword ahlch Patrick Henry drc-t 1
e?l. as bitvii i* passed away from Congress. Wi;h respect, to
thejK'wi oftri in.-se, weliavea coast,itu'ional cliu-e
wb'c tonliuti* to ttiL body 'he power to crigini'e bur
d<" <n the people. Wh-re did we get it* From th'
iMitisti cocstlti.tlon? ?,om Magt.a (harto? No. Tiie
British government, got it from tbelr Saxon ancestors,
who carried it to Britsin from Germany. The Kngllsh
have veueratcd this privilege, and t'jcii House of Gom
luons B-'ou-liae imjomi buideti^ on the people. It U
the pride, beast, aim glory of Fuglsud that site has al
ways J re.-erved it Mr. Denton refected to history In
pr< of of tl.is fjet, and then Raid so help lilm God. he
kn?w t'Oihing worth saving In the constitution, if the
Pri siocL>t and Senate can take, whi n they please, money
fr< in tlie people, as they proposu by thi? bill. K any
thing he could ?av coul.i incuce tho representatives of
the people to think on this subject, lie should consider
i< one ot the most glorious da; s of his political life, and
should rejoice in the circumstance wh cb brought him
here Ihi.s day to plead the privileges of the
people and tlie constitution?to plead for ths
oi;> tliirg which, being lost, there was nothing
in the constitution wcrth preserving. The contest
of 1640. betweea Charles the Fiirt and tlie British Par
liament, which brcugLl on the ovor'hrow of the inou
nrcliy, was the identical cause which we now have before
us. ilr. B. referred to treatick in former days, to show
the rtettcn of the Hou?o on stK'h subjects, con'endinp
that when a treat* acts on matters within the legislative
I ower ?f the Home, that very nwiment. tho right of tlio
l.ouse i4tsches, and which has th* authority, and it be
cotntsrlB duty, to examine into all the circumstances,
rnd coni.'Mar the expediency or inexpediency of the treu
ty itself, precisely as the public ,-^xxl requires. The less
power tlio Prebident a so I fc-c na t' b.vve. and th? more
I ower the people have, the b?-tt--r, JeiTei-con thought, for
the gororitseirt and the people. The message of the
President, lately commnaicated. precludes tho Itouse
from the j^cwer of actiDg on the treaty. The message
was notliinfin the world !??t a demand for our check for
tt n mlliion dollars, and the* on luir' notice, and without
any days of grace. Give me the more - by to-msr
row. This ie llkt the highway men' ("mjnan 1?"St-und
aiid deliver!" Tlie Presidffct snjs he must liavo tl?e
money scon, without giving us a reason, or reafnns.
Wo are to go it blind, and do wlutt he calls on us to doi
Hcause he says It is necessary. Mr. Benton considered1
this a hi;h invasion of the privileges of the House. The
President fitat undortakea to negotiate a treaty, without
ci nsultiug ti e lionsc a* to the burdens to be imposed on |
the i topic; and having ''one th s, to deprive them of j
the power of saj ing yea r>r nay as to the admlstlon of j
rew states, he ?enCb* here a treaty?and such ? treaty j
as it is! It gives $10,000,000 for a mere selvngA of terrf !
tory. K< bcrt J. Walker has jn?t informed tho world '
that, before he hoard of the tiadwlen treat.*, lie pi Id I
only $?)..r.Ct) lor the privilege of muting a railroad I
taiorgli t tilhualiua and ironora, wliilo w oa.ro to pay
?-l0,(KK),0t;u It would be a curw; to us to have sdeh tet
litory. A man resided on u poor j icc^ of ground; a
friend who stayed all nigh with him, next, day seeing
bim IcoMug on the poverty-stricken country, thought li<?
could dcl'be wl at was pawing in his mind. * But the pro
prietor Fsid. '-I am not so poor as yon think 1
am. I don't own ail this p<-or land." (Laugh
ter.) And this la what we may say of that
Go<i stricl.cn country thiongh which th? treaty
proposes the railroad shall pass. Kit I'ur.nn m?ya a
woll canLot make his triest there. (Laughter ) The re
el M a scientific c<t>.? _,|'"ary siieculntlon, by what tiny
for who else could thiol; o/"" West Point science;
outside of tt-e connlr.t < > ^jT?t'ing u naUoo'l lailroi-i
quire an aiinyto frotect Tri-i'|luit Ijelon^a, so as to n -
Vnlted States, so that the enen-y may cut It up umi
pleatesf (Liitighter.) As to tlie Mcsilla A alley, tiiat
question w as decided under President 1 lllmom'i adinlnis
traticn. He then commented on sevtrnl points lu the
new treaty, saving, bv it we are to get rid of the eleventh ?
article of the treaty of Guadalope Hidalgo; but we are j
not Iniund to pay one faitliiug under that. tVhen ltewas :
io the Senate he voted to strike it out, beranso he lore !
saw it would give rise to quarrels; he had no idea, how- ,
ever, that a bill would be rendered apiust u* for ex
ien. es. We were only to use force, if necessary, to
ptevtnt Indian incuri-ions from on our side of tho line, j
He was against giving $10,000,000 for a route for a rail- |
read ontsido of the United States, end against Involving
onrselves wi'.h private railroad speculators.
Ilr Cjiywrni, rnise?l a question of order?that Mr.
Jones, of Tennesaee, could not move to strike out the
enacting cbv.sc of the bill; am', during the debate ou this
point, several gentlemen argued as if a snap judgment
was to be taken on the opponents of tho measure, as in
ti e case of the Nebraska Kansas hill. The point was
withdrawn, with a notice that it should be renewed in
esse of necessity.
Sir. Bavlv, (iiem ) cf Va., remmked, when he obtained
the floor, be felt like the undent navigator, crying out
??ltaliA;'' but what was his surprise when bethought
lie was in sight of land?he was met by some sniitll obsta
cles in his path, including the point of ordor. The gent lo
ii,an Irorn Missouri had referred to England and l'ranco.
and to tho praclico of other Powers eh the contlnentof 1
Knrope, jeletlve to treaty making. The ;r; nJem m, '
however. with oil 1.1s learning nnd liite'llgence, j
)iad fallen into great IncunNi-'Miries. llo mild
the English crown never undertakes to bjrden
tbo people without consulting the Common* ; snd
so ft? to France. T he gentleman would recollect tlio
treaty which Mr. IU\ex negotiated with l'ronce, where
tin crown agreed to pay this government certain inonoj-8
without eonfuM'ng 'he Chamber of "ppiti' ? J o'"on
made e point wl'h 'he Frendi govorrmcnt, sr.d on tint
occasion he lixil no abler defender than Hie gentleman
ir- in Missouri, that tbo Chamber of leputie.s bound j
to uTrLc the njipropihitioDF, though it was not consulted I
In advance. Yet the gentleman coiner here, and in the
fulucM of the Ir formation which he possesses, telli us
th'jt appropriations are made in adwmce of ihc execu- i
tioii Of treaties Mr Pov 1 y referred to, and answered i
other j arts ot Mr Kenton's speech. He ventured to nay I
.letteri-on never thought an appropriation ti? ('ougre-s
enlarged bin )>ower* under the constitution to tre*t for
the acquirition of l^ulsiana. He thought witbln the
sphere of their lespoctive orbits, each department of this
go'eminent can act without reterencc to the other.
Congress has the power to witliold approprl itlons. As
to whether it shall be doi o, depend* on circum
stances. When a treaty ImAmb male by tl"* Prwsl
dent and two third* of the f?enate, the appropriation
oi.jilit not to be withheld except in cif e!' ps'eabtn
srd traitorous disregard of tho rights of tho nation.
This brotmht him to the Inquiry whether till ' trentv was
in such palpable derogation of the right- of this nation,
thst lo-Iug light of nil dcferocci to the treaty making
tower. ih? iijoucj necessary to carry It out should Do
withheld. What did. rettce, he asked. was there !n ask
'nn me ney in advance, or at the conclusion of a treaty '/
\\ii< not tho effect the name? The appropriation whs a
precedent contingent en the coneln-lon of tho treaty.
The treaty provided for a Southern t'aciOo Railroad. and
ho conceived the opposition of the goutleuian from Mis
souri ur jre from tbo fact that it interfered with a limit
ling of hls-own llo fur'her aihoeated the treuly and
bill; bed In aaln'ion to the eleventh article in the treaty
of Uuadalupe HiJalgo, which this propone* to abrogito,
?f>id he li?d learned that claim*1 amounting to $40,000,000,
whether juiit or not, hud already been preferred ngain?t
us by Mexico, owing to it* alleged non-fuliilmeut by tUc
T'ni?cd Ktstes. In conclusion, ho coinbattcd the argu
ment of Mr. Honton, that in the negotiation of this
ticnty the privilege* of the House have been violated.
Without concluding the subject, the cominitteo rofO,
and the House adjourned.
Canal HrtOng *t ftm-fieiter.
Rociir-tir, June 20,
A canal meeting lias been called here for to-morrow
evening. It will t o addressed by tho Hon. 8. B. Ruggle*.
of N'ew Yoik. The meeting lias reference to tho enlarge
mcnt of the cni.itl west or this city. In accordance with
the original plan.
Market*.
N*w Oruuh*, June 24, 1864.
CiriTON.?Our maiket continue* Ann, at the previous
nd\nnce. Falea to-day foot np 2,600 bales; mid'lling
The -itoek In port amount* to 176,000 bales Tho receipts
at all Southern porta, less than last year at mix time, are
e?.1im?tco at 1(87,0W> kales. Hour?The market Is dull,
at |C fft iar tihlo. Corn I* inactive at 48c s M)c. Mess
pork stVfl tlowly at $10 76. Bacon Is more rxtlve anil
1 vices aro very firm: sides 5>te 1'reiglits are unchanged.
Stcrttng exchange P"?n; , ? ?? .......
CiiAWttfi^t'*N, .fnno 2(j,|l*<i>4.
Cotton.?The -ales to-day were WK.' Uiles. at unchanged
ptlcee?f.ay OJU'for gootl middling M
Baitimobk, June 2d, 18V'?
At our cattle market prices continue to decline,% tl*o
average sales to day b<-lrig 60c. lower than Issi week
The offerings were 1,000 head of beef cattl", of T,Mah 5SO
were sold at prices ranging from $3 to $8'26 'A $4 60, on
the hoof. Hogs were In large sttffiy *f\,t sfje<j were
made ?t $9 a P) 60 per 100 lbs.
From WMblngton.
UK. BJUTrON'8 SI'KXCB?TUB TLKMITOWAL A1T01NT
MKNT8, KTC.
Wahminoiom, Jute 2f5, 1864.
Mr. Benton's apeecli is the theme of conversation, and
produced qa>te a sensation iu the House He does not
stand alone in his opposition to the treat, appropriation,
but it will paaa not" it^is'saoing
The territoiial appoint menta will stick a little. The
rumor that on" of the nominees for Kaunas ia free Boil
ich I* gnining ctedence among Southern Senators Sena
tor Douglas urged 'In appointment of a par'icului frieml
and waadented. Some trouble in that quarter may ab-o
be expected.
L.ut?-r from Mtxlro.
DEATH OK MADAMK HONTAO BY CIlOLn.il A ?TIIK
REBELLION, KTC.
Nbw (Iri kanw. June 20, 1854,
By the steamer Orizaba we have Vera Oru? dates of
tbe 22(i inst
Madame fontog was attacked by cholera whilst on her
way back to tiie United States and died on the li.'.hinst
at'er a rhort Illness
We ha\e no Important Intelllgerce fmm the he nrjr'nts
btidei Alvurer A auisll engagement had taken place
between the insurgents aud ihu govt rnment troops, in
which tbe Utter wt te victorious.
Mma Anna's birthday vtat celebrated with greist re
joiciags, but the rnii'ire was n<,t declared
Mimuil Olarozaue bus been appointed Miuister of the
Treasury.
I.mrr front Havana and Key West.
A Kill V A I. or TT1K ISAHKL AT OtUKLKSrON TUB SHU'
MMl'fi;) KN KAOLK ASjiluRK US TIIK UAUA1.AM.
Wiaih.?timi, June *6. IbM.
T! e steamship Isnhel arrive.I litr> this mora < >.it.i
da'e* Iri 111 ll.tvaria and Key Went to ttie22d nut.
\V(.'have no Liilit.lcal nc** ? f loW-rctt tr>m ITa-...v.?: .
Tl.e sugar tnatl el JjydFomowha* Improved
T lie ship Nor hern Eaul-, from lioslou, In 1 I ii
aslio'o on 1! e I!'Iirii as. hist was (?< t oir hy the ail <>l
wreckers, having thro?n overboard two h..' irel ; u i
fifty tors of ice She sua! lined but little lu.inrv She
paid tl.e wreclers, under prolan*. SH.i'OO. "IM. ve?> l
I asped Key West on the 10th, with h light hut fnir wind,
lor New Orleans,
No other disaster* are reported from Key West.
Jud^e vl llieSuprriur t'uurt.
Am.ov, June 20, 18 )4.
Govfrrf r Seymour has appointed the Hon. Gilbert
Fein, member of Conpross from Pntcheib county, Julgc
ot ti e fcrpremeConrt, in place ol JuOjre Bnreulo, de
ceased.
Hie (luiU > n nt tlir Went.
Cincinnati, Juue 2t, 1864.
C'LoIera has bio'.en out at Independence. Missouri. A
letter dated the 2('tli, to the St. IxhiIk /nctllifteif*)-, states
that the deaths In three days at Inuepet.dcnce reached
26. and several fatal o?s"s had occurred at Weston and
St. Joseph; also six or eitfht on the steamers Clara and
Sent Cln u.
IV?ligation of trie Ohio.
I'lrr.suiBO, Jutie 20, 1864.
Thare has been a fine rise in the Ohio since yesterday
It now measures eight ftot ten Inches In the cliannel.
lUIIniud \erl<trnti
Ciurikjtox, June 25,1864
Tbe trail train from rhsrleston nil off the track with
in four miles of Augnttn, on (Saturday afternoon The
baggage nud negro curs were complete wrecks: but no
pawsenpora we?e hurt. A hrahennn. named Hogau, wis
vonndul in the head, but not seri" >)>.
The weather hi re is c-cesaively hut.
I)(|iiirlH!c ol' California steamers.
New OaiitvNci, Juue 23. IBM
Tbe stflnmsliips El Dorado, f</r A^piuwnll. an 1 Danh l
Wet.stc?, for (-'An ..'nan, sailed yo-'terdsy, with fair com
plenrcnts of 4 alltorala passengers
The weather bore >,i very hot, but the city is unusually
healthy.
Mwdcr TiJ.al.
OxfctnA, June 2fi. 1S53.
T1 ?.i"i7 in the case of Carfon. on trial for tbe murder
of bis v ife, could ni.t n -ree uj on a rcrdilt, and .vere dis
chaigtd vi sterday moir.iu^
Pcwoiinl Iiitilli^Mirr.
Judge Hart, I':u"ion, Ohio, Hon. I). S Myer, Tniliiuia.
T K Patterson, I oui?vil!p, Ky., lion. Curistopher Mor
gau, Aubur'i V V . JI i-vy. ?nd fsoiily, Mobllo,
A!:. , II. ii.nlii.i, 1 n<) . I.'.i .ion. Win. \ J In .vkins. l/mdin,
Wiijor l.ewts and tainil' V.'ilmin^to i, Itev. D. 'Wait,
ttaltimoie, p. W. A. l'< lliek and 1 i<iy, N. C., Iloii. H.
Hanis.iell, Newl'uifr, ii.pt A. HeM, l'ritish army, Hon.
F. S. Haker, lloi ulu, mil' i', Oiruii.y*, All any, vittroainong
tbe arrivals at tbe bt N'oliolua, jeitcnUy.
Bishop Hopkins, DurllngUm, Vt., lion lh F.. 8edwe.ll,
8u?(,ne) anna. F.>., Capt. I'uUnin, L*. S. A , Dr. Ale*.
Sbarp, .--t. l.onis. Iir. 1'.. Marki), Cohnuh'.i, R (' (Jco. W.
Jones, I.<",i(or M il.ub lr:-'a S>imJay De-pat -h. (i M. J'limp
t<p, I. S. N., I'rof. IT. X. Day, Hudson, Ohio, Ifon. W. ?*.
Had ley. A'hanv. John U Kd^erloo, I'orlUnl, Oregon,
and Can!. W. li. Wibou, Bfi-ton, were iinonj the arrivula
at Shu Irving llouse, yesterday.
C. Pivis, Jr. Kavnnnr.b, T. K,. i[S.T?; J' i *" ?*_
?J ? I >? "ml '?lnliX? a
Ilaywi.od, ><?? L?>nf!on. ana ifi-. and Mrs Blair, Pliils
dolpbia, were among the arrivals at the I're?cott House,
yesteroay.
J. Jl. ilarper and brother, T'hiladelphhi; Den.imuln
A\'il!>on. San FiancNoo; A. 11. I'lsh, It. M. Fish,
Trentor. N. J ; Na lian B. .Siulth. California; D. C. Ilart,
Mass.; .Mrs. l'css and son, Oliio; Col. C. C. Aroiita<e,
South Carolina; Hon. J. K. Cooley and fsnrily, Fulls, St.
Anthony; v,eii? nnion<r the arrivals at the Fnlon Place
Hotel.
S Keves, Pitt-burp; J. 1'ov.lnn, Savannah; M. Cosbey,
Wu-hin!{lon: <?. Tboi.ms, Philadelphia; Major llidgely.
U.S. A.; N. D. Smith, 1'hii idelphia; I!. B. French W*?h
itprton: O. K. Ilall and family, A Feck, New Orleaiu;
i'.. 1?. Taylor, t Licag i; Col. J. H. Johnson, New Hatnp
shiio; J. I), liajcs, J. 1). Jenoll, Louisiana; K. N. Brock,
Philadelphia; Capt. (Jrant, V. S. A ; A B Bflmeut, New
Orleans; II. C. Wright, Baltimore; anived ye.iterday at
the Astor hotice.
PIr Charles Edward rrev, C. C. B , left this city ye.iter
day for Poston. Sir i htries was formerly Chief Juatlee
of British India, and subsequently one of the Koyal Com
missioners to Camida duritin tho aduiinislratiou of I<ord
(losl'ord.and i?vi?itini; this country on his way home
from tbo go?eminent i i Jmiuioa. ? hiuh posl'ion he has
held for several years. I '.i !'? ?ollency ia ul o a inombor
of her Britannic Majc.- .. !'ri. y Council.
lion Solon Porlaud. U. S. Minister 1o Central America; :
lion. John 13 Weller, U. S. Senator irotn California, ac- I
conipanied by liis Lrii'.al party; e\-(?ov. W. C. Jlouck, N. !
V.; Hon. Thaddeus Sterns. I'enn.: Ma lamo Dillon, lady |
of the French Consul at r'-an Francisco, Ton Vanilo Dia
\o.tro. l.imn lion ilc la Gnarardo, Cuba; Hon. D. Miller,
1 biladelphia; Hon. I>. C. Judson, Ogden^burg, were
(.inoug the arrival* yehterclaj at the Metropolitan.
His Excellency Sir Che-, tire;, <ioT?rnor of Jamaica:
Joee Manuel Tirade, 1'ernvian Minister, M. l>ore, ladyuo'l
child. San Francisco; Mr. ami Mix. lirune and servant,
Baltimore; Mv. .leftrajs, England; W. M. Hunter, Scot
land; Mr. an J Mri. Hodgson. M'-s Telfair and maid. Ga.,
nere among tbe arrival* yeatirday at tho Clarcniion.
ARRIVALS.
F.-< m Richmond and Mort'-dk in steamship Roanoke?E
Tl Jewott, Ml.*? harsh ^tinner, *l?s K c JtweU, Miss H M
Sainntr WmSBurr, Miss IT W Uhi?nlin Norbarna Page,
Krh It > Papc, Mis Our dins John uc, Wm II Ramsey, Sam!
J 11111. Jams* V W iikio ?t>i> mi J lady. 0 P H*r? and ladj,
Mi's 1 '.v,ra Hare Jut n A Muirboad Gro (' Sheldon, Dr
Richard <: Crurje James J Mnnnlr*, Th?? F Ilobdy, Df TO
Peachy, Hm I) lluok. H'm M Cowing. Tho? C laaaes. Mrs H
F J one it and i Mid, Mr, i sinof Skluncr and > a'i.;htnr Jehn
9 Hill, Thus X'rU-'.won, IImry .1 Wallace. IV m H Bolton.
W'tn Rndo'ph ?rd lady 0?h ree .N Condron. Joseph C I
Vi-Intoab, 8 C Foster. Titos M Hart in, Saml T Peters *nd
l'.dy, lHnrptn '1 Harris, A 1, Ivtnra, ?v ta <J Mlnnts. Wm R
lin ,h, Btn.l W Wil>in f!ro W~ Leonard, Kiehd I, Msbea'n
.It! ti J TVlil'aaia Wd t itinoi, Rolit M SMdsr, Wm Y
l'si.eey. and ill in <ho aiteraga
It-bin Cardenas, in i rig Lurdilf- J H&yue, J Hnian. J
Tos'fn H A Jtefctoti.
From NewOrlcsn?, In ship Sllai Holmes? H / McLane.
Marine /Vflnlrt.
cirvw to Awmir.t.?An important extension of tlw
n eann ?1 at>aiu communication ticnwceu Southampton
tuU tbc fnito-1 S:atc." is : bout to be placed <n finmediato
e| f-n'lon by f-w If the m*gT?fficnt ?tpatniMps holong
lr>p to tbi Heneral Screw Steum Whipping t otnpany. hith
erto u>tu for cai iyiug out the l-'upe aud India .nail oon
Inct, row ebannoned by this company. Th* ponerai
irrflle between Ponthampton and Vow York, created and
msintalrr l by the XiDcriru mall stenmera, has, (luring
the peat few year*. ?o ia'gely increased, that additional
fi'pilit:es have been fonn?i d?sirable. With this riew the
fiiTictorsef the General Screw 'omt-any hare made ar
rnogctnent* with Messrs. tlroskcr and Co., of flouthamp
tc'D, ihe nge.its of the New ^ork, Southampton, and
Bremen and the New York, Southampton, and Havre
lines of Amei ein steamers, for re inforciag ihe maana of
coir.uiuiiicatif n by the- addition of sowe of thoir noble
sbipa, wbicb In. ve acbiered such success on the Austra
lian eiid oilier oceanic royagrs. The flr?t of the neiw
drpsrloree fr ni Aiutbarepton to >?ew York will be that
of tho Indiana, of 1 8ft0 to*?. nn the 12th of Jnly, to be
fulli wed at state 1 InttrTals by otJhev slesmers ot slmilir
or !orprr rlasf. Tho manap'-m'/at of the new line, ai II
rrsrects the freight a j.l jas'rjLger departments, Is vest
ed In M<M<r* Crcssoy and Co., nt I.ond'?u and Southamp
ton, oncl there oan l>? nn dn^iht of tbe result, in a pe?u
liisry noint ot view, to th?.iatere-ts of tho company, as
tbe?e t-bips, woriiwi at cc nparrtivnly little expense, and
|OhSCwltig ample capanUies for freight, with beautifully
arranged and I'- ui'Jus ?.:cor.iuiodatlonH for passengers,
mnat, o; nect',4?y, counsad in a larijo degree tbe cooB
dence of t)i v 'travellipp; pubil", anu the support of the
imjortant eonimi rciai i' turestn conn?eted with theoom
nieree of iwt) horr.i .pberes. It is a matter of eon*ra
tulatlr /\ tj,p #i t.ern1 Sciew Cotnp^tiy, that in their
new 'yt.terprlM tbo co opeia'lon ot the old established
eiican companies, ins'osd of tboir opposition, has
' /en securej. Tl.e two ? nterpriscs will duuHtless, there
fore. work harmoniously tegriher, to the advaatago of
Ihe public and of themselves ?Eiiylithpaier. 0
Tbe Mineisrille BiVtlln relates tbe accidental death
of a young German, named Conrad Lord, on Thursday
of Inst week. He w.m sprinkling sand on one trank
of the Mine liiil iinilroad, at tho f.iot of the Rroad
Mountain plane, when an engine wl'h forty ear* came
down tbe others, and sll pss-ed o\*r hiui, eruhblng his
body In u horrible manner.
Prison A?' nrladon of N?w l ark
Tlo regular moot y me Un of the -aecuiire On.
a ittec of thi? %? no it on ? ? be d yeet >r Uy *f er < om
at the commits e room n Clinton Hull, l-lorplt-e. SL
N St vpni, F>q. pr sided, Fran t W BtlWrd, K?r>. ef
foisting as H-crets y. A ter the r a ing of thr m u M
of li e lust met ting, Mr. A. Heal, agent o the ?< o ?ar?,
read his report for t e pa-t mouth, w Ich oa?Ut d en
tirely of tbe statements u ade by do bar -d prl onere,
giving tbeir experiei ce O' prison ife. Weti-ethe fol
lowing utati uieLt, which ia n the ha;iafe0 of th*\
pro uncr :?
T?i- tood is very poor, worM these last six tnontU
than beforemiserably so on 8i.ml?v l't>e un n think ft
ia meant to be ?o, ihere being no work >lo:.e ou that '.ay
tome sav the authorities don't know h<>? they are d?nlt
with itj or it would not be atlowe ? the Sun'ia? is tu?
most <irea icd day of the week?ahuri food short sermon
short liberty; no frieu I# no xhb o?res (or 'ib, long c "ii
(wement. long. ha>i, haul, painful thought! with Inn*
dreary days and m?r- ahead Tbe titra* in beta una
pill, ws changed a to .t every tv o years. Toe bcJd.ng
washed spriog and full
Af'er the martin^ ot tbe report, the diary of the agent
of 1be aK-eciuth a was r?*ad. 'Ihe following statement in
rt latiou to the socle U w.u alu'i reud.
Oifanixid unOer a l-egislati o charter, and compelled
to ie,.oit directly 'o the l>gi?l*tui.. the auo: auoa
j> ieefrfs g est li tilliieii for the Investigation of prison
nbt.MB snd the nl>e? i.-i'ii n of prison mi -eries, at. 1 finis
lurer.t;ve? for tl.e exorcise of that ehaiiiy inward* the
err i g aid tie peni'dit 'which sufferth long, ?n 1 in
Und." It !* no*< riously a fact, that a convict! no for
crrne. however in tiealing the circumstances under
v liich such < rime m?\ have l*en committed is equitr*.
lent to os rariiu and outlawry thereafter, from {.ail the
, n.eniiiee Ol liii and the diotstes of our common ha
inanity. roi | era^iit.?car fill w meri?thai situate I,
*e ns ainr.bei s of the rrbon Association, interest our
telttK, and dnntif; the past year h ve ma'erially s-sii'ed
If.K discharged convict* to regain the po-i loo and the
c! ! racier wi Ico secm< d well rogh lost This U our every
day work, l eaden gi log their attention to claim* of
Ibis nature, our a)!or1' are accustomed to ?l*it ?>stem
at;, ally the vai.ioua ctv prim us and house- of d-ti-ntion,
for ihe pi.ri oi-e oi discovering and ai lin^ tho-e who hive
been arrested . n sus|i<iou, or, through the malicious
procim unlit W d> signing?ncmi< o. have become inmate*
o! the.-e nhi dt* of the vVfou*. Many such have been as
slsted In ohtnl 't'i t); ;' uisciiarge during th? year, and
restored t' "I i t irlends and to society The child of
lender years; the ?omr.n unwittinplf, it may bi, an of
'euilt-r; the ? m:grant, to ul>rm our language and our
iaiin are ahl.e unknown, ami the guilty but ponilont
prisoner, each leceivfaat our hands the consideration
which philanthiopy niu.-t bestow upon the unfortunate.
Some minor business was next trauaacted, and the
committee adjourned.
Tiniprraart' Meeting.
iMst etenio^ a meeting was held, in the lecturo room
of the Allen street Presbyterian Church, near Grand
Btreot, for the purpose o' sustaining those members of
the Board of Kxeise who have refused to grant illegal
licenses; also to adopt measures to prevent illegal runt
nelhnft in the Tenth wa 't. Although it was known IluA
Thoir.as L. Carson, the author of the new temperanoo
league, which is called by his name, would be preaeat,
the audience was not so numerous as might be expected.
Mr E. IV. Ke'chnin pretided. and Rev. J. P. l^strade
ofEciaied a" secretarj.
The / roceediiigs were commenced with prayer, by Rev
Mr Lfstinde: aM>-r which, an ad*'reus was made by Mr.
(arson, in the course of which, he stated that tw*
thousand dollars bad already been collected for the sup
port. of the enterprise, and that iu the course of a week
or iwo, s- \ ;ral suits uoulo be comtuenced against psrtl*s
for the illegal sale of liquor. At the (.one I union of hi*
remar!(s. the following remlutious were unanimouRly
adopted, after a brief discussion:?
Wfcerir.s tbe llnard of F vui h*v? wateri^Py cnrt?il*4
the Dual er of licensed lienor dealers in ttls ward, there
fere,
lle-o'ied Tlitt th? iil.al'tan^ of the Tenth ward de
( ??iwtili sppro^t ti econr e pnrsve^ by said Uoardailarae
tbt y have effected t><? end* of tha iaw.
llttnivtd That in all canot where a lioeoiad Ii(|a?r dealer
fails to ccmpH with the eonl'ih.ns of the excitelaw we
reaponaf!j expe.-t and do look for th?revocation of
their lleetite without fa'lnrc.
And whereas we have just heard with great tati?fectio?
the nature tad plan ot upcrjdon of the Carbon League,
thercfrire,
Ku ..Ned That we herrhy pi dge onreelves to co operate
with tli4 rai i Naf.ne for trio purpose of aupprestlaK Ule
gi.l rem eel i- g iu the 'lonth ward.
Hi dved That, n standing cerrtnitten ef three be ap
pidntr'fo- th? pn-pose ot eoufcrrina with the executive
ebir.mittee of liin t r .s n Loaaue, with a view of oarr/tag
oat *1 c t^s of the ler-gu^i'n thia ward
The following gentleman were appointed a committee.
l!ev Mr I estrone, Mr .1 Wsll and Mr. .1 W. Lester, ana
after a collection was ti Wen up the meeting adjourned.
Mtettng ofthj Hon; e Carpenter's Aaeoclatlon.
A public meeting of journeymen bouse carpenter* wa?
liold at Merritt Hall ln?t evening, for the purpose of giv
ing tbe members of the trade an opportunity of pirtik.
in;j in a free discussion on any matters having in view
the general benefit of the trade.
*t rh hf- e'cljch '.here were about forty member! pre
hir. Uaaterron tooa u>c v-?,
the minutes of tlic two last meetings of the body, whtta
w ere approved. He also read the resolution whorebv it
whs directed that Mr. Haunon do lecture or apeak on this
(the last) Monday of June.
Mr. Harmon did not appear nor send a substitute or ex
cute.
In tlie meantime the chairman made a statement reut
tlre to tlie grc ;t progress made by the 'l/>Dg-shore tnea'B
Peciety. Twelve months ago they had only a few roeaa
bcrs, and now they had. by perseverance, over two thoo
; and members enrolled, and about $3,1)00 in the funde.
Au iulelligent trade society should do as much, at all
events.
It was moved, seconded and passed that the delegate*
from the Car| enter's Soci' ty do receive the proper cre
dentials to enable thein to attend the next meeting of th?
General Trades' Union.
Mr. Tat 10* made a few remarks, commenting on tie
very feeble representation of Iho trade present at tte
time. The carpenters were well aware that the Society
met only for'ho benefit of tho trade, and in order to
enable them to carrv out the views enumerated on
20 h of last March, by unitir g all the men in an organi
zation which wotihl enable the body to procure at alt
times wages which woulo afford thtm means to buy for
their families the domestic comforts they are entitled to,
even v lien flour, l.renl, and all aniek-s of food advanoed
in i'i ice. Tte organization progressed steadily In numbers
nnil funds nince its adoption nix months ago. If mail
jjttvc their timo uud energy well to the enterprise, it
would realize all the objects intended, which were to
collect men and money, and show the bosses, who had
long tyrannized over tbun that they were th*
servants and the men the true masters. By tha co
operative prhielpl? the workman w mid put t\e prjGt* of
hie labor, at the day's end. iuto his owu pocket, not into
thht of a txiNH, atid the conviction wuola render labor a
pleasure to thnn.
Mr. v. Aijouii, of the Plasterer'e Society, addressed the
body on .he immediate advantages accruing to the trad*
by acting on the co operative principle. He detailed lite
own experience in the matter, ant enforced the prinel-'
pie by quotations fr?.m Cobbett's works on the subject,
and the letter rule* of the trade* in England, and con
cluded puidfct much cntbunias.ii.
Aitf r some further rimnrla by member*, the meeting
adjourned.
p,"?' Coroner*' Inqnenf*.
flricuiE of an aiikd Citizjw.?Mr. Oliver H. Perry, 81
years of age. born In Pennsylvania, but lately living wltlfc
hia fon in ibis city, at 604 Grand street, was missed on
Sunday evening; ind not returning home, a search waa
instituted, when bis body was found in the East river,
at ti e toot til Grand street?a bar of iron weighing about
fourti cn pounds. v,?? attached to oneof his leg*. Tho
decerned lias for tome time been sick, and the suppoai
ii ji is tli.it whpu in ? deranged state of mind he hod
thrown himself into the water. He had exper enced eve
ry attention and klndnes* from bis relatives, with wbon
ho bad been living. Coroner O'Donnell held an inqoeat
up. n the bo^y. and n verdict of death by snicide by
dnwoing, vh'lst laboring under a temporary aberration
ofmhit, was rendered. i
Food l - Coroner O'Ponnell yesterday held an
ln<{'.ef.t t: pen ihe body of Adam K reuse her. of 151 Faltoo
strt et, who was font d In the East rivtr, at the head at
W .ter street. It appeared he and several of Mifriwfc
bail tp>re off oa a spree an nt two weeks agey aad sup
poi-ud in a state of tatoxieatioa he fell into the water aM
was diowi'td. A verdict of death by drowning was m
dei cd.
Ships of War In China and Japan Water*.
[Kioto tho Calcutta Knglisiiman, April34 )
Burnpn.
Xeturlt. Ar. risff. (tmm*. Cbmmomdei'?.
Alligator Whatnpos.... gtore ship. ? ?
Bittern >oo-chow., M. brig 12 Vaneittart.
Coin us ^.Wh?mp??.... 11 M. sl'p. 14 Fellawea.
Kucounter.. ..bhangbae... .11. M. atr.. 14 0'0allagha??
Giecian Crul>e M. M brig 12 Keane.
Ileroulor. Hongkoig ...Hospital.. ? ?
Mini'en " Hooplt'ls. ? Ellis.
Rattler " H. M. str.. II Mellersh.
Styx Awoy H. M. str.. 8 Martin.
' Cant v??
Winchester...Hongloug...H. M. ship 60 j WalaWright.'
Anxnour.
Iexlngton....Japan U.S. store ? ?
Macedonian .. " O S. sloop 22 Glaaaon.
Mississippi.... " U H. str.. 10 Abbot.
Powhatan..,. " IT. 8. str.. 0 Lees.
ri J mouth ... .Shanghae .. .U. S. sloop 22 MoCluney,
Porpoise Hongkong...U. 8. sloop 12 Ketlr.
Qmen Canton U. 8. atr.. 2 Pa via,
Saratoga Japan TJ. 8. sloop 20 Taylor,
Pouthampton. " U. 8. store 4 Walker.
Siiin lv Ijoooboo U. 8. store 8 Boyle.
f-u quebanna.Hongkong .. .0. 8. str.. 8 Sinclair.
Valid alia l.oochoo V. 8. sloop 20 BMhwa.
Vincennt-s ... Hongkong.. V. 8. sloop 20
l'KEvrn.
Colbert Hongkong .Fr. str.... 8
Constant ine. .Nlngpo Fr. frigate ? j ^ Y^aissesa.
Pimrcawa.
l?ou low MkC?v H, F. M, ft ? ?