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BY E. P. WAI.TOIV, Jit.
MONTPELIER, JUNE 10, 1854.
For Governor,
STEPHEN ROYCE,
or Berkshire.
For Lieut. Governor,
OSCAR L. SHAFTER,
or WlLMHIOTOlf,
tbr TVtarurtr,
HENRY M. BATES,
or NoRTiirir.Li).
Mats State Convention !
All persons who arc in favor of resisting
by nil Constitutional means, the usurpations
of the propagandists of SLAVERY, aro in
vited without distinction of party to meet in
Mats Cn.ivrMTin.v at Mo.iTrtLtfcR on tlio
FOURTH DAV OP JULY NEXT, 10
o'clock A. M., to Nominate Candidates for
the approaching Election ; and to take such
measures as mil In all future elections cna
ble the people of Vermont to give n, practi
cal expression of their sentiments at the
Polls.
June 1G, 1854.
The foregoing call, we learn, has been dis
tributed through the state, Ai was prepared in
tnticipation of an adjournment of the Stato
Convention, after adopting its platform-
course, by the way, which a majority of the
convention, in our opinion, wcro prepared
to takc.but wcro not disposed to insist upon,
gainst tho judgment of gentlemen who
heartily concurred in tho purpose designed,
while doubting the wisdom of that mode of
accomplishing it. Tho phraseology of the
call of course was adapted to tho anticipated
contingency : no alteration can now bo made,
and wcro it otherwise, the change would bo
unimportant. The call has been signed by
gentleman of all parties, whoso names will
be published when the lists shall have been
completed j and inasmuch as in every sub
stantial respect, as to principles and design,
it harmonizes with tho proposition made at
Rutland, wo do not doubt that tho result
will be every way satisfactory. Gentlemen
of all parties desiring toaflix their names to
the call, can do so, by calling at our office, or
by authorizing such use of their names. We
hopo the convention will be a rouser, nnd
characterized by genuine patriotism lit for
tho crisis and the day.
The Platform
Adopted at Rutland on tho 7th is identical
with the principles held by tho Whig party
on Slavery for many years, in nil respects
but one. For tho first lime, the Whigs have
declared their entire independence of Slave
ry Propagandists, and pledged their support
only to the iriends of Freedom. Even In
this stand they have but imitated tho princi
ple and adopted the language of one of tho
most eminent and purest Whigs of tho coun
try Hinnr Ciat; applying both, howeicr,
in (tho ,'manncr that tho crisis demands.
Wc invito our readers to compare the Cth
resolution adopted at Rutland with tho fol
lowing.
During the year JKO, Sir. Clay and his
associates in tho 31st Congress prepared and
published to the world the following
" DECLARATION AND PLEDGE.
The undersigned, members of tho Illst
Congress of the United States, believing that
a renewal of sectional controversy upon the
subject of Slavery would bo both dangerous
to tho Union and destructive to its objects,
and seeing no niodo by which such contro
versies can De avoided, except by a strict ad
herence to tho settlement thereof effected by
tlio compromise passed at tho last session of
Congress, do licrcbv declaro their intention
to maintain the same Hetllement inviolate,
nnd to resist all attempts to repeal or alter
tho acts aforesaid, unless by the general con
sent of the friends of the measure, and to
remedy such evils, if any, as time and expo
rience may develop. And for the purpose of
making tins resolution etlectivo, they turtlicr
declare that they will not support, for thoot
6eo of President or Vice President, or of
.senator or or Representative in Congress, or
as Member of a Stato Legislature, any man,
of whatever party, who is not known to be
opposed to the disturbance of the settlement
aluresau, and to tho renewal, in any form,
of agitation upon tho subject of Slavery
hereafter."
The foiegoing was signed by Henry Clay
and forty-one others among them Thos. J,
Rusk, Thos. G Pratt, Win. M- Gwlnn, A. II,
Stephens and R. Toombs, Nebraskaites
and was the basis of both Baltimore platforms,
The Slavocrats having become traitors, it is
proper to suspend them from the gallows c
rected by themselves. Were IUjirt Clat
alive, we bclievo he would be foremost in
demanding execution.
Prpo
-toaltion to Restore the Af
rican Slave Trade !
The following wai telegraphed from Wash
ington to tho N. Y. Tribune on the 13th :
Senator Slidell, in the Executive Session
today, as a member of tho Foreign Rela
lions Committee, made a report in effect
looking to the rceitablishment of the Afri
can slave trade. This is startling but true.
no action as yet.
If southern statesmen desire to forco up
on the country the direct issue of Freedom
or Slavery, they are taking tho right courso
to accomplish their purpose. Let the issue
come 1
Tyranny Undisguised.
A demoeralic member of Congress has in
troduced a proposition to abolish voting by
ballot in the District of Columbia, and com
pel every freeman to tell for whom he voles.
Of course the design is to make tho officers
of the government witnesses against them
selves, ao that they can be guillotined if
they vote contrary to orders, ."nn Sec
retary Guthrie threatened to turn every clerk
out of office who should daro to vote against
the administration ticket
Significant. The N. Y. Tribune, refer
ring to tho action of the Whig Convention
at Rutland, says it "it of deep and enduring
vgrtfcanu." Aye 1 as deep as the gulf
between Freedom and Slavery, and as en
during aa the contest between them.
H7"We have received an interesting ar
ticle fromllhamar Smith on the Compromis
es of the Constitution. That it is im-com-
promistng as; to slavery, it is hardly ncces
ary to ay. The article will appear in our
next.
The Iigiiiu Slave Laie.K. D. Smith,
judge of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin,
tin decided that the fugitive slave law is uu
ceiiftitutionil, end discharged S. M. Booth,
woo waa under arrest for resisting the law,
The question came up by mean of a writ of
abtut torput. We shall publish an abstract
or the decision or Judge Smith in our next,
appended to the communication of Jthimar
fc'ioith.
Dn jMful. Il is said that tho tools of the
SUvccratain Vermont are doubting what
fatso i beat for them to play. Some would
endorse tie Nebraska bill, aa the one idea
of the AtkuMetratioa ; tome would dodge
k altogether; and some would d n the bill,
I-"' unpen the adm'iniatration.
SIGNS or TIMES'
Tho State Convention of the
7th.
There has been, there will he, no discord
ant note from the Whig press of Vermont on
tho 1't.ATroRM or Freedom promulgated by
tho Convention. Tho J trmonl Patriot and
liurlinglon Sentinel clamor about a " coali
lion1 hoping, possibly, to frighten some'
body hero and there, by a phraso which has
been made odious only by such demagogues
as themselves, who barter principles for pelf.
The pensioned presses am welcome to all
they can make by such clamor. We rely
upon tho intelligence of the peoplo to sco
the difference between a union of men irres
pective of party distinctions, who mutually &
honestly agree upon exalted principles, and a
coalition between two opposing parties,where
one must inevitably prove a traitor to itself or
tojthat with which it associates.
Tho Gretn Mountain freeman is compel
led to compliment the Rutland platform on
thu whole, though it carps at various unim
portant matters, and leaves about as bad an
impression as it would have done by con
demning all. We think tho editor of
tho Freeman is resisting his own convictions
of duty, and wo prefer not to trouble him at
present. Tho Freeman is the only frco soil
paper which seems to dissent. As n con
trast to the Freeman, wo present tho follow
ing from tho lirandon Post a free soil pa
per which has heretofore sympathized with
tho Freeman. Tho editor of tho Post at
tended tho Convention at Rutland, nnd
knows tho spirit which prevailed. Well
dono for tho Post- very well:.
From lh nnmtoa l'nt June 11.
The Couvcnlion at Rutland.
Commrnttmrnl of the " league of Freedom"
in Vennonl."
The Convention at Rutland nn tho 7th,
was ono of tlm largest ever held in tho
State, composed of men of all parties-although
nono but those heretofore known as
Whigs felt at liberty to take nn nctuil part
in the business of tho Convention It was a
nroud ilny for tho Free Democracy. Not on
iy was ono of their chiefest men (one who
has never cast n vote but for freedom) put
upon tho ticket of the Convention, but their
rninciPLF.s fully and cnthuinstirn!ly endor
sed! It wne a piuht well calculated to
warm tho blood, mid revive the hearts which
have grown weary, sick nnd faint in the pro
trictcd struggle and is an unmistakoahlo
premonition to Slavery propigindists that
their hour of triumph is drawing to n close.
The Convention was controlled bv men who
have somo respect for the claims of humanity
and of tho age, and impressed nil with a
belief in their sincerity. They threw
nway tho last wnif of their human plun
lcr: nnd with it fled tho last ntom of any
desiro in us to do other thin to " forget nnd
forgive."
oc racy on those points.
Hero follow the resolutions.)
Although it would nave oern ucncr 10 i
havo adiourned without making any nomina
lions and issuo a eeneri call for that pur-
nose, still we are not disposed to view that
nn insurmountable obstacle to n union of tho
friends of Freedom, and would uree upon
tho Convention to assemble on tho S!!)th tho
wisdom of adopting tho ticket put in nomina
tion at Rutland. We have vet to meet tho
Free Democrat who feels otherwise.
As to old party names, the less harncd
upon tho better until the Convention of Free
States settles that matter. If a man asks
,'Oll what nartv vou helnnrv tn. tpll him vnn
belong to tho " Leauui. or Freedom."
That will pass you by St. Peter.
Chittenden County. A rnasa Convention
of ' tho Whig" and all other freemen who
aro opposed to tho Nebraska bill," 4ic. lias
icon called to meet at Essex on tlio 28th
inet. to nominate a county ticket. Wo under
stand that this call will bo cordially respon
ded to. A frccsoil convention met a few
days ago and adjourned without making any
nomination. All right!
Iddison County. A frco soil conven
tion on tho Till resolved to adjourn without
making a nomination, with a view of await
ing tho action of other parlies, and ultimately
forming one "that shall ring the death-knell
of American oppression." This Convention
resolved tint " tho Freo Democracy aro
willing to relinquish all party consideration
forget all past hostilities, di-rrgard nil minor
differences, and sacrifice everything but
their principles, in order to secure an effect
ual union of truo men against tho mighty
conspiracy of Slaveholders and Doughfaces,
that now threaton to overthrow tho peace,
the honor, and tho frco institutions of the
country. Messrs. Barber, iNecdham, blade,
and others attended the convention, and tho
decision was unanimous.
Itulland County. Tho Whig and Frco
Soil Conventions are called at the same tima
and placo at llutlaud, 'JSth iust. The
Whig call embraces all who approve of tho
Platform adopted at Rutland on tho 7lh.
The Administration Ilcbukcd
at the Capital.
At the municipal election, Wanhington
City, tho Democrats wcro defeated badly,
and a Whig mayor and council succeeded
by from 300 to SOO majority. Tho opponents
of tho Administration of every namo united
in tins election. On tho ono side was tho
Government, threatening to turn every clnk
out of otfico who voted against it, and to
stop the appropriations for the city. Ontho
other Bido were lie people nnd the peoplo j
carried tho day. An excellent example.
Let tho cople of the country imitate it.
The Philadelphia Election. In referenco
to tho victory of the Whig candidate in the
recent election, by 8000 majority, tlio .Vor(A
.Imerican nays:
Besides the good auguries which the re
sult of tho election yesterday enables us to
lorin ot the luturo ot rliilaueiptiu, it lias
another and most interesting significance.
It indicates, in a marked and unmistakeable
manner, the sentiment or this community re
specting tho course of the Federal Govern
ment in relation to the Nebraska Bill. Wo
declared during the canvass that the popu
lar vote, however ft might turn out, would
be understood at Washington as expressing i
.1 . . .
either the sanction or the censure ot our cit
izens in reference to tho action of tho Presi
dent and Congress touching tint iniquitous
measure. The issue was distinctly and
generally made at the polls in every ward
and precinct, and the voice of tho majority
is now uttered in accents of indignant de
nunciation against tlio Administration and
its adherents.
The recent Democratic Defeat
in Philadelphia.
Tho nature and extent of the rout suffer
ed by the Pierce-Douglas Administration in
Philadelphia demand more particular notice
than wo hive yet bestowed upon the matter.
Tho election held n that city o.i the lilh
inst., waa the first municipal election under
the now charter consolidating tho old city
proper and all the suburban districts into
one corporation. This union his for many
years been demanded by the obvious inter
ests of the community, but had been mainly
and efficiently opposed by tho Whig iwhtic
ians cf the city proper, who apprehended
the ccrtutn loss of their party supremacy
through the admission of the outer districts
in which Democracy had been nrescriDtive.
ly ascendant. After many faUures. nublic
opiuion at last triumphed over faction, and
. I . , ii.: I. , i , . , . . ,
u.e tuiisuuuaiiuii uu, w aa cornea uirougn
the Legislature. The first election under
thu change required the choice of a Mayor,
Solicitor, Commissioner, Comptroller,
twenty-four Select Couucilinen from as
many Wards, seventy-two Common Coun-
I ho subjoined are tho principles tlio (.on- I me no resolutions but those having reference ., " , ., , . , ' K I
vention pledged its party to without a dis-1 to Slavery. The following aro K s.mple of , lh" lll.'S b' breaking a so le.nncom
senting voice, and w hich filly cover every ,10 series : onm b-. -'"''".V'S pl'ghted fa. h of
i-i. Jp t ..I h ihn Prm llom. i ti... r... c,i. .!. a ,. the nation, by which our entire national ter- tl
. . . . ... I I O ;.,(..,,., , B Un nMnn.luI t.. . ..
i ,. lUnilfcd and eighty-eight
ctlnon, two hundred ana 4 ' , ,,
Po'r Prison KT cb7 of .he Convention of all the opponents of .aid
Cil of Health Assessors, and a few oth- measure m the whole Utnon, in order to do-
er officers on" or more of each and all of monstra e to the slave 1 power our determine
?hem f.om every one of tho twenty-four tion no longer to bo its white slaves.
Wards. Tho powers of the Mayor nnd Democratic Prophesy. The New York
Councils aro quite plenary, nnd with those Evening Post of last evening, in a calm ro
of tho Commissioner and Controller, include ( vlow 0f tho political effect of tho passage
the inaiwcment of nil the property and oftl,0 Nebraska Hill, makes the remark
finmces of the city, the appointment of tho that
ti. ffiilsiinn of the 1 ire Department, The Democratic party has lost its niornl
and so forth. The importance attached to
the election may bo interred irom una men-1
..i-.l. T:,.,.a n,t lliror functions,
Tho sham Democracy entered upon the t whatever boast wo may tnako of our cxcclk
contest with the prfidgc of old and recent , cnt maxims of legislation and policy in rc
euccrsses in neatly all Instances, m which pjrd t other qucitions. the deed of yester
tho whole field had bctn between it and tho day puts Us in a minority for years to como.
Whigs. Tho candidate or tho former for , T,(J f0nowm!; j, rmn tho correspondent
Mayor was a gentleman of tho old Quaker , of ,,10 Oicmnrrf Gazette'.
stock, of considerable public experience as , j am U1(brtiied that Anti-Nebraska Dcm
Recorder. Prison Inspector and otherwise nl Washington are ready for a fight
a man of irreproachable character and hab- j wlt(l t1(J Administration on this basis. You
its. The candidate for Solicitor was the m,y pCTnp9 know that when tho ruffian Ed
standing Chairman of tho Democratic State 1 monison) 0f Virginia, sprang townrds your
Committee, a personal friend and particular own Cnnipbell, the first man nt his sido was
tfi nf Pmtinastnr.Gencral Campbell who.. m. i.lrir,l,lri. Upmnerat. Kittredcn. hn
it will be remembered is a Philadclphian
and thus especially backed by the Adminis
tration. I lie leimw miiuiuho
nrr nlr irood men. bo far na Bham Demo
erats aro possiblv such. Thus stood mit
ten when the Nebraska crime was in pro
gress. The Whiffs at the. same time had
chosen their men, and chosen them so well,
that tho Native, Temperance, ami Free-Soil
parties, each too small to avail singly, found
these candidates acceptable nlso on their
respective principle:, nnd henco united on
them. Tho conscqutneo to tho forces of
tho Nebraska conspirators was a defeat ut
terly overwhelming. Tho average majority
of tho Whig Mayor, Solicitor, itc., as our
readers havo seen, is about ten thousand.
Hut this is tho least evidence of the depth
nnd breadth of nomilar abhorrence of tho
Federal Administration and its agents. Of
the twenty-four Wards, but four returned
Select Councilinen of tho Administration
faith. Yet, of Four Congressmen represent
ing Districts of these samo Words, 'I hree
voted for tho Nebraska Infarr.y 1 Everyone
of these Districts has thus promptly con
demned tho trearhory of their false repre
sentatives. Let tins immense triumph, this
Nemesis of tho ballot-box, speak comfort to
tho nation! 7776i(iie.
Piinivsvlvama.-A call fur an anti Nebr, s
ka mcictilig nt Laporte, Sullivan County, Pa ,
wns warmly responded to, a few days since
by a numcroiH attendance, and without dis
tinction nf party, though a majority of tho
mooting wns composed of those who havo
heretofore been nccustomed to rally under
the Democratic banner. Tho nseomblago
was nhly addressed by Hon. David Wilinot,
who denounced tho conduct of the present
Administration 111 emphatic terms. Strong
resolut'ons wcro pissed in reference to the
Nchraskn swindle, among which was one
avowing n determination to support 110 man
for oflico ho approved tho notion of Con
gress 111 repealing :lio -Missouri Compromise.
A Whig Convention hold at Pittsburgh,
(Ponn.,) on tho. Mist .May, renominated David
Ritchie, the present Representative ill Con
gress from tint District, by acclainntmn; piss
must tako osre of itself take care of its
peculiar property, supply its own bloodhounds
umi doiighracos tlie Irecmnii ot tne Aorth
design to, and will, crush out and extermin
ate the orerd,
llesohcd, That in view of the dangers of
the crisis -a crisis overriding nil party dis
tinctions wu hereby plodgo ourselves as
soldiers in the cause of Freedom wo in
senbo Free Men, Frco Labor and Free
Lauds upon our banner, and enlist fur the
whole war.
Ohio. A general fusion of nil the oppo
nents of the Nebraska bill is Inking plnce
throughout tho Slate. The Transcript, n
Democratic piper published nt Canton, Stark
County, gives a spirited hketch of an " in
dignation meeting" recently held nt that
place. A committee, consisting of Demo
crats, Whigs, and Freo toilers, was appoin
ted to draft resolutions, and ilie meeting was
nil.lrirtseil ny oiil-mamoneu iuuim-.nui oi uio
strictest Hcct, insisting that oppoijUon to tho
Nebraska bill wns the truo test of Domocra
cy.
Tlio Nebraska men in Wnrren, Trumbull
Co., Ohio, undertook to firo a salute in honor
of tho bill, on Tuesday list; but they had
hardly commenced when every bell in town
was manned, and such a doleful tolling as
wb kept up between li' silutes, wns never
before hoard in that vicinity. Another at
tempt was mado at nine o'clock, and almost
instantly the bells again rung out a mournful
dirge. At noon the Nebraskians rallied a
gain with no better success. After supper
tho shooting was undertaken once more;
by this time tho Warren Brass Band lu'l
mounted to the cupol i of n church, nnd be
tn eon the pauses of the firing, played thu
Dead March in J-ntil, the bells all tho while
tolling a boliMiin knell.
.Maine. The resolutions adopted at the
Convention ot Murrill Democrats nt l ort
lond, on Wednesday, assort that "wo deep
ly lament the abrogation of the Missouri
Compromise m the pissago of the Kansas
Nebraska hill, and wo hereby pledge our
selves tu exercise tho riulit of sutTrogo as
shall most speedily mid effectually result ill
its restoration; that tho pretenco that Con
gress his not the power to enact such laws
us tho ordinance of 'e7 is not only false and
groundless, hut at vnrienco with thu known
views of the Trainers of tho Constitution, as
well as with the entire praclico of tho gov
ernment for more than half a century ; and
that in consequence nf the action of Con
gress in repealing the M ssouri Comprom
ise, all Compromises on the subject of slave
ry have ct-ased to bo obligatory as such,"
No rmiietancu to tho execution of existing
laws is counselled, and it la nut proposed to
interfere with slavery in tho States; m fact,
the resolutions aver that "wo are willing that
the South should have every right they can
fairly claim under tho Constitution." They
conclur'o by tendering "our hearty (hanks
to all the members of Congress who resisted
to the hit the passage of the iniquitous No
braska bill, and especially to Uioso of our
own delegation."
UajjucAuirlj Tho Northampton Cour
ier, a leading Frco-Soil journal, advises its
friends that what they should do in this crisis
should not bo a matter of doubt, and in
speuking for them, it gives assurance that
" We think we know enouch or tho Kreo ,
Soilers to say this much, and further, that I
nothing less than tho successful support ofi
.. . . '
every nonnern inemuerot i ongress, uone
Whig or Democrat, who has proved true in
this crisis, will situfy them.
And hero we
may remark, that in this district, and also in
Il I. .1.1 J. r I
tho Berkshire district, tho freo sotlers next
fall will bo foremost in demanding the return
of Messrs. Dickinson and GoodridH Whigs)
to tho Houso ot' Representatives. They
have heretofore strenuo'isly opposed both ,
these gentlemen, but now that they have
proved Hue, and havo faithfully represented
their constituents, they will sustain them."
1 ho Courier puts a relevant inquiry, wli'ii
it aaks " if men thus ready tu foriret old dif
ferences and animosities, are not worthy to
be met by men of other pirties in n like
spirit in tho maintaininco ot a common
cause f spnngheld Uepublxcan.
Hon, N. P. Banks addressed his constitu
i.iev oru ruauy io reiinquis.i iiicir (iruaiuza i-.iui"v.i..i ,i o,,u..iiK i,. uuvi. .,'"" ' ,i,i, ne ,i.n ti,,,, r v. '., ' , . " 'e" - iiuineii ui ipinnff.
tion and act with any men, or any parly, re- lovely Ottoe country for another year. This ' nl , ,V1 ii d J I ton b SjI,ta Amla' wlU' "'"cudments.
gardles, of names, who will heartily oppose ' slamming of door. In U.e race of American ' "a n' nb"8 ,',f .f ?eP"H Anotiifh Fatai Casf or Ciiol.rv ,n
8,e aggressive scheme, of tho slavS power, ' citizens may sound well in Washington City. . .nd ojer- WouI". -A "d.,?t bfo" Z
andfait, fully uphold the right, of the North. 'riTX Xhnl?). "'' : Au.wl Plympton died
cms at Waltham, on Friday, in regard to didates was demanded at the present time,
the Nebraska bill. The must important fea-1 ll,Jt something more than tne usual routine
ture of his address is the distinct nunounce- f business was to be transacted. We
ment contained in it, that the Nebraska per- could read in the countenances of those as
fidy is an outrage to which the North will sembled tlie same feelings that aninnied the
never submit, and that upon this issue he has Aliens and ChittenJens in llieir various strug
sepmled himself by on irritrivable step B'c w'",e 'aJ''ug the foundations of this
from the political friends with whom he has 1 Commonwealth. The encroachments upon
heretofore scted. Huston Atlas. I freedom, that have recently been made in tho
, pasaige of the Nebraska bill, fired their
JkPIANA. 1 ho Ireo Soil State Conven. breojti with indlenalion. and animated lliem
tion of Indiana lately met and adopted the i
following resolution!, amoiiu others
llisiheJ, That we do not think it expedi
ent at tli is time to nominate a Free Demo
cratic ticket for State officers.
Resolved, Therefore, that we recommend
the calling of a State Convention, to be
held at such time and place hereafter as may
ue oceuieu vxpeuient jurin? purpose ot com-, lime nor space for remarks this wcek,
biiung all the elements of opjiosition to said Eagle.
measure tho Nebraska bill and wo also
r,n.,ru,iv recommend the calling nf .
strength ir. the free States j it is stripped of
tne respect 01 me people uy uie misconduct
mftlinsn who cmtm.tn ho its leaders, nnd
.,;,., ,ts hand on Campbell's shoulder, said,
j , Stam ,,our ground, Lew., I will back you.'
Other prominent Democrats 1 cou;u namo,
who are fully committed in hostility, and will
unite on a national constitutional basis, to re
sist the revolutionary scheme of this fillibus
tering cabinet."
The XclrasXa Hill. A letter from Wash
inntnn. June 1. savs :
(ion. Sim Houston has iust returned from
Trias, looking halo and hcartv. and denounce
ing tho Nebraska Bill, tho repeal of the
Missouri Compromise, and the general debil
ity and stupidity of this administration. He
savs the neonle of the South car nothing
for it. nnd that it is the worst thing for ll.el
South which his ever transpired stneo tho
Union was first formed
The McthodiBts and the Ne
braska Bill.
In the " Minutes of t he Providence (It..'.)
"Annual Conference of tho Methodist IJus
" copal Church for the year 1651," just iub
lished, " by order ot tho 'onf-rence," uro
the fo lowing appropriate and timely ronarks
on tho infamous Nebraska bill, wluci is
commended to the perusal of all Chriiians,
fur its high toned moral courage and puni
tive straightforwardness:
III reference to tne Nebraska bill nov be
fore Cotigru, nnd which proposes the ibro
cation of tho Missouri Compromise, si cal
led, we are strongly opposed to it fu" the
following reasons :
I. W lib our venerable founder, we regard
the iystuni of American Sl.ivery as the "luni
of all villainies." 'I hat is, take wrong vio
lence and injustice; tuko cruelty, hard
hoarlcdnoss nnd contempt for the rights and
interests of humanity ; lake fornication,
adultery, concubinage and amalgamation of
the ilikTercnt races; take theft, robbery nnd
murder, nnd add thc-in all togtthtr, nnd the
suiii-totnl will be Slavery. To this Slavery
(he Nebraska bill propo.-es to open an mi
inensc nnd frrtile portion of the Nationil
domain, destined as the homo of happy,
freo and prosperous millions, and to expose
!t to its curse an'! Plight
ntory, north ot latitude 'l 30 has been
consecrated to freedom forever. It disturbs
tho very foundations of our national compact.
destroys nil roiifideueo in the different sec
tions of our Union, and thus breaks that
strength which results from our unity nnd
tho mutual affection of the several members
of our great nnd glo iotu Confederacy for
each other. Wo feol nipalled nt the prop
ped of the fearful and terrible consequences
which the pass.igu of this bill would inllict
iikiii our beloved country.
II. Wo n-gard the measure propod by
this bill as revolutionary in its character.
Slavery is a Stato nnd nut a niiional insti
tution. Its control and miiiagomer.t isono
of tlid reserved rights of the sovereign
States, nnd with which Congress has noth
ing whatever to do, either to abolish H on
tho one hand, or to encourage, strengthen
nun pcrpctuaio II oil
tho other; and we i
contess, therctore, tint so long as Slavery
cotiiinr iwll to its own limits, wo Ikvh
iiuUjing, practically, U. U wuh .u Jut w. i
i u lit u U0II13. wo lliyn l
several years wo Have percolveu a oipo;- i
lion on the part of noma to uso our tieuoral
(jovernmeuttor IPO purpose ot promuiiugiiie
unci! liuuroai o oentirj , finu ioiib ir.nivu u
tlio instrument of oppression. W e have
everviowed Hie encroachment with distrust
and alarm But in this measure we see a
bold attempt to nation ihze this wicked insti
tution and to make ii ill reionible for its
existence, nnd against which we most sol
emnly protest. Our General Government
his no more right to make a slave, uy any
piocus whatever, than it baa to mike u
king, and which it shall not if we can poa-i- 1
bly prevent it. And finally our Committee
would say. thtft, in becoming uiinisierH of i
the Crojs of I'll ut, we do not divest our- j
selves of any rights, nor ,ire wo absolved ;
from nuv duties as citizens of the United
States. ' j
The Fremont County Journal (Iowa) an
u.. ...iA i .t.....i
I ing into Nebraska in anticipation of tho ex-
timruishrneiitot the Indian title, ll says the
change of time for the recession of the Indi
ans, in somo treaties recently negotiated,
from May ll (just past) to February next,
is very ungraciously received by these squat
ters, und proceeds :
" Buoyed up thus with hope. t'io informa
tion speedily transmitted heretiat a treaty
had been consumatcd, containing a proviso
that the Indians should havo until next Feb
ruary to vacate the lands which they ceded,
fell like a thunderbolt upon thoso who had
mado preparations to cro-s over at as parly a
date as the 1st of May. Upon sober reflec
tion, the hardy pioneers, believing that the
blow thus aimed at them emanated from a
demagogue known by the name of Many
penny, endowed with a little brief authority,
determined that tho mere gratification of his
wounded prido in a contemptible act like this
should ho no barrier between them nnd Ne
braska, and, having thus determined, they
havo crossed over and aro still crossing over
every day, nnd making claims which aro
bound to bo respected hereafter.
" Had tho Indians in Council, in their own
territory, asked until next February to va-
'a'lJi and they are determined to be heard,
""d their presence in Nebraska, albeit tho
Indians have until next February to leave it,
r..i. ..!.. - i l .1 . i.
iuivuhihtotoi, nuu
es, Uio liandiw
ork of while men, are sprins
ing up mush-room like in Nebraska, and
already hundreds have crossed the .Missouri
Willi Itm .l.lnrnxn.linn nt m.linn Nnlir!,.!.
w" tho determination ot nuking Nebraska
'bo.r home.''
Iloston Court House.-Legal notice Ins
been served upon the United States authori-
ties by iho City Government to quit and de-
liver up the rooms now occupied by them in
tho County Court House. The last day of
tho pre.ent month is the time when tho Mar-
shal and all other otliccrs of tho General
Government must quit the premfses,
The Whig gathering at Rutland, on
Wednesday, was larger and morn enthusias
tic than wo have ever witnessed on a similar
l occasion. It was fully believed that some
thing more than the mere nominatio.wif can-
in declaring their undying opposition to the
extension or slavery in any and every form.
The proceedings or the Convention may
be found in another column. Bead the res
olutions ; they speak for themselves. They
ere adopted with an "Aye" that made the
welkin ring." The candidates are before
you, judgo for yourselves. Wo have uot
cato llieir land, we would not writo in this) ik.ii.ii. ukuuio, i IiAter rnnvi
vein, but wo know they wanted only a monIA, Z , .,V con.sluorca. 'a startling.- I Juno 12
at furthest, to retire to their reservation on I 1. V. S' , ul, -"aryiana, . uruz, with dates Ua
the Big Blue, and, knowing this, we cannot! h C ,,"', bou"' C"0'!'"' ('orgia, the 5th inst.
but imuupn tho motives ot thoso who were '', nnuai, nuu tuiBiiiii iii. nave' It was runiornil thai tlm flmLiian
Ho! for Vermont! The Southern 1 int. Wo copy tho fol-
, , , lowing from tho Richmond Enquirer of Fri-
The cholera has already mado its appear- ln rcition t0 the caso of Hums!
anco at tho South and West, and also in Such an execution of tho Fugitive Slavo
New York and Iloston, and It is quite prob- Law as that which wo witness in Boston, is
able that the sl.ip fever and yellow fever I n ""J "nd ""'"'"J,1, J,' "tWl
' ' . manifest that tho scntimant of the whole coin-
will closely attend that terrible scourge. Wo ,mlm)y i9 B(,nimt tl0 jw. The press,
may look then for a largo accession to tho while affecting to deprecate any demonstra-
population of Vermont during the hot sea-1 tron of violence, havo inflamed tho passions
son. Come! With mountain air-pure wa- f l1
1 , ,1 , ..1 1 pathetic pictures of tho wrongs of the fugi-
ter neat villages - good landlords; with 'im Th0 municipal authorities openly in
pleasant sights for the eye and substantial cited tho rabble to riot, and the commission-
for the stomach; with valleys, mountains, .
lakes, giving tho greatest variety and best
specimens of natural scenery to bo found in
America; with the best agriculture, tho best
horses, tho best sheep the best stock, in
short, of man, fish and beast; and finally
with railroads to take ono into the world of
busy men in tho twinkling of nn eye, or oaf
of tho crowd to tho solitude of quiet villag
es, retired furm-houses, and unbroken for
ests : we s:f with all theso, Vermont is the
(pot of spop for tho summer sojourners. A
jain wo sa come. Here is a special call.
New TATr.ni.No Place Wn.Ltittaiinr
Lakc, W(stmork, Vt. This is a place of
lummcr assort with which tho travelling
public nit not familiar, but which from all
tccounta' wo have had of it, we are inclined
o think.will soon commend itself to general
javor. IVilloughby Lake is about twenty
lilies a(ovo St. Johnsbury, Vt, from which
it is aca-ssiblo by stage, nnd is within sev
enteen Jiiles of Island Pond, on tho Atlantic
nnu St. Lawrence Kailroau, whence there is
JikewisJ a singe. It may, therefore, be
plensailly nnd conveniently reached bv way
of PorJand, or by the t onneedcut and Pas-,
of Poriatid, or by the Connecticut and Pas-
suuipsil Rivers Raihoad. The lake is
fromauic and charming spot. It is situate
I'betna'iitwo mountains, which rise abrupt
' ly tn the height of !2,000 feet on one side,
I aid 1,100 on the other. The lake abounds
I rX fino trout, and it vies with other en-
chit 1 1 n.: lakes and places about tho
i Wl te Mountains, in possessing nn echo
wh h answers with at least half a dozen
, difjnct reverberations. Tho place alsoaf-
fujis all the poetry with little of the fo
ndle of a mountain ascent having a bri
d path to the summit of Mt. Annance,
ll highest of the two mountains upon its
h rders. I'ho water of tho lake Is deep,
c ar nnd sparkling, mid the scenery is
! scribed as being wonderful and delight
fi in the extreme. A scientific visiter
s a of it : " There is nothing in tho far
f led scenery of the W lute Mountain
IN teh, (the Did Man of th Mountain per
il excepted,) nor the nsssige of the Poto-
uio nt ilarer(i Ferry, nor the deepchannel
otithe Niagara, or the chasm nt Trenton
s, which produced in my own iiiind more
I impressions than did tho scenery nf
neglected rpot." But it is no longer to
neglected.
Vnt LtsUt's Liiics' Ga:ffe for June
been received. The ladies mini have it.
s number contain nearly one hundred
erns.
n the list of Patent Claims issued from
United Stat
Patent Office, fbrthe week ,
(-fling May 'J !, IcSI, we find the following:
Self-Acting Power Press.
'lias Davis of Montpelier, Vl., Patentee.
We have Ken a modol of this new pres,
id judgo it to be admirably adapted to ma-
purposes of pressing. We shall soon
ivo ono placed in our ollice tor trial,
hen wo shall be enabled to speak mare
lvizedly of its merits.
To Millers and Machinists.
The undersigned hiving been appointed
njents for tho sale of Djris' Superior
Stretched leather Helling and Lace Leather,
would siy to those who use thu article they
are now furnishing it at the lowest manufac-
turer's prices. To those who have boroio
1... , ., . .. ,v r ,
- f, i ,i ck rt llinin n
- "'"yull'"" '"' . ',.
- i '-'""s
, mcy wilt never life any other. Being made
r sK,j oak-tanned leather, and bavin-been
..rtu ,u putwiui sireichinir machine.
when onco made and attached to the machine
ry they aro pennAient. It is not deemed
necessary to suy a word of its quality in com
parwun with others, its wido reputition
peaKH for it.
l i iish Cash.
.Ill aiders promptly andfailh)ully ttecutcd
b- OLIVER & 11 EL Ml, It, Agents.
lllm llladc Ilaiok.The lovers and
bieilersof finu horses will be glad to know
Ilit the beat Black Hawk stud horse of his
np in the county, has not been bought up
. KiHiuiug ones : um is Kent bv .Mr.
ny.he
"nr, for the improvement ofl
stck, in Vermont,
Ho may be seen at the ,
stuie ot tho lemperanre Hotel, in Montpe-!
lie, every Saturday during the season.-
UHpetent judges pronounce him ono of the
bos stud horses in the Slate. For size,
strcigth or muscle, symmetry and beauty ore:vea an( ailmlts ,nc uttcr r"!llly ' a"
Torn n.,j ,.r,r,.i ..... 1 I 'ort3 t0 carry Rnv schemo through Congreas,
lorn and graceful movement, he is surpass-1 ,. win i1Bn,rn,,i ,.i , ic ? ,hl
ed 1 no horse in tho county. Four years
old ho present season. Cclor, " black and
all. lack" a legitimato 6on of his sire, the
celorated Black Hawk, raised by Hon. L.
B. lrck, and sold for j2000.
TiiOld Lino Democracy meet in State '
Cony ition at Montpelier on Wednesday,
i "'e Hi inst.
.ma- .... i
Tl Frco Democracy, havo culled their
Statu ionventien on Thursdjy, the 2Uth inst.,
at Mutpelier.
Poltical Power of Slavery.
The advantago which slavery enjoys in ,
far behind us in enterprise, business
wealth.
In the Senato tho inequality or power is
cvcrA'hclming. In that branch or Congress
a population os .J.uuu.uuu, occupying slave
turryory, is represented by fourteen Sena
tirs while an equal number of freemen, re-
- .1. 1.. . i t .
nuey oi un- or ui, is rcpreseiiteu uy two
Seniors. .Illany Journal.
ij1 the Constitution, five slaves, so far as
tie-general government is concerned, the
clclion of members of Congress and Prcsj.
dert of tho United States, aro equal to three
freemen. The slaves cannot vote, for they
are property, and have no political rights.
Thj white men of the slave States are allow.
All Slllllllnml I.AU-,,. nn.l ... .-.! 1
- - ..i urn, ii'iircst-uimion, ue-
caui) of this species or property. At tho
norti, free men are represented. IT tho j
u ans uau cue rights ol'men, we should bo
Klad to see them re(rescmej-but to sivo
thei oppressors additional pawer because I
they h ivo chattehzed liuiuin beinirs. which I
mtvi Ihnu ... . 1
jxiwir they are consnntly using to rivet
........ i.uwn 0I 6iave,y ana
cxteid its dominion, is unequal and un
lusu In a l the ftee States, there is a aopti.
atun of Welw-Jj. wlch u represented in
the Mouse of llepresenui.ve, bv ll.'Jmeni
ber The slave States have a free popuh
turn of a tr. Is nnvre tl.in one half aslirge,
and yet, instead of having only 71 ReprV
sen?t.vcs, the hilf uftl,8 imiiibcr .ent ffom
J, a30-edition
South, especially calculated for thit latin, L
The following i, said to be the be" n ft
the precious instrument: "Wt,,.!' ": s 01
;.I:.-T.7 . . , ,"'u'ndenceat
born with considerable freedom and ZS j 1
wtth inalienable nglu, a.non "wmM dulTfd I
liberty and the pursuit oj
i Inn IrtlManf U ...... ,j n n , , f 1 , .
aim
er himself betrays a corrupt prejudice against
the claimant Mcanwhilo tho morn recpect'
able citizens have been inactive it not in
different spectators to the violent scenes, and
but for tho stern demonstration of Federal
power, tho law would havo been trampled
under foot by an enraged populace.
The nffair is not more encouraging to the
South than creditable to tho Northern patri
otism. There is nothing in tho treatment of
Mr. Suttlo to induce Southern gentlemen to
pursue their fugitive slaves to Boston. A
partfrom tho personal danger he has encoun
tered, tho expense nf Ins journey will more
than cover the value nf his slave. Not only
has ho been annoyed by every sort of vexa
tion and insult, but ho has been nrn tted on
a cnminil accusation, and will bo brought to
plead liko a culprit before a jury of aboli
tionists. Although such be our view of the Iloston
riot, yet we are not nt all disposed to a vio
lent ebullition of passion. It is against our
philosophy to quarrel with a mishap which
teaahes a salutary lesson and promises a for
tunate result.
tVn ii.nn received tli Mosim nf the new
Governor of New Hampshire. Ho treats of
various topics, but we cannot find that he
says anything in refeienco to Nebraska.
W o have looked carefully under tho only
two heads of the Message where the subject
would bo likely to bo treated, namely : tho
National Administration, and the Stato
Prison, and wo find no allusion to it. The
Governor evidontly fights shy of that ques
tion. 7Yi'4nne.
New IIami-siiire Leoislatuiie. Con
oerrf -V. .. June 13, 1 P. M.-The House
has refused to lay tho Anti-Nebraska reso
lution on the table by a vote of I.18 to 1 17:
Four Democrats and ono Whig absent.
Evening. Tho Anti-Nebraika resolutions
havo been under discussion all day the
speeches being mostly from the Coalition
side of the House.
In tho matter of the United States Sena
tor, it is pretty well decided that Whigs and
Freo S .lers will unite on Hon. Joel East
man, Webster Whig, nnd Hon. Geo. W.
Morrison, of .Manchester. The latter is a
strong Anti-Ncbraskiin Democrat, and had
been selected with reference to f ecuring tho
vole of the " tender-toed," in tho Democratic
rank)!, if such there be in the House.
.Vtir Orleans, June 7 The President's
Proclamatidn has ciiused considerable ex
citement among the leading fillibusters, but
their movements arc organized so as not to
violate the law.
" Oar President." The Democratic pa
pers are enthusiastic in the praise uf the
proclamation nf President Pierce s gaunt
filibustering on Cuba, winch is nil well
": of these same paper, it
lent abuse on Ins predecessor, Millard Kill
more, for doing tho same thing, when the x
igency was much more threatening than at
present. Butthon it was the ll'hig Bull that
gored the Democratic Ox nn entirely differ
ent thing.
A letter in the N. Y. Tribune from Jack-
sati, .Miss., siys, "the great Lillian army
will soon be road to start, under command
of our former Governor, Genera! Quitman.
There is no secret about the movement. All
who have been to Now Orleans stato 'lie a
mount of monuy subscribed by tho merchants
to bo very heavy."
Invasion of Ctdni. The Courier's Wash
inpion correspondent writps as follows:
The muster polls of the organization for
the invasion of Cuba, show a list nf fighting
men 1 2,000 strong; it is supposed that ten
per cent of this nm"1'"" svsilablf r" n
meuiate remce. The subscrir-iiuiix to tho
fund nmonnt to SI .ncojJOO, hut small tt
nf which has yet been collected. Assess
ments are made upon the subscriptions by a
Junta or Committee of the executive officers
of the IxineStar Association. In return for
payments stock i issued, redeemable after
the conquest of Cubi, and signed by the
President, Secretary, and Treasurer of tlio
Association. Gen. Quintman stands at the
head of tho military oigamzatiun
The Delaware Journal says tho total loss
of property by the late explosion at U il
mington, is from 30,000 tu j:l.",000.
Famine, in the llast. The Advertwer
states that meaxures are about to be taken
for the purpose of affording relief to the star
ving inhabitants of Zanle and Cephalonia, m
the Ionian Islands, Wo learn from un ex
tract of a letler from Palestine, published in
the Courier, that tho Jews of tho Holy Land
are also suffering great distress from desti
tution. Their Mifleringa havo been occa-
" b ,,,e fsi uro cif the Inrve.t
,. ,'h if.. ' . n,r ' Rrre. ,.r .,..
ply. Mas.
Mr. nton ,1M funmll abinJuned tl0
j Pacific Railroad. This is another victim of
I'ho Nebraska outrage. Mr. Benton per-
advocacy of a wagon road, with station for I
the protection of emigrants.
Slavery in Kansas. Richard Mcndenhall, I
missionary teacher at the friends' Shawnee
Mission, writes to tho National Era, under
uio ui nm i in, uiu, irom niai station, that
B.iery exists i n Kansas, and did so before
Inn rnnoa I lt t in Mmnim I,
the repeal of the .Missouri Compromise, not-
wuiisianuiiig tne institution was illegal. IIo
says tiiat Thomas Johnson, who has been at
ashington nil this session, claiming a seat
as an elected Representative from Nebras.
ka, is tho superintendent of an extensive
missionary establishment in Kansas, under
tho direction of tho Southern Methodist E-
Eiscopal Church, at which slrves (have long
een kept to do the menial service.
Mexico it Orleans.
A steamer has arrived from Vera
i tho City of Mexico to
on .Monday niL'ht. alter an ill
lies, rf eighteen hours, of a disease which
he himself pronounced to be Asiatic cholera,
and in which opinion Drs. Bigelow of Ilos
ton, and Plympton of Cambridge, who were
called, in consultation, coincided. Boston
.Was.
Cholera in Scliencctady.'a learn says
the Albany Express or Monday, that Mrs.
Elwood, wife of Dr. Elwoo.l oi' Schenucta
dy, died in that city on Saturday of Asiatic
Cholera. It is said to have been a clear case
of that disease.
Tho New York Express makes the follow.
ing complimentary rcinirks upon tho lato
speech of Hon. Soloman Foot, of this State,
.i a -
Senate or the United States, on the
Irenlerit veto message returningtho liiaano
"The Intelligencer of to-day publishes
llle &Wo sPeec,'of M' r'oot. of v'
tho vct0 "lcssili.',?- ,r- I"'00' is '
ruciat InhnriAtia tituuiKnrsi rvT tlm I,
crmont, un
one of the
most laborious members of the Senate, and
although he seldom appears in debate, yet
when he docs address the Senate he never
fails to make an impression, by the clearness
of his statement and tho solidity of his argu
ment. He is a member of three important
committees, and has made more reports than
any Senator at the present sessiun. Being
deprived of a colleague, by the refusal of
the Vermont Legislature to nil tne vacancy
created by tho death of Mr. Upham, he has
double duty to perform, and he performs it
well."
l)roKned. Rodney L. Clogston, from
Vermont, an operativo in the I'rescott
Mills, was drowned, yesterday morning, at
Hunt's Fills, on the .Merrimack River. IIo
W" l." . "2 ' 'Trmn.s "
Blruck ,1!S ,,ead H'ain,t
fT" " l CUSe h" Je
was taking a morning oath, and while diving
a stone with such
deatli before be could bn
1 taken from the water. Loicell AVim.
" i in wouurn
Wr.n.iEBDAr, June 7.
Senate. Not In session.
House. Tho Houso went into Commit
too on tho Pacific Itailrond bill.
Mr. Stanton, of Tenn., said he would voto
for tho bill.
Mr. Bridges of Pa., stated that he was op
nosed to it on constitutional grounds, and as
ked leave to print his argument, which was
Brntei . ,1
A r.l cniiricK s, o. in.iians,-was oppose, , nUck , fr
to tho bill in Us present shape, and said that tlon, 0f t,p plce '
unt.l it shall bo shown that the Central route I , ,ho U!ck Sca tl0 nC(1
wns not the right one, ho would not support I blockading Sebastopol.
any bill which excluded it. 'I ho debate .jjie Tll,kl3ll flcc't w o(r y .
was further continued by Messrs. Disney, wav t0 t10 Circassian coast.
Chandler, (.iddings and others. Mr. Old- , (t confirmed, that tho Russians havo a
dings speech was mainly m reply to Mr. bandoncd their Circassian forts.
Smith, of Va defending tho truth of histo- .i,.i cti i,t,i i. n..
ry from tho uJacious falsehoods of that
gentleman. T lie subject related to tho pro-
ceedings which took place somo years ago,
when Mr. Giddinirs wns cxpcllcu from the
House. In introducing resolutions upon tho
subject of Slavery, Mr. Giddings used strong
language nnd was called to order by the
Chairman. The Committee rose, and the
House adjourned.
TiionsnAr, June 8.
House. Mr. Giddings called the atten
tion of tho Houso to an article in tho Union,
counselling decdj of violenco towards mem
bers of the House, and offered a resolution
expelling Judge Nicholson and the reporters
of that paper from the privilege of tho floor,
A uouato ensued, in wiucii Air. luddings
read the article from the Union, in which
Theo. Parker, Wendell Phillips, and others,
were declared to be without the protection
of the laws and the Constitution.
FainAT, June 1).
House. In the House, today, Mr. Faulk
ner of Virginia, announced the death of
Hon. John P. Snodgrass, and proceeded to
deliver the customary eulogy.
Saturday, June 10.
The Scnato was not in session.
HorsE. In tho House, a quorum was not
present, and tho Giddings matter was there
fore laid over. Tho House went into Com
iHtiiui.- tin mc aunt, nntiiunu uwi, tiJivilKll i l a .1 , ,
Chasta.n, of Georgia, made a speech on Cu-1 P't on the eastern coast of the
ban affairs, contending that the time has ar-1 J,"?0"',. , , ., -.,
rived when the interests of this country de- ., 1 h.e l-"'Uf' m"1'1 n 'Marsci les brings the
mand that Cuba shall change owners. Chas- i Ru98!an lreMy w! 1,10 Affghans. It,,,,,,
tain spoke strongly in favor of the acquici l P"mw ne w till the end or tho world to
tion of Cuba as soon as possible, saying ,fteere in the interior concerns ofthe noun-
mittee on the Pacific Itailroad bill, when Mr
Spain refused to sell her, he would go for
tindisguiscd, open war, to take Cuba by
force. 'I he Committee rose, various reports
I'nhn liv
were imde from standing committees, etc.,
and at 3 o'clock the llousa adjourned.
Jln.tnAT, June IS.
Sknatf.. In the Senate today, Mr. Ma
son delivered an eulogy upon the laic J. P.
Snodgrass, and after the customary resolu
tion", the Senate adjourned.
House. Tho llonsodiscussed n proposi
tion fixing a day of adjournment, rt'iis die.
Mr. Walbriugo amended his resolution,
substituting the 17th for the 3d. Resolution
rejected.
Mr. Havens then proposed the Scnato res
olution ; also rejected.
iilr. )rr proposed the 1 1th ol August for
tho final ndjoornment, which was adopted bv J '"'h, and next day appr iched Eknas, but
a vole of Si to 03. ' 1 "ere repoln d.
Mr 1 1 illy tr asked leave to introduce a bill , Two thousand Greek insurgents were pos
fixingthe annual meeting of Congress for ' led near Demaskn, in f.piros.
the first Monday in November. ' The I rench division had arrived at tlm Pi-
A select Committee of six was appointed rains (Athens),
to consider a memorial of iiOOO citizens of Two Russian war vessels had been pre
Delsware, for the action of Government in rented to the G eek government by Itimn.
placing the guano trade with Peru on a more ! A Russian stenmer had suled out of Se
just and liberal commercial basis. , baelopol, notwithstanding the blorkade, and
, . , , .captured an Engli-h merchantman in tho
..... ... ... ............
presented joint resolutions from , tha Califor-
ma Legislature, endorsing the Nebraska
bill.
These resolutions, Mr. Weller said, had
passed tho Senate with but seven dissentient
voices, nnd the House with but 10..
House. ln thu Home the Pacifis R. R.
bill was poi-tponud to the 2d Mandiy of De
cember. Giddings' expulsion resolution was laid
on the tatile by u vote of 100 to U2.
A bill reported for civil siiperinlendency
of National Armories. General appropria
tion bill taken up.
From California.
The City of Stockton- went Whig by 100
majority, at the Charter Election field on the
1st. Mr. Batfuigtun was elected Mavor.
The Legislature adopted acts to incorpo-
ate a State Agricultural S.:.ety, and to ap-
.ropnste $..000 a year for four years, for
propnste fc.KXJU a year for four years, for
."" ."inyn". .r-irauoiis commanded the vanguard of tho Russians.
n K.emg ,wpertv of which the year-. compelled to stop the furthv advanc. of
re... sh.1 exceed 10,COO; to re.,Uest h.s troop.. In the meant,,,, pulsions and
Congress to lay a capitation tax on Chinese ammunition were safely takeV into the for
insoigrants, and otherwise discourage Chi- tress
nese immigration ; to grant 500() ; to Cap- j L-tters from Turin state that a contingent
Uinll.rryLove, whose rangers killed Joa- force of 23.000 men h.d been defied
pun last summer ; and t., create a new Dis- fron Sardinia by 1W0, for the purtnises of
trict Court in San Francisco.
Tho Governor states in a message to the
Legislature, that tho public lands aporoDria-
ted to educational purposes in California a
oses in oaiitornia a-
en and a hiirmillion.
mount to more than suv
of acres.
On the 8lh. R. A. Hurhert. from Si. At.'
bans Bay, Vermont, committed ruicide in
.ciaoiuiiiir.
Washington. Territory. It is likely that I
is Iikelv that
tho Maine liquor law will be adopted by the
Legislature,
From the Sundtcieh Islands, dates aro to
April 22d. Tho Committee of the Legisla
liirenn roroign Aiiairs had reported on sev -
eral petitions relative to annexation to the
United Suites, that tho subject belonged ex-
clusively to the treaty-nnking nowtr, the
!.'. ..,.1 i.;. o i-:. i " I .i ' .i -
house can take no action in the premise, un -
til it is submitted to them by tho Kin-.
- H I, ii, jr v-uuiii.il, u.m 1111 mis
should he deem such a course wise and prop
er ; that we have the fullest confluence!;,
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ter as he shall deem for the best interests of
tho nation, and this House will co-operate
with His Majesty in any action he may take
in the prenuees, to the lullest extent of their
power under the Constitution.
-..ujvoij ..in jaivc our ii utaiou in i.io mat-
Japan Urpcdition. .Yew York, June 12.
A letter from Hong Kong, speaking or thc
treaty vvitn japan, says mat it is beyond, A Coup d'Etat had occurred in Denmirk.
doubt that free intercourse is fully opened. I'.l.ncrston will probably be ap-
and that two ports for U. S. steamers to sup-, ported Minister of War In England,
ply coals, would bo conceded to the A- Austria, it is stated, has despatched a
mencanj. By the treaty, also kind treat- forn den,,,,, , t,e Czar on tho 2d, to
ment and an abundant supply of water and wll,draw his forces from the Turkish tcrri
provisions are secured to all American ves- i tory
:0tt Jffir tty had 100.000 men reiievSilisir
uXHE? lZy Ka?' co: ! cdT"e lnie otG "
sioners. i '
'Plie railroad, nnd tho magnetic telegraph, From Liueria The legislature or Li
taken by the'tquadron to Japan, were in sue- beria at its session commencing on the first
cajsAil operation when the Suiquelnnnah Mondsy in December passed some acts
'el which have tho effect of repealing impost
Uie Japanese had denied making any : duties on woolen, clothing, boots and shoes,
treaty with, or concession to tho Russian , bonnets, silks, umbrellas, gold and silver
Government- Immediately after the signing wares ; of opening an avenue in the interior
or tho treaty, Capt. Adams was to leave for or Clay Ashland, fifteen miles in length with
tho United States in tho Saratoga with ,1c- 1 a township or three hundred acres at its ter-
'I"" ."uvBiuuieiii. ue would return
ii. V..NUIU10,
Prospects of a War with Spain. The spe
cial Washington correspondent of tho New
York Evening Post, telegraphs the following
under date ot Saturday :
Preparations for war with Spain, ir she
will not sell Cuba, go on steadily and firmly.
1. Military and naval stores are being col
lected in great quantity at all convenient
point".
All the vcs-cls or war and nayal sta
tions aro undergoing a thorough in-pection.
ii. ah vessels ot war aro detained in nort.
ia, .in ICI.-I. ui " a l uiu uvtmiii-U. Ill IlUri.
I. All idea of reducing the surplus in the
treasury by reducing d.it!es-o strongly rec-
ouunedeJ by the President in In. mes.aVe,
nd by tho Secretary of the Treasury in his
rennrt i mir..n nn .iii.n...h .V ..... ... .
B dl Jted P' 2 1
a. Dallaa and Cobb aro to iro to Madrid.
in l,r! r.,1,. 7v,i . s n i
i Ki.m i. I . 1 u nri;
TnaL ,t ' ,"t' " l,?ZJL Sfi
runs upon every scent the administration
gives out, and besides is uncle tu Bob Wal
ker, and under contract ; and a war is to Bob
whit a railroad charter is, a mere speculation.
I). Nullifiers in Congress gay, Cuba or
v ar in six months ; members of tho Cabinet
siy this administration tcill have Cuba.
Mr, John S Dunlap, Superintendent or the
Rutland aud Burlington railroad, has resign
ed his post.
nrcigit Ijnua.
Four Days Later from Europe.
New York, June 11.
Tlio U. S. Moil Steamship Pacific, Capt.
Nye, arrived at this port at about 10 o'clock
this evening, having left Liverpool on the
;)lst ult., at 'i o'clock in tho nfiernoon.
THE WAR.
Three British frigates have bombarded and
ursiroycu me nuvnnceu wonts ot Hango, in
the Baltic, and Admiral Sir Charles N.ihi,
, idy 10 Russians carried a. "redoubt
j ,M werr .norwards repulsed. '
On the lltth of Mny the Russians lost
1500 men in nn attack on the now fo,t of Ab
dul Mcdjid.
We have nothing else of importance from
the Danube.
The Greek insurrection has assumed a less
formidable appearnrre.
Naples has declared in fnvorof neutrality.
LATEST.
It is reported that King Otho has accepted
the ultimatum of the Allies.
The adhest'in of tho smaller German pow.
powers to the Auslru-Prussian treaty is se
cured. Sihstria on the 1.1th ult.. was in the hands
of the Turki.
A doubtful report is current that Kaffj, in
the Crimea, was bombarded.
Russia has certainly concluded a treaty
with Khiva.
It is reported from Cronstadt, that prayers
were read in all the Churches of Warsaw,
for the success of the Greek insurrection.
From privalo telegraphic accounts, it is
reported that tho Russians are menacing Er
zeroum. They have recently made a com
pulsory enrolment of ;10,000 Armenians.
From Malta wo havo a report that the Al
lied fleet had bombard Kaffi. or Theod fMt in.
I "H '"r,w"'cn P'". e iwian
i ' "" 'v-'ur, ... ..nn-,, . tiim III IIU1H1
fortified barracks in the districts of lion "a-
ni. I he stations named will be immediate
ly occupied by Russian troops
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
A steamer from tho fleet brines news that
Gustavsvarn (on tlm Guiror Finland) was
bombarded without effect on tho 2-,'d. An
other nttack was intended on the 2llh.
A telegraph despatch from Belgrade, an
nounces that Sihstria hold out on the 20lh,
the Itussinns having been driven back Tour
times with loss.
Tunis furnishes 10.0CO troops to the serv
ice of the Pnrto.
The Journal Se St Pilertburph gav-n that
two frigates cannonaded Wittaland on the
price aorill, ana got back r to Sebastoml.
The Neva River (at Su Petersburg) wa,
j (rW! fro(n ,ce Mjf mi, ,l)d k
was
so
high that an inandation w as feared. Fifteen
stone bridges were to be brttken down, tho
remainder to be mounted with heavy cannon.
Tt.e Emperor has been quite sick.
It is reported lint the vast merchant quir
tcr of the city nf Riga had been demolished
by the military authorities, in preparing for
dsfVneu.
It i also reported that a forco of 17,000
strong was to be landed in Swcdon, prepara-
tury to tht ocr declaring war on Hussia.
Ally"'"' l"' Constantinople y tht the
Turkish coepa Kan almost entirely dis
persed on the approarh of the Russians, May
5th. '
The news of a battle announced as hav
inif been fnusht near Silistna. is rmifinne,!
It came off ou the 1st of .tiny, lasted eight
hours, was a vory bloody one I
.uflenng severely. The Turks I
I vantage, so much so, tint Gen. C
both partisti
1,1,1 ll.o .,1.
vantage, so much so, tint Gen. Lhrulsff. who
the htttem war.
Dates from (,'hina are to April 10th. On
March 20th. tho Impenihits made an mi
successful attempt to tako Shanghai The
! ,n,r8enU were steadily marching towards
Three Days later from Europe.
New York, June 12.
I 'I'ho Itnvol M.ii ,.,, .. t
Judkins, nrrivx-d at 9 o'clock, this eve.'iin-r
The Arabia brings 120 passengers.
LATEST WAR-NEWS.
Eight tliousand French troops had landed
' , ,"'. ' ' ' , 7 1
Bt,'. r "uft1fndl ,ake" P?- ,
v ""l0, ""P "Hhuatum or
, f n"C.v a"d '-"Snd, and summoned a new
"iinisiry.
An.ln l-'ronfl, .,.!., .... ...
1 ,, 1 ,A "? ".f.JJ S
derf l? l, "V
sea.
BP'" D"7 ''lp
i f,L ' ,VZ' ,h "l '
lad battered thu outposts
10 tne -r-:j. nad not csd-
lureo u.e man, lorvress.
SillUtria was holding out bravely on the
57th.
It is reported that Omar Paiha fa going to
its relief.
Marshal St. Arnaud, Omar Pasha, and
Lord Raglan, had held a council near Var
na. It is said tint tho Anglo French will pro-
'cccd to Adrianople.
minus ; ot regulating tho corporate govern-
ment ol 1. tierla I o eirn ! nl renea mtr the
act or December, 185'J, defining the right of
- . - r ---o
suitrago; ot manning the trench govern
ment for its munificent gift of a thousand
stands of aims and accoutrements; of em
powering the president to lay Interdicts on
Tassou Little, Grand Bintum and Cape
Mount territory ; of havingthe census taken ;
and of creating post offices and postmasters
in each county of thu republic.
Indian Troubles. lialtimote, June 0. The
cutter Moms with tha fugitive, Burns, on
board, arrived at Old Point Comfort, Virgin
. .t i. . . .,
?! ;8terJay; llu"ls w" I'"' b,l d 'e
f""""1""' o'enuier, en roiuo ,ur ,B.ur ...
V '" Vn?gi0.Fn 1,18 0CC" PnMlC
' a' tJorfolk-
New Orleans papers state that an express
1 d "ivcJ l Glveslo, announcing that the
1 Ind,!,n''..,.?.11!! nu,"b.er of 500' I,all,c.d'
under HU ual, anu commenceu a sinug..-
! ter upon tho .bite inhabitants. 'I hirty miles
est?.f Victoria, they fell ,n with a cW
ny or twenty-five soldiers, all of whom, with
two exceptions, were massacreu.
The Indians also attacked a party of Mus
tangers, traders and citizens, killing thirty
six of" their number thirty Mcxicaus and
six Americans.
When the pxprees left, the fighting was
still going ou. The exprss rider had bis
horse shot under him by an Indian bullet,
but succeeded in seizing one or their horses,
and escaped.