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STAUNTON SPECTATOR.
glorious NEWS!
ju9t a, we are closing our columns the Northern
natl brings the joyful intelligence that the bills ad
mi'.mg California, as a State, and providing a 1 erri
tori&l Government for Utah, have been passed by
the House of Representatives. _
TH£ COUNTRY SAFE l
trnder this attractive caption the National Intelli
gencer of Saturday, announces the passage of the
Texas Boundary Bill, and the Bill establishing a ter
ritorial government for New Mexico—the two hav
ing been consolidated by the House. We cheerfully
throw aside an article prepared in view of the re
peated rejection of the Boundary Bill, to record the
fact of its passage, along with its colleague—a
result that will be hailed with approbation and de
light by the sober-minded, reasonable men of the
whole country. The crisis at which we had arriv
ed, and especially in regard to the claims of Texas,
was solemn and fearful. We had begun to feel the
suction of a cataract drawing us to ruin. In the
midst of these perils, the Senate having discharged
its duly, all eyes have been anxiously and implor
ingly turned to the House of Representatives. For
some weeks passed this body have been engaged in
ceaseless wrangle and debate, seemingly resolved ra
ther to hasten the destruction of our beloved coun
try than to save it from impending ruin. We have
not been able to look with complacency upon their
proceedings, but have turned away with disgust from
• scence where the spirit of discord seemed so sig
nally to have triumphed over right reason, and the
spirit of peace.
In view then of the peculiar dangers avoided, the
delays encountered and the little we had to expect,
n-8 record with feelings of profound gratitude the pas
sage of these bills. After this vote, we may reasona
bly look for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Bill,
and the remainder of bills passed by the Senate, and
as a consequence, the speedy restoration of harmony
ami quiet.
We notice that Messrs. Meade, Seddon, Povvel,
Averett and IIolladay, of Virginia, were arrayed
against these bills. Public sentiment should be
brought to bear upon men who thus grossly misrep
resent the known wishes of the people. They should
oe taught that moderation is the highest merit, and
their minds relieved from the absurd infatuation that
ultraijra on sectional questions is the highway to pre
ferment and popular favor.
But while we would thus censure those who have
uncompromisingly rejected every pacificatory meas
ure, we cannot too strongly express our gratitude to
those who have so manfully sustained the Union in
the day of its sore trial. Every friend of the Union
will unite in the sentiment of the following para
graph which winds up the Intelligencer’s announce
ment of this glorious result:
“When Decatur was bearing down on thc.Vace
tionian, and ready to open his batteries on her, an
•flicer came up and said, “Sir, the men wish to
ehear.” “Zct them take the ship, and then cheer,”
•aid he. Now, then, friends all! Three times
three cheers tor the Union of the States,
and those icho have, in the Councils of the JVation,
gallantly stood by it,
The Bill adjusting the Boundary of Texas hav
ing been passed,it now remains to be seen whether she
.v;!l accept the terms. As her Legislature is now in
•sssion, called together in reference to this very sub
ject, it will hardly be long before they come to some
conclusion. We trust that it may be in accordance
with the wishes of an immense majority of the peo
ple of the United States. For whilst we do not be
lieve any considerable number are disposed to insist
upon the Wilmot Proviso, it is sufficiently manifest
that avast majority, including a large portion of the
Southern people, are in favor of leaving the question
of slavery in New Mexico to be settled by its inhab
itants, whenever they shall be properly prepared for
admission into the Union. It will be both patriotic
and wise in Texas to allow the matter to take this
turn, because it at once satisfies her own honor, and
rescues the country from military commotion. \V ere
the territory in question uninhabited we might view
the subject in another light, bnt something seems due
ender our republican institutions, to the feelings and
and even the prejudices of the people inhabiting a
eonquered country. The passage of this Bill, if ac
cepted by Texas, will we presume satisfy them and
the moderate and patriotic of all parlies in the States.
It has the merit of leaving the question of Slavery
untouched by legislation, and thus throws New Mex
«o out of the arena of controversy on that subject.
The South cannot consider herself aggrieved by such
a disposal of it, having nothing at stake in the matter,
because in the nature of tilings Slavery can never
go there. Nor are her principles violated by any
construction at war with them, since nothing prohib
itory of slavery enters into the bill, or seems con
templated by its authors.
We earnestly hope, therefore, that the fanatics of
the North will be left to weep alone on account of
this peace giving measure.
Interior Department.—The vacancy occa
•ioned in the Cabinet by the resignation of Mr. Mc
Kenna* has not yet been filled. The Washington
correspondents of a number of papers, state that the
post will be offered either to Mr. Stuart of this place
or Mr. Summers of Kanawha. The Farmvillo Re
publican says:
“If the appointment is to be made from Virginia
at all, and it will not be considered presumption in
u» to suggest the name of an individual for this high
honor, we can point to a gentleman whose sound
conservative principles, lofty intellectual endowments,
fine business habits and high moral worth, pre-emi
nently qualify him for the responsible duties of the
office, and we believe his appoiutment would giae
general sa'isfaction to the country. W e refer to A.
H. II- Stuart, Esq. of Augusta.’
Bedford Sentinel.—We have received two num
bers of this new Whig paper just started at Liberty,
Bedford County, edited by II. M. Garland, Jr. from
specimen we have seen we have no doubt the
r Will prove a valuable auxiliary to the Whig
!«ust in that eaction of lh® *lale’ aml interesling lo
reader* generally._
Billed—" * learn that two Irishmen were killed
iUh.Tum„], onW.dneed.J-lu>- While engeged
t lh, earth Iron, ebov. »"<J
trceM them beneath it* weight,
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EDITOR’S CORRESPONDENCE.
Washington, Sept. 5, 1S50.
This has been a day of much excilement in the
House of Representatives. When the House ad
journed yesterday, Mr. Boyd’s motion to rc-consider
the vote bv which the Texas bill was lost, was pend
ing, and this morning the motion came up and was
carried. Mr. Wentworth moved to refer the bill
to the Committee of the Whole, with certain instruc
tions. After a good deal of voting the motion was
lost. Mr. Toombs then proposed several amend
ments to Mr. Boyd’s amendment, all of which were
rejected except the first, “providing that no citizen
shall be deprived of his life, liberty, and properly,
except by the judgment of his superiors under the
laws of the land.” Mr. Boyd’s amendment, tack
ing on the territorial bill to the Texas boundary
bill, which was offered some days ago, was then car
ried by a decided majority, and the passage of the
bill, as amended, was thought quite certain. But
when the test vote came to be taken on ordering the
bill to a third reading, a majority fully as decided
was found in opposition to the measure. The effect
of this vote, as I heard one of the Virginia represen
| tatives remark, was, virtually, that President I'iLL-j
| more, and Gov. Bell, of Texas, should decide the
question bv force of arms. Some Northern mem
; bers, whom the Abolitionists had counted to vote
with them, went for the bill, and before the result
was announced, the latter expressed their indignation
in various ways. Mr. Horace Mann, for instance,
set to kneading with his hands, by way of indicating
his contempt for the “dough faces.” In obedience
; to instructions from fiis constituents, I believe, Mr.
Wilmot voted for the bill, which occasioned con
j siderablc merriment throughout the Hall. Most of
the Southern “fire-saters” voted in the negative, ol
: course. They seem to oppose every thing tending to
: an adjustment, and are apparently determined to co
operate to the end with Northern fanatics, in their
efforts to break down the Union. It is hard to tell
what they want at this particular juncture, unless it
be that they are actuated by an insane curiosity to
see whether the Federal Government can really con
trol a sovereign State. Notwithstanding the matter
was one of so much importance, great confusion and
disorder prevailed in the Hall, and a spectator could
not avoid the conviction, from the deportment of the
members generally, that they cared very little about
the fate of the country. The hill will, however, be
revived in some form, to-morrow, and votes enough
to pass it will probably be obtained.
Yesterday, I was in the gallery of the Senate cham
ber curing an ivteresting debate ami had the pleasure
of hearing a number of Senators speak. With the
exception of Mr. Badger, of N. C., those I heard
are by no means graceful speakers—indeed, in point
of oratory, they are surpassed by at least a halfdoz
j en members of the Staunton bar.
I saw Mr. Fillmore this morning for the first time,
' and hardly need say that I was much pleased with
I his appearance and manners. lie is a finished gen
I tleman, and his countenance bears the marks of in
I integrity and intellect. However reckless the irn
! mediate representatives of the people may be, we can J
rest assured that our Chief Magistrate will do his
duty.
I may add that on the exciting topics of the day
Gov. McDowell is in every sense of the word the
representative of the people of his district. His re
cent speech is much commended here.
i 0* The N. Y. Tribune of the 29th ult. notices the
I session of the Convention of Instructors of the Deaf
and Dumb, in that city. The object of the assembly
as set forth in the call, is to secures free interchange
of views on topics relating to the Deaf and Dumb,
discussions, reading of essays, &.c., See. The ses
sions were expectedto be highly interesting and pro
ductive of lasting benefits to the Deaf it Dumb. The
following gentlemen were unanimously elected offi
cers: Hon. Christopher Morgan, of Albany, Presi
dent •, Rev. W. W. Turner, of Conn., Dr. H. P. Peet,
of N. York, Joshua Foster, of Pa., J. S. Brown, of
Ind., W. D. Cooke, of N. O., Thos. Officer, of 111.,
O. P. Fannin, of Ga., Vice Presidents ; L. II. Wood
ruff, of Conn., and J. L. Peet, of N. Y., Secretaries.
Fine Peaches.—Utir thanks are due to Mr. Wm.
II. Ebdox, of the Public Garden ,for a few of the fin
est peaches we have seen this year—the largest
weighing 5 ounces and measuring 8 inches in cir
cumference. The fruit was grown on trees of two
years’ cultivation. Mr. E. has for sale a large assort
ment of fruit trees. We scarcely need advise those
intending to plant an orchard, to purchase trees front
a Nursery.
Hard to beat.—While we were writing the above
notice of Mr. Ebdon’s fine fruit, another peach was
handed to us, grown on the farm of J. B. Breckin
ridge, Esq., near Staunton, measuring 10 1-2 inches
in circumference, and weighing 10 1-2 ozs. This
is certainly hard to beat._
0» We are indebted to the Hon. F. P. Stanton,
of Tennessee, for a copy of the “report of the Naval ,
Committee on establishing a line of mail steamships
to the Western Coast of Africa, and thence via the i
Mediterranean to London, with an appendix added
by the American Colonization Society.”
lion. Jas. McDowell will accept our thanks for
a bound volume of valuable information.
0* We notice that our old friend Capt. John D.
Stevenson, formerly of this place has been elected
to the Missouri Legislature from Union co., by a lar
ger vote than was ever before cast for any Represen
tative from that County. Capt. S. has been steadily
advancing in public estimation since his removal to
the West, and bids fair to take a prominent stand a
mong the public men of his adopted state.
££> Capt. E. C. Carrington has retired from the
Editorial chair of the Valley Whig. The paper
will be hereafter conducted by Messrs. Layne &
James, ths latter having resumed his connection with
the paper.__
0* We learn from a correspondent that the pop
ulation of Highland County is 4219, of which num
ber 3S62 are white and 557 colored.
Assassination in Spain.—One day in my rambles I fell
in with a faded clerical looking person, who 1 found bad
been a friar, and was still a mendicant. I went with him
accordingly across the Court of Orange, to a little chapel,
adjacent to the cathedral. 1 expected to see a picture or a
statue; but there, to my horror, was a corpse, with the face
uncovered and smeared with clotted blood. It was wrapped
in white, and some tapers were burning at the head and
feet. It was a man who had been killed in the Altneda the
preceding evening, whether by accident or design 1 did not
learn. Apropos to this, my conductor proceeded to give me
6omeapj>al|iiigstati8lics of assassination. How he had means
of knowing, and how much credit hisassertknsare entitled
to, 1 cannot say. He iuformed me that in the past month
| there had been nineteen murders and attempts to murder in
I Seville alone, and that during the May of 1848 there were
as many as thirty. The frequency of the crime may be partly
accounted for, not palliated, by the habit of carrying a long
knife, persisted in, in deiianceof prohibition. Yet this same
Seville,who took no notice of the murders at their own doors,
j rpad and canvassed with eager interest the details of mur
j (|ers jn London,which then constituted the “English news”
I of the Spanish papers.— Clark's Guzpucho.
j English sportsmen are coming to this eountry tobunt
buffalo and other prairie animals.
ARRIVAL OP JENNY LIND.
From a detailed account given by a correspondent of the
Baltimore American, we extract the following particulars
of that anxiously-awaited and long-looked for event—the
arrival of the “Swedish Nightingale’ upon the shores of
America. Doubtless, Jenny is a dear, sweet little creature |
_a perfect none such in the line of vocal music, and the j
very embodiment of all that is philanthropic and benevolent, i
but we look upon such demonstrations as are detailed below
as ridiculous in the extreme. However much we may ad
mire the character and career of this gifted child of nature
and of song, we cannot contemplate with patience such fu
ror and fti9s as that exhibited on her arrival. This passion
for lionizing “distinguished strangers” is peculiarly Amer
ican, and has, on more than one occasion, excited the ridi
cule and contempt of foreigners themselves. Just think of
men being mashed almost to death, and pushed into docks,
merely to get a peep at a woman ! Wo see tiiat Mademoi
selle Jenny herself expressed surprise to see so many well
dressed people in the crowd. We don’t wonder at it. It
is a matter of surprise to us that respectable and intelligent
people should engage so enthusiastically in such excessive
demonstrations:
“The long expectation is over—Jenny Lind has landed
on ourshores. It was confidently expected yesterday morning
that the Atlantic would arrive in the course of the day, and
crowds collected on all points where a look-out) down the
Bay could be had, eager to catch the first glimpse of her
hull in the distance. The sky was very thick towards
Sandy Hook, with a strong wind from the south-east, which
led many to fear that the steamer would be detained till
night. Nevertheless, large numbers lingered all forenoon
around the Canal st. pier, where a sort of triumphal arcade,
hung with flags, had been erected.
Toward one o’clock, two guns were beard in the direc
tion of Sandy Hook, and immediately alter the signal flag
of a steamer was run up at the Telegraph station below
Clifton. In a few minutes the Atlantic hove in sight, her
giant bulk looming through the light mist which still lay
on the outer bay. There was no Swedish flag at the Q> ar
antine, but Dr. Donne promptly ordered the German Re
publican tri-color to be run up at the staff', as its nearest of
kin, and consequently a compliment to the distinguished
songstress. On passing the Narrows, the Atlantic fired a
second salute, and stopping Iter paddles, came slowly on
with the tide. Through the courtesy of Dr. Doane, we
took a seat in his boat. and were carried out over the
fresh, dancing swell, as fast as four pairs of stout arn.scmld
urge us. The immense steamer rose above us like a moun
tain, as we ran under her quarter, and it was something of
an undertaking to climb the rope hand-ladder to her deck.
The passengers were all above, grouped about the bul- j
walks, or looking after their effects amid a wilderness of;
barroage. On the top of a light deck-house, erected over 1
the forward companion way, sat the subject of theday’sex
citpment—the veritable Jenny Lind—as fresh and rosy as
if the sea had snared her its usual discomforts, and enjoying
the novel interttjMt everything she saw, with an apparent
unconsciousiiftMrthe observation she excited. At her side
stood Mr. Jules Benedict, the distinguished composer, and
Sfonor Giovanni Belled, the celebrated basso, her artistic
companions. Mr. Barnutn, who had by this time climbed |
on board, with a choice boquet carefully stuck in the bosom j
of his white vest, was taken forward and presented by Capt. i
West. But Mr. Collins had for once stolen a march on him,
having got on board in advance, and presented Miss Lind
a boquet about three times the size of Barnum’s.
The songstross received the latter with great cordiality ; i
her manners are very frank and engaging, and there is an
expression of habitual good-humor in her clear blue eye ;
which would win her the heart of a crowd by a single, j
glance. She is about twenty-nine years of age, and rather :
more robust in face and person than her portraits would in
dicate. Her forehead is finely formed, shaded by waves of
pale brown hair; her eyes, as we have said, light blue and
joyous; her nose and mouth, though moulded on the laige
Swedish type, convey an expression of benevolence and ,
sound goodness of heart, which is thoroughly in keeping
with the many stories we have heard of her charitable do
ings. Mdlle. Lind was dressed with great taste and sim
plicity. Site wore a visile of rich black cashmere over a
dress of silver gray silk, with a pale-blue silk list and black j
veil. At her feet lay a silky little lap-dog with ears almost
half the length of its body ; it was of a rare breed, which |
are worth their weight in gold, and was a present from !
Queen Victoria. Mdlle. Lind was accompanied by her ;
cousin, Mdlle. Ahmansen.
As we neared Canal street pier, the interest was increas
ed by the spectacle of some thirty or forty thousand persons
condemned on all the adjacent piers and shipping, as well ,
as all the roofs and windows fronting the water. The spars j
and ringing of vessels—the bulkheads along the wharves, :
and every other spot commanding a sight, were crowded, j
while every fender at the Hoboken street Ferry House was ,
topped with a piece of living statuary. In addition to the
usual flags at the pier,a splendid Swedish banner was float
ing in the air. From all quarters, crowds of persons could
be°secn hurrying down towards the Atlantic’s dock.
The multitude increased so rapidly that vve began tivfear
there would be difficulty in making way through it. The
distinguished visitors all expressed their astonishment at
seeitmso many well dressed people in the crowd. Mdlle. j
Lind” especially, was very much 9truck with the air of re
spectability which marked the thousands assembled. '1 urn- |
ing ty Mr. Barnutn, she asked, “Have you no poor people ;
in your country? Every one here appears to be well
We learn from those who boarded the Atlantic that the
crowd on shore was most dense and suffocating, and that
five or six persons had been pushed into the dock in the
struggle, but were rescued without injury. Many Lad been i
in wailino on the ground for several hours. j
As soon as Capt! West had conducted Mdlle. Lind tn the
(tang-way, the rush commenced. Mdlle. Ahmansen, with
Slessrs. Benedict and Belleli, followed, and all four took
their seats in the carriage, Mr. Barnum mounting to the ,
driver’s place. The crowd inside the gates immediately :
surrounded the carriage, clinging to the wheels and crowd
ing about the windows, cheering all the while with an en
thusiasm we never saw surpassed. The multitude outside
be.ran to press against the gates, which were unbolted in all
haste to prevent being forced in. Scarcely had one gate
been thrown back, however, before the torrent burst in,
with an energy frightful to witness. The other halt of the
crate instantly gave way, the planks snapping like reeds be
fore the pressure. The foremost tanks were forced down
upon the floor, and those behind, urged on from without, j
were piled upon them till a serious loss of life seemed al ;
most inevitable. The spectacle was alarming; some forty
or fifty persons lay crushed by the inexorable crowd, stretch- j
ing out their hands and crying for help. In the midst of ,
this tragic affair we could scarcely restrain a laugh, at the
sight of a man, lying squeezed under the mass and hardly |
able to breathe, holding out his new hat at arm s length, |
and imploring somebody to take it and prevent it troin be
ing smashed. Finally, some of the police ofheers, and
some of the gentlemen who happened to bo near, succeeded
with great difficulty in driving back the crowd and rescuing
the sufferers. Many were severely bruised, some came off
with bloody noses, arid two boys about 12 years of age ap- ;
peared to be seriously injured. Had not the rosh been check
ed in time, many lives would have been lost.”
From California.—The Steamer Empire City arnv- j
ed at New York, from Chagres on the 5th inst. We ex- j
tract the following items of intelligence brought by her,
from the Baltimore American.
The Empire City brings 186 passengers. She has on
board one million one hundred and fifty-six thousand d.d ars
in gold, $756,000 of which are on freight, and $400,000 in ,
the hand of passengers. The steamer Georgia en route, ■
brings one million and a half. .
There is every prospect of a largo and thorough business
at San Francisco this fail. Workmen are busily engaged
grading and planking the streets in anticipation of the rainy
season Artesian wells and reservoirs have been made,
and fire companies organized to guard against fires.
The advices from the Gold Regions are very encourag
ing, both as regards health and business. On Bear river
the gold diggers average $8 per day, 1 he average at the
Rough and Ready digging is yet down at $0 per uay. At
Grass Valley, they are realizing $20 per day. Nevada
city is doing well. The Strates is very rich, yielding from
fiftv to two hundred dollars per pan foH. . I
John F. Morse, who has travelled over all the diggings,
in a letter published in the Alta Californian, of the 1st of:
August, (from which paper we extract our information)says: J
“Amotxr as many as five thousand miners, who come with- I
in my observation, I scarcely heard ot sickness. 1 heard ofj
but six cases of sickness during my whole tour and I asked
in every place. There is an air of cheerfulness and buoyan
cy which is peculiarly inspiring. I know people at home
A mpan 0n the other side of the Alleghantes) must be
delighted to hear what in many cases affects most inti
mately those whom they love and hold tn constant remem
bf The Alta Californian says: We are in a state of transi
tion from bad to worse. The miners are up tn arms, irri
tated beyond endurance, and there exists a universal senli
mentof haired against foreigners. At the Mormon Gulep
resolutions have been passed to drive al) Mexicans front the
mines. They have received notice to quit injijteen days,
or they tcill be expelled by force.
Burial or John White Webster.—From the best
information that can bo obtained under existing circumstan
ces, we learn that the funeral services were performed on
Friday evening by Rev. Dr. Walker, at the residence of
Mrs. Webster in Cambridge, and immediately after, with
out being accompanied by a funeral train, the remains of
Professor Webster were conveyed by Mr. John Peake, un
dertaker, to Ml. Auburn, and deposited in the family tomb.
—Boston Journal.
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COfftfKK&tf.
On Monday there was nothing of any importance in the
Senate.
In the House, Mr. Boyd moved that the rules be suspen
ded so as to enable him to introduce a resolution to make the
Texas boundary bill the special order of the day for each day
thereafter at 12 o’clock until the said bill be finally disposed
of. The resolution was then under the operation of the
orevious question, passed.
Mr. Harris of Tenn., asked for a suspension of the rules
to enable him to introduce a resolution providing for the fi
nal adjournment of the present session of Congress at ^o’
clock on the 4th Monday in September.
The Hottsp refused to suspend the rules by a vote ol 105
in the affirmative to 86 in the negative—not two-thirds.
In the Senate on Thursday, the bill to suppress the slave
trade in tbe District of Columbia was taken up. Mr. Clay
explained it and urged its passage. Mr. Foote offered his
amendment authorizing the authorities of the District ol
Columbia to pass laws on the subject of the slave trade and
the abducting of slaves.
Mr. Hunter said he should oppose this bill, though with
no hope of preventing its passage. I le believed that it would
be an entering wedge to the abulitioti by Congress of the
slave trade between the States. It would encourage a spe
cies of sentimental legislation, which would result in dis
astroiis consequences. It would lead to the abolition ol slave
ry in tlm District.
Mr. Pearce moved to amend the bill by giving jurisdic
tion to tbe Criminal Court of this District over cases of vi
olation of this law. The amendment of Pearce was agreed |
to, so far as concerns laws to prevent persons from the ah j
duct ion of slaves—yeas 26, nays 17. The other part, rela
tive to laws concerning free negroes, was agreed to—yeas
14, nays IS.
In the House the Texas Boundary Bill was under con
sideration. Mr. Daniel, being entitled to tbe floor, spoke j
an hour in opposition to the Texas boundary bill, asserting i
that lie would sooner veto the $ I 0,OjU,(J0U proposed by the
bill to defend Texas in all the territory she claims, than to
give it to dismember her. He advocated the non-interfer
ence policy in regard to slavery in the territories.
Mr. McDowell of Va., obtained the floor and spoke an
hour. He said that he should not have addressed the House
had it not been for the introduction of the VVilmot Proviso ;
—a thing so absolutely baleful in itself, and so universally
obnoxious to the South. He maintained that it was utter
ly powerless for any good purpose; and powerful fir infinite
mischief. He objected to any such resolution to slavery in
the territories as unconstitutional and peculiarly offensive to
the Southern States. He viewed the proviso as a disunion <
project, although it might not have been introduced for any j
such purpose. He exhibited, in a powerful argument, the '
inequality and injustice of the proviso. He viewed it as a j
project that practically determined iliequnlification and char
acter of the citizens of the United States who shall occupy
the territory ;—that it proscribed a portion of the citizens of
tho United States. Mr. MeD., was proceeding in an elo
quent appeal to all sections of the Union, to settle, on a just
basis, all the question now agitating the country, when his j
hour expired. # , I
On Wednesday nothing of any importance transpired in I
the Senate. .
The House proceeded to execute the special order; which j
was tlm consideration of the Texas Boundary Bill. Al-j
ter ccusidt r i le discussion, voting and reconsiderations, the :
question was taken on on the amendment ol Mr. Clingman, '
of N. C., ( which creates a new Territory on the Pacific, ^
of a portion of California) and lost. The question then re- ;
curreil on the amendment of Mr. Boyd, providing lerrito- ;
rial Government for New Mexico, which resulted in its re- .
jpction— yeas 98. nays 106. Great excitement was mani- j
tested in the Hall at the result of this vote. Motions were
made to reconsider hut failed, and the House adjourned.
The. proceedings of Thursday are given by a correspondent
in another column.
The Senate on Friday, was engaged the greater part of
uay upon the Bounty Land Bill. Its further consideration
was at length postponed, and Frivate bills taken up. JUjer
which it adjourned.
III the House, after the usual morning bttsineB , "rIrx
as Boundary Bill was taken up. Tho 8 epeated
his decision, that the motion to reconsider ■ in order.
Mr. Howard appealed from this decision/ ~r vari(llls
motions and great confusion, which lasted foMmc hour, the
Speaker’s decision was overruled—yeas 123. nays 84. Great
confusion and disorder now naevailed throughout the hall,
and various motions to lay oimhe tabic were voted down.
The Bill was then ordered l<ya third reading—Teas K'8.
nays 98; and then the Bill was passed—yeas 1U7, nays 97.
Adjourned.
FKO.H Kt'UOl’K.
The U. Stairs mail steamer Atlantic arrived at New |
York from Liverpool, on the 1st inst , making her passage
in 11 days and 2 hours. She brings the following intelli
gence
England.—The news is not impntant since the sailing |
of the Iasi Steamer. Parliament having dissolved, ami
most of the political characters having left town, tire usual
bustle of politics has been succeeded by an unusual dullness.
jM’He Jenny Lind’s concerts were well attended ; her per
formances are lauded to the skies, herself admired almost
to adoration, by the people for whose elmrttable institution .
she has done so much ; and she left England amid the ac
clamations of a delighted people.
Ireland.—A journal by no means hostile to Irish land
lordism (the vVestmeath Independent) has the following ;
rather remarkable revelations; |
“The tide of emigration from this town and netghbothood I
continues to flow on increasingly. Not a conveyance leaves
the towns of Dublin or Galway,that has not its quota of pas- i
setmers hound for a foreign land. Indped we do not retnem- i
ber'a season within the last b-.v years in which the spirit i
of emigration seemed so strung as it is at present. 1‘ armors
have abandoned their holding—dreading the wmk-house, |
and in fear of their landlords, on whom in a short time, the
lands will devolve without a tenant, and with little pros- 1
pert of obtaining one. There is wo may say a general de- i
sire to leave this unfortunate country—a desire felt and ex- ,
pressed by every class in the community lor whose iudtis- |
try there is no reward. Men who have toiled and struggled
for independence at home have now to seek it in a distant
land. If we apprehend rightly, this emigration will be fell ,
severely by the landlords, whose ‘snug tenants’ are to be i
found amongst the rank adventurers of America.”
The latest reports of the |>otato crop, embracing returns j
from all quarters ol the kingdom, are, if possible, more la- |
vorable than those received on 1 hursday last:
From the news by the Hibernia, arrived since the Allan- [
tic, we extract the following items :
France.—The President of the Republic arrived at
Loise le SSanlonier on the evening of the 17th, at 10 o’clock.
Throughout his journey, the population hastened to meet
him, and they every where afforded him the most remarks- ;
ble proofs of the warmest sympathy. i
The President in one of his seeches at Lynns, vaguely ,
hinted to the people that his desire was to prolong, in some ;
way, his term of power, that being the representatives of i
6,000.000 uf electors, that he had no occasion to resort to ;
coup d'ttut, that patriotism alike enjoins dental and petse
vcrcncp on his part, and that lie wtlj strenuously opjwise a ]
ny rival pretender to the throne of I* ranee.
The permanent committee have field two sittings ; but .
their prociedings not bppn marked by any movement of in- j
terest, except in regard to the speech of the President,which
has been brought under thpir notice of the mountain party,
who lure desfgnaled it as being unconstitutional.
The National Guard of Boulogne have been dismissed,
in consequence of some serious attempts at insubordination.
When the arms were taken, it was found that their bayo
nets were newly sharpened. Matters for some time wore
a very serious aspect in this department. It is reported that
th. (• ; more than usual activity at the government foundry
at Nantes. The machinery for war steamers is nearly com
pleted. The s'earners are a corvette of 120 horse power,
and one 40u aorse power, and a ship of the line of 10U guusr
to be fitted with a screw of 000 horse power.
Italy.—The pope is in sad perplexity, in consequence
of the conviction of'6 murderers.to whose sentence of decap
ilation he i9 called upon to affix his name. No execution
has yet token place under the reign of Pious IX , ow ing
loins invincible reluctance to sign a death warrant. He
wished the miscreants to be spnt to the galleys for the rest
of their lives; but the government and judges are not in
clined to give way.
Austria anp Hungary.—It is said that the people of
Hungary are bpcoming more reconciled to the government;
hnt the nobles of both Hungary and Austria were very much
discontented.
The coronation of the Emperor presents great diffioulties
The question to be decided upon is, whether, as was former,
ly the custom, he shall he crowned in each spperaale prov
ince, or whether he shall be crowned, once for all,at Vi
enna, as Emperor of Austria.
The Cabinet are fur ttie latter; whilst the provinces firm
ly maintain their rights. It is thought, however, that lie
will not lie crowned this year.
The German and Danish dispute still occupies consider
able attention.
(jcy-■ There arrived at the port of New York on Monday
2d, 33 sails of square rigged vessels from foreign ports,
bringing 2414 steerage passengers. The ships Enterprise,
West Point and New York front Liverpool; Yorktown from
; London, and Helena from Canton, were among the arrivals.
There wpere also four vessels from Rio Janeiro, including
the U. S. storeship Southampton, all of which were detain
ed at the quarantine grounds. The winds during the day
was fresh from the S. East and thick. At sunset there
were several large shipG near the bar, who hauled offshore
on account of the appearance of the weather, and having no
pilots on board.
COlMUJUCATIOUfS.
Messieurs. Editors:—l am now in your far-famed Valley.
At an early age 1 imbibed ihe impression that the hills
laud savannas of the Y alley, together with the tinkling
rills, gpnile branches, flowing creeks and rushing rivers, ir
rigating them, possessed a wealth in resouice and advan
tage rarely equalled. 1 was led by Otis impression into the
Valley so soon as I accumulated means enough to defray the
expense of the visit. On ascending the Blue Ridge to its
summit at Rockfish Gap, I was filled with admiration in
looking over the expanse that lay out to my view in the
i West. As I descended the Ridge into the Valley below
the view gradually faded from my 6ight and for a time my
admiration was suspended; but on reaching the flats of South
River nty admiration became again excited, and 1 felt that
I was in the midst of a comparative Aldorado. The day
was balmy ; the Majesty of day never showed hinlself with
more beauty ; not a cloud was to be seen floating in “the
upper deep;” surrounding nature smiled serenely. Since
that lime the face and condition of the country have greatly
changed. The forests have been reduced and the grounds
now smiling through the veil of vegetation. The hovels
then, here and there, studding the country, have been thrown
down, and cosily mansions erected in their stead. The em
bedded resources, such as limestone, marble and minerals,
have been more extensively developed; and the surluce re
sources, such as limber and water falls, have been more ex
tensively turned to profitable uses. rI here is now to be heard
mingling with the lo\ve of the ox, neigh of the horse, bray
of the ass, and blale of the sheep, the guttural sound ol man
ufactories. There has been erected as you are aware, on
the south bank of the little stream flowing through your
beautiful town, known as Lewis* creek, extensive macliin
eiy for the manufacture of domestics of almost every de
scription. I wasat it a few days ago, and saw seven looms,
together with all the picking, carding, spinning, winding,
and fulling apporatus, in operation. In one of the looms
were being woven blankets of the largest size and of supe
rior quality. Here is, at once, a market for the immense
quantity of wool grown in the mountains rearing their blue
outlines in the distance \\rest of us. The enterprising gen
tlemen who have erected this machinery deserve well of
\\ estern Virginia, ar.d no doubt will in doe time “receive
their reward.” AN OBSERY ER.
Messrs. Editors:—l desire to call the attention of the
public and especially of the County Court to the 1st and 2d I
sections of Chapter 107 of the “Code” of Va., relating to
Free Negroes. We feel their presence to be a great evil.
Under these sections it is made obligatory upon us to get
clear of many of them. Please publish these sections, as
copied. While on this subject, l will ask a question of our
County Court—why at its last term it did not take some
step to have published in one or more newspapers of the
County the list of Land delinquents for taxes for the period
between 1845 ami 1850 l Their attention wus called to it.
k is a very desirable matter, that it should be attended to.
“Sec. 1. No negro emancipated since the 1st day of May
1806 or hereafter, or claiming his right to freedom under a ■
negrnso emancipated, shall alter being 21 years age remain
in this state more than one year with lawful permission.
See. 2. Any such negro may be permitted by the Court of
any County or Corporation to remain in this state and reside
in such county or corporation only—but the ofdpr granting
the permission shall be void, unless it shows that all the
acting justices were summoned and a majority of them pre
sent and voting on the question of permitting said negro to
remain in the State, that notice of ilie application for such
permission was posted at the Court House door for at least
iwo months immediately preceding, that tire Attorney for
the Commonwealth, or in his absence, some other Attorney
appointed by the Court for the purpose represented the State j
as Counsel in the Case—and that the applicant produce sat
isfactory proof of his being of good character, sober, peaceable,'
orderly, and industrious. Such permission shall not he
granted to any person who having removed from this State
shall have returned to it. jVor shall any such permission ,
granted to a female ncuro be deemed a permission to the i
issue of sink female, whether born before or after it was
granted.” _
Messrs Editors.—hi the Spectator of Sept. 4th my name
is appended with others to a card from Ml. Solon. 1 hat
card I never saw and could never have consented that my
name should go forth to the world in connexion with it.
I did consent that my name might be used to say that I saw
nothin'? improper and that was all. Please insert this and
0hliger ADAM OREBAUGH.
Sept, lll/t 1850
TEMPORARY SECESSION.
This is the latest improvement in tlie plan of disunion. Mr.
Uhelt, who glories in the name of traitor, as he understands '
it, recommends “temporary secession,” as the proper thing ^
just now. < ...
!t is cMiitc evident that thpre is method in the madness of |
these heroic |K»rsons, and a faculiy of calculation in respect i
to other things titan the value of the Union. Temporary
secession is to come in as an experiment ; it may he well to
try how it feels—after the manner of the amateur who was
curious to know the sensations of a man under process of
being hanged. In the latter case, however, it nnlorltinately
happened '.hat the experiment went ino far, and the world
to this day is w ithout any report or authentic record of the
experience of a suspended individual haltered and strangled.
Temporary secession, we may presume, is intended as a
sort of trance, a species of paralys'd animation, a srate ot
somnambulism, in which the patient goes far enough to
waids llm coniines of this mortal life to get a peep into the
regions beyond. Mr. Rhett and his associate practtioners
have been administering chloroform in a political way very
assiduously for some time past with a view to prepare the j
State of South Carolina for a successful trial of hercapabil- j
ities in the way of seeing visions and dreaming dreams. j
We must regard the idea of temporary secession as a most
happy conception. It plays round the piectncis ot treason, ■
and all the fascinations of danger without any risk. Some j
reckless votaries who know not the secret may indeed go too
far, and undertake to convert a pleasant game into an earn- j
est business. Such stupidity of course could not claim any
sympathy at the hands of the contrivers of the diversion,
who would be the first to leave the luckless dupes to their
fate in the purgatory of fools. * .
South Carolina is in a state of temporary sttccrssion!—
Distrusted with the world she climbs a tree. Funitns l an- .
it atom. So the grizzly tenant of the polar zone, when the
season of bubbler is past, goes grimly into torpidity and with
surly independence sucks hi$ own paws.
Temporary secession! It is a phrase of snob exceeding
(mod command that it claims place at once in the vocabula
ry of sedition, and bids far to supplant “nullification’ itself.
Instead of the overt act with its ugly consequences, the irre
vocable plunge into the boiling ocean of civil sirite, "tem
porary secession,” is a dignified isolation, and would mean j
not that South Carolina had absolutely cut her acquaintances
but simply that she was not at home to visitors. Herneives
beimr unsteady, she takes chloroform and does not wish to
he intruded upon. Or like the burgomaster in the play.she
ha3 a irreat deal of thinking to do, and takes her lime lor it.
Or, possibly, remembering the advice of Hamlet in allusion
to Poionius, she may be of the opinion that w hen one is
bent upon performing a certain char: ctcr ho should shut
the door and play it nowhere but in hisown house.
The cat is fond offish but dreads to wet his feet. More
happily endowed than the cat, a commonwealth hankering ,
after treason yet shrinking from its penalties, strikeupon j
ti,p felicitous compromise of "temporary secession,” and .
purs dry footed over her fish without perceiving that it is
stale and already putrescent. |
After an experiment of "temporary secession, it would (
he interesting to see the returning prodigals come back into |
the family circle, pale from a diet of busies, and haggard ;
like a half lunged man. The wayward straggler would
have a strange story to tell, and words perhaps would not
be adequate to portray the state of stupid semi consciousness,
ilie night mare terrors, the hideous dreams, in that of li.e
in death which w as the lot of the wanderersin the desert re
gions where "temporary secession” abides. CandaverouS
ms from resurrection, the poor victim, once more restored to
life and happiness, would ever alter shudder at the mention
of the charnel house which is the dwelling place ot "tem
porary secession.”—Balt. Jlmcr.
An intelligent Reggar.—We were greatly surpris
ed oh beiixv accosted by a pitiable looking beggar, a few
days ago. to find that I e was a highly educated man and
that he had in all probability seen far better times. He
was from Scotland, and seemed thoroughly versed in the
i classics Virgil he quoted with facility. \\ tth the Ittera
1,1 re and the feUerateurs of his country he was perfectly con
versant. He sp'ke of Wordsworth and Jeffreys. We told
i hjm were lately deceased ; he had not heard of it be
fore. "Ah.” saio he, "what will we do when the last link
ihat'eonneclsus with these illustrious names is broken 7” He
alluded to Thomas Moore, wlio is, as it were, the last link
of a golden chain.
And yet this man, with a commanding and Heaven en
dowed intellect, was one of the most loathsome objects we
have ever seen, intemperance had done its worst upon
him, and all conciousneSs of moral rpetitude seemed to >e
,!,.ad. He has been for some time a tenant of the Aim-house
of this county.— JVin. llep. _____
Jenny Lind's brother.—The Bridgewater (England)
Times says : It will he interesting to many of our readers to
hear that last week John Lind, mariner, of Stockholm.son j
of Hans Lind. Schoolmaster, and brother of Jenny Lind,
the “Swedish nightingale," was married in the Register of
fice, ir> this town, to Miss Mary Gee, of Pillgwenlly. John j
had not seen his sister for many years, until he accidental- !
|y met her the other day at Liverpool, on her professional 1
visit to that place. Jenny presented him with a handful of !
pocket money, but John, like his other two brothers, is a
j ble and willing to work for his bread, and if bis sister was
to offer him an annuity to exempt hint from labor he would
| not accept it. He spoke in the most affectionate terms of
i. his sister,stalit g that site had supported her father and moth
er since she was sixteen years of age.
03* The Cleveland Plaindealer say hnson
in a slump speech theVpther day, triage i0 fh0
Dandy tribe who sport ru
by way of contrast* exliibitei
but instead of pulling out
eering, democratic watch, he got into tHi wrong popkbt.
and flourished a gold lever before the audience-1 , ^
03* The Senate of the U. S. has passed a btf retorting *
to llip State of Virginia the sum of $120,(XH), which was
advanced by her to the General Government fifty years ago
to aid in the erection uf public buildings in the District and
which she reclaims since the retrocession of her part of the
territory. This sutn was given by oltr legislature to the
Alexandria and Orange Railroad Company, if they could
get it—lVin. Virginian.
03* D'Uraeli, in his “Curiosities of Literature,” states
the four ages of typography have produced no less than
3,641,900 works ! Takingeaclt work at three volumes,and
reckoning each impression to consist of only 300 copies (a
very moderate supposition,)ihe actual amount of volumes
which have issued lrom the presses of Europe, down to
the year 1816, appeared to be 3,277,649,000?
03* Capt. Pdrtidge of Norwich,Vt., announces himself
a9 a candidate fof thb Presidency in 1852. He figured ex
tensively some year3 ago at the University ofVa, as a
quasi Professul* of Military Tactics* and by fomenting dis
cord between ilie Faculty anil the Students,rendered him
self very obnoxious to the former. Of course, under such
circumstances lie was a favorite with the collegians.
03- Rebecca Smith, of the town of Henderson, Jefferson
county, N. York, relict of Ahira Smith, deceased, has spool
ed and quilled the yarn for 1,000 yards of cloth; knit 60
pairs ol stockings,within the last leu months, besides attend
ing to her household duties, usually making her own and
two other beds daily, and all this at the age ol 9J years in
February next. Girls, do you here that?
03- Rev. Mr. Clover, of Richmond, publishes as an im
poster, a young man, a pretended student of Jubilee College
Illinois, who presented hint with a letter from the Rev.J.
13. Kerlbot, Rector of St. James Cullege* Md. He wanted
money to rtaclt Charleston.
03- A new religious sect hit3 lately sprung up in Persia,
under the auspices ol a man named Bab* who has written
a book to take the place of the Koran. His proselytes al
ready amount in number to several thousand. Eighteen
of these have been publicly beheaded by the Shalt.
0^ “Grace Grefihwood,” in a letter from Washington,
mentions some peculiarities ol Senatorial pronunciation;
which are rather odd. For instance, Mr. Clay, ami indeed
many of'.he Southern members, say “whar” and “thar.”
Mr. Webster says “in-di-vid-oo-al,” “nalur,” and one of
the Texas Senators says “bust” for burst.
03- Upon the door in one of the Departments at Wash
ington, i i written, “no office seekers admitted here.”
Yet office seekers are said to force their way in great
numbers. The notice is of no avail. A man might as well
put a notiro over his Lied in mosquito lime, “eltck no bills
here.”—Lou. Jour.
0CF Jenny Lind advertises in the New York Courier for
private lodgings above 'I weotieih street,desiring, i f course
all possible coveriiences, and above all, strict retirement.
She will have fro diffirnlty in getting a good “boarding
house.” She also advertises for a saddle horse.
(3- A delegation of nine Menominee Indians from Win*
nebago county in Wisconsin, are at present on a viait
to Washington city Ashkosh, the Chief of the Tribe is
among them, and their object is said to be to procure a grant
of land in Minnesota.
03-The following is tits number of inhabitants in four of
tin* seven wards of the eriy of Washington :—Second ward «
6.91 I ; third ward. 6.025; fourth ward, 8,812: fifth ward;
4.121—total 25.869 : whole population estimated at 40r
000, art increase of 80 per cent in ten ytars.
03-At Richmond.tlie foundation of the Washington Mon
ument is all laid, in a most substantial manner, form ing *
solid mass sixty feet in diameter. The cut stone work
is in rapid progress, and about the middle of September;
will be set. Toe stone is all obtained from tile State
quaries.
03- It is known that four white basis men have been'
elected to the Convention from Eastern Virginia ; and if
no other gains take place that body will stand 63 for to 72
against the white basis.
03* Capt. J. J. Williamson, of the schooner Celerity,
lias hern arrested and committed to prison in Richmond,
Va., charged with enticing slaves from Jbeil1 masters atuf
secreting them on board his vessel.
03-'I’lte “higher law” which Serinfor Reward considers
“above the Constitution,” is supposed among the b'tmys of
N V. city to be ilie Tom llyer law . There is more iraOr
than poetry in the supposition.
03- Frederic VII of Denmark, it scorns, has married s
inaniua maker, lie lias already had two wives, from each
of whom he lias been divorced, "There is some thing rot
ten in the state of Denmark !”
c * The Utica Gazette learns from a friend rather ettrion#.
in statistics, that the person who cleaned the Odd Fellow**
Hall after the adjournment of the Grand Lidge, collected
lour pails of juice from the spittoons used by the delegates.
03- The Baltimore American lias been shown a massive
gold ring, dug up at Yorktown, ^ a. recently, whieh hears
the following inscription : Mtj. W.G ..died 28ih Oct .1665.
It is supposed to have belonged to the Gooch family.
03- The House of Represen la lives have settled the mode
of computing the mileage of members. ‘I he principle adopt
ed is to calculate the mileage by the mail routes instead of
the “usually travelled route.”
03- The gplended American Steamer Pacific (Collins*
Linp.) in her last v.iyage to New York, one of the shortest
to the westward, made in one day the extraordinary distance
of 326 miles.
03- At Philadelphia, on Monday morning, Mr. Charles
J. Miischcrl caught in his cellar a boa constructor seven'
feet long. It had made great havoc among the rats. He
sent it to Barnum’s Museum. It is not known where if
came from.
03- The Wheeling Gazetfp of the 29th oh., says :
“We are very much gratified to learn that the first blow
lias been struck on this end of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road. Shovels, wheel harrows and carts are at work with
in a mile of the city.
Q3-Coral bracelets are in fashion in Europe. Some la
dies wear bracelets of green or black velvet ribbon, fasten
ed by a clasp. Some ladies wear coral and velvet bracelet#
on the same arm.
03- There were 9,926 members added to tlie “S >ns of
Temperance” in the Stale of Illinois during the passed year.
The whole number in the State is now 10,080; cash on
hand in various divisions $31,609.
03-Th6 people or Edinburg have purchased the house of
John Knox, which has been preserved as nearly as possible
in its original state, ft ha9 been made public proper!) .anil
a museum of relics ot live Reformation tc to tie gathered
in it.
03- E. C. Carrington, Jr. ha3 withdrawn from theedito*
rial chair of the Valley Whig published at Fmcastle, \ «.
J„s. B. La vne i§ the present editor. The Whig is conduct
ed with ability.
53-An old soldier, name Kolontibesi more than 120 years
of age,has been recently admitted to the Hotel des Inva
lidi-s at Paris—He has seen ten forms ot government trv
i France.
(3- We see it stated that John L. Cary, F.«q.f lias left
I the editorial chair of the Washington Republic,and resum
ed that ol the Anwricanyof Baltimore.
1 03- Advices from St. Domingo, state that fetes white
i inhabitants of influence had leen beheaded,- fiw what the
| authorities considered a too tree expression ot political optit
| ions.
H3- The piano to be used by the Swedish songstress, in'
l thUcotmiry, was manufactured to order, tn Albany, and tr
! just finished. j
03- Some scamps set on fire the cabins and tents of a
! Mmp meeting ground in Hardin county, Ky., lately. The
whole of them, with the exception of three, were burnedl
03- Mr. James Cruightun, of Philadelphia, who was
Deputy Collector uf the port,of San Francisco, under Mr.
Harrison, died in California on the 7lh uf June..
03-Ephraim Littlefield, lately janitor at Urn Massaehiir
setts Medical College, now keeps a wagon, stand iu Tre-*.
munt street, Boston.
03-The “Banner” published in Fairmont, Marion Cly^.
Va., states that the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is pro
{ gressing rapidly in, the vicinity of that town.
OCF In Providence, on Saturday, a woman named Man*
Piece, was fined ^20 and cost tor parading the streets ia
male attire.
f«- The Synod of Virginia will meet at Fincastle on the
lGih October.
CO- At Berkeley Springs, in Morgan county, \ a., snow
fell on the 20ih ull.
GCJ- Tire original inventor of the Lucifer Match, iu suck
universal use, is now living in Chilicothe* Ohio.
03- Chieaogo is destined to be a great city ; it has already
25,000 inhabitants.
CO Froth rika Bremer has gone to pat a a few weeks at
Niagara Fails and vicinity.
QCJ-A friend of ours says he is growing weaker eicry d»y*
He has got so now, that he can't tatse O'* dotLr^
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