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: TEE NEWS.
;TIIOS. W AT KIIV, Editor.
..Thursday , June 10, 1 838.
; For Governor, .
1 :
Hon. J. W. ELLIS,
. - OF HOW AN COUNTY.
For Congrrcss, ,
m. ,W. .AEUY,' Esq.
t QF BUltKB COUNTY,
i For State Senator,
' V I'or'thc House oif Commons, '
Dr. JAKES , S. T. BAIRD.
": ' !' For Shiriff, 7"'T K ,
Col. GEO. w. HAMPTON.
The Congressional Canvass.
' The weather is warra,and the Congressiona
contest is waxing hot and furious. Messrs
... Avery and Coleman are monopolizing public
: in tba back ground. This fight between gen-
; , tlemen qT the same faitb, is delightfully re
freshing to that valuable class of citizens who
would rather walk a mile to see a man and
Lis wife fight, than half the distance to hea
St. -Paul preach. 7fJ
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. yf-Messrs. Avery and Uoleraan bare met aN
several points, and addressed the people Mr.
i very, we . .enru, mattes a piain, siraigni.ior
ward, straight out, able ; Democratic, speech,
just (Such as he has been making for the last
twenty five years. Mr. Coleman, on tbe con-
. trary, not satjsQed to rest his claims 'on such
, grounds, makes a personal matter of itj Jas
, sailing Mr.; A very." and all, his friends, and
. complaining bitterly that any Democrat
should for a moment think of coming in cora
, petition with him t
7 At Columbus, last week,, Mr. Coleman va
nned the exercises slightly, p order, we sup
pose, to. gratify his new ; allies,' a portion of
. I . I. n .Xi .1 hill r rtQFtr mhA itArs irA.lfttinln
( unlisted in h)3 cause. On that occasion he
! treated the people to a homily on the corrup-
t "ion and penality. of the Askeville News!
. "Vetrust the young gentleman will' not
a li 1 1 1 1 iv w m Ait3 an uisi'i uuncu ai uia ucnuriu
. - 1 . . "1 1 1 . V K t 0
" ance. By. no means, Mr. Coleman. ( The
been. Ingratitude came into the world! with
the eating of the forbidden fruit, and will,
most probably, remain until the heart of time
shall throb with its last pulsation. Wo have
f.read pi trozen vipers, wbenwarmed into life,
ulino-inor thflr hand that saved thfim- Wo
have also read (you will observe that we are
, a gentleman of very profound reading,) -of a
man who ascended to the top of a lofty emi
w nenco by means of a ladder and when there,.
so el a tod was he at the feat, that he proudly
Rnnmed tha means bv whirh ha had attainer)
his position, and in an ecstacy of self gratu
, lation kicked the ladder from its moorings,
, and with a crah it went to the ground. By
and by a storm came up, and his position was
anything but enviable. The ladder was gone,
no help was iu reach, and the , poor fellow
perished in his folly. You can make the ap
plication of the fable, Mr.Coleman. ( Do not,
. however, understand us as being apprehen
sive that you may damage the ifouw. It
heralded your political birtht irptted you out
i before the public, and has supported you in
. every canvass;' and will, most probably, go
" on in its wonted, course, unaffected by your
abuse, and regardless of your malevolence,
We had heard for two weeks previous that
.fMr. Coleman was going to skin the Editor
of the News." Several members of the K.
, K. party had been telling.it about tbe streets,
and ohuckling at the thought that, the Job
' which some of them had undertaken i- and
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signally failed to perform, was , actually to be
4,done up brown" by Mr. David Coleman.
This was, bej it remembered, before we had
written anything in regard to our position in
the contest. !Now, Mr. Coleman bavins ve
t rified, as best he could, the prophecy of his
Know Nothing forerunners, we desire a little
information. We want to know whether Mr:
Coleman communicated his barbarous inten
tions to the aforesaid gentlemen, or they sug
gested the idea to him I Don't all . speak at
- f oticei but do tell, some body.
The reader will perhaps ast what offence
. the iWwi has committed, that ' it has incur
red the displeasure of the gentleman. It is
a terrible offence, this of ours, and wa pg
i the reader to' prepare fbri tretnenjout shock.
. "We will premise by saying, we are a free
j jnan, of lawful age, and reasonably white.
i Kow for it. The Editor of the Niws bas the
, '! i wiJli -P in I...L-J." Jin -u' 1 "-i " ' . , . 1
unparatelled. audacity; the. .aUrocioua . impu-,
dencethe unspeakable and; uuwritabJe raa
qalitjf, to prefer MV. very to Mr.Coeman
or Congress! ! I True, a aloresaig, ira.ras-
cally-ditor is?a white man, eyea freefman,
bntlthat is no palliation. Haying oioweu wr
Colemau'e ora considerabW, or .moTef dotsa f
if not follow that hd Is bound toprefeir hira to
it does-j-prehaps, We are;tomewbat in tbe
fix tbe fellow was in who lost his sweetheart.
Sairb"e7
prbuthats1iewotdijlhpe -
The Newsj was-almarvenously proper pa
per; and ifeiEditor powerful clever -'telle w,
I'll .'i j'J-'J If.' i.fJmiin'. Jnisa Ktlt
WUUO H ZMJTOCakeU XVII. VUlCUJau a vau( vt
the. moment it, dared to express the opinion
that there: were others having stronger claims
and greater strengtn, why inai cnanges uie
matter entirely, arid the News becomes - cor-
rupVu?d its idi tora mghl ppaoo. of per
BitfoD j Remarkable, truly.
i :
But we had.fnO business
We had not onl the right
o take, Bides.?-
to do so, but it
was our bounden du(yk Wcstand as a sen
tinel to ft am the. Democratic party of "ap-
proaehfng danger."
A 6tate of things was
being created
, and now exists, likely to work
the defeat of i
the party in the approaching
election. We scanned 5 the
Congressional
whole field, gathered what information we
cotild; and de iberateiy. and without oersonal
; ' ' : j j.' . ! .
bias (for we thert esteemed both, of .the can
didates as our personal . friends) came to the
conclusion that kMri Avery , was much the
stronger man of the two, leaving the question
of claims. out ot view. And, further still, we
had a right to infer that Mil. AVery was the
choice of tbe District, from the fact that some
r " ' j k -
ten-or twelve counties expressed a preference
for him as the Democratic candidate for Gov-
ernor, and we naturally, enough supposed
that if they desired hlra to carry their ban-
ncr through the entire - State,-he would be
their first choice for Congress. We knew, as
every, man mus.tknow : on al moment's reflec
tion, that there iwouldi not be time to hold a
Convention, in a District nearly three hun
dred miles long. -.
We have acted in cood faith, and did what
we believed" the interests and safety of the
party in this District required. Inat we
ruty represent by oiir course the wishes of a
large majority, wei are thoroughly satisfied,
yWe sincerely. regret that Mr, Coleman.bas
thought proper to . pursue the course he has
taken. ; He has not consulted his own interest,
nor regarded the advice of real friends.
Well tried friends, lightly sacrificed, are not
easily won back. Jle is ' a frea man, and
must take his own course.: Where he will
'Ijetch up," lie will learn full soon.
Madison. It will be seen by the annoupce-
raent in another column, that Wm. Brown,
Esq., is tbe Democratic candidate for the
Commons in Madison county. Col. John A.
Fagsr is the Kj N. candidate.
TJaywood.t Dr. Samuel j L. Love is tbej
democratic candidate for the Commons in
Haywood county. l)r. Love has served the
people faitbjfuily andjeflSciently in the Legis
lature, and will, we presume, have no opposition.-
. 1. 1 ; j ; .
. The Spectator having become a sort of su
pervisor general of the Democratic party, we
hope itwill let the public know at an early day
whether Dr. Love's candidacy meets its ap
probation; and if not, what will be done
about it.
TnANKS. We return thanks to our old
and valued Trjjend, 4 Rev.- P.;W. Edwards, of
Haywood, forjf a list of fifteen subscribers, as
well as for the promise annexed, "more soon."
He is a Democrat that believes in "works."
Wonderful.
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: -The Spectator, in bosing round, has discov
ered that Dr. Yancy is a Tennesseean by
birth. Being dead set "agin all furriners," of
the course the Doctor stands no chance of an
election, by the Spectator's favors. He will
Deselected, nevertheless.
' X3T J 0 o. A. Dickson, Eq- is the Deroo
cratic candidate in the senatorial district com
posed of Burke," Caldwell and Mc Dow til. So
far ' he has no opposition. . -V ,
Jobn Jtl. Pearson,! iSsq- is tbe democratic
candidate for the Commons in Burke. He
is opposed bylTod Hj Caldwell, K. N.
v Alburtis Uiggins, )Esq Democrat, is a can
didate for the Commons in McDowell.
Munificent Bequest. Dr. Hayes, late of
Philadelphia, has bequeathed $30,000 for the
foundation of an asylum for aged mechanics
i& Philadelphia. I .
Hurricane. A severe and destructive
hurricane was experienced by the people of
Gates county, N. C, a few days since. ! At
Gatesville the Episcopal -church was blown
down, a number of the finest and most snb-
stantiaV houses unroofed, a number of carria-
g8 and buggies broken to pieces, trees torn
up, and other damage done '
2Tln the Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, at Nashville, on
the 18th 11U4 the Committee on Episcopacy
reported .adverse to the election of any bishops
at that session, and the Conference , adopted
ine report. -
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w General J. lrickoey Hendersan, U.
States Senator from Texas, isrery ilf, and it
is thought cannot recover '
' The Plot Thickens.
. MM-.'' fiM"" I' ' "'"""-r"" 'IHW.V'Sl'"'
er:-7-"r u Ti;tinbrali2lhrtirecU;TrT
a short article last week, calling lM f ".i. . ,; . i
W e wrote
he Attention of the Denjocrat party to tpe
people. Seyeral promjasnLinembersiuii
IWfaile MrTColemanas-tlenonnciag tw a
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Colurnbos-last week.-forauppbrljng Mr'At
rv, the AshevilM
. SStntn a mnar HhlP.ni
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exhausted alt its
Tiutu Mi wutuv.mv
dogmas of Enow Nothingism, ;was 7 pitching
into' us here for the. tame ofwnce.f ... , It ftrpclc
us as somewhat singular to hea , Mr. Cole-
rnanl and the Spectator singing;; the same
, , t .Tu
song to tne same tune. T xua.Mier ar..TJ
times wheels rwithin wheels, and in, politics ,U
frequently happens that here are uppercmv
rents and under currents, and things; are nof
k ;.wii k tlioir niitnarl.ciipm-
z,wa OTJUU6.v. v ... .
ing. An unsuspecting man would infer from
the; Spectator's tone that iM,wa$ ,a thorough
going Coleman sheet;, and to hear the noisy
-c .1. tr Mi,; r,0..iKorai
... - .r ' m
bouts, one would 4 iqfer u that the ,,-uniyersa
American party was for Mr. Coleraao.f;IJut
we understand the cards too , well to be bam--
boozled by any such false tokens. The game
,s a cheat from beginning to end, and the ob
ject is to deceive Mr. Coleman as to ,his real J
strengtb, and thus induce biro 10 conunue m
the neid, mat tney may run an a jxuow no-
thing candidate. The; bait has taken, we
presume, quite as effectually.: aa.tbey could r
desire, ana we venture ui , opiuiou .tuai : in
less than two weeks from this time all disguise
will be thrown oflF, and an 1 American . candi-:
date in the field a stronger man than Oen.
Jones, too. Mark our-words...,
TherSpectator 's attempts to create the 1m
- ,r ' , '. A I
osainn that'Dr. Yiinftr and I)r..Baird are
pression that Dr. Yancy and Dr.. Baird are
very weak men, and not acceptable to the
Democracy, are benevolent efforts in the same
direction, and, are fully appreciated by the'
Democracy.
: We repeat our warning to the Democratic
nartv to be wide awake. Tricksters and dem
. 11 ., .1
W ".0," l"YT"&-nrr
ot your principles ana ine aeieav , 91 you r
candidates. Their, plan, of.; operations is ,to
widen as .far L as possible the breach in our
inriir.atmns on me ooiiucaijiwiAuu, auu wt-i inai id 11,0 me uie ursw uuiuyu ji
vat . a
inr hem agaipstlther desperate? game which made ttf the sotdfers, just like our ,
. . - .Jj V'"i.jI - thX Wr.d svstem. ! Afterwards thev oasse
is being auempieu w ug.eu uu - : t a -
r .0 1 i jl - -I ristn laws if nv land to tbe Door.
KnoNotWng-OTgamzatioo
in our mind- at the Hrrie havVince wore f the ojjacej - it yon gonjVit the system.
and our conjectures nrst giving land to soKiiers; nexj giving ihimj
plainly snowu iue , j tojnvbodtl wjipi'fwill take it; finally, when
havtf become confirmed cohvict-ons. : vxhausted f the land funds, the
u- k nr-o -wJ i me American oenai-e or ixousts ui iepresen
ranis, by array mg Democrats against eacpl; . T -c. . 1 ,
j -' 0 1 l iativp I ftll vrv nAnhnnnt that, no miia
OLlier. . : ijj t , i 1
vOffressionai
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Mr. Johnson of Tennessee, has been DresJ
sing his Hom?stead .Bill before, the Senate
v 1. ' ! . ,
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giving weaou sei.uer.i?on ine,juwic lanas
ibu acres, ue lnaae a long speecb in:
favor of the bill, the substance of which is as1
follows
Mr. Johnson, in enforcing the ad
pf the bill, commenced by; defendii,
tbe imputation nr boing prejudicial
ern mterests. It Was not an adjunct of the
Emigrant Aid Society, but a great measure of
benebcient legislation for: the good of the
American people, without regard to sections.
Nor did it propose to squander the public
lands, as bad betsn charged, but to give them
to actual settlers in consideration of services
rendered to the community in reclaiming the
",r ; v "Mf""!
pohcy was not new or unsupported. Moses
economy; Vattel had sanctioned ' it in his
Commentaries on public law, land President
Jackson had advocated it in bis, messages to
vongress. 11 wasr cnarged wua being a
demagogical 'proposition.! If "so, then the
Oongress of 1791; in giving lands to "certain
m? a w V- ? P er: 1
ttlers, and Washington n signing the--bilM
passed at that date had early begun to prac
itunni
country
preceden
Vf7hlr. TvSa ' ' iA - u"r84UU"
hance the vidthe unoccupied- portions 5
and hasten its capacity for sustaining "and
nurturing a great and powerful
would it dimmish the revenues
On the contrary by bettering.!
the laborer, and thus enab hngr hira to con--
- -a 9. - " .rf,
sume a greater amount of foreign importations,
It wouUJ add largely td an Si nua revenue!
from imposts.. , . I i . . , f :
tfrz:i t ,
But the financial results of the measure did
not attord the most favorable litrht in wlnrhlf
' i'k'..:wvi t ' j . i '
it could be viewed.. It also tended to raise
man socia
meliorati
cally by.
stability of the country.
He desired to build
o do ay at ac,tb an n-tocracf on.
the one hand or a rabble on r the other.- ;:
T, . t- 1 . uiu i t 1 11 "
1 be public lauds had been lavished on States
,f, . n i.i1 ' . - !
and Corporations. He thought it was now
, 1 1 4, "o. ,'7tt" . T i
uiu iiiue iu pi ace. uiem wuuin me reacu or
-nk a J V . r -
all tbe people. At the present rate of dis '
.v,ir ; ' m il . 1
pensing them it would require more than sixj
1 . j 1 . u - , .
hundred years to fill up aud occupy our pub
r j T,;.i. -1 i? y,f J wu' r "
ho domain. 4 If itbe aaid that this measure
1 - a- -U -'-..' - . .'.
by offering a boon to emigration, wou d tend
. c..4k? oi "
to, depopulate tbe . Southern States, it was
nni. ii,i .nnsitAJ .1 k4.t jv
only on the aapposition that the laborerj
Messrs Reid, Houston, Hay ne and Critten
dea opposed the bill' Mr; Clingmati offered
an amendment to give a homestead to every
head of a family whether p lie aettlea upon it
or not, and spoke on the subject as follows : e
'He said, he was . for retaining the jpublid
lands as a source of revenue lb the Treasury1
f but if they are to go, Laay letus have! an;
equal dibtnbuUpn.. The Senator- from Ten4
ne,sse alluded to the agrarian Laws of Rome
I
nz throuerh the lecislation of the L--" - : n ' f . . . 9
VI t u ' r : t .1. opnne: inence aue norm 10 me oiaie line :
, Mr. Johnson found more than forty .1 .1 .u! o. . r r f ' . m
ts-to justify theifundaraental prjnci- x J i 4;J UA t?; n.A
could better his condition b? a change of -T 'TuTV 7
. . , , jii'-JlBT'- toeternal perdition, after giving honest men
location; and w ho, would jobiect la a policy .f tL .: . 1 8, iv.
1 1 . -'-j ik tVT'-r thirty dy - notice to Iave the place. There
which promised this beneficial result to the 1 7 1 m j . v .
has now bi expended .iDore.f'tooiwTpon
. iJ .mi tT- 1 1 i.. t.'v' - Kansas, Since lbs introduction of the Kansas
C W 'H NehraAa B,lf'tfiarVriieW dJmagar,,
fthi. I -': v !il 'SkphtnrA. tioiiph thin all iu land.'woold
Pe.1.!!!..!nure 9'1D",H iThe .ot ofthe twety.ihre.'n...l .
to the distributions made there, arid their. de-
eXHCty the'same course. He ;will repember
lauu neio
bopnty
d arra-
That is
th-d 8te .Sras-to
.
ioaem5Bpriirg
v if 11 uiin
you must give theihfBdme0ing in some other
WHY. : ! . . ! . .
j xt t v A.-:- ..i Uii r3VA ii .........
- nnftA tft- iptenr bavethe -fiuhlic lands
f f hfix Wuifnot those! who have already
s
fof , ;their; lan4 oome o Congress to have
Ui'Bnt'tlwYrhayftKpaid -refunded The
i? rS7 .10"
feel Ody fast-weekIbebeve, a prop
, ca.rid ihnmh theSenate. merelv unon
ilia idea that1 the ofBcers here must 1 be put
unkmHnS'fffy wtfthC6i5cers of
th HbWof r
' nke HieUben,, tbsf, in ever v pbintf
view ,bm. jnejp.ent. I am not,
howeveri 0 drawn into auy? general discus
son 0f the (nV I hiiire oiBted rhameiidment
in good faith; I ha've two objections to the bill;
nrst. mat u laKes in proceeus 01 incj im.ua
from the Treasury; and, second, that it makes
. t j:,,;, mpndment
an unenual distribution. Mv amendment
the laiter objectiont' It cannot meet
4fo)ribfT,'J jadoiti aii-A '' T 1 i
H Mrw Hale Isnggpsted Hhat this donation
twel M or hteen months shouW-be-
oomo heads Vf families. ;Laugh(ef j . ;
rTUe bill was postponed, on motion of Mr
ciingmanntilJaiiuary nextayes 30, nays
Thik,M(Uniderer a "defeat of the .biU.:
Tsht.
rjfg Soilthcril Oeieral Coil-
:: Ifereiiee, : r . f. ' - ,-."-' r. :
We publish below the largest portion of a
characteristic, : but , quite ; . interesting letter,
. , n i m ; , ,
from the, RevuW.G, Brownlow who
tP s i HA iL i L , -
was in
attendance aiithe General Conference ; -;
There are one hundred and sixty Ministers
in this bodirepsetititrgcvrnty three An
nuai ijonierences, and an mat vast extent ot.
territotyrsouih of Mason apff4 DiXOd'a Li
with the exception alone of Maryland, win
ne.
iuh,
m its Uhurcb relations, adheres to tbe Meltlo
- a. - a
UIH UUUIUUr IWU1I, 'A Halo IHJttrJ lilcli , Willi
a more diirnified. and talented : bodv of men
t, aa tnjB body. . I have heard ;: experienced
statesmen Isay.thaVJn appearae, and in their
display of talents, in debate, they excel either
numhar nf nwn n rv fiumH in nifr fmiriirv
who are theiri enuals'as iiuinit orators.
r - i.Some- very',,.importantji. measure3,,.forr..tbe
! . 1 I -I
bouih are betpre tbis body, fcome have beeu
STV7k r ?
While the Conference is conservaure,. jjt is
Ja.J i,4!i1.a. ...til CJ.
t0UfJd throughout upon all. issues that con
cern the soutb.i Un vesterday tbe Uoif-r
ence adopted a report .creating a new An-
nuai vonierence u oe.siyieu ine rtip "uranoe
direction. 1
'The' boundaries of this new Conference
will encroach-ito some-. extent upon Mexico;
but I fevor this, being something of a Xfilli-
butter . and. ibelijeying that it ought tp;W
Carried out inireligiqu as well In politics. That
you may the better understand the territory
proposeu 10 ue occupiea uy una new vxuner
ence,d submili the outline' as set forth in -the
reporvasdopted: 1
"Beginning; the northeastern li
ne at ' the
mouth of tho Guadaloupe river, circum fati
tude 28 12 degrees? thence up the Guada
loupe, rjyeMp thejunction with San Antonio
rivert up the: Sao Antonio river, (including
the town of San Antonio ;) thence from the
town of San-Antdnib along the .roiliiary road
to Fort Malonv1n he Fredericksburg
m --oil 'jLb-, . nJi
frora Tort Masons running due ' north, to tl
mouth; thence along the coast to the point of
"IhegecifiWi Road per-'
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the Texas Legislature, the progressives spirit
tlx:'-'- - a ! i- 1 1 ur r
f the ? f ' lightened puh , opinion, to
othing of, Southern interests, will press
t.to compietior. i
;. ,. , - - ;, . . Cs
aaoptea oy ims.cornerence. wuicn came Trora
.i.Vl" J:.k 2U ULl a -.-
Methodist Mission,- at ' as.early a day as
practicable," in Central America and New
, of MrtbJdUt: Gui nea ia
itorganiza
. .
America, and this suits my views of things
1 u T j j-T i'-n "- . s
likewise. Indeed, lam in favor of organizing
, - n u j- , . 6 . s
conferences in Cuba-and in Mexico, and tlien
. 1- j o. . v .1 rr j
of annexing Miurch and State to these United
G,; c m,;. u w ;u . i-
btates, The: bouth must look in, t that duec-
j nt.J. .iV70 1:1 t ;. j r
wv11, aim V.UH taio, uiu.-o .u US, I IIIMCHU Ol
! v r 1 . r tr . j
wafcting her energies upon Kansas, intended
j ? u is . -ti, -"iCti - -;:ivu"'
ov iiovidence for the .abode of northern
f. ll.,i1.Lt .Bj- r j 1 - T
fauaUcaaitthrqatsAandfreedmahrkers.
f AsjTP'j VASdT-t !-JL trteJL T'iir
1 am mfaVor off a law OYobr National L-g
;Ui,r -.ikw' ir-i.ii: 5.-jfk:i...?.
ferepc npQnbatTS cllecHbe- JAlabama
RsoQtil.'ce4ne4 outHcJay and
fesul ted i Q the adoption of .that , iresol ution
Thai resolution proposes to strike out of the
1JfthodtJscjpH.nert
"the buying ahd sell ing of, rp en, women and
children, with an intention. to enslave them.
Although tKis clause was not inserted in the
Discipline byj Mr."Wesy,r but rby Ezkiel
Cooper,4 of the anti sfa very party at the Jorth,
and although it originall v looked toB the sup
pression f theAfhcanBlayo trade, it poght
': I Uonrerence of tbeiJMethOdist uburch, oouth.
vantages 'Pfiia'is an imburtant slea. and will enroiir-
it ttrm oniiiiiatiou -at once, and In the Trrrhi
' l .-1 ': j ; il llnlnrarirt ri vpr. nr tYtt Clctnrsnlr rivp.r tr Ticr
to be stricken out of the book, and will be
by" this7is&nference.,Ttireev fourths of the
votes of the annual conferences were-necessary
to secure this alteration, and fifty;. Votes
more thnjihe requisite Dumber have Wen
cast, as the counting of to day hat shown.
Two-thirds of the votes of this body are Tie
cssary to confirm 4his measure,-fand these
wiil be;-)btainHl, and1eventnore. This
ptacS'btrrChurch'wherehe onht- to stand
on the Southern Slavery Platform,
rrhe;Var:Eeircr.V
All parties in n, Washington Are glowing
with the feyer for war. fn the debate in the
Senate onUhe th MrMason spoke on
the resolutions reported by him." i Mr. Mallory
was for enabling : the r Executive ' to adopt
measures at once to prevent the continuance.
Mr. Hale thought the acts of Great - Britain
were of a belligerent character. . He was for
meeting acts with acts and arguments. ; Mr.
Mallory and, Mr. Toombs concurred.' Mr.
Seward said . -. ."
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i V : rhe assumption of Great Britain is fonnd:
ed on force and , is , claimed by no others
than the British, or such as like her asserted
tlw mastery of y the; seas! But the United
States set out with; the, intantiot to bo i qual
Witbany nation and eanuot permit an affecta
tion of superiority by any power, even iu the
modified sense of visitation, the right of standi
and visitation being terms synonymous. . .The
principles of police at sea are identical with
thosV on land.- & Any one may seize pirates
at sea, or culprits on shore, but he does it at
his peril, J lf thefrested party be a culprit.
he is abandoned to justice. If not, it is an
Aggression, andi tbe i aggressor ' is f liable ", to
make reparation." ' This ! j nation -will : never
pefmt jts; flag t0be ptcstituted? to rpurrToseR
of piracy; butf ftmiust resist every aggression
on its peaceful commerce. He had not
looked in the law books for techiiical objc
tions to the , right ' of search! It is enough
that it cannot be permitted, that it is ah ag
gres8iou on' the equality of nations,- enough
that it is an attempt to exercise superiority
over this f nation. ' - r -
"Mr. Douglas asked what good does it do
to resdlye that this search is a belligeVent act.
The American peopJemd England know this,
England was so iofofmed, ,,ofiy . years ago,
and yet she' has" viol atVd' 'our rights thifiy
three times within the past four week. Let
hip of war say tl)e: Wabash, get on the
track of -the Styx or Buzzard, follow bet up,
CHpiuieiher, and bring her. into an American
port, and it will then be the ti me .to.;'make
explanations.' ; If England avows the cruiser's
auts it beeomps an international question. If
she disavows the acts, it simply remains for
iis to say what punishment we shall infiict
on those lawless persona' who have perpetra
ted theser outrages. The, President, haying
gone as 'far as he can: go let Ijim have at
once such powers as are .necessary to protect
our flag ahdj.niaintain the rights of our citi
zens at home and abroad.'" r; f
! Mr. Wilson of Massachusetts, was for send
ing a naval force to the scene of the s recent
outrages, with instructions tor capture the
ships that have committed or may commit
these outrages. ? !
In the House, on the same day, Mr. Clay,
of Kentucky; introduced a bill to restrain and
repress the outrages on our flag and citizens,
and to give the President authority in the
premises. ' Mr. Garnett, of Virginia, was
opposed to converting the Government into
a, military despotism. t
The war fever is certainly raging high. 7
Every one is anxiously expecting news from
England. 'The next steamer will be the bear
er of despatches of unusual interest.
I Thb American Tract Societt.- We are
gratified to "announce that !he abolitionists
have failed in their efforts to array this Insti
tution against slavery j
f A year ago, the ArjHoUtijnista i passed a
resolution in tbe'Tract Society, directing the
Publishing Committee to issue'tracts upon ttbe
moral yeyiis and vices which, slavery is; known
tq fomoUe.15 ..TConJmitUe Jq' tjielr credit,
declined to. do this. 'The year passed by and
njo' incendiary: publication;; hadf 4een isuedl
The issue was, should the instructions of last
year be reaffirmed bythe 'Society, orshould
they b rescinded! The! result has been that
thev have been rescinded, at ' the- Annual
meeting; in New York by a vote pjat least
ten to one. . ". tj .; :-.t .i
Damage frou thk Risb of the Missrs-siPTL-rr
A letter fromy the South estimates the
Idamage to plantations, in consequence of the
rise of the Mississippi, to be thirty, millions of
dolfare. !
Wettiuo Doww a REVivAL.-The revival at
Portsmouth, Ohio, terminated in a week's de
batebetween Rev. M r. Frankli n and Rev. M r.
Merrill, on the subject of baptism, the revival
stopped whw 'thelWterT.4or4trdversy com
menced V r
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jtLook;'out, and be very cautious about
taking twenty dollar bills ron the Cfnmercil
Bank ofiKentueky; There are no counterfeite
but the signatures on some of them are' for
. J55T.lt ia estimated that the., commercial
world bras, lost by the revulsion of 1857vfive
hnodred tbillions of dollars.
"In Louisiana there are 15000 square
miles of fert le alluvial soil'wbich lie below
high water, mark, and require to be protected
by artificial embankrapnU. - ' , '
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HiEAVT Losses. A recapitulation of the
damage done by the recent hail storm in the
vici n ity of Frederieksbu rg. Vi rginia, est i ra a tes
tbe loss - to be '51 50,000. Uver 560,000
bushels of wheat were j destroyed, within a
length of ten and a breadth of thxee miles.
Troubles Forcigrn: and bo.
tnestici j
9 hyetroublep tbickenfn On? all side
British insolence comes first1.! on ihi 'iisiJ-'
New Orleans rna sute of re volution, is next,,
and everlastijig Kkhsaa loorris np agaTnrjith
a fresh array of exciting rumors. Jhe latest
are the,worst. HerCthey are in brief '
.'The .Kansas correspondent of-'the St, .
Louis Democrat gives raanyf remors.and con
flicting accounts pf the recent, troubles ie the
Southern part of the Territory. . It is stated
that some two hundred ,settlers have or-J
ganized near Suga(r Mound, abd a still larger 1
number of Missouriana encninped ashort dis
tance from them; jt was thought, a battle
would enWe between the. parties.' ' s '
,4Gov. Denver has commissioned Sheriff
Samuel Valker to proceed to the scene Tof
disturbaapces, and. report to -him,' when ' be
deemed it proper that adirei measures shall
be taken to restore order. 1 ' ' " ' .
The latest ne ws from Ossawatomie stated
that that place was; threatened? by three hun
dred; Missouriana, and messengers had beerr
dispatched to Lawrence, for arms. i appears
from r jcorrespondence emanating frouo the
headquarters of thei Kansas militia, published
in th? Lawrence Republican' that Captains
Montgomery and Fay ne were deprived of their
commissl6nC(a the! IStji '-,ojf 'FeVruaryT The
O-ssawatomie Heraki confirms the atjcciurits of
the murder io Lyi-Qconmy pnthe lth,
Uh riiredidCrickitt prty , is now
besieged at Fort Scott by a pat ty of Frea
State men, who areawaiting. reinforcements,
ib order to take the place by storm. - -j
j The ! -S.'iif Detncratiias information
from a gentieen, ust.arriyeo! from Kansas,
that a leputy liiuted States MarsbaJ had
been sent ia prs-tit of Montgomery, and had
bee n' taken prisoner' by The latter on Thurs
day night last. After wme eonferenee he
was released. ' ; .-..;..'"?,.., . .-. ...'i'l J-'"
The recent outrages had aff been commit
ted by Hamilton, who is at the head of the
remnant party formerly commaneJed by Mjor
Buffurdij'. ItbjrypQitd tfrat Hamrrtoo" hadi.
left the Territory f at d is1 n6w ea'' roate to
Georgia.- ; '''r; i:i .:ui'i
" The Republican learns that Gov. Stewart
has sent Gen. Parson, to -Bites' and Cass
counties, to asrertaiithe extentof the troubles-reported
"to exiisttherey wid wJietbl it i
be'hwessttry toif call oi live militia.to protect
t he border :;cpahteatj of isspuri frum,i the de
predations of Montgomery's hand. - ' t
A iMoSTSR' Grape Vine;-A Lbs Angei
los, icorrespondent of the Alta California writes
as follows : r. ... , i. .;
At Montecitd, four miles from Santa Bar
bara, there is a grapei yine probably the largest
in the world. Its dimensions and yield would
le incredible, were it not that my: iihibrinaut
is a man. of veracity, and he sp.ke from per
sonal ibseJ'vauoa. ijl l,ist a single , vine, ithe
main stock being, ten feet in diameter. It is
trained noon a trellis .60 feet in diameter.
My informant,' with auother pe"rson, counted
7000 bimehes, and the estimated yield whs
18,000 pounds of fruit. . Can this be beaten ?
The only thing that surprised ma in the rela
tion of my fuend wa, that any pe,rson in
bauta Barbara should have displayed the
energy necessary to build the trellis tor this
uobtu viae. 1
Democratic Victory in New Haven.-
a! the municipal election in New.llavei) on
Monday,. the Democrats elected their candi-
date f5rMay6 and all the other city of&cers.
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and carried three of the six" wardsthe 3rd.
4lh and 5th. In the latter ward, howevur,
an independent' Democrat was efected in op
position to. the-regular; Iernocratic candidate
for Alderman, chilly by Republican voles
Th
Tim Dcmnpratift mMinritV for M:ivrtr vnii Urill
For the other city officers, about 500. '
Gen. Houston's Expedition to Mexico.
-The New York Evening Post understands
that Gen. Houston, immediately' after the
adjournment of Congress, contemplates ao ex
pedition into Mexico with a company of four
or five thousand men, who are , anxious to
follow the hero of, the Alamo to new con
quests. It has been signified to General
Houston, says the Post, that if he would lead
them, there "were thousands ready to- follow
himr to any part of vMexicov- The under-
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standing is, that they are to I exasize another,
slifA itf MnYli-n anil r't' ?' fntn ' the TTninn.
and with it Houston. into the Senate.
SyThe law of Tennessee, of the last ses
sion, declares and enacts, that the: hirer of a
negro shall, in all cases, be liable for 'medical
attendance,, and that' no contract with the
owner shall be pleaded in bar to the Physi
cian." The owuerj however, may, elect the
phvsician. . . j j ... '
' 'The' Washington correspondent of the
New York Post, writes that a gentleman said
to Mr. Buchanan the other day; Wei I; Mr.
President you have got rid of Kansas for the
present. - Yes.? repHed Mr. Buchanan, fr
tle' " ptesent. There is nd peace ' for
wicked." r " r "
.Resionatiok. f F. ,N.;.W, Burton," Secre
tary of State of Tennessee, under, a charge of
defalcation to the State, ' has resigned. The
matter is now undergoing "investigation.-:-J.ihn
E R. Ray,? of Memphis, has been ap
pointed to fill the vacancy. r -
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JS3TOverC fifty thousand 'men bave applied
to the President uS fill the two new regiment
-w . -.-j- . . f - .' t.-. .f i ;i ..- ,w
jESTTThe wheat "harvest ' h?as fully com
menced in Texas, and the yield' is said to be
large. .1
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jC37"In bonng 1 an" artesian well at Louis
ville, depth pf 1;700 feet ha3 been! reached,
and a jet of salt water now' rises, fifty
into the, air above thd earthY surface.