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At Meeting of the Board of Supe'""
r3 instant, tne roiwwiug - nresent
.jrA,k Districts iui r -
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A. Crowder,
rrfted fdr the several Districts
Allen Adams, James Penny, AugTurner
Thos. G. Whitaker, Jno. J. L. Aicul
David Smith. . Nathan
John Stokes, Aldndge Fanm,
.nhpnson. Willie Pope, John
laf iu ii --if
Harrison.
w'r a Uriev. Richd.
WHIiam Mwaras. Level Stin-
6." A. R. Branch, James Adams, Uvei
rlbey Holland, Andrews, JohnJones
8 HilJard Msou, Hubbard Upchurcn,
r John, Merntt. renins Alvin Jones.
att Freeman. r.nrii Joo.
Ml. Burw.H Rollins, Eli-ha Denni. Jo
l2.jSaoothe, Wm. Boothe, Thomas
u li E'SeemaD, John Bennet, Mark Ba-
14 s Jinks, Jesse Howell, Jr. Green Mills.
15.' Wm. J. Rowland, Jas. Rowland, Alvin
-16. JjS" Scott, Josiah Scott, William Yates.
17. Tbos Marcona,:Asa Edwards, Win, liar
18. J.'W. Scbtt Hend. Morris, William
George.
" 18. Woodson Clements. Washington Mar
shall, Anderson Cheek.
20. Robert Halliburton. William
K Peleg Rogers. ., 0
f 21. Alvm Yearby, Geo. Brogden, Alex, Fen-
Nicholes,
-tirta
or
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Mr. etevenson was m-u vwYWg ; Lycra
John
a speech of some jeul-
nJMorris, M. C. Sorrel, Rich'd Ed-
wards. -"
25. Solomon Todd. Henderson Cope,
' 26:Qm.i?SSS')George F. Allen,' John
' 27. Jno.Tv C. Wiatt, Wm. Finch, Wm.
r Young? f . . . TI --
28. S. H. Whitaker; C. E. Finch, I. H. Uo-
" 29. Anderson; Page, Leroy Jones, Brink. Las
4 aiter. i
. 30. Buckner Nipper, J. K. Moore, B. U.
Simms.
31. Alsey Jones, Wnh-G-Allen, WnuH.
Tate. . '
32. Robt. Wynne; Talbot LigonTHil. Thomp-
' son.. - ,
" 33. Edw'd Chappel, Wille Perry, Reuben
Fleming. .
34. Peterson Dunn, Luke Lassiter, IVatn I
Dunn.
p. iii...r.S-u?kLi-Robert TmWjckj Jas.
O. Jffr?Y'- .
36. B. S. D. Williams, Drury Partm, Rich- 1
ard B. Sea well. '
f 37. Henderson Poole, Jno. B. Johns, George
Poole, (Rocky Mt.)
" 38. H. H. Harris, Bryant .Whitley, Jos.
Broughton. 1
39. Jesse Broughton, Willis Whitaker, James
Dupree.
"'40. Jno. Griffiin, Needham Bryant,. Henry
Sturdivant
41. Simon Smithy John Young, Jonathan
Smith.
" 42. Henrf O. Parker, Jno. M. Williams, Sol
omaa Terrell.
43. Wm. H. Hood, Geo. W. Marshbiirn,
Ilenry Rhgfles.
44, W m. Lee, W iHis W. Nowell, R. J, Houl-
der. !
" 45. Keroey Upchurch, Jos. Peebles, Soloman
Pace. ;
46. Amos Scarbrough, Geo. W. Scarbrough,
Berry Ellis.
Daniel Scarbrough, Benj. Marriott, JM
liard Jones.
1 48. Jas. ! Bunn, John Chamblee, Raiford
'. , Chamblee.
49j D: B. Griffin, Jno. G. High, M. D. Free
man.
60. Joo. Hopkins, Bfyant Stallings," Burwell
Perry.
' 51. Joseph Fooler, Jr., Jno. T. Walker,
Freeman Jones.
52. James Wiggins, James S. Moring, Solo-
man Walker
" 53. Bryant Green, John Q,. Barham, Mathew
S. Williams.
54. Thos. J.Terrell, J. Mitchell, Calvin Mitch
. ell.
" 55. James D. Newsom, Geo. C. Smith, Da
vid Gill.
J 56. John Pearce, Jas. Jones, Geo. McDowell.
57. P. S. Rogers, James, M. Mangum, Wm.
Laws. . ;
" 58. David Beck, Jno. Ward, Jno. Adamsl
V 59. Silas Burns, L. E. Heartt, Jno. R. Har
rison. GO. Jordan Womble, Wm. Stronach, Wm.
H. Putney. ,
' 61. Jno. W. Adams, Piyfer Barber, Nath'l
MyaU. . i
" '62. Thomas Young, Jefferson Goodwin, John
Worabie. . '
63. John L. Terrell, Jno. M, Fleming, Isham
Holding.
'C4. Wesley Jones, Drury Iing, Alsey Eat-
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RAIL ROAD CONVENTION.
At an Internal Improvement Convention
held at . Wilmington.! on Saturday, the 5th
day of January, 1850, the Intendant jrf Po
lice, Col. James T. Miller, was calle( to the
Chair temporarily, when, on motion of Geo.
Davis, Esq., the Chairman was authorized
to appoint a Committei of five to repert offi
cers far the permanent organization of the
Convention : Messrs. Geo.T)avi8, A. J. De
Rosset, Jr., P.'K. Dickinson, Miles Cbstin,
and M. London, were appointed said Com
mittee. After brief consultation, Mr. Geo. Davis,
on behalf of the Committee, reported the
following officers:. For President, Dr. F. J.
Hill, of Brunswick; for Vice Presidents,
Messrs. Geo. S. Stevenson, of Craved ! and
T. H. Williams, of New Hanover; for Sec
retaries, W. F. S. Alston, of Wayne, land
W . B. Gukck, of Craven. This report; was
adopted unanimously.
The President, on taking the Chair, retur
ned thanks to the Convention for the' honor
conferred upon him, in a few neat and ap
propriate remarks, with respect to the great
benefits of Internal Improvements, applying
his remarks particularly to the improvemeuts
in the navigation of the Cape Fear.
On motion of Mr. Davis, Gen. Harlee,
President of Wilmington & Manchester Rail
Road, was invited to a seat in the Conven
tion. Messrs. Davis and Costin were ap
pointed a Committee to carry the invitation
to Gen. Harlee, who immediately conducted
him to the hall. ;
Mr. Davis then rose, and with some flat
tering remarks, introduced to the large au
dience in attendance, the Hon. Romulus M.
Saunders, late U. S. Minister to Spain. !
j sctirmaders addressed the Convention
at TerTgtn in a speech of .great power and el
oquence, fixing the attention of the audienee
for nearly two hours.
After he had finished, on motion of Mr.
Griffith J. McRce, the Convention adjourned
to 3 o'clock in the evening.
EVEXIAG SESSION.
The Convention assembled pursuant to
adjournment, the President in the Chair.
The Convention was instructed and enters
tained during the evening by speeches from
Messrs. Eli W. Hall, Thos. H. Williams,
Gen. Harlee, and Geo. S. Stevenson.
On motion of Mr. Dickinson, the Presi
dent was authorised to appoint a Committee
of five persons to solicit subscriptions to the
stock of the Central Rail Road.
On motion of Mr. Williams, the President
was requested to tender the thanks of the
Convention to Gen. Saunders, Gen Harlee,
Geo. S. Stevenson, and Eli W. Hall, for the
a Government as ours," wEen tie Executive
assumes to debate and decide quesions for
the legislative body. ; Here, I thmk,V the
mischief to which this country has cn
doomed for many long years, and here" is tht
secret of the long arguments in Presidential
messages, and m other Executive documents,
which have been indicted on us in our past
history. If the advent of Gen. Taylor to the
Presidency should effect the restoration of the
constitution, in this particular, to its erect po
sition, and the maintenance in. i the mean
time of its admirable balance oTpowers, it is
not easy to estimate the blessings it will be
to the country. We have now, I think, a
model of a President's message, and I sin
cerely hope it will be copied after on all fu
ture occasions. A LOOKER-ON.
of the cause of Internal Improvements.
Before this resolution had been adopted,
on motion of another gentleman, it was
amended by including the name of Mr. Wil
liams, and thus adopted unanimously.
Notice was then given of k hieeting at
night in favor of the Wilmington & Man
chester Rail Road; when, on motion, the
Convention adjourned sine die.
Dr. F. J. HILL, President
G. S STEVENSON, - ...
T. H. WILLIAMS, rce ets-
F. S. Alston.
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W. B. Gulick,
Secretaries.
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, MARYLAND AND THE UNION.
The following passages from the address
ht Hon. Wm. L. Gaither, on taking the
Chair as Speaker df the Senate of the State
of Maryland, express the sentiment of devo
tion to the Union of the States which is very
generally entertained by the People of that
State:
Sy Invested by the Constitution with legis
lative and executive powers possessing the-5
- pbwers of proposing and passing on amend
ments to the;t'onstitution of the State this
body may be truly said to be the temple of
republican liberty, -where the 'genius of en
larged patriotism nd unshrinking conserva
tism 'should always preside.
V All that concerns the interests of the
teoplef Maryland as an independent sov
ereignty, as well as all that affects her inter
est or her honor as a member of the Union
are objects of oUr special duty, and at no
time in the history of our State or of the nation
has the importance of calm wisdom and self-
raui"ullo iriousm on the parts of those
. xi.Cu tu kujiu me puDiic iibertv," and
crvc uiu union 01 the State
necessary; than now. The
stronelv marked feoli
c. j 0 ' uc Hdn 01 our
State, m regard to a question of domestic
concern the violent antagonism of feeling
Fhich sectional jealousies have created a
i:z. "r: ' sections of
tuu.cueiacj, mis sacred Union i(
self being menaced in the angry strife de
Jnand of us calmness and firmness in the dis
lamp6 OUI" dutiel ai5 Senato of Mary
., " The historic recollections bv
are surrounded, and whichconsecrate this
chamber in the eyes of every American pa-
..... U iu fccuu iortn irom this
the cradle of the Federal Constitution a
WV4anile-XP Which' 1 hPe- call
back to their alleir anr thrwo JL' .
trrAn u jf::" , "laisre-
pc Vl It 1,,,luUdies jeopara ine existence
ol the Union, and who seem to have forcmt
ten tne motto that Liberty and Union, now
1 V1 Y r are one and inseperable .' '
Come at Last A Western orator com
uiciiceB ms narangue thus :
' The important crisis which were
have arrivenhaye arroven."
THE MODEL MESSAGE.
From the National Intelligencer.
. Messrs. Editors : The most striking char
acteristics, of the President's Message are its
brevity, its straight-forwardness, and its ab
stinence from argument on the points and
statements made. I think the more it is
considered, the more it will be regarded as
a MODEL
If brevity is the soul of wit, it is not less
so of a document of this kind. The long an
nual messages of late years have been a bore
to the public, a tax to" the press, and to. the
patience of readers. One has been obliged,
as it were, to go to sea in them, and to be a
long time out of sight of land, ill provided
with instruments of observation and skill in
steering, grateful to be ashore at last, and
with no very pleasant impression of the voy
age. All the world has felt the incongrui
ty of such an enterprise, on such-an occa
sipn, and wondered as much if there would
ever be an end of the practice as of the
message; Thanks for the return of the reign
of good sense in this matter at last. Grum
blers may say it is a Queen's speech, but
the gallantry of the people will respond. It
is all the bette for that, so far as its brevity
is concerned. 1 All they want to know from
such a source is, what has been done, and
what has taken place of interest to th na
tion, and what is proposed to be done. '
I, his want which characterizes the occa-i
sion and extends no further than the above
specifications, leads us directly to a consid
eration of the straight-forwardness ol the mes
sage in gratiiymgthis demand precisely, and
in attemptingno more. All else would be in
appropriate. It is, perhaps, no wonder that
a seeming necessity, in certain quarters, of
vindicating these excesses in former messa
ges should lead to criticism and censure of
the present, simply because it has kept with
in tne line ot its duty, in the message of
President Taylor one is conducted straight on
from one point and one statement to anoth
er, without a word of expletive,' till the sto
ry pf the past is finished, and the project of
the future developed, and there is the end.
yVhat more would 3-ou have ?
But arirumeut has been the custom here
tofore. That we all know to our sorrow
We have had special pleadine:, and all sorts
of pleadings in Presidential messages, for this,
that, and the other purpose, and the same ar
guments have been followed up and spun out
by heads of Departments till the whole na
tion has groaned a9 under a nightmare. "
The secret of this gross impropriety, of
this national calamity it may be called, is
perhaps found in the habit of the Executive,
lor the last twenty years, in assuming the
prerogatives of legislation, and dictating
measures. Every such assumption requir
ed a plea in justification. Hence these lon-
Lxecutive arguments for the measures pro
posed, and the argument, as t need not say,
commiuea me rresiaent to ms vote that
is, to the veto if his plea were not regard
ed by Congress. The very fact-that an ar
gument in such a place involves such a com
mittal, demonstrates its impropriety. It is
nothing short of a magisterial dictation.
But when the Executive, acting from
principle, declines any such control of the
legislative body, his duty is simple and his
messages brief. Gentlemen, the facts are so
and so, and I recommend so and so. Here
is seen at a glance the harmony of the
constitution, when each branch of the Gov
ernment keeps with its own sphere, and at
tends to its own duty. The Legislature is
assumed by the constitution, to be compe
tent to make its own arguments in support
of its own enactments, and the floor of that
j body is the the only proper aretaof such de
abouttot bate. It is not simply incongruous, but
things get fast and sadly out of joint in such
se-
pre-
s, been mnro
exigence of
; CONGRESSIONAL.
Senate, Jan, 7, 1850.
Mr. Douglas moved, and it was ordered,
that the prior orders be suspended, ana tnat
th several resolution heretoiore oucicu migm.
be taken tip; they were simple resolutions
of inquiry, and could, not lead to debate.
The resolution submitted on the 24th ul
timo, by Mr. Bradbury, calling upon, the
President for copies of charges preferred a
gainst persons removed from office, &cwas
first in order, and was laid over for the present.
.Thenextin order was the resolution; ot
he
THE BROTHERS MONTESQUIEU.
The case of these young Frenchmen, now
in prison at St, Louis, awaiting their trial for
murder, has excited much interest in France,
as well as in this country. Two influential
French gentlemen have arrived in this coun
try to make representations in behalf of the
prisoners, establishing the fact that they are
afflicted with hereditary insanity. The cir
cumstances under which the outrage for which
they are under arrest was committed, fully
justify this belief.
From a statement made verbally by Ray
mond de Montesquieu, the younger of the
brothers, it appears they left Ottowa last
October, in two buggies, and amused them
selves occasionally by shooting game as they
passed the Woods, among which they several
times got lost, having mistaken the well-worn
branch roads, by which wood was hauled, for
the direct road.
This, frequently occurring, threw the elder
one, Gonzalve, into a state of extreme ner
vous excitement, which was increased by
the idea that had seized upon his distemper
ed mind, that two persons, who had started
from Ottowa on the same day, and who hap
pened, by some traveling chance, to rest
wherever they stopped at night, were follow
ing in their trail for the purpose of robbing,
and, perhaps, murdering them. This became
so firmly impressed upon his mind, that dur
ing the whole of the time spent between
Ottowa a d Alto, about six days, he scarce
ly ever slept. T4he country down from the
lakes, and especially those parts heavily
"wooded, presented itself to his eyes as akin
to tne Hiack J? orfest oi Uennany, thronged
with villains, hidmg secretly on all sides, and
dogging his steps for the purpose of murder
and plunder. Such was the opinion he had
formed of the western country that his con
stant expression was, that he should never
feel secure until he arrived in New Orleans.
o. fv-U?; 4W AltniLlhe first 1
persons tney saw were tne strange travellers
who had followed them. At this Gonzatve's
excitement became intense, and in the night,
waking, and believing he Jiad been robbed,
he roused his brother, and they both went
down stairs to wake up the steward and the
landlord, Gonzalve having a gun in his hand
at the time. They found -their trunks and
bags all safe ; and Gonzalve undertook to
explain his alarm, but in such confused En
glish, that the landlord, suspicious of their
intentions, ordered them to leave the house,
refusing Raymond's request to letihera re
main during the night.
Being thus driven forth, the unfortunate
brothers remained in the streets till three
o'clock in the morning, and then drove into
the woods ; Gonzalve being more than ever
impressed with the idea that their ejection
from the hotel was a preconcerted plot.
They arrived finally, excessively fatigued,
at St Louis, on the afternoon of October 27th,
1849. Up to the 29th of that month, nothing
occurred to affect the monomania under
which Gonzalve was laboring. But that
evening he gave signs of the return of it by
opening his window, and shouting, in loud
tones, " God save the King." From this he
was induced to return to bed, and shortly
ater Raymond fell asleep, and o ly awoke
at the discharge of two guns, which killed
Albert Jones and mortally wounded Kirby
Barnnm. Raymond immediately missed his
brother, and putting on hastily his pantalocns
and overcoat, went into the passage, j where
he met Gonzalve with the gun in his hand,
and the following conversation ensued :
- Raymond " What have you done ?"
Gonzalve " I have killed two men."
Raymond " It is not possible; you cannot
mean what you say."
' Gonzalve" Yes, I have had a revelation
from God to kill two men, and I have done
it." - ;
The brothers were shortly after arrested.
Soon after the arrest, the conduct of Gonzalve
became rational, and his chief concern seem
ed to be on
fered oh the 27th ultimo, byIr. Clemens,
calling 'Upon the President tQ communicate.
to the Senate copies ot all correspondence
between the Government and its agents in
California, touchi g the holding of a con
vention in that place to frame a constitution ;
whether any person hadsheen appointed civ
il or military governor of the territory, and
his compensation, and the date of appointment;
whether any person had been sent there by
the President or any of the departments, with
instructions or authority to organize a State
government; arid further, that he state his
reason for stating in his message that the peo
ple of New Mexico will " at no distant pe
riod present themselves for admission into
the Union."
Mr. Dawson moved to amend by insert
ing and the acts of the late administration
in the same matter ; which amendment was
accepted.
Mr. Miller hoped the resolution would be
allowed to lay over for a few days. He was
opposed to the last clause, calling upon the
President to give his. reasons for the state
ment in his message-' '
Mr. Foote hoped the request would not
be acceded to.
Mr. Clemens would like action upon the
resolution now. He had no objection to
strike out the last clause.
Mr. Rusk saw no reason why the clause
should be stricken out. The information
asked for was important. There were great
questions involved in the matter. ' From re
ports in the papers and otherwise, it had
been learned that the people of New Mexi
co and California had by express direction of
tne President moved lor admission i to the
Union. The questions of boundary between
Texas and those territories were unsettled,
a d the great question whether one branch
of the Government can by its direction urge
the people to rise against the authority of a
sovereign State was involved in the issue. ,
Mr. Douglas expressed a deoire that the
resolution, leading to debate, might be al
io we'd to lay over. , ;
Mr. Clemen-i hnrstie6r was now
before the Senate, and he intended to have
a vote upon it if possible. The subject was
one in which his constituents felt an inter
est ; it had been specially called to his at
tention by the Governor of Alabama.
There was nothing in the resolution to which
the President could.object There was noth
ing asked for by the resolution but what
should have been in his message ; and if
the President had pjt in his message all that
should have been the;re, this resolution would
not now be on the'5 table. The resolution
had not been got up for partisan purposes. -It
was offered to obtain information which
his constituents desired. . He wished to have
no disguises. They were told that they
should not have the Wilmot Proviso forced up
on them ; but he wished that that proviso
should not be presented in an indirect way. If
they we re , obliged to take a medicine in the
shape of the Wilmot proviso, very well : but
don't take the medicine and roll it up in sugar j
come openly. Would any Senator get up
here and say that California would be ready
to be admitted into this Union if it had
not been for the slavery question ? Would
any Senator vote for her admission, save qo
the ground of avoidingthe slavery question ?
Well, he was opposed to doing that indirect
ly which could not have been done directly.
He intended no war on the President nor. on
the Whig party ; all he desired was to de
fend the rights, of the South.
The question on laying the resolution on
the table was taken by yeas and nays; and
resulted yeas 29, nnys 29; and the Vice
President voting in the affirmative, the mo
tion was adopted.
Mr. Douglas moved to postpone all other
orders, and take up the special order of the
day, being Ir. Cass's resolution, inquiring
into the expediency of suspending diplomatic
relations with Aus'ria; which motion pre-,
vailed. 1 '' - .
Mr. Cass said that in his rcmarlfR a fpw
pdays ago, he had alluded to a tkstingujshed
his brother's account, whom he gentleman from Kentucky who had departed
averred to be entirely guiltless. He seemed
to be aware of the enormity "of his crime, and
expressel great contrition for it and great con-
cern for the men whom he had mortally
wounded. Bostcn Transcript.
The Paris correspondent of the Courier
and Enquirer says thatthis affair created
much sensation in France, where these young
men were well-known members of a respec
table family. Their father, long the victim
of a "mental malady," committed suicide
not long before the sons came to America.
" I learn from authority which will not
permit me to doubt, that the father of these
young men had ever been remarked br his
sombre disposition, causeless melancholy! and
occasional strange cofrduct About 'two
years since he actually committed suicide,
without any assignable reason for he wa
wealthy, respected ahd happy in all his! do-.
mesuc relations, l am further told that an
elder brother of these young men, now in
France and ' in good health, was actually
treated no later than last spri g for mental
derangement, of whicTi; he was exhibiting
symptoms. These are facts which Would
go far to sustain a plea of insanity in behalf
of the young men of St. Louis, unlessUhe
facts of their case with which we are ac
quainted here, are such as to utterly! ex
clude it." ' f
A writer under the signature of Heroic
Age, in the Washington Union, savs hp
j would as soon steal a sheep as hold office
unaer Ureneral Taylor. We have no doubt
that he would do either if he had a chance,
put, as he has no chance for an office, we
expeet to hear ol his engaging in the mut
ton line. Lou. Jour.
A locofoco paper in Indiana speaks of our
neighbor of the Democrat as "a workman
who UTtdtands4he use of his tools." I He
buffht certainly to know
He has been one long enougfi.
Lou. Jour ,
tools.
It was the opinion of the ancients that Echo
was a maiden who had pined away for love,
till nothing but her voice wan left, h is
characteristic, that the laeUhing btlonging
to woman which survives should be her
longut, . ,
every confidencein the Committee of Foreign
Kelations ; and he would like to know the
opinion of the honorable chairman of that
committee. He did not know whether that
Senator had given the subject any reflection.
He had every confidencein him. But he
thought the Senate was now as ready to vote
upon this measure as it would be after the
report, able as it might be, of the committee
Therefore it was, that this measure should
be considered" as a positive suspension "of in
tercourse with Austria. He nad been sur
prised a,t the wide difference between the
premises laid down by the Senator 'from
Michigan, and the conclusion to which he
arrived . The Senator had depicted the
wantori atrocities of Austria ; the inhuman
butcheries practised by her soldiery had
portrayed the sufferings of the Hungarians,
and their noble struggle for rrberty. And
who doubted all this ? These were the pre
mises of the Senator ; and what, is the con
clusion ? To recall a small Charge des affaires
from the'eourt of Austria ! Could the Senator
fip.d no other move'ment worthy of him ?
Could be riot have introduced some other
means more in accordance with true policy,
and with the unbounded -springs of American
hospitality ? The Hungarian exi!es are now
scattered over the wide world some in
Europe, and some on our own shores. Let
the Senator bring forward something to
aid, support, and succor them ; something
worthy of the land which is the home of the
oppressed ; something worthy of the Ameri
can sympathy, arid in accordance with the
usages of the past ; and theft he may call,
and not call in vain, on him for succor and
support. Instead of recalling a mere Charge.,
he had expected from the Senator something
far different. He expected that he would
have proposed to send that country some
wise, able, and energeticmahpto plead and
advocate the causeffll iff,- and to re
monstrate in behalf of ih uafortunate patri
ots. Among other things read by the Sen
ator, was a paper signed by eighty-three
members of the British parliament. But what
on a foreigm. mission as late as the 22d De
cember. He now ascertained frofn an au
thentic source, that the departure of ihat
eiatfeman was not ofhis own motion, but
a&Tequired bjs an imperative order of the
GoVlrnment I
Mr. Clay saidthe appeal made the other
day by the Senator from Michigan to him to
aid in this proposition, entitled that Senator,
together with the respect he bore him, and
the long acquaintance exisling-hetween them,
to a response. His worthy friend had ex
pressed a very confident expectation that he
would succor and support him 'i this mat
ter. Mr. King asked the Senator to give way
to a motion to adjourn. But
Mr. Clay continued. The Senator ex
pressed very confidently an expectation that
he would support hinTra this measure. The
Senator also expressed, in even still stronger
language, a confident expectation that the
people of the! country would support him
Now, he asked to be allowed to say, that be
tween these two sources of Support the Sen
ator from Michigan would deri ve most plea
sure lrom the latter. The proposition, either
in its original form or as it is- proposed to a
mend it, was a grave and a serious one, as
are all questions concerning the foreign re
lations of the country. The resolution is,
that the committee be instructed to inquire
into the expediency of susjending diplomatic
relations with Austria ; and the worthy mem
ber before him (Mr. Hale) proposes to com
prehend Ruatia. The. resolution not only
contemplates the recall of a representative
from this country to Austria, but to force
Austria to recall her minister nere. The re
solution not only comprehends the recall of
ourminister, but actually sends the Austrian
minister out of the country. True, there
solution was in the shape of a mere inquiry
into the expediency of bo doing, but why is
it in that shape ? This is no ordinary case,
where it is proper tb send a matter to a com
mittee to be investigated, and the facts elici
ted and reported to the Senate. All the facts
stated as the cause of this resolution are mak
tors of history ; ttiey are all facts of an his
torical nature, and well-known'tothe Senate,
Satld Xhn aW before should .be
treated in all resnr-rta ao
tn aA Aii:r. . puswye measure HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Why, then eTi it 'elat"8 Wlt The House proceeded to the regular business
y. men, end ,t t committee ? He had. the- election of officers-MessrT Thompson, of
did those eihtv-three persons reeommend ?
W&h it to exclude England from access ito
the court of Austria? No ; it was, that a man
be sent there to remonstrate, a d that Ac ' "t
be forced to hear the counsel of Great Bi l
in behalf of Hungary. What is the object
in having foreign ministers ? The Senator
is not of that school which looked upon for
eign ministers as privileged spies, nor does
he look upon them as unnecessary, and his
resolution is based upon the ground of Aus
tria's cruelty and Austria's butchery. We do
not send ministers to foreign nations on account
f the respect we bear to thecountry to which
ihey are, sent ; but t hey are i sent there for
the purpose of maintaining the rigfus ami
interests of American merchantsand Ameri
can interests.- Are we, then, to abandon
ihis? Is Ihe commerce between tliat coun
try and this to be given up on account of
Austrian cruelties to Ihe Hungarians?
The Senator had quoted from some remarks
roade by him (Mr. C.) some years ago in relation
to the Soutb American republics, and from them
contended that he was bound to aid the Senator
in this affair. The two things were widely differ
ent. He had asked to introduce into the family
of nations those countries, the people of whom by
their valor and gallantry had achieved their inde
pendence. Was this1 a similar affair? On the
contrary, it was a measure to blot out from the
list ot nations, so far as we were concerned, one
of the governments of the" earth, and that too by
bringing home a Charge. If Hungary had been
successful, we could have recognised her inde
pendence; or, if she still was strugxrling, we could
cheer her on, and any thing would have been
more substantial aid than What is contemplated by
this resolution. But commence thjs one, and
where are we to stop 1 We are now called upon
to exercise this power of suspending diplomatic
intercourse with a nation, because of the manner
in which that nation conducts her wars, executes
her prisoners, or" treats what she calls her rebel
lious subjects. Now, where is the limit to ihis
judgment of the nations of the earth? After a
while we may be called upon todothe samo thirw
on account of the religion or the code of morals of
some other nation. Agaiu, is Austria alone to
blame? . Is not Russia equally culpable? There
were relations existing between Austria and Hun
gary that did not exist between Russia and Hun
gary ; therefore Russia's interference was volun
tary and uncalled for. Nay, more Hungary
would have succeeded against Austria, iT Russia
had not interfered ; she had succeeded, and Rus
sia came and crushed . her. If the principle on
which this resolution is based is carried out, why
not try Russia by the Same rule? Why not go
farther and exclude Spain because s"he will not
bear down the inquisition ? TheSenator from
Michigan told us he had ten yf-ars ago seen the
young Sultan of Turkey surrounded by all the
pageantry and splendorof his father's court. Will
that Senator tell us if he was allowed to enter cer
tain other portions of the Sultan's palace, where
it is said no vulgar foot tver trod the rich carpet?
Did he behold other portions of the palace-, and
beholfehe bright eyes and fair forms there retain
ed ? Laughter. ' . r
MrCass said he did not hear the question ; ,he
would likei to be repeated.
Mr. Clay. Did the Senator visit any other por
tions of the Sultan's palace where he presefved
the beauties which were not allowed to be seen by
common men ?
Mr. Cass thoight the Senator was more likely
to know all about such things than himself.
Mr. Clay. The reason of the question was,
that it was supposed if the Senator had entered
the palace, he would be more likely able to-answer
another question. Does the Senator know how
many wives the present Sultan has? : ' 4
Mr. Cass again repeated that that was a subject
mpre interesting to the Senator than to him, arid
he lefj that question also to the Senator to aa-
swer- . . ' ' . u' .
Mr. Clay said that this matter was spoken of,
because wliq could tell but what this very course
of life by the, Sultas might at sora future day be
urged as a reason to break off diplomatic inter
course.' TheL policy of our Government was not
to interfere with European nations in their affairs.
This policy bad been recommended by Washing
ton and by all his successors. If we interfered
with one nation on account of her conduct, why
not with others? Why not interfere in behalf of
poor, unfortunate, suffering Ireland ? Why not
in behalf of the gallant Romans, who so long and'
gallantly fought lor their liberties ?
He had been charged iwitn belonging to the
stand still party, and the Senator claimed, to be
long to a progressive party. Now, the progress
so advocated was not an universal one. It did
not extend to the improvement of our rivers and
our harbors.. He was afraid the progress advoca
ted by the' Senator consisted in waging foreign
wars and. foreign conquests, and in a territorial
aggrandisement. He hoped it would be long be
fore the country would engage deeply iu1" such
progress, particularly at the expense of peace.
The Senator says , this is a great eountry . It is.
But we should exercise the powers of greatness
with which Providence has blessed us. With a just
regard, tO:tbe rights -of others maintiinihg our
own rights firmly, and in vading the rights of none.
If ine progress which the Senator advocates, be
foreign wars, foreign conquests, and, territorial ag
grandizements, he thanked God that lie belonged
to the stand-still school. ; f i
He hoped that before the Senate would adopt a
resolution j tending to depart from the policy so
long pursued by our country from its foundation
to the present day, from the time of! Washington
to the last of his successors, they would pause and
consider wJeltthe importance of the step they were
about to take. ; '
, Mr. Foote obtained the floor,' but gave way to
a motion.td adjourn, which wast carried.
Pennsylvania, Crowell, Haralson, and White,
a3 rciirrs. naving voted twice without
makinff a choiw of OUrir i
Mr. Chester Butler moved that further pro
ceedings m the election1 of Clerk be postponed for
the present, and that the r-Tn.i
ejection or a Sergeant-at arms, having understood
7A 7 Hre5eui mcumoent wishes to be relieved.
xo mis mere was objection.
Mr. Marshall, of K
tne iol owmff rrsol
p, , w J Ltll TVOi9 iOl IU"
formation, viz, :
Kesolved, That Thomas J. Campbell, who is
now Derformino1 tr. urofui iWo A
should be sworn bv the S
pore as Clerk, of this House, and that he be. sworn
accoruingiy
Objection being made-
Mr. Marshall remarked, tl iat n wmilrl Ko nor.
ceived by the-.other side of the House, this was a
concession 10 tne point made by the gentleman
from Alabama (Mr. Inge) the other day, namely,
that the House cannot at all proceed in its busi
ness until a Clerk be sworn. He appealed to the
law of 1789 on the subject. It appeared to him
that the person acting as Clerk ought to be sworn.
The Speaker reminded the gentleman that de
bate was out of order.
Mr. Marshall moved that the rules (which re
quire the resolution to lie "over) be suspended.
maL a vuie migui ie ia&eu on uie proposition.
Mr. Carter; inquired whether the House had
not better elect aClerk before they swore irim.
Mr. Marshall would answer: Mr. Campbell
as acting as Clerk, aud ought to be sworn, or
not act at all.
Mr. Schenck suggested to the gentleman from
Kentucky, that instead of moving a suspension
of the rules, he offer another resolution, appoint
ing T. J.. Campbell Clerk.
The Speaker thought that a resolution of that
character would not be in order, uolessky a sus
pension of the rules.
The question was then taken on the motion of
Mr. Marshall, and decided in the negative two
thirds not voting in favor of it.
Mr. Kaufman offered a resolution, ' that if, on
the next vote tor Clerk, no person have a majori
ty of all the votes, a plurality shall ele'et.
Objection was tnade when ;
Mr. Kaufmen moved a suspension of the rules.
The question was taken and decided in the ne
gative. The following is the result of the vote to-day
lor Clerk ot the House, viz :
"Mr. Forney, 107 107
Mr. Campbell, 94 95
The SJnonU
order was the un t!lat . fV
then called-lhee'f ,lon oroaJJ .
terday, acting 1?!!' "fniW
h orno.r 1 8(1, " 'QU.
Mr. Phileo.
'Mr. Prindle,
- Mr. French,
- Mr. Mudd,
Mr. Sargent,
Mr. Foot,
Mr. Clarke;
Mr. Governeur,
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3
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There was no election for a Clc tday.
Washington, Jan. 8,' 1850.
i SITSTE.
Memorlals were presented
Mr. Upham presented anti-slavery resolu
tions of the Legislature of Vermont On the
motion to print, Mr, Mason spoke against
the motion.
Mr. Hale said the resolutions were per
fectly powerless. They werej made for home
consumption.' They were intended for Ver
mont. Ther0 was a small band of fanatics
in Vermont, whose votes were counted by
both parties. J Both parties voted for strong
resolutions, to be appealed to about election
time when each party accused the other of
pro-slavery, j
Mr. Phelps; said the Senator was correct
He himself disclaimed all right to interfere
with concerns! of the States. -There was no
intention on the part of the Northern States
to interfere with the domestic concerns of
any of the States. That there wasifolly and
fanaticism in his State he had no doubt ;
and he did not believe the South was free
from it. But I he claimed Congress had the
right to prohibit slavery in the territories of
the United States. The regulation of these
territories, he said, should rest on the unbi
assed judgment of Congress.
Mr. Rusk rrjoved to lay the motion to print
on the table.
Mr. Yulee did not wish to discuss the ques
tion of slavery ; but he did nptaree, as Sen
ator from Florida, to print language of, ill
breeding and insult, out of courtesy to Ver
mont. I ' i ;
t
The motionj to he motion to print on
the table was negatived Yeas 11, Nays 46.
Mr. Hale explained that he had intended
to say that thefe was great and growing dis
satisfaction onjthe part of the North, at the
overshadowing influence of the South upon
the legislation of this country. ,
Mr. Calhoun Hated that it was usual to take up
the order of the day at one o'clock, and therefore
he voted to lay on the table.
He would say that he had long and steadily
resisted life current pf abolition feeling, buhe was
now in desrairTandnaw thai it must go to a head:.
GejIemen of the South now admitted that the
currant of opinion at the North was not to be re
sisted. What the South would" do it was, not for
him to say ; but ;he had no doubt ' that when the
time should come, she would act in a manner
that was demanded by her honor and interests.
Mr! Borland opposed the motion to print, be
cause the resolutions were aggressive in their
character and insulting tq the South.
The subject was passed over.
The Senate Rbk up the resolution offered by
Mr Cass for an inquiry into the expediency of
suspending diplomatic relations with Austria, the
motion of Mr. Hale to include Russia pending.
Mr. Foote, who was entitled to the floor, spoke
at length in support of the resolution, and adver
ted to the opposition which the resolution had
met "with from the two Senators who spoke yes
terday. Mr. Hale explained that he had not opposed the
resolution.
Mr. Foote could, he said, easily distinguish
between ihe rose bush and the surpent under it.
The Senator's enmity was concealed under a mask
of friendship. But he had not intended to bestow
notice an that Senator's remarks, believing him to
be under a hallucination.
He complimented the Senator from Kentucky,
Mr. Clay, and expressed his gratiGcatioq at see
ing him again in this bedy. But he proceeded
to consider the various objections which has been
urged by that Senator, to the proposition.
He maintained that t lie re was a social bond be
tween nations which required that ; they should
conform themselves to the common opinion of
mankind, and that Austria could take no offence
at the withdrawal of our minister, while the mea
sure would be an encouragement tq the friends of
liberal principles, i ' ,
Mr. Foote complimented the eloquent letter of
ex-President Tyler; in favor of the Hungarians. -
.Ije showed also, from the remarks of Mr. Cobden,
that the example ol America was looked to, and
that she was expected to express her; sentiments.
The example was' due to human liberty and to
the struggle for republican freedom.; The Key
stone State had spoken, and the American people,
everywhere, had held meetings and expressed
their sentiments. He demanded that Congress,
as the representatives of twenty millions of peo
ple, should speak out in behalf of the oppressed.
The Senate adjourned.
The House met at 12 o'clock. The journal of
yesterday having been readl
Mr. Gentry, of Tenn., who had orrtH now been
detained -at home by: domestic affliction, appeared
in his seat to-day, and was qualified by taking the
usual oath jo support the Constitution of the (Jni
ted States.' i j: i
' Mr, Hammond, of Md.. presented petition
from Samuel" Chalmers, praying indemnity toe
French spoliations, prior to 1W), which was re-j
ferred to the Commute on Foreign Affairs..
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toot
Campbell
French
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Gouveneur
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8th.
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of alltheomL'os ,
September ne?
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Air. Richardson . 4
01 tne House, and on - thattL.J
tons ordered, the quZN
uve oy yeas m nays Hi
and on that motion dem-,,! , T'Seak1
wh,ch were ordered
Mr. Meade made m :
duce a resolution ,0
House wh.ch presented a , "0
journed nil to-morrow. '
THE fourth Anniversary of l'
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on .vionaay even.ng next.th, .
Kl'VDCr U j : 1 1 ,.
occas.oo at ihe FreShy,eri,n Ch 21" t
ne ruwic are solicited t.LT
the various Lodges in tr,- I?. . Tai
present ; and the members ortbeiT, ""l
are expecU-d tomeetintheUlR""!
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T. M. OLIVER Ui
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S1SATON GALES
Raleigh, J:nu;iry 8. Ib5j. ' '
TO THE CITIZENS OP ' ,
IILN-TON FRANKLIN et S
tk..!,. ....... ... reiUms ki.
kindness ftnd support, and beK3 !, TH
stabkof District No. 1 ,i
or to discharge the daties of his Office JSH
Election-21st January, 1850. """N
SALES OF EGlTorTrr
EXECUTORS OF JOHN MClfi
Friday theIUhinSt..anJonii;;
riog. Cattle, Mules, Horsef of rffi
au .cijr .u,iiuie, farming uiennili it i,
A!6o, on Tiie.diiy of T,,v,n.t. r.
Feb 2Gth, 1S50, will be sold uhe Coan H
Dist illery, and t wo young negro womin
4 children, the other hine two ir.H tw..
mechanics iz: a Hmii:irMM.!ui.
ser (who in nJso a harnesj and shoe mifri
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January 8, 1850. - j;
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A , FAMILY Carriage w H.irnes.iijJ
XSL com nwlM fmno. sold for wintrf
bargain in both may be had br npnlTiniia
A. B.STlTHfM
January , i4U.
THE PEOPLE'S- TICKET,
"W7E are requested to auuounct O L BCK
yfyf and THOMAS M. OLIVER, Bf.
Candidates frr CominLssioiiers iu the Euienli
at the ensuing Municipal Elrctiou.
Raleigh. Jan. 8tli. 185U. ))
Livery Stables!
2TJJIIE Subscriber, having purchase iitou
pLiip &.C., of the late Firm of Nixon ui W
takes occasion to inform his frieud ami tl p
generally, that ha will continue Iu' curry nlkll
ness, in all its Ihmiiciips. at the same sumi;uti
no efforts nor expense wili be spared on hw pus
accommodate the travelling cummnnttr. 0t
ances, with good horses and careful diners
furnished t all times mid at short noto; w
fact, every convenience for travelling.
HORSES, CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, tJ,
will bo supplied ou the inojt favurabit ud
dating terms. '
The Suhscriber also expects to Jteepeotiwi!
hand, good
HORSED FOR SUE!
And persons wisliiiig'fto put oat lhir Hoa1
the wek. or rrhJ4Hh, or year. yifl lure ik
attended to. at moderate pc'ce- I1'11-
W i I mi ngton Street" mat to the East of Mirk!
Thankful for ti vey liberal
which has beeu extended to the late Iinj
dersigned pledges hitn-ilf to merit, by !m
a coutinuance of public Palr." Jjjfl
Raleigh, Dec. 10. ,?4JJ
Sjtateof iXoith Cnroliua-P'njf
TYj Court of Pleas and Q-uirter Sean
Tetnber Term, 1849. .i
Abrain D. Moye, Admr.of WillUffl Uf
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Will. D. Moye. Admr. or John Leslie u
flioya. . M
In this case, it nppearing to the
Court, that Jtrnes Moye, one of the u""7
not, i. re?.aeu u. - ...v . - -
Court, that publication oe w ' ,1wt
R.ilejgh Register, for the defendant,
pea, t the next Term of J.
th 1st Monday in February. 16j. f
sweror demur, or juagment - i
en nguinst him. - rwtrfi
Witness, Henry Sheppnrf,
Court, at otnee, in urceuvius, - i
NoTember,A.D-,1649.HsHEppARD1
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City Election.
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AN election will be held at we
the Citj of Raleigh, on MMjrf
fur the purpose of electing an Intend
missioners tor the ensuing Sf"- Slait
CALVIN J. sA
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