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. ... .. , 7; v r fJo? V ' Oii-.tKTe.torial.ouadtfy HibY in the 9 'ilTousa of 'Represebtaiivet, "on Tunday, . C IIIiAN-taldttVlie hf f- -v amendment, U b ad -not Seen his .ju w. i to jij inrCu.n u explanation or it "ir:: : : -1; ns, but be IbWra' that' otwithiUndrag -tt cad t-een, pvtomnia , tn inc. (uoe oi wis IttJroihg; it number of gentlemen seemed un acquainted: wili it ; ie woaH therefore beg 'the indulgence, of the House while offering a lew worm oi explanation, it win oe seen, sir said he, ithat it proposes, to take a portion .jbi tnat territory aiiouea u iew iviexico Dy 4he ' bill of the gentlemen froin -Kentucky, i(Mr. Botd) that portioa I mean tying west of the Sierra Nevada, which neveret any time ibnaed -a part of the. old province .of Ne Mexico ;Vr. "-: It also takerthe toathera portioa of the proposed State of California, a far north at 412c xoth degree on I be racinc it was my bi?ct. dr. to select that txiint on the ocean Which the monntain ridge approaches nearest to, which is iomewhere from 35f.30a to 36' 302 .The" line ' rant thence eastward with thecrest of the Sierra Nevada until it reaches Jhe parallel of 37 north latitude; thence caslwardly with that parallel,, which is the . proposed outbern boundary of utaorto tne Sierra Madre, and southerly with' that great .-mountain chain, which divides the eastern and western waters, to the boundary of the TtebuWic of Mexico. It will thus be 'seen that Ihe territory includes nearly aH of that - portion of our public domain watered by the tributaries -of tne (Joiorado and tne Uua riv eta .1 know little of- this country, sir, nor - does any one else seem to be much belter informed. ' It has seldom been seen by white jnenand our information with reference to ft ii uncertain and vague. -I have no doubt, . however, that the people who are to inhabit it Tn .fatuxe will find it most convenient to be connected with the inhabitants on the Pa- eil coast, rather than with the people of .New. Mexico, to tne east or the great moun ,tain range, and that their natural outlet is in the direction of rivers which water their ter rjtory, ... -: : - ' ' - ' - ; ; JBut theremay be objection to taking in ;the sbnlhern portion on the coast, opon the gnrand that it will be an" interference -with Sie froposed"State. -1 beg leave to remind g4lemej howeverv.ihat .the -convention Which' met at San Francisco has not the old est 'claim to this territory.; Those who made the constitution lor the State of Deseret, some seven months before the time of making the aUJornia constitution, included this, territory ;n the Pacific within the limits of their State. ;Why disregard the prior claim of Deseret to "hold this territory? Is it not as strong as :lhat of those who have filled up the basin around- San Francisco? I. admit that the 4 people of southern California do not desire i.6 be included within the limits of the State of esere.t j but they are equally averse to form 1g part of the State of California." In fact -Hheir representatives in the convention pro- teited against the formation of any State gov ernment that was to include them. All the 'accounts that I receive from there up to this time, go to show Chat they are still unanimous ly opposed to forming a part of that Stete. The 'reasonsfot their ' opposition seem. subsUui- 'tial The northern portion of California a v a V . MvwuuuUK - ? nd the prices are mostexorbitaot. - Salaries are enormously high, and. State- taxation is roosi excessive. . i rom tne condition of .things there, this is inevitable';, but the in- babuaflts of southern California are agricuU . turalistC and. are the owners of the principal landed estates of the country. They say . that it is impossible for them to bear this bur densome taxation with the moderate returns 'which their agriculfual occupation's yield Cthejpa.V. Besides, air, .they are remote from vtbe. centre of the State,- and have no natural connection with it. It would be doing great injustice, therefore, to these people, opposite aSfjan their interests, feeling, and habits, i consisting mainly as they do of the old Mex- iCan population; to connect them with the " -j, god. miners of the North. ; Why should, we " not-respecl their wishesi Why not base , our -action here oa a just deference to the "'' fscpular will? :, .Whjr make State so mob- strojisly largeso greatly ? exceeding any of ujc oiocr ouies oi we union, except Texas, wuchit is well known, was admitted with . its present dimensions, solely because it was ; a foreign State which Congress bad no pbw--er to' divide, but whicli the annexation reso i lutions themselves- provided for the future division of i t Many persons, sir, do not pro - pejly appreciate the vast extent of Californ ia, " caccouat of its remoteness from ui. Why, sirj it has just that amount of sea-coast which xits between Charleston, South Carolina, Cand4Boston, Massachusetts. . - . - lnd,.-sir, it is contended' that its "popula--Coft'is just sufficient to entitle it to two mem hera on this floor, brjutl equal to that of the Stajte of Khode Island. 'What would have beeSi thought, sir, if the people of that little "Staie,- landing-on our -Atlantic coast, had , carved out of the public domain a State reach ing rom Masachusetts to Georgia ? : Would not this have been regarded as a most-inde- : pendeKt asqmtnn nn x pTj IllYouId any one contend tnat it was right to yield to such a demand-? v. And yet; sir, the existing case is even a worse one, &t at least not nine tenths of those at present in California have gone there with, the purpose of -becoming permanent citizens, but with the intention of returning to the United States "after they shalP have gathered the goid they are in search of.1 In fact nobody, u as yet prepared to say whai will ultimately be the population of that country ; nor what will be the bono dariea "finally adopted for the States that may exist there. .r My amendment makes no other 'provision than . those Jlbai may be provided fof the Territory of New Mexico by this bill Sir, the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Botd) has just eulogiiad the principle-of non-intervention.' Which ho .says has boea adopted by ,the"Democratic party,' and .ought to bo ;embraced.by . the whole, country v This; doctrine, sir, was the invention of : an ragenwus'genUeman; Gen.Xass. who 'desired to he supported alike by the Free-Soilers of ue norux and the slaveholders of the South. I' W.M convenient doctrine for this purpose, being explained in opposite ''sections to suit - the views ot iu advocates. TAt the North it was claimed tht the Mexican laws prohibi- ry ia ha Mexican Urrilory would sfcU.rematn ia force snd that the inhabitant! osule anhey were sappoa4 to be to the uutitoUoo. wouU likewise fiye the right of exdudj it.by . territorial legislation i, At the South the opposite tanions were Jnain, tained,.and it was asserted Trith great con: J of the United Slalef would be open to every- body, and that any citizen of any one,of th United SUtesTnight carry there J bold; and enjoy every specie of property tn&t existed in any.of the States. 5 I had to combat thi4 doctrine too often, Mrrspeaker, in thePresi dential canvass of 1S43, not to remember it 'weH.-srAnd rnhe previooi'ienionroa this floor, Lvamed my Southern - friends on the oinec siae- against trusung to any sucn pnu cipIe."What Ud 'we see V - f ! Sir, early - in this session, when General -i v--.-' ..... - - .J.J iass, in an autnontauve manner, expouiraeu this doctrine of his own invention :.and ex? pounded it, too,, just as il Irfu underAood at tne NortH,-Jo yoo nor rentemner, sir, oow thh tfocfh'ne thus exolained' was repudiated on this floor by hit former lupporlera ,trom My Durpose is. however.' simply to put the territory of Colorado on the same footing with that of .New Mexico Whether I shall aup port the bills thus joined will depend on the nrovisions which the vmav contain' at the tima I mir ha ' called . uoon to vote. .- It is constantly said, however, chiefly by northern men, that if this territory be thns divided, it may be the means of creatine two free Slate i on tho Pari fie instead of one. There is tot th lit force in' this obi ection. If we ad- mit CaTiforoU with her present , boundaries we shall certainly, have two or more free States, there. So extensive is the .country, that as soon as it is populated its inhabitants will demand division. Would the people of South Carolina and Connecticut find it con venient to form part of the tame State ? JLOd will t not bappea on tne raeinc coasi that 4he interest and comtort oi tnepeopie there will reauire a separation ?4 Rest assur ed, sir, we shall have petitions, memorials, remonstrances, tod but a few years would elapse before Congress would be compelled, by their importunity and its own seme of justice, to divide tbem into two or more . . . a. L 1 A 1 States. Jsoouia uaiuornia vc uoncucu, , proposed by my amendment, it will still have a sea coast greater than that on the Atlantic between North Carolina and Massachusetts. By -sustaining my amendment, Northern gentlemen will not sacrifice any principle whatever, and will attain the object of inclu ding in the State all those who desire to be members of it. The creation of a southern territory will give the South a chance to oc cupy it. 1 Irankly tell gentlemen tnai, in my opinion, slavery will find, inducements sufficient to carry it there. From all the in formation that 1 have been able to obtain by brjvate correspondence with persons there, from publications in the papers, And from conversations with gentlemen recently from tibfttxouatist including members of the leg islature of California, I believe there are suf ficient inducements to invite slave labor. Gold mines are known to exist there. I am satisfied, also,' that the Delegate from Ore gon, Mr. Thvrstoa is-riht in saying that mines of gold and silver exist on the waters of the Colorado and Gila rivers, as well as in New Mexico. Wherever eoid mines exist, especially surface, alluvial, or deposit mines, as contradistinguished from vein mines, slave abor can be employed to the greatest ad van- taze. I have a right to express an- opinion on this subject, because in my own district, for a great many years past, some one, two, or more thousand slaves are employed in the gold mines. .They are preferred to white aborers generally ; being constantly, under the eye of the overseer, they can be kept reeularly and steadily at work. Such is the constitution of the negro, too, that he can re main with his feet in th waUr, andiu head exposed to the hottest sunshine, without in--w ww mewtnr. -vine mooe of" employing them in the rice-fields, is well known, and they thrive there in an occupation which would generally be fatal to white men And I may add, sir, that were slaves at this time generally employed in the mines of California, an increased amount of gold 'would be obtained without the frightful loss of hu man life which is known to have occurred. Besides, sir, in addition to the inducements which, the mines afford. Southern California. to say nothing of the unexplored valleys of tne irfHorauo, anords sumctent agricultural advantages to this species of labor. From its soil and climate, I have little doubt but that it will produce sugar, cotton, rice, Dnd tropical fruits, &c" ' Should such be the fact, one thing will result from it to which I would. beg leave to call the attention of my Whig friends from the North. It is well known that they op posed, with great unanimity, the acquisition of tots territory irore Mexico, ia bet, 1 may say tbat: they have generally beem opposed to all acquisitions of territory. They were (hostile to the acquisition of Louisiana, Flori da and Texas, as well as New Mexico and California. . Whether this, opposition arose from a desire to keep their population at home with, a view ef employing t in manufactur es and commerce, or from hostility to the. extension of the bounds of the Republic, I need not stop to inquire ; but they did resist most strenuously, the proposition to acquire the Mexican territory. . On the other han, the' Democracy of the North, who went for the acquisition, to sustain themselves at home against the allegation that they, were about to extend and increase the slave power, brought up the Wilmot Proviso; and affirm ed that they would acquire the territory and make if free. - In the South, on the. other hand, a different ground was taken, 'Many, under the lead of a distinguished gen Ue man Xroni .Smith , r.sralins tba.4a4 lit Calbaani extended thai slavery .should, , under ;tb constitution, go into all of the territory that bright be acquired ; while-others insisted, at least., that it;.shoul4 be divided between the two sections, by some equitable line, as that of 36 degi 30 Kin. j Both sections of the country, therefore; concurred ia the acquiti tion of, the territory, and our present dif Acuities are tha " result. ! Now,-air; what 1 would particularly caU fte attention f Nori there gentlemen to,vf a this r If it were pro? posed to annex Canada, we of the; South, knowing that it must necessarily remain free territory; would . either jpbject .to its annex ation, or if we assented, must havefirsttnaie our miods ap to admit it ast a free -State or States. v-X on tha other hand, then, a line of slave States should come into existence across the continent, and a proposition Were made, to ahneiany part . of Mexico, North ern gentlemen,, seeing that it would peces-' arily become Jlave lerrilc,Twoil4ithejt resist the' tonmtion,- or Assent .to rt .-with ja full understaxidiBg that it would become slave territory.'; It would thbsres9ltr,that .rinca two thirds pf the xotes "of the JSenatori jire necMsaiy.to tne rauncauon ot a .treaty, ,po icreign territory CQuid.be jadmiUad. without the content of both sections of the Confede racy. Such a condition of things would W w,preTent. tha acquisitkaj'of foreign terri tory entirely, or kjsure its comtns ia ""upoa such terms as to Telieve a from such itrog glei as the present; Such a tater of things, teapoy Wang jt maniftst that the: South 4 had ample power to"protect iheXrt would tend to discourage aggressive, novements on the part of the . Abolftidnistr of the North, ; and would conduce," in an eminent degree, to the permanent quiet of the oanatry..'-? - v V It may he -bbiected''bowever; thati ..car-, tailin? the bonniariea' of California wou'd Lexclude her present members elect from.be I . a JL - - a A T mraamiuea to seaxs on mis uoor. a not see that any such effect would result from my amendment fc AH that has hither to been done in California: because" without the authprityjof Constitution andjaw, Js in valid, and in fact a mere nullity. It is con tended, however, that anactpf admission of we siaw mav nave a reoxwpctuYc ujtu so as (o 'give "force d vandity' to the previ ous 'proceedings there. ': If this be so-if we have power to assent to what they have pro posed as a w bole, I confett I cannot see why we may not do it with a qualification or lim- over the 'Whole of this" territory and . may give to the new State of California either the territory which she claims or a less amount And if on the other hand, California be re garded as a State already existing, then she might surrender a portion of her territory and population Without affectins? her sovereignty or chintrinr her identity. The State of raaine oia tne same imag uui a. icw a - . a m sr.? .T 1. air I. 4 since ; to Tact, ibe very nut now unaer con sideration proposes that Texas Should do th e same thing. Will anybody pretend that ei ther of these States could by such an act, be so affected as to revolutionize thir political character, or thus render a re-electioh of their Representatives necessary ? If our act of admission can give validity to what has formerly been -dona in that State a point on which I give no opinionthen I .tfo not see why it may not qualifiedly as well as abso lutely. Should the State of California be ad mitted with any boundaries whatever, when her Representatives asked admission on this floor, it would be necessary for them to show that they were citizens of the State which they claim to represent. In point of fact, I understand that all those elected are residents of the territory north of the line which I pro pose, and therefore no question ot tbis sort could arise. The following was (he amendment offered by Mr. Clingman to I be amendment of Mr. Boyd ; Be it further exacted. That all that portion of territory acquired from Mexico bv the treaty of uuauampe niuaigo nnunaea as ioiiows : iiy a line commencing in the Pacific ocean on the par aliel of 36 north latitude, three miles from the main land ; running thence doe east till it strikes the Sierrt Nevada ; thence eastwardly and north erly with the crest of said mountain range until it sinses me parallel oi du nonn latuuue ; tuence due eaat wh said parade! until it Strikes (be Sier ra Madre , I hence aoutberly with the crest of the same until it reaches the boundary between the United States and the republic of Mexico ? thence westwardly with said boundary to the Pacific ocean; thence nortbwaidly with the coast to the baeianin?. The whole of the said territorv to constitute the erntorv of Colorado : and that the Government of said Territory shail in all respects be similar to tnat provided Tor the territory or New Mexico by the accompanying provisions of this bill." This amendment was rejected, on Wednesday last, by the following vote ; YEAS Messrs. Alston, Anderson, Ashe, Av ereli, Bayly, Beale, Bow den, Bowie, Bowlin, Boyd, Albert G. Brown, Burt, Cabell, George Alfred Caldwell, Clingtnan, Cobb, Williamson R W. Cobb, Colcock, Daniel, Deberry, Edmund son, Ewinjj, Featherston, Green, Hall, Ham mond, Haralson, Isham G. Harris, Sampson V Harris, Hilliard, Holladay, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Inge, Joseph W. Jackson, Andrew Johnson, James L. Johnson, Robert W. Johnson, Jones, Kaufman, La Sere, Marshall, Masoo.Mc Dowe H. Robert M. McLase. flnia E. McLean. McMuOcn. McQueen ,Mc Willie, Meade, MilJsoo, morse, urr, uutlaw, Uweu.farSer, Powell, Sav age, Seddon, Shepperd, Frederick P. Stanton, Richard H. Stanton. Thomas, Jacob Thompson, loomus. veaaue, Wallace, Wellborn, and Wood ward 69. NAYS Messrs. Albertson. Alexander, An drews, Baker, Bennett, Bingham, Bokee, Booth, Breck, Jiriggs, Brooks, Bqel, Burrows, Chester Butler, Thomas B. Butler, Cable, Joseph P. Cald well, Calvin, Campbefl, Carter, Casey, Chandler, Clarke, Cole, Conger, Corwin, Crowell. Dickey, Dimmick, Disney, Dixon, Doty, Dtier. Duncan. Dunham, Durkee, Elliot, IS. Erins, Fitch, Fow ler, Freedley, Fuller, Gentry, Gerry. Giddings, Gtlmoee, Gorman, Gott, Gould, Grinnell, Hallo way, H aria q, Thomas L. Harris, Haymond. He bard, Henry. Hibberd.Hoagland, Houston, Howe, Hunter, Wiljiam T.Jackson. Kerr. G. G. Ki, James. G. King, John A. King. Preston King, Leffier, Levm, J,ittlefield, Horace Mannr job Mann, Matieopn, McCleraand, McDonald, Mc Gaughey. MeKwsock, Meacham, Moore, Morris, Morton, Nelson, Newell, Ojle, Olds, Olia, Peas lee. Peck, Phcenix. Pitman, Potter, Putnam, Reed Reynolds, Richardson; Robbias, Rockwell, Rmk' Rose, Ross, Runey,Sacfot.8awieiie,3chenck', Scbennerhorn, Scbookrart, SUvesler, Sprague Stanly. Thaddeus StevenstelsoaStoag, Swejet aer, Taylor, James Thompson, John B. Thomp son, Thurmaa.Tock, Underbill, Van Dyke, Vin ton, WaWen. WaMo. Went worth. Whit. Wkn tlesey, Wildrick, Williams, VViJaon, and Young HE NORTH CAROLINA RAIL ROAD. We have already : tUted that Maj. Walter Gwynn has been appointed Engineer of this important work. fiaj. Gwyna has always been a favorite with thenctieal business men of North CaroliayTSna has never faHed ta meet their, expecUUoiu; " .- -, Y(t htrp made tome inquiry into the cb ar acter and extent of this Road and find that it extendi (rom tha Wilmington and Raleigh Rail RoaoV by Raleigh .-and- Salisbury. , to Charlotte;235 miles long, ' TtU emphatically the Great Southern MaU orf.V- -Vf 1 Jt win pail ihjoughifte caoita of ta SUter auu uirougu a rrgioa wnicn, jor jeruuiy, ii unsurpassed hy the lands borderiog on any Rail Road in lha Union. ; It will apen ama ka for the porta ef North Carolina, and fur. niih a tiade that will build up her principal J tuwui, luu ipsu uicm pvais oi ouxowg market.- r "' - Tbif Road will also complete the link, and form a continuous Railway front the North to the South, n far as Montgomery,' Alabama: 'The SoC'iern intu of, travel tare been pauchihroogtd the Present eaaon, 14 con sequence, ct he rrevideace of Cholera on the Wastera waters t and it is reasonable ta tup pose that this aiU hj further increased as the Bail Boada art extended. ' :: ; vNjcjh C-!1q a ahow iplrit of en-tepria-i forecast,. which will produce for her reepie the hishest results., Sha iiatrenvw tinning herself; and tightening the bands 0 the Vojoa Rick. Jtepullicwu - ..c-fr.:,;.l'.,. 1 1,1 .. ,:i Z 4 w j rvuw u aiiaumaa in ma itrtet; not long lince. ringbg a bell, "lost be, twrae twelve . o'clock and Mr. McKjonev'i m MmT 1 a a a, a m - us juaraei sireei, a large orasa Jtay I'll not be after tellia' ye what it was, but it wai -the; kay la the bank p ure.w ivs1 47 ; ; f (3- The Editor oT the'jhmctnd Eriqui er savi that he his beearuaniiig-down a fa!sehood.rrnie fellow ii venr much lite as absent-tniaded -roan running la all direc Cotjs'aner bis hat while.it is bahu owi head. "C(Tne ''-r-A'0- blest and mostjqfluer' A;papeti ; .ia, .lciis, -ipeaka ealmly and wl: i : ;od en$eupon'tbe suhject of.the. ooundarr. question i -m cI that State Is concerned-It condemns em phatically the"TasmjWccrse.rexom- mendedby Goy.Bell, eWVZ?! confident opimob' that th:Legltare will sanction no such policy of madaess. .We quote the considerate language of the Tefe, grapht M'foWowitr! ';-- ?M'gS;-i " -i i ;n,nMK.Ki.fiaa contest oia State witn sLut wt win not wawe wnr-""iv-.7 Whole confederacy.: In yenhghed age. IrworJ. The SUfeioPlhis 8r e members Wj&V'r fiimily claiin W? other, what eniignteoeo , t the injured . member ofe famdy to take arms and defend his right? ,?Would not thjursa of Cain attach to the land.lf it weie stained with a brother's blood 1 How touch more in accordance Would it be wkh the pseeepta of Cbntftauty and the enlightened sentiments of .tha age, to reftr .u. a: , ,k. nthc members of tbe.Urouy that they might a-fiost it agreeably with the pre cepts or justice and equity. When Texas enter ed the Union: soch was ber connaenee iu ine justice and probity of her sister States, tnat ahe allowed them tne pnviiwm uj dary with Mexico. Will she be leas generous now, wjien tne itiecniive nrancu ui iut ment refuses to acknowledge her boundaries as they were established previous to annexation 7 br rommTr that there is no single Bute that has by Legislative action denied her claims to all the territory embraced in her statute of limits. Congress has not yet denieaVaer claim. Let not meMiire. nreiudice- her daims before the great tri bunal of the oaaW-She tan lose pothif of hon or, nothing of roflf, 'V fafemng this" question to Congress. It is tbe great tnounai oi me eiaies, and the representatives of each State in deciding upon the claims of TexaV must be duly cautious, lest they establish a precedent which may here after be applied to the injury of the State they represent. The bill that has just passed the Senate (an imperfect synopsis of which only has reached us) will, we Have eveiy reason 10 nope, be entirely acceptable to our citizens. It has already been approved oy our .senators and a large portion of the Senators of the &outh : we cannot doubt that it will also be approved by the Deoole of Texas, and will be cheerfully ac cepted by the executive and legislative branches of our Government. We earnestly hope, there fore, that no bill will be passed by our Legisla ture until the fate of this bill is decided in Congress. But whether it should pass or fail, we will not, we cannot, believe that our Legislators will au thorize a military force to be raised for the occu E)ation of Santa fe. The question of boundary las been submitted to Congress fur adjustment, and until decisive action; has been taken upon it, neither the executive of .the -United States, nor the Legislature or executive of Texas should in-' terfere. While it ia Alia pendi.ag.ia Congress, let us earnestly hope and pray that its deliberations may promote the best interests of the country, and preserve the blessings of peace and coaoora to e very section of this glorious Union. If the people of Texas allow themselves to be drawn thto the .desperate course re commended by their Governor, they will be acting, if not under the influence of disunion ists beyond their own State limits, altogether in accordance with their treasonable designs. The fanatics of the North would rejoice to see matters precipitated to an issue by an armed movement by Texas upon Santa Fe, while the views and wishes of Southern zealots are fully expressed by the language quoted from one of their journals, ' If e have always been in favr of disunion, and the rob bery attempted to be carried out against Tex as will unite the South and accomplish this much desired end.1 The people of Texas have always been regarded as a people demoted to the Union. Thev strove earnestly to rat into it. and since fthe State has formed one of our family of States, the general tone of ..its public senti ment has indicated loyalty to the sacred bond which makes us one people. Let them see to if that they are not made the instruments of designing men to , accomplish purposes which Texas herself in her own heart would abhor and shrink from. Deep and bitter as her mortification would be to find herself committed to such counts of desperation, the feeling would no doubt be mingled with a sensation of shame at the discovery, that in becoming the instrument of evil advisers she had also become theis dupe. Baltimore American. From tht "Pettrsb&g Daily Jfews." LIBEL UPON GEN; TAYLOR. We extract the following paragraph from Judge Beverly Tucker speech before the Nashville Convention. Tyhatever difference of sentiment mayexisVwit regard to Geo. TayI6rs plan, or liibj feiinti'indiqualifications as a Stateimaa, there njever rested the shadow of a doubt up6n his character for purity, integrity, and disinterasted patriotism. " The man wo could neglect his private interests sacrifice his domestic pleasures, and risk his I 1.1. i.i!e: J ' ocaiui, 011 iue, anu even uu w,mcn was near er to him than either, hls';l earned reputa tion as a soldier, to promote ..the welfare, and add to theglory of his country, could not pos-' sibly be capable of iheuaotlid meanness, which th oioray'Jud?a went so far but of his way, to impute.' The nation abould frown upon inch atteraptito soil the repu tation of one of her grealcst heroes andno b(et men'. . - i. "J But General Taylor' plan ? Sir, don't talk to me about General Taylor .'What portion have you in David Neither have we inheritance In the fan '-pf Jesse.7 Tyour tents; voh' Jsrae lybwMn$ own hodie, David. I . GeneralTaTjor will be pret ty 1 ore WtiSKrza&tii ius plan tation too. y Wateyer; elie't peglscti, ixp will spare wt paint to - prevent, any thing which may lean; to theindepwsdence of Cuba, to her'admission into this Uniop, and to tha loss M two ccntj-nJ a hltT in Ihe poun4 in tha price of his tugir, which he must submit to, whenever ihe sugar of the West Indiei is ""'u nee ui imiji ,tvs man una njra, comiderations of this sort tttfof rinore iniftor. tancstfiaa ill the jtfghtt Mi ail tha ,wrQfl ofaU thaid'btSe."SvT- V. v i Thb Fbixs SoHO-TheJcommittee to sex lect the best song for Jenny Iindj commen ced their labor on Monday.", . More than rtr hundred songi awaitedtheU perusal, and they will hardly be prepared to annpuace their aeasion neiore tha close of the week.v.Nq place ha yet .beecr selected ibr concerts, though it is determined to commence them W New yprk on Wednefdaiv etThi4sday 6f next week..T:1?:Or ' V r J The general price of tS tickets, we, aee it announced; and We presume hy authority, will be auction ? nd- wTIIJ prdbabiy bring tenjdollara'.Mr., Barni:-iVhas, been offered one tbouind;dollars ty.ona,, gendeman iq NawTork, foibne hundrtdcketa, nd tha same prica fcrone hundred more; by anoth er genUemin. It iithe wish of Jenny Liad that the'Uckefi Wmade'Jowi'ira'd Mr.-Baxt r am tai expressed . fcii ; c. t . that 7 mtuto oni.ca a tscais every per. There, once was a-poor and platn little. gwi dwelling joa UtuVroora. in Stockholm, the capj hal of Sweden.: She was a poor little girl indee. then she was . neglected j and; would haveheeo rr unhannr. deorived o the kindness and care (so necessary to a child, if it had not been for a pe culiar gift. . The little girt had" a fihe.voice and -t. X,i;A-. .rrirr,i.M nr loJanrmwl ahe eon- soled herseh by singing.- In faet,: she sung to, all sie did j at her work, at heplay,ruaning or rest, lag, she alwaya.sang.i- iimzxr 1 -i Jhe woman whohad her in her eare w?h out to work doring 4hp,day. and used to .lock in the little girl, who had nothing to enliven her solitude but the company of, a eau fIVh'ttle girt played with her eat and aapg-Once. she sat by fte Win dow.Sind stroked he cat and't-ng, whea 4 lady passed by.' "She -heard a voice, and looked up andaaw the liule. singer. : She asked the child several questions, went away, and came back se veral days after, followed by an old music roaster, whose name was Crelius. He .tried the Jittle girl's musical ear and voice, and he was astonish ed. .He took her to the Director of the Royal Opera at Stockholm, then a Count Pinnie, whose truly generous and kind heart was concealed by a rough speech and morbid temper. Crelius intro duced bis little pupil to the Count, and asked him to engage her as eleve" for the opera. ."You ask a foolish thing," said the Count gruffly, look ing disdainfully down on the poor little girl. " What shall we do with thrt ugly thing? ' See what feet she has? And then her face! She will never be presentable. No, we cannot take her! Away with her!" ; The music master insisted, almost indignantly. " Well," exclaimed be at last, f you will not take her, poor as I am, I will take her myself, and have ber educated for the' scene; then such an other ear as she has for music, is not to be found in the whole world." The Count relented. The little girl was at last admitted into the school for eleves at the, opera, and with some difficulty, a simple gown of bom bazine was procured for her. The care of her mu sical education was left to an able master, Mr. Al bert Berg, director of the song-school of the opera. Some years later, at a comedy given by the elves of the theatre, several persons were struck by the spirit and life with which a very young eleve acted the part of a beggar girl in the play. Lovers of genial nature were charmed, pedants almost frightened. It was our poor little girl who had made her 6rst appearance, now about four teen years of age, frolicsome and full of fun as a child. A few years still later, a young debutante was to sing for the first time before the public, in We ber's Frischutz. At the rehearsal preceding the representation of the evening, the sang in a man ner which made the members of the orchestra at once, as by common accord , lay down their in struments to clap their hands in rapturous applause. It was our poor, plain little girl here again, who now had grown up. and was to appear before the public in the role of Agatha. I saw her at the evening representation. She was then in the prime of youth, fresh, bright, and serene as a morning in May, perfect in form her hands and arms peculiarly -graceful and lovely in herwhole appearance, through the expression of her coun tenance, and the noble simplicity and calmness of her manners. In fact she was charming. We saw not an actress, but a young girl full of natural geniality and grace. She seemed to move, speak, and sing without an effort of art All was nature and harmony. Her song was distinguished espe cially by its purity, and the power of soul which seemed to swell ber tones. Her " mezzo voice" was delightful. In the night scene where Agatha, seeing her overcome, breathes out her joy in rap turous song, our young singer, on turning from the window, at the back of the theatre, to the specta tors again, was pale for joy. And in that pale joyousness she sang with a burst of outflowing love and life that called forth not the mirth but the tears of the auditors. From that time, she was the declared favorite of the Swedish public, whose musical taste and knowledge are said to be surpassed nowhere, and year after year she continued to be, though after a time, her voice, being overstrained, lost somewhat its freshness, and the public being satiated, no more crowded the house when she was singing. Sull, at that time, she could be heard singing and playing more deltghifot than ever in Panamia. (Zauberflote,) or in Anna Bolena, though the op era was almost deserted. It was then late in the spring, and the beautiful weather called the peo ple out to nature's plays. She had evidently sang i or ine pleasure oi ine song. By that time she went to take lessons o""Sjr- cia, in t ans, anu to gave the Unisbing to. her musical education. There she acauiri warble, in which she is said to have been etf by nosinzer.and which is compaied onlv toi the soaring and warbling lark, if the lark bad a And then the young girl went abroad and on foreign shores, and to fore urn neonle : charmed Denmark, and charmed Germanr, she charmed England. She was caressed and courted everywhere, even to adulation. At the courts Of the kings, at the houses of the great and noble, she was feasted as one of the grandees of nature and art. She was covered with laurels and jewels. But friends wrote on her, " In the midst of these splendors she only thinks of her Sweden, and yearns for her friends and her people." One dusky October night, crowds of people, (the most part, by their dren, seeming to belong lo the upper classes of society,) thronged on the Baltic harbor at Stockholm... All looked toward the sea. There was a rumor of expectance and pleasure. Hours passed away, and the crowds still gathered and awaited, and looked out eagerly towards the sea. At length a brilliant rocket arose joyfully, far out on the entrance of the harbor, and was greeted with a general buz on shore, M There ahe comes I. there she is 1" A large steamer now came thundering on, making its tri umphant way through the flocks of ships and boats lying in the harbor, towards the shore of the "Skeppsbro." Flashing rockets marked iu way in the dark as ft advanced. The crowds 00 the share pressed forward aa if to meet it. Now the leviathan of the waters was heard thundering near er, now it relented, now again pushed on, foam ing aud splashing, now it lay still And there on the front of the deck, was seen by the light of the lamps and rockets, a pale, graceful young woman, with eyes oriUiaat with tears, and lips radiant with smiles, waving her handkerchief lo her friends and ceuntrymenon iheahorc. - . - - It was she again our poor,' plain, neglected little girl of former dayswho . came back in tri umph to her fatherland, v But no more poor, no jnoreplaiajia more -neglected.. .-.She had become rich t ahe had become celebrated j ahe had ia her slender person the power to charm and inspire multitudes. ..-.. - w .-Some days later, we read in the paper of Stock- notui u wurew io ine punuc,- written oy tne be loved singer, stating with noble simplicty that, as ahe once more had the happiness to be in our native land, she 'would be glad to sing again to her couatrvmen, and that the income of the opefae in warea ane was una season to appear, woc:j be devoted to raise a fund for a shoot where eleves for the theatre would be ed Oca ted to virtue nf knowledge." The intelligence was received as it deserved, and ef course the open house wa crow ded every time the beloved singer aang there a ne orai ume sne again appeared in the Som nambula" (one of her favorite roles,) he public; after the curtain was dropped, called ber back With great enthusiasmand received her when she appeared wua a roatot 1 hnrraha." In the midst of the bum of applause, a clear, melodious warb hog was heard. .The . hurrahs were. hushed io; stantlV." And we saw tha lovdy singer standing with her arms slightly extended, somewhat bow. wig lorwam, graeeiot as a mm oa its orancn, warb bng as no bird ever did, front note' to .oote.aad on every one a clear, atmng, Toanng warWeuo iu ane ieu mm tne rwouroeUool ber last song, and again sang that joyful and touching strain 5. Me taoesht Wa seaotive kew I fd atmy ksarC' Shehas now accomplishedTthe Jgood wck to which ou latest aonga in Sweden, have been de vptad, and ahe is agam to lepve her native land to siez to a far remote peoolev. 5Kf 'u ' ihm, lTniiw States of America, and. bee arrival is welcomed .wiilra general feehng of joy.'AU have heard of ner wnose niaiory we have now slightly shadowed vui , uw ywi Hiu gin 01 lormer now-a-davs, (of , tbe ceaial chdd of Nal Father A bram's- rcat failing U tafrp iftt.M-f .;- ...lJi2 2.e.i.2Ttn: . - OxmtSmxm the tflana off lair delichtfttl peace. ITnwarp'd by pexty rase to live like twrothena. - RALEIGH, N. C. 11, i850.7 " Lo! the hour, when thrilling joy repays A long, long course of darkness, doubts and fears! " : - ' r ' r " An Extra was issued from this Office, on Sat urday morning last,.' conveying the 'gladdening news of the passage, by a majority ol tew votes, of the Texas Boundary Bill, with the amendment of Mr. Boyd attached.' The effect of that amend ment was to combine the three respective Bills, giving Territorial Governments to Utah and New Mexico, and settling the Boundary question, in one. And on Saturday afternoon, the farther in telligence was communicated to us, by Telegraph, of the passage of the California Bill, by a majority of 94 votes. . This intelligence, taken altogether, will be re ceived with tilent satisfaction or open demonstra tions of approbation by a large majority of the people of the United Slates. Few, perhaps, either in the North or South, will be entirely satisfied with the adjustment which has taken place, but lo all, who love their Country, it must be a source of heart-felt rejoicing, that the distracting ques tions which have so long excited the hopes and the fears of the Country, that have aroused the wildest passions, and kindled the fiercest fires of fanaticism, are amicably settled; and, this too, without either impairing the legitimate powers of the Government, on the one side, or weakening the ties which hold the States together on the oili er. For ourselves, we do rejoice, with deep thankfulness, at this result. We rejoice that the functions of our Government are lo be relieved from the paralysis in which lhey have been bound up for nine loug months, and that our legislators may now transact some of the busiuess for which they assembled ; we rejoice at the return of reason to men's minds, and at the exode, however tem porary, of faction from the councils of the nation ; and we rejoice, above all, that, while the rights of no section have been disregarded or violated, our glorious Ukioh comes out unscathed from the fiery trial! It has been strongly urged as an objection to the settlement of the agitation of the day upon the basis that has now been adopted by Congress,that it could produce but a temporary calm; and that the rum blings of the volcano would scarcely die away in the distance, before another shock, perhaps more FN- '.u l- u r , in ea mere was a cose iu wuku iut aviiuu ui ff.r lKr vac 9 nw in whiili anv a r I un Congress was sustained and demanded by public sentiment, it is assuredly this. After the evidences which the people have had, for the past nine months, of the manner in which politicians fan into fury the flame which it is their province to aUay, they will lake the future tranquility of the Country into their own keeping, and preserve it free from the approach or misguided men and de luded fanatics. There, is a power behind the throne, stronger than the throne itself; and .that power is destined to be felt, when any future em ergency shall call for its exercise. ' Two things, connected with the history of this agitation, in its last struggles in the House, strike us as strange, indeed. The one is, that the House should have manifested such puerile weak ness, or such dangerous rashness in its ridiculous and highly reprehensible vacillations. What did it all mean? Has the House really no principle of action j or did it wantonly sport with the destin ies of a great people pn the verge of a precipice? The other is the nature of the opposition to . the measures of pacification composed, as that op position was,, of extremists from both sections of the Country. ; This fact furnishes, perhaps, the best commentary upon the ruouves of those? who have beeaao peculiarly clamorous for the "rights" of the South, and the " outraged fetlingt" of the North. -Both factions are disappointed and mor tified at any prospect that hide fair to calm the troubled waters. Remove the causes of agita tion, and you take away the very breath' of their nostrils J , Tbe "National Intelligencer," ; received. at a late hour last night, (Monday,) thus announces the result: . .TBE'.GQUNTRT sabtei . Our readers wilL one and alL we are sure, learn with the same heartfelt: gratification that we an- SSSSa ritoriar Government for W Mexicotb two having beeneoneotidatedmouebiaoy ita- Tbeiwssase of these important measures will itisfy alt reasonable men of Tvery section, and the House. ' For it was remarked: bv a aancimif .ne -coi uajuruywaa no ui ot me true tense OH member, -after Jhm vote was announced, that be aaa nnoouM me teaojt gave toy to at least four: fifth of Jhe snembert f the House. i4 Our hearts are too full of a sense of joy on this avent fijr any comment upon it to-day. . ;' -.v t ;'-WhevDCATyn was bearing down on the Maetdaauiik, and readf i to' open hia batteries on .THaTWtH, cBaMTHUmoiro; DEATH 0F;A SENATOR. . Wererrerto hiwiiiinnnnnM tk Att jsl JoHH ExdM.'jEmi.I Senslnr eUrt fium hi rVnf-J of Wayne to the ensuing Legislature ; . We ore- eume that the Governor will immediately, issue a writ tor an election to supply the vacaneyf u oah ne jMeasnk w.xu, or Salem, have kindly forwarded ua a eopy of their Fai-mer'a and Plan, tea Almanac' for Il-T dard work; jut gotten up in' tfa VsuaJ . sty le, and abounda iq useful facta and references, - J T W-:Tht Southern Rnesa pttblishea wha'tit ibe ,oasteriy aWercr speech of Mr-:Ven ble.,. Rather an ecuivtrnhmrt. i I ner, an ameer came Up and said," Sir, the men wUh to cheer.';,- Let thtm taki the skip, and thechur.?: said he. Now. then.' rriend. art 1 cays; the celebra-f r "t wJng, ana especially so, wnen 1 ius question; tlut we a vm ar 5- ..-. . a . ...... -- ..: . k : . - a 1 - - - . SESSION. E NET Tr i- - - - - - OJE'OCMUJN. ARn iha-n.;ii.: ;-" . ." It we are ai a Joss whaUo lliint - " probable disposition they may wish to S ,be at the ensuing session.; frcrWafa. from; thfUmit consigned itiasKes.-iwoyearaVgo, ua,!0? the signa of the tunes, will dispute must stand as godfather to thetn alU, i proceeded from himm ha, . T7' Utothepowerlesa:to4U LikeachflSi engines oi a steamboat, be has turned alZT that has put the vast and corapicated in motion, without being able to stop ,t, J!? He ha. evoked a Wt instead J' dwarf which he thought to throttU , ouce, as occasion, for party capital might v Our simple object in penning this anL Penning this article, i, indulge a httle ia a .quiet smrit of nmi. . will be remembered that thechange in the tution which Mr.- Reid advocated in 184ir defeated in the Senate of that year bT iV votes-four Eastern Loco. Focos vwin. Jl?? ft and another (Mr. Spicer. or Onslow.) oS. i nrxuvr . tm . .. w V "UUIQ wU . Cu,cul not n vow. .why was this, but th it was seen that the submitung the question uZ People or the summary disposal of it by the lT islature, would have taken it out or their hand an instrument of party agitation ? Our predictio. is this :-that they will pumte the same am ,h! winter, and that they win make another eBbn to dH.poof thiSjBuestfcn, that they mayWaf. put up the Constitution at auction for spoil,;-. How they will manage the matter, after the reZ lutions of their nominating Convention, we a unable to conceive The fin.,. r .V. - " - i me partr must go to work. Heads must be put toi No fact is better authenticated, by history" ih,.' that it has ever been the vocation of factioni and demagogues to make the people dissatNOed with their form of government to affect an orer zealous regard for the people's rights to purchue ihe favor of the people, at the expense of the peo. pie's peace and quiet to presume to know what the people need and desire, better than the people do themselves and to force upon the people, out of pretended love for them, and without eon'sult. ing them, the blessings of innovation. The Loeo Foco Convention, ia sustaining their darling, Da vid S. Reid, exhibited this same sort of lore fcr the people of this State. Mr. Reid loved the peo pie so dearly that he eould hot sleep of nights. And his compeers of the Loco Foco Convention were so desperately enamoured of the people, that they seemed determined to force "Equal Suffrage" upon tbem, regardless of their wishes lest, if ihey should be consulted, they may reject this Jore potion, which the disconsolate swains of Loco Foco ism have mixed up for them. Their 8th . solution declared, that "in amendment to the Constitution of this State ought to be made, abol ishing the land qualification for electors of Sena tors." We bad always supposed, that the araead ment of the Constitution was a matter which es pecially appertained to the people and that their wishes were .to be supreme in regard to i;. But not so, though! the Loco Foco leaders in North Carolina. They said 'this amendment "ought to be made," without any qualification whaterer. What arrogance in a party eonclare, thus to pre sume to speak in the name of the whole people, upon so solemn and important a subject as lha! What contempt for the people,- thns to attempt to dictate to them through a feigned zea4 for tlteir rights ! What daring tyranny, thus to attempt a force upon the people a change in their Constitu tion without consulting tbem ! ! - ; -" And yet, notwithstanding these thins, we on dertake to predict, as above, that these same men do not intend, so far as tftey are concerned, that the change which they have proposed in our fun damental law shall be carried into executioo. It was first designed for party agitation, and its pr tended friends wish it to be kept open for the same purpose. And if, perchance, those who are really interested in the change shall take -the matter, in hand, and carry rt through, together, with all the practical corollaries that - dangle at the tail of rtf somebody will be astonished certain I And some other paws will have to pull the burning chest. nfe out of the fire ! We wish our prediction to hi marked down. : . ' ' '. J. ' -THB VOTES. ' ' " The foIlowing Vas the vofa on mefinal pt' sage of the Texa&oundary But, as ameaded: .YEAS Mesers. AlbertscmvAfeloo, Andersc, Andrews, Bay,. Bayly, Beale' Bukeei Baie?s Bowh'n; Boyd, Breek, Brigar Brooks,' Wet D Brown, Boel, C Butler, E. C, Cabell, a A Caldwell, J. PCaldwell, Casef Chandler, - R. W. Cobb, Deberry, ; Dimmick, Disney, DoV. Duncan, Denham, Edmundson, Eliot, Ewing, Fitch, Fuller,: Gentry, GerryGiImore, Gorman, Green. GrinnellHall. Hammond. Isham G. Har ris T.L. Hariis,;HaymondV Hibbard, Hilliard HoaHand; Houston. Howard. A. Johnston, J;L. L Johnson, Jones, Kaufmanerr, George G. Knif V r - r :..iet , t .v , .u-R Mason." McClernand.-McDonald. McDowell, McKtssock. McLanahan. itohert M. McLant Finis E. McLeaofeMnllen, Morehead, Morton Nelson, Outlaw, Qweo, Parker, Peasfee. PhawX T:. n.n n rl 1 . 1 t 1 1 rt RoSvaSS- Bpt&nEZ IS3Sa iiku : Williams Wilson and Yonnir-lOr: ! P A I H lftHHrlPTiiul A HeHr , assnyi W-.'fi.a K-ii ZTrT r-iim.n Coleock,5ol, Conger, Corwin, CorweuVaw Dicker. Dixoe. Dotv. Durke. N. EvaneFesltir erston. Fowler, Giddmgs, Goa, Hallowsv,H' alsoe, Harlan. Sampson W. Has. Heta Heory, HoUaday, Holnies, Howe, Ho board, Homer, Inge, Joseph W. Jacksoni WilUam.T. Jackson; Robert VV.ohnJuJaiaiaine & King, John AV Kitif, " Preston Singj. La Se' Horace &laiiB,MattesonIcGaughey,Alcaileea, Mc White, Meacham, MeadwMiwnA!ponr- KcSlhST SaohST Tbad. Stevens, StetsonSateewer; Jacob Thotnl? son,TuckVan Dyke, Vena hie, "Viflton, Waldo Wallace. Went worth. naA Vodiranf 97- 5iit.wfll be ' seen that iteegn t!Bkemi&& n Vsnable; iliia Stated roWagat : the BB and ia?ainst the wishes c larire majority of i People of North jQaro!ioa was fiiarmit nation' wtWtch 4&e "resulf of the role, ordering the. Bill iat ahkd jKaoang was receirsd kf tbe aniibus crowd oi spemtors tha throii gaOerieso sit quietly ia his seat. ' Exhaosted iatutia -Sin Wxiina would aay, ' eouM aet survive she ' fafliction. - We deeply regret by- CemanVrote; HWiemark whrch we pubiao their to?e, tha ,ht -. k. lifkMh-tmimiwI from bioi on had calculated suongiy We are sorry ta see bim A lioniats. . "i .-ii . -.;-.--..-,'- . . Uj,-? rM v jiu nana me tw
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