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THE CONSTITUTION ASD THIS UNION OF TUB 8TA.TES--TIi:EY MU8T BE PRESKRVED." VJhLlAilI W. IIOI,IEIV, EDITOR AMD PROPRIETOR. ; T E IS illS $ 3 iE II JkNNV 31 ' PAVAHLE IJTAD VA JSTCE. IMLEIUII, ft, C., WEDIVtiSMy, WtCEl 17, 1847. ; PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY TERMS. THE NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD 19 PUBLISHED WEEKLY, AT jliREE dollars per annum in advance. jjjose persons who remitby Mail (postage paid) Fire Dollars, will be entitled to a receipt Tor Six Dollars 0x two years subscription to the Standard one co py two years, or two copies one year. four conies. i i : : S 10 00 .'ten " : : : : 20 00 , twenty " : : : : o fhe same rate for six months. dvAny person procuring and forwarding fivesubscii rs with the cash ($15,) will be entitled to the Stand atd one year free of charge. . krTisement8 not exceeding fourteen lines, will be insetted one time for One Dollar, and twenty-five cents for each subsequent insertion ; those of great er length, in proportion. 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Mr. Speaker : Having just occupied the at tention of the House upon another subject, my apology, if any be necessary, for throwing my self again so soon upon its indulgence, is to be found in the importance which I attach to the one do'.v under consideration. The resolution proposing to appropriate the sum of ten thousand dollars in aid of the volun teers now called for from this State, meets with no opposition from any quarter; indeed many of us would prefer the appropriation of a larger sum. But to the preamble prefixed to the resolution, and which declares that this war has been brought on bv the action of the Executive." I am unquali fiedly ortDosed ; though I know, Sir, from what has already taken place here, that it is the purpose of the dominant party in this House, not to agree .... . .- ,1 to dinde trie question to separate tne preamoie from the resolution, and allow us to vote separate- j Iv upon them, by which the democratic members j 1 . ..." " I migm exp iirht express their dissent trom the one ana their approbation of the other but that we shall be re quired to vole upon them as a whole. Sir, the introduction of "party politics upon this subject at all is certainly to be deprecated. Uncp ihi amendment which I offer as a Sub- - . ! 1. I . Etituie Simply proposes nn :ippiupnauun uiujouijUj" mruiunrui uw v. .... .. the slightest mrlv caste about it. It does not call eracy to put down their free government at the on gentlemen to compromit any of their political ; point of the bayonet. They yielded one after an opinkms. 1 consider th ground on which we jollier, until he came upon our countrymen in Tex- are now treading too sacred to bo invaded by the J as ; here he encountered the Anglo baxon blood, dpmon of party spirit ; and I invoke gf-nth men to no craven spirits they for they determined that elevate themselves above its irontracted influence, j the time had come when they must decide between and to embrace within their afT clions on the pr s slavery or death, and they nobly preferred the lat ent orrn;ion not their party only but their country, ter. Then, Sir, was carried on a war, which, on nnd their whole country ; to leave for a future the part of Mexico, was mirked by more than occasion the discussion arid settlement of domestic savage barbarity. I have noutime to rrfs'rt. 'J difference?. It is high time that th- whole coun- shocking history. Finally, the day arrived which try was united in one sentiment and in one action was to decide the ate of Texas. These gallant upon the subject of this war, and was presenting an spirits undaunted by the fearful odds against them, undivided front in its vigorous prosecution. Mexi-jmet their ruthless invaders on the memorable ro has alrradv been counting too long upon our 6i- vuions here. And ii we would nut an end to tne . . - -' . . mm effusion of human blood, and to the heavy drain which is now going on from our Treasury, we must address ourselves to her fears; we have hf retofore tried, without fleet, appeals to her sense of i'lMice. and to her feelings of humanity. And vh;it is the reason given for connecting with this ri solution the expression contained m me pream-. nnu wuvn wc -wmmus ... lie that this war has been brought on " by the nc-.' 1819, and that it was acknowledged by the lion of the Executive"? I's fiiends tell us that 1 respective governments is placed beyond cavil, thry lnve presented it because the democratic par-j The idea that the Nueces, comparatively an ty in Congress, at ihe beginning of this war, in- insignificant stream, is or ever was the true boun troducrd a resolution declaring that it existed by dary, is nn afterthought got up for party purpos the act of Mexico, and that the whig party were es, and is at variance with the record-d history required to vole for it contrary to the convictions : of the country. But it was agreed when lexas of some of them of its truth. - was annexed to the United States that the ques- l shall attempt to show, before I get through, lion of boundary should be settled by the United that the cases are by no means parallel. But ad-. States and Mexico. I know of but . two mode-s of mil. Sir, for a moment, thatih. y are, then the whig settling questions of disputed boundaries between , . i i parly u l. ..Knrnv.i f fio.f itpam m. ucit; suuiim u - uciicijii. a vt ui' ii fi,jo . a. . .., 1.1 - - n i .UtlClCiril. y III IIUIWUULIII III ICj -lVl 14it I , III - I tones of denunciaion against the democrats for the ' ernment proposed to settle all questions in dispute introduction of the ether have die d away upon our "between us by the peaceable mode of negotiation, ears. They must admit ciiher that they have And Mexico after agreeing to receive from us a been insincere in these denunciations, or that they minister, rejected him under circumstances calcu nrc capable of doing themselves what they have ! lated to offend the pride of every American citi dcclared was criminal in others. One horn of zm. She refused to treat wilh him upon th(;set this dilemma they are obliged to tako. jilement of the large and long outstanding debt, But, Sir, the cases are not parallel. The whig . which she owed our citizens for spoliations upon party in Congress were asked to vote thatthis war ; their property by sea and land, and for which was the act of a foreign. Goverment, the history ' President Jackson and committees of Congress of whose course towaids us has been notoriously ; had declared we had just Cause of war against one of insults to our flag, and of aggressions upon i her. Yes, sir, though our countrymen nad aided the rights of our citizens, and at whose hands, her in her struggle for freedom ; and though we evm distinguished whigs have admitted, that we j were the first to acknowledge her independence suffered more in the last fifteen years than from and to extend to her the hand of fellowship, she .11 pi..: a 1 :,i Lirk.i. ihp Amn. h.ir! returned our kind sympathies by oft repeated .nncictnn... nt.nHninn Ihi. hnfnrn Ihr.ir llllll u VUl laitllUUIII V siuta. .ni ' 1 . cratic nanv in this House, are called upon to vote, contrary to our honest convictions, that it has been our citizens. Would the President nave oeen brought on by the head of our own government, true to his country if he had allowed these ques and to nroclaim to the world that the solemn lions, so naturally connected together, to have declarations of our own Congress and that of our - t I own President upon this subject are false. Ye s, Sir, adopt this preamble, and it will be pro claimed from the house tops ; it will be published in the Gazettes throughout this Union aye, Sir, nnd even in Mexico, that North Carolina, the Southern Stale of steady habits, is hurling back tho assertions of our President and our Congress upon this subject as untrue, and that she is taking ground upon this war not for the country, but against iL k't me not be told that tho appropriation of ten thousand dollars forbids such a conclusion. WTho Mr. Speaker, that reads that preamble can avoid the conviction that the money is given most grudg ingly, and more designed to save appearances than to give a hearty support to the war? But it may be s.iid that we can avoid aiding in this by voting ?ainst the preamble and the resolution too. Ye3 Sir, I am aware that we can escape the censure of aiding in fixing this stain upon the Slate, by voting against the preamble, if we will consent, by voting against the appropriation also, to have our names held up in all future time by ourene fties, not only as traitors to the adminstralion wbich we profess to support, but as traitors to our country for having refused to vote a dollar fo the support of the war in which she is now engaged. U is plainly the object'of our opponents to- force us, ii they can, either to sanction the preamble or to vote n gainst the appropriation. The preamble is calculated to dampen the patriotic ardor of our citizens at the time when our State is called upon for volunteers. Its adoption will place her in a false position before the world, and one that is utterly at war with her lormer history, one has always been among the foremost States of the Union in maintaining the interests and in bearing aloft and in triumph the flag of the country. Her sons were the first in revolutionary times to declare independence ; and throughout the late war, North Carolina, leaving for other States the unpatriotic work of sanctioning expressions like those con tained in this preamble, declared we "had our quarrel just," and while rallying her brave sons to the conflict bade them be found " True to the last of their blood and their breath. Descending like reapers to the harvest ot death." Sir, "I do not design the slightest offence to any member of the whig parly when I denounce that preamble, as I believe the great body of the pen pie will finally characterize it, as infamous. And I invoke gentlemen in a spirit of kindness and in the name of North Carolina, not to press it; for I really believe its adoption will be a foul blot upon the State. Now, Sir, in order to show that the charge pre- ferrd against the President is without foundiition, , the House will, I hope, pardon me for touching 'briefly upon the causes which have produced the Dresent state of things between us and Mexico. It is matter of history that soon after the suc cessful revolt of Mexico from Spain and in that revolt she was aided by the valor and skill of some of our citizen's she invited our countrymen to leave the United States and to settle in Texas ; and to induce them to do so, she held out the strongest allurements. She not only promised them land without charge, but guaranteed to them a form of government similar to that under which they had been reared. 1 will not detain theHouse by advening to the reasons which have been as signed for this course on the part of Mexico, but I think not among the least of them will be found her dread of the Camanche Indians, and a hope to interpose our countrymen as a shield between her and them. Her flattering promises, as might have bpen expected, were found sufficient to tempt many of our citizens to leave the graves of their ancestors and the homes of their childhood, and to take up their abode in the country to which they had been invited. At fiist the pledges that had been made them were redeemed, and, for a time, . . ... they were. nappy in tneir new nomes ; oui soon their sky was overcast by a cloud soon was prc- iseniea 10 meir nps mm cup ui mwn"" -iv, nnd cruelty of which they have since been made to dunk to the dregs. In a short time Santa Anna had himself declar ed dictator, nnd uniting in himself all law, civil and military, marched at the head of an armv . . 1-. A A . PT - n-it CinlM tVia 1 UTIin gttftf plains of San Jacinto. I ney vanqu snea the Mexican army with Santa Anna at its heaa, ana . t made thern prisoners. A treaty was then made, acknowledging the in dependence of Texas, and establishing the Rio Grande as the boundary of the two governments. Mr. Speaker, that this was the ancient boundary of Texas when we derived it from Fiance in 1803, I I .. ... rA . ttuan it tn Sntiin in iitturpnr nnnnns dv netruiiiiuuu. im.u " mu.u - - j c . I . r Our Gov- inA IIIOSI USUU . IIIIUUV UI1.C UI atlllia. . I M I mt Ia.aA Al V m M 1 - , p J insults to our national flag and by the plunder ot I J : .fr.H I K. n Almms nl nnr (niiniru- oeen uiscuiiui wni ciiji nib wiuiii j mn in have been nasscd over in silence by her ? Hud he done so. we should have heard loud and indignant tones of condemnation from his present accusers. And yet he was unwilling to proceed to extremities against her. But while this nego tiation is going on, Mexico is marshalling her forces and preparing for that war which she bad denounced against us if we annexed Texas, though in that act we but carried out the principles pro mulgated by our forefathers, and which they con secrated, by their blood. In the meantime, Con gress, by the establishment of a custom-house at Point Isabel, had thrown our laws over the dis puted territory. , And while Texas calls on us to repel her invaders, Mexico marches her aTmy on this side the Rio Grande nnd attacks the Ameri can forces. This was but carrying into execution the threat she had made in the event of annex ation; and whih that was the act of Congress, and not of the President, yet gentlemen say the latter has brought on this war. Sir, war against us had been settled on by that power before our army left Corpus Christi, which is acknowlcdg AUr within thn TVci:n boundary. On the 12th of last March, the Government of Mexico declared that the only alternative left it, ivas war against the United States: and our armv did not leave Corpus Christi until the 11th, Will it be pretended that the news of this movement could have reached the City of Mexico in one day? And before Gen. Taylor had been at Mat amoras seven days, orders were m"wpn hv the Mexican government to her Generals, to attack the American forces, when the fact of Taylor's arrival could not have been known at their seat of government. But if the President had gone even farther than he has in this matter, I think the Whig party in this House might abate a portion of their wrath by adverting to a period in the his tory of Mr. Madison's administration. - Tbcy have certainly forgotten the famous dispute about boun dary between this country and Spain, while Flo rida belonged to that nation : and that pending the discussion between her and us upon that subject, the prudent and cautious Madison took forcible possession by our army of two points within the territory claimed by her, and that bis foremost de fender on the floor of Congress in his triumphant vindication from theassults of his enemies for that step, was their late candidate for the Presidency, Henry Clay. Gentlemen in their eager desire to fix the cen sure of the public upon the President, involve themselves in a palpable contradiction. While they tell us on the one hand that from mere hatred to the people of Mexico, he has, even in violation of the Constitution which he has sworn to sup port, precipitated us into a war with them, they (ell us on the other hand, that he has shown too much friendship for Santa Anna, the leader and master spirit of that nation, in not preventing hi3 return from exile to Mexico. It is for them to reconcile, if they can, such inconsistencies. Sir, if the enemies of the President in the United Slates had displayed the same zeal to aid him in the defence of the interests and honor of the coun try, which they have to clog and embarrass his administration, thi3 war would have been now terminated, and Mexico would have made atone ment for the past and given pledges for the future. But I believe he will at last, in spite of opposition at home and abroad, bring us well out this con flict ; that the approbation of his countrymen awaits him; and that his name will be ranked in the future history of his country among its great est benefactors; while many of his revilcrs "Doubly dying will go down To the vile dust from whence they sprung Unwept, unhonored and unsung." But we have been often told in this House that the democratic party is now nearly prostrated, and that the future holds out to it no dawning of a belter day. These predictions have no terrors for me. I am not speculating upon the future I am not calcu lating the chances whether the party to which I am proud to belong, is to go down or be in the ascendant I have stood by it in sunshine and in storm, nnd expect to abide its fortunes through weal and through woe; and if the sombre picture of our enemies .shall be realized, and the party shall become utterly prostrated, some of us will have the proud consolation of knowing that upon this important question at least, we have obeyed the patriotic injunction, "Let all the ends, thou aim'st at, be thy country's, "Thy G -d'8, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, "Thou fallt a blessed martyr." The Standard has his selection of a till m e an admirable hit in iuf the pompous Uaptain-. General" of North Caiolinaeditori.il whiggcry commanded by heights. The road passes through Puff Master General." Who that read the Re- . puebla. The Pueblat.os have a peculiar charac gister last winter will not be struck with it? But, 1 tcr . tney are cunning and couiageous, and the through anxiety to see this lummary of our day j mosl expert robbers and assassins throughout Mex and profession rewarded with a full measure of j jCOj where there is no lack of such. If an oflen eleserved fame, we suggest the addition of " Manu- (der is brought before an alcade, any where else, facturer in-Chief" to his titles, which well-earned jand is fcnown to be a Pueblano, his condemnation desert the Standard overlooked; cerles he is js $ure. entitled to it, for who in this or any other age I Cordova. A small walled and garrisoned town, ever did manufacture great men out ol smaller material, or more oj inem, man mis samn - x-uu- lhe ioad is good till it reaches the mountain of Master General ?" He not only recounts in set Cordova, about midway between the former and phrase of striking signification the renown of the :lne city of Mexico, where the ascent is very rug great Badger, "born listening Senates to com- ged and steep, though without defiles. Near the mand " nnd Navy whiskers to curtail, but with a J rond, at the foot of the mountain, passes the Rio lift of his fame-dispensing pen raises others who; jTj0 or'cold hver, which rises in the neig-hbor- were neither " tjorn so great, nor nave acniev-f ed " so much greatness by whiskers or otherwise, into enviable distinction. In all this too, it is particularly to be noted, with what dignity and decency of style the work is done: no extravagant bombast and fawning flattery of friends no vulgar abuse and low "nicknaming" of opponents! All manly praise and courteous remark. YH may the Standard point to the columns of the Register as a pattern for lhe lesser Whiggies. The Standard's article next week. Salisbury Journal. The Standard says that when the nomination of Major Caldwell and Capt. Davidson was sub mitted to the Senate for approval, Mr. Mangum asked the Senate in a public speech to reject the nominations. Thus is parly the ruling principle with a North Carolina Senator under every cir cumstance. The ridiculous position of Mangum and Gales is this the latter through a corres pondent accuses the Mecklenburg boys of " back ing out," while Mr. Mangum tries to back them out, unless they suffer themselves to be led by some of the Mexican Whig party ! Lincoln Courier. Mr. Benton. This gentleman, recently so fault less to the federalists, for his course on the Oregon question, is in great danger of once more losing their high favor. It is wonderful how soon a lit tle thing obliterates or restores the prejudices of our opponents. They forgot, lor instance, all tneir ancient and recent objections to Mr. Benton even his expunging resolution nnd his hard-money pro ject the moment he went for the forty-ninth par allel, and not only forgot these things, but saw in the man whom they had depreciated for years, a statesman without spot or blemish. But since the stern old Senator has taken his present bold stand in favor of the war and the honor of the country, they regard him but as the victim of his passions or his ambition, and as by no means what ne was cracked un to be! If this ridiculous inconsisten cy does nothing else, it should show the people how much Federal praise and censure is exactly worth. jYennsyivanian, Our Prayers. God looks not to the oratory of your prayers, how elegant tbey may be, nor at the geometry of your prayers, how long they may be, nor at the "arithmetic of your prayers, how many tney may De, nor ai in ioic ui jum prayers, how methodical they may be ; but the sincerity of them he looks at. Brooks v From the N. Y. Commercial Advertrser. APPROACH TO THE CITY OF MEXICO1. If a march to the Mexican capital, from Vera Cruz as the starting point, is determined on by the great military sages at -Washington, we have an interest in knowing what is to be encountered on the road. The following itinerary, as it may be called, has been made up fiom authentic sour ces, and is believed to be accurate. Vera Cruz. The' city of Vera Cruz is walled rouud, with a fort at each extremity of the water front; the walls on the land side are loopholed for musketry. Parapet guns have been recently mount ed on the walls. The city walls are very thick, of coral rock; the walls of the houses are usually 2-1-2 feel thick, and the roofs are flat. Each house has a cistern or cisterns of rain water. The city is well paved. Veia Cruz to Mexico. About ten miles from Vera Cruz is a stream 200 yards wide, crossed at a ferry in seows, or by swimming horses over. The next f tream, about 30 miles from Vera Cruz, is fordable, and is also spanned by a wooden bridge called Puenle del Reyy (the King's bridge,) and also the national bridge. Near it on the right is an eminence of about 60 fect, on which is a fort, completely commanding the approach and bridge. Between these bridges and Jala pa the road pass es near several heights, from which the natives can annoy invaders on the road. City of Jalapa. This city stands on very eleva ted ground, yet for many miles the ascent is quite gradual. From the city Vera Cruz is visible, as is also the sea, ninety miles distant. The city it self is upon a high hill highest in the centre, so that the streets incline considerably ; so much so that no wheeled vehicle can pass along any of them except the main street, or road, which has a considerable rise ad descent. The city is surroun ded by a wall, and has a strongly built Church near the western gate, which could be converted into a citadel. The streets are paved. The hou ses, as in other Mexican towns, are of stone, with flat roofs and iron barred windows. Opposite the city, on the tcfi of the road, is a hill, from which the road might be annoyed and shells thrown into the town. For the distance of six or seven miles before reaching the town, the road is a handsome and substantial structure of chequered pavement, and must have been very costly. Perole. At the base of a high mount, beaiing the same name, some distance from the road on the lefi, is a cluster of houses, with a Church, called Perote. Castle of Perote. Opposite, on the right of the road, and commanding it in every direction. stands the castle. It is upon a flat sandy plain, strongly built of stone, and encircled by a deep dry fosse or ditch. .The main entrance is by go ing over a chevavx de frize by a stile, descending some twenty-five or thirty stone steps to the bot tom of the fosse and crossing it to the gates, which are on a level with the bottom. City of Peubla. This city is walled and forti fied. It is built of stone and the streets well paved. Contains about 100,000 inhabitants. Here water is abundant, but from the national bridge to this city no water can be obtained the natives substi tuting pulque as a beverage. From Jalapa to Putbla there are occasional heights near the road, which, if fortified, might annoy invaders. In fict from Vera Cruz to Peu bla this is the case the travel being alternately over broad, unobstructed roads and narrow nasses. through which the load passes. Beyond Peubla I ,ng mountain of Popocatepetl, 17,000 feet above the level of the sea. A work on some of the heights of Popocatapeil would command the road. After leaving the mountain of Cordova the road is good and unobstructed, with plenty of water to the city of .Mexico. For several miles before reaching that city the road is delightful, passing between parallel canals and rows of Lombardy poplars. The lake of Tetcuco. This lake commences on the right of the road, near the city, into which its waters are carried by a canal, the latter serving also to drain the gutters, &c. "into the lake. The so called lake is a large, long, nnd very irregular shaped basin, shallow, and contains numerous small islands, and covered by myriads of wild ducks. The depth of water varies wilh the sea son ; in the rainy months the basin is filled, and then it assumes the appearance of a large lake. Being the receptacle of all the drainage from the city it is very filthy. The canal from the city passes through it, fed by its waters, five or six miles in a south cast direction to the small fort of Chalco, at the extreme margin or the basin in that direction. This canal is used for transport- ins produce into the city, and for pleasure excur sions in gondolas, &c. Cifv of Mexico. Like all other Mexican cities this has walls and houses of stone, with flat roofs, &c. It is well paved; a cutter four feet wide passes through the centre of each street, Covered by broad .flag stones, removable at pleasure. All the gutters are drained into the canal or lake. The city has many large and strong churches, and other great buildings, easily converted into fortresses. If its walls were repaired and mount ed with cannon, and well garrisoned, it could make a formidable resistance to besiegers. During the festival days, which are very nu merous, the haciendas for twenty or thirty miles around send into the city not less than 10,000 mounted peasantry of the better class, most expert horsemen. Ihey are courageous, and skutui in tho use of the lance, the lasso, and machete, which is a large and heavy knife. Nothing more would be necessary than For the padres to go lorth into the streets of the principal cities, particularly Puebla and Mexico, elevate 'heir crosses and ap peal to the bigotry of the population, to rally an immense force of bold, active and desperate men, who would make fierce resistance to an invasion And if invaders should force their way in, assas sinations by the hands of so many expert murder ers would soon make fearful inroads on their ; number. BY AUTHORITY, LAWS OP THE UNITED STATES, PASSES AT THE SECOND SESSION OV THE TWENTY-NINTH COKGRESS. (P17BI.1C No. 1 2. J An Act to regulate the exercise of the appelate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United . States, in certain cases, and for other purposes. Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United Slates of-America in Congress assembled. That all nnd singular the records of the proceedings in the several cases which were pending in the superior courts of the late Territory of Florida, under and by virtue of the act of Congress of the twenty-third of May eighteen hundred and twenty-eight: entitled, "An act supplementary to the several acts providing for the settlement and confirmation of private land claims in Florida," and under and by virtue of an act entitled, " An act to provide for the final settle ment of land claims in Florida," approved twenty sixth May, eighteen hundred and thirty, and in the several cases which were pending in the court of appeals of the same Territory, on the third day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred nnd forty-five, and all and singular the records of the proceedings in the several cases iu which judgements or decrees had been render ed in the said courts on or before that day, nnd from which writs of error could have been sued out, or appeals could have been taken, or from which writs of error had been sued out, or appeals had been taken and prosecuted to the Supreme Court of the United Stales, accoiding to the laws of the United States which were in force on the said third day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, shall, from and after the passing of this act, be .trans ferred to and deposited in the district court of the United States for the district of Florida. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duly of the judge of the district court of the United States for the district of Florida, immedi ately after the passing of this act, to cause the same to be notified to the several clerks of the - - . ,r. superior courts, or to otner omcers or persons baving in their possession or custody the records of the proceedings in the first section of -this act referred to and described, and to demand the de livery of the same, to be deposited, as in and by the said first section of thi3act is required ; and on the refusal of such clerk or other officer or person to comply with such demand, the said judge of the district court of the United States is hereby author ized and required to compel the delivery of the said records by attachment or otherwise, according to law. Co 9 A J J.. 2t . -ll - 1 rr,!.-. : II rAr..A ; tu"-.A - : r ...i..fii,.i.i. t...'! a Ar appeals of the late I erntory of Florida, and from i ...ilt-k ..,..;! r u a . wbicn writs 01 error nave been sued out or an- peals have been taken to the Supreme Court of hn lTnitPd State, tho ;,id Rnni, rw hnll : be, and is hereby, authorized to hear and deter mine the same, and the mandates of the said Su- picnic vuuii iui iuc tictuuuu ui Hie luueHieins : 1- c , l. j 1 . J , lf V - or decrees so to be rendered by them, and alt other J . ,,' - . nrpmf C,nnr for thf rTPCIitinn nf tho in,! rrnvnrntl ! ii . , ' r if . , . , the appellate jurisdiction of the said court in such . J tVoii u A.. 1 . .1 a- . . e.t cases, shall be directed to the district court of the ;i .i . . u a i said district court shall cause the same to.be duly ! executed and obeyed. Sec. 4. And belt further enacted. That the district court of the United Slates for the district of; Florida shall take cognizance of all cases which were pending and undetermined in the said superi or courts, under and by virtue of the act of Con grcss of twenty-third May, eightee n hundred and twenty-cighf, entitled "An act supplementary to several acts providing for the settlement and con firmation of private land claims in Florida," and under and by virtue of an act entitled " An act to provide for the final settlement of land claims in Florida," approved twenty-sixth May, eighteen hundred and thirty; and of all cases which were pending and undetermined in the court of appeals of the late Territory of Floridi, and from .he judgments or ejperees to be rendered in which writs of error could have been sued out or appeals could have been taken to the Supreme Court of the United States under the laws which were in force on the third day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty fiver and shall proceed to hear and determine the same ; and from the judgements or decrees to be render ed by the said district court writs of error may be sued out or appeals may be taken to the Supreme Uourt ol the United btates in the same manner as if such judgements or xlccrees had been rendered in the court of appeals of the Territory of Florida ; and the mandates and all writs necessary to the exercise of the appellate jurisdiction of the said Supreme Court in such cases shall bo directed to the district court of the Uniitd States for the district of Florida, and the said district court shall cause the same to be duly executed and obeyed. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That in all cases not legally transferred to the State courts in ii4, , i . i . wnicn judgments or decrees nave ocrn renacrca in the superior courts or court of appeals of the late Territory of Florida from which writs of error could have been sued out or anneals could have been taken to the court of appeals of si id Territory or to the Supreme Court of the United States under the laws which were in force on the third day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-fire, nnd in which wnls of error have not hitherto been Surd out or appeals have not hitherto been taken, there shall be allowed to the parties in the said cases the term of one year, from and after the passing of this act, for sueing out such writs of error or taking such appeals to the Supreme Couit of the United States, which shall have jurisdiction to re view the same. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That, any unfinished business, or proceedings now remain ing or pending before the judgo of the superior court at St. Augustine, as a commissioner under and by virtue of the " Act for the relief of certain tnnaoiianis or jasi Florida, approved twenty-.future uses. We placed the money nnd the seed sixth June, eighteen hundred end thirty-four, or j as we found them, and will lake care that they ore under any other act granting special powers, or 'delivered according to the childish rcquc.t. imposing special duties upon said judge be, and j the same are hereby, transferred to the judge of j Very fair. A gentleman in New Orleans the district court of the district of Florida, to be having played an April trjgk upon his wife in proceeded in and finished, or decided in the same ; the morning, was served up ia fine style at din manner provided for by law; and the said district ner. H is noted for his partiality for M frit- judge shall have, exercise, and possess, the same, duties, powers, and rights, which have by virtue ot the act of twenty-sixth June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four aforesaid, or otherwise been pos sessed and exercised by the said judge of the superior court at St. Augustine, so far as may be 'necessary In enable the said district judge to de termine and finish any matter, business, or pro ceedings now pending and .undetermined before', the judge of the superior court afbrcsafd, by vfiffre of any such special act. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That all and, singular, the provisions of this net, so far as may be, shall be, and they are hereby, made applicable to all cases which were pending in the supremo or other superior coutts of and for the fate Terrf tory of Michigan at the time said Territory was admitted as a State into the Union, and to all cases in which judgments or decrees have tcett rendered in said supreme or superior court of said late Territory of Michigan, and not hitherto re moved as aforesaid by writ of error or Appeal. . Skc: 8. And be it further enacted, That in alf casts pending in any of the supvrior courts of said Territory of Florida, or in the court of appeals f said Territory, on the third day of March, eigh-' teen hundred and forty five, and not legally trans ferred to the State courts of the State of Florida,' and which said Territorial courts continued to hold cognizance of, and proceedd to determine after said day, or which are claime d to have been sinco pending therein as" courts of the United States $ and in all cases of f dt-rul character and jurisdic. t in commenced in said Territorial courts after said d;iy, and in which judgments or decrees wer rendered, or which are claimed to have brm since pending therein, the records and proceedings there of, and the judgments or decrees therein are here by transferred to the district court of the United States for the district of Florida ; and writs of er ror and appeals may be taken by either party to: remove (he judgments or decrees that have berrr, or may be, rendered in such cases unto the Su preme Court of the United States, and the Su preme Court may hear and decide sueh cases off such writ of error or rrppeaf, and issue its mandate to said district court: Provided, however, Such writ of error or appeal shall be taken within ones year from the passage of this net, or one year from the rendition of such judgment or decree hereafter rendered: And provided, also. Tfiaf nothing in this act shall be construed as affirming or diaffirming th jurisdiction, power, or authori- jly of the Territorial judges to proceed in or try or determine such cases atier the third ol March, eighteen hundred nnd forty-five, but the same may be referrrd to said Supreme Court for its decision in all cases oti such writ of error or appeal. JOHN W. DAVISi Speaker of the House of Representatives. - GEOftGE M. DALAS President of tho Senate. Approved February 22, 1847. JAMES K. POLK. io Junior or tne aroima watchman, m speaking of the Rayner controversy, says he has . ,, J . ,. ' ..i . ,. . Pad but lutle attention to the suHect, "but po iti- ' , , . . J a j , cal Stlemtn who resort to our office to read the and who have watched th,? matter, are very tree in censuring mr, Lioi - ml m rmsr. I As we had not the "political gentlemen" in our view when wo embarked in the Rayner! enter"- i .t e r' t prise, nor have now the fW of ihem m our eye, ' i r J the "censure spoken or will not be very ovrr- whelming we expect to bear up tinder it, and t. n .l i . V ;shall run the risk of encountering it again, should 1 i t . h r j f b . - . may expose to public view political corruption V ' i .i -u una iiy jjwv.1 icjr. u lutai yi juirim II will ;. i.., t i t , .. . ; , IIIWIC ClllT,!, Ull 113 III.III Iliia U Wit I UI IVilHTI uoinc against a rock ' If they doubt this point, let them r cue: and they shall be satisfied give us a nrope of the fact to their heart s content. Wilmington Commercial. Dorrism defined. Hon. John C. Calhoun, in a rcce nt debate in the United Stales Senate said, " I hold that wherever lhe idea is a fixod one. that the mere numerical majority hate a right to govern, that ihis right is holden by a SWt of divine right, that then there is no constitutional liberty. It is Uonsm. " Exactly. Governor Dorr has been guilty of the crime of rc-asseiling that the majority are en liilcd to govern; and Mr. Citlhoun nnd lhe To ries and Algcrihes say that the minority ought to govern. We are glad to see this clear and pre cise admission f'om headquarters. For on oflVncs like - this the Aenerican people will very readily make out a pardon to Mr. Dorr. Providence Herald. " Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven.u Wa were reading, says an Exchange, the RewOrvilla D. wey's Address to the public from a meeting in Washington for the relief of Ireland, in the pre sence of some children on Friday evening. In it this sentet.ee occurs ' Mother,' said a child d'ing of starvation, as one of lhe letters reports ' moth er give me three grains of corn!' That is what tarnishing Ireland says to us. The little ones were attentive and absorbed, nnd the conversation for some time was directed towards the misery of that unhappy country. The next morning after breakfast, as we stood at the back window, wo saw a little girl about two years old, feeding her pel chiekens with crumbs of bread. We opened (he window and reminded her that there was other food in a kitchen closet for them. Oh yes, said she, 1 know it and hippies know it too, but no matter, this will do.' "" Some lime after, as we were reading, the littlei one came to our si Jc with a piper roll and handed it to us saying: Can't you send this to t?ie poor little Irish girl that is starving f ' What is it?' we asked. Kippies' breakfast,' was the reply. We opened it it was one of the" papr cornu copias which Santa Claus had filled with bon bons for the stocking at Christmas, but in place of the confections, it was now fifed wilh corn I The votive offering; of a child. But this was not all. Pouring the corn out on the table, of the bottom iof the paper bag we found a ce nt, taken from the ; little treasured store, which hod been garnered for .lers, as light desert, and on this ocension, after he had tried for ten minutes to chew one, nicely " sauced over " and " fried brown," he found they were made of thin layers of cotton that had bee dipped in "bailer," Wf call that "doing htm. , broien! : x- I 11 i f. I: h 11 I mm.