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1 i. i 1: 4.:.-r .re 1 Hit I it - u V i'. ) TlPIIH Of the Watchman. T ' IlW,j)lu if not paid in aJr.nce. Two dollars -J Mftf W,U , pallor thJfir.t..nd25ct. '"TK" firiS Court order, chirged l.T-ri la toe wiwn i r rr; l-tUKSDAY, MAY 27, i85Q. ,---1- -h LJUOR A'S" N EUTU A L1TY, &c. ijmingtnn Aurora takes isjsue with us l.i . . J. J... ..C iim nmitri I it u" in i rwktil ira I' en Be w: u' . v . -, t Ud that psiper quoieq oir remarxs '''-.. . y it J , -L' il !- concern us it in as mpy may mus such .inn thernseJrc. That paper says : Th4 intention o( the Salisbury (Watchman lo pwkWI requ.res som noir.a uej .ic -T. I . . . J rpt i. of lbe Aurora as a neutral -aitair. j 1 hey lie nilly, Our course has been as open as the ky." This Wis, at least, the merit" of! hluntness, arid ofioirse claims our notice in me shape. tVe car), i Aurora' ind will, before vc close, l arraign the nd also the ' Nest'f onj the same c I charge : jut we shall not pretend to offer their conviction as any justification or offset against the chafrge the former so delicately makes -a- .j As tp ne Aurora's being nour a 'j neutral af. fAtc,1 Ydo not pretend to believe. ; It is just as good a democratic paper, as thje most un compromise of that party could desire. It does not dent coming out as an 'independent;" aind in! Its first number, it ac1nowledges allegi ance lb lio party. " It says," it rnupt be under- stood, that the Aurora is not the oifgan of any ; man or party. In the same article, however, the edifr' declared himself a diemocrat, a sW' Mights democrat." But so mild anJ complacent a partizan was lie at first, that un. leu our inemory has cheated us beyond what is common, ihe Aurora was received with consid. . arable kindness by a portion of the;Whlg press ! of th "State-;' and lhus"grew up in our mind j tht ijei of its romibg out as a neutral paper. It occurs Jo us, too, that there was something inMhe I Aurora's" prospectus wliijch was cal Cuat.edito suggest the thought ofjits being a neutral,! so far as it concerned the Whig and Derrtocfatic parties. But as we have not that paper before mi, we hhall not speak positively. At all events, whether the editor's course in the . Commencement and subsequent conduct of the Auroral was fairly calculated to leave that im- -' i i - - pressiofi upon the mind or not, we very honestly feceivell it ;- and if.-in speaking of it as coining 6ut as k sort of '"neulrhl afTair" we misrepre. sen (ed lit. respect luMruth, would require a cor- dci(ni of the statement. O to thing is cer- TTTT -"L T"" -:: JiliUiNEK & JAMES, ! ) .1 ( NEW SERIES. THE TT1 II 11 ! WJ I' m 11 II 11 il 1 i i i! ' " Keep a chscx upojt all racR 1 .llv., 'i"' Do fHis, axd Liberty is safe." J . I tl Ulllll '. ' Editors Proprietors. , O clers. : . U j ( VOLUME VII NUMBER 3. 3 'f M.'"l't The Aurora set itself up as an " inde v llejenJent"- as "the organ of no man or par ly . tid that position usually carries with it, !o scirrto. extent, the idea of neutralitu. Wheth erpicje circumstances justify the terms of our . remarks, we leave for others lo decide. We cejtairjly intended no misrepresentation of its pojsitidn. Il is batlVnough as il is, without be in pide worse, f jAnid whatever; it is, it was not in our opinion, the. repult of the promptings yf-a mighty gen- lul, which scorned identihcation with any par--lictular party, or sought to astound the world by Jts'jowjn peculiar greatness and superiority. No, '.no, ,Ve think the course pursued by this no partyi or " irTdependent" journal, has not even left the shadow of a shade of doubt on the minds of-fhe! observant, that it is, of the rankest or fler of Locofoco papers. " There is policy in War.' A paper coming out and professing to. attach to io party, would commend irself to trjanyJ on whom, after gaining their Confidence, 't "'Il rera' lo aqvaniage oi me one, ana the disadvantage of the other, of the two great parties of the country, as it might choose. I Whether this was the plan lof the Aurora, all J men are as well able to determine as we are. II ;Uwas; it is known only by the editor and tbose osfjwuh whom he may have advised, aud ; wil'jby (hem, be guarded. Others can only judej by circumstances, which will gradually devetope themselves. jBijt we made a promise in the outset which e now propose to comply with. , The Aurora, Sjpeaaing.of the breeze between this paper and tjie Hornets' Nest.' says : 44 We know none of th'e parties to this -dispute, and should have stootj olT, if the subminionists who rejoice in t)ie jopartning title of Bruner & James, and Cousin Sally Dilliard, had let us alone." j Qjrice the 44 dispute" between the 4Nest" ;ind this paper commenced, that journal has everal tunes made, the insinuation that Bruner At .jTmei do not write the editorials of the Watchman, although thev n'iZ themselves as Its editor. The 44 Nest," ill pot deny this ; abd it may be the frequency with which the-in-finuation has been madeand our hitherto si- !m , . ence on the subject, Improbably been the ipauje of. the Aurora's joining, in the cry. t And wej should not have noticed the thing now, but fofrjhe reason that the Aurora has made such plain allusion to II. C. Jones, Esq:, that he I $,aa8 wc have calleitfhif name at once ; and is so unjust, both.to that gentleman and our- ves, mat it were wronc wa should nprmit. it toj pass. i 1 has now been eleven years, lacking two months, since II. C. Jones. Eso. retired from the! editorial chair of the j Watchman. Since thM time the Watchman has been twice trans jfetred; Mr. Jones, the while, pursuing the profession of the '-kw, ami for seven or ehrht ( years of the time, carrymjj ; on one of lhe neat- pesijiiuie larms in Kowan county. When he relinquished the Watchman, it was a bona OA? iale : he has since had no; more personal inter est in, or control of, the paper than Henry I. Tpile himself, or anp- othef gentleman who was Br er among our types aid presses. He has r i.,-? -.4. ,i-4 ! i -. - ' i r ii ii ii ii m a 1 1 i :v ' 1 1 "i -1 1 rv r a ! r 4 a i n n i i r a ra t 11JJJ 11KW1 -W Al'UMflANo IV i SALISBURY, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1850. oeen auenuing to bis own privnte business as every oiher gentleman dos, and if at any time . . . . ... since, be has wraten an? articles tor tbii paper. (and many gentlemen of this and other counties have,)it was upon subjectsof general interest and for the promotion of high and patriotic purposes. It is very uftjust to bim, therefore, to lug in bis n of b allusion8 to brin hirn in a Da. ty in matters of such a character as that be tween the goose " Nest," the " Aurora" and ' . X i ourselves. We doubt whether this little! dispute ever attracted the attention of that i gentle. man 10 hia country retreat, much less jnterest- a - eq hirjer; liut if you want to stir up this old . . . S . I editor of the Watchman, let some disimionist. ni. internal improvement, anti common school stager, some assailer of the' people' rights, some selfish demagogue, make his appear ance within our bounds to preach his doctrines; and our word for it, the author of Cous in Sally Dilliard, will show himself in a manner that will be worthy of the occasion. We tell the Aurora, therefore, that it is wrong in its intima tion that MrJones is connected in any man ner with the Watchman ; and if it has no re. specl.either for that gentleman or ourselves, yet respeel for himself and for truth and iijistice re quires that that gentleman's reputation should not oe involved wnere be bas not by any act of his involved it. -In conclusion, we would inquire of the Au rora, and of its " friend" the Nest, what evi dence have you to sustain the insinuation that lhe proprietors of this paper, do not write the editorials of the Watchman ? We know you have none nol a particle. The editors of the Watchman in speaking ol the Aurora as coming out as a neutral af. fair are charged by that paper with a " wilful lie." The circumstances of its coming out, and our words on the subject are before the public. We fear not its decision. The "Nest" in commenting on our remarks concerning Mr. Clingman as having apparently thrown him self into the arms of the Locofocos, spoke of them as 44 a bit-of merchandise which had beCn lie ingon their fable," &c Now gentlemen, you are mutual - r,ends"-vpmfty you have each been playing into other's hands tor some lime praising each other puffing each other copying each other's wit, and singing each other's songs. The world stands still and gazes in mute astonishment at your pranks. Two pick pockets were never more thick" two asses never made more noise by their braying. Together you have jbeen for a Nashville Convention, togethej in abuse of Mr. Stanly together in misrepresenting the; Whigs on the subject of Southern rights to gether playing into the hands of the Locofocos together in literary productions of rare merit together in an insinuation against us where you have not a particle of truth or Evidence to . : IT . ; i ; . sua. ain you. u nui you relieve your own posi- tions, it little becomes you to fHve me tie so a liar as it flatly. It is not so bad to be called is to be proven one. , NO SIGN. The subjoined Jelter reached this place last week, while xur Superior Court fas in ses jion ; and many of our knowing folk had the satisfaction of first seeing it here, a very considerable disposition on There vas the part of some of them to laugh over if : and some few others actually did sorter roar. The thing, they said, was juch a curiosity in its wav. and , the.v could not help it, if their sides were to split. Some said the auth split. Some said the authors had been expect- ing a sign from Heaven, but no sign having been given, therefore, they could not go to Nashville. Others said they had miscalcula ted the extent of the excitement in North Car olina, as well as the importance of jhose causes out of which they supposed excitement would arise ; and were therefore returning, to sober good sense. Others again, said, th it they were beginning to be convinced that tl e Nashville Convention, could not, at this time, do any good, and might do mischief. Others bought that they had discovered (give Toole credit for ibis) their mischievious schemes weri doomed to fail, and that lhey are now only trying to hide. Otherr, again, that their " bombl" was about to explode in their own ranks, and they were scampering to get out of the yay. Others said there were,' no bombs in Sajnpson's day, O fr limnfli mm a. ... . I a 1 ,,vj v, unucitu, njr uuw, waai Qampson ana i bomos had t0 d witb ' Nafihvk,u nnnv.n. i tion. Others aain. thought thai the authors. c ci - j- . , not receiving the sign, : either from Heaven above, nor ftom the people belo v, concluded they were without authority to actj, and, in fact, if the truth was known, the peoplu did not wish them Ip go to ashyiile. These, and many more thoughts, were expressed, 6r conceived, or hinted at after reading the following - Joint Letter of Htessrs. Strange and JTTcItee. VVe publish below, n joint letter from these gentlemen recently appo inted on the part of the Whigs and Democrats k4 this District, to represent them in the Nash ville convention, h will be seen that both regard it as inexpedent under present cir cumstances to take their seats in that body and recommend that shoulrJ it meet in June next, as orieinallv nrrooosed. the members present adjourn over. We com menu the careful perusal of be Jetter to all our readers, and request tbatit may have a general circulation. Aurora. Fayetteville, lilay 11, 1850. Henry I. Toole, Esq. : i Dear Sir: The time lor the Nashville convention is at hand. A meeting preg nant with the most important results' to the whole family of man. When chosen by tire convention of this Congressional District, in March last, as its representa tives at Nashville, -while justly vproud of the honor, we felt mcfst painfully the tdread responsibility thu4?pastupbn us. dui we nave no wisn orjjorpose to surinK from it. We felt assured that the same God who had led our fathers through the scenes of the Revolution, would; lead' us also in the right way, either by tne pillar of cloud or the pillar of fire. v We believe we are all instruments, in his hands to accomplish his purposes; and we knew by the past that those purposes for the fu ture will he just and merciful. Yet we are at this time greatly perplexed, and must confess that we see not those plain indications of what providence designs for us, to enable us to decide with confi dence whether or not it is our duty to go to Nashville at the time proposed. At the New Hanover meeting held ; in Janu ary, one of us felt no hesitation in saying, that by the first Monday; in June, it would oe plainlv seen that Southern Kiehts would meet with reasonable consideration from our Northern brethren ; or' that we. must prepare to maintain them by disso lution and war. I was mistaken. The mysterious veil of the future still hangs over those events which must decide, the question, and no one can safely conjecture in what form they will be revealed. Un der those circumstances what can a Con vention do ? Nothing.? nothing: at least but mischief. Even resolution adopted by it cannot possibly he of service, and would probably do harm. Shbbld those resolutions be expressive of a united pur pose at the South, tp sthnd by their rights at every hazard, will they not jjustly be consdered thus uttered pending a nego tiation, as indecent thf-eateninsr or idle -Nhl iictorinrr A nrl if rnrI I i a t -rt rwt mSM lhey not beget doubts in any mindg at least whether the hfarfs of Southern heroes are not failing tjhem, as they con template in fancy, the great Potomac sen- l'ng her waves to the ocean, swollen and red vvitn tne Diood oi m:n poured out from kindred bosom. Besides this, a;Nashville convention is a strong, measure, full of consequences, when oiler, it will be like an exploded bomb, no longer feared, not even respected : or will have left behind it sad and abiding evidences of its tremen dous power. We should reserve it for a time of need, when like Sampson, wrong ed by his enemies past all endurance, he might wisely seek their destruction, even though it cost him his life. Sir, we are persuaded that these are the feelings of a large proportion of the people of our State nay, even of our own Districts which has been more forward than any other part of the 5tate in this matter. We should now misrepresent them by participating in any action of a Nashville convention at this time It isjfhe duty of every; representa tive to reflect, as far as possible, the will of his constituents. If we believed that ours desired our attendance, we would go regardless of our own opinions, or our per sonal convenience. But, if the vote of the District could now be taken upon the question, a very largef majority we think, would even forbid us to go. We shall therefore not take our seats in the con vention at Nashville, unless ome change takes place in the aspect of public affairs between now and the first Monday in June. We are muchj obliged to you for an article in the Aurora of i Wednesday last, headed "The Nashville Convention again. " Other reasons aiie suggested therein why the convention should not meet at this time, which you have there by saved us the necessity of offering here. We hope that those who do meet at Nash ville at the time appointed.rvill adjourn, without any other action, tola more suit able time at the same or some other place when and where the whole South, with undivided heart, may: lift up a shout of joy for our glorious tlnion preserved, or rally with sad but determined purpose a round the no less glorious standard of " Liberty and the Rights of i the South. " We are with greatrespect, your friends and fellow citizens, , ROBERT STRANGE. G. J. Mc REE. Papers of the State are requested to copy the above. (CorresponaceoflfeJJai$moreSun.) ' Mr. Webster's civic -reception in Boston is an honor, equal to any triumph; that was ever decreed to a Roman conqueror,.' and I may say for as great a service? to h& country. His speech will bo remembered, and will go downi to posterity, with his noble motto 44 1 (read no step backward!" Jf be has conquered the prejudices of the people of Massachusetts a people who have confuted every thing but their prejudices he is the greatest nioral conquer or of the age. Mr. Webster remarks justly, upon what lhe country must ere this have learn ed to appreciate-r-the difference between do ing what is agreeable and doing what is. just. With other persons, differently; situated, in re. garrjjo politics and local position, it might he easy to take such a course as Mr. Webster has pursued. But he, instead of courting, periled, popularity by hjs course, . - : -5 - ;- From the II 1110 Recorder. MR. STANLY AlflD THE LOCOS. The Democratic Editors, of late, are very diligently employed in abusing Mr. Stanly, as if the very existence of their party depended upon putting him down. The pretence for much of this abuse is ex tracted from a corrupt version of a speech which Mr. Stanly lately delivered in the Housed of Representatives in reply to Mr. Clingman, which ha!s been published in most of the Democratic papers, the true speech, as published! by Mr. Stanly, and which will be found in ourpaperof the 3d and 10th of April, they very carefully withhold from their readers. In noticing ! - u- u .u. d.j.,i .L. the part which jthe Standard takes in this mauer, me ivaieign a irnes oi r rtaay says: Jow since the speech has been read at ! portioned according to an actual enumeration home and when nr "treason" can be , of the inhabitants of the United States, the found in it, the Standard, quoting one of' State of Calilornia shall be entitled to two re his "allies," declares that it is not the! presentatives in Congress. same speech which was delivered, but one j wruien out aiterwaras. me insinuation here is that something has been omitted 1 though Mr. Clingman said iust the contra ryl Why these contradictions 1 Mr. Stanly has been charged with ' treason with being "unsound on the slavery ques- tion : with being opposed to tne oouth, the North" but the sympathising with speech shows none of this and then one party charges him with printing more than he had spoken ! and the other with leaving something out ! ! ! Those editors here, who take thi latter view, not hav ing been present when the speech was de livered, ought to bje able to bring some proofV Let them specify, if they dare, the sentiment or word that was omitted. But indeed, let them point out the passages they Condemn. Itjwon't do to charge that he said unknown things, and then omitted them from the printed speech ! Mr. Cling man stands in the way of that he is woundedrhe says, quite a different way ! It was printing more than was spoken, that hurt him. We challenge these mour ners to specify what they say was omitted. We know Mr. Stanly well enough to be lieve, that if, by accident, he omitted any thing he said against locofocoism. if he can find it out, heu:ill print it, and stand to it I Can any one ask for more ? We are convinced, that, with the fault finding spirit in vyhich Mr. Clingman took up this Speech, had Mr. Stanly suppress ed anything he would have said so ! Let him, orlNIr. Venable, or any other of the Southern Democracy, allies or brethren of the Standard who heard the speech delivered, testify for their friend what has been omitted. Vhy can they not if the speech of Mr. Stanly is so full of "treason" expose him on the floor of the House ? Let them try it !cannot the Standard in duce them to make the attempt ? Indeed why have they riot done so long ago ? If to call a man a "Traitor" would prove him so, the standard would be all right. Edward Stanly (s a terror to "party" and the hatred of locofocoism is his natural right! I Important from Porto Rico Threatened Bom. i bardment. We have already mentioned that Capt. Beach er and several American sailors, had been im prisoned at Mayaguez, by the Spanish author ities, and that the United Slates Sloop-of war Ainany, uapt. Kanrjoipn, bad gone mere lode, i vtded, That the right of suffrage and of hold mand their release. On the arrival of the Al ' jng office shall be exercised only by citizens bany.the Captain of the Port made his boast f ,he United Slates, including those recng. that if the Captain of the Yankee man of-war nised as citizens by the treaty with the repub. wanted his countrymen, he must CBme ashore j lie of Mexico, concluded February second, eigh and take them. I teen hundred and forlv-ei2ht. ! 1 he next day Captain Randolph hauled in his ship close to the town, shotted his gus, and sent Lieut. Ridgely ashore with a notification ;f.i . . . . .i j i- . i iu an ii"iiuui suuiecu oi legislation, con that it the men were'not instant y delivered up ,r ,. r 7. IT ' i, ... .u . J... , ' sistent with the constitution of ihe U. States he would fire upon the town. 1 his caused a 1 j .,: : r.L' . 1 . 1 . ,, . 1 .u 1 . 1 and the provisions of this act : but no aw sha great commotion, and the rnejj were re eased M' :,.r -.u .u nmilll)i , , r, . o j 1 u 1 j be passed interfering with the primary disposal somewhat in a hurry. Capt Randolph deserves -, : .. 3 , 1 ii - ir . J . 1 . . , ol the soil, nor in respect lo Atrican slavery : all praise for his prompt and proper conduct in . nn oM . - ' , . 3 1 this affair, and it will have the effect of putting , f k- i.. . . . p o a stop to the outrages which have, for some time, been practised at Mayaguez upon Amer ican commerce and right. Bait. Clipper.' SUPERIOR COURT. Superior Court, Spring term, Craven Conn ty, was in session in New Berne, during the past week, his Honor Judge Baily presiding. I he case of the most importance was the f the most importance was the . Aiph Riggs for the murder of ,ewis, whom sh found in her yard iv-L ..t. .TL-. r trial of Mrs negro boy 1 after dark. He look some 'notes of the evi dence, but, cannot give it at present. The de fence set up the plea of insanity. His honor charged, that if the jury was satisfied that the Prisoner was insane, lhat ended the case ; if not satisfied, it was a case of manslaughter. The jury retired about 6 o'clock, and rendered 1 a verdict of not guilty, on the ground of insani ty Jewbemei Republican. PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE. Charles, between 3 and 4 years old, son o Mr. Wm. J. Love, Jr. of this town, feU into a well onWednsnay afternoon. The well was 2& feet deep,. and had water in the barrel only at the bottom of the well. There had been a ladder placed jn the well lo get out a bucket that had fallen: in, which remained there. The little fellow was found holding manfully on lo one of the rounds of lhe ladder, and rescued from his perilous situation. What renders this incident worthy of notice, is, that Charles es caped with very slight injury. XVil. Com. Accidental Death. We are pained to learn that Mr. Oliver Loftin was thrown from his horse on Friday last and instant ly killed. He lived in Jones county, and was a young man not 21 years of age. Newbern Republican, THE COMPROMISE. The foil otciag are the Bills referred to in the Report published in our last : CALIFORNIA. Whereas the people of California have pre sented a Constitution and asked admission into Ihe Union, which constiiution was submitted to Congress by the President ot the United Stales, by message, dated February thirteenth, eigh teen hundred and fifty, and which, on due ex amination, is found lobe republican in its form of government : Be it enacted, 5cc. That the State of Califor nia shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one, of the United btates of America, and ad Vur " . , an Pq , . g WUD llie or.ginal States in all respects whatever. nlll.l I-... 1 I. fTi I t '. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That un- u, the representatives in Confess shall be an Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That the said State of Calilornia is admitted into the Un- ! ion upon the express condition that the people ! wise, shall never interfere with lhe primary dis- posal of the public land within its limits, and shall pass no law and do no act whereby the ti- j tie of the United States to, and right to dispose of, the same shall be impaired or questioned ; and ! that they shall never lay any tax or assessment ! of any description whatsoever upon the public i domain of the United Slates : and in no case shall non-resident proprietors, who are citizens of the United States, be taxed higher than resi dents ; and that all the navigable waters with in the said Stale shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of said State as to the citizens of the United States, without any tax, impost, or duty thereof : Pro. tided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed as recognising or rejecting the propo sitions tendered by the people of California as articles of compact' in lhe ordinance adopted by the Convention: which formed the constitution of that State. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That all laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and ef fect within the said State of California as else where within lhe United States. THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. till i iitn finu 1 1 v nil prriiArv nr irarrnn j ..Kw,.t nu on the east and south by the dividing ridge ,j. nu, njunmr nwnrn, i an ; ,nterest, payable half yearly t lhe treasury of that part of the lerritory of the United States ,he United States, the "principal t, be redeema included within lhe following limits, to wit, ! ble at the end of fourteen years; which said hounded on the west by the State of California. ! Rmrk U1I l.o ,i r.rct o,i;lt. ,k which separates the waters flowing into the hereof in such manner as the said Siate may great basin from those fly ing into the Colora- direct : Provided, That nothing herein con do river and the gulf of California, be, and lhe ; ,airied is to be construed to imply or admit the same is hereby, created into a temporary Go- liabilifj ot the United States for any portion of vernment, by the name of the Territory of j , he public debt of Texas. Utah : Provided, That nothing in this act con. j Fif(h, Immediately after the president r,f tamed shall be construed to inhibit the Govern- ! ,he United States shulUaie officially receiv.d ment of the United Stales from dividing said j an authenic copy ol the act of the General aI lerntory into two or more I erritorier, in such ,ernbly of Texas accepting these proposition1, manner and at such times as Congress ' he shall m., if, a.t.- i..r...:t ....... snan ueem convenient ana proper, or irom at taching any portion of said territory to any oth er State or Territory of the United States. Sec. 9. And be it j urther enacted. That ev ery free white male inhabitant above the age of twenty one years, who shall have been a resi dent of said Territory at the time of the pass age of this act, shatl be entitled to vole at the first election, and shall be eligible to any office within the said Territory ; but lhe qualifica tions of voters and of holding office, at all sub- 111 sequent elections, shall be such as shall be ; prescribed by the Legislative Assembly : Pro Sec. 10. And be. it further enacted, That the lefMslfltivf nniVPrnf itkM Torrifnrv ckall ar ' ,,j . M i.f. .... r i ,J .. 1 . 0 o, r , 7 , 7 -jw. 1 the United States ; nor shall the lands or other property of non-residents be taxed higher than the lands or other properly of residents. All the laws passed by the Legislative Assembly and Governor shall be submitted to the United States, and, if disapproved, shall be null and of no effect. ' Sec. 21. An be it further enacted, That all laws of the United Slates, which are not lo- m '"e X.? I Tl u r l' ! Ca"y "PP'cable .hall have the same J.rce nd 1effec wtthl !.,he ,9a; .r"r, of a elsewhere within the United Stales. tebritory of new Mexico. ; cord mentioned. And upon theirodoction by Sec. 22. And be it further enacted. That all he said parly of other and further evidence, if that portion of the territory of the United States necessary, either oral or by affidavit, in addi. acquired from Mexico by the treaty concluded ; t'jn to what i contained in lhe said recoid ol February second, one thousand eight hundred lhe identity of lhe person jecapiiig, he or she and, forty-eight, and not included within the shall be delivered up to the claimant. And the limits of the State of California, nor within the said court, commissioner, judge, or oiher per limits of the Territory of Utah as prescribed in ! on authorized by this acl to grant certificates this act, be and the same is hereby, erected in- ! claimants of fugitives shall, upon the pro. to a temporary government by the name of the duction ol lhe record and other evidences afore Territory of New Mexico : Provided, That no- said, grant to such claimant a certiorate of his thing in this act contained shall be construed right to take any such person identified and to inhibit the Government of the United States , proved to be owing service or laor as afore, from dividing said Territory into two or more i said, which certificate shall authorize such Territories, in such manner and at such times claimant lo seize or arrest and transport such as Congress shall deem convenient and proper, person to the State or Territory Irom whidThe or from altaching any portion thereof lo any escaped. ! other Territory or State. , And be ii further enacted. That in case the Sec. 26. And be il further enacted. That . alleged fugitive shall declare to the court, judge, every free white male inhabitant above the age ! or commissioner, or other officer before uhm of twenly-one years, who shall have been a re- he is brought, lhat he is a free man and not a sident of said I erntory at lhe time of the pass age of this acl, shall be entitled to vole al the first election, and be eligible to any office with in the said Territory ; but the qualifications of voters and of holding office at all subsequent elections, shall be such as shall be prescribed ; by the Legislative Assembly : Provided, Thai the right of suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States, including those recognised as citizens By the treaty with the republic of Mexico con. eluded February second, eighteen hundred and forty. eight. f Sec 27. And be it further enacted. That loIgilative power of the Territory shall be alerted to all rightful suhjects of legislation, consistent with the constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act ; but no law shall be passed interfering with th prima ry disposal of the toil, nor in respect to African slavery ; no tax shall be imposed upon the pro perty of the U. S. ; nor shall the lands or other property of non-residents be taxed higher than the lands or ohrrj4rnperly of residents. All the laws passed by the Legislative Assembly and Governor shall be sulwnitted to the Congress of the United State, and if disapproved shall be null and of no effect. Sec. 38. And be it further enacted. That all laws of the U. Stales which are not locally in applicable shall have the same force and effVct within the said Territory of New Mexico as elsewhere within the United Slates. PROPOSITION -TO TEXAS. Sec. 39. And be it further enacted, That the following propositions ?hall be and hereby are offered to the State of Texas, which; ling agreed to by the said State in an act passed by the General Assembly thereof, within months from the day of the passage of ibis act shall be binding and obligatory on the United States : First. The northern boundary of said State shall be as follows: Beginning at the point on the Rio dfl Norte commonly called El Paso, and running up that river twenty miles, tncas ured by a straight line thereon, and thence east wardly lo a point where the hundredth degree of west longitude crosses Red river, beins the southwest anjjle in the line designated between ,na United Males and Mexico, and the same angle in the line of the territory set apart Second. lhe United States cede to Ihe Stale of Texas all right, claim, and title which 'hey have to any territory lying south of ihe line aforesaid ; and lhe said State of Texas cedes to the United States any right, claim, -and '''le which it has to any territory lying north of ,he aid line. Third. The Stale of Texas relinquishes to the United Slates all claim upon them for lia bility for any portion of the debts of Texas, and for compensation and indemnity for the surren der to the United States of her ships, forts, arsenals, custom houses, revenue derived frorn foreign imports, arms and munitions of war, and public buildings, with their sites, which became the property of the United States at the lime of the annexation of Texas. Fourth. The United States, in considera tion of three preceding articles, and considering that lo a portion of the Creditors of Texas were pledged the duties on foreign imports receiva. ble in her ports, as a security for the reimburse mem of the loans and advances which they made (o Ihe said State, and that the said duties, since the annexation of the said Statetn the U. States, have been received, and are receivable by them, will pay to the State of Texas the sum of. dollars, in a stock bearing five ner rent. t - i i . - OI any aeoi lor which Ihe rJuties on imports : were pled-ed as aforesaid, and the rr.idue I nioii.r.iu ! . wt-. 7iirU and delivered to the lawful agent of the Slate f Texrs, as provided for in the fnurth article aforesaid: and this compact shall be binding and obligatory on the United Slates and the said State of Texas. Sixth. If the said State of Texas shall re fuse or decline lo accede to lhe preceding arti. , cles, they shall become null and void, and the United Slates shall be remitted back to all their territorial rights, in the same state and cbndk tion as if these articles of compact had never been tendered lo the acceptance of the Slate of Texas. v FUGITIVE SLAVES. Sec. . And be it further enacted, That when any person held lo service or lalror in any State or Territory, or in the District of Colum bia, under the laws thereof, shall escape there from, the parly to whom such service or labor shall be due, his or their agent, attorney, guar dian, or trustee, may apply to any court of -re. cord therein and make satisfactory proof lo such court of the escape aforesaid, and lhat the per. son escaping owed service or Ubortosuch par ty. Whcteupon the court shall cause a record j to be made of the matters so proved, and also ! of a general description of the person soescap ; ing, with such convenient certainty as may le; and a transcript of such record, authenticated i by the attestation of the cleik, and of ihe seal of the said court, being produced in any otberSlate, Territory, or District in which the wrson so escaping may be found, and being exhibited lo j any j"dge, commissioner, or oiher officer.au- : thnrl7H liv tko lnu i, F I T : , J i . ... cauge persons escaping from smice'or labor i ,rt a.:va n .L,n i. t.-u ... .a ..i lo be delivred rVr be full and conclusi escape, and thai th ! nrBnn ,r,;o a ... w v ivv .nan iiciu uimi .mnrii m ive evidence J" the fact of the service or l;ibor of the t Derson escaninf? l due In lh nrlv tri bi.h m. - j slave, and the said court, judge, or commission. er, or other officer, shall decide tograt the cer.v .tificate herein authorized, empowering the re moval of lhe said fugitive lo the State from which he or she shall have fled, the said court, judge, or commissioner, or other officer, shall require of the claimant or bis agent to enter into a bond, without surety, to the U. Stales, in the sum of one thousand dollars, that the 1 -' -v. til I Ui'l'l I VM V I 14 V I. IHIVUVll i' .:' V I
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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May 30, 1850, edition 1
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