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VOk. XVI. NO 38.
GALVES'
TUES
b has i
with Soot
has
speak
the
_J powers pf
eminent and the Rights of
, and the unswervi
s observance
in&
•■to.
_r satisfac-
onchided, and a
i confirmed and
lerica are next
navigation of
commercial
[nited Sutes
presented.
1 Gov-
s are ably
ion of the
[true prind-
1
-• Wf f - • ■
■jffr&Z). ■ ■■■-■• ^flT'IJ^'Mill
1 to the
coast, as to ex-
of the fishing
to which they freely resorted for
r a quarter of a century subsequent to
t treaty. The United States
nisced in tbi% construction,
t always claimei^Jbrljieir fishermen
which they had so long enjoyed
ation. With a view to remove
on the subject, to evtend the
rights of our7 fishermen béjrond the limits
fixed by the convention of 1818, and to regu-
late trade between the United States and the,
North American prrf?in8es, a negotia-
i been opened, with a fair prospect of
result. V'*':'
i; questions have also arjpen
two Governments in regard to
Central America. ° Great Britain has proposed
to settle them by an amicable arrangement,
The finances of the country ^xt discuss-
.
close of the fiscal yi
there remained in
fourteenmilliou six
ind one hundred and
public revenue for
30, 1853, amounted
hunched and thirty-
it hundred and sixty-five do"
ton , and two million four hun
thousand seven hundred and eigl
public lands and other miscgllam
amounting together to sixty-one
hundred and thirty-seven thousand
and seventy-four dollars ; while the
pendftures for'the same period, e:
payments on account of the pi
amounted to fbrty-threa million fi
and fifty-four thousand two hundred
two dollars ; leaving a balance of
million four hundred and twenty-five
four hundred and forty-seven dollars
above expenditures.
The amount of the public debt, of
was, the 4th of March, 1853,sjxty-nin
one hundred and ninety thousand am
seven dollars ; payments on account o
¿ave been made, since that, period,
amount1 of twelve million seven hundí
three thousand tbtee hundred and twe
dollars, leaving unpaid, and in the con
ng June
ry
thirty-
six dol-
.1 year
-eight
lusand
cos-
five
from
ces,
three
dred
ex-
ited and fifty-four thousand fiya hundred dol- ]fe the object sought
lars, because, independently of the ground ¡2pS and tjme being both limited, it is not to
which have so often been urged against the bfcpected that all the accurate knowledge
application of the Federal revenue for works d<td will be obtained, but it ia hoped th t j
of tliis character, inequality with consequent m| ¿nd important information will be added
injustice is inherent in the nature of the pro- to 1 stock previously possessed, and that par-
position, and beca uso the p!an"has proved en- tiaf not full reports of-the surveys ordered
tirely inadequate to the accomplishment of the wille received, ir time for transmission to
mt*8 8<?nS',t- , . the to houses of Cañareis, on or before the
Ihesubject of internal improvements, claim- firstlonday in Februaiy next, as required by
mg alike the interest and good will of all has the t of appropriation^- The magnitude of
nevertheless been the basis of much political the «erprise contempJated has aroused and
discussion and has stood as a deep graven line - • --
•f division between statesmen of eminent abil-
ity and patriotism, ^ffhe rule of strict con-
struction of all powere delegated by the States
by the General Government has arrayed itself,
from time to time, against the rapid progress
of expenditures from the national treasury on
works of a local character within tie States.-
Slemorable as an epoch iñ thp history of this
subject is the Message of President Jackson^ safe
of the 27th of.Mny,J$20, whiefrmrtthe sys-
tem Of internal improvements in its compara-
tive infancy; hut so rapid has been its growth,
that the projectéd appropriations in that year
for works of this character had risen tfl th'e
alarming amount of more than one hundred
mi Dions of dollars.
- In that message the President admitted the
difficulty of bringing back the operations of the
Government to .the construction of the con-
stitution set up in 1798, and marked it as an
admonitory proof of the necessity of guarding
that instrument with sleepless vigilance against
the authority of precedents, which had not the
sanction of its most .plainly defined powers.
Our Government exists under a written com-
pact between sovereign States, uniting for
specific objects, and with specific grants to
their general agent. It" then, in the progress
of its administration, there have been depart-
ures from the terms and intent of the compact,,
it is, and will ever be, proper to refer back to
the fixed standard which our fathers left us, and
to make a stern effort to conform our action to
id it. It would seem that tííe fact of a principle
having been resisted from the first by many of
the wisest and most patriotic mrti of the Re-
public, and a policy having provoked constant
strife, without arriving at a conclusion which
can be regarded as satisfactory to its most ear-
nest advocates, should suggest the inquiry
whether there may not be a plan Itkely to be
crowned by happier results. Without per-
ceiving any sound distinction, or intending to
st Jjondon is instructed to j course of liquidation, the sum of fifty-six i
four hundred and eighty-six thousand
hundred and eight dollars.
The reduction of t^e tariff, is recom
on the plan Suggested by the Secretary
Treasury j," w"Rii cfr is to reijee the-dutiea. o:
tain articled? and to add to °the free list
articles now" taxed, andcespecially such ai
ter into manufactures, and are not large!
at all, produced in the country, is recomme
to candid and careful consideration.
The augmentation or modification
tt into negotiations on that subject.
ftth France our relations continue on the
footing. °
r itly of our valuable trfiHe with
we have important politic^ relations
rowing out of our neighborhood. to '
of Cuba and Porto Rico. I am
y to announce, that since the last Con-
i no attempts have been made by unau-
zed expeditions within the United States,
sat either of those colonies. Should any
>ment be manifested within our limits,
i at mjb gommaid will be vig-
mi«B^®*1¡iwrt',re^ikén «ST >s recommended to adapt it to the
^^hTvicini^of the" Island of Onha, ent extended limits and frontier relatu
n our-citizens and the Spanish authori-¿the country, and the condition of the Iui
Considering the proximity of that is-j tnbea ¡n the interior of the continent
t°-*bores o'^ ^°e8'ri'°e¡t^ The President says—that Opinions w
01 UM .* fc-hi.L' twill flftfU
►with the Oopcration of the land system, as not being
States, is there guarded, a repetition source of revenue
of «ch occurrences may well be agpfehend- were erroneou8. The net profits
tain-General of Cfiba, readjfeexplanations c.- -' to the sum of fifty-three jnillion two hundn
not be made, or prompt redress afforded, and eighty-nine thousand four hundred an
where injury has resulted. All complaint. amty.ñve dollars.
StrniSSi^ntTrndh b?i« the' first $¡¡¡*¿ He recommends the extension of the latid
rrmentrd to this Government an& then re- system ower the Territories of Utah and New
ferrad to Spain, Sy>ain ^gaiff refera it to her Mexico. '
local anthorities in dCaba for0 investigation,, fp^e views expressed below have a
and postpones an answer tilloshe has hearcf_ 0 o. r
authorities. T¿ avoid thestf irri-, >mt>ortant beanng at present.
and vexatious delafsfa propositlonAas I RegVding our (giblicdomain as chiefly valua-
to provide for a direct appeal-for ble°to provide homes for the industrious and
I to the Captain-General by our Consul, enterprising, I am nc* prepared to recommend '
rcualf of our injured fellow-citizens. Hiih- any essefftid Change in the land system,-ex-;
. the Government of Spain Jias declined cept by modifications in favor of the actual,, li
to enter into any such arrangement. This settler, and; an extension of the -preemption I¡
course on her part is deeply regretfed; for, principle in certain cases, forcreasons %id on b
without some arrangement of this, kind, the grounds which will be fully developed in the . soi
riiod anderBtfir><t'ng hptwfwn^he two countries reports to be laid before you. flu
m«Ka pTfwtMd to occasional intemrotion. Congress, representing the proprietors of the 1 G
^S^nt r^r^ rSSatfon territorial domain, and charged especially witha
The President recomm g f>P p power to dispo^; of teiyitory belo'nging to the a
to the claim of Spain in the Amistan case. United States, ha% for a long course of'years, ai
In regard to the Koszta affair the President beginning with the Administration of Mr. Jeffer- . onl;
o sorij exercised the power to construct roads ovei
— — ® ^ • • i-irth camtti within the Territories ; and there are so many tion
' an ¿¡obvious distinctions between this exercise Uni
it Oj L _ A ' — « J ♦K A — — ! 1
assert any principle, as opposed to improve-
ments needed for the protection of internal
commerce, which does not equally apply to im-
: provemehts upon the seaboard for the protec-
tion of foreign commerce, I submit to you,
«hether it may not be safely anticipated that,
f the policy were once settle against apprd-
'lations by the Gerieral Government for local
provétoenís .for the benefit of commerce,
calities requirió^ expenditures would not, by
ode's and raeanacleurly legitimate and pnjper,
ise the fund necessary for such constructions
the safety or other interests of their LCti0.-
J'rce might require. 9
f that gan be regarded as a system, which
he experience of more than thirty years,
at no time so commanded the public judg-
will fcbtless continue excite, a very gen-
eral «prest throughout the.,country. In its
politic! its commercial, an«f its military bear-
ings, ilas varied, greatvabd increasing claims
to cottleration. The" heavy expense, the
great Say, and, at ti
travel ^.fejeither of the
demonstaed the advai;
suit fromltertemtcrial
! mean's as
pcultfer, which'
riods? ffaoa
Ver increased
ity attending
us routes, have
which would re-
location by such
' would swpply.
been éffcouu-
be magnified
of war. But
These
tered in a
and still ft
whilst the embarrassments already encounter-
ed, and otbeft under new caiptingencies to be
anticip.ated, my serve stiikingly lb exhibit the
importance ofVich a work, rteiti:cr these, nor
all ¿onsíderátiVs combineil, cari fypre'an ap-
preciable valueVhen weighed against the ob-
ligation strictly^ adhere to'^the Ronstitution,
and faithfully to Vecute the jSower« it confers.
Within this limitfcud to the extent of the in-
H. STUAST, Editor
! Panama Railboab.—It appears from the] Th# Uassacke of Capt. Gtsmoii anJ
report; of the Board of Directors of the Pana-¡ his surveying ptrty is confirmed beyond mmf '
doubt. The event occurred on the 31th Sep-
tember, on the Seviar river, near Sevier Lake*
* j Railroad Company that the whole length of
the road between the two oceans is 40 miles;
QALvKSTOS, I'll i day, dec. i«, 1857. of this, a fraction over 23 miles have been in
j$ operation since July, 1852. Eight miles more
03" The Circuit Court begins its fall tery. or 31 from Aspiñwall, will be in operation by
in this county next Monday. We understand January 1st, leaving 18 miles to be completed,
that about forty new suits have been brought j The latter section has already been commenced
for this term. Judge Townes, wb believe, | at both ends, and the ir<m of the whole is on
will preside. . the ground. From the 'Obispe, the place to
Geh. HorsTOK is now probably in Wash- which the cars will eoot.be running, the road
He was at Sabinetown on the runs along the valléy ^the nver, Crossmg it
twice, after which it-grosses the summit ridge
ington city,
5th inst., on liis way to take his seat in the
Senate.
between the two oeM m.. The highest grade
on the Atlantic slopii itf £>l feet pei raile, and
0^7" The river' Trinity is said to be again ' on the Pacific 70 feet pjr nii'le—-the total rise
too low for steamboat navigation above Swart- " being 350 feet above. i'i*i"k-yel of .high tide at
wont. """ ' Panama. The heaviest work will be at the
(tíT Gen. T. G. Brooks has begun the work ' summit where there is a cutting 24 feet
of erecting a new Court House at San Angus- in greatest depth, and 1300 feet long. |f no
tine, under his contract with the county. ur.foreseen obstacle be encountered, the road expedition"; prutzfieldt, Balunest, and Willi a
——: j ~ will be finished from oceun to ocean, by next Potter, guides ; and privStes Canfield, Liplo-
Great numbers of emigrants from other fall, or at'the farthest in all of next year, •' j rett,*and Melton, company A'., mosnted rifles-
Twelve of the party had separated fro® the
rest to reconnoitre. Earl/ in the morning, a*
they we/e at breakfast, and perhaps net very
watchful, the Indians, intending to destroy a
Mormon village near at hand,-came upon ani
fired at theni with, rifles, and* then used their
bows and arrows. The shots Were returned,
but Gunnison's party were sooat oierpewew^
and, only four, of them reached their hora$s wut
escaped. "0
Capt. Gunnison had twenty-si* arrows shot
into his body, and when found one araa van
taken off, Tlie notes of surveys, instramenta
i>pms, as yell as the° animals, were aH ttke c
possession of by the Indians? Those killed
were Capt. J. W. Gunnison,°íb coanmand of
the erpvdftion; R. H. Kernrtopographer of th^
States are now entering Texas by land—a
larger number, it is believed, than at any past
period. I
23F" The editor of the HuntsvHle Presby-
terian does not turnout to be asgood^ Christ-
npany
men; John Bellman, employee; and ail their
arms, mules, &c., taken irom thpm. •
The news was carried to GovernorBijgtuttn
© •
• ;c>
- o
T—^ 1 ¡ ian as we took him for: he is not willing that v r tt. v-i 1 • 1- . . -
C^T- Wp believe that Ex-Gov. Bell has pro- .> . . . ^ , ¿T. roung, of Utalf,-Who immediately sent out aid
terest of the GovUrn^t involved, it would-! cee(Jed t0 Washington, by way of Red River, "*manwbo taffe hílve an«P presents to C6pt Morris, itf^ter to r*-
seem both ezpediek and propers if an econo-j , seat in Congress j cIoak als0; but ral&CS lust,Iy the cr-v of lieve him, and if possible obta«°the lost^ro-
mical and practiciMe route shall be found, to to take his seat in uongreso. " Thief," ThieV'inconsequence of an itiaerat- n.Btv r„-iO„ „ . •
aid, by all constituWl means, in the con- • -„nmn mmmi Wm h Pntvincnn himarr p Cap.t-'Morns is 10 a critical, position,
struction of á road, \tuch willmiTte, Vv speedy O^rThe Hon; A. ,W.-Arrin^ton, Jiidge 0f l*2 sc mP named Wm. H. Robyison h«vib being id th^ midst ofa bg^tite ai>4 tfeacheroo
transit, the populatiot of the Pacific and At- the Rio Grande District, in company with P.; Crockett, on f^e stage, takitig Gen. Hous- jjaníj 0f Incíiaiis,
lan tic States. To guaA againsf^^misconception, j c. Shannon, Esq., and several other gentle^!ton East> w¡th út paying his bill, and witha
men from* Brownsville, arrived in town this;! fine cloth cloak belonging to theeditor of this 0ÍT Mr. Chatfield, a- New York politician ;
morning, per U. S. steamer Fashion, en route' paper," i. e. the Presbyterian. On tfeepprin- óf some noté, passed through Galveston oWj
for New Orleans, to-day. ¡ ciple of strict construction, this language is Tuesday on his way to. Austin, as one of the
Judo-e Arrington. we believe, is assSciated^^pt ver^ c6mplimentary to Gen. Houston, but representatives of the Pacific Railroad Cqnw
with S. D; Hay, Esq., the U. S. District At-j f e^emaiuder of the article shows that his pany. . Q-^'p0 ■ ' ■
torney, in the prosecution of the Fillibuster j ®°'ythat of being accidentally^found Mekidian amd PACiFie
Cases tobe tried at the next term of the U. S.
District Court in Galveston, which commen
ces next month.
Judge A. is said to be one of the ablest
his elocutory powers.
t as to give it the character of a settled but we cannot afford^
y,—which though it has produced some our security. ^ •"
5 of conceded importance, has been at-j
wjth an expenditure^ quite dftpropor-1 a Terrific Exflosip
in i
it shf.uld be remarked tat, although the power
to construct, or aid in the construction of, a
road within the limits dka territory is not em-
barrassed by that questia of jilfisdiction which
would arise within the Ifcitsof a State, it is
nevsrtheless held to be ofUoubtful power, and
more than doubtful propriay,' even; within the
limits of a territory, for tn General Govern-
ment to undertake to admiuRtér the affairs of
a railroad, a canal, or other fiutilar construc-
tion, and therefore that its 4>r nection with a
work ef this character shoiid he incidental
rather than primary. I will iotjy' aJ3d, at pre-
sent, that, fully appreciating tfe magnitude of
the subject, and solicitous that tLe Atlantic and
Pacific shores of. the Republio\pay be bound
togethef by inseparable ties of ^mnoii inter-
est, as well as of common feiltiand attach-
ment to the Union, I shall b&di^osed, so far
as my own action is concerned, ti follow the
lights of the constitution, as; expanded and
illustrated by those whose opinions and expo-
sitions constituí the standard of mj political
faith in regard to the jwwerá of tte Federal „ n , _ .. ,
Government. It is, I trust, hot nectssary to ; M?ssr8" Perne' BoIake' Stnlth' Wllson' Ma8ier
aay, that na^grandeur of enterprise, and no u:"''—** **'"• a -— —♦
present urgent inducement pAmising popnlar | '~~—■
favor, will lead me to diareg u^-tijose lightü,or ! Jack Mills, ofle of the characters in the ear-
to depart from that path, whfi&'eXperience has ly and late local history of Galveston, died at
proved to be safe, and which is now radia'iit New Orleans, a few days since, of chole^.
w it-h theglow o¡ p. , ^v ai#íegUimatecon- . jj¡a c-¡rcu|arj issued previous to the last elec-
in bad company—«0 hew thing to a man whn- ~ u -X. , , & ,
■ , „ ° .. • , - Railroad Advocate is the titie pf a large
has spent a large 8orüon of h.s^hfe ,n the IJ. and. handsome paper established at M^hall,
S. Congress. As we believe Bro. McGown in>this gtate. Only the:'third numkerof the
to be an honest man and not to use his religion paper has reached us; and,-although it ia -
Judges in our State, and much celebrated for as a cloak> we ll0Pe tt,at the o e lost may be highly iñtere ting 'sheet, from this soecimea
. , . ak)otnro/i tn him nnno tlia uinrca f!c\V liouin/ _ ^ * ~.Q . fs> •'
The Theatre, under the management of: e(j ¡t.
Messrs. Hickmott and Hill, has been reopened,
and draws large houses nightly. Mrs. HiH,
and Messrs. Hill, Hickmott and English are old
favorites with our play-goers, and fully sustain
their reputation.0 They are well supported by
restored to him, none the worse fot having tfie titte would seom to be a misnomer. The
served the Robbin'son of Belial who abstract- paper i(5 not adapted to, the meridian of Mar-
05" The decency and dignity of the New
Orleans press has long been proverbial; but
the best of rules always have exceptions.—
The Crescent gave an elaborate criticism,, or
rather indulged ina long,tirade óf abuse against
randeur of enterprise, and' no Hickmott, Miss. Sawyer, and Mrs. Hickmott. the President's Message, in advance of its re-
st.tutionai progress. -'We'
; shall, inasmuch as it says nothing in fayor of
either whiggery Or nullilicatio.n. We %ppe,
however, that It iscthe symbol of a new ¿ate
of tilings. The locomotive which it baara an
a device is a sign of progress, and we trust
that die politicians of Harriaoff coantyTaa well
as'the railr.oad,-will now go ahead. Théyhave
' stuck, long, enough in the-mud. ^
Ge . C+wpbell, Comnissoner on the part
ception at New Orleans, but upon á mare
synopsis of what it was to be. "The message
is said to be addressedto Buncombe: the mass fc, . . , ...
„ _ o , . . . of our Government t« run the boandary line*
of Congress vulgar and mischievous dema- . . , Tr • j aú. A . ,
B , ° , -■ . between -the United States sml Mexico, and
.... , , . goguSs, and the President adbther. But, as if: >. < , , , , , . , ,
$ arit of; ««a m this county, attracted the attention of "■ ^ W)U ^eak for the Crescent, j ÍSJfS
' the newspapers petty.extenaiaely. J«k,like ¿^fhaíthe national legisMtnre ia a «heaJ Í^ Z !Sr'
__ _ U _ . foreigfl' who died on ^ ^f magistratejittle 1
it.e to their value, and has resulted in - pnpors i^Ln an'oí'BW1 'ÜlwWTHg iíp of fit for the dignity of being the warden of such " ^1. ^ eanegOtj on in
iidenfig^larg^sums upon objects which 0f ¿he ship Victoria, whcW within a'few days original Bowery hbys, an^%nred about New j 1. ■ ^ h- «■« way to Waehmgton. Gen. Camptell ha«auc
19Ti!>urc>fp>f «'o «nftinKli n,™ tH0 v..,. 1 •.... ^ _ _ | ammals, and h,s Mnfisay a atrang, uffccei- jB the
time and at much less expense than Tras con-
They inost" 11 ¿knowñ or" moar notorious!^Vo"^ by C& ?ress- He has not
_ | Crescent goes on through a long article, with- the appropriation by many thousand dollars;
■■ . ' . o t. and. although his office is held on an annual
{£r The present Council of San Antonio °ut any apparent aim or wnnection. Its ut- ba8 baste. ed to report the comple- o
s ripciarfid th-p bonds issiipd hv it« nrpHpr.ps- 1 l^k of reason or moderation renders it . , . * ,,
tNe** ^ °f being the warden of such
, system, as answered -no valuable purpose, the.inter- . passage of Port Phili p, Australia, to Which York many years'since. They were reckless ' , h"s Ministry a Strang lrfltecel
to the Federal TreasuArf all the States.require it to he abandoned, port slie was bound, from London April 1st.; seekers of all kinds of rude-fun, but had good ^ «pmlsmen and ^unionists of political
ae net profits from the sal ,s hopes may be indulged for the future, she was freighted with passengers and a general ■ , f , . „ . , vendue-masters and of cyphers; Of men either
general
it may ¡
. .... . !M, a. ithpasjengers
find no warrant in the past. ! cargo—among which, incredible
;h án anxious desire for the completion se^m, were four hundred latrrels o,
works which are regarded by all good On the 20th of June, at o'clock at night, an
with sincere interest, I have deemed
points of character, as well as others,
are grafe men now.
ÍÓ
alarm was given that the ship was on fire, at Í . ....... . . .
uty to ask at your hands a deliberate1 which, time the. passengers were ignorant o£ has declared the bonds issued by its predeces- ter 'ack of reason or moderation .. . ,.
¡deration of the question, with a hope the magazine. Every nerve was strained' to I 80r ¡n favor of the railroad comnanv null *>nd harmless %o far as any political "effect is con-0; .... '. « -O, ". ,, . . e /.
"imated, bra desire to promote the per- ¡ launch the boats, which was accomplished just i °!' ™ ! ' ' company , null 9r,d .XI ^ ; although is g very desirable one and hé te @
and substantial interests of the coun-! as the flames burst forth i.to the cabin, and all vo,d> as not having been authonzed by a ma- A^Mnatterot taste and morals, in j ^ far ftóm wealthy, notwith^inding hi« op ^.
wisdom may prove equal to at he task
! a. o LUC 11 lllltrD UUiofc lUflU IHtU Lilt/ t/UUIIJ) Ullli all ~ i • . i - i . . i ***-' lul . ,r
k the people crowded in and pulled for dear life. j°Óty of two-thirds of the voters of the city, a public journri,-rt ,= however, to be regretted. , lence once_ ,
- ¡ They had scarcely reathed half a mile from' according to law. 1 ■ ¡ Such things-have, happily^gbSv^ui-tof fashion, i ; :y
highly , °jflg and maturing a plan, which, ap-j They had scarcely
i IL subject, may promise something fhe burning ship before the 49Q barrels off
and public opinion rebukes mere vituperaf«ih
O^T Hon. T. Butler King has gone to Aus- 5n po]it}cs as it does elsewhete *
o 5 ,
an constant strife, the suspension et; powder blew up with terrific force. The ship .
s of local enterprise, the exciting of appeared to be lifted bodily out of the water,' tin, as a Representative of the Great Pacific •. ,. ,
«hprirf,. and then, with the remaining portion of the Railroa<a Company. This body now has a , , "T" "'l" ^ ^
larger delegation at Austin than any county in 'J™. iV' ^ I"
the State.
Death from Omn.—Bayard Taylor thoa C)
The last Pre-' describes the tiepttk .of the Gliiaese Secretary
Mr. Williams, on board the 17. S. shipiSanit
3' .
contest, with all .its excitement, was
. t more out of ga, on the'Japan expedition. He fell a victim
. any c°unty in ]ace now, when the affairs of the Govérn- to the practice of smoking opium. He attempt-
Col, kmg, while in this city, made
, and the disappointment of cherish-
.tions. i. .-. _
ding the appropriations made by the immense distance. The sea-for miles was
ss, several cáses have arisen in re- covered with her fragments. Some fell into «•«« —• —' ment are gQ mana ed as t0 have secured the- ed to give it .up, andáis,cith. a spell ®T
orks for the improvement of har- tlie boat and nearly.swamped it, and several of a contraat for the grading of some^^five miles , ,, ,a. ... ük,.,,! ,i.o
involve question as to the right of the crew were much burned by toe blast of the of the « Texas Central Railroad," beginning cominendatlon of reasonable and fctnotic men ^knesa on board th% Saiatoga.eo enfeebled
sdiction,%nd have threatened con- explosion. The poor óreatures were exposed at o r ¿itv hmits b of all political parties. . ? , him that no medicines^rodufce^ an^effect,-and
n the authority of the State and jn the boat, without provision^ of any descrip- I . *- — :— he sank into a state oí nervousness and emaCi-
ernments. The right to construct ¡ tion, not even water, for 56 hours, when they | 0Í7".The "Texas," the new and improved" The P-resident's Message.—We give ^9- ation shocking to witness. -His bodySraare-
cany with"it^the power to protect were P'ckcd UP an<l taken t0 Melbourne. . .j.locomotive for the Harrisburg railroad, has ar- day the leading portions of this important and duced tea skejetoii, and allhi# nervous enei^y
' such constructions. This can ! Game is:ra¿ ARtfric REGÍQ{«¿T-Accord¡ng rived from Boston. . ' j highly interesting paper, omitting such parts so completely «^stroyed, tfcat for a week be-
of
Aiter
years he visited
M was foreMy
into the
of power ancfthat of making roads withiif the soil
States, that the former has never been coe-c eigh
sidered subject to su«h objeations as apply to tutio
the latter, and sych may now be considered the cases
settled construction of the power of the Federal
Goveriynent upon the subject. • .
Numerous applications have been, and no
doubt will continue to be, made for grants, in
ajd «jf the instruction of railways. It is not
Believed to be within the intent andmeaning of ma?y
constitutioa, that theapower to dispose of which
public domain, should b.e used otherwise early ;
■htbe expected from a prudent proprie- mumcai
there fori", that grants of land to aic ;owide
tion of roads should be restrict- . in c'°
cases
the
shoul
provi1
Th
which,"
to exercise jurisdiction over the I sage, it appears that the Arctic Regions, gen- now pays 20 per cent, and yields a revenue of wtllch -s an elaborate essay upon the rélative-yellow, the cheeks sunken upon the bonea*and
, except that conferred by the j era!Iy supposed to be nearly destitute of (jni- ^00,000 annually. powers- and rights of the General and State the eyes wildandglassywith a senii-Swdofiss
if the first article of the consti-. mal life, abound in a variety of game, such as ■ y _____ GovernmenU, apd the duties of citizens and which fell upqn him. He was a complete
hen, submitted, whether, in .all f mw-' ox, deer, hares, grouse, du^ks, geese, The Printer is the title of a new paper their agents, public officers. This portion cf cwreck, both 111 mind and hodW andrMr ' Ta*4or
lstructi0ns are to be erected by ¡ fStaWished at Croc^ett' " cdited by the P b" the . Message will appear in our next, and is SBys nothing that he ever saw Of the sesult. of
^Sned and" legSatTve f ^edition to support life in that q/arter, even .1,sher " "f "Pushed by the printer," Which wortl.y to f rm a chapter of itself. The prin- intoxication frcim spiritojis liquors ha. impra
^le to "bover alí such cases. „• ¡ al'tér the ordinary supplies were exhausted.— man of all work appears by the context lo be ciples and sentiments proclaimed'ate confined^ ed him with half the horjofs. , .1.
subject of a domestic nature, [ From October 12, 1850? to Aprils, Í352, over Mr. Oscar Dalton. Tlie adage says that all to no particular period á^dreíate to no specific :":g " ./ ' .
[intrinsic importance, and the JP'W' of game ^ was obtained by the work anc| no piay makes Jack a dull boy ; but action on the part of our'Government and pé<?¿ | .'(ttT A singalar tragedy took place at Beau-
fat. although their principal food merely cotí not 80 w'lh Oscar, as he comes out as pie, but should stánd as landmark# for all-time.' forty- N. Carolini, CourfHouaeVu- short' time
°sisted of the herbage" which was obtained from hvely as a cricket, and twice as musical. They instil lessons of patriotism -wliich should si^ce. Rev. Geotge W. Cara wan, chatted
a small tree, called the dwarf willow. As the
crew only kept, as it were, on the ridges of the
Govern- in the c
jasaren ed to c«
nt be- of a pro:
and of to contribute t<
* For the practi
far, in ad7anci' _ . mPBBBBHP
which the works are located, and at the same ¡ A.h'
thn substantfal interests of .all the" other fill of
of Fo^th^practk^operation'ofsuch grants thus which li,
far, in advancing the interests of the States in Mountain
That 1
this
it has affoi
bv enhancing the value and promoting ■■■■■
'and is the rabid sale of the public Joman. I refer yt f facilities a|
ror ofo to the report of the Secretary of the Interior. ■ subject wi
rs AÍareful^xamihation,however, will show that more imp<
of this experience is the result of a just discrimina- reason of t|
"still tion, and willJbe far from affording encourage- now in the.'
ment to a reckles^or indiscriminate eStension - mcation
questions of future policy
i, cannot fail to receive your
1 allude to the means of com-
hich different parts of the
iur country are to be placed
in for purposos both of de-,
cial intercourse, and nfore
appertain to the communi-
lat divisions of the Union,
iposite sides of the Rocky
oent has not been unmind-
, is apparent from the "aid
h appropriations for mail
irposes. But the general
Isent itself under aspects
1 moré purely national, by
O-
i &
it is not so with Oscar, as he comes out as
lively as a cricket, and twice as musical. They instil lessons of patriotism -Wliich should since. Rev. George W, Cato wan, changed
r, , ... .. . stand for a li ages,, and upon which the perpe- with having murdered ayoung mir) named Las-
{^7-Several athletic-young men from Mon- 6 . „ " . ..... ... 1 .i:„j 1 „
"Z r"«" ^ tuity and prosperity of our institutions depend, «iter,was. tried, and tin? Jury came into Court
sea, no other food was observable ; but there roe county, \a., passed through Lewisburglast 3 r \ -..v ; ^ _ .. C-. .. T s 0
is no doubt the deer found an abundance of week 0'n their wiv to Texas. The Green- ; _ ml. r '■ ^ a'' , - • Y'^a. verdftt of Guilty, and the Juige orfer-O^
food further up the country. They were very i . . i, * . ..i . ' , . r 0ÍT The Item, gives an account of a slipck- ed a recess oftb cóurt for onehour. Justas
wild, and the gunners had to display great pre- ! J.161". ra ^eSre,8 10 ie na ura resources o |ng affair near Huntsville—the attempt^of a the crowá jeommé'nced to leave, a report of a
caution in shooting them. The country con- ■ irgmia s ou t us e neg.ecte oruntne^ negro wornan belonging to Mrs. Randolph to pistol wts héapd, followed imfnedbiiely by
Se^x^^E^S V - dn0bfe' í V -However-much reason the Era may ^ ^ a 1Utle .girl,,^hile añothéí. Cárawan hacftwo self-cocking, .in-
oRvercr, extensive plains, kkeb, w oods,-and parts have for regret, at the loss of .these enterprise . . r^, *Ti P 4 i« k • i ' l • j «.
of the earth covered with simple, but lovely • w . u *x -u*a they were asleep. The. Item says— ♦ • ¿gle-barret jdálolí;. With one he aimed at Mr,
Wild lowers. ° , mg young men, we ope a icy wi n no Jt appears that Mrs. Randolph's sons hgd Warren. The ball -jtrrft^c just above his heart
,r , ~ . , | reason to regret their change of residence. gone to a firéhunt,leavingonjvone white'mas'nnd danced. mftkin<r bnt a «Kvlit «rnnnj.
The New York Times argues to prove that „ . . - ■ ' —- - - on the Dlace on Tuesd iv nivht and about m ,tt- . , ' , f , , woom.
the settlement of the Western country is main- i (& Mr. Benjamin, of La., has given notice ™ ^Sr^r^^greSok ^ ^5bo,e his
rv is main-! w -"M- sv— - u wm, «ra iu uiu icu™, u<c WSic wun ■ .
«r¿ r¿liw'rWreRS and ,y due 10 Southerners, and that the New Eiig- ¡ in thé U. S. Senate of his intention to intro- _ an a'X8j and entered the old lady's hedroom, head, and-died ifiptasfly.
landers only turned to\var* the setting sun, rfnc.e a bill granting the public lands ii^Louisi- who is supposed to hav* been asleep, with a " ' m "
Oil
:<S
thavati may
.'WI '
he of the principle. .
t The present judicial system of the United
,1 S totes has now been ift operation for só long
a period of time, and has, in its general theory
and much of its details, become so femihar to
thtf country, and acpuired so entirely the pub-
, lie confidence, that if modified in any respect,
I it should only be in those particulars which
t, mI^p. it to
„ organizatian of the courts
inadequate to the duties to
; in consequence of wheh
Wisconsin, IoWa,Texas,
districts of other States,
,m the fulí benefits of
■ the functions of the
ved on the district
, or parts of States.
ntion and a due re-
that all the States of
i the same foot-
I there-
l this im-
. in my judgment, de-
i of Congress. I will
a plan,
, for the
the present
3
•j.;---
of a local
thirty-one
on seven hun-
wholly with:
The pow
port armies,
and to oall f<
suppress insi
conferred upi
for the commi
ritory and a
vastly multipl
pensable for
must sometime
tary roads' and,
appropriations
no sound obj<
for our country,
increasing pop
gent necessity
l'e\y trackless di
and a patriotic
reatfy to protect
-the enterprise :
steadily and bold
experience affirn
terpri8e will avail,
eral Government
nal watch fulness
all means of coi
The surveys bel
to ascertain the mi
cal route for a
sippi to the Pacifi
in the field makir"
ous examinations
data, and where
completion, for commu- atte|- the Southern pioneer had blazed the path
cross the continent, and | way ¡nt0 thc forest, and when the eomforts of
of the United btates. ' f iüí lÍTalínn anií thp nrnfifs aFsnpnilntinn hotrirn
, . i civilization and the profits of speculation began
e war* to raise and sup-110 s[lDW themsehres.
and maintain a navy,. -«yfe are debtors," says the Times, "to our.
itiato execute the laws, gouthern brethren beyond all the computations
and repel invasions, was ^ arithmetic. They are the" men to settle
is, as means to provide new rt,g¡ons; The glory of súch pioneers as
, and to protect a ter- goonP) Kenton, Ridley, belongs to the descen-
now widespread and . denja Gf the Cavaliers, and Scotch and Irish,
cidental to andindis- gut |-or their heroieentorpriie.the West would
of this power, it have longer continued inaccissible to the Anglo
iary to construct mm- gaxon race. jn the hands of those men and
•bors of refuge, to their compeers the axe and the rifle didwonders,
ess for such objects, and civilization laid foundations beside noble
he raised. Happily r¡vers. The shrewd yanltee figuring at his
1 policy and rapidty notions and figuring on his slate, soon followed
wise upon us no ur- at their heels, and log cabins were besieged for
ion, and leave but h , „ 6
•n cssailable points j _ ■ ... - ■ / . ,
eady and generally I Bi: Gentlp.—Violence ever defeats its own
necessary links, r ends. When yon cannot drive, you can always
persuade. . Few people will submit to coer-
cion. A gentle word, a kiod look, a good na-
tured smile, can work woñdérs and accomplish
miracles. There is a Secret pride in every
human Heart that revolts at tyranny. You
may order and drive an individual, but you can-
not make him respect you. In the domestic
circle especially kind words and looks are most,
essential to connubial felicity. Children should
never be spoken harshly to. It does them no
good. If they commit a fault they should be
corrected for it in; a mild but firm manner; and
the impression it makes upon them is sure to
prove sdlu'arv.. •
our people are
to supply. All
; rever private en-
t wise for thp Gen-
that and individ-
and execution of
I to were designed
! economi-
arties are now
iere previ-
pplied sufficient
file best reason to
ana to the use of Railroads.
little girl,.her grandchild, and struck her3and IÁ6AL Tacxios.t—The verdict of 'not guiSy.*
, . the child several blows oothe head. She pro- in the; case of the men Recently
Extradition Case.—The British Govern- bably attacked the chiid to stop its screaming; for conspiracy to defraud the Tm
ment has made a requisition, under the act of but its "criffs were heard, and alarmed a nfgro - ^ burning the Martha .Wi
Congress passed to give legal effect to the ^V^Luer.10 The woman wa^omtog out steambait, l,aa taken the?public bjrj
Ashburton treaty, for Alexander Heuborn who. 0f the roam,and inreply to his question, "what The Cleveland Herald sl¿ows the way in
has been arrested in New Yprk, charged with have you been doing!" pushed him aside, add- this 0unexpected result was in part hi
forgingihe endorsement of Charles Macintoch ing, "mind your own business; I have killed about: .°. p. . .. •
& Co., to a Bill of Exchange for £43 7s 6d ho*useQÍh™eS<thif hoSe^Lene 'occurred U "The dfeDcf bT^ht on abouto300 wit-
l'his biHHeilborn gotcashed in London, and : about five mUeg west -of Huntsville, and the cesses, ani mate an impos ng display u, ad-
then sailed for New York, where he was ar- . boy, seeing the bloody axe in her hand, became ministering the oath to this array. The pr*-
ested and committed by the Hen. John W. I confused and frightened, running all the>ay «e® 1'.0" rupP°®ef„t^e JFí1tD,<¡!íef. w?re 1,8
xt i tt a inor fur i to town, instead of alarming some of the neio-h- examined*, when lo and behold, after perhep^.
Nelson, Ü.S. Commisswner, for examination. plenty of whom 1¡vo(J w¡th¡ a mye°_ a third had testified, tfey were suddenly astouud-
But the young man in the bouse heard the , y l l.e announcement of^counsel that the
screams and altercation, and getting up, pre- defence had closed^its testimony. The stroke
vented any further damage. Meilical assist- was bold and successful. The prosecution in-
ance was instantly obtained, on the boy^s re- tendeu to li^trodoce rebut^iag-evidence, but the
port, but the case of both lady and child is con- wltnesRes were n^ present, the Court could
Bidered hopeless, the. brains of each protruding nojj "e'ay t0 remedy the oversight of counsel,
through the wounds. No cause is assigned and the case must go to the Jury. Mr. Morton,
save that the ¡womon is subject to periouicifi the District Attorney, wasobirged, without any
fits of insanity,"but being a 1-mUy negro, and preparation,to make the opening argiyííent.—
supposed to be harmless, little notice Wastak- "r- Stansbury, the leading counsel lor the go-
en of her aberrations. She made no attempt vernment, had prapnred himself tor the clósing
to escape. ¿ argument, but whan Mr. Morton conclude,
— "the counsel for the defence sigu;fied octhe
The ° State Department® ha% received dea- Court that they declined to arwwer Mr. Morton
Afféictioks ahd Tkuls.—Afflictions -and
trials are the common inheritance of humanity.
They are necessary to our probation and a pro-
per training for a higher and holier state of
existence, when mortality shall have been
swallowed up in life. Friends must be parted;
the family circles broken up; the tenderest ties
that ever bound together human he;arts must
be snapped asunder, and the lamentations of
the survivor for the lost one, fall without avail
upon the dull, cokl ear of Death; hopes must
be destroyed, ambitious projects thwarted, and
man be made to feel that this earth is a tran-
sient place, where he is only tariying for a
brief period, ere he is summoned away. The
human being, .who, in the possession of an un-
clouded intellect, has never felt the bitterness
of sorrow, is in no fit state of spiritual prepa-
ration for an immortal crown.
patches from Capt.° Norris, of the surveying al^ rea^y to submit tlie <_....
expedition fully confirming the report of the ^nt? anf í^edtoe defeÍd£te\r£tte.
massacre of Capt. Gunnison by the Utah In- ence of a closing argument against tbem frog)
diana." , one of the most powerful lawyers in the Stater*
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