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"The Will of the People Should Rule."
PROPRIETORS.
VOL. xin.
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Conclusion of Benton s Toikt Years
Review The following is the two hundredth
anil last chapter or Col Benton's history of
-..lusSeMtoriil lire The second volume con
"""tains 788 "pages. The work is now printing
by the Messrs. Appletou X Y. and will soon
b before the public
I have finished the new which I proposed to
take of the Thirty l ears' working of the Fed-
eral Government during the time that I was
part or it a task undertaken for a useful
purpo-e and faithfully executed" whether the
object of the undertaking has been attained
or not. The preservataion of what good and
wr-e men cave us has been the object and for
xnat purpose u nas oeen a auij- oi necesiijr
to show the evil as well as the good that I
have wen both of men and measures The
rood I hare exnltinclv exhibited' happvto
show it for the admiration and imitation of
posterity; theevii i nave sunicaiy expoea
only for correction and for the warning ex-
amide 1 have seen the capacity of the people for
eu government tnea ai many poinw ana
always found equal to the demands of the oc
casion me omerinais now going eu iwuju
to be decided to settle the question of that
capacity L. The election of President and
and whether that election Is Jo be governed
by the virtue and intelligence of the people
"or WTDceome the spoil of intrigue and corrup-
tion? 2 The sentiment of political national!
ty and -whether it is to remain co-extensive
with the Union leading to harmony and fra-
ternity or divide into sectionalism ending tn
hates alienation separation and civil war
An irresposible body (chiefly self-constituted
and mainly dominated by professional office-
seekers and office-holders) have usurped the
election of President; for the nomination is
the election so far as the party is concerned
and always making it with a view to their own
profit in the monopoly of office and plunder
A sectional question now divides the Union
arraying one-half against the other becom-
ing more exasperated daily which has already
destroyed the benefits of the Union and which
unless checked will also destroy its form.
Confederate republics are short-lived the
shortest in the wole family of governments
Two diseases beset them corrupt election of
the chief magistrate when elective ; sectional
contention when interest or ambition are at
issue. Our confederacy Is now laboring under
both diseases; and the body of the people
now. as always honest in sentiment and pat-
riotic in design remain unconscious or danger
and even become instruments in the hands
of their destroyers
If what is written in these chapters shall
contribute to open their eyes to these dangers
and rouse them to the resumption of their
electoral privileges and the suppression of
Sectional contention then this view will not
have been written in vain. If not the writer
will still have one consolation the knowledge
of the fact that he has labored in his day and
generation to preserve and perpetuate the
blessings of that union and self government
which wre and good men give us
1 -- .. -
Afc Abject Proposition The W ashington
Sentinel lately in a set argument for Mr Bu
chanan s nomination after roundly asserting
that the man preferred by the South could not
be elected even if its preference were unani-
mously expressed proposes as the only means
of securing the successful co-operation of the
.North in the election of a President that
"those Northern Democratic States having
certain votes enough to secure a majority in
the Electoral Collegeexpress their preference
say who and who alone can surely command
success within their borders "
"To this only point (it says) need the Cm
einati Convention give its attention "
Forney a remarks are obvious in this despi
cable proposition and while it is not to be
marveled at that the wilholm editor of the
Union who gravely recommended that the
Democratic party should ignore the slavery
question entirely and was ready to absolve
from political sin all Northern Democrats who
opposed the repeal of the Missouri Compro
mise and denounced the Kansasebrakka
Bill should have made such a proposition it
is pitiable and humiliating to see a Southern
journal endorse it and urge its Ignominious
adoption upon the Southern section of the
Democratic party It very cooly says to the
Southern delegates that as representative and
consultative agents of their party their occu
pation Is gone and that all that is expected
of them Is to submit with grateful and contrite
hearts to the decision of those Northern dele
gates professing to control Xorthern majori
tics and to throw np their hats and shoot
hcannahs to any ling stork or king log who
may be chosen to rule over them.
The endeavor to advance Mr Buchanan's
interests in the South by such argument is
strange and startlingat first but expediency
that grim political god makes and helps along
the hour of complete and abject vassalage
and there is no telling what sacrifice its wor-
shippers in the South are yet willing to make
at its loathsome shrine Bat sooner than Im
molate one iota or independence of self re-
spect one inch of vantage ground one reason-
able expectation one hope or aspiration let
idol and altar be shivered into mingled frag
raents. Such must be the resolution of all the
true friends of the South and the apostles of
her creed A" O Delta
Thr Hn-he Printing Telrsraph Instrument.
3.KW Yore May 18 We are gratified to
Irani that this wonderful Invention has at last
received its finishing touch and vill be imme-
diately placed upon the new line between this
city and Philadelphia We are asured upon
undoubted authority that the machines so far
as it has been possible to test them through a
coil of wire one hundred miles in length have
realized the most sanguine expectations of Mr
Hughes and his friends and there appears to
le no reason to doubt but that the invention
will speedily work an entire revolution in tel-
egraphing throughout the world This inven
tion may be called a printing press and tele
graph instrument combined for it prints all
messages in plain Roman capitals with uner-
ring correctness and at an almost incredible
rate of speed averaging in the ordinary des-
patch of business from twenty thousand to
twentj five thousand letters per hour The
riughes instrument clearly demonstrates the
practicability of sending and receiving messa
res in opposite directions over the same wire
at the same instant of time and with the ut-
most ease regularity and certainty It will
consequently require but one wire and one op-
erator at any given point to send and receive
as much business as can be transmitted by the
aid of four or five operators and an equal num
ber of wires under the Morse system Another
equally important peculiarity connected with
the Hughes invention Is the undoubted fact
that it will work perfectly In all states of the
atmosphere neither mist rain nor snow hav
ing any perceptible euect upon it inererore
at seasons when the Morse and House instru
ments arc utterly powerless even in circuits
of fifty miles there is every reason to believe
that the Hughes instruments will work relia-
bly In circuits of one or two thousand miles
The simplicity and durability of the new ma-
chine will compare favorably with the Morse
and is vastly superior in these repecta to the
House invention The governing principle of
this invention is wholly dibsimilar to that of
the Morse House and other telegraph instru
ments and consequently there can be no diffl
"ulty on the score of the patent which we
understand has been sold to the Vmencau
Telegraph Company (anew association hav
ing its headquarters in tonicity bat composed
of gentlemen of the highest respectability in
different sections of the United States and the
Bntish Aorta American Provinces among
which It is sufficient to say that Peter Cooper
is the President and Wilson G Hunt Treas
urer) for about $125000 or SI50.0Q0
-
According to the New York HeraLt the
British Government refused to concede any-
thing to our Administration on the Central
American dispute but agrees to refer the
whole matter to an arbitrator and submits to
be bound absolutely by such decision the
choice of reference being left to the United
sJtes- Such it la alleged is the ultimatum
or Lord Clarendon as communicated in a late
voluminous diplomatic note to our Minister
Mr Dallas
On the enlistment difficulty it U stated upon
the same authority that Her Majesty's Gov
eminent adheres firmly to its position Lord
Clarendon says that having carefully exam
ined the evidence on both sides received from
the United States Her Majesty a Government
nyti?."1 thU charges
:: r i impion ana we mree ai-
1 A A W ii miwi ftuu iuc mice l-
leaged offending consuls are not substantiated
and their Government therefore flatly refuses I
to recall them
The Sumner and Brooks Fracas at Washing
ton The Fartlmlars ol the Assault and Its
rrovocatlon
Oar last mail brings us various versions of
the Sumner and Brooks fracas in the Senate
chamber on the 22d instant The New York
Herald's Washington correspondent of the
22d circumstantially details the occurrence
its preliminaries its results Ac and from his
version and other bource nt gather the fol-
lowing Colonel Preston S. Brook. of South CUro
lina took exception to the following language
used by Senator Sumner in his speech on Tues-
day lait:
ith regret I come again upon the Sena
tor from South Carolina (Mr Butler) who
omnmresent in this debate overflowed with
rage at the simple suggestion that Kansas
had applied for admission as a State and
with incoherent phrases discharged the Ioo.e
expectoratiou of his speech now upon her
representative and then upon her people
There i no extravagance of the ancient
Parliamentary debate which he did not rejvent
nor was there any possible deviation from
truth which he did not make But the Sena
tor touches nothing i hich he does not disfigure
with error sometimes of principle sometimes
of fact. He shows an incapacity of becuracy
whether in stating the constitution or in stat
ing the law whether in the details of statis
tics or the diversions of scholarship "
He cannot ope his mouth but out there Dies blunder '
"Bat it is against the people of Kansas that
the sensibilities of the Senator are particular-
ly aroused Coming as he announces 'irom
a State' aye sir! from South Carolina he
turns with lordly disgust from this newly
formed commuUty which he will not recog
nizeevenas a body politic' Pray sir by
what title does he indulge In this egotism 1
Has he read the history of thc State which
he represents 1 He cannot surely have for
gotten its shameful imbecility from slavery
confessed through the Bevolution followed by
its more shameful assumptoins for slavery
since
Mr Butler the aged senator and uncle of
Col Brooks was absent in South Carolina on
a visit to his family when this language was
uttered.
On the ramc day CoL B waited at the
Porter & Lodge about an ho.iranda long on
the next morning with a view to meet Mr
Sumner and attack him Failing in this he
entered the Senate chamber just as that body
adjourned and seeing several ladies present
seated himself on the opposite side to Mr
Sumner Soon all disappeared but one He
then requested a friend to get her out when
he immediate. approached Mr Sumner and
said lu a quiet tone of voice
"Mr Sumner I have read your speech with
great care and with as much impartiality us I
am capable of and I feel it ay duty to sal to
you that you have published a libel on w)
State and uttered a slander upon a relative
who is aged and absent and I am come to pun
mh vou "
At the concluding words Mr Sumner at
tempted to spring to his feet showing
fight but whilst in the act was struck by
Col Brvoksabackhandedblowacross the head
with a gutta percba cane near an inch thick
but hollow and he continued stnking him
right and left until the stick was broken into
fratrments. and Mr Sumner was prostrate and
bleeding on the floor No one took bold of
Col B during the time so quick was the ope
ration but immediately afterwards Mr Crit-
tenden caucht him around the bodrand arms
when Col B said " I did not wish to hurt him
much but only whip him
No one knew of the attack but the Hon H
A Edmundson of Virginia who happened not
to be present when the attack commenced. It
was reported on the streets for several days
previous that Mr Sumner would be armed
when he delivered his speech and that If occa-
sion required it he would use his weapons
He was not armed when attacked by Colonel
Brooks to-day It Is said also that Mr Sum
ner gave out before his speech that he wonld
be responsible for anything he might saj
After his arrest Col Brooks went to the of
fice of Justice llollingshead and tendered his
bond with securities to appear and answer any
charge preferred by the Grand Jury Bat the
Justice deeming the bond premature dis
charged mm upon his parole or honor to appear
before him again whenever required
Subsequently Mr Brooks was complained
of by Mr llliam 1 Leader on whose oath
Justice Holllngshead required Brooks to gie
bail In the sum of five hundred dollars as se-
curity for his appearance when called upon
The most intense excitement of course was
produced amongst the Negro-tt orshippersand
they were making tery fierce threats and
working assiduously to have Col Brooks ex-
pelled from the House.
Anotner correspondent auos
"About a dozen Senators and many stran-
ircrs hatiDened to be In the Chamber at the
moment of the fight. Sumner I learn is badly
whim.cd. the city is considerably excited
and crowdsevery where are discussing the last
Item. Sumner cried "I'm most dead Ob
I'm most dead ' After Sumner fell between
two desks his own having been overturned he
lav bleeding and cried out "I'm almost dead
almost dead '"
--
Soctii Carolina Politics We lately no
ticed the State Convention of South Carolina
called for the purpose of sending delegates to
the Cincinnati Convention. We now observe '
that many of the leading Democratic papers
ofjtbat State repudiate this convention as not
representing the people but only a few poli
ticians These papers assert that In many dis
tncts of the State represented in this conven-
tion meetings were called and resolutions
passed almost unanimously in opposition to a
State convention with a view of sending dele-
gates to any "National Convention and yet in
spite of this overwhelming voice of the State
againt committing the State to the dictation
of a national convention a few individuals in
the several districts of the State hate met
together and appointed their delegates This
is made a subject of complaint by such papers
as the Charleston jMermry and many others
Nevertheless it Is only in accordance with the
long established usage of party politicians in
getting up their caucuses and conventions and
the fact is beyond dupnte that they have
heretofore always succeeded In fastening their
nominations upon the people who have had
no alternative but either to support the candi
dates thus nominated or throw away their
vote altogether South Carolina has been the
only State we befieve that has ever refused
absolutely to submit to this party dictation
From present appearances we believe the
people of that State will repudiate the author-
ity of the delegates to Cincinnati In the pres
sent instance to bind the State by their action
That State is st-ongly in favor of President
Pierce and in the absence of an explicit
declaration by Mr Bcchanan committing
himself In favor of the South on all the lead
ing questions touching slavery the State will
probably not support htm whether he is nom-
inated or not Bat should that convention
adopt a pUtform embracing Southern princi
pics without equivocation or evasion and Mr
BrciiANAN should accept a nomination upon
such a platform then there is no doubt he
will receive the support of South Carolina
We confers however we shall be agreeably
disappointed if such a platform is adopted.
The Mercury says the vote of that State "if
ghen to sustain a principal must be given to
the man who represents it. ' That paper oon
tinues
"A man unsound on Slavery Free TraSe and
Internal Improvements or whose opinions are
shrouded in treacherous ambiguity such a
man be he Black Republican or Democrat is
unworthy of her support. To vote for either
is to give awaj her influence to be used
against her It is to stultify principle and be
the Instrument of her own undoing Between
"the fishiest Democrat" aud a Black Bepubh
can there is the choice only between at reach
erous friend aud an open enemy between in
sidious smiles and defiance between betrajal
and hostility When therefore she is told
that in such alternative the former must be
her choice because the Democratic party de-
crees it her people we trust ill respond in a
becoming pirlt
Upon what consideration too of policy
shall South Carolina prefer a "fishy Demo
crat to a Black Republican ? Is it that under
the administration of the latter her sons
would be excluded from the smiles of Execu
tive favor ? What can the State or the South
gain by raising such an one to power? The
election of President i- a high constitutional
duty It is in principal as far removed from
the mere scramble for spoils as in practice
under the lead of corrupt partiesit has degen-
erated into little else
There is no consideration of constitutional
duty which can justify her in casting her vote
for an enemy to that Constitution whether
Democrat or Black Republican Her duty is
to vote for a true man and to use honorably
and fairl all her influence to secure his tn
umph But neither policy nor duty require
her to minister to the success of a party which
pats forth a. champion who U unworthy of her
confidence "
The above will be better understood by bear
ing in mind that it has reference to a speech
made in the convention by Mr Orr who ar
gucd that South Carolina should be represent-
ed in the Cincinnati Convention because she
would have no other alternative but to choose
between the nominees of the Black Republicans
and of the Democrats and that the " fishiest
Democrat1' would be preferable to a Black
Republican
--
An American Principle Recoc sized
One or the conventions held by the Peace
Conference In Europe has attached to the
treaty the principles that neutral goods arc
not liable to capture under an enemy's flag
and that blockades to be binding must be
maintained by a force sufficient to prevent ac-
cess to the coast of an enemy These princi
pies were first asserted by the United States
as necessary to the freedom of commerce and
MiuiinuswuniijaMvu " """; jcaia ui
opposition they are at last adopted as an in
ternational law by the leading powers of
Europe
4t 4Vt nf wis. fliva tfn.1 & ff at Tnanv taa t t
Speech of Mr Sumner and replies ol Messrs
Cass Douslas and Mason
We copy the following from tho proceedings
of the Senate on the 20th
Mr Sumner proceeded to consider the van
ous remedies proposed for the enme against
Kansas which he successively considered un-
der different heads First The remedy of
tyranny In the shape of appropriations und
troops to enforce the usurpation Second The
rcmedj of folly proposed by the Senator
from South Carolina Mr Butler Third
The remedy of injustice and civil war propoed
by the Senator from Illinois Mr Douglas
and lastlv the remedy of justice and peace
proposed by the Senator from New York Mr
reward which last would admit Kansas at
once with her present population
ah me objections 10 sucn aamission were
considered whether grounded on a want of
population or irregularity of form and the
precedent oi juicmgan was particularly re
viewed Here Mr Buchanan a opinions wer in
troduced who vindicated Michigan on grounds
precisely applicable to Kansas In conclusion
the companron was made between the tyrany
of the President In Kansas and the tyranny
of King George 111
From Congress he appealed to the people in
the coming Presidential election to vindicate
Kansas Let the ballot-box of the Union
with multitudinous might protect the ballot
box there
When Mr Sumner bad concluded Mr Cass
said that he had listened to his speech with
equal regret and surprise He regarded it as
the most un American and unpatnotic speech
that he had ever heard upon this floor and he
hoped he might never hear such another here
or elsewhere. He did not now rise however
to make any extended comments on that
speech open as it was to censure and
disapprobation but to say that the Senator
from Massachusetts had totally misunderstood
and misapplied the case of Michigan hich he
had cited in justification of the action of the
Topcka convention He briefly proceeded (to
show that therewas no analogy between the
proceedings in Michigan andthote in Kansas
Mr Douglas replied to the personalities in
Mr Sumnert speech He would not reply to
the argument for it was a re hash of the same
to which he had replied twice before He com
pared it to a patchwork bed quilt made up
from all of the old calico dresses in the house
and he said that most of hiB classical allusions
were taken from those portions of the classics
which were suppressed in decent and respect-
able colleges That speech was written and
committed to the memory and was practiced
before the glass with a negro boy to hold the
candle and watch the gestures It was rehears-
ed to his friends and they repeatel in the
saloons of the city what he was about to ssv .
Those libels and insults gross and vulgar as
iney were una wen couuea oer ana written
with cool deliberate maliimitv. and rcDeated
night after night till they were thoroughly
learned so that he might have the appropriate
grace to bpit them at those men who differed
from him What nght had he to arraign three
fourths of the Senate for dereliction of duty ?
Did the means by which he got his scat here
rive him any supcriontr ? He had taken an
oath to support the constitution and yet he
had violated that Constitution by refusing to
obey the fugitive slave law and at the same
time he had arraigned him Mr Douglas as a
conspirator ana traitor
He alluded to Mr Sumner s attack on Sena
tor Butler who was now absent and said that
he knew it would happen On his return the
Senator from Massachusetts would whisper a
secret apoiogy iu nis ear ana want mm to ac-
cept that in return for a public attack Mr
D Xnetchowthatwasdone (Laughter He
tnen ueienucu uenerai Atcnibou irom me
chartre of acting the part of Catahne
Mr Mason said that the necessities of the
political relations of Southern Senators in
obedience to the forms of government brought
them into associations in this chamber which
would be dishonorable elsewhere They bear
it in obedience to the Constitution the trusts
of which they have undertaken to perform
He was particularly severe on Mr Sumner
and accused him of falsification regarding
Southern institutions
Mr Sumner replied to Messrs Cas Maon
and Douglas and was especially seven to
ward the latter likening him to a certain
namtles animal which emits a noisome odor
He wanud Mr Douglas to mark this
Mr Douglas said he should not follow Mr
Sumner s example in that respect
Mr Mason said he thought Mr Sumner was
-non compos mentis This remark produced
laughter
the senate then adjourned
The correspondent of the Charleston Cow
xtrt makes the following notice of this excit
ing debate .
Yesterday. Mr Sumne 'delivered a much
studied and rhetorical speech in the Senate
upon the Kansas question in which he assailed
Mr Butler and Mr Douglas in a mast unwar
ran table and offensive manner He made
some faint apologies for speaking of Judge
Butler in his absence Mr Sumner did not
conclude his harangue till this morning Judge
Douglas then replied m a manner which noth
ing but such gross violation of the decencies
of the Senate could justify He said every
thing that indignation could possibly suggest
on such an occasion Mr Sumner completely
overcome by undisguised rage raved a rejoin
der and used the most opprobions epithets that
the language could afford
fiir uougias was cairn through tue whole or
IMa i-iriliint anri nnnifwoilontiwl attm-onf Inn
and distinctly threatened that he wonld as
sault Mr Sumner out of the Senate
Mr Mason made somo remarks of a proper
and timely character in reply to Mr Sumner s
assault upon the absent Senator Jndga But
ler
Mr Cass also spoke in stronc denunciation
of Mr Sumner s language and views declar
ing that all his assertions were a tissue of
falsehoods
On the same subject the Washington Union
comments as follows
Mr Sumner concluded his sueech vesterdav
having occupied the floor in all nearly six
hours At its conclusion Mr Cass rose and
with his usual earnestness and emphasis pro-
nounced It the most unpatriotic and un Amen
can speech to which he had ever listened in
tue senile I here was not a manor woman
present whose mind Is not imbued with fanati
cism who did not feel the justice of the re-
buke No such exhibition of obscenity ma
Iignity abuse and imbecility has before dis-
graced the American Senate Its profuse
intermixture of classic allusions only made
more apparent the had passions which it dis-
played because they showed that Mr Sumner
is a man of cultivated mind and therefore is
without apology for the disgusting language
in which he indulged. He manifested no re-
garaiortne leenngs oi the majority or the
body of which he is a member but had the
audacity to implicate them in what he chose
to denominate a revolting enme He singled
out three Senators by name 3tessrs Butler
Maon and DouglaB and arraigned and abused
them as chief criminals Towards the Presi
dent he was even more abusive than on the
day before As to argument it was well said
by Mr Douglas that it contained none that
had not been again and again advanced by
others and as often refuted as advanced It
was not addressed to the reason or judgment
but was a studied appeal to fanatical and sec-
tional passions and was evidently deigned
to stir up a popular agitation in the Northern
States preparatory to the presidential elec-
tion The rebuke of Gen Cass was just such
as the speech deserved and we rejoiced that
the noble old patnot gave such prompt and
emphatic expression to his feelings Messrs
Douglas and Mason replied as only they could
reply to such a speech if they noticed it at
all They held Mr Sumner up to the indig
nant scorn of the country expressing deep re
gret that they were under the necessity of
having to recognise such a political associate
In the Senate They repelled the assaults not
only on themselves bat on the body and on
the President with language that could only
be justincu under sucn provocations as no nau
given. He rejoined in the same strain
oi vituperation wuicn nau cuaracienseu nis
entire speech It will be Imagined that the
scene was hlchlv excitinz. and we must add
humiliating on account of the personalities
first resorted to uy air aumner.auu reionca
upon him in reply The Senate was crowded
to overflowing to witness the scene and we
venture to assert that none present except
the mad Abolitionists left the Senate without
feeling that Messrs Cass Mason and Douglas
had done no more than an imperative duty in
subjecting Mr Sumner to the denunciation
which his malignity provoked. Union
B
Senators Scmner and Bctler The fol-
lowing is a portion of Senator Sumner's
speech relating to Senator Bctler which pro-
voked the attack upon him by Mr Bbooes
who is a relative of the South Carolina
Senator
"But before entering upon the argument I
must sav somethmr of a. reneral character.
particularly in response to what has fallen
from Senators who have raised themselves to
eminence on this floor in championship of
human wrongs l mean the senator irom
South Carolina (Mr Butler) and the Senator
irom Illinois (iir uougias ) wnotnougn un
like as Don Omxotte and Sancho Panza. yet
like this couple sally forth together in the
same cause The Senator from South Caro-
lina has read many books of chivalry and
believes himself a chivalrous knight with
sentiments of honor and couratre Of course
he has chosen a mistress to whom he has
made his vows and who though ugly to
others is always lovely to him though pol
luted in the sight of the world is chaste in
his sight I mean the harlot Slavery For
her. his tonmie is alwavn nrofuae in words
Let her be impeached in character or any
proposition maue to shut ncr out irom tne ex
tension of her wantoness. and no extrava
gancc of manner or hardihood of assertion Is
then too great for this Senator The frenzy
oi uon stuixottc in behair of his wench imi
clnea del Toboso is all surnassed The assert
ed rights of Slavery which shock equality of
all kinds arc cloaked by a fantastic claim
equality If the Slave States cannot enjoy
wnat in mocKery or the great rather or the
Republic he misnames equality under the
Constitution in other words the full power
in the national Terntoncs to compel fellow
men to unpaid toil to separate husband and
wire and to sell little children at the auction
block then sir the chivalrlc Senator will
conduct the State of South Carolina out of
the Union Heroic Knight ' Exalted Sena
tor! A second Moses come for a second
Exodus '
Isham a slave charged with the murder of
a fellow servant escaped from Austin county
jail about two weeks ago
ddbtst0it Uto$.
THURSDAY JUNE 5 1856.
Emigrants Arrived The bark H'cjcr
Onsen master from Bremen arrived on Tues-
day with 221 passengers consigned to Kauf
man A. Klaner
There were some twelve deaths among the
pdst-cngcrs during the voyage
The Sunda Law Repealed We learn
that among the acts of our City council.) at
' their monthly meeting Monday an ordinance
whs passed repealing the law which prohibited
the opening of billiard saloons and the retail
of liquor on Sundays As regards the sale of
liquor this law has probably been a dead
letter and therefore its repeal will have no
more effect to increase this traffic on Sundays
than the law itself had to prevent it
But still it has been Baid in favor of this law
that it had the effect to prevent the collection
of large crowds In and around our drinking
houses on Sundays not unfrcquently to the? no
small aunojancc of ladies and others when
passing and repassing to and from church!
During the existence of the lai thost houses
ere all closed and nobody was annoyed with
the noises and frequent disturbances almost
inseparable from such assemblages The quiet
good order and general stillness which prevail-
ed on Sundays after the passage of this law
afforded gratification to inanv of our citizens.
and we are not aware that the law operated
to injury of any body
Oy The Houston Telegraph says cotton has
been brought by wagons to that city from Fort
Washita in the Choctaw Nation twenty fi e
miles north of Red River a distance of four
hundred miles
Dy The present dry weather may on the
whole be favorable to crops if it docs not con
tinue too long; for we learn that it better en-
ables our planters to get their cotton clean
The cotton crop is backward bat the general
prospects are favorable for a good crop
T
OS?" We have been informed says the Colum-
bia Democrat that John Barn et who killed
Lowther at Richmond somt weeks since was
heard from in New Orleans and thence to
Nicaragua It will be remembered that he
gave bonds in the sum of $20000 and was
forthwith missing
ET?-The Texas case against W G Kendal
was set for Monday last In the U S Circuit
Court New Orleans
a a a
IX?" At a District Democratic Convention
on the 2Cth and 27th nit in Liberty Jahe
M Marct Est was nominated for Judge and
Col Lorinq for District Attorney
-
H7" The Savannah Newt says subscription
is opened for a line or steamers to run be-
tween the new port of Brunswick Ga. and
Charleston and Savannah It is anticipated
that Brunswick will become a very important
sea port
King Kameiiameiia of the Sandwich Is-
lands is about to marry Miss Rooee a young
woman of English descent
- a a i
HF"The firm of Wright Williams A. Co
of New Orleans has resumed payment Tho
business Is now conducted in the name of
Wright Allex it Co
Treat with Ecuador. Mr P White
United States Minister has concluded a treaty
with Ecuador by which the maxim that "free
ships make tree goods1 is laid down aid es
tahllshed as a settled principle of the interna-
tionallaw 0" Another drove of cattle from the Guad-
alupe recently passed through Austin for Illi
nols Droves of horses are brought from tho
Rio Grande to be sold in Middle and Eastern
Texas
--
E?"We have had the pleasure of a visit
from Mr Smith editor of the Gonzales En
auxreTt who arrived by the New Orleans steam
er this morning on his way home having
been absent for the last two months
The steamer Nelratla at St Louis on the
24th took fire and was seriously damaged be-
fore the flames were extinguished. Telegraph
ic despatches to the effect that several steam-
ers had been destroyed at St Louis were In-
correct and probably originated from the JV-
brasla't fire
-- -
05 Commodore Paulding s recent instruc
tions ordoring him to show his flag at San
Juan direct him neither to seek nor to avoid
a collision but to protect American ships or
citizens from illegal inteifcrence by the forces
of any power
--
Gen Walker. The citizens of Nashville.
Tenn where Gen Walker was born and
raised recently held a public meeting when
resolutions were adopted expressive of their
high appreciation of his character and quali-
ties and sympathizing with his cause in Nica
raguo.
- 9-9
Travel to Europe. The number of passen
gers leaving for Europe exceeds those of previ
ous years The steamers are crowded and sail-
ing vessels carry large numbers The trip to
Europe is substituted for a visit to any of our
famous watering places by many persons
who have the means and a few months of the
summer to devote to pleasure
Coal in Robertson Cou:.tt Mr D
Ayres has shown us a sample of coal gather-
e 1 from the surface of a vein In Robertson
county We are unable to speak of the quali
ty but that it will burn has been proved by
the vein having been on fire for a considerable
time and until it was extinguished by rains
There la no doubt of the existence of several
extensive coal beds in Texas as in several
places they cross to the surface but this one
on Mr Ayres' land promises to he soon availa-
ble if the railroad from Houston progresses
It being within five miles of the proposed
route of the road
Murder Case in Liberty County At
the District Court in Liberty county on Tnea
day Wall was found guilty of murder in the
first degree for killing Praytor. and took
an appeal to the Supreme Court
Mr Bendt of Tyler county who passed
through liberty informs us that the testimony
against Wall was direct and positive It
appears Wall was charged with larceny and
Praytor was a witness against him Wall
had been heard to say that Pbaitor should
not appear against him. On the occasion of
the murder Wall greeted Praytor in a
fnendly manner and then demanded of him
the payment of a sum of money alleged to be
due by Prather to Wall. Praytor denied
owing anything and called Wall a d d
liar when the latter drew a large knife and
inflicted the fatal wound
Up-The La Grange True Issue says it is
thought by some persons that a man named
Guy caught in the act of stealing a negro in
Mississippi is Dr Gui lately of Columbus
Texas
Eating Arsemc An exchange states that
among the practices to which women resort for
the purpose of improving personal beauty the
eating of Arsenic is the moat pernicious end-
ng in horrible diseases and death
K?" Mr Richard Smith a citizen of Tex
as since 1839 died at Liberty on the 30th ult
a m m
Arrived The bark Norumocga Brows
master arrived on Tuesday from New York
consigned to Hendly A Co.
The schooner Onalavte Verill master from
Rockland Me arrived on Tuesday with lime
to J M Brown &. Co
The schooner Maj Donaldson arrived to-
day from Aransas for repairs
The schooner J Gnfette Cone Lis master
on the 4th from Powderhorn to Powell A.
Rcthves
The schooner Storm Ooud UtGBi master
from Indianola for freight or charter
m
Another Murder The Liberty Gazette
says
Samuel Ashwortb a free negro killed a man
named Samuel A Deputy on the Sabine river
five miles below the town of Madison on the
evening of the 25th ult
The Irue luue published at La Grange and
some other Know Nothing journals express a
good deal or surpnse at some articles of ours
speaking of the anti slavery sentiments enter
tamed by a large portion of the Democratic
as well as other parties at the North ; and es-
pecially are some or those journals amazed at
an article of ours on Squatter Sovereignty In
which we bnefly showed our objections to that
doctrine remarking at the same time that
"the prevailing opinion appears to be that
this strange doctrine was recognized and cs
tablhued In the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska
bill ' Wc would here remind the True
Issue that such is not however our opinion
and never was At the time that bill was un-
dergoing discussion iu Congress ve took
some pains to prove that the language of the
bill countenanced no such heresy and that the
bill itself was liable to no objection on that
account.
The language of the bill is to this cffett.that
the people of those territories shall have pow-
er to regulate their own domestic affairs Ac
subject only to the Constitution of the Uni
ted States' On the the one handuopow
er was expressly given by that bill to the ter-
ntoncs either to abolish or to establish slav-
er and on the other hand all the powers
that were conceded were expressly limited
and rcbtricted precisely as they arc limited
And restricted by the Constitution because
they can only be exercised "subject to the
Constitution " It follows therefore inevita
bly that if squatter sovereignty is not recog-
nized and established by the Constitution
neither is it recognized and established by the
Kansas-Nebraska bill And vet Gen Cass
and several other destinguisbed Democratic
advocates of that bill while it was undergoing
discussion claimed squatter sovereignty as a
sort of inherent and inalienable right belong-
ing to the American people wherever they
may happen to squat together on any terri-
tory of this Umcn Those destinguished
Statesmen in their anxiety to carry out the
great pnnciple of non intervention by Con-
gress on the slavery question gave their
sanction to a political dogma utterly repug-
nant to every theory of government and in-
compatible with the rights of property per-
sonal security and all the ends for which gov-
ernment is Instituted
This prepotrou doUrme can only bu ac-
counted for from the tendency with parties
and party politicians to go from one extreme
to another in their eagerness to make political
capital by asserting popular maxims that
must naturally find favor with and secure the
support of the masses Hence it was not
deemed sufficient to deny to Congress all
power either to establish or abolish slavery
in anytemtory of this Union but while tak-
ing this power from Congress it was thought
expedient to lodge it somewhere else and so
It was given to the Squatters themselves
thereby investing a few adventurers whether
Amencan citizens or foreigners with the high-
est attnhutes of Sovereignty elevating them
above the Congress of the United States and
giving them power to divest American citizens
of rights guaranteed by the Constitution of
this country Up to the date of this strange
dogma we had been taught to believe that
the only legitimate and acknowledged sover-
eignty In this Union belonged exclusively to
the heveral States composing it This we
have always understood to be the only origin-
al and inherent sovereignty while Congress
Is allowed to possess a &marar and limited
sovereignty conferred npon that body by the
voluntary consent of all the State and which
can only be exercised within expressly pre-
scribed limits and for the sole purpose of car-
rying out the objects specified in the Constltn.
lion There was no other specIeB of sover
eignty known to the fathers of this country
But a new school of politicians has lately
sprung into existence who have invented a
species of sovereignty hitherto unknown to
the world and such as never was dreamed of by
Montesqieu or any other writer either in
ancient or modern times The first practical
experiment of this theory has been going on :
in Kansas for the paBt two or three years
where It has produced its natural fruits of
anarchy violence and blood shed and where
according to our latest accounts the whole
country is involved in a civil war the first
instance of this kind since the organization
of this Union But such must ever be the Inve-
itable result of conferring Sovereign power
on numerical majorities regardless of the
guarantees of the Constitution of the Union
and of the States themselves It is true Con-
gress can exercise nopowerthathas not been
expressly delegated and the power or establish
ing or abolishing Slavery has not been dele-
gated But does It follow because Congress
cannot exercise such power that it should be
conlerred upon a few squatters ?
Such u power is one of tho highest attnbutcs
of sovereignty it is one among the reserved
rights or the States andean only be exercised
by the States When the people or a territory
become qualified for admission as a State and
are so admitted they can then exercise this
power and not before Up to that time all
the citizens of the United States have equally
a right to settle there and enjoy the undis-
turbed possession of every species of property
known to and recognized by the constitution
of this Union and it Is the sworn duty of Con-
gress to protect them in the enjoyment of such
property instead of giving the majority the
power to take away the property of the minor
ity This duty to protect the settlers of a ter
ritory in the peaceable possession of any pro
perty recognized by the constitution Is imper-
ative on Congresf because the jurisdiction of
the States cannot extend there and therefore
Congress is the only body having legislative
authority in the territones If we deny Con-
gress the power to give such protection then
it will follow that Amencan citizens in the
terntones are beyond the reach of our laws
and can have no protection in their rights or
their property beyond that of physical or nu-
merical force among themselves that is the
protection of squatter sovereignty
But we did not intend a dissertation on this
subject but merely to make our views better
understood by some of our cotcmporarles who
seem to have forgotten the course we have here-
tofore pursued We always said that the Kansas-Nebraska
bill is no more responsible for
the doctnne of squatter sovereignty than the
constitution itself Oar Know Nothing cotem-
poraries may charge it upon General Cass and
other politicians but not upon that bill
it is hardly necessary for us to reply to In-
sinuations to the effect that wc have changed
our position because we have deemed it neces
sary to expose what we consider the errors of
prominent Democratic Statesmen or because
wc have said that the Democratic party in the
North embraces Anti Slavery men as well as
other parties Wc have always said so be
cause it is so and no well informed man of
candor will pretend to deny that all parties at
the North look upon Slavery as a great na
tional evil Bat there are some important dis-
tinctions. As a general rule the Democratic
party there and the few who remain of the
old line or Webster and Clay Whigs are dis-
posed to leav e that evil entirely with the Slave
States themselves What course will be pur-
sursed by the Northern Know Nothings re-
mains yet to be seen but we can have no con
fidence in any party whose platform ignores
the only questions that are now agitating this
country and threatening its very existence
Bat we know that all other parties at the
North arc practical freesoilers and abolition
ists and are now fused together under the
general name of Black Republican" with the
avowed determination either to exclude Sla-
very from all the terntones of this Union or
overthrow this Government in the attempt
--
Warlike Operations of Spain From
the Havana correspondence or the New York
HeraU wc learn that the Spanish Govern
ment is directly interfering in behalf of
Costa Rica and in opposition to Walker. V
distinguished Spanish General went out on
the last steamer j with money under instruc
tions to present himseu to gen mo no oi tne
Costa Rican army The same writer also says
the Spanish Government has determined to
send a small fleet to Vera Cruz consisting of
two steamers two frigates and several brigs
and adds that the steamers were taking in
coal at the time he was writing expressly for
that expedition which was intended to be
secret He adds. "The Spaniards propose to
bombard Vera Cruz unless their debt Is recog-
nised by Comonfort "
CORRESPONDENCE.
Editors News If the people could only
bo induced to spend as much time in discus
sing railroad matters as they are wasting in
nominating candidates for county offices with
proper (?) political qualifications the thing
might soon be agreed upon As it is however
several railroad paroxisms have passed over
and in spite of the enormous Ian 1 bonn-cg of-
fered to companies butverv little has been
attempted although a large number of com
panies have been chartered
The very fact that such large donations of
land have been offered and so mauv compa
nies chartered without effecting the desired
purpose has convinced manv of the import
bihty of constructing railroids In this State
for some time to come and the people gen-
erally have become very doubtful on the sub
ject yet ev crj body Is busily engaged and
earnestly trying to improve anl increase the
value or their property in their own smitl
way; whilst by the construction of railroads
to which many do not give senons thought
they might double or treble the value of their
property and that too by merely willing it
to be so
It is contended by those in favor of the
Corporate System that it will cost the State
more to'construct railroads than it would an
incorporated company besides having a ten-
dency to corrupt the officers that would have
to be appointed to superintend the construc-
tion But could not the latter objection be obvi
atcd by appointing those individuals who
compose the Southern Pacific Railroad Com.
pany 1 But even admitting the objection I
believe that the excebs of cost to the State
over that of corporations could be raised by
selling a part or those sixteen sections which
the State proposes to give away to railroad
companies for each mile constructed by
them
If our public lands were set apart exclusive
ly for Internal Improvements and if prudent-
ly managed we could build all the necessary
railroads and have some to spare for educa-
tional purposes But first and foremost a
final stop must be pat to the giving away of
aur public lands I am by no means against
the granting of lands to actual settler if wc
cannot do better but I do not lelieve that
In order to get taxes paid on our lauds it
is essentially necessary to give them away
for that avowed purpose Nor do I like the
policy ol retailing our lands out by our Legis-
lature from session to session for thtt costs
more than it comes to
Secondly our public lands should at once he
sectiomzed to avoid confusion in locating
hereafter And lastly we must make a final
settlement of public Indebtedness which can
only be done by paying the face value and
interest In full up to date It mu t necessarily
be inferred that all those who are in favor of
the State plan or constructing railroads are
also in favor of ptying off our public debt in
full for with what success could we ask any
one to lend us money on our State bonds (if
we had the assurance to do so) with the act
or our paying off the public debt at the shaved
or so called scaled rates staring us In the
race ?
I cannot see that there are any parallel
cases to that of Texas No other State has
public lands to build railroads with There
is no other State having so little private
capital to build them or so ample public
means There is no other State whose
railroads will pay so little in dividends
or so abundantly in indirect benefits to
the people What we have to do is simply to
make our public lands build our roads but we
must first build the roads in order to make the
landspaluahle and in order to do that w c must
use the money in our treasury and perhaps
borrow more The question then is shall we
do this for the benefit of our citizens under
the State plan or for the benefit of specula
tors under the corporate plan ?
To raise the money it will be necessary to
issue State bonds bcanng interest redeemable
in a certain term of years and receivable at
at all times in payment for public lands at
say on dollar per acre A cash value should
be fixed on our public lands somewhat higher
than that for which it can be purchased with
bonds The pnee of public land should be
determined with a view to tho probable in-
creased value it may attain by the time the
bonds must be redeemed. It Is true that in
selling the public lands we shall have to con-
lend against the lands in market in private
lands but the price of private lands far ex-
ceeds any that would be fixed on our public
luds and if any is offered at a lower rate it
will be of such a quality that no one would
take it while having a choice out or so many
millions or acres
Tho State plan is the only one by which all
our lands would be brought within reasonable
distance of a railroad so as to enhance the
value of the same and the nearer to public
lands the roads arc completed the greater
will be the demand for them and the demand
for our bonds to purchase them would increase
in proportion
On. the other hand by the corporate system
so far as it has yet been projected with any
imaginable prospect of its being carried out
it is not likely to enhance the value of our
publit' domain much as railroad companies
will only build roads as fast as they will pay
Whilst our wise men have offered sixteen
sections of our lands for every mile of rail
road that may be constructed as inducement
to build them and to make our other public
lands more valuable they have granted char-
ters Indiscriminately to all who have applied
for them no matter whether any of them ever
reach our public lands or not or whether one
conflicts with the interest of another and
as your correspondent AUG says the pres-
ent apparently munificent donation of sixteen
sections per mile amounts to scarcely more
than a sort of farce certificate only being
worth in the market about 25 cents per acre
Whilst io mnch land is thrown away is it
likely that our public land can ever be of any
value to us ? Certainly sot This prodigal
donation of our lands will also prove a check
to the sale of pnvate lands except those in
the immediate neighborhood of railroads and
consequently will result in an injury to the
people
There is much said about that great bug
bear taxitlon by those opposed to the State
plan Suppose that the incorporated railroad
companlei had invested twenty five millions
of dollars in railroads in this State who pays
the interest on that sum9 And if the State
loans to tbose companies six or eight thou-
sand dollars per mile who pays the interest
on that ? The railroad companies ? No the
people And whether they dn.ad taxation or
not they will not only have to pa that very
tax to companies but also such a dividend to
boot ns may suit the convenience or the com
pany to demand in the shape of high charges :
Nor Is this Interest paid solely on the amount
actually invested but wc the people shall
also have to pay interest on the full race value
of the raUroad stock issued although it
may have been disposed of at fifty cents on
the dollar or even given away as paid stocL
How would those opposed to paying a rail-
road tax like to pay the interest on the
money that is proposed to be loaned to rail
road companies in the shape or a tax on
transportaion ? Bat every man must pay his
pro rata share of that tax. It cannot be
avoided no matter whether the roadmay be
made to cost 20000 or $40000 per mile by
discounts salaries fees paid up "tock Ac
nor docs it matter where the monej comes
from still the people will have to pay the tax
on transportation in proportion to the cost
and the cost will be just what the companies
by their management may make it I repeat
that there is no possible way for the people to
avoid paying tfaU tax
lours Ac J F E.
Schools The Columbia Democrat ami
Planter speaking of schools says "As for a
female seminary all that is wanted to sscure
one of the highest grade in Columbia is the
attsndanca of forty or fifty young lad es upon
either of the schools In this town who are not
more anxious to "come out ' at fifteen than to
Jcarn arithmetic and grammar Until we see
vounr ladies wilhnsr. to commence a thorough
three years couno at the age they now expect
to graduate into the ball room and matrimony
we may look in vain for schools of anything
lit ener tnan an elementary character ine
Detnocrat is correct As soon as young girls
arrive at the age of fourteen or fifteen they
give up all ideas of studying and think prin-
pally of beaux and ball rooms Until this is
changed there will be little use of any thing
higher in a place than elementary schools
LiJfrty Gazette
Our Itclaf Ioiih ultli rnglaud.
Our last European mail brought lengthy di-
plomatic correspondence relative to the exist-
ing difficulties between England and the Uni-
ted States The first document is t communica
tion from Mr Cramfton to Lord Clarendon
vindicating himself from the charge of an
Intentional violation or our neutrality laws
In the enlistment of troops for the British ser-
vice He saj s that in the lleatly trial in Phil
adelphla testimony was used against him
which he was not admitted to disprov e.because
he was not amenable to that court If he vio
lated our laws he says it was only because he
erred in the construction he put upon them
and thtt be designed no such violation and
intended no disrespect to our Government His
language is . erv conciliatory He says
"However erroneous therefore the Govern
ment of the United States may believe my
opinions to be I cannot but hope that they
will acquit me of any intentional disregard to
either the sovengn nghts or the policy of this
country
The other communication is a dispatch from
Lord Clarendon to Secretary Marca
We copy from our exchanges the following
concluding portion of this letter which cer
t a inly goes farther than any thing we have
before seen towards an amicable adjustment
of the evtiting difficulties It is a positive dis-
avowal of an) intention to violate or dis-
regard our laws or of any instructions given
to that effect and also expresses regret if con
trary to the intention of the Government there
was any Infringement of our laws Lord
Clarendon says
"The Bntish Government neither ordinal
nor contemplated any violation whatever of
the laws of the United States but on the con-
trary issued the most positive and repeated
orders that those laws should not be infringed
by any persons acting under their authority M
"The undersiencd must refer to the offers of
satisfaction and to the explanations already
maue ana to tue repeated expression or the
sincere regret of herilajesty a Govirnment if
contrary to their intentions and to their reite-
rated directions there has been any infringe-
ment of the laws or the United State "
"The Government or the United States had
bten led to suppose that the laws and the sov
engn nghts oi tne united states had not been
respected by her Majest) s Government and
relying upon evidence deemed to be trustwor
thy they believed that that law and those
rights had been infringed by Bntish agents
If such had been the cose the Government of
the United btatC3 would have been entitled to
demand and her Majesty s Government would
not have hesitated to afford the most ample
satisfaction for no discredit can attach itself
to the frank admission and complete repara-
tion or an unquestionable wrong "
-Hcr Majesty s Government unequivocally
disclaim any intention either to infnnge
the law or disregard the policy or not to re-
spect the sovereign rights of the United States
and the Government or the United States will
now for the first time learn that her 3fajcsty s
Minister at Washington and her Majesty s
Consuls at New York Philadelphia and Cin-
cinnati solemnly affirm that they have not
committed any of the acts that have been im-
puted to them Tho (rovernment of the Umtid
btatea will now also for the first time have an
opportunity of weighing the declarations of
four gentlemen of unimpeached honor and in-
tegnty against evidence upon which no reli-
ance ought to be placed.
"The undersigned cannot but express tbe
earnest hope of her Majesty s Government
that these explanations and as-urances may
trove satisfactory to the Government of the
nitcd States and effectually remove any
misapprehension which may have hitherto ex-
isted and he cannot doubt such a result will
afford as much pleasure to the Government
of the United States as to that of her Majesty
by putting an end to a difference which has
been deeply regretted by her Majesty s Gov
eminent for there are no two countnes which
are bound by stronger ties or by higher con-
siderations than the United States an I Great
Britain to maintain unbroken the relations of
perfect cordiality and fnendship
We observe that several leading papers of
this country consider the above language as
making the ameiuie Iio nor able and leaving
our government no farther cause of complaint
touching the enlistment question The New
York Journal of Commerce says
It Is calm in temper and appears to express
the honest convictions of its distinguished
author We sincerely hope that our govern-
ment will deem it so far satisfactory as to
justify the retention of Mr Crampton and a
cessation of diplomatic hostilities on the sub-
ject which wc candidly think is pretty much
exhausted. In the letter of Lord Clarendon
the British government distinctly disavow any
past intention to violate the neutrality laws
of the United States or any intention to do so
hereafter; and moreover they express their
sincere regret if they are justly chargeable
with any such violation which they do not be-
lieve they are
It appears to be the general iniprcsionthat
the dismissal or Mr Crampton will lead to
the dismissal of Mr Dallas by the Bntish gov-
ernment in retaliation and fears are enter-
tained that serious difficulties may result from
the suspension of diplomatic Intercourse
But Mr Craupton had rendered himself so
unpopular personally in this country by va-
nous offensive acts which have not been and
probably cannot be explained that wc hardly
see how the President could otherwise do than
dismiss him
Gex Holstov The Nacogdoches Utrom-
cU says Gen. Houston was saffenng from ill
health while in that town on his way home
He did not refer to his intention of becoming
a candidate for the Presidency
t( In private conversation with his friends
says the Chronicle "he gave the indications
of a total wanf of confidence in the success of
the present Amencan party and a total dis
inclination to support either the platform or
the nominee The party to which he allied
himself for great and noble purpose has be-
come the tool of selfish politicians to whose
schemes he cannot lend the sanction of his
name and influence "
) -
Election in New Orleans Yesterday an
election for municipal officers took place in
New Orleans and the Mayor had issued hu
proclamation requesting all the bar rooms to
be closed on the occasion
Judging from the New Orleans press a Urge
portion of the citizens t ere indifferent as to the
result The Delta says the Know Nothing pa
pers have fiursued a milder course towards
foreign born citizens and it intimates that
this class is tired of being the cat s paw of
the democrats The Bulletin urges that good
men hould be chosen irrespective or party
and says the question at issue is whether the
prcssnt city policy shall bo repudiated or no.
- .-a-a-st
Amount or Gold and Silver prodlced
in the World annlalli The following
may prove interesting to many of our readers
Europe including Russia produces annually
in Gold andSilver S2o00000Q
Imenca including California $146000000
Vsia $22000000
Africa produces only Gold - $2GOO000
Australia produces only Gold S20OO0Q0OG
Total in the world annually $335600000
The quantity of silver by weight produced
in Europe and America is about five times
that of the gold and in Asia the silver pro-
duced is about forty times the weight of the
goIJ There is no silver in fnca and us-
tralia
a-a-a
EE7" It is worthy of remark that in all the
other States railroads are very readily built
with the encouragement of a land bonus by
the General Government but about one third
as large as has been granted by this State
while here three times the quantity seems to
be unavailing The late act of Congress
grants 4320000 acres in Iowa for the con-
struction of four lines of railroad crossing
the State four times from the Mississippi to
the Missouri rivers making In all 1123 miles
of railroad
0T7" We regret extremely to htar of the
deith of Mrs Bell of Brazoria county the
mother of Judge Bell of this District
The late Jouu II Bell was one of Aus-
tin's 300 colonists was the ulcalle of the
muncipality and much relied upon by AcjStiv
In the trying days of hu Infant settlements.
He died about 133 greatly respected by all
who knew him His widow who has now fol-
lowed him was we are sure we may say
without being invidious to any others the
most beloved and revered of all the noble
band of women produced by an era which de-
veloped the highest and best attributes of fe-
male character and made the early matrons of
Texas etill more celebrated than her heroic
men Her name will be a household word
whilst one of the "old Texan survives.
Judge Bell detained by this sad event
did not arrive until Tuesday evening to hold
the session of the court for this county which
should have commenced on Monday
LrEATii of W. S McDovald This young
gentleman was killed br tbe accidental dis
charge of a gun. The unfortunate affair hap
pened on me uoncna lie was a young man
of much promise
Anr witliriiRlonil.
Nearly all our exchanges arc speculating on
this subject since the dismissal of Mr Cramp
ton and the British Consuls It is the theme
of newspaper discussion an 1 of conversation
from one extreme to the other of this Union.
But the dismissal of a mim-tcr is not or it-
self a cause of war His errors and offense?
whether intentional or not may be made a
cause of waron!y by his government endorsing
them in express terms. The refusal of Great
Britain to recall Mr Crampton is not such an
endorsement of his conduct as to lead neces-
sanly to a war Bat our dispatches leave it
in some doubt whether the Bntish Govern-
ment bare refused to recall Had the pre'-ent
Premier or England the same absolute power
with Loris N ipoleon a war coul 1 scarcely
be avoided; but fortunately England Is far
from being a despotic government ; and Lord
Palmerston must accommodate his foreign
policy to the popular sentiment before a war
tan result from it or el-e he must yield to a
change or miniotry.in conformity with that
sentiment. .
The fact is the great commercial and man-
ufactunng interests of Englan I are so depen
dent ou this country that a war could scarce
ly last six months without the most disastrous
results The chief calamities of such a war
would not consist in conflicts on the set or
land or m the mutual destruction or property
and loasorhfc but in the cutting off or that
immense commerce which has for the last
forty years of peace been the chief source of
wealth and prosperity to both countnes and
which is almost the sole dependence of several
millions of England s population In fact
nearly all the leading papers of this country
agree iu opinion that the popular sentiment
of both countries is opposed to a war as much
as the general interests or both would suffer
from one The New lork Counerand En-
qtitrtr ?&y$Z
" AHhnnsrh (.rr.it Britain is at present
a condition as regards her great arm her
fleet which would enable her to attack us at
hi fTpntrst iwHwible advantage we do not
now believe that the chances of war al
though increased are imminent and we rest
our opinion upon an appreciation of the com-
mon sense and the common interests of the
two countnes England and the United States
will not go to war except upon iuc airec ne-
cessity That may anse . but we cannot be-
lieve that it will We shall see Mr Crampton
leave us with much regret but with little ap-
prehension We copy the following extract from the N-
Y Journal of Commerce
The dismissal of the British Minister for
that event mar as well be assumed now that
its certainty has become apparent is regard-
ed with vague apprehensions in commercial
circles and by capitalists Nobody however
believes that war is likely to ensue upon it
The objections urged against Mr Crampton
are entirely personal He is held by the Vd-
ministration to have violated our laws and al-
though his own government with a laudable
anxiety to shield their Vmbassador from re-
buke have listened indulgently to his excul-
pation the Cabinet at V ashington persist in
regarding him as an unacceptable representa-
tive and having in vain requested his recall
accept the ungracious alternative of tender-
ing himpasports The British government
will of course seek to vindicate its course on
the question which has had this result by an
appeal to Pariiamentry support. But what-
ever be the verdict of the House of Commonsit
is certain that the predomment sentimentbotb
in the body and among the peopIeis one of en-
tire friendliness to United States. And it is this
sentiment which must control the government
and prevent it from any expression of resent
ment leuuiUg to lue uiskurutiutc ui iucbc re-
lations between the two countries based upon
the mutual benefit an I advantage growing
out of them.
If the dismissal of Mr Crampton should
provoke that of Mr Dallasthcre the matter may
be expected to end till a change in the persons
entrusted with the conduct of one or both of
the two governments shall open a way for re-
sumption of direct dipomatic intercourse
JUeautime any necessary commnuicauon irom
one to the other maybe made through the
good offices of a neutral legation The harmo-
ny which has met no interruption since the
peace of 1S1 3 is not likely to be seriously dis-
turbed now Vi e have no unsettled questions of
boundary with Great Bntain. There prevails
a common sentiment m America aud England
in respect to the blessings of free trade and
of the vanous instrumentalities adapted to
extend the freedom and frequency of commu-
nication and intercourse Every advance in
wealth ana productive resources on the part
of either is felt in beneficial influences on
both ides or the Vtlantic Neither has reason
for jealousv of the other s influences for its
expansion only enlarges the field of com-
merce and diffuses the comforts of civilization
and it seeks no exclusive pnvelege
E7" The Washington corrcpondent of the
Charleston CbrtvirrsaysMr Scmner was not
beaten so badly as has been represented and
is not seriously hart. Ihe committee appoint-
ed to inquire into the circumstances were
elected by ballot and consist of the following
gentlemen namely Messrs Cas Allex of
Rhode Island Dodle of Wisconsin Pearce
or Marland and Geyer of Missouri The gen-
eral sentiment in regard to the speech of Mr
SCjIner says the Couriers correspondent is
that it was incendiary and flagitious in its
character and utterly unwarrantable We
look upon the personal insult offered by the
speech as part and parcel of the general war-
fare upon the South and should Mr Brooks
be expelled for resenting this insult the meas-
ure wilt doubtless be earned by those who en-
dorse Sumner s speech Insults offered on the
floor of Congress have often been resented by
blows and the measure of expulsion has not
been resorted to and such a measure if adop-
ted In this case will probably be asenbed to
the same sectional malignity which prompted
the insulting speech
Tub Circassians Russia relieved from
the war with the Allies and forbidden to as-
sail Turkey again turns her attention to Cir-
cas&ia which lies between her dominions and
those or England in the East Indies. There
is no prohibition in the Treaty or Pans to
prevent Russia from taking possession of that
country and should she do so she will be able
to menace England m another quarter in case
of future hostilities. Scuamyl the Circas-
sian Chief has applied to the Allies for assis-
tance but they arc not disposed to accommo
date mm Lord Claresdon in a speech on
tbe subject re'irred to the fact that Scuamtl
had ceased hostilities towards Russia dunng
the two years war between that country and
the Vllics Schamyl bad shown no inclina-
tion to aid the lilies and therefore Lord
Clarendon excused the omission of any
provision in the treaty securing Circassian in-
dependence Tue Panama Riot It appears that the
treaty between the United States and Gran-
ada provides that should tne articles of the
treaty be violated neither of the contracting
parties shall declare war or sanction acts of
reprisal against the other on complaints of
injuries or damages until the party who con-
siders himself a grieved shall have submitted
a statement of his injuries to tbe other pro-
perly authenticated demanding satisfaction
nor until such satisfaction shall have been
refused
Therefore in compliance with the terms of
this treaty the United States government has
despatched a Commissioner to investigate the
matter This is the cause of delay in requir-
ing reparation for the Injury which the pub-
lic thought should be promptly enforced
--
Selling Liquor to Xegboes ha become
one of the most serious evils in this city It
has been found quite impossible to enforce tbe
present ordinance against this offence from
the difficulty of procuring the testimony to
convict. We are glad to see that a memorial
to the City Council is now being signed by
our citizens praying for the passage of an
ordinance to the following effect. rtethinK
such an ordinance will prove effectual and
we hope U will become a law
Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Alder-
men of the city of Galveston ia Council as-
sembled That from the passage of thisordi
nance it snail not be lawiui ior any siao w
free person of color to enter any store or place
or premises belonging to the same in the lim-
its of this city where liquor Is sold without
the written order or permiion of his or her
owner or agent and all persons who keep
such places for the sale of hquorallowing said
slaves or free persons of color to enter their
houses or premises without said written per-
mision shall upon conviction forfeit and
pay a fine of not less than dollars
for each and every offence and any slave or
free person of color violating this ordinance
shall be subject to receive twenty lashes by
tbe 3Iarshall or any of his deputies wherever;
they find them committing said offence
Committee on the Capitol The com
mittee appointed to investigate matters fn
connection with the building and furnishing
of the CamtoL will be in lesmon Mondar next
It Is composed of Messrs Dattcy West and
Crosby They will endeavor trnare their
report in readiness for the Legislature at its
meeting in July Timet
Tlte Aaulton sunnier.
The Washin-rton correspondent of theBal
timore Republican gives the following account
of the assault made by Mr Brooks of fcuth
Carolina on Senator Sumner
The facts are these Mr Brooks determined
.t- i t.i .14 at a My Sumner for the
gross and unjustifiable assault made on the
Jeople of South Carolina and more especully
upon Senator Butler his uncle who a JJ
aed man. and who was absent from the city
when Sumner made his wanton attack upon
nearly an hour (Sumner was engagwj in tank
ins hSinfamoi speech) nntrtthe M'"
eft the gallery anS the floor mm haJ come
into the Chamber after the Senate haj at
j0rned . When they le ---
proacneu. iix- o. "" - ..y
Save read yonr speech mth great care and 1 a
mnch impartiality as I capabU of and 1
have come to tell yon that you
a libel against my State and nttercda dander
against i kinsman who is agc-1 ami absent
aid I feel it my duty to pnnishyoa Tor it.
Samner made no reply imM.
Mr 1! had a st.ckm his toJ&?ffi:
tliatelr struck Mr Sumner and repeated ha
bSru.nd succession fumner attempted
to doso in on him but Brooks dealt : 1 "
so rapidly that he could not-and he finaUy
fell eicliumng "Oh Lord' ' Oh f
diEcultv occnm to the Senate Lttamoer
abeSTtn. spfeTthe slander Tras utterea
Mr bamner received a very severe chaU-
ment and is now in the hands of his physi-
cian having two cuts on hu head about an
inch in length and penetrating to the skull
Mr Brook? was arrested this evening and
heidtobailinSoOO to appear to-morrow lor
eiamination. . .. . ..
It is understood nere iu. -. .-..-.-friends
will move a resolution to-morrow to
expel Mr Brooks from the House
ihe whole affair is a meteoric flight which
forbodes thecommgstorm. It is like a rocket
ascending from the earth before it bursts into
fire above
Oeeai Texas Land Case DiciDp -In the
V. S Circuit Court m ew Orleans last
week the case of John V Lapsley vs. EU
phas Spencer was decided by a jury There
were eleven cases all precisely alike in pnn-
aP"m which John Lapsley is pla.nt.ir
and vanous persons defendants. It is actum
for land founded upon a grant nude by the
Mexican Government on the 11th or June
1S30 to James de la Vega and covered some
forty or fty thousand acres which land is
now said to be worth some forty or Sfty
dollars per acre De la Vega on the lh of
May 1S32 gave a power of attorny to0"8
M munS to sell the land and the plaintiff
In this suit derives his title from this powcr of
attorney and the sale which jnthonad
Williams to make The fI"tJ-"
other defendants being in precisely "
situation-contended that the grant or tie
Mexican Government to James de la ega
had certain conditions attached to it a non-
r.."". . "1...1. . M mtt would render
ESSSTS the iand Tn quest on null and void
and that he did fail to complv with said le on-
ditions that the land therefore ""rtLJ"
the Mexican Government and by the Texas
revolution it became the property of the Texas
Government and that they hold it by preemp-
t .. ht Another ground of defense was
h?ttnhfpowefoffi
by De la Vega was signed Jepa Vega and not
Jimes De to Vega The case "'ys'"
day was the leading and test case toothers
being in the same category It wasaoiy
arcued for the plaintiff by Judge lloghes of
Texas T and for the defendant by Mr Singleton
ofthS St Mr Walter of Texas and another
gentlelnan from Texas whoo name we did
lot le?rS The Court having charged the
Juy upon the laws applicable to the ca
the jurors retired and in a few nutes re-
turned a verdict for the Pla'nt'ff1rornle!?I'J
described iu his petition and one lbr
damages. The case luu been taP'tS
united states iircui. -.- ---..-D...-.
.rT. because Judge Matrons a
personally interested m its usue "JJJ
tried here some weeks sinccand the jury raiieu
o agree The land if .t U worth what it is
said to be. may be put down at about two
Anions of SoUars PThi includes of course
the whole of the Iand claimed in all the caes.
iV. O Bulletin.
Puoil Jiew Mexico The Stall Ca:ttu
has the following news from :ew Mexico-
HHavajoes are being settled on lands in
Xew Mexico and taught agnculturol pursuits
w .- tht Survevor (leneral 1 elnam nas
sarely arrived InAew Mexico A"JJ"
party ha been sent out to se. tlonizc the dis-
trict or country lying on the Kaunas Conchas
and Canadal'ork! It is said to contain
some of the best Und in the territory
The District Court at Santa Fe Hon. J J
DaTenport presiding recently adjourned.
Hve murderesses were before it-prisoners
"Vhier Justice Davenport has commenced
farming at Pena Bianca
The Santa Fe Gaztttt is advocating the
n-hts or the Pneblo Indians to citizenship un-
der the treaty or Guadaloope Hidalgo The
acting Governor under the signature "Jjt
VtrdatT seems to take a different view or the
matter and asserts that every other Indian
in the territory would have the same pnvi-
6 Cart. Seamon is charge with neglect in car
ryin" out the construction and reraira or roads
in the territory and or unpardonable waste or
the money appropriated for the purpose by
CTh? Santa Fe Gazette pays a high eulogy
to President Tierce and is in favor or his rc-
nomination The fandangos appear to be an interesting
place or resort at Santa Fe Frequently tho
" Cook" is seen dancing in the same cotillion
with his master
The "mails' are in a shocking condition.
On the Independence route one hair the mail
was thrown out at Council Grove in March
last and has never yet been brought on to its
destination. Another part of the mail is said
to have been burnt on the Cimmaron to Ies-
sen the weight or the load. A public meeting
about these aouies n . "c
Fe
A meetinz had been held at EI Paso recom
mending the route via San Antonio u the
best and quickest to Xew Jlexico
The Republican Candidate According
to the Jfeir York Cburw the gentlemen
.niuo marif and nvAilabnr art cenerally dis-
cussed in connection with the Republican
nomination for the Presidency are ex-Governor
(now Senator) Seward. Justice John
McLean of the United States Supreme Court
ex Senator (now Governor) Chase of Ohio
and CoL Jonn J- r reniuu. m .-
Speaker Banks Senator Trumbull of Illinois
olmmodore Matthew C Perry United States
Vavy Hon. Moses n Grinnell and Senator
Samner of Massachusetts hare also been
mentioned. Messrs. Banks and Grinnell are
frequently spoken of in connection with the
Vice Presidency
Senator Sumneb or Massachusetts.
The Washington .correspondent of the Mobile
Ikgtster in ailoding to Mr Sumnke s recent
speech gives the following brief sketch of that
Senator
Long as this sDeech wa it was carefully
written out and committed to memory before
t. - .lai.cafAti Thi i the case with all
Sumner's set speeches. Sumner is a man of
high mental culture ne possesses aU the
qualities of a finished orator In person be
is tall and well proportioned- He has a full
strong bass roice. llis features are large and
stnking As a mere scholastic or academical
declatmer he is superior to any other man In
the Senate. He is not however an effective
orator; his style though classical and pousnetl
b too stiff and studied His manner Is too
artistic and affected. His vanity and pedantry
are really sickening to all persons of correct
taste Sumner does not possess a single
quality that belongs to the Statesman lie
would hare succeeded as a Utaratcnrf as ne
has all the highfalutm sentimentality peculiar
lotnai proiession. iui. no - v - """
ment in politics. He is a one idea abolition-
ist. He has perhaps more real natieal
hatred towards the South than any other man
in Congress
--
A Picture or an Abolition Citt The
systematic falsehoods prepared in Kansas
and circulated in the free States through such
mediums as the New Tork Tribune are satis-
factonly accounted for in the subjoined state
ment which we find in a late number of the
Hartford (Connecticut) Times
Mr Pease of this city who recently went
out to Kansas with Lines s company has re-
turned. He says that Lawrence City presents
an unfavorable appearance There Is no
thnrt no prosperity apparent but whisky-
poor whisky too is poured down on every
hand. It is dealt out In almost every boildinir
Drinking is the principal business and ili
barked uu by Idlers the people jeneraliy wai
ting for atd from the East. Sharpe s rifleswere
offered to him. he says for ten dollars reach.
The price In Hartford where they are madcr
Is 325 and S23. Exaggerated stones- are
started In Lawrence City and sent-ofTto-keep
np the excitement at the East and bring
In more aid to support the Idlers In doing
nothing except to drink whisky circulate false
reports and talk politics. Such is the state
of things In Lawrence1 the result of unusual
efforts to manufacture slavery agitation-with
reference to the coming presidential election."
Activity' at the Naty Yakds The Xor"
folk ews of a recent date has the followfng-
Tbe Navy Yard In Gosport presents at this
time a life of activity and industry not often
seen In our public establishments. AU our
sloops-of-war which have been laid opTiaTe:
been rebuilt xefitted and equipped for instant
service. The steamerRoanoke is rapidly ap-
proaching completion and the Colorado wilt
be ready for launching in a short time Thd
Powhatan. 4s lecenring hex new boilers and
will take-her armament soon.
The doubtful relations which exist at ther
moment with our British consinsv requlrer ou
The same zeal is displayed in all our yards
and arsenals. andahanld John'-Bnll irisVta
me pan oiom uoTernment tnese preparations-
taste American powder he will find it stronjr
and mora eUectiTe than he Mticjpated.
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