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THE QUESTIONAT WASHINGTON.
Wc clip the following extracts from the
Washington correspondence of the Pennsylyumon:
The course of the Government in this
most critical juncture, is worse than trifling
and demagogucish. It is comical in
the highest degree. Never have wc had,
in mo .crn times, a more forcible exhibition
of the policy of Nero?fiddling wlrilc
Homo was burning?than on this occa
sion, when, in the hope that non committalism
may lend to n continuance of power
in their hands, the Cabinet of the second
Washington see fit to play out their
game of hide and seek as though not
aware that under their feet there is a mine
ready to explode, destroying their charge
in its explosion, which they, of all others,
can best and soonest render harmless.
I feel assured, from what. I learn, that
JUr. Clay looks upon the present crisis
as just such another as the South Carolina
nullification affair. Poor old man!
his 03'cs arc growing dim, or ho has so
long and so ardently courted the North,
(without avail) that he is unable to see
clearly in nny issue between the two
great sections of the confederacy. Forgetting
that the legislatures of five slaveholding
States, (not of one as in the case
of the nullification matter) have deliberately
taken measures indicative of determination
to stand by the proposed Nash
vine uonvontion, and its recommendations,
and then it is morally sure that
with the probable exception of Delaware,
and the barely possible exception of Kentucky,
the legislatures of nil the rest of
the Southern States will do likewise, he
talks gravely to his friends, I understand,
about the necessity that may arise for the
blockade of the ports of the South, one
and all, by the United States Navy; the
ships of which, be it remembered, arc
moro than half officered by Southern
m<vn wliiln iliAoo "\T *
?1v?1, II liiiu vuv/ov> 11 v/iH UiU JlIUI til III IH^M
places of tl:c naval service, have, with
few exceptions, become in notions, habits,
principles and sympathies, /Southern
rather than Northern men.
One hundred and sixteen thousand copies
of the speech of Mr. Clingman have
already been subscribed for by Southern
members, for the most part, for distribution
among their respective constituents.
I mention tho fact, only because, it embraces
an illustration of the earnestness
with which they have adopted their present
purpose of leaving no stone unturned
to bring the peoplo of the'South one and
nil to sustain their position. As orders
are still going into the Globo oflice freely
for it, the probability is, that anothei
fortnight a second edition equally as large
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vr 111 uu Bvaipi^reu wer nio country.
I hear that it is the purpose of the
South to move for a select committee on
tho Union. I know not what this means,
unless it be to roport on the power and
duties of the general government, in case
the Southern States takes 'measures for n
Sjaceable secession from the Union. Mr,
lay's reported conversations alwut. the
probability that tho second Washington
may have to order tho vlmcrican Navy tc
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w.vv nwvtv VI'W J/Vtuj \Jk i/HV> k7UUHI UUU lilt
"second's" allusions in the message to the
necessity for maintaining the Union at all
hazards, have created, among the Southern
members, the impression that these
two distinguished individuals deny iuf
right of a combination of the States ol
the Union the secede at will, and t'nroatch
to compel them by force of arms to
remain under the shadow of the Constitution
of the U. S., after they may judge
that its suhstnncfl w
T I7UWII
have been If this co.nmitteo bo raised,
it will doubtless take occasion to inquire
of the Executive whhc be means by his
allusion to which I refer.
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Memphis Branch Rail The
Home Bulletin says, 'the profits of this
road fortho year ending Jan. 1st, we nrc
pleat yd to learn, aro 11 3-4 porcont
A dividend of 8 per cent hns been declared
in favor of Stockholders.'
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Washington, Fob. 10, 1850.
In the Senate, on Friday, Ocn. Sam
Houston occupied about two hours and a
half in explanation of his resolutions, nnd
in exposition of his opinions upon the territorial
questions.
The House, on Friday, was engnged in
r7nmmitii?n rtf -
VI 1,11V ?? IlUlUj iH I t JL uuur, OI
Oliio, in the chair, upon the bill for the
collection of the revenue. A long discussion
was hnd upon this measuro, in
which Mr. Thompson, of Mississippi,
Vinton, of Ohio, Chandler, of Pennsylvania,
Winthrop, Holmes, and Bayly par- '
ticipated. |
The public are expecting with a good i
deal of anxiety to hear the reply of Mr. j
Berrien to that portion of Mr. Clay's .
nucwu in i uiaiiuii 10 vno toleration ot .
slavery in New .3/exico, by laws in forte
at the time of the treaty.
Gen. Husk is expected to speak in do- j
fence of the boundary of Texas as claim- j
cd by that State. A very large number i
of Mr. Clay's speeches have been subscribed
for by members of Congress. It j
will require nearly two hundred reams of
royal octavo paper to print the quantity
already ordered, and take the force of the
I Olohft in fliia nif.ir
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execute the printing.
A meeting was called a few evenings
since, for the purpose of petitioning Congress
for a territorial Government for the
District of Columbia, but it was agreed
that it was inexpedient to make an effort
for that purpose at this time.
On Friday evening I loam that the
non. JjC\vi8 Jjcvm, member of Uongress
from Pennsylvania, Col. Fitz Henry
JPnrrcn, 2nd Assistant Postmaster General,
had a personal combat at the National
Hotel in this city. The parties
were soon separated by the interposition
o&.fi iends?little or no personal injury
being sustained by either.
Hon. My. Ilackett, a member from
Gcoigin, who has been very ill, will soon
be able to resume his scat in the House.
My. Calhoun has not been in the Senate
since his illness, but if tho weather is
1 - -11- '
nmy uii HDIC lO UllCWl part Ot
the sessions next week.
FOREIGN ITEMS BY TIIE EUROPA.
Franco.?Business progresses slowly in
tlw Legislative Assembly. The budget
is still in committee. The Chamber had
been for some time occupied with M.
Falloux' Education Bill. The latest Parisian
advices represent Victor Hugo as
having made a speech against it, which
was applauded with frenzy by the Moun|
tain. The debate adjourned amid great
Tlin wnr nmiimit il>? ????"
i n ? ? ujjiuuoU tllV |JI C33
' continues.
7%<? lief on nc has boon suspended, and
La Presse seized.
The wenthor throughout France-, especially
in the South, lias been more rigorous
than for many years.
Turkish AJfairs.?The Russians have
resumed diplomatic relations with the
:* * '
: x ui tv, ib lij ^i.j)uutuu tuut me jrusinans
will not be slow to follow.
Austria.?'vlustrin is occupied with the
numberless constitutions for her provinces
. The provincial dicta arc to be. convoked
in October, and that of the Empire will
i assemble in 1851.
Rome.?It is said the want of money
( prevents the Pope from returning to his
, capital and that Frnnce has offered funds
uVl. ui:.? rm? a?i.u-i? *?
iu ma Muiiucas. jt iiis /vruiiuisiiup .uuur?
gcs is said to be the bearer of this offer,
made in the name of the French Episcoi
pftcy[
Prussia.?The threatened dissolution
of tho Cabinet appears to have been avoided
by some compromise. The King is
| now disposed to talce tho oath of the constitution.
Tlio Erfurt Parliament is declared to
| be an imperious political necessity for
Pnissin.
1 At Berlin negociations for the treaty
, of peace with Denmark have been renew;
cd.
j Germany.?In Wurtemburg, there appears
to be a change of opinion favorable
! to Russian influence.
The Hanoverian Ohnmbe refuses to ret
cognise the central commission of ylustriaand
Prussia. A constitution is xe(
comrwonded for Gorman y.
Sardinia.?7*110 Sardinia Chambnr nf
, Deputies haa approved the treaty of pence
| concluded nt Milan between the Piedmontese
and tho ^nstrians. It is expec|
ted tlio Senate will also approve it.
i
More British Annexation.?T\ 10 CourI
ior du Havre states tlmt a negotiation is
i pending between Groat Britain and T\xx\
key, for tho cession to the former of the
i island of Tenedos, and tho Cabinet of St.
, James is likewise taking measures to get
. possession of sundry of the Islands of the
Orccian Archipelngo.
rrom aic i\. U. Crescent, 7th inst.
CALIFORNIA NEWS.
Wo arc greatly indebted to an esteemed
friend, who came paassonger by the
Falcon, for the interesting details below.
The steamship Oregon left San Francis
co, Jan. 1., at 9 A. M. having on board
one hundred cabin and about two bundled
steerage passengers, with si fmurht.
v, . ; m""
list of gold dust amounting to over$l,200,000.
The cntiro amount of gold
dust and freight list is estimated at about
$3,000,000. Business at &an Francisco
is rather dull on account of the rains, and
merchants preferred investing in land and \
real estate. Gold dust, the day previous
to the Oregon's leaving was in demand at
$10 to the ounce for shipment, and must
continue to command that price until after
the rainy season.
I refer you to the papers for the local
news, among which will he seen an account
of the destruction by fire of a large
amount of property. At the time of my
leaving, some 8 or 4 of the ruins were
nearly rebuilt, and wero under contract
| to be ready to move in bv the Oth. Of
these I may mehtion the Dennison House
nnd El Dorado.
We passed the propeller Hartford below
Santa Barbara, making her up finely
to San Vrancisco. This boat has had a
hard time of it, having got out of coal,
I and has been lying at Acapulco for some
j two months.
I j iiv ocin v raiicisco :s ueing enlivened
by steamboats. Tlve propeller
McKim, formerly'of New Orleans, has
been profitably employed as a regulnr
packet between San Francisco and Sacramento
city. The Senator is also in the
samo trade. A new boat of A spin wall's
i line called El Doradu, is nearly completed
for the Knmfi t.nwln
The bay of San Francisco contains
some three hundred sail of vessels, of
which some two hundred are idle, nnd
without crews. Previous to the Oregons
leaving labor was much reduced in value,
and especially seamen's wages. Seamen
were shipping for voyages to the Sandwich
Islands at nominal wages?not over
I $30 per month; to Panama 20 to 30; to
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wrcgon / o; on inc nvcrs from Ban Francisco
bay 00. This is a groat reduction,
as only some two months sincc no seaman
would accept less than 120; and then laborers
readily commanded from 0 to 8
per day. This change is owing to the
accession of laborers constantly arriving,
and the continued rains which prevent
' outdoor labor to a great extent.
I Tim T.-?wn f!n,,?n;i ~C "C *
-x- ... wuiivu \ji kmit I'lanuibuu
i have had three large sales of town lots,
which have realized one million of dollars;
and were to havo another sale on
the 31 st of January. 2Tiey havo opened
a City //ospital, and are making great
improvements on the streets. Rents con
tiiiue high, and buildings of every kind,
style and condition, are being erected.
I doubt whether there is one hour in the
twenty-four that tho sound of the hami
mcr or saw is not heard in the town of
! 17" i f ? -
Kjau i-1 -^jcruuuiy not ior liio
fivo months of my residence.
It will he seen by the papers that California
is democratic in her late vote.
There was no attempt to ndopt free-soilism
or IPilmot-provisoism in the contest.
The constitution of California hns widely
settled thise disturbing sentiments so far
ns regards tl State of California. What
position in i ospect to these parties tho
California delegation will take, I am Unable
to say; but it is hoped that mny keep
nloof from all sectional and embittering
conflicts, and support tho 'Constitution
and the Union.'
Webb's Expedition.?Several individuals
who wcro attached to tho ill-fated
expedition led by Webb and Audubon
have arrived in San Francisco, having
reached that place in December last. Our
informant does not recollect any of the
names except that of IIqnry C. Mallory.
They suffered very severely on the route,
fiml nooon/l 1.?J-1-!
....v. jrnnjvu l/iuuilgu III t.ly lllllUailipH.
THE TWO PRESIDENTS,
A letter from a member of Congress
has t o following paragraph,
"I have seen tho President who has
no friends to reward and no enemies to
punish. Ho looks as well as when I lust
saw him, if not better, T\\e> cares of
office do not wear upon him as they did
upon-iWr, Polk, who woro out a good
constitution in four years. If Oen. Taylor
ll'lislfl t/VA mimli tr? Ilia niiViir\nt \f?
Polk trusts too littlo to his. Gen. Tnylor
knows but littlo of what is going on
under his administration. Mr. Polk
knew everything. A clergyman tolls mo
that ho once called upon Genural Taylor
for a donation, and ho assigned as n
reason for refusing that Mr. Jofferson
bankrupted himself by his liberality. So
lu is not going to bankrupt himself like
Mr. Jefferson, nor kill himself by work
like Mr. Polk. It is generally under-1
stood and acknowledged by the knowing I
ones here, that the cabinet is supreme as i
to all executive matters, and the oflicial i
organ has had the cando. iO acknowledge i
that the responsibility of legislation is all
upon Congress. This gives Gen. Taylor i
an ec?v time, both n# inKw ??wi ?
, .W ?w ?v%uw uuu & W |
ponsibility." i
A Controversy to be settled.?It is well j
known that an empty bottle hermetically |
sealed, when lowered to a great depth at
sea, will come up full of water. The why
and the wherefore of this rosult has long
Upon n mnttni' e\t
?? vvi wiii<iutui?y among scientific
men. A gentleman who entertains
an opinion that a bottle can be made that
cannot be filled with water, has taken
Borne pains to establish his position, by
having two bottles of the form of globes
made, of the thickness of three-quartes of
an inch, which aro without hole in any
part. The bottles are to be intrusted to
the care of Cupt. E. E. Morgan, who sails
Ofl. ~r P-L. ?? l - ?
v.i. vnu uiu ui i- uuiumy, in me pacKd
ship '"Southampton" for London?one is
plain and the other ground with the name
on it of "Southampton."
yhe subject is ono that has occupied
I t.hp. SHflC.Hlflt.irtn nf mnrni ll.nt *-:~l
V k?V/ C<*<*1 l\ , blial* l/l 113 l/lltli
has occasioned a good deal of remark.
! The bottles are .nado with the belief that
j former experiments of tho kind will be
| controverted by this trial. The result
will be highly important and interesting.
N. Y. Exnreaa.
^ Rome in the 19th Century.?Poets,
artists, and romantic young men in general,
who have never visited llome, are
apt to form ideas of that classical city
which partake more of romance than
truth. They fancy that, the &even //ills
are always bathed in sunlight by day and
moonlight by night, and fanned by 'soft
Italian airs,' while a holy quiet droops
over nil, giving one a fine opportunity to
muse on the past, of which all things
seem to speak. Fallen columns, ivycovered
domes, and crumbling palacewalls
usually serve to adorn tbo visions
j that fill the brains of youthful dreamers:
I Thin is orte ploture. H&re is another
drawn from the correspondence of a late
j French traveller:
"Rome is certainly tbo worst paved,
w.o nuiob ii^iiivu, ana me mtiiiest capital
in all Europe. The sidewalk of the
C'orso is so narrow in some places a single
individual cannot keep it; mother
streets this protection of foot passengers
against carnnges is altogether unknown.
A few miserable street lanterns burning
oil, serve only to render the 'darkness
visible/ and even these are all extinguished
at midnight. At this season, after
six o'clock tliere is not a fiacre to be had
and those who have a visit to make arc
I compelled to hire a carriage'The
palaces are splendid, but as theii
owners have not yet returned to them,
they are occupied by the French soldiery
: and i&ok more liLe guard-houses thar
princely residences."
The oldest Republic on Earth.?Th(
American Quarterly Review contains i
letter from C. W. Erving, Esq., giving r
sketch of his visit to San Marino, a sma!
republic in Italy, between the Appcn
incs, tne ?'o, and tho vldriatio. Tho territory
in tliis State is only forty miles ir
circumference, and iU population aboM
7,000. The Republic was founded more
than 1,400 years ago, on moral principles,
industry and equality, and has pre*
served its liberty and independence
amids all the wars and discojus which
have raged arouni it. Bonaparte respec
ted it. and Sfinf. nn pmlinssv lr? ovumoo
J ...o
sentiments of friendship nnd fraternity.
It is governed by a Captain Regent, chosen
every six months by the representatives
of the people. The taxes arc light,
tho firm-houses arc nuit, the fields well
cultivated, and on all sides arc seen comfort
and neace. the hnnnv n(Tnnta mnr
nlity, 8impiicity>Uborty, and justice.
Cotton Manufactures.?successful
experiment of the State in tho manufacture
of cotton fabrics at the Penitentiary,
places beyond doubt the prucwc?bility of
realising large profits from the business.
we nave before us the report of the officers
of the Penitentiary. The amount
stated to 1ms gained in the cotton and
woolen factory, is put down at $5,430.
This we understand to be the nctt receipts,
nfter maViug allowance for all expenses,
other than the labor of the convicts.
nrwl intoroot i?nr?n !?? 1
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ted. Now there aro twenty-two hands,
employed at tlio cost of $2,228 per annum,
and tho wholo capital invested, including
building and machinery, mav be
put down at $15,000; which at six per
cent would draw $000 per annum, making
a total of $3,188, If w deduct
this amount from the gain of $5,439, we
have a balance of profit left of $2,251,
which wo will find to be equal to fifteen
per cont upon tho whole capital invested.
Jackson Afississippiun.
T5k always busy.?The more a man
accomplishes, the more he may. vln nc
uvo looj never growa rnsty. Yon always
find those men who aic the most forward
to do good, or to improve the times or
the manners always busy. Who start
our railroads and steamboats?our ma1
chine shops and our manufactories? Men
! of industry and enterprise. As long as
they live, they keep at work doing something
to benefit themselves and others.
It is just so with the man who is benevolent.
The more lir>. mvr>? tlio mnm
D" vw v',x/ iiu
feels like giving. Let a man squeeze out
a sixpence now and then for the contribution
box and he will do no more; no matter
how rich he may be. But let him give
his dollars, and so he will continue to do.
JPe go for activity?in body, in mind,
: " t . .1
IO jmioi;, iut;>v:iy tiling. JiCt IDC gO)(I
not grow dim, nor the thoughts bccomo
stale. Keep nil things in motion. Wo
would rather tlmt death should find us
scaling a mountain than sinking in the
mire?breasting a whirlwind, than sneaking
from a cloud.
Toil conquerihg Pride.?Jolm villains,
the second President of Ihc United Stntes
used to relate the following anecdote:
When I was a boy, I used to study
the Latin Grammar; but it was dull, and
I hated it. My father was anxious to
send me to college, and, therefore, I stud
ied the grammar till I could stand it no
longer; and going to my father, I ?old
him T did nnt. libr? ohulr ?n/l <v.?.
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some other employment. It was opposing
his wishes, and he was quick in hi3
answer. 'Well, John, if Latin grammar
docs not suit 3Tou, try ditching, perhaps
that will; my meadow yonder wonts a
ditch, and yoi may put by Latin nnd try
that.' This seemed a delightful change,
and to .the meadow I weut, but soon
found ditching harder than Latin, and
the first forenoon was the longest I ever
experienced.
'That day I ate tlte bread of labor, and
glad was I when night camc on. That
night I made some comparison between
Latin grammar and ditching, but tjid
not a word about it; dug next forenoon,
und wanted to return to Litin at dinner;
built was humiliating and I could not
i do it. At night, toil conquered pride;
and though it was ono of the severest
trials I ever had in my life, I told my
i father that if he cliose I would cro back
to Latin grammar. lie was glad of it,
and if I have since gained any distinction,
. it has been owing to the two days' labor
> in that abominable ditch.'
r From Tampa liay.?iVcws his been
, received from Tampa Bay to the 23d
, inst. Cant. Casey had not returned from
1 C'eo-ko liik-la. fiilly Bowlegs had met
Capt. Casey, according to appointment,
on the 10th, but tho result of the inter?
view was not positively known; but it
( was still supposed at Tampa that the obt
ject of the Indians was to induco General
i Twiggs to establish another trading post
. for them. Rumor says that Bowlegs
. told Capt. Casey that he would go to tho
, West himself, it well paid for it, but that
ne wouiu 1101 use ms lnnuence u> induce
his people to go. Sum Jones did not
comc in.
The Kentucky U. S. Senator.?A
Mi\ Arnold, In tho Kentucky House of
Representatives, on the 25th ult., offered
! ft resolution . ailing on their Senators in
Congress to {resign, as their views, ho
says, on the Wilmot Proviso me known
to bo variance with those of a large ma*
jority of the people of Kentucky, who op
pose that measure.-"-Char. Courier.
The contracts for grading the ^xten?
sion of tlio Railroad to this place were all
given out on Inst Friday, the most of thcni
at tho Engineer's rstimnte.
The grading $a to be completed by iho
first of Apr*', 1851.?Cfreenvillc Atouneer.
?Di.?. nr>r?r?l/? nwi lvi/>AWttnrt IftA fnh/l <rJt
the cxcitcmcnt afforded by limiting lip
crime, nnd thon raising the hire mid cry
after it, until it ends in death or legal
freedom. They should satisricd to wail a
time with patience, and tlicn> instead of
exulting that a murderer, or other prisoner
has be 01 condemmxH Should mourn
that one, "./Wade in the. tftwge of his maker,"
could so far ovcYstop the hounds of
right."? Correspon. JxiurcntvUle K*rulil\
Mr. James G. Pearson hna boon elected
Glork of tho House of Ropreserit ttiyes of
California, with a Salary Q,f*3<} per tfav,