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. CLOSING PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1)EMOURfrTIC NATIONAL CON VENTION. We deem it due to our readers (6 give-s from the Baltimore Sun of Saturday--the final proceedings of the recent Democratic Convention more fully than we have done previously, as a matter not only of record, but as expressing the opinions of one of the great political parties, regularly organ ized to enter the list for the coming Presi dential contest. Mr. Cooi, of Georgia, from the com mittee on resolutions, stated that the com mittee were ready to report, and the reso lutions reported were read by Mr. Hallett, of Boston, as follows: Resolved, That the American democ racy place their trust in the intelligence, the patriotism, and the discritniuating jus tice of the American people. Resolved, That we regard this as a dis tinctive feature of our political creed, which we are proud to mnintain before the world as the great moral element in a form of government, springing from and upheld by the popular will; and we contrast it with the creed and practice of federalitm, un der whatever name or form, which seeks to palsy the will of the constitutent. and which conceives no imposture too mon strous for the popular credulity. Resolved. therefore, That, entertaining these views, the democratic party of this Union, through delegates assembled in a general convention of the States, coming together in a spirit of concord, of devotion to the doctrins and faith of a free represen tative government, and appealing to their fellow citizens for the rectitude of their in tentions, renew and re-assert, before the American people, the declarations of prin ciples avowed by them when, on occasion, in general convention. they presented their candidates fer the popular sulfrages: I. That the federal government is one of limited powers, derived solely from the constitution, and the grants of power shown therein ought to be strictly construed by all the departments; and that it is inexpedi ent and dangerous to exercise doubtful constitutional powers. 2. That the constitution does not confer upon the general government the power to commence and carry on a general system of internal improvements. 3. That the constitution does not confer authority upon the federal government, di rectly or indirectly, to assume the debts of the several States, contracted for local in ternal improvements, or other State pur poses, nor would such assumption be just and expedient. ,4., That justice and sound policy forbid .the .fderal government to foster one branch of industry to :he detriment of a nother, or to cherish the interest of one por tion to the injury of another portion of our common- country; that every section of the country, has a right to demand and insist upon an equality of rights and to complete and ample protection of per sons and property from domestic violence or foreign aggression. hat ,t is ,the duty of every branch t ogOVersment to enforce and practice ______ t'that g riggleconomy.nconducting our -to be raised than is required to defray the necessary expenses of the government, and for the gradual but certain extinction of the debt created by the prosecution of a just necessary way, after peaceful relations - shall have,been restored. 6 Thitt Congreiss hias no power to char ter. a natioinal Ibank; that wre believe such an institution one of deadly hostility to thte best :interest. oft the country, dangerous to atir-republican institutions and the liberties of thetpeople, and calculated to place the business of the-cuuntry within thme control of a concentrated money power and above the laws and the will of the people; and that the results of democratic legislation, in this and all ether financial measutres, upon swhich issues have been made be.. tweon the two political parnies of the country, have demonstrated to candid and practical men of all parties, their sound ness, safety and utility in all business pur suits. 7. That Congress has no power under the constitution to interfere with or con trol the domestic institutions of the sever al States, and that such States are the sole and proper judges of every thing apper taining to their own affairs, not prohibited by the constitution; that all efforts of the abolitionists or others made to induce Con: gress to inter fere with questions of slavery, or to take incipient steps in relantion thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences; aud tbat all such efforts have an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people, and endanger the stability and permanaucy of the Union, and ought not to be counte nanced by any friend of our political insti tutions. 8. That the separation of the moneys of the government from banking institu tions is indispensable for the salety of the funds of the government and the rights of the people. 9. That the liberal principles embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of lode pendence, and sanctioned in the constitu tion, which makes ours the land of li'erty. and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation, have ever been cardinal principles in the democratic faith ; and every attempt to abridge the present privilege of becoming citizens and the owners of soil among us, ought to be resisted wiih the same spirit which swept the alien and sedition laws from our statute hooks. Resolved, That the proceeds of the pub lic lands ought to be sacredly applied to the national objects specified in the constitu tion; arid titat we are opposed to any law for the distribution of such proceeds autong the States as alike inexpedietnt in policy, and repugnant to the constitution. Resolved, That w'e are decidedly oppos ed to taking from the President the quali fled veio power, by which he ies enabled, under restrictions and responsibilites, am ply sufficient to guard the public interest, to suspend the. passage of a bill whose merits eaunot secure the approval of two thirds of the Senate and House of Repre sentatives. until the judgment of the people can be obtained thereon, and which has save'd the Amserica people from the cur rent and - tyrannical denomination of the Boo~k of the United States, and from a cotrupting system of Seneral~internal im, nrnvemts.lP Reoleed, That the war with Mexico provoked on her part, by years of insult and injury, was commenced by her array crossing the Rio Grande, attacking the American troops, and invading our sister State of Texas,-and that upon all the principles of patriotism and the laws of na tions, it is a just and necessary war on our part, in which every American citizen should have shown himself on the side of his country, and neither morally nor phy sically, by word or deed, have given "aid and comfort to the enemy." Resolved, That we would be rejoiced at the assurance of a peace with Mexico founded on the just principles of indemnity for the past and security for the future; but that while the ratification of the liberal treaty offered to Mexico remains in doubt it is the duty of ibe country to sustain the administration in every measure necessary to provide for the vigorous prosecution of the war. should that treaty be rejected. Resolved, That the officers and soldiers who have carried the arms of their coun try into Mexico, have crowned it with im, perishable glory. Their unconquerable courage. their laring enterprise, their un faltering perseverance and fortitude when assailed on all sides by innumerable foes, and tha: more fariaidable enemy -the dis eases of the climate-exalt their devoted patriotism into the highest heroism, and give them a right to the profound gratitude of their country and the adudration of the world. Resolved, That the Democratic Nation al Convention of the thirty States compus ing the American Republic, tender their fraternal congratulations to the National Convention of the Republic of France. now assembled as the free suffrage representa tives of the sovereignty of thirty-five mil lions of Republicans, to establish govern ment on those eternal principles of equal rights. for- which their LAFAYETTE and our WAsHINGToN fought side by side, in the struggle of our own National Iudepen dence; and we would especially convoy to them and to the whole people of France, our earnest wishes for the consolidation of their Liberties, through the wisdom that shall guide their councils, on the basis of a Democratic Constitution not derived from the grants or concessions of kings or dynas, ties, but originating from the only true source of political power recognized in tlb States of this Union; the inherent and ina lienable right of the people, in their sove reign capacity, to make and to amend their forms of government in such manner as the welfare of the community may require. Resolved, that in the rec'-nt developo. ment of this grand political truth, of the sovereignty of the people and their capa city and power for self government, which is prostrating thrones and erecting repub lics on the ruins of despotism in the old world, we feel that a high and sacred duty is devolved, with increased responsibility upon the democratic party of this country, as the party of the people to sustain and advance among us, constitutional liberty, equality and fraternity,; by . continuing to resist all monopolies and evclusive legisla tion for the benefit of the few at the ex pense of the. many, and by a vigilant.and constant adherence to those principles and roa enough and strong enough'to- em brace and uphold the.Union as it was, the Union as it is, and the Union as it shall be in the full expansion, ofthe. energies and capacity of this great and progressive peo ple. Resolved, That a copy of these Resoin tions be forwartded through the American Minister at Paris to the National Conven tion or the Republic of France. Resolved, That ihe frunts of the great political triumph of 1844, which elected James K. Polk and George M. Dallas, President and Vice President of the United States have fulfilled the hopes of the demo cracy of the Union; in defeating the de clared purposes of their opponents to cre ate a National Bank, in preventing the corrupt antit unconstitutinnal distribution of the latnd proceaeds, from the common trea sury of the Union, for local purposes, in protecting the currency and the labor of the country from ruinous fluctuations, and guarding the money of the people for the use of the people, hy the establishment of the Constitutional Treasury; in the noble impulse given tn the cause of Free Trade, by t he repeal ef the Trariff' of 1842, and the creation of the more equal, hontest and prod uct ive Tariff of 1846; and, that, in our opinion, it would bo a fatal error to wea ken the honds of political organization b~y which these great reforms have been a chieved-and risk them in the hands of their known adversaries, with whatever delusive appeals they may solicit our sur ren'ler of that vigilance, which is the only safeguard of liberty. Resolved, That the confidence of the De mocracy of the Union, in the principles, capacity, firmness and integrity of Jatnes K. Polk, manifested by his nomination and election in 1844, has been signally justified by the st-ictness of his adhesion to sound democratic doctrines, by the pu rity of purpose, the etiergy arnd ability which have characterised his adiministra tion in all our allairs at home and abroad; that we tender to him our cordial congra tulations upon the brilliant success which has hitherto crowned his. patriotic efforts, and assure him, in advance, that at the expiration of his Presidential term he will carry with him to his retitement the es teem, respect and admiration of a grateful country. Resoltkd, That the Convention here presect to the people of the United States, Ltewrs CAss, of M'ichigan, as the candi date of the Democratic party for the office of President. and WuILLuAM 0. Btressa, ot Kentucky, as the candidate of the De mocratic part y for the oflice of Vice Presi dent of the United States. Mr. Yancey, from the same committee, cordially approved the resolutions, with a single exception, and would be willing to go before the country on that platform, with a slight modification of one resolution, which is stated in the following minority report, which he presented and read: The undersigned, a minority of the com mittee upon resolutions, ask leave respect fully to submit a minority report to this Convent ion. Believing that the success of the democratic party will .depend soleiy upon the truth or untruth of the principles avowed by this Convention, and by the nominee thereof, the undersigned cannot give their aesent to the report of the tma jorhiyt. i nomnee of thi tidIs noderstood to entertain they 4iria that Congress has no rigbt-toiantetfe itb ihe question of slavery inithe Srgw, "Terri tories, but that the people idha a ter ritory have 'the exclusive rig,. elude it therefromn. ' The majority oor om: mittee have only adopted thium ,iiiple as far as applicable to'the State irdtbave thus refused, in the avowal of4k c"'Idinal principles: of the democracyto expiss any opinion upon what is really' hemost exciting and important political tpi n-ow before the country,- leaving 'ihepeople to find an exposition of the viewseofthe great democratic party of the Union, aid ofthe probable course of 'the represaitaatives in Congress, in their avowed opiniune of their nominee for the office of Presiadnt:: This course we conceive- toibe funda mentally wrong." It has ever:been the pride of the democracy thati 'idhas dealt frankly and honestly with the people. It has scorned to conceal its political opin ions. It has made it a point oi-pposition to the whig party, that it frequiently goe before the people with a mark upon its brow ; and has appealed to - th-naasses to rebuke that party for a course so offensive to truth and so unfair to them. Our coun try's institutions must find 'heir surest support in an intelligent public opinion. The public opinion cannot be intelligently formed as to our views upon tiioe-institu tions, if wo fefose to avow them, and dare not advocate them. It is useless to deny that thj question does not press home upon us . decision. Ten of the sovereign non-stive-eholling States have already expressed, decided opinions upon it. This h's bee 'mst by counteracting opinions in the South first distinctly avowed by the Sit t-Virgi nia, and since followed up by nedry 'every State in that section of the Unui * It is idle to call the questio- * tract one. If abstract in any sense s only. so to the section in which has~riginated the avowals of aggression upohbe rights of a large portion of the Uniointo-wit: the non-slavoholding States They own not a dollar of property to'het ected by the ascendency of the principle atuissue. They have not a single politica fight1o be curtailed by it. 'With the ,'opposition to the South on this point, i put lya ques Lion of moral 'and 'poiiical ethics. Far different is it with the South: 'hiy own the property which the success .of this prin ciple will prevent' them font careying with them to the territories. They have a com mon right in the territories, from which they are to be excluded, nlessthieythinase to go there without this proper T. They have heretofore been" considered as politi cal equals" in' the Union- With the same power of expansion aid of oitiisii which have heretofore distiugniahedhll'clases in the Union, and which has givestio usal l. the distinctive 'appellation,'off siparty of progress.", -They-owni mo'with their brethren ofrthe Nterito ries, -which are to behiel'db - Eaal Government, as .a frnee yo uses and 'comon purpos ifiJirefie you retse t the is sue madel upon the slavebolil a part of the non-alaveho digStat ermit nomtneesto stand, impje ly a thei opin' ions of this convention,.yonsprenounce, to substaace, against t4e politicaLgpquality-of. the people-against the coinmanitypf:Jn. terest in the, territoriesj' ~b~ s qbotting ded, exists in the peopka ~ tiae right of one half'of the pepeoi~eqinto extend. those institutions.wIs; slafathers of the constitution recognizeds udamen. tal in the framing of theg ar~~a of nion* and upon which rests the grqt. and lead ing principles upon which taxjton'-and po litical power is based. In order to obviate such c'-onstruction -in order to give assurance pthe public mind of our entire country,4h T the demo cracy of the Union will prese ve the com promises of the constiiutiorinot only in the States, but in the territoriqi-,that it re cognizes entire political equaIity to exist among the people, and theirtiight to peo plo, unmolested in their righusfoiproperty. the vast territories wvhich the Union holds but as a trust until suflciently'popuilated to be erected into Siates.-the 'undersigned have agreed to present to this body, for its adoption, the following' resolution, WV. L. YANCEY, of Aliliama. JOhIN C. M'GE HEE, 6o Florida. J. M. COMM ANDER, of-t. Carolin~a. Resolved, That the doctrini of non-in terference wit h t hu rights of-property of any portion of the peopleof this Confeder ation. be it in the States or initbe Territo ries, by any ot her than .the parties interest ed in them, is the true republican doctrine rec)gniized by this body. Mr, Yancey addressed the conventio at length, in support of .his amendment, and contended that though the resolution reported by the majority of.Lhe committee was true democratic doctrine in' 1844, circumstances connected *riIth the Mexi can war,. had so changed the. position of things to render a further'ad..clearer as sertion of the doctrine of non-interference, as embraced in his resolution now admit-, ted, necessary to the success of the nomi noes of this convention. "Ofilicoisidera tion would Alabama stultify herself in re gard to this matter,-or,in-other words, "eat. her own principles." ' -. Mr. Yancey, at the conclusion'of his -ve-. marks, moved 'the resoliition'or the minor ity of the committee as addition 'to the res olutions reportedi by the "iuniejority of the committee. Mr. Kaufman moved the previousques tion. - - sedf' Mr. Hill, of Tennessee, uqhired whethL er by the resolution of the etleman from Ala bamna, he~intended to denyj the right of territorial).egislatures to:rguiliata.slavery - withini their limits? Mr. Yancey answered ert-ainiyj. Mr. Moore, of Alabamas'eepressed the opinion that Lewis Ca's-iviinthesirongest man who could bEpes~i ~hs State, and t0hat'his prnile nli svlietere: approved by the people4&IWabhama. T~1he, resolution-reportecl,,by the majoritylof.the committee be..believed alirufficient- for the South The question was takenwrr;Yuncey's resoloiion, and itWris . ate ?ejected. Georgia 9, Floiida2 lab i~ rk' sas.3, Tennessee I, Kenio y1.-36. Masachusetts 12, Vermont 6, Rhode is land 4, Connecticut 6, New Jersey 7, New York.-, Pennsylvania 26, Delaware 3, Maryland 6, Virginia 17. North Carolina 11, Mississippi 6, Louisiaoa 6, Texas 4. 'Tennessee 12, Kentucky 11. Ohio 23, In diana 12, Illinois 9. Michigan 5, Iowa 4, 'Missouri 7, Wisconsin 6-216. When.the State of North Carolina was called, Mr. Strange said he was instructed by the North Carolina delegation to say that they believe the resolutions of the committee cover the entire ground of non interference with the rights of slavebold ers on the part of Congress, either in the 'States or Territories, and that therefore they vote eleven nays. The question then recurred on the adop tion'of the Report of the committee, with out amendment, and it was, by States, de cided in the affirmative-ayes 249, noes none, as follows: Ayes-Maine 9, New Hampshire, 6, Massachusetts 12, Vermont 6, Rhode Is land .4, Connecticut 6, New Jersey 7, Pennsylvania 27, Delaware 3. Maryland 8.:Virginia 17, N. Carolina 11, S. Caroli na:9, Georgia JO. Florida, no answer, Al. abama 7, Mississippi 6, Louisiana 6, Tex as 4, Arkantas 3, Tennessee 13, Kentucky 12, Ohio 23, Indiana 12, Illinois 9, Michi gan 5, Iowa 4, Missouri 7, Wisconsin 4 249. Mr. Commander, before the vote was declared, obtained leave to mate an ex planation as to why he had declined to cast the vote of South Carolina on this question, He had voted for a northern candidate, on an implied understanding that the South should be furnished with a platform by this Convention, upon which they could stand forever. That had not been done. But he had determined now to vote, but considered this explanation necessary. He then cast the vote of South Carolina in the affirmative, thus making the vote of the Convention unanimous thh Florida delegation, and two of the Al. abama delegation, however, declining to vote, and New York not having voted on any question. since the assembling of the Convention. A. resolution, recommending that each State shall hearafter send as delegates to the Democratic National Convention, no greater number than the votes to which each is entitled to in the electoral college, was taken up, adopted by States, 208 to 41. From the New York Herald, 27th inst. HIGHLY IMPUtTAN'T NEWS FROM EUROPE.-ONE WEEK LATER. ARRIVAL OF THE RIBERNIA The ne-is from France is very impor tant. An order bad been received at Bou logne, from Paris, to put the whole line of coast in a state of defence, and to mount guns on the detached forts, which are built a little way out at sea. The gates of the'upper town are also to be repaired and fortified. This looks like a preparation for war. There was an eleetion in France for a President and Vice President of the Roe public, and a proclamation has been issued. -<The triumph of the liberal party is com plete, and Louis Blac.and-Albert have :r w~i-d .,4, ave a tplace hetwee the Poles ad Rtins. One pf the most important points of this negs" ib fthe declaration of. ivar.by Pope Pius'. the Ninth, against Austrigaand that at the last accounts the sitation of the Austrian army in Italy was ve:Cy perilous. ~Afer this,,the electric telegraph reported the isiip isonment of the Pope for backing out' of the war. Serious skirmishes have taken place bo tween tte Hungai-ians arid the Jews. The Daones, it nppears, have complete ly blockaded the German ports. There is not hing tmportanit from Irelandi. Lord Palinerston has officially announ-. ced. under date Foreign ollice, May, 9th, the Danish blockade of dettin, Ha~lsnund, Nurtuch and Wisnmar, from the 2d; Pillan and Dantzic from the 3d, and the E'lbe from the 4th inst. Also, the blockade by Austria of the port of Venice, from the 23d nIt. There had been a decline in the mid dling and lower grades of cotton of one, eighth of a penny per lb. The corn market was inactive, and pri ces feebly supported. There had been a decline in flour. THE LATEST INTELLIGENCE. BY ELECTRtc TE~LEoRAPH. Fromt the London Times, May 13. A military insurrection took place at Madrid on thte 7th inst., at 4 o'clock in the morning, which was suppressed after a sanguinary conflict which lasted several hours. Thte niumber of the dead was not knowvn. but it was considerably greater than in the insurrection of the 26th M~arch.. Among the killed was the Captain Gen etal Fulgosio, brother in-la'W of" Maria Christina, Thirty- four of the prisoners taken--one half of them civilians, the other half mnilita ry men-were tried and sentenced to death by a court martial, and were about to be shot wvhen the post left. The Paris papers of yesterday announce the formation of the new '$linistry for France ; it consis's of Messrs. Bastide Re cart, -Cremienx, Carnot, abanas, Flocon, Daclere, Biethmsont, Frelate and Admiral Casey. it was apprehended that an armed de monstration in favor of the Poles would take place in Paris this day. Some of the journals announced ftat the 'Pope had been deposed, and the repub li proclai med at homte. but the newas seems prem. ture. IMPRasonMzar OF Tas Por.--A re pnrt prevailed in Paris, yesterday, that the Pope, repenting his late hostility to Aus. tria, had revoked his declaration of wvar; that in consequence, the people had risen en masse and deposed him from his tempo ral authority-placing him under restraint in the Castle of St. Angelo. The Journal des Debats confirms the above. 'It- appears thait Rome has regtue larly rebelled against him, and the proba bility is 'that his Holiness will be deposed as a temporal price. In fact, tho entire executive authority appears to be exercised by the new ministry, without any control on the part of the Pontia'. From the N. Y.Coterier or Entquirer. June 1. ONE DAY LATER FROM FRANCE. ..The. United States brings the following letter frnen our nwn conpneat receiv ed just before the steamer sailed from Liv pool. It contains, as will- be seen, impor tant intelligence : BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. FROM UUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. PARIS. Tuesday. May 6. The Government has arrested. a. very great number of persons for having been engaged in the insurrectionary movements of Monday last. Blanqui, who was one of the foremost among them, has escaped ; but Sobrier, Raspail, Cabbel, Louis Blanc, Albert (ouvrier.) Barbes, Hubert and Courtais were apprehended, and are now in custody. Courtais, who had command of the National Guard, was stripped of his epaulettes. A motion was made in the Assembly this morning for the immediate trial of Louis Blanc and Albert. It was carried. Three of the National Guard were kill ed during the night. A rescue of the prisoners at the Hotel de Ville was apprehended, and efficient preparation made to meet any such attempt As yet, however, none has been made, The Journal des Debate of this morning states that the members of Polytechanic School placed themselves, armed, at the disposal of the Government, upon the first alarm of the insurrection. The city has been tranquil .during the whole morning, but it has the appearance of being in a state of siege. Another de monstration is expected during the day, but the preparations of the Government are so complete, that no fears are enter tained. From the Charleston Courier, June 2d. A nutherdespatch, received last evening, from our Baltimore correspondent, dated yesterday morning, gives us some addi tional inlormnation. The French Provisional Government remained in the ascendant. The Revo lutionary attempt proved a failure. The National Guard refused to sustain the dis organizers. They were put down without the necessity of shedding one drop of blood, and quiet was effectually restored. In Ireland there was still much excite ment. William Mitchell had been arrest ed and imprisoned, charged with high trea son. Lord Ashburton expired on the 13rh inst. This despatch also mentions the distur bance in the National Assembly of France, add the battle between the Austrians and Italians, but gives no particulars. FURTHER BY THE NIAGARA. A telegraphic despatch received this moruing, dated at 8 o'clock P. M. last eve sning, from Baltimore, gives the additional particulars of the Liverpool market: - Fair Upland Cotton 4k--New Orleans 4k-middling 4k--Sea Islands. fair 10d. There is a decline of one-eighth on all qualities since the sailing of the U. States. FRANcF.-.Matters have taken another and an unexpected turn in France. The ultra democrats are determined to do all in their power to retrieve the ground lost at the election, and have chosen the ques tion of interference in- behalf of Poland, as the cloak to hide their designs. - A correspondent writing from- Paris, ou. .ie morono of the 5thjsa s:-:.his b eis tion on. the part pf1 theIPiris.:clubs,Jio a vor.of.the Poles, the city is in commotion. The. Government appears. to be. much more alarmed about the matter than would appear necessary, were it not under the pretext of supporting the cause-of Polish nationality, that the clubs are suspected of concealing views dangerous to the peace of France. An attemyit upon .the part of tho club to intimidate the National Assem bly would at any time cause. just alarm and cxcitemtent in the capit al :but on thne prsent occasion t.he excitement is greatly increased by the postponement of the fra ternity feast, which was to have taken place yesterday, The demonstration of to-day will he a formidable one. The fol lowing placard has been issued by Blanw qii's club: TO THlE DEMOCRATS. The centralizing committee informs all democrats that the manifestation in favor of Poland will not take place till Monday, the 15th currant, at 10 o'clock a. m. The citizens will meet at th'e Place de la Baa tille. Any other convocation but this must be considered as false. - The Central Committee, H- UBES. President, DANDUR~EAU, IDEBRAY, V. Pres. It is a circumstance mutch to he regret ted, but the truth of which cannot be de nied, that the influence of M. D. Lamar ine in the National Assembly is daily de creasina. It is not probable he will be chosena President of the Republic. T1he apprehension entertained of a de sign on the part of the populace to intimi date the Chambers were not without grounds, as may 1bo inferred froma the char acter of the tatest news received. On Minday morning the populace, composed of the clubs, the armeliers nation aux, the provincial delegates, and other violent democratic associations, began to assemble, and by half-past eleven upwards af fifty thousand persons marshalled under banners, anid marchedf'in procession to the Chamber, the numbers augmenting as they proceeded. On arriving at tho bridge, finding the passage interrupted, the prccession turned lowards the Chamaber, and arrived at the ate in the Place Llafayette. General Courtais, who, justly or unjustly, is sus pected of being a party to the affair, had previously ordered the bayonets to be ta ken from the muskets. Some of the pen. ple seeing this, were encouraged to esca lade the railings: others followed, and the ourt of the Chamber was soon filled. Gen. Courtais ,then advanced to them with conciliating language; but, in fine, the gates were soon forced open, and the populace entering the Chamber, rushed to the tribunes, and instatntly mingling with the members of the Convention, filled ev cry part of the hell. Much uproar ensued, and all authority ceased. The delegates of the club spoke from the tribune, and proposed motions, which were catried by acclatmatiotn. The chamber was declared dissolved, and a. new Government was appointed, consist ing of Blanqui. Itaspail, Hubert, Ledru Rollin, Barbe, Lewis Blanc, and others. The troops of the line, infantry, cavalry and artitllery, were called out, anid the Na, tional Guard and Guaril Mobile were plac d nnder arms. After much uproar and,. confpsion, the . populace. became intidsidated by the troops, left -the Assembly and: iarched to the Hotel de Ville, to appoint a Corp' mitteee of public safety. Meoowlille tlie Assembly resumed its. session, atiloG many were maltreated.- . An impeacbnieut for high treasong brought against General- Curtis, ried. It is said that M -amartie in propose to the National Assemblj , ad dress asproclamaiion to the Germseni.ourts dem:ianding the;rseconutructidonf the Po. lish Nationality. IMPORTANT FROM HAYTI Progress of the.. Civil War.-.The schooner Isaac Frankling arrived . at Bos ton on Monday, inthirteendays from:Hay. tein, brings some further and antbentic particulars of the outbreak and civil warat Port-au-Prince, whereterrible scenes have been enacted. It seems that a portion' of the inhabitants (the mulattoes) reonotra ted with President'Soloque, against cer tain of his measures', when '-he arrested eighty of their numbirf and had them alfdf in cold blood. This atrocious act-arobsed the slumbering discontent of the friends:p the murdered ones who .flew to,,,rms. President Soloque collected.his troops snt marched against them. He met them on the way, a skirmish ensued and-he was was driven bank to Port-au-Prince... It is hard to trace the course of all thes troubles. It is stated that Soloque, has systematicall- excluded the yellows, (who though the it..nority, are most intelligent and.substantial portion of the inhabitants,) from all participation in the ofices ofGov ernment. and has replaced thembj blacks who are ignorent and Incapible. I-as probably upon'the remonstrance of tli& yellows against this proscription that their massacre was decided upon. = = At the late aceounts, all the infinential men of the yellows, in and about Port-a Prince, - were either killed or in prison. Whether those troubles will spread toall parts of the island, and a bloodyiwaref course all-cojecture.-The 4ews-fo is quarter was always.wrapped id" , and the present is no acception.toj tp Letters received.by the owners ofbe Isaac Franklin, Messrs. B.. G. Clark", Co., state that terrible bloodshedat.Port au-Prince struck horror to all minds. . o one could predict how it wouldend, b t it was thought that it. might result in the de position, if not death of Soloqiie.. 1? ,J frietis of those whom he has so murdered should be in the ascendencytaer rible retribution rnisj'be visited uponhiin and his adherents. Btisiness-had i entirely ceased ' at Port. au-Prince.' The'ietters'from'the'islaid speak cautiouslyoftbe troubles thbre 'I Cape H ayiien,and other pons on the larth part of the Island, all was quiet, . Correspndence of. the Chas. Ceuier.c WAsHIoToNr, Ma, Gen. Cas' resignation was read'rpsy in the Senate. and the Vice Pfe ' - thorizedito notify the Governorf -s gan of tie n Th t te is'eniire gnj rd: i has m 'etb titiue ofman '., t'0k $entltd ap'oiti'ad .elif ., t p1ic:see hairnin of theContfainiit n Military Affairsu-It will be rnc1hied t hat early in the session, Mr. B. deelined taking any place-on the Standing Com mittees of the Senate. On this occision, I[learn. 'thath h'was addressed .through- a hotter signed by:twenty demuo'ratic Sena tors, containing a. request that he-wouald neccept the vacant chairmansbip., .He.e - tented and aicept d readily-idding diso, his furthier ~deterininition, to. supixrt'~th party nominations at Baltimore. in the House to-day, a debate' 'srung upon the question'of making the Oregon territorial organization- hill the specialt.r der, and mingling with it the matteriof raising a regiment for the protection of the Oregon settlements, this day recommended by the President. Mr. Hilliard and Mr. Venable glanced incidentally at the attempt whbich is to ..e made to incorporate' into this bill the agjti-alavery principle of the ordinance of 1787, only to show their per fect readiness and willingness to meet the issue in the fairest manner. The. latter gentleman became warm and zealous, a. lie touched upon the birthright of his chil.. dIren. They, as well as others, he said, had the right to emigrate and settle wihere they would in the territories of this coun try. and to take their property with them, without hazard of its forfeature. Such was the naked right involved in the issue to be made, and he was prepared to stand to it with his life. The indications to-day, look either to a long session or an extra session. Mr. Ash. mun could not get a suspension of the t ales for a joint resolution to adjourn on the 12th of July. Gen. Scot t, Gen. Quitman, Gen. Cush ing. and Gen. Towson, left this city this morning for Frederick. The Court of Inquiry is to investigate the charges brought b~y Gen. Scott against Gen. Pillow.Geg Quitman goes as a witness. Correspondence of the N. Y. Herald. ALDsANr, May 29, 18-48. l1nportant Movements of the Barnburn ers.-On Wednesday next, John Van Bu ren will speak at Tammany Hall. Yesterday, ex-President Van Baron pri. vately avowed his intention to oppose the election of Gen. Cass to the Presidency. The barnburners will certainly nomi nate Gen. Taylor.' ~The Treafy.--lietu..Cofltee, of the Na vy, attache of the American Legation, who is on his way to Washington, .mud who paused through Griffin on Wednes. lay last, is of opinion that the treaty is ra iliad. Some papers speak ofthit as the bearer of the ratifled Treaty. In the Senate its ratification would he, lure, The Picayune (of 27th i.dsno speak with. confidence.--So.$ Methodist ,General Conferene. Tbe fol lmwing is, welbelieve, the plam offarbitra, tion agreedl upon by thes Method ist.Geno ral Conference forathe settlement, of the property question with the chturch South. It provides for the, selection of two dele gates by the conference, to act.witlb sim. mIst- number fron' tira church' Sotith." ad.