Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, August 09, 1850, Image 2
T'komTknas.?The fallowing preTmib'e
and resolutions were adopted
by tho citi/.ors of (?alvostcn, in a
mass mooting hold on *2tH 1 i u!t., to
tnrke into consideration (ho Santa Ft
a flair, (ion. I'aschal presiding. m,d
A. 1>. Shelby, vrolary. Judge
.TiOve was chairman of the commit
toe:
Whereas (lie title ?'f Texas to the
v.hole. of her territories, its set forth
in the act of the Te\an C'ongres-s of
1831:, was fully a.i.l distinctly iccivriiized
>;/ the ( over.juneMt of the
X nitod States in the annexation resolutions
H!i ! thus formed an essentia]
part of the term- on which Texas
ueewdod to annexation : and w hereas
attempts have been made, and are
now makinjr. hy persons residing in
the Santa IV district? aetin-r under
the order and with isc a:d. rmnvil
and advice of lite 1 tilled Slates officers
bt'ittio'z^d tlvffc. to wre-t from
Texas the portion of her territory in
question, thus working damage, injury,
wroiur, aiul {la/ivanl iiiu iiee to
Texas; and whereas the duly appointed
officer and commissioner of
this State has been hindei. J, impeded,
<".ni! by force ;*r.d threats of violence
prevented IWnn p< rformin* his
duties under our laws. by ofi:.eers of
ihe l'V-leral dovernment co-operating
with d -"affected citizens there ;
dii i ui.i in i.iitiiiniim* a niiiitary
ftovcnnuonl in o.ic of the Stales
(if this ponfedemev, i'i linn1 of profound
peare, is in violation of the
dignity ami rij?ht of tho State, nntiAinor.criii,
and subversiv e of republican
in stitutions, therefore,
-Resolved, That the t;! ! * of Texas
to the w-iolo of our terrilorivs as set
forth in the a?-t of I'-.'If J is pc-feet and
indismitydiltv. and (hat liv il..< nM />('
annexation, tl v Ked?nil Government
arc lore, er t'fop, ed from - '!in$ our
title in (jiH' fi n.
!iosolveil. Thai we deem if the duty
of the authorities of this State to
tv,nploy all tl><* re ouree^. and all the
force of the S alcif need he. tomaintain
the iulrsrrily of our territory, to
tappr; s - re! < !l;on, and to n.force the
execution of oar laws throughout
every portion of the ( ntire State.
J'erolved, That the civil and n>'li
tary Government in the Santa Fe
district of our Stale, there established
maintained by the Federal Ciovernment:
is in violation of the honor
and rights of Texas, and that adequate
means on^lit to he taken to
abate immediately th:^ hostile and adverse
occupation oJ' our soil.
Ke-'olved, Inasmuch as the I'lxec.utive
1ms avowed ihat our territory
'will he held b\ the Coiled States until
Congress shall otherwise direct or
the question be adjusted; that it now
becomes our plain duty to reject ev
ery and any proposition for tlx* sale
/\! rlicim -if ' ' '
... u.. (xmiuimi in uiiv pun ou oi our
territory unless it shall bohased upon
;i distinct recognition of boundary as
([("fined by ill"',!"} of 1930.
Jiosolved. That we approve of flic
call of the ?1 iCffislalure l>y the Uov<M'!ior-,
and recommend 1o them
prompt and decisive action in the nsor?1*1
i/'on rvi /-???? ' * - j '
luwu y,i win i <ui(i ior mo ocnipancy
of our territory while that
right is dispute I or contested.
4.
Tin: Fr.pa'cn Rbpi:hmc a Fait,t'
iip?.?M .Thiers, in his recent speech
on the bill to increase ihe salary of
the Preside!!?, pronounced the Itepuhlie
a failure, i fe f aid:
4kii is h'-rh lime to c6me to a conelusi
n, either by an accord or a disaccord.
Soiuethin.tr may le said on
the basis of the question. A liepublic
has been established m the law*.
hut the attempt to ostabln h it in tho
manners and customs of tho country
lias proved a failure. Tho palace of
tho Klysee does not in any wav resemble
the residence of the President
of the I nitod States. Is the country
indi/rnant at that I By no means:.
In place of condomniny w hat is pass
nifr at the Klvsee- it smiles with pity
at those who have endertvorca to
found a Republic in n nation profoundly
monnivhical. Jt is perfectly
well aware thwt it is artists, workmen.
and old soldiers, who profit by
the liberalities of the Klvsee, ratten
move than those person)? who fro
?!-- -1 - '* ' "
ji'ivm mi' (innvnur room oi ino J'resident.
It is not for us to bo astonished
at a matter which, after all, is only
a firm contradiction given by the
verily of our habits to the {falsehood
of our laws. Let us leave such indignation
to the Mountain. (Tcneral
Cavaignae, when head of the executive
power, did not resemble a
President of the United States. J
snonlrl \\n crv??*?tr /I" 4 ^
..V/ UUII J HI flllj' IW
compromise the future destinies of
the country; hut 1 run not olio of
thore who are indignant or astonished
that France, notwithstanding that
the Republic, has been proclaimed
here, retrains in reality a monarchy,
by taste, hnlrit, and usages. My vote,
consequently, will not cost mo any
ihio^as to the principle of the matter
, and as to the i'orm, we have
sought th^t which appeared most
mitahle.
An ab$ent rninilftd tferitleman on
retiring at ni^ht put his dog io bed
at).I kicked himself down stair. He
did not discover ins mistake till lie
went and the dog tried to snore.
KEOWJyW CO U It I Kit.
E'i'iday, AHjfusl 9, 6
U'SfK .. ? :? r 1 i!
...v. ? t ?t: ) Ml KiAtxiiumaHUllg our DUO
scrit) rs vvlio live at a di-ttaiicc, the following
genth-men ar,i authorized :iti>I re?jiH'.-telLl to
?vt a? agents in receiving and forwarding Sub
oripton-t to llio Kkowku Cuukikr, viz:
Jiaj. W. N. ci'timkavi, ut West I'ltii ti.
Kir.\*.\i:i? IIh::ik-<, K:(j., " l!or>e Shoe.
K. 1'. Vkuskii. K*<i., " Bii.'ticlorV Retreat
M. I". Mi>fin.i.i., 1^4.. " l'irl;eii*viUc.
J. I). II.v?iO?i>, " Ttvelvo ^ii!e.
I'. V. 1:uli. for Anderson Di-lrict.
M\joa Kkith, Oi usrjif, and
"Tiivt lie oLrT!o\.v?Jn Miotlicr
column will bo found a rathoi lengthy
communication fron i\iaj. Keith,
Sen., in which ho lakes occasion
to condemn the Retention intro
(luccd at the lite meeting of the
.Hoard of Commissioners of Free
Schools, and more articularIv to animadvert
iii very strong lanjyuape
upon the lew remarks \vc made in
bringing1 the Resolution to the notice
of onr rea Jor.-\
1 he absurdities whicl our correspondent
under sen;" Lti'.ir.co infutua
ison.seem-* to mistake for logir. and
tho po'ni!' -- not to ?ny ridiculous nature
of his ar/ruments, arc ? '. appa*
rout t'liit wv' ?-1h aM not have thought
jf eun^imimr the time and patience
of our readers vith an ar-e-o to
point them out. were it not tha. we
feared mi h a oor.:.^ of silence m:ght
io:??l (v.ir o.)r;\' p^n.iont to think we
were dispo.-o.i lo tre: t h:;n with less
'ii iii.ui :;v lyMTU'-N
\S e pars owr hi^ opening rnp.sody
nil 1 trlowin,'/ anticipations of a Mil- i
Ionium lo eomo> hoggin# cn jHtnmnt
lo be allowed to lender him our
heaiiicst eonjrralulaiions. because of
lite fact that lie has been so fcrlunatc
as to be '-trained up in the way be
should go," and to express to hmi
our bumble hope thai lie has profited
(?/ anil not for quit en hi.v i raining.
AflOr I'PfititKf 11 "? RntifOi i ! ? ??
...0 .?<w ?U..JW.\U1WII Jll
question (lie Major, breaking out in
sublime indignation, evclaiins, "1
have yet to Jearn that, nn intermedin),rr
w iIIi and t!io supervision of the
private opinions of our citi/. ns or
any portion of them. by any board
or w! o!" nu n. places :i District on
hmujt ground : I have yet to learn
that an act wbieh conflicts with the
cnliMi ? r f '
vi nili v uiismuMon, vviuci)
miaranties the free exercise of religious
opinion and worship to all, deserves
to be characterised as an improvement;
1 have yet to learn that
tyranny under any form, even to advance
the pure and holy religion of
our Saviour, is an improvement;1'and
so have we these things to learn.?
\\ ill Maj. Keith ever he able to induce
anv man. vvlin i? t
j ?* ??*? ovuiouoj
1o believe that it is an intermcdling
with the private opinions of men, to
require those, ho would teach our
children, to understand ihc religion
of the Bible? Does it conflict with
men's roMg.our; rights under the Constitution
to put the Bible in their
hands, the fruitful source whence the
thousand sects which are scattered
throughout Christendom draw all
their tenets' Is it not the surest, the
only way to secure religious freedom
of opinion, to give men the l>ible so
that they ma;, read and think for
themselves? hut the most monstrous
of tlit* Major's absurdities is thai in
which lie calls it tyranny to require of
teachers .some knowledge of the Hib!e.
\\ hat, tyranny to require of
him who would serve us, a capacity
to serve? The teacher is a public
servant, acting in one of the nio^l
delicate and important relations of
life, and for that .service receiving a
remuneration from the public purse;
and have not the people who are
served a right to say upon what terms
they will he served ! No man is
compelled to be a teacher, and therefore,
if any one should become dissatisfied
with the terms,let him seek
some other employment.
I We believe in God and in the
! Christian religion, and wish our chii
I 4?il l ? t
iin n iii.-hi m u-u in n? nojy prcccpts?
and how arc they to be thus instrue
ted unless teachers have the Bible in
their houses and in their schools ?
\ Many years ago the Bible was a text
book to be found in the hands of every
pupil in every school, but. now it
is hardly ever t? be found in our
aoa' cmies,?Danishes, doubtless, by
such tyranny-haling men a? tlv* Maj.
Tyranp;. to e.\pcct public instruc
i tors to L'? acquainted with the Bible?
! Why, in th??u?Hicof the commonest
of common anise, is it more tyranieal
to require that they should understand
this book, than it is to require
a knowledge ol any other branch ol'
learning? than it is to require an ac!
qtraintance with the spelling-hook ?
j The Major's / le of tyranny, if put
into practice, would exclude all tests,
and there would be no standard by
which to measure an applicants
qualifications, so that the public monies
would be /jiven to any an 1 all
; who might think fit to apply for them:
and if upon A's application* 15.. a
foolish ( umni:. j io!ier should ask.
j "Can you r? :\cl ant" write, Mr. A.,
the .Major would 1>e bound i? his doctrines
promptly to interpose with,
, 4 I beg 3'our pardon, i>.. but 1 must
interrupt you for ;hat is tyranny-, \.
is a free man aiu! wc have no right to
require him to read an ! \\ rite.M
It is asUtvl by what right ti e 13oai\l
presumes tc pass such a resolution*
Th< Hoard hat. pajccd many such
resolution :; amomr nnnOnv. mm
o th:s e!Yc;t : ' thai no school shall
! locale;! for any applicant v ho cannot
produ _,ood i? )ra! character,v
an '. a:u> me lh:s.4,no school shall
l>e locked for any sfplicAht who is
"ivcn to intemperance in s'.ron/r
hinks1' In the a.-'.;: crca'ing such
Boards, is anything1 s.aid of moral
character or drunk ncss ' N oilnng:
and yet ti e Board ha * long since
passed an ! acfed upon thsso resolutions,
and Alaj. Keitli has never protested
against them. Ji' the Board
was usurp)!)# powers in enforcing
these m-asures, was il not Ke'.lh's
|
duty as a conscientious and faithful
public servant to have protested against
them, and what are we to think
of the sincerity of one who having so
! long slept under so many usurpations,
all at once affects to wake up, and
raise a great out cry about duty,
j Hut we pass from this part of the
subject, confident that \vc will be |
, sustained by the moral sense of the
| community. Morality, sobriety, and
intelligence are qualifications so ne
cessary to the instructors of youth
that it is unnecessary for us even to |
advert to them.
Now, one word ahout newspapers
I and we have do c with this disgugtj
ing.discussion. The Major snys l ]
jocularly >aid 1 did not read newspapers;'1
now, if he is never in earnest
when lie condemns ncwrpaper
readin , he has the strangest and
iv.ost serious way of joking of any
funny man" in the whole circle of
! our acquaintance. No. no, this is no
| joke: nor is the Major alone in h\s
i naueci to newspapers; theie is in
every cominun.ty a c'ay;; of men who
; hate newspapers,?men who wou'cl
j over ride and become ilie rulers of
! I he people, by keeping them in darkness?halo
newspapers because they
i carry tlint li^ht nnd knowler^e to
il.. ?i'-- - , ?
i m- v uuiurt <->1 till! pOO:', WHICH I llOy
I would have confined to the palaces
of the rich; these men Ir^e news pa,
pcrs because, be:no: faithful chroniclers
of the events of the day and affairs
of the country, the lght which
they shed shines through (he thin
covering with which these demagogues
seek to hide their shallow
pretences.
j As to politics, who is most deeply
1 interested in ^ hem? the people. And
! who therefore should more thoroughj
ly discuss and understand them than
ihft rifiniili*? I*nf i In* ? > '!>? XI..I
| I" I '
I would have left entirely to tliu management
of the leader
Maj. Keilh boasts of having rendered
1 be District good service; we
are glad to learn that he haL done so
1 much and hope he will not grow
1 "weary in well doing."
He has for twenty years occup'x 1
a position which has given him many
j opportunities for serving the commu:
nitv: it is not for us to snv lm?r !*<?<
, . - - J
i employed them,?nor down presume
to measure our services with his, lie
! t
has lived perhnpB three times as long
in the world as we have, and may
possibly he actuated l:?y thrice the.
patriotism and public spirit which we
possess, we judge no mnn; all we
can say is that we have ever desired
to be useful in Our dav find (ronm<a
- j e> ~ ^1
tion; if we succeccl in t'nis we shall
bo grateful, and if wc fail, the contc;ou6new?
of having bem jpvernerl
I by good intentions will support us in
j defeat*
i Congk?ss.?The f:n d vote upon
' the Corn promise Bill vvns taken in
the Senate on the 31st ult., and resulted
in the virtual defeat of (he Bill.
' One section after another was strickj
(Mi out or amended, until the Bill retained
none of i(s original provisions,
j except that portion providing for the
territorial government of Utah or
Peseret and fixing (hat boundary at
the 30th degree of lat'.tudo. Thus
mutilated and shorn of (lie provisions
relating to California and New Mexico,
tlu? bill, whieh for nearly six
; months has elicited "" o'out the Won
the mast intense anxiety, |:assvd the
Senate and was ordered to be engrossed
l y a vote of yeas ;>2, nays 18.
IVor need we flatter ourselves that
controversy und excitement will
cease here, for the friends of New
.Mexico and California will make hoi
haste to renew the conflict, inti .dnein,<x
new and separate bills for the
admission of these territories as States
into the t nion.
Mr. inihrop lias lieen appointed
United States Sen. m% from Massachusetts
in place <>!' Daniel Wehstor;
ami Mr. lYom Ohio, in place
of Thomas OosHvin resigned.
The Hon. Panic! P. King, late representative
in Congress from the
i State of Massachusetts, died at h'.s
residence on the lJ3th n't., alter a
short i'lness.
Ji illl.ll. ?C loo arc ]
prepared lo join in lite chorus with
cur neighbors and sing 'fierce summer's
sultry heats," lor we have the
testimony that notable personage
"the oldesi inhabitant/ that the heal
of the present Mimnicr is more oppressi\e
'in thcLc parts' than he has
experienced in twenty five years.? !
Our nights are usually quite pleasant I
in this section, but experience has
taught us that some of (hem at least
are otherwise. To our surprise, on
hist Sunday movnimr (> o'clock n. m.
1 a heavy North wind visited us, which
lasted only a short time here, but we
! are informed tliat it was much strongj
or some 15 or 20 miles Norih of
tiiis, accompanied wilh !a;*go hail
! stones and rain, prostrating the corn
| and tearing the binder into strings.?
! We hope, however, that it was nr,t
I very extensive. On :\Ionn:>v cloning
a refreshing siiowe" ot'rain fell
very opportunely for our crops, and
i the atmosphere is now quite pleasant.
???>
Georgia coming lucnr.?Public
1
iiirci.ii^. numerously .'UtemJcfl, have
been held relative to tlu; Southern
i question, at Savannah, (*a?, Peny
C. II., and at Columbus, in which
the Clay Compromise was con*
j demned, and the Missouri Comprc;
miso line ol 3(5, !U> and the plan of
I the Nashville Convention commen*
I cU-d.
?- ** -tjtri
Mr. Date, 5, of Missouri, declines
accepting a seat in the Cabinet in any
' capacity whatever.
? -c- <?
at/ \mi / ii
a> v; i luiLr*.
j Godey's Lady's Book.?The Juty
and Aug. Nos. of this popular .Magazine
are on our table, and though we
11 ave had time only to glance at the
plates and contents '-l.ble, wo arc
sure their pages hold kit reserve for
us an intellectual treat. One of the
engravings,'The Flower Girl,' is tycquisite'y
beautiful, and worth tho
! subscription price of the Magazine.
| Black hood's Magazine.?Our
old friend Blackwood we greet with
peculiar satisfaction. The fact is,
' in these changing times when new
j inventions are constantly obtruding
themselves upon us, and new men
l with their novel devices arc crowd!
ing out and taking the places of the
i old, it does ono'b heart good to catch
now and then a g'.impse of "the old
familiar faces.'" BJackwbod brou^ul
i i- ? i
. jjjd&auiv 10 our uoynooii, and our
| opening mind drew many a fea.st
from his rich and ever varying* pager.,
and we have long felt for hirti a sort
of filial affection. The July num'oe?
of ftits periodical is one of much inj
UreaU
WTttt ABntvTLLK Banner.?Indis|
position prevented us from noticing
i!ia ?j ?
, - ... MK-IQV <<1 WTO JJIU|JCI1J
| and management of this valuable
papen. Mr. Alien has fold out to
Messrs Noble &r Kerr. 3fr. All^n
t i * /
carries wiih him we are sure, into his .
1 retirement, live kind regards of all
1 tliote who Were ro fort unfito as lo
make his acquaintance through the j
columns of his paper; and his iuc|
cessor in (lie editorial department,
; \r.. i...: i i% I
x?ii. j. tui.iut ? in.' is ? jjuis.t:n w: ci? n jjentlenian
of taicnts, is warmly wel
coined into the corps.
\\ e have recive.i a neat pamphlet
published by order of the Governor,
and print d by A. S. Johnson, con-!
tainim* the entire proceoiV.n'rs of the j
Teacher's Convention assembled at
Columbia 12th u!t., ibr which we arc
quite obliged to somebody. And
we shall take occasion at jo me convenient
time to publbh t!;e reports ofl
, the Committo s at length, as also to ;
nouce me suggestions therein set
' 'orth.
fcorii.ML'vVicATni).]
Mr. Editor:?1 must bo permitted
to differ with you as to 'lie attvnnla- '
j^e. &e.., of the Resolution oTered at j
the last meeting of the Board of Coil)
niissioners of Free Schools, an 1 ivv
tired by you in vour Inst ist,".:". Mow,
1 have no doubt, if the eilire world
\ve/e governs.I an I infiuonre 1 by the
precepts ol ilio D.ble, an ! ww/o true <
i'.M < .1 . ...
iu.lowers 01 tnc * tuecK unci lowly ;
lamb,1' (hat the wilderness ere thi
would have buckle.I an 1 bloomed!
as the: rose?that mankind in all t'.io*r
acts would i>.* governed by tho go1.
don rule, and that instead of the
! wrelchedij. 'js, woe, aiid iniserv v/hich
meet us at every step, our eyes would ,
be greeted wil!i pure holiness and
unalloyed happiness. Such a state ;
of thing* is much to be desjreJ, and j
1 have no doubt, but Ih.'it an overruling
Providence will in its own good ;
limit livin i- ii ?.I.!...< '"l
.....I , ?v UMU'.ll, UiM UIIlll llltlM.
.11 our pub'io capacity, we cxpoct to
ileal with men ancl tl-.inv'p as they'
iuv ami not as We would have them,
besides. I am not aware that the
(Veator needs the assistance of the j
puny arm of man to accomplis h his '
ends.
1 have been taught from my youth
up to read the Bible, and reverence i
holy thin/jf,, and am perfectly satis-,
1)0,1 that it would he better if every ,
body, and every Tc.ichsir especially i
would pursue the sanio cpurne, and
1 that it Would he the besf^T all were '
ChristianT. But 1 have no opinion!
of cramming the 1'ihle, much h-ss i
newspapers down ilie throats of our
' citi'/ens. against their will. That
you and your rcade.r. then may fully
nndcrstan 1 lh" nature ol* ilje resI
. . ...
olutlon, 1 hero give you a copy of it:
"Jiosohed, That hereafter no School
Teacher of this District .-h:?il have a
j school located unices they have in
.their house a Bible and tal.e a news- j
h)aLfiV/'
This, then, TSTr. hdttor, is the reso-:
' ...1.1-I- I_i ...
iiiiiuu w iiicn mis neen r.eraiuetl to i
| the world as '.Trumps, every one of
; iliem,"1 and with the question,'What ;
! say yon to this, gen lerncn, is not '
Pickens on rising, ground' I have j
yet to learn that nn in'crnieckltinp t
j with, and supen is'-on of the fJtivftW!
I aflfnirp of our c'tizens, oi* any portion |
J oftliem, l\v any Board or sot of men, |
places a District on rising ground?
I have yet to lenrn that an act which
conflicts with the spirit of our Constitution.
fwti!r? ir if,i!i?(/vuL-j it-.,*
c.vereise oj religions opinions and
i worship to all,) de.crves. to bo char:
ncterised as an improtoittcnt?I have
yet to learn that lyrantiv ifhder any
form, even to advance the' pore mid
holy religion of our savior, is an, improvement.
Y\ hat right have this
| Board to pass such a Resolution??
Can they find it in the Ac's creating
!inrlif>?! r?i* riilliAi' Iuh a il.oti ?nt
I ?'l fUlMv I UUIV VI k\ij IIWl
taken into their hands thai which does
not he'ong to tl.ein? If they have
the right to require n Teacher to
have a Bible and lake a newspaper,
they have a right to say he must
own ?> much real estate and so many
slaves, l>e a member of the Presbyterian,
Baptist, or rome other ehnrch,
or he shall be a Son of Temperance,
an Odd ifelJoWj cfiw. Jfraifoiv, and
either or all of these would come as
! strietlv within tho sr.onn of tlinir now,
*- -r-'-rr -- --T-- r
er as that which was pronosed.
Believing that the Commissioners
had no right to pass such a resolution,
I did oppofio it, and expect to^lo so?
j not only from that cautyvhut also
| because I regard it as impolitic, and
a dangerous precedent. You state
I L-? y~< --
I msi Din, one ommiEcioiier wao op?
, pof^l to it,?I do not profess to bn
i acquaih^cl willi iho opinions of <>tl;-|i
ers on this "sir. jteet? Vinci wjiloi.ly my.P
! that in my opinion, ai tl.e next
i ingof the Board a clili?r?Mtf *UU<? oj
thin? will be found to exist.
Now, as to the charge of not roa,'l<|^M
iug newspapers, 1 did jocularly
o "v i'iiu iiui rtau p(,n
pers. I rend such an ! as lnuc'i cA
ilicm as suits me, and huvo freqiu n H
!y said, it'the people wMi'd dcvoiB
I more ol' their time to labor, andIcsjH
I reading ol papain aud d^on^iiK {,.<'
iiics. it in glit Ijc as \Veii lor our < tm;',|ij0p
' try, and id.out this plane } articu!;u.B
?y; an;l 1 still think to. i prchiiblyB
patronise newspaper* and pvc: bX;H
as much a.; tl.o I'. l.tur el the
icr, an 1 at least am willing lo .su!,J|
mit to an impartial | ublie our acjH
for the promotion of Educa'.ii.niuH
our District. IHb
( 'ov;r.r>I ii the Sciialc,cn 'i V.eiH
day, Ju.y UCN ;ir. John Uuv::; p:cfl
sen led the credent.als ot the i
Rob?. O. Vv'inlhrcp, appointed Scr-M
ate;* from Mas: ucluu eu.> in thcp'?i<vl
of tlio I'un. Danel \V e'tsler, mhcp-H
ed. Mr. Win'hrop was qua'iliolH
and loo!; his teat.
Mr. Mas.on oi'.'ere 1 joint rc.o.tiS^R
(ions confirming ll.e r'.jrliL ct 'i*ox;;i|aBfc
lo territory claimed by her when si m
was annexed: and tfivm/* her full |.ov(a|
(n,u;iV ,?( dw. - i '?
. , ..i; .VII v/i iiiV" T'tllll.'* I J.l i*i 0 \ ft
The ro-vv.t of the select eommilH
Ico on inlion of lliu i'tii-H
ton and i 'oo'c difficulty was o. dc;i;'M
to lv printo !.
The compromise oil! was tbon h-NH
ken np, and Mr. Daw:on moved t<fl
aine.id .Mr. Uraibury's amcndimnfB
by iimilin# tlio proposed territoria'H
,government of Now Mexico to ib.H
\\ vv:i of lb- Rio Cirandc.
Mr. Clay supported it. Mr. IiiuVS
Mr. L'\)oto and Mr. Dor^'ass vimi B
cutod it. Mr. Kwingand Mr. l)uiv.*HB
lu s and i\T r. Benton opposed ii.
Mr. W'aikermovOrl to lay the
ou 1110 j:ujio? I Ins was rejccted-H
yeas 25, nays .'V2.
Mr. Dawcon's amendment to th<||w4
amendment was ngrcd it/?yeas 30?
The amendment of Mr. firadhurr^flK
as amended was agreed to?yeaslJOBg
Air. Norris moved to amend
htViking out tliat part of the bit
which prohibits the territorial ^gi?B
lainres from passing any law to pregl
hibit o'- admit slavery. A debate folfl
lowed, in winch Messrs. 1 hclpJH
Koote, Downs, Frail and TurlHwB
Mr. Tnrnev Raid the effect of tb?
mdt.on would be to exclude f.'uvonBB
The officer A of the (?MTitoi'jv wouiHg
Ik: appointed l>y a Norlhe n L'lvMj
ulent, aiid they would exclude
vy.
Mr. Clay spoke in favor ofstrikioH
out the claue as it assumed a poweM
of intervention by Congress, 'IIS
North would be for "the restrictjoB
and the South against it.
After a Ion# debate, a motion vwB
made to adjourn, and lost?yeas !'9
nays 41.
Shortly after, Mr. Jefferson Plffl
vis lock the lloor, and the Senates^
ir\ii i'Mn/1
J \J Ui iiUU*
Ki-aYhd Ai-ive.?A .statement wS|
copied into the newspapers .son^B
that a man belonging tpHMfc
party brtmul for C'alit'oni a, havw^raB
j-clarod thKt ho would shoot tl'O.Tirfl
Indian elinipt, ,(le!ji>oiale!y h-Uc** 9
1 svuaw, ami l.eing taken l>y a paiiH
i of Indians, Wtifc tk'.nned liUvp'
i led. Notwitiistnnding tly?, liui ji:?
' frof Merciury tays, U?i)l ?l le urlB
| been received from one. ol the i-;:rPa
; to which the man belonged, wliila
! wnssi romtmny hound to ('f*V)foi'iie|
I overland, giving (ho details oltjBj
J crime and Us pnnishment in the ma?
ner stated. Soon after this coB
i bloodied murder o! the squaw, ''BHsfe
i llhvlU (u'nnlir !? ....? I
( rounded by three huudN-l ludrcfl
j and threatened wi(U instant <le?JB
they disposed tho iier|JOt?
j tor oi the atroeius deed. V&fUtfV'fl
uniting together, they cletennaieyS^R
point out !.he murderer, who wnsH
once seV.ed hy the Indian*, houiul^^S
j j stake, and bin f:kin peeled IV0101-9E
even tQt ais toes. The oj.eratindlB
| fecVTwo hours, and the victim -'OB
j vived two hours after it. Tho cc?
1 panv, amon/c whom" was hi&otfl|
11 1 * '
, rjntt around tlio stake ant| w,uio#1
: tciribV torment of the Wfetcdiqq IP?
| Four or five of the party, and aui?flj
them the one who called down "P?
himself such a terrible puijishuH1?
went from Troy, in tlio StaleH
Maine.?Vortlanu Argus.
The Albany Argus rays thaUMH
thirty Unite I State.? so'Ntiera. bclofl
ingto a (letiirhment ol 23ft wJfi
I parsed through Albany a few (Ligl
ap(0,on fheir wnv to Fc.
' sertfscl Irrtm the trwn body h?k?|
l hoy inched P-'troit.