_^?,OKY;(Y, pt WOMAN?A SATIRE. J? Oh, woman, fair to evil turiK-d, ?y God ami n?l*?nly ?ur;ols npurr>cd, rp Man's greatest friend and grentest foe, ^ ttfs chi.'fust jojr Arid direst to, Hi* burden, prize and precious gem! ' .' Ilia glory, slmtne and diadem ! So pretty, poli.-hcd, pleasing prim 1 " So gaudy, gitldy. grhrvous, grim ! So lovely, perfect, faultier, bright I So wicked, hateful, worthless, liglil! Coy, modest, meek nnil full of swnv, til Sw.tn, pigeon dovo und bird of prey, I'M 5cold, vixen, termagant nd shrew, ! sa Thorn, thistle, nightshade, nettle, rue, ^>C Aflccted, witless, froward. pert, Coquette, gossip, prude and flirt! ?l! Wi h eyes so tender, languid, mild, 11) So fierv, eloquent and wild; d( With voice so soft, and suiile so sweet, Antl heart where nil the graces meet; I] With taper waist, and graceful air, t<3 With wheedling tongue, and shoulders bare! p< In sorrow, patient, tender, kind, tl) u..? -i-i ? .? ? vm m-mens mo cimnging win-.i; j to All full of hope* and emiles and tears, cl Caprice*, whims and potty fears, of ftinshine and clou'l, whirlwind ami rain, V T* ml. loving bride, llien scourge again ! Ko virtue like thy virtues are, No vices can with thine comrnro; q{ Tho riddle, paradox ami just, Of Heaven's gifts, last, worst ami best. IT IS THE SONG MY MO TIIER SINGS. a< by kli7a cook. It is the song my mother sings, ||] And gladly do I list (lie strain, I never hear it but it brings |i; The wish to henr it sung again; t>he breathed it to me long ago, j-j To lull ino to mv baby rest, And assh.; murmured, soft and low, , 1 slept in pence upon her breast. Oh, gentle pong, thou hast a throng Of nngcl tones within thy spelt, !" I fool that 1 shall love thee long, W And fear I love thee far too well. VV For (hough I turn to hear tl.ee no\r, 111 With doting glance of warm delight; sfi In after year* 1 know not how ]V1 Thy plaintive, notes may dim my ?i|?ht. ti< That mother's voice will then be still, oi 1 hear it falter day hy day, It aoundcth lik?* a fuuntain rill "m Th U tromllea ere it cease to play, W And then tins heart, thou gontlo fioug, p, Will find an angni h in thy spell; jJ, 'Twill winli it could not love so long, jJ, Or hail not loved then half no wclL s( S ' J-j TFrom the Southern Press, 9th inst. 1 n< HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. On motion of Mr. Bayly, the House tc went into a Committe ol" the Whole yi on the state of the Union, Mr. Burt tli in the Chair, when ju Mr. Steuhens, of Georgia, who j1; was entitled to the floor, said he pro )V posed to consider the Psesident's re bcm uic?D{jtN nu conceived uiat paper to he at variance with the y Constitution, and clangorous to the \ ()) ri/j:lits and liberties of the people, i (|< The Constitution did not confer on l ^ that officer the powers he had there- : |( in assumed. lie (the President) says he is sworn to execute the laws, and that to se- gj cure the observance of the Mexican fa treaty, he is authorized under the }-] laws of '95, to use the military force (f without act of Congress. (; Mr. S. held the contrary of this position, in toto. lie could not call ! jj out forces, except when the exccu-1 w tion of an adiudication of n min t ?fi ? / - - - " V1 C| justice was opposed. The clause or in the ftct. of '95, (from which Mr. S. t|, quoted) he held, only referred to ca- C( ses where the judgment of a court cl was being enforced. It was (lie bu- j] siness of the Executive to see to the v, execution of the tr aty, according a, only to the previous action of Con- 0, gress directing how it should be exe- fr cuted. Jt was the business of Con- jn gress to declare what were the rights jyj of these Mexicans under the treaty, ? whereupon the President was bound a, then to see, them accorded to the in- jy habitants of this territory acquired s} from Mexico. There was no law ni defining what were those rights. ^ Could the President put his hands in- C( to the treasury and pay tho twelve e] millions (that obligation being equal- tl ly a part of the treaty,) without spc- 0| cial law of Congress? n When the Treaty (of Ghent,) with C( England was ratified, there was no fr effort on the part of the President to (|. carry out its p- ovisions until after (| Congress had passed a law declaring _ how it should he carried into effect, pi Mr. S. argued this point at length. cj The only authority on which he (the e, President had clatmrd the right to ai appeal to arms, was the law of'US, authorising hirn to use the militia only, ti and that, too, in case of obstruction ai to the judgment of courts. ei He defied any one to show by t\ what law the President was authori- '? zed to call out the militia even, ex- C1 cept to carry out the judgement of a st (VIMhI innflor n mnvmnilti ~ ? 1 --- - |/.v.v.unij niauicn law I (;j of Congress* Sr The principle for which Mr. S. s| conlended, was older than our Con- Jp stitution. It was that of the Magna w Chrtn?that no freeman should be hi molested except by or for judgment of his peers, This principle was also w jp(X>rp<*ra4*d *n Cop&tvmOG, to i ft ovc which Mr. Stephens quoted at instrument. No man could bt ized and tried under the Oonstitu m, except for violation of a law. hereifore, it was nreposterous to )ld that a man could he rightful!) ot down by the military power o is Government, for doing that fci hich In* could not be punished, v/hei raigne<\ before some legal tri'ouna ' this country. He (the President) could not saj at the jurisdiction of Texas couit it extend up to Santa Fe, as he hac id, without virtually deciding tin jundarv dispute. Mr. Moore inquired whether tlu incxation resolutions did not sa} at the General Government sliouU jterminc the boundaries of Texas INTr. S. replied in the negative [ad Mexico not put up a claim fo rritory East of the Hio Grande, n< nver on eartn would have disputec e claim of Teqas, to this strip o rritory. The only outstanding aim being extinguished, the clain ,1 . any oilier pany against lexa: as preposterous. Mr. Stevens, of PennsvVania. hold at the U. States was the assigne< ' Mexico. Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, denier e fact. Texas only permitted the . Sta'es to become the umpire be l ecn herself and Mexico, not the sitfnee of the latter. The House, l v a large majority voting that Mexico had spillec m'eriean blood on American soil id acknowledged the right of Texas i the the territory in dispute. H< Hr. S.l had originally deuouneec ;i> declaration as untrue; but tli< ition had affirmed it. Would Con rcss present the shameless front o 3W declaring that declaration t( ive been made in bad faith? Tha oult! be saying to the world, tha c had gone to war at the cost of oik mdred and fifty millions, and thou nds of lives, to steal land fronr InviPrt* cwn\\ nriMilfl no Inn ala^r-lnpa >u involved in this proposed changt front on the part of Congress. There was another grave questioi volved in th's controversy. I as whether Congress had the pow to pass a law to coerce a State o lis Union. lie would not discus: lat question now, however. Jack >11 had not. dared to say that h( ould use force against South Caro im until Congress had expressly au lori/.ed him to do so. He c6ul( st say whether Texas would main tin her jurisdiction over the dispu d iterrtory or not. Were he a citi mi of Texas, he should advocat< le enactment of laws extending the risdiction of that State there, t( mg those forcibly combating tha risdiction, and to rrpel by force ly forcible effort of the Genera overnment to dispute its validity Whenever ihe President of the IJ. S his officers attempted to shoo nvn American citizens without an lority of law, he, for one would g< ) the rescue. Mr. S, here drew an analogy be veen such advice as he was hen iving Texas, and the coursc of ou tliers in the War of Independence re approved highly of the concilia >ry tone of the message, but if tin rovernment ever attempted to car r out the course for it laid down ii lat paper, his voice would he fo ar, and for the destruction of tin langed and vitiated General Gov nment. He was for peace, and foi ic preservation of the Union, wliicl >uld only he preserved by rightful institutional and just legislation [e depied the allegation of Mr Ste 308, of Pennsylvania, that laeS'iutl >ked special legislation. She liar ily asked co-equality and protectioi om demands of this character com g constantly from the North, a tr. S. proceeded to show. Th< outh had don?? as much to the Nortl nd under the laws of nations, (a tr. S. quoted from Vattell to show le was en it led to enjoy it with a lany privileges in the territory a le N< i t h. lie would never acknvvl Ige allegiance for a day to a Gov rnment which arrayed itself agains le property and social organizatioi t las section of the Union. Sevei lillions of people were not easih ariauered, and it would be as we] ?r the North to estimate the cost tc ay as to-morrow. It might be tha \r..ii 11 .* .i ic i>orus wouia conquer me aouii -that she might exterminate thi resent race ol grown up Southeri tizens. Hut their sons would ncv come to this hall again to associ te in fraternity with the North, lie held that the anti-slavery sen ment of the North was unfoundei rid sickly philanthropy. It was qu rulo?quarrelling with God Aimigh f and finding lault with Nature 'he Negro's skin was as easy to b tanged as his nature. The Bibl lid that (he Ethiopian could no iiange his skin nor the leopard hi )ots. 1'he next step in the ant avery work would be to follow th rench Revolutionists of '98. The; ould attempt to dethrone Ueitj iniseif. Mr- Mann, of Massachu jus, who had here declared that h rould rather see war, pestilence an< irriine upon us than slavery extend 11 ed one inch, had t lso held doctrines I in effect, saving tlmt if the Scripture - justified slavery, tlien Chriatianit; was a mockery. > [Here followed a short converse lion between Mr. S. and Mr. Munr f of Massachusetts, in which the latte f | admitted that he had said, and helt ) I that he would rather have civil wai 1 than that slavery should go into th j territories.] r! Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, contii \ j uing, went on to show that not on 1 man more would be made a slave b 3 j the extension of the institution thu and that its diffusion would have th } effect of ameliorating the conditio ! of the slave. And then he laid befor 1 the North the alternative; dcclarin ? that the North was at liberty to mak . war on this account if she would, th r latter having made up her mind t i remain wholly on the defensive. f THE CLALVIOF TEXAS. r We have heard frequent innurie i since the publication oftne President 31 Message asto the particular crounc] ; upon which Texas based her claim: I ; One of her icprescntatives, Hon. I i: S. Kaufman, in a ret out speech tin I condenses in a brief space the irr< II frag&ble claim of our sister State, ; 1 claim which many who profsss to h - j governed by reason are disposed t 1 : reject and set at nought: I ' But I will say, in passing, thr , Texas knows she has a perfect rig! 1 to every inch of territory lying eas , of the Rio Grande, within her clain 3 ed limits, against Mexico and th 1! United States. She has a right again: I j Mexico, by the treaty with Sant ?' Anna, ratified by Filisola, chief ( - j her armies, who received the eonsi< f | cration; by the acknowledgement r > j the Mexican commissiohers that n< II gotiated the treaty of Guadalupe H t i dalgo; and by thattrr 'y itself, whic ; ; had attached to it a map on whic - i New Mexico is put down as lyiu ? ~..A iL- T> s** i i | v;iiiuvi I j the Senate to settle our dispute . j boundary with Mexico, and const 1 quently witho'ding her consent 1 . any other mode of settlement, c . with any other party; or by then t peated, emphatic, and solemn ai - knowlcdgemenfs of the late Pres > dent Polk, that 'the claims of Text to all the territory claimed by In - cast of the Rio Grande were we ^ founded;1 bv tho letter of Mr. Buc! r! anan, Mr. Polk's Secretary ofStat . to Grtverljor Henderson, bearing dai - February 12, If 47, when he tail speaking of the military governmei established at Santa Fe: tNolhinj i therefore, can be more certain thn r that this temporary government, r< ? suiting from necessity, can never ii - iur.ously affect the right which tli : President believes to be justly asser i ed l>y Texas to the whole territot , on this side of the Rio Grande, whei . j ever the Mexican claim to it sha -! have been extinguished by the trei i | ty;1 and also by ihe instructioi 1 whirh Governor Marcy, Secretai ?I of War unrler President Polk, eras - to the commanding officer at Sanl s Fe, on the 12th of October, 184 a vvhicn are as follows: "In regard I I that part of what the Mexicans cr s New Mexico, tying east of the R ) Grande, the civil authority whit s Texas has established, or may estal s lish there, is to be be respected, ar I- in no manner to be interfered wii - bythemilitay force inthatdepai t ment, other than to lend aid on pr n per occasions in enforcing it. u might quote many other neknow y edgements of the title of Texas] II this Santa Fe country by Mr. Po i- and his Cabinet, but time will n t permit." b FROM~EUROPE. n Baltimore, Aug. 12. The steamer Pacific arrived i- New York on Sunday, the Ilthins having left Liverpool on the 31st u i- She brings the gratifying intel d gence that Cotton hatl advane* i, far from the ruins of tho celebrated ! s eity of Grand Quivitia. Gold mines I y have been found all along the great chain of mountains extending from the sources of the Arkansas and i Platte tivers by Santa Fe to the Pur erto. Immense excavations arc I, shown all along the feet of these r, mountains, and the ruins of vast cite ies indicate that these mines were once worked by millions of people, k- The geographical formation of this e region are similar to the gold regions y of California that sliey appear to be is identical, and contain similar deposits e of the precious metals. n These facts have been made known c throughout Texas, and the Teleg graph would not be surprised to find c that the emigration to the gold rec gion ofTexas, in the ensuing autumn o should excee;i the emigration to California. All along the Indian frontier, and throughout the interior of the State, the notes of preparation s ore sounding, and thousands may be 8 found wending their way to Northis ern Texas in 'he course of two or s- three months. The excitement in ) regard to this expedition has perhaps is never been equalled. a Returned Californium?The New e York correspondent of the Ledger | ? says: "I have seen und conversed with three or four rough and ready Cali1.' place a landlord sent the crier round 1(J with the news "that the farmer's enIh emy," was at the point of death. o- Bcranger.?The great lyaic poet, I Beranger, whose Anacreontic songs r|- render him so great a favorite with to the people, wandered accidentally in !k the Quarticr Latin, where, supposing ot himself to be unknowrt, he entered one of the humble cabarets belonging to that classic neighborhood.? Some students saw the venerable Writor. rorncrni'/nrl him. nmt on r/MiM. at ded him. 'fhey procured the choit., cest flower*, and, weaving them into It. a coronet, placed it upon his head, li- with a respect and admiration truly ;d Parisiap. They sent for the most ir- captivating young ladies of .v IUUII vuunuji tvuuil llli;v have outwitted a very cautious traveller, 'that he had guessed you up a tree.1 ^fter leaving Connection, yoi' winter the clumsy ostentatic me fuss and uproar of the weali thy New Yorkers?then the staid old impudence, the sober vanity, the singular good sense, the insupportable methea of the Pennsylvania^?the nothingness of the Delaware men? the seJi-gatisfied, supercilious Marylander?the hot and peremptory Virginian, ready like the Irishman, to quarrel or drink, fight or laugh, a prodigal in every thing?lip, talent money and character?the dark, sallow, showy, talkative, riotous No th Carolinian?the more fervid, rash and haughty South Carolinian?in. dulflrcnt. imnf?rimi?. r.U solute Georgian?the half-built, halfnaturalized, ha'f-educated Louisianian; all of the Southern race are the , greater part chuck full of impertinent valor and boyish headlong precipitation. Upon which Mr. Matthews very naturally remarks.1 'My friends in America will surely claim, "Defend me from my friends." A convict in the Ohio States Prison, made his eBcape over the walls in rather a singular mannor, the other day. He crawled into a cannon, and got one of his comra cs to "shoot l him over the fence.'* He landed in i the next couniv. RinrKt cnnotaKi^n . J O **v wiiutuui^a and a bed-cord i re in pursuit of him Cool.?'May be smoking is offensive to some of yon,1 said an inveterate smoker as he entered one of the ferry boats. 'Yes, yes,1 immediately responded a dozen voices. 'Well/ said the the iquirer, immediately placing his cigar between his and putting away at it for dear iifc, ' tis to some foikt.' If a man were to set out calling everything by its right name, he would be knocked down before he got to the corner of the street. There is a young M'ss in this city, who, when her parents refuse to a.u,? - L-? " iv/rr iici IU UIIU11U il [)3II| W.ll SCt 10 and have a bawl at home. I uteres* ting child, that. The most eminent Physician in the world is a Dr. Roberts of Philadelphia, who advertises in the papers ol that city to cur J / overly! A woman who loves, loves for life, unless a well founded jealousy compels her to relinquish the oiveels of her affections. So says somebody. A man who loves, loves far life, unless he alters his mind. So says somebody else. NeQRO Wit.?A imam nnrn nr