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''"U-LJ^ " :f \ r> ,r\ m .-a f?.j ^ ? 3 ki a <1 ^ J \J Vj/ J/ ?3 ^ VJ/ sj ^ J VJ diJ 1 1 III llu* Senate, on Kriday, 30th ult., several bills were taken up and made special orders for next week. The Military Academy bill was read a imro nine anil passedThe bill jpanling alternate sections of land in Michigan in aid of the canal round the Falls of St. Mary's connecting Lakes Michigan and Su-. perior, was taken up. The bill was discussed by Messrs. I Bright, Davis, of Miss.. Davis of Mass. TTr.') ? i *' v uuvi 11 uvui oiiiuiii r t'icii" l ass and others. The Hill was ordered to be engrossed for ~ third reading. On motio.. of Mr. Badger, it was ordered tl at when thr Senate adjourn, it do adjourn to Monday. The Senate, on motion ?f AT,- , Hamlin, went into executive session, and when the doors were opened the i Senate adjourned. j 1 In (lie House, thr morning hour ' having expired, Mr. P. King, of New < York, moved that the House proceed ! to use consideration of the business ' on the Speaker's tabic. It was car- < l ied in the affirmative, and , 5 The Texas boundary bill and the j 1 proposed amendments were taken ' 1 up. 1 Mr. Clarke, of New York, who \ ? was entitled to the floor, replied to ' 1 uie remarks of Mr. Brooks, of yes- 1 terday. 11c said that with him and \ his constituents the W'ihnot proviso. 1 or more properly the groviso of \S7, 1 was a sentiment or an abiding prin- ' ciple. He alluded to the abandon- ; 1 ment of the proviso by Mr. ISrocks, ' 1 and said that the gentleman in the 1 ' New York Convention introduced resolutions stronrrlv i . . -O J l,.K: ! Wilniot Proviso, and that it slioiilct be forever applied to our territories: and that now he had abandoned it, ' because, as ho alleges, it was merely ^ used then for the purpose of ar ?st-, j inir the presrress of the American a? ms i i in Mexico. i 1 \Yhv, said Mr. Clarke, the Mexi-; * can war had terminated six months I 1 ?.,.r -i uuiure me resolutions were penned !< and introduced into that convention, i 1 Mr. Clarke then examined into the ' claim of Texas, to show that she had j < no right to the territory claimed by 1 her and in dispute between her and ' New Mexico. He, for one, should ; 1 vote against paving her a dollar for ! 1 land that did not belong to her. 11 Mr. Gorman defended the vight of. Texas to a!! the territory east of the Tiin (li-mi'In 1 tumprenenuing JSantn Fe and all llio inhabited portion of j New Mexico, or nearly so. He j < viewed the junctionol' the extremists J of the North and south?the junction ' of the ultra slavery men anil the free 1 soil men against this bill as porten-!' live of gre$t evil to the country. lie j advocated the passage of the bill, and maintained that it could not bo pass- ' ed if it were not for the New York I 1 representatives, who were so acting 1 as to place the responsibility of using or not, in a certain eontiiiflwnrv. ilm i military power of thceountry against j 1 Texas. I' He warned them that their con-j1 duct was leading 1 his country to a i civil war. Before concluding, however, should r ivil war come, which he prayed (/od to 'avert, ho would be j found where the flag of his country |1 was found. He concluded hv dn "V t t nouneing ihc Wilmot proviso as having hern brought forth by ingenuity, < and tliat it had had an iniquitous I raco, 1 Mr. Daniel obtained the floor, but 1 yielded to a motion th^lvtho House , 1 adjourn, and it accordingly adjourned In the Senate, on Tuesday, 4th Inst., the bill to Kimnrnsu . ? iv onirt; i i trade in the District of Columbia was taken np. j Mr. CJay explained it, and urged its passage. Air. Forte offered" his amendment' authorizing the authorities of the District of Columbia to pass lawscn the subject of the slave trade and the ! abduction of slaves. Mr. Pearce submitted an amend nn-jii in i wo uraucnes?one making . it a penitentiary offence to eniice or induce n slave to run away; and the other conferring upon the levy court j and corporations of the District power to prohibit immigration ol free negroes. Mr. Pearce explained that for the offences contemplated by the first ! branch of his amendment the law of Maryland of 1790, provided no ade- j. quate punishment. The penally was j a fine, to go to the owner, of two bun i dred dollars. The offences coveretl by this part of the amendment were frequent and most daring and infamous. He desired to furnish an ad equate remedy as the best means of preventing their recurrence. The seeond branch afforded a I, means of protection againct the vast J J jncreaso of free negroes, This clas? , of population, he had been informed . had becornc h pest upon society here.!, Mr. Clay oppftsed the amendments I as part of this bill. They would be proper if there wan a code of laws tor the District before the Senate.-4? .IX . S . .I.L-J i-,'L3LJ>a.-ia>J,.JJUU i 1, I IIU I He could nol support them as part uf this bill. Mr. Butler said that from iuforma iton laiuueiore one 01 iiic committee, he hail ascertained that two thirds of the time of the criminal court of this District was taken up in the trial office negroes. After some discus ion, both bran j ehes of the amendment w ere passed, i and the Se'iate adjourned. In the House, the question pending was on the motion of Mr. Root, to recommit the bill to the committee of the whole on the state of the Union, with instructions to report it with an amendment prohibiting slavery in the territories acquired from 1 ]\fc\*ico by the treaty of Guadalupe1 Hidalgo. Mr. Daniel sent (o the Clerk's ta bio a substitute tor Mr. Koot'samcnd ment, in eft'-et?to report an additional section to the bill, repealing nil nets ; of Congress which prohibit African -lavery in the territories of the Uni. ' led States; so as to extend to principle of non-intervention into the tcrri-1 lories. He slightly modified it, (a juestion of order having been raised, md tlic^ Speaker having declared it lot to be in ordei.)and thus it was ' reed from objection. After prelimi-' lary observations, he condemned the 1 nessage of the Preside t in relation : o the Texas boundary, &c., as erro-! icons and dangerous, not only to the icace of the country, but perhaps to ho perpetuity of the Union. He was ar from being a disunionist; anil if le ever should become so, it would )e because his non-slavcholdinff brelh on would force him to tal-e that po-! lition. Ho trusted that the Union! ,vonld long; survive, but he loved the ights which the Union intended to ecure bettor than the Union itseK. ! 1 fo was in favor of rights in thr rr..; :n.? i 1. * _r? ?*i . i . UUJU 11 111: I'UlllUi Ulll OI 11 11 no must. ! lis object was to enforce and secure lie same regard lor the principles of; ustice, the same inviolable regard ! or the public faith in the admin' via ion of our domestic affairs between ! lie States and the different sections j >f the Confederacy which charac ter j izes the proceedings of the Govern ment abroad in our diplomatic relations. If there were any disunionists, he believed it was because men ! liavc lost all hope of obtaining jus- i lice. Although he believed that the j number of them is small, if the North i continue to insist on injustice and to it. _ f 1 _ i < < * * ucuuim; me wonsumuon under loot, j and manifest a purpose t-j excludc j (lie Soutli from a common territory, j the property of all the States, acquired by a common blood and treas-! ure, the number of disunionists will be increased, lie had not yet abandoned the hope that his Northern brethren will do the South justice. If the South could be united, and take a firm stand, the North vvould rlo themjustice. As aSouthern mar, he was willing for non-intervention,! L>V aboiishinor ail laws rcstrirtino- cl? very from the territories, and adding nn additional article to the Conslitn-1 lion, putting it out of the power of even three-fourtlis of ihe States to i Fiftoct the institution in the Stater?' without the consent of all the slave holding State?. Then we should have no agitation from Abolitionists and Free soilers. As to the bill un- 1 der consideration, lie would sooner vote ten millions of dollars to defend) Texas than he would to insure her lismemborment?taking from her a portion of her territory. He maintained the right of Texas to the boundary which she claims, from the mouth to the source of the Rio G rande. Mr. McDowell was understood to sav that he would not have risen on ' this occasion if the proposition to restrict slavery had not been offered. And he took the liberty to remark that it was his fortune twenty years ago, while a member of the J louse of Delegates, toaddiess to that body a speech on the subject ofslavorv. which he examined with freedom, j That spcerh had been referred to in both branches of Congress by the ! friends of the proviso, in overwrought j and unmerited encomium. He did not mean to review the sentiment at that time expressed, but he meant | to say that, whether right or wrong,! true or false, nevertheless they were h:~U? -i? I'I ...iv .vu in mi; n^iii pmce, addressed to fhe right audience, and invoked the action of the rightful authority. They were spoken in the Legislature of Virginia, and spoken to the people. They related to an institution established under their own laws, and they only had the right to modify, uhrogate, or continue it. Congress never had the powor to act on the subject, in any way whatever. Until (?'nnorr#>?Q ti!?a 111 u 'm<tt?..'.t? - - T---o ...... ....o uuiiiui ujr, it unwise and mischievous; utterly pow 1'i lcss for a^ood purpose, but powerful for evil. The whole control si ould be taken from those who are alien to the institution, and rest with those who are connected with it. The Hibjcdt should be left to the interests find wisdom of those who, in the Providence of God, have slavery in their midst. He objected to the proviso because it was unconstitutional, harsh, and ; unnecessary; because it was an ofTen IIE KEOW] i sive violation of the risrhts of Slates ! locontinue slavery. '1 he first object ' of Ihe proviso was to give all the territory now in, and all which ever will come into the Union, to the free States, whether by diplomacy, or by i conquest; and the whole South, what| ever may be her relations and contributions to procure it?no matter how she stood in the front rank in the hour of sacrifice, and honorable service?is lobe thrust out from the body of her associates, buffeted, and wounded in spirit. Ho maintained that the Wilmot ( proviso, in all its length and breadth, was an undit-guist J, deliberate disunion proposition, which would prevent one section of the Union from in creasing and dividing the Slates in fraternal feeling. It was utterly impracticable to produce any other result. C i I. - C3 il - ' - uuii|j?.?st; me oouii) wereio restrict (he North, saving- that she never should extend her finger beyond her prison house, while the South would appropriate all the territory ever taken into the Union, to make slave holding States of it. Had the South followed up such measures? Had; tll'H' ninrlo alhwlfu nil (l<n mm-tilo .1?.1 l habi's of thought of the North? He i asked gentlemen in all com cience and manliness to say whethc., if this I had been the case, their indignation ! and wrath would not have boiled i over? Would they not have regard-! cd it as a dereliction of right, and a departure from brotherly affection? W ould their constituents have been still? Would there not have been an uprising onion# the Northern neonle? i Would Faneuil Hall have been ; voiceless and dumb? All Nev Eng-; land would have burnt as a living i coal, and not a particle of the West 1 would have been found not to resist; a proposition, which, coming from themselves, they have labored so long and so laboriously to fix on the South. Mr. McDowell contended for cmiality and justice to the South, vvlio asked no favors, but only immunity from bondage; and he made an iI/MT t n 4 /v < ?* 7VT L ^ A ~ vn?im-iil U|)|jcai IU 1IIU JL> urill IU 1111116 | with her to put an end forever to domestic dissension. The hour to which he was limited in debate expired. KEOWEE COURIER Friday, Sept. 13, 1S30. With a view of Kcconunod.Ming our 8u seribers who live nt h distance. tlie following o > gentlemen arc authorized and requested to act a? agents in receiving and forwarding Sub criptons to the Kkowek Courier, rix: Maj. W. S. O nib iiam, at West Union. Edward IIikiuks, Esq., " llorso Shoo. E. P. Vkunku, Esq., " Haehelor'a Ketreai M. V. Mitcuki.i., Esq.. " Piektneville. J. E. " Twelve Mile. J. T. Webd. for Anderson District. The almost inextricable confusion 1 which ii is fallen upon the Territories, owing to the weak and stumbling policy of the late Administration, is without a pr rallcl in the history of civil governments. As soon as this wonderful Administration could by that peculiar forcing process wh'ch was emi nently its own, procure he formation of a Constitution and the election of State officers for California, its head, (he late lamented Executive* in compete anticipation of the action of Congress, saw proper to resign all his authority "in and over the territory'1 into the hands of the would be Sfnlo nilllmi'ltlflO. nrwl Kt.o r'nllf. ?"U UIUO v. UII1W1 11UI | lms become, as far as (he acknowledgment of (he executive of this government can make her so, a free and independant power, and in her relations to the Union, neither a State nor a territory., Hi"? ? uocupies a position little less anomilous, being the theatre of the contentions of two usurping Governments. Col. Monroe claims jurisdiction as military Governor, in the exercise of which rights he is disturbed by the lately elected State authorities, who affect to be supreme in the territory, and who valiently announce their determination to maintain tno samcal hazards. The cource of the late executive, and more especially the doctrines advanced in the Senate in the debates on the California bill, warrant entirely the assumptions of Alwez, while the doctrines set forth by some of. the same parties concerning President Fillmore's message, and the dicta of the message itself, fully justify ColMonroe in his efforts to maintain the supremacy of military authority. Jtlcre ihen wc have the singular spectacle of a government whose hippocritical, dishonest, and shuffling policy harhntched two userpations in the same territory,, set them by the ear?, and, strangest of all, whose avowed doctrines declare both parties to be in the right. Which side \ w, lill.lllJWIJ-lUIHJJM'a IIIUJMI, f til sic cor;rik. Mr Fillmore will most favor we are at a loss to know, we suspect however, that before he allays the wrath of these his contendirg creatures and ' 1 _rii !!?.. I- I m--is nnu?cii Ian uui ui mo uuucuiiy lie will find, as many have found before him, that when "we teach bloody instruction,they being taught, return to plague 'he inventor/' The fo'lowing extract, so eminently characteristic of the sontin ents and feelinjTS of thoso Southnrn rtHif nr? who bow ihcinsclves meekly to the Northern Baal, and worship humbly at his filthy alters, we take from the Ashville Messenger of the 4th inst. The Messenger calls Mr. Soule "a Frenchman," and "an upstart for-1 eigner," who is attcmutincr tb "die-1 tate lo us, and trying to destroy our institutions.11 It* Mr. Soulc does happen to have been lx-n in France, he shows and feels a deeper solicitude for the honor and integrity of his adopted country, than such "nativesM as the Ashville Messenger have shown, or can ever feel. It is a pity indeed that the Messenger himself is j not such a Frenchman, for if we had ! more such in the country and in the Senate, the enemies of the South would not he triumphing over her, as now they are triumphing. ffM 1 - j. ms is oy no means the lirst at- i tack of ihe kind wnich lias been j made upon Mr. Soule; the brave and noble stand which lie has taken a- j gainst northern aggression, his search- j ing exposition of northern iniquity, j his withering rebukes to the puling demagogues by whom he is sur- J rounded, and above all his unan- j swcrable defence of the South, her 1 institutions and position, have arpus-1 ed the anger of the entire "kith and ' kin," and set the whole pack of time- j servers at his heels, so that with Lear he might exclaim : "The little dogs nnd nil, Tray, Blanch, niiJ Sweothjart, see, thoy bark at me." Hut fortunately these little fellows 1" i 1? ' imi uiii'iS) uemg CQpft blc of nothing more terrible than barking, and therefore they receive but little attention from Mr. Soule and his friends, the Southern people, whose good sense ttach them to act on the maxim 4'de minimis non curat lex." "Foreign Influence.?We have i . i- - ? iy? * f r miT IJO ICtllCU IIIC CIICCI OI IOieij^n ini1 encc with our republican institutioi;v by men brought up and schooled in despotic (iovernroents more than anything else. The father of his country warned all his children to beware of it and it will be well for thern to heed it. Look now at Mr. | Souie, of Louisiana, a Frenchman, the head of the disunion band, ridicu imjr ana siorming out against the Union! What right 1ms this upstart foreigner to come over here and be dictating to us, and trying to destroy our institutions? None! May we be preserved from such influences now and forever.11 Texas appears to be in considerable of a ferment in relation to her Boundary, and by her authorities threatens to send on armed fom?a in maintain her claim to half of New Mexico. She seems forgetfiu of 'lie lesson afforded by Shay's Rebellion and the Whiskey Insurrection. Of the 50,000 Nullifiers who were to be en masse at Macon, 49,000 were missing.?I^eivisbnrg Chronicle. Texas has not forgotten that les son, but she knows, as the. Ch ionic! e | would know if fanaticism had not perverted his reason, that lesson to be entirely inapplicable to her case. There is not the shadow of a resemblance between the case of a soverein State, whose clear and unmittable rights are invaded, and whose territory is sought to be dismembered, arid that nf a f<r?w rliKfrnntn/l iitUlV/Uta tcnt?, whose avowed objccts were not the maintenance of right and the security of justice, but the utter subversion of law and order; and the Lewisburg Chronicle will find this distinction become still greater should Mr. Fillmore attempt with his yankee cmisarics to coerce the State of Texas. This warning of Ihe Chronicle, untrue to history as it is, would be simply ridiculous did it not express that sent:ment called "national which pervade# the great mass of the northern people, and which means the supremacy of the Federal ! and the complete subjection of the | State Governments, or rather, being | shorn of the gloss of words, the / R. j -nii: " . ?j ! 4? " $??- ii right of;thy strong to afflict the weak ; and undefended; and the North hay ! ing ihe numerical strength, it now j means the right of "negro sympathies" and "higher law men" to k lord it over the Constitution and the minority in the Union. Tho Chronicles connect with Texas the Macon gathering, and seeks to uuiiYi7 i?u impression 10 ins renders that ibis too has been a failure. Tho Chronicle is most egregiously mistaken, the Macon meeting was eminently successful, as .rave been all such meetings held within the last six months South of Mason &. Dixon's line, and though there Were not .)U,UUU people there in propria persona, the whole South, with the exception of ft few cowardly ienegades, was there in spirit and in feeling, and million/' of loyal hearts, burning with a sense of many injuries, responded to the glowing words and patriotic resolves of that meeting. The German Settlement.?In another column will be found a letter from one of the settlers to Capt. W agner, which we extract from the Charleston Courier. We have seen a number of these Germans nil of whom appear to belong to a superior class of emigrants being inteligent and enterprising mechanics and farmers. This settle. Ment is certainly an acquisition to the D.strict. Jrnny Lin'd.?The American niii sical world has at last received the "ultima thiile" of its desires; the "great Bavjiumized,11 jenny Lind, did actually come over in the Atlantic, and is now snugly housed in a private boarding house near Union ...? i l-mn. u, wnuru, ll 13 saiCl, m'JCll lO lllC amazement of all, she cats "Indian puddings," and "Yankee notions' "for all the world like any native." Westminster Review. We have received the July number af this Review in which we find many interesting articles. The article on prostitution, contains some melancholy information in relation to that unhappy class of women, whose miserios and crimes make them out laws of humanity, together with many thoughts and suggestions by which those censors might profit, who arc disposed to comlenm for sin rather than tu- mispKon/m - r J Gov, SEAimoox.?It is rumored that his Excellency Gov. Seabrcok passed through this place on Wednesday last. [for the courier.] Mr. Editor:?Myself and neighbors have also been thinking and talk ing about the late 'appropriation' of monrv. hv ih<> ^ , --j ...v MvgunuiuiO) IU I1IU Vliggingdown the hill,1 in your village. And we should have been heard from, long since, on this sub ject, but for our couscioua incapacity and less excusable inability to communicate our ideas. Encouraged, however, bv the hundsnm* lA Tugalo Farmer' has set, I shall undertake to give you and him a few of our reflections on the project, even at the risk of bringing down the vengeance of Hhat singular class of men who are ever on the looJcout for something to condemn? upon us. 1 am a close reader of the Courier, anA U.? ? ' - ' " .I..V1 uy mo II1IU1 inaiiuil uunveo lrom that paper and the acts of the Legislature for a few years past, 1 shall arrive at some conclusions, of the correctness of which you and the public may judge. And here let mo say, that although we agree with Mr, Tugah for the most part, we cannot exactly subscribe to all his assertions. We are pleased with the "appropriation" and acknowledge our gratitude to that honorable body for it, but the Contractor and his "ill-fated bull," we shall leave to supply empty wita with food. We are also satisfied that the public records which are all important to the people, are very insecure, in their present condition, and that the ha/.ard of destruction by fire, should be lessened as mtutli and ?s speedily as possible. I have ofteti heard it said, that ours is the onh' wooden Court House iu the State, and if so, why? Are then#title papers and District recerds less valuable to the people of Pickens than ftimilftr property to' th<? citizens of <Mor Distfictii? Surety not. Not *..UU4q I , l^lll I imlojiju-L. j withstanding such are the facts, we | should be charitable enough to believe hat our district has been neglected more from a want of efficient repre j sentatives, than from any inherent i disposition in the Legislature tc slight ! tBut we do not admit the "oflficesM I will be "fire proof" when completed;* : because the basement story only will be of brick, while the roof and upper story will be of wood, and yet 1 flatter myself, that I shall show, before I close, how the records &.C., will be seven fol'1 more secure with, than , >',!i? * -* ' uiuiuuli iiiu uaaLiiiciii siury oruriCK. I vv ca!so think that, if the Legislature* i in making amends for former negli1 gcnce, has given a larger sum than is ; absolutely necessary to put up the brick story, the remainder should be i used in "digging down the hill;" and i if the Commissioners of public buildi ings have any surplus funds on hand, they thould be applied to some other useful improvement on the public grounds and buildings. If you publish the above you may expect to hear again from WHETSTONE. The New Germ am Settlement in Pickens.?We have been favored with ihe following extract of a letter from one of the settlers in Pickens, which will he intorrciting io their friends 111 this city. The ft.vorabler j account given of the comnry will i probably induce others to emigrate j ihere: 1 -'West Union, (Pickens Pist., S. C.} Aug. 1(5. "Capt. John A Wegener?Dear i Sir: As yon feel sonic interest in I matters around here, I will drop you ; a line, giving you an item of some of i our doings. Mr. Temples, known | as the contractor for the clearing of i " IValhcilla" liXfi commenced and is i pelting on tolerably well. I hope he i may give satisfaction. Briggman has commenced a large house on his ! forty acres, adjoining my line. Al! ready Walhalla can boast of many : workmen, and broadaxes, saws and j hammers resound along her streets. i i was at Mr. Mencken's yesterday, i lie appears pleased; in fact, all that have come, with one or two exceptions, arc pleased, and will do well. I heard Mr. Schroder say, "he would not take ten thousand dollars for his bargain?" "Crops are generally beefcr than usual this year. Corn particularly is good?Wheat was not good. Oats fine. Esqr.jjMauIdin has finished your last survey ot twenty-seven small farms, 1 think. Fruit was never so plenty as now in this country. Mr. Schocfcr has his Saw Mill in opera1 inn aiirl ie iln'mw .?>?U. U..I ?Mv< ic iiuiuf^ noni uiiu iur> i>uiwinklc has moved into his new house. There are three large Brickyards near here in operation now, and I expert ihey will be able lo supply al! your wants! "Our country presents quite a different aspect already. Our place is lively all the time, and I hope that your anticipations may be fully realized. I can see no reason why all should not do well here, when in the Northern States the iinigrants .ore prosperous on lands much poorer than our own, and in a rude and boisfpt'Aiie ?v v* ki 411 fee from the Anderson Gazette, that from that place they have made implication for a charter to run a rood direct from thero, so as to intersect the Stump House road, passing through you town to Franklin, Macon Co., N. C. The road will be wade 1 am in favor of making it a public road, and it can bo made as jc^ood as the road frrnt mvntnro ir> Y\ with very little trouble. All the trade from that section of Nprth Caroling part ofUppcrGeorgia and Tennessee will pass through Wallmlla on the way to Anderson C. H.?and if your people canlccepit there, &of|&ch the better for then). From lin to Athens, Geo., is about lOffi^ttniles, half the way over a bad flmipTko road; to Anderson will be 70 muqson t he best road free, so you will porceive at once that it is \^itMn our mnchto secure prosperity, termined that the road shall h<gSHfeei and can, without any doubt: htSRit done dy the fall of 51, or as the Hail Roacl will bo at Anderson C- II." Charleston Courier. The lady who doesn't turn round :n (he street to see what another lady wears, is on a visit to Nalmnt. The young gentieman who doesn't stare in the face of alt the ladies he meets, accompanies her. The Printers of Boston have subscribed, through the ngencv of a comjuitttMi of the Franklin 1 vooirrnnhi^^^J cj|? Soeieiy, the sum of one' hundred dollars towards the erection of the Washington National Monument* and the money was paid over to the agent by Mr. Thomas J. Mie, chair* f man of tn* collecting committee.