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iiiiimi 'iyl r i li?n. '>. , v'> J. . . - i . \ ? t> ^?rv , , ? , lj li-ux-. . iwmiw iiiiw ?m? h?i ii ir i nrniii r it ?'?ti '^"1? "'* ?* ^ t ? ?.? f * ' ~ ." ~ ~~ * -' * Vt- 15 Cffl WiY/ ? IEi -' :r 7i;/ (p* fFi fifi fc) fi r? rs) /\\ !l L J \ f\ I V L V ?oS, /:^fe|'%o i J 8 , L I L J I fl I f' F) fl n ^ 1-6 L-J """PS1-;' .afjlp^ kJ L/ Ji U _i UJ i ? 'i>"W^i; .i-:. "'l %'::" " TO THINK OWN SIC LP 1JK TI1UK, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AS TUB ' " XlflllT THK I?A V, Til MP I'A.S'^T NOT Til 3 IN UK FALSI! TO \NV MAN." BY ROB'T. A. THOMPSON. FICKKXS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, APRIL I>\ WGi). VOL. XI. NO. 37i " - --^," ? 1 .... ..?.. ? ? . ? ? ? ??? ? ? ^3 ^la[?L?"if*liL?) IPOKITlrlYj representing the people of tlio I"nited Stales. PresidenTa p^i-nspr ulmt ? ..> .> ii... ?~....:r ? ' ,,! * Homo, Bright and Pleasant. More than ImiUling showy mansions? More than dress mul line array M >re than <lo:nes or lofty Hlei'iilos M>re than station. |>o\ver : M tUe your lioinc both neat mul tnsieinl, Ilrijrht an?l pleasant, always luiv. Whore each heart shall ivst contented, (irdtoful for each bounty there. M >; ? than lofty, spelling title.'? M nv I'v^lijon's Itirintr irlari* - M >re th in iniKl.uftn'^ gll-le I tumors--M-iro tliAH tliotiglil nuu well vutup-iro ; Sjc I!ih.t hoiiu i< uri'le attraetive, " tty surruini liuj?.* pujr^ au>l bright, f re en arrtngol villi \U*K' aal unler, ' "l^ woJ-ji * ;<!) J lit-if, sweet <lclijjlii. {>>.& "> raiV; y.v.vr IIu;n> aitist lovely, I. :t I'Sa a siniliii? spot.' WiiiM'c. i-sivaet e*>utentiiieut resting, Care an sorrow tire forgot ; V," i ili'Mowors aii'l trees are waving, l)ir "il sl^ tlicir swe.'te ;t songs. W'.uV.'H tl 4. :~eSt lliot will linger, C j<>8 1- Aftllvl IjTO belongs. I M i'?-' >o ,r Ijiiij a little l.-Ln, liaitatr.ef Hiuiling bowora, j 1.<ll II Ull.I - Sm I aiming bright trees an 1 llnw crs: "V?re. w!111 t'rajjr.iueo .m l what brightness, Will each blooming rose display ! There. a simple viue-clnd arbor )Jrigliteiu through cacli summer day. There each heart will rest contented, K ddo;n wishing far to roam. Or, if ronniii:*. still will cherish Molli fies ot' that pleasant Home: Such a Home makes m hi the hotter, 1 'lire and lasting its control ? llo.lie. with |tiiro ail 1 bright surroundings, 1.eaves its impress on the soul. ^ WW iii.-wvwiKi ?u?wr.<mrmYTTiBnnr? -w?tr;?Trrjmwi'T?qr>l p&hnoAL, Message from the Presideut. A few il iy.s sitioo Mr. Cuvtulu, a im-mber of the 1 [oust; from I'cnnsylviiui.i, olloml a icso luMnn, which was adopted, appointing a cotniiiitto<; to invcstigate whether the President of i tlio Inked States has not used 44 money, patronage, ami other improper moans," to our- 1 rupt members of Congress an<l control thoir 1 I oilicial action. On Thursday last, President ISuchamiu sent the following message to the llonsc, protesting against such action : To t 11 k HorsK ok 1U:i'i:ksknt.\tivi:s : After a dolay which has a Horded mo ample time for rollo.otion, and after much and careful deliberation, 1 lind myself constrained by an imperious sense of tint v. as a on nrdiiiMi.. branch of the Federal Government, to protest against the lirsl two clauses ol' the lii*st resolution adopted liy the House of Representatives on tlic >ith instant, and published in the Congressional Globe, on the succeeding d y.? These clauses arc in the following words : " Kesolved, that a conmiittcc of live ,r.e::,.b.". bu appointed by the Spo.tker, lbr the purpose ^liivt) ut' investigating whether the President of the United States, or ?:?v other oHh-i-r of the (Jovernment, lists, by money, |>:*t or other improper means, sought to influence the not ton ot ('undress, or any ouMimittecthereof, tor or aj*ainstthe passage of any law | appertaining to the rijjhts of any State or Tor- ; litory ; (and second) "also, to impure into j and investigate whether any olHeoror oftieers ! of the tjoverninent have, by cn:nbitiatiou or j otherwise, prevented or defeated, or attempted 10 prevent or detent, the execution of any law or laws now upon t'l.i statute b nk, ami whether (ho President has failed or refused to compel the cxecuiioo c?f ?;*^3* ' J (.'online myself exclusively to these two j branches of the resolution; because tlio por- j tions of it wbieli follow relate to alleged abu- j scs in post olliees, navy yards, public build- i in?rs, and other public works of the I'nited ; States. In such eases inquiries are highly j proper in themselves, and belong equally to i the Senate and House, as incident to their ' legislative duties, and being necessary to enable them to discover and to provide the appro- 1 11 ihiu iiihi Hijji.-iianvo remedies lor any abuses | which may be ascertained. Although the j terms of tlie latter portion of the resolution , arc extremely Viiirue and general, yet my solo l purpose in adverting to them at present is to , mark the broad line cf distinction between j the nccusatory and the remedial clauses of this ! resolution. The 1 louse of Representatives j possess no power under the Constitution over the first or noeusatory portion of the resolution, cxcent as an iiiin.?jift1ilnr/ kmli t J' "v'""h ) whilst over tho last, in common with tho Senate, their authority sis a legislative body is fully mid cheerfully admitted. It is solely in reference to tho first or impeaching power that J propose to make a few observations. Except hi this single oase, tlie Constitution has invested tho House of Representatives with no power, no jurisdiction, no supremacy whatever, over tho President. In all other respects lie is quito as independent of them as they arc of him. As a coordinate branch of tho Oovcrnmout, ho is their i T...I?i i - ; 'i > ? uiium. juuuc-u, iiu is me oniy ciiroet representative on earth of the people of all and each of the sovereign States. To them, and to them aloue, i.s lie responsible whilst acting within the sphere of his constitutional duty, and not in any manner to the House of Representatives. The people have thought proper to invest him with the most honorable, responsible, and dignified ofticc in the world, and the individual, however unworthy, now holding thin exalted position, will take care, gofarns within him lies, th?t their rights and prerogatives shall never be violated in bis ner won, but Hh'ill p:tSH to bin successor.? unimpaired by tho-ndoption of a dangerous precedent, lie will defend tboui to the last'extremity agninKt any unconstitutional attempt, come from what quarter it may, to abridgo the constitutional righto of tho Kxooutivo, and render him subservient to any huinnn power, dxcept themselves. TUa people hftvo not confined tho President to tho exoreiso of oxeoutive duties,? Thoy have also conferred upon him a largo measure of lcgislr.tive disoretion. No bill become a law without his approval, as unless* it ?hnll pass alter his veto by a majority of two thirds <>t' hoth houses. In his !;?live. capacity, 'u> miirht. in common with the Senate and the House, institute an inquiry to ascertain any facts which ought to influence his judgment in approving or vetoing any l hill. II This parliei|ntio'i in the performance of. I legislative duties between the co-ordinate ! j branches of the t tavern moot, otij^ht t*> ! i ?. * pi re I i tlio conduct ut' iiil of them, in their relations towards each other, with mutual forbearance ! ! and respect. At least, each has a riirht to de- j inand justice from the other. The cause of j I complaint is that the Constitutional rights | and immunities of the Incentive have b(v:i i violated in the person of the President. The trial of an impcachnu'Ht Mu- President he!ore the Semite on < harirva profr^rcl and prose.1-nted against him by the House of I > ' 1 * ucprescmai ives, woui'l tie ;in linpusini; spec- I tnclo fur tho world. In (In; result, nut on 1 v his removal f'otn the Presidential olliec would i involved, hut, what is ut' infinitely greater in)] irtanee tu himself, bin character, both in | t ao eyes of the present and ut future irenera- i tions, miirht possibly I tarnished. The dis \ ?r.ioe east upon him would in sumo decree be i reflected upon the character of the American people \.'to elected him. llenee the precautions adopt d by the ('onstitution tu set-ure a lair trial, t- ? such a trial it declares that j "the Chief .J u ' ic?\s shall preside." This I w is, doubtless, . eciiusc t!io trainers of the Constitution ]?olio -d it tn be |? >>;-iI?Ic that the Vice 1'resident inij>. ' L<* biased bv tin- tact that, 4i in case of the . "Uioval of the I'rcsi-| dent from office," ' tho . ^ 1110 shall devolve ! on tho V iv-?' I 'resident." Tho preliminary proc'cdi.. in the TIoiiso, in the c.se of charges which tl " involve ini. . i ... . . . |HMi;illll(!|ir, I1IVC UCOU well ill'd V -?cl v * 'f' t f! v ?I liV loiiir practice upon principles ot ual justice licitii to tin* iscous. il and to the pfii 'c.? The precedent established in tin; case of ?1? Peek, ill' Missouri, in lS:i 1. niter a careful i > | view of all former precedents, will, I venture to predict, stand the t.-st of time. In tliat I ease, Luke Kdward Lawless, the accuser, presented a petition to the House, in which lie set forth minutely and speciiicaliv his causes of complaint. lie prayed " that the conduct I ami proceedings in tlm behalf of said .1 luhjfc : 1'eck may he. inquired into by your honorable body, and such decision made thereon ;is to j your wisdom and justice shall seem proper." ; This petition was referred to the J udiciary , {Committee. Such has ever heeii deemed the ' appropriate committee to make similar invtv ti- , 'M'.irch d.< l8r,() ' Vi?,"' IMA RULE YAIM) | AT PENDLETON. I^VKIIYONK CAN 1SK smrrn to ??'?. < - .... ..... .1M I, I 1 R J have on hand and receive every month 1 h l,e-r ' i 1 it.* a,a .ik \ \ \ SB A ?i i;u 3i' A !; MARBLE Oil MOXl'M i;.\ rs, KLAB.S, TOMBS J AN II ^ II KADSTONKS OK A LI. SI/.KS i, ' lid ll?' >!" ? i ' ' | conducted in suc'i a manner as to aflurd liim no reasonable cause of complaint. The view of this pree dent, ami, wbat is of far <rr.;ater i in porta not;, in view of the Constitution ami the principles of eternal justice, in wbat miinncr has the President of the I'nitcd States been treated by the House of RepresentativesMr. .? .:!:?> f'ovode. a representative from Pennsylvania, is the accuser of the President Instead of following the wise pro- j cedents of former times, and especially that in ' the case of J mitre Poclc, and referring the accusation to tlie Committee on the Judiciary. 1 tho House luive inado it:y accuser one of my i judjiOS. To m:il<e Mil* accuser the judjre is ;< violation ' of the principles of universal justice, awl is condemned by the practice ot'all civili/ed nations. Every frcoinan must revolt at such a spectacle. I am to appear before M r. Covode, either personally or by a substitute, to crossexamine the witnesses which he may produce neiore lilmselt In .sustain his own accusations against me; ami perhaps this poor boon may | bo denied tothe President j And what is the nature of the investigation | i which his resolution proposes to institute't? [ j It is as vague and general as the Kuglinh 1:*i)| iruage aflorils words in which to make it. 'l'ho i (Committee is to impure, not into anv sp^eilio charge or charges, but whether the J'resident has, by " money, patronage, or othorimproper means, sought to iiiHucnco," not the action of any individual member or members of Congress, but " the action " of the entire body' j ' of Congress" itself, "or any committee J thereof." The President might have had Homo glimmering of the nature of the offence j to be investigated had his accuser pointed to I the act or acts ?>t Ikintrress which ho j to pass or to d"foat by the employment of I " money, patronage, or other improper menus." j Hut the accusation is bounded by no sueh limits. It extends to the whole circle of legislation ; to interference "foror agaiust the passage of any law appertaining to the rights of any State or Territory.' And what law does not appertain to the rights of some State or Territory!' And what law or laws has the President failed to execute? These might easily have been pointed out had any sueh existed. llud Mr. Lawless asked an inquiry to be lliftthl 1?V ill A I Imiuo wli/itiinv I >. *?.!/ general tenon, had not violated his judicial duties, without the specification of any particular act, I do no* boliovo thero would have been u single v< that body in favor of tho inquiry. Hinee tho time of tho Star Chamber and of general warrants, there han been no sueh proceeding in England. Tho House of Representatives, tho high impeaching power of tho country, without consenting to hear a word ot explanation, have endorsed this accusation against the 1'resiUout, and made it thoir own act. They oven rofuifei to permit, a mombor to 'm^uiro of tho ....... ?? x ?v un i u\." charges against Itiin. Thus in this proiimina- j ry aecu.sation c.I" " high crime* ami misdemeanors,'" against a co-ordinate branch of the (!nvcrnment, under the impeaching power the House refused to hear a single surest ion, even in regard to the correc t mode of proceeding; but, without a moment's delay, passed the accusatory resolution# under the pre&siitc of tl:C previous <|Uesti?!>. Iii the institution of a prosecution for any offence against the most humble citi/.'T?and I claim for myself no <rrcater rights than lie , enjoys-?the < \ institution of the 'uiI< <1 Slates ami of the several States require that lie shall he informed, in the very beginning, of the nature ami cause of (lie accusation against j him, in order to enable him to prepare lor his ! defence. There are other principle-, which 1 inijjit enumerate, not lens sacred, p;v>et;t<r.;/ 1 an impenetrable shield to proti ft every eiti/.en falsely eliaryd with a criminal oll'ciuo. 'I hese have been violated in the prosecution in.-titu tetf !.y the 111us:-*- of l!epreseiit.ti\<s ;?l::?in>t the Kxceutive branch of tlie (lovcniiiu'iit.? j ' lii.il 111President ;s!"ri?* he deprived of tlie protection of these trreat principles wliieli prevnil in every land where a rav of lihcrt \ pene'rates tho jihioin of despotism Shall tlie i-itu'cutivc alone be deprived of rights which aii'his feilow-citi/.ens ci?i >_v ' The whole proceeding Hjrainst him justifies the fears of those wise and irreat men who, before tl.o Constitution wax adopted hy the States, apprehended tli,-it the tendency of the (Jovemnient was to the sijrunindizeuieiit of the Legislative ai thi* cxjionso uf tli.' Kxeentive and .Jiuiici.il I o- | j?!ti uncritn. I ;i'4;:in ?I ?*];!ro, outf*Tisiti?r:iil V. fli.it I tll.ihi! | tliis jin.ti vt for no r.-.ison ?iml t ? myself, and I doit with pei feet respect for the I louse of llepivscntative,-*, in whom I li;td the honor ; of gory in'; ns :i member for live sitoeo.ssivc tern.*. I have lived Ion;; in this > !I v hind, and have enjoyed all the ollie.tfand honors which ii y country could bestov. Amid all the political storms throii'_rh which I have passed, the present i- the lirst Ktlcnipt which , 's ever been made, to my knowledge, to ::s- I sail my p; rsonal or ollicial inti*?rrifv : and thi> as the time is approaching whoti I shall voluntarily retire tVoin the service of ni v count rv. i i\. i --! > ' i ivim prouuiy conscious I!iat tliere IS Mo public ait of my lift: which will not bear the strictest 1 scrutiny. I defy all i 11 vest?u:?ti??i?s. Nothii ^r but the basest perjury can sully tny ir< "d nam". I do not fear even tliis ; because I cherish an humble confidence that Jie ui'aciuus n>MHU who lias hitherto defended and prulecti ll mo against the shafts of falsehood and mul- I ice will not desert me now, when 1 have become " old and jjrey headed. 1 can declare before (Jod and toy country, that no human { Ibeinjr (with an exception searee'y worthy of notice^ h.;s ;;t any period of lr.y life dared to i.j.j,. *y.\ or dishonorable J proposition ; ?>; ?, .t.I r.ccut d vciopiuuiiLs, | it li.-.il imvii" niilr.i'.-..! !?< . !. .. . .. mm iii^ iiuii^iur.iiun mai j ,a 11 v poi'Msii, oven in the stmn of exasperated political excitement, would elial'uo lue, iti the most remote di ?rreo, with having made su.-h a priposiiioii to any human beiii**. 1 may now, however, exelaim, in the lmjiuajje of complaint employed by mv li>'.--t ami ^reati-st pn do'jr.ssor, that I have liocn abused " in Stlllll ('MI'rnriTnlrwl <.>>,1 11. .1 < II -- ....v. littv wini I' I'UU!d .son reel y bo applied (o a Nero, to a notnriou.defaulter, or even to a ooMiinoti pickpocket." I do, tliereJore, tor the 1'i'iisons .stated, and in the name of tin; ppoplo of t!ic .several State s, solemnly | rotest ji?r;?iiist tin so proceedings lit tlie Mouse nt lli'p'.vscutatiyes; Ik*- ! cause iii. \ .in in ,i of t-bo riulils of the coordinate Incentive brum I* of tin* < ??vermuciit. and subversive of its'constitutional independence ; becausc tlirv nro ti-l i.> losler :t ban.I of iiitcrosteil parasites nu<] informers I'vi'i' ready, f??r tlicir own advantage, tosweir befi.re i.r /mr/r roiiHiiitUsca lu pivton- \ ded private convers itiosis between the I'resi- ! tlo.iiI ni 11! themselves, inciipable, frnni their ii;i- ' fmv, of beiiii; disproved j t!ius fwrni.shinir ma- j (dial for harassing liim, lU'jirailing Isim in ( 11 o eyes of the country, ami eventually, ' si W >11111 110 III! il Wl-'al-t IT :i tin.ill mini in'.: Iiim subservient t>. improper inllnences, ! in order to avoid such persecutions nnd :iii- ; noyanees ; hcc;iusc they l 11<I to destroy tlint liarmoiiioiiH notion fur t! 1 o common piod, I which ou;_-ht to be 111:1 iutninod. ufid which i i sincerely desire to chcii.-'i, between co-ordinate brandies of the tlovcrninont ; and finally, hceiiuse, if unresisted, tliey would establish a | precedent dangerous, and embarrassing to all j my successors, to whatever political party | tiiey might be attached. JAMI:H I'rciiAXA.v | Washington, March 28, Itfd'J. 1 An r.crivcj Scenfiv tttto.vowAY.?The New | York Diiih/ XfU'i of Wednesday. says: Last j evening i|uito a scone oecurrod on Broadway. A street walker, wnilo passing along, eaine I across her father and l>r >tlior, who woro in search of her, and the unfwrtunatc girl rushed into their arms- and then fell funding to the | sidewalk. It soonts that about two months ago a hank ! clork of this oily went to Little Falls, Herkimer J county, on business. Whilo there he mndo the aequainlanec of a beautiful young girl, and I thou F 'duccd her undor proniiso of marriage. ! The oreni'Miv wna tn "O' : > v~... a- . .. f ... w?? III 1 (II K, and tlio lovors eloped hero, us tl?o girl thought, for that nurpopo. Slic was taken to a house of prostitution iu Wonstor, street, linwovcr, ami at last abandoned. Want eoinpollod lior logo upon the street, when the meeting with her father and brother an above described, took place.? Stops will bo taken to bring the soducer to justioo. 1 *? O.NK THOUSAND DOM.AUJ* 1'KJl WEKK.? A friend in forma flu that ho made application at Charleston for nocommodations, and that the prices asked were 810UO per week for a parlor, three bod-rooinx, and (lining-room for nix DorsnnH. In another Case, 950 per week waa ankoil fur two rootri3 \?itli<"it fuvnaturc. [' Washington Stales. ^VltfcN aro a sweet apple and a aour aj?jilc alike Wljon thoj- arc parcc). i ii i'isji Hen io ui" Mow York Tiuicn. Interesting Letter from Gov. Houston. Washington, March 21).-?Tim Secretary of War, to-(lay. "'lit a communication to (lie M ilitii rv ('mil in it tec of the I |nu?c. tecum men ?liu?t the raining of a regiment of Texas limnnte>l volunteers. lie would have ?lone so earlier, lull was 1: e s i?:. t inu; between thai :iurl a new' rr^immt iif t-:?v??lry. Ho now thinks that the l;ittcr would caime too projit delay, mid recommends tin* former, tv 11i< I? can bo raised and i;ut in the field in thirty days. The follow-in- hijjhlv interest n?r letter was received, today, l?y Secretary )*'lnyd,and will lie Ja< ' before the Military Committee to-inorroiv F,x i/m ti vr. i >ki?ahtm t:vr, ) Austin, March I-, lHl'l. \ To John I). I'luyd, f-\ crctmy of W ar. W.ishiiU'tiin. I >. ( Sir: llc:il?..i iitx thai it is n.v dntv to address your I >i'j?art incnt. that it may he laid before i "l * - I * ? 1 ms r.:<< > llctirv tin1 I'lvsichnt, 1 thus devote mvself tn action for two purposes. |**irst, to vindicat nivy. lt fruiti misapprehension, tin(1 next, to obtain, if possible, ]n<-t *c-ti?.i? I'm* our fro11tier inhabitants, whoso sui""finj; and losses I feel assured tire not felt or known h v the (lovcrnnionl. In :i New Orleans paper, my eye met n telegraphic ?!> .- |?;tt? li of tin" -!<l in,if., front \\ ashiiiuton. j-tntititr that the Provident disapproves of the action taken by <!ov. Hons- 1 ton, in ealliii'i out volunteers to defend the frontier. I can but feel assured that this re- ' mark, in view of the facts which have transpired since try induction into olliec, cannot l>e justified, and calls for refutation, for the reason that I have ordered no troops on the ' _Kio < linnde, or destine"' for that frontier. Ho ! far front that heitur the case, four comnanies wlii'h were in scr\!i:o t tlie, 1 >i?> drande when i unite into oOiee wen. mustered out of service. jiiid two companies wcv formed under j the adi i< e of tin- Comitii.-Honeis i*oiilorrinir j \\ itlt Major 1 leinl/.clman, of the i nited States ' Army. They are subject to liis order. ! was very relwtant to troub! tlie Department, and resolved tliat I would not do so upon any frivoIouf nretexf. 11 it *v.^ !...# i ..... .. VII.IL I H III * milmi;>\mcrs, that I liiijflit possiuvsi'lt" of the i origin of tlic difficulties, and if 1 should find ! thein of !i ve character :ts t?? require ! my :?< !i??!i, I would l;iy them 1 vf"<?r? the (lovcruuici; i, tli.it the lVe.-ident ini^lit direct correspendin;.: ;ictii?u to be taken in relation there- j tn You \.i!l tl.ii.; p i\:cive t!?o b; i-omiii^ ! caution, and, at tin; same, the scrupulous defor lice I > the 1 i dcral (iovernmcnt. lfail I consulted the wishes and impulses of our citizens. I would have called in the field the wiiole available force of Texas, and crossed , the l!io (Iraiidc, and never have re-crossed it ; until we would 11a\ e had security tor the fu- 1 ture. The troops sent to the Rio (Irande did not. si) fir as 1 am apprised, contemplate crossing to ?!eu soil until the IJanchcro was 1 1 , ,i I M - i.w.t Mm river ' .::.l a v/.r.n w led. and certainly there was | no ami urily civeil them to do so. Though ; it docs socio tu me that 1 would have been ! justiliahlo in pur.-uini: an outlaw and rebel j when ver be might be Ibund or wherever he ' received aid. succor and protection. I'mlcr too circumstances ol the attack upon a vessel 1 of the 1 nited States in the waters of Texas, 1 ean but discover more in the conduct to commend than h> censure. It may be that tlie Kxeeutivc of t'ue I'nitcd States, regarding the rumors ami paragraphs in the newspapers, ! may suppose I entertain some covert design of invading Mexico, and for that reason a call , f< r volunteers to protect Texas against Indian *. pivdation.s lias caused :i ini.s:i]>11 of'! my actions. "TI.i ih-,t IS.YZ I have ! been writt?Mi to from various parts of rho I'ni-j ted St ilcs, urging mo to invade .Mexico, with ' a view to the establishment of a protectorate, ami assuring me that men, money and arms Would he placed at my disposal if I would engage in the enterprise. To these overtures I made no favorable response, though as an in- 1 dividual 1 might have co operated with them, ' by placing myself beyond the jurisdiction of the L'nited States; nor was 1 without an as- \ il r.i tii.it .. I <: ' ' .....i- u i.nj.i- |><>1111j11 <ii imi .Mexican population would receive me and co-operate ' willi mo in the restoration of older in tli:st country. Thus i have remained tranquil and silent, I in the Imp- tliat the (iovcrnmoiit of ehc Inlted States would consummate a policy which must and will be achieved l?v some one, or the miserable inhal>it:>ntso! tluit lovely region are : to ho destroyed by a conflict of robbers. I trust 1 am one of the hist men f.n miwl> would avail myself of an oiVici;<I situation to accomplish any iichievoniflnt of personal or j>o- ; litical ajrjrraiidi/.enmnt. Von, Mir, may assure ; tlic President that I will coutinu- or countenance no action with a view to complicate or embarrass the affairs of his Administration, nor will I intentionally plant a thorn in his pathway of life. I never have, nor will I over, perform an olVioial act that is not intended for . my country's advancement and nrosneritv. I aside from all selfishness. Now, ns to my calling out volunteers. You will lie able to judge i?t' the propriety of my c-:ilis when you have the facts which I present to the Departj incut L>t:fore you. For the information of the , Department, I have to Rtnte that within the! last few months our Indian frontier, as well as some counties considered in the interior, | | have been exposed to ruthless depredations j , from the Indians. Some of tlieni within 41 miles of our State capital.. Accompanying ' 1 this letter, I send the Department a list of per- j I <-ons hilled, as well as the localities in which I | the murders were perpetrated. In tho last ' I four i lonths litty-one porsoiift v.ero killed nnd | ! many wounded in oacapiug from the savages. | , Horses, to tho number of 1,800, havo been | i stolen, and within tho hist fu.w d?va *7(1 l.I ' were .stolon from the dragoons :it Camp Cooper. Wlion tho ordoin which have b<5en issued by tho Kxeoutive of Texa# rcaoh tho Department, they will atonoo show the necessity of his course as well as tho propriety of calling out volunteers in Texas, to aofend the frontier. 1 cannot but urge most earnestly tho calling out of a regiment of Rangovs by the I'Vtlci'nl ((iivcrnmi'iit, to protect the live* and property of olir citi/.enK. Tin? t;<ot tli.it' regulars <r;itti)<>t protect their cavalw stjjainst Indi!iii thefts unci depredations is evidence that (hey lire not 111? |?tion of force that cim f^ive protection to our frontiers. Moreover, I liiive not) until urjred hy an imperative sense of duty as well as tin: destruction of human life, s-oujjht t<> induce the ealliujr out of troops from the State as theonlv fi?ive thai <-mii tim. teet our settlements n?r:iilist our 1 iidiau foe. 'l iny understand Indian habits mid warfare, ami can trail and reclaim tlitr booty., and at the same time take veitjteiuiee on the enemy, i A treaty of peace with the wild Indian-' who j depredate, would, with the expenditure of n j comparatively .small sum, sirf millions to the (iovermm iit of the I 'nited ^ tales ; for until th y are exterminated or yea?j< is made with them, unaids must he constantly kept, at an immense expense to the (tovernnicnt, and even then our settlements will he subject to surprise and mas-acre. W ere the Indians to enter our territory in largo bodies, we could MiPi-t and destroy them; but they attack in small par tie? of (time :<ix to fifteen simultaneously, for hundreds of miles along our fron tiers. I do most earnestly hope tlmt tin? iruarantees which wo have a riirht t<< look to may he extended, ami tlifc State protected against invasions. Since I commenced this communication, intelligence has reached me (it" other murders anil thefts in Krath county ?a mail rider killed and scalped within six miles of the ('muily-.se.it; lifccwi.-e, a woman murdered, and a woman and child carried into captivity. I hope for a speedy reply, as our situation calls for prompt action. W e need arms as well as llanirers. I have the honor to l*e your most obedient servant, Sam. iloisroN. The Cincinnati Platform. lion, llcnjamin ! '. llallctt, of Mnswichn setts, tlio author of the Cincinnati ]>l:itt'oi'm, has recently written a lot tor to tho .Mobile ,l/< r<m i/, which throws much light, upou a subject whioh has heretofore been a bone of contention between tho Northern ami Southern hemceraoy. His construction of the instrument is in direct opposition to those who hold to the principle of "unfriendly legislation" by a Territorial Legislature with slavery in the Territories. 11<? 1 ? !> >? 11 . *1 lllil .11. says: j I have out another word (o K'iy upon the reference made iiy your correspondent to that resolution in the Cincinnati platform which he charges upon Mr. llallett as conceding the power to a Territorial Legislature to abolish tlie institution of slavery. That rcsolution reads thus : i. 'i-i i ? * - 111<11 we icco<:nr/.c the nirlit of" the people ' of the Territories, acting through tin: fairly ! ox pres. >o?l will of a majority of actual residents, ami whenever the number of their inhabitants "siuics it, to form a Constitution with or without domestic .slavery, ami 1 ?<?' admitted into tne ?"vt!:s of perfect equality with the other States." The right here recojrni/.cd i.- that of the people of a Territory to form a Constitution with or without dome>tic slavery. It recognizes no act to be done touching slavery, by the people ( i the Ijejiislatvre of a Territory hefoi" tlio forming of a Constitution, but declairs that when tlicy have adopted a Constitution with or without .slavery, tin n they unentitled to be admitted into the 1'nion. This was and is tho I>cmoeratic doctrine' against the " free soil " donma of " no more slave States," and this is the precise principle which was laid down by Mr. Calhoun in his I itVolfiti'.-n in the Senate of IS 17, viz: "That as a lunoameiii.ii ?'< our political creed, a people in foriuiiijf a Constitution, have the unconditional rijiht to fortn and adopt the (loverninent. which they may . think best?and that no other condition is , imposed by the Federal Constitution on a i in oruer to l>e sulnntted into 111is I nion, except I!i;it its Constitution shall bi' repnblicii 11 j iiud 1110 i in position of any other by Coii. | ji'iv?? Woulit not. only l)i; in violation (-1 the j Constitution, but a diroct conflict witli tlio ' principles on which our political system rests." With this exposition, and with no deposition to <juestion the motives or purpose of the author of ".Southern (.'onfoderation," 1 sun' content to leave the publicly expressed opin ion:. ol .Mr. Jlallett for twnitv years. upon the " slavery issMO," tu tin* judgment of (lie whole brotherhood of Southern and Northern Democrats, who moan to maintain ' the. equal rights { of all the States in all the 'IWrituvU's," aid uphold the Constitution anil the I * nionJ lie has nothing to ask of them hut their good opinion. Verv respectfully vours, It. 'I*. 11 a i.i.ktt. Huston, March If), ls,,>'. A HAD Co.mpt.aini'.?The first physician in a oortain case was di^charged by bis patient because bo was holiest enough to tfll tin* jiat ionI lie bad a sore throat ; and the second doctor, having some hintoftho fact, answered tbc si ok man, when <|Uo.stinncd, that bis case was highly abnormal, and bad dogi ..orated into synanchc tonsilaris. ' ( Mi, doctor," cried tin' patient, " do say that wold again."? ' Why, think, doctor, that fool told me that 1 bad nothing but a sore throat, and I told him I bad no use for such a dunce. Doctor, what c.id you call it '" " I told you, sir, in jM.iin u i iiis, i niii. me moroiu condition of your sy.'toin was obvious, and thai it had terminated hi synanohc tonsilaris." "(Mi, doctor, it must be a monstrous bad complaint ; think you can cure me, doctor''" ' Now, though your diagnosis U clear, your prognosis is doubt-. ful, yet I think, by prudent care and skilful treatment, you may recover." "Oh, well,' doctor, do stay all night, and I will pay you anything you ask." Among those wounded in the naval engagement in the Gulf, won (Jen. Domingo do ( oleout ia, a Cuban exile, who has spent bun clrcds of thousnda ot' dollars to revolutionize Cuba. lie was on his vecscl, the ludianola, wlicn vas wounded. Arrival'of the General Miraraon. Tii* I nitod Staten prize sti'anii-r (.ienoral Miraiiion, 1/u'ut. Minor (. mninaiidinjj, (*uno uj? to iio oi'.y ycMiiday morning an i an-'horutl ill' tin1 Marino hospital, whoiv ;ho murium.? She w is (\?in. Marin's flasr ship, and consequently fitted up with more ot an eve to <,<?nI'nrt and i !"^an'.v tliaii lo-r uonsort, tin' Mar* d<! la Halxina. IIlt < al/in, in partic ular, i very lu-atlv and tiislcl'iillv ?> i .I......I - Atuoiijr its ornaments ate several very pretty drawings of tlx' (\>mtnodorc\s two suits, who* ^vere taken on huard with him. W cilo tint learn, however, that they form od a pint of the expedition primer. They had completed tftcir mini.->\ ;;f. the '>f Havana ami were returning home as pa: senders. No doul t bhuy considered themselves fortunate in this peculiar opportunity, hut they can in no sense he considered responsible for the expedition. They sir* seventeen to twenty years of ajje, of line presence, jrentle manners and vtirit 1 arcoinplishmeiits. The school pieces, framed and suspended in the c:il?in *r!M? i pride of a father, testily abundantly t?> their pniliciVncy in drawing. One of them, a lemale head, also bears witness to tlio artist's lino appreciation of geutoelncs.s audi beauty. Oytside tlio Miramon'.s cabin, however, things look very dilfercnt. Tho gun deck, upper works, rigging and all, give evidence of the hot engagement she has boon in. Tho marks of cannon balls, Minie balls, musket halls and shell explosions, arc everywhere tube seen. Among the most- noticable is tinmark of 'i cannon jshot on a lar ;e mounted iron piece in tin* centre of the vessel! I; iparticularly curious in this that the iron has the appearance nf being melted, rather than indented. The s:u> ke stack also, curious enough, has a clean cannon .-'hot through it The wheel and wheel-lior.se, ceinpiis*, ventilator, Ale., are eoniph tely. smashed tp, while the siiiixt <il" i'"> : 1 " 1 ..iv, -n.i.m i iuu iiuuii'u id every direction, and the rigging very badly cnt U,Vm . . 1 I ho Miranion received three broadsides from llu' f-'aratnga, besides an innumerable number of litle shots from the lndianola, during the engagement, and it is surprising that tin- lns.i of life, in any ease great, was not even greater. Kvcrything bears witness t>,. the bravery and determined resistance of her commander. 1 Ie y ielded, however, very gracefully to adverse fortune. Retiring at once to his cabin he divested himself of every portii n of h's umnmn, except richly '.ass. '.ed con. mouore s .-carl, and attired himself in a plain ^ Init elegant suit of black, which ho has worn ever since. ('omtnander Marin is about fifty years of ape, 1 nt appears somewhat younger. lie is very slight built, not more than live feet, live or ;-i.\ inches in heiirht, and, perhaps. 12d pounds- in weight. Ife is \er; firmly knit to thor, however, particular!; in the shoulders', stands and wnllcs ji :i,r.'ffly orcef, and altor ha? ?\ commanding; appearance. A .1. ,.1- i l ' : 1-1 1 ...j mihu w/in|'t> .V.UII jet uiiK'u eye ftivc liini also :i somewhat' liovy appearance, <<r what would hosnch, were it not for quiet :uk! exceedingly gontl manners. Tho Mit'amoM, like the llahAtiti', has lint vol broken carpi. I lor ma;_'ay.iuo, indeed, is sealed np precisely as it was when she left Havana, ami the key to the same still lianas where, it ".t"::s found in tho cabin. Nor has the parchment scroll, containing a list of its ( intents, been unrolled. It is certain, however, that tho steamer has a large .juantity of jh?wder on hoard, and nrohahlv .dint. vliell nnrl other munitions of war in abundance. Also, were found in Iho .Minvmon's cabin :i list of her iti'u'era: uei fl. -", j.r.p!>??-V?ok. \-e., containing a coinpleto record, from tho (lute of her departure frJtn lluvarri to the hour of her capture, signed in ouol. ease by // the ot'ieer of tin; day: alsoa large *|Uantity of h it hands, bearing '.he name of (leu. Mi ranion. Tile Mir.unnn is a handsome modeled stoanior of aboitt ()"( Ion* bunion, She was built at !!rocuoelv, Scotland, as indicated by hoi engines, am! is probabb' five or six years old Her hiotorv, before she c:\ine into tlie possession of the Cuban < loverninent as a mail boat is not known. Nor, indet !, isanything positively Known of her recent transfer to tfio u trout of Miraniiin's (Jove Turnout'. W o have only a rumor that her jmivhasc monev wiih .-omcwhere between ?"?U.(HI0 nnil *fl50,0l'O tliiil it was transmitted to Havana through the r'loin h Ci it ulatc at Vt'ra Cruz. 'I'Ik'. Miramon brought >t]? thirty-five priso- 'v tiers, ami h;is a prize erew of seventeen. The othecrs in charge are Lieut. II. D. Minor, commanding; Lieut. John Irwin, l> C. Hrayton, saiLmakuv, and James 11. Jones, chief engi- j necr. ' 1 The two are ) ruh.il.lv worth consul. 1 .. . ? '* i ii.i u whs iii iu5i cih minted. It the' ' turn out to In- us rich as \vi> have rea- * -on i<> I'Mii'i t, their total valuation lit money <-.1111111! In- h>s tliali SliOd.dCid. The who' number of I nit' d StMes prison, crs in port i.^ ISt 1, of which 1 lit1 are oil hoard' * tho I'reble, >") on the Mir.inion, and '25 wcni ^ brought nj? hv the Manptis de la llahana.? Those last have already been handed over to the 1'nited States marshal, and are now in tho l'aiish I'risou. ^ The prisoners aw of idt nfros and nationnli- ' tv?-Spaniard.'*. Mftvinaria :i it lamon, tVc. Tlioy arc vorv f(uict in man- c in r, apparently ignorimt of' the real nature n of the expedition which resulted in their capture, and boom to wonder what' it is all " nl" nit. Wo understand, however, that several of them arc well known fugitives from justice, and doxibtless most of them arc pretty hard ' ? characters. Such as being out of employ at, V? Havana, would naturally be up for any suqIi , expedition.?JScw Orkant Picayunc, 27/A. A PoT.T says: " Oh, sho was fair, but J sorrow came, and loft his traces there."?W hut became of the lulnoce of the harness U<J etate. . j