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; FrotH Ihi Malel'Antericaa Courier.
"Wheu will iho Horning Come."
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When will the morning como 1
The jphlidos, of;, night depart,
< A?jdi> light diBpel the gloom
- Ti?ut i-itil]cry round ?iiy heart ?
art not hero, ' :
.1; itnffl' thy loving tono ;
No kiudlyt voice is near ,
To tiUecr^hfe orphan lone.
When will Iho inoruing come ?
This wcury head find rest; , '
And safe>froiri,eVery>-*torm,
N estle0u lhy .j^?8 17^
Mut ill that " lic-tter land"
Thou art, where none may weep#
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. When will the morning eome ?
My soul fioin earth to free,
And Jet it find a home
Of peace und joy with tlieo ?
Oil, mother, wo whall meet
Heyond the silent tomb ;
In Heaven each other greet
When that bleat morn hfttli come !
Richmond Inquirer, 22d utt.
i n Herself !Z
ll i3 with peculiar satisfaction that wo
SSP?1:"-''T?"If {Hfcarry ,lt i
Wp$\ liie JoTni Coin mHtee^jSKiich TfriWim^gM"
the alleittion of thg^jegifrlalui-e und people
&' during nn ublb define of nine days, were
on adopted by both branches
ofth#GeneT??|"A8Scmbly by the overwhelming
and crushing vote of exactly nine to one j
in each brunch, .viz: in the Semite 27 to 3;
and in the House 117 to 13. The Provisol
ists were utterly routed?-and Virginia
' suuds fur:h in all her moral pride and com
manding unanimity and firmness lo re-assert
her position in -boltuit' of Hie Constitution,
the rights ol tl.e South and the Union, and
to give u solemn wu ruing lo her iNorlhern
brethren, that "thus far shall they go and
no further.? The result is the more striking
from- the obstacles which weru attempted
to bp.throvvn in the .way by prcliiiiinury
devlces. and by the course of the leading
this city?-(the Republican
ia ao honorable exception. in the House
I ^he /Resolution prevailed (to use Mr.
j Grecley's.languuge in regard to another
t ; ""v . rqatter) against a perlect connonnade of
l'K/1." ^ftcpifendnieula,.substitutes, and all manner of
' parliamentary strategy. Tliey stood this
'sort of fire from the Whigs for some time;
. but the' friends 'of the Resolutions, their
original forto, (including some nohie Whigs,)
" regarding the attempts .to amend as but u
ruse to -kill the whole measure, mantully
. resisted and beat down all opposition. As
we said aboye, the resolutions, wi hall their
original^treugthand efficiency, passed th^s
House with on!y thirioen in the pegmive.
We give below the Preamble and Jicsolution*,
which now. stand as the solemnly
deliberated and recorded sentiments of Virginiu.
We have anxiously watched their
progress, and we rejoice to assure the friends
i k.v 11 i.irtn A?oi*tr tuhurn tKat Vfprrinin ii
U1 U1C univu ?*??v?vy ?MV?* aw
sou nil on this question,, and will do her
whole duty. Let the Federal Government
keep within its Constitutional orbit and.not
violate the rights ot the States, the Union
will be preserved and our glorious Republic
move on peacefully and triumphantly.
of the comf)ioini#e8oftb?^onsutqtion?did,oi
the 8th d? jf of March, 1847, adopt a aerie
of Rcsoj o iio n s, - distinctly indicating th<
rmm 9 course which the State of Virginia wouli
Congrea? of the Umjed States, a^gplf&ble
to bo acquired from Mexico : And, whereas;
tire present General Assembly! havef' soen
with deep concern a disposition manifested
Jiy the House of Representatives of the U.
Stalf.s to violate the principles, e'rribodiodjn
?qid-Resolutions, and to make still furtheraggrossioris
upon, the rights of the Southern
States; under these circumstances, this
General Assembly deem the occasion fit to
re-affirm said Resolutions, and 'most., respectfully,
hut most earnestly to call'the
attention ot nil those who are attached to
the union of the States, to the serious and
inevitable consequences which must follow'
such action upon the?part of the General
Government. Be iji^thereforc. .
I. Resolved, By the General Assembly of
Virginia, That after ttie fullest re-examination
nndvre-consideration of the Resolution*on
the,8th^of March, 1847, .by 'this body,
we do consider eaid Resolutions as founded
in truth, consonant-^WH&raevConstitution,
and conducive to it* preservation, and,
therefore, we feel it to be Otyrindispensible
duty to adhere, to, and re-affirm -them ,aaIS
Of ^ewy.^a^opwi, wi?on o, io?, .
General Assembly,'of Virginia,^.Th.^ljie
Government of iho United Statc?;;ti?s no
control, directly or indirectly, me. a fate or
immediate, over thp institution of slavery,
so us to impair the rights of ihe.sltiveholder;
mid that in taking,any such control, it transcends
the' limits of its legitimate functions,
by destroying the internul organization" of
soverejgnties'who created it. "
4"2. llctolced, unanimously, That all territory
which may be acquired by thearins
ol the United States, or yielded by treaty
with any foreign power, belongs tojthe several
Slates of this Union, as their joint and
common properly, in which each and all
have equal rights; and that the enactment
by the Federal Government, of anv laiv
which should directly, or by its effects, prevent
the citizens of any State from emigrating,
with their property, of whatever description,
into such territory, uould make
" H>inHtinn, .nnnrnrfflhl nrl by. ttn(Lin?
TfoTuiion of, the States fvotn whicjfsucft cia^
/ens emigrated, and in derogation of that
perfect equality that belongs to the several
Stales as members of this Union, and would
tend directly to subvert the Union itself.
'3. Hesolvul, That if, in disregard alike
of the spirit und principles of the act ol
Congress on the administration of the State
ol Missouri into the Union, generally known
as the Missouri Compromise, und of every
consideration of justice, of constitutional
right, and of fraternal feeling, the fearful
issue shall be forced upon the country,
which must result from the adoption uud
attempted enforcement of the YVilmot Proviso,
us an act of the General Government,
the people of Virginia can have no difficulty
in choosing between the only alternatives
that will then remain, of ubject submission
to aggression and outrage on the one hand,
or determined resistance on the other, at all
hazards and to the last extremity.
'' 4. Resolved, ,unanimously, .That the
General Ausembiy holds il to be the duty;
or every man, in every section ot tins Uonn
federacy (,f ihe Union^to jo him,) la
oppose jbamKfS SflSg^^or whale v^r
purpose, by which territory Jd be acquired
may be subject to QUcb a restriction.
" ?>. Huolpe4runa*imousljrt That the passage
of the abvove mentioned j^jrovrse makes,
it the duty of every slavehoiding State, and
all the citizens thereof, as they value their
dearest privileges, their sovereignty, their
independence, their rights of properly, to
(nice firm, united and concerted action in
this emergency."
ii. Resolved, That we regard the passage
of a luw by the Congress of the Unite?
States abolishing slavery or slave trade in
the District of Columbia, as .a direct attack
upon the institutions of ^he Southern States,
, to be resisted at every hazard. *
in. Resolved, That in the event oi the
, passage by Congress of the " Wiiinot Pr?'
viao" or anv law abolishing slaverv or the
> slave trade in the District of Columbia, the
Governor of this Commonwealth is request,
ed itnraediutely to convene the Legi^tuture
t of this State (if it shall havo adjourned), to
!
jionsfrom thi^alla^U^ Flor^lin. -No
I divisions in Florida..V Xheit is, the. position
The following Msolutibhsf, 1r<^uced bV;
Mr. BL^ckburn^ Chairman of>;the Houee
Committee onVFedefalllbiatiot^hav^been
tma?M?otw/y* piss^tin each branch of our
L0gi8lalurt.^^^a^A|^?i?
inus exiNDiwciii -Ojei.au ;ue ^ooioern oiaier
act in Ibi^ftrife/^
WilLyer/Soou lee tfowlfar thete>are div1?
eionparabn^.oii reeWfesonlhosemomentous
^ jr jheVSonate and House, pj;
giVmiily convened,
fnenS^^lttieU'nior). we view with mostsen^j
ous alarm'tWLcourso of Northern brethetim
in relation to^he' question ot'Slaver^R
covirsjB iyhich;mK^ked by unkindn^^^pig,
^aa^feoh?r|bated by the rfou^ihe.uiid her.
sons are 'entitled equn. i ly.wi th any other por^
Don of the Union, toJhe enjbyinenLof the
sumo; this-General Assembly, thoHiere,
haliamnn thai P^tiirrpai
Constitution: no .power iVpass such a mcrt^
Hiiro aJopiifig miiguage 1 i k 6 t!ia? ui^u^jjuav
gisluturo of Va., declare^
people ofthija
oj liie
rn e a n a o i a flee' i ogrthe in sUtyiiqf?pf jslavery ;
in the States,
blow, should^ jresjSisff^^^^^t'of.the
South, by whalevor'nieim$^^^;hdapted
to the protection o^t1)i^^t^.^^i|i^he'.'de* \
fence of li 1
in their settleihenL and coifseuuqhees, the }
cau racier, prujraf^y,^uuw.og?>? ??
we l-epreaenL we;ttrejteady} be$rt aod .'aiiul.M
with a unUed^iiron^'ti) join Vif^niai the
Carolinas, and the other Southern State*,in
taking ?uch measures for the dWi
fence of oilr rights and the preservation
of ourselyes'ahd those whom We hold deSft,
as the.highe$|. wisdom ol all may, whethejf!!
through a $odthernCon vention or other w^p^
^f^ulved, That a copy of these^rwolut
ion s bfrTtSnSmiitod to the Go vernor of each
I of the slayflsJSlutes with ifrequerfihat they
t iu luU iulnAaihA I.R(ti?iniiire'of such as
' W okbk^^i,, but tncretti^e.-We translate,
froor the the N. O. Courier, of', the 3d
inst., the article that follows,"giving dp accountofa.?ubterruneun
cunal itiat has ofta
discover^, connecting thu Atlantic an^j
Pacific 'pc^awt.' We believe little or?b;e
thing ofthe yvbbto siory ourselves. bat pub*"
lisn it for the in formation of those whp may;
:djd dot heshace t? embark with'sorhe Indians
in p pirogue, which he caused to be biroUght
to the spot, and eighteen hours afterward,
(if.his etory is to be believed,) hi entered the
great ocean,"(the Pacific, between Gautemala
and San Salvador, through an immense
natural' grotto, called by the fishermen-of
that coast tho Devil's Mouth, which
superstition had deterred them from ever entering.
The whoie vaulted part of this superb
uman structure Wjdi lighted by shafts,
cat through its Avhole "extent it is navigable
for the largest ships.
j *'M. Alex. Humboldt has already mention~^^mehck'n
edifices whose architecture
indica'.tid'a very high antiquity, and reveal|dX'pe"c(jt,liar
civilization; but hisiearned
descriptions give as no idea of the existence
of su^ch a monntnoni. What great people
Twvjeen;lhe two hemispherei^'urift^b the
cenVo ofthe American continent, and EufcwtfA
nntKinn *n khl <4i?llk*A>?A>L
"r v??t' t- wvwumil ?v uy.uui vuiiuiuuuu
tlie lathmua' of Suez. Newspaper
Iri'^e. language of a cotemporary, we
hayetp^sayilhai this thing called Nowspaper
Patronage is a curious thing. It is compoa^f
^f ar many colors as the rainbow,
audts as"changeable a8;the chamelon.
One man subscribes for a Newspaper,
and pays for it in aclvanc>, goe8 home arid
reads it the year roupd with the proud saliefuclion
that it 13 liis ^
it. This ia Newspaper Patronage. ^
^jlhbCit Qs rauch as having said pay once."
He asks you to advertise, but he says nothingabout
paying for it Time passes?
your patience?js exhausted?and you dun
rhimJ '; He flie3 into a nassion and perhaps
^pays-?perhaps not* 1 his, too,.is NewspaPatronage,
. Another man has been a subscriber for
time. He becomes tired of you, and
Wsiits."a change. Thinks he would like
a'-Dollar Weekly. Tells the Postmaster
todiscohtinujt, and one of his papeia is rejuraed
lo you marked "refused." Paying
*fcmc??k~ihft Jaal o&hi??hoUBhts..
???!&Wrae#,-ho yr&BlB JBW Uulfarsum to tiie
city publisher. After'a time you look over
his, account and send him the Valance due.
But does he pay it cheerfully and freely?
We leave you to answer. Yet, this, too,
lai Newspaper Patronage.
' .Another man lives next you?never took
yotir. paper?it is too small, (compared
with so mo overgrown and sickly sentimental
dollar weeklies,) it is too small, I don't
jike'Its politics?too Whiggish?too LocoTocolsh,
or too something else. Yet he
?Qes.regularly to his neighbor, and reads
p.y a gooa.Btove are?nnas iauii wnn us
contents^?disputes its leaders, and quarrels
with its type, ink, or color. Occasionally
he sees an article that he likes?take half
^^Lnit^hpr sports a fine horse, or perhaps
a pairof them?ia always swp whip in
hand and spur on foot, singleman jno use
for him to take a Newspaper, knows enough
now; Finally concludes toeet.marriod?
does so, ^euds in notice .of tjie fact, with
eitherp^bVnotice'? -Nd? " Butsurely
you don't t^rge for such ;ihidga?>! Thia,
too, is Newspaper Patroaaga, . ; ,.
r Another (and theclaasis ferynjlmerous)
thinka that the prompt ^ymenl^pf thteo
ttnnum jMwjinMfe to the privlidg
the^pditdf'to a personal account^?Sflea8r?qce
a quarter, for anything
{thji^appearsjn the paper which he cannot
ifeljah^ TJhis class believe that Newspapers
are published. for individual, and not gene'iar'teneSi;
and this, too, is called News.to&fer
fi&rqnage.' This class believe firm
(J&W tne ancient meaning ot patron.
M¬her man, (bless you I it does ug good
such. a. man, and we do see thorn
'irome times, and we have seen some such
kt*}?) conies and aaygThe year for
4 jbaye. paid is about to exptr<J| I
want Co pay for another." Ho does ?o and
fwf w?w?
cootend%at it will be jo
Official doriinicnls?InitmaHiiBCiiliformn.
Extracts of alettcr from T O LariuBgSsq.,
late Consul, and now Navy AgenWmhg, v
the United States, to the tjec'y of
dated at Monterey, Nov.16; 1848, and nPSgjjiC
; ceived in tlus city on Friday evening 14th
' inst.
" The digging and washing foi* gold continues
to increase on the Sacramento placer,
so. far as regards the number of persons en
rrn /*ArI in klioinnnn nnrl #k a nirtn r% in #1
jj?5gu 111 luo uusiiioaaj auu uiu 014&0 auu
quantity of the metals daily obtained. I
have had in my hand several piece3*6f gold
about twenty-threft.carats fine, weighing
from Opejg two pounds, and ha'ytf it from
good authority ihut pieces have been found
j^lifhing sixteen pounds. . Indeed, I havS' '
heard of one specimen that weighed 25lb9. - .4 ' ?
There are men at the placer, who in June
had not one hundred dollars, now in possession
of from five to $20,000, which they
made by digging gold and trading with tho v *
Indians. Several, I believe, have made
more. A common calico shirt, or even a .-it...
Jtltflr JollrtTf hos been -totn-n -fc r on liiiWn * ' ?
for gold, without regard to size ; and a half
to one oz. of gold?say 8 to 816?is now
? ? J-1 1 *1 ? ?V-v In fr/\ m Q
cunsiuureu UIU jjricu Ui a siuiij uiiuv uvui v
to 10 ozs is the price of a blanket. $100 a
day fur several duys in succession was and
is considered a common remuneration for a
gold-digger, though few work over a month
at a time, as the fatigue is very great. From
July to October one-half of the gold hunters
jiave been afflicted either with the ague and
iftvejycir the intermittent fever, and 20 days
absence from.the pfiicer during ihose months
is'nect&ary to -?Scape 'those diseases.?
There have not, however, been many fatal
cases. The cold is now soldi from the smal
lest imaginary picce in size to picccsof lib
in weight, at $10 per troy ounce for all the
purposes of raising coin to pay duties to the
government are obliged to accept from 10 .<
to 811 per oz. All the coin in California
is likely to be locked up in the custom-hou^e
as the last Tariff of our Congress is in Wee
here in regard to the receipt of monejft
u Could you know the value of Ufe California
placer as I know it, you w<mld think
yon had been instrumental in oufcining a
uiost splendid purchase for our ?untry, to
ntll tin nthrr ^nnatr.^tjnn ^ )h? K trOn, f.
" The placer is known to'SelHFSnundre'd.
miles long; and as disc(Kries are
constantly being made,-it may pr?e 1,000
?in fact it is no counting! the inteUnediato
miles yet unexplored. -From 5. U jb.000,
000 ot gold must be our export tms anauoext
year. How many more years this stafS^f
things will continue I cannot say. Yott ^
may wonder why I continue mycorrespondence!
I answer, from habit, and your
many remarks of the interest you take in
my letters."
The Boston Post.?The Augusta (Qa.)
Constitutionalist, says:?In spite of the New
Orleans Bulletin, the^Joston Post will hold
its station, as the. w.ttiest journaLin the
world. . Take the following'
y u Some gentlemen of Albany, who went
to New York to secure a passage to Cali
fornia for a small company, returned and
reported that the rush at the steamer's
agency office for conveyance was overwhelming.
It was said that persons Having
paid for a passage had sold out their berth
for 100 per cent premium?for instance, in
i>necase, a man who paid $500*for his
passage, sold out for $1000."
c Why seek far shores for precious ores T
To me the case is clear?
We needn't roam at all from home?
We've plenty of owert here
Remarkable Fact in Natural History.?The
following account of a c^ia breed
between a stag and a. mare, we find in a
late London paper
hybrid filly, seven month old,-was
I in ilia Mattf Vnrplf
1UU1JU M auuu (Iiuo omw mw *?v?. ? ? v"|
and'is evidently of a mixed breed, the.horse
and the deer. - Her dam, a pony mare, was
obser^d to associate -with some red deer
staffs, m the New Forest, for Botne.months.^!^^
and at last this foal waa seen by her si(h(K
The nose shows a proximity both tjjfhe
stag and horse; her, forehead is roujflClike
that of the deer; leg* slender a^^ytioctly