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CONGRESS. Washington, Juno 30, 1848. Sen**tk.?Bills from the House?to change the time of holding the United States Courts in the Western District of Virginia? to incorporate the Washington Gass Light Company?were read twice And referred. Mr Wescott, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill, which was twice read and referred, respecting the employment by the Postmaster General of public steamers for transporting the mail along the coa?t of the United States. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, submitted a reso. lution, which was adapted, requesting the Secretary of War to inform the Senate whether a fortification is necessary on Proctor's Island, 1 1 <>-- .1 -....ml nfnrmronriation Louisiana, RI1CI l[ so,(lie suivuin v. , required therefor. Somn unimportant reports were made from committees, chiefly to private bills. Mr. Dayton presented the memorial of the American Society of New Jersey, for the appointment of suitable inspectors at each port, for the examination of importations of drags, chemicals, &c. On motion of Mr. Corwin, the bill from the House further to extend the time of locating Virginia military land warrants, was taken up and passed. On motion of Mr. Jefferson Davis, 10,000 extra copies of Lieut. Emory's report of a tnilitary reconnaissance from Fort Leavenworth to San Diego, California, were ordered to be printer! and bound for the use of the Senate. On motion of Mr. Dix, the hill "concerning pilots" (repealing the act of 1837, which alows the owners of vessels entering the port of New York, to employ either New York or New Jersey pilots) was taken up, and Mr. D. addressed the Senate, to show the necessity of regulating pilotage at the port of New York. The. whole control of the pivilege there is now in the hands of ship owners, without legal regulation. Pilots have no security for the payment even of th-ir fees, but are wholly dependant upon the will of the ship owners and ship masters. Commissioners are authorized to award compensa'ion, but there is no law to enforce it. Ali regulations rests upon commercial influence but should, he contended, be subjected to prop er legislation. He proposed that there should be three Commissioners, one appointed by the Chamber of Commerce, one by the Underwri ters and one by the Pilots, to examine ami n. : cense Pilots, and generally to superintend and ! enforce the State regulations. Mr. Walker, presented a remonstrance from W i?eonsin, against any appropriation of the j public lands lor a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific. The Senate then proceeded to the considera tion of the Special Orders, being bills on the private calendar, and the bill for the relief of Frederick Dawson, James Scoit. and Elisha Whitney, was again taken up. The bill provides (or the adjustment and set. tleinent by the Secretary of the Navy of the claims of the individuals named against the gov. ernment, for "sundry vesspls of war and arms and equipments therefor," furnished the Republic ofTexas in lfi3*, "upon suchtcrmsas he may deem reasonable and just, to be sanctioned and approved by the President of the United States, and upon such adjustment and settlement to issue certificates of stock for the i amount, to Messrs. Dawson, Scott, and Whitney, bearing 6 ppr cent interest, payable semi- < annually, and redeemable at such time as the ; Secretary may determine, not exceeding five years. < The amount of thl* claim against Texas was I originally about $">00,000, for which ten per rent bond* of the republic was g:ven, and the faith and revenues of the republic pledged for the payment of both interest and principal, i This amount has now been increased, by the I unpaid interest, to over a million; and not only tbe vessel*, &c., furnished for the Texan navy 11 hut the revenues pledged for the payment of j the debt, have l>een transferred, by the act of annexation, to the United States. Hut the bill nevertheless, provides further, that the claim i shall be adjusted in the manner prescribed, I with the consent and concurrence of the State l of Texajs, that the claimants shall transfer the j debt so agreed to he paid to the United States, I the same by a transfer ol lands o( the State sufficient therelor. I Mr. R. Johnson addressed the Senate in ex- i planation of th claim, and in lavor or the pas- i sage oft he bill, asan act ofjustice towards the i claimants, which the United States wero^morally and legally bound to perforin. 1 At tho conclusion of Mr. Johnson's speech, | the bill was passed over, and about a dozen other private bills were considered and passed, i when the Senate adjourned. Hi usb of Representatives. i Mr. Vinton, from the .Committee of Ways i and Means, reported Senate amendments to the I bills making appropriations to the Post Office Department, and for the Indian Department, |br the year ending 30th June, 1849, and the House agreed to some, disagreed to some, and amended one. A motion to take up the private calendar was disagreed to. On motion of Mr. Vinton, the Home, in Committee of the Whole, then resumed the consideration of the general appropriation bill, < and Mr, Joseph R. Iogersoll addressed the Committee, chiefly in reply to Mr. Hilliard in favor changing reitain Charges to Ministers Resident, and Ministers Resident to Ministers Pienipotentiary, to which Mr. I. expressed his op. position, (p.reference to General Taylor, Mr. I. was in favor of his election, because he desired for once an administration who would ad minister the Government without regard to party distinction. Mr. ^'bompson, of Kentucky, followed, in opposkfpn.to the war, and in a review of thp Presidpnt's course on the Orpgon treaty. He also preferred General Taylor for t-he Presidency because he would administer the Govern- j ment as the early Presidents had, without mal.:_~ A .i'ha /..r/f ;n nrmninf fliii? )'anj awucicuvt n outi- /(*u >?*< ?j-| . mi nt* to office. Mr. Boc??ck. of Virginia, next obtained the floor, and addressed the Committee in (lelence 1 of the vnto |)o\yer, and in opposition to General j Taylor's views thereoa, a" expressed in his Allison letter. In reference to General Cass, he [ thought he was preferable i<> General for the j Presidency, so for as the South was concerned, 1 and safer than a man who had expressed no j views whatever on the question in which they I were interested. Mr. B. oontended for the right of the slave, holding States to take their property into Oregon, California New Mexico, or any other Territories belonging to the United States. Neither Congress, the territorial legislatures, nor the municipal regulations existing wnen in* i?rrm> ry was acquired, had the power to exclude it. The right of propeity is natural and not an artificial right} over which Government has no other power than the power to regulate and protect. It can neither create nor destroy it. When territory is acquired, the sovereignty be comes Vested in the people of the United States* and by them legislation tor its government is to he made through their representatives, in con. fhrmity with the United States. Congress, as the agents of the people, have the power to legislate for the Territories, so far as that power is given by the Constitution, and no further. And if Congress has no power itself to prohibit slavery, it cannot confer that power upon the territories. 'The organic law of the territories is derived from Congress, but Congress can confer no power which it does not itself posses. 'The object of legislation for the territories is to prepare them to come into the Union as States, and the prohibition of slavery is not one of the laws necessary for this object. It is just as necessary, and the power is jost as great to say, that horses shall be excluded, as to say that slaves shall be. Congress is the agent or trustee of the whole people. All have the same rights, and are entitled to the same pro itrciiuu* There had been but two instances in which the power to prohibit slavery had been recognised by Congress; one was the ordinance of 1787, and the other was the Missouri compro mise. And in both these he denied the right of Congress to establish any such principle. Mr. H orace Mann, of Massachusetts, the successor of John Quincy Adams, concluded the debaie today, and made his first sppech since his election to Congress, He had listened, he said, with great pleasure to the speeches on the question of the next Presidency, but there were others which he deemed of more importance, and could better occupy their time. Mr. Mann said we found ourselvps in possession of vast territory, but just acquired, and wo were ca I led upon, in connection therewith, to legislate for unburn millions; to form the character of those who in future ages were to ; occupy the slope of the Rocky Mountains. In ; a few years the trip between the Atlantic and | Pacific cities would be made in ten days, and : communication between the inhabitants of each would be made in ten minutes. He then proceeded to examine the constitution- ! a I power of Congress to legislate for the terri- j lories. From precedents, he said, he would , sooner undertake to prove this power before a court, than to prove the power to elect a President of tfur United Stales. The precedents were more numerous than in the latter, lie cited numerous cases to prove that Congress has the power, and has always exercised it, to legulate the legislation of territories, and that it it has the power in one case, it has in all to say under what c rcumstances and what conditions emigrants shall go to the territories* Congress having the ownership, has the right i to dictate the manner of disposal. If slavery oxi-ls in the territories, emigrants | froin the free States will not go there, tor they j know on what its prosperity depends. The population of the free Slates is double that of the slave States, and one-third of ihe population of the United States should not be allowed to keep out two.thirds. The number of persons actually interested in the slave property, it was estimated, did not exceed 2,01)0,01)0. The ordinance of 1767 had been attributed to Nathan Dan? of Massachusetts, but it had been introduced by Thomas Jefferson in 1734, and might properly be termed the Jefferson Proviso. Instead of preserving, the effect of extending was to destroy human rights. The argument ol the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Babcock) that if a man catch a horse in a stale of nature it is his property, and should be. protected in its possession, he understood by analogy to mean, that if one inan catch another, in a state ot nature, he is also his property. He then proceeded to a philosophical discussion of the eviis and injustice ol slavery, and the necessity to our prosperity ofits extirpation. The committee rose and the House adjourned.?Baltimore Sun. Iit--.nnnn iiaevn . rn ttf r>nr? n PC'PP t~l i ,\ i v/wuuuv IJ ... We have seen it stated that Gen. Cass spoke tnd voted in favor ofthc Wilmot Proviso. We i have seen nothing to justify this charge. On I he contrary, the following article from the .Mobile Register. " nabs the falsehood to the counter" in a most effectual manner: "The Wilmot Proviso was first offered at the first session of the last Congress in the House of Representatives and carried there. When it reached the Senate, it was not taken up until so nearly the end of the session that John Davis ol Massachusetts talked in favor of the Proviso, in order to ..efeat ttie three million appropriation, un'il the session expired. No vote j was taken, and no debate had. Gen. Cass did not speak at all. "The next session the Proviso was moved in the Senate originally, as an amendment to the same bill, by Mr. Upham. the Whig Senator from Vermont. Against this motion General Cass both spoke and voted. The Proviso amendmeut was defeated?ayes 21, nays 31 ? majority against it 10. The 31 nays consisted of 26 Senators from slave-holding States, and 5 j from nan-slave-holding S.ates?viz- Rright and I ' J- ? r iii:...,:., n:..i, I Hanurgan oi mumim, dpm?^ <m hhium?, i'iv.?\ inson ofNew York, and CASS of Michigan. "Gen. Cass made a speech on I hat occasion, and the.ein his opponents have said that he recognized the principle of the proviso, while voling against it. This is not true. The whole aim of the speech was to establish the position, that the agitation and discussion of the subject pro ort?:on, and, a fortiori. the adoption of the ! proviso, was out ol iitne, out of place?in all respects inexpedient, and would be of infinite embarrassineiit in the prosecution of the war, then existing [in the acquisition of territory.] and in the conclusion of peace. "In pursuance of that view, ho did not discuss the principle or policy of the proviso, as a permanent measure, much less intimate a coincidence of opinions with its mover. Ho simply voted to reject it, ond it was rejected. Gen. Cass's Nicholson letter, in which he tpposes the Wilinot proviso upon constitutional grounds, it seeins to us, should satisfy all doubts on tthis subject. The Abolitionists certainly understand this le'ter as entirely repudiating the proviso, and have consequently repudiated Gen. Cass.?J'almrtto Slate Banner. ! THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Wo are rejoiced to see that the Press in this State is generally almost universally refilling to give aiil and soppoit to the Taylor Whigs. But one single paper in this Slate has the Taylor Flag hoisted at the mast-head, and that is the Southern Patriot, published in Charleston; and this paper placed the name of General Taylor [hero long before his nomination hy the Whig Convention, or very possibly even the Patriot might never have become a Taylor man. The Abbeville Banner one week pronounced in fu vor of General, but evidently it was a hasty opinion, lor we perceive that the Banner has n*cl<ed water" very properly on sober second thought, and especially in view ol the material fact thai Generul Taylor is the candidate of the Whig party, and therefore the chosen Whig in strument, hacked by the hi?h Tariff, Abolition, Northern Whig, Millard Filmore, '.o run over the Constitution unchecked by any veto power. The delusion is fast passing away tnai ueneral Taylor was going to convert the State of South Carolina from democratic principles because lie is a brave old gentleman, and good offioor and soldier, and lias commanded the best officers and soldiers and volunteers, taken as a body, that perhaps the world ever saw. We believe that South Carolina will stand firmly Democratic. It is natural that those in the State who have called themselves Whigs should be inclined to support General Taylor, and we are not disposed to dispute with any Whig his right to do so if he chooses; but it is not a universal thing even among the Whigs in this State to hurrah for General Taylor. Some regard his nomination and association with Millard Filmore as exceedingly objectionable. It seems to us that every reflecting man of the Whig party must honor the consistency of the democrats in this State for not supporting the nominee of the Philadelphia Whig Convention, when, by so doing, they would overwhelm their own professed principles, and evince a disposition, in effect, to violate the great Republican doctrine of "measures, not men." It is a most remarkably absurd proposition, that anybody should ask or think that the Democrats in this State should "wheel about and turn about" just as this or that General might be nominated for the Presidency. Would the Whigs have turned Democrats if General Worth, or Persifer F. Smith, or Quitman, or Shields, or that splendid officer, Col. JefF. Davis of the .Mississippi Regiment, had been nominated by the democratic party? The whig party is precisely the same in principle since General Taylor was nominated as before, and tin has assured mem, ny me surrender 01 an ex ercisH of (he Veto power upon those measures on which the Democrats and the South most apprehend danger; that his promotion to power will he the promotion of the whole whig party, and for this purpose was he chosen at Philadelphia, who can doubt it. There would be far more propriety in South Carolina whigs suppor ting General Cass, even for President, so far as as principle is concerned, than for South Carolina Democrats to support General Taylor. Greenville Mountaineer. Tilt: MEXICAN JOURNALS. We have received our files of newspapers l from the city ol Mexico to the 17th tilt. Tins llegistro OJiciul of Viclora de Durango, states thai more than one thousand Curnanches had made their appearance in the vicinity of the P.iso del Norte. A force of three hundred Mexicans were about to sally forth to attack them. The Estandarlc Nacoinal, of Aguascalicntes, publishes the revolutionary plan of Padre Jarauta, and by its remarks thereon shows that its sympathies are in tavor of the movement. The Fcdcralista of Queretaro, which firmer, ly advocated peace, has espoused the war side ul the question, in consequence of the appeal made by several deputies to the Supreme Court to declare the Treaty unconstitutional. It advises the government to prepare for the renewal of the war, in case the majority of the Stales should decide to sanction such a proceeding. It was reported in the City of Mexico that a revolution would, upon the conclusion cf peace, break out in Veru Cruz, and that the intention of those who would participate in the movement was to establish a new Republic out. of ihe States ofTamaulipas, Coahuila, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potosi. The co-operation of the Americans was confidently relied on. This, we take it, is the proposed Republic of Sierra Madrc. Six hundred government troops, under com maud of Senor Yanes, had taken up (lie line ol inarch to siinpress the insurrection set on foot by Padre Jiraula and tiis compeers. 1 here was in reserve a force of 20U0 men, with 14 pieces of artillery, in case the former shou d not succeed in pulling down the revolt. The Monitor advises the Government to take into its service all the deserters from the American army. Cienor Pena y Pena had lett Querataro with an escort, accompanied hy 25 coaches, containing many Congressmen, olHcets of the government, and iheir families, with the hope of deterring the. rnhliers lioin attacking them, riut the hope was not realized, for the guerrilleros fired upon the. paily and then robbed them, without encountering any resistance. The party of the ex-President were then allowed to proceed on their journey. Koldrerie.s of the diligence were taking place daily, in the District, in Puebla, and Queralaro. Between 15U0 and 201)0 Camanches had appeared near the Preside del Norte, breathing vengeance for the dislruction of their country, men. The Monitor slates that Gen. Worth was to remain in 1'ueOla until transports were, rcuur at Vera Cruz for the rear division of the ariny. Provisions were represented lo be scarce at Puelila. The Monitor advocates an extensive lystem of colonization, as absolutely required Ithe i peculiar situation of Mexico. (Jen. iMinou, at the head of the government troops, had desisted from besieging the rebels in San Juan do los Lagos, and had iallen back on the town of Leon, not having more than 400 men to oppose the bOO under Jarauta and Ncgrete. The. Legion of St. Patrick was destined lo escort the government officers from Que'etaro to the Mexican capital. Many of the journals appear to despair of the country. The Ingenuo of Morelia, nfter describing the repealed robberies and revolutions, and dwelli g upon the unsatisfactory and insecure slate of affairs, exclaims: "Vain indeed are the sacrifices and efibrts of virtuous Mexicans; we may as well bid aoieu to our country. The family of the new Minister of Justice was robbed by guerrilleros on the road bruin Queretaro. The Cabinet of Herrera commenced its sessions in ihe Palace, in the City of Mexico, on the 13th iiist. The Yucatan Commissioners lio.d addresse I an able communication to the Mexican government, dated the 15th June, at the ciiy of Mexico, detailing the atrocities in that unfortunate Peninsula, and imploring aid frum the parent country.?xY. O. Doha. "Tiif. Element of a New Coalition."? The Washington Uoiun has a long article with this title, on the subject of the new party organ - > : j i I... it.;i IZItlg [or llie I resiueoilill tumoi uii nit: ?? iiiiiui Proviso question alone. It characterizes it us "faction and fanaticism," and gives the follow ing extract from Boston, which, it says, clinches the nail of (he evidence of the coalition: "Our friends at Washington are entirely in the dark about the northern movements. You do not see the tendencies of the revolt of some of the northern whig* from Taylor; and that is, a union of the barnhurning whigs and barnburnjng democrats on Matin Van Buren. The con ????CMB5PPOBBP?M??'-il science whigs here have agreed with John Van n; Buren to go fur his father in order to break ti down the eld parlies, and at the next election ai sweep all with a northern party. There will g be a great mass convention of the conscience whigs of this State at Worcester. Giddings will be thereon the 28th. It is in entire concert with the Ulica bolters and the Ohio bolters. ^ They will concur with Ohio in holding a nation, al convention in August. That convention from the free States will nominate Martin Van 2 Buren, and the anti-Taylor whigs and the barnburners will unite on a ticket in its support. Van Buren will not accept, but will not decline. I wish you lo understand the under-current that is running here. A TiltilAMMlN JUUKJNAL, Wednesday .Horning, July 12, 1848. ai WILLIAM D. JOHNSTON. EDITOR. h u Our Rail Road?New Arrangements. e Our readers will perceive liy an adveitisement rr in to-day's paj)er, that an arrangement connecting s us with Columbia went into effect yesterday. It o will afford our people the opportunity of visiting tl Columbia, and returning on the same day. We tl have been 11 or 12 hours,going to Columbia in past ti days, and travelling with the mail at that. The present arrangement will prove a great conveni- a encc. n f, Our Mail Facilities. The postmaster at Augusta, Geo, will oblige p our community, and our friends north of us, by , putting up a separate mail for us. At the present |, time our Western mails go to Columbia, and re- g* main there 24 hours. u Q Suicide in Prison. Mrs. Chowder, who was confined in jail, convicted of trading with negroes, committed suicide ^ on Monday evening by hanging herself. She v scorned to have committed the act deliberately, having stretched a blanket across the window to prevent oba rvation, and made fast a handkerchief n to one of the bars of the window; it is supposed she || tied the fatal knot sitting on the window sill, from t| which 6he let herself down. g Broke Jail. Dick, a runaway slave, who has been confined ll in our jail for some time pa.-t, made his escape on P Monday morning while the jailor was giving the f prisoners their breakfast. It seems he had been tl furnished with implements to pick the lock attach- I ed to his chains, and was in readiness to bolt at the ^ breakfast hour. It is reported that some negroes 1 saw him drown in attempting to swiin the river, but r as the body has not been lound, we cannot say u whether the report is corre.-t or not. a _____ i The Fourth in Camden, I Passed off very quietly compared with our for- 1 mer celebrations. At sunrise the bells pealed f merrily and a federal salute was fired; at ten b o'clock a procession was formed, and proceeded to / the Presbyterian Church, where the exercises ' were opened by prayer by the Rev. Mr. King. An ^ ode was sung, followed by the reading of tlie Declaration of Independence by Mm. M. Shannon, Esq. We have never heard it read better. An ora- } tion was delivered by W. Thurlow Gaston, Esq to a very numerous and highly gratified audience We have heard no one speak of this efFort, but * in terms of the highest praise, and it richly deserved universal commendation, bo h as a compo- 0 sition, and in its manner of delivery. The deeply * interesting events now transpiring throughout Europe, our successes in Mexico, anil the grand ? spectacle which our own we ll beloved country in | her union, strength and attachment to liberty, pre- li sents to the world were all appropriately brought e before us by the orator. At the close of the exercises a salute was tired, and another at sun-down. " Throughout the entire day we saw no drunken- s : ess or disorder. . Grand General Reception. f= Our neighbor of the Columbia Telegraph is s right. Charleston is not South Carolina, and has J.' no right whatever to monopolise all the grand | spectacles and demonstrations. Tlie proposition . now slated is to give a general reception to the Palmetto Regiment, inviting the whole State to be j present. Not only do we think Columbia is enti- i| tied to this honor, (roin having first proposed the h plan, but her location would ensure t larger atten- n dance of the people of the upper and middle dis- ^ tricts, who lurnished nine-tenths of the volunteers, l' and whose people ought to have the privilege of r paying this testimonial to the valor of their own soldiers. NVe do not recollect of any tpecial manifestation of sympathy or feeling, whilst the Charleston folk had the Regiment with them, be? v fore their departure, with the exception of having j them marched some six or seven miles, for the pur- ^ pose of presenting them with a flag. Of their hos- j( pilalily (lien, we heard or saw nothing, and the pre- J sent proposed glorification may be, intended, as an e act of atonement. We trust the proposed demon- d stration will cotne off at Columbia. (l o V A Compliment, h It is 6tated that when General Patterson's di- / vision was ordered to evacuate San Angel, the 1: Mexicans made a special request of the Gencr?l " that the Palmetto Regiment should be the las', to v i . . s leave; they having by their gcniieriianiy uearmg and honorable depu trnent in.spired the most unlini- " ited confidence and admiration among the Mexi- ^ cans. tj The Charleston Courier. We thank the editor of this excellent paper for " furnishing us with fore go news twenty-four hou s ^ in adva ce of the mail. The Courier has recently put on a new dress, without allowing the old one to become thread-bare. It deserves the extended n patronage it receives. v 8 Mr. Holmes. It will be seen from the proceedings of Congress, r that the member from Charleston, has made a r thrust at Mr. Polk's administration. One would c think, that in Mr Holme's imagination, Charleston t was South Carolina, and that he was the sole rep- v reservation of the chivalry to be lound at Wash- ' " Ift ...nnnpl HonArnl I uigloii. lie is moreover yumg oun.,". ? ?v..*,.-. Taylor, and all about that Charleston Custom e house. Wc leave hiin in the hands of hi3 con- ^ stituency. The re arks of Messrs. Simms and t Woodward, are very proper and highly commen- a dable?they exhibit the true Carolinian spirit. I 1 c The Charlotte Journal, ( Need not parade, us, as going for Taylor and jj Film ore, because we said, when we first heard of h the nomination, that it was a strong ticket; we t take it back, and confess our error. The Journal * lan may chronicle this if lie pleases, and still fur- i ier, that it is very probable we will go for Cass i nd Butler, and as the Camden Journal goes?bo l oes the States. I PUBLIC DINNER. i The citizens of Kershaw District are invi?rl to attend a Dinner to be given to the Korhaw Volunteers in Camden on Thursday the 7ih inst. Camden, July 10, 1848. nA*n..nA<l VAlnnt^rfi. Messrs. Peter I'erry. William Adams and laron Adams, members of 'he Lancaster Compay arrived here on Monday evening last. " Wait and Watch." This is the policy recommended by the Mercury, 5 will lie seen from the article in another coimn. We are perfectly willing to watch, but the *ailing policy \vc think rather dangerous, if past xpericnce be any indication of future devclopcicnts. We must acknowledge that there is a faint ign of a disposition to recognize in some degree ur rights by the introduction of an extension of ie Missouri Compromise to future territory, that liis will finally and forever settle this vexed quesion. However much we would desire to see this end ttained, we are very doubtful, of this conciliatory leasure pressing both Houses of Congress, the rec soil organization now in progress, we fe<r is do sure an indication of public opinion, and will rcvent its adoption by the House of Represent,!, ives. From every consideration, we ought suref to "tcalchand at the same time we ought by oine unmistakable cnurse of action manifest our nanimous determination to defend our rights. This ourse alone can insure their recognition and acnowledgeinent by the Noithern politicians, and y adopting it, we firmly believe, wc can obtain all . e want. Democratic Demonstration. The democrats of New Orleans, gave a most lagnificent reception to General Wm. O. Butler, lie nominee for Vice President, on the evening of he 1st ins!. The papers state there wore over 10,000 persons assembled on the occasion. A re cption speech was delivered by Captain Howard, o which General Butlei replied. An immense rocess;on was then formed, the Delta says:? "The procession moved through our principal treets, cheered at every step by the vast inuitiude which blocked up the streets, and greeted rom every window and balcony by the waving of landkerehieL of the beruty of our city. Gen. Butc received these civilities standing erect in the oach and bowing with much grace and ease. We mticedGen. Taylor ctandingin one of the wtm ows if the St. Charles, lie was surrounded by his staff nd a coterie of Iriends, and seemed to take inucli n eresl in the demonstration in honor of an old cointanion inarms. Finaly the f recession returned to he JSt. Charles, when Gen. Butler alighted and ctircd into the bulding, alter three tremendous liters from the vast crowd. The procession then irokeupaml separated id great quiet and order, tnd thus ended the greatest civil parade an I poitical demonstration in point ol numbers and enhusiaen, which wc have ever witnessed in New Jrleans. For the Journal. ilASONIC CELEBRATION IN LANCASTER. Ma Editor:?The village of Lancaster vas again enlivened on the 24th nil. St. John's. Jay, by a celebration of Jackson Lodge No 59 {Free an I Accrp'ei Masons. This Lodge, ft in its infancy, by its increased strength the kill, prompt discharge, ol duty, the well planned Xcreises of the day, and the great decorum that narked l lie in throughout, illustrates most clear\ the correct principles upon which the order is lased, inculcating,by precept and practice sultrily, molality and virtue,and that it is sustained by xlraordinary devotion, and unaba'.ed interest, n the part ol the membership. The procesion composed of the Brethren, clothed in propr regalia, under the direction of .Marshall J. 1. ingrein, und the leinale friends, and invited nests of l tie members, under he charge of Martial A. Tye, and headed by the H inging Rock and of music, moved at the appointed hour rom the Lodge Room. '1 he knowledge that lie Grand Lecturer of the State, iJr. A. G. lackey, ot Charleston, was expected to deliver n address, filled the spacious room of the Court louse, to overflowing, and many prompted by lie hope, that the "open sesame," might now e spoken, and that a transient peep at least, tight be enjoyed into the unapproachable aii axa, of the mystlcK tie, courteously yieiumg le .-eats to the numerous Fair, stood the "perendiculak," "with looks intent, And eyes and ears, attentive bent," carcely conscious of the flight of time, until the jngthy exercises worn finished. Their order /as announced by Wrn. G. Coxe. Hev. P. T. lummond, officiated as Chaplain, and opened iiem, by reading 8th chap. 1st Kings, and offer;ig up an appropriate prayer. After the music )r. Mackey enchained the attention of the audinee for more than an hour, hy an address, dcciedly the most lucid, satisfactory and learned, lirowing much light upon the origin, history, the lijects and success of the order,and reaching far ack to the time, "ichcrcof the memory of man, unncthnot lo the contraryCommencing ut Jgypt, he ranged along the course of time, and poke of the connection of the fraternity,with the arious mystick institutions, of the ancients, bowing its superiority its integrity, and aston 1 ii I t:i r l:i rwlm.i rL- I mmg piesLTvauuu ui |mvu,.-. ... A ill) an easy eloquence and profound reseatchs.in .Masonic love,he (raced its introduction,in to he different nations of earth, particularly into Dngland, the United Slates, and South (Jaroliia, giving dates and accompanying circurnstanes. He showed next, its recommendable tenures, that it was Religious association, as it inarialilv required, as a sine qua non of memberhip, the belief in an over ruling Providence nd in the immortality of the soul, to preserve vhich important truths, many of the ancient in titutions were constituted; moral, because the onduct of members was squaiied. by certain ules, and their passions nnd appetites, were estrained, within the compass, ofu certain cirle;?scientific, inasmuch as a door, was hrown open, through which, the enquiring, inestimating mind might roam, over limitless ields of philosophical (ruth, affording nn unob ructed sky, for the flights of imagination, or inxhuustible mines for deep intellectual research; ind social, as it cemented the brotherhood into he closest bonds of love and friendship. An i.u o .1,1 ,,,n,iflrlv refutation. of object ions, usu ",D -?J - illy urged, was next submitted, and a lucid ex. dunaiion, given, of the roaunns why the secrecy i! the Order, should bo unobjectionable, not o. nitting to pay due respect, to the opinions and irobable prejudices of the faik. lie concluded lis lecture, by proving most conclusively, thai ho'Masonic institution if rightly attendol to. vas only what it pretended to be, and that the ,y * Jefinition, universally received, among the members, was correct and true, "A system of morals, veiled in allegory and illcstra* red symbols." Dr. Mackey, merits not only the thanks of the brethren, but of all others,whrr are honestly, anxiously seeking more light, up' nn llx' origin, history, and o!/jects of a mystick association, existing among them, respectively connected, and devotedly adhered to, with moraf pretentions,and occasional results of good manifested, and yet preserving its operations secret, with the tenacity of life, and ol which, amid the thousand conjectures, so little, that can he learned, by the woild and so much less, that car* lie certainly known. The desires, expressed by many present, at' the moment and ofien heard repeated sinre, to sen the address in print, warrant the concln* sion, that the Lodge, could do nothing more ad' vantageous to the Order generally, an1 la Jackson Lodge particularly; nothing more grat. ifying to enquirers, than to publish it and give it an extensive circulation, The procession was re formed, and marched to the Hotel of Mr. A, .Ma*er, where a well prepare table, awaited I hem, and the female guests, invited as connexions of Masonic families. The exercise* throughout, were most inl^r* osting and well conducted. The Lodge is ore the increase, and strengthened hy the Brethren" invited from neighboring Lodges, the procession was imposing It i> believed, that the history and success ot this infant branch of the Order, the Jackson* Lodge, have illustrated, most strikingly, to evpry unprejudiced mind, that its objects are most pure, audits aims tend to lasting goodMay it continue to prosper and dispense widely what ever benefits belong to it, and like tho rising sun of morn, continue to increase, in light, until it shines away every cloud of prejudice, and misapprehension, that obstructs, the advert of a brilliant Masonic day. U. S. The News rv the Cambria.?It was with much reoret we received on Saturday, and sprpad before this community, i!ip intelligence brought I?> our glint ps by ibe Cambria. In every respect it is rather propitious, and were it not for a sort of confidence not easily prostrated, we should really begin to despair of all Enrope. The climate of France is yet charged with elements of political insanity, and the fever of Honapnrtisrn, which some fancied had become entirely subdued by time, threatens to break out again with malignant fury. It is now impossible to form any reliable conjecture, whether tho?e who would give their lives for the preservation of the republic, will he able to accomplish the purposes of their devotion and zeal. We ran only hope* It is n consumatfon devoutly to he wished that France was reliev. ed forever of every individual hearing the name of Napoleon, however worthy any or all of iheo? may l>e. It is a name to which the enemies of France can ever resort with sure prospect of rallying a party imposing in numbers and formidable by reason of their pnergy and violence of purpose. Notwithstanding all that France suffered under the dynasty ofNapofeon, she recurs to it in vain admiration as the terminating point of the glory of the nation, aol^yems to entertain a sort of wild prescience that from the ashes of "the emperor" a spirit is to arise invested with power to elevate the nation to an emiriPiiceii has never yet attained. There are multitude* in France who believe that a work was left unfinished by the discomfiture ol Napolenn nt Waterloo, and that nn important feature now added to that unfinished work, is to avenge his fall. In the re-ascendency of Bo. nnparlism, therefore should it occur in France we have the first step towards a war with Eng. land, and if France could, by such a war, afford to the British and Irish people an opportunity to overthrow the government of England, she would, in all probability, do more for them than she t*s? been able to do for herself. The future seems vet to be pregnant with startling events, and the danger enlarges of a general European war, in which it is not possible bat England will have a hand. The news from Great Biilain indicates tho effectual mainininance of government authorityThe iron which encircled the person of poor Mitehel, seems to have fettered the very souls of his countrymen. II is great crime was, that lie had a spirit nhove his fellows; his offence to the majesty of England was, that he was the noblest of them nil. Colud his gallant spirit but diffuse its influence throughout the men of Ireland, they would speedily celebrate the day of their complete redemption. The chartists ot England are evidently depressed; they are receding probably to another night of despondency, they must hide their time ?wait upon the accident?unless truer and more determined leaders spring up amongst thpm. The issue of their efforts has been a most impotent conclusion?"a gag law." In the markets there is no improvement. Cotton continues quite inactive, and prices depressed. The prospect of the harvest continuing to be unusually good, grain and corn are of course with ot amendment. Baltimore Sun. THE PROGRESS OF EVENTS. Our renders will have observed thut the Missouri Compromise bus been introduced into the Senate of the United States as an amendment to the Oregon Hill, by Mr. Bright, of Indiana, and made applicnlde to all the Teiritory from Missouri to the Pacific Ocean. Mr. Underwood, of Kentucky, has offered an amendment, declaring that South of 30 deg. 30 min. slavery shall be permitted. The reason for this amendment is that it has been strenuously contended by both Democrats and Whigs that the Mexican laws prohibiting slavery will continue to exist, after Mexican Territory is acquired, and will preclude the Southern people from settling it with their slaves. It is to prevent all question on this point, hereafter, that Mr. Underwood introduces his amendment. We have little doubt that the Missouri Cornpromise, with any modifications' we think proper to exact, will he granted us if the South is united. Only let the altern itive, ora dissolution of the Union or an observance of the rights guarantied to us when wo entered it, be presented, and we have no doubt at all of t the result. Mr. Webster himself, author as ho claims to be of the Wilmot Proviso, backed by two thirds of New England, will concede to lis our rights. The first great requirement is union among ourselves; tho second is to convince the North of our finnl determination. If tho first is accomplished, and miserable partisans and President.makers ate not allowed to distract the counsels of the South and parnlyze her power, it will go very far to remove tho second. Aggressive nod fanatic as is the North on the subject of slavery, it is not impossible to bring homo this question to tlmir interests. They know very well, though ignorant in other re. spects of the effect ofthe Federal Government, in what way and to what extentNt ministers to their advantage in.a pecuniary poiut of "ic-ty.