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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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WILLIAM D. JOHNSTON. EDITOR. h
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.