The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, August 09, 1850, Image 2
' V- From ilie Baltimore Sun.
Thirty-First Costgre^?Ist Session.
Washington, August 2, 1850.
Srnate.?The California hill was taken up,
% the question being on the amendment offered by
Mr. Foote, restricting the southern boundary
to the line of 35 deg. 30 min.
Mr. Berrien spoke in favor of it. California
must be divided so n6 to afford the chance of a
slave State, if we wished to save the Union.
Mr. Foote and .Mr. Atchison spoke in favor
of the amendment
Mr. Badger addressed the Senate at length
on the state of the question between the North
and the South.
Mr. Jefferson Davis moved 30 30 as the southern
limit of California. Lost, ayes 23, nays 32.
Mi. Foote moved to strike out the whole bill
after the enacting clause, and inserting in lien !
thonufnr thf omnibus, excepting California and |
Utah, with the amendment offered by Mr, Doug- j
lass as a substitute for Mr. Dawson's amend- j
tnent. His object was to present the territorial
questions to the House before California.
Mr. Rusk hoped the Senator would see the
propriety of withdrawing the amendment. The
Texas question was not necessarily connected
with any other.
Mr. Foote said it was hecessnrv to fix a !
boundary line or provide for its ascertainment.
Texas was not more concerned in the boundary'
adjustment than any other State, except that
4, she was on the border.
Mr. Clemens said we could not get a vote today.
He moved an adjournment. Lost, 19
a- no /
IU -60.
Mr. Rusk would feel it his duty to vote against
the amendment. He wished the disturbing
questions settled as much as any man. The
Texan boundary had nothing to do with the
slaverj' question. It was simply a question
whether the territory of New Mexico was in
the Texan limits or not
. Mr. Foote withdrew the amendment, stating
that he would offer it in some other form, giving
time for consultation.
Mr. Hunter said we are all worn down. We
had better postpone the bill and adjourn to Monday.
He moved to postpone the bill till Monday.
Agreed to.
It was ordered that when the Senate adjourn,
ii ?i: muni rtn Monduv next
Ik ilUJUUI u lu uiw> .... j
Mr. Pearce rose to give notice that on Monday
next he would ask leave to introduce a bill
to establish the territorial government of New
Mexico, and settle the boundaries of Texas.
After Executive session, the Senate adjourned.
Washington, Aug. 5.
fn Senate. Mr. Cass' resolution in favor of a
law prohibiting the interference of military officers
in civil affairs, was taken up.
Mr. Jefferson Davis replied, at great length,
to Mr. Houston's remarks of a former day, concerning
General Taylor's operations on the Rio
Grande. Mr. Davis vindicated General Taylor
frmn Mr. Houston's animadversions.
The subject was postponed.
Mr. Pearce rose and sail? he had prepared a
. bill to settle the boundaries of Texas. He
made some remarks in explanation of it. Hie
greai' obstacle to o?r progress-JVas'tbis question
of boundary, and it was the caUse of the defeat
of the compromise bill. It seemed to him right
and politic that each measure should be judged
of by itself. It would have more strength singly
tbau in combination with others.
It was a question that involved the peace
and happiness of the United States. lie had
intended iu his projiosed measure to deal liberally
with Texas. The boundary which he
proposed would not suit every one, but he believed
that it combined many advantages. The
bill was partly based on the bill offered earlv in
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tne session uj me ounaiui uuui mi^uun, y?*...
Benton )
He went on to describe tbe boundary wbich
he had chosen.
Tbe bill was read. It is a bill proposing to
Texas a northern and western boundary, and
a relinquishment of certain claims.
1. The bill provides that, if the proposition is
agreed to by the Legislature of Texas, by the
first of December next, it shall be obligatory on
the United States and Texas.
2. The Northern boundary to commence at
the intersection of the 100th degree of West
longitude, with a parallel of 30 degrees 30 minutes
North latitude; i mining thence on that parallel
to the 103d degree of West longitude;
thence South to the 32d parallel of North lati- j
tude ami along that parallel to the Rio Grande;
and thence down that river to the Gulf of Mexico.
3. Texas to relinquish all claims to territory
North of boundary proposed, and also all claims
under articles of annexation.
4. UnitedStatesin consideration ofthe above
i ten millions to be paid to Texas in U. S. stock.
5. Five millions reserved to meet payment of
Texas bonds issued upon faith of custom duties.
"The subjret was laid over.
The California bill was then taken up, and
reported to the Senate.
The question was on engrossment. !
Mr. Foote despaired of obtaining any amend- j
racnt of the bill favorable to the South. The
failure of the Compromise Bill had destroyed
all hope of this. His duly was discharged except
to vote according to his instructions as ho
understood them.
Mr. Butler made sonic explanations.
Mr. i'ootc proceeded in reply, to show that
the line of 35.30 would have been adopted if
the other portion of the bill could he sustained.
After some remarks from Messrs. Soule, Mason,
Foote, Yulcc, Dayton, Badger, Atchison,
and Badger, the Senate adjourned.
Washington, Aug. 3,1850.
The Senate was not in'session to-day, and the
proceedings of the House were without interest,
the Indian Appropriation bill being under consideration.
The bill for the admission ot California
will not he permitted to pass the Senate
without resistance, and that of the sternest and
most determined character. The friends of the
South in that bodv feel it their duty to oppose
and obstruct the aggressive measures of the
majority by nil the means which aro afforded
' bv the rules of legislation, and these properly
applied and resolutely persisted in, the passage
passage of any measure can be delayed until
the day of doom. To those who profess de
votion to the South, while they are terrified at
the idea of disunion, this course, no doubt, will
be gladly embraced, as it will present an opportunity
of peaceful yet effectual resistance,
by which they may protect the South and preserve
the Union. A sufficient number of Senators
have already solemn!v pledged themselves
to this course to render it effectual, and if the
effort to admit California with her present
boundaries is persisted in, you ma}' expect a
protracted session, and a struggle unexampled
in our legislative history.
Cor. Char. Mercury.
From the Southern Press.
DISUNION?SECESSION.
We have had no disposition to discuss these
topics?and have abstained from them. We j
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thought it our duty asouui,iciiu:r& ?uu,
ic?ns to rely for the present on argument, to |
sustain the Constitution and the rights of the |
South. And we did not desire to introduce any !
topics to excite the passions and disturb the !
judgment of the people North or South.
VVe replied therefore, to hut one of these articles
recently published in the Republic, and
waived a response to the other two. But the
Northern papers seem fond of the subject, and
as they labor under great, hallucinations that
may lead tlieni td fatal conclusions, we must
again interpose.
We shall not now reply to the doctrines of
General Jackson's proclamation, revived by the
Republic, because many of them were explained
away and renounced bv his own authority in
the Globe, even after that document appeared
?and have been exploded. As for the notion
of the Republic, that "The United States." or
the Government of the United States would remain
in the sense those terms arc now understood,
after a number of the States, or half the
States had renounced the Union, it is utterly untenable.
A majority of the Senators of all the
existing States is necessarj', under the Constitution,
for a quorum to transact business. If
half of them were to withdraw, there could be
no quorum.
In the failure of tho people to elect a President
by districts, the Constitution requires " a
majority of all the States to elect." If two
States were to withdraw, and the remaining
twenty-eight were to ho nearly equally divided,
there could bo no election?and the Government
would fall. That event might happen, indeed,
by an equal vote ot all the existing States.
P* tate should withdraw, there could be
i. x Senate nor a House of Represent^
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. under the existing Vyousuiuuuu, ?ui n, m.Clares
that the Senate shall ho composed of two
Senators from each State, and the House, of
members chosen by the people of the several
Stales. Nor could a President he elected at all,
if one State withdrew; for the Constitution requires
each State to appoint Presidential Electors,
and o majority is required to elect.
The Albany Evening Atlas does.uot trouble
itself with argument or Constitution, but relies
on power, in the following:
In case of the secession of several States, or
of half the States, we should like to know who
wuujd bo."the.people of fke-Iiuiled.States."
Southern Press.
" This is a question that will nottake long in
the answering, should the disunionists make one
movement in their treasonable purpose. They
would see and feel who the people of the United
States are.
With all their respect for the sovereignty of
States, and their repugnance to the exercise of
restraint, and loathing of war, above all, of a
war between kindred races, we do not believe
that the people of the Union would ever consent
to the existence of an independent confederation
in the South. Such a confederation
could only maintain itself by foreign alliance.
The principle enunciated by President Monroe
that no foreign government should be permitted
to establish dominion on this Continent, would
oper^e in this case of secession. The political
necessity, or the rule of policy, or the appetite
for dominion, which constituted the action of
the government in regard to Louisiana, Florida,
Texas and the recent acquisitions from Mexico,
would forbid the existence of an alien State in
the heart of the Confederacy.
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A confederacy composeu 01 ooum caroim;i,
Georgia, and perhaps two more States, could
have no internal strength, and no foreign alliance
except at the double cost of dependence
on distant power and of irreconcilable enmities
here. If it were larger it would be still more
necessary to crush it, for its offence, being the
fact of its existence, would be aggravated in
proportion to its forinidableness. This is plain
speaking, hut if there is anyone so infatuated
as to believe that the people living on the branches
of the Mississippi, will ever consent that its
mouths shall be under a foreign flag, such a one
requires plain talking to."
Does the Atlas forget that some three thousand
Seminole warriors defied the power of the
States united, for seve? years ? Docs he forget I
that those Indians foiled the genius of Gaines,
Scott, Taylor, and Jcssup, at the head of ;is
many troops as could he employed against them?
that these were the Generals who have astonished
the world by their victories? that (toner-.
al Jackson was President?and that the war
cost us forty millions? Docs he suppose that
the people of any State in the Union have less
genius, courage and resources than the Sen nnoles
?
We have heard people talk of blockading
Southern ports. Well if that could be done it
would intlict ten times the injury on the North
as the South. Where would be the cotton mills
of the manufacturing North? Where their markets?
Where the markets for Western produce?
But the thing could not be done. No
commerce so rich and so indispensable to the
world as the Southern could be cut oil*. The
smuggler would defeat all the navies in the
world- The attempt has been made to suppress
the slave trade?that trade has increased
in contempt of English, French, and American
navies. Great Britain is sea-girt, and navy-girt j
Yet the smuggler will pass her lines of battle
ships for twenty-live per cent, and sell his contraband
goods in contempt of the most powerful
interior government and police the world has
known, and in contempt of the hostility of the
great mass of the people. So also in France.
But how could the interior frontiers of a seceding
State be guarded ? Such a State would
supply her neighbor? with that sort of merchandize
which now pays federal duty at New York.
But what could the federal government do
with a seceding State, even after overrunning
her with troops? Would she he held as a conquered
province ? The Constitution binds the
United States to guarantee a republican form
of government to each State. How could that
guarantee be fulfilled towards a people opposed
to a union with the other States ? llow could
her government be republican if she were coerced
or occupied by foreign troops.
It is obvious therefore thaf the idea of maintaining
this Union by compulsion, is preposterous.
The only bonds that hold it together are
justice, mutual regard, ami mutual interest.?
But when one section undertakes to seize and
appropriate the share of the other to a vast territorial
domain, the deed is a flagrant violation
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ana rupture 01 tncso oonus 111:11 none out uie
blind can fail to see.
"Who fetter* feme with flaxen band,
Or binds the s?a with rojte of sand,
I lath yet a harder task to prove,
By flagrant fraud to hold our love*"
And if submission is expected, why even Mexico
would not submit to the loss of :i narrow
strip of this very territory, until she had poured
out her blood on many a battle field. Is it expected
that the South which had the principal
share in the conquest of Mexicans, will now display
less spirit than those whom she has done
so much to overcome ?
From the Palmetto-State Banner.
CHE AP LITERATURE.
Mess. Editors: I do not know exactly in what
sense to use the term " Southern Literature,"
as I am free to confess that we have never as yet,
given it a fair opportunity to develope itself. It
shall therefore only be spoken of as something
needed, something in demand, and something
easily attained. All that is wanted is patronage?let.
Southerners patronize their own papers,
their own Reviews, Magazines, dzc., and
the thing will soon come to a head. It will
bring out talents which-only lacks the opportunity
for a proper development That is the
requisite step; let it be taken, and the North
cannot surpass us in quality, finish, elegance,
taste, or price. The greater the number of
subscribers, the less the price, is a good rule,
aud one which our people ought to think of and
apply.
Suppose the thousands sent by 82's, and
$5's to the North every year-wWefaid out on
the "Southern Quarterly," or "Whitaker's Magazine,"
the "Literary Messenger," with others
too numerous to mention, the "Palmetto State
Banner" included, what might they, what would
they not become in a very short time. The
first could be furnished at S3 or 84 as well as
Blackwood, so the second and third named,
and perhaps the "Banner" might be eventually
waved out at one dollar per annum, and the
"State Rights Republican," even now as cheap
a daily as tlie North can show, may, ami undoubtedly
will, nearly double its size, and afford
abundant reading matter, in addition to the
"latest intelligence" and "prices current."
No Speculator.
? -- Frgin tfio Charleston Mercury.
Barnwell, (J. II., Aug. 4,1850.
Gentlemen: It has fallen to my lot, in taking
the census, to have a pretty good view of the
crops of this District. In many places the dry
weather has prevailed to such an extent that
people will not make enough bread to do them;
in others, the crops are tolerable, and in a few
places they are excellent. The heat Corn crop
that f have seen belongs to Col. B. II. Brown,
and appears not to have suffered a day for rain.
Crops in the upper part of the District are not
as good as those in the lower. The whole District
is completely paralyzed with dry weather
and candidates. The latter have overrun every
section, corner, and hole, within their knowledge.
There are for the Legislature, seven;
Senate, three; Sheriff, three; Clerk of the Court,
seventeen ; Tax Collector's office, twenty-three;
Ordinary, eighteen: making in all seventy-one ;
and when this swarm conies down upon a small'
crowd of people it is indeed the " time to try j
their souls." I was upon the track of sixteen
or seventeen of them the other day, I reached
a house, and before 1 could commence asking
the ladv of the house how many horses, hogs,
dorrs rats. d*c.. she had, she said (taking me I
?r?-? ' - _
for one of the swarm): " I am very sorry my
husband is not here, he has promised to vote for
ail the candidates, and I have no doubt if he
was here, lie would promise you." 1 proceeded
on my way, and saw a man ploughing not
far from the road; as soon as he saw me he
I commenced whipping and going faster; after
proceeding some little distance, lie motioned
his arm towards me: "Go on, go on," said he,
" I'll vote for you, I always said I would, so
don't let it disturb you." Yours, dec.
Assistant Makshall.
f """ Sr >vp ?A Portsmouth
IVU.Vlu.H - ? .
correspondent of the Bee states that a vessel
which arrived at that place on the 29th ult.,
from I'ensacoln, had 011 board a slave who had
stowed himself om ooard, and was not discov- i
ered until she \ .j far out at sea. Letters had
been received from Pensacola requesting that
he might he taken care of for his master, hut
the abolitionists got wind of the matter, and
according to the writer's account, which is not
a very clear one., they hoarded the vessel in tho
lower harbor, got up a quarrel with the captain,
blows ensued, the captain was arrested for assauIt,
ami the slave summoned as a witness.?
I As soon as they got on shore, the captain was
suffered to go at large, and the slave was taken
care of by his friends. He is said to be a valuable
hand, blacksmith by trade, and earned for
his master considerable money by working upon
the Pensacola dry dock.
The Locusts.?These insects appear to be
creating considerable excitement among the
I farmers in Monmouth county, N. J. The flights
j town Record says they have already commenced
I their ravages on the forest trees; the twigs, in
many instances, look as though they had been
nipped by an early frost. Fears are entertained
that they will extend their ravages to
the peach orchards, which, if realized, will be
! of serious consequence. The sting is said to
be a deadly one; and on Monday a boy, aged
twelve years, was stung by a locust, who died
in a few hours afterwards.?Newark Advertiser
WEEDS JTOTOHAILr !
CAMDEN. S. C. : .
FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1850.
Wm.'C. Caston, Esq. is General Agent for the
Journal.
New Steam Saw Mill.
We are pleased to learn lhat the Steam Saw
Mill of Messrs. Love and Sinclair is now in operation.
It is situated on the Robison road, nine
miles above Camden, in the midst of any quantity
of the finest timber. The mill is near the route
of the proposed Plank Road, and we understand
the proprietors have offered to furnish lumber for
it at a very reasonable price.
Bank of the State of So. Carolina.
C. M. Furman, E*q., was unanimously elected
President of this institution at a meeting of the
Board ot Directors held on Monday the 5th hist.'
Hon. R. Barnwell Rhett.
We believe the people of South Carolina will
not be surprised or disappointed, if this true South
ran and distinguished gentlemen should be elected
our Senator at the next session of the Legislature.
His vietcs at this crisis, and the late treasonable
abuse which has been lavished upon his name, as
well as the fate or doom which old Chalky has
marked out for him, will, in our opinion, tend very
considerably to produce this result His -ultra or
treasonable notions, as Mr. Clay would have it, aie
rather more generally entertained at the South
than some have imagined. Father Ritchie has at
last, it appears, awoke to the consciousness of the
fact, that there are more than " one whose speech
breathes discontent and disunion."
The next President of the S. O. College.
A writer in the Palmetto State Banner has nom
inatpd Dr. Samuel Henry Dickson for this important
and distinguished position; to this the Charleston
Evening News responds:
It would bo difficult to obtain a more suitable
head for that institution. To great learning in the
faculty, Dr. Dickson unites a general knowledge of
letters and science. In manner he is courteous,
dignified and conciliatory, and white discharging
faithfully his duties, would secure the respect and
love of the students. We hope the proper authorities
will call to that noble establishment, as President,
one so admirably calculated to increase its
popularity and usefulness; and who to eminent
ability and high social merits, adds the quality, a
great one with us, of being a Carolinian. We hope
never to see the authorities of any of our state institutions,
going abroad to seek for officers, while
so many highminded and honorable persons are
to be found at home.
The Clay Rapping*.
"X lie oniy ining max xias uccurrt-u iu c?-vate
Mr. Clay in the estimation of the country, is
the "Rappings" in the galleries lately?and we
think if he would think of them coolly, he would
not hold them as very enviable praise. We consider
them worth just about as much as the "Rochester
knockitigs," with much less of mystery attached
to them. They, both alike, owe their origin
tobdeceptive appearances. Why the veriest
trifler in the country, if he could get on the Senate
floor, just now, and be allowed the chance to speak
?and cry out with upturned eyes, the "glorious
Union," and pull a piece of rope Jrom his pocket,
would gain "thundering applause" from the galleries.
And why? because .the galleries are filled
with those whose very existence depends on the
existence of the Union. Break -tlie Union, and
they have to work to get bread to break. Office
seekers will rap when they hear the Union lauded
?and from the number which throng the galleries
it is no wonder that Mr. Clay should be "loudly
applauded" therefrom. It seems, to a candid observer,
that a Senator should wish his applause to
be made of "sterner stuff." How very different,
that outbursling and . reiterated sanction, which
arises like a mighty incense from the Southern
people, according a hearty well-dono to those Senators,
who in their love for the Union, has not forgotten
the rights of the South. We really think
that Mr. Clay, since he has growu so extremely
national lately, should have a more extended applause
than that from the hungry office seektrs in
the gallery.
Reid?Governor of North Carolina.
We think we may make the above announcement
safely. The glorious old North State is
wheeling into line. Reid is a soulJiern man. Manly
is one of the submission school. The counties
we have heard from gives a large democratic gain,
- J tinro Pni/I ici ttlontaJ
aim iti/i ouiw iv<,iu ?o v^wiuu.
Oration.
We have received a copy of the excellent Address
delivered before the. JBeau fort-VoUiuteer Ar-.
tillery, July 4, 1850, by William Henry Tiescot,
Esq. The orator briefly but forcibly points out
the tendency of all governments to change. On
the history of the American Union he says.:. "The
unqualified eulogy of seventy-years cannot to-day
be repeated with truth. Three quarters of a century
have verified the fears of the founders of the
Union, and each year has deepened the lines of
sectional division?roused into fiercer anger, sectional
sentiment?and forced into more latal conflict,
sectional issue?until now, when we see the
reckless strife of selfish interest?the quick jealousy?the
strong antipathies that divide section
from section and class from class! tne most nopeful
believer in the stability of the country must acknowledge,that
while our forefathers frainedja government
they failed to create "a nation."
Why can't brother Badger, of the Hornet's
Nest, leave it for a while and come down and see
us? We will take a Jiying visit rather than miss.
We want to shake 53?? with him. We
would be glad if old Rip had a tew more "Hornets"
who would sting his drotcsy4 Watchmen,' who
are sleeping at their poets.
Clay has gone North, where he should always
have been. He will probably find clams at
Cape May more palatable than Mason and Butler's
speeches.
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^ C^a.cUon. " '
The Wilmington Aurora publieheajretants from
thirty seven counties, which show a democratic
gain of 2,545 its compared with the vote of 1048,
when Manly (whig) was elected by 854. The
Aurora says, "should the balance ot the state, to
be heard from, poll the same voters it njid
Mr. Reid will be elected Governor by. 1691 majority*
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^W" A southern gentleman (from Baltimore)
at Cape may, chastised a negro on Wednesday
last, for impudence given biih. The-negro itidt-"
era held an indignation meeting and talked. ofaetaHating.
A row was* raised that night.
+W C. H. Allen has disposed of the
Banner to Messrs. Edward Noble, audi
Kerr. We regret to part from Mr. AlleBjito'bfie
of the fraternity, but we feel cotifidenttt&^Tbff
Banner will never be furled "while in sdtli Stible
hands as now.
Correspondence of the Camden Journal. * rWa
shinctok, Aug. 2, 1850.
The protracted struggle in the Senate concern-'
:n* ihe Compromise bill is now ended. The bitf
Las been defeated, Mr. Pearce, of Maryland, en-"
joying largely, either the honoi, or opprohpunjof..
defeating this measure. ..tie was considered.the
uncompromising friend of the. bill up to the-last
moment He saw then that it was better tojollow
the dictates of conscience^ than to he led on
by Clay and Webster. Speaking of Mr. Webster,
z^aoc if nr?f nrncont o fiorl nipiurp prAfi in thn ea?
reer of this statesman, that after having been "one
of the fathers of the measure, a measure that he
urged as of vital importance to the lifi and honor
of our Union, that at the last hour, when its final
struggle was drawiug near, that he should desert
his Senatorial post for the allurements of office,
and leave bis place to be filled by an avowedabolitionist?by
one who was known to be a bitter
opponent of this Compromise? Aye, to desert in
the hour of its weakness, the favourite child of his
brain ? It may be urged in his defence, that he
knew not who would be his successor, but Web.
ster must have known that Gov. Briggs would select
no man to fill his place who would vote ae he
would have voted on this bill. The Senate passed
that part of the bill which gave to Utah a territorial
government
About 2,000 children, belonging to the public
schools, yesterday matched to the capitolgrounds.
They were addressed by Josepn it enanoier, a
member of Congress, from Pennsylvania. The
children petitioned Congress to appropriate certain
grounds in our city for tlje use of "the public
schools. Congress could not do better than-comply
with this request. ' -r
Your distinguished Senator, Mr. BntIeT,/& very
unpopular with u? This is owing to the fatrt that
as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, he is opposed
to the reformation of our Judiciary?-4. reform
which our people have with almost one
I voice demanded of Congress. , '}
Your's, .- Cecil.
i teiegrapbicIntelligekce
From the Daily State Rights Republican.
Seven Days Later from Europe.
B A LTIMOHK, Attg$gT7.
T{je British SteamerCambrtn has arrived at
Halifax. She left Liverpool on the 27thnit.
Cotton has dedined an fl&htHDf a p^n ny
since the departure of the Cai&tda, ou!lliiv'20th
alt. .^v
The sales for the week amounted to duly forty
thousand bales.
Breadstuff's have advanced considerably on
prevfeus quotations. ~ ^ ' '"V;
Carolina Rice is quoted ^eighteen shillings
and three pence to eighteen aiiil five pence.
Tlie news from PortugaL,states that the A*
nierican Razee Independencf^ tu\d Steaui Frignte
Mississippi are still.in the Tagjos, and Mr. <
Clay, the A^ru^h;w^s^fi|^obyhas de- '
mauded his passports in consequence of the
non-ailinission 01 uie ciaim jrespecuug we pu- \
vateer General Armstrong, by the Portuguese
Government
Denmark and the Duchies have commenced
the hostilities which were; threatened at the
departure of the Canada. The whole of Germany
is hacking llio latter, .wl&st the Autocrat
of Russia has seuit afleettothesupportpCPenmark.
A grand battle is datty expected.
BKitiWo**, August 7.
Of the 30,000 bales. Cation , sold in Liverpool
for th e week, 14,000 weretakeu by speculators.
Rice in good demand. Caroline limited.
The.Niagara arrived opt.on'Saturday.
The American squadron lias sailed for TanThe
news of President Taylor's death pro
dnced a deep sensation In England.
Denmark has declared the Duchies in a state
of siege. An aetion took place on the 1st of
July between a man of war add a government
steamer?the former was forced to retire.
Soulh ttaroliahiu
Wasuiitoto^, August 5.
. Mr. Henry S. Geyer has declined the Secretaryship
of die Interior. He prefers, no doubt,
coming to the Senate. No Secretary of War
yet. General Soqtt answers admirably ad inter
m.?Baltimore Sun*
PRESIDENT AGAINST TEXAS H
Washi.nqton,, Aug. 6k 1850.
President Fillmore has 'sent * message to.
Congress in reference to the question of bouiu
dary between New Mexico anaTex?u, fti wbicKi
ho asserts that all the territory east of the Rio.
Grande belongs to* and. is know*as,, New Mexico.
He says further that he is determined to
support aud carry out the laws;, and,, if necessary,
he will call out the militia of the country,.
and employ the Army and Navy for the protec-.
tion of that territory. \
He broadly intimates to Congress that unless
the questions uow involving the country ioi such
perplexity are settled before the adjournment,
j he will call an Extra Session of Congress for
f that purpose.?South Carvliuiat^
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