The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, September 06, 1850, Image 2
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Thirty-First Congress?lsl Session.
lu the House, on the 20th ulr,,-iVIr. McClernai'U.
?i|" Illinois, called for the regular order ol
business, via: The report frooi the select coup
mittee, made yesterday, by the Chairman, Mr.
Stanly.
Mr. Fitch, of Indiana, having the floor, prortnnil.%/]
i-ordv \rs. tho rnrrtorl't: miulp VPtfpnljlV
hv-Mr. Evans, of Maryland, in reference to his
assaults against Mr. Ritchie, and also in reference
to the subject matter of the report [ft
justified Messrs. Ritchie and Sengstack, in refusing
to answer the questions put to them.?
And he pronounced Mr. Evans' denunciations
of Mr. Ritchie as a "hoary headed slanderer'
and a "swindler" as highly indecorous, to say
the least of it, when made, as it was, by the
gentleman from Maryland, yesterday, against
one so much bis senior, who was not in a position
to answer such an attack when it was
made.
Mr. Evans replied, and deeming the remarks
of the gentleman from Indiana, as having a personal
bearing towards him, he questioned him
as to his intention.
Mr. Fitch said that he had no intention o!
making a personal issue with the gentleman
from Maryland, bat only to reply to his remarks
uu ^covcuittj;.
The morning hour having expired, the House
proceeded to the consideration of the Texas
boundary bill, as the unfinished business of yesterday,
to which Mr. Boyd, of Kentucky, had
moved an amendment providing for the establishment
o^Territorial Governments in New
Mexico and Utah Territories.
Mr. Meade, of Virginia, rose to a question ol
order. He maintained that uneler-the 27th rule,
this'hill having had.its second reading, was not
now the lirst business in order, but should take
its place behind those bills which had previously,
received their secoud reading, the House not
having committed the bill.
The Speaker overruled the point of order.
Mr. Thompson, of Mississippi, appealed from
the decision, and in some remarks, argued
against it
Mr. Ashmun, of Massachusetts, moved to lay
the appeal on the table. Carried.
Mr. Burt, of South Carolina, rose and stated
that the Speaker, on yesterday, erroneously, he
lit*lUived. dewrived him of the floor when he rose
and claimed it to uiovu to commit the bill.?
That motion, he said,.had the precedence under
the 27th rule, to amotion to amend. He
therefore made it a point of order that he was
now, as he was then, entitled to move to commit
the bilL
The Sjteaker overruled the point of order.?
He admitted that the motion to commit was the
precedent motion, but if he (the Speaker) should
happen to assign the floor to some member
who should move to amend instead of to commit
the bill?as he had 'done, the proper construction
of the rule would uot authorize him
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IU remvu il IMUIIUIJ IU CUmmil, aiuiuu^u a Iiictub;r
should rise at the same moment and announce
such a purpose.;
Mr. Curt appealed from the decision, and
maintained that no recognition of another member
could properly deprive him of the right to
make the first iriolibo in order under the rule
, Mjr. As&mun,of .Massachusetts, moved to lay
tiie ap}?*ul on the. bible. Carried. Ayes 154,
nays 54.
The Sjieaker then stated that the gentleman
from Kentucky (Mr. Boj-d) wps entitled to the
floor.
fniii n?#l dufiw) tJmf ltr? rifT?>rnfl flip
amendment which be ?lid oil yesterday with the
view of testing the sense of this House on the
principle of non-intervention in reference to slavery
in establishing Territorial Governments.
He thought it was time they should proceed to
voting and stop talking.
Mr. Clingiiiari of North Carolina moved the
following amendment:
And be it further enarteti, That all the portion
of territory acquired from Mexico by the
treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, bounded as follows:
By a line commencing Fii the Pacific
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v/Ui ad, vii uir pdiaiiu vi uv". iiviui iiimuui',
three miles from the main land, running thence
ilue east till it strikes the Sicra Nevada, thence
eastward !y and northwardly with the crest of
said mountain range until it strikes the "parallel
of 37 dag. north iatitiule, thence due east with
said "parallel until it strikes the tsiera Madre,
thence southerly with the crest of the same until
it reaches the boundary between the United
States and the Republic of Mexico, thence west
* wardly with said boundary to the Pacific ocean,
thence northwardly with the coast to the beginning;
the whole of the said territory tq constitute
the territory of Colorado; and that the
government of said territory shall, in all respects,
be similar to that provided for the Territory
of New Mexico by the accompanying
provisions of tins bill.
Mr. McDonnell ot Indiana objected to the
amendment as not being in order.
The Speaker decided it to be in order on the
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game grounu unu uie original amendment was
received by him.
Mr. Allen of Massachusetts, appealed from
the decision.
Mr. Doer of .N ew York moved to lay the apruuI
An flit. t>ililo Pnrriiir! nvoj 1 0<S n-ti-s f!?l
Mr. Clingman rose and stated fur the inl'ormation
of those who iniyiit not have ijeard the
amendment read, the purport of his proposition,
and his object in moving ft After describing
the limits of the territory which it embraced, he
proceeded to show the propriety of giving that
large territory West of New Mexico and South
of Utah, an outlet 011 the Pacific. There was
ample evidence, in the proceedings of the California
Convention, that the delegates from that
portion of California Sooth of the Siera Nevada,
which was about the line of 35 30, were
opposed to the institution of a State Govern
ment at tins tune, i ins l:iet, taken in connection
with their being separated by a mountainous
region and the large territory drained by
the Colorado, being as yet uncxplort'd, ought
to induce them lu pause before allowing it to
be incorporated in the proposed State of California.
lie was in correspondence with persons
there, and, from information in his possession,
he believed not only that slaves were already
there, hut that slave labor could he better
and more profitably employed there than free
labor. Others might think that to cut off' South
California would but lead to its creation into
another free State. He did not think so. If
t; is Union was to be continued in the spirit in
' which it was formed, in providing for peopling
our Territorics with our swarming population,
we should accommodate the Georgians as well
' as the New Yorkers. Their domestic habits
and customs were not the same, and the greater
portion of each would not assimilate with
the other. It would be the part of wisdom then
' .ie ?vul! sic intiti/ia ti* fill*.iv flu. Iiitliprfii miiiro
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vided heir to occupy this portion of the territory
in common with his brother who has managed
to exclude him from the other. If those
| "i twsof God," so often alluded to, shall forbid
! i him to increase and multiply there, so be it.?
j He must then abandon it unless he can conj
form to those whom they favor. He did not,
' | however, from the little information he possess
ed of that country, and no one knew much of
it as yet. doubt that African slave labor would
be the best and the cheapest. Where such labor
existed there was greater equality among
' the white population, but where white labor existed
there was greater inequality, as one half
' must perform the drudgery and menial offices
r for the other half.
Mr. Ashmen, of Massachusetts, moved the
previous question.
Mr. Thompson, of Mississippi, made, as a
point order, a question whether, as the Texas
bill provided for the issuance by the executive
of $10,000 in five per cent stock, on the accep*
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I UllJCtJ ul UJtT JJIUpUMIIVil uv ivauo, ?muuuvtuttlier
action by this House, it was not equivalent
to an appropriation which could require the bill
to go to the committee of the whole House.
The Speaker decided that he did not so consider
it. Although the bill would render the
' House liable te make such an appropriation
hereafter, this stock provision was not technically
an appropriation.
The demand for the previous question was
negatived. Ayes 74, nays 107.
Mr. McClernard, of Illinois, moved to commit
the bill and called the previous question.
Mr. Root, of Ohio, moved to instruct the committee
to affix the Wilinot Proviso to the bill.
He was in favor of tlie House coining to this
test question openly and fairly?the record of
yeas and nays on this motion would smoke out
the doe-faces on both sides of the line.
Mr. McClcrnard denounced these repeated
attempts to enact this anti-slavery proviso.?
Slavery could never exist in this country. Yet
he should not shrink from giving effect to his
opinion l?y voting against it.
Mr. Brooks, of New York, said he was ready
to face the music or be "smoked out as a doeface"
now as at any other time. But he did
not see why they should vote this abstraction
ifi the bill when it was almost impossible that
it could pass the Senate. Nor did he perceive,
the use of it as it was well known that the laws
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ol L?ou lorevcr cxciuueu bin very iroiu mat territory.
Mr. Brown of Mississppi, remarked that if the
gentleman from Illinois supposed that the Southern
people were in the pursuit of shadows he
was egregiouslv mistaken. It made no difference
to them by what means they were exclu*
ded from a participation in the enjoyment of
territory common to all?whether by "Wilmot
Provisos" "executive provisos," or by sanctioning
the unconstitutional and irregular proceedings
of a portion of the inhabitants of these territories.
The enp was just as distasteful to
tbem by whatsoever mode it was presenieu.
They asked only lor tliat which they could right
fully and equitably claim in common with all
in the Union, tint if a common particiption
was denied them, they demanded and would insist
upon a fair division of these Territories.?
They could not forget that they paid a large
share of the blood and treasure which they
cost, and they would not forgive those who
should roh them of it.
The conversion of certain gentlemen to the
' nonintervention" doctrine, was attended by
circumstances that deprived them of the credit
due to those who-ubandoned a wrong for a right
The South could not now enjoy the better portion
of til? territory because other hands and
means than the intervention of this Proviso exeluded
them from it. And the forbearance of
recently conveited non-interventionists was of
no account, as it was uesulcss to them and useless
to us.
The gentleman from Now York had harped
on the conjunction of certain Northern and
Southern members in opposition to these comrir/uitiw/i
tnitnciii'iie ?ic lltr??v ?i ri? hiinnotl U'liioli
ho seemed lo take great delight in illustrating
by naming together all sorts of dissimilar and
disgusting objects. There might he such a conjunction
as that of the travler and the highwayman
who demands his purse, And if the gentleman
from N. York should come in between
them and attempt to compel the travler to
give up one-half its contents and the robber to
consent to 'alio it by way of" compromise," is
it wonderful that they should be found together
resisting him? 15ut what sort of a conjunction
wo dd lie exhibited when the question of the
admission of California comes to a vote? in
what dark association would the gentleman
and his "fellow compromisers" he then found ?
Me would leave it for a future record of the
ayes and nays to tell in this House us it had
told in the Senate.
-Mr. Clarke of New \ork obtained the fToor
when, On motion, the House adjourned.
On the 30th ult. the House at one o'clock resumed
the consideration of the resolution of
Mr. Stanly, to direct the Speaker to issue his
writ to the Sergeant-at-Anus to bring to the
bur of the Houso Thomas Ritchie and C. P.
Songstack, to answer for a contempt of the authority
of the House hv relusino' to testify he.
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lore a committee of the House in regard to the
coriexpondeuU of tlie Union, who held ollice
under the late administration, and also who of
said ofliee-holders contributed money to defeat
the election of (Jen. Taylor.
Mr. Schcnck being entitled to the floor,spoke
during un hour. He insisted that the contumacious
witnesses should he comnellcd to answer
to the interrogatories propounded to'them, without
any conditions attached, as was proposed
by Mr. Sengstack. lie suggested that the resolution
be so amended that the writ be made
returnable on the 2d of December next, as there
was not time now to dispose of the matter.?
HI* repeated that it* was a matter of defiance of
the House, and that it should be disposed of in
a serious way as a matter of principle, howev
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er trivial in itself, the investigation might be.
Mr. Carter wished to Jinow whether it would
he in order to have the writ returnable before
the magistrate.
Mr. Stanton, of Kentucky, one of the committee,
explained that Mr. Ritchie did not intend
to treat with contempt the authority of the
committee or the House. After answering before
the committee, he left it with the impression
that the committee was satisfied with the T
answer. He was surprised to learn the action 1
of the committee after he left. t
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-?i i . uujicijl i\ auiu iiiilt itji. uii uiiic; ? aa vcij t
courteous towards the committee, but still he t
was a contumacious witness in a technical
sense.
Mr. Meade denounced the whole proceeding
of the H nuse, authorizing the appointment of an t
inquisitorial Committee to extort from an editor s
the names of such office holders as were cor- |
respondents for his paper, as most unjust to in- t
dividual right, and dangerous to the liberty of j.
the press and ot the people. He maintained
that a man did not become a slave bv accept- j1
ing office under the Government, and that he '
had the right, as a freeman, to dispose of his s
time, not belonging to the Government, as he i
pleased and to dispose of his money received 1
from the Government as he pleased. i
Ho deemed it the duty of the House to re- t
trace its action in this matter, because it was a
anti-republican in principle, especially improper j
as theinformation'proposed to be extorted could t
not afford matter for legislative action. The
judiciary, he maintained, would discharge a man
upon such an arrest. He rejoiced that the editor
had refused to answer such impertinent
questions as had been directed by the Honse.
Mr. Carter moved a substitute for the original
resolution and amendment as follows:
Resolved, That the subject be recommitted ^
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I IU MIC CUIIIIIIIUCC) n 1111 1IJ3LI UUHWIIO IW j/i uvvv,u
by the ordinary process of investigation to the
discharge of their important duties.
The previous question was moved and sus- ,
taincd. 1
Mr. Stanly was about to make a concluding
speech on the subject, but
Mr. P. King, of New York, moved that the t
House proceed to the consideration of the bnsi- t
uess on the Speaker's table. It was carried in i
the allirmative, and ?
The Texas Boundary bill and the proposed (
amendments were taken up. f
Mr. Clarke, of New York, who was entitled ^
to the floor, replied to the remarks of Mr.
Brooks, of yesterday. He said that witji him
and his constituents the Wiknot Proviso, or
more properly, the Proviso of '87. was a senti- f
mentor an abiding principle. He alluded to ^
the abandonment of the Proviso by Mr. Brooks,
and said that the gentleman in the New Con
volition introduced resolutions strongly enforcing
the Wilmot Proviso, and that it should be 1
forever applied to our territories; and that now 1
he had abandoned it because, as be alleges, it a
was merely used then for the purpose of arrest- 1
ing the progress of the American arms in Mex- {
ico. j
Why, said Mr. Clarke, the Mexican war bad (l
terminated six mouths before the resolutions
were penned and introduced into that Convention.
Mr. Clarke then examined into the claim L
of Texas, to show that she had no right to the c
territory claimed by her and in dispute between 1
her and New Mexico. He, for one, should vote
against paying her a dollar for land that did
not belong to her. ^
Mr. Gorman defended the right of Texas to c
all the territory east of the Rio Grande, coin- v
preliending Santa Fe and all the inhabited pur- v
tion of Now Mexico, or nearly so. lie viewed i i
the junction of the extremists of the North ami
South?the junction of ultra slavery men and
the free soil men against this bill, as pnrtcutivu e
of great evil to the country. lie advocated the c
passage of the bill, and maintained that it could s
be passed if it were not for the New York rep- }
representatives, who were so acting as to place
the responsibility upon the President of using,
or not, in a certain contingency, the military
power of the country against Texas. j
He warned them that their conduct was leading
this country to a civil war. Before conclu- ^
ding, however, should civil war come, which lie J'
prayed God to avert, he would be found where ^
the Hag of his country was found, lie con ^
eluded by denouncing the >V ilinot rroviso as p
having been brought forth by ingenuity, and f
that it had had an iniquitous race. a
Mr. Daniel obtained the floor, but yielded to c
a motion that the House adjourn, and it accordingly
adjourned.
THE BILL IN THE HOUSE. 0
" Ion," writing to the Baltimore Sun 011 Sat- 0
unlay, says:
" There arc at least a hundred and twenty
members, Northern and Southern, who now ?;
ixd'use to pay ten million^, and at the same time t
yield what they claim to be the l ights of Texas t
on one side, and of New Mexico, as a free soil
territory, on tho other. We uro at the mercy '
of this combination of opposite extremes. ^
They have the majority now, and it remains to 8
be seen how long they will retain it. v
"The Northern opponents of the bill now 1
avail themselves of tho attitude of Texas as a 5
reason for not voting for the bill. As Mr. j
Clarke, of New York, said to-day, in his speech c
they are determined not to "pay ten millions s
upon compulsion, if money were as plenty as
blackberries.*' Then the northern whigs, of
whom Mr. Clarke seems to be leader, have de- ?
tcrmined to leave tho whig President in the ^
lurch. Tho President has taken a position
which will lead to a civil war, unless the ques- 11
tion should be, as lie recommends, settled, or s
to be disgraceful and ludicrous backing out on Is
lii.s part. There is oneway to get out of the n
difficulty ; keep our : -n millions and give Texas
the territory in dispute !
" It is much to be apprehended that the
House w ill agree to do nothing except to ad
mit CaliforiHa, and in that case the agitation of j
the South will increase, and at the next session
discord w ill reign in both houses of Congress, 1
to the utter destruction of wise and calm legislation.
It will be idle to look to the next session
for moro of harmony than prevails at this.' ^
ft' it tir . i . t 1 P
I HK KKPUBLIC.? We SCO It StlltCU AS prOOU- ^
blo that Messrs. Sargent and Uullitt will he in- ^
vited buck to the Republic. Aaron A. Hall is v
the sole editor now. b
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T3BDE jJOTOMAIL.
CAMDEN. S. C.
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FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1850.
Health of Camden.
Notwithstanding the recent overflow of our ri er,
and the unfavorable aspect of afTairs, we are '
lappy to say there is little or no sickness about ]
he town. For general healthiness, Camden will
:ompare with any other town of the same size in 1
he country.
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Our Business Prospects.
bur Merchants are making large accessions to I
heir stocks, besides, a goodly number of new
itores have been opened, and we anticipate a
arge fall and winter business. The prospect of
he Plank Road will benefit our town, and we 1
lope our country friends will bring on whatever \
hey have left from the recent storm, and let us
nake up, the best way we can, the deficiency by
supplying them with what they want at exceedngly
low prices. We have just the very men
lere who can do that, but we would beg you "pre iously?before,"
(to use the printer's prerogaive)
to look out for the one who does the most
idvertising. He is the man for the printer. As j
he printer is every body's man, it follows as a mat- ,
er of course, thai man must do as every body
lays.
Southern Rights Association.
Need we urge the propriety of an immediate
espouse on our part, to the suggestion of a sister
District? We earnestly hope that a meeting will
>e called at once for the purpose of forming an ,
\ssociation.
JifOur thanks are due the Hon. J. A. Woodvard
and the Hon. D. Wallace for various pub- j
ic documents and speeches.
?5?" We learn, says the Columbia Telegraph,
hat Messrs Chesnut and Gregg were met in Sum
ervme, on aionuay, uy a large garnering oj tne
:itizens of that District; several other ge.itl "men 1
ilso addressed the meeting, and it was resolved, 1
hat a Southern Rights Association should be !
ormed in Clarpinont and Clarendon, the counties 1
vhich compose the judicial District of Sumter. 1
" Js this a dagger I see htftrre meV \
No?it is but the wild creation of the fancy of ;
me Win. W. .Moore, of Macon county, Alabama, i
hatching the tone of Foote's omnibus clarion, and
3adger's submission compromiseism, he says? ;
Cease, therefore, to send me the Journall?a pa- i
>er which says we have all to gain and nothing to i
ear from a dissolution of the *11111011, Men who <
idvocate such doctrines are more to be feared i
ban the tones of'76.*' I presume they are "more j
o be feared" I should be sorry if they were not?
f u*E who advocate "such doctrine" were not I
more to be leared" than Mr. Wm. W. Moore, of i
dacou county, Alabama. Why, poor fellow! we i
lid not know we had such a subscriber, as wo i
inly take notice of the paying list;?and as for
ory?why his very soul is steeped in tory blood, i
" itcep in its very dregs his npiril lite.
Lonely, and loet to hopo forever more. (
["here now, Mr. William W. Moore, oi Macon
ouuty, Alabama, ere we lose our self-respect, we
rill wish you at leest, a happy success in getting
our neck safely under the yoke of Northern opiression.
J-j.'T'Gnn. John Schnierle was on Monday last '
ilectcd Mayor of Charleston, by a majority of338
>ver the highest opposing candidate. The vote 1
tood, for Schnieile, 1190: for Reynolds, 852; lor 1
ianigault, G38.
Counterfeit Gold. i
The Philadelphia Ledger says: "Counterfeit
lalf eagles are now in circulation, and although
;ood imitations of the genuine, are rater lighter (
n color as well as in weight than the genuine.? ,
fliere are also indications of brass upon its face. ^
Che best test, however, is the fact, that, oil the pa- j
;le side of the coin on the genuine, there are three j
oil points?one before the word "five" and two j
iter it; on the counterfeit there is not a full point i
in either side."
Execution of Dr. Webster. I
The last scene of this sad tragedy was closed 1
hi Friday last Professor Webster atoned to the 1
ifleuded law for the murder of Dr. Parkman.
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fcif" In a late speech in the Senate, Truman
Smith introduced statistics showing the cost of 1
he territories of California -and iMew Mexico 10
he Union, in the expenses of the war and indemlity
paid, to lie ?154,038,353 65. The number of
leaths returned by the officers of the artny is 12r |
178; discharged for disability, 9,749?one half of
I'hom (4,874) have since died; during the war
3,260 men were mustered into service, and 50,? t
>73 were mustered out at its close. Of the resi- {
lue, (22,687) 20,072 were returned as dead, dis- <
harged or deserted, and the difference (2,615) are ^
upposed to be dcao; ne estimates me uumuci
ilio have since died at 5,114, making the aggre- I
ate loss of 25,481 lives through this war. t
When it is remembered that the 6lave-holding
States furnished by tar the largesf part of the men j.
nd money for this war, is it not surprising there J
hould*be found onu man willing to submit to any i a
iw depriving him of a participation in the enjoy- t
lent of these territories ? i
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Bishop Bascomb. ?
We sorry to learn, as we do from the Kentucky
aperp, that Bishop Bascomb is still considered ?
angerously ill, there being doubts entertained by
is physicians whether he can possibly recover.
It would seem to be madness and folly in the I
xtremo for Texas to take the steps which she 13
lireatens; but when we remember of what sort of ?
eople Texas is mainly composed, we can scarcef
regard it as only a threat. Filled with advenurers,
and up to annexation many of thpm of the
/orst character?why should we expect any thing
etter from her ? But it will not do to allow these S
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ft
adventurers to set at defiance'the 'laws and gov-' '
ernment.of the country, and to-break up the U- '
nioii. If the Senate's bill for settling the bounds"
ry, after being voted for by the Texan Senators,> ^
should be rejected by that State, and she refuse to
listen to reason, it will be time to seewhether one
State is to make the law for all. . .
FoyeUetitle Obvrver,
As Mr. Sturgeon said of Pennsylvania,^ tbew
ire no doubt, some very bad: mew iu" Texas^but
there are many others of the opposite character.
They all know their interests and rights, and will
maintain them; Should they' refect the S&titeV *
jill, and the threat implied in the last sentence
jf the above article be attempted to-be enj&rced,
ive will see whether President Fillmore with all
bis " loyalists" can rob a State of her terrftofy. ,
The Tehoantepee Treaty.
A correspondent of the New York Tribune,wrjr
ting from the city of Mexico says there wilt be
strong opposition made to the ratification oftbtf
Pehuantepec treaty by the Mexican Congresenow'
in session, because of the clause providing for th?e
protection of the company by a United States rnilK
tary force, in case of need. " The Mexican* artf
naturally jealous of such a proviso. * *
Arrival of Jenny IdncL
The Swedish Nightingale has visited^ddnshoreltV
She arrived in the last steamer, at New York onthe
1st inst. .
Editorial Correspondence of the Jonraal.
Tillman Hall, N. C. Abo. 29.
Mr. Journal^-ln my absence, 1 drop you' it
line?a synopsis of the presentu res gsstii" of thi*:
part of the country. I am not quite certain of
your existence now, as I have not seen your face
Mnce I left the place of your abode. Howevejry
thinking vou have too much Journalized iraraor
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tality to be so soon " a thing that was," I w ill tell
you something of the "big storm" which occurred
here and everywhere else that 1 can haar from, on
last Saturday night The evening was Wild and
rainy, and the wind careered like a horse yet nt?
trained. Fitful blasts swept in wild murmurs o'er
the forest, and the tall oaks were bowed to the
earth, by the sweeping war-horses of Eolus. Night
came, but no moon?and the spirit of the storm
septned maddened to fury, as he drove his cloudy
chariot o'er the chaos of darkness. Houses were
rocked, trees scattered in every direction,-corn
laid flat with the ground, and cottoifentwirted between
the rows. It is "wild confusion wrecked
amid decay." I have iiot heard of any lives lost,
except some cattle. V
The crops are, in some places, very fine. The
plantation belonging to Tilhnau Hall bears now, a
magnificent crop.' Corn will produce fifty bushels
to the acre, and cotton near a bale, but in Stanly
r.ou n ty, the crops a re not *0 good, 'lhe overflowr.ig
of tho rivers, fra|jh the" recent stored, will hijure
the crops very materially.
In my peregrinations I did not fail to'visit the
location of the North Carolina Femate^tritege al.
the Mineral Springs,-in the upper part of Anson
county. The College is verv handsome!* located,
in a few hundred yards of the Springs, which are
the best in the cc^tvt^p^an^^ted and commanding
position. TTte building.('jUBt ii*?ompletion)
is a very fine one, and we^ bespeak in behalf
of the Trustees, an extensive aud^Iibert^. patronage.
From the ability and perseverance of the
Board of Trustees, it will be impossible-tor it to
fail. Its healthiness and agreeable society, will
make it a pleasant resorL ^ *.
With a UomnrMtif* f3rnrw?rinr. j.aiirf <n mariv
Colleges, old Rip will bewide awake.
In passing through Wadesborouch,'we made a
call at the Argus office. The Edttorwas not in,
and the office. >eU so strong of a&litionisnx that
we could st?' but a little
If you will excuse me,iwHI stop here, by signing
myself, P.
Nxw Oiukaxs, Aug. 27.
The Texas Governors measly was relerred
to a committee of both b^Mbjes^lSaii the Senate
and 21 in the jeaolution,
passed u nanimoustyhjfctlie' "iOUMMttee, was as
follows:?That Texas wiU mainl' "rv the integrity
of her territoriesat all hazard. On the 16th,
\ bill wus introduced .'iuto'the Senate authorizing
the Governor to jSye regunents of
1,000 men each?the pay same as the United
Suites troops of the same class; iahfr .volunteer
furnishing his own hoj|^t audanas; 3-Fhe bouuty
half a section of landffor^^tog worths' ser
/ice; wnoie sections iurnu, vwu wvhwio i?i
twelve months. . Titr. Governor, is -authorized
to command personally..
Captain Love has returned from an expiating
expedition up the Rio Grande* >He ascended
1,400 miles with a keel boat, and report*
steamboat navigation pracicable. 1,000 wiles.
Indian depred.itiqns, murders dre., continue,
rixe papers notice several skirmishes -with our
troops.
3
The Omnibus has not only gone to pieces in
ho Mouse?or rather the pieces have iuiled to
jet together-?but the indications are that every
me of the sepiwste measures composing it, that
1 fin) he - mainrifv
>Tr>lllr l?vm Miy MvcMvvy ?V"'
rote?except the California bill?and that wilt
)robablj? lkil. ...v
It begins at length to be seen that .the conemplated
outrage on the South cannot be per.
>etrated with impunity., Mortifying and dis.
1 earlening as have been the divisions in the
South, enough good and true to render the
ohome of spoliation ttw ^angerona and costly
o be profitable to.the plotters.
And negr perhaps as great an obstacle to ^
air settleflkt of the pending questions as any
ther, is iflRo fear, of those Southern uieu;
leretoforo irroibiod to Submit,, now to mpko a
tand, lest it Chilli appear that they bad been
00 easily driven from their true position.
Southern Press.
Jl
, Why is a certain Senator* likei^tflthy nigar's
foot? Because he U no pari of a gentleian,
and decidedly a -dirty member.
Some one hat defined 'policy' to consist of
erring God in such a manner a? qat to ofTnid
iaian.