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ALU X., IN THE it, .t ta t ofr Aasembly on 26,--. de Laroche.jaquelfii I the table the extraordinO that an appeal should t e oun try on the questlo' and Republic, which was hoever dIsposed ithout discussion by the Assembly 4 nimously voting the previous ues. tion. The following is a report of the proceedings on this occasion: At-the close of the discussion on the budget, Al. Dupin, the President, who appeared excited and embarassed, rose ~idil .Our regulations have not aon(ipit to the .rights of the representatives: as to forni that right is absolute. Nevertheless it is possible to have a proposition presented, which, 4iy its eccentric character, and its ille. gality, might implicate the respoisibili. - lty of the President of the Assembly, in case~he should deliver it over to the discussion of a committee, and should 'permit it to be printed without first con suiting the Assembly. [Sensation.] If the author of the proposition wishes to withdraw it, the question will be at an end. [Exclamations on the lefil.] In the contrary case, what has been his object in making it? A voice on the left. It is unconstitu. tional. The President : Por my own part I declare it to be unconstitutional both in form and import. General Bedeau: If it is unconstitu tional, do not read it. On the left: Yes, yes, read it! M. Cremieux: I demand permission to speak I M. Dahirel : I formally oppose there being Ay discussion. M. Cremieux ascended the tribune: and the greatest confusion prevailed in the Chamber. On the left: Allow the proposition to be read. The President: The adjournment has been proposed. Numerous voices: No, no-yes, yes. (Great confusion.) The Minister of Public Instruction, who appeared to have made himself ac. quainted with the nature of the proposi. tion, ascended the tribune, M. Cremie. uxgiving way. gi M. de Parieu (the Minister of Pub. lie Instruction :) Gentlemen, the Pres ident of the Assembly has called for a manifestation of the sentiments of the Assembly, by informing it that there lies before him an unconstitutional proposition, and has asked for pernis. Pion not to make its contents known. i presence of the difficulty already Existing in matters of business, and considering that from what the Presi. - dent has just said, the proposition up. pears of a nature to trouble public tran. 9uility, we apply to you, in the interest of the country4tself, to decide that the proposiion must be considered as not presented. (On the lefi, "No, no;" on the right. "The previous question, the previous question.'') M. Cremieux again appeared in the tribne u"Ioaut -ries of "No, i.'' The lon..gentleman, however, persisted. anI said!: The s& ntimnent which animates the Presid ent of the A asembly-..-.. 'A e ~a1a voices: Oq wghat have you a~ : enr hanntthe Presid ent 0t Atsbiieni athhe - Instfutotion is nssnredly an excellent one, but~the question cannot be so de. dIdeth One of our colleagues has pre. sented a propos.'ion wvhich is known to a greatnumber of our colleagues. Several voices: Every one knows it. M1. Cremieux: In that case, why should it not be read ? It would really reenm, from wvhat is now passing here, -that the destiny of France is at the mer. " cy of' any one that miay choose to corn. promise it. But who could exercise influence over the destinies of France?" [Noise on the lefi.] I move that the proposition be read : and then, a fter wards we can see what we shall have to do. The President: I proceed to consult the Assembly. Numerous voices: No, no. The previous question; the previous ques.. tion! The President: I cannot take upon myself the responsibility of reading ihis proposition. I must take the opin. ion of' the Assembly on that point. The Assembl~y being consulted, de. cided by a very small majority, that the proposition should be readl. TIhie wvhole of the leil, and part of the right, rose in favor of that course. The President: The proposition has been presented by M. de Larochieja. quehin. It runs thus-. "A rt. 1. The nation shall be eon. suited on the form of government wvhtich it will definmtely constitute [Agitation.j For that purpose, on the first Sunday -of- a ballot shall be opened, simi. lar to that wvhich took place on the election of the President of the Rtepub. lie, taking, how~ever, into account the .changes effected in the electorial cir. cumscriptions1. Art. 2. Each elector shall mark downt on his bulletin one of these two words-Republic or Moniarehvy. Art. 3. If' the republic shall obtain IVe majority, the result shall lbe pro. claimed from the tribune of the Na. 4l ional Assembly, by the President of the Republic. A rt. 4. If the monarchy shall obtain the majority, 'the result shall be pro. claimed--" A voice: Biy Ihenry V. - Te President continuing: "Bly the President of the Legislative Assem'bly. -[Great laughter.] In this latter case, at Constitu~ent Assembly shall be elect. -;ed on the 1st of' July, 1850, by univer. 4 sal.suffrage, to regulate the forms of tho new government. The President of' the Republic shall continue in offiee until the Constituent Assemibly shall have met." SA voice: The proposit ion ought to be brou it forward ont the 1st of A pril. Pio aliides: the previous ques r iPresiden: The previous ques. ~O~~applied for. (Yes, yes !) M ~o de .Laborsle hurried towards a t ribune. s I thatt moment the Assnmbly, n. ing suitea by lhe Presint rosa en mause in Vor of the previou uostion. ML~r~en pk 4a.1ea N:'il tetiptive stoo lp ganous quegton. From thoeMIbuttain roae'tha mo. ment after, a cry of "Vivo la Repub. lique!'' M Dupin then tore the paper, and the Assembly separated. Mr. Webster In Boston. Mr. Webster arrived In Boston on Monday, and was received by a con. course of about 5,000 persons, who had assembled to hear him speak. He ad. dressed the crowd from the barouche in which he was sitting. The following is an abstract of his speech, us report. ed by telegraph: Mr. Webster commenced by obsorv. ing that he was sorry to say thtut in tIhe attempts to settle tie great and exciting questions which were now agitating the country from one extreme to the other, suficient progress had riot been made to secure a perfbct reconciliation of conflicting interests; but still there was ground to indulge tihe hope that an ad. justment, satisfactory to every section ofour wide and diversified Union, would yet be made. He fully appreciated the kind con gratulations of his fellow-citizens-ful. ly appreciated the declaration that thev did not come here as partisans. Thiis was not the pilace nor the time to dis. cuss party questions. le had in his own humble way made ntl ('flort to conciliate--to calm that ex cited state of feeliig which agitated tle PiOlic mind of the North aid of' the South, aiid to restore to the federal government the ability to conduCt its ail'airs, as heretofore, with efl'ctive ini. ty. It could not hie concealed, for the fact was evident to all that it was out of the power of Congress to legislate for the general interests of the whole Colin. try, utitil stuch iensures shotild first he adopted which would have a direct teli. dt-lncy to allay that excitemenit wvhiiel all patriots must depreente. In this condiition of things---in this peculiar situation of afairs--he had thought that the Couuimnwealth of, Massachuisetts would have a pproved of all honest endeavors to allay existin! dissetnsions, and that putblic sentii-nt everywhere, irrespective of locality, Would approve the efl'oi t such as lie hid alluded to. le Irustied that in thise expectations he should not be disappoin. ted; but, however that might be, it vas his intention to persvere in the cuirse of pacification whicb he had commenced regardless of consequences, so far as as related to him personaliv. Under no circumstarces woul]d he give tile slightest countenance to local agitations which threatened, in bis opin. ion, to sever the tnion. "May my torlgue cleave to the roofof rmy niouth," coitinued ir. Webster, in a tone of exceeding animation, "before I give coulntelaice to anly agitati0ns of Ihis kind." When he retirned to his scat in tie Senate, he should take the earli. est occasion to express his~ opinions fully 011 this and kindred sUubj'cts. There was, lie regretl to~uaus&'p. il retferenc to saru il tNE ons nowu be. fore Congr. toe wold mencltion, for e~nom tha i llt concinCitlg tile sutrrenlder of fugitive slauve's. Thaere wuere oliga. tiouns iupose'd up;on eve'ry oflicer of the fede'raih g.overtumen~lt--bhl igatIiions iam. posed by the sanctityv of anO oath-whlich could not lie disrega'rded nor slightiingly plerformred. Ag reeabile dlut ies reqiralm no0 efTor't to perifourmi; but when'i diisalgree aIble duities inid :o lbe dlischanrged. in op positiotn t strog peirsoinal f'inigs. thenii it was thalt the fa0ithI anid virtue of lie puli c ullicer wa re trnild. Mtass~aelmsetts--...intellec(tual in charoc ter.-of the hlighiest oral stltmlilis rigid inl her sense of julst ice--a Staie liat hals n1eve'r swe rveud freim thle pathI of rect it ude andI ihonor--whlether she would, ill this he(r (diy of trial, stand to the truth as it existed, agaiinst not ilere. ly' temlplttiona, hut auga inst her own pre. Iudices. She had conquered everv'. bod(1y's prmejutd ices, anad thei qtu''stioni no~w to dete rimine was, whet her shet wiiuld conqute r lier own. ThIais was the iut's lion w hich lie hadl nlow to ask. IIe had( not stepuped back wards-ie had abandonled no0 olt positions. lIe hadl underta ken to restore peace whei'r.' distract ion reigned- --to pour oil on thue troubled waters-to mllake te peoph-l realize the peril of'ziieir situlahti, anid by iniu lcatIinlg a true spirmit of' (co11mr. muise and( coince'ssI in, avert all thireateni. ing dlantgerls'. lie did ni ot wish to see this great conifederuacy of' States boiundi togethier' by aimee h-'gl ties, but by thi M commlnonlsymplathliis whiich htindt k indrled hearts togethier. What hei mos''t de. sired to see was ain al l-pervadinrg love (of etar gloirious [Union, which shold lie felt as wvargiay in the North as ini thei South-in the col graitie hills of Ne w Enlglatnd as9 in our faar off' possessionls oil the P'acil'ic. [There wans very little emb lusia.un manrifested du rinig the del ive'ry (of Mr i. Webster's sp'eech, ow ing, probab, toI the disad vantanges undel(r wvhiichth crowd'i lalbored, in lnot b'ing ahble to hea r very miuch annuoyed bye ti raling of a cart load~ed with ir, which, it is sa id, wvas enOgaged by somelf of Mr. W. 's liri soil friends, to make ais miuch nloise (1u. rinug tile delivery of' the speech as psi bile. Mi r. WV. Ppoke abiout tweinty mrial tets. Whlen lie 'ommuenced speak ing. bouquets were shiowe red upon him i by thle f'ai r inmates of the te vere I lousi. who occupied every witndow; and whiose' gay atnd lovely appearance lt at peeci. liar charm and grace to the whole scene.] FI.onintA-T'IIs SourTnsN CoNvaNs. TIo.-T'lhe pe'ole. of Florida are mn. ifestinag a beconmitng senasitivoenessq to the tunme and sub~missive counsels of( ov. Birowni. Public meetings are being held in various parts of the State and the resolutionsq which have come to tus showv that the people are taking the management of their affauirs into their own hands. Largn assnwhigscn vened npn, and Vihor populo hll resolutions am of the Southern ye ~ s taken for the .or d A very nu eron g Id at Talluhasse in the il ul., - it Was recoi mended that .liddlo and West Florida should each se id P delegates, and East and South Florida one each, ma. king six from the State, and suggesting that they bo'elected by the people in primary meetings. The Pensacola Gazette, which 6pposes the Corivention admits that the inost distinguished inen in the State are co-operating wilih the masses in favor ofiheso movements. We have no doubt but that the people of Florida will stand by their represeit. tatives in Congress notwitlistiaidinig the cronkings of an imbecile Governor. Exchange paper. CoAgUr ess. In the Senate, on Wedinesdiny, the bill to increaso the rank and file of' the ariny was passed. A lier the inorning business, the joint resolution from the -louse, to a id the ex peition set on foot by Mr. Griiell, fur the discovery an relief of' Sir- John Fraildin. was taken up. Mir. Clay ailvcated if. Air. Dayton said the season was fit. vorable to the eiterprise. The northri sels were remarkiably free from ice, our gallant ollicers and seamen were ready to volunteer to serve in the per ilous enterprmi. Thll British Gov'ern ment hud not givenil up tle exploration. Xlen, not reared ill tile :ival service were ready to iiiba rk. Air. Butler and others olvocatcd the bill. Mr. Foote wvias in favor of the expe. flition, but wishett it he undertaken )n Goerinme'nt necont. A tier imuich disueission, iii whu-ich Mr. Yulee stiated the views of the Niv y deeairtment. The qluestion was thlen taken i und Ilhe res-)lut ion was passed, yvens i-3 nas 16. Air. Doui)glas callel for the ctiral railroad bill. Mir. Putler muoved that lie Stenate go into w'Cntivi e SU'S0in. Agreed to. hI'lie Senate sRnt srin time in ex ec. ltive sess:-ion. amnd hen a ljourin-d. In the lloe', Mr. Alel ani(, of id.. askd lhe ianiililtns cnisenit of lhe I limse to allow the Seiate, hill, oin Ithe Spitker's tible, miehndtory of the net establisfiing tle riniit, to be ~ taken and pa:ssed. Mir. T mbf(orioh'jVeted. ()On lotiol of Mr. P. iigof New York, the rules wer siispeiil-e d, anid the louise reselvie ise-lf into (onnit. t,-e Ofthe Whoh>1 Onl thle.stAt. (of Own U'n. ion, (ir- Thomioi of' .\is., in Ile Clhir,) and r-umoeri tlie consideration of tIh cenlsius beill. Af r. Stepheis. of ( Georgiat, spok( .ii1 hour in denial of' thee ermnstitltita10111l now. er of the fcderal governient to g.;tiier ti statisu.eis, such as were provided for by this lill. Ar. Thompsijeon, ef' Pat., floicwr-dl in rl ily, and defemle tile tIl, vien, of it-r i word or in "~~ At. V. . -. *r 'l'onn , ~ ommninite. or th wrh.2l re. tuised tostrike fronm the L~ii uimn ior t,,, .- -.:- ... -i zi g o t t a e of 1(0 ini the ' arlnatvc LAelr. Mhore-.. spoke~i in friv.or of' rejecting he bill unless 'ineiided Icv hlisp-esi wii hi the taifics1L. Niimi-rons~ uiinfp itanit peropoeesitions to9 amiiendi wee(1111' ia eiiand neited dou n. Th'enu the Iliouse J Cii a ijorne. Thle IRailrov to4 II Tenne'ssee ri ve'r is ini raipid penronss. Caers will be rune. iing to Mcurreesb~slorouighl (301 muihes this falt. Io nuioetheri y'ear the'~ nii elwil; lie cemleted, aind lthe cities of Nas '.ille, Sanomdelahi, ni C7ilc'rle.eon be nofi. tedl. Thie earis are iiw ruiinii-' ccm, Chla bul'.fia, onf the' Tem.'1sscc riv- . r t the Tu'nniel I hill in (eordaj~. TlM. e~ei ton~ is hi enl-ed aeroiiui r ,--whiiiped emi the road fto eiter eef lih Athueifie <-itift coneictedI withe the iei:el. I17 bales~'Ic cif c'ttoei ari cariie d e il'everiy. w.- k. 'This t r~iele is iill lost to Newv Oll ies. TIhie .\emiipis papierse are tilb-id w.ith exhaorta:tuiins to ihe c:iti-.-'is to siieuhri fo r sbn-Ik iin the roade to Ci harilesitn.-.. .l'e.i-haeres are onlv 82-> eechi, 'i-> that it is i the. pow'ieeof enr -9' minw ini thfe (:tty to) hieieili a1 stckokh~d-r. I lovi .fnes, has pubilisahed-e neppoeiitoewns ti add ress the plenide along th1' eprop9'ed line. Th'le citizen-is eef i'ehc'niihies vowde~ ini fi'vor ef' thne cit y tain i g haf1 I'c icifllic ef thle Steeck . The vot ie t ootud 70t tee 10 LiI.-. O. (resxcent. Alr. l''renlk .\-.------, whc e a a. ne a e-iie iilui of(I c~ieel ieit iese ande cteI m iiaehncer. en-ellwe !i ainecdle, as!e~e rb icin re-crr: ee't iy iei 'l . t h i f e d ceolio .d eb l. w o ~ nnis ; Ijf - lienIs, aiie had icani'99n1e''Cd pa':. herir hei$ adrese-s. l)'uring the couereh iep, he siomeenii-s suppiiled wivth iltheely'- taicll, whien he' w.i.- iwa.ys ri-g;ed wdh Iili. htiey dehl ecf eeoerh and iidk, amle b..ene ofi a s.eriouns ituric, was x er- ie-ally, a ei.l ic, saey irae ever the iieakii lThe ue-I:er I-'ianik ilihid n iteke ,iiue, nas the fcu:: of* heis icr i' 01 .. wa ie iiiehriit-eereeieee,-. i p.; ai. be9iing hiIieelt .9oor, lee. 991:fc ed sit 19 doeeeno -i ec9noinet: he- .'.- ice 'n. w n. f eed, prov',ide' ie eh eleile r e h - th.. 9 o cofh is dl cCe.e 'hei cue e of- et r o. h've. Ii isre -u, 'ievher riuns .mn-c b499,' ac 1 c. i e~ichned teo hute rival inoch re-tier ith n (I0 vni ng(i~'cie', w~hien le' wasnit virsi. m hl ebainriier, aeter the boecid l:ineen .ci ,lrceei liut. hetoe t he fanec jy'. hel i cen: ltheir c--e. atf lihe i-e le, 919. olie -ne pi ,I 1.reh' ri. .d '''er the~ $iubsncef lthe ienelk \-s oI lt mafeL9 the table wacs cearede of~ is leac, meidl naueight reiimim e t il thei- talh' bult lie C cnu hi noecloeth. Ine the er--em, eof ae c-hort tme, hiowev.er, lihe taeble h'. e,- 9a'949 forreh eel, neot as befet-, lhii w ih ihe suablne p. pluae~ges~ foi ieeakmrg tea, and wethI warme bcread, sneh as is haisitee bkeel, t:el inc cem. iiona pairlnc-e cal'ede '...hcrt cae.' \VhIceu all wasnic ready, as waes the custom9 c, bro tier A wasN iini'ed to Fay grace whlc, with clue solemeiely, hiandes lechled, :i0iie e''es clos-ed, proniouncell the lichlowmi g imieprouip.y in bene~helin I iCow I' ii umzedi/99 To eer how ,thinri h'c'ae mnded: F'cr uuijpper Ii see, W~her, mutsantd mitlk wvere Iineened. It is ahloost nunnecessary to add that, af.. it grace, Frafk nevr -rurned to bis lady-love, but left her the undis in0did osession of his m fortunate ri i THIPSMTR BANNER. Sumterville, So. Ca. WEDNESDAY, MAY, 8,' 1850. if" Messrs. A. WHITE & Co., are Agonts for the Biimner in Stunterville. REMOVAL. The ofie of the SUMit-n BAle'R 11a boon removed to thio Ow building (upstairs) one door norh of A. J. & P. Moses store. UfT We regret that we have unavoida bly been prevented fromt giving to-day "CIRC.MSTANTIA. EVIDENCE," a thrilling tale by a gifted Cuntributrems; the chaste nid elegant productions of whose pen we trust will often grace our columns. It. will appear in our next. Teasaporanace Address. We learn frotn the Temperance Adrocmae 1hat the IrOV. T'i'or1As G. C.AYTON will do liver a Tem'vinperatnce Address inl this place, ('11 hllurd(ay next, 9th inst., at 8 o'clock, i'. 1M. Delegniltes to tlac Movtherti Con venation. Ve learn from a gentleman who was (fn yesterdov present at the meeting of the I)elegates in Camden, that Col. GIEGG and (o. CnaEN-t;T were chosen to represent this Congre:.sioaitl District in the Southtern Coetweialon to meet in Njshville on tle 1st of Jine. Cottoni M1arket. Advires with respect to the Market give 11s 10 mnaterial ch-ingo lin thle prices of C.otton. Thle news by the last Steamers thou:0gh fnvornbie haive rather had the effect of unsett iig tle aarket, thouaghl prices conitinie tirmi. litrmg tle week ending on Thurslay hist sales in Charleston were mtande nat from 10 1 -2 to 13 1-1. No altera t1tiit Sinec repored. The Compromi4v Committee. Tle presewint (ion of Congress comn mtiienlee undr exciting circumstances. Tile publiC m111 I 6l:d heein -irred to iti lowest d1-p1h1 and all lelt that a crisis was at hand. Our National Counelbors expected a mighty tralgt2lei to Cnui,1. oat the one side to usurp power and suipreacwy, on the other to naitai xistenii ml lotor. letween the two) l"sitioms. which tho antagonistic force-; lhad taken, there was and could be nto alliddlo groinal which the South could with proipriety occupy. Whaat Southron's h'l)told but wotuldi boil wiiiti his veins, if told that he was no! an eptual of his Northern :liCs-that he was anit negressor upona Jin malanivty-a dtefratider of the rights of men that, though ils exertions and treasures were maIe useof by theam to acqtire pro. prty and' territory. ostensibly for the wholo pricik- wre so objet tiqjtg o,,. r. e -hi?".of anw~I-a. ~ ina anan race could noI t .4llantion h irietpation in, atal enjoy m.t:tut of. the re:aruhs oft their commaaton labors a and x peiulit urts ! It suach langaaage were i:u'e!, personally, tao a Souathernt genttleman, whai~t te. r-I'could h with ~i proaprieay puars'el li thes pr' pt o: a paeahu religion re striined him fromi liftinglo his larma ain~.l~st hi> revdler, wVouldth dia ctateo to hiam to link it in3 that oft hi- c~laluin~iator, ian iraternald asso~ uilnion, utiil he ha-i retraacted his atssertioans ;ad as-k'd pirdont tor theo (outrlla he lad co :ioinedl 2 WelbI what shouaald a ation I ft gatntla do in sauchl a c''ae 1 Does It>l toaL; n:ti hono;r requairo: acknaowxle'dgmntts :11(1l nipritill lir inlut' or injtauies whaiebl a pice ''nth-inan taaighlt, wVitha piropriety, 2:.-' h ennree n aof thme agita. a iwle p I1'.r '.. She h;:.amlnbl o aggre's ion bu h: .! in~ for jnsie bt Ih. v'ery~ fooitail havo bteon trated as tutag-lipo hu33;nanity ai rejectedh with inlgn . T'h N arijwrnl pe'opll, as5 unlits I -ilativ. al-tubh-al''. thraough thaeir presses il:en'e , h:.olderidtir autter abhor ar -ie' of aur na:tiomd~a alracte'ir iandi instiau e~r~ier.u i- th.i on-ait. shall anever ihe inltpr( atid u;'1 any\ ' ther ople, anor thiose wlel of ' :l.nion have been stiavad thlat tin :i-111 its ungt ha'- venated atI neettman-. tid up on I a. The geneiral inite're'sts of he countryi 1~ 1 xlnlio'a uletd, lo.aw omre rom it' 1:2> iinat-' ohaj' and its enorg'ie's -1ught it h00 N -rtid inthe de igriadtionm and d-:ruenc n <:il ne o its 15 nl'tint por Ii >,. The~ S-ath1 w04 at lenthi rouased to a s! :appread 1111n oft her wvrongs nand hecr dani r. II rippr hell-i ins at tilt perils na a Nly . ' i tnnin -,that had1 beenQa show erii I:; r bi otad ito whlat le~ngths fi-ritili. la:-. i:l x ha~t ataiatr colli thle lillieuh b l a, -l'-d ? N'~o prniancuipalens clnceal1-, t'al:d bk. m1121h. bly her that dlid not1 mly' di'ihonor andll intioirity--noa, clam -v ti llIpoiah by her wats anot to ho ex lon , t';ledracy, to whebeer.Ae ourn ipre'.ren wou.anld rnllver their iosens of an't been1 y entirely'a iandoned. lBut hlow has, it thus1 Lto h111n 1 riitit'd 1 Cngressl destinh of1'l I thlis liitiy jitpublic were ian ihlar itail., aand haiow havel taley conatrolledl thotse1 aet 'iie !' Th 142'ance spi'rit, that gnvo rise: tat all tte toblesx 'tered into their tirs.t trnctions andlS 111, for nItty wee~ks dho latyedl .' arganization ti of t oo~ nIone of the prt~ocedintgs of CongQ~~ We ~ ~ 00 = 8W *t1~gt~ be regarded azad otuqataor4Sg wefd in.. ofthe so caI1.c 41 w6pm tugQ'M -0o~ n d 6 11 w m the done thqr(nae totrn tiijustico and frAernal koing ? Whatae they 7.. ist. That Territorial Governments .bad be established over New Mexico and Utah .without any reference to Slavery. We must all acknowledge the advantages to lx realized by the South, from not being ex cluded from Territorles, four-fifths of wbifl are barren, and upon no part of which, oiii opponents toll us, slavery can exist. 2d. That Texas shall have the right t< divide horself into four additional Statoi with or without slavery, as the people with in them may desire, whenever there is suffi ciont population. The concession to l found In this is the acknowledgment tha this Government is to be bound by its own contract with a foreign State, for upon those very terms was Texas admitted into th< Union. 3d. The strong and eniphatic declagtor of the right of the South toi have fugitiv slaves deLvered up. This, if extended to its legitimate results we consider the most important concessior tit our oopponents have made, or will make and is, perhaps, the batsis upon which an ud. justment of the difficultes may be founded; for it is, as far as it goos, a republication of tihe Constitution, and an adinisslon that thal once respectable, but now abnost forgotten instrument is tihe magta chara, the ftuda mental law of the land. Upon the Consti. tutioln we have alwnys been willing to estab lish ourselves, and in it tihe right to recap. ture fugitive slaves is as strongly and emn phatically declared as terms can be devised to express. Theoretically then, and in out particular, the renarkable concession is made, thnt tihe rights of tihe South, undet the Constitution, shall be protected. In practice thouigh we lave always found, and probably will always find, diat the sentienin of our Northern brethren is adverse to the Constitution in this respect; and the unfor tunate owner will only have the consolation of knowing that he could reenpture his slave if ie only had the power to enforce his right. laving thus minde their concessions, anul flung the sop to Cerberns to keep him quiet, they proceed, without fear of danger, to grasp the objects of tletir l,.ires. Cialifoniia, the last umnapproprinatd territo. ry, the only land, upon whirli slavery can exist, that we have not already been exclud ed from, is to b- sealed against even our brave warriors yhose valor aided in winning her. Never are Southern feelings aid in stitutions to be disseminated and etablished there. Its vast store-houscs of mineral treasures are garnered up for others than us. Its inralculable wealth, its boundless resources, its future resistless commtercial power, are to be joined to the influeness now at work against us; and shall we not tremable in anticipation of our doomn. The specions manner in which this dis astrous condtoaor affaira has been broughst a eekstoti:tted as a State, $$W ing a Constltition which unorganized muass es have adopted. Excluiditng slavery, it tncers the views of oura opponents, who ad jutre us to legalize this trespass ppon our righmts upon the plea thmat the inhabitants ' that country were forced to adopt laws to pareve~nt anarchy; that, though not legally oarganuize'd, so that they could tact ina a sover ('ignt capacity, yet the ntecessity of their case. by Nature's own bays, endowed thema with the right, and thaat their own predila'e tions prxuaced the ohnaoxiouts clause. Now leaving outt of view the flagraunt fact that a few thmousiad watnderrrs over a terri tory hava dared to exclude from it its trute ownters, it is enough for us to conasider how thaat necessity was brought abou~at, who caums ed it, and t'rom what resonms thoso predilec tionms exist. It was thet restult of the refusal by the North at the hlast sessiont of Coangraess to establish a Territorial Governmtent over Cli rnaia, uanless the Wilmnot Proviso should be anttached. The enmity to outr .instittutions evinced by than stronger portion of our Con fedleracy, the determnination declare'd by thenm that slavery shoul never be extenaded into thet territorieas and their past dis'regiard of thme most sacredl obligations, have convinced slavehoaldlers that their property was not st' ecure even ini their Country's pssssion; they have thaerefore sharunk fromi the htazard, ad Northern meneu, with their ptcutliar prejutdi ces, hmave flocked thithter. Trhesei facts, ta ken togethaer with Exeutive interferenace, will accounat for the predilectionts exhaibited by thae inhliabitants of Califoria. And nowt We ask the alauastion. hlaull they be permit fed to take (ada antage of their owen acrong 11ling I A Curt oft Jtstice would speedi ly dlecidle thec question. We submit it to thte Ilut thais is not all that the Comipromrise enanaittee fans paroposed to ale for us. Like the giant tot thre forest, its trunk, while it c:an tap-ramt thme mighty tree, can pick up the uminautest nee'dle. While one hand of the tConnnraittee raeaches out to theo Pacific to grasp the prize of prizes, theo other gently clomses ouer thet I)istrict ol' Coalaubia. TheIa slave trade is to be aboli~xhd there. The terfpent is windming his folds arouind tus. Le*t us Ihsak to otur safety. "It is ouir painful duty to record the death 'uf AnAM Mettmt.tr, a votung man of the mnost promising talent, but who has been mnatchf ed away freom earth at the umoment whfeni is youing genius was ripeninig inito inaturity, lie wuas a warmu friend, a dlevo cl son atnd brother, anal leaves a houst ot re atives aind friends to latnent his untimne ly less. We euntertaini the most heartfelt ymipathay for his affectionate father and nether in their deep distres." We clip thne above notice froma the Cad lo Gazette, and from the naman, as wvell as ra'ii the description of the young mnan's luahities of head anid heart, wo are afraid Ihe subject is the son of Col. McWillie, urmerly of this State. lIe was a noble routh, andl wvas highly esteemed by all who mew him. WVe would be glad to learn hast he was not the person mtentionted. &mth..Carolinian. The grand juary of a town in Ohio has tresented the."lSewing Society" of that te stop e n ht t prd an iportant proposition i fre i to the apportionment of Repre" itativ -iun. der the now Census. tiproposei.'llatf the nurraber of Representatives shill be limited to two hundred, and the Secretary of the Interior shall fix the ratio according ly. Heretofore, ithe ratio han been fixed by Congress. and ther h:as always been a struggle beuveen the States. with mnall ltAd nearly stationary pepulation, with the more populcus and rapid ly growing States, rho ratio, now seventy-six thousand, will, under Mr. Vinton's plan, Ie brought up to nearly one hundred and twenty thousand. The present number of Representatives is two hundred and thirty, to which are soon to be added; two or more from Califiornia, and two more from each of the North western Territories, sooi to become States. Mr. Vinton's plan will fix the wholo number of Represeitatives, from all Sttales that may be in the Union after the next apportionment at two hundred, which will be a considerable, and an some suppose, a desirable reduction. The House will be come a iore manarreable body with a re duced number, anr the menbers elected will be perhaps, men of more weight of character. The Southern States, which continue their eficient members in the House for a nmber of years iin succession. (while the Northern and Western States change their's every two or four years,) will gain in inifluem e, rather than lose, by thejroposed reduction. Thie Senate live been again engagel in tan antmcated discussion of the- bill to grant public lands to the State or Illinos, im aid of the coistruction of tie Central Rail Road. 'The debate ins involved ite question of Internal improvemiient by tie general Gvvernment, and also the disposi tion of th public lands We hrave a min. her of land projects hiare Congress, and some of theim provide for tie more general 1 division of hile spoil among all the States. The older States put in their claim to a fair share of the comminon property. and not without sonic reason. .1r. Clay's ohI plan of distributing the proceeds of Lte sales ol the public lands anm ng the States is about to be revived. We loan. something more delinitely of the provisions ofsthe linhver treaty, ";lnd there can be no doubt that they are high ly favorable to the U ilted .mtates, aiil to thI, whole commercial world. The directors of the American Company for inakin: g t he Nicstarrua Canal are aihoit to commience operAtions. They will open t heir suboscrip tiot andil obtaint a large sum in this ciouitry < before tiey apply to British capitalists who hive grerit contidence in Aner.cani enterprize. The Canal vill cost less than I forty millions as is now believed. The new steamner the "'AIlantic" eq1:al. aill expectations as to starength, speel and beauty. It was intended that she shIoull take a trip to thia Potoma. It wouldi hive I been a great gratilication to pubic meii here. flereafter, the A iericans will take t the leand in this species of taval architer ture, though they failed in somne early cx. perametnts. - Twelve clerks in public olfi.es hero re- i signed in order to go to C.ahiforni:a. Mr. Crey Jones. a'thor'f the late re port on C afiklornia land itle, geos out mll the Crescent City. I Col. Fremiont his hire.1 a portiton Of his t gold lands to enterprising ntera. WxA5nt4ST-ox,.34r 2. Mr. Clay is in line sgirits and there emti rather a large .Majority of .them~.;ih favorj if hsis palan of comnpromiiso. O.y t the Coumtmiie were aibsent nat the meiaetin., held a week ago--.\essrs. lierrieni, .\bsoat snd Dickinsoni, nad it is bherced that ewah Iof themn would co-operate in the plan now I agreed tupon. It is sutppoised thl.at, on the i (lth of May, the Ctanmmte iil report, andl that by the first of June, the Senite will i pass at leaist a poartieon of tihe bill. The first bill w-ll be the hill to ;adamit Califarnia; to . estabahl the territorial govermuien: of 1 I Utah naide Deseret; atal to reduce andl lix the boundlarms of Tlexas, usponm proper coma- I pensatiom. T1he other bilis wdil requie : hut litt le time, viz.: the fngitive slave bi, and thle bill preventing the introduction of slave. into thmis District for sate. r IAs to the lI ouse,' they will coitmend for a C moombI, over the first bill and v'ery probably send it 'ack to rte Setnito witr: amemid. l ments, anid then, alter a conference, make a ttvrat of necessity, and yred to the Seat :ate. 1 The position of the A lministration, ini regardl tothis subjec~t has oif late, been the . subject of'much comniit. TIhe Admainis-a tr.ation lplan, or as .\r. Ca'haoun cal'el it, I"the Executive provimo," was otThredl in the C.ahiforni~a moessaige on the'dilst Jmauary; at " that time, the WV~hnot proviso had notbent ben give til lby the Nor: h, and it was ai qutes- r tion whet her the Northaerii membeira woub 1.1 recnnha at. The l'residlent's plhm was, thieretaore, a co~almoune, anal ititetnded toc evade thte , ihnot, proviso. The1 prgrs of opaiion in Cotngress and amritg th l o ple has beena sui ht as to rendler practicable ian entire adjustiient of the qulestionas; to a w ~hiclh, of cours !, the adimst rationn wvill readily consent. ti The1 Galpin Committee is talked abotut dl by every one, anal the umoist conatradic'tory n views are given as to the results of their a hiaborn. The C.onnoamitte ountmd themiselve5 to silence as to the p roeeditgs, hut theS witnlesses dlnal not. TIhere is mnaterial en. i ough, t herefore, faor dubatimid dispiute. :1 T1he Seinate lhave passed the bill to in- ai crease the rank and file of the Army, and TI encourage enlistments. They have also mi passed the Joint Resailutioiis from the dat I louse, to limt on governmentm loot ing of in daicipahne, &c., thle expedition ta. 'a sent et by Mr. Gum t~., of New-York, to the a Arctic seas, in search of Sir John FIANK- p. us . A numbaer of ollicers amnd seamen oifh the U. S. Navy hanvo voluinteered for this tI hiazardduis enterprise. Thebre is sonic ma ground vet fair hiope that the host tiaviga.. m t'ars may beo foaundm and relieved. Ti .e T qliuntities of ice floatinig dlown from the in: Arctic seas indicate a milader Sealson analp imore ope invigation. The veteran Sir am JA~~tEq RoSS does niot consider thme seardh d< hopeless-.f l'he new 15. S. steamier *Saraneac, of beli fifteen hundredl tonis, is put tinder comn- pc mamnd of' Capt. 'PTAaL, and is about to Ily sail for the Ubia seas taoncinnmg at Cahi. j] fornia. Amn increased force is to be kept bI ini those seas, for the protectioni of our is commerce and relief of our ship-wvrecked A semamti. W.rsixea, May 3. c Thme Senuate comtpleted its weekly labor of yesterdlay, and adjourned over to Mondlay, th the 6th, by wvhich time we expect the re- at turn of nearly all thme absent Senators tao si their seats. T~he Compromise Commnittee cm have now, by a vote of eight members out em of the number present, settled every qjues- af tion of dificulnty; and upona a full meeting fa the v-ote will be taken uapon the boundary at to be proposed to Texas, and the comupen. of station thereof. It is probable also that a ina declaratory propositioni will be repotted by oh the Comnittee, to the'efuct, that the stiptu- w tiens with Texas, in lho anntexationi arti- tr ' a shall be reApectetd; bitt mis MJr 3Voh. a1 . i i o Tef th Al held a mneeting this nor. an rod the examnation oi w deterinimmed to sumi Jones, Esq., the son-ti--law o adwho a left toe Cifor etce hie wait to tail to&4lfie The Committee will pPha - full statomlenit of facto. Thle Gapi:COitiinlite-' loei ing their investigatione.. Jhnson rnd Mr. Aleredith thait, whiile netmng n th!'eclaim, not know that Mr. Crawford Was i it in any way. - - It is officially alat .tjlia ence h:ms been 1jeld Vithathe 1 ernor-mnt, (on tihe subject. of - Ilation of the St. Iiwreia - British governwmnt is *ili y it, and also ol the Canal to Sts soon as the Cauadg e -6d Hill iall pass. That Bill will p -C gress, aid ill terms correspomidikg ji" ct of the Canhalian Legislte whic already prsed. The C.ina;re lilivhich passed tie last week. renarafaedl tie defects i( tie pireseit system, bly antlorizlug ihe tors of the moilt to pay out specie If ld Just and bars lelosited. - Heretofo re, d riositors have had to wait sixty-daa ko their imoney. The Arm~y an#id Navy appropriation billf, or the next fscal ear, have bcen ripot. ad in the -louse. 'or the ArMy 'six mil ions are asked, and for the Navy sixteen. .ir. Seward his declared, reeutly, .that le anl his frienids, the opponents or Mr. 'av's Coiumpromlise, will beat the breath out If its borly in tie Nenate. and leave-it toiwv. lie South i to gmive it the coup de grace. Mr. iewarl 1um1st invoke the "higher bow$ or lie has si own nio strength in his own T vs" :c F rn rnTI. CxvFTo..--We ake tIe following extracts fronm the Jaat" "The demnoratiric party of Tennessee io moanimously inl favor of the Southern Con. ention, and is takinlr meanas to be fully epresnwed in it. Every democratic pa er i the State' b S strongly approved- itp nil we have not hearti Of a single dom - rat inl the State who is opposed to -it--pot io ! Such is tihe positiort *of tid dehio rat ic pa rtv. "For :I lime, about the close of tihe ses ion or lin Legislature, we feared thaij only Ili dmooeratic party of the State. would e re~presenmted ina it. These fears are lion ssiplated. W itli1 the last few -9-.a ive hearned eou0114gh1 to knpw b 1 dsih irrepressibtle teeling i e onivention in risimg ato th his viinity. lManv in tJ~ seixnt irdially joimi with the decre ppointiment of delegates. Bul mow, is time cwontaen of things els'w ere lbrou igmit' !Ae't'e. We believe that yV Ih i .lie, I hie enhiss4ionits l ei ." anptble mmnoritv tofileI . 11e .4glrned bitterly tegr ni.tv atnmi whicM has driven tlPo t .1s1w to the ritits Of their own .see be.-Uniion anid false to their own ea - nmil'obler ihtstir,cts. . The Memphiti 14ftquirer. a leadin Ig aper of Tennersef, speaks out Im th inmi obie arid.'ampressive words "The qutdst' n now is, whtetltyw Ann anti -quetam their constitts t ghts. The objget of th~ proposed Nash-m. mile Cotivetron is to seottle this. qrtestion.-. nd it the States there represented shralI .iterminae to submnit and hieemoe obedlienr iaves, th-~y wvill agree and putl on thceir ranm necklace,"..if mnot they will cIe-rize an Oeomsmnd thme "anode and tneastrze of r ress," which the people shnuld adopt.. 'his conveantion will e laiam no legiskative r other authority. They will he th~r~ esentatves of anm oppressed and p~~~ d eople, anid will only suggest th ~~a4, nd time people will act. We tWil ethe reader. This is a fruitful ift. \ shali from day to daq present <t :m acaers sompe or a lao reasonms which influ,. neo ais to advose thme people of the Somgth > tact. 'l'hem irati m mout treason 'and erto the Union is tnere pretence. We altl undaertrake to show, ini our future innbers, t hat thme only salvation of the mn conimmsts in an energetic eflort on the art of the Sott'hern popjle to preserve the ist iLutiaon----the oly lvngd of Union--pure& rid tmnconitaannnated from the touch of the u| d e.t royer. Tl'he real traitor is the man hov coalesce.s with the vee.e of the South rid slanders her friends. T he people of ae South, without distiniction or party, will mieamber these piretended friends, who .esk loud wordsnr the -Unhion, and at the inwe lim n tab her bies friends by a failse laage Ef teason." Affairs iu nsba. A correspondenit of thme New York Hier [d. wvritimg trom .latanzars, says: "lHeimre this Islandc can be annexed t~o mi Union, wvar, with horrors hardly ever reamed of, will leave it a waste. The umber of troops now on the Island nonntms to over 25,000O, and this number dimly ineiceased by new levies froum pamn. They are well clothed and fed, and time highmest state or disciphne. During me last three imonths they have been, and -e still practismng euerrilla warfaro." lae marmne has bieen increasedj by addi rims froum Spun. The forts, castles and mfemnces have becen Put imi order, the troops the intterior have been ordered to the ast, and l'aixhana shell gunam have beemi to large nuambter added to the already tell epa red defencues. There is a large num 'r of natives of Old Spaini scattered rouaghotit the islamnd; evary town, village mi hamlet contatins its rinota; and they are ostymen acenastomed to time use of arms. hmey hate thme Creohes or Cubans with- an tenscity beyondl bh.This deep hatred rvades both pbartmles throughout ail grade sa all ransks. Themse O'~d Spaniarda have claredl that shouldl an expedition come inn time [United States, their first act, would toumrmm tihe mnegroe'. oven if they shioubi -rish all together. Thme Creoles, general are am tavor of amnexationm, but the Old >aniardls would lose their last drop nf undl in mmmantainimng thmeir sway oveor this lamnd, thme last remunanit of th eir once great meric'an possessions, Cat.swotnm Lmxats.AURF...--I~aat act 'ents fromm mhhk counmtry bri ng intelligence the assenmhfbge of this augujst bssly cy were in a hmost, pitiabmle condition oin uomnnt of iiamnces, and time consatant re (rnati< n of tho numbmnerg. It w as difli. It to keep a qluorumi, No inierest seemm. I to be felt itt it by any one, amnd tIme w ho foir looked very like provmng a 'o nmle Itre. TJhe favt is, it. doies notf regtmitre gus eyes toi disrover that the~ groumt tns the peopho of Califriam took little or nmt terest or p~it n'hatoaer in thes formatmint thM io amuch talked fc-im dia ~ itatiot. "l'his ho thingwatsgot up~ ath0 At~iif ttion, thmighta its ngenta anid etfcer*, to cid opirinij ohiticcans wh , e-nhms