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it ri g~aiblbitio are t red : ng come' n. s b CdtiaU portion who Qte fobkit I have yet instanc oia pledge "eg maeo.'m i dipposing all to have lade dges,'who imagines that they *wduld. be kept ?} The bill itself is a : olation of the Missouri Compromise a provitlod In the Texas resolutions, nd of a solemn compact with Texas. ut, follow.citizens, it just now oo. tes to.me that I may have done injus. tice to the bill, in saying it makes no concession to the South. I recollect last a weeksto have heard a Senator asked in debate, to name the concession to the South. After some hesitation, he re. plied : "Sir we have obtained an au - thentio exposition of the Texas resolu tlons.' . And what is this exposition ? Itilsl amdless perversion, and, at the same time a gross violation of resolu. tions that needed no exposition, and which, for two years, never received but one interpretation, whether from the North or the South. 'I appeal to the debates of Cougress, to bear me out in the assertion, that until recently, Northern men and Southern men, Abolitionists, Whigs and Democrats, gave to those resolutions the same ex. position. When Mr. Wilmot first in. trodi'ed the Proviso, he referred to the fact of his having voted for the annexa. lion of Texas, and admitted that slavery existed throughout the territory claimed by her, and pledged himself to loi slavery stand where it was; saying that hie only desired that it should go rc further. I have not taken time to ex. amino the volumnious debates, but can. not'be mistaken that at the first sessior after the war, Mr. Winthrop made the -same admission and the same pledge, do not recollect a single Northerr ech of an opposite character. Thus, in fine, does it appear that r bill which you are told is a "Compro mise," and for the support of which Southern men intend to claim the high. est honors you can bestow upon them goes more than one step further townrdi Aboltion platform, than David Wil. t himself had gone at the time he in roduced his Proviso. It is needless, fellow.citizens, to say more upon the subject. Very respectfully and dutifuliv. J. A. WOODWAID. ScF\F AT A IOSJESMAN ExnIntTIos -Those singular species of human na. ture, the Iosjesmans, who were recently exhibited at the town hall. Cheltenham paid a visit to Dlevizes, and on Thursday a most excited, scene occured. The room was crowded, and Mr. Tyler had given hie lecture on their habits, &c; when sonic -person at the further end from the plat form caught the eye of one of the male bushmgn, aznd riveted his attention by ma king gfimances, and shaking his fist at himr in a menacing manner. The Josjesman eyed him intently, and evidei:tly with ris m lg indignation. his eyes glared, his nos. .trils were dilated, and his whole frame be came strongly agitated. These circum. -stances were observed by several of the au. *"dience in front, and by some it was suppos ed to be a part acted for en'ect, and by ot.h ers to be a demonstration of real passion. is continued for some seconds; at last t savage, unable to endure the -irritationi any longer, suddenIydrew an arrow to its point, and let fl a e e head of his foolish to:imentor. Fortunahtel y it missed the man. The arrowv strun k his hat, piorcinf it through. Then, apparently in a frenzy of passion, he si r ing, like an curang outang, from the platform among the company; and the rest of his companmons were prepar ing to follow him, whlen the lecturer (who had witnessed a similar evidence of their irascibility,wilst exhibition' thiem in Lon don) immediately rushed' forwardl andl knocked the foremost down. ^ .strugrle ensued; some keepers came to Mr. Trv ir's assistance, and it was wvith great difficulty the Blosjesman could be preveniteid ruishizng on his assailant. Trhree: or four omen had this little creature (only ahout fonr feet high) in their grasp, and it was all they could do to prevent him gettingr free; ulti moatehy hie was secured aind taken mut of the room. In the mneantmne the confu sion among tho co~impainy baitlles all description. Those who co~uld, got. to the door and shrieked, and caugit hold of the men wvithi a deathlike grasp; andl even the men themselves were well nigh fright ened from their propriety by so strange and sudden a turn in the performauce. The wvhoop and the yell of this wvild Afri can were terrific, and brought scalping knives and tomahawks vividly to the imag. mnation. A VA LUABL.E SoUTH EnJN Gn.Ass.--Oni a recent visit to Millwood, the residence of that noble Carolinian, Col. Wade * IUampton, weo noticed a most beautiful grass plot,growing in all the luxuriance of spring, a Ithough in gloomy wintry Feb, ruary weather. It is true thmat "such a green spot there appears far imore pleasant to the eye than such a spot would ini spring in a grass growing country; because here all around, the earth piresents but a bare s urfacetalmiost, if not entirely incapable oh sustaininig cultivated grasses, excopt at the great expense of preparation which Col. H1. has given to thme ground now glowing in its verdanit coat. This grass is as yet without a namre. Dr. .Bachmnan, the eminent naturalist of * -~ VCharleston, at first thought it was the American Canary grass, but on further ex. amination expresses some doubits. It grows about two feet high, wvith top aiid seed somiewhat like blue grass. (P'oa pira tans~is,) only muchi larger. It is a inative grass, and may be fouind from the sea-hoard to the mountains of the Atlantic Siouthiern States; and Col. Hampton says will on dlure frost and drought better than any other grass lie has ever seen growing at *the South.--Farmner 4- Planter. COOKING Frai.-A simple way of cook. * ing a whitig, or good salmon trout, by the river: Kindle a fire of dry wood. Take your flsh when just out of the wvater--fill his mouth with eilt--roll him up in two or three folds of an old newspaper, t.visting the ends together. Immerse all in water until the paper has become thoroughly sat urated. rhen lay (lie hish amouug the cim. bers of your fire. \Vhen the paper pre snentia well charred appearance, the trout is properly done, and will prove a savory nd acceptable morsel. 'I lie fish, I may obstve, must not be cut open and cleaned D uring thie firing process, thie intestines and other impurities will draw together, ft<d'16t in the slightest degree injure tho flavo# of the trout.--. Ih T hlg, thie Loom V Bumterville, Bo. Ca. e WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1850. J. S. G. Rilchardson, Editor. b " Messrs. A. WHITE & Co., are " Agents for the Banner in Sunterville. REMOVAL. The office of the SUMTEnR BAXNER has been removed to the now building (upstairs) one door north of A. J. & P. Moses' store c Time Market. COTTON.--Tho Charleston Cotton market was quiet on Saturday last, the transactions having been limited to some 70 bales, at pri cos ranging from 11 1-2 to 12 1-2 cents. A letter from Gen. HAI.LEE, President of the Wilmington and Manchester Rail Road states, that the Company has conclu ded a contract for 3000 tons of iron to be I delivered in Charleston, in January, March. and May next. We have understood, that the President I and Directors expect to cotnence lyinig the iron at the western terminus of the road early in Jr.nuary next. Ma. CAr.nouN's LAST SrErctt.-We have received from Mr. J. W. Mct Int.rA, a neat ly printed copy of this work. M1r. Mc3il. Ian has it for sale at the Mercury and Cour ier offices in Charleston. The price, for the edition on fine Satin printed in gold, is 85 per copy; hi ink, $2. An edition has also been printed on vellum paper, in ink, at $1 per copy, and in gold, at $2 per copy. " A treatise on the Science of Agricul ture," which we have on hand, and expect. ed to publish this week, has been unavoida bly crow ded out. We hope to be able to publish it in ournext. The lion. R. W. BAutN'E.. has nccept- I ed, it is said, the appointment of U. S. Sena. tor in place of Col. Ei.aronr , deceased. DAVID S. REin is the nominee of the Democrats and (nn.tl.t:s Ma.v of the Whigs, for governor of North Carolina. From the letter of the Washington Cor respondent of the Columbia Telegraph we clip the following relative to TME SOUTIIERN PRESS. Er.woon Fisnvan, arrived here tlree days ago, and is btsiy employed in making the requisite inquiries for thle permanent es tabliuastent of 'The Southern Press.' Ile, - and Euwtx )ELeox of The Telegraph, r were selected as its Editors, at the first meeting of the sixty-three members, and telegraphed to that effect. Should the latter consent to remain, he r will not resign his domicil in Carolina, nos his interest in The T1e/graph. Both of the gentlemen above named, are actively co-operating to establish the pnper---arter which, its conduct will be a matter of comi p~arative ease. All wvho have any experi ence in such enterprizes, know the dithicul-t ties attendanit on the launc~hing of a large ship. T1hae first step is haldf-the jonrney.- I The public should not he impatient . "There's a good time coming." Cotton Cr'op.e C Wea publish below, a nuinber of extraets d relativ'e to the Cotton crop oif thae presenIt year, antd without a single exception, they represent the prospect of event a toilerably fauir crop as exceedingly gloomy. Wea dfo not remnember to lhave known aI Spring, in *which the accounts11 fromn every sectio n oif the Cotton growing region, were so unfiivo. rable. The cause of this neced hardly be stated, us outr exltrac'ts stale, anad our rad. ers know, it is owing to the hate anda wet Spring, and to the cool taighats which have continued til to the tinme we w1rite. TJhat these causes, owving to the compifarative late naess of ou11r season for pltatinag, haave not Ioperated 50 unaorably in thais State a n thaose further South, we heave no dloubt, but that they have dlao ntmuch injury even wih t u'a-retarding the growth of the lat and stunting it-we learn from all we hauve seen and fromi all we hauve heard. We tintk thaerefo~re, thuat te Cottaot ierop ofC thei present year wiall inot exceed thaut of the lar~t, it in deed, whaicha we mauch questionI, it shldtia etyi it. On thae first of this month, thae receipts for j 18-19, atmounted to I .953, I87 bales being c: 670,280 behind tose of thle parecini1tg year. a Weo doubt very mauich whaethaer this state ment dloes ntot indiicate a coniealy bi1rger crop for 18 19, than really blonlilgs to it, faor we much sutspect that many oif I ,95,tI87 1 bales whlich wve put1 fown as belonigitng to , the crop of' 1840t, really bavong to pirevius years, anid, owing to the~ low priceN, were kept (out of' the market unatil the recent rise. Suich a cause wil notet likely loperateI toe swell the apparentt amount of the tral for V the present y'ear. lie Ilhis htoweve'r, as it tnny, and tiakinag the aboava staltlent aN an indaication oif the de'fia'cncy of the croap oaf 18 19, we anaty inirly putt it dfown ns att least 650,000 bales less thanai that of 181is. Now puttitng down the crop of the present yeara as equal to thant of I18.9, andh we have ratnch reasont to conicludaie that it will lbe less, we will then have a deficiency in t wo ye.ars oIfi not less thtan I ,300,000~n bales ; andt to whatn extent this (leficiency is to nlfect thec price of a Cotton for the next year, is ai speculationi a' dotubtlenu of nmurb' itterest, to motst of ou r renders. t For our plart, we hlave little questioni but that it will tallhect it mtost seriously, anmd lhat -. 13 cents will lie mucha baelaow the parice in June, 1851. Everiy arrival f raom Enlriape, ii britngs iintelligiencie of' a gradual rise int thet Cotton market. atii noi reliale inatelligcae Ii cant as yet have reuahed that ciountry (If the pl prospect of a deoficionecy ini the cointg e'rop. " Sitch rise, thterefore, enn only) be owing to the fact that the present supply aloes not equal the present demandl, anal now with I the prosnect before uts that there wil b., I h notlior >iniderablo deflciancy tl I re cannot but conclude that as the urnou f the crop goes down on the one hand, rill the price go up on the other. But if the crop of the present year shoul e fully equal to that of the last, we do n olieve that prices would materially decli Vo believe that the present prices are, ng so much to the deliciency in theM r crop, as to the fact that the do rapidly increasing, and we question ni nlcss something should happen which v annot anticipate, if the supply will ove gain exceed the demand. The legitimate otton growing region of the world is not; 'ery extensive. Even in this country, vo elievo it to be more limited than it is gen. rally supposed to be. It is said that'four ifihs of the Cotton used, is raised in'tlis J. States. This perhaps, is an extravagtJ tatoment, but oven if it approximates to tje ruth, it is strong evidence that we live in lie only country where it can be raised to nmach advantage, and many portions of our WVestern States, which have hitherto been :onsidered as most favorable for the produc. ion of that plant, owing to too much litme in he soil, which developes itself more and noro every year as the vegetable matter de 'reuses with the cultivation, the increase bf usects and other causes, are failing to pro. hace it profitably. Georgia and South Car ulina mnay then, in a few years, become the wo principal Cotton growing States in \,nerica, and, if such should be the casef vo do not perceive how the supply is 16 tqual the demand, even should the demand iot increase. But that the demand will in -rease every year, there cannot bo a ration il doubt. Mazntueitctories are now being milt up in regions where bit a few years igo even the fabric was scarcely known. 'Ve see it stated in a New York paper that orders have lately been received in that city 'rom St. Petersburg, for four or five cargoes >f Cotton, which, owing to the scarcity, will mave to go unanswered. How long has it seen since Cotton factories have been es ablished in Russia, ani since Cotton cloth ia been extetsive'y used upon tie shores of the Baltic ? Cotton is the cheapest lotling for man, and that it nnist ultimately e in great demand, in every civilized regiori if the globe, and wherever its uses are ;uown, can scarcely be a question. With he extension of the knowledge of its uses nd value, will the demand increase, and we an sne no limit to the demand except the ircle of the Globe. The amount of Cotton ow raised, wouhi hardly furnish an under artent for every human being in the vorld. How then can we well anticipate a ermanent over-supply ? Teinporary causes ny cause . temporary decline in its price, ut we firmly believe that the lowest point of epression has been passed, and thati we ly now confidently look for a gradual and crmtanent rise in its value. Tuw Cnor is ALAnBAMA.-A correspontel ut of the Mobile ''ribtune who writes tin or date of .Juun 1st, speaking of the ujrow og cottoni in that sectioni says-We -now urat as a general flung throughout the tte, the platnt is not three itichmes in eight. Letters received yesterday fromtt ,owndes coittaty slate, that'pilantter in that ountty alre ploughinug uip their fiels~ tad epilaniting eveni at 1 Ius late day. Oine of' ur tinist rehlpectabnle and initlua~ntial c'iti ens who returned yesterday fron his pan..i tiati ini l'aekensa crityv satek that lie c:-n carcely discern, that the ct tloinea sproit di. A nothea.rlarge pulantter f ruin Anii, tag otyl, is widIhug to bet lhat. thire widl be ao bloonius inhlis field until first July.I .M1lill1rE, .i t '.N -', 1. 'JTur. Co-r-ri s ( Uor.--Thei phlntters oft 'erry, theL a pjin utg coty to G (reenie, are o better aff than I le. r netghborats. Atn:. 'Iligaist platnter inlaried , lthe eubtoar of the Contatiionweaillt" that tiver-, williin li tncollec(t~ti, h,;as the' prt-.iiwet liar .iaeiton rtip been as gltoov ;at thbs s',tatn of lhe ear. It is mow (30th1 it .\lty) ra'anarls be' edlitor, thei astna! thIo far Ctto Itilti, hnit ii i a e of a d u s tilit e phit lo Ilirihnsandf I'is sjaaarres iuponi at. TIhe' mop generally, is at least a inanutth late r tan int oriniary' years, andi is jiast mrecoiver i thIle etlhets ofth hi' ie-thbat us, !it port ion left by~ themn; far ini soine ini tances they bhave so cinigletelyv rmuied it tat ct-tps are tnow tbeig repjianitedt, wvini s a general tting the .stanil is to ant untex imilil degree bad.--T'raha. . Cnhor l'a~tert:ars.--la a letter to the dator froin Al arengor conuiitav, datedl June dI, the writer says :' The' crops ini this (itiity begin~ tot look sinewlhi~iat btteIr, fhit to proaspiect is yet thle ist glaniny ever ntownt. I know it ino plantatt in the Untly, andt I have seent a giotd iant; a ite', that will itnale two third' if a cr-op, ital I fi':ir tii- t n'r thii Ii:,a| ttai vi itt to ntike a lah iataea. I t~'ro I iio rat g'ienaly retedta uorry abatit thas ciatn of lthi ye'ar, baut reorts areC ior rae able mnow thant ever lbeo rt. :as regard nts the hasiimy pirophects oif Ite piliant 'rs."....'y Tu ('inoi".-a\\e coi'itarsitd lii va't tr. av wvitli a hily respe'tahia aaitiu ta ianhy, who lhii lieItl Ivtty ye'ars i''~pari tin, mt a'ultivnatog the .od ii this Slat, lii itoriit'dl its thiat hie h-Wt' tta -r ,' e ii taottoaiia (ropsI5 hhbak nird. l1i pii iti ta (~ t I lai rsnt .ta~r ua laar. anl (It.) .\hirrar oa f lh ik ttt. 8 c that litr a cohll anda back waaitl sparmg, ext rau.ai' '~ wat-m wveathier wvas e'xpintca'd, amth im planftr shntertat fe.ai th1at the' prema-~t ira' wvarn weat her wilh seriouasly ttapire ie b'iackwar (raops. Muith oif thie reattrot that vienty his ht:ol fao bei rpilnatd, il thle cornt hioks s itied andial i. Th.--' iatt('s faor a crop1 are not si good as theya' e this Itn las o year. Th'le sugar atie >wever, lioks finielyi, tattmiha eten it us sid lit that onl thei co ast. >th tlt savs: 'PiTa' sie Itn for t' past waik hias beent aitt ahhl. '\\' hi' ar beenat itnwl it the c ropsa art'e i aur n bll'ret'fI tt t hau' 1ve t'ver kitawnt thitti at ting seiatn. Theli attt wears a 'iery sily) appfea;ranc(e, andt.l pars to lie very latckwardin utits gro wtha. lhe ent-wotrmu hans donite coatsilerabale udam e. Theia caino anal cornt cropj haik wuoll." Tr.: C'o-r-rnN Ciiaoi.---Thie New Or- g inma 9 yuin oif lthe 'th inst, say's : "\Ve' ve htaul tIIn Onnortutnily ia nertlin,, two n S 'i d. C . r w4ve ty fnorca flle houses in . m corrospond. who reside ulf, Mise. *9 writer ays : 11. up'too late to allow n the' rich low lands; in place"Ile crops are e districts they seem to Tf* report of great to pI although true in .,, nstance ro generally purtial; fit w rot so, thq, cotton crop would be a cop I board to-day from Copi :ou creps are better. One gon. ch er wrOl him that he has to cro field, which the r fore, adfd it was look t ow all dead. erp I lii'seriously, of plough. tip b e1~t' crop and putting it 1 in rn. 1, Itpt*er p waste te t wie* 1 oikfrel r f;fA e n ich he~l hgnea$Iirk ighl.' y e is-plekhtug it up and replanting. The cst-worras are eatinig up' the replanted cotton as fast as It'come . 'Iho ac. Counts are all, unfavorable1 f theiabove are specimens of the weisg" TuIs COTTN Caor.-We.hayevenverse with several tfo i-farrners lately, who 'rm us that lid are rapidly dbmpleting Ile destruction of their cotton. plants. We ktow of a number who areploughing up tlir fields at ltis-lite day for the purpose ofreplanting. Kosiusko (Misi.> Chroni clif, 81st uIt. he Fort Gaines, (Ga.4Enterprise of th inat, says: he - accounts from all parts of the cothtry in relation to the growing crops cor inue to be unfavorable. We have latdy been in'Alabamna and have seen some cotton over there that will not without greet change make 100 pounds to the acre" .7'Te Albany (Ga.) Patriot of the 7th init. says: 'The cotton and corn crops In this coun. ty tre generally. some three weeks later thnts usual, and we now hear much corn lautt of injuries to the cotton plant from lice' 'irE COTTON CR0or.--The Natchea Cou',er of the 1st inst says : \ have accounts from East, Tennes. seea id North Mississippi of the 30th, from Nortluast Mississippi of the 26th, from Cent4l Alabama of the 25th ult., all pic turin the same glooniy prospect for the crops that they were much less promis. ing th, last year's, and perhaps the worst for ten ears back. A vi last week to Amite and Wilkin. son co nties enabled us to gather the opin. ions of ?!asters who unifornly made the same declarations. We saw very little cotton six inches high, and a great deal not not ove three inches. Extr at of a letter received in Charles ton. dated "Beaufort (S. C.) June 1": "Grat Complaints are made in this neighborhood about the prospect of this year's crop. Those I have seen are very backvrard,,and the Cotton still dying fromn the co' nights and excessive rains. The plante. are still supplying the broken p laces,1but wo cannot expect much from it. My cro -in as good as any I have seen, but no grea lings." THR rs--TheMilledgeville Federal Union .. the 11th inst. 'says: " From every v r ve hear that the Cotton crop s ' . Asl:ate .vi it several count5 uh-western nor gin, aHrns thin correctness of these re. ports. E~very planter that we hoard speak of the subject, admitted that his cotton was hess advanced than at the saume time last year. The corn generally is middling fair, In most of the lower and middle counties of this State, the wheat crop is destroyed or seriously injured by the rust; in the up. per counties ut is said, it will yield ani average hattest." Tn'jI C'nues.-lt would seem fronm the followtng extrac't of a latter received ini tins city yesterday, fronm a planter on Edis. to lslandtc, dated the 1d inst., that the pros pecnts of the growing crop of cotton are far fromt blumg proniIsntg.-Metrcary. "l'Te weather is much against the crops. On F~riday there fell here the heaviest rain I ever saw~ descend fromn the clouds; ina h~al hounr Utnly the tops~ of the cotton planti were vzstble. in ony salt lanrds. Iluigs, cold ntighits, atnd extremte wetness are doiingi us miiealulble injur." Extract oif a letter lto thme Southern Cul. tivator datedl Glenn Spiring's No. C'a., May 2t, li>0. "It is imtpossible that a fuill crop of cot. ton enie hei made in tis State, event shouh1 the IallI be the mocst favorabile for its nmatu rity. Thle plant is too late and sickly in the tirst place, and the~.earth seems to hanve lost too large a portion of its vitality by the excessite rams and~ ba~kintg wvinds, to stim uilat the li platito tu bI a rapid growth in tie to .Cccure the usual product.'' I'orre-judeilcne if Savansnah Rep~tublican. Fur thue last three weeks I have been: tra velht ihrg th e nt vau ~uriotus coutnties of whi:it mayu be st rictly c, teid South-West r'u a 0 .orL?:, :ui,, as I puru inised v ott, pro. ucped ti ive~o i th resut t m1l~y oihsrvarions in re- .I toi theii prospects o the nrext cot Yo~u may rest assured that there is tic continge'ncy, however favorable, wvhich cart ntiw arise, n~ Iihil wtll swell the prodluction of u'it tin beyond thte tigutres of the past y(eur. I ha trat~.vel ledl throught and coniversedl fre. y wvith plantirs rusidintg in I louston, artladolh, Ea Iy, llak er, andI Iecatur, it rmty t he past twio weeks, anid ind the icitmphlunrts of badl seasons and untpromising crips muore tumvirsal than 1 have ever kinown the befo lL'~re, Int Decatu r couty the' wired is molre Itrifty and piromi,,int Ii:mi ''n anyi or pourtion if thie South W~est it even 'tere on thle fi rst day of June, th lan tt wuhlI noit lnicature on the richest rti r puhmtatIo.ns, mnore. than teni incwhes in b.Aght. 1.ast year it thet samte timet, with hi hteavy trust in A pril, to e ed was fully iwoi bent friitm the grotuntd. This ha~ lbeent proudutced by a sasgn of Imp ~r.ueeentedl co!dl wea ter and heavy rams, retarntg the growth of the plant, utih mt t:my imitancies rendtierinig rep~lat hg tniece.sa~ry. In the SCoth-West, by thie mIh ol .'lay , it it not iunuisual to sea nwhole telds ii blotm, butt no iutch sightt cart now !reiet the eye. ttor will for two weeks to F'romn wthat I have seen, (te contclttsion i ivnit titd, i rresistibile, tat int the tint. ICtthi.WeLstirtt (0 ria (the riottoni crop ti ii(turn out one.thitrd shor t oif the last -car. I), l'n~osrncurs or itm-: ('wrTON Cnor.--.The y'aramnnahu (rCorg sinsays: We have ro. elvedI a luieen 1mrm several of the cotton 'rowng dIstricts of ottr StateN:Some of 'lho91y speak in ispai~rging t'gs of the resent inrospeet. whiln othe,.. .emtn LJ '- q onsaes" the hich huts well oflgh iesidayei dton of the Federal 7. Resolred, That fly is required by th6 law4( o Union. The equality thue of veral States compIing the t , disturbod wihuisrbn ie American institutions. Tlnis ncple violated in the denial of the citizens of the ave-holding States of power to enter into te territories with the property lawfully qui the States, ,The s are spgainst 14i 'h Is 4 warti pn . Codstitutdn. le fonders of this ght; edefonders of o Constitution. ..)ioee..wbo deny or im. air its exercise, are unfaithful to the con itution, and if disunion follows the dewtruc an of the right, they are the disupionists. . 8. Resolved, That the performance of its sties u n the principle we declare, would rable Congress to remove the embarrasa Lents in wiich the country is now involved. 'he vacant territories of the United States, v-onger-regarded :as--prizes -for sectional ipacity and ambition, woy1d be gradua'ly acupied by inhabitants drawn to them by tir nteresto -atd feelings. The institu. ons fitted to them would be naturally ap. lied by governments formed on American lee: and approved by the .deliberate hoice of their constituents. The cpmmu ity wold be educated and disciplin e.un #~republican administration in habits of elf governmt and fitted for an eassociat s a State, and to the enjoyment of a place i the Confederacy. A community sd form d and orgtuized, might well claim admis. ion to the Union and none would dispute ie validity of the claim. 9. Resolred, That a recognition of this rinciple, woul4 deprive the questions be hveon Texas and the United State: of their ectional character, and would leave them :r adjustment without disturbance from ectional prejudices and passions, upon con iderations of magnanimity and justice. 10. Resolied, That a recognition of this rinciplo Would infuse a spirit of conciliation a the discussion and adjustment of all the ubjects of sectional dispute, which would ffor a guaranty of an early and satisfactory ete mation. 11. Resolved, That in the event a domi ant majority shall refuse to recognize the cat constitutional rights we assert, and hall continuo,to deny the obligations of the 'ederal Government to maintain them, it is io sense of this Convention that the 'rer itories should be treated as property, and ifded between the sections of the Union, o that the rights of both sections beoado uately secured in their respective shiares. hat we are aware this course is open to rave objections, but we are ready toacqui see in the adoption of the line of 36 dog. 30 kin. North latitude, extending to the Paritic iccan, as an extreme concession, upon con idorations of what is due to the stability of ur institutions. 12. Resolred, That it is the opinion of this 'onvention that this controve sy should be tnded, either by a recognition of the consti itlonal rights of the Southern People, or by n equitable partition of the 'I rritories. 'hat the spr ctac'o of a confederacy of tates, involved in quarrels over the fruits r a war in which the American arms were rowned with glory, is humiliating. That to incorporation of the Wilmot Proviso. in to oflfr of settlement, a p 'ition which mlrton States regard ass "As usult, would be a clima o rhich attaches to the' controversy, which it Sthe paramount duty of Congrssto avoid. 13. Resolred, That this Covention wvill ot conclude .that Congress will adjourn eithont makimg an adjustment of this con oversy, and in the condition in 'which the 'onvention sinds the iuestions before Con. Tess, It does not feel at liberty to discuss ie methods suitable for a resistance to teasures not yet adopted, which might in olve a dishonor to the Southei-n States. Peonage. Much discussion has arisen in Congress relation to a form of slavery in 'ew iexico which bears the above appellation. 'ho members of the Senate who have ex lained its character differ in their eluci. ation or its real nature and origin. They 11 agree, however, in this fact, that it is a yrnm of slavery as- grievous in its conse uences as any which attach to dlomestic ervitude. By the local law' of New Mex :o, a Peon is a debtor who is copspelled to edeem his pecuniary engagements by per anal service to his creditor, which obliga ion attaches to him forever. If the no easities of the laborer compel him to pro ure an advance of wvages from his em loyer, or credit for indispensable articles f consumption, this is a lien on h's labor at keeps him invariably in debt, and con tautly a slave. The native Indians comn use in New Mexico the laboring class. It ' a practical conttradiction to coptend for 'to sacredness of the Mexican lex loci, rhich would exclude domestic slavery rhilst this form of servitude exists. It ras consistent, therefore, in those Senators rho are opposed to slavery in all its shapes ndl gradations in the Territories of the inied States, to move so to amend the bil of Compromise as to exclude Peonage omr New Mexico, in conformity with their octrinie that slaveryra there legahlly in mlicted. Mr. Walker, one of te Wis ansin Senators, acdcordingly acted thee ntical corect in moving his amendment exclude Peonage from New Mexico. But it was contended by other Free Soil enators that Peonage was ins the nature a contract, and thtat Congress was for. iddon by the Constitution to legislate on ont racts. Mr. Daytoni, of New .Jersey, trongly urged this view, and the amend. ment was lost. Butt we would ask this lass of Free Soilers, whbo insist on the sa redness of contract, wvhether Poonage Lands int a more sacred relation to con. acts tihan slavery I and if the Constitu otn is to control in one case, why not in to other!? Those who voted against Mr. Valker's amendment did so because the 'onstitution gives sanctity to contracts. Vere this not the case, they admit the twer of Congress to legislate on the sub. et of Peonage. But the Southern Sont ora are resisted when they claim the renefit of the Constitution in favor of sla 'ry in the very same territory of Newv lexico. The Constitution is the great utd tmark in the one case, but not itn the ither. It governs in the interpretation of 'cal laws mt Mexico of one kind, but it is uit sutlhredl to override the local law, in to same locality, of another kind. Peon go is under the protection of the Constitu on, but slavery is tiot, in the conquered ter tory. They are both forms of ser vitude, ut Northern ingenuity find. a d'efence for to former, because contracts are involved htichi growy out oC the rights of property in stan beings---but ther is 'in protection r the lat ter, on precisel the samn fou d. ion of right, because It Wnot'ii St egre slaveryv - so rhuch for gewiSol ~unlity.-Ere. Ne~ws, a- J ticipate an avea at ing the difibrept statements, we II the conclusion that the crop will falwhort. a oflthatof his ear. a r. . at The rice feds along - te d river present a beautiful appatane-4here di is every prosjpt of a good crop. ti FORT VALLEY, Houston Co., June 5. The crops are dying in this section of the ta'e, owing to the cold weather we have had for somne time. The presenti growing crop promisos to begshorter than t that of iast year. 84 TUE WEA4nER AND THE CoP.-The d weather is very hot and dry and the crops 'I what little there are, need rain ver much. ti We hear gloomy news from 'nearl every p farmer with whom we converse. ; n some 8i places, the worm destroys the corn-in ti others, the insects are destroying the cot. ton. Even where the crops prosper, they d are late. The prospects of a cotton crop is e; exceedingly discourageing throughout this n region. From every portion of the cot n ' growing country, the news is of a ve " n gloomy character.-Independent, Aber-, r doen, (Miss.); Nashville Coarention. t This body adjourned on the 12th instant,, P to meet again in the same plaee,-aix weeks c after the adjournmentgf Jho present Cou. gress, We kise. b low, - be tion5s whit, er pao Ap address .to the a South, to. II hole country, was adop- i teo, bli,,hea hectyo cacLid us. We ededly approv of the resolutions: they are suchi as they ought to be, firm, dig nified and conciliatory. Without under- p taking to say what the South will do in the t event of the passage of the Wilmot Proviso as applicable to all the territories, they yet , indicate disunion as the probable result of the adoption of .that measure. 'Admitting' their willingness to acquiesce in the line of f the Missouri compromise "as an extreme , concession," they declare that the South a cannot submit to the application of the Wit. d snot Proviso to territory South of that line, and that if disunion follows such application, those who make it are the disunlonists.- a Such is our understanding of the resolutions, I and as such we approve of them. There t was a time when we looked upon the union of these States with sentiments of the fond- a est attachment. Indeed we do so now, and nothing except the loss of our honor, would give us more anguish of heart than the breaking up of this once glorious confedera- n cy. But, if to remain in the Union, we C must submit to every spec ies of degradation $ and insult ; to be declared unworthy of the protectio's o'' the laws, and, because we are ( slaveho:eors, to have forfeited our right to e the national territory, we had better separate. 1 We could not consistently with honor, re- a main in a partnership, where we are to be E triated as inferiors, as outlaws and as un. o worty of membership. c _~ tJ RESOLUTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN f CONVENTION. ,d 1. Qslse TatftM ttnt e '?. United States belong to the people'e several States of this (Ynionas their common r property ; that the citizens of the severah ? States have equal rights to migrate with ~ their property to these Territories, arid are equally entitled to the protection of the Fed- ' eral Government in the enjoyment of that ~ propert y so long as the Territories remain under the charge of that Government. 2. Resolred, That Congress hias no pow er to exclude from the Territor of the Unid ted States any property lawfully hold in the States of the Union, and any acts which may be passed by Congress to etyect this result Is a plain violation of the Constitution of the United States. 3. Resralred, That it is the duty of Con- i gress to provide proper gzovernmnents for the 3 Territories since the spirit of American In- rj stitutions forbids the maintainance of milita-r ry governmneints in uimno of peace, and as all laws heretofore existing in Territoriea once belonging to foreign powers which f, interfere with te full enjoyment of religion; the freedom of the press ; the trial by jury * and all other rights of persons and property ; as secuared or zrecognized in tie Constitution r of the United States are necessarily void so soon as such.Territories become American t Territories, it is the duty of the Federal Go-e vernument to make early provisiotn for the c enactmcnt of those laws wvhich may be ex pedient and necessary to secure to the inha hitanuts of, and emigrants to, such Territories t the full benefit of the constitutional righits wes assert. - 4. Resolred, That to protect property ex isting in the several States of the Union the i people of these States invested the Federal v Government with the powers of wvar andl v Inegotiation, and of sustaining armies and v navies and prohibited to State authorities the v exorcise of the same poweors. They made a nio discimination in the protection to be t amhl'lae or thme dlescrip~tioln of the property to I he dufeindesd, nor was it allowed to the Fede- fi r ah G;overmnomnt to determine what should dl ibe lield as property. Whatever the States t< deal with as property the Federal Govern- c imnt is bound to recognizeo and defend as r such. Thiertefore it is thle senuso of this Con- ta vention that all acts of the Feeral Govern ment which tend to denationalize property of anyW description rteogniized in the Constitu tion uad laws of thet States, or that discrimn- 0 innte in the degree and efliciency of~ the lpro tectionm to be al~orded to it, or which weauken c or destroy thme title of any citizen upon Aumericans Territories, are plain and palpable ~ violations of the fundamental law under C which it exists. c I5. Rlesolred, That thme slavehioldinig States t Icannot anid will no: submit to the enactment t bmy Congress of any law imposing onerous ti conditions or restraimts upon the rights of 1 masters to remove with theair property into (. the Territories of the United States, or to y~ any lawv muakiing discrinmiations In fhivor ofp the prospretors of other property against thiemi.a 6. Resolred, That it is thme duty of the b Federal Government plainly to recognize v and firmly to maintain the erqual rights of a the citizens oif the several States in the Tr- hi ritories (of thme United States, anud to repudiate u the power to make a dliscrimnination between hs the propsrieiors of dityerent species of proper- nl ty mi l'ederal lesgislations. T1he fulfIlnent ti oft this dumty bsy the~ Federal Government, n would greatly tend to restore the peace of ti 'country uad to allay thieexaspenrtion and ri ex.i emnent which now exist between thte b dlifTerenmt sectionss of~ tie Union. For it is ti the deliberate opinion of this Convention, nA that the tolerance Congress has given to the h notion that Federal authority might be cm. ft ployed incidently and indirectly to subvert or al weaken the inatitutions existing in the States N rr aa ' -e anbws el ea *s I allusion of Mlr. Fet supposition that Mr. Dat for executive favor of Dqyton is certainjy the had yet given any ei Ant Presiven pand t , niar and tojlesve New Rex":u seffor admis~onas Several amendments terday to tion w bounaris oesas, bp. cussion; the were ejo t Mr. Tu now - ground' that y 8ha buy the territo a effect of the' meas1re will alaveholding terrt #'r , ' Foote'. answeroe . " if Congress had no rig from a State, then he (Mr. entitled to a'seat. here, far Mississ was: pure States' ernment Georgia ; up to the character'of the territoy was invited to'relinquish her' ii not fixed by this bill. Ifit ing It would remaina so, and, soil, it would so remain. In the course of the debate,3[c ' gave a melancholy picture of th e of the people of ew Mqi ' for them the protection of. ment, undef the' obligtions t with Mexico. They were, a lected by the Government rof . when under it, but were mtic.h under the United States ornent.:fl described them as being mostly Pu bla Indians-a ver y mild, amiable, nd it&u. sive and partially civilized christiian aes. They were surrounded by tribes of fierce and warlike'wild Indians, whomuird.id them or carried them off into captivity... He, Mr. Shields, had seen along-the banks of the Rio Grande the evidence of the cru. el treatment they suffeed--step set their bones bleaching near the littlesk ades, where they had made their 'lst stand. They were in great dred" 'ime Texans, and would not thrive, under thir goveratnodit. to . white i they haa..een, th ere tea prtma. ders--the former of w - rible the latter cheated'theim:. cans, who have :nttled n? Ilesicoas it appears from Gen. 1 s remarks, have gone there to cheat Pueblanos. On the whole, the country is zwoEenaith to be congratulated upon the &14t# of New Mexico, and still o.r Open poet of the accession, the Unoo,' State whose people aredscuii tP - more degraded and I "plil ]e government than alavsai . According toM' M d tee of Thirq th ence o.1 a i +', withoute pa T:s vote less against thohlb WasirmoTJumn j"" I have never wfiessd, duilJ acquaintance with 'ogsso~p~ ings, a .worse feeling on the of b~ihth housest, than was dispiaye yesterday..... Personal and sectional feitg'.went ti' pitch that is unfavorable to angethinf(1l deliberate and calm legislation. I amn ry to say that members, generally, jisttook of the excitement that prevailed., I do not know that there was any particular reason for it, except hot weather, and exhabsted patience ; nor is there any thing in it, with one serious exception, that give* ease for alarm. To begin with the most promin01iand most serious matter, I must niention Mr. Seward's remarks.* in the Senate. .Deliv ered in acalmn and unimpassioned mnanner, anod bearimg the impress of mature delibe-. ration, his comments produced a profound impression. His reproaches of the Comn mittee of Thirteen, and their efibrtis to bring about an adjustment of pendinig diffi culties, were deeply felt by Mr. Clay, and those acting with him. But, in regard to time Texas question, he took a positioqathat was dangerous and alarming in the present state of the controversy betweenT . and New Mexico. :He took the grff&~ that the general government shoud sinter4 fere and restrain Texas, or, in other words, that in the conflict that will ensue between them, the federal arm should settle the question against .Texas. Mr. Foote de clared that this was worse than Mr.,8pw. ard'ii " higher law" doctrine or the male dlictions of Horace Mann. If a drop of Texan blood was shed in this'controversy,I the whole South would,- he. said, rush to arms. lie even intimated that it was the purpose of some individuals to produce a conflict, upon that point, and to erect a. separate government, .North of Mason & Dixon's line. General Houston spoke in a very calm tone, and in reply to MIr. Day. ton a menace that, if Texas proceeded to assert her claim over New Mexico, she " would find a lion in her path." All this was subsequent to Mr. Webste?said and forcible argument in reply t~p Ir~lgy ton, and in favor of the proposition to Ten. as-in which Mr. Wet.bster completely de, molishied nll that w~as of arguiment or state4 ment in Mr. Dayton's harangue on this point. .Mr. Clay, who hiad, as he said, drsgged his wearied and enfeebled limbs to the Capitol, in the hope that the Senate would make some progrens with the bill, turned upon Mr. Seward and those afiliated with hin, with the energy of a hunted lion. lie vindicated himself and the, Committee of thirteen, and their supports', from the charge that they had obstructed the bosi. ness of the session, and threw it upon the other side. Takiuzup Mr. WVebs rar, gumenit against te pending .malse, strike out of the bill she section re Trexas, ho enforced It insa very manner, and carried it much frte, * the way,! ma here mention..that.X4 Webster and Mr. Clay make it a pisf~ late, to allude to each ottetig hmnd st friendly manner, showing 'that theygtoA' operating in the greet ef~ort to aettle, this question, without regar4to any jpe it'.ryClay hasd forbor:4 0s Mr. Bomiton's sallies agait& Ai~ ile speec of' Met day last, snd bad-nsot istettan mad to aoieisPr~Pht~ 6 O eiarapctonto Mr. Baotna& Mr