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TUIKTV-THIH" C’WUKBM—First SfMlon.
IN SENATE ..M*iicn 27.
Mr Hunter moved to postpone all other bn»i
ties* and take up the Debaiency bill. Motion
•irreed to, and tbo amendment* akcu up.
All tbo amendment* reportod by the finance
committee were adopted without objection, except
two- The flratof there war one sppopnatmg two
hundred and fifty thousand do.law for the pur
chase ofanew rite for a Custom House st San
Fmndsoo, with authority to the Secretary of the
Treasury to purchase a site with buildin .a already
» erected- ... . ,
Mr. Hunter explained that after the government
bad expendoJ $30,000 in preparing a lot in San
Frocisoo with water (ronttora Custom House, Cal
ifornia had set up a claim for it. The Secretary of
«P * the Treasury proposed to that State, that ahe re
linquish lior claim to the United States, but Cali
forma refused to do so. It waa considered dan
gerous for the United States to go on in the ercu
tiou of buildings on lots, the title to which wa» in
no much doubt. The Attorney General under a
former Administration had decided the title of
the United States to be good, but the title was now
considered doubtful. This amendment author
lied the Secretary to procures new site, and goon
with the erection of the buildings, or t > purchase
a new ate with buildings already erected.
It waa of the highest importance that the Cus
tom House should be built. The government now
paid an annual rent for buildings in Sau Frsucisco
of S 140,000. Tniscaseof the California Custom
House was pecoliarly and entirely dilferent from
alt others. Contracts had been made tor Custom
y Houses, and mate-ials had Iteen procured, and
■ prompt action respecting it ought to be had.
Mr. Hamlin said that no sufficient reasons hsd
been gtveu for including the dsn Francisco Custom
House, and excluding all others; he therefore
moved toedd to the amendment an appropriation
of SIOO,OOO for rebuilding the Court House at rort
laud, MiiinOs
Mr. Hunter opposed tide, lu the coseof tho Cali
fornia Custom House, legislation at this time was
absolutely necessary, sod in othore it was not. Jr
all the propoeitions lor Custom Houses wcroaddta
to this bill it would defeat it. This bad defeated
It once before. . .. „ ,
Mr. Fesscndon followed, supporting the Marne
Custom House.
Mr. Fetlt said, if he believed this amendment
woald have the effect of killiug the bill, he might
vote for it. He was opposed to all deficiency bills.
They were bills intended to oover up the expendi
tures of money abstracted from the Treasury with
out authority of law. Nothing could justify the
svneodlis" if - ,r.*r without llaprev: Via appro
,r^ U V-bill did not one
Ileui—' appropriation to ever up c.peudlvur.e
node without '‘4th o!ty t,r i**. It geos the gov
ernment powr tc espied Miotf
' aoa! rear ->-in war. ongmauy appropnaiect there
bs I hem. . very veer for tho Jaat forty years, under
one'.<■ me o-iu ctlter, deficlKhcy Mlb sod. necas-
Mi’ll y m ,
[ it; ti aids asked how much this Toil* appropri
•ted I
Mr. P ,nt r* Id It appropriated bet., eeu two an-’
l* ffcree million!' wiuding oigh-admired the . id
ftdd+tl vy tiie tfeuaui Gyiiitnliwe.
Mr. Job** of Teuno»»eo foliowod in opposition
to tbo bill, and while denouncing .the miscalled
eoonomy practised by the li«u»e of blindly catting
down eatimotesone hall ora third, iio niainUinod
that the government ought not to expend or incur
llabilitie* beyond the amount* actually appropria
ted by Congroa*.
Mr. Hamlin replied, defending this Bill.
Mr. Brown wua opposed to all Deficiency Bills.
He could not voto lor tlie amendment, unless the
authority to purchase the buildings was stricken
Ol Tiie Bill was then postponed till to-morrow at
hall' past twelve. . , .
The Indian Appropriation Bill was received from
the House, and referred to the Finance Committee.
The ohair laid before the Senate a communication
from the Treasury In reply to a resolution or the
Henale, celling for a statement of tho expenditures
for the transportation of tho mails to tho t seine
during the last threo years.
By this communication it appear* that there was
paid to government mail ageuts between Now
York and 8»n Francisco, for tbe throo years ending
June 80, 1858, the sum ot *32,638; to resident post
offleo agents at Panama, *B,OOO. For mail trans
portation on the Isthmus lor thoyoar ending June.
1851 the sum of *48,987 ; for 1852, *48,089 ; and
for 1858, *35, 814-total, *182,220.
For mail transportation Irom New (Orleans to
Vers Cruz, eleven trips between Fobruury and
Boptember, 1853, *17,u50; lor transportation of
supplies and munitions for naval force on the i’a
eintfor throe yoarsending Juno, 1868, the sum of
sl7 4(5 For th« transportation of mails in steam
ers’irum Notv York to tho Isthmus, and from
I’anuinu to California and Oiegon, tor the year
ending June, 1851, *598,768f ibf 1852, *589,538 ;
and for 1853, *574,181.
For till! transportation of troops and supplies to
and from Cslilormu, Oregon, Texas, Now Muioo,
and llraii, from July 1830 to July 1858, *2,873,449.
Tlie communication was referred.
Mr. Mason moved that all prior orders (the ilom
*te»d bill, and tho Puerile Kail road) be post
poned, and moved that tl»o rieuato proceed to tho
oonaidoration of Executive business.
On tnio motion quite a spirited debate ensued,
which lasted mote than an hour, during which tho
merits of the Homestead and other bill* wore dia
etiaaud. Tho motion dually prevailed, und tho
Benate went Into lixooutive session and spent some
time in tlie consideration of the Gadsden treaty.
HOUSE.
Mr. Chandler presented a moinorial from tho
Board of Trade ot l’niludclphla, asking that up
propristiniia bo made tor rearing out llin mouth of
tho Mmaissippi river, Referred to the Committoo
on Ciinmeno.
Tho House took np the Indian a; propriatiou
bill, and oonojrrcd in all the amendments with the
exception of life appropriating *IOO,OIO for the
payment of expenses of iioldiug a council with
and malting preseius of goods and provisions to
tho Blauktmt, (Irusvoutroa and other tribesot
Indians, immediately within or artjacent to the
eastern boundary of Washington territory, an 1
for defraying the expense* of bringing the chiefs
4>f euid tribes to Washington, yeus lit; na>B 89.
Tlie bill passed tlie House by a) os oigli'y lour,
noca fo.'ty tliree, refused to discharge the Commit
tee ot tho Whole from the further consideration ot
♦' e resolutions testifying the thank* ol Congress
watda tho Teaci.'ora of the Ban Francisco putP
■ ngura, a two third vO>* being neoeesary for that
hjr. Cobb moved a suspension of the rules in
-derto introduce a resolution making tlie bill es
, blisbing Hail road and telegraphio communica
"ons between the Allan ic and Pacific Ovum* aud
for other purpoaes, the special order for the third
** m uoadaiin >1 ay.
- r suspended—l2B against 89.
Tho resolution was introduced.
Mr. Houston. “Will my ooliesgue modify if.”
Mr. C’ohb. “I am afraid to undertake it.”
Mr. Houulon. “Tho limo should bo limited.—
If wo are going thus to tie ourselves up, wo will
reach no other business."
The rosolntiou passed—yoas 129, nayadO.
Mr. Bocock moved a suspension ol tho rules to
offer the following:
Wh»ras u propur regird for tho interest of tho
oountry demand* our naval force to bo promptly
Increased, therefore, Kosolvod that the Bill authori
sing the construction of six first class steam fri
gates be made tho special order ol the duv, for to
morrow and from day to day till disposed of* Tlie
Buies wore suspended. YenS one hundred and
thirty-five; Nays, thirty- live.
Mr. Bocock by request of friends withdrew the
preamble.
Mr. Houston inquired whethor the gentleman
proposed to limit debate.
Mr. Booook replied that a resolution for that
purpose oould be introduced at auy time after tbe
temper of tlie House shall have been consult ed.
The resolution paseod.
Mr. Farley moved a suspension of the rqlee to
introduoo tlie following resolution—“ That tlie
committee ou Post rifflcoo and Post Roads bo in
structed to inquire whether greater certainty, des
patch und ocouotny can bo attained in the trans
mission of tho mails botwoon New York and
Washington, via Philadelphia and Baltimore.—
Also, info the expediency of establishing by Con
gress an additional Post route by means of Rail
road, iu as direct a lino as may be between the
first named cities in connexion with the other
two, and that theoouimitto* report by bill or o;h
--erwise.”
The llotiso refused a suspension of the rules—Bl
against 75.
Tlie House then wont into Committoo of the
whole when the Civil and Diplomatic Appropria
tion Bill was taken up.
Mr. Cutting rose, wliioh was tho signal for gon
tlameu to crowd in trout of him. It wns some
minutes before the anxious ones were satisfactori
ly seated. Tbe galleries were also crowded, and
geuoral expectation ran high that there would be
something rich and exciting. What fbllows tea
Condensation of tho dobute.
Air. Outliug said that on Tuesday lost, after tho
moruirig hour dad expired, and tho House wont
Into tlie consideration ot the bnsiucss on the Speak
•r’a table a motion was mado by tho Chairman of
tbe Committee on Territories to refer tue Senate
Nebraska bill to that Committee. On tlie other
haud, for reasons tbs' I thou gave, 1 submitted a
proposition that tho bill be referred to the Com
mittee of the Whole on the State ol tho Union.
The House listened to lhauissr and distinct ar
gument of the gonllonmu from Illinois, Mr. Rich
ardson, agaiust my motion. It was *u argument
which afie*wards set tbe lloii-e somewhat on tfceir
gusrd, and I submitted, in terms by no means dis
respectful, the motives which influenced my con
duct on that occasion. 1 thought that I had ex
pressed myself with porfeot candor, clearness, and
frankness. I said there was not a goutlemsn on
this floor a atonger or more zealous advocate of
what I regarded a great priiieijiio of tho measure
than I was. I argued objections to tho bill itself,
and said that it would Hoi receive tny humble j
support, uor that of tlie majority, without osaen- j
Ual modification*.
In macing that motion I am not conscious of ,
having omployed any language disrespectful to any
member of the House, mcro ospojiully 1 have no
• recollection of having attempted lo make an insin
uation a (sins' the moral honesty of any gentleman j
who ditT.'reo ,rom Ino on that occasion. After the !
Menisci was of and the lapse of two days, ]
a gentleman trot..' a alaveholding Stale, (Mr.
Breokeuridge, of Ky.„' who had no lot or part in
this discussion, came mtt.'«*• House as a volun
teer merely, and thought it not incompatible with j
his charao.er as a leading uiet:.''cr lo undertake to
assnl my motives. It is true he thsclamiea any
intention to attack them, but »-idlhat * hdu I cast
one arm around tbe measure os a friend, Witu 'he
other 1 p united into its breast the murderous .
stiletto, and that like Jacob with the aged Palri
arch of old, I had practised a cheat upon tbo
House.
But the gentleman meant not to assail my mo
tive*. The gentleman who despises deceit meant
no imputation upou me. Oh I no. But ho comes
to the House with concentrated wrath and bittor
oass against tn», to assail me for lutviug stated my .
raanona for making the tnotiou which I m*de ott .
that occasion. 1 had proclaimed at lb* North that
w* would have to take the brunt ot the d flic illy ■
and outcry, and 1 thought that I would satisfy my !
eossl.tuenu that an opportunity should be giveu
to discus* tho measure. 1 was atn.Svd that a gen
tleman trout a slavehold.ttg butte, wi ero Ids con
st, tuents are united, and who will tako to their
arms' end pres* him for his advocacy of the me*
aure should come here and denounce a member
from tbe .North who, though friendly to tho prin
oi->le, deaircJ 8 *»ir opportui ty for discussion.
Was that fair 2»r tho South? Was that a fair
caun>e for a leaairv* gentleman in this House to
take!
The gentlemen csme be’ B to stigmatise me for
merely asking that privilege. For more reoons
than one the gentleman made a impres
eion on my constituents. They are u„en who ap
preciate patriotic eervioee, and there were uO more
prompt aud vOneot g ntleuieu to aid him than
ST.I * b ° ““ » N,oßi »' B <l with me, j
,10tln “
Mr. Cutting contended that he had never
that he was friendly to the bill, bat that
contrary he was oppcaed to it, end believed that a
majority of the ifoore wav He .. in
the principle of the bill, but not of tho bill iieclf
Nobody bclived that the reference of the bill to
the Committee of the Whole was equivalent to a
defeat of the measure. Does not the ifontleman
know that the House Nebraska Bill will be reaoh
ed, and that there ie a preconcerted uudorstaudu.g
to go iuto Committee of the Whole and propose
amendment* to the House bill and report it to the
Bonsct Whet inconvenience would there have
been in thief hither bill would be emended and
woo'd have to |ro back to the Senate. Than by
what authority did gentlemen say J undertook to
commit U> bill to tho tomb for t",e purpose of
•resting a fi|k* impression iu the publio mind f
* Mr Biohardson. I deem it doe to myself to state
that there was ooar.-aEgament, as has boon stated
in the publio papers, ami by letter writer*.
Mr. Cutting. I did uotsaf ao.
Mr Biohardson. 1 will suit ato tha gentleman,
and be knows well that wo had the Senate’s bill on
tbs Speaker'* table, and we oould have discussed
the Hoo.se bill in committee, and have thtre per
fected it.
Mr. Cutting. Where!
Mr. Richardson. In Committee of the Whole on
the state of the Union. The opponent* of the bill
could have there discussed ir. If there had been
n factions opposition to tho House bdl, we would
have bad another chance at the Senate bill.
Mr. Cutting. Itstsnds conceded, as I observed,
it was the intention to disease the House bill in
Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union,
and'.cport it after it had been amended.
Mr. Richardson. The gentleman speaks of the
discussion of the House, not of the Senate bill—
The reference of the Senate bill placed it in a posi
tion whore it coaid not be reached in tho House.
It is thought very donbtfal when it will be reach
ed. The French Spoliation bill, and the appro
priation bill, eighteen in number, 1 believe, prece
ding it.
Mr. Cutting. Don’t let ns trifle with important
subjects. In the name of God, if you hsd gone
into discussion on the Hoove bill in Committee,
would yon have bad a discussion on the Senate bill
in the House! There seems to be some other rea
son o* consideration for the wrath of the gentleman
from Kentucky to be excited to such an extraordi
nary degree. I thought he shook and quaked with
fear because of the outcries from Massachusetts,
and when he spoke of the answering bugle from
: Illinois there may have been apprehensions on his
mind that if we should not soon dispose of the
Senate bill wo might hear more of remon-trance
j and louder tores of the bugle than hsd vet reached
the-e Halls and other department* ct the city.
| Mr. Calling then proceeded to re-state tie oppo
sition to certain features of the Senate bill—that
; Clayton’s amendment ehonld be stricken out, and
' that Hadger’s amendment meant more than wo*
I expressed on its face, and stated that be did not
look for an assault on hi. motives from the gen-de
ni n fr< m Kentucky. Tho Union newspaper of
this city had also assayed him—a press conducted,
it is said, by the Clerk of this House, who is united
with the prime- of this body in carrying out its
orders, flow is it that a Iriend of the measure is
selected as the victim! Wa* it to drive off those
friends who had given him their support! Is it
to assassinate the friends who stand with me ?
Mr. Brcckenridge, who had taken a seat in the
vicinity of Air. Cutting, asked, “Do you apply that
remark to me!”
Mr. Cutting. Unless you consider yourseif a
portion of the Union, it applies to that newspa
paper.
Mr. Breckenridge. I was at the moment taking
a note, and heard a word. I ask whether the gen
tleman applies that remark to me, and want a cate
gorical answer.
Mr. Cutting. 1 did hot. I am the only one
charged with being an assassin, with the arm of
friendship around the measure, and with the other
stabbing it to death. If 1 did simply retort, the
gentleman foroed it on me. I iiave been the con.
I men* thame of *arle* of atiac/.., ft hen . seu .f.e
r paperi oi hex York -poosiug -.be measure, not
| only übl emumei tc : m by the organ here, Dot
I the enjoyment of public patronage—when i s*e
I public officers at borne and abroad fling hostile to
the measure, and find them tberi*”- the pot.-
saasion o* their pi woe*, f am Ind . ;-«d to ask wnat
aorljf . a-neagiire n h truer .t* enemies are re
warded and i-si uieuda assailed, and their motives
Impeached!
I find that thfe ha* now Woorns - josstlou.
I see it is made so by a nr -union ~ ,/ieou oi the
i adi- -‘.ution bare; but in a ptptrtu Mew iia<op
■ r eg".r;l< f -■ InMm •*!•> -ylaedly v.i:f. re
President, Uie editor disclaims it as a party test.
There is but one single grooud on which the Dem
ocrats of the North o*n stand, and that is the
ground of nou-intetveulion. If this is found in
tho bill I shall vote tor it. / wish to come to a plain
understanding with ail '.octiou-*, to know precisely
wl-at tho bill is, f.o that hereafter there may be no
diffiouliy in this particular.
Mr. Breckenridge. 1 have forborne to interrupt
the gentleman. While hi* remark* are fresh on
my mind I would like to respond to them.
Mr. Cutting. With tho understanding that the
time employed will not be doduoted from my hour.
[Cries of no—objeeiiou—agreed—let us hear it
out now.]
Mr. Bieekonridge. I have listened to the wordy
remarks of the gentleman, but he has not mot a
single position that I took the other day. It belit
tled a man to see him twist words out of their le
gitimate connexion. I spoke of the gentleman
stigmatizing it as the Badger proviso, and adverted
to the remark of the gontleinun that it did not do
justice to the South when it was acceptable to a
greut majority of Southern members. I wish to
say here the gentleman talks tike a lawyer in a bad
case, but not like a statesman. In my speech the
other day 1 referred to tho notes Irom Boston and
tho West.
Mr. t utting. The bugle notes I
Mr. Brock mridge—and ho nsid wo wished to
hurry through tho bill without full di-cussion. If
auy member will look at tny rotnark lie will sec
that I did not say so. I said that a lull discussion
will bring tho people to the Dill, and although New
England might still oppose she iB not the centre,
mid that the West stunds on the princ'ple of the
bill. Was there any reason lor tbo gentleman to
say that l feared the bugles ? It pasvoa ingenuity,
or something more than that.
Tlie gentleman said that 1 allowed two day* to
fioas before 1 attacked the victim and his motives,
iut docs ho not recollect that ho put down tlie
hatches by tho previous question, and compelled
the dolay himself? I did not interrupt him to
day, because hi* speech was fixed upoii tbe ground
tout 1 bad attacked his personal motives. Taking
the underpinning away tho whole fabric would
have mllcn. 1 objsctod to his movement to kill
the bill, but mado no attack upon his motive*. I
do not intend to charge the gentleman with play
ing tho assassin intentionally, but I said, and I
cannot tako it back, that the act was to all intents,
us one arm thrown around tho brother while with
tlie other the fatal stab was inflicted.
Mr. Brecltenridgo than proceeded to roviow tho
course of Mr. Cutting in referring the bill to tho
CoinmiUco of the Whole, and the effect of that
motion, in placing it at the foot of the calendar,
whore it may never be reached until tbe end of tlie
session.
The gontlomsn’s arguments are bottler suited to
acourlot law th m a deliberative How
name tho national gentleman from New Y’orlt to
bo found in open union with thoenmies of the
hill—with the abolitionists and free i-oilor* on this
floor? How oamo ho to receive their congratula
tion*, and why d> tho presses take him up as tho
hereof killing Ihe Nobraska bill? He can never
i mb nut trom any plain man’s mind that tho effect
of his motion was to kill the 1811. 1 boliovotbe
administration honestly in favor of tho hill, and 1
will support them on that point; but if the Admin
f intrulion wore agu'nst it, I wou'd nevertheless be
i for it, and they should never Urivo me from my
p tslttou,
t J have no more connection with tho Adminis
tration than any other man. I owe thtnt i otliing,
l except what is due to all engaged in the execution
-of the lows. I am snatained by the majority of
- my constituents, tbo peers of Presidents and
I Cabinet*. [Slight applause.]
1 So far from driving tho gentleman from tbe sup
port of tho hill, it was with the protounde“t regret
and mortification that 1 saw his course. Ilis sym
polities wore With the “hards,” und lieuoe the pain
and wounds, opetiially of tho South, when they
saw him turn a sharp corner and enter into alli
ance with th* very worst of political abolitionists
in the House, which evory man with fl re grains of
sonso knows was to kill the bill. Ido not suppose
he has authority to speak for any but himsetf.
Tito gentleman said 1 was tlie last man whom
ho expected would muke an assault on him, be
cause in the day of tny greatest need the “hard*”
enmo lo tny aid. Thisinuoudo is so deep that 1
do not understand it. I ask an explanation.
Mr.Cuttiug. The explanation will begiveu. I
am informed that during tho canvass in Kentucky,
it being intimated that funds wore wanting in or
der to accomplish the suoouhh of tho gentleman,
my friends in New York made up a subscription
of some *ISOO, and transmitted the funds to Ken
tucky to be employed for the benefit of the gen
tleman, who is now the peer ot presidents and
Cabinets. [Lsughtor.J
Mr. Brcokenridgo. Proudly and defiant, and not
j only the poor* of tho President and the Cabinet but
the pc*ra of the gentleman from New York itievory
re-peet. [Appluuee on tho Douiooratio side of the
i House.]
i Mr. Walsh. I believe I have a* good a right to
speak for the “ Harde” of New Fork as any gen
tleman in thi* hall or out of it. I have stood end
stemmed the torrent of treason in the North when
[ thoee who huvn attempted to speak tor them have
skutkod from the thresh hold of the places whore
tho meetings were held, and 1 do not want an im
■ putation on their character to go out unexplained
i to tho world. When wo came hero wo protested
agaiust the Administration iuterferring with our
local affairs in New York, and now my colleague
states that a portion of those who sent him here
Interferred in the same way iu Kentucky.
Mr. Cutting. Is that ill tho gentleman rose fori
Mr. Walsh. That’s all—l’ll bo on hand by and
by, though. [Laughter.]
Mr. Breokeuridge. 1 .do not wnut scraps of tcl
egraphie despatches for my * peach. He denied Ml
knowledge of any money having beeu sent from
New York. Thirty thousand dollars were spent
to defeat him, and spent iu vain, for l.e added,
hero 1 am. 1 was elected by a larger majority
than ail Wail street oould control in my diet iot.
[Applause.] Mr. B then proceeded with consid
erable severity to tho allusion Mr. Cutting had
made to furnishing money for his election, re
marking that ho would never associate politically
with a genlieman who would make a remark of
that sort.
Mr. Cutting theu took the floor, repeating hisi
charge that Mr. Brockenridge bud made a most
unparliamentary and personal assault on him.
Mr. Brcckonridgc again denied that he had call
ed in account his intentions and motives, ind
challenged him to point out the occasion when he
had e.iid it was his intention and motive to destroy
the bill.
Mr. Cutting. I submit it to tbo Connuitteo
whether the whole tone and scope of tho gentle
man's reciaiks was not an attack on nty motives
for making the motion I did. Tbe facts are bo
lero the Committee. J scorn his imputation. I
stand hero not his superior but his equal, having
for myself a reputation as dear if not so lofty as
Hat of the gentleman. 1 stand here the represen
j tative of a cons'ituooey of whom I am the imper
sonation. As far as concern* myself, when Ire im-
I pate* object* oud i urpose* 1 burl back tiro impn
j talion with the iudignatiou it deserve*.
Did I not elate my views? How dare ths uiem-
I ber wader take to that l professed friendship
tors measure with a view or killing it by sending
it to tho foot of the calendar, and when i said the
j Committee of the Whole had under their control
i tbe House bill which they iuteuded to tako up, be
I retreat*, ttud escapes and skulks behind the Senate
I bid at ti.e foot of tlie calendar,
j Mr. Brcckenridge, rising hastily, and in earnest j
' tone —l ask the gentleman to withdraw the last j
; will—iuv uMiuiau tv wivuu.nn u.v midi
! word. [Sensation.]
i Mr. Cutting, with emphasis. I will withdnw
j nothing. What 1 have said I have eeid iu answer
: to the most violent and personal attack ever utado
i on a gentleman on this floor.
£Jr Brtckenridge. When the gentleman says I
skuikca.''* say* what U false and he kuows iu—
[Great exfiitaf* nt and cries of order ]
Mr. Cutting. IgO not answer remarks such as
the gentleman has thongin' proper to employ. They
belong to u different region. I am not here to
desecrate my lip by answering in pug!) tone and
such manner. The gentleman said I undertook to
I be more Southern than the South itself. I Owe
nothing to the South, tier do I curry favor with
that section of the country. Ue then proceeded to
i- slate explicitly bis position, to the effect that Jilts
o>J ct in referring the bill was to take it out of the
t >*er of any one to stifle debate on it by moving
the previous question, and advised the lriends of
the bill to tnrn their batteries on its enemies rather
than its friends.
The Committee then rose, and the House ad
journed.
IN SENATE 7~~. Miitcm 2S.
Mr. Brodhead, from the Ssleet Committee ap
pointed at the iaat session to investigate claims
presented to Board of Commissioners on claims
under the Mexican treaty, ol wbkk committee he
was chairman, asked leave to make a report. He
said that alter the basis pf a report was agreed up
on, the chaiiman, Mr. Scale, let! pn a foreign Mis
sion without making a report.
The remaining members of the oomunue* now
muds the report then agreed upon, and moved
that if and (he accompanying papers be printed.
Mr. Bayard made acme remarks upon the gene
rat oharac! a of lire decisions of the Board.
A motio r to print the report was agreed to.
Ur. Hunter moved to take np the deficiency
bill.
Mr. Pettit opposed it, on the ground that no lime
had been afforded for petitions, reports, &c.
“*• ant * r ’ s motion agreed to—ayes 25 ; nays
Mr. (iwin, by direction of the Finance Commit
. I.* amendment for the purchase of
cisco" slle fur lhe Caslom House at San Fran -
w “ one requiring all In
denvV'of ilv, „*“,”"** Bvar J" two years the evi-
Messrs. Adams, Shields, JoTle ot iV,.. „ a
Weller opposed theouionduiei.t. I&easra
Pesrcc, and llainlin suporteddl ' Hunt * r '
No question was lakeu.andat two o’clock the
bill was postponed till to morrow. The Senate
then weui into executive session.
And at quarter to 4 o’clock adjourned.
HOUSE.
The Speaker laid before the House a message
from the President transmitting information re
specting negotiations lor the extinguishment of
Indian lands west of Missouri and lowa.
Mr.B'anton, ol Kentucky, introduced a oil! ao
j tborii:;-g the recovery of the assets of a bankrupt
i which have been concealed or not specified ia,the
| schedule rendered by him. Referred to the Jadi
! cisrv Committee.
The House fussed a resolution appropriating five
' thousand dollars to defray the expenses of codify
ing and revising the revenue laws.
I The House then went into Committee of the
; Whole on the State of the Union on the General
Appropriation Bill. . .
Mr. Ya'.ea proceeded at length to deliver hia
views in opposition to the Nebraska bill and to
the repeal of‘he Missouri Compromise. In reply
to Mr. Ewing hes»!d if Clay were here in all bie
magnificent proportions of manly form, end cloth
ed in the panoply of matchltss eloquence, he would
rebuke this attempt to repeal the sacred Missouri
Compromise. He furthei opposed the bill.
1 The General Appropriation Bill was laid aside,
and the Committee proceeded.to the consideration
of fbe special order, the bill authorizing tbo con
strnction of six first-class sieam frigates withßcrew
proreliers, properly armed and equipped, and for
altering, c-mpleting and launching the frigates
Santee and Sabine, appropriatingthree million dol
lars for those purposes.
Mr. Bocock assigned many reasons why the bin
ought to be passed promptly. It provided that the
vessels should be Constructed at the Government
ship yards or by private contract- Our merchant
vessels are equal to any in the world for beauty
and service, but as to whether we can get so good
for the Government he was not so sure. A private
individual builds for himself with a view to the
usefulness of the work, but for the government in
order to the profits. Ship builders are as honest
us any other cla** of men, but Government is al
ways considered in outlaw,y, liable to be plucked
and robbed. Too many are Inclined to add afier
the inhibition “thou shall not steal,” tho words,
except from the United States Government
f Laughter]
There have been lamentable failures 'in oertam
steamships, the San Jacinto, Alleghany, and
Princeton, but have wo not also seen failures in
private enterprises ? W here are the four revenue
cutters bnilt by private contract. Their names
stand on the register, and that is the better part
of them. The Erebus and Terror, with their gal
lant captains and crews have gone down to the
bottom of the deep ooean. “Slat notuinis umbra.”
And so of our cutters as well as those ships.
The San Francisco was of imperfect construc
tion. He understood if this bill shall be passed,
the Secretary of tho Navy will send competent
oogineers to Europe to examine models, and will
consult competent engineers and mechanics here,
-* r-r N’-.~ Yf’l
■u t v,-or j. he wiii ga’-' -or all tie necessary fact .u
i order to detarmh.i whether n will be retie'to
• have vessels jail; by coafraet, or sorts other
I way.
The failures have grown on-, of tt>- dei-KK* Oi j
: machinery, heretofore, a&o uc-t i:> the ’.ion- I
i slrueriui* ui Ums veiuk^ft*
j He then aliuded to onr dsheieuc- of lor I
! service la emergen: oasee.
I It was agreed there should be an efficient navy.
j The nr Tiber of vesatl* of all kinds is only seven
- ty-iwo. Thirty-five rears is as long a* vessels of
I war are supposed to lant. If the whole revv be
-plaocd in that time, two would have to be bum
§er year, to supply those which go out of service
y decay.
In 171)9, wo had thirty vessels. Oar population
was then live millions. Now we have five times
the number. We have added two thousand miles
to ourscaooast, besides our tonnage and commerce
have almostiucalcolably increased, and yet there
has boon far from a corresponding augmentation
of our naval force. We have the requisite mate
rial on hand for the proposed six frigates and an
overflowing treasury. Why not spend some of it
to strengthen the navy, instead of keeping the
treasure to be squandered by means which the
most reckless peculator can devise 1 It is stated
by the Secretary of the Navy, that it is not expect
ed wo shall keen pace with England and France,
but we must nave some regard to our position,
for if we should ever be brought into a contest
with them, we should be prepared for the en
counter.
The Pacific, Home, and other squadrons, should
be strengthened. Tho warlike movement* in tho
East should warn ns to strengthen oar navy. Who
can tell when and where the conflict will end ?
Poland, Hungary and Italy may bo involved in the
strife, nation agaiuat nation, province against pro
vince. Tho sky is darkening—ours may be the
only neutral flag. Lot us command for it suen re
spect as may preserve it from insult. We may
avoid difficulty, only by beiug ab!o to command
respect. If we remain neutral, the treasures of
China, Japan, ami the bright Orient, will load our
ve-sols and enrich ourme-chants. Commerce will
tako shelter under our protecting fuids. The
bridal fecst of liberty and commerce will be
spread. Shall wel.Ue the foolish virgins, fail to
replenish our lumps, or like the wise ones, keep
them bright and burning, and onter in as welcome
guests ?
Will not Snain be involved in those European
movements ? Italy may strive to rid herself of
French bayonets. Hungary, Poland, ail striking
for independence,may not the latent spark blaze
in Cuba, and its inhabitants strngglo for freedom
successfully? Tbe blood of Crittenden and his
murdered companions will uot in vain cry out for
vengeance. Aud Cuba may become ours without
a violation of treaty stipulations. Tho Black War
rior has been given np, but yet it may be consider
ed noee-s-ary to take redress into our own hands.—
Tho Bcntiment of the country indicates what that
redress shall he.
It is a common remark that tho navy need re
form. If tho navy is in sound condition the coun
try ought to know it. If decrepit and crazy on it*
feet ills tho duty of Congress to remedy tho de
fect. Tue Secrotary of tlie Navy and Naval Com
mittee ol both houses, are willing and ready to co
operate in llio reform. If something shall not be
done for the Navy the just expectations of the peo
ple will bo disappointed and the duty of Congress
will nothuvo boon discharged.
Mr. Lyon representing an agriculutnral district,
deeply concerned in tins measure, gave netico that
he should move an amendment to increase the
navy to twelve first class steam frigates. We live
iu strange and stirring times. The sublime idea of
a model republic, as expressed in the philosophy
of Plato, never roamed over such amagnifhont ex
tent of couutry as hours, peopled by its millions of
inhabit! ntsenjoying tlie blessings of free govern
ment. Lord Bolingbreke in later times never
dreamed of such a one whore tbe people govern
thetnsolves by tho native principle of self-govern
ment.
During tho four months Congress has boon in
session with the President’s message and the re
port of the Secretary of the navy before us, what
have wo seen and hoard? Citizens of the United
States have been imprisoned in almost every coun
try of tho world. Look at Captain Gibson in Hol
land and Richmond in Hungury. Look at tbo out
rages in Cuba. Not a snip sent in relief. Cuba
should have been taken possession of and satisfac
tion demanded afterwards, fApplause on the
floor.]
Ho had spoken of a model republic. He wanted
to seo its acts correspond with its sayings. He
wanted to see diplomacy curried on with vessels of
war—to see foreign ports fillod with them. Ah I
Sir, you don’t know how polite it makes nations
toward* our diplomatic representatives. [Laugh
ter.! The Navy is the greatest promulgator of
Christianity in tho world. Look at the Missionary
who goes to the poor heathen when he sees a sloop
or a razee how his heart palpitates, and when ho
hoars the expression “see there is the riband flag”
—tho stripea and stars of your country, your
rights will now be proteoted. This is the teol-
bavo the following declaration of the Chief
Magistrate. He wanted this oountry to live up to
it. Ho as a representative of the great State of
Now York, wanted it acted out in spirit and in
truth. “He must realise that on every sea, and on
•very soil, an American citiienship is the invaiua
We panoply lor the security of American rights.”
Tills i* wiiat the President says. Let us not regard
thi* es theory, but tngko it a reality. [Cries—
agreed, agreed.]
The gontleinun from Virginia, Mr. Bocoek, had
alluded toFrancoand England, but was ho aware
that two yoars ago they assumed tho protectorate
of Cuba aud the protection of Spain ? You might
as well suppose a child could forget the mother who
uradted it in her bosom as to suppose that England
will forget the enmity and hostility she owes to
this country. You can see it. No matter how
soft her voice—her voice is tho voice of Jacob but
her hand is tho hand of Ksau. [Excessive Laugh
ter.l
Ho then referred to tho trade of England and
France with Russia amounting to twenty eight
millions of dollars annually. This may come into
tbe lap of the United States. Is it not important
then we should have an efficient navy to protect
our oommerce and our neutrality ? Contrast the
navies of the world and see how insignificant our
own is.
He wns sorry to say that though we have got tho
right stuff, we have not the ships. England has
four hundred and sixty-eight vessels, with five
hundred and maty thou=and tons. Franco has
three hundred and seventy one vessels, with threo
hundred and twenty-two thousand tone. He
found that our navy is but as the sixty-seventh
portion of tho navies of Europe. When we recol
lect we have four thousand miles of seaboard, and
our fisneries need protection, and take into con
sideration onr exigencies at home, to say nothing
of our foreign relations, how necessary i 3 it we
should haveships gliding quietly into ovory fo
reign harbor to attend to onr interests, and guar
antee the rights of our citizens.
Ho world direct attention to the East Indies.
We see Christianity progressing witli magnificent
result*. The Empire of Confucius is overthrown
and a sovereign eclypttho Prince of Peace is carry
ing the war to the Celestial City. A portiOD ot tho
Japan Squadron has gone lo afford protection in
Chins, and every consul who writes to the Depart
ment of State says give us a ship here in the port* of
tt e Mediterranean. Men cotnewith every tongue,
and he cm Id only exclaim in the words of a Greek
poet “If your nation gra*ps tbe trident of Nep
tune and holds it firmly she will rule tbe Empires
of >he world.”
Mr. Franklin tatd be was one of those who vo
ted to refer the Senate Nebraska bill to the Com
mittee of the Whole on tbe Btate cS the Union.
Althcogh be was iu favor of non-in
yet the provisions of that bill were so odious to
him that he preferred it should be consigned to
the deep bosom of the committee rather than it
should r>y possibility pass the Honso.
Ha entered into argument to maintain his po
aitiou, saying tbe bill proposed congressional in
tervention, aud that there was intentional equivo
cation in it, the pi raseology being framed with a
full knowledge that tho gentlemen of the North
would place one interpretation on it and the South
another.
The Committee then rose aud the House ad
journed. -
IN SENATE March 29.
The Chair laid before the Senate a report from
the War Department of expenditures under the
last river and harbor act for tho improvement of
Western rivers and harbors.
Mr. Foote presented a remonstrance from New
Hampshire against the repeal of the Missouri Com
orociise.
Mr. t.crctt presented a resolution of three
towns in Massachusetts against the Nebraska
B.n.
llr. Sumner presented the resolutions of two
towus of like character.
Mr. Thompson, of New Jersey, the resolutions
Os a town meeting of New Jersey, of like charac
ter. _ ,
Mr. Fish presented a memorial of the Society
of Universal Republicans of New York, protesting
against that pan of the Nebraska Bill which denies
right of voting and holding office to aliens in the
Territory.
Messrs. Everett and Toncey presented memorials
asking grants of land to all Colleges of the United
Sates.
Mr. Thompson presented the resolutions of the
Legislature ot New Jersey, in favor of granting
public lands, in limited quantitiea to actual
M r. Thompson, of Kentucky, presented
tors.
Mr. Slidell presented the resolutions of the
Legislature ot Louisiana, asking » grant of
land for the support of the deaf, dumb end
blind.
Mr. Hamlin reported in favor of printing 15,500
extra copies ol the Agricultural part of the Patent
Office B port.
After other unimportant business the Deficiency
bill was taken op.
Mr. Hunter objected to the report for
printing tne Patent Offioe report, and it was laid
over.
Mr. Shields reported the House joint resolution
exolana'ory of the Uw regulating the appointment
of Cadets to West Point. He explained that un
der the new apportionment of Congressional dis
tricts, many d. at riot* were left withont Cadote—
This resolution declared those districta entitled to
Cadet appointments.
Mr. Casa said he was ntterly opposed to increas
ing the number of Cadets.
Mr. Busk opposed the resolution. The districts
might be changed every twoyeara.
The resolntion was than postponed, and tha De
ficiency Bill was taken up. The question pending
was on the amendment requiring the invalid pen
sioners to renew every two years ev:denoe of the
continuance of Its disability for which they were
allowed pensions, and providing that no person
holding ‘ any civil salaried office under the
United Stales should be paid any pension. This
was again debated till two o’clock. Mr. Mason
then moved to postpone the bill for an executive
0 Hunter hoped the bill would not be post
poned. He thought the treaty would bo expedi
ted by gettiug this bill disposed cfand out ot the
W Mr. Mason’s motion was rejected—yeas 18, nays
2 *The debate on the amendment was renewed.—
That part declaring that office holders should not
draw a pension was stricken out, but was amended
so es to require all invalid pensioners upon the
passage ol the act to submit proofs of the continu
incTot their disability, and this was agreed fo
veas 22, nays 20.
Numerous other amendments were offered and
agreed to, among which were the following : To
strike cut tba appropriation for the payment of
privateer pensions since first cf January, ISSS,
and stopping all future pensions of that charac
ter.
Messrs. Everett, Pratt and Hamlin opposed this
and Messrs Hunter, Bayard, and Pearce supported
it, and it was agreed to, yeas 21, nays 17; for the
completing of Pennsylvania avenue to Georgetown
; far the completion of Little Falls Bridge
over tiie Potomac, >75,001'; the appropriation tor
live additional clerks in the Treasury Department,
and twenty iu the Pension Office ; for continuing
the works to supply District of Columbia with wa
ter, >500,000.
Mr. Pratt explained that by law all contracts for
this work were to bo advertised sixty days. Ifthis
appropriation he delayed until the regal r
appropriation bill, no work could de done this
season.
Messrs. Dodge, Pettit and Butler opposed the
amendment; Messrs. Brown, Pratt and Brodkead
supported it. Adopted—yeas 20, nays 17.
Mr. Badger said that, w ih the view of preventing
any undignified contest between the two bouses of
Congress, as to which uliould first order the print
ing to be executed, ne ottered an amendment re
pealing that part of the act regulating the printing,
which provides that all printiugordeied to be exe
cuted by both Houses snail t-e done by the printer
of that house which shall first order the same ;
and providing that hereafter the printer of each
honee shall execute all printing ordered by the
house of which he shall be tho printer ; and that
all printing for the Executive departments shall
be equally dividod between the printers ot the
two houses.
Mr. Hamlin said that the effect of this would be
to make Congress pay doable for composition, and
enhance greatly the annual costot printing. He
J for the "css s"d "ays on the motion
Mr. Thompson, ofEettucky, movedacadourn
men!.
Mr. Hooter appealed to him to withdraw the
motion and let the bill passed tc -night.
Mr. 1 humps'" u said this amendment would :*»••.’
Pi debate. i,ou one to offer which would lead
• iwo hour a debats at least. This was the iii
adjournment ho bad moved' in his life, and be
wooid not move it no >, but that he knew he w»s
right in doing so.
Adjourned at 4 o’clock.
HOUSE.
, 't’he H ra« oassed the bill allowing the people
at Oouuei! Bln :? lowa to enter lands on whi.‘h it
town if. located at minimum price.
Mr. Disney trout tbeOommittee of Public Lands
made a report against the bill granting lands to
tbo several States for the support of the indigent
insane. They unite with the iriends of the bill in
appreciation of the object for which the lands
would be appliod, and it the merits of the measure
alone could determine the question they would re
commend its passage, but they object on constitu
tional grounds.
Mr. Bennett made a minority report, whioh, to
gether wnii tlie majority report was ordered to be
printed. It was moved that the bill be referred to
the Committee of the Whole on the State of the
Union.
Mr. Haven suggested that a special Committee be
appointed on the subject, as it was duo to friends
ot the bill that an opportunity should be given for
answering the report.
The bill was read. It appropriates ten millions
acres for the benefit of the indigent insane among
the States,
Mr. Warren moved the bill be laid on the table.
Nega.ived, yeas 71 —nays 69.
Mr. Florence from the Committee on Naval Af
fairs reported a bill providing for apprentices in
the United States naval and revenue service and
in the commercial marine. Keforred to the Com
mittee of the Whole.
The debate on the bill providing for tlio con
struction of six first class steam Irigates was order
ed to close to-morrow at 2 o’clock.
The House then went into Committee on that
bill.
Mr. Barksdale in answer to the views expressed
by gentlemen who had preceded hi contended
that thero was sufflotent whito population in Ne
braska and Kansas to justify and demand the pas
sage of this Territorial bill. No southern man with
the light of the last tow years shed on the subject,
and with the history of 1850, espe-.ially the ex
citement connected with the admission of Califor
nia before him, could hesitate as to the importance
of promptly passing this bill.
Ho further insisted that the bill makes full and
ample provision for the protection of the Indians
in those territories, and in conclusion dwelt on
the Missouri compromise, Baying the South acqui
esced in it, but never endorsed it as a compact for
ever binding.
Mr. Norton reviewed the Nebraska bill, con
sidering it a muss of verbiage and rubbish. Ho
discussed rnoro espooiully tne clause declaring the
Missouri Compromise inconsistent with the com
promises of 1850, contending the latter do not, in
a single line or feature, affect in auy degree, the
Louisiana territory, so far as Kansas and Nebraska
are concerned. Non-intervention is letting things
alone, not interfering with them, and he said the
doctrine of non-intervention was not established
by these compromise measures, nor does the bill
from the Senate establish it. The committee ro3e
and the House adjourned.
IN SENATE .77. March 30.
Mr. Everett proseutad n memorial of the Amer
ican Society for tho advancement of Soienco, pray
ing the establishment of a Geographical Depart
ment, connected with tho Congress library.
Mr. Fish presented a memorial of the owners of
the tter.mboatson the Hudson River, complaining
of tho act of 1954, regulating vessols propelled by
steam, and asking that steamers not carrying pas
sengers be exempted from tho requirements of
that law.
Mr. Bell presented petitions of the Baptists of
Tennessee, iu favor ot securing religious/reedomto
Americans in foreign countriesflF
Mr. Badger presented the memorial of which he
spoke the other day.
It was a memorial of forty ono citizens of North
Carolina against the passage of the Nebraska Bill.
Os tho forty-one signors, seventeen bore the name
of White, and ho was satisfied they wero mem
bers of the highly respectable Society of Friends.
The memorialists oppose.the bill on tho supposi
tion, that thero is some provision in it involving a
breach of national faith. He believed that the
memorialists were all reasonable and just men,
and he had no doubt but that they were
all at this time perfectly satisfied that they were
wrong in their opinion of the bill.
The bill for the relief of John Guzman was re
ported and passed.
The Deficiency Bill was then taken up.
The question pending was on Mr. Badger’s
amendmont to repeal that part of the printing law
whioh direotß that any printing ordered by both
Houses shall be executed by the printer of that
House whioh first orders it. And providing that
herealter each primer shall do the printing order
ed by his own house, and that the printing for the
Departments shall be equally divided between the
two printers.
His amendment was discussed at great leDgtb,
and tho subjeot of a Covernment printing omee
was revived. As the debate was of but little in
terest to any one but the printers of the two
Houses who are pecuniary interested in the re
sult, it is scarcely necessary to give it in detail.
It appears from the debate that the Honse print
er was in reality doing nearly all the Sen&ta print
ing, and as the Senate has no control over the
House printer it was argued that it would bo ad
visable to go to the expense of having duplicates
printed rather than submit to such a state of af
fairs.
Aftcractionin some unimportant amendments
the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Nathaniel G. Taylor, elected from Tennes
seean place Brookins Campbell, deceased, ap
peared and was qualified.
Mr. lleunctt said he bad received a petition nu
merously signed from his colleagues, Mr. Taylor’s
District, against the passugo of the Nebraska bill,
accompanied by a letter saying that Mr. Taylor
had asserted at a public meeting there, ho would
vote against the Dill or resign his seat. Did his
colleague, say so, or was the statement in the
Uuion published by his authority that he would
vote for it f
Mr. Taylor replied that he had nothing to ro
mark on the Nebraska bill, or on what opinion he
had eisewhere expressed. He did not know, nor
did he believe it was a proper subject on whioh to
lound an explanation. With regard to the peti
tion which hiß colleague has, he was willing that
he, Mr. Bennett, should present it. It it had been
sent to him he should have presented it, although
it was opposed to his views. It made no differ
enoe to him whether be (Mr. Bennet) presented it
or not. [Laughter.]
The House went into committee on the bill au
thorizing the construction of six steam frigates.
Mr. Keitt addressed the committee for an hour,
insisting that the Missouri restriction has been a
source of unnumbered woes, and in atlnding to the
ordinance ot 1787 said it was unconstitutional, and
a most graceless act. He defiued and argned the
powers of government according to principles of
striot construction, defining Uio institution of
slavery, and claiming protection as for other pro
perty in the territoiirs.
Mr. Benton said that fro* , the wsr of 1818, the
question ct a navy bus occupied tho constant at
tention of statesmen. It seems to be admitted on
ail hands we must fcsve one. How much is the
question ? A navy for defence is granted—a navy
tor protection of commerce is granted—bnt when
we come to a navy ot conquest, and a navy to con
tend with the naviee of the world that is another
question, which was not grunted by the early
founders ot the Republic. This is a continent,
not aa island. Our policy is peace, not aggres
sion. It is defence, not conquest. This is our
1 policy,—those were the doctrines of earlier times.
I A standing army has always been condemned
1 by the American people, and a standing navy, a
‘ navy in time ot peacs, was long ago rejected by the
I American people. The war of 1 12 changed onr
I policy, we are to have a standing navy in time of
| pesci. A wise man, (Mr. Jefferson) conversing
I with him stated thirty years ago, that the great
j error was in establishing a Navy Board. That
j Navy Board being composed of naval officers,
: would, from their knowledge of details, govern the
Secretary of the Navy, who mast always beapoli-
I lical man, and these naval msn, taking profession
al views, being fighting men, would procure ships
for man and tuen tor the ships, always having in
view the contending with the naval powers ox the
world.
We have thus been going on eversince, laying
broad the foundation of a navy. He believed we
have seveu navy yards, the British have bnt two,
! and ye’, this bill provides that the Secretary of the
Navy may have the vessels boilt by private con
tract. Thilosks discouraging. Wbat would be
thought of a man witaagvep mills senaing his corn
in a tub to^eground by a ueighber. [Laughter.]
He wished to see the early wisdom ot great men
on this subject. He thought there was a radical
error in undertaking to build a navy to con-'
tend with the world tor the dominion of the seas.
He ihought our policy of stationary squadrons is s
mistaken poliev. It is a British policy. The gov
ernment baa squadrons for its island at home and
lor its islands and possessions in the four quatters
of the world. W e have no inducement to follow
their plan ol stationary squadrons, and lie cocld
see no adequate reason for keeping ap onr five sta
tionary squadrons. He enumerateddhe guns and
expense of them, and said in eariy times reasons
*#fß alway s given for sending out a squadron.
u. _ -• ’tor cruisers and against squadrons, and
• W "~ •note Os Porters gallant ds*da,
in this connexion- r which came within
capturing all the Bn.ish veesv «»ii«in He
sight daring the last war with Gteat _ *
referred to the meesages of Adams and Jack-on
against standing navies, adopting their views as
his own, and read from the resolves of the legisla
ture of Virginia of 1800 on the same subject.
During the last slaty ypirs the contests on the
ocean have ended in leaving parties exactly where
they were at the beginning. He looked on a na
tions’ building ships in time of peace as building
them to rot down. He saw no probability of war,
and we have nothing to do with foreign conquests
He believed creating navies in Europe was bate
contest of ship building and ship carpentering,
and when the vessels are built having no other use
for them, the parties engage in the game of cannon
balls directed at arms, legs, and heads ot one
another; and when this is done it has no more ef
fect on nations than if two private citizens fights
dual.
Mr. Jefferson’s language was that tbe naval offi
cer who goes forth carries the sovereignty of his
country with him. Be gets into some .crape sad
comes home proclaiming oar Sag has been insulted
or some sa*h trash as text. The people being pa
triotic have their blood fired up and a war is the
consequence. But we want sbipafor the protec
tion of commerce—hot for conquest and the do
minion < ft j« seas. If we are to haveansvai policy
wafctt ! c mow it. We should go baok to the
wisdom .f our lathers.
_Mr.C : lirmar said in 1812 our tonnage was one
million cr * waive hundred thousand, now it is 4,-
OdC'.OOu 1089,
It the Navy thirty-three years ego was not too
strong to protect our eimmeree it was too weak
now. At that lime Great Britain built awkward
hulks, and the consequence was our second class
frigates, such as Pester commanded, could out sail
them. He remembered but one, the President,
commanded by Commodore Decatur, that was
captured. The reason why our vessels committed
such havoc wat they were able to out sail the Bri
tish vessels, and to get out of way when necessa
ry. Bat since then there has been an entire change
in the armament—the in trod action of steam pow
er, not depending on the wind". A steamboat
with one paddle wheel, or a vessel of George Law
or Collica line, with steam armament coaid capture
any vessel afloat.
Mr. Boocck replied to Mr. Benton, showing that
England has eleven places where vessels are built.
But this bill lias nothing to do with navy yards.
He would here say thalTho naval eommittee have
before them a proposition to abolish some of our
yards. You might as well talk about fighting at
sea with sail vessels asWoing into the battle field
with helmet, shield and spear and contending
against the cannon and artillery of the present
day.
it was necessary to build these vessels. Com
merce required it. Nobody conteuds they are for
aggressive purposes. An efficient Navy is to pre
vent other nations from attacking our commerce.
The old adage is, prevention is Better than cure.
The dictates of common prudence require we
should construct thosj vessels.
M-. Staunton, of Tennessee, agreed with what
was said by Mr. Benton rotative to squadrons, and
the management of oar naval affairs. He, how
ever , did not consider our naval force too large.—
He would vote for tba bill, because be thought our
navy should have the proper kind of vessela and
be renovated in this Way.
Mr, Davis, of Shod* Island, offered an amend
ment, that throe of the proposed vessels shall be
built by private contract, no one contractor to
bnild more than ono hull and engine. All the
vessels, he said, boiit at our navy yards cost twice
as much as good vessela can be built for bi private
contract. Ho agreed with Mr. Benton that we
should not build ships for oonquest. Ho did not
want a navy as large aa-that ofEugland or Franoe.
He w,ts aguiust a descent on Cuba, as advocated
the other day by the gentleman from New York,
Mr. Lyon.
M» f'-mming opposed tho amendment. He
kner y n •sera; s' : perieuoc, having followed
these to i six tears, that tba vessels built by con
trast are innioea not t v f the navy, but the
countrv. Lc tiisrt fort ‘Abated if these should
be put oil- by jocui raitfVwould be unwise in an
exit.- degree They should be built at the gov
...i- Ai.-.sfdncct rqjeetod.
Mr. Philip* offered hard likewise two
sloopi. of wa.-. He -i.-'i Mr. l.fcntot 1 * schema
would srint up our use. itaru. *itbiu ourselves.
Mr. BocoeK opposed the -uoendiuerk. He was
faarl-lo;’ ctu’io a ' ' *btn till! bv adopting it,
arc wou.d not ran tha risi.
Mr Lvo.i u- JVC-’. to»n end by adoing six sloops
Oi war. tie -a~ aurpi.»ed at Mr. Boooek’e oppo
sing the proposition to build sloops ot war. There
was more patriotism in this House thau the gen
tleman imagined—men of large hearts and sym
pathies, who will be glad of the opportunity to
give a just increase to the navy. Expediency ap
plies to the school of politics.
In the days of Noah the people laughed at him
for building' his ark which was the means of sav
ing a smalt portion of mankind, from whom we
sprurg, from the doluge. [Laughter.] The very
air is belligerent eveiy where and it would appear
as if here duriugtbo debate on the Nebraska bill.
Beiloua was in our midst. [Laughter.] He then
showed what sloops of war have done, and in re
ply to a question as to Ingraham's vessel, he eaid
tho President stole the sunlight from South Caro
lina to gild his message. [Laughter and cries of
good.] The great men of whom the gentleman
from Missouri had spoken, have passed away,
leaving that gentleman here as prominent as one
ot the pillars of the Capitol, bat he would remind
him we now live in Young America.
Mr. Chandler had intended to propose an amend
ment for building| sloops ol war, bnt now thought
if tho gentlemen attempt to hitch more on to the
bill, they would not be able to get it out of a chan
nel of this kind.
Mr. Lyon’s amendment was rejected.
Mr. Sianton, of Ky., offered an amendment that
two of the frigates shall be constructed on the
Mississippi river, and spoke of the abundance ot
material there.
Mr. Fuller opposed it, saying the men to man
the navy come from the school of tbe northern
fisheries. Amendment rejected.
Mr. Grow spoke about the government con
tracting with Messrß.* Collins and Sloo A Com
pany, for carrying the mails, and their vessels to be
turned into meu-of war if necessary. He was op
posed to voting any more money, until the six
months notice shall be given for terminating
these contracts. Let there be naval reform. Many
of the officers who go abroad in our vessels do
nothing bat drink toasts to the rulers of all the
world, forgetting thoir own country. Wo should
have such men as Ingraham—national in their
ideas, not oid fogies frightened at ibe sea breeze.
When you furnish such material to man your
navy, we wiii build your vessels,
Mr. Bocock replied, asking because of the wrong
dene by a former Congress, would the gentleman
refuse an increase in the navy. Is this the policy
of a statesman? Numbers of officers have long
boer. waiting ordeis because there are not shipß for
them, but when wbs it known that any one of
them has ever proved false to his flag.
Mr. Cunningham offered an amendment author
izing the Secretary of the Navy to expend part of
the money to be appropriated bv this bill to offer
higher pay to seamen. He saidhe understood the
scarcity of seamen was the canße of several vessels
in port not being sent out.
Mr. Bocock said the Secretary already has that
power, hut the only difficulty is that the Commit
tee on Ways and Means are a little too tigfij on the
purse striugs.
Ponding the consideration of this amendment
the Committee arose and the House adjourned.
IN BENATE 7777. March. 81.
After soma conversation, the Senate suspend
ed the private calonder and took up the Defi
ciency Bill.
The question pending was on Mr. Thompson’s
amendment adding appropriations tor Custom
Houses at various places.
Mr. Hamlin's amendment, moved yeeterday for
the San Francisco and Perlland Custom Houses
was agreed to.
Mr. Dodge of lowa, moved to ameDd the amend
ment by appropriating for the completion of Ma
rine Hospitals at the following places: Cleveland
>25,000; St. Louis >10,000; Chicago >IO,OOO, Pa
ducah >5,000; Louisville >12,000; Evansville >3,-
000; San Francisco >44,000; and for now hospital
at Burlington, lowc, >15,000.
Messrs. Dodge, Hamlin, Gwin, and Fessenden
advocated the amendment. Messrs. Busk, Cass,
and Hunter opposed it. It was then agreed to,
yeas 24, nayß 17.
Mr. Thompson’s amendment as amended, war
then agreed to, yeas 23, nr vs 16.
An amendment increasing the fees of Marshals
in California was moved and agreed to. |
Mr. Bell moved an amendment ior paying R.H.
Weightman >2400 for mileage, he having come
here in 1850 claiming to be Senator elect from New
Mexico.
This led to a debate, in which the question of
the interference by General Taylor’s administration
to excite California and New Mexico to form a
Stale Government wasdiscnßsed by Messrs. Mason
Clayton, Rußk and Gwin.
Mr. Clayton emphatically denied that there was
any truth in the allegatien that that administra
tion ever interfered direotly or indirectly to induce
the people ot California or New Mexico to form
State Governments. The amendment was agreed
to.
The Bill was then reported to tbe Senate, and all
the amendments made in Committee of the
Whole wero concurred in, except that one which
struck out the appropriation for payment of inva
lid pnvateer pensions. That one was rejected.
Tbe Bill was then passed.
Mr. Brown moved the printing of twenty-three
thousand extra copies ot the report of the Select
Committee on the Gardiner and other cases before
the Board of Commissioners on claims under the
Moxioan treaty. Adopted.
Attor a short executive session, the Senate ad
journed till Monday.
HOWSE.
A long debate took placo upon the bill extend
ing the contract for carrying tbe mail between
Mobile and Montgomery. Referred to the com
mittee on post offices and post roads.
Mr. Preston rose for the purpose of making a
personal explanation rel tive to the matter which
recently transpired on this floor. It is yet, he
said, in the memory of tho House that the debate
which reoently occurred between Mr. Cutting, of
New York, and Mr. Breckenridge, of Kentucky,
was marked by personalities.
The character of the debate led to some discus
sion of its features outside of the walls of this
House. 8) far as Mr. Cutting is concerned, he re
ferred the matter in controversy to his triends,
Colonel Monroe of New York, and General Shields,
Senator from Illinois.
So far as Mr. Breckenridee is conoerned, he re
ferred the matter to Col. Hawkins, of Kentucky,
and myself.
i am authorised by these gentlemen to state that
the matter in controversy has been settled in a
manner mutually satisfactory, and we conceive
mutually honorable to both gentlemen who were
engaged in that debate.
1 have also to discharge another dnty on behalf
of those gentlemen, and that is, as they have vio
lated in debate the rules of order established for
the government ot the House, they exprrrws mutu
al regret that any such occurrence has taken place,
and ask its indulgence as a body for its occurrence.
It is a source of gratification that, as fur these
gentlemen, who make strong promise of future
usefulness to the cooatry. aad who are already
admired by a large circle of friends, this matter
has been adjusted in a manner, I am entirely con
vinced, satisfactory to all their friends. 1 thank
the House for their attention.
The House went into Committee on the bill to
construct six first class frigates.
Mr. Peckbam offered an amendment increasing
the number of frigates to be built to nine. He re
fer* ed tbe statement recently received from Eng
land that some excitement had been created in
commercial circles by Lord Clarendon’s announce
ment to the Riga merchants that all Russian pro
duct-, to whomsoever belonging, and even in neu
tral vessels, shall be lawful prizes in the event of
war. In commenting on this order in council of the
Foreign Secretary, Mr. Gibbons in the House of
Commons,said he trusted it woald appear that Lord
Clarendon’s despatch was not to be construed as a
rale that was to he adopted by the British in the Bal
tic, for snch a rule would not only have the effect
of bringing about collisions with foreign powers,
but would have the unaviodable effect otinaefinite
ly prolonging the war; and farther, if the despatch
of Lord Clarendon was to be acted on they should
shortly be brought into collision with the Ameri
cans whose merchant-men wonld be lieble to be
searched by the British Cruisers, and if they had
any parcels on board which directly or indirectly
could be made out to be connected with Russian
commerce, to be condemned in some court of ad
miralty. This order in council waa the assertion
of the virtual right of search by the British Gov
ernment, a doctriue certainly to which we have
never acceded and to wbicb we never can accede.
It is a question ot great importance to this coun
try, for our commerce with Russia is large. Hence
the question conies directly home to ns. The war
is already existing, and a proclamation of this sort,
made by the British Government, is of great im
portance to us. Then, he asked, if this was not an
efficient and controlling reason for the action of
this Horse, while wc are sdding to our navy to
add a little more than the bill proposes.
Commerce woo d justify tbe construction of nine
additional steam frigates. Great Britain asks onr
svmpstles against Russia, and she perhaps has
them, but it is all important that Great Britain
should distinctly understand that she is encrooeo
ing on doctrine which we hold vital to onr inter
ests, and we shoeld be in a position not only to
proclaim this doctrine, but to have it respected.
It is more easy to prevent aggression than aeek re
dreps after tha wrong has been inflicted.
was for the bill as »t was for the
Mr. _ _,-j ip speedily passed. The
reason that he w*.. F, ?hd bill in present
public interests required it. . -• eaub
fjru: was intended to provide for the peac
I iehmsnt. The amendment of the gentleman from
New York looked to a state of war with other
powers. He would suggest if the aspect of poeti
cal affairs should hereafter require warlike meas
ures, a suppl6inealal bill oouid be brought for
ward.
Mr. Peekhama amendment was rejected. ,
Mr, Walsh proposed one or more of these frig
ates be built by private contract- He would sa;
nothing against “old fogies’’for he presumed tb».
they ail would be “ old fogies’’ one of these dayt
[Laughter.] If they oouid then look b*ok on tbei
paatlivee, as some of those called “ old fogies 11 i
the Army, Navy and oouncUa of tbe Country
they would have but little to regret on the aeon ,
of patriotic services, [A voice, that* a foot-/.
Bat there is a pride of proteasion in old Soldiers,
Sailors, Physicians, Lawyers, and almost ail men
belonging to exclusive professions, and they cling
with pertinacity to the past, and pnt their views
on everything.
There was no gentleman within the range of his
voice but has heard with pride and gratification of
'he triumph achieved by our mail steamers on the
ocean— there was no man nor boy whose heart did
not leap with jiy when a man of genius an un
aided and humoie mechanic, achieved a triumph
in ship-building for Young America in Europe.
It was absolutely necessary that some ol those
vessels should Be built by contract. He was in
favor of the passage of this bill bnt trusted no ob
jection would be made to building a portion of
them by contract.
After considerable debate the bill, as reported
from the Naval Committee, without amendment,
was reported to the House, providing for the im
mediate oo ns traction of six first class war steamers,
and under the operation of the previous question
it was passed—ayes 118, noea 48.
The House then adjourned to Monday.
Kx-PresMeot Fillmore.
A letter, received in this city, informs us that
Mr. Fillmore, who had arrived at New Orleans, on
the 26th nit., and was recived as “the guest of
the city,” would proceed thence to Cuba. After
visiting the gem of the Antilles—the future insu
lar member of oar republic—be will leave Havana,
iu the Isabel, on the Bth inat., for this city, either
directly, or indirectly, via Savannah, Georgia, ac
cording as the Isabel shall touch first at the one
port or the other. Mr. Fillmore will be accompa
nied by the Hon. John P. Keunedy, of Baltimore,
(a member, as Secretary of the Navy, of Mr. F’s.
late Cabinet,) who is now travelling with him.
We pledge them both a warm and hearty welcome
among “ the Palmettoes."
W e learn from the official proceedings, published
this morning, that the Committee of Fifty have
despatched, by telegraph, to New Orleans, an in
vitation to Mr. Fillmore and Mr. Kennedy, to bo
present at the Convention Ball, on the 12th, and
to partake of the Convention Dinner on the 18th
inst., and that his honor the Mayor, with highly
commendable promptness and liberality, to which
we are sure the Council and the community will
cordially respond, has also telegraphed Mr. Fill
more to visit Charleston, as the guest of the city.
In this connection, and in view of the immense
conoourse about to gather in onr city, we wonld
suggest to our feilow-citizens, thst it will be re
quisite for them to open wide their hospitable
doors, to welcome, with hospitable hearts and
hospitable doings the numbers, whom our hotels,
large as is their number, and ample as is their di
mensions, will, in all probability, be unable to ac
commodate.— Ch. Ocmr.
The ». Y. Press on Kossuth's Letter.
The Now York iieraid says:
It is visionary, vaporing, and devoid of all prao
■ ’ice! meaning. Mr. Bandera could hardly nave
found • worse advocate to plead his cause before
the American people.
The Evening Post says :
Iu tbit sheet will be f-.ind an address, with the
signature of Ko* ‘h to the Germans of the Uni
ted Slates, which ■ as ■ c-en puhlished in the Bos
ton journals. It aonauree the act of the United
| States Senate rejecting the nomination of George
bander* as Consul at London - . It is a pity that
Kossuth should n t aoriflue himaef to the discus-
Mon of matters whichh understands. Ilia inter
ference ip behalf of Saouars holds ont a very in
discreet invitation to ridionlo and unfriendly re
mark.
The Courier A Enquirer says:
History will probably mention the name of Lou
is Kossuth; and whatever other distinction she
may deny to him, she cannot refuse to blazon him
as the most impudent man of bis epoch. His pre
vious acts of effrontery need no rehoarsal, and to
those he has just added one which is the cap sheaf
of the stack. The letter which he lias addressed
to the German population of tho United States,
through Dr. Howo of Boston, is certainly the finest
specimen of cool, deliberate impertinence, in a
public man, which has been made public for a
generation or two.
The Tr.bune has a pretty sharp article in relation
to it:
Just on the ove of the last Presidential election
—we believe it was on the morning of election day
—Col. Heuningson, the secretary and confidential
agent of Gov. Koßeutb, published in the Staats
Zeitung, a letter to our German fellow-citizens, ex
horting them, in the name of Kossuth, to vote for
Mr. Pierce for President, because his election
would be more favorable to liberty and republican
ism in Europe than that of Gen. Scott. What
Gov. Kossuth thinks of the President he thus
helped to make may be interred from his letter,
not written by Mr. Henningsen, published in our
columns on Saturday last. He is evidently disap
pointed in his man. No wonder. Genius and
greatness are apt to strike out in unoxpeoted paths.
Destruction of the New-Briuge Febby Boat.
—A notice of the loss of this boat was inadver
tently omitted in our issue of Saturday. She was
blown un in crossing the river, when near the St.
Audrew’s side of the river, on the morning of
that day, and being totally disubled by the explo
sion, drifted up the Btrenm with the tide, and
shortly after sunk in deep water—the passengers
and crew having been previously taken off by
boats from the f-horc, The captain and fireman of
the boat are stated to have been severely scalded.
The destruction of the boat is attributed to negli
genoe in supplying the boiler with water—a cause
which so frequently results in the destruction of
life and property. Can no remedy lie devised for
it? Would not this be a favorable moment for re
viving the project, some time since entertained,
for rebuilding the bridge at this ferry I— Ch. Cour.
Compensation to Postmasters. —We are truly
gratified to learn from tbe Washington Star that
the Honee Committee on Post Offices and Post
Roads, have unanimously agreed to report a bill
increasing the compensation of Postmasters in the
United States.
Under the bill, as agreed upon by the Commit
tee, their commissions will be as follows, viz: On
the first >IOO per quarter, 60 per cent.; on the next
>3ooper quarter, 50 percent.; on the next >2,000
per quarter, 40 per cent.; on all over the last sum,
15 per cent. Tho increase being ten per cent, on
the commission of each quarter.
The bill ot the Committee proposes to allow the
Postmaster General the discretionary power of in
creasing tbe compensation at distributing and
separating offices.— Ch. Cour.
Laboe Mercantile Operations.— On Saturday
lost there wore very large operations in Western
Provisions, one mercantile commission house in
the city having sold to tbo amount of >125,000;
the same house a few days previous also sold to
tho amount of >90,000. It is understood that the
purchases were speculative, based on tbe proba
bility of an activo demand from tbe aimies and
navies now afloat in Europe, and are partly on
European and are partly on American aooount.—
Judging from the aspect of affairs abroad, there
must inevitably be a heavy demand for both
breadstuff* and animal food; but as there are, ou
the other hand, large stocks of both in England,
it may be sometime before the demand reaohes
this country. Baltimore, which has for years past
been the receiver of large quantities of Western
provisions, is now receiving by the Baltimore and
Ohio Railrsad a greater amount than ever before,
and there is no doubt the quantity will be annn
ally increased with the improved facilities for
rapid transportation.— Balt. Artur.
Statb of Egypt. —The acoounts from Syria are
very unsatisfactory, and the whole eountry seems
to be in a state of anarchy, owing to the with
drawal of their troops for the war with Russia,
and tbe Pashas are left without the means of en
forcing their authority. The Greek and Latin
clergy at Jerusalem have renewed tbe shameful
contests abont the Holy Places, while the Turkish
officials had not the power to prevent them from
coiniDg to blows. It is admitted, however, that
this time the Latine claimed greater privileges
than they were entitled to, and the Latin Patriarch
and French Consul, (M. Botta) find themselves un.
der the necessity of yielding to the Greeks, left
Jerusalem for Ba trout. Several persons were
killed in the various affrays that took place.
The Black Warrior Affair.— From a 'reliable
letter received in New York, it appears that the
Caotain General not only directed the giving up of
tbe Black Warrior and her cargo, but also that a
bond should be taken for tbe amonnt of the fine
subject to the deoision of the Queen, and advised
that a memorial be prepared and sent to her, and
promising to have it promptly forwarded, and he
had no doubt it would be remitted altogether. A
bond for the >6,000 was accordingly made, guaran
teed by one ol tbe most substantial houses in this
oity ; this was refused by tbe Collector, and he also
refused to allow any American house to become
bondsmen; the money was then paid under protest.
The letter adds that tbe Captain General is very
much dissatieged with the course taken by the
Custom House official.— Balt. Amsr.
The JsHNiNes Estate. —We take the following
from the Virginia Sentinel:
It is now a pretty well ascertained fact, the much
talked of Jennings Estate is not recoverable by
anyone of the name of Jennings. Old Mr. Jen
nings married a Miss Corbin, and having no chil
dren, he bequeathed all bis property to his wife
in fee. Mrs. Jennings died some few years sinoe
intestate, and consequently this immense ostate of
£40,000,000, or two hundred millions of dollars
Sasaes over to her relatives. Tbe crown of Great
ritain has advertised that the money is in readi
ness, that the heirs are in the United States of
America, and requests that they come forward and
olaim the same.
The Corbins of Virginia, ore the rightful heir of
the Jennings Estate, and through them, the Bails
of Fairfax, Va., the Jones’ of Washington, D. C.,
and the Gordons of Alexandria, Va. They having
descended in a direct line from Corbins.
Loss of the Steamer Monroe. —We are indebt
ed to tbe clerk of the steamer Duke, for the fol
lowing particulars of the loss of the steamer Mon
roe. The Monroe left this port on the 24th inst.,
for Yazoo river, heavily loaded with dry goods
and groceries. Ou Monday morning, the 27th,
between two and three o’clock, site struck a tog at
Conepin Point, five miles above Natchez, and sank
in less than five minutes. The boat and cargo are
a total loss. There were no passengers on board.
Seventeen lives were lost, viz: the mate, a negro
woman belonging to Mr. Porter, and fifteen deck
hands and firemen.— N. 0. Delta.
Spanish Depredations.— The State Department,
a Washington correspondent asserts, is preparing
a full list of Spanish depredations upon our com
merce daring the last ten years, and if Spain will
listen to a word of advice, she will do well to pro
vide the means forthwith, for footing the little bill
to which the United States will presently call
her attention, and, perhaps not in a very amiable
tone.
The cold weather of late has been fatal to peach
es, we fear. We have examined many, and in
some localities they seem to be very much injnred.
In other sections they have escaped better.— Chat.
Adv.
The Fruit Crop.— Foom tbe best information we
can obtain by diligent enquiry from persons rep
resenting the country about this vicinity, there can
be no doubt that the fruit crop has been exten
sively injured by the late severe frosts. All ac
counts couoor in thU respect. —Nashville Whig.
Frost. —We had heavy frosts on Sunday and
Monday nights, which as far as we can learn, have
killed ihc fruit and early vegetables.— CasniUs
Standard.
The ship Susan G. Owens, Opt. Pierce, bound
to Liverpool, in proceeding to Bea, yesterday,
morning grounded on ship bar and pat back lea
ky.— Ch. tour.
Railroad and Steamboat Accidents.— During
the two months and a half of the present year there
have been 55 accidents, by which 05 persons were
killed, and 141 wounded; during the same period
17 accidents to steamboats, by which 841 persons
have been killed and 07 wounded.
Youthful rashness skips like a hare over the
meshes of good council.— Shakepeare.
Beauty is a transitory flower; e,eu while it lasts
it polls on the roving sense when held too near, or
dwelling there too long.— Jeffrey.
That is true beauty which has not only a sub
stance, bat a spirit; a beauty that we must , inti
mately know, justly po appreciate.— Colton.
What an argument In favor of social connections
is the observation that by oommnnication our grief
we have less, and by communication our pleasure
• -- not more.— Greville.
wo navv, .» •
, » ~*' ir to scour the wood*.
Tho woman who onder^— -
has abandoned tbe job owing to the high pi.i~ .
soap-suds.' 1 Tbe last that was beard of her, she
was skimming tbe seas.
Good —At one of tbe missionary stations the
question—“ What is original sin J” having been
put to an Indian chief, ha promptly replied, “Lazi-
last case of modesty is that of a lady who
discarded her lover, a sea captain, because he said
hind the times," had it knocked aoundly, by a
passing event.
mm
<%»iuclt & ghtmel
= GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 5,1854.
Southern Cultivator.
The April number of this pioneer Southern
Jonraal of Agricultural is now ready for delivery.
Its table of contents (which we annex,) presents
even more than usual variety, and many of the
leading articles are of very deep interest to the
planting community. As a practical and thorough
agricultural paper, the Cultivator has long occu
pied the foremost rank, and no progressive tiller
of the soil ebonld be without it. (See the “ Opin
ion of a Planter” in another column.)
Plantation Economy and Miscellany,—Hire
ling and Slave Labor ; Botany and Agricultnro (an
Essay); Cow-Peas and Bermuda Grass ; Culture
of the Mulberry: The Hog; Table of Measures—
Inverted Poets, Ac.; Plan tor a Manure Cellar (it
instrated). Relapsing into Utter Barbarism; 801 -
Wonn, Sore Shin and Lice in Cotton ; Dr. Eddy’s
Protective Bee-Hive; Making of Turpentine
Rosin, Ac.—lnforma ion warned ; Lewis’ Lever
Cotton Frees; Soiling Cattle: “ Rescue Grass ”
Ceratochloa Breviariatata; Remedy for Lice on
Horses: Pedigree of Short Horn Bull, “ Lord Bar
rington”; The Breeding and Rearing of Horses,
Ac.; Nichols’ Patent Corn and Cob Crusher (illus
trated, Ae.; Fine Fanned Manure; Cotton—Mode
of Cultivation ; Statistics of Cotton; Rain-Water
and Cisterns ; Militaiy Hoes, Ac; “A Plantation
Gate ” —Correction ; Chickasaw Plum Preserves ;
Lady Snbecribers; Industry is Talent; Facta iu
Planting Beane; “ Wabb-Worm ” in Grapes, Ac ;
Sea Island Cotton Gins; Benefit of Draining Land;
Poultry Cheaper than Pork, Ac.; Old Dick’s
’Pinions of the Cnltumvater; A Baby Show in
Massachusetts ; Lime on Corn; Colic in Horses;
Plan of a Barn Yard (illustrated.)
Editorial. —Answers to Inquiries, Ae.; Mr.
Ravenel’s Essay; Fine Stock for Sale; Frost, Ac.;
Buchanan on Grape Culture, and Longworth on
tbe Strawberry-; Charleston Commercial Conven
tion; Mr. Giles’ Poultry Articles—Correction;
Montgomery’s Pictorial Serials; South-Carolina
Press Association; Live Stock Agency; Ohio Far
mer, Ac.
Horticultural Department. —Work for the
Month ; A new Remedy for Cnroulio , Apples in
the Sooth.
Domestic Economy, Ac.—Medical Use of Hot
W ater ; Cure for Dry Cough ; Elastic Varnish
for Leather; A Substitute for Milk and Cream;
To Preserve Eggs; Wash for Sunburns; Beet-
Root Wine, Ae.
Illustrations —Plan for making a Manure Cel
lar ; Plan of a Barn Yard ; Nichols’ Patent Com
and Cob Crueller.
Terms, One Dollar per annnm. Address
WM. S. JONES, Augusta, Ga.
Bank of MllledgevlHe—Federal Union—" Wild
Cat Banka.”
A few days Binoe we copied an article from the
Federal Union in relation to the Bank of Mil
ledgeville, whioh is said to bo about to be convert
ed into a “ Wild Cat Bank.” Tho Union's pro
fessed object, was to give information, but as the
amount given was very moagre, and therefore un
satisfactory, wo propounded to that journal a few
inteyogations, whioh if answered categorically,
might afforded some light in rotation to the
operations of the progressive financiers, who aro
abont to pat the Bank in operation. We have
patiently waited two issues of the Union since our
artiole appeared, bnt it contains no allusion what
ever to this new “Wild Cat” Bank—tho Bank
of Milledgeville. This studied silenco is rather
ominous, and induces the suspicion, that onr
worst fears in relation to the contemplated fraudu
lent use of the Charter of the Bank of Milledge
ville, may be realized. Else, why not give the in
formation Bought? Are we also to inter, that the
Federal Union, s journal whioh affeots to be tbe
friend and advocate of sound banking, counten
ances the suspected fraud ? Or does it lack the
independence to expose it, behoving and knowing
that such a thing is contemplated ? We panse for
a reply.
In the same article, we invited the Southern
Recorder to furnish some light on this transaction,
to which we received, through that journal, the
following very extraordinary reply:
Bank of Milledgeville. —ln reply to onr con
temporary of the Angusta Chronicle dk Sentinel,
we have only to say tnat if we shall learn that
there is any thing wrong in tbe proposed revival
of the Milledgeville Bank, we shall ieel bound to
advise tbe public of it. At prosout we will
observe that tbe gentlemen having charge of it in
this place, are persons of high respectability, and
will doubtless in due time advise the public of
their doings. We learn that tne charter is not
sold.
We asked for light, and this is what is given.—
We asked who those “ persons of high respecta
bility" in Milledgeville wore, and how many
shares ot stock they each owned ? We also asked
who the “ Capitalists of the North” are, and what
“portion of the stock” they owned. The above
is the response, which is a careful and atudied eva
sion.
The most remarkable portion of this paragraph
is, that il ths charter is not sold." Yet in the face
of this declaration we find iu the same paper, the
following advertisement, there first published, as
appears by the printers marks, to which the name
of one of the editors of the Recorder U attached:
Bank of Milledgeville.—The undersigned
hereby give notice that they have sold out and
transferred tbe several shares of tho capital stock
in said Bank heretofore owned by them respec
tively. They cease to be stockholders in Baid
Bank from and after this date.
June 17, 1858.
S. Gbantland,
F. Carter,
R. M. Obue,
B. S. Jordan,
G. H. Jordan,
Wm. Sanford,
J. W. Gordon,
By Jere. Beall, Atty.
June 21, 1858 12 m6m
These individuals wero tbe owners of the stock
of the Bank of Milledgeville, and here is their posi
tive declaration of a sale of the charter, in the
very Bame paper, in which the statement is edito
rially made, that “ the charter is not soldi"
Smiles amp Tears.— Fugitive Pieces, by Miss Julia
A. Hext. Walker & James, Charleston, p.p.
112.
This is the title of a very neat little unpretend
ing volume of poems, from the portfolio of a
young lady, upon whom misfortune has fallen hea
vily. Hence the prodnetions of her pen, which
were never designed for the publio, are thrown
upon the market.
The following cote from the Rev. J. E. Evans of
this city, in reference to the Author, will be read
with interest:
Mb. Editor : —There !b now being offered to the
pnblio, a small book of poems, by Miss Julia A.
Hext, nnder ciroumstanoes that will doubtless se
cure a general patronage of tho work. Sko is a
native of Sooth Carolina. Her father and mother
are dead, leaving to her care and sapport three
yoanger sisteriy she was meeting this responsibil
ity by teachinf till, unfortunately, she lost
the sight of eye, and tho other became so
much affVutodAhat she was compelled to seek a
supportm scfme other way. Under advioe, she
allowid material previously written, with no view
of publicatkiD, to be published, nnder the super
vision of Itev. T. O. Summers, in the form now
presented .othe pnblic. She is a most worthy
lady, of most respectable connections in Soath
Carolina. The book will speak for itself. It is
hoped no me will refuse to take a copy.
J. E. Evan».
Avgusta, Marsh 81.
Cm. S. C. Wilson—Presentation o» Plate. —
The clinch Rifles, Capt. Bryan, were out in strong
force yesterday afternoon, to tako leave of their
late Capt. Samoel C. Wilson, on tho occasion of
his departure for Charleston, his new home. They
esoorted him to the Depot, where he waß present
ed by the Company, through a Committee, with
some handsome Plate appropriately inscribed.—
The occasion we learn was fall of interest, but as
our duties prevented our attendance, we are una
ble to furnish the particulars.
Captain W. carries with him the good wishes
of hosts of friends, for his fntnre welfare and
prosperity.
The Great Race.— The telegraphic correspon
dent of the Charleston Courisr says: “An im
mense assemblage of beauty, chivalry, wealth,
and distinguished characters from all sections of
the Union, were present on the occasion. It is
supposed that nearly a million of dollars had been
wagered on the different points and grand result
of the race, consequently the excitement was in
tense, and the scene, on the whole, has never been
eqaaled by eny sporting event of the age.”
The purse was $20,000, one thousand of which
was to be given to each nnancoeaafal horse, that
was not distanced in the race. As At row and
Highlander were both distanced, Ltxington wine
$19,000.
A Comet has appeared in the North-west. It
may be seen any clear night, in the early part of
the night.
U. S. Census. —Any suggestions which may be
induced by an ’examination of the tables of the
United States Census for this County (or any other
connty, city or town in the State,) shonld be for
warded at an early day, to Mr. Deßow, Superin
tendent of the Census Office at Washington, with
a view to the oorrectness of other’publications
from that office.
Court Calendar.— We arc informed by the
Southern Recorder, from which paper the Court
Calendar (pnblished by ns a short time since )
was taken, that there is an error in the time of
holding the Superior Coarts of Troup and Catoosa
counties’. The first should hsve been arranged for
the third Monday in May and November, and the
latter the fourth Monday in April and October.
Persons who have preserved the Calendar, can
easily make tha correction, by inserting those coun
ties nnder the proper dates.
David Crawford, found guilty of voluntary
manslaughter at Cass Superior Court, has been
sentenced to two years imprisonment in the Peni
tentiary.
Tbe Report that Small Pox had made Its ap
pearance in Union oonnty, is positively oontradiot
sd.
Donations of Publio Lands —lt appears from
an official statement from tho Beoreta*y of the In
terior that 184,704,898 acres of tho pnblio lends
have been granted to various States end Terito
ries, of which 4,6*9,449 were for internal improve
-nder the act of 1841; 48,909,535 for
4,0*0,704 for universities j 6,8*6,878 for
* tUV | ' a • iim" ll for railroads; and
cupala aqd river*,
25,990,257 for military service*. ‘
Fine Cotton.— Mr. Jas. A. MfteheU, who live*
near Notches, Mias., sold his orop of ootton several
days ainee at New Orleans for seventeen cento a
pound. The ootton was grown ftom the “Viok
Hundred Seed,”
Southern Cultivator—Opinion of a Planter.
The following letter addressed to the editors of
the Southern Cultivator, by a praotioal planter, of
Wilcox county, Ala., strikingly sets forth the
great usefulness of agricultural papers, and shows
the progress of improvement wherever their advice
is read and adopted:
Messrs. Editors Inclosed please find (2 for
your valuable Cultivator. I want the back num
ers or 1858, and the volume for tho present year.
loommenced subscribing for the Southern Culti
vators™ five or si* years ago, and it has been
wotlh to me Binoe that time, more than the sub
scription for the ordinary life time 0 f a man. I
have an old and worn plantation, and from the
suggestions I receive from that paper I am Im
proving my lands every year.
Besides increasing the value of my land! am In
creasing the production. I learn from your paper
how^tomake manure, howto apply it, and how to
keep it when applied. 1 have also learned how
to horizontalize, and have done it suooesslully;
and I have increased the value of my farm much
more in dollars than the expense of the labor ap
plied, and have an abundant increaso of produc
tion as a profit; alt of which is credited to the
reading of the Southern Cultivator.
Very Bespectfully, G. M. H.
Stop the Murderer.
We received, yesterday, tho following tele
graphic dispatch from John B. Weems, Solicitor
General of the Northern Circuit:
Union Ponjy, March 80.
Alexander Fitzpatrick, twenty-one years old,
weighs about ono hundred and forty pounds, about
five feet seven inches high, erect statue, blaok hair,
light blue eyes and fair skin, though slightly freck
led, murdered Thomas Jones, last night, in Wash
ington, Georgia. John B. Weems,
Solicitor General Northern Circuit.
The Secretary, or Circumstantial .Evidence, is
the title of a novel issued from the press of Dewitt
<fe Davenport, New York, by tho author of
“/foods and Hearts," which hasboen laid on onr
table by Geo. A. Oates & Brothers.
The story is founded upen the incidents of a very
remarkable trial in one of the English Criminal
Courts, in which the aocused was nnheetitatingly
found guilty, sentenced, und exeouted upon cir
cumstantial evidenoo, whioh was so oonclnsive as
to leave no doubt on the mind of any one of his
guilt.
Kossuth’s Letter. —Under the head of “The
Sublime op Assurance,” tho National Intelligencer,
very properly Bpeaks of the impertinent letter of
Kossuth, in relation to the rejection of Geo. Ban
ders, thus:
The Sublime of Asruranct. —lt is as difficult to
measure the conceit whioh dictated the subjoined
letter as it is to speak of its unmeasured presump
tion in terms of propriotv. Extreme, however,
ns is the assurance whioh it displays, it ought
hardly to surprise any body who recollects the
ovations bestowed on tho writor in a groat por
tion of our country three or four years ago. The
extravagant—we had almost Buid the revolting—
homage lavished on him during his triumphal
progress through our Northern, Western, and
Middle States, an extravagance of which wo oould
not suppress our disapproval at the time, was
enough to turn a stronger head than nature had
placed on tho eboulders of Mods. Kossuth ; and
this letter is one of its legitimate frnits. We have
no doubt that his worshippers, high and low, have
long sinco seen tho folly of thoir thoughtless adu
lation.
Rare Beef. —The Memphis Eagle is responsi
ble for the following excellent anecdote. It is an
aft illustration of the propensity some people have
to show off among strangers, such is life:
“ Pulling on Airs." —A vory laughable scene
occurred at one of our Hotels yesterday. A gen
tlemen, not familiar with the signißcatiou of tavern
phrases, but intent on acquiring tho knowledge,
arrived in the city, and stopped at the Hotel. The
hour for dining arrivod, and, with tho crowd, he
rushed in, bringing himself up alongside the
“flash boys’’ of the oily. The servants, of oourso,
wait upon them first. Our now rooruit heard the
boys calling for “ beof rare," and oonoluded that,
as the word “ rare’’ meant “ unusually excellent,’’
the beof must bo uncommonly good; and when the
waiter got down to him with the inquiry
“ What will you have, sirs”
“ Beef, rare f” he replied. •
The servant retired, and returned soon with a
piece of beof, from which the bleod was running.
This did not agree with our friend’s notions of
“ rare beof,” and he broke out into a horse laugh
which drew the attention of tho table to him, ex
claiming with much self complacenoy, “ D tn
it; youv’o brought me raw boof. I want rare
beet.” This is what wo call “ putting on airs.”
“ Distijrnell’h Maps of California and Now
Mexico," and “Railway, Steamship and Telegraph
Book,” have bqen laid on our table by tho pub
lisher.
Tbo Maps of California and New Mexioo are
made up according to the latest reports, and show
the two boundary lines claimed by Mexico and the
United States, and the line of the Gadsden Treaty.
The Railway Book is an admirable traveller’s
guide, it has attached to it a map of the United
States and Canada, showing the lines of Telegraph,
and travel by Railroad, Steamboat and Stage, to
gether with much valuable statistical information.
Southern Medical and Surgical Journal.—
The April number of this valuable Medical Peri,
odical is promptly on our table with its usual va
riety of original and miscellaneous matter. It is
edited by Professor L. A. Dugas, and published
in this city by James MoCAFFEHTT,ats3perannum
in advance.
SrEOiE Coming Soum.—The Charleston Stand
ard says that the steamer Union, whioh sailed from
New York on Wednesday, “is freighted, amODg
other things, with $200,000 in tpeoie, which, it is
hopod, will relieve in some degree the present
pressure npon the money market” in Charleston.
Death oe Capt. Dickinson. —Capt. Dickinson,
of the steamship James Adger, died at New York
on Monday, of congestion of the brain, after an ill
ness of seven weeks.
Public Acts. —Wsare indebted to J. W. Duw-
Oan, Esq., the compiler, for a pamphlet contain
ing all the Aots of a public oharactor passed by the
last Legislature. To the Lawyers and thoso whose
duty it is to administer the laws, it will bo found
useful aDd valuable.
John H. Underwood, Esq., has declined the ap
pointment, tendered him by the President, of
JuJgeof the Territory of Utah.
Tho depressed state of trade in California has
induced some holders of merchandise to re ship it
to New York. It is stated that tho dipper ship
Bald Eagle, Captain Caldwell, which sailed from
San Francisco for New York, has on board fifteen
tons of goodß, a portion of which is Hour.
Hon. Origan 8. Soymour, of Conn., was burnt in
effigy on the 22d inst., by the land reformers of
Winsted, in that State, for his vote against the
homestead bill.
The Erie Bailroad Company have put on their
road a telegraphic car, whioh can be taken to any
point remote from atelegraphlo station, whcro an
acoident occurs, and communicate results both
ways.
Wm. H. Burwell, formerly editor of,the Balti
more American, and a distinguished writer, has
been engaged to take the editorial charge of the
Baltimore Patriot, about the 10th of April next.
Col. Sam. Medary, of Ohio, who was appointed
U.S. Minister to Chili, which he subsequently
declined, has paid back to the government the
It 000 outfit which he drew before his deolen
sion.
Horatio King, of Maine, at presont a Clerk in
the Department, has been nominated to tho post
of Assistant Post Master General, made vacant by
the death of Major Hobbie.
The Government of Oldenburg has declared its
acccssson to tho Germanic Convention with the
United States for the mutual delivery of our cri
minals.
C. J. Daniel, of Bath, England, has secured a
patent for drying bay and grinding it into meal
for feeding to oattle.
The funded debt of all tho European States, is
in the aggregate about $9,500,000,000, or S4O for
each inhabitant. Switzerland is the only Europe
an country out of debt. As a war is imminent, all
these countries are in the market as borrowers,
some with and some without ere lit, so that the
people have the prospect of a oensiperable addi
tion to their already burthenaome taxes.
The remains of the late John He ward Payne,
(the author of “Homo, Sweet Home,”) are to be
brought to this country and placed in the congres
sional burial-ground, and a suitable monument
erected to his memory at the expen jo of the gov
ernment.
Upon the plantation of Col. John B. Lamar, in
Lee county, Georgia, a log was split open a sow
days since, and tweney-eight full grown rattle
snakes found within.
The Army bills, reported to tbe Senate, have all
passed that body, and await the action of the oth
er House. These bills increase the rank and file
of tbe Army, and add to the pay, provide for pen
sioners, and create a retired list. The navy re
organization bill is behind hand.
Mr. A. N. Fowler died on Friday week in Rox
bury, Mass. He was one of the seciataries of Gen.
Taylorduring the Florida war, and e writer of con
siderable ability.
The West Point Cadet Bill, which tbe Senate
passed on the 22d ult., adds sixty-two to the num
ber of cadets appointed every four years, an con
fers upon the Senators of the respective States,
the priviledge of appointing them. At the pre
ent time members of the Honee alone have the
right to solect cadets.
It is stated that in 1817 a young Tartar, was at
college in Edinburgh, who was stated to be the
hereditary Kban of Crim Tartary. It is now sug
gested that this gentleman should be restored to
bis patrimony, which we need not say has been
annexed to Rossia.
Riollar Monthlt Mail to Australia.— The
Washington papers are authorized to say that the
Postmaster General has made an arrangement with
the pioprietors of the “ Australia Pioneer Line of
Monthly Packets", to convey the mail regularly
between New York and Australia by sailing ships
monthly in each direction. It is expeoted that the
first mail under this arrangement will be des
patched from New York on the 25th of April.
The single rate of postage for letters isjSce cents;
for pamphlets and magazines one cent an ounce
or fraotion of an ounco ; and for newspapers two
cents each, prepayment required. The incoming
mails, as the United Sta'es poetage thereon can
not be prepaid, will be treated os ordinary private
ship mails. _ *' ,
After two hundred yeis’ neglect, the parishon
era of Dromore, in Ireland, are about erecting a
monument to the memory of Jeremy Taylor, “the
Bhotopeoro of Divinity."
. Jere iJlcßii nd l 0»t L Iter,
ITavino published tho letter of Kx Senator 'dip- - *
mens, of Ala, to his friend Nionoi ah I >avw, giving >
the President’s opinions in relation to' the Nobras- • '
ka Bill, we publish also h’slameaitompt atin ex
planation addressed to tho President V,im»olfi
The cornmonta cf our Washington correeponden
in roferenoe to this loltor are very per; incut:
Washington, D. C„ March 21, 1851.
Dear Fir: You have ia Jed my avb niion to a
lute letter of mine to N. Davis, jr., Erq., oud par- jag
tionUrly to the following sentence:
“He expressed great surprise at the oppoa.tlon
it mot from the North, and equal surprise that tho
tho South should be will'UT to tako It."
At the lime the conversation to which that sen
tence alludos took plane, I was walking backwards
and forwards across tho rot tn, and should not
have noticed itil yon had not remarked that you
Imdnoooncealmeuta upon the subject, and that
you wore glad 1 was prosont to hear it.
In my letter to Mr. Davis I did not pretend to
give your language, except whorequotatioti marks
are used: and, trom subsequent emvorsatim with
you, I think it very probable that I misuudorejood
the purport of your rtmatks upon this particular
point. Your surprise muy. have been expressed
that tho truemen of the North should hesitate to
voto for Douglas’s bill when the South wero willing
to take it j and, if I had paid attention tothe wliolo
conversation, 1 doubt not such would have been
the impression left on my mind.
1 have never sought a conversation with vou
upon tlie subject of tho Nebraska hill; but every
limo I have heard you mention the subject you
liavo uniformly expressed yourself Warmly in fa
vor of the principle of tho hill, viz: the principle
ol the right of the people of the Territories' to r *gu
lato tho question of slavery frr thomsolvi s—a
doctrine from whioh 1 dissented ; and, as I k jew
we wore not at all likely to ugreo, I sought no dis
cussion of the qustion.
You have assure d me olways that you thought it
host for tho whole country, and insisted that patri
otic men in both sections ought to tuke it. I thought
the South must be the looser. I th-nk so now.—
I understood you to plaoe it. upon tho ground that
the principle is right in itaolf, and, if it works for
or aga : nst a particular section, noons has a right
to complain; that yon wore for the rights of both
soctious, and wiling to tako any consequences
that might follow too practical carrying out of
those rights as yon understood them.
Very truly, yours,
Jerk. Clemens.
General Frank. Pieros, President Uiiiied State’.
Collet-Coca for Mounc Wrnon.
The Mount Verson Central Committee, return
thanks to the ladies of Marietta, and acknowledge
tho receipt ol 80 (thirty dollars,) alsoto tho ladies
of Wsynesboro’ for 49, (forty-nine dollars) aud
from llutko of $19.50. Thu Burke donation, wo un
derstand, lisa not yet bsen sont in. We have re
ceived from that generous old county 803.50, not
its proportion by a good deal, but we hope to bear
from it again erelong. As Booth Carolina ia silont,
so far, on this subject, we would invito our friouda V v
of Hamburg to send over their donations lo ws,
duo crodit shall bo given to tho State from which
thcycomo;wo liavo already $lO from ♦.Carolina,
aud the promise of more. We trust individual pa
triotism will not wait forJStato action, till, like
Bob Aches’ conrago, it oozes out of the palms of
tho hands, and one noods bo forgotton. Wo again
ask tho dilToront counties of Georgia to send in
their contributions to tho Central Committee.
Hedges lor Hail Koala.
We are glad to learn says the Illinois Journal ,
that Colonel Mason, Chief Engineer of the Illinois
Contral Railroad, has contracted for the construc
tion on tho lino of tho Railroad of several niilos of
Osage Orange Hedge, and is ready to make other
contracts. This Hedgo is to bo on that portion of
the road and tho Chicago Brttueh, which run
through extonsivo prairioa in the northern part of
the Stuto. This work will of course go into tho
hands of experienced men and avaluablo, beauti
ful and impassable Hedge for cuttle and other
stock will bo made within four years. We are
glad of this movomeut not only for tho benofit It
promises to tho Central Railroad, and tho Ch’cago
Branch, but for tho results which follow it in tho
extensive use of tho Osngo Orange Plant for
Hodge. We believe it to bo the thing for flUciug
ourpraiaics. We know that those v. ho have giv
en it a proper trial are satisfied with its value.—
Tho cultivation of the Osago Orange Hedge is in
creasing with each passing year. Wo hove in vain
endeavored to make oxteusivo contracts in bohalf
of others for Hedg'ng tho coming season. With
all the efforts made last year to raiso plants for the
coming spring tho demand for them cannot be
supplied. W'e arc told that tills will not bo the
case in tho spring of 1853. But with tho rapidly
increasing demand for this kind offence, tkore iJ
no dungor of an over-supply of plants.
We porcoivo by tiio Africa’s advices that the
Bank of England has lost £377,2112 stg. from Its
stick of specie provicualy reported. Tho demnnd
for gold for export is active, and Continental cx
ehangoa with London arc declining. Gold is sent
lrom London to Paris at tho rate of Lloo,OCOstg.
por day. The London money market Is, never
theless, reported in easy condition, at fivo per
cent, us the rate of discount. Increased caution
is exhibited >»y jankers and discounters. The
position of tho bullion market is without uny ma
terial ebango; quotations are well supported, and
a good douiuud for both bar silver and dollars, and
extreme prices obtainod lor immediate dolivory.
It is now considered that tho largo arrivals by -w
Mexican packets will alter prices, especially if
shipments to tho East continuo. .
An examination took plaoo on tho 16th of Feb
ruary, at San Fraucisco, in tho oase of Col. Wat
kins and Capt Davidson, arrested on a charge of
violating the neutrality laws. Mr. Cook was tha
principal witness, and testified lo the material
facts regarding the departure of the Anita, th*
landing end ongnuization of the forces under
Walkorat Ensenada for tho conquest of Ixiwor
California, and tho occupation of Honors. Ex-
Governor Foot appeared aa counsol for tho defend
ants. He roliod mainly on tho want of evidence
to prove that the organization was made wLhin tho
territorial limits of tho United States, which is re
quired to bring the case within tho provisions of
the act of Congress. Tho invest'ga ion resulted
in thoaeonsed being committed to wait tho action
ot the grand jury, which was to assemble on the
28th of Februnry.
Washington National Monument, —The Cor
responding Scoretary of tho Washington National
Monument Association culls attention to tho feet
that some two years ago tho general agent address
ed oiroularsto upwards of one hundrod corporate
authorities, throughout the United State?, request
ing aid in behalf of the monument, and says it is a
matter of rogret and mortification that of those one
hundred corporations, only five have responded to
the appeal to American patriotism and gratitude.
Tho corporations which have responded, aro
Washington, which has contributed $2,600, in an
nual sums of $500; Savannah, Georgia, $lO6 an
nually ; Columbus, Ohio, 8100; and Lafayette,
Louisiana, SSOO. The Secretary suggests that it
is not by any means too late for tha other cities
who hove been thus appealed to to make their con
tributions. The Monument has attained a height
of 150 feet. Tho contributions to this time havo
amounted ti about $225,000, but do not, by any
means, come in sulScieully frequent und largo to
meet expenditures and to carry it towards its com
pletion with that degreo of progroHs which the
Board of Managers would desire, and tho honor of
the country should demand.
Dr. Hamel, of St. Petersburg, one of the most
distinguished members of tho Royal Academy, a
councillor of State in tho Russian Empire, and a
gentleman of great seientiflo attainments, has
boon deputed by the Emperor Nicholas to visit th 6
various educational, seieutillo and philanthropic
institutions of the United States. Dr. Ilamel is
now at the Revero Ilouso in Boston, A few yarn)
since he visited England upon a similar mission,
with so much success that the Czar commissioned
him fora like service in our country.
William D. Martin, Esq., died, in Jackson coun
ty, on the 21st of March, In thu oighty-fourth year
of his age. He was born in Hanover county, Vir
ginia, removed to Georgiu in 1898, and has ros.dod
in Jaokaon county for tho last thirty-llvo or fotty
years. Ho filled at various timas the most impor
tant offices in the gift of the peopio, served his
lollow-citizcns for many years in tho Legislature,
and in every station he occupied he discharged his
duty with credit to himself and satisfaction to his
constituents. He was u man remarkable f.r hon
esty of character and firmness of ptfrpoee.
The U. F. Mail steamer Wa-hiflgton sailed from
New York on Saturday for Southampton and Bre
men with 57 passengers and ♦2O0 > 000 in specie.
Among the passengers wc.s Captain Bodiaco of tho
Russian army, nephew of tho laic Russian Minis
ter, who has been recalled by tho Emperor, and
also Mr. Julius Rosenborg,of Baltimore.
Tsleorami across the Ailantio.— Lieut. Maury
has addressed a letter to the Secretary of the Navy,
giving tho results of tbodeep sea Bounding! effect
ed by Lieut. Berryman, from tho chores of New
foundland to thoso of Ireland. These seem to bo
decisive of tho question as to tho prnotibility of a
sub-marine telegraph across the Atlantic ocean, in
that region, tho distance botweou the noorest points
of tho two countries being one thousand six hun
dred miles, and tho bottom of tho sea being a pla
teau the wliolo distance, singularly adapted to the
purpose of holding a lino of magnotio telegraph
wire. Licnt. Maury suggests that a national prize
be offered to tho telc-graphio company through
whose telegraphic wire tho first tolegraphic mes
sage shall be passed across the Atlantic.
Progress or tux Aon. — ln that department of
* newspaper at which, from timo immemorial it
has been said that ladies first glancs—tho record of
marriages and deaths—ouo of the California pa
pers has introduced a new feature, and the depart
ment is now headed “Marriages, Deaths, and I)i
--vorc's." The paper before us records the names
of the parties to threo divorces, including thetof
tho legal authority by whom each divorce was
pronounced.
The Washington National Monument, at the
close of tho last working season, wo learn from
the National Intelligencer, attained a height of
one hundred and fifty feet from tli3 ground. Tho
aim is to carry it twenty-eight feet more during
the next season, which will oommor.co abont the
21st instant, if the weuthor is fuvorabfe. About a
dozen stone-cutters have been omployod all win
ter, and consequently a sufficient supply of worked,
stone is on hand to go on with. The annual
amount necessary to keep tho building steadily
forward is $85,000. _ _
Suall- Pox.—A caso o*small pox has rtoently
broken out atßibinaou’s Springs, Ala. Thed sense
was contracted In New York.
The Philadelphia Ledger has a circulat'on of
some sixty thousand—exceeding that (f any other
paper in the world. It requires tha usa of power
ftils steam eLginos and fast pm bis to is n j the
numberof papers, and evsn with these everybody
in tb e office it “hurried up."
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