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SOUTHERN SENTINEL. I
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA:
THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 6,1850. :
To CoiiHF.ri'oNDENTs.—"A. I’. - ’ jj’ excluded by a !
rule to which we can not safely make an exception.
If we admit an anonymous communication on one
rnhjeet, it would be difficult to exclude any.
‘“Theta"’ came too late for tliis week’s paper. j
‘*Kosmos ■” and “Banquo,” ditto.
Rail Road Cos. of 100 No. I.— We arc requested
to give notice that there will be a meeting of the mem
bers of this company in the Reading Room of this of
fice on Saturday next, at 2 o'clock, p. m.
Public Meeting.
The Muscogee and Russel Agricultural Society,
will meet at Concert Hall, on Monday, the 10th
inst., at 10 o'eloek, A. M., for the transaction of ■
business of importance. The attendance of all the I
members is asked, and of the friends of the enter- {
prize, whether members or not. It is hoped that an 1
association so intimately eon nee-tod with the prosper- ;
ily of the whole community, will be sustained with
an energy and zeal worthy the cause which it seeks
to promote, and qf the intelligence and enterprizc
w.ueh characterize the population of Western Geor
gia and Eastern Alabama. Come then, everybody,
liom country and city, and let us prepare at once !
1 >r the diiiusion of knowledge, and for the future ex
hibition of the improvements which shall in due time, j
with proper care and encouragement, be brought j
forth as tile fruits of associated effort and consulta
tion.
•IAS. M. CHAMBERS, President.
Columbus, June 4th, 1850.
Pub. Doc.— We are indebted to Hons. T. 11. j
Bailey and R. Toombs, for valuable documents. i
Seven Days Later from Europe.
The America has arrived, bringing Liverpool j
dates to the 25th ult. The market was firm at the j
Asia’s extreme quotations. Sales 32,000 bales, i
The political affairs of Europe wore a much less
threatning aspect than was indicated by the'Asia's
accounts.
Death of another U. S. Senator. —The people
of South Carolina have been ngained called to mourn
the and eafh of another honored son. The lion. F. 11.
Elmore, who had but recently, by tlje executive ap
pointment, taken the scat vacated by the death of Mr.
Calhoun, died in Washington city at 11 r. m., on the
30th ult., after a brief illness. Speaking of the de
ceased, the Charleston Courier says: ‘‘His com
manding talents, his great practical ability, his politi- I
til and personal influence, and Ids dfmitted public !
usefulness, placed him in the very front rank of our j
statesmen, while his many virtues, noble qualities and !
amiable character, endeared him to the hearts of all
who crnie within the sphere of his companionship or
acquaintance.” His death is a blow to South Caro
lina, but the entire South, not less than his own
State, suffers from his loss to the councils of the
country.
The Crops.—The N. O. Price Current of Satur
day contains intelligence of the growing cotton crop
from eighteen of the best cotton counties of Mississip
pi, from which it appears, that not more than one
third of a crop can be relied on with any thing like
probability. In this section the prospect is almost
unprecedentedly gloomy.
Senator Foote at Home.—From the subjoined
extract from the Mississippian, the leading democrat
ic journal of Mississippi, it tippears that the course of
Senator Foote in sustaining tile compromise, meets
with no countenance among his friends at home.
There is no State more unwavering in lu r devotion
to the cause of the South, than Mississippi, and when
those whom her people have constituted leaders, fal
ter in their duty, they must cither get of the way, or
be run over by the independent sentiment of their
constituency. The Mississippian says : “The course
taken by Mr. Foote, in supporting the compromise
bill, docs not meet with the sanction of our people.
That bill contains no concession on the part of the
Norlh, while it givcß up everything on the part of the
South. It is with deep regret that we find opposed to
us, a man whom we have always regarded with the
warmest feelings of friendship, and we still hope—
though it be hoping against hope—that he may yet
be found fighting by our side, with the many patriots
in our State, whose voices have been heard in behalf
of the l ights of the South.”
Steamboat Explosion.—The steamer St. Louis
.collapsed two flues three miles below the city of St.
Louis on the 28tli ult., killing twenty-five persons
and wounding forty others, of whom, it is supposed,
one half will not survive.
Fixe Cigars.—M e are indebted to R. T. Simons,
of the “Columbus Cigar Manufactory,” for a speci
men of his manufacture in the shape of a bunch of
unusually fine cigars, l-’rcsh as they were from the
manufacturer’s table, they equalled in flavor any thin”
we have seen in this line. “Bob” has also on hand,
a lot of the “genuine Havana,” which he proposes to
evil at the “lowest market price.” Give him a trial.
Editorial Change.— The Washington Union of
the Ist inst., announces the retirement of Mr. Burke?
from the editorial department of that journal. Mr.
Burke is one of the ablest and most dignified writers
in the country. He retires on perfectly good terms
with Mr. Ritchie, the senior Editor.
The Atlantic Steamers.— We have now week
ly mails from Liverpool, and ere long will doubtless
have them twice a week. The Asia, which arrived
on the 27th ult., made the trip from Liverpool to
Boston in nine days and six hours ! The day is not
far distant when we shall get Liverpool papers every
morning not more than ten days after their publica
tion.
Thf. “Southern Press.”— We publish in another
column the Prospectus of the new southern paper,
which is to be published at Washington City. We
hope all our subscribers will read the prospectus,
and then send on their names and the money, to their
Representative in Congress.
Fire. —A disastrous conflagration occurred in
Charleston, S. C., on the 29th ult., consuming prop
erty to the value of $350,000 to $400,000. This is
the seeond serious fire which has occurred in that
city within two or three weeks past.
Dictionary of Mechanics, Engine Work and
Engineering by Oliver Byrne, Neiv York , D. Ap
pleton J- Company. —We have received the first ten
numbers of this work. It is to be completed in forty
parts, at 25 cents each. Ten dollars in advance will
secure the work free of postage, and to those inter
ested in the subjects of which it treats, it would be
cheap at four times that amount. See advertisement
in another column.
Homicide. —Mr. John T. Terry Jr. killed Mrp
Stcphen Doles on Sunday last about five miles east o
this city. Mr. Terry made his escape and has not
since been arrested.
The friends of the parties will be pleased to hear
that the Rev. Dr. Boring with his travelling Com
panions, reached San Francisco California, on the 15th
of April.
The Mobile RegUier infoinu us of the death of the
Rev. Jxo. N. Maffitt in that city on the 28th ult.—
He died suddenly, it is supposed of a disease of 4he
heart.
The Temperance Hall. —At the request of the
Building Committee, we call the attention of subscri
bers to the fact, that the new Hall is rapidly ap
f i liing completion, and the funds which have been
subscribed are very much needed. Many gentle
men have doubtless delayed payment, under the im
pression tiiat there was no present necessity for the
money, and are prepared to do the needful whenever
they are apprised of the demand for it. To all such
we are authorized to say, the committee will be much
obliged by an immediate payment. In addition to
those who have already contributed for this praise
worthy purpose, there are many gentlemen who
have not yet subscribed. If any of our public spirited
citizens have not yet done themselves the honor, and
the city the service, to give any thing to the erection
of the Hall, they can at any time do so, by making
their wishes known to any member of the Building
committee. There is not a building in the city which
will add more to its appearance, or to the convenience
of the public, than that which is now being erected,
and we hope that no gentleman who is interested in
either, will hesitate to contribute to its completion.
The May Poems. —We conclude to day, the publi
cation of the beautiful May day pieces, which were re
cited by the young ladies of Mrs. llentz’s school at
their celebration of the first of May last. They are the
productions of Mrs. Ilentz’s pen. and do honor to a
name already known wherever the literature of our
country is appreciated. There arc sparkling gems of
genuine poetry in these verses, which rank the gifted
authoress among the first poets of America. We can
not of course, undertake here to point out the beauties
with which they abound, but we mark as particularly
fine, the address of the second maid of honor, and the
reply of the Queen to her. The addresses of the Sea
sons, arealso remarkably beautiful. Indeed the whole
production is one of uncommon merit, and deserves to
be treasured in a more enduring form, than the col
umns of a newspaper.
Mr. Clay and the President.
The day is rapidly approaching, when Gen. Taylor
is about to realize in spite of himself, the pledge upon
which he fought and triumphed in the contest for the
presidency. He promised not to be the President of a
party, and liis friends may now point to his hopeless
abandonment by those who put him in office, as the
glorious consummation of this disinterested promise.—
He is emphatically, “not the president of a party.” —
Mr. Clay, in a speech which is characterized as the
greatest of his life, has declared Avar upon the adminis
tration. He has denounced, in’terms which ha\‘e brought
down upon his head, the anathemas of the government
the Presidents scheme of non-action, as wholly inade
quate to the demands of the country. It may not be
inappropriate to consider briefly the terms respectively
of the two propositions, and in this connection also, the
plan of settlement, upon which we perceive the South
ern men in Congress are uniting.
In one particular, Gen. Taylor's plan, and the com
promise proposed by Mr. Clay, are alike. They both
propose to admit California with her prscsent limits
and constitution, and in tliis respect they arc equally
objectionable to the South. In the next place, as to
the Territories of Utah and New Mexico, Mr. Clay
proposes Disestablish Territorial governments without
saying anything on the subject of slavery ; Gen. Tay
lor, on the other hand, recommends that they lie left
without any governments until they are sufficiently
populated to come into the union as states. Under
the former policy, Mr. Clay thinks the existing Mex
ican laws will exclude slavery, and under the latter, it
would be, from the operation of the same cause, equal
ly prohibited; under neither therefore, is it thought,
the South will be admitted to any participation in the
Territories so far then as the rights of the South in
the Territories, are concerned, she lias nothing to hope
from either plan.
In the third, place, Mr. Clay proposes to abolish the
slave trade in the District of Columbia; Gen. Taylor
proposes to leave that question untouched. In this
particular therefore, the executive plan is decidedly
preferable for the suutli. Fourthly as to the Texas
question: Mr. Clay's compromise strips Texas of a
large portion of her territory which now belongs to
the South, and surrenders it to the tender mercies of
Northern free soilism. Gen. Taylor leaves Texas un
disturbed in the possession of all the territory ‘with
which she came into the Union. Here it is evident,
the South has the advantage under the policy of the
administration. Lastly on the subject of the recovery
of fugitive slaves. Mr. Clay proposes a measure
which it is hoped may redress the grievances of the
South in this particular; Gen. Taylor suggests no re
dress at all. We arc liable, at this point to be deceiv
ed by the shadow of kindness. The South has suffer
ed grievously from the outrages of Northern opposition
to the exercise of her right to recover fugitive slaves.
Mr. Clay proposes to remedy tlie evil, but docs he do
it ? If paper Quarantics could secure us in the exer
cise of our rights, avc would have no cause of complaint.
The constitution as plainly declares our right, and the
correlative duty of the North, as legislation can do it,
and if the former has been powerless for our protec
tion, is it not vain to hope security from the latter ?
these are the “five wounds,” of which Mr. Clay so
eloquently spoke in his disparagement of the Presidents
plan, and in what consists the peculiar recommenda
tion of his compromise to ‘the South ? Nothing that
we can sec; on the contrary, looking to the benefits
which are to accrue to our own section from their res
pective provisions, we have no hesitation in declaring
our decided preference for the non action policy of the
administration, with all its faults, to the boasted com
promise of the “great pacificator,” if for no other rea
son, than that the one deludes us Avith false promises
Avliile the other, no less certainly, but more honestly,
leaves us alone in the hands of the North.
So liuieli for these modes of adjustment; let us look
at the third, Avhich is now concentrating the support
of southern men at Washington,—wc mean the Mis
souri compromise. We think it is noAv very evident
that one of these three bases is to be adopted in the
settlement of the pending disturbances. The question
is, which shall the South take? We arc not now dis
cussing the open question, for if avc Avere, avc should
spurn each of the three as a cheat upon the South;
but if we arc to choose, Avhich shall avc accept. Thus
narrowed, Ave cannot hesitate, nor do wc suppsoe any
man at tlie South does, in liis preference for the last.
If we are to go beyond the constitution in search of a
remedy for our grievances, common sense dictates the
selection of that Avhich most effectually secures us in
the enjoyment of our share of the spoils. The Mis
souri compromise is itself an infraction of the constitu
tion, but so are the other plans, and tliis, in addition
to the superior advantages which it guarantees to the
South, possesses the further recommendation of hav
ing been already adopted and acquiesced in.
The llcme Journal.— With the first of July Will
commence anew series oi this deservedly popular fam
ily neAvspaper. The new series will embrace as an
additional attraction, “the publication of a AA-ork that
lias not yet appeared in this country : A tour in Ire
land, by N. P. Willis. From time to time during the
year, the same hand will give i sketches of distinguish
ed living persons , varied with additions to those pen
and ink descriptions, of the loveliest of the gentler sex,
Avltieh, have been already given under the caption of
the Belles of our Time.” If you Avish a titerary
newspaper which you can take into your family Avith
the assurance that it contains nothing that will harm,
bnt much that will elevate and refine the feelings and
tastes, subscribe forthe “Home Journal. ’ Published
by Willis and Morris New York for $2 per. annum.
De Bow's Commercial “Review.— The following
is the table of contents of the J une number :
Progress of Southern Industry,
Population,
Carlyle on TTcsf India Emancipation ,
California , the new American Eldorado.
Department of Manufactures ,
Agricultural Department ,
Internal Improvements ,
Department of Commerce ,
Miscellaneous.
With this number closes the present A'olume, and
with the July number commences anew and enlarg
ed edition, with additional attractions.
Mr. Clay’s Compromise.— The country watches |
with intense anxiety eA'ery thing which indicates the j
probable fate.of this measure. The correspondent of
the Baltimore Sun says:
’‘The compromise bill, or, to speak correctly, the
bill of adjustment, will \ - et be discussed for at least a
month in the Senate ; Messrs. Clay. Webster, Cass,
King, and other great statesmen and patriots desiring
to speak on it. It is not yet known wliat course Col.
Benton Avill pursue in regard to it, and it is believed
that in tlie end, after all tlie efforts to seperate the
bills, or to lay them on the table, shall have failed,
he av ill yet vote for it, and put himself right in Mis
souri. Others, however, believe that if it comes to a
pinch and the A-ote of the Senator from Missouri is
required to defeat the bill, he will do it Avith a vieAV
to further the President’s plan of admitting Califor
nia by herself, and having the territories entirely de
pend on circumstances ; be a general principle, hoAv
ever, he is in favor of the administration, and par
takes of its views. Next to Messrs. Clayton and Eav
ing, Mr. Benton is the most popular man at the
White House.”
Funny. —The N. Y. Observer concludes a long
leader on the subject of the “compromise ,” with the
following remarkably astute lucubrations. The Ob
server is one of the ablest religious newspapers in Am
erica, and AA*hcn it confines itself to the legitimate field
of its inquiry, is one of the Tnost valuable family com
panions lurnished by the press; but when it trims its
sails for an excursion upon the troubled waters of poli
ties, it seriously endangers its own powers for useful
ness, and exposes itself to tlie ridicule of its readers.
The italics are our oaa ii, in tlie following paragraphs ;
otherwise they are literal extracts from the editorial of
the Observer:
“And now, if our Southern brethren avIII give us
their ear for one moment, avc will tell them Avhat we
belh'e Avould be tlieir true policy. Through the
treachery of our representatives you are our masters.
If you arc Aviso you may maintain your rule for an in
definite period. We feel that we are humbled. Do
not provoke us too far. Put on at least the semblance
iof magnanimity. You gained the grand point., the
, lasting control of the country, in 1845. Yield noAv to
us in these comparative trifles :
L “Slavery can never go to NeAv Mexico and
Utah. It is excluded by physical laAvs. Permit the
North then to apply her Wilmot Proviso to these
territories. It will cost you nothing; and will ob
tain for you the credit of magnanimously yielding
i A POINT.
2. “Permit the slave trade, and Slavery itself, to
! be abolished in the District of Columbia, on terms
satisfactory to the Slaveholders there. It will cost
j the nation but a trifle to do it; and you will never
i get rid of the agitation of the Slavery question
among good men at the North until it is done.
3. “Admit California at once into the Union. Fif
; teen new States must be added to the non-slavehold
ing section of the Union, before it is represented in
| the Senate in proportion to its free population. If
you refuse, or hesitate to admit one until you can bal
! ance it by adding a slave State to your own section,
you will arouse a spirit of indignation in the North
which it will not he easy to allay.” —Mihetv-w-w-w!
Interesting from Washington.
We extract from the correspondence of the N. Y.
Herald, tlie folloAving very interesting letter from
Washington, written on the 27tli ult.
When Mr. Clay, last Avcek, with a degree of energy,
spirit, force and eloquence which in all his long ca
reer has never been surpassed, demanded in his an-
SAver to Mr. Soule, to know Avhat the South wanted
and asked them to show tlieir hand, he did not prob
ably suspect that they had any scheme to propose, but
that their whole object was not to effect, but to defeat
a settlement of tliis ugly controversy.
Any doubt, however, which may have existed in
the mind of Mr. Clay upon this head, must have been
dissipated to the winds by the speech of Mr. Mason, of
Virginia, in the Senate, to-day. There could be no
thing more distinct, more definite, or more emphatic,
than his views upon the Compromise bill.. A brief
index of his objections-to the bill, and of his oavm plan
of adjustment, will, for the present, ansiver all the
purposes of his argument.
lie objects to tlie bill of Mr; Clay.
1. Because it cedes 125,000 square miles of terri
tory to Ncav Mexico, now belonging to Texas, and
subject to slavery; and because under this cession to
to Ncav Mexico, the South sacrifices this amount of
territory to the Northern free sailers.
2. Because the boundaries of California absorb all
our coast on the Pacific, and exclude not only the
South, but the A T ast territories of the interior east of
California, from communication Avith the Pacific.
3. Because for these concessions required of the
South there is nothing given in return.
The i>lan which Mr. Mason proposes in lieu of this
bill, is simply—
1. To run the Missouri Compromise line from its
present termination in Texas, clear through to the
Pacific.
2. To arrange the Texas dispute and tlie boundaries
for the territories accordingly-.
3. To provide a territorial government for tiiat por
tion of the present unrecognised State of California
south of the line of 36 30.
4. To make the admission of the State of Califor
nia contingent upon her acceptance of the Missouri
line as her Southern boundary. If she accepts it,
then she is to be declared a sovereign State of this
Union, by the President’s proclamation; but shall be
limited to one representative in the House, till it
shall be ascertained that she is entitled to more than
one.
Mr. Mason was convinced that this plan would be
satisfactory to the South—that it Avould settle the
question permanently. All that Avas required, was
that the North should, in good faith, adhere to the
compact of the Missouri compromise line.
Mr. Clay, after a cross-examination of Mr. Mason,
thought that if all the Southern Senators were agreea
ble to the Missouri compromise, then he might agree
to run it till it touched the State of California.
Mr. Mason —No further?
Mr. Clay.—Certainly not.
Gen. Cass put in a question or tAvo as to what was
to be gained by this Missouri compromise line; hut
here Mr. Berrien was quite ready to answer that the
South would gain tlie chances of getting a foothold in
that part of California south of 36 30, from which they
would be otherwise Avliolly excluded by the constitution
of California, if her boundaries are to cover the whole
Pacific coast, as she has defined them. But make the
Missouri line her southern boundary, and the soil
south of it a territory running four and a half degrees
along the Pacific down to the Mexican line, and lea A-e
it open for all the people of the United States and eve
ry kind of property, and the South will be satisfied to
risk the chances of another free State on the Pacific.
Mr. Clay did not like the idea of splitting California
in half; nor did Gen. Cass comprehend the advan
tage of running the Missouri line through Utah : but
still it Avas evident that Mr. Mason’s suggestions had
I made their impression upon the Senate, and wc expect
the views of Mr. UnderAvood to-morroAv to strengthen
j it., because the Missouri line is an old proposition of his
! own.
The Presidency is mixed up very thick in this eontro
| versy. It is the bone of contention between Gen. Tay
| l°r and Henry Clay; and betAveen the friends of Gen.
Cass and Mr. Buchanan it is a leading difficulty. A
portion of the Southern democrats are favorable to the
nomination of Gen. Cass for ISs2—another portion
desire the nomination of Mr. Buchanan, and they are
those Avho are contending for the Missouri compromise
line—Mr. Buchanan tills last winter having recom
mended, Avliile here in Washington, the adoption of 1
that line as tlie basis of a settlement.
While the whigs of the Senate, therefore, are divid
ed between Clay, Taylor and freesoil, the democrats
are divided betAveen Cass and Buchanan ; so that even j
Avith the forces of Clay and Cass combined, the success
e.f their compromise is mighty uncertain.
Wc are privately admonished that some of the
riends of Gen. Taylor in the Senate, are picking up a
Uittle courage from the firm position of the old soldier,
and that we may expect to hear from them before long
notwithstanding the challenge of Henry Clay, daring
them to the rescue of the President. If this
be so. how the compromise of Mr. Clay is to succeed,
passes our comprehension. His* only hope can be in
Northern democratic votes, and how a sufficient num
ber of these are to be secured, is not easily explained.—
This discussion Avill. most likely, go on for a month yet
and in that time, if we mistake not, the prospect is,-
that Bell, Webster and Cooper will fall back upon the
President's plan, as the last resort for California. And
besides, in doing so, they will assuredly secure the
good will of the President, Avliich is something not to
be despised, when there are such good chances for a
foreign mission or a cabinet appointment.
The Southern radicals, we learn, will wait to hear
from Nashville. They expect the convention to meet,
and to adopt some platform upon which they can stand
in the Senate. They can, if they Avish, lay the Com
promise bill on the table to-morroAV, combined with
the Northern opposition to it; but the South Avill hold
on to it, and make something out of it, if possible—if
not, we do believe Mr. Clay’s Compromise is a “gone
coon,” and we believe, in any event, that the chances
are dead against it, ev r eii in the Senate. Something
may turn up. God only knoAvs. Men are but shut
tlecocks, after all. Look at the ease of Downs. But
from the present face of things, avc cannot divine lioav
the Clay Compromise is to pass without material mod
fieations, ’nor how it can be modified so as to pass.
[YANKEE CORRESPONDENCE.]
Boston, May 27, ISSO.
Backward Summer in the North—Sandwich Is
land Princes—Panorama of Boston — Grinnell's
Expedition—The great Steamship—Touching
Cuba—Havana Troupe—Professor Webster —
Law of Spirit Licenses, Spe.
Tlie vegetating progress of this year has been very
backward in Massachusetts. Till within the last week,
sharp frosts have frequently occurred throughout New
England, in which, as yet, very little breadth of corn
or potatoes has been planted. In many corn fields and
potatoe fields the seed has rotted in the ground, in
: consequence of the coldness and Avetncss of the weatli
| or. The fruit trees have shivered in the eager, nipping
; blasts ; hut the grass Avears a saturated and satisfaeto
!ry appearance. So nnieli for tlie georglcs of Y anWee
land, generally.
We have got a pair of princes here, in this aristocrat
ic city of Boston. They are sons of the King of tlie
Sandivich Islands. Prince Kamaliameha and his
brother Liholiho, avlio went to Europe by Avay of Ncav
York, with their friend Professor Judd, some months
j ago. The Professor chaperoned them about London,
; and to the other famous places of the mother-island,
! and interpreted to tlieir semi-barbarian comprehen
sions the signs and Avonders of science and civilization.
Before they left England, they desired an interview
with the Queen. But Victoria, poor woman, being in
a delicate situation at the time, it Avas decided that,
to let these salloAV blacknesses of Sandwich come near
; her, Avas not to be thought of, and so they Avere raceiv
jed by Prince Albert instead. They Avere presented
j by Lord Palmerston, and, after that, walked through
! the royal stables. . They attended divine service in a
; princely way, at the Royal Chapel of St. James. They
| sojourn here at our chief hotel, the Revere House,
and have been visiting CA-erything remarkable in the
city and its vicinities. They Avere the guests of the
Mayor and Aldermen one day, and on other occasions
they visited the Navy Yard at CharlestoAvn, the Bun
ker Hill Monument, and the rest of the notable places.
They have been also at Lowell, and have accordingly
brought aAvay a higher opinion of the factory girls than
that of Mr. Clemens. The princes wear the Europe
an dress, and, except their complexion, are not very
remarkable. It is probable that, in the spirit of Peter
of Russia, they desire to take back to tlieir OAvn coun
try ideas of institutions, manufactures, and so forth, by
which the Islands may be benefitted. But tlie great
benefits of that insular kingdom-will rather come from
commercial intercourse with-our people, ami that ulti
mate annexation to tliis grand continental federation,
wliicli is made inevitable by trie great tendencies of
progress.. These Sandwich Islands will yet cut up
handsomely into a couple of federal States of this Un
ion, and Kamaliameha and Liholiho, Avill have the priv
ilege of being the first governors of them, respectively.
This is a prophecy, and it shall be for a prophecy.
I enjoyed a grand panorama yesterday. It was nei
ther Gliddon’s of the Nile, Burr’s of the St. Lawrence,
nor Calyo’s of the Connecticut. It Avas Nature's
scene from the cupola of the State House. This ele
gant and spacious structure is built on the summit of
the three-peaked hill, from wliicli Boston Avas, of old,
called “Tre-mountain,” and the aforesaid cupola is
perched on the summit of the dome. The a icav Avhich
bursts upon your sight, as you look out from it, repays
you for the “many a weary step and many a puff,” ‘with
Avhich you have clomb so far. To the North and
East you see the Bay with its blue Avaters, white
sails and numerous treeless islands, and on towards
the South lies South Boston, Dorchester and Roxbn
rv. Bringing your gaze round to the North, you see
West and East Cambridge, Charlestown, Chelsea,
and East Boston, in succession. Everywhere within
six or seven miles of the peninsula, you see the gi;ouml
covered Avith houses or towns ; nothing rural appears
except the tops of thin trees and the hazy heights in
the extreme distance. And looking doAvn upon these
populous toAvns clustering round their mother in the
centre, it is not difficult to foresee the time when the
entire Neck and tlie back estuary, South from West
Cambridge Bridge, shall be filled in and covered with
streets and houses up to Roxbury ; and this last, Avitli
the localities before mentioned, be included within the
vast municipality of Boston. The present population
of the city proper is about 140,000. Under the fu
ture circumstances we have been anticipating, in sev
; on years or so, it is thought the Boston population
1 would amount to 400,000. Pondering in this man
! °
! nor, 1 seemed to see the great result all about me—
“to see from a tower the end of all.” It is to be hop
ed that, in the future extension of the city, a stringent
regard will be paid to the want of verdure and open
atmosphere, which is the opprobrium of a great ma
ny old cities. In the hot aired summer Aveather, poor
Boston is a deadly place. In none of its thorough
fares Avill you find the blessed shadoAv of any green
tree. But the Common is a great compensation.
There you have fresh air, the dashing of the fountain
in the Frog Pond, and the shade of trees. But this
last is not sufficiently plentiful. The tress are all
young, and we must Avait twenty years for anything
’ like the umbrageous forestry avc dream of, Avlien days
are particularly under tlie influence of the canicular.
The Common, Avith its trees opening into leaf, and its
; nicely sanded walks, has a wonderfully cheery and
enlivening appearance just now, and looks like a pic
ture, from tlie cupola window.
Mr. Grinnell’s ships, the Advance and the Rescue,
have, at last, left New York to go in search of Sir
| Jolin Franklin. Captains de Haven and Griffin are
in command of these vessels, which have been provis
ioned and maimed by Congress. They have gone up
into the terrible Polar solitudes Avith the good wishes
and prayers of all our citizens. Several ships have
left England this year on the same chivalrous quest —
about a dozen of them, including the private expedi
tion fitted out by poor Lady Franklin, and consisting
of the Lady Franklin and the Sophia. In a few
weeks, the old Arctic voyager, Sir John Ross, notv 70
years of age, will prooded, nt the head of another ex
; pedition, in search of his brother sailor. lie kno\A r s j
. the Northern latitudes well, and he expresses liis be
lief that Sir John Franklin is still alive and iee-bound j
in some out-of-the-Avay nook of the terrible polar wil- !
demess.
This is the age of steamships. Os all the monsters
of the deep a great ship is the most interesting and
sublime. Ido not exactly mean a battle ship, though
such a craft cuts a magnificent figure, Avafting her
thunderbolts ; but a vessel made to be a perfect and
happy link betAveen the divided brotherhoods of our
large family. There are noAv over 18 ocean steam
ships contracted for, on the ways, or receiving their
machinery at New York—the value of which is esti- j
mated at near five millions of dollars. Cunard's j
great mail-ships have been increased to nine; and the
West India Mail Company are to increase their ships
to the number of 25 in the course of this year. Col
lins, of New York, is building a fleet of five mail
steamers to run against the Cimarders, on the Atlan
tic line. One of these—the Atlantic—was despatch
ed to England, three weeks ago; and the Pacific, a
wonderfully fine ship of 3,500 tons burden, has been
tried with her machinery and is now on her way to
Liverpool. The City of Glasgow, a screw-sliip, came
the other day from the metropolis of St. Mungo to
bring the canny bodies of the Clyde en rapport with
the republican brotherhood of these parts; and I see
that the ‘A ieeroy” belonging to the Dublin, Cork and
Glassgow Steam Company, is about to bear from Gal
way (in that green old island of saints and sinners,) to
New York, and vice versa , the reciprocities of poor
Patrick and his very good friend and brother Jona
than. Then what a number of noble steamers will
run between our sea-board cities and Chagres—Cali
fornia-ward, and between Panama and San Francisco !
A steamer is talked of to ply regularly between the
latter city and one of the ports of China. Steam is
the revolutionary demi-ourgos of the nineteenth cen
tury—it will change the face of the world more rap
idly than military conquest ever did.
ti e have just heard of the landing and success of
Lopez, in Cuba. The Whigs are generally unfavora
ble to the enterprise, and their editors denounce the
invaders as buccaneers. But there is a strong feeling
of democratic satisfaction in the minds of the mass, to
find the vile tyranny of Spain terrified in its strong
hold, and in danger of being crushed where it stands.
We cannot all belie our democracy of soul so far as
not to wish the Queen of the Antilles
“Great, glorious, and free,
First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea,”
(as Virgil used to say) instead of being the farm whence
the debauched court of Isabella draws a large and ill
spent revenue. It is a positive pleasure to us to hear
that one more despotism is likely to loosen its grasp on
the throat of humanity. Talk of the rights of thrones
and dynasties, like these Whig Pecksniffs of Massa
chusetts ? What of the rights of a whole people ?
But let us have no more palaver! Advance, General
Lopez, and exterminate the garrison of the tyrants,
and let O’Hara’s Kentucky riflemen sweep the des
perate track of Cuban independence ! In spite of all
royalist and anti-republican babble, Spain must sur
render Cuba. The Island is the key of the Gulf of
Mexico, and belongs to these States by the geographi
cal fiat of nature, as well as the irrepressible tenden
cies of human liberty.
Webster denounces the invasion, in his place in
Congress, but the democratic feeling of the country
will also make itself heard in this matter. However
it may be, I hope the Creoles and people of Cuba will
take the business mainly into their own hands. If
they do, our scrupulous diplomatists will talk their pro
tests to the empty air. American interference will be
worthless to the rotten cause of Spain, and, in a short
time, Cuba will electrify their timid sense of hearing
by kicking loudly at the door of this federation for ad
mission, which she shall certainly receive, with the
fraternal accolade of the thirty-three or thirty-four
States—her elder sisters.’ May all this yet be, as it
is here written down!
The Havana Troupe are still singing away merito
riously at the Howard Athcneuin. To give them
greater eclat, (good original phrase, that'.) there is
every day a regular auction of the opera tickets for
each performance, and things are carried on with a
pleasant success in this way. Two or three of our
first rate hotels bid for a certain amount of tickets res
pectively 5 and as the number of tickets purchased is
a sort of tacit test of the respectability of the houses,
there is some rivalry in the matter, which is very pro
fitable to the troupe.
By the by, Signor Benedetti was married to*Signo
ra Truffi, on Saturday, 25th, at the Catholic Cathe
dral here. Bishop Fitzpatrick performed the cere
mony, which-was witnessed by a good many curious
| people. The beatified pair have taken a cottage at
| Lynn for the summer, where, what with connubial
| tenderness, boating and fishing, they will be as happy
jas the days arc hot. On Friday night, during the
opera of Lucia di Lammcrmoor, Steffanoni, instead of
| coming out in the scene where Lncia is insane and
| acts and says accordingly, sent out an apology ! This
j was very provoking and very odd. She did the same
on the same occasion, in New York. She does not
I like to play mad characters apparently. However,
the Bostonians treated her to a pretty smart shower of
hisses, which she received without acknowledgement.
! Professor Webster is spending his time in a calm
and even cheerful manner in his cell. A gentleman
of my acquaintance, who visited him there, says that
considering the fate impending over his head, he found
him amazingly pleasant and self-possessed. lie seems
; to entertain the strongest hopes of a pardon from our
j governor. His family share liis expectations; but
they arc utterly groundless, anil, I believe, doomed to
be sternly disappointed. How naturally the human
mind appears to put aside and ignore that dreadful
; leap in the dark ‘. Pearson, who killed bis wife and
children at Lowell, and in whose case great eftbrts
wore made to obtain - a commutation of punishment,
| exhibits the same apparent incredulity of his sentence.
! W hen informed that the appeal to the governor anti
| council on his behalf, was fruitless, and that he must
die, he would not believe it, but said, “it is all a joke !”
The State of Massachusetts has altered the law
i which prohibited the sale of intoxicating liquors.
| They may now be sold by those - who-shall obtain li
censes for their sale. It is hoped that by this means,
the resort of the people to the infamous, lbw grogge
ries, where alone portable and potable quantities of the
heady drinks could be procured, will be diminslied.
The propensity to imbibe is not yet chastened in socie
j ty, and as the reckless folks will drink, it is better they
should purchase in respectable stores than guzzle in
dark and degraded cellars. It is difficult to legislate
for the bibulous propensities of our nature. Schools
will do more than sumptuary laws in this matter.
The Democrats have surrendered the Fourth Dis
trict—at the convention of Charlestown, they resolved
not to nominate any candidate.
YANKEE DOODLE.
Death of the Hon. Franklin 11. Elmore.
Intelligence reached us yesterday morning
that the Hon. F. 11. Elmore, expiried at his lodg
ings in Washington on Wednesday evening.—
\Ve believe his death was caused by the sudden
! and violent return of that anguish of the brain,
which, with different degrees of intensity, has
been the most wasting element of his long de
cline. This news has caused a most painful
shock to the whole community, and will be deep
ly felt throughout the State. The circumstan
ces are indeed singularly affecting. The feeble
ness of his health had lor some time secluded
Col. Elmore from public occasions and resorts,
when he was drawn from his sick room to act as
the exponent of the general sorrow on the recep
: tton of the news of Mr. Calhoun’s death, The
whole assembly was struck equally with the fee
bleness and waste of his body and with the pa
tient dignity of his bearing. His fame was bow
ed, his voice was broken, and the shadow of
death rested on his lace; but never did he look
more worthy of respect, and never did his fellow
citizens more fully appreciate the, elevation of
his character, the gentleness and truthfulness of
his heart, ank the commanding qualities of his
mind. This was his last public appearence in
Charleston, and few of its citizens saw him after
wards. The scene appears as of yesterday; the j
earth is still fresh on the grave of Calhoun, and
we are called upon to place beside him his eulo
gist, his friend, his successor.
We cannot attempt to do justice to Col. El
more’s character as a public man. There was
in his mind a complexity, a mingling ofhroad
and strongly marked qualities’ with subtle and
elusive intricacies of thought and impulse, that
could only be fairly estimated and explained by
an elaborate analysis such as we could not at
tempt, and which would be out of place here.—
By the consent of all he has long haen held among
the most eminent citizens of the State, enjoying
in a remarkable degree her confidence, acknowl
edged to be equal to any duty, with every office
in her gift open to his ambition, and the very
highest ol* them more than once inviting his ac
ceptance.
In regard to public distinction, he has had
much more of it within his reach than he has
consented to lay his hand on. Years ago he
might have been in the Senate without an effort
of his own. When Mr. Polk entered upon his
Presidential derm he offered to Col. Elmore the
Mission to England, and urged it upon him in
language of warm personal regard, such as is
not often employed on like occasions. Either of
these positions would have given him a great
and wide spread reputation, because the quali
ties of his mind and character were peculiarly
fitted for their duties. His frank and unpretend
ing addeess gave him access to the hearts of
men, while the friendly.warmth and the dignity
of his nature secured the confidence won by his
affability. No man had greater power over oth
esr in quiet deliberations, while on great occa
sions he showed a comprehensiveness of view,
a clearness ol detail and a faculty ot giving the
impressiveness of accumulated weight to pro
gressive reasoning, that gave him extraordinary
power as a debater. Earnest and patient in in
vestigating all the subjects on which he was
called to act, he came to the discussion of them
with the amplest materials for their illustration,
and used his knowledge and his powers of argu
ment for the sole purpose of convincing and per
suading, with an utter absence of all impulse to
display. To such a mind, the Senate, or the
highest walks of diplomacy, would have been
the natural field, and in either position lie could
not have failed to win distinguished honor, and
wield a mighty influence.
We are strongly tempted to speak of Col,
Elmore in his personal relations and private
character, but this can only be permitted with
much reserve. Those who love him most deep
ly? and looked up to him as the representative
and guardian of the dearest relations of life, can
not share their grief with that of the public for
the loss of an eminent citizen. Even his per
sonal friends may not speak of him here, as th’ey
think of him in their inmost hearts. The large
number of those who sympathized in all his for
tunes, and considered his friendship among their
richest treasures, will bear witness to the gen
tleness, the communicative warmth and faith
fulness of his heart. We do not believe there
ever died a South Carolinian, who left behind
him the memory of more acts of personal kind
ness than Franklin H. Elmore, or whose death
was deplored by a greater number of persons as
at once the loss of a cherished friend, and of an
eminently patriotic end useful public man.
[Chas. Mercury.
Correspondence of the Savanali Republican.
The Cuban .Expedition. A complete and in
teresting history.
Key West, May 22, ISSO.
Messrs. Editors: Our city was thrown into
consternation yesterday morning by the arrival
of the American steamer Creole, chased by the
Spanish war steamer Pizarro, which disclosed
the fact that an attack had been made on thels
land of Cuba, by an expedition from New Or
leans. The facts, as I have gathered them, are
these: The Creole left New Orleans on the 7th
inst., for the ostensible purpose of taking pas
sengers of Chagres, on their way to California.
Instead of gold diggers, they were bound to Cu
ba, under the command of Gen. Lopez, on pro
ject of revolutionizing that island. The plan was
to land at Cardenas, surprise that place,
seize the cars, and proceed immediately to Ma
tanzas and surprise it, then go up the river to
the mountains and forty themselves. There the
name of Gen. Lopez would bring the soldiers and
citizens to his standard. Having effected this,
there would have been shortly a sufficient force
to inspire confidence in the people, and to meet
the army of the Government. It was believed
that the great majority of the people were in fa
vor of revolution, and would with the regular
lar soldiers, declare in their favor as they ad
vanced. ‘The Creole proceeded to the Island of
Mugeresj. off Cape Catoche, on the coast of Yu
catan. At this place they joined a part of the
expedition, which had arrived sometime previ
ous on the brig Susan Loud and the bark Geor
giana. The whole force was then six hundred and
-fifty men, and was composed of three regiments
—the Mississippi, Louisiana, and Kentucky.—
Information was sent from hereto Havana by
a smack, to delude the Government as to the
point of attack. After two day’s stay at the is
land, the whole expedition embarked on the
Creole for Cardenas, having sent the brig and
bark back to New Orleans. ‘They reached Car
denas on the 19tli inst., at 2 o’clock, A. M.—
Here, on account of low tide and other obstruc
tion, they were delayed two hours before land
ing could be effected. This delay, with the noise
I of landing, had given the alarm, and a dispatch
! was immediately started by the Governor of
! Cardenas for Matanzas. As soon as they larnl
| ed an attack was made on the garrison, the A
j mericans shouting as they advanced, “Libertad
de Cubay independencia.” At daylight, after
1 three hour’s hard fighting, the city was captured,
with the loss of seven Americans and fifteen
wounded. ‘The loss of the Spaniards is not
known, but is supposed to have been from fifty
to one hundred, The Governor and Lieut
Governor of ’Cardenas were taken prisoners.—
The Governor’s palace was burnt. This was
j necessary to make them surrender. The firing
! was constant and hot from the garrison and tops
; ofthe houses until the city was taken. ‘The
! Spanish soldiers fought well and bravely, but the
i Americans, with the same dauntless and vehe
; ment courage that swept Mexico, carried every
1 thing before them, and, in a few hours after land
ing, this city, of seven thousand inhaditants, was
l in the possession of six hundred men !
In their progress-through the* town the Inva
ders met with, a Hot reception from all quarters,
j being fired upon from- walls, housetops, win
dows, &c. A body of Spanish troops, moving
towards the Governor’s house, being hailed, re
turned an answer by firing. The Governor’s
house was early attacked, but not until after Gen.
Lopez had sent three or lour summonses to
surrender. The house was then set fire to,
when the Governor, some officers and forty sol
diers retreated to the next house, which was fir
ed in its turn. They then made their way to
; the third house, on which was several ladies and
others collected. The roof of this house, which
was a low one, gave way and fell in, but no one,
was seriously hurt. In this condition the inmates,
with the fire at their heels, and the soldiers in
danger of being blown up by their own catridges,
had no choice but to surrender. A white flag
was, therefore, soon hung out at the window, on
the point of a bayonet In the abscence ofany
thing else to serve the purpose of a flag, one of
the young ladies present gallantly offered an ar
ticle of her under garments, which was used for
the purpose.
‘The place being taken, Gen. Lopez, who thus
far had been unable to get speech of the inhab
itants, which he was then anxious to do, in order
to save blood-shed, explained that the Expedi
tion came to the island to offer liberty to the in
haditants. not with the purpose of plunder. He
issued at the same time strict orders that no
property should betaken without being paid for,
and gave other necessary orders. The effect of
these measures was, that the Spanish sol
diers put on red shirts and cockades likeinvad- j
ers, had distributed themselves through the I
town, with at least the ostensible object of con
ciliating the people in favor of their new visitors.
It does not appear, however, that much impres
sion was made in this way, and it is certain that
the Spanish officers all remained faithful to their
flag, exhibiting throughout, a courage worthy of
the days of old Castile.
On reaching the railroad depot the rails were
found to have been taken up, as to render it im
possible to reach Matanzas, hy that means. Be
fore they could reach there by foot, the whole
force ofthe Government would have been ready
to receive them. This part of the project hav
ing failed, it was concluded to remain at Carden
as, and await a demonstration in their favor. —
The citizens in the morning appeared friendly,
and disposed to join the invaders, invited them
to their houses, and treated them hospitably, but
none took up arms, and n'one came in from the
country.
In the evening, about sundown, one hundred
and twenty lancers marched into the city. A
part took a position in one street to cut off’ a re
treat. The others, fifty in number, charged the
Americans, and were all with but one expedi
tion, shot down. The lancer that escaped,
J
showed reckless valor—twice, single handed
and alone, he charged; at the second
his herrse was killed, his arm was broken, and he
taken prisoner and brought here. Ir, this attack,
no assistance was rendered by the citizens. On
the contrary, the captain of the lancers was found
to be the very man who had feasted the officers
sumptuously at dinner, and nrade them Believe
he was with them.
One of tire aids of Gen. Lopez, Gen. Gonzales,
lies here badly, but supposed not dangerously,
wounded. Col. O’Hara, of Kentucky, is also
wounded, but not dangerously. Capt. Logan,
of Kentucky, died of his wounds, and his body
was thrown overboard the day after they left
Cardenas. Among those killed was an Episco
pal parson from the West, whose name I have
not learned.
The Americans, receiving no assistance from
the people, and aware that a force often thou
sand men stationed near Cardenas, were on
the march to attack them, took their boat at night
and put to sea for Key West The next morn
ing the steamer Pizarro was discovered astern
in chase. They kept ahead all that day, and
changed their course to northeast, and made the
reef at Key Vacas. There a pilot took them in
side the reel and ran down. The Pizarro was
off the ship channel yesterday nothing, having
arrived in the night. She demanded” a pilot of
Lieut. Rogers, who lay out there in the Petrel,
the U. S. schooner engaged in the coast survey.
The purpose of which they wanted a pilot was,
they avowed, to chase the Creole. Mr. Rogers
replied that they could have a pilot to come into
Key West, but not to pursue the Creole. The
commander of the Prizarro threatened to inform
the government of his refusal to furnish a pilot,
on which Mr. Rogers sent him his card, so that
there might be no doubt who he was. After a
short time, a pilot boarded the Pizarro from a*
piloting schooner, and brought her through the 1
ship channel. In the meantime, the Creole was
running down inside the reef with all the steam
she could raise. !She rounded the light-house
point a half an hour before the Pizarro. What
might have been the consequence had she got
ten a pilot from Mr. Rogers, or whether it was
her intention after having crossed the bar and
gotten into our waters to have attacked the Cre
ole, and cut her oft from this place, we can’t tel!;
but such, it is supposed, must have been her de
sign. iroin the tact ot her wanting a pilot to chase,
and from the knowledge which her officers must
have had that it was impossible for a vessel of
so great draugh to go inside the reef. The only
use for a pilot was to come inside and await the
approach of the Creole.
The Creole atter being detained twenty min
utes by the health officer, was allowed to come
to the wharf; while dropping down, Pizarro
passed on above and came to anchor. The pilot
was ordered to put her between the Creole and.
the shore He replied, he would he d—d if he
would. As soon as the Creole touched the wharf,
a rush was made by the men with their bundles
and side arm for the shore, and soon the boat
was entirely abandoned. They seemed glad
enough to have gotton once more upon Ameri
can soil. Fortunately for them, the United States
barracks, about one mile from the city, were va
cant and afforded a shelter. The Pizarro lays
here still, having kept up steam all yesterday
and last night, as if apprehensive she was in a
dangerous neighborhood, and it might be neces
sary to take very suddenly to her heels. She
has, we understand, about one hundred men on
board and one of the Spanish officers who
caped from Cardenas.
It was the design of the Americans, had they
found it impossible to escape, to have boarded
the Pizarro it they could. Could they have done
this, they would have taken her in ten min
utes.
Twenty-six men and four officers of the gar
rison, at Cardenas, joined the Americans during
tlie fight, and have came over with them. They
| seem much attached to Gen. Lopez. Seven ne
■ groes also came over. When the men returned
to the boat, at Cardenas, they found about twen
ty negroes, who prayed to be taken with them.
| All were sent ashore, however, except these
1 seven, who hid themselves, and were not dis
covered till the boat got to sea. They were”
brought before Judge Marvin, the District Judge;
i this morning, upon a writ ot habeas , corpus, who
ordered them to be delivered to the Spanish
Consul. lie will send them on board the Pizar
| ro, to be delivered to their owners. The Creofo
: has been seized by the collector for various
breeches of the revenue laws; and will, doubt
less, he forfeited. No remonstrance was made
by the adventures, when she was seized, They
looked for it as a matter of course. They hail
been entirely peaceful, and seem disposed to
abide by the law. Many of them are gentlemen
of education, and of the most respectable fam-
I ilies ill the West. What will be their destina
’ tion, is unknown. Some I understand, leave
to-day for New Orleans, and some three hun
dred on the Isabel. Gen. Lopez and his aid, J.
Sanchez Yznega, are among the latter.
After the boat had gotten out to sea from Car
denas a vote was taken to determine their
A majority voted for coming to Key West. Gen.
Lopez then asked to be set ashore"at La Vuelta
de Abajo, where troops were stationed with
the Spanish soldiers who had joined them, and
who were anxious to have followed him,. A
number of the Americans were also willing to
[ follow him. The supply of fuel was so small,
j that it was thought there would not be sufficient
to take them back to the shore and reach this
place, and they determined not to return. Lo
pez seems still sanguine. He says that his name
will yet call to his standard. The Americans
speak in the highest terms of his courage. He
. was to be found throughout the fight where the
: bullets flew thickest. They think though that
! he was deceived as to the extent of his popular
ly in Cuba, and this was the cause of his failure
of the expedition. As to the fact, in this respect
it is difficult to say. Lopez lias long had the
reputation of being the most popular man in Cu
ba, but His popelarity is chiefly in. the southern
part, where his estate lay, and where he lived
when a Spanish general..
Had the project of seizing Matanzas and for
tifying hiniseli in the mountains succeeded, Cu
ba may have been at this moment revolutioniz
ed. As in many other great attempts, howev
er, the occurrences of an hour may have thwart
. ed and defeated a well formed plan.
Since writing the above, we hear through the
i Spanish Consul at this port, that the Pizarro, on
j Saturday last, captured the brig Susan Loud,
‘ and the bark Georgiana, the vessels before men
j tioned as having carried part of the expedition
to Mugeres. They were on their way from that
| island’ te New Orleans. They had ori board,
, besides their crew, some fifteen or twenty men,
some sick and others who backed out and con
cluded to return. The Pizarro took them into Ila
; vana and immediately sailed after the Creole.—
There were taken on these vessels a great num
ber of letters, which were brought here.
A smack arrived here an hour ago from Ila-
I vana, and communicated with Pizarro. She H
just going out with the smack in tow.
Haste for the mail prevents me from giv
ing you further details.
I should have stated that some ofthe woun
ded Americans were left at Cardenas from?
necessity. The Governor and Lieutenant
1 Governor of Cordenas were released on giv
ing their word of honor that these men should’
be well treated—a promise they remembered
probably only while the Creole was in sight-
The city is lull of rumors of other expeditions
having been fitted out from Mississippi and
Pennsylvania. ‘Phis is gathered from the ad
venturers. CARYSFORT.
Congress.
Washington, May 27, 1850.
SENATE.
Petitions were presented and private bills ro
ported.
The bill to divide the judicial district of the
United States for the State of Arkansas passed-
Mr. Butler, from the committee the judiciary, re
ported a bill to regulate the forms of the U. S.
District Court of the State of Ohio.
The Senate took up the bill to establish a branch
mint of the U. S. at New York.
Mr. Jefferson Davis offered an amendment,
establishing two assay offices in California; and
to have a treasurer, assayer, &c. The treasur
er to have the keeping of the public money, and
a salary 0f,55, 000, and the assayer a salary oT
.$50,000 for the purpose of buildings, &c.