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over to the tender mercies of the Freesoil*
ers.
Mr. Johnson said that if this was to be
the dismemberment of the Union party, he
would take his share of it. [Laughter.]
Mr. Cabell resumed. When the Union
men go the Baliitnoro Convention, they
will find themselves in the position in which
they were at the time of the organization
of this House. They would find their res
olution voted down. Some mau not much
known to the country will be nominated as
it, no matter by what party it shall bo car
ried out.
The gentleman and himself were at issue
on another point. He prefers another per
son for the Presidency, whom he (Mr. M )
did not ; and another difference (we under
stood him to say) between the gentleman
and himself was, that if the Whig pot lion
of the Union party were likely to sustain
our principles, he should object to going to
the Whig Convention, because it was not
the muet°probable place to cany out those
the candidate for the Presidency, and they principles.
will acquiesce. If they once violate the J Mr. Cabell said that if the Democratic
principle on which they go there, they will j party should nominate a candidate upon
go further Thev may nominate William j principles on which he could stand, and the
O. Butler, of Kentucky, whose opinions | Whig prrty should not, he would vote lor
h ive never been avowed to the country, the Democratic nominee. \V ould the gem
except that be never owned slaves. [A ; tleman place himself in a similar position 1
voice : “You voted for Taylor.”] He had j It the Democrats adopt the unmeaning res-
as much agency in his suh'ere in bunging ; olutmns of 1848, and the rcso uttons of JS
about that°state of things as any man ; but. j and ’99, and refuse to put themselves on
may the Loid forgive him for what he had the platform of the Georgia Convention,
done. He should not hereafter vote for would
any man whose position is not clearly de
fined. He did not want his friends to be
caught in the same snare.
the gentleman vote for the Whig
candidate, should lie assent to it ?
Mr. Murphy would repeat that the prin-
His opinion j ciples of the Geotgia Union Convention are
was, that the South should not countenance
any effort to conciliate tiie abolitionists ol
(he North by concealing tbe principles of
the candidates. He believed that the at
tempt was now on foot by the different di
visions of the Democratic party; and to
this he wished to call the attention of^ the
country. He found the gentleman irom
Massachusetts, (Mr. Rantoul,) and gentle
men on the Gulf, standing or. the platform
of 1S44 and 1S48 — Abolitionists, Fire ea
ters, Freesoilers; all of whom stand on the
same platform, by which they will be ena
bled to nominate a man who will not de
clare his principles, and be made to appear
to the North an Abolitionist, and to the
South a S : ate Rights man. What does
Mr. Benton say? Why. go into convention
on the principles of 184S, for which south
ern gentlemen are willing. Add to these
the resolutions of '9S and ’99, subject to
any construction which the members offer
ing them may be pleased to give to them.
Mr. Benton objects to any addition, for the
reason that Congress has no tight to legis
late on the subject of slavery iri the Terri
tories. “This dogma,” he says, “is a mod
ern invention.”
His (Mr. Cabell’s) choice, as an individ
ual member, is for the ptesent President of
the United States. He believed that the
country is more indebted to him than to
any other man for the peace and quiet
which we now enjoy; and morally there is
an obligation on the part of ihe South and
peaceable men of every section to stand by
nim. We know the agency which he had
in quieting the slavery agitation ; we know
that but for him the Compromise measures
would not have been passed. He (Mr.
C.) could not act with the great mass of the
northern Whigs unless they change their
opinions. He could not act with the Dem
ocratic party ; and the Union party is dis-
bauded. Whete, then, could he go ? [Mr.
Giddings : Join the Freesoilers.”] He
would stand as an outsider, firing at all.
The Democrats tell the Whigs that the lat
ter will nominate General Scott. He is
the greatest captain of the age ; no man has
ever achieved so much, and been so light
ly rewarded for his seivices. Individually
he would prefer him ; but he could not, and
would not, in his present position, give his
vote for him for the Presidency. He
thought that he here spoke the sentiment
of the southern Whig patty. lie believed
that General Scott, as an individual, was
en.itled to tlie support of all Compromise
men. Ha happened to know that the gen
eral acted as Secretary of War preceding
the formation of Mr. Fillmot’s Cabinet,
and aided in securing the passage of the
Compromise bids. But we demand some
thing more. We are delei mined never
again to go into the contest without a clear
understanding of principles. Notwith
standing his piivate relations with Gen.
Scott, he would not think of supporting
him without his declarations should be sat
isfactory to tbe South. But he thought
that it was entirely too late to arrange that.
Gen. Scott has put it off too long, and has
remained in a false position too long, to
repair the injury which has been done to
him. He did uot believe that General
Scott could receive the vote of the south
ern Whig party. He knew that he could
not receive fifty votes in his Slate—Floti-
da. tie did not believe that he could re
ceive the electoral vote of one State, in his
present position. He merely wished to
say that the southern Whig party occupy a
position now, that their candidate’s opin
ion shall not be capable of misrepresenta
tion. In the conclusion of his remarks, (of
which the above is a hasty sketch,) he said
that his object in rising was to say that the
people of the country should cleat!y un
derstand the opinions of the aspirants for
the Presidency, either from themselves or
from their ftieds in both Houses, who un
dertake to speak for them.
Mr. Murphy, of Georgia, observed that
he came here as a member of the Union
party, and he understood the gentlemen
proclaimed to the woild ; and he said now
that he should vote for no man who is op
posed to them against ihe man who is in fa
vor of them.
Mr. Cabell—Will you vote for a man, even
if he is a Whig, in favor ot the Union plat-
foim, against a Democrat who is not for it ?
Mr. Mur phy thought that he had answer
ed that question distinctly, When he was
put in nomination for a seat in Congress,
tie proclaimed everywhere in the canvass
that he was a Democrat. It was, however,
unnecessary to tell it; everybody knew it.
He had said that he aeled with the Whigs
because he agr eed with them on art issue
before the country—an issue paramount to
all others, lie took particular care at the
same time, to tell the people he was not
tainted with turning Whig, and that his
Democratic principles had undergone no
change. And lie said to the gentleman
that if his (Mr. Cabell’s) candidate should
be a Whig, in favor of a United Slates
bank, a protective tariff, a distribution of
tiie proceeds of the sales of the public lands
and against the sub-treasury—in short for
all the doctrines which he (Mr. M.) believ
ed to be wrong—that it would require
something more than an adherence to the
platform to obtain his support. He wished
to ask the gentleman a question. Why did
lie object to making the experiment aL the
Baltimore convention, before he knew
whether he could succeed there or not ?
Mr. Cabell thought that he had answered
that question." He understood that the Un
ion party had separated itself from all par
ties ; then why should they send delegates
to another convention ? He had said that
there was a greater probability of the
Whigs acting with the Union party than
the Democratic party ; but he deemed that
it was the duty of the Union party to have
no connection with either party until its
principles were known.
Mr. Murphy desired to give his reasons
why he was willing to go to the Baltimore
Convention. All knew that there were a
great many abolitionists in both parties, and
that they contend against the principles on
which the Union party was organized.—
His reason was this: We know we have
frieuds there as well as opponents ; and by
going there and acting with our friends we
can counteract the movements of those who
are against us, and put ourselves in a posi
tion to carry out the views of the Union
patty. He would not vore for the great
captain, because, as lie understood, lie dif
fered with him on the parti tilar subject of
slavery. He should vote for a man who
places himself on correct principles, and
pledges himself to carry them out. He
was understood to say that the time for pre
serving the Union party organization has
passed by ; and he asked whether the Un
ion party is to stand still and do nothing,
rather than act when the object for which
it was formed can be accomplished ?
Mr. McMullen did not rise to make a po
litical speech, as did the gentleman from
Florida, (Mr. Cabell) on a bill whicn has for
its object the mere authority of the soldier
to transfer his land warrant. He thought,
with due deference to the gentleman, that
of all ihe political speeches that he had ev
er heard delivered, in Luis Hall or else
where, this is the most unpropitious bill on
which to make a speech. He had not risen
to reply to the gentleman, but he desired
to call the attention of the committee to
the subject-matter under consideration.—
There is no subject before Congress In
which the poor soldier has a deeper inter
est; and yet tiie gentleman gravely got up
and predicated a political speech upon it,
by which he attempted to read apolitical
lecture to the two great political parlies of
the country, and at the same time allude to
the recently formed third parly, composed
of the factions of all parties—the misnamed
Union party.
Mr. Disney, by permission of the gentle
man, made a personal explanation. The
gentleman from Florida had alluded to his
vote against the Fugitive Slave law. He
opposed to the question on which the
pledge was made.
Mr. McMullen—I will answer; the Vir
ginia principle is this; a strict adherence
to the Constitution of our country. [Laugh
ter.] I hope that the gentleman will make
the declaration, and stick to it. On the sub
ject of the Compromise, the Virginia dele
gation were divided, but are they divided
on either of those bills which involve a great
constitutional question ? But how did they
act] Like statesmen and friends to their
common country. We do not make war oil
one another. We remembered the advice
of Dr. Franklin ; let us
"To Hie fault of our friends be blind,
And they to us will e’er be kind;
If we the faults of friends expose,
They will then become our toes.”
He would tell the gentleman, further
more, that the old-fashioned, Democratic,
Jeffersonian, Old Hunker party, was the re
al Union party of ihe country. It has al
ways been the Union party, and it would
be a slander on the dead as well as the liv
ing to say to the contrary. He then re
viewed the Whig campaign of 1840, and
touched upon other matters in that connex
ion, giving way to Mr. Cabell to ask ques
tions and make explanations; and, in con
clusion, said that bis desire was to have a
vote taken upon the bill as soon as possible
and that if the gentleman from Florida had
a disposition to repent of his political sins,
and resolve to sin no more, he would be
willing to take him into tiie Democratic
church.
On motion, the committee rose, when a
resolution was adopted to close the debate
in two hours after the House shall again go
into committee.
And the House adjourned.
let them strike the blow. We are not a
proper jury to try the merits of disputes
between reniute empires. As a nation, we
are bound to preserve tbe neutrality we
profess. All questions of freedom between
a people arid their rulers properly belong
to themselves alone, and to i \terfere is
the very infraction of the first principles
of liberty that we hear so much of all
around us. Peace—peace—peace—is our
motto, where the wrong is not our own.
[Ledger.
from Florida to remark that he came here (Mr. D,) had said that that law was ineffec-
in the same character. The gentleman | tual, and did not accomplish its object.—
said that he had not understood until now I When that bill was before trie House he
that the Uuion men were elected to per | urged the gentleman who had charge of it
petuate and carry out the principles of the | to withdraw the demand for the previous
Democratic party. Now he, (Mr. M.,) i question, that he might offer an amendment,
like the gentleman, had never understood At that lime he said that he would not j
PRINCIPLES OF WASHINGTON.
The following merooiial is now in circu
lation ir> New York, for signatures. It
takes the true ground, and cannot but meet
with hearty support. The movement is a
good one, and is worthy of imitation here
and elsewhere throughout, the land :
To '.he Senate an!. House of Representatives
in Congress assembled;
The undersigned citizens of New York,
respectfully pray your honorable bodies, in
these times of foreign discord and domestic
agitation, to stand firmly and faithfully by
the principles of Washington, as embodied
in his farewell address, and illustrated
throughout a life devoted to the welfare of
his country. These principles, as we un
derstand them, were designed and admi
rably adapted to confer honor, glory and
prosperity on Araeiica, by keeping our
country free front all entangling alliances
with the powers of Europe ; by abstaining
lrom all interference with their forms of
government, as well as from any act which
could ju-tly be construed as intermeddling
with tbe affairs of European governments,
in their conduct towards each oilier.
It is indeed impossible for a free nation
like our own to be indifferent to the sue
cess and extension of the principles of ra
tional freedom throughout the world ; still
we deem it inexpedient, even if it were
practicable, “to leave our own to stand on
foreign ground.”
We give to the oppressed exile from ev
ery clime a country and a home, tbe bene
fit of free institutions, the assur ance of pro
tection, and a promise of reward in the ex
ercise of his industry and calling. We do
more. We give to the nations of the earth
a bright and cheering example of the suc
cess of Republican institutions, and in that
success the hope of a glorious emancipation
from every form of tyranny and oppression
over the minds and opinions of men.
_ We present America as the beacon light
which points to the way our fathers trod,
to serve as a guide for obtaining liberty and
independence, to all men and to all nations
capable of maintaining their own freedom.
To go farther than this we think would
not only present a case of unjustifiable in
terference on our part, towards powers
with whom we are at peace, and in the en
joy merit of fiiendly relations, but prove in
jurious to those people who seek relief by
relying more upon foreign aid, than upon
the justice of their cause, or their own abil
ity to achieve their independence.
It was the great good fortune of the pre
vious Congress to settle, happily, justly,
and seasonably, important questions affect
ing the domestic quiet of our land, and the
unity of our government: and now, when in
danger of becoming divided among our
selves in regard to our duty towar ds foreign
powers we entreat your Honorable bodies,
so to act as to proveto the world that our
country, nmv, as ever, stands by the prin
ciples and policy of the father of his coun
try— principles which, although they may
seem to admit of occasional modification
by circumstances, will remain, in all essen
tial particulars, eternal as truth itself.
New York, 2d February, 1852.
Circulation of Journals.—Abroad, in
England in 1701 when the stamp duty was
levied upon every number of a periodical pa
per consisting of a sheet, the whole quantity
oi printed paper was estimated at 20,000
teams annually. Nearly at this period,
(1704,) when the Boston News Letter made
its apperance in the American colonies,
some two or three hundrod copies weekly
may have been Is circulation. What now
i- the quantity of paper demanded by the
present British periodical press I am una
ble to determine. In this present Janua
ry, 1S52, it is calculated there are about
three thousand different newspapers and
other periodicals printed in this country,
tiie entire amount of which approaches the
yearly aggregate of four hundred and
twenty thee millions of numbers.
When Franklin was a printer it was a
hard task to work off over a thousand sheets
on both sides in the day by the hand press,
bince his time we have had the Clymer,
the Napier,-the Ramage. the Adams, and
now Hoe's lightning press. By this last
named achievement in the arts, so honora
ble to a son oi New \ork, and so stupend
ous in its results to the world at large,
twenty thousand papers may be printed
in one hour.
It vve advert to the instructive fact of the
enormous circulation of many of the journ-
nals of New York -as the Herald, the Sun,
the Tribune, the Times, the Express, the
Mirror and others of daily issue ; if we
calculate the copies of the Observer ti ie
Home Journal, the Advocate, and others of
the weekly press; the circulation of the
monthly and other periodicals; if we look at
the Methodist Book Concern the Tract Soci-
ety, the American Bible Society, the publi
cations of the Appletons, of Putnam, and
the enterprising booksellers generally of
this place, what bounds can we set to the
offspring of the typographic an. The
Herald and the Tribune, in their distinct
circulation, consume an aggregate of fifty
thousand reams per year Ihe Harpers,
who have thrown John Basket ville and oth-
ei eminent typographers of Europe, in the
shade, by the magnitude of their operations,
use one hundrd reams daily of paper, at six
dollars per ream ; makeing about ten vol
umes a minute, or six thousand a day.
\Dr. Francis's Address.
The Distriiiution of Offices in Wash- ' THRILLING accounts of the destruc-
ington.—The followihg table, compiled TluN Or ihe AMAZON,
from official sources, will throw some light narrative of a survivor.
upon the subject of the disti ihution of offi- Mr. Neilson, one of three passengers picked
cesin Washington among the people of the up by the brig Marsdeo, on the morning after
seven 1 States. Pennsylvania, it will be the burning of the Amazon, lias addressed n
seen, figures pretty largely, but Virginia, letter, giving ihe fuiiest connected accouut op
the ‘ Mother of States, seems also to fie t | le calamity yet published, to the editor of The
the maternal parent of a large majority of i- rr „ r .
o J J < London limes. We copy ihe essential parts
the office holders.
Table showing the number of offices in
Washington, and from what States they are
filled.
Maine. 9 Florida,
New Hampshire, 17 Alabama,
Vermont,
Massachusetts,
Rhode Island,
Connecticut,
New-York,
New Jersey,
Pennsylvania,
Delaware.
Maryland,
Dist. Columbia,
Virginia,
Norrh Carolina,
South Carolina,
Georgia.
Total
13 Texas.
2S Ar kansas,
7 Louisiana,
19 Mississippi
SO Tennessee,
16 Kentucky,
90 Ohio,
7 Michigan,
77 Indiana,
106 Illinois,
241 Missouri,
20 Iowa,
5 Wisconsin,
11
979
Effects of Superstition.— When Mr.
Lander was travelling in Africa in 1834, be
reached the city of Nunda, on the river
Tshadda, which contained over 50,000 in
habitants. The king was a ferocious sav
age. He detained Mr. Lander’s party and
would not let them return, pretending to
he influenced by the gods. He said the
gods had been frequently consulted, but
they would not give a fayorable answer.
Lander took advantage of the king’s suner
stub* ; told him he would send a messen
ger to the gods and if it burned blue it
would be an indication of a favorable re
reply. Lander sent up a blue light, which
made such an impression on the king that
he released the party, and sped them on
their way.
A curious icogcr.—The London Morning
Post thus describes tire accomplishment of
an extraordinary feat :
T will bet any man one hundred pounds
that he cannot make a million strokes with
pen and ink within amonth. “ They
where not to be mer e dots or scratches, but
fair down strokes, such as form the child’s
fitst lesson in writing. Age tleman accep
ted the challenge. 1 he month allowed
was the lunar month ; of only twenty eight
days ; so that for the completion the of un
dertaking an average of thirty-six thousand
strokes per diem was required. This, at
sixty per minute, or three thousand six
hundred per hour—and neither the human
intellect nor the human band can be expec
ted to do mure—would £all for ten hours,
labor in every four and twenty. With a
proper feeling < f the respect due to the
ouservance of the Sabbath, he determined
to abstain from his work on the Sundays;
and by this determination he diminished by
four days the period allowed him ; at the
same lime, by so doing, he increased the
daily average of his strokes to upvvardsof
fo;ty-one thousand. On the first day he
executed about fifty thousand stroks ; on
the second near ly a-> many. But at length,
after many days, the hand became stiff and
weary, the wrist swollen, and it required
the almost constant attendance of some as
siduous relation or friend to besprinkle it,
with ut interrupting its progress over the
paper, with a lotion calculated to relieve
and invigorate it. On the twenty-third day,
the million strokes, exceeded by seme few
thousands, “to make assur a rice doubly sure
we [e accomplished ; and the piles of paper
that exhibit them testily that, to the coura
geous heart, the willing hand, and the ener
getic mind, nothing is impossible. These
interesting papers are not placed in the ar
chives of the Royal Society, of which their
author was a fellow, but where claimed and
received by the person who paid the wager.
New Mexico.— Some facts developed by
tbe census seem to show New Mexico to
be one of the healthiest countries on the
globe. Out of a population of 61,932 no
less than 40 persons are over 100 years of
age. 60 are over 90 years, and 310 are ovet
SO years of age. In Valencia county,
Candelaio Aguiar, a farmer, was 130 vears
old—when the census was taken; Jose
Ortailo was 110 ; Rosa Billejos, 110 ; Rosa
Montallo, 106; Maria J. Pacheco, 103.—
The males attain a greater age than the fe
males, for of the 224 over SO, 117 are males
and 107 females.
New Gold Dollars anil Gold Half Dol
lars. Observer, ’ the Washington corres
pondent of lit© Philadelphia Ledger, says :
“I have just seen the new gold dollar
piece sent down from the Philadelphia
mint to the Hon. Geo. S. Houston, Chair
man of the Committee of Ways and Means.
The coin consists of a flat ring, 0 n which
there is a superscription, but no head, as
the place for putting a head is cut out. The
The wind was right ahead, but she proceed
ed steadily on rill about 9 o’clock, when the
bearings of lire cranks of the paddle shafi be
came so hoi that she was slopped, until by
pumping water upon rhtni for an hour, she
was enabled to proceed. This operation was
repealed during ihe night and following morn
ing, and on Saturday, at 12 o'clock, eur posi
tion was lat. 49,12, long. 4.57. Toward even
ing the wiud increased, still ahead—our course
••vest by south and half-south. Between 8 and 9
, o’clock I was walking the deck wiih Mr. Best,
J of Barbadoes, sneaking ol the state of the en-
9 I giaes, on which they were then pumping
'Aou appear very anxious abour those en
gines,’ said he; "t$ there any danger?’’—
“None,” said I, "as long as there is pleniy of
sea room ; but, with our engines sioppc-d, on
a lee shore, I would not give much for our
chance of escape in such a night as we are
likely to have from tire appearance ofrlre weath
er.” "I hope.” said he, "there is no chauce of
fire, as we should hdve two elements lo contend
with. "1 hope not,” 1 replied, - for we should
have three, as r! is evidently going to blow a
gale, and we must rhen look to rhe fourth for
our refuge.” "God forbid !” said he. "three to
one are learful odds. Good nigh:,” and he went
below. J then proceeded to the engine room,
and found the bearings very hot. I mentioned
in one of rhe engineers my apprehensions (or rhe
nighr, and recommended ro slacken speed ;
while we were yet speaking, the bearings be
came so hot that the contenis of the grease cup
burst off like so much steam. Air. Angus, the
chief engineer, who had been most constant in
Ilia attentions, was immediately on the spot,
slopped the engines, slacked rhe caps, and ap
plied the pumps for two hours before we erm'd
proceed. 1 had several times during the day-
conversed with Air. Angus on tire stale of ihe
engines, which, he told me, he did not expect
would get settled ro their bearings for at least a
week.
brom the necessity of keeping the bearings
constantly lubricated, a very large vessel of
grease stood at the door of the store-room, which
was under the galley. At abour 11$, the en
gines were again put abour, and I went ou deck
and joined Captain Symons, who stated his ap
prehension of a heavy gale before morning,
when he expected rain and a change ol wind to
the northward. We conversed till midnight,
when we went below.
Being partially conversant with machinery, I
felt anxious about the stare of the engines, and
walked the deck until 12£, when I again went
to tire engine room, leaving Mr. Vincent, mid
shipman of the watch, on deck.
The engines were then going at three-quar
ters speed, and rhe engineer in attendance, put
ting his hand on tbe bearings, told me all was
going on comfortable, and I accordingly retired
to rest.
About ten minutes after I had left rite deck,
Mr. \ incent proceeded below ro set rhe time by
the captain s directions, when he perceived
smoke and fire coming up tire fore hatchway
past the ships galley. He immediately gave
the aiarm to the officer of tire watch, and ran
aft to ioform lire captain, who instantly came on
deck and directed his whole energies lo the sup
pression of the fire.
1 had not been in bed for five minutes when I
fust heard the alarm bell, and the cries of
only objection to this kind of coin is the
detrition to which it seems tome it must I “Fire !” which were accompanied by tiie sitrieks
be very liable. On tiro other hand, the coin
may be carried on a string—a most conve
nient and safe way of carrying money,
Hall dollar gold pieces, not yet called for
by any law, have been sent down, and look
very pretv. These half dollar gold pieces
would ho more convenient still titan the
dollar pieces, and may be carried in the
same way.”
Interesting Fact.—Tha Rev. J. D. Tyler.
Principal ot the Deaf Mute Department of
• i.„ tr: • w 1 . . . .
the Virginia Institution, states in his last
interesting report, that our own country is
the only one in which the question whether
the children of deaf mutes are themselves
apt to be deaf, lias approached solution.
1 wo hundred educated deaf mutes assem
bled in Hartford, Conn., Sept. 25, 18-50.
Of these, ]03 were married, some quite re
cently. Seventy two were parents, the pa
rents of 102 children, ninety-eight of whom
can hear and speak. Instances are given
of parents, both deaf from birth, having
children able to hear and speak. “An in
stance,” say3 Mr. Tyler, “exists in our in
stitution, in the case of an instructor and
his amiable wife, both deaf from birth—
but their two bright little hoys have all
their senses in perfection. So that the ap
prehension in question,” continues the !
of several of the female cabio passengers, and
rushing from my berth I saw rhe sparks and
flames ascending rhe main hatchway above the
engines, and many of the passengers hurrying
on deck in their night clothes.
I retired ro my cabin ar.d put on part of my
clothes, when the increasing confusion warned
me lo lose no rime in reaching the deck.
Tire first person I saw on reaching the deck
was Air Burnet!, of Trinidad, standing in his
night shirt, with a life-buoy round him, which
brought ro my mind tlint I had left a life-belt
in my cabin, which I might prrhaps recover
if I had yet time, i looked toward the flames,
which were rising from the main and fore hatch
ways in so bright a mass as to convey the im
pression that the fire had originated in or near
the oil S ore room, and tltat there might be time
lo regain my cabin, which 1 succeeded in doing,
though the windows were snapping right and
left with the heat of the flames.
I could not at first lay my hand on the belt,
it being dark ; just as I had found it a tremen
dous crush of the glass panels of the division at
tiie end of the cabins announced the approach
of the fire aft.
Oo leaving my cabin to regain the deck, sev
eral of the cabin passengers, appalled at the ap
proach of the fire, dared not attempt the ap
proach of (he companion srirs ; I urged litem
forward in vain, and drawing a loDg breath, I
gained the upper deck unhurt.
No description could convey any adequate
impression of the scene which there presented
itself. With the exception of the officers and
Principal, “is not sufficient ground for de
nying to deaf mutes tiie chief eat thly happi
ness, the ’school and exercise of virtue—the
state which preserves nations, and fills cit
ies and churches and heaven itself.’ ”
men of the night-watch, I was the only one even
that the Union party, in Gnorgia, was or
ganized fur the particular formation and
advantage of the Whig parly, but ihe
Union patty was formed of both Demo
crats and Whigs, and united on no old
questions and issues on which the one par
ty could not differ with the other. They
were united on certain principles; and he
had always contended that the principles
on which the Union patty was formed were
not repugnant to the principles of the Dem
ocratic party. The determination was
nothing more nor less than the Democratic
party itas always determined—namely, that
noa-interveutioo on the slavery question
was the doctrine of the American people ;
and when they say that Congress has no
power to legislate on the subject of slavery
and cannot restrict it ftom tbe territories
belonging to the United Slates, and when
they assert that there is no constitutional
power to abolish it where it exists, they
sustain the principles on which the Union
party of Georgia was formed.
If the Baltimore Convention do this, they
will uphold the position of the Union par
ty of Georgia ; and we are willing, as far as
the indication goes, to unite with that con
mention to tty tf-e experiment. If they do
it, are we worsted ? What then is the ob
jection to going to Baltimore ? If the ptin-
ciple can be cartied out there, and put on
the Georgia platform, wtil we not accom
plish the object for which are united, and
will it not be consistent with the position
which we have heretofore occupied ? But
the gentleman saye that we take the Bal
timore Convention in preference to the
Whig. But the Georgia Convention tell
him that they believe that the Baltimore
Convention aud the Democratic party of
the Nottb will be more likely to recognize
the principle for which we contend than the
Whig party. If the gentleman is anxious
that the principle shall be sustained, why
ytill he not go there as well as to the other
party 7 He (Mr. M.) intended to stand by
have the measure forced down his throat,
and predicted that it would be an insf rument
of agitation in the hands of the Freesoilers.
He therefore voted against it. On his te
turn home, one of his constituents congrat
ulated him on his vote against the bill,
He explained to him, as he now did to the
House, the reasons why he voted against
the bill, when he was denied the privilege
of offering an amendment.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, asked bis col
league whether he was opposed to any
modification of the law.
Mr. Disney replied that he was not; but
the great mass of the community having
agreed lo the bill in its particular form, he
was willing to acquiesce.
Mr. Campbell— I will vote for a modifi
cation or repeal.
Mr. Disney—I will vote against both.
Mr. Polk asked sevetal questions of Mr.
Campbell, which that gentleman answered.
Mr. McMullen tesumed, and expressed
his surprise and regret at the couise of the
gentleman ftom Floiida, who informed the
House that the whig*, duting the last ses
sion, had subscribed to the Compromise—
second declaration of independence.—
A Goon Hit—In the admirable lecture
of Governor Everett before the Boston
Mercantile Lib. Association, on Wednes
day evening, he related the following inci;
den:, which occurred during his residence
in London as American Minister :
He received official notice from the au
thorities of one of the inland counties of
England that an American was confined in
one of their public institutions. He was
represented as a sailor, half pauper and half
rogue, who would he released from con- !
finem°nt upon condition that he would be I
taken in charge, and provided for by Mr.
Everett. A reply was sent to the local au- i
thoiities to send along the destitute Atneii-
can, though he would be of little use, in i
either of his capacities of pauper ot rogue :
still he could be aided and sent home by I
the American consul as a distiessed sea-'
man.
“I was proud,” said Mr. Everett,“to be
the medium of relieving the Biitish Etn-i
pite of the burden of suppoiting one of my 1
countrymen, and I could but add in my j
letter—in answet to their local authorities!
—that, were the English Minister resident I
at Washington, Intake chatge of all the'
British subjects who were in the public j
institutions in the United States, as rogues]
and paupers, he would have quite an in
crease in his official duties !”
The Governor of Louisana recommends
that the Legislature make an appropriation
fot the erection of a tomb over the remains
of the late Ptesidenl Taylor, who was a
native of Vitginia. The Jackson menu
meet, at New Otleans, also comes in for a
good word. The Legislature are called up
on to make appropriation for its comple
tion. In reference to the Fillibuster Riots,
in that city, last summer, the Governor
says :
“I take pleasure in assuring you that
none of the officers of tiie .Slate wete dire
lict in the performance of their duty; and
I deem it my especial duty, as it is :ny de
sire to inform you that thu good people of
the city took the must summary mode of
putting an end to these riotus proceedings,
and vindicating the majesty of the law.—
Mobs are almost unknown in New Otleans,
the sense of her worthy citizens being ut
terly opposed to such anarchical manifesta
tions ; and it would he manifestly unjust
to hold them tesponsible for a slight effer
vescence of feeling, confined to a few mis
guided men, operated upon by the most
inflammable appeals.”
The Frederick Examiner of yesterday
contains an extract ftom a lelterwritten by
Col. Anthony Kimmel, of that county who
is now travelling in Europe. The letter
is dated Rome. Dec. 21st, 1851. and is ad
dressed to his son On the 17th the Col.
was presented to his holiness the Pope.
The following is the extract.
“ The Pope has directed two large stones,
one to be taken ftom the Capitol, the olhes .
partially clothed.
Whatever human exertion could effect was
attempted by Capt. Symons, regardless ol him
self, to induce the assistance of others to extin
guish the flames: but in vain, torso rapid was
their progress that alt communication, fore and
aft, was already obstructed. The last order I
heard him give was, "For God's sake, Mr. Rob
erts. put her before the wind.”
This, Mr. Roberts immediately attempted and
young Vioceut, who was lowering down the din
gy, jumped to the helm and put it hard up, un
til the ship paid ofl.
In the mean I'me tbe aftermost boat on the
p.ort side (I think the mail boat) was lowered
down, with probably twenty five peoplp in her;
but the moment she touched the water she
swamped, and all hands tltat were in her drilled
,i r> i: ‘ , • r, ' ! aster-i, all clinging together with dreadful
tiom the Coliseum, to he prepared in Rome, s h r j e k s ,
and to be presented by him to tbe Wash- | The next boat forward (the pinnace) was also
ington Monument now being erected in t lowered lull, but by some accident the after
the city of Washington to the memory of 1 tackle alone got unhooked, and site was dragged
tiie Father of his country.” lorward by the tore tackle with such rapidity
| that the sea swept round her sides, and washed 1
S. Carolina Railroad.— It appears ftom ! ever y sou l 0l ’i °l her. j
the annual report of the President and , . The next boat on the same side was a No. 2 ]
r- , civ . c o r, i Itle boat, at which I observed several hands try-|
board ot Directors of the booth Carolina . . - 3 I
Railroad Company, published in the
Chat lesion papers, that the gross receipts
of the road for the last year, from all sour
mg to get her into the water while the fire was
tapidly Coming ah. and on the platform of the !
paddle box was a White's life boat so secured as
to render it almost imposs ble under such cir-
ces, are SI,000,000,—being an increase of ! cutnnances to get her loose. In the mean
$200,000. Expence of working the road llme Mr. Vincent, with three ol the crew and
about 35 per centum of the earnings. Af
ter paying the interest ou the debts due by
the Company, aud reserving a fund of
$180,000, a dividend ol 7 per cent has been
declat ed.
And why did not the Demuctals take the i
pledge ? He would answer for them ; he
could answer for himself. He desired no I
additional testimony to give lo the people, 1
he desired no additional testimony of either
his attachment to the Union, or to the
Democratic patty. The Virginia doctrines j
are well known. He would tell the gen- I
tleman that he desired to give no addition- |
al pledges.
Mr. Cabell—The gentleman says that
the Virginia doctrines are too well known,
It happens that the Virginia delegation in
the last House were about equally divided.
I ask what is the true Virginia doctrine,
when I find the gentleman advocating one
position, and the gentleman from the Ac-
comac district advocating another, directly I
Europe and the United States.—Europe
contains 3,087,195 square miles, the Uni
ted States 3,221,595 square miles ; so that
the area of the United States alone is near
ly equal to all Europe. This geographi
cal fact will give some idea of the present
power and fuluie greatness of our countty,
whose population already amounts tctwen
ty-three millions and a quarter. This rap
id growth may be ascribed to a variety of
causes, but to none more than peace, and
the cultivation of the arts of industry de
pendant on peace ; the Mexican war being !
but a very partial exception to the gene-!
ral policy, not being feit at all as a war, ]
but rather a holiday. And this fact, too, I
shows the enormous power of our young
countty. Yet peace is at the bottom of all
our prosperity. Peace is our wisest poli
cy. Peace is the basis of all our enjoy
ments and freedom, when compatible with
our honor and our interest. We want no war
to help other nations to any thing. If any
State debt of Ohio.— The whole debt of
the State of Ohio, exclusive of the School
and other trust funds, on the first of Janua
ry, amounted to $15,584,893. The seven
per cent loan, amounting to $ 1,429,9S1,52,
has been cancelled during the year, and
$996,556 23 of interest paid—making a
total disbursement of $2,426 537,75. The
taxable property of the Slate amounts to
$452,657,708. and its increase since 1S47 ,
has been at the rale of $10,000,000 a year. ;
The inctease in 1S52, under the new Con- j
slitution, is estimated at $25,000,000.
The, Sultan at a Roman Catholic Wed
ding.—The Courier de Marseilles states
that the Sultan has attended the solemni
zation of the marriage, according to the
rites of the Roman Catholic Church, be
tween the son of Mr. F—.with the daugh
ter of the Prince of B . The re
port had long been spread that the Sultan
one passeuger, had got itnc ihe dingy, which
was hanging uver the stern A similar number
ot" boats wrro on the starboard side. The af
termost boat (which I think was the gig) was
lowered only hall full, and got away. A second
cutter was lowered full of people. In the next
boa; (a Green's life boat) were about twelve ol
the crew, most of them dressed, try ing to get
her launched, which, however, they could not
effect, owing to Iter keel being socketed in the
keel-crane, which projected from the ship's
side.
My first intention on coming on deck in my
life-hell, and seeing the confusion that prevailed
was to wait until a boat had got clear and then
jump overboard and swim to it ; but, on obsrrv-
j i . r . ina the coolness with w hich the men in the Itle
intended to be present at this ceremony, * .
but no one would believe that a thing so
boat were working 1 determined lo share their
fate, and accordingly got into the boat to assist
Wood in Cincinnati, on the 23d instant
was up to the reasonable infliction of twelve
dollars a cord! A most pleasant state of
affairs, truly, with those who have wood
to sell, (says the Commercial of that city,)
but not remaikably so with those who ate
compelled to buy.
A woman was lately buried in a grave
yard near London, who had been dead up
wards of five years, a near relation having
left her an annuity of <£30 to be paid on the
first day of each and every year, ro long as
she should remain on earth. In consequence
of this legacy, her surviving husband hired
a little room over a stable in the neighbor
hood of his d welling, where she was kept
in a lead coffin until bis death.
nnprecedentedjcould take place i he Sul- j ri launching her. Our united effiirts proved in
tan, however, arrived at the nuptial man- | effectual, the fire had reached the companion, j
sion without ceremony, escorted by two when one of the men. seizing my arm, said,
horsemen only, followed by a few Jotnes- ! "jump on deck, and haul away that tackle fall.”
tics. He was received with gratitude by bo 'h did so at the after tackle, two other
the clergy and the family of the b.ide and i ,nen be, "f? , al ,he 1,,re ' a, Ue ' We rawed the
, . , . l ; c boat, unit the men in her, out ol the gripe ot
bridegroom. A throne was prepared tor . „„„ f . ■ „ .... h .itr
=> . r 1 i th? crane, ana one ot the men loosing me ootr,
him, and, after he had taken Coffee and j got 0V . Pr the stop’s side and shoved the crane
smoked the sacramental pipe, the cerenio- j j n ~ an d the boat began to lower,
ny commenced. His Majesty stood up \r this time the second cutter had reached
the whole time, saying that he ought not the water, when a sea struck her bow, and as
to here the name of the Almighty God the ship rose from the swell of the waves she
called upon in any other position. I lifted the boat perpendicular bv the stern tackle
'ar.d discharged all the unfortunate inmates
A Western editor says that -a child was tur. but two, who hung, shrieking, across the
over by a wagon, three yeats old and crosseyed thwarts.
with pantalets on, which never spoke after- The flames were now rushing up the com
wards.’ paniun witli such fury that they caught the two
| men who were lowering the fore tackle of our
A lazy fellow lying dowu on the grass said, life boat, and burnt the bait off the face, ol oDe
■O, how I wish this was called work anti I got of them, who immediately jumped into the boat
paid accordingly.’ followed by tbe man at the sf er tackle. I sprang •
from the side, and slid down the ta-lU t- .
.l u. . c -a-Kie into th 9
boat as she reached the water, and * lhe J.
man at the fore tackle did tbe same, J ll#f
word to put away.
‘Hold hard !" ^ a j j
the sailors, who had far more pre-enre ° f
"Fend her off! If we drib ' ua £ r lb °J
she’ll stave through us.” Now cot aV ^' r
he. and we drifted clear, the doomed shin 7 ’^
trig madly forward, the sport of the com'. Z!*”'
the
ry ol three demerits, so sadly ali^t 0 '""‘ ned
remark lo Mr. Best. But far above tha —
crash of wind and wave and fire, rang 'he af"' 10 *
ol the helpless sufferers on board the i'l f '
A m t'/n n * * Id
Amazon.
Fr.
tude t
led
■m a moment of deep ar.d hea { f e ■,
to Providence we were roused lv'ihe^*' 1 '
of our drowning fellow creatures aroued J'Z*
whom, alas! we could render no ins-aet a«' S
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lance. fi, r tire oars were lashed micshm* , .
Illtpr UMO alniuarl r\c . ‘
the rudder was stowed away. Of two loo* oa „
that had been thrown into the boat, we pin- a
ore to a poor creature who was within five v a
ol us bn. the shrill, bubbling cry wfetch’accol
panted his effort to reach ii, tokl too gadly
was in vain. ”
V/e were now bailed by the dingy, which had
left the vessel about the same iimeas* eo
selves. She was fast filling with w,, !t r, wlw '
Vincent was bailing out with his boo's ’bav
cut the tops off. We called them to CO m ?
alongside, and took (hem into the life boat j. *
ing Mr. Sisley the passenger, who » as ' m T
dead than alive, at the bottom of the b Ja( . 8
We took the dinp-y in tow, aud got our rud
der shipped, threw the masts overboard, f or „'
had on sails, got the oars out into their crutch'^
which we had not beer, able to find u||
and pulled away lorthe burning ship to try.'
save some more fives. The fire gave us pl ; “
ol light, though the moon was obscurrd
clouds. The wind, however, had now iQcre. Sf j
to a severe gale, aud before we had proceeded
far on our mission, a heavy sen struck the d; 0
and capsized her, drove her on our s ent b]V
away our mdder, aud nearly half fitted us »uq
water.
I was iu the
boi
and sang out to cutawj.
the dingy, and get her head to wind, which Jh :
Vincent, who was in the stern, bad alreadv
commenced doing, and scarcely was this aecom
plished ere the approach of a tremendous sea
through the surf, and over the top of which o ur
boat gallantly rode, gave us gtour.d for ho'.
that we still might live th.ough that awfulo.Jj
It was, however, vain to attempt tbe rescue
those who were drowning around us. The alio},,
est deviation from the wind's eye, in such a sea"
would have swamped our boat. Behind l- •! '
burning ship sited a light which illuminate i Z**
sky and sea for miles rouod. Before ns the ,j, v
and sea seemed to meet in one dark ondist IB .
guisnable mass, the immediate approach of the
w aves being indicated by a rushing sound as
their crests broke far above our beads ia a lor\
white line of foam, glaringly reflecting the light
of the burning ship behind us. Ii/Vis posi
lion, without food or water, (for v*e staved our
only small water cask to bale the boa; when
nearly swamped,) without compass ot rudder
and several only half clothed, wp remained tor
about three hours, VincPnt io the stern and I
in the bow. watching tbe approach of the wavfj
and giving the orders to the men to pull star
board or pull port, so as to keep her bead dead
to windward.
During this time we were drilling towards tb«
ship, which was burning broadside on to tbe
wind. Her mainmast went first, and then tbe
foremast, and a considerable time elapsed be
fore her mizenmast went ; directly after which
I noticed u slight explosion of gunpowder.
Previous to this a bark hove in sight, and pass-
ed between the stern of our boat and the bur
ning ship. We judged her to be outward
bound, from her beiog under close reefed top-
•ails. As she passed, between 300 and 400
yards distant, we sevetal times hatled her with
our united voices, strengthened by all the en-
ergy of depair. She answered us and bratied
her spanker, and we thought was preparing to
bear up lo our rescue.
I shall never forget the deep sob of hope with
which I noticed these preparations, or tbe bit
terness of feeling with which 1 saw him spread
his canvass to the wind and wear round past
the burning vessel as he left us to ourfate.
For some short time past i had ooticed a
boat a short distance from our starboad beam,
which I believe was the gig, with apparently
about half a dozen bands in her. She now be
gan to call for assistance, which also we coaid
not attempt to offer, the sea was running so
high.
T b !3 continued for some time, when the hail
ing suddenly ceased, and as I never saw her af
terwards, though I often looked most anxiousiv
iu that direction, I cannot resist the sad convic
tion that she shared the fate of the other boats.
About 4 o clock ir began to rain heaviiv.
which beat down the sea, and as tbe wind, which
had hitherto beeu S. W., got round to the N.,
it blew mire steadily and with less violence.
We accordingly put the boat’s head down
the wind and pulled away astern of the burning
ship. Her chimneys were red hot. and as we
crossed her stern at the distance of about balfa
mile. Iter magazine exploded, discharging a con
siderable number of rockets, and in about ba f
an hour after her funnels went over her side:
she sank beneath the waves, and the red luted
light which for the last five hours had illumed
the dreary expense of ocean, and formed the
strong ground of hope for the attraction ul suc
cor, was succeeded by a gloom? darkness-
Remembering Captain Symons, observation as
to the change ot wind in the eveut of rain, and
having frequently noted our course by the com
pass during the previous day. I was enabled to
form some notion, though a vague one, of tbe
position of the coast of France aod the British
Channel, and we pulled away in that direction
during the rein under of the night.
The morning broke bright and clear, and nev
er was a rising sun Bailed by an eastern devote?
which more fervent grautude than that with
which we blessed Almighty Providence for hat
ing preserved ns from the complicated dangers
ol such a night. And though our position an!
prospects were by no means those which woo ’
have been selected from choice, the buoyancy
of iiiqre toduced us to think only ol the chacce
ot oeirig [ricked up by a passing vessel.
I joined Vincent in the stern, and we procee
ded to con over our probaMe dis:anr.e front lam!,
and as we knew that unless picked up we could
not make it for five or six days, even with 3
favorable wind, we arranged for a divi-noo u: tit-
men into watches, taking one each.
The wind considerably abated, and we puded
steadily on for about three hours longer. »hen
the man oo the look-out forward cried ou; b»:
he saw a sail. At least a quarter of an bet* 1
elapsed before it could be again sighted, sod
still longer ere it showed, by its increased su'.
that it was outward bound. We immediate'*
altered our course, aod commenced puiitog
dead to windward, so as lo intercept her.
which, which, with a couple of hours’ bad
pulling, we managed lo accomplish, an t hailed
her betore sha was aware of our approach.
She was an outwaid bound brig, and iron) b ff
white sails and green caboose we took berlora
foreigner, and one of our men hailed Iter tn lhe
Dutch language.
As we bad been approaching her, thio»iG
of the bark that h<d le t us during the tush,
we were speculating on our chance ot obtain); ■!
a;sisrance, but vve little expected that our tin-
hail would he followed by every exertion to g? 1
away from us. The wind had. howevet com- ,
pletelv lulled, I saw that we had the speed ol
her, and I shouted to the ruen to give way, aod
we would board her by lorce.
This was unnecessary, (or tire captain. »'bo m
the gale had kept on deck all the previous ni£’ ,: '
and had been asieep in Ins berth when we li st
hailed, non came on deck, backed his tnaiosJ 1 *
and nuintopsail, and calling us to come up
alongside, cast a rope to make last to our boat-
Though the wind was dow n, there was so roue* 1
sea on as to render it a difficult matter to boar :
the bttg. Several ropes were thrown over, on 1
of which I seized, but from its only beiog I ,a!
tially secured, I fell overboard, but was imme
diately picked up, not a bit the w orse, and we *■>
succeeded in getting on board the bitg Marsdes
from London, bound to Carolina.
The Boston Traveller says :—“Tbe MediC"
world seems to be greatly interested a' 1
present time on account of a discovery in S ur f]
ry by Dr. G. HeatoD. of this city, who, » llf J
years of perseverance, has al length succee *
iu producing a radical cure of Hernia. (jJjP"
ture,) a complaint which has heretofore batil
the skill of the medical world.”
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