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il of the Alabama-
LOM CALIFORNIA.
Bl of the steamship Alabama
e have the San Francisco Alta
» Ist May, for which we are
A. H. Douglas, a passenger
i. From it we glean as fol
ilection in San Francisco took
h April, and was hotly con
7. Geary was elected Mayor,
1, Recorder. These gentle-
the regular nominees of tbe demo-
Geary’s majority over Brenham
SH|n (whig) was 300. The votes for
had not been counted, but it was
that the Democratic ticket would
)||||,Mmajority in the City Council.
Sacramento City were about
'wR a me eting to give expression to the
bM feeling on the subject of the admis
-2 HjCalifornia into the Union. The Alta
sflHMmiasays, ‘‘the whole country is clatno
‘iMKr immediate admission.”
was launched at San Franeis
43oth ol A i )rii > trom the sh *p y arci
1 White in compliment to a well
|S old established merchant in our
IHJHFho lias extensive business relations with
Hforni.t.
learn from the Pacific News that a most
Important bill, creating the office of State As-
Melter, and Refiner of Gold, and de
fining the duties thereof, was passed at the re
cent session of the California Legislature. —
.The bill provides that the office shall be kept
Mn San Francisco and that the Governor shall
appoint two competent oersons to perform the
duties of the establishment —one as Director,
and the other as Assayer, Meiter and Refiner.
The persons thus employed shall execute a
bond each in the sum of $(50,000 for the faith
ful performance of his duties. As a eompen-
Psation, those officers are authorized to charge
Line per cent on all bais or ingots of gold is-
Bued. One section of the bill provides that,
Bgt,the establishment of a U. S. Branch Mint
iRSan Francisco, the Governor shall abolish
[the offices of Director and Assayer.
Gold Hunter had arrived at
and was preparing to com
her regular trips between that place
* City.
British steamship Driver was to sail
SHTsan Francisco on the Ist of May, for
with $200,000 in gold dust,
Hrne steamship Panama, which lett San
Kanciaco^i th the mail of the Ist May, for
Jr |Bu 150 passengers and $1,400,009
Iml* 1 Eji- manifested. The Alta Calif.,r
--'jf-' But over tnreeand a half millions of
to the Atlantic States
since the Ist of March,
I§BKf ,BBiun of the Pacific Theatre in
HC'ity, was celebrated by a grand
M BWn that establisnment on the 25th of
About forty ladies ware present, and
Kysrone hundred gentlemen, the festival be-
B&Tiahe account sava) the most animated,
Eerhaps^i yer witnessed in that city.
■ The " „a California copies from the Sacra
(being the ver y latest) intelligence
the Sacramento go,' d diggings )
John.ijierg has lately returned from
HMmyi T&e went from here a s.' lort time
■igo, with a party of five men with seven
Rnuies. The trip each way consumed sixteen
days. He reports the gold abundant in the
beds and bars of the streams, but very fine in
deed, requiring the use of quicksilver ma
chines, of which he takes tour back with
l him.
k There are a great many more people there
\han he expected to find ; none of them knew
anything of the distance to the coast, but
some were getting ready to explore the river
udown. Met no snow on the way, and saw
But two Indians. Provisions at the diggngs,
per pound.
great disposition towards the Middle
the American is manifested; some
arefaid to be high up there
waiting for the waters to
subside, to commence operations.
At Placerville, the whole town, almost, is
dug over. They think they have found an
old bed where the creek used to run. At the
depth of from six to twelve feet, excellent
diggings are had. For a town site, Placerville
does not do so well as if it had been made the
county seat; this is established at Coloma,
and that place is progressing rapidly.
Borne large operations have lately been
made on the Gold Run, Deer Creek. We saw
t a gentleman yesterday who returns home on
the next steamer, and has just sold out a
claim to 150 feet along th 5 run,' for SIO,OOO.
He says this is not as high a figure as some
other like claims have been disposed of at —
an eighth of one of which brought $4,000.
* A letter irom Feather River, dated Marys
ville, April 25, gives some interesting intelli
gence from the gold diggings. We make the
lollowing ext/acts;
.Still the waters are looming, and the moun
[ tains are discharging their cumbrous weight of
ksjnow under the approaching summer sun, and
Kvhile the banks are full it is impossible to car-
Wry forward any mining operations. Those who
Kave established claims to work the coming
Bkson are leaving the hills temporarily some
employment in the towri3 upon the
the valley, and some to vegitate and
old scurvy from its hold in their earthly
tenements. It was from one of these causes
that I come down into Egypt again to fatten
I upon potatoesand sour krout, rather than grow
|Bin upon fat pork and bread. I have yisited
•‘he bars upon Feather River, from the can
• jkf the South Branch, to the foot of the
KtlftsT and find there is a general suspension of
Bwhrk upon the river. A vast deal of labor has
■ beeW done in digging races, preparatory to tur
■ nine* (the stream from its channel; and Feather
the first of July, will present a sys
tßßf;!"dams from where it enters the valley,
IHte Vo to the It will literally be
Sued from its bed in ever y practicable place
forty miles, ana- ™n are now waiting for
the melting of the snow
mountain°traUs are like highways.
You meet parties of ment at every turn, sweat
ing under a heavy load, and scarcely able to
speak for want of breath, in toiling up the
steep ascents, earning every dollar they got,
before they find it; and now, instead of going
armed, as was necessary two or three months
ago, we can traverse the mountains from the
canyon to the valley with no other arms
than a good jack-knife to cut our raw pork
with. If there i s go id i n Feather River, it
will be found this season.
At Long s Bar, a large company has been
organized to turn the river, and drain a hole
thirty feet dep. Indians have dived into it,
and brought up in their hands from three to
ten dollars, and an experiment was recently
made by letting down a greated bullet, which
brought up a scale of gold worth sixpence ad
hering to it. * * * * *
Speculation in towns is somewhat active still.
Having no interest in any of them, I shall not
undertake to bolster up any of the fancies or
paper towns. Above Sacramento, I look upon
Nicolaus, Marysville, and Oakland, as impor
tant points, simply from the fact that they have
each the river on one side, and large mining
districts on the other, to back them up.
The Alta California gives an interesting ac
count of an expedition to find the long sought
“Trinity," projected and carried out by Selim
Franklin, a merchant of San Francisco, in con
nection with C. E. Gordon, Captain McDonald
and G. Chandler who, with two sailors, left
that port in the latter part of March, in a whale
boat, the better to explore. The account says:
They stopped at Bodega and some other
points on the coast, encountering much severe
weather and heavy fogs; at last came to what
they rightly judged to be a considerable stream
from the discoloration of water far out to sea.
Into the entrance of this they put their boat,
finding fifteen feet water in the channel, it be
ing then low water, in a bay sufficiently deep
to float vessels of any size.
The schooner “Jacob M. Ryerson” came in
a few hours after our voyagers, having sound
ed the day previous and found it perfectly ac
cessible. Our whaleboat party, and those of
the Ryerson, now joined for the purpose of
fixing a town site, having given the adjacent
country a thorough exploration, sounding the
river as far up as they went at that time, some
forty miles, it giving two and a half and three
fathoms in the channel; up one branch was
found five fathoms nine miles to where it was
slightly obstructed. From the fact that the
river divides itself into three branches before
emptying into the bay, they call it “Trinity,”
as being the most applicable name.
The appearance of the country was beautiful
in presenting a fine soil,heavy timber,with every
appearance ofa tine navigable stream some dis
tance into the interior. The Indians who came
down in numbers upon the appearance of the
vessels willingly worked for trifling presents.
Herds of elk were seen, and a very large one
was killed by the party up the river; fish were
also abundant.
As an agricultural country it cannot be sur
passed, and the valley of the river is one of the
most beautilul in California, with also indica
tions of mineral whealth.
Several of the par .y came overland, north,
to Pore Trinidad to meet goods shipped there,
having let Col. Pierson surveying and laying
out the town. Mr. Tichenor, of the Ryerson,
left the same day with a party in a whale boat
and two canoes, to explore the country
towards the head of the river, and the river
itself more extensively.
That a city will spring up in this splendid
region of country there cannot be a doubt
the only question to decide is the most lavor
abla place for it; having the best inland and
seaward communication,
Trinidad City has been commentad upon, and
pretty generally known to offer no advantages.
A few miles further south is Mendocino Bay,
or Humboldt Bay, (as we will call it.) The
bay is all that recommends it, with an entrance
much like that of.
Trini-y Bay, proper.—Thus, like most all
harbors on the coast, is not easy to enter with
sail vessels, in certain winds an weather; but
to one who has once been in it, it will be
found perfectly accessible. And further, the
river is there—the long sought for.
An old exprienced shipmaster and pilot,
will pilot in or out vessels that may arrive.
IVe notice by an advertisement i a the Alta
California that a “Humbolt and Trinity City
Transportation line” for the conveyance of
goods and passengers, has already been es
tablished. Thus they go ahead in the land
of gold.
In the San Francisco Journal of Commerce
of the Ist May, which has been handed to us
by a friend, we find a report of an adjourned
mass meeting, held at the Halery House, in
that city, on the evening of the 30tn April,
on the suffiect of the admission of Califor
nia into the Union. We copy from the Jour
nal of Cjmmerce as follows.
Colonel Stewart, as chairman, opened the
business of the meeting by reading the resolu
tions which the committee conceived should
be adopted in the present emergency by the
people, to assert, with all becoming deference
and respect, their inherent and constitutional
rights as American freemen, on behalf of Cal
ifornia, as a free, independent, and sovereign
Stave, without, ift the slightest degree de
rogating from the paramount and heartfelt
allegiance and loyalty which they fiUoiye and
cherish towards the liag an 1 government of
their common country. The adoption of
these resolutions was moved and seconded
without discusion, and unanimously carried
by the meeting.
Resolved, tha: a large majority of the people
of California being natives of the United
States, have lost none of their attachment to
the federal Union, but if admitted to a par
ticipation of its blessings, will be amongst
the first to defend its integrity and the last, to
abandon it. That we regret deeply that our
application for admission has produced angry
discussion upon irrelevant questions, arraign
ing section against sesetion, and seriously
threatening to disturb the future welfare of
the government itself.
Resolved, That the torritory belonging to
the United States, is the property of the con
federation, held by Congress in trust, for the
benefit of the people of the Union ; and that
the Federal Government while invested with
the power to “make all needful rules and re
gulations respecting the territory and other
property of the United States,” must exercise
this power under the restictions and limita
tions imposed by the Constitution of the
United States.
Resolved, That the foregoing views of the
relation of the territories to the general gov
ernment and to the States ol the confederation
taken in connection with the spirit of the
constitution of the United States and its ex
press p oyisions, and also with the republican
institutions of the States of the Union, clearly
indicates that the territorial co»diton is in
tended to be temporary and not to endure
beyond the time when the citizens of the
S'ates shall have settled on this their common
property, and shall have acquired such
strength ofnumbers as will enable them to
conduct a state government of their own, and
enti .le them to representation in the Congress
of the United States.
Resolved, That a State can be admitted into
the Union on one condition only, that ia, as
the equal in all respects of the original parties
to the confederation, and the Congress of the
United States has not power to supervise State
Constitutions, or look into them lor any other
purpose than to see that they are republican
in form. J‘b|H tto? instrument we have pre-
sented, is a full and fair expression of the j
popular will, and was adopted by the people |
in the exercise of their sovereignty. That a
State government has been organized here,
securing as far as possible the enjoyment of
civil and political liberty, and that we cannot
consent to abandon it, or fall back upon a
territorial government.
Resolved, Tnat according to the true theory
of representative government, all interests
which are affected by law should be represent
ed in the government which enacts, pro
nounces, and executes the law ; that Califor
nia possesses interests seriously affected by the
revenue laws which tax her commerce and
divert from her treasury into the United States
the imposts collected iu her ports ; and that
she possesses other interests still more harsh
ly affected by the refusal on the part of Con
gress to establish a territorial government for
the security of life, liberty and property,
within her confines, or by neglecting to recog
nise the State organization, which, in the ex
ercise of the indefeasible rights of freemen,
the people of California have established for
their self-preservation.
Resolved, That the population of California,
from the most reliable information we can ob
tain, is at least one hundred and forty thous
and, thus entitling her to the representation
which she claims in the House of Represen
tatives according to the present standard of
representation, and that if the Congress of
the United States has failed to ascertain that
fact by the mode usually adopted in such
cases, it is no fault of California, and affords
no reason why that which is entitled to
representation and subject to taxation should
not be represented in its entire interest; both
of the sovereignty to which it is entitled, and
of the population which it actually pos
sesses.
Resolved, That as far as our Senators and
Representatives have, through the medium of
the public press, advised the American Con
gress of the wants and necessities of our in
fant'State.we mlly concur, and trust the proper
attention will speedily be given to them.
Resolved, That these resolutions be signed
by the officers of this meeting, published in
the city papers, and a copy transmitted to our
Senators and Representatives at Washington
city, and by them respectfully submitted to
the Congress of the United States for their
consideration and action.
John B. Welles, 'j
P. A. Morse,
H. Ray Bowie,
A. C. Peachy, Committee.
M. S. Latham,
Wm. M. Steuart,
Wm. M. Burqoyne,
WM. H. STEUART, President.
Messrs. Reynolds, Scott, Hubbard, Morse,
Peachy, Huie, Garey, Vice Presidents.
John E. Durivage, John S. Robb, J. Win
chester, Secretaries.
( Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun .)
Washington, June 3, 1850.
The Slavery Question — Mr. Soule’s Amendment
Gov. Pratt's Amendment—Cabinet Rumors
—California Debates — A Fleet for Cuba, %c.
Nothing has been done so far in either
House to settle the slavery question, which is
daily waxing in importance, and threatening
the dearest interests of the Union. The House
have agreed to do nothing till next week, ex
cept talking on the California bill. To-mor
row week it will be taken out of the Commit
tee of the Whole, and then the real battle will
commence. Meanwhile, we shall hear from
the Nashville Convention, and the probability
is a strong effort will be made to make it adopt
the Missouri Compromise line clear to the Pa
cific, without a positive recognition of slavery
south of the dividing line, and the establish
ment of a territorial government for South-
California.
In the Senate, Mr. Soule, of Louisiana, pre
sented a similar plan of settlement, which has
been ordered to be printed, and which will, no
doubt, have its influence on the Nashville
Convention. Mr. Soule, as I had the pleasure
of remarking on a former occasion, is an ora
tor and a statesman ; and his coming forward
with a positive plan of settlement, instead of
merely acting the critic in regard to that al
ready before the Senate, is a proof also that
he is a patriot. He does not despair of the
Union, because things do not all go as he de
sires, and because a particular plan of compro
mise is not adopted. Therein he is wise. Mr.
Soule knows that better than any piece of
parchment is a restoiation of the proper feel
ing in regard to the Union—a willingness on
the part of the sensible men of the Nor h to
renounce fanaticism, and a .returning sense of
justice on the part of those who have used a
natural sentiment in favor of freedom, for the
diabolical purpose of making political capital
for fraternal purposes—turning love into ha
tred, and fraternal feelings of charity into a
lust for pqwer and a desire for oppression.
It is of more consequent that ths slavery
question should be settled than that this or
that plan should be adopted tor that desirable
end. If the Missouri compromise line could
be adopted—if the representatives from the
North had already taken their stand—if pub
lic opinion in the Northern States were pre
pared to sanction such a measure now, there
is no reason why the South should not have
its way. lam glad for one, that the thing is
to b.c fried i but if it fail, I trust Southern gen
tlemen will fall back qn the Clay compro
mise, amending it in such a manner that it
really is what it purports to be on the face of
it —an honorable adjustment of the pending
difficulties between the North and South. It
the bill of adjustment does not entirely satis
fy the South, let them take it as a payment on
account, until the present excitement shall sub
side —until the anti-Providence and anti-Bi
ble men of the North can be put down by their
own people, and then trust to the fraternal
sense of duty and justice on the part of the
regenerated States for additional security of
their rights and property.
We have to deal with men of flesh and
blood, with human passions and error, and we
must be charitable and forgiving even to our
opponents. If the South do not like Mr. Clay’s
compromise, neither does the North, and, be
tween the two, the adjustment is perhaps as
good a settlement as can be had now. Dis
union 13 no remedy for the evils complained
off; and if the President’s plan is adopted
through the remissness of the South, the po
sition of Southern men will be much worse,
and far more hopeless than ever. Let us se
cure one thing at a t : me. If we succeed in
keeping off the cholera, and putting down the
Wilmot proviso, we shall have reason enough
to return thanks to Providence,
Gov. Pratt’s amendment, which has been
adopted by Col. Jeff. Davis himself, contains
nothing th"at is not ju?t, and that the North
cannot vote for, if they consider their sacred
obligation towards the Constitution and the
Union. It ought to be adopted, and is noth
ing but an act of fairness to all concerned, if
Northern men cannot vote for that, there is
little hope that they will ever sacrifice their
immediate interest to their duty.
The rumorß about cabinet changes are all
premature. Major Bliss is too great a friend
of Governor Seward to permit Mr. Clayton to
withdraw.
Mr. Rosa Browne’s Report of the Debates
in the California Convention, are ju3t publish
ed. They are a valuable public document,
and oagjst to find a large circulation through
official and private means. X.
P. S.—You will observe that Mr. Schenck
introduced a resolutiou for the purpose of
bringing in the civil and diplomatic appropria
tion bill. That resolution was voted down ;
the House opining that a government which
does nothing for the pacification of the coun
try, is not entitled to any money. This logic
is not the worst; let us wait patiently for the
application.
I learn that the President has dispatched a
fleet to the island of Cuba to demand the sur
render of the American prisoners. This is all
very well; as it is well known here, that the
Spanish Minister has promised to surrender
them. I trust the demand has been made
with politeness, and without braggadocio, un
der the present circumstances. X.
THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
2ltiqnsta, Georgia.
SUNDAY MOBNINGi JUNE 9
The Editor has been confined to his
room for several days by severe indisposition.
He regrets extremely his inability, from this
cause, to take part in the important political
discussions now occupying the attention of
the public press; but he hopes in a very few
days to be again at his post.
Lighting the City with Gas. —We are
gratified to learn (says the Chronicle of Sat
urday,) that at a special meeting of Council
yesterday afternoon, a resolution was adopt
ed, to subscribe an amount not exceeding
$20,000, to the stock of the Augusta Gas
Light Company. No action of the Council
could have given us more satisfaction unless
it had been to increase the subscription ; for
the manner in which the City has been light
ed for several years, has exhibited a niggardly
parsimony, reflecting equally upon the author
ities and the citizens, who quietly submitted
to it.
Subterranean Lake at Lancaster. —The
Lancaster (Pa.) Gazette gives an account
of an underground body of water, which it
says lies beneath the highest point of the
city, 27 feet under the surface, and 20 feet
above Centre Square. It was first discovered
by a workman digging a well, and is thought
to be 50 feet wide and 10 deep. It flows in a
southwestern direction. The Gazette pro
poses that the water be used to supply the
city.
Another Invention. —Mr. Charles Daw
son, of 395 Strand, London, has constructed
an instrument capable of performing mechani
cally an unlimited number of musical compo
sitions. It is called Autephon. The inventor
in describing it says : “Though it can play no
music of itself, it can play any music that
m ay be arranged on a sheet of paper supplied
to it, returning the sheet uninjured when the
piece is done, to be again inserted if a repeti
tion be desired, or to be replaced by a fresh
sheet if another piece of music be required.”
From the descriptions we have seen of this
invention, it appears to be constructed on the
principle of the barrel organ.
I. O. O. F.—The R. W. Grand Lodge of
this State commenced its annual session in
Savannah on Wednesday, and closed Thurs
day night. Twenty-three Lodges were re
presented. Charters were granted for five
new Lodges, and a good deal of business of
interest to the Order was transacted. The
Officers elected and installed for the ensuing
year, are ;
E. H. Rogers, of Augusta, M. W. G. M.
Augustus Merritt, of Griffin, R. W. D. G. M.
E. H. W. Hunter,of Louisville, R. W. G. M.
Geo. W. Patten, of Macon, R. W. G. S.
J. M. Bivins, of Macon, R. W. G. T.
M. Woodruff, of Columbus, R. W. G. Rep.
The Grand Master appointed ;
E. C. Grannis, of Macon, W. G. Marshal.
J. A. Knight, of Macon, W. G. Conductor.
C. W. Keys, of Madison, W. G. Chaplain.
It is expected that the next session will
be held in Macon, if the Grand Lodge of the
United States shall consent. An act was
passed by the last Legislature ol this State,
authorizing the removal and incorporating the
Grand Lodge of this State.
The following is the amount of Gold Bul
lion received at the U. S. Branch Mint at
Dahlonega in the month of May, 1850 :
Amount received 20,793 33
■■ Coined 18,645 00
Half-Eagles , 3,060 00
Gold Dollars 3,345 00
Moral Influence.— An eloquent divine
once said: “Away among the Alleghanies there
is a spring so smqll that a single ox, on a sum
mer’s day, could drain it dry. It steals its
unobtrusive way among the hills, till it spreads
out into the beautiful Ohio. Thence it stretch
es its way a thousand miles, leaving on its
banks n)Qre than a hundred villages and cities,
and many thousand cultivated farms, and
bearing on its bosom more than half a thous
and steamboats. Then, joining the Mississippi,
it stretches away some twelve hundred miles
more, till it falls into the great emblem of eter
nity. It is one of the tributaries of that ocean
which, obedient only to God, shall roll and
roar till the Angel, with one foot on the sea
and the other foot on the land, shall swear that
time shall be no longer. So with moral in
fluence. It is a rill, a rivulet, a river, an ocean
boundless as eternity.’ ’
Mrs. Sallie Ward Lawrence, of Louisville,
who married a son of Abbott Lawrence some
eighteen months since, lately obtained a di
vorce under a law passed by the last Kentucky
Legislature, which made the advertising of a
wife in the public prints by her husband, with
out cause, good ground for a divorce.—lt looks
as if this law was passed expressly for the
benefit of Mrs. Lawrence, and exhibits in
strong colors the influence which wealth and
high connections exert on legislative bodies.
Had Mrs. Lawrence been the wife of a me
chanic or a common laborer, we doubt much
whether a Kentucky Legislature would have
passed a law for her release.
Reciprocal Visits between Governors. —
The idea of Gov. Wright, of Jnd., for promo
ting mutual good feeling and union of senlimen
between the Slates, by reciprocal visits of
their respective Governors, &c., is being car
ried out.
Governor Crittendpn, of Kentucky, lady
and suite, arrived in Indianapolis, a few days
ago, on a visit to Gov. Wright, of Indiana.
The next day, a procession was formed in
front of theJWashington Hall, and marched
to the State-house square, where, Gov. Crit
tenden was introduced to the assembly by
Gov. Wright. After which a meeting of the
friends of the Union was held and addresses
delivered. In the evening. Gov. Wright
gave a public levee, in honor of his distin
guished guest; citizens lrom all parts of the
State attended, and were welcomed. The
editor of the Sentinel was one of the commit
tee appointed to wait upon Gov. Crittenden
at Madison. The committee, in company
with Gov. Crittenden, and a large number of
citizens of Madison, partook of a complimen
tary dinner, given by latter at the Madi
son Hotel. Every thing passed off in the best
spirit.
General Quitman. —General Lopez in his
address, intended to have been issued to his
followers in case of success, in speaking of the
Cuban flag, makes the following allusion to a
distinguished American officer, supposed to be
General Quitman:
“The patriotic people of Cuba will rally in
joy and enthusiasm to its support, while you
leave behind you untold thousands, eager to
tread in your glorious track, under the lead of
one of the most eminent chiefs of the unpar
alleled Mexican campaigns; unless indeed we
anticipate them by consummating our splen
did task before they have time to follow.”
[communicated.]
Mrs. Whittelsey’s Magazine por Moth
ers.—We have been permitted to examine
the first 5 Nos. of the above Magazine, edited
by Mrs. A. G. Whittelsey, well known
throughout the United States, and to many
in our community, as the deservedly popular
and indefatigable editor of the “ Mother’s
Magazine.”
Mrs. W., in her Prospectus, says : “ The
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( Telegraphed for the Baltimore Sun .)
Nashville, Tenn., June 3,10 PM.
The Southern Convention—lts Organiza
tion. &.c , &c-
The Southern Convention, for the purpose
of considering the question of slavery and
other important matters connected therewith,
assembled here at three o’clock this afternoon,
according to previovs announcement.
The Convention was called to order by ex-
Governor A. V. Brown, of Tennessee.
The proceedings were opened by prayer from
the Rev. J. B. Furguson.
The chairman stated that a committee, con
sisting of representatives from the different
States, in their preliminary meeting, had a
greed upon the following report and recom
mendation, which they had requested him to
submit to the Convention. They were unani
mously received:
Resolved, That the convention vote by States
and that each delegation be counted as one.
Resolved further, That the following gentle
men be officers of this convention.
William L. Sharkey, of Mississippi, Presi
dent.
Gov. McDonnald, of Georgia, Vice-President.
William F. Cooper, and E. G. Eastman, ot
Nashville, Secretaries,
The report was unanimously adopted.
The President on taking the chair, addressed
the Convention in explanation of its object.—
He said th.it it was not to dissolve, but to per
petuate the Union, and to preserve the sacred
legacy inherited from their fathers, w’hich still
remained strong, and should not be mangled
or torn. Who, he asked, was the greatest pa
triot ? He, for one, would stand by the Con
stitution. It was the true plan to avert evil,
by guarding against danger in time.
The convention had met to consult togeth
er, and devise the best mode of averting the
dread calamity now threatening to mar our
fabric of government. The South required
her rights and protection—for these alone it
was the object of this convention to consult.
After some further discussion in regard to
the credentials of delegates, it was ordered
that a committee be formed, consisting of one
delegate from each State, to register the names
of all delegates present, whereupon on motion
of Mr. R. B. Roberts, of South Carolina, the
convention adjourned until 10 o’clock to-rnor
row morning,
It ia very apparent that Mr. Clay’s proposed
compromise will not be sanctioned by the con
vention.
The attendance of delegates is comparative
ly slim. The Southern States aro not all rep
resented.
SECONB BAY.
Nashville, June 4.
The convention met this morning in the
McKendres MethoJist Church, and was open
ed with prayer by Rev. J. B. McFerren.
Mr. Winston, cf Alabama, moved that as
much of the report of the Committee of Or
ganization presented yesterday as referred to
the matter of voting in convention, fie recom
mitted. Mr. Crawiord, of Georgia, said it
would be better first to ascertain who were
members of the convention. Judge Smith,
of Mississippi, said the Committee on Elec-.
tions were ready to report. The question
being taken, on motion of Mr. Winston, it
was adopted-
Gqn. pillow, Chairman of the Committee
on Elections, reported the list of delegates
elected to seats in the convention.
Mr. Rhett, of South-Carolina, moved that
parliamentary law, as contained in Jefferson’s
manual, be adopted for the government of the
convention. The motion was carried.
Mr. Brooks’ resolution coming up, it was
opposed by Mr. Erwin, of Alabama, on the
ground that the report of the committee then
organised, should be disposed ot,
Mr. Perkins moved the adoption of the re
port of the Comipittee of Organization.
Mr. Erwin opposed the motion. He said
he could not support the report j if it was
adppted fie might acquiesce, but that it was
subversive of the authority of the people j that
delegates had been appointed by the people to
represent the States at large, and others to
represent Congressional districts ; he was one
of the latter, and had no authority to repre- ,
sent the State. Each Congressional district
f was entitled, he contended, to a separate
I vote.
Unless this vote was allowed them, how,
he asked, were people of the districts, who ap
pointed them, to know whether they had been
properly represented. If the principle recom
mended was adopted, where, he asked, would
it be stopped. If the convention was per
mitted to exercise this stretch of power—to
appoint delegates for Arkansas and Virginia—
why should it not also appoint delegates for
Missouri and Kentucky, which had no dele
gates here ? This convention, he said, was no
ordinary body—this occasion no ordinary one.
No step should be taken without mature de
liberation.
The discussion was continued by Messrs.
Erwin, Bald and Galthwait, of Alabama,
Goode, of Virginia, Pickens, of South-Caro
lina, Colquitt, of Georgia, and Brown, of Ten
nessee.
When Mr. Brown concluded, Mr. Brown, of
Alabama, called for the previous question, but
afterwards withdrew his call. The conven
tion got into confusion, a number of gentle
men endeavored to bring order out of chaos,
and the President finally assumed authority
to decide the manner of voting, and stated
the order of the questions before the Conven
tion to be, first on the amendment from the
gentleman from Mississippi; second, on that
of the gentleman from Virginia, and third, on
the report of the committee. The question
was then taken on the first proposition and
rejected. The question was then taken on the
second proposition and also rejected. The
question was then taken on the proposition
of the Committee of Organization, and adopt
ed.
The convention, after an exciting debate of
three hours, decided to vote by States, each
State having one vote ; 9 States represented,
viz.: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Mississippi, South-Carolina, Tennessee, Texas
and Virginia; Judge Sharkey as President.
The convention then adjourned until to-mor
row.
Third Day.
Nashville, June 5—9 P. M.
The convention assembled according to ad
journment, at 10 o’clock this morning, and
after prayer and the reading of the proceed
ings of yesterday, proceeded to business.
Several delegates were announced as havirr
arrived, and were admitted to seats in the con
vention.
The names of gentlemen comprising the
committee ordered to be raised, were announc
ed. The committee consists of two from each
State, and of one from such States as have but
one delegate or representative in attendance
in the convention.
Mr. McCrea, of Mississippi, submitted a se
ries of resolutions, declaring that the spirit of
the convention was conciliatory—that its object
was to preserve the Constitution and the
Union. Further, that the territory acquired
by ihe U. States belongs to the several btates,
to be governed and controlled by them through
their representatives or agents in Congress.
The lesolutions further recommend, or
rather assert, that if the North will not’ac
cede to the South its rights as guaiantied by
the constitution, the formality of the associa
tion would be broken, and eventually lead io>
non-intercourse between the two disputing
and now apparently adverse sections of the’
Union—the slaveholding and non-slavehold
ing States.
The resolutions further assert that Congress
has no right to discriminate between the
species of property held under the constitu
tion.
Mr. Campbell, of Alabama, took strong
Southern (ground, and was adverse to any
compromise.
Mr. Benning, of Georgia, offered strong re
solutions, taking decided Southern ground in
regard to slavery, but (he said he would ac
cept as a compromise, the Missouri line of 36
deg., 30 min,
Mr. Dawson, of Georgia, offered a resolu
tion recommending a liberal patronage to the
new|Southern newspaper, to be established
at Washington, to advocate the interests of
the South.
Mr. Chester, of Tenn., offered a resolution
proposing the appointment of a committee on
printing, which was carried, and the Conven
tion adjourned till 10 o’clock to-morrow morn
ing.
Reception op the Remains op Col. Er,-
mohe. —To-day the remains of our deceased
Senator, Col. F. H. Elmore, are to reach
Charleston, and proper arrangements have
been made to pay due honor to his memory.
We are requested to state, that from the
hour ot 7 to 12 o’clock, the bells of St. Mich
ael's Church will be tolled, and that the flags
of the shipping in port will float at half mast
during the day—and it is also desired that all
places of business will be closed w-hile the
procession passes.
We know that even an indication that hon
ors were to be paid to the deceased, will meet
with a ready response from every resident of
Charleston.
The Committee representing the citizens of
Columbia, in connection with the Committee
of Thirty-three, appointed at the recent Meet
ing here, will escort the body to Columbia, to
be finally deposited in its mother earth.—
Charleston Courier, Bth inst.
( Telegraphed for the Charles touCourier.)
Baltimore, June 7—5.45 t*. M.
Governor of Maryland. —Wm. B. Clarke, of
Washington county, has been nominated as
the Whig candidate for Governor of Maryland.
New-Orleans, June 7—ll A. M.
The Market, June 6—The Cotton market
was active to-day, and 5,000 bales were sold,
at unohanged prices, most .y for the European
market. Sugar has somewhat declined—2oo
hhds. sold at ss. Prime Molasses commands
lrom 24 to 26.
The Cuba Expedition. —Forty-one officers and
privates, attached to the late expedition for
the invasion of Cuba, have arrived here from
Key West and Tampa Bay,
Mork Cuba Expeditionists.—A letter from
New Orleans, dated the 24th ult., to a New
York journal, says:
“I understand that there are congregated
in this city, ready to leave tor Cuba, about
fifteen hundred emigrants, all well armed,
and about five thousand more regularly
enrolled between this efty and Memphis.
The hall has commenced rolling, and it will
never stop until Cuba is ours. The present
expedition may end in defeat, but another,on
a grand scale, will be gotten up, that neither
Spain, nor their ally, the Government at
Washington, can put down. I have never
seen as much enthusiasm upon any subject
as is now exhibited by the entire South in
favor of this movement. Tho tide of popu
lar opinion is in favor of it, and no adminis
tration can be sustained by the people who
are opposed to it,”
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