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£From the New York Herald, 18lA inst!)
The Recent Election in Ohio and New
Sampshire—Prevalence of Anti-Slavery
Sentiment.
The abolition whig papers of the North are
rejoicing over the election of Judge Wade, a
free soil whig, as U. States Senator from Ohio,
for six years, and over the whig gain in Con
gress and in the Legislature by the recent
election in New Hampshire, with the indica
tion that a majority of the people of that State
are opposed to the Fugitive Slave law. The
abolition organ in this city, the Tribune, ap
pears to be excessively de ighted at these re
sults, ana looks upon them as indications of
healthy vigor in the body politic.
We take a different view of the results of
*hese elections, and of the indications of the
public mind in the North and West, which
they exhibit. We can see nothing in them
but the germans of disaster and ruin to the
American republic, the seeds of civil war,
anarchy, and insurrection, among the people,
in the distance. If the whig party of the North
identify itself with anti-slavery sentiments,
and with opposition to the Fugitive Slave law,
a measure which was not only called for under
the circumstances in which the country was
placed, but in direct obedience to the consti
tution, it is easy to perceive that they will go
further, and not rest until they will desire to
bear down and trample the constitution under
foot, in order to reach slavery in the Southern
States. Fanaticism is never satisfied until it
annihilates everything, or is annihilated itself.
When the New England abolitionists embark
ed in the anti-slavery agitation, they did not
dare go to the lengths which now characterize
their proceedings, nor did they assail the
church and the State, nor tear the Bible and
the constitution to pieces before their audi
ences, as they have done for the last few years.
Free soilism is nothing but a shade of the
abolitionism of the present Garrison school of
fanatics, and unless it be ehecked in season,
will end in the same way. As long as aboli
tionism was confined to the New England
fanatics, it was perfectly harmless, and hardly
worthy of a thought. The freaks which they
committed before the world were only matters
of amusement to the public, and the factors
were heartily laughed at. But the case is far
differentynow. Within a few years past, design
ing and cunning politicians have been laboring
to engraft abolitionism on the whig party, to
make it one of the principles of that political
organization. They have succeeded to such
an extent as to throw the whole country into
confusion, to engender hostility between dif
ferent sections ot the republic, and at one time
the demon spirit which they aroused, paralyz
ed the government of the country, and was
nigh destroying this noble fabric, and with it
the hopes of the advocates of tree government,
throughout the land, Seward, Weed, Greeley
and their co-workers, are still laboring in the
same field of fanaticism, and under the cloak
of humanity and philanthropy, are endeavor
ing to mike wider and deeper the breach now
existing between the North and the South,
and to precipitate on both sections the evils of
civil war and bloodshed. They do not now
go so far as the Garrisons & do., but almost as
far as they did when they first commenced.
Who can tell where they will stop? Accor
ding to the experience of their predecessors,
and the rules which guided them, they will,
before many years, meet at the same point,
and one party will be as ioud as the o.her in
advocating the destruction of the constitution.
When they will have gone so far, the ultimate
result will not be far off.
Entertaining these views, therefore, the
spread of anti-slavery sentiment in certain sec
tions of the U. States, as developed by the re
cent elections in Ohio and New Hampshire,
presents a topic of melancholy reflection. It
is needless to argue that the propagation of
this feeling—the conversion of the whigs into
an oboiition party —the success of the uncon
stitutional and atrocious doctrines entertain
ed and promulgated on every occasion by Se
ward, Werd, and others, of the abolition-whig
clique in the North, will eventually produce a
dissolution of the Union, and entail upon the
country all the horrors of insurrection, servile
war, anarchy, and bloodshed. Such a calami
ty may not occur in five, ten, fifteen, or twea
-4 ty years; but the tendency of abolitionism, and
the increase of anti-slavery sentiment in the
North, will, as surely as the sun rises in the
east, end in such a lamentable state of things
as we have attempted to describe, unless it is
checked. The his r ory of every age and of
every country, shows that when the demon of
fanaticism is once let loose,it knows no bounds.
Its appetite cannot be appeased and what it
would at first shudder at doing, it will grasp
at, and will in the end stop at nothing that
stands in its way. Religion, government,
morality—every thing will in turn be attack
ed and destroyed. Under the name of social
ism, it is now undermining, in the U. States,
all that men hold dear. The rise and progress
of that destructiveism is as curious as it is
alarming. With both it and abolition fanati
cism eating at the vitals of our political and
social fabric, it is time for good men to pause
and reflect on the destiny that awaits us.
Union Parties and the Raleigh Register.
—The Raleigh Register, of the 15th inst., ask
our view's, in common with those of the other
Democratic presses of the State, upon the sub
ject of Union parties and so on. We lepiv
explicitly , that we regard the attempt made to
get up a Union party par excellence as a de
funct humbug, and the cant made over its re
mains as pretty much of the same character.
We regard the principles of the Democratic !
party as right and proper, and as founded up
on the constitution, and we regard any party
w'hich requires an abnegation of principles, or
an abandonment of the organization necessary .
to carry those principles into effect as hum- j
bug—a humbug devoid of principle—in fact, j
an unprincipled humbug. An object which
cannot be attained by perseverance in a right
course, cannot be worth attaining at ail. It
has only been by a divergence from the fun
damental principles of the Democratic creed, •
that the Union of the States been placed
in jeopardy ; it is only by a leturn to those
principles that its future permanence can be -
secured. We are no disunionists. We do not
even agitate the doctrine of secession, know
ing that, however true in theory, it could
b; ve no practical effect in rendering secession
peaceful. But this we do say, that if the U- j
nion depends upon unprincipled combinations j
rtf “ Union at all hazards" men, then it is j
vime for it to be dissolved. But we have, j
weeks ago, expressed our views upon this
subject; sooner, we believe, than any other
Democratic press in the State. These view* j
are still unchanged. We then looked upon j
this as a new dodge, by which a minority par
ty was trying to break up the Democraiic or- j
ganization, and we think so still. — Wilmington j
(A r . C.) Journal.
[From the National Intelligeneer.]
Valedictory of the Turkish Envoy.
On Saturday last, Amin Bey, the Commis
sioner of His Imperial Majesty the Sultan of
the Ottoman Empire to the Government of
the United States, was received by the Presi
dent on the occasion of taking leave of him to
return to Constantinople. The several mem- i
bers of the Cabinet were present, and Amin
Bey, on being presented to the President by
the Secretary of State, read io him the ad
dress, of which the following is a translation :
Amin Bey’s Address to President Fillmore on ta *
king leave of him.
Sm. The humble mission with which I
have been charged by order of His Imperial
Majesty the Sultan, my honored sovereign,
has had for its chief object the strengthening
of those relations of friendship which have al
ways existed between the Sublime Porte and
the Government of the United States of Amer
ica, and I trust that such has bsen its result.
Being now about to return to my own coun
try, by the orders of my Government, I have
the honor to come before you to express the
grateful acknowledgments of my Government
and of myself for the many evidenees 4 of friend
ship which I have received from you, and
from the people of the United States.
J The Government of the United States has
; been pleased, without any obligation on its part,
; and as an act of pure kindness and regard to
j wards my sovereign, to consider me its gaest;
and, as such, I have for more than six months
| enjoyed this gratification of visiting the prin
cipal cities, towns, navy yards, fortifications,
factories, hospitals, institutions for education
; al purposes, for the poor, the blind, the in
sane, and many others of great interest. Du
j ring the extensive tour which I have made,
I have observed with uncommon gratification
j the political, social, and civil institutions of
I your great country, and resources of the na
i tion, the extent of their commerce and agri
! culture, and the wonderful progress which, in
| so brief a space of time, the people of the U.
j States have made in the various branches of
; public industry ; also, the numerous railroads,
! canals, and other useful works which their ta
| lents and industry have achieved ; and more
! over, I have every where witnessed the supe
| rior intelligence of the people of the United
| States, which has elevated them to their pre
j sent eminent degree of prosperity.
I have received the most flattering acts of
| private hospitality wherever I have gone, and
i been welcomed to the New World even by the
: youths of the different institutions which I
have visited, in a manner particularly grati
| fying to me. Distinguished honors have been
; shown me at the military and naval establish
; ments visited by me, and I have beheld with
the most agreeable feelings the star and cres
| cent of my own country happily blended with
the stars and stripes of this great and pros
| perous Union. These attentions Ido not in
I anywise consider as offered to myself, but so
: many friendly evidences of the respect and
i regard entertained in the United States for
; my honored sovereign.
In conclusion, sir, I beg you again to receive
. this very inadequate expression of my own
j gratitude, and of the high sense entertained
; by my Government for the great friendship
which has been shown me during my visit to
| the United States ; and I would also respect
j fully add that the only painful emotions which,
j I have experienced since i. have been in the
! New World, are those which I now feel on
| bidding you farewell. AMIN BEY.
Bale oe Jenny Lind’s Furniture.—lt was
! amusing to witness the crowd yesterday at
j Jenny Lind's late residence in the Pontalba
Buildings. They all came to see what was to
be seen, and to wonder each one what his
neighbor was doing there. The fair sex was
respectably represented. The endre building,
j from the front to the rear wall, and from the
roof to the ground “ floor,” was by many
persons rigorously examined and minutely
inspected. Probably they expected to find a
note of the “ Bird Song,” or a charity be
quest, hid in a cranny, or reposing beneath a
mattress. If any one of them was gratified,
he certainly “ never said nothing to nobody.”
Os course every article of furniture was re
i viewed in the same fashion that the great Na
-1 poleon examined the knapsacks and shoe
strings of his Garde I/nperiale. The Napoleon,
i who now stars it in France, would, perhaps,
! have brought out a fe w dozen of champagne ;
but we, of this great country, need no such
incentives to make us cry Vive la Repubtique!
The sale commenced a quarter to 12 o’clock
and continued to within a few minutes of 3.
| The call for dinner could alone recall buyers
and inquisitive ones to their senses, and in
duce them to call fast and heavy for the
Nightingale’s remains. Many amusing inci
dents occurred ; whilst many visitors contin
ually interred their consciences, and cheer
j fully bid prices that they would have scorn*!
to pay in any every day furniture store. We
saw' nothing remarkable either as to quality
or appearance about the furniture of any
room in the house, though competent judges
pronounced it “splendid.” Vive la bagatelle!
The amount of the entire sale, for the twelve
rooms, large and small, more or less turnished,
was $3,060 50. The furniture in Jenny Lind’s
parlor sold for $1,150 25 ; that in her dining
! room for $389 75 ; that in her sleeping apart
ment for $475 20.— N. O. Picayune, 1 9th inst.
Later prom Texas.—By the arrival last
! evening of the steamship Louisiana, we have
received Galveston papers to the 13th inst.
The Victoria Advocate says the slave popu
lation of Gonzaies county has been quite
doubled this year, and that the agricultural
I products of that county will be swelled far
beyond any preceding year. Other counties
in the West have also had their full share of
immigration.
The San Antonio Western Texan of the 6th
i says that the party of sixteen mounted in
fantry, sent out by Gen. Garland, found an
Indian trail, which they followed up until
they were met by anorther, which was so in
tensely severe as to compel them to abandon
further pursuit, both men and horses being
exhausted, having to face the storm. At the j
time the troops gave up pursuit, it was be
lieved they were within eight or ten miles of !
the Indians. Alter giving up the chase, they
went to Fredericksburg. The Indians pursued !
were supposed to be Tonkaways.
Chipot', a Lipan chief, recently came into !
Fredericksburg and notified Col. Staniford j
that parties of Indians had passed down the '
country, and advised the whites to be on the
lookout for them. He also informed the Col
onel that all had joined him and
were now' under his command, and asked for
permission to raise corn, the ensuing season,
on the head-waters of theLano.
Chipoti says the Camanchies are disposed
to be peaceable and friendly with the whites,
but that there are bad men among them who
cannot be restrained.
The Galveston News learns from Lieut.
Stockton, that the Indians have lately crossed j
the Nueces above Fort Merrill, in a pretty 1
large body. Capt. McCulloch, with his com
pany, left Corpus Christi a few days since in
pursuit, and also the ranging company near '
Fort Merrill A report has since come in, j
hat they had overtaken the Indians, with I
whom they had a rencounter, with the loss!
of some two or three men. There is nothing,
however, certain as to the result.
In the Nueces Valley of the 24th ult. the
editor takes a final leave of the public. This
paper has been well and ably conducted, and
we are sorry to her of its discontinuance.
Ihe beautiful country around Corpus
Christi is said to be fast settling up.
N. O. Picayufie, 19 th inst.
The Rise in the Ritbrsl— From the pa
pers in the northwestern part of the State,
we glean the following information as to the
state of the rivers:
The Ouachita Register, of the 11th inst, j
says: “From the best information we can gath- 1
er, the Ouachita, is now as high at this point |
as it has evsr been since the settling of the
country; and if the reports from Camden be
true, the great body of the last rise has not
yet reached us.
“Since writing the above we heve learned
that the levees both above and below our
town, have given way. We are now on an
island of the Ouachita."
The following is from the Red River (Alex
andria) Republican, of the Bth:
The river in many places in front of town
is higher than the bank, and were it not for
the levees, would be running into town. We
do not apprehend an overflow from our front,
as the levee is capable of keeping out any
thing under rise of six feet, which we hardly
think we shall have, and which would bring
the river two feet higher than it was in 1849.
We may, however, be overflowed by back
water, if there is much more of a rise.
The news from above is bad. The steamer
Red River came down yesterday, and reported
that most of the country above was overflow
ed; that the river was rising in the Bon Dieu
at the rate of 12 inches in 24 hours, and was
on the rise all the way up, nearly to Shreve
port, where it was on a stand, but that another
rise was coming down from above. It had
been raining constantly above.
[V. O. Picayune , inst.
THE COiVSTirtffiONALB
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 25
83TWe received no Charleston papers by
| b y last evening's mail. The papers due from
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York came
j to hand.
Coroner’s Inquest.
An Inquest was held yesterday over the
j body of a white female infant child, which
i was found floating in Savannah River, at a
| called Belimount. After an examina
: tion, the jury brought in as their verdict, that
the said infant child came to her death by
wounds inflicted upon her head by some person
| unknown. We hope rigorous measures will
! bo used to find out the guilty, and that they
i ma y brought to condign punishment.
Madame Tedesco’s Concert*
those who visit Concert Hail this evening,
may expect a rich treat. Madame Tedesco,
| assisted by Mr. Shrival and Mr. Sofge, gives
| her Concert. She couies to us highly
recommended as a distinguished eancatrice,
I and has met with a warm reception wherever
| she has made her appearance.
• The Savannah Georgian, in noticing her
j firßt appearance in that city, where she drew
I crowded audiences, thus speaks of her :
“Concert last Night. —There was a hand
some attendance of ladies and gentleman last
n ght at the Oglethorpe Hail, to hear M'Ue
Tedesco and Mad’e Yietti, assisted by Mad’s
Hammarskoid, on the Piano. The performan
ces, if we may judge from the enthusiastic
applause with which they were received, were
eminently successful and satisfactory.—Every
thing passed off admirably, yet we cinnot re
frain from noticing La Colasa, sung by M’lle
Tedesco, in brilliant costume, with inimitable
grace and power.
“It is rare indeed that Savannah has such
musical entertainments as are now offered to
her citizens,, and the only way to secure them
in future is to show a just appreciation of the
present by fuil attendance.”
The same paper, on her second perform
ance, remarks :
“ Concert last Night.— We have only
room to say that all who were in attendance
at the Athena*urn last night enjoyed a rare
musical entertainment. The high expecta
tions of every one were, it is believed, more
than fulfilled.
“ We are requested to announce Sig’a Te
desco’s Benefit for to-nigh ; it being the last
concert given in Savannah, by these distin
guished artists. Nothing less than a full
house will save from discredit the musical
taste of our citizens, or be likely to bring to
our city distinguithed talent in future.”
The Savannah Republican of the 19 th March,
a paper very chary in its encomiums on mu
sical performances, speaks in the most flatter
ing terms of Madame Tedesco, and her first
Concert. The Editor says :
“Madames Tedesco and Vietti had a hearty
welcome from a good audience at the Theatre
last night. The programme was very attrac
tive, the artists in most excellent voice, and
their hearers in good humor.
“ We have never known Tedesco’s voice
to be in better condition than on the last
night and the night before. At no time, in
our opinion, since she first arrived in this
country, has the voice of this distinguished
eancatrice been more sweet and more within
her control. It has from its highest to its
lowest note, an evenness of tone and a purity
which are quite marvellous. This great gift,
guided by her superior science, enables Mad’e.
Tedesco to command the admiration of her
audience at pleasure. Madame Yietti’s voice,
too, does not seem to have suffered by the
chsnge of climate from Cuba to this latitude.
Her contralto voice is exceedingly rich, deep
and strong. The “ Catta Diva,” the duett
from “ Semiramide,” the “ Cavatina,” from
the same opera—the one from ** La Favorite,”
and that from the “ Barbel' of Seville ,” —may
be mentioned among those pieces which at- !
tracted the most enthusiastic applause.
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*****
i “ To-night is positively the last concert of
i these artists. We hope her friends and the
public will turn out, and we are sure she will
! give them, among other things, “ La Co'asa
j called upon.”
Madame Tedesco has been fortunate in
| being able to obtain such able assistance in
1 our city. Our old citizens, who were delight
ed with the Operatic performances of Mr.
Seguin and troupe, have not forgotten the ex
cellent tenor singer Shnvai, Those who have
never seen him on the stage, or heard him
sing, can take our word for it, that a better
musician or a sweeter tenor voice is not
often to be heard in the best selected Operatic
company.
Mr. Sofge, so far as residence is concerned,
is comparatively a stranger. But set him
down to the piano, and his delightful music
will not soon be forgotten. He is, we think,
one of the best Pianists we have in the
country.
Gubernatorial Convention. —The Con
stitutionalist suggests the second Monday of
June as the day, and Miiiedgevtlle as the
place of holding the Convention,for the nomi
nation of a candidate for Governor in opposi
tion to the Fillmore Whig candidate.
We are glad to see our co emporaries mov
ing in this matter. The thorough organiza
tion of the Democratic party upon the pure
republican principles of its founders, never
was more important than now. Federalism
has taken advantage of the late comparative
suspension of the contest between Whiggery
and Democracy to advance its doctrines, in a
form utterly antagonist to the State Rights
and strict construction principles of Jefferson
and Madison and Polk. Carry out its princi
ples, and make our system a great consolida
ted government, in which a Northern majori
ty warped by prejudices and excited by fana
ticism, shall rule and make its will law,
without reference to constitutional limitations
and the Southern people bocome the slaves of
a despotism, the fearfulness of which can only
be measured by its physical power. It has
been well said that Federalism was never
more powerful, nor more dangerous than du
ring the administration of Mr. Monroe, when
to a superficial observer the party seemed to
have lost its existence. So now of Whiggery,
the successor to its place and the heir to its
principles: at this time when there are Demo
cratic Governors of threefourths of the States,
the doctrines of the Whig party variously
disguised, are every where disseminating
themselves and seeking to be embodied in the
Legislation of the country. It remains there
fore for all who are true to Democratic or Re
publican principles, to organize themselves in
opposition to the enemies of their faith. To
accomplish this organization, a State Conven
tion with a full representation, is of the
highest importance. — Savannah Georgian , 22 d
i n»t.
New Hampshire Election.
The Boston Atlas of Monday, gives from
the whole State, except eight small towns,
which last year gave 488 democratic majority,
and the following is the result
Dinsmoor, (dem) 26,441
Sawyer, (whig) 18.019
Atwood, (freesoil) 11,720
Total 56,180
Last year, in same towns, dem, 29,848; whig,
18,133; freesoil, 6.333. Democratic loss, 8,880.
Legislature.— There being no choice for Gov
or, the election will be nude by the legislature.
; So far as ascertained, the House stands 127
! whigs, 117 democrats, and 25 freesoil demo
crats. The towns to be heard from elected
eight democrats last year, so that it is certain
that the Atwood, or freesoil democrats, will
hold the balance of power; but whether they
will vote for the whig candidate fcr Governor
is uncertain. The Senate consists of 12 mem
bers, of whom the democrats have elected six
or seven, the whig three, and two or three are
doubtful.
The Freshet. —The heavy rans last week,
says the Laurenaville, (S. C.) Herald says we
understand, have caused a freshet in Saluda
River, which has swept away Neely’s Bridge,
and prevented the mail rider from crossing to
Abbeville. Knight’s Bridge, also, is gone;
and from the torrents of rain which fell here,
we only wonder that a bridge is left over any
of the water) courses. The streams in this sec
tion were as high, if not higher, than they
have ever been!
Trade with Balt,more. — l’he Fayetteville
(N. C.) Observer says: “It affords us much
pleasure to notice the evidence of the rapidly
increasing trade between Baltimore and the
South. Within a few days past we have had
an opportunity of seeing many North Carolina
merchants returning from the North. Some
of them, we learn, went no farther North than
Baltimore, finding that they could there pur
chase advantageously all the goods which they
required.—Others purchased their light goods
in New York, but found it to their advantage
to return to Baltimore to buy their Groceries,
Hardware, &c.
“Such facts are gratifying. They afford
conclusive evidence that the true method of
putting down agitation at the North will be
generally adopted. Let our people build up
our own cities. A little encouragement will
soon reader them able to compete successfully
with the Northern cities.”
Further jfrom Santa Fe.— The St. Louis
Republican of the 12th inst. mentions the ar
rival in that city, by the steamer Highland
Mary, of several Santa Fe traders. Among
the party we notice the names of Charles E.
Kearney, Richard Owens, Joseph Mercure,
Henry Grandjeau, Rumley and Austin. The
intelligence they bring is of little importance.
A young man, named Francis Green, shot
himself accidentally with a pistol while on
the route. The wound at first was supposed
to be dangerous; but by good treatment the
man was recovering.
No recent murders have taken place by the
Indians, but Mr. Mercure states that they are
bold in their depredations, and as annoying to
the white settlers as of old. A short time
previous to his departure from Santa Fe
several large flocks of sheep had been driven
away from a rancho, a short distance below,
by a band of Navajos. The old complaint,
relative to the inefficiency of the troops, is re>
vived, and it is stated that wherever they
have been stationed they have proved of lit
tle or n® service.
The weather has been unusually mild in
New Mexico. Extensive preparation were
making among the Santa Fe merchants for
| the spring and summer trade. Many houses
! were ordering large invoices. It was appre
hended by a few that, under these circum
stances, the market generally would be over
stocked, to the disadvantage of all. Corn
was selling at $3 per bushel, and it was ex
pected that in the spring it would bring $4 to
$4 25. Wheat was bringing $2 to $2 50 per
bushel, and flour $4 50 to $5 per hundred
pounds.
Death op Gen. Brooke. —We regret to
learn (says the N. O. Picayune of the 19th
inst.,) from Capt. Lawless, of the steamship
Louisiana, which vessel arrived in port yes
terday, from Matagorda Bay and Galveston#
that an express arrived at Indianola just as
the Louisiana was leaving, bringing intelli
gence of the death of Geo. Brooke. He died
at San Antonio on the Bth inst. We can only
’hope that the report will prove untrue, though
we scarcely see room for doubt.
The Census of 1850. —The Southern Press
says :—“The census of the United States for
1850, will be the most complete work of the
kind that has ever been executed.
“ We stepped the other day into the rooms
devoted to this service in this city, and were
surprized at the precision, clearness, fullness,
and importance of the returns, and the classi
fication, so far as they have gone. We can
not accord too much praise for the ability and
fidelity with which the plan has been con
ducted by Mr. Kennedy, the head of the bu
reau.
“ When the census shall be completed, it
will present a mass of facts and results which
will throw more light on the condition of the
different States, than has ever before been at
tained. The nativity, health, property, crime,
pursuits, age, education, &c. &c., of the peo
ple, will all be exhibited in such a manner as
to give immense facility to the solution of
multitudes of the most important questions
of the dav.
New York Senator— The way it was done-
We received the other day, per telegraph,
intelligence of the election of Mr. Fish, the
Seward candidate to Senate of the United
States. This result was not unlooked for, but
the way it was accomplished, should satisfy
the people of the South, that the Seward fac
tion, are not very particular in the means em
ployed so long as their ends are accomplished
The following despatch to the Journal of
Commerce, dated Albany, March 13, will
throw some light on the subject ;
Senate,— Mr. Cooke moved to suspend 37th
rule of the Senate, which provides that all
concurrent resolutions shail lie over one day.
Mr. Mann opposed. He desired to know
the reason for this movement.
Mr. Carroll thought the only motive could
be one which was hid in the mind of the ma
jority. No public business required this sus
pension. It was extraordinary that such a
movement was made at this time.
Mr. Stanton, in allusion to a reeent article
in the State Register, suggested that that pa
per should attend rather to the Senators from
the 3lßt (Babcock) and 32d (Owen), than to
the Democratic Senators.
Mr. Babcock said he was not aware of any
political motive in reference to this notice.—
He should vote for it fr im his confidence in
the character of the Senator ot the 13,-h.
Mr. (J-uinip appealed to the magnanimity of
the Senator of the 13th, to withdraw his no
tice. Senators from the 7th (Brandreth) and
15th (Dart,) were absent.
Mr. Carroll thought it very singular that
the Whig Senators should be su extraordinari
ly punctual at this time. It looks strange,
also, if nothing more than ordinary legislation
was intended, that such an audience should be
gathered here. Leading members of the
House, and distinguished men from other
parts of the State.
Mr. Stanton asked the Senator from the 12th
(Mr. Carroll,) whether Senators Dart and
Brandreth had not paired off with each other?
(As both these gentlemen are Democrats, this
remark created a sensation.)
A motion was made to lay the motion of
Mr. Cook on the table.
The vote was taken, and the Senate refused
to lay on the table. AH the Democrats and
Mr. Beekman, voted in the affirmative, and all
the Whigs except Mr. B. voted in the nega
tive.
Then the question coming directly on the
resolution to suspend so much of the rules as
required a concurrent resolution to lie over
one day, it was adopted ayes 16, (all the
Whigs but Beekman;) nays 14-(13 Dem.
and Mr. B.)
Mr. Owen (of Cattaraugus and Chatauque
district,) immediately arose and offered the
following preamble and resolution :
“ Whereas, the Legislature having failed to
elect at the time and in the manner prescribed
by law, a Senator in Congress, in the place of
Daniel S. Dickinson, whose term of service
expired on the 3d day of March, 1851; there
fore, Resolved, (if the Assembly concur,) that
the Legislature will, on the 18th of March in
stant, at 4 o’clock JP. M., proceed to elect a
Senator in Congress, in the manner prescribed
by Article 4, tit. 7, chapter 6, part first, of the
Revised Statutes.”
Mr. Beekman entered into a constitutional
and legal argument to prove that an election
called under such a resolution would not be of
a binding effect. After finishing nis legal ar-
gument, Mr. B. reviewed the course he had
taken in respect to the Senatorial election.—
He had been returned by his constitutents
with full knowledge of his heresies, as they
had been called. He had voted for the
Geddes' resolutions of 1850, because he had
been in caucus upon them, and was irx honor
bound to go for them, yet he thought them
unwise. They jeoparded the Union. They
meddled with wounds that were bleeding.—
Mr. B. alluded to the results of recent elec
tions in the several wards comprising his Sen
atorial district, as proving that his constitu
ents were with him, and in confirmation he
read the resolutions of the 9th ward—a ward
which had given in every way the most em
phatic indorsement ot his course.
Some person had said to him, with a sneer,
that he was not the only man who thought
himself right, and all the rest of the world
wrong, and he had escaped from his keepers;
but he (Mr. B.) did not stand alone. A ma
jority of the Senate, all honorable men, were
with him. He had refused to send to the
Senate a man who had not declared himself
on the great measure of Compromise. That
was his offence! He was not alone. There
were a goodly number of members of the other
House, who, but for untowari circumstances,
would have gone with him. Mr. B. then read
a letter which he and two Senators, whose
names he did not repeat, had addressed to Go
vernor Fish on the 29th of January. He al
luded to an approval of his course which had
been given by his city—his constituents—by
the best whigs in the country—and by one
whose name, if he was allowed to speak it,
would bring forth a simultaneous expression
of love and admiration from many lips around
them. He could not now go back.
Dp fUagiutu (fokgrapi).
Reported for tile Gonatitutionaiist.
One Week Later from Europe.
ARRIVAL,
O F TH E STEAM E H
FRANKLIN.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET
FIRM.
LORD JOHN RUSSELL STILL PREMIER
A despatch from oar Charleston corres
pondent, dated 23d inst., furnishes us with
dates from Baltimore to March 22d, which
announce the arrival of the steamer Franklin
at New-York, with dates from Liverpool to
the Bth inst.
Cotton. —The market is firm, and the sales
of the week reach thirty-five thousand six
hundred and forty bales. The quantity offer
ing was on the increase, previous prices were
with difficulty realized, and the market closed
tamely without any actual change, though in
some instances at a slight decline.
La.hu was steady. Molasses unchanged.
Lord Stanly was unable to form a Protec
tionist Ministry. Lord John Russell had re
sumed the Premiership, and no alteration was
likely to occur in the Ministry.
The Rice market unchanged.
Second Despatch.
ARRIVAL OF THE ARCTIC.
Baltimore, March 23d.
The steamer Arctic arrived this morning at
New York.
The first night out, in the Channel, she run
into a large ship, and was slightly damaged.
• Her news differs but little from that brought
by the Franklin.
Cotton. —On Friday five thousand bales
were sold at unchanged prices.
Trade in the manufacturing districts was
good with a steady business.
The imports of Cotton into Liverpool was
large.
Corn had declined half to one shilling,
i The Havre Cotton market was steady and
| prices unchanged.
[ France was quiet. The Assembly met on
; Monday, and the floating debt w r as augment
|ed seventy millions francs. This depressed
the Bourse, and seventy fives were quoted at
ninety-four francs twenty-four centimes.
Austria refuses Russia's demand regarding
the confederation.
The Emperor of Russia has presented the
King of Prussia with a chair valued at one
million dollars.
New-York, March 24, P. M.
Cotton. —The market is slightly drooping.
Sales to-day 2000 bales—prices unchanged
but market closing heavy.
Other articles unchanged.
Charleston, March 24, P. M.
Cotton. —The market to day is quiet, buy
ers asking a decline to which holders refuse
to submit. The sales reach 400 bales, at prices
ranging from to II cents.
f communicated]
Mr. Editor: For the information of those
interested, I am happy to say that a general
and final settlement between Col. John McKin
ne, of Augusta, Georgia, and myself, has
lately taken place. It embraces all the bu
siness connections in which we have been
engaged, since the building of the Aueusta
Bridge, in the year 1813, called the Bridge
Company Bank, and all other no-partnership
arrangements between us whatever; and in this
settlement it has been agreed that he will re
linquish and convey to me all his interest in
the Augusta Bridge, and money belonging to
said Bridge, byway of toll or otherwise, upon
my paying him at a future day the balance
due him in our settlement. This interest and
right, include all charters, re-charters, vested
rights obtained from the Legislatures of the
States of South Carolina and Georgia, all law
suits whatever, also the purchase from Walter
Leigh and Edward Powell of their land in
South Carolina, with the Ferry right attached
thereto, and every interest and right he may
have in said Bridge and money arrising there
from. It is also understood and agreed that I
may negotiate and settle all matters as regards
said property, as I may deem advisable, so as is
is subject to our agreement.
This instrument may be found upon record
m the Clerk's Office of the Superior Court of
Richmond county, Georgia, Book F. F.
HENRY SHULTZ.
Park Hill, near Hamburg, S. C., \ mar 26
March 24, 1851. 5 2
(Telegraph'd fir the Baltimore Clipper.)
California Nows--Arrival of the Orescent
t>u o New-Yobk. March 21
The steamer Crescent City arrived w*
th lß evening from Chagres, with dales from
Ssl7 F 27 m j he 15lh ults She brinS
passengers.** gOl dUBt ’ a large num ber of
The weather in California is fine and the
winter unusually mild. ’ nd the
1 here has been a decided improvement ;«
business, and on some articles there has been
an advance, but in consequence of the ™ n
arrival of the steamer States ”
days over due, there is less doing and fhl
advance is somewhat lost. **’ anc * *b©
The election of U. S. Senator was to
place on the 15th. Many supposed T
King would be chosen bur if » A ' Butler
admitted that Col. Fre’mor* wa *** .§f nßrali y
ing ground. m ° nt Was ra P ld ly gain-
Ihe health of California was good Cinid
discoveries cheering, and Judge
ercising universal jurisdiction. 7
There is a full supply of breadstuffs and
only a moderate demand. Teas are plentiful
and prices lower. Plentiful
Seamen's wages are $35 a 40 per month
men scarce at that. nt “‘ and
Indian outrages and murders continue but
as troops have been sent out against them, lt
is supposed they will be compelled to submit
to a treaty of peace. 6
Rich diggings have been discovered near
Feather River.
There was much indignation manifested in
California against the decision of the Supreme
Court, in regard to land titlea.