The Texian Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1851 Page: 2 of 4
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I District of
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Court.
nounco the Hun. A.
lidste for re-eloetion as
udgcs of the Supreme
•Uctutn.
1 loanuonnce tlir Hon. JAS.
I m • candidate for election na ono of
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1st* Judge* of the (Supremo Court, ut
election.
•f General Lunil
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led to announce Copt. S. Cbos
¡lief Clerk, us a candidate for
u:*aionor of the Gciior ! Land
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sevwus well
was decidedly good and
iat Z"it by the enij.ro'
"Lifo on llio icofl"
ng, the ntldieuec givp the
iiion in n long and /nuui*
We hopo Judgo/Wright
> to get up a largo class. 11°
a piflficient in the science of
¡i and every way uuulified for
and worthy of (ho patronngo of
thl* community. We hope ilio Judgo will
favorus with a few moro concerts.
The triar of Mr. Willium tí. Gorman, of
Goliad, on the chnrgo of killing William
Spencer,of DeWitt county, in January
1848, came off in this placo on Monduy
hat. The jury teemed to hive Imd but
difficulty in deciding the ease, as they
but a few minutes, and returned
irt with n vcrdict ol acquittal.—
a was defended by A. tí. C ut
and A. II. Phillips, Emjs. The
was conducted by W, S. Glass,
Esq., Prosecuting Attorney for this District
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On Tuesday
Stu Antonio
the mournful
General Brooke.
Atroelone Murder.
xprcss from' A willful and horrible murder wns per-
bearing petraled iu tito neighborhood of Colonel
of the deoth of Stevens*, iu De Witt county, about the 4th
veteran soldier1 instant, upon llio person of an American
brenlhed his last at San Antonio, on Sun
day morning last, at 3 o'clock. His sick
ncss was short, but severe. On tlwf pre-
vious Friday, he was seen walking the
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public streets in apparent good hoaltji. In
two days afterwards, ibo spirit of ilje good
old General took its flight, unj^ ho now
sleeps the sleep of death beneath the soil of
Tesas. Poaco to his ashes/und an ever-
lasting reinembranco of his many gallant
deeds.
Two distinguished Generals bf the United
Stntos Army have died in Tex^s in less
than two years.
After tho above wns in type, we reeeiv-
oJ tho following notice, in a slip published
at the Ledger ofliee on the Oth inst.:
Died, at his residence iu Sau Antonio,
on Sunday morning, 4th inst., at half-past
2 o'clock, Gen. Geohgh Mkbceb Uiiookk,
aged about sjxty-five years.
Gen. Brooko was a nativo of Virginia,
entered tho army us Captuin iu tho year
1608,**wus promoted to llio rank of Major
£912, and received ill's last and
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i General Brooko has filially and
fully determined to get up an armed expo
dition against tho Indians. Tho coinnnnd
ÓÍ it will devolve up'ni Gen. Hnrnoy; and
this feet «lone is sufficient to warnht the
eipectntion lint tho expedition will bo car
vied on in all respecta with energy and dis
cretion, so far as this officer can exercise
control. No bettor oflicor cojld hive been
•elected. He has experience and energy
«{togethersufficient for the laborious and
fcasirdou* undertaking. No cortnln time
ha* yet beon fixed upon for tho expedition
to atari, but it is generally understood that
it will start as soon as all llio necessary ar
nngements are completed, aud when the
grass will be up sufficient to afford ío.kI (ór
the hones. It is the intention of tho com-
mander logo out into tho Indian country,
•ad Into the Indian villages, and thorn ad-
minister to them such doses of ''retributive
o" as they should have received long
It is not stated what troops will com-
pon the expedition, but we suppi so it will
be composed of Ringers and Dragoons, itud
untod Infantry. May certain
I this expedition
The District Court is still in session in
Ihto place, but will adjourn tho last of this
week. Next week, Judge Jones will hold
bis Court in Lavaoa,and tho week following
in Texans.
We notice tho River and Harbor bill lias
House of Representatives by ti
to 87. This bill contains rip
lit* amount of one hundred
thousnnd dollars, to bo expendod
and improvement of our
which we presume wo nro Indcbl-
to the exertions of Col. Hownrd
ing Constitute the items and olv
merit:
ion of snag and dredge
rging scows, tor tho re-
^ the harbors on tho
dollars.
, If in tho CjIo-
htrty ihousand.dollars.
nty>fiv«tiiio.i
[boats, dredge
vs, to be used on
uiri and Arkan-
waters, one hundred
l.in the year
ilc red i
life.
Tho announcement of his death, so un-
expected, so sudden, has created n deep
sensation iu this community. But a few
days since, his appearance amongst us,
whilst engaged in his usual duties, or when
seen iu his uiorniug walks, gave no indica-
tion that his end was near, or even that his
health and, strength were failing. The
day beforo yesterday lie was confined to his
room, rather indisposed; on yesterday, his
physicians became aware that his lump of
lile was last burning out. It may be sajd
that ho fairly woro himself out in the ser
vice of his country.
It is not our purpose to write a lengthy
obituary; yet, in consideration of his dis-
tinguished ability and riiuk, as well as his
relations to tho interests of this frontier, it
will not he out of place to reluto a little in-
cident couuectfld with his military life,
which gave him the title of tho "Gallant
Major Brook, of tho war of 1812."
At Tort 13rie, the works of tho enemy
being so obscured by tho darkness of the
night that our fire could not be directed
with success, Geu. Brooke, (then a Major,)
provided himself with a lultern, with which
concealed under an over coat, he approach-
ed within it shurt distance of their position,
and ascending a tree, still concealing the
lantern under his coat, with a cord so ar-
ranged that ns ha reached the ground, he
uncovered the light which at once revealed
llio enemy, accomplishing completely the
object of his daring exploit.
Since h s residenco in our city, he has
onj iycd ths universal confidence and es
teem of a I who have known him. Even
those who h'tvo been the sufferers by In-
dian depre lotions committed upon the iron
tier, liavo ttached no blutne to the lament-
ed and difiiuguislied General who has so
suddenly ¿¡«parted—on tho contrary, tho>
have been a ware of his just and urgent re-
presentations to tho Wur Department fre-
quently made, calling for an inereaso of
troops nud of tho kind that could lie reliod
upon for the peculiar exigencies of the ser-
vice.
Wo will only add that there is but one
feeling here; that of sincere and heartfelt
regr. t for this severance of tho s icial and
Military relations between the deceased
and the people of Texas.
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tleman of Indianolo
i this distinguished
says ho ''will be a
sncy at the ensuing
i nominated by the
the Democratic
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have finished plant
' busily ongagod in
The weather is warm,
ible for the farmer.
requested to state that a
i on Saturday last from Mr
18 miles below Seguin
, baa a blase in his face,
shoulder with the letter
I cae hind foot la white.
Now Orleans ex-
i Ohio, Arkansas, Red,
aw high, and a
rbere dreaded.
Now tint tho giilluut Gen. Brooko lias
gone down lo tho grave full of years and of
unfading honors, the Inquiry nnturally sug-
gests itself, who will succcod to the com-
mend of the loreos on our frontier? Public
opinion instinctively points to Gen. Harney,
as the man most desired and most suitable
(or lhat important post, at this timo. His
nnmo alono is a tower of strength, and at
once begets a confidence that " all things
will bo dune well." In addition to his large
military experience, he has nn iron consti-
tution, is a man of unconquerable energy,
and good judgment. In short, ho is the
man of our choice, ns being admirably fitted
to fill this liighl. important post, at a time
when our country is literally overrun with
hostile savages, as at preseut.
By last mail we roceivcd a letter from
Jutlgo Gamble, of Sun Putricio. Tho let-
tor is dated tho 24th ult., nnd gives qtjto a
gloomy picture of tho condition of the conn
try bordering on llio Nueces. It seems
there are a large number of Indians down
iu tho country, committing all sorts of de
predniions. A party of thirteen mustang
ers camo iiiU^Fort_Murrell on Saturday,
the 22d ultiVwIro stulcd that they had been
attacked by a party of twenty-five Indiuns
on tho Aqua Djlcoy, in which attack tho
mustungers had one man killed and throe
wininded.
Lieut. Underwood, with niuotoen Rin-
gers had bocn out on a scout when ho dis-
covered the trail of a largo body of Indians,
who hud crossed abovo the Rio Frio, and
had pnsscd down tho country on the west
side of that stream, From the sign it wns
supposed the Indians were Irons 80 to 100
strong. Lieut. Underwood immediately
sent expresses off to convey the informa-
tion In the several posts, while himself and
party made preparations for a vigorous pur
suh. Twenty-five men started from Capt.
McCulloch's camp on the Aransas, as soon
ns they received the news. Capt. McCul-
loch was out on a scout himself at this time
on tho east side of the river. We are anxi-
ous to hear further particulars. Should
those gallant Rangers be lucky enough to
find the red skinned rascals, we will expect
to hoar a good account of the engagement.
Mr. Samuel Lott, of Soguin, one of Capt.
McCulloch's Rangers, died suddenly In that
place on Sunday last.
named Richardson, or Richmond, by some
' Rio Grande Mexicans. The doceased had
arrived in that neighborhood a fow days
previous, having iu his possession some
horses nnd mules, a portion of which ho
sold to Col. Stevens; and was endeavoring
to effect a sale of tho balance of them. Two
Mexicans came alon<', who charged lhat
this man had stolen the horses from them at
Clay Davis's ranche, iu Stnrr county—
They arrested tho man nud tied him, osten-
sibly for the purpose of tuking him buck to
the Rio Grande lor trial; but, as wo under-
stand, for the declared purpose of killing
him. That such was their design, subse-
quent events seemed fully to indicate.—
They Became suddenly quito caroless iu
camp, and afforded their prisoner a fair
chnnce of escaping. On his embracing the
opportunity thus given him, ono of tho
Mexicans drew u revolver nnd tired, wound-
ing the prisoner in the leg so as effectually
to prevent his proceeding any further. The
Mexican approached him, continuing _to
shoot as bfl.ft?jfl*iWy "iTTiTsaid he dfscharg-
his pistol the lust time when the muzzle
was placed close to tho victims head. Tho
body of the deconaed was terribly mangled
by tho balls which entered it. Tho man
cried in vain for mtrcy aud for holp. Both
were alike denied to him, and ho died ut-
tering the most heart-rending cries.
The murderers were arrested by tho citi-
zens, aud tuken beforo Justices Hill nnd
Moore. After an investigation, tho mur-
derers were admitted lo buil in the sum of
one thousand dollars—and then started back
on their way to the Rio Grande, well pleas-
ed with (he execution of their murderous
deod, and doubtless with tho intention of
tuking good care never to return to attend
a further trial for this, ono of the most out-
rageous aud villainous murders ever perpe-
trated in this section of the State.
Murders o( this character have become
quito common of lute. Less than tivo
months ago, a similar crime was committed
in this county—with this dill'crcnce, tho
victim was a Mexican, and the murderers
escaped without molestution. Wo arc truly
sorry to record these disgraceful crimes.—
Our laws are seemingly of no avail, when
Mexicans can como into our midst, charge
an American with theft, arrest him without
'.nv process of law, tie him, and then de-
liberately shoot hiiu down, ns if lie wcro a
brute.
It used to bo tlio boast of Amcrican.cili-
zons, that thoy lived in a land governed by
luws framed upon tho principios of humani-
ty,and that the laws affixed tho penalty for
their violation. But this Bccms to lie no
longer tho ease, and «ve blush to say it.
Wo understand that tho second session of
tho Guadalupe High School, at Seguin,
opened with one hundred and fifteen stu-
dents, nud about sixty inoro are confidently
expected to enter shortly.
The Army.
The Washington correspondent of the
Sicw York Express says:
l'lia army is to bo attacked in the llouso
in genoral, and in detail. The Committee
if Ways and Meuus demanded of tho tío-
cretnry of War an estimate of tho reduction
of the army expenses lo five millions. Mr.
Courad, and all tho army officers, respond
"the thing can't bo done." The Quarter-
master General (Jesup) estimates for his
department onormous sums for transporta-
tion and corn, beef, pork, flour, etc., etc., in
Oregon, California, New Mexico, and Tex-
as, and this department has boon tho main
ono for runniug up (lie army estimates.—
Gen. Jesup wants nearly five millions. An
army officer tells mo tliat the committor!
have cut him dowu just one-half! With
this feeling, thero is, of course, no prospect
of mounted regiments,or new regiments, or
any thing like it. This fresh fooling lias
boon cronted ngaiust the nrinv on account
of tho enormous expenses on llio Pacific,
nnd in Tuxas nnd New Mexico, where flour
there sometimes costs 8-10 per barrel, nlso
pork nnd boof like prices—forago iu tho
samo enormous proportion.
It is with surpriso,as well as tho sincorest
regrei, that wo have read the intelligence
contained in the above paragraph. We had
rend the recommendations of the Exocutive
aud the Secretary of War, relative to tlte
protection of tho Texas frontier. These
recomnieudatious, we thought, indicated a.
returning senso of j istico towards burJon,
harassed and defcnseloss citizens, on the
part ofjtho General Government. We re-
gnrdod them ns but n representation of tho
earnest of what the peoplo would do, when
thoy once had tho matter fairly belbro them,
aud their action thus promptly nnd impres-
sively demanded. For we have a firm and
almost unerndicable faith in the intelligence
nnd justico of tho people, when acting thro'
their immediate representatives, A Prosi-
dent might neglect us, aud llio ncgloct ex-
cite no surprise, bccauso we have but little
influence in elections. In that view, wo are
scnrcely worth courting. A Secretnry of
War might even forget us, seeing tlint we
were not mnutiuned by his master, tho Exe-
cutive. But tho 8uflerings of nn exposed
frontier to be thought of by any body else,
nnd only ncglcctcd by iho peoplo them-
selves, whon acting by their immediate re-
presentatives, is a fonture in Congressional
legislation wo were not prepared for.
The Texas frontier has beon for tho last
five years harassed in a thousand quarters,
by tho must activc, cunning nnd merciless
tribe of all the savages which inhabit North
America. Tlicso harrasriuents hnvo con-
tinued to increase, without intermission or
abatcmcut, up to tho present in nneut. The
Press, tho Legislature, and the people of
Texus, have complained and expostulated,
but their complaints and expostulations
have been unheard, disbcliovcd, or disre-
garded by Congress.
Tho President, it is true, has nt length
heard, and has ncceeded to our wishes; hut
Congress, b>uud down by tho ignoble fet-
ter* of u miscalled economy—and perhaps
partaking of that spirit which magnifies n
a dollar into tho size of a éart-whoel—utter-
ly refuses (if tho paragraph is to bo relied
on) to ulforJ us nny uid. To guard our
frontier—lo protect from tho scalping-knifo
of tho savage, our hardy and enterprising
bordcrinen, nud their wives nnd daughters
from n fate worse than ten thousand duaths,
is put in tho scale with the almighty dollar,
and kicks tho beam. They are weighed in
tho balnnco and found wanting, by the
magnanimous Congress of the greatest na-
tion upon th« earth. Shamo upon such
magnanimity ¡"Slinme upon such greatness!
Ex-Governor Jones, of Tennessee, is de-
liverijjg lecturii/s in New Orleans, on the
sulfsct of rnilrí lie is endeavoring to
tho
exertion
plnco, by llio construction of railroads. Wo
wish ho would whisper in their ears that
tho proj*ct of a railroad, connecting Texas
with Vow Orleans, would ndd greatly to
the in'ercsts of our people, and perhaps to
tho iutercsts of Now Orleans merchants.
Minis nkw Stuamisiis roil tim Tmxian
Tkaije.—Mr. J. C. Harris, (says the True
Deltnof the 2iUh Fob.,) of the ontorprising
firm f Harris &i Morgan, owners of tho
mail lino of steamships between New Or-
lennsand Texas, lef: tha city yesterday, iu
compiny with Capt. Jeremiah Smith, (late
of tho steamship Palmetto,) fur New York.
Mr. Harris goes on there, we learn, to con-
tract for tho building of two new steam-
ship*, of 1300 tons burthen cuch, which are
intended lo ply between New Orleans and
Galveston. These new steamers, when
finished, will form n line in connection with
tho Louisiana nnd Mexico, now carrying
tho mails to Galveston and Matagorda Buy.
Traueof Louisville, Ky.—There wore
six thousand six hundred and sixty-seven
arrivals and departures of steamboats at
tho Louisville wharf, during the year end-
ing on the 1st of Frbrunry.
A magnificent gold watch has been re-
ceived iu Washington, as a present by some
young mc.i in California, to Senator Doug-
Ins,author of the bill Ibrlhc admission of
Culi furnia into the Union. No person was
allowed lo subscribo a sum exceeding five
cents towards tlie o! jeet, and tho subscrip-
tion consisted uT $31)0. Tho watch is n
hunting ense, on ono sido of which nro the
arms of tho State of Illinois, nnd on the re-
verse thoso of California.
Scarcity or Silveu.—Moro than $300,-
000 of silver were exported from New York
iu Fobiuory. Tho steamer Asia look out
The specie exported from Bos-
ton in January amounts to $151,U(}2.
SteamsiiiI' Atlantic.— The following
is an extract from a prívalo letter from
Capt. West, to a friend in Philadelphia:
Cove ok Cork, Jan. 27th.
When the accident happened there
high sea, With heavy squalls, but
moderating a little; (ho lulls being longer
than thoy had been. As I had bccuslcnm-
ing head to wind, all was snug, lore-yards
down, etc., which lolt mo nothing but my
foro nnd aft sails to heave to, and they wore
often becalmed by the heavy roll of the ship,
ns she lay iu tho trough of thn sea. Tho
next day it moderated a little, aud wo were
employed in sending down tho small inaiu-
topmnst and getting the foro y n rd up; gel-
ling tho floats off ilio wheels, etc. After
five days incessant labor on my part, and
never going below, I found I was drilling
to tho eastward. Found that with salt pro-
visions nnd two meals n day, I had thirty
days' provisions on board. Called tho pas-
sengers together nnd told them my inten-
tion of putting the ship's hoad to tho enst-
wnrd. Thoy said, "Captain, we have every
confidcnco in you, but do, my donr fellow,
take care of yourself; for what would be-
come of us if any accident should happen to
you?" About 4 o'clock that morning I fell,
during a heavy roll, nnd wns picked up and
carried tu my room, stunned by a blow on
the head. A{ 5,4 was up ngnin.
All this lims-4fc ship did uolsliip a drop
water, nor did*ehe leak a drop, llow I
love that ship, and how fearful I was that
1 should lose her! After we kept away
we averaged 150 miles a day; sometimes
going nine miles an hour, with but little
snil, ns I wns obliged to bo careful. All I
had was up, and it was small (or such a
hull. She is a great ship—scuds like a
gull, nnd on account of her great length,
so safo when lying to. After all this work
of mind and body, I deeply feel how much
is to bo attributed to the kindness of thn
Almighty in favoring us with tho wiuds to
reach a port of safely.
The night I made Cape Clear light, it
wns blowing from the N. W., with hail and
snow. On we wpnt, and at 2 in tho morn-
ing tho mcMai rose; tho weather was clear,
nnd we made tho light. At 8 o'clock took
tho pilot for Cork; nt 3 o'clock nnehorod
nnd sent off nil the pnssengers. This wns
thn finest nnd most moderate day for five
weeks. That night tho weather boenme
siormv ngnin. I mention this, to show you
how blessed we have been. * *
JAMES WEST.
Archibald Dixon hns been selected ns the
whig candidate for Governor, nnd John
Thompson for Lieiilennnt-Governor,of Ky.
In Tennessee, the democrats have nomi-
nated Gen. Trousdalo for Governor of that
State.
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Telegraphed to the N. O. Delta.
ARK1VAL OF THE EVBOPA,
FURTHER DECLINE IN COTTON.
New York, Feb. 27,1851.—The Cunard
steamer Europa lias arrived at Halifax, with
dates from Liverpool to tho 15th. The
Cotton market was still depressed at the
time of her departure, and tliero had been
i further decline, since the Baltic sailed, of
¿a id. The sales of tho week proceeding
ilio 15th, reached barely 21,701) bales.—
The quotations were, lor Middling Uplunds,
Mobiles, etc., 0J n 7 J.
Semi-ofiicinl advices liad bocn received
from Dresden, which stato that tho sanction
of Russiu, Austria nnd Pruss:u, has boon
given to a plan for tho reconstruction of ilio
German powers, each nation to ussunio tho
Presidency by turns.
Washington, Fob. 25.—Duel between
Stanley and Inge.—The bitter language
which passed iu debate on Friday last, be-
tween Mr. Stanley, of North Carolina, and
Mr. Inge, of Alabama, hns led to n duel be-
tween those two gentlemen. Alter ex-
changing shots wilhuut cffcct, the parties
wcro reconciled.
A bill making appropriations for the West
Point Military Academy, nnd tho Revolu-
tionary Pension bill, have passed through
the Senate, and the Postollico Appropria-
tion bill through the House.
Fob. 20.—The House, by resolution, has
approved of ihe course of the Secretary of
commented upon. But the people of Bos-
ton wcro a law-abiding people. 1'hey were
willing and content to leave this law to the
action of the courts, to have its constitu-
tionality decided upon. They were not
disposed to resist the law by violence.—
While tho law was upon tho statute book
it should be maintained and obeyed; but
there should nlso be allowed freedom of
speech, freedom of debate upon the subject.
Mr. Clay: Freedom oí debate upon what
subject? Upon an open, impudenj viola-
tion of tho laws of iho country?
Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts, said he
munut that freedom of discussion should b
allowed upon tho general merits of the law.
Mr. Clay asked who opposed any discus-
sion of llio merits of Ihe law!
Mr. Davis said that he had no allusiun
to the Snnalor. Without the Senate there
had been obstucles thrown in the way of a
free discussion of iho merits of the law.
Mr. Clay said that Congress, less than
five months ago, had passed a Inw to carry
into effect a provision of tho Constitution.
It wos passed lifter full debate by consider-
able majority. And to thoso who now re-
quired its repeal lliey said, wo will not re-
peal tho act wo have so lately passed, par-
ticularly in the face of an open uttcmpt to
resist it. He hoped he had'not offended
the Senator from Massachusetts, by ex-
pressing the ii'djgiintion befell upon hear-
Stalo that there is no cause for any delay
in the prosecution of lhat work.
Tho House also pussod the now Post
Route bill, and tho bill appropriating $185,-
000 to pay the Mexican indemnities. Dur-
ing the debate ou the last named bill, Mr.
Allen charged Mr. Webster with having
received $15,000 from the Now Yurk and
Boston brokers. Mr. Ashinun vindicated
Mr. Webster, and on the authority of that
gentleman, pronounced the charge lo bo an
unqualified fulschnod.
The House I lieu took up tho Army Ap-
propriation bill.
The Senate has passed a resolution call-
ing for tho correspondence relativo to tho
Mexican indemnities.
Tho Cheap Postage bill, with sundry
nmendmcnts, has been passed by the Sen-
ate, nnd also tho Pustoftice Appropriation
bill.
Mr. Alonzo Potter, our Consul nt Valpa-
raiso, lias been recalled.
New York, Feb. 20.—'ího markets arc
dull. Cotton is irregular nnd declining.
We Icnrn from Trenton that iho Legisla-
ture of New Jersey liavo at length succeed-
ed in olecting a Senator, nnd that tho choice
of the majority has fallen on Com. Stockton.
In Boston, many arrests have been made,
of parties who were nllegcd to have aided
in the rescue of the fugitive slave Frederick.
Davis, who was arrested as a participant
In the disgraceful affair, has been examined
before the United States Commissioner, but
'donation helfeli
l ing of the cund,ii¿it,of thosefwho eiitff^ ^ ^
ftvnple -'"¡i bo «sod or iocordod in ¿tnyarntrp'*
juVticiTiiT^o, .... f ovr.r tli|6 --i*, i
heads of theoflieers and ministers of justice. '
Ho would on tiiis and every other occasion
speak, offend whom it may, of any gross
outrage nud resistance of tho law, whether
by white men or black men.
Mr. Davit said ho felt ns indignant as
any ono at tho occurrence. Tho peoplo of
Boston wero a law-abiding people. But
ihey wero also a free people; and since the
days of tho revolution they had maintained
the right of free discussion and inquiry in-
to every subject affecting them. Their
remedy against the offensive law wns by
nrguincnt, by roason, and by an appeal to
the ballot-box.
Mr. Hale coincided iu a great pnrt of
tho indignation expressed by the Senator
from Kentucky. He was sorry a little of
it was nol heard at the limo whon the news-
papers informed them that a judge in a
Southern State refused to oxecute the law
by issuing his warrant for tho arrest of a
party charged with being a fugitivo from
justice. No resolution was thon offered to
know whether the President had heard of
armed men preparing in Southern States to
invado Cuba. Nor when n mob held pos-
session of this city for two days, under the
lioso of the President, no indignation was
heard, nor was any resolution offered to as-
certain whether he had heard of it or not.
A mob might nriso anywhere. Ho had
heard of ono in Kentucky, where a printing
ollico was broken up, and tho press nnd
materials shipped to another State. Ho
hoped the Government was not about to
I take that short step which led frum the su
was discharged for want of evidence sufli- |,|¡um t0 tho ridiculous. Ho hoped there
'' ' was lo be no such thing as ordering the nr-
inv and n ivy to hold themselves in readi-
ness to proceed to Boston to put down n
negro mob. Ho thought tho matter would
be much better if left to the quiet ndmiuis-
trntion of tho people of Massnchusetts. Ho
cient to connect him positively with tho net.
Thero is much excitetncnt in Boston on the
subject.
The Massachusetts Legislature have had
sixteen bnllotings for Senator, without ef-
fecting a choice.
Debate isi Hie Scuttle on ilic Boston
Nob.
Tho following is the discussion which
arose in the Senate on tho resolution of Mr.
Clay to inquiire into the facts of the recent
riot in Boston:
Resistance to the Law in Boston.
The Senate then took up tho following re-
solution, submitted yesterday by Mr. Clay :
Resolved, That tiie President of tho Uni-
ted States bo requested to lay beloro the
Senate, if not incompatible with iho public
interests, any information im may possess
in regard lo an alleged recent case of a
forcible resistance to tho execution of the
laws of the United States in the city oí
Boston, and to comuuuiicatc to the Senate,
under the above condition, whut rnenns he
has adopted to meet the occurrence; and
whether, in his opinion, any additional leg-
islation is necessury to meet the exigency
of the case, nnd to more vigorously c.xecutc
existing laws.
Mr. Clay explained tho object of tho re-
solution to bo to obtain from tho President
any information ho may possess in regard
to the recOnt outrage; to obtain from hirn
information as to what measures lie has
adopted to meet the occurrence, and also
whether in his opinion nny additional legis-
lation bo necessary to u moro vigorous exe-
cution of the laws of the land. Until that
information was roceivcd, ho considered it
premature to enter into nny extended dis-
cussion of the subject. Bat lie could not
forbear saying that he had been shocked
and astounded upon reading the accounts
given in tho newspapers of such an occur-
rence taking placo in thn third city of the
Union. It was not alone that the laws had
been resisted, the ofilccrs beaten down,arid
drivon out of' tho court room, and tho per-
son thoy had in custody taken from them;
but this wns done iri open daylight by a mob,
and in the face of a population of ono hun-
dred and fifty thousand inhabitants. By
whom was this done? Not by people of
our own race or culor. By negroes, by
Africans, aud the descendants of Africans.
The qucs.ion was whether our laws and
Government wero to be tho laws nnd Gov-
ernment of white men orof black men. At
first ho could not bolievo tho accounts of
this nfiair, as given in tho papers; but lie
had heard it confirmed by high authority;
by a person who hnd received letters from
Boston. Tho Senator from Mississippi (Mr.
Footc) had stulcd yesterday that in nn in-
terview with the two highest officers of the
Government assurances were given that the
law would be maintained ;(sinco then he
(Mr. C.) had nn interview with these per-
sons, and had received a similar assurance.
Mr. Daeis, of Massachusetts, said ho had
read tho accounts of the occurrence in Bos-
ton ; which occurrence the Senator had con-
demned. Before arraigning nny one, be-
lbro condemning or commcnding any one
concerning this proceeding, ho desired to
hnvo tho information nnd facts before him,
nnd when he had these beforo him, he would
not hesitate to express his condemnntion
or commendation, as the facts of tho case
would show who was entitled to either. It
was well known thnt Ihe law, whose opera-
tions had boon resisted, wns an unpopular
one in that section of the country, nnd that
its provisions hnd bccu most discusscd nnd
lim. If this mob were an exposition of tho
principles ol Massachusetts, he would rathe r
et her go on than to vote to enforce her
obedionen by means of llio army and navy
of the United States.
Mr. Foote rend from the Slate pnpers lo
show that, in the case of the insurrection
in Pennsylvania, Washington had issued
his requisition for. militia upon the Stales
of Pennsylvania, Now Jersey, Muryland,
and Virginia. Tho militia culled out were
nol aluno linm the Stale whero tho insur-
rection took place.
Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts, meant,
whon ho said lhat there was a sentiment
prevalent in Massachusetts against the law,
that the low was opposed by iho people;
but he did not mean thnt therefore the law
would not be enforced. lie ventured to
say that all the speculations, that the army
aud navy would bo necessary to cnforce
Ihe laws of the United Stutes, were wholly
unfounded. Ho would tnke the responsi-
bility of asserting that the laws would be
executed without calling in any such aid.
Ho wasoppo8od to Ihe law; it was opposed
by many ns an offensive measure, but be-
neath till this thero existed that public opin-
ion which did not consider mobs ns the pro-
per remedy, or tho proper moans to effect
a change of the law.
The days of the revolution and of Shay's
rcbeHjegJgm.-'KvJ '."Y ""*1 the people have
BaHEaraaei'Sfc
c ¿rifílC iutuilRkv.,1
TTTy-
imve no desire to placo themselves in oppo-
sition to the United Slates authority. Whilo
ho hnd opposed the law, still he would bo
willing to vote for a proper ono. The poo
pic of tho freo States consider that it is an
imputation ou them to deny iu these cases
a made of trial which was allowed to every
other cnsc. At a proper timo ho thought
ho could satisfy the Senate that this was
not tho proper kind of law.
Mr. Cooper said that the militia called
out to suppress the insurrection in Pennsyl-
vania wero (rum Now Jersey, Maryland,
and Virginia. Their rendezvous wns at
Carlisle, and lio believed they marched to
Uninntown.
Mr. Bradbury said thnt he believed this
Inw, as well ns any other law of the United
States, could bo executed iu Maine.
Tho question was then taken, and tho
resolution wns adopted unanimously.
The Fugitive Slave ICiot I Boston.
Tiie papers from Boston, of tho 17th ult.,
contain full accounts of the late disgraceful
riot in that city, in which tho law was tram-
pled under foot by a gang of freo negroes.
We arc glad to see that the Boston papers
express their detestation of the act,and call
upon tho people to riso in the majesty of
their strength and prove to tho world thnt
iliey are what they profess to be, a law-
abiding people.
Wo give some extracts from editorial
notices in I lie leaning journals. The Cou-
rier says:
The outrage perpetrated in this city on
Saturday, timet fill tho mind of every well
disposed citizen with alarm. S.ich a dis-
grace never fell upon Boston belbro. At
mid-day, the very sanctuary of justice is
broken into by a gang of negroes—tho
considered tha« no law could bo enforced,; 0fijt.ers 61 the law nro knocked down mu
no matter whether in Louisiana nr Massn- . * , , . ,
no matter whether in Louisiana or Massa'
chusctts, which the moral sense of the peo-
ple could not sustain. George the Third
tried tho experiment; ho sent his troops to
ISoston, and they shot down the citizens iu
State street, but he did not succoed ¡unen-
forcing his law. Ho believed the suprema-
cy of tho law would be sustained if left to
the authorities ol' Boston, ll ho wero a
citizen of thut city, ho would consider it an
trainiiled Upon—a prisoner, awaiting a legal
pAcdls"nt ihe bar, is dragged awav bv ruf-
aj|d all escape with impunity ! Thoy
:ause every citizen iu Boston to hang
_,d in shamo and mortification.
Is a very significant fact that the mob
|icunsT?lod of negroes, who were unknown lo
our citizens. These persons have
been drawn in great numbers from almost
,, , lull parts of the Union to this city, under thn
insult were tho Government to presume | ,hllt ¡„ B stun, negroes may doly tho
cou.d nut cn!orce lho |ftW „ ¡t|, ¡¡n|,unity, nud timt mobs and their
ritiL'Icnders will be defended hero bv ros-
that Massachusetts
laws.
Mr. Footc denied that nny judgs in Mis-
sissippi had refused to do his duty. Thnt
judge hnd issued his warrant for the arrest
ol the party accused that party had been j The maticr has become serious lo llio last
arrested, carried before the court, and was dc,rroo. |lnVG wo |nWsí Have wo a gov-
prepared lor trial. It was not true that |er°m,nt? 1InV0 we magistrates who will
preserve tho poaco of the city? Somebody
must answer thoso questions
peetablo people. The aiders and abettors
i of these deeds of violence aro randy for nny
i thing. Let tho people of Boston look lo it.
i j* . i. ... l . . md.ut....v. a.. i l. .. | . , «. fr
lor trial. It was
bauds of armed men had proceeded through
southern citios to invade Cuba. There was
a suspicion that some persons wero concern-
ed in that Cardenas affair. But it was a
suspicion. The Government, very proper-
ly, hud directed an inquiry ¡and nine-tenths
of tho southern peoplo hud sustained the
Government lor doing its duly, nud execut-
ing tiie law.
Ho alluded to tho proceedings of Wash-
ington, in the matter of tho insurrection in
Pennsylvania; also, to tiie meritorious con-
duct of the Governor of Massachusetts, con-
cerning Shay's rebellion—conduct which
ho hoped would be imitated by the present
Executive of that State. lie had no doubt
hut the President would lend tho aid of liio
Government of tho United Slates, if it were
required.
Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, expressed tho
opinion thut the people of the northern
States would novcr allow the Fugitive Slave
law lo bo enforced. It wns a question en-
tirely with the people, and not with the
States. The President of tho U. States
hud tho power r resist invasion, and to
suppress insurrection, and for this purpose
to use the army and navy of the United
States.
Tho law was not executed whon first at-
tempted, and the marshal was not removed;
what was in this but on cncourngoment to
violate the law? lio was opposed to em-
ploying llio army and navy of the United
States to enforce the laws in the States,—
When the State refuses to obey those laws,
tho question was beyond the control of tho
Government, and heenmo involved in tho
sovereignty of the State. It was contem-
plated that the militia of the States were
sufficient to put down insurrection in their
respective Slates. Such wns the case in
putting down tho Whiskey insurrection in
Pennsylvania. The miii'tia of that State
alono were sufficient. If Massachusetts re-
fused to obey Ihe laws of the United States
nnd to enforce them, thero was but ono
thing more fbr her to do, and Ihnt wns, 'o
declare tho Constitution of tho U. States
no longer obligatory. Ho then alluded to
tho ense of Governor Quitman, who, in
obodionce to the laws, had resigned his post
of Governor of n State, nnd surrendered
himself to tho authorities, upon a churgc of
which it was well known ho could not be
guilty. Governor Quitman hnd offered lo
give a pledge (hat, upon the expiration of
his term of scrvice, he would present him-
self for trial. Thia pledge wns refused.—
Justice iu thai ease was hungry for a vie-
Tho Timos expresses its indignation in
ilio following plain nnd unmistakcablc lan-
guage:
The city of Boston was, on Saturday
last, disgraced by ono tif the most lawless
aud atrocious neis that ever blackened the
character of any community pretending to
be iu the enjoyment of nn enlightened stiitc
of civilization. A band of two hundred ne-
groes violently entered a cuurt of justicc,
and by force earriod from the custody of tho
officers, a person arrested agreeably to an
established law of the natiun. Tha act is
a burning disgrace, not only to tho city, but
to tho commonwealth, and indeed lo the
whole Union—for it was a Court .of tho
United States which wns thus trensonably
invaded, and its statutes and power put
openly and insultingly at defiance. It wns
a disgraco to the .city that the Mayor look
no interest in a riot which occurred in n
building bekiiigi|ip jj) tlie city. and r&fused.
his aid in suppressing proceedings w hich,
had tho olliccrs perlbrmed a simple and un-
questionable duty, would have resulted in
a sanguinary conllict—for tho rioters wcro
supplied with arms, and wcro determined
lo use them against uil who obstructed them
in their lnw-dcf\ing courso. It wns a dis-
grace to tho commonwealth, as no provision
had been made fbr the detention of prison-
ers arrested under a low for which a major-
ity of its representatives «in the United
States Congress had recorded their votes.
And it was a disgraco to ihe Union itself,
in that tho navftLofficer commanding this
station declined to furnish tho necessary aid
to enforce n national law. Looking nt it
in overy aspect, we can regnrd it as noth-
ing but a complete triumph over law and
order, by n band of block rufliniis, counte-
nanced and cncourngcd by n batch of white
traitors -legal, religious, philanthropicnl,
and fanulicnl—for whom hanging would bo
n too lenient punishment.
Wo subjoin a short account of the pro-
ceedings of the mob, at tho timo of tiio
rescue, ll is easy to perccivo that tho
Deputy Marshal received no assistance from
tho city authorities. Tho Marshal himself
wns in Washington, nnd ihe fugitive was
arrested by Deputy Marshal Riley, who
lias published a full statement of the affair,
which reflects Ecvercly on Com. Downes
and the authorities ol the city:
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