The Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 4, 1854 Page: 1 of 4
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Fautfw Crmuns:—-Having been absent for'f.^whkh th.
,* lime a ><w Representative, I feu! it to lap W|1|£), |
WVT*«? « returning among ftot, to warier! the BIT i>,
m aoeoant of my atewardahip, n fir u time
>ri oircamatancee will permit me to do ao. In
fcfcg thk, I will briefly review some of the prin-
tjnk measure# actednponduriiig the hurt «ra-
•iaa of Congreae.
One of the moat important suhjocts acted up
ad by the bat Congress, u what in familiarly
kncim m the Homestead Bill, which proposed
to (pre 160 acres of laud to any one who would
on and cultivate u portion of the Isnds,
for the sp*co of five yoars. This was u specious
aicaaure, and well calculated, at first view, to
Motivate the unwary.
I wait opposed to liiu Homestead Bill for two
tcMons. In the first plaoe, in my opiuiou.Con-
ria bas no constitutional right to give anay
publio lands—the property of the whole peo-
ple for the benefit of a portion of that people -
Xho lands cedcd to the Federal Uuvernuicnt by
the States, arc by the terms of the grant, held
has, it ta the embodiment of a current principle
the^ principle of u«jii intervoutwu by the Gen-
eral (.ovurumfnl iu th- domwttc affairs of any
Statcor tcrri'ory Tt£i> i* the gcca, principle
ft.mth hi* alway. anj
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. fill) RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4,1854.
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1JSTTKU FROM POM. I'KHHY
Tlii' folhiwing Uitereeting insinuation
aiuuIOJX1 i
the whole now wtiujated at «x!^cu reociveil ftnw Gttmamdorcjd" C. l*«rry,
tunuiidiiig I ho United State* naval forwa in
tod is, China, and Jajwn mm#, dated
Thu bill w it (iccwd the Scnstc.make* m prep.
oeitfoo to Texas. Il projKww that T-xas shall
relinquish u> the United State* the five millions
of l>ondn now in tho Treasury, with the interest
and premium; the whole now e*ti |i>ti J at
million.- CVe bumlrvd thousand dollars pro i n I j, | o' m ma uni litf in
among Ute creditors who are ineludwl under the 'he Ksst India.
: proviso to the boundary set. v, s Strain frigate PoWiIatan, ")
1 1 Imve ttlrivi'lv exprogsed the opini. n il^< «t.. LIaui:uU >1>1T 4 Uh4 trf .Wr, .
Japan, Tuesday, May 80 IS. 4, \
tiM fnr o • |V,«| W«,, .^ir vrrr, wuo luiulc tli luoii iil I Imv examined the inrt., of Sitnoda and
aZt rn ^C&^^^00rapi°u ',,kl 'l P.«^ked that it wto J,i.fi,Untlo„| Hakod^li. whifth an- to W opened to tho ves-
• • • ' #<5tu,e^ lome^juld \f tho iu«itmn prevailed, lo move to miurc UicN0^ tlio Ignited StAU*, a«i! am hajjnv in-
nun from ?S,5l 0,000 to «J,600,lMlU; and 1 have form the department that, with r«*pect to gro.
uo doubt hut that this amundmeut would li.iveUraphiral position, eonvenieuee of ingrtaa aud
prevailed. Thus redueetl in amount, I would jegrew.'ahd eomtnoidiousnoM for all the pui
j have Vntj-d i-ven against making it an effer ro's«« ty^nired, they unnot be ur|uHsed
one of tin' safest and no*t eo'nvouient
nrs I tiav, over Seen for vease s of all olaase ,
aud it w Hiiflieicntly eapaeiau* to hold halt the
navies of the worli)
S said thus much, 1 will say further,; Thp authorities and people of tho two towns
that the bill is no favorite of mine; and 1 will *nd their vicinities have manifested much kind
uuss and atteotioti. The ships have boon
prtuuplly Mipplicd, at reasonable prices, wit^
sr nauuna why l -auworW -WH wmltl not have pa*ttJ the Uoomk** it «.a~
I f>ro8rt'8a «t «te bill, the par ed the Senate Mr t rr. who nude th u„m „
wt it assumed such a complex- to take it up,remarked that it was Malhtcutio.
lern luan,it seemed to me,could " '
consistently do othcrWtHi than support it (hi
the aide of the bill, were found aluioat the en-
tire South, together with our best aud truest
friends of the Northjwhilst against it were found have Voted even against making it an otter to ■
arrayed the entire ^Htsotl and abolition ph«!- | the State; for I would not vote "u7 make an oiler " '
f"lt i„ .hftW. M- !l" Which wonld have been an i^||
to the under-landing of the people, and an in-
dignity to their State pride-
Ilaung said thus much, 1 wil
uriK)-
This
bar-
tered in tho support of the bill.wnaKl have been
a voluutary abandonment of our Northern friouds
To have left it an opeu qucatiou, would have
Ik'cii to have left a hobby, ready saddled und
bridled, fur the alolitiouists and frcesoilers to
ride into power upon The ouly proper course,
it seemed to me, was to pass the bill, and with
these views I gave it my entire co-operation and
| proceed to give a few reason* why it is no fou r
i he In the first place it is an utter dhrvgard
in trust for tho oommon benefit of the people of cordial support
^1 the 8tatcs, and Congress has no right tn | As to the details of the bill, aomethini
depose of them in any manner not iu conformi-
' to the (erms of the
dftion of those lands w!
grant
nich I
bauds had necessarily t«i be yielded for
1
at. This is the con-
have been ceded by
the States to the General Government. It has
been said, that tho general grant of power iu
the constitution, "to dispose of" the public
lands, is a grant of power without limitation,
tod authorises the Government to dispoac of
them by gift or otherwise, as it may sec proper; j uere mis oecti no umtortnity r
but It mnst be borne in mind that the first clause ! of Congrr-n on this subject, but they have adup
of the sixth article of tho constitution, provides' ted a different policy in the laws organising dif-
"that all engagements entered info before tho|fcreut territories, thus clearly evincing that
they have ever regarded it as n qunstiou of ex-
pediency, and not as a constitutional question.
on all
. „ -J sake
of harmony, The South would have preferred
the bill as it came from the Senate; that is,with
tho Clayton amendment, as it is called, or the
clause limiting the right of suffrage in the ter-
ritories, to citixons of the United States They
viewed it, however, as a mere question of expe-
diency, and not as a constitutional question —
There has been no uniformity in the legislation
of all the laws of Texas, cxcept on th< sin- water, and such other articlos as thopoun
! gle question of uiWre~l It pmvides tor the' *ry muld furnish. The singular aboteuiious-
the dti|u uo*c from aniuial food lias uov
adoption of this constitution, shall Lo as valid
(gainst the United States under this constitu
tion, as under the eonfederation," and then it
will be ovident that the grant of power "to dis-
pose of' tho publio lands, must be construed in
diiwst reference to the terms and conditions of
the grant, for these terms and conditions form
a part, and a very important part of those en-
gagements, which tho General Government has
bound iUelfbytho constitution to fulfil. It
has been justly remarked, that the general pow-
er of disposition granted by the clause of the
ccnstitntion, relied on in this case, extends as
Well to the "other property" of tho United States
as the publio. lands, and whatever power it con-
fers over the one, it confers likewise over the
other. 8o, that if by it, Uongross can give a-
it, also, Conuress inuy
the money
which isliut another form
way the publio lands, by i
iway the pub' L 1,1
the treasury
_j llo property,
or is their power more extensive over those
^ive away the public buildings, and tlic money
' ' , which ia but
of publio property
lands, purchased by tho coinmcn treasury of
the people of the United States. As already
nmarked, money is property, as well as land,
aad the mere cbango lu flic form of the property
by the investment, cannot enlarge our rights
over it, nor change tho nature of our obligations
with regard to it. We have no right to appro-
priate tne land thus acquired to any purpose to
lpfok*W0 might not have applied the money
Won ita investment
In the second place, tho policy of this Home-
stead Bill,is in direct opposition to tho interests
of^pxas. It would not only havo had the of-
fectof preventing emigration to tho State, but
it would have caused the emigration to flow out
of it.
I am in favor of the polioy of granting alter-
nate sections of tho public lauds to aid in the
construction of railroads that pass through them.
I think the policy of thus aiding tho construe
lion of railroads, whioh paai through the public
lands, a good one, wherever the roads them-
selves are judiciously located. Such reads will
so enhance tho value of the lands through which
they pass, as to render tho section reserved by
the Government, quite coual to the value of
both sections without i ho road, and will not
uofrcqucntly Ciintylo tbeGova^niclit to sell land,
which would otherwise remain entirely unsaleu
ble, as was the ease with the Illinois Central
Bailroad. 1 have no doubt of the constitution
*1 power of Congress to make these crants —
This power "to disposo of,and made all needful
rules and regulations respecting tho territory or
other property belonging to the United Stat.-s,"
in my opinion ample for the purpose if sne
tan do so without diminishing tho value of the
publio domaio; or if by giving a portion, she
«an bring into market and dispose of lands oth-
anriae unsaleable. This was tho view of the
nbjcct taken by Mr. Calhoun and many oth-
er eminent statesmen. Tho samo policy,iu our
State, baa frequently been punued by ludivid
uals for the same reason. A land owner, for
example, in order to procure the county seat of
# oounty to be established on his land, gives a
tract of land for tho town site,or he gives a part
of the proceeds of the sale of his lots; his object
in either ease being clearlv the promotion of
his own interest. These lands are not to ,be con-
sidered in the lightof donations. The United
States nceive ample remuneration in the en-
hanced value of the remaining roctions.
A measure which excited a great deal of al-
ln the acts organising tho territories of Wis-
consin, Utah, ami New Mexico, the right of nuf-
frage was a restriction, as it was in the Nebras-
ka aud Kansas bill, as it cam* originally from
the Senate with the Clayton amendment In
the acts orgnnitiug the territories cf MincsoU,
Orugon, and Washington, on the contrary, the
right of votiug is extended uot only to cttixeus
of the United States, but to those who have de-
clared their intention of becoming such; just as
it is in the Nebraska and Kansas bill, without
the Clayton amendment, aud it has passed into
a law.
Another odious feature which some porsoni.
have imagined they have discovered iu the bill,
consists in whui they call "squatter sovercijrn-
ty," but what is more appropriately termed
"territorial sovereignty," which they claim to
find in such features of the bill as this; "It be-
ing the true intent and meauing of tnis act,not
to legislate slavery into any, territory or State,
nor to exclude it therefrom, hot to leave the
people thereof perfectly free t<> form and regu-
late their domestic institutions in their own way-
subject onlv to tho constitution of the United
States." They also find squatter sovereignty
in those provisions of the bill which confer upou
Ihe territorial legislatures tho powor to legislate
upon "all rightful subjects of legislation, con-
sistent with the constitution of the United Stales
and the provisions of this act." 1 confess I have
no horrors, myself, at this ideu of "squatter
sovereignty." But it may be remarked with
regard to the territorial bill,that tho legislation
of these territories, is by tho bill, expressly
made subject to the constitution of the United
States; so that "squatter sovereignty" does not
exist in the bill, uuless it oxistsalso in the sou- |
stitntion of the United Stales.
disbursement of the money ntthe i'mtodSuti- nest of
Treasury, by United Slates ofSeers. It mak< - m*'l'
Hie letter of Judge Bronsou to the commit
fey, in whieh lis dcuknoa lm accenlauoo of tlw
Oubornatorial nomination ia so full of good, old
fashioned, houust Itautooratio aoutiraenta, that
it is rofmhiqg. aud ehoaring to read it is those
time* of apoHtacy. bo rosy, solu ra and political
uiiwoia^^SSsASb*.
Nkw York, Sept. 4.
"(Jeniirmrit: In answer to your cotumuui-
wfor to the published
l«> committee at their ro
tig* lu Wis oily, and ueed only add,
in thia motv formal manner, that my nouiina-
tkm for the office of Govoraor by tho Democrat*
ie convention of July lasl, is accepted, and my
former letter to yon on the subject is of coarse
recalled.
"My politieal principle* and opinions oaunol
l>e unknown to the people of this State, and
your letter calls for no avowals, but I will not
omit to notice, very briefly, one or two of the
exciting topics of tne day.
We have, atnon^ other thinga, solemnly
" umnrmrn; in auswei
cation, 1 reepcctfilHy reftw
proeeiding* of the State cm
cent Koeungs iu this oily, i
;•
m
agreed to deliver up fngUivos from service, and
unles* we wish to dissowo the Union, the con-
tract should lie faithfully performed If any
no distinction between tbiue u, Lu ltA(-v PUhtuit lv" sHimal* for the market, and hclioo the aearc
tho
W necessary for them to roar aud fat- ainon^ us n<gsnl it a* a hard bargain, still ao
tod their claims tore-examination and re-adjust • i ''.v "f ''m' aliment so ucoesaary tu laniplc of
uietit, by the Auditorial Broad of our State, amiJ western nations It is quite probable, bowcv
Mono who have contemned those law* Th* see ,,r' fhey will heroaftei
ond rcasuu why the bill is no favorite is, thai
it propose* that Texas shall release the
entire amount iu the Trossiirv; nu,d, con-
sequeully, she Iiiih no pecuniary mterest in
the bill The ouly interest she van have in r
er, that they will licroaftcr be bettjr prepared
to meet the demands of the vessel* visiting the
two ports. Poultry and fi*h, and at the prop-
er "axnns, fruit and vegetables, lusy boobtaiu-
propose to 1
why TexasirrpwH who have been permitted
IS, to pet a trnubtcSolne question fettled and oil j their wauj*
her hand*; but this the hill doo* uot
aoomplish. 1 can see no reason
should bo iu cxtacy about this bill. S\ipp.««c
the Uiniled Stales Government should lay \ w
lent bauds on thia amount in her Treasury, be
longing to Texas; which, by the way, Bio will
never do. She could ouly take it a i. j.. Stic
<1 in reasonable quantities,and one ortwo*liips
•ould nlwsy* lie provided with a aufficiemy f, r
At both pliuvs I he officers and those of
to leave the
ships go freely about ill town and country, aud
on tistung and shootiug oxcur ions, visiting the
shops, the t'-mple* and other places of inter-
est. without the slightest hindrance or mo|«*la-
iioUh ami are everywhere treated with landne**
long as we continue to take tho benefits whioh
the Constitution confers, oommon houeaty re-
quire* tha' we, should boar tho burden whioh it
impoaea.
"1 am do.idcdly it) favor of allow!n'l tho peo-
ple of every State and territory lo regulate their
domestic institutions fur themselves, instead of
carrying such matters Into the balls of Coitjric**,
whore thay tiavfi alrosdy proved a dangereus
bono of contention. There be strife between
the j the different suctions of the Uttion, and all -xju-
trovorsy will eoanw when each dischargon ita con-
Mitutioual obligation* lo the others, and tho peo-
ple of even Hectiou are left u> monsee their own
interual affali
EiFrsln their own way.
Whather such sentimeuts arc now
or not, I outer tain uo doubt that they
popular
. , .. . ... „ win ui-
would disgrace herself by "the act, hut the skin-'lu"' respect, aud especially by the country peo ' tluialcly lie approved by a greatmajority of the
i' 111 -i- | people of this-State Krror and fanaticism may
tic instsuM has oocurred of annoyauce ; triumph for a time, but reason will prevail
the end.
in
of Texas would l e unstained; it would involve , l'1''
uo inconsistency—no violation of principle on l'*" 1
hur part The third und last re si on which I 'tn,n)' on,>' «nd this was at Simuds; and on il*
shall give, why the hill i* no great favorite, i-| being represented i mo, I demanded aud re-' I have received letters from oilier aouree*
that it does uot propone to acquit Texas of the jeeived u"d apohgy from the prefect, who disa- asking pledges lhati will act in accordance with
debt; it.does not propoee lo reLievc her from this|A-owed the act* ortito officer* who comuiitt.vl Hie view* of tho writer* upon aoveral matters
troublosnnie i| uestion. Tho thinl section pro-i '1"' offense whieh are uot strictly of a politii>al eharaclcr,
vides that the creditors on receiving their niou- According lo arrangement, I am to meet and I avail inyself of isvasuiu reapootfully to
ey, shall sign a release in full, iu favor of the 0110 "r '"ore of the imperial commissioners st answer, lhal, while I have no desire lo ooncoul
United States; hut doo* uot require any re team-; Simoda on the 1 .St h of uext month, f.Inno,) lo my opinion upon any question of a publio na-
to be filled in favor of Texas; but, oil the contra Jscttle various matter* conoeetcl w Hi a prop- i lure, 1 caUuot yield lo such roqueaU. The prae-
ry, it provides that they "rim 11 endorse :Uu ler l*ui}tiig of ihe treaty; after this is ac- lice of giving pledge* to suit tho vlows of par-
said security of debs, n credit for the auiouut coniplishcd, I shall return to Iloug-Kong by [ tieiilar classes of elcetors if one of recent datu,
ao received by «h<1 holder, iti such torn) as iht j1'"" **7 ^ Ohio .lima, Ix-w-Chew and the ' and bas, for tho most part, been iulrodueod by-
Secretary of the Treasury msy prescribe; ami |M"ts ot Ning|Ki, Fuh-Chow and Auioy, in Chi- mon of doubtful character It haa often boon
the said certificate*, or other evidence, of dol>l,iua resorted to a* a means of cheating tho people)
shall then be deposited with the Treasury IV:. TV'officer* of in yeam maud have constructed for oxperienco haa prove i that prnuiises made
portmeiit, for tho benefit of those whom it may "Heral valuable charts of the harbors audi lo cateh votca are ,aa readily broken as they are
ooucoru, until otherwise direeled Ky taw "-- coast* at .I&|nhi, aod <wr eollectioti of apeeimnns j made If tho paat lifo of a oaudnlato for office
Thus, it is evident, that Texas i« not to in- ie '' hi-tory, and of drawing#, akctehea, | does not furuish a auffioiout guaranty for tho
leased; but,, on the contrary, those claim, nr.- tol*"tl' • >* rapidly iiicreasinc rectituile of his future conduct, It Is much safer
be deposited in the treasury "for Ihe bcii.lit of! *'us of the vesnol* of flic squadron is now en
those whom il may concern;" or, in other worils, '0 makiug a rooonuoisance of ' Volcano
for tho beuofit of tho holder ngaifist Texas Bay, i> eouvoment anoborage about 70 mile*
I will give one brief reason why 1 *hnu|.l1''"J" thi* port
havo voted to luake an offer to the State of f>',
THK AITHOIt AND HIS
Jin author Nats satiafiod unlees ho
-(at knHrtV a acmnd odtttoix atUa4-
page. Thia appear* a rattier more
de risk tug than to oomuuutd Far!*
ptai^s—«ken part with their e*
much more readily than their MlU.
fellow of my acquaintance suocoorl^l uvOn in
Unk his produoiious flowod from the p^blWh-
er's shop lu a tidal regularity—the publisher's
balance iuyariahly fell on the right aide of the
profit And loss aooonnt. Ho found the walks
of literature veritable primrose patbs F He
•oon grew tired of gratiflod atubition; he want-
ed something else—be knew not what; ho ox-
aminod loaf after leaf of the reMi whioh form-
ed bis bod, and after a diligout seareh ho per-
suaded himself thai he found a rumpled one.—-
His wile' Was unfaithful to him, ho said. Judge
of the pleasure with whioh hoabtndonod him-
self to the tempest of auspioioa and jealousy?—
After the long stagnation of happiness, U was
delighful to be tossed from doubt to doubt.—
How rapidly tho time passed away as he di^p
gvJ his wifo to ohureh, and traeed her to the
dry good* shop, and followed her Into the msn-
tuauiftkora!" The imagination he had taskod
in vain for his works was now busy night and
day After a loup season passed amid those
delights, he lugonioualy contrived his plarut so
thai he tuight uuoxpsclodlv bounce Into his
wife's dressing room, after that he had given
out that ho was going to Vereaillea for the day.
His plans were successful. His uuoxputted
entrance ooufouoded his wife; *ho blushed tod
turned pain alternately; he wao persuaded he
was about demonstrating that hla happiness
was forever biasted;for, ** he entered the room,
his wife hastily looked a elosol door, and thrust
the key into her pookot. After a long itanuo
he at fast forced Utc key from her; uiilooking
tho closet door, he hade his r|val eome forth.—
No ouo budgod. He repeated his oommaad.
No answer, lie madly threw open the door,
and saw—ovory copy of every edition of hla
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wnf
is
m
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one huudmk
the i
Wu ti .
dying at the oaaBao'a i
battle sounding b hh
fat the i
have made the i
AikI ht our own dw—^
The hot fall aad wiaMr'
the nntham t
sBipwreek «|
moroe. lt«
day,"
works, uucut, uubound, untouched, piled up tii with their juat
and -corner of oountry of
cargo, to tho
turned, and with H *he Wtore
tho buibstltuu. Tkl MM
and all ti
OkwWWS' II .IB
brighter. Gotten, rioo,
all looked well " '
eon tinned with
a«o. when astotm
or Om present qM
in lie traok daaolatiou
srork ia to be aesu in
meet* the eye, while
mail bring* the i
and destruction.
half. Tho Sea
mm
vote against him than H Is to trust in promise*.
None of our illustrious President* of Governor*
ever resortiHl to pledge* to fnr'her an election,
and without presuming to rank mysolf with
utuuon oi iuc iiniira niaics. n I ti«ll so IliOUgllt, I woui.l never have \ot.M
The Badger proviso is another feature in.tlu; foiffhc bill, il il had been put to vote; but
tention and sympathy, in and out of Congress,
was Mim Dix'e bill, appropriating ten millions
of acre* of land, for the benefit cf the indigcc t
insane of tho several States.
I was oppoocd to this bill on constitutional
grounds. 1 had the same conalitutionsl objee-'
tions to it as to the Homestead bill, and other
objectiona bftv***
A peouliarly objectional feature in this bill
was, tiiat It degraded the States into mere sgen-
cie* Qf the General Govertment^or the purpose
of carrying ita high beheata into execution. It
panted the lands to the States, aad then under
took to direct and oonttol Urn management of
them, and rcouired the Sjates to rendor an ac-
count to tho General Government of their stow-
ardahip of theao lands.
The General Government cannot-in my opin-
100, appropriate land or money for the beneht of
the indigent insane of the States, without a 1st-
itude ol construction, sufficently abroad to
draw itself and carry down all the reserved
rights of Ihe State. This bill paused the Sen
ateb
aad
ed majority
ad returned to the Senate, where it original. J
I* Ml reconsidered by the Senate, where tho
"WetaUitMoal principles involved in the bill were
*e*y elaborately sad very ably discussed, ami
*fce veto Was sustained by a large vote.
Another subject, upon whieh 1 fool called to
^oak, one dm* has eaaood mash excitement
""longboat tho entire Union, is the "Nebraska
Bill " Whtn this quest ion was first mooted, 1
>um tonfem I thought its introduction unfor-
tunate 1 had nu doubt hgl that the *jaaO ri
reatr.ctio* waa wrong in inait^ wrong ia its fas-
K-pth-n and should tufier U^vc bseo passed ;but
^'Ug Mi..<1 ( ,i the statute b«H k for tbirty-
, ur' >«a*e. and having esasod, as\l thought, to
tp"* J
nt no ittf? t a for dittiirbmc tin rcpoM. J
ita of the Bute. Thia bill pawed tut cn-
by a largo m^ority; it eame to the House,
then it aho passed through by a diminish-
a^iority. U waa vetoed by tho Preaident,
bill lo which mime have found serious objection*.
This amendment provides, iu effect, that the re-
peal of the Missouri restriction shall not be con-
strued to revive or put iu force, tho laws o;
France and Spain recognising slavery, which it
was said had Wen repoalctl by the Nth section of
the Missouri act prohibiting slavery north of
the parallel of !M1° or 80' north latitude. The
South would lmvo preferred the bill without
this proviso, tiut after tho mosl Hcnrehing scru-
tiny, it was found to be nothing more than a
legislative construction of the act—a construc-
tion wl ich the courts would doubtless have giv-
en to tho act, if the proviso had never been ad-
ded to iu Moreover, many Southern gentlemen
learned in the law, have always held the Mis-
souri restriction to be unconstitutional,and if so,
the laws of France and Spain existing in this
territory iu 1803,when the country wsssoquir-
cd, could not have boon repealed by it.
With regard to the I'acific Ilailr uid, it is
probably sufficient to say, that the consideration
of this bill was postponed by the friends of the
mossure themselves. After the passage of the
Nebraska B i1!, i be House seemed In fnll into a
general apn-hy, and a general indi p«'-.'ion to
take np and act on any other important meas-
ure during the session The friends of the I'a-
cific Railroad, perceiviog this, thought it beat to
postpone the fujther consideration of the sub-
ject until next session. The bill was accordingly-
postponed by Its fricud*, and made Ihe special
order for the second Mond v in Doeombcr next
General Me Ihiugall, of California, who was
ehsirmsn of the special committee that had
charge of the bill, made the motion for it* post-
ponement. I,in common with tho other friends
of the bill, voted for it.
.'•00,000, and Nhould have voted against
000, laiyuud the lucre difference jn amount.
1 should have voted for W,600,000, believing
that sum sufficient to pay the entire debt, indu-:and June II, lH-f!t, with respect to
dod iu the proviso, at par. I know it was noij'ho f <« ol our fcllow-countrymeu, *uppo*cd '
no eousidercd in the Souate. The Sena I e <>h i cithei to have liecn Josl at sea, or to be still I
nialc.1 tho sum at more than 911,000,UOU, and ! alive and held in captivity ill Formosa, or I ho
the pro rata uividend at 76 Cents on the dollar, j islands of Japan
If I lift I so thought, 1 would never have voted l 1 be authorities hero have foruished answers
tu uiy several iuquirios upon the *ubjoct, here i
with inclosed, slid I propone tu scud the Msec '
(Ionian, accompanied by the Southampton, to •
I'nrtuosa, there to prosecute ovory posaildc re-
v an il, and ot tho aatuo time to oxsminc the
coal legion of that islsud.
A* evidence of tho good uiidcr*taiidiug *ub-1
«i*tif>^. a« well st this place ss at Knusgawa ,
and Simoda, 1 may remark that the prefect,!
governor, mayor and other persona of rauk
vifiwl tlii* ship by invitation last ovoniug,1
and were entertained by mo at a formal sup-1
, I11'''
With groat respect I have the honor to bo,
*ir, your must obedient servant,
M C 1'KHBY
Cumtnnnder-in-Chier U. S. Naval forces.
Kaat India, China aud Japan foaa,
To the Hon. Jauioa C. Dobbin,
Secretary of the Navy, Waahiugtou, D. C.
pros
1 mil this time I have not had it in myponr-1 them, I think it safe to follow their example
r i ■ institute iu a thorough manner the ruaearefi f i am, very truly, yours,
* and inquiries which the department lis* or- GHKKNK 0. BllONSON.
red in it* instructions of (Jot. :y}, 18f>o jj,.. ( Messrs. Arohibald ('. Nlven,Joseph D. Monoll,
"" a ' " Winslow 0 Watson, .John AMHook, Oliver
Cook
nmrroin
sretiAir*e*f his*
fi(Kl,000 would not hove paid, accordlug to my
estimalc, more thuti Tf> cents on the dollar ; uihl
thus believing, 1 ftliould certainly have voted,
against it. I could ecr'uinty hover Uiliuvc lot
a single moment that Texas would outertBri a
pro}xu ition to havo those creditors' to whom she
has acknowledged borsclf ju*tlj indclited a liuu
dred cent* on the dollar, rcduocd io 70 mil,.
and other holder* of her liabilities,tu whom *be j
consider* herself equitable bound to pay only
20.01*24 cents on tho dollar, ohfvaied to th*
same common level. Neither could she, injus
lice to herself, entertain the prujKMiitiuii to re- ■
liu<|uish all lur means, iu the treuoury. ol tIn
United Statos, aud still havo tho debi hang.uk
ovei her a* an incubus lo paralitc her Eiiergion
On the contrary^f luy opinions is well founded;
that #W,f>00,000 would juiy the whole debt ui
par, for which dutiov pn itnporis were ]de.lg. d,
thou, those whose claim* have lieeu rsUH at
one hundred cunts on the dollar; would1
reeeivu (he full amount duo thum, and the
acceptance- of ihe proposilion would imply-
no violation of gixid faith to thciu. The en-
dorsement of the credit rmjuirwl by tho thud
section of Ihe bill, would t>c the eudMrncment j
in ruix, and would leave no clsitn banging
over Texas I
. 1 , .1 v t 1 t t 1 1 ' •a**'' 'V * MB tu ic laaiaisi nu* - - - AO? nm HW t!tfi
1 huso are the reasons why 1 should have vo-, lba( LenefitI t,10 world hut ai. tiafo«tion, |t
ted for the one snd against tho other propo.i-; WM ,,lc m#(, aUsati.fie.1 with the stage coaches
,I"° „ .. ,tj . ,, , . I ihat intio-luocd railroads and looomotinw. It
Wlow oitixons—-1 hsve often been callod # Ul.ntlc,uan ill at ease with the operation
to your service. 1 will not say lhal my eudea-. (>{ mn,j wLo invented tfio magnetio tel-
CuXTr.NTMrNT—Philosopher* have a good
• leal to my about lh« blrssing* of content incut
and II lhai wirl Of things Nothing hosever'
< ulrl be ni'iro uncalled for Uunteutment is;
1 in- parent of old foggyi*m,and the very eascnee '
of niildsw and inactivity. A oonteuted man I
I- ono who is inclined to take things ** they :
aud lot tham remain so. It4* not cmteni
I hare a tnnslo In tli« wlinl I
Old tongsof all I've left bslilnJ,
Hlnglnx dlrgs* to my mind.
And In the tuuguslot* gloom of night.
And In Ui* da^s un>|ulst light,
Kauey shuddsra In It* fll*ht.
Korin* which >«l((lnn traosd sbovs—
I'hantonu Sfatl th* hsart oau lot*,
Ti ailing on tho Wr o of luv*.
Blnng* ipNtrta W my vtsien loom,
And trailing thro' th* stagnant|I om,
Bit lisshl* we-tn my room*
AMI wbsre th* deeping thadow* II*.
Mr tknog h**rs th* breathl*** *lgb,
Of * spirit psssing by.
And mntlc tr*mbf«s la th« wiml!
0I<1 song* of all 1'ra left h«blnd,
Singing <flrg*a Ie my mind. ( s
A horrid tragedy occurred ot Addison, Vor
the cciliug, filling every ohitik and -cornet of
the cf wet. His wifo (whom be had so wrong
ed by his suspicions) bad devoted her plu-tuon
ey to the gratification of his vanity, she bad
for years been the 'discerning public;' she had
all aloug been 'tho courltxius loader' to whom
he had never appealed in vain. This disoov-
ery has tuadv him a happy man, for it haa giv-
en him s permanent source of uuhappinoss.*—
The adventure sixm got abroad-*anil he
quitted the town fei avoid Iwing tho buttof th4*e
iif his acquaintauco* who are uot oil hi* diuner
list. Time will soon rfliiee the adventure from
ovory person's mind but ihoao who are under
heavy iihllgations to him "
—- w—i—-w
A HooMtWt l't-AKTATioN —A correipan-
dent of tho "New York Kami or," writing maa
Columbia, S (]. thus describes the plantation of
mi# of the largest southern planters!
"Tho pUnlatiou of Ool. Wade Hampton,
tAfch is otttat three turtles below here on the
hanks of the Congaroo, aiidoontains about 1.
000 acres, S.ftOO of which in river bottom
tho richest land* in tho State. Ool. Hampton
ha* the finest herds of Durham cattle that \
hare overseen. 1 found them graijng iu f pas-
ture of aomo 500 acres, where the great was from
one to two feet high; the pasture it the jpar|
the hottiim lying next to tho river I, and iu the
bond, ao thai the river bounds three sides of It.
Tho sight of tho outtlo on such a plain, with
nothing to obstruct tho. view, oxoept here and
there a stately bottom.wood tree of immense
sisc, was beautiful; but Whon taken with his
other «t'M'k> whieh oonsisted of about HO horaos,
HMO sheep, and about :l() Caslnnero guats, the
scene surpassed anything of tho kiml 1 had ever
before Col Hampton bas spared no ex-
pense to have the finest nud purest stock in tlie
oounti j,—his favorite cattle arp the Dorhamn.
He lias some four or five Devon oows—aud
some Ayrshire <«ws (hat are hard to beat.—
11 is stock of sheep are the Bakefrell, andasAue
a flock as you would wish to look tipob. Hi*
stook oi goats were itnpor'od Mime fewyoer* ago
from A*ia, Sy I r. J. H. Davis, of this town,
and are likety to prove a very profitable animal
for thia part of the country; their wool ha* boon
sold as high as nlno dollar* p«ir pound- Ho
haa otw of tho Bmhrniii cattle that I* a most
baautifot animal, tbo stook of whieh Was im-
orted by Dr. Davit, with the goats. The
ionki* mill say nothing al>oatf esoept that
OoU Hampton has stood at the head for many
r«ara of tho«o engaged hi rearing and improv-
ng that noble animal, the hone.
Col. It 's stock of hog*. Brahmin gecso, and
Shanghai fowls, woroJn kaeping with his cat-
tle. His residence Is.on an emiaehoo that
overlooks the valley of the Congaroo for many
miles, and from which is a view of the "
Georgia 1
^^■OfpiNptl
rarely aad bitterly
But our disasters h v« not
worse oalamity if opw tu iu the
ftUdw Ibvtf. Oar iltur obr of
j wmw w w w w^B,1 ws. ^Ww
oeen a iaaar-houss for a
monl, on Sunday afuroocn. iOth. Mr. l* *- ^ ^ the KdUo and
vurs to servo you have been apprcciateil That
expression would be oold and tame and by no
mean* a truuscripi of my fcefiug*. Candor
requires me to' aoknuw ledge tlial my services
have on all occasion*, been oVurratX-d by s gun-
erou* aud confiding people. This a ok now lodge
Another subject, iu whioh you l^obably feel jtrou" couau ug peoj..* 1 ui* a«a .owwugt-
an interest, is in relation to the action of Con-! me'" " ^i* ^ ^ ? '!"T" j V
-ill, ' ,.l ,,„r niinllc debt. TW.a. i . ll tihyirta that .
gre*s with regard to our public debt. This was
a aubject in which 1 felt * deeper interest thsn
any other, snd whtoh I prepared myself at sn
esrly period cf the *c 'ioteto meet. 1 was oon
arious, however, that nothing could be done in
rolstiou toil, unless the movoment came from
the creditor* themselves. On the 9th of Jan- j
uary, this movement was made by Sir. Thomp-
son, of Kentucky, who introduced a bill into
the Senate on thi* Bubject, which bill was, on
d« same day, referred to tbo Committee on Fi- .
nan-*. On the 15th of June, the committee
reported a (uhetitulo for the bill. The nibsti- 1
lute thus reported, wa* little less than a menace 1
and an intuit to Tcisa, and ought to have been
rqjccted by her with iodiguation, but to tho
honor of tiui.Scnato be it spoken, it found bat
little favor in that body, and oa the Slat of
Juao was recommitted to the same committee,
who, on the 1st of July, reported "the bill"(as
a substitute) whieh 1 now hold ia my hand.— j
Thia bill, with eome amendment, paaiJ the
Seaate, and came into the House on the |*et >
weak of the searfon; but aa it required a vote
of two thhda lo teM«t up oal of its order it}
saufclaet he takau from the BaMhai^ittin, ■
aa a two thwda vote could net W' plllplnrfl*— | v~
Th*a 0tMi etriake it nj> W made Wf. \Vy ™
0n,w 8outk CurtiKaA. ^*^'-4
I should exteud il to the |ieople of the' duilnct
and of tho whole State, to whom my ubliga
tions will as enduring as life iteelf.
J A ft tf TttfT
t): ah« wa* good * aba wa* toir,
None—nu « on cartii abovr I or '
Aa pan In Iboaglit ** *sgcl* on,
To know her wa* to lov« her.
V. i,«,i little, and her ejaa, Iter Vohfe,
liar «v erj JtiliOT said "r joi« !
ller Cu.oiofc waa a glfdavaa ;
alio u slit great, her mode*! grace,
ller downcast look, <*«*** haaV«n to trace,
When shading, with h*r hand fc r fac*.
8be ball uwtlaad to *adn**a.
il*r roict, whatever ah* aaid, •cskaaivl
Ukr atwslc to tit* bean U want.
And ber dartr eyes—aow elo^ewat.:
ttM.
15' „ . —-
egraph. Discontent led Colomhns to™ discover
America. Washington to resist the British
Uovcrnment. 11 taught Jolferson dcmocrscy
Fulton bow to build steamboats aod Whitney to
invent the cotton gin.
Sltoa us a contented man ami we will *how
ou a mall who will never get above sheepskin
breeches in a life time Show us a disconten-
ted mortal on the contrary, and we will show
you a six loot go-aheadstivneaa will not rest sat-
iafied until he.' haa invented a cast-iron borne
that will out run tbo tekgraph. Content i* a
virtue of the last ocutury. and ahunld be tolera-
te! io no country out of ^iala^—[ifar York
Dutchman.
tor Cheney and his wife, resideitta of tfceJft ,
h <l by invitation, been spending part of the
day witb the family of Sholton Fond, when, as
Cheney waa leading out his hone to harness
bin for their return, a aoo of Pond, a young
m«a of about 80 ytars, shot him doad, riddling
hiaaide with
0 y
book
W#
abot. Pond's father, who
bringing a pail of water for the home, aaw
his am kneell ' '
hisgouaiiniuj
ly followed.
ilte woodr, but retnrnod at night Hid la now In „
in front of |hokotna is a flower
eoveriut ait area of soaM five aorea,
whieh ia boauilfoily laid out and flUed with the
ohoioeat flower* abd shrubai the display of re-
I* truly magnificent. In tite rear of '
house la the vegetable
aids, whieh are ample, and in vbic
eome of the finest peaches I have
vsrietiee not cultivated with you. He
grant many grepss; tho Leoior WM''< la
aad waa vary line and delicious. He
an apple oroliard, whieh
Tlie hilv, Mr* Bloomer's
ie la teat I'ari* fashion* (whicl
Aak what they weald '«** granted.—Unoss a'
Education
ia a companion whieh po.miefef-
aaa—neoiiate can dcalroy—«o ea-
aate—no daqpoUem corlave. At
friend—thread an inwwduet «*i—in sol-
foeed
atttisti
to for at-hiH- ff « y 4'
had U*u <nted dow , I
voted for th* Senate bill (if it had Iwa pa* *
' la '1 oat tha
A splendid «i*vt—a reason
Ij'tgfthcsf! or big-bottmiiad eh turn; but c*-
i whiou ui prefer#be m wnaaraspeen.to
a drew* some twelve or fifteen inches
> Ibst it employ* hoik baud* to bold It
i prevent the
, while bwliiad it ia enfsaad to
faothoomarog cntau*
oa its pMUge) a* it
11 Twenty-four UoHad State* Henitor* sre to beVipt of *averal
should havo voted for it, ia wder lo mirr the ehoeea before Kwimhar, 18A6, ioelnding ih,we sugar train km
•to *tiil dcubifnl it aay pivelkal Ktiefit willre-,„uw,4jou u> ihe people ibeiaaa'■ *a, fat dsekleni to eappiy exiaung vataaeiaa la ****"'
"• Ihe South, ftvrm the repeal of lb«* re-;^71 l-r- c,r^- th. opiute- aad .xpree* H (States A majoAy rf ttea w21 ba clactel
"****+ emus* m the Mieaeuei act. Neverthe J msMmUv, that it ena never ym the Senate ! fro* free
in copying
wo have attea-
) add* the cubjaiaed
e never ormld see anything prater in a
woib m swelling out from her hips to her foot
like 11 li
en
we
11*1 lo
up in
glad ia... _
through N the mud aad tohavoo jniec that ao
rnuiuuiu I mi flu? «treete. and make to Iteelf
fringe aa i tW)U ef all tae waed* and straws
with whi h it aemae in csataaL*" ftnae sort «f
a ehaoge is vrW dawraMs, aad ifit ia to be the
hoop foal hm o)(oar ittaadlMthera, ao let it be.
' It-iestatei .tkat'
M*«i F.tuperor
the klave of a eii
It ipilivv* incuoij
'•ieawV wee
'shocking dsod la probably to he fouad Ta the
cireumiunee that the wifo of Cheney bad for-
merly lived ia tfeFoad fondly, and aad ntfaeed
to many young Pond II amy readily ho fan-
aglned that the eight of the womaa who had re-
jected him,happy as the bride of tWi toofsvoritareMrt ol
TT,f **P h^crfarivxIi^t^dMd XDwdelWobeter whiU ou a virit
unusually heavy oharge of buekabot, sevoral
day* before, when he evaded her infulry ea to
hia tmrnoae.
Tuaiau SamamtMT or a Dxbt —The
lAiekooweerreepnadent of the Calcutta Knglish-
maa, write* of an event whieh haa juat taken
pIlMM ift'OvdUu ^ •
"A "sailkaum halng iadekted to a
Lalia, hi* neighbor, in the ameant of
the creditor to refund hia
atnktiMa
iaa
th) m
KhTthreaU3 tohavTt Iffhctma
with the gvoaadaad hhaaelf
m- eiSHHiHi
ton In ahundaat
forbeeo
slble to aote the
w ending their snd
every day more
we too, are aKUoted.
with aaoh fitir pnm
a cloud of miafortanea.
our eorrowe, ufn tnr
Job,a* met
other ia qi
dlauter aad dletrw.
Kauoa or
Venice ooataiatau a
tion. Xhmaaia
the wheeL tike etfd,
we aad tf '
trivaaees (or
eating aad
■ei>aii;**i.i
treachoroua I
bottloa onao foil t
slow poiaons, soontbottls* from
knifo to gash the Mr oheel^ <
tifnl nostrils, Or otli
foee tu it beat over i
jowel-oaac* from whioh I
would etaet, or
tinguuh the
the weddiag WM
nooklaeee which should contract
white neek; k rat^jl^iMiltMMl
snowy ana; hehaett
oret-pistols, whioh t
fieee to the warrteen of 1
diawWHl _ ,
!■ Mail II I ■ . unaal^ -
numfw onwiiy
irtntt not io maa
in that Ume aad oouauy.
niou* but ahoaaiaablc 4
or hm), nllgwrablnal, or t
lalnaaat of
of ma da lea to wring f
mm
jPudJuil
Ira
m'1
honor ia a
appsars.
bw«(
of*l
oaoneothls young
know; fbe tree* ore I
hr. M. H'. raatlsBBe it
moat taaiifally Isid owt that there
of the country, in proof
in title]
A Dri.icatk SjtAncn,—The tit.
aid etattes aoaae ofa ycung lady
aamil.isflila.1 -■ _ '- * "■' * -■
unuoautCHl ro#
store Injhrt i
3GK
The lady
mlr
And a package .rf
Many peooae who <*a wreroome adcsrs%|
are wrecked afoa the dwy ao ft prayni .
igftll
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