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ctippad from the Mo*
is frees
iM Tke
to the seriovs coa-
of the Union and
I no longer shut oar
of theconntry to the
aaacttewsl party «je menaciag the
af oar great end gtoriooa gov-
# vnrj patriot
be averted?
In oar i&in, which demands as
pay** sad p^rty considers-
undivided energies to the
be batten —
present sn an-
te oar enemies—who are alike
sod the Un-
is not alone—Will Fre-:
* " —with it
A this
jdeaolved? fhe day FVemont be-
lt, till, in the opinion of ma-
ny, be the last day of this mighty confedera-
cy. flow shall we meet the danger ? In
uuitStmid belief the writer points oat the on-
jy nnii. ,,
We tafcis plessare in laying; before onr rea-
ders'tbe following tatter from Western New
York, and ask fur it the calm and deliberate
aMmitarationef alTSoatearn men, who prefer
their eoanfry to party The writer is a cunser.
vafive democrat of high standing and charac-
ter in the "Empire Slate," and his letter con-
s'Srords ot troth-ami soberness'- that de-
i be pondered jp?eil. That his represeu-
jite, and relative strength of par-
tiun fivmwhichbe wiitesisstrict-
ly eooeot, we harp abundance of evidence
from oilier reUabta sources. *
Mr. htmnte b Ihe m.VcMUdaU «ho can
t AMKI and tew the Union. The con-
tif" t&jg* 0 V* North, Whb are opposed to
Sl6*fe and deplore the fearful agitation that,
i and convulses The lam!," ate ral-
Tilmora with all
d aid them,
TV Ate
-
. mast saa that
ion depends oft the aiee-
convinced of this fact
give him Ineir support.
awl Bmuo^ Ang *5. ISM.
ef the AluMt Advertiser:
^ji psiwn.v .-at the meet strenuou? efforts are
now being made by the supporters of Mr. Bu-
■ somh, t«*etuP
flUWMN** *hat Mr Fillmore has no strength.
We ate told by men (rem the Soath that Mr
Filacers wil* not get a single. Electoral rote
Salt it .Mason -and Dixon's line. The same
(Miis haing played in the South. Mei> say,;
e.wookl gladly support Mr Filmore—
1ms nMtnmgth in the North and there-
i Compelled to vote for Boetenan."
> to address a few suggestions to yonr
and i ask yoor serious attention to
sktt | amy .my, believing as I do that the im-
aortanee of the crisis demands t!:at men act in-
tdltigantty and discreetly . We must now put
aatey party fealty, for party questions are of
seswedary importance. The Union of the States
«• in jeopardy. Wf must pot away theories
anil study practicabilities.
There ate new three parties in the field.
0a4J* professedly sections L It has pet in
nomii athm a man, ami does not desire nor
clothe sopWVof pen except in the Nor-
thern Slates. Tts issue is one which involves
the rigtesfeafeimtfpf th people of the Un-
ion. if is needless for me to say that party is
the Sepablican. .
Nnw the questions to be answered are alto-
gether of a practical nature.
• I, Is there any probability that the Repub-
With the exception of the New Orleans
Courier—which has essayed a single milk-
and-water defence of Gen. Jacksoa—we have
yet to meet with the Buchanan journal in the
whole confederacy, that has denounced the
foregoing in befitting terms !" They sre evi-
dently afraid of arousing the hostility of the
Louisville Courier—afraid of losing its in-
fluence for Buchanan—-and, therefore, permit
any amount of execration to be heaped upon
the memory of the illustrious dead!
Old line Jackson men should; make a note
of this, and act accordingly.—N. O. Crescent.
Thk Blasengamks. — The guard in
charge of the Blasengames at the time they
were murdered, have been arrested, a
tra* bill found against them, and they
are now in custody in New Braunfels.—
Judge Hemphill granted a writ of habeas
corpus and left on Wednesday night's stage
to bear the cause.
ao patty will succeed *
2 Howc4
roan that party be best beaten?
3 What is the duty of the South in thiseam-
Pm* claimed that the Democratic party
if'prr te a sectional party : but we shall see
whither it W7ftot necessarily becoming so to
the detriment of its own supporters.
to No is disposed to assert canJiHly, thz.t
i party, with-Mr. Fillmore at its
-t'msy sty, 'X—lui SI, IfclifciWi in the
North the Abolitionists do sasoit, that Mr. Fil-
moie has "sold himself, body and soul, to-the
tbrej hundred and fifty thousand slaveholders
of the Sou^h,® {vWe George Law s letter.)
1 Now is there airy danger—isthero an}- good
appose that fir. Fremont can be elec-
j repijr; Men of the Sooth, this depend*
upon you to say—It is as clear as sunlight that
watt are todecide thisquestion,. Do you as* how?
I will Ml yon; and I ask you to consider well
year action, lert by one. false step yon decide
the contest againsf yoor own best interests.
By 1 Mr. FtMmore is Ihe only man through-
W-Duui Mr. Fiemont and tr e Repnblican party
utm-pn .mweieAt-^.i 9%-r / ,'?
•ochauau has nu ttrcugih at the N-i'tli. I
speak as an eaniest democrat. If by any pos-
sibility it were reasonable to suppose that by
voting for Bochanan we roold amte with you
and ttrns carry emmgh Northern States to de-
feat onr enemies, that would afford a substan-
tial argument iu fevor of such a Course of ac-
tum.
Sot the fact stares us iu the face, it is incon-
tibv rtifete—a lanje ptrtion of Mr Buchanan's
friends have eserted the ranks. Take the
s of New Yor , wheie the Softs have al-
fgoite uffiu abo<ly to Fremont. Were the
lion t occur in t m State to-day. the Bu-
ehai.au party would be minus 50,000 their vote
%C iast Uil—spd even then they were 15,000
beUuid the Republicans, ami the American par-
ty, earned the Side by 14000 majority. There
W ne hapsi tnr Mr -flachauan in any Northern
Stale 1 tunas, ludiaua, Michigan, will go for
Mr. FreaKiut tike a storm. So trill Newhamp- -
atilie aihi Verrixnil
2 hoppuee Mr^Bochanau were to carry ev-
ery Momherii State, lie would r3cetve 120
electoral votes. Now it he were to be soeceas-
ful w hi* own State. Pennsylvania, he would
nut be elected, and t tell you as a candid man
that he yitl not teceive an electoral v^e in the
North oof title of "his own Stale.
Wifef at«r lih^ th be the facts f Mr. Fill-
more will eariy Masyland, Delaware, New
Jersey, Keatscfcy, Tennessee, and probably
Mnrtb Carolina, Lcoisiana and Florida. He
will carry New York, Massachusetts aud C««n-
" I thns receives J IS electoral votes,
i alt the ether Southern States
he would have only 93
Met Virginia, Alabama and Georgia, do
' IjKr Fillmore will be elected;
i thus means a safe, prudent, faith-
ful President.
1 have surveyed the field caretully. It is
nor Ally as palridts to consult the best interest
of oar whole country. This can be done— and
Mr.Frstfdttdafcsted.
By f jpiaa of the conservative men of
' I South on Millard Fillmore.
What other means can we
«dopt for the accomplishment of this, the de-
sideraturn of our hopes ? Taere is no other
otmam to pursm., To aniteon Buchanan would
be as well if it were practicable, but it cannot
Mr. TUlraore is la every way worthy the sup-
port of the tjeoih. Be is the only obstacle in tbe
of the success of the Repnblicana. If Mr.
> were to withdraw from the contest where
i and joar future be? Preaaoat would
r State la the North, and you would be
j4 by yonr enemies.
Bt. FUlmore is the object of all the fool abuse
of ttsakrftionjouraalg in the North. They do
not tad it aoeesswy to figbt Bachanan, for that is
' eo Bach Iftt striking a shadow.
Xsa of the South ! of Alabama I of Missiarip-
jjfl of Louisiana 1 will you not come up to the
fcelp at yanr friends in the North ? Who is it
that now standi the burden and heat af this battle
AW Ceion .and ent eonnrry ? Who is it that
. pn n^s boldly forth and beats back tbe waves of
Itnaticiim with a master hand? Millard Fill-
- ^ I will conclude this letter by a single observa-
tion. All depands ape* you. It is you who are
te decide whether the Union shall be saved—wheth-
ff fanaticism, abolitiooiam, and ultimate dissolu-
tfea of the Uaioa shaH occur.
. If H becomes apparent that the Sooth are un-
willing to aid the cosservaiive men of the North
in this content, then those who now stand up for
j^n' i^lo now esert every nerve to resist the dis-
-Mrien party—-ill abandon the contest, and need I
na What will he the msaK ?
■-of the South I Brothers f Union men! have
I seriously contridesed what will he the result ?
it yoei selves with the rain ibea that Mr.
has nay strength here in the North. I
repeat MillaH Fillmore is the only man oa whom
ye* can with a* unite, and save you and ns aad
our oeaatry; Sad when be and his friends are con-
▼inodt&S* yon are not willing to stand by us in
tl>fs eswpcti then the abolitionists will sweep eve-
wvSt^Vtn the North, and God only knows where
k will end- ....
Tanr; trjlj. c i ■
6eEU iarkssn on Mr. Buchanan. ! Democrat in America who does not rnterlnin
At a dinner taUe in Wellington City, in 1845, I precisely our own opinion of Jackson's secret
Car°-, biter Lndering Buchanan, which ONLY:
DISGRACED THE WRITER.
This isbimH. was made in the presence of Maj. Wm.
B. Lewis, formerly Second Auditor of the Treaaurv
who repeated it in the following letter to Gen.'
Jackson. . This is a most remarkable admission
en the part of Mr. Buchanan, and convicts him,
beyoadthe possibility of a doubt, of attempting by
falsehood, intrigue, and daplicity, to destroy the
reputationef Mr. Clay. Tnis is established by the
tes^asoay of Gen. Jackson, and the following ex-
tract of a letter published by Mr. Buchanan in the
Washington Telegraph, dated Oct. 16, 1826:
Geo. Jackson has made the charge of "bargain
mi miaftien" against Messrs. Clar and Adama,
aad gave Mr. Buchanan as the man who could
attest its truth. 'Twas then that Mr. Buchanan
published this celebrated letter, in which he foiled
to testify to any fact, and did not dare to make
the charge openly, but the following extract shows
that he was base enough to insinuate its truth.—
Ibis is the extract from that letter:
The facts are before the world, that Mr. Clay and
his particular friends made Mr. Adams President,
and that Mr. Adams immediately thereafter made
Mr. Clay Secretary of State. The people will draw
their own inferences from such conduct, and the
cilcuiBStances connected with it. Thcg will judge
sfmnssi from the effett.
How Mr. Buchanan or his friends can reconcile
this-extract with his declaration to Mr. Man gum,
we leave to them to perform.
Thus much as a preface to the following corres-
pondence which we place on record as a part of
the history of the times:
Letter from Major Lewie to Oen. Jackton.
Washington, Feb. 17, 1845.
Mr Daaa Gxxieal : Your two confidential and
very interesting letters of the 4th and 5th inst.,
have been received and disposed of as requested.
I am happy to say that 1 am entirely satistied, a" J
so is Mr. Blair, with the gentlemen who it is sup-
posed will constitute the new Cabinet. Mr. Blair
and myself both think it doubtful, however,
whether Mr. Buchanan will accept upon the terms
proposed, (he should not be appointed unless he
does,) as he is foil of the idea, as stated to you in
my previous letters of being a candidate for the
succession. If he should not accept I suppose the
State Department will then be offered to Mr. Ste-
venson. With or without Mr. Buchanan, however,
I think Ihe Cabinet will be an able one, and fully.
entitled to. and doubtless wQl, receive the confi-
dence of Ujtf? nation.
The trSlt|is, General, I have never had any very
great respect for Mr. Buchanan, and of late I have
even had less than formerly. He did not come out
upon the sublet of that "bargain, intrigue and
corruption" charge upon Messrs. Clay and Adams
in 1825, as h$ ought ta have done, and as was ex-
pected of him. ' Besides, I have heard Aim soy, not
mure than a month ago, that he did not and never had
believed there was any truth in the charge. This
occurred at Mr- 's dinner table, and the re-
marks were addressed to Judge Mangum, the Pre-
sident of the Senate. But having taken place at
the time and place when it did, I bare said nothing
abont it -to any one.
General Jacftson replied as follows:
- h [Private.}
wm ? JlHaatraaa, Feb. 28, 1845.
Major Wm. B. Lewie:
Mv Daaa Maioa .-—Your interesting letter of the
17th inst, is received, advising that mine of the 4th
and 5th, had reached you. Before this reaches
you CoL Polk's cabinet will be known, and I am
sure there will no one compose it, unless under
the terms 1 named to you. Should there be, then
Colonel Polk must hare changed his mind after he
left me. Your observations with regard to Mr.
Buchanan are correct. He showed a want of moral
courage in the affair of the intrigue of Adams and
Clay—did not do me justice in the expose he then
made, and I. am sore about tfiat time did believe
there was a perfect understanding between Adams
and Clay about the Presidency and the Secretary
of ?tate. This I am sure of. But whether he
viewed that there was any corruption in tbe case
or hot, T know not, but one thing I do know, that
he wished me to combat them with their own
weapon—that was, to let my friend^ say it I was
elected, I would make Mr. Clay Secretary of Stale.
This, to me, appeared detp corruption, and I re-
pelled it with that honest indignation as I thought
such corruption deserved. Mr. Buchanan is a man
of fine talents, and if he comes into tbe department
of State, will execute the duties with ability;
I stas truly astonished at some information
brought by Mr. A. Jackson, Jr., from Nashville tbe
other day. it was this: that Col. Laugblin bad
went on to'Washington—had bought ao interest
in the Madisonian, and expected to make it the
organ of the administration. -This, if true, would
be one of the moat fatal steps for Col. Polk tbat
could be taken—it would be placing him in the
shoes of Mr. Tyler, and Laughlin travelling on
with the Colonel to Washington would place Col.
Polk under the implication of taking him on there
for the purpose, which I am sure was not the cose.
Common sense will at once show the evil conse-
quences that must ensue to Col. Polk, to put him-
self in the attitude of favoring Mr. Tyler for tbe
succession. It woq)4: split^tbe Democracy tp pie-
ces. and redound to the great injury ef Polk's ad-
ministration. I have, from the moment I heard it,
put my face against it, and hopsr I have checked
this inconsiderate movement. I hope there is no
truth in the rumor. If there is, there is less com-
mon sense ita the movers than I calcolated upon.
Let me hear from you. Your sister, Mrs. Lester,
and one of her daughters, spent day before yester-
day with us. They sll enjoy good health. AH
my household join me in the kindest salutations.
Your friend, ANDHEW JACKSON.
P. S.—My shortness ef breath increases, I am
greatly afflicted.
The undersigned have examined a letter in the
possession of Allen A. Hall -Esq., of which the
above is a true, correct and exact couy. They are
acquainted with the hand-writing of Gen. Andrew
Jackson; and hereby certify that every part of said
letter is la his hand-writing, to the best of their
koowledge and belief
■ 8. D. MORGAN,
WASHINGTON BARROW,
' G. M FOGG,
EDWIN H. SWING,
JN0. S. BRIBN.
JN0. TRIMBLE.
NasamLB, August 14, 1856.
• [Mobile JTeivt.
This is the letter which provoked the in-
dignation and rage of various Bogus Demo-
crats. The letter of Gen. Jackson speaks in
terms too pointed to be mistaken. What do
Jackson Democrats say to this. Are they
willing to support a man who made a dis-
honorable proposition to the Hero of New
Orleans—who deceived hkb and failed to
stand up to what be had told htm ? Geo.
Jackson, when near his last moments, left
his recorded opinion of Mr. Buchanan. He
characterized him as a man, unworthy to be
trusted, a false friend, a coward and a man
totally unfit to be the Chief Magistrate of a
great nation.
Ths New Saw Works—These works
are situated on Salt Creek east of the Colorado
river, about 80 miles from Austin, with a
good road leading to them. There appears to
be an abundance of water. The arrange-
ments for boiling are quite extensive for a
beginning—eighteen large kettles and a large
pan are now set and operations were to have
commenced this week. These works belong
to Messrs. Swisher, Swenson & Co., and are
under the superintendence of Mr. Prestidge,
a well known engineer. There is little doubt
of the success of the undertaking. Thi3
will be another step towards developing the
resources of the country.
Wind and Water.
One of the members of the Lower House
of the State of New York rejoiced in the
name of Blow. He tad the hocor of rep-
resenting the county of Mqnr6e, and if his
sagacity as a legislator did not win for him
the respect of his associates, bis eccentrici-
ties often ministered to their entertainment.
One day, in the midst of a windy harangue
tbat had become intolerable for its length
and emptiness, a " gassy" member from the
metropolis stopped to take a drink of water.
Bloss sprang to his feet and cried:
" Mr. Speaker, I call the gentleman from
New York to order!"
The whole assembly were startled and
stilled; the «'mem herefrom New York"
stood aghast, with the giftse in his hand,
while the Speaker said: * ■ ■
" The gentleman from Monroe will please
to state his point of order."
To which Mr. Bloss with great gravity re
plied: . t
" I submit, sir, that it is not in order for
a wind mill to go by wattr 1"
It was a shot between wind and water.—
The ventose orator was confounded, and put
himself and his glass down together.
Can do their own Kissi.vo.—Not a
thousand miles from this village lives a very
exacting landholder. He makes his tenants
" come to time" on the very day the rent
comes due, and will only relax his stern de-
crees when a handsome woman is in ques-
tion. Not long since, he called for his rent
of a very worthy mechanic, who, by the way,
rejoices iu the possession of a very pretty
little wife. The husband was not at home
when Shylock called, and he was enchanted
with the pretty litths wife of the tenant.—
She could not liquidate the amount due, but
the landlord becoming really enamored, told
her he would give her a receipt in full for
just one kiss. " Str," said 3he, boiling with
indignation, " myself and husband are very
poor; perhaps we cannot pay our rent; but
I tell you, sir, we're not so poor but we can
do our own kissing I" Ain't that a glorious
consolation for poor folks? Tbe hardened
creditor may take their projrtrty^ but he
can't deprive them of tfetr privilege of kiss-:
lug?—Elmira N. Y. Gazette.
The Elecforal Tote.
The vote to be cart by the several States
for President and Vibe President is as fol-
fowa:
Sixteen Free State*.
Maine *
New Hampshire 5
Vermont 6
Fifteen Slave States.
Delaware - 3
Maryland 8
Virginia........ 15
Massachusetts ......13 North Carolina......... 10
Rhode Island 4 South Carolina....". 8
Connecticut
New York.
New Jersey
Pennsylvania.....
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan..'
Wisconsin 5
Iowa......*......... 4
California. 4
Total Free Statej...l7ti
35
7
27
......33
13
11
6
.Georgia..... 10
Florida .......3
Alabama- 9
Mississippi 7
Louisiana 4
Texas
Tfennesfee,
Kentucky..
Missouri
Arkansas
....4
.. 12
...12
....9
.... 4
The Loni8vllle Courier on Geaeral
Jackson.
Speaking of a letter written by Gen. Jack-
son ia 1845 to bis bosom friend, Major Wil-
liam B Lewis, respecting the charges ot
"bargain, intrigue and corruption" brought
against Henry Clay in 1825 because he voted
for John Quincy Adams, in which it is stated
Mr. Bosbaaan "showed want of moral cour-
age," and made a suggestion which to him
(Gea. J.) appeared "deep corruption," the
Louisville Courier employs the subjoined
atrocious language:
A private letter, written by Jackson in
1845, just beiore his death, MEANLY VIL-
L1FYING BUCHANAN, charging him with
cowardice ' and falsehood, is shamelessly
dragged forth to degrade Buchanan. THE
INFAMY OF THE AFFAIR RESTS UP-
ON JACKSON for writing this letter, and
next upon those who have brought it to light
for political effect now for the first time.—
They "who heap opprobrium mountain high
upon the grave of Jackson " arc they who
have dishonored him and degraded themselves
by publishing the unfoitunate private letter
of THE INSANELY VINDICTIVE OLD
TYRANT, who, in this very letter, proved
that, to the last, NO TOUCH OF JUSTICE,
OR MAGNANIMITY TOWARDS AN
OPPONENT OR RIVAL EVER EN-
TERED HIS BREAST, AND THAT HIS
ONLY USE FOli FRIENDS WAS T0H
MAKE TOOLS OF THEM. If Buchanan
had in 1827, instead of faithfully giving
truthful testimony, as he did, corroborated
Jackson's charges against Clay, Jackson never
would have written his infamous secret letter
of 18451 * * * We believe that lllS-
TORY CONVICTS JACKSON OF SLAN-
DERING CLAY, AND THEN CONVICI?
HIM OF SLANDERING BUCHANAN
BECAUSE HE WOULD NOT PERJURE
HIMSELF by supporting the slander against
Clay * * * If any Democrats should
be displeased at our opinion of Jackson ; if
Total Slave States. 120
Fremont's Blood.—Fremont's biographer
having stated that the Woolly Horse candi-
date has the blood of Washington in his
veins, the Richmond Dispatch replies:
Col. Fremont hss no more of the blood of
Washington in bis veins than be has of
Julius Cassar and Poinpey, or Alexander.—
His mother was a pretty country lass, of no
social pretensions, who oam^-to tbis city, and
married the old revolu-ionary soldier Pryor.
The advocates of Fremont doclare that the
union of Madame F. with that gentleman's
father was strongly opposed by the members
of^ber family. The only member of her
family who opposed it was her husband, bnt
his opposition did not avail. The enterpris-
ing Gaul who begat Fremont paid no regard
to any prior right.
they think we should admit the truth of a s^ that in his young days he .ud Buchanan
CO WARDLY, secret and SLANDEROUS "Cted1D the4old ^eral party, and
... ... I rhfil h a lino hnan tBinniKt tiir ttaum ♦ a n/itn t ar
Short Work.—An Italian Prince, whose
territories were very small, having taken of-
fence at a Frenchman who resided at his
court, sent him an order to leave his State in
three days. •
"I am much obliged to his highness," said
the Frenchman for giving me three days to
do what may easily be donfria three quarters
of an hour."
This reminds us of Shooco Jones—"Old
Shock"—who when the Governor of Rhode
Island forbade- hiti to fight a duel in the
scveu-by-nino State, declared that he intend-
ed to "fire over it."
The Texas Giant
The S. A. Herald notices the advent of an
infantile Daniel Lambert into that city. It
says:
Other sections are hoasting of their big pro
iluctions, but we venture to say the body now
on exhibition in our city has never been beaten
by any other State in the Union. The name
of this wonderful boy baby is Zachariah C.
Taylor He was i.iue mouths old on the first
of this month, and weighs eighty pounds. He
was not weighed at his biith, but his parent*
suppose his weight to have been between fif-
teen and sixteen pounds. He has enjoyed good
health, and is as intelligent as most children of
his age. We should judge him to be nearly
three feet hijrh, anil weM proportioned, no*-
withst riding his superabon auce of flesh.—
This " baby giant is a native of Western
Texas, having been born on the Sar.dies, in
De Witt county. Should he hold his own until
he eels his growth, he will be iu truth a eiant
in size aud strength. For even now he can
raise to his mouth a ten pound weight with
ease. If any ot I er .State can beat this baby,
we should like to hear fiom them. We under-
stand that he will visit the S'ates.
Reason- mr Supporting Buchanan.—
The Watchman makes a jzreat ado over the
fact that Dr. Boersticr of JLantaster has gone
over to Buchanan. The Dr. fcas been heard
letter which assails the troth and moral cour-
age of Buchanan only because it purports to
have been written by Jackson; all we have
to say is, tbat they have mistaken our char-
acter for independence and love of truth and
justice, and their mistake can make not the
slightest change in our convictions and eon-
Juci But xe don't btHcv: there i: i cst'W
that he has been wantiug for years to vote for
un old Federalist, and now tbut be has a
chance he means to do it. So he goes Bu-
chanan.— C'ircleviUe Herald.
'•What is that dog barking at? asked a fop,
whose boots were more polished than his ideas.
'"Why," replied a bystander, '-became lie see?
irs v-r ! «-'•
fur the Utate 1'ima.
XatBraitration.
On an examination of Hie Constitution ef ihe
United States. I find in the Sth section of the
1st Ai6cl® of said instrument of Government,
and fourth grant of power, the following pro-
vision, to wit:
- "The Congress shall have power to estab-
hsk o uniform rule of naturalization ire.
As there sxems to be a contrariety of opin-
ion held and entertained by the people of these
United States, upon the true meaning and in-
tervntat'on of that point of the constitution,
I shall in all candor and frankness submit
some thoughts to the public on that part of the
constitution, trusting that tbe public will exer-
cise an enlightened indulgence towards an in-
dividual who has 'nothing ia view but an ar-
dent love of country.
In the closing part oi this communication,
the writer will indulge in a few thovght> and
reflections upon the powers generally conferred
by Congress on Territorial Legislatures, in the
act incorporating said Tenitories, and what
powers said Territories can rightfully and law-
fully exercise under the charter of government
given to them by Congress.
° The framers of the constitution by a solemn
action of the convention, designed, and did
plare in the hands of the Congress, the exclu-
sive power and right to establish a uniform
rule of naturalisation.
The object that the framers of the Constitu-
tion had specially in view to remedy wars, the
difficulty aud danger that was experienced
under the Articles of Confederation, when each
State in the confederacy exercised the sover-
eign power and right to naturalize foreigners
according to their own State Laws.
It will be readily seen that under the Arti-
cles of Confederation, the States possessed, ex-
ercised and claimed the sole and exclusive
power and authority over the subject of natu-
ralizing aliens in or coming from every other
State. The exercise of power mischievous
and dangerous to be exercised by the individ-
ual States-
The exercise of the power of naturaliza-
lization by the individual States, was viewed
by the framers of the constitution with distrust,
and as dangerous to the peace, harmony and
perpetuity of the I'm ten} ami was one of the
prominent reason* that influenced the minds
of the convention to withdraw from, or prohibit"
to the States the exercise of said power, and
placed the exercise of the same, exclusively
in the National Legislature.
No rule or political axiom in popular gov-
ernments, seed's to be more generally admit-
ted. or better established, or implicitly acqui-
esced in than the one, that wheret hesupreme
or organic law of -the State, confers on, or vests
in. auy one coordinate branch of the govern-
ment certain specified powers, that the eier-
cise of the same, or like powers, by a law
ot governmental necessity, is withdrawn
from, or withheld from being exercued by any
of the other coordinate branches. -
The attentive reader of the Consti'nlion of
the United States, will readily perceive, that
the 4th special grant ot power to Congress ia
the 8th vectioa of the 1st Aitirle of Constitu-
tion, a power ample and exclusive, and was
a foil and free surrender of the power; upon
the "part of the States' into the hands of Con-
gress, upon the subject of-the naturalization of
foreigners;ami the States, irt solemn convention.
gave to t he congress a quitclaim deed to all
further exercise of said power upon the part
of the several States.
There .being then a full surrender of all the
power formerly exercised by the States into
the hands of the national legialatvre, in ail
future time to be exclusively exeieised by
thai body : I hold that the State*, having pa t
ed with, and ceded the ritdit over that saSjact,
by a solemn-act in th e convention of. Slates,
caii, iu no iustance whatever,. exercise any
power directly over the subject-of the natu-
ralization of foreigners, or modifiy, or change
in the slightest manner, any law passed upon
that subject by the CongrCsi oi the United
States- - -
I hold that any attempt made by a sovereign
state (much less "by a Territory) in the passage
of aiiy law, to change the right of suffrage
under the present law, should be viewed and
helrt. as an unconstitutional ^invasion of the
rightsaud powers solemnly guarante. d to Con-
gress under the constitution.
I urje that the grant ot power given to Con-
gress upon the subji-ct of naturalization, mast
be in its nature exclusive, or it could not be a
uniform rule of naturalization, in view of
the grant of power in the constitution. J If
«ach State were - permitted to exercise the
power, each State wiuld have power to pre-
scribe a. distinct iule, Ihere could be no uni-
form rule.
ttencH' the * esnelosian- irresistibly ttiWed -
opoa-my miuil, that the conventtvn. conferred
upon the congress, the absolute -and unqhali
tied right and power to exercise an exclusive
jurisdiction malt cases whatever over the sub-
ject of the naturalization of aliens, and thai no
State or Territory has any constitutional right
or power ttf pass'any laws which may or will
contravene any law of Congress over that sub-
ject. - _ ^ i - « £ « - --■>
If a State or Territory should so far loso
sight of their conslitulional powers and dutifes,
to pass a law. that in its ^nature and bearing
would oome *iu conflict with any law of -Con-
gress upon the same subject matter, the laws
thiR pasted,, would be inoperative ot a mere
n ulity. . . y ' ....
Tlio laws of Congress when constitutionally
passed, are the supreme lavs oi all the- Slates
iu the eonfuderaey, and they are bound to be
regarded as such, by all the subordinate de-
partments of the government, and any law?
thitf may be passed by any of the States , of
tha confederacy to the contrary, notwithstan-
ding, are dead, null aud soid upon the statute
Book
I will now refer the reader to the authority
on which I rely to establish the above post
tions that I have taken upon the supremacy of
this taws of' Congress
Story's Commentaries on the Constitution,
3d book; chapter the St.h, page 151, sections
204 and .202 - J -r ? yt
Sec. 201 holds the following language:
And this leads us to remark, if there be a
coi flict between tbe laws oi the Union and
the laws of the States; the power being su
pieq#e,1be latter must of course yield* The
pngthiiity, nay the probability, of such a con-
fliefwas foreseen b\ the Irameis of the consti-
i ut ion, and was accordingly expressly provided
f >r. If a State passes a law inconsistent with
the constitution of the United States, it is a
mere nulity. If it passes a law clearly with-
in its own constitutional powers, still if it con-
flicts with the exercise of a powei given to
Congress, to tbe extent of the interference, its
operations is suspended, for in a conflict of laws
the supreme must govern. Therefore it has
often been adjudged that if a State law is in
conflict with a treaty, or an act of Congress, it-
becomes ipso facto inoperative to the extent
of the conflict."
Sec. 212. From this great rule that the con
stitution and laws, made in pursuance thereof
.are supreme; And they control the constitutions
and the laws of the States and cannot be con-
trolled by them, from this, which it maybe
deemed an axiom, other anxiliary coriollaries
may be deduced. In tbe first place, that if a
power is given to create a thing, it implies a
power to preserve it. Secondly, that a power
to destroy, if wielded by a differet. hand is
hostile to and incompatible with this power, to
create and preserve. Thi'dly, that where this
repugnancy exists, the authority which is su-
preme, must control, not yield to that over
which it is supreme, consequently the inferior
power becomes a nullity."
I hope I shall be indulged in presenting to
the publican extract of the remards made by
Mi. Madison in the convention while framing
the coostitntion. It will be found in the Mad-
ison papers, vol. 2, p. 1274, in the following
language, to wit:
Mr. Madison said ,!he was not averse to
some restrictions on Ihis suljec! but cruld
never agree To the proposed amendment. He
thought any restiiction; however, in tiie
slitutioii unnecessary and impropei uun
tary because the national legis'ature
have the right of regulating naturalizj
and can by viitue thereof fix different
of residence, as conditions of enjoying
ent privileges of citizenship—improper,
cause it will give a tincture of ilhbciali _
the constitution—becauoe it will put it out o
(he power of the national legislature, even by
i special in-ts of naturalization, to confer the full
| rank of citizens on meritorious slrange
! because it will discourage the most de>
, class of neople from emigrating to thei
i States. Should the proposed constitutioj
| the intended effect of giving stability anl
utation to ( or governments, great numbsr! ^
I respectable Europeans—men who loved libd
' ty and wished to partake its blessings, will be
I ready to transfer their fortunes hithe:. All
I such would feel the mortifications of being
I marked with suspicious incapacitations tiu-ngh
j they should not covet the public honor."
I Doctor Franklin said, "be was uot against a
! reasonable time, but should be very sorry to
see an\thing like illiberalitv inserted in the
| constitution The people in Europe are friend
i ly to this country, even in the countiy witn
I which we have been lately at war, we have
j now, and had during the war a great many
friends not only among the people at large but
in bo'ii Hi-uses of Parliament. In every other
' c v.r* *v in F1 r" rp tiii p* oi V arc
W e found in the course oi thp revolution, that be exercised or extended to wc
many stiangers served.us faithfully, and that said territory, only to snch
many natives took part against their country. '' tied to exercise the same, ntider >*§
— The Madison Papers voi. 3. p'ige 1275 j several States; that is, that they
1 proposed in the crwnn.ence'neiit of thisj uralized under and according to
communication, to close the same by present- j laws of the United States.
ing to the public, a few reflections or thoughts , Arid I further hokl, that the righ
upon the powers and rights generally contered j in a territory should not be allowed, exercised
on territorial legislatures, Sy the act of Con-i or extended to any individual, but to those only
gress giving to said territorial Legislatures cer- Uiat have taken regular initiative step; to t.e
lliOSlciu^l officers.;
jus* ytpouring of
'oMVk'NTlOK/—We |
a reporter oo the
street* tonlay, ss the
it« w,<y to (ioodale
a careful count there-
II told, 336!—including
.. &c. What a 'tremen-
c Democracy F
taiu corporate powers; (I 'call them corporate
powers) for only such powers I view them to
be. A certain claw of power? have been giv-
en to said territories, by a special act of Con-
gress, constituting said TerritorifS bodies
politic. I consider Territorial governments
corporation?, and as such, strictly and inipltP-
itly under the control 3nd supervision of the
power that gave them a territorial existence.
Hence the exercise of any other thai: delega-
ted authority is inconsistent with the nature
of every territorial government wiiich has been
created by Congress. Hence the doctrine held
that a Territory can exercise acts of full aud
complete sovereignty is fallacious and not true,
fascinating but not sound.
I admit that a Territory may exercise all
the power*, and no others, as are constitution-
ally delegated to thern bv Cougresss, in giv^
ing to said Territory their organic law, and
wnjch Cotigievs itself mis^ht. exercise, and
which charter Congress might at pleasure re-
p a , modify or change. I consider a territo-
rial government as being iu an incipient or
i ichvtae stale of political existence, and
come a oona fide settler in said teiritoiy.
A. O HORNE. Sen'r.
Central American Question.
Washington, Aug. 29.—The New York
Herald contains a long letter professing to
give the terms of the adjustment of tbe Cen-
tral American Question.
The treaties signed between Clarendon and
Ilerran, the Plenipotentiary from Honduras,
are—
1st. A general treaty of amity and com-
| merc-e.
2nd. A provision for a convention for the
adjustment of all claims of British subjects
iu Honduras, and for the extinction of any
Indian Mosquito titles within the territory
recognized as pertaining to Honduras.
3d. A convention for the restoration of
Bay Islands to the sovereignty of Honduras.
The latter stipulates, on behalf of the people
who have established themselves there under
An l aTdenlablr Fact.
Scrofula, Dyspepsia, Chronic articular Kfceuem-
| tism, fhnctionajr or organic disease of the Liver,
i incipient Pbtksis, Syphilid in its varied forms, from
| slight sceloofisions on the ikin to the ulcerative
proces*, ar* diseases well known te the Western
country. An these particular cases Unrley'rSsrs-
pari'la «Tll be found to act with surprising effect,
and ib-^o instance where u-od according to di-
rectifoD**<i s it foiled to afford immediate and par-
murium relief. Try it, and you will thank as fer
th« advice.—Boston A til at.
This medicine will soon b« for sale ia this city.
; In time oi peace prepare fer war.
' The warm weather is at hand, aad as experience
ia the best teacher in tbe nnirerse, we would ad-
vise a 1 who are affected by tbe change of season
to get a -upply of Dr J. Hoatetter's Stomach Bit-
ters, as a stand by tor the summer. Last year
during our sickly times, these Bitters were proved
invaluable, as a tonic ueent, and it will be well to
' a inoTuiider ds cbaile"/e"xerci^'the full'pow- j the British occupancy, certain rights and po^e ""' ^^
Sjs ami attributes of sovereignty as a State, | privileges.
The ground upon which the restoration A MOST EXTRAORDINARY CURE EFFECTED
10 V1 n n 1 .1 A AA wm
m- y and can do. when she lias adopted her
constitution. The State in the adoption of her
con tit ut ion assumes a complete political or-
ga iiatiou, and is possessed of all the aftr -
butes of a limited soveieignly under the con-
stitution of the United States.
A Territory organized by an act of Congre s
cannot transcend in any act of or law pa>sed
by the Territorial legislature, the special pow
-a - f I ... ! I U iK a . i rtf r v
was made, is. the importance of preserving
neutr. 1 the route of the proposed iuter-ocean-
ic railway through Honduras.
The same letter also states that it has been
agreed between Lord Clarendon and Mr.
Dallas that Greytown shall return to the sov-
ereignty of Nicaragua, and that the limits of
ers conferred on said territory, by the «ct of j j}ej,ze shall extend southward to the Sarstoon
Cungre-s organizing the sam. But tho act or
Congress constituling it a Territory, is to said
river.—JV. O. Crescent.
Territory its supreme or organic law, and in'
said charter, are found all the powers thai a
Tenitor) is at liberty to exercise. Iamstroiig-
ly inclined to the opinion that- the iegislalioa
of the I oratories at ail times subject to a
revision of its laws by acts of Congress.
As the powers of Congress im sj ecial and
delegated ones, 1 take it for granted tbat Con-
gress cannot confer a power on a Territorial
legislature to do an act, thai Cougiess has not
the constitutional power to exercis-i. I take it
as a eetlled poiut tbat Congress does uot pos-
Shockiso Murdeii —On Tuesday eve-
ning, the 26th ult., while Mr. A. Moore, a
wealthy planter, his wife and a young lady,
residing with them, were at supper, at their
residence, in Angelina county, about 3 miles
west of Herrington's post office, they were all
shot dead by some unknown person or persons.
A negro girl who was waiting on the table
says, that simultaneous with tbe report, the
young lady said to Mr. Moore, 'there is a man
ses* the power.uitdgr tbe constitution, to legis- i with a gun, and just then came the firing?*
% « ■ A a f 'P 'ft 1 M ra AT PaI 1 ^An.l *nn«AM4l.. a. -3 If. Tt V
late slavery into or out of a Territory or State
If that point be Ci needed the question couies
up with peculiar force, can a "territorial legis-
lature exercise a niglier attribute powei, than
that which belongs to the national legis.a-
ture.
Mrs. Moore fell dead instantly and Mr. Moore
fell across her feet. The young lady made
an effort to get some camphor, when she also
fell. Two small children were in the house,
one of whom ran to'the field for the negroe.*;
who were yet at work. They immediately
tele.
li the above position taken be true, then I ™ jec at worK. itiey immediately
am forced to the conclusion, irresistibly that j started for assistance and when it arrived,
that 'he doctrine of squatter sovereignty or j the murdered persons were found as des-
what some polilieal d<ctors are pleased to j cribed.
call popular sovereignty, is lallacious disorgan- . No clue to the mystery had been obtained
izing *"d dangerous to the institutions ot oar j at jMt accounts. A more cold-blooded and
couutryj and the liberties of t te P«UP*" j wholesale assassination we have never been
«sPecla"> the institutions ot toe Miuthe.n cal,cd ^ to rccOTd__NactyJochet ew
of at 18* . .j * *
1 am aware of and prepared to acknowledge
that the doctrine of popular sovereignty alias
squatteT sovoreigty, has its fascinations, and
acts with peculiar foice upon tbe great body
of the people. It comes to the masses of the
people hs a giUie l I'ait, at which many of the
unwary will innocently bite. It becomes an
Archimedes lever in the hands of political
demagogues; and many of tbe unsuspecting^
yeomanry will be gulled by the syren song ot
ihe political demagogues of the da}.
I hold squatter sovereignty to te oneot the
great political heresies of the present day. aud
its precocious growth was hastened and ma-
tured in tho rank soil, or hot-bed ol freesoilism,
and cornea in direct collision with, and
deadly conflict with the provi
Complicated Insurrection.
Columbus, Colorado County, )
September 9th 1856. |
Messrs. Editors The object of this
communication is to state to you all the facts
of any importance connected with a recent
intended insurrection.
Our suspicions were aroused about two
weeks ago, when a meeting of the citizens
of the county was called, and a committee
of investigation aj pointed to ferret out the
whole matter and lay the facts before the
and cornea in direct collision with, am in { pe0p]e 0f the county for their consideration.
:onflict w«h the provision« j The committee entered upon their duties
.he s ia. ^ time ^ *r«m ^
southern States. The national legislature, I ston ot the facts of a well organized and
under our presen* constitution, has tor the pe-: systematized plan for ihe murder of our en-
• ■' a. _ .... L. .1.1 ♦ Ua r<tirt til ht) tll*a tcliliA l.ti ■ AVI L tl. .. —. a*
By Or. fllcLane'ii Vermifuge.
nbw Yoti, March it, jgsj.
Tliis is to certify that I have been troubled for
almost four years with a chokiug.aeasation, gome-
limes so bad as almost to suffocate me. I em-
ployed two regular physicians, but to no purpose.
1 was then persuaded to try a bottle of Dr. Mc-
Laue's Celebrated Vermifuge. I took two tea-
spoons at one dose. It soon began to operate,
when it made thorough work. (I had a regulaj
worm factory within. me.) I should jadge it
brought away from me some two quarts of worms;
they bad the appearance of having bunted 1
took the remainder of the bottle at two doves.
The effect w««,-4t brought away aboat one quart
more, all chopped to piecas. I now feel like a dif-
ferent per.wu.
The ahovena from a widow lady forty six years
of age, resident of this city. For further partic-
ular.*, tbe public are referred to Mrs. Bardie, No.
3, Manhattan place, or to B. L. Tbeall, Draggut,
corner of Rutger and Monroe streets-
tff' Purchasers will be careful to ask for Dr.
UcLane's celtbraled Vermifuge, manufactured bv
Fleming Bros., of Pittsburgh, Pa. All other Ver-
mifuges, in cotnpari*oa, are worthies*. Dr. Mc-
Lane's genuine Liver Pills, also his celebrated
Vermifuge, can now be had at all respectable drag
stores. None can be genuine without the signa-
ture of
- FLEMING BB09. *
[Authorieed by the
SS 19.
ia the
iQrPurchsstn ia bnyiag oae odd amber aa*
one even nomber, whole Meat, ace gaanmued to
draw $«. Haivee aad qwrter ticket* ia- propor-
tion. with cbam-ea af obtainiaf the larger pritec.
which are aJiandred pareaot better tor thi par-
chaser than any othw lottery in < ~ "
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riutl ol seventy yearj held the doctrine to be
constitutional, and ao exercised the power nn-
d« r said i .struraeut, to legislate upmi and or-
ganize Territorial governments and specifying
in t ie acts ot incorporation what political an>t
iegi<'a! ve powers said territorial legislatures
should exercise under their Teriitorial char-
ters The power of Congress over the Terri-
tories. seems to havs been called in question
in 1850, when tbe great political doctors brff't" not a shadow
forward their gand scheme ol popular sover- j Last Sjitnrdi
eignty, alias squalter sovereignty; and then > ao-reed upon f<
af«r fhe "exeroiso of the ^jo.^er by na|p>nal '
tire white population, with the exception of
the young ladies, who were to be taken cap-
tives and made the wives of the diabolical
murderers of their parents and friends.—
The committee fom:d in their possession a
number of pistols, bowie knives, guns and
ammunition. Their pass words of organiza-
tion were adopted, and their motto, " leave
_*6th inst., was the time
^eeution of their dam-
iSi
l^eislafure tor the period of seventy yeais, Hie ! nl d'-H1;* _____ -. °
p<dilical doctors of^854, saw, with the clear-1 to tnake one s.mnltaneous, desperite ef-
ness aud foice of inspiration, that the framers j !ljrt with from two to ten apportioned to
ol the constitution and their early political as-j nearly every house in the county, kill all
sociates, when tonvened in coiicress, under! the whit®?, save the above exceptions, phin-
the new corstitution to settle the political doc-1 der their homes, take their.horses aud arius,
irines and powers growirg out of the constitn-j atHj, their way on to a " free state'r
lion, did uud«r the first, and subseqent admin-1'fjjgiioo.V
istration oi the government egregiously err in | ^ —
tbe exercise of their supposed constitutional i
powers upon the sr.hjeH of passing laws, for i
the organization of Territorial government*. |
What a misfortane to our country that those ;
political doctors had not been permit tail tc
have had an existence at an earlier period in
Ihe history of our country, that they might
have impressed ttieir free'oil doctrines upon
the in.-t.<tutioiis of our country.
1 will close thi« communication, (already ex-
tended beyond the limits 1 intend.) v. ilh a few
extracts from justice Stcry-'s cn/nti entaries on
the constitulion, abridged.' chapter the 31st
paces 476, 477, 478 and 479, sections 665, 666,
667 and 668. In which the following language
is held, see the constitutional provision quoted
in the following language,to wit:
"Tha Congress shall have power to dispose
of, and mak" ail needful rules and regulations
lespeclir.g ihe Territory and other property be-
longing to the United States, and nothing in
this constitution shall he so construed as to
ptejudice any claims of the United States, or
of any particular States/'
The orovis i Ihus annexed to the power is
certainly proper in itself, and was probably
rendered necessary by tbe jealousies and
questions concerning the western Territory.—
It was perhaps guggestec by the clause in the
ninth article of the confederation, which con-
tained a proviso, ''that- no State shall he de-
prived of Tenitory for the benefit ot the United
Slates."
Sic? 666 "Asthe general government pos-
sesses the right to acquire territory, either hy
Sfcw Orleans Street Importalloa
OF FRENCH, GERMAN, BRITISH AND IBISB
DRV GOODS. P. * E. Reily ft Co., ao long
knewn at the corner of Royal and Canal streets,
beg to say they have removed tp their large new
store. 12C Canal street, between Ruyai and Bour-
bon streets, known as '-Touro Buildings," sign of
the "Golden Flax " Where their ample room, aad
a resident buyer in Europe, will enable them ts
keep (tbe year ronndj a complete stock in every
department; also ft full line of
Plantation floods,
of the best Southern manufacture. Combined
with the above, they will keep at the old stand,
comer Royal aud Caoal streets, nndcr the nam* of
Embroidery and Lace Store,
a cowpletc stock of Ladieg Dress Trimmings, Rib-
roiis, F.nibroiderieSj and ladies and gents furnish-
ing goods, to suit country merchants, aa well a*
t he customer. This latter is a rlnis of House
heretofore unknown in this market
P. A E RKILL.Y A CO.,
126 Canal Street, between Royal and Bourbon
Streets, Touro Bnildiugs, sign of the '-Golden
Flux.'*
Scpiember 24. 18C6.— 42.Cm
i®ST—tbe H sad r iKhtC* rtifi caie"uf ToshuiTC.
J Reynolds, for C40 acres of land, isswd by
the Board of Land Commissioners of Harris Coun-
ty, on tbe 31st day of May, A. D. 1848—No. 894.
If noHtenrd from in the "time prescribed by law,
I shall apply to the proper officer for a duplicate
for the same. '< a i :
I * . t W. B. COVINGTON.
Lampasas, Sept. 21st, IWfi. 4?:80d
Notwithstanding the intense excitement
which moved every member of'our commu-
nity, and the desperate measures to which
men are liable to be ied on by such impen-
ding danger, to which we had been exposed
by our indulgence and leniency to our slaves,
we must say the people acted with more cau-
-tion and deliberation than ever before char-
acterized the action of any people under
similar circumstances.
More than two hundred negroes had vio-
lated the law, the penalty of which is death.
But hy a uuanimous consent the law was
withheld aud their lives spared with the ex-
ception of three of the ringleaders who
were, on last Friday/the ath in^t., at 2
o'clock P. M., hung with the unanimous
voice of the citizens at the county.
Without exception, every Mexican in the
county was implicated. They were arrested
and ordered to leave the county within five
days, and never again to retu' n under the
penalty of death. There is one, however,
by the name of Frank, who is proven te be
one of the prime movers of the affair, that
was not arrested, but we hope that he may
yet be, and have meted out to him such a
reward as his black deed demands.
We are satisfied that the lower class of
the Mexican population are incendiaries, in
any couutry where slaves are held, and
shoild be dealt with accordingly.
conquest or by treaty, it would seem to follow', s"os'a D0 witn accordingly. And, for
as an inevitable consequence, that it possesses ■ benefit of the Mexican population, we
the power to govern what it has so acq* ircd j would here state that a resolution was pasts-
The territory does not when sn acquired, be-j ed by tbe unanimous voice of the^county,
come entitled to selt-?nvernment, and i' is not j forever forbidding any Mexican from com-
subject to the jurisdiction of any State. If! ing within the limits of the countv. I
must consequently be nnder the dominion and I j i % : 3
jurisdiction of tbe Unir®, or it would be without | ct 1 Gfe> fu.fu ^aguinre-
any government at all. But they (the terrilo-1 ^ore"> *n® v watenful care of our \ ig-
' nance Committee, a well organized patroll
and good discipline among our planters, wc
are persuaded that there will never again oc-
cur the necessity of a communication of the
character of this. Yours rcspcctfully,
they (the
ries) do not participate in^tolitical powwr; nor
can they share in the powers of the genera!
government, until they become a State and
are admitted into the Union as such. Until
that period, the Territory remains subject to be
governed in sufh manver as Congress shall
direct, under* the clause of the constitution
now under consideration." j
Sec. 667. "No one h is ever doubted the au- |
thority of Cpngress to erect Territorial govern- 1
m^uts withjn theTerritorj of the United States j
under the general language of th# clausn, '-'to
make all needful rules and regulations." In-
deed with the ordinance ot 1787 in the very-
view of Ihe framers. as well as of tha people of
the States, it is impossible to doubt {hat sucli
a power was deemed indispensable to the pur-
pose of the cessions made by the States,
that nothwilhstanding the generality of the
objections, that Conuress have r.o power to
erect corporations, and that in the convention
Ihe p<twer was refused, we see, that ihe very
i p' wer is an incident to (hat of regulating the
territory of the United States ; that i , it is an
appropriate im-ai.s of carrying the power into
-"ect. What shall be the form of government
blished in the territories depends eiplo-
jv upon the discretion ol Congras? ' Hav-
a right to crect a territorial government
JOHN II. ROBSONVl n
H. A. TATUM, I Oon-espondinj
- I Committee.
J. H. HLCKS.
.Uaiiscn Tersammung in \ew York.
The Germans of New York held a grand
" Masseii Versammlung" at the Tabernacle
on Thursday night. Tho Express contains
a pictorial report of the proceedings. There
were 6,000 Germans present, nearly all of
whom have heretofore acted with the Demo-
cracy.
A German band furnished the musie.
Not an American tune in the whole reper-
toire, but'' Mourrir pour la Patrie/' " France
ia t.' A flnro tKrt " MrjrwpllniKp *' nrii^ Rtinli likr I
WE the undersifpied inform Mieeitizeae gtvtf-
ally that we have j art received * n«w stack
of Good.-i. consisting of Stuple Dry Qoo<is, Boots.
Shoes, Clothing, Hats, Crockery, Wood ware, and
most any article mat o.d be fouod aoy where
else, which we will sell cheap for cash. We take-
Hides, Pecans, Ac., in trade at cash prices, i
KAHS & SWARTZ.
Austin. Sept. 27.—42-3m.
THE STATE OP TEXAS, T
Cockty or Ta.tns, /
The State af Texas to the Sheriff of Travis
Cuuntjf—Gbketinq
VlfHEKEAS, N. W. Bardett, oa tke third day of
TV April 1H5-5, filed his petitioa in tbe District
Conrt of Travir cj>mty agai t Vboma* Caecidy and
A. B. Burleson, ia Whic* be alleges amongst oth-
er things: that on the 23lh Aug. 1SSS, Thomas
Cassidy executed and delivered onto A. B. Borle-
son hi; promisoiy note fur the sum of tbi«a hun-
dred and twent--five dollas, payable six months
after daie;|and that on the 18th Sept. 1855 far a
valuable consideration, the said Burleson assigned
said note to petitioner; whereby petitioner aBag*
es, the said Caasidy aad Burleson became bound
and liable to pay, six months after the date of said
note, the said sum of $325, with legal interest
thercoc; petitioner alleges that although often re-
quested, neither of said defendants has paid said
note or any part thereof; plaintiff prays for cita-
tion for judgment for Lis principal debt aud inter-
est. and cost of suit, and for all just and proper re-
lief; and the said plaintiff having filed his affidavit
in terms of the law, that defendant Cassidy is a
non-resident of th* State of Texas.
These are therefore to commaud jou that yoa
siimmou tbe said Thomas Casaidy hy caaaing Atf
writ to be published for fonr successive weeks
prior to tbe return day hereof in the Texas <*tttr
Times, a weekly newspaper published in Autia,
Travis county. Texas, to &pp>ar at the next term
of the District Court of Travis county ta be heMat
tbe court house thereof, in the city of Austin, aa
(-•even tli Monday after the first Mouday in October,
A. D. 1856. Then and ihere to answer plaiatef s
petition of which tbe furrgciag is a brief state-
ineot. . , 4
Herein fail not, t ut doe service and retiir. make
nf tbis writ as the la* p ^Kribar
Given under my official signature and ~prtTTI ' of
the seal of the Travis lhatrict Court, September
• 25th, 1856. VRAJWC BROWB. Clk DCTC
Came to hand the same day issued, and ordered
to be published in tbe Texas State Time* a weekly
newspaper publishes in tbecity of A nnia, Ttevi
county, for four weeks prior to the return day
hereof. Sept. 25th, 1856. 4J: 4w
Jons T. Prick. Sh'ff., Travis county..
VhJtM prises asoaatiag to
The 15,800priiepaf $8 are detemteedhy tbe na-
ber which draws tbe prise. If thatkutsbrr
shoald be aa odd number, than every add number
ticket in the scbeoie will be entitled te f8, if a*
evea nam bar, then every aeaa amber ticket will
be entitled to $8, in addition M any other prise
which may be draw a.
All these tickets eadiag with M
even; all tboeeending with 1, J, J, f, •,as* a4d.
ggf Rtsaember that i
payableinfliU without <
ISTA1I Prises of $1,0M (
mediately after the drawtef-
usual time of thirty days.
All cosMiunicatiaaa. strictly coatleatU;.
drawa numbers will be'forwarded to ^ '
immediately alter tbedrawiag.
Tho plan at
with all tickets o
Whole Tickets, $10—Halrea, i
Prise Tickets cashed a
at either office.
fifeat
As'oae half the t
$8. we will sell i
(odd and even numbera) t
AU that tha ten
guaranteed accrues to tbe j
Certificate of package ef 10)
- wi
Hi
Address orders for
packages of tickets, (ill
S SWAK *CO.,
37: ly or & 8WA!t,,
ha sent
SCREW WORM AKD BLOW FLY
LOCDBX k COS CHGROKBC UtTQtKKT,
the original .discovery, aad the ealy seliaMe
article for the immediate deatructiaa at the screw
worm and blow By.
This Liaiment has aow beaa before tha ddseu;
of Teras for over three years, aad baa baaa thor
oughly tested aa apoaitive aad aatei sis: -
tor of those destructive vermin.
Louden * Co. justly claita tha diaeavary of abij
great remedy, aitd until Ihe preooaC year, no etb. .-
linimsnt was ofcred or tsmhr^udhfef Ui
graaiers of Teaaa; bft a 4ha aopreceden:-
popularity of oer©Rertkea Llaimeac has indi: -i
—fnr me pacuoiary reward—the pronrietoTe of lh-
varioas imitations aCoat, to palm Off their wc.-tli
leas articles upoa *he ansaspecting, wtthootregai c
to jostiee,or any known merit is the aoatraa vt
fttrd. ' ,
We call aaoa all interacted to
claissing to destroy (ho screw worm, aad pre- -- ',
the attack of the blowfy, ae tkey an at ant a>
itatioas, oovertlv to trifts with the credulity ot tu<;
iatftate oi..
ia Tesn -
will vouch
tbe hotter «e <
the following weB-knowa
many others might be r
the sigaal efficacy af oar 1
I>r W. Henry 1
too; Or. Francis
Dicksoo, J
bnt; Vt.
Stewart, Danville;
Hyesa, Shaoas k Co.,
ar.Ooaaalef; *V. E. B-i
D. Labadic aad Dr.
Nichols, Brenham; D.
vllle; Dr. Jna Taii^r'
Adams and McKaha*,
mond ;. Dr.- W.-B.J
If". Reuse k Co.,laifiaasla; W.m. Jsha «a,
man; B.S. Waicot, Hooey Owe; Dr.B.G.G.^
gory. La Grange; Dr. B. >. Beard, Leaaa; Cr-y
k Hillsrd, Matagorda; Dr. f. Isiiail, iavao.
Dr i. L. Sears aad Q. X. Eshhy B Co, Waco :
Brec-kearidfe. Bates 4 Ca., aad Colemae % Bn-,.
Tesana; J. K- Devine k Co,
Dr. It F. Bachar.T
Onr Cfa
chaats aad Aru Ms la
LOCDSS BOO.,
W ^^ircTFAD,
k Oo., ITou-
B. Well
Prepared oaly hy
Far salary
_Bep a4l
amy be 1*1 ef soor-
►eariy May tewa ia
aad an others who wish te
catk. . •& - a5® st ■ te.
W'
THK STATE OF TKXAS, ]
Cor.trr or T ana J
In Dist. court Tratit Co
Fa& Jink, 1856.
C. S. West w Unknown heirs of L. Jobvsos, dee'd.
No. il:i.
T he Shite oj Tcxoa to the S her iff of sctid
county—Greeting :
\\ HEKKAS, petitioner Charles S. West, a «*-
vv ideut of Tiavis county files his suit against
Francis Johnson of AitascoM countv Texas, and
James Jobnson jr., of Claiborne Pmrieb La., and
other unknown heirs of Lewie Jobnson, dee'd.,
whose names and residence are unknown,aad rep.
resents that he owns one undivided third interest
in two tracts of land situated in Travis connty;
one conU.itiing' 1120 acres, and the other l-tfti
acres, being certificates for bonnty and beadrights
issued to the b'irs of said Lea-is Johnson, dee'd ,
si'uated on ,*im Xed's creek and its waters; tbe
, j .Li, r n • .- j I i:i,. ; one beins oi miles N- 2<i° E. from Santa Anna'f
je t Adore, tho " Marsellatse, arid sticl. like Peak ka0l^ „g sur,ey No. 4so_the other sitna-
TEIAI
ill opBg xfb nrr
tercflle, October 1st.
s, ad heretofore.
.—^Applssaata
two inches Ugh, with gaod
eiamiuktioti hi speBiac.
anthtaahc through
be entered by paieats eg
College year forty
•ions.
Cocasa or Srratas.-
best Colleges, with more of
deal.
ggfCharga imiarioblg one
In preparatory
lish elementary
In colli
> dies..
Board, washing, BgMa, aad test.
not exceeding. IB
Library Fuud.. I
calsb 0,
Scptio 41 la^
AT BC
M
Red Republican uielodies, were repeated
without stint.
ted about niilea N. 25° E. from Santa Anna's
Mountain,both triicts adj *.n;npjpt-tition:epre?entr
English. Old Dor^heiiner, of Buffalo, whom
0 .. s.„., Van Iiaren appointed rostmariter of that
ey may confer upon it such powers le^isls-! city, was one of tbu pvincipal orators,
ro. judicial and «x«xutive, as they may deem Many German songs were sung, and tho
;!, ^following efibins to owe of them wjs uproar-
1 ney may cunft-r upon it general legislative i i,msh-..ar,rl]11„Jcd ;
powers, subject only to the laws and eonstitu- i , _.
lion of the United States. If the power to ore- j
iitc couits is j;iveii to the Teintori.il legislatlire, I
these cruit s a re to le deemed strict lyTeiritorial; I
and in no ju*t sense constitutional courts, in i
which the judicial power conferred by the con- j
s-t it ut ten. can be deposited They are iticaj
fbe speeches were in German, or broken ! ^be heirs aa owning; tw urthirdt and himself owning
-- r - - - - - — - • ■ one-third, pray? a partition and Uie appointment
of commissioners
ble of recieving it.
1 hey ai« legislative ceuits created in virtue
j of the general rights of sovereignty in the
goveinnieut, or in viitue ol that clause, which
ennbles Congress to make ail needful rules I sh.>j>s, and the Amenean larms, and without
! and regulations respecting the Territory oi the distiiic-lion of party, too.
I United States."
Yreevrow, vree pay, vrec Licihcrger kaese,
Vremont ami lajjei bier I"
The Express thus alludes tu this German
demonstration :
" We w.mt the Southern Democracy to see j
v.bere their Northern allies arc gone, and
what they are doing. As for uh Americans,
this crevasse of the Germans will give thous-
ands of votes to us from the Americau work-
See. 668 '-The power of Congress over the
j putdic Territory is ciearlv exclusive aud uni-
A-ctNT or Mocnt Ararat.—The London
[•orrespondent of a New York paper says: An
veisal, and iheir legislation is subject to no' interesting account appears in tbe Tunes of
control; but io absolute, and unlimited, unless tliis morning of an ascent of Mount. Ararat by
so far as it is affected oy stipulations in ilw live Kuglisbmen. The natives believed
cessions, or bv tbe ordinance of 1787, under
whw.h any part of bts been settled.'1
the
to set apart his one-third by
metes and bounds, and asks citation in regulu
form for Francis Johnson, and prajs citation br
publication against remaining defendants, and
having the outh requited by lh« statute ia such
COoC*.
Tlicee are therefore to command you that yon
summon the said James JoUuj-on, jr., and tbe un-
known Irgai heirs of Lexis JoUason, dee'd., by
publishing this citation lor eight successive weeks
iu tbe 1 exas State Times, a weekly Newspaper
published in Austin, Tratis county, Texas, to ap-
pear before the Honorable District Court of Trav-
is county to be held at the^urt house thereof, in
the city of Austiu on the-soveith Monday after tbe
hret Monday in October, A. D. 1896—then "and
there to answer plainUff-g petition, of which the
foregoing is a brief statement.
Herein fail not, bnt due return and serricc
ot this citation as the law prescribes.
Witness: Frank Brown, Clerk of onr said Travis
lhatrict Court w:th the impress of tbe seal there-
of affixed at office in Austin, Sept. i3th, 1856.
FRANK BROWN, Clk. DCTC *-
Came to hand the same day issued, and order-
Y\
idBilalstratert Ssttte.
mEREAS, the Boo. Probate Csate
Saba cooaty, at Its
granted to the undersigned
tion upon the eetate of A Ilea Sli
is therefore to notify to all pi
said estate to rone forward aad
aad all those having cteiaw
will present them in the tea*
Sept. It, 1856. 41 tt
I eeui<
bf law.
L. B. SIXUN
. R SLOAN
ed this Sept. 25th, 1856, to be published ia the
impossible, and that the smnioit | Texas State Time?, a weekly newspaper publish-
led by divine prohibition. It is 17,- | ed in the city of Austin, Travii county Texas, fer
. . . day
lent lo be
wis guarded — , . .
I bold it lo be. a sound and sale exercisc of ; 3-13 fet.| above the sea level, and terminates 111 j eight successive weeks, prior to the return
{ policy, in the organization of Territorial gov- j a Mre<:iii!tou* snow-capped cone, which toss j hereof. _ Sept. J5tb, H56. 42-frw
1 < r". :m ^hit ' h•- r'ght 1 f '!r !*' n f : i!f Tr.f: "'t^r.; p'1 p'cers — ' ■ --t>' T. i pij r. Sh ff. 1 ^
• " ' ' >
Austin Select
APPLICATION'S FOKTUmOR HATING PK
come tmaerous, and niwiaiastanw bavit;„
been snch as to require it, I have aagagna cc
potent assistaoca ia my schaal, aad wfll te pr- -
pared to receive as accaaeion la tea anrcr
pupils, withent ragari ta lkaha.
Hep 13 rtO tf WM. L> EII'D.
VOTK E—The mdamgaed wiB sell in 1U
town of Lampasas, oa tkalBtb day of i ' -i
bt-r, A. D. 1B5C, tbe following tescrlbt d .
vix: that parcel or piece efted, aith al' tfc-
provemests thereon, known Hi te*s Ht aow b :
in block number 17, hi the Un «f Laui
Said sale will he made by tea atePcaigm>d a:-: ic*
assignee of 1. Doug)ana feowa, taaatidn- tw cvey
executed by Q. W. Scott, aad < L ftesss hie w
to J. Dougiaes Brown, aaite for tes mm at i« -
bandred aad toety-aix tailsn and tw y <cpci<, c: <
payable the tat day oflena. 18. tajkaa ; t-
other payahie tha Sesk 4av of Blb^Be'
1656. Theeal* w011
der for cate, and will 1
MdaatawtUhei
by anteori'y of a itee<
makers of said aot . to teas
ed ia the comity clerk's M c-t
Lsmpar ss. "
Sept 6S nt! if
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