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THR-ímÉTTE.
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MATAGOR
TEXAS.
k 18,1858
*ATURDAY.
llOX. lii v M BKYAV lighting men The extreme lrncrth of time
occupU-d in getting up this « xi^cd.ti. n. leads
For **nc weeks tlie papers ¡n tl e West- |hc NVws to lvíiCrc that ¡i. cas- A h «tili-
I mmtrxTCATrr .;
SKXATOi: DOUGLAS.
— KIMTmr. ern District liare l<ern
Mr. John Steger
Bast, and is
of ready made
Ac. He will tell the
through the
Gro-
two
pf^Sa <*.r*
s®d suggesting tlicir rwfective choices for •[„. furril! r would have a very <_rreat advan-
a candidate to be selected from the largek^ at the oAunencement of íi^tiiúks,
number of eery worthy names that will U
prominent before the Houston Convent ion
next May; which Convention is expected
to moke -our Representative in the 36th
>u
Having no pet or personal preference,
we have said nothing, bat been cuntent to
laten to thoee who have had a better op-
poftnnity of knowing the most available
and suitable man for the important pnesi?
lion. We have heard the names of folly a
canvassed, and are die-
that cither oí them would
n good Congressman. But the qucs
who is the most available ?
able to advance o>ur into
nterests oftbe State to the
t'i
Mgood a manas
ai the Waco Con vention,
is conceded by all,) is
that after two yea
óf the most difficult
bringing forward lietween England and the United States ^ c seldom indulge i:i pelit: \«1 matters,
• ««cause of their corrupting ten l.-ucy and
effects. and more particularly, because we
care but little about tbem. \< \ we can
^ u"t ''"t be impressed with the course pur-
Tlie News is of opinion that the expedí- snt*d by the distinguished Senator of lllinos.
lion is out of projK>rtiou to the insults of %v',u would more
the government of Paraguay, and argues the great Giant/if ihe
that it is iutended as an illustration of eufc cognomen of little
hole is one of the few statesmen of this time '
rightful prerogative, let the t: "* ntv
I* no !'•''* • * *i • t" -i ruliv <)
trii.
Gl
t: ■■■
out side of
talent or
that he is an
with a sound and
¡he Will in the
Laséalons
and for what
superiority th|y have rarely enjoyed up-
the breaking out of war in Europe.
«**! :•• :)■{ rulo.
tatfs ll-ghts, and t - :or ru
will be protected as every otl; > -• •• • it'i>
we conceive to l>c the position u.;> . Mr.
iVmjjlas occupi *s—the one tor wwicl
noMv contended a'nl which tlie
South her ¡tist rights. lie has the i.ol ie-
ih-ss of principle and purpose to ha '..ud h.^
Mentis Urn srhoonei ^usMf
H;th the Xi'MMgUa ei!ii„'r; ujs
¿•US y« t ..• ...«I i .1.
i •:n reveru- eu t«-r bü t
the scÍKM«n«.-r clom-Iy all of
last si-ht o't < i" r„r two l!
I.vut White, of t!H-
oil b.ianl the s. h<ioii«*
Capt. -VI «my u. i.t on |M>ard the
cut'
*•
•Min
I, ¡S
si i
appropriately be calh-d ,H,|¡t¡t.a| ,„ pularity, for the sake of these cutter I>y invitation ofl'upt. \l<>riis« u
die VVest, than !l o prts- pr¡m¡ples, so dear to a free people. D.d a Ihe sehooner is m w at an anehor ¡mi
tie "Little Giant h r eVi.r losc a„jil.f,ig by a manly, honor- ¡nsMc of (.¡rants Pass, nn.l (apt. M..riis n
• statesmen of this time;abj(. WlUir8c ? n*.niay be temporarily pros- has agreed aut t„ niolest her m.ti! fo.a
Capt. Matiry h.is expns^e<l h!s ilc-t
United SUtes policy in regard to the whole. - • «• «ew siaiesmer. oj tins time aUe 0)Ursc , IIemav temporarily pros- has agreed aut to molest
of Sontli I me ica—a sort of noti- eof what ¡ T " *!.. « ith the departed tr;iU,l and euibarrass^l. but reaction will miles out at sea.
they may expect in their turn if the wishes U:iy a'"1 Webster. How few are uko h|^ ;|S evinct^ in |lis c;iSe, and lie
and interests of the United States are the public men now hving in tlus Inion, \ 3tam,s furth ÜJC m(wt a,illlircil and nation not te be take..; and his pas*., ^
thwarted and contravened. It is aUo hint-, w Ut> deservedly hear the name of great,^,,.^, cvcn ,|y 1|(080 who wcrc ready standby him.
to condemn him, of all the public men of No armed men from the cutter's l oat an
the present time. Wherever he goes, in allowed to come on board the schooner
r.u -
rer*
ed that this expe lition may be in part in- aud h >w often do we sadly fear that their
tended by President Buchanan to withdraw places will be but poorly supplied. If there
attention from internal subjects of discord. | '8 au¿' true genius and extraordinary talent
The editor, however, is disposed .to believe
that the expedition has net been sent ont
without good reason, and expresses the
hope that it may result in the breaking ap
of the exclusive policy of Lopes :
•iff so, the invasion of the waters of Para-
guay by this expedition cannot do other-
wise than very great g^od; and all tlie
. , „ world will be greatly oblfced to the United
befcra Congress {j3tafcteg jf ft iasists on £ró things indis-
B n peanbie to the free and éecore navigation
of those waters—the dismantling of the
batteries of Itapira, and its fortified camp,
and the reduction of Lopez's river flotilla
to a strisgth required for fiscal purposes
only. For, if we aré to have the free use
of the Plata and its tributaries, we most
njt tdlerate the existence of a large arm^i
force commanding the passege of the rivers
the South at least, he will be welcomed Mo bilk, Dec. y —2 r. u. The
amjng the political men of the present j tjie jOI„jest aCelamations of praise, sent this mording refern-«l to the move
ay. Mr. Doas^ l'a, At on, Umo ,1„ Wiu, ^ r.,r Mr. l o„Sl .-„K„t of t!,c Nicarag,,. ci,Ü „
n„g the hotlwt of the contest between the1^ w will 0„I}. atll| tll!lt >v0"|wpc ,0 Mo„Jilv „ig|„ « "
may get so able and so good a man for our La«<-r information direct from the scene
next Chief Magistrate. |of operations has just been received, frutu
whidi it ap|tears that the filibusters are far
at sea, out of the reach of pursuit.
The ¿Schooner Susan will, the Xicaragi.au
opposing parties on the long agitated Kan-
sas question, he saw proper to differ, not
only with his colleagues, but with the ma-
jority of his party. For this he was violent-
ly a88ailad and condemned by those who
would cling to that party with the tenacity
of death for the emoluments likely to be
obtained. But the questiou should always
be decided in the mind of honest and high-
toned principles before passing judgment;
otherwise, jnstice might be unjustly dis-
pensed.
As a casual and impartial observer, we
OFF FOR MCA HAUL* A.
of Conrrtss he P*™* Fttagnay, «s it the case just
.Mi now. In it« abatement England has just
SÉ deep an .interest as Braxfl, the Argen-
tino Confederation, and the United States ;
and so far as that goes we shall watch the
progress and fortunes of this American ex-
pedition with interest and hope.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Dec. 6.—The Thirty-Fifth
its second session to-
and received the
at ten minutes to S
-The Senate and
and Tuesday, but
'importance,
yesterday, they ad-
ay, to give time to
? committees.
* the Se
Railroad are
central route
Clayton*
laid oyer from
House,
of
o'clock. The
i to fill
in the various
'J
, -is placed on the
on the
Committees
with Qie ex-
Carolina,
, of'Missouri,
on Wa
Ta., on
^. Hopkins, of
"onForeign
0WW
*«
nra and Judges
thereof,
sugw-and salt into
brought up and
i of a bffl to abolish
and substitute there-
As a history of the movements of the Xi- emigrants on board, escaped the vigilance
caragua emigrants, since our last issne, we Qf t|ic rcvCuuc cutter and put to sea on
append the following telegraphic dis- j Tuesday evening.
patches: ^ j Tj(C
revenue cutter McLelland, in at-
Modilr, Dec. 5. A sclutoner (name not tempting to overhaul her aud keep within
giNen) is reported to have left this port at gun-shot rango, got aground in ti shoal
twelve o'clock last night, with one hundred water 0f Navy Cove, aud had not been
have always thought Mr. Donglaa' conreji"1*1 9cvcnti"-:'v0 n'on on board who nn-;.Ue lo g^t off at the time onr informant
KMh^lv ™.¡.J!rL „;.k SUp|KmcJ ^ W aP°rtloa ,hc N'camgna tft tl« lower hartar.
emigrants latelh gatlicred here uuder (ien.. The schooner is supposed to be some
Walker. three or four hundred miles at sea by this
Tl e vessel was cleared for coasting voy- i¡nic.
ago to Florida, bnt it is bolicvcd she has , TIkj success of Capt. Maury in evading
sailed for some point on lite coast of Xica- pursuit and in resisting seizure while in
ragua. I the harbor, gives very general satisfaction
It is known that Gen. Walker was not to our citizens and those interested in thu
of the party, although it is believed Col.
entirely consistent, not only with his pre-
viously avowed principles, but equally so
with the fundamental principles of the
Democratic party, as set forth in their plat-
form. Tli is Kansas bill embodied the doc-
trine of the party, and any but an exact
and literal oonatruction of that bilTt would
surely be a deviation from the true faith.
Did Mr. Douglas or the party falter in car-
rying out its intent ? He then had the
boldness, regardless of the odium and loses
he was likely to snstain, to stand firm.
He has shown himself the undaunted cham-
pion of the great foundation and support
not alone of republicanism, bot American
liberty. What is that? The right of the
people to decide for themselves all matters
and institutions of a local character, as
granted by the Constitution and the no less
important principle of States Rights. Do
away with these and where have we s
barrier to the encroachments of tí federal
powers and general government. Destroy
these.and we would be but little better off
than if we were under an absolute mon-
archy. They constitute the palladium of our
freedom.
What is generally known as Popular
Sovereignty comprises only the simple right
of a majority of the people, authenticated
citizens, of a territory to decide what t'teir
institutions shall be, so that they do not
oonflict with the national Constitution. But
here we would suggest that Mr. Djuglas
nor any other supporter of the principle
has satisfactorily defined at what time dur-
ing the territorial state, the people have a
right to decide upon their local institutions.
Some say at any time after the organiza-
tion of the Territorial Government; others
• *
say that this right is not to be exerciséd
until they come forward foe admission into
the Union, and that such matters sha!l be
determined in the State Constitution. Thkr
we con5eÍKUte-bc"-íué proper time, other-
wise, the fate of a large extent of country
might be left to the desires of a few squat-
ters, and we should then have "squatter
sovereignty," which is nothing more nor
...... less than anarchy. We think the latitude
c, gave notice of a ggjj 0f a territory will have the most
important bearing upon the adoption or not
of that institution which has given rise to
so much excitement from year to year, and
which has, long ago, divided this Union,
so fer as popular feeling and unauimity of
sentiment are concerned. Slavery can nev-
er prosper except in soil producing certain
articles, which, alone, can make it profita-
ble. . In these regions white labor is use-
less, can never supply the place of the
black, and, consequently, Slavery will take
possession of them 4 All the opposition and
fanaticism of the North cannot exclude it
from these localities. On the other hand,
all the uninhabited territory belonging to
the United States cannot be made slave
soil, for the very reason that a large por-
tion of it is not adapted to negro labor. If
this is true, then Mr. Douglas is correct in
his speech lately delivered at Memphis. He
"í! i- U ••
Exnamoirio Pjuuctat.—
is now attracting a good
vfcsh
he subject. The loadtn
News of November 13th, speaka of it aa a
voaNovmmn.—A list of
for the past month, published
Tori pape , shows an aggre-
41 vessels, of which t were ships, 1
ik, 18 were brigs end 33 schooners.—
fpial mine of property lost was $668,-
500. This is the value of property totally
Imtt exclusive of damage to vessels not
toa total loes and of partial
of cargo The losses for the last
riem months have been 800 vessels, rain-
id a $8,048,391, against 585 vessels, val-
aed at $18,850,800, during the same time
Stxtaxt.—We bear at the
Navy Department a confirmation of the re-
port that Commodore Stewart has written
Anderson was with the men who went o
board last night.
Very little is known here of the affair, as
it was conducted in a very mysterious
manner, and only the initiated had auy
suspicion of the intended movements of the
emigrants.
Moeilb, Dec. 6.—It now appears that the
apparent abandonment of the Nicaraguau
expedition, on account of the refusal of the
Government to grant a clearance to the
Alice Tainter for Greytown, was only in-
tended as a blind to deceive Judge Camp-
bell and the Grand Jury.
It has heen ascertained that one hundred
aid fifty or two hundred men have been
quartered about one mile from the city for
several days past instead of having return
ed home as wr s reported. They were only
awaiting the termination of t're examina-
tion before the Grand Jury of the Supreme
Court before attempting an illegal expedi-
tion. J
Their concealment has been kept a pro-
found secret to the public.
Their orders' were to remain quiet in
their codcealment, and be ready for em-
barkation at a moment's notifying.
They left their quarters at about 11 o'-
clock on Saturday r.i¿lit, and unobserved,
one after another got on board .the vessel
and sailed down the Bay.
Mobile, Dec. 6.—Several persons well
known as tfcing connected with the Nicara-
guan movement are missing this morning,
and it is reported that a number of vehicles
enterprise arc rejoicing at tho result.
W0MEX TO THEMSELVES.
Tho Xew York Mercury has "a place in
its columns called the "Ladies Promenade,"
where the editor publislie# letters from
lady-correspondents with his own remarka
upon them. When women are left entirely
to themselves, or with an old married edi-
tor, they soou lose their tempers. As an
evidence of this, we subjoin tlie following
letter, which is take., from the promenade.
"It is not goed for womcu to be alone."
"Oh, dear—oh, dear I what is to become
of that wicked piece of humanity, tho
"Little Widow V but I have tosked a most
foolish question, the answer-to which she
will find recorded in her Bible, in Rev.,
chap 21, last part of the 8th verse—All
liars, etc."
So you call it a sharp letter of hers—
well it may be shaqi—but 'tis awful grt tty.
She accuscs me of uniruthfuUeu—well, I
forgive her -she is the one that has the
"pork and Utters." Don't she say that her
poodle set upa moat unmerciful squeal ?
She denies having had six hnsbsitds—well
all I have to say is, if they were sil hrr
husbands, then they ought to km beta. Now,
Little Widow, let me tell you, I never had
the nightmare in my life. About the-"nar-
ratives"—yes, tl«ey were good—I am not
ashamed to let folks know that I eat pigs'
narratives when I like. You doa's have to
pay for them—so yon need not find suy
fault--you are so observing, perhaps you
were observed last night going down the ^ telf eMCt|j how many kimkt there was
Bay road at a late hour. - I ¡n each and every tail (horrible wopLV
It is believed General Walker has bees H jW doeg thB g rj thatKves with you know
concealed pear the city, directing tl**e! mbout my pig eating, bey ! I haven't had
movements, and has probably joined the bot two g]rfo s¡uce I viB marr . d. Cne were
vessel at some point agreed upou down the ¡T¡dy. she ]¡Ted with me for years, then got
OM,.E, Dee. 1.—The echooner Sn«,n.1 ^^ ¡ 'hen I got the girt Peggy-the
ba
Captain H. Maun-, with the Nicaragua cmi-
one Tommy did kiss—-and it so happened
ji.aui^, W.ÍU U«. , J k. f aootber ^r, Tklj ^
grants on boaad, while beating down Mo-¡ * .
bile Bay yesterday, for the anchorage of the.4\see me' ^ ,a. "ne<
merchant fleet in the lower harto, ; her hnahand. ^*onkl be l«*. g fo, .
boarded by the U. S revenue Cutter Robert P'ace 80 * Íust PSS7 °® •
McLelland, commander J. J. Morrison.
Commander Morrison demanded the pa-
pers of the schooner, bnt Capt. Maury re
Tidy back—so, if your girl is Peggy, I'm
glad of it, for she will be all the punish-
ment 1 can ask for such as yon. 1 should
ola
.4
plied that the vessel had not yet cleared, r tí.er tako my part in that awful utke than
Mid was only bound for the anchorage to be obliged to look after her a year-
ground of tin; fleet in the lower , harbor to, thorn's my sentiments. suppose jou
get ready for sea. • \ j think you're doing great things—whst d yo
Commander Morrison said lie should be supptxie folks care about what I est ? It's
obliged to seize the schooner as a prize of a free country but to save you tlie trouble
the United States, under an order from the of telling any more, I will here state, thst
Custom house officers of Mobile. not being able to obtain pork enough here,
Capt. Maury stated to him that such a Mr. Jones has got a nice place in Cincm-
course would be illegal, aud that he would nati, and we are going there to live. Yet
not aubmit to its execution, whereupon I hope I shall never be so fig-ith as to
. j Commander Morrison returned to the F.e-' want everything I see, as does the " Littl í
« Whenever climate, soil snd production TeDQe cntter' leav'DS Lient" WhiLe on t wírrlf he«-ÍL
combine to encourage the use of slave la- J ^ schooner as tlie guest of Capt Maury,, look at the first letter or tiers—see Oow sns
bor, the people will accept and protect it, the latter declining to receive him in any tned to entice my Tommy from me? well, I
and wherever these circumstances do not I other character. hope he'll—no, I donH either—be hat been
exisí, the contrary result will follow." schooner then proceeded down the good tó me, and I won't wish any bad
These are the natural protections of this Bay to the fleet in the lower harbor, for the wisl.es. Good-bye, thou with the squealing
property. Carry it into climates incom- purpose of taking on board a supply of poodle. Xeüt Xsttlk.
to 4he Secretary of tbO Navy requesting to patible with its prosperity snd it will either water.
be relieved from the command of the Piula- j be gradually eradicated, or be expelled at ¡ There is great excitement among the Corro*.—About two thousand bales of
delphia navy-yard. Commodore Stewart once by the voice of the people, jfo better passengers on board the Maury and they cotton, it is computed, have passed through
also says that if the strain which is placed line of demarkation can ever be established are determined to resist any illegal our streets this week, and the cry is "still
upon him be not speedily removed, be will than the one alone of profit, resolving itself seizure. they come." Tlie entire road from here to
his commission, snd retnrn to the into the almighty dollar. Tnc revenue cutter boat, provided with tlie Bay, we are told, is almos! literally
the various swords and medals Territories will be organized out of the men and arms for the purpose of boarding strung with wagons bearing tlie snowy
with which he has been presented, as testi- public domain, and a Constitution framed tin; schooner at her anchorsge, attempted staple to market—indeed one may ride tbo
nouials of gratitude for services rendered admitting or excluding this snecies of prop- to take forcible possession, but were re- entire distance without losing sight of a
his country. erty as may be most advantageous to tie pulsed by order of Copt Maury, who stat-d l aded cotton wairon. Sucha vast nu®*
We have, however, good reason to be- inliabitants. Self interest is one of the to them that tliev wr-re violating the nnri- ber of wagons would, of themselves, if ew
prime constituents of the human race, and time laws, and tuat the passengers would verted into money, build no iwoiisidcra-
it lieve thst Commodore Stewart will be no-
minated to the Senate for complete rcstora- pecuniary profit is much sought bv tlie resist any
war, accompanied by three thousand tfon to h'w former rank.—States.
(American people. Give the people their schooner.
illegal attempt to seise the ble numl>er of m.les of railroad.—'/«¿im.W
i Iwimtrer.
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