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Weekly Arkansas Gazette from Little Rock, Arkansas • Page 2

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I' I. I i FIL32 CUE lanSSTJS C0SaESP335EXT. COXCRCSSIOXIL SrFIlBT. Axmcnr iRmsis. tus foote bjelad bifficiltt.

4 ClCaCtt At Cause and EfTctt-The Bnty trt The followbignceount of the unfortunate diffi-, tic CCflC and the Plm ly toMeasrs.FowandBoai1,hicli arcely hassubaided the extement occasioned 1 0ccurreJ ia Washington evenin of TtUgTMpktl to tha Craciaaatfi F.jmirrr. Trt Vttki later frca Enrore. nnriL cf nz mini xucul might amaze you. Cat at I I can now say, ia ia general terms, aa in a few dsy. wiQ be out inevitably.

It is, that Mr. Buchanan (a. wa. intimated through th. press) was preparing a plan which would, ia all probability, alike satisfy South, and secure, enough of Northern voira to carry it.

Buchanan was here for th parpoae. the 14th is from Uie Washinston cor- responaent or tnt Baltimore Sun: -A difficulty arose yesterday th front of the Inlel-Iieeneerofficebetween Senators Foote and Borland. Mr. FiHe dropped a few words Um powers" of Mr. Calhoun, which Mr.

BorW eon- ren" DPO atmav-lf, a scuffle ensued, a which den. I oota was struck in the face. He 1 1 tic i Ma renuy reenvered from a severe attar- fcrht Mr for trert ngnt. Air. oorland, Uie moment the blow was struck, perceived himself the r-xtrem.

LlZZZZ and unsenerouaneaa of his cnadact.and afxloired fnr it in m. 1.. wnicn atone could atone for his rash conduct. The occurrence ia the mi K. ....4 Messrs.

Foots and Borland have been frieads.and try recent occasion, defended Mr. Borland against the asmult or his enemies, i am glad to add that the anconditional apolosy offered by Mr. Borland, has since been considered personally satisfactory to Gen, Foote: and that, in all probability, Mr. Borland will this evening be introduced to the bedside of Geni Foote, to ftnake banda with aim -r fence was it.was rertainly an act sfi luauce and miwri 1 1 mi wen a f.r the dignity of the of which Mr. Borlan as i tried I anruerr, St'i 1:1 HLiiiimmcu.

i.i to "7 woald add As the above article represents Mr. Bdklikd to i i I A 1 i i have ackoowle Igd himself in the wrong, and to though they madhia 'master President, who made Mon-ir Heudiht Consul, and thia personage, justice to Mr. to publish the following extract if fed upon gilded atavwUl doubt be an appo-of a leRCr from from which will be seen priate character for some modern Plutarch to com-ha- or required, by either pare with the illutrioua officer, bearing the same I 1 ij title who flourUhei in the Roman era. i Now, as 'writer tn the Baltimore Sun represents everything has a 'Wnward tendency," from the that I made an apology, by way of aeUlii the af White House -andta Capital, may we hot fair. Tliat is utterly false.

Neither made an apol-' not veqoireu or wougni or, the causes in progm. It ia no atretch of the either side. I The expression of resret. and kind agination to affirm Lt 4 consentaueous, and simuhaf neous. i be whole affair was without premedita- 'shrouds the Hall oCongrew, while the "flarin-lion on faher most unexpected to both, tapers" of Messrs.

alboun, Webster. Cass, and as, was.ahke, mortifying to, and regretted by, others, "brightenini they waste," like the shoot- j'S 1 i The foliowingnoticeorthe reconciliaUon, which, we infer was auihorisea by the parties, we copy from ihq Waahmgton Union, or the 9th ult: To correct all miunnr.i..n.;n arisen in the ptiblie mind, from the many and more Presldenl 1852, a then slavery in the District or lest erroneous reports of there ent misunder- of Columbia wouldte abolished, and end in the Storl reconcitiatio? fcW" States. What morit person titan Seward would senators oote and Bosland, we make the fo i 7 towing brief statement on proper authority: free-sonera wantWi he and the runaway ne- The meeting between those gentlemen wai acci- "ughus, thr Ivorite lecturer of the Abolf- dental and altogether friendly; and the conversation tionists; who goesfoabolishing slavery, the Con- entirely A' Criatian Religion! He is the leous aqd kind. As the conversation proereased. it rew earnest and excited, from he nature of the for noraee RIann wu'd pro-subject talked of.

Language wai used by one of hably be SecreUry oltate, and Henry Bibb- ano wire vnu onensive oyane other, and blows ensued. A moment afterwards the heat of temper subsided, and each of the gentlemen felt And expressed deep regret at the occurrence and when this was represented to both, by common friends, they mutually and at once declared their unchanged fespect and kind regard for each other, and, upon meeting a short time afterwards, expressed these sentiments in fe'k thB l.tXAli"Pl cord ia fnenu'hip wbiclLhad before subsisted between them if! LITTLE IOCK. FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL' S.lSSff. 1 Larger thia" iai other Partr ia the Slate 1 OFFICE, VP 8TAIR3, IN CEEBE'S BI.TLDIJJG8, tlHAtt LiuJ. it Att that STBCET.

N'JTICE TO pELlSQJCEST 3 'On referring tot out bribk, we find I hut nearly one-fourth of the brisrionl subscriber, to the "Democrat' have not paid U.1 a cent ince its commencement, Slat May, that, in May next, each: lf them will Ow; us fJ6 being tlie subscription price for four1 y4ar, when not paid in -advance; and, also, that, aj large proportion of our subsequent subscriber, are in arrears or front one la three years, Aajsuca patrons are a drawback on any newspaper, And as we cannot afford to furnish them any longer our, witltoujtmnre substantial evidence of ijheir; wiHinRnesa and iiiUnfion to-pay for it, than we have hitherto had we take this early opportunity to tiotiify all who are in arrears, that, en tht 10f JWdj rifrl, (when the will close), shall strike from our list the name of every without respeetto persons, who i -shall then be in arreari to us for xwoloa Moati i I we hope all who want our pa per, and are really I (Imposed to pstrenue it, promptly remit I amount due us, before th 10th May next. JSone 1 need offer the excuse lhat they have no convenient i way of remitting money, when all ve invited to i remit by mail, eurrii, jeither in current Bank; I olea, or in soldi coiij. Receipts will be promptly-l returned by the first mail for all moneys received t.n..k (. Mi. inn, iiivtlllllll i rho whoi remit tha amount due bylOth May next, either, by mail, or through private eon-, wilt rMivi rnllJ AH Alif tlAAa Inul is.

1 1 i. tws vniiiuin(uii V9 usually pay our iraa i eiinz Agents. a i Agents for Uie Oaaett and Democrat. tl "the following imilocnrB in rwwvrmtwr p-U6, advcruimiiunt, avci, and rini flr uiv moneys the ljxette and Utiaorrai" otocc la ihcir respective ceuii fir i O. White II.

takmtn Walilron, Scott co. i P. H.UU, v. nriiKtcicin, Dallsa co. i 1 Gto.

Waiut-ml llwil.inpilsrt, 'e ra. Juma J. StaU, Mount Ida, Mtntpmierv en. I bm fl. Jru4, P.

YU c. 1 i Hrfn, Ijemarille. Larvpup. ra. j.

mjfrrm r. aray, nits-en. i John QwuUnr, Jomraj cck; ff. C. S.uUer, P.

anl5lin eo. JTwiUrMl ialla, P.i Gnlla Creek. Pose i J. J. Hiaumrtl, li-fU-nn tn.

'I lltram IK. Mm, Clinton, Tan Bureco. 'SP Cn, De Or. J. J.

titmum, ITtlickat-ut, VH "wan Amm Pterin" laird eomay. L. T. SI I' antecniMiniia the h'GRTTS in md irf tar rts, i Nn of any aparte ptTiii llaik, ta-. in imtrtm half Eitle.

iRceaipu will iniuicdiiiielT re-tnmed for allanch rvonttaneea.1 i I'i'i' iIimw wiih ICTWe are authorized to announce CoIwAlci-i ison C. Owatr (the present incumbent) as a can dtdate. for SherilT of Lafayette countyat the next August election .1 is i tfyr-r'-i-. 1 4: ii.ii'-'-i ifr. -'J are autlioriied to announee Johv as a candidaw fur re election as Sheriff of Ccm- wy county, at the elejcaioii in Augustext e-, LWe are authored to annoiiice fUr.

HARDY JONES as a candidate for the House of Repre-senUtives, from Pulaaki eeuntr, at the bextAu- 'gusi election. j- tCTOur Advertising friends are desired to send in their favors on pf before 10 o'clock every Thursday morning, as oub paper usuairj to press on that evening. YnY'ain AH new subscribers' to the "GiiETTsaml Dk-iochjit" must pay onts year's subscription itwiil not be sent to any, in uture," without sucb paymvntj Remittances by mail, for subscriptions or advertising, mnry be m-ide at our risk, in any current fund 1 1 IDThe rier riaing slowly yeatcr-i i wa. about seven ieet water in the channel, ST We are'i'ndebted bT.w". Loaa Clerk of Ills Trustee, for late Cincinnati I tXWt are under pblfgations to Moaooca Castcb, of Napoleon, for late New Orleans, Mera-i phis, Louisville and Ourinnnti papern, forwarded to ui per mail-steamer Wm.

Armstrong. I ItT Thanks to Majt the Mail-ateamer Writ. Antiatramg, fur late New Orleans and St, Louts papers. (i UTTha steamer Trustee sarjrived hers on Tuesday last, from Cincinnati, ojii: her waylo Fort Smith. She'had on board quite a large aber emigranubouni Califoraia, via Fort SWiihw Th Trustee had two hundred and fifty Ions of freight for our river, and about seventy-fire passengers for this city and various points above.

T' i CTThe telegraph send a report of a very I citing seen in the Seitat, 'dn the 26th and Tfth i tilt. between Senators jBcntoni and FooteJ See Congressional Summary. i i I I BTLangtree's SiVnl Mapln'f 4 ad-Yerttsed in another eaiumn, Wt refer ad-' vertiaemant for particular of description, price, JTha U. V.VimU CwUJon. D.

Riaco, "7udge, aontaneiKied ia rebxr term on Monday lastj v-! 1 J'l '1 t'w f-t i i tJTA Ptl-ffice has beien establinhed at Brown-ville, Johnson and II. Brown appointed p.w. 'Ui Hickory Hill P.O., hat been db- continued.1';;: i tTThe President has issued an nrder the Sec-Veurjrof War, directia; hat tjhe full uniform now-worn in the array, a ilud- drtss coat, with while buff Minings, band-box at, shall be j4hrown ande, and the undress fr.ick now worn shall be the full uniform witlij tiie addition of ibe epaulettes, the remo ral 'if which makes an undress uniform. The areaa! euat worn by the privates is substituted by Jt sadk. 1 -ttTTwo nejroes have Heaelected to represent Guadalupe in tlx National Aiaembly of Fraitce.

ICTTha Memphis papeni atata that the 'scarlet fever ft raging to a conaidirrabe extent iii Helena: Saveral deaths have alresiry deenrred among the children. -'i I I Wt are gratified to learnjl by: the following note from Mr. Senator Cokln9, aed the accompanying letter front the Postmister General, that the Department baa determined to hold all delinquent mail contractors to a strict J- When 1 aaw your editorial, Complaining of the feegligeoeeand irregulariuea of (the Arkansas river mail, I cut it out and iaejoseii it in a atrongly. worded letter my ownytp tH P. General.

This is his response. I If tile etl be not remedied, you mutt Mir up our friend to visiknee, ie; 1 i i 'i 4 PstTOrries DeirV, March 20. 1RM. i Sir-lh rostmaster tj instructs me to acknowledge the receipt yoxtt letter of the 9th and to answer your Imiry reapeeting the piail-roote from Npoeo Rock. The Contractors: on that route were fined f243, ifor the failure that had beeiii reiiorted forthequar- 1 Ut tnii tt 31' ff Pecemberi The eases for the preaetit quarter (erriin 31st have ot yet been acted on, but will ue taken-up for de- tiaioM la a few dnys, when (he ton tractors will be beld strictly accountable fflr -ery delinqueney whirb may bave wme to Jth jknowWje of the nnartment.

The same Wur wiH taken in i regard to rfMitrartart ho lmta not fuJCSlei tUeirntract atipulationa. i i i ha the honor to be, il-erif respectfully WM, DUMiDAH, Chief Chrlt, HaJuu'ton, 15, 1S50. Sir Senator Eenrd has at length attained tSat notoriety he has long desired. Tlie "cetered opaiea" of Jfe York recently held a union meeting, at whichhe honorable gentleman was rKSmuiated for the lesideacy, and Frederick Dou glass, a runauxxg nn, received the nomination for, the Vice Presidenct Par luAlOt fndrmm. If the first named is successful in exchanging cargoes of Dutch at Irish, for nesroes.

as he aaid to Qo- Smith, thie Was willing to do, ha will ii erj strength! his Ucket, and may, perhaps. S1 maay electot votes in the next jwesideniial contest as Mr. Va.tSureD obtained in we last. 1.4. jv la, I uiuivu, ilia laic in U1C OCUCMfJ HU Piuxuh uuu so low in the estiifion of every patriot, that he needed something revive hie -drooping spirits, and it is weH he hafn'ends, negroes though they be, to comfort him niis hour of troubles.

He has run the gauntlet wi every faction in the State of ew i oric, commcing, with Anti-masonry and ending with AholiD. What an appropriate climax to such a polfcal career. But, to be serious, the people sometins take strange fancies into their beads In 1840, Harri- the Presidency, and, with him. power ccieuraiea uutcner. 10m r.w- B.

has figured ia tlie political wona as the mostelebr World as the mnatptdhnifod miiumr nf niilln. rina. In 184S. iK AMA to contemplate futu; events and consequences front age; dartnej prevai in theSCabiiieturorlnrj en- meteors, leave Ithmg but; the gloomy atari; viesf of night, to be jtsided over by Seward, Hale, Hamlia, Root, Giddtjsi Horace Mann, and Preston King, and the Jer in famous Wilmot. Ho-raceMann has said lat we would have a free-soil ther runaway ngrovvnuld be a fit Secretary if the Treasury.

If tjeir administration would not compare favorably iith th, it would be a poor one in- A more coiviliatofyirit ia prevailing. I think California wil be aduated with her present constitution, and aerhaps thr North may accede to other measures, hich will satisfactory to the South. ahu All busmoJsmCongrts is nearly at a stand and iui wiwi (iter were worth, a. tiart o4. eom.

trutu to the saftty the Union, to be adoniMl to be V's arj practicable, or rejected if c. -ie aaaea ior tne f.oUUI was juui.ee anu equality UUer the Constitution. If this could be bad with is Consu'lution as it is, he wa. content; if not, 1 thoughtHhe Wrum.nt ought to be amendetLUusdce and equality, the basis of the Union heart and lungs of the Constitution demand 10 no compromise, nodiIay. Jiberality or generosity on either side.

Will the rlrth refuse so much? Can the south agree to lakeH? Corresnjdence ejae PemuJranlm i.u March S. 11 ha been long, inuH, since an oratorical ef- 1. iiumi in, pouucaifuouc or the metronoli. with half the force whf Mr. pcocn caiys wun it.

lam no Cal- rfiops written more and 7 orer be luthem State, against bis I'riT" d.riecommen1 almost any other TZtTl read .0 powerfu speech. His pecunar no! and have much to do in 6xin dre on tbiS concluon h. he hoint to ZZI, pibility, inatme- ougnt but nm? mat nought but a nee in the Csuutinn. cnanse in tne Wosatiuton. tn in her equality of reisentaTio" T.

i0 of natural cauisl must atrik. .11 v. u. req reaaonvhy the South, in can read his reaaonaWhv withouttrem- be granted To ijuuic nun, wouiu oe I attemntan 1. lhat of -itUfying I reTXuh w.nal,eve1i"'ieen man in th.

coun- Th.fe noTh0 eed hard17 remV in comparison tothi. 'P" eryll'nS 'aid or written upon the question. thLinter, almost into Exeepihs speech of Gen. Cass whci! eflect by the extent to which ttwa. elaborate! nothjng 'approaches President mesaairfon the subject bein an effort to dodge every is 0po which j'ike.

bold have explained himself fully ami faarlMy toiha-nsonU rh-ii Clay'B th. hour rf iU it prr'MM' fr electmneerin? Se. fp). For nothing i Fo, ZSn' this ouest on. waa one uPn rum occupied mtT' 'Peech.

Thousand. wers som in lite streets for immediate perusal; idtc IV Kin inoiiHjinn nt Mr n'ai! 10 person, at a iJiance, holdin" I Tff Pin afT" Heretofore, mf here were ia the in th. fast in every political tU in tbi. xJ.J'lT'r. ht denizens of "ficraia, embracing th.

r. efnoi iuii Ml BIHI StenSlV lAvnl.i.ln. 1 roP- Eu" U. Extractor a letter to le Editor, dated city, AVta 17 I Just ow at hberty give I ivui niiit.il M.e outrages in Manot county, and qnteTe- somea aer wonted way in that section of ih Slate, ere the community are again disturbed, the same ot Arkansas disracedjiuid the character of ber people defamed, by the occurrence of wild scenes of riot and bloodshed in Manlgomery cotm-ty. AH the particular which have come to band, relative, to thia last emvtr, we have given; but for the correctness of these accounts we cannot vouch.

It is apparent, however, that ih'p law has been usurped, and thai in a fierce collision between parties of citizens, several lives have been sacrificed. Wherever the accounts of these and similar out-ra5es arp received by th law-anid-order portfon ofour citizens, the liveliest feelings of concern are excited, we3 oowirtg, as they1 doj the baneful influence! w4ilch a' knowledge of these' occurrences must exert upophe character of our people abroad, and which is reflected upon as through a thousand different channels, most aertonsSy aaicttitg eery branch of trade and. bueiaess witliinj oajr Iiniit, as well, as retarding the settlement 0f our by preaeating to theview 4f the, emigrant whi mny chaace to have bis turned hitherward, riumiliatirig spectacle1 of the utter arm of the Law to nrbtect hianentoni hi. ar hia rights fromiattack, control, and inraaioaj i i i Df tneyudgment tRegulajbj-s, jLynchers, and i Mobocrats, who msy think themselves justified by certain circumstances, in annulling the civil and criminal code, and dispensing jaslice with the pistol, the knife, and the rnpe. To ay; tlinl these occurrences are deeply regretted, and earnestly reprobated by the great mass of is but re'peatjng well fcnowi truths when these truths 'are the whole duty of the People and the Press tx-en fafly performed? rest here omit nnother aimilar occurrence takes jplace, and flWn, after reiterating nur diaaroyal, pass it by, and await, as (before anntber occurrence of tlie aame kind to bedisposed of in the rame From such a feejble corretnive aa this jbow can any good results be expected? it not tbeplam'duty of all good citizens to ponder upoii these matters traee up the evjls, if possible, to their sources, aiid when! these snuttces shall be discovered, u(ute whh deter-.

mined resolution and vigilant entleator to extirpate the germs of evil, and uproot the poisonous which, likft the Upas tree, hajte tainted ths moraL atmosphere of our land, and left in so many local? ilies the bones of its, victim to warn travelers of jhe fate which, perchance, awaits them if they de-; termine to incur the hazard of conu'ng within die circles of its deadly influence, i i-. It ia tisdegs it is criminal tiTattempt to disrtiise the fact that these evils, exist hi our lariJ.and have their sourtjes in a diseased stale of public opinion, which, Cislening itself upon the communkV in its earliest infandy, his been permitted to pursue its course, sometimes, witft nruch faster pace than at others, breaking oitt hf re and ilifreTin lomhsome patches, until scarcely a portion of oWr whole sys4 tem has bten preservel entirety exempt "from iisi influence. The body politic is afflicted with a foul scurvy, and there js scarcely a single; part which! has not at some time or other, exhibited, in a higher or lower degree the jeorropting effects of this disease. Examine the whole ihiatoiry of the government of our Stale, and then iij whether the evit or the good has predominated irt iu resulis to the We have been plunged Into debt we have been annually taxed to the utmost extent or our meanand what have we! received in reran) HasasinechUd been educated by iihe means in lnc oiau-s xias a single movement been mad to give usaiiy internal improvements iwliat has been doneTor the People, fo ameliorate their condition at born. la- short, eonducins' and elevttheir tha has been isystem judicature buti an ropty formula ofj justice I What our legislation but a costly farce? and when our laws were to be enforc ed, what has tlie Executive power proved to be, invested aait is in tlieory, wkh the God-like attributes of ubiquity and omnipotence, everywhere present witjl iu protecting gis(and Everywhere vigilanUy watching the righu of all with Us Argtta eyes, what it proved to he, in practice, but a mere spectral which, while it may serve to awathe ttmjd; is openly defied; and scoiited by the desperado, and its impoteiicy sneered at and chuckled oer iii aecret by the wairy plunderer of the the murderer, the robber, and the thief! Cannot Vice," decked out, iu the showy apparel bought wit ill-begottefi Sin, purchase from a well-filfel pttrselamuaity for all its crimes? Is it not daily approved and endorsed in public, while honest overty, in ita humble garb, iaijJMaed cold-'yy unworthy pf notice, contemned and pointed at a a condition to avoided, even at the expense of te righta of individuals and communi-tie, and ai the axHfic'of conscience, self-respect, and every atribuU that iterates the dignitjTof our nature above the iustuic of the brule? What are jthe causes of these eviU We a'n swer.they are numerous; but amongst' the most powerful causes of their perpetuation are to be found the carlessnesand neglect of our People in mattera eancerningthe public weal, and in the delinquencies of the Press.

It must be admitted that the people have no rery encouraging prospect before them, when they behold how completely they have been thwarted in their endeavors to erect a governmental fabric suited to their beltpld the matexlala erectisn of, fkir and spacious Temple for themselves and their children, seized unoni and used in constructing a Fortress whence are is aued order for levies jupoh ithe products of thei wn inaases for th. aubyisteace oeccssarv ia nuuntam a mere empty aliow of authority, on the pretence of itk eonsthiiting a gOTernment. which is pnderaned bp iu iHr'eatav powerless for good and imbecile ia ahiioatiagUl nave evil! They nvusg nevertheless, prepare themselves for action. Thei Mf at hand when Uiey must sfiakeoff the lethargy which has bound then), andLatrive diligently to ef- i uukm i um people are- to support a government, let lit be such an one as will cause the hevigUantly guarded, and the life, the libertr, Uie rights miA citizen, high or low, rjch or poorp to be preserved and If they wili aot do this, they mar as wett sleep on, and be content that the name of our State shall be forever used in all civilized eomi-munities as a synonyme for anarchy, misrale, imbecility, and ignorance.u.w. i i have aaaerted that the Press is in a hi-h degree responsible for the perpetuation- of the evils which arHiet the land, Let those who are isposed Jo cavil at tkisj position study well ita past history before they doay our assertion.

Have dispute aad partizan aquabblMi furnished the ehief "tapis oi ks wsMe, almost to the entire exclusion of every subject connected with the true interests of the puuue nm-ww no panizan ecnemes ottea cuumed precedence of all other topics, and, in many cases haa not the welfare of the People been considered as hut of secondary concern when the interests of party were involved i Where are the Presses tliat have striven to cultivate the moral sentiment amongst our people, and arouse them to a proper appreciation of their duties ae- members of one and the same community, harinff oneand tlie snme objects to accomplish, one and the same purposes to fulfill? We trust soon to see the whole Press uniting in this desirable work. If our system of government is so fauhy in its detail and ao ermfused in iu arrangement that it lack the power fully to protect the public interests, dearly the d'tttf the Press to endeavor toeorreet the defect by eWaiing the moral aentimcnUof the country tt 'to that point where uie laws aim power oi ui tuate are round to be in-ferauye. If the Pres can do this, it will have atoned, in some measure, fur Su neglect of duties iu 3ut times. i. I SENATE4' Th t.i1 reoorted the trict of Col-mU.

LZLZl U- poeaKM to evnetrwet eevtauo woik. view of the lone nmi.u CberW. wL7 uke-; ZtS flW the uarrert th transferord war amended-paed. 7 thr k. -Tk Wdmot pewv.

mml enurely 9m Urn. and th. rurht to do eteryihingT hav ih a i. i ft "ay I ri i tin 1 1 extreme rSkt a.LuTaltZ ed must latvoaL'y lend denJuZm HOUSE. Pn.Unr, reportta lavov of printing ioOO extra Jf to.

rerrt of tornni.uf ettmr nrt rertaia aaau. tb. WheebrryrailroadT" of r- l- wtro wa oppod to th aaeeaee. Th. II coantenamemi aa.

1 I givme ia rawer ever before conrerred Mr. id, ihat ta rnorrow I. wolj toMr. aiaha; th.t ha rrma.k bf the special order fo, Tburad.y. Severs! exec.tr..

eeaastabaM pn.te!y di.ym.ed nf. when ,1,, wenHIut Commute of the Wk-i- 7, kiln I mmmm -re. which TLi rZ. ay nrs topR up the till to eupply thad.fi. year" ffro'rUons fo Ih pveseaa fiscal A long iebat.

eraaed, in 'which much trri-tion to the 1 i tnwmr warn aaaae and they then, without definite acuon, araed. Marxh SI. SENATE. After Uie reeeotion of Mr. roole rnea to preaenl eertai ny tne Mia- swipfH liegisJat.re, retaliv to the of tats.

wi um ware i ft senat oi rerily "JcJ eecatty pabl. Intelh-eneer, in which a parallel a draw, between the tUnf.d ed Conventioo Nashville. I IU referred th Conventiovi, which woaU be held in th event or certain ctTewvt enactment taikier phac. lie Slid thoiw khi i. .7 auvnu It WOO IO pewV ibemMlre Uvtr.

L'to aad patnobe ci- He then mimrJ iK. ii unniimumsi ir. trad-bury reflation eUu. to removal. (rMa 9tUm 7 "uiiii.iBrT Mr.

Smith defamlxl mmn taao peechofomlenih. HOUSE. i Tne llntn. wmi r-Au upon th. hill io erry mi enrrt th Ue- J.a-Uary.

It rmvi4 comaummonar and clerk, aha! I iau.M. lot rnmtMioor IO On tnotioa of Air. McChrsaad, the bdl 'w. laid aside to ink an -i- vi las maw for th present ,.1 ymr. perdmC beiotr an a propria for clerk ha th I laVTIaara swtakwa ni k.

wa PIVThOr. i Conviderabt arorndmenu re'auv to lb corks' of lh Denart- ment at IK i I were mooiara, and lb bill sad. i other unimportant aer th. Committee roaa. lo? u1 Bnuu' Cos veotioa bill, and adjourned Martk 235 r.

m. BEN ATE. the bill STaJklinr i. .1. 1 tv ue waaew ai Ueneral Worth, as introduced, considered sad Mr.

Betla rvaoluiion nBii. C-. inaructioo of Our agent, tmpicyH to vie.t Hn-rry iring tb war heivee that eaaairy aad Aura, waa token p.od rreamed ih ooaaidrrmuoa af il r. Bradbury's ntolttin. pone unt.1 to-tntrrow, prevailed.

air. tJi corromia rrwiiuUons were then taken, op, after which wa pending uSe qoeauoo of nim io reirr uem to a arterf cava-mitteeof 13. Mr. Day ton had Ih floor ad apok am Ut ntml mmum i with reference California. He auribalea ail es- "U1 rmorastme.u th war with M.xsca.

and foeor of the im medial admissioa of Cal-ifomia without qaalifiratVoo. i 4 UOUSE. I Th bill reported fmot th Coremiue th appropriating 1 1 OQ XX) forth rehef af the captor, of the fricsl. in th. harbor af Tripoli, wa read, but objection- beirgf made, wa laid over.

Mr. Thomas mneed, that lb Iloose ra snl Committee of ihr W'knU i ad ih qvewtio) U-inr taken, il va derided aSraa ll.M. Ik -7 iu iw, qv ia peaser. om. further business th deficiency lull va ukea tip aad discaaaed anul AosmmnL frmhiafUm.MmrthOd.

Ta SeVmie taxlav tifamiiij adrraiion of th special order which was Brtd- wry resolution in relauon removal from office. j. i i Mr. Smith resumed hi rerasrk in defeoeo of PrtanlTitlMul nibiiiiiiiwivii iron ta chrg of proecription. I iwtea, Martk 2S.

m. SENATE. Mr. Dourtaa. from the r'jinnninu rie, reported a toll to admit California, and a to 1 organizing a Territorud Govern ment for New Tb Senate then rrrrAA ii 7 the special order, being th President's Cahfor- Mr.

Hunter addressed th Senate aX lenrth npaa the alavery question; maintaining tb rirht of th South I lake their ikiu ni.l. T. v. i iwi trw picturing th end which would be th result of iiaiooaaectaeaatoernrroeiaoB. said th Union eould -not be preseryed by ny patched up compromise, but wtt ready himself io do anything that promised peace if consistent ruk Ul ronsti luiiooaf ygbu of bm Stat.

Th Senate then went into Executive aessio, and adjourned. i i HOUSE, i The bill to supply th deficieneiea in the appropriation for Ih present fiscal year was ukea and tb question wa on lb amendment reported from tb Committee of th Whole. The amendment voting JCKWQ for a Minister to Prussia, and f500 for a Charge to Atm, war concurred in Yeas IH, Nay 72. Th amendment 1300,000 for th ubmatenc or the Fjnrida Indian waa concurred in Yea 105, Nays 75. Other smendmenu were concurred io, and lb bill passed.

The House then went into Commute of th Who! on th California question. Mr. Thorsio. amid was th firet Represent -uv rrom Oregon oa th floors He cam her not ee a party man. had bee grieved to hear California eland ered because she had daeed to pra-lect kerwlf and ask for lw aoicaaai wa.

that California be admitted into th Lnioo without plurkmp a sinrle hair from the gaid-a lock or her golden Coosuuitot. Ttlrgaphad tm tha St. VS. WkineJn, Marc A IS 8 r- M. SENATE.

Mr. Clemens petiiicin from eitiren of Alabama, praying that tb blranirtgt of may be extended to every feia-e ia the Uutea. Mr. Foote moved, itat the ti tr-ri- i a k'iisi rnvrnnnni'i in urn na rw AJexiro, ta token op, for tb purpose of it the -ecu I order for a day. A moe exciting pre between Mr.

Ernu. and Mr. Poet er.se rd. Mr. F-enton, a friend of Ca'ifomia, gar tic to those who desired her advt avion, tal they must now by was etit.

i4 totheeonaidrrauon of tKe ltT -lt we-t not to be jv i Foot, replied with wartwh, iri.i'-:r- -persona ettsck upon Mr. Errtc-na tf-w, i-s-( pugainglh moute of ar.J ici.m. that bis newborn fnendthrtt not for ih sake pro-. teeaea lie otber fcera U. him tip and ih.

wa kx.r for with ih mosi frvrh ar i.rtv. lleasao that tb Isi, rf rsa rre-- 'ence. i Mr. Vnton. 1 be.ev tha is the Aftkiii i-ki ate.

bf'iev lri, hy lb of the fna't and o-f decor fmjnul.uit sr.J ujit tnouirs arc h.l.iiea. JU auachs ah Th. Niimra ArriaaJ 1 1 Tl. night. Th political new.

i unimportant. Cotton Djrin past the market haa brn dull, hnl.l u. fc lJ ulimil IO a dtrlinm of I A. mil JmAiiuUu load before Uir. No chanre in Mobile or Naw Orleans.

The Quotation, fur DrtMn. Sid. (mr Oil mA Tv aale. fur toe two week, rommai bales, waicn specalator. look I U.OtK), Ih trad puirhas-inr spanny.

At JUvr the market haa beea very quiet. Irtn4iti flt. Th market bat bee eery qui, id nxat artirlrs have declined. Indian Corn, per qtiarter lower for white, and W.fol yellow. Ftour-Beat Weatem Canal, Balunsor and Ohio has declined 2.

6J. per M. Prtwuian. Th market ha. rather improved.

Beef is in good demand at 6is. for old, and 73te0. for new llama, aad dull. ShoiilJers are in little demand at improved rales. Lard it unehanjed.

Cttt. Tb demand is hunted, holder and peculator bein; di inclined to art until aer Ua treat sales io Hoiland. Omaiderable busitieat haa been dene ia Pono Rico S.ir.' Toimrco. The for the month embrace 3,774 hhd. of which about ha was Ky.

ateramed. Prices sdvancedtirmg the a am a from 1 to Id. per lb on Va. and Ky. stemmed.

ti i LsWon, 8. Ibe money market ti ghtly improved. Con oo-a closed to-day at 91 for money and 96i for account. Amerioai seconue are in demand at improved rate; United State 6', 107t 103. Pennsylvania 5 93c Seeonl Th aeeounu from th manufactarin? district, are not saWoetory.

Th political aff.ra of EneUnd poneaae but liule special interest. Nothinr eventful, isj polK- Parliament. -i Lord Jchn Ruas bavt riven notice that it ia ia cnntemT.tation.l.y ta Government to abolish Uie otRce of Lord Lieutensnt of Ireland, together with ic Regal Count of Dul.ua, the intention beine to hav. ucb stTairt m.n.ged in th. Horn.

the Secretary f.w Ireland. i The Canaduui annexalion movement excite, but little alien Hon. i new lint of America, eom-m auentlm and good lvrd ralmeratan.inoonUnuinirUie Greek bloek-Je, is severely coomeoted upea by the En-liah I UrnaU. i The Rusasan Government ha presented an en-erKetic rem.n-traote the proceed mri of the public opinion ia general that Ui. Czar will g.v the Greek, eificient Upport.

i The London Gaeltt say. th. Queen', p.ed throi.fh M.li,n th S5th ulu, with against Qreece. i In Franc the.nniveiwyof th Republic passed off without any di.turbanee. -The Minister of ranee that the revenue will be adequate for the public service Uiuj year.

The Po.tm..tr open, all letter psuin; to and rrom primer. Thi. conduct has'iven rise to a warm debate in the Aaaembly. Ra" ar completely unit-ed on the Greek oueauon. Letter from Toulon stat that the French fleet CTmnl "Wled for the Greek coast.

From tit v.J'uayutu, March ZL FRAY aili Th bng Major Lastl.nd, Capt. rrived Va I from Ckafre. the 7th inat. J-spt. trench report, the steamer from California, hourly expected at Panama.

we hTe received th Panama tcho of ih 2d mat. mJm fllat the previous t.o wteas there had been much competrtion for pas-enger amorg th vanou. easU in port. Steer-age paaas'e to San Francisco was reduced IttUD lower than it had bee for a year. lh bark Chaog sailed on Tuesday, the 2tk with it full ld; th John Ender.

wai to sail Ort the iU rh ships Greykoond and Gleo-mor were advertised to il the next d.vjand "w10 eepeed-'y followed by th j. W. Coifin, Alanann, Mary Slewsrt, Whiton, and einers.should asoflictent numberof pasaenrers ore-sent The are plenty and th, rare it represented to be good. -( Echo': tal" I'amSTaph, fMIB the Last week several gentlemen in erosaine th l.tbrau, when a mile tm side Gor'ona. came in contact with a large anaconda, that lay basking in the sunshine near the road.

Tha native when they saw the repule look to their heel and run, and could not be induced upon any con-ideraUon to return and attacTt The Americans, Having nothing but pocket pitol with Ihem, frit a little skitusa about undertaking the toak of killing so huge a monster. So the "terrible viaticr wa suffered tn pursue his way aomolesled. It wat about eighteen feet long and twelve iocbea ia diameter. i We understand that Mr. Corwine, th American Consul, ha.

received hi. exequater from the of Government of Bngoia, and he haa accord mCly notified ta th Governor or r.nama hi. entrance spon hi official fonction. Consul. The Governor immediately him in that capacity.

"je time use. a respectable yeune: American named Johnson was accused by a negro or robbery, and was committed to prison by th' Panama au-Uiortiie. After some lime had elapsed, Mr. John-ori being alt the time conscious or bis innocence, called on Mr. Corwine, th American consul, to intercede for him.

Mr. C. arent td the judge and demanded a apeedy trial for the prisoner; th judge rerused, when the Consul a writ of a-btn eorjnu in accordance wiih the law of New Granada. Tin wa also denied, when Mr. Corwine protested against th proceeding.

His interpreter, an American citizen, indignant at such a denial of justice, went up among the crowd of ciuzcn at Panama, and told them the whole story a it transpired. The excitement ia consequence soon' increased. Tha mnh m.t.l i t' -r the prison door in Ui. grand plaza, disarmed the arai, set tn captive tree. On seeing the crowd assembled in the plaza, the city authorities were alarmed, and called on lb American Consul to use hi influence ia arrestin- th infuriated career of th multitude, and restoring order, peace, and quiet to Panama.

Mr. Corwine at once, and without hesitation, proceeded to the prison, wher he (poke to the persons assembled in the general melee, and so well satisfied were the crowd at what he uttered, that they cheered him three Umes, and at one retired. Mr. C. then gave bail for tha appearance of the accused, and obiaird th promise of a speedy triul, for which Mr.

Johnson is bow wailing. i ID" Among tfce v.nou claim, to land in fornia are granu'by (ha Spanish and Mexican government to Mission Priests. It ia Mid if under the treaty the, grant, ar held valid, about one-half- of the will be in the hand, of the Priesthood! i Cra. W. Eggleaton, of San Francisco, now at York city, intend, presenting Mr.

Webster with masaiv chain manufactured of California goLJf in acknowledgment of hia eminent service, in the cause of the onion ef the States. tTThe story no widely circulated of a young man by the nam of Wassom, of Illinois, having been skinned alive by Indians, on hi rout to Cad-ifornia, ia contradicted by letters from that place. II is yet alive, and ha a whol hide, iu Califor- nia. CTll ia Uled that there is to bt grand move of th people of Kentucky, for Califomis, during lb present Spring. Several t3iripnrc are now organizing.

Tbey Will go: by Uie overland rout. The Winnebagoe ia Wisconsin hav become so troublesome to the settlers, that Gov. Dewey has written to the President for a regiment of dr. goons, and another of infantry, (at ibe proiectioa of the frontier, -fmenVa Ceaiul tnteligenc ha. been received by tb.

friend of la Rev. Dr. Sewall, who wa. Consul to St. Jgo d.

Cuba fix month, ago, Uiat the Spanish Government ref-t hi. txe aier, afer kee'n; him in protracted suspense and depritir Lira of the ordinary advantage, of hia poaiiioo. No reason is assigned for this art. companies of ernifrant enmirg down the Ohio river, oa their wy to Calami, by th various overland g. 1 I1.

Censm Cf Taion wU renuta until thtslayery question hi aettled. Tlie following abiractof the censu of Union 1 i NOUS VERRONS. eminty we ropy from the FJdorado i dumber of White Males, 3900 An occasional corespondent at Washinnon 1,1" I 3171 City, writes ui a folliwa: Number of Free Person of Color. 19 i ri i Slaves, i. 51i, A Pefus" Mr.

Calhoun's speech wUI TZ. "'y refute the exttvagant assertion of Foote Total number of Souls, 1 i 12303 in regard to H. Aslfc wrfter forth PennsVlvani-NumberiOf Acrof Land jn Cotton, 24563 an (whow dip I inch,) knd who is a northern Number Acre. of LatiSvwion, SSl man'no iend Mr. Calhoun, a.y.

"who Bales of Cottpn 7353 ean rad 11 wwhoutastutung, as jt were, the truth Bushels ot Corn 37i076 of every fact he sUteiind the soundness of every 'v i I' oJrz 1' f'f- he But that writer makes a irittri UUv'--- 7 atat mistake when make Mr. Calhoun inti-" leW rfm the Holly Spring, (Mis.) mate. even, "that naght but a change in the Con-Jacksoiiian, thatj a company of enterprising men can guaraty the South in her equality, being organized ih that place for the purpose of tc- "ucihing. Hi word bear no the Calfprnia mines. They will take ma- 5h ad, when Foote (taking ad-chines for that piurpoae with them.

Thelcapital of-, bis illnej, and supposed absence) of the company will amount to or 140,000, inL.cn8rSed uch a mear.ii upon him, ht (altho'hard-hare of $1500 ejich i "tond 'Ptk) rot inatanUy to bia feet I fcr-A rxJcketTfetnVen "t' -enred by indig- dolla'r. was found recently a New Orlean. by a Z' Z'' antl "'Ptically. lad. rrh.

owaerj on iu being restored ,0 in uch lhi warded the boy by paying him the handsome or-ent 1 thtevil, and it magnitde; and, in conctu.ioo.had "irr-w I -aSSe8ted what h.belred would be th. bes and UJ" we learn from the Pennsylvanian, that the certain, mode of erring it. H. announced no whole amount ofjgold Trom California, received at or tine qua for himself or the South tb? mint ii Philadelphia, is about nine million. He only threw aut'hhaW r- Under thia expectation a belter feelins was derel.

oping itself, and th. cloud were obviously thinning. All we wanted was for the South to remain united and firm for a few d.ya longer. Then it wa. observed that inlerebanrea at unnait-1 qoencyand kindness took place bet wees Mr.

Clay and Gen. Caw. What next? Why, air, wi om. thirty-six hour. of each other, Stanley cam.

forward to make a division in the Hauae, a the eats' paw of Clay, and Foote, in the same relation to Caas, in the Senate." The result haa bee seen and felt! and that, alas in the abandonment of which might, indeed, have restored harmony here, and throughout the country, and made th Nashvillo Convention unnecessary. imot. iog all occasion for iu Buchanan left at once, almost in despair for be i. reported to have said "whatcan tb Northern friend of equality do, when th. South will not be united and true to herself!" More of thia may come out hereafter.

You aware mat tiuchanan baa been no favoriieof mine. I did not even pas a word with him while be was here. But I ascertained ha was Uborinr Tap country and our Union, aa became a man who uvea it ior ua blessing. cuter among which is and I yielded him the homage of a pa-tr iot's heart. "What are we to think of those who thwarted suchaplan'a 1 have autsted? And they art th.

very men who, steeped in their very ui, 10 me eyes, in such infidelity to the Union, are taw the foremost and InudV.t in of Union and bitterest and boldest in their denun ciation of all who do not ro with them. Th rr of thief," by the thief himself, wai never more aptly and fearfally illustrated, than io the I Oil cunuuci 01 tuose men at this time. may succeed I almost fear they will in passing 'of their base alloy for fine rold. until thair tirmniri in the natural course of events, will com. too lat for our country', good.

They have set fire to a train which Will, I fear, destroy more than their own minds, contracted by selfishaess, are capable of ttnderauinjling.n j- ID-It is that Uie farnTuTthe neighborhood of San Francisco are much fought after by the for gardening and other purposes; but the old Spaniards who hav. held them for the last century under Mexican will not idispo.e of an inch of ground, although great inducements have been held out to them. They are so contiguous to the market that an immease sum eould be realized from the of them, id parcel, of one or two hundred acre. The will probably be compelled to sell them ere kng. on account of th.

high taxes that will be imposed upon them by the Legidature, and to avoid the continual i. trusion of to which-lhey must necessarily be subjected. ILTGame abound in Uie yicinity of Saa Francisco. merlin, plover, 4c. ETA of brain fever bluTbeen quite prevalent through portion, of county, N.

for some two month, past, which ha. proved very fatal, person, in apparent good health taken suddenly deranged, ajid many hav. died after a short illness! STThe California Convention'hich prohibit- "Tcr7 mere, waa composed or 71 persons from lave states, andIy41JVoru all ether quarter. DThe Committee on Publi Building in the United State Senate, have agreed to recommend that the eapitol at Washington be enlarged by an addition of one hundred and fifty feet oq each end for new SenatijinRepresentative Chamber. 7An immense Uoion meeting wa held at St.

Loui. on Ui 30th ult. Henry Geiger wa. president. A aerie of resolution were passed, that the South haa grounds of complaint against th North ia not aiding in the capture of fugitive that thia eorurtitutiooal law should he enforced; that the Wilmot proviso, wa not expedient, that the conflicting interest of the country should b.

harmonised; that the Naahvill Convention. nA .11 other of a lik. character, can only add to exciting Uifficulties that noT erisia ha arrivad warranting uch convention. The union of the State was formed in a spirit of and th um spirit should be invoked in settling the present tlif- icrences. 1 The meeting waa eloquently addressed by Messrs.

Bates, Uriel, Wright, Tho. Harney and others. j- I tT-Reeently. a man ioat arriat nt on one of the North Forks of the Sacramento, went out, one Sunday, to hunt. In croasing a ravine, he aat down to rest; and while picking ia the bank, by way of amusement, he discovered and took poMcion of a slab of gold, for which he wa.

offered, one hour $500. No sooner had the new. than that spot, for twerrty-fiv. yard, round, wa thrown up; but there we're no fellow lump to be discovered. The on found wa a solitary bachelor.

IDThe steamer. Boatona, and Belle Key, recently made a trial trip between New Orleans and Lou-isville. The Boetona left New Orleans 47 minutes behind the "Bell. Key," and arrived at Portland 33 minute, ahead of her, beating her one hour and $5 minutes. aCTOn the lat" San Francisco, wa sold aixty dollar per M.

A bat a mall portion of the immense shipment had arrived at that date, it was thought there would be a further decline. Two-tory bouse 18 by 30, complete, ready for erection, were sold at 1000. Rent had fallen twenty-five percent. orTEicETiTFomliiiir cotm1 W.copy th followine from tha Vhmrfn Telegraph, in addition to whicii we it reponeu nere, mat Mr. Jonathan Iron, was hung up by tha mob, until he wa nearly dead, when he was cut down by some hi friend, and resuscitated: "There i.

a rumor in circulation here that a com-Pny "of Regulator in Montgomery county, in this Slate, few days since ordered some per.on. that eottnly among whom wi man named Taylor Polk, ta leave the county; and on their refusing to do so, endeavored to enforce a compliance with their requisition by a resort to and tliat two or three person, were killed or dangerously wounded, ia the contest which ensued. Polk.tt i. wa mortally wounded, and a man named Huehe and on other killed. Such occurrences, of late have been unfremient in Arkansas, and regret exceedingly the necessity at this time of chronicling anything like mob vio.ence.

W. profes. to have which it i iiie duly or the proper anthoritie. to enforce, nad lor th Tiolatinn rtf vtilk niviiHiujKii authority held accountable. What "iere ior or property where "miebt l.

ri2ht." anil mnh irlnlonr. .1.. .1 law. in the absence of full particular, w. forbear further comment." CTCol.

Ladisla SiAtAT. late of tK rmn republican forces, arrived at this on Wednesday last, direct from New York eitv. come, to our State for Uie purpose "do- nauon lanu. for a large nurr.I.er of Li. eomradf who have sought refuge in America.

Pronounce th wmcq you surree i. uy the original name of Webster. whi Ji i Char- it i i i v. f' in i- i. I 1 I four hundred thousand dollars.

UTThe Legislature of Loui Mian mAlnnrnmA out taking any action 01 the iubject of the Naah- illeCrinvntinn TU. 1 tuiyuns states mat a aerie of resolution got through the Senate by a compnimise among member of different opinion, ia which it wa recommended to the people of the State to end delegated to NashviUe. In the House they, were never brought to a sote. After two ot three days' debW' in which they met with atrong they (were, postponed from week to week. All efforu to get them up again failed, and they thus died a niuural deailu CTFather Mathew arrived at New Orlcaiai on the 23d ult.

'I. i O-Death by cholera are recorded in the Nw paper 4. -j in-w CTWithin the last ten years the city of Louis- villa ha. doubled its population. It ha.

now 50,000 accession, the Democratsay. have been made from vanou, portion, of the Uaion. 1 Each newi comer seeking hi. own livin- througl, bi. own mbor, has added much to the rSmrthA.Co,'.

California Exprea, has m. wterctuig in reference to ru me istnmua or Pana Ity. th.t 1 country which nrs- the route for the oad is over a the Allegheny mo.nl tarns, and as no white can tabor more than iA otb.i Ai J.L 1101 uiapogw ed; to work at aU, undertaking must involve the expenditure! of a yast amount of money, nnd eomphned wil, not he in les. thjh' "The neighing of the iron-horse win surely be heard or th. of broad Pacific, but not I at Ui.Iathmu..i braying of assea is alone stmed, we fear, to break the silence which must there reign perpetual amid these solitude, of na- Uire- I JEJ-A d.sPatch jitatea that the Pennsylvania! Senate have rejected Mr.

Forrest's bill for divorce, i -T3-Dr, H. Pulte, of Cincinnati, propose the construction, of a telegraph to connect th. old with the new. and ask. action by Con-1 gres, a may contribute to the realization of hi.

oroieet. Th mm. (iijiw across me co nu io some point in Uuhrornia: thenr .1. coas? to Behring. Straits; thence, acroa.

tho. wi, Straits, and through' Northern Asia and Europe toSt.Peter.burghj to the western ciue. of Europe. i Europe, f-TTh. a Crescent that since Father V.

wausew arrived at that eitv. that 1 1 iiiuuiHiim Briu oih hundred numes lve teen added to the Tern- peraace pledge. 0-Every mail bp us numerous order, for our paper. Dui inS past few week, the adJi-r turn, to tiur ub.crit list have been very Urze." i i i..

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