THE OREGON ARGUS.
ri'DLIIMIKM KVBSV St ITIHl.1V 1IOIIM.SO,
BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS.
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rial Koom in iirst story.
TERMS The Ann ii will lie funtithrJ al
Thru Vullurl and Fifty t'entt firr iiiihiiiii,
la linglt iiiliirrilirrtTlirre Ihdlurt
tiich to eluhtuf ttn at out o'liee.
Two Otllurt fur ix uitiiillu Mo tuliacrip
limn rrctived fur a let vrriutl.
ff No paper ditcmitimitd until nil trrrnrnget
are pmit, umru at me njiiionoj tUr pu'ilnlirr.
Kro.n the X. V. Il. ruld
The l'.Mii H-ssltin Wlml l tu tie Honcl
The extra u ssi m has conimo.iued, tlio
President's mcw i; in hont ii, n;iJ the Ar
my Appropriation bill with llm proviso at
Uched, ha been reported to llio House by
the Cumiuiltco of Win and Means, am
passed liv a vote of 0:) lo b5. A' u cotni
her movement Mr. Cumpball, of Otiio, innd..
no nttenipt, but without success, 10 iniro
duce it substitute, declaring ihe prewoiit
Inwt of Kansas Void, mid rcoryaiiiiiiiig tlio
Territory by a now Hcclnm.
' It is Well known I hat tlio lots of tlio Ar
rny Appropriation bill, unl the differences
in Congress on tlio suiijccl, hnvo occurred
because tho House of Ileprescntnlivcs nud
cd to it the proviso which restrained tlie
tine of tlio Army by Ilia rresnleiit to enforce
iho nroyeut legislation of Kansas, J lie
Scnutu refused to adopt it, relumed tin
bill 10 tlio House, nil J tlio lluuso adhered
(o itii amendment. Congress ndjournud
vithout coming to an agreement, and llio
President, by his proclamation, has com en
cd tlicni, fur the purpose of reconsidering
llio question, and in fuel, to compel them
to pass the bill without tlio proviso. Tlio
scheme oil foot is perfectly transparent.'
If the original bill is passjd, ilin lioitknt
cnins his point, and will continue to use
the United Slates troops against tlio pco
1li of Kansas; if it fad, it will give his
party, ns he Halters himself, nn opportune
lv of denunciation, and a chance for mak
ing further political capital lor tlio coimnr
I residential election.
Tlio House has undoubted constitutional
right to treat thin question precisely ns it
has done. It has the acknowledged mid
legal power exclusively lo originate nil the
money und supply bills; mid this is wisely
secured !o them an a w holcsonio chick up
on the ISxecuiive and the Semite. The ex
ercise of thin power rests in the House. In
grunting appropriations it may nl way just
ly consider their cH'cel and tendency, nnd it
may withhold them if it will. The ques
tion then arises, whether this is such a case
us will fully aulhori.u it in .still withhold
ing its consmt to the present Army bill.
If it parses without the prut iso, the Prcsi.
dent will pn-sist in enforcing, by the unusii
til employment of the United States troops,
the execution of laws which) in their incep
tion objects, and their cmse (deuces, nro
iini'i repiihliean, unjust nud uuc oiis'itution
id. The frainurs of these lutts seem lo have
taken it for grant' d that Kansas is positive
ly lo bee une a slave Slate, that th"y were
rightfully legislating upon that subject, and
that it is lo come into the, Union in its own
way, at its own discretion, and w hether it
is republican in its character or not. And
what kind uf laws are ihose, which upon this
assumption have been passed, leaving en
tirely out of view lor the mo ncnl, the kind
of Legislature which has p is;.; I ilum?
Of thy illegality of its election, wo do not
now speak. We look ut them ns they hnve
received iheir authority, and as the, Presi
dent is determined to enforce I In in. Our
readers will perceive fruiii the extracts we
publish in another column, that they are the
most monstrous violations of liberty ever
known, and exceed any which have ever
disgraced the career of even foreign tics
pots. Due of these laws disqualilics any
citizen from acting as it juror w ho is con
ciouiiously opposed to the holding of slaves,
or who d us not admit the right to hoi I
Ihein in the Territory, in any casn where
that right omes up f.r adjudication, cith
er it an injury is ilouo to or commuted by
n blave, or ihcre is any violation of any law
for the projection of slave properly, or any
crime cuinnitled against it. Anther re
quires iho taking of oaths by Territorial of
ficers to support the provisions of the Ne
braska nn J Kansas act, being no morn iiur
less than t.st oaths based on mere political
opinions. Another abolishes the freedom
of speech nud of the press, by making it n
felony, punishable with live years' impris
onment, to speak or write against the right
cf persons to hold slates in iho Territory,
or to publish any book, pamphlet, maga
zine or circular, or circulate or introduce
any denial of such right, or any opinion,
sentiment, doctrine, advice or iuiiendj cal
culated to produce any ilisonlcr, dnngeror
rebellious disaffection among the slates, or
induce them to desert their masters. And
this n.Teiice is also declared a felony, and
jmnishable with five years' iinprisoiin.cn!
and hard labor. More than this : the writ
if habeas corpus has been effectually abol
ished in the case of all negroes, mulattors
smd fugitive slaves ; and batbirous punish
ments have boon enacted, to be put in force
against any person sc:ito:ic.d tin Lr those
laws, or any law of the Territo-y, to im
prismmcilt and hard labor, declaring them
pont ic's and compelling them to wear nn
jrou ball nod chain, the former of four or
ix inches in diameter, the latter to be six
ect in length 1 And where there ure two
or mora such unhappy convicts they are to
iie fastened together with strong locks and
ikey. Still wurse: tho very enticement of
n slave lo escape, or the abduction of any
from tho Territory, is to be visited with the
infliction of the death penally ! If eay
ulave, male or female, commits a petit lar
ceny, they are to be punished, by stripes in
tho'forim'rcasc, or in the latter by impris
onment or ttventy-oue lashes, at the dis
cretion of the Justice.
These laws, then, so illegal, uneonstitu
. lional and barbarous, have hern enacted i:i
Kansas by a border ruffian Legislature,
taking fur granted that Kansas is absolute
ly and completely a slave State, au ) lhat
this is to be its political character and des
tiny. Tho tnt callous heart is shocked
at such euormily. What 'American can
for a moment conent io its legality ! Who
is so lost to humanity and justice a? to
sanction it, or permit, if he can saccessful
lr oppose it, iIip sustaining of such barbari
ties by the military force of tho country
the army of the United States I This is
the first cae of such an attempt in our
historv, or f r tho honor of human nature
we ho'pe it may be the last. The House of
Representatives has now the most import-ar-.td.itv
to perform tin! ever devolved up
3 r ' lu Loniti'.uiiuua! prit W-:r. it.
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checks upon ih" tyraimy of iho President, ' la!eiieiit I ich rutlur de'iacts frinithe
are now for the Iirst lime of niuineiitoiiw money a'nl s'o.k plan of Mr. WVi I than
value. Ifioni i ho loinl sclieiiio i,l the UiiiiiimU0.
To filter is lo bring into danger all those Mr. K'idwdl has collected nil the facts mid
aero rignis nttmneii iiy tlie iiioo'i nrnl !iig!jeiions adverse to the cotiMruclioii ot
treasure of our fathers, mid to overturn nil iany load ncroi ihe coiiliiieiit, atel his He-
our siroiigesl coiistilulionnl safeguards for port constitute u very interesting mi l
liberty of Kpeecb, liberty of the press, nnd useful manual of information. Sue Yurie
freedom of conscience. No possihlo ca
lainiiy which the defeat of iho Army bill
can occasinn is cmipnrnblo with lhoa
wiucli will and mutt follow lis passage,
i:h uit tho important and indisiieiisahle
ciieek of this proviso, The I louse has n
perfect right, and it is its bounded duly, to
stnml fast in its integrity against this dan
gerous power sought for by tho IVesi lent,
sanclioiieil bv Iho Senate, and subversive ol
tho constitutional rights of I he citiens of
Kansas. Let it stand fust. If we cannot
have an army without its being made tho
oppressors of the peoplo nnd iho maintain
ors of barbarous, illegal and wicked leg's
latioii, let it he disbanded forever.
liu'Hi: nallruail.
The IIoiisO of Representatives has been
prelly fitiil fully engaged, in nioro ways
than appears in the reports, in mnmpuhi
liu;n I'acilic Itailroad bill. We have be
fore us the majority and ininoriiy reports
ol Ihe Special Loinmilteo of llniteen on
tho subject, which forms u very interesting
locumcnt. J ho majority content Ihcni-
selves with a very brief summary of the
arguments heretofore urged fur the con
struciionof the work by tho aid of Ciov-
rumciil, am submit a bill providing a
grant of lands to facilitate tho making of
three raihonds nnd lelegrnph lines from the
Mississippi Valley to California. The fol
lowing is an analysis of their bill :
It authorizes two ruilroad companies of
Missouri and six in Iowa to extend their
roads westward to Fort K"nrnev as a point
of common junction, and granis ihcm n
right ol way ihrjugh tho public lands, nnd
ihe alternate sections for hvelve miles in
width along their roads from their present
western termini to tho point of junction.
And if Iho land is not to be had m oiler-
nato Fetions along theso routes, then the
companies may oppropriatn the same
qmiiititv from the nearest public land. If
tho average from Iheso imaginary termini
In Fort Kenrnev be taken ns threo hun
died miles, tho total qiinntily of land
ranted llio eight companies is 0,210,(100
acres, rromi-orl Kearney westward lor
200 miles alternato sec'ions 00 miles in
width are granted, equal to only 3,3-10,000
acres, (jrom. Hits termination westward,
estimated at 1.200 miles of distance, 40
scot tons per mile are granted, miikina
18,000 sections, something over ihe size of
ip Slate of Xi v I'ork, and equul lo 83
20,000 ncres. ror tho remaining 200
miles of iho line n paltry six sections per
mile is granted, makings, trilling 1,200
sections, or 1C8.OOO ncres. The ngjrogatc
of lands granted for tin's line and il branch
es, which is tho Central route, is 52,505.
000 acres. An iinporlnnl condition of ihis
grant is, thai if tho lands along any por
tion of the line are not worth surveying.
the companies inny lay their floating rights
upon Ihe next nearest lands between the
33th and 14th parnllels of latitndn.
To route No. 2, the Southern line, is
granted nhoiil 21,000 sections on ihis side
of Shrevesiort. where tho cijht or ten
roads, among which this quantity is (lis.
tributed, must come to n focus. Passing
over Texas, which own the lands within
her limits, the bill proposes to grant 40 sec
lions per mile on this route, from the Rio
Grande to San Francisco. If wo call the
distance a thousand miles, wo have for this
work a total concession of 04,000 sections,
or 40,300,000 ncres.
And finally, to Route Nn. 3, from Saint
Pauls, Minnesota, to tho Pacific in Oregon
or Washington, is granted nhoul 00,000
sections, or .!8,400,000 acres for tho good
work.
The total grants proposed in the bill are
as follows :
T Onlral route, 13 ..ft."i,0nf) acres.
To Southern route, 40.360,0011 ncrns.
To Northern route, 33,400,000 acres.
7Virj.
The rntiUc HMit of the Vntti A Hlslrs.
Wo have been permitted to examine the
report, with the. accompanying d icnnieiits,
United Slates Amounted to 8 10,0 j'J.miO T-"V,
Since dial limn this amount I. as been re
duced to ;!.', O'f.'I.Sy.' 08 ; thus, paid on
Texas debt, $0,620,010 77, and United
Stales stock redeemed durini! the month f
Juno lo llio amount of $2ii5,:i00. We
obtain these figures from Ihe first sialemeni
accompanying Mr. Higger's report. 1'iom
this second statement tve make up the fol
lowing table :
Amount of Uni'cd Stales stock originally
isuid of tho loans of 1 12, 18 i:i, 1340,
IS 17, 164S, including Texas debt nnd
siiion, stand up nnd bid li'ov. Letcher I HoW A ViiNoMor Snii'K.M KlI.I.S lis d.v.d wi re laieh il w i:hin siht of the town,
speak. 'J'le n ll.o world, wb.iloter i!sj it Victim. The snake irike t the giliinn ( 'J'lio 'L'ipiiail du Parli lo' oi that jdace, let
may say of him, will in ti r i iill hini cow- pig ; again and ngoin il d'ashf at it, hut tle'iu nil (srspe, ; nd v.hi nho suj ford
aid ng.iiii. lie will st,rung!y remind ut of misses his aim ; now he hits il, hut only en r thing was r'-adv, s'litled in pur
Ajax d. ft in'; tlie ihiimlei holt. Will he lo drive iho Irighleiii d crenliiro niili 0 M ni t of (he gang und capu'iied one hundred,
hi tlov. Letcher do justice lo tho dead score of Hying pebbles Lifoto him. When liul vu n.nr luue'iiie ihe au ful iditihl they
Clay by fl statement ol ihe liulh .' If nol, nl hist h sine eds ill piercing llio sides of twain, ti In' 11 I tell you lhat iho gieali'r
who, of nil tho into and hoiioiuhlo ami his victim, tetanic spasms immediately coin- purl of idem we'e being transported in ex.
just men of ihe country, will be guilty of mence, and it dies convulsed in n few sec cllrl. The show of .id was inducud by
ihe degrtidaiicii of supporting him for the onds. It is said, by ihese who ha to watch blring-nl orders I'm warded Lv ihe ti legfoph.
Presidency ? , cd iho venomous snakes, ihal ihe manner ' So tie' have had nn n.l liiioli of two ihuiisatnl
And, whilst .Mr. Puilmnnn i giving liis'fdving exhibited by ihcir stricken prey and odd victims all within the last few da.
eon i nl that (lev. Leli her shall sneak out. disc loses the naluio of the r i.tilo thai in. ' 1 1..,.. ..it,..,. Ui.. i..,n ;,,ir,..lM..'.,4
just niado by Mr. Iligger, the Register of l t Iti.d, if ho dares, gite his toi.sciit in llicted the poisoned wound. It is scarcely Climi( ,0 ,.,lMv iiseerlaini d, hut from all
tho lrcasury, in regareho ihiitondiiioii of I, mother mailer. Purine ihe lif. tiino of, necessary lo state tint llio popular i'l n : tdal I hate I teii ubln 10 hum lnr-'e car
the public debt of llio United Stales. Tim jjr (q,.( a Mr;t,.r f l,!, responsibility j ihal ihe tongue darts forth iho venom is 11 1 ,v, ure j.,i(y t.M., ,,.,1. (,tw denier, who
report bears date July 3, 1-iO. Un ihe am audi-rit nficr publishing th.i stale- fulhicy. The poison is contained in gland : j, c,., l,rated in il o dark na"cs ii Afi icau
1st of Juno, lod, tho total debt of Ihe j git.n bv Mr. C'luv in Colton's llio''. which lient the root of iho fane on either 1 ,l..,i!;.,.r ,1 ..... i.i il... i.l.n.il nt
... .. ... ... .. : :
'fl ny,sam: s , nun ny uie compression 01 1110 power- won, rcceivo an increase 10 ilsslnvs
ful mueles which make Iho hea l appear so 1 population of al lcni ihirly thousand in
Iroad and flat, it is fared into the line pr,Miit year. The fuel of so fw be
lube which tuns at ihe side of tho f.mgs, , ing eaj.turcii bv ihe nuthoiities is nillicient
and finds ils exit ut or near iho point by 11 ' evidence that llu v nie largely bribed, nth
miniilo opening. Tho cobia at pros-cut in cruise they would make an effort lo ob
the collection, with its skin n glossy blin k serve the tren'v."
1 .... 1 -. 11.... :.- 1.1 ...1. ..... :,.
..... 1 , 1 ,,,11 si. f ...oi anel enow, in evu i.i.iik iu.u iuiiv, us .--
iMiclianiin ; ain 110 call oil .Mr. Llav w ill . ., .- .. , . , , , . . , .......
induce him lo gite it np. ate one f,o. his j ""!' K'.' ! Th Kus"r -'-VwPuut ib I ulure.
countv-lhat is, Ihe S, onto of iho United m l'crb'"" ,n,"on uf.lmlln- A 'e "!ch 1 11 ""!'' '. f'"' concurring nccoSnt
Slat,;. The bargain nnd sale consj iracv, I " tt 'V"'". 10 , "I'"'.'"' " "'JJ''"'y : from taiious qa irl. rs, thai the sugar crop
.. .,11.1 m. 1 iiieiiibered that only a hlinol glass beltteen ' ... , ,
with sin cx po-e, would place Mr. jiiich. I .,.... ,..., 1... .1.. ot lliu South this year, w ill be nrclty much
, ,.:,,,,i ,, ..( 1 1, ,.,,. .Jiiiimu - ruii-iiuiui, iui uii-ie i- inun- ,
indemnity, ...id the debt of corporate " ,iV c .... ,10 LoIJ; ' . ing . fear ; .he pylhon in llm adjoining : a l. ure. . coucpomtent c ...o?,.
ft7.7U7.'5ltJ t.r.i ,r r.i 1 riK'in, w inch v't a iiiindivi mui wvtv s: ii . i l ien iraui-r. wnan iiom cw
L 1 ' jpnimds, being incensed on his arrival nth- " ivleans on the Ki h iiistunt, sa s :
Ve and many ollo rs heard Mr. Clay ,,,g remoted fiom hi. box da. ted will, nil 1 , iMV(. ri,(.(,l)v d 0f
speak of this htler o Mr. Luehanan s, , ,)rcc. Bt ..peclator. Ul llm jmno of .,..,. , ' ..... M)rt,. ,
glass had strength enough to hear Mm up, j nf ,, ,,nvo IK.v,.r w;,llMm!l UI!,
and ho fell hack, So bruised .. .oul the head ,,ii(m, uf ,,w Tero )(J M,
and muzzle by the collision that ho couhl , , , , ,1(u ., lion
"To add further tesiinioiiy, we slnlr 1
and lei it be d. nied, if il can ihal Mr.!
Clay bus nntv in his po-ession a letter'
which, if published to llio world, Mould
place Mr. lliiehaiiun in an tiohanassing
eoliiiuion. llio letter came I10111 elr
cities.
Amount redefined up lo
March 4. 1 S 3.1, 7,112,3jD 74
llcdeeined from Mar. 4, 'M
to July 1, l?."i(l, 39,007,901 20
Total amount redeemed, 4(l,000,2.r)4 07
Amount now outstanding, 02,737,502 B0
Il will bo seen from the above lahle lhat,
since March 4, 1853, nearly forty millions
of the public debt have been paid olt.
which he had in his possession. And now
let Mr. Iiiiehnnnu, who aspires lo that lofty
position which he prevented Henry Clay
from attaining, Ihe Prcsuli ney of Ihe Liu
not feed well for several months. The
lished. Vet, if I should j:n into d 'tails,
........ . -r. 1.- . .... .....1 .! . ... ... . . 1 .
sou .van s, sig.n t .inner ., ot n num., o cobra Mini wo see is l lie same ii.ui Uesiroy nni j. il(,ralv ,lal , mvfl ((J
lb rough m. nuthorwil fn.ii.l Ins consent cd lis keeper. In a hi of d.imkenness, the cr,.,j0,IH wJuld probably consider
StatJine.it Ihud shows that ihe interest ! :ll!,lt. "".v u'r "f. 1,14 1" Mr- Cla' 11 ''"'!, , j '?". "gmnsl o.re orders l.H.k the rep. lh(j ,,,.,, ,,),, fllh,rU Hllj .rrolmM.
to matmity on this S3?,!J17.f-01 2a of i
loans redeemed by ihe Secretary niuo'iuts
to 810,300.730 07. From ihis must be
di dueled 83.354, HI 1 05, bring the total I
amount ol premium and interest
which would leave ns a net savin,
country, by thissvstem of redemption, tl
enormous sum of louilecn millions, fuity
four ihousnnd, nine hundred and nineteen
dollar mid lliirty-lwo cents 1 Mr. Pigyer
concludes his repot t us follows :
"There has been no change in ihe
amount of old funded und unfunded debt
since tho 8 h of May, 1?54, tho date of a
fiiibieet of bar
iteil at oik
iiiile certain ihal ihe h'lleri
still
etiee. IVsihly Mr. Clay, whon resolve , l,is Llolhes on ihe oilier siile, apintrentlv in
st paid ' 11 ""' bv P"bli-lini, unless ' good humor, he ventured losqueeso lis tail,
(0 i,.0'with ihe consent of .Mr. linehuiiaii or all when il struck him between his eyes ; in
itiun the ! 0,1 " 0' 'e-'"1 of the United Stales, twenty ininiites his consciousness was pone,
olderid it upon his il.-n'h-bid to bo do-
stroyc l; bin we should not bn lit iMl sur
prised if the formal consent of Mr. Pilch
nnniito ils pnblicalion were to ( flee I nsud
den,"rcmn 1 liable, and mol astounding do
veh.pmenl. At any rate, if 110 develop-
liniild fuliotv, Mr. IiOehanail would
meiil s
IV w. .. ' . . 1 .... . .
former statement; nud the amount f,f susmm no oamage iron. g m ng n.s coiisru.
ireasurv notes has b 'di reduced but "'"' " ' '" "". ,l"m' uu
1,7U0. Uf ihe ores -nt nmouiil of Ireas
ury notes outslainliug, only 0,300 are of .
the acts ot & July, i-in, une. a.iua.i. away, whilst his example was perfect.
aulhoiize the "lion. Robert P. Letcher lo io'di cold, slighted the symptoms, say.
,.,l... il,.,t i.,inm,...i .,r ,.l,;, l, llenrt. in"' 'Pel il irons it come. In tho morn-
lially belli lot
I'iii'.i it Ii'ul ten.-. I unit rom t-oli'i..
maud i f James Pu. hanan. cuiuliilute for ! I10t 'lui! llir,;o scol' ml tvn 1,0 W;1 '"ko"
mid in less than three hours he ttus dead.
WastilUKtiin's l.usl Minueltts.
(Jov. Wise, of Virginia, delivered an ora
lien on the 4lh, in which ho thus described
llio last moments of Washington :
1 lie died as ho lived, and what a beauti
ful economy llicre was in his death ! No)
a faculty was impaired, not an error had
mailed the moral of his life. At ()?',
1317.
'Upon a careful examination, we arrive
w ith u good deal ol certainly at luc lact
France." Xii'imtU lutcllim ncu:
He Ttlust .Vifa"A or Vilv.'l
Mr. C. Colton, the author of ilje P.iog
rnphy of Henry Clay, recently addressed
n rot", ns our readers have seen, to the cd
i:cr of the New Yoik Times, confirming
our slateMii lit that tho two paragraphs in
the Biography relative lo Mr. liuchanan's
approaching Mr. Clay in Mr. Letcher's
room, in January, 1823, lo offer Mr. Chi v
I he Secretaryship of State, for his support
Fnui.am) .s i-'iic
P.y a statistical lih
Kingdom, preseiitid
of Gen. Jackson, were written by Mr. Clay's j ""'Wi" ,;,r ' )''' ? (f wr. ''"K'
own hand. Mr. Colton lurlher slates, 111
his nolo to lliu Timer, lhat Mr. Clay, on
furnishing him those pages for the liiog.-u-phy,
appended lo ihein a nolo requesting
hi 1I1 lo apply to Gov. Letcher for further
iiifuriuatioii on Iho tamo .subject, and he
adds lhat he did accordingly apply lo Cov.
Letcher, but found his lips sealed by u
pledge of bileiico given to Mr. lluclianan
We say, with tho Times, that wo must
now have t.ov. Letcher s evidence 111 lu
or Mr. lluclianan must fall before tho inl'i
my of his position in refusing to allow i;
Mr. Chiv has appealed to it, nnd Ihe injus
tice done him by Mr. IJuchaiian cries out
from the grave for Cov. Letcher to bo per
mitted to speak. The truth of history de
mands it. Every old friend of ihe sainted
patriot will demand it. And we trust the
;,rg,,,n ,,o corrupi, on Mn.imtiu. out, nn. placing us no... ...sine . , ; A, , hi 1 mliy remark thai the
elo the world e are not . wmslcoal, allowed it lo ghdo round his , J , ,,,.,,, 0 ,.al.e Leon
111 exist-1 body. lien it had emerged from under 1 .1 . ...... .. ... :. 1 1... .... ...,....:,., r,i.
last winter, and the small portion that es
caped seems to have greatly deteriorated.
The impression auinug planters is that the
cane has run out, and requires un entire
change."
Tho accumulating evidence, for some
time -a.., of 11 prospective short crop of
sugar, induced speculators to grasp a largo
poilion of tho stock on hand, which they
will most certainly hold till prices have
reached a limit beyond which consumption
ttoulJ very generully cense. The cllects
of limited supplies and the accumulation in
a few hands of most of the stock present
pros-peciite, are seen in tho steadily advan
cing price of the various grades of sugar
und it is a 1 1 in t to r of discussion among those
of linii'cd means whether n point has Hot
now been reached, which requires thnn le
cease ensuming the article. Il will come
io ihal, of necessity, before long, most cer
tain. In the meantime, those w ho cannot
afford to pay Ino shillings per pound for an
indill'erelit arlicie ofsligur, would do well
to provide for themselves, by a mnrc liber
id draft upon the forest maple, cornstalks
und le' is. With proper ntU'iiiion, an am
ple supply of sugar f r a family, could bo
derived from a small portion of ground dcJ
voted to ihe culture of the beet. Tho pro
cess of manufacture co:ild bo easily acquir
ed, and the nrliclo raised in profusion by
tho boys w ho now, ton often, do nothing
., ,.. ,. r ..... i ;., ,.r ll,n I .lit. ,,f Il..i.enili..r 1 Tflil. hn f. Il
that fleen witlmt of ll.e Uniled S'ates , V,"-; .", " ' , 7 , ' I Z a I, e. culled .. hi over. r "Mr
it 1.J.1 i.e. ... r. The ,,,. -M'- l-'liu". let ! 'hmniid of hun 1 ? """. 111 '" ovtr r-
of his own i Rawling-s, to bleed him. He was agiuiled,
cl,.l- j I1..M liif .i-iifTtii ( u 'I'liO ft 111 r 1 1 1 1 1
1 . m si t .l!o nut inrcp llm i.nh ir.'iMnri
of translerublo st'cii thus held is known IO , . lB,.,l V..l.i....i..n said .o him. 'f).,.i"t h,.
be tl 1,500,000, and ihe amount of coupon j lu '' S' ; T ,, Vf;( " , , " , . , p
i. 1. i. ,:.....(0,i . iiuirum a 1 ' man to o leu said o his hn-nds 10 would ;"'" vt nen .lunu io 1 1 up ins an 1, ne
bonds is estimated at wJ.oOO.OOO. At ,n,l. ss with Mr Puch ,' 1 wid with difticultv, 'More.' After till cf-
leasl half ihe aggregate amount is held , , netcr puWis . unl. ss will, .m. .ue 1 ..n. 1. s ,lft
concern or 111 n.s eoiimry s cun. .1110, 11 1 - n - 1 -i -
Mr. hichim.m shall resist th.se demands of ll0 ""-'"-' for llis lll-'" tur,,wl JoU
.1 jnt woild. tin I. hi a just world set Ihe I-Plir Bl111 1:11,1 1 u,n r"ln 5 "')'
,..,1 r.C ii. en,,., UU r,,ri..-,.r hrci.ll. cannot coiiliiiuo long. I b.-lievcel
LoTti&ci'lc Jutininf.
I from the first it would be fatal. , you
jarrongo uud record all my mililary letters
MTDAKS IN Ul!,IKi:.S. ! " "J Mn Bm,I,S" "7 ee.... ue see
.1 1 I. I .. s..- ..I. ....
l.'..el for the Cited:110 '"X. V" "U """'.'"V" ""ul 1
to I arhamciit,
tli.tiit ihiin nnv run. else. nn;l let Mr. I.:ittl.
C!1
, i i , i . . ... i . , n "S I ll su lecoi it oir toy olii'-i ei eei t iih u
-.le'lish coleini o:ai e 1, nrns thai 'iho i"'t ! , , ,,,' r ii
" ., i : 1 a--! he has begun. Peiwcen 5 alio 0 o c hick ho
et.nuo pi.id u to III.) exchequer III .jal . . . . . . . n n ! i r I
Sill'! IO Ills (lilt sieillll, l'l, e-l.-.n., 1 ie:,;i ui
revenue p'.nt il to III.) cxcl.eq
was 81. !!H4. .)!;,., and the cxp lit llio fl,
I I 1:1... ,1 1 li. .. ... .1...
nun, iuiu ine eeriuiei in ue- niiiii, us . t . , . i ,,, ,, .
W nlinir half crottr. oul of sixpence a '1 1 tul"'ut lo" ..b ,orl u('
ilav." 'Iho inlerrst of iho 'd. bl" colisilill-
self going; you had belter not lake any
t,t.i ,il. mil ..in. hnl let dip on fill'
I ter n".'iiil he said, 'Poctor, I die hard, hut i but peranihulaK; ihe streets, acquiring vici
. . . ' I I I. II...... I f.. t I . 1 . . . I .' '.....
ed l'iron lo n third ('" 0 17 Sn0 ) of the 1 '" logo; i ueiiutoei mini m v l oils naniis. ju a worn, uio lime is ui niiu.i
national income; and.h'e army, navy, and ' 1 should not survive it ;.ny j wn, p,.()pl0 will be compelled lo place
ordnance, more than half, ( li,302,()57. -1 , u" , . i m
ii I. , . ,: e . ., I ho made scvera atteiiips o speak t) Mr
How small an amount ot taxation for our , , V . V .. ', ' ,
i,.,li.e,l tvin.N ee..,,. .lie ..,... lu tes l.ro. "e,lr ul,u 1,1 "al-, . un. juse K K
.'is'ralia. The declared
exports was 05,fi!il),3Su., our b"st custom
er bring tho American Republic. The
tomiagii of vessels entering our ports was
the world. Justico lo Henry uuy calls
aloud from his grave for this revelation.
I'hero is enough, indeed, on the record of
History, winch .Mr. Llav caused to lie mail
Grand Total for Pacific XI. U., 1.11 ,835,001) acres.
Mr. Wood, of Maine, reports that money
is better than land, and recommends an ap
propriation of 8100,000,000 by Congress,
to be supplied by the surplus now in the
Treasury or to accrue; and if that do not
supply the means fast enough, he thinks a
stock having thirty years lo run, at 5 per
cent., might he created, to be issued in
such annual sums as tho progress of the
work might require. Mr, Wood accord
iugly reports a bill for Iho gradual con
struction of a wagon road, railroad, and
telegraph line, appropriating 8100,000,
000, and providing for the appointment of
Commissioners to manage the work. Mr.
Wood has had large experience in tho
building of railroad, and his report is
marked by practical pood sense, concise
ness and originality. Ho favors the Cen
tral route, because the shortest and cheap
est. In this respect the proposed lines
compare as follows :
Northern line, 2,025 miles-
Ontrul hue, bediming at Council
I'.ltit':', and going through Salt
Uke City. 1.353 milts.
Sou.heru route, from Fullon in Ark
ansas, n'a tl Pjso, 2,039 miles.
Mr. Kidwell, of Virginia, reports deci
ded'y against any railroad, on any plan, by
any route. He denies ihe constitutional
powers of the Government to construct the
work, argues against the possibility of ma
kin" a railroad ihrough the sands and over
the mountains, and attempts to prove that
r . A ..,l P..1I., .nlr.nol if .,M
il it n.iiu iu ai'J .-j... u, 'h'm. i. V". ,
not bp he kent in operation unless nt a ' with the whole S
real annual expense in addition to all its dares to meet the
He einresscs the oi.inion tnat. I cares io lei uie
sue, v. - , .. - - ..... A.-tnu I
could nt be executed at a less cost tnan j mcn gave rise vj to." .-- t
ft '00 000 000. This is his estimate of the : against the greatest and bet man ol alt , 'JLe population
' . . . I I -!.,... ,t... I, ., li.llii.nrr-O ll.e! . . .
cost of one read; the tnr?e irun- tines our ianu, ni-go s-- , was 3o,78I,o-i,i an mcrea m ii yegrs
Americon people will demand it. Let Gov. j .!'' l,2.iU and clearing. y,odb,J.Jl-i,.
Lelcher speak, oriel Ihe deep damnation of ' i",,4'? tnleniig, aim b,o i,o i clearing,
the seal put upon his lips l,e proclaimed to "h cargoes. 65 sailing vessels, of 212,-
... 1 ... .. . I n'i'i . i.... , I.. -.P Q I f 1 1 D
1 Z e MIS, IIIMI .'1.J SL' U III . (SM.-e, VI Ol.'.l ,
were built and and registered in the king
dom. Kxclusito of river steamers, there
were 751 steam Vessels of 20.950 Ions.
Wul'.iry, which .'ii. m .''-' " , ; , . . , . , w.,., i
to show on which side, and by whom, bar-1 employing (xehisito of masters)
n;n wo. nrn..s.l! but iho fin'-er of a , men, and 17,074 sailing vessels of 3,701,.
deceased patriot, and he the greatest, the ! 211 tons employing 1 17,289 mcnregis
,.,,r..i most magnanimous of the nL'e I 'eie(J ll" hmgdom in Ih.i.j. 5,2oU,84
in which he lived, points to a revelation on i quarters of wheat, S.OOS.'sOa of barley,
this very subject yet unmade, and justic" ( und SlO.fiM of oats, w,; re sol, ,n the pnu-
J . " . i t . i . !. ini.'i nini .'.,1 Inu'ii; r 1 'nrr tiln IIIW Wll ,
lohis uamo and lame ocmancis innt h .e.. . .... .......o
, ,,, : (io Id was coined at I id mint to tho value
sliouici bo maue. ' , , ,. -, i
If Mr. Buchanan has nny friends leftjot suvcr ioio,.. "j
that entertain the slightest respect for him, P 41,001. ; total 0,-4i.,ihU. Ihe
or are willing to see justice rendered to : amount received ny ino savings nanus r!
the injured and mighty dead, let them at uie singeiou. is., p......
once unite with tho rest of the people or the I '3M-; capital, 31,201,721. Tho births :n
country in demanding, percmplorilv and , Lnghind mi l Wales were 035,123, the
stcrnlv, lhat he at ouco authorize Gov. ! marriages 1 10,730, and the death 120,2-12.
Letcher to make a statement of the facts, i1" Scotland, 03,103 bitlhs, 19,030 inar
.l,t r.,ihtU:ni stMii.'s nledord not I ria''."s, and 2,134 deaths. Ustimattd
to make without his consent. Henry Clay I pop
ihemsi Itcs right, not upon lliu goose, but
the stigiir question. Rochester Advertiser'
itoviM.Nu roil Omissions ami Picfi-xts.
said thai Senator Puller is lo iutro
bill into tho Senate pl'otidillg for
cases omitted m I ho Constitution in
i .1 I . . : I ... .. 1 t':. .
, , , I "III,... ..... U.ll I... . .v.. ,... ,.. , . .
ll.-L " UI 11, HUM ,a . . u it.o it. -v ..... ... v. , , , , , . .
"Tiswcll.1 Just before he expired ho felt j ' resident, but also tho ..'peakcr of the
his own pulse; his hand fell fi "in Ins wrist,
ll.ieiuu.il "lllll.-, u.-lli me- leuv-u uu.; uir , , 'III . I .
i. . i mm i. i ci. : . r.i. I Have mo decently buried, and no not lul .,
it. il . J ue leaitaiueiii ine iiiiptii is ui in.-, , , , , . . . . a
. . . . tiiv nn.it no inn nun inn v.iuie in less n :ui .
I vear was 1 ::i,w,j(i .m.h., (against !).', 'Ml,-1 J , '. ' , , ,, , i ju
i :. ,o-. t .. r I two (hits after I nm dead.' Peur says, I i " is
lOJ'JI.ill 1 . J.).) v 'll I inmoi is r.i iinvtu.. , - .. i i i . I l
"i I . . ' . '.. ... I l,mv...( iitsi.i. ' 1 l.i hiiiki'i ut me n.raiii nnd iliiei. a
i. ton in 1S,.) amouuteel lo rill, 732, 1102 Ills., I . . . ,
..... h iii ' a vnn nm ers nn. inn I 1 re n lei
more than t hren lourtlis o which came i " ' : , , ... . ' i
.... . . l ,.a ii.i'.' ' ' io tv.. ' Ami Inesri were lus .. .
. llleiui tlie e. lliu u kjiiui .s. v'l .ui, tie i.u-
ported u:),a00,44G !!.., one half of it from
l.
and Gcoigo Washington was no more.'
The Slave Trartu In Uavuna.
Tho following from the llavnnu corres
pondent of the New York Tiibuue, July 6,
marks tho activity of the slave Irnde going
on in Culm. Tho parties who fil out some
of theso slavers in our Northern polls mo
House is unable lo perform or are prevent
ed from performing llio duly of President.
In that case the hill provides "Jut llio
Chief Justice shall net ns President," and
if he, loo, is unable, then llm next oldest
Judge, otid so on, until the whole Supreme
Pencil is exhausted.
The bill also protid s for those cases in
eel,I,.). t!,,. ii;fr..,..,l ... .se i.w.ns of thn. rnns
nrubablv uooJ liinhanan men, honing by ' ' .
l"u uv t , ' , sliltitioii as iiiiieii.'ed coii.o ii. o i mre.it
; conflict with each other, as f r instanoo in
I the case in liich the Speaker of llio House
who is called ii on to net Its Pieaidoiit is
j not a native of the country ; tho conslilu-
lion prescribing thai he bind, be, or in which
tho tlccUon of their candidate lo hasten ihe
time when the samo lucralivo coinm' rco
will have nn extensive mat let in tho Uniled
Stales :
"Captain Powers, of ihe Amu iean schoon
er Young; America, on his voyage from N.
York to Ihis port, reported having seen n
large ship crowded with negroes. Shu
loeiked so much like a man-of-war lhat he
touk h'.'r lo be such, and stood on lit r track
to speak her. The slat er immediately sent
all her people down below, nud made nil
sail in another direction. Three days af
ter having received ihis information, I was
informed that the ship had succeeded in
ion of Ki, dand and Wales. H.'sO,. landing seven hunureei aim uny negroes at
... . " .I '.. V....I. ....
. ..... ..j :.. i.:.. i:r . . ( di, ii S,',,i i,r Meol hue . 1 .1 l. ) ). ly.'ioanas, a pou uu ii.o ,..ii
r l V -i on of LU f u I yXZZZ i I'a u - (iv of vgranu) in receipt 15 miles to the west ofllavi The own
and Ooy le Li r a i Votl UyUf r lief i England and Wal-s, at .he : ers had disposed of the cargo to ,r,vn,snd
rVuchWs own bi d applied to Mr. ! close of 1 655, ,77,707. I,, Scotland, 79, ; the .lave, were taken away .mme-ha tely,
B for permission :o stato the truth, but,""?. J" IrehmJ, 73,0,3. Emigrants j w.lhout he loss of a singleone. Alter the
U. lor permission . ..,.'..,.' ,,, Li...l..rr. iu 1S55. 170,fc07. ! escapo the authorities commeiiccd to search
thai nm tp man. IX iiiuteu uv inn U".l, ' ' .
i l 1.1,1 ,,eh fx-rmiasiun. and in-' (a iain
sisted (hat the old
be rigidly kept
one of the of'iicers or judges designated lo
act ar, Chief . Magistrate has not the ago re
quired by the constitution for President.'
One of the mo.,t rc. oathable features of the
bill is that the Pr.-sid. nl thus called to act
l,y the operation of law shall be President
for four years, and lhat no new IVesiden
ii.il cltclio.i shall take place before the end
of that pe. iod. The bill, as it will bo read
ily perceived, U of vital interest at this jimc
Hire. iV.'("r A lecrlisir.
CoM;m:ssio:ur, Dli;i.s. 'J'hcre have
been but twenU -live Congressional dial-
t a-J42 in H51.) Such are o the suiiur plaulalions around Muriel, this p. .. t f,,,t Ju,-U since Ihe organization
' . ' . ... i . i.rv.i re .1.,... ,K,I n... ' " - ,. ........ ...
. ....... r 1 1 ....... I ..... t .,. I ,ru. . ' u r . i.h ,uin. il li Jill a.; . in . i.i i ..ui r . i. I-.... I ......... ... n.tii n irr.'Hi.ir nil ill
I .". .. .i i , . -.. ,c;-.. A : r.... :.. 1 uln..r.a I l.ia rr.rnn hftfl hardlv ..... . ...l.' t.
f Mf. Uuchanan now,iii3 i.mguom in i-'. aemi . .et ... "-'-- , , , f 1( Sa onnatcii in quarrel, wmcn
. ... . .i . . i. I I...I.....I I.,,..,.. ,.i,r oil ..fT 1,1.0. rt- ttvn mnrn were (is- . '
ag Xich! press at his hack, , e-e reiur is ..,.. o .. . - -- , , y ;, r,.ftrence to mat-
O . . 1 . . f , ... . I . I i .... ,.... I ,rm lin.(.i. nvif. orn iQrUfl in lift Vl-fV iflfL II .Ur '' I ! 111 ' ( I '
A . Low wh his con'-ler than .ha. of Scotland, ha. 0,404 lets 1 keep up appearances, some twenty or thirty u-r. .Inch oceurred ... UngreM.
" , - ... r ' ,h .rr.ieef. i. duet was anon tho memorable ccca-.on , paupers ..er v,
pressed by the majority of the Committee, political destinies of our country ev,, yearly or quite
wel. their divergent branches, woulJ by since, let him, abandoning the miserable. ' . .-
M ZfL t300,09;:.'00 ; .'and iulnieg t:wWdaeof Lr-jrctcnt p-'thl ben in fatu tl ue.
.- .1 i
oi tlio old anu aisuoie-i -ere . U'ITIv ToAsr. Al a late f.reman'i
, lorwa aed .... city r e . , , K lwar, l!radley gave
of France in 153 f'f su!'JtCt 10 ,S'Mu'n imitt j ,J Mt)., ; "Ladies of '50 like .he
'fheVa two car2oe, consisted of nine hun- fireman's bucket, v, knope. 1 and, Uke ire-
onc-bulfof.dred. I have also been informed of anoth- mf " u. l;liiing ....Uu . su...
I er Uncling at Batalano, where e ght hun- ! r.ote.