Indiana American, Volume 18, Number 11, Brookville, Franklin County, 8 March 1850 — Page 1

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BY C.F. CLAUKSOX.

EXTRACTS FROM THE SPEECH OF MR. HOUSTON. In favor of the Preservation of the Un ion. In Senate, Feb. 8, 1850. The Senate hav.ng under consideraUon1 rtnTnfi nH J Mr. HOUbrON rose and addressed thebenate as follow, Mr Present : However ineompe.nt 1 mav be to reDav the Senate fnr

7u: m .:iu. eacu 01 Ine conflicting parties

inewroHr-j.uFv..Mu5.Uo.rtUure.iit is the misfortune that men h;ve anthem at this time, and upon this subject, pr0ached this subject regarding it as a 1 feel that it my duty to offer my v.ewsInaUer for sectional victory or defeat.

in a respectful, frank, and candid manner, !They have not

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interests are ununcu hi me resolutions i?

offered for our consideration by the d,stinguished Senator from Kentucky, (Mr. Clay.) Ana minis connexion I trust it; may not be considered out of place for me to make some comment on a resolution which I offered some days since. It is not, sir, that I expect to instruct or edify this assembly, but that I may aquit myself of the daty which is incumbent upon me. While other gentlemen, more distinguished, more able, and more enlightened upon all subjects than myself, are casting into the treasury of knowledge their abundance, I may be allowed to cast in my mite. 1 can ouly assure you, Mr. President, that no one feels a more sincere desire than myself to see the present agtauon of this country calmed, and the violent emotions which have influenced the deliberations ol the Congress of the United States put to rest. All that I regret is, that my ability is so inadequate to the accomplishment of the great work which statesmen have so often attempted in vain. I trust that we shall not be without gentlemen of influence in this chamber, to step forward and advocate those principles which may tend to the preservation of this Union, the harmony of these Suites, and the happiness of us all. It is a subject of vast importance, and one in which all others are involved. I regret that the disposition to interfere with the institution of slavery, to exhibit the exercise of their rights to the Southern Stales and people rights which all free people have to regulate their own domestic institutions exists at all at the IVorth; that any should wish to interfere with, or obstruct, the rights of the people of the Territories to adopt such form of republican government as they may choose: for they would, subsequently to their admission lo the Union as States, have the obvious right to modify their constitution so as to adopt or prohibit sla very according to their own will and pleasure. But I do rot charre this disposition upon the people of iho North, and to do o i. 1 think, to i!isconriro our friends there, and to misinform and to mislead the South. We ought to draw the line distinctly between those who are J deposed to support the constitution by) sustaining the rights of the South, and those who are willing to carry on a crusade against rights pre-existent to the constitution of the Union itself. If the power, Mr. President, is not clearly and definitely given to the Congress of the United States lo legislate upon the subject of the Territorial Governments, it strikes me that there is a great force in the position, tint to assume it would be to violate a fundimental principle of our Government, which is, that the people (by which I understand the people of the Territories as well as the people ofl the States) have the right of self-govern ment under the constitution. Congress has the power to make needful rules and ongress , .cgu.a.iuns ior me territories and other property of the United States; but these rules are temporary. They may apportion the land, and they have a right to do whatever may be necessary in "order to ZZa JL c .7 may .prOV.'ae '"r U,e m y. mini? ?Pi e,nesLsandJudie dE ,'.f y hVZ P.Wer .,0aU ernm! , f ma,'0n,0f remtoml Governments, to exist no longer than un til it uuuuu.iica ui iiib 1 erriinrips. in nrrlpp in' islate for themselves. l' r. :r,ai Ior ne .people to tegSuch are the powera necessarily resulting from authority, ueicgaiea oy the constitutior but beyond this, we cannot snfplv trn r.plip ,u ..i , 6 Oel.e e that the exercise of a power not, ue any given is nowhere so dangerous as 111 toe Congress of the nation more SO1 Ulan in any of the rnnrrlinnto hnnrUo nf , ne Government. That body is more numerous, and therefore more dangerous, "i the exercise ol an usurped power. f hey are the immediate representatives of the people, and consequently have a more direct influence with them, and have a greater control, from that circumstance, . 1 j . ....... .v. '''.. v v, utr me leenngs and passions of the community. The more numerous the body, ie less is the individual responsibility. hat is done by all is chargeable to no one m particular, and thereby the individual responsibility is diminished. The senate, being further removed from the people, has less inflnence upon their immediate action. The House of Representees is more numerous than the Senwe, and for these reasons, while it is one 01 the most influential, it is the least re--FUMioie braneh of Congress. Number. I have remarked, divide and lessen en

rsPonsibiliiy, Jand hence usurpation (action, there would be no just reason to w be more easy and dangerous. The. fear a dissolution of the Union. An

uuor of any particular misdemeanor easuy detected. In the co-ordinate . .. r partments of the Government, though inf ve leir power from th people, . 111 U is not so dirpptlv ilnne. and. he. mg less numerous, their influence at me less, and responsibility is more dicuy lasteoed upon the offender. In the judicial and executive branches of the lit ernment therefore, usurpation is less 'j io occur, and less dangerous from f lonai influence when it does occur. me judicial or executive departments .,, yovernment were to act inconsist "'7 with their high duties, the delinquent

j could be readily ascertained, pointed out, 1 and punished. j Unfortunately, Mr. President, when I ...vcc uisciisiuns nrsi commenced between the North and the South. ihev Palely unimportant in their extent, but ,ime adJed uel to the flame, and has now brought it to a conflagration difficult to extinguish. Excitement has been produ.1 u. 1 r . were comiictory regarded it as they should reference to the perpitut v nf thio rin ' r I 1.1 .1 have readily reconciled the diversity ol opinions which existed in relation to it: for ,he preservation of this Union is of vastly more value than any sectional tri umph or individual advancement. Had Inp ; i m n tn nni1 u...n t . I. .1 : ' . .v..6Jr ouu c4udi cuuiu uciiiuL- j . iu me 1 t-ciMniiciut-iii ui uiebt; nunculties, and to an attempt to allay the dissensions which distract the two" sections of the Union, they would have ceased to exist long ago. Now it is different. It was an easy matter then to do what has now become most difficult. But I call upon the friends of the Union, from every quarters, to come forward like men, and to sacrifice their differen ces upon the common altar of their coun try s good, and to form a bulwark around the constitution that cannot be shaken. It may require manly effort, sir: and they must expect to meet with prejudices grow ing up around them that will assail them trom every quarter. They must stand firm to the Union, regardless of all per sonal consequences. Time alone can recompense thrm for their sacrifice and their labors; for devotion to country can never be forgotten, when it is offered freely, and Tithoul expectation of reward. The incense of self-sacrificp. when thus offered on the altar of their countey, will be acceptable to the people. I have no doubt that this question might be easily adjusted, if gentlemen would encourage such disposition and feeling as doubtless actuate a large portion, if not all, of this body, if they would come up to the work, I have no doubt six Senators here could be designated, without reference to party. (you may, :.f you please, disregardjthe sec tion ot country trom which they come,) who would act ae a committee of conference, and sit down together as wayfaring men, and produce satisfactory reconcileation, thereby dil'using universal peace and calming the agitated waves that are lashing at the base of our capitol, and speak comfort and solace to millions of freemen. Do not the American people love this Union! Are they not devoted i0 lU Is it not every remmisence of the past associated with its glories, and are they not calculated to inspire prayers for iis prosperity and perpetuity? If this were not the case you might think lightly of our noble Confederacy, but so it is it stands tonnected with every fibre of the national heart, and is inter .voven with every glorious recollection of the past, which affection or reverence can inspire in the minds of the American people. It is not, Mr. President, that twenty-five :u: - c 1 1 . . . immune 01 soais alone are involved in the perpituity of this Udion it is not that every consideration of happiness conmected with the country appertains to it but it is because it is the great moral, social, and political lever that has moved, is moving, and will continue to move the World. IjOok ahronrl at fiirpiirn mlmiK ailj behold the influence of our examole upon them not ours, for I feel a sense !nf nmilpntim, ,.. I ,nn.MB( ,b I - " iiv4i a. vwiiuitot tall ivllUI IS of any man now living with the illustrious achievemeuts of the departed sages and heroes who performed this mighty work. The most beautiful descriptt on that I evernearu.or inai my eye lias ever lit upon, with reference to the greatness and sublimity of our noble Union, I extracted from a poem which recently appeared in Wheeling, within the limits' of the Old i 1 .1 ... Dominion so pre-eminately disiineuishej jor her statesmen and warriors. From .i . ii -i . . . . not vet pvtinct even in hpr rpmntpst hnr-

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uers. lie says, wnen speaking oi tnose who wouId ,-vor disunion .Can su.h prove worthless of their great bequest, And smile upon Disnnion's Umgnu crest ? Who will surrender up his joint estate I In the rich memory ol our country a great I ,,.. r - And who bis blood-boitijtsl'nre consent to yield t n Soratmia's or in Yorktown's field ?' He has aptly connected associations, not sectional in their character, but pecul iarly fraternal. Saratoga in the Norih, and Yorktown in the South. It shows that bv the joint efforts of both sections of this nation, the liberties of the country were achieved and the Union consuma ted. OhI by our fathers' common toils and fame, By all the glories of our country's name, liy that high mission 'hat commxnuner suit The measure ot her destiny to fill , By all the hopes of myriads through the worlJ, Whose only stars are on our flag unfurled, And who, nmid thtir long and dreary night, Knew not beside one lingering ray of light, By richest gifts to country ever given Forbid the sin and shatw, protecting Heaven!' If sentiments like these inspired every mind, if emotions like these dwelt in ev erv heart, if every heart dictated such islidea of that character would be treated with abhorrence by minds imbued with patriotic and virtuous sentiments. I reo-ret, 51 r. President, thai the dis . . . . . tinguished Senator from Kentucky, who has been remarking on that little section of the Union called Texas, should have questioned her right to the boundary for which she ever has contended the only one that she ever asserted the only one by which she has ever been known to the American people one, too, sir, mat was never controverted by Mexico. On this subject I will not detain this honorable body, but will leave it to abler lnnds to

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make a thorough investigation of the .whole subject, if it has not already been by my colleague and the representatives from my State in the other House. This investigation, I trust, will leave no doubt as to the validity of the claim and the justice of our rights. I would state in passing, however, that at the. time Texas was annexed, or at the meeting of her first organic Congress after the adoption of her constitution, she was recognized with the boundary as declared in her statutes, and as exhibited to the United States. With that boundary she was recognized by the United States, England and France; with that boundary she was recognised by Holland and Belgium, and with that boundary she was annexed. That boundary was recognised in the protection that was accorded her as a State of this Union after hpr nnup Y'ltinii 1 ,1 ..,. i 1 . : 1 1 .1 . . . - i.uuieu oy me treats' ol Uuaualupe Hid algo; and ihe map defining her boundary i 4k t: f i c -. . ' .nc it.u vjranue, irom us source to its confluence with the Gulf, is acknowledged beyond all doubt or question. The first time lever heard this boundary disputed (for that difficulty never originated with Mexico) was in this country. The question of boundary was never disputed between two countries. Mexico never disavowed the boundary claimed by Texas, but declared, even after the war had progressed for years, that any Mexicans found one league east of the Rio Grande would be considered as within the limits of Texas and would be treated as traitors. That was a practical relinquishment of all title to the land in question, and it has never been regarded in any other light until it was unfortunately presented here as a subject of arbitration, and was never a question in dispute between Texas and Mexico; and I do hope it will be at least regarded in an impa.tial manner. It is not my province or intention to comment upon our boundary beyond the simple statement I have made, leaving the work of investigation to gentlemen abler and better informed. I regret exceedingly that any remark of mine should have been misunderstood. I thought I was pretty accurate in history. lo matter who did originate the Address, I know I did not sign it. I did not reflect upon any one who did sign it; nor did I reflect upon any one who suggested it. Ao, sir. 1 have provoked no assault. But, sir, a Convention was suggested similar to this in a publication over the signature of "Crisis," contained in the Charleston Mercury, as far back as 1835. I do not know who wrote that, and. I mention it without any reflection upon any one. I have said that I wished lo make as few remarks as possible with justice to myself on this occasion, owing to the absence of the distinguished Senator from South Carolina, (Mr. Calhoun,) and I hope I may never have occasion to make those which I might have thought I was warranted in making; because I respect age, I respect distinction, I respect all whose fame is connected with the history of our country, and which will be transmited to after ages, and convey with it a proud impression as to the nobility and patriotism of those who lived in the age in which we do, and with whose names our actions sre to be associated when we shall cease lo produce com motion on earth. But, sir, as I am sure I shall afford an agreeable relief to the Senate, I will read from the "Federalist" an extract from the writings of Mr. Madison, in which he seems to have anticipated what now has been threatened, and which, by some moderate and reflecting persons, is seriously apprehended. To allay that, and advertise the Senate and whoever may read it, and put them on their guard agaist any of the exciting emotions that might lead them from the path of patriot ism and devotion to their counlry, Mr Madison says, in "The Federalist," on the 8Gth page: 'I submit to you" referring to difficulties that might arise, or admonishing wh:it they misht be submit to von, mv fellow-citi zen?, these considerations in fu!l confidence that the good sense ?h"t has so often marked vour decisions, will nilow them their due weight and rlTect, and that yon will never suf ter difficulties, however tormtdaole in appear ance, or however fashionable the error in which thev mav be founded, to drive you into the gloomy and perilous scenes into which the advocate tor disunion would conduct vou Hearken not to the unnatural voice which tell ou that the people of America, knit logethet as they are, by so many chords of affection, can no longer live together as members ol the same lauuU can no longer continue the mutual guardians ol their mutual happiness can no longer be fellow-citiens of one great, respecta ble, and flourishing empire. Hearken not ti the voice whih petulantly Sells you that the form ol government recommended Icr your a adoption is a novelty in the p litteai word ih it has never yet had a place in th theories ot the wildest projectors that it rashly attempts what it is impossible to accomplish. INo. m coutrymen, shut your ears against this iinhal lowed language. Shut your heaits against the poison which it conveys. The kindred blood w hicb flows in the veins ot An mean citizens the mingled blood which they have shed in defence ot thrir sacred rights, consecrate their union, and excite horror at thi idea ot their comins aliens, rivals, enemies. And if noveit.es are to be shunned, bclioie me the ni.ist alarming of ail novelt ea the most wild of all pr. jec s the most r si ot all attempts, is that of rending us in pieces iu order o preserve our liberties and promote our h;iiineso.'' Mr. President, in reading the extract which I havejust read, I knew it was giving the highest authority, or authority inferior only to that ot one man, who has lived in the tide of times as a statesman exempt from passion, controlled by virtuous impulses, intelligent, a mind lucid, a hand steady, and a heart pure. Mr. Madison dictated these suggestions; and as such I commend them to you and to the American people. W hen I look at the inaugural address of General Washington in relation to the country and the difficulties thatwere liksly afterwards to arise, and contemplating our present position, 1 will taks the liberty of readme to the oenaie an exiraci, wnicn I will not only be regarded by the Senate

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with respect, bat which I hope will ever -1, V y ,fte PeoP'e ail 'hat they will cherish it in all the relations of life. It is by the cultivation of such feelings as are here inculcated that this Union is to be perpetuated, that jarring interests are to be reconciled, and millions yet unborn are to enjoy the happiness of institutions which it is our duty to transmit to them unimpaired. Then, sir, it says: -All obstruction! to the execution of the laws, all combination and associations, under jMduwuie cnaracter, wit!) th sign to direct, control, counteract, or e real deregular dehberations and action cf the t. or awe the const iu..u ..unon.ira.are destru t.ve to this fundamental princ.ple, and of fnal tendency. Theerve lo organize faction, to give it an artificial th j 1 j 1 na ry lorce, to put it, .he pla he delegated will of a n:.n , the will ot a ace ol ty. often a small but artful and a parminnriiv f .k r ., - - ."wHuniiv : an.1, accordmo to the alernale triumphs of different parties' to make the public adminitri;n .t. : ' r the ill-concerted and incon?rui nrnii. r taction, rather than the or2an ol consistent and wholesome plans, digest en1 hK..mmnn i. and modified by mutual interests." 1 his applies with peculiar force to ob structions attempted to be imposed by individuals, or by authority of the free States.it opposing the constitutional rights of the South in thp ' rpcl-im.,i; r .u: o i,:ul.. . , U1 l,,c,r I l 77 , ?m re'Ue amn uiem, ana wnicn the constitution should be surrendered. I, ousrht to be membered tint thn m,tl. uicuiuircu uiai me ooutli are as sensitive

suppose they are actino- ,ne;,; '"i'". V," VB uu "P". battr any thing.

in obstructing those rights. . - -. . t -v4i.iiiiuiioj v . , i Sir. if I hail thn r. T .1 moral, social, or political nowerI w M enforce these admonitions, not only upon the American Senate, but upon the aSS rannMnU nA ' , , v., u upon an raanKinu who regard the civil institutions of society by which individual rin-Kto .., ..-.i i t iii . . . . - ..... 1 1- ui 11 1 uirii 1 1 1 nil. :i ri ( i t wouici aumonish them not to he cirplp of the high destiny. which has been assigned to them; and if the influ

ences are stored to tranquillity, the laws adminU - in the great highway to prosperity which has been pointed out to us by the sacs of Other times. Sir, we find a beautiful and bnrmnnlnn. concert in the feelings that have distinguished the illustrious men of oast times . 1 B upon mis subject. 1 rom Washington and Madison and you may go to Jackson, in whose language, and in every line he wrote, patriotism and a love of countrv burned, and gave lustre to all his actions! well, then, if he has friends, if Washington las friends, if surviving and distinguished statesmen have friends, I invoke them, bv

used here that can be used, then all anta- U 7 " ' l"a' Scoleh-Iri?h fa:e. softion will subside, ths npnnlo ,;il . ilened 't "pression around the mouth bv

tne love oi country, by the high and holy ienuon- length one ol the persons compoprivi'eges we enjoy, to think of home. sin tho breakfast party his name I think Is Aye, think of home when your ansrv pas- Toomoi,i nd he is a member of Congress from

sions rise; think of the sacred pledges you nave tett beliind you; think of peace; think of the influence you can exercise; u:i. - .i. r i- -. i a. . Him oi uieir leiiciiy; tninK ot tne disas trous consequences and dire dismay thai the knell of disunion would impart to their throbbiKg hearts; think of that, and think of every thing that is sacred at home, 1 regret exceedingly ever to allude to '.vhat I have done. Hut on this occasion! I feel that if it even be regarded as boasting, I will say that when I have been charged with being a deserter from the illterests of the South, and courting favor with the JNorth, I pity the beguilement men iias uictateu me suggestion. nai: forget the South? If I am of the South, can , i noi rcconeci tne iorill.' nnat is our

country? It is a nation composed of parts, much intrude upon the time of our friends. I - . . .......

L,iaiiu ..c5i,ouuuiaiiu lvirui. ii is an pntirctv. There are no fractions in it. it is a unit, and 1 trust it will so remain. But I have been charged with being an alien an alien a "deserter" . Permit meand I say it because it is history not embellished, it is truth when I gave the first ev idence of manhood it . when a stripling, I enlisted a private solrt3 ill OJlllt ai UC1UUOI1 lU Hie OOlllII. Oir,

dierin the ranks of my counlrynien; IW orders to servant, that I should on no ac - took my life in oae hand 111 my right count be disturbed. The manner in which the

nana i graspea tne weapons ot war. e 1 . I A marched inquest of the Indian in his lurking place; we met the savage in his war pain, we KlllOieU our nres lar in me i ii f .t

r 0nnn. u.. .1 :i iiHiiiiiug much imc u.iuiu liiuif, ne mil

v,. wu. ,e vj u.c... u.....,tioa. As I raised my head to look in his fea-

I r A k I T tru"f ""ciered that he was wrapped in a thin cloak, which

: .1 .1 n i e ii i V u, . 7 '"J"" 3 uul"' the blood of my eaily manhood to consecrate the soil to freedom and ihe L n.on. 1 his was m the centre of the South. Now, , . L 1 I mountains speak peace, and joy is in all " i mj aaevav 11V. U1U Ull UU1 I'Ul IOf 1 1 1 eys. 1 he warrior is careless, his, ,. J , 7 arms lie idle; he can now point to them , i. t- ri- i . i i and speak to his sons of his valiant deeds. .1.11, i -f n i i mil niiii, i iiii.c uuiic, ll l llclic tuiiuinuiru mvmi!, . Um.n f,on,l, I .. ill lot .ii i . i . ' .iu uiMiir v it' 1 1. nuii rJt in m.' iii p ii'ni r ii p done it; or, if I have failed in the offices humanity, let it be visited upon me. With my gallant associates I have struck manacles from the limbs of a captive ohieftain and restored him. with his vannuished comrades, to their nation and their homes, without ransom. I ask no recompense. Was not all this done for the South am I to be questioned of having a Southern heart, when that heart is large enough, 1 trust, to embrace the whole Union, if not the whole world? (Applause. And, Mr. President, I must say that I am sorry 1 cannot offer the prayers of the righteous that my petition might be heard. But I beseech those whose piety will per mit them reverentially to petition, that they will pray for this Union, and ask that He who buildeth up and pulleth down nations will, in mercy, preserve and unite us. For a nation divided against itself cannot stand. I wish, if this Union must be dissolved, that its ruins may be the monument of my grave, and the graves of my family. I wish no epitaph to be written to tell that I survived the ruin of

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glorious Union. Applause

Vlr Country. I love my eoBBtry'a pine-clad hilhj, Her thousand bright and gushing rills, Her sunshine and her storm ; Her rough and rugged rocks, that rear Their hoary heads high in the air, In wild fantastic form. I love her rivers deep and wide, And those bright streams that seaward glide, To seek the ocean's breast; Her smiling fields, her fertile vales, Hr shady dells, her pleasant dales, Her haants of peaceful rest. I love the forest dark and lone, For there the wild bird's merry ton Is heard from morn till sight; And there are lovlier Sowers I ween. Than e'er in eastern lands were seen, In varied colors bright. Her forest and her valleys fair, Her flowers that scent the morning air. Have all their charms forme; But more I leve my country's name, Those words that echo deathless fame, And sound from sea to sea. AiBE!r!OPT. Tl,e Washington correspondent of Mr Li tpSZ:: . u-"r ""'""-nic.te. ' 8 tur,ous account or a recent remarkabla trm r v. r iu . , , coum lean th. nhnut f" me "rTllEH OF His the realms beneath the Cocmtry" to revi ISlt ' 1 " " WU' . ll,on?" thal his Mov hul 2 ,k which u - A!? "A fr C,VIL We f' ll" . wnai h worth: Washington, D. C, Jan. 12, '50. Mr. Editor: The other . . morning, at the nreahfant tnhT nup r.: i .u it t t ' .. ' ",ruu' " Jonn oralhonn' 'eemei Ter- troubled and out of spirits. You know he is altogether a venerable ' !rt f "ad smile'. whkh wins the hearU of " wiin mm. ll is hair is snow- " ' thin' and Here- " yU erymochof Old Hickory. That I he ls honestt no one doubts; he has sacrificed to Fata,ism the behest hopes of political ad.vancemeDt hff-red "P on the shrine of that iron NeC8Ssity which ' worships, all that can avnlt. L r . 1 uinou even me residency of the Uj But my story. The other morning, at the breakfa8t ub, where fn unobserved sngctalor' haPPened t0 b present, Calhoun was ob"erved t0 fa2e fre1aently at hi right hand, and h u with nis Ieft in nervous and hurried manner- IIe this so often that it excited atGrg'a took upon himself to ask the occasion 01 inr- moun s disquietude. "Does your hand pain you?" he asked. Te this Calhoun replied in rather a flurried manner "Pshaw! It is nothing only a dream ) ' which I had last night, and which makes me 1 8fe perpetually a large black snot like an ink i blotch upon the back of my right hand. An optical delusion, I suppose." Of course, these words excited the curiositv of lh company, but no one venlured to beir 1 the details of this singular like dream?) I'm not very superstitious about dreams: but sometimes they have a good deal of truth in them."

-ounnis was sucn a peculiar absurd dream," , what to our surprise, we found the widow with aid Mr. Calhoun. a?ain brushing thwir r'th rouncr rfnr,i,i

" fc - va nis righl hand "however, if it does not too win relate u. Of course, the exDrAssions of anriftv to knn ti aLn dream. In his siuzularlv sweet veice. Mr. CIhoun related it: "At a late hour last night, as I was sitting iu .my room. eneeed in writing. I ... .!,,;.!, by the entrance of a visitor who entered, and ... ,r, fc luj ( table. This summed me. a. I !. Without a Word, took a seat nnnn.it. . intruder eutered.so nerfertio .-ir.n.......j ... king his .eat opposite me, without a word. .. though my room, and all within it belong t - him, excited in me. as much surorise as ,!.- e tures, over the top of my shaded lamp, I discovefTectually concealed his face and features from my tUw- And a T M he ,Wbmtm wrili Senalor from South r,;.. . ... uiniu : ii v aaiu. "I did not think of his impertinence at first, hnl an.UTAr.fl him !..n1.i...:l- ,. ,T.. ... , , , . . ' I :n writing a plan for the Dissolution of , f , . r , , , i the American Uuion, (you know, gentleman, ... . . j. j , .1 that! am expected to produce a plan of Dissolu1 , j "".'" e event of certain contingencies? 'To this the intruder replied, in the coolest ofl mner pssib'e' , -oenaior irom coutn Carolina, will you allow me to look at your hand, your right hand." "Ha rose, the cloak fell, and I beheld his face. j"ullemen lne igni oi inat lace struck ire like anieT claP' 11 WM -h8 fact of deal rasn. who,n xlraordinry events have called back

and,to,ife - The those of George

Washington, yes. gentleman, the intruder was( none other than George Washing-tow. He was dressed in the Revolutionary costume, such you see preserved in the Patent Office " Here Mr. Calhoun paused, apparently mnch agitated. His agitation I need not tell you, was shared by the company. Toombs at length broke the embarrassing pause. "Well, w-e-1-1, what was the issue of this scene?" Mr. Calhoun resumed: "This intruder I have said, rose and asked to look at my right hand As though I had the power to refuse, I extended it. The troth I felt a strange chill pervade me at his touch; grasped it and held it near the light, thus affording me full time to examine every feature of his face. It was the face of Washington. Gentlemen, I shuddered at the horribly dead-alive look of that visage. After holding my hsnd fcr

moment, lit looked at me steadily, and said in a quiet way "And with this right hand, Senator from Carolina, you would sigs your name to a paper, declaring the Union dissolved T I answered In the affirmative. 'Yes! said I, 'if a certain contingency crises I will sign my name to the Declaration of Dissolution.' But at that moment, a black blotch appeared on the back of my head, ao fnky blotch, which I seem to see even now. Vhat is thatr cried 1, alarmed I know not why, at the blotch opon my hand. " 'That, said He, dropping my head, .That is the mark bv which Benedtct Arnold is known in the world.' "He said no more, gent'emen. but drew from beneath his cloak an object which he placed upon the table piaced it upon the very paper on which I was writing. That object," gentleman, was a skeleton. " 'There,' said Hi, 'these are the bones of Isaac Hayne who was bnng in Charleston by the British. He gave his life, in order to establish the Union. When you put yoor name to a Declaration of Dissolution, why yon may as well have the bones of Isaac Hayne before you. He was a South Carolinian, and so are you! But there was no blotch opon his right hand' "With these words the intruder left the room I started back from the contact with the dead mane bones and awoke. Overworn by labor, I had fallen asleep and been dreaming. Was it not a singular dream?" All the company answered in the affirmative. Toombs muttered, "singular, very singular!" at the same time looking rather curiously at the back of his right hand and Mr. Calhoun placeing his hands, seemed buried in thought. n'tnai'i Iare. One of the editors of the New Orleans Pica yune, in a recent article on the moral culture of Ihe attections, relates the following pretty story: In the course of our perigrinations, we were once introduced lo a family ronsistingof a widow lady and two daughters. The elder was about twenty, an exceedingly interesting girl, well educated and of considerable personal attraction.! In the general demeanor of the sisters there was a striking contrast; the y oungest was all gaity, ! with a transparent candor on her features that enabled you to read her very heart. Every word, every move of the elder, evinced some predominant idea that she habitually "chewed the cud of bitter melancholy." What that idea was in a young girl, of courte everybody might divine. After a time, a little intimacy having sprung np between us and the widow, the cause of the melancholy in her eldest daughter was explained to us. She had been brought up near a family where there wm a youth of her own age, and a reciprocal affection was the result of long years of intimacy between them. The mother only became aware of the state of her daughter's feeling by the demand ft.r Tier hand made by the lover. The position of the young couple was such, in regard to wotldly affairs, as to render their marriage imprudent in the extreme. The widow, therefore, pointed out to her child all the evil consequences which it wonld entail on her, and the latter, like a sensibU young woman, concurred in the mother's views, 1 was then agreed on between them to remove from the scene of danger, and tl, rmi! Singly established themselves at a spot forty miles off. where we Crilnoth.m. th. r,n. ladv promising to hold no mrr,.nn,J.r. the vounerentlemen. Circumstances shortly afterealled us to another part of the countrv. hot about nine mnnth.. subsequently we were again thrown into inter course with the family at the same place. Some : j ' i fc , ( i 7 c-u.r-j IIOU 1CI I her home forever. The explanation was very i ' ! readily given to us. i It appeared that notwithstanding every eff .rt i.. mnif. r,r ina .r l.. :..r. could not be eradicated. '1l,r.Um,r.,nnn. Henev di!v. hnnriv iner....,i bk. ' complaint, but it was plin that memorv, "like : . rm in ih.b,.H. r k.. k . ' Riding one evening in a carriage with her mother ; ih. n.it.kirt. nf Ik. i .1.... ...... ......... v. ... imc Klin, llivv lltru, t - hii.t ib i.tt.r .-,u , . ... k..! ! from her melancholy, bv descanting on the1 ' beauties ef nature, she suddenlv broke forth I from her torpor and exclaimed: "Look, ma, at yonder oak, alone in the middle of that plowed field! I would rather be Morton's wife, and live noon ,m. I that tree, than be the bri.ie of a prince!" ' r Slruck almost speechless by her daughter's unaccustomed energy, the poor widow looked ' at here moment, and burst into tear. ,.Doyou reUv meau tht el T , ' the jg . liTi GoJ) ,hm haTe him , i . ur. ' . . , fllll IUU MlUi.ll ui a n uniaii nui iu UUUrrsLUDa OU, end will no longer oppose your wishes." I OT-U- ... :n ln..n, 1 1. .1 1. , . , ,. . . other's arms, weeping tears of love and grali- . , ,. . j . . . , , tude. They returned home mstautly;a letter .u -.u aj j . .i i j l was forthwith addressed to the lover, end the i .,. ... wedd.ngofth lie young couple was duly solemn- ! ixed within a month from that dav An. miler. A correspondent of the New York Express says"Mr. Miller, who was reported as having been seen in Virginia, has net yet been diecovered by her almost distracted husband. There was no truth in the stories. Major Milferhas followed each of these rumors, which, like an ignis fdtuus, have led him to disappointment. j There seems to be but little doubt that she went as over the Falls Flowr sad Wheal asw ia the West. The quantity of wheat and floor to go forward at the opening of navigation, the comeing spring, from the Lake ports, will be at least a third less than last year. This will be the case in Michigan, and the same conclusion is borne ont by the following from the Chicago Tribune . It ia now estimated by our best informed dealnot1 eri that in all the porta of the west shore ef lake is, ! Michigan there is in store about he : cf wheat, against about 1,600,0( 800,000 bushels gainst about 1,600,000 bushels at the j same time last year. It is farther supposed that by the opening of navigation the quantity will be increased to not more than 1,200,000 which is fully a million bushels short of the amount at a that time last year.

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For miirorwia. 1 he New York Ev Evening Pest of yesterday says,: The shipping to the three port of California, St. Franeweo, Bernicia.and Sacramento Citv, i. very active. Vessels are actively filling np Over fifty vessels are in course of loading -Ticket, for passage, by Messrs. Rowland and AspinwalPs line of vessels, are selling at a premium. An after cabin passage sold on Thursday for $115 premium. D-"Sonny, I don't see anything growing about here, what does your father raise on this laod?" "Wall, he raises hackmatack, grasshoppers, hoptoads, tomble bngs and some other wegetables. Yesterday he raised a doublebreasted pig pen right under the window, and mother raised Cain. The Baton Rouge Advocate, of Wedu week says: A man named Henry Williams, who was eonfined in the jail of this parish, awaiting hie trial for theft escaped en Saturday last, by exchanging apparel with his wife, who went to visit him on that day. The escape was not d iscovered by the jailor until .Monday, when it was founa the lady, by "wearing the breeches," had become the innocent victim of imprisonment, and given to her liege lord, for once at least the "largest liberty." ' T make a. Turkey Tender. A recent lecturer, in Washington, stated that the Egyptians adopt a curious method of making a turkey tender. Half an hour before the bird is killed, a glass of brandy is poured down its throat, which produces complete intoxication, and the flesh of the drunken turkey acquires a tenderness superior to that produced by lorg keeping. From Florida. Late intelligence received at Savannah from Florida, stales that the Indians have all concluded to remove peaceably to their homes in the far west Already 70 of their number have arrived at Fort Meade on Pease Creek. 4S mil.. i . .u i- . . nP, "no others were yet expected ,u uauy. ii is now the general belief in Floridi, that there will not be an Indian in that State oa the 1st June next. Baltimore Patriot. O A few days ago, as we learn from a gentleman recently in Washington, Gen. Taylor was asked to what portion of the Union he would belong, in case of a dissolution. "I shall take good care," the old Hero replied, "that tha Union shall not be dissolved while I am President" The Emperor of Russia has published a ukase lo the Senate, informing them that his beloved daughter, Maria, the Garnd Duchess of Nikolaynona, was safely delivered of Sscregeimaximilianowitsch. Ilia Maiesty granted a large sum of money to be distribnted amn, the noor in commemoration of this auspicious event and the court was aommanded to go out of mourning. The Southern papers have the following.Jlra. Fran era Ann Kcnble. BV WANCT JSt TCMBLB. To Southern men you will not read, And will not venture nigh them, Because they raise a wooly breed And either sell or buy them. Why is it that you think ns kaavea? Yourreasons pray reveal them, Why frown on those who bct their si, avea, And smile on those who steal them? 0This little piece of advice we have clipped from one of our exchanges: "Header, go to Texas, go to balls in thin slip- ! " K lo 'ac 11 P'. but don t go in debt. If VOU do. atrmrkwrri.. will tast like pickles, lose shoes will pinch, and the kiss of your wife or sweetheart will be like an electric i-hock." The Siiickinaj Plarr. A politcal editor, fpeaking of the tenacity with wbieh an adversary clings to his opiuions, says that he reminds him of a ceitaiu g od old lady in Bridgewater, who, in holding a religious controversy with a neighbor who was net of the same faith, either because she bad the wrong side, or eUe was not so well skilled in argamea as her neighbor, was obliged to concede one point after another, ontill at last there was nothing left but the question of total depravity. "There," said she, wrought np to fever heat, "you may talk to me till doomsday, and I'li never give up my depravity ! Til cling to that as long as I live'." Thewav ! inke if. The following epigram was translated by John, Quiucy Adams, from the French. It was addressed to a lady, who had closed a lei tar to the author, by saying she sent him a kiss: "You send me, lady, by the mail, A joyless, cheerless kiss But how can such a kiss avail To touch my lip with bliss? I, to all favors such as these. Stone-cold shall ever be That fruit has naught my taste to please Save gathered from the tree.". Feaulc Doctors. Two young ladies, Miss Almira Fraim and Miss Mary Ward, have become regularttudents in the medical department of the Memphis In stitute. A werd ( Baj a. The learned Blacksmith, Bays: "Boys did yon ever think that tliisjgreat world, with all He wealth and wo, with all its mines and mountains, oceans, seas, and rivers, with all its shipping, steamboats, railroads and magnetic telegraphs, with all its millions of darkly grouping men and all the science and progress of ages, will soon be given over to the boys of the present age boys like yon, assembled in your school rooms, or playing without them, on both aides of the Atlantic. Believe it, and look abroad on your inheritance, and get ready to enter upon its possession. The Kings, Presidents, Governors, Statesmen, Philosophers, Ministers, Teachers, Men of the future, all are boys, whose feet, like yours, cannot reach the floor, when seated on the beaches npon which they are learning te master the monosyllable of their respective lan-gnsgs.