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Letter from Calitbrida.
' 2 4: Mr • BOYD t—.W ill you -Please C opy into the " Advocate' , the
eirlesed Letterviiicli has just come to band from toy young
iii;lid,,pachro. A. d: lac& New-Milford. now serving
S 1 late (Ohio birth' in distant California. Your readers,d
Lt: . 1011 confident, vould be gratified with ita insertion.
- Respectfully Yours, &e,
• ,Foirr SAcuctur.rzo. (Alto Cali(oruia,)
'• •
t July sd, 1817.
FRAVRIAN l a ss, Etya :-LDear Sir—l would have
w raten you low pro this according to my promise,
ht have been until I felt competent from
Itiv own observattons and whatsLoould learn prom
others, to giye sstleething like a teable opinion in
,ward to this last'" land of -promlje L"\for 'that . it
,pu=t be . unless future emigration
sloaeatew El Dorado of Which. we have
a t present. no,olwledge,rbeyond this psomised
.:11 rolls' theV . broad Pacific, and unless some
;rlin: Islands in its watery waste are destined to
..•.31d . the roViug spirit of .our people, that spirit has
here - feu - ad its submit ; and can go no further.
I was niiheh disappointed in the co entry, and 'I
assure yutl, I have not found any thing like the
liatl forrnethef it. I was not preparec
lur n great'a disappointment, althoog.h.l had no
~iontion: of .Saying in the country a%y length cf
unless I should fiat] it greatly for my interest,
vt 1 .apposed that I should be able to spend at
least a year here very'pleasantly.
The *face of the country consists of extensive
z .
• •
,'Lill. p tlgd arid-intersected ay. nutlitetous
mountains, and only' fit for cultivation in the
iii.:ffliberhood of the sit-lams and rivers, 'in Onse
!.. ',cure of the draught in the summer season. The
ni•ate for about eight months in the year, from
March to Noi-ember, is pleasant and .mild is the .
iverior. but on the coast the weather is generally
the ear round. Westerly winds prevail, and
blowing nearly•, every day. about 4
I el. P.M., and-continue till late in the night
are the trade winds that blow over nearly the
lyacitie. I was on ship-board a week in the
• , San Francisco, and the whistled through our
••
• —lig as furiously as it did off Cape:nom, in a
The.natives of the country are a deplorably
degraded people, a sort of half-breeds, or
• -‘• bet Ween a " Differ" Indian . (of whom more
.au.) and a Mexican. 'The only. sight worth see-
Lig iii the whole country is the Bay of Sant Fran
whieK as much surpasses the Bsy of New
in beauty, as that surpasses nearly all others.
flax ~ or rather Bays of San .Francisco, for it is
et three Bays, has a narrow entrance
i•rt.the Oei_Fait, opening iitto. a larger bay sur
•.;-_ rot d d with high hills, rounded and covered with
. out this you pass by a narrow channel
In.u!ier. Which resembles very much the Bay
. \i:w York, though of greater extent, and lulvim ,
ci: t,lauds : the third similar to the first. These
very secure anchorage s and are corn- .
fairi-lorked.
I I::Il C. nut heard a single' person, m
peak well of
• ~ wi:.itry 1, 4 1' 1- Comparison to our . este States;
' .c.::ty that it is not worth the jou , y by land or
'N: 1 , 111 emigrants will sour in by thousands—it is
~ mwii here that there are now at least 5,000 on
iQuay by land, a great par. of whom are .dlior
,•, ~c, oho think they are to have romplete.control
`.tstters here ; there are Many Of themnow in the
:.' - '.:Auitty, who are forming settlements;. The must
N . ., cringranta are from Missouri. .
it
'fis are a number of Indians on the mountains ; .
i..c. t ' gge
0.000, called (' - I>irs,” from their,rnode of
~ I.
,s,-1,41g. They subsist on' grasshoppers and rOts :
, : ..;41,1...r0 entiretb naked, except the smiaVes, who
I ..n,. , asrmill'piece of _deer or antelope • skin tied
?-=,.iinil the waist. The settlers employ the m as
i.
orknien on the plantanons; they bring thein -.in
.1 . : ; mai the mountains wben they - haVe any work to
'..A . and maintairt.theM until they have done then
v:.li:!. them some trifling articles arid send them
..':, ••/, ' They ;: * re a, miserable set of beings. slightly
a living..thick black hair whiCh nearly covers
-. 7 4 . r faces, making them look more hideous than
K; tlf thing I have evebeecn. In the Fort where I
r
',., n.ntiw staying. the' commanitant (Capt. , Sutter)
'."'
'`.. ~a !‘o, u t one hundred in his . employ,. the most of
•• , ;in aretnot rung from the mountain, add when
oil, at them from out of my windoW, sitting
I "Nind a trough (similar to that onr farmers have
Ss States for feeding their hogs in,) ~,filled with
' wheat. coarsely ground, livhichilreY stick
into and thetLetarn into their mouths,
id grinning NO so . manyo4s ? my ils.-
ile.to.` . . • '.- :. - . '.. iii—
.) Mention, in speatisitii 4:4 - ir climate
,try.
ary. that during 'roue montlis4f the yeki
.mber until March,) they•haVe alinnsi
eh.
ml
est I
tag,
ate
toned at this post as itisistaut Surgeon
ment of_ tiity men, who have ~; b een sent
tn. Kearney to keep a tribe called .the
Indians tom comminOrg dopredatiOns
;tlers in this valley.\l:expect to remain
Is? Close of the war, ‘l,el - 9 shall irrinae-
Jtum to the United Stateits. Oen. Kearney
Staff paid us a visit a day or two since, and
itii on their way across the mountains to
I had tliii,pleasure of dining with then,
iemi pack their 'mules and take up their
itch. to the Eastward. COL Fremont ac
them, and 1 mide i rstood was- under ar.
clemeannt towardi Gen. Kearney`. Our
distributed through the eliudilin corn
that it will be„ impossible ibAlihe span
k us any further trouble in C.aliiarifia.
hers here are. all anxious 4ci learn that
been declared between the UniteO r tates
:CI; and ..that California; is. a part oil" the
in-siste6trith Oregon. What will he the
'only eati' . determirie i but it does seem
Brother Jonathan's thirst for doritiition
)ry is so great, that he will riot be satisfied
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wittetatifrithili atorie but will elver be' }ev er
ditiOnieniod until he' can autuatikthe motto—:.
Peat up - UticaaintrabLoty. miters,
But the whole boundless Continent is aims.
Oregon is his, the " lone Star" is id: mit consdella-,
tion, Mexico appiiiids in the' last throes ofh,pithd-=
ent existence, ana now California, healthy and
most desirably located qn the Pact, fa st is being
colonized and settled by his iieopl . Truth_ .
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MIIMU
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PUBLISitED:EiiRY' *JONES !&X,, TOWOIY4t; BRA`O
" Westward the star of Empire tar its way."
1 hear that great preparations are being made
throughout the country to celebrate the 4th of 'July
among the people, among whom I ant &alto hear
is Gen. Vallaiti o who'wurs formerly commandant ofs .
the Spanish troops in California.. I have an oppor
tunity of sendind this by Com. Stockton, and as thy.
train leaves in a few minutes, I must 'close. ~
Yours truly, A. J. WARD.
pFrom thet.lerecy City Telegraph.)
9edrge Washington la 'Love.
In 1756—twenty yeari ;before. the brilliant era
which shines like 'a rich gem in the ?ages of the
w . nrld's history—a gentleman named Beverly Rob
inson occupied a/dwelling (situated in' N. York,)
which at that time, was considered a model of ele
gance and comfort, although, according to the.pre
vailing taites of the present day,.it was nothing of
the kind. It was standing, very little altered.from
its original condition, six'years ago,-On this side of
the Hudson River, within two or three miles of
West Point. Air. Robinson enjoyed all- the luxu
ries known to the barony, and some, beside, which
the other colonists did not know—for instatace 'a
rith and massive silver tea urn, said, by the gentle
man's descendants, to-be the first article of the kinyl,
and for a long timf the only one, used in this coun
4rry..i In this dwelling, so much admired, the space
between the floors and ceiling seas exceedingly
low. and in many-of the rooms (let off; about the
fire-places, by 'polished tiles,) the rafters were
massive and uncovered, and all things else in the
structure were exceedingly primitive. In this house .
were born or reared' a brood of the most prominent
l inveterate foes to the patriots of the American
.volution, and the , object of that struvle, that his
ay mentions. Two generations of the Robinson
nily bore arms andlield office in the armies of
English king, and fought determinedly against
r sires, and grandsires.
Fell—in this house, which will already have at
;hed itself to the interest of the reader— the only
!tory that was ever gained over Geo. Washing-
1
ton, took place,.
lu 1156, Colonel George Washington of Virginia,,
a large, stalwart, well-proportioned gentleman Of_
the most finished deportment and careful exterior;
a handsome, imposing, Ceremonious and grave per
sonage—visitedlis•firm andmuch esteemed friend,
Beverly Robiffiiiii,• - and announced his intention of
remaining his , guest for many weeks. A grinning
negro attendant, called Zeph, was ordered to bring
in his master's 'portmanteau, additional fuel Was
cast into the broad and eheerful fireplace, an extra
bottle of prime old Maderia was 'placed upon the
table, whose griffin feet seemed almost to expand
to twice their original size at the prospect of an in
crease of social hilarity,-and Colonel Washington
'was duly installed as nchoice claimant of old fash
ioned
. amd'unrestrained hospitality.*
Seated with Mr. and Xrs. Robinson, overwhelm
ed with attention, and in possession of every com
fort, the visitor evinced unquiet and dissatisfaction.
Every sound of an opening or closing door aroused
him from apathy, into which he relapsed when it
was ascertained that no one was about to enter the
apartment. His uneasiness was so apparent that
his host at last endeavored to rally him, but with
out effect. Mrs.-Robinson finally came to the res
cue, and addressed the colonel in direct terms. •
" Pray. friend Washington, may we be.made,ac,
(painted with the cause Of your dullness 1 There
is snipe reasonlor it, and that reason lies With us.
Tell -it."
In vain the colonel argued that nothing had oc•
curved to vex him—that he was not in want of any
further inducement to present.or future happiness ;-
his entertainers would not regard his words, but
continued their pertinacious endeavors to solve his
mys g tery. At length, wearied by importunity. Wash
ingtonthen twenty years before his greatness,
leaned over the table, played with, his glass, at
tempted to look unconcerned, and whispered to Mr..
I'►obinson the single word" Mary."
" Yes !" responded Ma..IL interrogatively as if
he was unable to comprehend Washington's mean-
ing.
she t Nes - she still abide with yell
- " She does,". replied the lady of the -mansion.
Washington again become apathetic and content
plittie, while several significant glances
. passed
Actetween the gentleman and his wife. Some live
minntes were spent - in perfect silence, which was
only interrupted by„the exit of Mrs. R. from the
apartment. She speedily returned, accompasiedbY
a beautiful young lady r whom' Washington, with a
countenance bearningOoyfiilly ; arose to greet with.
becoming respect.
The young lady was Mary Phillipse, sister of
Mrs. Robinson, and daughter .of the owner of the
Phillips* estate.
It was perhaps singular ; but the time of her ap
pearance and the period of the return of Wasbiug
ton's cordiality, was identical. Strang as it was,
too, midnight found this young lady and the Vit.,
ginia coronet alone, and in deep - elmversation. This
conjugal twain who had kept them company= in the
early part of the evening had retired to theil bed
chamber. 3 1 / 4 1ore.nmarkable than all,daylight-still
found - this couple still together.- The candles; were
burned dawn to the sockets of the sticks, and the
fireplace, instead of exhibiting a cheerful blaze,
harbOred only a gigantic heap of ashes and a few
dying embers. • What could - have prolonged that
'The owners of the estate—.whieh was having. oppo
sett the Anefiebtlf, they became :victims to the. confiscation
set, and a great portion of the property wall confiscated, The
reversionary interest was not -ffiected however. and hilt 9,
John Jacith &Fos -houghs fit for etoooo. tbiit Bar...ol.stot
rrceiv , A from the State 9 years alter, t smolt sum of $500,000.
- s • • '4 ti.t..4 i7itto.7-77-77-77-5-;41 . ,77.0 _ • • ,
zt. t.,:zt !Alio kt. t 4 irs •s " ' ,)-11 rati
IWirlitihtierElgt -4 voltv i<4 .
_ AS, • • 75 ' 1 ' 1 ta.ead N "Of
indi
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IMO
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interview . ~ ; If= th e pat ties Ore:
served Ireeri3eumietis;disteneS; ate thel-aatig Wd
\ r-iiic#sil, haOpihgt cola be 4tetiiit' =lir t.
i‘r.,MA ',..PPICIIMP. *kr Years-U1444 rYA.ihe truth
must be told. There was love on cass-sidepthe
ocolabet stnitieff by the gmetelited rtifittrilPi
iti ish
'enis*tiladY aisteninitul ititiliiO4' ... t"Witli's,
was ende4ornig. to win her heard, " tat ei`n4iange for
'his own,''-jle =Wallis confession keened's. Isild
grey of the awn of the morning broke tip thejlark
clouds in the Oast. He co'rifeskff in: eitifitiiii i t eed
measured terms, it is true, the extent of hispassion,
and ervoweli whatit-was his earnest. hope-: would
be the result': that* was'the gain of her hand! The
vf,
lady hesitated..,') it - the modesty of . the maide n .
who dares not to her lips'ivith4,ccitifetsSitin
of affection it is, heciann'ttresire twinske No !
She respected although' She did not I°4 het item.-
loctitor, and alai felt &s'i nt in, renkirig knows to
hini the inieTstrite ether, fe ling& , At last .itanihir
tritiumheti over delicacy, an she . infenned.. Wash
ington in set terms, that she *1 veil iinother l She
refcised him ! The 'greatest of Wein - MO has
vanquished, and by a woman! was speechless
1 and powerless. • , ! '\ , . ' I
1 -- , Trembling, with compressed lips- ned a amine-
=nee ashy lee, lierOrept from they just iti'the '
old negress of the_tintiSeholdJantered to_ - 0 pre
partitions
for the breakfast: He. sought I room,
threw
. himself upon his couch, . dressed as 'h 'etas, 'I
and lapsed jib a troubled. . sleep. The tnq ere-
AY ever won at his expense ,penetrated 1 . 4: /! 0
soul. Ha warruehappyprernely: Wtetelisil 1
The future conquerog ;of:Aims:Mit of brave•meil 1
suffered because hAtlid heererejected`try a',fenitilS.
This was his:first, Slit nut his .last woeing. . s
Years' rolled' on upon. the mighty tide of time.
Geo: Washington *as the commander- in-chief of '
the American feresi • opposed to the loybl govern
ment. The friend 9f - hits early manhood, Beverly
Robinson, was .Colonel of the Loyal American
regiment raised in this - State, end his son wolhe
Lient. Colonel. The house we have spoke* of was
in possession of the ' " rebels,". and was occupied
by' Arnold the traitors. It was afterwards the tempo
rary residence of Washington. At the same i time
the husband of Miss i - Maly Phillipse, Roger Morris,
was a procaine* iciry;•ntul a member of the coun
cil of the colony. Fe'w of the parties were occupi.
'ed by any refietfioritr of nerrmbrons nature. Tithe
in its progress had ,worked mutations which hid
severed the closest4es; both of friendshiP and con
sanguinity. Those who Were most intimate previ.
(ma to the etimmerigerrtent of the wer - , -. .were now
stutiled strangers, with driiSmswords,,af each nther'i
breastts„. Even asens anillatbent were estrange' al and
arrayed in impoisite ranius-..erven the' child of that
illustrious statesman, Dr..franklin, wags bitter and
uncompromising tory. it must not be suprMsed •
that the loyalist friends of the Colonel, Geo. Wails
ington, shared any better "fate, so far as the ae
, quaintanceship of the Father of his Country was
concerned, than others. HU lold Hudson River
1 friends be had not seen for Yeatt The husband of
Mary Phillipe. was personally: unknown to him—
Beverly Robinson, grown gray tied careworn, would
scarcely have been recognized, i
Andre was takes and condemned to death, and
while tinder Gen. Woodhull's charge, was, visited
by idr. Robinson in the capacity of a species of a
commissioner which protected his', person. What
was the surprise of_WashinOon, a few days before
the time of the execution, to recenfe a letter from
his old • friend and entertainer, referring to past
events, and claiming, on a score of reminiscence,
a secret or private interview: The claim was at ;
knowledged, and, late at night, Mr. Robiogi, ea
communed by a figure closely muffled • iriVeloale,
was admitted to the the General's apartment. 'FB I
a moment these two men—their positions so wide:
ly differeut—gazed at each other in silence. Rec
ollections of days gone by—of happy days =cor
roded by eankerit* careprevailed, and They ab
ruptly embraced.. Washington was the that to re
cover his self-possession. Suddenly disengaging
himself, he stood erect and clothed in that unequal
led dignity w a tch was his attribute and said --
" Now, sir, your business." ,
"Is," replied Robinson, in a choking voice,o "to
plead for Andre.".
.
" You have already been advisee of my final de&
termination," replied Washingion, 'sternly: .
" Will nothi n g avail ? asked Robinson la smo
thered accents.
" Nothing! were he my own son he shOuld pay
the penalty due to-his offence. • I know all that yen .
will say : you will speak of his virtues—hiti tiiateni,
—his rank, and of extenuating circumstances ; toer
haps you will endeavor to convince me of his lino
eence." .
Robinson straggled with his emotions a few see-_
onds, but unable to repress his feelings, he spoke
but a single word, with Bache thrilling accent that
he started at the sotard of his -own voice. • The
word , ' Was , Georgor
I„Gcneral.. Washkr4ori, Wend Robinson," re•
sponded the great patriot, laying great stress - upcni
each military.- - ' -
" Enough," said the other. "I have one more
.argument—V that fails me I- have done. Behold
my friend r .
"Your friend ! Who is he! What his name!"
One single word yvaa spoken, aspi.,,travy clOak
in.which the mysterious friend wasftetWelliet4
door sad,eiposed the,mitture figure , of iler. Morris
land that word : uttered with a start by Washington,
'was Myry t• supeose was painftil bre
"Sir,'' said Washingtonklandy.redoveri4.*
itrifling is beneath your station and My-dignity.:,4
f rovet that-you must go back to• Sir Henry Clinton
with the intell Bgenre that your best intercession hats
I failed. See that these persons are conducted, tee
lyoridthe lines in safety," continued le, throwing
open the door of the apartmeOt, and-addressingre
of his aids. -
Abashed and mortified Mr Robinson and his xis
ter-in-law-took their leave. The woman-tmd gained
a conquest once, but her second assault - was aimed
at a breast invulnerable.
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latiter s and the wilt
- ,mrsitn, 221•II04 "'" ".
Um ieethe-satiere caption, we copy te-clatyea ar-
Sclegwelwordtrof pommel, • from the IV Ikadford
(Renneybrania). Reporter." It expresses our sea-
Itissiudeed, to be mgrerted.that
so brilliant an intellects& Mr Buchanan's should
be enlisted in advocating the extension of slavery
into new territory -to .bei acquired. Should spch a
proposition succeed, it will constitute a new era in
OU T Jaisto:ri, aarkink, arteritire departure from the
O iertfedare purred - bytfir
govern
'
, Menilipnulnlarce
BY the irarnaideOf l7i ,'•thefitilgi;ofilie'iril
mat ierritory4ts otherwise, wUilldhaVe
been under slave I : yy, Was made free. the
COmprviiiie'a ,extent'olcotin
try was uteitdd 'llOl , anindtale
Aad,even as apiiliA;ltatiassoil wider tiltiv
law; was settapskt too devotion' by.tbe Irma of. an
notation. 9Previons,tosuch 'legislation, the whole
of territory mentioned was subject 10 stairs law.--
Wherever slavery has.beea permitted in new. ter
ritory; however acquired, it existed.previous .oand
at the time of acquisition, and was guamntied—as
in case of Louisiana and Florida—by treaty. sot
the proposition • now is "to' eitend slivery "over terri
-tory now ,free.'
By the action of the. members of Corigresetem
the free without clisliACtibn'a party, by the
concurrent resolutions of the legislatures of eleven
Stees::byithri , voice lof State and• County cortioen
tiolos.nndlbrthe• tirnerof the . - press, , thr4; !North :mi.
d. to be binded.together. almost' sit" one man,
i favor of consecrating all.nertr. territory to.fine
do ~. '
, The slavelolders 'of the South, 'deterrniite to en
large the arlia of the " peculiar institution" have
,also uni, if possible,. still more firmly. The ef
fect• of the' , 14 Action . upon some politicians of both
ta l
Parties, an eir• moves on the chess board, have
been made a rent. The South never yields—at
least) she has n ver been, ntade to : the North 'suc
cumbs lOnob, ce ' 'illy has Wen the history of the
past. Tot he with tie ruling P°We'sratiti with au eye
tothe coming.Pressidential contest, some are striving
to divert'public "opinien from its wonted channeht,
arid to pretsery!
,the unity of the two . parties : the
Artful Xlerigers of the Whig party raise •the cry of
No More Territory: while, in our own ranks some
are found to rerradieketh'i'o N n of their rein State
acl
Le,gislateras, aria wally untler i e black flag of the
i' Misouri Cemploariee r t!, ~,. \ .
.Both.rif_thisse issueerianstheitirto Baal. Both
are cowardly ,, trucklin wet iiii , !Tient. Both
kick the platfOirn, of principle trent . Wider foot.—
Both play into the hands of the South. \Otte sacri
fices the rights, interest and honor of thocountry ;
and both are bids for southern votes setting s up the
North to the highest bidder, and grinding 'tier to
powder beneath the upper and nether millstimes
of slavery. • Unless there is union at the Notth,.„ot
both patties, the South will, as usual, reap a Ita \ r• s
test from our, dissensions.
Does, can any _ one doubt that the result of the
war will be a large acquisition 'of Mexican. territo
ry ! The great majority of Southern whip are as
anxious for territory as any democrat at the North.
A majority of western whip also are—we are a
land-loving people. As the acquisttion of territory
is inevitable-no considerable number of Whig
Senators daring to reject a treaty making it, and,
*hen aerlaitled, as few northern men only will
dare sfir in the face of public sentiment in the free
states by nursing a portion of it with slavery, erhy
not NOW unite, wh4s'and democrats, as one man,
in proclaiming eternal hostility to the extension of
slaver)* into new territory, however acquired. The
proposition of Mr. Buchanan has been "orally re
pudiated by eleven States; none of the remaining
free States 'have Las yet endorsed it; nor is it be
lieved that a baker's dozen even, of county resolu
tions, in the same section can or will be found,—
The talented author, Mr. BUCRANAN, himself oppo
sed it in 1819.-20. Both the No More Territory
and Alissouri Compromise proposition.s -, are there
fore, impracticable..issues, and those who attempt
to entomb Liberty upon them, will but dig their
own graves.
The old and legitimate issues would by this
means be, as they should be, the only-dividing line 1
of parties. The proviso, ,at (improper' time, woo J
l
be decided upon its merits Or—as we iemetimes
surmise—the su. ,, estion - of Mr. Dallas, that there
be no legWatiori, pm or con, by Congress as to
slavery illour , to-be-acquired possessions , leasi ng
them, as they now are,, free ; and„ - in case south
erners emigrate thither with their slaves, to let the
United Stalin; Supreme Court decide the matter.—
But if the South is determined to make the test of
eligibility to a Pdential nomination, it would be
an issue of her own choosing; in which case party
issues should be thrust asside till this great and par
amount question shall be forever settled. Once
settled, a teurilita4i to all the jealousies and heart
bumings, the ehishing of interest, athil antagonism
of policy, and the great and rnanifidd evils - growing
out of conflicting relations of free' mid ,slave labor ,
will be definitely effected;and at ttEiflu...distant clay,
as no subseqnent , acquisition can. WO slavery in
its train, and that-in,•otn.midstrwill gradually die
but oftiefiliolishealy'the'States whdte, it exists.
-- Northern melt should' distinctly inute;rStand that
tree Labor will be excluded portion of tern
toy oorruitidt slavery it recede& Where; let us
ask, ids thiiiitle - of eteigraticnit--nor to the South,
ibe gaVeltates, bat to the North and West, to the
1 rCe:glatPl 9 - ~1 1113 population 6 1 . t itlih4indefUnC
other slave-states is diminiihi,eg, rat leastiatatioaa=
Ty, from the irnitiense emigration thence setting
Weak . Anil why is this Because the labor, be
' lag peffotmed,by slaves, is looked Pima as:dlirad
ing for the white. Because the; land is impairer
fished by the unskilful manner of cultivation.:
. •
cause ,coMmefee, manufacturers, arts and More
• profitable industrial •branches are beyond the skill
of the slave, and their operations chiefireffected
by northein men or foreigners. Cotton; 'sugar, to-
itzmonm
GOODRICH.* SONI
,barrio, hemp, t h e greet and chief staplits, eternised
by..elavesynotltecause they ern' be; mare' cheaply
raitied,therebhibut .because white* -will act labor
is thoee lognehes. in, which the slave bpeeihr.
Metre free - awl elate labor dune is tt paid gelLfie-,
ed., Thep cannotstsist logetheE The carol the
farmer fall most heavily upon the Poor:whites, and ,
hence the emigration is chiefly confined to those ' ,
not wealthy enough to hold slaves •
The unoongeniality of the two kinds of labor isr
well understood &the South. A.vrriter in the Mo
bile (Alabama) tillepubßeart," one of the most
alto southern papers, writhe& upon-the subject of
the;Wilmot Proviie, says:— - t .
gslopery ispermitted to .go t4heeefintothe new
territory] it midday effedttelly a Made. FREE LA
BOR at.tke •Wihnot !Premise mould Revery."
As them are nineteen'inithonrofnen-slaveholders,
and bat two- hundred and fifty thousand slavehot
the question arises—Shall Congress , violate
the conetieetion, 'institute, create
,slavery for the'4l;te
metirota small 'minority, 'and to the exclusion of
'fee labor, evil's!! they legislate for the million, for
the futures as well as the present, and maintain the
character of our libertine unimpairedi Will she
exorcise the spirit of Freedom and invoke the fell
demon of Slavery I We cannot believe that many
northern Congresenten (we know the one from this
Distriet will not) permit themselves to be made the
4* oldie 250,000, in furnishing the hand cuffs
and chains for free territory.
if following remarks floor ati able southern
froM4e
,go,bile paper; above quo
ted, are true (as. we believe them strictly to be l )
we See-no reason in the opreetificni of northern or
southern men to the pasetle of the Jeffersonian or
dinance over new territety when acquired. The
airi - er says :
" Should the territory be incorporated, in aectird
once with the LAWS and usages of oations in such
cases, the Wilma Proviso were unnecessary for
the purpose of excluding slavery. Territory - ae
qUiret) 'by conquest or treaty, al , r,u.ss rrs ows yews
so ferias they are not incompatible with. the laws
of the acquiring country. The acquiring power
nAs so RICIti to deprive the people over whom they
have, extended Their jurisdiction, of then own laws
and municipal remilatiors. Slavery beieg prohibit=
ed by the laws of Mexico in all her dominioni, the ter
ritory we wish to possess is free, and the United States
have.no Tight to establish. an. tnitihdion then amtrap
ry to the tale if the country, andin opposition to the
trig of the *44-'1
:At coblingie this writer thri:paesing of the Pro ,
Vigo *pimply the recognition tit .Srt existing tact
.
To Yielatei tenrational lawi- r to do what we have
~' no 'right" do encms, be 'seriously prof ed .by
the South ; itnil if not, why .oppose the page of
the Proviso, for propose the:utti Compromise
in violation .t " law," d u &age and df right?''
. •
• Specch of Iron. D. Wll'stmt.
h
In this Week's paper Will be lows] all 4W por
tion of a spa h delivered by lion. DAVID Wn..mor,
4 a meetin of his constituents on the 21st of Sept.
*l* amendment ates to his aendment to the Three
t i
Million Ap ropriation Bill, usually denominated
the. *i mot liProriso.
We trgretif with the Buffalo Republic, in sayin,g
that Mr. 'iNfilmot and his patriotic and humane
curiendmen to that bill, have beep misrepresented
in 'every w that the . ingenuity of southern slave
holders an eh. unprincipled adherents in the
free states. oumisrepresent their', to make them
odious to th pe;), They have represented the
I,\ „
Proviso as t ' desikn IVOitiote the machinations of
Northern ' lition* against the constitutional
rights of th slave.holifing States. They have de
ix,
dared a tho nd times at.it was a flagrant vio
hation:of the onstitution of e United States, which,
frit
they affirnmnot only seep to slaveholders the
right to maitain slavery in thew) ante r4vereign•
ties where i exists, brit to earrikit with 1 em Into
a li
a ll free tern oty which may be ai red - onr go
vernment;and plant. and propagatel there-. They
have-represented it as an attempt of' free states
to prevent the citizens of slave states lc m the en
joy\tnent cat equal privileges, in such tevitories,
with other citizens of the rnion. - They huve elm
racteriked it as so unequal and oppressive In its
bearing upon them, that a dissolution of the Union
would be preferable to subritission to it. They ha`Fe
denounced all those . Who-advocated it as enemies
to the south, and consequently, enemies to the rn-,
ion of the States. They have branded it as the
first overt net of knOithern consPirady, the object of
which is to subvert the institutions, ' abridge the
rights, and eirremsrillbe the privileg,esol the south
ern-people, and so to eripPle and crush them that
their power to protect their linterests in the Coun
tils of the nation Will bep*alyzed and they be
come serfs to the north. . i , . •
'An this, and ten times nit twenty times worse,
has been written, said iind Sung liy southern slave
holders and northern diatedapek till some of them
almost believe it themselves. They Will not allow
themselves a rtuirnenthii, pause ' - fot reflection,,hut '
keep, bellowing in 'll4 triainter, ' that the 'Voice of
reason analrlith may not be allowed to dater their
own ears, or those of anyone else. 'Thtifilll not
bear any mention of the fact that the 'people Of the
freil states hditiquietly subnritteitto their exclusive
ocenptiotr, With their, pecidiaiiiiSiitutions,, of all
td ll4 4 ll Y Vilhettb aituitedty the goterritnent of the
United State:: whereby laEsit,i,s' rendecid a re
proncrit, and the citiiims of free states are effectual
ly excluded therefrom: . They Will hear - nothing of
their - rinmepoli7ing Lokisiami, :Florida and Texas.
They *ill shut theli eatikgainSt the-' reasoning of
nonteilv cilizetuythel they itte.pirfectly willing to
meetratil• Iningle - with them . in' all 'free 'territory
hereafbiele , lie acquired,' upon ' terMi of perfect
eqiality;Alut not upon equal footing with their tin
marl chattels. They Will ma listen a moment to the
argument' that hzeeason, the great Virginian
Statesthan,- who was the father of the Anieri4ititi
Deniotvacy, was the author ofthis Very amendment
of . which they so bitterly Complain. .
SEE
MOSE
Iliffi
the warren Comity Rtainhpll.)
MEI
t ,, , 07 , 4,4; , •:,1, •
Piii)tising.wiUrvokisfyAllem Shod of
qucili -hew territory, into negro. marl.
nurtsecit"; and Irfernerz of the mirth
- ther9-ailti: law aiail 1w *Raw,
nagrot stay away, a. they •
pdleditolrata Abe l ."
,Suchantitheint reasoning, Kamm eqdalitiand
.southecujusticetr Una sneh , ie the • ling. libeler--
vient spiiit of northern doughfaces w o prostitute
themselves to the furtherance
. .of their tutitoiy
scheme of unlimited prOpagmitlistitt. : B l 7ltope our
readers.will to• mad the able and .radonal
kemarksp,f Wilmot on this subject, witit * dirk
position to understand the priacipiesmc eb dictated
his amendment- ,
A CAPITAL. tNAKE ,ftoity.—The following,#ass
ing, story we find in one of ofir exclianges.tii,s
too geed to be lo s t even if it ivere not aliiietialr
true
• The ffnattonda, beicmging to Welch 1 8t Oa's: un
nagerie, While they 'were exhibiting, u Catiraistisi
lihio;seas .utidenly-taken *as supposed th
haye been an attack of " dys . Pepsiai indaced by
slothfiil habits, and the occaocmal swallowing of ts
MB-Sized rabbit, 'whole. M. B—, a regular phy
sician, wlictwaS Staying at the Neill tlettse, Was
Called in. 'lte prescribed a dose or Iwo of cal
met, etc., etc., which relieved it Considerably, istit did
not etlect.a eoinplete Welch, who was pre
paring to move about 'that time . ; iiroraised the doc
tor that in cake the varmit died, lie Wthild send it
to him, in part . payment for the trouble he had talc
of. A''iteek 'Ur so afteithia it died, sure enough,
atid having been nicely coiled tip in a large whisky
barrel, which was then filled up with spirits / it was
then fcirtvarded to the docttri; who i not having tithe
to attend to it, just then, had h deposited in the
back room of the 'hotel, which was tised as a sleep
irer room - by sundry stag,e-drivers, &sc.
Some of these, ha:Vine, netical the Whisky stamp
on the barrel, took the • libertY of inserting a spigot
in the side nett to the Widl j Where Was lid like
ly td be ,pereeived t and for a Week' or two those
who were in the secret, had 'a jolly time of it When,
ever it was their turn tb stay °Vet night at die ho- .
tel. The time having' arrived for the &Obi to re
turn home, he' Went iri to overhaul his - seakeship;
and was much surprised to find him entirely " out
of liquor," and in an advanced state of decomposi:
lion. Ile said nothing, but had him buried as Oil
et as posiible.
- The next tnominu, on his Way home, seated:oi
.-
the-strqe-laxi-beshle tie driver; he, in the course '
of ettnvertation, Mated the -" - suckemsaince,"
when the driVer was immediately taken with the
most violent fetchifto, and teemed to go into a fit .
of convulsion ; in fact, it required all the doctor's
strength to keep hitn from pitching o ff the box. Af
ter several unsuccessful efforts to speak, he finally
managed to articulatio, " your infernal
snake. I thought the liquor. had a thcadering •
strange flavor:"
A GENUINE larsineAsi.—A few days ago, as a
gentleman wag -Walking up Northgate, in Wake
fieitt, he was accosted by a son of the Emerald We,
in the following manner :—" Arrali, yer honor, and
eleuld'ytt be after telling me the name of the street
.Oppesite ?" 'TO which the gentleman replied,
" Providence-street." " Sure enough, and yer ho
nor, that's the very street I'm wanting, and faith,
I've a particular friend who little hi that same
gtreet ; but by my sold I've intirely and completely
forgot his name.-perhaps, now, you wotild be af
ter telling me his name too." This so excited the
geotlernan's risible faculties that he burst into an
immoderate fit of laughter to the no small amuse
ment of - poor .Paddy, who retorted, " Faith, :and
you're
9)
you're no gentleman, or you wooll . le t be after
treating me in that tnanner ; by•my ul, and you
may have to ask the same question yourself some
day." A second fit of laughter was the result of this
droll remark, Una Paddy, after looking unutterable
things, walkUt away, no doubt, to find amore gen
tlemanly informant. ' J
TIIE Laws OF Nrwspsysais.—For the information
in the newspaper reading public we publish the
following decision of the higher Courts,-relative 'to
the publisher and the receivers of riewspapers. 7 4i
Some folks may be profited by giving a little atte&
tion to the following, viz:
I—Subscribers who do not give exPresseofiersto
the contrary are -considered as wishingtrianitineer
their subscription.
2—lf 'subscribers order the discontinuance oftheir
papers, the publisher may continue , to sendlheizt
until all awesome!' are paid.
3-1 f subscibers neglect t or refuse to taltatheir
pers from the Office to ells:Whey are directeiji4his 4
are held reflionsible till they have settleatheir VAN
and order their paper discontinued.
4—lf subscribers remove to other places without
informing the publisher and their paper is sent to
former direction, they are held responsible,
s—The courts have decided that refusing to take
a newspaper or perindical from the Office, dr re.;
moving, audleavingfit uncalled for, is prunci facts'
evidence of intenlionalfratut. :
s ir Is No Tturtr----Drinking a oats of spirits . % no
trifle. A profane wotd is no t Ile: Velem:abet
this. Impreis deeply on your ;if cls, that nothin g
can be a trifle, which endangers ur future peace .
and puts in jeopardy your irnmort soul. A little'
monosylalao has proreti the ruin o hundreds T4e,
care: What looks like a trifle, mny tutu, the slide
3urrent of your life. Let wisdom decide,
two courses are before you. lletote answernig
oracle anel
important question 'consult theof divin
truth. Ile is safe who acts wisely . He is mined!
who runs into danger'bectaile the crime before!
him appears too trifling to notice.?—Part. 71tib.
A Quzia Mtsrasi~.•-Some time ago tt: persort.
lass brought before the sitting mEigistmte, accused
o sheep stealing. - That iellow plead not guilty, and
sai he had considered them•strayed ones. "Why
did ou not advertise them; and did you not see
the mimes initials marked on them, "G. F.
said the magistrate. " Indeed. sir," replieditheac
cused, "1 thought "G. F. M..' meant' Gwil Fat
Mutton."
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