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The Capitol Parttptly Dv •t ror ed.
The Capitol at Washington was partially destroy
ed by fire on Wettneftlay last. The following is from
the Waverly Luminciry, Extra, of that date : ,
WAsilmoroN, Pee, 24, 1851
The Capitol at Washingtcn is in flames. It is
hoped it will be subdued but owing to the intense
void the engines and hose are so . frozen that it is
*impossible to make use of them.
12 o'cloh M.—The fire in the Capitol ie subdu
ad. The calamity.caused universal regrets, The Li
brary Room with Document Room above it is com
pletely burnt out, and fully three-fourths of .the Li
brary is con mmed, including the, most Valuable
portion of the same. Many of the books are val.
trible and can never be replaced. No serious dam
age has been-done to any other partof the building_
except by water, The firs was first discovered by
the watchmen, and some time els psed before the
general alarm. The watchmen endeavored for one
or trathonrs to extinguish the flames, but without
:wadi' The engines here' were delayed, having
teen engaged during the latter part of the night at
another fire, which destroyed Raker's Hotel, in the
rear of the Intelligence, Office, Franklin, corner
•
Fourth and Dey streets. The flames at the Capitol
would have been subdued at a much earlier hour,
but, th r.engines with the intense cold were render
c d useless.
The fire is fupposPrl to, hare caught from the
floes connected with the furnace in the basement
of the
_Capitol.
Ali the Fire Companies belonging to Washing•,
ton, except one or more from Alexandria, were
resent."
President Fillmore, the Mayor, Speaker. Boyd
i.nd Members and Officers of Congress were early
cin the ground, and rendered all the aid in their
pipser. It is yeetoo early to ascertain the exact
hes. The library presents one blackened mass or
ruins, and the dismay exhibited on every hand was
most painful.
NEW YEAR'S BALL Witt be given nt the
Ward Houle, on Wednesday evening next. We
anticipate a splendid affair, flora the well-establish
ed reputation of Mr. listowna.
cerrropourorr of tO jarprirr.
WniTssTows, Oneida Co. IN. Y., Dee. 1851.
Far tvo llreonvan—having spent an , hour very I
agreeably and profitably in the company of a
learned personage, who lived some two hundred
,yearn ago, and who, o account of his venerable
.tandi :g. was inclined to monopolize all the con
versation, I am now prepared to spend another in
the imaginary society of some one who shall, for a
While, be the listener. That one I have decided to
be you, as you are generally very attentive to the'
remarks of others, not allowing y thing to be
lost, btlt impressing them distinctly upon your me
mory.
Viiiitesboro is a pleasant little village; about as
large as Towanda, but. resembang it onlOn the
number I its inhabitants. The buildings are near
ly all white, and present a very neat and be.autiliA
appearance among the trees, with which the whole
village is filled up, making it appear, in thelum
mer time, like an inhabited grove. It contains only
three stores, which are indicated by plain, modest,
looking signs; for the owners do not seem to be af.'
fected with a spirit of rivalry, but allow the public
to use is onn discretion, in the selection of a place
to trade. At the cast end of the village stands the
Oneida' Institute. This is a seminary of lon
standing, and a deservedly good reputation. The
large yard in front of the buildings was once filled'
with biatitifnl trees and Arabs of all kinds, but.
some yeari ego it was the scene of disturbance, by
which they were tt:! destroyed. Two negroes, who
were esc aped fr o m slavery, bad taken refuge in the
seminary, and when asked to !laver them up the
students refused ; accordingly a large party of about
two hundred came up froth Utica for :he purpose
of taking them by force. The students dioovered
signs of such determined resistance—having. it is
said, a c a nnon stationed in one of the upper win
doWs, ready fat use if necessary—that the invaciVic
did not think it advisaoe to advance furthA but
sufficed themselves with cu'ting down the Mesita&
destroying the shrubbery sod 'Servers, with which,
the students did not choose to interferil. l
Utica is ,about tour, miles east of this_ place. It
is a well built and fine looking 'city, contajnitqw
population of about eighteen thousand. At the west
bide of the city is the Asylum for the insane, which
is said to ha thelargest building is the state. From
the windows of the seminary one would not sup
pose it to be over one mile distant, although it hi in
fact - over three. It was commenced in ISSS and
finished in 1846 at a-Setost of 500,090. ft is 540
feet one d ray and 520 the other. In the center isan
open space of more than half an acre. To sup
port the pizza in front of the main boildusg, which
imlependent of the wings, is 120 feet long, there
nresiS pillars, - each eight feet tbroogh at the base,
fortyleet iti height. In the interior of this
mammoth - bbittling one can behold a miniature
world. although under a fantastic sway. Here all
binds of business necessary to maintain society, is
entered on by the lunettes. There is also a
printing office, where a paper is 'published, caned
The Opal;" it _would be known to be theetTsprinn
of-deranged minds, by the - strange ;one otita wri
ting. yet it contains many excellent smtribuCons,
both in prose and verse. There ate twenty-six di
ning has, all of rrhiek, with , their
,side boardskare
arranged in the neatest style, by the
_patients,wlat
doc,all the work of this kind. It woold be itetlensi'
• ble foruni,nfter going. through ;this bedding once,
to.destribewitat he has, seen, sg entangled would
his ideas - become in the strange labrynth of its .
windings. 'ln going the round of r te
sai•!- srabail P?otietdeel half a en.4l
c-.:Frcakltio:oooolallttalitittirailrfiltd
fel. OLone aide lay the city with - its` tall spires,
and etreets thioiged with_ life, and the.river
witiding-Awiond it dint was: lostsimonti*
. -
which seemed to eltate.nroithd ; and oft thit: other,
stretching away in the. distance. was tbe peaceful
valley, dotted with villegee ind troves i iind - all that
tends to make a loveliJandiCape.'', Ai litood there .
looking upon Tibet Scene of 'beauty, and
thought of the thousands pursuing their varied du
ties, who were - endowed with rabble:4lo' behold
and appreciate their many blessings, and then
turned my thoughts to the strange, restless world
that was stirring beneath me. I could not repress
a feeling of sadness. The hurricane may sweep
in its wild fury over the land, rending the mighty
outland desolating the pleasant abodes of men ; but
when it passes over the immortal mind, the ruin is
fearful indeed. Oh! the desolation of a human
; mind thus shattered and torn from its foundation!
who can witness it without a shudder,atid yet a feel
ing of thankfulness, that he has been spared so ter
rible a calamity! We cannot feel sufficiently grate
ful for the blessing of reason till we have seen how
dreadful is its overthrow in others. They can see
only "death in life, and life in death," while weean
look abroad over God's creation and harmonize its
.beauty and order with that speaking spirit within
which tells us of a grand and glorious Author.
I have looked upon the face of one who had thus
become " the queen of a fantastit_realm," and won
dered how the mystic strings of the mind had been
so strangely unstrung ; for it Seemed that th‘rough
the deep, gleaming eye, I could see the soul shine
out in all its original beauty, although its lovely voi
ces were lost upon the untuned strings. It is sadly
interesting thus to look upon one whose guiding
star has been lost in darkness, and to. listen to the
wanderings of the thoughts, the"combinations of
disjointed things," so unmeaning and yet so full of
-- meaning. Bat I forgot myself. All along the
val
ley, which is supposed to have been the 'bed of a
once large lake, the country is very delightful; but
through Oneida county it is mole so than in any
other part. With the exceptipn of New York, this
is the wealthiest county in the state. The shire
towns were formerly Borne tind Whitestown,but for
thr latter Utica is now substituted. : In the jail at
Whitestown, Omit was confined for burning build
ings in Unca. He was to have been hung oft the
twenty-first of October, but the execution was de
ferred, and commuted to imprisonment for lila—
\His Accomplice, Conklin, was hung on the twenty
fifth of November, in this place.
On the north side of the village is the railroad,
which continually echoes with the thunder of the
traveller, and on the south is the canal which,dn
ring the open season is literally covered with boats.
To enlarge this an appropriation of $9,000,000 has
lately been granted by the Legislature, and the
work is now going on. About fifteen miles north
of here, and near the grillage of Trenton, are the
Trenton / falls. These are nearly equal in grandeur
and beauty to the falls of Niagara. To see them
from the best atifoint, one must pass along an artifi
eial midway in the side of a steep rock about two
feet wide. Berea sad accident occured last spring.
A young man and his sister, from Utica, were visi
ting the Ws, and while passing along the narrow
path, the young lady lost her footing, and fell into
the water ; her brother immediately plunged in to
rescue her, but the current was so swill that they
were both carried over the falls.
• My boor has expired, and I nitist now leave you
hut I ball write again soon.
Yours, &c., TROLIAS.
WORLD'S FAIR or 1852.—A petition has been pre.
seated to the Common Council of New York for
the use of Madison Square, for the erection of a
Crystal Pitlacitto accommodate the second Great
World's Fair in 1852. Mr. Paxton has made the
design,: 500 teat by 200, two stories: and the con
tractors agree to have the structure completed in
three months. Mr. Riddle, U. S. Commissioner
to the World's Fair has the pledge,of some seven
hundred contributors eintrticles.
RePIGNATION or Ma' CLAT.—The distinguished
Kentuckian has resigned his seat in the U. S. Sen.
ate. It is stated Wattle will spend the present wir.
ter in Philadelphia. It• is not probable that he will
e'rer again take his Peal in the Senate.
his retirement Mr. Clay carries with him, anti
Will retain through life, the gratitude of his country•
men for his services to the nation.
De. Ern o, RON. JOEL R. POINIZTL—The Hon.
el R. Poinst it, died at his residence at States.
bug, Siuth Carolina, on Fndly, 12th inst., aged 73
years.
Mr. Poinsett was* man of fine abilities, and
.has h3lll many important itations. He was appoint.
ml Minister to Mexico by Gen. Jackson t where he
distinguished himself. He also held the post t f
Secretary of War in Mr. Van Bnren's Cabinet.
I:r.r. it is stated in & memorial to Congress f4i
remov:ug obarnctions in the western-rivers, that the
amount' , of commerce tioatel upon them daring the
last year, is estimated. at 8220,000,000, which is
greater than the total amount of exp3rts of the nit.
dun.
s u m o . : Arm Eats Itstistosn.—A town meeting
is to b e b o ld j o 1;2 41elphia on the 2d of Unary,
t o adopt mese us. 'o seonts; the Ommenne*
ment and come.etion of,the &mbar; anj !brie
Itsilroad, intended to connect Philadelphia with Ms;
Lakes.
04rThomas P. St. John, for snits years 4 rest.
dent of Montrose, and cashier of the Einsqnsbann
County Sauk, Nisi:teen elected, in connection with
Mike Walsh, to represent New York City in 11. e
.State Legistatore. :
try. The - Utiee Democrat, of the 16th says that
the confession °Vows B. Conklin,, recently exe
cuted for arson, made Ats appearance , one day last
week, and of course met with a rapid sale, 'All
w as I mpeded, it id/diegas animater of young-men
of the city, as connected more or less with the
crimes for which Conklin suffered. The individe•
als alloded to, or radter that t:onion of them who
remain in -Utica, have since contradicted the state
menus of theiconkssion, so 'far as they are concern.
ed, by atfidavit,,couched in the stomas; tenas.
RAIL ROAD AIXIIITAT.—The Canon:amEmpress
train on thelrie Railroad met with an accident
near Icomkin's,,
..Wednesday night, occasioned by
the breaking of &tail The engine and Waage
car passed , on safely, but the last car was thrown on
the track, dragging with it the next car. There were
.batjew pawners in the rear car, and none were
daogeniusly iniered,t a bough.sereraf were considera
bly bruised. No . bones were.bmked.:The passe&
gent in - theiecinelterr were nut injured: - The nigbt
was intensely cold',- and t h e accident was -doubtless
occasioned by hose in the mil. The passengsnr
went an alter a short ihrlay, and reached New York
At i 1 o'clackpabroui blur hoofs behiad lime:r
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,1:11140 - our Souls litariletiki,
THE:A3_OEMBLY DISSOLVED!
Ar„NEifir ELECTION ORDERED!
Complete Owes= et the Iresidentl
The R. M. Steamship Euromi,'.Ciptal r Lou, which
left Liverpool , direct for New- . York, on the 6th inst.,
put in here this morning. She halt experienced a
succession of heavy gales on the passage, and lot
one man overboard. She has. 32 passengers.
The Canada arrived at Livorpool on Tuesday, the
2d lust., at 21 1 . M., after a very rough and tedious
passage. , •
The Baltic arrived at Liverpool on 'Thursday, the
4th, st 9 P. M.
The news from France is most important, the af
fairs of that country having engrossed , attention to
the exclusion of every thing else.
The long dreaded coup d' ant has been made, and
the President having seized the reins of govern
ment dissolved the Assembly—declared a state of
seige—arrested the leading opponents of his policy,
aid appealed to the people.
All this was done at an early hour on Tuesday,
the 2d inst., preparations for it having been perfect.
ed with consummate skill and secrecy during the
preceding night, and completed before any one
had the least idea it was in progress or even m con
templation. •
An entire new Ministry was formed during the
night of Monday.
Proclamations dissolved the Assembly, appealing
to the *ph:, restoring Universal suffrage, and pro.
posing a new system of Government, were printed,
at a private printer's in the Elysee, and posted
throughout Paris before - daylight. Copies of amiss,
and of Circulars from the Ministry, and the Prefect
of Puli3e, printed in like manner, were dispatched
to all the Provinces, announcing what hint been
done, appealing to the-nation at large, and 'convey
ing stringent orders and instructions to all the offi
cers of the Government throughout the country.
The President's proposal is the instantrestoration
of Uoiversal Suffrage—the instant election by the
people and the army, of a President, to hold office
for ten years, supported by a Council of State, and
1 by two Houses of Legislature—and that during the
few days required to complete the elections the ex
ecutive power shall remain in the hands of the Pres
ident.
The election is fixed to take place during the
present month, and the President prornives to bow
to the will oldie people, whether they elect him or
any one else—and he declares that he holds power
only until the will of the people can be made
known. Meantime he demands a preliminary vote
from both the people and the army, to declare
whether they confide to him the Executive power,
ad interim—the army to record their vote within 48
hours ; the citizens being allowed a long time.
The President declares himself •to have been
forced into this measure, and it is ascertained that
Changarnier, La Morciere, Thiers, and others ofhis
opponents had decided to demand hie arrest and
impeachment on the 3d inst., and were gathered,
and in the very act of confirming this decision,
when they were themselves eirested,andcouveyed
to Vincennes.
The temporary hall need for the Assembly has
been taken down by the Government, and when
ever members have attempted to meet officially
they have been ordered to disperse, and arrested if
they refused.
Two hundred had been arrested in all ; marry.
however, being released in a few hears; but all
the leaders of the Oppos tion are imprisoned.
Many members of the Assembly have given their
adhesion to:the President—it is said as many as 304
(luring the firth day.
No organized resistance to the Government was
attempted, and
,resistance
reports from the Depart
ments declare the news to have been baited with
enthusir.sm by the provincial population.
Subsequently, however, partial attempts at oppo
sit:an were made iu Paris, and rumors- reached
that city Irom the provinces, hostile to the alleged
unanimity of feeling in the provinces
Barricades were erected in the more turbulent
quartets of Paris, but were al broken down by the
t nor. At cne f these two members of the as
sembly taking prominent places, were killed in the
conflict.
Section of the assembly contrived to meet to.-
getl.er in Paris cm Tuesday, and had decreed the
deposition of the President and his impeachment
for high treason, bet the meeting was dispersed by
the troops and the decree ridiculed and disregard
ed on all hands.
lit addi i in to awes's, troo , pii were placed in the
h6uses of some of the ex-officers of the assembly,
who were exempted from arrest. Among others,
that of M. Dnpin, President of the Assembly, was
occupied by troops and he himself placed under
a sort of durance, althou.th not actually arrested.
The toll rgor of Martial Law had been pro
claimed aga inst all persons concerned in a barri
cades and they were accordingly shot without de-
lay.- -
Up to Thursday night the sweets of the Gcvem
ment seemed certain and London advices to Fr day
night did not vary materially from the same pros
pect, but new elements were constantly mixed in
the struggle and so long as any actual contest con.
tinned, there must be more or less uncertainty ;
but the difficulty of obtaluing reliable information
was indescribable.
PARIS Friday decree appears or
dering the vote on the 20th inst.to be secret instead
of public.
There were rumonrof the fighting having been
continued to •daS ; but the. latest account. show
that the insurgents were put down after a severe
ktruggle.
The Provincial reports are sa'isfactdry.
• It is stated that given hundred French refugees
left Liridln En Paris on Thursday ravening.
It is also stated that the French Government have
stopped the transmission of dispatches by, telegraph.
' The movements of the troops are silent and firm
During the , day barricades hive been thrown up in
earnest. At o'clock an immense crowd, of
attTl 5,000 troops, moving along the Boulevard,
was u : from neighboring pas.ages and boos. — •
es. No fitha,,,,,:zs reitir9ed by the if9OFIS and the
combat lasted for hal" au L'lnt the cannon shot
and musketry. 1.
At the same 'lime further dowti the Bonlararkft,
',brisk firing was kept : up till 4 P.M. It had then
nearly ceased in the neighborhood of the Boulevard
at Tierres, but continued in other quarters.
Full particulars cannot be' got. Nothing Is cer
tain, bat that this sanguinary straggle has actually
taken place. Many passers by were injured, and
and a gentleman and his daughter are reported to
have been killed.
At 6 o'clock on the Boulevards des haßenne, the
firing had almost ceased.
At 7 o'clock, a fight occared in the streets in the
Quartiers St. Martin and St Denis.
• The insurrection, however, is quelled in all parts
and the troops have returned to their barracks.
The barricade of the Faubourg' St. Denis, and
St. Martin and the Boulevards, near the Bastile bad
been destroyed when the troops retired.
The Herald and Chronicle's correspondent 'state
that Gen. Castellon, at Lyons, and Gen. En Bier,
have declared against the G overnment, bet the re
port is denied elsewhere. Stmtsburg and ,lbeins
are also said to have tiara and doubts En. tear
gained of Gen Migon.
The Daily News gates that Gen. Newineyer is
manning= with 'tour - regiments from _the North;
The Times sajs that an anempUse so ernantela
thoyer4mand was eategefically 'oppressed;
• ?ha Cenenl steamship _gar* arrived "at tier
dock at iletsf,,Y .
riuk!nini She left Lir
girilool.on.thi Mb' krt. '
MMUS tirnm.
Mune, N. S., Saturday, Deo 20, 1831
LATEST FROM FRANCE.
lIMMii
bWet tßeßallest-parbenbittig gut
time tousatfoir.: •
Nate, ,Tueslajr; Dec.t, 1851.-11 hos_.
Tbe President of the ;Republic accomplkW a
cot*ir sat moruingi ',The, principal streets in
Perot were occepied at errearliboor hy strong bod
ied-of infantry,!cavalry, aid arfillert and the foe
lorring decree wasiposted, on the wi lts of Paris:
the name of the French People, the President
of the Republia 'decrees:
R1.1..-The National Assembly is dissolved.
ART.II. Univelial suffrage is reestablished. The,
law of the Stst °May is repealed.
Atm The French people are convoked in,
their elective colleges from the 14th to the 21st off
Decembev.
ART. IV. The slate ofsaeige is decreed in the
whole of the first militaLy division.
AWL V. The Council of the State is dissolved.
Aar. VI. The Minister ofthe Interior is charged
with - the execution of this decree.
• Louis Naret.coo BONAPISIS.
Appeal to The reoPle."
Faimcnsiza: ,rhe present situation cannot last
much longer. Rich day the situation of the coon,
try becomes worse. The Assembly, which ought
to be the firmest atwitter erorder, has become a
theater of plots. The patriotistit of 300 of its mem
bers could not arrest its fatal tendencies In place
of making lee a for the general Interest of the ptto•
pie it was forging arms for civil war.' It attacked
the power I hold directly Iroin the people; it en
couraged every e passion ;at endangered the re
pose of France. .1 havedissolved it, and I make
the whole people judge Wixom ins and it. The
Constitution, is you know, bad been Wade with
the (direct ,of weakning beforehand the powers you
intrusted' to me. Six millions of votes were. a
striking protest against it, and yet I have faithfully
observed it. Provocations, calumnies, outrages,
learnt me passive. Butnow that the fundamental
part is no longer respected by those who incessantly
invokeii it c andthe men who have already destroy •
ed two monarchies wish to tie up my hands in or
der to overthrow the. Republic, my duty is to baffle
their' perfidious plojects, to maintain the Republic,
and to save the country by appealing to the solemn
judgment of the only sovereign 1 recognized in
France—the people.
I, then, make a loyal appeal to the entire nation ;
and I say to you tI yon wish to continue this state
of disnorete and malaise that degrade; you and en
dangers the future, chootse another person in my
place, for Ino longer wish for a place powerless
for good, but which makes me responsible for acts
that I cannot hinder, and chains me to the helm
when I see the vessel rushing into the abyss. If
on the contrary, you have still confidence in me,
give me the means of accomplishing the grand
mission 1 hold from you. That mitation consists in
closing the era of revolution, in satisfying the legit.
imate wants of the people, and in protecting them
against subversive passions. It consisted especially
to create institutions which survived men, and
which are the toundatinn on which something dur
able is based. Pursoaded that the instability of
power, that the preponderance of a single Assembly,
are the permanent cause of trouble and discord,
submit to your sufirages the fundamental bases of
a constitution which the assemblies will develop
hereafter.
First• A responlible Chief named for 10 years.
Second. The Miratifttmt.dependent on the Execu
tive alone.
Third A Conncil or State formed of the most dis.
tingmshed men preparing the lawsquid maintaining
the discussion before the legislative Corps.
Fourth. A legislative corps, discinsing and voting
the laws, named by universal suffrage, without the
saran/ de hate which falsifies the election.
Filth A second Assembly termed of all the
trious persons of the nation; a preponderating pow.
er, guardian of the fundamental pact and of public
liberty.
This system, created by the First Consul in the
beginning of the present centnry, has alreatly;e,iven
to France repose and prosperity. ft guarantees them
Milk It you partake it ) declare so by your suffrages.
If, on the contrary, you prefer a Government with
out force, Monarchical 'or Republican, borrowed
from some chimerical future, reply in the negative.
Thus, then, for the first time since 1804 you will
vote—with complete knowledge of the last ) and
knowing for whob and for what yen vete.
If I do not obtain the majority of the relent shall
summon a new Assembly, and lay down before it.
ice mission I have received from you Rut if you
believe that the cause of which my name is the
symbol, that is France regenerated by the tavola ion
of 'B9; and organized by the Emperor, is still years,
proclaim it to be so by ratifying the powers I de
mand of you. Then France and Europe will be
preserved from anarchy ) obstacles will be removed,
rivalries will have disappeared, for all will re
spect, in" , the will of. the people, the decree of
Providence.
Done at the Pklace of the Elysee this 2'd of De
cember. Loots Isisnot.con BONAPARTZ.
Prociamatinn oftbe President of the
SOLDIERS ! Be proud of your mission;
you will
saver the country rely upon you, not to violate
the laws, but to command respect tor the first law cl
coutitry--national sovereigntyof which Vim the
legitimate representative..
You long suffered likes, me, from the obstacles
that prevented me doing'you all the good I intend
ed and opposed the demonstrations of your sympa.
thy in my favor. Those obstacles are removed
The Assembly sought to impair the authority which
I derive from the entire nation; it has ceased to
ekist.
• I make a loyal appeal to the people and the army,
and I tell them—Either give me the means of in
suring your prosperity,, or choose another in my
placb.
In 1830, as well as in 1848, you were treated as
a vanquished army. After having branded your
heroical disinterestednrss, they disdained to consult
your sympathies and Wishes, and, nevertheless, you
are, the elite of the ntrion.' To-day, at this solemn
moment, I wish the voice of the army to be heard.
Vote; then, freely as citizens; but, as soldiers, do
no; forget that passive obedience to the oilers of the
chief of the Government is the rigorous duty of ,he
army, from the General down to the soldier. It is
for me, who am responsible for my:actions before
the people and posterity, to adopt the measures
most conducive to the public welfare.
As for you, maintain entire the roles of discipline
and honor. By your imposing attitude assist the
country in manifesting its will with calmness. and
teflectton. Be ready to repress all attempt against
the free exercise of the sovereignty of the people.
Bo!diem, f doom speak to you of the recollections
a ti t z,hed to my name. They are engraved on your
hearts. W e a m united by indissoluble lies. Your
history is mine. The m iB !smarten us in the past
commun i t y o f g l ory and n;!,:fonnneti There shall
be in the future a community of sen:imenbs and
resolutions for tt repose of grandeur of France...?
(Signed) Loos NapoLcos BONAPARTE.
FOCA of the Dyne, Dec. 2.
The steamehip Baltic arrived Tuesday afternoon,
with dates from Liverpool to tha tOth, and London
and Paris to the Bth Dec.
P.m% Monday, Deo. 8, 1851.
•
The following proclamation is addressed by Lou•
is Napoleon to the French people :
Faancnasts : Disturbances have disappeared..—
'Whatever be the decision of the people, stieiety is
saved., -
Thefirst part of my task is accomplished. ,
Threappeal to , the nation to terminate, the shTg.
glee of parties occasioned', tknew, no 'admit rusk
to ptiblietrampility. 0 „
Why should the people rise against the • "7
it 1.111110 net your confidence, it "your Moss ars
changed, there is no necessity to shed, recioo
bleed; you ha! e only to deposit in the r u ts a c...
tram tote:
• kalways respect • the decision Nibs nation ; bet,
till - idle nation has spoken, 1 shaft not hesitate at any .
NICOL.e to baffle the attempts of ine factions.
'The task v besides t is now Imitome Out. On one
El
OM
Republic of the Anziy.
igitinst an army Dried aM disciplined,' animated
try hotter, and patrio ism • ,on the Other, the. trant,'
'attitude Of the people of riptobieltin dh
;Which flirty stigmatitid, the insUrredion, MOW fet
whom the capital, Pronounced. • , • '
~ln lb qq populous quarters where kimedy "thd
iturrectiiie recruited. itself so quichly•aniting dip
werkmen, easy of eidoetion, anarely novi encoitir
tered only the greatell repugmuwe or its des stable
excitements. j,
Thanks;,for ouch a , change is due to the intellit
gent atufpatriotio popntatton of Paris. - Let them
be contrinced.more and More, that my only ambi
tion is to secure the repose and prosperity of France.
Let the people ol Pans continue to aid the authori
ties, and the country *ill soon be able to perform
in calmness the Edema 4ci which is to inaugurate
a new era tor the Republic.
Count d'Argout,Poremor of tbeßank of Prance,
, has published a letter den 3 ing what he terms the
' 4 i mlumnious reports" of 2b4000,000 of franca hat.
ing been taken out of the Bank by order of the Gov
ernment. lie funher deClares Map to the date of
his letter, Saturday, the 6th, no portion wit:derma
that sum has been touched.
A decree in 17se Monks tr places the departments
of the Hera tlt and the Gard in a state of siege.
The sth Legion of the National Guard of Parisi.
dissolvid and disarmed.
• The English journals ut Saturday were delivered
on Monday mowing as usual.
Foe P. M —The Minister of the interior has ad•
dressed a circular to the Prefects of the Departmenm
containing instruction relative to taking the votes of
the people;
The votes are to be taken on the 20th and 21st
inst.
Those eleoora *ill participate in the election
who era qualified by. law of the 31st of March,
1849.
There have been (mutate at Lille, Moulins, and
niers, but they were soon quelled.,
The last accounts received from the departments
by the Minister of the,lnteriot are stated to be sat
ts'actory - t
The Minister of the Intenor has erdenessed a cir:
cular to the Commandant Of the Nalimal Guards ot
Paris, expressing dissatisfaction at the conduct of
several of the legions. •
The National Guards of; BeHewitt, had assisted
the military with great spirit.
• The Poem of the Mini has published a prod.'s
mantra to the inhabitanttol tha. department, thank
ing them for having insured the triumph of the
cause of-Order.
Several represetratives of the Mountain were ar.
rested on Sunday night.
The Prefect of Police has addressed circulars to
the Commissaiies of Police of Paris i which com
mand that " all the causes of agitation must be sup
passed by practicing on a large scalo a system of
searches and arrests."
- It is said that M. Thiers is about to set out for
A considerable amount of business wee transact.
ed at the Bourse to.day.
The Five per Cents opened at 961, rose to 97f,
closed at 96f. 550., for the end of the month ; the
Three per Cents. closed at 58f. 50c.
LATER —A second edition of The lima of the
9th reported that POI ce do Joinville and Doke
',IA emote had gone to Belgium to raise the standard
of revolt against ttie military usurpation of Locis
Napoleon. All things quiet in Paris Com. Thos
Ap. Catesby Jones had been severely wounded on
on the Boulevards—..fost a finer, leg broken, and
foot disabldd.
A Socialist insurrection has placed Cfamecy in
the occupation of kOOO of the factious ; but the
military force now moving on the place, supported
by a numerous artillery, will soon suppress the dts
turbances there, as well as at Capesian and Reziers.
The accounts from the other departmews a,e
generally favorable.
-Paris is perfectly quiet.
The greatest loss on the part of the," insnrgents"
on Thursday was on the Boulevard Poissonniere,
Rue Montergueil, itue Montmartrejtne Transno
naine, Rue St. Mery, and the Porte St. Denis.
Thirty-five bodieswere found in one heap on
Friday morning in the first named street, in addi.
lion to those that had been removed ; and Italie,.
are still tote seen at the doors of many houses in
the streets just named.
rarie is weepied by an army of about 10T000
men, and there are not less than 100 guns exclu
sive of the forts.
f`roceedings of the XXXIId Congress
FIRST lIRSIION.
SENATE
WataugaTees, Dee. 20, 1851.
The senate commenced business at halflast
twelve.
THIt 11X1W TORE IXDUSTSIAL C0%11111.51 LAIC' VIZ
ST&COOL,. TOW it 11.131101P11, Lit.
Mr. %WAIN (free soil.) of New leerlc, presented
the petition of the Industrial'eptigress of New 'fork,
praying that the government will adopt s ich a pol
icy with regard to foreign nations, as will secure to
people struggling fur liberty, justice fro n other na
tions.
A joint resolution trom the House, relating to the
binding of certain, documents, *is taken up, and,
after some debate, postponed until Monday week.
ma. vrALass's astotewbss
Mr. Wsxxxa, (dem.,) of Wis.,said that, as many
misapprehensions existed in the public mind as to
the object of his resolutions on the foreign policy
of the United Bates, has therefbre moved that they
be printed: Agreed to.
TUZ 1115OLUTIONS IN MMUS Of YOUZION PATRIOT.
The joint resolutions concerning the Irish patriots
and Abd•el-Hader were 'taken up.
ras MISIGNIIIIIIIT of'LAWD WAIRATTO
The joint resolution making land warrants as
aignable, wits taken up, several amendments pre
seated, and the wholesubjezt referred to the Coin
mitten on Public Lands.
aft. •OOTS ' S COMPIOXIIII 1114101.1111011
Raving been taken up. )51r. Fovea read from
Nites's Register extracts from Mr. Rhea's speech,
made in 1833 in the South Carolina Convention, in
which he had declared a preference for disunion to
acquiescence in the compromise of that year.
Mr. Rears; (S. R.) of 8. C., said it was of no
consequence when gentlemen said be became a se.
cessionist., He was one now. In 1833 he was
struggling forl,a reform in government, and in 1895
he had abandoned all hope of obtaining it. and since
then had been in favor of his State seceding. Re
desired no altercation with the' senator. During
the twelve years be was in the other House, he bad
had no personal altercation with any one. It was
well known that the Sena:or had had more quarrels
since he bad been in the Senate - than any one else.
Mr. room Called the Senator to order.
The Casts decided he was not out of ordei.
Mr. Rasrr considered be had said nothing but
what every one knew to be the fact. He explained.
that his charger that the . Senator from Mississippi
• 4 hurrieei Calhoun 2 a death was based enure
ly on information by l'lnt from two Isena•
tors and three members of me ether House. These
persons had told hint of the effect of the Senalar l 4
attack on Mr. Calhoun, and thet it harried his death.
He bad never charged that the Senator did this de
signedly...,He saw nothing in Mr. Calhoun's pro.
posed anndment to the Constitution which justi
fied theeeriator's attack. He was a member of the
Nashville. Convention, and he bad• never heard
any amendment to. the Constitution Wog intended.
He (Mr.fthett) was contest with, the Constitution as
it was. He wanted the Constitution administered
as it shoots be. The Constitution does not-sanc
tion abolition agitation in Congress. nor unequal
taxation. Tnet Constitution: was notcarried out io
its spirit or letter. . The practical Constitution un
der which goVernmeat-was now administered: was
the will of the north tnshape.and construe it oaths
.nortb plesamk. The government now coaled; never
ought; to administers . the. Constitution as its
framers intended. Thelate Senator IYom Mignon.
ri. (Mr 'Benton) tobt him that dot Senator front
Miisissippi had thrust Mr. Calhoun into his rare;
and that ke. (Mr. Benton). at that 'me, would as'
soon of •thought attacking a corpse.as to *sack Mr.
Pelham,. :34e badditrered front;Mr.llllhpan.,
bad. not supported ;the Mexican war, and had sup.
I
toirel ilifiLtees for t6e ' -
Wes* ' .otibotkiteiste
e biti'digeted with Mr. Calhoun. and agreed
the @euxtot frogs Mussissips . If to ailfer witlrhint
• otthepe points Wateritr! to politidaf rivalry, it wan
esiesb7-Vihich ihoeld have hien sopponed by the
flaiator trots 11Htsiejiptd. He never bad oppo se d
- Mi.Calhriatowittr unfriendliness. He had defended
bidi to thar , bin Of hiii abilities. He bad. sp ent
nfote ink in the defence ,Of Mr. CiThouri, *Row.
ft and than an Other into living. The
Senator from Mitiaissippt was hard to please—if
you oppesed him. be denounced yon—ff younrom
'ebb blin; be auieled foie' forivel. TILE eager
bad abused those *fro aditocated the adoption of( hs
position to divide California 'by 'beeline orts; gb
He bad tieVer Said the territorial jadlei *eyed
the Wilmot proviso to be io force: but be trail sisi
they entertained the opinion that the Meiican lass
abolishipg slavery were in force in tile territories.
kW. Fouls said JudgeMaii - Pr entertained:nu sock
opinion:
Mr. Rum said that he was informod yesterday
that Judge Baker bad on the stomp in Mississippi,
taken the ground that the Mexican laws were in'
force.
Mr. Portia add he had authority for dectoria/
that statement false.
Mt. Ream said that his informant wait otmot lb§
judges now in this c.ty.
Mr. FOOTS thought the Senator died very Male=
His baying had fictional difficulties in the Senate
had been alluded 10. He had had some, and might
have more, bit he bad Divereoinprothised a friend.
He spoke often, andwnti warmth and feeling / but al.
ways,he hoped, Oittribticilly. lie never intention.
ally gave offense, or wounded any one's feeling:L.-
1f any one felt aggrieved at anything he had ever
said, he was prepared at all times, to give such u.
tisfaction as the case demanded. From - the peen:
liar relations existing between him and Mr. Benton,
be could say nothing of him. But if gentlemen
co isAered themselves able to decide the question to
all its bearings, whether he bad histened Mr. Cal:
bonds death or not, ihey were at liberty to do so.
Mr. Foote continued his reply. giving war re.
peatedly to Mr. Shot, for explanations on van nns
points heretofore discussed between qem,, but nod).
tag new or different war elicited.
Mt. Hocsvwx. (dem.) of Texas, got the floor, and
OA bit motion . , the subject was postponed till AM..
day.
ktr. Byrum tooted, and the Senate went into
snort egendive stsitoti, after which the body 0.
'owned.
egi4
wssalsoirra. Dee. :2.1851.
Business einineriCed at halflast twelve. g en .
ral petitions and report% were preiented.
Mr. Buirria. of Virginis.,reported a !esoltria,
authorizing the Pittance Corn - mitten to empSi l
clerk. Adopted.
11.11/1111 ASIO 114511101 . 13111*TliNtslie.
Mr. Minas, (whig) of New Jersey. introdneefla
bill making appropriations for the improvement ut
certain rivers and harbors. He said this was - the
same bill which passed the House last session,and
which failed to pass the Senate for the vast of
time to act on it. tie introduced the bill.notr, and
.recommended it to the early consideration of the
Committee, in 'order to prevent the same catastre.
phe as befel the
,bill last,session. Referred to the
Committee on. Commerce.
tits inaitl'o tyro 71* eilroirrrnitrs
NV. Cass moved that so mach of the President's
message as related to the Prometheus affair be re.
(erred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.— .
Adopted.
twdoluta is its Nivi
Mr. Maui's resolution calling for information u
to whether any violations of the law abolishine
Dogging in the navy had occurred, was taken op,
and amended sass to call for the particulars of the
case of•one Latium, who was so punished, and thoi
adopted.
11L
Mr.rParres resolution, providing that Friday is
each week be set apart for the considerati9n
private bills, was taken np. Mr. Pratt said tt
Committee on Claims had reported. lain session, (
over 100 claims, none of which were aeled ono
Why was that committee to be &treed. sedsion after
session, to examine these Claims, When the Senate
never acted on their ? ft the Sedate intended ce•
ver to consider thelabor of that committee, ben
abolish the committee.-
Mr, D•vis. (Whig) of Mass., considered that LA
difficulty could brobviated try avoiding all assip.
meats of particular dills for particular days.
making special orders let"the calendar be stnet!!
followed.
Mr. PRATT. (whig) of Md.. thought Congress
would be better employed in considering the claim
of American citizens for debts honestly due the
than in spendingtime in consideiing the' wanu
individuals who are not American citizens, as its,
Senate had been ever since the commencement of
the session,
Mr. M A ive t rx, (Whig) of opposed the reu
tritium and recommended the Menate to adherete
the rule that all b,
,business ahall be taken up on L
order of the Calendar.
Mr.•A4eassoe. (dem.);of Mo., Would like to ei
here to the .ealendsr. if• it were possible; but Cit
Senate would not. and could not do so. tsoneth
Senate had met,•dareit resolutions—the Kossuth sti
Own - promise resolutions; out of which no nay
good can Elise-=hate' occupied their nmr. tir
hoped the resolution Would pass.
Mr. Has-ram, (dein) of V 0.., oppbsed the mob.
lion.
Mr. Etantrsr, (deaf.) of Me., supported it.
Mess's. Margnm and' Dosions continued the at
bate ; atter which the resolotiorr wss adopted—
Ayes 20—nays IL
VIZ MIMI /METING CONTIACT
Mr. BIG/nTs (dem.) of la., moved to take up dr
joint resolution authorizing a contract with MM
Donaldson & Armstrong for printing the census'
tarns. .
Ma. Burr*, (whig) of Conn., said he iotendet
debate this resolution, and to offer &menden:
to it.
Mr.-Bavani , then• withtfrevi his motion, end- 61
Senate took op the ,
econliosenz lisocrricia—orrosivos of wag
Mrs Rat/MO=, (dent) of Texas, Faid there
be nothing equivocal in his position on the Cowl
raise measures. He was now the only one in
Senate who had voted fog every single measure
the Compromise. Only one other denator had&
ao. (Mr. estorgeOrl. dem., of Pa..) and he was not
`the Pen Atenbw.• His position, therefore, cuald 00
be mistaken when her deelated he had ;wed ib f '
them ail: His heart now told bile th6e votes vett
right—yet be could nut vote for this resokmoi.
stood on the platform of the democratic pull ,
Men areftruot excluded from that party because
difference of opinion. Its policy was liberal.
members differed widely upon the question if
ternal improvements and the tariff; and yet
all stood on the same platform. That party all"
the utmost latitude to opinion, and he was of
to telling the Compromise any teal, but wa..
allowing full freedom to differences of open"'
He . was
platform.op o a eel to
Thatth e
platform enlargement
wa
cretin o la f rge the eD d o e t
to embrace the whole Union, end if it wearer' .
largement let the- people • put the ‘ planks
1'ea9 1 4 1 19/2 LIM been rejected in the other Hong
a deinocratic caucus, and if it had been offered
CalleaS in the Senate it would not base me:
better favor. No MR violated his party OLT'
by voting against this resolution. He nano'
the compromise acts, and pointed out why be
voted for them. With regard to the Califoi
bill, he went into a long explanation t h his em
and read many extracts trom various esche
by him. He voted for the Oregon bill. best
eadoing, he maintained the Missouri CoraPn
line. Phi that vote he was denounced. S t
sequently the whole south abandoned Mar le
In 181% the Mississippi Convention, orloc.b.be
slated, was dm result of South Carolina rapt
Passetteeetain resolutiteneohe result ot whicl
the NishvilleVonvention. The Nashville co l '
don. at its SIISSiell, adopted: as its. Wein:mom
line of 8 & - 8 0 .. for voting for which he hs&beel
Much denounced by the south. He read-fr
Nerd' speeches by Messes. Foote. Calbou l
himself, on those points . He repeated his ea
vocal support or the Compromise; but he aril
most solemnly against any one placing OD CD'
,m6enttic platft rut any principle cr measure Ai
soarrow.