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O . hten unable to make _room for 1!3 portion 0r,. , EDOLIL STAIRLEW' 0411 Seisoe'til i publieitiorilu.tO•morrow)/ Post. MAO .. , .... 1 ' ME 151 - - Great Southern Paanifesto. rosicrzoiv 'or 'MEL SLAVEHOLDERS VI - . find; ins the . '.Washiniton Union of the 28ih.inst., the full proceedings of the Convert tion•of * Southern Members of Congress, on the subject of Slavery. The ,Fiddress of isir:Cardiottir, which wee substituted for that offered by Mr, was finally adop!ei, by a vote of 42 • 4fat, 17 nays..'.Believing• that a majority of our . . `„‘ .1 OEM -.L .. ..fai11e" "of:all parties, walla . anxious to See Mr. .. . • • `Ctilhiakii:alrais,.tere have. concluded to publish -&01(0111 e. tp . thc exclusion of tonr usual variety of matter.' It is it very' 'able document, and ity:;_l ten, a clear end argumentatise style. -= • There' are Many truths asserted in this address, to no person can take 'exceptions; bui there much sophistry, special pleading,. and petty arrogance, mixed up with what would otherwise be nnObjectionable, that % . ve cannot subscribe to the address, as a whole. We trust, howevii, that • ourfsladers will give it, a cat eful perusal: 'The Address .o . l' Southern Delegates In Congress to their Constituents. • We, whose names are hereunto annexed, address you in discharge of what pe believe to be a solemn duty, on the most important subject ever presented for your - ponsideratiom We allude to the conflict between the two great sections of the Union, grow. ing our a . diffetence Of,feeling and opinion in re . ference to the relation existing between the two • ' races, the European and African, which inhabit the southern4eition, and the acts of aggression - , and encroachment to which it has led. • : The conflict:commenced not long after the at kucrwledgment to our independence, and has grad .pally inereased unlit it bas arrayed the great body • ,of the North against the South on this most vital • subject. -In the progress of this conflict, aggres • • Sion- has,followerl aggression, and encroachment -encroachment,. mail they have reached a point • .vvhen a 'regard ;for your peace and safety will not • , permit us to remain longer silent. The object of this address is to give you a clear, correct, but brief account of the whole, series of aggression and • .•enecoachmenta.on.your rights, with a statement of the Al/intent ; .*•whieti they_ expose you. • Our objeCtf•:ici".. Making it is not. , to cause excitement, but ta tiut• you in fall possession of all the facts - and rircuinstance-s neressary_fis a full and just con - iegitiOn.iifa - deep seated disease, which threatens great skitter to you and the whole body politic.— We ITC on the inspression, that in a popular gov. eroment like ours, a true conception of the actual charadtek and state of a disease is indispensable to ••,elfectisig a.cure. - • We have made it a joint addiess, because we believe that Vie magnitude of thasubject required that it should assume the most impressive and ".-. soleinn roma, . , • • , • , Not to go further back, the difference of opin ion and feeling ip reference to the relation be. tween,the two races disclosed itself in the convert tian .that framed the •constitution, and constituted use of the greatest difficulties in forming it. After • .•.00DY efrotts,•it was overcome by a compromise, .which .provided. in the first place, that representa ' tires and direct taxes shall be apportioned among • thi States iacording to their respective numbers; - lid that, in ascertaining the number or each, five slaves shall be estimated as three. In the next, . - .that slaves escaping into States where slavery does ' not exist; shall not be discharged from servitude, but shall be delivered up on claim °Ube party to ea Whom their labor or service is due. In the third :1 4 .puee, that Congress shall not prohibit the impor , .•.I;tation , of slaves before the year IS08; but a tax not exceeding ten dollars may be imposed on each imported. .And finally, that no capitation or di rect tax shall be laid, but in proportion to federal manbers; and that no amendment of the constitu .son, prior to 1808, shall effect this provision, nor that relating to the importation of slaves. • :;-So satisfactory were these provisions, that the :second, relative to the delivering. up of fugitive slavei, was adopted unanimously, and all the rest except the third, relative to the importation of slaves until 1808, with almost equal unantnity.- - ',They recognise the existence of slavery, and make a-specific provision for its protsetion where it was • Arupposed to be the most exposed. They go fur ther, and incorporate it, as an important element in determining the relative weight of the several , States in the government of the . Union, and the respective burden they should bear inlaying capita • "tion and direct taxes. It was well understood at • .!the time, that, without them the constitution would ::not have been adopted by the southern States, and, • of course, that they constituted elements so assen tial to the system that it never would have existed , -without them. The northern States, knowing all this; ratified the constitution, thereby pledging their faith, in the most solemn moaner, sacredly to observe them. How that faith has been kept • • and that pledge redeemed we shall proceed to show.. _ •'• ;With lei/ exceptions of no great importance, the ...pouth• bad km 'cause to complain prior to the fear 1819-;-a. year it is to be feared, destiaed to mark : train-of event, bringing with them many, and great, and fatal'disasters, on the country and its in "' atitutione. With it commenced the agitating de. •batnen the queilion of the' admission of Missouri .". the Union: - We shall pass by for the present ••• • ••,thil'question, and others of the same kind,directly - *:growing out of it, and shall proceed to consider the effects of that spirit of discord, which it roused up :,..Ixlween -the two sections. It first disclosed itself - :in -the 'North, by hostility to that portion of the constitution which provides for the delivering up fliftiie 'slaves. Ia its progress it led to the a. • • •.-aoption:' of knetile. arts, intended -to render it of r.jyon,effect, with so much success that it may • -.4%.,e'legarded riot as practically expunged from - the s7C:iiintrtiftition. How this.has been .effected will 'be • :next explained . , ' •. • - 7 . Mir CiaMful examination, truth canetrains ns `tb 'faYilhat .it bas been by a clear And palpable evesioa: of the 7tonstitetion. It is impossible for itnyrprovision to be moielree from ambiguity or _,.doubt::lt is . in the - following words: , No,person Mild to service,. or labor, in one State, under the thereof, escaping into another State,, shall in • •• ”kunttequenbe of any .law or regulation therein, be I.e:discharged - from such service or labor, but shall ..:;his delivered up on claim of the party to whom such' service or labor may be due.".. All is clear. t 'Thein.is not an uncertain or equivocal word to be • :,:tioae r anct what shall•be done, are fully and expli. • ?:iitratt 'forth. The former .provides that the fu ;.. lititiviilave shall not be discharged from his ser , '.vitude by any law:or regulation of the State where ~itt- h a is found; and the . -latter, that he shall be de. livered up on'claim of his owner. • ' We do notdeetn it necessary to undertake to re fate the sophistry and subterfuges by which so plain a provision of the constitution has been evaded, and, in effect, annulled.. It constitutes an - essential pact of the constitutional compact, and of Course of the supreme law of the, land. • As such it is binditig on all the federal'and State governments, the &Mei and the individuals composingibem.- - Thrsktied•obrigatiodof compact, and the solemn MI =Hi Ili= NEII INZE El • MEI MEE `.fir, ~<c=, =II • :.• : • ...,.....,...Z.,,iTS4.4O,W6'..POLAPPThatir, L. ItArt.pigt, EDITOR - AND I , 4OPIttETOR. - §1114 . yr : :•185)101ING, • ST,BRUAIIit 2,1849. itslniESS OF alit . CALtiOtIN ZSBEE injunction of the supreme law, which legiildora and judgiii• - loth federal and ' State, areAcildut - try oath to sopiiiirt, all unite to enforce - its fulfilment; acconling`lo.llii plaid meaning:AEl. true intent;-- What thaC:' - tneanitg: and intent tat theie was no diversity of inunion - M the tiptter- days the re., pub*, prior to IS)9.,,„Citngr*,.Stitelegiplattiris, State and federal judge ?rind magistrates , atid-riect .ple. all spontaneously placed the sameinterpretk, tion on it. During that period none interpoted` I..impediments 'in the:way of-ther . owner - seeking to recover his fugitive slave; nor did any deny his right to have every proper facility to enforce his claim to have. him _delivered up. It. was then_ nearly . as'issi rOosiiii ; rine found - in a Ty:Tr:them' State asnifeifikind in s'nefghboring southern State. But - passed Oily; Atell the provision is I de funct, except : perhaps in' two States. • When we take into consideration 'the import once and 'clearness of this provision, the evasion by which it has been set aside may , fairly be re. garded.us one of the most fatal blows ever received by the, South and the Union. - This "cannot le more. conciselyand correctly stated than it has leen by two of the learned judges , of , the Supreme Court of the United Slates. In one of his decisions j• Judge Story•said: " Historically, it is well known that the object of this clause was to secure to the iitizens of the .slaYeholding States the complete right and title of ownership in their slaves, as property, in every State in the Union, to which they might escape from the State wherein they were helkin servitude." " " The . full recOgnition of this right and-titie Was indispepsable to the security:of this species of property in all the slaveholding States;' and, indeed, was 'so vital - to the preserVa. tion of-their interests and institutions, that it can not be doubted-that at constituted a - fundamental article, the adoption of which the Union Would not have been formed. Its true' design was to guard against the doctrines and principles prevalent in the non-slaveholding States, by pre venting them from intermeddling with, or restrict ing, or abolishing the rights of the owners of •slaves." Again. "The clause was therefore of the last importance to the safety and security of the South ern States, and could not be surrendered 14 them without endangering., their: whole property in slaves. The clause was accordingly adopted in the constitution by the unanimous consent of the framers of it—a proof at once of its intribsic and prectical necessity." ~ Again. "The clause marafestlY contemplates the existence of a positive unqualified - right on the part of the owner of the slave, which no State law or re"ulatiob can in any ivay regulate, con trol, qualify, or restrain." The opinion of the other learned judges was not less emphatic as.to the importance of. this provi .sion and the unquestionable right of the 'South under it. • Judge Baldwin in charging thatjury, said :4 "If there are any rights of property which can be enforced; if one citizen have any rights of property which are inviolable under the supreme law of the State and the Union, they are those which have been set at nought by some of these defendants. :As the owner of property, which he had a perfect right to possess, protect, and take away—as a citizen of a sister State, entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens of any other States—Mr, Johnson stais before you on ground which cannot be taken from under him— it is the same ground on which the government itself is 'based. If the defendaiats can .be justified, we Lave no longer law or irovernment.' Again, alter referring more particu larly " to the provision for delivering up fugitive slaves, he said : "Thus you see that the foundations of the government are laid, and rest on the right of prOperty in slaves. The whole structure must fall by disturbing the corner-stone. " These are grave and solemn, and admonitory words, from a high source. They confirm all for .which the South 'has cver contended, as to the clearness, importance, and fundamental character of this provision, and Abe disastrous consequences which would inevitably follow from its violation. But in spite . of these solemn warnings, the viola tion then commenced, and which they intended to rebuke, bas been folly and perfectly consumma ted. The citinns of the' South, in their attempts to recover their slaves, now meet, instead of aid and co-operation, resistance in every. form;'resist. -once from hostile acts of legislation, intended to baffle and defeat their claims by all sorts of de vices, and by interposing every description of im pediment—resistance from judges and magistrates rand finally, when all these fail, from mobs corn.: posed of: witites and blacks, which, by threats or force, metre the fugitive 'slave from the pos session of his rightful owner. The attempt ,to recover a slave, in most of 'the northern States, cannot now be made without the hazard of insult, heavy pecuniary loss, imprisonment, and even of life itself. , Already has a worthy citizen 01 Maryland lost his life in making an. attempt to enforce his claim to a fugitive slave under this pro But a provision of the constitution may he via lated indirectly as, well as directly, by doing an act in its nature inconsistent with that which enjoinedlo be done. Of this form "if violation there, is a striking instance connected with the provision under consideration. We allude to se cret combinations which are believed to exist in many of the northern States, whose object is to entice, decoy, entrap, inveigle, and seduce alaves to eicape . - from their owners, and to'' pais them secretly and,rapidly, by means organized lar the, purpose, into Canada,• where they will be beyond the reach of the provision. That to entice a slave by whatever artifice ' 'to abscond from his owner into a ,non slavebolding State, with the intention to place him beyond the reach , of the provision or prevent his.. recovery, by concealment or other. wise, is as completely repugnant to it as its open violation'would be, is too cleaeto and of doubt or to require illustration. And yet, as repugnant as these combinations are to the true intent of the provision, it is believed that, with' the above exception, not one of the States within whose . limits they exist has adopted any . meainres to suppress thern,or to punish those by Whose agency the object for which they were formed is carried into execution. On the contrary, they have looked on and witnessed withindifference i . if not with secret approbation, a great number o f slaves enticel from their owners and placed beyond the possibility of recovery, to the great annoyance and heavy pecuniary loss of , the bordering Southern States. • When we take into consideration the great im portance of this provision, the absence of all un• certainty as to its true meaning and :.intent, the many guards by which it is surrounded to protect and enforce it, and then reflect how completely the object for which it was inserted in the consti. tution is defeated by these twofold infractions, we doubt, taking all:together, whether a more fie-.. grant breach of faith is' to be found on record. We know the-, language we have used is strong. but it is not less true than _strong. • • There remains to be noticed another' class of aggressive acts of a kindred character, but which; instead of striking at an 'exptess and specific pro vision of the constitution aims directly at destroy. ing the relation between the two races at the sout‘ by means subversive, in their tendency of one Of the ends for which the constitution was establish. ed. ;We refer to the systematic agitation of the question by the abolitionists; which, commencing about 1835, is still continued in all possible forms. Their'avowed intention is to bring about a state Of things that will force emancipition on the_ South: To unite the , 'North:. in:fixed hostility to slavery in the Stinth; and to excite discontent among, the slaves with•their.condition, are among the means employed to effect it. With a view to bring about the former, every means are resorted to in order to render 'the South, and the relation between the two races there, odious and hateful, to the North. For :this purpose societies and newspapers are everywhere establiihed, debating clubs openel:l, lecturers employed, pamphlets and other publications, pictures and petitions to Con gress resorted to, and directed to that single point, regardless of truth or decency; while the circula tion of incendiary publications in the Soutb, the agitation of the subject of cibolition,in Congress, and.the ,employ m ent of emissaries ' relied on to excite discontent among the slaves. This agi. cation, and the use of:these means, have been con tinued, with more or less activity, for a series of ears, mit without doing much towards effecting the object intended.. We regard both' object and means to be aggressive and dangerous to the rights of the South, and subversive, as stated, of one of i , iindiana and Illinois. , tThe case Priggya. ilfe'Counzionweelih of. Venn sylvania The ease of 4ohnson vs. Tompkins and others. Mr: Kennedy, of Hagentowa, Maryland. • • ; • 4 -PE.6 - &., 0 4 4 .2 7 ,I,WbS i. •••,•• • - ,. - 7:if......:1 , 44.:}k.7-44,4411 . • - : • •r • • ••, , ••• •••• . 1 11"40K , A.," 0 ',44 •k , "":411 - A 02. D, - ce •, „. .. • • • . • ME this ends for which the , constitution Was-establish ed: Slavery is a domestic institution.` 3i belongs to the States, each-foi itself, to decide whether it shall be established Ornot be.establish ed, whether it should hisabolisbcdr : -o nnt.: Such being the clear abd unquestiOnable right ofile 'Slates, hectstaxily. :. , that would „be flagrant act of aggieSsicin on )3 State; .destinnilVif of its rights, and,Aubversive of its independence, for the federal governinenl, or one or more States. or their-people, to undertake to - force on it the emancipation of its slaves. ,But it ; is, sound maxim in politics, as well as /aw and:air:train, thia no ; one has a right to do that indirectly which he cannot do` directly;, and it may lie added with equal truth; to aid ; Or abet, or countenance anoth er in And yet the abOlitiohisti of the North, openly avowing their intention; and resort ing to the most efficient means for the. p urpose, have been attempting to bring, about a 'state' - of things to force the southern States to emancipate their slaves, without any act . on the-part of any northern State to arrest or 'suppress the means by which they propose to accomplish it. , They have been permitted to pursue their object, and to use whatever means. they please; if without aid or countenance, also with Ont resistance or disappro bation. What gives a deeper shade. to the whole affair is the fact, that one of the means to effect their object, that of exciting dis2ontent among our slaves, tends directly to 'subvert. what / its preamble declares to be one of the ends for which the con stitution was ordained and established—" to insure domestic tranquility"—and that in the only wiy in.which domestic tranquility is likely ever to be disturbed in the South. Certain it is, that'sn ogi tation so systematic--having such an object in view, and sought to be carried into execution by such means—would, between independent nations, constitute just cause of remonstrance by the party against which the aggression was directed, and, if not heeded, an appeal. to arms for redress. Such being the case where an aggression of the kind takes place among independent nations, bow mrch more aggravated mast it be betweerrconfederated States, where the Union precludes an appeal to arms, while it affords a medium through which it can operate with vastly increased force and ef fect? That it would'be perverted to such a use, never entered into the irrnagination of the genet.. ation which formed.anCiitlopted- the vonstitution; and, it it had been supposed it would, it is'certa in that the South never would have adi2pted it. We now return to the question ollhe admission of Missouri into the Union, and shall proceed to give a brief sketch of the occurrences connected with it, and the consequences to which it has di rectly led. In the latter part of 1819, - the then territory of Missouri applied - to Congress, in the usual form, for leave to form a State constitution and government, in order to be admitted into the Union. A bill was reported for the purpose, with the usual protisions in such cases. Amendments were offered, having for their object to mike it a cooditition of her admission, that her 'constitu tion should have a provision to prohibit slavery. This brought on the agitating debate which, with the effects that followed, has done so much to e, ienate the Sonth and North, and endanger our political institutions. Those who objected to the amendments, rested their opposition on the high grounds of the tight of self-government. l'hey claimed tbat a territory, having reached the pen. oil when it: is proper tor :it. to form a .constitution and government fur itself; becomes -lull) , vested with all the rights of self-government; and that even the condition imposed on it by the federal constitution, relates not to the formation of its constitution and government, but its admission into the Union. For that - purpose,, it provides as a condition, that the goverrunint mast be 'republi can. • .. . e i They claimed that Congress has . no right to add to this condition, and that to assumeit would be tantamount to the assumption: ofthe right to make its entire constitution and government; as no Hui. itation *could be imposed, as to the extent.of the right, if be admitted that it exists at all. Those who supported the amendment denied these . g,counds ' and claimed„the right of Congress to im pose, at discretion, what conditions it pleased: In this agitating debate, the two sections stood array ed against each other; the South in favor of the bill without amendment, and the North opposed to it without it. The debate and agitation con tinued until the session was well advanced; but it became apparent towards its close, that the people of Missouri were fixed and resolved in their opposition. to the proposed condition, and that they eerfainly ' woukl•reject it,- and-adeptri ennsti ninon without it, should the bill :pass with'the . . conditiOn. Such being the case, it required no gteat effort of mind-to perceive, that Missouri once in possession of a. constitution and govern ment, no simply on* paper, but with legislators elected, and officers appointed, to carry them into effect, the 'grave 'questions' would be presented, Whetter she was of right a State or Territory; and if the latter, whether Congress had the right, and, if the right, the power, to abrogate ber constitution, disperse her legislature, and to remand her back to the territorial- condition. These were great, and, under the circumstances, fearful questions— too fearful to be met by those who bad raised the agitation. From that time the only question was. how to escape from the - difficulty. Fortunately, a means was afforded. A compromise (as it was called) was offered, based on the terms, that the North should cease to-oppose the admission 'of Missouri on the grounds for-which the South Con tended,'and that the provisions of the ordinance of 1787, for the government of the north-western ter ritory, ahould be applied to all the territory oe quired by the United States from France under the treaty of Louisiana north of 36 30,.excopt the por tion lying in the State of Missouri. The northern members embraced it; and although not origina. tins with them, adopted it as their own.lt.was forced through Congress by the almost united votes of the North, against a minority consisting almost entirely of members from the sonthern. States • „ . Such was the termination of this, the - first coact, under the constitution,' between the twonections, in reference to slavery in connexion with the territo ries. Many hailed it as a permanent and final ad justment that would prevent the recurrence of simi lar conflets; but others, less anguine, took the oppo site and more gloomy view, regarding it as the pre cursor of a train of events which might rend the the Union asunder, and prostrate our political sys tem:',One .of these was the experienced, and sa gacious Jefferson. Thus far time would seem to ra ver his forebodings. May Maya returning Benda of jus tice end'a protectieeProvidence, avert their final ftilelinimt, • - Par many years the subject of slavery in ieforence to.the territories ceased to agitate. the country: In dications, however connected with the question of annexing Texas, showing'clearly that it was ready to break out again, with .redoubled violence,' on some futureoccasion,. The difference in the ;case .of Texas was adjusted- by , extending the Missouri compromise line or SS 30, from its terminus, on the western boundary oPtheLotilidacia'puichatie; to the ' Western boUndery 'of Texas. The agitation again ceased_fora short period. The war with Mexico soon followed; and• that terminated in the acquisition el New Mexico , and Upper California, embracing an 'area liquid to about ime-half of the entire valley-of the Mississippi. If to this.we add the portlon'of Oregon acknowledged to be ours'by the recent treaty: •with” England our whole territory on the Pacific and west oldie Rocky matintainswill be found to be in extent- bui little. less thao that valley. • The near prospect ofso great an:Addition rekindled the excitement between' the North and South' in reference to slavery. in- its .eon aexion,with the territories, which has ttecomes.aitica those on the Pacific were acquired, more universal and intense than ever. • ' ' ' • The effect ha been to widen the difference be t tween the two sections:and tegive a more ,deter ,l Mined and hostile Churactei tii'their, conflict. The ' North no longer reipecti the."Missisuri' compromise ,although adoptedby .their .almest,onanimous vote.: Instead of compromise, they avow that their determination is to exclude slaVerl, from ' all the ter ritories of the United:States, acquired or to he.' ac quire , and of: purse to prevent t he, citizens ,of the . southern States froovemigration with their property in slaves into any of them. Their object, they el lege; is to-lirevent the extenaien of slavery, and ours to extend it, thee making'the 'istsucs between them and 'ea to be the naked'questien, - Shall slavery beex tendesfor not r , We do ncitdeern it necessary, Wok ins to_ the object, of this -addresa, to examine the question so fully discussed'at the lost session, wheth er Congress has the right to exclude the citizens of the'South,from immigrating with their property into territories belonging to thecOnfederated States of the Union. What we propose in this connexion is, to make a few remairks on what the North elleges, er reneously, to be the issue between us and them. So far-from maintaining the' doctrine which the issue implies, we hold that' the.lederal government. has no right to extend or restrict elaveu, no 'satire than to establish or abolish 14 nor hits it any, right whatever to distinguialrbetween the domestic. inatii Unions of one - State or aettion'and another, in °Me to favor the one, and discourage , the other. As the federal repreactitativeS'eflitschAthili MI the States, it is bound to deal out, within the Sphere OCRs powers, entia dais este!. Justice and !ffver; toT, To act otherwise; 'to undertake to dititriinioate;Serween the domestic institutions otene and adother, would be to act in total suliversdon of the'end foi which it was esiablisbcd 4 .-to_*theeitritet4pretectuv: - "and guar- EntertaFaingthosehpinionc vlask. not as the North alleges we do, for the extension ofslavery. That would make a drecrimination in our favor as unjust nation constitutional as th oil iscrim inatiodthey ask against us in their raven., DU not for therrinor. flit the federal goverathent to determine whe.ther:4t domestic inatitulions is s goodor' bed; or whether it should be repressed or preserved. -It belongs to es, - and 'us only,,to - deoide.auch What'then .w.e.de ittaiet_Obiiii,not to extend aavery, but that Nutshell tiethe prohibited iron inimigratiog,with oar property, lath the Terntories ofthe Vatted, States because we are slaveholderat or, in other words, that we shall not on that account' be. disfranchised of privilege postman& by all others, eitizene and Sir• eignera, without discriminational' to.charecter, pro fession, or color. All, whethersavage, barbarian, or civilized, may freely enter and remain,' we only . - • being excluded.' • • - We rest our claitn,eot only on the high' grou nds above stated, hut also • the solid foundation of right, justice, and equality. • Tho territories imme diately in controversy—New Mexico arid' Cali:ornia —were acquired by the common sairifice and elTerti of 'all the States, towards which the Seuth contribu-. ted far more than tier full share .of men," to say nothing of money, and is, of course, on every prin. ciple of right, justice, fairness, and equality entitled to participate fully, in the , benefit to be derived from their acquisition: But as . : impregnable as is this ground, there is another not less so. Ours is a fed eral government---a government in which;not .viduals, but States, as distinct sovereign communi ties; are the constituents. To them, as members of the federal Union, the territories belong, and they are hence declared to be territories belonging to the United States. 'The States, then, ate the joint own ers. Now, it is conceded by all writers on the sub jectitliat in all sach.governyients their members are all equal—equal in rights and equal in dignity. They also concede that this equality constitutes the basis of such government, and that it cannot be de stroyed without changing their nature and character. To.deprive, then, the southern States and their: zena of their fall share in.torritories declared to be leng to them; in contmon with the other States, would be in derogation or the equality belonging to . them as members of a federal Union,and sink theirs, from heingequals, into a subordinate and dependent conditicib;• • Such are the, solid , and impregnable grounds on which %Serest our demand to an equal participation in the' territories. • . • . • But as solid and impregnable as they may be in the 'eyes of justice, they oppose a feeble resistance to a.majority determined to engross the whole.: At the last session of Congress a bill was passed catati , fishing a territorial government for Oregon, exclo ' ding slavery therefroni: The President gave his sanction to the bill, and sent a special message to Congress assigning his reasons for doing so. These reasons pre-supposed that the Missouri compromise was to be; and would be, extended West of the Rocky Mountains bathe Paeifie Ocean. And the President .intimated his intention in - his ensilage to veto any future bill that should restrict slavery south of the line of that compromise. Auuming it to have been tho purpose and intention of the North to extend the Missouri compromise line - aa above in dicated, the passage of the Oregon bill could Only be regarded ds evincing the acquiescence of the South in that line. Bot the developments . .ce. the present session of Congress' have made it manifest to all that no such purpose or intention now °sista with the North to any considerable extent. Of f the truth of this, have ample evidence in what:has occurred already . In the Souse of Representathres, where the popular feeling! are soonest and most in tensely telt. , Although Congreas has been in session a little' more than one month, a, greater Dumber of meas.. ores of an aggressive character have been intredu-. ced, than have been for years before. And, qlint clearly discloses whence they take their origin, is the fact that they all relate to the territorial aspect of the subject of slavery, or some other of a na ture and character intimately connected with It. , The first of this series of aggressions is a resolu tion introduced by a member from Massachusetts,. the object of which is to repeal all acts or' ans of act which recognize the eziatence of slavery, or 'authorize the selling and disposing of Ahura in this District. On question of leave to bring in a bill,the votes stood G 9 for and /32 against leave. The next waa a resolution -offered by a member from Ohlo,:in. structiog the Committee on. Territories to report forthwith bills for excluding slavery from California and New Mexico.t It passed by a vote of In to SO. That was followed by a bill introduced byin other member from Ohio, to take the votes of he inhabitants of this District on the queation whe ther slavery within its limit, should be abolished. Tho bill provided, acconliog to the admissioii of the mover, that free negroes and slaves should vote. Oa the question to lay the bill on tke mble, the voles stood—for; 101ir1jirtiitist,i9". 4 "to' this succeeded the resolution of a member from New. York, in Itie following worda ' • • , f Whereas the traffic now prosecuted in this me tropolis of the republic in human beings, as chattels, is contrary to natural justice and the fundamental Firinciples of our political syitem, and is notorio6s• iy a reproach.to our country, throughout Christen dom, and a serious hindrance to the progress of re publican liberty; among the nations of the earth.-- 'Therefore , — • • ' u Resolved, That the Committee qn. the Dietriet of Colombia be instructed to report a bill, as :goon ias practicable, prohibiting the slave trade in said Dis trict:” On the question of adopting tho resolution, the votes stood 93 for;'and 83 against. 'Hi Was fullo'n, ed by a member from Illinois, who offered a retai n tion. for abolishing slavery in tbo Territories, and ill places where Congress has etelusive pinion of leg islation; that in, in alt forts, magazines, arsenals, dock-yards, and other needful buildium purchased by Congress with the consent, of the , legislatore:of the State.. . This resolution airaaE passed over undcr the rules of the House without being put to•vbte. The votes in favor of all these measures were con fined to the members from the Northern States.;-- True, there are semi patriotic membere from that section who voted against all of them, and whcise high sense . of justice to duly adpreciated ; who in the ptogress of the aggressions upon the South,bave. by their votes., sustained the guarantees : of the con ablution, and of whom we regret to say, many have been sacrificed at home' by their patriotic course. • • We have now brought to a closeinarrative of the aeries of acts of aggression and encroachment con nected. with the subject of this: address, Including those that are consummated, and those still in pro gress. They-aro numeroutri'great, and dangerous, 'and threaten with detitruction the greatest and Most vital of ell the interests and institutions of the South. Indeed, it may be doubted whether there is a single provision, stipulation, or guaranty of the constitu tion, intended for the security or the South, that has not been:rendered almost nugatory, -It may even be made a seriotakqueation, whether the encroach naente already made,' without the aid of any other, would not, if permitted to operate unchecked, end in emancipation, and that at no dibtant day. But be that as it may, It hardly admits of a doubt that, if the aggressions already commenced in the House, and •now in progress, should be consummated, such• in the end would certainly be the conse quence. Little, in truth, woaldbe left: to be deine alter we have been excluded (tern all the Territories r inclo; ding those to be berealler,aequired after slavery is abolished in this District and in the numerous places all over the South, where - Congress has the exclusive • right of legislation, and'after the other measures proposed are..coneammated., : R.very outpost' and barrier Would bit cirned,ead nothing would be left but to finish the work of abolition at pleasure in the States themselves. This .District, and all places over which Congress has net Mayo power or legisla tion, would be aiyhtins for Iligitivealcives, where, as soon as they placed their feet,. they' would be come, according to the doctrines, of our northern assailants, free ; 'unlese there sbotild be some peel five enactments to:prevent it. Under such a elate, of things, the prebability is, that 'emancipation would soon follow, without any' final act to abolish slavery. Tbo depressing- effects, •ot ouch measures on the white moo at the South, and - the hope they would Create Jo the black of a speedy emancipation, would produce's state or feeling in- Consiatent with the mach longer continuance of the existing relations between the two. Butbe that as it may, it is certaikvie emancipation did not follow, as a matter of zoom, the finer act in the•Statee would not long , be delayed. The itant of 'constltu- " tioual power would oppose a feeble resistance: The great body of the North is united against our pecu liar institution. • Many believe it to be sinful, and the residue,with inconsiderable excep ti o ns , believe • . , . • Volunteers from tho;Sinutlr-Itegimenta • Battalions Companies Total number of Volunteers from the Sontht-45 i 1D64 - Volunteers from the North—Regiment! • 22 Battalionsi ;.. - 2 . • . ..•• Companies . ..71# Total number orVolunteere flmnt theVorth '23,034 Being pearly two on' the _port of the South one fo on:the part at the:North. But taking /silo 4onsider4: .ation that the population of the North -hr two•thiula grenter than the 4ilyttr o latter than - iftii*firneiiiier4aipioportion of volnateeie. • •• t Since iepaitted to the House • ' it to im.wrcingr: - SnClibeing the cane;it - would cute a very stiperficial, knowledge of human nature, to think that, after aiming at abolitiorisysteinatically_ for MX Many years, and. pursuing it With. such tinsertl-: phlous - disregard. of laws and constitution, the Ana-. tiert whit beveled the way and forced the great hody of theNortlito follow them,:ivoullieri-the fin ishing strokti.4.)nlytomaleed to.ho given, suapendlt, or permit any constitutional scruples or donaiderittione of justice to arrest it. To these may lieradded an aggression, though . not yet commenced,. long Meditated and threatened—to prohibit what the ;abolitionists .tialithe infernal shwe trade, meaning therelly,the transfer or slaves from one State to ano ther, from Whatever motive done, or however effect-. 'ed. Their object would seem to be to render them worthless' hr crowding them, together where' they arc, and thus •hasten the work of emancipation. There is reason for believing that it will soon fol -low those now in progress, unless, indeed, some de cisive step should betaken in the "meantime to ar . rest the whole. • ' • ..The question then is, Will the measuresol agreit.: sion proposed in the House bo adopted ? ..; • They may not, and probably will not be this see... sloe. Butwhen we take into consideration that there. is a majority now iq - favor of one of them, and. a strong, minority in favor- of the other, as ihr.a" the of the flotum has been taken ; that there will be in all:probability a considerable increase in' the next Connreas of the vote in favor of them, and it will be largely increased in the next, succeeding, Congress, tinder the census to be taken next year, it amounts almost to a certainty that they will - be adopted,onless some . decisive means is taken in ad vance to prevent it. But, if oven these conclusions should prove erre neons--if. fanatacism and the love of power shotild, contrary to their nature, for once respect constitu tional barriers, or if the calculation' of policy should retard the adoption of these measures, or even de feat them altogether, there would still be left one certain way to accomplish , their object, if thedeter mination avowed by the North to monopolize all the territories, to the exclusion of the South, should , be carried into effect. That of itself would, at no dis tant day, add ,to : the ',North sufficient number of States to giveher three-fourths of the whole; when, under the color of on amendment of the constitu tion, she would emancipate our slaves, liowever op posed it might be to its true intent: Thus, under every aspect, the result is certain; if nggreaston be not promptly and decidedly met. How it is to be met, it is for you to decide. ' ' Such, then, being the case, it Would be to insult you to suppose you could hesitate. To destroif the existing relations between the free and servile races at the South would lead to consequences enparaller ed in history. Thcycannot bo separated, and non not live together in peace or harmony f or to their mutual advantage, except in their present relation. Under any other, wretchedness and misery, and de solation would overspread . the whole South. The example of the British West Indies, as blighting as emancipation has proved to them, furnishes a very faint picture:of the calamities it would bring on the South. The circumstances under which it would take place with us would be entirely different from those which took place with them, and calculated to lead to far more disastrous results. There, the gov ernment of the parent country emancipated slaves in hercolonial 'possessions—a government rich and powerful, and actuated by views of policy, (mista ken, as they turned out to be,) rather than fanata cism. It was, besides, disposed to act justly towards the owners, oven in the act of emancipating their slaves, and to, protect and foster them afterwards. It accordingly appropriated nearly $100,000,000 as a compensation to them for their /WINS under the act, which sum, although it turned out to be far short of the amount, was thought of that time to be liberal. Since the emancipation, it has kept up a sufficient military and naval force to keep the blacks in litre,' and a number of magistrates and constables, 'Find biller civil officers, to keep order in the towns And plantations, end enforce respect to their former oWn. are and their overseers, and to preserve the social and •political superiority of the .white race. But, notwithstanding all this, the British West lodia pos sessions are ruined, iuipoverished,miserab le, wretch ed, and destined probably to bo abandoned to the black race. Very different would be the circum stances under which emancipation would take place with us. If it ever should be effected, it will be through the agency of the federal government, con trolled by the dominant power- of tho northern States of the confederacy, against the resistance and struggle of the southern- It then only be effected by the prostration of the white race; nod that would necessarily engender the bitterest feelingi of hostility between them and the North. But the reverse would be the case be tween the blacks of the South and the people of the North. Owing their emancipation to them, they would regard them as friends, guardians and patrons, and centre, accordingly, all their sympathy in them. The people'a the North 'would not fail to recipro cate and to favor them, Instead of the whites. Un- der the influence of such feelings, and impelled by ' fanaticism and love of power, they would not sop at emancipation. Another step would be taken—to raise, them to a polifiead. mad. social *equality. with their former, owners, by giving them the right of Vot ing and holding public offices under the federal go vernment. We see the first step toward hie thebill already alluded to—to vest the free blacks and.slaiies with the right to vote on the question or emancipa- - lion in this District. ' But. when once raised to an cquallty; they would hecome the fast political asso ciates of tho North, acting and voting with them on all questions, and by , this political union between them, holding the white race at the South In *com plete subjection. The blacks, and the profligate whites that might unite with them, would become the principal recipients of federal offices and patron age, and would, In consequence, be raised above the whites of the South in the political and social scale. We :would, in a word, change conditions with them—a depredation greater than has ever yet fallen to the lot of a free and enlightened people, and one from which wo could not escape, should emancipation take place, (which it certainly will, if not proventedo but byfleeing the homes of ourselves and ancestors, and by abandoning our country to our former slaves. to become the permanent abode of diserder, anarchy, poverty, misery and wretch mlneas. With such a prospect before us, the gravest and. most solemn question that ever claimed the atten tion of a people is presented for your consideration: • What is to be done to'prevent it 7 It is a question belonging to you to decide. All we propose is : to 'give you our opinion. We, then, are of the opinion that the first and in dispensable step, without which nothing can be done, and with which everything may be, is to be united among yourselves, on this groat and moat vital ques tion. The want of union and concert in reference to it has brought the South, the Union, and our sys tem of government to their present perilous condi tion. Instead of placing it above all others; it has been riiade subordinate, not only to mere 'questions of policy, but to the preservation of party ties and ensuring or party success. As high as we hold 'a' due respect for them, we hold them subordinate to that and other questions involving our safety and happiness. Until they are so held by the South, the North will, not believe that you are in earnest in op position to their encroachments, and they will con tinue to follow, one after another, until the work of abolition is finished. To convince them that 'you are, you Must prove by your acts that you bold' all other questions subordinate to it. If you become' united, and prove yourselves in earnest, the North will be brought to a pause and to a calculation of consequences; and that may lead to a change of measures and the adoption of a.couree orpolicy that may quietly , and peaceably terminate this long con flict •between the two sections. If it should net, nothing would remain for you but to stand up im movably in defence of rights involving your all— your property, prosperity, equality; liberty; and As the assailed, you would stand justified by all lawi, huMan and divine, in repelling a blow ao.dan. corolla, without looking to consequences, and to re sort to all means necessary fur that purpose. Your assailants, and not you, would be responsible , for eousequences. • . Entertaining these opinions, we earnestly entreat you to be united, nod roe that purpose adopt all lleetF eery measures. Beyond this, we think it woutolot be proper to go at present. - ' • 'We hope, if you should unite with anything like unanimity, it may of itself apply a remedy to this deep•seated and dangerous-disease; but, if such should not be the case ; the time will then have to come for you to decide what course to adopt. We examined, yesterday, speeimens of pure Cali fornia Gold, in duet, brought to, this city byMr. ED •sOlv Witter°, who resides in the Mormon City of the Salt , Lake,' west of the Rocky Mountains. From Mr. W., wo learned many" interesting facts in rela tion to that portion of the country, which we shall endeavor tolnesent to our readers to 'morrow. . A PRENIUM PRIZE TALE.—We have received from our Mend Miner, cc The Prairie Flower, or adventures in the Far West, ,, by Emerson Bennett. It la ai exseedingly interesting book, full of thrilling incidents, and replete with gorgeous description's of places and things. Bay it., Johnson arrived On the Telegraph *o. 1; on .Tlitirid . ay morning, and the" . came after jtoon-.lel_l4:4:V:lfikildpgtorl by way of Brownville; 11FE11i . M. F. Spencer ie in Wheeling,, gnIE bey • ' 1 "; ••• . . ~~<,_..: Gamornt Gold. rm=l LOCAL - 2 Fotrwru W Pirezte:"Edh •" We walked through the building . erect4 by the Epee! .Direc tan, of the _Fourth Ward. 1- ` 4 eVeitt . ":suritideti on entering to eeo"t&e lilieral4, - orange for the little children who-4meg upon the Wird • for edecation-whose future destinies depend upon the training which the mind receives while young. The first room (east end) is intended for the , Ward Meet ings, Elections, &c. It is filled with benches, very neatly.anit conveniently - made, •With -ss-pigeou hole t!.between.enckseacfbr books, &c. This 'room centrolled by the :Misses TurnzfirOuirr,-- : The Asecond story isltteci up'for.the:ho.y;a.,depart me t. There is a iii*Mifor the , teaehersr and a nett little desk and chair foreach We count ed ninety '13614. hy,73 Feet.- The teacbers• aro Mises Osooon & Mellmmay. The third story s ill arraaged in the same style, Intended for the girle. The teachers are Miss JONES and Mrs. MeWntslrcv. At each - end of these - two . rootos (second and, thirdstories) is a recitation room.' The Schools will be opened'on Monday: " We call attention of the Citizens of tho Ward to the Card of . " . the Directors in another column. • The cost orthe building is $7,146; of 1119 Far-, niture about $6OO. The desks were ma'de hy, Mr; Witty; the chairs by Mr;Condell. A marble blab, in front, on which is an inscription of name and date, was presented by the Directors—Mesars.- W. W. Wallace, R.E. McGowin, Israel Wiggins, C. B.M. Smith, C. Yeager and A. G. Reinhart., • .htsvoit,s Ormer.—Thursday Morning.—There was a lergepartyiip for examine:ion.- The , * French, man with: the wooden leg , ' who made such on eat:: eiteraent on Fifth street on Wednesday evening wait among them. • He talked away in his own" tongue* his defence ; but not a word could be andtiatotie; We did not notice what, was done:with hum * 4'iNip• gro was brought up charged with' i4rattei. said he had been left by the " Telegraph and Was in search of a house where he might lodge. Re wag suspicious character r and - had on a coat. Which very Much resepitilidthese worn by ;the of comers who left on Sundiy,:;: - 4 : ls said that a- onto. ber of cc - Soldier coats” . ..liVerif lost, and omin:seem ed to be a probability that hehid One of tkim. Be was put aside for further hearing.. A .wreck of a woman wag brought up charged with .vagrnacy.and. drunkenness. -It seemed that her husband 'and her self were both addicted to liquor, aisdthatithisiiitiiii children ecattered abroad depending tipotithe:cliar: ity of strangers. The unfortunate woman plead hard for relettae, and was after some time discharged' with some good advice from the hlayor. TWO bait were up, they having applied to the Captain for lodging the night before. One or them belonged to . McKeesport, and was permitted to start an his way , home. The other went to the hill. An Iriehman brought in his step son whom ho charged with lay cent' of some kind. We judged from the borstal). pearance and from the parent's conversation to him, that he has not been used well. From the fact that he offered'a ten dollar gold piece to nman tor n cebt we judge he did not know what be was doiegiwhen, he took what did not belong to hiM. * Petee Frortr.—A few weeks . ago we nikted . ii Prize Fight that came off in Birmingham, betweeii: some people who lives in Hand street. Vire were yesterday informed that a regular and'' , honorable 1* fight was indulged in somewhere near the city; Elk two young blow:ls—citizens of this place. - We did, not hear their names . ; but if we do we will give them to the public. • - We see no' reason why' this practice of fighting .with fists shoild not be prevented by laws as rigo rous as the law against duelling.' - - - 'STADE .Urn.r.—The stage, 44 Accothniodation," belonging to Snodgrass' Line, was .upsetatg, cocloci on Wminesday Eitornipg,•at Ligonier, Westinore land county.. Zoe man had a collar bone brolten, and a tiny was badly hurt ;Ann no-One was da - e •••• oaSly wounded. The neighborhOod was very much alarmed by the screams: of two lady iinsiangers• and a report was started that the whole party-had • The stage - airieed hcre'-on,the;next tVe attended 'the Colonization 'Meetleg Tut, *Mit Common Chureh, Allegheny City, last evening. It ,- Was , not largo Addresses iv'ere .defiiered by Rev._ Efall, Audge - Lowrity. arid Rev. - Dr.-Elliott;:; We last nighiMade outer-little abStract of the speeehes, but found it impossible to :get it inserted.- ; We mays pubgah It to-marrow.. ';lt in ,fact that-aa -many fighta , take Place in. one day now as' occurred in 'a . week Onejeir. ego noiveitlisianding , the - eriminal Conn halbecome more, severe npon, such . offentea: ' New, w hat 'in the cause 1. We, can discover one only that is the tntamoun example set by certaieicharac• tars represented on the.stage ' Wir After the notices of the stoleikgoods appear ed in the papers of yesterday morning,-severarklo thiets and dry Reeds nierehantivisited the Mayor's office in search of articles ihej. have at various titans missed. Many went away without :finding anything they could shinty - - : - ,Wrto AEE ITIE OWNERS P—Amorig the otheitOod at the Mayor's offico, there, is a mull' arid a daguer rotype miniature of a child. 'The muff wea.found in a bookie in Virgin alley , ; the minlatniewaajaken from a vagrant named liana kiddlei who acid ha got it : -in Allegheny. : • . • • , oar We have been requested by the Managers of _ , the Orpban'a Ball to awn' thatin dentiequetineOtthe i ~tuat amount of tickets being , disposed' of, that they have engaged the Eagle Salotui and an estra.band of of amain: .; star Col. Black's speech in defence of the:Fac• tory girls is receiving yeVecommeniintions frearthe press - east: and west. The two- extrabta which we Published aragoing the rounds. , , !XErßrewees'Paioraina.la attracting fine' aadlpu ess. JTftsrpaintiegs ,are grand.. We hope , out Oiti zees will not fait to'visit them! while -ori!exhihition I 'Rallis • w Apol crowded nightly, and o-do not wonder at it, forthe.lecturea and exhihiticiiis of pre. Cutterand Cutchepn fare very entertaining and instructive. ' • • Barr lit again a otreloherrih 1) " ° 0 °Y • Po l ice. Seta a good otßeer as are all who now.ad tor . „ . IhrpticultAsylnl-Soiree. , Tars to YEre Manz Jit-the grand-;Soiree - for,:the hehnfitjyf.the jt;hAlthe.trortby'•of,,the cause and of o arcity . : We do net . norir • ellodo to if, ter 'theMere. purpose of malting an appeal itibehelf of it to the ppblic.' We knoiithat hondrida:lvill`;oe there, and that shiy, will fully enjey.themselven, "Cimaing.the glowing haute with. flying feet.", Mr. NPAren; of Wheeling, with, his - far-famen;vic*.. lis;will he there. and - preside over the dance; im parting a charm to the amesements of evening, with his never-tailing smile of gliOlihlll3l62'.. NJ ono is more Aleseredly popular in his v o cation thata:Mr. M'Afee._ His voice ityclearAnd Sall, and can he heard in the remotest past , 'of the room: 'Hie per. sonal friendit alone will forni,a/largeytuisembly, and is not his friend that known -him t llesides thii he has generously volunteered : his services on the pres ent occasion, as he always Aloes- on *emission* ef , a similar nature.: The ether .itielciatie;'Witli one of whon;paiticolatliE.Soszfil 4#7li, E , ;4.,'late tain - of the Siagai,a;*id . knew') for hii, many gOodqualities, are men of worth, and have also vol. unteered their services. WO arp'titttletitect to'4ay, that an sullatanttlit tityripei btin'it;vld,ed; served up in the, nurse of the ;evening. , - int beet wpy, tie ,-, etrictly preiforied-Aiithe;tOtito; I==MM===MMNIIMMO Mews by Telegraide Reported for the Zdonthig: Past. CONOR.EIIitEIIoNAZi Wessettorots, February 1,1849. ' SENATE. • - lirthe'Setate - i-1116 - Athellobi-fretnibe - Chinmitteo on Ways and ;Vienna, rmießfdia!big •Telatt'Seto tho coinage of' gotd !. This being privattibill 7 dityravrtnFrerr of tal i pee .int?rits,t/tyestypassed, Mr.l3 art, frent-theiudiciaryCcimmittee, reported •.• . • . a bill increasing the' salary er . the' Marshall of the 1 West4riiDistitia of trgiula;; laid over, after vari oes amendmenta had been -offered and discussed. :HOUSE— The Efouse,aftef•Mereing.businesii;, went into Committee on theitaial iipProprtation Bill. - .Au am s endofeht waSi4reed te,"aboliihiag the spirit ration, and allowing four cents increase of pay, per 'day, in lieu. .• No other business of ImPortinco Wits . Vansiated, Itheti.the Nom adjourned . NEW YORK. I '1 • • , T 1 ;tad ' p. Flonr.,The market is.steady- but •a ctive; itt prices there is no quotable change (rile'. preivietur quotations. The demaod is for haute 'constimptiou. , Grain—Holders of Wheat aro 'asking- ,previous prices. - . Corn.. Tho demand, for Cern is confined entirely to- lots for cocsarriptiort, fort: the, supply of which . .. sales are making to a moderate esteat pC 60C r prime yellow; and 56c for prime white. Lard. :Sales - at 0107 c. , ; - Provisions isonchazged. Money Market.. Sales of treaiury notesat 1,071 • ; 01,04 ;:sales of Ohio 6 peueent et1;01 finales of " Ohio at 7 per cent at , • NEW YOns, Pobrnary 1-6 P.; M. • Flone...The - sales to-day have :been Moderate,' comprising 1050 tibia- of Genesee, -- Of prime vialuy, at 6,00 per bbl.; salestof Western at 6,44 per gales of Ohio at 6,60 per bbl. Grain.. The 'market to-day--was ituictivek ,prices: were unchanged. . • • ; Provisicins..There is a regular "trade. deutiad, . with - Saks of Mess. Pork at 13 1 12013„25 per barrel; sales of'Prime at 12,60012,62 per bbl.'.' Sales at SQS}. Lard..6.alea to a moderate eztetitiatßi s aii/;•_aales of Mess Beef at 12,25512,50 p Bacon is, unchanged. Cotton... The market is drooping and prices have declined ; the 'market closed heavy; traneactio as to-day were limited. Whiskey—Bales at 231 per gallon inhhd.. - Bdeal..Tho market is quiet, with sales at 2,6703;00 per bbl. • • Bye. Flonr..Moderate - sales wore media to-day at 3;12(a3,25. • ' ' - Money Market.. The MOttey market _stringent, and the Banks discount very sparingly. The Stock market is dell, and pp - e - es tend downwaJd. Es change on • London is dull, *ices) the sailing of tho steamer. • . . PRILATiELPLIIA MARKET: • . - • • February 1,.6 e„ it. rhe-Weatherlo-day has been unfavorable (de out door transactions: . measure..:..;: The' rain put a check to opera tions in a great easure,.. , Plour..The Holders genitally ask . previous pricea ;*eotiii4;.l.liiviteser,Wcialn accept easier rates than curientipotewhg, - Soycre mani fest but litslo dispositlift : to ;iterate for exporting purposes. .rt. is held at 5,12 per blix - e' market to day iiiia:..iitirticatia mlea Were confined to small parcels of:PitiMelted Wheat at 1 ,:001,12 per bushel. Sales.9l.Coria .at 55c., for Prime Yellow. Sales of Oats - at 34625 c."; R.ye there is a fair demand at 65P 68c. Proviaions;.The market today is unchanged, ei ther ati regard's pricee''er=demaed. • ~ • - Cottoe.':The market is still unsettled,' and cermet . quotations cannot begiveu. Money Market..Saleit or Treasury Notes at. 1,08. HAWAII* 3ifik4KET . -• • . nc; - Bettuto Feb. .1 . e Flonr..The sales te:day • have • been- riioderilte, comprising _Howard street. at 4,8701,94:tr. -btd. City Millais held at 6,ooperbbl. Grain. :The' weather to.day '!.1211 Very wifiiyokable for out door busioeiti. 'Sales of corer — rit-650 for 'Pilate ** Sales of Prime -White at.4.7o4Be bushel. Wheat--Salesof Primo Red at 1;12a1,16: p bushel. Ryo-7 7 Sales .at '6oc. . Sales of oats at 30. Groceries.. The ,parket to.clay . Wait ottchuiged',. both as regards prices ordain:toll."' ••• - , ' Prolvisions--Theiii was ti moderate'butrinisii.dose at foriner prices: -There is no change in. other orlieli,ts ,Itria. ll ,/ , • 1 1)** lion of, in the market. '' - . . . _ : • . MARKET...S.' • . . • : • Feb: 1;6 P.M: •Frour.. Moderate sales were to-day at. previous prices. - • ' Crain. -The market for grain 'is riithout . Oange, either Ili regardspriees Or demand.. . . Wbiskny,..Moderitte sales were'snade tr•day at '16;015; per gal. Baion..Sales of shoulders at 4c.. per tbl, Built Meat-r Sales of aides in bulk at 4i. • Lard—Sales of 300 bbls at fit • per Th. country packed. • Pork.. The sales of pork are to 'a Moderato. ex tent including 200 bbls-SIO per bbl. • :.:.`* Groceries:.There is a steady trade demand-for Sugar and prices are firm. Coffee—There is ap in. increasing demand, and priceshave advantedi-hold era are firm. • • • Molasse.s..Tbe demand is fair 'but prices are-on changed, we note - salts Or - ISO bbls at 2416281 V' Steamboat Telegraph No. 1.. • . . January . 31, 1841 Al the suggestion of some forty or fifty passengers, on board of the Steamboat Telegrnph, No. 1, at 7 o'clock. Mi.-Burdsall celled the meeting to order, and' neminwed Col. R. hf JOHNSON, President, who was unanimously elected. • Upon taking the chair, the President. made a neat 'and pertinent 'speech. ' John Leach, ,of Sk and' Samuel C. Grace of Baltimore, weie appointed Sec retaries:- After whiel . : * • On ',motion, - Julio :Rea, -of-Philititelyibiar,.Elessrs.. Grove and ..tturdsell, were , appointed, a, t;'oniniinee to draft Resolutions, which were unanimously adopted: Resolved, -That we tender our worm' and: sincere thanks to Capt. Usual' the accomplished and-attentive Captain; also, to Capt. J. , Hart, the ever polite and cour teous Clerk of the Steamer Telegraph, for their unifoim, constant and courteous treatment and attention during our trip just yOmpleted, from Louisville to Pittsbtrigh, and that we cordially unite in recommending this steam er to the traveling public, as one of the most safe and comfortable boats on the river. Her. table groans finder every variety of embalm:Mal asst delicious ./0041 that; the country aLforas;or the ingenuity of Cooks eon invent. Resolved,: That the. proceeds- of this meeting , be pab fished lit the Pittsbur gh Cincinnati awl Louisville papers. The:meeting, Wier the presentation of the resolutions,: was severally addressed by Col.. Johnson and:otters, making the time pass pleasantly and agreeably Wong, ..Al lU oiclock, the meeting adjourned, sine - - • Sigitidia behalf of one 'hundred and thirty-nine pas sengers, --; • Ifeb2l • • • ft: bl, JOHNSON. , . . . .. • POuntrlllceting.. • , . - To TIALVOYNNIOIONISS ON TUN COUNTY OP,ALiEOIX6r - : . GentirmenThe underaigued citizens and iahabitaits. . of Me' Countr. of Allegheny, having understood • that A. Bill is now' before the Legislature ot. this state having in. contemplation a division of this Counly. atilt/eying as. . was do ' that nineteen-twentieths of the ; peop of Ade gheny. County. are optiosed m, each dinston, we, would the reforicrequest you to call a Publii..Meeting.or 'Meer- Ings, suet' time and place as youstany deem proper, - in order that there may be. nu ..esprestlion - Pohlie moat on this subjeo.t. . Speedy action is rediusito; , : i. Very respectfully ; • - . • • IVilsOahrCaildless, . Wm. M. Man5ha11,..... 4 . M. Shinn, . • -.H. Nixo n T.l. Bigham ; ••• Geo. E..Applaion s . • Thos..awl, A. Washington , • James " ' • , hl.-Buckmtuiter, Sam Roseburg, _ • John A. . , raniuthrik, • Wm. M'Candle,ss i ?Win: Wilson, • • • ' James Dunlop, . ; J. Knox„', • Geo. S. Selden, . •.• , • : • C. B. M. smith; x• W. Loomis Wm ~ lienderson, - . ." ) . E./kJ-Teal, • • Joel hlohler, ' ' John' Layton, • - Arthur McGill , '” ii Cord; ' John . : • %Vat. Douglass,. • r' Samtiel - 0. - Young, ' '" '- A. - Hobson, . . Chits. H. Paulson, • - Rtq' kCo Wm:Harris • . • ' nenderscits Sam!, Gortniy, • I no. H. Thos. Steel, • ' •• - • James ' W; Barter; ; Alex: H : ' ' • Robert -Geo. P. Gillman' • Rohr. Woodt. . . . MEI . • 01MCS Guny- Castiststirortruz; .> '. . • ••• Pittsburgh, Jan. 30,1849 • °I- In pursuance .at the tbregoitig, we; the 'Underingued, Coinll2lls3lollClllofiltiii County of tillegherm. y equc , - The citizens of the Conn:FIG meet at the new Conn House, - ern Saturday nexti rho '34 day of PebnilifYi at 1 o'clock, p. is, (or the purpose of obtaining. publicszpre ss i ork • o r their views in chummier. • • JOSEPH T., MARK.9I THOMAS. PERKINS, CommeeiC , 2a271 W 4. .I.,Ts -- ) - OE -- --.--.- I .—bast, on 'ts meet, plum i while curly .I.llp Dog:- ' She .ittriiyerf front Curran's Tailor Shop about 4 o'clockyirsqer- - day afternoon: - As rho bran much prizad hy, thei,owrifir, a:Orral reward will. tre - giv,en,natd . iniany,lhanksi lau beineretarnedlo thLs'otrice. 1., ' . . . :. '7(02 . . N uozetr: . LOST—A Newfoundlawirtip, , abourfou r .rnanthe black, leleePt vhive" 01 :1 the brenet:And a. small strip er white on' the Lima,' Pe;entileenring-him a the °Mee of:the Post,. will be suitably `awarded. , b2.3t24 • • "•••• ==l
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