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VICTORIA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER l()7l850.
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TO WHO! TO WHO 1
The following,^from south-western nows-
psper.Uth* moat ingenious uewtpopcr dun thai
ha ever fallen und' r our i.oiico.
'Twas on a cold autumnal night,
A, dismal ono to views
Dark clouds obacurcd fair Vunus's light,
And not a star nppenred in sight,
Aa tlio thick forest through,
Muooins—as usual—"blue,"
Heat homeward, "tacking" loft and right¡
When «II at once ho "brought up" right
Aga''tst,an old dead yew;
At which he '«rounded to," •"
And "squaring iff," as if to light, *
Said within oath I shan't indite,
infft.'ai scoundrel you!
Light—on' 1'lHick you, black or white!"
Jüst then above him flew >
. A.n Owl, which' on ^bran&'*J'irtfg i\.
Icol ó^ír tHo Xooiy wight, ■
loruu.il out ot ill o territory tli root, which slial,
ho en tiled to iHluiisbion uudur tho provision ol
tho't'utlcral Constitution And nucí States us
muy bu formed out of that portion ol suid ter-
ritory lying roiitli ol thirty-six degrees thirty
minuits north latitude, cumnionly known us the
Missouri compromise live, slittll bu udinitled
i into the Union with or without slavery, us the
' people ol oncll State usldug admission may de-
sire. And in such Statu or Stales as «hull be
forinei' tut of suid territory north ol suid Mis-
souri t mpromisc lii|(,, sinvery or involuntary
servitude (except for crime) shall be prohibit-
ed,"]
"Bs it further enacted, Ac., That nil that
uortion ol tlio territory "I' the Unit' d States
bounJod as follows: liegiitning at u point in the
Colorado river where tho boundary 1 no with tlio
Republic of Mexico cross's too same; thence
caslwardly with the said boundary line to the
Rio Grunuc; thence following the main channel
of said river to the parallel ol the thirty-second
degree of north latitude; thence east with siid
degree to its intersection with tho on hundred
and third degree ol lungim!.** west of Gropn<
tc.it* And then commenced "To whoo—
Tu-wnoo—TtMvuoo—Tu-wnoo!"
Quoth Muggins—"Don't you think to fright
A fellow of my weight and height
With your 1'er Whoo-tek wnoo,
You cursed bugaboo!
An' if you're Belzebub, it's quite
On-necessary you should 'light—
For Muggins ain't your 'due;'
For monoy matters are jiU msirr!—
Tho Puintek's r.viu ui—uoxoit biuoiit
Thereat tho Owl withdrew;
And Muggins mizzled too.
But thcro are oilier chaps who might
lie caught out I,it? sonic disímil night,
Who havkn't paid what's due!
They know—To who—To who!
TO THE PEOPLE
of t1iu
First Coaigi'csMioiiitl Di-.li.ct of
T IS X A S.
Fellow Cironsi:—A most interesting
period in the history of our Siute i* nt haikJ.
A solemn nud momentous duty now «1<--
volves upon tho people of Texas, arising
out of tho lio und iriuH of our St.ito, Altor
upwards of inn" in milis ol (¡.veiling disco*,
sion, Cunjiross his ¡it last "pi'opisud to the
people of Texas tho establishment of her
northern nud wu-tern boundaries; tho re-
linquishment bv th i St a to ol Texas of n I i
territory cliiitn-'d bv her exterior to sti<l
boon lurv, nnd of' nil li r claim upon the
United States;" and iu the s mut bill It o-
nlso provided for llie cstnblislimr'iil of
n Territorial Government for Now
ieo, which
for Nuiv MnS'
Territorial Govt rnuieni iu
not tu go into o doc t or i* " s ipor
sodod until tho boundary between lit • Uni-
ted States and tho Stile til 'IVvas *h 1 rfx•
" The bili for this purpose, as litr
ItiB t ■ To\ ■?, « hich w s intrbtluced
S t. itiv Irom M.nlmd,
sert at fill length, with onh such
portions oi th.it part ol it regarding Now
Mexico as may be necessary to your out el
und' ret Hiding of ii, and intelligent decision
in regrd to it. It is proper here to re-
mark, that the S unte passed two separate
bills in reg.rd to Texas nnd Now Mexico,
wiehi ihenqn nor¡¡). o1 Jt frtoe n.f l".n¡_,¿
t'ude to the parallel of tluHy-eigtílli degroe ol
north latitude; thence woht with said parallel to
the summit of' the Sierra Madre; thenca south
with the crost of said mountains tu 37th parallel
of north latitude; thence west with saiil parallel
to ii* intersection with the boundary line of the
State ol California i thenee with said boundary
line to tho place of beginning—be, and tlio same
íh hereby, erected into a t"iuporary government
liy tlio name of tiie Territory of New Mexico:
| Pruvided, That nothing in this net contained
i shall lio couptr ied to inhibit the Government ol
I tho United States from dividing said territory
i into twoor more territories, in smelt manner and
I at such times as Congressshuli deem convenient
¡ arid propi r, or rom tittaehirig any portion tlinre-
1 ol to any other territory or Statu: And provided
¡further, That, when admitted as a State, the
; said territory, or any p iriion of tli • sanie, símil
lie received into tho Union, with or without
slavery, aa tlieir constitution may prescribo at
tho time of their ad,nls>ioii."
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St n.fi. And he it further enacted, That the
legislative power of iU • T< rritoiy shall extend
to all riglitlul Hiibjects of letti^laiion, eoiiBÍstent
with ill" t Destitution ot the Unit'd States and
the provision-! of this net; but n i law shall be
ptis^ed interlcrin^ with tlie primar, disposal ol
the soil; no t .x sli -'l le' imposed iijioii the pro-
perty of the United States; nor shall the lands
or other property of n iti-reeid'tus be t ised
liiglior ill i ii the I .ilids or otlier property of resi-
de ts. All the laws p if.v d by th • Legisla'ive
Assombly and (iovi mor al.it'l he suhuiit i il to
thu i o:i*j i tx of the IJiiiKd Htntes, and il disap-
proved >Ii-i 11 be nil -1111 ot no elfeci.
Writs of - re r and appeals Iroin the final
j detistoiiH ol the Supreme Cotirl of New Mex-
ico niln; 1 In alioe,I, an.I may be taken to the
Supreme Court of the Uuilid Si les, in the
same manner and under the suuo reenlatioiis
as t:om the •' neuil Courts of tliu United
St lies, wle r • th' value ol the ptoeeatyor llie
tun iiin1 in controvi lay. 11 be a-certain .1 be the
oath or afri . ation ol either party, or other com
In tent witii. . . . bh .:! exe'.e.l one t.1, neiftiiii dol-
lars; exc |r. on ' thi in nil c .si's nvo'vinii
title ton. v. tli' >i..ici wri -. o( err r o,- ppe I
sll ill be nl.oW'd nil d cued b)' tho e.iid f,u-
preine c ¡u11 Without reuard t ■ tli value ol th-
ijvitii r property, or titii in eon rov- i v; nnu
eXcep , al o. tli it a writ of t rror f appeal s,lm I
abo be allow d to tile Supre.,.e t1 a'.rt of tiie
United States ironi til*' de. ii.e ■ ■ 1 : i ' S ill ftlt-
pr me mair1 creuli o l> v liio. e . < v jii, n j
thereof, 0" of too di-.ir. t eourta einati il tiy tiiis ,
net, or of any ¡'idee tliereof, upon any wiit |
of habeas cor] us inv .Iving the question ,.l ¡ir - ,
sonat freedom,"
.-ipiiiro mi tus more tliun b tho Couiptoiiii.M
nill of AJr. Uluy. lJs the propositions now
made to Texas, besides the territory Is inj.
north of the Missouri compromiso line, ele
<8 asked to cede her claim to 44,UU<¿ sqntiri
miles souih of suid lino. By Peurce's bi
Texas retains 12,000 square miles mon
than il her northern bouudnry was the B4tli
parallel of north latitude from the Ki<
virando to Rod River, which is the line
luded to by Governor Bull in liialnte ufM> og inst it.
••See. 10 And he ii further enacted, '1 '-at the
Con titutinn, unit a ¡ t.ivvs ol llie Utnlid .it ,tes,
which aru not loc.i!;, i n o pp I i ■: u l> I', ullall have
, . . i <n ■ the same force anil effect within tliu suid teir-
btii tho llo'iso mined loom into one lull, in i t„r ot w s;c ,t,.;u «-lieru witliiu the
which I he Son tie nnd President have eon-1
und
curr d. The following are the. provisions
nJluded to, viz:
AN ACT proposing to tho ¡Suite of Ti xas the
establishment of her northern nud western
boundnri'-R, ihe relinquishment by tho siid
State of al i territory elnimmi by her e.vti riot
to said boundaries, and of all her claims upon
the United States, and to establish a territorial
ovornmetil for New M 'Xieo.
itenacted by the Scnateand ITnnsenf Repre-
Un ....
KOi
lie
United Slate!.
••Sri; 17. .Iiid he it fu<ther enactcJ, 'X*hot the
provisions oi lies tiia oi i< . , "il to Nuw M i.Tic i
!)., an-I they are le n b; nurpended until the
boundary butweeii tile Untied States u.id illc
Statu ot Tex .s sli ill b i djusted, nnd win n
ell II ailjustiueiil siiall have buen i llec'i d, the i
Prcfideiil ol lii Unit' d 8tut u th i I ¡MU.-hie
proi'laiuniion, declarin.; this net to be in lull
totcu and operation, and shall proceed to appoint
¡ the officers her< .11 provided tj be appointed in
sentatiies of the United State*'f America in üin-u . . ,, i
great auembted, That tho following proposit unit ¡ "r l'lu L",> "' "ll bu h l i (. j'i,.t quoted
shall be, and tho same hereby are, oil' red to the , tilo iiuov e e\l rr.ct¡;, t bo ¡^eiiotnrs o tul Rep-
State of Texas, width, when agreed to by the ri>suntiitivvis from Texas voted. Wo did
eatd State, in aa act passed by the General As- j mj[ thcruU'v"ill ,iii in inner Commit vou to
seuihly, sliall be bindini; and obligatory upon - ,• , ... . •
the United Stales, and upon the said Slaliof^c Supp rt ol the bid. W m do not u
Texas: Provided, Tlio said agreement by tlio I single pledge lor you; we inore.y, by gtv-
said General Assembly shall bo given on orbe- ¡ ¡ng il ours .ppol'l, said tll.it wo were willing
tore tho first day of December, eighteen liun- ^,,13,,,^ lu ,|l(. p,.0plo of Texas the il,-
'First! The State of Texas will agree that ¡ cwiuli of this questloti lor tlieuwelves. You
her boundary on tho north ahull comnunco nt ■ aro not only l(;tt entirely Irco Jitid uiitruui-
the point at which the meridian of one hundred | nie.ed to net iu this mtitter for yourselves,
degrees west from Greenwich is intersected by ! |mt V()u ,|„ 8U vvji|lg„i prejudice to Vour
tho narallel of thirly-stx dotrrees thirty m, Inn les . , • ... ' ... ,,, • .
north latitude, and shall run from Baid point d'uo "iteresls, ns you will see that tho 1 i.rrito-
west to the meridian of one hundred and three , rial Oiivernuii'iit ol ¿sew Mexico is not to
degrees west from Greenwich; thence herboun- go into operation until tliiü boundary ques-
dary shall run due south 10 tho thirty-second : |ion ¡8 „fiji|8t(.j. \V'o h;iv«; taken our share
negreo ol north latitude; thence on tlio stud
parallel of thirty-two degrees of north latitude
«0 the Rio Bravo dol Norte, and thence with tho
channel of said river to thu Gulf of Mexico.
Socond. The State of Texas cedes to iho
United Stales all her claim to territory exterior
to the limits nnd boundaries which she agrees
to cstublish by tho first orticlo of this agree-
ment.
Third. The Ststc of Texas relinquishes nil
clnim upon tho United States for liability of tho
debts ol Texas, und for compensation or indem-
nity lor the surrender to tlio United States of
her ships, forts, arsenals, customhouses, custom-
house revenue, arms und munitions of wur, and
public buildings with their sites, which became
tho property ol tho United Slates at the timo of
annexation.
Fourth. The United States, in consideration
of said establishment of boundaries, cession of
claim to territory, and relinquishment of claims,
will pay to the Sluto of Texas the sum of ton
of tlio responsibility, nnd you must now
talte yours. 1 speak in ibis manner iu re-
gard to your action, because I hope, if the
Legislature be in session when the special
iritissenger shall arrive at A istin, convoy-
ing ti copy of 1 his act, that they will at once
submit this matter to tho people them-
selves; and if it is n it in pension, I shall
Socoinmeiid tho Governor promptly to refer
the question himself to tlio people, and il
they decide in its favor, to convene the Le-
gislature to register their degree, uh it is
required that tho proposition, if accepted,
must •'be agreed to bv Texas in nn net
passed by her General Assembly." Should
Texas not accept the tonus u >w proposed,
I trust tho pooplo wiil instruct the Legisla-
win pay tu nit: oiuiu ui i u.\ w mo oum m t«n , . . ,
millions of dollars in a stock bearing five p. r |t,,ro t« propose such terms ns would bo no-
nont. interest, and redecinablo at the end ot ooptablo to the ¡Mate, and thus have ibis
fourteen years, tho Interest payable half-yearly 1 matter settled, as till matters should bo sot-
at the treasury of the United States.
Fifth.
Immediately alter the President ni | ■ • , •. . . .
the United States ahull have been furnished with ¡ same poiitn'nl lanul\, by amtcnblc and
n authentic copy of the act of tho General As-
sembly of Texas accepting those propositions,
he shall cause the stock to bo issued in favor of
tho State of Texas, as provided lor in the fourth
article of this agreement: Provided, abo, That
no more than five mil I. ons of said stock slut II be
issued until the creditors of tlio Stale holding
bonds and other certificates of stock of Texas
for which duties on imports w.-re specially
pledged, shall first file al the Treasury of tho
United -'tatos reinases of all c! dm against the
United St itns for or on account of said bonds or
certificates, in such fohn an shall bo n-esenbeu
by tho Secretary of the Treasury, and approved
by the President of the United States: Provided,
That nothing herein contained shall be con-
strued to impair or qualify any thing contained
in tho third article of the second section of the
"joint resolution for annexing Texas to th ■ Uni-
ted States," approved March first, eighteen
hundred and forty-five, either as guards th'
number of States that may keronftcr be forme..
out of the State of Tex ts, or otherwise.
The third nrticle of the nnno.xution res •
lutions alluded to, is n« follows:
[ "Third. New State* of convenient tize, no'
exceeding four in number, in addition to said
oj. tied, particularly between members of the
State of Texas, and having sufficient population,
may hereafter, by the consont ?f said State, be
penccful negotiation.
My object iu addressing you now is to
slate some luets that may be useful In you
in making up your decision. 1 have hid a
m ip prepared by the General Land Ofliee
here, which I have had lithographed, and
copies of h hicll I shall senil to e\ cry (Jaunty
Clerk and Postmaster in inv district, for the
inspection of the pcpl", Inuri win It the
lollotving fids appear: There is iu Te.v;.s,
ns her uountlaries are il fined In her act oi
Congress of December 1S>, 1S31, an area >.(
I)2r>,5'i0 square miles—> 1 which 4'¡,5ÍÍ7 lie
north of the Mi souri comprome-e line ol
:]>i deg. JIU inin. north lfttitude,nnd s¿M,W¡l
tie south of tIr.t line. The area loft in
1'e.xas by the propositi' ns now nt d • to her
iu Penrce's bill is Ü37,'j^l squ ire miles—
more th.111 five tiin s ns large ns the State
•f New Y rk. The men proposed to be
ioft in Texas by thn C mpr mise bill of h"
Committee of Thirteen, of wiiirh Mr. Clay
'V is eh iirtnan. is 2n3,! 86 sq 'Rre miles j s
•hat by Peurce's bill Texas retains 33,335
sage to tho Legislature 01 our Htnte. Th,
dilleronco is, that in the line tnetitioned by
Governor Bell, the territory lies south «•
J4 degrees north latitude and 011 the Hi
Grande, while in the bill ol Mr. Pea roe it
oes north ol 34 degrees nnd south ol SO d.eg.
3D inin., including Ihe head^wuters of Red
ltivor, Washita, and Canadian civeret"
Tho proposed southern boundary line 01
New Mrvicu i|ab«i^ ffir*"'1, v'* airvi?L. il
El Paso. It is nbout lour hundred miles in
a straight line from San Antonio to the
nearest point of what is proposed to be or-
ganized as Now Mexico, It is about 8JIU
miles from the mouth of tho Rio Graiido tu
Kl Paso by a straight line,and by the river
il must be more, than double that distance.
From tho northeast corner of the State to
Ei Paso it is about 860 miles in a straight
line, and about the same distance from the
mouth of the Rio Grande to the northern
lino (3!5 deg. 3D inin.) of Poarce's bill.
1 have not time to discuss the bearing of
this proposition, on the slavery question, on
our landed and other interests by the exclu-
sion oft ho Mexicans ol the Rio Grande from
ihe limits ol our State, on our public debt,
on ihe division of the State, if such should
ever bo the policy ol Texas, influenced by
Southern considerations, on the general in-
lerxists of the South, nnd the peace and per-
manency of the Union. These are ques-
tius, the proper discussion of which would
require n labor nnd time totally incompati-
ble with the'numorouBduties attendant upon
the closing scenes of a session of Congress.
Besides, they will no doubt be fully discuss-
ed before you by the friends and enemies ol
this proposition.
I will, h tvever. briefly here allude to one
illegal! Ill, til t Texas, if she vgroes to this
proposition, yields sl.ive territory to free
soil. From tho p *t progress of New Me.v
it" iu population, it is li rdly probable she
will Lo admitted as a State under twent
Mura. Michig 11 rem lined a territory
ihirty-one years, Florida about sixteen, tul
Al liens s nbout tho same length of time.—
it the elim to and soil of New Mexico are
adapted to slavery, it «ill go there. There
is no Wunot proviso to prevent it. If tin
VV I,,p.t pre. iso is unconstitutional, ( tul
ihnt i-> the doctrine of the South), then the
.M• • 'mo eiwsthut may have beiii in force
■ti 'V í A] xico urior to its transfer to the
Uní'*' tí\ .ire eq mf!v i;ncofif«uftttl n'rr
and toa. N' r can tho Legislature i f th
'IV-rritory ol New Me.\ico constitutionally
pi'ohliiit slavery there; for il Congress it-
sel 1 could net constitutionally prohibit si ve-
ry in New Mexic', it could not delegate
liio power to the Legislature of New Mexi-
co; besides, Congress, in delegating legis-
lative power to New Mexico, expressly
says: " 'I hat 'ho legislative power of the
T. iivtory [ol New Mexico] -hill extend to
.1!I rlghti'ul subjects o legislation CntisistCi t
¡villi the Constitution of the United tábite
•iti.l thu provisions of this act,1' Sic. Mr.
¿ii iu k, of Ohio, who voted against 1 ht- bi! ,
m,.led to strike out of the bill organizing
a Territorial Government (or Utnh the
same provision th it exists in the Now Mux-
ic 1 bill, being that portion of the bill which
speaks ol "title to slaves," nnd in support
of bis amendment, that "it was fairly to be
implied, from the phraseology of the net,
that slavery was recognised us existing
there by authority of law." Another rea-
son why slavery could go to the Territory
of New Mexico east of the Rio Grande is,
1h.1t if Texas ndopts the propositions made
to her, it will have been purchased from
Texas, wh se Inws authorized slavery there,
nnd which will not be abrogated by the ces-
sion. In addition to nil this, the Inw now
submitted to Texas expressly provides "th t
when admitted ns a State, the said Terri-
tory of Now Mexico, or any portion of the
same,shall be received into tho Union with
or without slavery, ns their Constitution
may prescribe nt the time of their admis-
sion." Candor, however, compels me to
s i v, that I doubt very much whether slaves
would bo carried to any extent to the ter-
ritory asked tu be given up by Texas to
New Mexico, whether it remains 11 part ol
Texas or becomes a part of the Territory
of Now Mexico. The nature of tho soil,
the necessity of irrigation, tho inconve.
nienco nud expense of gc tting to market,
the footings of the Mexicans, nnd the facil-
ity of slaves escuping, will prevent many
slaves from ever being t ikon to tiny pnrt of
tho Rio Grande. I would, however, h ive
preferred Penrce'g hill, if it had not brought
the southern lino of New Mexico below 31
degrees of north latitude, but it was impos-
sible to obtain that line. I nlso preferred
flint tho proviso in the fifth proposition to
Texas, in ro¡r-trd to the debt, should be
stricken out, but it wns impossible to sue
ce< d in it, ns many members conceived tlint
the United Slates wns legally liable for the
Texas debts for which the impost duties ol
Texas were specially pledged, nnd they
wanted tho United States Government It
ho released from that liability bv receipts
from such creditors before tlio whole debt
wns paid over to Texas. Il must nil, how-
ever, bo paid to Texas—but five million"
ire to be retained until receipts arc filed b\
tariff
Carolina and Mississippi wi
gainst it. The two member'
Louisiana, nnd the member lf-'f|
oted against it. A major
lirec from Alabama vuied a
i' > utiaiuiuous
•resent irom
Irk.nsns,
f timr to
it, althu'
ih her Senators (King uf'_d Clemens)
.oied fur it. Every Ire soilen'yoled against
it. 31 democrats and 24 wifrom the
free Stall s voted lor the bill. | '^democrats
1 ud 45 whigs from the fret
UltEGTIAQ TO AlttfiUICA.
Written by Bayard Taylor. Esq., se to music
by Jul t iicaediet, and sung at her firat C n
cert ill the United Still a, by M'll* JlHNV
iso, on Wednesday -night, September II,
1851), at Cuatle Garden, New York.
••¡'such facts
mind as im-
1 nit menious
m ned to r.d-
Wh. I will
'ii gi t homo
nt of tho nex;.
lioso «ho hold debts for which the
latios were specially pledg. d.
' Tho hi 11 now submitted to Texas receiv-
ed in ihe House of R 'presentntives 32 votes
from the s'aveholding States, and lost 30
votes from the same. It received 55 Voles
from the. nun-sinveholding Slates, nnd lost
itt from tho same. M.rylnnd, Kentucky,
and Tennessee, were unanimous lor th"
■ 'ill. Thi members (one from ench St<.('•)
from Dol twire nnd Florida v< terf for ¡|.«_
A majority from Virginia, North Oanlini,
Georgia and Missouri, voted for it. South
1 have thus briefly giver.
as presfcntod themselves to
portnnt to your decision of
.qufstioti. Congress bus c^,
journ->.n the last day «f thiv'
not have time to do more 1
und back by ihe commencerr
session, it will be, tlierel.
possible fír me to-«s«e the
ihe® i-T- : ''¡i' :■
upon it. i Ulereare send J'ou tii«
address. I am prepared, however, always
to defend the propriety of my vote, an\ will
do so, il questioned, whenever time onj op-
portunity will permit.
In conclusion, it in my sincrtre prever
that your decision may redound to the in-
terests and honor of Texas, und flint iur
beloved State, whose career for tho Imt
fifteen years has been chequered with t.
many difficulties and dangers, may entii
on u new career of prosperity; nnd tha\
she mav soon become, what 1 really be-
lieve she is destined to bo, the Empire Sta'9
of the Union.
DAVID S. KAUFMAN.
Washington City, Sept. 10, 1H50.
SiiiiWRisCK of tub fcjtait.—A roniiik
able shipwreck narr.ilHo appoars in th.
St. Vincent New Er 1, of the bih Mat.—
Tho sloup Sur. Captain Rot.erison, wns
about twelve miles Ir an Bittnwyn on the
3d of May, when a seaman discovered Mint
plank iu her bottom bad started, undthat
sho was rapidly tilling. As t wns I; ,ped
that she would reach Bnttnwya befura go-
ing down, 110 panic was felt, nnd tha pumps
were vigorously worked to delay (lie risiim
of tho water as much an possible: bal when
abo't sei en miles from B.tlawin, the Star
received two or threo heavy sets, nnd wns
evidently going down presentí). Several
of the sui ors leaped into tin* sea with buoy
ant articles: tho captain, Mr. Bvnoe—n ve-
ry young gentleman, who it turned out was
n mart ellous sw immer—a Miss Webb, r.url
a Mrs. Gibl s, w ith her tif.phevr, were <ti
the dock. Miss Wohb could not be induced
to quit the sliij), but answered cn!nt'y that
she was not alarmed. The capia ui give
lier his hand, and sho clasped it tightly,
but would not ventar : tho vessel gave
sotne deep plunge.', the c ptain drew Mes
Webb with bun, but sua unclasped her
U nivi Uiu' "il fj Jtliilip w
When !iti ru?a above tiin Mir'r.^? wr vnwvi
had gone down, and drawn itn it Miss
Webb, Mrs. Gibbs, and 11r;r nop iov.-. Mrs.
Gihbs had clasped hor young n-pli :w to
Iter bosom and declared alo af tli t ns h
was the cause of hor being títere, if nho
was lost he should go with Iter; nnd ro ho
did. Mr. B.tiio describes wh it ocourred
.il'ter tho ship's liiundering. "As soon us 1
quitted the vesmsl, wiii Ii I did .it the 1 ine
tune as tho captain, nnd some two or thr e
minutes after the others, I struck nut f a
the doit-house. The sloup inst ntlv suuli;
Miss Webb, Mrs. Gibbs nnd h r nephew,
lining down with her. Trv ro wns a liitle
moonlight. A fuma In pnssengfir and her
husband had hold of tho dog-house. I oh
s >rvi d a little buy floating, and I swam nud
took him to the dog-house. The current
was strong and we made little progress,and
1 was obliged to go behind the dog-house to
push it on. As this cxh tush tl trie, and m 1-
nv held on, I I :i go, which gave the others
more room. 1 thou laid hold of an oar and
used it for u short time; but I th tight 1
heard somothiiiff blow beside m 1 like n
wh ile or porpoise, nnd I became nlnrmed
and throw nwny the o r, determined In
swim. Before leaving my c.mp nions in
misery, 1 told them I would swim to B qui
and scud lie in a boat; that if it cam ■ it
would be a sign I was ulivc;if not, th t I
wns drowned. They implir- d me not to
leave them, b e tuso 1 cheerol them up. 1
now undressed mvsoll in th-j water, not
keeping on n vestago of clothing, nnd
struck out with tho greatest confidence in
niv power of endurance nnd swimming —
Battawvn whs nt this time just discern i-
ble. We were nbout five miles fr un it, 11 nil
fifteen or sixteen miles frum Beq lia, It
was four o'clock iu theinoruiug. Thecap-
tain called tome, nodi replied. Ihavo
since henrd that ho called me an hour alter
wards, and as 1 did not rep.'y. all g ive mo
up as lost, 11s 11 very heavy ¡sen ivas run-
ning : t the time. I r •innined in Ihe w iinr
until three or four in the aiirnioon, swim-
ming nil tho time, at which time I rancheo
Boquín. I wns alongside the rock tin hour
before I co ild ascend it. The surl and
heavy swells sometimes dashed me agdnst
ihe rock and at others drew me away from
it. I twice despaired, and pUc.' d my hands
on my bend; but I could not sink. I wns
completely exhausted, nnd suffered much in
trvintr to hind. I remainedliitv hours on
llie Bequia rock without IIkxI. w. ter, rest,
or clothes. I iried to eat a small shell-fish,
but it made me sick. I was very Ihiisty,
but 1 found relief in sea-bathing. Altogeth-
er I wns sixty-two hours deprived of everv
itoces«nrv of lile. While nn tho rock, I
h ¡¡led sumo vessel" nnd bonis, hot wns not
heard. At Icnoih, the Cslodonia sloop
passed by; I hailed her, nnd sho sent it boat
forme, 1 h id determined 1" attempt, the
it"xt day to that on which i w is relieved,
to swim to Bequia harbour, rather than die
slowlv. Tho bruises and cats you sec I (jot
I irroot with a full heart, the Land of the W'eat,
Whoso banner of «tara o'er a world U un-
rolled!
:l«tes voted Whoso empire o'erahadowe Atlantic' wide
í , . breaal—
Uei i#il, f.. ..•
And opoa to the tunaet its gateway of goldl
The land of the mountain, the land of tha lake,
A nd aivera that roll in magnificent tide-
Where ,the aoula of the mighty from alumher
awake.
And hallow the soil for Whoso freedom thoy
«ally in.! b 1" d'Bd'
r ■ iid nd-1 Thou Crad|e of Empire I thot
t -' V- .t t ■
luisty 4 That eaveré the land of my
I hear, from thy bosom, the welcome of home,
For Song hua e boina in the heart of tho Free!
Aud long aa ihy waters shall gleam in the aun,
And long aa thy boros remember their scars,
Be tho hands of thy children united as one,
And Pence shed hor light on the Banner of
Stars!
As nn accompaniment to this fine lyric,
we take the following from the Liverpool
Times, on the departure ol Miss Lind for
America:
•■We doubt whotlior Jenny Lind, In the whole
caurae ol Iter unparalleled career, ever met with
a inaiilfestat on ol' public feeling so grand ns
iltat which accompanied hor departure for the
United States. No sovereign, liowovei popular,
—no conqueror, however renownod—no person
in nay sen^e tho idol of the.p"oplo—could have
heea attended with inoro significant honors than
thoso which have been accorded to this gifted
nr ist—honors tho moro valuable, becauso so
purely sad entirely spontaneous."
The star of song, which halh shed so long
Her light o'er those northern skies,
Hath left for a while our sna«girt isle,
In the far off we t to rise
For s timo will «he roat on tho ocean's breast,
Then shine wiih now splendor there;
And tho earth shall rejoico to hear her volco
R>n¿! out through tho listening sir.
May each favoring wind waft fair Jenny Lind,
O'er tlie dark and trenchorous sea;
And spread tho fame of hor spotless nomo,
And christian charity.
For her ^ctns nnd gold, and her wealth untold,
Aro bat of.her riches part;
Oh, what aro they to the heavenly ray,
Which iLli.tainoa her priceless h6url.
Tlio wtnninit gracoof her smiling face,
And the toneo of her matchless voice,
Fill every mind w th an influence ltind,
And bid overy hearl rejoice.
un. ooiv art" Impart ta each hindly ttemtt,
Tho joys of a soul sincere;
Ami may success nnd all happiness,
Attend on her new career.
ON Til it TüXAS ANO ÍMtrtV
T.he following is un unai.v
Tuu Vote
Mexico Bill.-
sia of the vuie of the House on tha fiuu.
passage of the Above bill. It will be seen
how completely old pnrty linea «rere bro-
ken up on the oconaiun.
Of iluve holding States, Maryland,
Tennesaee, Kentucky, Delaware, Florid,
nnd Texas gave a unanimous vulo for the
bill. .C
South Carolina, Mississippi, Louislnna(!)
aud Arkunaas, were unanimous against 11.
Virginia gave a majority fir the bin-
eight to six. Ol tho eight, two are Whigs.
North Carolina gave a majority tor it-
five to lour. Ail five were Whigs; and ol
tlie four, one wea a Whig.
Georgia was three to two for the bill t-
three wero Whigs, His idst
It
1 one
1 ship
hig. The other four representa-
tives, who were naya, are democrats.
Missouri, four for the bill—nil Democrats $
one member (Mr. Phelps) against it.
Oj tAe non-shtteholding States, lown wns
unanimous for the b II, nnd Connecticut,
Vermont und Wisconsin, unanimous ngaiust
it.
Maine gave three for tho bill, and three
against it. Of the last, oue was a Whig.
Massachusetts, three lor the bill and lour
against it.
New Hampshire, three for the bill—all
Democrats; oue (free soiler) against it.
Rh 'de Island, one and one, bolh Whig*.
New York, fourteen for the bill, l i^hteen
against it—ill Whigs except Mr. Wuldeii,
(a Democrat.) yon, und Mr. I'roston King,
(free-soiler,! nuy.
Now Jersey, one (Democrat) yen, three
nays, (Whigs.)
Pennsylvania, thirteen for the bill—
three of them Whigs, nnd Mr. Levin, (na-
tive American,) und eight against (all
Whigs,) and Howe, (free-soiler.)
Michigan, one yen (1 democrat) and three
na) s—one whig, two froe-soilers.
Ohio, five yeas (all democrats but one)
nnd fourteen nays. Of these,five nte dem-
ocrats, four urn whigs, and five arc free-
soilers.
Indiana, seven yens—all democrats.—
Nays three, ono democrat, one whig, and
one free soiler.
Illinois, lour ycus (nil democrats) nnd
two nays— me democrat and one frec-soiler.
But one whig Irom the West voted lor
the bill,(Mr. Taylor, irom Ohio,) and six-
teen democrats, nnd against it, sixteen
western whigs, and nine western demo-
crats.
The preceding arc the votes net unity
eiven, nnd therelbre do not include tho ab-
sent members, of which iu ull thcro Wore 'i¿.
sl'mmilkvi
FutfNOII ¿jHIPMfcWT TO
French journal, the M<
has the lollowing pnragi
ly very complimentary
A ship owner from
which vessels are frei
California, intends to
month of August) for ti
niue hundred nnd fifty
if tho truth must bb told,
inte class of «reatures who I
citi'j by the wagea of prostii
will be taken from Rouen, 4
nns, nnd some from Orlerii
from Paris. Thoy aro, lit
young, that upon hSlng. ref<
anis a de tpufti
yet be useful io„an>ii
This is pretty t
pine hundred
migmi
useful in
Glob*, in
on the *bove parngi
sumo consolation to reflect
y *
V
lint
m
nin.
com)
heiikW
pnracral
remnr
CUA.NOK f pchulatio.v of tiie títatks.
It is curious, and not wiihout profit,that wo
look tu the ch ingos of the different States,
as to their relativo strength in population.
In 17'JO, Massachusetts had the largest
ireu population of llie then sixteen Slates,
including Kentucky und Tennessee, but
tlio whole population of the first five Status
r-iiikod as follows: 1st, Virginia; 2d, Mas-
sachusetts; 3d, Peuns* Ivaniti; 4th, North
Carolina; 5th, New York. The next ten
1 cura oh mged this slightly, and in 1W00
ihev look rtiiilt iu order lollowing: 1st,
Virginio; 2d, Penusyivunia; 3d¿ N. Vork;
4ih, M issachuseiis; 5th, North Carolina.
Iu lHlO, Now York and Pennsylvania
ch.ingi'd places, and th others stood as in
1800. In 1H2II, M iss .eh ísetts drops out to
m ke room for Oht >, nnd the order is: l*t,
New York; 2d, Virginia; 3d, Pefiusylva
nia; 4ih, N irth Carolina; 5th, Ohio. In
1830, Pennsylvania changed places with
Virginia, ano the States stood in the follow-
ing order: 1st, New York; 2d, Pennsylva-
nia; 3d, Virninii; 4th, Ohio; 5th, North
Caro ina. In 1850, N Tth Carolina drops
out of the ring, while Virginia goes down
iinotlier round of tho ladder, mid ihe States
pres"iii themselves iu the following order:
I t, New York; 2d, Pennsylvania; 3d,
Olii 1; 4ih, Virginia; 5ih, Tennessee.
Tne increase iu the who.e population ol
the Stiites has varied very little from
per cent, in each period of ten years; but
taken separately, they vary from this very
gru.itlv. Ohio, in her first period of Stnte-
hood, gained SOU per cent.; Virginia, in the
samo period, 15 percent.; N rth Carolina,
15 percent.; Mar)lind, 13percent.; Con
ucetieut, only 4 p«r <'«itt. VVIiut on'.irlh
coclt) have itilid Connecticut in these ten
ic.r ! Peiinsylvniiia rose Iroin 002,305
1 1 810,001, or over her full proportion 01
tha entire increase. In 1820, ho first threo
tít itrs have over a million; Ohio goes up
to 140 per c ill., t king r. nk nr. the filth
St t ; North Carolina, 111 the same period,
gained iu white population II pi r cent., in
slave population 75 por cent., nnd h.id to
give op her po tiicnl caste, ol which she was
'tit-ted b) Ohio. B it looking again nt Con-
n'etieui. we find her all the time doing
nothing this wav, very fast. In 1840 she
unified hut half «f ono per cent.—not even
that iii 1W"0! C in-st • Iks nnd pumpkin-
Domocrnts from free States .
Democrats from slave States
Whigs from free Stntes . . .
Whigs from slave States . .
Democrats from free States .
Dumucrutu fruui sluve States
Whigs from free Status . . .
Whigs from slave Stutes . .
1 se 9.
. 81
. 27
-- 58
. 24
. 25
— 40
107
40
51
N 1 vs.
. . 17
. 20
. 50
, . 1
97
It will be seen that overy southorn whig,
but one, voted for the bill.
States,
15
, . 13
2—30
For the bill
Against it
Tiod
Sluve States for tho bill
Aguinst it
Free States for the bill .
Against it
Tied
10
5-
•15
5
8
2—15
vines
can this bo h ■ ? But there were
grons frauds in taking that New England
cento*. It milte" every 140th free negro
in New England tin idiot; and in Rhode
Mand, ever) 14th negro. It mnkes more
ins imo negroes in some town* than there
uro negroes in it. We must therefore pre-
s uno tli it thn Connecticut "chicken man,"
that year, was elsowhero than in right
, 1 , ,, 11 figures.
in attempting to lund on tho r<" k. 1 fuel ¡ ■ ——
nn inward ill effects from mv sulTering'.— Makiro a CoxatJBsT.—1" r<>m, said nn
I was like n skeleton when Handed. The | impudent weg to n conceited (op, "I know
who wishes to make
cre/.v and passengers 01 inn oinr woo were , a beautiful creature
saved were brought to Si. Vincent bv the j vo ir acquaint neo. _
Emily Strath, which picked fh"m up."—, "Dom'd glad to hear il; fine gir', struck
Much surprise nnrl rejuicings wpre m ni- with my appear tuce, I suppose, en?
Y> s, very much S '. Sho ihinks you'd
rejoiciiiBs
festp'l at Rt. Vincent wh n it whs reported
th-,t Mr. Bynoe had been landed from the
Caledonia,
m'ke a capital playmate fttt her pOódlé
The Latkst Hummio.— 1'he New York
Sin, which always hus some marvellous
story to relate, states, that a negro, no# in
ihut city, is undergoing u change of skin
Irom bl .ok to while, produced by iho ap-
plication of it certain herb, the piopurljes ot
which ho accidentally discovered wnhst
working on his master's estate nt the South.
Wo wonder, alter he becwies "uno of the
white folks," whether his children will be
while also, nnd il th re will be any delicate
white'female abolitionist who will be will
ing to try tho experiment, by taking the
woolly head for hur liega lord and mister?
By the wuy, wo wish the Sun would inform
us what etíect this wonderlul plant h is
upon tho wool of tho negro, nnd whether it
straightens that out, in long dusky locks,
or leaves it in its origlnnl "Irizzie." We
should like to know, also, hnw it oporates
upon the outward curvo of the shin b uie,
upon ihe blubber lip, and iho protruding
heel, where the leg is "in de middle ol de
foot." We hopo it will mftkfl him n white
man in all respocts, and not confine the
operation to n mure change of color.
Cannot the Sun discover some plnnt o
opposite qualities to the above, which will
chango n while skin to a black one, sons
to afford Garrison, Oiddings, Brother Fos-
tor, nnd Sisicr Abbv Fulsom,nn opportuni-
ty to placo thomsolves on a real footing of
equality with "dore colored bredorcn?"—
N. O. Bulletin.
ts this a Galfiiin that I bkic bkforf.
me'.—"Why, ray child, what is the matter!''
oxclnimed a lady to lior little boy, who
rushed into the house, out of broath,a short
time nfter dark.
'•Wha-whnt's that, mother?" snid the lit-
tle fellow, pointing to comething white
•winging back and forth in mid-air.
"That,' replied the mother,"that? whv
that'* father's shirt upon the clothes-line."
"Oh, / thought it was a Galphlm" gasp-
ed the little fellow, much re!ie*od.
great many frenchmen in Ca
less than ten Ihviusand, some nccou.ia' aay
—and it is tobe Wd that ihey willialM.
charge of the censigvnent, nnd asaume tho
task, in the cnpncityW husbands,of wlo* '
ning bock to Virtue thes* fail wanderer* .
from her paths."
■ 1 "
American Poets.—The America# Poets
mentioned in R. W. Griswold's collection,
are 92 iu number. Of thpse,S7 were born
in Massachusetts, 15 in Connecticut, 5 In
Maine, 3 in New Hampshire, 3 in Vermont,
nud 2 in Rhode Island—55 in the New
Euglnnd Stntes. The most distinguished
were born in this State, viz: Bryant, Em-
erson, Whitiier, Longfellow, Wiilis, Dana,
Surague, and Ncnl—Longfellow, Neal,a4d
Willis, were born in that pnrt of the Stats
which now forms the State of Maine. It
wns Massachusetts when they were born.
New York has raised 19 Poets, Pennayt-
vnuin 8, Virginia 2, South Carolina 8, New
Jersey 3, Dis rictol Columbia I, Kentucky
1, Gonririn, North C.iroliuii and Delaware
none.—Boston Times.
Wc learn by gentlemen who were et
Washington during the lost stages of tho
proceedings on the Texas Bill, that a rnra
scene of interest and cxciiemfent wns mani-
fested during thtii period. Mr. Webster
showed n good denl of interest in the pas-
sage of the bill, while Mr. Crittenden took
nn nctive part in its behalf. Gen. Rusk,
howevor, was particularly on the nlcrt, nnd
wielded more influence in its behalf ihnti
unv other single individual. All accounts
concur in representing his influence as se-
cond to thut of no m-'ii in ihe Senate.
[tíalv st n Civ.
A military offioos bring MJ —,
ful storm, his lady who wns sitting in tfio
cabin near him, and filled with nlurms for
the safety of the vessel, wns so surprised ot
his composure nnd sereuity, thut sho cried
out—
"My dear, nre you not afraid! How ¡9
it possible that you can be so calm in such
u storm?"
"Me arose from liis chair lashed to tho
deck, and supporting himself by n pilinr of
11 bed piuco, he drew his sword, and point-
ing it to the breast of his wife, eXclaimcd—
"Are you not afraid?"
'.No, certainly not," she replied.
"Wh\ ?" said the officer.
"Because," rejoined his Indy, "I know
the sword is in the hauds of my husband,
and ho loves me too well to hurt mo."
"Tnen," said he, "remember 1 kuofr in
whom I have believed, and that he holds
the winds in liis fist, and tho witter in Iho
billow of His hands."
A verdant fellow entered a jeweler's
store, with his whip under his nrm nud his
h inds in his pockets, nnd alter lookingalmut
iwhile, leined over tho counter and whis-
pered confidently to the clerk, so as not to
be overheard by the Indies stnnding near—
"Ilev you nny bosom puniest" Tito clerk
not understanding the question, answered
in the negative. "I guess you have," an-
swered iha iireen un, "I menn stcds!"
If girls will kiss, let tlicm perform tho
ceremony ns if thoy loved it. Dui't let
them sneak nbout the thing ns if they wero
p irloining cheese, nor drop their hends
"like llllies .o'er prosed with rain." On
the contrary, they should do it wiih "an ap-
petite," nnd when Ihey "let go,'| give rise
to n loud smack, that will astonish tho old
fdks.
Shahp.—" My love," said an nmioblo
spouse to her husband, "don't soli thot
horse; I like him,and I wnnt to keep him."
"Ho's my horse, and I'll sell him," re-
plied the loving lord; "didn't I buy himt"
"It was mv moni * thut bought him," re-
torted the nristocruic Indy.
"Yes, madam," snld tho husband, "and
by Jupiter your money bought me, or you
never would have got me!"
A Pn ipiibt Stumped. — A would-bo
prophet down east said lately, in one of his
sermons, that hn wns "sent to redeem thor
world nnd nil things therein."
Whereupon, n native pulled out two Ave
dollar bills on a broken bank, and asked
him to fork over the specie!
!%.- Bill
Goon, for Bttt.—Schunlma*
Tomkins, what is a widow?"
Bill.—"A widder,sir, is n married woman
thnt h tint got no husband, cause he's dead."
Master.—"Very well. What Is a wio-
ower?" -¿MBf
Bill.—"A widderer is a man that runa
arler the widders."
Master'.—"Well, Bill, that Is not exactly
according to Johnson, but it will do.
"
Tho Government of Chili has adopted tho
* -'■ ■ ■ • nffli''
reciprocity measures ostitis country end
England, respecting navigation, and haro
also abolished the guvernpienUmoo-TwIy of
" ' Is exported great'-
ad tJr that «rtjcl
tobáceo, wMghls exported great!
crease the dsmsni
country..
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