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MORNING NE^S.
BY JOHN M. COOI*EB.
T. THOMPSON, EOITOR
terms:
DAILT PATER $4 00 | TRI-WERKLY $0 00
All Now Advertisement* appear in both pupers.
FuiHT'IVE-S I.AVES—i.MPOHI AM BtLL.— Toe
Bill introduced into the U. i>. Senate by Mr.
Mitsui), of.Vn., providing "for tbe more effectu
al execution of the third clause of tlio set ond
section of the fourth article of the Constitution
o! thoUnileil Slates,’'' is ns follows:
Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of
■ Representative! of the United Stale* of Amr
erica, in Cong rets assembled, That when a
person held to service or labor in any Stule or
Territory of tbe United States, under the !uws
of such State or Tenitory, shall escajio into any
. nther of the said Stutes or Territories, the per-
rson to whom such service or labor may bo due,
his or her agent or uttornoy, is hero by empower
ed to seize or arrest suolt fugitive from service or
) labor, nodi to tuka him or her before any Judge
of the Circuit or District Courts of tile United
Slates, or before any Commissioner or Clerk of
such Courts, or Marshal thereof, or any Post
master of the United Stater, or Collector of «he
Customs of the United States, residing or being
within such State wherein such seizure or arrest
shall be made, and upon proof to the satisfaction
of such Judge, Commissioner, Clerk, Marshal,
Postmaster, or Collector, as the case may ho,
either by oral testimony or affidavit, tnken be
fore and certified by any person uutlmrized to
administer an oatli under the laws of the United
States, or of any State, that the person so seized
or arrested under the laws of the Slate or Terri
tory from which he or she fled, owe service or
labor to the person claiming him or her, it shull
Ifbo the duty of such .judge, commissioner, clerk,
* marshal, postmaster, or collector, to give a cer
tificate thereof to such claimant, his or her agent,
or attorney, which certificate shall be a sufficient
warrant for tuking and removing such, fugi
tive from service or labor to the State or Terri
tory from which ho or she fled.
Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, That when
a person held to service or labor, as mentioned
in the first section of this act, skull escape irum
such service or labor, as therein mentioned, the
person to whom, such service nr labor tuny be due,
Ins or her agent, or attorney, may apply to any
one of the officers of the U. Slates mimed in
said section, other tbnn a Marshal of the United
States, for a warrant to seize und arrest such fu
gitive, anil upon utfidavit being made before stick
officer (ouch.of whom, for the purposes of this
act, is hereby authorized to administer an oath
of affirmation) by such claimant, bis or her agent,
that such person docs, under lh« laws of the
State or Territory from which he or she fled,
owe service or labor to such claimunt, it shall be,
and ia here by, made the duty of such officer, to
and hefore whom such application and affidavit is
ma le, issue his warrant so any Marshal of any
of the Courts of the United States to seize and
arrest such uiloged fugitive, and to bring him or
tier forthw ith, or on adav to be named in such
warrant, Defore the officer issuing such warrant,
or either of the other officers mentioned in said
first section, except the Marshal to whom the
said warrant is directed, which said warrant
or authority the said Marshal is hereby author
ised and directed in nil things to obey.
8ec. 3. And be it further enacted, That any
person who shall knowingly and willingly ob
struct or hinder such claimant, his agent or at
torney, or any person or persons assisting him,
her, or them, in so serving or arresting such fugi
tive from service or labor, or shall rescue such
fugitive from such claimant, his ugent or attorney,
when soarrosted, pursuant to the nulhority here
in given or declared, or shall aid, abet, or assist
such person so owing service or labor to escape
from such claimant, his agent or attorney,or shull
harbor or concetti such person, after notice that
he or she was a fugitive from labor, ns aforesaid,
shall, for either of the shid offences, forfeit and
pay tho sum of one thousand dollars, which pen
alty may be recovered by, and fur the benefit, of
such claimant, by action of debt in any Court
proper to try tho same, saving, more-over, to the
person claiming such labor or service, bin right
of action for, on account of the said injuries, or
cither of them.
\ Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, when
\ said person is seized or arrested under, and by
virtue of the said warrant, by such marshal, and
v-ws'ttiutl^lii before either ol the officers aforesaid,
other than said marshal, it shall he the duty of
such officer to proceed in the case of such person,
in the same way us he is directed nnd authoized
to do when such person is seized and nrrested by
the person claiming him, oi by his or her a°-ent
or attorney, and is brought hefore such officer
under the provisions of the first section of this
act.
Mr. Mason has given notice that he intends to
prosecute the consideration of this bill, and has
desired the Judiciary Committee to report it hack
t*s soon us convenient for the action of the
" Senate.
make thot constitution, and her citizens agreed
to and adopted it- She would not knowingly
withhold or violate any right secured by it to
any citizen or section of the country.
“Her opinions upon the subject of slavery
have been known to the world from the time
of the Declaration of Independence to the pres
ent time.
“As a membor of the Union, she is content
to leave slavery where it is left by the consti
tution—-that is, within the limits of those Sates
where it exists.—While it is clear that Con
gress has no right to pass over tho limits of a
State to interfere with the institution of slave
ry within it, it is equally clear that no State
has the right to push the institution beyond its
limits into and over the territory of tho Union
where it does not exist.
“Entertaining no doubt of the constitional
power of Congress to exclude slavery from
its own territories, and believing that, such ex
clusion is demanded by the highest principles
of morality and justice, she never can consent
to its extension over onejfoot of territory where
it now is not. If the other free States concur
tcilh her in this resolution, the thing will be
done, and consequences be Iqft to themselves."
We italieiso the summary condusidh of the
Governor's argument, n rather doubtful illus
tration we think, of his excellency’s professed
attachment to the Union and the Constitution-
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16. 18-V).
cr Our telegraph despatch dated Charles
ton, Tuesony 6, P. M., says that tho wires are
down beyond that point. Consequently we
have no dispatch from the north this morning.
We arc making arrangements by which w.* will
in future lie furnished with full, prompt und
rcliuhle despatches of the commercial news.
The James Arlington Bennett Affair'
—Astounding Devclopement of Fraud in New
York—Supposed Conspiracy to Murder, Spc.
—The New York Tribune gives tho following
notice of the arrest of James Arlington Ben
nett, and summary of tho offence charged
against him:
The astounding devolopemonts of fraud and
conspiracy now breaking upon the public, huve
created the must iptense excitement, and one
hardly knows but he may see his most intimate
friends involved in the meshes of justice at any
moment. Tho case of Drury, nothing of which
lias yet been legally developed, still lies like
an incubus upon the public mind—that of Jo
seph C.. Ashley is hardly loss important—when
another bomb explodes at Che Tombs, and as
the smoke clears away, we behold, to our ut
ter astonishment, the widely known Mormon
General James Arlington Benctt indicated by
the grund jury for n heuvy forgery.
This man was the proprietor of a fine estate
and magnificent mansion, near New Utrecht,
L. I., on the Bath road. He is un Irishman of
obscure birth, hut had interjected “Arlington”
between his original names, and assumed to
ho of noble bloud. He was formerly a teacher
of bookkeeping in this city, but at the time
of tho Mormo nexodus from this quarter, ho
took up his staff and turned his feet towards
the new Canaan at Nauvoo.
James Arlington Bennett remained suffi
ciently long among tho Mormon community to
prove his shrewdness, for he became a General.
He returned to this quarter in 1836, or there-
uhouts, covered with his Mormon honors, nnd
put up the mansion nt New-Utrecht. No one
doubted his honesty, while tho style of his liv
ing raised him above suspicion, by its evidence
of the abundance of its means. His extrava
gant habits, however, soon disposed of his sur
plus funds, and he was forced to mortgage his
property to supply liis wants. He pitched up
on John Anthon, a wealthy lawyer, of this city
for this transaction, and obtained from him a
loan of $8,00Q on his house and grounds, at 7
f er cent. Sometime after this however, Jas.
outer, Jr., a wealthy gentleman of 40 Bond
street, overbid Mr. Anthon, and offered to loan
Bennett at tho rate of 6 per cent. Bennett
then left Anthon, and gavo a mortgage to ( Mr.
Foster for $6,000, but laterly Mr.JFoster raised
his interest to 7 per cent., whereupon Bennett
threatened to leave him.
These loans, however, did not relievo Ben
nett, and it was while he was thus! flowndering
in his pecuniary embarrassments that he fell in
with Drury and Ashley, and became a party to
many of their plans. Bennett, however, had
an advantage over the other two. He lived in
good odor with the world, and none would
have dreamed of looking underneath his
princely Btyle for the figure of a felon.
It would appear from the account published
in the Police Gazette, that with the help of
One Eyed Thompson, Drury, Ashley, and per
haps others, Bennett has been for a long time
living by the most unfair means, which has fi
nally resulted in his being arrested on a charge
i. : An or\n * i
Congress.—Clerk Elected at last.—The
House of Representatives, on Friday last, af
ter several days’ balloting, succeeded in re
electing Mr. Campbell to the Clerkship, which
was effected by a union of the Southern mem
bers on the Whig candidate, irrespective of
party. The subsequent balloting for Sorgeant-
at-Arms was unsuccessful.
Thus one step further towards an organiza
tion has beep achievod. Allowing a week for
the ballotings for Sergeant-at-Arms, and a week
each for Chaplain, Door-Keeper, Messonger,
and the other subordinate officers, a complete
organization will most likely be effected some
time between this and tho Dog Days. If, how
ever, as much partizan spite and obstinacy is
to bo exhibited in the discussion of public
measures us lias characterized the proceedings
thus far, it matters little to the public whether
an organization is effected ut all, as but little
advantage to the country can be expected from
such inharmonious deliberations. Wc cannot
but regard the reckless spirit of the present
Congress as boding no good to the nation.
The Nicaragua Affair.—Rumored Ne
gotiation.—According to rite correspondent
of the New York Herald, Mr. Clayton and Mr.
Bttlwer hove already come to un arrangement
of this knotty question, which is to be submit
ted to their respective governments. By the
arrangement the United States und Great Bri
tain constitute themselves tho protecting pow
ers of the groat enterprise to connect the two
oceans, guaranteeing tho neutrality <*f the eanul
to be constructed and opened through Nica
ragua, under a charter from the government of
that State. The writer says:
Militia Election—At un election held
yesteiduy at the office of Thomas Eden, Esq.,
for 1st Lieut., and Ensign of the 1st Bent
Company, G. M., 1’. Tiernet was elected 1st
Lieut., und G. G. Farrier, Jr., Ensign.
Savannah Gass Company.
At n meeting of the subscribers to this Com
pany, held yesterduy at the .Exchange, R.
Wnyne, Mayor, in the Chair, and J. R. John
son, Secretary, the following gentlemen were
elected officers fur the ensuing year:
R. H. Griffin, President and Secretary.
Directors:
Charles Green,
T. M. Turner,
Jacob Waldburg,
Solomon Cohen,
Massachusetts.—Gov. Briggs on Slave-
RT.—The annual Message of Gov. Briggs was
delivered to the Legislature on Thursday last.
On the subject of slavery, the Governor holds
the following langunge:
“The people of the slaveholding States deny
the right of the general government to keep
slavery out of its territories. In their popu
lar meetings, legislative halls, and by the
mouths of their representatives in Congress,
some of the States declare in distinct terms
that an act of Congress forbidding the intro
duction of slavery into the territories of the
United States will be followed by a dissolution
of the Union.
“On the < jher hand, the people of the free
States, in the same mode of -manifesting public
opinion, have made known their intention of
opposing, calmly, deliberately, but firmly, the
farther extension of slavery.
“Do the friends of restriction claim the ex
ercise of any new or unusual power? Two
years before the adoption of the constitution,
the Congress of the confederation, voting by
States, passed the ordinance of 1787, by which
slavery vvus forever excluded from all the ter
ritory then belonging to the United States,
northwest of the Ohio river; nut of which ter
ritory, by the terms of the ordinance, not loss
than three, nor more than five, new States were
ta bs formed.
'"‘Tbe ordinanoe of ’87 was ratified by the
adoption of the constitution of the United
Buttes, And, after that, by the action of the
tent under the constitution in various
of forging a note of $9,600 on Count Foster.
The circumstances of the suspicion and arrest
are curious, and seem to be a sequence of the
arrest of Drury for the torpedo busines. In
the course of the investigations which led to
Bennett's arrest, developements were made
which point strongly towards a premeditated
murder of Foster by gome of the persons who
are now in the hands of the law.
There are other stories of transfer and trans
fer of property between Bennett and his son
by which the former got $8,000 from Mr. An
thon on a mortgage of the premises; that to
make Mr. Anthon believe the reconveyance to
be all right, One-Eyed Thompson personated
Bennett’s son, the latter being a minor and un-
nblo to make a legal transfer of tho property
on that account.
. Altogether this is one of the most intricate
and important cases, in connection with the
Drury and Ashley operations, that have ever
claimed public attention. Bennett has been
committed to prison iq default of $20,000 bail
— people of Massachusetts, come wliat
vdviLfcf' faith fill to the constitution of the
-sy. itei patriotic ffateFVnvn helped' to I
Henry Clay.—The N. Y. correspondent of
the Philadelphia Inquirer, says:
In several of the print and engraving shopi
around town, I see in the windows thereof,
large engravings of Henry Clay, with these
significant words printed underneath—“Henry
Clay, and no Convention in 1852.” The
meaning of this is obvious. It is apparent
that it is the commencement of a plan to make
Harry of the West the Whig nominee for the
Presidency in 1852, by acclamation. It is
rather an ingenious way of putting the ball in
motion, and may be attended with success.
E. Padelford,*
John VV. Anderson,
Francis Sorrel,
The Wator.
’Ve learn that E. Padelford, Esq., declines
serving on tho board of directors.
State Road.—We leiirn, says the Atlanta
Intelligencer, of the 11th inst., that Gen. E.
R. Mills lias h.Aen removed from tho office of
Superintendent and Treasurer of the State
Road and Mr. Fulton, of Walker County, ap
pointed in his place.
The Georgia Annual Conference of the M.
E. Church, South, commenced its sessions at
Marietta, Ga., on Wednesday last. Bishop
Andrew presiding. Tho attendance of Min
isters is largo. The meetings, it v. as expected,
would continue five or six days.
By that Convention, the sovereign right of
Nicaragua to the whole of the territory lying
between tho Atlantic and Pacific oceans, em
bracing both sides of the route of the propos
ed canal, and the navigation lending to each
end, is acknowledged and guaranteed bv the
two powers; and thrown open to tho whole
commercial world, under certain general con
ditions. The protecting powers, even in time
of war, are authorized to place tho canal in a
neutral position, open to all nations, with u
neutral offing on each side of the Isthmus, em
bracing about two degrees of eucli of the
great oceans. Within those limits, even ill a
state of maritime war, no attack can be at
tempted by the vegsols of one uation on those
of another, but full sweep is given beyond
them on cither side. Another point of great
importance is, that the authority vested by the
State of Nicaragua in the Canal Company is
to be complete and perfeet over the rates of
toll, and over the financial and commercial
management of the whole line.
It is also understood that the Russian gov
ernment, and even the French government,
may become parties, and occupy the same po
sition as protective powers as the others, look
ing towards the construction and use of this
cunal. Mr. Bulwor gives up the Mosquito
territory and Mr. Clayton gives up the free pas
sage of all American ships of war through that
canal, which was secured by Mr. Hise’s trety;
und it is even probable that the treaty of M,
Squior—the cession of Tigre Island—will be
disavowed.
L'if We ure indebted to a friend fi'ir a c
of the Alta Csrlitbrnia.t of the 15th Novr
her. Later dnt-s having been brought by t
steamer, we make no extracts of the news
The list of vettclt the of Sun Franc!
eo gives the names of 333 vessels of all das
and «U nations, of which 223 have urri'
since the 1st of September. The rainy sea
had set in, and fi UI ,j the remarks of the editi
and Ids correspondents we ule |,ml to'ii
that the weather j n those regions is clerid
damp. The editor savs ;.
d he Rainy .Season—Winter—Friday,
2d ut this month, (November) may he rags
as the eotnmoiiconiont of the "ruinv season’
Culdornm winter, fi, r the 1349-50. GnP e -
even rug ol that day, the-elond* that bed f
marshal.mg forsome time before, opened tl
storehouses, ami deluged the whole col in)
rrorn iIihi time up to Sunday (I lth) last, it, >,
rained nearly every day; mid on Tuesday nix u
(bill) there was n fid; of more titan twelve *
of wuter on a level,
A correspondent, writing from Sacmi^ 1
City, exclaims—
Ram, rain, ruin. We are assuredly g
our lull quota of moisture st month earlier- i!
lust year. Again the wind has charged tt>
nasty N. Y., again the heavens are "wrrnf
wet, and again the earth is a miserable m<
bed. Rub-a-dub on the sounding roof, glovnu,,
nnd cheerless without, and damp and bonutnW*?'-!
within. What miserable, suicidal, de*pic« , :
weather ! Since our arrival it has rained incijfe
untly. 1 he streets nre deserted, or should 1$
business is alarmingly dull; and wet. suffer^
humanity may In found grouping abont in t, r
drinking placet, while money, the vital sparks
the life und ssul of business, is despairingly
to in these rain-dropping hours, as if n-
f r/w i ti itinh., — _ .. • 1 c — r " '
hag of dust in rnen-ure repaid for the »t«' rU1 (
underfoot. -
Wrecks on the Florida Reef.
The Key West correspondent of the Charles
ton Courier has furnished that paper with
“ a statement of vessels wrecked on tho
Florida Reef, and also of vessels having put
into tho port of Key West in distress, from
the 1st of January, to the 31st of December,
1849,” from which we condense the following:
Two suicides and one murder are recorded^ •
The supply ol provisions for the winter is sai<| •
tube short,and a great advance in prices i#<
Pork,and flour were bringing
apprehended
$38 to $45 per l,b|'_
A
bi'kgh.—Joseph
ner Busted i
)seph(1Urkkr,
Mat--it of Fittsr t
the Mayor elect of ...
the city ol l’ittsbareli, was, on the dpyuf. hi*.
Hailing Salvage ,y Vat. vesstl
Name. from. apenr.es. and cargo.
Steamer Anglo Saxon, N Y'k,
ci-hr Ale,un. Phils,
Brig Kobt Wain, Boston,
Brig Fidelia. Georget'n,
Brig C Braxtrea, Capa Ann,
Ship Wm Hitchcock, N Y'k,
Brig Nattaro, Phiia,
Schr Burmah, Trentou,
Brig T P Hart, N Or I s,
Schr Kelampego, N Or'l’a,
Brig Hanover, Portland,
Brig Leopold O'Donnell, N O,
The Alarm of Fire last night proved false.
About 8J o’clock the watchman in the Ex
change, whose duty it is to sound the tocsin of
alarm, gave the alarm of fire, designating the
3d District. Our fire companies, ever ready
to render their valuable aid in time of need,
turned out in full force, and after wundering
about in search of a fire, met at the corner of
Bull and South Broad streets, where they
came to tho conclusion that the watchman
had been mistaken. He was probably deceiv
ed by a reflection of light in the sky, caused
by the buaring of the woods several miles
South of the city.
NO,
NO,
Surry,
Maine,
Yarm th,
Balt,
Portl'nd,
Boston,
Augusta,
Savannah,
N York,
, Pictou,
Halifax,
Yarm’th
N York,
N Haven,
Rrig Tasso,
Propellor Eudora
Brig Floreuce,
Schr Iowa.
Ship Alceste,
Brig Centurion,
Brig Freighter,
Ship Moselle,
Bark Nacoochee,
Brig Larch,
Brig S Browne,
Br brig Specula, c
Schr M Alice,
Bark Ellen,
Schr Princeton,
Brig Judson,
Brig M Antoinette, Antwerp,
Ship Alleghany, Phiia,
Brig Wetumpka, N York,
Bark N W Stevens,
Fr. Brig Amedee,
Schr Mathew BirS,
BNg kucy,
Irig-Ocilia,
Brig Cushnoe,
Brig Ann Eliza,
Brig Cushnoe,
Brig Star,
Ship Maryland,
Bark Dumariscotta, N'castle,'
Brig F Lord, N York,
Schr 7rphyr, ChtFeton,
Brig Sea Flower, Phiia,
Schr John Roalefs, Tampa,
Concert.—Mr. Guilmette gave a vocal
and instrumental Concert lust evening, at the
Armory Hall, which was attended by an intel
ligent and respectable audience. The pieces
were well performed, particularly the descrip
tive song, “ The Gambler's Wife." The line,
“ 01 God 1 protect my child I ”
was given with an effect that caused a thrill to
vibrate through every heart. In fact, it was
sung as Guilmette alone can sing it.
Santa Anna, the Mexican General, is, it is
said, about applying to the Jamaica Legisla
ture for the privilege of becoming a citizen,
thereby severing every tie that binds a Mexi
can to his country.
t I3F A Memorial has been sent to Wash
ington, praying that the nomination of Wal
ter C. Maloney, as Marshall of the South
ern District of Florida, be not confirmed, on
the specific ground that he has excluded slave
labor in the service of the U. Stutes.
N York,
Bordeaux
S York,
Camden,
Camden,
Augusta,
Mystic,
Augusta,
Provid'ce,
Balt,
16,000
55,000
3,200
10,000
1,400
15,000
2,750
10.000
1,700
7,000
11.340
40,000
1,600
700
8.000
5,000
1,800
18 000
800
5,000
2,800
16.000
1,600
7,000
2,000
15,000
5,900
1 ,000
6,000
12,000
1.660
5,000
7,300
60,000
300
15,1X10
4,500
12,000
1,300
20,000
900
50,000i
400
*,,000
1,100
25,000
34,300
115,000
110
3.000
10,400
36.000
5,200
26,000
2,000
1,300
10,000
20,000
8,500
100,000
2.200
32.000
18,500
100,000
2,000
10,000
3,000
30,01X1
1,900
45,1X10
3,400
70.000
2,100
22,000
2,100
30,000
7,000
22,000
3,500
6,000
22,500
140.000
3,200
8,000
3,400
25,000
1,000
5,000
2,000
15,000
2,500
6,COO
$219,160 $1,305,000
Of the above vessels, four.were lost; one,
the brig Florence, of Surry, was found aban
doned at sea; twenty-four were ashore on va
rious points of the reef. The whole amount
of salvage aw arded during tho year was $127,-
879, leaving $91,160 of the amount in the abov
table to bo charged to expenses.
/ -Ii'-r "“>) * ,
election, an ininati of the county jail," to Which j '.
lie had been sentclm-^ for the term of 6 months, j.^’. j
on the clmrgo of p.-rsisting in the use of indr-L’ )
conk and blasphemies language in the streets,:
by preaching agaiist the Carbolics, after tho
manner of the Mors of La Truppe. The Daily
Despatch of W edirsjay, after announcing the
result of the eWtun, says ;
Last night the ‘barker hoys’ formed a pro - •
cession and marched through the princi" I ,
streets, with music Hags,banners and tra r *
encies- They assembled in front of the 1 Fh;
and communicated the result of the olectior tp' 1
Ilarker, which of eeurse was very gratifying, jj r ,
m
that'distinguished individual.
A Washington letter states that during t
present month, tho equestrian statue of Gel
Jackson, in hrouit, will be completed ah
placed on a gianit: pedestal, in Lafayette-np,
opposite the l’reskeit's house. Tho propor
tions of this statue are represented as .qplpsft,
sal, and the figure is said to be thrown, w ^-
very striking attitule. It differs, says t|' „ n n j 4
, in the f. ylMfr'l
ter, from other equestinn statues
ular of the horse liftag self poised. In that
I’eter the Great, tic .horse is supported in lit*
position by fastcniig i the tnil-to the pedcstaf
This statue is the irRt of bronze ever made f
this country, and, if'is said, will reflect gre
credit on the arti-t, who is an American • <
great genius, Mr. llark Mills. The work Sri,
ordered by the Democratic Association £.
Washington, and the Government furnished 1
the material in several pieces of cannon that
were taken from the llritish at Ncw-Orleans^
Slavery Among the Oregon Indians.—A
correspondent of the Tribune, writing from
Fort Nisqually, Oregon, respecting the Oregon
Indians, mokes the following important an
nouncement : .
You will probably be sutprised that slavery
so generally prevails among these Indians.—
This system exists among all the tribes in
every portion of Oregon. I have been among
the Indians^as a traveller or upon business, in
most sections of this territory, and my per
sonal observation confirms the statement
which I have made.
SdP The venerable Dr. Miller, long a dis
tinguished Professor in the Theological Aetni-
narr at Princeton, died on the 7th.
We learn (says the Wilmington Com
mercial) that the subscription required to com
plete the amount necessary,to secure the appro
priation of tho Legislature of South Carolina,
has been mode up, by the $100,000 subscrib
ed here, within the last few days. The build
ing of the Manchester Road is now certain.
The Cuba Expedition.—The Louisville,
Ky., Chronicle publishes a very extraordinary
letter from Col. Gaither, in defence of the at
tempt recently made by a force under his com
mand, to effect a revolution in Cuba:
He states that he enlisted quietly five hun
dred young Kentuckians. He justifies the
enterprise as an honorable effort in behalf of
Cuban liberty, but acknowledges that “mixed
motives” influenced him and his companions,
and for himself, he professes to be “neither a
Dugald Dalgetty noi a night of LaManchn.”
He compares Com. Randolph’s suppression of
the expedition to Oudinot’s crushing tha Ro
man Republic.
Appeal of the Hungarian Refugees.—
The Philadelphia papers notice the cordial
reception that was given to Gen. Ujhazy, Mdle.
Jagello, and the other Hungarian refugess, by
the authorities and people of that city, on
Friday last. They were publicly received at
the Hal! of Independence, and welcomed to
the city bythe Mayor in an appropriate’speech,
which was responded to by Gen. Ujhazy in a
feeling and patriotic address. In the evening
the Hungarians were waited on by the officers
of the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment, in whose
behalf they were addressed by Gen. Cadwala-
der. Speaking of the response of the Hunga
rian chief, the North American says:—
He spoke in glowing terms of Kossuth, and
expressed his willingness to lay down his life
if that sacrifice could bring Kossuth hither,
and in safety.—His own days were numbered,
hut the young and brave Kossuth might yet do
much for the cause of liberty. Himself and
companions were journeying to Washington t o
pray our government to interfere in a diplo
matic wav, for the release of their compa
triots; and after an eloquent allusion to Wash-
ingtqn and Lafayette, he concluded his speech-
[Correspondence of the Wakulla Timtto.l
Tanpa Bay, Dec. 24, 1849.
Dear Sir: Get. Twiggs returned on Fr- ’■
day last from 1’eavc Creek, without having not* . ,, <
the Indians expected there on the 15th inst I I 1
No cause has been assigned for their not meet- !
inghim according to previous arrangement-.
Mr. Duvul, the agent, remained there two days
after the General left, but none of the chiefs
made their appearance. There wore nine Indi-
ans there when the General left,but none oi them .
authorized to hold a talk, and he did not hnve
anything to says to them upon the subject of
immigration. He has prohibited the Indians
trading nt the Military station, or at any other
place. They were desirous of having another
store established for their trade but they wero,,t m
refused. The Arkansas delegation are remainet ifffl
ing in at l’euse Creek ; none of them havf * i
gone into the nation to talk with Sain Jones.- J '
They are doubtful of how Sam would receive-/ j
them. Sam Jones had one of Halleck Tustenx S
uggee’s brothers shot during the lust war. lien ;itV
hud been mint as a messenger from the whites. ) '
Sam did not give him time to say what ho.
came fur, but hid him shot immediately,
suppose he is afraid to come in while Halleck
is with th ■ troops, fearing that he would bo :
shot by Hriftyek foi having killed his brother. ,
The citizeii* are again left in doubt as to the ' J
future. It is not, however, the impression * ,i !
here that the Indians will- again commence /'•■ A
war. If they are not disturbed f*—-* -«**«•
main within their limits. The
from Tampa to India,, rivey^ co «np«
ed. A line of posts wit*- th?n ^ / 8tabli ‘u
from the Memtee across l^ 0 peniimuu, for 1
purpose of keeping the Indians ^ithin their’'
limits. There are troops enough in the $Un .
try at this time to keep them in check; butthe
uncertainty of tho movements of the'Idians will
prevent the citizens from going home early enV
ough to make a crop next year, and th*se wbj
do not got employment will leave this gcctio |
of country.
Yours respectfully.
“ The Sons of Washington" is the title bf a
new secret society instituted at Wilmington,
Del., on the 1st of January. Its objects em
brace the freedom of public lands; the equali
ty of man; combinations to advance tho in
terests of labor, as well as beneficial considera
tions for those who avail themselves of the key
of the order.
GF A father in Providence (R, I,) seeing
liis little son about to throw a stone at another
lad, shook his child so that he wont into a lit
and died.
Ohio Democratic Convention, on 8U|
&o.—A dispatch to tho Pittsburg papers,
Columbus, Jan, 9tji, gives the following
proceedings of the Democratic State Convr
which luiely nominated Reuben Wood,, (in
ernori
A majority of the committee on resnbtth
ported resolutions on Slavery, and the
similar to this-of the Convention of Inst
also in f«v°v of a h'"ne»teud exemption,
now couititution. ,
The minority report endorsed the V.
Proviso wd recommends our Senators and
resentauves in Congress to secure its app
to Territories.
The ndnoi Ity report was rejected bv'a
17l to 84. The original resolution wi
almost unanimously.
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