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PUJILISIIF.D H GKULV ItV JOHN l>. LOGAN AND THOMAS STEIINE, AT t ii IN ADVANCE, g4 IN SIX HÜAIUS, OH gS AT THE END OF THE YEAIt.
VICTORIA, TEXAS, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 28, 1850.
BY AUTHORITY.
INihlic Acttt
Patted during thr first session of the Thirty-first
Congress.
| Prill.ic—No. 4<1.1
AN ACT to croato additional collodion dis-
tricts in Culi turnia, und to chungo the misting
district therein, nnd to modify the existing
collection districts in the United States.
lie it enacted by the Senate and Howe of lie-
presenta tires nf the United States of America, in
Congress assembled, That there «hull be in the
State oi' Culilornia cix collection «liatricts, to
wit: Sun Francisco, Moiiliuuy, San Diego, Su-
cranumto, Sonoma, and Sun Joaquin. The dis-
trict of Sun Franci eo shall includo all the ter-
ritory, bnvs, hurbors, rivera and shores embraced
within tiio counties of San Francisco, Santa
Clara, Contra Costa, Marin, Mondoeino, and
Trinidad; and u collector, naval oflicer, and
surveyor for the district, «hall bo appointod, to
resille at the eity of San Francisco, which slull
bo the solo port of entry for the district.
The district of Monterey shrill includo all the
territory, buys, h irliors, rivers, and shores em-
braced within the couuties of Monloroy, Sah
l ilis Obispo, nud Santa Cruti and a C"'*"Ct<ir 1
™ ..o irjtjrfmfBtT hir siiu otstTift, to resido at
the town of Monterey, which shall bo the sole
Sue.
port of entry lor the district.
The district of S hi Dieijo shall include all the
territory, bays, harbors, riversand shores,of the
counties of San Diego, Los Andelos, and Santu
iiiirbarat and a collector shall lie appointed for
saiil district, to resille ut the town of San Diego,
which shall be tlio sole port of entry for suid
district.
The district of Sucrainonto «hall'includo nil
the territory, hay harbors, livers and shores, ol
Sacramento, Sut.er, Kl Dorado, Y ubi, Bult-yolc,
Colttsn, nnd Slinslui and a collector for thu dis-
trict shall he appointed, to reside at Sacramento
City, which shall be the sole port of entry for
the disirict.
The district of Sonoma shall include nil the
territory, bays, harbors, rivers und shores, em-
braced within the counties of Sonoma, Mussa,
Solano; and a Collector shall be appointed for
«aid disirict, to reside nt the town of lienieiii,
which, together with the town of Bnllejo, shall
be tee sole port of entry for the district.
The di trirtol San ,foii|iiin shall include nil
the territory, luya, harbors, rivers and [shores],
embraced within the counties of CalnbeTiis, un
Joaquin, Tu.tliimnu, and Mir'posu; and it col-
lector o!' tho disir'<-t nIiiII bo appointed, to re.
«ill' at the lowii ol' StocMon, which shall lie the
sole port of eniry lor the period. And tile towns
of Santa liurharu and Sail Pedro, 111 the collec-
tion disirict ol Snn Diego, shall be, nnd are
hereb y, eoiisiitutetl p in < of delivery for said din-
iricts, anil surveyors sil ill be appointed, to rc-
i-i'lr at each, with such other officers as he .-'o-
■ relary • t the 'I'n usury may deem ncccsanry for
vh" public si rvien.
Sr.e. . tn i he it further enact-d, That in
lidilili oi to :!o- officers hereinbeiore provided for
at the pott ol San Francisco, there shall be ap-
pointed two principal and two assistant apprais-
ers lor sa'ul ¡i irt, vid tile c uiip.-ra itiona of the
nllicers prut ol d lor in tlii- act s!t ill be as l'o>
luws, M h it; the col!> :tor ol the district ol S in
Fruncí -co i liall le- al I .i w i d a compi nsation not
■ xci i iliit:; o " (h uu in I dollars per aiiiiiiin ; jlie
naval ulli/i i a eo.oxidisation not i xccedi.'ig iglil
tho:i'; iiid iloü-iis p'r nn.itiui; tile survi.yo* a
■i ipeiiMition n it evceeding tu ven thoils'inil
dolíais per milium; tile principal appr.ilse.s a
• ocio' us non n i', i xe.-tiling s.i t'lOiisand eneli
;• ■ r annum, niel the ¡ssistants each a sum not
i-Xcceilin the sitiii ol live hundred dollars per
an num. 'I'b i colli clors ol the tlistiicts of Mon-
i-.rey San 1.1 •'>>. : aeiaiiteo'o. í-oonoia, and Man
Jo iijiiiu, ill.ill liealowid three thousand dol-
lars e.icii p r :i ii it ii hi, with additional maximum
eooipi nsation ol two thousaiiit dollars onch per
nniiuin, sliou d their olli, i il enioiuní' iilu nnd
lees provide.| by n siiii¿; laws minium to that
eum respe.etn e[y The surveyor, at Santa IJ ir-
bura and Shi l'i diu shall be alioM ed, ill audi-
tion to tlio let s authorized by i v.sting laws, a
compensation of two tli.iii' ind dollars p-r nn-
liiiiii, and lb" d j• ■ i• y c i h ctor appointed in pur-
f existing i at the jiori nf Suu Fran-
eiseo ii ill b l i o w e ; a eompeiH .'.'¡Oil Hot iii ex-
c e;i íiv'e til e - " d ,I' !Iais (.er tini; uin.
• ; 3 ./iii'/e it f:i /•< r r.-iiti/, That until
m'let'u'.se d - et d i.\ ■, .luui" s. .li i prmiiions
iii law in I'.'1 ;ll o ; , 'I.. ;■ . i of eXje lisef
incidí n till to i! i ■ c ■ 111" i tioe o| tli revenue from
customs, existing prior to tile act el ltd March,
eighteen hundred and forty-nine, entitled "All
net requiring all moneys receivable from cus-
tom* and from ill oi!i r sources to lie paid im-
mediately into the Treasury without abatement
o- reduction, nnd lor other purposes," shall be
and are hereby nimio applicable to the several
collection [districts] in the State of California
and the Territory oi Oregon, any thing in the
nlorcnid act to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 4. -'hid be it further enacted, Thut in all
cases of (¡no, penalty, or forleiiuro, mentioned
and embraced in the net entitled "An net to
provide lor mi'ignling or remitting the forfeit-
ures. pi unities, and disabilities, accruing in ccr-
tnm caeca therein mentioned," or in any act in
addition tour amendatory of said act, that huvc
occurred or may occur in tlio collection districts
in the State of Culilornia nud the Territory of
Or' gon, the Secretary bo nnd he is hereby au-
thorized, if in his opinion the said fine, penally,
or forfeiture, was incurred without willful negli-
gence or intention ol fraud, to prescribe such
rules or modes of proceeding to ascertain the
facts as in his opinion may lie convenient nnd
proper, without regard to the provisions of the
act above referred to, and upon the said facts so
to he ascertained ns nlurcsaid, t c said Secreta-
ry may exercise nil tlio power conferred upun
him in and by said act as fully as he might liavo
i)on« hnd said facts been ascertained under and
according to '.he provisions of said act: Proridett.
That whoro any ships or vessels, or any goods,
wares and merchandise, may have been sutijvot-
ed to seizure or confi.-calion or detention by any
officer of the custom* in the collection district
of Upper California or the district of Oregon,
prior to the passage of this net, and it shall be
made to appear to ilic satisfaction of tlio Sccrc.
tnry of the Treasury that the owner or owners
of any such ships or vessels, or tlio owner or
owners or importers of any sticli ¡¡onds, wares
and merchandise, has or have sustained damnge
or loss by reason of any improper sci/,uro, con-
fiscation or detention thereof, the said Secreta-
ry is hereby authorized to extend such relief in
the respective cases, as lie muy ilccin just and
proper.
Si'.c. !> ,/hul be it further rnaetcd, Tli.it nil
the territory, harbors, rivers and waters, on the
eastern shoreof the Statu of Wisconsin, b rder-
ing on Luke Michigi , lying south of the forty-
fourth parallel of north lutinide, heretofore em-
braced in the district of Chicago, ns are con-
tained within the limits and jurisdiction of the
Stuto of Wisconsin, shall be, nnd uro hereby,
constituted a collection di trict, to bo called the
district ol Milwatikie, and the port of entry for
said district is hereby established at Milw'ati-
kio; and Southport, flicine, Plmbnygnn, Green
Bay, and Depre, fhull bo ports of delivery onlv;
nnd thu town of Wuwkrgnn, in the State of Illi-
7. Jlnd be it further enacted, Thut depu-
ty collectors of the cumulus shall he appoint'd
nnd compensated for their services ill the modi
prescribed by existing laws, to reside ut the re-
spective ports of delivery constituted by this
act, und said officers «hull exercise all the pow-
ers and duties vested in deputy collectors uudci
existing laws.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, Thut nil
ihnt part of the territory of the United States
lying north of the northern boundary line of the
States of Wisconsin and Iowa, and east of the
rtocky Mountains, is hereby created a collection
district, to be culled thu Minnesota District,
whereof Pomhiija shall be the port of entry;
and n collector'shall ho appointed, who shall
give tlio usual bond required of such officers,
and who shall be entitled to a salary of twelve
hundred dollars per annum, and who shall not
receive any other compensation whatever in the
shape of extra allowance or fees of any descrip-
tion whatever.
S c. 9. And be it further enuctcd, That the
Secretary of the Tro sury is hereby authorized,
at his discretion, to appoint ii deputy rol I ector
or nn inspector of the customs for said district,
at a rato of compensati n not to excutd three
dollar* a iiay when he is employed.
Sec. 10. And be it furthere vied, That the
CTfir err—reti.-rrettfí i'rrtft ,*r:, firarf
shall be attached to and raadu a part of the port
of delivery nsnow existing at Louisville, in the
State of Kentucky ¡ nnd goods imported into
the port uf L' uisville, in pursunnceof existing
laws nnd destined for Jelfursonville, may be
landed and warehoused under the provisions o!
the warehousing act of the 6th of August, 18:0,
nt Jeflersoiiville, under the control ol the sui-
veyor of }h<> port of Louisville.
Sec. 11. And be it fwther enacted, That the
town ol Memphis, in the Stitri'ol Tennessee,
shall be a port ol delivery, and shall be subject
to the s une regulations and restrictions as otlii r
ports of delivery in the United States; and there
shall bo appointed a surveyor of the customs, to
reside at the said port, who shall, in addition to
his own duties, also perform the duties and re-
ceive iho salarv and emolument of surveyors,
prescribed by the act of Congress ¡mssed on tile
second of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-
one, providing for the payment of duties on im-
ported goods at certain pons therein mentioned,
the sumo being entitled "An act allowing the
dutieo on foieign merchandise imported imo
Pittsburg. Wheeling, Cincinnati, Louisville, St.
Lmis, Nashville, and Natcli z, to bo received
■inil paid ut these place ;"' and llic said townot
Memphis, and the said port of delivery, In1, and
the same Is hereby, annexed to and made part
of the collection district of Nc.v Orleans, und
all the privileges nnd facilities afforded >o Pitta-
burg and Wheeling, and Cincinnati, etc, by
the act fConjrecs, eighteen hundred nnd ller-
ty-nne, Ii", and the sumo are herobv, extended
lo the sniil port of Memphis.
Si.e. Ii. ,h,d be il further enarh::!, That ibe
port of entry now i xioting by Inw ns the port of
i nity in the collecton district of Miami. Ohio,
is neri bv olmng. d nnd triiiuslerreil to the town
of Tu'cifn, ill the State uf bio; and all the law e
new in Iiirc" in legaril to said port of entry in
tliof .iiil co'l' ctioii disirict ol Miami, b", nnd the
same is hi rrdiy, declared lo b hi full lore", and
to apply !o the n w port of Tole io; and the Si -
ere tnry of the Treasury b \ and h •' h"ia by, ac-
to ports in the unjoining Hiitish province , und
become entitled lo lile benefits of the ware-
housing act hclorc mentioned.
Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, Thnt the
privileges granted by ilieaclot second March,
eighteen hundred and tliirtj-one, entitled "An
ct allowing the duties on foreign merchandise
imported in the P.ttsburg, Wheeling, Cincinna-
ti, Louisville, St. Louis, Niishvillo, and Natchez
districts, to be secured uud paid at those places,"
be, and are hereby, extended lo any foreign
merchandise intended for either of the ports
mentioned iti said act, which may be imported
into such potts of entry on the seaboard of the
United States, as tnny be designated by the Se-
cretary of iho Treasury, and be tlienco trans-
ported to either of the a foresaid ports, by such
inland routes as thu Secretary of iho Trousury
may d> sígnate, uiidersuch rul' sand regulations,
not inconsistent with law, as he may prescribe,
and subject to the forfeitures and penalties pre-
scribed in und by said uol of March second,
eighteen hundred and thirty-one.
Sec. 20. And lie it further enacted, Thut the
collector of the dlstri. i ol NoW Orleans lie, and
he is hereby, outhorized to employ such number
of temporary inspectors not exceeding tin, in
nddi'ton lo the temporary and permanent 'in-
oHHáufy'fBVpt nnd «?« nv#*n¡i«i t <iispriteli
of business in said district; nnd thai each ol
laid temporary inspectors be allowed a compen-
sation of ill roe dollars per day lor every day ho
shall bo employed in actual service; Provided,
however. That the said collector shall not be
authorized ut any tinn to employ a larger num-
ber of inspectors, including the permanent and
temporary inspectors, heretofore authorized,
than tile actual numb rid vessels from foreign
ports having cargoes to be discharged, then Ic-
ing in said Jiort ut' district nf New Orleans.
Sec. 21. And be it further enacted, That the
President of the United States, by nud with the
advice nnd consent of the ,Senate, be, and he is
hereby, authorized to appoint two additional as-
sistant appraisers for the collection district uf
New Orleans, with ill" .sum mlu y us thut now
authorized by law lo thu assistant uppru sors of
sai I collection district.
Snr. ¿2. And be it further enacted. That he
town of Jacksonville, in the Stuto of North Car-
din i, shall he a port of delivery, subject to the
same regulations es oth-r ports of delivery in
•he United ñt i tes, ned sli ill lie attached to the
colli etion district of W'ilunngton, North Caroli-
na; and thut there shall be appointed, in puisu-
ance of law, a surveyor of customs, ami com-
pi iis-i ted for his services in til" mode prescribed
by existing laws. Slid surveyor shall exercise
all the powers and perform the dnlico vested in
deputy collectors under existing laws. The
said surveyor nf customs aforesaid to reside at
said port of' delivery.
now ll conn,
Speukerof the I louse ot Representatives.
WILLIAM li. KINO,
Fr'f ideiu ol the S lute, pro temp.ire.
Approved, September'¿8 11150
MILL vRU riLLMOiU".
('itlifoi'iila ('oi'ictpotiilciittc.
¡S.\."v Josu, August J, 1M50.
As I p.is.iutl lllliiilfth t¡l it
W
curd. Their wus « starchy md heud up
licnrino, und nil deemed ajpirintr to (lie
alius nome, nnd well they merited it, fur
most nf ihetn, n few munth prruimis, wore
up tn their Ii liens in mud, dip.^ing nnd hig-
gling filthy lucre. Among thiise, ¡ike him
ul the hond handle nlorcatiid, I will porticu-
Inrizc n low.
Docked in ihe richest nttire, directly hn-
liiro me, reclined a Gulvcstun <üindy inakor,
who, by the ravenous wny he wns suckinjr
his cntie, wus no doubt devouring sume ol
fancy's best sugar plumbs, wfctie his mind
was far nway on timt sweet ?ste, vending
his sugar stores for dimes, wd this wus
an unlortunnto man among tii^S sons of
lortune, bccnuso ho hod n very small head
—und that was rend; and llieK not being
room onuugji in his crnniumiir th y five
senses, the sense of hearing ilis crowded
out, nnd the rest of them t err i Ay piuchod
!( w;is fun to see how his ll'^f ves fliuv
id
uruutiil into every one's Inr" s<"^ knowinr
fflpBi '
than wo did what to du—tiiat the best wny
for California, to show her feelings on the
subject, was lu remain perfectly silent, lie
moved thnt the memorial lio luid on the tn-
blc, which wns carried by n Inrge majority
ol yens, although ( nd I think of (lie lump
lighter,) the none was not n small poition
ol the assembly ;niter which we hud nn ap-
propriate nddrcss from the Spcnker.nrdud-
jourijod. As wn nil departed Irom these
halls of mother earth, we looked aloft where
we had lust soon the proud emblem of our
country, but the star spangled bn'iner was
gone, nnd in lint of it the sad spectacle of
nn inverted demiji'ti. hung suspended half
way up the staff. It needed not words to
tell the motto of this gloomy emblem. It
found its uttcranco in the heart of onch, ns
lie budc ndiuu to the dtiskv en pi to1. All
out. ' PICKAXE.
thnrized tied dir -cted to e uso tie archives and j lt"i\ of .win ne t. Western iYxus, oil my
ciistoiiiliou e of said district ol .Miami to In | wny to lilis I,nil of M'ruiching, 1 was ¡ts much
transferred to the district of Toledo. 1 ¡nijjrupsfj.
nnd delighted will tin: noblene-s
ul its iiili bit,nils, us with tlm bountiful Ion-
lores ol thu country urntind me; utiil I (le-
terinincd if ever I tnado u home any where
.utler the sun, your homo should lie my
home, and \ our people in\ people. When
1 .'iiikuil in tbesu eliggin^s, I wus in iho
ilep'.irahle predicament of root infantine
swine or expire. 1 thought on the w. v
til-it I Wniilil lie lucky ii ever I saw the
alioili.s i f u bile men ng iin; but, in'teli t't my
s ifislaclion, 1 enme, Idiggid, 1 lobbed, am
I'.bhiug enough to keep the sun nut oi' m\
•ws lor a reasonable lifetime. I have
j i.-t received si.in" ol'yoir nl>Iy edited Ail-
vociites, which us TcxLnt Ail coca tes .re in-
dispufiit.le and convincing, and I would be
extroinely hippy if 1 could, in any way.
contribute to its interest by any informa-
tion 111 t 1 could send you from this side of
the American world. It could not be of the
r/r/.sV, lor every paper in the Union is gild-
ed with these bores, and we passover litem
us over veteran advertisements, nnd are
ready to cry out in the voice of one Tom
Benton, "we are opposed to the lumps in
• my shape.1' As lew have written of any
thing else from here, I would like to give
you some idea of the b'hoss of these p irts,
who are inore wonderful animals than most
of you imagine, I wns the m re convinc-
ed of tliis ni the session ol the fust Legisla-
ture over convened on this side of Uncle
Sam's back bone, nnd nil seem to think here,
tlio lirst uvcr seen by the sun. A descrip-
tion of n peep into our cnpitol might be
something new to yon, even nt this lute
ilute, nnd 1 have sat down to open to your
astonished gaze the mysteries ol state. To
give you the host picture 1 will take the
night of adjournment. On tlii" night, tin.
dorslntiding that a subject ol the most pro-
found and absorbing interest to the State,
was before the House ol Assembly, the
completion of which wns to be thu crown-
ing net of their labors, und immerse every
one of them in the glorious puddle of noto-
riety, I repaired to the scene of action, n
venerable piio ol m id. surmounted by n Pa-
lo Alto, from the top of which the stars a nil
stripes wore playing in the moonbeams.—
There wns the mysterious nbodo ol genius.
The siuiplo native, as lie wnndered by,
would pause and g izo in wniider upon some
half open window, through which lie occa-
sionally caught the glimpse ol n (Kingarm,
nnd from which poured forth the thunder ol
debate, and black squirts of tobacco juice.
1 was very early, nnd found upon my r ti-
tmice lint two busy fellows nrnong a w il-
derness of dusks, setting behind those migh-
ty "instrument* of little men," and dash-
ing them over their paper ns if they were
driving them on n r ice. Gei rge Washing
Si.i . I". And lie it further enacted. That the
town of ("Ii, hen. ill the State of Massachusetts.
shall bo itlluehcd to nud be a part of 'lie port of
entry and collection district of the town of
Chnrlrstowii, in the Slate of Massachusetts, a
now existing by law, nnd goods imported in'o
tb" pm t of Boston and Chtirlestowri, and destined
fur the port ol Chelsea, may be landed and ware.
housed under tlio provisions of the warehousing
act of the sixtn of August, oigbteon hundred
and lurte- ix, at Chelsea, uud- r iho custody nnd
control of the collector of llostuu and Charles-
town; and the Secretary of the Treasury be. and
lie is hereby, autborired to appoint an inspector
fi r said port ol Chelsea.
St:c. I I. And be it further enacted, That the
townsof F.v uisville and New Albany shall bo
pur:s ot delivery, and shall bo sulij. ct to the
same regulations and restrictions ns other ports
of delivery of lie United Slale.n; uud there (drill
lie ii |i]i ii * fil ii surveyor ul the customs to rende
at i nch ul i ii.l ports, wmo shall, ill addition to
tin r own dunes, also perform the duties and re-
ceive the ho In i y and eiuoiuuieiits prescribed by
the net ol t ongr -ss passed on the second ol
M: i Ii, eight i ai hundred and thirty-one, pro-
viding lor the payment ol duties mi imported
goods nt ccrtnin ports therein montionci>, the
same being entitled l,A u act allowing the dlilies
on foreign merchandise imported into Pittsburg,
Wheeling, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. otus,
Nashville, and Natchez, to bo received and paid
at those places;" and the said towusol liv ns-
viileund New Albany, and the said ports of de-
liv ry be, and the snirio arc hereby, anuí x< d to
and made part of the collection district of New
Orleans; and all the pr vilcges and fac lilies
afforded to Pittsburg, and Wheeling, and Cin-
cinnati, etc., by the net of Congress of second
of March,eighteen hundred and thirty-one, be,
and the saino are hereby, extended to taid ports
of livnusvillo and New Albany.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That so
much of an act entitled "Au net to establiidi a
port of ontry at Salurin, in the Slate of fi x.is.
and for other purposes," approved the third day
ol March, eighteen hundred nnd forty-seven,
ns fixes the port nt Salurin, and require' tlio re-
sidence of the collector to bo there, shall be,
and the sumo is hereby, repealed, and hereafter
the port of entry nnd the residence of the col-
lector shall be ni I.n Salle, in said district.
Sec. lfi. And be il further enacted, Thnt tlio
provisions of the seventh section ol the act en-
titled "An act allowing drawbacks on foreign
merchandise exported to Chihuahua and Santa
Fo, ill Mexico, and to the British North Amorl-
can provinces adjoining the United States," ap-
proved third March, eighteen hundred nud forty-
five, he, und the same are hereby, so fur molli-
fied, as toullow any foreign imported merchnn-
tlino lo tlio original packages which linn been
entered and the duties paid according to In , to
be transported with benefit of drawback by
land or water, or partly by land and partly by
water, to either of the ports designated in saiil
section, or such ports as may have been or mny
hereafter be designnt d, in pursuance of ihonu-
thority therein conferred t nnd any such mer-
chandise may he exported from oithor ol the
nlurcsaid ports, or from such ports on llic sea-
board from which merchandise may, under ex-
istí tig laws, ho exported lor liem fit of drawback,
nnd he transported thence, In like manlier, to
ports in the British provinces, and tlio ports nnd
plneis in Mexico, tindor such rules and regula-
tions, not inconsistent wilh law, ns the Si cretu-
ry ol tlio Trousury may prescribí); 1'rnviJcd.
Tlin' s i much of the eighth section ol said aci
as rf quires tlio production of the affidavit of iho
inas.or of the vessol in which any such goods
mav lie exported, may be dispensed with when
such goods are not exported in vessels; and the . . .
residue of the provisions of said station aro Imo, burst into the npiirtinent w ith n spry ' of their unjust transactions," &c. Its cnrn-
IS £ W&tíí Tirado Íli"1". '!"■* l"-'-ori m.in nlier it, who (ih'e j plainer] of his "want of eloquence," f„r
ne soia lu'^u.sunnce «fan order fro
",":t">.Yiiie, ó¡- ífli ifirSfttmtHBJ TrVjiiT y«fli
brought his littlo cranium, ns Isgt us his
legs could curry il, to your lips. [In wus
extremely busy giving and receiving mes-
suges to nnd Imtn nil. His head was in
every body's lace nt once, hence it must
have been ivnil known¡ yon, in the lunnuugu
of the holy Scriptures, every hair of itwus
numbered.
There was yet another that deserves at-
tention here, for the efforts he made to at-
iruct it there, lie wus the living,strutting
embodiment of the quintessence ol nn exqui-
site; thero was not a thread ul bis iui-1-
mi-nts that was not well disciplined, and
watched with unremitting vigilance. Ills
shining locks, the curl of his imperials, y on
tlio very down on hit. beaver, all born evi-
dence of the same strict regimen. Wrop-
en in a rich Spanish cloak, this finished
member undo his entree amid a discharge
of perfumery, thnt would have suffocated
an apothecary. With his hat in one hand,
and a delicti to rose hud in the other, alter
having carefully deposited his hat on a
desk, and the delicate rose bud on its rim,
ho moved lu another part of the room,
w here, untying his cloak nnd throwing it
buck on Ins shoulders, lie displayed to the
assembly a black velvet coat, blazing with
golden buttons as lariio us doubloons, n
limitless pair of cun'i-do-withoutablcs, nnd
boots that nero perfectly brilliant. In fact,
1 thought, from the appear nice m'what face
1 could see from among his whiskers nnrl
in uistaehcp, that his understanding soles
wero of a higher, vastly higher polish linn
his inner one.
if were tedious to msplion nil the mortal
piieiiotn na of the assembly I saw. So now
lor wh it 1 heard. A line looking old tren-
tlcman took the clinir, nnd after the ordina-
ry business was despatched, the great sub-
ject on consideration was rend by the sec-
retary, (unfortunate rod hcudj It wns a
oieiiioiiii] to Congress, ó'Ápn.'SUtíJ in tlie
strongest terms the utter disapproval nnd
nbhorance of we, the people Oi California,
represented in the Senate and Assembly,
ut the erroneous und unprecedented pro-
ceedings of that body, and our apprehen-
sions at the alarming and extreme length
to which they have carried their diputes
nd altercations. That we were influenc-
ing no clique or party to violent mensures
—had no baud or part in exciting or en-
couruging the sectional differences of the
Union—knew no North, no South, nothing
b it tlio Union—was proud of it—gloried in
ii—wanted nothing—insisted on nothing
but our ud mission—can't see why llint coil Id
not have been done before this— want to
know why California nnd. its people have
been denied the rights of an American State
und American citizens—as such we asked
and claim those rights—slavery in Califor-
nia was the business of California, nnd she
had decided that question lor IfCrsell, &c.
I quote from memory, and these ure scraps,
mere chips, as it wore, of the great block,
which s ano of them were wont to hurl ..t
Unelo Sam's head. Alter the instrument
was read, a modest looking mail arose und
wished to revise nnd mitigate some parts ol
it, as lie thought it rather to Ivirsh and se-
vere. Another arose and agreed with the
gentleman, and wished the article to be
read again by the secretary, nnd its objec-
tions titiil revisions in be inserted during the
perusal. Forthwith the savage instrument
wns commenced again bv lt d-liond, in n
loud and solemn voice. He could scarcely
close a period, bcliiro lie was interrupted,
from different parts ol the house, by objec-
tions and suggestions. Exquisite, I could
plainly see. wus dissatisfied, but seemed to
console himself by frequent visits to the
dflieuio rose bud i.n his hut; nnd lifter push-
ing it up through the hairs of his lip until
it disappeared from mortal lie?f, drew it
forth again, placed it nn his hat, nnd retir-
ed to his seat, with the scowl of a TomC'at
on bis noble brow. The amendments be-
gan to make sail havoc on the strong nnd
vindictive tones of the memorinl, which at
Inst became insupportable to Exquisite, w ho
arose, approached again the object of his
affection, the delicate rose but), nnd niter
sending it on its nromntic mission to his
nasal org-in, drew Ibrih a delicate handker-
chief, which lie held in the sume hand, nd-
jiistlng his clonk in lieu of n toga, he, in a
j
ft
, fe
The Supremacy of llic Law.
would tippeit£t if newspupLr iin
_kind will bo allowed*. A ¡¡henil putrona¡
rapine rcpitrtf^HTB to fifi rríTíefT
general insurrection ngninst the law is ren-
dy to breakout in tlii; North. Tlio news-
papers bring us accounts ot public meetings
and political conventions, nt which iba Fu-
gitive Suivc bill, passed locum into died
ii clour duty of the Federal Guvi-rnmcut
under the constitution, is denounced with
oxtrmno-t¡rulenco; resistance is counselled
otid encouraged, uud the aid of public sou-
timcut and physical force promised those
who resist. Sumo ol the papers there,
which are most disposed to do their duty,
«peak despondingl v of the state of opinion.
The N. Y. Express, fir example, which de-
fends tlie constiiuiiiiniility and expediency
ol \ho enactment, writes (hut it is doubtful
whether it can ho en'orced any where in
the North, except in the city of Now York.
Hit ibis is tin over statement of the case,
we think, and believe.
In JJiiston, nnd throughout Massachu-
setts, the excitement runs high. The ifugi-
tivo, whom tlio law requires to lie given up
to his rightful claimant, is hidden Irom the
process of law, nnd hundreds prucluiin tlioir
determination to obstruct the arrest by the
marshal, nnd to prevent the removal which
the law requires, after I lie judgment of the
court is rendered. Combinations ure tunde,
under the counsel of eminent members ol
the bar, nnd citizens of high social position,
to resist the execution of the j ulgmcnts of
the law; and they are encouraged by prouclr-
crs of religion, who openly tench from the
pulpit and in their sectarian papers, that it
is n christian duty to oppose by force, which
may end in riot and bloodshed, the enforce-
ment'of the undoubted law of the land.
Some of the papers in that region of (he
country think they describe this state ol
feelings truly and strongly when they call
it nullification. Mortifuid nt the proofs of
n spirit of lawless outrage ninong them-
selves, they think to extenúate the excess
by n <!• unpiirh-rm with Moiuothlng thnt WUS
once done in the South.
Wo nre no apologists for the Nullifiers.
We never believed in their remedy, nor
hud we much respect for those who preach-
ed it in the ver^'o of disunion. But wo tire
hound to say that it ne-ver assumed doctrines
so dangerous nnd disorganizing as those
which a plireii'/.ierl fanaticism ill high places
is attempting to spread among the excited
masses of the North. The Nullifiers de-
feuded themselves on no "higher Inw" than
ihe constitution, though tliev found iu that
something which we could never under-
st Hid. They asserted the duty, under the
constitution, of obeying the Stnto Inw iu
preferí nee to n law of the Federal (Jovern-
incnt, nnd in so doing they denied as reso-
lutely us their adversarios tlio right of unv
unorganized or mob resistance against ei-
ther. Hut this Boston excitement, mid all
similar excitements, load directly to the as-
sert ion of the mob power over the power of
the Inw. The doctrine they tench is that
the Inw is to be evaded nud obstructed by
every device which cunning may contrive;
that n universal conspiracy to defont law is
laudable and to be encouraged in every pos-
sible wny in which artifice can bo einplov-
ed, nnd when these menns cannot prevail,
and the courts hnvn given their judgments
against the popular ideas, that thoy may br
forcibly resisted, and I lint it is a crime to
aid in enforcing them. Between this en-
couragement to disorder, riot, bloodshed nnd
rebellion, nnd the falso principles of Hutv
between conflicting constitutions, which
made the theory of nullification, wlint man
will sny thnt the New England apostles of
sedition arc not teaching iufmitelv the worst
doctrine? Tluy defy all law, they violate
avowedly the plainest injunction of the con-
stitution, uud thoy countenance menus
which loosen iho bands of nil s c.iul order,
nnd would mako society ono scene of un
limited license.
Such is the altitude which, at this time,
n large nnd excited part of ihe people of the
N irthern States is reported to be ready to
take, in a nmltor, too, upon which the whole
of the Southern Slates I'cel—and have ii
right to feel—extr uirdirinry interest. In
the adjustment of the late controversies by
Congress, that part in "hicli the South hud
the most direct interest, is the law ngninst
which insurrection is threatened. The
others were mere abstinence from threat-
broken up, und the very worst cnnteflucit
ccs must be looked fur in a rene wnl of strifes
fhr the penccful settlement of whjQjl there
en n no longer be n shndow of hop*
A considerable portion of th# North Ap-
pears to bo waiting to n sense of the immi-
nency of this crisis. A few stout-hearted
men und soma presses, thnt see nt the same
time the right nnd the dangers of the wrong,
are seeking to stem this tide of. htniuie end
lawless violence, nnd attempting to vindi-
cntn the supremacy of the luw nnd the ob-
ligations of good Inithi Their succefi. we
are tifrnid, is not w> sure na the hitortw the
putriot could wish, nor do we look for Very
decisivo results from the issue ol
iug elections. P ii^y combinations ¡
' strongly c|
men to sen
ninsses with wli
', nnd the tino
notions. Party coml
yet, in the hAit of i
.'tioiig. to permit met
strong
ed elections
tirely from the
have been act
to short for n
' effect iv (I
persevering energy wlm
over «II obstacles. Alt!
pass separately, I main
maintain, thnt but fur I
ing combined by the et
and being blended here
being united in ibe
there having been aj
in both Houses of O
the passage nf these bill
should pose as -purl of t
ment, most ot them w
ed in any form. The
thu the labors of the
teen were not small-
they were not inconsh
great and arduous labu
fearful responsibility,
est abilities, lh« mnel t
and roswliing In such <
cnusethe friends of frefc
countries, now end
*>
Ithed
Kshall ever
sir be-
Ml*
".id
i not light—
They were
fWghand
ireot-
utilities,
will
•II
can he sccurwk.nt the Nitfltierh elections
to nid the South in preventing the "repeal
of this bill at tbd next Congress, th con-
servativo spiri) will have time to n^, the
li verish cxciymentkcnused by the'proseare
law wifL'hiivo pussed over to n
•lé esteflt, nnd the Inw itself will
I" n new I
considcrnl
operate, by its certainty, in preventing
many futuro occasions liar carryihg it into
effort. Such results we hope for;, nnd, if
nothing is done in the South to weaken its
own cause, for any thing thnt has yet been
done—if wo faithfully mtstnin the whole ad-
justment, ns n compnct of binding oblign-
lions on nil parties, not to be brokon with-
out hnd faith nnd futnl consequences—we
shall stand united in the most ndvnntngcous
position fo multe friends for the support of
this lull, nnd to Inlte nnv course which our
deliberate sense ol duty mny dietnto in tlio
event that it shall be annulled.—Pieayvnc.
Tlio following is iho eloquent peroration
of Mr. Baldwin's eulogy upon Gen. Taylor,
delivered in Richmond, Virginia, on the
15th ultimo:
And shall the time ever arrive when you
must travel through the world und meet no
ill it flag, and when neither on sou nor snore
shall its "meteor glories" fall upon the wun-
derer's e\e—w hen the Ameiiciin shall pass
through thu world, wurso than an orphan,
a mini without a country 1 Must i ever be
cuiidcmund to loci thnt the national struc-
ture in which I dwell is not the ono which
was built by the apostles of American free-
dom, and cemented by the blood of its mar-
tyrs—not tlio one of which Washington
laid the corner ctonc, mid of which Jeffer-
son and M idisun were timing the chief nr
chitects—not the otic which was illuminated
by the wisdom of n Marshall, nnd echoed
tlio thunders of n Henry's eloquence—not
iho first Tttiti'tr. which stood upon the
Mount Zioti of our American Israol, its
magnificent altar gleaming through clouds
if patriotic incense, nnd the Heavcn-enkin-
died fire of Freedom burning forever upon
upon its shrine: no, not this temple, but
sume humillo edifice, without un ultur or u
priest, like that in which the disconsolnte
Jew mourns iiis lost Jerusalem, and, hang-
ing his Imrp upon tlio willows, exclaims,
"Mow can 1 sing the Lor.'ti sung in a
strange land'," And must I not only give
up my portion in the flag and history ol my
country, but must I yield my interest iu
any of Ihe consecrated spots of this loved
Republic? Must 1 stand on Bunker's Hill
and on Lexington, and bo known ns n for-
eigner? M ist the man ol the North press
the s ul of Mount Vernon, and mournfully
exclaim, "This is no longer my cuuntry ?'"
Must the world relinquish its only rally ing
point of free principles? A voice rises from
the oppressed millions of Europe—"'I tike not
away Irom us our only cit of refuge!"—
From dungeon vaults and from the iiShcs ol
holy martyrs comes a cry, "Destroy not
the only home ol religious liberty !" From
the ruins ol ancient republics, melancholy
notes of warning float on tlio breeze. From
the battlements ol' Iloavon", that tliev Imvc
no human tonguo to arrest our tn ad career.
From the grave of Taylor ti voico seems to
utter thoso unhallowed words—The Can-
■■titution! the Uninn! Let but that voice
first j .tig
composition of foil
natural shrewdness' and i
lion. The fuí!ow¡ug i
was pronounced upon a i
* Vfei J
t no
nd how
ni
of
Itivn-
[i la nid«
3 am OWN r.ed fellow,
Convicted of stealing n pair of boot* from
Gen. Curtis, a man of considerable wealth
in the town of Windsor*
••Well," said the judg« very gravely, ba<
fore pronouncing sentence, of, court, under«
taking to read the fellow a lecture, "you're
n fino fellow to bo nrrnlgnea before court
lor st on I ing. Thoy say you
one doubts it who looks nt;
dure you, boing poor, have i
to steul a pair of boots? Nobody but rich
people havo a right to take such things;
without pnving! Then, they isty you are
worthloss—that is evident, fmm the tact
that no one has nsked justice lor you; all,
by unanimous consent, pronounced you
guilty before you were tried. ;< Now, you,
being so worthless, was a fool, to steal, bo-
ca use you might know you Would be con-
demned. And you must know that it was
nn nggrnvntion that you have stole them
in the In rge townol Windsor., In that larga
town, tn commit such nn act, is almost hor-
rible. And not only did you steal, but you
stole from thnt great man Géncriil Curtis.
This caps the climax of your iniquity.-—
Base.wretch! why did yoti not go nnd steal
the only pair of boots which some poor man
had, or could get, und then you would have
hern left nlone; nobody would have troubled
themselves nbont tlio net. Rir yotir iniqui-
ty in stealing in the great town uf Windsor,
and I'ri m tlio great Gen. Curtis, Ihe court
sentences you for three months' in the
county jail, nnd may God give you some*
thing to eat."
Tns N kw Yubk Union Mektino.—From
the resolutions fiiufed. nt. th* rnwaat y SI
(Juion meeting in New York, we copy the
following:
Resolved, Thnt the fabric of our General
Government yas the pruduct of reciprocal
concession among tlio conflicting interests
of different sections of the country; ol mu-
tual respect lor tlio diversities of opinion
which prcvuiled among the citizens; and of
sincero affection, begotten by their common
origin, nnd the common perils, toils and sac-
rifices, through which their common liber-
ties had been won; ttnd that the General
Government can be sustiiined and perpetu-
ated only upun thosuine busisol concession,
respect und affection.
Resolved, Thut we cordinlly approve of
tho ruceni measures of Congress tor the ad-
justment of iho duiigeroiia qui stioits aris-
ing out of tho acquisition ol territory under
tho treaty with Mexico, nnd that in con-
sideration of tlio various and discordant in-
terests to bo oflbcled thereby, we hold thai
the compromise is a fair one, nnd ought to
be sustained by every patriut in every part
of tlio land.
Uesohtd, That the fugitiva slave bill la '
in nccordunce with the express stipulations
ol the constitution nf the United (slates, as
carried out bv tlio net of Congress ol 1793,
signed by Washington, nnd iji force nt the
time when the present law wns passed {and
. . .„ I . u I I - ,,ml Congress, in passing a law which
tie heard, and i avlor will not have died in i H|I0Uu be efficient for currying out tho stip-
vnin. Let hut Ins example, bo regarded, u,ati(in8 ()fjhp c„ns,it(lli(in; in (u|l
and Irom tho tears n 4ncordnnce with the letter nnd spirit of that
instrument, nnd thnt we will sustain this
luw, nnd the execution of the Aime, by all
lawful means.
iur op i
c. He
nois, in t'nn collontinn district of Chicago, shall! much of the proviso to tho fifth suction of the ¡ immediately proceeded to set the tin ¡ which he had tho sympathies of all; ttnd
ben port of delivery also, Ar ' ' ' 1 ' 1 -• -'- «-t - • -• u t
ry, harbor , rivers nnrl u-ntem
shorn of the State of Wise
eonsln, hordorinsr on ] receivable fre-n customs, and from nil oilier • m,.c|, better ¡ncen'íoirv.
Ijiike Michiirnn nul (Jrton liny, lying north of •ourans, to bo paid iintni'ilialelv int i iho trnas i-
e| of latitude, slinll j ry, without abatement or reduction, nnd lor1
idler purposes," UK eioniptd from tlie ojieratiuM'i
¡.if mid section the provision ofl-wrcl tii - ■■
r n r r
the said forty-fourth p.-irallr
be. nnd the same nre, nttiuhed to nnd made purl j
of the eolleiy.inr <|i* -i.-t of Muc'tiwic.
K-e Q A'i 'be it further ennete-t, Th- f t'ier-. |
voice which scorned expressly lor Red-head's I nnoil wrong, or wero nugatory provisions,
ton stood iu ii fine.large painting over the i benefit, announced his "dissatisfaction" of which merely reaffirmed what was iuevita-
Speaker's chair, lint the old gentleman look- ¡ their "altering nnd tearing to pieces" what j tile. This wus ii positive provision to make
ed tincomfbiiiibki in such ii strange place. ¡ lie thought "just ihe thing for ns to send to i effecti-.o a pnrt of the constitution which
In ft fow minutes a gigantic nose, ol rosy j Congress, nrid let them know our opinions hud been practically obsolete; nn agree-
ment to givo vitality ton law which hud
been in existence since tho days when
Washington signed it first, in the expecta-
tion thut it would nccomplieh the objects
which tho constitution designed. If a law
thus enncted, us part of n scheme of com-
|n n-!iting measures,of whieh the .Willi bur
entered iu." tb" "iij • men I r>{' her «h r
- "■ wi'vu^v, in own v i fi«""" ■' — — I I I i' ' i • , | | ■
And nil thu lerrito-1 nctof third March,eighteen hundred and forty- j chittlooliers in n hiuao with n taper, though ¡ wraping the folds of his togn nrotind him,
'rs, on the enstern j nine, entitled "An net requiring nil moneys ' the fi ry nose lie followed around seemed a ! sat down well satisfied thnt he had made
I felt uneasy in an impression. He wis succeeded lay one
l he presence of this nasal
''requerid i on til" point
monster, nud was who until now bad bren nn idlennd almost
ol sh ml ioir to it*
ill-rent spectntor of these ne. H" wns
will spring tnuro bcHutiful than lluit which
glowed above bis cold remains, upon whose
rudient arch, Peiitoi und Charity, thoso
lirii.'hte'-t angels nt (lie throne of GchI, will
defcend to honl thp wounds of nn afflicted
Innd.
The CoMMirJn or Tiiibtichn.—In n
Into (¡iMCUSMiun iu flie Uuitoii States Semite,
Cien. Fo .to spoke ns follows ol tho labors
ol the celebrated Committee of Thirteen^
The truth of his dec'Arations will be gener-
ally admitted: f'
Whatever may no tho opinions of others
here, 1 havo o doéided opinion winch I be-
lieve is concurred, in thioughout tlie United
States, that but for tho chungo which has
taken place both in thu public mind of tlie
country nnd the Congressional mind, with-
in the ¡«st six months, all of these measures
would nut luívu boon passed. But fur their
being combined su us to produce a free dis-
cussion here—but for their being undo Iho
b isis of ii free interclinnge of opinion in the
two Houses of Congress, and in tho news-
papers of the country,nnd the consequent
chango effected in the public mind, the
groat schemo now so triumphantly adopted
would have become a pun ol the law ot the
land. So the impartial historio will hare-
alter record. * * * *
The comtnittoe wn- raised for the con-
sideration ot the whole subject of slavery;
(be
. tr.
Th
I o'li
ieh
t king into con
growing out ol
the i
ved
Leg-
to be
m
■ of- > •<
. hill!
in ihi-i
io?or
-.ne .1 r,«'j m
:■ / "fie i'n "cro
tnr.'i V,-!
iripateJ
r;..g
and
ini'iie i
• Ii 51
,Hud m:
r I r c .fr:
her;
>t tn" ¡v. iih th* Axe^ptli'Qi of the
•nt Ml.; Mill Uwi> brought it in, incur-
.1 t*ic *L:%p ¿¡liiLitiiy oí fopojrtiog '^9
v. yA bv It wj:h « rn.tr.2v rgsolutiop end
E ill) liieaMiref,
' .red . new sy s-
iti'if and adjust-
iftf pv rt ol the
Resolved, Thnt in the
meeting, u further agitation óf i
question in Congress would hefrau
incalculable danger to our Vnhm,'i
we will support no candMate et the
ing, or any other election, for State«
or fur members of Congross, t
islnture, who is known or b
hot?tile to the ponce measures i
ted by Congress, or any of thain, or In
vor of reopening the question! involved in
them for renewed agitation.
Resolved, That we regard our obligations
to Ihe constitution nnd the Union ns superi-
or to tho ties of any of tho political parties
to which wo may hitherto have ^longed,
and thnt on nil future occasions %e will
range 'ourselves under the banners nf tint
party whose principles and practice aro
most calculated to uphold the constitution
and to perpetuate our glorious Ünfem.
Not Much Left .-«The Now
Book gives the following dial
•'I say, Jim," said on*
whose garment* war* in *
condition, uhow do you get
"Wall, I reckon I get* It
wnv, nnd sometimes enoth
drtfl'i prt ft nt i*ll.**
* '-Be them clothe* yourty
Vjtyn. 'low
Vyh-tt business Is it o1 ^o6|^|n
none nt all: ohlv t we# thinking
•vers merely n tenait of them
the InndUird should distrain*
wouldn't be much loft a Iter deducting
ípt. Good morning, Jim."
mes one
>«ly, I
- .... van Mi*
ing the owner the ri^i; to dis-
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