The New York Herald Newspaper, March 28, 1847, Page 1

THE NEW YORK H JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, Girculation---iorty Thousand, VERY INTERESTING FROM MEXICO. OFFICIAL ADVICES: FROM SANTA ANNA, NEWS FROM SANTA FE, MILITARY INT dee., dee. NEWS FROM GEN, TAYLOR'S DIVISION @ following’ thet cavect fem t ny rief extract om McKinne, to his to the position of Gen. Taylor. the | hes been fought, occurred at Saltillo, there is therefore er any doubt—and as little doubt, in our opinion, Rough end Ready has whipped Santa Anna gen- Saxtitvo, Feb. 21, 1847. 4k —— :—Wre are all armed, and in «xpectation of by. and with 17,000 seusion of the town, and we are well fottifed. I will | write the result, if [ letter of Jobn F. friend in this city, removes all doubt - DAILY Hk ALD—Kvery cay, Price 2 cents percopy—8 oe Every Satarday—Price 64 cents vn—paynble in advance. —Kvery steam P cents per copy—$3 ser ennui, payal AZNUAL PICTORIAL HERALL lat ot Jaunary of |. Di ; @ fight to-night. Santa Anna is elo: ELLIGENCE, » de. El Republicano, of the 26th, PF emer gs y anneunces that General eh for Chihuahua, Falcon, had receiv. ‘eceived orders to ms: and Generals Basadre, La Vege, and ed orders te merch to other remote | of banishment well understood in lexibin manacr, Khe Proprietor will notbe responsi for ul fi f INTING ofall kings exeented beantitally and with letters or communications, by mail, addressed tc the | licene calls it wil Very near fries SANTA FE. (From the $t. Louls te January 13, 1847. rf some account of near El Paso An express came @ information that Col. D. had en- 2 possession, without firing @ rsecution. Almonte and Bi Anna, or have been, but Mexi- that town and tak gun, the enemy having been sufiicientl: Cool even Mexican bravado. The kille Sertained to de forty, instead of thirty, as first supposod— wounded not known. We further taken a town near Chihuahua, end that he would soon be inthe latter place. but this is not euthentic—it is we Clark's Artillery have leit here, roceeding south without him. All cold and clear, and the frozen eighteen inches deep, but the winter is wing jallen fer many weeks, except av occa- which soon melts awa: but the mountains are eonsiantly cove: Some of the lettec writers are givin, f th country. So far from bein, been represented, the soil in decidedly ike it highly productive. srops of wheat in this neighborho nd ing whun Gen Kearney arrived, were good, and I think ita better wheat country thi yield as much corn to the acre ay can be raised in Mis- sour), but its greater value more than counterbalances ‘Asa proof of the fertility of the soil, I the onions are general; many of them much lar, dener knows that ouions will not grow in a barren soil. Jtis unquestionably one of the best sheep-raising coun- tries on earth, and the dry uplands, which to a Missouri. roduce fa rich pasture; the spring and occas' houssrds of shoe: ig population will at some 8 ense tracts of land on the streams which , of a superior quality, which Pi from the subseri JAMES GORDO: nna, San Salvador, at 10 o'clock we give entire :— a Suteaiyne Rervsuican Aamy, Feb. 17, 1847-10 o’clock, orth Want werner of Bulton and arn that Gen. Wool Excellent Donisi leer ial Gen a ol. Doniphauis lends twenty leagues distant from peist. This news bas ‘Just been confirmed by my and there is no doubt that that general is pre) for en action, and that he will present himaclf in from 7000 to 8000 men, and more than twenty pieces of ubbery, about one mi Enquire of Ghasles M Chureh,, 100 ( Joi gxitinan, corner of Norch Second snd Li with it. uptrue statements v2 IT have taken all propor measures for him battle in his camp, on the ist inst, By the ia note reaches the hands of great battle [un gran hecho de armas) will hav place, the rerult of which will bo of incalculat uence to the country. tee of the nation will be protected at this time by th God of armies, and that I shall have the satisfaction of so | announcing to the Supreme Government. The troops under my command sro marching with and eager to vindici Neither the privations, the loments, whieh appe: upon snow—have c willbe nothing your Excellency tak t Foun chive shop, Factory, ond three Houses, to the highest Tw canats pass th ough to close a concern rhiladelphia and New York Philadel r, and every gar- \onor of our arms. an appear worthless, that by taking this route there r the army under my command to do, will very soon see that to give au opinion upona matter i do not understand, some circumspection is 4 d to communicate this to his Excellency the ON Ist May ia Hammond street, near Fat‘ory street, jence, in a complete state ited with marble waay’ Is, hot the Indians, w! people. American back-wood: and unless | have mivtsken their characters, they will s0on find where those beautiful vallies are. Even at this tume, there is an indication of a move towards these choice spots, from Santa Fe. country has been but partially developed ; the mines are badly worked for want of means and enterprise. (Gold is found in many places where Mexicans dai mountain twohuvdred and fifty miles n States than Sunta Fe is, and it is said the pi ‘y flattering. Ibave no private motives in muking these for I expect to leave it by next summer, and nd the remainder of my days in Missouri — inion, when I say that Now addition to the United States, when Amorican capital and industry are brougst iato it. en excellent three-atury r Liberty. DE SANTA ANNA. letter is published in El Republicano of the 22d, traordinary exp! following Jays, To the Minister of War. ‘his having been received b: have the papers of th ef them do we find anything direct frem Sante Anna. The captain who srrived at San Luis on the 20thwe think may be considered the latest mos: Anna’sarmy. ‘This captain, we may he | an action would be fought on the 21st Gen. Vazquez, who was to command the Mexican re- serve, did nut reach Matehuala till the 16:h. It ig mentioned that at Mier, Canal laden with provisions, and tour wagons. time it is said thathe killed about on Another ecoount of the of the victory gof Can: seya nothing al ‘et another express from Canale: same cepture of mules between Mier and Monterey, et @ place calied Mant dated February 6. it announced that all the rancheros of the villsges ‘were in arms enemy, ond thet 160 Americans had been cut off by them. m Matehuela on the 10th, saye that Gen. feylor hed no idea that within afew days he was to encounter an army 80 superior to his own. It alleges thet in a conversation which was held at seltilio e Sth inst, he declared that he was on his march to Zacatecas, and expressed himself entirely ind:fferont should encounter and fight Minon on bis fountauon the Mexicans by surprise with their much The mineral wealth of this FOR. 3: A THREE STORY HOUSE on 224 street, tween the 3d and 3d {t is wall fluished Istest improvements. incmdiag ki erclosets &o , Ita- a }, also reported POR SALE, ATE SALE—The property known as No. hund-ed men down the fcuite Jes captured, and rooms street. Lot 33 by 100 jek front house on che front of lot rey tre Auwo story bri story frame house on 2 2. INTFLLIGENCE FROM CALIFORNIA. [from the Washington Union } Ban Dinoo, Head Quarters, November 26, 1846. We are still contending wiih the insurgents in this ter. My jast informed you of our movements as late as the middl i chase Mauney exe remain or | anaccount of Eaquire on the premises. bond nnd moriguge, at 7 per e of Canales wes success attending September last, prevented our usual rapid movements. At present we are preparing interior, and intend once more next, three three-story brick hansen, obolt+n, within three hundred yards ey will have good well and eistern chen, and ciber conveniences, that Iw for either a large or staal ‘at the carpenten’s shop neer the far'y ml3 2w*rre Another letter, written f: for a second march to th making our way into t! @ one hundred and twenty mile: have to eroounter some difficultios and exposure in thie undertaking, as the rainy season is approaching; but noth ng is too great to accomplish, when undertaken with such zeal as our officers aud men evince. The num- ber of our enemies bas iccressed since | last wrote you, if we capjudge correctly from a;pearances; but whether ally sufficient cou: ‘et to be uscertail A FARM of filty two acres, most delightfal terted, about five miles fem F lizabethtown, @owp ising a haudeame eamm: hous Dwelling House, counted upon taking Tay / convenience C0 § ra of the capital speculate much ebout Santa fees to their superierity in more numbe the Mexicans are worn out by fatigues and hardships, while the Americans have calmly prepared for the cou- ‘Tha easy access from New York, either by the various we should have rom Jersey Ci y, oF the ferry to Kiizabethpert, wheece oad: tre ar withn a handred In regard to the hardships which were onceuntered by his troops, allaccounts sgree ; they must have been se- tagnant Weter soil ut Metevualaat one dollar » Soldiers freqacatly fell overcome with fatigue lane for securing ‘bis must eventuall { ed with much trouble; which could ed, had the Commodore received the prompt co-opt- ration of those who were entrusted with Every facility that money, clothing and provisions coal has been prompuy granted Stockton; and himself aud officers have heen con stantly and vigorously omployod. since [ lest wrote you, have placed themselves under the command of General Flor+s, a Mexican officer whom he hadtaken prisoner with a number of other officers of Castro’s army, atl of whom were placed one nd by their atrocious conduct hi id. forced th yours ow bond aad mort: No. 381 Washington street and perished without sbelter, in the suow the admihiatration denounced for not hi to mitigate their sovnie supporting the army is jus tad sboulf he fail in, bus Also for s=1o, a dwelling house, 9 im*ih e by Ci di THE THREE STORY HOUSE No. y Commodore e street, (sable in rear) fan RLaO TO Lepeos end Dwelliegs, s#iteble for fewey dry go: tenants. Apply at 203 Broadwey, Johu ‘Hail, 63 Barciay street, be! FOR SALE CH4AAP, ing the besntifal Zari ft hy th. ik to the Narrows. id property, a0 that U anit their feney mms valuable boilding loty et West Bloomfield, the Methodist Church upoa Gen. Taylo: with his countrymen vom San Luis behind in that city @ por- jeans ef transportation, but chat it would be despatched ia afew cays agreeably to the ordors left by Santa Anna. We have no where seen any farther mention made of Majors Gaines and Borland and their fellow prisoners. wel of war arrived at Vera it_ was suid, with orders for il i red remaining “quiet at thei to give us much trouble @pnoyauce, with the loss of @ few of our bra men, who were killed in an action enemy and a detachment from the Savamnsh. The ex- pedition from the frigute Savannah was very uofortu it_ must have beenof a more favorable charscter. The advantages were all on the enonly’s side—they being mounted on fine horse: some artillery, while the Americans faced them on foot, it is strange how the party from f getting into such a 17th uit from Jamaica, and, the whole English squadron lying at Sacrificios the Minister of Finance, has res d his views of the floancial conditiun of the country and the proper remedy to the President, ask- i or an acceptance of bis nt was Constrained to ac cept the rerignution, but they parted with apperently and sincere esteem. We fiud an announcement that about the 20th ult by tiog of the mints, the Government had succeeded in raising $800,000 in cash, one-third ef which: wes despatched on the 284 tothe army. More alf of the sum thus raised was from the contract for the mint in the capital, the contract cently between the TaORAgS, And OP: nately planned or the 1 ¥ toa healthy location any- tu obtain ali iaformatioa di to W G HAY Nién, Key port, Monmont an eppro. al of th mm. ‘The Vice Pres FLURENGS HUUDE. No. 400. Broadwa: arraugemente for o ad «paeious buildim great oxpanve erect the Savannah could ever think from the ship ; and hew they expected to overtake their to be divined. This act strengthened the courage of our enemies, and deprived us of important They well understand below, be uns acrnny ruites of dining rooms on ith every modern i, cc, Besiges th the floors above, spleadidl; (urvisl The Government has begun to reise a little money ; te of a house belonging to the aid to be worth about rt in peper, part in cash inst the property of th bly hurried on tho insurrection against the Treasury, Souor Castilly, for refusing to sign the bill of we formerly imposribility ot them to sdventege without horses and have driven the interior, so that the: them all far have it in their pewer to anvoy and taunt us ot pleasure, although we now and sbotat them, which leaves their number lese. mentioned. It is 000, and it sold for $20 000, pa et from that with the public de law 0, bedrooms segle and double, ug—ihe whole forming 4 first class he- Farias. The Secreta: was dismissed from o! sale of the house mentioned. ‘There has beon a pronunciamente made in the State of Opjaca, followed by acts of violenee, in which several re: The military commander had effected a compromise of some kind iy Nha Tevolutioni: the State and other cor jation to this affair are voluminous, but is swallowed up by occurrences in other parte of Mexico. The regiment of Jaliseo is said to have desorted ina signs of military insubordination are pert has introduced a bill in Congress for engaged in the late revolotionary at- tompt at Mazatlan, save only Gen. Mora, woo is not thought deserving of a perdon. We find another letter from Senta Anna, dated the 17th ult., from San Selvador, in which he ‘d what ho calls the assassination by the invad six individuals, inhobitants of Aj Inge at the Ojo d aud acommoda toa hitherto anuttained in this country. YJ, trasis that is manec vary for him to assure the end indeed his entre une! be of the best kind throughout; gentlemen who ate ve, whese he will be amaiuing bis bew ‘Their object was to cut off at Warner's ranc #0; but untortunately fell in wi tg tire than cone ‘and they partly succeeded in doing ai I ha party of Californians in killing one of This man was in the is horse, a short distance from toe main body, and wes suddenly su priaed by a party of eight horsemen, who rushed upon him with their > ded, however, in reaching bis comrades, and wa: mot by Lieut. Beale, who was in charge; and remarke hie passed —" Sir, | : wn R Manchester. act of watering mentioned in th an amnesty to tho region of country may be bad in the » Hotel corner of Courtiend nod We Congress we have h misfortune to lose. Going on mouvting our own men; and before next our commodor « » we shall all be on our march t de los Angelos, where hi spared, egain to hoist the American flsg. i 62 Wall s rest, 3d story. FOR =ALE—WESTCHESIER LAND. TO GENTLEMEN in want of sites for country jens: Ty market gardeners in wart of Innd for gar w hoad of New Yor land in the town of Westchester, within nine of passing over Harlem fine City Hall, with the ti of toll, are now offered at privai ‘in eresesch. The lands are within 15 roads; are in the Resteny. hae putnle. Terma moderate AUny te cractontersd oUVELAuue MoRRis [From the Washington Inteiligencer, March 26.) Major General Butler. of the army, arrived in this city last evening and tock lodgings at Brown’s hotel. [From the Newark Advertiser, March 26 A detachment ys that, besides the-twenty-six risoners, and that they were all peaceable citizens. There is, of course, but the truth will hardly be cleured up till we receive despatches from Gen. Taylor- We have come across a letter of Gen. Arista, d: " assassinated,” mn Were made ‘ity, were sent to Fort Columbus thi till the next transport is ready to coa- the second detacliment exaggeration ebout t! y themto Mexico. This sent from this place during tte month pest. [From the Norfolk Beacon, March 28} Gaptain Edwards. of the Voltigeu: dere to bold himvetf in Monroe, for Point inabe' per called the Demo of the battles of the 8th and 9th of In_regard to the misfortunes of Pal T will tell them that | wos not the author of them. A grestoaiamity, without doubt, was the action of tho 9th ; but taat of the #th never brought disgrace on the repablic At daybreak on ise 9th the Mexican sol- diera saw the fling of the enemy flyicg more than ainile | a the rear of the bleody fluid of action of the day pre: , sbout 50 of whi hy variety of exceila, beds, ana the gic it the hamse beancifully orvames ted with flowers, with two wells of excellent sett water U.S Bare Arena, ‘The laud exten’ s down tothe Bay on the South, no Boston Harbor, March 13. 1847 —[ have the houor to report ‘that { snchured the Hana below Fort Independence and fired three times, av asks asnspension of public opinion till he can nxiously aweitiog umstances which led to bed i trial, which he he will then explain the ci disasters of La Rosaci stantial defence than the pretext that th hot remain master of they cid not drive the Mexi sleep upon the ground vecupied ation $4 deg., recoil 4 feet, weight of ids, hollow shot 95 pounds, without using 8 ‘et the Office of the Long 4a Will, 2RSON INSURANCE GOMPANY. from their porition and by the Mexicans in the vation 10 deg., recoil 6 feet ®, weight of Charge 18 pounds, hollow #hot 95 pounds [From the Tampico Sentinel, March 6 ] y been organized in this Part in the next fight, numbering about 60. ve beeu elected :—N Health, Ist Liew wine, brevet 2d do. ‘T! emolumant. git Patterson, and will be disbanded at is composed chiefly of Texans, Walk prisoners, ko, und is attached tothe 4th [11 i lous of damage | 3, fire—Elevration 3 degre: ) buidings in | A compauy of Tee wort fete charge 18 pounds, hollow #hot 96 pounda, compresser Sever, goods, wures and merehand: personal property ; co aad CraRaperiatian a fle against lose or damage by mulond be The js: co the vessel was very slight, mach less then i Chas A. Clarke, 9d T have the honor to be, Your obedient servant, G J, VAN BRUNT, Commander. U..8. Navy Yard, Boston. Heel of vessel when gun Was run to iia oy ag without pey or James f., Holmes, William K. Thore, ‘horas Morrell, Jobh } Davisen, Among the number who aspire to command we notices Esq , gentlemen full; K extraordinary vigi U. 8 Bara Stromsots, March 18, 1847 Sir—I hed an opportunity while underway, of fring two experimental shots from the Columbiad on board this Vorsel. and the rasult is perfectly capable, wo believs, and pos ance ond zeal in whatever they undertake—theretore, possessing just the qualifications necessary for such du- We are told that the kind of company proposed to be raisod hy Mr. Taylor wilt be artillery, Mr West mounted men, either of which t service to th a terror to thos in the military hosyitel ‘company B, 2d Artiller company D, 34) A compeny D, 2d artil fantry, Feb 6; priv teers, Feb 6; Lieut. Gibson, Feb 6; private Wailace, 4th iMinois velunteers, Feb 9; private Ja pany B, let Artillery, Feb 10; private MoDavitt, compa- ny B, 2d Artillery, Feb 13; Moffitt, Q M. em 14; private Belford, 4th Illinois volunteers, Fe! vate Hawkins, com ‘ Chas, Womo, Ist 49; private Lynerd, Y w.4 usu. 7 HOEK hears 7 THO “UTYtE PLATE O—Juat cored, & laue enorregriy* 1 id WM. & AY TRUS siwayelon hand wn for sal anvincrurer's Agent, Gy ABTCH, prestion, trod Elevation 20 deg, charge 15 pounds, loaded pounds, recoil 4 feet, no compression, gun fired | to windward. in is Worked with ease, and the carriage wppeara ‘ect in its construction The jar to the veui co, 4 Maiden Tine, MONEY bi INKY LYNT=The hy i and = foms on gol late, Jewelry, be Thai’ p private Daly, 7th In Hionois volun. | was so slight that it did not dis lasses on the cabin table. have the hovor to be, very reepectfully, W. 8. WALKER, Commonder. xe, Commanding Navy McBriety, com- Commodore Fo: Yard aud Station, Boston, M the Norfolk Beacon, March 25 te Bt. Lawrence will be Hatched from this afternoon, at 4 o'clock. Tersons received in private office, y A, 4th Artillery, ‘iment Louisiana vol Teanessee Kegiment, Feb. 29. R= Moome to Tent Po HOE & CO, 29 aud 31 Gold street. NEW YORK, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, 1847. SOUTHERN POLITICS. Speech of the Hon. John 0. Calhoun, In Charleston, om the 9th inst. Fellow Citisens:—In complying with the request of | enoral state of ral Government, | the elections, by throwing their weight into the scale of | tion, your committee to address | our effaira m connection wit I shall restrict my remarks to th domestic institytion, not oniy most important to us, but al ouon the ubject of our peculiar aueo it is by tar th because I have fully ex- in the Senate, on the only Mexican war. dress of your committee, and the resolutions accompanying it. The facts stat are unquestionabl o conclusions irresistible. Indeed, after all that has occurred during tbe last twelve months, it woutd be almost idiotic to doubt, that a large majority of both parties in the non-slaveholding States have come to a fixed determination to appropria' all the territories of the United States, now Perle pip or e hereafter to be acquired, to thomselves, to the entire ex: clusion of the sleveholding States. Assuming then, that to be beyond deubt, the grave, ard to us, vitel question is presented for consideration : have they the power to carry this determisution into effect ? It will be proj awor thia quest you the danger with which we are threate | determination, p or extenuation, and I, leaving be adopte ‘apd fully, without the advantages we it to you to determine what measures for that puryore. the question, aod answer, Yes, they oltii shoul aority 9 Federal Government mia: ditional States, an which heretofore other dangers of ti ity in the House of College; so that withthe loss of the Senate we ina minority in every department of the Fe ernment, aud ever must continue so, if the non holding ‘States should c: ting to their rn iad, of por There are oth means of defendiny dsnger, if we shoul which ves agai true to ourselve ‘We have, in the first place, the advantage of having | the Coustitutien on oar side, clearly and unquestionably, and in its entire fabric, so much so, that the whole body of the instrament stands opposed to their scheme of ap Propriating the territeyies to themselves this assertion, it is - is @ Fedors!, and nota National, or Consolidated istinc'ion essential to correct under- standing of the Constitution, and our rey“ It ought never to be forgotten or qverlooked. A: ‘ederal Go- Unicn aro its con- of go: vernment. As constituent members of the Union, all the territories ani other property of the Union belong to them, as joint owners or partn and not to the Govormment, is erroneously sup- posed by some. The Government is but the nt intrusted with the munagoment. And hence two conetituiion expressly declares tho territory to be ths Property ot the Uniied Siates—that is the States united, orthe oxpre: forts or ether public building: property of the United State ho vue would vonture to assert; and yet, 8, 0r the navy, or edvauon It wi of the olding States to a full and wal participa als u0n in the territories of the United States, in opposition tes to It was my to the determination of tue nou-slaveholding 3 approp! them exclusively to themselves. intention to urge them tou vote, but | was unable to do 40, in consequence of the g ang the last few days.of sucessfully assailed; and heuce the buld, bat unsuccess fal attempt, to assail the foundation itse! that ours is an: ould stand to th vetting the very foundation of our entirs political sy s- tem, and denying the most incontrovertible tacts con nected with the foundation and adoption of the consti- tution But, it may be asked, what do we gain by having the constitution ever so cleatly on our side, when a majority in the non-slaveholding States stand prepared to deny it? Possibly such may be the still we cannot fail to gain much by the now from long truth, prompt; succeed in the end. Already the: tightened and patriotic citizsns in thos with us on this great and vital point. The effects of the discussion will not improbably greatly increase their uever known number; and, what is of no little importance, induce a | cavee,! must again recur to what has alroady been still greater number to hesitate, aud abate somewhat in their confidence in former opinions, and thereby pre; the way to give full cffect to another advantege which we possess. ‘I’ und sade, on the part of the non-slavwbolding State: oar pecull, r domestic institution. It interest the profit of their cupitali tives ; or ia any those States, wealth. On the contrary, it greatly insreases both its products aro mainly stimulate and render their capital and lebor profitabie, while our slavewturnish, at the same time, un extensive and profitable market for Anuihilate the products of heir labor list the three gveat articles, which are almost exclusively, the products of their labor—cotton, tice and tobacco, and wuat would become of the great shipping, navigating, commercial and manufacturing in- torests of the non-slaveholding States? What of their Lowels and Walthams; their New York and Boston, and turing and commercial cities? What, to enlarge the quostion, would become of the exports und imports of the Union iteelf shipplog and tonnage jo the disbursemeut of which mil affect the prosperity of those State: per? Fortunetaly, mestic insti rests, if it did, the posmbility of errei ed dinger, are saving ourse the Union, would be uliogether’ hopeless 1g the threaten other considerations. Nor does it vrigioate in any apprehension that the slaveholding States would acquire ao undue prepocder- ance in the Union, unless restricted te their pr limits If even # full sharo of the Territori to our Jot, we could voused numbor of which their numbers «) in the How P All we could hope tor weuld be to pre serve an equality in the Senate, or, at most, to acquire a preponderance in that branch of the governmont. But, if it originotes neitber in the one nor the other of thi wad | what are the real motives sud objects of their cru: the people of the non in relation to the Fresiduntial election ‘They may, in seterence to the sut ject under conside: ation, be divided into four cl 6, the sboll tionist# proper—the rabid fan @ ain, and thus regarding it, deem it their high esroy it, evon sLotld it involve the di @oustiiution and the Union constitu: Of th small one, not probably exeoeding five per cent of the population of those Scetes, they voted, if I recoliect eorrectly, about 15,000, or af most 20,000 votes iu the last | tost of their stre:gth in the ste about 400,000 votes, which would give about five por cout. Their strength in toat 1 would suppos» was folly equal to their average strength in the nox- slave holding States geuer-lly. Auother clase consivts of the grout Lody of ihe citinens of tho of New York, out ot Btutes, comnt tuting wt Le the whole, they rege 1, amt aa such ory. iapowed to aid in » When it be done ouns, 10, ant without en dangering t regurd it as a sin to be put down by ad and every means Of the other two, one is 4 small class, perhaps not ex. coraing five per cen: of ihe whoie, who view slavery us we do, more ux at iwetitution, and tae only ove, by which two races, #6 dissimilar as those inhabiting the #laveholi- ing States. can live together nearly in equal pumbers, in pexce end prosperity, aud that 18 abolition would ena | in the extirpation of eve or the other race. If the: | gard it as unevil, it is in the abstract, just us gove at, with all its burthe bur with ali its toi, pu | ishment with all ite inf things, are evils, wh otherwise when jd ia the concrete, because they nto greater amount of evil U the cuse of ala he remaining cl | a smail one, | whole, but pos | ence in proportion to 1» nambers b viewed in thi is much larger, but still relativ: ndiliones The: ly indifferent about abolir | side, for or ageinst, according to ical chances ; their for the most at, y calculation of the od lewling olject being to curry the elections, cially the Presi entiel and thereby receive the honors urd ¢ | to power, bots in the Federul ond 1 GoveriMents. such are the views wad foelugs.of the sevoral clases in the non-slaveholding States, in ret to slavery, as itexista with us It is manifest, on a survey of tha | whole, that the first clase—that is, ti jon party pro- 6 the centre whic has in the impulse that as put in motion this crusade ageinet our domestic inati- tation. it is the Only one that Los any decidedly how: teelings in reference to it, aud which, io opposing it actuated by any fh | desire to restrict, or destroy ii But, it may be asked, how can so small a class relly is | soon felt in the elections, t 1 of the United States, acquired or to be ox far asmers numbers can give it. in the next Congress, in ‘Tho od- isconsiu will give them two ad- majority of four in the Senate, en our shield egainst this and We are already ip a minor- presentatives and the siastiea) 8 But, fortunately, under our system of (government mere numbers are not the enly element ld give us ample the threatened To make good necessary to remind you that tes of the Union, which are but synonymous ions. And hence ‘also Congress has no more right to appropriate the territories of tae United States to the uso ef any pertion of the States, to the exclusion of the others, than it has to appropriate, the same way, ee y other ‘That it has such a right, one is placed exactly on the same ground with the other by the con- a this solid foundation that. placed the right Pressure of business dur- session. It was felt by those opposed to us, that, if the foundation on which | placed my readluiions be admitted, the conclusioaycould not be , by contending pal or consolidated government, in 1 speak | holding Stal it of truth, fail to re many highly en- Stetes, who ugres we rutand what it is, it will be necesse- cy to explain what is ihe motive and object of this cru- againat that it does hot originate in any hostility of The labor of our sluves does not confict with | pen the wages of their opera- to their popuiation or direotly or indirectly, live and pros- then, the crusade against our do- jon does not originate in hustlity of inte- es, short of a disrupture of 3 80 predomi- nant is the regard for inierest in those States, over ali hope to outweigh, by auy in- weitolding States, tue great pr pon- jainst our jostitution? ‘Io answer this, it will be necessary to explain what are the feelings end views of vebolding States in reference to it, with their effects on their party operations, especially jece «Fr prosperity of the country, do not Te ions, and thousends of ocher atract; but fur 6 less, perhwps, thantwenty pr cent of the ing Kreat activity and political juflue It conrists of the po- | litical leaders of the respective parties, and their purti- 1 perte ot- olumenta incident to rine Wwe Cents, ——SSSSS = majority of both parties in the non-slaveholding | us, when our safe! tocome to tie deter in refer. determination, und. To answer this que it is necessary to go on p further, and explai habit state of psrties in those, and, indeed, in ost all the Stetes of the Union. = There are few of the nox- not more than two or thre parties aro not | #0 nicely balanced, asto make the rosult of elections, | both State and federal, so doubtful, as to put it ia th: power of a small party. firmly linked together, to turn Tl is concerned, rhow at lenet os firm a as much unapimity, us with no other interest on their part but tem - porary one of succeeding in the Presicentiat con- tost. Henceforward, let wil party ¢cirtipetion s1 ong us Sugression on our rights ond honor shell continue. on the part of the non-rlavebolding States. Let us profit by the example of the tion Perty, who, as smail es they are, equived so much influenea Ly t they have pursued. As they make ihe de- struction of our domestic ivstitut he pa unt ques- 2 te let us ke, on our pert, its safety the parsmount © | question. Us regard every mop ot our party, who abolition party. They ha rat, | pana pin ite defence ; end every one ss poms hy us, views paramount to the party strangle of the day, aod = who does not, until ugaressien ceases. Itie thus, and thrown their weight where tl views could be best | thus only, that wecen defend cur rights, maintein out promoted By pursuing this course, their nce was | honor, ensure our safety and command respect. The to gain | posite course, which would merge them in the tempore soon became ip; firat by ry and mercenary party struggles of the day, would in- the whigs ; but for more hea #4 | evitably degrade and ruin us 0. by the democrats, as if to make up for lost time. ee are now epenly courted by both ; each striving by their | donee gery Sar guia aed Ons meni | Bate the party which may most favor its views; such is we tholl be great and zeal to win their fevor by exprossing thelr earnest derire i toexclude what thoy call slavery trom all the territories | st, bat will occur. | There is Bol fotin of he globe more abundant in resourc ring and commercial—than that poceessed by | Connt among our productions the great staples of cotton, scquired. No | doubt the Mexican war, and the spprebonsion of large acquisition of territory to the slave-holdiny Btates, has | tice mi done much to produce this state of things; but cfitrolf it | well ogy ne ig bocy eS Ee 4 would have been feeble. The main cause or motive, | their cultivation. In addition to furnishing abup- then, of this crusade against our domestic institution, is | dant means for domestic exchanges emong ourselves, to be traced to the ail-absorbit rest, whieh both par | and with the rest of the world, and buildin, up fou: ti font ate Wipe specially the Presi- | rishing commercial cities, they would furnish am- ple resources for revenue. But far be it from us to de- sire to be forced on our own resources for protection — | Our object is to preserve the union of these States, if it can be done consistently with our rights, safety and per- fect equality witn other members of the Union. On this we have a righttu insist. Less we cannot take. Look- ing at the same time to our safety and the preservation of the Union, | regard it as fortunate that the promptitude and unenimity on our part necessary to secure the ope ve the other. Delay, indecision, wer ng Ourselves, Would: in all proba bility, in the end, prove fatal to both. The darger is of wcharacter, whether we regard our safety or the Pre. servation of the Unien, which cannot be safely tampered with. If not met brotaptly and decidedly, the two tions of the Union will ually become thoroughly alic '@ will be left to us, as the % but to sever all political ties, or lown into abject submission. It is only by taking ) corly and decided stand. while the political ties ere still strong, that a rally of the sound und patriotic of ull portions of the Union can be successfully made§to arrest so dire an alternative. Having now pointed out the danger with which we are menaced, and the means by which it may bo succes fully met und resisted, it is for you und the people of the other slave-holding States to determine whet shall be done at a juncture #0 trying and eventful. In conclusion itis my sincere prayer that the Great Disposertof, events may ealighten you and them to realize its full extent, and give the wisdom to adopt the best and most efficient course for our own security and the peace and preserva- tion of the Union. Abstract of th: Spree hn of the Hon. A. P. Butler, in Columbia, S. 8., on the 15th . * . . wi of the federal government, at awelled probably to the rate of annually, und that the reat sway, not only over its own, but over the State tions, which in addition a control over a vast and the control of the federal pat- with all ite emoluments and bonore, centre in the President of the United States, it is not at all surprising that both parti hould take such absorbing interest in tho Presidential election ; acting, as both do, on the prin- ciple of turning opponents out of office, and bestowin the honors and emoluments of government on their fol- lowers. as the reward of partizan services In sucha state of things, it is not a matterfor wonder, that a course of policy, #0 well calculated to conciliate a party llc the abolitionists, as that of excluding slavery trom the terri tories, should be eagerly embraced by both pai States, when by securing ir ‘on winning the rich and glitter In this is to be found the the p esent crusade a it our do- institution, on the part of political leaders and their partiz ns in those States. itwould be a | et mistake to suppose that it ia the less dangerous, because it originates mainly in mere party considerations, in connection with eleo! 1 will be on that account but the more so, unle: it should be met by us with promptitud iit The absorbing, over riding interest, felt by both parties to carry the elections, especially t i uch an impulse to their ettort abolition: at our expens apparent indifference, as would onlist large portion of the non-slaveholding 8 seven tenth: the non-slaveboliin support, each calet ing prize of the P: i estimated at {the whole, which are as yet well affsct- ed toward nd utterly dichearten the small but intel- ligent class, which, as yet, is perfectly sound ‘The for mur would conclude, in that cure, that we curselves were Fendy to yield and surrender our’ domestic institution, ax indefensible; and that the non-slavebolding States might carry their determinstion into full effect, without bazard tothe Constitution or the Union, or even disturbing the Judge Butler was then requested to address the meet- tog. and the following is & brief summary of his re marks :— Jndgo Burien touched briefly upon the importance of tho great political topics of the times immediately pre- cediog his entering the United States Sena’ Baid hermony aud peace of toe country. Indeed, such has al- | that the administretion of Mr. Pelk was full of it end ready been our apparent indifference, that these opin- | eventful measures, amongst which was th ions have been expressed, even on the floor of Congress, | the Oxggon controversy. It was portentio But, if wo should uct as we ought—if wo, by our prompt. | ening a its consequences—and be believed, that the itude, energy, and unanimity, prove that we stand rea: country was more indebied for the satisfactory adjust- to defend our rights, and to maintain our perfect cquali | ment of it to Mr. Calhoun {than to ony other man Said that by the had not only been ty, e@ members of the Union, the consequences what thoy may: and that the immediate and necessary effect either in Europe or the United St act of 1836 the doctrine of free ti of courting abolition votes, by either party, would be to | recognized, but, in @ great messure, estab! A lose ours, a very different result would certainly foliow. | that the experion der it went far to refute all argu- i alaveholding States, who, | ™ in favor of sel! restrictio: id that the pro- ery a8 an evil, are not dis- | 6r @ impro ents and the spirit of the age was | oguinst thea; that he felt confident-unier no ‘administra. tuon hereafter could such doctrines obtain He made some temarks upon the United States Bunk, going to show that the currency and commercial intercourse of the country could be vetter regulated without it. What icfluence these two measures had exerted on the Southern States was now beyoud conjectar Amongst the other great measures more intimately connected with the tupics under consideration—three States had been admitted into the Union, one ef which waa a sovereign Republic annexed by treaty. That measure Was destined to be a source Of impressive conse- uences, and whether for we: r Woe, time must deter- and under ell the circumstances, our government under a controlling necessity to annex Texas to the Union— republic she occupied an im portent ond 66 ‘h she would always have influenced the policy of foreign nations and eape- cielly of Great Britain, with the United States. He por- trayed all the consequences of the different relations aho might occupy to the United States, and thought that the war had grown out of that annexation. Said he had d to violate the Constitution, and muct lens to en- its overthrow, and with it the Union itself, would take sidos with us, against our assailants; while the sound portion, who are already with us, would rally to the rea- cue The necessary effect would be. tha: the party leaders and their followers, who expect to receive the Presiden: | tial election, by the aid of the abolitionists, seeing their hopes blasted by the loss of our votes, would drop their courtahip, and leave the party, redaced to iasignificance, with scorn. The end would be, should et in the manner indicated, the rally of a new party in the nou- Haveholding Stales, more powsr‘ul than sitier of the old, w! and who by uniting with us, would puta final stop to the farther agitation of this daugerous question. Such would | be the certain effect of meeting, with promptitude anu | unanumity, the determination of the noa-rlaveholding Statvs to Sppropriate all the territories to their own use That it has not yetbeen so met i+ certain ; wud the next question is— Why has it not boen, and what is the cause ofthis apparent imdifforence in reference to a danger 0 menacing, if not promptly and unitedly met on our part 7 | gone to Washington under a stroug implication to sup- In answering this important question, | am happy to | port the administration in all the grent measures, both say, that I havo seen no reason to attribute this want of | past aud prospective, as far es he Understood them, and promptitudo and unanimity to any division of or real indifference, on the or their a he had done go with cue exception— contrary, a8 one of iheir members of Cong certain imdication o: ed with the Wilmot provi from the slaveholding #1 ions, Were Unanimous. ‘To exp! iven any trying questions con- | the votes of the mom | at the last and present in what is really the on the country, and would have ‘my—it would have been a legisla- goged in th ing sworda and modi he was unwilling thet the brush of censure should obscure the disk of their reputation. — stated; the absoruing interest felt in the elections, ospe- | From the hour that vote was given, he, and those with cially the presidential, and the controlling influence | whom he had acted, denomineted “ the balance of power which party leaders and their followers exercise over | party,” had been denounced with bitterness. In connee- them. The great struggle between tho parties is, which | tion with these circumstances, he spoke ef the excluaion shall succeed in bg pent? its candidate; in conso- | of the editor of the Onion trom the floor of quence of which, the Presidential election b @ paramount qui All othors sre din’ to it by the and {their follow: on th whether any q would not change his course. Di shall be ad ue between the of doubtful and falacious impor in the Presidential contest, or whether it shall be par | of republict y orentirely excluded. other, is decided able or untavorabie bi Whether it shall be one or ely in reierence te its fav or- | ing on the centest, without look- iderations of ita eflects on the 410 perity, the institutions, or safety of the country. Noitung can more strongly illustrate the truth of what | have asserted, than the course of the parties in relation 10 the question which now claims your attention Although | it. Said that the Wilmot proviso wes but an indicstion aone can be more intimately connected with the peace | of that, ard here apoke of its origin, and of the resolutions and saiety of the Unioa, it is kept out of the issue bo | passed by nine non slaveholding States, which hed been tween the parties, because itis seen that the Presiden- | iutreduced daring ion in C - ‘Thought tial vote ot New York, and many others of ths non- | that the diferent sect ~ gsnised republic—none in an irret y—and spoke at some length, tracing with the distinctions between a constitutions! re- public, and the turbulent action of irresponsible masses, si/f the South relied upon the latter, as devaloped by the New York school of democracy, she depended upon a broken reed, that would wound the hand that re upon slaveholding States, will 1a all probability depend on the votes of the gab d that the election of he Pr . on ths votes .{ | averse to the acquisition of Territory ut present, for the those in them are tole- | parpose of avoiding any egitation whieh would affect rated by many of th ir followers in the | tae Union, but that they would ultimately be controlled slaveholding States, in openly canvassing for the vote of | by @ misguided and ambitious constituency. Many of the abolitiocists, by acting in union with them, io relerence to a question, on the decision of which the softy of their own section, and that of the Union itseli may Cepend But while itis seen thet the Presidential election may be secured by counting the abolition vote it is at the ame time seen, that it may be lost, if the con- sequence thould be the loss of the vote.of the tluvehold the North Western members at the present, bad no very uniriendly feelings to the ith, but es statesmen, dere not think or act ogainst the dictation of an ambi , ‘urbaient aad warlike constituency. They have a lust for territory, and will risk any consequences to Union in the acquisition of it. New York, governed by acold and calculating casu- ing Staves: and hence the leaders ere forced to attempt | istry, was figrent to any other consequences than to secure the former without losing the latter. The | would #ifect Ler own peculiar inter she & is a difficult one ; but as difficult as it is, they do | erful commonwealth, and exercise powerful pot despair of success, powerful instrument | e200 over public opinion, Whatever may be the pre which they have under their contro. They have, in the | seut tomper of the times, the day would come when all frat place, that of the party press, through which a mighty inflaen exerted over public opinion.‘ line of policy adopted 10 observe a profound silence on this great and vite) question ; or, ii they speak ut all, so speak us to give a false direction to public opinion. Acting in conforui:y to this policy of the two leading organs at the seat of Government ove never alludes to the question, so that aa fara. its remarks ure concerned, 00 one could suppose that it was the causo of the least agitation or feeling in any portion of the Union The other, occasionally slindes to it, when it cannot well avoid tow gd ; butonty to palliate the conduct of these factions would make n opinion fatal to the se- The | curity of the South. t © South must look to her selt for sofety, as uny alliance with them would bewbeliy delus) By firmness and unanmity alone the Sout may be atle to maintain her position, but dissension and diecord would be tae fatal elements of her ruin. Her statesmen, of eli parties, must look to the final issue with calmness aod determination, and meke up their minds for associations connected with the ited, results. There were man tie served to be rat ind he hoped it might stand all the triols to which it might be of the Union whic! us, by confounding them with our | subjected, but in comparison wiih equality of rights both up equally to | secured under the constitution, it must run ail the riske P |) by pursuing this | incident to the maintenance of hese rights, no matter course, that the people of the slave-holoing States omuy be. It the Sou h suffered per will be ke and in @ stote of indifference, until jscated by unjust enact- It is @ | another and sul! more powerful iostiument can be | meats, it would be wn evidence of degeneracy, ond the brought in'o play, by which it is haped chut rlave- holders and litiomats will be coerced tw joia in nominating aud supporting the same candidaie for the Presidency. celled 4 national convevtion, of caucu ing condidates for | too Presidency and Vie Presiseucy. Already tho mechinery haa been put in motion, in order to coerce +pilophs upon the tomb stenes of our ancestry would re- buke her sons REN LWAYS on hand aud for sale by the i A co. ke Fein, the oldest and most populous. of the siave vg | _10!8 2were Staten ; and no doubt, will, ia due season, be putin INSIAN motion to effict the samy object in oll of ty should SHELOR'S L succeed-—sbould party machic Tong euongh to tore in a convention to 1 date who will be acce they will have committed the mo a people ever perpetrated. I way accoptabie ciear that the non slaveholding States will for Presid ed for eolors cura olack or brown, wi ronounced by Ject Hair Lye yet discovere WM. BAT. ¥ ELOR, 2 Wo fie mer VKROVED MAG MOOKEHEAD'S GRADUATE, er in convention the « ay idiog, avd that A no one who is not nccuptable to the abolitionits cau MACHINE receive their voter, aud, of course, the votes of the [13 instrament ie an, important improvement over alt Staten where they hold the bala und that no other er forme of moaufyetore, and has be pistemtes by che vd t id 5 ut reneratly, re most will be nominated, or, if nominated. be elewed. And s WA perfectly pimsite i wa yet, there are not a tew in the slaveholding Boen | Therefore wot liable to et ‘of ordi ‘Stas cede wae Oi standing and influenee, so bhoded by party feelings, | \ercfore not Hiab e wo sek oat ol ale m ontral,and can he or the dvancement by the for any td south. the most delicate patient. i¢ O assistant in ite use, and is, im every respect, | 'y harmless. An to myself, | have ever been opposed to such Con- h machine a comprady. arranged, with the battery and e ventions, becatse they are irrespo A, not Dut ap in neat rosewood ensee Ac knowr to the Constitu:ion; oma Deoawee they, in effect, | rte mt roti one regareme 1 ese and ap jst oaide the Coustitution with its compromises, in re PYESUOT Le 0 the facilities posseared by the subscriber Jerecce to orlast & subject o# the election of the | the visadanted Maguetic Machines are soid at pices equally Chiet May of the Unien I hold it faraafer, ant iow as those ch rged for inferior artivies, ‘They co be read every wey preferable, to leave the eiection where the — ly sent to any part of the Somntiy | Constitution hes placed jt; to the Flectoral College to | Price ot the machines, $9 $12 and $14 enc. cxcose; and if that fails to make a choice, to the Honse | #tennd finish: ae 4 by this mi Many aves of ihe Of Representatives, vo ing by States, to elect the Pr | dent from ‘he turee cundidstes having th | But, 11 had Do objection to such cu dinery cireem: highest votes sinv holding States stand united og Vital of all qu ‘and when to go | gente nod Tt a succender On Our part. As both parties thore ae Brom way : Varo united to di finer — = res i { our just ond equal rights in — the pubsic domes, itis time that both partis with us | MOURNING snould unite in resistance to so great an outrage. Let y best w be foand us show, at least, as mach spirit in defending our rights | nal reat, Sevthe snd honor, as they have evinced in assailiog them. Let ; their -uvaw xe we © A n tne city, at W d commie dealers Wi vie they purchases