The New York Herald Newspaper, February 21, 1851, Page 6

AFFAIRS IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Our Weekington Correspondence, Wasnineros, Feb. 17, 1851. The Fugitive Slave Law—A Lively Day im the Se- wate— The Devil Arraignedand Condemned as the arst Agitator— The Admanisiration amd the Bos- tom Case—Resoiwtion of Mr Clay, §c., Fe. Sparkling eunay morning Large assemblage of the “ soverigns” at the Capitol, with @ strong in- fusion of the Yankees of the Boston Committee of visitors. Crowded auditory iu the galleries of the Semate—with an unusual acquisitoa of handsome women, in white and pink bonuets. It was under- stood very early this morning, that the news of the Boston Fugitive Slave Cause, brought to town by the New York Herald, had excited quite a stirat the West End; and that Mr Seuater Foot, immediate- ly after breakfast had gone uy wo the Pre subject, after calling upon Mr. Clay at his lodgings Tt was expecied there might be some- thing ‘oa or said in the Sena é, 1a reference to this case, the presentation «f the usual daily batch of abolition petiuons, agaiots the fuguave law. sequel fulfilled this unpression be) ond Our most san- expectations. our. Hen lin presented a peution from Maine, for the repes! of the fugitive siave jaw, and moved its reference to the Judicisry Commnttee. Mr. Butler, | chairman ef that committee,did not care whether it was referred or not; snd upon that hint, the peti- tion was referred) = Shortly atter that, Mr. -Atchi- sen moved to re-consider the reference, in order to follow up the rule in regard \o these nullifying peti- tions, by laying this one won the table. Now here was an ope! A motiou (o lay on the table can- not be debated ; but a moun to re-consider opens up the whole field of discussion ; and a very spright- ly discussion was the consequence. When every thing else utterly fails of breaking the monotony of dull speeches to a sleepy Senate,oring up the negro question, and the fur begins to fly in the most beau- uful style. So it was to-cay ; The telegraph has supereedet the necessity of a report of fis debate. We shall touch a 64 two or three promineut pois We thal Pearce clearly esiabiished (he tect, from the first chapter of Geniges, that his + jevil,was the first agitator; u thstanding Master Hale asserts that be sole wie paradise as the ecmmissioner of a fugitive slave law. We also agree with Mr Butler, tha tbe wofernal spirit stole into the garden of Eoen in the disguise of a ser pent, whispering into the esr! our poor eredulous grandmother, that there was « “higher law” than the law proclaimed as the law of the locality. Nordo we suppose it wes vecessary for Mr. Foote to insist in reading Mi on, to prove that the | devil and his angels weie (nrown headlong out of heaven, as arch agitators "his was going behind therecord Mr. Hale, however, made outa good case in behalf of ogvatier No reform, no great good, bo great improvement has ever been, or can ever be made without ayi ali Upon that point, the abstract argument we- 6) h the burly senator from New Hampshire H ation, however, it, as charged upon bun, fill ot the mischief of nullification, sedition, a> n, aod the “higher Jaw” The debate uy« evil excited the greatest Jaughter, at bis, end at Hale's expense; and the result was, a ree: ration, aud the lay- i the petition upen 1h he resolution of Mr Boston case, will, no dowt r dent on assurence of bi the law; and prohanly = the more vigorous et for The Boston affair ha cite ment; and we should tachment of United States (ooops that city, to aid in the n of slave act, and to repel ch sb of nullifiers who resist it © a_ relation to the g from the Presi- wwanon to enforce ommendations for ot the jaw. en unusual ex- urprised if a de- were sent up to the fagitive negrocs and » Wa . The Reception of Govera J This distinguisbed v at 11 o'clock, on the 12 and was met at the de the Mayor of the city men, Who were appr > . Bilis, formerly charg: the Mayor to Gener and then brought to hie | Having arrived there, fay in a few appropriate t to his services in which the Genera) rr Mr Mayor the thirty on: Feb 15, 1951. w H Paez rived ia our city from New York, r Lenox, Esq» any other geutic- viet Vespasian rela, imtroduced ¢ Irving Hotel. which he aliuded / ireedom, and to vei ieral capital of Uuion, £ rn apare so & netion-mo dis 4 name it bears experienos jon; but [ be added frelings Mr Mayor, to ac + the honor you +rms im which you to many other gentlemen, ves, who had assembled on the orr a great number of persour toneral Paez Was edmittedto a+ ( ber aad Heuee of Ke He was surrown who heartily we eevew be tween him end Hee or ol the Se- nate was highly y calls on the Gepere! at hie day, a! three o'clock ip the atternoon " ¢ presented to the President w ng, he is aleo invited at Daniel W Feb 18 1851 Gy, reapeciing The Enforce The Senate—The K The Boston Nev 1 ment of the Law We had another ge an in the gailerice of Py day out, fee mers Mr speak upon his 1 feren of Boston; sod i worth being oo ar were present in « ‘ nhe pected discussie ¥ be especially interesting to the “ ete And so it did Mr. Clay’s res ple atretched the wailer him. All right y, aod a0 The revolution | tr plained its 6 What ent audience i a intended to It wasuiv 0 the mo> 4 somet ag Hs oe —as the exe io geacral The pro Whet mar sorted to, in « supremacy of th Are there « tugriive slave law operat ot and if 80, What leg ie!n © t such defects, ro as . vas execu tion of the act Mr. Clay toe y face was highly express: n he bad not language ‘« huis moo of negroes, en! neluaty of justice, and “ re f jusuer itself into th is, 4 ne tas an inetrument win . f the law. Mr Ciny » ti eed; and it may be, atrer « t . anecesmarily troubled. But » we 4 describe h fit fo, have been witherand ng this, he expresned it 80 (or val 1 ern im order, the galleries w ve plauded t Honest Joba | alway and very calmly submitied Mr y, that while Massa Chusette would stand by the laws, all attempts 10 suppress the freedom of debate were wee Mr c epringie alld of his inthe ¢ erature manne Free debate what whe This is dent, open a of tt But the between th Senetors Atened ¢ x i «yo sisting, ho shall oe ay letting down of the fs . he Nerthera fiers shali have o ” 4 ance to the a . heash them, if nee he debate « Clay in what bh President. He bayonets, if requis s of great conse|a: A t John Le bate among the ing Shay’s rebe ion whisk & at that) imewrree ion nney . vasion of Caba arde nas Gov. Quitman, te, were brought into the leogith the diseus wiOR Was BOE ution Was \dopt od few days, to have ali ent, reapecting the Boston iso wet a recommendation of to the mote rigorous eaforee ment of two the law. After the adoption of the resolution, the nt of the day in the |, for the ev Someth President, on | auic majesty, the | *, who was | ddreseea him | 4 | The dill introduced on Saturday by Mr Babcock in tO make another attempt on Tuesday, the | of that, we Affairs at the State Capital, OUR ALBANY CORKESPONDENCE. Acpanr, Feb. 13, 1851. More Trouble about United States Senator. It is questionable whether the annals of New York legislation ever presented a more interesting spectacle than that of yesterday, when Senator Beekman made his speech, defining his position, aod giving his reasons for opposing the election ef Mr. Fish, to the important position of United States Senator. His remarks were impromptu, being drawn from him upon the introduction ot a bill by M. Schoonmaker, to alter the law in reta- tion to such election. It was a matter of doubt and speculation as to the couree that Mr. Beekman would pursue, and the expositions which he made on that occasion, rendered the scene interesting to an extraordinary degree. He had expressed his willingness to make another trial, under the law as it now xine by merely changing the time; but as | | the bill introduced by Mr. Schooumaker altered the mode of election, it was, therefore, that Mr. Beek- ‘d i's introduction. In the course of his avowed himself a whig, standing side by side with Clay, Webster, and Fillmore, tn the support of the Union and the constituuion, He had opposed Mr. Seward’s election to the U. S Senate, | and he now oppoeed the candidate brought forwa' d by his friends. He nad go personal ill-feeling to- wards ex. Governor Fish; he resisted his election not as @ man, but on account of being clasped to the besom of certain gentiemen holding principles adverse to the peace and quietness of the country. Mr. Beekman, though mach affected, and lanor- ing under an undue degree of excrement, nevere theless firmly adhered to the position which he had taken, and solemaly declared that no power on | earth could cower or dissuade him from maintain- ing the siard he had deliberately tokea. At the | conclusion of his remarks, he quoted trom Martia Luther, as applyable to himself, the tollowing memorable words:—** Lwiand here—I can do nv otherwise; may God help me.” When Mr. Beekman commenced his speech, the chamber was ordinarily thin ; but assoon as it was announced that he was speaking. crowds from the | Asse mbly, from the lobbies and the streets, rushed to the Senate Chamber to listen to his remarks ‘The most prefound silence prevailed during the time he was uponghe floor, with the exception of an occasional smothered hissing from a concraied Seward abolitionist. The scene was one of intense | mnterest and unusual solemnity; and when Mr Beekman closed his address and resumed his sent, an uwful stillness prevailed wmong Seuators and spectators, Which remeined undisturbed unt) Mr Schoopmeker rove to reply. Mr. B. finally wirh- drew his objecuone, and the bill was introduced and referred to the Commuitee ou the Jucicary, consisting of Mr. Babcock, silver grey whig, Mr Mann, a moderate barnburver democrat, and Mr. Schoopmaker, abolition ant-rent whig The bill, whieh the readers of the Herald have haa laid before them, makes a material change ia the mote of election —_[t proposes to convene both houses of the Legislature into one vody, dnd there vote for Senator, teking from both houses ali inde pendent action, completely nullines the power of the Senate, and merges that body io commen with the members of the tower house. The Jud - | ciary Committee, as at present constituted, will never report favorably upon that bill Another bill will be introduced into the house to-morrow by Mr. Ferris, a whig member from Tompkine, merely altering the present law, so tar asto substitute another day for ine tirat Tuesdey | in February, which hasnow paserd without moking achoice of aSenator. For such a bill Mr Beek- men will vote, for he ‘appears willing to give the | Legislature another opportunity to make om at- tempt at an election But unlees the majority con- sent to w adoption of resoluions surtainiog (ne navonal administration, they certainly cannot sauce eved during the present session That's a fixed fact. Ww | Avaacy. Feb. 16 1851 Another Attempt on the 25th to Elect United States Senstor —Grand Scheme to Entrap Mr. Beekman —vt Method | by which he will Foil the Conspirarurs the Be ‘26th instant torlect a United States ustor, will pase | oth houses without much oppositien The method of meking a choice is identical with the ! it now existe, The plan which the Seward ebonies proponed | by Mr Schoonmeker’s bill was to mee! in the frat tm tance in joint meeting of both houses, with making separete nominations ineask brauch of the gitiature. Finding, however in nce of the | cdetinsey of Mr Beekman th: ala not | be rup through Mr Behoonmaker abandoned bi« pro t and yielded te the better sense of bis colleagues Mesere Babcock and Mann. of the elary Jom tee to whom the bill was referred It ix now conceeded on all bends, that om the 26th anoiMer effort will be | made, but it is very doubtrul whether the two houses will them make choice of a Senat, A new game is te be played however inorder to entrap Mr. Beekman [aving voted twice for Francia * Granger upon the previous trial, it fr imeqined that | be wil sgain stpounce hit na for every other whig Senator to rote for Mr Granger by which stratagem tt isintended to secure hit comt vation by the Senate. and theu « joint meeting of the such «ie tee Eoutes will become imper whem the sixteen Shig Sepatory. who hada moment joas voted tor r @ will instantly abandon him amt vote for tion ‘This ie. polities! hess bjectoam bem anDint ae fomiites Fish, thereby securing his of the move intended to be made on t board em that occasion, and if tbe complished, the majority intend « tenot Mr Beekman ‘There wre two other silver grey Senmlore who are ae nuch oppored to the election of famiilon Fish, under present cireomeatances se Mr Bekman and from the inurpendence and bigh mind which they emi. nentiy manifert on sli vce ot to be pre fumed that they will endore a te accomplish the purpose which the in view. The election of Mr ¥ in the manner im wh ick defeated ome The two Henatore wil ded of Erle and Mr Owen. of * appt tters of the nations strong personal friends of Prerider Beving been op ig prints © election of the party ridicule ain nimeoif ajority p the vote ts bela be ditee rere eh Onr New Hampebire Corcoey VIANCHRESTRR, 7 Preshet i Devtructum m , , and Business Prospect Mun Revolve wmary Remuww race T vere rain, on Saturday with the sudden thaw, have awe n on alarming height Last “ t bridges across the Merrimeck, wer } n Granite bridge the hot? brow heir ruins now lie jane h | a Ww entertained for the & «wir ca munity, ae vande ~ ae places sm are | chester, reid the opporite wid of th Th anne “OW he p a thler h ' ow. nt Ww ” wo miles, b ~ - . y Hany suppose, away up t Py can } nhabit ae , bearing it treets and buildings—in as bustling vera! municipal arrangement>—m Me'ropolitan character than any other of its size in h ace obtains ite historical notoriety the residence of rom ite having bee b ’ vowty hero His tomb is situated al ‘ north city dae of his descendants, of the | Stark, was the former proprietor of the | ire of thy | | present city. He now occupies a detight- side nce a few miles south, at the junction of Yours, & The plan now in, | » The Reception af Jenny Ling, ut her First Concert—Mr. hird Trial of @eneval Henderson— hy yr, 80 tar ‘pews’ is concerned. avail bu’ little; but motwith- standing, when it comes to details—to the relation of Wecal facts and ineidentse—to public sentiment, and the expression of feeling generally, the good old fashioned goore quilland ink take supremsoy even over mex- netic power, Thus premising, it may be seme cons lation to kxow that the substance of my letter will not have been anticipated by means of the maguetic wires. The preiibation of the great event of hearing the lovely Swede exercise ber vooal powers, was realised last night by some 2,000 citizens of our State, at the 8t. Charles Theatre, Planters wit) their families.trom the eeast and the interior, had been flosking to the city for the last tea days, in order to sour (he hotels, fer the express purpose of be divine Jeony, Country merenanrs, too off coming to the city lo purchase the until the time of the arrtestof the “sweat nigoringnts aad Troee the oxaunied state of our hotels, boarding houres, and furnished rooms—estimating our resident Populetion at 150,000—there cannot be less than 200,000 people Bow AB oUF city. The fever, whiea, previou the arrival of Jenny, appearedto be ouly sporad aiterwaros became epidemic, and New Orleans may bow be said to be Jenny Lind mad The tiok¢ts for the concert were sold on the 6th inst ; D’Aroy, the hatter. purchaced the fret ticket for the choice seat, at $240 other ecats brought # premium of from 76 cents to Beverai persons bought largely on +peculation, and Ubose who bad not dispesed of all their tickets vester. noch, became ubeaty, and offered them at r ca dircouut, in order to » Aeevening approached, the excite created. and the demsud for tickets became gre for meny who kad oct made up their mings to go the ight, decane suddenly aeized with | sbetanding this, x bad po not realizing eales was ip combination with Barnum, lose notbing, there being an ui tickets not sold ehouid be returne: Be Libt was ws lovely as could be derired, and the atwoephere bad justs eutficient tinge of Litto Rake it buoyant and enlivening As the an Uicipated hour @! epravisbment « of curiosity set im trom every dir t Charles. carrying with it crowds of ladies and gea Cowen, ¥bore anxiety to bear the bird of soug nso (sused the most polsitic sepaations Early iu the vening, & large cxowd Dad gathered on both sides o St. Cherles etreet, in tront of the tb with the hope of teeing Mitn Jenny epier. Some betor the doors opened the large steps and vee’ hens ded with elegantly Oressed pe repgemert bad OF disordex took weet extent he theatre, and off-rec The bouse war toou flied to its ders pt tickete + toed in tront of sell nt almost any price, Seats in the gallery bad heen wvoticued off at three they offered at 60 centa. and even seats in the parquet were sold at & dollar, 9m Chis becoming known atterwards, young batebelors of fashion, who bad paid $80 for teat lett rather cheapened The house presented one of the moet brilliant spectacies of beauty an on the pumber of indies present was eat. and they vere prinespelly from the country Aftarthe overture apdercng by Beletti the meilitiuous Lind came trip. ping ep the riage manid (he most euchasiastic cheers aad Applause livudred? of glasses were immediately le- velied at ber, and arevery one put down their glasses, aiters long ccretiny their countenances plainly said, “thank beaven, the suspense is over—[ have seen her, snd then & general teetering” of inward gratt- fiestion tock pikce wmong the Isdier Then Jenny opened ber mouth, and the theatre became as etient arepempty church Her voiee in come per me sereno fully eatished the audience that ebe wae all that shehad deed represenced to be ‘The sous trom the opera of the Comp of Sileria’’ ip which ¢he is eecom. panied by Kyle and vr Siede on the-flute aud the Herdeman'’s. or Echo Bong. were encored. and most reptorously appinuded. Leertainiy never heard cowa called #o eweetly betore. I think her much fiver look ing then ‘be is reprerented. and she iv more delicate im form than [ expected to find her. D’Arey ehore biseeat in the copere of the parquette. thinking ii the mort cospicuows bul im thet. tt wae the lease #0 of any in (he house. He took care to enter whiie Jenny wae ringing, ix order to prevent @ salute from the gsi- leries but Le did not ercape tor after the song, the boys exiled On him amid & geuecat burtab. Notwithsteud ing ub ton and svgacdom mostly prevatied in the boure, yet therewas considerable of a mixture Among the ‘etanders’’ «hoe ecewpied the space between the chaire apd ihe wali, stood several elegantly dreased wourtached gentlemen, among whom, 1 recognised the barber he bad shaved me in the worming, snd an in- a ae evening before exhibited to me etere | They maw ays of Dumbug eneution with the fatr > cocert Boraum i staying health wud th our city pn Hea derse « violanion sterday at night nod w when the 0 any arimin show reed at a late thie morni that which tended t the charge. at another mistrial will he the urther prosecution of thone in he wot cf ISIS will end ine mere + pUgnANt fo BeommON FeNAK Of uRtiC® Bo tar bas the ect Gen #! the iawe of neutrality bas been clearly snd had I time et this mo ment, Feould demonstrate it The feelings of the peo ple here, and (heir rympachtes in tavor of the ascased ere too muob in fervor of them, mainly brought about . dicted for vielat farce and by etinate and bitter prosecation on che part of the yovernment, 10 eblaim & verdict of committal Alter the fitet (rial of Henderson m nolle p vsegui should bav eolured before wae erible to yet we rowd the # en have not rowds of ergert rtor & thing wa jonmiy crowded. Ltt ob asoount owalkes tn any quantity ugh to eat oa mb« shout the omg jor ther turn to seen betore im New ena omeu the at bat a ant Btat on the jee wae brew e bert Bide Parse!» strom © should move # latter ” be anticipated x endeavored to pecsuade bat they were deter mpevied them They « om Bath and the dep st were persuaded vot t and they Fept on hore they reached the ‘dep took . Th wd hard? prove 6 tion oo « bews and ap | peared eo firm, that they apprehended no im mediate danger and ke n They oroseed diagonally and when near the foot ef Hamilton street per the pier called to them to go further down ont They ould not get off at (het point b f the te direction whieh weuld shout the foot of HHerkim ne ioe stopped to help bis getting him partly marr broke op. A wie in the back y ntfaoe o der inte ten thousand f ld heve shared noon fe was ills, Oneide county both young men o sroelient workmen There we thar oarrow oerapes Two young men, rose 14 Greenbush, hed berely t to get back belors ion brok* wp; apd « boreeand cart Mfacted « landicg efter the ioe began 'o more, We have never known the ice to break ap When it wee apoarentiy eo etroug. At an point was it love than 19 ipeles and moet of it 18 inches thick " Pree, Ji fal, from yout widely Boston, Feb. 14, 1861. The Senatorint Squabble—What is to be done ?-— Will Summer Succeed? Our Sartford Correspondence: Haztrorp, Feb. 16, 1851. | Proceedings of the Free Soil State Convention—- Notwithstanding the coalition met with its — greatest defeat on Wednesday, on the fourteenth © balloting for Senator, | see no reason to change the opinion | expreszed in my last to the effect that its prospects are improving. ‘ The pressure from without” is growing every day in strength, and men who have hitherto been warmly opposed to the election of any free soiler, are now expressing their readiness to sustain even the choice of Mr. Sumwer, rather than see the coalition broken up | and the whigs return to power. This feeling may not lead to Mr. Sumner’s election, but shouid the free evilers have the sense to substitute some other mun for him, he would be elected without much difficuity. Mr. Welker, now Secretary of State, as already been spoken of as a candidate upoa whom all the oppesition members would unite. He isa tree trade democrat, though he has acted with the free soilers tor some years past. On all the promugent measures of the day, excepting such as nught relate directly to slavery, he would be tound, if elected to the Senate, voting with the democratic party Ap attempt has been made by some members of the ward aod county committee of Boston city, and suffolk county, to send the democrats in the Legis- lature, who have voted for Mr. Sumner out of the party. Resolutions to that etlect were brought for- ward afew evenings since, and after some discus were laid on the table by @ vote of almost two toone. This movement has caused about aa much laughter as indignauen. Compared to what i was, he democraue party of Boston is as the Anatomie Vivante to the late Mr. Daniel Lambert; and for such @ party to tiemp: to denounce the representa~ aves of more than turty thousand old democrats, pesees ven the bounds of exaggerated caricature. nquestioanbly right iy their oppostton to the elec- tion of My. Summer, the eity bunkers of the ultra stare »ok the very best way to promote his inte- r shu Ming to decide tor otber people what they are bound to pursue. The more sensi- ble men Who are associated with them, saw this, ty smothered the absurdity. The demo- urty is ©O run doWn im this eity—so utterly heant and contemptible in every reso dared BOL piece @ nan ID HPOMNAnOD sgainet Stevenson, who was yesterday eleeted to the -preseytatives, to fill a vacancy sone of chose * good lord, good de roca, Sho} have eomeé tact and a good deal of cun- mang, Whooh they avd their friends are so lamenta- dom. He was see vacancy, because the whigs wail @ s leader, they being inimm nent dan- to jieces every day, from want of House. It is eujposed by them. , Stevenson will supply the desired tol Komen cement, and thet under his lead eo obeead like death on the pale My) Mevenson is, practically speaking. sstmnch an ebolwenist as Charles Sumner, and were Fe on Congress, as it was thought he would boa tow months ogo, he would give po vote on the slavery question diferent from what would be given by M eriothe same position, He was oppose neral Taylor's nomination, and for seme Ume it wos expected that he wor oo ena the free sorlers in 1848. He wrote to Daniei Web- ere scolding leitec about the Pagitive Slave law, to whieh be 1s himself warmly opposed. Yet, ia pie cfell this, he is en out-and-out Webster whig! You eee (o what # pase poliues have come in tis State, where they present such incongruous ass caters The lien and the > lying down to- ectber 2 nothing te for the lion might not have heen hungry when that eceurred Mr. Stevenson is the Feed of one of those great corporations which to long have governed Massachusetis, and which paye hun a selary of 96,000 4 year. You eee thot our besinese men are as well paidas Uncle Sem’s cab flicere. Li was because be did not wish to give up this spug place that he was not ent to Congress as Mr. Winthrop’s, or rather as Mr. Eliot's, successor. The ®tory was, at the time, thet the corporetion offered to coaunne him in the fat place if be would go to Congress; but, trem some cause or other, thaps from mere shame. he deciined accepting their offer. It would pave been neh to have had him get up in Congress and make # epeech in support of proté ction, to ena- bie the manufserurers te pay higher wages to ' work peopie.e ye power of the leaders of the anti-Sumner de- ipoctais has beeo much iojured in the House by b uct of their leaders ia ao election fight Not content with sileatly voting with the whigs, Mesers. Parker and Cushing made themseives cous spevers es advocates of the whig side of the ques joo, end ‘hos have given to their democratic oppo- ne pte & erpitalopportur ivy of identifying them with he ¥ witen they are not slow on tunnng to As it hos never been the custom of th wh > give quart cut their eppone democrats ur use of 9 » vot understand such ot their owe men. Mr y bePn denounced as aiming (o get bac whig party, whence he bolted some Who gives a sort of color to thi he feet (het attempts have been made to drop Mr Winthrop and to subst+ the only Maseachusect es who voted for tbe Fuginve Siav * nate for Senator, The idea is, to r Lhot es a Union candidate, in the ex- pfs cunng to him the votes of the haa ofthe Houve, ag “a choice of evils. © but that this would be the bes. thing i heppen to retrieve the falling fortunes of b op. ne (t woo'd aflord to them # reasop- « chanee of carrying the Biate at the nett prospects of dong whieh are vow Yet, even tf Mr Ehot shoutd ream in the House, he would fail of an election in the Senute—so that ‘ dodge” will not vay |. is greetty to be regretted that the henker de- mioerets have so acted as to leave the impression n many mands, origwally favorable to ther course, thet they are ready to apite with the whige The fice) will be to aid the abolitionists Their roc poley would have been to pursue a atraicht for word ee vor to evher whiga or to ab erm upon the public mind # strong proof of their sincerity. Ag they beve choeen Lo act otherwise, they can hardly complain at betog denouneed by some of those who mpported them as anteaho! tiouists cow de- ner ve them as whige, ond our whigs have aiways eheame er (or worse) Abollogiets tyan the free sotlere chemaelves | fod growing up emong the abdolitionmte a feel- ing of profound disgust toward our new Goveraor, whove devs, they affirm, will be short 1 the land ithe edop! come different policy, or want of m that by whieh he appeare to be now The free eoilers, who ¢ words bum ever since he endorsed t | stave Low in tus eddrees, complain that he lemonetration in favor of Me. Sum- eman’s friesds behaved so aking hin ‘al yoy phy putiiog bum thi king an about (he slavery matier “Th ut up eyes, and opened their i» Excellency stutle od * he tater, bey asset, ao very fall of “doug! shot they hare gever aince been able to speak arr friends he other band, the democrets declare that His xerilency ha me to the devermination of not novale from aking ony until the ee have b favorably setded free which seems to be the case 7 x h seed of (hi etate of things, ud declare « ther caalit opinion that e has uc puch of a shower, efter all de Island heve a ed Mr ? geoteman who *, great man, bat I seardothim before, ta sl distriets they have « Dore whig The recovermg trom r In that exque via who were © sold mpehire have ealled he nomnation of Mr F forth, Mr. At but his friends I wore, who is to . if he will accept the to things in the Granite leffersonian demo- nofepeech He lived fora . but became at Inst die hing but federal victorive Weer, whence, ahertly after “ The way t de one ¢ ron of freede im iLhode Ist h seeing tf vinauvon ng time hy that he od he ovotry at jd federalist dared (© open The probat a that the whi ormething out of the demoeratre dissen- sions ia New Hampshire HLONSA Home. THE HERALD tow, Feb 11, 1861 & letter taken of the nobie ToiehT hed he one who Our Mintater rar EDITOR OF w [ have joat read, i the Intelligencer fprend jowrnal. «peakii inieter Mr Case at Rome who did it inetend of ont commends and admiresthe ast Let me through our esbumns, thie preposition — The prosabing Weria's Pair will enll Rundreds, it not thousands our countrymen to Kurope. with pockets fall of gold. and hearts etill fuller of poble republican Christian oduct of ouP! bean che ra | feeling Now let each ene follow the example of Mr. Carr on & amall seale. by ifberating one State prise. nin There are olish. Russian, who need hat the Christian arm to be watatretchad = my World's N onnt yout voyage, it by raving to Mr. Sane, Ki solutiows, §¢.—Democratic State Convention. Tie free soilers of Connecticut met in this city yeeteray, (© nominate a State ticket for their sup- port at the coming April election. The attendance was very small in numbers, although the weather was fine. Rev. Mr. Stav was on hindto open the Con- vention with prayer. Austin F. Williams, of Farmington, was chosen President. Waterman Roberts, of Hartford; Julius Clark, ot Lebanon, and J. T. Hutchins, of Killingly, Vice Presidents. J. R. Hawley and E. R. Hitchcock, Secretaries. A commitiee was appointes to nominate caudi- dates for State officerg, who reported the follow- ing, and the report was adopted: Jobu Boyd, of Winchester, '+r Governor. Wilham Field, of Pomfret, Lieut. Governor. Jesse G. Baldwin, of Middletown, for Treasurer. Joveph W. White, of Hebron, far Secretary. ‘Walter Webb, of Meriden, for Controller. The Committee on Resolutions, through Hon. John M. Niles, reported a lor resolutions than any ing of Wetherticid peacnes ever put together, Ae they are so verbose, I give your readers—suve occasionally—only the pith of them For further particulers, see free soil papers. Resolved, That the present tone of public in the country, ccoasioued by the unexe tion the past year, a than at any period in our histor etrenuous efforts of ail true friends of our pepular institutions, to counteract the consequences which nis otherwise entue. [This reeolution is given ver- ati. Reschred— Accusing both the leading political parties of absndoning their recently professed opposi- tion to the turther extension of slavery, trom their with to save their identity as parties Kesolved—Ridiculing the idea that the union of these Btates is in danger, as “too talee and shallow to deceive apy intelligent person.” Rerolved, That the “compromise measures,” as they are faleely called, have not * settled” the great ques- tion which for eeveral years has agitated the country ; whether the territories which we Lave acquired from Mexico sball be protected trom or left open to the er- tension of slavery This question is still undecided, and d+ mends that public sentiment should be brought to bear upon it through the national councils, whose action will comtrol the result. (This resolution is as ated) * wet) ee That our political system is not one o force. but one of moral power. Resolved, That “ the Nerthern politicians have been fulse to their constituents, to liberty, and many efthym to (heir proteasions, apd bave disgraced themeelves ane the country by evpporting «lew for the reclama- tow Of tygitive laves.”” Ko. Kesolved—To oppore the law until it shall be re- enied i Kesolved, * That the present reaction, unfavorable to constitutional liberty, should not discourage the true triends of freedom,” &o Resolved, That the present eadmipistrat on. in ite scandelour eubserviency to bas ta. ry protession its Iriende before ani power, end has forfeited all claims to P people whore first and bighret interest is liberty — vbilet nominally rustaied by both of the old parties, tis regarded with Gistrust aod disapproba- tion by # large majority of the people. vb the ig of Reeciv the whig and democratic parties stand on the eame pl “* ita ion fy only one over erefore cangerour Kesolved That we cal) on all citizens te come up to their heip to reform every sbuse y perance @ just rystem of taxation, greater economy ia public expen c. Beecived Thet they bave nished confid in the power of tru it tree roiliem will ultimately prevail. democratic party will meet M this city next week, to nominate their State ucket and to transact other business, all which we shall duly chronicle for the benefit of your resdera. Our Porte Rico Correspondence. Sr. Jouy’s, P K., Jan 10, 1851 Afgars on the Island—Internal Improvements— Steam Narigatiom—The Governor of the Island — Wants of the Peeple—The Sugar Crop, §c. I think another foreign house here, either Eng: lich or American, (the latter especially,) associated with, or employing natives for their inland business, would do remarkably well, aud, by its rivalry, di- vide @ fortune which others are making fast, and on safe ground. Pianters’ business, when weil con- ducted, is very profitable. But there is suil another enterprise worth the at- tention of the enterprising capitalist of the North— hat the cons'ruction of # railroad be tween Areet ha’s, which it is cons\- dered wor jsome interest, and pay tor (te cost in the course of a few years, Both the government and the people of the island are long- Mow for lie construction; but there is neither deter- Mmicetion Hor acu on the fa ofthe latter. Toe governmen! does enough, ihiok, by exempting trom apy duty Whatever, any aricies imported for the construction of the sad rood, and, besides, is dispored to great its protection, and sundry privi- leger, fo any foreigners who would undertake to build the road a) thea expense The distance from Arecibo te St Joha’s, (or rather Catano, on tbe eppoeile side of the harbor—a steamboat call ed the Catene, has been lately butt at Paila- deiphia, and ts intended to ply between Camano and St. Johre)—is ‘rom thirty-six to forty novles,* through « flat country. and, with the ex- ception of & couple of leagues of marshy ground, the best adapted for the purpose of railway buileing ger plantanons abound everywhere open vie of Chas te ry, und the line would run through (clerebly setded country, having in ite rear six towns ond villages on the north, aud ubout pice en the south side. The confluence of paesengers on this road Would be immense; nothing to be snidof the oumber of sugar hogsheads that would run vpow the same, to be shipped at St John’s, thos + «sing cousiderably the exporis jo this part of the istaod | consider the above articles worth the attention of the enterprising men of the North, Should they prove mceresuing 0 any of them, and should they Wish detailed information on the subject, oronany other concerned with promoting business in the sull virgin, and to he worked Istand of Porto Rico.” T wend give the nomen of two individuals residing in Saint John’s, “ho, for the probity of their cbs Tecter, as weillas tor their influencial position, are the best Leould pot out as references, aad who would be ready tone! as agents in any transaction woh the goverment r quired tor the project of the ralroed building Jobo Lindgren, Esq , Consul of H_ BM , «cd Mr Comelius Kortnght, a notable planter aod merehant,are the persons, and they would spare no trouble, tor the rake of improving the material condition of che wland of Porto Rico The people of Une stand, although not forgetting the well learned Dow Manuel Nunez, feel satisfied, and hove ip ministras tion of the me, Don Migue| Loyez de Acevedo, a frank, popular gentle- * pot Mies any opportunity ta hi to promote the interest and welfare of the island— huneelf heme a © free urader,” which principle he hae shown truly to fo low, by his doings, in the face of the world. If this gentleman remains in Pe Buco, be will surely ehenge the present trade of the teland a more extensive and prosperous one; be id he be removed from office this very oy, by & chaoge, ané Ins name, ever dear tous, woold (here remean to remiod us of his generous tee triton, and exertions to im:rove our com: merce, and consequently, our welfare. May he nue! we! © give you an idea of our wents consequent vpon (he rapid increase of population and good aste of (he iwhebitente:—We want a few good en tailors here, one, especially, that would receive his yoods from Pore direct; the tulore here do aot We also want shoe- vnderetand ther business makers, well couple of fash ty of business tn St. John's cron, and alee a homaopathe p their branches, would be wele specially, and abowe all, we are in great want of a nudwife in this city; there is but one at present, who ie moking » fortane, and cannot attend to the mont calls she hae [have known her to leave a ponent for half an hour, during which time she aseisied another more fortunate, and charged for it # doubloon, (817) In the interior and other plecee on the land, midwives are very scarce ; physicians and ¢rug stores are also very scarce in he interior of the isiand The # row of this year is very abundant The Me Cornelio Kortright, the first in the isiand, wil make 2.500 hogeheads. The wea- ther continues frverable for the grinding, &e ELorewent ano Anreer ov Tae Parties On Saturday morowe a men by the oeme of Day, and L Women occompanying him, ard aad ther men's wile, were arrested in this pla turocd to Maseachusseta They came here the evening previous over the Ashuelot road, and took lodgings at one of the public houses as hu and wife, intending to have pursued their j northerly, on Saturday; but just as they were atep- ping aboard the Cheshire cars for that purpose, the Athuelot came in with the officers who were in urevit, end who made the arrest. Day ia said to ave e wife and three children in New York, himerit having been at work in Holyoke, Mass., for corre Gime past, where he had become acquaint +d with this woman. He had stolen, from some of his relatives, two hundred dotiara, to aid him along in his )lenaure tour, fifty of which was found in the porerasion of the woman with whom he was aseo- ciated She, it is enid, left a husband and one child at Holyoke. When arrested, she manifested a good degree of indiflerence, waving she “had done no- thing for which they conld kill her, and she eared nothing aboutit.”— Keene (N.H_) Sentonel, Fed. 12. he United States in 1880, CENSUS STATISTICS OF THE OHIO WHEAT BELT—POPI'= ; Lasiee, wewas AND onewre. ofl Our fifth section ‘of Ohio is the wheal belt. We do not mean, of course, that wheat is not raised ed well and largely all over the State; but this belt or section includes the counties mostremarkable for the growth of wheat. They are the counties which Tie in what might be termed the north centre of the State. Lying immediately in the latitude of the wheat district of Peansylvania, they have received their emmgraiion chietly from that State, and have been cultivated much in the same manner. They lie on rol! lands, mostly watered by the upper tributaries of the Musiangum, viz: the Tuscara- was, the Killbuck, the Mohican, Owl Creek, the Licking, and in part by tae Mahoning and its tribu- taries. The fifteen counties, which we include ia this section, raised, in 1840, six millions three hun- dred bushels of wheat, or twe- fifths of all raisedin the State, which contains 87 counties. ‘ir proportion of the wheat crop, therefore, is treble that of any other section, and entitles them to receive the cognomen of “ wheat belt,” in con- tradistinction toany other species of culture. At the same time, the attentive observer will not fail to remark soa God section alee, includes ae lar; e portion, ep, BO it is distingu’ or Bor articles. ‘i _ In order to present the wheat culture in this sec- tion, and the vast agricultural resources of cma a prores Point of view, the reader may take t! following comparisons Firet, fifteen counties of Ohio raise more wheat: (or did in 1840) than any State of the Ame- rican Union, except three, viz: New York, Penn- sylvania and Virginia. Secondly, it raises double, meee treble, all the wheat of New England. Thirdly, it raises more wheat than the entire South eight States), lying south of the Roanoke and the Tennessee rivers. In one word, this single sec- tion would characterize Ohio, as fiteraliy the land of bread. But we hope, by the aggregate statistics of 1850. to establish this point more clearly, and show Ohio to be, beyond dispute, the land of bread, of wine, of cattls, of sheep, and of everything which results from the riches of nature, aad the mndu of man. The fifteen counties, more immediately in the Papen belt, their population and growth, are as lollows :— 1840, 1860. Inc. per cent, Ashland, new county... — 28 627 «++ 18108 = 17,686 “Columbiana ++ 40378 = 83,001 Belmont... 80.901 86240 14 per cent. 21690 = 26 703 t. 21.748 30.458 ~—-10 per cent. 20.162 - 29438 =: per cent. 28.793 decrease, ~ 20.381 it, Licking. 38.761 *Richiand .. 30.879 Btark. 39 980 Tuscarawas. 81,730 Woyne...... 008 Total.............407 241 439400 8 per cent * The county of Columbiana was diminished, by the Joss of six townships, putin the county of Ma- honing, and included in the Western Reserve sec- tion. The county of Knox was diminished by the creation of Morrow The counties of Richland and ‘Wayne were diminisbed by the erection of the new county of Ashland. In the new counties of Ma- honing and Morrow, (which we placed wm other sections.) are per 000 people, who for- merly belonged to the counties of this section. But, after making all allowances, this great and neh rection of Ohio has ouly increased 10 per cent (!)—far below the increase of any other sec- tion When we first asceriained this fact, we saw that Obio must fall at least 100.000 below the estimates of many persons. The reader will ask the cause? Why? A little knowledge of that section, and « moment’s reflecuon, will make the cause palpable. In the first place, the culture of wheat and sheep require lees labor (that is, fewer persons) than almost any other branches of agri- culture; far less than that of indian corn. Second- ly, the population (48 an agricultural community) hao elready rebched a large ratio, and therefore oflered less room for growth; and it had little miveral, and almost no town, developement. It must, therefore, in the nature of things, increase tiowly ull its other resources are developed; and of these it has an immense amount The county of Tuscarawas alone bas cou! enough for the United Staies; ond, after a while, the hulls of Coshocton and Tusvarawas will begin to be peopled with miners, and the vales of Columbiana and Lickin be made lively with woolen factones But thatia Jor the next step in progress. Thirdly, one of the maim reasons for the almost stend still thet these Counties present, is found in the paradox, thet they are 100 nich aad prosperous to grow. For exarople, the large farmers in Car- roil, Harnsen, Columbians, Wayne, Xe., buy oat li farmers, end thus increase their own farms aud the emount of their products. The con- sequence is, that the people who would have be- come & large increment in the growth of popul lion, #1e made emigrants to lowa, Missouri, Min- nescte, and Calitoroin. The section of O richer than betore, in produc! Is NOt less; for Very man sts Onder his own vine and fig tree (which means tn Ohio yellow grein and woolly eheep), loeks over his cultivated fields, end ry joes im tis half dozen flaxe eu-baired Saxone The comparative growth of this section since 1830, is as follows :— Population Increase 1830. a 28,112 -- Ina. 407,241 53 per cent, Is. 459,400, 8 do. We see, in this, a very rapid falling off from a heavy increase from IS to IMO, 10 a very emall one from 1840 to Indu This section has, 1 round Mmiler—aend, ther equare mile equare mole the therefore, for some yes than thir se cet The growth of the chief towns in the wheat see tion have been as follows: nombers, 5,000 square bout 55 persons to @ 15 more to the which will, Derease faster 1850. Steubenville . 610 4,155 3,007 2797 2.604 1AiG 1264 1,14 Cembridge..... - 104k Mi. Vernon. 3,051 BO sce scacscceceess 16,001 27,16" The amount of town px bout one- fifteenth of the whole, while it ts more than one at the Miami county and in the Seiore Valley one-revewth. The density of agricultural popula- ton is os ereatio the whe { Ohio, as in almost any part of the «. Bot we most reserve the comparative efi kinds of occupation upon populatior chapter. of diffe noth ni Tue Wrattuinst May iw Vian -A corree- the K peaking of moo Samue! Hair. ion, of Pittsylva When I was in his ween he waa the owner of between sixteen aud nteen hundred slaves, in hie own raht, hav but a little while before taken @ cengus. He «iso hoe a p reht to about ome oh wussnd slaves mor bow owned by bis mother-in (ow, Mrs. uch Haire sion, he having married her only child. He haw now the manogement of them, which makes the number of his ves reach neat thre bousand They imereare at the rate of near one hune every year, ond he has to purchase u jorge plan tien every year to #ettie th laree number ot bis plantations are in Henry and Patrick coun ties, Virginia. He hae large estates ia North Caro line. His landed property and stock alone, is a sevsed at ex hundred thousand dollars His wealth te diflerently estimared at from thre five mil is, and T should thy nearer the Intter hard lot; bul | assure you Mr ee all hie maliers as easy as mos pe estate of 810,000. ie bas over seers who are compelled to give him a writter statement of what is made and spent on each plea- tation, ead his negroes are ail « od and fed from hie own domestic manufacture and saising, leaving his tobacco erop, which neely latge, as oe much clear gam every year, bemdes his increase n negroes, Which is a fortune of itself. And now for hie residence. | have travelled over filteer States of the Union, and have never seen anythin comparable to hie yard and garden, except some o them in the Mississippi deita--and aone of thenr equal it. Mrs. Hairston hasbeen beautifying it for yeare—and @ good old ter, ia 5 ry pear the place, and describing Paradise “Tt te ead, ae beantiful ns Mr. Hairston s,” of ns a friend, had vietted Washington city for the first time, r marked, that “ the public grounia were nearly as Samuel Heirston's’ Mr. [lairstow gentleman, and has never world, though he could vie handsome and it is strange that While their wealh is co-ex- tensive with (he Union, he is not known one bane dred miles from home | believe be ignow the weelthieet man in the Union, av William B. Astor is only worth about $4,000,000, and the estates of city people are vastly overrated, while Mr. Haire ston can show the property (hat will bring the cash atany moment. Mr Hairston wae rowed withiae few miles of where he now lives, in Heary count He hae several brothers, who sre pretty well to te in the world. One of them, Marsh Liairston, of Henry, owns more than 700 negroes. Kobert H ware now lives in Missiamppi, near 1,000; and la sip in Hairston, who haealeo moved to Mise about 600 slaves. Geo. Ai of Henry most all of hie hildeen only about 150 for his own wor hai given reeerving