The New York Herald Newspaper, May 31, 1856, Page 2

AFFAIRS IN KARSAS. Summary of the Kansas Vows. MAWREMCE 840KED—PRIVATE DWELLINGS BROKEN PEN AND PLUNDERED—THE CITIZENS BODBED— YREE STATE MEN MUADERED—WOMBN AND CE:LD- DREN DRIVEN INTO THE STREETS. FREE STA(E AQCOUN?. {Correspondence of the St. Louia Democrat.) A little before sunrise on Wednesday worning, May 21, ® body cf men armed with Unived States muskets cannon, sypeared ap0n mille southeast from bil! about three-fourths of onal the towa of Lawrence. Addit forces Goutinued to arrive for severa! hours, from the it~ weevon of Lecompton, und also Franklin fend nine o'clock, par! mort, by Gov. Robin evericoking the town. Between eight the troops moved down to the ‘sboase, to a bid Immediately About eleven o’ciock, Umited States Deputy Marshal W. P. Pain, with @ porse of eignt men, came into Law: geived st the Eldridge House. woved several prot rence. They were reepesttully re- The Marshal fret ang ent citizens to &id his posse, and ‘then prosee ed to arrest Jadge Smith and Col, Dettozier om a charge of high treason. the reading 200m of ‘the Marshal wished un room and enbdmitted himee!f to the arrest. Judge Smith was sitting enotel, and when informed thi to se@ bim, be cheertully went into Daring bere proceedings there was uo stir or excitement in the town, acd not more than tweaty or tbirty men ware Bbout the streets. The Marshal and ie posse took din- wer ot the ootel, after which Gol. Bid ge went with his Beck, acd conveyed the prisoners aad & part ol bis posee to the camp. The Martha) now dismissed his eatire poste, and Sher Jones immediately summoned them all And then commenced the ecenee disgraceful to bomanity, deetrac'ion 1 Kansas, and the hnows About cre o'clock posee of twenty-five and bayone's. "They exalted for Genera! Pomeroy. wtated be bad reveras ‘of waicb God only P. M., Jones role into town with & mounted men, armed with maskets proceeded to the botel, nad Jones He oame to the coor. Jones times Deea renisted in that place— attempts bad deen made to assastina‘e him—and be now deoisred that Ihe hot bis i fe, “determined to execute the law, If nd now (said be) I demand of you, a8 ‘the mort prominent man in the place, the surrender of aM she caunon ard rifles that you bavs, ani I give jou fve misntes to decide whether you will give up,” teking out his watch, and coting tha time. Tha Genera! went zp to stew minutes, and wven ap; ut that sor, «xcept such as were priva Dose could net be # pinion tb perty, and requssted 2 committee room, sad retarned replied thst the caanon would de there were xo rifles in the te property, and that ones seemed to de of vurrendered. hey bed cities waich were not private pro- bad i him to stack sll ihey mueet, and said that fuch a@ could bs provad to be pri vate property would be returned. By thie time the wbele poste, Variously estimated at ‘com fiva to eight buadred meu, were marching dowa vue 3 the south sige. imto town © ‘The cennon (fonr pi through the street. ieces) were produced snd oarriel One was m brass six pounder, the ethers ttle popgune, which ® msn conid comiertadly erry cn his shoulders, james pow told CLE Bwned the foraitare, fet be wee anting strict'y un¢erjor st Lecompion had declared the hotel aad presses a: rence @euifance, on would give Col. Lic odor. | Kar iege replied 2 ta lees (ume than Jones refused. rwarde woet of it was barred w ‘iaw snd o7ler”? mob was pouring into the sues: abe rericents, mon, women and children sought shelier in te ac joining wooar, I —that is sill ask. No rifies © piéridge, who thet the holel mast . The ¢ cverel up. ordered bin to destrey 2” A part of ‘emoved b7 the posee as plund th the bonse, By tnis ne fret property Cestroyed was tke prese of ths Kansas Free State, whicn wos ining to the cflice, with excl a large quantity of miscetlane7us books, ‘the rtzest, mutilated and destroyed. wag 1: mar (‘South ola: Own into the river, and evary- The ficg of the waa holsted a and Southern Fights 2 warst upon the houre of G. W, Browo, of the Hrraid of Predom, and afterwards upon the hotel. and tverything in the office shared t ether, soda wsgon pied op the street. Jones promised In Property ehould de destroyed. Brows’s pres aa tha load of books aud at po private 3 were broken the commencemert ‘i Bat bo epen and rifled cf whatever evied the fancy of the mob. ‘Looks, boits or bare were no £6 doors were broken open and destr valuabiee to 2 large ty. Windows and 3, and money and amount missing 'It wes currentl , and oncon’radicted, thet eigat thousaad dal- Jers, chitfly in money, was loet from 008 house, At five o'clock three cannon ‘rere placed in the street, Swelve or fiteen rods east of the hotel, and some thirty ebots were fired, shattering the wail consideradly, Dut proving altogether too alow a method of de these ‘aw and orier” men. Toey then cet éifferent hege of powter ander it. vanding in dures sot at the fog wea in a bisze. the shcute and ‘be trinmpb oflaw and order in bursirg the hozse of 6 ¥ fare. The floor was 0 m tor to the places. acd put several The flames and smoke soon windows, and the whole build- The walls trembled and fell, and yels of roelaimed W. Brown wae twice & arbed through. The fire wae Smally extinguished by some young man oflawrenca, The moo threatened 10 e200t them, bat ed, several o bers wus: certainly bav- inis house bad b pd Atehiecn, i: i raid, ing of tbe a who Lad oc! ef spnecent, un: flen The wed vegan to dis; cme by excitee: =. They Ato the ¢: (ue mar of the » trem the b Th let, anc }'l] rhoct He died ‘he next nizh ly bali 1 bent on dertroy ing every honve ia the piace, were msde urgicg th cf Georgia, with mazy othe tel or soupified by liq. ening Gey. Robiascn’s house w ed. I there would hsve teen danger o Many of mov were od speeche @ destraction of the wacie town. acvised moderation. 2! wers opp? ‘ted wosp ¢ tender nea, ashe f a0 nour before eonest, had left the town. A lew, over 10r, iny inaenzisie bz tue pesple of were unharmed round. And the ‘jaw’ in Lawrence dren at Lawrence si jend'y sheltering huddled togesaer in 50 WAS ve man wes kille’ Prem the cumbers whom It did nos de: put the Aa ar ataa Marchal, are’ now cade lea rl searched and Stave men ebot Lg Rovere Atebiecn sod sonri mob, Two of witchel, of the New two other mea for neazd several aeer and having kille ie Cetnite nas ye’ dered. fenees, ke, Govern wappiisd every member of Ba an4 munitions of ws ment ae bie pres, and the ge Governor & editor of itivens of Lawre Miller. of “ne Kansas | ru ‘the bill Brown, Faq wins, both sre held a* them i# not yet known. and nsolt Bim ip variour r Robizeon LAWRENCE NOT ROBBYD—THE City Bave nivo sven Judge Fa Deputy Marshal and he bad obeyed bis pro the execution of cv rion of the movnd ! moruing United trom four to ’cloek the Marshal porse four to the prisoners Bie force, The over this result iat bis authority, emple of contemuing it, sad Judge of the Lecompton distric Donaldson had performed bi bad recovered from acoaeeinate bim in wummoned the sai to Law: et been the prevalent opinion ome ada: hondred mew. & Toprxa, Ken: med pores, o8'l nom. Way Now code of our Ha en comprny, leit . They reached t dusk, and as pat sp ds d two of them. sas apon their epitie, etesting vv Shepnon has cormmissioned and d's company with arma r. The Maceha! gives them employ. ay acd bare D tarriv , retercing mainly wrencs and thereabon , Who acted an United Sheriff in Lawrence, and mal items of ne 7 #us, early on VoInesiay > men wh) a ae De eports bsfc Beates M slamation calling sin writs im front of Laws vent his deputy, of ¢ Faia, into the onte the writs. arre ew and deli the Marrhel, and he dismiesed ence people wera dianoves to ex ing that 1d not intend to though the wourd received ia awrente, appesred on t @ wen to ald him ioe He tock yy men with him, andr ence ni of the Free Sia t ap, av it known, of a forttficationmand, calling for Gen United States » oF b> 41 giving bim £ 19 decide whotber be woald eurende; thep cr ing that bp desized to effert | precee of aztiller this purpose peaceably and quistly. Pome: eunsulied with the others, agreed to delres by ren, and Sfteem minutes furcber time was aiowed to slack tbem in the etreet. Cobh Eldridge, who keeps the hotel, was then req nested by Sheriff Jones to move bis ferniture from the building, rt ‘hima two hoare to do itin. But this he refused todo, d the poste entered, and removed most of the furniture into the street. The artillery wae then placad in front of the hotel, and fired upon it till the wails began to fall, when tire was put to it, and it was Jeft in ruins. The printing materials of the Herald of Freedom office, and cf the Kansas Free Stae office, were tben taken and thrown into the river. It waa the express order of Saeriff Jones that no private property should be injared, and particularly that Gevermor Robinson’s house snoald not be touched; but it became impossible to restrain the crowd, and the presses, &o. were cestroyed, and, after a portion of the poese bad left the town, Robinson’s bouse was fired, put out, aud again set on fire, and burned down. 13 was a two story irseme, This was the ex'eat of the damage to property. One man, who was observed attemptng to make hir escape from 8 house, during toe Dest of the excitement, was fired upon and Killed, aod s pro-slavery man was Cangeronsly injured by the (alling of brick trem the hotel walie, Another pro-siavery msn was accidentally shot, but be will probably get Wherif Jones guve General Pomeroy # receipt for 8} the rifles and caunon rurrendered by him to tae aztiori- jes of Douglas county. Jacob Branson, Whore name bas figured eal in faire of Kansas, was arrested on the 19ta, by Dapu- ty Sheri Fata and four otbers, Ha was taken at hie house. He threaiened to skoot the ¢fficers, and puta rifle through the crack of the bouee, but did not fire. Ris wife opened one cf the doors, with » pistol in esch band, and warned them not to approach a step nearer; but the trigger not pulled. Finally, Branson egreed to eurrender. The evening before Lawrence wae red, a man was killed at Branson’s bridge. He waa bsiled by the picket guard, refured to anewer, started to ran, and was fred upon and shet in the back. The came evening two of the pleke! guard were out about one mile from Lawrences; ibey were met by five n from the towo—were asked i! they belonged to the pro-slevery party, and on answe: ing that they cid, they ‘were fired upen, one of them receiving # shot fa the aria e otber shot one of the asesiiante in the head—and of them then escaped. Governor Shannon, {t was underetood, would requert that 100 o! the regular troocs honid be stationed in Lawrence, 100 in Topeka, and 100 at Osawatomie. Sheriff Jones bad some writs to serve at Topeka, smd it was re ported that about 100 of the malcontents had aseembled ‘at the Bg Spring 2o give him battle, but, after the ossur- ences at Lewzence, his will nar‘ly ‘te done. At Osaw remie Judge Onto, of the District Court, bad been p.: vented from holdicg his court by threats of violens yrand Jury from the tree Slate men, and tu! on Was Ceemed Lecersary. ere were sdout three hundred cilizens of Lawrence town on Wednesday, and meny of them were rated st their jeaters, bessase hey bad Generteé im she hour o” their diffisulties, and they vowed that they weuld not sgain be found in resistance to the lawe of tke Territory. A good many vere passengers on the Star of the West, revurning to the bast. 2: Wood, one of the great mischief makers in Kacsas, is eaid to Fave fied to Geveland, Ohio. Nothing was known of Reede [From the Independence, Mo., Diepateb, ex'ra, May 23) We learn from a gentleman jus’ from Lawrence, thas he passed there on yesterday ia*e in the afcernoon, and tha: et thet time the Sheriff, Jones, who was not killed, wae ex ing the process of the courts. He bad ar- rested several prisooers charged with high offences, and bed, under process from the cotrte, sba‘ed several nai- sancee—ar ongst others, the Pmigrant Aid Hotel, ia re- ity a fort, amd bailt to enable Robinson and bis band to hold cut against the jaws. The two printing presses werecestroyed, and a large quan ity of material. Several were taken, and about two bundred still greatly exas rifies, No vislence was done toany person in the town or to sey private property, nor any insult offered to apy Teen. Peitp to the very hour of Sheriff Jonen’ entry upon the preelsimed their resistaace vo the ies, apd their valieut determinstion Uo die at the end of their guns bifore they would submit. enmed entry of thst geptlemsn among:* them, however, produced wonderfal change in their felings. It canpet be ebarged new that Missovrians bed any band int for it is certain that the whole force on the ground was of the Perritcry itself, and did not number one fourth of the Southern citizens Moke | It doudtiess will te cbazged to be another Mirscuri iaasion, aud we émphatically give i the He nm a?vance. Thera ave large numbers ci oar cilicena who sympathise with their friends in Keress, but their senss of night se well a3 of policy, prevented them from gcieg, and they have not dene so. I! is the tena side residente of the Territory who have contributed to this triumph cf the laws, aniis thows to al] the world t toey can aod will ree them executed, AN EMIGRANT AID £OCIETY HOTEL IN DANGER. The hot] st Kanene City (Mo.}, which is cee'd to belong tothe Fm'grant Company, is threatened with destrac- tien, The following proclamation for a meeting of the citizens, called by ihe Mayor, was ior that purpose — (OTIZENS?-MELTIN A meeting of he citizens will _be held at the Mayor's cffice ib e evening. consider measures to ike Americen eve), Le: re & general atésa- M. J. PAYNB, Mayor. THE ADMISSION OF KANSAS, Majority Report of the Committee on Terri- teries of the House of Representatives, Waseincr0n, May 29, 1856. Mr, Grow, of Pennrylvavia, representing the msjority ye on Territorise, made the iolewing re. whom was referred the ecesitution adcpted by tbe people of Kensas on che 1bth ci Decemter, 1865, and the memorial of the members ct the Legisiatnre, elected under ite au‘hority, Proyirg Conprest to admit \Kaneas nea State into the confecera:y,’ Laving bad the same under cons.deration, beg leave 10 submit she following report: Since the edoption of the Federal Constitution eigateen h which five ritorlal existence. Of the thirteen that bave bad Territorial coveraments five were xémitied with constitutions firmed without any previcus act o. Congress authorizing the same, c: of Congress to ndmit States is of the most eré is conterred by the con 7 Sintes may de anion.” The time, ence mode and manner of to the diseretion of Co By the conetitr*ion Tequisite that th onid Eave in form of gx The iret questi that arises on the a) ‘ate for aduciesion, is, coes ite c mstiiutiou secure a n form of govern Ii e0, wouls toe wel- 6 people sad the general interests of tue whole country be promoter by ive admieston? To é?termine this, involres an inquiry ae tof Yer of i's population, the condition of its society, m fon on. A Territorial govern- imited ia the exercise of reof greatly ea in their ection, should be 20% aly so long as the necessities which mire rice to it During i sheir ralere, nor etx political power p of a State government this vision recuits pot only fiom the power verted tn Ong by the constitution ‘telf, government and ihe necestity The setilere of a Ter numbers aud widely : savege an) wild bew aion of the wih ‘onfficient numb re, themselves appotats and ictal offige nce, must bare #35 wer cver their acts. Were it orher wise, Congre ved in unlimited expenditares for leg aliz poses woich it entirely d:saoproves. While the eapscity govern themse’yos {4 the same, whe-h dtory, their rei the govern t o! complaint thet they must «uhait to all the incident to their new and ohinged positf on In the Staten they are members of an organized com- monity which makes ite owa laws, elec and pays Territory do rone of there indiapenwad'e re g ae ther are they cennot exercise a sovereign peop! when ‘heir nambers and wesith are aniiisient he people desire to ‘ake cpr them- ond expere? y oeeasion for the ¢ ehip of € and no reason why their request should be delsy: refused. Ir th> popuistion of xan- , then, rofle’ent te rupport an elic'ent Siat without impowing excessive purdena its people? ¥ perty, dent ax Bu pon Taking che estimate lary of th communierted to Ova- tory Inst Osiober war erritary baee any- wading, the G t { Kansss would now be Each month, from ¢ ie! tion of Congress Ing varied in almort precedent. Tennessee, & ite a every ina ted I ala tion of 34,311 id December 10. ber aftwie 176, ed March 2, 1821, had, by *hs con popuistion of 55 068 kanses, admitted Jane 15, 1836, bad, by ta. of 1890, a white population Fiorita, sdmitves Merch of information, ia nesrly or q present fractions! ratio for@ member tates, aod greater than that of many of the = + cena preceding their edmierion into the Union, r re can be o Lid objection or satolcelca oo ScgC Lunt Of ipesMigient popolaticn, NEW YORK HERALD; SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1856. Conqsees Soka power the: can estabiah: at a}] times be eudject to the control of Congress, and cap be changed, m , of abrogated, only Py consent of Co: Bet it i immaterial whether that consent be expreseal C tt is trne, passed ¢ auth Te ereatl a conventions alleen Weg oes dene’ ts the ca Mic! Florida or of Terese, Arkansas, : lowa; nor it sbeolut mecewary in any case. An. enabling sct bas never been incie, for the people to act, and no evil has ever resu! ite omission. The principal can give validity to the action of the agent in all cases, liber dy prior anthority or by res0g- nition subsequent thereto. General Ja: ia replying through B. }, Butler, bis Attorney General, to a letter of the Gcvernor of Arkansas, asking of the President in- structions as to his duty in preven! the pespie of that Territory ‘rom holéirg @ State Conveation without su- thority of Congress or of the Legislature, saye:— They ordeubied); jean the ordic: eges and hy relive Uniied Sates,” Aangug ince pide go 12858 = Swtes a is i] bt of the pecp.e “pescemoly 10 sesemb! on, "vere mi tor Tretress of = ae exercise f thie right the inbepiiacts of arkansas peweadiy "hecen 0 rich ascemiew Tor She purpose of petesaing, Ooo: choeen by 8 gress lo-abrogsie the Terr Government’ and iosdmil \hem inte the Union as an indey t State, The particular form whieh tbey may give to :belr pe‘i'oa cannot be mater! so long Se they confine themselves to the mere right of pel!ioning, and conduct ail thelr proceadiags ta ® pearesd'e marrer. And ssibe power of Ooagrees over the whole subject 's plenary and un imited, they may accept Sy consiitu‘ion, bowever framed, which in thelr judgment moots the sense of the vecp’e to be affected by it. 1f, :Rerefore, the cit zens of Arkansas tbink proper {2 9902a- pony ibelr petition by B Written erasiruin. freed and treed on by them ‘2 0 assem )ilea, or cf delegates choeen by sueh sesemblies, I jectien to their power do 60. 4s to the power of ihe Territorial Legislature to confer any eu’ hority, be ssys:— {t jg rot in ‘be power of ‘he General Assembly of Arkaaras 0 peas any isw ior the purpose of elec Ing member) !0.@ 990- Veution (o forts a ccntt"ution and State govercment, nar todo to create gush new gov- err meat, 5 even | it were sporoved by the Govercor of the Terrtcry, would be null aad void. In 1835 the people of Mishigen, after repeated failures to odta'n an act of Congrese authorizing @ Sta‘e Convea- tion, called one themseives withou: any such au:hority, elected delegates, formed and adopted a constitution, and under it elected State officers, United States Senators and @ representative to Congress, and at the ensniag session of Congrees presented their application for ad- mission asa State into the Union. Congress, on the 15th of Jane, 1826, admitted ber, on enrdition that her peo- convention to be ealled for that purpose, mt toa cbange of boundary, wa'eh ssrent, ned, the President was to announce by pro clamation, and thereupon Michigan was to besome one of the S ‘ates of the Union without any iurther legislacion. The State Legis'ature called a convention to consider the terme fixed by Coxgrees for ber admistion, and provided for the mo of delegates; but that convention #9 called, aud represemed by delegates from every county in the State, rejected the terms of admisicn, Their action was mot satisfactory to &@ portion or & ty’? of the people, snd withont any legislative set whatsoever, called convention and accepted ‘he terms of admission proporei dy Congress, though the pple of large cections of tne State refored to take any part in thie convention, regard- ing tt as illegal snd revolutionary. The proseedings of both conventions were sent to (ene- ral Jackson, who communicated them to Congress oy mersage, in which be esye:— ‘The fret convention wase'ecie! by the people of Mizbiges purenantts en xc: ct the Siae Lexisis ure passe! oa the 26:4 Of July Inst, m o-nsequenee of the sbove mentioned act of Congresa, and iba: it declined giving ilsaseen: to tbe fandsmen- jal condition prescrived hy ‘orgrers, and rejested the same. | Tre second eonven:ion was not held or elected by virtue of any act of the Ferritorial or Sate Legisisture. It origia- sied trom ihe peopie themselves, &2d was cbosen by them in pursuance of resolves adopted in primary asvem?iiee, beid in cir respective conn ties. ‘Yet, in view of all these cireums‘ances, the Presiden’ declared that if the proceedings of thie leet eonvention had reached him during the recess of Congress he shoald have iseued hie proclamation, as required ig Gk Con- grese; but as Congress was then in se-sion, he submitted the proceed irgs of both conventions for i's action. Under there circumstances, Michigan was admiited inw the Unicn by act of Con , passed January 26, 1837, by a vote cf 153 to 45 im the House, and bat 10 voter sgainst it in tre Senate. The people of Kansas, with far greater reasons than ever exieted heretofore fo any case for a departare from the neva! forme of proceeding, folowing the precsden’ of Michigan snd cther States, and acting in accordance with the ezuetitutiors] exposition of General Jaskson and cther exinext cotemporaneous tateemen a3 to their rights, met ip c’nvention, formed s State constitution, and now present their acticn for the approval of Congress, Does the consti‘ution presented meet the approval snd sense of the people to de affected by it? If #0, is it expe cient, under all the circumstances, to grant their appli cation at this time? ‘A proper sclation of there questions requires a brief re- view cf ibe bistory of Kansac, _ An act of Corgress for he organifation of the Territo- 1 government of Kansas wat passed May 30, 1851. The F cf this bill inaugurated @ new policy in ti tlement ef cur uncceupied territories. For the fire: ti in the Lietory ot the government, arestriction on the ex- vension of tisvery was stricken {rom the statute book Tke im reference to the Territories introduced by we fat] ‘of the rapubiis, and contioued by tha uniform action of the government for more tban sixty yesre, was to exclude s'avery from all territory where it hed not an actual existence, ard to regulate and even restrict it where it hed. On the 13tb of Jnly, 1787, the Corgress of the con’ede- ration declared, in the language of the proviso offered by Jefferson io 1764, that in all the territory ncrthwest of the river Obio “ there saall be neither élavery nor invo- Ty servitude otherrice than in punishment of crimes whereof the party sball have been dy conrictad.”” At the first session of Congress after the adoption cf the conrtitution, this ordinance, which covered every foot of territory then owxed by the federe] governweat, was, by & unenim: us vote, rec*gnizad and continued in fares by act of Corg: approved by Washington, On the 7th of April, 1798, Mlesissipp! was orgsaized into @ temporary gcveroment ovt cf territory ceded by South Caroiina sud Georgia, both elaveholding ©'a' Yet the importatian of slaves therein from any p’ without the limits of the United States was p unce: @ penslty of three handred dollars aad th: of the slave. This reetrisiion on slavery in a tlaveboléivg Terr ten years before Congress wae permitted by the tion to prevent the imp n cf slaves into the 812.88, pared without a Civis! either house, and was ap- preved by Jchn Adems. Daring his adminietzaticn Indians was ozgauized into a Territory, and slavery prohibited therein. 6 f Maczch, 1804, the ritory of Orleans, signa, wae erganized out of a part tke Loulsiana purchase, over the whole of wuich the rench law of slavery exteaded. Yet Congres pro hibited the introduction of avy elaves into the Te >) taken ‘by @ citzan of mg ritory for actual e time of such removal Loza a violation of either one freedom of the save and a ‘ne of :, This ast was signed by Jefferson. mand Iliacis were Sota organized dviing bie Jon, each with a total pron: m of slavery. he Tercitory 9! Missou-i was rittions om the Unporcation the lawe in force jon of slaves imported feom any plase with- out the United States was probibi ed, On the 24 of Marsh, 1819, the Territory of Arkeneag was organized out of part of Missouri Territory, aad the laws of the latter continued in force. Oa the (tb of March, 1820, the sflercuri Compromise war din an act suthorizing the people of Missouri to form #Sta‘e constitution, of March, 1822, three acts ws: On the 20th Territory, +ich « pi and the sct was approvad by Jt , On the 12th of Jane, 1638, a similar ac was prseed for Iows, and signed by Van Barsn, ‘The act organizing the Territory of Oregon probibited slavery, and was signed by,Po'k Five times during rritirial existe €1d Cor aepeneion very withia the reason assigned by Randolph, of Roanoke, chairman of one of the committees to whom the memorial praying for the suspension was refersed:— Tha! the comm'ttee deem ith'goly dengernis and inervedient cniavad to promote the hsp joriawestern touniry, aod 10 give it sive irontier. uniform aetion of the ga verzment in probibltiog or iotivg wlavery fa tha far- beginnieg with the first Congress and extending with en unicterrapted current of eut ot 89 lang & period, bas been eusiained py the de of alraost all the Slates, both free and highest jud!sial tribaral of the land Weil migh: Mr, Ciay, n speaking on th’e end; he Unite nese snd prosperity 0 strength and security ‘0 The consiitationality of and by the tin the when & polnt by the naiform rment of our govern cial- and when thet poi fifty years and was nev T think tha: Wf we #1 jer the admipiatra fon which baa bee iy and the come’na'on tha! non er the constitation bt 7 et ‘aing apon rincip.e that D, as lef: by the comproe mike of 1820, would have prevented the p: aed civil war in Kansas, and prevervod the country im ite wonted repore. Yet, instead of leaving this Ter site hoon tee more than s third ef § ctptury consecracei 1) freedom by ell the solemniticee thet can rarrouad any legislacive adhezing to the policy evta>iisned by the fathers of the repubiie, and conmtiouet u¢ uniiorra ection of the government for more the: settling in Conqress the question of tue fa creexistence of slavery in a Territory at the time of organiz ug {t government, alf reetric.iona weret ‘tence of slavery was left as a bon en of the Territory, during i's ler:iv to be thrown back again into Cong howld apply for admission. Theast iteelf fa ceatary, of | attm instead of ited take poseession, by rewnoviag jere 10 ite ion. ‘The chject of the repeal, vafficien:ly appareot, aven if it had not Deen avowed at the “Ime by weoy of | eavo- cole, wae to extend, strengiten ao’ perperante nlavery, y woning Kacsse welavg cin, Under tbewe glreaa- etances, this Territory, .once secured 10 freedom, was thrown open to Feitlement apd to competition between free anc slave Imbor. Emigrante from all sections cf the Usion, relying on the faith of the government that they were to be ie't “periectly free to lorm and regulate their domestic in- stitutions in their owa way,’? made it their homes; but whea, in pursuance of the forms of the organic as! they aesembied to elect s Legisiatere which would mou ‘the institutions of the Lory and in s great messure shape and control the character of those of the infant Btate, they were driven by violence from the polla, and their ballot boxes seized by organized banda of armed men from the State of Missouri. That sach was the case in clearly established by the executive minutes of the Governor of the Territory, transmitted to thie House by the President, which is the autbentis and offi:ial record of the transactions at the time they occurred, and from whiob we present the followiog extracts: — THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Report of Harrison Berson and Na:banjol, Ramay, auder oath, thai they entered upon their duties a Judges of Elecioo, and pol ed some sew voles, when they were drives from ine room by & of arme4 men from the State of Missourt, ives, and commenced to destroy ibe house and beat in the door, demanding ‘beright t2 vote wi Bout awesre tng to their piacectrescenee toat having made their esc’ ‘whh the poli bocks ard Joan were jo!iowed by said y 0 eniened fo take tke @, and prepared to demolish he bouse. One of said judges ran entof i bonee with the ballot box, and ibe Uber two were diiver from tbe groud; ‘bs! the citize38 of fet left acd the persous from Missourl proceeded jon. ives of the jndmes and tear down the TENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT, Osihs of H. B. Corey, J. B. hoes aca J. Atkinson, judges, sesording to form prescribed. Return of same judges, e'nciog that, having been sworn, per proceeded to open sald eiec'ion and’ receive votes; but that @ vait rumber of siuzema ‘rom Missour) sssembied op the ground for the purpose o! texally voting. who surrounded the window und obstrucied ths citi zens of ‘he T irom doposting tbeir votes. aud cansed many of ibe eaid legal volers (9 leave without voting, aod thet the said juoges, in consequence ct ibe tion of ci i zene of Missouri to vole, and no voters ‘dd digtrict voting or cilering to vote, they lett the ground, FIRST ELECTION DISTRICT. Prowat of Pamuel F. Tappan acd twenty oibers, claiming to be residenis of the first election dis:rict, to deziare void, t) re returns and election in maid divivict, or that cert in and 8, N. Wood for Ooi reason that eix or seven wooly of the polis on the 2th and 30th of March, armed mén encamped in tbe coliected Ja, and kept them in thetr possessi zn Oa the day and wto Je tthe district Said persons were of M! sround said poi of ihe ¢’¢e@ ion ‘11 late in the afters uriog tbe afiertcon and the ensuing ar, strangers, believed to come from the Btate Nesoart, = Ci0- _ ot 7 district were thresiened with violence and preven'sd m vo! pointed Protest cf Perry Fuller and , W. Moore, jniges a; "ECD! ‘aimiog tohoid the election, and twent’ nive othe: tobe residents, complaining thst tte said elesticn waa openei by unsuthorized judges st 6 o’cieck a. M, and &t & place dit- Seren from that prescribed in he proslomsio reeidents surrounded tbe polls, with firearm er.minately. Bat cmitting further extracts from the returns of the judges of the election, there were, by tho census takeo under the direction of the Governor io Febraary, 1855, 2,905 legal voters in the Territory, But a) the election for members of the Legislature held twenty-seven days after the completion of the cenenr, 6,331 votes were polled, of which 5,564 were for the pro slavery candi- tee— the excess of vores being so distri >ated through the different election preciacta thst of the thir'y-nine mem- vers of the Legislature, but one free State msn was ele: +d, and be wes in the dietrict farthest removed from ouri. ‘The election of nine members of the Council and eight membern of the Legislature, contested at the tine before the Gcvernor, were, by reason of ‘rand ard violeace at the pole, set atiie, and new elections ordere3. Yet the ture, without investigation, rejected ail the mem- bers elected at the second election, and admitted to aeate thoge whose election hai been set arice, and to whom the Governer refused certificates—a transaction unpzecedat- ed in the history of Legislative bodies, and to be accounted pi yr on the ground that they were ascomp:ices in thy rr The Legislature thue consti uted, thenenac‘ed acode of Jawe denying the right of private judgment and the tree €xpressicn of opinion, under penalty of fiaea and impritoa- ment, and in certain eaves cisiranchirement of politica! rights. in order that thie cole should be executed by ite friends, the Legislature provided for the appoiatment of all officers, civil, miitary and jadicial, not alreacy ap pointed by the feieral government, and then prolonge: its cer ue by legislative act till the firat of Jana ar, : ; Sis the Goetheil ie elected for two etdlime, nd change can be made in that branch of the Legislature uni! 1868; co thet from the time of the passage of the ac’ organizing Katsas, which provides for annual sestions 0° the Legislature, it’will be almost four years before avy change can be made by the people 1a the Jeg clition thus imported upon them. To rustain a government thus impored vpn &n vawil- lirg people, and marked by all the characteristics of de- Liverate cppression and wrong, armed men have deen summorea from a neighboring State, end civil war is im pending over the inhabitants of the Territory, As a remedy for theee evils and a redrezs of easa wrongs, it in propesed by their apologists to wathorize the pecpie at some future time to form another conatitution, to be again submitted to Congress, with @ new application fur Adrmniesion as a State. py sbould their preeeat eppiics- tion be rejected, ard they be forced to pasa throngh the mockery ci another election under the azthority of this ‘Territoria) Legisiature, and eubjest to aoo:her invacioa of ncn-residente? Immediate action is recessary, in orde- © put ap end to thie strife im the Territory, which the Prevident informs ua threatens the peaze, oot only oc! Kanes, but of the Union. The representatives of freedom and of slavery, © gitcg for enpremacy, raliy to the plains of Keneas, w: the iraplemente of war and violence. la the bitterness engendered in these conflicts to be alleyed end the dangers cf blocd:hed to be averted by Congress suthcrizing the people of the Territory at aome future time to do wnat they alresdy heve the right to do without ony such authority? Au sct of Congress su- theriztog them to form a State constiiu'soa oonters 0° right thst they do not already porress, and is no redress of prerent grievarces or rélie? against upjast and oppres sive lawe. The only poiltizal question upca whico tha ple of Keneas are divided, aud the cre tbat hae caused aN the troubles in the Territery, as well as tre excite ment cver the whole country, ix the existence of slavery within its limite, and until that question is eettles tere can be neither peace in the Te: ry oor trapyuillity ic ‘the country. D: rf 1, and tha! non- 4 voted indis delsy actiof? Is it to obtain by anvther expression of the wishes of the people ae to the existence of slavery im the Lerritory, when every pereon tbere who, by writing or epeaking, Gata the introduc ion or existence of rlavery ihereia, ie liable to punishrcent from two to five years in the penitentiary, and no advocate of free inst secure in the exercise of bis inalienabie rigats? If s mr jority of the legal voters in the ferct not free State mep, why was an invasion nec: carry the elections, and why was i; necessary the usurpere to take from the people by ligislative » the selection ci their own election bowrdy and o her loca! cfiicerr? If a mp jority of the ne: are in isvor of the enss'- ments of the imponed Legvlatare, why wast to scmmon men from Missouri to enforce tt ritorial government, unabdle to prevent & usurp the legislative power by nov-residaate, aad bi lated in its setion the most sacred righ’s of treecom of epesch, is unworthy the enpport of There beirg no peacesdle mode for chaoging ernment by tLe people for almost two years, #0 43 tore. éress any of the wrongs and grievances under which they now «uffer, their enly mode 0! redress was to appeal to Congress to’ silow them to protect themaelvea by an Orgacized government of their own formation, with courts and cilicers of their own pelection, x ore, then, to the peosle of Hanser the rignts wrested from them by fraud and viclence—to rei eve mM an odious oppreseion in the form of Ja; smente, a8 well as vo reraove the caases of civil tore peace to the people of Kan to the whole confederacy, we reccrmend ‘anees into the Union as a State, aad here sjbul. ations is The State of Utuh. CONVENTION OF DELEGATES AT SALT LAK ADOPT A STATE CONSTITUTION. [From the Salt Lake News, Merch 19.) The delegates of t s coun ties except Groen River ell Hoare on the ITH inst. The event was annonnced by the firing of can- ncn and music from Cap! Ballo’s band. Throvgaon: ths day fiers floated from the cupoles of the Govarno.’s man- sion and Council House, also from the tall flag p-lison the Temple Block, and in front of the Deseret and Liv- ingeton, Kinkead'& Co.’e sores, from flag steS# on the roof of Gilbert & Gerrish’s store, and from thore on the roofs of maay other public builiitge. At an eatly hour a large consourie of citizens hod as- sembled, anxiously awaitiog the commencement ot thore deliberations and acts, which have for their object the adcition of another star to the brilliant and thickly spangled censteliation styled, “E Pluribus Unem.” The corventicn organized by unanimously eleotin Hon. J. M. Grant, Presicent; Mr. Mr. J. Grime Assistant Sec: 5 Sergeant-ai-arms; Mr. C, Swings, Messenger; Me. T Ha}, Doorkeeper; xd Sira G. D. Watt and J. V. Long, Reporters. At 123g, x journed until 2 P.M, have confinea the novice, thus briefly, to the or- ganization, not only becs @ reporters cannot report and transcribe st the same time, out breause a mioute Cetail would be out of place in th itis ceaigaed to print in pamp convention may oem denefigial, easion to keep the public informed of gash notiseavle doings 29 may be of interest to them, To the afternoon the fresiom of the convention was unanimously terdere? to his Dxsellensy the Governor, the United States officers of tue Territory, Prost. H. U. Kimball, the mezobers of the Lagislative Assembly, Hons, F, Soow, A. Lyman and ©, unter, H Probate Judge of G. 3. L. osanty, an G8. L, City. [Fr [ the News, Mareh 25.) The Convention is #:ill sitting, and the » 4 Delng Ceepatehed with reasonble dill saa) harmony ard unsniait The various have reported the portions of the consitation assigned them; # standing speciljoommittes of ax was sppoin ied, to whom to refer the reports as they pasae the Conven: tion; andon MonJay, the 23d, a spesial commaities of three wae appointed to amend, arrange, consclidate end report sl) roatter previously reported, Dy leave of ihe Convention, the special committes and the s'auding ene- chal committee hed a confereace om Tuercay, the 24h, end on the afternoon of that dey unarimonsly reported the “‘constilation of the Sta’ ¢ j Kinney diseenting only on one point, viz" he to have the Judges of the Supreme Cinrt elected directly by the people, rather then by the Geseral Aesembly, [From the News, April 2.) Alter @ remarkably shor seseicn, the Convention ¢ b Hon. Geo. A. Smithaod Hon. Jona Taylor, editor o- The Mormon. were uneniro lected delegates t> pro- ceed to Washington and lay before Congraes Usnh’s re. qnect for atinterion tn'e ube Union The gopetitgiion © 9 of Deecret was nigned by 1 bermonions teday, March 2g. every member of the Ccnventicn, though they were from various climes, and of< iveree creeds, government officials, merchants, &&. &s.;tbus indicating, beyond controversy, the represent d feeling of ali classes of Our Territoriat po polation. our memory sorrestiy serves us, sogtneral and ir a representation of the views and feelings of the vari- ous LY rion of territory,.and #o frack and hearty a biend- log of party interests, bave never beem excelled, if even equalled, tn the initiatory action required for the admis sion of a new State. Perhaps the more customary ussge would have with- heid the constitution from publication, uatil after it bad Yen presented to Conazres#; but the rcattered condition ct many of cur settlements, the propriety, to ray the least, of ita beirg fairly before the peop! penne to thelr action on the 7th Instant, whenjthoy indieste their feel. Inge by their voter, and o-her good reasons, have ont. waghea mivor ccnsiderations, and the constitution ia printed in this News, together with the Convention re- solution ecncerning ite submission to the pe Read it, all Utah, and all inhabitants of the States, and see if you can discover a single item Tesoes patie witb other State constitutions, with the constitution and laws of the United States and the genius of republi- can institutions. If you cano9t, as will most aesuredly be the conclusion of every intelligent, candid mind, there is no reason why Congress, during its present sesion, ould not at once—and that, foo, most giadly—t uch action as will not only release the parent gov, ment frora unnecessary burden, care and expengs, but texd to close the territorial e, between State organiza- tion on the Pacific and th taro frontiers, by in- creating the number of siara in the bright galaxy of freecom. Ia Utah loys]? Aya, most loyal, beyond successful chal- enge cr contradiction, as is and always has been proved by all her sayings and dvings. Bat does she love oorrup- tion and oppression? Verity, no, for her sons anddaugh- tera, with few exceptions, have been reared in the eracle of liberty, im common with the citizens of ti States, and the pure mountain breezes keep that love nocd to ® bright and nnquencbab‘e flame. And the few exceptions just named, those who were not born citi- zens of our republic, are congenial de ts of that stock from which sprang our ‘revolutionary sires.’’ They have Jefttheir father tande, as did our forefathers, to ea- eape the opressor’s rod and find a Jeved atylum in the ‘home of the tree.”’ Then can 88 refuse to extend the broad folds of equal rights and constitutionhl Hberty cver ,that portion of the public domainwhoee inhabi- tante will stsnd by the Union while a vestige thereof exists and biood flows im their veil It_ ie not to be prerumed that any Congress would 40 to do, bu it might by any owalbiitty be imagined that an opposite teeling could be iedulged, who would lke to face the mingled whirlwind of scorn and indignation that would then arise in the breast of every lover of truth and jus- tice throughout the world? U.ah is isolated, is full of rugged mountains, desert plains and barren’ valleys, and peculiarly uncsmely in the eyes of lovers of rich, well timbered soil, brona rivers, extended seaboards and commercial maris. Let her pre- sent population leave her borders, and the few oases, row giaddened with tte busy bum of civilized life, would toon revert to the ocsupancy of the’ rade savage, and cmebuee Gesolation would mark theesite of stately ifices. Utah, with but Httle sii f:om the parent, has grown rapidly amid all her disadvantages, and amid the jea- loury and hostility of numerong Indian tribes, to high position in wealth and numbers, And are not the intel- Jgence and energy which have so rapidly produced sush laudable resulta, where nonecthers would thruet in their rickles, Sufficient guarantee that Utah is moet emphati- cally Ceserving 0! a State organization? fhe has wealth, a numerous, in‘elligent, and highly patriotic population; is accustomed to make her own publHe dui dings, roads snd Dri’ gas; has successfully con- ducted the Indian wars waged within her bouncaries, has rearly expelled litigation through a wise system of legic- lation and policy; turnizhes few abominabdle end illegal acts to ewell the record of earth’s corruptions, not evea encngh to make her news spicy and interesting to the corrupt taste of a perverse generation;—then is there any good, fair, valid résson why Utah should not be epteally admitted |into the Union asafree, sovereign and iade- pendent State, named Deseret? Not one. Hence it is but fair to Infer that Sersturs and Representatives in Con- gress will grant the prayer of Uiah for admission as una- nimously as ehe presents it, independent of the sectional prejudices, slrife and debate of every nams and deecrip- tiow; for only two questicns are to be asked, viz. : 1s her constitution republican? Ia she willing and able to maintain # State government’ Every ose knows that thoee questions, and every legittmate question that can be asked, admit of only jatirmative an:wers, The first article of the new constitution is as follows: — All that part of the ter ritory of the United States now known ae Uish Terriicry, and bounded as follows, viz: Gn the west by the State of Call‘ornia, on the by Territory of Oregon, cn the east by the summitof the Rocky Mountains. and on the sonth by the tbirty-eeventh (37th) parallel of north latitude, is hcreby formed into a free and sove> Btate, and named Deseret, Artic’e 2 guarantees to the people of the new State the exjoyment of the usual rights and privileges sf fres- men, 8 provided by the Constitution of che United ten. The | tis of government of the State of Dezeret are divided into three distinot departments, viz: Legislative, Executive and Judicial. The legislative au:hority is veated in « General Assem- bly, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives, the members of which are to be elected by the people. The ceerions of the General Assembly will be annual, until otherwice provided bs legislative enactment. The members of the House of Representatives are to ve chosen biexnislly by the qualified elestors of their respective districts, whose term of office will continue two yeare from the day of their election. Secators will be chosen in the same manner as the rep- resentatives, whore term of office will ccn:inue four yeare from the cay ct their election. No person can be a member of the General Assembly éxeept tebe a free white male citizen of the United States, and an inhabitant of the State one year precel- ing the time of his election, and has at his elec‘ion an Seipee cecanee in the ¢cietrist he may be chosen to rep- Tefen The Genera] Areembdly will have power to prescribe the number and make the apportionment of scnatora ai representaiives; but the number of senators cannot be Jees than one-third, nor more than one-half o! the repre- tentatives. Fack member of the General Assemb'y is privileged from civil arrest during any session, and in goizg to and relurning ‘rom the sare. The members of the General Assembly will take an oath or affirmation to support the constitution of the United Staics and of Deseret, which may be administered Wiech otker, or by any person qualified to administer cathe, Any person of the State who may hereefter be engaged, ¢izectly or indirectly, in » duel, either as principal or accersory before the fact, is disqualified from holding any office uzder the constitution and laws of the State, The Secretary of State, Treasurer, Auditor of Public Aczcunts, and Attoroey Genersl, are elected by the Gene- ra) Aesewb'y tor the term of four years. The rupreme Judges (« Chiet’ Ju ioe and two ases- cis of six yer 8) are elected by the General Aesembly for the term tution fter the first election under tue cc The Judi ot the district courts are elected years by the electors of their respective districts. The fi:et general election of State cffisers and of a rep- rerentative to Congresé under the new constitution, will be app. in‘ed by proclamation of the acting Oove-nor of the Perritory. Acy smen?mente to the constitution are to be aub- tted to and cecided by a direct vote of the peopla. At the first election after this constitution takes effect the voters of the State wtll elect the raime number of Senators snd Representatives as are cow olested :o the Jegislacive Assembiy cf the Territory of U:ab, aud ae eording to the present apportionment. ‘The precent organization, laws and everything pertain- to the Territorial government of Uriah, re: ia fall force and virtue in law, until euperseded by the ac‘iou of the State government under the provirions of this consti- tution. The Cenventicn, previous to adjourning, adopted the following recolution i= Resolved. That the constitution and othsr dognmeata of this Conventioa, tegether with the mamer of the delegates to Congress, be lad before the people of this Territory. by the members of this Convention, on the 7th of April next, for tbetr approval cr disaprroval, and returus theroof shall re mde ty the President of this Convention on or before the 20th day ot Avril next, and {f approved by the people, then the doinga ot thie Convention shal! de eoneidered villds i di sapproved, taen tbey ball be nuil pxd void, [From the News, April 9.] ‘NETITUTION—MEMORIAL—DELEGATZS. Ae will be seen by reference to the Conference minutes, titution of the State of Deseret, tue memorial ir actpicsion into the Usion asa free and eve- te, and the names of the delegates, Mexers. (20. end Joba Taylor, were presented td the elestors, who densely crowéed the Tabernacle on the 7th inst., end as wae antisipated, the doings oi the Convention were unanimcuely and enthusiastically sustained by all pre- sent. There was doubtless @ correspoading action oa the 7th, througbout all our borde: Ipssmnch as Congiers hav gcvernment npon some, tavarit for, even when those petitiontog were but a small ma- jority, and have ever manifested @ proper acd laadable apx'ety and readiness to admit new States, cv any one imagine that our delagates will be received by Congress inany manrershert of the utmost cordiali:y, and that the unanimous voice of all Utah will not be cheerfully responded to by the epeedy addition of the briiiiant etar ot Deseret? The General Conference met on the 6th of April, and adopted the corrtitntion as presented by the Convsntion, € following isan extract from the proceedings of the Con’erence Jn acoordante wiih « resolution passed by tha Conven- tion, the constitution of the State of Dereret wae read by Thomas Buliocl:, and presented by Prest. Grant for ap- provsl or disapproval oy the people, when it was unani- mously adopted by the vast host of electors present The memorial acking for the admission of Utah into the Unicu wes reaa by Elder Bullock, and on pre-eatation by Prest. Grant was atonimously adopted. Prest, Grant presented Geo. A, Staith and Joha Taylor, delegates e’ected by the Convention, and their clection was uran'mously confirmed by the people. 10! Tar CanaALs—A Serious Brear.—EFarly y terdsy morning, the new bank of the canal just east cf Pegle Harbor Mille, went aywsy, leaving a heavy breach, Probably 8,000 yards of earth were carried away by the water. Jams were immediately constructed each nize of the brench. The water at the west dam is within a few inchee of topwater line. The water from the Gancsea river feeder haa reached the dam east of the brosch, and the canal will oon be filled to that point. if the work enst nud west of the Pagle Harbor breach should not fall, and the westher proves favorable, no doubt the whole Kine will be ready for navigation by Monday. The spase vetween the dams at Pagle Harbor is love than halta rofle, which oan be filled ro an to paca boats ag soon ny the breach it snfficient’y repatred to receive the water, A large number of laborers were en; d yesterday and last night in cutting down end leveling around ani through the breach, !n order to prepare for the use ot teams in filling itup. The teams commenced operations thie morning, and every effort is being made to complete the work with as Httle delay as possible. The comn'n. Foner ané Civision engineer are upon the gronnd, rein to-day 18 unfavorable for the work. The fie bonte westward bound, mostly light, ia lying at Hi nd some of the nen aad teams have gone to Ragle H bor to arbies im repa @ breaghvRoghagter Union, May 29 The t The New Canadian Ministry. {Correrp:ndeace cf the Commercial Advertiser. | ToRonTo, Way 27, 1856. following are the new Cabinet appointwente: A ienne ler, to be Attorne, Lower Canada, in the room and stead of ferme! 1 Hcnorad'e Lewis T. Drammond, resigned. The Honorable Joreph Carren Morrison, to be ceiver Gereral of tho Province of Canada, in the room and meet of the Honorable Etienze Paschal Taehe, re- signed. imothy Lee Terrill to be a member of the Executive Council for the }’rovinse of Canada, “4 F Philip M, Vankoughnet, Faquire, to be member of the Execative Council for the Province of Canada. The Honorable Timothy Lee Terrill to be tne Secretary and Registrar of tre Province of Canada, in the room and stead of the Henorable George Etlenne Cartier, re- signed. The Honorable Philip M. Vankoughnet to be President of the Executive Council of the Province ef in the room and stead of the Honorable Sir Allan Napier MeNab, Knight, resigned. The only new members are Messrs. Vankoughnet and Terrill—ore from Upper and one from Lower Canada. The Cabinet as reconstructed is as follot 1, The Hon. E,P. Tache, Speaker of the Legislative Couneil, Premier. 2. The Hon. Joho A. Macdonald, Attoroey General (West), leader in the Houve of Assembly, 3. The Hon. George E, Cartier, Attcroey Genera} Cent). 4, The Hon. Joseph C. Morrison, Receiver Geaeral. 5. The Hon. William Caytey, Inspector General. 6. The Hon. Jorepn Cauchon, Commiseioner of Crown rds. 7. The Hon. Robert Spence, Postmaster General. 8. The Hon. Frangois Lemieux, Oommlseioner of Pablio Work: The following are uot in the Cabinet:— 9, Henry Smjth, Jr., Esq., Solicitor General ( West.) 10. Donbar Ross, Eeq., Solicitor General (Esst.) It is but rarely that tis Excellency formally expresses bis opinion in writing on the peeniaeises et ‘® ministe- rial crisis; still more rarely is it that such an expression of opinion is submitted to the Legislature. in the pre- sent instance, however, he has done so, ard the docu- ments have been communicated to the House. are as followe:—The first was communicated to Se aa, end the second to the Hoa. Colone) 0 No. 1.—Mesers. mpene, Macdonald and Morrison bevisg in- timated their intention of resigning oflice, Excellency the On the y by the whole Council that he considers the mere fac vVeree vote of one section of the Provirce, whether Lower, aa no constitutions! reason for resigning ¢ hia Excellency locks to is the confidence, or want of confidence in aminlatry of the Legislative Assembly. senting the people of the United Province of There are no doubt stroug reason 1s at tbe present mom: against a disroluticn of Parliament; but it ete 4 consider what bis Kxceliercy would be prepared todo if the erz ment, in ita present tcrm, incinding Spence, 4 nesemale and Morrigon, recommended him {> dissolve Par- Mament, Astuming that the three gent'emen named above persist in reigning. his kxceliency feals bound to say that he could not ocneent to discolve with a vie ¥ of testing the confidemce of the couctry in the remaining portion of the government, or in any modification of it, to be made in the spur of the moment. EDMUND HEAD, TORONTO, Ma: 1856, Yesterday afternoon at 4P. M., Sir allen M¢ Nay alee on his Excellency the Governor General, and informed him that thereveral members of the Courcil who had on the previous oi 8 ances, Sir nder of the Council, though not recognizing & sec'ional majority as a soflicient reason for @ ‘ative but to place the of- ‘a disposal. ir Al'an fu: ther conveyed to his £xosliency. as the volce @ the majority of the Council, advice on their part to send for the Hon. Col. Tache wiih a view to the resonstruc'ion of a new government or the modification of the His Excellency has now to convey to Sir Allan McNab, in @ formal shave, bis tance of the res gnation ot the gentle. men who had offered them, 1o take effect as soon sa thelr suc- inted. His Excellency farther expressed his conviction tiat he has no alternative but to Werte the pre- any way the doeirine of a double, or sectional major cere & gcvernment ana cont fF lsat i i at once irrational and uuconatiutonste and |! carried out might involve the contequences of @ minis- try being obliged to resign, although the psrty by whom they had been defeated did not ard cou.d-net post the confidense of the Legis'ative Arsemoly, ‘With regard to the advice t> send for Colovel Teche, his ofthe government Excellency conceives that a breat' &, a fp elpg, necesearily leaves h'm, as the Queeu’s represenia- tive, free to exercise h's diecretion in the choice of the person tobe entrasted with the formauon of azew ont. Hie xcs Teney did mot solicit advica fa this matter from ‘be mem>era of the Conuc!, sut he never:ivlews feels indebted to them for offering it. His Excellency has reflec'ed that, in fact, there has been no mivisterial defeat such as would ordinarily imply thatsome party other than thst now, boldiag offixe pos- Beeted the contiderce of the representatives of the peo ale. On the contrary, the goveroment have still numerica'ly 9 ood working majority In the Assembly. Bis Excelienoy further considers that tbe pr ncivles of Colonel Tache. bis sonal character ard his long experience in po! in sll respestes fit and prover remodel! cf thie govern: or the construction of s new one, and under these c'roumatacces bis Excellenty penne that Co'onel Tache may wait upon him with as litte “y, as poseible. EDMOND HEAD. The ministerial explanations were made last night; put hey revealed no new fsc's, except some evidences of the yersonal feeling of dislike which existed between somé of the present cabinet and those who have xatired trom it. The Hon. Mr. Drummond would have rex: Jeacerahip in the House of Assembly been secured to him. Mr. Vankoughnet is popular barrister in this cl'y. Bis appointment surprises every body, as his rather con- rervative tendencies would seem to preclude it al the Mr. Terrill is of British origin, and has represented the county of Stanstead, in Lower Carada. He is a worthy map, and may bring some strength to the gevernment. Writs have been fzsued for the election of the newly appointed ministers who by the accep‘anse of office had vacated their seats. The opposition in the House of Ascombly exe determined to reeiet the new combinations, and a notice of a motion of want of confidence in the new cabinet has deen given, and will come on for discussion thia evening. ar- The Nicaraguan SE ee, ‘Vijil's Real sion. El Panaméxo of the 2d ot May, 1 has, under the abcve head, the following Fortra MPa We know that Walker, in order to secure the eervices of the Lisentiate, Padre). Augustin Vijil, parochial curate in the city of Granada, ard to cirpose freely of whatever concgrns the ecclesiastica: jarisdiction, has promised him, esscon as his government is coneolidated, to establish & Protertan: church, of whish the said curate Sr. Vijil a to be the head and General Walker the protestor. He aces this to recompense htm for the signal services he has rencered him in forming snd supporting his government. Led away by these promises, the Curate Vijil hes again emtarked in @ revolut'onary career, changed the holy principles which tne divine tea: Jesas has preached in the Bible, for the ridicalons platitudes of the reformer Luther, and substituted, in the place of pe ero ta £0 ee icy eines by Saint screens the slanderous snd vizerous lan; of ican, sgaicet thoce arcngst his ‘ellos citizens VE justly Plame the intolerable aud anti-Christian misconduct of the filibusters; letting loore bia invectives sgaingt his Sore _ a eee Serene epee gist of foreign trigaudage; tranegress! 8 proper fvnetions of his miley, fhe bas converted toe puipi¢ of the Holy Spirit, the sanctuary of tra:h, into an unclean tereple of hero worship and piti‘ul comparisons placing on the fame level the bandit Walker end ‘he imm Mores and the sacred King David. By such ee‘s he hae not cnly tarnished his sacerdotal character, but also ren- Cered bimeelf ridiculous en ® man, and outraged his owm rece, He has troddea down, in the most barbarous and atrocious manner, the true principles of enlightened rea- scnand sound philosophy, and expressly violated the, precepts of the Roraish Church. We denounce these fietst 0 #ll the Catho.ic populations of the earth, and, in par- ticular, to the preiates of the Romancommucion, inorder that they may not be ignorant of one of the ralient traita which institute the history of the presbyter D. Augustia Vijil, eince he wil! not fail soca to present himeeif in one oi the American cioceser. Naval Intelligence. ‘The vesso's frmiog the Home Squadron were rendez- yousing at Key West on tke The #tosmebip Ful- ton, Lieut, Tuigman, arrived May 9, and was sitll in the haitor, We learn that she is unfit for aotive duty, and needs new boilers and ge reprise to her machinery. Lieut. T. does not think her sate to mike a long voyAge, and is in hopes that'the Commodore willorderher North. The Fulton has taken on beard tons of coal at the United States raval wharf, and having filled ber water tanke, is ready for rea when the Potow arcives. The sioop-of-war Cyane, Commander Roob, 17th inat., from the Bay of Mexteo, where : the porte of Vera Cruz, Tobasco and Tampico. She has taken in eRe of wood, water and provisions, and, with the Fulton, awaits the ariival of the Sara:oga and Patomec. The steam friga'e Susquehannah, Commander R. Sands, will cull here for cozls on her return from wo Juan. Tee mails for the Mediterranean rquadron arrived from Wsshington via Charleston in the Isabel, on the 21st, and are at the Post Offize, directed to the eare of Captain Sands. The Merrimac will, no doubt, coms to the station before she leaves the Gulf. On the 25th, Com- racdore Paulding was houtly expected, in the Patomac. Dvr 1x Newark, N.J.—We understand thit a cnel took place in Vast Newark, on Monday afternoon, between two French gentlemen of thia city, in which nel- ther was injured. |The cause of the dnel, we are informed, was es follow#,—A Belgian was arreréed in Ciacinaath some timelsince for obtaining money ander false pretenses, end the matter was made a subject of conversation a few eveniogs since, amovg a party of French gentlemen in this city, when one of them, a music teacher, intimat- ed that another, a physician, was the person spoken of. The’ physician, ind'goant at the intimation etrack him ia the face, whereupon a challenge passed between the par- ‘ies, On Monday afternoon they met in East Newark, and on tossing for the firet fire, ‘it was won by the musica tescher, who rhot at his adverrary, bat minved him, ti ball wed past hie ear, The other then shot over hig adverrary’s head, and both par‘ies returned 40 Newark uninjured. No pe ard their secon on Waa present but the combattants —Newark Aavertiver, May 2. The Weather, TO TAE EDITOR OF THE HERAL! The temperature this morning ts down to {0 degiees at 5 o'clock, ard no doubt snow has fal: mountains souta ot the furty-fifth parallel. This is the lowest temperature in the inst ten days of Mey, for a period of sixty-eight consegutive years, of which we have any record. Tn 1845, on the 30th of May, at sunrise (which is before 5 A. M.), it was forty-two (42) degrees; in 1817, at 7 A. W., It was forty-three (43) degrees; the 11 o’slock tem- erature of the evening previous was also forty-three (43) jegrees, The rain storm last evening, which rot this low temperature, was attended by some lightn’ The rain which fell measared one-fourth of an icch; it wag pre- ceded by & southeast and south wind; fell in small drops, but were very numerous. This change, as well ay one (41 Ly mata that following the great heat of the 24th, wes no dondt connes’ed with e vk B, MERIAM, Broogiyn Hwonrs, ith 0 hina | rao to be entrusted with the aed had the |