Mobile register and journal. [volume] (Mobile, Ala.) 1841-1849, 1845-03-20

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We mentioned day or two that the demo-
cratic candidate for Mayor Of Rochester city, New
York had been elected by a msjnrily OF one VOTE
IL is curiosity that this was the vote Of The
whig candidate himself, who is the incumbent in Of
hce. The popular vote close that the result
rested upon the admiss ION Of certain msspelrd or
imperfect ballots. MIR. ALLEN, the wing Mayor, 10
President of the Board of ldermen, who act MS can
sassers, and they politically divided equa, FIVE
TO hse with casting in the Mayor. -Four times
the Board was equally divided on the admission of
ballots. fire to fire, and every tine Mr.. Allen voted
for The admission of the ballot for his opponent, and
at last gave the casting for the resolution de-
claring his opponent (KeeIer, democracy duly elect.
ed Mayor.
This Mr. Allen has some good democratic spirit
about him, wing as he calls himself
The Masqued Ball at the Waverly House on Tues
day evening, went of finely. The novelty Of the af.
fair excited great deal Of curiosity; and being
der such well known superintendance as to secure
unexceptionable decorum, the room was crow ded
with very brilliant company The costumes EXIT
bited amusing melange Of all nations and almost
every age. Shepherdesses and flower girls, ladies
Of the old court. and fortune tellers mixed
ably with Knights Templers, counter felt princes,
Spanish cavaliers, bearded and moustached Turks,
defy description, qseer figures Of the class motley.
Fra Diavolo fguredby the side Of a Gipsv. Massa.
nelo rlvaed Cinderalla's prince, in courtly homage
TO Turkish Fatima, or katinka. A Mexican sol.
der and Italian monk Of the 10th century rival.
ed each other for the good graces of Yankee girl
while Queen Victoria, withoui symptom of wonder
hauteur, chatied faniliary with an officer Of the
Court Of her grand fathers grand father Ii was
merry and we'll pleased crowd as ever danced out
an evening into the smallest hours, without the
slightest occurrence TO mar the good humor Of the
scene Every thing passed of with animation and
good will. We learn that another Of The same kind
will take place in The course Of fortnight.
When the bill for admitting FLORIDA and Iowa
Into The Union pea1ing in the United States
Mr. Evans, the wing Senator from Maine. moved to
strike from t"e Constitution Of Florida, as con-
dition precedent to admission, two clauses relating
10 slavery. Tie first the clause prohibiting the lie
gsalure pass laws for abolshing slavery, and the
other establishes the policy Of excluding free negroes
and involves the same principle the controvers,
between Massachusetts and South Carolina, growing
out of the mission of Mr. HoAR. The right to i'm
pose these restrictions upon Florida, and to CONNIE
her to alter her Constitution by expungng fiom il
the guards inserted to protect the institution o.
slavery, was maintained by every WING in the Sen
ate from Notwithstanding States, and by no bod,
else. The following is the vote on Mr. Evans
amendment, that is for mualing the Florida Con
slitution:
YEAs-Messrs. Choate, Dayton, Evans, Francis
Huntington, MiIler, Phelps, Porter, Simmons, Up
ham, Whne, and Woodbridge-l2.
NAYS -Messrs. Allen, Archer, Ashley, A,chison
Anterior, Bagby. Barrow, Bayard. Benton, Ber,ien
i,reese, Buchanan, Colqut, Crtenden, Dickinson
Dix. fairfield, Foster, flanagan. Ha, wood, Hen.
derson, HugeI, Johnson, Lewis, McDufie, Manga,u.
Merrick, Morehead. Miles. Semple, Sewer, Stur.
geon, Tappan, Walker, and Woodbury-35.
These t.uslrs yeas constitute the whole whie
strength of the free States. except Mr.. Bates Of Mas.
sachusetts, absent and sick.
The thirty ue nays consist Of the whole democratic
strength (hrteen) from the yeholdlng States
with the entire vote from the slave holding States
except MIR. Pearce of Mary land, absent.
On the rejection of this amendment, every one Of
these yeas Except Mr.. White Of Indiana) voted
against the admission Of both Iowa and Florida both
being united in bill. and the obnoxious clauses
in the Florida Constitution being considered insupe
rable objections 10 the whole bill!