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CONGRESSIONAL.
THE SLAVERY QUESTION.


Mr.. Calhoun rose and said Mr. President 7
rise To offer set of resolutions in reference To the
vaTiOus resolutions from the State legislatures
upon the subject ut what they call the extensiun
OF slavery. and The prnvso attached To the Hnnse
bill, called the three million bill. VIVA, nro.
pose before send my resolutions to the table il
TO make few explanatory remarks
Mr.. President. 1t soemnIy asserted on
this fioor some lime ago that all parties in the
non-sIavehnlding States had come Ia a fixed and
solemn determination upon two propositinns One
was, that there should he no further admission NJ
any States into this Uniun which permitted h.
their constitution the existence of slavery and
the o:her was. that slavery shall not hereafter
exist in any Of the Territories If The United
States; me flee; Of which would he tn give +,
the non slavehodnq States the monopoly Of the
public domain. 10 the entire exclusion of the
slave holding States. Since that declaration was
made. Mr.. President, we have abundant proof
that there a satisfactory foundation for i, -
We have received already Solemn resolutions
passed by seven Of the nun slavehodinU States-
one half Of the number already in the Union
Iowa not being rOuDted-using the stroneest DOS
sible language To that cfert and M Doubt in
short space Of time similar resolutions will he re-
ceived from all Of The non slsvehoIding Staies
Bot we need NOT go beyond the walls of Conuress
The subject has heen aQifated in the other House
ana thfy nave sent you mp hill - prohibiting
the extension Of slavery" (osng their own Ian
guage) " to any terrtury which may be acquired
by the United States hereafter" At the same
time, two resolutions which have been moved to
extend the compromise line from the Rocky
mountains to the Pacific. dnring the present ses
sion. have been rejected by decided majority
SIR, there is mIsiakng the signs Of the
times; and it IL high time that the southern
States. the slaveholdlng States. shonld inquire
what is now their relative strength in This Union
and what it y III he il this determination should
hr carried into effect hefeafipr Sir, already we
nre IN minority--l use the word we" for
hreglv sake--already we are in minority in the
other House. m the electoral cOlIege. and NAV
ssv, ~ every department Of this government. ex
crpt II present ~ the Senate Of the United STATES
--thPre for the present we have an equality. o.
ihe twenty eight States, fourteen are non slave
h'ldlug and fnureen are slsvehpldlng. coun,ino
Delaware, which ~ doubtful. as one Of the non
.'aveholdlng States But this equality Of streno ~
"yrsts only ~ the Senate. One Of the clerks at
NV request has furnished me with a statement of
nI' tho relative strength Of the iva descfip
iirn- nf States IN the other Iouse Of Conpr, So
Hnj N The electoral college There are 228 rep.
'V-""'aHves. lncindng Iowa, which is slfeAdy
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Mr. Benton then rose and said: Mr.. President,
we have some business to transact. I do M, in.
tend To avoid business for string of distractions
MT Ca'houn. The senator says he cannot take
mp distractions. The constitution is an absirac,
ton. Propriety is an abstraction. All the great
rules at llie are distractions. The Declaration of
independence was made on an abstraction aud
when hear man declare that he is against ab-
sitaci truth IN a case of this kind, am prepared
I" Know what his course will he! | certainly
supposed that the senator ftum Missouri the rep,
fesen'a'ivp of slavehoding State, would have
snpp"r,ed these resolutions | moved them in
good Faith under solemn conviction If what was
hne u' those whom represent and due the whole
Union. have as little desire as any senator Ia
instruct pubic business. All want is decis-
100 AMI decision heinre the three million bill is
decided 1t the senator from Missouri wants to,
morrow morning, very well. The resolutions
can he taken up on Monday.
Mr.. Bentun. | will pursue nv own course
when the lime comes. | know what are abs,rac
lions. and what are not | know what business
Is, and what is not. am Gr going an with the
business OF The session; aud say, shall not
'"r distractions. years ahead, Ia the exclusion of
business He says he calculated on my course
de is mistaken. He knows very well, from my
whole curse in public life. tha, never would
leave public business To lake up irebrands To set
the world on fire.
Mr. Calhoun. The senator does not at all com
prehend me
Mr. Benton | am from the right place | am
on the side of my country and the Union.
The resolutions were then ordered to be printed
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MR.. CALHOUN'S SPEECH NTHE VIII
MOT PROVISO-THED DUTY OFTHF SO1rTIJ

The Importance of the speech of Mr.. Calhoun
on the subject of the Wilmot Provso and the evi.
dent designs of the non slavhoding States agains,
The South, are Of so much importance that .s
give up our editorial space to place i, before the
public. We have no comments To make unon !,
for 1t must strike every reader at once We can.
not, however, i"regu the opportunity of again ex
pressing our as,unIshment at the s,range infatua
ton OF some members of the democratic nartu y,
attempt to strike down and paralyze the ENERGIES
OF this great man, who at all times, and in every
emergency, has proved himself the able and ready
champion Of the South and we now assure tbsn,
that the attempt will not be successful. bnt will
evennaia IN the swift and sure destruction of
those VINO are making the unworthy effhrt. We
have only t" re er TO the course of MIR. Benton. to
call down the eXecra ton of every homes, man in
the S"uih against his business and time serv
ing policy. at this hour, when the Greeks are =,
our very doors. with chains in their hands tn
manace limbs forever
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APPOINTMENTS BY THE pREslDENr

ny and 'ch the adoice and consent of the Senate.
Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire. and Tim.
o'hy r Andrews. of the District of Columbia. 10
be coonels of Infantry. ="
Abner Is. Thompson, of Maine and Josepb r
Johnston. OF the corps of typographical engineers
To he lieutenant colonels of infantry
lrueman B. Ransom, of Vermont. Ia he mar
uf Infantry.
Moses }. Barnard, John T. Hunter. Charles 7
Blddle. Arnold Syberg. NJ. M Moore p,esIev
N Guthrie. and WIN. H. Irwin, all of pennsyl
vania, and Joseph S, PiInan, of Rhode Island In
be captains Of infantry
Lewis Carr. Marshall Harmon, Hy. C. Long
necker, John Mo,z, Chas. F. Campbell. J,s 7
Gregg, and Thos F. Mccoy. all of PennsyIv,n;,
and John D Slocnm. of Rhode Island. 10 he frs,
ileuenants OF infantry.
Theodore d. Cochrane. WIN. H Grav Rich
ard e. Drum. jesse B. Davis Horace HaIdeman
George T.. McCleland. and Workman Fos,er ns
Pennsy wanna To be second lieuienans of infantry
John Butler. of Pennsy Ivania, and Rcb,rd i,
Niefrck, OF Maryland, To be captains of draoo,ns
Samuel Is. II. Vance. of Pennsylvanj. ,nd
Walter II Jeniftr, of Maryland, to be first lien.
| tenants of Dragons
Joseph c.. Wallace. of Pennsylvani, and
Joseph ii. Maddox. of Maryland, 10 De second
lieuenants of Dragons. ''''''
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pany YOU keep. and will shaw you your charac
er, is an old maxim conirmed ny universal ub
serva'l"n By fascinating with the vir,uons. the
wise and yood. we hiring tn bear on ourselves n
most pnwe,tnl Influence at assimilation as all n,ir
GOOD P'inenes and COED traits are strengthened
and we iesl ourselves advancing in worth. But
" we ass"rial" witt, The Immoral aud unprinci
pied, we come under Influence which cannnt
,''i Il" inJhre,u Many youth has thus heeo
led On by elders in iniqui,y, ill he has been in
it'a'rd into crime, and ended his DAYS miserable
"uicast THE STRANGER
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In the nafionai crisis. relief must he Ia urs.,
extent. in' hec've. save nv a GENERAL effort Par,
'ia offerings cannot avail The avvrsgale or H.
smallest gifts. mus, he greater than the larye s,h
sc''p'ions OF ,ba charitable few. From the rich
muc" Is expected. hut not every thing and the
'lch nave done much. even if they have fallen
short "f their ahlIiiv-w hile few are 30 poor a. ~
be wholly Incapable of rendering any assistance
ln spite of the fellow feeling which this non,,
ceden'ed sorrow is calculated inspire, it il IN
oe feared that The relief required may not be ,s
general as might have been expected from n
Christian people II may he true. that cbari,v
begins al home; that we have MANY indiuen,
mere; without gong abroad tn hook for them,
mat IN" English are wealthy enough to supply
The wants of the Irish without our assistance
that The poor have brought this evil ON them
spives--rhat. if we send them bread il NAV M,
he honestly distributed all these and better ,e.
sans tr refusing "onin't. aye lite itself 10 our
fellow creatures. may exist and may satisfy tbs
ngenuons. but the fac, cannot be denied ,b.,
death In the awful form of hunger is devas,,,;n,
na'"n. and that il becomes us IN afford n RENE
DIV tor the evil. rather than tn cominen, upon its
causes ~
The harp Of Erin has many strings wb;,h
might he touched in The hope nf fulI resnons;va
notes-We are not forgeifnl Of her aid in IVA,
nor "' her irumphs in the genler arts uf peace
which have thrilled the hearts of thousands in
every land. and which have especially given her
claim upon the broiherly kindness of onr own
fruitful connry--hni To The glories of war. and
The trlumphs of genins, the s"ny of lamen,ation
has succeeded. and it appeals to all who can feel
fir human suffering
II is believed that there are hundreds in Tho
neiehborhnod. and amung the gon peoole IF
North Carolina. who will respund to this call nc
soon as il reaches them. To such. and 10 ali IN
whom 1t may be more Convenient To forward nm.
duce rather than money, we desire Ia saw. ina,
either the one or the other will he mos, accent,
Die. and that tins cutnIniitee will b. happy to a
the agent of its transmission. ~
u JOHN E. DOYLE, Secretary.
Inc Committee to receive further contribu-
lions of Corn or Money. are WIN w Sb,,n
Sam1 w. Paul. Myer Myers Walter n T,,.
Tor Alex Bell. David Kyle. FL b. Reardnn
John Dodd Rich'd Fl. Chamberlain, and JAS
Barry, Jr o''
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From the London Economist, Dec 10, 1876
REMARKABLE PROPHECY OF COR
BEI,T RESPECTING IRELAND AND TUE
FAILURE OF THE POTATO

-. - - LEAMINGTON.
:" My DEAR SIR: Last evening me, a, din
ner, Roman Catholic priest, a Doctor Smith.
from Connemara county, Galway, who related
the following conversation he had with this er.
iraordlnary man, Goblet, in 1896 While sneak
ing OF Ireland; Cobbett said that the dirry weed
abiding to the potato, ,oould he the curse of Ire
land. How ST. 2 replied Dr. Smith What
must the people do without IT, They live unon
IT, They have had il in cultivation $50 wears
C"bbet answered, They must 90 back 10 The
same fond they were accustomed To- live upnp ore
vIous To the general cultivation of The drty weed
and that ls 10 grain. wheat oats, rye. &c
Yon have fur millions of souls in Ireland and
eight millions of acres of nncultivated ground
This ground mnst he drained, and brouGbt into
cultivation. and Won must again grow wheat
oats. rye, &c. The Potato ,oM not last more
than ttoenty years. tohen IL ,ciH ,oork itselfouf
and then you ,oiN see TO ,ohat Il state Jreland
,oilt be reduced. Yon must return to grain crops
and Ireland. instead of being the most degraded.
will become one of The finest countries in the
world. Yon may live to see my words prove
true, bui never shall"
" Doctor Smith made a note Of the abovs in
90, and The same npinion and prophecy con-
cprnhg Inc potato occurs in one of Cobbeli's
bnoks- Collage Economy. or Cottnge Comforts,
| forget which "
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FROM TAMPICO.

passenger ON beard the barque Mopnng. which
arrived at New Orleans on the l3.h having left
Iampco on the 3lst ult. reports that the yellow
fever had made lis appearance among the troops.
The report. however. is thought To have no true
foundation.
The U. S. soop of war Albany. Capt. Breese.
arrived off TampIco The 3lst ut.
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STEAM FRlGATE ALLEGHANy.

The United States steam friyate Albanian,
says correspondent of The Baltimore Sun. l.(,
fit'sourg on the 23i instant, (ruesdsy,) under
the command of Lieut.. Hunter The Ohio is in
excellent navigabe order. and she will have
hne TIP To her destination, which we believe ia
either Pensacola or New Orleans
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THE THREE Million BIJ.J.

Ihis Bill is still under discussion in th. Sen
a'e' IL seems to be understood. by general con
sent. tina, The final vote on the bill sha be taken
on Saturday next
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LIBERAI,lTY.

Northampton. Massachusetts, little town.
with great heart. contributed. at a single meet
ing, FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS in aid of
Ireland There are but 900 people in the place,
and this is by Ear the most magnificent sum vel,
raised for the same purpose
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DR.. HOLI,ICK

WIZ moi Lecture IN Norfolk ill his return
IRON Richmond. where he is specially invited to
Lecture n'yt week. In the mean Time room is
being p" pared for him her. aud every ARRANGE
ment made
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From the Norfolk Herald.
RELIEF FOR IRELAND.

Onr City has made its offering of relief 10 the
suffering population of Ireland This offering.
we learn, will favOrably compare with the la rpest
IN amount which has been contributed in the most
wealthy aud popular towns of the Union. We
rejoice Ia proclaim i'll Let it be remembered
that there are comparatively but few Irish among
u.s. and Of these. still fewer, who arc blessed
with the means to relieve their perishng country
men
The Collecting Committee G,r the City having
performed their duty, now appeal 10 the country.
10 The following eloquent and touching address.
which We trust will.he duly appreciated, and re-
sponded 10 in corresponding spirit of genuine
beneyolence.
IRELAND.
The COMMITTEE appointed to collect means in
aid OF the destitute people of Ireland, avinp near
ly completed their labours, in this civ. cherish
the hope that the citizens If the SURROUNDING
country, have not been ndttenlve tc the calls Of
humanity. from that distressed country, and are
willing To unite with us in the proposed relief
n lew friends from the country. have come for
ward already, and, doubtless, manv more would
have swtlled the list, if they could realize the
fact that men. women and children. from causes
IN which they had no agency. are dying from hun
ger. IL is not that blight has fallen upon few
and that lis effects are sudden and soon over bot
nation lingers and is wasting away gradually
and painfully for want Of food. without hope in
prospect, save in the sympathies Of those. W hose
lot has been more favored So great is the number
ct deaths, that the cUIOner has ceased to exercise
his Office and even the decent formslities of Sc.
pnltufe are omitted. In this land which teens
with plenty. it is hard to conceive the horrible
Truth. that millions are exposed to such calami.
ties yet. II there he any reliance upon human
testimony. this statement presents cold and fec
bic picture, compared with the simple truth
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THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
II. HUME.
JAS. MURDAUGH.
SAMI.. Nj. WILSON.

DEMOCRATIC MEETING IN NORFOLK.
The proceedings of the Meeting held in Nnr
folk on Monday evening, will appear in our next
paper.
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/" OF SUCH is THE KINGDOM OF HEA-
VEN

We were reading DR.. OryiIe Drwey's Addtes
to the pnbllc from meeting in Washington for
The Relief Of Ireland, in the presence of some
children on Friday evening. In il this sentence
occurs-" Mother" said a child dying of siarya
'Ion as one of The letters reports" Mother, rive
me lhTee grains OF cOrn! This is what flruIsh-
ing Ireland says to us. The little ones wers al
tendve and absorbed, and the conversation for
sometime was directed toward the misery of that
unhappy country. The next morning afier break
fast, as we stood at the back window, we saw a
little girl about fuOr years DID, feeding her net
chickens with crumbs Of bread. We opened the
window and reminded her that there was other
tood in kitchen closet for them ''Oh yes" said
she. - know IT and kippies know it too, but no
matter this i'll dO.'
Sometime after, we were reading, the little
one came t0our side with a paper roll and handed
it to US. saying
e Cant you send this to the poor little Irish
girl that is starving %
:" What is 1t % we asked
KIppes' breakfast" was the reply.
We 0prned lit was one Of the paper coTnu-
c0pias which Santa Claus had filed with hon
buns for The stocking at Christmas. hut in place
OF the conlectons, it was now filled tciM corn
The voliye Offering Of child Bot this was not
all. Pouring The corn ont on the table at the
boltom OF the paper bag We found cent. taken
from The lue treasured Store. which has been
garnered for future uses. We placed the money
and the seed as we found them, and will lake
care That they delivered according TO the
childish rsquest-Phiia. North american.
HE LoNGEsT TRAIN.--A traveller writes
that on his way cas-, We passed the longest train
of cars on the Albany aud Boston road that has
ever crossed the track. II was composed of l22
cars oi an everage length Of so fee, each, making
a train of over 300 leet--ur near three quarters
of nile Ong-and all drawn by one powerful
engine.
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The Reward.
az j. G. wmIrrIER.

VINO, looking backward from his mankood''
prime,
Sees not the spectre of his raisspent time;
And, through the shade
OF funeral cypress, planted thick behind,
Hears no reproachful whisper on the wind
From his loved deadl
Who bears no trace of PASSIONS evil forcel
Who shuns thy sting, o, terrible Remorse?
Who would not cast
Half Of his future from hirl, but to win
Wakeless oblivion for the wrong and sin
OF the sealed Pa,t7
Alas! the evil, which we fain would shun,
We do, andleaye the wished.for good undone;
Our strength to-day
Is but Tomorrow weak nesil, prone 10 fall;
Poor, blind, improbable servants all,
Are we Away.
Yet who, thus looking backward DER his years.
Feels not his eyelids wet with grateful tears,
IL he hath been
Permitted, weak and sinful as he was,
To cheer and aid, In some ennobling cause,
His fellow men7
II he hath hidden the outcasE, or let in
A ray of sunshine to the cell of sin;
II hs hath lent
Strength to the weak, and, in an hour of need,
Over the suffering, mindless Of his creed
Or hue, hath bent.
He has not lived in vain; and, while he gives
The praise TO Him in when he moves and lives,
With thankful heart,
lie gazes backward, and with hope before,
Knowing that from his works he never more
Can henceforth part.
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Where, where are all the bircs that sang
A hundred years ago
The flowers that all in beauty sprang
A hundred years ago
The lips that smiled,
The eyes that wild
In flashes shone
Soft eyes upon
Where, oh where are lips and eyes,
The maiden's smiles, the lovers signs,
That lived so long ago7
Who psopled all the streets
A hundred years ago2
Who filled the church with faces meek
A hundred years ago
The sneering tale
OF sister frail--
The plot that work'd
A brothers. hurt,
Where, oh where are plots and sneers,
The poor mans hopes, tho rich mans fears
That lived SO long ago1
Where are the graves whore dead men slep
A hundred years ago
Who were they that living wept
a hundred years ago
By other men,
Who knew not them,
Their lands are tiled;
Their graves are filed
Yet Nature then was Just as gay,
And bright the sun shons as to-day,
A hundred years ago
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PRoeREss OF LIrERAruRE AND Sci
EEcE.--A progress in these must be accom-
panied by progressive changes in our social
and political institutions. That they have
not arrived at perfection, the slightest glance
at the misery around us is all that is requi-
site to prove. The supposition that they
will not be subject to changes, would imply
either that while other kinds of knowledge
are daily advancing, the science Of social
happiness was as complete as the nature Of
the subject allowed, and therefore suscepti-
bic Of no improvement or that the happi-
ness OF communities admitted of no addition,
their misery Of no diminution, from the most
thorough insight into the various causes
which produced them. The history of eve
ny country proves that a knowledge Of these
causes is one of the most difficult Of acquisi
tons; that on no subject is man more easily
deluded, less capable Of extensive views,
guilty of grosser mistakes, and yet more in
veterately pertinacious Of thinking himself
infallible. Nor is there any subject on
which the correction of an apparently small
error has teemed with such important bene-
fits to the world.-Pursuit of Truth.
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Social PLEAsuREs.-" The pleasures
Of volatile head, says Mrs. Carter, ARE
much less liable to disappoint, than those
of sensible heart For such as can be
contented with rattles and raree-shows, there
are rattles and raree-shows in abundance to
content them; and when one is broken it is
mighty easily replaced by another. But
pleasures arising from the endearments oI
social relations, and the delicate sensibili-
ties of friendly affection are more limited,
and their objects incontrovertible; they are
accompanied with perpetual tender solici.
tude, and subject to accidents not to be re-
paired beneath the Sun. 1t is no wonder
however that the joys of folly should have
their completion in a world with which they
are TO end, while those of higher order mus
necessarily be incomplete in world where
they are only to begin. The Doctor.
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CHRIsTMAs.-"lt was now verging to the
season which, in Catholic Oxford. is called
the Feast Of the Nativity, but by Protestant
England is sill named Christmas-the sea.
son Of pudding and Pantomimes, mince.
pies and maudlin sentiment, blue noses and
red books. Now nurseries were growing
licenticus, and the masters and mistIesses Of
seminaries, the He-rods and She-rods Of
British infancy, preparing to turn their limo.
cents loose and wild upon the world. Now
were malicious bachelors purchasing small
drums and tiny trumpets. 10 present 10 the
children Of unfortunate married men. Nov
young ladies were busy exchanging poly-
glots and pin-cushions, beautiful books, and
books Of beauty, Olney Hymns and Cha.
pone's Letters, with cases and boxes of TWEEN.
ty kinds. Now LANDLORDS were beginpino
to get praised in provincial papers, for low.
ering rents that ought never to have been 80
high and laboring men were about to be
compensated for year Of hunger, with
single day Of roast beef and plum pudding
Folly, in white waistcoat, was now QUO
ting old songs, and dreaming Of new monas
teries, as if it was a whit less difficult n
turn Modern Christmas into an ancient
Yule, than to change a lump Of sea-coaI
into a log Of pine. Sensible people on the
contrary, content TO live in their owntime,
and not 50 ravished as Mr. Owlet with ibs
ages Of darkness, or the things thereof, were
buttoning their coats, without a sigh for the
doublets Of Their fathers going to and fro
upon railroads, with decided preference
Of speed and security to robbery and 70.
nance; nay, they were desPatching or nedi.
tating hospitable messages to their friends
and preparing for the festivities Of the sea.
son, without a thought Of bOar's head, or
notion on the subject Of medieval gas.
tronomy. The Bachelor of the Al5aay