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Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-01-08

AT rather late hour yesterday we were favored
with copy of the late Speech of Mr. CALHOUN.
as revised by hmsef upon his resolutions protest
ing against the conquest by the United States, and
holding as province or annexing, of the Repub-
lie Of Mexico. We lose no time in placing
speech OF such consequence-though not going
qune as lar as we could have wished-before our
wide circle of intelligent and observant readers.
o'her interesting Debates and Proceedings reaf-
ing 70 the Mexican War will be found spread over
oiiierenl pages of this Sheet as we could find room
for them.
Inc principal subject of discussion in the House
OF Representatives this week has been Resolution
which proposes to ensure greater regularity in the
transportation Of the Southern mail by restoring it
to the Potomac route. The subject is not vet dis
posed Of.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-01-08

HEayr ExBEzzLEmENT.-We were informed yesterday
Of heavy embezement Of the fund Of the United States
Mint Of this city, by RANDALL HuTcmIxsoS the clerks
who on Monday last absconded taking with him large guam
ty Of the public funds which he had in his immediate charge
as clerk Of the incidental and other expenses Of the institution
Upon the facts becoming known, investigation Of his &C
counts &C. instituted when he was found to he de-
uer in the sum Of $780, o0o which he had embeznled from
the funds his keeping. He e the city Monday morn
ing, and was on Tuesday seen in New York.
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RESPONSE FROM THE PEOPLE.

We have before us the proceedings Of the Wing
County Convention for the county Of Ashtabula,
in the State Of Ohio, held on the 29th day Of last
month, December,) ls47 and, among the resolu-
tons, il gives us satisfaction to find the following,
which were unanimously adopted:
Resoiued That offensive war is contrary the painest
dictates Of religion and the genius Of free institutions
that territory acquired by naturally by be
tanned and that the only material question which Go
and Mexico still issue being whether
css Of the territory wresed from the latter by victorious
troops shall be ceded and retained the restoration
Of peace therefore do earnestly call upon rulers
to put immediate stop the unchrsian and unnatural
in which neghbor Republic is the and e
low countrymen in part the victims.
Resoed That duty ourselves and country well
regard for the pIanest principles Of mmutablc JUSTICE de-
mands call upon Government for the entire and
immediate withdrawal Of army from the territory Of
Mexico, opposed TO sustaining prolonging the
with view purpose for the subugatng dsmcmber
ing any part of that unfortunate Republic.
Resoiued That we cheerfuy concur in and adopt
the resolutions offered by the Hon. JoHS NJ BorTs in
the House Of Representatives Congress the
Resoiped That altogether opposed to and do utterly
protest sgans, the further appropriation by General Gov
OF money for the further prosecution Of the
present with Mexico, unless the may be absolutely
necessary 70. the and honorable removal Of the United
States troops from the Mexican territory the proper and
disputable territory Of the United States.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-01-08

Mr.. CLAY.-'rhe Hon. HENRY CLAY arrived in
Baltimore on Thursday night from Martinsburg,
Virginia He is the guest Of his old friend and for
mer secretary, the Hon. CHRISTOPHER HuGHEs,
with whom he will probably spend two or three
days.-Bahimore american.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-01-08
FINANCES OF MARYLAND.

The Annual Report of the Treasurer of Mary
land shows the operations of the fiscal year ending
December l, lS47, have been as follows:
The total receipts into the Treasury for the year
were 81 ,374,903 90, viz. in cash S65l ,293 70,
and in coupons S723,6l0 20. The prominent
sources of revenue from which this aggregate was
derived were-
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-01-08

The aggregate amount of the levy the assessed value
for Isi7 is S476,sO9 ~.
From the counties marked with the astcrk returns
have been received their and eves from
turns Of former years.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-01-08

Gen. SAM HoUsToN has been reelected TO the
United States Senate from Texas, for the full term
of six years from the 4th Of March last.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-01-08

The President of the Senate has appointed Sen
ator THos. JEFFERSON DAVIS, of Mississippi, Re-
gent of the Smithsonian Institution, in the place of
Mr.. Senator CAss, resigned.
The Speaker of The House of Representatives
some days ago appointed the following Members Of
the House Regents Of the Institution, TO serve until
December, .ls49, viz: Mr. HnLIARD, of Alabama,
(reappointment,) MIR. MARSH, of Vermont, and Mr.
MCCLELLAND, of Michigan, to fill the places of Mr.
0wEY, of Indiana, and Mr.. HoUoH, of New York.
whose terms expired last month"; and who, ceasing
to be Members Of the House of Representatives,
could not be reappointed.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-01-08

Dawn p PAer, Esq. Principal Of the State Normal
School Of New York, died New Years morning, aged 81
yesn.
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upon; and now, by way Of satisfying them, these
old claims, amounting to some fire millions Of dol
lars. nothing else-for Mr.. Commissioner offers to
gice up the preposterous idea of Mexico's paying
us the hundred millions which the war has cost US
the Executive instructions demand that we shall
have twenty-five millions worth of territories!
Gould any thing be more fagrantly unjust9 What
pretence at all foragain demanding fair equva-
lent" for these indemnities And, if pretence
there were, what decent excuse for demanding
value so much beyond them, that twenty millions
of dollars must be paid back to Mexico in order to
make at all even the "fair equivalent" which we
take FIRST then ask, and last of all declare Cat least
Mr.. Polk does) that zoe mean to keep any ho,o !?
The claim is five millions. We offered il for the
right Of peaceful annexation. Mexico did not make
war upon US when we annexed Texas. Should we
not, then, have considered the debt cancelled as
against her Next, we seized upon her posses
sions up to the Rio Grande: was that not offset
enough for the indemnites ! No: nothing we can
take pays them. We send an army to Santa Fe,
to seize the great province of which it is the CAPT
tai we have fleet posted in the Pacific, to fall
upon and secure California, as soon as war shall
nave Dcen Drought ABOUT ny inc Hostic uPiOlndCy
of Mr.. SLIDELL or the pacific invasion under Gen.
TAYLOR and presently near one half of Mexico is
clutched, under this inexnguishable claim of in
IDENTITIES But Vhy t,oo great territories, to pay
five millions? If New Mexico and Upper Califor-
MIA worth twenty-five millions, one of them is
worth probably the half Of that, and either would
alone be much more than /" fair equivalent /" for
our "just demands which are still just, although
twice paid already. Why, then, must we have t,co
wide Departments Of Mexico, when one would be-,
at our own valuation, double the value Of our pre-
tended claim? Can facts speak palmer language |!
Or how should there be more glaring case Of in
consistent arrogation than in all this Executive
course of claiming indemntes then taking what
was to pay for them; then claiming something else
for them; then taking that and, at last swelling
the exactiop Ivy each successive obtaining of it, de-
handing (but they taken already two separate
territories, each double the debt as the only terms
on which we will make peace !
Yet il is to sustain inconsistencies glaring and
pretences transparent these that the President
now demands of Congress thirty thousand more
men, and nearly hundred millions of dollars for
the ensuing years expenditure, to further prosecute
the war into . the vilals of the enemy !"
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-01-08
II is with sincere regret that we republsh the fol.
lowing from the Annapolis Republican,:

HUWIffB IfIfIIuTUffS
DEArH or RoBKRr w. BowIx, Esa.-We are panied to
learn the death of RoBERr w. BowIE, Esq, Of Prince
Georges county. Mr. Bowie has filled many important
tons in this State As member Of the Executive Council
State Senator and member Of the House Of Delegates
he foremost in maintaining the honor Of the State
He fearless and consistent politician always seeking the
approval Of his conscience rather than the popular applause.
He died in the meridian Of life deeply regretted by large
circle Of friends throughout the State.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-01-08

OF this last item S46,2ll 6s were in cash, and
S723,6l0 20 were in coupons.
Of the total receipts Of the year the sum of
1881 ,l27 95 was for revenue which accrued before
the year lS47.
The disbursements Of the Treasury for the fiscal
year were 81 ,194,452 ST.. OF this aggregate the
payment of interest Of The public debt took
S926,666 IA.
The balance in the Treasury on the lst OF De-
cember, Is47, was S32s, 499 40, which sum was
subject to charges which would leave nett balance
of 1927 220 81 applicable to future demands on the
Treasury.
The report goes on to say that comparison of
this annual report with those Of the two preceding
years shows gratifying improvement in the revenue of the
State generally but especially in that portion OF II de-
rived from revenue laws enacted within the last three
This together with the that the receipts in each of these
years exceeded the annual liabilities warrants the conclusion
that revenue sufficient relieve the State from her late hu
initiating cmbarrassmcnts has been provided
The following statement shows the assessed va
lue Of real and personal property IN each separate
county, Howard district, and Baltimore city, for
the year lS47:
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-01-08

Major JOHN p. GAINES, Representative in Con-
gress from the State of Kentucky land lately at
tached to the Army in Mexico, arrived in this city
on Wednesday last BY the cars from the West.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-01-08
INDEMNITY AND TERRITORY.

We had, as our readers know, closed what we
proposed to say, on our own part, in answer to the
doctrines and positions made or taken, and the pur-
poses manifested, in The late Presidential Message,
concerning Mexico and the War. The following
communication, however, which comes to us from
highly respectable quarter, touches upon some
important points which we passed by, and presents
orndicaes arguments which are worthy of attention.:
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-09-28
\ JE.MEL OLE a WOMAN

"'r years az" we We're IN possession Of ftchti,sr
"'NII ON upon qliet, humble graveyard situated 49,
lnt ANh Av~nne. Early morning a sraaiy f
a. lfA!a visited the yard, Aasy buria service was,
hunced over p ain coffin. TIE earth WAS >ir. div
ffed over ne mortal remaIps enclosed therein and VI
ID" m1li"eTS depared-all save one. That was,,,,
ABOUT thirteen years OF age who casting herself mn ~
ne ground, could only sob---.'my oher" uutII c,
p!etely exhausted by The violence Of her gr,f Sbo1,
covered, alter While, and disappeared but tuer.,,
morning she was Al The spot, planting flowers there
h-dIiy every morning, hrtwo years afterwards. Tia,
OH Pai' visit TO her parents grave. In the season f
mowers mat mound bcuMcd like garden, AHA III tbe
winter lis appearance refresh Il W several valua,
nue. eVe:9IetnS. and II WAS rel gously kept cleared Il,
az Monuments One morning last week. chance eI III
10 me graveyard and the first object that met our ewes
was the gr, now blooming marrapeablr maiden
knten5 over her mother rs final resting place ana
away the weeds from among The beautiful peuonas NJ
mas, ect which beau'lty il. We told by those
VINO KNOW. mat ram or shine, cold warm, that ulrl
mas never failed once to make her daily pilgrimage 10
mat sacred shrine SINCE he mpruing Of the burial
ilapy parent even III DEATH To have 4vpn birth 10 such
offspring We hazard nothing in saying that The girl !,
jewel among her aud that The man fortunate enourh
to wed her, Will procure true woman than which INV
eaFth contains nothing Superlor There many ma-
Tons OF the arllcle but tnls all hearts stirred by com
mendable impulses VIII acknnw ledge, IS the thing all
lis purity. Few Children REMAINDER their parents with
more ihan common respect while the latter live how
beautiful to cheerlsn their memory and decorate 4
their lom5s with natures IaTest works when dead =
\. \. Mercury
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-09-28
THE REPLY.
ALBANY, Sept. 10, 1874

ALBANY, Sept. IL, lS4S,
james Brooks Esq
Dear Sir | returned this morning from the West,
and have yours of the 10, in which you say that it has
been caarged In the Richmond Enquirer that hold it to
be within the power of Congress to interfere with or
break of The transportation, removal disposal of per
sons held as slaves from slavehodng State to an
other.
am not aware that this question has ever been
discussed In Congress- or was presented for the
consideration of the Supreme Court of the United States
before lS4l. In that year the celebrated case
from Mississippi was decided, and Mr.. Justice McLe
gave elaborate opinion this point. in which
The Chief Justice concurred He to the conclu
sion that the Constitutional power this matter was
vested in the several States, and not in Congress-
So far as my knowledge extends, this opinion carried
conviction TO every unprejndced mind and the ques-
ton 4 opinion then, and have seen no cause to change
it since. Should do So should not hesitate to declare
it.
You will therefore perceive, that you did me no in
justice in representing your friend that these were
my sentiments.
write in haste amid the pressur of official duties,
but remain, Truly, yours.
WILLARD FILLMORE.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-09-28

MILITARY CHIrIcIsM-One Of the curiostes Of lit
eraure at this epoch is be found the last
Of the Democratic Review. The military critic Of that
periodical condemns the battle Of Buena Vista
fought without genealshp and gained by lhe bravery
of the troops in spite OF the bunders II The commander.
The review does not state that Gen. Taylor fled from
The field but there is time fr two numbers more 10
appear before the election in November.
History has preserved the Of tile rhetorican
who proposed to give lectures to Hannibal The Of
war-lnnating that the hero had much to learn. 1t
was happy Instance Of selt-complacency which Hann-
bal thought too good to be lost, aud he accordingly lis
tened The recital of his mistakes from critic who had
never seen battle. 1.-THE critic Of the Review will
send his lectures to Gen. Taylor have no doubt at
all The Old man. will enjoy the perusa of very much
The General is said be fond Of joke in quiet good
natured way.-Bau. finer.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-09-28
A Ell ROPEAN WAR.

The lasl acc UNITS from Europe render il more than
probable that general war will j, ,ate the face
Of thar country The French journals speak Of it asa
'seed point that if Austria should persist in 1etusur
to give Independence to LouIbardy, The army ofhe Aims
VIII cross The frontier. The position Of Cen Cayag-
is such that he either withdraw from office Or
take t.ls couroe. The Burgeose are for peace; but
the besl friends Of the Government fear that to draw
bch 1T the promise Of ION gi> ell case would
not only enable the ultra Republicans excite the pop
uace, but would also Justification in The army and
they prefer anarchy, they will support Cavaig
IN armed lntervenllon.'
Another extract states that, after long conference
between Generals Cdrdgnac and de LumOrlciere the
formation of second army Of $4,000 men was deter
mined upon, in contemplation Of the entry Of the troops
under Gen OudusOf on The Piedmontese territory =
This measure, is said, viii raise the French army o
$50 900 men.
Ii France and Austria cross swords il will be diff
cult to keep the bystanders from joining III he quar-
rel.-Eng land will in the end be drawn INTO the vortex
and Europe become the Of events which
will make the earth blush and trembe for The wIckedness
Of man.
Our manifest policy, in case of general Europe
an war, is PEACE. That should be our polar II
would &c impossible to over-estlmate the benefit which
would flow 10 us from preserving careful neutrality.
All our great nereS S, agricultural, manufacturing and
Commercial, would be vastly t reased and sreng hened
by such course. 1t would pulus III the way of hqui-
dating the vast debt created by the Mexican war and
enable lake fresh start in the world with our purse
repenshed aud discretion improved by the iusiruc-
tons of experience.
But, TO do his we must avoid the election Of man
to the Presidency, whose prevailing idea is WAR Is in
evlaoe s; whose appetite sharp for foreign conquest
whose fancy is fired with military ambition and who
looks with all evil eye upon ofIhe great powers Of
Europe We must elevate 10 the Presidency one who
loves PEACE who knows we'll the horrors OF war to
tempt Ii unnecessarily and yell whose irnn,ss is 50
well knewn as to deter other nations from trampng up
on our rights Who has ambition but for the solid
happiness and increasing unity of our own people
and whose MAXIM in regard to all schemes Of invasion
and nterInedlng NTH matters not own is the max
i'm Of ashinglon-''Why leave our own to siard On
Foreign Soil ~ Rich. Rep.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-09-28
INDIANA

letter from Lafayette, Iudiana, to the Louisville
Journal, says:
1T has been indusrously circulated until the lie has
gained credence with the Wings, that Gen TAYLOR
cannot touch bottom in this state The same thing was
said # Crittenden in Kentucky. until the Wings abroad
despaireJ Of his election. There is no more rruth
in The report about Taylor in Indiana then there was
in this report Of the inevitable defeat of Crttenden-
10 show Won how the current sets will inform YOU
that day ago friend informed me that in
coming from Charlottesville to this place he met from
four to FIVE hun red wagons and that but of The dr
vers wasfor Van Buren,. ten or twenty for Cas-, an
The rest for Taylor You may assured that Indiana
will stand up for old Rough aud Ready"
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-09-28
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
EDEESDAY
AFTERNOON SEssIo

iFTERNOON SESslON, + U CLOCK.
The Convention re-assembled according 10 ad journ-
ment. the President in the chair.
The President announced the following committees
under the preceding Resolutions Of Mr.. j. B. Young
viz
Committee to ascertain the names, Residence. and
Post Offices IF Deiegaies.-John w. Wilson of Cum
bprani; -3ut. Of Norfolk county; George w. IIar-
rsln, Of l3run,wck VIM billiard. Of Amherst, s B
Maj rs, OF Hal fax; James + Shapp, Of Madison A. NJ
TRIBE, Of Essex ER. Watkins. Of Rchn -
NO ,ds, Of Page; John Wilson. Of Boteourt.
Committee Organization. Thomas S. Bo
cock Of Apo tox.-3att, Of Norfolk county:
" n. Clok, of (irecuville; DR.. Wm:H Davis of Char
otte; Paulus Powell. If Amhers; stephen Coleman. OF
Pitsylvana; r II. Pore. Of lh=rnarle ia mes Bar
bur of Cupeppef; B F Dlbney, of Pitisylvania; VIM
NJ Martin If Richm1nd; Thomas Boswell, Of Page; c
NJ. Loving, Of Augusta; j. G. Paxton, Of Rockbrdge
J. w. Englisu of f.
Committee to ascertain the Popular Vote oflls Stale
Dr.. Roaert Bitler, If i:,a Wight; George w. Hari
of Brunswick J w. AIinsleai of CAarlhte; Gen.
.. Clay, OF Campbell; W. Coles. jr,, Of Ptsy
vania; B. o. Neal, Of -; II. ". Quares, of Am
herH; A. NJ. Tribe, of Essex; G. w. Cox, Of -;
J. II. Skinner Of Augusta William r. Cook, Of Roaa
oke.
Committee 10 distribute Documents and collect Funds
Charles II. iynch Of Campbell; w. Il d lnkard, Of
Petersburg; D. NJ d VIII, At Ric,mond; W. + Yam
cey. OF Lynchbarg ) B. Aiaj rs,of H .at; r. H Glass
and Jnhn Z Adams, Of Lyncn0atg.
The Committees having been announced the Pdesi-
dent introduced To the Cnnven'i,n,J b Young Esd of
enEic9, who occupied is attention fol near Two hours
III speech Of n ich power.
Ihe Converts then. motion, adj urned 10 meet in
tch-Ighi pFeoassn haf pas 1cl OK ii Fl 1T Of the
Unversasl Church from whence it would march. &C
c'Tdng toPr'srain:ne again e Lyncli's Warehouse.
7o'el ok, 2. NJ
Inc Contention reassenbied The Pres dsnt the
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-09-28
DO M ES TIC,
THE ALIFORNIA GOLD REGION
The Union Publishes the following letter from the
mercan ConsU at Monterey

1Ht ALlf ORNIA GUILD REGION
The Union publishes the f,lllwino letter fr,m the g.
merican Consul at Monterey
MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA, JuIv lS4s
SIR Since my last letter ID Won. written in San
FRANCISCO, have visited Placer or gold reoion of
California and f5u d ita, tt had b-4n presented II M.
Nv anciplliunS were fully reaizpI Tie par, visited
wasthe south fork Of the river Americ a. which inn,
the Sacrament, at Suffers RI; or INN, niIa, f,, !,
Tn river ia> lis north and s,a.h forks branching more
than twenty NILS from Fort Su,er. On these two for is
there over 1000 people digging and Washing for uuId
Ga Bear ciee. and iluIo creek branches Of Feather
river many now beginning to work is supp,sed
thai the banks and bottoms Of all these small Streams
contain vast quantities Of gold and that the valleys be-
tween them are rIch win the same metal The people
are now working Al places some are eighty mics
from others The place visited was about a le5rue in
eN en-; ~ this were a51l fifty tents many have M even
IN co enny Al tent. belonging ii eirAt sn II
men, renamed two or three days. These men had
Two machines made in day, from 80 10 90 fee Inch
boards, ami very roughly put together Their form Wa
something like c1d's cradle without the ends at one
end there was movable sieve or rack 10 wash down
the dl and shake OH the stones Holes made in
the Bottom Ut the machine catch the cod this wash
stopped, and this was scraped hourly These Two
machines gathered each day present three ourhs
10 one pound each, being three TO four ounces of god per
man. heSe men II Id worked one week with tin pans:
he last week with the machine. saw The res.It ot
the first days work of Two brothers; (Americaas) one
gu u"4ldS NE Ollltr elLnV lNU intV worked
on The same hve yards Of land one, however worked
less than tile whole day. Their plan, like hundreds Of
others. was first with pick and shovel clear off Nv,
feet OF the top earth, then pat in tin pan or wooden
bow shov OF dirt, 90 into running water with the
hand sir up the dt aud heave out The Stones until they
nave remaining sp1ontnl If emery black sand con-
tanning one To I'VE dollars. This be done once or twice
a day.
Each day is causing some saving of labor by he i'm
| provemens IN the rough machines now in use The
day eft, small mpanes OF five to EIGHT men had
machines from which they anticipate five or six hundred
dollars day There certainly must this day be at work
on the different Places several hundrcds Of Americans
and others who are cleaning ounce Of gold day.
have this week seen in Monterey Californian who
shows onr hundred dollars of gold from the labor Of one
week mach Of it was the sz= of wheat | myself
weighed piece from his blg aud fund the weIoht an
even lelke many others only Went up 10 tie cold
regions to see the place b,rroued ,ools VARIED ,e,
DAYS and came hon,a +, show, bis I,b, and .l: ~ t
els and cousins and pr visons Etrattne .prc i, !.
scarce a. SI6 per 100 ms A. IIn,st hi: ,r. ,,
/ - 20 - 'iiH -