The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-12-29
NEW ORLEANS SATURDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 49, l849.


Mr.. II. N. Smith, tho delegate 20 Washngtou
from New Mexico, received specific instructions
from the late Territorial Convention. After setting
forth in preamble the evils the people of New
Mexico have suffered from ga Government unde-
fined and doubtful in its character" and from the
want Of Propes protection against the surrounding
Indian tribes, the Convention embodied its instruc
tons to its delegate in the following resolutions:
Rssolged That our delegate to Congress Is hereby in
structed uEgeimpTyely upon tlls G0Ve1nrleu Ire us-
sy Of properly organized and efficient military force,
potent numbers the entire gubection Of Indian
mics that paEt Of aid force Should consist Of regiment Of
Resoissd thai he urge upon ConsFss &c imperative ne
esa1t for The eab Of sufficient iund Or resources
placed in posqn Of he Territorial Government lor &c nee
Ies6tsed That lie 90 tle neossy appropriations from
gongT for The erection Of Territorial and county buildings,
the erection Of public highways, and the extension Of post
noats throughput the Territory.
suitable persons Of capacity and practical knowledge, with
necaTy appropriations to effect careful geological survey
Rssoiged, That he ask the insertion Of clause in ts Con
aous 81 e dsiba R P9SRS e p Y S e.
henlefeTence Of either military civil Tribunals with the
nights and privileges Of the Catholic Church.
That he sha define the boundaries Of New Mexico as fo
lows Bounded north By The Indian Territory wet By Cali
qnia south by the boundary line beiween Mexico and the
United States and By the State OF Texas that be shall
mst upon the permanent establishment Of two regiments Of
troops within The Territory that Of said shall be
raised, organized and differed within this Tertor and
he shall have inserted IN said constitution provision which
shall secure the compliance with contracts between maste and
urge the establishment Of fort IN the bea Of the NavIO
country @ protect The people against the nensns and rob
shall have inserted provision to protect lie people against
sIe1s @ maeNoent ldSa9n AND securing 70 a leIsois
without Interruption, full and indeeasibe title that the
laws Of Mexico, heretofore in force, regarding the mineral
anas and The working Of mines, b continued in force By
masing constitutional provision to that effect
Col. BENToN.-This veteran Senator, if he has
fallen under the displeasure Of his late political
friends, apr ans TO have suddenly acquired favor
among his old political foes. The Washington cor
respondent Of the New York Courier, in speaking OF
his omission from the important committees, likens
him 10 Aristdes, banished for being called g the
just" The correspondent Of the New York Til
bune takes up Mr.. Benton's cause in the following
strain of extraordinary zeal and laudalion:
''The sabiect matter of a violent discussion and
debate among the locOfocO senators was; whether
Col. Benien should be OstIacissd by his party, by
excluding him entirely from the committees, so fai
as the selection Of the locoocos was concerned. To
accomplish this, even Mr.. Calhoun lent himself q
caucus schemng, and in violation Of the unifoim
practice Of his public and Of his long avOwed
principles, attended the caucus for the purpuse d
prostrating rival whom he had found his superior
in manly debate, whether upon the floor Of the Sen
ate or at the hastings before the psople Il seemed
to be lilestruggle with the great nullier whether
Col. Benton should thus be OsiIacised or not, anc
by the aid Of Dickinson of your State and Gen. Cas-
of Michigan, the Southern dsuniOnisis hoped TO tFl
| umph over the fall Of Benton at the hands Of hi
! own party friends. / learn from an uuqueslionabl,
| source, that Col. Benton, without knowing tina
| Calhoun and FoOte were organizing an opposition
to him, had requested that in the selection Of thi
chairmen Of the various committees by his part
friends, his name might not be used, although frou
a sense Of duty he was willing to bear hisporlion
| the public burdens as a member Of the committee
Of which he had usually been designated as ehail
man. But no sooner did he hear Of this Ouibrsa
Against him on the part Of the nUiliiers and sees
| deIa Of the Union, IN the locOioco caucus, Than
at once Withdrew the request from u detefininiift
to give his opponents other excuse for nsiracisiI
him other than that he had stood by the COnstit
ton and the Union in the slavery agitation, ar
against lis extension over territory now free. II
age, his long public experience, and national rep
tation, entitled him by courtesy well as upon Il
score of merit 70 being placed at the head of Il
same committees as heretofore. II, therefore, Il
conspiracy Of the Calhounites, with a few dOugh-f
ces Of the North, TO OveIs augh him succeeds, It wi
render him the stronger in Missouri and make h
reelection to the Senate more certain. These me-
who are his unequals in debate, political ntsgri
and talent, will, before the session is over, feel Il
weight Of his influence an manner and al a Tin
, they little expect it,"