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The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-10-06


CESERAL He.ss Esrnishins Dry Goods w.reroon,;
and osc Intending keep house. that they have
ued prepared for the reception Of
hero seen city viii be absent for few days for
and would respectfully desire
preie-t best, and most extensive
choose nom 70 walt their return They wiz nave In
ssperb Tapestry Velvet, Tapestry Brussels and Brussels
Three piy supsrhns Ingrain low priced %
Together win everything pretty and good which may be needed
their line. Aug 2S-f4whwh
Agency OF Book-Publishing Houses On United
avenue street, with
principal establishments Of the win all orders
or religious miscellaneous law, medical, scientific, and school
Schools individuals intending
Ameesn The northern cities, trouble and
ss; % Mo- % leaving A' ods win
rrEAP GOODs.--we would remaining
Goods hand o. our intention close
then out al prices give call They
Worked and standing collars
DO inside handkerchief and Jenny Lind habits
Lace and a usin cspes worked cuffs
Thread, silk, and Kid gloves
Face and bonnet flowers
And variety Of articles usually sold in ne store Cal and 'se
Aug i4-eoa Successors TO .. T. = G. King
pHuIP BARTON KEY win attend 20 any business
may be ntussed before Of the courts Of This Die
et and win also attend 70 the prosecution Of claims before Jon
and the Departments. once on Q street -
wasmseror, July 10, 1895. jay H-@wh
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES benjamin r. worcester, teschef
Photography during the past In several schools nis
city, continues 10 rive pnvsfe Mrs NJ
Posters, Oh street, between and ~ on reasonable TERMS
Sept 2-lswn
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-10-06

DEsrIIP BARTON KEY win attend 90 any business
with before either Of The courts Of This DE
and attend the prosecution Of claims before Con
pe- and Departments. once on street. . -
wksmreTor, July 10, 1876. July if-hwu.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-02-02
More GoIdT,eu,s.

Accounts of newly-acquired fortunes.
through the accident of being early on
California ground are every where in
circulation, We have lately been in
formed of the following, in addition to
those we have already chronicled:
A gentleman by the name of Riley. at
present in this city. has in his possession
certificate for $64 900 in gold dust, de-
posted in the mint at New-Orleans.
Mr.. Lippet, formerly teacher in the
school of the Brothers Peugnet, in this
city. and who went out as captain in the
California Regiment, has written letter
which. at his request, was read to the
scholars of The Messrs. Peugnel's school.
among whom he was always favorite.
He states that he is in excellent health,
and will return in three or six months,
with half million dollars, in gold.
A merchant in Baltimore, who sent TO
California year age. .on a venture, IS 900
worth Of old store goods, has received
the bill OF lading from San Francisco for
$4,000 in gold dust.
The buying and fitting out oflhe ships
for the Pacific still continues. Three
vessels we're purchased yesterday, one OF
them, the Farius, at $l2 900. among 9TH
erS which have been recently bought, are
the brig Selma at SIC, 900; the barks Nal.
iory and j. A Jcsuren, $4,000 each, and
the bark Nautilus, $90o0.-N Y Tri-
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-02-02
Southern Caucus.

Caucus orthe Southern members Of Congress was
'fzzle.' Not one third the members voted upon
the adoption of John C. Calhoun'S Address. The
Washington Union. however, says that the nc.
counts are inaccurate in many particulars. The
Address is in type and will appear shortly. when
correct abstract can be made. The Wings, in
u body opposed its adoption. This affords matter
Tor our Northern democrats to reflect upon Their
niles, in the South, the only ones in favor ol
disunion.
Mr.. Calhoun has partially rogained his health
and is able To take his place in the Senate. He
was not able to attend the caucus and thus did
not witness his defeat.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-02-02
Homestead Exemption.

The bill introduced into the Senate of Ohio by
Mr.. DIMmocK provides that any resident of this
State the head ola family, may set apart and hold
for the benefit of himself aud family, exempt from
forced sale on execution. lot of land rot exceed.
ing in extent 100 acres, nor in value, with the
buildings, $1,000. Italso provides that the own.
er Of house. on land not his own, may set apart
and hold said house as his homestead, or house
and lot. in any village, town or city, not exceed
ing the value of $1,000. 1t also exempts to the
heads OF families not owning homestead $1,000
in cbattel property
The bill presented in the Pennsylvania Legs
lature, limits the value to $500. and extends the
exemption to every citizen, femme sole trader or
widow.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-02-02
A California Bumper.

We are told that Messrs, Savage & Haw-
kins, gold assayers. &c. les William-st.
have received a lumpof what was sup
posed to be California gold, weighing 90
ounces Troy weight, to be assayed. 1t
proved to be sulphuret Of iron. The
owner of the article purchased it at San
Francisco, whore he paid 81 per ounce
for it in merchandise. Messrs. S. and H
say that they have received several spec,
linens of California rocks to assay, but as
yet they have received no gold. They
1re constantly receiving orders for test
ing acids to go TO the gold region, but say
they have concluded that they can mine
gold fasterin New, York City.-EUeaing
Post.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-02-02
confirmation OF the Gold Mines.

The Washington Union of Wednesday
morning contains the following letter, pre-
cisely similar 10 that published in The
Tribune of the same date. in advance Of
all other City papers-and which was so
cody set down as CANNON by an af-
ternoon contemporary.
We are permitted to make an extract
from letter from highly intelligent
source, which gives increased interest to
the gold region in California. The letter
left Topic on the 18th of December last
and is the latest intelligence received
from the west coast:
"There is a late arrival from California
bringing intelligence that region ofgold
richer than any yet known, has been dis
covered north of the former placer. The
United States storeship Lexington was to
leave for the United States. When this
vessel sailed she already had on board
$500 600 in gold dust for the United
States"
We understand that the gold dust was
put on board tho ship as the property of
individual citizens, for safe transporta.
tion here.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-02-02

On Monday Mr.. Benton made an i'm.
portant speech in the Senate; over two
hours long. He fears that, tho adventurers
in California will suffer much for want of
a government. He opposes the union
of California and New Mexico in one
State. He says the gold mines of Cali
fornia like those of Brazil. will soon be
drained and forgotten, and the sooner the
better. He believes that gold mines tend
to impoversh country. He wants to
relieve the public mind from the delrium
and gangrene of this gold fever. He
would send wild animals to scratch up
aud waste the thing ifhe could. Strong
laws would be needed to keep people
out there from destroying each others
holes! There was only one thing worse
than these gold mines nall bankb bills. He
proposes to recommit the bill with instruc-
lions to find out what are private and
what are public lands, with view Of
giving permitsto work the gold mines.
He wished to know what titles were va
lid and what were not. He would have
all land titles, grants and patents examin.
ed. Ofthe Puebla Indians il was said in
Mexico they extended oil along the coun-
try. The Spaniards have never disturbed
them, and by our laws and customs we
could not disturb them. He proposed
three land Offices. and large donation Of
lands to actual settlers, &c, &c.--N. Y.
Tribune.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-02-02
"IIlc Mnin CI,n,,cc. {"

During the past Campaign, we have necessarily
incurred heavy expenses, and our wants are pro-
portiOnably increased. We have been disap
pointed in obtaining assistance in the quarter from
which we expected it, and we must necessarily
rely upon those. who owe us for Subscription, for
Advertising and Job-work. We have a heavy o.
mount upon our books, which We need much
more than those indebted to us. In many cases,
subscribers have not paid us anything since we
took charge of the oflics-others have been for
months and years in our debt for small amounts oI
advertising To each individual it may appear a
triHing item and he may suppose that we can get
along without it, but when he remembers that il
is to such small items we rely entirely for support
he certninly will no longer hesitate to pay us, II
is on account of the smallness of the claims, that
we cannot send an agent to collect them Should
we. however, be compelled to do SO. we will be
under the necessity Of remuneratng ourselves by
collecting in full, from our list of published pri.
ces. Subscribers will bear this in mind and moi
blame u.s. should necessity compel US to this course
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-02-02


pea;edly declared that the division Of county
for the purposes Misrepresentation was conshtu-
tonal.
Thus the House of Representatives have taken
upon themselves tn decide upon the Constitution
nlity OF u Law. Let this decision stand as a pre-
cedent and where will II lead usl The last Senate
and the last House of Representatives have passed
law. which they deemed constitutional, The
present House without the concurrence of the
Senate. nulify that law, thus using an act of arbi
trary power, which none but despots have Alright
to WELD. The House has a power to decide up
on the qualifications and elections of its men,
bers, but it has no right to decide upon the
stitutionality offs law enacted by preceding Leg
slature.
Upon the same principle, the law, providing
that non-residents shall not vote for members of
the Legislature, may be nullified by Gather branch
of the General Assembly. A member Of the
House may have been elected by the votes Of non
residents, receive the certificate ola county clerk
and be admitted to all the privileges of member
So in regard to any other law. which in any
manner may come under the coguizance of the
Senate or House; One body can annul the acts
passed by the assent of both. One branch be.
comes supreme provided IL deems law uhcon.
sttutional
This is the fruits Of an unwise policy. The
rights Of Messrs. Spencer and Runyan and theiI
constituency should never have been placed in the
hands ofunscruPulous partzans. Their right tc
sit was as clear as that Of Mr.. Keller, ofthis coun
ty, or Mr.. Larimor, Of this district-much clearel
than that Of Mr. Whitman, who was rendered in
eligible by the Constitution of the State. Yet iol
the purpose oftemporary organization. their righ
was yielded by their friends and placed in the
hands ol an us unscrupulous partizan as there il
| in the Stnte-one who hns violated soleml
pledge given to the voters Of a county Tor the pur
pose OF securing seat III the Legislature.
We have nothing 10 add tn what we have al
ready said Ifevents of an alarming nature com
ing thick and fast upon the people of this State
do not arouse them to sense OF their wrongs anC
urge them to assert their rights nothing that W,
could say would have that tendency. May kline
Providence avert the cnlamities which such mel
as Whitman, Archbod, Muntfort and others o
that character are bringing upon our noble State
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-02-02

MICHIGAN-GEN. CAss.-From the
circumstance" attending the election
of Gen. Cass to the United States Senate
by the Michigan Legislature. the affair
appears to have been any thing but hu.
morous. BY the telegraphic reports in
the Buffalo papers we learn that the Sen.
ate after ad djonrning over the day appoin.
ted by the Revised Statutes for the cleo
lion of Senator,and after repeatedly post
poning the question finally on the goth
ult nominated Gov. RANSOM as the can.
didate ofthat body. and then went into
Convention with the House, so Of the 81
members being present. On the FIRST
ballot, Cass received Al votes to 36 for all
other candidates. and was declared duly
elected. Seventeen Loco. Focos voted
against him. The accounts state that he
left for Washington in ten minutes after
receiving the news ofhis election. So il
would seem that the General. IN very
short notice, reconsidered his determine
lion not to return to the Senate except by
the unanimous desire Of his party. Very
likely "a change has been going on in his
mind" lately.-M Y Tribune
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-02-02
Mr. Clay nt New OrIeaMs.-IIisM Meet.
ing with General TtIyIOr.

The New Orleans papers of the 18th,
announce the arrival of Mr.. Clay in that
city the day previous-haviug nearly il
not quite recovered from the effects Of
his late severe illness. though some what
thinner. He had hasty interview with
General Taylor during the short time the
boat stopped at Baton Rouge, which the
Delta thus describes:
When tho Princess stopped at Baton
Rouge. the passengers, among whom
wns Mr.. Clay, were sitting at dinner. Ii
happened that General Brooke and Col
Taylor were coming down to the city
and. concluding to take The Princess, the y
came aboard. accompanied by Gen. Tay,
lor. As the General passed by the din,
ner-iable, he recognized Mr.. Clay. and
bowed to him; but Mr.. Clay not appear.
ing to recognize him; gentleman at the
table remarked. "Mr. Clay. that is Gen
Taylor" "Is III" calculated Mr. Clay
with surprise and pleasure in his coun.
tenancc; and Immediately leaving his
dinner, walked into the social hall; and
with that warm frankness and earnest,
ness characteristic Of him, extended his
hand 10 the general who grasped i: very
warmly, and shook it very energeticaly
why. General" pleasantly remarked
Mr.. Clay, "you have grown out of my
recolleciion!"
iou can never grow out Of mine,
was the ready response Of the general
whose cOuntenance heamed with warm
regard. and whose good Aatured wrink les
almost obscured his bright aud benevo.
lent eyes.
IL congratulate you, General. upon
your election tn the Presidency, aud
hope your administration may be as sue
cessful as your military career, remarked
Mr.. Clay.
"I,honk you, Mr.. Clay, but I am no
President yet-and--"
Here Mr. Clay,perceiving that the Gen
erals modesty was abont to get the bet
ter Of him, broke in with some playful
remark, which led to general and mos
agreeable conversation between the two
distinguished gentlemen.
The captain of the Princess, not wish
ing to interrupt so pleasant reunion o.
two old friends, detained the boa, fol
some time. Finally however,, the Gener
al and Mr.. Clay parted, with expressions
Of mutualesteem, and hope that they
might meet Sguin.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-02-02

The Indian appropriation bill from the
House was taken up and debated till ad-
journment.
HoUsE.--On motion of Mr.. Tallmadge
the bill establishing U. S. Branch Mint
in New York, was made the order of the
day for the first Tuesday in February.
On motion of Mr.. VintOn. the House
resolved itself into a Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union. and
took up; first, the bill making appr"pria.
iions for the West Point Academy; and
next; the bill making appropriations fol
Revolutionary, Naval and other pension
ers.
On motion. the committee rose and re-
ported the bills 10 the House. which were
considered in order and finally adopted
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-02-02
The Free SOilers.

The members Of the Free Soil party, in The
Legislature, we are sorry 10 see, are at logger
heads. Mr.. TowNsHESD, to prevent n scent to
wards the right quarter, has been writing letter.
to the Northclargins his colleagues with "bargair
aud SALE" His letter, on Saturday last, with
himself, was severely handled-the former pro
we'd false, the latter alsifer. Serves them right
When men iorsake their cherished creeds and
old parties to act with such men as Chase, Towns
hend and Hamlin, they must expect to be be
trayed.
The sequel Of the whole matter is that Mednry
has come out with.a long, S"nseless and thick
spread encomium upon Tounshend The objec
sticks out "a feet"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-02-02
MO! for California.

Tho following named persons start
from this place for California on next
Tuesday:
R, P. Efinger, Samuel c. Stambaugh'
Hugh B. Ewing, H. Denman, Joseph
S,ambaugh, Capt. VIM. Ferguson, James
Miers, Thomas Wilson. Oliver CLANCY
-Finefrock, William P. Rice, w. R.
Rankin, Capt. P. H. Kramer, E. Strobe
and Luman Baker.
They intend to take tho route, ria Gin.
cinnati, New Orleans, Vera Cruz, Mexi.
CO and Mazatlin.
Success attend theml
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-02-02
Arrival OF u Californian.

The Pittsburgh Dapatch of the 23d
inst thus notices the arrival of lucky
gold digger in that city:
Mr.. J. II. Wright, late of California.
whence he sailed but 10 days since, pas.
sed through our city yeslerday,on his way
to Philadelphia. He speaks in glowing
terms of this modern (perhaps ancient)
Ophir, and exhibited some fine specimens
Of the virgin ore. His brother and him
self have the nice little sum Of $4,000;
gathered in short time. He intends
going back to make farther 'peculations
in the gold region.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-02-02
Ohin LccIsInIIIre-


In the Senate, number Of local bills have beOn
introduced and some passed Mr.. Goddard. from
the Committee. to which was referred the bill
providing for the election Of the Board OfPublic
Works by the people, reported it back with re-
commentator that it DO laid on the table-as it is
probable that the people will be called to vote for
or sgainst Convention. when they can act upon
1t themselves. The same gentleman reported
adverse to the bill providing for the appraise-
ment and sale ofthe Public Works on the ground
that individuals. if they obtained the control OF
them would act adverse to the general interests Of
the State.
The Resolution asking Congress to pass a law
allowing newspapers to pass free Of postage with
in fifty miles of the place Of publication and to
peal the clause requiring prepayment in case OF
transient newspapers has passed both houses. II
is yet to pass Congress.
In the HOaSe but little hasIbeen done except the
action upon the Hamilton county case. The
Wings in vain asked for time Gor Judge Spencer
to arrive. The Locofocos would not nllow any
discussion. alter they obtained possession of the
floor. Mr.. Letter moved the previous question
motion To adjourn was lost. Also one to lay
the main question upon the table, 81 ayes to 80
noes. The call for the previous question was sus
tained and the resolution, admitting Pugh and
Pierce adopted as follows. We copy from State
Journal:
YEAs-Messrs. Armstrong. Brewer,
Cockerill, Dalzell. Dresbach. Durbin,
Edison, Franks. johnson of Medina, Kel.
Ter, King, Larimer, Letter, Long, Miller
Monfort, Moore, Morrow, Morris, Morse
Mott, Myers, Norris, Potter, Ringwood
Roedter, Smart, TOwnshend. Truman
Vorhes, Whitley and Speaker-32.
NAYs-Messrs. Bigger, Brainard, Bun
dy. Chaffee. Copeland, Dodds. Foster
Gregory, Hambleton, Hammond, Har,
desty, Holcomb, Howard. Johnson, o.
Cayah0ga, Julian, Lee, Mcclure, Olds
Pennington. Phillips, Randall. Reber
Riddle. Rock well, Scott. Smith. of Madi
son, Thompson. Van Doren, Watt, Will
and Woodnrd - 81.
Mr.. Pennington for himself and others
gave notice Of a protest against the &C
tioH of the House on the resolution.
Mr.. Dodds. Mr.. Speaker, can it be
expected that this Legislature will exist
now that the law under which it was Q
lected is declared unconstitutional
Speaker. The gentleman is out Of or
der. There is no question before the
House.
Mr.. Bigger moved to take up the reso
luton for sine die adjournment.
Mr.. Letter moved to udjourn-carried
yeas %, nays 26.
So the House adjourned.
Saturday was consumed by discussion o
privilege between the Free Sellers.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-02-02

REvoLrISo BARBARIrr.-A private letter re-
ceivcd in Pittsburgh, from Helena Arkansas, re-
!ates circumstance of revolving barbarity:
"a steamboat touched at the wharf. and landed
amnn' his wife and child, suffering with the chol-
era 1t was raining at the time, and the man, en-
ieebled by disease, fell into the river before he
reached the shore He finally struggled out, and
sick as he was began searching for place of shell
ter Not a door was opened for him. the hotels
refused him admittance. At length he found
shed which afforded some sort of shelter from the
rain. Here he took his wife and chid-and in a
few hours the whole Of them were dead
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-02-02

lHE SLAVERY QUESTION IN NoRTH CARoLIsA.-
Among the resolutions on the Slavery spb;eo,
lately passed by the North Corolina Senate, is one
denying to Congress the constitutional power 10
es'sate on the question Of slavery in the Terrific
rles. The vote was a. in the affirmative and two
In the negative, while the other resolutions pass-
ed unanimously. The Standard adds:
There is report in town--ior the correctness
oil which, however, we do not vouch-that Mr..
Senator Badger has given his friends to under
stand that, if these resolutions are passed. he will
resign his seat! Whether this rumor be true or
alse, The resolutions 'OiH pass and then we shall
see-what we shall see.r
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-02-02
For California,

There are now some eighty vessels on
the berth for California. and most ofthem
are filling up rapidlywith passengers and
freight. The number who are seeking ac-
comodations is immense, bu, many of them
are unable to raise the wind. The class
of our citizens which is leaving us for El
Dorado is ofthe better sort. we II educated
industrious, and respectable, such as we
regret to part with. The rowdies, whom
we could we'll spare, cannot as general
thing. fit themselves out for SO long voy-
age. With few exceptions, the vessels
which are up are good and staunch. and
will carry their passengers safely round
the Horn. Among them is the KeOka
Capt. JAMES MAGuIRE. who is we'll known
as skillful navigator. Parties who are
seeking passage cannot be too particular
in the character Of the vessel they embark
in. The Insurance Companies will prob
ably give any desired information upon
this poiut.-N. Y. Tribune
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-02-02
A wedding.

The B'hoys were excited, on lust Monday, by
the sight of a Bride and Groom vending their way
hand in hand. down Main Street. from the Clerks
Office to that OF General Ssnderson, and looking
anriOus The General soon tied the uuptial knot
the B'hoys being Witnesses, when the happy cOu'
pie marched up Main Street, in similar manner
attended by the witnesses and looking lovingly
The devil" expected a slice Of gingerbread. bu
it didn't come.
The Bride had white handkerchief pinned To
her apron string-the Groom wore black cotton
Gloves Ever aud anon, they would cast loving
glances at each other, and appeared highly honor
ed by the kind attendance Of the B'hoys. May
happiness attend them and theirs!
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-02-02

ARMY STATIsTICs.-The Adju,ant Gen.
eral of the Army has submitted state
ment to the Secretary of War relative to
the regular troops engaged in the Mexi-
can war, from which we gather the fol.
lowing particulars. On the lst of Janua.
ry, 1916, the strength ofthe rank and file
ofthe regular army was 7,194, and the
enlisted men ofthe ordnance 2S7. From
that period to June 80, 1S4S, the enlist
ments amounted to 35;912; making the
grand total 1898. In the States where
the greatest number of men have been
recruited are situated our large CONNER
cial cities, where vast numbers of that
class Of men who enter the army resort
for employment. and where great num-
bers of emigrants are also constantly ar
irving. Many of them disappointed in
obtaining employment, enter the army
and, owing to these causes. one half OF
more of those who enlist in the States Of
New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and
Ohio are not native citizens.