davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-10-23

V'O SUGAR PLANTERS,-Test between MI Ken
dall's Biloxi Fire Brick, sS, aud the Scotch ire
Brick, cost S35 branded GamkIk. q ,szo
Ieeds'5 Foundry, August 3, 1871.
At the request OF Mr. Kendall put into cur turpHC" "a
which melt non one Of Mr.. kendaPs brick wan oG @"
the very best Scotch Fire Brick The Scotch hTlch lt
LEEDS " co.
We filling Planters nd waITRntlgg 91r bIiIk ID
stand fire, at 48 and the ca WI. II. EAEGh
au0 2dpu 'Sieam bHoA WOIAa'
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-10-23
FINE AND
ft0EFl'SC HRnGgeks Goods,

o233dptf
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-04-26
Court OF Inquiry at Annapolis.

We have received representation to
the effect that the statements of our re-
porter in regard to the proceedings before
the naval Court of Inquiry, now sitting at
Annapolis, are unfair and inaccurate. For
instance, he represents Commodore PERRY
as having summoned General ScoTT,
with the view of proving the truth of his
report that the combined forces captured
Alvarado, and that il was not Lieutenant
HUNTER who performed that achievement.
Now, we are informed that Commodore
PERRY did not summon General ScorT;
that he does not know who summoned
him, and that he did not put single
question to him; and that the word Soap
ture" does not occur in his report.
We hasten to correct any false impress
sion that may have been Internationally
created by our correspondent We sent
him to Annapolis to furnish us with re-
port of what took place before the court
Unfortunately, in our judgment, the court
determined that the evidence should not
be reported. The idea of secret judicial
proceedings has been exploded so tho
roughly, that we were not little surprised
to learn that any injunction of secresy had
been imposed in the present instance. II
is obvious enough that full report of such
proceedings is not liable to the CLOSES and
colorings that may be given to mere alb
stracts or summaries.
We have desired our reporter to for
ward us the testimony in full, and on re-
ceiving it we shall exercise our judg-
ment as to its publication, without regard
to any star-chamber notions in the prem
Uses. We do this as the only mode Of
relieving ourselves from the imputation of
publishing any thing but what occurs be-
fore the court. Let our reporter send us
the testimony-and, if we publish it, let
the court exclude him if they see fit.
Either the court or ourselves take very
erroneous view of the proprieties of this
case, and we should be pleased to know
the grounds on which the court proceeds.
The idea of Court Of. Inquiry 10 mich
spectators are admitted, and the publication
ofthe Evidence forbidden, strikes us as
peculiarly.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-04-26
James Lyons and the Resolutions OF MIR.
Richardson, Of Illinois.

The Richmond Wing Of yesterday, in giving
place 10 the letter OF Mr.. Lyons which appeared in
this paper, on the subject Of tho claim Of Commo-
dore Barron, speaks in high and, doubt, de-
served terms Of the character and veracity Of Mr.
l.. In relation TO the claim ITSELF the patriotic
vices Of Commodore B., and the proposed investi-
cation under the resolutions Of the gentleman from
Illinois, IL thus speaks
With regard TO Commodore Barron, IL may be
said that there was no more gallant officer during
the revolutionary war than he, and none that did
more honor 10 the country he served. He command
ed the little Liberty in the beginning of the war,
and with her had many sharp actions with the enc
nv; one of them-tbat in which she captured the
natus--among the most brilliant recorded in
naval history. After he was appointed commodore
Of the navy kept up by Virginia, he proved himself
one Of the most sctive and enterprsing officers Of
the whole war, Paul Jones not excepted. His en-
counters with the enemy we're innumerabe, and
the protection which he afforded TO the commerce
and inhabitants Of Virginia, ne well the damage
which he inflicted on the enemy, we're Of the most
important service 10 the American cause. II IL
known 10 all, that the General Government long
aimee agreed 10 pay the officers of the Virginia reQ
ment and OF the navy which she kept up during the
war. IL Commodore Barron did not deserve his
pay, who did,
"The objection, however, is, that this claim was
re-opsned. The letter Of Mr.. Lyons gives the ex
tnRuisber 10 that proposition. TWAS not re- opened
and could not be, since II had never been passed
the Attorney General upon a claim, upon a matter
Of law, supported by those Of five other eminent
lawyers, wss before him ~ guide 10 his conduct.
Why blame him for acting according 70 the advice
of the officer who was appointed by the Constitution
especially Tor occasions Like thisln
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-04-26

we have always supplied the whole of it,
except SO far as it went from Canada.
Other nations sent wheat. We alone
manufacture the wheat into -four but,
in that trade, we have now a rival that
bids fair to expel US entirely from the
English market. From 1843 to 1916,
both inclusive, the total export of flour
from France to all parts of the ,oorld, but
little exceeded the equivalent of 5000
barrels, or $1,000 per annum whereas,
in the single year of l848, it exceeded
400, 900 barrels; and, in 1849, the ex-
port from that country to England alone
was almost the equivalent of half mil
lion Of barrels, with every prospect of
future and large increase.
Further, our neighbors omit to state
that, of the -four that arrived in England
from this country, large portion was Ca
madam, that would have remained here
if it could, and that went abroad for no
other reason than that it could not be con-
sumed without the payment of duty; and
thus it is that we see why our neighbors
prefer giving the total import Of -four in
to England, rather than the export of
American flour from the United States.
Still further, it is omitted to be stated
that of the American flour that did GO,
scarcely barrel would have gone, but
that freights were so low as to be almost
nominal; and that thus the ship owners,
who were to be so largely benefited by
the ''free trade"policy, were being ruined.
Much of the -four and grain that went to
England last year was carried at "half
profits" and as there was loss, the ship
carried no freight whatever. Even when
freight was paid, it was for long time at a
shilling, ninepence, six pence, and even
three pence barrel, SO small were> the
uses for shipping. Notwithstanding the
demand of California, which had absorbed
seven hundred vessels that would other
wise have been rotting in our own ports
We repealed the tariff of 1912 and estab-
lished that 70 '46, that we might have more
ships in the foreign trade; and the quaint
ty of shipping now employed in that trade
is now, we believe, considerably less than
it was in 1916, Notwithstanding an increase
of population amounting to almost fifteen
per cent, while the inducements to ship
building for any foreign trade are daily
diminishing, as we shall have occasion to
show.
We have thought it not amiss to call
the attention of our readers to these per-
versions of facts, that they might see TO
what shifts are already reduced the advo-
Gates of the system under whose ssbenign'
influence, as we were assured-and that
but little more than twelvemonth since
our exports of breadstufs and provi-
sions" had attained, in the face of 'large
crops abroad, :" the height of $37, 472,75
and must, with the continuance of low
duties, "go on augmenting." How they
have augmented, we propose to show,
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-04-26
4 H E r E ? UBLIC (.
WASH N GT0N:
FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 90. 1850.
Congress.

COnSresb.
In the Senate, yesterday, the subject OF
the public printing was under considera-
ton. The Senate, without coming to any
action thereon, went into Executive SEES
sion, and then adjourned till Monday.
In the House, Mr.. STANLY offered a
resolution which contemplated inquiry into
some of the alleged misdeeds of the Office
holders under the late administration. II
was objected to by Mr.. JOHNSON, of Ar
kansas, as ''parcel of trash" Mr..
STANLY replied in substance, that if il
were trash, it was the more suitable ma
terial for the consideration and apprecia-
ton of the gentleman from Arkansas.
Here we have a fine specimen of
Locofoco fairness and sense of justice.
The Locofocos, Aboltionists, and Disu-
nionists, will march up in solid column to
support any libellous resolutions that may
be proposed by one of their own num-
bert is Of no consequence of what
they may consist; but, when WING
member proposes an official inquiry into
abuses and manifestations that are well
known to have existed under Mr.. PoLK's
administration, the opposition seek shell
ter behind the rules, and interpose tech
nical COLLECTIONS. 10 We never desire to
see WING sheltering himself or his party
behind any such technicality. Give us
the truth and the whole truth, and let con-
sequences take care of themselves.
The proposed expedition of Mr.. GRIN
NELL in search of Sir JOHN FRANKLIN
occupied for some time the attention OF
the House; and Mr.. STANTON, as chair
man of the Naval Committee, did himself
great credit by his liberal advocacy of the
public aid proposed to be given to that
enterprise. Without disposing of this
matter, the House resolved itself into a
Committee of the Whole on the state OF
the Union, and proceeded to consider the
bill providing for taking the Census. Be-
fore finishing this subject, the committee
rose and the House adjourned.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-04-26
The Tariffs and the Farmers.

Before proceeding to inquire how far
the real facts now passing before our eyes
are in accordance with the brilliant antici-
pations of Mr.. Secretary WALKER, in his
last annual report to Congress, as regards
the export of breadstuffs and provi-
sions," we feel disposed to call the atten-
ton of our readers to the sort Of facts now
being presented by our neighbors of the
Union; and we do so because we are of
opinion that when lawyer finds himself
compelled to mystify jury, his case must,
even in his own estimation, be bad one.
But few days since they favored their
readers with comparative statement of
the export of food in 1S49, under what
they are pleased to call " free trade" and
in 1886 under the "bank and high tariff
SYSTEM" forgetting totally to inform those
readers that in 1886, "under the bank and
high tariff SYSTEM" the price Of breadstuffs
was so high as to offer inducements for
their import, even on payment of freight
and high duty. In the autumn of that
year flour was, in New York, nine dollars
barrel; and that was, according to our
neighbors, the ressh Of the "high tariff
SYSTEM" which made home market so
great that we consumed all we raised and
needed more.
In the autumn of 1S49, the price of
-four in New York was from four TO foe
dollars barrel, and that was, according
to the same high authority, the result of
the "free trade" system, which closed
the mines, and furnaces, and factories Of
the Union to such an extent that we "com-
peted"-we give their own words-with
"loDv prices an Western Europe than the
Average Of f,oenty previous years" Not
doubt of it. The more we close our mines
and furnaces and mills, and the more ex-
clusively we devote ourselves to agricul-
ture, the greater will be the surplus, and
the lower will be the price, and the more
perfectly shall we be enabled to "com-
pete" with the Russian serf for the supply
of the "great grain markets Of the world"
To enable our surplus to ego on aug
menting," we need only to carry out the
''free trade" policy, and repeal all duties,
and then we shall have still more to sell I;
but what shall we get for iti II in 1886,
under the "high tariff SYSTEM" we con-
sumed all we raised, and needed more,
the farmer sold his wheat at price based
upon nine dollars barrel; and if, in 1S49,
when the partial closing of mines and fur
naces compelled us TO seek market abroad
for few millions Of bushels, the price
has fallen to one hal-the question would
arise, "What would be the price if the
free-trade system we're carried out, and
all the mines and furnaces were closed,
as they seem likely soon to bep' Would
il exceed three dollars That it would
not even equal that sum, we shall, we
think, satisfy our readers before we have
done with this review of promises and
performances.
Again, our neighbors furnish state
ment of the import of flour into Great
Britain, in 1849, for the purpose of prov
ing that we had supplied nearly half her
whole demand; carefully, however, keep
ing out of view the fact that, until now,
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-04-26
Land rifles in California.

We publish in full this morning the in
teresting and important report upon the land
titles in California, made to the Secretary
of State and the Secretary of the Interior,
by VIM. CAREY JONES, esq. We have
also published this report in a pamphlet,
with the documents annexed, which may
be procured at the publication office.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-04-26

The POSTMASTER GENERAL has, we
learn, concluded an arrangement whereby
the mails between Boston and New York
will be conveyed hereafter by railroad.
The mail which leaves Boston at seven
a. m. will reach New York at half-past
two p. M, and Washington at half-past
eight next morning. The mails from New
York will leave for Boston at ten minutes
past four p. M, and arrive at Boston
three quarters past eleven the same night
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-04-26

The Hon. ELIJAH RTsLEY, who was
detained at his home, in New York, in
consequences of personal injury by rail
road accident, resumed his seat in the
House Of Representatives yesterday.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-04-26
WIN. CAREY JONES.
wAsMSoToN, Oh March, 1850.

OF course, what il here said Of the nature Of In
dian rights does not refer 10 titles 10 lots and farm
ing tracts, which have been granted in ownership
TO individual Indians by the government. These
suppose 10 be entitled 10 the same protection as
other private property.
This Is not an esfinate il IL an exact statement
The records Of the missions we're kept with system
and e1actness; every birth, marriage, and death
was recorded, and the name OF every pupil or neo-
phyfe, which Is the name by which The mission In
dians known; and from this record annual
return made 10 the government Of the precise
ment.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-27

believe that a great proportion Of the Amer
lean population Of California may be class
ed under the latter division The 81. Louis
Repeiiie says:
RETURNED CALIFoRNIANs.-The steamer .athops-
bra arrived yesterday from New Orleans Among
her passengers were twenty-ons residents Of IL
linois and Missouri, on their return from Califor-
MIA. They bring with them sixty thousand dol
lars in gold and gold dust.
Thousands go and have gone to take a
grab at the gold, without any intention Of
making California their home.
On another column we give extracts from
California papers, which will enable our
readers to form correct idea Of the actual
condition Of things in the "Paradise ofthe
Paci6c;" as imaginative persons have term
ed N 6t 3'3
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-27
d. In answer to our correspondent Ju-

.
@- In answer to our correspondent, Ju-
venal, we have briefly to say
T.. That the opposition to the admission
Of California is not .madeto obtain an equiva-
lent, but dNision-the territory claimed
there forone State being too large, and inclu-
ding region ofsufficientextentfor Southern
State, adapted, by climate, toSouthern pro-
auctions and Southern labor
2. That when we acquired Texas we Sc
cured Oregon also, and that the latter is an
equivalent for the former. And that the
territory Of California, New Mexico, and
Utah, are all that are involved inthe present
dispute, and that we are not quite prepared
to give up all, and throw in part Of Texas
for good measure.
8. Certainly not
d. We deny that the South has controlled
the Federal Government, but assert, on the
contrary, that all, or a great majority of its
powers, are now and have been exercised
more in favor of the North than the South
the election of Southern Presidents to the
contrary notwithsta nding.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-27

the election laws Of Iowa, the voase IN favor u
the contestant which had been rejected were right
fully thrown out, and that for Congress to receive
them, would be to overrule the provision in the
Constitution Of the United States, according to
each State, the right to determine the conditions
under which votes within her jurisdiction shall
be regarded a. valid.
Mr.. THOMPSON based his argument on the
ground that to refuse to count the Mormon votes,
in question, would be to deny these voters the
privileges Of citizenship clearly their right that
their mistake in voting in the county in which
they did not reside should not be counted against
them, as had they voted elsewhere in the same
neighborhood, the Legality of their ballots could
not have been questioned.
Mr.. McGAUGHEY having next obtained the
floor, the House adjourned.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-27
MAINE--MoRE BALLorING FOR U. $. SENATOR.
Portland, Monday, June "a.
California Markets.

Prices Current Of leading articles on sale in the
San Francisco Market, May IA:
Lumber, good Am. per M. feet, $95aIIO.
Flour Chill, 200 lbs. sacks, ~ SOFAS; do 100 lbs
none; do so lbs do none. Barley no sale. Corn
per ID GAS cts. Lime, Thofiastown, none.
Metals, per lb--Sheet iron, none; tin, none.
Nails, per ID 10a11 cts. Molasses, N O and s !
per gal, 50caSl; do syrup, none. Oil, linseed,
none; do sperm, none; do whale, none.
Provisions-Pork, mess, per Dbl, S28aS33; do
prime, none; do clear, none, Hams first quality,
per Id lSa26 cts; do second do none; Bacon, none;
Lard, 40a50 cts; Butter 45a60 cts; Cheese, supe-
rior, 75as0 cts; do common; Rice, l0a1I cts;
Sugar, good brown 1890 cts; do white, clayed,
none; do crushed loaf, none do loaf, none.
Bread-Pilot. per b, Ii a Ice; do. Navy, none;
do Chill, none. Bricks, per M, none. Candles
sperm, per ID, IS Goo; do. talow; mould, no sale.
Coal-Anthracite, per ton, IS $50; do soft, none.
Cofee-Rio and Manila, 30 40c; do. Java, none
Dried Fruit, per lb,--dred Apples, 25 soc; dried
Peaches, 25 30 cts; Raisins, Malaga, per box,
$40 a Sill; do. cash, per ID, none.
Spirits-Brandy, in cases, ~. do French,
per gal, 2 ~ so; do. American do, none; rum.
per gall, none; ale, per doz., do; Porter. DO 40;
Claret, do, 8 IS; Champagne, dos . W HoI-
land Gin, in cases, none; do per gal, none Pickles,
per dozs, Ia a SIG; salt water Soap, per ID, ~
iac Chewing Tobacco, per h., 2ss 2oc.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-27

=
LAfs HnoN foav KxAsxv.--We had the plea
.uIos 49, evening, o. = Rev moments converse
% s,on with Col Moss, who came passenger from
-. Joseph on the steamer 81. Paul Col. Moss
ien Fort Ksarny, on the Plains, on the 18th Of
last month. Upto that time GOO Califbrn il WAC
ons had passed, and between 500 and 500 were
yet to arrive The emigrants, generally, were
eettlns along well; the grass was fine and the
earlier than last year. Jerome and Hanson =
Iain passed Fort Keamy on the 18th ult.--alI
wen. A!exander's train was met on the 4th inst
on the Leile Blue: Each train had lost one man
nom slc1ness. Col: M who, by the way, APP
whole number OF emigrants starting across the
Plains, in round numbers, at "a. OOO' mdsnendsrt
Of lO,OeD 70 lx'O9o Mormons destined for Salt
Kearney about the 18th ult. where he contr.ctsd
for the transportation Of twenty-five pounds Of
freight for Fort Laramie, for which he was 10 re-.
ceiye ~ per pound-Sf Louis Ixtsuigsneer, I4th.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-27
A. p. BUTLER,
JACKSON MORTON,
r. TOOMBS,
J. THOMPSON.
May 6,1s5o.
The Nashville Convention.

This body brought its deliberations to a
close on the 10Th inst The substance Of
the action Of the convention is, that it has
repudiated the Clay Compromise, and adopt
ed the line Of SO deg. 80 nina, or the Mis-
souri, line, as the Southern nltimatum.
Some misapprehension seems to prevail
in regard to their adoption Of the Missouri
Compromise line, whether or not the conven-
ton means to insist upon recognition Of
slavery south of the line, as an ultimatum.
If it does not, then the Clay Compromise is
much more preferable to the South, for,
while it leaves the territory both north and
south Of that line open alike to Shareholders
and non-slaveholders, the Missouri Compro-
mise amounts only to prohibition north, and
non-intervention south of the line; and
would give foIr instead Of two Free Sol
Senators to California. II the convention
insists upon recognition south Of the line,
it departs from the Southern position, tina,
Congress has no right to lcgislate on the sub
ject of slavery in the Territories. The right
on the part Of Congress to legislate in favor
Of slavery in the Territories, would presup-
pose the existence of similar right to leg
isate against it. And were such power
assumed aid exercised, the moral force o.
this constitutional objection which has beer
heretofore urged by the South, with so much
force and cogency, would be lost, and could
not again be brought 10 bear successfully
against any "Wimot" which might here.
after make its appearance in Congress.
Whichever view is taken of the case, il
seems evident enough that the convention
has not succeeded in proposing either a more
favorable or practicable plan Of adjustment
than the one now under consideration il
Congress. --Ationia Inteiigencer, Ga,
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-27
p The Editors Of The Southern Press:

WAsHNGroN, June 25th.
GEsrLEMEn: Understanding il to be your pur-
pose to indulge in the liberal discussion Of general
and constitutional questions, as anti-potical-par-
tizans, (and believing that in that view, your mis-
sion may be one of great good,) beg to submit
to your courteous consideration one or two prop
ositions.
lst. Whether the precedent Of opposition to the
admission Of California without an equivalent, is
not dangerous one for the South, in view of the
expectations INDUCED with regard to the presenta
ton Of Slave States for admission hereafter'
Cd. Whether, considering that the North shared
equally in the vast expense Of blood and treasure
which the acquisition of Texas and the territories
lying between Louisiana and the Pacific ocean
cost; it is not fair proposition that that section
of the Union should have three, viz: California
New Mexico, and Utah, of the eight States into
which Texas and the territories are to be sub-di
vided' ! speak oft wholly as a question Of apo
litical power.
Sd. Whether the South is not losing more, by
the present agitation with regard to California and
the consequences which are likely in any event to
grow out of it, than she can possibly gain if she
obtained all that is asked by the most extreme
Southern politicians.
4th Whether the almost uninterrupted control
Of the Federal Government, which the South
has so long enjoyed, is not o,ong principally to thu
fact Of her being MINORITY PARTY; and whether
it would be desirable, if it were possible, to
change positions in this respect with the North.
| As understand the " Press " to deal in dgniied
argument, rather than in that denunciation which
unfortunately disgraces portion Of the American
Press, submit these propositions in spirit o.
the utmost reliance upon its fairness and candor
and with no merely controversial views.
/ Most respectfully,
I JUVENAL.