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The NASHVILLE Convention.

We had the pleasure, yesterday, oil con-
versing with severa! Of the Delegates to the
Nashville Convention, and were much graft
fed BY their accounts Of its proceedings, and
the spirit which animated its members, as
welLas the community of Nashville.
AT first, some little olness was msni-
tested by the latter, who had been n.isn-
formed as to the objects and purposes OF the
meeting-but as soon as these doubts had
been dissipated by its course Of proceeding,
the waImest and most fraternal feeling was
manifested on their part.
The Address and Report as finally adopted,
were much stronger than the resolutions al
ready published; taking very decided ground
against the Compromise or Adjustment"
and maintaining the title of Texas to the
disputed boundary The argument on the
subject Of the whole difficulty between the
North and South is said to be very able and
conclusive. The Address obtained the as
sent of the entire Tennessee delegation,
among whom were Gov. A. Y. Brown,
Mr.. Nicholson, and Gen. Pillow.
Our nformants were not able to procure
printed copy Of the Address previous to
their departure from Nashville, but it will
probably reach us by this evenings mail,
in which case il shall be laid before our read
ers Tomorrow.
The resolve to meet again six weeks after
the adjournment Of Congress, adopted al
most unanimously, is a significant proof Of
the spirit which animated that body, and
the determination on the part Of its members
thoroughly and faithfully to perform the
difficult and delicate duties which had de-
yolved upon them.
The telegraphic reports Of their proceed
ings have been very imperfect and unsatis-
factory. A reliable record of them will soon
be in possession Of the public in pamphlet
form.
At dinner given by Gov. Brown, he
gave the following toast:
ssThc Nashville Convention. 1t has been in ses-
sion seven days-and has brought Tennessee into
Iine.o
BY Gen. Pillow:
aThc Missouri Compromise. We will take our
stand on this line and extend the hand Of fellowship
to our Northern brethren. We will never be driven
nom it, except at the point OF the baye net"
Mr.. Nicholson, to whom the non-inter-
vention letter of Gen. Cass was addressed,
goes for the Nashville Resolutions The
Nashville Union is coming out in support Of
them.
Adge Sharkey voted for them, and with
drew the vote he Lad given against the Adj
dress.
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/
The MlsERIEs OF HAVING A New CoAr.--No
lover of independence ventures voluntarily ON q
new coat. This is an axiom not to be overturned,
unlike the safety stage-coaches. The man who
pques himself on the newness. of such an habl-
ment is--tl time hath s'mouldered it into beauty"
Its slave. Wherever he goes, he is harassed by
an apprehension Of damaging it, Hence he loses
his sense of independence, and becomes--a serf!
How degrading To succumb to ones superiors
is bad enough but to be the martyr of few
yards of cloth to be the heot of a tight fit; to
be shackled by the ninth fraction Of man to be
made submissive to the sun, the dust, the rain,
and the snow to be panic-stricken by the CHM
ney-sweep TO be scared by the dust man to
shudder at the advent of the baker I; to give pre-
cedence TO the scavenger TO concede the wall to a
peripatetic conveyance Of eggs; to look up with
awe at the apparition of giggling servant girl,
with a slop-pail thrust half way out of garrett
window to coast the gutter with horrible am
tcipation Of consequences to faint at the vista
ton or n shower of SCOT down the chimney; to
be compelled to be at the mercy of each and all of
these vile contngencies--can any thing i'll human
nature be so preposterous, so elleminate so dis
GRACEFUL A truly great mind spurns the bare
idea OF such slavery! hence, according to the
" Subaltern," Wellington liberated Spain in a
red-coat, eStravagantly over estimated at SIX
pence, and Napoleon entered Moscow IN green
one out at the elbows. Biackrood.
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LOLA Monies A Paris correspondent of the
New York, Herald writes the following
Lob, Monies has much money, it appears,
which she has placed in the, house Of Mr.. Green
the American banker. A certain morning of last
week, your countryman received visit, in his
private Office, from very pretty woman, whose
toilette was irreproachable She had a very de-
cidsd way of walking and speaking, and her look
was fierce and bold.
'sYou are Mr.. Green, the banker"
'sYes, madam, at your service.
sWell, sir, ] wish you to keep this for me.
(She then threw a bundle Of papers upon the bu-
reau.)
"What is it madam I"
s.Four hundred thousand frances" answered
the lady.
eighty thousand dollars. Well To whom
have | the honor Of speaking''
"To Lola Monies. | have no confidence in
the French funds and think it more proper to in
vest my money in American stocks.
Mr. Green could not restrain his astonishment.
Lola smiled and continued as follows, whilst the
banker was looking at her:
.'My intention is TO buy hotel in the Champs
Elysees. No matter for the price, have more
funds, which | will soon put in your hands. !"
The banker looked at the papers, which were
good and sound documents, stocks, coupons, ETC.,
for the amount OF 100000 francs.
.'Now,' said Lola Monies, 81 have many
things to buy, and must have bank bills to pay
my milliners, dress makers, and other people,,
s.How much do you wish to have, MADAME
swell, about $4,000 francs
The fnancier instantly put that sum in billets
debanque in the pretty hands of Lola, who with.
out taking the trouble to look at the bundle, tied
it in her embroidered handkerchief, made bow,
and left the Office of Mr.. Green, sliding away in
a Spanish bolero.
Thus, it is well understood now, that Mrs,
Head, alias Countess of Landsfelt, has put her
money in the American stocks. Very likely, one
day or another, she will pay visit to the "and
of the free
Wonder if the Cocknies of New York City,
Philadelphia and Baltimore won't get up grand
reception for Lola, if she should visit them.
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for seriously experimenting that Texas viii prac-
ticaIy interfere with the possession Of the United
States. u. TAYLOR.
Among the letters accompanying the message
was the following:
SANTA FE, April Is, 1850
SIN: Having seen during the day notices posted
up, both in Spanish and English, inviting the
citizens Of this place TO convene on Saturday next,
'sto take into consideration the propriety OF max
ing State movement, and TO petition you, as The
head or this Government, to call convention, Gc-,
deem il my duty, as commissioner Of Texas,
sent here to effect organization under her laws
Of this portion of her territory 10 call your atten
ton To the fact as well as to the Sd section, 4th
article of the Constitution Of the United States.
Ideem it the more necessary thus soemnly to
protest against any countenancf aid being gwen
TO this movement by the present head of this Gov
erIment, in consequence Of the published orders
which have emanated from the War Department,
and the result Of an interview had between us u
few days since. The government which have
the honor to represent has declared her determine
ton TO maintain inviolae all the territory within
her boundaries--such boundaries as were guar
antied to her by her compact of union; and
would take this opportunity to refer you to the I'd
section of the s'Joint Resolution for annexing
Texas To the United States, and preamble of the
constitution of the State of Texas, by which the
Terms OF SAID JOINT Resolution are accepteu.
And also, to the 'Joint Resolution for the adms-
sion Of the State Of Texas into the Union,' APP
proved 29th December, lS45. All Of which, in my
opinion, would he violated by contamination Of
| the objects Of said State movement And further
To state, that ! now most solemnly protest against
any movements in favor of State cause, until
Texas has extended her jurisdiction over this
portion of her territory or until the will OF the
State Of Texas can be known in this matter, as
guaranteed to her by the enactment referred to
above.
| obedient servant,
| ROBERT s. NEIGHBOURS,
| Commissioner State OF Texas.
| To Col. J. MUNRoE,
Commanding 9th Military Division, Y s. A.,
| Santa Fe
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agreed that, as "a basis for representation,
slaves should count at three-6(ths Of their
number If this be wrong or disgrace to
/" Northern freemen,'' it might be reason
for them to desire to dissolve the Union, but
not to violate the compact, whilst enjoying
its benefits.
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In the debate of Saturday, in the House
of representatives, Messrs. Giddings and
Stevens of Pennsylvania announced it to
be the settled policy Of their constituents to
admit no more slave States into the Union.
Mr.. Schenck, Of Ohio, did not think it proper
to reject new State, if her constitution tole-
rated slavery; but on that account he had
been in favor of the Wilmot Proviso, so
as to prevent any new Territory from be-
coming slave State. Mr.. Vinton, Of Ohio,
said it was the established policy Of this
country to admit slave as well as free States;
but, when asked whether he would vote to
admit slave State, was silent.
Messrs. Giddings and Stevens assigned
as their reason for rejecting all new slave
Sta 'es, that the right to representa-
ton of three -fifths of their slaves, rendered a
Southern STAKEHOLDER more than equal to one
of their constituents; that if a man had one
hundred slaves, he would be equal to sixty
one freemen in the elections. This, of
course, every intelligent man knows is not
so; for man in the South without single
slave, has the same vote in all cases with
the owner of thousand The existence Of
slaves in a State adds to the political power
Of the State, but not OF the STAKEHOLDER, except
so far as he is one OF the citizens. In the
political power attached to slave population
all the white men partake, the poorest equal
ly with the richest. But here is an avowal
thatone Constitutional power-that of admit
ting new States-shall not be exercised in
future, except at the sacrifice Of Constitu-
tional principle.
But why do Messrs. Giddings ard Stew
ems stop where they do' Why not make
war on the Senator There, two men have
an equal power with twenty-one Represen-
tatives Of Ohio, or the thirty-six of New York.
WHY allow new States to come in at all,
since, with less than hundred thousand in
habitants, they have as many Senators as
Ohio or New York, with two or three mil
lions' 2
Our fathers, indeed, thought otherwise.
To establish this Union, they consented that
Rhode Island and Delaware might be equal
in power, in the Senate, to Virginia and
Massachusetts,; and the North and South
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-19

lMPRovEMENT.-Great age, this we live in.
People don't laugh now-a-days--they indulge in
merriment. They don't walk--they promenade
They never eat their food-they nlastgate it.
Nobody has tooth pulled-it is extracted No
one has his feelings hurt--they are lacerated
Young men do not go counting the girls--they pay
the young ladies attention. 1t is vulgar to visit
any one--you must only make call.-Of course
you would not think of gong to bed--you would
retire TO rest Nor would you build a house
you would erect it.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-19

LONG AND SHORT DAYs.--At Berlin and London,
the longest day has sixteen hours and half; NJ
Stockholm, the longest day has eighteen and a
half hours; at Hamburg the longest day has sew
enteen hours, and the shortest seven; at ST. Pet
ersburgh, the longest has nineteen, and the short
est five hours; at Tornea, in Finland, the longest
day has twenty-one hours and half, and the
the shortest two hours and half; at Wanderhus,
in Norway, the days lasts from the 2lst Of May
to Odd Of July without interruption; and at Spitz-
bergen, the longest day is three months and a
half
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-19

LADIES MysrEmousLy ABsENT.--The Spring
field 'Repubiican' says:
ssThere seems 70 be a large number Of interest
ing young females away from home myseri-
ously. Since the recent affair at the City Hotel
III this town, Mr. Jennings and the postmaster
are in the receipt of letters almost daily, asking
nate young lady, and detailing the circumstances
of some srayed or stolen. We have had sew
eral similar letters ourselves"
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-19

New LEVY OF PETER 5 PENCE. ss.Aaiionale' -
newspaper Of Florence states that Pope Plus,
after long discussion with the cardinals and
with the advocates of the court, had determined
to confscate the property Of the deputies of the
Roman Constituent Assembly to the amount of
$500, 900 Roman pastries.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-19

MAID OF ATHENs.--A surgeon on board her
Britannia Majesty ship Spitetul, in Saanis Bay
writes to his friend in Wicklow, Ireland, as fol-
lows
81 have seen the Maid Of Athens; and upon my
veracity, if she ever possessed my heart she
did that OF Byron's, would compel her to give it
up instanter. You recollect what Gait says about
her. Byron looks upon her with the eye of a
poet, which is a prodigious magnifer, creating
charms it fancies it beholds. Gait says that she
hasbeen rendered more famous than she deserved,
by the verses beginning with
'sMaid of Athens, ere we part,
Give, oh! give me back my heart
s'Do not ask me to describe her--for, OF all the
ugly creatures you can call to mind, she is most
ugly. Some women retain much Of their beauty
under gray locks and wrinkled brows, but she is
positively hideous."
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-19

In the year 1880, the first paper was commen-
ced in Virginia, at Williamsburg, the terms of
which were thus stated ." All persons may be
supplied with this paper at fJffy dollars year.
and have advertisement (of a moderate lengthy
inserted for ten dollars the first week, and seven
dollars for each week after. y
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-19
PARTY.


PARTY.
We publish to-day the debate in the House
on Saturday, on Mr.. lNcE's amendment TO
the California bill. 1t will be seen that the
Northern members generally repudlate in
future the admission Of slave-holding States
although it has been the practice to admit
them ever since the Constitution was adopt
cd The Senate rejected on yesterday the
position of the North--a position which was
sustained in the House u few days ago by
the vote Of decided majority on PROPOSE
ton similar to that Of Mr.. INGE. But the
Senate is not so fresh from the people as the
House, aud lags behind the times.
Ii will be seen on examining the speeches
and votes Of members that they re divided
acknowledgements ofparties as hereto
fore organized, with a few, very few hon
orable exceptions in the North, and this has
been the case on almost every question that
could affect the two sectious Of the Union UNI
equally.
In regard then to the great questions now
pending, we find geographical or sectional
parties already in existence Yet this por-
tentous fact is ignored, and even disputed
by editors and speakers Of the Wing and
Democratic parties who fancy themselves
still to be in vogue, and call Justify now on
the North, and now on the South, for aid and
, comfort. Even the National Intelligencer
no later than yesterday asserted its friend
ship for the South--yet in that very paper
Of the previous day, in protesting to give
report Of this very debate, every speech is
left out, except that Of Mr.. VINToN, Of Ohio
That speech asserts it to be the established
policy or principle Of this Government, to adj
NIT slave as we'll as free States; and It at
tempts to. create the impression that tais
principle would undoubtedly be maintained.
Yet leading Northern members around him
were declaring their hostility to it, and al
most every Northern State had by its Legis-
lature done the same thing.
Now the Intelligencer circulates in the
South, and is, we presume, read with some
expectation Of learning what is going on at
such an important period as the present, and
particularly as to the great question ofthe day.
Yet debate containing more general and
decided expression Of the views of both
No,t!.ern and Southern members, than any
other Of the session, is mutilated in the In
telligencer, or suppressed entire, except *
to the speech OF one member, and he from
the North--and that speech utterly at vari-
ance with the actual speeches of almost all
the other members Of his own section, and
at variance with his own views of policy and
his practice. But that member happened to
belong to the same party with the lntelli-
gencer, End the editor is of course anxious
TO show the South specimen Of the liberal
ity and candor of the Northern Wings.
Can the South rely on such friendship as
that ofthe Int ,ligencer Can the South
believe that she had better be lulled into ap-
athy BY such pretences Of justice as these, on
the part Of those, who have been laboring
in Congress now 70, six months, to wrest from
her all her right to one Of the most magnf-
cent acquisitions of territory ever won by
the purse and the sword'
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-19

CURIoUs EPFrArH.-Dickens, in his Household
Words, gives the following as literal transcript
in Dorsctshire, viz: Here lies the body of Lady
. 'Looney, great neice of Burke, commonly called
the Sublime She was bland, passionate, and
deeply religious also she painted water colors
and sent several pictures TO the exhibition. She
was first cousin to Lady Jones and of such is
the Kingdom Of Heaven
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-19

The Kentucky Constitutional Convention
rejected the resolution offered in favor Of
Mr. Clay's BILL
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A Yankee has just invented method to catch
rats. He says: locate your bed in room much
infested with these animals, and on retiring put
out the light Then strew over your pillow some
strong smelling cheese, three four red herrngs,
some barley meal or new malt, and sprinkling of
dried Goldfish. Keep awake till you find the rats
at work, and iten make a grab.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-19

'sTHE PRoPER Study OF MANKIND is MAN
A writer in ssNotes and Quiries" gives the fol-
lowing wicked, but witty" epigram by La
Monnoye g.
"T'he world of fools has such a store
That he who would not see an ass,
Must bide at home, and bolt his door,
And break his looking-glass.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-19

Y GEORGIA LUMDER.--From the LIST Of January
1850, TO the 10th instant, there has been shipped
from the ports Of Savannah and Darion 1885,
073 feet Of lumber, of which lO,764,00 feet were
shipped from Savannah
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To Americans about to visit s&ngland for the
first time, it may be Of some Importance to re-
mark, that no books, not English, which they
may take with them, for their ocn .personat use,
are exempt from the enormous duty which she
other country, if brought within reach of her Gus
tom House, without reserve, are taken and de-
stroyed. So says a late London letter.
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A FEMALE PoET LAUREArE.--It is proposed to
confer the laureateship on Elizabeth Barrett, Mrs.
Browning, or Mrs. Norton, there being no law
to prevent il, "A Scotch paper warmly urges that
tho lanrentcship should be conferred on Professor
Wilson.
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Other person. may obtain subscribers, and his orders
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THE EDITORS
New YORK, Jan. ], 1850.
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The Londoners have been taken in by purcha-
sung cases OF gold medals at good round prices by
auction. II was by mere accident discovered that
.hey were iron, handsomely covered with gold by
the elecfrotyping process
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1t is supposed that Alfred Tennyson viii sue
coed Wordsworth as the poet-laureate Of Eng
land.
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,9s-When the Egyptian task-masters set
their bonl,men to making bricks without
straw, they murmured exceedingly at the
difficulty Of the task. Equally lard is it to
give variety to the columns of daily pa
per without exchanges-and such is our
condition at the present time. We there
fore indulge the hope that liberal allowances
will be made for any want of variety in the
selections, which have been culled from such
sources as were Immediately accessible.
When returns have been made from the va
rious quarters to which our pioneer number
has been sent, something to suit all tastes
may be foundia the columns of" The South
ern Press Until that time, our readers
must be content with the best we can get
compromise the exigences Of the case
should render acceptable to all.