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The steamer America, from Liverpool on the
9th instant, has arrived at Halifax.
The Telegraph says that cotton has advanced in
price, and that breadstuffs are firmer.
Sir ROBERT PEEL, the late Prime Minister OF
Great Britain, was killed on the 2s.h of June by
being thrown from his horse. This event may be
regarded as great calamity to England.
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The Law which passed e Legislature of PENNSYLVANIA
at its last session. prohibiting the circulation in that State
all foreign notes OF less denomination than five dollars goes
into operation on the 2st of the present month"; Its penal
ties are said to be sevee and the provisions of the law
enforcing them complete that they cannot be evaed
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The SENATE, on Wednesday, in spirit and in a
manner which did ii honor, passed, by unanimous
vote, through all its stages, bill, introduced by
Mr.. WEBSTER, making an appropriation of two
thousand dollars for the erection, in the Congress
sional Cemetery, of a suitable Monument to the
late lamented PRESIDENT TAYLOR. %.-
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HoNoRs TO GEN. TAYLoR.-The citizens Of
Cleveland paid appropriate honors 10 the memory
of Gen. TAYLOR on Friday last. The orators of
the day were Judge WooD and Judge JOHNSTON
the Democratic and Wing candidates for Governor
of the State.
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Hon. JOSIAH QuIScr, J. has consented to deliver the
Grafton before the Government and citizens of Boston the
day be apart there for the commemoraon of the life
character and services Of the late President of the United
States. The Grafton will be delivered in Faneuil Hail. which
IS to be dressed in mourning for the occasion.
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The Wing State Convention Of VERMONT yester-
day nominated CHARLES r. WILLIAMS for Gov
ernor and julius CONVERSE for Lieut.. Governor, to
be voted for at the ensuing election in that State
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The Rev. j. N. DASroRru, of Alexandria, Virginia. has
been selected by committee of the citizens of that place to
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LouIsIANA.-An election took place in New Or
leans the 18th instant, to fill four vacancies in
the State Legislature, which resulted in the choice
of three Wings and one Democrat.
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We learn that two hundred and fifty United States troops
left New York on the 18th instant under command of Lieut.
SAMUEL D. STURGIs, for Fort Ieavenworh by the Lakes
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WIN. 3. CHUNN,
AT TORNEY AT LAW

ELLIsFILLE, MISSOURI,
M ILL practice in the Superior and Inferior Court, r c.
w Louis, Franklin, and Jefferson counties. -
All business entrusted to him win meet with prompt at
'enuon' dee1I-cpu
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PRESIDENT FILLMORE yesterday removed his
residence to the Presidential Mansion.
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borders of the river small quantities of plantain yucas
and cotton, the last of which isrudey spun and
by the in the form of Blankets sails for their
canoes strings for their bows, and netting for eatherwok
Some of their feather-work quite beautiful. They make
kind of cloth of the bark Of tree called un which
for dress and for covering night They celebrate the ami
versaes Of the death of their parents friends with
doleul and unharmonious songs and waiIngs which
enough put the timd traveller flight This mourning
amenaton chiefly performed by the women, under tent
OF uni bark. Some perform the ceremony walking back
wards and forwards for the distance of about hundred
yards, in the following They advance four five
steps, and then fall fiat their chest and face, with force
apparently great enough kill themselves repeating the
barbarc ceremony until the night Closes Some paint
their faces with acote tile and though they exhibit
skill in this, rendered horrible from the operation
They all very much addicted to strong drinks and when
dram given them they exhibit great satisfaction, and
deavor to return article which their situation enables
them give. But this is done the moment and the favor
forgotten. They appear kind, and exert themselves
to please strangers who may visit their hus ior though
there among them bad and disodery Indians, yet
there very few who will offer any violence to the traveller
principally however, of the fear in which they
stand Of their CHIEFS whom they pay great Difference For
any fault Of obedience any crime they severely pun
shed that traders may carry their traffic with little fear
Of insult injury They fond OF Dances for which they
provide femened liquors of juice and yuca in great
abundance, and when the day fixed upon arrives, great
number of families collect all having their faces fanasticay
painted When they gathered two marked dancers open
the Dance appearing suddenly from the depths Of the forest
where they previously hidden, dressed palm leaves and
painted of various coos These extraordinary figures enter
square covered with pacaya leaves, where they dance
whole day. joined by many people, Meanwhile most of the
guests remain in or about the hut of their host drinking
eagerly the ermen,ed liquors. which being strong soon upset
them, producing violent vomiting Upon recovering little,
and the somewhat declining, the males form their dance
apart from the women, making use instruments of music
Of sounding drum, and Of great hoarse sounding
pipes of hollow reed the noise of which is fghtul,
panied by small pipes to the of which rude in
srumens the musicians well the people dance until
nine ten o'clock at night The women also apart,
their dance at eight o'clock night, and continue
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occupy for one, wish that the North shall gain nothing,
and that the South shall gain nothing, but that their rights
shall stand upon the constitution of the United States That
the true understanding Of this bill II intervention
BILL bill which avoids violation of the constitution. 1t
secures nothing in relation TO territory po-slavery anti
slavery to the North and nothing the South. That is the
true understanding Of the BILL would vote for it
it not of that character. ...
Now, in relation to the nmaton that the friends Of this
bill desire to postpone this matter ready my col
league, or any one else to to vote We should in
stanty have proposed to to vo but for the sugges
ton of the Senator from Georgia that he desires examine
Of the propositions introduced by and that the Sena
tor from Virginia proposes address the Senate
IL o'clock. deny that any say that have at
tempted the present occasion to obtain poponemen OF
this question for benefit for the advantage Of the BILL
What has taken place is parliamentary that
very usually takes place in legislative bodes-simply post
ponement from late hour to-day till IL o'clock to morrow
to allow the honorable Senator from Virginia to be heard
the general merits Of the BILL and to allow the honorable
Senator from Georgia look into of the amendments pro-
posed It is no ground of complaint on either side.
will say in conclusion, that pepared-not here, for
shall say any thing this in this hall
but elsewhere than here, at the right im to show to all who
may choose listen feeble debaer, that the South
loses nothing by this bill that she gains thing that she
has heretofore claimed that she gains than she claimed
in ls4s that she gains that which the Missouri compromise
would have deprived her of because the Missouri compro-
mise would exclude slavery from any part OF this territory
north thirty degrees thirty minutes while this bill opens
the whole territory to both sections Of the Union alike That
my opinion Of the bill other gentlemen can entertain their
opinions. Il
felt bound this occasion 10 rise at once and state these
views that they may out TO the country with the remarks
which have fallen from my colleague, that those whom we re-
present here and citizens of Other portions of the South may
understand that those Of from the South who support this
measure give totally different construction to from that
given by my colleague
Mr. DAVIS, OF Mississippi. Mr.. President wish to
answer the points raised by my colleague In the first place.
It Is now only fifteen minutes Of three o'clock, hour and
quarter or an hour and three quarters before the time we
frequently adjourn answered the charge made by the
friends OF the bill that had delayed it. My colleague says
ne makes no charge Then it is his door, referred
the remarks Of the Senator from Massachusetts, who knows
what ne says and is able to explain well any
And he was present to explain it.
MI FOoIE. was not aware that he present.
Mr. DAVIS. That gentleman, when he used the Ian
guage mentioned, referred to the admission of California
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Flour, (best Chilian) $3.50 to 8 per cwt,--
Pork, 1888 to $40 per Dbl. Sugar, Is to 22c per
ID. Coffee, Is to 16c per ID. Molasses, 600 to
81 per gallon. Dried peaches, 81 per ID. Ap-
Piles, 75c. Spades, So. Picks, S.. Butter, 81 %
per lb. Cheese, 81. Beef. 20 to 25c, Potatoes,
Soc a pound. Onions, 81 o piece. Water Mel
lens, from 81 to SO. "A mule in good condition
is worth 5000, so 10 . horse. Money is plenty.
There is one thing, Mcssrs. Editors, to which
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/ would caIfyout special atenti6Hs sItilthi.,
the allowing Of foreigners to work these mines
and carry off the precious metal. There ire
|Swarms of not only Spanfards, but Chilisns, Pc.
~ruvians, &c., here, who not only dig the gold,
but their manner and customs are not Of thefFsf
grade by along jump. Is our Government asleep,
or do they intend to suffer It? The people here
are only waiting the action Of the aufhofities,s
and they are ready to send every ~unnatanlised
gold digger to his native place, or some where.
else. l.s,~ assi1r BOZ njl1o5s5 s6lre s4iac x
In conclusion, / would say, if a man is doing
well there. he had better stay there; lut steady
and industrious young men will find this the
place for them. They can make money here il.
they have their heath and are attentive to busi-
ness.
'Adieu till spring, when s0t shall heat ssain.
TIMOTHY FORD.:.fs
81 - +
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THE WASHINGTON UNION.

The editor Of the above paper, being assailed
on every hand by the coarsest B~illingsgate abuse,
and charged with entertaining views against the
Union, by contemplate Free Sellers, who are
unable to meet him in the open field of argument,
becomes aroused at the persecution end vile abuse
|Of heartless men, and replies in a powerful and
feeling article, from which we take the follow.
ing extract:
ga word for ourselves. Are we to be
suspected of disloyalty to this glorious I'm
ion? What is there in our present or past
career that would justify such an intimation?
Who has more firmly and faithfully stood by
the Union of the States, during half a CEN,
fury of service in the press, than the senior.
editor of this paper? Where was he when
the Hartford Convention lifted up its t:ea.
sonable head? Did he then shrink from Q
support of the Union? Did he then hesitate
Ito brand the traitors who plotted the dis.
memberment of the country? And whst
was his course on a subsequent occssiont.
when the peace and tranquility. of the Un-
lion were threatened in another and oppo.,
site quarter? Did he not then stand by the
Union? Did he not then contend for the
Integrity of the Union, while he pointed ont.
cancellation and compromise TO both sides
as the most potent means By which it could
be preserved? He has always dared to
warn his countrymen on this subject. He
has warned them from time to time, for
near twenty years past, that the noble ship.
would. defy every danger and survive every
storm which might arise, except only this.
dark and delicate question He has said,
that upon that breaker, and that only, she
might split, unless the strongest spirit Of
Cancellation and compromise should preside
at the helm. And is he, after such evil
Idences Of devotion to the Union, to be sus-
Ipected and denounced as its enemy? What
are the labors Of half q century for the cause
of republican liberty and for the union, Of;
these States, ifsuch is to be their reward.
The UNIoNi Of what a glorious and
majestic political fabric is not that word
the SYMBOL The USioN! It Is our great
and magnificent country, stretching from
ocean to ocean, and from the frigid 70 the,
Itorrid zones, embracing within IL eon6nssi
thirty. sovereign and independent Stss1e,
and domain enough for thirty more. 1y5A
|ty.three millions Of psople dwell upon tt
prolific aud bouutiful BOSOM, drswihk
CSC
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For the Banner.
THE SHERIFFALTY0F PIKE.

Messrs. EDlToRs: The subject OF The next
'Sherifialty in this county I perceive is beginning
to aitra, { attention in various quarters. Though
no public newspaper demonstration hiss Been
made, nevertheless the interest felt is manifest
in social and popular conversations. This inte-
rest, l am happy to add, is generally heightened
more by a laudable curiosity to know who is
likely to be the man, than a desire to strenuously-
forward the interest or claims Of any one. a7
1t is known to the public that Capt. Givens,-
the popular incumbent, consented with reluctance
20 become a candidate at the last election, and
this knowledge has created a doubt whether he
will again consent to be a candidate, and set spec
ulation afoat. No one knows better than 'tbe>
writer Of this article, the reluctance felt by Capt
Givens to complying with the wishes of his enu-
merous friends in all parts of the county But,
it must he borne in mind, that since his election
"circumstsDces'' with him have materially chang.
ed, and consequently "tltered cases." Capt.
Owens has sacrificed those objects that caused
his reluctance before, and immersed himself ID.
the discharge Of his public duties, to the exclu-
sion of private and personal business. - 20
/ would simply state that CAPT. Givens will
be a candidate again, if his friends desire the nss.
Of bis name. 1t has been the custom, ! believe,
for many years in our county, to elect our SheT-4
ifs 10 second term. This no doubt has proceed.
ed from a faithful discharge Of duties on their
and was but the merited reward of their
good services. p Ia : @
Against Capt. Owens I,have heard no COM
plant and from personal knowledge canfsay that
he duties Of hrs office have been discharged with
great care, industry and fidelity. I -
a, A VOTER.
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IBorland, Hale, Upham, Phelps, Chase and
|Berrien participated. Upon the sdgges.
ton of Mr.. FOote, they were. finally passed
over informally, to be taken up at any sub.
'sequent time. They will no doubt be prin.
ted, as some Southern men declare them.
selves in favor of printing and spreading
before the country every thing that may be
said upon the subject.
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D-The Editor Of the Record make des-
Perate complaint against the printer who
''put his manuscript into print,". and says
he is inexperienced" His readers, per-
haps, think that not only the printer, but
the editor, is without experience, aad W
fully deficient in common sense.
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J. WATSON WEBB.-The nomination of
this gentleman as Charge de Afaires to
Austria, has been rejected. It was done
in oren Senate, by a resolution offered by
Mr.. Foote, of Mississippi. But the Office
itself will, probably, not be abolished, as
there are a great number Of applicants for
it. from the East, West and South. The
vote by which the rejection was accom-
|plished, has not rsachsd as.-Repubkcan.
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TTbe Record man calls US Lord Ches-
terfeld. There is but one reason for it
that we can conceive Of. He thinks that
we are his Lord OF master from the frequent
drubbings we give him, and considers US
tChesterfield' on account of our earnest de-
sire to teach him gentshty and good man
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CONGRESSIONAL observation-disclosures
.TIoNs OF VERMoNr.-In the Senate, on the
9TH inst, Mr.. Upham presented the resolu.
tons passed by the Legislature of Vermont
on the subject Of slavery, requesting her
Senators and Representatives, to resist the
extension of slavery in the territories and
exclude it from the District of Columbia.
The first resolution reads as follows:
ResoEred, That slavery is a crime against
and a sore evil in the body poll
tic, that was excused by the trainers Of the
constitution as a crime enta,led upon
the country by their predecessors, snd toll
Grated solely as d thing of memorable ne
cessity.
The 4th resolution instructs them to 60
for every '.Just and p~rudent' measure for
abOlishing slavery in the District Of Colum-
'bia, for the entire suppression of the slave
trade con the high seas and wherever else
Congress hes jurisdiction," end generally
to relieve the federsl government from all
responsibility for the existence, painten.
ance or tolerance of slavery, or the @qDTaa
in slaves.
Upon a fair examination Of the above
resolutions, no one cen doubt their meaning,
The doctrine of indifference, to a dangerous
and uniustifable extent, is here enjoined
upon her servants in the federal Congress.
They are instructed not only for the Provj-
so and the abolition of slavery h the Dis
trict and other PLACES 6nderts c%ontrol" Of
the general government, but the, language
is clear that the traffic in slaves must be
stopped, both upon the high seas and be-
tween the sovereign States Of the confeder.
acy. The effect Of these instructions then,
if reduced into practice by legislative en-,
actment, would certainly be Of the most
%ruinouS and mischievous te~ndency-not on
Ily satisfying to the fullest extent the
phrensied hopes Of fanatics, but directly
compelling the ultimate abolition Of slavery
By the indirect action Of the federal Gov
eminent. t>'
When introduced, the resolutions were
received, and awsrm discussion arose upon
the motion to PRINT them, in which Messrs.
Maugum, Yulee, Mason, Butler, Calhoun,
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TIE REcoRD AND THE TARrFr.-So soon
a. We figure out the meaning of the last ar.
ticle in the Record, on the subject or the
tariff, We shall Of course crafty him BY
s"swsringit. A good inoffensivs fellow
8 little whiggish too, in his ~inclinations
wants to know if the tariff was not diasrenII
in the East from what it il hsre-that the
Record msn may BE- right in regard to tn.
tariff On East, but it won't do for this coun.
tfy.s He wants to know If we intended t.
argue Oh 'scoarse boots" Certainly, and OF
q men too. A specific tax of.vo Bit
on coarse men would have kept him out o.
the country. An adaodbrem duty woule
not have answered, for his value would haay.
been nothing. and consequently the ia,
noAhtn8 gfs trr-f ,aE~ .zgsE Sff., E.--
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MGEN- cAss-orFIcE sEEKING.n

"GEN. CASS-OFFICE SEEKING"
j Under the above head we notice a mos
yindictive article trthe Republican Of thu
18th inst, againnt Gen; Cass.
1t seems that long services, in the caus'
of his country, a devoted attachment 10 he
institutions, and a patriotic zeal to advance
her interests and prosperity, are all INSULT
cient to remove or even blunt the feeling
of partizan envy or cankered prejudice
In his late speech upon the subject Of sus
pending relations with Che Court Of Austria
Gen. Cass alluded, very justly too, t.
the unseemly haste Of two Ministers to for
eign Courts, in making psecipitate figlI
from this country to their respective sta.
lions, but a few days befure the meeting oil
Congress, as if for the purpose of render.
ing confirmation necessary by the public
expense incurred Il theirioutft. 90 then
asked that the Senate might be controlled
by their own judgment and a'proper regard
for the rights of the country, and would
yield nothing to the cuPidity or "earnesi
desire of Office" which he said swas never
more powerful nor more powerfully dis
played than now"
Perhaps it may have been this a~llusion
to what every honest man mnst admit to be
true, that has so mich enraged the editor.
Then, the pledge Of Gen. Taylor, made to
the American people to secure his election
may be broken with impunity, and pros
criptiOn may become the watchword Of an
administration, whose solemn vows to re.
gard "honesty and capacity" as the only
qualification for Office, are yet sounding up.
on the public ear, and none shall speak Of
political justice or deplore the loss Of exc.
.cutive virtue! An irresponsible jnnto may
..stigmatise honest men, by. parsdine the
most hollow pretexts for their removal, aud
adopt a system of favoritism, by which
the ablest and most efficient public officers
are thrown aside to give place for some
political friend or cringing sycophant, and
the honest sentinel upon the watch-tower
.ofthe peoples rights, must sbJectly bow to
power and quench the indig
nant fame that burns in his bosom. Gen.
Cass had a right to speak. and to speak in
language more caustic and severe than that
he uttered: The Anssses will be
with him, regardless Of the bilIingsgate eff
fusions Of partisan editors. Why refer to
the Offices which he has held? The emol.
were but the reward Of his labors,
and the public trust conferred upon him by
his confding coantrymen, have all been
discharged with honor to himself ahd with
benefit TO his country.
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THE REsoLUTIoN OF Mr.. CAS-

Thifsesolution, to suspend diplomatic relations
with Austria, came up, on a question of refer
ence, in the Senate on the 9TH inst, when Gen.
Cas1delveied a most powerful and arguments.
tive speech nfts support. 9Amore eloquent and
tOuching piece Of composition, we have scarcely
ever seen. The sssynpathisers with despa0tism
and cruelty s~eceiye. ct hi. hands . castigatiOn thai
w b felt forever Mr., Clay delivered an able
speech in reply, being opposed, contrary to our
s4Psetasiors, f., 1.-THE spirit Of the resolution. A
hesEpws Sldsshs becomes attached to the stanS-
stA policy; thatfaiiEto do right for fear Of doing
Wrohg.zei gtai . s~ttssst ateat e
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B-The man with t~ssvsn unclst, in
twisting about assumes . yaristy Of shspes
In his last he thinks himself q aksnls:,.-
All right! IT'S a good vessel for holding sap.
The extra "stesm" can rise freely.
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1.-THE Record man thinks we stoop 70
'%'littis, low dirty things" We plead gull
t9for We son5tImss ssoop 70 erask that
goarS on 6is shoulders. -.
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POST 0EFICE
ONE OF Il PEOPLE.

The Post Office in this city has been
removed from Main to Waterstrs It is
now kept ih'ths house formerly occupied
BY Orr, Duke and Campbell, between
Georgia and South Carolina streets