Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-02-07

on Monday, Ia force al sdj' urnmen', IN re-
spccl for the memory Of a former member
wh,se obscluies took Place only uioe--
mon,hs ago.
WAsniyeTos, Feb. 4.
ScyArs.-Mr. Cass presented me'nori-
a. in favor of establishing method of set
ling national difficulties without recoaHs
10 arms.
Mr.. Copper presented petition for rs-
peal or mod ficaiion Of the Tariff.
NJ Dodge, OF Iowa, submitted 4 rcso
lu,inn as to the expediency of a geological
survey Of Oregon, which lies over.
Mr.. Foole offered an amendment to Cass's
Austrian resolution, without action.
Mr.. Davss census bill was taken up,
with speech from Mr. Davis.
Mr.. Dawson, of Georgia, proposed an
amendment IS a substitute. Lail on the
! table.
Mr.. Borlund proposed an amendment
giving the ecretary of,he Interior dsPo-
! si,ion of all c'nsns printing. lengthy
daba,e ensued, and other amendments were
proposed.
Mr. Truman Smith moved TO exclude
statistics from this bill. Pending discss-
sion of which, the Senate adjourned.
HousE.-Ano,her slavery resolution was
| laid on Il table.
The foreign coin bill vas referred 10
Committee.
Mr. Giddings offered resolution con.
cernng duty Of informing the territorial
governments to secure to the people what
ever complexion Of government they
choose. On motion ladi on the table, l04
" 80.
Mr.. Robinson submitted q reso! u,ion,
that the Sersean, at Arms perform the du.
ties ofdoor-kceper Until tho LIST Of March,
1851. Lies over. Also, bill in favor Of
perpe,ua'ing the preemption law. Also, TO
incorporate Manufacturing Company 10
The dist !ct.
Mr. thompson, Of Mississippi, offered .
resolution to repeal The Home Department.
Mr.. Yor ng proposed resolution in fav.
OF Of granting twelve extra copies Of ,he
Cong ressional Globe 20 each MEMBER
Adopted.
b. II. Dixon, OF Boston. has been ofici-
ally r,cos n zed as Consul Of Netherlands
for portion Of The New England S,s,ss.
coli some Of our busn ness men would
e ect Sugar Refining Establishment 10
this town, We are confident that IL would
be profitable investment. In New York,
there is no kind of business which is car.
ricl on more successfully, and from which
morc money realised than this. Many
Of those who are engaged in i, have be.
cone immensely rich, and all are doing .
very fourishing business. Even our Bris
tol friends who. generally, have hardly
more enterprise than cur own q izens, have
erected an establishment Of this kind, which
i, about being put in operation and we
have n, doubl they wi find it a success
inl experiment Now Why will not some
Of our people do likewise 1t will rot re-
qulIc very heavy investment Of capital,
aDd it would add one new blanch Of bust.
ness to I place and if We can only get
ou, people aroused to action, and enlisted
IN cen one enterprisng operation, We
know lha, II W II give new life aud energy
10 The place, and various kinds Of business
"ll / Z gradually introduced.
Newp"r, has every advantage for 4 Sug-
ar Refinery II nigh, be located on the
Point, where land is comparatively cheap.
and the sugar could be landed from vessels
directly into The building. In addition TO
the employment that it would gre TO tie
hands at The estsbll- hmen,, il would also
keep several vessels constantly engaged be-
t~eer this por, and Havana, in The trans
porlaion of Sugar, and it would aIso fur
ash business FIR coasters in taking it to
New York, Boston, &c.
As We have frequently said before, we
are not at all caplous as to what the kind
o business is which may be engaged in
here, so long as something is done for the
prosperity and bui ding up of Ncwror,.--
- II pains us to know that year after year 10
'oillng ay, ard that our many na,u,al
advantages for Manufacturing and Gem.
merclal pursuits are constantly being neg
lected. All il requires is energy and de-
termination to accomplish something, and
the work is ha'f executed the ice is then
brok n, and our course will be onward
Can the chains Of s!umber be broken Can
tho long dormant e.erees be aroused -
Can the business character Of Newport bs
elevated