The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-08-12
INTELLIGENCE nv THE MAILS.
Our Washington correspondence


productive of something The bill for the settle
Rent of the Texas boundary, which passed the
Senate yesterday considered by the editors off
InfH'ge"cd OF such conclusive importance, that
they announce "the question settled" and from
the tone OF Rejoicing and halrlujah in which the
venerable Mr.. Gales ndulges, the reader would
naturally conclude that tLera is nothing more To do
We appreheBd there Is some lutte mistake in all
this The South have been caucusiog on The Cali
fonia bill. Al meeting on Thursday night last,
committee Of fifteen was app0inled consisting Of
Messrs. Toyt6s Of Ga chairman; Burt, y g. !;
HiHtG,d, Ala. Thompson, Miss. CabeH Fla. ;
Howard, Texas; johnson, A k Morse, la /;
LiUEmGn, y G.. Thomas, Tenn ; IA Lane, Md. ;
houston, Del BuUic, aid ("hIgs IN Italic,) and
fhtN sic 10 IrEuit 10 duofnrr turruGg on Monday
night ntX', upon hr plan ct opposition which is To
be pUrsHtG The House 10 the California and her
bills, bul noIr ptIucui-Ily IN y are Ia recommend
whaI measures, in 'h'ir opiuiDn, the South should
adopl ia the cvtnt at The ssaEe OF The bill admit
ting California INTO The Union, with her present
boundaries.
Unul We shall hear from ihis caucus, the course
of The Southern men III The tiouse remains some
what uLde erulhtd. They are Cmnnusy sent.
IE,y Say lutte truuthmg about il They may b.
TtheClu z u,On lhr exp Girnvy of submission; but
thty may also be Cun"UCtlng some desperate means
OF Resistance 10 m, acwI-suA If California with
cot division Of .tr trIIituTy.
There az shttwd aud ctCulttIng men, who are
any corvIcuoD ~ ih" ."in sslon or uOn- admission
Of California al thr pr~stut session of Congress.
here l. 10 GUupt tho5 pLhlIc u,IuIUn N the Sbulh
rs opposed Ia U--Ita. ~ouihem members Will
probably be- sustained 20 resisting II 10 the last
ueuitN and, "a concerning 20 the admission of
CsiItuIHid sbt l.. Ih-y SIi assume som thing
81 GesI on,lhlhy Tor which they will have 10
answ,r u, 'r' 'vtit, thr aduhssion Of Cali
frrns, Uncontrolled o. hrJ rlr.rut large dimensions,
viii b. rtslsi,d ~ 90 'l- pirh 'mentaTy means
available, f not b, su,urInlng rXtr,
In he event ct the IT tlitornia with
out Ttstctlun Cf limit. oIbrr equivalent condi-
tCns, the GuytTuur of Georgia has been required,
by the Legislature. 80 convene special s~ion,
ofder Ia Cvtetn'Int what II 10 br done. Aud we
presume, Al hr ttrt lIur letter by the Sou hrrn
an, mbrrs viii be- adot,-std 10 the people of the
Southtm states, sLd tn, the whole subject will
come up again hrturr the Nashville Convention,
whchls IL re-as-tb 'r FIX wee ks after the adjolrn-
N, 1T Of Congitss
The ns,iel, jhtItt,rr, Of The admission Of Cali
forniH, involves, 4 DIT fCn, the first, the most
substantial and aggraNauug lIovOcauon upon the
South; aud the uty hop~ thai i, NAV lead To no
disastrous cous' qurucrS Ism IN" fnrbedrtnce and
submission al lht S"ulh iur thu fnends OF CdlIfor-
MIA seem to be d' trimmed 10 push her through Just
as she II, cost hit % NAV
SOUTHERN rLAN OF OPERATIONS.
The South IQrur. ~ the settlement of the ter
ritorldl que siluus. the following concessions -
]. A division 81 California.
2. Governments for The territories, without the
provIso.
The recognition Of the rights Of the South in
New McXicO sUiuh ~ :B deg 30 an, accord
ing Ia The compact 1T the Texas anne Xation.
They will eaiGes'l>. as fr rs We know, resist
the bill from Ihr ~rnttr for the pay nleBt of ten
millions 10 Texas, "iih,ut some di~rinct recognl-
ton uf ihIs kind and they Viii resist il anyhow,
b.cause THY hold hot The bal provides for he pur-
chase ut TERRITORY ~ a soyt ~ lie, ont of which
eject tfee end runaway negro State.
Bot they Will r~,si thr admission of California
by AL The ayaIllhr me'ns at OPPOSITION until the
territorial hills, without the pruvrO passed and
then will oppose California unlrss ehr is divided
The Southern nruh'rs have been consulting,
this morning. on III rNpeilrucy of suffering the
CahlWnia hill 10 90 through, and of then adjourn
ing 20 the Nashville Convention; but the caucus,
il - believed, will decide upon the plan OF resist
anCc suUgesttd 30 a. To- exhaust all the means OF
Satisfactory adj"-'r"ni IA Congress- before they
carry the i-sUe 81 submission, or revolution, back
80 he Isoplr at the ~unihrin states.
Win hrse sueg' stions before us, We really fear
that Father Gsl'~. ~ .onoun ing "the question
settled," hae whis'lrd before he Is out of the
woods The mut'r has yet to come TO the ques-
ZION Of iesitispc' 80 submission
But let u zee VIII . tn Senate are doing.
CALIFORNIA BILL
Mir lul.e iiuisr-d ~ SPEECH upon his amend
nsnt for remsbdpg California hack 60 her terri.
toriS condition, oud pruvid'nG TO divide her by the
line ~ 10 30 Tn qurstnn was ih-n taken upon
n, md ihe amrrdurut rrjs cted- II 10 30
Mr. FUoIE's AMENDMENT.
Mr. Fooie ni,,, q TO am-bd The hl by making
the following grants OF the public lands TO the
l. One srciion of land for every quarter town
chip. for the use of schnols.
SrNrby-tsO srcuons or 1900 acres for a
university.
3 -Four sections To the seat Of government
4. 5O1,Ol0 Hcrrs 10 she State expenses, and five
Per cent Of the procesds 1T all tnr public lands IN
the Stale for the sncour4grmrnt at leaning.
Al The salt springs, Including one section Of
land Ia each.
And TIM follows the express conditions upon
whlch thrs- nh-rul grants az TO be made.
That within one ear they shall agree To divide
the State by the hur Of Ri deg. Sn MN the south
ern hsltto ne erected into separate territory, TO
he called the Colorado Territory, with ~ territorial
government hkr Utah, without the proviso.
This smendul.ut ~ Mr. Footr, offered in a pa
tronc sprit OF Cancellation, WIS rejected by vote
OF ~ to ~, or mur- than two to one-a vote which
shows the extreme iDdirpositiO1 OF the Senate TO
touch the houndari's Ut California upon any terms.
The bull Sas laid aside al Monday. and the Sc
nate Ifoctsded e. executive business, and, after
having confirmed The nomination Of Mr.. Mcken-
nan ioI III, Home Irp,Tim~nt. and Mr.. Conrad for
The Nrr oficr, rhey Hdlournrd
On Monday We sNlyet an exciting debate in
closing ~ IN. bill, MI Soulc leading OIL
Al wetent. the tirurral Apffopri ttiun bill (cvil
and oipl, msut) D.. ui- the House. II u the bill
OF all others UPON which the largest Longitude Of
discuisicn ~ allow ed. The southern m-mb-rs,
th-fentr. upon the NIL drbaiinR the Pr sients
IcAus message - IN outrage upon Texas and the
south, Justification ut history, and all that. aud
h-sep Toomh-. - phsus. and other ultra Sou
them whiRs, are IA with the exposition To the end Of
the chupisr.
The indicates some hing like concerted action
among the whigs and democrats ot the south Ant
before snpih.r wr'k isovrr We shall expect more
disunCily 20 understand the meaning of ~ IL u
CROUCH. just corf-ss thu question u not st
lied. snd that the ch'ucss Of it, s-it-ment are by
no means as s-iistactury could be- d-rir-d
With ths GsofRia legislature aud the Nashville
(cnNeniUn ., to their supro-t, th-rr y still
sems d. ncer vt southern resistance II C;~orgit
shouh icy di-solv.. the Nashville Convention
will sudufse u. srd he southern states will act
upon that endurss
Our Phii~u'iph,s Correspondence