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OBSTRUCTION THREATENED.

1t has been impossible to ascertain what the
extreme Southern members Of the Sen ate intend
to do in reference to California. Some suppose
that, after fair discussion, and the use Of the
ordinary means of parliamentary opposition, they
will not attempt by factious measures to thwart
the will of the majority. Others see in the pol
icy by which Utah and the Texas boundary ques-
tion have been thrust ahead Of California, In the
three days speech of Mr.. Yulce, and in the
speeches impending from the extreme wing Of
the South, indications ola purpose to stave oft all
action in regard to the new State The latter
opinion seems to derive confirmation from the
following letter in the Charleston Mercury, from
Mr.. Heart, one Of the editors Of that paper, who,
We may presume, speaks by authority.
Correspondence Of the Mercury.
WASHINGTON, August 3, 1850.
1.-THE Senate was not in session to-day, and
the proceedings Of the House were without inter-
est, the Indian Appropriation bill being under
der consideration.
The bill for the admission Of California VIII
not be permitted to pass the Senate without re-
sistance and that Of the sternest and most deter
mined character. The friends Of the South in
that body feel II their duty to oppose and OBJ
struct the aggressive measures OF the majority
by all the means which are afforded by the rules
Of legislation, and by these properly applied aud
rssolutely persisted IN, the passage Of any MEASURE
can be delayed wliil tas day Of doom. To those who
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CONGRESS- OF TUESDAY.

We have only room to announce that on Tues.
day the bill for the admission On OAANlNrnia iESIS
the Union as a State, passed the Senate by vote
Of 81 yeas to ls nays The vote, together with
some account Of the proceedings Of the day, will
be given in our next weeks issue. Nothing of
Importance transpired in the House of Repre-
sentatives, though further notice of it will be
given next week. We are unable to furnish the
yeas and nays upon the final passage of the Cali
fOrnia bill. They were, however the same AZ
that upon the engrossment.
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ABSRNCE.

Regard for our own health and that Of our
family requires that we allow ourselves few
weeks respite from editorial labors and an1i-
cites IL is with extreme reluctance we leave
while Congress is still in session, but we have
endeavOred amply to provide for the paper, du-
ring the three or four weeks of our absence
There are some matters Of interest which call for
attention in this number, but we have no time
-.
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THE NATIONAL ERA.
WASHINGTON, AUGUST Is. 1850.

II Will not some Of our friends at different
Dost offices. where several subscriptions to the
Era are now running out, see to it that they are
renewed in time This kind of friendly atten-
ton Is required to keep up the circulation of a
paper conducted rigidly on the cash system, as
tho Era Is
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profess devotion to the South, while they are ter
ri6ed at the idea Of disunicn, this course, no
doubt, will be gladly embraced, as it viii present
an opportunity ofpeaceful yst efectual resistance
by which they may protect the South and pre-
serve the Union A sufficient nrmber Of Sena-
tors hare already solemny pledged themselves to this
course TO render tfsctndi and If the effort to ad
NIT California with her present boundaries is per-
sisted in, you may expect protracted session,
and a struggle unexsmpled in our Legislative his
tory
We presume the House win defer action upon
any bill connected with the Slavery Question till
the California bill be fairly within its grasp.
What then will the ultra Southern men gain
by their game Of obstruotion2 Suppose all the
questions lie over, who is to lose7
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TOT the Nat1onal Ere.
WINTERS WAKING.
BY MARY IRVING.

The winds have fingered long among the hOary
bougbs
Like trusting hearts affection at the shrine Of early
VOWS;
The Smile of the Great Spirt"' hath been low
And our sfa nssrss ave nm l,,s ssAis.
fully.
Last night the spirit Of the storm down wn es
sweep,
Roaring from out the din old where Sintry temPest'
sleep;
The gentle gales shrank shudderng from his breath Of
whistling slsst,
Aud the blue waves rOse in terror underneath his Icy feet
The leaves had changed their robes Of beauty LONG
| ago,
And Lay quiet waiting for their winding sheet Of snow
But the brsezss, whispering among the faded
| flowers,
Had almost won our fancy back summers golden hours
1t was well that they departed In the glory and the calm,
When the sun was shedding Brightness and the air wa
breathing balm.
Oh! when lay human flowers In the shadow OF th'
tomb
Do know that they taken from "the evil days u
comet"
The tempest came at midnight in its cloudsd majesty
We started from our sleeping and thoughts OIL
the sea;
For bowling winds and shrekng blasts went rsving Oh
it's way,
But vanished with the shadows at the dawnng OF the day
y = g. NV go, 81 Nsy
Quietly the hilltop CLEANS the fresh untrodden snow
Lost in the emerald girdls Of evergreens below
And everywhere 1t glance ~ to greet the dazzed eye
That parest gift TO mortal from the overlooking sky
The little ones gamboling amid their silver store,
And the heart Of wiser childhood feels Joy unelt before
only think upon the poor the shverng on their way
But God win temper TO the lambs" the wintry wind to
day!
December a, ls49
Indinns gaxe thia anpelaon 10 the beautiful
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December 4, lS49

THE Indians gave this appelaon to the beautiful
ond that has since been chrisened by their ow
name.
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attach something dishonorable TO that which has
to be done in the dark or by stratagem. He who
enters slave State for the sake of helping off
slaves, can scarcely avoid practicing deception,
and of course becoming criminal in the pursuit Of
philanthropic object. At all events, if detected,
no matter whether he may have uttered false
hood or not, he appears in the light d man aim
ing to secure his object by sinister means, and
this of itself creates q strong prejudice against
him, reflects odium upon the party with which he
is identified, and embarrasses its operations
Again "Ths action Of such persons can hardly
be preserved from stratagem; it must always ap-
pear sinister 1t can do nothing towards the ex-
tinction of slavery; 1t must embarrass other and
more efficient operations This was said many
years ago, and we intend no personal application
now
The albany IN. ~ Patriot took us to task for
these sentiments, as follows
al cannot withhold the expression of the sin.
cerest regret 10 see that the Cmemnan Morning
Herald takes exceptions to our Albany address, in
reference TO the case Of Mr. Torrey, and those
similar to it. cannot at this moment recall the
language Of the address, nor Is 1t material to
do So I am sure II cannot be too strong | re-
ceive the rich and varied information Of the Her.
aid gratefully--its ability have often praised
its independents l sdmire-but to limp on this
point seems TO me we'll nigh fatal to the entire
code Liberty men have worked hard for ten long
wears 10 establish. Az | am a
living man, I believe that one hundred men, like
C. Il. Torrsy ia courage and devotion to his OBJ
ect, would do more to deliver the slaves speedily
than all our paper resolutions, windy speeches
presses, and votes into the bargain. His may not
be the best way either for the Herald or me to
work am sorry to say II We have neither his
courage or Devotion
To this We replied In an editorial, dated Janu-
uary rs, ls43. Az 1t was written more than FIVE
years ago, while We were publishing paper in
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but unhealthy delta between the Nebraska and
the Missouri, they again pitched their tents, and
waited for the struggling emigrants of their faith
to overtake them. Decimated by sickness, the
winter found them still in the border regions of
Missouri and Iowa, where, divided into several
encampments, they were enabled TO sustain them
selves and considerable portion of their cattle
Early in the spring of ls47, body of one hun
dred and forty picked men, with seventy wagons,
started, under the direction Of the members of the
: High Council, in search Of favorable location
for permanent settlement They carried with
them little save seed and farming tools, it being
their aim to plant crops at the place selected
Crossing the South Pass, they struggled through
the de6les and over the spurs OF the Rocky
Mountains, forcing their way over the rugged
Utah range, sometimes creeping along the stony
bed of torrents, and sometimes cutting their way
through heavy timber At length, in midsummer
they reached the valley Of the Great Salt Lake
The High Council, after a careful survey Of the
country, decided that the Land Of Promise had
at last been reached, and that the Tabernacles of
the Mormon Israel should be set up Late as was
the season, roots and seeds were planted, from
which q partial harvest was obtained. They
were soon joined by other detachments from the
main body, and also by part Of the Mormon
Battalion from California. They sowsd large
fields Of grain for the next season, built them
selves houses of sun-dried brick, Certifying them
selves with walls and block-houses, and safely
passed the winter Of ls47-s. In the course Of
the next year, the residue Of the Nsuvoo emi-
grants reached the valley, loaded with grain
raised on the plains Of their sncampusnts on the
Missouri and Nebraska A detailed history OF
this remarkable Erodas would exhibit In srs'es
alliance the shifty enterprise, practical energy
and shrewd calculation of modern utilitariauism,
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He says: "The slave States lost the use OF this
great capital, and the North gained it. without
paying any sort of equivalent in return" Hegoes
on to show how much is the loss to every South
ern family of six persons, and the gain to every
Northern family.
This idea that the North is living on Southern
capital is certainly novel one. That the South
possess great amount of capital, no one will
deny, but, apparently, they find it more profitable
to employ their accumulatons in planting new lands
than in commerce, or in loaning it to the North 1t
is matter of notoriety that every thing which they
sell to the North is sold for cash, whilst their pur
chases at the North are mostly made on credit.
On these two miserable fallacies rest essentially
the complaints of inequality put forward with such
an array of figures in this pamphlet We will
not believe that the South can be humbugged by
them to any great extent. 1t is true, he complains
OF the coast survey, of the lighthouses, OF the pub
lic debt, and even of the post office, operating
unequally upon the South. In fact, he complains
OF every thing. 1t were bootless task to attempt
to follow him through all his exaggerations and
SYMPTOMS The following quotations will serve
as sample of the spirit and accuracy Of the
writer
"Nor is possible that the free States despite the fables
about the Northwest long have any surplus Of breasus
and provisions for expectation"
"he subsistence Of the Northern laboer is much lower
than Of the Southern but that decning especially in ami
NAL food" Other facts equally conclusive that the bulk
Of the surplus breadu and provisions must be the South
and that the North will find much she do to
feed her population WELL" "Meat is longer the daily
food Of the Eastern laborer."
The stables the very pgsye of the lord Of the oom is
better than the howell Of his factory operative"
"The South has the guaranty Of negro slavery capitalist
and laborer and slave, ndsoluby united in in
tcest.n
Similar extracts might be multiplied indefinitely.
Dsunion is stamped on every line. Are the peo-
pie Of the South 10 be duped by such miserable
sophistry
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NAvAL.-The sloop-of,war Germantown, Commander
Lowspxs from Pensacola August 2ls touched Havana
on the 2eh and arrived New York Wednesday. There
wa. nothing new at Havana very few vessels in port and
little or nothing doing II is reported in Havana that the
Queens officials have condemned three Of the invading
prisoners who were be shot the remaining six
demned to work in the chain gang.
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COLUMBIA COLLEGE, d. G.
HE Winter Session Of six months will the
il 18th Of September.
Tuition for the session. $40 90
ROOM library, bed, and furniture. II 90
Table and servants, per week. ...............2 IS
Charges to those trho do not board.
Room, library, and furniture. .............l2 90
Martcuaton fee $40 admission. Fuel and ghts
Washing SIT per doz For French small charge
necessary College expenses of boarding student, excu-
sye of books and stationery, will not exceed $3.50 per
payable in advance at the opening the balance the
middle of the session. Students may be admitted any time,
and pursue full COURSE and thus be entitled degree
such studies their parents guardians may select Young
gentlemen this College will have the great advantage
tending the lectures delivered Smithsonian Institution by
nguished scientific of and other Countries Sew
eral given the last year. Opportunities ALSO
offered of hearing debates in Congress and arguments in the
Supreme Court, on important occasions.
aug 24-1awd&fawc6w
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The following is stated to have been the estimated
amount of cotton hand in England at the close of
III n
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NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE,
washington. ID. c.

- m washington, ID. e. - - "
TIME Annual Course of Lectures will commence on the
i first Monday in November, the 4th instant.
FACULTY.
Thos. Miller, Md, Professor of Anatomy and Physiology
VIM. p Johnston, D., Professor Of Obstetrics and the
Diseases of Women and Children.
Joshua Riley, Nd Professor of Maeria Medica Thera
peutics, and Hygiene. a.l sos Z s4
John Frederick May, Id, Professor of Surgery.
Grafton Tyler, Md, Professor Of Pathology and Practice
Of Medicine.
Robert King Stone MD, Adjunct Professor of Anatomy
and Physiology.
Edward Foreman d. Professor of Chemistry and Phar-
macy. ss tHshft4
James E. Morgan M. D.. Prosector and Demonstrator.
Clinical Lectures three times week. selected from
the Washington Inrmay. Operation performed before the
class. IL sns
For full course OF lectures.
Demonstrators ticket.
Gradua6On Tee. 30
Good board can be procured at from Sc So per week.
JOSHUA RILEY, MD.
aug N-2awtDecif Dean Of the Faculty.
PRINCETON PREPARATORY SCHOOL.
xx--x.. 49, La.
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HE next session of this Institution will open Monday
the 9TH of October The school occupies the pleasant and
extensive grounds and buildings long known throughout the
country the edge Hill Seminary" The location is
halt mile southwest Of the borough of Princeton and
Justly considered the finest in the country for boys
boarding school, This school character and purpose
boarding school, the chief Of which is prepare youth
for college, With the present arrangements additional
number Of pupils can be conveniently accommodated App
cation admission should be made early For catalogue
and all necessary PARTICULARS address the principal,
HENRY RINKER, A. M.
PRINCETON N. j. AUGUsr 81. [sep 3-dl0tScp9t
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States then the agency OF the United States territory
Closes
The formation of Territorial Governments we believe has
grown of the necessity of the case derived from any
power delegated in the constitution, but drawn from the pre-
cedent of the mother country in establishing colonial gov
ernments.
We therefore pray your honorable bodies in passing bills
for the formation Of Territorial Governments if any such
should pass to avoid all discrimination between States and
leave the territory open and free for the emigration of the c
zens Of all the States with their property, of whatever kind
We crave your further indulgence, and most respectfully
ask your attention to views other point Of the
same subject The power delegated to Congress ito exer
else exclusive legislation in all whatsoever, &C. but
transfer Of the Legislative power from the State or States to
Congress- and not think, the creating OF any new power
if the latter, limitation is fixed hence we hope that Con-
gress WILL in lessatng for the District OF Columbia on thesuo
ect Of involuntary sevude governed by the letter and spirit
Of the constitution and the legislation of for the State
upon the subject If the citizens OF Virginia should take
the wild notion into their heads to petition Congress TO pass
law establishing the Southern institution OF master and ser
in the docyard at Charesown, in Massachusetts, we
think the petition should not be granted and much doubt
the petitioners would have right be heard upon the sub
ec And if the Of the Federal Government had been
located in Pennsylvania instead Of Maryland, think the
citizens OF the slave States would not have been justified IN
pettonng Congress to establish slavery in the District,
sganst the wishes Of the people, and the laws Of Penn
sylvania.
Therefore, in consideration of the foregoing we further
pray your honorable bodies passing eli laws touching the
condition OF master and servant be governed by the
stuton and the pecept and example Of Lord and Ss
Vou Jesus Christ" masters be kind servants
wants be obedient TO your masters"
And will pray, and pray forever for the preserve
ton Of the Union Of the States.
[Signed by one hundred and forty-si petitioner
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generations together"
The death of LOUIS PHrLIpPE has, undoubtedly,
strengthened the cause of the Oreansts. The Duchess
of Orleans is woman of strong powers of mind,
great observation and high moral courage What
Napoleon said of the Duchess d'ANGoULEME, that
she was the only man in the family, may be equal
ly affirmed of the present Duchess of ORLEANS.
The telegraphic communication between En-
gland and France has been established by means
Of the electric telegraph. The wire has been sunk
throughout the entire distance and messages trans
mtted backwards and forwards-another triumph OF
science. The literary world furnishes nothing new,
except two or three tolerably good novels. The Ae
noeurr says, Mr.. MURRAY has paid Washington Hring
f9,767 for the English copyright Of nine of his
works. Late decisions in the English courts render
all these copyrights vaueless. The great GLASS
House, building in the Park, for the exhibition of
manufactures will be 2 100 feet long, and 400 broad,
with galleries around the Interior "a feet broad, and
extending nearly six miles in aggregate length-the
space covered in being nearly 80 acres. The sides
will be supported by 5000 iron columns and the roof
includes l,073,760 feet Of glass.
AuaUsT 80.
The papers of this morning supply US with the
comments of the Paris journals upon the death of
LOUIS PHILIPPE. We read in the Courier Fran
Gals:
Louis Philippe is dead. Politically he had ceased to
exist His death will not the less profound sensa
ton. After Napoleon, Louis Philippe is the who has
held the greatest place in the age He wanted TO be king
try He great mind superior character, choice
intelligence. He courageous and yet in lS4S he did
know how to hold the sword. He was superior in all
things, and yet he always failed TO have principle in
which his dynasty take France not the
owes homage to the memory Of this great man. who pos
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NETTING OF FUGITIVE SLAVES IN BosToN.-A
waiting was held Of the church Of Rev MIR, Sow
der laet evening, composed OF the fugitive alaveE
residing in Boston. The object was to take meas
nres for their protection against the operation Of
lhe Infamous fugitive slave law. a committee oil
se7en WEB chosen TO draft revolutions aud mature
rlan Of protection and report at future meeting
There are now between three and four hundred fu
give elnves residing il Boston. Bone OF them
have resided here many years, have acquired Prop-
grty. aad are respectable and uaeful people, yet
fbsy arc liable to be spprehen3ed ard sold into
slavery. BORON tr&N euef ..uesoaJ'
JENNY LIND IN BosroN The Traveller of rueg-
daysays: Ii was announced yesterday that Miss
Lind would not receive auy more visitors un.u her
SECOND concert was given. This had become neces-
sary undoubtedly in consequence Of the want pro-
priety menifested by NAM persons who call upon
her either from motives q Cufoslty, or for o0I6cfs
Of favor or charity. We ere told that abe ID con
staBsly annoyed, not only By tho reception OF
large number Of letters soliciting favors but that
persons gain access to her room, and literally be
1iege her with tho wsnts Of their several societies,
sOr which they desire her contributions
JENNY LlND's LIBERALIrY The Chicago Iri,
Sune of the 9th, announces the arrival Of Rev Mr.
Uponiua, of ct. Ausgariue Chp-ch in that city from
New, Yorh, having in his Possession Jenny LiDd'a
donation Of $1,000, presented hin for the use Of
bis church, which lie composed chiefly OF Swedes
and Norwe gisns.
~ The Rochester AmericQn announces tha re-,
seipt of letter in that city from Jenny Lind 8
Private Secretary, stating tbat il the citizene OF
Rochester will raise $4,000, there ID possibility
that she sill Eing there about the 4sh or 9th OF
October.
CAHADA Another Annexation excitement N y
srle in The Pfoyinces, from chs publication o. an
article from the liverpool Times, which ntimaseg
hat tbe Colonial ssoretery will shortly iesue a
Circular to the Pfovincea to the effect that uulesa
each colony provides for il. own military eEtabsh-
meut the Homo Government will withdraw itg pro-
IRctive force
EF Fredriha Bremen ia in Milwaukee. Miss
lBsecher, with whom che became acquainted Ia
Ebicaeo, bag strongly enIiated her Gympathiss for
he success Of her designa of education
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