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The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-27
Address to the People Of the Southern
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AT large meeting OF Southern member
of both Houses Of Congress, held at the Cap
itol on the evening Of the 9TH ultimo, tn
Hon. HOPKINS l.. TuRNEY, OF Tennessee
having been appointed Chairman at pre-
vious meeting, took the Chair; and, on mo''o'
Of the Hon. DAVID HUBBARD, OF Alabama
the Hon. WILLIAM J ALsToN, Of Alabama
was appointed Secretary.
Whereupon, the Hon. A. I. BUTLER, 0
South Carolina, from the committee appoint
ed at a preliminary meeting, reported an Ad
dress to the Southern people, recommending
the establishment, at Washington City, Of ;
newspaper, TO be devoted to the support ant
defence OF Southern interests which wa.
read, and with some slight notifications
adopted.
The following resolution was offered by
the Hon. THOMAS l.. CLINGMAN, of North
Carolina, and unanimously adopted by the
meeting.
Resolued, unanimously, That the committee, in
publishing the Address, he instructed 10 give with il
the names OF the Senators and Representatives in
Congress no concur in the proposition to establish
the Southern Organ as manifested by their subscrip
tons to the several copies Of the plan in circulation,
or who may hereafter authorize said committee to in
clude their names
Maryland. Senator: Thomas G. Pratt.
Frqinia. Senators: r. M. L. Hunter,
j. Nj. Mason. Representatives: j A.
Seldom, Thos. II. Averett, Paulus Powell
r. X. Meade, Alex. r. Holiday, Thos
S. Bocock, II. A. Edmundson, jeremiah
Morton.
North Carolina Senator: Willie p
Mangum Representatives: I. l.. Cling
man, A. w. Venable, w. S. Ashe.
South Carolina Senators: A. P But
Ter, F. II. Gilmore. Representatives: Johr
Mcqueen, Joseph A. Woodward, DAME
Wallace, VIM f. Colcock, James l.. Orr
Armistead Burt, Isaac E. Holmes.
Georgia. Senator'S: John Mop. Berrien,
William G.. Dawson Representatives: 10
seph w. Jackson, Alex. n Stephens, Rob
ert Toombs, H. A.. HARRISON, Allen f..
Owen.
alabama Senator: Jeremiah Clemens
representatives: David Hubbard, +. W.
Bowdon, S. w. lnge, W j. Aston, s.
w Harris.
Mississippi Senator. Jefferson Davis.
representatives: w. S. Featherston, Jacob
Thompson, A. G. Brown, W. W. Nc
Willie. -.... 4
Louisiana. Senators: s. U. Downs,
Pierre Soule. Representatives: ], H. Har-
manson, Emile La Sere, Isaac E. Morse.
Arkansas. Senators: Scion Borland, w.
Sebastian. Representative: William K,
Johnson. ..
Teras -Representatives: Vol. f. How
ard, ID. s. kaufman. .
Missouri -Senator: ID. r. Atchison.
Representative: James S. Green. e
Keniucky.-Representatives K. Fl. Stan
ion, James l.. johnson.
Tennessee. -Senator: Hopkins L.. Tur-
ney Representatives: James II. Thomas,
Frederick p Stanton, c. II. Williams, }
q Harris, John H. Savage.
Florida. --Senators: Jackson Morton, ID
l.. Yulee Representative: 4. Darlington
Cabell
And upon motion, the meeting adjourned
HOPKINS L. TURNKEY, Chairman.
ATTEST:
WV ]. ASTON, Secretary.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-27

UMrED STATES SENATOR ron MAMx.-Tbe
second ballot for United States Senator, on Friday
in the Maine House of Representatives was a.
follows The whole number is l49; necessary to
choice, therefore, rs. Hannibal Hamlin, dem.
GO; George Evans, wing, IS; Samuel Fessenden.
abolitionist, 26 Jno. Hubbard, DEM, %; Henry
w. Paine, 2; w. P. Fessenden, and Jno. Ander-
son, each. The third ballot is appointed for to-
day, but the result is not yet received.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-27

9s- Through an error Of the composition,
the name of Hon, join III. SAVAGE, Of Ten
nessee, was added to those Of the special
committee that reported the Address to the
People Of the South 1t should have been
placed among those Of the Southern mem
bers approving Of the establishment Of this
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-27

FIRE FROM LI0nrNHc.--The whole village Of
Exeter, N. H., came near being destroyed by fire
on the 10Th inst, communicated by lightning to
the stables of the Railroad House The hotel, as
also the Swamscot house and stables, and the con,
fectionery and dwelling Of Mr.. c. w. Heryey,
were consumed Many other houses were on
fire, and only change Of wind saved the village.
In several parts Of Massachusetts, the lightning
struck, and in Southboro burnt the barn Of John
Plympton.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-27

A FAST" WIFE-The Portland Ar
gus tells the following good story of the
smartness and spirit of women in the set
Element, and thinks It the fastest case on
record THAT cit will take balloon to beat
it.o
Gone Of orr citizens intending to make
a journey East last week, picked up his
duds and started for the cars, just in sea-
son to get seat, leaving his wife (whom
he much regretted could not accompany
him) in the yard, hanging out washing
of clothes. No sooner had he turned the
corner, than his wife threw on her go-to-
meetin's, went to the cars and took seat
before her lord entered. For eighty miles
or SO, this happy couple travelled in the
same car, without the better half discover
ing this indefatigable lady.
Arriving at w, while the husband was
enquiring the location Of his friends, his wife
made for the house, and become happily
domicilliated before he arrived. Stepping
into the parlor Of his friends, after the con-
graduation had passed, expressed their re-
greet that he had not brought his wife. "Oh,"
said he, :" she is so busy, she could not leave.
Very sorry--very sorry could not bring
her along. !" WE'LL" said his hostess, g so
are we; but there is lady staying with us
that looks so much like your wife, that you
could hardly tell them apart. Wait, and |
will introduce you" So without more ado,
in she ushered the C fast wife, and threw
the poor man, who left his wife in Portland,
hanging out clothes, into perfect stagna-
ton Of astonishment, at finding she bad got
here before him.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-27

CHOLERA IN MExco.-On the 25th ultimo, the
cholera had made its appearance in the city of
Mexico, causing much alarm. The general gov
ernment has donated $4,000 for the relief of the
poorer classes who are attacked with the epidemic,
and sum Of 1900 dollars has been given by a
private individual
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-27
Important to Cotton Buyers.

BY reference to the letter OF our Baltimore
correspondent il will be seen that the New
York underwriters have determined to class
cotton in bales, and the buildings in which it
is stored as g extra hazardous.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-27

J o.. Having published Mr.. Walace's let
ter, as an act Of justice we re-publish Gen.
Hamilton's reply from the Union Of yester-
day.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-27

Smith and an artist were one day at Gov. Fish s.,
and observing picture of his children hanging
up, the artist observed |" Smith ~" Sardines "
. Yes says Smith, 8 little fishes in oil, !"
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-27

G@- Mr.. Webster will address the Senate
to-day on Mr. Soules amendment
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Northern Experience, VS.. Northern Fanati

L
Everybody knows Grant Ihmbmn, the
| eccentric but sensible old florist of New
York, who understands human nature as well
as he does botany, and yields the pen as
skilfully as the spade.
The greater portion Of his life has been
spent in the city Of New York, but for the
last three years he has been travelling through
the South, and in recent letter thus holds
up the mirror to his friends at home. The
truths he tells may not be palatable to his
Northern brethren, but they are wholesome
tonics nevertheless. Mr.. Thorburn says:
"What with Mormons and Miertes, Socialists
and Hicksites, Abolhonists and Deists, we GER
tany make wide strides to perfection, in this
same model Republic of ours. In the ,palmy
days of the Old Thirteen, a man might travel
from Dan to Beersheba with his OK and his ass,
his mar,-servant and maid-sewant, his cattle and
the stranger at the gae but now these interlopers
prescribe TO old Virginia, and all the States south
of Mason and Dixon's line, what they shall eat,
what they shall drink, and wherewithal they shall
be clothed and also what shape, size, and color of
the goods they may travel with to call their own.
Now, you intermeddhng busybodies who are ever
burning your hateful fingers in other people s
soup, / advise you to mind your own business
The men who stormed the Bishops palace in
Mexico, won't always be trampled upon with inn
punity. Why do our Northern friends continue
to agitate this question, except they are deter
mined to dissolve this Union. / have no interest
TO prompt me to advocate the cause of the South !;
but know her people well, and more noble sons
OF America do not breathe Yet you brand them
as monsters, traffickers in human flesh, &C., be-
cause they continue peaceably TO exercise the
rights accorded to them by the Union of the old
thirteen States, and to cultivate the land by the
only means that the nature of their climate will
alow--slave labor In the South, the negro is
treated with more kindness and respect than he is
in the North. These filthy dreamers among us
keep DINING in his ears that, in everything but
his color, he is eqnal to his white brother; but
these white brethren, both by word and action
take good care to impress it upon the man of color
that he is not white man, and never will be
treated as a white man, Hence he is disconnected
and unhappy, signing for freedom from his de-
graded position. ISend him to Liberia. Even
Governor Seward keeps him at arm S length; and
Brother Tappan keeps vacant his seat at the desk,
fearing the essence of Weathers6eld would drive
the white sisters from his store. |"
Mr.. Thorburn adds in the conclusion of his
letter--'I am satisfied from three years sojourn
in the South, that rice, cotton, and sugar, (three
essential necessares of life, can only be cultivated
by negro labor; the intense heat requisite to per-
feet these plants no white man can endure; many
experiments have been tried; they all failed 1t
is fact, that you cannot better the condition Of
the negro by setting him free.
|
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Homestead exemption laws have been passed
in New York, Maine, Ohio, Georgia, Texas,
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-27
Congressional.

In SENATE, WEDNESDAY, June 26.
Mr.. FOOTE submitted resolution calling
upon the President for information whether civil
and military governor of New Mexico has been
appointed since the 4th Of March last, and whether
such officer has received instructions to take
sures for the organization of State Government;
also calling for copies Of all orders or correspon-
dence in relation to such State organization, and
whether Colonel Munroe's proclamation relative
to that subject was authorized or sanctioned by the
Executive.
Mr.. F. disclaimed any intention of rejecting
upon the conduct Of any of the Executive officers
Of the Government. 1t must be seen that the act
of Colonel Munroe was high-handed attempt to
settle by the sword, question of boundary now
pending before the Senate. He had no idea that
such fragrant act Of usurpation had been sane
toned by the Executive, and his design in offer
ing the resolution was to give him the earliest OPP
portunity to relieve himself from any such suspi-
cion or imputation.
Objection being made, the resolution lies over.
The California bill was taken up at O'Clock
when
Mr. DOUGLASS replied to that portion of Mr..
SOuLE's speech, relating to the public lands in
California
Mr.. WEBSTER next took the floor, and the
further consideration the subject was postponed
until tomorrow
Mr.. CLAY moved that the daily hour of meet
ing of the Senate until otherwise ordered, be II
o'clock, A. M. which after some debate was
agreed to.
The Senate then after an Executive session ad-
iourned
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-27
In HousE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Mr.. STANTON Of Tennessee endeavored to
introduce resolution, calling on the President
(if not incompatible with the public interest) to
communicate all the orders and instructions issued
by any department of this Government, to any
military or other officer in New Mexico, and all
dispatches received therefrom. Also, to commu-
nicate any information which may have been re-
ceived by lin relative to the call of Convention
of the people of New Mexico, for the purpose Of
forming State constitution and that he inform
the House, whether, if such call has been made,
the same has been ordered, advised or approved
by the Executive, and by whom and by what
authority such proceedings have been adopted, to
change the Government of said Territory.
But Mr.. OTIS objecting, leave was not
granted.
Shortly afterwards, the House took up the Iowa
contested election case, upon which speeches
were delivered by Messrs. SrRoNe and MoDoN-
AID, in favor of the sitting member (Mr THoMp-
SOM and by Mr.. THOMPSON, of KY in favor of
the contestant, Mr.. ID. f. Miller.
Thepoints made by the former, were, that under
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-27


perusal. Spirit Of Jefferson, (Ha.)
The Nashville convention adjourned on
the 18th, and, doubtless, within day or two
we shall have the Address to the Southern
people which it prepared The convention,
we think, has been one Of the most impor-
tant parliaments that have ever been held
in the South--not only on account Of the
momentous nature Of the subjects it met to
consider, but from the vast array of talent
which it attracted. Considering the ISLANDERS
which have been piled upon it, like "Pelion
o n Ossa,' the doubts, even among those
who are sound in Southern opinion, as 10 its
necessity at present, the efforts made by
partizans to discredit it, and variety Of
other causes, it has been successful and COM
plete beyond the warmest expectations Of its
friends. None now but the most shameless
Of party knaves, we presume, will speak i'll
Of it, or dare to say that it indicated a pur-
pose less honorable than to defend and yin-
dicate the South.
6 1t has been the fortune Of the convention
says the Charleston Mercury to fix the
proper mark upon all the lies and SANDERS
Of which it has been the topic,-6rst, by as
sembIing with delegations from nine States
and secondly, by the dignity, moderation,
irmness and authority Of all its proceedings.
It has INDICATED the South without aiming
any blow at the Union. 1t has dealt homo
rably with the questions that distract tho
country it has proposed a basis Of settle
ment that is at once moderate and efectual;
that is neither an evasion, nor fraud, nor
riddle. 1t proposes to divide the territory
in dispute, between the two sections, giving
to the North much the larger part, but re-
serving something definitely and surely to
the South and this division is on a line
which is consecrated by history as a dividing
line between the North and South.
Another point Of great Importance is that
the convention went through its deliberations
in the best temper, and came to its mighty
conclusions with entire unanimity. 1t was
body Of men Of high talent I'll the COM
mon causes that distract men representing
wide and diversified country were i'll opera
lion there, and the numbers were, with few
exceptions, strangers to each other. A weeks
delberation brought all these diversified ele-
ments into perfect harmony, and the decis-
ions were approved unanimously. There is,
then, in the cause Of the South, a basis on
which all her sonsIcan meet as brothers, and
the convention has proved this. II it had
done nothing elses its session would be mem
orable. The South can now meet in coun-
Gil, with precedent full Of assurance and
trust in herself-in the wisdom and discre-
ton Of her statesmen, and in the essential
unity and mutual confidence Of her people.
These are among the considerations that
mark the convention at Nashville as one of
the great events Of our times. "-Aiabama
Tribune, Mobile.
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fsA The late collision between Trage,

To- The late collision between Tragedy
and Poetry, in New York, will not end in
smoke after all The vengeful terrors Of the
law have been invoked by N. P. Willis,
and Mr.. Forrest is to be made to smart
for the contact he has occasioned between
gutta percha and tho person of the Poet.
The pistols and coffee will not be in re-
quisition--but men learned in assault and
battery, and will take their place, and the
public gloat over the revelations which the
New York press promises from the devel-
opments to be made in extenuation Of lhr
assault. Notoriety may be agreeable to
some people, but one would suppose that
there would be rather " too much Of good
thing" for all parties implicated in this
transaction.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-27

@S~Mss Susan Nipper, in one Of Dick
ems novels, insists very strongly on the dis
tinction to be drawn between "permanents'
and " temporaries.n
Paragraphs like the following, which we
constantly find in the papers, induce US to
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-27
Fallaoies of Free Soil.

"When / turned off into this episode, / was
stating that gentlemen on this h9or and in the
Senate, had repeatedly, during this discussion,
asserted that slavery was moral, political, and
personal blessing that the slave was free from
care, contented happy, fat and sleek. Compare
sons have beer instituted between slaves and la
boring freemen much to the advantage of the con-
dition Of slavery. Instances are cited where the
slave, after haging tried freedom, had voluntarily
returned to resume his yoke. Well, if this be SO,
let us give ALI chance to enjoy this blessing. Let
the slaves, who choose, go free and the free, who
choose, become slaves. II these gentlemen be-
lieve there's word Of truth in what they preach,
the slaydioder need be under no apprehension
that he will ever lack bondsmen. Speech Of Ihad-
deus Skpens, June 10.
Some antiquated people still suppose that
government is useful-that it is 6 moral,
political, and personal blessing" Well, il
this b SC, let US give all a chance to enjoy OF
refuse this blessing. Let those who choose
60 without government, and those who choose
have one. If the advocates Of government
believe there is word Of truth in what they
preach, they need be undern apprehension
that people will all choose TO be governed.
Let us, therefore, abolish all civil and crimi-
nal law, and leave those who prefer it to
have governments, and those. who do not, t.
do as they please.
Some old fashioned people believe thai
children are better of, if required to obey
their parents, than if left to their own dis
erection. Well, let the children decide. Pa
rents will never want obedient children j
they leave them to decide for themselves.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-27
THE SOUTHERN PRESS.
cry OF WASHINGTON.

THURSDAY, JUNE 90. 1850,
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AnRIYAL or CUBA INyApERs IN CUSTODY.

New ORLEANs, June 20.-The United State
Marshal has arrived from Key West, with Coils
Gonzales, O 'Hara and Pickett, and Capt. Lewis
Cuba invasionists, in custody.
The British steamer " Thames " arrived at Nc
bile yesterday, with 100000 in specie. MOI new
of importance.
The Arkansas banner., 1850-05-07
rriaI and Coavicsiou of a Fatrieid..

There has just been conc uaed. before the Court 0t this county, lTai r iaIiesde The incidents ai- tending the commiitaI oi Nsieh exceed la horrible and unnatural bsI bariiy almost anything with winch have been nss acq tainted n fhe annals af crime The circumstances are thrse: A dispute hariRs cc- cured relative to property in some affairs between t,reen McLsnden. the ctiminai, and his brother George F. MeLenden. the former Weni 10 the house of the latter the l2th of May last and found hla rieughing in the rid bE. Felting inc deceased he for hIs taiRg~. the latter tod 1im 10 go ie the house and get ihem. Green. however, told the wIie ei The former that che cane for iuss, and wouid-hs#e one.F' and she then called on her hus- band 10 come ta fhe boase. He did n0t do II, how ersr, bat met his brother .'dt tae ienre,' Dear by
 EheA tbe attack commenced the parf of tte criGn- iuai, who struck The deceased wiih stick and then stabbed hitn a three places. He feh, and when the wife 10 kis assistance SsA told the monster that be had killed her husband. he answered with a hor- rbe oafh, that n she crossed the fence ss:le would ki hef' also She d9Ing so he atlAcke eg her. knoc e1 hsF down wtth tAe ciuo ana De d her severely l. further gwen in svdeae=, thai when spoken 10 on the subject he sad that he .'hsd done what he mean: to do.'' and when urged afterwards 10 look upon his dead broihef he Eaanaested the most bru- tai rage al the prsposI4oa II altogether one of the most reyeitiAg cases that ever came before a court ol Justice. The verdict of the jury has been rendered. wkfeh eonstgns McLenden 10 the penl- teniiafy Tor life, the ground Of there having been mitigating cie9mstsnees Ia the piea ef the At tornsy General that of5eer stated ke fact thA, in tue time he mad scied slch some two years and haiH ifteen cases of homciie had occurred in his circuit, without capital eonvielion fearfal evi- dence thst mistaken mercy to the criminal mus. be productive oi ingaiai injustice 10 society -Nash
 Whtg
The Arkansas banner., 1850-05-07
Mere or the Cuban Expeai,iou.

The CineinBaii Atlas has the following: :. T. has been whispered ln circles. that the parry organ izs1 here, winch departed Last week for Ae~ Orleans. may yet hars something 10 a0 with the Cuban expedition. The party was eompossd of ITO nen, and they not 10 know their specific destination until their arrival al lew ol-ans, although Cslorria is sad 10 be The rendezvous. !"
 The Louisville Journal also notices as follows ,as departure of men from iha city for the expedition to Cuba:
 "Within day or two several men have len tlis city, and many have passed through here rp,n above who f is st4ie, have been enlisted tuf ;he rropose expedition az aiast Cuba. We understand ihst they have been engaged ior one yeaf aud lssge pay has been promised fhem. Nothing than thai thsir destina,ion IS Chagres has been impsrfed io them. so lar ss we eau Iesra We hsv- heerd ii si>o stated th f comm ssions for of5cers. signed by G-hrrai Lopez, have beer pFof-r-c. II IS further ramor~c tha, ttse command oi the expedition has been odrTea to Gen ShieiIs."