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Observation-Disclosures

We make our acknowledgements to tn,
numerous exchange papers, we have received
from the North as well as the South, for the
courteous and complimentary manner in which
they have, with very few exceptions, greeted
our appearance. No paper, we think, has
ever had kinder or more welcome recep-
| ton.
| Some objections have been made to the
sectional title of the paper, although in most
cases it has been admitted that its princi-
pies are not in that respect censurable.
The Albany Argus in an article whose
general tone is very fair expresses some
doubt as to the tendency Of such paper as
this to allay sectional excitement and pro-
mote the constitutional rights and interests
Of the Union.
1t must be considered that the press of
the United States is principally connected
with cities and commerce, and that these
abound much more at the North than the
South. Hence, the principal portion of the
press is by its location and its connections
more or less devoted to the interests of the
North-for it cannot be supposed that such
press would not be partial to the opinions
and policy Of its supporters and its locality.
1t happens, also, that the principal Northern
cities are situated nearer to Europe, which
comprehends the chief States Of the civilized
world, and those from which we receive the
most important news. Hence the Northern
papers hive enjoyed the widest circulation,
although that advantage has been lessened
by the recent introduction of the Telegraph.
Still from these and other causes the infiu-
ence Of the press Of the country has prepon-
derated decidedly in favor Of the North, and
has been sectional. The attention Of news
paper readers in Missouri and Mississippi
is more constantly directed to New York
and Massachusetts than to their neighbors
Of the South. Hence the whole South has
permitted its attention to be engrossed in an
undue degree with Northern opinions, in
terests, resources, and movements.
To counteract this, we propose through
this press, located at the seat Of Govern
ment, to have medium for the interchange
and inter-communication Of Southern opin-
ION, intelligence, and interests. The eyes Of
the South as well as the North are direct
ed to this place. Hither comes direct the
news from every State, and hence it can be
difussd to all, Here, then, we propose to
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AwFuLLY DESTRUCTIVE CALAmTY.-The Gre
vase in Grand Levee, Point Coupee, OF which
accounts were published in our yesterday even
ng's edition, will, we fear, prove one or the most
disastrous and caIamitous events which has taken
place in Louisiana for many years past. This
break occurs at point where the river has long
indicated tendency to break through to the sea !.
in direction which would be less than one-half
the distance it is compelled to meander, before
il reaches its destination. In other words, the
distance from the Grand Levee, in Point Coupee,
to the Shore by straight line, would be little
more than one-third the distance from that point
oothe Balize. This tendency of the Mississippi
towards the sea shore, has been developing itself
every year, until, by the unfortunate and unwise
act OF cutting the Raccourci Cutoff, the whole
torrent was Brought down with such mighty pres
sure, that gradually oil the barriers erected IN
Pointe Coupce have given way and even pre-
vious to this break in the Grand Leyee, nearly one
half of the parish had been put under water.--.N
o. Delta, june H.
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A Specimen of Free Speech.

An Ohio paper aludes to the late convention
in the following chaste and classic terms-as
temperate as they are true. The abuse Of
language, and eloquence Of epithet, have
been very freely lavished on this asscmblage
of free citizens, exercising their undoubted
right ander the Constitution ''peaceably to
assemble" by the very persons and papers
that encouraged and abetted the Buffalo
Convention--the whole aim and object Of
which was to trample the Constitution under
foot. Consistency is jewel but we would
remind these coarse ribalds that epithet is not
argument, norvuigar vitupcraiion strong wri-
ting, for in both respects an ancientfsh-woman
can excel the ablest editor. Reasoning and
argument aimed at the South we are always
willing and ready to meet, but cannot de-
scend TO b ndy abuse with men who deal in
that commodity for the want Of better man.
ners or materials.
The Ohio Editor says:
TUE NASHVILLE CONVENTION. assem-
blage Of slaveholding traitors, after sitting nine
days, have adjourned. They talked about getting
up Southern party--about casting cannons and
bullets, and all those sort of things that usually
make up portion of Southern gasconade. This
Convention has only proved the utter impotency
of all disunion movements. The Union yet
stands all unframed The people look down
with contempt and pity upon this Nashville Con-
vention and its deluded members. They have
agreed TO meet six weeks AFTER adjournment of
Congress. This will give them time to cool of.
10 the majority Of these "Free-SPeech"
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air basis Of settlement of the territorial question,
which shall have of its features The Ex-
TENSION or rHE MIssouM COMPROMISE LINE TO
THE PAciviC, we believe the South can be rallied
oft. We believe il the South will agree upon
what sort Of a compromise she is willing to take,
and will unitedIy declare she will take no less she
can carry it, The North will accept terms if they
be not unjust to her. This they could not well be,
as the South is on the defensive in this matter and
she could scarcely make acclaim that wond not
have the Constitution and justice on its side.
We could carry Mississippi on this issue by
one Of the most overwhelming majorities overcast
in the State.
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o. Hon. ROBERT w. BARNwELL, Sena-
tor elect from South Carolina to fill the va
cancy occasioned by the death Of Mr.. Ell
more, was sworn in and took his seat yes
terday. Mr.. BARNwELL is gentleman Of
high character and decided ability. He
served as member of the lower House few
years since, and was subsequently, President
Of the South Carolina College.
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TUESDAY, JUNE IS, 1850
As. Mr.. SouLE, Of Louisiana, Yesterday

O.. Mr.. SouLE, Of Louisiana, yesterday
commenced but did not conclude his argu-
ments in opposition to the compromise
in advocacy Of his own rrojet, given in
this days paper His admitted powers Of
cloquence and close, compact. reasoning were
both signally displayed in this effort, He
unmasked, with sarcastic mockery, the by
pocrisy Of those philanthropists, who shudder
at the sin Of slavery while waxing fat
aud insolent on the proceeds Of the sales Of
Of the ancestors Of those very slaves, intro
duced into the country by their iorcfathers,
and sold as a speculation to the Southern
planters. The picture he drew was very
vivid one, and no doubt will find its way to
the hearts and homes OF the merchant prin-
ces and mischief makers Of the North and
East-hecdless Of the golden rule Of "mind-
ing their own business" Hethen proceed
ed to examine and analyze the provisions Of
the Bill, and the power it bestowed on the
United States and California respectively
and raised the question as to the power OF
the Representatives Of that Territory to act
in two capacities here-6rst, as ambassadors
to treat with this Government, then as repre-
sentatives Of State under this Government.
Mr. SorLE insisted that, by the action Of
the bill as introduced, the right Of eminent
e d ~ a.
domain over the public lands in California
would pass with her sovereignty, and be-
come vested in her, to the exclusion of the
United States.
To sustain this position, he adduced the
authority Of Vattel, and cited the precedents
Of the previous legislation in relation to the
Territories.
He further pointed out that the authority
Of the United States was only to cell the
racant lands Of California--which lands were
the most valueless of the whole-and that
the mining region would not enure to the
benefit Of the country but to that ofthe State
alone, under this bill
He gave way to motion to postpone the
debate, and will conclude his able Argument
To-day. We have not attempted to give
even an outline Of this argument, because il
was impossible to do it justice, compact and
complete as it was in all its parts. AT the
earliest possible period We shall lay the
whole speech before our readers, who can
then Judge of its m erits for themselves.
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A c. A r d
WAsHrScros CRY, J.ne 24th, 1850.

WASHINGTON CRY, June oath, 1850.
AS the remarks of Mr.. Soule in the Sem
ate to-day on the Ordinance passed by the
Convention Of California may create an erro-
neous impression, | conceive it proper to
make the following statement.
The Ordinance was offered in Convention
by me, and amended as published in the re-
port Of the proceedings Of the Convention by
J. Ross Brown, official reporter, in page
472 Of his book. The paper presented to
the Senate by the Hon. Mr.. Douglass was
copy found among the papers of the Re-
porter, and believed by me to be correct.
The amendment was, in my opinion, merely
verbal, and | accepted it as such when pro-
posed in Convention and as this copy was
marked as amended, presumed it correct,
and did not deem it necessary to examine
the proceedings of the Convention critically.
1t was supposed by me that copy of this
Ordinance would have been forwarded with
the copy of the Constitution to the President
of the United States, by General Riley.
Ii was published at the time in the Alta
California newspaper, with the copy Of the
Constitution, and | was Of the opinion, up to
the time of my arrival here, that it had been
republished in the newspapers in the Atlantic
States.
An official copy Of the Ordinance was APP
piled for by the Senators and Representa-
tives from California, after they were elected,
but it could not be furnished to them prior to
their sailing, as the official records Of the
Convention had not been removed from Mon
terey, where it met, to San Jose, the seat
Of the State Government.
WILLIAM M. GWIN.
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Beautiful Extract.

Stand, o man! upon the hill-top--in the stiffness
of the evening hour--and gaze, not with Joyous,
but with contented eyes, upon the beautiful world
around thee! See where the mists, soft and dim,
rvulet steels its way See where, broadcast and
stllest, the waves expand to the full smiles of the
setting sun--and the willow that trembles on the
breeze-and the oak that stands firm in the storm,
are reflected back, peaceful both, from the clean
glass Of the tides. See, where begirt by the har-
vest, and backed by the pomp of a thousand
groves-the roofs Of the town, bask, noiseess, in
the calm glow Of thesky. Notasound from those
abodes floats in discord to thine ear--only from
the church tower, soaring high above the rest, per-
haps family heard through the Stiffness, swes the
note Of holy bell Along the mead, low Skins
the swalowon the wave, the silver irclet, break
ing into spray, shows the sport of the fish. See
the earth, how serene, though all eloquent of ac-
tivty and life! Seethe heavens how benign through
dark clouds, by yon mountain, blend the purple
with the gold! Gaze contented, for good is around
thee--not joyous, for evil is the shadow of good
Let thy soul pierce through the veil of the senses
and thy sight plunge deeper than the surface which
gives delight to thine eye. Below the glass Of
that river, the pike darts on his prey; the circle IN
the wave, the soft plash among the reeds, are but
the signs Of the destroyer and victim. In the ivy
round the oak by the margin, the owl hungers for
the night, which shall give its beak and its talons
food for its young and the spray Of the willow
bright eye sees the worms on the sod. Canst thou
count too, O man all the cares--all the sins-that
those noiseless rooftops conceals With every
curl of that smoke to the sky human thought
scars as dark, a human hope melts as briefly.
And the bell from the church tower, that to thy ear
gives but music, perhaps knells for the dead. The
swallow but chascs the moth, and the cloud that
deepens the glory Of the heavens, and the sweet
shadows on the earth, nurse but the thunder that
shall rend the grove, and the storm that shall de-
vastate the harvest. Notwih fear, not with doubt,
recognise, 0 mortal, the presence of evil in the
world. Hush thy heart in the humblcness of awe,
that it's mirror may reflect us sereney the shadow
as the light Vanity, for its moral dost thou gaze
on the landscape, if thy soul put no check on the
dull delight OF the senses. Two wings only raise
thee to the summit of the trutl--where the cherub
shall comfort the sorrows, where the seraph shall
enghten the joy. Dark as ebon, spreads the one
wing, white as snow CLEANS the other--mournftil
as thy reason when it descends into the deep
exulting as thy faith when it springs to the dry
sar.-Bulirer.
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The Commemorative 1T KEEP oUr THE
WILMoT PRovIsoi--It has been urged in favor of
the compromise, that the disposition which it
makes of New Mexico and Utah, will forever
prevent the agitation Of the Wmot proviso. In
the meantime, say the Union and Enquirer, the
shareholders Of the South will have opportu-
nifty to carry their slaves there and thus, when the
time comes, bring them both into the Union as
slave States! This reasoning, as showed the
other day, Numerically opposed to that of Mr..
Clay and General Cass. But admit that it were
Just admit that the establishment of Territorial
governments in New Mexico and Utah would
cause the introduction Of slavery there. Can the
Union or the Enquirer conceive of any method Of
revivng the Wilmot proviso more certain than
such introduction The main feature Of the Free
soil doctrine is, that slavery cannot be created in
territory now free, and Mr.. Clay is decidedly
opposed to the introduction Of slaves into any
such territory! Can it be attempted without at
once reviving the Wilmot provisoi II certainly
yet great part of the South believe
firmly that the introduction of this proviso would
cause disruption of the Union. The Union
newspaper, one Of the strongest friends Of the
itself has said IN view of such appli-
cation Of the proviso, g the time will have come
when the people Of the South can rally as one
man against aggression, and they will be justified
in marshalng all their strength for their protec-
ton"
We hope that time may never come, as it would
be certain TO come, were the attempt made to
make slave territory Of these two territories
There is but one way to prevent this state Of
things as far al least see, and that is to
adopt the plan proposed by President Taylor, for
there seems to be little hope Of re-enactng the
Missouri Compromise ,--Riehmord Yhy,
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A gentleman Of Newport, Florida, has recently
raised from the bottom of the famous Wakula
spring, near that place, several bones of some
huge animal, larger the editor Of the Times states,
than those composing the mammoth skeleton in
the Philadelphia and New York museums. A
part Of tusk was secured, measuring full eight
inches in diameter, the length Of which must have
been eight or ten feet. The bones and tusk were
resting on the bottom Of the spring at depth OF
fortyfue feet, where they had been frequently OBJ
served with sufficient distinctness to enable the
beholder to determine their character. Further
particulars and description of the Wakula
spring are promised in the Times.
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The Richmond Times tells the following

A good Joke is told Of the Bolts Barbecue in
Powhatsn. When the guest Of the occasion had
announced in his usual emphatic manner, with a
knowing look at the fair portion of his audience,
ny, an old gentleman in the crowd exclaimed so
that oil the ladies could hear: All well reckon
you be elected to that--it takes only rote
That one, however, as some Of our bachelor con-
temporariss may be competent to testify, is some
times hard TO get.
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BE- Mr.. DoTY did not renew his motion
yesterday to take the California bill out Of
Committee Of the Whole, consequently the
anticipated debate did not take place.
The session Of yesterday was spent in dis
cussing the Land Bounty Bill.
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APPOINTMENTS BY THE President, ty and ictfh
The consent of the Senate.-Charles II. Webster,
to be Consul Of the United States for Tehuante-
pee and Huataco, in Mexico; VIM. Tudor Tucker,
to be Consul of the United states tor bermuda;
Edmund Flag. 10 be Consul of the United States
for the port Of Venice, in Austria
Arson Dart, to be superintendent of Indian AT
fairs in the Territory OF oregon
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NoRrH CARoLNA.-The Democratic State Con
vention assembled at Raleigh on the 18th instant
and nominated Col David s. Reid as their candi
date for Governor. From the resolutions adopted
we select the following:
g. Resolred, That the Union Of these States, as
formed by our forefathers, is dearer to us than
everything else, besides our vital interests and
honor; that we will cherish il and stand by it, so
long as it realizes in its operation the design of
those who founded it as equals; but that, while
we thus yield to none in our attachment to it, we
are still determined, happen what may, to resist
all palpabe violations of the Constitution, and all
attempts to WELD this Government by mere
sectional majority, to the-injury and degradation
Of the Southern people.
7. Resoired, That the Compromise, known as
the Missouri Compromise, was adopted in spirit
Of mutual concession and Cancellation; and though
the South feels that it detracs from her constitu-
tiona rights, yet for their love of the Union this
Convention is willing to abide by it, and would
cheerfuly all the distractng questions settled
on this basis.
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The quantity of sugar manufactured in France,
is greatly on the increase Beet root is the mate
rial. There are 2S8 manufactures, and the NUM-
Der of pounds produced up to this time, this year,
is almost double what it WIS for the correspond
ing season last year.
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A "MANrrEsr DEsrNr" MAN.-Walter Savage
Lander publishes an article in the London Ex-
aminer, in which he predicts that the United States
will proceed in annexing foreign States and estab
fishing in them the English language and laws,
until the Union will embrace all !raternities and
climates
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NEw YoRK, June "a, P. NJ.

New YoRK, June "a, p. M.
The weather here is fine to-day.
Sales Of u. S. New Loan Of 1867 at Saturday 3
prices.
A moderate business has been done in flour.
We note sales Of Southern at S5.44 S5.56.
The Cotton is firm, and small sales are making
at the figures Of Saturday.
The Grain market has undergone no change.
Provisions about the same.
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gentry, we would recommend the couplct Of
Pope
z Immodest words admit Of no defence,
For want Of dccency Is want Of sense. /"
Those who aim at strict moral reforms
should commence by reforming their own
morals and manners, previous to uuderta-
king, unasked, that task on behalf either Of
individuals or communities.
For the sake Of contrast we suboin the
following frank and courteous notice from a
Northern paper also, in Pottsville Penn,
which speaks the words Of truth and sober
less:
THE NASHVILLE CoNyENTIoN.-This body,
which al one time il was feared threatened the
stability of the Union, adjourned on Wednesday
of last week, TO meet again mt the same place six
weeks after the adjournment OF the present sess
sion of Congress.
It's proceedings throughout, we are happy TO
say, were characterized by moderation, good feel
ing and a spirit OF patriotism. An Address to
the people of the South was adopted, the main
points of which were embodied in series of
Resolutions passed by the Convention, aud which
contain the peculiar Southern views touching the
relative rights of the States and the General Gov
ernment They declare that the territories are
the common property of all the States, and that
the South has an equal right with the North to
their possessions. They deny the right of Con-
gress to prohibit slavery in any of the territories
and claim that the Southern man who emigrates
thither with his slave property is entitled to pro-
lection under the Constitution, the same as the
Northern man claims for any other species of pro-
perty
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mg>The Richmond WAY Times, print
which advocates the Compromise plan Of
the Committee Of Thirteen, speaking Of
the Nashville Convention, closes its article as
follows:
The italics are our own.
Still we are not without hope that the resolves
Of that body may have salutary influence
Northern statesmen should reflect that in times of
excitement, extreme men are generally the pio-
neers of important movements. Ii will not re-
quire very long continuance Of the present agi-
tation to arouse spirit Of resentment throughout
the South. Men of moderate opinions have hith-
erto looked upon the contest at Washington with
a confidence, that things would work right in the
end. But the apparent perseverance, Of the Northern
majority in the House Of Representatives, the pur
pose Of carrying offensive to their enactment
cannot fail to beget alarm and alienation amongst ht
coolest and most temperate Southern men. Let the
North remember, while yet there is time, the
great truth expressed by Daniel Webster before
the people of Boston, that the great security OF
every thing prosperous, and great and glorious, in
the future, is the united lore Of a united Govern
rnenf.'
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True Bit found against General Lopez aud other
Cubo Mraders;
The grand jury, to-day, sitting as grand IN
quest for the United States, found true bill
against Gen. Lopez, Mr.. Scgar, of Louisiana,
Governor Quiman, Judge G.. Pinckney, Mr..
Smith, of Mississippi, Ex-senator Henderson,
Mr.. 0 'Sullivan, former editor Of the Democratic
Review, and ten others Of the expeditionsts
against Cuba. They are indicted for the offence
prescribed by thc| laws of our country in refer
ence to the matter in question. They have been
held to bail for trial before the U. S. Court
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Late from Havana and Guadalupe.

CINCINNATI, June %.
The CHOLERA AT NAsnynLE.-The cholera is
at Nashville. There were six cases and three
deaths on Wednesday last, and three new cases
yesterday.