The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-09-13
From the W o. Picavune.
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, August Is, 1850

| There IS every reason to hope that we shall
get through all our difficulties without having
recourse to what Mr. Webster calls the COM
posite style of Architecture, j. O., an omnibus.
The omnibus for three passengers was given
up yesterday, and coupe for two, (New Mexi-
co and Texas boundaryO substituted for it.
| There is possibility, however, that the simple
bills rs they came down from the Senate, will
be taken up on Tuesday morning and passed.
Some OF the Southern and Northern Dem
ocrats, favorable to the compromise, have, for
day or two past, been baboring under the
impression that the administration meant to
play false to them 1t was said that the ad-
ministration wanted to have the Texas boun-
Diary settled and that the administration Wings
would 60 with Fillmore and Webster to that
extent but that as soon as the Texas Boundary
bill shall be disposed Of, these same Wings
will vote for the Wilmot proviso, and attach it
to the territorial bills for New Mexico and
Utah or prevent legislation on the SUBJECT. In
fact the Illinois and Georgia members are afraid
least the settlement of the Texas boundary
and the admission Of California would prove
the cause of the failure of the territorial bills,
without which there can be no permanent set
| tlement OF the slavery question, and conse-
| quentiy, no Abatement in the agitation on the
| subject north and south of the Potomac.
Yesterday, a better feeling began to manifest
itself, and greater faith is put in the protesta-
tons of the friends of the President, and
in the sincerity of the President himself
| The friends of compromise are now satisfied
| that no deceit is intended to be practced, ard
/ that Mr.. Fillmore is anxious to have the slave
] nv question in all its branches and varieties
| disposed of as Mr.. Webster or Gen. Cass him
1 self The want of mutual confidence in regard
to question which naturally overrides parties,
would, beyond doubt, prove the destruction
of the bills; but after the example set by the
/ Senate, and especially after the passage of the
territorial bill for New Mexco--which is a far
better bill than that of Utah, and much more
/ liberal to the South-few suspect either the
! administration or the northern Wings who
have announced their adhesion to the meas
ures. The coneiliatory speeches. too, deliy-
cred by Mr.. Ashmun, Of Massachusetts, and
Mr.. Duer, of New York, have reassured the
wayerng members, and there is now fair
prospect of the House taking up the bills in
the order in which they came down from the
Senate, or. if they prefer to take up the Texas
boundary first and then the territorial bill for
New Mexico. California is always sure to
come in and as to Utah, which in its present
shape contains an appropriation for $25,OO0,it
will be the fault of Southern members if it is
permitted to be choked in committee Of the
i Whole
If the bills are taken up separately, then
| the previous question will at once be moved,
and if sustained, the bills will pass without de-
bate or amendments. There is probability
of getting through with all Of them in less
than fortnight inclusive of the fugitive slave
bill, which will be taken up in the Senate to-
morrow, and in all probability passed to a third
reading. The bill for suppressing the slave
trade in the District of Columbia will also pass
the Senate, and this will complete the series.
An effort was made in the Committee of
Ways and Means to get bill reported for i'm
proving (not materially alteringJ the tariff of
1916. 1t was proposed that home valuations
should be introduced in place of the present
mode of assessing the duties on imports, and
that the price of the ad valorems shall be reg
ulated by the prices of articles on the Both Ju-
| ly, 1916, the day when the tariff of 1916 was
enacted. gradual diminution Of duties was
also proposed, and the appointment of three
appraisers at large to obtain uniformity of as
sessments all over the Union. The appoint
ment of general appraisers would not only bs
an ehectual means of preventing frauds on the
revenue, but also aid in giving force TO the
clause in the Constitution which prescrbes
that the duties. shall be uniform throughout
the Union. With the present method of col
lecting the revenue this is almost impossible.
and the tariff in other respects does not answer
the purposes of its trainers. This was the
argument of Pennsylvania Wing, on said
committee, and he asked for leave to report
minority bill. The majority, with Mr.. Toombs,
came TO the resolution that it is inexpedient
at this late period Of the session, to egslate
on the subject Of the tariff. Mr.. Bayly Chair
man of the committee of Ways and Means,
| subsequently made speech in the House. III
which he spoke very kindly of iron and the
! iron interest, which he thought was somewhat
suffering in some of the States, but it was his
conviction that nothing could be done for that
interest at this advanced stage of the session.
| He regretted that Pennsylvania and other
| Northern States had evinced a hostility to
Southern institutions, and prevented the set
! tlement of the slavery question-and clearly
indicated the belief that the tariff would not
then receive the consideration due to it
till the slavery question should be disposed of.
Mr.. Bayly has been consistent in his views
on the subject ever since the beginning Of the
session. He is, in my opinion, national man;
ready to consider all the various interests of
the country; but he cannot be blamed for piain-
| ly telling the North they must first do justice
to the South. before they can expect the South
to do justice to them. I trust Mr. Bayly's
hints viii not be lost on Northern gentlemen.
and that not only the Northern members of
the House, but also their constituents will
ponder on it.
The Portuguese difficulty is settled. Por-
tugal agrees to pay all the American claims in
full, and to submit that in regard to the Arm
strong to arbitration. This Mr. Webster has
consented to. The King Of Sweden, former
ly indicated by Portugal, will no doubt be APP
pointed umpire. Consider that whole matter
as settled. LIE DIABLE BoITEUx.
The Work OF GoLD.-There is sesne-
thing forcbIe in the anecdote told Of dis
tinguished preacher, who not being able
to make any impression upon mans un-
derstanding, wrote the word God on piece
of paper. 'Do you see that?" said he to
the individual. ayes" He then covered
the word with piece of gold. "Do you
see it nowr' The effect was startling
The man saw at once what had shut his
eyes to all that was true and beautiful in
the world, and most worthy Of his devotion.
An orator at political meeting thun-