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praying for modification OF the tariff act.
Il was referred 10 the Committee on FIJI
nance.
Mr.. Rusk introduced bill for raising two
additional regiments Of Dragons.
The omnibus bill was called up at one
o'clock, when MIR. Yulee resumed his re-
marks and declared that he would never
vote for the admission Of California with
her nresent boundaries. He considered the
nract;cability of properly dividing the couu-
trv. disguised the Missouri compromise and
advocated with much warmth the adoption
of that line in the present bill.
Mr.. Douglass took the floor, when the
Senate, after Executive session, ADJOURN
ed.
HoUsE.-Mr. Bowlin asked that the SEN
ate bills on the Speakers table he taken up
and referred. - 3y
Mr.. King objected to any business out OF
the regular order and said that this day had
been assigned to the Gaiphin report.
The Speaker said that the Bounty Land
bill had precedence, and if the House refus-
ed to go into committee on that bill. then
the GaIphin report can be considered, ana
in reply to question Of Mr.. Burt, he said
that the report of the COMMITTEES OF Etec-
tons. in the case of the Iowa contested e.
lection, will tomorrow take precedence OF
all other business.
1t was moved that the House 60 into COM
mittec of the Whole OH the Bounty Land
bill, which was agreed to. Mr.. Miller OF.
fered substitute for the bill, which had
been agreed on. He was surprised that his
friend from Ashtabula, (Giddngs) had CIV
en- in to the caucus.
Mr.. Giddings rose to reply, to his friend,
who had such dread Of the power OF the
majority.
Mr.. Crowel,-I said caucus majority.
Mr.. 'Giddings justified his meeting in eau
Gus to concoct measures to dispose Of the
Bounty Land BILL For want of organiza-
ton, he said, no business had been done
this session. Let Us dispose of this and
then proceed to other business.
After much confusion the committee rose, ;.
when the substitute for the bill as agreed on
in caucns, by the friends of the measure,
was eoncurred in, and the bill thus amend
ed was passed. Yeas l55, nays 81. ,--.
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American s. s. Uniop

The friends of the American Sund, v
School Union met at the M. E. Church
on the LIST of July, to adopt such mea,
stifes as would best promote the object
Of said Union in Minnesota. Hon. L. A.
Babcock was appointed Chairman, and
Rev. j.. 5. Weber Secretary. The Sec
opened the meeting with prayer. Rev
Kufus Babcock, of Philadelphia. special
representative of the American s. 8
Union, stated the object the Union has
in view, in its organization and benevo-
lent designs in reference to Minnesota
The meeting was also addressed bv
Reys. J: c. Whitney, of Saltwater and
b. +. Hoyt of Saint Paul. -s,.'.,''-s
For the accomplishment of the afore-
SAID object, the following committee wa.
appointed, to wit: HI. A. Lambert w
II. Tinker, A. H. Lavender. and M
Freeman, St. Paul; Rev. VIC. Brown
st. Anthony; j. c. Whitney, Stillwater.
and N. McLanc, St. Peter.
l.. A. BABCOCK, Chm
>, ,. WEBER, Seen.
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THE MINNESOTA PIONEER
st. PAUL, HIi,rnesota,
Thursday Morning, July 4. 1850.

A New Chapter in the History of MIN
nesota...Nayigation Of the st. Peter
Riyer--Thc Anthony Wayne, the PiO-
neer Boat. .tfflf
On Friday last, the 25th day of June,
1880. that enterprising Steamboat, the
Anthony Wayne, enrolled her name in
the annals of our Territory; and proved
herself worthy Of the name Of gallant
Mad Anthony. The first boat to throw
bow-line ashore under the foaming
falls of Saint Anthony, amid the very
roar and spray of the cataract-a feat
which she repeated again, on Thursday
last-that boat, on Friday, reaped
fresher laurels, by demonstrating that
the Saint Peter river, meandering q
boundless extent of plains as fertile as
the shores of the Nile, is actually navi-
gable for steamboats, of light draught,
in any stage Of water, foe more than one
hundred and fifty miles; more than this,
she afforded hundreds Of our citizens
and many strangers actual, visual proof,
that through the very heart Of Mime
sofa, east and west, extends country,
not surpassed in fertility by the lands of
the Wabash valley-well wooded, beau
tiful as Paradise to the eye, the fairest,
loveliest land, by the united testimony
of all, that ever the light of the sun
shonc upon.
Suddenly, with but two hours notice,
Ahe citizens Of Saint Paul, who for en-
ergy, promptitude and public spirit, are
mot surpassed by any people in the
world, made up purse of S225, to
defray the expense of an experimental
trip of the Wayne, one day, up the St.
Peter, no boat ever having gone further
up that stream than Skies village-a
feat performed. we think, in 1872
About nine O'Clock in.the morning, the
Anthony Wayne, swung into the chan
nel, at Saint Paul, with the following
named passengers on board, citizens OF
our village, besides a company of 20
ladies and gentlemen, comprising the
st. Louis pleasure party, whose names
we would with pleasure have published,
had they been furnished to us:
Louis Pelon and Thos. j. Odell, who
were acquainted with the river, and acted
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FOurfh of July.

This Thursday morning, the whole
of Saint Anthony, and many from Saint
Paul and other places, assembled for
the celebration at the Falls.
AT a little past 10 o'clock, A. NJ, the
procession Toned at the. St. Charles
Hotel, and marched to the stirring music
of the 9th Reg. Band, down through
the whole length Of town, to Cheever's
Grove; where seats were prepared for
the multitude. After music, and the
reading of the Declaration by j. w.
North. Esq, an Grafton, replete with
original thought and powerful illustra-
ton, by w. H. WEIGH, Esq, was lis
tened to with deep attention. After
this, the procession marched again to
the St. Charles Hotel and partook of an
excellent dinner, to which all did ample
justice. The company then proceeded
on board the steamboat Gov. Ramsey,
and took delightful excursion a few
miles up the river, returning in time for
the ball at the St. Charles, which will
be far the most brilliant assemblage OF
the kind ever assembled at St. Anthony.
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On the Gath ult., the wife ofW. w. Hea-
ton, esq, of Dixon, was thrown ont of a
buggy and killed.
The Wing State Convention Of Penpsyl-
vania have made the following nominations:
For Canal Commissioner, Joshua DUNCAN;
Auditor General, Henry Snyder; Surrogate
General, Joseph Henderson.
We have communication from st. An
thony, WHICH was received too late for this
week, andwill appear, with commests, next
week.
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the village. A large concourse of our
truly enterprising neighbors of st. An
thonj. welcomedl us on shore. A little
before dark, the Wayne cast off her
lines, and swift as an arrow dropped
down to-the Fort land from thence down
to st. Paul, by bed time.
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e9= Rev. DR.. Babcock, Gen. Agent
of the American Sunday School Union,
is here to assist in tho organization Of
an efficient system Of Sunday Schools
in Minnesota. The Sunday School,
founded by Robert Raj kes, has become
a mighty engine of civilization.
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We hasten to lay before our readers,
the following important law of Con-
gress:
AN ACT to make further appropria-
tons for public buildings in the Ter
\ ritories of Minnesota and Oregon.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives. Of the United States of
.4merica in Congress assembled. That
the sum oftwenty thousand dollars each,
be, and the same is hereby, appropriate
ed out of the money in the Treasury,
not otherwise appropriated. to be applied
by the Governors and Legislative assem-
blies of the Territories of Minnesota and
Oregon at such'place as they may Sc
lect in said Territories for the erection
of penitcntiaries. II,
SEC. 2. find be 1t further enacted, That
the Governor and Legislative assembly
of Minnesota are hereby authorized to
expend the appropriation made in sec
ton ID, Of AN act to establish Terri
torial government Of Minnesota ap-
proved March third, eighteen hundred
and forty nine, for the erection of suita-
bic public buildings, at the Temporary
seat Of government Of said Territory at
such time as they deem proper, any pre-
vious law to the contrary notwithstand-
ing.
Sec. 3. find be 1t further enacted, That
the sum of twenty thousand dollars, in
addition to that appropriated by section
fifteen of sAn act to establish the Ter
ritorial government of Oregon, approx
ed August fourteen, eighteen hundred
and forty eight. be, and the same is
hereby, appr >priated out Of any money
IN the Treasury not otherwise apprc-.
priated, to be applied by the Governor
and Legislative assembly Of the Terrific
ry Of Oregon, to the erection of suita-
BILE public buildings at the seat of gov.
eminent Of said Territory.
Approved, June IL, 1850.
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Another Massacre ON the Plains.

From Mr.. J. II. Hughes, who reached
this city yesterday in the steamer Robert
Fulton, we learn that Robert Smith andW.
0. Ardinger, in advance of company Of
twenty others, arrived at Independence on
the 10th instant, from Santa Fee. The COM
pany left the village of Moro, IS miles east
Of Santa Fe, on the 18th of May. The day
after they arrived a: place called Wagon
Mound, where they found the dead bodies
of 10 American citizens, who had been
murdered, as is supposed, on or about the
7th Of the same month by the Apache Indi-
ans. The massacre was committed near
the highway, and, from Indications, in open
day. Two of the men were shot in the
wagon, and one or more of the mules in the
harness. The train consisted of one wag-
on, a number Of mules and ten meu-not 1
of whom was left. Smiths company gath
cred up the fragments of the mail and car
ried it back to Vegas; and at that place
Col. Alexander furnished the company with
an escort of twenty dragons, who returned
to the scene Of disaster to bury the dead
The escort then accompanied Smith and
his Company as far as the UpperC
and from thence starting back to Vegas.
The names of the unfortunate men thus
murdered, were ascertained to be, Thomas
w. Flournoy ,nerchant Of Lexington, Mo-;
Benz. Shaw, merchant Of Santa Fe; Frank
James Clay; John Williams;
John Duty; Moses Goldstein; John Free
man; - Benton; and German team
ster, name not known.
The above is from the Saiut Louis Re-
publican of the 2lst.
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Also, Mr.. William r. Marshall, of
Saint Anthony, and probably some 9TH
ers, whose names we unintentionally
omit.
1t will be seen that this list embraces
not only much of the fashion and intel
lect of our town, but also most of the
beautiful women, Of whom it is but
truth to say, that Saint Paul has its full
proportion. y
THE COMPANY.
1t would astonish all people of cere-
well-dressed persons, embracing people
of all nations and kindreds under the
sun, meeting on this boat, for the most
part strangers to each other, formed an
acquaintance and mingled together in
conversation. Forms of introduction
and set ceremonies, seemed to be dis
pensed with by common consent. All
were inspired with a disposition to please
and to be pleased. The weather was
delightful-a clear summer day, warm
enough to invite shade, but not hot
enough to render exercise uncomforta-
BILE in the pleasant breeze. The music,
small, select band from Quincy, was
animated and agreeable; and before we
had reached the mouth of the St. Peter
at Fort Smelling, lively cotillion of
several sets was in motion, in the spa
cious cabiu-an amusement which the
more enlarged Christianity of the West
is too liberal to frown upon as crime,
and in which many persons of the purest
religious character have the moral
courage to indulge. b @ $50
Bag src8 PORT SMELLING.
Five or. six miles brought the Wayne
to the landing under Fort Smelling, which
sits there upon the point of the bluff,
the faithful sentinel Of the Northwest.
All honor to the glorious flag there wa
wing; every thread of it is the peoples,
and the noble soldiers. who there defend
Il. are Of us, part and parcel, with sem
timents the same as ours, with the same
Interests, and with feelings throbbing in
unison with every pulsation Of the pop
ular heart. OF course they wished to be
with us, but as the garrison contained
but fey more than fifty men, officers and
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INDIAN VILLAGES.

At a distance Of three miles from
Fort Smelling, by land, but much more
by river, we came to Black Dogs viii
lage, on the right bank-a row of huts
and tepees extending along upon the
brow of the bluff, say 100 feet high,
and distant from the river few hundred
yards. Along the interval between the
bluff and the river, upon the warm
sandy loan, they had many little patches
of corn and beans planted, which some
Of the squaws were hoeing and near
by, on the right shore of the river, upon
the very bank of it, was Man-Cloud' 8
village-a nest of half dozen huts and
lodges, with small patches of ground,
planted with corn and beans, cultivated
exclusively with hoes. The next village
we reached was Good-Road's, distant
9 miles by land from Fort Smelling, on
the east side of the river. AS the boat
approached each village, the Indians
and squaws, old and young, with blank
cts or without, came running to the
bank Of the river, and standing in aston
ishment until the boat blew her shrill
steam whistle, when all but the old war
riors would wheel and run away, hall
scared to death. AS we advanced up
the river, the country became still more
inviting, spreading away in beautiful
slopes from either shore, as far as the
sight could extend, with an abundance
of forest, entirely free from lagoons and
above freshets; and evidently, from the
rank growth Of vegetation, land of the
very highest productive powers. At a
distance of about twenty miles, by land,
above the mouth, we came to Skies vii
lage, on the east bank, a very beautiful
spot, and larger village than most
others. Here is Mr.. Samuel Ponds
mission station, 1t gavc-us some salts
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mand, yellow 50a6O, white 60, sacks incIud-
ed. Oats in demand at Sass. Provisions,
no change.
New YoRK, June "a.
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA TREMEN-
DoUs FIRE AT SAN Francisco. - Loss
$500. O0o.-The Crescent City, Capt. Stod-
dard, arrived this morning, with the latest
important intelligence-she arrived out at
Chagres in eight and half days from New
York. She brings $50, 900 in gold dust or
in the hands Of passengers.
A most destructive fire had occurred at
San FranciscO-loss estimated at half a mil
lion of dollars. The steamer Isthrnus ar
rived at Panama from San Francisco on
the llth. She brought 1874 passengers and
$SOO,OOO "A
Arrival Of the Niagara.
N. YORK, June IS.
The British mail steamer Niagara arriv-
ed at Halifax this morning.
Flour, dull sales, 22a24s. Corn has re-
coded lsals6d per quarter from the highest
point, sales at SOsSls. Beef is quiet. Pork
steady with moderate business doing. Ba-
con has receded slightly. Shoulders are in
good demand at slight advance. Lard is
unchanged. Sugar falling, but demand is
good at about Cd, decline from last weeks
prices. Native Ceylon coffee after reach
ing 46s has receded. Tobacco has increas-
ed in demand at 2ls6d a 2Ss9d.
Money market is very easy; rates of con-
soils closed at 81 Ia on Tuesday and 96 S-4
OF Friday. u. S. securities are firm. The
manufacturing districts are still improving.
There is no new features ingenerai and DO
litcal news.
Congress,
WAsHINGroN, June IS.
SENArE.-Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts,
presented memorial from manufacturers
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BY AU THORIT Y.
Public Acts
Passed during The first session Of The THRIFT first
Congress.


Passed during The first session Of The Thirty, first
Congress.
TPUBLIc-No. y.
AN ACT to increase the rank and file of the army,
and To encourage enlistments
BE IL enacted by the Senate aud HouseQf Represent
afiUes of the United States Of dmerica in Congress
assembled, That hereafter each company of artillery
designated and serving light artillery, shall dur
ing such service consist OF the commissioned Off
provided by law, and Of four sergeants,
four corporals, two artitccrs, two musicians, and
lxty-iour privates.
SEC. 2. Ind be IL further enacted, That the Presi-
dent of the United States be, and he is hereby au-
thorized, by voluntary enlistment TO increase the
number of prvates Ill each or any of the compa-
mics of the existing regiments Of the army, at
present serving, or which may hereafter serve, at
the several military posts the western frontier
and at remote and distant stations, 10 any number
not exceeding seventy four, and to cause such por-
tions OF the army as may, by law, be serving
loot, 10 be properly equipped and mounted when
ever, his opinion the exigcncy of the public
vice may require the same Provided, That the said
cnistments shall be for the term Of five years
less sooner discharged
SEC. ;. lind be IL further enacted, That whenever
enlistments are made at III the vicinity of, the
said military posts, and remote and distant sta
tions, bounty equal in amount to the cost of trans
porting and suhsistng soldier from the principal
recruiting depot, in the harbor of New York. to the
place of such enlistment, be, and the same is here
by allowed to each recruit enlisted To be paid in
unequal instruments at the end of each years
vice, that the several amounts shall annually
increase and the largest be paid at the expiration
of each enlistment.
Approved, June IL, 1850.
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Provided that the laws abolishing slavery in
said Territory are excepted from this repeating
clause"
MIR. FOoTE said that he thought that the Mexi.
can laws abolishing slavery had been abrogated by
the Constitution of the United States. He thought,
therefore, that the amendment OF his colleague
unnecessary He would vote for it, however He
could not vote for the amendment Of the Senator
from New Hampshire IL was but the Wimot pro-
viso in one of its various shapes.
Mr. CLAY said that he would vote against the
amendment of both Senators. The proviso was
equivalent TO the enactment. There was nothing
enacted by the amendment OF the Senator from
Mississippi but what was proposed TO be excepted
from its operation by the proviso OF the Senator
from New Hampshire. He would vote against
both. He thought the adoption of the amendment
of the Senator from Mississippi would be depart
ure from the course indicated by the Senate which
was not To decide at all upon the question OF the
Ter loci, but leave il 10 be decided by the judiciary
whether those laws We're in force, or whether they
had been abrogated by the Constitution and laws OF
the United States.
Mr. DAVIS of Mississippi, explained his amend
ment All that asked by il was that those To-
cal laws pre-. existing in the Territories, interfering
with the rights which American citizens were en-
titled to under the Constitution should be repealed.
The amendment was not intended To repeal the
Mexican laws abolishing slavery, but it was in
tended that any law which prohibited the enjoy
ment Of rights secured by the Constitution of the
United States should be set aside.
Messrs. PRATT and DOWNS expressed them :
selves as in favor of the principle of the amendment,
but would vote against it.
Mr., BERRIEN supported the amendment.
Messrs. DAVIS FOOTE, and DOWNS, contin-
ued the debate.
Mr.. DAWSON followed in support of the amend
ment, and in reply to the objections urged against
il.
Mr.. WALKER addressed the Senate in opposi-
ton to the amendment.
Mr.. BADGER said that, by an amendm ent to
the bill already adopted, the Constitution of the
United States and the laws of the United States
had been extended over these Territories. There
was then no necessity for the amendment, for
amendment had already been accomplished by the
amendment which had been inserted. He thought
the amendment unnecessary, and perhaps might
enbarrass the bill, therefore he would vote againat
it.
Mr.. HOUSTON moved, and the Senate adj
iourned
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THE REPUBLIC.

as California, come "glitterng like a star, - and
take her stand on his left hand II was happy
moment for Pirithous. and in the fulness Of his feel
ings he might have given vent 10 his JOY in con-
CALCULATIONS 10 all the company present, to all the
lapitha and 10 all the centaurs, To all mankind,
and " all horsekind, the suspicious event. But
oh! the decetfulness of human felicity! In an in
slant the scene was changed! the feast fght-the
wedding festival mortal combat--the table itself
supplying the implements OF war!
CAT first medley flight
OF bowls and jars supply the fight;
Once implements OF feasts, but now OF fate"
You know how It ended The fight broke up the
feast The wedding was postponed. And SO may
il be with this attempted conjunction Of California,
with the many ill-suted spouses which the Com
mittec of Thirteen have provided for her
Mr. President il is time 10 he done with this
comedy of errors. California is suffering for want
of admission. New Mexico is suffering for want of
protection. The public business is suffering for
want Of attention. The character of Congress is
suffering for want of progress in business. II is
time TO put an end TO many evils; and have
made the motion intended to terminate them, by
moving the indefinite postponement Of this unman-
ageable mass of homogeneous bills, each an impede
ment TO the other, that they may be taken up one
by one, in their proper order, TO receive the dec-
sion which their respective merits require.
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THE Esu0RATIos.-Wc learn from a gentleman,
just from ST. Joseph. that the emigration that has
passed through that place this season amounts 10
at least 10000 persons. Including St. Joseph In
dependence, Kansas, and those places there has
passed over what is called the Missouri route, in
all, about 10000 persons. Our informant received
the estimate from reliable authority. We have
doubt II is correct
u y his opinion, from conversation had with
many OF those at St Joseph, that Al least one half
OF those who have started for California the
plains are sorry they started on the journey.
Pride-fear Of the laugh and jeers Of acquaint-
ances-deters them from returning, or from even
expressing desire 10 return. Thus they punsh
themselves, and 60 ahead. Judging from the APP
pcarance Of the crowd at 81. Joseph, our informant
thinks he would not like to go across the plains in
their company. There seems To be sort Of dcspe-
ration among many OF the cmigrants In conse-
qucnce Of their disappointment and besrt-sickness,
which would render a trip. in company with some Of
them, rather unsafe and not at all agreeable.
Isl. Louis Daily Organ, June I0h.