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EDITION----TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1856

every measure consideration upon its v n in iydasl
merits He had, therefore proposed bHl toe tn. ad-
lustment OF the boundary II rexas sim py AID iaae
He explained the bill stating the boundaries
the reason suggesting their selection aud defending
the proposition to pay the ten millions Texas sur
rendered all her territory north 81 - 80 u.dr ta.
Dill and al her claims to terriiSv bel the Nu-o-s
and Rio Grande. He was among those Who belle we'd
that Texas had right In the territory IN IN. RIO
Grande. But she cert auly has claims for the surren
der Of which. together with he cr~,nn OF terrt1ry
north Of her proposed northern Boundary he proposed
the d, bt DC 70 the payment OF
revolution Having concluded his remarks
THE CALIFORNIA BILL
WIS taken up in Committee OF the Whole nd no fur
ported to the Senate. The ouly am nd m.nt maize in
committee being that relating to the public domain
on the engrossment Of the bill
Mr. Mason said he had no intention to make further
Opposition 10 the bill After it shall have been
passed that would remain for those States whose
rights are affected thereby to determine their course
His only object in rising to ask the postpone
ment o. the question until TO morrow, ne his
was absent
Ma DOUGLAS would sccede to the proposition that
the vote should be taken tomorrow
Mr. Mason, said he authorized to make no ar.
aspgement and proposed none He only spoke for
himself
Mr. YULrE signiaed that be had no objection TO the
epgrotsment Of the bill but he object to take the
vote on its passage tomorrow.
Mr.. FoorE, in the course OF q few remarks washed
his HANDS OF all responsibility for the ssage OF the
bill asserting that the line Of IS sc could and would
have been through California Apt for the action
OF certain Southern Senator's This melted personal
discussion between Messrs Foote, Butler, Yulee and
Mason.
Mr.. HAMLrs expressed q hope IL there we're no
amendments to be offered that the question would be
taken upon the engrossm ent Of the bill to- day
Mr.. YULEE said he had anne ndment to offer which
he desired to submit some remarks upon He hoped
that the further Of the subject would be
post poned until to morrow
Mr. DAYTON hoped no postponement would be as
sented to- but that the Senate would 20 and dis
her frs A.
oppons nts OF the bill absent
Mr., Dawson submitted few remarks for the pur.
pose OF showing that change in the boundary CAL
ifornia might have been made 1t in the case of
Michigan without remanding California back to her
territorial condition
After further debate by Messrs Foote ulee and JEFF
ferson Davis the latter whom said he gloried In
the defeat of the Compromise, I--I :
Mr.. AIcHssos, moved an adjournment which was
1e, nays 2l
After some further debate upon appeal, by Mr.
Berrien, the Senate adjourned.
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Bosror, August 6, 1880.
Capt Isaiah Rynders arrived here to-day, and IL
lion. He stops at the fremont House
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The Ohio River.

PrrsHvssH. August 9, 1880
There u nov sx feet water 10 the channel
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TELEGRAPnC INTELLIGENCE.

HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON
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Domestic Miscellany.

There $50 deaths In Phsdslp hs during the weak
ending the ID inst.
srh } vbieh destroyed 500 sos worth Of popsrty,
s5esoo
The Rochester and Syracuse railroad eomp,nv v>s
orsspised At Csnsdsigos on the ist Instant By the
election ~ II. n. Gibson president. Chas SEYMOUR
secr.,sry and treasurer, Thomss HALL temporary
perintendent The Direct Railway Comgsny have
ssreed TO transfer their right comp.ny -he
are to spend Ave h.ndred thousand dollars the nrst
During the whole month Of July. tho thsrmometsr
at Charleston O.. averaged 70 degrees. II -svs-
raj times up TO ~ degrees.
FRED Douglas vss fev days since refused church,
AZ Pttsburs In which 20 iecture upon sbolitionism
The sbotionists tsoh possession ef The church. bow-
ever, and the lecture vas delivered.
Movements OF Dssm.g~ished People.
Major o Martin. Major sislsy, n. y scriver. o. =.
A. and one hundred ana forty others arrived
terdsy sne took rooms at the Astor House.
lie Roy Parker. u. q. " Z Rev W. q Pslfr.y,
Looisns Judge Boyd, Miss and sixty ave others ar
rived yesterday and took at the American Hotel
Hon Jehn A. Collier, Binshsmpton. Cob Nudeirs,
Cbillicothe; Rev Baton Galveston; N. y Dsisvas,
Albany Capt Templeton N o, and one hundred aud
hry-t-o others arrived yesterday stthe Irving Hons
Francisco Hon W p soskia. n. weed. cosn w.
n Byrcn. Mass ,. W Morrell, Savannah. and twen-
" others arrived yesterday at the Clinic. h"'e
The MADRID Ii,rslde % the ~ July, says that the
whole rsrssr.ph abiding TO the inss offered BY Mar
vs.s 20 the mersesn minister W absolutely false
Tx President Van buren,. his brother and John Van
Burn we've at Montreal Ca, on the 18th uf
Hon. Geo W. Crawford late Secretary OF War. ADD
family rsssed through Augusta Geo on the 3st uit,
sr ,e~f, Tor his residence In that state.
orr james. N. novelist, has rented a summer
resid.nce near Jsmsics, l.. L.
The bo.or.ry degree l. %. vas conferred on q A.
RIs Rev Bishop sculc at the late commencem On,
Of the Le Grange Cob g.
There u . great cro~d Of visi,ers as 81 .tcxa
sprinrs; rp-srds Of four Thousand ere nov ths ss
~ he,fst a Ia Fail nd tho..
ing houses allied with visitsrs
ssvral hundred yersoss are At Re~sswsy The sss
bathing a said TO he excellent
IIou~~ Vor uamiltoa-
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OUTRAGE AT CARE MAYA Mos We learn that
a dastardly outrage was committed on the South
efners who were At Cspe May, on Friday last. II
appears that Southern gentleman, stopping nj the
Atlantic Hotel, was, for some cause, assaulted and
dresdfuy beaten by the negro servants Of that es-
tablshrneat, and that Afterwards the hight became
the latter being joined by the other servants the
Island, 10 the number II several hundred, armed
themselves, ard compelled, by force, all the South
ernefs 20 leave the island forthwith. Among the
humber were many gentlemen from Bslumore.
We are Informed that IL was found impsssible to
rcsist the violence Of the mob; and To save blood
shed the Southerners started oil from the island
We hsve not been able 10 ascertain the exact
origin Of this biQh-hspded outrage, which We fear
will lead 10 other and vorss ecnssqusuccs -B1bi-
rws esUw. lsgufs
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43.
RAILROAD DEPARTMENT.
Massachusetts,.

Midland Railroad The efforts now making
to carry out this project, seem to be in fair way
Of success The unfinished portions of the road
from Hartford to Boston, are thirty miles from
the eastern terminus of the Hartford and Will
mantle road to the State line, and fifteen miles
from that point to Blackstone, the western ter
minus of the Norfolk County road, making forty.
five miles in all. The city Of Hartford, some
weeks since, petitioned the Connecticut legisla-
ture for leave to lend its credit for halfa million
of dollars, towards the furtherancc of this object
and the committee have reported favorably. T.
the bill should pass the Legislature and be accep
ted by two-thirds of the legal voters of Hartford
city, it will become law. 1t is thought that a
favorable arrangement will then be made with
the landholders and shareholders of the Norfolk
County road with view to merge the whole in
one corporation. Nothing has yet transpred
as to the progress made towards getting the stock
taken for that portion of the line which extends
! from South Dedham to Sea street in this city
the charter for which was granted at the last ses
sion of our legislature. About $50 shares of
Norfolk County railroad stock were sold yester-
day at the first and second boards at from 1901
to $30a and subsequently in the afternoon about
200 shares at from $3l to $3la per share
| Within year this stock has been as low as $17
| and as high as $40-Boston Cour.
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More Galphin Blunders.
On the 18th ult., the House of Representa-
tiVes adoptod the following resolution:

On the 18th ult., the House of Representa-.
tives adopted the following resolution:
Resolred, That special committee of five
members of this House be, and the same
hereby appointed, with power to examine and as
certain whether the Secretary of the Treasury
has not used or appropriated large amount of
money from the surplus fund, without authority
OF law, which had accumulated to said fund I'M
der the provisions fthe act of Congress of 1895,
from appropriations made for the Florida Indi
ans, and for other purposes, under various speci-
tic appropriations made by Congress since 1880,
and that said committee have power to send for
persons and papers.
From the debate of the following day, we ga
ther some facts which throw light upon the sub
Ject proposed to be investigated. 1t appears
from these facts, that when any sums of money
remain unappropriatcd for a certain time, the
sums so left are carried to the surplus fund.-
From the same source we learn that the Secrc-
tary of the Interior drew upon this fund through
the Secretary of the Treasury, and that the lat
ter honored the draft without any authority Of
law for such an object OF purpose. On the day
alter the adoption Of the above resolution, the
Galphins, who, with their abolition friends, are
in majority in the House, became alarmed for
the Secretaries, urged and procured reconsd-
Grafton of the resolution, and on its coming again
before the House, succeeded in modifying it
as to leave out any investigation into the con-
duct of the Secretaries.
Why do the Galphins shun Investigations
Simply because they are GUILTY. Were they
otherwise they would court the ordeal.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-03

ANOTHER RAILROAD BRANcn.-We clip the
following paragraph from the Beloit Journal, Of
the 18th inst 1t speaks we'll for the wisdom
and enterprise of the citizens of that thriving
town:
arrangements are being made, and will
doubtless be Immediately completed, having in
view the construction of branch of the Chicago
and Galena Railroad to this place, by which it
is contemplated that it will be completed in sea-
son to join with that road at the moment it shall
strike Rock River-the stock to be a part of the
general stock Company, and of course partici-
pating in the profits, and bearing an equal value
in market. This is an arrangement of the mos,
satisfactory nature, and to carry it into effect
our citizens have subscribed literally" 1gtztl
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Good News il, Prospect.

The Bill granting alternate sections of the
public lands to the State of Iowa for the con-
struction of the Dubuque and Keokuk, and the
Davenport and Council Bluffs Rail Roads, has
been cngrossed in the U. States Senate prepa-
ratory to third, or last reading. There is no
doubt of its success in the Senate.
Senator Jones deserves much credit for his
perseverance and success in getting this local
measure so far forward, in spite Of the excite
ment in Congress-, which has crippled legisla-
ton upon all other than subjects connected with
California and Slavery.
We shall try to find room fora portion of the
debate upon the second reading Of the bill.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-03

PACIFIC RAILwAY.-The St. Louis Repub.
lican of the 18th instant, says, "we are pleased
to learn that the party now engaged in surveying
a route for the Pacific Railroad are progressing
finely. They have advanced twenty-five miles
into the country, and have met with very eli
gible locality; in no case, is the grade more than
thirty-fve feet to the mile. This route runs some
distance to the north of Manchester. Other
routes, will be surveyed, and the best locality,
all things considercd will be selected, us the ul-
innate line of the Railway ,.
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g. A FORTUNATE PrKxTE.-Babe, the sailor.
who cut such fguer in New York, some years
ago, as prate-condemned and to be executed.
only he wasnt-has "turned up as Pillicody
says, in California, and is now one of the millio
naires of that country. 4tsggs, #,s5E37-7s
Well, such is life. Babe was mysterious
fellow; rumor said, when the President kept res.
piting him, that the pirate was making disclo-
sures which it they had become public property,
would have made New York and Phiiadelphiia
too hot to hold certain wealthy men in the sea.
faring and commercial line. Another rumor was,
that John Tyler--another mysterious man, who.
by one of the unfathomable freaks Of fortune.
got into the Presidential chair one day-had
some interestin the fate of the pirate knew his
mother intimately accK One thing is certain,
Mrs Childs, the authoress, was very instrumen.
tai in getting Babe reprieved and pardoned, and
weiare pleased the fellow has not turned out as
he was represented, and no doubt his pile of
gold dust will purchase for him any desirable a.
mount Of fashionable charity il pious white
wash whereby he may have q frst-class car and
a through ticket in the overland route 10 Para
disc. Boston Mail. sfs,i..gI,s st9 s,Tgr.f
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In recent case of libel, tried by the Superior
Court of New York, Judge Campbell, in giving
his decision in the case, said, that the paper, (the
Courier & Enquirer was responsible, not mere
y for the truth of the report, but also for the
truth of the allegations contained in the article
referred to. The article charged as libelous was
a report of certain charges brought against some
one in the police court New York. Now, if
newspaper shall become responsible le for publish
ing what takes place in police court, it is time
to know by what authority such proceedings are
sanctioned by American Courts
Judge Campbell, in giving his decision in this
important case, acknowledged that there was no
American law which would give his court autho-
rity to make such decision, and that therefore
he should 60 back to some law, albeit it should
be an English law, by which he intended to de-
eide this case.
This is one of the cvs-one fthc misfortuncs
which is entailed upon our judicial system by
our courts, without any authority whatever.-
Now, suppose it so happened that there was no
English law which would cover special case
| in our courts, would there not be as much pro-
priety, and as much justice, in going back to
some Roman or Grecian law for precedent, as
there is in going to England for the same?
We say there is more. More, because the
government of these old States were republican
and democratic; whereas the government of
England is monarchical and aristocratic and
therefore there is less analogy between our gov
crnment and that of England, than there is be-
tween us and the governments of ancient Greece
and Rome.
But we are opposed to this common practice
Of going beyond and out Of our own statutes for
reason why this thing or that should be done.
If it should so happen in England, or any other
country, that there is no existing law to apply to
| a particular case, would an English court search
our statute book for law by which the case
| could be reached?
We venture to say no. The courts of that
country would disdain to stoop so low as to do
us much reverence, no matter how applicable
our laws might happen to be to the case in point.
Our courts have no right to take jurisdiction
Of cases not given them by law, nor have they
the right to make decision which gives them a
constructive jurisdiction in cases where there is
no statute provision whatever on the subject.
Many persons will be surprised that we init
mate such things-that we charge our courts
with such supererogatory works They may
think there is no foundation for our remarks, but
we tell them there is. We tell them that more
than half the cases brought into and decided in
our courts, come there without any statutory au-
thority, and therefore without authority from the
| sovereign power.
We shall have something further to say upon
this and kindred subjects on some other occasion.
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From the N. Y. Tribune.
From OregOn.-Anarchy i'll Oregon.

OREGON CRY, Saturday, Feb. 16, 1850.
No news of interest has recently transpired
Our people are waiting with great impatience for
the arrival ofa Governor, Secretary, District
Attorney, Sub Indian Agents, &c. Judge Bry-
ant of the First Judicial District has returned to
the States. Judge Pratt ofthe Second District
has gone to California. No appointment has
been made by the President for the Third Dis
trict. We are thus without single Judge In
all the land. The Secretary is wandering about
the Territory, in my opinion wholly disqualified
for the discharge of the duties of his office.
Added to all these untoward circumstances,
our laws remain in manuscript. They are
therefore wholly unknown to the people, and
even to the ministers of the law. The state of
anarchy is therefore complete. The pistol and
the knife afford the only protection to life, limb
and property. Those of our citizens who were
in the country during the existence of the
Provisional Government affirm that law and or
der then prevailed, and that its officers obey
ed and respected; and they do not hesitate to
declare that the state of both public and pri-
vate morals is now vastly worse thanit was
ACHILLES DE HARLEY
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Is the Statesman Il Democrat.

Our contemporary and quondam friend of the
Iowa Statesman, has taken us to task for pro-
nouncing the free soil resolutions adopted by the
late Convention of Lee county, "an insult and
gross libel upon the Democracy Of Iowa" The
No. of the Statesman which contains this out
pouring of abolition fanaticism, contains also the
Resolutions of the Democratic State Convcn-
ton, which affirm all that we have said on this
subject, and which contain doctrines utterly at
variance with those defended by the Statesman,
and condemned by us.
We would ask the Statesman, why was it that
the delegates from Lee did not carry out the in
structions given them by their county conven-
ton? Why was not the "Wilmot'' or "Espy''
resolution offered to the assembled democracy
at Iowa City? We will answer for the States
man. They dared not do it. 1t would have
shared the same fate as it has always done--it
would have been repudiated
we Will ask the Statesman another question,
and we leave himself to answer this time. Do
you approve of the resolutions adopted by the
late Democratic State Convention, and reported
in your paper of the 22d June. Read them over
carefully, and tell us, you be SO oinconsistent
as to adopt these resolutions for your political
faith, and write the nondescript article relating
to us at the same time?
We shall not enter the list with the States
man with such blunted weapons as he usually
wields; nor shall we follow him through the
farrago of nonsense and insult, which he has at
tempted to cast upon us; but we tell him and his
coadjuto1s, that Iowa Democracy shelters no
such estate sman'' as that of Fort Madison, and
that no "lasso,' however strong, could bind us
in an unholy union with such Statesmen. 70 u-.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-03

CH1LpREN's MINDS are full Of beauty
Somebody, we do not recollect who, tells of
little girl being called to rosebush, on whose
topmost stem the oldest rose was fading, but
below and around which, three crimson buds
were just unfolding their charms, she artlessly
buds have Just a7oakencd to kiss their mother
before she dies" 49,.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-03

A New WONDER IN MAcn1NERY.-Ther
is now IN operation, about five miles from this
place. machine which it is said will lay up one
mile of sod fence day. The machine is drawn
by oxen, and cuts up the sod in proper size and
lays them up into a handsome, durable fence
We are not now informed what number of hands
and oxen it requires to work, but if it can put UP
mile in day, it dose work that by hand would
cost one hundred dollars. This carrnot but be d
great labor saving machine. g f.ga4fs4 asre
We have learned since writing the above,
that it takes four men and five yoke of oxen to
work the machine. - -JanesvWe Gaz at}
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To Keep Store as bright as Coach Body, by-
t,co applications u ycar.--Make weak alum wa
ter, and mix your "Brtish Luster'' with it; put
two spoons full to n gill of alum water; let the
stove be cold, brush with the mixture, then take
a dry brush and dry Iustre, and rub the stove
till it perfectly dry Should any part, before
polishing, become SO dry as to look grey, moisten
it with wet brush, and proceed as'before.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-03

young lady, says the pittsburgh Gazette,)
was recently ordained in the English Lutheran
Church in that city, to the Office Of fDeaconess-
Deaconesses are a religious order of women in
this denomination who devote their lives to var-
Gus occupations of charity, and take vows of cel-
ibacy for this purpose. The order has been es-
tablished for some years in Germany, and has
lately been introduced into this country This
lady, however, is the first who has yet been or
dcned 'i.s #." '-+
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-03

ANorHER AT MEMpnIs-A fight occurred
at Memphis on the Sth instant, in which Gen,
Coe killed Col. Alunson Trigg. Coe was him
self mortally wounded by shots of several of the
parties engaged in the affray. Conncl and
Gaines, two others Of the parties were badly
cut with bowie knives.-The difficulty grew out
of motion made in court relative to the Farmers
and Merchants Bank. Trigg, it is thought, COM
mcnced the attack.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-03

A REASONING ANIMAL.-Whent the ordinance
for the staying of dogs, running at large, went
a dog we'll known in the neighborhood, wended
his way to the top of Jefferson Tower, jumped
from the window, and falling on the side walk,
was instantly killed. He must have entertained
some of the notions of the ancient Romans, that
suicide was virtue, when life was 10 longer
tolerable
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ACHILLES DE HARLEY.
Prices of Merchandise.

:.lag,ao. ,aa OREGON CRY, Feb. %, 1850.
Since the date of my last letter, goods, wares
merchandise, provisions, &c, have generally
advanced in prices: 1t is not necessary to give
you the prices of all the various articles for sale
in our market. A few examples will be suffi-
cient; Pork sells at $25 per cwt; Beef $lS IS;
Tallow Candles, So SO per lb.; Oil, .$l2 per gal
Ion; Flour, $2S per. bbl.; Sugar, IS cts per lb
Coarse Shoes, $5a6 per pair; Coarse Boots
$l5al6 per. pair; day labor, $4a5, Mechanics
$12a16. ustaau94 b#s asqg.ta al cs ns,lf-,5
Cotton and woolen goods are all high. ~,
''- ACHILLES DE HARLEY
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aGronRrrows. D. G., MAY 27.

SERIOUS AccIDENr.-A very serious accident
occurred yesterday, at the Academy Of fVisitation,
in Georgetown. The wooden pillars supporting
the frame gave way, while number of teachers
and scholars were upon it. Sister Felix had
both of her legs broken, young lady received
dangerous wound upon her head. Rev. Doctor
Ryder and several nuns and misses were some
what injured. ....,r
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-03

VIRGINIA STATE CoNvENrIoH.-We have
the official vote on the question of calling State
Convention. 1t will be seen that the minority
in favor ofthe measure is very large-25,SS2.
The election for delegates will take place on
Thursday, 22d of August; and the Convention
will meet in Richmond on Monday, the 14th, of
October: .. . a.-s-
Convention, 46,34S
No Convention, 2O,466