The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-09-15

| "Asult0rOS, sept ~, 100
| O6Serattons on the Eeents of the Day
The Two California Senators were duly adm
TO their seats in the Senate to-day Thought ""
free State, they are both Southern men.
Gwin hailing, until lately from Mssissippi. and
Col. Fremont being natiy, of South Carolina;
and they are both democrats. Dr. Gwin Is an
experienced politician, having heretofore been
member of the House from Mississippi. He, there
fore, submitted to his initiation with the air OF an
old campaigner. He is fins looking, well built
man, of six feet high, and apparently about lorty-
five years Of age. Fremont, probably ne, over
. ty-five, is a slight delicate person, and has the
rpearance of having been completely prostra
by his suiierings in the mountains OF California and
New Mexico, and in the deserts of thu Great
Basin. Mule head soup and 70 listed dogs, cakes
of crickes and acorns; and osg years of hazardous
sleeping in the ssnd, in the snow and in the water,
have left The mark of famine upon hun, which he
Will probably carry 10 his grave. He il living
example OF how much d Isan may endure and not
starve, nor perish from the heat and want of water
nor be frozen 10 death IN the snow, be drowned
in the Hoods of the Sierra Nevada He has proved
that there rs nourishment in shos leather, and a
world of enjoyment in the back bone of dead
horse. The Senate was tni ng to him He
took TO il with something OF shy mesa and reserve
but once in, he went 70 work, and gave notice Of
almost twenty different California bills he should
introduce 10. morrow.
Twelve of the extreme Southern Senators voted
for referring the credentials Ut these gentlemen
frem Ell Dorado, 10 the Judiciary Committee, on a
constitutional objection; bu, they were overruled,
by vote OF 80 20 ", aud when the two new Sena-
tors were admitted, the twelve directors were
among the inst 10 walk up and shake hands. The
scene was really interesting-it was blending of
the harbor Of san Francisco with the waters of
Chesapeake Bay-of the gold mines of the Ameri-
canos, the cotten pieetauOns of the Tombigbee,
the sugar estates Of A'chalaiay a--the wheat
fields OF the kal imaZoo, and the fisheries Of Cape
Cod There were al of them represented, shaking
hands with the san Joaquin and Sacramento
Here they were -
From the blue st John, away down East,
Down to the Rio Grand e,
Thence over the mountains and the plains,
So deeolat- aud snn1y;
Smack from the Pacific from the lakes,
To the goif that washrs rubs;
From the coal a,,n-s OF the s;huyikill,
And the goa mime of tue Yuos
Just so. But, in the House, the California mem
bers hang lire on constitutional trigger. Since
admitted and taken their seats.--ED HERALD.
Here il Isl
Art /. SEQ 4 The times, pisces and manner OF
holding elections icr Stba;ors aud Representatives,
shall be prescribes IN each BY the Legislature
thereof but the Congress msy at any time. by Law,
make OF alter such regulations except to the places
OF choosing Senators
Now, here il is con-nded, that the Legislature Of
California has not prvscnbt ths election OF her
members Of this House, tbey having been elected
before the meeting of her H. gisiatuTe, and IN adj
the Stale; and thdt, therefore, MrssTs. Wright and
Gilbert are not eligible u this Is so, we suppose
the same section coufers the pnwer TO meet the
difficulty, for "Congrtss may NJ any time make or
after such regulations And this IL a good time
TO do II, If required
The amendment of MIR. Seward in the Senate,
to-day, to the slave rrhde bill, providing for the
aboliuon Of slavery IN tbs Distnct, shows that the
capital OF the free -soil.rs H. not Yet exhausted and
indicates their design to push thus question OF
abolishng slavery Ia this District II there were any
doubt upon the subject, the rrmafks Of Mr.. Chase,
that the bull for abolI-blag The slave trade Is only
the frat step in the good work, would be enough
to satisfy us.
Upon this little remanent Of capital, therefore, we
may expect Mr. Seward and his party TO rally, and
keep up the agi,a,ion; and II may be driven into ar
important element ia the presidential election
The movement OF MIR Seward, Tor the present, puts
in jeopardy. even the bill tor abolishing the slave
| trade, which, from the declarations made to-day,
| the South dlstrust the catering wedge 70 the
abolition Of slavery.
IL was discovered in the Houee, to-day, that the
deficiency bull for the pay and mileage of the Cali
| iornia members, and the delegates from New
| Mexico and Ulsh, Ne, had passed the House yes-
| terday, and that the vote had been Incorrectly
counted up, which made ~ "A tie. All right.