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The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-14

sB The st. Louis In,eA;gcncer gives its
friends and felow-ciizens tho following hard
rap over the knuckes:
The disposition Of the people Of Missouri to
stlnd idle and wait fer their neighbors to do all
their work ard supply all their wants, WIS very
happily hit off by C,i. Richmond. If Hannibal
in speech made at a public meeting in that
citySlast week, called to take into corside. aiiol
the Hannibal and ST. Joseph Railroad The
Colonel said:
Just look over the water at our enterprising
neighbors. declare va. almost led into the
belief. the other day, that cvery,l ing we pos
sesscd came from Quincy ali recoIect re-
marking, down on the Levee, that, after awhile,
Quincy aud Alton would undertake to furnish
us with hot cakes, ready buttered for breakfast
every morning
We find the following statement in the Lo,t-
ispile Journal:
Tie Southern Press announced from an
: authentic" source that the Governor Of South
Carolina would at once summon the Legislature
IN sktn session, on the passage Of the Calitor-
MIA bill.r
Ard proceeds TO comment upon it,
Will the journal oblige us by stating wher'
the Soatsern Press made such an announce
ment.
-..-
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-14

and domestic institutions OF other States, reiter-
ntes its solemn and oft-repeated declaration Of
interchangeable no tiity to the establishment or
recognition of slavery in any territory of tie
United States where did not existat the time Of
acquisition as an inReribie resolution, ,chich no
lapse u time nor erigency Of circumstances can
erer impair or diminish.
On the strength Of that profession we carried
the State and a large majority Gin weight ofthe
free States, when it would clearly have been i'm
possible to succeed on what is now termed the
National Why Platform" Mr. Fillmore WAS
thus chosen Vicc-Presidsnt, and Mr. Duer re-
elected to Congress.
Closely following this triumph December IS,
I848) cume the v0tu in the House on Mr. Gid
dings's bill to abolish slavery '(not the slsve
trade) in the District Of Columbia, which eve 3
New York Wing present voted TO sustain, ~ I'll
lows:
Against Trying on hs table from New
York )--Messrs BIackmar, Conger, Colt, Gree
ley, Nathan K. Hall. Washington Hunt, Kellogg,
w. r. Lawrence, Marvin, Mullin, Nelson, Put
nam, Reynolds, Rusnsey, St John, Sheriff., Sill
vester, Slingerland, Fred. Taiimadge, Warren,
Hugh White-22.
No New York Wings adverse only two abl
sent OF SILENT Messrsl Duer md Rose.
Our Convention Of l849 como little year ago)
again
Resolred, That the Federal Constitution WINS
formed and adopted expressly to secure the
blessings Of Liberty" to the people Of the United
States nd their posterity, and that no power
was given therein TO estend the curse Of slavery
wherefore we maintain that Congress has the
right and Is in duty bound to abolish slavery
wherever il exists in the territories Of the Union.
and plainly prohibit it, cstabtshmsnt In any
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-14

Fugitive Slave bill, for the abolition Of slavery
in this District for it's exclusion from the terri
tories for the exclusion of oil new slave States,
for the exclusion Of the South from all terri
tories to be hereafter acquired And the North
has encouragement for all this. For we ask
every man in the South, who opposed to the last
the late measures Of Congress, whether he be-
leves any Southern man who submits to them
would resist any Of the new demands the North
is now making! For our part we ask nothing,
and expect nothing from the submissionists
We regard it MS certain, therefore, that the
hollow truce between the Northern and South
crn sections Of the two parties can result in
nothing If il remains but continued saeri6ce Of
the South, until ita FINAL overthrow, when
it will fall an object Of contempt in the eyes Of
the civilized world.
Let then the question Of Southern rights and
equality be made now or never. We have now
not only self-preservation to contend for. bat =
future Of prosperity and greatness. # we defer
it, we shall hereafter have nothing but existence
10 contend for, and for that must be
"Consemned A needy supplicants to wait
Whilst Uexsn iMserPose aad Slaves dtbste.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-24

In the face of all these circumstances, there
are among us men who approve of the payment
of this claim, and among these there is one who
stands conspicuous from his position as candi-
date for Congress-that man is WIN. H. HEN
DERSON.
We need not ask the people what they think
of such man. They have heard him asseverate
that the Galphin claim, both principal and inter-
est ought to have been paid. Let them now
bear in mind that their representatives in Con-
gress who have investigated the matter to the
bottom gifts depth, have solemnly protested a.
gainst it as an unjust demand that ought not to
have been paid,
Let these things be borne in mind when Il
choice for Representative in Congress has to be
made, and let those who desire to see the Treas
ury guarded from unlawful hands, beware how
they cast their votes.
The approval of the filching of $4,000 by
one official plunderer, should be sufficient to
damn to the lowest depths of political infamy the
man whose tongue could utter, or mind conceive
such an approval-yet such a mind and such
tongue has the Wing candidate for Congress-
such mind and such sentiments rules the Ian
guage of WIN. H. HENDERSON.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-24
nod of the head, and again aoink at each other;

nod Of the head, and again oink at each other
for, when you appeal to lawyers sympathy
sir, on such a subject as that you will always
find them sending forth the generous feelings O.
their hearts. Our "Western man. now announ
ced that he was about to close; but all at once
he fell into "mesmeric State," where he re.
manned for moment, and then burst forth with
the following, which knocks the knocking wo'
men of Rochester into the shade. "Genera]
Taylor is the last President Of the U. States
unless Congress settled the question now pend
ing between the north and SOUTH
At this announcement some five or six shocks
of an earthquake were heard in the direction of
the Rocky Mountains;-every mans hair in the
room, who had any on his head, stood right up
on its end; but before any damage was done, our
81 am not going to Congress- said he; IL don't
expect to 90 there. Nobody but lawyers go
there" Again you ought to have seen the
knowing winks of the lawyersin the room Some
one out side muttered to himself, ''it must be
hill there, then ifno one but lawyers 60 there. y
Here our "Farmer," emo lawyer ''Western
man of forty years standing,' left the stand,
when some few noisy fellows commenced clap
ping and stamping on the floor. As the crowd
broke up, recognised one of your citizens, who
was once pointed out to me in Dubuque by
friend as sOrlando.'' You will probably hear
from him by ''Telegraph.' He did not recog-
Mise me. Yours, in haste,
A TRAVELLER
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-24
Watch the Hawk.

WILLARD FILLMORE has possessed the conf
dence of the Wing party to an extent never en-
joyed perhaps by Gen. Taylor.-1 Hawkeyc OF
the 18th inst
We find this remarkable sentence in the
Hawkey Of the above date, and in such con-
nection as leaves doubt of it's authors nten-
ton to be observed by the present rulers at
Washington Would the Hawkcy have seen
such an expression stand out in bold relief upon
its columns week before Would its Editor
have listened to it's utterance by another with
impunity, within the sphere of its influence -
But alas! death has stricken down the mighty
one whom the Hawkeye so lately watched as
its master, but now that he is gone-now that
new master has cracked his whip, the Hawkeye
while chanting discordant requiem over the re-
mains of its late keeper, turns round to Fillmore
makes his lowest obeisance-and in accents
trough but ready" tells him, 'you sir possessed
our confidence to greater extent than our late
MASTER
Shame shame! even for the Hawkcyc-'tis ignoblc
To thus dcsrcrate his late masters memory,
By holding up his influence nought
When put in contrast with his -
Shame! shame while rubcd in mourning weeds,
To stab his memory with so foul charge,
But, It's done, and here is 70 und the proof.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-24

SAD AcClDENT.-But one event occurred in
this village to mar the festivities of the 4th By
the premature discharge of the cannon, earlv in
the morning, the left hand of Mr.. Lawrence
Belrose was so severely injured, as to render
amputation necessary. The operation was per.
formed by Drs. Cory and Johnson, and the pa.
tent, we are happy to hear, is doing we'll, Mr.
b. was soldier in the Mexican war. He is q
young man Of limited means, and is much res
pected; and the severe loss with which he has
met, entities, him to something more than the
sympathes of the people.
A subscription for his benefit has been started
and we hope to see the name of every citizen OF
this place appended to it,-Wa!ertoeon Chroni-
Gle, 9th inst
Duncan McLane, sailor, was killed, in Dos.
ton, by the bursting of swivel. A large piece
OF the swivel was sunk in his head.
A young man named Sharpe, of Chelsea, was
badly burned by the explosion of rocket One
Of his hands will have to be amputated
Two accidents occurred in Boston BY the
frightening of horses with fire crackers. In one
instance, boy, was run over and seriously in
jured, and in the other, Mr.. Sumner, the driver
OF an express wagon, was thrown out Of his wa
gon and badly bruised.
Samuel Domkee of West Haven, c., hat
his hand and arm badly broken and lacerated, by
the premature discharge of a swivel.
George Palmer Of East Haven, aged 20 years
received wound from the bursting Of a swive
from which he died on the 9Th.
At New Haven, little girl named Nor
WEIGH ran before the cannon, at the very mo
ment the match was applied for its discharge
AS the smoke cleared away, she was seen lyin,
upon the ground, dead, the top Of her head have
ing been blown away.
A son of Mr.. Banning in New Haven wa
very seriously injured by the burning ola pack q
crackers in his pantaloons pocket.
A painful accident occurred at New Have
on the 4th. A little girl named O'Niel attemr
ted to pass before cannon as it was to be fir.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-24
CITY AFFAIRS,
CRY OF DUBuauE, }
July 9Th, 1850. {

JuAy QUIZ lCOU. J
=, The Council met Present, Aid Rogers in
the chair, and Langworthy, Bush, and Gildea.
D. M. Morrison, City Collector, presented
his bond in the penal sum of four thousand dol
lars, with J. G. Shields for security which was
approved. ..-t
F. Mangold, M. Tschirgi and A. wager pre-
scented bonds for keeping beer houses, which
were approved.
x Renfried, T. Tanning and L. Leavle
presented bonds for keeping groceries, which
were approved.
A. Horn presented bond for the Public
Square, which was approved.
Aid. Langworthy offered the following reso-
lutions which were adopted
Resolued, That the occupants of all houses
and premises within the city, be, and they are
hereby required within ten days from this date,
to clean and cleanse all cellars, outhouses and
yards, and put fresh lime in all places that arc
damp or unclean; and any person neglecting to
comply with this resolution, shall be fined in
ny sum not less than double the cost Of such
work, and it is hereby made the duty Of the CT
ty Marshal to cleanse and lime all premises not
attended to by the occupants or owners, and pros
ecute under this law
Ordered, That VIM. Roach and NJ Kelly be
allowed 1888 for digging grave in case of
cholera.
Oreered, That market days shall be Monday,
"Wednesday and Saturday Of each week. ! 4
On motion, The Council then adjourned till
Monday July ED at half past S o'clock P. NJ
. ROBERT ROGERS
Mayor pro tenn.
Attest: HORACE Estes, Recorder
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-24
WAsIIINGToH, July 10

WAsHINGToH, July is,
Funeral Ceremonies of President Taylor.
The city exhibited tokens in all directions of
extreme solemnity. From every quarter the ma
tlonal colors were displayed at half mast, draped
in black. The Presidents house, the various
Departments and other public buildings likewise
draped i'll sable. Pennsylvania Avenue and ma
ny other places made the same sad display
Cars, steamboats,, and other convcyances were
crowded with people anxious to pay the last tr-
butte to their departed chief. The troops formed
at l. O clock. Senators were in attendance at
halt past 10. The usual badges Of mourning
were prepared at II o'clock. The Rev. MIR.
Butler delivered an impressive prayer. The
Senators then proceeded to the Presidents man
sion, from whence the grand civil and military
professions moved. After performing funeral
obsequies the Senators returned to the Senate
chamber and adjourned. The same proceedings
were had in the House. The doors of the Exc
cutive mansion were all opened at clock for
the admission Of heads of Departments, Foreign
Ministers and others Every avenue leading
to the mansion not appropriated to the military
and other bodies that were to take part in the
procession, was crowded Members of the Cab
met, Diplomatic Corps, Pail Bearers, Members
ofthe two Houses of Congress, who could be
admitted, occupied the East Room. Col Bliss,
Col. Taylor, Of Baltimore, and other relatives of
the deceased occupied position next to the
mains. Ministers all appeared in full court cos
tune. The inscription on the coffin plate was
as follows: ZACHARY TAYLOR, President Of the
United States, aged &C." The coffin was a
magnificent one. The countenance of the de-
ceased was unchanged, although much emaca-
ted. Mrs. Taylor would not consent to en-
balm the body. AS as all were assembled,
the Rev. Mr. Smith Pyne Of the Protestant
Episcopal church, performed the solemn burial
service, during which many an eye was moist.
An eloquent discourse was delivered by the Rev
erend gentleman. When he concluded, the
coffin was moved, and placed upon the funeral
car, near which the Presidents family was stand
ing. The funeral Car was plain hearse, under
a raised canopy. The American ensigns were
represented in the centre. 1t drawn by
eight white horses, with black housings The
procession moved at 2 clock, W hen minute guns
were fired. Pail Bearers, were, Mcssrs. Clay,
Cass, Berrien, Webster, and fourteen others
The procession was one and half miles long
Flowers were strewcd along Pennsylvania Ave.
nue. several hundred yards from the White
House. The civic procession was estimated
at sixteen thousand. There were nineteen bands
Of music.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-24
The Democratic Meeting on Saturday
aa@. Nirht.

The first business meeting of the Democracy
Of Dubuque preparatory to the election, was hello
last Saturday evening over the Davis Saloon.
| Senator Shields, the President of the late As.
ISOLATION took the chair, and explained the OBJ
ject of the meeting, and the motives which in.
duced him to make the call.
| On motion of Dr. T. Mason, Mr.. Shields was
chosen President of the Association during the
coming campaign. DR.. Mason was chosen Sc
cretary, and VIM. A. Jones Secretary pro tenn
After disposng of the preliminary business
MIR. Quigley addressed the meeting in his we'll
known emphatic and eloquent style. He allu-
ded to the candidates Of the Democratic party
in this campaign as the BEST in every respect
which the party has brought out during the past
fourteen years. He condemned the apparent a.
pathy which he thought prevailed to an alarm
ing extent at this time, and concluded by calling
upon the party to rally around the old standard
and roll up the old-fashioned majority which on
ly Dubuque can give. His sentiments were
heartily approved and warmly applauded.
Col. Benton was recognized, and called on
He excused himself in his usual happy manner
alluded to his absence from the State durino
the contest thus far-said that he was not aware
of what had been done, or was now doing, in po-
litics, but gave his opinion, that on the second
Congressional District depended the salvation Of
the State.
| Ben. M. Samuels, Esq, was next called for,
and replied in an eloquent spirit-stirring demo-
cratic speech. He could not perceive that apa-
thy in the ranks which seemed to cause others
to despond. He thought when the time for ac-
ton Game, a blast from the old Democratic trum-
pet would call around the standard O. the party
the men who could not be refused victory
He said that our principles being founded upon
immortal truth, our cause was strong-that of
our opponents weak; and hence it required but
mere effort-a mere reach of the hand, to take
a victory. Mr.. Samucls was repeatedly applaud
ed during the delivery of his remarks; and at the
close, he was greeted with hearty round.
The meeting separated with a determination
to make a grand rally on next Saturday night,
and demonstrate that neither apathy nor indiffer-
ence existed in the Democratic ranks
We trust that the resolve of the meeting will
be carried into effect, and that full house will
meet next Saturday, in accordance with the ad-
ourning resolution.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-24
The Organ and tho Money.

There is no such thing as neutrality with oul
people. We must be for or against, something
or every thing. He who processes thus to be
nobody, is either knave or fool He will
show that he is partizan in every thing he I'M
dertakes. He will be either for or against the
Comprehension or against Mr.. Clay-for or
against the idea of Cholera being contagious
for or against blacklegs-always for himself and
always against every one who opposes him.
he cannot be neutral. Can he? If this is not
the picture of no party man, we know not how
to draw ONE Hawdeye of the 18th inst
Who would have thought that the Hawkeye
could ever get so far towards expressing him
self as he does in the above extract against no.
partyism.
Put this sentiment in contrast with Col. Hen
dcrsons speeches and what do we perceive p
The Wing candidate for Congress avows him
self a no-party man, and the Wing organ of the
State and district says that he who processes to
be no-party man, is either a knave or a fool
So think we-and we have good Wing author-
ty to back us. There it stands npon the face of
the article, and he who looks may read.
This is more than we expected from the
Hawkeye-it was the last place in which we
would have looked for a commentator of our
views upon this subject, and for condemnation
of the position of Col. Henderson. But there
it stands. We could not make the expression
of contempt for no-party-man half strong
as does the Hawkey, and shall therefore content
ourselves with calling attention to the language
Of the organ and ask our Wing friends how they
like it. Will they follow the organ or the mon.
key?
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-24
The Federal yYhig Party.

The history ofthe wing party is easily proven.
1t has made nothing but intermarriages, and it's
consanguinity can be traced to a certainty
Here are dates, names and the changes:
1773-Nova Scotia Cow Boys.
17S9-Black Cockades.
1S0S-Anti- Jetfersonian Imp. Men.
18l1-Bank Men.
1S12-Peace and Submission Men
lS3l-Blue Lights.
1Sl4-Hartford Conventionists.
l816-Washington Benevolent Society Men
1Sl9-No-Party Men.
1e20-Federal Republicans.
1S25-Anti- Masons
1834-Anti Masonic Wings
l936-Conservatives.
l837-lndependent Democratic Wings
lS4O-Log Cabin and Hard Cider Men.
1S43-Native American Wings.
lS44-Coon Party.
1e45-The War Party.
1846-The Mexican Wing Party.
l547-The Anti War Party.
l848-The Taylor Party.
1S49-The Spells Party.
l850--The Gaphin Party.
Do The one-idea Men.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-24
Our Relations with Spain.

We waited last week, up to the time of going
to press for some limitations of friendly dispo
sltlon on the part of the Spanish authorities al
Cuba towards the American prisoners, now un
lawfully confined on board Spanish ship Of
war at HAVANA. We had hoped that our Coy.
eminent would have gone earnestly to work, ane
have, ere now, procured the release Of the pris
oners, but not so. We in common with large
majority of our fellow citizens have been disap
pointed.
Whatever Mr. Clayton may have done to-
wards effecting the release of the prisoners ha:
had no effect up to the prent time, and so far as
the public generally are aware of transporting e:
vents, nothing has been done by the govern
ment at Washington to enforce compliance
with the position assumed by the Secretary Of
State, at the initatory point of the discussion.
Whether it is that weak diplomacy has taken
the place Of energetic action, or that the Span
!sh Government judges the national spirit by
the imbecility Of Its chief servants, we cannot
say; but in either light the effort has been the
same.
hC piioollClS nave Dcc1 ana tllCll
release has been refused. Secretary Clayton
asserted that they had committed no crime, but
in the face Of this declaration, they have been
brought before the bar of Spanish naval court
martial, and upon the decision Of that court, life
or death depends.
If the men be guiltless as MIR. Clayton has
asserted-if they be American citizens as most
of them are known to be, why waste time in idle
discussion Of techncalites, when the lives, hon.
or and happiness of so many Of our brethren are
put in imminent jeopardy.
Shall we allow them to be tried, convicted,
and executed as criminals when we know them
to be innocent? This, unfortunately, is not
question for the people but for the administra-
ton to scttlc-an administration that has done
more to degrade the dignity of the American
people during the few years Of its existence,
than had ever been done before by NAL admins
tratlon of the government.
This is why the Spanish authorities in Cuba
have refused to comply with the demands of the
State Department. They knew the govern
mcnt was in the hands Of "a set Of men who had
neither the sympathy or support of the people
for their conduct.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-24

COOP ENDoRsEMENT.-The Pittsburg Post
speaking of the Democratic State Ticket Of
Iowa, uses the following language in reference
to our candidate for secretary of state:
Geo. w; McCleary Esq, the nominee for
Secretary Of State, formerly resided in Warren
ton, Jefferson county Ohio. We have the plea
sure Of numbering him amongst our acquaintan
ces He is one Of the best democrats living,
and possesses as warm heart as ever throbbed
in human being. We shall rejoice to hear of
his triumphant election.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-24

Mr.. HAMPSTEAD is still in the valley of the
Des Moines, doing good service in the cause OF
Democracy. He speaks to-day at Bentonsport
in Van Buren, county. Speaking of his efforts
in connection with these Of Mr.. Hem, the Dem
ocratic candidate for Congress, in the first Dis
trict. who is travelling with him. the Fairfield
Sentinel says: They have canvassed the entire
west, and the impressions they have made,
whether favorable or the contrary, will be reflect
ed through the medium of the ballot box, on the
first Monday in August. From what we car
learn, and we have advices from nearly every
point the speakers have visited, the prospects
are more and more gratifying and truly orninous
ofsuccess to the democracy, in the full aud com
plete election Of their whole ticket, than ever
The people are awake, alive to their interests,
and in the Des Moines valley will administer thai
rebuke to the wing leaders for their attempt te
thwart and defeat their will, which their conduc
and actions 50 justly demand
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-24

CABINET APPorsTMEsrs.-The following
from the Gazette of yesterday. We presume
may be relied on.
p ..s. WAsHlNGToN, July 30.
MIR. Webster, Secretary of State;
Mr.. Bates of Mo. Secretary of War;
MIR. Corwin Ohio, Sec. of the Treasury;
Mr.. Graham ofN. c., Sec. of the Navy;
Mr.. Crittenden, Attorney General;
MIR. Wall, IN. Y, Postmaster General;
Mr. Pearce of Md, Sec'y of the Interior.