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the Whole ON the state OF the Union that he might therein
propose the usual resolutions for the reference OF the
Presidents annual message; but
Mr. GENTRY appealed TO the gentleman from Virginia
permit him ask the unanimous consent OF the House
10 proceed TO the consideration OF the messages from the
President OF the United States lying on the Speakers
table; which having been obtained.
The SPEAKER laid before the House the Presidents
message and accompanying documents, RELAXING 70 tne
request OF Lady Franklin and the proposition 70 ssnd
United States vessels search OF her husbands M John
Franklin, and the expedition under his command.
On motion OF Mr.. GENTRY, the reading OF that mes.
sage dispensed with, and it ordered to be laid
on the table and printed
The SPEAKER laid before the House q message re-
ating to California, (which we published Yesterday
Mr. VENABLE moved the reference OF the message
and accompanying papers 10 the Committee Terrific
ries and thai they be printed for the OF the House
Mr.. BAYLY suggested their reference to the Commit
Tee OF the Whole on the state oil the Union. e
Mr. CLlNGMAN desired TO know whether the motion
TO print and refer was debatable. II So he proposed to
debate It, not concuing in OF the views taken by
me executive n the message. 4a. 8hA
| Mr.. VENABLE remarked that his motion was for the
81 the message and accompanying documents 70
| Mr.. JACOB THOMPSON hoped that the gentleman
from North Carolina Mr. CLMoMANl would give way to
motion to adjourn, il being then late as this would be
the first thing in order tomorrow morning sa 0te
The SPEAKER decided that it would not come up first
tomorrow morning.
Mr. WINTHROP suggested that ii would come up FIRST
after the business OF the morning hour had been despatch
The SPEAKER asserting to that suggestion,
On motion, the House adjourned H
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The Game or Demagogues.-The Policy or the Admin
GrhH... s#E istratiOn. asi @&s5N ss3
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related to enforcing the lItn RUE OF ne nouse Wncn
he conceived equivalent to recognition OF his right
to continue in the discharge OF the duties OF the office until
a successor may have been elected
Mr. HARRIS, Of Illinois, argued TO show that under
the 73d rule the duty OF the House 10 choose
a Doorkeeper, and also that the Clerk was chosen
bv law not in accordance with House rule only. BY
the 2st rule, il provided that the Clerk should hold
over until his be chosen There was no such
provision he held that the Doorkeeper shall hold over
He tMr H. designed moving that the Speaker shall ap-
point Doorkeeper
MIR. INGE moved to lay the appeal on the table, but
subsequently Withdrew that motion at the request OF Mr.
Mr.. TOOMBS at some length argued to sustain the
appeal, maintaining that the Doorkeepeshp was not an
Office known TO the law. but only to the rules oil the
| House.
Mr. BURT inquired whether the gentleman regarded
the Doorkeeper Of the last House be the officer OF the
present House until another be chosen. But
Mr.. TOOMBS, declining to reply to the question went
OF Dookeeper and that Of the Clerk The constitution,
he said directs the House to choose its Speaker and other
officers and that whenever the House makes other APP
that section Of the constitution and invested with the
privileges OF the House, and its attaches The ONCE
OF Doorkeeper created in 1874 twas competent Tor
the House to make any officers under its rules But he
held there was no obligation to elect them except they
were officers provided for by law in the OF the
! Speakership, in the constitution ~
"a message was here received from the President OF
the United States by the hands Of his private secretary,
Major Bliss which delivered at the Clerks dcsk,]
Mr.. McLANE, Of Maryland, expressed an unwilling.
detan the House, but he deemed 1t important that
the question should be adjusted at this time He desired
Observe first that this Office OF Doorkeeper was created
in the year 1889, al the very first meeting OF the FIRST
Congress On the first meeting the Doorkeeper was up.
pointed, and was subsequently, confirmed by resolution
The Clerk was provided for the same day--he LIST Of
March, l7ss-and the provision for the election o.
Clerk and his continuance in Office. was imboded N the
rules Of the House, The gentleman from Georgia MIR
TooMBs conended that by the rules OF the House u was
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IeCuOn
Mr. HALL moved that the appeal be laid the table.
Mr. McLANE moved a call OF the House; and upon
that motion the yeas and nays having been asked and or
dered. il was withdrawn -.
Mr. BINGHAM inquired what would be the effect OF
agreeing to the motion 70 lay the appeal on the table
The SPEAKER replied that II would be equivalent to
sustaining the decision OF the Chair which would bring
the House to vote on the resolution Of the gentleman
from South Carolina, Mr. BuRT directing the Sergeant
alarms to perform the duties OF the Doorkeeger in add
ton to his own, until Doorkeeper for this Congress be
elected.
The question being on the motion to lay the appeal on
Mr. KAUFMAN stated that, having paired of with
Mr.. DUER, he should not vote
to lay on the table was not agreed toyeas I0 nays i04
Mr. ASHMUN asked the previous question on his ap-
peal which was seconded by the Houses and then, the
main question having been ordered,
Mr. McCLERNAND moved a call OF the House
The SPEAKER decided the motion to be out OF order
after the main question had been ordered.
Mr. BURT asked the yeas and nays on the main ques
ton; which having been ordered, :. e
Mr. w. j. BROWN moved that the House do now adj
ourn on which motion the yeas and nays having been
asked and ordered, Il was not agreed o-yeas ~ hay'
i72. A. w.,
before the result OF this vote declared MI VIM
TON rave notice that he should voe having paired on
with gentleman whose name the reporter coulo mol
hear se .,, ,.,.. u,.;. a..
opinion Of the Chair as lis judgment was then put by
yeas and nays; and was decided IN ne nssauveyess
The SPEAKER stated the next business in order to be
the question motion OF the gentleman from OHIO
further consideration OF the report from the Committee
Rules; on which the question being put i was not
agreed TO. we 81 s8h ea A9 ta
Mr. BAYLY asked the House to 10 into Committee Of
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triumph of d eur csndldate. This feeling the Dele
gates have cauied home with them; but the enthu-
siasm for REID win meet them, in their respective To-
calities, and glow more intensely among their
constituents than in their own bosoms.
No Convention has ever assembled here which en-
braced more talent, energy. moral worth. We had
the young Democracy and the old, the gray-headed
ana venerable and the youthful and ardent the plan-
ter md the merchant the business man and the pro-
fessional man, all animated by spirit and nerved
to labor assiduously for the same result.
Great praise is due the friends of Mr. Dobbin of
Cumberland, and Mr.. Leake of Richmond. for the
liberal and magnanmous spirit they displayed on the
occasion. Their course has endeared these dis,in-
guished patriots still more to the great Democratic
party Of the State. -. .
The signs and the isues are all favorable to Col.
Reid. IF the Democrats Of tie State do their dyty,
HE MUST AND He WILL SUCCEED. 1t were useless
to appeal to our friends in his BEHALF for they al
ready aroused. All we ask of them is, to labor from
this time forth until the day of eection-to scork
they feel, and VICTORY is SURE.
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MEMPHIS, June ll-9 P. M.

Fatal ARRAY AT MEMpHIs. On Saturday
evening the of the Farmers and Merchants Bank
came up before court, on the part Of Dr. J. Fowkes
and others. that the assets of the Bank should be
placed under their control. The motion was resisted
by General Coe, attorney for portion Of the cred
itors. The General read communications previously
signed by King Trgg, to the effect that such resis-
lance on his part would be treated by them as private
and personal matter. The argument was deferred to
some other day.
Messrs. Coe and Connell left the court room, and
were met by Trgg and his friends, wheu a personal
assault occurred. Pistols were fred and in the melee
Coe shota killed Tigg. Agenenl fight followed,
when Coo was attacked By three different parties, and
shot in the back. He fell MORALLY wounded. OH
ers became engaged in the affiay; and a man named
Gaines closed in contest with Connell both falling
to theround evidently seriously injured The great.
est excitement prevailed. - Islsgrupi;e..
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We learn, by the arrival of the brig Some1s, in six
days from Havana, that there had been further ex
ecutions Of the prisoners, belonging to the Cuban in
vading forces. Upwards of one hundred remained
in close confinement, board Spanish ship of war
in the harbor, and, although Capt. Tstnall had de-
manded permission to visit them, it had been refas-
ed by the Governor Of the Island. It was supposed
that those taken on board tho two American ves-
sells, who assert that they had refused unite in the
attempted invasion, would eventually be liberated. It
appears, however, that arms were found on board
these vessels, and that they had also ON board a
quantity ct coal, which it is alleged, on the one
side was intended for steamers at Chagres and, on
the othes that it was for the use Of the Creole Gen.
Lopez's flag vessel. Uarleston Courier.
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In the Senate, on Thursday last, Mr. Benton and
Mr. Clay had some controversy in regard to the alle
CATION OF the latter, that Mr.. Benton was, last No
vember, opposed to the admission of California.
Mr.. Benton denied it.
Mr.. Clay read the letter from St. Louis, signed
John H. Reed, stating that Mr.. Benton had express
ed these views.
Mr.. Benton hoped the letter would be entered on
the journal. He proceeded to allege that Mr.. Clay
had delayed the business of the Senate, and orig
inaly in favor of admitting California a separate
measure.
But the Senator should not get off by bringing up
an offset.
Mr.. Clay.-I have no thought of getting off.
Mr.. Benton.-You shall not, if you wish to.
lMuch laughter.] He would hold the Senator as the
author of that letter, for he had produced it. He did
not admit the Senator's right thus to arragn him for
delaying business. The letter is an infamous calum
ny, and thus brand it-and I brand it and the pub
Usher of it.
Nh. Clay. repel with scorn and contempt the
Senator's insinuations against me.
Mr.. Benton. Oh, you may send it back. but you
got it first.
Mr.. Webster. see with pain such offensive re-
personal matters. He could not sit here quietly
and witness such breaches of decorum.
MI. Benton. Oh, it is all over.
The Vice President said he did not perceive the
tendency of the remarks Of the Senator from Mis-
souri,, and was not in the chair when the Senator
from Kentucky first spoke.
Mr.. Hale said that when he was attacked and let
ters read against him. every body seemed enjoy it.
How old must Senator oe to be exempted from
them.
Mr.. Underwood took the floor. He did not feel
like speaking after this scene, and the Senate ad-
journed.
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FRlDAY, June 18th.

.-. FR1DAY, June 18th.
The Convention met according to adjournment
Col. Biggs, from the Committee appointed to pre-
pare Resolutions and other matter for the considera-
ton OF the Convention, reported as follows:
Resokued By this Convention, That our confidence in
principles party is only undiminished but
strengthened; and that encouraged by past events
we'll by the prospects Of the future, still to adhere
those principles and to press them the attention and
consideration Of the people generally best calculated
to carry the views Of the founders of our liberties
and secure the rights Of man.
2. kesOred That after months of experience we feel
constrained to dsapprove in the decided terms of
the Administration Of Gen. Taylor; that we regard the
President himself having failed in the discharge of
his high functions, by committing them his Cabinet
wholly unprecedented; that by his course on
the Slavery question he has contributed and is now con-
tbutng. Mr. Clay himself has shown to produce dis
harmony; and that his course from first last has re-
allied the predictions Of evil destined to flow from it.
which were made in the campaign by the Democratic
party.
3. Resolved That the Union of these Suites a. form
ed by foreathers, is dearer than every thing
else besides vital interests and honor that We will
cherish it and stand by it. long as it realizes in s
rations the design Of those who founded it an canals
but that while thus yield to in our attachment
to it. We are still determined happen what NAV tn yesst
all. palpahe violations of the Constitution and
temp4s to weld this Government by mere sectional
majoy to the injury and degradation Of the Southern
people.
And WazaxAs, There are questions of an exciting
ana character now pending before the Congress
OF the United States, growing out Of the
and orePeated agsFessions North upon Southern
rights; and whereas the agitation Of <hsse auesons !,
h.9sht with imminent peril the Union Of these States
snd Whereas Is greatly to be desired BY every lover o
his country, that amicabe ssemept of ali of th.
should BE- made, that white the honor and dion;tv =
ne SCUM are preserved, peace and harmony should he
fes~!eo % tne whole -Confederacy therefore
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The South cannot safely submit to allow Congress
to legisate between the master and slave. They
cannot stand by and see Texas dismembered and de-
spoiled. They cannot allow Mexican Wilmot
Proviso to deprive them of rights in the Territories
which they hold under the Constitution. They can
not sanction the revolutionary precedent of horde
of mere wandering gold-diggers displacing the au-
thorty of the United States and eectinga State Gov
ernmen in an attitude of resistance and defiance. To
submit to any of these outages is to invite ag-
gresson, to increase the power of their enemies, to
weaken the force of the Constitution Of the country
and to make way for the substitution Of the passions
and aims of the majority in Congress, for Precedents,
usages and the law of the land.
But California will be admitted alone, says the
Union, unless this compromise-we beg pardon, this
ssadjus,ment "-is accepted. We do not know that,
and are not willing to believe it. All the more re-
cent developments cry, shame fragrant an out
rage as that would prove to be- All who favor it, do
so with full knowledge that they are supporting a
proceeding in derogation Of the laws and authority
of the United States; that they are admitting the
right Of those who not citizens to frame funda-
mental laws for, and appropriate the possession Of
the common property Of the Union; that they are
sanctioning precedent which allows the Executive
to make States and force them into the Confederacy
under peril of civil war.
The South resist such revolutionary and disor-
ganizng proceedings, and ought to resist them by
every means in her power, firmly, unitedly, and to
the last. If this Government is worth preserving, II
il for its laws and the guardianship it affords to Or
der. Its authority is limited, but much the more
sacredly should that be preserved which belongs to
it. This authority was given for the good of the
wholeit will be perverted but for the advan-
tage of part. The same politicians who uphold
the right Of the adventures in California to overturn
the authority of the United States, and substitute
their own, deny the right of any number of the SOY.
ereign States of the Union to resist the authority o
the Government, even for their own safety and the
preservation of the Constitution. The advantage oi
the moment is in place of great principles, and the
interest of infamed sectional faction, has become
Constitution and law. CAarkston Mercury.
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; BEWARE OF SLANDERs,

We would put our friends at once on their guard
against the falsehoods and ISLANDERS that will be se,
afioat BY the Wing papers and speakers against COL
Reid. Every one remembers that I" Threshine- Ma
chine SANDER" which was exposed before and after
the election. Men who could resort to such as that.
will not stop at any thing. ss.sss
Pay no attention to reports or ISLANDERS gotten up
on the eve Of the election Col. Reid is too we'll
known, and his fame is too fair, to be thus affected
but lest some honest, uninformsd voter should be de-
ceived and led astzay, we have considered it
to give this caution. g Forewarned, forearmed. :,
Remember that liar is not to be believed unde,
any circumstances.
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"LOCOFOCO SODOM."

In his recent Speech before the Whig Convention,
accepting the nomination for Governor, Gov. Manly
said, that the people of that old LocoFoco Town
SoDoM would have escaped the Divine vengeance in
the day of their visitation if they could have boast
ed seven such as the Wings of the central por-
ton of the State In his printed Speech the express
sion is altered, and does not read Locofoco {" but
IS wicked Town; but he SAID it, and will not deny
it. More than this: We understand he read from a
written Speech and so this expression not made
in passion or in the heat of defamation, but de-
liberately conceived and reduced to writing.
Now the people of Sodom were the basest and most
depraved people that ever lived. Sodomy, as it is
termed in the Common Law, is too horrid crime to
be mentioned even Gas the books have it in the Ian
guage of any Christian people; and for their heinous
and dHeaven-defyng wickedness, the Almighty rain
ed fire and birthstone - upon the people of Sodom
and consumed them. If Gov. Manly meant that un-
fortunate expression for wit, be certainly very
hard for the article, and he resored to strange
place find it; but if he said it carelessy or in
est then will not characterize the expression and
the gross reflection it conveys, in the terms they so
richly merit.
A gentleman Of Mr.. Manly's information and char
acter must indeed be in Difficult. position, when he
is driven to such conduct as this. Without this ex
preston his Speech was Indifferent enough, in all
conscience but svh 1t it is only shade better than
Brownlow's Editorials. We regret it, but regrets
are vain for the past" Solomon has said XII.
Dead flies cause the ointment Of the apothecarv
to send forth sinking SAVIOUR; doth q knh foly
him that IS tn reputation for wisdom and Aonor.
How true, in this instance!
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MAsoNIc-ROYAL ARCH. The annual Convention
Of the Grand Chapter of North Carolina, was held in
this town on Monday. Sd inst, and closed its session
on Wednesday last. There was respectable repre-.
senation in attendance and much business of inter
est was transacted.
The following Officers were elected:
M. E. p. W. Tanning, Wilmington, g. H. Priest.
w. G. Hill, Raleigh, D. G. H. P.
J. w. Cosby, Z" G.. X.
A. I. jenkins, Newbern, G. S.
7. w. Brown, Wilmington, G. T.
X. g. Rankin, I" G.S
Rev. VIM. Gloss, Beaufort, G. C.
-'' w. G. Thomas, Tarboro', G. M.
L. L. Stevenson, Stanton, Va. G. L.
c. H. Jordan, Roxboro', G. P. S.
J. T. Marriott, Raleigh, G. r. A. C.
c. N. Webb, Halifax, G. NJ. Sd Vail.
-" E. w. Hines, Duplin, Cd
F.. Myers, Salisbury, LIST. IS
]. Banks, Wilmington, G. T..
WILMINGTON Commercial.
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Col. Richard NJ. Johnson is q candidate for III
Legislature Of Kentucky, in Scott county.
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The mortality in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, dunDs ,,1L
early part Of April, BY the yellow feyer was
ing The fever was raging there with grea' land
On the 5th Of April, and from ten to twelve "''
persons had died Of il up to that time.
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SEMI-WEEKLY STANDARD

Dor nor expense in behalf of the Democratic cause
we shall publish the Standard twice week, (begn-
ming with next week. until the LIST of August Our
subscribers will therefore receive sem-weekly for
the ensuing five or six weeks, soittout any ertra
CHARGE All weask of them s to hand the paper round,
and let the people read and Judge for themselves.
We appeal to our friends to assist US in increas-
ing subscription list If every subscriber we have
will send more, shall be enabled thereby to
double the value of paper and to the
with increased energy and efficiency. Send in the
names. Now is time to disseminate Democratic
principles, and redeem the State. ~
THE SOLDIERS FOR REID!
Maj. Clarke related an incident in his Speech, de-
vered before the late Democratic State Convention,
which sent thrill to every heart and showed conclu
sivey which side gallant Volunteers will range
themselves in the present contest. He said it was
his fortune to be the first to greet landing his
native Shore North Carolina soldier who had fought
in Mexico, and suffered privations and hardships for
months in the country's service; and that the first
question which that gallant soldier asked, after the
customary salutations, was-IS REID ELECTED?
This generous-hearted soldier, worn down by toll
and fatigue and covered with the dust and backened
by the smoke of battle, had heard in Mexico how the
Wings at home had derided the cause in which he
was fighting, and how they had called upon his saw
age foe to receive him with ''boody hands, and give
him and his companions {" hospitable graves ''-he
had heard all this and pondered it, and he knew also
that the Wings of this State had refused him
little money to buy him blanket to cover him from
the cold dews of night, to procure him comforts
when sick and convulsed with pain, until they had
coupled with that money /" Preamble" declaring the
unjust-and his hear: sunk within him afar from
home, boiled with indignation under treatment such
as this. He had heard that Gov. Manly sympathized
with these Wings, and was one Of them in feeling
and in action and he knew that Col. Reid and the
party which sustained him, had been the soldiers
friend-had struggled against this Preamble-had
vndicated the justice and righteousness Of the war,
and were anxious to furnish him with money for his
comfort without stint and without conditions, and
encourage him in the performance of his glorious duty,
until the stars glittered and the stripes flashed and
the eagle scared above the domes Of Mexico. Re-
to that party, and he fought there he hoped they
might triumph here; and the first question that es-
capped his lips, after planting his feet the soil of
his native State, showed the depth of his feelings and
the strong interest in the contest here which had
stirred his heart.
On the first day of August that question, uttered in
private to beloved companion in arms, will ego
down the lines upon the public ear and the
will come back AYE, AYE, AYE, sounding like
thunder from the mountains to the seashore, crafty
ing and gladdening that gallant soldier and his faith
full friends
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"a OaNTtes, DE- =. w. Dr0Wn.
Sd w. NJ. Peacock, Daa1 McNeill.
4th Robt. P. Dick, Wilson S. Hill, Jr.
5M I" Samuel P. Hill, Dr.. Robt. Fooshee.
6M i" Jas. B. Shepard, G. E. B. Singeltary.
7M 's Jesse G. Shepherd, James Fulton.
SM S Edwin G. Speight, VIM. Robinson.
9M s' Asa Biggs, Thomas ]. Person.
On motion the Convention adjourned until Friday
morning, ten O'clock
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We publish to-day "Sketches Of the Nol'n ". q
olina Press" No. 2, from the pen Of Col. '0Du ;.s
Wheeler. This number will be found In'e'e'"'s
and salaable, and ought to be fled away f0l FL.
reference. Col. Wheeler deserves the thanks
Press and Of the public for his disinterested la''
this fiepartment
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Ou 1lIOSJOIJ Itl0 OUIl
morning, ten o'clock.