Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-05-14


established. w
made in the report relative 10 the VIII
mot Proviso frankly say that deem II unfortunate
that they used while regard The use made oi he
in the Senate as nnwananted We greatly nslpprehcpd
such alier if the report of the committee I" hf regarded
any part-cXpanatory otherwsc--oi the provisions
| recommended by such committee.
NASHVILLE CONVENTION.
From letter in the Whig @e learn hat the District Con
venon held al Charlottesville The th appointed General
~ F. Gordon and h. johnson Barbour ESQ, drrsa'rs to
Nashville. The selection admirable Every conn
~ in the District bu, Orange and Nelson represented
The letter says:
Gen Gordon OF AlbomalI offered resolution appointing
tWo delegates Wing and Democrat Ia represent ie
5h Congressional District in the Nashville '"nv,nii"n'
which was carried after much discussion by considerable
majority Many members OF the Convention were opposed
ro the appointment Of delegates the ground that ey ne
cved large MAJORITY ot the people Of The District ~ e ad
verse 10 it, and that the Nashville Convention had already
been efi,ruav killed by the action wei rs te n'n-c
iion al some Southern States very able lftiI'
lie and resolutions, offered by Mr. Frank > knfn :" ie
marie declining appoint delegates the grounds aorc
named while they approved Of the Convention NJ M oE%-
nal question, received SIX votes or about "e' o c
members present
Meetings in Norfolk city and county have adopted very
strong and excellent resolutions and delegates To the
District Convention. meet Portsmouth on Thurs
iav This Convention has appointed Richard y. lrGh-
hart OF Isle oi Wight and Tazewell Taylor oi Norfolk,
deiegaiss 10 Nashville and John W. Stone aud Arthur
r. Smith Giteraates. Capital appointments Inc Nor
folk Herald tWhg) ri donounces ihc movement
rs party one. in which the Wings had io or part and
a,peals To the friends Of the Union who unwilling TO
lrns, the desnies this glorious Union in 49, ""s oi
at NASHVILLE 10 ine't On i'"'-i:
evening il strang, that obtain Satisfactory
adjustment at Washington, when such vile ISLANDERS
poured ont the South the real friends oi the nioil
who desire to meet a; Nashville To save the Union
We have the proceedings OF tho people ol Powhatan wh"
IN Monday last appointed thirty delegates I" the District
Convention which will meet in Richmond next Wednesday
In view of the lowering SKY al Washington We cannot
uabt that large meeting could be- held in lchond-but
should il be done, can assure our friends IN the
coan,ie of the district that hir delegates viii be cordially
received by the friends OF the Nashville Convention On
Wednesday next. Let them come, by all means
In South Carolina delegates 10 Nashville have been aP-
pointed viz George A. Trenholm and VIM Duho-o from the
rborleson and Coils James Chesuu J and Maxey Gregg
from the Richand district
Governor Towns Georgia has published proclamatIon
If the election Of delegates every Congressional district
in the State, whose names We have already given
THE NORTHERN PRESS on TIE COMPROMISE REPORT
The New York Journal of Commerce urges the four
bers Of Congress from the city Of New York sustain the
compromise which, il says, will be sanctioned by very
large majority OF The American people, and if II fails n" 9th
or adjustment is likely succeed. The Journal adds
The sentiment Of this city against the Wlmot Pr"Hiso
and in favor o compromise on reasonable TERMS i Us ioso
,iuus AS if il were written with sunbeam the skies :
greatly fear that one or two nebes oil our dessa
ton will be found the wrong side when the vote taken
No doubt every effort is made by the abo2nsts, &c Il"
deceive them into belief that public sentiment here = IN
favor the Poyso. Such representations, by whomcvc
made are false Ought there be connter, ililng
Eresson and decided md general that there shall
hereafter be no chance ms,ake Ii is quite possible that
the delegation from this city -four members) may hold the
decision Of the question in its hands There every
believe that the vote VIII DC ciosc ana So every
vote will be important
Other leading papers in New York incline 10 the support
of the compromise but regard the unexpected opposition
from the South certainly scaling its fate.
The free soi New York Evening Post denounces the inca
sure as eving up everything slavery SO far says the
I Post, from its being
"Accoinpanied hy recognition Of the Mexican law in IA
yor of freedom without which the whole question, 50 Tar a.
congress has anything do with it, is decided in favor Of
The slave States the shareholders sustained in their pro-
ect of framing the territorial in such manner
as 10 give them time "get into the country, as Mr. Cal
houn said "wh their slaves" With view 10 give this
scheme better chance Of being adopted is tackled 10 the
bl for the admission of California, which Mr..
CLAW and his associates know i destined 10 pass
later and the popularity of which they employ engine
for forcing this dctcsabe measure upon the North"
The Post dcnounces the Committee of Thirteen for hay-
ing incorporated that atrociy, Mr. Masons bill for the
couragcment Of kidnapping and cids
Thc bill incorporated by Mr.. Clay into his compromise
scheme first delivers him he ingilive) into bondage
ports him distance from the proofs Of his ircedo and
then with an aicctaion of equity declares him entitled
trial and allows him produce the evidence which, in nine
cases out of ten, it places beyond his reach.
There is northern feature in il rhc compromised
not single concession the claims Of the free States,
provision yielded the desire Of checking the extension
slavery nothing but the abandonment OF point after
another the slave the very bill relating slave
trade in the District OF Columbia Is but copy OF law
forced in Maryland slave State Of which the District OF
gnay formed part. In short the scheme is the la
Grant legislative humbug Of the daya cheat which wants
| tlp r,rp O. hi
ave perceive that Mr.. Berrieu, Mr. Mason, and other
Southern members affect to oppose the bill the ground
that does Weld enough To the South We do
what they would have; the bill contains nothing else but
cessions TO the slave States II the Southern members
should remain steadlast in their objections there is
reason hope thai the scheme will prove abortion aud
that the question III admitting California the Union will
before Congress On lis own merits unconnectcd with
ANY other measure
The Washington correspondent Of the Post rloce4
that the compromise repudiaed by the Southc great
scheme collapsed and fairly pronounced deceased still born
at is now settled that the compromise bill will never
reach the House and that the greatest difficulty in tho
Of the separate admission OF California IS removed SPEEDY
action npon the present bill is IL" rea, object OF the
friends OF the former measure"
Mr. August having received notice rcm Mr. Crane of his
intention his seat has proposed Mr. c. sub
init the decision again 10 the people. Mr. c. declines the
nroposon--and the will 20 on
The yellow fever the las; accounts, terrible
scourge Rio Janerio carrying oil hundreds among
them MAJOR T. S Morgan Secretary of the L. s. Legation ami
the only son of Governor Kent, American consul Whole
crews of vessels have fallen victims the awful pesence
The South Carolina papers lament the death, in Charles
ton Judge John s. Richardson who had been SUCCESSIVE
ly distinguished member OF the Legislature Speaker 'i the
House Attorney General and the time al his de'ih WIS
the presiding Judge OF the Supreme Cour, OF the State