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Irish Colony.

Irtsh Colony.
The time has at length arrived when the money
in the hands of the lrish Directory, amounting 1--WE
beeve) to $35 900, should be appropriated for the
benefit of portion of the Irish people. We
aware and admit it was subscribed for the liberia
ton OF that people from the misrule and tyranny
OF British government; but an opportunity not
be accomplished through it.
No mode of applying this money appears SO sem
some fifty or hundred thousand acres of the
great West. Some OF the most deserving and best
conducted of our people in this and other cities
who may be in the aims house or INDECENT outside
it-might be drafted off and planted in fertile
and healthy region where they could produce the
necessaries of life in abundance, enjoy the produce
of honest labor, and build up Industrious and
virtuous society. Many apprehend that great dH
ficuties encompass this project. We think il quite
simple and easy. Place the matter in proper hands,
none more proper than the present Directory, with
perhaps the assistance of a few such as Mr. F. In
goldsby and Mr.. Connolly Let these be organized
as a committee Of direction, trustees, &c. Mr..
Charles O'Connor and Mr.. John McKeon are well
able to arrange the legal surcties, particulars,
and details Of this plan. Let the matter, when
ripe and properly fashioned into shape, be submit
ted TO the public; and not $4,000, but 900
will be forthcoming for so grand project. Gov
eminent can be approached for grant OF land; for
no party section will oppose placing the Irish
poor out OF the reach of drain upon the public
taxes The original capital can be made repro
ductive; and, if properly managed, We can see no
impeachment TO conicrrng the greatest beneht ever
bestowed upon the Irish agricultural and trades
classes. In the location squatung down, or col
ony we mean, the clergymen OF different denomi
nations could accompany the colonsts Teachers
might go along. And all manner Of mechanics,
artists, and tradesmcn could be chosen TO make i'm
portant items of the community. We shall not
overload this mcagre outline of an important pro-
ject with any cumbrous and absurd declamations,
spoil its pure simplicity by high flown meta
phor or absurd fanlaronade about King Dathy,
Hugh O'Neil, Bryan Borbome, and the glorious
Ccts. This suggestion is purely matter of bust
ness, and should be treated as such. We pre-
pared to receive communications and suggestions
on the subject from competent correspondents, and
promise to do all we, part, can to bring
the colonization project TO rapid and healthy ma
turity.
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The irish Ameriean has the following suggestions,
In which, 40 far a. relates to the disposition TO be
made Of the money raised some two or three years
ago, to aid In projected rebellion, few, We ina.
CINE, will find any difficulty in agreeing There
are some objections TO the formation Of colonies Of
persons Of foreign birth, as tending to keep alive
tiona peouliarites and prevent the residents from
becoming homogeneous in feeling and habits with
the native population. These objections have less
weight when they relate to people who speak the
English language, and it ia an observed fact that
the Irshman's faculty Of assimilation to the char
acter and habits Of our people is larger than that
of most foreigners At any rate, when the choice
ia between the maintenance of body of impover-
isbed men in the eastern cities and their colonial
ton in the West, where they find work and
gees, few will hesitate. The notion of approach
ing the Federal Government for grant of snd i9:'
wolves other considerations, in respect TO which
there will be difference of opinion, Meantime
we commend the remarks of the american, evin-
cling wiser and more practical mode of looking
at things than that which prevailed when the fund
raised, which it now proposes to invest in the
purchase of land and the transportation to it "a its
INDECENT countrymen.
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The PORTLAND (ME.) RAmRoAD CoNvEETfoS.-
Among the resolutions adopted by this body
the following:
Resolved, That the State of Maine and the Pro-
vinces Of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia shall be
called upon TO grant concurrent charters for the in
corporation Of companies to construct the proposed
railway from the valley of the PenObscot 10 the
eastern terminus in Nova Scotia.
Resolued, That in addition to individual subscrip
tons for shares in the proposed companies, the aid
Of the public resources Of Maine, New Brunswick,
and Nova Scotia shall be solicited 20 the extent Of
onehaf the cost OF this line of railways that grants
Of the public lands near the line shall also he
astc~; and that the Province of Canada shall also
be solicited 10 contribute toward the constr ucon OF
work Of such great importance to its public and
private interests.
Resoiued That a special appeal shall be made TO
the stock holders Of all railroads between New York
and London, for aid TO this railway, which to them
will be of much pecunary advantage, by promot-
ing endless stream OF travel and traffic.
Resolved, That application shall be made to the
Governments Of Britain and the United States
respectively for conditional contracts for transport
ing the European and North American Mails over
this railway, for long period, at remunerating
rates.
The following lie tho letter Of President Fillmore
in reply toan invitation to attend the conventions
"wAsnrSoroN, July 81, 1850
81 have the honor TO acknowledge the receipt Of
the circular Of the committee Of the proposed Rail
road vcntion 10 be held at Portland the Jlst
instant, for the purpose Of taking into considcra
ton the various schemes which have been proposed
for the construction Of line of railroad through
the state of Maine to the Lower British Provinces,
and " some good harbor the eastern coast OF
Nova Scotia, together with your kind invitation, in
behalf of the committee. requesting my attendance
at said convention ] extremely regret that my Of
fetal duties here will deprive of the pleasure OF
being present that interesting occasion. But
feeling do a deep interest in all subjects OF in
ternai improvements which arc calculated 10 dc
veope the resources and advance the great inter
osts Of our country trust that your proposed con-
venton may be productive Of the most happy
cults and that through it another link may be add
ed Co that chain which is binding more closely the
great commercial interests Of this continent to
those Of Europe. With my thanks for your flatter-
ing invitation,
''Iam, very respectfully, your obodient servant
I MODE
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The House resolved inself into Committee Of
the Whole on the state of the Union, and resumed
the consideration OF the bill making appropriations
for the support Of the Post Office Department for
the year ending June 30, 1851. After some time
spent therein, the amendments agreed upon were
reported TO the House. That appropriating money
for the support Of the Department out OF the public
treasury, instead of from its own revenues, was
concurrcd in-ycas %, nays 20.
The amendment increasing the number of tenn
porary clerks TO be employed, from ten to fifteen,
was concurred in--yeas SO, nays ~.
The remaining amendments having been disposed
Of, the bill passed--ycas III, nays a..
And the House adjourned.
The following petitions we're presented under the
rules, viz
BY Mr.. ANDREWS A petition from citizens
Of Whitehall, of the State of New York, TO make
Whitehall port Of entry
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tyoi the county Of Cumberland, State of New Jor-
soy asking that the grades Of medical officers Of
the navy shall have the same degree of rank rela-
lively 10 officers Of the line Of the navy, cor
responding grades Of medical officers in the army
now possess according to law relatively to officers
Of the line in the army Provided, That the sssfn-
Hated rank hereby conferred shall not entite any
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address % the People or the southern

N.fif nei'sftr ati 6ta&eS. @ Nfs
Alta large meeting OF Southern members
Of both Houses Of Congress, held at the Cap
IDOL ON the evening of the 18th ultlmo, me
Hon. HOPKINS L.. TURNEY, OF Tennessee,
having been appointed Chairman at apre-
viois meeting. took the Chair; and, on motion
Of the Hon. DAvIp HUBBARD, Of Alabama,
the Hon. WILLIAM ] ALsToN, Of Alabama,
was appointed Secretary. n
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South Carolina, from the committee appoint
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the establishment, at Washington City, of a
newspaper, to be devoted to the support and
defence of Southern interests; which was
read, and with some slight notifications,
adopted. 49, ~ M sg \
The following resolution was offered by
the Hon. THOMAS l.. CLiNGMAN, of North
Carolina, and unanimously adopted by the
meeting. Iiia1
Resoloed unanimously, That the committee, in
publishing the Address, he instructed to gave with 1T
the names OF the Senators and Representatives in
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the Southern Organ, manifested by their subscrip-
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or who may hereafter authorize said COMMITTEES to in
clude their names. aia4 a..a esf (,
MARYLAND. Senator: Thomas G. Pratt.
Virginia. Senators: r.. M. T. Hunter,
J.. NJ Mason. Representatives: J. A.,
Seldom, Thos. H. Averett, Paulus Powell,
R.K. Meade, Alex. r.. Holaday, Thos
s. Bocock, HI. A. Edmundson, jeremiah
Morton m .f,srgl n tt.t. Y
" North Carolina. Senator: Willie p.
Mangum. Representatives: T. l.. Cling
man, A. w. Venable, w. S. Ashe. y n
South Carolina. Senators: A. P But
Ter, Il. III. Elmore Representatives: John
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Armistead Burt, Isaac f. Holmes.
= Georgia. Senators: John McP. Berrien,
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Owen.
alabama Senator: Jeremiah Clemens.
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W. Harris. @
Mississippi. Jefferson Davis.
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arkansas. -Senators: Scion Borland, w.
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son.
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Representative: James S. Green.
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ney. X. Representatives: James II. Thomas,
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Florida. -Senators: Jackson Morton, D. 1
l.. Yulee. Representative: E. Darlington
Cabell. W aaasaaIaty me@2 saa sri aaf n
And upon motion, the meeting adjourned.
HOPKINS l.. TURNKEY, Chairman.
ATTEST: .u &. +. ....a-... ..a .s#s Er.t"
WIN J. ALsroN, Secretary.
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wILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE,

THE next annual session of this Institution will
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The Right Rev. JOHN JOINS, D. D., President
and Professor of Moral Philosophy.
Judge BEVERLY TUCKER, Professor OF Municipal
and Constitutional Law
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and Astronomy.
MORGAN ]. SMEAD, Phi. D. Professor of HUI
manity.
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Chemistry and Natural Philosophy.
III. A. WASHINGTON, A. NJ, Professor OF His
tory and Political Economy
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An association of sxty.three Members OF Congress
Senators and Representatives, have constituted the
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the issue Of such paper under the title OF
"THE SOUTHERN PRESS"
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engaged, who will also receive the aid of number
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n.
SIR have the honor TO make Known to the De-
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taken on the subject Of your communication Of the
18th instant That action is comprised in the follow
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ssResolved That the Institute do now proceed to
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~ ny
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atI WALTER II. JOHNSON,
Cor. Secretary of the National Institute
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