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The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-06-18
Volume 27.l-INumber 90.

VIOLATION or PLESGE-CAmNErP PLAN
We are at a loss TO know how the pertina-
cious adherence Of Gen. TAYLOR aud his
friends TO his plan, ran be reconciled with
his view Of executive duty and executive
dctation as expressed during the presiden.
ual canvass. How can it be reconciIed
with the opinion he announced in the first
Allison letter. against the undue Influence
heretofore eXerted by the executive over
the legislation Of Congress! How can il
be reconciled with that lastidious reserve
which he seemed to prescribe ior himself in
his official intercourse with Congress so as,
IN no respect, 10 "coutrol the action" OF the
coordinate branch OF the government The
Cabinet plan was communicated to Con
gress on the 2lst January. Its frigid reeep-
ton both by that body and the country,
should have admonishod the President aud
his advisers that great mistake had been
made on one side or the other-ether III
sending 1t into Congress, or in its receiving
no countenance or support. Having dis
charged his constitutional duty as he proba-
BILE supposed, IN recommending his plan to
Congress, he was boGnd by his previously
expressed opinions, to rest there. Every
step he advanced beyond that, in endeavor.
ing to foist it upon Congress, where he saw
it was most acceptable; in quarrelling with
Built aud Sargeant for inclinng to Mr..
Clay's compromise instead of his plan; in
dlsmissng them and putting more obedi-
cnt editor in their places to support the
plan against all other modes of adjustment;
every outside effort of the Cabinet to push
the plan upon contumac;ous Congress is a {
of his pledge to abstain from every
md any attempt to "control the action" Of
hat body.-AloJiie Register.
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ADDRESS TO THE
PEOPLE OF THE SOUTHERN. STATES.

At large meeting of Southern members
of both Houses of Congress- held at the
Capitol on the evening of the 7th inst the
Hon. Hopkins L. Turney, of Tennessee,
having been appointed chairman at pre-
vious meeting, took the chair; and on mo-
ten Of the Hon. David Hubbard of Ala
bama, the Hon. VIM j. 'Alston, of Ala
bama, was appointed Secretary.
Whereupon, the Hon. A. p. Butler, Of
South Carolina, from the committee ap-
pointed at preliminary meeting, reported
an Address to the Southern people, recon-
mending 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 mod
ifications, adopted.
The following resolution was offered by
the Hon. Thomas l.. Clngham, of North
Carolina, and unanimously adopted by the
meeting:
ResoIUed, unanim0usly, That the COM
Inittee, in publishing the Address, be in
structed to give with it the names of the
Senators and Representatives in Congress
who concur in the proposition to establish
the Southern organ as manifested by their
subscription to the several copies of the
plan in circulation, or who may hereafter
authorize said committee to include their
names,
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UmBRELLAs.--lt is not a hundred
years since very eccentric English
man, named Jonas Hanway, having
returned from his travels in the East,
appeared in the streets Of London, on
rainy day, with queer motion" from
China, in the shape of what is now CALI
cd an umbrella. Being the first ever
seen in England, it attracted such GU
rious and indignant notice, that its own
er was soon surrounded by a furious
English mob, and pelted with mud and
other missiles, for his audacity in thus
attempting to screen himself from the
rain which all true born Englishmen,
from time immemorial had allowed to
be beat upon them without resistance,
as the visitation Of Providence The.
incident made a noise and in spite Of
ridicule, the motion" begun to take
wonderfully with the hitherto be,driz-
zled people; and as it was found as
useful in protecting against the sun as
against the rain, the name of umbrella
IA littlc shade--was given it. Poor
Jonas invention, so unpopular at first,
and afterwards so universally adopted,
merely shows what a disadvantage it
is to be born few years in advance Of
the age.-PM. Ledger,
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MARYLAND.


Se,,ator.-Thos. G.. Pratt.
VtRGINIA.
SendtorS--R. M. T. Hunter,
a j. NJ. Mason.
Representatives. j. A. Seddon,
Thos. II. Averett,
Pauus Powell,
r. X. Meade,
Alex r. Holaday,
Thos. s. Bocock,
II. A. Edmundson,
Jeremiah Morton
NORTH CAROLINA.
Senator. ?. Mangum.
HeueSentatives.--T. L. Clingman,
A. w. Venable,
w. S. Ashe.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
SenatorS-A. p. Butler,
+. III. Elmore.
AepreSe7stGtspeSJ-John Mcqueen, &
Joseph A. Woodward
Daniel Wallace,
VIM. E. Colcock,
James L. Orr,
81 Armlstead Burt,
Isaac Z. Holmes.
II GEORGIA.
Senator'S John McP. Berrien,
VIM. G.. Dawson,
Representatives. Joseph w. JacksM
Alex. II. Stephens,
Robert Toombs,
r. A. Haralscn,
Allen f. Owen.
ALABAMA.
Senator Clemens.
Representatives. Hubbard,
+. w. Bowden,
S. w. lnge,
w. j. Aston,
S. w. Harris.
MISSISSIPPI.
Senator. Jefferson Davis.
RsWcseHtdtsreS.-W. S. Featherston,
Jacob Thompson,
A. G.. Brown,
W. Melville.
LOUISIANA.
Se7sdtoTs--U. S. Downs,
Pierre Soule
fteprcse,stdtiveS.--J. H. Harmanson,
Emile La Sere,
Isaac L. Morse.
ARKANSAS.
Se'nttors.-Solon Borland,
w. X. Sebastian.
Hepresentat're.-R. w. johnson.
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CLEANING TREEs.-Trees and vines
which are kept the cleanest, bear the
best; like the human body, the pores
of their skin become clogged with dirt,
and retain gases, which should escape.
Trees, the bark Of which has been
scraped and scrubbed, become more
thriving and more vigorous.
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A chicken was brought into our Office
yesterday, by Mr.. Isaac Raplee, farmer Of
of Lewis county, Kentucky, that had four
perfect wings, and four well-formed legs
Isl. Louis Times.
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lNsEcTs.--In lecture delivered be-
fore the American Institute, al New
York, by the celebrated Professor Agas-
siz, short time ago, he stated some
curious facts respecting insects. Ac>
cordlng to q paragraph in the Com
mercial Advertiser: "lEe said that more
than life time would be necessary to
enumerate the various species and des-
cribe their appearances. There are
numerous species collected in the mu-
seums of Europe, but they form only n
small part Of the whole number; and
even of these the habits and metaInor-
phoses are almost entirely unknown
Meiger, German, who devoted his
whole life to the study had collected
and described G000 species Of flies;
which he collected in a district ten
miles in circumference; but Of their
habits he knew scarcely anything
There have been collected in Europe
$4,000 species of insects preying on
wheat. In Berlin, two Professors are
engaged in collecting, observing, and
describing insects and their habits, and
already they have published five large
volumes upon the insects which attack
forest trees"
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PINE ArPLEs, &c.-There is now
growing on the Piazza ofthe Magnolia
House, a magnificent Pine Apple up ,
on its parent stem. This beautiful
tropical plant we believe may be suc-,
cessfully cultivated here, with little
protection occasionally in the winter.
There are now several growing here
brought from Indian River by Mr.,
llaight, settler at that place. There
has been no difficulty in growing the
fruit there and at no very future day It
will be an important article Of export.
We have also seen ripe bananas, qua
vas, &c, raisedi in this city the present
season. All these fruits will succeed
with little cultivation or protection;
with a moderate degree of attention,
Florida can be made to be not only the
land of flowers, but of fruits. The
Fig, the Date, the Plum, the Orange,
the Vine, the Peach, Nectarines, &c,
all flourish here, and we can readily
add the tropical fruits. As to flowers
but of that we will talk another day.
81. Angustine Ancient Chy.
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A. p. BUTLER,
JACKSON MORTON,
r.. TOOMBS,
J. THOMPSON.
May 9th. 1850.

Any person wishing TO become subscri-
Der to the paper, the price Of which will be
moderate, can send his name, and that of his
post-ofice, to his Representative in Con.
gress, without waiting for the Prospectus to
be pnblished.
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From the Charleston Mercury.
PUBLIC OPINION IN TEXAS.

We have not rs yet sufficient mate
rials for judgment of the state O
opinion among the people Of Texas a,
to the diSmemberment of that State
The question has not hitherto been
presented to them in a form sufficient
ly imposing to call forth the public
sentiment. 1t is, However, evidently
beginning to rivet attention. A late
number of the Galveston News, after
quoting similar sentiments from a CO.
temporary, uses the following strong
language:
"How dare Congress to pass any law
or resolution dismembering this State,
until her consent be first obtaned.-
But the scorn--the contumely of every
true son of Texas, should most partic-
ularly rest upon every resolution or
bill, pretending to give to Texas her
just and rightiul boundary as an equiv.
alent for the division of our State
And we here predict that no compro-
mise predicated upon a division or sub.
division of the State of Texas, will ever
take place, unless it be enforced at the
point of the bayonet"
We have also received n late publi-
cation by Gen. j. Pinckney Henderson,
one of the first citizens of Texas, con.
tanning an important declaration on
this subject. In correcting the reports
OF a speech made by him not long be.
fore, Gen. Henderson states the follow.
ing as the purport Of what he had said
on the subject Of boundary and dis
memberment:
Il asserted that the boundary of Tex
as was too well defined to admit ofanv
doubt that our right to all of the terri
tory East Of the Rio Grande, and accor-
ding to the boundary fixed by the act
OF the Congress Of the Republic of Tex
as, passed in 1880 ought to be insis-
ted on, and defended against the unjust
efforts Of Northern Abolitionists to
wrest 1t from us, at any and every
cost; that the Government of the Uni.
ted States by her annexation resolu>
tions, clearly recognizes the boundary
OF Texas, as we clam it to be, and
that for one was not willing to SUBJ
init to any act of Congress, passed by
Abolitionlsts, to take from us, without
our consent, any part of this territory,
and that never would consent to sell
any portion of the same to the United
States for the purpose Of having it de-
voted to abolition purposes upon our
very threshold"
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Sec. IL shall be the duty of all judicial and
executive officers in this State in their respective
counties, who shall know or have good reason to
believe that any nhabitant of this State is about
to be arrested or claimed as fugitive slave, forth
with to give notice thereof to the States attorney
of the county in which such person resides
Sec. 8. Whenever the writ Of habeas corpus is
granted ia vacation, as provided in this act or as
provided by existing laws, il upon the hearing of
the same before any one Of the judges aforesaid,
the person imprisoned, arrested, or claimed as a
fugitive slave shall not be discharged, such per-
son shall be entitled to an appeal TO the next
stated term Of the county court in the county
where such hearing was had, on furnishing such
bail, and within such time, as the judge granting
the writ, on hearing the case, shall adjudge to be
reasonable and proper
Sec G. The court to which such appeal is taken,
and any other court to which a writ Of habeas
corpus in behalf Of any such person claimed or
arrested as fugitive slave, is made returnable,
may and shall, on application Of either party to
such proceeding, allow and direct trial by jury,
on all questions of fact in issue between the
parties in the matter aforesaid, and the taxable
costs Of such trial shall be chargeabe to the State
whenever the same would be otherwise chargeable
to the person arrested or claimed as fugitive
slave
Sec 7. The several circuit judges shall have
the same power now invested in the judges of the
Supreme Court, by virtue of an act in amendment
of chapter one hundred and three Of the Revised
Statutes, relating to persons confined in close Jail
on executions of tort, approved November 10
A. ID. 1913.
Sec s. This act shall take effect from its pas
sage.
Approved November 49, 1850
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LAW FOR SLAVES.

lhe Legislature of Vermont, at its late sea-
S'oH passed the following law, under the title OF
an net relating to the writ of habeas corpus to
persons claimed as fugitive slaves, and the right
Of trial by jury.o
o " hr'by eiae,,d 5y The General AssemJIy Of he
""e Of I1moHi, rs foiiOrs:
=, Sec !. The same power is hereby given to. and
,Ss same duties imposed upon, the circuit judges
" Tue several Judicial circuits Of this State which
Te gwen TO- and imposed upon, the Judges of the
uIpreme Court by the provisions Of chapter
~ Iy-e'ght Of the Revised Statutes, entitled OF
, ntc II shall be the duty of States attorneys,
INN their respective counties, whenever any
nsao.Nant Of this State Is arrested or claimed rs
s''Ne slave, on being Informed thereof, dill.
10y and faithfully to use all lawful means to
a rYo.eet defend, and procure to be discharged,
GU such person 30 arrested or claimed as fu-
glilVe slave
10 ec, . The application of any States attorney
."I"lng to any one Of the judges Of the Su-
sa;I e, Conrt or TO any circuit judge, signed by
in n,aes attorney in his official capacity, stating
nsr'u os'ance the name Of the prisoner and the
persons OBTAINING him. IL known. and that the
"a arrested, claimed, or imprisoned, is arrest
~ claimed or imprisoned as a fugitive slave,
ina oe snihcient authority 10 authorize the ssu-
ssiI VI me writ Of habeas corpus, as provided in
AMI onspter thirty-eightof the Revised Statutes.
iud.a' writ may be signed by any one of said
cons. OF The clerk Of the supreme or county
10 a. ana said writ shall be made returpable
in ~ supreme or county court, when In session.
ana ~ county where such application il made !,
6r,t vacation said writ may be made returnabis
'"' before either OF the judges Aforesaid.
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DON ESTlC MARK ETS.

Nrw YoRE, Dscen,ber 10, 1850.
Flour firm-50 900 bbs at St75 for common
State brands; Southern, - 1919 Genesee, So "A
S50Gl4. Corn meal, 1891 81 Rye -four, $3.50
per barrel.
The grain market. quiet 800 bushels Gene
see white at 20 and 2 800 bushels red at 81 "a
a 5 05. Corn quiet--sales of 900 bushels new
mixed at g. 90 cents. Oats, 80 TO As cents
Rye, ~ cents
Provisions frm--40o bbis old mess pork at
Sl2 30 n 1925 Bacon an upward tendency
Lard, 10 "a cents.
PuILA DELPnIA, Decenlbr &C. 1880.
The flour market Grmer-common brands Mt
SiG2aS 10 choice, sls7 extra, s3is Corn
meal. ~ 70, and dull. Rye -four ~ so.
Grain steAdy-3,00O bushels wheat at Sl0] a
2 % for red, and 81 lOasi 2 for white Vel.
low corn, new, IS u so cents; old, % cents Oats,
80 a 40 cents per bushel.
Provisions 6rn-new mess pork, sl1i6 old
do, sI2 -, and prime, $3.50 Bacon firm nj pre-.
vious prices. Lard in good demand at s 81 .
cents, in barrels and kegs.
Wool continues in good demand at previous
rates.
BALTIMORE, DecemJ,r i6 1850.
Flour and M,al-Sale of coo barrels Howard
Street brands at si.G2I2. Rye flour and corn mea!
unchanged.
Gram Receipts moderate good to prime red
wheat Mt % cents IA Sl02 white, l.0i II Os
suitable for family flour, silj. Rye, ~ cents.
Corn steady-whitc, 80 - cents yellow, Al
cents Oats, 80 81 cents
Provisions. - Mess pork SIZES. Bacon un.
changed.
CiscIssArI, Deeember IA, 1850.
Flour declined-sDal sales at 50 g.
The hog market presents no new feature-sales
of about 2, 900 At ~ 10 $40.
Pork - sales OF 800 barrels mess at $40 80 /;
hams, o. cents; shoulders, 81 cents sides, 439
cents Lard, 7l6 cents.
CATTLE MsnKrr tSKaK BosTos)
Brighton, December ~, 1850.
BIZ Cattk-Extra, s625; first quality, IS 70 /;
second quality, si75 q 50 third quality, ~ a
80
Cows and Cdipes--tl9, 500, SEQ, s2s, ST, $50
Sheep and Lamb. 80, sl75, So, and So
S'eim'-Whols1ale, "A cents,
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Prussia, dined with the Queen at Windsor Castle
on Wednesday evening. The occurrence dis
pleased that portion Of the press which lie devoted
to the interests of Austria. They are displeased
to think that Her Majesty should do so iuconsid.
crate thing as TO honor foreign politician who
is one Of the most violent advocates Of war in
Germany.
Since my last letter, the Prussiau Parliament
has been opened by the King in person, and the
Royal speech delivered. 1t created violent ex-
element, as certain passages in it were supposed
to be warlike. The Chambers received it with
the greatest enthusiasm. There are many strange
things in it. The poor Hessians are cast off
without particle Of sympathy. Not word is
spoken of their rights, but The rights Of Prussia in
the Hessan dispute are spoken Of with accom-
plished sang Jroid!
IL also says
"Peace with Denmark has been concluded and
ratified, but il has not been possible yet to carry
it into effecto
As if to add to the excitement, a private letter
from the King to General Radowitz has got into
the journals, in which the monarch frankly avows
his desire for war. There can be no doubt Of the
genuineness Of the letter, it carries with it its
own evidence.
The excitement is not now az intense as at first,
but the prospect is decidedly more warlike than
it was a week ago. 1t is pretty sure that Russia
will act with Austria, should hostilltles ensue-
which, as yet, | do not think will be the case
The conduct of the authorities in the Southern
States towards colored seamen is soon to be
brought before the notice of the French Assem-
bly, M Scoelcher has given notice in the House
that he shall address interpretations TO the Min.
lister of the Marine in reference to the subject
Many distinguished Frenohmen are dissatisfied
with the conduct Of American authorities towards
colored sesmen in French ships, and it is prob.
able that when the day arrives for the interpels.
tons, that discussion will take place on the sub
| ject. IL remains TO be seen whether France will
treat the subject in the manner England has
| done
The German question has greatly sgitated
Paris for the last week. The Bourse has been
| like thermometer in changeable weather.
The Cabinet have demanded credit for the
formation Of an additional army of 1000 men
TO act as an army of observation on the Rhine
| This act has caused considerable excitement
among the journalists and politicians. Som,
think the main object of the Cabinet is to get rid
| of Changarnier, as he would be appointed leade,
of the new forces created. Ii is to be feared that
were a war to occur between Prussia and Aus
tria, that the French Government would not pre-
serve strict neutrality. Its sympsthies are with
| Russia and Austria JULIAN.
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OHIO = MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR FORD.

The Annual Message Of Gov. Seabury Ford
was read in the Legislature Of Ohio on Wednes-
day, 18th inst The financial condition Of the
State is prosperous, and the public debt has di-
mnished 81 ,273 92l since 1915. There are now
s7j0,OGO in the hands Of the Fund Commission
ers, TO be devoted to this purpose. The imperfec-
tions Of the present means Of education in the
State are alluded to by the Governor He recon-
mends the establishment of an efficient system Of
common schools, and a thorough revision of all
the statutes on the subject OF education. The
public institutions are represented as in pros
porous condition. bat the erection OF An additional
Lunatic Asylum Is recommended The number
Of persons remaining In the penitentiary on the
18th November last was t2i ~ had died during
the year, and 81 were pardoned by the Governor,
and by the President. The Governor suggests
an amendment 10 the law granting the pardoning
power to the Executive, 80 as to give the courts
greater latitude. State Reform School, similar
to that now In operation in Massachusetts, IL re.
commended.
The Constitutional Convention will probably
complete its labors 30 az submit the result TO the
approval of the people Of the State before another
annual election. In view Of this contingency of
the adoption Of the new Constitution, the message
recommends that new changes be made In the
laws regulating the civil polity Of the State.
The Governor, ia conclusion, alludes In feeling
and appropriate terms to the death Of General
TAYLOR and adverts 10 the obedience Of the laws
and the preservation Of the Union In none Of
the recent demonstrations Of disunion does he
discover ground for serious alarm. The Fugitive
Slave Law is alluded TO II the law be uDconsti-
tutional, (he says) the question must be settled
by that tribunal which is provided to settle mat
tiers Of this kind, TO whose decision, as good citi-
gems, and as law-abiding people, We are bound
10 submit. The law, however, he considers OBJ
jectionable, on these grounds Because II makes
slavery a national instead Of State institution,
by requiring the costs Of retaining the slave in
some instances TO be paid out Of the United States
Treasury--beosuse II attempts TO make ex parte
testimony, taken in another Jurisdiction final and
conclusive, in cases where its effects may be TO
enslave man and his posterity for all time, and
commits the decision Of the question Of civil lib
erty 10 officers not selected for their judicial wis
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.,;ou of slaves into the Territories Of
the inirol9OSsw Mexico, or any act repeating or
Utah ,i sTJ modifying the laws now in force for
materially InnySry of fugitive slaves. ~
the TT Sot is the deliberate opinion Of this Con
,on that upon the faithful execution OF the
yent ,"s slave bill by the proper aItnoIi,ies de
penn Nv. aid some months ago that these Southern
.,,;oDs would be used for the purpose of
mining the selection of candidates for the
o', =, presidency. The Georgia Convention is
A >. lawn the basis Of Union in the South, and
~ Mississippi Convention next fall will probably
~, II The bearings Of these concurrent
' .,cmepts on the national conventions of the old
.. ..,;cs in the spring of 1852, are manifest
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OHIO LECiSLATuRE.

COLUMBUS, Ono, DE. MIR. Morse, Free
Soil Democrat, has been elected Speaker of the
House, and Mr. Blair, Democrat, Clerk.
The Senate balloted unsuccessfully four times
for President. The last ballot gave Mr. Bisscl
Wing, II, and Mr.. Myers Democrat, II. Two
blanks.
In the House, the Democrats and Free-Soilers
united
Subsequently, Mr.. Conrad, National Wing,
was elected in the Senate by the vote of MIR
Randall, Free-Soil member, given to him over
Mr.. Myers, Free-Soil Democrat.
We are glad to sec MIR. Chase so well endorsed
His election as Senator was effected by the vote
and firm conduct of Messrs Townshend and
Morse, and since then, Townshend has been
elected to Congress and Morse made Speaker of
the House Of Representatives of Ohio.