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Mr.. WEBSTER. have nothing, sir, to add
to nor to take back from those sentiments. That
the Senate will perceive was in 1887. The pur-
pose of Immediately annexing Texas at that time
was abandoned or postponed and it was not re-
vived with any vigor for some years. In the mean
time, it had so happened that had become a
member of the Executive Administration, and was
for short period in the Department Of State The
annexation of Texas had become subject Of con-
versation-not con6dential-with the President
and heads of Departments, rs well as with other
public men, No serious attempt was then made
to bring 1t about left the Department of State
in May, 1913, and shortly after learned, though
no way connected with official information, that
design had been taken up of bringing in Texas
with her slave territory and population, into the
United States ! was here in Washington Mt the
time, and the persons are now here who viii re-
member that we had an arranged meeting for con-
versation upon it. went home to Massachusetts,
and proclaimed the existence of that purpose, but
! could get no audience and but little attention
Some did not believe it, and some were engaged
in their own pursuits They had gone to their
farms, or to their merchandise and it was impos-
sible to arouse any sentiment in New Englan or
in Massachusetts, that should combine the two
great political parties against this annexation
and indeed, there was no hope OF bringing the
Northern Democracy into that view, for the lean
ing was all the other way. But, sir, even with
Wings and leading Wings, | am ashamed to say
there was a great indifference towards the admis-
sion Of Texas with slave territory into TINS unloi
1t went on. | was then out of Congress The
annexation resolutions passed the lst Of March,
lsi3, Texas complied with them; the Legisla,,
ture of Texas complied with the conditions and
accepted the guarantees; for the phraseoiogy OF
the language of the resolution is, that Texas Is 10
come in upon the conditions and under the guar
antics herein prescribedn happened to be re-
turned TO the Senate in March, lsl5, and was
here in December lsii when the acceptance by
were laid before us by the President, and AN act
for tie contamination Of the connection was laid
before the two Houses The connection was not
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he who sees these States now revolving in har-
mony around a common centre can expect to see
them quit their places and fly off without oonvul-
sion may look at the next hour to see the heaven
ly bodies rush from their spheres and jostle
against each other in the realms Of space without
producing a crash in the universe. There can
he no such thing as peaceable secession.
Peaceabe secession is an utter impossibility IL
the great Constitution under which we live here
covering this whole country-is il to be thswed
and melted away by secession as the SHOWS on the
mountain melt under the influence of q vernal
sun disappear almost uno6served, and die of 2
No. sir No, sir! will not state what might
produce the disruption of the States but, sir, |
see il as plainly as see the sun in heaven-I see
that disruption must produce such war as |
will not describe in its twofod consequences
Peaceable secession !-peacesble secession The
concurrent agreement of all the members Of this
great Republic to separate A voluntary separa-
ton, with alimony on the one side and on the
other! Why, what would be the result Where
is the line to be drawnl What States are to Sc
cede2 What is to remain Americanl What am
to be- Where is the flag Of the Republic to re-
main! Where is the eagle still to tower 2-or is
he TO cover and shrink and fall to the ground }
Why, sir, our ancestors our fathers and our
grandfathers, those of them that are yet living
amongst US with prolonged lives-would rebuke
and reproach us and our children and our grand
children would cry out shame upon us, II We Of
this generation should dishonor these ensigns Of
the power of the Government and the harmony Of
the Union which is every day felt among us with
80 much Joy and gratitude. What is to become
OF the army? What is to become of the navy 2
What is to become Of the public landsl How is
each Of the thirty States to defend itself7 !
know, although the idea has not been stated dis
tinctly. There Is to be Southern Confederacy,
perhaps | do not mean, when | allude to this
statement, thXt any one seriously contemplstes
such state Of things. do not mean to say that
il is true, bat have heard IL suggested elsewhere
that the idea has originated from design to sep
arate. | am sorry, sir, that II has ever been
thought Of talked Of or dreamed Of, In the wild
est flights Of human imagination. But the idea
must be of separation including the slave States
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tcoPY-RIoHr sEcURKDl
THE MEDITERRANEAN.
A STORY OF THE ISLAND ESTATE.
BY MRS. EMMA d. E. soUTnwoRrH
BOOK SECOND.

SPRING AT THE ISLE OF RAYS
Spring with its rose-buds Spring,
The gladdest time In the csprieious year
With its green foliage, an its sunlight clear
And with q drowsy tune
VI the bright leaping waters az they pass
LaughingIy on amid the listening grass
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-05-01
The SacO (Me.l Tragedy.

Arrest of q D0ctdf.-Dr. ]. II. Smith,
was arrested yesterday morning, in Sgcn, by
Marshal Lane. A jury Of inquest has been
in session since Saturday, but The evidence
produced before the Coroner, has not yet
lranspiIed. We do not learn that the body
of the female found in the drain in Storef ST.,
has yet been identified An Itish gil, who
lived in the family of DR.. Smith. was put on
the stand last Monday, but would tell no
thing. II is understood, however, that she
has since consulted with her brothers, aud
has made full confession of all she knows
.Of the matter. The affair creates considera-
bic excitement in the neigbburhood, and it
will undoubtedly prove TO Le but counter.
palt of the recent tragedy at Lawrence. -
Times.
A gentleman from Saco gives in this even.
lng's mai, some further particulars.
Smith, who rs not a regular physician
gained some notoriety about year suct oy
being arrested and examined with the Went
worths, on suspicion Of being party to the
murder of Parker, at Manchester, and was
discharged for want Of proof. He has beer
a resident Of Slco about five years.
The unfortunate young woman, whose
name is STATION, has been missing some two
months. OF The remains found, the face
neck and shoulders had been so gnawcd by
rats that Identification was hardly possible
but il appears that young man, called to les
lnfy befuIo the coroner, described tho par
t;cular locality Of tooth which he had as
sisted DR.. Smith in extracting from The jaw
OF young woman, al DR.. Smiths house, AM
who was then under his medical treat nenl
Upon examining the deceased, ,this tooth wa
found to be gone.
The body was further identified by lad
with whom the unfortunate girl formerly
boarded, from a mark on ore of The wrists. =
Another witness recognised the body by tht
extraordinary length and beauty OF the hair
The evidence duplicating Smith Us TIN
murderer is quite strong. The plank naile,
over ihe drain, to hide the body, has beel
identified as taken from his stable and il wa
further shown that he had offered shawl be
longing 10 the deceased, in payment ofa loa,
el wood.
| DR.. Smith is 10 be examined this afternoon
One of the principil Witnesses against hin
IS little girl about twelve years Of age, VIII
lived in his family. She was examined. be
fore the Coroner's Jury, but refused to lcsti
IIy, saying that Smith had threatened TO xii
her if she disclosed anything lending TO Grim
mate him.
She has since, however, made some start
ling developements. The deceased passe,
in his house by the name Of Mary, and yhel
the body was discovered, Smith said to til,
lille girI-'They have found Mary
On Sunday last, Smith was seen by lh,
little girl 10 burn up trunk fille1with clolb
ing, supposed TO belong to the murdered girl
-BoFton Transcript, April Is,
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-05-01

A correspondent of the Lowell Courier,
writing from Georgia, thus notices singu.
lar case Of petrIaction, recently discovered in
Chlckasaw county. in that State:
"a singular pelrifac,ion was discovered in
an adjoining county (Chckasaw) some months
snce--a human body changed to rock. The
subject was woman, aged seventy, who died
in full health, five years since, ofapopexy.-
She was large and feshy person. 1t ap,
pears that her daughrer, wishing tn remove
her remains, caused the grave to be opened /,
and upon attempting to lift the coffin out it
was found impossible TO do so, 1t was open,
ed, and to The amazement of all, the body
was found perlfcd, the features so periect
that persons who knew the woman CO uId have
recognised her. No portion Of the face was
missing except the tip of her nose. Ii requi.
red the strength of six men 10 get the statue
out and it was estimated TO weigh 60G
pounds. The woman was buried on the toI
of limestone ridge, and when the grave was
dug the rock was found at few feet from
the surface. This, not being very hard, was
followed to receive the coffin, and when the
grave was opened il was found full Of water.
The water, suppose, held the earthly ar!i-
cles in solution, and they deposited gradation
las the animal matter was removed. The
body was kept out of 'he ground some days
before rebura, and am told the surface
when exposed became somewhat s"liened,
bat when first taken from the ground il was
literally as hard as rock"
The N. Y. Commercial, in re publishing
tie above, remarks:
More probably, il the above is true, The
body was converted into The substance called
''adipocefe." Had the body been petri6ed
or turned into limestone, il would scarcely
have become sdGlened 1pon exposure TO the
air. The transformation Of human remains
into adipocere is not an uncommon occur
renee. Some years since we remember hav.
ing read the disinteiment o. three boules in
Canada, which had heen converted into this
substance. As in the above instance, the
gave was so sitnatcd as to become saturated
with water.
More recently, II was the privilege ofthe
writer OF this to inspect an ac'Pocere in lhi:
city 1t was that ofa woman who had been
many years dead, and was disinterred in The
course of cutting street or avenue thrnngl
burying ground in the upper section of the
city. Like the subject Of the Chickasav
narrative, this woman was ''large and lleshy,'
and died suddenly, after an illness or an hou
or lwo. So also the body was in a state o
perfect preservation when uncoliiped, will
the single exception Of the tip of The nose
and every lineament of the face was readily
recognised by her surviving relatives.
TIE general appearance Of the body wa
moi lha, OF fconversaiion into stone, Eut into
substance more resembling spermaceli whicl
had been allowed 10 remain in damp piac'
until light blue mould hadpanialIy encrus
lied il
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A story Of the Highway.

Not many years ago, mn ltishman, whose
| finances did moi keep pace with ihe demand
made on bis pocket. and whose scorn Of hon.
est labor was immensely unfayorable 10 theiI
being legltimaiely filled, borrowed an old pls.
tol one day, when poverty had driven him Ia
Ian extremity, and took to the highway, de-
ltermined TO rob the first man he could most
conveniently, who was likely to have heavy
purse.
i A Jolly old farmer came jogging along
1 and Pat put him down instantly 0s a party
I who possessed those requisites he so much
stood in need Of himself Presenting the pis.
Itol, he ordered the agriculluralisl 10 stand
and delIver.'
4 The poor fellow fofked over some fifty
dollars; bul finding Pat some what Of green.
horn, begged five 10 lake him home II dis.
tanee Of about hali mile, by tho wav. The
request was complied with, accompanied by
the most patroniz'og air. Old Acres and
Roods was a knowing one. Eyeing the ps.
lol. he asked Pat If he would sell il.
lis IL 10 sell the pistolg Sowl, an lie thai
same Thing III be afther dom. What will
FIye be afther givln' fariIi'
II Ill give you this five dollar bill for it,
/ Done! an done's enough beIwane two
gintlemen. Down with the dust, and here's
the tool for YER
The bargain was made by immediate trans
fer. The moment the farmer got tbs petro
mel, he ordered Pat 10 shell out; and pointing
ltho pistol, threatened TO blow his brains ou
| If he refused
Pat looked athim with comical Iecr, ,anc
buttoning his bIeeches pocket sung out:
'llow away, ould boy !d--l take the biz ol
powders in it' ea @A
We believe The old man never told The last
| par Of tie story only oncs, and that was by
The pufest Incident. Pat moved on, and sonce
away, foieyeraway,' has since been his motto,
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-05-01

DIED, at his residence near C0diz, on the
evening Of the 30th of fApril, uh, al O'Clock
Mr.. WILLIAM GRIMES, in the 27h year of his
age.
II is seldom that The mortuary chronicle
contains the record Of a death so fraught will
melancholy reflections as the above. Tie
d ceased was young man, just entering
upon the active duties Of life. The presen
10 him was as joyous as ample means, and The
friendship Of a large circle of acquaintances
could make it, and he looked forward 10 The
future with the most sanguine hopes, wei
assured that course Of honesty md moraliy J
would conduct him TO rich stores Of happiness
concealed within its portals In his dali!
intercourse with his fellow men, he gave
constant evidence Of his native goodness o
disposition. His hand was ever op en- to re,
ieve the necessities Of the poor, and his hear
was always susceptible to the !enderest sym
ipathics for tie distressed. He has Jeff behint
him memory that will long be KEEP; green,
not only by his sorrowing relatives, but by
all who had the pleasure ofknowing him. Blu
we must close this hasty sketch. lie has
gune where The weary are al rest, and
"Ahtrlilcs tilful fever, he sleeps well''
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-05-01

Col. MEDARY offers the Daily Statesman
from the 9th of May until the FIRST Of October,
next, for SO; Cor the Tri>Weekly$l so, foI
The Weekly, $o,75; for three copies Of lhe
Weekly $500; for ten copies, at one Post
Office, So; for twenty copies, at one Post
Office, $40 The money 10 accompany the
names Of subscribers. The Statesman is 10,
tended 10 furnish as full reports Of the pro-
ceedings Of the Convention as possible.--
They are 10 be made out by n Reporter TO be
employed by the Convention, and, as mat
ter Of course, will not be OF party or per-
sonal character. Thore is also to be issued
at The Statesman Office, Journal oflh9
Convention 10 pamphlet form Price One
dollar 2aa
or The Ohio S'aic journal will, also
be published on the same terms us tho States
man. and give equally full reports. No~
Is the limo 20 subscribe for tho Columbus pa
pers. The Convention meets next Monday
land lie proceedingswillLc uslly Interesting
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-05-01

CoNGREss.-'The proceedings OF Congress
for the past week have not been sufficiently
interesting TO demand place in our col
amns A few bills on the private calendar
have been disposedof, and the usual quantity
of gas, on the slavery question, permitted tt
escape from The burdened intelecls of hon.
orable members. The committee 10 invcsti
gate the Benton and Fooe affair have met
but no report has, as yet, been made, ant
never will. Popular opinion is decidedly
with Benton.
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-05-01

SMALL Pox.-No cases of,hiS disense, have
III Cadiz Mr. WILLIAM GRIMES
who we mentioned last week as being affect
ed with the disease is The only case, ue
kno'0 in the neighbofhood of Town Ou
country friends s.need be in no alarm in re garS
to the disease spreading through Cadiz, a:
Everybody has been vaccnaed, and it conse,
.quen'y has nothing 10 work upon. We will
not keep our country friends ignorance Of the
fact if we should be so unfortunate as TO bt
afflicted with it in Cadiz We now, unhesi
lalingly, say that no danger whatever need
be apprehended frcm visiting Cadiz.
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sIaverr tn New Menieo.

The following leuer is in reply to inqui-
ties propouoedto he writer. by Hon DAN.
wEnsrrR in relai,on to The adaptation Of the
soil, climate, Sc, orNew Mexico, TO slavery.
Mr.. s5nrH is the delegate to Congiess, from
that Territory:
wAsnIScroN, April 9Th, 1850.
To THE Hon. DANIEL WEBSTER,
or TUE UNITED STATES SENATE.
Dear SI-lhaye the honor TO acknowledges
the receipt ofyout letter Of the III inst, aud
teply to il with great pleasure. New Mexico
isan exceedingly mountainous country, San
Ia Fe itself being twice as high as the highest
point Of the Allegbanies, and nearly all the
lund capable of cultivation, is Of equal height,
though some Of the vallies have less altitude
above the sea. The country s cold Its
general agricultural products are wheat and
corr, and such vegetables as grow IN the
nothern states Of this Union. II is entirely
unsuied for slave labor. labor is exceed
ingly abundant and cheap. Itmay be hired
for three or four dollars month, in quantity
,quile sufficient for carrying ON all The agri-
culture Of the territory. There is no culti-
valion except by irrigation, and there is not
suficiency Of water TO irrieare nllthe land.
/ As 10 The existence at present, OF slavery
in New Mexico, ills The general understand.
ing that il has been altogether abolished by
the laws of Mexico; but wehayt no establish
ed tribunals which have pronounced, as yet,
what The law Of The land in this respect is
/ Il is universally considered, however, that
\ the territory is altogether free territory. |
know fno persons in the country who are
treated as slaves, except such as may be SER
wants to gentlemen visiting or passing tliro'
the country. may add thai the strongest
feeling against slavery universally prevails
through the whole territory, and suppose i,
quite impossible 10 convey it there, and main-
tain il by any means whatever. r4
have the h,nor 20 he, with regard,
Your dbedeni servant,
HUGH n. SMITH.
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LOOK OUT FOR BARGAINS!!
-O ..st
w ELCEE & 2 G1TLLlP S
Main street. opposite the Public Buildings. t

Moin stFcet, opposite Inc Fnbhc Bnt1dlngs.
A REnow in receiptof their stock Of SPRING
n & SUyuJIER GOODS, and viii open this
Morning beautiful assortment Of Summer Silks,
Bnreges, dc Lains, Lawns, &c, with Il great va
riety OF other desirable Dress GooDs just pnrchas
ed in Philadelphia
Having selected the most desirable styles and
best fabrics. at the lowest rates. Confidently
solicit an examination of our assortment, pedging
ourselves to show such inducements as cannotbe
offered elsewhere. s...aa.. 1T. Z
Cadiz, May /, l950--tf. eiha)
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-05-01

AwFuL STEAMBoAT CALAMITY stea.
mer "Belle Of the West" Capt. James, was
burned,on The Ohio river, neat Warsaw, KY
on the 23d inst, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. She
was bodnd from Cincinnati TO 81. Louis Will
large list Of passengers, supposed 10 be 40C
in number, Of whom 200 were California
emlgrnnts The boat was run ashore, and
the crew and cabin passengers saved = the
captain states that The Names oil % missing
persons have been asccrtained, who have
probably lost their lives by fame OF water.
The number Of lives lost when first repor
led Fas ramOrcd TO be about one hundred.
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-05-01

CouRT.-No business Of much Importance
was transacted dlring The session of Court
just closed. On Monday last, IN answer to
an application for license, the President
Judge announced that no licenses to vend
spiritrous liquors would be granted fer the
Ipresent year.
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-05-01

0FThe prospect of an abundant wheat
crop in Harrison county never was laircr at
this stage of the season than now. Our
friends from the country all SPEAK Of the fine
appearance Of the wheat.
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-05-01

GREAT DECLINE IN CoTFEE. will be
seen by our Commercial mtcle, says the N.
o. Crescent, Of the 9th inst, that over 5000
bags Of Rio coffee have been sold within a
day or two at FIGHT CENTS PER FOUND.
Early in February the current rate was l14
cents, so that the fall in prices since that
time is about SIX AND A HALF CENTS per
pound, or more than $40 per bag.
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-05-01

MORE NEW Goods |, will be seen by the
in another place, that Messrs
IShotwell and Cfabb have openedlh spring
supply Of goods. We have examined Their
stock somewhat, and pronounce it "frst
rate" Their customers should avail them
selves of an early opportunity 10 call and see
Them,
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-05-01
Gbe GaOi3 5erlttntl.
FOR GOVERNOR,
R E u B EN- WO OD
OF CUYAHOGA.

WANTED.-At this office, boy, between the
ages Of IA and II, TO learn the printing business
II early application be made by boy from Mc
country he can obtain situation which MAJ
prove profitable to him.
April IL, 1850.
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Of the homestead in question, nor OF ans me.
chanic OF other person, under any statute OF
this State. for materials furnished OF labor
perfmmed in the erection OF the dwelling
house thereon, nor from the payment oil tax
es due thereon.
SEc. s That il shall be lawful for any
resident Of fOhio being the head of a family,
and not the owner of homestead, 10 hold
exempt from execution or sale as afoIsaid,
mechanical loOls, or team and farming
utensils, not exceeding three hundred dollars
in value in addition TO the amoun; of challel
property now by law exempted,
SEC. 0. No sale Of real estate made under
any mortgage hereafter executed and which
shall not have been executed by the wife oi
such debtor, if be hav one, shall in any man
ner affect the tight of said debtors wife o.
family 10 have homestead set Off under The
provisions of this act.
SEC. TO-. Nothing in this act contained
shall he. SO constructed as 10 any wal
TO impaTe the right of dover, as it now exists
or the mode provided by law for enforcip!
that right.
BENJAMIN f. LETTER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,.
CHARLES G. CONVERS,
Sneaker of the Senate.
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-05-01

or Onthe night Of the 22d ul,, The house
of Mr.. Weatherby, situated one and hall
miles from Peru, ILL.,, was totally consumed
by fire, the family having retired. Two oi
the daughters, one aud the other about II
years ofuge, pcrished in the flames. The
eldest daughter, aged lS years, jumped from
Ibe second story window and broke her back
tho mother barely escaped, and one Of the
sons was severely burnt. The house and tht
contents were entirely consumed. 'rhe fir'
originated from barrel Of ashes. .e