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ender which We exist as goveument Such dis
trust. which believe 10 without any reai founAa-
nen, weekens the ligaments which bind " togeth-
CT, ana Of course strikes at the foundation OF our
government. But the whole law, In all its provi-
sions, cannot be considered In this document.
Sufce II to say that il is Objectionable because Z
MAKES slavery national instead Of a State insei-
tutions BY requiring the costs of reclaiming tho
slave in some instances, to be paid out of the Uni-
ted Stats Treasury-becsuse il attempts TO make
sxp.rte testimony, taken in another Jurisdiction.
final and conclusive, in cases where its effects NAV
be to enslave man and his posterity for all time
and commits the decision of this question OF civik
liberty 10 officers not selected for their judicial wis
dem or experence-because II attempts TO compel
The citizens of free States to aid in aTresting and
returning 10 slavery The man who is only fleeing
fer liberty, in The same manner as they would
Iigbthlly he bound TO aid in arrestiDg man flee
ing from justice, charged with the COMMISSION OF
high crime and misdemeanOr
Flnslly,-in relation 10 the mode OF trial, ana
other particulars the law ID contrary 10 the genius
end spirit Of our free institutions, and therefore
dangerous to both free and slave States, and con-
sequeptly ought to be smended or repealed. Bat
torcible resistance TO this, or any other law, 10
only rebellion, end ID hot the way TO procure the
remedy. Let there be g nerons conn fence IN
all parts Of the nation, each with the other Let
the evils be plainly laid before he law making
power Of the country. Letargument, and reason.
and love OF country, be the ruling principles, and
the constitution Will prevail Let law be passed.
giving to The master his constitutional rights oolys
batea upon common principles OF evidence, adjn-
dicaton and execution. thus being consistent with
the spirit OF our free institutions and venture the
assertion that il will be fulfilled to the letter and
spirit in all parts Of the Union, and the country
sgain settled down in harmony and peace. Onoe
more the interests of the people are committed TO
your wisdom. And again would add my feryent
eupplicatisns to the Supreme Ruler Of the Uni
verse, that bis protideptal care msy still be csn.
tnu.d 10 the State; that virtue and the love OF
country may be fixed in the breasts of the people.
SEABURY FORD.
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miner's Admiration Song.

Miners Admisslon Song.
From the Pacific Californis Nswsl
Come ooms ~ merry miners come In your rcd shirts
Gene, hasten up to town and join the festival;
Stop not to shave savage lips or cut yeur bsrbs
rous hair;
Ys welcome, merry miners al bearded ~ 70 are.
What though your brsws blushng ct the kisses Of
the run,
And Jour once white and veil kept hands are stained
tober dun?
have Loot the air
Which stamped 70 once as brilliant bssu' amid the
young and fsir'
fsin would, with my slender palm your bony fingers
clssp
For love the hand Of honest toll its nrm aud hearty
grasp;
And know, o, miner, brave and free that not alone
Have 70 hesped, through many weary months, your
slittsriDg pile of pef
You with the and thoughtful eye beneath your
bronsed brow:
You on wboee .mooth and rounded cheek, still CLEANS
youths purple glow;
You the reckless daring lip you of the timid glance
Ho. young ard Od-ho, grave and gay, to the merry
JCte advsnce;
Ho! brothers from the sunny South, whose radiant
tkies are glowing;
Ho toilers from the snow-clad North, where iciest
winds are blowing;
Ho Buckeye hunter of the West, child Of the rivers
great;
Come join the song of jubilee to the Golden State
Fer the banner Of the free, in very deeds, our
And mid the band Of sister States, we're not the
feeblest one.
Then proudly shout, ys hairy men, with threats all
For the loved Dag mid Its crimson stripes displays
golden etsr.
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Anairx An Nicaragua.

Advicts from Grey Town (San Juan,) OF the III u
October. give the flowing Iaformstion;-
"As 60 The American company, Il is, in my
opinion, "A very poor concern ! do not think that.
hs they are proceeding, they will succeed. The
larger steamer Orus has not been able TO pass the
river San Carlos 20 the Lake % Nicaragua, and
the Director, the smaller one, has been below
the Catulloviego ever since the 18th Of August,
the day Ct their departure from here. They have
not built the light KIND OF boats for the river, not
h,iDg manageable enough, RON their length and
drauebt oi water" We have other intelligence,
Glso, informing ne that the tnsiseers OF the New
York compsny had applied to the government of
Cos'a Rica to De permitted to examine and survey
the line 81 the Ssyoa, the istnmus Of SalI-
DeA, below the nver la Flor, PERMISSION which
the President Of that State accorded them, as de-
tiOus they should test the Superiority Of that line
above those for which they have obtained conces-
,ions through Nicsragua. We also learn that the
Iiver San Carlos, which tiows into the river san
Juan from The highlands OF Costa RIGA, has been
MANNED by order of the President OF that State,
md found nsyigabie 90 the extent of ten and four
teen feet depth, and Que hundred feet breadth Of
water, to within ten leagues Of the port Of Punts
Arenas, IN the Gulf OF Nicoya. a further and
more d,tsIled report will be furnished US OF TINS
exploration This will, IL 10 expected, tend TO de-
V,lopc The resources OF Costa Rica at an early date
The London TitHes. Of the 2isl ult says3-
by advice received from Leon (Nicaragua,) We
lam tina, The Amelcsn Pa,y was .i, losing ga - 10, ,a
N,,nrsgpap government was ente rtaining more
Kindly Ie,lng on the suhjsct OF the disputed Mos
quito terrtoD; and, nom he tenor OF recent com
mupications to Mr. Chstheld, the British Change
d'aHsifes, VI ras assumed that an aren't ,ro,sd
sps,diiv BE- eIren 10 the recognition Of the Mosqstfo
adorr ON the iih Of October, three W sssls
arrived at Realejo, with Passengers from Cali
fornia, for Europe and the United States, snd a
yery general feeling prevailed amongst the Ameri
cans, that the Nicarsguan route would be gene
rally adopted when further facilities OF conveyance
ere furnished, as the sea voyage on the Pacific is
so much shortened, and the expense consid crsby
lesssntd; 20 Of party arrived at Greytown ca the
18Th II October, 10 II whom were CONVEX ed IN q
schooper TO New Orleans, and 30 embarked as pas
senrtfs On the Midway, to Chsgres, where they
were transferred TO the American steamer for New
York
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From FLoRIDA-MoRK INDIAN HosrrLIrIEs.-
The Savannah GcWgtan learns, from passenger
on the St, Mathews, from Florida, that the Indians
had attempted further bosdlities. On Thursday,
the 18th uit. the u. :. steamer Sarah Spaldng ar
rived az Jacksonville, having on board Captain ID.
Clark, Of Mariette, who reported that while cross
ing the Halloween, in company with the Indian river
mail rider, they were attacked BY three lndiars,
who fred upon them with their rines, but winou!
effect, the party having taken 10 their boss and
pulled out OF reach Of their balls The Halloween
Is about one hundred miles from Smyrns, and one
hundred and ninety from Sc Augustine. Measures
are beins adopted by the Legislature OF Florida 70
erpel the Indians sf the expense Of the State. IL
that should be tempted, there will he little doubt
VI their speedy removal; and not until thea.
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IN /. condition TO NEE. the demands of the public

IN condition TO meet the demands of the pubic
creditor upon IL.
The rate Of taxation levied upoa our citizens for
the various Pupt ses OF State and local expenditure.
is larger and more onerous than was ever before
imposed in any civilized community upon earth
II cannot be borne by the present population, ex-
cept to the great detrment Of every kind of bust
ness, the driving from us Of men Of capital, and the
ruin OF thousands. In our sister city Of Sacramea
to, tex of four and one halfper cent is laid upon
the property of the city, while here, including
sessmens, it will scarcely be less. Now to collect
this sum is next TO impossible, and payment will
surely be evaded in every instance that it can be.
Unless, therefore, fomc measures be taken TO re-
ieve The people from these oppressive burdens the
disastrous effects will be felt for years in retarding
the growth md prosperity OF the State.
The hope which many people have that Con-
gress viii give to California sum of money-a
million OF collars or more-is too uncertain 10 be
and by our own wisdom devise the " ways and
means" 10 sustain the government Mt we have formed.
For ourselves, we have not in any respect
changed our formerly expressed opinion, that the
the State is to he obtained through the action Of the
Legislature. Ia little more than two moaths the
first Legislature will expire by constitutional hmi-
tatiop, end with it the power to raise, by loan the
necessary means to put the financial affairs ofth
State in prosperous condition. II will be far easier
10 raise million of dollars by taxation next year
than one half of that amount this; and the re pay
ment of loan would fall easily upon the incre ased
which would relieve those who now grooming
under a weight of taxation already pressing down
the energies Of the people.
We are, then, in favor of an extra session of the
Legislature and we deem the admission of Calf
fernia into the Union as creating the " exraordi-
nary occasion" which the constitution contem-
plates as necessary to justify the executive in as
senbling that body IL is incumbent not only to
the power vested in the first Legislature to pro-
vide the means of liqudsting the necessary expen-
SEES of the State, but alss TO make such needed,
AfrAna in fkA loxu hall hi. skAvvx snen
harmony with those of the federal government
The tax laws need revising; there are, besides,
matters of the utmost Importance that call for
prompt acCn in order to relieve the State from the
endorsements under which she is laboring; and
without which, affairs will go on "from bad to
worse till the State is driven to the brink of bank
rpptcy, if not to actual reputation. So far as we
understand the opinions of the people, we believe a
vast majority of them are in favor of an extra SEES
sion as by the action of the Legislature only can
California be placed in the proud position which
she is entitled to occupy, and in which il is the de-
sire of every one of her citizens to her stand
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tce them. from Southampton to Chagres, for f2o
eeeA; and by arrangements made with the Pacific
(Anericsn) Company, the total charge from Eng-
land to San Francisco viii be E5l; to San Diego,
-f46; Mazatlap, E4l; and San Bias, Go. Ia all
cases, the passage money does not include the ex-
penses Of transport across the Isthmus OF Panama.
Through bills Of lad,ug will be granted at any
ofthe above mentioned ports for specie or gold dust
deliverable ct the Bank of England. at rate z!
per cent. Of this the American mail steamers get
IA per cent, and the Royal Mail Company II per
cent, the latter including all expenses OF uann,
from Panama to Chsgres, so that the ~ covers all
charges from the port Of SHIN aud PROVIDES Tor
the delivery Of the bulisn at the Bank of England,
on produ elton of the bills OF iading
The ROYAL Mail Company have concluded I'm me-
date ARRANGEMENTS for conveying passengers and
treasure in like maDaer to the above, from England
TO the ports southwark of Panama. The ports in
cluded in this scheme, touched at by the Pacific
Steam Navigation Company's (British) steamers,
are a. follows:-Bue naventura, Guayaquil, Payta,
Lambageque, Huanchaco, Cssma, Huacho, Callao,
Pisco. Islay, africa, Iqqiqae, Cobija, CopaPo; HUI
sage money Fl ON Southampton to Valparaiso are
liked by the joint companies at ESQ l5s., EST los.
97 los. and AlO7 lbs respectively; TO Callao, at
f62 los, G67 los Ell los and EST los; and to
the intermediate ports in proportion to their greater
or lest proximity 10 Epgland the expense OF cross
ing the Isthmus in all beirg betrayed by the
passengers. Through bills OF lading are granted at
all the above ports by The agents OF the Pacihc
e Company for treasure deliverable at the Bank of
England at rate of per cent of which per cent
falls to the share of thu Pacific Company, and IL
per cent to the Royal Mail Company.
The charge made for specie aad bullion from
Panama TO British Guina. Vera Cruz. and Tampt
co, is II per cent; from Panama to St Domingo,
Porto Rico, st. Thomas. all the Wisdward Islands,
Havana, Honduras, Nassau, and Jamaica, Ii
der cent; Panama to Carthasena and Grey Town,
per cent; pearls, emeralds and all other precious
stones (unseD being exempt from duty from Pa
mama, are delivered at the Bank Of England at IL
per cent on yslue; jewelry, subject to duty from
Panama, is deliverable at Sou hampton at ~ per
cent.
The American mail steamers leave San Fran.
SEQ on the LIST and 10Th OF each month, and the
British mail steamers leave Valparaiso on the 18th
If every month. To ports south of Panama there
: therefore, at presen', only a monthly commu-
nicatlon; but by arrangements with the Admiralty
the Pacific Steam Company will, towards the close
of 1861, commence bimonthly mail, so that pas
sengers will then be enabled to proceed to any Of
the Chilian, Bolivian. Peruvisn, and New Grana-
dian ports, by the West Indian mail steamers,
leaving Southampton on the I'd and 18th of every
month.
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StanEas

rGGEsTEp BY VISIT TO PORTRAIT GALLERY
souliit shadows now surround me;
They who armies nobly led;
They who make q nations glory
While they re living when they're dead,
Landmark Ks for our couDtrys future,
Have their genius left behind;
yictors from the fields Of battle;
yictoIs frsm the fields Of mind
Donphsn, who troa the desert;
Scott who conquered on the plain;
Tsylor, who would not surrender;
Butler. sleeping with the slain;
Houston, Ban Jacinto's hero;
Fremont, from the Golden shore;
Jackson, rs lion, fearless;
Worth, whose gallant deeds are DER
Webster, with q brow Titanic;
Calhoun's eagle look Of old;
Benton, freedoms valiant Nestor;
Kent, the jurist, calm and cold;
Clay, ultimus Romanorum;"
Cass, with deep and earnest case;
Wright, Of ore the 6epatss Cato;
Adams, last Of early days
Pere de schmit, the Jesuit preacher,
From the Rocky Mountains Wild;
Tying, Mslancthon OF the pulpit;
Claiming guilels 50 - . child;
Barnes, who pondrous tonnes has written;
Bsscom's eye. cleaning bright;
Anthem. whose uB accusing labor
Fills tn students path with light
Audubon, from out the forest;
Prescott, from historic page;
Bryant pilgrim Of our poets
Forrest, vet'ran Of the stage;
Ipmsn, looking paiely thoughtful;
Huntington, with dreams Of art;
Father Mathew, mild, benignspt;
Jenny Lind, who wins the heart
Lawrence, type OF merchant princse;
Colt Of our mechanic peers;
Emerson, of Yankee notions;
Miller, Of our Scripture ssers;
Mott, the hero OF the scalpel;
Cooper, wiEsrd OF the pen;
Flsgg, the glorious painter poet;
Powers, of Arts own noblsmen-
From the hills and from the valleys,
They are gathered far and near
From the Rio 0rande's waters.
To Aroostooks mountain drear,-
From the rough Atlanticp billews,
To the calm Pacifc's tide,
Soldier, ststerman. poet, painter,
Priest and Rabbi, side by side.
Like spirit land Of shadows,
They In silence on me gaze,
And feel my heart 10 beating
With the pulse Of other day.;
And ask what great magician
Conf Towns Nh tAss. 49,,
Echo answers. 'tis the sunshine,
BY its alchy mist Dasuerre-
CALEB LYor, OF LYoSspAIE.
'rosdwsy, December IL, 1850.
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Ing eyes and winning smiles Of the fair the ladies
to BE- haunted with visioas of epaulo<s and fster-
ing attentions, while oil bore In the liveest ~
membrance the scenes commemorative Of the
bridal day of California.
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TIE LAST on ALLES's Men --Adonijah Maxtan.
Supposed 10 b. the last survivor Of the band who
accompanied Ethen Allen in the bold experiment.
sgainst Montreal. in Nov l775, died in sharon, On
thu I'D nit /, agtdT The whole party were cap
tut.d and Put On board ship, with 81 Others, ia
cludirg Gel Allen.-Ncw Havs~ Register.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-08-02

time in the Northern cotton-rnills, in conse-
quence Of an imperfect and unreliable system Of
domestic policy, the Southern manufacturers
seem to be doing fair business-although, as
the system extends amongst them and gets to
include the finer fabrics in which the raw ma
terial will not constitute the chief element Of
value, the necessity of fixed policy of protec-
tion will be as strongly felt in that quarter as
elsewhere.
An English journal-a Liverpool paper we
think, although the reference to its title is lost
makes some very candid acknowledgements on
the subject of the domestic policy best adapted
to the United States. '.The Americans it SAYS
and with these quoted remarks we shall con-
clude our own-"have coal, iron, timber, and
can raise sufficient cotton for the world. They
have exhaustess supplies of corn and provisions,
cheap and fertile lands, no taxes worth mention
ing Why, then, should they not manufacture
for themselves? Why should cotton be brought
four thousand miles to England, to be spun and
woven in Lancashire, and be carried some three
or four thousand miles more to the United States
10 be consumed? We cannot see any reason
for it. 1t is true, that England has had the start
in manufactures, but what right has she TO ex-
pect to be always first in the race The Ameri-
cans are not only justified in protecting their
own interests but as the President says, lit is the
right and duty OF Congress TO encourage domes-
tic industry, which is the great source OF nation
al wealth and prosperity Sounder policy was
never broached; truer mords never uttered"
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-08-02
From the Montgomery (Aza.) Gazette.


THE REMINGTON BRTDGE.-ITs TRIUMPHANT
Successive witnessed on Saturday, in COM
pany with an immense concourse of the citizens
of Montgomery, the removal Of the frame work
and supporters upon which Mr.. Remington had
constructed, at bis own expense, one of his ceie-
brated bridges The city council bad granted
him permission to build it across deep ravine,
intercspting the thoroughfare directly between
the city and its wharf, and the railroad depot and
the ferry Its span is, we understand, four hun
dred and thirty sic feel, from abutment to abut-
ment, the longest tcoOden span, perhaps, in the
world. Without pretending to give any thing
like description of this wonderful specimen Of
architectural invention and skill. we would simply
remark, that the supporters OF this immense struc
ture, except at and near the abutmeBts, are no.
thing morn than two layers Of inch or inch and
quarter ordinary pine plank, eight or ten inches
wide, and eighteen or twenty feet long, securely
fastened together by means of certain glue (al-
so the invention of Mr.. Remington) and sheet
iron firmly nailed on where the extremities meet
These pieces, thus fastened together. are extern
ded longitudinally from one abntment to the other
10 each of which 1t is firmly and securely attach
ed by means of large iron bolts Side by side
are these long longitudinal supporters laid, until
they form platform some eight or ten feet wide,
across which plank Is to be laid for the doorway
upon which to travel The abutments, of course.
are constructed of the stoutest material, sktully
put together. The longitudinal supporters at
the abntments are some four or FIVE inches thick,
gradually diminishing in thickness until they
reach the distance of some fcrty or fifty feet from
the abutments, where they assume the thick.
ness Of inch plank, as before mentioned.
Such was the apparent frail structure, that
every one was anxious and curious to see it sus.
pended in the air, without prop or support to
sustain it. Notice had been given through the
city papers, and a great crowd had gathered
about ten o'clock to witness the novel, untried
and incredulous experiment, as we believe we
may safely call it up to the moment of its final
triumph. All was anxious--more than anxious,
that it should succeed; but the great majority
more than doubted; and numerous remarks were
made evincing total incredulRyr in fact fidicule
of the idea, that so slender structure, ofssuch
an unheare Of distance, would support itse5,
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-08-02
J. G.. WEATHERLY,
DRAPER and TAILOR,

MAIN STREET, PORT GIBSON.
D DESPECTFULLY inform the citizens
LII of Port Gibson and vicinity, that he
has Just received from New York, splen-
did assortment of Fine Black, Brown and
Green Cloths; Plain and Fancy Cashmere;
Black and Colored, Figured and Plain, Sa-
tin and Silk Vestings, &C.. which he is
prepared to make up to order, into Coats,
Vests and Pants, in accordance with the
latest fashions.
His Stock of Goods has been careful
iyselected, and forms as handsome an as
sortment as has ever been brought to this
market.
Gentlemen wishing handsome and well
hitting garments, are requested to call and
examine for themselves.
TAILORING in all its branches will
be carried on by him, and he warrants a
hts in all cases, whether he furnish the
material or not.
April Is, 1850. 34.1y
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much less the weight OF cart or wagon and hor~
ses. We doubt whether FIVE men out Of the many
hundreds present, would have risked dime
upon its success
But there was one whose confidence was
great and unshaken. After walking through
the crowd, and hearing these numerous re-
marks, all casting doubt and uncertainty upon
the enterprise, causing us incautiously, and even
against our own warm wishes, to partake OF
their own apprehehsions itcred1lity, we volun-
tarlly placed ourselves by the side Of the great
inventor TO watch his nerve and complexion
we noticed his face, bis hands and his every
tlngefj but no symptom of fear or apprehension
could be discovered-the color was all there in
the face, the hand was unshaken-=even the fin
ger was as steady as dial not nerve was un-
strung at least to all appearances. We remarked
10 friend, that however others might doubt, that
Remington at least was certain that no man,
Without the utmost faith, could esince such ex-
| traordnafy GOODNESS, under such circumstances
Prop after prop was cut and knocked away;
and as the few last were, one by one, being re-
moveds the eager gathered closer and closer
around the bridge; the scene was intensely in
teresting.
As the span gradually widened dispara ging
remarks ceased-the doubling began 10 speak
up as if the thing would do; the incredulous
stood aghast. Finally, the last prop was cut
from under, and with long vibration it re-
mained suspended IN the air. The unbeEevers
approached it something after the manner of
the frogs IN the fable OF skiing Log" It holds
its own weight but will it admit any otler2 1t
was soon tested; one, and then another and
another in quick succession followed and soon
the whole crowd was on it passing to and fro;
giving perhaps as severe test in the way of
weight as it will ever be subject to. In few
moments a horse was on it, and Mr. Calvin
Sayre was the fearless rider who first crossed
the Remington Bridge on horseback. 1t was
really daring feat; for the bridge is not more
than eight nine feet wide, unfinished, aoithout
railing or hand banisters, and the yawning
chasm beneath, made the head dizzy to behold
The same young gentleman subsequently drove
across horse and buggy. The show wound
up with three hearty cheers for Remington, and
all retired amazed and gratified.