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menced The channel has been filling up ever since and A.
low water it is very difficult to get the bar In view Of
these circumstances, think the mode would be to re-
move some portion Of the right end of the DAM which would
open passway into the below. trust the Senate
will adopt the amendment. I1l
The amendment was rejected
Mr. DODGE, Of Iowa. move to strike out in the 64.h
line the word fifty" and insert the words one
to make the clause read
For the improvement Of the upper and lower rapids Of the
Mississippi river, 100000" 1
Because Of the great favor with which all amendments have
been met and knowing the very great anxiety OF tie Senate
to adopt this amendment will not call the yeas and NAYS
nor make speech. E# 9fI
The amendment was rejected.
Mr.. DAWSON. have an amendment 10 offer which 1
think founded principles Of Justice and equity to the va
rous States Of the Union and to the United States Il is to
add the following proviso t s33s} u
Provided That all the appropriations made by this act
or the Of rivers above tide water excepting the
the State or States in which the improvements made
and the President shall drafts be said State
or states IN conformity to the passed make said depo
sites with the States for such amounts AZ may be necessary
the amount on dposite with such State States be sufficient
not the balance shall be drawn from the treasury"
This money has been deposited with the States, and Il
be drawn out II is The money Of the General Government
large proportion Of il in Georgia has been used In opening
rivers up to the highest point Of steamboat navigation, and
rivers have been made nagabe for the benefit OF the whole
country In other States the money deposited has been used
for other purposes Now, what do you propose to do
Here are several States including portions Of the country
which represented by about ninety representatives in the
other branch Of the National Legislature that ask you a
proprate to them additional Of money for the purpose Of
rendering certain streams navgable. The reply make
them this Georgia has not dollar Of appropriation for
rivers above tide water in this BILL and she has prudenty
with the funds which the General Government deposited with
her, made her nsvigabe why will you borrow money
and then her people TO give to these States which also
have money on deposie and will for that purpose
The law Of 1888 gives Congress the power to recall this
money from the States and Congress has the right 10 do So
Now what you doing You making an appropria-
ton Of 81 300 600 when you have dollar in the ea.
suy appropriate for the purpose and when every dollar in
the treasury required for other purposes But at the same
time you have this amount Of money on deposite with the
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recognises these works as well known of national interest,
and says that the proposed to be appropriated in the
bill sufficient for the present fiscal year, is enough for
me- shall vote for it most cheerfully.
Mr.. ATCHIsON. wish to make inquiry Of the
Senator from Ohio Did the that he read from the
report Of COL Albert relate the improvement Of the Illinois
and Tennessee rivers
Mr. CHASE. will answer the inquiry II relates the
Mississippi below the rapids and the Ohio river above and be-
low the falls Louisville the Missouri and Arkansas rivers
and the Illinois and Tennessee rivers The paragraph which
read from the report Of the bureau typographical engineers
refers the provisions Of this bill in relation those
to lines 49, IA, las, l46, LAT, l4s, and $50 Of the BILL
Line lac for the Of the Arkansas and Missouri
rivers and then adds and for the Illinois and Tennessee
rivers 900 each" suppose that the improvement Of
these rivers directly in view Of the department max
ing this report.
Mr.. HAMLIN I beg to correct my friend from Ohio in
this particular The bill from which he has read extract
was not the bill sent TO the typographical bureau the
House bill which to the Typographical bureau il was
the House bill which this report made answer
After that the House bill returned from the bureau An
amendment was adopted in the House Of Representatives
GLIDING these vers consequently when the Senator from
Ohio reads that paragraph, and makes apply to those
works he is mistaken
Mr. ATCHIsON. conceive that the Senator from
Michigan right desire now TO ask question Of the
Senator from Massachusetts, who is member OF the Com
mtiee Commerce, and who seems to have made himself
acquainted with this whole subject In what manner is It
proposed improve the navigation Of the Tennessee and IL
inos rivers Ts il by removing snags from or removing
shoals in those rivers In what way is the fifty thousand
dollars to be expended for their improvement
Mr.. DAVIS Of Massachusetts,. will answer the gentle
to the best Of my information believe in all cases
where there work proposed to be improved, the sur
and the plan Of operations have not been fired they
first make survey and decide upon pan and adopt that
which they consider the best plan Of improvement proposed
MI ATCHIS0N. Then the Senator from Michigan Is
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amendment simply ask the yeas and nays on s adoption
The yeas and nays were ordered.
Mr.. BALDWIN. would inquire of the Senator from
Florida whether there has been any estimate made by the
per department for this work
Nr. NORTON. Not that know. While Florida was
Territory several appropriations made for the improve
ment OF the river by the General Government but since il
has become State appropriation has been made no est
mates have been by the department. and no
Of the river has been made.
The question was then taken on Mr.. Moaroy's amend
men, and resulted as follows
fEAS-Messrs Berrien, Clarke Clemens Dawson Footes
Houston, Morton Norris, Rusk and SouIe-9
NAYS-Messrs. Atchison, Badger BALDWIN Beu Bor-
land Bradbury, Bright Cass Chase Clay Cooper Davis
Massachusetts Davis OF Mississippi Dickinson Dodge, Of
Wisconsin Dodge, Of Iowa Ewing Fetch, Greene, Hale,
Sebastian, Seward, Shields smith, Spruance Sturgeon I'm
derwood, upham, Wales, Walker, Whitsomb, Yulee-s9
So the amendment was rejected.
MI. HAMLN propose to amend the bill by adding q,
the end of il the following: n. -
For the erection Of piers Fort Washington in the State
Of Wisconsin, $50. 000"
For the completion Of the stone pier on the
of the channel at the entrance Of Kennebunk river and for the
repair Of the wharf erected by the United States $40 600
These were matters which were submitted 10 the Commit
tee Commerce. and by the committee thew were
the department. and they were recommended bv The de-
partment as worthy Of the action of Congress- Es;mate,
for them made and furnished to the committee hinl
justified in saying that If had been the sen.e of ths
committee that any amendments should have been
they would have voraby entertained this nasmuch a esf
works recommended and estimated for bv the densr
men feel it to be my duty submit these APPROPRIATION,
10 the consideration Of the Senate think thew are Of oea
importance; speak particularly for the one for INV ovu
State but shall not vote for the bill IL they be incorporated
in il. ...
Mr.. SEWARD called for the ys, and nays.
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the roll was called the proposition Of the Senator from
Name II srejeced and then suggested the amendment
which had intended to Offer II said to me- that the
whole had better be embodied and produced amend
ment thus sufficiently varying from the other to permit its
consideration. was anxious to have il DONE am willing
to take the full responsibility Of the whole, but will not per-
init any gentleman to get up and talk to in this
about holding me responsible. -
Mr. EWING. We all understand how this amendment
gotten up-we all and heard and explanation cannot
change it. The effect Of II is this II introduces new prin
cpe Of the utmost Importance thrown in upon the
end Of the session, which necessarily defeat The BILL No
doubts that II is and unheard of provision that
the expenditure shall not be made within the fiscal year 1882
until 1t Is ascertained that there is sufficient resduum from
the revenues to make the expenditure and pay the other
expenses OF the Government Now the honorable Senator
from Michigan well knows that that be ascertaned
until the fiscal year has ended You make the appropriation
you do not know whether you will have enough
meet the expenses Of Government until that year has
Peey ended and when has ended the time for expanding
the appropriations for that year has ended also. So this
amendment kills the appropriation Dead II the bill be-
comes law do not wish to waste any time in discussion,
but present briefly this view, which appears to me to be
just and which think ought TO go before the country.
Mr. FOOTE. Mr.. President, have been very anxious
to-day to to vote upon the general merits Of this BILL
have constantly declared my opposition to any expedens
to delay legislation. AT the time still insist upon
unquesonable right unquesonable duty, to do what
amend this crude and vicious BILL possible
to get approximation to the true constitutional standard,
and some approximation also to justice.
Now, although have been SILENT and those who are OPP
posed certain features Of the bill have commend
able silence the honorable Senator from Ohio gets upi con-
ceive very unsessonaby, very unnecessarily the purpose
Of making an extensive haransue, and for the purpose OF
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provements. We have been admonshed than by
the honorable gentleman who is the head Of the Committee
Of Finance, and by other gentlemen who belong that
mittee that it 10 necessary, in order avoid increase Of the
burdens Of the people by taxation cut down the proposed
expenditures for the ordinary purposes of the Government
we were informed two days ago by the Senator who at
the head OF the Finance Committee that the Secretary of the
Treasury asked the power Of issuing five millions Of treasury
scrip In the form Of loan the expenditures
In this state Of the finances Of the country what do we find
we find that bill 10 incur expenditure Of two and half
millions for the purposes Of internal Improvement and for
the bill regard improper to be pressed through the
nate at the risk Of losing the general appropriation bills
the session. sa sl
Sir on Saturday last when the Senate had the civil and
diplomatic appropriation bill under consideration the Senator
from North Carolina moved lay il aside in order to take
up this measure and majority Of the Senate sustained him
in the notion The whole Of Saturday up to midnight was
consumed in its discussion and here we are in the last day
OF the the measure has sgn been brought up and
gentlemen who opposed to it, are told that upon their
shoulders will devove the responsibility Of defeating the
sures OF appropriation for the support Of the Government if
they continue their opposition TO this bill. am ready to
maintain my opposition before the country am perfectly
prepared for part Of the responsibility which NAV devove
upon will never agree that this bill shall be taken as
the Senator from Kentucky expresses it. the good and the
bad together have taken part in the discussion Of this
matter My opposition to the bill in every part il fred and
will not yield any right which hold here as Senator
will forfeit the duty my constituents to sustain
every objection Of which think this bill ID susceptible This
amendment is one which will the question whether the
Government 10 into debt in order TO carry on these i'm
provemens that be the policy Of the country let my
people understand it. Whether we are right or wrong 10
the Southern part Of the country we entertain the fred opin
on that far undue share Of the contributions to the public
treasury come from that quarter Of the country and that
The southern press., 1851-06-04

The CRYSTAL PALACE BEATEN-Dr. Duff,
in his speech at the anniversary meeting Of the
Wesleyan Me hodist Missionary Society in Lon
don, on Monday, thus described one of the
heather temples of India :--@Tn Seringham you
have the hugest heather temple that can prob
ably be found from the north to the south pole.
Ii is square, esch side being mile in length, so
that il is four miles round. Talk of your Crys-
tai Palace Why, as man would put perng
into his pocket you might put your Crystal Pal
ace into the packet of this huge pagoda. Tho
walls are 20 feet high, and or feet thick and
in the centre Of each wall rises n lofty tower
Entering the first square you come to another
with wall as high, and with four more towers.
Within that square there is another, and within
that again another--and you find seven squares,
one within another, crowded by thousands of
Brahmins The great hall for pilgrims Is sup
ported by thousand pillars, each cut out Of a
single block Of stone"
The southern press., 1851-06-04

a PATRIOTIC WoMAN.--The Charleston Mer-
curry, Of the 2sth inst, contained the following
communication, the substance Of which was OF
actual occurrence, and took place in Orangeburg
district
Not long since, while attending one Of the
tax collectors polls in This parish, ] was de.
lighted TO hear an expression fall from the lips
Of lady who happened to be present at the
polls, and think il should be spread before
your readers. IL WAS az follows: When tho
tax collector handed her the amount Of her
taxes, she exclaimed with establishment " Sir,
what means all this! This account is double
that Of last year! The tax collector then went
on TO tell her Of the new law, and finished by
telling her chat the principal object Of the taxes
was 10 raise n sum Of money to prepare South
Carolina 10 meet the enemy. On hearing this,
her countenance frightened as she exclaimed +.
'If that ia the object care not were il doubled
agnin.' Would that the God Of battles would
infuse in all our souls such noble patriotism ;
Then we would be prepared TO preserve, pure
and immacslate, the unsullied honor Of the
PALMETTO STATE.
The southern press., 1851-06-04
TORONTO, May %.

CANADIAN PARLrAMESE-The governor gene
raj has refused to produce, on the call Of the
legislative assembly, the correspondence with
the United States, in reference 10 reciprocity of
trade. The subject has ELECTED considerable dis
cussion. The minister of finance spoke Of re-
taliaton, and thought the closing of the We'll
land canal against the United States would be
the most effective measure that could be adopted
The house has adopted an address to the
home government against any reduction in the
foreign lumber duties.
The at orney general states that the govern
ment will be removed to Quebec at the end OF
the present session.
The southern press., 1851-06-04
From the Cincinnati Enauirer.

JAMAIcA-The chief Of police in the city Of
Kingston, on the island Of jamaica is colored
man.--We met him on the steamer Philadelphia
last summer, while she was coaing rt that
port and found him quite intelligent lie for.
merly belonged 10 Mr. Stevenson, Of Virginia, ran
away to Canada, and thence made his way on q
sail vessel TO Jamaica, where he became popu.
lar with the authorities, and was promoted 10
his post Of honor. He was dissatisfied with
the island, and said he ,oouI prefer Irving tcih
his master in Vivgt,in, II he could be reinstaied
in has home and confidence His testimony cor
roborated by thousands Of walking witnesses,
who flock around passengers on shore, for char.
ity, was that he had nerer ssen coiored conlmu-
nify in STARE Stotes 50 debaSed, so indolenf, so
vicious and 50 imporerithsd as are The free ne
groes ~ iGmaica.
We c50ld not doubt this mans testimony.
wax about the once nourishing and beauti-
ful city, and ride through the country, every
moment introduced couoborating facts, in the
persons Of ragged rabble Of men, women and
children, some crowding the docks, or nockinp
after you IN the streets, or loungiug upon the
sidewalks and lanes the most miserable beings
in appearance that we had ever seen and In
truth had ever conceived.
We did not wonder then chat the tooth of
Tune had marked and deiaced everything that
bad once flourished in beauty and prosperity
II was not, in truth the mark Of time,--it was
the decay Of indoleice,--tbe crumbling OF walls
abandoned TO people accustomed to servitude
and naturally prone to slothfulness. And we
do not wonder now that the Legislative and
crown authorities OF that magnificent island are
devising-a scheme TO introduce laborers upon it
from among the more intelligent and energetic
colorcd population OF the United s ates.
Relieved Of slave servitude by the emanci.
patton act Of Parliament the colored people Of
Jamaica, on whom the sugar planters relied for
labor, have misconceived the idea Of freedom,
and seemingly, and in truth, shown themselves
totally indifferent to all it's duties, obligations
and principles, They have, in good measure,
abandoned labor, and made their chief depen-
dence upon the bounties Of nature in her Guits
The result naturally followed,--an abandon
ment Of the plantations to the blight Of the
thistle and the weed, and most consuming de-
probation in value, Plantations, which yielded
The southern press., 1851-06-04

The London correspondent Of the Nep York
Commercial, says in reference to the crisis ia
the Liverpool cotton market:
Notwithstanding the exaggerated and alb.
surd statementsS set afcat such for il stance az
that bills to tie amount GS0OO0O will be NC
back by this packet, 1t is well known that M
regards the general position Of the old and
steady Liverpool houses, there is an absence OF
all apprehension, and that the present Il merely
little storm which is shaking down the week
people who have been trying, BY . runof spec U.
lation, to repair the effects OF the late crisis,
which left them without means.-Henceforw
therefore, the markets are likely to assume
more settled state, and to indicate, to niue
greater extent than has lately been the case, le
course of legitimate business This more
sound state of affairs will also be aided by the
diminished prospect that the bank of England
will find i necessary, at present. TO raise the
rate of discount"
The southern press., 1851-06-04

Coop SUMNER BREkD.-lt is very common
custom, during warm weather, 10 dispense with
yeast and raise domestic bread by the short pro.
cess Of saleratus. About two years ago. n III.
tie sulphuric ncid and saeratus was stated to
make superior bread 10 that produced by yeast.
We believed, from the many representations
which had been made 10 us, that this was really
true, but number of fair experiments have con.
vinced us Of its utter inconectness. No rood
bread can be produced unless II goes 1.-THE whole
Of the dourh) through the process of fermen.
tation. Properly fern ented bread has sweet
ness Of taste, which all the short process bread
lacks The act Of fermentati N generates what
10 termed crane sugar in the bread, whereas the
acid and alkali, (sulphuric acid or cream Of tar.
tar and saleratus.) when they combine together,
form bitter salt by their combination. The
carbonic acid that makes the bread light is gen.
Grated, but the salt, without the sugar, Is left
Scientific American
The southern press., 1851-06-04

ASoTHER EXCITEMENT" KING STRATe."--
The Detroit Tribune Of Monday says that at n
few minutes past nine this morning large con-
course of spectators assembled at the foot Of
Woodward Ave-, TO witness the arrival Of the
U. s. steamer Michigan, having on board this
notorious individual and three others Of his Petty
dynasty, in charge Of U. s. Marshal Knox and
posse. Our reporter was, for the first time, in
presence Of royalty, and represents him as a
plain looking republican. Stranq and his assoc
ciates were taken before the U. s. district court
now in session but nine only Of the grand jury
appearing, the court adjourned till tomorrow
morning
The southern press., 1851-06-04

prlncely revenue but few years ago, wei
pointed out the buildings, which bore the la
vestige of elegance and taste, crumbling an
tottering, fences demolished, shrubbery de-
troyed, and the soil given up to the growth
the cactus and the grazing of the mule. In
versa freedom is there, it is true, every where an
around; and so are universal misery among Ii
population, and universal blight upon all tn,
once made up an island paradise.
There is a high moral in all this, but state
men and political economists in this COUNT
will differ in tracing its cause, as well rs in m'
king its application.
The southern press., 1851-06-04

- Every one rec0lects theemancipation ex
element which sprung up in Kentucky some
years ago under the auspices Of Henry CLAY
and which, il was at one time apprcfnnded, would
make il Frce.soil State.
CAssIUs NJ CLAY has recently attempted 10
repeat the experiment, and the result shows The
reason why the "gceat Compromises" has com
promised on this question, and changed his plar
of tactics from immediate 10 gradual cinancipa.
ton.
The EMASciPATToS CONVENTION THAT DiD'g1
CONE ofF.--The 22d inst. was the day proposed
for the emancipation convention ut this place
We had quite forgotten il, when on Thursday
last (the 22d) we saw Mr.. John G.. Fee, a pro.
minent emancipatiouist OF Lewis county, walking
briskly from place TO place in our city, and m
quring for Mr.. ID. l.. Elder, the editor of thC
"progress Of the Age" Col. G. NJ. Clay's organ
A moments reflection satisfied us that he wn,
in search NJ The convention. lie didn't find il
and in another place we have admitted his nc
count of why, as he thinks, il wasn't here.
If Mr. +. had looked little deeper into tn,
matter, he might have found more controlling
cause for the failure than the one he has assign
ed and that is, the almost universal settled de
termination Of those who were emancipationist
two years ago, not to be drawn into any sgita
ton upon the subject. They consider the thing
settled. and they wish TO let it rest--Frd'ikfor
Commonwealth.