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Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-05-24

The speech delivered by Judge CHAMBERS on
the Judicial tenure, in the Maryland Convention,
has been published in pamphlet form. It pow
,erful and overwhelming argument, proving by re-
ference to the past and the experience Of all Gov
.ernments where dependant judges have to decide
and administer the law, that there is safety for
the people against wrong in such system, and no
security for justice, whenever the passion, the pre-
JUDGE, or the personal interest Of those on whom
the Judge is dependant is exerted against those
who are seeking it. History is example teaching
by experience. Let each citizen of Maryland look
into the array of facts set forth in this Speech and
listen to the voice Of the great men in all ages,
whose warnings are recorded in it, and if he be not
led away by prejudice, or his judgment warped by
passion, or bewildered by excitement, political or
PERSONAL he hardly fail to recognise in the adj
moniton of the venerated Chief Justice MARSHALL
the wisdom of sage and a prophet, when he warn
ed the Virginia Convention against altering the ju-
.dicial tenure, and agree with him when he says:
81 have always thought, from my earliest youth
till now, that the greatest scourge an angry Heaven
: ever inflicted upon an ungrateful and SHINING
people, was an ignorant, corrupt, or depen-
. dant Judiciary and, SO agreeing with him, will
struggle with every good citizen to prevent that
scourge being inflicted upon the people of Mary
land it is proposed to be done, by the form Of
constitution which has been framed for its rule and
government.-Baltimore Patriot.
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FROM THE WESTERN PLAINS.

Capt. s. VAN VLErT, of the Quar,ermaster's
department, U. s. Army, arrived at st. Louis on
the 18th instant, direct from Fort Laramie, which
place he left on the 18th April. He, with his lady
and escort made the trip across the Plains to Fort
Leavenworth in seventeen and half days. On
the route they encountered two very severe snow
storms, which greatly impeded their progress. At
the O'Fallon Bluffs, they met war party of the
Chayennes who were going out to attack the Paw
nees. The Captain made them some presents of
tobacco, and was treated kindly by them.
The first train of emgrants was met by the
Captains company the I'd of May, near the cross
ing of the Little Blue and, from that point until
he arrived at the frontier, he met them almost every
day. The main body Of the emigration was for
Salt Lake. He found, in all he passed, but two
companies for California. They were getting along
very well. The past season at Fort Laramie had
been more than usually dry, but little rain having
fallen during the winter or spring. The report Of
the Indians and traders at the Fort was, that the
snow in the mountains was very heavy. At one
period before he left the Fort there had been
considerable rise in the river, but, owing to the
succeeding cold weather, it suddenly subsidized.
'on the rlaIns the grass was short, but otherwise
abundant. The principal emigration across the
Plains this year will be the Mormon trains for the
Salt Lake, and a few trains for California and
Oregon.
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FROM THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.

By the way Of San Francisco we have advices
from the Sandwich Islands to the 10th of March.
There was report at that time that Honolulu was
to be Immediately blockaded by the French. A
correspondent of the Alta California says:
sMattes with the French are drawing to crisis but how
they will end knows If the Hawaiian gets its DUE
France will acknowledge that treaty has been broken and
will pay 900 for the wanton destruction Of liz property
Another correspondent is of opinion that there
will be no blockade.
The u. 8. sloopofwar Yandalin was at Honolulu bay-
ing been detained there Of the difficulties with
French She announced to leave for Panama direct
the 10th of March, with dispatches for the Government
Washington.
Dispatches for the Government were also on board the
sci which had arrived at Ssn Francisco ,.
An article in the "Alta California founded in letter
from correspondent the future publication of which pro-
missed, says that the French have demanded First that the
French and American missionaries should be placed on par
IN the distribution Of moneys by the Government io he
support Second that France should be represented In me
Cabinet or Ministry Of the King on the ground nat Mr.
Wyllie, Scotchmsn, and Dr. Judd an American are mem
bers of the Ministry Third that all between
the French and Hawaiian Governments shall De carried on IN
French instead of in English, at present. Inc AHA Cs
lifornia says:
These demands being resoutsy resisted BY the Govern
ent and persisted In by the French, affairs have become
verv threatening At Honolulu The French had sent In their
ul,imaum and given until the 20h Of March fr the Govern
srt a scesde or refuse. Much excitement consequently
Drsysled !, the latest dates The Kings pascs closely
cu.rdeJ governmental papers and funds removed to
place Of safety, and other precautionary Steps hken
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The BASIS QUESTION IN VIRGINIA.-It is now
considered as fixed fact (says the Alexandria
Gazette) that the compromise settlement of the
basis question will be inserted in the new Consttu-
ton to be adopted by the Virginia Convention;
and however much it may be objected to, and how
ever disappointed many will be in the East at the
result it is more than probable that if the remain
ing provisions Of the Constitution contain the re-
forms which the people have called for and desired
the Constitution as presented will be accepted by
large majority Of the people.
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MINERALS MrssouRI.-The character Of the country
upon the line Of the Pacific Railway, in the State Of Missouri
is peculiar and interesting. It is for the part good
agricultural country II is also well mbered large part Of
the way, and in the western portion is diversified with fer
tile praes. Mineral substances of various kinds found
nearly the whole distance. The mineral region
within about fifty to sixty miles Of St. Louis and something
Of the character Of the mineral dpotes may be in the
collections which the engineers Of the company have picked
up their surveys and returned to the Office For example,
here specimens Of the rich iron Of the Mermack;
copper and lead and 6recay from Franklin couny syp-
sum from Usage and Jackson countless Iced from Ver
salles; camel coal from different points specimens
Of from the high point Of Tbo FOSSILS petried wood,
flint ebert gasst suphate Of beytes &C., all from the
Of the railway There probably mines of great wealth
yet undiscovered, Of which will be developed BY the
construction Of this road These products Of the mines,
Of agriculture and Of the forests brought with facility into
city, will have the Inevitable effect Of encouraging the
establishment Of manufactures and Of enabling city to be
the seller instead Of the buyer of nnumerabe articles
imported from sbrosd.-&. Louis Republican.
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Mn. coBB's.sPEECH AT SAVANNAH.

Nh. COBBs.sPEECH AT SAVANNAH.
The Savannah Republican of Friday contains
Hon. HOWELL CoBB's speech, from which we make
the following extracts:
He did believe that SOUTH CARoLISA had the right
leopard the institutions Of the South BY her hasty snd ill
advised action Other States equally interested in those
institutions ami she could not in justice to them take upon
herself decide upon such momentous issues and drag them
down with herself into the botomess pit Of revolution and
disunion For one he hoped that GEoRsrA would give her
to understand concerned that she need look
for no aid or sympathy from this State in her efforts to over
throw the Government We may regret the course she has
marked out may ympahizs with her-but nothing
more We raise hands against the Union for
any thing in the past.
Mr CoBB deprecated the formation Of sectional pare',
whether they be called Southern rights Otherwise Or
ganize sectional parties the North and South at the East
and West them meet in the Halls of Congress let each
insist at all hazards and to the last extremity that il
right and the others wrong and he did not believe the Union
would endure one month It could survive the bitter
ness the hatred and the violence which such state Of things
would engender."
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NAVAL.-lNsUB RDIHATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.
The Philadelphia Ledger has letter from board the
United States ship independence, giving from the
Mediterranean Squadron. It is dated Bay Of Naples, Feb
ruary 18th:
"The squadron all anchor in this place officers and
crew all well. We here the 9th of October and
have been lying here since sorry that things 60
badly this squadron since the abolition Of coporea pun
shmen Thefs, drunkenness, and desertion Tor what is
days without permssion) much frequent than
mon, and the officers Notwithstanding the greatest ererton,
cannot preserve toerabe discipline and until Congress
adopt efficient mode Of punishment than con-
faeent those scamPs mosy andsnen and boys) wlcon-
tnue laugh ali orde for what is thirty sixty days in
prison in irons such many Of them boasng
Of having served i've and six years in State prison Thsre
at present thirty Of those fellows confined 10 this ship, Of
which fourteen for stealing their shipmses clothes and
carrying them shore to sell for rum"
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MIR. KENNEDY, the Superintendent of the Cen,us ve
understand will depart from this city, on his European tour
on Friday next The clerks connected with the Census
Bureau some eighty We believe in NUMBER have unanimously
addressed TO him letter Of respect in which they thank him
for the couey and kindness they have received at his banda
and express their wishes for his welfare and SAT.
return.
Mr. Kennedy has replied to this in very handsome and
feeling note, in which he expresses the qualification he feels
in the pleasant remembrance be shall bear with him Of the
many gentlemen who have kindly offered this voluntary
manifestation Of their regard Telegraph.
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No one who has ever heard of it can read the
subjoined account of two decisions on the day
in the County Court of Baltimore las reported ID
the American Of yesterday without being remind.
ed Of the saying of one Of the old commentators
that the Law is as nice as new-laid egg
In the of Edward Pittman u.s. George w. Wolfe,
action to the endorsement Of possory note
taken up and concluded by verdict for the defendant
The note it appears drawn by Elbert Wo who forged
il endorser, the Of his brother, Geo. w. Wolfe.
After the note became due the latter promised Mr. Pan
to pay it if steps taken in regard to it for days.
When the two days up, however, payment refused
and it then found that Elbert Wolfe the drawer bad
left the CITY, The court held that the promise given by the de-
fendant after the note became due, promise ,citot
consideration, and could not be enforced, and verdict
accordingly rendered for the defendant
Another bet,cee the parties to recover the
endorsement of second promssoy note next taken up
10 this the endorsement had also been forged by the
party but promise having been made by the defen
dant to redeem the note before it became DUE the court held
that the promise raid one, and ucrdict accord
ingly rendered for the plaintiff for $244.2l.
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ROTATION OF THE EARTH.

The Bunker Hill Aurora states that, at meeting Of the
Bunker Hill Monument Association Thursday, was voted
permit the interior Of the Monument be used for the pur-
pose Of repeating the experiment Of M FoUcAuLr, with
pendulum, to demonstrate the rotation Of the earth. The
privilege granted the application Of the Massachusetts,
Charitable Mechanic Association, and the experiment
made under the supentendence Of Mr. BoSD Of the Cam
bridge Observatory and Prof HoRsroRp, Of the Scientific
School, The experiment is to be repeated in the
the Charestown Navy Yard, where wider space may be
obtained for the sweep Of the pendulum The length Of the
pendulum the Bunker Hill Monument will be about I'll
feet and the time Of each vibration little more than eight
senonda Il
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learn, with great satisfaction, from the latest papers
from Nashville that the person who lately arrested
that place on charge Of having confined his vile and starved
her to DEATH has undergone Judicial examination which re-
suited in establishing his entire innocence Of the charge He
is respectable mechanic His wife worn down BY dis
case Contracted by her own incorporate habits les post
oem examination of the body proved and other e,der
showed that suspicion bad only attached to the husband
was kind and asconste man, on account Of his e s TO
conceal her degradation and bic consequent, misery from
the vw Of his neshbors and friends The testimony this
p,nt such as 10 convince ali who heard il
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SLAVE CASE IN CALIFoRNIA.-A lately de-
cided in favor of the freedom Of slave in California under
the following circumstances Mr. GALLOWAY Of Pope coun
y Missouri carried with him the plains Calf,rnias
body servant named Frank They arrived in California about
the first of August last and worked in the mines until
time In March, when the master and boy San Fran
cisco for the purpose Of returning home by Of the shmu
and had taken passage board sail vessel for Panama.
But writ Of habeas corpus having been procured by the
friends of the slave he taken before the county
San Francisco Judge MoRRrsos pesidng for its decision
whether the boy should be taken out Of the State against
his will The fact Of the boy being slave in Missouri
Proved but Mr. Galloway claimed him under the of l793
relation body The slave at liberty.
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Mr.. JoHS WILSON, of Charlotte county, (Va.) muir
dered his plantation the 18th instant He had forbid
den persons from hunting his farm and hearing the
port Of gun his premises be took his own gun and went
In the direction Of the noise but nothing known
Of him until he found in branch, where he had evidently
been dragged by he murderer, his tody perforated BY rife
ball. and bis own gun lying loaded BY his side Life not
extinct when be first found but he bad passed the
Of speech, and survived but few hours He unmarried
aged about thirty and generally esteemed 10 his neigh
borhood for bis moral habits and many good qualities
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The PRESIDENT may be expected in DAY OF
two to return to the seat Of Government. ne iei'
Buffalo, agreeably to appointment, on TUESDAY
morning, and stopping while at Rochester on MS
way, reached Syracuse the same night AT both
places he was welcomed with public demonstra-
tons similar to those that have signalized his visits
to other towns. From Syracuse ne was 10 resume
his journey homeward yesterday morning.
,rhe SECRETARY of the NAVY, the Postmaster
GENERAL, and the ATTORNEY GENERAL are with
the President. The SECRETARY Of STATE re-
NAMED at Buffalo to fulfil his engagement to par
take on Wednesday yesterday of public dinner
that had been rendered to him by its citizens.
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TRUAsTs FROM ScHooL-The first case under the new
law Of Massachusetts, concerning children and abssn-
tees from school came before Justices Court in Boston
few days ago. The defendant lad about years Of
and was proven to have played usn. several times His
master testified that when in school he very good boy,
but he had absened himself frequently that his name had
been stricken from the roll. He Uas sentencedt to one months
imprisonment IN the house Of reformation.
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FROM SOUTH AMERICA.

The city of MoNTEvIDEo was still besieged as
late as the goth Of March by the forces under Gen.
ORIBE. There were eleven French and seven Bra
lillian vessels Of war lying at Montevdeo, watching
the result of the blockade.
The immigration to Buenos Ayres for the past
year, according to the British Packet" was
1880, principally men in the prime of life.
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CANADIAN Posr OYrIcEs Hon. JANIS MoRRIs, the
Postmaster General Of Canada, lately compmented
with public dinner Brockvle. 10 the Of ad
dress, in in h,s honor be remarked that at
the present there SIX hundred post Offices In the
province yielding gross Of nearly $500 000 which,
in proportion the population, large that of the
same d. apartment ia the United States.
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Forty passengers for the Worlds Fair mostly, sailed from
Philadelphia on Saturday in the ship Chaos.
The steam propeller franklin running from Newound-
land Halifax, sunk last week, but lives were lost
Miss DIX, the phanthropist, is visiting the poor
houses, jalls, &c. in the Southern States
The dslleriss Of Fyaw & Brothers, Wilmington, N.
c., were destroyed by fire Saturday.
Henry Welman killed. at Cincinnati, on Thursday
week, BY being over by fre-engine.
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MAIL STEAMERS FOR EUROPE.

The Europa, with the mails for Europe, sailed from New
York at of.yeserday. The following steamers, also
carrying mails will sail from the port during the pre-
sent month Arctic, for Liverpool, May Gath; Ohio, for
Havana, Chagres Panama. West Coast of South Americas
California, and China May Goth; Franklin, for Cowes and
Havre May 3ls and the Cambris, from Boston for Liver
pool, Nav 18th.
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Jrssy L'sD.-The house of Robert Sherwell Esq, in
Columbia street. near Peepont, Brooklyn, (N.Y has been
rented for JrxHr LIND who intends making thu, city her
tor the ensuing three months II understood that
.. COUSIN together with Benedict, Salv and Belle' will
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The Circuit Court Of MIcHIeAN has been engaged ia the
hearing of motions to put off the trial Of persons indicted
charged with conspiracy, &C. until the session of the
Our latest dates from Detroit to the l7b and the
papers Of that morning that the trial had been set
down for Wednesday, the 2sth instant.
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els your good " asked wood man, the other day,
Of person who offered uoe for load Of maple "Wel"
replied the purchaser q" should think ought be every
body's got one"
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TIE CLKorATRA-It 10 stated that Mr.. JouS L. OSuKEr-
VAN, Of the persons arrested in New York as being i'm
plcsed in the Cuban expedition, has put in claim to the
steamer Cisopssra q being bis private property.
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and in every respect properly general conferences with
in its limits the General Conference Of the Church North
The benefciaries Of the fund in question, therefore,
who belonged to the Southern conferences did not by the
new organization lose any rights they disqualified
in any from claiming heir share Of the fund and
such claim appropriately msee through the General Con-
ference South which succeeds the place prior Gene
raj Conference of the whole charch.
An should therefore, be ordered of the proper
tons Of the profits of the Book Concern, according to the
numbers in the minutes Of 1884, and the ratio Of the
profits since Also the capital of the fund should be decrsed
to be divided in the way, and paid to the COM
missiones South usees to proper trustees to be
appointed BY the The profits of the past to be
subject distribution according the directions of hs Gene
raj Conference South, whether the fund remain with the pre-
sent trustees, or be paid over to new trustees.
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The STEAMBOAT Disaster NEAR PHILADELPHIA, which
was briefly mentioned in paper Of yesterday having
occurred Monday night fortunately not attended with
much loss Of life. The collision happened off Greenwich
Point, mile from Philadelphia. The steamer Ohio, Of
the Union ne hs regular packet between Philadelphia and
NewcastIe,) much damaged sunk in twenty
CASTLE with the passengers from Baltimore for the Eastward
being about hundred in number The Gloucester steam
er Commodore Stockton, which into the Ohio,
much crippled be unable render any assistance in
saving the passengers The sinking pointed for
the Jersey shore The passengers driven from be-
low and forced seek the elevated places Of safety
the decks and amidst the CONSERVATION and confusion that
prevailed Of them jumped overheard and ashore
is feared that two three drowned. but the body
Charleston, g. s. has been recovered Mr. JOHN FIN
Lar. Of Baltimore, is missing; Dr.. WooD Gen. Taylors
soninaw, lost all his baggage and many valuable papers
Lieut. W1E lost his baggage and 900; Mrs. ToorHAKER,
ESQ pe in despatch Of Washington, lost her baggage
and money but saved her child JOHN WILLS of Baltimore,
who swan ashore, recovered his baggage.
Soon after the collision the alarm given to the shore
by the Captains boat and the feryboat Champion and
number Of small boats promptly went the of the
passengers who taken from the Ohio barely time to
prevent their meeting watery grave That numbers were
drowned is indeed wonderful Many Of the passengers
lost their baggage and other effects Nothing hardly
saved from the boat. In twenty minutes from the time Of
the collision she had almost entirely disappeared part Of
her upper deck wheehous and chimney stack being all that
was visible in the dark. @* a..
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There are in the port Of NEw BEDFORD this time, sixty
six ships and barques and other the Union ays
the Providence POST boast such whaling feet home
or at sea- We obliged to acknowledge that the Post Is
right We can only say for New London that she al
most boast Of whaling feet Of that sizs home and sea-
and year before she could have boosted beyond that's
for she had about eighty ships and baques in the whaling
business At present she has less than half the number Of
New Bedford in port London Chronicle.
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MOVEMENT OF TRooPs.-Four companies Of the 7th U.
s. Infantry Lieut. Col. PLrmrros commanding arrived at
Little Rock (Ak the 9th instant and proceeded up the
river to relieve the sth infantry, stationed at Forts Smith,
Towson, Gibson, Wsshta, &c. The 9Th ordered to
proceed further west the Santa Fe -Four other
companies Of the 7h infantry, under the command of Major
HoLnEs, proceeding from Fort Leavenworth to Fort
Smith, and the two additional companies Corpus Christi