The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-04-28
VOL. VII,

him Tor this rebellious demonstration, tells l.
that to Conventions the Democracy in VIZ
as elsewhere, owes its ascendeney, and b..
that unless he conform to the old party pso
he may be left at home. By the way. thu =
Governor was lately figuring in Califorpi, =. -.
ing, If we are not misinformed, with that biz,
of politicians who are seeking an ootl.,
Slavery on the Pacific coast. Has ba w W
disappointed? Was he overruled in HI.
tensions for Office in the new State9 F'''
The Hagerstotcn tMd) Ners saws that -
whole number of slaves in Washington conn, 4'
of that State, is 1888, valued at s3l7ooo %
an average of sl77 so each The Non.
marks that the slaves, since is4l, have ~
creased one-half in number and value.
The validity of the law of South Csrol;.
imprisoning FREQ colored seamen entering -
port of Charleston, is about being testedo@.
British consul having brought an .o.;aN
against the sheriff Of Charleston, to ,eOoro
$4,000 for the false Imprisonment of Man,
Pereira, colored British subject We won,i
remind the reader that Buell. & Blanoh..I
printers in Washington, have just issued :,
volume entitled MANUEL Pereira,n bv n.
Adams, Of Georgia, in which the incident. y
the seizure and Imprisonment of this sao, w.
worked up into very interesting narrative
Col. Gilbert, of Jackson parish, LouisiaD,
has been committed to Jail, on the cba,ca .
having murdered Mr.. John Bryant BRYAN,
was the only witness against Gilbert IN
criminal action of uncomfortable natur0
which was to be tried week after the do,
on which the murder was perpetrated y.
was ploughing when he was shot in the bach
from behind fence, and his son, a bow If
twelve years OF age, who happened to be with
him, testfes that he saw Gilbert commit thu
deed. The North Louisianian published >.
Bathrop, Louisiana, remarks:
"For the present public feeling is very stro,r
against Gilbert; but as he is weH off, and uoEs,
about 100 bales of cotton, 1t is not Ekelv thrt h.
tciH suffer more than temporary inconven,,nrs
| Such has been our experience an North LOUIS
| Gndn
This is painful testimony Bryant il seem,
was working man, and Gilbert wealthy
planter.
II is apprehended that there will be tbs
year scarcity of provisions at the South. The
Cotton Plant says that nearly the whole aforce
of the South will be thrown into the cotton
culture. If this be so, the probable cOnse.
quences will be, fall in the price of cotton,
and rise in the price of provisions
The daily papers in Washington publish a
correspondence between Colonel Benton and
MIR. Davis Secretary of War, in which the
Colonel suggests the employment of Mr. Beale,
Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Calilor
MIA, and Colonel Fremont, in the reconnOs
sances of routes for good road to the Pacific
Mr. Davis replies, that in consequence of the
great pressure upon his time since his enter.
ing upon the duties of his Office, he has not yet
taken up the subject. He promises however,
SO soon as the subject shall come up carefully
to examine the views submitted by Colonel
Benton, and before any final action, to have a
personal interview with him in reference to it
MIR. Borland having declined the appoint
ment Of Governor of New Mexico, has accept
cd that Of Minister to Central America
There is many slip between the cup and
the lip. Mr.. Slidell, after all, may miss being
Senator, as the Democratic members of the
Legislature of Louisiana have refused to hold a
caucus for the nomination of q Senatorial can !
didate, and both Houses have agreed upon a
resolution to adjourn the I'd of May.
A telegraphic despatch announces the loss
of the steamer independence, on her way from
San Juan to San Francisco on the 10th Of
February. 1t is supposed that she took fire
during a storm, and that an unsuccessful at
tempt was made to run ashore on Margaretta
island. The flames spread rapidly, the boats
were swamped, the powder magazine was blown
up, and nearly two hundred of her five hun
dred passengers were lost.
The official returns of the late election in
SohhOSoiOus ohoW ojo~f NoeCo ioi oh1otpei
Dem; 3O,sl4 for Seymour, Dem. and 2O,67l
for button, Wing. The aggregate vote for
the Independent Democratic candidate for Con.
gress was 1928.
Hereafter the single rate of letter postage
between the United States and Brazil, via Eng
land, will be as cents instead of s7-pre-pay
ment required and to Java, via Southampton
as cents for less half an ounce.
Dispatches from New Orleans report that
Gov Lane Of New Mexico had issued pro.
clamation claiming Morella valley as portion
OF American territory. Col. Sumner who was
ordered by him to proceed and take possession
OF it. refused to obey the order On the ground
that it was Mexican territory, and several
hundred Mexican troops had been dispatched
with orders to resist any attempt by the Amer
leans to enforce the claim of the Governor.