Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-02-19

antepec route, through Mexican Company, is here
now, watching the proceedings. And Capt. JONAS
Levy who was arrested by Mr.. WEBSTER, for con-
strucve treason for interfering Gan amusing farce)
also on the spot. Tehuantepec is quite trump caro-
in the pack Just The different Pacific Railway
schemes are also pushed hard by their projectors The
| CwIN scheme, the RUSK scheme, and the New 7 ork
| CORPORATION scheme, loom out largely. Mr.. |
BRopHEAp, of Pa supposng it impossible to get any
bill passed this session. has put in an amendment, au-
thorsing scientific survey to be made at the expense
of the government This would certainly be step
forward but the various projectors too "as men
to submit to a nine months CESSATION until the next
session of Congress, and therefore urge acton
The Texas creditors also crying aloud Tor the
Senate to settle their squabbe with Texas whom they
accuse of design to play over again the Mississippi
reputation game in qualified shape. Mr.. FEAkCE
is to lead off for them against the scaling operauoh'
and in favor of the assumption OF the debt by OoV-
ernment payable out of the reserved fund.- Per con-
fra Texas stands on her dignity and demands the 49,,
GOO 900, with the privilege of scaling or settling those
debts best suits her own convenience and lncna-
tons. Gov. BELL has just sent in rather hbuster-
ish message on the subject Texas played the game
of brag successfully in the compromise times, and
'raked down her pile so well by it, that she is EVIL
IDENTIFY encouraged to try it again, with what sue
cess remains to be seen. The French Spollation and
!, Land Bills have not had showing yet, and their
chances decrease with the flight of the few days left
of this short session Just thirty days now to the in
auguraton how can the of business be disposed
of! The idea is absurd. The great bulk must go
over and the next Congress take the arreaages, it
is to be hoped in more industrious spirit.
In the House little has been done. The most re-
markabe proceeding was that of Mr.. STANLY, of N.
: c., which, as kind of quasi Abolition movement,
e must attract attention 1t is the more significant
coming from such quarter-but the vote cannot be
! regarded test vote. summary OF the action In
6 relation to it may not be out of place:
Mr.. Stanly, (whig) of N. c., said he was permit
ted by the Committee of Ways and Means, to report
his bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to
deposit with the several States the fourth nstalment
of the money authorized to be deposited with the sew
eral States under the act of June 1886. BY this New
York would receive ST. 1884, 900, and pennsylvania
$95583S the money to be devoted to the transpora-
ton of free people of color in those States to Liberia
The committee, he said had authorized him to report
the BILL with the recommendation that it do not pass
He designed to submit few remarks in its favor, but
: The Speaker said as it proposed an appropriation
from the treasury, it must be debated in Committee oil
n the Whole on the State of the Union.
Mr.. Sweetser, (dem) of Ohio, moved the bill be
$ tabled Decided Acknowledgements 165, nays CO.
e Such proposition speaks for itself Congress next
will be asked for appropriation by some Southern
member, for repairing "Uncle Toms Cabin, or grant
u ing peEson to Mrs. STOWE.
l. This slavery question, like Lady MAcBETHs "damn
c ed spot will out" Above all the rush and roa
of contending parties, ciques and factions, striving
g for power and spos, rises the Abolition slogan.
The New York Daily Times of the lst. of Febru
o ary under the caption of The Slavery Agitation, vii
: it never cease o. sums up the agtations daily
arising this subject and despairingly says "Th'
= Slave Question is forced upon attention from eve
u ry quarter. If decline to note its phases,
t. must reject very respectable portion of daily
news Slaves and slavery will not stay South of Ma
&c son and Dixon's line. They up into latitude
in spite of all protests monopoze our Courts TAX
Il possession of family reading, insnuate themseve
into the leaders of newspapers and when there
little lull, rush into Legislative halls and are con
stanty starting up to annoy the quiet peop
III who do not deal in agitation. This is from pape
that has been trying dodge out of this agitation
ID be decent and neghbor 1t then refers to the revva
N of excitement in the case of the Jerry Rescuers
Is Rachel Parker case, Northrop late arrest of Rich
ard Neal, resulting in his iberation and what it term
&c that remarkable item of slavery news the decision
- of Judge HENsHAw, of Kentucky" This decision i
remarkable, going it does bow-shot beyond TIL
he Lennon For the Judge ruled that slave takel
* into free State by the owners, though afterward
safely carried back entitled to freedom after
turn
" These texts are suggestive, more especially whel
we listen to the hypocrtical reoicngs the con
n viction of negro roter, whose white accompces will
go unwhipt of justice, by such organs the Uniol
L and even the Herald The former is ccstatc thu
result and apologies for the issue of the Christians
er trials, and is sorry that the Courier and Enqui
III in announcing the result of the Syracuse trial
casts reproach on Pennsylvania Of course it is
as Contrary to all bienseance."