The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-18

heirs Of Major Gs.sssl Barren 4 Kalb, was srgusd
no sns 0sMntss q the Mhois md rspottsd g t.s
bin appropristes some sixtyslx thousand dollars to
ths grandchildren (snd asents) Of De Kaib aud Il
appeared In debate that net ten members Of the
said IL any ten gentlemen would cay they had ever
seen or read the BILL he too would support t. but
not otherwise. These ten men, Hike Shs rishteous
men Of Sodom. could not Be found but stlt tie blu
jority. In 1870 this same claim was rejected, the
Comm ittee on Claims reporting that evidence had
not been produced that any arrears were due to the
Baron de Kalb, and that therefore HE heirs Ellie,
Baron OF kalb, knight Of the royal order Of military
merit, aud Maria Anna Carolina Of Kalb, widow
Gcymuler, could not be entitled" Yet, strange to
say, thirty.four years afterwards the American
nation and that too WSout the SoS, sysr
having read the bill. Truth Is sometimes stranger
than fiction.
Senators Rusk and Douglas reached this city yes.
that tie Pacific Railroad. meeting, held a. Sossso
merry, Ala, would end in smoke. The Texan por-
tion Of the company were disposed to decline any
further association with Messrs. King i Walker.
The Governorof Texas has re-advertised the con.
tract. F..
WASHINGTON, Dec. Ii, 1854.
The Sand,cich Llands- Objections to Their Annsr
afion-S!avesy Agitasion Neat Week-Debste in
the House Of Representative Amticipatcd Effort
to Reduce the Salaries of Congressmsn.
whe question Of the annexation Of the Sand xch
Islands to the United States is just now topic of
conversation in Washington. / understand the
Cabinet baye held special meeting upon this sub
ject of annexation, but the conclusions Of this meet
log have not yet TRANSFERRED Those who pretend to
know about such secrets say the administration Is
waiting for important information affecting thls
matter from California by Senator win, who Is ex.
rected here sometime next week. There will be
strong opposition to this annexation Of the Sand.
wich Islands in Congress If the question ever com.s
up before that body. Representatives argue that
strong naval force will be required TO defend the
islands, at cost greater than all the profit and ad-
vantages Of its possession by the Union. Again,
Southern members, whose prejudices run
altogether in favor of white, instead of
black or copper colored representatives in
Congress- afraid that should these islands Of the
Pacific become part Of this Union some one of ne
natives, and all Of the sable hue may be sent to
represent them in the national councils One black
man perhaps might be tolerated for the sake
OF these possessions but the admission of one black
man breaks down the prejudice, heretofore invulne
rabie against the colorcd race, and payes the way
for Fred. ouglas and other colored gentlemen OF
the North, whom the abolitionists In some districts
might be powerful enough to select These 5objec
tions will perhaps weigh heavily against the annex
alton of the Sandwich Islands.
The slavery agitation which spoke o. Yesterday
viii probably commence some time next week. Tie
bull Of Mr.. johnson, Of Arkansas, organizing three
new indian territories in the Tertiary Of Neoch1
WAS get down for thu special business OF the ses.
sion today, and all along it has been expected to
adjournment OF inc Senate on Thursday till Monday
next, aEnuls this agreement to make the bill
Of Mr.. johnson the special business Of
ts noe ea T.. and NJ Mc,d Chase he gets II,
head of Senator johnson, by attempting to
get his bill for the entire abolition forever of slavery
in al the territories of the United States first be-
fore the Senate. This adjournment Of the Senate
done while few members only were in their seats,
and o-day some of the Senator'S first knew of it at
the Senate chamber, WHITTIER they had repaired for
the business Of the day.
up the time in the House o. Representatives., upon
the claim Of the heirs Of the Revolutionary hero.
General De Kalb. Wheaeyer claims for money
come before the House, there are always set Of
ther they are just or not. This opposition arises
from demagogicaI feeling, whi,h seeks the ap-
planse and appreciation Of a constituency, founded
upoa an apparent economy in holding on {, tbs
public moneys to the last. In opposition to this
feeling, Ii was sad to day, aud very justly, that
wien any claim was presented to Congress, white
upon examination was found to be just in Law
ard eqmiy, for the government to refuse to pay
the 6eMs and of the claimants was as dishonorable
as it would BIO for any private individual
to refuse his creditor the debt that was Justly ow
lrg him. ID regard to the claim Of the heirs OF
Dc KALI, am not prepared to say whether 1t is
just or Lot; have, in the fc lines succeeding on
~ alluded to the fact that certain representatives
IN Congress- have gained notoriety, not at all envi-
CLAIMS which may come before them, wit ,out know.
Ing caring whether correct not or without even
troubling themselves with an inquiry into the facts
upon which the bill they oppose is founded. The
same spirit prompts this set of men TO gain public
favor by an exhibition of false economy that sug.
gcst the introduction Of bill into the House of Re-
representatives. to reduce tho pay Of members of Con-
grsss. ! understood 70 day. on the floor Of the
from Ohio, who was then in his seat had in his
pocket resolution which he intended 30 Offer Mt the
first oppo, tunity, recommending the rednctlon Of
the pay Of Congressmen from eight to six dollars
rcr day; while an effort Is going on in the Senate
therefore, to increase and possible to double the
congressional salary, an effort is to be made ia the
other house TO reduce it. Reasonable men viii not
be troubled to find the true otiye for the expected
effort to reduce. Whether the salary should b.
raised OF not may be o matter OF doubt; but tho
most penu ions aud bcgrudging constituency would
hardly venture to recommend that the salary should
bc made less than what it is, being already below
the compensation given TO third and fourth rate
clerks in the Departments. Any representative VIII
strives 70 bny the appreciation OF his constituents for
TWO dollars per day taken OF his salary, while by this
act he may perhaps show true estimation OF the
worth Of his own abilities and services ct the Same
time by it he condemns the Judgment OF those by
whom he was elected. NELLIE.
THE Execution or Nicholas ReY.su for the ,yur.
der Of the Wickham Family.
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
RIyEEuI.ap, Suffolk Co., j. L, Dec. lG, ls54
AS may be well imagined, public execution in
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