Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-02-03
1corre.nondence Of the Baltimore SUM-

W.sBINGToN, Jan. 24th, 1854.
The Committee on Territories of the Senate anu
House of Representa- tves have Jointly agTeeu ." "e
following section of the new Nebraska Bill
Seciien ID That The constitution and laws OF the
United States which are not locally inapplfcabie,
shall have the same force and effect witnln the ru
Territory as elsewhere within the United States lex
cept The 9Th section of the act preparatory 10 tue d
mission OF Missouri into the Union, approved March
g. 1920. which suspended by the principles OF
the legislation of 1850, commonly called the COM
promise measures, and is hereby declared moor
porative.'' st
And they have also agreed to oppose every amend
ment to this section, and every artifce BY whlch the
Irue meaning of the same NAV be obscured rem
dered less explicit.
can further state that Judge Douglass, of the
Senate, has consulted the leading Northern and
Southern Senators on the subject. and that they will
support the aboge amendment When the commit
tee had agreed 10 it, the was submitted to Cen
eral Cass, who gave it his cordial approval anu
further state that, Notwithstanding all that news
papers have said about the veteran statesman, ne
was prepared himself to offer similar amendment
and support it by Speech (Which he will still make0
as have stated, weeks ago. in my letters to Inc
Sun, from what deem the most authentic authority
Gov. Bright has also been consulted, and has given
the amendment his manly, cordial approval
In the House, Gen. Richardson, of Illinois, has
pursued similar 10 the patriotic and states
manike course of Judge Douglas Influential mem
bers of the North and South have also been consult
ed, and they promise their support to the amendment
Finally the administration paper, the Union, day
endorses the amendment, and makes it the touch
stone of true orthodox democracy. You will see,
then, that was right in my statements and the views
expressed this important subject. They are
precisely the same views which had the privilege 10
submit 10 the readers of the Baltimore Sun in l849
and 1850, and [ acknowledge frankly that am vain
enough 10 take pride in my consistency.
have not the slightest fear that the slavery agi
tatron will commence de novo, provided this Congress
will act with promptness and decision. Let the pow.
er of meddlng with the domestic institutions OF the
States and Territories be taken away from Congress-
and fanatics will to send men to Congress for
the sole purpose of mootlng this dangerous question
The above 18th section of The Nebraska bill strikes
at the root of this evil, and the country is indebted
TO the committee Territories and their able chair
man, for having presented ii.
| Senator DiXon's amendment, when carefully read,
Ca circumstance was not aware OF till yesterday
may be so construed positively to legisate on
slavery; and though the legislation in this instance
may be right yet the fact itself may be construed
10 give to, TO infer The power of, Congress to
legisIate for slavery in an adverse manner.
The charges of freesoilism in l848 brought by
the New York Herald, against Gen. Pierce denied
by the Union | further learn from good authority
here in Washington, that John Cochrane, Esq, can
not find Gen Pierces letter, and that he is under
the impression that he mistaken in regard to the
existence of such letter. x
A YEAR OF WREcKs-The past year has been
one of unusual calamity on the The New York
Times publishes list of all the vessels lost during
the year as far known, together with the number
OLIVES lost The total number of vessels is one hun
dred and thirty involving the loss of nineteen hun
dred and twenty -four lives In this computation, the
loss by the San Francisco is put at So and the Stat
fordshre 14O The numder lost by the former is gen.
orally admitted to have been about 2OO and by the
latter TO- These additions will bring the number of
lives lost quite up to 5000
The following is list of the steamers lost, the cir
cumstances attending which will readily suggest them
selves to the reader; Independence, off the coast of
Lower California Tennessee, near.San Miguel; Duke
of Sutherland off Aberdeen S s. Lewis. off the coast
of California AlEatross, Vera Cruz Ocean
! Wave. burned on Lake Ontario Monumental City,
on passage from Melbourne to Sydney Cherokee,
burned at New York Yacht, from New Orleans to
Brazos Ajax off Cape Cod Winfield Scott, off Cal
itornIa coast; Humboldt, Halifax San Francisco
wrecked in the At antic and one two others be-
| longing TO Europe.
/ MUPDERERS OF A SLAVE SENTENCED TO BE HUNG.-
Our readers will recollect the particulars of horri-
bic case In South Carolina, in which two white men,
named Thomas Motley and William BlackIedge, hun
ted down a runaway slave with bloodbounds, and
then put him to death by the most prolonged and
ell toItures These fends were brought before the
Court of Appeals al Charleston Monday last, and
after the motion for trials had been dismissed,
were sentenced to be hung by Judge ONea on the
Sd day of March next.
Hoes ARE FIRM."-A reporter of the Cincinnati
markets states that hogs firm That, (says
the n. 0. Pcayune, is stating the fact little too
mildly; the frmness of the porcine animals amount
| TO the most cursed obsnacy