New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-11
POLITICAL.

Tie nav of the Iembers OF the Patent Once, % n
none ss an Agricultural Congress nov In session
at Washington, il upder tood 10 be -. To this s
added cer,s mile for travel
The provisions Of the new bill increasing the psy
Of Naval officers by adding one per cent to pressnt
pay for every year Of service in the grade OF captains
or an ie on t5s act re lis, would give to one
who bad been serving for 20 years at say 5000 per
year salary in future Of g CO. Lieuena1e, m sster'
end pared mdsbip pen are 10 have two per cent In
crease, cslcal.ted as above. Surgeons, pursen and
engineers ,e TO have 25 per ceIt advance upon pes
ent conper sation. Profess Of the Naval Academy
are to have The sane ss thoee at West Point. Boat
swsos CUR ners peD.srs and sslmalers are to have
three per cent in rese Of present pay While the CON-
pensa ion Of all sorts Of government officials exec ,t
ravy officers has been increased of late years the st-
ter are Limited to the standard of 1885.
In the North Carolins House of Commons on the
Sd Of January the blu for the relief of Emily Hooper
of Liberia was read. Mr.. Norwood stated that En- y
was the daughter of man who held station OF cor
sequence in the Republic Of Liberia He came to this
S,ate, purchased her freedom, and carried her TO
Libers. Her parents being dead che is most anxious
TO return TO the service of her former mistress q.
Chapel Hill. The bill was to permit her to do so. Mr.
BenbuIy thought there constitutional objection
to erslayrg free African at present IN Liberia. Ii
be thought there was not he would be In favor of the
bill. Mr. Norwood replied that she was al present
free woman who voluntarily wanted to return to
slavery bat who would become the property of the
State by returning here. To this, and vest
10 the person Of Der former mstre the object of
the bill. Mr.. Benbury st, thought that the act Of
Congress as we'll ss the Constitution prohibited such
measure. Mr. Kerr would vote n favor Of the bill,
as no act Of Congress referred to this She was not
of pure African blood, native Of Africa, and in re-
turning to slavery in this State che did not within
the acts of Congress prohibiting the slave trade He
considered this case givirg high testimony in
favor of the institution Of Slavery in this Stste, when
Q woman, after experiencing the benefit Of African
liberty begs permission to return 10 American Slavery
The bill passed its second reading. How completely
had Slavery done its duty in ths poor womsns soul
pervetng te natural love Of freedom and making her
seek an owner a. a relief from the irksomeness of
taking care Of herself.
Speaking of the reprehepsible practice of "paring
off in Legislative bodies, Ralph Waldo Emerson said
in a lecture at Salem:
Suppose each of the 3C0 Spartans at Thermopola
with like number Of Persians, what would have be-
come of the glOfious Defense and the opportunity
which it gave for Greece to prepare for a vigorous
and successful resistance to the millions under
XerXes.'
Jesus Alma Ia Mexican, unquestionablyl is the
name Of one of the American citizens in behalf OF
whore clairs sgainst Mexico we are urged to 60 to
war with that Power at least to insist upon slarge
territorial indemnity. Can the American eagle afford
to spread his feathers over all thu cases Of this kind
that will come up3
Lawrence Myers, the Philadelphia contractor to
furnish iron pipes for the Wsshingon Aqueduct, who,
it was said, proposed to import the pipes from Scot
land and who failing to comply with the terms OF hs
contract had the forfeited, has pettioned Con-
rress for relief on the ground that his noncompliance
was occssiored by deinquenciss on the part Of
Government agent.
-Ex Governor Walker ia said TO be candidate for
the United States Senate from New Jersey. He now
resides in Hoboken.
The constitutionality of the law erecting Schuyler
County will be argued before the Court Of Appeals at
its present January Term.