New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-01-28

man. proprietor Of the Constitution, printer 10 that
body on yesterday The opposition 70 him Of some
Of The members Of the Democratic party would
have defeated him, had the Republican Senators
voted Iii body against him. Fourteen 81 them,
4 only, voted; the other eleven, declining to vote,
"A could have compasse his defeat. This is regarded
Il hy MI Buchanan Az great personal triumph, the
printer elect having no other strength possessing,
Il al hid does no social qualities or talentl except
flaat which he derives from the warm personal es-
teeru Of Mr. Buchanan. This Office, by reason OF
tfse passage of law at the last session. providing
that te printer Of the body first ordering the print
/ ing OF a document shall print the entire number
4 ordered By both Houses Is far mere valuable than
| the printing of the House. The President having
friend as printer Of the Senate, will throw all the
Executive documents into that body first, ana thus
secure the printing of the extra numbers subse-
quenty ordered by the other branch, to him.
The Republicans came to the House to-day with
the disposition to choke off all debate and force
vote upon the various propositions before the body
until the plurality rule be reached. They com
menced. by raising question Of order upon Mr..
Clopton, Of Ala, who had been assigned the floor
by the Clerk. The question of order was pressed
| nv the Republican members with great vehemence,
and was resisted by the South with d like spirit,
until at one time personal collision was feared.
4 The frmness Of the South finally triumphed, and
1 Mr.. Clopton was permitted to 60 on and deliver a
speech, taking the strongest Southern secession
| ground, which he enforced with great eloquence
and ability. x.
\ Badly Sold.
\ During the time there was SO much excitement
\ here, says the Savannah Republican, about !. tar
and feathers v vigilance Committees ETC., there
were two at work at the Central Cotton Press,
putting up machinery, who were from the North,
! and the nervousness they exhibited induced some
of their friends to play practical joke on them.
This was done By holding mock court, the pro
4 ceedngs of which caused them much alarm and
| apprehension. They found out. however, in day
4 81 TWO, that they had been made the victims of
! Joke, and their fears quoted down. Some uneasy
wag dresses the affair up, and forwards it to the
BROOKLYN Daily Times, which lets off its thunder
4 as follows
| THE SOUTHERN M0NoMANIA-ARREsT OF WILLIAMS
4 BEaGERs IN GEORGIA.
Amusement, contempt and disgust alternately
A predominant in our mind as we peruse accounts
\ az the foIles and tyrannies which characterize
the reign of terror " which the John Brown affair
has created at the South. The tarrng and feather
4 iug of James Powers, which we recorded last week
was not so much isolated fact, as part of sys-
I tenn We mentioned also the case of some of
Messrs. Wildey 4 Bulger's workmen. now in Sa-
4 yannah who had been brought before self-styled
4 vigilance COMMITTEES in that city, for expressing
\ Northern sentiments. This morning we received
from one Of the party an extract from the Savan-
nah News. which. with the letter accompanying it,
we subjoin:
4 PROCEEDINGS or THE VIGILANCE.
\ AT 10 o'clock last evening were ushered into the
presence of Judge Roe fby the Committee) James
1 Fitzgerald who claims to belong to New York,
No. North lst street, being charged with uttering
abolition sentiments at the dinner table. Wit
nesses against the prisoner were Charles Gordon,
JOHN Breckenridge and Richard Floyd, of this city.
1 Those in favor were Paul Buiger. Robert Cofkin
and James Bulger Charles Landershine as attor-
ney for the defense. As the Court could not de-
eide upon the evidence before them, the prisoner
was sent to jail for ten day 3, until further acts
could be had of his guilt. The witnesses were
bound iii the sum Of $500 each for therappearance.
The letter gives further particulars. and pre-
sents the accused's version of the transaction.
SAVANNAH Jan. Il 1860
Dear SIR. Enclosed send you an extract from
this mornings News, to show you the state of
things here Il would like to call your attention to
the facts as they did (what state is from an
eye witness ut the Court. This Mr.. Fitzgerald
was workman employed by Messrs. Wildey &
Bulger 70 help put up cotton press in this pace,
q
he remarked that :. there were thirty thousand
men in the North that would have marched down
and liberated Brown # were not for the law-that
the Southerners would hear about it hereafter
He was that night arrested by the mob and car
ried before d man they call Judge Roe, (his name
is, think, William Roe, and native of New ork,
but has got the Southern negro feeling as strong as
any one that has been raised here) onthe table or
stand Of the judge were a brace Of pistols, large
brass blunderbuss, two bowie knives and sword.
This was to intinidate. The way they entered the
room. was by private door and BY a private
was Tiger The whole court las this mornings
paper pleases to call it, were masked, and they
said that the prisoner had been watched from the
time he LETT the ship to the time of his arrest and
that they had their eyes on the whole party, and
knew the politics of every one Of them. They fined
Paul Bulger two dollars for offering to speak in be-
half Of the prisoner (although he was prisoners
witness.) would say to you, that yon cannot be
too full in eauonng our friends that may be coming
South, through your press as there are any number
Of spies here who are pretty well posted up in New
York.
Yours very respectfully. J. COOPER.
Gss. HousroN's PLAN.-In his recent message
to the Legislature Of Texas Gov. Houston says
i believe that the policy OF extending our from
tier too rapidly has already resulted in great loss
+ Of life, owing to the sparse settlements being an
easy prey to the savages If a base line were run
at the extreme edge Of present settlements, and
the territory beyond Withdrawn from locations and
seltlemeHlS we eOulu Iieu, by u liberal p0l1ey
which would give an alternate quarter section of
land to every actual settler, who would reside
upon and cultivate the same for two years, draw
to our frontier a host of hardy pioneers, who
would not only be able to resist the encroach-
ments Of tho Indians, but soon acquire sufficient
strength to intinlidate them.
If this plan were adopted, and force of Texas
Rangers, authorized by the United States kept ac
lively scouting In Territory beyond the settle
ments, we would cease to hear of those calamites
which now continually shock our ears. Thus our
frontier could be gradually extended the lives of
our citizens spared, and a vast amount of money,
necessary to protect the present scattered settle
ments, saved to the Treasury. The alternate quar-
ter sections reserved would be increased i'll value
from the occupancy of the settler, while he would
be benefited by receiving the land at the bare costs
Of the fees Of patenting and surveying. / believe
that the policy of giving land to actual settlers is
good one but We should, at the same time. en-
deavor to make our settlements compact, and
should also confine our donation policy alone to
the settler and his immediate heirs, and not ex-
tend IL to Ills asslgnees
4 SPY N THE FAMILY.-Some time ago there
was association formed in Paris under the title
of + S0ciete pour fare Stticre les Ma1is.n The
name sufficiently explains the objects Of the So
eiety and the character of the persons who would
probably be Its associates. Competent agents
were chosen, and it is said nothing escaped their
vigilance. 1t was in vain that a French husband
came back 10 his apartments in the evening pre-
pared to account for d laborious and wellspent
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