The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-12-13

9Th Tho passage Of an oblitera,ng the Boundary
line between the States OF North Carolina and South Caro-
lima, throwing the two States into one, and calling tho
State thus formed simply Carolina"
It'll. Tho passage OF joint resolution declaring that
slavery is the Of the war; and that the war cannot
be brought successful termination until the cause Is
| removed.
Copies Of all Of tho foregoing bills and resolutions
shown TO me- and assured that each Of them wiz
DO oiered and pressed to vote. The opposition aboi
on party already count seventy votes certain
which can be secured. II s their intention TO WIN over to
sher side, II possible enough TO give thsa two
thirds vote, and they succeed getting that they will
pass oil the above measures the Presidents veto.
would shock the country the expressions which they
apply to the President could be heard Illinois slave
hound" Is too mild term by far for them to USE They
call n'm all the bad names N the calendar and say THAT
he has fasihed all his pledges Che any
that Dc has become the plant tool OF the slaveocrasy
they oeniy declare that they despair OF operation
In any Of the above measures and they will carry
them over his head On ths other hand ought b.
stated that there not tho probability that any
one OF the shove passed by the present
Congress. In the House there are certainly sixty-dv
members who have NOT andwii nst bow the the
Baai OF abolition fanaticis and without Of thsss
they cannot es their twolhirds Sc shas any Of
the above measures should be passed by majority
vote s would be promptly vetoed By the Prssdst The
split In tho republican party Oougrass, howsvsr, CON-
piete Indeed, thss party has ceased to exist.
The oberatien Of the old State lines Of Virgins, Mary
land and Delaware, IS proposed In tho report Of the Sc
cretary Of War aud Illustrated the map published
tide Herald, is exciting immense Of discussion
isere and everywhere in Maryland. Indeed 1t Is assert
ed by all the citizens Of Maryland whom have beard
speak Of H. without distinction of PARTY that would be
sl.z
state The proposed measure would indeed dismernber
Maryland and tear ber pieces than vrgi
MA would take from her at one blow two thirds Of
her entire territory and that the most valuable and fer
tile portion. The whole Of what is called 'the Eastern
Shore which comprises all that portion Of her territory
which lies east of Chesapeake Bay will De torn from her
This includes the counties Of Cecil Kent. Queen Anne,
Talbot Caroline. Dorchester Somerset and Worcester
These counties among the richest most valuable
IN the State and their is considerably larger than
that OF the whole State OF Delaware. To which is pro-
posed to Join them Then with Washington and Allegha-
ny counties her two most western COUNTIES taken from
her, Maryland will be ourtaed Of her far proportions"
indeed The population Of these two counties alone is
6O0Oe they have Of 400 square miles, they
produce Of wheat alone 900 bushels annually Such
is the territory which Maryland is expected give up
If she does so 1t will make her fragment Of what
she Is now. She win have bnt eleven counties namely
the counties Of Frederick Carroll. Baltimore, Hartford,
Anne Arundel Howard, Montgomery, Prince George, Cal
vert, Charles and ST. Marys. The portion OF Virginia
which Is proposed to add TO what little will remain of
Maryland is three times large the whole Of Maryland
now is, and six times large that part of Maryland
with which it will be Incorporated. 1t contains sixty
niue coues and embraces nearly half the
state Of Virginia Instead Of adding these sixty.nne
counties to Maryland, therefore, Maryland rather
eleven counties which remain Of Maryland will be added
10 Virginia These sixty nine counties OF Virginia OF
the Blue Ridge are those in which all the ecarities
which constitute Virginia are 10 be fond, ard whatever
name may be giyento it il VIII always be the vir
Contains Richmond. Norolk Yorktown saJ Big neshcI
R I'M Lyneaoars LessDag Manassas
cupied by Beauregrd's army II is by far the
most dsloyai PAT OF Virginia. If Mar yand had
it, what would she do VITA tf She could convert
the people who nhabt IL from their present love Of
scnsm TO love for the Union. The people Of these
sixty nine counties will greatly ovcrbalance the people
the MARY counties will uulyote them six
to on all questions Al tho polls Thus, while the new
State will be called Maryland it will really he lgina
and the comparatively few people in the eleven Maryland
counties will be at the morcy OF the people in the sixty
nino Virginia counties.
The gunboat Pinola the construction Of which was
given to Baltimore, is Dov completed Her machinery
also is ready and is being placed board. The
latter is very POWERFUL and has peculiarcs which
will describe next week when il is expected that her
first trial trip will be made. The measurement Of the
steamer is 500 tons her length 10 feet her breadth
twenty eight feet and her deph of hold twelve She
is copper fastened throughout and is well braced tho
inside with iron plates running dagonally There is a
cabin and Spacious accommodations for the officers and
conto table hunks FOR tho The vessel is pierced for
six guns each side Her armament will be twelve
riied cannon and one pivot gum also riced Her maya
zines admirably constructed.
The arrival this port OF number Of merchant vessels
from Providence Rhode island with valuable cargoes Of
merchandise, has caused some excitement The Vessels
loaded by certain sharp Yankee srecu!ators with
the intention Of sailing aroc to Port Royal. and OF land
ing cargoes somewhere between Charleston
il IS understood that Mr. Simmons, of Rhode Island,
United States ato for that State had large venture
board OF each vessel. However this may be- is
tain that the vessels h!ted ana oaded
strength OF representations made by Simmons to
the effect that "ctZeDs Of Tho loyal States would DO al
lowed to trade with loyal citizens Of the seeded
along the southern coast the
should be taken possession Of by tho Union troopso
These vessels loaded wi articles which under
be the South such salt coffee sugar
&C. clothing, boots and shoes, &c, and it expected
that the speculation would yield rich Return The
managers Of the enterprise intended to take load
of cotton, which they expected to get price
somewhere Beaufort. Thus they expected make
enormous profits on their cargocs in both directions IL
turns out however, that the whole thing founded
on misapprehension II any authority TO trade with
citizens OF tie rebeous States had been given TO
MIR. Simmons, il has been revoked II would have been
the Of putting into tho hands OF the rebels the
very things that they needed most. SO the vessels,
stead OF finding market in South Carolina have sought
here The have not been remarkably success
full in dsposng Of the cargoes here this market is well
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