New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-15
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The following remarks passed IN Inc House Z
Representatives on the It'll inst, between Mr.. Kui
KEEL of Maryland and the traitor, Henry White
Davis:
Mr.. Davis, of Maryland, took the floor. He salt
six States had rebeled against the supreme law Q
the land assuming independent powers. seiN8
ships and forts, and insulting the national flag :,
He referred to the supplying of arms, by G-,apI-
net Minister, to those about to make war, CON-
missioners wandering from State to Ste, ma
GRAVITY violating the Constitution by stirr4 up re-
bellion; and Cabinet Minister, while 'Iuihg lis
commission, and bound by oath to IpPott Tue
Constitution, going himself from one ,Late 10 an
other, organizing another part Of th'''l7iiF Vi IT,
bcllion. .n
We have seen the President negGting the warn
ings of the first military officer tne aye, al.o"-
ing the forts to be taken, and snlequen!y ulahln8
bargains for peace with disuniofIs, unC ne sha1l
be relieved of the responsibility OF 0elenu-
ing and Yindicating the public thoI. o,,
He considered the President Espaole OF ming
his position The Constitution al la"5 lnust De
enforced and those who stand osS Inc PAIN OF
enforcement must either destroy power q the
Government or it will destroy thu lAPP.41se'
Revenue may be collected on shpoata ana the
laws of commerce be enforced b. uoC alo"lD8
vessels to pass out without gOvernent papers,
and postal facilities be continued Or s'PEessed ac-
cOrding to circumstances
He said he should speak for Maryl;f' who has
confidence in the strength of the grea5oFernhent
which protects her.
KuukeI. If you speak for that Sta deSfe TO
be heard. ECries Of order.l
Davis. decline to yield the floor. :,
Kunkel. Speak for yourself, not h5al ylahd'
Davis confined, and said, ATatan goes not
recognize the right of secession orle fISht 10 re-
peal the supreme law of the Lar, ihoae VINO
should presume TO inaugurate rolut .I ":@ul1
meet with revolutionary resistanC OH the SOIL OF
Maryland, under the stars and SITS.
SHARP MERCANTILE PRACTICE me New York
Evening Post relates the followiD:
1t is said that certain New Y&. merchant re-
Gently found himself in possession o. quantity of
linen wrappers Of very good q1ality3uI SO snort
that no human being, not even anSIHlmauH,
could wear them with comfort. How dispose OF
them to advantage was question difIicuol so!o-
ton; bat his wits were equal TO the er8ehcy'
and he hit upon the following plan: / sent
stranger to certain retail store with instciohs
to inquire for short linen wrappers. The mtnaht
conld not supply him, and the stranger nIred
where he could find the article. Next day amer
stranger was dispatched on the same missionnd!
the next day another, and SO on, until the ri
merchant became convinced that there was an
traordinary demand for short linen wrappers, a.
began to look about For supply. He did not sui
coed until he came to the establishment of tn
merchant first mentioned, where he bought the en-
tire lot. 1t is hardly necessary to add that Their
has been no demand for the article sincen
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A DEAD MAN FoUND,-S Suspicious Of Foul Play
On Sunday last, the dead body of man was foun
lying near the mouth of little ryuIet on the roat
to Belair, about hundred yards this side of tht
Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad depot on tn,
Ohio side of the river. The body had been buried
but the recent rains had washed away the dirt
and one arm and the face were exposed. The maj
was about 30 years of age, had black whisllers ant
hair was well dressed, and did not appear to have
been dead great while. Nothing was found upol
the body calculated to lead to the discovery of thu
name, except dampened and obiiterated letter
n nf VII; n1 t1,nt L
were .. Baltimore, August 3D." and signed YOU
wife, Margaret It is supposed he was murdered
for his money. Wheeling Iya.) IntelIigencer.
THE DECISION OF TEXAs.-The Galveston News
of Tuesday last says:
From present appearances, there will be no or.
ganized or decided opposition to secession in the
election 10 take place in Texas the 23d inst The
Union men find OVertures from the NOrtk too slow
and unsatisfactory to afford any encoura cement OF
q settlement OF our present dficnlticB in the
Union; and the public mind seems to be RIO longer
divided: The Southern Convention, now in ses.
sion at Montgomery, organized on the 18th BY the
election of Hon. Howell Cobb, of Georgia, Presi-
Gent, and J. J. Hooper, Esq, of Alabama, Socre-
tgry. Mr.. Cobb, on taking the chair, said he re-
g&.ded the separation of the seeding States as
- perfect and perpetual" This is doubtless the
ldeG of the whole Convention.
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A. SPECIMEN BRICE OF HENRY WARD BEEcuE2.
Henry Ward Beecher went to Boston q few DAYS
ago AID addressed the citizens of that place at
meeting in fremont Temple, as follows:
Undet any General Government the South must
AXE sides against the North. One side or the
'ther shall feel it. might conceive tkat the devil
ind an angel might ride together with o1e horse
hanks to TIE angel and not the devil. The North
S not quite an angel, and the South ta ante q
tasH, so they can't ride or the one Constitution
The Constitution cannot serve liberty and slavery
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