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jjjifjwttl gig^atf|f. _v < *s#AWIHWhHASaMBRRI_t;_. "*_ THE riAH.Y PISPATV.B _ served tosee .■Srssl st* »si>a*iaUT«» „"»*•/»■ _,»N» t.» the Osrner weekly. Frio* lor mailiag, X'r vi, r. or *tA" fnr tix months, ia advance. !_ ril X SEMI -WEEKLY P fHPATCR It issued /<,. rursday aßill-nd*Tat*».**, i a ad vans*. __TPV WkeKLY DISPATCH isissuedever* .•* -, »r..t mailed to tabseriner* at fi per anaem. _' ' ' "' — ' "■' ■ "■_ iiin—i SPECIAL NOTICES. ■ _ « »»_ht. Colli*. Hoarseness. Ac—Tbe Svtisnetef the anov*etvm»!*iintßat thit season [_ the sstfirt ol httesias out a heel of professedly ''~ '. .eritet; sn«l viiiie iiimc few may b* good, o,r.' SIS BtWSSB snd some even dangerous. To ".', (■■'., itteematmsat. the Ivst course to puisne ' j , ('• lisult ><M»r latmlj prt'kiciftn. «<r otherwise ''. ... i: reaisans a* ton* puiibc experience l,> he safe and ef!icaci<'iis Of lint el-vet . iSl.'R'* COMPOUND BTRUP OP GUM TraBIO. Oritisallj the favorite prescription of ~«*sta*"* r-'o"" 1 *"- it srtoa senatse aneeaiat i~, » BUdicia*. *n<l Without advertitias. hat i,*4 tocajol * tTsrsia* reputation for the i».*is. Ie an meant esse* uarttiik* v .. . isd i* chrome *****, Bronchitis, Hoop l_Coa«fl I're'ip. Asihrnv Ac. it is used with '" p ,rsi twf tsßMsse.** rooit f-imilies wi'l testify. I i,. Fisiicr ft Winston. Meads A Hiker. A. ■ . >ktr. *« . *t tt cent* per l»»itie. ami in an ele • ~r.'wd shnteut I* ten.* form 12», and 25 cents •whs*, rrepssed faff J. BALMhK, I'hsrmaceu ~!. ju'tnii.'te. Md. fet-Jm* • _ ire SICK.' A SMALL tart OV T KBTIMONY ~ \ KRf'.V INDEX OP PA M I'll I>T OP 'CI r?„ H\ HAMPTON'S TINCTURE. i»n\ II if AY |>s_]4 ,v ; \ v v ,i jrearv. J. R. Oc-ugh •• is \ |; i riS- wip-m. John Devlin " 21 , \ .. — Jehs McKei tie " lo CKI/S, Cpnstipatwiß—John Howard- " is ; . ..b-V'm. H. Pbtitrts " 16 ~.- rtH ii- 5. wma " »» I . ~-ii I'l-.Tiivr. .. " 27 Bh«»mtt<irß Dyspepsia. Diarrho**, Pe'iilitv. f>e f -,,- - Health Erysipelas. Disss**of hie*.Fe mplilßtt, IL|> Disease, Kidney Pise.i_, , .•■ m: ;-:i-t, Mercaria] Disease. Tetter. Tu .-. i irii«h. Vertigo. Womb Diseas*, Nerves, \ i .is. Paralysis, I'.i'piWtion oi Heart. Serofu - .. Ifsense, Ac, with numerous other Dlt m«c« ii •</)'.«; I/* \n ivsroTfii cfrfXeTTf. »i d ntanj other*, wh* testify to Itoine Cl'R lean *fauflhneg,bv HAMPTuN'S TINC ri uk. ' MALE* AMI CRILDREM.-Thia TINC I iK X w.tl l<e louiid a «;**'. u.edicn.e lor ftl! their c tt .»es. i \. i'«: and rot Pamphlets and tes cures. s Hi iTKCI'.i.!.. I ADD .V CO., RfNirncmd, bi Or COOKE, Predericksbnrg: b> .all ths Dnu rists .ii s*t*rtbßr«: by MUSTLMEk A- MOW BI \ >'• llHitnii.vre- md by Drnieistß and .-'hop ket .-. everywhere, fl pc» Uoul*;s_ iH.tt>.s |S fe r—dhewta ! e?w >ssnyle*slnlUlllhlrßahlas Powder*— AH persons fond of ii-Jit. sueet, and whotoemns i ..it H'.mi), Hiaeaits. Batter and Buckwheat i iket.ataj pareha— thisPowd*rwithseeKdeaes. lie natertali ■'■ serieeti) han*less.aad more : .--.. Nt -Inn Buda, fakcratas, ,\c IV<> fesr i.| » Sr*ad. Hie use oi it Will make ths lightest, ■vastest !»read in the siir.rteM ao*sihln tune ; save tboraad sxptsss; and acvsr liisai.points. • tte secoasaayiPi sinipie direeti.int are ol>- Btsiost, if is ■anafsetored is Vir.iaia. - B-i iareaUoa «>f Ifsaktsdseß. JOHN W. i..\V. ic'tv. msnufsetsrer and sole proprietor. soed. Ye, We kaow aim. and have tried it i rtcnmsMad it.-is ;lie bast we ever tried, (iet • tad ni.i.d ths direetmns. r'orsalS by flrntrirists ... Groeertt«a*r*ii]r, vholssalesad retail.—Rev. , r. k*sttr. Bd. Advocate. t_st. Xtchela*Sulfa, Hiiitr ,tui Exmaansßass. Ti..--t .V.i.niis f*Hl<-«.n. escand t-> no other es ,i sat it i!ie ;>t.-ite. ;g OOBBtsntl} supjilir-d >. ■ ...!<■. -t ■: NCU AND AMERICAN CARDIES. FKLTTS, RUTS etc.. •biehvi I bewildbj WHOLESAhI or KKTaIL . - • ■ ■ tatisfd"tor) trri'i.j. NT BY Ml-RCH A NTS are invited to exam inft - '.r.t indwell selected stock winch is be ■ tssU) !.!-tetf t.>. be:..re snreka*esg else- V - Partiei tad families s'lpp'ied with CAKES, CRKA w?«and JELLIKS. of everj description, li *T*m id COFFEE. OAM_ and oth-r i; tr'Kt ■!! M KNTS serred ia the liest style, in the - .. ... H!;iJ at tlio shortest notice. he A. ANTONI. »\. A Orand Virginia Di«coyery.-«f?<imt f. ,r months since, our excellent townsman. N . -..,:;■ PzrtlXL, inf..niisd us that he had f-fj .red a lisir re«tr.-er uitli winch he was ex i Timnunj bpob kit own head, whose top wasen I'm bald, we »hw bun two ears staeo, aad en a tt) baW fosr SKvathl since a fine cropoi hail lut tfrtot ac with a tieerous ffowth. !<f «.Nii .Kxbiibl of the "tficacv of tvs dis ( .. in that bt hat Dsmed it "THE INFALLIBLE .IA HAIB ii E8 TOR KR." Hr. K. v itiosttran« into in extensive maaafheture et aa b which it destined to prove ef anxious in ■ iooi ild pated triciiifs.— From Richmond r ■ .-• Dei Ut*. J-A9. II i famous hi-:-, ie eaa bow he had ef the prin etttl Dratxittt. rhote persons who desires fine • • I r, have onlj to use tne. restorer accord -. printed direction! no the bottle. Those wiio binta) doubts of i:s eaoaey, can ha_ them ro -1....--.I :i i >■:■.»'• t:m«.. hi ihe VIRUINIA BAlfi RE rORKB INFALLIBLE, proviag t_S • ! that it tsclnimed to tie. Skelsnla depot lor orders, 69 Main st. — R. EEEKIEL. ,v ivl-l-tt.-. . B'CHMOMi. Nov. It, I_J. I. V 1./Kk ILL, take oath aa th* Holy Uit.ie, that l beta bald ior the n««t 12 team and :i:>iAli_u''„L^f^_i;' wKiCEKIKL - svl « _;._._ .. r NAPnTALt EzRKIKL. 1 idaj mora to before _s,hj haav>»_i r-.at kl -,, l * , ~ Jot. Mavii, ■■'■' lnl ___________ WThe artmt Virtiuia Keniedy. and n« P «ra.-P>.TERS' INFALLIBLE RRMEDi FOR ONOBEHOIA, AND ALL sfcRETDTB t.\ IJ-. -lint i.'et.r Aineru-an remedy, contain Uti unrd or f!.-.i<!iniio properties, exce't »•'.•■ ikiat heretofore oiMrad thepablic.in ifscu • rtttorai .c, and renovating power?: »nd .'■ medical world art astonished when tola that Urt ,!..•.-<. remed) will cure the al«<ve diseases, and Intwted wnen th. > have ocular demr.nslra ■ '..•"•. pt faett. But the proprietor, who has ; : «" l!J reß *_ fof twenty-odd veart, has ,„. .';' i'. ,l ' :i6e -"' _•■**/ > ears standi at to be •■■' nred tn perfect health, and _U other cases of •Rsrtef deration tube restored, wit host a single Mception, tod therefore ehallenaes any c_e ef ; >r. .p,„>.-, which th* remedy will uot cure, pro- Wt at tirsctiont are carried out with prudence ' tptrtoftha patient; and any one purchasing • idoxen bottles, and using accordirii.lv, in hia itt, he Kuarantees a perfect cure"; and in i :n:ure, will furnish additional niedieine. untioharge, to complete the cure, throu.-rh hit «»! U; tad a cure will he effected without incon wnittee to th* aattent. Bold by Ai PERSON & DUPUY, Druitiriits, . , . Aj,euUfor the city of Richmond, *•__»* No.Sll. Broad street _Ttie i Inaransi Rns_, Henrico, ret depoßits, upon which mm mat is paid at aa vi 1 1 r cent, per sanam bbsh all sums re ' ■■"- ■ j. i.i.-,it'.h. or lentjer, mikl B per emit, per "_■»* M a skurtei B .in..d •'fltce \o. „ Alain " : '' * JNO NKTTLEa. Preiident. ► i_, ilioii l - D WALFOhD.See'y. . a13~3m JAMES L. PORTEK,Trea'r. ■____*_.*_• , he sick ' alllieted and numer titisvifl_%*._**• heretofore used Dr J. 8. •__ k H |,|L '- N 88. always witii the most un ; *-ea happy results, that some unprincipled circulated an imitation. The Doctor ■ -<■ ...-.•i! l ».il e ,i»rt chan«e the wrapp.ir. which __T r .""' i:! \ "PU-ee, «nd Ins written sisna lh___* 1 t! ' B _*■ " f ever > NUtte of the genuine ....:;.'!*•.'" ,h: '' «'• * Mlc - c " n asain obtain tr ZZ , * *'"' < ' l' h ' lve » uite d t "« l «' *»«t» and net _* lr .«n_na«a nwi___ R, , ,s *' : '' s COI'GH SVRI'P, for coutht Tht "a7\ 7mii»_, """ ! " '* ,ho stsndard remedy. n,«. ■' l r - H 1,,r Paint rheuumt'sui. eholio, '•■ \V! ', r! " N,,;i - "id the DVBPEPTIG COM -. ,' pcptiaand liversomphuat*. *A 1 M.k L. WAKING, IU7 Brosd tt. * Richmond, Va. i'. o ,!'.'.*'*" l , l ,*"-'' l "-' purchased the interest ot n' <i. , , , .,"r r -.,\ !:i '" w,;i: - l thall continue the «» __.. J 11 *** am) G.LAZINO BUSINESS ~, imw s«!b*i,b* i.eietob.re. teat__ _ fhiT f r r - tn * pat/onaKe io liUraily sx !___ _•,_'"*• ' ustiojl a continuance of Kr»M? c ornerof Bank and 12th •»_i EOHERT OARTHRIGHT. "," d K '«ddcrte_|*lui_tß.-fhs "W.-r'„";','." ' n 'P|','tai.t discovery for Kidney, !,',"; '11 * ljeen un » ,,i « l <> w»lh. have boob f,( Hiedt, J, , 'i tU '* ~owertul COMPOUND. It it V ntß__ _ •'*""*>• *'»d is pronounced by medi r«*n___SJ__ •*!_ •S?S to ou the hunt II m,i 4 irr'.V°^ l >m the world. Larte bottle* w ::<> t_.o__.A__ supply iutt re - f -<hL {Alih ** WINSTON. Drugiiistt, Main utreet. Rishntoad. >< »dm_H____ } h ' mo * t aau*yiag and ' v,! o'i" u<, ">n«wn to society, can never INTERS _,_*" , , v _ p/KER'S PREMIUM Mfl totbl ___ ie Woa nj"r«nKtb*B the stomach. •"►"te-fuii, "'-■ iu«c_*. and invi_,re>te th* mind '" "ttieel-'.;. revolution is effect ,: "wet eitl \t, l ' m £ r ' n * n - andsll impurities srs " ujrer * Wu,d - I*«tt»htr* : ,lv!i_ "^'■«_• cit ' of H'shmond _ «_•_ _ _ .» ro _p t j» Wl 3 > 4 . >"« t.. BAKER, proynstor, Richmotd, ia*»-t* vV'fotrioh *!"'_ _ **»«' solors, sneoated at the A ""Wia»l*;'7 , ." t !l*• , . »*«uer/eo»■*•*_! "»*» i« oi ea ,n 'w' eolore. weteroolor*, or ' ' , uVtM V e7b_, tao ' AMBROTyPKH aa) J ' lUlrt APIW "••■ twl > a th# bichsst •*.!•!_" ~ ' -'' Tth~\rgkti..\f, Xj_±t Market Plane. Frahklin street. • *»!__• _iirs««i7f_r____r -.__?_! N•y ln___ J £_. ■__^_ r «*- : ■«swri» *•*••» »ftftßsVf creak h_ _ . • .• WaliTijtfJldji ' DAILY DISPATCH. ''' ' ' ■■'■■■■■ • . i-i■ ._. .i _ .» ■..-hi ii- _ .. _. t i n _i ... ■ N ~~~-r_r____i__ Mit<^ VOL. XVII—NO. 35. RICHMOND, VA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1860. PRICE ONE CENT: § ismm\\ $i^i\t% FRIDAY MORNING FEB. 10, it«o. Horrible t rneity at *m—Six Seamen _ur dpred. In Liverpool ou the Nth ultimo, Edrannd Lane aud Gordon Hire*, the first and second mates of the American Lark Anna, of New York, were arraigned for the willful murder of tan seaman, on ibe voyage to that port.— All the viciims were helpless free negroes, who brutal officers seem, from the evidence, to have slaughtered like sheep. The evidence of John Thomas, one of the seamen, was given in as follows: We sailed from New York In June last, with screw consisting of Capt. Turtle, Edmund Lane,chief mate; Gordon Hires,second mate; Abraham Rock, myself, John Turtle Win. I'orreroy, a man known on ward as Frank, Wm. F.igms, and James Armstrong. There was also on board Richard Roseman, ihe cook; he is a white man, but also an American.— These men were all on board when we sailed from New York: but Turtle, theseaman Frank, Johnson, Pagtns, Aimstrougand _ omeroy are since dead. On the .'hi July I was on the top gallant forecastle when Lane, tbe mate, gave an order to Armstrong. He did not attend to it so quickly as the mate wished, and Lane, faking up a mallet, struck him with it over the eve. Armstrong fell on the main deck with' his head forward, and then leaned over ihechain. I went to bis assistance, put my hand on his bead and pulled it bacK, and I saw that his left eye wae rouni-g ...oat.— He did not speak, but remained on deck about an hour atterwards. The second mate aent him down on tbe martingale, under tbe bow sprit, to clean the ear-ring. He took hold ol the ear-ring, but could not clean it. He wns washed off the martingale, and towed along in the water by ihe ear-ring, which bis arm was coiled round. Abiaham Rock went to his as sistance. The chief _ate was on the jib-boom, and (i« Hock was about to haul Armstrong on bard, be said, "Don't haul that nigger in; cut the ear-ring and let him go f About two mi nutes afterwards, Armstrong let go his bold and whs loot. We were eighty days on our passage from Lugo no, in South America, to Cowes. About thirty days afterSJtiling from Lagoaa, the second mate, Gordon Hires, ac cused John Turtle of ste.iliug rum from his cabin. Hires ordered him to reeve a rope through the ring of tlieanchor and secure it to the cathead. Turtle obeyed the order. Hires caught him by ihe head, hauled him down on tbe deck,and stamped uuon and kicked him on the head with hi* sea boots, which were very hard. I saw Turtle- head and eyes bleeding. llires went alt, I went to breaktast, and Turtle went don sin the forecastle. After breakfast, Hires said to me, '-Is Jack Turtlelurned out ?" I replied,•Wo." He said, "Tell him if he don't come out and get ou to the pump I'll murder Imn." I wont down, and found Turtle iv his bunk, apparently much bruised. When f told him to get up, lie said he could not.— 1 said, "IT you don't get up the mate wili come aad btnfyoo." Turtle replied, "I can t get up if they kill me.'' afterward.-, Hires pulled him out of the bunk by the ears, threw him down in the foicastle, stamped upon him heavily. Hires got off Turtle, aim said to him, "Now get out and go to ihe jmrap,'" Turtle made no reply, aud Hires then picked him np and hive him on tbe main deck. The ship was on the port tack, lying over on the starboard side. Turtle caught hold of a rope yarn on tbe main hatch; Hins kicked him under tbe left ear, took out bis knile and cut the rope yarn, and let Turtle fall into the lee scuppers, where the water was about two feet on deck. I said, "I am not going to sull'ei this man to lie here and die iv ibis way," and then took Turtle on to the forecastle, where 1 laid him down, lie did not speak; he whs help less, and his head was nil in :l gore of blood.— About two minutes afterwards Hire snaked me, "Jack, is that old nigger dead yet f" I said, "No, sir, but he » pretty had off." This was about )*J o'ctock ai noon. 1 attended on Turtle until id o'clock the same night. He did not speak the whole time,and was unable to take anything. At I next morning I found him dead on the floor. Be fare he was ill-used he i appeared pretiy well—he had only sore feet.-- No one ill-used him at that time besides Hires, and 1 am anile sore he died from ths 111 nirngn Abraham Hock was witness to part of it, and the others who witnessed it are c»ead. Two days afterwards, Hires said, "Sew the old ne gro up and throw him overboard." In sewing him up I took bold of his head, and found the bone of his forehead broken in the centre. The edgeol ihe bone projected through ibeskin.and his head was very much bruised. Turtle was between sband Ou year.* of nge. About eleven o'clock on the same morning that Turtle died 1 heard a scullle, and Hires .swearing in the sail room. 1 went out and saw that Hires bad Johnson down on tbe fool cbent, ehoktue. liim with both hands, x saw blood coming I from his mouth. Afterwards he said to me. i 'Jack, I feel very bad, aud hid dying. Tht' mate has choked me to death." At 0 o'clock the same day Johnson died, and was thrown overboard the day following, with Turtle. Johasoa was about 18 years old. - j j About seven days before we arrived at Cowes. the man Frank also died. Two or three days be lore his death, 1 saw Lane, the chief mate, beat him. Hetween seven and eight o clock of the evening of the next day, Frank was at the wlietl, and Lane who was standing behind him, said, "it you go a quarter of a point ot) your course, I'll murder you." Directly after wards b*Streak him on tbe back of the head with a belaying pin. Lane then called Rock to relieve tbe wheel, and sent Frank, bleeding, to the pump. Lane beat bim for an hour, oil and on. striking him every three or four min utes. Frank called out "Murder!" Twice he exclaimed, "Oh, God !" and he called once for the captain. Frank bled very much, and ap peared 'o lose bis senses; he hollered all night, and died about ie o'clock the next night.— The day after Frank died he was thrown over biarrf.rtnrl jr. ni><«it three hours aiteiward* we saw the Star Point Tne eviuei.ee oi mis witness testified to the deaths of tour colored seamen. The witness es in attendance to prove the deaths of the other two unfortunate men were Abraham R >ck, a man of color, and Koswell, the stew ard. A Mr. Stokes appeared for the accused. He said he represented the American government, and he bad to present a protest, under the treaty of Washington, against tnd jurisdic tion of tbe magistrates, together with a letter from the American minister, authorizing bim to appear and protest against tbe jurisdiction. It was a matter which the American govern ment only could entertain. Sir H. P. Gordon, after consulting with the Bench—We are of opinion that we are bound to discharge the men. The prisoners were then discharged: upon which the crowd in ihe Court raised a storm of hisses, hootings, groans, cries of "Hang 'em !" and every other horrible mark of disap probation. It was with difficulty that tbe ac cused were protected from the fury of the in dignant mob. The Hench gave orders to Mr. Superinten dent Campbell that tbe men should be convey ed, under the protection of the police, to Cowes; that the witnesses mnst also return on board, and intimated to tbe latter that they would be protected while tbe ship remained in British waters, or if they had any complaint it mnst be made to tbe police of Cowes. The superin tendent of police had in bis possession the mallet and belaying pin, aud also a steel in strument called a "knuckle-duster," alleged to have been used la torturing tbe colored sea men. TM captain is a young and very intel ligent-looking man. The chief mate, Lane, has a true American physiognomy—a thin face with lougtight-browu beard, without whiskers or moustache. Hires, the second mate, is ' chubby, not yet 21 years old, aud has a dark ' complexion and hair. A smile passed over each of their countenances when their attor ney bad established the non-jurisdiction of the court. . EzOtTBXBTiT IS KnttRWiLLS, Va.—Con siderable excitement was created in Berry viHe Va., on last Moaday evening, upon tbe receipt of tbe news that One. Letcher had commuted tbe sentence of negro Jerry, who had been convicted of incendiarism, he., and was sen tenced to be bung on the 17th inst. The Con servator says: This excitement wns increased by the arrival of a couple of gentlemen In n carriage later la theevening, as It was generally believed they had come for the purpose of oon v*ylag Jerry out of town during the night. Upon helngln terrogated about their destination, Ac by some of the auti-eewmoUsrs, we learn that their replies were deemed sufficienttye vnsive t# counrm the suspicion of their *rrand,aa44»wa* at once resolved by soma of the citissnt that Jerry should aotbe taken out of tbejell that night alive, Wehav* heard various rumoes about wba: wm be done la ease an attempt should be seed* to carry Jerry oetof the jail before tbeday Rues noun for bis euncutloaf 1 ? Bl __*__* *•* i** l ■*• OB *r Doubtfes* ilw attempt to enrry him sway on eertoua f r»»s?te. w *? *** **"** **** ——i — ii —._ 'JLP^Bt mmm inf- ™ -tit«i|*T»R»wtJte VdMsSonnt nf frits a sort of ts? eaat ia*_e una ofUte Ko«f&_ani_a*_ Gsveraor H*att*a est the Union. General Sam Houston, Governor of Texaa, in presenting; to the Legislature of that State tbe resolutions of South Carolina in favor of a .Southern Confederacy, argues ably and pa triotically against Texas joining in any such project. We select a few paragraphs from his message: Were the -Sou there States to yield to the suggestions of South Carolina, and passing over tbe intermediate stages of trouble a Southern confederacy should be established could South Carolina offer auy guaranty for us duration I If she were to secede from the present Union, could one be formed with a constitution ot more obligatory force than the one which has been formed by our fathers in which tbe patriots and sages of South Caro lina bore a conspicuous part f Sever the pre sent Union-tear Into fragments the Constitu tion—stay the progress ot the free institutions which both have sustained, and what atone mentis to be offered to liberty for tbe act? from whence is to come the elements of "a more jierfect Union" than the one formed by the men of the Re vol v tion I Where is tbe pa triotism, the equality, the Republicanism to _*_£ • t**ter Constitution f That which Bonia Carolina became a party to iv 17*3 has to this period proved equal to all the demands made upon It by the wants of a great people and the expensive energies of a progressive age. Neither iv peace nor in war has it ever been found inadquate to any emergency. It pas, in return, extended the protection which Union alone can give. The States have re ceived the benefit of this union. It is left to them to abandon it at their pleasure—to desert the Union which has cherished them, and J* _22_j wh ' c l» they wonld have been exposed to ail Ihe misfortunes incident to their weak condition. The Union was intended to be a perpetuity. In accepting the coudlSens imposed prior to becoming a part of the confederacy, the States became p;irt of a nation. What tney conceded comprise* the power of tbe Federal Govern ment, but over that which they did not con cede their sovereignty is as jierfect as tbat of the Union in its appropriate sphere. They ears all that v/as necessary to secure Strength and permanence to the Union—they retained all ihat was necessary to secure the welfare of the State. Texas cannot be In donbtas to this question. In entering the Union, it is not, difficult to de termine what was surrendered by an inde pendent Republic. We surrendered the very power the want of which originated the Fed eral Union-the right to regulate commerce with foreign nations. As an evidence of it we transferred our eustom-aouses, as we did our ions ami arsenals, along with the power to declare war. We surrendered our national Hag In becoming a State of the Union, Texas tgieed "not to enter into any treaty, alliance or confederation, and not without the consent ol Congress to keep troops or sbijis of war, enter into any agreement or compact with auy other State oi foreign power." All these rights belonged to Texas as a nation. She ceased to possess them ns a State: nor did Texas, in icriris or by implication, reserve the power or stipulate lor the exercise of the to secede irom these obligations, without the consent of he other parties to' the agreement acting through their common agent, the Federal Gov ernment. The Constitution of the Uuited States does not thus provide for Its own de struction. Au inherent revolutionary right, to be exercised when the great purposes of tbe Union have failed, remuins ; but nothing elst Might not South Carolina if a new confede racy were formed, at any time allege that an infraction of the new Constitution, i>r some leviation irom its principles, had taken place 1 In such an event, according to the principles 'iow laid down by her, she would then exer cise the same power which she now assumes. Grant her assumption of the right of seces -ion, and It must be adopted as a general prin ciple. ALissachuseits may then nullify the Fugitive Slave law by virtue of her right a* a sovoreign State, and when asked to obey the which she would thus violate, •.uietly go out of the Union. It has been remarked by statesmen of Soutb Carolina, when commenting upon IheaUeged iggressions ef the North upon the South, that "many of the evils of which are complain were of our own making" If we have suttered from our own bad poli cy in the Union—from giving the control of our affairs to men who have not calculated well as to results, (the Union has enabled us to retrieve many of the false steps,) and at no time since the history of our government have so many of the safeguards of law been thrown around our peculiar institution. It is lor us to sustain it and every other right we possess in the Union. Sustained by the Federal arm and the Judiciary, we may rely upon the maintenance of these rights which we know we possess. Whenever these are ta ken from us, tbe Constitution has lost its pow er. There will be no Union to secede from, for in the death of the Constitution, the Union likewise perishes: and then comes civil war, mil tbe sti ugt;le lor the uppermost. If the present Union, from which we are askea to seceile, does not possess in itself all i ne conservi-.il ye elements, tor its maintenance, it does seem to me that all political wisdom and binding force must b« set at nought by the measure* proposed. So long as a single State reserves to herself the right of judging for the entire South as to ihe wrongs inflicted, and the mode of redress, it is difficult to determine to what extent tbe theory would be carried. Texas is a border State. Indians ravage a portion of her frontier. Mexico renders inse cure her entire Western boundary. Her slaves are liable to escape, bnt no fugitive slave law is pledged for their recovery. Virginia, Mis souri nud Kentucky are border States, and ex posed to aboliticn emissaries. Have they asked i.>r disunion as a remedy against the assaults of abolitionism ! Let dissolution command the terrible consequences will fall upon all those first, and with a double force. South Carolina, from her central position, the sea upon one side, and a cordon of slave Sates between her and danger, has had but little reason for ap prehension. Those who sutler most at the bands of the North seem still disposed to bear in for the sake of the Union, when they can bear no longer they can judge for ihemselves, and should their remonstrances fail to call itte enemies of the Constitution buck to duty, and the Federal Government cease to protect them, tbe pathway of revolution is open to them. mm Tnn Great Eastikn.—The Manchester (England) Guardian says the Great Ship Com pany continues plunging about in a sea of troubles. A boisterous meeting of tbe share holders was held recently, when the Directors, •wing to the fact that "diversity of opinion and much dissatisfaction" existed in the minds of the proprietors, intimated their intention of resigning. Mr. Campbell, the chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, defended himself and his colleagues from the char gee which had been made against them, nnrl pro mised that, on some more favorable opportu nity, he should he prepared with a complete vindication of their conduct. Mr. W. Httwes moved aa amendment for tbe appointment of a committee of Investigation—the Directors being in the meantime requested to retain of fice. Tbis proposition was received with marked disappprohation, several speakers de nouncing it as an attempt to save the Board. The show of ham's inraistakably condemned the amendment, but a poll was demanded,and the meeting was therefore adjourned. Mr. Scott Russell hay attempted to appease the wrath of the indignant shareholders; in a long report he contends that the Great Eastern during the trial tripe realized the speed for winch she was designed,and showed sea-going qualities of the highest order. With respect to tbe nou-compl <*i.m of tbe ship, he says it was not intended to place her iv an entirely complete condition nutil after her return from America, and he calls noon the shareholders "not to allow the properly to be depreciated by the exaggeration of small faults over great merits." lie is 'proud of her general struc ture, design, and perform tnce," and, as re gards the paddle-engines, he is "prepared to allow his reputation as an engine-builder to stand or fall by them." He is satisfied with the work generally, and he expects "yet to earn great reputation by ber." "What is now wanted.'* be says, "is tbe best possible manage ment of the ship. Steam-shipping property Is aot easily managed; bnt ii yon can agree upon men of ability, experience, aad eneeeee in tbe mnnagetnea t of steam property, to take the en tire practical control of the executive Girt of your business, yon will sot be dlssat a*d_ri_is*reaplt." Honioronin Bnesewtcs.—▲ dlflUslty ne* camd is l*n conaty ef Brunswick, Vs_ on Friday last, between two highly respected citiseas of tbateonnty, which resulted in the lnstaat death ef one of the par tie*. The par ticulars, an published is the Petersburg Ex press, stnte in brief tnnt nn tbe day ntentiened Mr/Nathaniel M. Snbears, having basinets With Mr. Edmund W. dole, visited hie resi dence, near Grbolsonvilla, _r the purpose of settling tbe tnntter. A misaorieretsnding sroee, which wns ultimately termiaaied by Cole seising n snot gnn near st band an. ahootlog Spheers through the sand. Tbe entire toad eatetnd nt tbe left temple, nad the safcrannntaensn »tt dead st the •£_•__ not atterteg s wotd._Jtj»_etattdjsdt ibej Srsss Sesr snsjsjsar*, *^_j_____j_if~^*tsjß IJnJjL M__sf_ R JsntleteftsTKnaa, saf OCNRRAI. ASSEMBLY OR VIRGINIA. SENATE. Thcrsdat, Feb. o. iB6O. Tbe Senate was called to order at v o'clock A. M., by Lieut. Governor Montahce, and opened with prayer by Rev. J. A. Duncan, of the M. E. Church. A message was received from the House, through its Clerk, that it had passed Senate' bills incorporating the Leesburg Savings Bank, and for tbe relief of Tbos. May's repre sentatives; also. Senate bill authorizing tbe payment of interest on the guaranteed bonds of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, (with an amendment in snaps of a substitute, which was amended in the Senate,) agd House bills following, vis: To authorize a subscrip tion, on tbe part of the State, to the capital stock of the Monongabeia Navigation Com pany, and Incorporating tbe Elk River Turn pike Company, with a capital of *_,oou. The House bills were read in the Senate and re ferred. Bi is Rtp-jrted.— The following bills were re ported from committees, via: Incorporating the Hivanna Manufacturing Company, at Palmyra, in tbe county of Fluvanna: consti tuting a part of the Ohio River a lawful fence; amending an act en titled an act incorporating a iu-w com piny to open and extend tbe naviga tion of the Shenandoah River and its branches, and for other purposes; authorizing a subscrip tion, on behalf of the JUomniou wealth, to ena ble the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto mac Railroad Company to construct a branch of tbeir road in Prince William county; in corporating the Fredericksburg and Fauquier Railroad Company. Resolution of Inquiry into Expediency. —The following resolution was offered and adopted, Tis: Of reporting Senate bill No. 500 of the session of '57—'58. Manassas Gap Railroad.— On motion of Mr. Marshall, tbe Senate took np tbe bill "in creasing tbe capital stock of th» Manassas Gap Railroad Company, and authorizing a sub scription ou tbe part of tbe Board of Public Works," which wis advocated by Mr. Penny backer and passed—as es 211, noes 8. Rivanna Manufacturing Company. —Tiie bill incorporating tne Kivacua Manufacturing Company, in Fluvanna county, was called up by Mr. Mashik. Mr. Kivas moved a suspen sion of the rules, so as to advance tbe bill, and the motion prevailed. The bill was then read twice and ordered to be engrossed. Reftrrmi toa Committ-e.— The resolntion hav ing for its object the incorporation of the Union Lead Mine Company, having been, on the 90th of January, reported on adversely by the Committee on Agriculture, the subject was brought before the Senate, ou tbe motion of Mr. Grkever, to recommit, which motion prevailed. Underwood's- Securities. —A message was re ceived from the House, through Mr. Maori-. dku, of Albemarle, tbat it bad passed (with au amendment) a joint resolution, directing the Ist Auditor to credit tbe first securities of E. M. Uuderwood, late Sheriff of Cabell county, with certain sums of money. Massachusetts and Virginia. —A communica tion was read from Gov. Letcher, accompa nied by a letter received irom "Josiah Per ham, Esq.," of Boston, on the *tli inst. The Governor's communication says, "this letter extends an, invitation, by the people of Bos ton and vicinity, to the Governor, State Offi cers, and members of tbe Legislature ol Vir ginia, to visit that city during the present 8 listen of the Legislature of Massachusetts." The documents, on motion of Mr. v Paito», were ordered to be printed. Covington and Ohio Railroad.—Va motion of Mr. Smith, of Greenbrier, the Senate pro ceeded to consider the bill "providing for the construction and equipment of the Covington and Ohio Railroad,' by authorizing the Board of Public Works to borrow two and a half millions of dollars for tbat purpose: provided that not more than one million thereof shall be expended in any one year. Mr. Rives moved to lessen the appropria tion by the sum of §SSJ,MO; bnt it was rejected, and the bill passed—ayes _■; noes 8. The Oyster FunJuhi. —On motion of Mr. Pax ton, (the patron of tbe bill to raise a reveuue by a tax ou oysters.) the consideration of the Oyster Fuudum was pattßd by until 1 P. M. on Friday. Danville. Railroad Extension. —Tbe Senate proceeded to consider, as unfinished business, the bill to increase the capital stock of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, mid to authorize a connection Willi ihe Coal field Railroad, in North Carolina. Mi. Lynch moved the following ryder, which was engrossed as part of the bill, viz: " Provided, that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent the Legislature irom urant jsg, at an)' future time, tne ntht to ntiy road now in existence,or wmch inn) lie hereif terrorist ■ act ed t«i connect wi;h tiie said coalfield railroad " The bill and ryder was then passed—ayes 43, noes 0. Virginia Centra! Railroa I. —House bill making an appropriation of 1000,006 on State account to aid tiie completion of the Virginia Central Railroad to tbe town of Covington,was called up by Mr. AVii -kh am, and advocated by him self aud Mes>r*. Stuart and August, and op posed by Mr. Bsanjßon, and passed—ayes 34, noes 8. Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad. House bill malting a further appropriation ou behalf of the Commonwealth o» tbree-titibs of one million of dollars, (which the Board ol Public Wcrks are authorized to borrow in ihe manuer prescribed by law,) came up on its passage, received the endorsement of Mr. Ar_ stroa'o, and was passed—ayes _», noes 14. Eldorado Turnpike Company. —House bill en titled "An act to authorize an increase of tbe capital stock of tbe Eldorado Turnpike Com pany," was called up by Mr. Early, who brielly advocated its passage. Tbe bill in creases tbe capital stock of tbecompauy $7,000, tbe State to furnish $1,2000f tbe money ou the two and three-fifths principle. It passed—ayes _L noes 9. On motion of Mr. JobnsoK, the Senate ad journed. HOUSE OF DELEGATES. Thursday, Feb. SUh, ISM, Tbe House was called to order at 11 o'clock by Speaker Crutch field, aud opeued with prayer by Rev. J. li. Jti tit, ot the Baptist Church. Bills Reported.—The following bills were re ported from committees, viz: Incorporating the little Kanawha Manufacturing Company : re pealing tbe am incorporating the town of Hampton; authorizing the school commis sioners .ot Elizabeth City to dispose of the Hampton Academy lot and buildings; amend ing and re-enacting the charter of the town of Point Pleasant; amending the act to Incorpo rate the Gowne Coal and Iron Mining Com pany ; authorizing County Courts to declare rivers lawful fences; incorporating the Vir ginia Central Agricultural Society : author izing certain alterations in the Hail of tbe liou-e of Delegate?; also, a bill to encourage direct foreign trade. Adverse Reports. —The following reports were received from committees : Adverse to the memorial of citizens of Williamsburg in regard to William and Mary College; adverse lo the pt-titiou of Pea body A Co., in relation to bout)* of ihe State of Virginia lost ou the steamer Arctic ; adverse to ihe proposition to increase tbe pay of the Clerk of lieurico; ad verse to tlte refunding of damages to the late Sheriff* of Nelson. Petitions, $_—The following documents were presented and referred to appropriate committees, viz: By Mr.Gibson, a memorial of tbe citizens of Jefferson, against tbe passage of a bill authorising the Board of Public Work-; to re-convey to tbe former stockholders of th» Berryvilie and Cbarlestown Turnpike Road tv, o-flftbs of said rood, npon payment ot a cert,-' n sum of money; by Mr. Ball, of Lou doun, the remonstrance of certain citizens of that county against the construction of any railroad between tbe town of Leesburg and tbe Point ot Rocks; by Mr. Watson, of Acco mac, a petition for tbe repeal of the law in re gard to hauling seines. Resolutions of Inquiry into Expediency. —The following resolutions were offered, via: Of incorporating Clover Creek Division Sons of Temperance, in Highland connty ; of refund ing to Lncinda Dobbins the amount of a flee imposed on her late husband. liu-ii on Slaves.— The following resolntion was offered by Mr. *____, of Lee, Scott nod Wise. " Resolved. That tbe Speaker appoint a special eominittes of thirteen, one from eaea Ooaire*si.>a al District, to inquire into the ex p. diency of tak ing ths ana of tae peopls on the suhjeot of *m*ad iac the Ceastitation of Virginia with regard to taxation oa slave property, by eat hag a Conven tion for the purpose, or by seme other t*«itia_tt mode. Mr. _*_!_*, off Madison, declared emphati cally bis dtseeat to the resolution. Mr. Snn •doe, of Stafford, moved iv indefinite poeU ponsment. Mr. Mu.ua celled the aya and noaen the motion, ssd the Hon* raolved to postpone indefinitely, by 1U to 10. Richmond' ami Danville Railroad Extension.— ?The consideration of ihe bill for iba astensiai of th* Richmond and Deavill* Railroad wan resumed au unfinished baaineas. Mr. Davie, BPesejST VI wsani sac« ••*** _p east stftiut mm *_ss, 9JMW ■-J m \%X? m . LsrrwiTon, of Campbell, who sensed ssnlnet _* P?"**** yg***** *»»> youey off ths Wsi^Shur** 1 «-*••-**.*.«*. Mr. MaJtrn, off Henry, a Mend off da MIL renuTsdtoiheal4«tv^ssJyahh_wlß/h_ ___ ___i_u__t __________! _^_ _____!______*usssßssi uff la friends, sa dM aft sSjast fc ussnis* l SBSST M_l___l IbbV ___B_ «_________ ___. __BBB\ SBST I^s_T?_^s___^s__^________r i -y**__y_ --•' i ". ' . <■■ i. i .'I. ■■ ■ ■ ii. ■! aans Mr. Rannotrn, of Oalpeper, said fas should vols for th* hill. He did aot regard tbe matter as a proposition to connect the Danville and Virginia and Tennessee Roads, but to extend ths former to Henry Ooort-Hotite, with a view to a connection with the North Carolina Road. Incidental remark* on the bill were submitted by Messrs. Martin, Collies and Davis, and the vote Being taken on tbe bill It was passed ' —aye* 79, noes 47. The bill appropriates tor the object named the sum of *_xi,Ua». T*« Virginia and North Carolina Railroad. — Tbe bill incorporating a company, with a capital stock of SI,SUO,Ono t to construct a rosul from tbe Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, at tome point in Bedford con nfv, through Frank* Jin and Henry counties, to the North Carolina line, was taken up as the order of the day.— The bill asked no money from the State, and was passed by a handsome majority. James Rieer and Kanawha Company. —Tbe bill,amending the charter of thia company, was amended and laid over till 10-morrow. A resolution was adopted prescribing how certain assets of E. M. Underwood, late sheriff of Cabell county, should be applied. The following bills, on their passage, yiiU be considered by th* House to-morrow, vis : Authorizing a subscription by the State to extend the Richmond aud Danville Railroad; incorporating the Virginia and North Caro lina Raitrond Company. On motion of Mr. Collier, the House ad journed. As InoisasT in the New speaker's L__. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commer cial, wiiting from _exington, Ky.. gives the following incident iv which Hon. William S. Pennington, of New Jersey, the recently elected Breaker, was an actor: I think it was either in 1815 or 1846, tbat Henry Clay became" embarrassed to such an extent tbat be Had to mortgage Ashland. In tbs meantime a move ment had been started In New Orleans by some of Mr. Clay's friends, that they would pay his debts and ielieve his embarrassments, and Mr. A. H. Trotter, the agent of fhe North ern Bank ia New Orleans, was sent East to confer with Mr. Clay's friends. The con sequence was that about fifty thou sand dollars were subscribed, and the Hon. Was. Pennington was sent to Ken.uckv with The money, and came to Lexington- without scarcely any person kuo wing him. He walked into the Northern Rank, asked for Mr. Scott the Cashier of the Bank, and upon being shown tbat gentleman, asked if there werenot several notes of Mr. Clay's tbat were due in a few days, and was answered that there were. Mr. Scott was requested to give the whole amount of Mr. Clay's indebtedness, which wns done, and a draft on one of the New York bunks was handed him, and Mr. Pennington left the bank with all Mr. Clay's note* paid. In a few days Mr. Clay came to town to ar range for a renewal or the notes, if possible, and was shown in a side room of the bank.— After sitting a few moments he asked Mr. Scott if there could be any arrangement to run the notes tor a longer time. Mr. Scott locked at Mr. Clay to seeif he was not jesting, and finding thai he was not, told him that a gentleman from New Jersey had called yes terday and naid all of bis indebtedness — Mr. Clay started when Mr. S. spoke, looked at bim a few seconds, burst Into tears, and left the bank overwhelmed. No man ever had inch ftfsadi. Such, sir, is a brief narrative, an incident in the life of the Speaker elect: and here, sir, where Mr. Clay lived, bis per soual friends are rejoiced that he has been honored with the Speakership. Leap Year —Any year divisible by 4 with out a remainder, i.-i leap year, which comes every fourth year. Thus istl?) is leap year. The solar, or true year, is 3<>3 days, 5 hours, minutes and 17 7-10 seconds. For conve nience we drop tlie-e horns minutes and se conds iv our ordinary reckoning, and call tbe civil year :jfiv> days. Hence wo lose nearly a day in this reckoning every fourth year—we actually lose in four ye:ir« four times .". hours ■H minutes and IS seconds, which is not quite a day. But for round numb r» again, we call it a day, and therefore add a day to every fourth year, naming it the 29th of February.— Of course by thus adding a whole day, we add a little too much, nearly _ minutes a year. That iv 100 years would amount to say ii-,»u minutes, and, of course, if this discrepancy also were uot provided for, in the course of ceuturicsit would vitiate the calendar. There fore, once every hundred years a leap year is skipped for threeconsecuiiveceuturies; on the four ill century it is retained because the bal ance is h little the other way again. Thus for three centuries we have an excess of „H) min utes, leaving a discrepancy of Ouo minutes. This, then, is partially corrected by continu ing the leap year as usual on the fourth ceutu ry, putting us within about ISO minutes, or eight liot.rs, of being right at the end of every fc.urih century—near enough right for all prac tical purposes. Catholic Demonstration in New Ob leans.—A Roman Catholic Provincial Coun cil was held last week in the Crescent City, concluding itotession by a grand public tle moiisnation, on tlie-J'Jth uiT., in favor off the Pope's temporal sovereignty. The meeting was held iv Jackson square, which wns dense ly filled on the occasion. According to the Orescent, the audience numbered from ten to fifteen thousand, including several Irish and Qvrmaa Catholic societies, which marched in procession to tbe ground. The cathedral ser vices having concluded, the Archbishop, Bis hops and clergy issued forth. Right Rev. Bis hop «± ii in bin, of Mobile, preached a sermon fa Knirlisb, taking occasion to make some severe strictures upon tbe conduct of tbe French Em peror. An address in French was also given. Alter tbis was presented au address from the lay Catholics, expressive of their sympathy with bis Holiness in his tWUsewt troubles. The solemn ceremony of the Papal benediction was men iirunouiic.it, followed by a merry peal from the cathedral bells, music by several bands, and a national salu'e of tbirty-tbree guvs. The day was beautiful, and the scene presented is described as magnificent. The Late Lord Macailav.—The person alty of the deceased historian Macaulay is sworn under _60,u_. Hi* income was larger than ibe snm represented us the interest of this amount, from the very considerable pro ceeds oi Ins minor worse—the Lays of Rome, the Essays and Encyclopu-dia articles. Of an income of about _l,uuu, I have been not aston ished, but deeply impressed, by tbe informa tion—on unimpencbuble authority—that not less than j£l,son proves to have been spent an imally in acts of charity and munificent generosity. Those who best know Macaulay must have been peculiarly pained by tbe ira puta'iou of "want of heart," made against him iv the obituary article of the Baity News. The Mississippi Rivrr._„ Coming Flood.— The Mississippi river is now rising very ra pidly along its wboie line. In tbe lower val ley, ihe river begins to excite serious appre hensions. At Pointe Coupee, for several days it bus been rising at tbe rate of twelve inches in twenty-four hours. The rise has been quite as great jiirt above this city. At the proem moment the river opposite New Orleans pre sent* an angry, turbid, tnmultuoususpect. The surtace of the stream, broken into great whirls or eddies, tosses about tbe heavy drift wood as feathers are driven by the breeze. We do not yet anticipate a great flood, but there is enoneb of warning for all to prepare to resist serious danger.—.V. O. Pic, aiti. Women's Wages in California—Work it paid in tbis State by the job or by tbe day. without reference to the sex of the party that performs It A washei momau gets 9.1 a day in the country, a carpenter gets no more. A lady teacher gets the same wages that a gentle man would, teaching the same class. If mtles have ever predominated among the teachers it was because the supply of teaching material was mostly of tbe masculine gender. Rot it does not predominate now, whatever it might once have done. Of the 75 teachers recently appointed by the Board of Education to take charge of the city schools, „ were males and 02 females. Exciting Bcs»s.—While the Davits county (Indiana) Common Pleas Court was in session at Washington, on Friday, J ndge Clement* presiding, a stalwart stranger stepped up la front of the Judge, snd, pointing a pittof to ward bim, remarked, "Now, old gentleman, I've not you!" Jndge Clement* instantly called apon the bystander* to seine hia, which was insiastly don*; with great dUßoolty, aad the pistol taken from hia, reg airing the uaited exertion ef half a duuea men tp wrest the wen* son from his head. It wss subsequently at certalaed that the man was Insane. He Un citizen off Martin county. ' paUTRPCTiON or nflWA* S___as*~A nag sifleent war steamer, tbe property off the King of Sardinia, snd chartered by R_nlu far the war with Murnsco, was destroyed by Ire in tbe harbor ef Malaga, *aOhrttta*t day. The are wne neuduoed hy the enptoslon of some bombs by the hows. Some two haadred par eon* were woaadad, sntt ns laasuse qaan tlty of aualtlnsn uf war was datroyed on ser in order to pfwfUst the explosion off soan twelve toni C gSanuwutr In heraagaslse, shew__bssttr««ntsy shots. .-" ' . . ~.■»»*■■. BoORa IS TRS H—SVASS QtW_SR LtSR_» LOCAL MATTBRM. ' I . I I IM | fc A Nnt Jail ha much needed, II person* charged with crime are to be kept la custody: foT tbe old one hat become so dilapidated and unmfo, tbat it Will probably toabtu down with its own weight iv a short time. Th* pre sent jail, if it were secure, is entirely unfit for a prison, because of lis donetruetloh and loca tion, and became of the Met tb..t it is dump and unhealthy. Persoas couflned in it ar* not ant there for punishment, and ought aot to be locked np in dump cells at night. For ought those ant there for mere breaches of tbe peace to be forced to associate with thieves and murderers, ia one common yard, as at present. Bat if ibrs* objections could bo remedied, and tbe present building made comfortable and healthy—which is impossible—it can never be rendered secure, and for that reasoa ought to be rebuilt. Only a lew nights since, several of the prisoners readily cot through tbe jail floorieg, and were prepared to take leave, but the vigilance of Jailer Hall and his assistant prevented their escape. Tney hod made all arrai'__euts to get into ih» main yard, and once there would probally have killed the jailor aud guard, uule_ _« outer doors had been thrown open to them. How they cot through the floor Is an unsolved mystery, bnt it would be no difficult matter for ouuidecoo federates to furnish them with saws and hies, at any hour of tbe day, without the jailor's knowing it. Tbe erec tiou of n new and subs tan tial prison will cosl 56u,000, and the people will have to pay for It by taxes; but we are sure that they won M rather see donble the amount expended to tec ire the criminate of various grada who ill. it- cells, than t< kniw that tbe city was liable, any night, to ha nig that band of des peradoes turned 100. c a jou it, topi under, lire and murder, at pleasure. " * mw *~*'' Tbe Council committee have reported a plan for a prison house, 'he general arrange ments of wnichseem to be very good, and have suggested a site for its location. As the city owns ground where the jail now stands, tbe cost may be reduced by erecting it there, and moving tbe residence of tbe overseer of the city hands to some other point. Any site, however, is better than none, so that a good prison is erected. Historical Drama.—Tht new national drama of Bacon's Kebellion, in 1076, now in re hearsal and to be presented to-morrow eve ning lor tbe first timo at ihe "old Marshall," is one of those few pieces which possesses— apart from its peculiar attractions as a dra matic effort—a local interest to Virginians which is rarely equaled, the subject involving, as it does, circumstances in Wjhicb are inter woven the most intensely intenttlng incidents of history, are so arranged iv this drama as to give the ino-t lively idea of tbe map and their times. It represents a period in which the "sacred rights of kings" found (almost) their first opposers, and which gave evidence of that innate principle of liberty then germinating in the human mind, tbat just one hundred years later sprang forth in irresistible energy and power. The first breathings of this spirit, its tnrobbings, its struggles, its .resistance to aristocratic exclusivenesa and tyranny, will never fail to exciie in tbe minda happy long ing for the incidents and events of its birth.— What is lost to history, It is peculiarly the province of the dramatic poet to present In fancy, which, with characters and costumes, canuot fail to produce the happiest effect. Tli<« talented author of the drama conld scarcely have, selected a more fitting subject with which to treat tbe lovers of historic art. WhiUtiite piece independent for success uloue upon the manner in which the characters t.re sustained, yet none need doubt but its cost will fully justify the public in their high esti mation of the taste of their-favorite, (I?. G. lingers,) for whose benefit it will be presented. The play embraces, among other attractions, a new song, dedicated to " the volunteers of Richmond." A new comedy, called "Allot b»iid to Order," will also be performed, in which Mrs. Phillips. Adams, Bailey, mid oth ers, will appear. We hope that tbe public will testify by their presence a dne apprecia tion for a clever actor and a deserving gentle man. _tr_i Cars.— The project for laying a railroad from Brooke Avenue to Rocketts, to be nsed by conches drawn by horses, is gaining popu larity with our by sin ess community every day. Tbe want of some public conveyance, other than 'buses and hacks, is so great, that a line of cars will meet general approval, the moment tbey are put iuto the streets. Intelli gent gentlemen, who have witnessed the ope ration of similar improvements iv other cities, say that they not only furnish facilities for ordinary business purposes, but that they generally enhance the value of property at each end of the lines, by enabling merchants and mechanics to reside on the outskirts of the city, and yet have conveyances to and from their places of business, at regular hours, so that they can be saved the labor of taking long walks after the fatigues of ihe day, aud yet enjoy the pleasures of suburban life. The gentlemen whose names were signed to tbe pe tition to tbe Council for tbe privilege of put ting down ihe track, are men of means, and if their prayer is granted, can commence the work at once axd complete it without unne cessary delay. It is to be hoped that the Com missioners of Streets, to whom the subject baa been referred, will report upon it next Mon day afternoon. The Chester Factory.— Hvery Northern mail brings us letters from shoe and boot makers in Massachusetts, seeking employment in tbe Chester Factory, as soon a* it is completed.— Most of the writers give a sad account ef tbe poverty and misery of tbe working classes around them, and some of them assert ibat they have to labor eighteen boors per day, and then scarcely earn enough to keep soul and body together. What a pity it is ibat the Northern fanatics—and particularly those engaged in stealing and running off Southern slave*, who have comiortuble homes aud good masters—de not invest a portion of their surplus change in bread aud meat and clothing, for the down trodden and oppressed shoe and boot makers of Lynn and its environs. It is impossible for us to answer the numerous letters received; but we have turned them all over to the stock holder* of the Chester Factory, wbo will no doubt give tbem the necessary attention. Lost Girl.— Yesterday morning a mulatto girl, about eleven years old, who gives her uame as Elleno, and says she was owned by T r. Nelson, of Gloucester county, was banded over to olflcer Seal to be taken care of. The girl i ays she was purchased and brought her* by a Mr. Joues, who deposited her In a negro jail for safe-keeping. On Tuesday last tbe jail keeper turned her out of prison, and tell ing her to say that she was free, gave ber per mis-ion to go nut to play with other children thSn in tbe street. She does not know the Christian name of Mr. Jones, nor can she tell where the jail is from which she wa« released. Officer Seal made inquiry yesterday morning at most of tbe negro depot*, but could And no one that knew anything of the lost child. Sensible.— Four yooug aud handsome ladies passed down Main street yesterday afternoon, neatly attired, and yet wore skirts sufficiently short to prevent wiping off the dirty side walks. They were long enough to hide all but the tiny feet and well-turned ankles, and yet :-o short to have a trail of paper, waste twine and other trash, dangling at their heels. _oug skirts were first adopted by a lady of fashion to bide enormous feet and overgrown ankles, and all ladies who now suffer from similar deformities will continue to nee them; bat sensible women, wbo have regard for their general appearance, and abhor dirty trails, will adopt a more becoming style of dtmtm. Pub it Supper.— Tbe India of Grace street Church desigu having a snpper, in a short lime, the object being to raise fund* for the support of a mission in the Northwest pert of the city. The effort* of the missionary select ed have already been highly encouraging, and it is to be boped that tbe enterprik* will not fail for want of substantial aid. The supper will take place at some central polut ia the city, due notice of which will he given bete after. ' . th* Governors Guard, Oept. Anderson, pa reded at tbe old Fair Grounds yatetdnyuff ternooa, is fotigu* uetform, for drill, and made a flee appearance. Most of the boras are fine one*, the member* generally ax* good rider*, nod ••* tuterat that alt aas lo taf* la their parada ie the bat guamSfos that th* corps will sooa become ss ufikssut nun. Tht Chaia tfaeg might be shad* to pay lb* •xpente* of its aaabern, If smeioyed ac eon. s tea fly a honorable -boffin have n» work - T__ ___! "• *t w '■ *■■ •*«*<»*, v*_ need efoaaing and wadlegt Whyattaet theaprisuaerelav _a*t> to cU the wee*, and f£_tt_ssjsa^\,t i.lutri_.„__r___l7ukS! o>_.,_»_ T *>_i i__M_n_ _»i^r_f_g3-> t S_B dla foforsabaalft_t_»_i__h\*-s: ill it 1* UadsnTMtjassnp* annmsill _(*_______»____». 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Ou Wednesday ai«ht ia_s» visited by a large aud appreciative aadtanaw and nil seemed delighted with ttewondirfsl tricke and remarkable power* off veatrtls. quistaot ths celebrated wlarU. Sam hia ts* night, if you wisfl io wiiaete hi* partem* ances. Good D<r>„oa.—The Mayor hat aval atsas ly declared tbat from and after this day Sis men convicted before him of tbe brats! nun dnctof beating their wives, will headless** to the chain gang, unlets they have thw avutap. curity tor tumregotMleoaduct. luaweefiMMS with this decision Bar licit V. Breedeajpan arraigned before bim for beaUaf bfcwifoCJßMr* arine, and if he baa not fonnd bail Is oUbSß tore tbis morning, aay he eeen with ss teas appendage to on* of hie ankles. Robbery.—On Wednesday night last the UUSU. saentof Mr. Wm, Chorus's netddeaatudaay of Jefferson and Grace streets, WW* Jass_a entered and robbed of about «8 ia sat»,s MS of jeweliy, and the wearing apparel aff s white servant. No cine ha been discover** * to lead to tbe detection of the robber. Destructive Firr On the night of the6th test, the born of Col. W. C. Knight, about six alia south of tbe Junction on tbe Richmondaa* Danville Railroad, took Are and wm bnruSfi to the around. Col. _. lost snoot 17SO -—tittt > of wheat by the conflagration. Sanford's Star Troupe continue to bold forth nt Metropolitan Hull, and to please l__» .. Audiences by their fine vocalUa aad eaalss • bnrlesqnes. San ford has always been v f**St favorite here, aud will continse to be a long as he can keep together the clever set of * _■• clans tbat now compose bis band. /• Starch of a Home.— Jaaa Dentals, a ataa ger la a strange land,fell Into ibe huad* *f*s watchmen last Wedaetday night, wbihrtiidsh and wan faring abont tbe streets. YMtrrflsy ' the Mayor discovered that he was In tares off a home, and therefore ordered his cummittsl fo the black brig. Trespassing. —f ohn Collins, at an early BOST „ > eoterdsv room i nc. Venn tonnrt to be t retpualßS on the premises of C. B. 11 111, an.l taken to th* lock up. When taken before the Mayor, he was required togivehall for hi-* fcetter conduct. Settled.— John Clous wa arretted anil aged last Wednesday night for assaulting and beat* ing his neighbor's wife. Yesterday morulas; the par ties made friends and the warrant ws*' dismissed. Th- Rod on Vfl***.-_ negro fellow name* Moses, appeared before the Msyor vetterduy, and wa« soundly flogged, for violently nonsuit* ing and beating John, a slave. The Alarm of 9km, hut night, was enaa* by the burning of a chimney on Mayo street. A Sm ßSaVSast Stobv Spoilbo.—The Dayton (Ohio) Enquirer says in legard tm the r spirt - tbat Adah Isaacs Menkin is the wilt of ftf* nan,and I* going to E ■ rope after bl* fight with Sayers : Ist. Mrs.— not Miss— Menkin WM not recently,or ever,elected Captain of n mili tary company in Dayton, 'id. Shu ia th* wMb of Mr. Alexander Menkin, who stays sag gestively close by her! 3d. Polygamy betas unlawful, she could not \arr well be the wlfo of lleeuan, aud, therefore, tne stuff abont her aMng anxious to accompany Ileenan to San* land—her intentions to follow him—nod H Mre. lleenan's celebrity" In her profession. Is sll moonshine. Ak Eloped Couvl*.—Mrs. Gurusy. thu wealthy English lady, who fled with bergVooa from England, has, it is aid, arrived la Purl*. Much curiosity is manifested whenever ass) appears abroad; but what is the most leaurk abte is th* utter- indiChano* manifested to. ward her companion. The lady Is short ss* rather stout, with an exire_ely Juvenile gait and manner. The partner of her flight la off middle heipht, with tandy balr and whiskers, and bears not half such a good faoa upoa the matter as bis victim, for he look* down, SS* ventures not to raise his eye* en he walka * along. Ou R COM M KKCIAL RItLAT lOKB WITH f__POS. Minister Faulkner has, in acrordanm with thu v ie ws an nonnced in President Buchanan-fir* annual message, been instructed to propoa to tbe French government tbe renewal of lm die. criraiuatiiig duties both in tonnage ard US SS* tides, tbe growth, produce, or man stacturn off one country, when arriving in veeeela along i ing to the other, which restrictions seriously affect American commerce. Thu object M a obtain such principles of reciprocity a* ths* eovernment has c ecu red with Other stfiaa. France being the only exception.. A " Comvom Sznsa" L_ci*i<_.—Soae trtrn ble having recently ocearred smong th* _ho liiionisis connected with the Fugitive Slavs Aid Society, at Syracuse, N. V, c suit wan brontrht, tn which the plaintiff wen sos* suited, on the ground of being engaged aML illegal business, the judte itating In hia de cision that, as the Constitution requires ths rendition of fugitive slave*; any *oei*ty w_uh pro|K>«es to aid tugitiva in Bseesnng, aad than violating the law. is an illegal asse*iullos, The case Is to be carried to the Supreme Court of New York. Madam Howard A Madam Howard, eeln* brnted for ber iv timacy with th* Frenah E*n peror previous to his marriaee. aad uu whoa he bestowed a handsome income lmm*dtai*4y * previous to that event, afterward married tap son of Sir John Trelawny, the WeUh s_rou*t and now, after a separation of sobs* time tress ber h ns and (on_*rhom she had settled by *os tract about X4.«Nibu year,) th* lady*l* __ag measures to tec ore a divorce. Uaieahuusnl np. the esse will bring np paat eircuaaßßua sot at all agreeable for high pereosasm. Toilbt Conns.—There ia v lira iv Troy, Iff. V., who make cade lor rubbles UWwu herssu, and a smaller »iao for combing the hutr uf at. groes. Strange- a* it any teem, thee* sons card* arm found to be the bat* thing* nut for smoothing the wool of slaves, aad thoy era shipped to the Soaih in large c. ens title* Sm that purpose. The firm ie now SlUac at er der for *j,oibi to no to N*w Orleans. They am ornameaied with a pictorial fobs*, PtauaaW ing two darkles, each wlihuart WSfesffhsff hand, preparlnt; for the toilet. Gssat DeiTAia _e» s*auatsg_S.- .Qsr dates from Rio Juneiru aa a Dan. Si, US* from the River Plate to Dec. hi. Indluulsnar. ttout were distnrMag the tern tor fan ed ■stsess their toppreetiou. Thu sjtssb, aaM.|_T S British gon-boat opon tk_?nr«nayal wer. s'saaer which wa -* meuotaen tof ail v* heskUiiaa us ban part aff . Beflnsd asainat Paraguay. TssfhcstuN Psuuausst but rW*w_su- Richard Joons, who hilled bfowlfoun _*M* aongahela brides, at PltteharcS, while Is ths act of adnltery, has beesi conrfolpd tf a*. tl a tighter, after a trial of roar or five day__ Th* prtsoaer took thu vault raw *sff_ls« unengh ltwu*u*idealffrea hie hen Man wssls he wa remanded to Jail, that "t ipiißifisStt qultai. Thtpßhttiaest tor asafoagffie _ imprtsouaeut Is the peultesttnry triaTlvsts slsyssr*. FUTsX RaItSPAP AttJlallS, Qsi §M9taS _ , _A^^r_T__»£_ anna essay, rsa nuns s sas BSSSM Ml BumeSuUlvhe, who a the B __M_a_ Ji nnSnSI mm la rV^^^^ ' 'SssaasTM*Wfs) *-» kmßK^^ m^,^^ m r^mw^m^^a^^^ m^^^ m '^anpT^t '';■-.-' * txh" . .