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tiom Ciwuubei >' Mi*celUmy.
TIAC ftuutli StUiMW,
The South Sen Company was founded by ihe celebrated
etate.umi iia.icy, Earl of Oxford, in nil, for political
purpose*; and much adorned was the ingenuity 01
the scheme that it WM tat led " 1'lie Karl ol Oxford'* I
Masterpiece." 'he company, which consisted of mei
chanls, undertook tbe payment ol ? Ian-* quantity ut
govciuuieut debt, amounting to 4l0.000.iwo , and in
retuiii lor ih<? iltcy were invested with numerous priv
ileges, among which was a monopoly of the trade in the
South'be*. now '"ore usually called the IV itic ocean.
The idea wn#, thai fay means ol commerce with Peru,
Mexico, "I'd 01 lit r gold-ptoducing countries, Britain
would soon be tilled with the precious meta s. Owing,
however, to the refusal ot Sjiuhi to |>ermil the rommeice
with her transatlantic dominions, no voyage was made
under the company'* auspices till 1717, when a single ship
Pit out; and e ven this slight thread of coniitw ion between
Biiuiii ami the South Si an wan snapped by the outbreak
o{ a war with ?pain in the following year.
Still the company flourished at a monetary concern ;
and in 17U0 it and llie Hank of England made rival of
fers to government, contracting for the payment of the
debts ot the State, now amounting to about JC31,OOU,UOO
The ultimate oiler of the South Sea Company was,
that in return lor undertaking the dischargo of the
debts it should be secured .*> per cent, interest for four
years, alter winch government was to he ut liberty to
redeem the debt, paying only 4 per cent, interest till the
redemption should lit- eif'eeted Altera waun discussion
in the House of Commons between the friends of the
South Sea Company and the friends of the hank, the otter
of the lormer was declared the more advantageous, and
leave given to bring in a hill to that effect.
Immediately the South Sea Company occupied the
public eye, and every person who possessed capital de
sired to invest iff a Concern of such splendid promise
The day alter the pasting of the above rt.solution the
company s stock rose lrom 130 to 300; and notwithstand
ing all the predictions of the more prudent men of the
nation, among whom was Mr. VValpole, it continued to
n-e. The contagion of the Mississippi phtensy had
readied England ; and although by this time the failure
of Law's scheme might have been evident, tins did not
hinder the English from rushing into a similar folly.
Great efforts weie likewise made by Sir John Blunt, the
chairman of the company, tnd other interested parties, to
inflate the public mind with the most extravagant rumors
and anticipations, with a view still further to raise the
price of slock ; and by the time that the bill?afier pass
ing the House ol Commons by a majority of 172 to 65,
and the House of Ltirds by a majority ol ^3 to 17?re
ceived the royal as.-ent, the price had almost risen to
?100. " It seeinecFat that time asil the whole nation had
turned stock-iobbeis Exchange Alley was every day
blocked up by crowds, and Cornhill was impassable
from the number ot carriages Everybody came to pur
chase stock?'every lool aspired to be a knave ' "
The apparent success ol the South Sea scheme leil to
many other projects equally extravagant In all the share
lists were Bpeedily tilled up, and an enormous traffic car
ried on in shares, while of course every means were re
sorted to to raise ilietn to an artilicial value in the mar
ket. These schemes soon received the name ol bub
bles?the most appropriate that imagination could de
vise. Persons ol ilis Miction, ol both sexes, were deeply
engaged in all these bubbles; those of the male sex going
to taverns and coffee-houses to meet their brokers, and
the ladies resorting for ttie same purpose to the shops ol
milliners and haberdashers. The 1 rince of Wales be
came governor of une company, and is said to have
cleared jE40 000 by his speculations. So gieat was the j
confusion ol the crowd in the Alley that shares in the j
same bubble were known to have been sold at the same
instant 10 per cent, higher at one end ot the Alley than at
the other
Unlike the Mississippi scheme, which was a cotnplica I
ted.allair, and really ^as louuded on tiie reasoning ol an
able man, however false that reasoning may have been,
the South Sea project was a pure and 8'inple bubble,
blown by the bieatli of knaves; and, accordingly, its ex
plosion was instantaneous. When the price ot sl ick had
reached its highest, the chairman of the company, Sir
John Blunt, and other influential |>ersons, sold out; and
as soon as this became known, the fail commenced. On
a S'iddeti the stock tell Iroin I.o00to 700. A public meet
ing of shareholders was then i.eld, at which many speech
us were delivered by the principal parties concerned, iriosi
of them scorning the panic as ut er y groundless, and de
claiing thai the affairs ol the "company stood as well as
ever. In vain were all these attempts to anest the prog ;
ress of the alarm Down, down, down tell the stock ; j
till about tne middle ol September it had reached 400 ' j
" Various are the conjectures," says Mr Broderick, .VI '
P., in a letter to Lord Chancellor Middle'on, " why the i
South Sea directors luve suffered the cloud to break so i
early. I made no doubt tnal they would do si when iney
found it to their atlvan'aje. Their most consideiable
men have drawn out, securing themselves by the losses
of the deluded, thoughtless numbers, whose understand
ingshave been overruled by avarice."htrj the hope of ma j
king mountains out of mole lulls Thousands ot families
will be reduced to beggary. The consternation is inex
pressible, the tage beyond description, and the case alto
gether so despeiale, that 1 do uol see any plan or scheme
so much as thought ol tor averting the blow, no that I
cannot pretend to guess what is next to be done !" Where
ever any ol the directois of the company appeared in the
streets, they were mobbed and insulted, and riots ot a se
rious character were apprehended.
The government, in the utmost a'arin, sent despatches
to the King, who was then in Hanover, requesting his
immediate return, and endeavored, with Mr. Walp >le's
assistance, to induce the Bank ol England to come for
ward and support with Us credit the sinking company
The bank consented to a contract by which it agreed to |
circulate the company's bonds; hut, finding the agree
inent would prove ruinous to itself, it retracted it, and left
the company to iisfate Before the end of September the '
demolition ol the scheme was complete, and South Sea
stock was selling at 133. The rise, progress, and lull il j
the scheme had occupud but eight months.
It would be impossible to compute the amount ol suf
fering to which the Soulh Sea bubble gave rise; the
number of persons whose health and hopes were blasted ;
the number ol families who were involved in ruin. We
may allude to the case ol Gay, the poet. " Gay says Dr.
Johnson, in his Lives of the Poets, "had in that disss
trous year a present from young Craggs of some South
Sea stock, and once supposed himself to be master of
?20,009. His friends persuaded him to sell his shares ;
but he dreamed ol dignity and splendor, and could not
bear to obstruct his own fortune He was then impor
tuned to sell as much as would purchase one hundred
pounds a year for life; 'which,' says Kenton, 'will
make you sure of a clean shirt and a shoulder of mutton
every day ' This counsel wan rejected; the profit and
principal were lost; and Gay sunk under the calamity so
low, that his life became in danger
A cry now arose from all part* of the na'ion for ven
geance against the directors ol the com|?any?all who hail
made themselves notorious by the support they had given
to the South Sea scheme. Members arose in their place*
in Parliament, and demanded the punishment of the guilty
parlies. " 1 look upon the contrivers if the villanous
South Sea scheme," *aid Lord Moleswortii, " as ttie par
ricides ot their count/y. and should b<' satisfied to see
them tieil up like the Roman parricide* in sacks, and
thrown into the Thames." To appease the popular in
dignation, Parliament was obliged to proceed hastily, and
even perhaps cruelly, not ilis'mguishing sufficiently be
tween the innocent ami the guilty. A bill w is brought hi
to restrain the South Sea disasters, aud all officials of the
company from leaving the kingdom,or from disposing of
their effects fora twelve month , but, notwithstanding thin
bill, Knight, the treasurer of the Company, contrived to
MCSpe tn the comment with many important booki 1
documents The House of Lord*, alter a long examina
tion, passed a resolution declaring the conduct of certain
of the officials of the company to have been scandalous and
fraudulent, ^nd committed hve of the directors, including
the chairman, Sir John Kliint, to the custody of the hlack
rod. 1 he first proceeding of the Mouse of Commons wa?
to appoint a secret committee to inquire into the whole
atlaii At ttie instance of this committee, four members
of the House, who were also directors ot the South Sea
Company?Sir Hubert Chaplain, Sir Theodore Jannsen,
Mr. Sawbmiee, and Mr. Kyles?were unanimously rx
Celled from l*rli;iment, About the same time Mr. Aisla
ie, then Chan e;mr ot the Kxchequer, who, it was dis
covered hail been implicated to a shameful extent in the
company's transactions, resigned office. On the 16th of
February, 1731, the ^cret committee gave in i?* leport,
impeaching a number of piisous as having been guilty ol
fraudulent orartices hi connexion with the company
The first of the*e who was brought to trial was ^1r
' harles S'anhope, who it appeared had been a gainer to
the extent of ?>50,000 Great exertions were made in his
behalf, and he was acquitted by a majority of tl re. , to the
great disappointment of ttie nation. Mr Aislabie, who
wa?n?xt, was not s i fortunate Having been lound guilty
of disgraceful malpractices, he was ordered to be ex
pelled the House of Commons, committed a prisoner to
the lower, ami prevented from quitting the kingdom un
til be had lurm?hed a correct estimate of his property,
which was Ii) be conlisceted lor the relief of Ins vicllins
This s. nience gave universal satisfaction; many houses
in the city were illumiiir.Ud, and the mob kindled several
laige bonfire* to le-tify their delight. Next day Sir
Ueorge (.aswall, of ttie linn of I urner, Caswall, (ti
tJompsn^, wus enpelled the Hon?e, and ordered to lefun
',lv I'^rl (>l Sunderland, who was nex'
brougtii to trial, wus acquitted by a majonty of u.'W in
172 Mr t iag<?. senior, died the itay previous to ttint
appointed loi his timt, t,f,me said by pi n-nn administeri
by his own hand hut .. ?|tx ?poplet . hi. Iron*lit
O* by grief, rauseU b> |lm disgraceful situa'ion, and the
premature dealh o| Ins wm, Secretary (' .t s. tiv>- weeks
he lure His property, amouiitu t to ?t MXj 000, v as con
fiscated. Ttie directors of the company weic then tried
one by one, and the whole probity ot each confiscated,
except m small allowance which w?? left them lo recom
mence life wilb Sir John BJunt wtt* allowed ?S,000
out of ?lb3,0U0 ; Sir John hollow a JtlO.OOu oul of
jC-43,000 ; Sir l heixloie Jaiineen ^i)0.000 out of ?'243,~
ooo, Mr Edward Gibbon, the g'*?dfath?r of (iiliboii,
the liisloiiau, jtiu,ouo out of jtllLK>,uOO , Sir John Laui
l-ert jC oul ol jC7i.000j and olhera m proportion
Out of the fund" procured by thi? large confirc*ti?>n of
property, some coropenmuioH was made to the MiSerem ;
but alti'i;i (her it did not amount to much Jl wa? long
before enterprise recoveied the shock which It had ?ua
luined ; ami m< lerrible was the leeaon that to this da)
no national bubble bua been blown at all comparable in
magnitude to the South Sea scheme. The year Ib25, iu
deed, w as one ol bubble, ami speculation Ian danger
ously high iu 18%; but the South Sea bubble is still,
and may it long continue lo be, without a rival iu our
history.
We have mentioned that simultaneously with the
South Sea scheme there weie many other projects afloat,
all attracting their groups ol shareholders, and all giving
ri.-e lo gambling ami fraud. A list of eighty-three such
projects, all ol which Were summarily extinguished by
the privy council at one sitting, is given by Mr. Mackay
in his work on "Popular Delusions" Some of these ure
teasible enough, being schemes for insurance, or lor en
couraging various branches of commerce and manufac
ture, and might have succeeded and been useful in acalm
state of public mind; otlieis are so wild ami visional)
that we can scarcely believe that their projectors were
in earnest in believing they would gather dupes. One is
tor supplying London with sea-coal?capital iS3,UOU,000 ;
another for effectually settling the Island of bianco and
Sal TarUwus ; another for encouraging the breed ol
horses in England, improving glebe anu church land*,
and building and repairing parsonage houses; a fourth
for trading in hair ; a fifth for a wheel for perpetual mo
tion?capital Jui,000,000 ; a sixth for importing walnut
trees from Virginia ; a seventh for purchasing ami im
proving the fens in Lincolnshire?capital JC'i,000,000 ; ,au
eighth for insuring masters and mistresses against losses
they may su.-tuin by their servants?-capital ?3,000,000 ; a
ninth lor erecting hospitals to take charge ol illegitimate
children There was one for extracting silver lrom lead,
ami one for transmuting quicksilver into u line malleable
metal. Ill fuel, whatever scheme was proposed look.
There was one projector, however, who outdid all Ihe
rest by a stroke of real genius. He proposed "a com
pany for carrying on an undertaking of great advantage,"
but nobody to know what it is?capital jC5o0.ooo, divided
into 5,Oul) shares of ?10 each ; deposite JC'J per share.
The schemer opened an office iu Cornhill lo receive
names. Nearly one thousand dupes came forward in five
hours, and deposited each his JCJ per share, and next day
the clever rascal was on (he other side of the channel
Willi ?3,000 in his pocket.
Uy l)Y ft?ft d? McUlilllU, Auctioneers.
ADMIMriTK.YTOK'S SALE BV OltUEK OK TUB OKTHAWa1
OuUHT.?On Thursday morning, 26th June, ut 10 o'clock, we
shall sell, at the store laiely occupied by Julian Moniandon, deceased,
dimmed on Pennsylvania avenue, between 12.h and 13th streets, all
his personal effects, cousi?tmg of?
< >ne superior regulator, with quicksilver weights
Watchmaker's bench, tools, and materials
Drawer of aborted Fiencii watch glaanen, lathe
(?old and silver watches, assorted jewelry
Mantel clocks, standing glass case
Two excellent hair mattresses, bedstead
Tables, chairs, 10-plate stove, tin safe
Bed clothing, and wearing apparel
A lot of French books, trunks, fitc.
Terms cash. B. TEA VERB, Administrator.
DYER k McGUiRE, Auctioneers.
Notice.?Persons who left articles with the late Mr. Montandon
for repair arc requested to call upon the administrator, prove prop
erty, pav chnrges, and take the same away.
June 24?d
uy OYUU At tlcCMJA.ilAuctioneer*.
\T ALU ABLE UNIMPROVED PROPERTY.?On Thursday after
V iiooii, June 26, at 6 o'clock, at our auction room, we mIiuII sell
lots 5, 7, 9, and 11, in i>quaie No. 230.
Lots 5 and 7 are situated oil 15th street* between C and Canal
streets.
Lot 9 is situated on C street, between 1-ith and 15th streets.
Lot 11 is situaud on 14th street, between C and Caual streets.
Terms : One-iourth of the purchase money in cash, aud the resi
due on a credit of rive years, with interest, satisfactorily secured.
1>YEU k McGUIKE,
June 2.3 ? d Auctioneers.
By EDWARD S. WRIGHT, Auctioneer.
oUGtR AVU MOLASSES AT AUCTION.-On Wednesday
O next, the 25tli lust., at 12 o'clock, on F k A. If. Dodge's wharf,
the eargo ol the bug Fidelia, from Ponce, Porto Kico, consisting of?
2o2 hliUs. prune sugar
45 bbla. do <lo
26 hhds. choice molasses.
EDWARD S. WRIGHT,
June 90?dti Auctioneer, Georgetown.
[Telegraph k Alex. Gazette.]
ttjr A. URt?LN, Auctluuccr*
'I' RIJdTEE'S HALE OF REAL ESTATE?On Friday, the 37Ui
X install , 1 ri all sell on the premise*, at 6 o'clock, p. m., being
duly authorized by a deed of tru?t recorded hi Liber W. H., No 113,
folios 134, 135, ai d 136, on the laud record lor Washington county, a
two-story frame house and lot, situated in ?quare 367, lot No. .*>2,
(subdivided,) on 9th street, between N aud O streets, fronting on 9th
street 66 f? el b inche-, running back I3ti fret 9 inches to a 30-foot
alley. Title to be made go<>d, or uo sale. Belonging to the estate of
tin; late Sarah Brown, deceased.
By order ol the trustee :
June ltt A. GREEN.
I tank of the Metropolis,
Washington, June 23, 1851.
WHS Board of Trustees of this Bank have this day declared a divi
J. dend of Jbur per cent, out of Uie protits of the Bank lor the half
year ending the 3 ill msuuit. The same will be payable to Hie stock
holders on and after the 1st of July ensuing.
June 24? eo3tif R'D SMITH, Cashier.
fHRANMPARKNT WINDOW MIA UK*?Just received, at
1 the store of the subsenbers, one case of the above beautiful
good*, in landscape, gothir, boquets, medallions, with flowers and
landscapes, and in plain centres ; all exquisitely painted in the finest
style o! the art, and will be sold exceedingly low
ALSO?
1 cue buff and white shade linens
1 " shade fixtures.
CLAGETT k DODSON,
Dealers in all kinds of carpeting, mattings, oil cloths, curtain ma
teriais, bed and table linens, and towellings, one door east of
the corner of Pommy I vain a avenue and 9th street.
June 24 ?ifeo2w
For I'lney I'oiait. Old I'oliit, and Norfolk.
The steamer OHCEOLA leaves Washington for
Norfolk every Wednesday and Saturday at9 o'clock,
p. hi. Returning, leaves Norfolk every Monday and
Thursday at 4 o'clock, p. rn.
Shew ill touch, going and returning, at Old Point, PineyPomt, and ;
Cone river.
Passage and fare to Norfolk. $5 00
" " Piney Point 2 00
" " Old Point 4 00
" " Old Point, and return 7 00
June 21?tf J A VI EH MM TIIKLL
Honda of the ( In aapeskr and Ohio Canal ( nmpany.
NOTICE is h?r?by given that the Interest coupons on the bonds of
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, iswued for the com
pletion of the canal to Cumberland, and also on the bonds of said
company, issued for repairs and guarantied by the State of Virginia,
due and payable on the first of July neit, will be paid on presenta
Hon and delivery of the proper coupon* at our banking house, in the
city of Washington, m such funds a* the bidders may desire, or in
checks on Baltimore, New York, Boston, kc.. tree of charge lor
exchange. S EL DEN, WITHERS, k ( O.
June 21?dlw
lUnk or the Metropolis,
Washington, June 6, 1851.
Notice is hereby given that h general meeting of the atock
liol?l? r* of this hank will be held at the banking home in this cjty
on Monday, the 7th day of July neit, for the purpoae of electing a
board of tru?tcea for the year then neit ensuing
Th? poll* will be open at ii o'clock, a. m , and close at S o'clock,
p. in.
II v order of the board :
HI) HMITII, Cashier.
June 7 c(?dt30thJune,fcdt7tliJy
1 (: \ HI). -CHARLES DE HEIiDINU, having occasion to visit
lY Kentucky, Tannasaee, Ohio, and the northwestern portion ?>f
Virginia upon business, would respectfully Inform the publie that he
will take charge of, and give hit personal attention to, all business
with which he may be intrimted. I'ersons wishing collections made
ill those sections of country, Of desiring other bu*ine?? to In- attended
t?>, will be pleaded to place the mine Into his hand* before the Ifttll of
July neit. All application* made to the underaigned will meet with
prompt attention.
I)F. (9ELDING h WYL1E,
Law and Agency Office. 7th aUNl,
June 94?3tawtl8July oppMila Odd r?Huwa' Hall.
TaaaanaY IIifaitmbst, June ft, 1851.
^KILUD proposals will He received tint II the I mi
ij July next tor supplying thia department with 'MO cords of hickory !
or 900 cord* of hickory and 100 eorda of oak wood the whole to
be ol the bant quality, and to be delivered, corded, and measured in
the Treasury yard at th* eipenaa of the bidder?not le** thai. 50 j
cord* before th? lat October, and the whole quantity fefore the lat
December neit. The bid* to be directed to the l>epartmeni, and
endoraed " l*ropotals Jor wood."
June 6?? odfi.1
J NO. M. NcCALLA
ILL practlae law in the Hupreme Court, and the varioua courta
of the District. He continues to prssecute claim* before Con
greaa and the departmenta. May W ?eodtill Sl^th Hep.
United Htnte* Hotel at Philadelphia.
TIIR subscriber respectfully announcea to bia (Viend* and tha trav
elling community that he ha* assumed the proprietorship of the
(J ii'ted Hlaiea Hotel. Long known in connaiion wiih the hotel un
der the late proprietor, he feel* perfectly eat* in promising its #?ld
patrons thai nothing shall be wanting to confirm its previous reputa
Hon n? tiie beat kept |Mfii*e in the country. No eipense ha?: been
spsred in completely rentting the entire establishment, ami he par
ti? tilarly invites attention t? the change* Introduced for the conve
nience sud comfort of ladie* b irmly determined to give aatiarac
lion, he solicit* * continuance of that patronage always so freely
bestowed on th? old United Hiate*.
May '-19?Irnlf A. O. ALL Elf.
t CARD*?7 he ribers respectfully notify those persons hav
/? ing accounts with tli?m that, according |o the u-unl custom,
their respective bills will he rendered to them in full t?? the 45th of
the pre** nt month.
I hey earnestly hope thai sll wilt he prepared to make an early
settlement, as it in indispensably necessary that ev -ry account on our
books be paid at maturity. In order that we may the better be etia
bl? d to conduct the bu*me*s succe?sfii||y and, ii po*?iblc, mors
advantageously to those of our citiien* who hnv* no liberally patron
i*ed our hou*e since the organisation of the pre??nt firm
CLAGBTT, NBWTO.m, MAY, * CO.
June 10?dlmlf
- - 1 "Iff I ? ?
Froui Uic Rociitioier Daily Advcituci, June 'JO.
Am lin|Mr(ftut ikMftviikdmlkuit An (Ji.U?ily AllUutc
1*1 U|M)>*C4l.
A correspondent of the New York Tribune, wiiting
(rum Washington under data of June 14, makes the lol
lownif announcement, which is very important if true
" The Se cretary <. I Sime uow piopoMia lo enter Into
juiui protect urate wuti England ai d t/suca lot tb? security,
jluty, well-being, and ?nine independence o( all tlie Ce ?
ual American Slates and tbeir territories ; providing mi
toiueailc quiet , lor ihe adjustment ot tbo-e inter M.1I1
questions which so oltori disluib their tranquillity, iudncuv
wars and appeals lo tureigri powers ; and lot tree and un
trammelled action vvpli leference tunny line ot cuinniuiii
cation which it might bo lor the luleiesl ot the curiiiuetcia'
wo,Id lo have constructed between the two oceans "
It has always been tlie policy of our government since
the a<liuiinsliaiiun of Washington to avoid all entangling
alliances with foreign government; and we cannot now
believe, notwithstanding the positive and seemingly au
themic announcement of the Tribune's correspondent,
that All Fillmore'sadministration would ptesume to take
the responsibility, unadvised by any other branch of the
government, of entering into so important un arrange
ment as that of forming au alliance with France and
England, and assuming Hie joint protectorate ol the Central
American States Our government has protested most
energetically against the tight of any monarchical or Eu
ropean government to interfere in any respect with the
governmental |kjIicy ot any independent government on
tins continent or its adjacent territory.
If, from the unhappy state of affairs in Central Amer
ica?if, from their constant political commotions and
civil broils, and the preponderance of the anarchical
spirit, they are unable to preserve a properequilibrium, or
to ui a in tai ii good order and a secuie government, let them
apply to our government (as we believe some of them
have already done) for aid and assistance, and we shall
be able, and we doubt not willing, to render them the
needed support, but without forming any unholy alliance
with European powers for that purpose.
England, especially, is always too willing and ton
ready to meddle with the affairs of foreign governments,
and to extend its " protecting care" over those whom it
lias, in too many instances, been the means of distracting
and dividing by its insidious intrigues and its officious in
termeddling. Its protection has usually been like tliat of
the vulture to the dove, or the lion over the lamb; and
so eagerly does she watch the movement of aliairs on
this continent, that she is uow standing with outstretched
arms, ready to extend tier benign, patronizing aid, and
her " protectorate" support to Soul it Carolina, or any
other of the members of this " wicked republic" which
its emissaries may succeed in seducing from their alle
giance to the compact ot the Union. And shall we, then,
form a copartnership?an unholy league?with such a
government, under the pretence of protecting a sister re
public
England, if not Francc, lias yet another object of para
mount importance in getting a foothold or controlling in
fluence in the atlairs of Central America. She has looked
with jealousy and eager envy upon the prospect that our
government were to have tiie controlling direction and
advantages of the line of communication between the
two oceans, through the Central American territory. From
the moment that England first discovered that our gov
ernment had secured the rights and privileges of such a
communication, that wily power has been upon the qui
vive, and upon the rack even, and determined to leave no
etlort untried to thwart our success, or, il they could ac
complish no more, to share with us the advantages of
such an important channel ot communication. And it
would seem, if the announcement of the Tribune's cor
real ondence be correct, that England is about to succeed
ill tier ambitious purposes ; for it appears I rum the revela
tion ol this wriier that one of the prime objects of this
tripple alliance is to secure a "free and untrammelled ac
tion with reference to any line of communication which
it might he for the interest of the commercial world to
have constructed between the two oceans."
We had supposed that all the "free and untrammelled
action with reference to that line of communication,"
which was needed by our government, was had when we
obtained by treaty all the rights and privileges we re
quired in that direction. If England or France do not
like that bargain, and think we have the best of it, is
tint a reason why we should throw up our hand and go
for another deal just to accommodate the avaricous de
signs of our commercial rivals.' This is too absurd ; and
we repeat we cannot believe that Mr. Webster or Mr.
Fillmore have been so short-sighted and recreant to their
country, as to yield the advantages we already |>o?sessed,
by entering into any toreigu alliance for a new division
of those advantages.
From the St. Loum Tunes.
The Whig* and the PrecHSuIlcrl*
Whenever the whigs can find a democrat who has
proved recreant to principle, and abandoned hi# party to
unite himself to the abolitionism, they parade his apng
lacy through all their pre*?e* a- uikquivocal cvnlei.ce
thai the democratic party ha? stfiliaied with that pestilent
crew of disunion agitator* It is wrll now and then to
relresh the recollections of whig voter* touching the con
duct of their party in its organized action, and to contra*!
it with the conduct ol the democratic party. In 1840, the
whig* of Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, and other
northern States, in State conventions assembled, resolved
that the Wilmot proviso was constitutioual and expe
dient, and pledged themselves as a paity to suslain it in
Congress and elsewhere. During the same year similar
sentiments were echoed from the whig district and
county conventions. We defy the whig* to fir.d a soli
tary instance in which the democratic party, in conven
tion, have avowed lilte sentiments Democrats, in con
siderable numbers, have at various times united them
selves to the free-soil faction, and in 184^ a large num
ber of them organi/.ed at Buffalo on a new platform ; but
in these cases they voluntarily abandoned the party, and
have not and will not be permitted to return to it without
a previous abandonment ol free-soil principles.
In 1840 the anti-slavery men organized the liberty
party, and nominated James (>. Kirney for President
I'hey were opposed to that nomination by the wings pe
culiarly The strongest assurances were given by wing
stump speakers of the Nonh thai, if General Harrison
should be elected, his administration would be an anti
slavery administration. Harrison was elected, and Tyler
too ; but under that administiation, and by its influence,
a measure was conceived and cairied through mire
severely condemned by Hilney men than anything of the
time. In lbl4 the iree-soifers tan another separate
ticket The whig party again beseeched them to aban
don all separate organization, and vole for Clay and F're
linghuysen, assuring them that the success of that ticket
would do more to carry out their peculiar principles and
views than any Other tiling imagi lable. I he leader will
remember the ev|<edition of C. M ('lay to the North, with
authority froin Henry ('lay himself. In !?> a similar
? tate of parties existed The wings again, fmm one end
of the North to another, humbled themselves before the
free-soilers, ami begged them to abandon the Van Buien
and Adams ticket and go for Taylor and F'lllmore As
surances of fr.'e soil partiality in tli9 wing administra
tion, eijually strong with those given on former occasions,
were urged with more emphasis than any claim presented
directly in behall of the whig candidates Indeed, every
pretence of avowed principles, save devotion to Iree-soil
isrn, was avoided, and that es|>ecia)ly was urged No
other class of citizens were so |>eculiarly addressed by
whig electioneered a* free-soilers, and they were told j
that Taylor and Fillmore would do more for their pecu- j
liar measures than Van Kuren and Adams, could the
latter possibly be elected
How stand the men of the whig party to-day .' and j
what have they said ! Abbott Lawrence once avowed j
bit concurrence in all the free soil doctrines. In 1S4N j
he pledged the action of the administration in favor ol
the same sentiment* Truman Smith occupied the same I
ground, arid assured all proviso men that General Taylor :
would grant his permission to the |>assage of the proviso
whenever demanded bv the fiee soil party. Dare ai.y
man object to holding Mr Fillmore accountable for the
free-soil pledges given by these men on behalf of General i
Taylor? What will such caviller say when we remind
him that the very nomination of Mr Fillmore itself was
used as the highest evidence of the certainty that free
soilism would ne advanced should the whig ticket suc
ceed Mr. FMImore and his then abolition friends thus
voluntarily became securities lor (General Taylor to the
free-soilers
Haw iherr ever been a ?mgle instance in which,ptnd
mg an fin I inn, the whig* have dared to condemn Iree
miilifm The recapitulation ol whig abolitionism doe*
not quite ?top here, however. Mr. Seward, who wax
General Tayloi'a chid adviser, rii hu frttndt claim, re
peatedly gave out that, by virtue of hi* influeace behind
the throne, if it wa* to depend ii|?on extra court appli
ance*. aliolitionism would be properly fared for and nour
ished by the adminiatration.
We pa?* lo Ohio. In no State ha* the whiff party
been more prone to put into lerjumtion their power* of
?'moral *u**ion" lo convince the free toiler* of the futile
mockery of *|>eci*l organization, when the whig party,
being no much atronger, acknowledged and boasted ax a
l>art and the chieleat of it* miaaiona to promote thf sen- I
liment* of the "third party " Nowhere have the Cor- I
wins, the EwingA, and the Granger* crawled *o low and
40 humbly lo them :i* in Ohio.
Turn lo the State of Illinois Were not the whig*
there during 'he la?l congre?*ional canva*? Wilmot-pro
vi?o men ! Did not their candidates claim the confidence
of the voler* because they were aueh I Anil did not the
Republican and the Intelliaencer liere 7*ah>u*ly labor lo
???cure 'he election of the** free *oil whiaS, knowing
them to he a rowed tree?oiler* Facts like theae ahonid
be Ireaaiire.l up by every whig Voter who love* ilie con
dilution and its guarantees, re*iie<t? the right* of the
Slate* and the people, love* the law* and iriKtitution* of
hi* own Stale, and value* the peace, progre**, and proa
perity of the Union
Fiom tbs Bn*to& Foil, June -J3.
'Ilia Uculocrftllc F*rl|f of M?m? 1 liuaiiu
The mariner at PCI finds il necessary, at every ton
veiiient oppoitunity, to ascertain the latitude and lot *i
lude ot ti e ship, id order that the true course of .-ailing
may be kept, and the port ol destination made without
danger to those <>(i board or injury 10 hia own reputation
1'he aarne necessity rest* uj>on the democratic party, in
its onward movement il ia all-iinj?orlai?t. at time*, to
compare the action of the past with the esseuiial prin
ciple* at tirat laid down, in order lo he certain thai the
'oriner grow* outol and flows legitimately ln?m the lai
ier At no period ha* tin* necessity been slronger in
.Yla-*achuseits than at ihi* moment Those elecltd as
representatives of the party in November la*t have been
t pettier, enacted lawn, and pursued u course of uarty
.ictioii U|K)n which the people aie to pas< judgment, and
lor the result* of which those in jsiwer will tie held re
sponsible. Upon the principal enactments ol the legi?la
ture we have already expressed our opinions. What ha
been placed on the statute-book is, in the main, in Mnct
accordance with the popular will, so tar u? that will was
made known at the ballot box. Oil this matter, there
lore, there is not likely lo he much, if any, difference ot
opinion. Beyond this the same unanimity does not pre
vail, and to this point it is our purpose now to direct at
tention.
Whatever might have been tile /in/;* in particular local
ities, it is notorious that at the election in November last
the general understanding was that the union of the
democratic with the free-soil party contemplated iiotkii.fr
beyond mutters purely Statk in llieir character. This
object was repeatedly avowed, and always implied, and
with this alone in view power was wiested from the
wlii^; party. The coalition was in the ascendant, and its
conise a plain one, involving no sacrifice of principle on
either side. Statu offices and honors, and State legisla
tion, were ull that Were legitimately before the triumph
ant patty. Under this state of facts the free-soil party
in llie outset made a new and unexpected demand.
I'hey claimed what no considerable number had antici
pated?a United States senator f rom their own ranks?
not some man who might perhaps have been acceptable to a
majority of the democratic party proper, but a particular
individual, an old whig of an ultra stamp, and a man en
tertaining opinions on die slavery question directly in
opposition lo those repeatedly avowed by the democratic
party, not only of this State but of the whole Union.
to thin outrageous demand a majority cf the democratic
party at length yielded; Charles Sumner became the can
didate, and was finally elected. liaJ this been all, il
were enough; hut it was not?it was hut the beginning.
Those of the democratic party who refused to join in
the new contract were at once denounced as bolters,
wliigs in disguse, Webster men, and violators of tin
principles 011 which the coalition succecded to power!
I The democratic press was coaxed till all but three or four
went over to the support of Sumner and his peculiar doc
trines. Once over, these papers commenced a systematic
attack on the princi^tal men throughout the State who
stood out against (lie new bargain. Opponents of Sum
ner'* election, wherever found, where marked, slimmed,
and denounced, and the counsel of men long tried and
faithful was treated with contempt, and individuals often
with insult. Hut Sumner triumphed , und here it WH
hoped the coalition might end. Not so. lUutoul, in Irs
anxiety to obtain ;i seal in Congress, and knowing the
j materials which the senatorial fermentation had thrown
upon the suiface in Essex, adopted the Seward doctrine,
| that the constitution conferred on Congress no po-ver to
legislate tor the return of fugitive slaves, und carried
| wnh him a large majoiity of the democratic party in his
district, thus tending lo fasten on the democratic party
the stain of being disunionists, and denieis of the consti
I tutionality of the law, the counterpart of which was
made by the frainers of the constitution in 17U3, and
sanctioned by one of the purest statesmen ever elevated
I lo the chief magistracy by a free people. Arid here, at
this moment, stands the coalition portion ot the demo
cratic party of Massachusetts, in harmony with none
but llie Seward faction ot New York, and yet claiming
to be the democratic party. The claim is not and tan
not lie admitted. That democracy winch denies a plain
i provision of the constitution?which treats a law made
j under and in accordance with that instrument : s of no
binding force?can never be national?can never be an
integral portion of the great national deinociatic party.
; Such must either repudiate their own acts and docilities,
or be repudiated by their old associates
What, under these circumstances, is required of the old
| unchanged portion ol the democratic party I vVhat course
shall the few thousands still standing iinconlainina'.tti
| adopt lo clear themselves from the taint of sectionaiisai .'
I How show lo all good men and true, within and beyond
1 the limits of the old Bay State, that they have never
j changed, never de->erted the united platform on which
I they have been participators in the achievement < 1 so
! many glorious victories / Clear'y uieie is t?u. one hr.nor
| able course left. Let an organization be at >nce effected,
! lestmg on the great principles proclaimed by us in ItslO,
1 1&4-J, and 1S4B, wah a declaration aided plecgiin; adher
ence, under the circumstances, to the Ule compromise
measu.es, opposition to further agioition ol tiie slavrij
question in C?ingre-s, and to any further coalition witn
I the free-soil part). Those who can join us in thi? will
1 fonn a patty worth having and worth supporting. Tbo?e
who cannot are none of us, nor are liiey of the parly to
which we de?ire to belong Our view* on a vn*l ques
tion are not the view* of the coalitionists, and our'votes,
if given in unison with theirs, would only swell a free
soil triumph, in the fruit* of which we should not be al
lowed lo participate if we would, ana in wbieh we would
not (uiticipale il we could.
As to the mode of a new organization, let the act be
Often, manly, and aboveboard l-et there be no secret
bargaining, no reservations, but let the work, when
done, bear upon its front its own co umenl. We are foi
uniting with all those who will in good laith support tin
principles of the democratic patty of the whole country,
and sustain the compromise measures of the Ia-t Con
icres', but can sanction no sectionalism involving the
sacrifice of party consistency.
from Iba Pannaylvamaii.
Th? UbdtBi lion Low at 111).
An attempt is making t?j tlic oigan* of Governor John
ston to justlly liif* conduct in refusing to Hgn the bill re
pealing the main clau?e of llie law of 1S47, ptohibiting the
u?e ol our jail* for the confinement ot fugitive slaves;
and the manner in which the attempt ia made i? tii<111>
Icharacteristic. The llarnsburg American, lor instance,
states ihat Governor Shunk, a democrat, signed the hill;
that S(ieukers Coo|>er and Gibbon* signed it lor the hou?e
and the senate; and that Col. William Biglrr, the present
democratic candidate for governor, voted for it in hi*
place a* a Stale senator. Now, if thi* *i re all true just
a* *tated, it would furni*h no ju*tifi> ation for the misera
hle demagog ui?in ol Governor Johnston, who ha* evi
dently made a cool calculation ol the votes to be framed
or !o?i by signing this hill, without the least regard lor the
obligation* of the nntional constitution or the int'ieat* of
the State ami the nation.
At the time of the pas?.tge of the bill of 1^17 there wa?
no mode ?certainly no ethrient mode ?of carr) ing ont the
constitutional provision* for the delivery of fugitive
*lave*. Ihe Supreme Court, in the Case ot l'rigg against
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, hail decided that the
Slate authontie* had nothing to do with the execution ol
the law of and there were, therefore, no officer* to
execute the law rxcepl the United States marshal* at Pitts
burg and Philadelphia. In consequence of this great in
convenience aiieniting the Uf-e of legal ptocea*. growing out
of thisextniordinary derision, there were cases ol violent
arrest and summary conviction of alleged fugitives Irom
labor, who were Conve>ed hack to servitude without the
agency of a correct legal proces*. and, in some instances.
Slate officers and Stale prisons were made the means of
effecting these unjust measures. These circumstances
furnished a pretext for the law of IS47. It may also he
remembered that the subject attracted hut little attention
at the tune, and n* future bearing was not noticed by a
? ingle member of the legislature, or duly considereu by
the governor.
But there is no authority for saying that Col. Bigler
voted for the hill. The records ol the senate show that
no vote waa ever taken on it* passage at all, which fact
hi itself furnishes the best evidence that it attracted no
attention, ami wa* not examined carefully by any b it ita
whig authors. The bill came from the Judiciary Com
mittee, and w;<* explained a* being no more thai, the car
rying out the dteisinn of the SupietiM Court alluded to
kicr.pt at Philadelphia arid Pittsburg, there were no of
ficer* to execute the law of I7w3, and really no legal
m(*le of detaining fugitives, and hence the detentions
that were made at places remote troin those points were
nearl; all illegal There wa* then no efficient law for
the return of fugitive* Hut how changed the present
*tste of slfaiis ' I'he conflict on the *uti|ect of slavery
lia* been kept up by Jonnston and Ins parly on the abo
lition side uniil the existence of the (Jnioa is hazarded,
rhe patriotic of all parties, feeling this, unite in trying to
bring about a final alpistment ol the conflict, by the a.iop
lion of sundry measures of compromise, the fanhlul
observance ol which in iridi*pen*ahle to the continuance
of our national existence; and th? i./mnnt be rffi:re>it/y
tmd conventtnliy tarrttd out, on the port 0/ Ihtt State,
wile** Governor Jnhmtnn tigns th* bill note in '111
kamh It 1* theae mighty consideration* which give
un(Hirtance to his fiction on this bill. It i* ulterly vain
to talk about what GovernOf Sliunk or Colonel B gler
may have done under other circainstances It it the
present with tirhitU we hnve to deal We might as well
pistify an ttpposinon to the law of 1817, by ss>ing that
ihe whig" were in the ascendency in both bram he* ot
the legislature when it pu**ed, as Governor JohlMton tr
attempt to jiintify hi* conduct, b> saving that Ckrvernot
SliUiik had signed the bill. Stilfice it to *ay, lhat ll Bigler
were now governor, he wriuld not ou'iage the public
lechng by refusing to sign a bill repealing a law which
ill now iinderatand at the pnssont moment to be an in
fraction of the constitution of the Umied State*
Front tin- Pennsylvtuiit Democratic Union
i Uc Cuiupfeigii
We commence our |?olilical canpaign with the moat
flattering prospects. The action of our conventions has
nrcii cordal and united. Wliei'e dietiaction w as appre
h*nded, there waft i au*li t>ut Ullion and haunony
Wehaveevtiv r :.i on lo anticipate au el.lire and over
w helming dem< crattc tr.uv;>h
Tliough wu may antler defeat Hi times, it is always
owing to aim..' i xtianeous cms. ?> not involved hi the
inline I ale issue. (?? vcrnor J.>11iimIoii was elected, not
h> wkig votes hut hy tue fr .-nils ol (iaueral laylor, and
t.y t!ie votes of native A n >ii ins who were purchased
h) t!,c |'riiini-i i I ollice 'i here is a large democratic
majority in our Statu, in 1 -hen our early vote is |ioIled
we always elect our ticki
At pier-eiit llie democratic organisation 1i thorough
and co i.O n dr;n/cracy have never lalteied in
their devotion to the cardinal principles of free govern
inent. Tliey have a hon.l of union. There neier ha-,
been any ev.. ion or concealment of tSieir platform The)
have oc ipied it (or yeara, and nevei abandoned it to seek
temporary miccc.-s, preferring deieat to dishonor, well
knowing that trillii would prevail in the. end.
Contrast the position o| ii>e whigs. Where is their or
ganizittion! What arc their principles? They have
wriggled along, vacillating, turning and twisting to sun
the hour, subjecting themselves to continual exposure
and mollification, he-inn the confldenre of the people by
lueir tergi vers n ion, >-iill c'inging 11 the hope that decep
tion and corruption will again oveicome the common
sense and integrity of the people.
But can this he Will llie people gutter this corrup
tion and deception to continue ? Before our eyes we see
open bargain and sale for offii e, the prize being the votes
of freemen, between the whig party proper and the na
live Americans. We care not whether our readers lean
to naiive Americanism or not: lock at the fact. Theie it
a bod) of men prole. <in^ c rtain anti-democratic piiuci
j pie callinit themselves native Americans ; when they hold
| the balance of power they play into the hands of anothei
| body of men professing other principles, calling them
i selves whigs, and all notoriously to. divide the spoils of
| oAct.
Again : Do not the wliigs allege that a United States
! hank is an obsolete id -a !?that they have changed their
views, and think StUe hanks ?nlt><'ierit .? |)j they not
! say that tiie-e banks chi ml he chartered with discritni
j nation, according to'tie wants of the community ? All
| thie sounds fairly. Tins w as preached from the Mump
! hy Governor Johnston ; and yet the prominent measure of
' the whigs last session, known to be a pet of the execu
tive, was a general hanking law, called a free banking law.
for the same reason that Ins unconstitutional currency
was called relief issue, rather by way of diversity and
derisou.
Again: Governor Johnston and his supporters claim to
I be friends of the Union. Worthy friends! He that is
1 not wiih me is against in? It cannot be denied truly
! (while we admit that some support was given by patriot
he whins in defence of the Union) the chief opposition
i came Irom that paity. 0
j The present executive in Ins message labored to rea
| son away the validity and efficiency of the fugitive slave
j clause iii the constitution : he consorts with abolitionists,
ttie avowed foes ot the Union, and grants lavors to them
| in the way of pardon for blink culprits, that better men
! lannot get for white culprits ; and .even now, in defiance
i of popular opinion and the action ol the legislature, he
carries with him unsigned a bill to repeal the odious stc
lion of the act of isi7. Is such a man a friend of the
Union .'
From Uiu Providence Republican Herald,
tfoutti Caroilnu.
Notwithstanding the tone of defiance assumed by the
convention of volunteer associations at Charleston, there
seems lo be yet a portion ot considerate good sense at
work among the most reflecting minds, which may yet
leaven the whole mass, and avert llie controversy which
must follow an attempt at actual secession. In the con
vention Judge Butler, the United S ales senator, and Col.
A l* Hayne both represented the impolicy ol attempting
to .-.epa/ate from the Union without the compauy ol other
southern States. I lev Dr Gilman in the convention im
: plored the bless.ng of God " on the great confederacy ot
; wh ch we still fo.m a part " G.-tieral Brisbane I.as with
drawn from the general association, because, as he al
leges, a peiseverance in measures which must end in se
ce-sion must also lead to the dissolution of slavery itself,
i and " the conservative influence of Id irk labor!" The
I ;y;Ue, he uppretieuds, will be deluged at las; by aboli
i tionism, jacobinism, and agrariamsm, liitimphing first ii
| the North, and then sweeping away the Sou'h lie lear
' a change which will inake " rich men look -ad, and ruf
I fiain uance ami leap?;in! one in leur to lote what the1
' i .i'i|, the oiher to enjoy b> rage and war " The (ieneral
ir.ay he rather wild in his apprehensions of northern
i jacobinism and agrarianisii, bu'. Ins fears o.i the othei
. side of the line may not he unfounded. He knows
| -test. The inquiry is h!so put wiih practical force b)
I the mercnants of-the S'.tle to the leading secession
i ists, Whea you have seceded, and our trade and
I counncrce are suspended, what remedy do you pro
pose to ivert a geneial ruin? There is, asyti, no an
er. The increase ol taxation and expense", wi'hou
additional resources to sustain new burdens, is slro h
mutter which appeals to ihe r. tl -cti.iua of those who will
h<we to pay. Bui one of the in k| aUiating morgioie
crnries from one of the nieiiibeis ot Coiijit?? fr South
Carolina. That State has a coi sidi rahle matw of slave
population, a portion of v hich is n u grsnu-. transfer
red lo the oilier slave States, but as Mi liurt strong!)
puts it, when South Carolina becomes s separate State.
*he will be a foreign countiy, and the slave trade Irom
! tier to ttie American Sttte? wll become piratical South
< an mis will tlittS be fea r . up to her?elf wiih her in
creasing slavery, and t?- mi j.-cted to *tl the concentrated
and leb'eiing evils w h.- '. an oveipliis ol that |M>ps!ation
can rieate. On the whole, we venture lo hope that the
day of better tilings is bet unii g > dawn among the peo
(lie of South Carolina, and that tl.e pr?-e*t condition of
over excitement will be f' tlow. d by a healthful leaction
ol Iteling, in which lie' jail oil sons will reflect that the
wrong* ol winch lilt ) coinplai i have been ailju?ttd hy a
Compromise a Inch all the frien !s of the Union are deter
mined to sup j in 11 ; thai an a-sault upoll the Union win tie
now not a measure ot sell protection, as it was claimed
lo he, but ol revenge, which can accomplish nothing but
disaster to themselves or the.r country; ari l thai a tri
umph of South Carolina will he the ruin of both
From the Htarke County (O.) I>?mocra(.
Jiffr r><Mi on Pafcllc llrbl.
Here in h passage from Mtraon on pvblic debt* worth
reading about an I heading then? day* We e-?|>ecially
.commend it to tli >se editor* who are down ii|>on the
new constitution because. if ail<?(>!ed, it will prevent the
Slate an>l c< unties from involving tbetnaelve* in debt,
and hi many instances rum. Tht -i- gentleaian are great
; stickler- lor i Hi 111 -11 funding system, and wonderful ad
mireraof the immortal Jellemon, if tlieir words are to he
! believed.
i It i* time the laboring million* look this matter in
' hand Fori stall th> ?e British fund mongers who wiah
to nnddle a huge debt on ?* and our posterity. They love
to dabble m *U>ck? S'ocks, with hanking?and they al
wa>s go togaihei?constitute the favorite scheme* of
modern ish)locks
Hut to the words of Jcfiernon :
" To pt?*?erve our independence, we must not let our
Indent load us with jh rpetnaJ iletit We must make our
i election between economy ami liberty, or profusion and
?crvitiide. ll we run into such debts as that we must be
taxed in our meat ami in our drink?in our necetwane*
and our comforts? in our labors *ntl our amusement*?
for our railing and for our creeds, as the people ol Kng
land arc?,iur people, like them, must come to labor six
teen hours in the twenty-four, and give the earning* ol
fifteen ot these to the government for their debt* and
daily exjien-es, nn.l the ? ixteenth being inefficient to af
ford ii* bread, we must live, a*they now do, on oatmeal
and iiotatoe*. have no tune to think, no mean* of calling
the mumanagrr* to account, hut lie glad to obtain siili
-istence by hiring ours-'lve* to rivet their chain on the
, neck* ot our If llow sufferers Our landholders, too,
like theirs, retaining, indeed, the title and stewardship of
estates culled their*, but held really in truat for the treas
1 ury, mil*! wander, like theirs, hi foreign countries, and
' be contended with penury, oh*?;urity, and exile This
| example reads ns the salutary lesson that private
| fortune* are destroyed by public as well as pri
vate extravagance And this is the tendency o'
all human governments. A departure from principle
I in one instance becomes a precedent for a second,
lhat second for a third, and so on till the bulk of
"OCietj i* reduced to lie mere automaton* ol misery to
have no sensibilities left hut for sinning and suffering
Then h?gins, indeed, the htllum amatwn in omnia,
which some philosophers, observing to lie so general in
this world, have mistaken for the natural instead ot
the aHnHe I state of man Anil the J"" horsr of tK<?
JrigHt/u/ tenm n pnhhc drbt?taxation thru, and
in Hi train ttr*ttk*4*e*$ and opprtMiwn."
N??TICIC la hereby (l?n lhal oil arrimnla remaining
unsettled upon the tw.oka nf the late flrtn off H ItnitK kin,
together with tl????e at our preaeni firm, will he mail* up to (he JWth tn
?taat and hanrf*Ml in fur aattlernentaeilher by not* or otherwise The
eliange In our iNtalnesSj whleh took affect upon the lat nf Fahnmrj
laat, rrnil?'r? it ""?*? niiitll} ne< raaary that all epan acronnta ahoulri i?r
rlr^ed ai the e<p?ratfon of the preaent half year. ?
June?+-iJwif HOC IK, BROTHER, A CO.
A I.IIIOM K. PARRIN will attend ta any linalnM? in
? I the ttnpraina Court of the United ritatea that may ha intraated to
hta rare.
lJe will atao attend to huaineaa before Congreaa and the eteetitive
i< partmeata N?? 3f> dArptf
BM. WICK'* "%n1 an Had mm we Haent" m ruaiedy.
The Daughter of Night- -a alory i by H W. Fullum.
Kaatbury~~a tale ; by Anne H. ilriiry Koi aalr hy
TAYLOR A MAURY,
Jus* It a Hookaellara, near ?th a treat.
MAUNIVIUCNT MHKMM KOit JULY, 1M1.
I. W. MAURY a Co., Ni?4??M
$40,000! 4I j,OOU ' ?10,000 1 60 prizes Of $1,000.
VIKt-lNIA HTATK LOTTERY,
Fur the bcitv&i of Munuu|uU& .icftdewf
Clu* No. 74, for I6al.
To be drawn a I Alexandria, V*, 00 ?*iaiday, the 5U July, 1001,
75 uurnbet lottery?Lit diawu b*ilots.
Ul*?U tCiUMX.
1 prist'; ot $iO,u<HJ I 2 prizes of $1,000
I do 16,000 I 3 do IMO
1 do 10,000 I 5 do [So
I vlo 5,000 1 60 do |'000
1 do 2,715 I Ate. Awe. &c.
I Tic ket* $10?Maiveo $5 ? Quarters tjpi t>0.
Certificates of packmen of 25 whole tickets, $130 00
IV do 25 h*lf do #5 00
bo do 25 qQarter do 'M 50
$5*,*23 ! &J,W. 111,764! 100 prizes ol $1 ,000.
VIRGINIA HTATE LOTTERY,
t or the benefit of Mofioiigalia Academy.
('Ium No. 77, lor 1651.
To be drawn 111 Alexandria, Va., on fciaturday, the 12th of July, 1851.
7o number lottery ?13 drawn ballou !
RfLk.lUii) ANU RICH aCHKMa.
I prize of $56,<fl3 I 2 prizes of $9,000
1 do *l,a?9 | II do 51,612
1 do 11,764 | 100 do 1,000
2 prizes of 5,0u0 175 do (lowest 3 Noa.) 500
2 do 4,000 I fcc. fc.c. fcc.
Tickets $15?Halves $7 50?Uuarter* $'<* 75? Eighths $1 67^.
Certificates of'packages of 26 whole ticket*, $200
Do do 26 half do 100
Do do 26 quarter do 50
Do do 26 eighth do 25
.$.'15,000 ! $20,214 ! 6 prizes of $3,307 1
VIRGINIA STATE LOTTERY,
For the benefit of Monongalia Academy,
Class No. 60, for 1851.
To be drawn at Alexandria, Va., on Haturday, the 19th of July, 1851.
15 drawn numbers out of76!
MPLKMDI? aCUKMK.
1 prize of $3,307
1 do J,.*)7
1 do 3,30/
1 do 3,3U7
10 prizes of 1,000
tke. lie. k c.
1 prize of $35,000
1 do 20,214
1 do 3,307
I do 3,307
I do ? 3,3i)7
1 do 3,30.
Tickets only $10?-Halves $5?Quarters $-2 50.
Certificates of package* of 26 whole tickets,$120
Do do 26 half do 60
Do do 26 quarter do 30
$65,000! #33,027! 921,000! $10,000!
100 prize* of $1,500! 113 prizes of $1,000!
VIRGINIA HTATK LOTTERY,
For tlic benefit of Monongalia Academy.
Class O, for 1651.
To be drawn in Alexandria, Va., on Haturday, the 26th of July, 1651.
75 number lottery?12 drawn ballots!
II HI LLI ANT SCHEME.
1 splendid prize of $05,000 I 1 prize of $5,000
33,627 1 do 2,635
1 do 21,000 J 100 prizes of 1,500
1 do 10 000 1 100 do (lowest 3 No.)... 1,000
1 prize Of 7,000 | fee. fcc. fee.
Whole tickets $20? Halves $10?Quarters $5?Eighths $2 60.
Certificate of package of 25 whole tickets, $270 00
Do do of 25 half do 135 00
Do do of 25 quarter do 67 50
Do do of 25 eighth do 33 75
Orders for tickets and shares and certificates of packages in the
above splendid lotteries will receive the most prompt attention, aad
an official account of each drawing sent immediately after it is over
to ail who ordei from us.
Address J. fc. C. MAURY, Agents,
June 19 Alexandria, Virginia.
Ca*iton Mattings, Kloor Oilcloth*, OsrgMUng, Ae.
'I'llhi subscribers are now receiving, per schooner (Statesman,
A from New York?
50 pieces 4-4 extra heavy white Canton mattings
20 do 5-4 do do do#
20 do 6 4 do do do!
20 do 4-4 do red checked do do,
25 do 5-4 It 6- 4 do do do
10 do 4-4 do fancy do do
2 do super English oilcloth, 18 feet widd
3 do super American oilcloth, from twelve to eighteen feet
wide
25 do low-priced American oilcloth, from three to six feet
wide
10 do Cocoa matting*, for basement, lie.
Also, constantly on hand a full assortment of every variety of lm]
ported and American carpeting, such ae?
Tapestry velvet, tapestry iirusscis. English and American Brussels,
ini|?eri&l, three-ply, and ingrain, nne and common inarain, low
priced ; r?tg, hemp, and cotton, both striped and plaid; together
with every other article in our line for house-furnishing ; which we
arc prepured and fully deteriniued to offer upon as good terms as any
other dealer* 111 this country.
Ap 16?If P. H. HOOE fc CO.
N1?W t?04IDS.?The subscribers beg leave to inform their cusj
IOOWI8 that Uuy ti.i v JOSt received a new suppiy of the follow
ing articles, to winch they invite attention, namely:
Black ehally. for mourning dresses
l>o Grenadine do do
Do 1 oultde rfoic, tiro do Rhine, and India silks
Do iH>mb;isins and silk warp alpacas, very light
Do and fancy ber<;ges and de lames
Fancy French organdie and lawns
i'lain and figured jaconet?, for dresses
Do Bwiss and polka muslins
Hiack and fancy Foulard silks
French embroidered chemise is, cuffs, and collars, of ?very va]
riety and price
Very handsome lace and embroidered under-sleeves
Ladies' jjauze merino and silk vests
ltirnard"?n and Cray's undre***d Irish linens
English and American bleached long-cloths
Ladies ami gentlemen's kid, silk, and lisle thread glove*
Also, every description of gentlemen's and youths' wear, and a
great variety of other goods, all of which will be disposed of on
?lie most ac?-ointm?daiing terms.
We aiHo beg leave to csll the attention of housekeepers to our new
supply of?
Li ten and cotton sheetings, damask table-cloths
NnpMi.s, towelling, whiu and colored Marseilles aad 'Allendale
quilts
Tai le and piano covers, embroidered and lace curtains
Wiiile and hull' linen, for window blinds
English and French enruun chintzes
4-4, .V4, and 6-4 white mattings
4-4, 5-4, and 6-4 fancy colored mattings, new style
4 4, 5-4, and 6 4 plain and colored cocoa maittng/
Very superior English and American floor oilcloths, new design*'
and very handsome
And a large ?tock of French and English velvet tapestry.
BruHsels, 5-ply, and ingrain carpets, at very reduced prices
HOOE, BROTHER, fc CO.
May 21?ifdtf
Kj .im t riO* In pr!?*>? to roducr slock. -We respectfully
an n ou lice to our fnenda and II. ? public lnn??rai, although early
in the s**a?on, 11 hi I we have determined lo offer our present stock at
greatly reduc ed prices, in order to run off our entire spring and
?ummur supplies at preeent. Great bargains may be expected, and
really offered. We name the following good*, via :
Kieli fancy drew -ilks, in small check*, striped and plain "J
('bene and foularda
Ileal India ailka in plaids, fcc.
An rite naive assortment of beregea, in plain modes
High-colored, plain, and rich figured mouaaeJtne da lames
Hballle*, berege de lames, tiaaue*, kc.
French, hngliwh, and American prints
Chintzes, ginghams, liwna, muslins
Jaconets, to., in all grades and prices
Plain, white, and embroidered Hwias muslins
A la'ge assortment in colored Hwtaa muslins, which will be sold
below any price heretofore named
White cambric, muslins, jaconet cambrics, Nanaook, and mull
muallns
Full aaeortment plaid musllna, including all grades.
In klack good* tn Aaae?
Fine black alpaca*, bombaslna, mouaaeline de laiQee, berege*,
grenadines, Inc.
With a full assortment in black silks, embracing all the widths
and qualities
Ladiee* linen handkerchief*.
Ws have the following, the best for the price* we have ever of
fered -
:*) dot. linen cambric handkerchiefs, at W> per doaaa.
90 do do do 9 50 do
30 do do do 3 00 do
30 do do do 4 00 do
30 do do do far small children
Also, a great many in broken lots below the price above named
With a beautiful assortment of ladies' pocket handkerchief, in
all medium and fine grsdes.
We invite ibf attention of buyers generally to the above enant
rat<*ri stork, only in part of our great variety, all of which we are
now anxious to rcduce, and will aell cheap to do eo.
0LAG1TT, NEWTON, MAY, * CO.
June fi?3taw3w
I OW-PHK KP Ingrain ( arpetlaga Had Fleer <HI
IJ clothe. ?Just rcceiv?-d at the store of th/" subscribers a fresh
supply of the above good*, which will be found very pretty aal
food*
Alao, in idditienal titpply of thoae heavy 4-4 eitra N. T. Ml
Unfa. Thaae are the In at we ahali he able t" ftiralah o?r caatow
era of theMC goods.
A I.'i 10 piecea of 4-4 white ditto, of a new make, >1 a lower prl.e
than thr above, hul which will ha foand heavy, evan, Arm, and
wltll atralfht aelvajea.
And a hair .lap .lamaak ilnKfet
Thr public are reapectfally invited ui rail ami riamin* o?r atnek
of furniture Ph.,la, aa we devote our antira attention in tlala depart
nirni and therefor# ?an conAdently rtrnmnwnd all that wa aall
CLAORTT h DOMOM,
I ?ar door aaat of corner of Penn. avenue and fttil atreet
Junr I* wAwif
Mkl.v-t KARIif \t t 4H VT* ( I \<;ETT fc ItOMON ?
ape.tfully notify tli.^ir ciiatotrier. having open arroiinta on than
legcr that ihalr hilla will ha rendered to data on or before lha I at
ultimo, whan aattleineM for u>e aatna, aithar with the money or by
note. of hand, will b- mo.t thankfully received
June 9t) ,Ttaw?wif OI.AUKTT k DOIXOTN
NK.W ?nd Heaut Ifn 1 at y lea nf Alary ehlrta. wttk veete
attached.
Alan, en per I .tale thread tinder ahlrta ami half hoae
IJatire tooreno wrappera
F* re ah attpply of all h mohair Aocka, a cheap aad deatrahla artlcla
for warm weather. Jnat received and for aale at
(HAH II l.ANP.'fl
Uentlcmrn'a Kurnl.htnj Htore, Pennaylvaala a?.
May W? Uf
I' ?*. Cl.l kKKt . Architect anil Civil If.nglneer. haa
I U retiKiveil hie otAce to Traver.'e bulldlnga, north aide of Penn.yl
"ania avenue, between 19th and I'hit atreeta weet. Pah ??4tf
N*TIt>V? I, K\TINtJ IKM aiC. Arrival e.lraordtnary, di
reel Irian the Wr.t I tide*., Annapolta, Baltimore, aad other mar
tela, a lot of genuine green turtle, aoft and hard craha, (certain!,
inferior tn any ever acen In thta market,) a-ondcock, he
U e eollclt all to favor na with a call, and we plailfe otiraelvea to
>|eaae erett the moat faatirtlona.
Or^-foup ready at II o'clock. Famillea aerved a. ueual
June Ifl?ateodif M'Al.KER h BHADD.
rent or aale a twa-alary Hoaaa, with baaaai.al,
in the Aral ward, near the corner of IHth atraet Apply to
caTH. n So'M.at.
North aide H, hetwean ?0th aad Slat atraata.
Jna? 13-dt/