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THE DEMOCRATB OF KANSAS MOVING.?Till GREAT DEMOCRATIC MEETING AT 08AM KKK. grOOHB OF GENERAL WHITFIELD, JTJDGI i'KRRIN, AND 8. B GARRETT -THE RE80LD TIONB. We are iudobUai to the Lecomplou (Kansas) Na tional Democrat of August 20 for the following re port of the great democratic meeting recently held u Oaawkee : At a democratic meeting held In front of the Osawke House, In the town of Oaawkee, Kansas Territory, oi Monday evening, August 10, 16&7, Judge Rush Elinor was called to the cliair, and Pascal S. Parks and Williau J. Preston were appointed secretaries The presidcu stated the object of1 the meeting in a few appropriate re mm marks ; alter which, on motion, Wilson Hhaunon, J. W Martin, William H. Tebbe, William F, Dyer, J. 11. St Matthew, D, D. Humes, S. B. Garrett, R. 8. Stevens Hugh Cameron, D. Vanderslicc, and J. A. lialdrruian were appointed a committee to draught resolutions ex prossive of the sense of the meeting. After the committee retired General .1. W. Whitiick was called to the stand, and addressed the audience in i few well-timed and spirited remarks. Although his pod tion and his duties now were not of a political character yet many had made frequent inquiries as to how he st(x> upon the issues in Kansas, and he gladly embraced th opportunity here presented of stating his position fully frankly, and fearlessly. He was a democrat of the ol school, and as good u pro-slavery man as ooulil V foiun in the Territory. He differed from many to-auM pre slavery rneii, however. He made ids ideas upon the "pe culiar institution" subservient to his democracy, aiv thought that as good democrat* lived in New York a lived in Louisiana. He wa* emphatically in favor of submitting the const! tutiou which will be framed at Ixicomptou in Kcptcmbc next to the people of the Territory. As to who were th people ho did not assume the province of determining but gave it as his opinion that the convention shout leave this question to be settled by the territorial law which prescribes a residence of six months as one of th qualifications of a vote. He has heard with astonish ment that men professing to be democrats and member of the convention were bitterly opposed to submitting tli constitution to the people. He was pre]iared to tell uj such men that he did not believe that such a constitu tion as they wished to adopt would receive ten votes L Congress, and he did not think it ought to. He was t the opinion tlrat it would be an unparalleled piece of ini pudence to ask men who were pledged to the doctrine c allowing the i>cople of tiro Territory to form their own in titutions in their own way to stultify themselves an vote for a constitution which probably did not contaii the views and wishes of a majority of the bona fide citi sens of Kansas. He warned the members of that convci; tion that a failure to refer their constitution to the pcopl for ratification would not meet with favor from the de urocracy of Kansas, and he pledged himself in such u event to be among the first to cull a meeting of nil trt democrats of the Territory for the purpose of op)>osin the constitution of tliat convention and petitioning t < 'ougress to reject it. He endorsed Gov. Walker in all his speeches, piXK.lt nations, and acts, and he expressed an abiding contidcnc that his excellency would solve the great problem of scli government amicably, equitably, and to the entire sntif faction of all rational men. He spoke in scathing terra of those know-nothing emissaries who hare sought, an are seeking, to lead the democrats of the Territory, pai ticularly those who, without ever having a drop of denu cratic blood in their veins, had been making speeches i Missouri, and oskiug the people of that State to come ovt and vote at our October election. He knew them well and the motive that actuated them. After having sol out to the black republicans in Kansas, they sought t reinstate themselves in the good graces of the Missoti imiitt ity juot nuv-u wunm^viwiv uu.u.M.ftfiuij ?.?, ?..*?, king their aid in the coming election*. Such men wer uuuuthoria.il, and all their labor* in this regard would li fruitless. So sane person believed that a single man froii Missouri wns coming into Kansas to r ote at the election The speaker made many more home thrusts which escape the pen of the reporter. At the conclusion of this ad dress, the committee, by 8. B. Garrett, reported the fol lowing resolutions: Whereas, the timo is approaching wiicn, in accorditnc with the provisions of the organic act, the i>eople of thi Territory will be called upon to exercise the highest privi lege of freemen in the selection of a territorial legislu ture and a delegate to Congress ; and whereas the prill ciplcs and position of the democratic party in this Terri tory have been greatly misunderstood, or wilfully misrej resented, it is due to ourselves, to the cause of truth and to true nationul democrats everywhere, who svuipu thixc with us in our effort to establish correct principle in this embryo State, soon to take her place in the con federacy, invested with all the powers of State sovereign ty, that we should make a public declaration of our prin ciplcs and detino our position so clearly that ncitlie friend nor foe can mistake the ground we occupy, or mis state the policy we advocate, without subjecting hi nisei to the charge of gross and wilful misrepresentation therefore fietolved. That, as members of the national democrati party of Kansas and of the Union, we have undiiuinishei confidence in the principle so distinctly enunciated in th organic law of the Territory, (known as the Knnsos-Ne hraska act,) that "the people should regulate their 14flair and shape their institutions in their own wuy that an; principle antagonistic to this is antagonistic to the consti tution, repugnant to the genius and spirit of our institu tions, and subversive of civil liberty, social order, and po litical equality among the States and the people thereof. Retulved, That wo regret that designing demagogue and insane fanatics in other States, in violation of thi great principle, have unwarrantably interfered in tlic do meg tic affair 8 of thin Territory, and that their luachina Hons have ireen so far successful as to engender unkim and hostile feelings among our people, estrange tlioso win should live in fraternal concord, and convert our lieauti fnl Territory into a theatre of civil dissension, strife. an< bloodshed. Raolved, That we hail with pleasure the dawn of i brighter and more auspiaious day, the return of omicabl and friendly intercourse among the people of the Torri tory, the free and full discussions of all questions affect ing our i*>litical condition and welfare ; and that w reprobate the efforts of all individuals and factions, her or elsewhere, who, by their incendiary appeals to th prejudices and passions of the multitude, seek to sot again the seeds of discord, and revive the unhappy am suicidal strife which destroyed the peace, paralysed tlr energies, blighted the prosperity of the Territory, am drenched its plains in fraternal blood. Retolved, That we hurl back Into the teeth of our op ponents the charge that any person, with the sanction o true democracy of this Territory, is invoking "foreigi aid" at our approaching elections ; that, if any person are making such appeals to the people of any Stnte, ad jacent or remote, they are disappointed aspirants, or ma licious agitators, whose conduct we utterly repudiate anc condemn, denying that the democratic party should b< held responsible for the ravings of apolitical madman, 01 the acts of emissaries employed bv our opponents, to at tach odium to our name ami bring defeat to our isomer Refolvod, That in Robert J. Walker, governor of (hit Territory, we recognise an able and sagacious statesman whose ability and patriotism, conceded on nil sides in that memorable era of our bistorv when he encountered in adversaries such intellectual giants as Clay and Webster cannot tie questioned by the pigmies of this generation that our thanks are due to the President tor the houoi conferred upon this Territory by the selection of such i man ns its executive ruler?such selection evincing a dui sense on his part of the difficulties attending the solution of the great problem of self-government in Kansas, and at the same time a paternal solicitude for its welfare : that in the policy indicated in the inaugural address oi Governor Walker we discern a strict adherence to the principle# of tho Kansas-Nebraska net and of true national democracy, and that in accordance with those principles, and for the reasons assigned by the governor, tho constitution to be framed by the convention soon to nsscmblt will be submitted to the people, and that as democrat* wo believe that any constitution not so submitted "will be, and ought to be, rejected by Cougrcss.'' Rrtnlrtd. That the condemnation of Gov Walker by the extremists of b,,th sections, men liviug thousands ot miles away, is the best evidence of the wisdom and jus tioe of his policy, and that wo say to all such, " Hands off, gentlemen ! Kansas is ours; in due time she will ask for admittance into the Vnion, with a republican form of government, and until then let us manage our own affairs, undisturbed by any outside interference " The resolutions, which were read by Mr. Garnett in H clear and distinct voice, elicited much applause, and werr adopted unanimously Jtwlge E. 0. Perrin, being loudly railed for, mounted the rostrum and responded In his usual felicitous style. He most heartily endorsed the resolutions that had just U en read, and although comparatively a stranger to the country, to his audience, and to democracy, yet he could not withhold his admiration and approbation of the party whose members adopted such a plat form as the one just submitted by the commit C tee for their political guidance. He most heartily agreed si . with the gentleman who had preceded tihu in ids eulogy p. j u[Kiii Governor Walker slid the policy he lisd adopted 6 tor the puciti< ntion of Kansas. He painted in vivid col ore the dangerous i ouKequi-uces of keeping the wounds ut Weeding Kansas open, to be lacerated anew, during an- 11 - other presidential cHiiqiaigii. and besought every lovel of ir Kuiisaa mid of his common country to unite in ushering U the Territory into the Union as |?aoeahly and speedily as fr I possible. al He bitterly rebuked Mr. Keitt, of South Caiulina. and bis eo-agitators, who, he remarked, lutd joined their /mtcU' to b the black-republican "i/irtrki" of the North against Gov. " II Walker and his course in Kansas He was proud to tell tl e the |ieople that the governor was only strengthened in a u his (Kilicy by the opposition of the scctioimJisU Judge U1 t P.'s peroration was sublimely beautiful, and produced ^ prolonged uppluusc front his auditors. Mr. 8. 11. Garnctt was next called upon, and retqiouded ' in a neat, elegnut, and pithy speech. Havingintroduced, u - he, of course, fuily endorsed, the resolutions of the com- o ', mittee, and was proud to hear those glorious principles h , of the national democratic purty, which are advocated ,| . and reserved in every section of the Union, reiterated upon t| the soil of Kan Mi . Although u stranger In a strange ! land, yet he felt among his friends when such doctrines 11 .1 were enunciated, lie had seen the struggle and tinal si a | [>.uv,age of the Kunsus-Xebrii-ka act in Congress, and, like tl - I many of its advocates, he lelt some doubt as to its irome, diate practical success. He hud witnessed its repeated in- ^ ii fraction in this Territory by its professed friends and e avowed enemies: but he believed that time was past. !t , Already he saw the dawn of a brighter and more glorious P 1 e|Mjch iu the history of Kansas, and congratulated the tl I friends of popular sovereignty everywhere upon their trl- g >- umpli. 11 o fully endorsed Gov. Walker's course, and spoke (j in highly laudatory terms of the man, the patriot, and the a it statesman. He wanted no better evidence that the s governor was right than to lieur the insane ravings of a the fanatics of the North and of the South. He believed <1 - that under the benign inllueuce of (icpuhir sovereignty, u r as equitably enforced by Gov. Walker, the time was not e far distant when, blooming us a garden and blossoming rj ; as the rose, with peace, .ontentment, and happiness as d the great distinguishing c haracteristics of her people, Kansas would take her place alongside of her older sisters e mid add another star to the national constellation. Mr. tl - (inmett, although a comparative stranger, made a deep n s mid lasting impression upon his audience, and his chaste v e and eloquent remarks found a response in every heart. j II On motion of Mr. It. S. Stevens, the proceedings of this ;- meeting were ordered to be publisher! in the ''National a Democrat," with the request that all democratic papers k 'f throughout the Territory copy the same. a On motion, at a late hour, the meeting adjourned. a if RUSH ELMORE, President n it vv J)ARKS { Secretaries, d W . 1. l'M?jrro\, t n [lorrespoudence of the I'unm.] * e RECORDS OK A SEASON AT THE FAUQUIER WHI'PE " SULPHUR SPRINGS, VIRGINIA.?No. ti. " fl r< August 27, 1857. u S The other day, upou entering the dining-room, our at? tentlou was arrested by u lloral ornament rising front the '' castor on the table occupied bv his honor Judge Taney. ' c With true feminine curiosity we stopped to examine * [- li. it coiinihitii ui u iramt'-wurR, hlxjui iwu icct nigu, i- concealed 1 >y flowers uud evergreens. Fronr the cross- " 'l pieces, little bouts, formed of folded napkins, swung by r ' silken tlireads. On the top was a miniature ship, fully * rigged, with gay streamers displayed at mast-head, and n from its side hung a card upon which was written in very t distinct characters : " Who-rangh for Buchanan." Was not this incident in itself a poem ? We thought ^ so. A i>oom gracefully told in representative characters 0 b>" minds untutored indeed, but having a true perception of poetic correspondence. The "Ship of State," e consigned to the rare of our illustrious helmsman ; the e lesser barks for officers united with him in command ; 11 the flowers, sure indicators of peaceful and refined civllij cation ; the evergreen, emblem of enduring prosperity ; l_ and the hearty good will of the " who-raugh," from the [- humble African send tors, tell a tale that we know will be felt and appreciated, even where more costly offerings c of respect are given with earnest protestations of regard ; s and it is pleasant to all to see honor rendered where it is * due. be the source whence it springs ever so lowly. e Perhaps no period at a place of fashionable resort bei I coinea so goo<l a test of real character as the Sabbath. ' e ! The ordinary amusements of the week l>eing suspended, (' ' i ea<'h [icrBon is thrown upon his individual resources to ^ occupy the time, and the bias of his mind may easily be n discovered by a silent observation of tho manner in * which it is spent. Woman, we think, has naturally a u - greater degree of veneration than man ; consequently, we ' r find her almost universally employing a portion of the * day in exercises of devotion. Sometimes several friends . unite In one apartment for leading the Scriptures, the C'hureli service, and the singing of hvmus ; thus all over c the grounds will lie found the "two or three gathered toil gether'' in the name of the Lord, and we would fain hope e He is in their midst. Hut, we regret to say, man too fre- ^ quently tacitly gives his assent to a faith in the doctrine y v of the "Intercession of Saints" by leaving all petitions for ft . himself to arise from the pure heart of mother, sister, or ft - cherished friend ; and while the Moliammedan denies to ^ - woman a soul, we have often thought the Christian lives r( as if lie believe<l she alone possessed one. But, however * much men neglect private devotion, their good angels? ^ _ visible or Invisible?generally lead them to join in public n r worship, and last Sabbath, in the ball-room, we saw many ^ 1 a one an attentive listener. In the morning the Rev. jj s Mr. Bollock, of this neighborhood, preached, and was p ' heard with marked attention. The introductory re- p marks of his discourse, in regard to tho tendcucy << u of the human mind in all ages to express its strongest u e and deepest emotions in song and music, were exceeding- ^ - ly interesting. The Psalms of David were instanced as j] " being a wonderful example of the peculiar felicity of po p j cue cuiupiwiiiuu ? iiinuuiu iuiuujjii wuivu w 8IVC C ? utterance to devotional feeling*. The text, taken from n ? the 84th Psalm, wan : "Yea, the sparrow hath found a n 1 house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may tl e lay her young, even thine nltars, 0 Lord of Hosts, my n ' King, and mv God:" and it was well illustrated by the p idea of the children of Israel, in their captivity, yearning tl f for the sanctuary of their fathers, then lying silent and n 1 desolate to such a degree that even the coy bird chose its g; " altars as a fitting seclusion in which to build her nest and t< " rear her young. The application, showing the earnest- fc j ness with which the true Christian would seek the house n, , of the I/rrd, was very good. In the evening the Rev. c] r Mr. llarlow, of Hampton, gave u very finished discourse - upon the evanescence of many states of religious feeling tl which vanish like the "morning dew," and urged upon a( ' his hearers the necessity of genuine, heart-felt piety, h | These services were most acceptable to the visitors, who tl , I would be glad if the clergyman were among them every tr 1 Sabbath Tl : In former writings we have frequently spoken of the is 1 beaux and the belle* of the season; but, besides those who k 1 take an active part in tire gaieties, there are many here , whose worth and amiable (ptalities endear them to a hi I large circle of friends. Some of these, who came as In- rs valid*, we are happy to say, arc improving greatly under ei ' | the influence of the water* and pure air ; but In no one is sc ? ciiang* more porocptlhio than in the esteemed t hief ' .Justice Taney. In the beginning of the season his bent ts form itiul leeltlc step was the cause of inuch anxiety to ta ) his friends, but now he carries himself wjth an erectness 2( l and walks with a quickness and firmness most gratifying I to we. Such a report, we are sure, will be welcomed as glad tidings by an appreciative public. His little grand- s; r son is also in much bettor health. One of his daughters c? is still an invalid, and Mm. T., though well, devotes her- fa self so entirely to her family in their cabin that, much se to the regret of her friends, she is seldom seen beyond its vi precinct. Hie kind and warm-hearted Mrs. B., of Louis- ut iana. iias become so active and cheerful that one now for- 1* gets to inquire for her health, and her society is sought for tr the pleasure which she, by her amiable disjsisition and u| sprightly conversation, affords. Her eldest son is consid- th cred quite an acquisition as an agreeable companion, and m no douht thc petted "youngest" will be so, too, in a few years, as his ambition seems to lie to walk in the footsteps co of " Bro. Dan." da Col. Win. P Taylor, wife and family, of Caroline, are fol here, as usual. So long have they made this place their Pc summer ra?ort that they are as confidently looked for of id u warmly welcomed as the season itself Col. Tay>r, who ha* himself beta on M. C., U son of the late nator, Col John Taylor, who Introduced in Congress it famous Virginia resolutions of '90 and 99?a service utt all thoee versed in the jroUtics of the State well relenu her and appreciate. His wife is an admirable woman, sloved and respected by all who know her. Their iends, Col.and Mrs. S., of King and Queen, whose (aces re also familiar here, are spoken of as worthy iepresentaves of a county renowned for the virtue and integrity of ' s people ; olid if one wishes to form a proper estimate of je '-good old Virginia families," a better opportunity urnot be offered than by the cultivation of an acquaintnee with such persons as these. Capt. H. and his wife, , f Northumberland, deserve a place among the estimable irglnian*. Possessing an ample fortune, Captain 11. ses it like a good citiseu and a good man. Heathesville wes to him almost its existence as a flourishing vilige, and he owns a fair inheritance in the blessings of re poor, wldle many a bead of a family tlianks him for le ' 'helping hand" that lias led to comfort and prospcr,y. Mrs. H. is no less beloved by her neighbors for her incerc and simple hospitality and readiness to help in lie hour of need. The "Warrenton House" is a cottage standing a little at families. Mrs T. and Mrs. J. have neighboring Isolations in Carolina, and have journeyed north with heir children to puss the Rummer together. At the 1 priugs they live very much an if ut home, puliming u nilv round of quiet pleasures ; strolling over the grounds t the most inviting hours ; making friendly visit* to the shins, and, in their turn, welcoming guest* at their own uarter*. Occasionally they are seen in the ball-room atching and enjoying the happiness of their children, nd ever seeming at perfect peace with themselves, and, srer yet, with all the world. Their placid look* and tanners impart a ?weet calm to those in contact with them. On the floor above i* Mrs. P., of Baltimore, with her liree daughters, and it would be hard to find a family lore united and possessing more domestic and womanly irtties. Where we see so much to admire, particularly ! 1 young girls, we find it difficult to select phrases suited a u public journal; therefore we can only say, did we now these ladies less it would be far cosier to write more, nd our silence must tie considered eloquence. Happy re the daughters having such a mother, and happy Is the lother in her children ! Mrs. H., the accomplished daughter of the Hon. John j r. Mason, our minister at St. Cloud, graces our circle, nd wins the love of all who approach her. Her sistera-law, Miss H., is very engaging in manners, and is auch admired. Miss J., of Warrenton, pleases by her rank, open character, kind heart, and unselfish considertioii for the comfort of others. Once we had a friend who had a "little wifey," a dear Ittle woman, ever cheerful, and ever prompt to minister : o all his wants, whims, and caprices ; her feet were al- 1 rays willing to move by his side ; her hands always ready b smooth the wrinkles from his brow, or to replace the button. 'Tis long since we have seen her ; but we ecognise her counterpart in Mrs. T., of Alexandria, and re would say to this husband, as we did to that: My riend, cherish your little wifey, for you could hardly hope | o replace her. Mr. Edward Beyer, au artist, and a graduate of the i )usseldorf Academy, is at the Springs, soliciting subscripions for a work of great beauty and merit that he is .bout publishing, entitled ' 'The Album of Virginia; or, he Old Dominion Illustrated," (incolored lithograph.) j Ir. Beyer purposes to issue several volumes, containing j ight sketches each, at intervals of about four months. lie specimen number ih very line, and the drawing true i o nature. Hie Natural Bridge, Harper's Ferry, and lock-fifth Gup are particularly good, and we should think very Virginian would take pride hi possessing such faithai delineations of the romantic scenery of his State, imong the subscribers wo saw the names of Gov. Wi?e, ames Lyons, Dr. Beale, and many other well-known lovrs of the fine arts. This afternoon West's two celebrated paintings--Christ Icaling the Sick, (original,) and Death on the Pale Horse, ? copy by Dunlap, pupil of West)?were exhibited in the all-room. These {laintings are ?o well known we will iot attempt a description, but we gazed upon them unreariedly for more than an hour, and would earnestly rire those who have never seen them by no means to lose ho opportunity to do bo, should one ever be presented. LA CHRISTIE. [Correspondence of tlio Union.] THE NEW RAILROAD BRAKE. Asiilxkd, Vft., August 29, 1857. 1 left Washington ycsteiday evening on a brief visit to i Lsbland for the purpose of witnessing the testing of j IcDonald's new railroad brake. Having recently read communication in the Union setting forth the import- < nee of this improvement, I thought it would be in- j resting to your readers to be informed of the practical i suits of the trials of to-day. After leaving the boat at Acquiu Creek, and before iking my scat in the cars, I approached a negro brakeslan and inquired whether the new brake was on the rain ? Receiving a negative answer, I asked what was is opinion of it? " The best kind of a brake, massa ; : sabes me a heap of labor," was returned. Being asked ow long it took to stop the cars with it, his reply was : 'Stop 'em in Just no time at all, massa. Brakesmen o use now, massa ; no use." It was with renewed condence in the success of the exhibition of this invention liat I took my Beat in the cars. The exhibition was made at Ashland, (formerly Slash j ottage.) Shortly after breakfast n small number of rail- i lad men were pointed out to me as being ready to witess the trial. At ten o'clock the train equipped with le steam-brake arrived from Richmond, bringing seve%1 experienced railroad engineers and machinists. The reparations being now completed, and the track clear, tie first experiment was made. Hie train was put in rotion at a speed of twenty miles an hour. At a given glial the stcam-brakc was applied, and the train brought > a rest in thirty-five seconds, having run a distance of ; >ur hundred and twenty-eight feet. This trial was pro- | rtunced unsatisfactory, it lieing clear to all that the ma- I ainery was disarranged For the purpose of comparing the improved bralcc with utt now universally used on railroads, the train was jain brought up at nearly the same rate of speed. Five rakesinen were stationed at their respective posts. At re signal their power was promptly exerted, and the ain stopped in forty-four seconds, lire distance trnersed was nine hundred and fifty feet. Double the numst of brakesmen used to perform this duty on our railrads were entployod on this occasion. The third trial was even more favorable to the steam rake than the first, in consequence of a careful rearmgement of its machinery, although the speed was only ghtecn miles an hour. The cars were stopped in thirty iconds, after having run a distance of one hundred yards. The fourth trial was quite satisfactory. The speed atlined was twenty-five miles an hour, and the train was i >ken up in twenty seconds, after running n distance of | )8 feet. Several other experiments were made with similar results. The engineers and masters of machinery, as well as the ioctators, were unanimous in testifying to the entire sucks of the various experiments. Notwithstanding the ct that the machinery was not in perfect order, and that veral of the brake-blocks were not noted on from the trying length of the chains, which should have lieen of . liform length, the engineers held that the principle had O.ll- I t.-l ?U?? (k,?. full,. tl.nl . ain with this brake perfectly arranged could be taken > in lee* time than that of either of the experiment* of j e day. But, hnuld thl* not be the case, it wa*clearly do- | nnstrated that the brake i* far superior to that now in use i It wa* finally determined to lay before the railroad nvention which will assemble at Now York on Tun 1 .y next a statement of the practical result* which have j llowed it* use on the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and j itomac railroad, and ask it to consider It with the view hastening it* use throughout the country. WASHINGTON CITY. TUESDAY MORNING. SEPT. 1. 1867. *Mr Ihuaki. A Jams, No. IS- Hoiilh T? nth street, Philadelphia Is uur general tr* v elllnjr agent. awiMed by f?. H. Wcu>, Jotu Ool uw, Jamks Dsbumi, J. Habbttt, k. & Jam**, Thus. I). Nics, 8. w. Uoa w*e*, E W WiLSTt, Wm I. WAtKULUt, Ai*i H. <'aio*W, P. K MID Tin, Uik. V. Ala, T. .\iuihax, ami H. IUvut d'Mr. Hntv M. Lnww, Muutguinery, Alabama, la our generalIrar riling agent fur llie States of Alabama and Tennesaee, assisted by Jam? 0. Iaww ami II. M. I.swi*, Jr ' "Mr. 0. W Jamas. No. 1 Harrison street, Cincinnati, Ohio. U uui general suliertlng agent lor Ilia Western Slates and Texas, assisted by H. J. Thomas. William 11. Thomas, Thus. H. Jambs, lb. A. I. CuiLOa Uromum Minima, and Kirtuan Lbakx. Keoelpti of eitlicr will be good. THE DEMOCRACY OF KANSAS SPEAKING! Alter ho much has been Haiti and written for tht last two yearn by "outside" orators ami journalist! in regard to Kansas affairs, we think it hut fair thai an opportunity Hhould be afforded the people of thai Territory to he hoard in reference to question! which Hhould come within their own exclusive jurisdiction. Iu compliance with a promise made a few days ago. we lay before our readers this morning t highly-interesting report of the proceedings of tin democratic meeting recently held at Osawkee. Tht report propured for the Union failing to reach us, wt have availed ourselves of the labors of the editor o: the Lecompton Democrat. It should be carefully read and widely circulated, for it will do much to re move many of the misapprehensions that still exist both at the North and South, in regard to the trut condition of the feelings and Hentiments of the demo cratic party of Kansas. BLACK REPUBLICANISM SHOWING ITS HAND. At the State convention in Ohio which nominatec Governor Chase for re-electiou, the following res olutions were passed : "1. That CongTess ought to abolish slavery in all uev territory, and in the District of Columbia. 44 Tlutt tlm cliiiihUi in t.hft n ingMhilinn allnwinor tin wiui/u uicoo icduiuiiuiio uc^cim in iuuiju ill uu third, which declares "that all offices of the federa government ought to bo filled by non-slaveholders.' If black republicans can hold all the national officei everything will be satisfactory, but otherwise ogita tion must follow, and in a manner and upon ques tions that point to a dissolution of the confederacy They, in substance and effect, declare that the] must rule or they will ruin. If the people will con fer upon them political power, they will be content but, if not, they propose to tako stops which wil shake the confederacy to its foundation and proba bly destroy its existence, or at least defeat all its in tended benefits. The resolutions above show tha black republicans look to office as the antidote for al evils, real or imaginary, and that no democratic prin oiple, however salutary, if adopted and carried ou in the utmost good faith, will be satisfactory. The] readily adopt abolition in its worst form, nullification disunion, or any other fatal heresy, rather than quieth perform the duties of good citizens without officia station. Office or disunion is their principle of ac tion, and this is the practical question before th< American people. With them the decision rests Their patriotism, disclosed in the past history of th< republic, is ample evidence that they will be in fu ture heart and soul for the Union, and the whoh Union, and every part thereof. EQUALITY OF WHITES AND NEGROES. In Iowa, in submitting the new constitution, th< question of equality of whites and negroes as to po litical privileges was submitted to the people. Near ly the whole vote of the State was against the as snmed equality. After all the pretences of black-re publicanism in favor of negro equality, nearly tin whole party voted against it. Few men in lowi were found voluntarily to vote themselves the equali of negroes. W hen brought to the test their negr< professions were found to be mere political expedi ents which honest men despise. Black-republican ism is dead in Iowa, a* well as almost everywhere else, and only needs its merited burial to be finally forgotten, unless remembered for the wanton mis chiefs it has brought upon the country. IOWA DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. In the democratic State convention of Iowa, lielc on the 26th ultimo, Benjamin M. Samuels was nomi nated for governor, and Geo. Gillaspie for lieutenant governor. Mr. Samuels is a native of Virginia, and a lawyei of ability and extensive practice. He has served ir the legislature of Iowa with marked distinction, and it is believed, will have no difficulty in beating hip black-republican competitor, R. P. Lowe. Hon. Charles Mason, late Commissioner of Patents, though not a candidate and not in the State, received a very flattering vote in the convention?having 112 votes on the final ballot, when Mr. Samuels had 138, awl scattering 20. three-filths representation of negroes in Congress is anti republican, extremely (longerons to the liberties of thi people, and ought to be abrogated by express amendmen of the constitution. "3. That the offices of the federal government ougli to be filled by non-slaveholders. "4. That the coastwise or inter-State slave trade shouh lie prohibited by Congress, which should alBo recommem to the legislature of the original States the abolition o slavery within their respective limits. "5. That slavery is unconstitutional in all State created out of Territories, which includes all but the orig iual thirteen." Their object cannot be mistaken. They look t< continued agitation and ultimate dissolution of thi Union. Their authors ask Congress to reverse tki principle of non-interference and to control legislatioi in the Territories and District, whatever may be th< interest or wishes of the people in them. Though Johi Quincy Adams expressly declared that Congresi ought not to interfere with slavery in the District o Columbia while it was authorized in Virginia and Mary land. These new lights go beyond him, and seek h interfere with those rights of property which an clearly recognised by the deeds of cession unde which the United States have exclusive jurisdictioi within tho District. The agitators even demand an alteration of th< constitution on a point upon which they know fil teen States are against them, when the dissent o eight would defeat such alteration. They also de maud that Congress should impertinently interfere ar>< advise sovereign States as to their duties uuder th constitution, which they well know would arouse i strong feeling against the national government These Ohio Solons have ventured upon new and ex traordinary ground. They assume that the eighteei new States admitted since tho Union of the origins thirteen do not enjoy the same constitutional right as the latter, while the constitution declares tha new States may be admitted without an allusion t< qualifications or conditions, and all know that whei admitted they are equal. But the great point upoi r. 1 PHILODEMIC ADDREHb OF HON. WILLIAM M MERKICK We have before us, in pamphlet form, ah address delivered before the Philodemic Society of George, town College, July 7, 1857, by Hon. William M. Merrick, of this city. The chief topic discussed in this . masterly effort ol Judge Merrick?namely, "that under no other culture than that of learning and re, ligion can the spirit of popular liberty be understood and its principles fully developed"?is handled with ' distinguished ability, and illustrated in a manner at , ouce classical, felicitous, and eloquent. We eujoyed | the pleasure of hearing this address pronounced, and { of witnessing the profound attention and manifest , approbation with which it was received by the large ( assemblage, including the President of the Cnited t States and several members of the cabinet, convened t in the spacious hall of the Georgetown College on ( the occasion of its late commencement exercises. Truly is it a production in every respect worthy the r fame of this venerated and popular institution ; and t feelingly, no less than truly, did the eloquent speokor give expression to the sentiments of the Philodemics, , by whom he was surrounded, when, in his own and . their name, he thanked those who, on that occasion, C represented the faculty of the college "for the combined lessons of learning, of patriotism, liberty, und religion" which they had "imbibed under their direction." Wo heartily unite with Judge Merrick in the closing sentiment which he addresses to bis Alma Mater, "that as long us you teach such lessons to the children of America so long may your uame endure, 'thou scat of science and mother or virtue;'" and we cannot but congratulate the institution 1 on being able, each returning year, to select from her . distinguished alumni Philodemic orators whose lion orable position in society and the high esteem in r which they are so deservedly held by their fellowcitizens at largo are the best evidence, as they are ' themselves tho living examples, of the justice and 9 truth of the encomiums which their gratitude in' spires. t ' " ' " The able articles of the Washington Union on the j commerce of the United States with foreigu nations atj tract a large share of attention from the press of the counf try, and arc, doubtless, interesting as well as valuable to the mercantile classes. They are written with ability, and 9 evince a thorough knowledge of the natural productions, . commercial legislation, general trade, navigation laws, and treaty stipulations of foreign nations, and contain valuable suggestions, not only to the merchant, but to the * gcnoral reader. This new department has, with great 3 propriety, been introduced in the columns of the Union by its present proprietor nnd editor, Hon. W. A. Harris; and we are glad to see the ability, as well as the severe t toil and labor which must be expended in the preparation 9 of the statistical tables by which the articles are Illustrated, properly appreciated. The two lost articles on Brazil I and Costa Rica are at this time specially interesting, img bodying, as they do, information respecting our commerce f with those countries it would be difficult to find elsewhere, if at all, outside the archives of the Department of State, - to which we take it for granted the editor has access.'' J The above article is from the Alexandria Gazette. 0 Our cotemporary and friend of the Gazette will acr cept our thanks for tho kind manner and apprecia0 tive spirit in which ho speaks of tho commercial articles in the Union. We can assure him that their 8 preparation requires an amount of research, labor, and patient calculation which, although it may b? f appreciated by tho profession, can scarcely bo esti mated or understood by the public. But, notwith* standing the labor and expense involved in theii 0 preparation, we are abundantly gratified if those foi a whom they are intended are benefited to the extent that we desire. The Gazette truly supposes that the " information which we give can only be found in the II archives of the Department of State, and only ther 1 after great labor to digest it and put it into propei 8 form. t And, whilst upon this subject, we take occasion tc ? say that we havo been amazed to see some of oui 1 cotemporaries in the commercial cities publish these 1 ! commercial articles, and other articles of the Union. 8 without giving the slightest intimation that they 1 were the product of other men's labors. This we consider a little unprofessional; yet, we have never 3 j complained, and are satisfied if the merchants of our i great cities, and others, are benefited by the infor, mat ion which they contain. THE IOWA CONSTITUTION. The olticial reports (says the Chicago Times of Fri> | day) from Iowa of the voto on the adoption of the 1 I new constitution knock the reported majorities, both - j for and against the constitution, into nothing. Up to - | last night we have reports from sixty counties offit cial, and all the rest of the State except the counties 1 ; of Butler, Carrol, Montgomery, and Wright. Mitch | ell county is reported two ways?one that the cont | stitution has 161 majority, the other that the county ? | gave 60 against the constitution. We omit thai i | county for the present. Without these five counties ' i the majorities foot up : 1 i Against the constitution - 9,847 1 For the constitution 9,742 Majority against ? 105 | The Keokuk Post, which is in favor of the consti; tution, has reports that Mitchell gives 60 and Mont! gomery 17 for the constitution. The vote is so exI ceedingly close that, until the entire official vote is ; known, the result must remain in doubt. We incline j to the opinion that the constitution has been de| feated. FOUR DAYFLATER FROM EUROPE. The Collins steamer Atlantic arrived at New York or Sunday with Liverpool advices to the 19th of August. The news by tliin arrival is thus briefly summed up ir the Times: 1' The political news by this arrival is quite unimportant. Parliamentary deimtes were without special interest, and the leading events talked of were the railway troubles ih England and the failure of the Atlantic telegraph. The subject of railway abuses attracts the notice of the London Times. Lord Palmerston had announced in Parliament the probability of a European conference to arrange ine commercial anairsoi TurKey. mere was nothing 3 ; new in relation to the Moldavian difficulty. The inaugur ration of the Louvre took place on the 14tli with great ceremony. The Emperor made a speech, and the occasion gave opportunity for a /tie. The results of the recent imjH'rial visit to the Queen at Osborne arc looked upon as extremely favorable to the prospects of continued peace and good feeling." ' The English journals are filled with the details of the - disaster to the Atlantic telegraph cable. The readers ol . the Union are referred to the letter of Captain Hudson, ol the Niagara, which will be found in the "Department News" column, for an interesting account of the accident. It will be observed that the Telegraph Company's 1 engineer, who superintended the process of paying out i the cable, exonerates from blame all persons on board the i Niagara. The Harrisburg Telegraph chronicles the arrival in that , city of Granville J. Tenn, esq., of England, a great grandson of the founder of Pennsylvania. The American Association for the Advancement of 8cience, at its recent session in Montreal, elected Freeman Hunt, editor of Hunt's Merchants' Magaaine, a memi her of that body. air. neia ien me snip soon aiicr ine accident occurra in her Majesty's steam brig Cyclops for Valencia Bit Ireland, requesting that the Niagara, Susquehanna, Agamemnon should proceed to this place, after makig certain experiments with the wire and machinery in im water. The Leopard proceeded at once to Spithead. Whether the company intend to supply additional cat* and try it again this season, or defer it until next sun mer, I am as yet unadvised. If the latter, the wire *2 have to be taken out of the ship and rttarrei, to sard from the effects of rust. I presume a few days will sole their present difficulties as to furtheT action, and if thri effort is not to be renewed at this late season of the yes ; I shall require further instructions to govern my futut proceedings with this ship. I herewith enclose a copy of communications receive! from the Telegraphic Company, while at Queenstown,? Cove of Cork, Ireland ; also, the certificate or letter d their chief engineer, Mr. Bright, exonerating all the officers and men connected with the Niagara from any s> countability or blame in relation to the parting or low d the telegraphic cable. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, WILLIAM L. HUDSON Hon. I. Totcmr, Secretary of the Navy. Captain Hudson received a letter from the secretary i , the Atlantic Telegraph Company, informing him official ly that that company had intrusted to Mr. Charlei t Bright the entire control and direction of the proceeding necessary for the proper laying out of the Atlantic cable i and requesting him to use his influence to give effect t ! such requests as Mr. Bright might feel it necessary t ! make for the effectual carrying out of the common ok ject. The following resolution, passed by the director! < | the Telegraph Company, was enclosed in the letter allodf to above: Rreolved, That Captain Hudson, commanding the W ted States frigate Niagara, and Master Commander Nod i dell, commanding her Majesty's ship Agamemnon, k officially informed that Mr. Charles Tflston Bright, the t enginecr-in-chief to this company, is especially chargrd by the Board of Directors with the duty of laying th< cable, and with all responsibility connected therewith and that, as an especial favor to this board for the el!W ual carrying out of the enterprise, which all hsvti ' much at heart, they be respectfully requested to oomplj witb his wishes in regard to the working of the ISiagan i and the Agamemnon in all respects which do not ifW 1 tho safety of the ships under their respective commmdi ' Captain Hudson also received the following resolution passed by the Board of Directors of the Atlantic Tek graph Company previously to the sailing of the Atlsnk squadron : Retolved, That the warmest thanks of the director! W i shareholders of the Atlantic Telegraph Company arc f* i incntly due. and hereby rendered, to Captain Hnds* of the United States navy, for his arduous and nntiri* exertions as commander of the Niagara to promote t? p successful extension of the telegraph from the sborw < Ireland to the continent of America, and for the great & valuable services he lias so cheerfully and heartily rend* ed to this company, and that Captain Hudson be re*P^ fully requested to convey the very best thanks of the * i icuwre iuiu HiiHrenuiucm ui mm uumpfuiy w . I under hie command for the ready and valuable a*?i'l4^B bo conatantly and cheerfully rendered by them to tb? "* dertaking, notwithstanding the many serioui persons! conveniences which have arisen to them out of the ne*M si ties of tlie occasion. H Subjoined is a copy of the letter received by Op1"? Hudson from Chief Engineer Charles T. fright Pj At Bia on boakd thb Niagara. H Tbunday, August 13, I?4' I Sir 1 feel it my duty, before leaving the Niatf*1* j'H state that. I do not attribute the fracture of the CW* W DEPARTMENT NEWS. TUUSt'KT OEI'ABTMKAt I'uijiurtUif Inttrtd.- During the war of 1811 the Uui^ State* became indebted to Maryland about half a million of dollars 'The principal of that debt was paid off ta n riouK sums, at different times between 1818 and 1811, bu no interest was paid. In 1825 Congress passed an M authorizing interest to be computed and paid at the Th* ury. This was done, but, in making the calculation, ?j the payments were applied to the principal, reducing the aum upon which interest was allowed by tb? tujj amount of each payment, and allowing no Interest at #U after the debt had thus been extinguished Maryls^ never was satisfied with this. Mite continued to mem,, rialize Congress for a more lila ral adjustmeut of he claim, but never succeeded until the last day of the 1m session, when the act under consideration was passed The Attorney General rendered an able decision upu, the subject. 'Idle amount involved was about three has pml thousand dollars, and we learn that the money V|| I on Saturday paid. IXTkElOR OBPABTMXNT Oeiifut of Mmtutotii.?It will be recollected that Cm (less at its last session passed an act authorising the pen pie of the Territory of Minnesota to form a conititutia and State government, preparatory to their admission inti the Union on an equal footing with the original tjtatev In accordance with this law, delegates to the eoustito tional convention were elected, and two conventions has been held. Recently, in order to carry out the clause < this law which makes it the duty of the United Stat# marshal for this Territory to take a census of its inhn, t ints, letters were written to the Secretary of the lnt, rior asking him to instruct the marshal to proceed to jt performance. In answer the Secretary has instructed th marshal to proceed and take the census of the inhabitant of the pro]K>eed State whenever he shall be officially u. formed that it is the w ish of the people to form aconsti tution and State government preparatory to their admit sion into the Union. Jmfiortant Dtcition. ?In-lot* and out-lot*.- -The claimant of certain in-lot* and out-lot* in and adjoining St. Loui and other towns and villages mentioned In the act o Congress of Mny 26, 1824, were required to come forwsn and prove up their claims and the extent of the trar within eighteen months. Accordingly, the recorder m*i i a report in 1828 of the claims thus confirmed, and a qua tiou has recently been raised and settled aa to th# post of the recorder to revise or change such adjudications, si for instance, where it is alleged that an error has bees made in the Christian name of the party by awarding i to one instead of another. The General Land Office has decided that by the adju dications the recorder exhausted his power over the subjtc matter, and anv alleged error is only cognizable br th< courts of tho country. Road-Paving in Germany.?Several days since we pat lished an extract of a letter from Oldenburg, Germany giving a full description of rood-paving in that country, in to which several errors most provokingly crept. The cm of building this rood should have been stated at tidytk? ' sand thalers per German mile. The cost of the hardbrici ' should have been stated at from eleven to twelve thala per thousand, and that of the common brick at from seve , to eight thalcrs. navy department. The Laying of the Submarine telegraphic Cable.?Offia Despatches to the Navy Department.?Subjoined is the cop of a letter received yesterday morning by the Secretary i the Navy from Capt. Hudson, of the United States ?(<* frigate Niagara: U. S. Steam Frioatb Niagara, Plymouth, England, August 14, 1857. ' Sir : I have the honor, as well as the mortification, t - report the arrival of the Niugara at this port, after ha ing run out three hundred and thirty-four miles of tl telegraph cable?some portions of it over a depth of 2,0! fathoms, or more than two and a quarter miles?when i was broken by too much pressure on the brake attache to the machinery for paying it out. I have every rease I to believe, from what we have thus far experienced I ! wire-laying, that, under ordinary circumstances of weatl , er, and with machinery udapted to tho purpose, (tor >u< i as we had on board requires altering and improving 1 i the cable may be laid in safety on the track marked oi 1 for it over the Atlantic ocean. At the time tho cable parted?August 11th, 3.45, i in.?the ship was going along four knots, and hod bee > i running at the rate of from three to four knots througi the night, with some motion from a moderate head s? and the company's chief engineer and men attending ' their brakes to lessen the expenditure of cable, until they finally carried it away, which made all hands of a through the day like a household, or family, which hk lost their dearest friend ; for officers and men had becon ' deeply interested in tho success of the enterprise.