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I The Nashville Convention in TenH
neeeee.
We published, a few mornings since, a
I most einphatic endorsement of the proceedI
ings and the platiorm of the Nashville ConI
vention, from the American of that city?a
I most influential Journal. The Nashville
WmUnion, a print second to none in the State
Hin ability and influence, has since come to
Hhand, and expresses its assent in even
Hstronger terms:
TUK CONVENTION.
The Southern Convention, the theme of so
H muct^ comment throughout the country before its
assemblage, lias just closed its labors, after a ses
aion of nine days. The address and resolutions
I agreed upon are alreudy before our readers, and
I will be judged by them. They were adopted with
great unanimity ? the resolutions unanimously,
I and the address by a unanimous vote of the States,
a minority of eight delegates tVom Alabamu, one
from Virginia, and one from Florida, only recordW
ing their votes against it. Judge Sharkey, of MisJ
aisi.ippi, and a few others, who objected to a discussion
of the compromise bill in the address, declined
recording their votes ugainst it, in a spirit
of harmony worthy of all praise. So great a
degree of unanimity was scarcely to have been expected;
and it is among the most cheering of the
muiiy favorable indications of good influences
which have characterized the entire proceedings
fefof the convention. Doubts and apprehensions
clouded its opening. These were dispelled us the
session progressed ; and the closing scenes were
H in the highest degree auspicious and hopeful. The
H opponents of the convention had so industriously
H slandered its objects?had so often said that it
I would not be permitted to assemble here?had so
Irenuousiy uisisieu mat 11 wuuiu oe a jaiiure?
at many of the delegates came here in the fear
atUiey would be herculone,orthat,if others were
esent, each would insist upon a different plan,
id the convention thus do hurm instead of good,
r engendering fresh differences among those
hose only hope depended upon cordial union.
Iiese fears are, we repeat, more thnn dissipated,
ine States were represented in the convention, by
i array of talent which has seldom if ever before
en assembled in this country. The delegates
other States were generally the picked men
' the South. It abounded in men who have
tablished a national reputation us profound
atesmen. And from the opening of the couven>H
to the close of the last day of the session, but
le object seemed to animate all the delegates?a
ish to unite the entire South upon a common
institutional platform. Whigs and Democrats
irdially united in the effort, and the Whigs
emed disposed to go quite us far as the Demoats
in postponing old party differences until the
lion or the South for her safety shall be accomjshed.
The delegates have retired to their
tmes delighted with the results accomplished by
e convention in concentrating opinion upon a
mmon object, and filled with enthusiastic hopes,
he convention adjourned in the best temper and
lirit. It has removed all difficulties from the
Ltli of the true friends of the South ; and, if it
lould be neceesary for it to re-assemble, it will
eet again with the cordiul sympathies of nearly
I her citizens on its side.
The very necessity ot the convention existed in
ie fact that there were differences of opinion in
ie South as to the proper course to be pursued
this crisis. Had all been agreed, there would
lve been no need of a convention. It is not nc ssnry,
therefore, for ua to explain or apologise
r any of those conflicts of judgment which mny
: apparent in the different propositions. The
lanimity which was finally attained effaces the
cnllertmn of those differences', nod the nlntfnrm
Utimalely agreed upon is all the stronger and
safer that it was reared after mature deliberation
of all the conflicting plans. The materials of
which it is constructed were carefully selected
from an ample store, and the structure is all the
more substantial for having had its each separate
plank closely .scrutinised for a speck or a blemish.
Should necessary for the convention to reassemble,
it be known every where what prin'ciples
it m^w to defend, and thus the misrepresentations
which affected the first meeting will be
powerless to injure any subsequent one.
We jinnot expect all of our whig friends t >
endorse the action of the convention. There were
some things said in it which we disapprove. This
was the necessary result of the conflicts among
ourselves which nave heretofore so greatly imbarassed
Southern action. The convention, however,
is to be judged by its forninl action, and not
by the isolated opinions of individual members.
This action must t>e regarded by our whig friends
as a most signal rebuke of the thousand falsehoods
which have charged disunion purposes upon it,
and must cover with shame the propngators of
such slanders. The Union forever, under the
guarantees of the constitution, was the unanimous
sentiment of the convention ; and the disposition
to concede, for the preservation of the
Union, eTcry thing consistent with Southern
safety and honor, pervaded all its members.
About this there was no disagreement or conflict.
But we should fail to do our auty to our Northern
readers if we omitted to add. that a ste n deter
initiation to mnintnin the rights and principles set
forth in the resolutions adopted, "at all hazards
and to the Inst extremity," was also unanimous.
The effect of the proceedings of the convention
upon the opponents of the measure in thin city
and vicinity nan been exceedingly healthful. Day
after day tne galleries were crowded with spectators,
while fair ladies filled the seats reserved for
them on the floor of the church, and, in the InnSiage
of one of the resolutions of thanks, "graced
e proceedings of the convention with their
presence, and cheered its action with their smiles."
We hear none of the Airious denunciation of the
purposes of the convention now, so rift? at its
opening; nnd can safely announce that the truth
in this matter has already achieved its accustomed
triumph over misrepresentation and falsehood.
We ahall doubtlraa have much to nay hereafter
about thia convention. Thin hnnty and general
notice in all that we have time to write in inviting
the public to scrutinize it^tction.
Speculating Philanthropy.
A Rev. Mr. Erwin, from somewhere
" Down East," is at present combining profit
with philanthropy, in depicting the horrors
of the American Slave Trade by means of
a Panorama in London.
The New York Spirit of the Timet contains
the following allusion to the labors of
this Pharisee, whose title was probably purloined
from the same place whence he derived
his facts. These living libels on our
country, when cncauntercd by our countrymen
abroad, should le exposed and branded
with merited ignominy. Here is a fellow,
pretending to be a clergyman, and making
it speculation out of English credulity, by
disgracing his fellow citizens by a fictiticu t
representation of horrors existing only on
canvass. The letter referred to, says:
The last novelty from the United Suites, is a
Panornmn illustrating the African ?>?'! American
Slave trade, ft will ha news to John Hull aa to
Jonathan, when he diae.oiera by pictorial repreaentationa
that the Americana are engaged in the
lave trade! Rut John ia more easily gulled than
* ? t .1 _ '.I J 1 I.I
JOnftman ; iw?rcu>LT? sMhmuvnwi nuum iiruunniy
re-paint this canvass with rotten eggs, it it were
unrolled before him. The Rev. Mr. Erwin mid
Mr. Bloom have selected the heat market in the
world for their exhibition of "the American Slave
Trade." They kindly promise to show "a true
picture of alavery from actual obaervation?capture
of negroes? ahipment?ocean |uissage?British
chase?conflagration of a alaver?entrance
into the southern States, en roilte to the marketauctions?escapes
into her Majesty's domain?
Canada?residence of Washington, die. Waa there
ever a more barefaced imposition practised upon
John Bull, or a blacker libel on the American
character!
Am TTnpi.ra*ant Prkdicamemt.?The editor
of the Lynn News says he saw a man the other
day in a very uncomfortable situation. He waa
highly incensed at an article in the News, but not
being a subscriber to it, he was debarred the rerenge
of saying "Stop my paper."
Importing Lead.?The emigration of miners
from the west to California has produced so great
a scarcity of domestic pig lead that it is now im-'
ported from Marseilles. A quantity was landed ;
at Bolton few days ago,
.Mybte^^^Haiockiiiga
The city papers^^Pfew York have re
cently contained long^od circumstantial ac
counts of revelations alleged to be msyJ
from the spirit-world through the agency <
certain females, recently froin the city c
Rochester, where, for some time before, the
astonished and perplexed many people wit
similar phenomena.
Meetings of doctors, lawyers, preacher
an J writers have been held, many of whoi
have been convinced. The process is, f(
these females to introduce to a speaker an
spirit he may desire to confer with?as th
Witch of Endor did to Saul?and when Hi
spirit is interrogated, it usually answers b
knocking on or under a table in the roon
In a recent account Mr. J. Fentiimot
Cooper is stated to have asked conccrnin
some very peculiar circumstances of a spirit
and received accurate answers not to be a<
counted for on any but supernatuial princ
pies. The editor of the New York Coil
mercial, however, was lately invited to ej
amine these phenomena, and gives a vei
unfavorable account of them, lie concludi
as follows:
"Now we do not wish to interfere with any one
method of getting a livelihood. But having bet
invited, in our public capacity, to investigate th
matter, we suppose we must in the same capacii
give our opinion ujm?ii what we heard and sa\
A bolder and more contemptible kumbug, that In
the least association with respectable parties, \
have never known. Communications were lie
with three gentlemen, and with them only ; tv
of them were known to the performers, and we
evidently well disposed to believe all that the ra
pings or rappers pretended to. The con versa ti<
with the third was a bungling affair. The nois
were by no means so remurkable as we were I
to believe. We felt no jur upon the table, and
truth it seemed to us that the sound was alwa;
ubout half way between the floor and the table,
sounded higher upon the cupboard. The ladi
were then standing up. There was no pretensii
to move uny chair or table in the room. '
"As to the communications by spelling out,oi
of the ladies acting as interpreter and medium
communication, it is really too much of a farce f
grave comment. The lady runs down the sea
of the alphabet, and can of course fVame any a
swer' she wishes. The rapping itself, meaning tl
sound, is the only thing worth a moment's thoug
or investigation. It was often done altogether t<
carelessly, too much at haphazard, to be imposi
upon any person not predisposed to such ered
lily, as the deliberate response of an intellige
spirit. The idea of supernatural agency is entire
out of the question. Had we hud the op]N>rtunii
and appliances for inmtigation, we should ha
endeavored to ascertain why it was necessary f
the ladies to sit together?why they could not di
pose themselves promiscuously around the roon
as well as sundry other things which the gent)
man who . invited the " committee of investig
tion " must have been well aware could not be ii
quired into without other ugents than those pr
sent last evening.
" But more than enough of this. We give oi
readers the benefit of some four hours loss of tin
on our part. We are firmly convinced that v
have not applied too harsh a term to the " ra]
ping " imposition. Those who have dollars
spare can spend on the tappings for their ow
amusement ; but we assure all that, in our delib
rate judgment, not a cent's worth of informatic
will they ever get for a dollur expended to hear tl
tappings."
Free Soil, Free Speech, and Free Fight
" The largest liberty," not only of speed
but of conduct, seems, at the present mc
inent to have taken possession of some of 01
Free-Soil advocates, and u free-fights" seei
to hare been superadded as an articleof the
creed.
Even the " land of steady habits" fee
the new impulse of these levelling doctrine
of Socialism; and imitating the example i
New York, substitutes the knock-down a:
gument, for the more peaceful weapons <
discurs'.on. This was bad enough in polein
cal meetings, but when it extends to pofy
cal disputes, and parsons are compelled
" To prove iheir doctrine orthodox,
By apostolic blows and knocks,"
the thing is carried too far to make a joke o
From the Boston Atlas we extract the fol
lowing account of a most disgraceful scent
enacted in that vicinity, in a place of worship
the parallel to which the slandered South ha
never lurnisnea.
The descendants of the Puritans had bel
ter let their charity begin at home, an
counsel their representatives here not t
throw stones while living in such a glai
house as their own:
Row in ?At Saint Luke's Eniscnpi
Church, in Chelsea, near Boston, on Sunday las
the
"Pulnit drum ecclesiastic
Was beat with fists instead of a stick,"
and a most scandalous scene took place, new, w
imagine, to that law-abiding locality, and ih
usual within the precincts of the Church an
where. It seems thnt a division in the churcl
as to the right of two parties to occupy it, has f?:
sometime prevailed, but that it had been con
promised by an agreement that neither part
should occupy it until both should consent. On
of the parties, however, obtained possession of i
and a layman proceeded to read the servici
The rector presented himself and claimed hi
rights. A strong party of persons support#each
side, and a fight would have ensued had nc
the rector and his friends withdrawn. They too
their seat and the services were jH-rfonnad by tb
usurping iMirty. In the afternoon the rector, o
entering the church to perform the evening servici
was assailed ; several violent blows were give
him, and his robes were torn off bis back. Tb
sheriff interfered and ordered the building to b
cloned. _____
The Boston Courier contains a me
morial, for general signature, from the pcopl
of Massachusetts to their Representatives i
Congress, instructing them to adopt, toward
the South, a more liberal and conciliator;
course.
We arc happy to learn also, from th
speeches and conversation of north-wesleri
members, from the valley of the Ohio, tha
they arc becoming nfore favorable to th
preservation of good feeling witli tlic South
That part of the States of Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois, between the National Koui
and Ohio river, is more closely connects
w ith the South, by the origin of its popula
tion and by social and commercial inter
course, than any other part of the North
It would, therefore, suffer more from dis
cord between the two sections. We hop
that they will yet prefer to do justice to th
South, rather than sacrifice the interests c
their region to Northern ambition and ag
gression.
Quantity of domestic, cotton goods ex
ported from New York, fbr the first five month
of 1850, was 12,189 bales and cases valued s
K59,969 16; for the corresponding period in 18
, 12,128 hales and cases, valued at $579,553 34
Increase in quantity, 61 bales and cases, in valu
#80,415 99
We commend to the attention of all
' the opponents, enemies, persecutors, and
"[slanderers of the Nashville Convention,
^ past, present, andtocome, (in this city and
^ elsewhere,) the testimony of the Nashville
} Union, to he found in this day's paper. It
^ furnishes a complete and satisfactory vindication
of the members of that Convention,
from charges and imputations rashly and
' cruelly made against them. It also proves
most conclusively, that that Convention was
not " u failure," as its enemies allege, hut
* on the contrary, signally successful in the
men it convoked, the councils which guided
it, and the spirit whijh it has inspired, not
^ only in Tennessee,but throughout the entire
South. It shows how easily conflicting
interests and opinions can he made to yield
? to the common safety, and laying down a
' platform, broad and strong enough to support
. all true-liearted Southerners of whatever political
creed, loving their own rights and liberties
more than Party.
The Resolutions are thus endorsed by the
^ Nashville Union. In the same spirit wil
EJS
the united South respond.
, Below we give the resolutions adopted by tin
8 Southern Convention in a connected form. Thej
*n have heretofore been published separately. Ot
,s this platform we take our stand. On this rock wt
ly place our political fortunes; " and the gates o
v^j hell shall not prevail against it."
irC The Kentucky Statesman, also, publish^
?d at Lexington, thus adds its testimonia
rc to the conduct and proceedings of its merrily
bers. After this proof, we trust that this
es stale slander will be repeated no more.
?d "VVe give to-day the proceedings of the Inst dnj
1,1 of the Southern Convention, as reported by Tele
y graph. It seems thut the Convention adopted ai
" address and resolutions,?several members dis
es : ? -
-- neuuiig,?reruiumeuaing tne extension of tn<
jn Missouri Compromise line through the Territories
It will also he seen that the Convention udjournet
ne to meet again on the sixth Monday after the ud
journmcnt of Congress. Thus ends, for the pre
?r sent, the great Southern Convention, which ha.
l'e been, for some months oast, the theme of so mucl
n" Uilk and debate, and aoout which so much hu
',e been written and predicted. It was a body o
'll men distinguished for talents and respectability
10 and so far front manifesting that disposition to dis
solve the Union which has been attributed to it
u_ it evinced a commendable zeal for its preservation
nt
? _
!y Additional Particulars or the Burning 01
re the Griffith.?We have our Buffalo papers o
"r the 18th, with des|>atches from Cleveland, whicl
8" furnish us w ith the following additional details o
i; ?
e. the fearftil disaster on Luke Erie:
a- The fire was discovered about half-past threi
n- o'clock on Monday morning, ubout the snioki
e- pipes. The crew endeavored to extinguish i
without alarming the passengers, but the flamei
ir spread so rapidly that the cry w as soon raised
ie 44save yourself.*'
,'e The hurricane deck was literally packed will
p- emigrants sleeping, and when the fire was firs'
to announced as beyond control, the utmost con
n fusion and terror reigned. The boat was imme
e- diately headed towards land and grounded sonit
in GOO yards from shore. But the heat had been st
ie intense that most of the ]>assengers had jumper
overboard, preferring a watery grave to death by
fire.
' The poor emigrants were crowded forward and
i? literally pushed overboard by those retreating
from the flames. Some had presence of mind
enough to throw overboard their chests and swiir
ir upon them, hut nearly all were lost. Both yuw
boats were so badly burned as to be useless.
m When the Delaware left, several yawl boati
|r and skiffs were hooking up the bodies. Tht
beach was already strewed with them for severa
rods. They lay so thick upon the bottom of tin
]s lake and in such shallow water, that they wen
finding them and taking them ashore by the boai
?s load.
Captain Robv had just had his life insured foi
J?6,0CHi. The clerk and engineer were saved,
r- One man was hooked up from the bottom of the
< lake, w ith an infant child clasped tightly in hit
arms. A group of five or six emigrants, men,
i- women, and children, w ere found with their arm*
closely locked together, evidently having left the
boat ami sunk in that condition.
It was supposed that most of the passengers
jumped overlioard?but it appears that the boat is
literally covered with the bones of the burned.
A large trench is being dug to bury these unf.
fortunate persons. Only two females were saved.
I These fortunately secured a settee, and were
Lfllff>n iUlt of H?r??rs?r k?r a > :
v. *jj u ? nun w iiu w ai niiuncii
iy saved.
Cnpt. Ilnlty we are told, threw hia wife and
'? rliild and wife'a mother overltoard, and then
is jumped into the water himaelf, which was the last
that waa aeen of him alive.
The ateward waa found grasping in hia hand
)_ Captain Roby'a child, whom he endeavored to
aave, and, aa waa atip|>oaed, loat hia lift? in consc0
quence.
0 A mother with four daughters, just from England,
whnae hualtand livea in Cleaveland, loat?
' name not known. The whole number of bodiea
found ia 140. The number aaved, aa near as can
be ascertained at present, ia 25.
" The Griffith ia a new boat?this being her aec*>
ond season?of second class in respect to aixe.
Capt. Roby purchased her last week, and this waa
hia first trip aa her first officer. She was insured
for f27,?71>.
t ? >'
CORRESPONDENCE.
'? From ocr Baltimore Correspondent.
Rai.timore, June 22?5 p. m.
y Conviction of .Manslaughter.? Town Mr fling.?.1c^
rid total f truths.?.Malignant Cholera.?.Mir al
Chanfrf.?Editorial Compliment.?Stair of the
ia .Markets, Sfc.
jj The trial of Captain Gardiner, of the brig
It Frances Jane, and his mate, William Humphries,
c for killing the negro cook, during rltr last voyage,
" by a series of tyrannical and brutal conduct towards
liini, was brought to n close this morning
c in the United States District Court. The jury
* were absent but five minutes, and returned a verdict
of guilty as indicted?manslaughter, punisha
hie by not more than ten years imprisonment.
p Had they been indicted for murder in the first degree,
the verdict of guilty would doubtless have
been as promptly rendered.
8 The Union meeting to he held in Monument
y square this evening, will doubtless be largely attended,
esperiully as it iaannotineed this afternoon,
^ that the Hon. Henry Clay will be present and address
the meeting. There iaaomedoubt, however,
11 as to the entwines* of this movement. The other
I speakers will be the lion. Judge I .eg rand, and
Cliarli s K. I'itts, esq.
i\ uuy, imiihh Joseph nniirhl, rnmut 11 years
j <>f age, was killed luvir tl??- .Spring Gardens Inst
' I night, l>y ikt accidental discharge of i? sun,in ihr
^ Imnd* of a companion, whilst engaged in shooting
J bulbfVog*.
An old gentleman named Clarke, about 70
_ years of age, wna killed Inat night, by falling from
the roof of a house on Britain strict, whilst en*
gaged in alating it.
Our citizens who have the leiattre, nnd arc
p blessed with the means, are pushing off to the
P ! Spring* and watering places at the North and
j South.
A rase of malignant Cholera was reported to the
Bonrd of Health of Philadelphia yesterday. The
patient is named Burkley, and was found to be
living in a house surrounded by pools of stagnant
H water, with several sow and pig pens on his own
>t premises. He was in a collapsed state, and not
J* expected to recover.
j Commander Ritchie has been relieved of his
poet at the Philadelphia ffavy Yard by Com
j
mander Ingraham, his term of service having ex- ^
pired. I
Bishop Hughes, of New York, in a letter to ti
one of the newspapers of that city, complains that 1
the English and Aineriran journals single out the 0
Pontificiul Government among the powers of
Europe, and hold it especially to the execration s
of the Anglo-Saxon race. There is a good deal of J
truth in this, but the matter originates with the
English papers, from whence it is copied into the ,i
American papers. t
The Philadelphia Pennsylvania)) of this morn- ?
ing speaks in high term* of the " Southern Press,"
and the ubility displayed in its editorial manage- t
ment. J
The news by the Cambria appears to have had J
some little effect upon our market. Sales were ,
made this morning of 700 bbls. Howard strict f
flour ut $5,25. 0
There was a sale of prime Pennsylvania red (
' wheat ut $1,30. City corn meal is selling at c
I $3,12,. Sales of 100 bags Rio coffee at 10Jc., t
, though generally held at 11c., being a cent ad- 1
vattcc since the news. Sales of white corn at |
57u58c., and of yellow at 60a62e. i
The Northern markets are all unsettled by the 6
news, and but little has been done to-day. Cotton j
at New York continued firm, with small sales at t
. yesterday's rates. f
I Arrival of the Steamship Cambria,
at halifax.
1
' ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE. f
f t
J Halifax', June 21, 1850.
f The Steamer Cambria arrived this morning, at j
about 5 o'clock, bringing advices from Liverpool
to the 8th, London to the 7th,und Paris to the 6th j
" inst.
J The American steamer Pacific arrived at Liverpool
on the day previous to the sailing of the |
" Cambria.
3 summary of the commercial news.?The Cotton
market was unchanged, but firmer. The
week's sales amounted to 60,000 bales, of which
r speculators took 13,000.
Breadstuff's?Flour was unchanged, but very ^
! dull. Corn was inactive at a decline of 6d to Is. !
The Provision market is very quiet. Lard (
e was 3d and Butter and Cheese 6d lower, and .
dull.
j Coffee?The late continental advices have crea- .
. ted an active demand, and all ordinary descrip- (
. tions were from 3s tp 5s per cwt. dearer.
B Sugar.?The news from Cuba has stiffened prices (
materially; the value of all colonial produce was ,
favorably affected on the receipt of the news of ,
the invasion of Cuba.
We note no sales of Carolina Rice.
Large arrivals of Spirits of Turpentine have
caused prices to recede. Sales were quoted at 6s.
Tur?900 barrels were sold at 9s.
Rosin?Sales of 4000 bbls. were made at 2s 8d
to 2 9d.
Olive oil was steady : small sales of cod were
' made at <?33, and American whale oil at <?31 10s.
Prices of timber still continue depressed, in
anticipation of overwhelming imports of American
' timber.
Wool was in active demand, with a fair extent
* of business.
? The London colonial mnrket is most active, and
t an abundance of most articles has been realized,
i The Money Market continues ensy, and the
rates of discount were low upon good bills. Consols
closed on Friday 96J for money, and 98 J for
x account. In foreign stock there is no material
t chunge to notice, and American stocks are not
. quoted.
The English market for manufactures remnin
> animated, and the accounts from the cotton spin,
ning districts are cheering. The people are well
I employed and well paid.
< The freight of metal continues depressed. Measurement
goods are still abundant. Passengers
| are without change.
' GENERAL SUMMARY OF TIIE NEW*.
' The news froth France and from the Continent
J generally is fur more pacific, and its commercial
' aspect more satisfactory than for a long time
past.
* The new Electoral Bill has passed the French
* Assembly by a large majority, and without lead'
ing to any marked demonstijuions of the oppoe
sition. '
1 nc iliii;iifui jtrrna in homii^ ctn jiiiiiiciinc* | *
1 Amount of ink and paper relative to the invasion
of Cuba by Lopez, and the matter liaa given rise
to a long discussion in Parliament. The expedi- J
tion was characterised by all manner of hard *
pames. ?
1 The steamer City of Glasgow arrived at Glas- 1
' gow on the 1st of June ; the Washington at South- i
' ampton at noon, on Monday ; and the Niagura at
' Liverpool the same night. *
? , c
! browk 4 shipl.r.t s circi'lar. j
i Lirerpool, June 8. t
The demand for cotton during the early part of ^
this week, continued good with consumers and '
operators, as well as for export, and with a ten- >
, dency to commund further advances in prices, but "]
in the last two or three days, the market has been
comparativeiv quiet.
[A despatcn in New York says that the Pacific j
arrived out on Wednesday ; if so, she made the
trip in less than 11 days.]
Arrival of the Cambria,?One Hour Later.
Cotton.?The demand for Cotton during the a
nrly jwrtof this week continued good, both for consumers
and speculators as well as for export, and ti
with a tendency to some further advance in price; w
but in the Inst two or three days the market has been c
comparatively quiet nnd speculation suspended,
and as the quantity offering has exceeded the de- tl
manu, uuymi nave unci n Hiigm navamage. inr u
SiuntatiVOawif the 31st are repeated to day, nay 7J ''
or FairtUpland and Mobile and 7^ for Fair Or- V
leans, bvtrfhr market ia murh lean firm and buoyant
than it wan, and the males per day only about 5000 ''
bales, though the Inst accounts front America |>cr r
the Pacific represented the prospects for the next
crop as still more discouraging. The sales of the
week amount to 60,300 bales, much the largest ~
|>ortion during the first three days. The American
descriptions consisted of 12,740 Upland, at
6?d; 8,330 Alabama and Mobile, at 5J a 7?d; 18,- _|
720 Orleans, at Gd a 8Jd; Sea Island, at II Jd a J,
I7d ner lb. The stock in this port is estimated at t|
533,000 bales, of which 36,000 are American, y
against a total stock at this period last season of (l
72,400 bales, of which 529,0(A) were Americun.
Corn.?The prevalence of extremely favorable G
weather for the growing crops has a depressing al
effect on our Corn market, and Indian corn has c<
Airtber declined about Is. per quarter, and is dull, tc
The extreme price of the best yellow is3Is,and fbr tr
white and mixed 30s a 30 (id per quarter of 480 w
lbs. Flour, 22s a 24s per barrel, dull. American
wheat 5s 8d a (is 3d iter 70 lbs.
The news, ria Halifax, by Telegraph from w
New York, reached England on the arrival of the
Niagara at Liverpool, and the invasion of Lopez, *1
created ronsideraldc sensation in the commercial ^
and political circles. Many were indisposed to
credit the fact, until the arrival of the Pacific,
which put an end to nil doubt upon the subject. ^
The matter was brought under the notice of the
Government and of both Houses of Parliament.
In the Lords, Lord Lansdowne, in reply to Lord
Brougham, expressed his belief in the sincere and tl
good faith of the United States Government. Ha hi
declined to answer a question front Lord Stanley, j|
enquiring what orders had been sent to the British ai
West India fleet. Lord Brougham was of opinion n<
that every British cruiser was bound to assist the in
>H|>nni*li Government in destroying the 8,000 exe- m
crable pirates who had joined the expedition. if
Tn?; Grkkk Cit'KkTtov.?Although the Greek '
question is still unsettled, there appears to be little
apprehension that the difficulty between the several
governments concerned will lead to any seri- I'
ous result. w
The London Times, in an editorial of Saturday, H
says, it appears that the English ministry, feeling
itself hard messed bv the semi-hostile attitude of
France, by the energetic remonstrance of other r(
powers, unci hy an impending vote of censure in
the House of Lords, resolved, nt any sacrifice of e
dignity and consistency, to patch up the dispute f?
with France. Accordingly, an acceptance of the
terms which had been originally demanded of tt
General Lnhitte, was despatched to Paris, and the tc
stipulations ugreed upon in London were to l?e
carried into effect as ft?r as it might suit the
French Oovernmentand King Otho to accede to
them.
It cannot be forgotten that the charge made
against Lord Palmerston by the French Agents is t]
i one which no concession can move, for it consist- p
ed chiefly in an imputed breach of faith, and we ^
have not learned that the explanation, subsequent- ,,
ly given has led to any withdrawal of that accu- t)
sat ion. The position of our Minister has, thereforet
become wo?t extraordinary. They have u
teen charged in the face of Europe with n breach
>f fhitli, which is inconsistent witli their dignity,
nslcad of rebutting that charge with the inuignaion
which sucli an imputation commonly elicits,
hey lowered their lone, as it were to entreat their
ipponents not to be hard with them."
"The luteat advices from Paris leave no reason
o doubt thut the reply of Gen. huliitiu will be
atiafactory, and that diplomatic relations between
he two nations will immediately be re-estubished."
The Protectionists have been holding a meeting
t Liverpool, which was attended by the bulk of
he country party, and is said to have been the
;rentcst political display that has been witnessed
11 England for some time.
In nn article defining the details of the table of
hp hoard of Trade for the lust three months, the
^'lire/Man Time* says: "Upon a general review of
he present accounts, we cannot but feel more and
nore assured of the satisfactory state of our comnercial
system. The springs of industry are now
ully in motion throughout the country, and can
uly be checked by the curtailed want of supply
if the raw material from abroad. By the return
if wages from the manufacturing districts, arising
nit of the factory labor question, it is admitted
hat the value of labor has decreased, but by 110
neuns conimeiisurate with the great decline in the
lost of living which has taken place since ]84li.
Jpon every view, therefore, of the above tnbilur
statements, they may be pronounced highly
aitisfactory.
From u report recently presented to Parliament,
t appeared that the largest importations of wheat
mil flour this year into Great Britain, hus been
rom * ranee. 1 he quantity liuin the U. o. is
tompar&tively small.
In Ireland, the agitation for tenant rights of a
ixntinn of tenant to the agricultural population,
s fast gaining ground. Ministers of every creed
tnd politicians of every grade are said to be unied
to forward the movement.
One hundred Hungarian refugees have landed
it Southampton, from Malta. Count und Count.'ss
Dembitiski were among them.
It was slated in the Liverpool papers, that the
Pacific encountered heavy head winds on her pasitige,
and that she proved herself, in every respect,
1 very superior vessel. The passengers speak of
tier in the highest tenns of praise, in which Capt.
Nye and his assistants come in for a ftill share of
:oiniuendation. She w<ts to have sailed last
Wednesday for New York.
France.?The electoral law was passed on
May 31st, by 433 to 341. The President promulgated
the bill as the law of France on Monday.
Yhe preparations of Government, in anticipation
of a revolt appear to have been superfluous, as the
Opposition seemed to be disposed to let the whole
affair pass over quietly, at least for the present.
The Socialist-journals deal with the Government
contemptuously, ironically congratulatorily on a
triumph utterly ineffectual. On the other side,
the journals are urging the President to proceed
with vigor in the work of coercion. Paris is filled
with an unusual number of foreigners, and the
shop-keepers are said to be reaping a golden harvest.
A bill hns been laid before the Asseinblyjjby the
Finance Ministers for increasing the President's
Hilary from 1,000,000 to 3,000,000 francs. All accounts
agree in representing Louis Nupoleon as
suffering from pecuniary embarrassments.
Emile Girardin has been acquitted on the charge
sf distributing public documents without the name
jf the printer.
A committee of the Assembly has under consideration
the memorial for removing the seat of
government from Paris.
M. Thiers is said to be laboring to effect a reconciliation
between the elder and younger
tranches of the Bourbon family. Every member
>f the family of Louis Philippe, except the
Duchess D'Orleans, is said to be desirious of a
conciliation. It is expected that M. Thiers poslesses
sufficient influence with the Duchess to
?vercome her scruples, and he is reported to
>c about to visit England for this purpose. The
Gazelle dt France, the great Legitimist journal,
a openly bidding for popularity for Henry V.,
md promise* that he will restore universal
luffrage.
M. Lamurtine is about to proceed to his estate
u Smyrna.
We have advices from Paris to Friday, but the
lews is unimportant. Five per cents were quoted
it 94 francs.
home.? i ne rope lias published an address and
ixplaiiation of the startling events of his reign, and
commenting on the affairs of the Roman C atholic
world. lie especially stigmatizes the persecution
rtf the Archbishop of* Turin l?y the Piedmontese
Government. The houses of the English resiientsand
others are being closely searched for bibles
?not even excepting the British Consul's.
Prussia.?The King is rapidly recovering.?
rhe contest of the Germans for free trade and unity
iroceeds with but little prospect of a speedy and
iiiceessful issue. Vast warlike preparations nrc
laid to be in progress, but they are supposed to
inve reference more to international than to exterial
defence.
Austria.?The latest advices front Vienna give
issuranee that there is not the slightest prospect
if a rupture between Austria and Prussia. The
Emperor of Russia has declined to mediate beween
them. It is said that the Czar will visit
fienna aAer the conference which ia being held at
iVnrsaw.
niE G RAND INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION
OF 1851.
meeting of the central committee tor the united
states.
Pursuant to the notice given, the Central Comraitit
mete at the rooms of the National Ins'it ite, in the
'at*nt Office, on Thursday evening, the 13th instaut,
t H o'clock.
The mretinc was called to order liy Professor Wal
?r It. Johnson, on who* motion Col. Peter Force i
ra* called to the Chair, and Charles F. Ntanbury
hosen Secretary of the meeting.
This tcmpoiary organization having been effected,
lie committee proceeded to organize permanently by
lie appointmens of the Hon. Millard Fillmore, Vice
'resident of the United States, Chairman, and Prof. I
Valter H. Johnson Secretary. I
At the the request of the Chairman, (Col. Force,) i
lie following papers were read by Prof. Johnson, in t
xplanation of the appointment ami duties of the (
ommittee: ,
State Department, j
Washington, May 17, 1850. .
"o the President of the NlUionat Institute
for the Promotion qf Science.
Sir: I have the honor herewith to transmit coles
of a correspondence which has taken place be- j
veen the Minister Plenipotentiary of her Majesty .
le fjuecn of Great Britain and this Department rrla- [
ve to the proposed Industrial Exhibition to be held
i London in the year 1851.
From the circular of the Koyal Commissioners of '
real Britain, hereto annexed, it will be observed that '
II objects intended to be introduced from foreign r
>untries and entered for that Exhibition are required '
i have been first submitted to and approved by a cen- t
al authority or commission of the country from c
hich they shall be hrrought, and that mi other will I
e recognized as a central authority except such as d
ull have been so certified by the Government of the s
nintry in which it exists. r
That American industry and arts may lie enabled to ?
jpear in the place allotted to them, it will be indis- |
; usable that a recognized central authority should be ?
instituted ; and I am under the impression that the j,
ational Institute, having been regularly incorporated ?
f act of Congress, and being habitually engaged in ,
alters pertaining to the arts and sciences, is the ,
roper body for taking the initiative in constituting
icn a central authority.
I therefore beg leave to submit to its consideration
ic interesting and important subject which has been !
rought to the attention of this Department by the '
istinguished F.nvoy of her Majesty's (icnemment, '
id to request such action or suggestions as may seem '
. j .1. W?uv.i ?n?? uro H uuirti jipnun Hum, mr
gcnuity, industry, ami arts of the United State? *
ay be fully and suitably represented on the interest- s
g occasion herein referred to. <
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, yours, t
JOHN M. CLAYTON. f
This communication was laid before the National
istitute, and by it rrferied to a select committee, *
hich brought forward the following report: I
eport of the Committee of the Notional Inntitute r
The special committee, to which was referred the ?
tmmunicaticn from the Hon. John M. Clayton, 8ec:tary
of Slate, relative to the formation of a central
athority for transmitting articles to the Industrial
ahibition to be held in London in 1851, offers the *
Mowing report : * r
The committee, impressed with the importance of '
ie subject commended to the Institute, nave given ?
i it their earnest ami careful attention. ? r
The resources, the ingenuity, the industry, andfyi
rts of the United States are conceived to merit the *?
est endeavors to procure for them opportunities of t
ring adequately represented in the great Industrial
Exhibition at London. ,
Aggreeabty to the programme adopted by the Roy- (
I Commissionf no articles are to be received from
orcign Exhibitors except those which shall have
sen approved by a central authority, recognized as i
?ch by the Government of the country from which I
icy are aant. 1
This Institute being the only 8ocietv for the Pro- |
totiOB of Science aw the Arts, directly iaoorporatcd j
r
by the Government, the Secretary o( State has deemed
it the appropriate body to take action or wake sug- '
certioii.1 relative to the fulfilment of the wishes of the I
Royal Commissioners, by the establishment of such a I
central authority as the case seeius to require.
To this voluntary proposal on the part of the Secretary
of Slate, the committee consider the National
Institute in duty bound to rc?|K>nd.
In accordance with this view, the committee re- ;
sportfully recommend the following resolution :
1. Resolved, That the Institute will take action j
on the subject submitted to it by the Department of
State.
2. Resolved, That the Institute do now proceed (j
to constitute a committee suitable to lie recognised by
the Government as a central body to hold cerrwqxinl- |
encc with the British Commissioners, and to secure
the reception of American pi eductions at the proposed
Industrial Inhibition in London.
PETER FORCE, 1
JOSEPH HENRV,
WALTER It JOHNSON, ) Committee.
J J. GREENOUGH, 1 l
CHARLES WILKES, J '
' (
National ImrriTLTE, 1
Washington, May 27, 1850. 1
Sir : I have the honor hi make known to the l)c- c
partmcnt of State the action which this Institute has )|
taken on the subject of your communication of the >
17th instant. That action is comprised in the follow- '
ing resolutions, unanimously adopted after full dis- '
cussiou at the meeting held this evening. t
"llc.iolved, That the In-titutc will take action on t
the subject submitted to it by the Department ol t
State. t
"Resolved That the Institute do now proceed to '
constitute a committee suitable to be recognised by
the Government to hold correspondence with the ^
British Commissioners, and to secure the reception of
American productions at the proposed Industrial Exhibition
in London. ]
"Resolved, That a committee of not less than nineteen
be appointed to constitute a Central Committee ,
on the Industrial Exhibition, and to correspond with t
societies and local committees throughout the IJnited ,
States. i
''Resolved, That the President of this Institute be (
a member of the Central Committee.
"Resolved, That the Corresponding Secretary com- j
municatc to the Secretary of State a copy of the foregoing
resolutions, together with the names of the
Central Committee."
The following are the names of the members of
the Central Committee appointed in accordance with
the foregoing resolutions :
Hon. Millard Fillmore, Vice President of the United
States, and ex officio Chancellor of the Regents of
the Smithsonian Institution.
Col. Peter Force, President of the National Institute.
Hon James A Pearcc, U. S. Senate, member of the
Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
Hon. Levi Woodbury, M. N I., Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of the United States.
Commodore Lewis Warrington, U. S. N., M. N. I.,
Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography. |
Prof. Joseph Henry, Viee President of the N. I., Sec- ;
maiy 01 uic omunnuiiian iiduiuic. i
Prof. Walter R. Johnson, Corresponding Secretary of
the National Institute.
Prof.'Alexander I). Bache, M. N. I., member of the
Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institute, and
Superintendent of the Coast Survey.
Commander Charles Wilkes, U. S. N., RJ. N. I., late
Commander S. S. Exploring Expedition.
Hon. William W. Seaton, M. N.I., Mayor of Washington.
Hon. Jefterson Davis, U. S. Senate, member of the
Board of Regents or the Smithsonian Institute.
Lieut. Matthew F. Maury, U. S. N., Vice President '
of the National Institute, and Superintendent of the
National Obsservatory.
J. James Ureenough, Esq., M. N. I.
Charles F. Stansbury, Esq., Recording Secretary .of
the National Institute.
Col. J. J. Abert, M. N. I., Chief of tha Topographical
Bureau.
Gen. Joseph G. Totten, Vice President N. I., Chief
Engineer. U 8. Army. ]
Thomas Ewbank, Esq . Commissioner of Paten's. (
William Easbv, Esq., Treasurer National Institute. |
Leonard D. Gale, M. D., M. N. I.,' Examiner of
Patents. .
Joseph C- G. Kennedy, Esq., M. N. I., Supcrintcn- |
dent of Census.
Ezra C. Seaman, Esq., M. N. I. <
I hare the honor to be x
Very respectfully, your ob't sorv't,
WALTER It. JOHNSON,
Cor. Secretary of the National Institute.
Hon. John M. Clayton, Secretary of State.
Drpartment or State,
Washington, June 8, 1850.
Sin : I have duly received your letter of the 27th
ultimo, communicating to tin* Department the proceedings
of the National Institute on the subject of my
note of the 17th of the same month. Tlifue proceedings
ap|>car to me to be perfectly satisfactory ; and I
have accordingly transmitted them to the British Minister
in this city, with the communication, a copy of
which is enclosed for your information.
I am, sir, respectfully, yourtt^t serv't,
JOHN M. CLAYTON.
Walter N. Johnson, Esq., Corresponding
Secretary of the National Institute.
Department or 8tate,
W ashington, June 1, 1850.
Sir : I have the honor to transmit to you herewith '
a copy of the correspondence which lias pass?d between
this Department and the National Institute for
mc j romouoii 01 ociciicc, n?*ifituiip; iiiu urpnizauon j
of a committee to constitute the central authority required
by the regulation* of thn Koyal Commission on
the proposed Industrial Exhibition, to c*rre?pond with
them in l*ondon, and with societies, local committees,
and individuals in this country, and to sanction the
forwarding *f articles app'icablc to the exhibition.
I need hardly say to you, sir, that the proceedings c
of the National Institute, as set forth in this correspon
dence, meet the approbation of the Department, which ,
has full confidence in the committee named by that .
Institute. r
I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to you
the assurance of my high and distinguished con ^deration.
JOHN M. CLAYTON.
Hight Honorable Sir II. L. Bdlwer, kc.
Extract from the Circular rf the Royal Commit- v
inonert. '
" The Commissioners hnve frit that it would b# "
lesirable, as fnr na possible, to prevent any pei/- *
sons from sending hither articles which cannot be r(
idmitted, rather than to reject the articles after
heir arrival ill London. They frel also that the 0
lelicate and responsible task of deciding 011 the
tdmiaaion or rejection of articles destined for ex- t>
libition by foreign contributors ought not to be im- ?
wised upon any ^nglisli tribunal, but should lie b
eferred to one jving the confidence of the exhi- p
litors theirni .ves, and standing entirely free from n
Missibl"' . iputations of national partiality. They ct
tree* itigly propose to admit to exhibition such g
"oreign articles only as may lie forwarded to them
iy the Central Authority (whatever may be its c:
tature) in each country. They will communicate
o such Central Authority the amount of spare w
yhich can be allowed to the productions or the nl
ountry for which it acts, and will also state the *'
ondilions and limitations which may front time 1
o time lie decided on with respect to the admission ^
if articles. All articles forwarded by such Can_.?.i-.
:n.i_ . 1 1 1 .-j_j .1 D
r?i rvuiuonty will men or numiimi, prwviucn iney u|
In not require a greater aggregate amount of >(
ipace than that assigned to the productions of the t|
ountry from which they come; and, provided, fr
ilso, that they do not violate the conditiona and p?
imitations ot which due notice shall have been ui
riven. It will rest with the Central Authority in th
ach country t<? deride uj>on the merita of the ill
leveral articles presented for exhibition, and to st
nke care that titoae which are sent are such as
hirly represent the industry of their fellow-coun- ?r
rymen. h?
Her Majesty's Commissioners will consider e*
hat to be the Central Authority in each case which c'
i staled to he so by the (ioremment of its country. el
laving once been put in communication with a
Central Authority in any country, they must deline,
absolutely and entirely, any communication
villi private and unauthorized ,individuals ; nnd,
hould any such be addressed to them, they can
>nly refer to a central l?ody. This decision is '
sscntially necessary, in order to prevent concision.
H Va urtiolrc nf ftirpifrn ntnn11fur! 11 rr to u luitn.
mrvrr they may belong* or whereaorrer they may
>e, ran be admitted for exhibition unless they
nme with the sanction of the Central Authority
if the country of which they are the produce. P1
Hie Commissioners do not insist upon such nrti- **
les being in all cases actually forwarded by the el
Central Authority, though tlicy consider that thin
you Id generally lie the most satisfactory arrange- 01
nent ; lint it is indispensable that the sanction of M
itirh authority should in all cases be expressly
fiven, and that it be held res|ionsible for the fitifxs
of such articles for exhibition, and Air not *
n^ihqriziiig the exhibition of a greater quantity '
fliflecan be accommodated in the space assigned '
o the productions of the country in question." *
A Atll discusaion was then had of the subject (
bus laid before the committee, and, on motion of
he Hon, W. W. Seaton, it watt?
#?r*o/retf, That the Committee of fitre first charged ,
riXh this subject by the Institute (substituting |
idr. Kennedy for Mr. Oreenough, who is absent)
>e an Executive Committee to take all necessary 1
iteps to carry out the views of the general comntttt*.
The following gentlemen constiluie the Exeot
ive Co?unitu e : Col. Peter Force, Prof. Walter
It. JolAirou, Prof. Joseph Henry, J. C'. O. Ken*
tedy, Esq., C*pt. Charles Wilkes.
On motion?
Rnolved, That the Secretary he requested to
?rej?are the proceedings of this meeting for pubicatiou.
And lite Committee adjourned.
CHARLES F. STANSBURY.
Secretary of the Meeting.
N. II.?Associations, committees, or individuals
lesirous ta make propositions or to receive infornation.nrc
requested to address their conimunicaions
to J. C. ii. Kennedy, Esq.
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te finest imperial folio paper, 16 by 23 inches, made
iprrssty for this purpose.
This work has nothing sectional in its scops; it
ill therefore be comprehensive in its spirit. The
sines of those men only are admitted, whose talents
nd public services have won for them an honorable
me throughout the nation. Each of the great detriments
of lite will have its representatives. Art
nd literature are universal in tlicir spirit, and the
allery is intended to be a worthy and enduring moninent
to the great men of the Republic, whose
Movements and fame constitute the chief glory of
ic nation. Wc hope that every lover of Art, and
iend of our glorious Union, will respond to our ap:al
for encouragement and aid in so commendable an
udertaking, that its publication miy make an era in
le progres* of American Art, and by grouping the
lustrums men of the Uniun together, consolidate it
ill more firmly.
At nn wnrlf of (hit ltiiul hat tunnarvil in A *
xi the price* they sustain in Europe would piers 11 I
yond the reach of most of our citizens, the pubUeb
have resolved to merit a large circulation, by
urging a very low price. They have, therefore,
tablishcd the following
CONDITIONS Of SlBSCRtrriON AND SALE.
A year's subscription for 2-1 numbers, . ?90
2 copies for the year, (each) .... 18
ft ? ? " " 16
10 " " " " 15
!0 44 ? " " 14
.0 ? " ** 12 10
All the numbers soli separately. For a single
nnher, $1; and a larger quantity of any single No
the rates as above.
All orders for single numbers, or more, will he
omptly filled on the receipt of the. money. The
hole can be sent without danger of injury, by the
[presses, to any part of the country,
f/- Any Bookseller. Postmaster, Librarian, or any
ther person, may obtain subscribers, and his orders
rill be filled when the money is received.
Advertisements which concern the Fine Arts, la
veJy department, will be admitted on the cover in
lie style of the European Journals, on the following
runs :
for one square (of eight lines) once, ... 11
for a square for one year, 1(
A corresponding reduction for larger space,
trds of Artists and others, (of hall a square) for
the year, . , . .
N. B.?All orders and business communication
nay be addressed (post paid) to Brady, D'Avigno
k Co., 905 Broadway, New York.
Subscription lists are opened et all the princip
Bookstores throughout the United States.
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Ngw ta. i, 1959,