Lynchburg Virginian. [volume], November 30, 1848, Image 2

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s'irVrr• • * it**} - • ;
1st i- *r :!>•• ii st - v.t t'.i*» II >nd —tbit is.from the
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tmc’eta are t ■ r >• .« i I m 7t per cent S' te bonds
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lor w hi • i «*ti n t iw -• m t the r ad is to be i s • u
ple»e. a ul * ipi! I ui’ii on*1 first jwsseti'jer Hass Iim-oiiio
> | n - ijiit • i live,I\v . first class pas
«u»n*it' r • ’« a■ ;• - I went\ ft st r t<- tre'gfit nr-.
2*1. K - se** i s.-rti m — that is. t>.»ni the Mnvns
«**♦* ri ver ' 1 . . — v •. e r* rvive i n M l.i ll It)
in eiiuijw* . ’. < i. 1 - r 1 t )j »l Hi m sto *k m the
r**nd. 1 's s> eh *0 is to • -pimp'd precisely like tite
first.
Md. F*»r t!»« tlti'd «#* j ,n—that i-. from the T-mrv’ss. e
river to k i *\ v. 1 i• •—they are *■■ *ce,\ >• V>l |! I.Ot R) in riim
pmv ««"U»r rw'-.n-d nm m s: .i k in llie road.
n.H Seed *n tn l*e • ii*p.-*i wrli on*1 fi c|a*S lo •mo
tive, one first «•! tss passenger ca» md ten fr t tars.
t:Ii Tie* ; <!je . v* r the l * -lessee ;s to iie completed
bvtoetineti* r-ad re. i-ljes ihe river, at a price to be
agreed ii;- •11 ii- r it er. an I the first cMnr ; r (i!^ • f the
f>i:nl are pi- t me.-t the dm tor its construction.
Ikiic* i[ >■ -‘i tlii’ i he contractors nr" to re
ceive 1 1 * x * ■ * -' v * * ’ii" i e • ■ is t» j tfi > ,.riihre over die Ten
ness**#* ’ M .> W U i *'• *' >r •» ih; • : at»d »*• j *: i ■ nfj lh»* Ii ail
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tn’sf. c\ tn the l? > : »' h1 *'5 I i - " - ’-■ • >:- t wtit'-ii
nnio'mt. tt wi I \> ■ re >'lected. m -1 h*t issued bv the
State f«i ci.frj'-i-'te tb-* • a \ m i t o| in- ; 1 si|t*s;,rip
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eptl'VI Iff the ( hi !• • i:i*\
I ist f,i .our
fhnr'/. * 1 ih** (' *rn; ri v to :s-u » !» m < in inf of
${.*»• a :vl j •• 1 * It* r > t'-’s c: - t there
on. 1'irs nd - • j * ‘.the e«m*ractor« donut r«Hinire,
and ii will i u- i. \\ h i'-ver bonds 11 to Lumpany
ni iv issue uid »• • p- u >i itu«l-»rsetl.
i ie capital >• > -k "1 to-* c * on tn y. under existing en
acioieuts. ma v i"* i:i'*rea-ed to .j i.UO ),(RK). '1 he amount
winch :»• loti *s t . individual stockholders and which will
beltmj to t < !"> at u In i In r tu!i s.inscription i> paid,
wiij •*. in r on .i n;i o rs. k.V j DU!l. Add t lie .$I/>1<),
Idtltl which the c.» .tra- hTs a_r*e t*i take in stock,and
we see there, udl i* room for an adddionai suiiscripliori
to lh*» aoiott : ! .> _•) n tt). without anv further in Tease
»*l llie cap tai • <. It his so scrips .n is made, the
company w ill e ti d• *r 111*• neee--:ty of issuing Us h mis
tor aooiit t in ad lid »n to the co*<t of the bri Ige
at Flair’s I V rrv (say y,\ ),i i, n l.) m «rder to firing the
cars to Knoxville. .
’The p i\ounits on the did’ere I sections are to be made
ns *fie work is d lie. Tue u fi.de structure is to fie fin
i^hi’d in the im st sit -stantial and durable manner and of
the best man rn.I.
MKKCANTII.K I IHKARY KK< TCKKS.
I lie sinvl iiili ' ii id Tre.noiit Temple was crowded 1
P»st night hall mi hour bet oe llie opening ill the do »r,as
»i ums aiiii'»ii!!i-e l ih.it Mr. Webster was to deliver the I
I. ci i.• » tore Mercau iie Library Ass>cia
lu»n. T in* lot lit*; ->o huiid Mg was crowded to its ill.tn si
enpacsiy. ()u the singe were President Kverett, llm.
U. C. \\ intliMp, (i >v. IK log-, and a number ct’other dis
tinguished no ii.
Mr. We t-rN sii'ij ct was—The History of Uu: Con- 1
sHtiitiou if the l oil I .Stotes.
He beg an >v remarking that the American Revolution
was the mo-t important event of li<• l" ti cewittry—and
one mo/.* iurporau! in : i ibe lyev..lu:ioii which lias taken
place in Kugltnd n 11 eAS. lie then adverted brielly lo
the Old C*»nf oier.it "ii, which was a mere League of
Fneml.-diip Ih'I we(*u in-li peiid-oit S ates, which had iu» le
gislative authority, whn-o muld not lay taxes, nor com
mand the allegiance > f individuals. Tiie t' rm Congress,!
which lias since come to b ■ anbi'd to our N ltmual Le - j
Cislature. w. s more strictly applicable to the Convention
«• l Depuii-s "from tiie diif rent Colonies, frit means a
meeting of Ambassadors i’u>:u independent Sovereigns or
States.
The germ of tiie n »w (b» l-uituti in was the necessity ••{
?. stronget Central Power, of k government which had
until >ritv to lay taxes, to act on individuals, and lo make
laws and to et.force a11. gmio.*.
A paper was drawn up bv Alexander Hamilton, when
but ’*7 or years oh!, sle w ing that tiie K voluii marv
war had cost much in »re than it would have if the old
Congress had ha I proper auth'-rii v: and that now it would
lie quite iuipossihb* to pav the debt incurred by the war,
without the cr**aii »n of a new power.
If sidi s, \\ o had ii - n.u o a'.ity, n * li ig. Nob >dy knew
whoau A uericiu t*i»ir. n was.
In .1 a near v. I 7 >•"». \’ * ; i r r :n:ur;; a C > vention
to meet at Annapolis, .Maryland, Ut consider the want i t
general laws f»r the regtila’i ti i f Trade, but with very
limited powers. H it thirteen • r f-urvon d*dr<rat.-s met.
Among l lies.* we; i- J antes 11 mr I 'on and .lames M - •! i** *n,
tiie pr<j cters ..f the C eistitwii »u. Tiie Convent', u cou
tinivd m session bui a f-w d .vs, hut rccuuim nded on ad
jouruing, a (» mral Convention to form a C .institution < t
the I"nited S a’es.
rite great advantage of the Constitution which this
new hmly firmed, i> i s !• gi-da’ive p wi r. 1 can act «m
individuals, lav la\*-. make general laws ami coerce nl!e
fixncc—and ex* rcise a cuimm usurate Judicial and K\ *c
tnive Power.
YVltai government did they make ? N i :i Federal,
and not a Consol idu/e government. It is peculiar in Us
character.
S» ne o'e-'ct to the pbra-f “Nati mal G .verniTU-nt" ; s
applied to that of tin* I "nii.-d States : —but be thought a
govi rnmi tit which h*•!. 1 t!i*• exclusive power 11 making
\X:*r and Pr ace—ot contra • ing alliattc s with I- a ign
>»':ite«—if levying tax s— of issuing coins —lull some
claim t > bo cou-i er-d a Nati mal C. >vernmenr. S me
supp >se that the! ion is a voluntary association, and
that it'any s d ■ - happen 1 1 s.e it. it can
«u»t.
Hr thought there wn«nnt mueli danger f.mn this; idea
now. if there was a general sentiment ol a lachm- nt to
the l7niou. now and forever.
Mr Wr iter thou went to stvmU id lit*' l’ .re : * 1 !?■
enlts rff this Govern.neat as show ti ay six ; -* r- xp*
ncnce.
Men might talk i f llm grenDr stahdr y < * r ■ ■ ts
nnder ihronr s and dynas’t.-s, hu i he heliev . . -s_ n
utent, as it was st, s > s
*J*Jcsl in :li word. T:is\v si How ed by r- ter * m *h.
recent R. v lirmns and t ; pr-s?nt point, a! state of Kit
Tone in con-rast with t;:«* < a *e <;f this c untrv: a ; ! tin*
tlf.et of'.r g v r m at o ^thrift rn! cnnd'Hou if the
fieonl —on gi , murals and tiuppi
people.
1*0 triri'ir.it such a g ■•»*. -rnent s Gdy to t!i >s-■» th«t
S lid e frer, \\ is :k* k d s: > j *ct wtiich young
mm could pr-»peso totheir.s dvr-.
'The Oration w < f ! uvt i v a 1 >ron by Junes T
Fit-Id --a u.'-s; In • \ elT r‘. 1 >f i.s. :he i*«si ovitleuce
is, that - -
iit-ncc whi.-’.i had just :e- u ;i^o g 11 M \Ye:;>ter.
| Tmccocr.
DF.CIDKPI.Y I’ll U I'ICaF.
i the j. r i» r N i . >al I'• r:y Pirtv Con
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A u: v. t . ; (j »_ r. w .is !* * r !- d at or e of ti»p u es'eru
p rts Sy a barge dF-gi:; :i of white and • «! T 1 gehtle
men. on ti.-ir w v \ » jar-yie iti the deliVrati >ns of
Jli.it :mim . i ' Mr. I' «* ij>tal;i at one-* suv the
iiu\fi •*I»:i «*r • !i > • p i.g rs, and determined
t • cukiv.i c ii *C <: t si? eney a; nr g them. 1 Ip to «k
.1 ,{ - • r •• u keys, jvid went at’v.»• xt his !»u
mu»*<w. A the ; r .|‘f t mi fig.-. ,_Taut 1 stater ;us
40- had llte pn y nr.s:ored in : h-- rst‘i;n. and r iinmen
red hy selecth >o a _ a 1
tirsi_jti.it |U t < • •< till*. % ^ i ’ • • i -o to .-.in p :rt| C d. r
* d pair in ii the pa'rs • • re a use it , givitu* hi 1
adored o.-a h* :ir , 1;. .*h in-’a . *e ih • cl hi ge • the key.
_1 hem w »s ii., do !_j »_r *ke .]• • i ..iiuti i ot the captain
' p '»*••. ai : iht \ ia i hi go it or n« tiling. \\ lien
g TJ .
rsous were fci
by til.- p.ip » I :'u ■ i ill. v o n I »t, under the rr.1»s
«>: iiisbotft. i..xr - ; > ii i.ie fr-t t.tr>!^». 'I’lie white; ho
liT mists protested tii it the *• i *red in in ' - as _ I ai
* •** white tnau. * \ • ry rop mde ! the rap’aiu,
‘""k s •; arid, s y oi do, you call w.nt and eat
i vxaiUfil, and the delegation ate to
■ 1■ • • -t s at. c. riyin/
Git >\\ in \Npt ()\>i Mpri9\oF tobacco
J ■,A2fx b'tyker. in theQ mrterly Register and Maga
xine, i^ivesan »i.*• r.^n- r p.-, ;*eron tlie gmwth and rnor
m i' r .nsutupMon of a plant, prepar'd not a? a product of
j u-e nn.l noifrislruent, ’ it as a stimulant, and which was
1 n t known in I'm •}*♦» three certuries ago.
In the citv f NVw York -9me the c-nsmnjHion of ci
uars is compute d at 1;,.000 dollars a day —a sum greater
than that \v!i ch tbe m aoi’ints pay for their daily bread
and. i tlie wh ie country. the annual consumption < f to
harcn is estimated at 100.000,000 lbs., being sev-n
poun’s to ► v. ry mail, woman, and child, at an annual
rn-M t.i to.* c *t»-il tiers of 2O.IMI.0UtJ dollars.
In l'i1* it was aseer ain-d by a committee appointed
to proenro and rep rt statistical information on 'lie subject,
tint :•’» itt 1.7)0.000 jiersons were engage! in the rnann
f.cnre and cii’uvatiiiii ul'lohami in the United States,
j j a x i.s y. it I * vv <m ’♦ere in the States of Virginia, Mary
hr d. K-rr i *ky, and Missouri. Allowing the imputation
of the wh dn country to be 17,009,000, it will be seen
that nearly one tenth -re in some way engaged in the
•*uH vatir.n or manutVture of this art id •*. The value of
i the t x;> -rt dur.ug that year was nearly 10,lMJ,000 dul
b's.
N -'withstanding tlie variety of die soil in the United
Stati-s.f t to is nr-nluceJ in m -st of the States—in Mas
si •lnts.'tts, ( : eriic it, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Vir
ginia, Siii’li and N rt 11 Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Mi«> s,i;>pi, I. misi ina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, In
diana. Illinois. Mi-S'iuri, Florida. By the returns of
l'315. K ’itu«’hv prod.need 63,310,001 J lbs.; Tennessee,
37.100,( 0; Viriri , 30.210,000; Maryland, 17,920.
00 )• Mi*s tri. !3,7 l 4,000; N nth Carolina, 10,373,000;
Ohn-,7,576d’t)0, is.e. And the whole crop for 1845 was
put down at I "7.122 01 )Q !bs. In 1 >46 the crop was es
ti 1.1:« ! a' 219,165,519 lbs., nr 1 £2,036 In gsheads( l ,200
lbs each.)
Tin- t-tliaeco emp --f If 17 is estimated at 220,164,000
ids.. worth. at 5 cents a poind, $11,000,000.
Thus, t bacc-i, a mere luxury, has become one of the
--2 and iu< s’ i nporhmt productions of the soil. It
liuds i’s way to almost every part of the world, and is en
joyed by people « ! all countries. Humboldt derives its
name! nun the Haitim- language, signifying the pipe used
y the natives, borne curious facts are connected with
its history.
I 1629, ninety young women were sent over from
I'-ngl I'd t" America and -old to the planters for tobacco
at 120 lb*, li.r each.
In l6'J‘l the Pope excommunicated all who took snuff
•»r tobacco in church.
In 17,9 the culture of tobacco was prohibited in
S r i<b';ro-. as tending to dimmish the growing of corn.
I > 1< 32 tobacco was made a legal tender in Maryland
at one peuny a pound.
*‘It i* no Section w. Thumpii,” is the general ex
<luna'i-n of the W hig Press, ami of all who love the
Union and the Constitution. Nearly a hundred votes
have been given tor the President elect from the Free
•"! r s. an I with asinuch good will as it"Zachary Taylor
had ir on horn in our own New York. In the same spir
it, a Southern vote has lieen given f »r a Northern Vice
Pres.deut,and in both cases pledges have not been exact
'd. II it 11 were \\ higs in opinion, in principle,—and as
-mch. those who voted for them knew they would uphold
the Constitution and the laws, f r all this is the very in
itiative* of the Whig creed. The country was disgusted
"’ii!i •‘.Northern men with S uithern principles,” as Mr.
Yan ISuren’was, when President, and as Air. Cass would
have been, it elected. Nor had it any confidence in such
ultra politicians as John C. Calhoun, who, in common
with the ultra Abolition party ot the North, have dune
m ire to create a spirit of disunion than all the men who
have lived, and all the circuMis'auces which have trans
pired since she formation of tiie Government. The elec
tion ot General Taylor and .Millard Fillmore, by “a vote
fr e fr >m all sectional feelings, and by a vote of at least
• •no half of the thirty Slates of the Union, and with one
half of this w hole about equally divided between the Free
and Slave States, as States, (though numerically the e
Uctoral votes from the Free States will prove the lar
gest) cannot fail to result in the greatest good. Mr. Yan
ILireu’s elec ion, had it been p »ssible. would have been a
purely sectional victory; for no State south of Mason and
Dixon’s line could have been expected to vote f r him.
General Cass’s election would have been mainly a South
ern, and not a national result. General Taylor’s elec
tion, on the contrary, is neither a Southern nor a North
ern. hut purely a Consti utional and American triumph.
South Carolina would not vote for him, because, though
from Louisiana, he was in feeling less of a Southern sec
tional candid.itHjhan Lewis Cass, bunt in New Kngl md,
and a resident ot a Free State.
We have then a President who most fortunately for the
country.o copies th * best possible position for adminis
tering the G ivernment in a manner calculated to com
maud the confidence of all sections of the country. Not
withstanding the many jarring elements which make up
that aggregate of popular discord which agitates the pub
lie m ud, we hope and believe that General Taylor’s ad
t»ii i.is;raii"11 will h -aide to bring order out of contusion,
and establish permanent harmony between all the States
of the Union. We do not suppose that all agitation will
lie at an end. nr all strife cease. That would be iueotu
i: g >f ih Mnlepiani; bnt we do hope that, under an en
lig.it' inti. lin. ral, and National Administration, all mere
pr f ssioual political agitators will 1*-* frowned down by
ih g n.d s *i sc and patiiotis 11 « f tlie People.
Tiie Ni.rtli hassh iwn that confidence in General Tay
lor's pers ual hom sty and nationality of sentiment which
waria its fr in him tho umsi exalted sentiments in the
Vdniuiis'ratiuu. It was not the military genius of out
lu-ro, nor iiis skill, nor his courage ulii.-h made him ac
ceptable to the South; but rather an adm ration for a man
whoso pride ii is to restore tire Government to the gend
o.»1 times cf the early Presidents.—when with all rulers
there seemed to be a singleness of purpose, and that pur
pose tiie best interests of the whole country. The elec
11 u ot Gen. Pay lor is not only the popular approval**
su: !i a man and such an Administratiou as we have poiu
toil < tit, but a condemnation of just such an Admimslra
tion as wb have bad,ami direction to those who adiuiuis
•er the G ivemmeut to “right about face,” and j>ut tin
>iii,»of S ao* upon the other tack. All this ran lie done
and wili bed me. i:i a manner the least calculated togiv<
ofienee to the opponents of (ieneral Taylor: but it wil
unquestionably lx* done,—done well and done quickly
after the fourth of March next. For all disutiionists, b>
common consent, whether they hail from the North 01
tht: South, we trust no mercy well be shown.
English Children.—The philosophy rtf physical life is
be!’er understood, n at all events reduced to a bette;
'V'teai of practice, in some of the European Countries
tl: a ' in our own. The adaptation of dress .diet and mode?
of lit * to the climate; the regulation of pursuits anc
amusements; all of those national or local habits,in short
which are the result o8'l"ug experience through sucees
s v * «j 'Derations, may be expected of course to attain 2
higher degree of improvement in old countries tk&uu
c 1 iiMic.aities of m re recent origin.
If we < 1 aim to be in advance of England in political at
tain::ien*s there may yet bo much for us to leam from hei
ia other things. The following passage from Mrs. Kirk
1 rnl's Magazine pertains to a matter which none wil
r.>M !er trivial who have regard for those best of earth 1}
blessings. hcaJ’li and sound constitution:
P ret tv o' ildren one sees in abundance everywhere —
and so ui edy k-p * I* seems to us that nobody know;
>0 w* II how to care for xlie physique of children as 1 hr
Engl’>h. They feed them with the simplest j*»ssible
f*od. and are astonished when they hear that our young
f Iks share tin* ri»*!i, lieavy, high seasoned dishes o|
1 heir parents. Oatmeal porridge is considered a suitable
breakfast for infant royalty rs^ll; and a simple dinner 21
e o’clock, 1 lie prop- r thing for children Wh<«»» parent*
dr e s' nip' 1 »us!y at seven. K.xeretseis considered one
f the necessaries of life: and a daily walk or ride (nui
drive”) in thefnsh air the proper form of i*. It might be
^npertl ious t < notice anything cj obvious if it ware
rut that so many people in good circumstances with
;;s, neglf-ct this, ami keep their children immured in
nurseries. or cooped up in scho d rxuns, with no thought
«.f exercise in the open air. as a daily requisite. We
wish nothing s » much for these benighted parents, n«
that ihev should once become acquainted with the habits
and principles of a well ordered English nursery, i re
form in that quarter is much needed among us and we
bn nr it; u >.people so well able to be our instructors as
the English who have certainly brought the nursery sys
tem t • <rreat perf-dio-i. both as respect* the cutnfurt an*
advantage of the parents and children.
WASHING I ON COLL EOE.
Wo b arn 1*rom tire Lexington (*.izjtte, that the Triw
!#ts nf‘this I s?iiut:o'i have unanimously elected Brevet
M i -r Danitl If. idvll <f the 4*h Regiment. I. S.Ar
tiller}’, the Ciuciin»att*i Pcdcser of Mathematics and
\! ti'.xry Science. M j »r Hill graduated at West Point
Academy in IS I'd. He wa3 twice breveted f»r distin
guished -services in Mexico. lie presented testimoni
al of capamtv for th * post of the highest rltaracterfrom
ma: \ disti j Waited gcn'Jc’tiicn of both tivt'. and ruilita
jry hk
T1IP.GREAT FIRE IN NEW YORK.
One Ihuuirtd and Ten Houses and Tiro Church edi
fice* Destroy'd.
The extensile stage building of J. M Murp'iv.
corner of 27 th s’, and 3-1 avenue, were toialy destroyed
4 by fire about 12"’dock, on Saturday nigbi. A sicken
ed sight presented itself on the next morning. The
charred encashes of some 101 horses, as .nearly as could
, be calculated at present, were strewed over an area of
half an acre or m re. tin’ p- ri shed in the confl igrattou.—
S »:ne 26 s’ages, 25 sleighs, and 30 tons of hay were
destroyed, ncrasi ming a 1 »<3 which is estimated as high 1
as $#>,000 or $7t 1.000, but we are informed it w II
riot exceed $3*1,000 utmost. The buildings are be
, leived to have l»een set on fire intentionaliy. The insur
ance is but $*25#) oil the building..
Th- flames comrmmicnted from the stables to the *20th
stre t (Rose Hill Methodist Episcopal) Church, under
• he pastoral rare of Rrv Mr. Strafnn: and fr» the par
s'mage adjoining, and owing to the failure of the Croton
w ter. from a deficiency in the lower resevoir or other!
cause, were consumed. The proj>er;y was valued at
$1 0.<)' N hand was insured to the extent of $5,0*)*>. in the
I lower v a- d City Insurance Companies. St Barna
rd' Church, a building,on27th street, and others on the
3d avenue.were JestroyedraIso.the two s’orv brick build
ing, Puldic sclitnd N » 15. valued at about $0,000, and,
partially insured.— Balt. Bat.
.1 Plea for HabUiud Cold Bathing,— We ate no hy
dropathists in the ordinary acceptations of the terms, hut
while we (In not l»eleive all diseases may he cured by
bts applications of cold water, we are certain that many
mav lie prevented by it.
In our large cities frequent bathing lias become an al
most universal practice. Few houses are built without
a room furnished with all the etceteras tor plunge and
shower bath. In many both hot and cold water are in
troduced, but the rapid bath, unless for very trail consti
tutions, who are unable to bear the shock ot tbe cold
plunge, d*»es very litilegood. To those thus supplied
we have very little to say,more than to advise n .t to ne- ,
gleet such opportunities; but we were astonished on a
recent country excursion to find how few families were
supplied with anything like convenience for this “and ;
to neatness,”—this health preserving harm.
In many instances, a bath house might have been e- ,
pected at a very small expense, and clear ice cold water ;
supplied in abundance from neighboring brooks or ponds.!
Again a little stream corrsed by at the door, and might
still m*ire easily have been put to profitable use. Our
farmers never forget tbe barn,the corn crib, or the “spring
Iioushs,” but a hath room, quite as necessary to the com -
fort and health of their household, rarely enters into the
calculations. Even when it is impossible to convey a
; sufficient supply of the element directly into the house,
a sponge, and plentiful buckets will he found to answer
the purposo.admirably, where a city hath is unattainable.
No person is excusable for neglecting a daily ablution,
with tbe common “wash-bowl and pitcher,” apparatus
within reach, and with them and a square of oilcloth to
protect tbe carj»et or floor, he may gain comfort and
increasing strength, with very little trouble and ex
pense.
We have seen families in the country.nor was it many
years ago—where once a week was considered often
enough fur bathing, aye, and we blush to write it. some
extended the period iudeflniieiy, particularly in winter.
Face and hands duly cared for morning and afternoon,
the duty of neatness, was supposed to bo fulfilled. This
is an unpleasant truth hot not the less a fact.and we fear
, this state of things has not altogether passed away.
The only objection that can he urged against this
1 healthful practice, is prompted hy indolence—a cowardly
shirking from the trouble; anil mayhap from the chill of
the first plunge, hut this grows Ies3 and less—habit steps
in to aid us and hy risitig a few minutes earlier, the
busiest man or woman may secure the necessary time.
Then the warm glow and brisk, healthful circulation
that succeeds the chill, is an ample repayment for all
transient discomfort. The uosbirking use of a coarse
crash towel,—a short, quick walk in the open air, if
possible directly after, and our word for if, the most del
icate of you all will return with such an appetite as you
never know by going from chamber to breakfast room,
without the application prescribed above;—a poscriptiun
that we could enforce by earnest solicitations, tor a trial
at least, to those of out readers who wish tor a longlife
and a healthful one.—. VeaCs Gazelle.
VOTE OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES.
The following is the vole for President in the four
principal cities of the Union ;
Taylor. Cass. Van Buren
Baltimore 10.741 I i ,995 72
Philadelphia 31.530 21,540 877
New York 28,862 21.540 5.0;>2
Boston 8,427 2,997 1.909
New Orleans and Cincinnati also gave Taylor heavy
majorities.
THE YANKEE.
I No other man is like him. It has been said of him
, that he was made for all stations, and manages to work
his way in all places! Place him upon r. rock in the
I middle of the ocean, and with a penknife and a hunch
j of shingles, he would work his way on shore. He sells
salmon, from Kennebeck, to the people of Charleston;
haddock, fresh from Cape Cod, to the people of Mat
anzns; raises coffee in Cuba; swaps mules and horses for
molasses in Porto Rico; retails ice, from Fresh Poods in
Cambridge, in the East Indies; takes Mutton from
.Brighton to New Orleans and to South Arnerica; man
ufactures muealis for the Government of Jamaica ; be
comes an admiral in a foriegn nation; starts in a cockle
shell craft of fifteen tons,loaded with onions, mackerel,
and “notions,71 for Valparaiso; biits his trap on the
Columbia river; catches wild beast in Africa for Ma
comber’s caravan; sells granite on contract, to rebuild
St. Juan de U*loa; ciosses the Rio Grande, and dugguer
retypeu dead Mexican; he is ready like Ledyarik to start
, for Timbiieiod, to morrow morning exiles himself for
years from home, to sketch in their wilderness the wild
man of the woods, ami astonishies Europe with the
seeming presence of the untutored savages. Introduced
to iMetternich, he asks,, “what’sthe news’” Says
“how do you do marm?” to Queen Victoria. Pre
scribes Thomson’s eye water to the mandarins of C liina,
and if he pleases makes scouting Southerns rich with
i cotton inventions. He is found foremost among those*
who sway the elements of society—is the schoolmaster
of the country, and missionary for the heathen world.—
I He is unerpiealed in fact, and instead of g uwg round
about ways,starts across lots for any do- red point. If
perpetual motion is ever to be discovered, he will sure
1 to he the lucky contriver—for he is the factotum for the
whole world.
EXTRAORDINARY BAPTISMAL SCENE.
The Raleigh (N. ) Biblical Recorder relates the
particulars of a revival at Ballard’s Bridge. Chowan
county, in that State, which resulted in a large number
of conversions. On the Monday previous to the 21st of
August,the candidates for babtistn—one hundred and six
ty-three in number, of whom one hundred and forty two
were white—met on the banks of the Chowan river for
baptism. “The line of candidates,” says tire writer,
•‘entered the water hand in hand, extending over one
hundred yards, and a more inr^ressing sight I never be
held. Brethren White, Waff, Leary, and myself, at
different parts of this extended line, were all engaged in
baptizin'" at the same time. When through, and we be
gan our march for the shure, the joy was overwhelming,
both on the part of those uu the shore to receive and those
coming out.”
COMMERCIAL DESOLATION IN C ANADA.
The New York Sun. on the authority of an intelligent
American merchant in Montreal, says :
“Within a year past, over five thousand persons,
mostly enterprising men, formerly doing respectaAde bu
siness in Montreal, have been obliged to abandon the city
or stiff r complete bankruptcy. Over five thousand ten
ements, stores, shops and duellings are without tenants,
imr can they he rented at any Dries. TThe most bii-i
: ness streets are comparatively deserted by trade, and it is
no fiction that grass giuws upon the solitary pavements.
‘■fsiitee ihe increased facilities given to trade between
litis city and the Canada merchants, especially of Canada
West, there is scarcely a trader who resorts to Montreal
lor goods.”
DEAFNESS.
James Yearsly. an {£ugli«h surgeon, lias discovered,
'«r to the Medical Examiner, a curious ami efti
rueat nuxie of relief for-deafness resulting1 from scarlet
fecer. K,c.. in cases where the drum of the ear has been
broken. fi w siiuply to Moisten a small pellet of raw
cotton, and gently push it down the passage of. the ear
till it readies tire drum at she bottom, adjusting tt'till it
produces the best hearing. This adjusting is necessary
else it may make the deafness at first only greater. Mois
ture is indispensable. The c rtUin slumh] be changed
■ tv tv iiijiuitig. Many w t’s art cit*j-! itt proof.
i "
THAT “GREAT CHANGE.”
“lam strongly impressed with the •pinion that"a
Great Cium *€ has been truing on in the public mind.”
| Gen. Cass to .1. 0. 1\ .\icholson
Isav ditto t » Mr. Burke’—New York. Pennsylvania,
Georgia, Louisiana. exhibit most decided changes alrea
dy effected, while in Maine, Virginia, Mississippi. I Hi*
nois a id other Slates, too numerous to mention,’ the
change is going on. We trust circumstances will not
prevent General Cass’s observing, n >r the ‘noiseand con
fusion’ preclude It s hearing of it. And it the General is
hut half as wvll satisfied w th this change as almost eve
ryhodv else seems to be. he will have a right in rry time
of it, Iribiuic.
Dr. Johnson’s Opinion of Editor*.— 1 lie great
“literary Chlusstis” speak* as tollows ot tlie diffctilites i
am! perplexi'ies bfthe editorial life. : “I know no class1
of the community from whom so much disinterested be
nevolence and thankless labor are expected as from edit
ors of newspapers. They are expected to feel, tor every
one out themselves : to correct public abases, and pri
vate ones also, without regard to theirowu : to condemn
improper measures of every one and no ooe at the same '
time. They are expected to note every thing that is im- ,
p. r ant or extraordinary ; anil notwithstanding the diver
sity of meu’s opinions, their not.co must be calculated
to pleate every one and at the same lime offend no
our.
FRENCH SEW ING MACHINE.
Late French exchanges say that Jean de Capelin, pe
tit, or little John Capelin, has invented a sewing machine j
that makes *dU) stile lies per minute, w huh by the turn of
a screw are changed from line to coarse in a moment.—
It will sew, stitch and make edgings by the same move
ment. i
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
1SY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
Correspondence if tlic Times and Compiler.
Arrival of the Steamship Cambria.
ONE WEEK. LATER FROM EUROPE.
Baltimore, Nov. 25—7 P. M.
Thesteamshtp Cambria lias arrived at New York. |
with Liverpool dates to the 11 th inst,—one week later |
than those furnished hv the Acadia.
COMMERCIAL.
Liverpool. Nov. 11,1848,
Cotton— An aJvance of 1-8.1 has been realized in the
prices of Cotton since t lie* departure of the Acadia. Th-*'
markil is steady, with sales of Orleans at 3d a 1 I 2d;
Mobile 3d a 3 1-1.1; Sea island 7d a 11 l-2d. The sales
for the week amount to 28,000 bales.
Bitt vnsTi'FFs are dull. American Floor was quoted
at 30s a 31s per barrel; I idiau Corn, 37s to 38s per
quarter:
Provisions were firm—Pork had advanced 2 too,
shillings. Lard wasdtill.
Money—Consols were quoted at 85 1-2.
JUSTIIU.
CAPITULATION OK VIENNA.
The city of Vienna lias been compelled to capitulate
after an ineffectual resistance.
The 1 Tong trian army advanced twice to the assist
ance of the Viennnise, but suffered severe repulse on each
occasion from the imperial army..
Prince WitulUclwgralz, at' or repealed proposals for the
capitulation of the city had failed, ordered it to lie laken
by assault. The National Guards fought indifferently,
hut the students and workmen fought desperately and
fell heroically. As soon as the inner walls of the cilv
was carried by the imperial troops, the citizen soldiery
threw down their arms and succumbed. Many buildings
in file citv were burnt during the bombardment, and the
loss of life deplorably great.
FRANCE.
French affairs wear a threatening aspect. The Red
Republicans are suspected of conspiring to produce anoth
er emeute in Paris. General Cavaignac lias made (lie
necessary provisions for suppressing any improper and
unlawful ihunonstration.
The National Assembly has finally gotten through
with and adopted the New Republican Constitution for
France.
Louis Napoleon is believed to stand tlte best cliancaof
being chosen President of the Republic.
Should the election for President result in the choice of
Louis Napoleon, many entertain the opinion that a crisis
will ensue.
It is r. ported that the house of Rothschild is going into
liquidation, in consequence of Austrian difficulties.
The French Fends.—An alarming decline has laken
place ill the French Funds—'Three Per Cents are quoted
at 12, Fives at 01, and Francs at 75 centimes.
The French Government has granted 20,000 muskets
to the Sardinians.
GENOA.
An insurrection occurred in Genoa on the 29:h tilt.—
: Cause or denouement not known.
LOMBARDY.
An insurrectionary feeling prevails throughout I.oni
j hardy, the Lomnardinos not being satisfied with the re
i cent arrangement, subjecting them again t< the sway ot
the house of Austria.
IRELAND..
This country is once more perfectly tranquil.
The result of the Presidential election is a stunning
j blow to the spoilsmen and zealots of party. But, after :i
| short indulgence of grief, “on sober second thoughts,”
j they will have reason themselves to rejoice at it. The
| administration of Zachary Taylor is pledged to promote
1 the prosperity of the whole people. He will know no
party in administering his high office. Justice knows no
party ; and the name of Zachary Taylor is a synonyme
: of Justice. The Democrats in office who have been hon
' esl, capable, and faithful, and have not meddled in polit
i ics, of been made the party instruments to expel as good
, or better men from place, will remain .secure in office ;
and such Democrat* will stand equally eligible, in the
| estimation of Taylor, for the new appointments to he
! made. There will be no bigotry, no intolerance, no pros
cription during the next Administration. The era of
! good feeling will be revived. Strict attention to official
Ulnty will lie the la v enforced upon all Kxeculive officers.
“Mind your own business” will be the guiding maxim
! to be observed by officeholders, and “leave politics to the
masters » f the Government, the People,” will he the re
stored principles of republicanism.
Wilde these salutary lessons to the officeholders and
partisans, and these glorious fruits will he seen red to the
country, the heartless demagogues who sp-rt with the
interest, the treisure, and even the lives of the people,
i will be severely but Justly scourged. There will lie no
more Woody wars kicked up tor party purposes. There
will be uo more base appeals ti the worst passions of
i man in lieu of addressing his reasm and his conscience.
In short, the policy of Peace will predominate. Indus
try will be cherished. 'The Arts, Learning, Science, Ci
| vilizaiion, and Christianity will fl mrish.
But we trust we shall have other and more appropriate
occasions for speaking on these topics : and especially for
illustrating what we have here hastily said by reference to
the practical administration of Zachary Tayioi.—Cin
cinnati Chronicle.
1
Till'. JUHH.F.F..
The weather was most unpropitinns Friday night, and
j there was general doubt, under the apparent meaning nl
i ihe published programme, whether the Whig celebraiiou
j would enme offal all. Rut the arrival of s one fitly nr
sixty gallant Whigs from I’etersbnrg. with sax guilt, set
tled the question.—The African Chuwcli was completely
filled, to hear Mr. McFarland’s address, which was in
fine spirit and taste. Tlie pcoc< ssiun was much larger
than anybody could have expected, considering the lieavy
j mud, and I tie wet atmosphere. The lurches shone
lirigiitly, however, and with the numerous transparen
cies, made the scene very striking. The long march,
piescribed in ihe programme, was fully performed. On
Church 11.11 the crowd was immense. On Gamble’s
Hill it was even larger, although the hour was late, and
the temptation to many to seek a comfortable home irre
sistible. The whole afiair, under all the untoward cir
cjjiastauees, highly creditable to the “Wlugs of the Gi
braltar.”
An illumination was not in the “bill of fare^” yet many
houses were brightly and handsomely lighted up.
We must Hot omit to make proper acknowledgments
| to that spirited Whig, Captain I .a toy, for the bountiful
| and beautiful supper which he thoughtfully provided at
ins residence on Church Hill,and by which ihe Marshals,
I our Petersburg fiiemls and a large number of uihers.were
invigorated.—U. Times.
Dr. Franklin says—“He who rises late may trot all
day, hut never overtake his btsiuess.'”
Real greatness is mrt gtpater for the praise of men—it
is what it is in spi'c ut them.
THE LYNCHBURG VIRGINIAN.
-^WW.WN.U, UJJS.'./s.
BLACKFORD, TOWN LEY A: DILLARD
PRO PRIETOlia.
TUCUSD.iy. .VOrKMBKR 30. ISIS.
rilk vote of virgima.
All the counties of tlie Sure have been heard from,
though ofli-inl returns havenot been received in every
instance. Correcting our table by the latest int'.rtn itiun
Virginia lias gone f»r Cass by a majority of l23ti votes
—being 4lV»7 less than the nnj irity obtained by Mr.
P »lk i!i 184 Land considerably less than Mr. Van Buren’s
in 1810.
I his is a result over which the Union and its eclm« s
exult prodigiously. Not lo have been beaten is with
them just now equivalent to a glorious victory. Noth
ing could more clearly demonstrate the fallen state of he
Democratic party than the hollow notes of triumph peal
ed forth over the fact that Virginia has been saved by a 1
meagre majority. Whilst thus crowing themselves, they
endeavor to depict the mortitieatiou and disappointment
of the Whigs, at the issue, as excessive. This is a sad
mistake. Whatever an individual, here and there, mat
ha ve thought, it is an indisputable fact that, as a party,
tie* \\ bigs entertain'd not the slightest hope or expect a
tam of carrying the State. Tin* partial prevalence,even
ot the belief in such a result would have ensured its
c uisummation. There can,therefore, be no great disap
pointmeiit at the happening of an event,which the Whi<M
expected. 'They feel no disappoint uent, though they
do regard tlie result with sorrow and regret, and with notj
a little of self repr- ach at their own want of confidence .
during the canvass. The noisy exultation .of Democrats
deceives no one. To have saved the State by so small
a majority is, as in 1840, a virtual defeat to fhe Democ
racy. An analysis of the vote shows this, 'lake away
the county of Rockingham and the Whigs carry the
State. 'Take, away,in addition, the coterminous counties ’
of Shenandoah and Page, and our majority will be 1780
Now, we are not of those who deride the population
of those counties. We know its character, and can do
justice to its many good qualities. The 'Tenth Legion j
constitutes a thriving and prosperous community but,it j
i> not disrespectful to say—or if it he, it is at least true—
that those who exult loudest over an event,brought about !
by the immovability of this population,would be the very
first to protest against it being considered a re present a- j
live of the intelligence and boasted qualities of Virginia. 1
'They would he at pains to explain to the stranger survey
ing our. State, that these counties are filled by a people j
of Teutonic descent,who preserve in a remarkable degree '
their national language and identity,and resist the tenden
cy to merge them in those of the mass of the community
—that, though immovable in the Democratic faith,they
partake, in no degree, of those traits of character which
have given to Virginia whatever of reputation she
may enjoy. Those who thus disparage th^Tenth Legion,
however, and consider it as almost an interpolation of an
alien race, are loud in their ascriptions of praise when
the returns of an election come in. Whatever lie the
character of the people—they know they can depend
lupin a certain number of votes. They ara not under
apprehension that the spirit of enquiry which elsewhere
causes their majorities to dwindle away, or to he revers
I ed, will prevail in these counties. They calculate up
; 0n Rockingham going by an immense majority for any
one who is called ihe Democratic candidate, whatever
may he his principles, with as much certainty as they
expect the rising of the sun. They rejoice that there, at
least, the schoolmaster is not abroad.
The nine Congressional Districts, lying East of the
I Blue Ridge, and at present represented by five Dean -
erats and four Whigs, give Gen.'Taylor a majority of
2215. West of the Ridge, Cass’s majority is 3,451, of
which nearly one half is furnished by the Rockingham
District. We give the majorities in the several Dis
tricts ;
Cass. Taylor.
I .1. Dist.—(Atkinson’s) 222
| 2. Dist.— (Meade’s) 3G8
3. Dist.—(Fi.olrnot’s) 22
j 4. Dist.—(Bocuck’s) 87
| 5. Dist.—(Gougin’s) 125
0. Dist.—(Botts’S) 424
7. Dist.—(Bayly’s) 543
8. Dist.— (Beale’s • 79
9. Dist.—(Pendleton's) 15C9
10. Dist—(Bedinger’s) (2)1
11. Dist.—(McDowell’s) 1G03
12. Dist.—(Preston's) 159
13. Dist.—Fllton’s) 721
14. Dist.—(Th' ntpson’s) . 512
15. Dist.—(Brown’s) §19
It will lie observed from the foregoing that Messrs
Biyly, Beale, Uucnck and Thompson represent Dis
tricts which have given majorities for Taylor whilst
i Messrs. Flournoy, Preston nod Fulton tenresent Dis
tricts which have gone for Cass by a less aggregate ma
! jority. _ ___
MISSISSIPPI.
The returns nre not yet conclusive a« to the vote of
the State. There is a Whig gain of4301 in 42 counties.
! In the remaining 17 counties, to carry the State, Taylor
will have to gain 11)40 more. A less rate of gain will
enable him to do this. The result is doubtful.
ALABAMA.
The official returns show the following result ;
Cass 31,316
Taylor 3U,523
Cass's majority 793
Polk’s majority in ’44 — 11,147. Aggregate vote in
’41—GO,897—in ’48 61.839.
INDIANA.
The Union says 80 eonntiesgire Cass 4,052 majority.
1’he six remaining counties will slightly increase this.—
ilis majority will be about 5,000, in a State which was
claimed for him l>v 15,000.
NORM CAROLINA.
Official returns show : —
Taylor 43,550
Cass 31,869
j Taylor’s majority 8,681
Clay’s majority in ’44 was, 3.915. The aggregate
wcste of ’41 exceeds that of ’48 by 4,100.
NEW YHRK.
• Official.
Taylor 218,513—Van Buren 120,431—Gass 114,
589.
The aggregate vote less than in ’ll by 29,629.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Official.
Taylor 186,113—Cass 172.661—Van Buren 11,209.
'I’lte aggregate vote greater by 33,093 than in 1811, and
greater than at the Governor’s ejucliou in October, by
i 33,229. __^
| 'l'lie Union, having occasion to des gnale the President
elect, as “Old Ztck,” very gravely and apologetically
1 remarks, “We mein nu disrespect, of course, to the dis
tinguished man who is about to ascend to the top of the
j ia.ldcr. It is a nickname, which, like uU Hickory, ts
as lauiiliar 0 our ears as h.iu>p|„,l,| ..
, Ibis tender
scrupulousness is at one ■ amus. a„.i ,, .
• - 1 characteristic _
r or months past, the columns id the oOieial „r„ „
tx'eii filled w ith abuse and disparagement „f ,|” ”
■ dd soldier. Ills intell-ct was held up |„ ,i,|ic*,f
ill dive*; impugned.the «rr »so>i f.iIsdmuU r,.* , "*
re published. Aj one moment,bo is siijjmaiized as " •
l v parsimonious, because lie «lid not cli.iuse to iw*
cd with letters of whose writers he knew no’liimr |
another,lie is represented as iniriouin»» with ^ ^
i«mists ot the North, lie i? now proven to haven,,
cijd* s whatever, am! tin it denounced for npver },°
vote.! in !iis life. Hut why dwell upon the sClIrr |
attacks tiia.it* upon Gen. 'Taylor bv the ethce hol,ier
employed *ijwn the < iFicial journal duritnr then*,,.,..
■ hey art; fresn in the minds of all. and did ihe \\ |,
eau.se grtod service. The veteran editor strenuously *
nies that he ever abused lien. Taylor. \\ e do u.il |,tl ,v
what lie would call abuse. G. n. T. - not a ibin >1.lulled
man—considers that be Ins Ihh-ii abused, and that i.nu,,|.
lv, as we have seen by his letter in Mr. 1 runian Smut,
He feels and regents the injustice done to him w hi'si he
despises the perpetrators. We do not expect the t fTi -inI
editor will turn Taylor man. We hope certainly he w m
not—bill then we remember that lit, denounced am,
bused,in gull harsher language, “Mr." Jacltson.it wliun,
lie Ucauie afterwards I lie most supple oftuulsaml t|,a
most nauseous of flatterers.
LYNCIIBI kg AND TKNNKVSKK BAIL HOAD,
Our engagements did not permit us to qttend regular
ly the meeting oi the .Sto.• L11 ddera on Monday and Tues
day last. We copy the following nulim from the I’atri
ut of yesterday. We learn that Capt. Dunmodi’s route
leaves the head of Jellerson sired, crosses H’ark water
in lowii, winds along the Northern bank of that stream
until it crosses the Lexington Hoad, at the Bridge at
Hollins’ Mill, where it passes through the hill bv a tun
nel SOM feet in length :
mffii’ng or sro( kholdkks.
’I’lte first annual meeting of the Stockholders in th.e
Lynchburg and Tennessee Hail ll>»ad,commenced its scs.
ston in this place, on Monday last. Our Julie* have
been such as to prevent our attendant*1; we had, however,
the pleasure of listening to the very encouraging and able
report of the President, Gen. Clay, and tin* arc unpany
ing documents. relative to tin* preliminary survey, made
chiefly under tin* direction of Capt. Dmimork. We pm
some these interesting papers will lie laid before the pub
lic at an early Jay. Capt. Dmimock’s report, is elucida
ted by a large map of the survey between this point and
tin* B ig Lick. \\ e learn that a resolution was adopted
hy the meeting, recommending to the Board of Directors,
to twit vindt'r contract at once such p rtion of the work,
as the present means of ilm company will justify—-thus
giving an earnest to all who have a common interest with
ns, of the good faith mid sinceti y of Lynchburg. On
Tuesday, we are inf mned that the former efficient offi
cers ot the company were re-elected —as was also the
old Board of Directors, with the exception of It. G. Mow
riss, Lsq., who had resigned. C. II. Lynch, Emj., was
chosen to fill his place.
Ccr* The Union adroitly copies from every paper.
Whig and Democrat, the names of those who have heeu
mentioned in connexion with a seat in the Cabinet of’
Gen. Taylor, and then chuckles over the imaginary
difficulty, or heart burning, which is to result from the
appointment of this or that person. Some “Taylor man’*
writing to a paper in Connecticut, mentions General
Worth as likely to fill the post of Secretary of War and
this duly chronicled in ilie Union. We mention this as au
instance of the credit to he attached to such cast of narts.
Lhe annunciation must excite a stni'e with those who
know the relations existing between General Taylor and
Worth, or rather the feelings entertained by the lat
ter towards his former commander. It seems the names of •
Iteverdy Johnson and Col, Gadsden, of S. C., have also
been mentioned. These the Union seems to think are
“tho most prominent upon the list” and says ; “If they
are called to the seals, we might, without much pre
sumption, guess the places to which they would be nom
inated.” This astounding sagacity is the more remark
able inasmuch as Mr. Iteverdy Johnson is a distin
guished lawyer and the other is not. 'l'lie Union had
1 better wait patiently for the official announcement. Gen
Taylor, ure are inclined to think, will himself select his
I own Cabinet. We have no doubt it w ill he composed
ofgood \\ higs.though not ofw <rn out party hacks. All
i the great sections of the country wilt have a representa
tion, of course. As there are but six Cabinet offices, a
! great many, who might reasonably aspire t > a seat, must
he disappointed. We do not imagine the disappoint*
I merit of any one. however, will lead to the dismem
| bermentof the Whig party, or produce those direful guij
j sequences which the Union shadows fojrih.
We cannot rec dWet all whose names we have seen
; mentioned as likely to fill a seat in the new cabinet. We
I may give—George Fyans.Dmid Webstar,Abbot Lav*
rence, Win. II. Seward, of N. Y. Truman Smith,Og
I den Hoffman, Andrew Stewart,John Sergeant.J. M Clay
I ton, lieverdy Johnson, \V. C. li ves \V. P. Mangmn,
I.K Holmes. Thus Butler King, John M. Berrien, Win,
H. Hilliard, John Bell. Persifer F. Smith, Hail lie Pey
ton, &,r\, &.c. John C, Crittenden, hy general consent,
«eems to t e assigned to the Sta'e Department. We
dottlrt not, |»e will have it. in his power to occupy that
post, but, should he come into the Cabinet, we are in*
dine to Chink he would, for private reasons, prefer the
Attorney Generalship.
THK I.F.GISLA l'URF..
The Legislature meets mi Monday next. Several del
I egales have already passed through our town. The first
| business will he the election of a Speaker of the House.
| The Democrats having a majority will, of course, elect
; one of their party. It is consolatory to know that among
the members elect are some halt a dozen—if newspaper
j pufTa are to be believed—who, in all the rare qual
: mind, voice, person and manners, demanded by die . ftice,
j are unsurpassed by any of their eotemporaries. We may
* expect, therefore.! i see (lie chair filled by smne one who
Ms to witch the House by the rare dignity and grace of
his manners, the quickness of his perceptions, and the
extent of his familiarity- with parliamentary proceed'
mgs. Among those who have been named for the chair
are Mr. Powell, of Amherst, Mr. Hopkins, of Powha,
tan, and Mr. Stovall, of Halifax. We have not the
east idea who will lie lias choice of the House.
The election of Governor will devolve upon the Legis
lature during ti e present session, (u connexion with
this office,a good many names have Wn luoughl forward
’ —Dr. Urokenhrougli. of Bath, Mr. G. W.fjamuojs, ef
Shenandoah, INS r. Letcher, Gen Bay ley, Col, Baptist,
Col. Floyd and others, have been nominated through the
papers by their respective I'rjen Is. As in tiie caseoftko
i S|>eaker, we are utterly at lauli as to who stands the best
chance.
The 10th iff next month is the day aupiinted for the
election of tb” President of the French Republic. It is
to lie ejffeeled by a direct vote, and universal suffrage,—
A majority of all the ballots given is required. lu £ase
nfno ehnice.tke Assembly is to clmose from the five wbo
liave received the highest vote. The private soldiers of
the army—strange as it sounds to our ears—b»ve ibe
right to vole. It would seem in be scarcely a matter of
; doubt that Louis Napoleon is divined to he the firs: Ptes
ident ot ibe Republic. The fact, iu itself, -pelas vol
umes as to ike utter tinpreparedness of the Freneb peo
ple for self government. Rash, ignorant and smpiJ. k®
has not a single recommendation li>r the p «t—»"r a ,ral*
of character to make him the idol of the pope Fee. He
witt owe bis elevation toihe recollections which cluster
around his name. We may safely say that it the first,
1 so will lie be the last. President. I'he Republic, under
I his guidance, will not survive his term nf office. 1 iie
| lasrac.-junts are u lUvuruble tu the cxisteaee ofurder kt •