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CONGRESS. C ■ c*jhjtir* ice ' f tie FiaWi'i r-: rrm W ‘ n. !V.*ri’: r\ ^N't 1 " 19. M-’.N \TK.t M rtotl., I mm tf:f > .' cl C. n.rnM- e rn ; e i. t.o i'r *•>- r re; : d,l-it ( an ;tr. hr iwi.iC, i! uituesstd expetimeus intvni.tv . v. ’■ v.:ii n far '' o ?p M*r»* m < f < !rr ■ r» 'nrj' Hip i’.'a t * itnte |..r Mram, in she pr i • - • m <f c?.r=.v <•> . a d 3'p • M;r. M -a1 ir.fi deft - nr-.r! ic:» t*, i ; v . • ....fared .he riii.r* pr a*i. n » f .$'20.000. u.d ... wy ti»e invniiiiin. Oumi>d i.» i»e mmud. 1 *r a . : Mr A •r a, iS' r. ~ . r rt I i -M Vd. * ■ in '! r f Mr. A The r ■ s.; : u f 'i. r a: i D • 1 in : c A ■ ;in n Ml v.s a re - e-d. Ti rt ill 1 ""re- Mior'-MnC ar Mtpp of he \Yh t ■ 1 he 55 9P . , |-r..x »• : e t-.r l|:p i.« xt i"j-’.r.'a.*: * ■ f :r “ 1 - 1 r ■ ; , which - - ■ i i ■ . U sad i i. • ' ' Stolid 4.6 if -9. ... . . . ().i iUr ..f Mr. W iff, a < ■ ’’. . , , . , i'll:- r a;.| !i-:. o'or 1"; vr i :l i* .n.i:', &. |>r»viJu-3 i i ron: a en | orary o..v r:.-r.t, j 1 oiibkoi :. '.’.I. : ini . ^1 } . ■ -. .1 — U* wprwss U;.- v.f«s ia '■: ;*■ -i ’ a t . i..o no., irl i t-S -r . ! . t ■-*.r >•' a. t= rr.' . i.i ■ !,•.» ;> lueonly 1 r. " _ ,v - to I ti a • a. * lit a • - t . . ., • • 'l l ■ * ’ > ' i ■ P.2 Ai.. i .i i\ u.-i.n u...’■ r !ip !l r, uni('i: iniriM>rx \ i wr.s. M . - „ . : • i <Mil ■ ■ < . .. « ii-' i;: j i* ’ ■:•>., ».:• at t i . •: a ^ .t ’-fit I a*-* Ira.-:-.;!.;': i •■ft!!.* mails and tM‘ d*'!iv . . t am . . | Uti at iii , A - . r ( ..... t«> "he S ai»* il . n ! j . . . ■ Pi ...... AOV' : \ •, a ! '>;,. - .;a. r ill1 PosfnnaM* r C* -irral Iii** r s n J> r red'ioin^ I a c •«»jmjii>* ti«.a of li ! ers ait il ti . .td ;>.ed. Mi. (. ftl.iawr, the c aariii: eo an p ii • ' ! , * i at i.iio.nj i . >« V. :;11 SluUs, pualic lands f r iiilcM.al . , ioV. ii >. Ail- pil'd. 'I.. I /a* ’ 1 i r. p.;; <1. u i ’ ’..alt amond.ia at. S • ;te ’ ill •'» ii «• ti. • j" r. i« f d>abiiity "ni Ii ui.ij bo incurred I .o'l .i.'.s iuf iiiu.j c .'. i .c:s iii (• :ta.a c...- >, a:it \. passed. Mr. II -tts rrporn 1 a Mil to clas-nfv ihe oa rl.s in t Abu ary . • r in ,.f ft iiic (* vcinsiitand lu uauK.i I :i:tr,.->. i, ^ ■:1 ati' ' ills tu ii ere. s', flip nri#»i?i,*;;l department • Miie ■.vf and previd- tor anaddi ioual nuin t r. 1 t ap tains. 1 * .1t!. A.so, >* u.tfe bill to reorgan.’z * the pay department u! iin'army. I’... i V . S ’ • •'» r ■ r' 1 wit! out rnrndmonf, Se: n*e hi'.! t‘ r rt e r- i I • I • 1 p' soli:., i it e Li.iAde.phiu.— in.i ; . imitiee i f the u h I •. Air. i < ~ . i,, t ' , i t he com mi' tee ni unvs am! m*' i is 1 ug «\p. ctnl report mi tlif tin:If, r* ■•■ lino-ml i tr i:mni’jnns i::. ^ li-atiocs, which was laid on the tab; - : : ■! • o!( r d 'o bo pnnled. Mr. Duncan, of Kentucky, from the select comm * u leu! hern referred tlie message of t Piv.-uimt, justify mg t ;ie c :.u of di.'es ii Mexico, ?i < Amm :ii iit <t i f shop therein, during the war with .B public, pit eeted the report of the majorit y of that vommiili hi i -o n to »lie vo ws f llie President.— l : i o:i the table am! ordered to be priuted. I ' I . . F - : •!. ot'th on .Ament. Laid uii the table and ordered to >» primed. Messrs. \ enable and MeLlernand Ms i presented :i m: nor:ty report, utlLrii g Iro n tlie proceeding, but susiain i : the I'resolcut. ()rd< red to be printed. .'- I ale I iii to carry inn . fl' c! the pn \ :>i..r s <.f th. .Th * * llm tr< aly v\ \ h Mexic , in f, . ce • . - * • ■i-'hnn nt t mdarv hue between the two n ' -.w - tJn u up, ami Mr T iman Smith >• t • • • £ t h f in 'in' corps . t \ : graphical Knoineers. A debate i uMiedon Ibis proposition, in which Messrs. 5 -in [ *•!». S' . .1 n i i S iiith. and others participa ted, and winch had not been lertninated when the hour . ♦»,’ ha.'-past three arrived, and agreeably to a n s m . n To day ; «] -po , ihe Ii . - 'da rect ss Tin'll M. and w ill coni time to do so I r the remainder cf the us siuu. W - m jo i'l.i. March 1. I " 10. H.NATIl. I i i • \ ;1 ■ ■ - nicata-n :••!» iheT.i asury Department, snowing the pay i i • 's i n contracts during li e past year. • X . :. :• tiuj* to tfo-ai jH-iniiiitiit ot Jtiiioe Advocate? tu the A mi v. was pa-sed. M i Bad r ] s of North C»r oirna Legislature—similar to the Virginia rcs-.dulu.ns—in regard m >la*ery. iMr. (ireene of |{ I.. presetted the resolutions f the legislature 4*f that &ta slavery, and also lire r.»> dntions of the same Legislature, in invur i t abolishing ll ggn a in the Navv. Mr. W< preSec.ted the credentials of Ids succt > ■S r. Mr. Morion. i lee ed Lin ed Sines Senator hum Li n m. f«.r six years tV-m the i;h ia.-t. A treat number • f reports were made from Slant i ._ Co omit tecs. • . s of 1 can Archives to the L toriry Institutions of the vcral Joint ii - iutior.s respecting claims and contracts —w. re pi-s-d. Mr. Kask. from the Military Committee. reported a ’ H making an appr pr atom to maim c opeusatious h r st rr t serx »c during ;in* w ,.r w ith M \. ... .Mr. M I-r <u.un; ed he usual j -mt r« s lutinu, sns c-emiif.g tne • ra ; »n «.f the rule < • :.s to aih w the tr. n j is -ion t b. s . l :\\ ten lim t.xo .lusts j u~-Std loc.x. Ad : Mi :' I I tee on Military i.ui c a tax rep rt tr. m that committee i n his bib lor lb ' o.s'ni-t;.. : , t :i .Vr!'.:: J {\ : U , -r • r• :ii M. L. u.s to t !»*- S ni Franciseu, will a uraucu to Ui« 0 ;i. i-bdi red to be \ rinted. A unsu ’ * ssiul ffl rt w: s made, by Mr. Benton, t ia.m up tiie Panama Badr md hill. Oil motion Ot Mr. I d- rxvo.id, ihe bill p: vidirnr f r lug Sen ■ " u .Mr. t .. . i. • veifc to ! > v I.: ^ ! i; J . tot table, but t: e m. ion w as negatived, aws 'J{. uoes • • • Ultf - • B . v. . a vksion. Bit m eioni fMr. Ath ton, the S natf* then pr "t*’ ;t* . • i. s.d<-: a 11- oi i i tic- \ a vI Lens An or* pr:.: i i)ii: w liicli was read the third time ami passed, without i < • if »r amend me t. it.. S**i cite t :r : , at j past thr-o wen* into executiv s - . and : ; 4 • k a recess un i: 6 V. M. \ i ne \ ice Lresidi n* gave notice tba* he sli.-uld to ' or as som t Chair HOUSE OF UEPKKSF.N'TATIVF.S. On in •' m of Mr Vii n* the amend Deni a'*1 tit the civil and diplomatic appropriafi • i bill, wcr* j’ ferred u. tlie <•» mn itiee of wavs and means. Air. Fait:' v obtained leave:., iur«»v!iice a ' ill c-n-ru ■ . P"S *ter G c. [try it Hie Home Department, a 'hoard mi the census m .1 :*ppropria»in*y JKM1HI »«> defiav the expense i fpre pring the n.*ec$.sary forms, is:., which was read tar o 1 lines and pass- i. U I t» provide tor the settlement of the accounts of the 4 iTicers en»p! y»«.l ii 1 'he co’’ •c i n iff duties, !• v;i s. c m f' ■ **• &.<*., in Mexico dm _ • - ' • Tvpt.blic, was taken up; an amendment c iTered hv Mr. V in ton. that i-'hall not be c >. .-run! as sanrtinuing 1 the Pr* si lent „ regard • these ailh v.a- au-pteti, and the bill ws then pa^.J, 11 3 u, t>7. A motion u» proceed with die bu~ ness on the Spe-.L v. a- neg i:d: au tnen. Oi! ifloi.oii ..*1 Air. \ is/.iti. the iF.LiSc sent in;. wh ,.n • he s'nt** of the Union, and pro °‘ ‘ ' !er.«t a i f ii,e nij-tKr u? amendtne .ts Ml A At ' 1 h ’he • nominee ri«e, and rep rted the bill ■» * dinenuc • fr -d i.<. t , the H use, and then the H •«* k rt r^-ce -s r. I fi P. M. - ■ 3gV.■- Ft??— —— ——|■——^ Virginia Legislature, Fi' 1>K OF lil'I.F.C. VI F.S. i iilI)A\ . M .rrt. 2, T549. v NGUO"SFn niu.s i‘A»F.n. A '’<•••■■ ■ i g ex. .-ii r-. vi b,> have qualified w ithout \ ■ .1,, ; f r ho ntfotdsiKro of witnesses i.» t" •• t iui-ai,.tiers >,f A-nessuiesti I't Railroad Com r >■ ■, \ wpprwl ort oc providing lor the erection ot a M ' MW' • • l\ a - M U. . , v - I - - m : I ■ • Cl cf I ree Ccbooks f r K: ’ (• •’ je r unfv. y L . rp, r~ [e jhe I’auiimkey Navigation Compa IV. \ • r • j Ling of oy ~b rs in York, P. tjnoin ami R :■ k ■ v -rs. V <s I s were rend a second time. O .n o’i n Mr. b .v; . uII -p took np 'he bill • f g ' . X • S- — ‘- o :. i ., , -4 v. orec i.curred in. YIIR.IMA \M) i I NN!>>F.E RAILROAD. \\ n . i h ' I!. I,- a*:i :*n. \»-snr ay, it ordered tin nier s. b; Mr. I) man. providing for the con strt..-Mu a II . i f; •in Uncnanan, under the name f .1 ' ii- ft t. Ii .an.ike Railroad Company, to some i - • •- it «d. Sic.; the in- ; • t■ • ■, e rv t • r «*t Mr. Townes,authorizing the |; 1 ■ I; ,”.i * Railroad to construct a branch \ Railroad, Stc.; an r. • i. • i in.* t of Mr. R u - n. i r tin* construction of a |{ i f: ; N folk ciiy, t lit* Virginia and Tennessee R i X.’.: :o ii .1 a;ut-r.diiH‘nt by Mr. Siovali, direot i _r ; »• ?! • r-1 t.f l u.‘i . • Works t » pay a’l subscriptions ii- r .f er i:• n n>eu y law t • } . v.a: works, in cash, in ■ •'a' 'i . :d a t r;her amendment intended l !>• • i. -• i - , i..• . nv Mr. \ >v. providing that !• ! Pi.: u* V* i i ti aae no furdnr ap ;r . • 'I. > u t - . : Turnpike Road, after ■ - - <• > i i , < \ -• ace ft the const ruction cf tii" * Voi Ii.ad. si.u.i ue com] o'teii ami paid—to be pi in** ted.) . * .Mr. '' .1 y 'it r t. v ri ns amendmcntst.* tlie ryder • t* < i ■ in. ii r . ..mi U i knndgc. | Adopted.] amend the rv der, by striking riiug * 8 me {••■i • .. .lanu -• ii v. r.” M . S ■ v ■ is d that 'li' amendment would be re j on !.: - ii world rtquire a revision of the whole ryder, which 1 l been carefully prepared to compromise all dif . .. regard to is gr« »t improvement. .Mr. IIimUimi’s amendment was then rejected. -Mr.'i' wm ss : •n t ed his amendment to tlie ryder, mi w s desirous of urging some reasons why it should adi.j-tf ., u :i«-*n Mr. Massey ruse to say, that the hour f «uie o*. lock had arrived. Mr. 1 -wins liien took li'sseat. Mr. 15 yd ie.d n..r v.re I for tlie resolution, and hoped the gei.t. n an from Puts}Kama, wunld be allowed logo 1 on. Mr. T ’'vims ended the ayes and noes on the adoption of Ids .ini’ nditaeni. . ! st. Mr. I» i i in v. il to lay the order of the day on the f .■ . w ii*: .tiles. I. -1. 1 .i* Speaker : Tin ques.iun is*n >\v on the proposed a meudineut. Mr. Townes withdrew lit- call for tlie ayes and noes. Mr. IVrrinv moved an additi iial amendment to tlie r> er. and enil- 1 ihe ayes and n. es thereupon. Rejected * ayes 17 , noes 104. Mr. Rivi-s moved tlie indefinite postponement of the • bill a-o! ryder. Lost. Mi. Sic-th v called the previous question on the propo >n of the gentleman fr in Pittsylvania ; and .Mr. Per ro\v <•: , (I :: e aye*- and noe* iherenpu..; when the ryder, *: *i• i v the gen’leinau from Augusta, was rejected ay« s *J7: r, *•> > 1. Mr li’-'nin --n ri se to say that he had designed offer teg a \< . r to to ti;e mil, but declined doing so, fearing it might have ihe effect of embarrassing the biil on iis pas^ saoe. Mr. Burwell, by Have of the house, stated that it was well known there had been a rivalry tie tween certain iu tere«ts represented in this house, it was known that the lii. i.t 'In S..i»l t» li. 11 r. I liu.t onrly ilunlarmi that they were willing tu give to the friends of theBucii . anan iim rovenient, ilie same legislation and state patron tog*' w Him t-y a<k«-d tor themselves, Their position had Hern recently requiesred in, and the rvd» r under emsid erat w :• - • ice. 'I he rytier South wes ter Mn - ie Buclurnan interest to the same rcstric ion, t*> which they themselves were subjected, it was s*> muUrsfOf (I because in the confusion, and uncer tainty of discussion,and the necessity for instant decisi n, prin -! !’ s wer* frequently incorporated into the legislation j of the 11 use, inimical to these very interests which their a.-eopt.iiu-e was intended to subserve. Such might be the » m this imm: and tlie ryder when critically scanned, a-. : weighed with practical deliberation, might give more to the ore interest than was intended, or leave it free from s cue restrictions intended to have been imposed upon it. i K I i tlien t- re introduced a precautionary proviso, 'hat the svi-khoHers i t tlie \ irginia and Tennessee* Rail U ad ‘ v. •! f leet within three months to accept or reject ;,m pr \ -*i- ns t this act; and he had thus intended to p'ovi(!< that it the act now parsed should not prove ac to fir whose benefit it was intended, that tb v i: _ i r jeet tlie bill Wiih its rvders and provisos; a «t winch he was inf-tmed by legal gentlemen, was nr >' i«!ed t* r in the t- m s * f the i roviso referred to: /VonVt'd, 1 hat it the said Virginia and Tennessee I! i ad shall not be constructed as far as tlie town ^1 \v yihevd! w ihiti two years next ensuing the passage of this -.ct. that then and in that event, tlie appropriation ■ hire o tlie c-iistruction t f the South wes ern 1 'I -..all be the same s heretofore applied to the . -' .H saH Turnpike. The Legislature lu-reby in t eg ' r<>ire to tlie ci:,z-ns of tlie Southwest an im • • 1 •'!'!: -r by Turnpike or Railroad. Mr Uivf.s wished to know of the gentleman from li ■ i rd. wtit' Jier a portion of the bill could be rejected? -dr 15. would answer ti e gentleman—the “Napoleon” : ‘ o avis aid i:o- s—N )! and then called the previous q • s.ion. O der*d. ( A cV 'S.igo from tlie Sena’e was here delivered by Mr bTK'Ni i i:. s'.:t g 'Im ja—nge • t tlie “Bill lor a new J «i:cu:l Circuit,-*’ with an amendment, which virtually • Ii o.b. and r-nders it one fur changing tlie time I b doi : Court- III v )• Mr V i.iiuv iks.icj' tj t.dlr a'i amendment lo ihe i n Sit. ikf.r dee ded that ilie previous question cut tl i 11 ' f; V i. • '_M‘. * Mr \ eri;v railed the ayes and nues upon the call fur . ms quest ion—w hidi werp. ayes 54; noes 71 — H fused the main qut stiun to be put. Mr \ : on 11] rt-h his amendment,and called the ayes and cues therenputt. -dr (. LAijioaxE asked to be excused from votin'*. Leave granted. -dr \ kr:a"s propositi n was then adopted—aves 71: noes -it). i 1m rydt-r as amended was" then rejected—ayes 0:2 ; -dr O' " rs x called the previous qttestionou the pas sage of the U.l. Mr P iXTOK m wed an adj nirnment. L,-t. 1 - m quest on was then ordered. ' . .'-I t or vailed 'lie ayes ;yid Hues upon the passag*** • f the Li I. 'i he b..! was then passed by the following Vote: tv:-: — Mess's. Hart. Smith. I.avr.eofA, Powell,1 t • . Siieffey. .M’Coe. Ilvrd, I! rweli. Mitchell, I". • er, Hudson. Bvi e of Braxton, Lewis &%ilmer, kt . M : . V\ I Is. Irv.ae olCain. Barbour, Irving i>: 1 g;r. 1 a aims, >e it. Hector,M’Clnng, Howard of, I'i. Stillman. Claiborne. Baily, Cuerraot, Carroll. Price. • Dgrrac Baaseil, Lancaster. Worthington, Laidlv. i. of L..Fergus n, White, Beard, Arnett, Clendenin, J'auz-y, I Id rue of Monroe, Barnett, Perroiv, Robins .n I ■ n p-r. 11 vs,*. Pirs. Panncll, Hiner. fciyme, Townes, t-*r s y.l Ai'klev. I" on tx. (lotf, Strother, Mayo, Cook, P s i, Dorman, Marts, Harper, Aston, Fugate. Pttt ma i. ^:a rt, 1 liomps n ot Smvih. Couway, Ceurgp^ Bcvcrs, tioodson, C dims, H yd—76. Noes— M ossrs 1 L-pkins, F;nnpy, Node, B iscrau, D ;a. I)* (. aajj s, 11 rn^ni d IJ’1%, Mai*iin,ofD,Monctire • t Garonne, I. u v. Cardwell, Jones. C!aike, Hd wards \V Mt-J, C i-<pt n, Muclin of G., IS1 j »r, Stovall, A • n. H. t. B \kin, il<ward of James City. Y’urktk \\ : an.' i'll, Thomson «>t J.. Wallace, Houser .Tim tin,! U Harris:; of IHarris, F I nondson, Newman,! M‘.,m!!.io!,Mity:i,il. ( leman, Whittle, Gi.s’in. Kilby,j 15;. V.: j. lint v- Ik i'urncr, llcrlxr;, Wour.on, kites. Ha iTIson ot Prince \\ ii1iam9 Gnflln. r«', of Jyj, i H-Tjravc, Nicliulson.Bnrdetr. Ma«s- v. il-«rv v —51. .Mr Flu fcirsnN moved to take up thenmended insl from j the Senate providing for a new Judicial Circuit, which I was then [Kissed. On million, the House sdjourn J. \Y e are repnested to state ihat on the fp.~-.ti-m • f the 1 ‘ passage of t.e S a.ill western U_ r • i-1 : . Mr \\ v-• > w 'i'!d have v .ted in the affirmative, had he not tied oft w th Mr V3 'L'i.an. who,tbo* >*.»!-•; _ fi n in 'i1 s‘ 1 w i d have remained in »lie II u—* t » y e against m. ii, but I r the arrangment with Me " at.-m. “SATURDAY. March 3. ! H . a motion was * Fi ; j j.. adoj • the lollowiilg re- 1 ' i . . • • Tit solved, by the General* Is. smbly, Tl t th Govern >r • ftliis » onun nwealth be, and lie i- In hy. auth. riz 1 t > pi n*e at the disposal of the civil autk- -ri’.ies ot \ hundred muskets,and four pieces of calibre, to enable the citizens ot said • - v ir •:-.- til. -• :,illv i '>• -'t r laws of this Common w . I':.i. v» i for ih* , ■< ■ ••n of oysters, and for the general security of citizens . f >aid countv. T!..- r1 ■' -lution was agreed to—ayes SJ, n - 9. *au t i . g t1 S: ’s guarani be .hue s Kiver and Kanawha U- . :.v. t . mahleiht -4ructth»- tide water • ' ' *» taheu . Mr. Mayo, and [ 1 by the • wi g \ ■ : yea- 5s, nays 53 I In- ( 11her of the Day was then called for. hc4*'g the rep- rt • f the S 1 e ■ Committee in reference t-> the d--i< i * ra : y 1-1 usd in this State, on the 2-id Ju . I it j - .r - and re- l it ions reported by the < r.ti-e were agreed tu v. it bout dissent, and will be given hen after. .'Ur Stovall .tiered a resolution, wl li wa- a l v e i, pro \i bn®: that when the (General A'-emMy adp.um on the 1 ’ ii March, they adjourn to meet on the 2‘-th day ot May next. Mr. Martz moved that the vote by win-h the bill ineorpo r.it.ng the Ohio and Covington Kailr<>ud \va« p;i>'?d, be re v'iiii red. 'The motion prevailed by the following vote: Ay * - 52. no* * Ifi. 1 bill was then laid on the table and made tli*» order of th ;.iy t r \V. inesday nexr. J t .-’i ..lowing engrossed bills were read a third time ami passed: It. r; -rating the Winchester and Harper's Ferry Tele gr.ijdi l ‘ mjianv; I.: irj •rating the Philippi and Buckanon Turnpike Cow ; y »yes 11, noes 29. This bill appropriates SiCOiK) fion»* the State: Amcmiingtbe act inoorp irating tl: Monongabela Turn pi.v* I'. inpany—ayes 52, noes 25. '1 be bill anp:< nriates '.D. :. the pait of the State: * i < iin rning tiie Bcrryville and Charleston Turnpike Com pany— ay <■ 44, noes 29 ; \nn n.ling the act incorporating the Kingwood and West j Uni in Turnpike Company ; • Anun ling the act incorporating the Orange and Alexandria R id I lorop my Tin amen eases the State’s subscription to three-fifths insti ad uf two-fifi!,-. Incorporating the Blacksburg Savings Institution in Mont gomery, K\t.-ruling the charter of the Franklin Society and I.ibra rv • Mipanv ot Dexington; Incorporating the Rapid Ann Mining* and Manufacturing company; I i.i orporating the Noitlieast Gold Mining company ; 1 ii -oiporating the Fluvanna <iold M ioing company; I.i -orporating the Spottsylvania < • >U\ Mining c nu nv; | • ha giug the name oi the Striderian Man facturin. }»any; | Incorporating the Pocahontas Savings Bank. The London correspondent of the New Y-uk C-mrier ! thus describes the ceremony uf the opening of Parliament by the Queen in person : On Thursday, tlie l>t uf February, the src-unl s-s-i ui i uf ibe present Parliament < t' England was opt ned l y the I Queen in person. 1 had the good futune to lie present f during the august ceremony, and to wi'nuss the whole pmee-dings. The spectacle was, if pos.-ible, irore bril liant and more dignified this, time than the last. The i spacious area of the magnificent hall was crowded from end to end, with an array of beauty, rank and spendor certainly not nmc to be equalled in -mv other country of the world. The feminine portion of the n-senihlr pre dominated greatly in the general emip d'ail uve* the I other sex. The Peeresses, and sui t-thex ladies as were fortunate enough to obtain Peeresses’ tickets, occu pied the main body of the hall, \vi;h the except i uuftlie : front seats, (on which sat the Peer-- in th ir r bes,‘) the i space allotted to the diplomatic c.ups, and the ait-a a-1 ! round the throne, which was held by the great officers I of state. The galleries were in like manner li i led with i elegantly dressed visitors, mostly ladies, an.I by Ibrfign I ers of distinction.—The Bishops and the Judges sat re spectively on their proper benches in the Indy of the House. At a quarter before two o’clock, the approach of the Duke of Cambridge was announced by a flourish 1 of trumpets, and that illustrious personage, with his usual oaiwL^unci.in, Koctnwpil cordial gre^tinu-s upon all his' neq aintance. At a quarter past two, a discharge of »rd nance announced the Queen had arrived at the nyal en’rr.uee, and in a few minutes afterward the royal pro cession entered the Hou-e, preceded as usual by the ! King-at-Arins. the Heralds and Pursuivants, and attend ed by the Marquis of Winchester, bearing theca) of maintenance,—the Marquis of Landsowne, hearing the crown on a cushion,— ami the Duke of Wellington, vho carried the sword of state. Prince Alb it, in the full dress of a Field Marshal, handed the Queen to the throne, and then took his seat at Her Majesty’s left hind. At the entrance ot her Majesty the whole gorgeous as- 1 semhly rose simultaneously, and remained siat.dii g, un til the Peers were motioned by’ her lobe seated. The House of Commons being summon-d to the .liar, ami | the Lord Chancellor having funded the Qieen a copy of the royal speech. Her Maj.-sly read the same, I i amid the most profound silence, in a char, sweet, and : sonorous voice, which was distinctly audible at t,.e fur ! thest end of the spacious chamber. ROMANTIC GENEROS1I \Some twentv-five or thirty years ago. there resided in London an eld ser geant ol artillery. This person, in the courseof hid duties, by some means or oilier, had been brought into ’f e-,;ient. j contact with Sir Francis Burdett, who had conceived a I high opinion of the sergeant. One morning Sir Francis ' j chanced to meet his humble friend in th-* street, am ob i serving him to be looking more anxi -us than usual, kindly said i«» him, \\ ell, IN-,\vliat are jmi about; You1 are looking duller than usual; lias any thing happened?” “Nothing, very particular, your honor,” was the reply* j “only tny wife has got a son this morning, and—and — Sir Francis, now tint I think of it, and if you hare no j ohjpclioos.I should like to name him after you” “Sire i Iv, surely’,’ said the amiable ‘old gentleman; “anil re member, N—, when he grows rp, to bring me in mind I of th is—perhaps I maybe able to do something for t be buy.” Tiieceremony of baptism over, at which Sir 1- rancis appeared as godfather,nothing more is said to have passed at the time. The lion, baronet, in the cutiise of years, was gathered to his fathers, as was also the old sergeant. The boy, meanwhile, was sent to sea, and by application and good conduct, had been piuinuled to the situation of mate in a merchant vessel. A few weeks ago, while in Liverp >ol. the young man saw what lie tin ught a good opportunity of purchasing halt’ a vessel on his own account; hut not being possessed > of sufficient means.be wrote to ltis friends in Eding biirgh, to inquire if they could assist in the purchase, j The idea now occurred to one of the young man’s broth ers, that he might take it upon him to make Sir Francis’s j heiress aware oi the former promise of lirr father, and a letter was accordingly sent to Burdett Coutls, detailing the circumstances, and enclosing the young man’s certili cates of character.—The reply to this note was received ia town last week, and was couched in that magnificent style for which the lady lias become celebrated. Itcun j tained no vain words, hut a hank check' for no less a sum than £\,000. However extraordinary this story I may appear, we have good authority fur stating it as a literal fact.—Edinburgh JVeirt. The successful enterprize oflhruwtnga bridge over th Niagara liver, below the Falla, has suggested several . others of like character, in the West. According to the Lincinuaii Gazette— I. is proposed to bridge the Ohio river between Cincin- j naii and Covington,on the Eentu ky side. .Mr.Chvri.es Ei.lett, Jr., the distinguished Engineer, has written a let'er, declaring its practicability, and the lower House ' of the Ohio Legislature lias parsed a bill i mtorporating a Company to build the bridge. Mr. Elielsjysin his letter, that it is entirely practicable to sjian the whole breadth of the river with a single arch, which will not impair the navigation in the least, at a cost of $300,000. The gigantic arch is to be 120 feet above the cpntre of the river, at low water— the towers for the suspension of the wire cables 230 feel high—twenty cables, f mr inches in diameter, capable d? sustaining a weight of 7,000 tons. ; The bridge at Wheeling is to be ninety two feet above ' i w water mark—the bridge contemplated across tile Mississippi at Saint Louis is to have an elevation of 45 j feet above the highest freshets—but this bridge is pne I used at 120 feet above low water mark, or fifty feet a liave the great flood ot 1S32. f 5* It is =aid tha' our Minister at England, Mr. Ban croft, an a recent visit to Paris, succeeded in npootialing a : postal 'Italy with tlie French Government. 1 THE LYNCHBURG VIRGINIAN. BLACKFORD, TOV> \ LEY A DILLARD PRO PRIETO US. LVUCHBUlie, MARCH s. 1119. V1RGIMA AND TENNESSEE RAIL ROAD. THE BILL PASSED. We have the hi«_»h i^raiificiti*-n ot'j'.n ir ;. g that the Bill Era !Mate subscrip i»*:i 1f three-iV* sot :.u- c!i|>ii.tl >:ock of he \ irginia and 'Ftiiiie-i e Bad It •:>J C pa ay—in the precise shape in whictiit was at tiist r« j c <\i — l,As^EI) the II nise of Delcgat >f on Fiid *v last, hv t];<• very decisive vote of <6 to 54. \\ e need no' snv ihut intelligence lias been hailed with j y ai.d enthusiasm by »ur citizens, ns we *,iOW 11 "ill be thmughoul ti:e whole n nth west,and ns it ought to be in every pait of the Did 14 minion. It is n -t a local wmk which lias thus b en patronized by the Legislature. It is po st emphatic d’y i Slate—nny a grand Nnimal—i»npr.*vement, which will soon bind not only the extremes of he State t *geth-I in bands of iron, but open a way to the Atlantic lbr the teeming riches of the Mississippi valley. We tie d n however, re-produce for the hundredth lime ourc tivic tions of the importance, in every point of view, of litis grand work. We have never intentionally exaggerated tlie advantages which it he'd nut m Virginia—and \ve '•almly ref< r tu the future for a realization of all the gl > riuus tesulis we have predicted. I.ast week, we verily belli ve, will cor.s'itttle 311 era in \ irginia. Never did 'lie Legislat- r- p iss two in-uc important internal improvement lulls, than the or,,-und, r consideration,and that fur extending tin !. uisa Kail-mad i*i*o the valley. We ri-joic that Virginia is to under- i tak», as a Si:tte work, the tunnel. f the Blue Bulge.— Frivtte enterprize would, <1 ,ub;!ess,in the course , f years have 1 ,neit—but precious time would have been lost and perhaps the seas ai gone "by when it might do the great ainorrt of good. As irvestmeuts these works will be profitable—but who shall estimate their political elf c » The legislation of last week lias done more to bind the East and the West together, than all the most eloquent appeals which could be made in fifty years to State piide and the love of the Old Dominion, one and indivisible. We rejoice then with our whole heart that the Legis lature has at length cone np to its duty. We look with an eye of faith and hope upon the fu'ure destiny of on: town and State. We see bright visions of osperily in stole for both; but we must arrest, it may , the ex u I tat ion of mi r citizens, by reminding them, that all is e,,t yet done—that the way is merely .q> r.ed — that the priz is lull set before them—and that it depends now up-n themselves, exclusively, whether the o|„ri ,us antieipa tions, so long indulged, arc to be teal zed. New obliga tions are devolved upon them—new calls made upon their liberality, energy and enterprise. Let them re gard all they have yet done as nothing, and gird them selves up In fresh and greater exertions than any yet pip forth. Let those who have already subscribed double their subscription. Let tlmse who have, heretofore, held back, now show their convictions of the importance c f the work, by liberal subscriptions. It this be not done, the enterprize will fail, and onr town become an object of derision throughout the Commonwealth. We have no fears, however, that Lynchb rg will not rise 1 oflierdutv.. But whatever is i cumbent upon us to do, let us do it at once and in the inn-! < fii i»*ut manner. We have received the following letter from a friend in Richmond—1o whose intelligent advocacy, on every oc casion, our enterprize is much indebted. It was not in tended for the press,but we see no impropriety in making it public : Richmond. March 2d, f810. %My Dear S r—Virgi tin has awakened from her al most fatal lethargy. She lias .-hakon oil* li.-r slutnhers and comes forth with a spirit of stern determination to re gai*> her firmer commanding p si’i n amongst her sister States, and site icill do it. All hail then Virginia! for not only is she now a three fifths stock-holder in ahe gr at Smith-western Improvement—by a vole of 70 to51-there by securing the realizition of those long cherished hopes entw ined round that interesting portion of the State; hut she has agreed to extend the 1. misa Rail road, and break through the mountains upon her own account—thus to reach the valley of the Ohio and make its riches subser vient to her commercial prosperity. No more then will this good old Commonwealth he re proached for her laggardness—no more w ill her sons leave tier soil for life’s contorts elsewhere—no more will her sister States seek to drain from her bosom treasures with which to enrich themselves—no more will her voice in the councils of the naiion become less and less—hut on ward and onward will now heher march. Her sons will cling to h°r domain, as ihe»y ever have to her name and to her intellectual gr. at ness, with love and with con fidence; and her elements of physical strength will all combine in one harmonious w hole and thus make her sub stantially-—what she ever has been in spirit—second to no other member of this Union. So n. my dear Sir, will the Cotton of the Southwest, and the products of the Ohio,pass through your town on their way to market,and in return will go hack merchandize ofevery description— and tins is as inevitable as that trade will take the shortest ami cheapest route between points of production and con sumption, and this again will beget a direct trade be tween all parts of the world and Virginia sea-ports—and then, truly, may we talk about Stale independence with out meeting the sneers of our Northern friends. Nor, will you hear any more those fearful notes i>(“State di visionfor the mountains w ill be hut a common place of meeting for Eastern Virginians and Western Virginians! to look down upon their respective valleys and rejoice in mutual greetings ot happiness and prosperity. Again then I >ay all hail Virginia ! I need not go into the cli tails upon these important acts of the Legislature, for the papers will bring them all to you. I may say that all those representing the interests embraced in the various issues made, from time to time, upon the floor ol I lie House, pro and con, have done their duty ably and faithfully, and, while those immediately concerned in the passage of these hills have been untiling in their exertions to ('fleet the ends in view, these end's never e mid have been carried hut ior the gallant, and,in some instances,self sacrificing concessions made by those representing ami-internal Improvement constituencies. To those gentlemen much is due—much is due,for they have been willing to regstd the well-being of the entire State, and to go home to their people,and to justify their course of conduct nr give way to others less liberal in their views. If I name Joseph Segar. E-ip, from Elizabeth City, as one eminently serviceable in all that concerns these works ot improvements, I am sure no one upon the floor of the House will rebuke me. The Senate has vet to act, bill that body will not do otherwise than meet the hopes of the people. You have now to push onward your private subscrip tion (two-fifth') and all is safe. Very truly yours. C. I). THE CAD1NKT. The National Intelligencer, of Saturday, gives as (In most current report the following Dramatis persona’,with . nut vouching for its accuracy, except in regard to Mr ! lay ion : For Secretary of State, For Secretary of the Treasury, For Secretary of War, For Secretary of the Navy, For Postmaster Genera), F»r Attorney Genera), John M. Clayton. Win. Meredith. G. W. Crawford. Ahbott Lawrence. 1 homas EL wit g. Wm. I>. Preston. “ I'lipse gentlemen (says that paperJare,we repeat,de signated, by public rumor as being those who are tu rim. stitute the Cabinet at the opening uf the Adminis'ration of President Taylor Though, as rumor has, during the last few days, announced several different names f reach of these offices except the first,'l.e cast , f them may yet possibly be in s me respects different from the latest re- 1 [Hirts of it as above.’’ This was written before the passage of the bill, erec ting the Home Department, aid tb.is adding another • f Iteer t > the Cabinet. The latest rumor in regard to the subjct is that Mr. Lawrence lias dtdined she opp.int ment ’endere i to him—that j\*r. Preston is to taue the Navy Dparttnen:—that Rev rdy Johnson,. f Maryland, is appointed A tui ey General—and that John Davis, of M.i>s .e..i:sei:s. has been invited t.» preside* over the new D par m* i *• • r »! -m AWe incline to believe tliut such will b- the cast of j>-rts. It will he admitted, we tiink, that the new Cabinet is \\ leg i ih UgU to salisfv in, v man—mid further, that i‘ • • * a gr a; ilea! of lahat, p hucal experience aim high character. GKN. MliKI.DS. r • f the cm e i •«'« i Gen. Shields, the psa-sent, and Mr. Rreese. the jute. S at r fr -:n I lin U caloulated to arrest the at tend »n ot the pu’ lie and to nv.ke an impre<-i »n rot verv I v • e to the character of the former. The truth is, that be timer:.! is somewhat «.f a humbug. Air. Polk made him. what nature never intended him t > he, a Gen eral— par y ause he was an Irishman, and partly cause iiis appointment vacat' d a valuable office at Wash ington, with wlii It to reward a par izun. He did not display . during hi» very bri-f military service, any pe culiar <; vilification for the calling. At (Yrr-i G >r ;o. he received a dreadful wound, which he was fortunate « ;u»ug!i—contrary t» all expectation—to survive. As to tli o\:--lit and nature of this wound, and the degree of his sufferings,he has enlightened the public io ah ng let- ! ter,writ e,a in very had taste,which took the rounds of the pap rs and excited the laughter of his comrade-*. N t C".itc.it with this, in canvassing tlie State of Illinois for his present <111 e, lie never fade 1, in Ids addresses, to di late upon his wound, and make jt the almost < xelusive tu-is of his claims to support. We verdy believe that lie made mure capital out of tint grape shot through his i ona-t, than was made of all the w<mmls, received by all the officers ot the army,(Gen. Pillow excoptrd,} during the war. We doubt not Gen. Siu-his i- brave—the iani ot hisbirtli and tin* land of li s adoption give him a thumb* claim to be so cmisi lert d— but hi- hraverv is not accompanied widi that modesty which forms, a conspicu ous and d. lightful trait in tic* character of nine tenths of the officers of uur army, lie is vain, boastful and ego tistie. We have nothing to do vvi'h, ind care n -thing about, Mr. Freese's treatment of G»n. Shields. The doctrine, ho-.vfv- r. wliii h the gall tut (U*n«ral lays d »\vn, in his card t i the National Intelligence!, is utterly iudef- ..-ib!e. He alleges that Mr. Frees* circlatel slanders against him, and that, failing in his e!*vti.»n, ho would have re gnrdec! the ■ nceo-s of iiis (miim uil'ir :.s an ‘‘endorsement- ’ < f these si:;riders.requiring at I.is hands sign’ll vengeance. Such a d- eirine would bring, in nine r ises out of t<n, ever}* j d tlo t 1 canvass to thisultimate arbitrament of ihe sword r j»t - * • 1. Mr. Folk m Jit,arc rding lottos-* new noli ns (-1 .. u r,in-!«-»l ot it viia’ov giving him a mag nificent dinner, to call om Gsm. Taylor, or4 at least; to put him in a ‘'n*»r.<l pitlorv.” It the rough maimer in which Western canvassing iscarri d on,*we dare say the j candidate said hard things of >ach other. If Cien. Shields was badly treated and knew aught affecting the honor nr integrity of Mr. ISieesn, vhydid he not divulge it during jhe canvass, lie owed tf- revelation as a duty to the people. Failing to make it hen, the most ohviuus dictate of honor, it seems to us, would have sealed his bps in tin* event of Ins com pet i lur’d success* General Shield-’ notions were directly tie* reverse. \\ o gladly acce;*’ Cien. Shh Ids* disc! aimer of a threat of assassination. Bui tin Hanging-* is certainly such as to w;nraul tli - idea of personal violence, ot some kind, be iug in con emplat ion of the writer, when lie swore in heart, that tlie triumph of his rival should not ^va’il him. The solemnity of the conclusion of his letter, if referring merely to an intention to ex pas© some disreputable cm duct ' ii the part of Mr. Freese, is exquisitely ludicrous. One word more and we have done. Gen. v IJs tells Mr, Freese, o:i published an article in the St. J.ouis Republican charging toe with ineligihility--doing * that which I thought no inai> in these United States would have been m«-an enough to do in my case,even if it bad been true.” Ii is evident, then,that Gen. Shields seriously believes that a provision of the Constitution should be set aside in favor of bis wound—and that, t!n>u_»li not naturalized, and therefore disqualified from holding a seat in the Sen ate, it would be a degree of meanness, which he cannot imagine, tor any person to allege this disqualification against one who had poured out his blood like waVr on the battle fields of his country. Was this intended as an intimidation l> the Senate, or as a fair notice that the (’on<titutional disqualification un ier which he labors,as a foreigner, shall not prevent him from being a candidate for the Presidency, to which lie doubtlessaspires. On the whole, the affair is not calculated to prepossess the public mind in favor of the new Senator. His letter displays bad taste, bad temper, bad rn >ral sense and bad judgment. A DIFFERENCE. The Union was a little beside itself upon the election of Ex-Governor Sewuid to the Senate. One would have thought that never was so great an outrage perpetrated. Mr. Seward was held up as an abolitionist, a free soiler, and c**ery thing that was bad, and the South was plainly told there was nothing worse to Dedreaded than the elec tion of such man to the Senate, by the great State of New York. Mr. Chase has just been -elected by the Democrats and free sailers of Ohio. He is an abolition ist, was run as such, and elected as such—the Demo cratic party aiding and abetting. This event is thus quietly, and, in a matter of couise style, announced in the Union : “The free-snil press.of New York is wild with j v at the election of Mr. S. P. Chase, as Senator of the United States from Ohio. He is a free soil -democrat, and af ter the first ballot most of the democrats apjv aj to have voted for him. The whig*, in caucus, wished to run Judge McLnne, but he declined the honor. Tie re was some talk of running Mr. G hidings : but, finally, they ran Mr. Ewing. The fourth ballot stood thus: Chase 55, Ewing 39, Giddings 11, Vaughan I. Whatever be the sentiments of Mr. Seward upon the question of slavery—and tiie Courier and Enquirer, the fast friend of the South, says it is willing to endorse them—he was elected by a Whig Legislature, because lie wasa Whig. Mr. Chase, whatever may have been his former party connections, (and accounts differ as to them.) was elected by a House equally divided, not be cause be was a Democrat—not because be was a \\ big,— but because he was an Abolitionist. Supposing these gentlemen 1.1 be exactly of the same way of thinking as to slavery, in its moral ami political aspects, we sub ,mit whether, under tlfe circumstances, the election of Mr. Chase is not more to be deprecated than that of Mr. Seward. CO* Mr. Chase, the newly elected Senator from Ohio, is of variegated politics. He was a w arm supporter of Gen. Harrison in 1840, and of Bnney in 1844. Hu was professedly willing to support the nomination of Clay or McLean in 1848, and afterwards went to the Buffalo Convention and took an active paft in its proceedings.— lie is for Free 'Trade and Free Soil—in both senses, be ing in favor of Land Rcfirm and a member of the vote yourself a farm party. He is ai, advocate, moreover, of thorough retrenchment and the reduction especially' of the military and naval establishments. He is,n a word, a thorough radical and will tic the Horace Greely of the Senate, unless the late of Horace should serve as a bea con, < M\(.|{l'»|O.S \|. |s ^ . Tlw ihffaei.rp nf the new,paper 1 "m Over, the vicnr in l!ie l ife pr *. fi„, , -l'B" »•. led the two H .uses c!' Congress. I.,,. ' .'"I* •’""Wrj. » e find members winding up the W9 morning, by n set t.. li is be morel, j '' S ' »T net bent givi II adva f thes fi„|lla • ' • '> ,I,B flasl' Pi" wof .New Yeik and I'i. . ,h*» lime ha 1 rep triers on the spot. As it j. I '"’o"t ,Bnl ■ with tl mi agre skeit , . " ■■ rr span lent of the II m.re American *i J 'l“ "o. of,he “Fancy” a,.d «.,* ^^ ’ lm hinslxd f.r the cliarne'cr of the American ‘ ,'V' ,nof«d .:i the conduct of tin ir repres»nt*ic, ” ’ " •’ -!r" Pfft * >1 nee 11 the St nate : Mi. Iterrien ..a .in addr. ., ,| t!... s, rate , 1'o.mlerl.j Mr. Cameron, ■ ken m.»n* tli.ni tu OIl tp,, , , J':nS'pj Mr. C . lt.id l.f.-n rxj.'ai iin<r t he i> int .if. r.l.r ^ • --at, vi h. n In- was aj . hi.1 l>\ M> £n J****** ’•’■■■■’ .w !' "<•' * U'nllin. bill which Mr. fame run, ,.f IL'' r' ■ 1 l!' 1 - ■" ■! ie turned it with .. blow i„ .1 ‘ "'"I. Air K ore a.tempt,,! . " '>-l’Ut Senators m the V icily nterh-r I m, ' ' nil.. Ii.nl rtsen. resumed hi, mat, and Mr. K,„lt ul„^ Mr. Cameron thus gives eclat to the last hour «f h , Jvnah rial career. In ill** ifiiUSC, t!10 firlif u-K i l, , ’ . -ni"n>*aN becomes tliat bu,!v more at a It >w. We read : M Inle Hu fink in- i., the act ol calling th« r. II ,, vvascnnsidcrabl, excitement in tl„ ana, a Hitl, “ 11 «• "! 1 “vT1, A.<t 1 ' c,‘;l 11 • s‘ itw iiilu rw a| |., lf( j , , 1 11 *\"’f Wr- *'*'»«• "».« tr 1 cully agital.Jl! -| |v, * " >' at-Arms appear, 1 t 1 he endeavi ring to pacify him * A] "V" dings w... standing martin sp,.|, e.n the . -iu- en',. ' ^1*™:,"’“^ USUU,i-V "i'"> .. Hm Jh I heS,.fak,T <*a 1!| ,n mrmhfrs to lake their «ea1« \T 1,1 rcUrt'1,,° *“>o\yn side ot the house, ai.d Mi \! ‘ [ to las st at, 11 ••'aatle *’ r ■ tin tiual adj.mrntmuit and while a „„ Ml »• M krk.« * red an atm ... .. one olthedo„r.k.-p,r.. lor I n . x, , , o . in Irk " body o. II. n. da-. \m l;l.lt |; Itw'a, el,i,"I, d,n^r'V ! ' ' •'1:rM >1 H'di I,', ami. a- | tmderstaiiii Mli, '‘A1';,1'",1'1.mg I,. ... .n... 1., it,.. .tr..l..n LM.u,,., pt r-i.'ied, and rail, II, "" -,1 l'"i’l ■ . A . ffl, .I. ai d Mr. In.,. ,i "'"* -I" ft. Ml. 1 will. In. cane ov. r the fomi,, a,l’ fti,'"'"’ .1 *o flow, When hrst noticed from my dc*k Air i'i'" ytiiM.t, violently pushing Mr. Kicklii. oier the "a both wei strikingaiid struggling They were *7* surrounded and sepabated, Mr. Fkklin’s face bleetW«J lv, and lie was led out into the Neigeant-al-armA I,w" It i.h-ei"\a d that the repurler dues nut say „la lliere had been a rencontre between Messrs. Meade iwd ('Ridings hut the magnetic c.rrespundence of the Ril lilt ml papers says that they a fi.,|lt , ' " «race‘u* the American eh ac" r ' ,s tl,ere 1,0 Pnnisl,m'« i" store for such offend ' il" 1 rd< r and < ignity , f the Legi in:, ure? . there nn pnssit,;;, y If preventing the recurrence graceful res .rfs to hrntc force the 11 ,„r„f the I|„Bse ? I lie punishment and the remedy are in the hands uf the pi "; .', and with them ii exclusively iests teapply both It is some salisfac tin,, tu r, fleet that no one eiipn., ,| j,’ these ■disgraceful seem-., is a Whig. MB. MlEAlOi ,\.M) Am poi.K. 1 1 ?1” aki"2 rt -',r- "‘hunt’s Statement of the eonver sa!1 "ilh Mr- P»'k, touching the Wilinot i’i„. mad.,n" fl 1 r “f the House, we expressed a belief in it* truth. 1 he Enquirer says: “Tl'e Virgiuhm may pin its faith upon the twn yi n's rrc'iileetinn ot \\ ilmot, the incendiary ; the S>ulli will agui.s; such evid.. rely upon the w *rd and the honor "'a, Northern man. win, fills the high office of President of the United Slates.” 11 Now, we disapprove, as much as the Enquirer, of the proviso—hut we question whether the South, merely be cause Mr. Wilm.it was its mover,«UI regard him as nn uoithy nl holu t. But has the President denied thelrmh 'of the statement of Mr. Wilinot? 'J’here was a minor given i , the Enquirer that Gen. Bayly was authorised to say that it was not true. Yet, Gen. Bayly himself has not s-iid a word on the subject, on the ll mr of ihe House, nr in the papers. The Union, moreover, bis never, that we have seen, ventured denial or explanation in liehalt ol Air. Poll;. Air. Wilin.u’sstatement s’auds •tnimpeached and uncontradicted to this day. l’iie Union announces the arrival of (Jen. Cass with a flourish ol trumpets, hut we submit whether, tumuli lie bn a defeated candidate, it is justified in hold- ' mg him up to ridi mlc. ‘‘Praise ill deserved” has al. ways been held ‘‘satire in disguise.” It may lie said tint theedror is serious, and really means what he says, hut this cannot readily lie credited. \\ e are aivare that ‘ indulgence in a courtier like style,for four years past, has mad. fulsome adulation habitual with the late official or gin of Democracy, and that it would be difficult for him to all in. c to any ef the leaders of his paiiy nrinuta, puff. Me are aware, also, that he lias exhausted the vocabulary nt flattery,So tar as the late President is con cerned, and that, of n cessity, h ■ must pick up a new subject; still, we contend, it is unkind and ungenerous to in- .1 (urn. (_ a-s by such paragraphs as ihese: ‘■The General is in fine health, and in that full fluv ..I spiiits characteristic of his truly great and philosophic mind. ” N'mv, seriously, is it not insulting tn the readers of the j Union, if not to the great defeated, to allege that the mind ot Gen. Cass is “great and philosophical” In what situation at what period of his life—-lias he manifested a single quality, ut ered a single sentiment, or p-rfurtn | ed a single act, which would make the application of ! epithets like these any thing hut hitter sarcasm ? With a mind not above mediocrity, he has been all his adult ! Ills in-public employments, and we know of no oilier evi dence cf his greatness, than his ingeniously trumping up extra charges and |iertinaciously preferring them until he wearied Auditors and Secretaries into allowing the hems; J nor ot his philosophy, than a bink writ en, to praise and t magnify Louis Philippe and his policy, and to manifest, in every passage, the childish delight lie felt at being the pet of royalty, whose favors lie sought to repay by hold ing up to reprobation every movement in France, which haj for its object the enlargement of the liberties of lire people. And then again, to be told that “lie is a man to whose tame the Presidency could add nothing. Ofiiim it can lie truly said, that he would honor the office more than the office would honor him.” This is ready too had! I “A little civet, good apothecarv.” MIL WALKER, OF WISCONSIN. We mentioned, in our last, that the Senator from Wis consin, Mr. Walker, w.io offered the amendment, adopt, ed by the Seoate, tu the Civil and Diplomatic A p pro [Ill ation hill, by which the Territorial question might bs adjusted, was a Virginian. We have now the gratifica tion to state that he is a native of Ljnebburg," being the son of the late George R. Walker, who once resided here, and w ho is freshly remembered by many of our cit izens. We have read the report of the speeches delivered by .Mr. Walker, during the debate, and think they display talents ot no ordinary character. With truly enlighleii ed and patriotic views, and powers of mind such as he has exhibited, it is evident that he is destined to become a conspicuous member of the Senate. JOSEPH SF-GArT” We copy an article from the Richmond Republican, prefatory to an exttact of one of hn late speeches on In* ternal Improvement. We cord tally subscribe to all that is said in praise of .Mr. Sugar’s noble . (Torts in the H"«>e of Delegates. He has displayed talents of a high order and a pattiotism which is not hounded by narrow section al limits, hut which takes in the whole of the State.— 1 lie friends of our great work are under special obliga tions tu him tor the uniform and zealous support i: has jCcctvcd at liis hands.