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for prkswejyt of the ujtited states,
LEWIS CASS,
OF MICHIGAN.
FOR vice president,
WILLIAM O. BUTLER,
OF KENTUCKY.
"Ir W? ARK NOT NT HULK WITH JUDICIAL BLINDNESS,
W1 SHALL CLING TO THIS CONSTITUTION ih THE MARI
NES CLINOS TO THE LAST PLANK, WHIN NIOHT AND THE
Tinmr close around him."?[Lewis Coat.
RICHMOND, VA.
Tuesday Morning, September 5,1648.
DEMOCRATIC STATE conventions.
Ala meeting of the Democratic Stale Central Com
mittee, held on Monday evening, July 17th, it was
Resolved, That, in pursuance of a well established
usage, we recommend to the Uemncratic party oI Vir
ginia to hold a State Convention at Lynchburg on the
SOih day of September next, and we call upon the I)e
mocratsin each county, city and town to hold meetings j
on their neit Court-days, to send delegates to said j
Convention.
JOHN RUTHERFOORD, Chairman.
Wm. F. Ritchie, Secretary.
DEMOCRATIC ELECTORS.
Ut District?JOHN S. Ml LI.SON of Norfolk.
2d District?FRANCIS E RIVES of Peiersburg.
3d HENRY L. HOPKINS of Powhatan.
?ua iA.tr.ct?WILLIE p BiicorK of Buckingham.
MA Dutriet- WILLI AM M. TREADWAY of Pittsyl
vania.
6tA District?Sll ELTON F. LE AKE of Albemarle.
7(A Dutriet?JOHN S BARBOUR, Sr., of Culpeper.
(JtA District?HENRY A. WASHINGTON of West
moreland.
1*A DUtrict?ROBERT G. SCOTT of Richmond City.
llitA District?hENRY A. WISE of Accomac.
lltA District?THOMAS SLOAN of Hampshire.
12tA District?GREEN B. SAMUELS of Shenandoah.
I3tA Dutriet?JOHN LETCHER of Rockbridge.
14IA District -JOHN U. FLOYD of Washington.
15tA District?ALBERT G. PENDLETON' of Gilei.
16iA District?sam(!EL L. HAYS of Lewis
JTU District? OBADIAH VV. LANGFITT of Brooke.
pantomime and farce.
There were a few incidents of the Saturday
night's discussion ihat ought not to be lost. They
were the by-plays that were going on while the |
main play was enacting. We propose to chroni-1
cle a lew scenes for the amusement ot those who
bad no opportunity of witnessing their richness, j
For our part, when the crowd is dense and the i
heat stifling, and our olfactories are assailed with |
an atmosphere which Is impregnated with at leas' |
sixty-odd distinct odors, as is said to be the case
in some ot the cities we have read of, these pan
tomimes and farces keep us cool, and are non
conductors of noxious vapors. We look out for
them and store them up in our memories, and the
only objection we have to them is, that when we
place our heads upon our pillows, they flu before
our imagination and prevent our uniting with
Sancbo in blessing the man who first invented
sleep.
We entered the crowded house just as Mr. Ly.
ons walked up the western aisle. Under his arm
?were a formidable array of documents, scrap
book, papers. &c. As his fine form and manly
bearing advanced, down went the Whig sticks
with a thundering applause, and the Callithum
pians rattled finely till he stood upon the eleva
ted stand; we will not call it platform, out of re
spect to our Whig friends. There was a slight
recognition of the intended favor, such as we
have seen Booth or Vandenhoff give when ac
knowledging a cordial welcome in their assumed
characters. Mr. Lyons took his position on the
right of the Whig President. Mr. Caskie then
came upon the platiorm, from a seat near by, and
the Democrats, determined not to be outdone,
gave him a cheer, that made him feel they had
confidence in his inettle. Here the two combatants j
advanced, and cordially shook each other by the
hand; and then Caskie, posting himself on the
left of the Democratic President, opened the ball.
He first threw out his skiimishers, to feel his ad
versary's position, and when his light inlantry
began to play, we found out that the Spai'an
Band were in that hall in their full strength. At
every crack of the rifle they let him Know his
backers were there, and as he led on to the charge,
shout after shout told their hearts were in the
cause. We saw ihe tactician display column
alter column, and we saw the enemy's exposed
entrenchments, and when the artillery opened, we
knew the day was ours.
We were -eated in the midst of Whigs?they
were fidgettv. When we cracked our heels to
gether, our left-hand neighbor said, "Wait till
Lyons opens." When we looked down to see if
we had broken a hole in the floor with our
cane, our right-hand neighbor said, "PsheawI '
??I'll be ," said the man before us, "if five
Democrats can't make more noise than one thou
sand Whigs." A good soul near us said, "We'll
make you laugh tother side ol your jaw when our
lime comes." We saw an old Democrat with
his teeth clenchcd, and heard him in a
whisper, as he drew in his breath, say, "Hit
him again, little on?"?"Dig him"?"Let
him have it"?and he doubled his fists, and
braced his nerve?, and threw dewn his arms, with
the force of a giant. There was a little Whig
man in the pu!p<t, tight over the'speakers' stand,
wiiha bald head, who became so uneasy that he
couldn't sit still. He wriggled when he stood, and
he twisted when he sat, and he paced to and fro,
and the dew stood upon his brow. Oh how he
wanted to speak! He tried to put Mr. S:anard
right the preceding evening, but he wouldn't be
put right, and now?but Fate had decreed that he
could not stand in Lyons' shoes. The play we
shall give to morrow?this is the pantomime and
the farce. The watch was held up, the sands
had run out, and Caskie sat down, and we
thought we saw "the very paint crumble off and
fly about by whirlwinds of applause."
Mr. Lyons rose. His appearauce is imposing,
bis lace is comely and intellectual, his rer-on
symmetrical, his voice musical, his language
smooth and oily. We felt feverish. The Whigs
boast that they number five to one Democrat in
this Gibraltar. We listened to their shou'?
'twas loud, 'twas long, 'twas a storm of admira
tion?'twas expectation rendered intense by <:e'ay.
We compared the two shouts?we said t ? our
selves, their war-whoop didn't sound loader than
ours. It was pretty tall thunder, but our boys
had heard it, and it was nothing more than a tit
lor tat. There was a calm?we listened?"What's
that.'l we said to our left-hand neighbor, "Texas
not the cause of the war." We looked around and
the Spartans were applauding with a hcai'.y good j
will. Our right-hand neighbor said, "Psheaw ? i
Lyons always was for Texas; we all know that,"
"Wait till Lyons opens," said we?"What's
that,"1 said we, "Mr. Polk was right in repelling
the invasion of the Mexicans into Texas. Mr. i
Polk was bound by the Constitution to drive j
them beyond the Rio Grande, and the fault was
.jn passing the Rio GranJe." We found ourselves
examining the ferule of our cane to sec if we had j
knocked it off. We said to the man behind us( 1
who seemed to be a stranger, "Is that one of the
Spartans speaking 1" "They tell me," said be,
"that's Lyons."
There was a gentleman on the other side of the
bouse, wiih gold spectacles on his nose, whom we
bad seen a few evenings before acting as fugle
man, and when he slapped his hands, the house
would "come down." We kept our eye upon him.
He wss wont in "davs lane syne," in that beauti
fal architectural edifice built by the Whigs to or
nament the city, ycleped ihe "Log Cabin," to stand
upon his feet and, with the Yaller Ktver in his
band and a saint-like aspect, to give out the words
and, in a musical voice, to make melody for the
Whigs. We looked. His hands were in his
breeches' pockets?he felt thirsty. We saw him
leave his seat and walk to the stand, and wt
thought we heard him 6a y, sot to voce, "Is there any
water here!" and we added, to quench his parched
torgue. But he passel the water and sat at the feet
of Gamaliel, and ever and anon would turn his eye
to the speaker and give him a word or two, to
point the dart ere it was hurled. We looked at
the little man in the pulpit. When Mr. Lyons
rose, hie two little hands were smacking each
t>ther with a violence which indicated rabies?we
are convinced ihey smarted lor lhat spanking.?
Where was he? He had crept up imo the cor
ner?we will not say that he no-JJcd, but his
countenance said "lam so tired."
Mr. Lyons advanced. He attempted to show
that Geneial Cass was a Barnburner and threw
all his mini in'o the argument. Somebody who
thought it was lime (or the Whigs to applaud,
applauded in the wrong place, and Mr. Lyons
be-gged th 11 he might not be clapped in the mid
dle ol an argument. We felt the perspiration
cooling cff. He spun out the argument beauti
fully. It was drawn as fine as ihe fiuest spool
cotton that ever was spun, and he thought it de
monstration. Now was the time (or applause(
and it was given. This lime Mr. Lyons took it
comp'acently. There was an old, dricd-upfaec
Democrat standing in the crowd in the front
aisle, who had lis'ened with his whole soul to
catch the scope of the reasoning, and while the
applause was going on looked "exceedingly cute*'
?but just in the interval between the echo and
Mr. Lyons' reopening, he made with his mouth a
peculiar noije, which, it set to music, would re
semble, as well as we can explain it, the sounds
"Tiut"?"Prut." And upon this there was a
shout extra by pit, box and gallery.
There was a calm. "The magic car moved
on." Mr. Lyons vindicated the Clayton-Cal
houn-Territorial Compromise Bill. Our right
hand neighbor was fanning himselt with his hat.
We turned to the good soul behind us, "II we had
come to the place when we should laugh 'tother
bide ot ourjawl" He couldn't crack a smile.
Every|other Whig speaker had hooted at this bill,
had "pished" it, had sneered at it,?and now
We looked at the gentleman with the gold specta
cles. We turned to the military editor ol the Times.
We looked at the gentleman who stretched the
T?y)or and Fillmore flag across Main street?(it
was a miserably small concern, and made the
mules drop their ears as they tugged along under
it; and, w<-are credibly informed, its dark shadow
made "Old Whi ev" run off and throw his rider !)
but we could not catch the eye of one of them.?
Mr. Lyons said, General Cass would be judg
ed by the company he kept?"Xoscitur a so
cut." '?! don't understand that language," said
one in the crowd. " Well, Caiter,'' said Lyons,
"ifyou should be found in company with rascals,
you will have to abide the consequences. That's
the English of it," (and very prettily translated,
we admit.) The Whigs thundered. The little
man in the pulpit jumped out of the corner, and
spanked h s hands with considerable fervor.
Mr. Lyons: "I say if Mr. Fillmore wrote that
letter, 1, for one, will not voto for him." Mr.
Caskie: "If it is proved to be genuino, will you
vote for him?" Mr. Lyons: "If he say3 now
that he holds the same opinion* that arc ex
pressed in that letter, sohc!p me God I will not
vote for him." "Will you ask him if he does]"
said Ca->kie?'' "Will you see that he is asked?"
We though; the houso was coming down. The
Spartans were on their high horses. We saw
one man, whether Whig or Democrat we do
not know, but with bis clenched fist he was
sawing downwards, as if every question went to
tho bone, and, when he was done, he lay back
and smiled. We said to our neighbor, ''Wait
till Lyons opens."
Our space will not permit us to paint all the
scenes we saw, and describe all the fun we heard.
We could tell our readers of Caskie's triumphant
reply and then of Lyons' rejoinder, and how the
gentleman wiih the gold spectacles could stand
some things but couldn't stand all ihings, and
how he slipped out and vamosed long before Mr.
Lyons concluded. Five minutes before Mr/-Ly
ons' rejoinder was finished, the cry at fire wa?
heard, and many of the firemen left the meeting.
An attempt was made to preserve order, but find
ing it impossible, Mr. Lyons concluded, and we
concluded by telling our felt-hand neighbor," Waif
till Lyons cptns!"
"SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION" AT
THE OTHER END OF THE LINE.
When ihe Charleston Tayloriies heard of the
"sizzle" of the Filtnorencs at Albany, they be
came terribly enraged, and in glaring capiials
called a meeting with the pompous and swelling
invocation, "To the rescuc lor the South ! Gen.
Taylor denounced at the North, because of his
acceptance ol the Charleston nomination." What
stuff, to say that the South is to be "rescued" by a
man who is ashamed or alraid to advocate 'he
cause ol the South, who is sustained at the North
as an enemy of the South, and who, according
to an Albany correspondent of the New York
Herald, has written "a letter ol Congratulation" to
Fillmore the Abolitionist, and in it "says he hasno
doubt the name of Fillmore will prove a tower ol
s-rength to the Whig cause in the Nrrihern States.
He express-s gratification at being associated upon
Iks ticket wi'h a man so distinguished as Filimore,
and says, also, that he does not doubt but the dis
sensions in the democratic party of New York
will give that State to the Whigs. Fillmore has
replied!"
A correspondent of the Charleston News hap
pily hits off the farce and humbug of these vo
ciliating Taylor politicians at Charleston, as fol
lows :
"It is proper that the citizens of Charleston
should understand that the South is to be rescued
at Masonic Hall. The imminent peril from which
the Southern States are to be ?aved this even
ing, is occasioned by the rupudiation of General
Taylor bv some of his free-soil Whig friends in
New Yoik. The Whigs nominated Gen. Tay
lor becausc they had assurances from him an.1
his Iriends that they wete autho.-iz^dto put Tay
lar and Fillmore on the same tvket. He thought
he had got all he could out of the Whigs, and
was willing 10 trade d on his own private
accoum, wish disaffected Democrats of Charles
ion. The Whigs ol New York have spurned
him as unfaithlol to his political engagements.?
The South, with the small exception of the
Charleston nondescripts. telused him because he
had surrendered to the Whigs, and was associa
ted with an anti slavery i>artizan. This Saviour
ol the South made no ohjtction to Fillmore as his
consort, and thereloie wh> justly condemned asun
trustworthy by the Sou h. He was willing to
help Fillmore, and !-e helped by him. Now
he is denounced by hU..wn party as unfaithlul to
them."
The meeting was held, but in the mean time
news arrived of the "reconciliation" of the Alba
ny "sizzle" and these resetters of the South con
tented themselves with letting off steam upon
Gen. Cass?but said nothing of the Abolitionist
Fillmore, whose political fortunes arc embarked
in the same vessel with General Taylor. The
South will scorn suv . tricksters and humb'ig
gers. She will not trust her destinies to the dou
ble-faced General ol Louisiana and the Aboli
tionist Fillmore ol New York.
On Friday, Mr. Webster made a speech at
Marshfield, which is the first, last and only speech
he will deliver during the campaign. He dc
nounced Gen. Cass as "all for war," forgetting
that it is owing to Gen. Cass's masterly conduct
on the Qimaplt Treaty, that we were saved from
a war with all Europe. Mr. Webster attacked
Mr. Van Buren as having "always b?en the sup
pi ? tool of the South?the aider and abettor of
Slavery," who had giveu his casting vote to "ri
fle the mails of anti-slavery papers. (Here is
evidence that Van Buren, while President, car
ried out his pledges, which he now shamelessly
and treacherously violates.) Mr. Webster said
that General Taylor was a Whig, fairly notnina
led by the Whig Convention, and that slavery had
nothing to do with the nomination. He avowed
himselt fully and unequivocally in favor of the
election of Taylor, and added, "if 1 believed him
to be in favor of war, or of extending Slavery, 1
should have opposed his election. I believe him
lo be inlavor o: neither?that is my opinion." A
good reason why Southern Whigs should sustaiu
Taylor I m
The "Free Soil" Convention in Shenandoah
was a "flash in the pan." Only three persons
were present, viz : a Chairman, Secretary, and
one member. They, however, appointed an
electoral ticket, and a committee to prepare an
address to the people of Virginia. These dis
unionists will sink out of sight beneath the
frowns cf the public
The fire on Saturday night was in tho carpen
ter's shop of Drewry Fox, and, we regret to
hear, destroyed some S700 worth of property
hit all. We are gratified to hear that his friends
are taking steps to "giv? a lift" to so worthy a
eitixen.
We were surprised to hear Mr. 7 ^ ^
by a labored araument, m p'?v ^ be ^ lhen
was in !'riB?iP,(;abar,S ""^koow themselves,
surely ihe Barnburners > ^ They
or ai all understand w ^ Gen. Cass than I
are known to be more, hosul^ ^ ^ , ,
io any other man perh P' by Gl,Drral
deed, it was the manly rr t lhe ;
Sooth an.i lhe Union,, ?? (i)lselsr !
"opeof'
COUraped at h. y g lheV are beginning
^rindoo, their j
rh|'Cia'l^heavily upon"themselves. They have !
when Mr. Lyons pronounced Ge .
Barnburner, what John Van Buren won 1 ay
10 i( If John had been present, his surprt.
This discovery of our ingenious Uiend, must sure
ly have made him almost jump on- " 1
piriform of ?l?* W '?'? t-an<,,,,*
for tUe Vicc Pr?Ht?l?nf>.
IH'FFALO, Oct. 17, 1P3?.
8,.; Your ????"'?"?
as Chairman of ?, ?oV"'fJ Y OFTIIE COl'M Y
anti-slaver*sot my ? Yoll ,oliclt
interrogatories:
my an^wci lilllin. in idni;r<'s^ on
1*1. I>" ><?>> 'tZVZ 'til? slave-tradr oUlthl to
hh/receivrdfr?t anJ respect WJy con.idered by
U)e reprwnutiwjof the P?<P ?< of Texas
jL'sxsssifSi ?.? .?
the conaitutionallH^^upou^^t^ ?
internal Hlave-tmrte b me l-cuUHon
A !?.?? '*""
into an iirituinent, ' therefore <.mem my
sons for my op'mon. I ?iian imen i
self, for tlmpr^nthv. 'Y ?|.,VX, an! leave fr
rogatotieb 111 the AtV?., r? Vilendr.l d.so.xt.ion
some future occasion a ' |MJ pjixMUltE
on the ?ubjert. MILLrti"
DISCUSSION on THURSDAY MuHT.
We give below a pretty lull picture ot the de- |
bate between Messrs. Giles and Stanard. \\ e ,
are indebted to the Times for the sketch ot Mr. ,
Stanard's remarks:
Mr STANARD opened in an argument in
which, having shown that the Democrauc party ,
had committed themselves io all the acts o. iVr.
Polk's administration, he contended, first, that in
the Oregon difficulty, the President had com
menced with blustering, and ended with backing
out and that the country was only saved .rotn
war wi'h England *<V ^ firmness and patriotism I
ot the Whig Senators, witn a lew ot the oth'-t
party who were independent enough to oppose
Ed-ninistrntion. Having got very badly out
of the Oregon scrape, Mr. a. argued that Mr.
Polk thousht it indispensable io get up a war
with somebody, am! so he commenced one with
Mexico. Mr. S. disavowed any sympathy what
ever wiih the Mexicans in this eoniest; but he
contended that the President had been guilty _nf
the moil palpable and alarming violation? ot the
Constitution, both in the origin and progress ot
the war He argued emphancallv ihat the terri
lory between lhe Noeces an,I Rio Urande
| admitted by our sovernmem, to whose decision
the government of lexas had reterredthewhok
nueMion to be disputed Urrv.wy; and inat
President had no rieht, under the CoBMiiution,, ?o
decide disputed qne^ons ot boundary, l?u. thai
,his right whollv wi-nin the province ot
He said the conduct of Mr. : oik, .n ta.?mH
possession of the whole territory, was so .ode
fensible, indeed, that the Democratic party had
endeavored to throw the responsibility ot the
act on General Taylor, who, ho had yet to
learn was the constitutional adviser of the
President, but whose adv.ee was only given on
the supposition, that the Rl?, |l
ultimatum of tho Government; and Mr. S con
tended that "the Government, which, in this
matter, was Congress had never declared its
ultimatum at all. Mr- S. next dacu^ed the
slavery question, showing how, with .uii warn
in" from the Whigs and Mr. Oa!h..ut.. it-ad
brought all the existing agitation upoti thei coun
trv He repeated the history ot the V\ ilmot
Proviso in the last session of Congress, charged
u-ontwo Southern Democrats Senators i Ben
ton and Houston) that they had deserted the
South io the very hour of her greatest danger,
and upon the President that he had sanctioned
the proceeding by signing the Oregon hill, and
thus given the first triumpl to the Free Soil
: party of the North. He repelled the Presi
dent excuse, that the territory was North of
36 decrees 30 minute^, by showing tha. tho Mis
souri Coroprotni-c had been expressly disavow
ed in both Houses of Congress, and thus do
clared to be inapplicable to the new tenitory,
Mr Polk had undertaken to presume ti at the
line of 36 degrees 30 ininute< would be respect
ed hereafter, when the North had openly refused
to acknowledge it. lie, therefore, by consenting
to extend the Wilmot Proviso over Oregon, had
practically given up the strongest ground upon
which the South coulk hereafter insist upon an
equitable compromise. He had left the ques
tion to be settled by Northern grn'ro xly, and
not by the inducements of i.ntercst.
Mr. GILES, in reply, regretted his indisposi
tion from a cold, which obviously affected his j
voice-appealed to the luduig-nce of his au .i
ence-asked ibetn to give himiheir attention, and
"to let us reason icg-'hrr'' upon the topics in dis
cussion, avowing that his only object should be
the discoverv ol truth.
He proceeded io remark upon Mr. Stanards
statement, that Gen. Cass had supported all the
tnea-ures of the present administration but one,
and was identified with its prineiples and policy,
and that the Democratic party had made those
measures the tests ot its principles In ihishe
concurred, and said the admission relieved him ol
one part of his task ; for it was conclusive to
'how that hi' party siood np'>n a platlorm obvi
ous and intelligible io all. He asked wheic stood
Gen. Taylor and the VYhigsl
lie next proceeded to reply :o the issues pre.
nentedbv Mr. Stanatd upon the tharees brought
against the administration. Not one of them re
terred to the questions heretofore discussed be
tween the patties, and he was wartan ed in con
clU'iih" that his opponent had abandoned all their
nld issues, and now stood only on the new ones.
They related to questions concerning Uregon, the
Mexican War, and Slavery.
The first charge was, that he Democra ic party
i had claimed the whole of O"'2on?^eHa-cd they
would never take less?and then f eked out He
replied that the partv r ! assumed no such ground.
He callcd lor proof < : he assertion that either the
Democtatic party or uie Presi lent had evert'e.
I clared we shoull rot recede !<? ni .ir txtr'me
I claim. The claim had been mao- 1 >ng ago-had
t>een insisted on by ail -precisely a< it had b-en
made and insisted on bv ibe Dem craiic party-it
was asserted as to Oregon precisely as it wn<
asserted to its extreme length in recaid to the
Maine btmndary. In neither case wa- i: ever
pretended that we would cot settle i: by regotia
tion.
But whether Mr. Polk had previously nsMimed
the ground or not, Mr. Giles contend-d v. he had
in the end maintained it. He s'ated th'* t3cts iu
reference to the negotiation, and thai the 're?'y, i
before it had received the sanction oI the Pr?sid?nt, i
had been referred by him to the Senate : r i s ad- j
vice; which, he said, according to Mr. S award's I
own view, it was Mr. Polk's constitutional duty
to have done. The Senate advised the raufi a- j
tion by a very large majority; and the President !
only ratified the treaty in accordance with that
advice. Ytt it was sai l one half of Oregon h.v,!
been unwarrantably surrendered. It so, the ;
Senate was to blame, not Mr. Polk. He had '
gone (or the whole ot Oregon to the extent of his
conMitutional powers.
The nextgrounl of charge was the Mexican
war. Mr. Giles trmarked that here again it was
assumed that the object of the war was the con.
quest ol territory. He denied it. There was uo
authority (or the assurap'iun. He reviewed the
causes of the war wub Mexico, and sbowe.j that
we had ample cau>>e tor it, withou: imputing to our
own Government, wiihout prool or warrant, the
design to wage a war of conquest, lie then re
ferred to the charge that the President had violated
his constitutional du'y by marching an army
into the dispu'ed 'e*;: ?ry, tp-M instrurtions, a
Mr. Stanard had stater,to dispis$-ss lie Mexicans,
thus committing an act of war wi;f,ont the au
thority ot Congress. He adini'tcd hat wi h such
instructions it would have been an art of war;
but sail the instructions given by Mr. Polk to
Gen. Taylor were the very reverse ol what they
had beeu stated to be. Gen. Taylor "was express
ly required not to interfere with any Mexican of
ficer or molest a single Mexican ciiiz?n With
such instructions, the marching into the disputed
territory was, he contended, no act of war. This
point was argued at some length. He comen 'ed
further, that it was not only the right but tieduty
of the President to defend the disputed territory.?
It was claimed, as Mr. Stanard's own authority
proved, by Texas, then a sovereign State ot this
confederacy, alone having the right, it ;he first
instance, to define her own b undary. The Pre
sident was bound to respect her authority. She
cIhitne 1 to the Hio G'andc. It was his duty to
defend her to that line. Mexico was arming
with the intentioa to invade her, and was already
in possession of portions ol t e territory which
she insisted on holding. The?e acts amounted to
invasion, and the President was bound to prepare
to repel it. He comended, in reply to Mr. Stan>
ard's reference to it, that _the ^ ^ ^rTdrr
bouudary was noi id point, bccaus ^
TuXT^TirieV^ ?eiiher woukl ,akc
POHrS'^idered,hegro;t;aS^M;
Slavery. Headed if we coaHbe.persuad^
that this question had originated
lion of Mexican Territory! H *as known ?
all that it had arisen lone be'orTe e[eU!;(\ t0 the
Territory had been acquired. He ?Jer?d tojhe
M?s0.ari ^""promise as an occa |arrojng
it had exhibited i:self in ,ls
power. The Compromise bad not ?ttl?* ?.
but that it l ad rather increased >n ? '
as was apparent from -he fact that at one
lime th- S'>o'.hern Delegation had o ^
diiven by it lrotn their seats m Oon?r .
their constituents. All this ^'"re. _ rculd it
tion of Mexican Territory. How then c ^
be said that that acquisition had ?, iaitv
que^iion upon us7 Gentlemen, lie said, q y
deceived themselves il they suppose
failure to acquire would have n^rnluinbia
continued agitation. The Ui^'C'^Co^mba
and the trade in slaves between the ala e >
and would continue 10 be, ihe objects o ?
even il we gave back the Ternary ' _ >
which none would venture even to p op ? >
he said, il failure to acquire lernorywould
save us from the question, he *,ou L .
the degtadation as great, lot the Sou'Iter P P
on that account to rciusc to acquire Tern. y -
portant to our Union, as it would be lor e n
be driven lrotn it after it was acqmred. Their
right would be as completely yie!"td i ?
in the other case. We could not hope to dod0e
this question. It rather became us to inee
like men and Southern men; and instead of de
puting with each about how it arose, to u i
a man in sustaining our rights iu regard to i.
He then referred to the attack on the f ri'*'
for signing the Oregon bill with the V ihn<>t I u
viso, and noticed the omission of Mr. otanara
mention the (act that the President, on signing
the bill, had returned it with a protest. He ae
tended the President against the charge ol having
thereby abandoned the South. 1 he protest mes
sage had taken the 8uuthern ground. He ex
pressed his surprise that Mr. Stanard, in reading
the resolution ot the Virginia Legislature on this
subject, had so emphatically referred to the lact
that the words Missouri Compromise could not
be lound in it, when, ihougti not in that resolu
tion, they were to be found in the very next reso
lution, which, it he was rightly informed, had
been moved by Mr. Stanard himself, by which
he had entitled himself to our thanks. (Mr.Stan
ard said he had moved both tha resolutions.) Mr.
Giles then read the resolution to which he had re
ferred, and he contended that it clearly recognised
the Missouri Compromise line as that which Vir
ginia might accept. The President, in his pro
Test, had declared :hat he would not approve any
bill which applied the principle of theWilmot
Proviso to any ler-iiory South of that line. Mr.
Giles also defended the President on other grounds.
As to ihe passage in the Senate ol the Oregon bill
by the votes of two Southern Democratic Sena
tors, he replied tha: Mr. Stanard had forgotten to
speak of the Compromise bill, which had been
defeated by the rotes of eight Southern Whig
lleprcsentatives. Mr. Giles was about to enter
into a consideration of this question more fully,
when he was told that .lis hour had nearly ex
pired, and he coccluded by again asking what
guaranty General Taylor and the Whigs would
?ive us lor the security of Southern rights'?
Mr. STANARD rejoined. He referred to the
Democratic denunciations of Mr. Winthroy, for
moving the Wilrrot Proviso, as an amendment
to the Oregon bill aod asked if Mr. Polk had not
been guilty ofthe7ery same offence, in signing
a bill ofthc same sort, wi:h the Proviso in il l
Mr. S. explained he resolution, which he had of
fered in the Senae, and showed, that whils' it
stood by the Misouri Compromise, it gave no
sort ?r countename to Mr. Polk's extending the
Northern half ofibat compromise, and leaving
;he Southern haliwholly unguaranteed. M. S.
proclaimed that \i adhered to the declaration ol
the Virginia res<.uiions, that il the North should
force the Wilmo Proviso -,"'U the South, the
Snuth ought to san l upon its rights, and defend
them "at all haards.' He pressel again the
view he had firs advanced of the Presidents
abandonment of Souihern ground, and in regard
to his jirotes!, wheh Mr. Giles had so much prai
sec, said emphatcally : "Yes: His protest was
for the South but his ACT was roil tub
North !" And ly this ac ,said Mr. S.. the cause
of tne South wasmore weakened than by ail the
acts of all the Atolitionists from the beginning of
the government. In proof of this, he again cited
MrfVan Burcn'ariumphantallusion to the course
of the President Mr. S. asked, it Mr. Polrf in
signing this Wi oot Proviso bill tor Oieguti, with
the absence ot dl recognition of Southern rights
in the territory South ot 36 deg. JO min., had not
made a free adoission ot the geoeral power ot
Congress to pas the Wilmot Proviso? It could
not b; pretends (that the exclusion of the Souih
from Oregon wi legitimate, on the ground that
its pussitive rigtf to enjoy ihe Southern ha.. <1 ?nf
public territoriejwas recognized in the sa' ?e act
or by any act i.' existence, for that recognition
was expressly ifused. The only case in which
Southern men aimit that Congress has any pow
er to legislate anil, viz: where, as the common
agent of all the overeign people of the Union it
undertakes to prcel out the common property
equitable betwen the sectional divisions of the
Union; this singe case, in which Southern men
agree that Congfss may acr, was not presented
The Oregon bil was simply an unre.-erved as
sertion ot the Nrthern lree soil ptinciple, with a
diiect disclaimertbat any line ot division would
be consented to hreafter, and, in fac", with a po
>itive notice thatit would not be conceded Mr.
Poik did not say n his message, that the wilmot
Proviso was unconstitutional, and he dared not
say so, and yet -ign the bill; for his act would
then have been apalpahle violation of hiS3olemn
oaih of office, lit course was therefore a direct
and undeniable fecedent, and had been so re
ceived by the Frt Soil party, in favor of the coo
sliiutionalily ol le Wilcnot Proviso.
Mr. S. declinedto discus ihc Compromise Bill
for want of lime;but be asked Mr. Giles, with
great effect, how . came about, that he and other
States Rights sen enien ol the South had become
such zealous adveates of referring questions of
constitutionality t a lederal tribunal ? Mr. S.
remembered wherall the arguments, from pre
cedent, in favor oa U. S. Bank, were answered
by the reply, ihat :wasa monstrous doctrine that
a constitutional qtsstion could b-.: decided by any
precedent whatevt'. He read the decision ol the
Supreme Court in in regard to a National Bank,
when John Martoll was at the head of the
Court, with a^soiates worthy to sit upon the
same bench. Afrrthe most mature deliberation,
the Court solemn! declared its unanimous opin
ion that the act fiC<>rpuraiinc the Bank of the
United States wa in accordance with the princi
ples of the CotisiiMion, and was a part ol the
supreme law ol ne land. Yei ihis memorable
judgment, said ftr. S. had do effect in settling
the question as tdh'' constitutionality ot a Bank.
It was now contoded that the election ol Mr.
Polk bad wholly iverthrown the authority of that
great decision, low, then, he a>-ked, could it be
expected, iha; thtsarae c- urt, under the compro
mise bill, with ji fge- far less able, who, it was j
known, would bedividel in opinion, would settle
the question of savery in the territories'! The
bill, he said, w.? a miserable contrivance and
had been justly eharacicriz-d as a mere og'te
mint to lihgate, rod would only have produced
a plentiful crop (f suits. Mr. S. referred to the
tact, that but for.be course ol Benton and FIous
ton, the Senate vould have been lied on the Ore
goo bill, and this the S >uih might have stood oui
and defeated it, lad all Southern met) been true
Mr. Giles interpisrd that the Vice President would
have then decidid the question. Mr. S. replied,
it so, he would tlobably have voted lor it; but, he
continued, ih? Vice President was not there. Mr.
Atchison was inthe Chaii; and the Senate would
have actually been tied, had Benton and Hous
ton Mood by the South; an ', the Northern Sena
tors would have been driven either to defeat ihe
bill or let it pa^ wiihou: the VVilmot Proviso.
In rcplv to Mr. Giles'asse lion that Mr Polk
had nowhere promised to maintain his claim lo
51 -10, Mr. StanarJ cited Mr. Hannegan's fa
mous dcnunciaiion ot the President for the
breach of faith i f which he would be guilty, if
Mr. Haywoul had truly said that lie would take
49 drg.
In regard to the Meiican war, Mr. Giles hav
ing denied tba: the President commenced it with
the intention to acquire territory, Mr. S. read from
the original instructions to Mr. Slidell, from which
it appears that he was directed certainly to secure
all the territory on ibis side of the Rio Grande,
and, il he could, to purchase the whole of New
Mexico and California besides. This was in No
vember, 1845, long before hostilities commenced.
In answer to Mr. Giles argument with respect
lo ihe disputed boundarv, in which he had laid
stress on the laci that G-n. Taylor was ordered
not to uiulest any Mexican garrisons he might
find Wesiol ihe Rio Grande, Mr. S. said, by the
same reasoning, il England were to send an ar
my into Virginia, wi h orders to molest nobody,
it would be no act of war. So far irom Mexico's
invading, or threatening to invade the disputed
terriioiy, at ih^ time the order lo General Taylor
Taylor was i>sued, on ihe --JOib ol January, seven
days later than the order, Mr. Buchanan wrote to
Mr. Slidell, ihat, "in anticipation" of his final re
jection, the army had been ordered to the Rio
Grande, no mention being made thai resistance
was expected. And here Mr. Sianard quoted, in
conclusion, a most important sentiment from Ma
dison's farewell addres?.
It is true, said Mr. S., that ihe Constitution
places the sword in the hand of the President, but
it is a slieaihed sword, and Congress only has the
right to draw it.
Mr. GILES again, in reply, said:?That al
would agree with Mr. Madison in the genera
proposition, that the sword entrusted to the Pre
sident of the United States was a sheathed
sword. He contended that the cases of invasion
and insurrection were exceptions, to which Mr.
Madison bad never intended to apply the re
mark quoted by Mr. Stanard. The only answer
given to his proposition, that the possession of
disputed territory, by one of the parties to the
dispute, wa? not, in itself, ciusc of war, had beeo,
by asking him if Great Britain were to march
an army inlo Virginia, with instructions not to
molest the inhabitants, would not that be an act
of war? Unquestionably it would. But he
asked, in turn, if Mr. Stanard meant to inti
mate that Virginia was disputed territory? He
thought if the Revolutionary War hadsettlcd
any thing, it was, that Virginia was a free, sove
reign and independent Slate; and, if so, how did
the question put to him apply? He reviewed
the argument on this point. Passing from it, he
said Mr. Stanard had represented him as saying,
that we did not wish to acquirc territory, lie
was misunderstood. He had contended that wc
did not wish to acquire territory by conquest?
that the war was not waged for that purpose ?
The reference made by Mr. stanard, to the ne
gotiations containing propositions to purchase
territory, ho showed, had no application to the
question. It was admitted that we desired to
acquire, but deniei that the war was waged for
conquest. Fie had before shown that the war
was demanded by the rights and honor of the
Confederacy. He claimed for the citizens of
the United States the high privilege awarded to
those of Ancient Rome. "I am a Roman citi
zen,'* was, of old, a shield throughout the
world. "I am an American citizen,'' should
equally protect one of us wherever our proud
banner might float. Ho enforced, more|?lrong
ly, the views before taken by him on this topic.
He explained, that he had corrected Mr Sta
naro's mistake in saying, that upon an equal di
vision in the Senate a bill would fall, by remind*
in:: him that in such case the Vice President
would give the casting vote, becau>e the lact was
pertinent to a question he meant to ask. lie did
not mean to admit, that if Mr. Dallas had beeo
in the chair he would have voted against the
South. No. He believed Mr. Dallas would
have vo ed with us. Mr. Atchison, who *as in
the chair, ceitainly would. Would Mr. Stanard
say as much lor Millard Fillmore! No man
could. Yet the \v bigs ol the South were asked
to put him ihere, where he might have the decis
ion of this question in his single hands. lie ex
pressed his surprise that Mr. Stanard had repre
sented the rejection ol the Com prom i e bill as the
proper mode ol settling this slavery question.?
How would that have settled it? it was obvious,
that so lar from settling it, such a reaction would
have thiown the question wide open?nay more,
would have brought the North and South in di
rect conflict on the subject, and, as he contended,
on grounds highly disadvantageous to the de
fence ol Southern rights, which he proceeded to
show. He repeated that the Compromise Bill
would have settled it on terms which all might
have acceded to, and expressed his astonish
ment that Mr. Stanard had ventured to de
nounce that bill as "a miserable contrivance,"
in the lace ol ihe fact that so large a Dum
ber of the Southern Whig Delegation in Con
gress had voted for it. (Some question was
here made as to the vote of the Whig delegates in
the House ol Representatives, it bein? said that
it was a vote not on th^ bill itself, but on a ques
tion to lay on the table, which was not considered
a test vote as Mr Giles presumed.) Mr. Giles
insisted that against that vote, it would require
sirong evidence to show that at least a majority
ol the Whig delegates were not in favor ol the
bill. He then commented on Mr. Siatiard's re
lerence to the decision ol the Supreme Court ol
the United Siaies on the Bank question, which he
had said did not settle that question, and there
lore had contended that a decision by that tribu
nal under the Compromise Bill would not now
settle the slaverv question. Mr. Giles showod
conclusively that the decision in the case ol the
Bank ol the United States had completely settled
that question, during the existence ol ihe law. It
could not do more. He therefore claimed this as
a precedent in his favor, and eontended that it
showed conclusively* that in this law loving land
such a decision in regard to the slavery question
would have been submitted to.
He reviewed the argument on the charge
against the President lor signing the Wilmot
Proviso; anJ replied to the ground taken by Mr.
Stanard, that in doing so the President must have
violated his oath if he believed that Proviso uncon
stiiutional. Mr. Giles submitted that if thisground
was assumed bv the South, it was plain, the ques
tion never could be settled; lor it would be con
ceded that it could only be settled by compro
mise, and every compromise must involve such
a concession of the principle, as did the Missouii
compromise, which was the first surrender of it.
Mr. Stanard himself considered the Proviso un
constitutional; he would vote lor a President who,
he believed, concurred with him; yet he would
take the Missouri Compromise containing that
Proviso, and if the President signed ihe bill, he
must denounce him for violating his oath! It was
plain that this precluded the possibility ol settle
ment, and yet it was the ground assumed bv gen
tlemen who expressed extreme anxiety to effect a
settlement. Mr. Giles explained at some length
nis views on this subject. lie then s ated that
Mr. Polk was pledged by his pro est to veto this
Proviso if applied to a>y territory South of
30, the Missouri Compromise line?and showed
that Gen. Cass was equally pledged to do so. It
the Democratic party were successlul, then we
should he safe at least during their adminis ra
tions. Again he a>-ked what security we had if
Gen. Tavlor and Millard Fillmore weie elected
by the Whigsl He was proceeding with this in
vestigation, when he was told his hall hour ex
pired; and amidst cries of "go on," "go on," Mr.
Giles concluded, by saying?"no, fellow-citizens,
I will not utter one word more."
A Washington correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun has perused 'a private letter Irom Gen. Cass,
to a distinguished United S:ates Senator from tjie j
South, of the contents oi which I am permitted so
tar to speak as to say, that he regrets the disa
greement in the U. S. Senate, on the last days o'
the session, between the North and the South'
expresses his unwavering confidence in the doc
j trines laid down in his ''Nicholson letter," and
his determination to adhere thereto. Thi? private
letter is dated Detroit, '21st August."
We publish lo-day, a lull and corrected copy
of our State Electoral Ticket. Our Democratic
brethren of the press will please correct any vari
ations in their own publications.
On Saturday it was our good fortune to form
one of a numerous party who assembled at the
hospitable board of Daniel H. Flournoy, Ksq.,
of Chesterfield. Mr. F. had chosen that day as
an occasion for giving a sumptuous barbacue to
his excellent son just returned from Mexico with
the Va. Regiment and to the Chesterfield Dra
goons. The spot selected was immediately upon
the railroad, about 11 miles from this city.?
About 80 ladies and 12 > gentlemen were pre
sent. The parade and salute3 of the cavalry,
together with the sweet music discoursed by
the full and superb Armory Band cf this city,
gave great animation to the scene. Old Ches
terfield was there in all her glory. Wc left in
an extra train about 6 o'clock, delighted with
be generous hospitalities wo had enjoyed.
?5tA discussion between Messrs. R. G. Scott
and J. A. Meredith, the Democratic and Whig
E ectors, will take place at Goochland Court
House on the 16 h September.
To the Editors of t\t Enquirer.
Lynchblro, 3lst August, 1848.
Gentlemen: Whisgtry is so perfectly dead,
defunct and buried in tb?se parts, that it is impos
sible to get the betting b'hoys to stake a dime on J
the general result in the ensuing Presidential
election, and in order to give any vVhig who has
confi-lence in the election of Gen.Taylora chance
to make or lose a small amount on hi-* no-patty
! candidate, I will bet One Thousand dollars that
Gen. Cass gets more electoral votes before the
i people (including South Carolina, which votes by
the Legislature,) lor President ol the U. States
in November next than Gen. Zachary Taylor; I
i will also bet Five Hundred dollars that Virginia
gives 3,000 majority lor Lewis Cass?each bet to
be taken separately or jointly, as thought best;
the money to be staked in tne hands of some re
sponsible man whom you may select. So soon
as you can find an individual or a company ol
individuals that (eels disposed to risk his small
change in this way, drop me a line and a check
for the amount shall go forward by first mail.?
This bet is to remain open "free for horse, mare
or gelding," until the 15'h September.
A CASS-TIGATOR.
For tkc Enquirer.
AMELIA COUNTY.
MEETING OF THE DEMOCRACY.
Agreeably to notice, a meeting of the Demo
cratic Republican party ol Amelia was held in
the Court House, on Thursday, the 24th August,
thai being court day.
The meeting was organized by appointing Fa
bins Lawson, Esq, Chairman, and Dr. Thomas
W. Neal Secretary.
The Chairman haviug explained the objects of
the meeting, Thomas T. Giles, Esq., submitted
certain resolutions, and addressed the meeting at
some length in relerence to one of the topics em
braced in them. A protracted debate took p'ace
on one of tbe resolutions offered, in which Messrs.
L. EX Harvie, T. Edgar Bottom and the Hon. R,
K.Meade participated, and which was continued
to a late hour in the evenine. Mr. Giles then
guve notice that,owing to the lateness of the hour
and thinness ol the meeting at that time, he should
move an adjournment before a vote was taken
on the resolutions; bot before he did so, he would
withdraw the resolutions, in order that one might
t>e offered for the purpose ot appointing delegates
to the convention of the party to be held at Lynch<
burg; also giving notice that he should renew i
his resolutions at the next meeting. Mr. Giles, |
with the assent o( the meeting, then temporarily
withdrew his resolution.*, ami, on motion, it was
Resolve), That the Chair appoint twelve dele
gates to represent the Democracy of Amelia in
the Convention of the Democratic Republican
party to be held at Lynchburg on the 20th day ol
September.
Tne Chair appointed the following delegates:
Thos. T. Giles, Thomas W. Webster, Peter F.
Bi<is<-eau, LewislE Harvie, T. Edgar Bot om,
William H. Wilson, William H. Robettson, Ja-.
Bot, Will iam El. Pollard, John T. Bottom, Tho
mas A. Crenshaw, and James P. Cocke.
On motion, Resolved, That the Chairman and
Secretary be added toihe meeting.
And then, on motion madp by Mr. Giles, who
renewed the notice, that he should again t flt r the i
Resolutions which had been submitted by him,
the mewing adjourned to the 28th day of Septem
ber ten, being Court day, to be held at the same
p ace. FABIUS LA WSON, Ch'n.
Tnos. W. Nealb, Sec'y.
Jj* NOTICE.?Noticc is hereby given, that
the meeting of' the Democratic Republican Par
ty ot Amelia, will be hell ai the Court House,
agreeably to the foregoing adjournment, on
Thursday, the 28th day of September. The De
mocrats of the county are earnestly invited to at
tend; and may expect to hear several addre?seson
the interesting topics before the meeting?peculi
arly interesting to every Southern man.
F. LA WSON, Chairman.
OFF FROM THK WHIGS, AND GOES
FOR HIS COUNTRY!?Dr. John Roberts,
an influential and intelligent citizen ot Dry Uiv
er, Rockingham county, who went lor Clay in
1844, now goes lor Cass and Bu:!er, for the sim
ple reason as he states himself, that be "is always
with his country; and in the late war wnh Mexi
co, which he believes to be just, the whigs were
opposed to their country, and withheld their sup
port trom the administration." He has therefore
abandoned them, and now goes lor democracy
with his whole soul.
Whiogbrt in Ohio?The Cleveland Plaindeal
er draws a graphic picture ot the difficulties ol
Whiggery in that State. It says:
"Thus wc have it?Giddings, Root, Crowell,
Briggs, Hamlin, Vaughn, and perhaps Ford?all
Whigs?lagging it lor Van Buren, against Ewing,
Corwin, Delano, and lots ol smaller fry, who are
going it for old Zack.
"Ohio is safe for Cass!"
ItltllMOUD MAItKKTS, SEPT 1.
TOBACCO?Inspections have fallen iff in
the last few days, but still continue large for the
season, with an evident decline in price for all
description*, more particularly for good and fine
shipping and stemming. We quote lugs 51 75
to 2 50; common leaf 2 75 a 50 and 4; mid
dling 4 a 4 75; good and fine 5 25 to ?7 50, with
an occasional sale of extra fine manufacturing a:
rather higher prices.
FLOUR?New Country held at 55f to 5J;
market unsettled by Niagara's news.
WHEAT?100 cents for red, and 105 cent? for
white.
OATS?30 cents per bushel.
CORN?50 cents per bushel.
CORN MEAL?55 cents per bushel.
BACON?Virginia hog round 7 c.; Hams 9 a
10 c.; Western Sides 5J a J:.;'Shoulders 5$ a 5jc.
FISH?New Herrings 56. Shad 56 50 a 7.
Family Roe Herrings 56 in barrels and 53 50 in
hall barrel*.
CATTLE?Beef: 52 25 a 2 75, scale weight
Ve-?i.s: 54 a 7 00. Ml'ttons: 51 50 to 2 50
nett, as in quality. Hoos: 5 00, nett.
LARD?9 a 10 cents. Scarce.
LOST, yesterday morning, between Mr.
Mi'chell's Jewelry Store and Mr. Ginter's, a
Silk Purse wiih steel fastenings, containing be
tween 3 and Si- The Purse being highly priied,
the finder will be suitably rewarded by leaving it,
with or without ita contents, at the Enqnirer Of
fice. Aug. 5
Concert!
THE ARMORY BRASS BAND
MOST respeolullv announce tothe Ladiesand
Gentleman o( Richmond and vicinity that
they will give a grand Ins rumental Concert on
Thursday evening next, Sept 7th, 1848, at the
Armory, commencing at 8 o'clock, P.M. Ad
mittance 25 rents. For particulars and pro
gramme see bills of the day.
Sept. 5 JAS. B. SMITH, Leader.
ORTUNE'S HOME, (JflALK'S~OFF 1CE,
No. 6, Main street.
BEAUTIFUL SCHEME!
This Day?Grand Consolidated Lottery of
Delaware and Georgia, Extra, Class 36. Capi
tals: 530,000, 6,000, 4,000, 20 ..I 1,000,20 of 500,
&c. 75 No?., 13 drawn. Tickets 5 dollars.
If yon wish to line your pockets, drop down to
CHALK'S, 3 doors above the Old Market.
Sept. 5
FALL STOCK
OF BOOTS, SH0E6', HATS, TRUNKS and
LEATHER?1,000 PACKAGES.
JUDAH MYERS has received and is now
opening the largest and best assortment of
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Trunks and Leather that he
has ever offered to his customers and the public
generally, and bought at such prices as cannot
tail to ensure quick sales either to the country
merchant or persons wanting a single article?
among his stock may be found the following
goods, viz:
Ladies and Gentlemen's Goods
Gent's fine dress and wa'er proof Roots
Do pegged and sewed of all kinds and prices
Men's heavy sewed and pegged water Boots
Gent's Calf Bootees, Richmond make
Men's calf and kip Brogans, all qualities and
prices
Ladies' Gaiters and halt Gaiters, all kinds and
colors; do. morocco Slips and Ties, thick and
thin soles; also morocco and kid Buskins, thick
and thin soles; children's Shoes of all kinds and
colors; boys'of every quality that can l e called
for, at extremely low prices, and every other kind
of Shoes that can be made; together wi h a large
assortment of Hats, Capj, Trunks, and Leather,
making one of the most extensive and desitable
stocks of Goods iu the city.
Country merchants and others in want of goods
will do well to give me a call.
Sep. 5 JUDAH MYERS._
HURLEY'S OFFICE, No. 101 East Main
Street.
To those who of herd lime" complain,
HURLEY would say, "Come, Iry again."
"Creek Nation Office again Victorious!"
Drawn Nos. Delaware Lottery, Claks4(i Aug 30:
45 73 49 72 1 39 57 42 fl 52 71.
Ticket Nov 39 42 49, ?1,000, sent to a cor
le^pondent by HURLEY.
Drawn Nos. ul Sussex Lottery, Extra, Class 85,
September 2:
60 65 9 15 24 25 11 71 49 4 75 68 37 64.
Hall Ticket, Nos. 11 15 75 i Tnree more
Do. do. do. 15 24 49 J prizes sold hy
Do. do. do. 9 64 75) HURLEY.
For To-day?Virginia State Lottery. Lees
bure, Class 4b. Scheme: 1 prize of ?20,000, 1
ol 10,000, I of 5,000, 2 of 2,000, 2 ol 1,540, 3
of 1200, 10 of 1,000, &c. Tickets S5?share*
in proportion.
Wednesday?830,000. Tickets 10.
P. S.?Orders tor Packages, Certificates of
Packages, Siaule Tickets <>r Shares promptly at
tended to, and an account of the drawings sent to
anv part of the United States, tree of postage.?
Please address
WM. HURLEY, Richmond, Va.
Orrice op the Richmond and Danville j
Railroad Company,
Richmond, Augu-i 22nd, 1848. J
RAILROAD TIMBER.
WANTED?Sills and Sleepers for oru: hun
dred milts of superstructure of the Rich
mond and Danville Railroad. For further in
formation apply at the Office ol the Company.
Aug. 22?dtf
Kicliard?on & Co.,
No. 83, Main Street,
ARE now in receipt ol their FALL STOCK
OF DRY GOODS, selected expressly for
ihe trade of Virginia and North Carolina, con
sisting, in'part, of
Bed, Twilled and London Duffil BlankeH
White, red, yellow and green Flannels
Gala Plaids; Plaid Linseys and Kerseys
Sattinetts; Kentucky Jeans and Tweeds
English, French and American Cloths
Mohair, Pilot and Army Cloths
Blue, black and fancy Cassimeres
Eoglish and American PriDts
Cashmeres and Mousseline de Laines
Madonas and Mohair Lustres
Black and colored Alpacas
Lebanon and Bohemian Checks
Woollen Shirts; Shawls; Handkerchiefs, &c.,
together with every article usually kept in a
wholesale Dry Goods house, to which they re
spec fully ask the attention ol Merchants visit
ing this market and the trade generally.
Sepr. 4?d&cl2 ?
FALL GOOUS?1848.
\~TJ E are receiving per ships Jno. Ravena'.and
\ V Kate Hunter, direct from trie manulacta
rers in England, a choice stock of new and de
sirable patterns of China and Earthenware; also
from the various American manufactories, our
usual large supplies of Glassware, Looking
Glasses, Lamps, Castors and Stonewar ,
gether with many fancy goods, which
Aog. 4 Importers, 79 Main St.
Mew Fall ?o^?.
? a" u?m h"*d'ka??,d ii' a?
generally. Aa?
MARINE JOURNAL ~
~POKT OF KICI[.n"uTj>
HIGH WATER THIS DAY AT b| O'CLOCK. A v
All RIVED,
Schr. Osceola, Wilson, Philadelphia CuJ .
J.Davis. 1 ,0
Schr. Sylph, Lawrence, New York.
Schr. Hester A.Jones, Jones, Baltimore
Schr. Pennsylvania, Hubbard, Port Dejosi!
Schr Caiherme Amanda, 0?iien, Philadelnhi.
Schr Virginia, Gold, New York
SAILED,
Schr. Columbia, Crowell, Philadelphia
Schr. Telegraph, Grov?s, Baltimore
Schr Lowell, Baker, Bos:on.
BELOW?B-rgoe Plq-niy, from N. Qt:eri,
for Baltimore and philaoki.phi \
J he Pocahontas Capi. P..rn^
BaaBKi ?'l ?>????? Ireisht tii. ?> P y
to-day lor the above place?. She will |eav ,
what! at 4 P. M. Pas*ag<? to Baliimore <?
meals extra. HENRY LUDLA.M, Si CO
N. B.?The Columbus will be here'.n F > ;j
and will leave Saturday afternoon, at 4 <y :
Sept 5 H. L 4 C
FEMALE SCHOOL:
MRj?. CAROLINE E. MAYO exp* ,
open a Female School at the residence ; .
Mr. P. Mayo, on Grace Street, four do?rs jj,,,.'
the Baptist Church, on Monday, the 4 h (; (7.
tober. Parents and cuaidians who mav ?lv '""
Pnif?r mini's nrp r*??r??*r?ifii!lu innn.j
enter pupi's are respecituUy invred i?'
Mrs. Mayo tor information as to ihr Ivar^" ' Q
?. . t_ a c u'3|jCi5pft |rt
be taught, terms, 4c. Sep:. 5_, ?>,
E,
\ [ANAGEI1S' OFFICE, I). PAI.Nllr^r
l\ 1. Matn Siren. U->
PAINE'S LOTTERIES STII.I, ONWard
Drawn Nos. Maryland Consolidated N it
41 43 36 8 18 T 63 11 2 iy ':o. '
Whole, tj 36 45, 5',700, returned ? Ha ?
7 8 70, 100; (iuarier, 8 36 45. 100 ?r'*
paid by ^ PURCELL & co
Drawn Nos. Maryland Consolidated. No ~ir
72 70 25 33 55 54 2 17 59 16 44.
Hall, 2 17 54, a small one ol S2 00U sent
Norfolk by C. W. PURCELL A CO
Drawn Ni>s. Susquehanna 40
24 51 39 55 31 21 71 2 46 62 58 76.
Tkkct, Nos. 21 39 54, a Capful 0j ^l'OOC
sold and paid by PURCELL & CO.
This Day?Capitals : 20,000 di !!ais 6(?ui
4 000, 1,795, 2 of 1,500, 20 ot I 000, '\c "
Nos., 13 drawn. Tickets 5 dollar*. '
Drawn Nos. Grand Consolirfavi' |>j
31 2 69 7 40 64 13 22 19 03 2i 5 66 It,
Sep:. 5
ST KA 11
SCOURING AND DYING ESTABl !>:;
MENT.
5 RAUX having just returned from .V?j.
? co, informs the ladies and gentlemen
Richmond that he has re opened his lorn.erf
tablisbment on Main street, five doors h. Jo.v .
Old Market, on the same side, and nex. ?
H. Pettus' Comb Factory. Ladies' Dj
Scarfs, Cloaks, Shawls. 4c , 4c , 4c., dyed 0; >
colors, and finished up in the best style He a 1
intonns g-jmlemen that he has added the t w
gleam processf?r cleaning and renovating
Coats, Pants, Vests, Uniforms, and which u
remove all kinds ol grease, paint, oil, and pi.
the garments the appearance ol new.
A competent tailor is anaehtd to the store, a;
will repair and press up clothing.
Carpets cleaned and renovated without l>?ic4
taken to pieces. Sep'. 5?dim
John V. ^linfer,
AT K R C II A V T TAILOR ,
14h Sired, opposite Exchange Hi M,
AS just returned Irom New Y.>rk ut hk,.
FALL SUPPLY OF CLOTHS, CASS!
MERES AND VESTINGS, which lor li-hr?
of quality, and beauty ol design, are ua?tr
passed by any Goods heretofore c flered in
market. Also, on hand a beautiful ass. r'rr -
of GLOVES. CRAVATS. POCKET HAN.'
KERCHIEFS, &c? 4c. Hnvir.g likeuiv .
ceived his FALL FASHIONS, is prepare
execute all orders in the latest style. A < ? 1,
respectfully solicited. Sept. 5-9.
CASH FOR BILLETS.
WANTED immediately, 50,000 Stave B>'?
lits ol Red and Spanish Oak. lor uti.i
the cash will be paid at the Manakin Iron \V,
Goochland County, Va. Sep; 4?3?
EDUCATION.
CH. DREW will open a School for Boy*.
? on ihe 15th ot September, on Ban'/stree'j
in the office attached to the Madison 11 ...uv -
His system ol instruction will have lor i 1 loa,.
dation a thorough and practical knou.Vdse <
Arithmetic, and the English Language. To thr.H
will be added the studies usually patsued, inclu
ding Alcebra, Geometry, and the Frer.cti >1
Latin Languages. He hopes that several yac
experience as a teacher will enabV him t s
laithlul to the trust which he asks ut the run:*
of the public. Aug. 4?02m
H'
MRS. DREW'S SCHOOL Will be re-orene
on the first Monday in October, at tw u
sidence on Grace street, between 5th and li h.
She will he aided, as heretofore, by coinpnet.'
assistants.
Aug. 4?d2ra
REMOVAL!
W. J. SWORDS'
CHEAP CASH DRY GOODS STORK.
So. 225, liroad street, Shockoc If 11
WILLIAM J. SWORDS respecttully in
forms his friends and the public gener ?' v
thai he has removed to his new S ore, No "--5
Broad Street, be ween 3i and 4th Str?*" >, w:.r
he hopes to teccive a renewal ol the lib rat p
iron age bestowed nn him since he ennui' i/ ?
business?assuring nil that nothing shall he war/
ing on his part to merit their confidence.
W.J. S. will iu a stiort time receive hi* la?h
ionable Fall Supply of Dry Good*, which he wi
sell, together wiih a good stock of D.miesi s, s
the lowest market prices, by the piece or yard
tor Cash. Call at WM. J SWORDS'
New Dry Gods Store, No. 225 Broad S nf
Shoekoe Hill, between Messrs. Valen'toe
Breeden & Co., and Messrs Q.jar|es A' M-t
win. Sep- 3
~ WILLIAM~XND mTrY COLLE<7k
PROFESSOR MILLINGTON having <V
clirel to accept the appointment >?' Pr??l' ?
sor of Chemistry and Natural Philoso phy in f
College of William & Mary, lately contemd ? t.
him, by the Board of Visitors, no ice i-> h't?*l v
given that the Visitors will meet on the 7 li dav
the nex: month, (September,) tor the putp-.s*- ?'
supplying the vacancy.
1 shall present to the Board at that lime a'l tl"
applica'ions lor that Chair heretofote ma 'v
i he accompanying recommendation*, an tin
mean time new applications may be pre-rnt
forwarded to me.
RO. McCANDLlSH. Rcc'<r.
Williamsburg, August 22?d TthSept
Since itie above notice I have r?C'1'"'
resignation ot Piotessor Holmes ot ih? Chv ?'
Poli ical Economy an ! History in tb** '? ' ''':
William and Marv. Thn vacancy will tr..-r<
tore be filled on the 7 It "I next in' n'h.
R. M-.-CA NDLISU,
Williamsburg. 28th Aug, 1^48 llfCtnr^
NOTICE! NOTICE!
Tne fashionabl-' portion '?
Community is particularly invii
to an examination of a lew ca$''?
extra fine MOLESKIN HA 1 3
Fall style, received 'Ms morni."* ?
Express, at 90, Main st next to Pureed, La *
<;0 R.M.ALLEN.
p. S.?1 shall in a f-w days be in po^e>M>"V
as uiual, of a very large and superior sock
Goods, ol every de?cription. R? M "?
Aug. 29?3io
C~ ' OWLES LOTTERY OFFICE, W*
street, Richmond, Virginia.
l,el Lottery Vendrrnilo and xay what they rosy.
For gelling pnxe* (JOVVLBfi carrle? the d?v
Drawn Nos. Maryland Consolidate ! Lottery, IP
16 27 20 3 18 10 2b 62 12 52 30
Hall, Nos. 16 2'} 36, a Capital of lOO 'ol '.c,
9oldand paid by
SCHEMES FOR THIS WEEK
TUESDAY?20,OOOdollars 6,000,20ol l.W1
75 Nos., 13 drawn. Ttekets 5 dollars
WEDNESDAY?30000 dollars. 8000. -?
600. 66 Nos., 13 drawn Tickets 10 dollars y
THURSDAY?25,000 dollars, 5 of 500" -
ot 1,000. 78 Nos., 13drawn. Ticket.iSmM"
FRIDAY?15,000 dollars, 3 ol 5,000.
Not., 14 drawn. Tickets 4 dollars.
SATURDAY-40,000 Joll?.,f,??.;ur.
1,000. 75 Nos., 13 drawn 1 'J" d
Dollar Lotteries-Monday Wrfoesaay
Saturdays?constantly on qJ^VLES.
Sept. 4 _ :
\V\ F. WATSON & K. W . HUGHES.
\tlornev!n Law,
* RICHMOND, VA.,
-r-TTtr T nraetire togerher in the various C- u:>
W held in-he City ol Richmond, and in ^
PnuDtv Court ot Ileorico.
W ID. F. Watson will continue to discbar* -
daties as Commissioner in Chasccbt
above Courts, and as Notibv Pcblic.
Office?Corner ot 11th and Ban<c slreet ?
Wellington Goddin's Building.
July 4?d&c2aw3m ?
RICHMOND LAW,SCHOOL.
rpHEtermof this Institution commen res
1 the first Wednesday ot N?rembernex^ ^
terminates on the last Wednesday
10The course is at onre scientific and practic.
embracing outlines o. Ugj-jJ %
'i5St,sarsi&- ? -
"SSTl'KWWM. MAXWELL.