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UJ1L1SHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY BY ,r sgis^wmsss* The ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE,for the country, is printed on Tuesday, Thors* day, and Saturday._ terms: Suhcripiio*.—The Tailv Paper is tarnished for 99 per annum—payable hail yearly. The Country Taper (*n-wcehly) is furnished for -95 per annum—payable in advance. Advertising.— Advertisement* Inserted at the rat of 91 p^r square for three insertions, ami cents everv subsequent insertion. 1 cartV ad vertisers are charged in proportion to th** num ber of their advertisements. Person*, advertising. l-y the vear, not to advertise articles not included in thejr regular busings, nor to iii3crt in their advertisements any otiiei names than th^ir own Ko subscription i* received from the countrv, un j less accompanied by the cash, or by a re*p >n •iblc name. “GEN. HARRISONS COMMITTEE” t:Still karping on my daughter” The Enquirer, ot the 24th ult., has a long string of certificates to prove that Mr Miles Hotchkiss,of Oswego, New York, and the or gan of communication between the Oswego Association and Gen. Harrison, is a man o! substance and respectability, and that the . Raid Mile3 Hotchkiss,did actually receive a letter from a Committee in Cincinnati, sty! '• in? themselves Cen. Harrison's friends, de clining to answer his interrogatories. The Enquirer i* a cute ban 1 in nosing out plots an! discovering mystcrk’3. Eu! they ■ generally turn out, in the end, 10 be mountains • in labor with mice. No v, strip this great af fair of the grandiloquent phraseology in which . it is presented to the pib'i;4, au ! what is its true aspect? Geo. Hirrison do tVle*s receives some twenty or thirty letter* a diy enquiring into his opinion upon every question of interest,! sijn?d by person*of whose existence even he is ignorant, an I who, for aught he in ty know j to the confr iry, ar.jmere men ofstriw. Sup pose he could reply to them all, which would tie physb'ulfy i upossihle, is it not certain that some of hi s very anxious correspondents would mutilate an ! t-.harige hi* ref he.*, just as . w*now every d tv see k>; nc!< misrepres'uU e I; his opi ;i ms perverted; th;? j wrn iUof leg islative fnlies m i l! ite !; piragrap u fo n ins speeches torn tV.vn the:.* context, an i made in their isolated lot* n. to convey sentiments precisely the reverse of those \v!i»chhe en tertain"; an.I oven history, heretofore regard ed as a sacred d -.*spodiory of facts, u »t only dis regards i and denied, b if wi'lully f:il*;fivi!,aiiil made to utter slander? which it refutes at eve ry put? Again — .Vho are these corespondents of* Gem H., who are so verv solicitous ah »ut hi* opinion ? Are they bis !'i u. i*. seeking to re in >ve a doubt, or to fortify n conviction? No, they are h»s encode*, who would be hi* ene mies sill. even though the General should answer every question ;ati>fact only. ^ °n the | score of enfty, he i> under no obligation whatever to an* ver then ; an 1 consequently they have no right to complain that their let ters are unanswered, wnen t.oeir ohiect i* not to obtain information to enlighten t hrir ju la ments an 1 to govern their votes, but per chance to elicit from the General some no guarded expression, which the iiinliciou* i:« gv'nmty of iiis opponents may torture to h:>* prejudice. 3ut the General, w? arc told, ought not to conceal hi* opinin'.;. Agreed. e deny thuf he hi* c »ose lie 1 them, or lint lie wishes so to to do. L’tanvfinri 1>m* a! the queries:! !• dressed to him. and see if lhere he one upon which General Hurkon doe* not stand ft lily commuted he'ore the emnirv. Fu? these expressions of opinion, we are to! I, are of remote date, fhi* won! I he an objection if Gen. Harrison, like M r. V.in Bureri, could he found on both side* of every gnvat ques tion—and if, like t!i? gentleman, fie Ind al ways chtmed si les precisely as his interest dictated. But Gen. Harrison** opinion* are the offspring of his judgment, not of hi* am bition. Hence they no uniform and stable. , Look, for ex imp e, at bis course on the Mis souri dues!ion: the very same opinions, which he expresses n v.v (y?3 now; !or it lias not b?en two months gin'' !>\\ ?;nee, in a letter to a Southern member in Congress, lie re-cn • dorsed the opinions a vowed in his admirable Vincennes speec O —the very same opinions • hee.xpres-es now o i t^e Shivery qu **:ion, wh®n bet*a a can lidate for the suffrage* of t!ie i whole Union, he expressed th-^n, when lie | kne w that the avowal of them would render him u 'popular, at home. How different the course of Van Caron! Then a Northern man with Northern principles, because he wa* looking exclusive!v to the Nonh tor all hi* honor:-: No.v a Northern man with Southern • principles hecar.se he is a bidder for Southern vows! When a man n*k* General Harrison for h * opinion* o i this snivel, therefore, what right ha* lie to complain if hr be referr ed to Gen. li’s. uniform course and fequmtlv Reiterated opinions? The opinions acted upon bv Gen. H.in 13b‘,he has since repented in 1 M2 in a letter to his constituents, in 1333 at Vin cennes, in 1333at Cneviot, in 13.3G in letter* to Mr. Shoo of New Orleans, and to Mr. Ber rien of Georgia, and in 1>!0 to a Southern member of Congress—at a ti ne when they were unpopular with those whose suffrage* • 'he coverted, as well as now, upon different circumstances. Could another answer ren 'der hi* opinions more explicit. or a HI to their solemnity? No It is apparent there fore. that those who address him these en quiries are not actuated byloroppr motive*,— •hat th?v are either enflncnced by a wish to annoy Gen. Harrison, or bv a hope that they shall he enabled from some one ofthe numerous replies drawn from him, either by a perversion of mutilation or change ol its lan guage* to prejudice hi3 cause and destroy his brilliant prospects. * But then he is in the hands orn committee —*‘a privy council,” as Mr. Ritchie calls it. Tbit ground of objection is amusing, when it comes from a supporter of Andrew Jackson, who was “in the hands” of a similar commit tee two or three years before hi* election—a committee of which the celebrated Henry Lee, the revilernnd calumniator of Jefferson, was the master-spirit, and which acquired a somewhat unenviable celebrity as the Nash ' ville white washing committee, from the zeal and warmth with which it defended Old Hickory from all aspersions, and industry which it displayed in bedecking him with all the virtues in the Saint'* calender. Now, we 8*»S*iit that what was right h Gen. J ackson cannot be so very wrong in Gen. Hanison. There is, beside*, this marked difference in the two cases: The Cincinnati committee have not undertaken the white-washing pro cess. They have published no bulletins in Harrison’* defence—no labored eulogy of bis services—no exaggerated picture of nis virtues. And what do they say, even in their reply to Miles Hotchkiss, the organ of the , peat Oswego Association? Do they say that Gen Harrison’s opinions arc too sacred to be enquired into? that he intends to “wrap him sei f up in his doublet,” (it we may use one ol ‘be Enquirer's sterotyped qr^tatioos.) tod to vpei every attempt to ascertain hi* sentiments. No: they say, that Gen. Harrison is unable to answer all the catechizing letters he receives, and therefore that they have now in t reparation, anil will shortly publish, all ms "pillion*, won political principles and upon •neasii'es ofpulirv, which have heretolore, or which do tioiv. interest the country. ^>> hait inore do his enemies want? His Irienos will certainly he satisfied with ths authorized I rpiterntion ofopn*"ns, whirhjra^eo upon prin ciple, and never fluctuating with the shitting | breeze of popular favor, are now precisely what they were fiftv years n? o. 11 helms chanced any of inion avowed f om 1798 til nov » ♦et his enemies show it Tins we defy toem to do. . The truth is, all the fuss made about tins Cincinnati committee is a trick to divert the attentioiof the people from the odious mea sures of the Administration, which its friends know will not. hear scrutiny. They feel that fhe ground is sinking beneath them, and they seize, like drowning men, at every straw, which may perchance retard their downfall. But the hand-writing is on the wall. The peo ple have weighed the Administration in the balances, and found it wanting, either in the sagacity to perceive the true interests o! the country, or in the patriotism and honesty to “protect and defend” them. And they will not he diverted from entering a decree of banish ment against Van Kuren and his counsellois bv such pitiful issues as this of the Oswego As sociation, winch partisan ingenuity hashlovn up, like n bladder of wind, into unnatural di mensions.-—Lynchburg Virginian. Tap fu- Circumstance.—Considerable excitement has been caused in our city bv the unexplained disappearance of Mr Geddes, a ! merchant who caine to Ph.ladclphia on busi ness font Northumberland county, Pennsyl vania. Mr. G. having transacted his business and paid some money due for merchandize, on Tuesday last,to Messrs. Ilay, Elliott, Lyon. & Gosh, north Third street, mentioned that he should start early the next morning for home, taking with him from three to five thousand dollars, received for produce sold,and a bun dle from the Farmers* and Mechanic’s Bank, containing about one hundred ami five thou sand dollars. The latter herequested to leave in the fire proof until next morning. It was accordingly put into the place of safety, with a promise that one of the partners would pet up early in the morning and give it to him when he was ready to go. Mr G that evening went out with a friend and vi?itel several places. He returned to the City Hotel, an 1 was seen sitting in the bar room until nearly midnight. He then put on his boots and hat and went out. He was met in Market street by the porter (we believe of the hotel) who told bun that it was too earlv lor him logo tothe stage of fice. Mr G. replied that he*was not suing thi ther , but to some other place. The next morn i.isr Messrs. H. E. L & G. were astonished to fin 1 tint the bundle of money had not been moved from their fire proof. They supposed, however, that Mr. G. In i postponed his depar ture for a day, and nothing was.sai l On the next day, inquiries were made, and it was found that Mr G. had not been seen, that bis hed for two nights had n u been disturbed, and that his trunks were in the room. The gentlemen who held the bundle of mon ey immediately returned it to the bank, with a notice of the cause. Inquiries were made, and on Saturday, the Mayor had an examination in private ol per sons supposed to know something of the cir cuiustrtnce.51but we do not learn that any thing was elicited. We are told that the key was found in one of Mr G.’s trunks and this has led tothe apprehension that some persons, a ware that lie wa^ to take with him the large bundle ol monev. had decoyed him ofi, and killed him, and then took the key, went to his chamber, and opened his trunk, with the hope id finding therein the money. The-e was found in that trunk only a few clothes, and Mr G. bad declined taking up a s-,tall bun lie. because his trunks were crowd ed. In this situation matters now stand. Phil. U. S. Gazette. The Loves of the Newspaper* would be a good topic for «ome of the young poets, who might have ambition to rival George Canning's ‘Loves of the Triangles!” I! the marriages continue to occur as often as tliey have for a few months past, it will he well to have a par: tieuiar place assigned for the annun ciation, as there now is for Marriages and Pealhs.Trade and Commerce, See. It is but recently that the Baltimore Chronicle was united to.the Patriot or American, (we forget which;) and within a week or two, the Post and the Pilot of the same city, have been wel ded together. II we are not mistaken, the Christian Register, here in our own city, an nounces, about once in three months, that it has taken some other paper into its holy keep in", for better for worse, and each union, we doubt not,is a happy one, for it is not per ceived that the Register loses by this ilinu sion. any portion of its characteristic inanity. \ conjunction, more likely to be notorious lor itscoisequences, was to take place in New York vestenla v — viz. between the Journal of Commerce and the New York Gazette; and another, nearer home, was announced in the Boston Gazette of yesterday, to be consum mated this morning. This we consider the most remarkable of newspaper alliances. The patriot and Chronicle (an old loving and bar monious couple) were conjugated with the Advertiser some eight or ten years ago. The Centiuel and the Palladium, (names venerable !<»r their antiquity) after a few years of con;u- ! jrril identity, fell into the arms of the Boston j Gazette, and now, what do we see, hut tiie i independent Chronicle and the Columbian j OeiriiK'l, the New England Palladium and the J Bos-on Patriot, the Boston Gazette and the: Pailv Advertiser, (the roses, red and white, ' York anil Lancaster,) all growing on one ! friendly stalk This conjunction, wc cannot l help thinking U a dear case of poly-biggamy; but nevertheless, Smile Heaven upon if! ^ And let their heirs, by God’s fair ordinance, Enrich the time to come with prosperous days. r r-'Lrt us add, by way ofsupplatnenL that amidst all these fortunate connuhialities, the Boston Courier has had the good (or ill,) for tune “to keep the noiseless tenor of its wav” in a state ofsingle blessedness,—rejecting all temptations to court or to be courted— li' i ig in the f union of Those pure, immortal element*, that know No gross, no unhnrmonious mixture foul,— and enjoying the comfort which arises front die consciousness that it aims to do all the good it can,and the molest persuasion that it could do no harm if its circulation w ere equal to that of all its cotemporaries, “We speak as to wise men,” and a ivotJ to the wise is, or ought to be, sufficient. Boston Courier. Although we do not class Gen.Bayly of Ac comac wi*h the Whips, yet we do not doubt, from a conversation which the writer of this held with him last winter that he will act with that party next winter. That conversation prepared iis to hear, as the Baltimore Patriot isays it understands is the fact, that “in the canvass. Bayly proclaimed himself aWhig and ' a most ur.ro m promising opponent of Van Bu ren; and, though he would not vote nt the polls fur General Harrison, yet knowing the sentiments ol huconsiimeats, he would vote Tor a Wing to the Senate of theU. S.in place of Mr. Roane, and would also vote fora Wrhig in place of Mr. Itivea, hut not for Mr, Rives.” [Lynchburg Virgicisr.. PROCEEDINGS AT WASHINGTON. | An hour alter noon yesterday the following was distributed in handbills in this city: FRIENDS OF HARRISON! Wednesday, May 6, one o'clock The Executive Commit tee of the Republican Committee ot Seventy six announce to their political f lend* in this citv that a la rj»e por tion of the Delegates to the Bi I tunore Con* en tion propose meeting at the City Rail, at t o' clock this afternoon. You are respectfully re quested to attend punctually at that place at half past three to welcome the Delegates. P. U. KENDALL, Chairman. R. S. COXE. ; DAVID A HALT.. JACOB GIDEON, Jr. GEO. SWEENY. In pursuance of this mvice. a creat nu nVr of toe Deleintes from the several State*, to the Baltimore Convention, as well a« of our own fellow citizens, whose hearts are in the cause, assembled in front of the Citv Hall, there be ing no apartment within it that could accom modate a tithe of their number. Opu. Wal ter Jones, President of the General Commit tee of Seventy Six, hein? called to the chair, addressed the meeting in a brief but finin' Speech. Mr. Corwin, ot Ohio, being hm llv called for, took the stand, and delivered a Speech caracterized hv tlie sound sen'e, pith, and humor for which he is ni-uly reputed.— Mr. C. was folioweil hy Mr. Graves, of Ken tucky, Mr. Israel Putnam Tyler, of Connecti cut. Mr. Btisrrs, of Massachusetts, NTr. Mor gan, of New Yoik, anl Gen. Waditv Thomp son, of South Carolina, who successive ly, and in compliance with the liberal and repeated calls, addressed ftie assemblage in verv eloquent ami impressive speeches. At a little after sunset, a motion was made for a temporary adjournment, and the assemblage adtotirned to meet at the same p!*i<re at 8 o' clock P. M.—Nat. Int. of Thursday. THE VAN BUREN CONVENTION The Globe of Tuesday night states that tl e Van Buren National Convention met on the j morning of-that day in the llall of the Musi-j cal Association at Baltimore, and was fina y organized by the appointment ol the following olficers: j President. Gov. Wm. Carroll, of Tennessee. Vice Presidents. 1. Gen Wm.T. Rogers, of Tennsylvann. 2. Gov. C. P. Van Ness, of Vermont. 3. Weldon N. Edwards, Esq., of N. C. 4. Or Chas. Furry, of Indiana. 5. John Nr Ison, Esq., of Maryland. G. lion. Alexander Mouton,of Louisiana. Secretaries. Geo. Starkweather, Esq., of New York. C J. McNulty, Esq., of Ohio. G. B. Adrian, Esq. of New Jersey. Albert Bak^r, Esq., of New Hampshire. Whilst the committee of appointment was out, Mr. Grundy, being called upon, “addres sed the meeting in an exceedingly eloquent and interesting manner;” and, alter the above appointment of o:firers, tiie Convention ad tourned to the next day. The Globe savs that twenty one States were “fully represented.” The Convention adjourned on Wednesday evenimr, without making any nomiration of Vice President—there being lor nominating.93 against it 132. _ MEXICO AND TEXAS. New Ouleans, April 27, 1310. From Metamoras.—'The schooner Alexan der Washington arrived yesterday from Ma in morns, which port she lelt on the 15ih inst Capt. Dearborn has lavored us with a copy of j an extra ol the Alcln, containing the result of the battle which took place between the Fe* ! deralists, titider Zapata, and the Government troops under Arista, together with some par ticulars relative to the trial ofthe Federalist p i- ; .miners* Gen. Zapata was trie.l by a court* j martial, condemned amt shot, and his head was cut ofTand sent to his native place for ex hibition! Two Toxinn officers were also shot and the one hundred and fifty prisoners taken were conducted to Mntamoras, in order to be sent to Vera Cruz.—Bee. The announcement from a Maine iotrml, • which is likely to he correctly informed, (being ! the ’Mate paper.) that a burly ofU. $. reguhrs had entered, or were a bout to enter, the dis puted territory, created some little sensation here yesterday. It will be observed that this movement is precisely tho counterpart of that of the British government, in increasing its force in the Mada*vaska district; a.id a lur ther object may be, to guard against those collisions which are liable to occur between irregular troops coming suddenly in contact, and the consequences of which might be de plorable. Regular troops now occupy the ad vanced posts, and they are commanded by an officer (Col. Fierce; every way qualified lor his responsible trust. While Eng! md adhered strictly t<» the Memorandum jointly signed bv Vlr Forsyth ami the British Minister, so did we; and in moving a detachment of regulars a little within the disputed territory, we are only following the example of our competitor. But the posts to be occupied by our troops, viz: Fort Fairfield, and a place on Fish River, are a long way tins side of the St. .Tonn, and are as little likely to be molested by the BritiMi troops, as the British force in the Madawaska district, north of the St. John, is to he molest ed by us. These miniature “a runes of obser vation” will doubtless look hard at the wil derness lying between them, and continue to look, untd the dispute is adjusted by the su preme governments, as we trust it soon will j be.—N. Y. Jour, of Com. Mr. Roane belongs tothe Patent Democrat ic school, one of the tenet* of which is that ! the Representative is bound to obey the will of j his constituents, however ascertained, or re- j sign. Will he do either? Has he any doubt! that he is misrepresenting Virginia in tlw F*»n ate? Has he the faintest hope of re-election next winter* Mr. Lucas, the Representative of the Fred erick District was returned last year by lour ! majority. His district has shown itself on the 23d uit. Whig by more than 300. Will lie re- j sign? Mr. Coles, of the Pittsylvania District, was : re-elected last year by about. 100 majority.—j His District now shows more than 300 majori j ly against him. Will he resign? Mr. HolJeman, in the first District, beat Dr.; Mallory between 110 and 150 votes. Hie same District shows a Whig majority of be- t tween4 and 500. Will he resign? We ask these questions, and we can answer them. Neither of these gentlemen will even entertain the idea of resigning. They will hold on to their seats, and laugh at those who supposed that they ever intended to make practice square with profession.—Fred. Arena. Miss Fanny Elssler.—'This Queen of Fnir ries, whose arrival vve announced yesterday, has excited a feeling among our Theatre go ing people such as we have never witnessed on any former occasion. Although the precise time of her appearance is not known, all the private boxes are taken, and most of them for her whole engagement! The Box Book too shows j thathoae who have not already taken seats for the first night, should make early application for her second or third nights if ttiev would be accomodated in the first or second Tier. Fanwy El*st,br is as clearly without an equal in her own style of dancing, as isTaglio pi in hers; and both are considered equally un surpased and unsurpassable in their particu lar shools. We have seen both, and we can safely promise the New York audience a richer tieat than they have ever vet enjoyed —“the Divine Fanny” as she i« called in Far ts, will cause the admirers of n!| her prdeces sors, to he astonished at the difference between the great original and the very best of her imi tators , She will certainly appear01 soon as the 18th —powibly, on Monday next — [N. Y. Courier. N4?al Court Martial.—The General ' National Court Martial ordered by the Navy | Department for the trial of Commodore Jesse D. Elliot, and other olficers of the Navy, con vened on Monday at the Yard in this city.— A11 the members of the Court were present, to .vit: X’ommolore Jacob Jones, President, Commodore Lewis Warrington John Downes, aryl Edmund P. Kennedy; andCaptainsChnrles Yv. Morgan, Foxh ill A parker, David Conno*, J\tS;i D. .-:loat, and George W. Storer. Alter the organization, it was determined by the Court to proceed to the trial of Lieut Charles i 13. VdBhir, nf (Ik* Baltimore station, on char ges preferred against him by Commodore Bal lard. i Ves’erdnv, at !l o'clock, the Court met pur |smnt t-; adjournment. The proceedings of Monday \v#*re read hv the Judge Advocate, from which it appeared that Lieutenant M’ Blair pleaded not guilty to the charges and specifications against him. The prosecution not being ready with its evidence, and the accused desi ing to be .heard by his coun sel, Mr. Hare, an adjournment look place un til 10 o’clock to day. Lieutenant M’Blairis a young man, apparently about thirty years of age. with, a frank, open courtenance, and re markanly o!lioer-hke in his demeanor. We , did not iearu the nature of the charges against1 uim. To tiiose unaccustomed to such mat ters, this Court nrrsent.squite an imposing as pcet. :Six or eight ollieers, equipped in the habiliments o! war, with the stern experience | given by years of peremptory command, cm- j ?litue a ‘tribunal which lew can approach j without a let hog o) ;«\ve. Commodore Elliott was present. He had in form, on the day of o-caifsing the Con. t, delivered up his sword to the President, yesterdavappeared wearing merely the belt, the end of the chain which hears the scab hard being hooked npand I a11 - iny douh e hv It is side. The Commodore is a fine looking oilicer, with a good head (phreno logically) and a fice which appears to beam with benevolence and good nature.—[Penn. Fdml\nd 1\ Gaines and ms Wife, vs. Relf Chew, and others—This was a suit brought by list* complainants lor the estate of Daniel Clark,deceased, devised by bun to his only chil l Myra Clark, the wile of Gen. Gaines, by virtue of hi* last will, dated in iuly, 1313, against Richard Keif and Beverly Chew, the pretended e.xocuto s of the said Clark, under a revoked will, dated in May, 1311—a will hastily made on the occasion ol Iiis having determined on a sea voyage, and revoked by his will of July, 1313. The documentary evidence, with the tes timony of several respectable witnesses.clear ly estab'ivhed the will of 1313, its existence up to the time of Mr. Claik’s death, and of me mysterious disappearance or that will, while Richard Relfhad improperly possessed himself at th? moment of Daniel Clark’s death of the key ol the case where said last will was deposited, and, soon afterwards produced the will of 1311, had it p abated, and under it. di*; wed of and preyed upon, and continued, to dispose ot and prey upon the estate of DaniH Clark, testator, for near a quarter of a cento v. For near 20 years of that time the lawful heiress, Myra Clark, resided in and near Philadelphia in the family of Colonel and Mrs. Davis as their daughter, under the mme of Myra Davis, ignorant of her real name, parentage, and rights, until the 21ih year of her g*1, when Col. Davis apprised her of these important facts. After which discovery she married Mr. Mr. W. Wlr.itiey, who. in taking legal measures to recover her estate, was thrown into prison, r.nd other wise prosecuted, with a fury worthy ol a Spanish inquisition, until he lq,st his life. This persecution was continued against the wid owed Myra an I hororphan c!i Idrett until they ami their sufferings were made known to General Caines, w ho. in his youth, and upon his first visit to Louisiana in 1303 had enjoy ed the friendship! ( her father. In his efforts to learn Loin lit r how he could hust contribute to vindicate her lights, made to her proposals of marriage, which were accepted. Theevi dance nlul the law were nhlyand eloquently summed up and presented to the Court by her counsel, Grymes, Chinn, and Peyton, and by Mr. Henry on the part of th#* defendants.— I he decree of the Court fuliy sustained the rights of the plaintiff under will of 1313, and or lered That the property sold under the will of Lit should In* restored to Myra Clark Gatin’>, the lawful heir.—[X. O. Am. The C n\-m Counterfeiters.—The twen tv-six ronuterft’i ers lately arrested in Cnna da, were entrappf d into the hands of justice in quite a romantic wav. They were so well | disciplined, with families, and apoarent profes sion* a ml w ith wealth and influence by no means trilling, that they could not he caught in the ordinary mode. The rural police, thir ty-live in number, were ordered along the line, while the officers in order to prevent sus picion, pretended to be soldiers who had de serted, fugitives from prison, showrm n of wild beasts, political malcontents, and some even assumed the character of comnerteifers pur sued by officers of justice. Col. Gugy was a nurchaser of horses, and did not evince much keenness either in the price or qtiah y of the animals. Tlius they associated themselves with the forgers, and Anally raptured the whole, early one rimming in their beds. On one occasion two of the police nearly betray e l themselves, but Col. Gugy with admira ble presence ol mind, collared them, and pre tending that 1 hey were deserters, made the counterfeiters themselves assist in arresting them. Among the hank rote plates they had admirably counterfeited were those of the rmted States, Pennsylvania, and Farmers md Mechanics Dank of Philadelphia. N. V. Gaz. Grf.*t Ci.or if Seizure C*se.—The large j room oft he (Tilted States District Court was . densely filled this morning, to listen to the charge of Judge ITopkinson, in tlie above im portant case, involving great legal principles,! in the determination ol which, hereafter, it will forever furnish “precedent,” and involv ing aho. ctirertly in this issue, pecuniary con siderations of great amount. The goods seiz ed number about 726 pieces of cloths,cassi rperes, ev.. mostly fine, hut of various grades ! of value—the whole being estimated to be j( worth from eighty to one hundred thousand Ci0l,nr3* - . , , r ‘.I The charge of his honor has, I verily Ire-' lieve, seldom or never been excelled: if was luminous in the extreme, and although occu pying nearly hours ir the delivery, was iis*ened to untiringly by the auditors—some thing exceedingly rare in legal proceedings. Tne Jury retired.taking with them a quanti ty of papers sufficient fora year’s reading; and the Court was listening to 3 conversation be- | tween some of the lawyers about referring another paper to the jury which they had ac cidentally left behind, when a tap was heard at the door of the jury room; it was opened hv one of the marshalls who announced to the Court that the jury had “agreed! ’ There : was perfect silence in an instant, and during the “telling” of the jury. The verdict is for ! the claimants on the first two counts, and for j the United States on the remaining eleven. ■ This forfeits nil tothe Government, and would ; have done so had but one count been found' for the United Stales. —Phil Car Senator Dyer.—The District represented by this gentleman in the Senate of Virginia ! composed of the counties of Pittsylvania, Patrick an c Henry, has shown itself Whig by a lecided majority a: the two elections preceding the last. In 1S38, the Whig majority was about 200, last year it increased to about 300, and this springit is enlarged to 584. But Mr. Dyer, although he belongs to the Party which professes nothing so much as love for the dear people, and respect far their wishes, has never in a single instance, so far as appears from the records of the Senate, payed the slightest respect to these oft-declared wishes of a large ma’orifyol his constituents. Richmond Whig. * - —- - ' FRIDAY MORNt'Vi. Mat P, 1340. ~- - 1 < ■■ -~~~~— NATIONAL EDUCATIONiCONVENTION. The National Convention on the subject of Education assembled on Monday, in Wash ington, agreeably to appointment. There was a large and respectable attendance of Tele gates from the various States oTthe Union;— Dr. A. D. Cache, President of the Girard Col - lege, was chosen President ol theConvention; and a conunitte of live was nppointe! tore port subjects expedient for the action of the Convention. In the course of a di?C!i?sin:t,!ast Saturday, in the House of Representatives, the following dialogue took place: i Mr.Sir.it!) of Maine, mnden report upon the 'rrllegnlions against the Naples Charge des Af faires, bv alluding to Mr. Adams and the ap pointment of General Harrison a? Minister to Colombia. He charged that he had remained in the conn'ry a long time after hi? appoint ment arid after receiving salary and out‘if. j Mr. .T. Q. Adams snid thn it was the custom with him when called upon to administer the : affairs of the Government, to allow none of the Foreign Ministers salaries until thev set out on I their missions. Sometimes the Ministers were | allowed a short time to settle their affiirs be ; fore leaving the country. Whether this was the case with General Harrison he did tot know, hut from the practice of die Slate Pe partment he presumed it was not. F^e would not, however, say whether it was the case or not. Sir. said Mr. Adams. [ cannot In ft notice a peculiar ha hi t with the elo]iient and parli amentary gentleman from Maine, and that :s, whenever the gross abuses of this Govern ment as now administered are exposed, that gentleman invariably turns toother enormous abuses, as he calls them, in excuse of those now known to exist, and which by legislation we are called upon to correct. * Tax Swat.**—-A new and beautiful yacht, with this appropriate and pretty name, made its first appearance upon the Delaware yes terday. manned by a number of young men of ( Southwark, to whom she belongs. Met.anchow Accident.—The above no tice was induced by seeing the vessel, with her May-day crew ami gailv streaming col ors, speeding gallantly over the waters, with mirth,and music, and her living freight in al1 t.he hilarity and excitement which the breeze and the wave will awaken. It was, alas! hut a joyful beginning to a most sad end.—While yacht was passing Callowhill street, she was struck by the fi »*v which, we believe, is usual to that part of the river; and being very heavi ly rigged, having a mainsail little less than those carried by sloops, she insfanilv capsiz ed, filled, and sunk. The only “ballast” be ing the persons on board, numbering, as we hear, about sixty; of whom were drowned from five to eight: (or we have been unable to lean the exact number, nor is if, we believe, certainly known at the time we write.—Phil lT. S. Gazette of Saturday, Tfie extraordinary Temperance Reform, which Father Matthew is effecting in Ireland, really stems to be one of those contagious movements by which millions are moved, not unlike in spirit and effect, though vastly more practical benefit, to that which, in the time of the Crusades, emptied Europe upon the Holy Land. The annexed extract of a letter from a dis j tinguished gentleman in Dublin, ton friend in this city, gives tfie most recent intelligence we I have of the doings of Father Matthew.*: — N. Y. Amer. Dcblix, April 13, 1S13. “ We a re at this moment undergoing one of the must extraordinary moral revolutions which the annals of the worl 1 narrate. I al lude ol course to the great temperance Refor mation effected by the Rev. Mr. Matthew, a Frauciskan Friar of tlie city of Cork, now justly styled the apostle of Temperance. Al ready have one and a half millions of persons received the tempeiance Died je from his hands and scarcely a defaulter lias been lound; per sons of all religions flock tu him. He spent the week before last in Dublin, and there ad ministered the pledge to 70,000 individual*. I have with mv own eyes witnessed the most i confirmed drunkards completely reformed. I could nut believe thenecounts with which the newspaper teemed until I myself became a wit ness. I le has visited the cities of the South and West with equally wonderful success.— The Police and Military are obliged to attend to prevent his being crushed to death by the multitudes who flock to pledge themselves to iota! abstinence from all intoxicating liquors before him. Many, (even Protestants,) floe!; to him, thinking he possesses miraculous pow ers to cure disease*. and lie .'ns the greatest difficulty in persuading them that he assume.; or possesses nosudi power. Earl Stanhope and the London Temperance Society have in vited him over to preach tfie cause of temper ance there.” We regret to learn that the lion. F. "W . Pickens, who returned home from Washing ton. a short time since, in order to recruit his strength, continues so in disposed, ns to ren der l»is return to Congress tEis session uncer tain; .and that he has written to the Speaker of ilie llou^e, advising the appointment of a Chairman of the Committee of Foreign Re ladofjs. in his place. We learn also that the trying climate of our national capital, bud ren • j dered the Honourable It. R. Rhett seriously ill, but we add, with pleasure, that lie is on the reroverv. or perhaps, by this tune, entire ly recovered. [Charleston Courier. Captain Joseph Smith has h*»rn relieved from the command of the r. S. ship of the line Ohio, no*v in the Mediterranean, in conse quence of ill health; and Capt. K. A. F. Lnval lette ordered to succeed him. Capt L. will pioceed to the Mediterranean by the fi st op portunity.—A. Sc N. Chronicle. Stevm Frig\te.—We w itnessed with much gratification the other day the casting of part of the machinery of one of the steam frigates now’ preparing at the extensive iron works of Messrs. Merrick & Towne. The weight of iron melted on the occasion W’as, we learn be tween twenty and thirty thousand pounds. The establishment is very active in the pro duction of this machinery, which occupies a vast number of hands, and will require some months lor its completion. The machinery ol the other frigate is in progress at the West Point Foundry.—[National Gazette, HIGHLY IMPORTANT TRUTHS’! \ S thereon is advancing when Summer ' JTl Bowel Com plant prevails—the Subscriber ! .offers his Cholera Infantum Syrup, as a sure | remedy fur the prevention and cure of the [Summer Bowel Complaint in children or oth ers. This medicine cures by i»s Tonic and ! Antiseptic powers, and the patient’s strength increases with its use. Of the adaptation of this remedy to this disease the experience of the last five years lias abundantly proven; on sale only by WM. LAMPHIER, Surg. Dent, ap 6—dif ALSO, Superior Seidlity. Powders, 3 boxes for 31.— Lee’s Anti Bilious Pills 25ct$. per box. ~~ ~ POCKET MAP OF Delaware,Maryland, and Virginia, on a single sheet, handsomely done up in mo rocco and gilt; price *25 cents—for sale by ap *25 BELL & ENTWiSLE. C OMAt U.Yl CAT10.V3. [rot Tifr. \r.tttvijtmo\2 :ttc TFIE BLUE BID EE. How tleiiightfill is the distant view of tliit .beautiful ruvnifam! Its gently un !ti!ating Isunmit, stretching across our Stale, fro^ north to south, confining no 1 hounding the ha. rizon—it* beautiful blue peaks rising gradual. !y»»ne above the oth.*r, and seeming t» min. g!e wil.h tlie sky. an l to steal so much of ^ certilian color, that we sea reel v can define when the one begins, or the other terminate! Alter an absence of but a few months, with : wliat joy am! pcstacy do we catch the first glimpse oi this beautiful blue ridge— its farm, liar and well known peaks, we salute and greet them ns the face of an old friend, from the association of past pleasures snd scenes of enjoyment, we feel the current of life, thrili with fresh and free emotion. When we behold from a distance this beautiful blue belt of mountains, begirding our State, *nd assimilating the charming color of the hr:, yens, we hesitate to believe them the hahio. lion of man, but would rather people them with the guardian angels of our Earth, that watch over us, and minister to our pca.-c, health and happiness. But, if in this instance, , as in others, we are constrained to admit the . truth of the poetN declaration— “ *TF distance lends enchantment to the view, And clothes the mountain in its azure hue,” we have s: 1!I left us the greater pleasure, aM i the more interesting study, which close tr* spection afford*. When we stand at the foot 'of this mountain, and cast our eyes upon i!i | lofty and elevated peaks—when we content • plate this immense mound of earth, covert with giant trees of the forest, which the axe man dare not, and cannot approach, or tvhrn we behold the va«t and stupendous rock* pi>,j one upon another Uv an Almighty hand; the enchantment, and the azure hue, which dis tance lends, is gone, ’tis true; hut the sub Un ity of the scene enwraps the soul,elevates the mind from Nature up to Nature’s Go I, tnj direct our thought* to Him, “who was, before the hills were o( ol !.'* But if we ascend its steep, fio;v is the mind lost in speculation and reverie, in reflecting upon the origin, anl the time and circumstances of the formation of this mountain; and, when we reach its sum mit, how grand and beautiful the view! We behold an extensive and picturesque valley spread out before ns on either side of thu mountain, (which the eye may contemplate at the same iintanf,) variegated by its gently waved surface, by i's many green and cultiva ted field*, and the reserved places of wood land, with an interspersed mountain here and there, detached from the main chain. We ttt the smoke ascending from number less farm house*, and gracefully winding anil losing it sell in the air and cloud* above. We behold the numerous villages which dot these exten sive valley*, whose white houses look bright and beautiful in the distance; and when the eye has reached the utmost extent of thest \ alleys, we discover them bounded by chains of mountains; the western valley by the north mountain, and the eastern valley, by the Ca toetiu. I:i the western valley, we may, a Iso, see at several place*, the Shenandoah as it winds its way at the foot of the ridge, mur muring at restraint, till it meets with aid by juncture with the Potomac, and forces a pas sage through the mountain. The Blue Ridge presents an interesting subject for reflection, if we consider t he vast mineral wealth it imi*t 'contain; which,united with its uncommon fer tility and productiveness, being, nodoubl, the most arable mountain in the world, will ex cuse this transposition ol the poets »nirnitab.< verse, “Full many a gem of purest ray serene, In dark unfathomed ca ves. tlii* mountain bear, l ull many a flower, here blooms to blush un seen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.” Pom the quality of soil and elevation ol this mountain, it i* admirably adapted to the "row l!i of every variety of fruit proper to this latitude, and particularly the gra[»e, ammo highly probable, when our country shall He densely populated, that all its cultivated parts will he i;i vineyards and orchards. Hut, al yl though this continuous vineyard a nd orchard, extending throughout our Slate, may enhance iiie beauty and value ot this mountain in d<e eyean I estimation of the luxurious,there is ronr# to dorht, whether die romantic and niorai in fluence which mountains, in their native gr‘,n* deur exert, will not he eradicated by influen ces not so conducive to ihe health and happi ness of man. It is interesting ami useful t> consider the influence of mountains upon thf health, spirits and morals. The steepness and ruggedness of the mountain side require strength 2nd activity, while its light and bra cing atmosphere causes the file blood to flu* more freely, and gives fresh vigor to every nerve and fibre. But who has not experienc ed the buoyant influence of the mountain! heurht upon the spirits? Who has not felt the vapors and inlets wiiicli seem to gather about the mind and feelings,disperse upon the moun tain's top? Who has not felt the soul lake wing and fly to foreign and fanciful word! of delight? When the warmth of spring ha* wooed the opening buds and flowers, to show and shed forth their beauty and fragrance when the fields resume their verdure ar.d grow soft and elastic beneath our feet-when the whole earth so teems with life, that.il we apply an car to her bosom, “ we can hear tk« music of growing things”—when the bird* render the grove vocal with their melody— how full of pleasure to climb their mountain* height! As we ascend, the icy influence o* winter upon our feelings melts away—we we about us spring and flowers, modestly peeping above the fallen leaves of autumn, which na ture ha<1 provided (dr their warmth and pro lection, and shedding their sweetness on the balmy air—the sweet trier and the honey suckle mingling their odors and meeting »* a| i every step. If we feel athirst, we can kneel at the chrystal fountain as it gushes from tM mountain's side, and then watch its spark waters as it leaps from rock to rock, bke t a thing of life, sprinkling the thirsty planed and flowers in its passage, tid it reaches t‘« foot of the mountain. And when we re2C the summit, the prospect and scenery *9** out before us—the light and buoyant at phere about us cnu*e tue heart to exP* with delight and *erm to awaken i new * tence within ,»-«e feel .haMve have% J, ed a region where .he fancy « free, inJ imagination can spurt with all fi o.vn et** ,J ana creatures of a