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PUBLISHED DAILY AND Τ R I»W £ Ε * L Τ BY EDGAR SJiOVVDEX. The ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE, for the coun try, is printed on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Subscription—the Daily Paper is furnished at $8 per annum—payable half yearly. The Country Paper (tri-weekly) is furnished for $5 per annum—payable in advance. No subscription is received from the country, un* less accompanied by the cash, or by a respon sible name. Communications. To Ou Editor of tht Alexandria Gazette : Our Whig Congressional Candidate· met in Leesburg, on Monday and Tuesday last. By cour tesy, Col. McCarty yielded precedence, in address ing the people, to the two other Whig candidates, who were strangers in this County. By agree ment, Mr. Morton opened the ball. Mr. Pendle , ton replied, and Col. McCarty closed the discus sion. The performances of each of these gentle men, were such as to reflect credit upon their ι abilities, and manly courtesy prevailed even in j the violence of political conflict. And the Whig party of this District, may well be proud of three such champions of their principles and their I cause. j 3d. In voting Ibr the nominee you shew to all aspirants, your disapprobation of their being , more than one candidate from the Whig party ; , and by the whole party's uniting on the nominee, we will hire a representative of a majority, ' and a constitutional majority, for certainly the constitution did not leave the free choice of their representatives to the people, for the purpose of their elevating personal friends to office, but that , the political views of the majority might be rep ' resented in the popular branch of the legislative halls of the nation. 4th. In voting for the nominee, the majority, and old^r portion of the district will be acting , towards a sister but lately admitted, with that courtesy, for which Virginians are so justly cel ebrated. ! 5th. In voting for the nominee, you vote for a man than whom a truer and better Whig never breathed, whose acts stand proof for his princi ples, who in MO by his mighty and overwhelming eloquence, conduced not a little to that victory j of Whig principles over Locofoco corruption, (a political victory unprecedented in the annals of ! the world,) and whose eloquent and feeling eu logies on Henry Clay (even in '36) shewed how ! justly he appreciated tbe great services, and j giant intellect of that mighty leader of the Whig i party of 1844. You will support a man whose ! gentlemanly and sociable manners, bold and ' fearless deportment, and irresistible and manly I eloquence,will make this district, and the Whigs 1 of this district, respected for having sent such a ! representative. A YOUNG WHIG. Fairfax C'y, Va , March 18th, 1845. At a large meeting of the Democratic party, in Fauquier County, held at Morrissville, on Sa turday, the 15th instant, Alexander Gordon, Esq., was called to the Chair, and Thomas M. Embry, appointed Secretary. The object of the meeting having been ex plained by the Chair, on motion, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : Resolved, That it is the unanimous opinion of this meeting, that there should be a Democratic candidate to represent this district in Congres*, and that it is our firm determination to support no Whie for that office. LETTERS FROM WASHINGTON. The President's present purpose undoubtedly ; is to abstain from general proscription; and he has more than once, as I know, declared that he I would make no removals except for cause. He j is equally explicit in conversation—although no trace of the matter appears in his inaugural—in declaring that he will not, under any circumstan ces, be a cardidate for re-election, adhering to the pledge lepeatedly given by him before the election in favor of one term. Putting these facts together, and construing them by the plain and common sense view, which, excluding all wish for, and effort at, the succession—renders it obvious that Fame, en during national Fame, can only be attained by a comprehensive national administration, and the conclusion does not seem unreasonable that-Mr. Polk may in good faith seek such fame. 1 wil lingly believe such to be his present purpose. But after the Senate shall have dispersed, and both the moral and actual restraint which they enjoin upon nominations is removed, it is to be feared that Washington will swaim with hungry supplicants, each one fortified with letters and resolutions from his neighborhood, establishing his claims as a partizan, and upholding, as'the Shibboleth of the party, the absolute necessity of removing the ins, in order to make places lor the ottis. The Globe and like newspapers will perpet ually harp upon the same string, and it will re quire no ordinary degree of firmness on the part of the President to resist such importunities. While, therefore, net without a willingness to believe, rather than a belief, that proscription is not now within the contemplation of the Presi dent, 1 shall be most agreeably surprised, if in the course of the summer, his better nature or pur pose be not overcome, and that then the guillo tine will be permanent while there are still headi to fall.— Correspondence of the .Yeiv York Courier. I κ r r\ < :n MR. BANCROFT.—Tho "Cleveland Daily Herald" gives the following anecdote of Mr. Bancroft:— "Thus thf.y do iv Germant."—It i* pretty generally known that George Bancroft, the His torian, has enriched his mind with a vast amount of ancie H lore, but is shockingly deficient in ι practical knowledge—or, in other word*, that he is far behind the modern intelligence of this pro· j gressive age and country. ι Some years since, he visited Europe, and within the venerable enclosures of the German ! Universities, he communed with German meta | physicians;and from their mouldy manuscript*, j isolated habits, mystic teaching*, and unattaina I ble transcendentalism, he became a menial subli mation, incapable of appreciating or conforming to the imperfect actings and doings of humanity in this Western hemisphere. He returned to this country, and connected himself with a literary institution, with the view of teaching the young American idea uhow ; to shoot " He gave a new and novel direction to the méritai and physical exercises of his pu pils, solemnly annourwing the reason—''Thus ' they do in Germany." Recitations were requir ; ed at unusual hours, lor "thus they do in Germa ny." The ingrrssand egress to and from his presence, and attitudinizaticn while there, must be singularly unique, because "thus they do in ' Germany." Indeed, every movement of the body and exercise of the mind, were regulated arid made strictly conformable to "thus they do in Germany." The Yankee boys "stood it" a* long as endur ance was η virtue, and then "bolted." They : mustered their forces during the silent watches I of a dark and dismal might, armed themselves 1 individually and collectively with brick-bats, and I then with noiseless tread, in single file, they para ded in front of the residence oi the said George Bancroft. Ί he word being given, the "brick bats flew" and the windows of the said George Bancroft "were smashed." The future historian, unadorned save with night-cap and shirt, rushed to the door, and demanded the "wherefore," and the loud and united response was given—"thus they do in Germany!" The end of Mr. Bancroft's "school keeping" was about that time.—Λ*. Y. Express. BALTIMORE COAL TRADE \ v* with a full carpo of Cumberland coal, inte** for the use of the steamer Great We«t(r„"i just been despatched from this port for York. We learn that vessels are much \ivV I for the transporta*ion cf Cumberland coal he* to eastern ports, anti that good freights ci» ! obtained.—Bull. American. ι MARYLAND STATE STOCKS.—W* J I erêt to see that the stock of the State of Mir, ! land continues to decline- On Friday fan ,r\ small sales were made at 80 lor 6 s, ana to-^, i iiicv «old at 74 ', and more offer- d it tint ra> : The declension bas been regular from i» ·. I day at about lj per cent -Bol» / et. THE INAUGURAL'ION lt,\LL_Ti,t^ agers of the ball held at Carusi's Saloon in \Vh. ington, on the 4th of March, have approprié the amount of profits, $1,133,58, to char.·^ purposes, in equal portions, to the "\VjvVjlr,, ' City Orphan Asylum," and the »St V^. Orphan Asylum." It was also direct*d th- ] list of subscribers, whose ticket·» weie unredeeos ! ed, should be transferred to the first nanicd ir,»· ! tution. ι DREADFUL —We see it stated in the Ι^1ν • ville Journal that the wife of Harry Danitl. ο ι hearing of her husband's horrible murder of ve. brother, became a maniac, and has continued ever since. Daniel, it will he recollected, j j Clifton R. Thomson, his brother-in-law, m «κ, i Court House at M nint Stirling, Κν., j deceased was addressing the Court in reference to a case in which he and Daniel were partis M1LLERISM.—A man named Dammon, ! Dover, Me., was recently tried for va^rarrj, m j supporting his family, &c. lie was a Mtllerhe and had been led away by his participation ir.tr,. proceedings of that fanatical sect, from thing like an honest and sober lit*. The tr.i ! developed gross and most scandalous **·η%ι;:ι » on the part of these misguided people, and ter,: ed to convince every one of the neci ^sity, in ι:. ^ sections of the country where tl e delusion ;;i taken the strongest hold, of the interim nee the law. Families are broken up, fathers a:; mothers led to abandon their children, daughter debased, their public meetings characterisedt; the most «hocking licentiousness. and the id it of whole communities made wild with insamu In those sections where the mania has prevails its effects have been marked and most illa tions. Something certainly should be done t: check it But Mr. Pendleton comes before us with the sanction of a Convention, singularly constituted, as shown by Mr. Morton, and we are now called ι upon to sustain him as the "Nominee,*' against all ! competitors. It is not my intention to say aught against the personal character of either of these three gentlemen. But of their political position as candidates, I may be permitted to say one word Mr. Morton and Col. McCarty are Whigs of long and tried allegiance. Mr. Pendleton, "the nomi· , nee," is a Whig of some 8 or 10 years standing. . We have no Locofoco in the field, and we are to choose whom we will elect. But we are told ! we must vote for "the nominee," orbe excom municated and driven out of the party. Whence comes this doctrine? Is it Whig doctrine? On a former occasion when the first Conventional , nominee for this District, was placed before us, i we were urged to support him to save the District. I We did so—though many of us would not have preferred Mr. Chilton, nor did we like the manner j of his con ing before us. But now Mr. Pendleton h imself tells us, that he can suffer no defeat in the election of either of his Whig competitors, and we know that the district is in no danger from a Loco Foco—and yet we are all considered as hitched up i for "the nominee." Is this, I ask. Whig doctrine? or is it the tyranny of party—"the rigor of party discipline"—which we as Whigs have so often and so indignantly charged upon our Loco Foco adversaries? Who gives these gentlemen ; I the right to say that because they have assumed to take from us our right of choice, we must a bide it, and act their bidding, or be forever placed : under the ban? In vain have we Whigs, cried out against the "collar men" of the other party, and denounced their whole system of party ma· : chinery, as a system of bonds and slavery, if we are now found yielding our necks to the *ame j j yoke, and showing a servile obedience to the most wanton dictation of party! "Oh tell it not in Gath." ALEXANDRIA : FRIPA Y MORNING, MARCH âl, I84S The division as to Candidate* for Congress in the Ninth Congressional "District of Virginia,— however much it is to be lamented,—cannot now be avoided; and, therefore, as between candidates all of one party, interference on the part of the press is only calculated to widen instead of to heal differences of opinion. We purposely, there fore, stand aloof from all participation in the pre sent contest—the propriety of which course we are happy to say is recognised by all parties.— One thing we oan say, however, to the Whigs of the District, in connexion with this election, and which we feel it our duty to say; and that is, that [ .>1Γ. λ HUlLri :λ . It iui.lt ι r, .-Jim ιν ιιιαιιυ in ' the city, and is distressingly down hearted. A man in one of the best and most responsible of fices of the Government, and who is not yet dis placed—though he is rallier out of place in remain- j ing longer in Washington—was talking a day or two ago with Mr. Wicklifke about the t<psand doums of matters and thing*, when the discarded Postmaster General remarked, in a most despond ing tone (so 1 am informed) that the People were dissatisfied, Mr. Polk was getting unpopular, and the Country was going to ruin! The functionary to whom this ruinous declaration was made, in repeating it to a third person, exclaimed, no doubt, from the bottom of his heart—"Well, how natural it is to think the country is fast going to j destruction, the moment we are turned out of of fice ! When they discard mf, 1 suppose I shall think the country is going to ruin too!" By the way, can't Mr. Wicrlifee have some thing? Ilow hard to turn him adrift, to go, per haps to Texas, when he turned for Texas, alter lie had turned, first against the "democracy,"and then against the Whigs, and then in favor of ; Texas, in order that he might not be turned out by Mr. Polk. I am sorry to learn that Rf.uben M. Whitney, so unceremonious!)· deposed from the Recorder ship of the Geneial Land Office, is dangerously ill from a dreadful cancer on the side of tho face or neck. The Auditorships are as yet unchanged. They will soon, however, be overhauled. Robert Rantoul has left here for Boston.— île asks for the Boston Custom House—so docs Marcus Morton, and so docs Frederick Ro binson. The present incumbent, Lemuel Wil liams, like Gov'r. Van Nêss, of New Vork, asks to remain where he is.— Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot. they must take care not to let tneir personal pre ferences and the expression of these preferences by their Totes, conflict with their firm uni ο y as a parly ; nor their disappointments to weaken their attachment to their glorious cause and their ines timable principles. They have many among them worthy to represent them, and it is not our part to say, in such a c«e, upon whom their choice will or ought to fall. Let them remember, how ever, that §o far, at least, the candidates have conducted the canvass, in their presence, courte ously and honorably, and with unfaltering devo tion to the Whig party. This course should be an example to the Whigs of the District But one man can be elected. The friends of the others, withdrawn, or standing a poll, must, of course, be somewhat disappointed. But let no true Whig, because his own particular feelings or prejudices cannot be gratified, fail to recollect, that he has a higher object to maintain than the mere eleva tion of a friend to a seat in Congress. Ho ought, after this canvass, to make it a point of duty, to permit his personal wishes to be sacrificed, if needs be, without a moment's hesitation, rather than break the harmony, or injure the strength of his party. When they vote for their respective favorites, Jet there be an end of all differences.— Let the word be, "close ranks, and form the pha lanx." In this contest, a friendly contest we hope it will b?, between friends, we see nothing that should alienate any one Whig from his bro ther Whig. It may be permitted to have a pre ference as to men—and, if advantage be not cov ertly taken of the contrariety of preference, pro bably no danger will ensue. But we repeat, that when Whigs are pledged to principles, they must support their principles, under all disappoint ments, or they cease to deserve or to be worthy of the nane of Whigs ! Messrs. Bell & EntwiaJe hare just received from Harpers1 of New York, No. 21 of Harpers1 illuminated Pictorial Bible—brought down to the Book of Esther; No. 9—the concluding No.—of ThirlwalPs History of Greece—with an Appen dix and copious index: (we need not add any thing in praise of this work:) Nos. <11-42 of Harpers1 Illuminated and Illustrated Shakespeare —containing the Winter's Tale, with beautiful engravings, and elegantly printed : No. -18 of Harpers' Library of Select Novels, containing Mrs. Ellis's last work, Look to the End, or the Bennetts abroad : and No. 3 of the Nevilles of Garrettstown, one of Harry Lorrequer's popular Irish stories. Those who have commenced any of the series enumerated above can now have their supplies continued. The Harpers are con stantly presenting the public with valuable and entertaining works which can always be procur ed of Messrs. Bell & Entwisle. Mr. Merrick, late Senator from Maryland, re pli··, through the Glob*, to the comments of the Baltimore Patriot on his course. The Globe eompljments Mr. Merrick, of coutse ! The Globe may be regarded as fairly installed in office. In the last paper is published, with the significant word "official," the announcement of the reoent appointments and confirmations, as made out in proper form by the Slate Depart· ment. We have received in pamphlet form a copy of Mr. Archer's excellent speech in the Senate, on til· Annexation of Texas. Also, a copy of the speech of Mr. Patterson of New York, on the Post Office Reform and the reduction of the rates cf Pottage. J. W. Syme Esq., editor of the Petersburg In telligencer, has been nominated by the Whigs of Petersburg, as their candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates. He is a true Whig, and we hope wilt be triumphantly elected. The alarm of fire yesterday morning arose from the Accidental catching on fire of the roof of the dwelling of Mr. Hough, on Water street. The fire was soon fortunately extinguished. We hate had some cold weather. We hope the apricot and peach trees hare not been injured. COURSE OF TRADE REVERSED —We are glad to see recorded by the Southern papets two instances in which cotton was shipped up stream instead of being shipped abroad. In the ooe case, from Montgomery, (Alabama,) up to the Tallassee falls, for the use of a factory lately erected at that plaee ; and in the other, a ship, ment from Columbia, Henry county, (Alabama,) to Columbus, (Georgia,) for the manufactory in that city. That ta right, gentlemen. Go to man ufacturing your cotton, and stop talking about the ose sided effects of the Whig tariff of 1842, sod you-will soon become as much in favor of pretectal for home industry as the most zealous Northern tariff advocate.— Cincinnati Mas. SALT— 500 sacks Liverpool Ground Alum ) c Λΐ ~ 300 sacks Ash too's Blown } *·*L1 * daily expected and for sale by j»h %[ A. C. CAZENOVE k CO. Did Liouaoun auinorize a convenuon, iu give a candidate to the District, whom she would sup | port over all others? She would have stipulated for a Loudoun man—one from her own borders 1 --ore on whom she could rely to take care of her peculiar local interest. Can this be question ed by any inan having a just sense of his own rights and interests. One of the Delegates to the Warrenton Convention has said since his re- | - turn, that had a Loudoun man been put in nom ination, fie would have received the vote of the convention. Why then was it not done? Be cause the Whigs of Loudoun were not a party to the Convention. But Mr. Pendleton tells us, if fraud has been committed he is not to blame;—teke our own cit izens and chastise themt—but visit no vengeance upon him. I make no charge of fraud—I leave that question between Mr. Morton, Mr Pendle ton, and Col. McCarty. They will settle it—But j this I say, that if fraud is proved, or tcrong is proved in the constituency of that convention, I which has nominated Mr. Pendleton, Mr. Pendle ; ton bj? continuing the nominee, being the recipient ! ! of the benefit, becomes a party to the wrong,—and , ; should take his full share of the odium and the chastisement. ) When a man comes from the enemie's camp to join our standard, let him come with clcan ! hands and an honest, pure heart. I do not say j that Mr. Pendleton has not so come. He came j as a mail clad warrior with the dust of battle ; j upon his helmet. He sought service in our ranks, j In our ranks he should have continued to this ! : day. Hut we find him restless and almost clam- j i orous for promotion. In 1840, he battled at the head of the Whig forces in his district. So soon as victory was won, he was an applicant fur office. "To the victors belong the spoils," had been a cardinal principle with his former friends. He claimed his reward. As Charge to Chili he re : ceived it, and his resignation was a receipt in full for his services in 1840. He came to take part in the election of Mr. Clay, whom he had on a former occasion denominated "the very Anti Christ of political orthodoxy." Had Mr. Clay i been elected, who can say that Mr. Pendleton, j would not again have pressed l:is claims for an j office of chief command in the new administra- j tion. Would Mr. Clay have gratified him? Nev er—never. Mr. Clay never was a "spoils" m η. But the Whigs failing in the Presidential Can vass, we find Mr. Pendleton upon the District, fora seat in Congress. Pause Brother Whigs,— reflect! Be not deceived by the shadows of a convention nomination. We have before us the example of a Tyler and a Rives.—God forbid, that Mr. Pendleton should prove a thorn in the Whig flesh of this district. We have Whigs be fore us who were born and raised with us. The principles of their youth are the principles of their maturity and age. We can run no risk ; with McCarty or with Morton.—We may run none with Pendleton. But let us cling to our blood relations, in whom alone, if any where, we may hope to find friends, who will quail not when misfortunes and disappointment come. Let us be true to ourselves—and in vindicating our j own rights at the next election, there is but little j fear that wc shall secure to this district, as true a Whig Representative as ever trod the floor of Congress. S. Loudoun County, March 16, 1845. FAIRFAX WHIG NOMINATION.—Agree ably to notice, there was a meeting of a large portion of the Whigs of the county, held at March Court The meeting being organized tho following resolutions were unanimously adopted : . Resolved, That a Committee of twenty-four, I (being four from each precinct) be appointed by the Chair, and that thev do retire and nominate a suitable County Candidate for the Whig party. The Committee then retired, and consulted; ! and having returned and made their report— 1 Resolved, That R. f. T. WILSON, Esq., being ι nominated unanimou-ly, by the Committee ap 1 pointed by this meeting, and having accepted the nomination, Resolved, further, That R. I. T. Wilson* is the Whig candidate to represent this County in the next House of Delegates of Virginia. Resolved, That the publication of the proceed ings of this meeting be requested in the Alexan dria Gazette. WM. BALL, Chairman. S. T. Stuart, Secretary. Fairfax County, March 15, 1845. To the editor of the *ilexandria Gazette : The following are some of the reasons why the Whigs of this district should throw aside all personal motives, and unite in support of the nominee of the convention, for the Ninth Con gressional District : 1st. In supporting the nomineee you vote for a candidate for your suffrages, who is respectful ly presented to you, (not forced upon you) by, as Mr. Morton admits, three hundred distinguish » cd and honorable brother Whigs of the district. 2d. In supporting the nominee, you keep the party united, and in case of contingencies, insure i the success of Whig principles, and the estab lishing of the Whig principle of Conventions. Resolved, That we regard Major Charles PIuxton as a man highly competent to discharge the duties of the office, and one on whose integ rity and political firmness the Democracy of the district may rely with implicit confidence, and that we will not only cast our votes for Major Ilunton, but will use all honorable means to elect him. Resolved, unanimously, That we sanction the nomination of Wm. Ϊ1. Page as a candidate to represent the County in the next Legislature of Virginia, and that we recommend him toourcit izens as a man on whose honesty, firmness, and correct principles, the citizens of the county rray rely with the utmost confidence. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Alexandria Gazette, Flag of '98, Richmond Enquirer, and Fredericksburg Recorder. Messrs. Thorn, Berry Warder, and Wm. II. Page having been requested to address the meet ing, it was Resolved, That they be requested to furnish copies of their addresses to be published with the above proceedings. ALEXANDER GORDON, Chairman. Thomas M Embry, Secretary. To the Editor of the ·Alexandria Gazette : In my communication of the 3d inst., I dis cover that Mr. Chilton's majority over Mr. Smith is stated at "about 266 " That is an ac cidental error on my part. It should have been about 306. But Mr. Chilton's majority was some thing less than 400. AN ORIGINAL WHIG. Fairfax County, March J9th, 1845» ΑΝΤΙ RENT WAR.—An extra from the office of the Albany Argus contain» a letter from Delhi, Delaware County, N. Y.} dated March îith, fur nishing some particulars of the anti ient cam paign in that county. A party under deputy sheriffs Steele & Edgerton, had just returned from a tour through the town ofRoxbury, bring ing with them twelve 'Indians1 capturcd with arms in their hands. This exploit had been effected after considerable skirmishing, in which officers and men conducted themselves with great skill and intrepidity. On the previous morning the party, after reconnoit ering, discovereda body of 13U Indians, well armed, and immediately charg ed them. The savagee fled to the woods. The Indians, during the skirmish, fired, and Mr. Ed ge rton, narrowly escaped the shot. He immedi ately grappled with the villian who fired and dis armed him. Mr. Steele also closed with anoth er Indian armed to the teeth, and upon stripping him of his sheep skin mask, Mr. S. found he had captured a Constable Collector of Roxbury.— The eight Indians, with the previous ones on a bench warrant, in Roxbury, and five others taken at Bioom\illc, on the return of the officers and their posse, arc; safe!y lodged in jail. The Sheriff was at the Court House, detaching men to guard the jail and the village during the night In the mean time the horns were blowing and guns discharging on the mountains, undoubtedly for the purpose of raising forces to attack the jail and rescue the prisoners. We hope, how ever, tfiat the true men will give a good account of the "false knaves.". M EXICAN VESSELS.—There are now ly ing at the Ship Yard of Messrs. Brown &. Hell in this city, launched and nearly ready for sea, six schooners of about 75 tons each, which are sup posed to have been ordered by the .Mexican Go vernment. Also, two email steamboats, one launched and the other in a state of readiness for launching. The steamboats are to be supplied with engines of about one hundred and fifty horse power. The boilers are made at I he West Point Foundry, and are lying on the dock. Both the schooners and the stealers are beautiful models, and well adapted to the harbors of the Mexican coast. From the fact that the completion of these vessels is suspended, we infer that the builders have gone as far as they deem it prudent until satisfactory arrangements are made for the fulfilment of the contract on the part of the Mex ican Government.—jY. Y. Tribune. EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR—We were told by one of the City officers that a man named Postley, was arrested last night, charged with procuring* person to assassinate Mr. Hackett, a young lawyer of this city. The cause of this aftair is stated as follows: Mr. Postly is the son in law of Mr. Contoit, well known as the owner of the New York Garden. He has an unmarried daughter to whom Mr. Hackett is reported to be attentive.—This was not agreeable to Mr. Postly, who, as the story comes to us, procured a man to assassinate him. An unsuccessful attempt was made on Saturday last. A bench warrant was issued, under which Postley was arrested' and admitted to bail in the sum of $500—.V Y. Express. DRILLING MEXICAN SOLDIERS.—A cor respondent of the New Orleans Tropic, writing from Vura Cruz, thus speaks of the mode of drill ing raw rccruits, as practised in Mexico : "I hate witnessed to-day in the Plaza the dril ling of a company of soldier*; they were, indeed not of the mast soldierly description, but they, were all clad, their accoutrements were correct and cleanly. "They amounted to several hundred, and never shall I forget the brutality with which their discipline was attached. The drill sergeant appeared to be the most hard-hearted exactor of the exactest minutice connected with his business that can well be imagined. He was armed with a cane about five feet in length, and seemed to consider that it was solely grown to be applied to the unholy purpose of flogging his fellow crea tures; he marched t'.irough the ranks, scrutinized every soldier, with most malignant diligence, and if any one's musket was not found to be in an or thodox position, down came the cane with the vehemence with which brute force and brutality could inflict it. And then I saw kicking of the shins because the legs and feet were not in right order. I turned away from the disgusting specta cle. which I understood ii repeated dai v." , FROM WASHINGTON*, in addition to our correspondence, we gather from gossip, that Mr. Bancroft's nomination was opposed, in the Sen ate, chiefly by Southern Loco Focos; that nearly : all the Members of Congress (of the lower House,) ! hare left the seat of government ; that Mr. Ad j arns is still there, in good health; that Messrs. ! Morris, (our ex-Slayor,) Wetinore, Jcwett, and Capt. Rynders, formed a travelling party thence, hitherward ; that a duel had liked to happen be tween two distinguished Locos, there, (one a confidentiel friend of Mr. Polk,) prevented only by the interference of friends: that our Postmaster and Collector, Graham and Van Ness arc still j ; lingering at Washington; thata final adjournment of the Senate cannot take place before Wednes j day or Thursday; and that, elsewise, things there are in statu </uo.—Λ*. Y. Express. Literature opens promisingly with the open I ing spring, with us. Ilarper brothers, it is said, have a trade list of foreign works, numbering I some 1500 volumes. We give the names of some publications announced by various establishments I A new novel by Mr. Cooper, entitled "Saton-1 ( stoe, or the Family of Little Page." A volume of Tales by Edgar A. Poe, and a new and com i pletc edition of the ''Letters from Italy." by I Mr. Headley. Poems by Afred B. Street "A Chance .Medley," a collection of Miscellaneous papers from the Quarterlies and Monthlies, by Thos. Colley (Jrattan. An agreeable woikon I Belles Lettres "Leigh Hunt's Imagination and j Fancy"—"Eothen ; or Traces of Travel brought I home from the East," a great book. The Amber ! Witch, and Undine wi;h Sinlrjm and his coni j panions; Leigh Hunt1» Indicator, Haslitt's works ι &c., &c. All of which will be welcome contribu tions to our literature.—*Υ. V. Express. _____ Dixon* H. Lewis of Alabama (the Boston \ Atlas thinks,) is a queer sort of a man to be put ' at the head of a committee of retrenchment weigh ing, as he does, some four or five hundred pounds This is not half so malapropos an arrangement, however, as some others of Mr. Dallas's, since he took his seat in the Senate.—Λ*. V. Express. COMMODORE ELLIOT, the Globe says, has presented to the National Institute a Sarco phagus, obtained at the island of Malta, and he ! suggests that it be retained in the Institute until j it should be required a* the receptacle of the re ί mains of ex-President Jackson. This Sarcopha J gus is supposed to have contained the remains of ι the Roman Emperor, Alexander Sevens. A j very pretty piece of toadyism, this!—A'. Y. Exp. COURTES^.-- Wc understand that the Mem • hers of the Diplomatic corps waited upon the ; President of the United States yesterday in a bo. j dy, and through their Senior, the Minister of Rus sia, made an address to hirn, on the occasion of : his accession to the Presidency, expressive of the ι friendly sentiments entertained towards the Uni ted States by the Sovereigns and Governments, 1 whom they represent, and of their earnest desire j to continue to maintain the existing friendly and peaceful relations between this country and theirs; ! to which address the President made a fitting re rb< reciprocating these sentiments on his part as the Chief Magistrate of h is own country.—Λα ' tlonnl Inlelligcncer. 1 EXPLORING EXPEDITION.—We under j stand that ('apt. Wilkes's Narrative of the Ex | ploring Expedition is now in the course of distri bution to subscribers, whose names hare been ; sent in to the publishers. The great labor and time necessary to get up ! this truly magnificent and national work, has ren ! dercd it necessary on the part of the publishers, to defer the time of general publication for a few t days, the orders having absorbed that part of the edition which has been fully prepared to be pla ced in the hands of the reader. That the public may have some idea of the time and labor required to produce this work,we I ί have it in our power to state that five weeks are ; required to print off five hundred copies, so great, is the necessity of caro and watchfulness to pro duce so perfect a work. The expenditure in volved in getting out eleven hundred and fifty , copies, without reference to the cogt of execu- : 1 ting the engravings, is over twenty thousand dol- ι lars. We h ave no recollection of the preparation of any work in this country, for delivery, as a ι whole, of the magnitude and difficulties of this onc.--L «V. (»o: tic METHODIST Ρ ROT ES A NT CONFER EN CE.— Wednesday, March 19, 1845—The fol lowing list of appointments was announced from the chair, by the Rev. Eli Hcnkle, President : Stations.—East Baltimore—Wm. H. Bordlev; | Dr. S. K. Jennings, supernumerary assistant.— « West Baltimore—Levi R. Reese; Dr. F. NVa- ! ter®, sup'y ass't. Ninth street, Washington— Henry D. Moore. 1st M P. Church, Washing- , ton—John J. Murray. Georgetown—Josiah ' Varden. Alexandria—Dr. J. S. Reese. Ken sington, Philadelphia—John G. AYilson. Brick- ! maker's, Philadelphia—John R. Nichols. Cum berland—J. T. Ward. Harper's Ferry—Dr. Matchett. 1st M. P. Church, Southwark—Wm. Alexander. Wilmington—Samuel K. Cox. Circuits.—Anne Arundel—Thus. Whitworth, David Wilson. Pipe Creek—Wm. Collier, J. j K. Nichols, P. L. Wilson. William<port—Jno. Morgan, Wm. T. Dunn. Jefferson—H. Rowan. Deer Creek—Daniel E. Reese, Jesse M. Henkle. Concord—Thos. M. Wilson. Trough ('reek— R. Scott Norris, J. I). Brooks. New Market— John Elderdice, Win Hamilton. Baltimore— G. D. Hamilton, Abel Mitchell. Alleghany — Richard Atkinson. Prince William—Daniel Collier. Potomac—Nicholas Lemen. Cecil— James M. Eldcrdicc. Queen Anne's—J. W. Everist, David Shermer» Talbot—S. B. South crland, Wm. Dale. Caroline—Geo. Heritage. Snow Hill—William T. Wright. New Town— William Fisher, Thomas A. Moore. Cambridge —D. W. Bates, William T. Eva. Dorchester— ΐ J. M. Haines. Sussex—J. Downing. Kent.— ; Washington Roby, Abraham S Ενι rsole. Ac- j comae—L. W. Bates, John Roberts. Howard— 'Γ. L. McLean, J. C Davis Carlisle—H. P. ! Gordan. Newport—J. K. Hem'nold. Union— D. T. Ewell, J. McLellan. Lewes—J. A. j Jackson. Missions.—First M. P. Church, Philadelphia, leftunsupplied. Liberty street, Baltimore—left unsupplicd. Rockville—to be supplied. Smyr na— S. Norwood. Left without appointments at their orrn request.— J. YV. Porter, L. A. Collins, J. W. l'ennellv Isaac Webster, T. Remick, T. H. Stockton, A. Webster, F. Stier, T. M. Flint, Alfred Buker (superannuated.) U. S. t\ ΟαΪ'Τ. SANGSTI'jtt.— Assault and bat i ter}' Upon the Hon J. Q Ad rniv 11.is was a rase ! growing outof an occurrence at the Capitol, some months since. The particulars have been so of ten published thai it is unnecessary to detail j them now. The Hon. J. Q. Adams appeared and testified to the assault having been made upon him by tin· accused; he further stated that he, at the time, thought Sangster must have been ' insane or intoxicated; that a few days after the ; assault he received a letter, which perfectly sat isfied him that Sangstcr did not commit the as sault with any malicious intention: and he freely j forgave him, hoping that so far as he was person- j ally concerned no punishment might be in-1 j flicted. The case being su'unilied to the court, i Mr. Ratclitl'e, counsel for defence, made an elo quent appeal to the mercy of the court, and read a number of letters bearing evidence of the high I charactcrof Sang>ter as a soldier and a gentle man. The court, after a few remarks, explain I ing the circumstances of the case, sentenced the prisoner to 30 days confinement in the county jail, and to paya fine of $100. The judgment ι was either suspended or withdrawn for a few day«, in order to enable a petition to be sent to the President for a pardon. One was drawn np and immediately received the signatures of Mr. Adams and Judge Uunlop.— Dattimore S?m. ROBBERY.— Early yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Eliza Brown, accompanied by Mr. Nelson Con rad, both of Fairfax C. if., Virginia, arrived in Washington on their way to Baltimore. As some hours would elapse before the departure of the cars, they concluded to stop at the "Ameri can Hotel/' on Pennsylvania Avenue, kept by Mr. B<>ers. Mrs. Biown's trunk was left in the passage of the hotel. About t o'clock, as Mr. Beers was sitting in the front room, he noticed a man passing carrying π trunk by the handle, jut . did not dream that it had been taken from his passage,until sometime after, when the ladv nnd i gentleman were preparing to go to the car oflice 1 —the trunk was missed. Mr. Beers and a young ! man named John S. Soper, immediately went in ; pursuit, arid fortunately overtook the thief near j the Masonic Hall, but a sfiort distance from the ! Navy Yard, whilst he was in the act of bundling up the clothing which the trunk contained. The • rogue was a stout, athletic, desperate looking ! fellow, but Mr. Beers seized hirn, and with the ; aid of his companion, conveyed him and the trunk, in a cart, safely to the rail road depot — Mrs. Brown proceeded in the afternoon train to ! the city of Baltimore, as we learn, to see a sick ! friend, and Mr. Conrad remained behind. As soon as the r&rs had le 11, an examination of the Ϊ case was had before Justice Stetlinius, and the thief was fully committed to jail for trial before j the Criminal CoLrt. A purse, with a small amount of money, was found, which the prisoner had taken from the trunk; and it is understood that ail the contents of the trunk were recovered. The prisoner gave his name as Jno. Thomas — says he is Iron» Lynchburg, Va., where he worked on board a tobicco boat. Jt is to be regretted that ti e highly respectable party should have been so interrupted < η their journey, and subjected to loss of time and inconvenience. — Haltunore Sun. THE NEW POSTAGE LAW.—The Wish ington correspondent of the New York Commer cial Advertiser asserts that "the friends of the cheap postage system have a serious obstacle in the opinions and feelings of the new Postmaster General on this subject. Mr. Johnson is entirely opposed to the system and so is Mr. Hobbie, the First Assistant Postmaster Genera!. The opposition of trie head of the Department will of course extend to all its dependent branches.— Every impediment will le thrown iu the way by I lie under officer*.M THE j'KOLI AX ATTACH M EXT.—A jrelt excitement has recently been made in the nr.iv· cal world by young Coleman, with his Jvih Attachment to the piano, and great have to*, the sums which he is reported to have rpffiffj for the patent to use it. It appears, however that Mr. Coleman is not the originator of th# new instrument, but that the praise of the disc·, very or invention belongs to .Mr. Mo·;es Coburr·, uf Savannah, professor of music and a man of much mechanical ingenuity. It appears from publications in the Savannah paper, that as fir back as 1829 Mr Coburn invented an iristrurne?t on the precise principle of Coleman's .Koliar Attachment, which he called the Euphnion During that and the following years, he con structed several instruments on the «ame j rirrj. pie, though differing in form, *ize, and eleiraft of finish. One of these instruments is now ; Savannah. THE BRIDGE AT HARPER'S FERRY. We learn that one of the small spans on the curved part of the Rail Road Mridgeat Harper» Ferry gave way on Tuesday night under the pa?· sage of the burthen train from Cumberland, a: i that part of the train was precipitated into t'« river. It is fortunate that no life wa* io*tar. only one of the attendants of the train injur*! slightly. It is also fortunate that the span which gave way is not connected with the main track ο ver the bridge,and we arc assured,that tnis » remaining perfect and uninjured. It is grain ing, however, to be able to state that neither tU transportation of passengers nor toniuge will b« interrupted by the partial destruction <f ih* above span, as both will go on as usual, thr mi η track over the bridçe not being disturbed in ti.e least .—Baltimore American, ADVANCES UPON COT ΙΌΝ —Λ Southerc print says— "We h η ν e lon£ «usprcted thnt penthinen who tnrdcr advances to I he ladies make tlirm partir (3D cotton, but hi re is a new view in tlie nnt'rr ••These hart! tin.es have put peopl»* to marr economical >inlts, and these shift* in turn .voe put folks to inconvenience. No longer ajo tha i hi*'t week a gentleman who had been rourtin^ * lady for her fortune (;) withdrew. The uni astonished, but not so her rnothrr. The ► ' woman, thinking he was mercenary, boupM ι cotton wove carpet, and «pent one wh«dc evenin; in talking to her daughter's lover about the ,lnr! times,' in (lustration of which «he pointed', her cotton carpet. *Nuif ced.' The gentl· '«m was off! " 'Mother,' was the yonriçirl's question, '^fu' is the reason Mr. H. has forsaken mc 14 '.My dear, he is poor himself, and of rcurv (pointing to the carpet) he makes no adv^co upon cotton.,M A NAVAL SCHOOL. — In another pvt ' this morning's paper, will be found u Kep irt ' Mr. Bayard, Chairman of the Naval Cornmi'trf of the Senate of the United Slates. There ι been referred to that committee, :» hill for'?' formation of a Naval School, and the Itrpwi sets forth the views of the committee on i*»1' subject, as well in re^prd to the questi wi rr str.n Iy, as to the details of a plan whirl» :ιμρ^·"»Γ* ' us to involve some considerations more impor ta,»t to the Navy, than any that h.»ve I >r «1 •'■'•'n time been proposed. ff'L.^ - I ·» »« '*»» ··« t Ι.λη ( !ii< m a<!ii f/,r if Ν 'Of * r'· 1 "C |»·4su, ν,. , cr->li'i''rïï"n!'i: "'«· sY-hooMio»» of' rail é1.^ 'T' r °f'alc ""''i -Wl i (lie "finit f il "\'C ''"K"'"1·; J'ACCltivc. iflV "·ί!/ι*η ° . '"ι · ' ani' appoiiilincfi! nil > t'0n of h C"!?r, k„mVl·-·'^ ·-' ·!"«■«"· the candidale, excepting, p^rh.-ps'v:' Hmii'Î'h,3, '? be for alrn-wt e«rv to 4» h ' Jl" **mt " e y«U«pter on ship-b u."i. shor^ï* gS aS ',e C0"W< a,ld l" » .v-fr ° ,"pf"Jrt ',is "««·"»· fl'C j<l.tn of Mr j4 · ' f OOKs to a prcsci i.kie<J qualification, J ® ® l,f '-*Cr,bed mode of qualification ar.d ι m m ol#® !ow thc aPP°iritmeut of anv ΜΜΛψ to n!r»Un ' · ^, devof ion ο I a year an J α h:» ί h .k û Spcci3' under naval teachers, h' hi. k-rW'·" tendenr7 toward, a naval life, and l,s a»iiil,e» to acquire and use that knoiried.;' ecessarv to a naval officer, who i> to become 1:1 «"nc, tne representative of his mil. ,n. appears to tis that this la*»t cons/d< ri!ir'?1 1 (J en that rr.ost overlooked, as it is that whirl nay c the mo*l important in an officer'I ' ni ♦.< .States Navy. commander of a sf-m / 3 T'^dron, has to represent hi- reunify. II' ' ll'f / to negotiate. He mn*t undergo"' J jc manners artfi customs which arc amon; e Pe°P'fi ο I his own craft in vanou* mantm1· countrif >, and he i/jijst have a general, an'! some 7e: e n,,^t show a particular, knowledge c aw of nations. These are requisites in af c -omp ished commander, requisite* f^at .τί «Î'iV 'W't frequently than the courage 3 _ · nccessar.v to command and conduct a ^'ι engagement between ships. I cannot be overlooked that ihc tendencies , ,ons ,s ^^rJs peace, and that, hereafter, per arn'cd forces ma) cease; (ir^tu we doff' I eiend to foresee —it would undoubtediv den :« onderlul long sightednes*. 1 Those who ar^e nJu! r,0m *'ic w''hngne!>5 with which natior' fpt# *1 JIira^e»w^cn negotiations have proveJinf' r ' mu<it not overlook the fact tnat na^o'1 wiih ^ #SCu 6 *',e'r differences by arbitratior -.. ' ":e appearance of thc means to eniorr <f should "ncace he thc (ortnn i'( a e ο the world, a navy uroperlv sustained, an' R lCCFj accor(Jmg to the plan proposed b) M' 3)3r(j, Would be the means of national honor ari national instruction, as much in a tinf ^ί»ι it would be a rncar.*. of national del' " - · (j'uz'.lfc.