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ALEXANDRIA:
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1854.
TBe Nebraska Bill.
The Baltimore American has the follow- |
mg judicious remarks in relation to the pas
sage of the Nebraska bill in the House of
Representatives. They will be generally ac
quiesced in by the sober minded and consid- •
•rate portion of the public, in both sections
of the country.
“Though sincerely favorable to the princi
ple we have recognized the bill to assert, the I
embittered sectional feeling excited by its
introduction has been, no doubt, to every |
earnest lover of the Republic, an occasion of !
regret; and we have at times almost felt that
even its passage would not compensate f<»r j
the interruption of the happy harmony that
followed the enactment of the compromise ;
measures, aud which time was so greatly
concentrating and strengthening. It is true,
we may not anticipate, even from the final
passage of the bill, an immediate cessation
of the antagonism it has provoked. A large
class at the North are too eager for strife,
and too ready to prolong the agitatiun in
which alone they Assume importance, to per- i
mil this; but the gradual restoration of the j
public mind to equanimity will arrest the
efforts of these factionists, and finally render
them impotent. Thousands of the honest
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uupvuuuui VI W1V Ulll, W 4I»A^U III|M||U1LC« ill V
nil opposed to the ultraism of abolitionism, 1
bat who have op this question been placed ;
in an unfortunate as well as a false position, j
will readily acquiesce in if they cannot ap- !
prove the settlement of the subject, and again i
attain? the conservative position which has j
heretofore placed them among the staunch- I
eft supporters of the Union, and the most
generous friends of the South. To the friends
of the bill prudence as well as a proper sense
of right, should now dictate a course of con
ciliation. Manifestations of partisan or sec
tional triumph over the result achieved would
be equally unwise and unjust. The very '
large vote recorded against the bill must
challenge the respect of the majority, and
reader them willing to concede that all the
opposition to it has uot proceeded either from
an ultra or fanatical spirit. The majority
in Congress have it in their power to secure !
the re-inauguration of a better state of feeling j
by forbearance, and by a strict attention to
important matters of legislation which have j
been long held in abeyance by the Nebraska
question. We hope there is yet sufficient of j
wisdom and patriotism in Congress to pur
sue such a course, and shall look w ith solid
. tudefor its manifestation during the remain- j
der of the present session."
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Comparative Parity of Water.
The report of the city committee of Phila
delphia, appointed to consider the expediency j
of erecting a filter of sufficient capacity to ;
filter the entire supply of water for the
population, is adverse to the project, which
is regarded as unnecessary and impractica- j
ble.
“Connected with the report is a table, !
shewing the amount of solid matter in a gab
Ion of the water used in about a dozen places :
in this country and as many in Europe. The j ,
Boston Coohituate water stands at the head oi
the list; a gallon of this contains only 3.3< *
grains of solid matter. A gallon of the j
Schuylkill water, used in Philadelphia, con
tains 5.34 grains, and a gallon of the Croton | ‘
used in New York 10.1)3. The European
waters average much more. The water
of Lake Geneva has 10.f>4 grains, which is I
the least mentioned; the Seine at Paris has
12.74, and the average of the London Com pa- \
nies, supplied from the Thames, is 21.40
grains. Of this solid matter, part is organ
ic, (or chiefly vegetable) and part inorganic.'
We expect the water supplied to our citi- .
sens by the Alexandria ater Company, j
from Mount Cameron, is as excellent and
pure as that obtained in any city in the
United States.
When the Deficiency bill was up in the
House of Representatives, on Tuesday, a dis- j
eumion lasting two hours, ensued on the Sen
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ate’s amendment appropriating half a mil- i
lion of dollars for continuing the works for
supplying Washington and Georgetown with j
water. One side contended the works will
cost five millions of dollars, and as good a
supply can be furnished for half a million, I
The other took issue and were for adhering
to the law which left to the President these- j
lection of the plan already commenced. “Mr. j
W alsh, considering the generous and ener
getic character of the citizens of Washing
ton, asked whether it would be in order to in
troduce an amendment, giving them coffee,
tea, sugar and whiskey for water. (Laugh
ter.) Without concluding debate, the com
mittee rose._ __
The storm of Wednesday week was \ery
destructive. The Charlestown Spirit of Jef
ferson says, that in Charlestown the rain ;
flooded the streets, whilst a severe shock of
lightning struck the stable of Mr. Barney
Uoyd, killing a valuable horse instantly, and
setting the stable on fire, which was soon, ;
however, extinguished. Mr. L., made a uar- ,
row escape for his life, as he was in the Sta
hl# at the time the accident occurred. In
the neighborhood of Hillsborough, Loudoun
County, we ore informed that whole acres of j
forest twee were blown down, orchards pros
trated. roof# blown off, and general destrue
lien followed its wake.__
A ootemporary, speaking of the recent j
decease of a gentleman in Virginia, savs, j
««His own modest estimate of his capacity j
waa no slight obstacle to a just appreciation j
of hit abilities.” All who have observed
human nature, cannot fail to notice how i
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often this oouia oe wnuen ox men
worth, who are pawed by, in order that vain,
orecumptuouf, and impudent characters may
ha patted or brought into notice. It would
rtallj teem, in many instances, as if impu
dence wera the real passport to success.
TUa whole number of oommuaicanto in the
XpiaoopelehwehinVirginia, aafor as re
•Mta4.bS.536, being an Increase of 435 du
Mng the jmr, and the contributions for the
Mnr for religious purposes amounted to $34,
351,47.
People in Great Britain begin to make
calculations as to the cost of the war, in which
they are engaged. The London Times says,
“The present war is a people’s war, and the
people will notobjectto payforit. Pay forit,
however, undoubtedly they will, and that
very heavily indeed.”
The storm of Wednesday week did some
injury along the Shenandoah, and in Clarke
and W arren Counties. The Manassas Gap
Rail Road from Wrapping to the top of the
Ridge, also, received some slight damage, in
the culverts, <fcc., which the workmen are en
gaged in repairing.
In the Senate, on Tuesday, a bill was re
ported bv Mr. Gwin, from the Committee on
Finance, authorizing gold coins of the value
of fifty and one hundred dollars. The bill
from the House regulating the pay of post
masters was passed with an amendment.
A resolution has passed the House of Rep- '
resentatives, to allow a recess from the 1st \
uiv oin (June, 10 enaoie me l^oor-Keeper oi
tlie House to renovate the hall with matting
for the summer, and new chairK.
The Paris fashiousfor Summer, and which
are copied in England, and to some extent,
in this country, are said to be uncommonly
rich and expensive, especially in the way of
ladies’ dresses.
The Union is giving notice to the “Demo
cratic” opponents of the Nebraska bill to
»piit the party! This, we take it, is the sum
and substance of tho Union’s remarks. Well,
some will quit!
The transportation of foreign criminals to
this country, with the connivance of the au
thorities in Europe, is properly attracting at
tention.
Lucius Knight has hecn appointed Post
master at (iroveton, Prince Win. Co., Ya.,
vice Win. II. Dogan, deceased.
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The election of Municipal officers in Wash
ington begins to excite attention in that city, j
Lord Elgin is in Washington, with full
powers to treat on the reciprocity question, j
Analysis of the vote on the Nebraska Bill. '
We shall attempt a brief analysis of th« j
votes on the passage of the bill in tho House
of Representatives. It has been made out in
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Ilrt*iu, aim mav |iua?imy luuiaiu buuid huh
curacies. If so, it will afford us pleasure to j
correct them, for nothing is further from our 1
purpose or wish than to do injustice either to j
a*party, an individual, or a section.
'faking the vote by States, the following
results appear:
For bill, jjgainst bill. Not voting. !
Alabama, 7 — —
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South Carolina, 3 — 3
Illiuois, 3 5 1
Massachusetts, — 10 1
North Caroliua, 0 2 —
Georgia, 0 — 2
Virginia, 11 1 1
Ohio, 4 15 2
Mississippi, 3 — 1
Connecticut, 1 3 —
Texas, 2 — —
New York, 0 21 2
Maine, 1 5 —
Missouri, 5 l 1
Kentucky, 8 — 1
Pennsylvania, 11 14 —
Tennessee, 0 4 —
Indiana, 7 3 1
Michigan, 2 2 —
Iowa, 1 — 1
Khode Island, — 2 —
Louisiana, 3 1 —
Wisconsin, — 2 1
Maryland, 4 — 2
\rkansas, 2 — — '
S’ew Hampshire, 1 2 —
California, 2 — —
Vew Jersey, 2 3 —
Florida, 1 — — (
Vermont, — 3 — j ,
Delaware, 1 — —
Those not voting were either absent or had
paired off. The number of those not voting
is twenty. The names and States are as fol- j
lows:
William Aiken, of South Carolina.
William Appleton, of Massachusetts.
Wm. H. Bissell, of Illinois.
George Bliss, of Ohio.
nf Missouri.
Ebenezer M. Chamberlain, of Indiana.
George W. Chase, of New \ork.
John P. Cook, of Iowa.
Moses B. Corwin, of Ohio.
Win. B. W. Pent, of Georgia.
Presley Ewing, of Kentucky.
John K. Franklin, of Maryland.
Wilev P. Parris, of Mississippi.
Lawrence W. Keitt, of South Carolina.
Fayette McMullen, of \ irginia.
John McQueen of South Carolina.
John B. Macy, of Wisconsin.
James Maurice, of New \ork.
James L. Seward, of Georgia.
Augustus H. Sollers, of Maryland.
The numl>er of southern men who did
not vote, i9 11
The number from the free States, 9
The two political parties stand thu9 in the j
House of Representatives:
Whigs, 74
Democrats, ^ 100
All the whigs from the free States voted j
against the bill.
The number of democrats from the free
States who voted for the bill is 43 j
The whole number of whigs from the
south, -4
The number of southern whigs who vot
ed for the bill, is 13
All of the southern democrats but two vot
ed for the bill.
Of the New York delegation numbering 33,
(two absentees.) but 9 voted for the bill.
Those voting for it are:
Of the hards—Messrs. Cutting, Cummings, j
Watbridge, Rowe, Tweed and Walsh—0.
Of the softs—Messrs. Taylor, Walker,
Westbrook—3.— Washington Sentinel.
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Preabytertau Annembllea.
Buffalo, May 23.—The Old School Pres- j
byterian Assembly, after a warm debate, :
broke up the large Synod of Philadelphia, ;
making anew Synod out of the Presbyteries
of Baltimore, Carlisle, and the Eastern Shore, i
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to be called the J'ynod oi Baltimore, i ue re
port of the board of domestic missions^ shows 1
the receipts of the year to have becu $75,000. j
The report proposes raising an extra fund of j
$100,(HX) during the vear for church purpo
ses. Ex-President Fillmore attended the
session to-day.
Philadelphia, May 23.—The morning ses
sion of the New School Presbyterian General
Assembly was occupied with the report of j
the committee upon the education of young j
men for the ministry, and with a continua- '
tion of the debate upon Roman Catholic bap- !
tisrn The afternoon sessiou was devoted to
addresses from the delegates of correspond
ing ecclesiastical bodies. Rev. Mr. Bray
ton, of California, made a thrilling state
ment respecting the religtoue wants of that
country._ .
ANTED.—A SERVANT WOMAN, as
a COOK and WASHERWOMAN for
a small family. Apply at this office,
my 25—3t*
Sews of the Day.
“ Tb show the very age and body of the times. ”
In Cincinnati, Mr. John Crawford, the mi
neral watc^mamifacturcr on Columbia street
near Race, was engaged in putting power on
to his new soda water fountain, and had ap
{>iied a presure of 00 pounds, w hen itsudden
y bursted. The head flew out and struck
him in the pit of the stomach, tearing away
the flesh and leaving his entrails exposed.
Two other persons were also severely injured
one of them having his arm blowm oft', and the
other sustaining severe wounds in his leg. Mr.
Crawford was immediately removed to his
house on Front street, and died in five min
utes afterwards. The accident is said to have
occurred through imperfect construction of the
machine.
A few’ days ago, as the steamer Pennsylva
nia, a Pittsburg packet, passed Wheeling,
she lowered her chimnies, it is said, where
the lute Suspension Bridge spanned the ri
ver. This was construed by some of the cit
izens of Wheeling, as an exultation over the
destruction of the bridge. On Saturday, she
repeated the same thing, which drew togeth
er a large number of boys, and on the boat
reaching the wharf, she was saluted by
showers of stones, and was compelled to
leave in a few miuutes to escape further in
jury.
A company uuder the title of the Hamp
shire Coal and Iron Co., has been formed
for the purpose of working some properties
for coai, lying in Hampshire County and j
Hardy County, Yu., ami Alleghany County, *
Md. These properties, in the aggregate, j
amount to 10,733 acres, of which about 2,- ;
000 are in Hampshire County, nearly touch
ing the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, at a
point about 200 miles from Baltimore, at the
foot of the high grade of 110 feet to the
mile, by which Altamont is reached.
The Washington Star says, that Lieut.
Bonaparte who is attached to the Mounted
Riflemen, (U. S. A.,) has obtained leave of
absence from the War Department for the
purpose of visiting Europe. He visits Paris
at the special invitation of his cousin, the
Emperor of France, and of his grandfather
Prince Jerome, the only surviving brother of
the great Napoleon. Lieutenant Bonaparte ;
is the grand-son of Mrs. Patterson, of Balti
more, the first wife of Jerome Bonaparte.
The temperance movement in New York,
is taking an eminently practical turn. On
Monday, there were applications from no
fewer than two hundred persons to have their
licenses renewed in the Ninth Ward, but in j
every iustauce a refusal was given by the j
Board of Excise. Steps are being taken by j
the dealers to test the decision of tho Board, |
whose action is deemed unconstitutional.
During the present month, from the 1st to !
the 21st inclusive, 421 vessels have arrived at
New York, from foreign ports, and landed
48.054 passengers. It is said that there are j
about five hundred sick emigrants at the j
quarantine hospital; that ship fever and small ,
pox are the prevailing diseases, and that a
few eases of cholera have occurred.
On Sunday, in New York, three French- j
men were arrested on the charge of the rob- j
bery of a passenger on board the ship “Nor- :
them Bell,” from Havre. These men are j
convicts, and were shipped to this country by
the authorities at Havre. One of them had
with him a set of instruments suitable fur
the manufacture of base coin.
Dr. Snowden of Prince George’s Co., Md.,
mentions the death of a female servant ou last
Saturday, who was upwards of 130 years of j
age. She was raised by his great grand f a
ther and has been blind since 1812, and has
given birth to 20 children, the youngest of j
whom is eighty years of age, and is now liv- j
ing in Baltimore.
Mr. Lawrence Oiiphant, the Oriental trav- j
jller and author of the clever hook just pub- j
lished in New Yrork, “The Russian shores of j
;he Black Sea,” arrived in that city in the
Kuropa, on Friday last. Mr. Oiiphant ac
companies Lord Elgin as his secretary in
Canada.
Mayor Wcstorvelt, of New York, has ex
pressed himself in opposition to street-preach- ,
ing in future, and, seeing to what scenes
L)t disorder it may lead, it is probable
that steps will he taken to prevent “Moses,”
and the “Angel Gabriel” holding forth in
the Park next Sunday.
Before the supreme court of Rhode Island
a man named Godfrey Pearce, of Coventry, j
was convicted of murdering Angeline Spink, ;
a child three anu a half years of age, by ;
throwing her down a cistern. He w*as sen- j
teneed to the State prison for life.
Government is now expending $5,000 in
transplanting salt grass on the shores of Cape j
Cod, in the vicinity of Provincetown. It is j
thought that the grass will prevent the shift
ing of the beach sauds by the action of the
waves.
The whole number of deaths in New York
last week, wras 304; of these 230 were of j
children under ten years of age; and 58 were j
inmates of the various charitable and peual
institutions.
At Haverhill, Massachusetts, May 23,
Mrs. Leond, wife of a respectable citizen of
that place, drowned herself and infant, while !
laboring under a temporary attack of insan- j
ity.
On May 23d, while the “Columbia Stars,” j
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(Wl a?9UUliUIUU VI V VIVIIU ptsiovuc, i.v/.w
an excursion to Burlington, several of them
got into a small boat, which was upset, and
live were drowned.
The sudden death of Mr. Adams, a part- !
ncr in the House of Messrs. Baring Brothers,
has been announced, and has given rise to a
general feeling of regret in commercial cir
cles, by whom the loss will be severely felt.
An English jury in a criminal case is said
to have brought in the following verdict;)
“Guilty, with some little doubt as to whether
he is the man!”
At Boston, May 23, George Engiueman, ,
nineteen years of age, was found lying dead j
on the sidewalk, with his skull beaten in ap
parently by a heavy club.
Archbishop Hughes’ reply to General Cass, j
it is understood, will appear on Saturday
next. It is looked for with considerable in
terest.
Judge Beecher has been committed to pri
son at New Orloans, for tcu days, for con
tempt of Court, in resisting a process of the
District Court in that city.
Jullien’8 Concort* at Castle Garden, New
York, are exceedingly well attended. He '
continues five nights longer.
Mrs. Mowatt, the accomplished actress, 1
will be married, it is said, on the 6th of
Jane, at Ravenswood, Long Island.
It is stated that Lewis Cass, jr., is about
to be married at Rome to the daughter of j
Henry Ludlam, esq., of New York.
The Nebraska Bill—Important Features.
The final vote having been taken in the
Ilouse of Representatives upon the Nebras
ka bill, and as the Badger and Clayton
! amendment# to the Senate bill constitute the
| topics of much argument and speculation, it
I niiiv l>e well to reproduce them, with the
i vote of the Senate thereon, as shown in the
proceedings of that body on the 2d ot .larch
| last.
The Badger Proviso.
Mr. Badger moved to amend by inserting
Provided, That nothing herein contained
: shall be construed to revive or put in force
anv law or regulation which may ha\e exis
ted prior to the act of the Gth of March,
1820, either protecting, establishing, prohib
iting, or abolishing slavery.
Mr. Weller called fur the yeas and nays,
and the amendment was adopted by the lul
lowing vote:
Yeas.—Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Bell,
Benjamin, Brodhead, Butler, Clay, Dawson,
Dixon, Dodge, of Iowa, J Douglas, K\ans,
Fish, Fitzpatrick, Foot, (twin, Hamlin,
Houston, Hunter, Jones, of Iowa, Jones, of
Tennessee, Mason, Morton, Norris, Pettit,
Pratt, Seward, Shields, Slidell, Smith, Stuart,
Toucey, Walker, Weller, and \\ illiains—do.
V . ... \f . A.loi.w llntu-n I ultrp (it
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Wisconsin, Johnson, Busk, and Sebastian 0.
It will be seen that this amendment was
acceptable to Mr. Seward and fifteen other
Northern and Northwestern Senators.
The Clayton Amendment.
Mr. Clayton moved to amend by striking
out, iu the provision conferring the right ot j
suffrage and holding office, these words :
“And those who shall have declared on
oath their intention to become such, and
shall have taken an oath to support the Con
stitution of the United States and the provi
sions of this act.”
So that it shall read :
"Trocided, That the right of suffrage and
of holding office shall be exercised only by
citizens of the United States.”
The yeas and nays being demanded by :
Mr. Seward, after debate, the amendment
was adopted by the following vote :
Yeas.—Messrs. Adams, Atchison, Badger, ,
Bell, Benjamin, Brodhead, Brown, Butler,
Clay, Clayton, Dawson, Dixon, Evans, I itz- ;
patrick, Houston, Hunter, Johnson, Jones, of •
Tennessee, Mason, Morton, Pratt, Sebastian, ,
and Slidell—2d.
Nays.—Messrs. Chase, Dodge, of M iscon
sin, Dodge, of lowa, Douglas, Fessenden,
Fish, Foot, Gwin, llamliu, Jones, of Iowa, 1
Norris, Pettit, Seward, Shields, Smith, i
Stuart, Sumner, Toucey, Wade, M aiker, ,
and Williams—21.
[Seventeen Senators absent and one va- ;
cancy.J |
This was in Committee of the Whole; and !
when the final vote was taken in the Senate, i
the amendment was concurred in by a vote j
of 22 to 20; Mr. Dawson of the affirmative !
and Mr. Gwin of the negative being absent. 1
Mr. Richardson's substitute, adopted by j
the House, is the bill passed by the Senate :
with the omission of the Clayton amendment. |
By the following clause it will be seen that
the supervision of Congress, referred in all ,
other Territorial hills, is not to be allowed |
over the legislation of the new Territories : j
Mr. Douglas moved to amend by striking
out the provisions giving to the Governor of
.1. . . I* 4 L wl fO II O I J II t O I
vc»vu vn tii v/ |iiwi»occu j. vi * if'* tvo i
veto power; ami also the provision requiring !
that the laws passed by the Territorial Legis- ■
latures should be submitted to Congress, and j
if disapproved should be null and void; and
to insert in lieu of them the following:
“Every bill which shall have passed the ,
Council and House of Representatives of the
said Territory shall, before it become a law,
be presented to the Governor of the Terri-j
tory. If lie approve, he shall sign it; but it
not, be shall return it, with his objections, ;
to the House in which it shall have origina
ted, who shall enter the objections at large !
on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider j
it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds j
of that House shall agree to pass the bill, it 1
shall be sent, together with the objections, to
the other House, by which it shall likewise
be reconsidered; and, if approved by two
thirds of that House, it shall become a law;
but in all such cases the votes ot both
Houses shall be determined by yeas and
nays, and the names of the persons voting
for and against the bill shail be entered on
the Journal of each House respectively. It
any bill shall not be returned by the Gover- j
nor within three days (Sundaysexcepted) at- j
ter it shall have been presented to him, the
same shall be a law in like manner as if lie ;
had signed it, unless the Assembly, by ad- ;
journment, prevent its return, in which case
it shall not be a law.”
This amendment was agreed to.
The following is the vote of the Senate up- ;
on the passage of the bill:
Yeas.—Messrs. Adams, Atchison, Badger, \
Bayard, Benjamin, Brodhead, Brown, But- j
Jer, Cass, Flay, uawson, mxon, L'ouge, m
Iowa, Douglas, Evans, Fitzpatrick, Geyer,
Owin, Hunter, Johnson, Jones, of Iowa,
Jones, of Tcnnesse, Mason, Morton, Norris,
Pettit, Pratt, Kusk, Sebastian, Shields, Sli
dell, Stuart, Thompson, of Kentucky, Thom- ;
son, of New Jersey, Toucev, Weller, and i
Williams—M7.
Nays.—Messrs. Bell, Chase, Dodge, of j
Wisconsin, Fessenden, Fish, Foot. Hamlin,
Houston, James, Seward, Smith, Sumner,
Wade, and Walker—14.
[Ten Senators absent and one vacancy.]— ;
Nut. Int. _ _
Appointment* by the Prexldent,
By and with the advice and consent oj the Semite, j
James A. Peden, of Florida, to he charge
d’affaires of the United States, in the repub
lic of Buenos Ayres, in the place of Win. 11.
Bissell, declined.
Win. W. 11. Davis, of the Territory of
New Mexico, to be secretary »>f said Territo
ry, from and after the first day of August
next, in the place of William S. Messervy,
resigned.
1)HEBE C. SMOOT, vs. JAMES R. SMOOT,
kt. al.—At May Term, 185,4.—Circuit j
Court for Alexandria County—-And it is
further ordered and decreed that the accounts of
Phebe C. Smoot as Administratrix of the estate
of James E. Smoot, deceased, he relerred to one j
of the Master Commissioners of this Court lor
settlement, and to make report thereof to this
Court, as well of all outstanding debts tine from
the estate of James E. Smoot, deceased, and that
in taking of said accounts, the said Master, shall
by public advertisement ol thirty days, notify
and warn all persons having claims against the
estate of the said James E. Smoot, to appear be
fore him on some certain day. to i>** fixed in said
advertisement, and prove their said claim.-*."
Commissioners Office. May ^4th. 1 >51.—
Notice is hereby given, that, pursuant to the or
der oi tfte Circuit Court lor Alexandria ( ounty.
passed at May term. 1 >53. Irorn which the fore
going is an extract, I shall at my ollico. ‘ Ex
change Block." in the City of Alexandria, at !>
o'clock, ji. M., on Monday, the 26/A of June next.
proceed to take the accounts directed in said or
der, when and where the creditors ol the said
James K. Smoot are warned to present their
claims legally proved.
Given under my hand the date above written.
JOSEPH EACHES,
my 25—eo3t&wtd Commissioner.
PURE PORT WINE fob Medicinal Pur
poses.—The subscriber is prepared to fur
nish a superior article ol the above, ot direct im
port aiion, which he warrants to be genuine.
JAS. ENTWISLE, Jr, Apothecary,
my 25 opposite Sarepta Hall.
COOPERS AMERICAN ISINGLASS, 7f
superior quality, just received, and for sale
by JOHN LEADBEATER,
5 mo 25 Stabler s old stand, Fairfax-street.
SARATOGA WATER, from Congress Spring,
this day received, and for sale by
my 21> H. COOK & CO., Sarepta Hall.
Arrival of the United State*.
TWO WEEKS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
New Orleans, May”Ed.-Thc steamer
United States has arrived from Aspinwall,
May 17th, bringing 100 passengers and San
Francisco dates to the 1st iust. The Illinois
left Aspinwall on the 17th for New York,
with 400 passengers, and *700,000 in gold.
The steamer Seuora, from New V>rk. l ad
arrived at Panama in 4* days.
Mr. Dillon, the French Consul, having been
arrested and brought into court to testify in
the case of the Mexican Consul, has struck
his flag, and will not raise it again till or
dered by the Emperor.
The Mexican Consul had been found guil
ty, and recommended to mercy.
" Col. Fremont arrived on the 10th ult., com
pletely broken down. Only twenty ot his
men were left, the greater part of them hav
ing deserted after passing the Colorado.
The ship Golden Fleece in heating out of
▲ 1 „ a. .. il.A 0*1.1 i*. .4»L* •) vnl 1 i&i.
lilt: i mi me v*f cu uv a j v
came a total wreck.
The T. S. troops taken from Norfolk
in the Illinois, were safely landed at Obespo.
The passenger tax in New Grenada has
been defeated.
The barque Wra. Claxton had capsized and
13 lives been lost.
The steamer Gazelle had exploded on the
Columbia river, Oregon, killing 20 aud woun
ding 30 persons.
Accounts from the mining districts were
most flattering.
It is reported that on the 5th of May
Santa Anna summoned Acapulco to surren
der. The summons was refused by Alvarez,
who sallied out, ami attacking Santa Anna s
tr.-ops, made three hundred prisoners. Santa
Anna fled.
The San Francisco markets continue dull, ,
and prices of the leading articles were de
pressed. Gal lego and Ilaxall flour, Sl“.
Stafford County*
CorresjHHidence of the Jitehniond Afutf,
Stafford County', Va., May 18.—This is
a portion of the State, as you are aware, I
which always comes under the ban whenever
a comparative estimate is instituted between
it ami any other region. Like many opin
ions founded chiefly upon prejudice, howev
er, and therefore to a considerable degree un
founded, it will be discovered upon investi
gation that there is, after all, much that is j
redeeming about tbe “old State of Stafford,
as evinced by tbe general degree of comfort
in which her inhabitants live, and the fair
estimate at which her lauds are assessed.— j
You know it is a standing joke that eggs ami
water melons are the staple productions of j
the county: and we have heard it said that, 1
in the event of a rise in the Rappahannock ,
interrupting the usual traffic to the South side
of the river, the inhabitants ul a certain an
cient Burg would soon become reduced to i
the condition in which the ancient Egyptians
found themselves at an earlier period of the !
world's history. There are many other say
ings having reference to an illustration <>f j
the extreme poverty of this county, which
pass equally current and with no better
claim to being substantially founded. It is i
true you do nut find an array of baronial
castles or such a display of wealth and con- j
sequent magnificence in the style of living, ,
as many portions of the State afford; but
you do not fail, nevertheless, to discover in
the “bold peasantry, their country’s pride,”
evidences of thrift and comfort as well as a
degree of hospitable independence which
might put to shame a population deemed to
be far more highly favored. The interior ol :
_• .i.. .*
lilt CUUIllj ir* 111 laim > 11\*l tuuMiviviiovu ktj .
any very great richness of soil, yet it is far j
from being unproductive, and receives any
thing in the shape of a fertilizer in a most
kindly manner: a fact which indicates that j
the land was originally good and needs only
the practice ol a proper process ot resuscita- |
tion to enable it to become restored to its j
former productive condition. At present,
the crops here are not looking particularly j
well. The corn is backward, and the fatal ;
joint worm is beginning to make its appear- 1
ance in the wheat.
But if Stafford had produced nothing else,
she deserves to command respect, because ;
of the distinguished men to whom she lias j
given birth. Amongst them I need only
mention the Scddons, Moncures, Daniels and ;
Morsons, of most of whom Richmond is now j
justly proud—whilst it was just across the
Rappahannock that that distinguished law- i
yer, John M. Patton, first saw the light of |
dav. But enough of old Stafford. In Fred
ericksburg I fin i that the spirit of progress is
still alive and rife. It will be hard indeed to
daunt the energies of a people so resolved to
conquer fortune as are they. They still
cling to the hope that the development of
thc-ir commanding water power, and the con
struction of the Rail Road to Gordonsville,
will revive the drooping fortunes of their j
town. And such should indeed he the case, i
If there is truth in the maxim, /oW vinrit 1
oiHiiin, such consistent perseverance as theirs
cannot go wholly unrewarded. 1 discovered,
as I passed through, some improvement in
the appearance of the place, several new i
buildings have taken tlie place of those infe- ;
rior ones recently destroyed by fire, and
some of the dry goods stores having had new
1 routs put up, as well as their interiors reno
vated. The movement tor having a monu
ment erected there in memory of the late R.
B. Semple, l cannot hut believe will meet t
with a general sanction as well as a prompt I
execution. It was to the interests of this ;
town that his vigorous intellect, indeed the ,
whole resources of his mind and body, were
for a long time consistently devoted. And
in this same service he met the untimely fate
which called him from the scenes of his bun
or and his usefulness. Meet then would be
the raising over his ashes of the sculptured
marble, which would show forth the grati
tude a generous people will ever feel for one
who was their benefactor and friend.
Yours, *fcc., X.
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Correspondence oj the Charleston Courier, j
New York, May 15.—The chimes on Irin
ity church steeple ring out three o’clock, and :
Wall street begins to close its offices. 1 he
Banks disgorge their presidents and direc- |
tors, and the brokers go home to dream of
the prospects of the last new “fancy.” i he
human tide flows towards Broadway, and ,
with the resistless current we are drifted up !
town. Only the Brooklynites are to he met j
in the lower part of Broadway at this time of
the day, as homeward they go. They are
mostly beautiful, fresh looking girls, with ro
ses in their cheeks, as if just returned from
rambling amid green fields. But there goes '
a short, thickset man, looking like a hard fis- i
ted yeoman, his face tanned hv exposure to
the sun, and his clothes hanging loosely
about him, as if they had been pitch forked :
on his person. That is Henry Ward Beech- ,
er, who has just left his friends, Bowen k \
McNamee, at their beautiful marble store,
and is now on his way down to the Ball
street ferrv. He served his ministerial no- ;
vitiate in Indiana, and neglected to shake
off a countryfied look when lie came to the
city.
But he has disappeared behind the Bank
of the Republic, and up wc go. On the oppo
site side of the street at a fruit store, stands
o irliitn u'li iwlrnrml tviftiPI* f 11 PI 1IIIIf 1 VP lllrifl.
but who lias a substantial philanthropic look,
lie wants to know if those bananas are fresh,
and what is the price of Havana oranges.—
He does’ut like the information he receives,
and so turns to go up Broadway. He starts ;
off with a ready and determined step, and we
recognize in him Henry Grinnell, of Arctic
Expedition fame.
Now comes the roar of clattering vehicles
and the shouts of policemen, and the crack
of small whips in their hands, with the re-;
quest to “move on.” Above all, is heard the '
horrid oaths of the drivers, and we know that ;
we must he near Courtland and Fulton streets, j
On the sidewalk, with his hands behind his
back and his spectacled eyes directed towards '
the sky, walks a slender, sallow-faced, small
headed man, as unconscious of the confusion
and turmoil around him, as if he were stroll
ing about his beautiful summer cottage at,
Newport. It is George Bancroft, the eminent j
historian of the United States, going, nobody
knows where, (perhaps he doesn’t know him- I
self,) in the direction of Trinity Church.— j
He will enter the church-yard, look for the I
oldest tomb stones, and when the sexton
wishes to close the gates, lie will leave, hut
liot before.
But we are passing the eddying whirlpools ;
of Fulton and Courtland streets—the Scylla
and Cliarybdis of Broadway, and the tower
of St. Paul’s throws its shadow around the
entrance to the Museum. There stands the
greatest showman of the age, Barnum him
self, dressed as he was this day five years
ago, in black pantaloons, black waistcoat,
black coat, with that inveterate scarf, con
cealing the fact of a clean or unclean shirt, I
the whole surmounted by a shocking had
hat. Ho has just arrived, post haste, from i
the Crvstal Palace, to have a few words with i '
Greenwood, his confidential business man at :
the Museum. He cannot stand still, and he- !
travs nervous evidences of wishing to he off. j
i et ne nns something more to say. ne mows ,
at his watch, the train starts fi*r Bridgeport J ,
in a lew minutes, he can remain no longer, ^
and having laid his hand impressively on
(ireenwood’s arm, utf he darts to the Canal* !
street station. 1
The old Astor House stands on the oppo- 1
site side in granite grandeur, like a sphynx ■
on the hanks of our overflowing Nile. Its
steps are crowded with “seedy looking” men, ‘
news boys and bouquet sellers. The “distin- J
guished arrivals” rarely linger upon the j «
threshohl. The Park extends before us, and i
the City l [all clock is perhaps a quarter of j
an hour behind true time. There are no mil- i
itarv com panic* being “reviewed by the May- t
or,” and we should searcelv ca>t a glance in ' •
that directii u were we not asked, who that j «
“queer looking chap” is, going across the 1
Park. He is carrying a carpet bag in his f
hand, and has the leg of one of his panta- t
loons rolled about half way up his boot, llis {
hat might have been bought “second hand” 1
in Chatham street, from its primitive style ?
and rough look. It is placed on the back of 1
his head, or the “small of his back” as Punch J
describes the present style of bonnets, and f
as lie leans forward when lo* walks, his hat j t
projects behind, the two making an angle of ' i
fortv-five degrees. Of course it is Horace i
Hreeley, just arrived from a lecturing tour ! i
in the U’e>t, on his way to the Tribune of- 1
tice. To-morrow we shall read in that pa
per an article telling about what kind of ’
crops Ohio and Michigan arc going to yield 1
tliis year. <
A* we approach Chambers street, and talk
of the new improvements Stewart intends ma- (
king to his Marble Palace, the crowd and
bustle of Fulton and Courtland street are to 1
be seen on a smaller scale. But we forget 1
all that, as we point out that jolly, fat, and 1
sour looking individual, waddling down .
Chambers street towards Broadway. He
stops in the corner to hear what Ins com- . 1
paniou, (perhaps a scene painter) has to say, ! 1
replies briefly, and to the point, bids him j
e-nod dav. and with “I’ll see vou about it
to night,” W illiarn K. Burton, tin* Comedian, I
crosses the street, and goes into the Irving j
House saloon to he shaved. Burton in the
street always looks as if he had just eaten
his enemy and found him hard of diges
tion.
But who is that shaggy, lion-headed sort (
of man going into the Irving House, arm in ,
arm with that gentlemanly looking old man. t
He walks as if small people had no business ^
in the streets, and dresses, and is to all up
pearane.es, a scarcely humanized monster.—
lint he is a diamond in the rough. He came
indeed f rom the backwoods, and ha* ascend- :
ed the ladder of life’s success, beginning at | (
the ground, and now surveys bis steam ships j .
ploughing the waters of two oceans, George :
Law has some now scheme to broach to Gov
ernment, or desires to get a new mail con
tract, and takes this method to secure the in
fluence of the honorable l\ S. Senator from
Michigan.
Bight ahead of us, and towering above all 4
pedestrians, is a well known character.—
\ oung ladies whisper to their companions to
look at hiiii. and he loses no opportunity to
admire a beautiful face, or criticise a well
formed ancle. He has a wicked way of halt- j
ing at the corner of a > treet, if it happens to : i
be a little muddy, and petticoats are aljout
being m Mostly raised. But on be goes in his j i
listless, lazy way, until he meets a stern, fu- :
rious looking individual, whom he addresses
very familiarly with an “Howare von Ned?”
There you h«i\o a brace ot notabilities in '
i rince .John \an iiuren, and rorrest, the : |
Tragedian. The latter is supposed to be * 1
jdaying an engagement at the Broadway i j
1’heatre. lie is studiously methodical in his J
habits, rising, breakfasting, reading and ,
walking at appointed times. He is just re- ! -
turning from a walk of several miles. He is i
muttering his "part” to himself, his fist is *
clenched, and he looks precisely as you will <
see him to night, when as Ofhrl/ohe strangles ■
poor Dw/nnona. He has a small flower in , c
the button hole of his coat, which John \ an
llureu unceremoniously plucks, and they &ep
arate. #
\\ c have scarcely time to bow to our ac* i ^
quaintances, or see all the pretty faces we f ^
are meeting, for the afternoon is lovely, and
Broadway above Canal street, is in all its
glory at this hour. But at the risk of “cut
ting” some of our fair friends, we must stare I
closely at that venerable gentleman, with I
grey hair, white whiskers, and wickedly
crooked eye. He has a stately, fine looking .
woman on his arm, only she is dressed too ,
much. The gentleman is saying nothing, '
but listening to her. lie walks a little feeb*
ly with a cane, and if you were asked who
lie could be, you would “guess," if you were
a yankee, that lie was some noble old hero,
who had fought his battles and gained his
victories. Well, he has waged many a war,
and won many a battle with his pen in the
columns of the Herald. Mr. Bennett and
his wife are just entering the St. Nicholas
Hotel, where they reside.
At the corner of Spring-street, where three
hotels look down upon us, we see driving in
a shabby one horse vehicle, the strangest and
most unaccountably eccentric man in New
York. He wears a white hat with a very
large black band, which is rolled up oil both
sides. He still indulges the obsolete luxury
of ruffled shirts, while heavy gold bowed
spectacles, worn neither ornamentally nor
usefully, (for he invariably looks over them,)
straddle the bridge of his nose. His cos
tume is what a clever writer calls “a cross
between the livery of a footman, and the or
dinary apparel of a Quaker." He is just
leaving his office on a “visiting tour," and
may be safely set down as the most magnifi
cient tjuack of the New World. On the win
dows of his office under the St. Nicholas Ho
tel, in Spring-street, you will read the name
of “Baron Spolasco, Surgeon Extraordinary,"
&c.t to all the Courts of Europe. He has
about forty titles, and if with each he could
hook on to a patient, his business would bo
lucrative. For, like the Western Turtle,
which if it once gets vour finger in its mouth,
will never let go until it thunders, the Baron
would hold on till death.
There are a great many strange people in
Broadway, to-day; and while a cluster ot
boys are shouting “old rutHe shirt,” as they
very irreverently call the “Baron,” another
group just above the Prescott House are
stopping to see a foreign celebrity get out ot
his carriage and enter a jewelry store. He
is very fat, lias very large whiskers, a very
black moustache, patent leather boots, black,
dress coat, with immensely wide sleeves, and
has his hair parted in the middle, behind
and before, in true Cockney style. His great
passions are love of music and astonishing
>hirt bosoms. He intends buying some fan
cifully colored shirt-studs, and to night, at
Castle Garden, M. Jullien’s diamonds and
buttons will reflect back the glare of the gaa
lights.
But our walk has been a long one, and it
is a good while since breakfast, and some
thing within us urges us onward. We see
‘Howadji Curtis, the brilliant author, ami
Kensett, the accomplished painter, just com
ing out of the Academy, and on their way to
the Canturv Club, to dine together. Hr.
Hawkes goes by us like a steamboat, wish
ing to consult some rare wook in the Astor
Library, before the “old fogy” concern close*
its doors. On the steps of the New' York
Hotel stands Captain Collins, whose stea
mers area pride to any nation, with his ri>
tund form, his red face, ami Admiral-like
person. The crowd begins to diminish.—
fhe steeple of Grace Church is bathed in tin*
raws of the setting sun. The attractions ot
II road way and tin* demands of the stomach
kvage a short battle. The latter is victorious,
1 I A 1*.
um \>c go numc 10 onion.
[CoMMLMCATED.
Rally Whigs ! I hope the W bigs of Alex
andria County, if they wish to prescrv#
he identity of their party, w ill cotue up to tho
tolls to-day, and cast their votes for the regu
ar nominee of an honest and regular con
tention. 1 do not profess to be “ Many
^Vhigs,” but I do profess to be a Whitj, and
me, too, that never "flew the track ” if even
lis own particular friends failed in securing
i nomination.
The Whig party to secure a triumph, must
je iniifcJ, and I confess my utter inability
o comprehend how any Whig can, for a mo
neut, hesitate voting with his party, espe
iaJiv when he considers the influences
►roiight to hear by the opposing party. As
br instance, a Loco Foco, “hide bound” at
hat, handing you a ticket, with their candi
late for Sheriff heading it, with the abovo
lide bound Loco bringing up the rear, as con
table; and telling you if you cannot vote the
irst. he will be under many obligations to
rou if you will “go” the second;—and in the
atnc breath giving you notice, that he in
ends to move heaven and earth, and w ill
vork ail day and night, to defeat your party
lominee—a gentleman, who at present has
10 official influence over Constables, Jail
\copers, See., See.
Now, 1 am, comparatively speaking, a
roung man, belong to no clique, have no sel
ish ends in view, in tact nothing but the good
•f that party who gloried in Harry of the
►Vest, as their good old leader—whose name
*ven now’ has the power of electrifying all
vho ever fought under his banner. In the
mine, then, of our departed leader, I call upon
ill who ever responded to his battle cry, to
•ome forward, manfully and boldiv. an 1 by
roar actions, show that the Whig spirit
'till animates you as of old, that it is still
•apahle, as ever, to carry the Whig* of Alex
imlria into a glorious victory. FIDKS.
f ( ’ommivicated.
Not only the Whig*, hut all all others, are
invited to day to come to the polls, and voto
or lloitEKT Chi pper, as Sheriff of Alexan
lria County. He is a most worthy and ex
jellent citizen, has been for a long time a
resident of our city, has been liberal in his
jfforts to promote its prosperty, and is every
vay qualified to discharge the duties of the
»ffice for which he is a candidate. Let us,
hen, give him a cheerful and hearty sup
H»rt. MASV.
MAIUUED.
On th#* morninsot the 24th iusf.. at St. MaryV
Catholic) Church, by th#* Rev. Joseph Bi\i«,
dICHAKL .IKKKV, to KLLKX MOR1AK
I V. all of V\ arren County. \ a.
In this city, on the 23d instant, hv the Rev .
dr. Tucker. Mr. CHRISTIAN BRKNOCK, to
diss AMANDA MANKIN, both of thi» city.
On th#* 11th instant, by R#*v. Andrew R#jbcy,
dr. GKORGK WASHINGTON LKK and Miss
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