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FOB LISUKD DAI l. T AND TR1-WEEK.LY BY EDGAR 8XOAVDEX. "aLEXAnMiA; I MONDAY MORNING, September 11, 1 S-"»4. *‘ln what wav would the Alexandria *«a tette have the “conservative portion of the ( Northern people put down treasonable aboli tionism?” The laws of tiio United States j arc faithfully executed here—fugitive slave • law, aud all. Public sentiment, by which we mean the sentiment of the large majority ‘d | the people of New York, is sound on that subject, in spite of the pro vocation afforded by the violation ot the Missouri oenipiotm^o, and “treasonable abolitionism” is in as much disfavor as ever.”—Ar. I”. Com. Does the Commercial mean that the laws of the United States, are faithfully observed j iu all the Northern states? lias it rea l the j account of the late outrage at Salem, Ohio, j or of the outrage upon Mr. lloruer, ul tins state, at Alleghany, Pennsylvania? Does it j not know that mobs arc raised, wherever a Southern man attempts to reclaim a fugitive, j under the laws and constitution: and that if . he undertakes to got possession of what be 9 longs to Inin, he takes his life in his hands, in the face of the Abolition traitors? ihe C om mercial may bo assured that the law s arc not faithfully exocutod in the Northern states. We are glad to bear it sav that public •entimont—the sentiment of the majority is sound in Xtw I or!:, and that treasonable abo litionism is in disfavor there. We hope results may prove that it is correct in its opinion. As to hotc the traitors are to b*put down, we leave that for tho Union-loving people of the North to saw It is as much their business, and more, than ours. “Where there is a will there is a way." But the Commercial may hs satisfied that every day, under the course pursued, the “sacred bands” which hold these states together, are loosening, and that the present drain upon them, cannot last f«>r There must be an ond to the stntt 1 *1 things now' existing. The South, wiil stand justified, in the eyes of the world, and of pos terity, whatever may follow'. D. Appleton A Co., New York, have pub lished, in a handsome volume, Capt. (. auot, or tweutv years of an African Slaver; be ing an account of his career and adventures on the Coast, in tho Interior, on shipboard, and in the West Indies, written ami edited from tho Captain’s journals, memoranda, and Conversations, b/ Brantz Mayer. I he reader here has the whole details of the African slay© trade, as carried on by those engaged in it. Mr. Mayer has made a most interesting book out of tho materials with which he was furnished. We notice that it has already had a wide circulation. The same publishor# have issued a little Hand Book for the Nursery—The Nursery Baakot—containing many useful and practi cal directions for young mothers. Kecoivcd, and for sale by James Entwisle A Son, at their bookstore. No. 2, Exchange Block, King street.__ The Richmond Enquirer of Saturday com mences a long defence of Mr. Hunter’s Land Bill, with the assertion that “the opponents Of the bill iu Virginia form but a thin mi nority of the party." What say the “oppo nents," to this? Just the day before, the Richmond Examiner, in condemning Mr. Hunter’s bill, gave a glowing account of the action of the ‘masses’ against that measure. It considers it “the honest, healthy, vigorous responses of the country," and congratulate.** itself that when the people untrammelled by demagogues, assemble in primary meetings to defend and maintain the principles of ip party against the plots and conspiracies of designing politicians, it knows that all dan ger is over. ^ <___ We learn from the Piedmont Whig, that at the last term of the Fauquier County Court. *he following order was made: “It being suggested to tho v ourt that, with its permission, arrangements may bema.it. tnrougn pn>fuw ^. < new Court room with a life-si/.^ portrait o. John Marshall. late Chief Justice ot the tin ted States: the Court doth hereby order that auch permission be given, and doth further order that tho commissioners of the public buildings do furnish every facility within their province and power towards tue com pletion of said arrangements.’' The engineer of the Mail train from Wil mington, when a short distance north ot Hal ifax, N. C., on Friday last, discovered a white man standing upon tho track. 1 he train was proceeding at a rapid rate, and knowing it impossible to check its speed, the engineer sounded the whistle, but tho uu fortunate man remained perfectly motionless and was struck with full force by the engine. It is supposed instant death was thejresult. Lavi J. Powell, indicted for attempting to sell counterfeit money, was acquitted by the U. S. Court at Clarksburg last week. Judge Brockenbrougb, iu delivering his opin ion on the case, showed that tho l nited States statutes, as they now exist on tins subject, require that the attempt to utter oi pass counterfeit money lias true, must be pearly shown in order to procure conviction Several engineers on the Chicago and Hock Island Railroad having been discharged foi bad eonduct, endeavored to stop the working af the road by an attempt to frighten th< •ngineers in charge of the trains. For this 4hey were arrested on a charge of conspiracy and were held to bail in sums of one hundret *b4 one thousand dollars each. The Tenth Legion'#*▼#. the Board ot D, Teeter# of the Man##### Gap K*il Road C om »mt, have fixed the freight on flour, iron Strasburg to Alexandria, at 34 cents pe barrel._ _ A pemon wav now travel from New \oil Charlottes rills in 1» 1-2 hours* New* of the Day. 4 To show the very age and body of the times. ” — The must prominent omnibus lines on Broadway, New York City, Lave been consol idated into one corporation, under an act passed by the Legislature. It bears the name of the “New York Consolidated Stage Company,’’ and no new routes are allowed, nor any alterations in existing ones, without the recommendation of the Mayor, concurred in by the Common Council. At the start, every share of the stock was taken by the owners of the various lines forming the asso- j ciatiun, not a dollar of subscription was ask- j ed for, and the stock has not been in the mar ket. One of the most fiendish acts we have ever read of is recorded by the Kowan, (X. C.) Whig. In Cabarrus count}*, last week, a man by the name of Holbrooks hung his own son. lie had sent the boy to a neighbor’s to procure something to eat, and the boy re turned without it. Holbrooks then sent him back, and threatened that if he returned again without it, lie would hang him. I he boy returned as before, whereupon his father took him out a tree and hangei l him. llol- | brooks then tied, but has been apprehended. The Grand Lodge of the 1 nited States, of Independent Order of < Md-Follows, in ses sion at Baltimore, on Friday, adopted the new form of Constitution submitted la^t year, and which has been the principal subject un dor consideration during the present session. Prior to its adoption the fbrm submitted un derwent such amendment as to make it ac ceptable aln. . i. bj the entire body. The New York Chamber of Commerce at its monthly meeting on Thursday, had the subject of repeal of the usury laws before them. A series of resolutions declaring that these laws greatly aggravate the present fi nancial difficulties, were submitted and refer red to a Committee. The Washington Star learns that the Sec retary of the Treasury has ordered the new gold dollar coin, described at length some time since, to be substituted for the American gold dollar coin now in circulation, i The new coin has as large a surface as the I silver live cent piece. The New York Express is assured that two millions of dollars of lottery tickets are aunuallv sold in that citv, and that in the * k i face of a law which was designed to have 1 some strictness, but which is openly violated , every day. Col. J. Watson Webb, who is now in Eng land, writes to the New York Courier that in three months, or before Christmas, wheat will have fallen from 03 to less than 15 shil ; Hug?, per quarter. Col. W ebb don t know t everv thing. ! The Biedmout W hig says, ‘a specimen ot . copper ore has been left with us, which was ; found on the farm of Mr. lb B. M illiauison, ami we understand that considerable quanti ties have been found in the same locality. The Collins steamer Baltic, on her next trip to Liverpool, w ill use coal from tho mines 'of the Swanton Coal and Iron Company of ^ Allegany county, Md. Too Much Freedom. i The Charleston Mercury, in commenting on some of the Northern notions about “uni ; versal liberty,” “a great free Democratic lie public,” &c., expresses its apprehension of some awful calamity to the South. It is im ! possible (the Mercury says) to peruse tho ar ticles under notice, and indeed by far the j largest portion of the productions of the ' Northern press, without realizing the just I satire of Carlyle: “To such an extreme length is this Demo i cratic tendency going, that liberty, selt-guid j anco, is demanded for the lowest slaves, for those needing most ol all to he go\erned. And by and by we shall even hear of the emancipation of horses: old Sorrel will get some notions of personal liberty, and wull refuse to help farmer Dodds plough his field; but woe to old foolish Sorrel when winter comes, and he finds that the revolution which j he has made 1ms cut off his supply of oats.” A not her .HflftiM'holy W nruiu^* I An interesting little daughter, aged about twelve, of Mr. Charles Stuart, paver, at the | corner of 11th and Boundary streets, was ; on Thursday forenoon accidentally killed by ! her brother* aged about seven, who hastily | t*s»k down a gun to kill a bird on a tree noai ; tho window. \Ye scarcely open a that does not j bring us an account of some such sad event. ! Sometimes the gun is carelessly pointed in ! jest, sometimes the trigger is accidentally touched: but, no matter what the cause may ; be, the misfortune is too often without reme • <jy. There is a sort ot rivalry between load ed guns and camphenc lamps which shall have the greater number ot \ictims in the course of a week.—Xtf. hit. Knffltsh Il»IIrontls. At an inquest in London on the persons ! killed at the Croyden station, by a recent col lision. the evidence shows tho accident was caused bv a mistake nearly similar to that ! which occurred on the Baltimore and ^ us i i i.i. rtf*-Inlv lust. Ono mu-minim iojiu, '—j \ excursion train which had grown very heavy ' mid was behind tb© time, was divided into I two. The first half had at its back a tail board which indicates that another bait is.'1’ follow: a train did follow, and troiu that on cumstanve it was Supposed that the whole o the excursion trr:n bad passed: whereas, the I second as a : u.ily distinct train interposed, i and tbe second half of the excursion train i had to run on the lino after it was supposed to have passed. Au Iuhiilt to Southern Merchant** ( The New York Tribune thus pointedly in ! suits Smthern merchants who do business in i New York: 1 “Southern merchants do indeed keep a^ay : from New York, for the reason that they can't i>oy their Ma; there is no doubt that if the jobbers of this city had not trusted j Southern traders tor the past three years, j they would he a great deal better off than : thev arc/’ , , -n 1 , j We hope Southern niercuauts will nave ! sufficient self respect to prevent Newport from further suffering by their eustoin. Bnit. Amn'. ^ Shameful Dishonesty. As a proof of the extensive adulteration oi ! liquors in this country, the New\ork feur says, that more port wine is urank m the ! United States in one year than passes througr I the Custom House in ten; that more chain ‘ 1 pagne is consumed in America alone, that ■ | the whole champagne district produces, tha I ! cognac brandy costs four times as much i ] France, where it is made, as it is retailed to 1 in our grog shops; and that the failure of tb whole grape crop in Madeira produced n( l apparent diminution in quantity’ or mcreasi in the price of wine. Trial or Christian. i Liberty, Sept. 6.—The trial ot Christiai ! progresses very* rapidly. The Court met thii 1 i morning at 8 o'clock ; and by 11 (the hour a r | which I close this letter) four witnesses hav< i keen examined. A considerable numbe: i were examined yesterday evening, aud th< l I prospect ia that the trial will he speedily con eluded. —I I — *‘ — - LV111 UilLiU LX-U iLl’ Telegraphic Despatch©#. New York, Sept. 8.—The Evening Post reiterates its statements relative to the move ments and intentions of Goneral Alvarez rnd his friends against the present govern ment of Mexico. It states that $3,0(H),000 have been furnished by parties in California, j and names the following vessels as having been purchased here—the steamer Benjamin Franklin, formerly running fronrNew York to New Orleans, the bark Augusta, &c. The steamer Franklin has been altered and pierced for ten guns. The hark has already received her armament and lays off the Bat tery. The Franklin has eighty men, and her coal and powder on board. The crew are Americans, bound for one year, and the engineers two years. The steamier Santa Anna is nearly ready j to sail for Vera Cruz, and is valued at S j>0,- ; (ion. Several American gentium * > f high standing are known to be imtiv .< d in Alva rez’s attempt to revolutionize Mexico. Washington, Sept. 8.—Stanley’s Indian Gallery has been secured for exhibition at the Maryland Mechanics' Institute Fair.— Mr. Stanley has achieved a great triumph in his panorama of the Western Wilds, which is just finished. Louisville. Sept. 8.—-A destructive fire oc curred at Columbus, M;os., to-day, which destroyed fourteen stores and dwellings,— , loss not known. ItociiKsTU.K, Sept. 7.—The engine house of the New York Central Railroad was destroy ed by tire this afternoon. The building was ltiO feet in diameter, built of brick, with an • immense dome roof tip<fb an iron frame.— Seven locomotives were destroyed, together with a number of cars, loaded with lumber j and flour: also, some 300 cpP of wood. I lie fire caught from the engine of the wood-saw ing machine. Tin* loss is estimated at about 8o,000 dollars. The passenger trains each way arc detained in consequence ol the track being much warned bv the action ol the tire. Washington, Sept. 8.—There is a spirited , bidding for the contracts for machinery lor the steam frigates going on. >everal linns from New York arid Baltimore are repre sented. The awards will be made next week. Messrs. Ericsson and Moagherarrived this morning. The former intends to present something new in relation to the engines for the new Government steam frigates. New York, Sept. 8.—The brokers refuse the bills of the Merchants' Bank of Burling ton, Vermont: the Peep Fiver Bank ol Con necticut, and the Cumberland Bank of Maine. Nearly all the deposits of uncurrent money are received only at the risk of the deposi tors. The bankers are insisting upon the right to return the same in caseot failure. New York. Sept. 8.—Castle Garden is crowded to overflow this evening to witness the performance of Grisi and Mario, and to see the famous Mrs. Coutts. who occupies a prominent seat every night. There is no doubt that she is there for the purpose of hel ping to swell the audience. New York, Sept. 8,—John F. Brady, a lawyer, died this morning from the effects ot injuries received from a gang ot rowdies in Mott street, on Saturday Just. Douglass’ Hardware store on Platt street was burnt this forenoon—loss estimated at 870,***K)—fully insured. A large distillery was, also, burned. Nf.w York, Sept. 8.—The Directors of the Parker Vein Company are refusing to re open transfer books until the lraudulent shares are withdrawn. A scheme is on loot to call a meeting of the stockholders at Cum berland, to elect a more subservient board. Ch ei;e<\ Sept. 8.—Tho Ministry having been defeated on the Speakership, Mr. 1 Hacks resigned to-day, and his resignation was accepted. There has been no definite progress in the formation of a new ministry. Cincinnati, Sept. 7.—The Democratic State Convention assembled at Cincinnati to day. It was addressed by the Hon. Messrs. Douglas, Due, ami Joe. Dane. Their speech es were well received. IIow to Know the a^e of Horses. Tho colt is born with twelve grinders. AVhen four front teeth have made their ap pearance, the colt is twelve days old: and : when the next four come forth, it is lour weeks old. AN hen tho corner teeth appear, the colt is eight months, and when the latter have attained to the height of the front teeth, it is one year old. The two-year eolt has tho kernel (the middle of the troths crown) ground out of all the front tooth: in the tluid vear, the middle front teeth are being shitt ed: and when three years old, these are sub stituted by horse teeth. The next four teeth are shifted in the fourth year, and corner ; teeth in the fifth. At the sixth year the ker nel is worn out of the lower middle front teeth, and the bridle teeth have now attain 1 ed to their full growth. At seven years a hook has been formed on the corner teeth <>1 I the upper jaw: the kernel of the teeth next at the middle fronts is worn off. At eight I years of ago the kernel is worn out of all the lower front teeth and begins to <b • *~e in ; the middle upper fronts.* In «... odi year, the kernel has wholly disappeared from the upper middle front teeth, the hook on toe ! corner teeth has increased in size and the bridle teeth lose their points. In the tenth i year, the kernel is worn out of the teeth next to the middle fronts of the upper jaw: and in the eleventh year the kernel has entirely > vanished from the corner teeth ot tho same jaw. At twelve years old the crown of all ti.o trout teeth in the lower jaw has become triangular, and the bridle teeth .ire. much j wori/down, As the horse advances in age, the gums shrink away from the teeth, which consequently receive a long narrow appear ance and their kernels become metamor phosed into a darkish point; grey hairs in crease in tlm forehead, over the e\es, and the ■ chin assumes ti-o form of an angle.—Amen ; cun Agriculturist. yhnrlrs County, Mtl, Bear in mind the special meeting ol the , Agricultural Society on Tuesday next. Ibe I object of this meeting, as before stated, is ono deeply interesting to our farmers amt 1 Plauters--tliat of taking intoeonsnlerationtbc practicability' of establishing steam commu I mention between different points on the I o tomacrivorandthecif.es of the 1 .strict of Columbia, and Baltimore. It needs but a ! moments reflection to convince any one that tips is an important matter: and why it was i not more seriously thought of long before i this time, is a question we cannot answer : We are fur behind cur neighbors on tlu Patuxent and elsewhere in the mode ot con voting our produce to market. 11 it hie been a want of enterprise or a concert ol action that lias kept us back in tins respect I w0 hone the meeting about to bo held will lit largely attended and the result of tbe pro - coed in gs a more favorable state of things loi I : our farmers and Planters on the Potoma. • side of the county.—/’""/ ToImio o J mies. 1 c _ m _ Melancholy Accident* I Sxickerstille, September 0, ■ I yesterday evening I weut to seo a lmrribh ' s*lfrht—six young and stout negro men, al 1 ! laying in 'the Shenandoah rner together i 1 drowned, just below the “Retreat,” the lormei , 1 residence of Judge Parker. , ' Old Jesse, the servant ot Judge I. states ' j that on Sunday evening last, six men stopj.ee i ‘t bis cabin and asked for chickens Thcj i fcft aud the boat belonging to Mr. Llliot wa. , missing on Monday morning, and sometimi , i duringthe day those six men were found n r whatfs well known by the name of 1 arker, ) ! whirlpool, or deep hole <ja • brother* . Two of the men appeared to be Droaier. j j from their faces and dress, they each had 01 ! I two pair of pants and vests, with eotto, coats.—Leesburg Wash/ngtouuu*. 1.1/ J I 11V/.1H The Xnv York Soft Convention. The Convention of the New Fork Soft Shells shows that the Democratic party in that State is not only divided into great fac tious, but that these tactions are again suit divided bv their disagreements. 1 lie full details of the proceedings as published by tlie New Fork papers show the Coineution to have been a constant scene ot wild and tumultuous disorder. Capt. Kyndcrs led the Administration forces, and alternately dra gooned and coaxed the recusant members in to an endorsement oi the resolutions. Hie Free Soil element appears to ha\e heen a powerful one, pulling !*'•'» votes, or nearly one-third ot the whole numoer ol delegates. On the subject ot the Nebraska (piestiun tnc Convention rebuked the Auministration iur the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, whilst it approved ot the principle ot the bill. The resolution reads a.> follows .—Halt. American. uHw>ln<l, That we consider the introduc tion tu the clause in the Nebraska and Kan sas bill, repealing the Missouri Compromise, ( as inexpedient amt uitiKrrManf, but we are opposed to any agitation having in view the restoration of that line, or tending to pro mote any sectional controversy m relation thereto—and we congratulate the country that the results to grow out «f that measure are likely to prove beneficial to the people ot the territories, and that while we maintain our position, that opinions in regard to tlie power of Congress in this mailer, ar ^ not , tests in regard to DcmoiTacy, we regain toe act of renunciation by Congress ot the pow er it has heretofore exercised over the sub jects. as the practical surrender oi a formida ble function on the part of the Federal Go vernment. and as tlie accession of a right on the part i>f the incipient sovereignties, tiiat are to constitute tli** -0‘s ot the l nion, toe exercise ol wlneh e..nnot in all probability re sult inauspicious! v to ti.e people ot the terri tories and the peace ot t::o 1 nion. Telegraph* In Eagliiiai. We arc glad to find that females are now employed as tlie principal operatives in the electric telegraph ollices. i he occasions ot the opening and prorogation ot Parliament are alwovs licld days at the electric tele graph stations, owing to the general desire throughout the country to receive the royal speech with the utmost possible despatch.— All the officials are on the '‘or, picked hands are appointed to work the instruments communicating with the principal stations, . and a spirit of friendly rivalry prevails a inongst the manipulators as to wno snail transmit correctly the greatest number of words within a given tune. I pwards of one hundred and fifty clerks are generally en __ 1 I' ...... ,..11,... ntiviinn.f Mini Trull r B n»i .ii . ..r>* .scribing her Majestv .'•audress: and on S ur dav, for the fir.-t time, the service* of the le male clerks now empl *yed at the hiectric Telegraph Company's central station, were called into requisition. They forwarded the speech with remarkable rapidity, in one or two instances equalling, if i»"t surpassing the speed and correctness of their nioj<* expe rienced male coadjutors. It may not be gen erally known that the hiectric Telegraph Companv have established depm tineuts h»r young girls, under a matron, with the view of affording a wider and m-TC intellectual scope for female employment; and the ex periment promises to he highly successful.— The most rapid result of Saturday .* sending was at the rate ol thirty-five words per min ute. The transmission to the C ntineutlvin the Hague) was* effected m twenty minutes. —Letter J rum Loin Ion. Three More Terrllorir*. Some time ago we mentioned that the national administration had framed a plan for organizing til roe new territorial govern ments in the Indian country south of Kansas to consist severally of countries <»j the ( hcro kees in one territory, the Creeks in another, and the Choctaws and Chickasaw.* in a thiru. This plan, it was stated on the authority of a person who hail just arriv ed from tue ( hieka saw nation, had been sent out to he canvass ed by the tribes concerned, and who, unuer it. were to he constituted citizens ci too I . States. At the last session of the Senate a hiil was presented by Mr. Johnson, of Arkan sas. which embodied the features of this scheme and which though it was not acted on will probably form a subject of di>cu>sion at Washington next winter. This full proposes with the assent of the tribes named, u* ex tend over them the constitution and lawsyt the Cnion, and to organize three Territories of which the Indians are to he recognized as cit izens. The title of the tirst of these will he ■ Chel-o-kee and wiil induce Chcrokees,U*ag*‘*. Senecas, Shuwnees,andt^uapavvs. 1 iie titley»f the second is to i*e Muscogee, and it will in clude the (’reek and Seminole tribes: and the third is named Chah-taand wiil include the Choctaws and Chickasaw.**. It seems proba ble that action was only delayed upon this scheme in Congress in order to secure the consent of all the tribes designated. Lib a*** are now being made to this end. and possibly the next session of Congress will witness the passage of the hill._ A Lawyer Beaten to Death hy Him ilics. John I\ Brady, esq., a lawyer, lately doing business in Broadway, corner of Leonard street, died at bis lodgings, in the house of James McBride, \<>. W Bayard street, be tween 7 and S o’clock this morning, from the effects of injuries received at the hanu- ol some oi the Sixth A\ aril rufiians. The cor< ikts were notified oi the • ui rence, and will investigate the affair. I ap pears that Mr. Brady was returning home in company with Mr. McBride, lat«* on Satur day night last, when on reaching Mott street, they met a gang of rowdies, about twelve in number, who immediately made an attack upon them. Mr. Brady was se\ere!y beaten. • and among other wounds, Ins spine was in jured. After considerable difficulty, he and ms friend escaped from the ”*dfi ins and went home. Immediately alter entering the house Mr. Brady became weal: and helpless, and remained in a suffering condition till .frith ensued. No policeman aj pcared <luring the attack, although tiic police were L-ud!y call ed for; and the assailants escaped. Mi. McBride thinks, however, lie can identify some of them, it not the wfnde party. ^ I he deceased has left a wife and children.—A. V. CoHimtTrta!. Dancing with a Boot mack. I A correspondent of the New York Times, writing from Saratoga, is responsible for tin following: . . f n “There has been aristocracy here of rll 1 trades and shades, from the get.uiiu* >j moil pnre’ down to the Tuusn room and ; ‘codfish;’—and l looked in one evening and 1 saw the “valet dechambre” <>f a gentleman i at one hotel, waltzing with one of tint “ haughtiest beauties, who was denominated ' ‘belle’ at the other, lie may hava been ; quite as good as bis master; but 1 doubt - whether the young lady would have smiled si graciously on him, or permitted his mous 1 tache so near her check, if she had knowi ‘ that he had spent part of the evening brush ; iug coats and blacking boots. IO Xorthwefttiru \ Irglnia R»iJ Roar]. AVe passed along a portion ot the line oi • this road on Monday, and found the laborer! • ! deserting it in scores, owing to a reduction o the wages, which seems to be the most conve * nient plan recently adopted by Rail Roac J Companies, of dismissing their hands whet 1 their funds arc inadequate to continue tin 5 work. The prospects for an early completioi of this road seem very dull.— D /W/7?;/ Inf C“1 LOVER AND TIMOTHY SEED, of goo* i quality, in stoic. and lor sale by dU$ gi DANIEL F. HOOK. # mi Framers ofllir Constitution and Slavery. The journal of the Convention to frame the « present Constitution the ( nited States, exhi bits the following facts, in connexion with the subject of slavery: The first committee on the subject cohms- : ted of Rutledge, of South Carolina, Run* dolph, of Virginia, M ilson, of Pennsylva nia, (iorliam, of Massachusetts, and Kils worth, ot Connecticut; and they reported, as a section for tlie Constitution, “that no tax ,»r other duty shall be laid on the migration i»r importation ol such persons as the sever al States shall think proper to admit, nor shall such migration or importation be {ro hibited.” This was the first action of the Conven ti >n on the slavery question; and it will be seen that a committee, the majoritity • i which, were from what arc strong unti-slave rv States, reported against any future prohi bition of tin' African slave trade, but were willing to legalize it perpetually. This seeti >n was subseijuenily referred to a committee, selected by ballot, consisting of Langdon, of New Hampshire, King, ol Mas sachusetts, ♦) dtnsoii, ot Connecticut, Rivings t"ii, of New Jersey, riytner. ot Pennsylva nia, Dickinson, of Delaware, Martin, of Ma ryland, Madison, of \ irginia, M illiam*on, of North Carolina, Pinckney, ot £outl» Caro lina, and Baldwin, ot t«corgia. The committee, a majority of which were from ;.Liivo States, i then and now. | reported the dnfLMi with authority to < ’ ingress to pro hibit the slave trade after the year l and in the mtsuj time with authority to levy a tnx on such importations. This section was afterward* modified sind adopted as now ex ists in the Constitution, extending the time before which Congress could not prohibit the trade until ! "Uis—Massachusetts, New I lamp shire, and Connecticut, free States, and Ma rvland, North and S>u111 f arolina. -lave States, voting for the extension: New Jersey and Pennsylvania, tree St a tee, and Delaware and Virginia slave States, voting against it. From the above it appears— l>r. A committee, the majority o{ widely were from free Spin's, reported in favor ot deny n Congress tin* power at any period to prohibit the African slave trade. *Jd. That a :-ub*e'juent committee, a ma joritv ef which were from the Have States, reported a new section authorizing Congress to abolish the trade after the year That this period was extended until the vear ISOS, thus giving eight additional years to the traffic, by the vote of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, ami Connecticut, whilst the \ote of \ irginia was against such extension. Were the representative* m that ( onven tion from these three New Kngiand States • l ^ » ‘ ♦ I . i l,<i it \ i A H * > \ J I 111* *li> U1 |»Ul l I' 'I IV mill* Vii* - tin* present day. and would it not be as well ibr the latter, when fulminating iheir anu slavery anathemas, to reclluet lw-vv their sires voted and acted on the question, and that their curses may, according to tl. Ara bian proverb, dike young chicken*4, Como home to roost?—A'//. In'. Fire mni Lo.vi of Life. About noon yesterday a most painful and fatal accident occurred nt the grocery store of .John Sass, corner of avenue C and 10th streets. Jt appears tiiar -John 1*. Quin, a clerk in the establishment, was drawing liquor from a cask behind the counter and putting it into a demijohn outside, when he spiit a quantity of the spirits upon the floor. To amuse himself, it seems, he lighted a match and set fire to the spilt liquor to see it blaze, when the flames com municated with some gin in a measure then in his ham!, and he was obliged to throw the whole from him. In doing ?.»», however, he threw the burning spirits upon 1 ho mas Ha vis, an elderly man. who was sitting in toe store, and who could not get out of the way in time to save himself, owing to a severe attack of rheumatism, under which he was I suffering, and the result was in* was burnt to death. The reckless clerk made no effort to have Mr. Ihivis. but escaped out of the do«»r on the other side. Mr. >ass, tie* proprietor of due store, endeavored to extinguisu th** flames, and in so doing he was severely burnt about the face, arms, and legs, due,*ceno was truly painful. Mr. lhivis s*o in the midst uf a Maze which continued for some time, and no one could sab ly lonen him to give assistance. However, the fue was ex tinguished with about \l*3(h winch L.ss is covered by the New Amsterdam Insurance Company. Mr. Havis lived but a moment after the fire was put out. '! he coroner was notified, and will hold an inqiu -*t this m«>rn jjj«r. Tlie deceased wash > years of age. and a native of the I'tiitcd States.—A'. V. Owr. it i oo*I l» o >> ml i. Bloodhounds have been used in l.ngland several times lately to aid in the capture (n sheep stealers, under tin* direction ot tno police. This seems a dangerous and inuu jiuiii eour<c, f>»r which the crime com mi. t* 1 affords hut an inadequate justification, a in* manner in which the hounds are used may 1 be gathered In m the following remarks of the Sussex, Kngland, !..\press, in noticing a recent capture of : do ep stealers by police su perintendent Afar: “This is the second capture this active »d!i oor has miidtf within the past three month*4. A few weeks an ) the same parries stub- a sheep from Mr. Bettsworth. of the same par t ish, and Mr. Ninth and hi> bloodhounds were sent i<>r. I lie latter ran iromtne spot wimm the sheep were killed, through the m ,*t re mote valleys i:i the neighborhood, a distance of tiiree miles, causing great sen.-alioii to the guilty gang. They ultimately arrived at a cottage occupied by a shoomuki r. when the rail ant huntsman was accosted bv the para lv-ed inmate as to what his business was | there, lie was informed of the nature < f his i visit. The bloodhounds tried t" make an entrance to their prey through the thatch on the roof of the cottage. The door, however, was opened, a search was made, and a part of the sheep found in the hou>e. 1 he prison ers were subsequently apprehended and com mitted for trial. __ Tl»«? liiot at .'iM'iiik. The Newark Daily Advertiser says that the testimony before tlm coroners jury in re lation to the death of Th unas McCarthy, was closed yesterday morning. 1 lie evidence confirms substantially our previous state ments. Tim two hist witnesses sworn—one a teacher at tin; Wo^b'yan Institute, an i the other a young <h*rinan—gave explicit testi mony that the riot was commenced hy an assault on the procession, whiie Itwas mov ing along peacefully, hy a stone thrown In m the crowd in Shipman snoot, and an attack upon the Henry Clay banner. There was no evidence that st<>ncs or pisro!s came origi nally from the church. The testimony a- to the death of McCarthy is exceedingly vague and unsatisfactory, and it -till remains a mys tery both as to whence came the fatal shot, and who threw the first stone. , After the adjournment of the jury, an . American young man, who had by some per , sons been asserted to be tim one who threw the stone, wi* arrested and taken before r justice. Nothing appearing against him h< vva> discharged. The jurv, after sonic consultation, rendcrec • a verdict, “That the said Thomas McCarthy > came to his death bv two gun or pistol shots f fired by a person to the jurors unknown, or - the otb day of September aforesaid."r— A. 3 i Com. • Sudden Deal It. Charles Eugiebrecht, who had been board ing for some time at Dr. Bode’s, in this place and receiving medical attention, died sud 1 deniy from apoplexy, on Sunday morninj . last, lie belonged to Alexandria. Va., wher he Uaves a wife.—Balt. Sun. I,If, in (he BrltUh Army. We noticed recently the extraordinary ease if J.ieutenant 1’erry, who is on trial before a British Court Martial Cor breaches of disci- - aline, to which lie was driven by the unman- > Iv persecutions of bis fellow officers. 1 li* - following extract from hie defence is interest- « i„,r as .dvinjr a pathetic description of the i' position of a young man in the JJritisli »or- ; rice: , ‘ When I first joined the 40th, 1 was - > , ‘ years of age. It was on the 14th of April, i is j;; that 1 eanie fresh from my tutor to the < barracks. My father was then serving his j untrv a< an officer in the Koyai Irish I ue -ileers in India, i had no friends nor near i relations who were interested in me: and I was placed in the regiment to tight my own \ way in the world, with the limited pay of an i ensign. and such slight pecuniary assistance t as inv father could alb rd me out of h:s pay. i ] As oilicers, you must see that 1 was not a rich man. I had none ot the advantages which wealth commands, and was, tnereforo . 1 tin able to support the character of a fast . man, consistently with that of an honorable j J uiie. < hi the contrary, 1 was necessarily de barred from many pleasures and many com- i torts which I gladly saw others enjoy. My j lime 1, h twever, occupied, not in low d«bau cherv, not in drunkenness and riot, not in disturbing the comfort and wounding tin* , ' feeling*'of my brother oilicers by practical jokes,^a." "o:ne have endeavored to insinuate, but in the study < i iry profession: and during the short period 1 have been in the regiment, : I have rendered myself tolerably conversant with fortifications and other branches ot the service. 1 have occupied my leisure hours , lAiehv m the improvement ot my mind, and tlie cultivation of music, drawing, and the modern languages; and I did look forward to ^ the time when 1 might have served my ljucen i ;ic brave and able officer. No sooner had I joined the regiment than I became the ol> ji-ci of continued indignities and annoyances. 1 was pulled out of my bod, and on many »* cations made to g.t through the sword exer t*i>t; in a state of audity. My’ shirt was torn : from iiiv bat k: I was beaten with an uni- , bretla: I was compelled by force to ^et in my tub: and these indignities were practised upon me, not merelv in the presence of officers, but privates in*the Uegiment were witnesses of the j iroceedings. 1 experienced for some time these degrada- j tioi.s, and asked the advice of an older otli- ( (*cr, wh » told me to put up with such treat ment a* well as 1 could, until younger officers joined, when 1 should be relieved. I was not, however, relieved, and I at lastcomplain ed to the officer." of the Uegiment—to Major Maxwell, and even to my commanding offi cer, and met with no redress. I would cheer li illy nave submitted to any lair snare , of annoyance: but there is a limit to human | forbearance, ami to the forbearauce of a friendless subaltern. On the last occasion , which i o unc i l dressed iu full uniform, j and came down between two and three in the morning, insisting on seeing Colonel (»arret, when l was met in the passage, and threoten e<l ( onirith }irrso;Kft rioluice. ij 1 retried, and l was prevented from entering the room in which the Colonel and others were rega liii«r themselves. 1 scut in a written letter, through the Colonel, to the General of the , IMstrict, reporting the conduct of the officers towards me, the next day. Jfe mil d no n J—J for I'cjt'n tiioj UHtflhiHt/ to m>f com m i' ii’l /'/1' ■ •!ri'. atm added, 1 wasjii**t !ik*. a child escaped fr-mi my mother’s apron j.ti-ings. Hut I wa> earnestly entreated l»v several of mv brother « timers t » forbear: and 1 was asked by't ojonel Barrett it 1 wished the letter to go before the f»eneral; and 1 re plied. 1 did not wish to ruin any man’s pros pects, if he would give him such u reprimand as would cause all future annoyance to cease. 1 consulted on many occasions, with Paymas t« r t ’mvuraii. lie itiirisn' me fo f mt o/i iritft tU* indi-julio's. and pointed out the course 1 should pur. ue *n applying to the General of the distiict. Ami when I found that the complaint to mv eotnnianding cflicer was treated with scorn, e.i.d i win called a fool i tr mv ] itiii?, likened unto a child escaped from hiy mother’s apron strings, 1 felt o\er v,helmed, ami went immediately t«> Mr. l or iMU-an, and told him the reception I had met with from Colonel tiarrctt, how I had thie.it eii(‘d to report to the tieiieral of the di'orict, and how 1 had consented to forbear, liver ; fjinee mv detenninat n to resist the personal attack upon me became known. 1 have been treated with <*• oin *qs, and my society shun- j nod. I became a marked man thenceforth/’ • T»,r Drought Conquered. While preparing the articles on the sub :ect of the drought, which have lately ap peared in tins p:*. cr, we frequently felt and expressed the i.-sli that we could ascertain the present condition of the corn crop of Prof. .Nh.pes. w l o is the most thorough suhsoiler probablv, in the world. Within a, day or two. wo ’have met with the very thing we de .-ired, in tlie following extract from a letter addi-e v.** i t , the editor of a New York paper. — /V d. Whin. “1 vesterdav visited the farm of Professor M ape-, The whole country about Newark wears a peculiarly burnt up appearance, and the dust ou ihe roads was deep, even for New •ler ev. I had previously asserted that 1 knew* Mapes’s farm to be exempt from the ravages of the drought, and truly 1 found my . ...... I . .ri ., 11,. I i I V.,f •> will.,If, r.frilif , r 11 .v * •• *. . ■■•*■*■ i seemed bullering lor want of moisture : ami, with their roots deeply located in tie* sub soil, they >*• ned faiiy to snap their fingers at the ei*>ud!t‘ - sky, and rather to rail at old Sol f.»r trvingto inter.ere with their private affairs. Oiiecrt'p of corn deserves especial notice fp.m its sibsolut** magnificence. Notwith standing the fact that it i- growing on the north western slope of a hill, and has not been vi -ired i»y rains for v eks, yet it stands, apparently regardless of ,t!l untoward eir cuiiiPtaneos: and although from its location and unfavorable season, one would think fbrtv l.u-mds per acre a large yield, it will, without doubt, be nearer one hundred bush els per acre. Here is an instance where truly "cientific knowledge lias rendered its posses sor entirely independent of the greatest draw back to ordinal m: •cc-wId 1 enabled him to rai-e good crops in a bad season. li tiii- is nut jtw o.7// fm'iiitnj, I would ask some follower of tin* grand lather system, to tell us what Virginia A^rlcuit urnl Society. As a supplement to the September number of the Southern Planter, we have the whole programme of the meeting in November next, the officers, judge-, marshals, superin tendents, premiums, A.O., ibc. 1 lie list of premiums U ;i very extensive and very libe rai one, and \\ill, we trust, call forth such .an o.\hil itien as Old \ irginla may be proud of. Our friend, Theodore X. Davisson, we observe, lias been made ^Superintendent of the Sheep department. In the list of judges tire the names of John W. Patters n, of Fau quier, on Short Horns and Hereford?*; Them. S. Hal!, of Fauquier, on Devon* and Alder . neys: Win. S. Weaver, of Fauquier,on Fan**, , ('burn**, Water Kam*, &e.; John G. Lane, of i Rappahannock, ou Horse Powers and Thresh ing Machines, and a number from Loudoun, [ Culpeper, and other neighboring counties. They are making arrangements for the Fair on the largest scale, and great things i are expected. Mr. Du bin v, of Loudoun, has 1 sent to England, for several fine horses, of different breeds. One of them is to be a Suffolk Stallion, a specimen of the best work horse in the world. —Piedmont Whig. 1JKD AND SERVANT’S BLANKETS.— ) Wo have received a hue assortment ol Bed ; and Servant's Blankets, which we offer to the i • trade, at reduced prices. swp 5 <J K WJTMKR & BRO. The Sieanon of 1 ?•*»4. A correspondent of the Portland Advertiser uruishes an interesting article upon the Irought. lie says: “W’e have amused oiir elves recently, in looking back to our post innals for seasons oi dearth, to find a parall ;1 for ‘this most unparalleled state of the veather,’ and many a coinplaint starts out ‘rom the past years through Parson Smith s nvaiuable journal, to encourage us to hope, ilmost against hope, that we shall survive he present drought and again behold the ■arch smiling in freshness ami beauty/' Wo •opy the record of the year 1754, ju*t one nindred years ago, from Parson Smith's jour 1,11754. July 1st. “I have no grass growing n mv mowing ground, and there is no (col >n tile Neck: the reasons are, the open winter, hree weeks- early drought, and the gra-hop *2*2«1. “There is a melancholy drought." October *2t5th. “A great storm; the earth is illcd with water." Ninety years ago, the following record was "*1704, June‘25th; “It is as melancholy dry i time as ever I saw. . „ July 5th. “As great a drought as in 11 4J. \ u<vUst 1st. “Brought awfully continues." •>,p “No Iced on the Neck for a gr»-at \~hi!e." Bull. “The drought increase*/' S’ow for the usual alternation. August l'Jtb. •Storm of rain." 31st. “Marvellous grow ing lime, surprising change on the fac«* of Lho earth.” September -4th. “ 1 lie earth has a most beautiful green face. October fith. “The grass is better set than in the spring.” Fifteen of the years between 10*2*2 and 1»t>4 ire mentioned ou account of the drought that prevailed. The writer close* his communica tion with the following deductions. He says: “These well-attested facts prove 1st, that we live in an exceedingly dry climate: that we ire continually subject to drought: 2d, that the early and latter rains seldom fail: 3d. that notwithstanding these contingencies, the earth vields tons an abundant supply forottr wants ai/l luxuries; that we need patient and faithful husbandry, and perhaps some new and improved modes of culture, to meet the peeuliftrcoiiditiniiofeur atmospheric influence, and to counteract them: and 4th, and above all, the folly, the futility, nay the wi« kedm*..s of cunatanr murmuring*, and complaining* cl the dealings of Providence in those particu lars which are the results of our peculiar cli mate, and to which our vegetable kingdom is wisely adapted.” ^ Excuriiiou*—tlo lliey l*»y * \\'q profess to be as fond of fun and axunge 111<*111—in a reasonable way as tlic nex> m«nor .-mv man. But we must confers that, in the course of a pretty long and on servant life, we have never been able to the amusement of a great proportion of the ’‘pleasure excursions ot the d.iv. ^ l«M'tir fancy, there is very little fun in getting into a red woollen shirt and helping to drsg a heavy tire engine about from Boston t-> New York, or from Philadelphia to Baltimore. Very little fun in inserting one-elf into a stiff-padded uniform, clapping a leather port manteau stuck into a bearskin muti on the head, shouldering a big gun with nothing it1 it. strapping a back-ganiumn hoard on to tho back, and marching to and fro, from city to city, or up and down tho same citv. under the insane idea of enjoyment. \ ery l»tt»e fun. also, find we in a ‘dishing excursion, where the only thing- that bite are tho nms quitoes, and where you are the only article cm board to he broiled, roasted or stewed. Sometimes, by wnv of rendering things par ticularly charming, these excursion boats g> out into* deep water—a still breeze come* ou —a- if especially provided for the occasion — and the intensely agreeahlo amusements ot the day are crowned by three or four hundred people becoming suddenly sea-sick. Then the solemn fun of attempting t» sat is f\ the crav ings of hunger, with the atten uated slices of ham, and muscular bundle'* of mutton fibre, thinly scattered along the table! to assuage your burning thirst with warm water or fermented turnip juice—to spend an entire day in sultry wretchedness, uud return v ith a head-ache, sheepishly to your magnanimous wife, who scorns to blow von up, and leaves you to the retribution of vour own reflection*! These are a few of the beatitudes of a summer excursion, which all who have ever participated in such an amusement, will readily recognise, with a sigh of satisfaction that it i- all over, and that they are wiser now !—Halt. Hat. Villow Fever. Pr. P. II. Wildman, of Savannah, claims to have employed “muriatic tincture of iron’' with marvellous niece** in the treatment of yellow fcv**r in that city. In a communica tion puhli*h»’d in the (Jeorgian, lie '.ays: “1 have treated over one hundred and fifty cases of yellow lover since the 21st ultimo, and of that number not one has died wlw commerced this remedy previous to ‘black vomit;’ and since the 21st ultimo, l la nr wt ailnnni*f> n *! five, tin.* oj any of/itr mrdmnr. I give the tincture n doses varying from 20 to b° drops every tiro (2) hours, in a table spoonful of water, for adult*: and (smaller do .. i*_i_ 'n.~ _u.. _ nvo i' i ' »111 * 11 * ii. i iiv vuiv; id in i (in > r '1 footed in three days. This preparation of iron nets by medicating the blood and exert ing its styptic qualities upon the coats of the -tomaeh.” hr. W’ildman culls the special s Petition of tin* medical profession to this preparation of iron as an invaluable remedy iu yellow fever. The Yellow Fever at Savannah has created a terrible panic among the citizens. Not nnlv are ‘.Mi of the principal business houses shut up, but one-half of the boarding muses are closed, together with the Pulaski llmise, the largest hotel in the city, and their propri etors taken to flight. The Marshall lb>u*e. another large hotel, is also, it is stated, atom to close. Business throughout tie* city m td most entirely suspended, and the (iecrgitiu says that iu proportion to the population, it has reason to fear that the number of sink m greater now than at any previous p**ii<*d, though the disease is less fatal. The physi cians, however, arc nearly worn < ut. Grlol nint Mario. The New York Post says of the second ap ■ pea ranee oHJrisi arid Mario: i The audience of last evening, or rather the lack of it, must have astonished fli isi and Mario, more than they the audience. \V** confess surprise ourselveg at having found , Castle Carden hut half tilled, a vacant seat answering to ever}’ full one, and the fact is in itself a confirmation of our formerly ex pressed opinion, that the general effect of the• I?but of Crisi and Mario upon the audi ence was one of unsatisfied anticipation—in one word, of disappointment. It is not to he wondered at. No one hut Jenny Lind e**r produce ! any positive and unaffected p-q ul&r enthusiasm in this country by vocal means. And Jenny Lind wandered among us from * city to city, a pilgrim of song, singing to the * people, “Home Sweet Home,” and “Coining through the Bye,” songs which every woman I among her audience had sung, and every I In an* had whistled. It needed no musical j culture to recognise the superiority of Jenny Lind over every singing woman and every whistling man, hut it does need some mus ical culture to explain in what Mario e\ e/* j Boucdetti, or, later still, Beraldi; or to tell in what particulars the Luerczia of Orisi e*u* , passes that of Steffanone or Parodi. It re quires culture, iu the first place, to appro 1 ciato the beauties of an opera: and in the second, to appreciate the excellence of the ; artist's rendition of them._- - SARDINES feast freah. received -r [aus n] WHITE'S, Post Otfict con**