-
Lord Brougham, in a recent speech in the
British House of Ljrds, on Parliamentry lie
form, in which he strongly objected to any
innovation which would make the British
representative government more democratic
than it now is, io referring to the diilerence
between English and French sentiment with
regard to public matters, said : —
“The people of Great Britain were often
too slow to admit what was wrung, and t*.*o
tardy io applying a remedy. But on the
other side of tbs? channel it was enough for
an institution to be establish*.d to have all
men against it. It was the habit of the
French people to object to every institution
that existed ; and while our motto was “Ev
erything that is, is righ*,” theirs w as “Every
thing that is, is wrong.” It was a saying of
one of their wits, Paul L mis Courier, that
he verily believed he was toe only man in
France who did not believe that he ought to i
be the king of tho country.”
The last Westminster Review contains a
sketch of the life of George Stephenson, the j
English Railway Engineer, interesting and :
instructive, and well calculated to excite the i
honorable ambition of all young men, who 1
have but their owq talents and exertions to !
rely on, to persevere in a course of noble in- !
dustry. Stephenson worked his own way
from the depths of poverty to competence ;
and distinction, and relied manfully upon
the ‘miud and energies which God had given
bio, to win a ojiue and fame among his
fellow men. lie lived to sec realized, iu the \
perfection of the Locomotive, and the spread
of Railroads, the highest hopes he had ever
entertained—and to know that he had a j
place io history along side ot the long lice 1
of the benefactors of their race.
We think that those who have hitherto
most pertinaciously insisted that the Admin
istration do not approve of Gen. Walker’s j
course io Kansas, must, at 1 ist, ktnx.mk uw!n\
and acknowledge that they have teen mis j
taken, after reading the editorial articles in
the Union, expressing the views of the Exec- j
utive on the subject. 1 he opponents ot Gov. j
Walker damage their own cause, when they !
denounce the agent aioue for what is either ;
directed by the principal or is entirely ac
ceptablo to him. The Administration has
never, in this whole matter, deserted or de- 1
nied Gov. Walker, but has manfully stood
up in his defence, for acts both authorized i
and approved.
The Potomac Baptist Association, recently
sitting at Fredericksburg, adjourned last
week, to meet in Berry ville on the first Sun
day in August, 1858. The Association re- j
solved to support a missionary in Central
Africa, and instructed the ac*lr«-> a d j
look out for a suitable nmo. Resolution* j
were also adopted in favor of establishing a >
Sunday School in each Church of the Asso
ciation, where there is not one already, and (
recommending the Churches to take such 1
measures as they may deem proper, and such
as the laws of the State will tolerate, to avail
themselves of Sunday Schools, in giving oral
religious instruction to the colored people of
the several congregating.
Steamers and Railroads enable the poten
tates of Europe, to visit each other, in quick
time, and with some degree of privacy, ihe
Emperor of the French ai d the Empress
have 44 stepped over ” the Channel to pay a
visit to the Queen of Great Britain and her
husband, at Osborne, and were to spend a
/lava in that, eleor&nt 44 retirement.” The
visit was ostensibly one of friendship and
pleasure, but w© dare say that other matters
were talked over and arranged, as some of
the ministers of both the Emperor aud the ,
t^ueen were present. ^
A new volume of Poe me, by Alexander j
Smith, is about to be published. IPs “Lde .
Drama” gave him fame at or.cc, and the j
present volume, will, it is said, increase his i
reputation. With many faults, it is admitted |
• ‘that there is a luxuriousness of imagery, a
wealth of expression, and beneath all a pro
found sense of true poetry in what he wri:es,
that entitles him to a high place in our re
gard, and attracts us to his pages with a
strong fascination.”
The paragraph that appeared some days
since, copied from an exchange paper, an
nouncing the appointment of 11. 0. Meebcr to
the 1ft Clerkship in the office of the Auditor
of Public Accounts, is incorrect. J. M. Ben
nett, €6q, the present Auditor, says the
whole paragraph is without foundation, and
that he neter contemplated any such ap
poiotment. __
The Mount Vernon Association of > ;rgin
ia waf inaugurated July 12th, 18o4, unJrr
the lead of Mrs. Julia Mayo Cabell. Since j
its inception, the contributions, throughout
the State, amount to $2,321 83; a meagre
sum for the patriotism of Virginia and her
ability to display it.
Ex-President Fillirtuiu playfully remarked
at the American Association for th3 advance
ment of Science, that he would attend, if
possible, the next meeting of the Associa
tion to be held io Baltimore; for “he never i
Could forget the warm attachment cf bis ;
Maryland friends.” ^
The English papers speak in high terms !
of the piety and learning and general char-1
ncterof Dr. Bloomfield, the late Bishop of Lon
don, whose death we bate latJy noticed — ;
lie was a profound scholar aud a good
preacher._ •>
We have received the September number
of the North Amerisao Medhso-Chirurgical
Review, published in Philadelphia—a valua
ble journal ,
A New York Court io an action for mal
practice on the part of a medical man, where
the defendant's counsel urged the objection
that au error of judgment is not cnal-prac*
lice, holds ibis point to be good law when ap
plied to a maw skilled in anatomy, surgery.
• *r physic-, but not in the casein action—the
del < ndunt knowing nothing of those deparc- j
moots, and therefore having no judgment in
the matter. The court ru!ed that an error
in judgment of a man skilled in a particular
calling is not malpractice, unless it is a grof*s
error; but error in judgment of a man un
skilled in tint science—if such a thing
can be—is malpracnce. In other words, a :
person attempting to practice, in physic or
surgery, without first having obtained a
knowledge ol such srionce, is liable tor all
the damage resulting from his practice.
The X. Y. Journal of Comaiorco says:—
“Dull limes continue in the mercantile rna- i
rine without mitigation. Evidence of this
1
is afforded by the fact that the owners of the
old Black Ball lino of Liverpool packets i
have determined to lay up two of their ships, j
on their return from sea—vessels which have
Cv*ntinued their trips for many years with re
markable regularity. Facta like this serve
to show that the prevailing stagnation is,
perhaps, abugeiher without precedent; and 1
the favorable accounts of crops from abroad, 1
forbid the hope of any material alteration
from the exportation of the ripening gram.” ;
^ _
John K. Bmlett. e?q.. who was the com
missioner appointed to run the boundary be
tween Mexico and the Foiled States, under
President Fillmore’s administration, in the
years lS50-’53, has written an elaborate pa
per, which appears in the Providence Jour
nal. in which he takes decided grouod in
favor of the S 'Uthern line, near the 3‘Jd p*i
allel of latitude, which has been selected by
the Postmaster General for the overland mail
route to California. Mr. Bartlett gives this
route the preference on account of the many j
advantage-* which ho says his observation ;
assures him that it pus-esses.
A very bold and sucees-fui lettering of
counterfeit money took place on Tuesday
night, in New York, when about $10,000
worth of spurious bills, all of the denomina
tion of hvo dollars, on the Lee Bank of Mas
sachusetts, was circulated in every possible
i*Ihco where bills could be changed. The j
large holt**-* were among the sufferers; thj I
theatres suffered; every grocery, liquor store, |
and s^gar shop was inundated with them,
until at last a suspicion was aroused, and
several arrests were tnado.
The information from New Jersey is to the j
erf' or that throughout the State, except in
small portions of Mercer and Hunterdon
counties, the peach crop will prove very defi
cient. Until recently the prospect was more
promising: hut the trees seemed to lack suffi
cient vitality to ripen the Iruit, (attributed
to the effect* of a severe winter,) so that
large quantities decay on the limbs, or fall
prematurely. Nevertheless, the crop will
exceed that of last year, which was remark
ably short.
Advices received by the Arabia state that
neither Piuress nor Lecoinpte started for the
Champagne stakes at Brighton, run on the
G;h inst., and for which they were both en
tered. As the distance was only cno mile,
and the stake only of secondary value, Mr.
len Brueck probably thought the distance
l>o short, and the prize too insignificant to
run them for that event. Both Lecompte
and Piioress are eutered for the Sussex
county cup, which was run at Lewes, near
Brighton on the 10th instant.
A bold and daring burglary was commit
ted at Elizabeth, (N. J.,) August 20, at the
• ■thee of the Mutual Insurance Company in
the store of Mr. Samuel Pierce. A large iron
safe w?as blown open by gunpowder, and
about $2f)0 stolen therefrom. The room was
bespattered with blood, and traces of it were
found in the street near the store. It is sup
pos'd that the explosion was premature and
that the thief was severely injured.
The President has, by proclamation, de
clared the treaty of friendship and commerce
between the United States and Persia tit'be
of binding force. In addition to an embas
sad or or diplomatic agent near each govern
ment, it provides for Persian consuls at
Washington, Now York, and New Orleans,
and United States consuls at Teheran, Ben
der Bush;r, and Tauns. xho treaty is to
continue in toree ten years.
The Scientific Convention, which has just
closed its deliocrtions at Montreal, elected the
followin'? officers for the ensuing yeai: Prcsi
Jen*— Professor Jeffries Wyman, M. 1>., Cam
bridge,— Vice-President—Professor John E
Holbrook, M. !>., of Charleston, S C., Secre
tary— Professor W. M. Cbauvenet, M. i), of
Annapolis, Treasurer—A. A. Llwyu, M. D.,
of Philadelphia.
(ii!patriot the rider of the American roaro
Prioress at the Goodwood races in England,
denies that the loss of the race was attribu
table to his bud riding, or that he was
discharged by Mr. Ten Broeck. lie says
the horses were not in proper condition.
It appears from the list of patents granted
during the pat-t week, that there is one for
“improvement in hoops for ladies7 skirts.
As some hoops d<> not cet well, it must be a
pleasant piece of intelligence that there is to
1>q an “improvement/7
Henry F. Wendell has been appointed
Davy agent at Portsmouth, N. 11., vice Nebe
niiah Moses, to take etfVct on the 1st of Sep
tember next. First Lieut. Algernon S. Tay
|,,r to be a captain in the m rme corps, vice
Captain 11. B. Tyler, f reunited.
Thus. N. Welch, esq., the State Senator,
from the Culpeper District, has purchased a
fine farm in Caroline county, and intends, as
is stated, to make it his residence at some fu
ture day. m _
Dr. Keid, at a meeting of the Xcw York
Commissioners of Health, adverted to the
danger of infection, spreading through the
o immunity by the use of diseased meats.
He is to present a report on the subject.
The Frederick (Md.) Union states that the
potato rot is making its appearance to a pret
ty considerable extent in that vicinity, and
that the loss to some of the farmers in conse
quence thereof, will amount to jjonsiderable.
There is still some excitement among the
New York Volunteer Associations relative to
the bestow al of Gen. Jackson s gold box on
Col. Dykemno. __
Professor Silliiuan was robbed of about
$100 whilst promenading in the City Concert
Hall at Montreal, during the entertainment
given by the Natural History Society.
Hogs a said to be dying of *‘hog cholera*
in Carroll county, Md.
Walker and the Slcaragna Desertion*.
Two hundred and sixty men, deserters
from Walker’s army, reached New \ork on
Tuesday morning, by tbe steamer Tennessee.
Sick, ragged and utterly impoverished, they
appealed to the sympathisers of Wall street
for relief, and Wall street magnanimously
subscribed impromptu the extraordinary sum
of sixteen dollars, to which Capt. itynders, j
who has not the wealth of Wail street at bis
command, added sixteen dollars more.
Of courseJhe deserters in the few speeches
made by them in the park and in private
conversation, denounce Walker as the very :
incarnation of all tilings evil. This was to
be expected, inasmuch as it was natural they
should strive to justify themselves for going
over to enemy.
In the speech made by Capt. Brown, who !
at the heod of a small company of recruits :
from California joined Waiker at San Juan
del Sur some time during the month of!
March last, he paid a high tribute t*» the
military skill ami accomplishments of Gene I
ral llenniugson, and Cols Henry and Tucker.
He regarded them as “the only three real
military men in the army.”
lie spoke of Hcnningsen as a thoroughly
educated soldier and a gentleman—and his
tactics when besieged in ltivas as unrivalled.
Of llenry as the lirst who, in the Mexican
war, placed the American flag on the wails
of Ohapultepee, and as “a good soldier, ever
ready for au emergency.” Colonel Tucker,
former!y an officer in the United St ites army,
but cashiered lor cruelty to his men, he pro- j
nounced a severe disciplinarian when in
camp, but an admirable officer in tbe li^ld.
But of Walker, Captain Brown has, evi
dently, formed a very indifferent opinion.—
lie assures bis auditors that bis estimation
of tbe man was not increased by bis greater
acquaintance with him. He soon became
convinced, he says, “that Walker was not the
uian for the place or for tbe time.” Several
rd' the incidents related by the deserting til
libuster arc quite amusing.
He was ordered by Walker, one day, to
take twenty men and recapture the stoam
I oat San Carlos —one of those seized by
Spencer. To do this it was necessary he
should previously visit the enemy’s camp as
a spy. Why this necessity existed the Cap
tain does uot inform us—tut he shall ted
his story in his own graphic wav; —
“The task was a difficult and dangerous
one, and one that I had no inclination
to undertake, because it was sure deicat
and death. But I knew that if 1 refused I
would be taken out in the Plaza arid sh -t.—
1 Imd my choice. I resolved to undertake
the job. My instructions were, in case I
took the vessel to repair with her at once to
Virgin Bay. The General sat down and
wrote me n draft for S 10,000 on a Mr. Mc
Donald, who would honor it at \ irgin Bay.
I had hid the experience, and I doubted
whether the draft would be honored. “WiU
.u:„ l.~ i_9” I nob J ‘*f!^r.ruin.
111 • o y mu uv iium'ivm • * --
ly," drawled out the commander in-chief,
“Cer-tain-ly, Cap-tain Brown/7 [Laughter.]
Well, 1 had to go to the enemy's camp and 1
knew it. So 1 went. But the moment I
was greeted with the remarks, “On, here he
comes—here is the man come to kill General
Mora, to spike the guns and capture the San
Carlos! This is the fellow!” You may
well believe 1 was astonished at the unex
pected reception. But I soon learned how
they had learned my mission. The sentry
stationed at the door of General Walker’s
head quarters bad deserti d to the enemy the
night before, lie had heard the conversa
tion betweeu the General and my^eit and
narrated it to the allied officers. 1 saw I
was in for it, and resolved to bear it as best
I could. I was, of course, placed under |
arrest at once. I had an interview with
General Mora, lie spoke to me pleasantly,
and I regarded the interview as satisfactory,
lie offered me money, and also to my guide,
Hernandez, who had orders to accompany
me and do my bidoing. 1 remained in the
enemy's camp that night. At 10 o'clock
next morning a messenger cam© to me and
said that Dr. Cole had deserted the night be
fore, and wished to see me. While proceed- j
ing on horseback to see him, l was suddenly
seized by three or four “greaser©7’ and a big
headed German traitor. One seized my
horse's reins, another granpled hold of my
six-shooter, while the Dutchman, putting bis
hands upon me, said “You ish my prisoner.
[Laughter.] Weil, I was tak^n to a well
hole for a prison, and there placed for the
night on top of a skin. Four soldiers stood
guard over me, with their bayonets within a
lew inches of in*, and orders were given to
! prick me it 1 stirred! [Laughter ] They
looked as though they would like to snoot ntc.
1 said to the Captain in Spanish, for I knew
u little of their lingo, “For God's sake, Cap
tain, don’t shoot me when I'm asleep ; but
wake me up." [Laughter.) i he Captain
said, “Oh, no, 1 will not do that." So 1
slept on very well for me in my not enviable
position.
These facts are well known to Captain
Watson, who arrived here in the last steam
er, and who was the cause of all my troubles
and misfortunes.
Well, they kept me iu the well some time
longer, and I was wfcll kept, too. [Liugb
! Ier.1"
Tho next morning lie was ordered to oe
shot, but while preparations were making
for his quietus several of tho Central Ameri
can officers, and among them fJeneral Oha
raorrc, offered him his liberty on condition of
his teaching their men the American disci
pline. Ho states that he refuted; finally es
caped the death penulty; but was held as a
prisoner of war, and was so detained until
after the capitulation at llivas. The other j
portions of his narrative scarcely clear the
captain from tho imputation of having beeo j
more intimate with the allied tlenerals than j
he is willing to confess; but the speeches of re- |
turned tillitusters must be received with !
many grains of allowance.
liis closing anecdote of Walker is exceed* i
itglv rich. Ho says; —
“But really, gentlemen, I do not consider j
Walker responsible for hi* acts, lie is a |
monomaniac. ( Laughter. ) llis mania is
self-aggrand»zrment. V* hy, he said to me
one day at Rivas—‘‘Captain (with his
usual drawl)—“I am a second Nanuleon.
Napoleon was a little man and so am I. Na
poleon used to walk and read in his study,
and so do /.” (Loud anti continued laugh
ter.) 1 ask you, gentlemen, what would you
think of a man who could so speak, even if he
believed, he were speaking the truth. W bat
must you think of his intellectual abilities .
How could such a man succeed in such an
undertaking, especially with such ‘ fleers?
For my part, I haic no hesitation in saying
that I will fight against den. NV ilhaiu Walk
er and very cheerfully. I would not, of
course, fight with readiness against Anieii*
cans. I mean that 1 would readily fight
against Walker, the man, and his self-ag
grandizing schemes.”—Balt. Patriot.
Portuguese KefJgeei.
The brig King B rothers, from Madeira
June 24thTlanded at New Y«»rk on Wcdoes- j
day morning about sixty Portuguese, who i
have been compelled to lea\e tbeir native
is'aod by religious | r>secution. About two
years ago there was considerable excitement
on tbe island. A religious persecuttou fol
lowed, and in a sh*Tt time some peasant
families, numbering one or two hundred per
sons, arrived at New Wrfe in a destitute con
dition. Some philanthropic gentlemen be
came interested in their behalf,and finally es
tablished them as a colony in Iiliuois. Ac
cessions have been made to tbe colony Irom
time to time, both by way of New York and
New Orleans, and they are said to be thriving.
The company which has just arrived are to
be forwarded to Illinois immediately. A
majority of them are women and children*
Late Southern Commercial Convention.
This great misnomer and huge abortion,
after pr» j-eting some tilings and finishing
nothing, adjourned to meet again in Mont
gomery, Alabama, on the second Monday in
May next, where, we suppose, they will have
a regular May frolic. We really believe that
this, take it ail in all, was the most arrant
humbug and miserable failure of all that bail
gone before it ; and, as we stated yesterday,
sincerely trust that we shall never have
another such insufferable nuisance. We op
pose from this time forth, all such efforts to
bring the South int»* ridicule and contempt.
There were cot righteous persons enough in
Sodom to save that d-voted city, nor were
the few good men and true who were in the
late convention—most of whom, we dare say,
will never goto another—enough to prevent
it from resulting in a ridiculous farce. In ad
dition to what we have gathered from the
published reports of its proceedings, we have
teen informed by gentlemen who were pre
sent, and who had also attended the previous
Conventions, that this was the weakest and
idlest of them till—that there was no dispo
sition manifested to do any thing hut to frit
ter away time in profitless debates for Bun
Comb. And this is our belief. WewouMnot
g.ve, considering its present and prospective
results, one such Convention as that lately
assembled at Bristol, composed of the officers
of various internal improvement companies,
with a few other practical men, for a thou
sand such assemblies as that at Knoxville.—
We have no doubt they had a good time of it
in contributing, however reluctantly, to tho
completion of th* western end of tho hist
Tennessee and Virginia railroad, (the only
practical tiling they did.) and in feasting at
the expense of tho citizens of Knoxville, and
trust that they may be equally fortunate
when they rendezvous at Montgomery.
We perceive that a member from \ irginiu
offered a resolution to the effect that the “for
eign duties on tobacco be remitted,” ar.d (if
course it is to he expected that John Bull,
though he fought hard for the c >rn laws a
few years since, will, at the bidding of our
Convention, remit ail duties u,jt_u this article
of luxury, tobacco.
We observe moreover that tho Hon. W.
W. Boyce of South Caaolina was one
of those who favored a re-opening of the
Af rican Slave Trade, and we have taken the
trouble to hunt up an old speech made by
this same gentleman in the House of Repre
sentatives a few years since, wherein he de
nounced the proposition to annex Cuba to
the United States, fur the reasons, in part,
which follow: “The next element,” said
he, “in the population of Cuba is the slaves.
There are four hundred thousand of them.—
These slaves are not christianize d, humanized
or civilized to the same extent as our slaves.
A larger portion of them have been impor
ted from Africa, and are still haif savage.
Than pnnn.tr lit* roi'uwl lirwtn fur li h'iltV or
loyalty to any thing iike tho same extent as
our slaves.” And yet Mr. Boyce—though
he alludes in this same connection to the
tragedies at Jamaica and Saint Domingo—
would be willing to jeopard the safety of the
South, by the importation of a fresii horde
of savages whose loyalty he thought afore
time could not be relied upon ! V> e do not
believe, however, that Mr. Boyce or any other
man who voted indirectly tor thiH measure,
believed it practicable, or cared b»r its suc
cess. It was h 11 f«<r Bunconib. Since the
legislature of Virginia, a few years !-ince, in
the celebrated Conway resolutions, pledged
the State to a particular course in a certain
contingency, which contingency arose with
out Virginia's arising in arms a? threat
ened, we have been disgusted with Bun
comb resolution?. When the time shall
come fur the South to take a determined
stand—and we trust that no such alterna
tive will be forced upon us—she will have
to rely upon different men than those who
compose the majority of these Conventions.
—Lynch bv ry 11 ry in ia n.
CliftfHpenke and Ohio Cannl,
We continue our commentary upon the
canal today. It appears the tolls upon t fie
canal, alter the first year ot its completion
to Cumberland in 185i, amounted to $110,
504 ; for the year 1852. to >02.248; for 185.),
to $145,100; for 1854, to >1 lO.JOli: for 1*55,
to $158,075; and for 1850, to £1511,051.—
The toils have tiuetuted considerably, ow
ing to adverse circumstances. The great
freshet of 1852 destroyed navigation for
upwards of four months, wlrch made the
receipts front tolls le*s that year that at any
subsequent period.
On the Jlst day of December lest the
company hud in its treasury $00,000 as a
surplus accruing from tolls, to he devoted
to the purpose of repairs ; but the ice fresh
et in February last destroyed dam No. 5.
and partially injured dam No. 4, and the
surplus then on hard had to be appropriated
to place these dams in temporary repair for
the spring trade ; but unforeseen events soon
swallowed up the $0O.U(M>, and the company
were cempelh d to contract a debt of $40,
OOO more to put the canal in navigable or
der ; which w ill be of short duration unless the
company can borrow $50,000 more, to re
construct dams Nos. 4 and 5 in a substantial
man ner.
The company have done everything to re
trench expenses. They have withheld the
payment of the salaries of" the directors, pres
ident, cleik, treasurer, aud other officers of
the company, for the purposeof giving every
dollar tiiat may come into their hands to the
construction of masonry dams, without which
no debt either principal or interest, can
ever be paid.— T he Stale*.
(•uii)io\vilcr Plot.
The attempt at blowing up the counting
room of M cs-rs. Outerbridge & Co., commit
ted on Tuesday afternoon by William Evans,
has created no small excitement down town.
The jug he had prepared contained about
three pounds of rifle powder. Among it
was a handful of boys’ marbles, which, in
case the jug had exploded, would have acted
as projectiles, and very probably have killed
every one in the room, himself inelii led. In
his pocket was found a cork, itself much |
cmnller than the neck of the jug, but made j
to fit by numerous layers of paper wrapped |
around* it. This piper had been saturated
with turpentine varnish, and it would appear
that the first intention of the mailman was ;
to set down the vessel with the cork inserted, j
then to ignite the paper, and escape previous |
to the explosion.
That the forethought of the man wns not
•ntire'y bent upon indiscriminate murder, is ■
shown in the fact that before thrusting his :
lighted cigar into the deadly vessel, he first i
requested a couple of strangers who were
present to leave the office, llad they not
complied, and had the brand not been extin
guished, seven lives would have been i<>st,
that of the madman included. The latter is
by birth an Englishman, verging upon sixty
vears of age. lie would be highly lespecu- •
hie in appearance, but for his nose, which is
red, Ciirbuncled, and of immense size. He
is now in prison, but w ill probably be com- ;
tnift**d to some institution for the insane.—
rhila. American.
Gen. Aititifcon.
The C^tenton, S. C., Mercury publishes a
letter from Atchison, from which we cut the
following:
“At times I have almost come to the Con
clusion to curse Kansas and quit the cause
of the South. It is hard for a man to de
vote all his time and energies ami money to
a cause, and receive nothing but abuse and
slander in return from those who should sus
tain and co-operate with him. Walker has
done us and our cause more itjury than
llale. Chase, or any other abolitionist could
have done; yet, 1 repeat, I do not despair.'
Quo mo to effort.”
Guv. Walker aud Ka»»a»*
It would seem to be clear that it was by ;
other causes ar d by other agencies than the j
inaugural and speeches of Governor Walker, |
' and the instructions of the President, that
Kansas was nluditioniztd.
On :he ‘JOrh of July, General A'chisor,
writes to Mr. Biker, mid expresses a sort of
desperate hope that Kansas might bo made
a slave State. But the “shadow of a chance j
of success," as he expressed it, was predica- j
ted upon a total misapprehension of what j
Governor Walker meant by “all the bmia
title inhabitants of the Territory." What ho
did mean by that phrase is explained bv the
following extract from :t despatch of Gover
nor Walker to the Department cf State, an i
is precifdy what we have uniformly insisted
was the just interpretation of his words,
lie thus explains his meaning:
Und<r date of July -Oth, Governor Walk- ;
er write-:
“On one point i have been grossly misrep
resented. It is as to who. in my judgment,
should vote upon the ratification ol the con
stitution. I have been represented as desir- j
ing that every man should vote who hap
pened to be in the Ten Dory on the day of ,
; that election. This, indeed, woull he desir
able if there were conclusive evidence that
| all such persons were actual, btma fide set
tlers; but the only sufficient and usual proof
of such a fact would tie some previous resi
dence. On this point, which is one of de
tail, 1 have never proposed to make sugges
tions to the convention, although, when asked ;
my opinion by members of that body, 1 have
indicated a previous residence of three or
six months, and that the same qualifications
! should be ad ipted in the constitution in re
gard not only to that Gut to all tuture elec
tions: and, in my judgment, one or other of
I these terms of residence will be adopted by
the convention, from whom I anticipate a
i cordial co-operation.
j “It is somewhat extraordinary that, w hilst
i this accusation of letting every man vote
who may happen to be in the Territory on i he
day of the election has been preferred in the
| South as indicating a desire on my part to j
' let in abolition vagrants and interlopers to
control the result, the republicans ot Kan- j
sas have drawn an entirely different conclu- j
! sion—viz : that I designed in this manner to j
bring many thousand Missourians into the
Territory to decide tin contest."
We have adverted to this sulject again,
, because a few presses in the South stili per
! sist in abusing the President, and charging
upon him and Gov. Walker the sin of aboli
tionixing Kansas. Tneir first issue was a ]
• denial of toe justice or the policy of submit
ting the constitution to the people of the !
Territory for their adoption or rejection.
' Utterly routed and driven from this position j
bv the simple logic of facts and precedent,
they have made a 9i»rt of desperate stand on
what Governor Walker meant by “bonu fbl
inhabitants.” The abolitionists of the North
saw in it a purpose to make Kansas a slave
State; the extremists of the South charged it
. as a treasonable trick to make it a fric State.
It was neither. It wa? the expression of a
lawful and honest purpose to consummate a i
great public measure. We so interpreted it. '
We so explained it. And now Guv. W alker
hi uself declares what tie meant by the ex- j
pressions used by him, to designate who
should vote upon the constitution, and shows
that we were right in our interpretation ui
his language.
What uur fire-eating friends will now do
remains to be seen. II they still continue j
j their attacks upon the administration, and ,
i their abuse of Gov. Walker, with ail the
tacts and the arguments which have been
adduced before them, the country will con-|
C'udo that their hatred is a stronger feeling '
than their patriotism, and that the policy oi j
their opposition is not regulated by the great ■
moral standard of truth and justice.— i niou. j
Another "Walker Expedition.
Some parties in this city who have hereto
fore been conspicuously engaged in General
Walker’s Central American crusade, signifi
cantly assert that preparations are on foot
for another grand dem mstration, at no dis
tant day. A secret plan is said to exi-t
which contemplates the raiding «»f an army of
ten thousand men, all of whom shall tin
bark, or set sail, ah' ut the same time for
some port in Nicaragua. Nothing is to l e
left undone which shall ten i to stcure tfli
ciency and eventual success. Baltimore is
to furnish fn m three to four bundled, as her
complement of the above nauKd army, with
lull vquipments, money, &:. lr :s further
stated that persons, fully pledged, have a!
ready been secured in the city, who are only
waiting due nonce, and the full oonsutnma- j
ti.m ot General Walker’s plans, to be » ff. It i
i* known as the “Central American League.” j
Who the parties are attached to this league, j
wc are unable to my, or whether they have
been absolutely consolidated as rumored,
cannot be luily ascertain!d. except so far us
current rumor goes. Such secret filibuster- ;
ing expeditions are reprehensible, and if the i
one in question does really exist, its move- j
merits will, doubtless be more fuiiy ascer
tained indue time. New York, Boston, 1’iul- :
adeiphia, New Orleans, and ail the other
leading cities ol the Union, are s tid to be
i • . i • _ __ ... u .it IK./
UUllcU III IU1S UIU vniiT-ii I. — jfA't.
Hall road Head Henil*.
We observed a diy or tv.o «ir»co, that n !
correspondent of one of the daily joumain of ,
rh*j State, affirmed that the \ a. &. Term. ;
Railroad Company charged delegates to the
Knoxville Contention for padsing over the ;
wot end of their road. The writer in (jiu*h '
lion doubtle** meant the Hast Tenn. <t \ a.
road, which Company did its the \ a. k
Term, road is represented to have done;
t ut the latter Company pars- il delegates
free over the entire length of the road.
if these miscalled Commercial Convert- i
tions shall continue, we Hunk it likely that j
the railroad C'iiupanie* wni lie compelled to ;
adopt some measures to prevent imposition
up,,n the part of persons who arc simply ma
king visits id pleasure and recreation to the
Springs or drumming lor I.unties*, and |
arc rh* r»*lore little lews than b gus delegates. ;
The wfioie Imsiuess is requiting in abuse |
oT the generosity of these companies, and of '
the c*n fidence of the Smthcru people.— ;
LynMury \ try.
Wrought Iron C'mim.
The Hudson River Riilrond Cwnpary
have ordered four of those to be made and
used on their road by way of Dial, foe ;
frame work it to be very strong yet elastic, I
each j »int being protected by rums, and the ;
w hole further protect! d by making the cti-1
tii e pi a* form at each end one strong spt ing of
steel. Cars thus made will he lighter, it is
said, than wooden ores, vet so safe that a fa
tal accident with them is a thing hardly pos
sible, as they w;!l spring, bend or twied, hut
remain whole as a shield to their occupants,
do power being able to break them into
fragments or splinters. —Actr.*, Au
gttxl 15.
I’ ANDRETH S GARDEN SEED — Just re- ,
_j cciveb per Express. Laig-' Norfolk i ernip. * I
Rally ])U ch White Fiat Turnip, Red Topped j
Turnip, I'urple ( ape Broccoli, iiernidii Kale,
ai il Long Gietn Cucumber, for s,iie by
J. LKADBKATER Ac SON, i
Stabler’s old stand, No». •> Ac 7, South Fairlax st. <
?> ruo \Ll
4 1 OLD LEAF.—Extra Deep. Medium, ar <l
yjf Li^ht Gold Leaf. j-M received an»l for sale
by ~ J. l.EADBEATKR Ac SON,
Sutler's old stand. Nos. 0 At 7, South Fairlax-st.
S mo 4'i i
A SHTOiVS FINE SALT.—5<Xfsacks Ash-.
jJjr ton s brand, (sacks in prime oaler,) shall
be in receipt of during this week.
GRAY, MILLER At CO., |
aujj Id corner of Kh>£ and VV *ter-»U.
The Atlantic Telegraph Cable.
The English papers cootaio interesting
particulars relating to the laying of the
shore end of the submarine telegraph, and
the depur ure of the allied fleet from the Bay
of Valencia. On Wednesday, the 5th ins?.,
the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland laid the end
of the cable on the mainland, near Valen
cia, auiidst great rejoicing. The Knight of
lv*rry entertained the distinguished individ
uals connected with the undertaking at a
banquet in the evening, and the entire fleet
snilcd with high hopes of success soon alter.
Should the expedition be attended with the
success tbit is hoped, its arrival at Trinity
1> iv, Newfoundland, may be looked for by
the raid lie of next week. The steamer An
glo-Saxon, which left Liverpool on the 12th,
►even uavs after the departure of the fleet,
will be duo at Quebec on Sunday next, and
by her we shall probably receive some intel
ligence of the progress made up to that time.
— Halt. American.
The following is a correct list of the eight
steam vessels employed in connection with
the laying down of the cable.
1. The U. S. steam-frigate Niagara, Capt.
Hudson, to lay the half of the cable from
l reland.
2. The U. S. steam frigate Susquehanna,
Capt. Sands, to attend upon the Niagara.
3. The II. S. steamer Arctic, Capt. Berry
man, to make further soundings on the coast
of Newfoundland.
4. The L\ S. steamer Victoria, Capt. Sluy
ter, to assist m landing tbo cable at New
foundland.
5. II. M. steamer Agamemnon, Captain
Noddal, to lay the half of the cable on the
American side.
0. II M. steamer Leopard, Wainwright,
to attend upon the Agamemnon.
7. 11. M steamer Cyclops, Capt. Dayman,
to go ahead of the steamers and keep the
course.
8. II. M. steamer Advice, Capt. Raymond,
to assist in landing the cable at Valencia.
A letter from Valencia, date August 3,
says: “The machinery for paying out the
cable, works perfectly, and we can telegraph
through the whole cable without the least
difficulty. We expect to arrive at New
foundland in about twenty days after leav
ing this place.”
The Company which has undertaken the
task, has a capital of $350,000, which is di
vided into 350 shares of a thousand pounds
each. The cnarter of the New York, New
foundland and London Telegraph Company,
which hai b*en procured two years ago,
mainly through the exertions of Mr. Cyrus
W. Field, of New Y'ork, wfas at once made
over to the new Company, and Messrs.
Whitehuuse and Bright also secured to it
the patents of all instruments which would
rwi d.'il for working it. 'The a^roe
merit with these three gentlemen and Mr.
Brett is that, in consideration of their grants,
upon attaining success, a half yearly divi
dend of 10 percent, perannutn shall first to
paid to the shareholders,—and that then
miC'halfiii any further profit shall be given
to them—the other half being retained by
the Company.
The Prospectus was issued on the 6th of
November, 1856, and in the first week of
December the whole capital of $1,750,000
was subscribed for, and a first instalment of
$550 000 paid up. Since that time the Go
vernments of Great Britain and the United
States have agreed for twenty-five years to
pay to the Company, up to the time when
its dividends shall have reached 6 per cent.,
a subsidy of $70,0(H) a year, and of $50,
000 a year after that time,—besides afford
ing valuable assistance in laying down the
cable.
The cost of the Telegraph Cable, as ascer
tained from entirely reliable data, has been
as follows :
Contract price of' deep sea wire per mile...$200
Price of spun yard and iron wire per mile 2t>5
Price o! outside tar per mile. 20
Total per mile.$4*5
For 2,500 mile?.$1,212,000
fen miles ot deep sea wire, with
steel covering tor mid ocean con
nection at $1,450 f»er mile. 1 15,000
Twenty-live miles ot shore ends at
$1,250 per mde. 31,250
Total. $1,388,750
This is the cost ot the cable only, and takes
no account of the cost ot electrical apparatus,
various nlactiinery on board the ships, &c.
The turnishitig of ships by the two govern
ment-. with officers, crews, provisions, &o.,
lias saved a very large sum to the Company,
—hut ir is not at all unlikely that the entire
capital will be required to meet the other ex
penses of the enterprise. There has been
mine discussion ns to the rate of charges to
ho adopted lor the line when completed. It
cannot, however, exceed $5 for a single mes
-age between London and New Yurk.—
A'orfolk Aryan.
Waterlog Places.
The accounts from all the Northern wa
rring places, Cape May, Saratoga, Newport,
i&e., represent the number of visitors this sea
son to be less than last by one-naif.
There are more visitors now at the watering
places in Virginia than at any former period.
There are 750 vi-itors at the Montgomery
\> hue sulphur, uu at tne Aiiegnanv, au at
C •ynrr’n Springs, ami about 1500 at the
Urcenbiier White Sulphur.
Four hundred guests are nowatthe Iiygeia
lluel, Uid I* *int.
The U*t Greenbrier Era states that there
;ire at this time more than 1500 people at the
White, :;ni that tiiev are coming continually
in crowds. We hear ol some who have been
as near as four miles of the place for two or
tiiiee weeks in hope* of as last getting in, but
as yet there i* no probability of their being
accoiuuitd iti d tor some time.
Crops In M»»»l«aij>plc
From a private letter, postmarked Yaz»o
City, Mississippi, we make the following ex
tract:
“The yield of c >rn this year is tremendous.
I have never sepm anything to equal it eiuce
l commenced finning. Tho cotton crop
promises an abundant yield, and if we should
lie *.> o!es?eJ .is t«> have twenty days of dry
weather, it will be the hot crop that has
been raised in this part of the country for
many years." _
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aug 2*2 No 95. King street.
\£jT»15 NO. I ETH E KK A L OIL, a
T | large supply. ju-»t received, arul for sale
it i’uN t. S, ( ify Drug Store,
Hi| 22 .No. 122, King-street.
|AA BLSHELS PRIME NEW CROP
I \)\ ) TIMOTHY SEED.just received, and
or sale by MARSHALL & WARD,
aug 22 [SentJ
The Mile* Darden nf v«»^ri
A correspondent of the Ahingtf r,,
crat, writing from W ilnut IIill. f,.,./ ”'ti
who in, ns the Deni ,crat , . 1
“ft gentleman in whom itnpl.,!lt eur^f*
may be placed." give- the folI..wi?M»
of the killing of a monster m.tbv „
county. He *»>*: f'
“About three weeks r*g > tire men >Vn..
gather whortleberries in the ,s,'
parts of Harlan county, K*n'uckv *, '
i their travels came to a small f rench ■»* .. '
j foot of a Steep ridge, wh^re thev
* a smooth heaten path, or rather idi.j„ t !
! led from the branch up the ridge. cj.r 1
j tempted them to know ns meaning, *.',j ,*
| followed the trail to the top ,,f J , T
j where, to their astonishment, thry * ,*.
: about m acre of ground perfectly *u, , ’.
| destitute of vegetation, near the ‘
j which they discovered a small -ink r
; la^ge enough to admit a barrel. j'^tv
; eluded to drop in a few stor.es. and ; r?*.r
! their ears were%aluted with a l.»u 1 ruu]i \[
| sound, accompanied with a ratdm- t ./
! and an enormous serpent mile his^r.j.^
| ance, blowing and spreading his heal u -
• his forked tongue protruded. Tne men
struck with wonder aud aifiighr, and „0V
denly the atmosphere waslilied with a mi."
so nauseating that three out of tbe tire
taken very 6ick; the other two dim- oerin^ti
conditioo of their com pan i >m», dragged o...
away from that abode of death. A-.,ut te.
feet of the snake had to their ju jgaerg
made its appearance, w hen they hurried r»
and related what they had seen to tLcir utigb
bors.
The next day were mounted tcn
the hardy mountaineers, armed with r.
determined to destroy the ru >n>ur. ua.J p «
proaching within one hundred yai i- ,.t
dwcll og of his snake ship, their h rvs Vi;
j denly became restive, and neither kindr,*..
j nor force could make thorn go any nearer.^
i Tho men dismounted, and hitching *
j horses, proceeded on foot, with ritL*, oa„ „
j to the mouth ot the cave. Tin y bur ltd
three or four large stones, and led buck
fifteen steps, w hen the same noise w in ht;»r ;
j as before, and out came the dreaded repine,
( ready as his looks indicated t<> clinch ti.e »
| truders. About the same length o! the-iuk
[ had appeared from the hole, when eight r
1 ten bullets went thro’ his bead, an 1, a* th»
monster died, he kept crawling out, unt
twenty feet of that huge boa lay ui -t».,i»lo
on the ground. It was a Kattlcsnake, uitf.
2S rattles;—tlie first was tour inehe- a
diameter, the rest decreasing in siz * to ti
last. With difficulty the men dragged bis
home, aud his skin can now be seen by tie
curious, in Harlan county."
To the editor o f the, Alexandria (iazrt'r :
\i ■ v.nv rnr o. • r Af ik.ki-v' iV. \ i \ .. ... .
I*1*! MW*. |FV1 .¥ f f •••• * l
17, 1S.'>7.— I was surprised to find in i!.«
news of the day, in the Gazette, a Ntatemeu
from a certain Mr. Bostwiok, in which fi-*
stated that 5.700 fillihusters, (h- he trrci*
them) had found a grave in Nn ir. gm. I
pronounce this statement a /m.v
and he himself a d<.nif*r from u;- rank*
during the seige of U;vas -from which post
ho deserted at a time of tii\l and danger to
his comrades, whilst occupying the p -in u
of Secretary of State. By noticing the at ou*,
you will grearly oblige me.
JOHN V. IIOOFF, of Nicaragua.
[ColtMl’M* ATI In
A letter appears in the National Intelli
gencer this morning from tho vcncrnbie t».
\V. P. Custis, esq., of Arlington, in which t;
is asserted that VVamiixoton was made a
Marshal of France during the rev< lutiunary
war. This incident in the life of the < fleet
has not only been “overlooked by all hi*
biographers,” Judge Marshall included, lu;
no evidence has up to this time been adduce!
to confirm such a circumstance. Mr. Custii
may have heard Washington spoken of t v
Frenchmen as Marshal, and pictures of
Washington engraved in Europe may hive
had that title added to the name of our G o
eral. But if Washington was ever made *
Marshal, the honor was conferred on him by
the King of France, and the official rrc> M*
of the French Government would show the
fact. The anecdote Mr. I’usti* gives a*
to the time and occasion when the title wa*
conferred, he has doubtless beard from oth
ers—but where i- the authority?—where I !
the story coine from? 1 think that in the
absence of all proof—either in the arclares
of France or in the papers of Wnshingt n—
considering that no biographer of Wa-hit.;
ton has ever found anything to confirm tie
statement—and that the men of the revolu
tion never have, in their letters or conv*re*
tions referred to such a circumstance, the in
ference is irresistible that Washington r.eitr
was made a Marshal of France —an honor and
a title, it is probable, which would never
been conferred or accepted without oft Gal
communication with the Congress id th, k«
days, in the proceedings of which rn> m otii a
is made of any such thing. 1 wiite tin*
simply to vindicate “the truth of history
and with all respect to those who think •*itf
erently on tho. subject. 'To.
Alexandria. Aug. 21. IS.'7.
—There w ill be a TfM’RN A M KN I to*' |
Warren White Sulphur Springs, on tin* *t• r. <*t I
September, ami a numeroim ami gay avu»»iit I j
is expected. aug '-l'!—♦*o‘tt [
HOW TO BUY PIANOS—Buy the ng.t
sort—Buy in the right place—Buy ol tii*
right man—Ami buy at the right time.
Worcester is a practical Piano maker ol lot,'
and tried experience, not exo-lled in America
therefore, hm are the > ight sort.
Alexandria is near to you, and i> your ii ti **
market — therefore, it is tne right place.
I keep WORCESTERS PI ANOS lor sale,
as cheap a* they can be placed here by any or.**
and warrant them to give sati.-taction—t ier*
fore, I am tb** right mao.
As I an; very anxious to sell, you cannot bu’
perceive that now i» tne right time.
You cannot well get over tne above preu •••
and conclusions, but it it don't suit today. <<1
to-morrow'. Yours at all tiroes.
aug 22 JOHN H PAKRO I I
JOST—A Pronrm*ory Note, tor three i
^j dred and fifty dollars drawn by T M \b
Cormick A Co. ami payable to Thomas Ihc.v
ninety days after date, ami dated on or ab< ”
20th June, lho7. Said note is of no use to .1 )'
one, as payment has been stopped.
THOMAS DAVY
(CUMBERLAND COAL, tor nil** by
j WM. A. DUNCAN,
aug22—dlw Unions!. oppo. Custom H *"
1 .FAIRBANKS SCALES, ail the d.~ rei t
* sizes, for sale at Factory prices, by
aug 22 WM. A. 1)1 NUA.N
OrrtcB Adams Eximu.sa Comi vnv. t
Alexandria, Va . Aug. il». 1 ^ '
ON AND AFTER this date, our Expre ‘ w
close at tl.riu A. M , instead ot 1 ■" »* •
as heretofore. 'I bis arrangement tv
to insure despatch to money an ! othei tr* *•
aug 20—dIw R. W. FALLS. Ag » ^
rpHE exercises of ‘A LEX A N DRIA H
£ TIC ACADEMY ’ will te ie,..rn d
Tuesday, September 1st.
GEO A. BAKER. Principal.
WM. E BAKER, A*s* ciate Primp* •
Circulars may be had at the Bookstore*
jy v*h—eotSept l
DOCTOR J. I*. JOIIXSOX,
SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN.
Offers bis services to the citizens ol .Wx ;- * *
BT Office No. 7, Washington street, two <b«* ’
from King.
Molasses and sugar, jo-tV**^*
and for sale low. by .
*u* 21 PERKY, PENNVBAl KUR A W